In response, the Department of Homeland Security revised the index in September, creating a higher threshold for orange.
They said that district attorneys, for example, might have a higher threshold for determining who is nonviolent.
There may well be a strong case for more scrutiny in investigative and reported packages, and a higher threshold for prestige studio slots.
Clegg responded that the new system, "a kind of graduate tax", allowed students to avoid paying fees upfront with a higher threshold for repayments.
For that to occur requires that the doctrine be married with a far higher threshold for intervention and a more profound understanding of both the actors involved and the potential consequences.
This 33% element is not enough to produce the high level of proportionality achieved in Scottish elections and it sets a higher threshold for the election of smaller parties.
Now imagine that the riot takes a big step further along the progression — to someone with an even higher threshold, for whom the group identification and immersion in the culture of school shooting are even more dominant considerations.
In a meeting with reporters today, Tom Ridge, the domestic security secretary, said the new, higher threshold for raising the alerts reflected a belief that the nation was better prepared to deal with terrorist threats.
It would also introduce a higher threshold for libel claims, requiring the claimant to demonstrate that his reputation has suffered or is likely to suffer "serious harm".
But anyone with a higher threshold for humor, or with a low tolerance for mocking people of different nationalities, will find little to laugh at here.
Previously, patients had a significantly higher threshold for bad experiences because they largely weren't paying.
