We should recall the number of movements for the service of mankind which arose from the kindred Evangelicalism of the British Isles and the Pietism of the Continent of Europe -- among them prison reform, anti-slavery measures, legislation for the alleviation of conditions of labour, the Inner Mission, and the Red Cross.

Society at Nauplia was divided into 3 classes: nobles, citizens and plebeians ; and it had been the ancient usage that the nobles alone should hold the much-coveted local offices, such as the judge of the inferior court and inspector of weights and measures.

: When, after the action had thus occurred, his own men returned to each general, Scipio could adopt no fixed plan of proceeding, except that he should form his measures from the plans and undertakings of the enemy: and Hannibal, uncertain whether he should pursue the march he had commenced into Italy, or fight with the Roman army which had first presented itself, the arrival of ambassadors from the Boii, and of a petty prince called Magalus, diverted from an immediate engagement ; who, declaring that they would be the guides of his journey and the companions of his dangers, gave it as their opinion, that Italy ought to be attacked with the entire force of the war, his strength having been nowhere previously impaired.

For objectivists, probability objectively measures the plausibility of propositions, i. e. the probability of a proposition corresponds to a reasonable belief everyone ( even a " robot ") sharing the same knowledge should share in accordance with the rules of Bayesian statistics, which can be justified by requirements of rationality and consistency.

Ravi Batra argues that " all official economic measures adopted since 1981 ... have devastated the middle class " and that the Occupy Wall Street movement should push for their repeal and thus end the influence of the super wealthy in the political process, which he considers a manifestation of crony capitalism.

The convention also offers decision-makers guidance based on the precautionary principle that where there is a threat of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to avoid or minimize such a threat.

For example, it should not matter whether one measures the distance between the Great Pyramids of Giza by laser rangefinding, by satellite imaging, or with a meter stick-in all three cases, the answer should be approximately the same.

He taught that pleasure and pain are the measures of what is good and evil ; death is the end of both body and soul and should therefore not be feared ; the gods do not reward or punish humans ; the universe is infinite and eternal ; and events in the world are ultimately based on the motions and interactions of atoms moving in empty space.

Encrypting such files at rest helps protect them should physical security measures fail.

Using a defense in depth strategy, should one defensive measure fail there are other defensive measures in place that continue to provide protection.

Thus the Syrian Mandate provided that the government should be based on an organic law which should take into account the rights, interests and wishes of all the inhabitants, and that measures should be enacted “ to facilitate the progressive development of Syria and the Lebanon as independent States ”.

Aggregate population measures such as the proportion of the population in various age classes should also be used alongside individual-based measures like formal life expectancy when analyzing population structure and dynamics.

There are other statistical measures of central tendency that should not be confused with means-including the ' median ' and ' mode '.

It recommended empathetically that the measures for the reduction of sickness & mortality of mothers & children should have the highest priority in the health development programme of India.

In 2002, Kim Jong-Il declared that " money should be capable of measuring the worth of all commodities ", followed by some small market-oriented measures, and the creation of the Kaesong Industrial Region with transport links to South Korea was announced.

* “ Now, in a well-ordered republic, it should never be necessary to resort to extra-constitutional measures.

As Pope, he took energetic measures against the widespread practices of simony and concubinage among the clergy, maintaining that only capable men of spotless lives should be allowed to become bishops.

The assumption that imports carry moral hazards, and that tax, trade, tariff measures should compensate for harms done, is shared by advocates of fair trade whose programs address, in addition, more overt social justice concerns of human beings, such as the maintenance of the " human capital " of a region.

First, it explains the idea that scientific uncertainty should not preclude preventative measures to protect the environment.

The 1998 Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle summarizes the principle this way: " When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.

There are other countries where, with skillful diplomacy, we may be able by our aid to give encouragement to those groups in government which would like to press forward with economic and social reform measures to promote growth.

They must be persuaded to adopt the other necessary self-help measures which are described in the preceding section.

and quality of advice, added to devotion to the Foundation's purposes and ideals, we do get from our Advisory Board in measures so full that they can be appreciated only by those of us who work here every day.

However, the monetary authorities will continue to be required to pay attention to the consequences of their actions with respect to our international balance of payments position and the outflow of gold, as well as with regard to avoiding the creation of excessive liquidity in the economy, which would delay the effectiveness of monetary policy measures in the next expansion phase of the business cycle.

and these costs must somehow be apportioned among the various classes and then must somehow be reapportioned among the units of service in order to report unit costs that can serve as tentative measures of reasonable rates.

Therefore, the sixth principle of the plan must be that it concentrate on current measures which will reduce future force requirements.

the attitude adopted by realtors and their associations, either negative or positive, plays a large part in the public acceptance of such measures and the degree to which they may be effectively enforced.

The practical definition may lead to confusion with the definition of a coulomb ( i. e., 1 amp-second ), but in practical terms this means that measures of a constant current ( e. g., the nominal flow of charge per second through a simple circuit ) will be defined in amperes ( e. g., " a 20 mA circuit ") and the flow of charge through a circuit over a period of time will be defined in coulombs ( e. g., " a variable-current circuit that flows a total of 10 coulombs over 5 seconds ").

The Act overturns a 1999 U. S. Supreme Court case that held that an employee was not disabled if the impairment could be corrected by mitigating measures ; it specifically provides that such impairment must be determined without considering such ameliorative measures.

Progressive measures taken during his kingship include: representatives of the commons, besides the nobility and clergy, were involved in governance ; the end of preventive arrests such that henceforward all arrests had to be first presented to a judge to determine the detention measure ; and fiscal innovation, such as negotiating extraordinary taxes with the mercantile classes and direct taxation of the Church, rather than debasement of the coinage.

Clinicians have recommended that extra contraceptive measures be applied during therapies using antibacterials that are suspected to interact with oral contraceptives.

However, in February 2006 the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany struck down these provisions of the law, stating such preventive measures were unconstitutional and would essentially be state-sponsored murder, even if such an act would save many more lives on the ground.

Exact ( not asymptotic ) measures of efficiency can sometimes be computed but they usually require certain assumptions concerning the particular implementation of the algorithm, called model of computation.

The government tried to stop the ANC by banning party leaders and enacting new laws to stop the ANC, however these measures ultimately proved to be ineffective.

A system of preferences — which consists of market opening lists, special cooperation programs ( business rounds, preinvestment, financing, technological support ) and countervailing measures on behalf of the landlocked countries — has been granted to the countries deemed to be less developed ( Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay ), to favour their full participation in the integration process.

In some cases, that individual may take drastic measures to remove the offending appendages, either by causing irreparable damage to the limb so that medical intervention cannot save the limb, or by causing the limb to be severed.

Montgomery came to the conclusion that the conflict could not be won without harsh measures, and that self-government was the only feasible solution ; in 1923, after the establishment of the Irish Free State and during the Irish Civil War, Montgomery wrote to Colonel Arthur Percival of the Essex Regiment:

The Government of India agrees that it will take all possible measures to prevent the resale or transshipment to other countries or the use for other than domestic purposes ( except where such resale, transshipment or use is specifically approved by the Government of the United States of America ), of the surplus agricultural commodities purchased pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and to assure that the purchase of such commodities does not result in increased availability of these or like commodities for export from India.

The United States has encouraged Belarus to conclude and adhere to agreements with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on the program of macroeconomic stabilization and related reform measures, as well as to undertake increased privatization and to create a favorable climate for business and investment.

Hironaka statistically measures the impact of the increased number of ex-colonial states as increasing the post-WWII incidence of civil wars by + 165 % over the pre-1945 number.

When Pakistan clamped down in 2003 on the types of goods permitted duty-free transit, and introducing stringent measures and labels to prevent such practices, re-routing of goods through Iran from the Persian Gulf increased significantly.

The proposed measures included the ending of price controls, devaluation of the kwacha, reining in of government spending, cancellation of subsidies on food and fertilizer, and increased prices for farm produce.

* Maintaining written records jeopardises the security of the organisation and relies on increased security measures ;

From September 27, 2001, one-occupant cars were banned from crossing into Lower Manhattan from Midtown on weekday mornings in an effort to relieve some of the crush of traffic in the city ( the morning rush hour lasts from 5: 30 a. m. to 12: 00 p. m .), caused largely by the increased security measures put in place.

Taxes from the oil have increased public sector spending on social welfare, art, sport, environmental measures and financial development.

Hence, correlation does not imply causation ; in example, Gould said that the measures of the changes, over time, in " my age, the population of México, the price of Swiss cheese, my pet turtle ’ s weight, and the average distance between galaxies " have a high, positive correlation — yet that correlation does not indicate that Gould ’ s age increased because the Mexican population increased.

The proposed measures included: the ending of price controls ; devaluation of the kwacha ( Zambia's currency ); cut-backs in government expenditure ; cancellation of subsidies on food and fertilizer ; and increased prices for farm produce.

Because of these measures, Hill not only stayed in business, but also increased the net worth of his railroad by nearly $ 10 million.

Romesh Chunder Dutt argued as early as 1900, and present-day scholars such as Amartya Sen agree, that some historic famines were a product of both uneven rainfall and British economic and administrative policies, which since 1857 had led to the seizure and conversion of local farmland to foreign-owned plantations, restrictions on internal trade, heavy taxation of Indian citizens to support British expeditions in Afghanistan ( see The Second Anglo-Afghan War ), inflationary measures that increased the price of food, and substantial exports of staple crops from India to Britain.

Amongst the controversial austerity measures introduced included higher dental charges, the abolition of free school milk in all secondary schools in 1968, increased weekly national insurance contributions, the postponement of the planned rise in the school leaving age to 16, and cuts in road and housing programmes, which meant that the government's house-building target of 500, 000 per year was never met.

During his pontificate, anti-Christian measures increased, although new churches were built and cemeteries were expanded.

The gold standard for investigating and quantifying insulin resistance is the " hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp ," so-called because it measures the amount of glucose necessary to compensate for an increased insulin level without causing hypoglycemia.

* A social security funding law for 2002 which, amongst other measures, provided a general rise in pensions and increased paternity leave ( from 3 to 11 days ).

Merchant vessels transiting areas of increased pirate activity ( i. e. the Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin, Southern Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb straits ) are advised to implement Self-Protective measures in accordance with most recent Best Management Practices agreed upon by the members of the merchant industry, and endorsed by the NATO Shipping Centre, and the Maritime Security Centre Horn-of-Africa ( MSCHOA )

The split increased resiliency against the threat of quarantine measures if one person in a team was exposed to the disease.

In this resolution the Security Council wrote: Welcomes the proposal that a meeting of experts be convened for the purpose of devising a system of controls to facilitate the implementation of the measures contained in Resolution 1173 ( 1998 ), including arrangements that would allow for increased transparency and accountability in the control of diamonds from their point of origin to the bourses, emphasizes that it is important that, in devising such controls, every effort be made to avoid inflicting collateral damage on the legitimate diamond trade, and welcomes the intention of the Republic of South Africa to host a relevant conference this year

In one outbreak at an international scout jamboree in the Netherlands, each person with gastroenteritis infected an average of 14 people before increased hygiene measures were put in place.

The passenger throughput of the terminal increased, passenger service quality was improved and more stringent aviation security measures were implemented.

The US government increased military operations, economic measures and political pressure on groups it accused of being terrorists, as well as on governments and countries accused of sheltering them.

However they suggest that " increased use of crime prevention measures may indeed be the common factor behind the near universal decrease in overall levels of crime in the Western world ", since decreases have been most pronounced in property crime and less so, if at all, in contact crimes.