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Can Affirmative Action Be Cost Effective: An Experiment Study of Price Preference Auctions, with A. Corns. American Economic Review. Forthcoming 1999.
Productivity Under Group Incentives. American Economic Review. Forthcoming 1997.
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Results. Quarterly Journal of Economy. 1992.
Economic Theory of Social Institutions. Cambridge University Press. 1981.


The Lee's Summit Guild has a membership of about 130 people. We meet once a month on the second Tuesday of every month, excelp we do not meet in December. Our average attendance ranges from 60 to 100 people per meetin. We do not require membership in order to attend our monthly meetings, but we do encourage it.
Annual membership dues are $20.00 and are based on a calendar year. At mid year, the price is $10. This membership entitles you to an emailed newsletter which is published once a month. If you don't have email you can receive your newsletter by US Postal mail and then the dues are $25.00 per year. Membership may also entitle you to discounts at local retailers in the area. Most of the membership dues goes to help cover various costs associated with the guild, such as rental space for the meeting, publishing of the newsletter, and postage for mailing the news letter. If you check around, I think you'll find the dues are quite reasonable. We do allow our visitors and quests to receive two months of the newsletter. This gives them a chance to learn more about us and decide if it's something they are truly interested in, before joining.
The guild also has a small library that we allow guild members to take advantage of. The library contains various books and videos related to woodworking. The books or videos can be checked out during the meeting, and returned the following month.
A great resource – A wood guild, as it grows, can become a tremendous resource of knowledge and expertise.
A great way to meet other people and socialize with fellow woodworker's – A wood guild is a great way to meet and talk to other people with similar interests. Most likely, there's someone out there that has done what you're wanting to do, and has already made the mistakes you can hope to avoid.
A great way to learn new skills – This is a great opportunity to learn from others. If you have an interest in learning something new, most likely there is someone out there that can give you advice and direction on what to do and what tools you may need.
Experise within the guild – The experience and expertise in a guild will depend on the people involved. The larger the guild, the larger the pool of expertise and resources available.


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Goodfight x Dover Street Market - Five Year
In the tradition of marriage, wood is the gift that marks the 5 year milestone. It's said that those who have prevailed through their fifth anniversary have just begun to develop strong, deep roots. They've become wiser, more understanding, more forgiving. They haven't become more flawless--in fact, more mistakes and more scars have made them more honest, more resilient...and more loving. Wood symbolizes long-lasting strength. It represents wisdom. And perhaps most importantly, it is a symbol of forgiveness.
"5 Years" is also the opening track on David Bowie's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The song introduces the theme of the album: the world is ending in 5 years because of a lack of natural resources, a warning brought by the visiting alien Ziggy Stardust, and we are now witnessing the ignorance, despair, and desperation that follows. The ballad, one of the artist's greatest works, begs the question of how people would live with the spectre of mortality and apocalypse.
2022 marks Goodfight's fifth year. In the span of time our team has been together, we have been relentlessly confronted with challenges, success, failure, and hard realities. It's been a journey of sacrifice, perseverance, and finding our own voice, both in our design and even in our core identities as people.
Given the opportunity to revisit seasons past, we created an archive collection that celebrates our 5 years of existence through old & new designs inspired by some of our favorite styles spanning across eight seasons. Some pieces, like the Grocery Getter Shorts or Coaches Jacket, are now-signature Goodfight silhouettes, which we've updated with new features or further perfected the pattern for fit, comfort, & utility. Other garments, after examining selling history and customer feedback, are inspired by some of the most successful styles we've exhibited in Dover Street Market, but are completely new in design. Items like the Team Pant were created in the spirit of military-inspired bottoms that have a tactical-feel in the nylon acetate version or an unexpected romantic-juxtaposition in the drapey velour twill. Outerwear features athletic mesh and trim that provides variable styling options. Tailoring, a mainstay in our offering since the brand's debut, continues with the versatile AJ Blazer, which can be paired with any bottom in the assortment. The Sawtooth Trench exhibits our penchant for quirky modular features, with removable pouches on the chest and arm that can double as independent chest rigs or side-carry bags.
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Batley and Spen is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

The current MP is Kim Leadbeater, a Labour politician, elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat has returned Labour MPs since 1997.

Constituency profile
The area is in the rolling Pennines of West Yorkshire with considerable commerce, industry, retail and occupational trades.  A lower percentage of social housing is present than the regional average, however most of the larger settlements have some social housing. The population in the district is ethnically diverse. Many of the towns in the Spen Valley have few residents from non-white heritage backgrounds (Birstall, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Liversedge and Gomersal, generally more suburban and Conservative areas, with the exception of Cleckheaton, which has Liberal Democrat councillors). However, the constituency's largest town, Batley, has a sizeable number of residents with South Asian backgrounds, namely Pakistani (9.2%) and Indian (mostly Gujarati) (15.9%). Heckmondwike also has a well-established South Asian community with 16.9% residents having Pakistani heritage.

The results of the last fifty years show marginal majorities for Labour and for the Conservatives, and is considered to be part of the "red wall".

In the 2016 EU referendum, Batley and Spen voted 60% in favour of Brexit.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, and Spen.
1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, and Spen.
2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Batley East, Batley West, Birstall and Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, and Liversedge and Gomersal.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Batley and Morley, Brighouse and Spenborough and Dewsbury. This West Yorkshire constituency covers Batley, Birkenshaw, Birstall, Cleckheaton, East Bierley, Gomersal, Hunsworth, and Liversedge.

History
The constituency did not exist in its present form before 1983 and has seen significant boundary changes since its creation – most notably those that took effect for the 1997 general election.

Heckmondwike was part of the seat from its creation in 1983 until 1997, when it was transferred to Dewsbury. Heckmondwike was returned to Batley and Spen for the 2010 general election.

The seat swung in Labour's favour in the elections of 1997, 2001 and 2005 though the Conservatives reduced the Labour majority in 2010 with a swing below the national average.

The electoral ward of Heckmondwike (which includes part of Liversedge) was considered part of the Spen Valley (although it was not part of the former Spenborough Urban District). Heckmondwike ward was for many years a Labour stronghold, but in the 2000s elected two BNP councillors. The BNP councillors were narrowly defeated by Labour in 2007 and 2008.

A by-election in 2016 occurred after the murder of Jo Cox, the sitting MP. Cox was killed on 16 June 2016 after being shot and stabbed multiple times by a man associated with far-right organisations. The Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats, UK Independence Party and the Green Party announced they would not contest the by-election as a mark of respect.

Another by-election occurred in 2021 following the resignation of Tracy Brabin MP, who was elected Mayor of West Yorkshire on 10 May. The 2021 by-election received considerable media attention because of expectations of a Labour loss following the earlier Hartlepool by-election and a high-profile and divisive campaign by George Galloway for the Workers Party of Britain. The by-election was won by Jo Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater, with a reduced majority.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

A by-election was held on 1 July 2021 following the resignation of MP Tracy Brabin to become Mayor of West Yorkshire.

Elections in the 2010s

a.  Swing is calculated from the 2015 election, not the 2016 by-election which was not contested by major parties. Aleks Lukic's vote change is in comparison to the 2015 election, when he stood as a UKIP candidate.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

See also
 List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes

References

Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
Politics of Kirklees

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An inquest date has been set for two men who died in a head-on collision on the A47.
Riki Boughen, 43, and James Cox, 46, died after their Ford Transit van was involved in a collision with a coach on the A47 in King's Lynn on January 17.
An inquest review at Norfolk Coroner's Court on January 24 heard Mr Boughen, the passenger in the van, died at the scene from a severe head injury. Mr Cox sustained multiple injuries and was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, where he later died.
The accident happened on single-carriageway stretch of the road at Constitution Hill, around a mile east of the Hardwick Roundabout.
In an inquest review this morning at King's Lynn Coroner's Court, senior coroner Jacqueline Lake said no further action was being taken by the crown prosecution service.
The inquests for both men, who were from Wisbech, will take place at King's Lynn Coroner's Court on November 23.


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Q: Issue when appending new items to a list I am trying to make a random enemy spawner for my game. For that, I have seen this method on Stack Overflow but it does not seem to work for me, and I am not sure why. When appending the code to my list, for some reason it does not go through properly. Below is my relevant code for more clarification as to what I mean. The code between the hashtags are the ones to be highlighted
moveFunctions:
def moveFunctions(bullets, E_bullets, score, font, window,
                  protagR, protagL, protagU, protagD, enemyR, enemyL, enemyU, enemyD, bg):
    clock = pygame.time.Clock()

    bulletSFX = pygame.mixer.Sound("ASG2_Music/shoot_Bullet_SFX.wav")
    getHitSFX = pygame.mixer.Sound("ASG2_Music/Hit_SFX.wav")
    enemy_getHitSFX = pygame.mixer.Sound("ASG2_Music/Monster_Hit_SFX.wav")
    music = pygame.mixer.music.load("ASG2_Music/stand_Proud.mp3")
    pygame.mixer.music.play(-1)

    bulletDelay = 0
    game_Over = True
    run = True
    ##########################################################################################
    DiArrow = enemy(random.randint(1, 500), random.randint(1, 500), 48, 48, 410)
    board = player(225, 225, 64, 64, 0)

    while run:
        enemies = []
        maxEnemies = 5
        for i in range(maxEnemies):
            enemies.append(enemy(random.randint(1, 500), random.randint(1, 500), 48,48, 410))
            print(enemies)
    ##########################################################################################
        if game_Over:
            # show_game_Over_Screen()
            game_Over = False
        clock.tick(15) # Frame rate per second (FPS)

        if bulletDelay > 0:
            bulletDelay += 1
        if bulletDelay > 3:
                bulletDelay = 0

        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
                run = False
                stopGame()

        fireBullet(board, bullets, DiArrow, score, enemy_getHitSFX)
        E_fireBullet(board, E_bullets, DiArrow, getHitSFX)

        arrowKeys = pygame.key.get_pressed()

        score = fireBullet(board, bullets, DiArrow, score, enemy_getHitSFX)

        bulletDirection(arrowKeys, board, bullets, bulletDelay, bulletSFX)
        bulletDelay = bulletDirection(arrowKeys, board, bullets, bulletDelay, bulletSFX)
        E_bulletDirection(DiArrow, E_bullets, board)
        playerControls(arrowKeys, board)
        enemyControls(DiArrow, board)
        redrawGameWindow(board, DiArrow, bullets, E_bullets, font, score, window, protagR, protagL, protagU, protagD,
                         enemyR, enemyL, enemyU, enemyD, enemies, bg)

redrawGameWindow:
def redrawGameWindow(board, DiArrow, bullets, E_bullets, font, score, window, protagR, protagL, protagU, protagD, enemyR,
                     enemyL, enemyU, enemyD, enemies, bg):
    window.blit(bg, (0,0))
    text = font.render("Score: " + str(score), 1, (255, 255, 255))
    window.blit(text, (340, 513))
    board.drawCharacter(window,  protagR, protagL, protagU, protagD)
    ##########################################################################################
    for i in enemies:
        DiArrow.drawEnemy(window, enemyR, enemyL, enemyU, enemyD)
    ##########################################################################################
    for bullet in bullets:
        bullet.draw(window)
    for bullet in E_bullets:
        bullet.draw(window)
    pygame.display.update()

class enemy():
class enemy():
    def __init__(self, x, y, width, height, walkCount):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
        self.vel = 3
        self.lastDirection = "right" or "left" or "up" or "down"
        self.walkCount = walkCount
        self.hitbox = (self.x, self.y, 48, 50)
        self.health = 4
        self.visible = True

    def drawEnemy(self, window, enemyR, enemyL, enemyU, enemyD):
        dest = (self.x, self.y)

        if self.visible:
            if self.walkCount + 1 >= 15:
                self.walkCount = 0

            if self.lastDirection == "left":
                window.blit(enemyL[self.walkCount//3], dest)
                self.walkCount += 1
            elif self.lastDirection == "right":
                window.blit(enemyR[self.walkCount//3], dest)
                self.walkCount += 1
            elif self.lastDirection == "up":
                window.blit(enemyU[self.walkCount//3], dest)
                self.walkCount += 1
            elif self.lastDirection == "down":
                window.blit(enemyD[self.walkCount//3], dest)
                self.walkCount += 1
            self.hitbox = (self.x, self.y, 48, 50)

            pygame.draw.rect(window, (255, 0, 0), (self.hitbox[0], self.hitbox[1] - 15, 50, 10))
            pygame.draw.rect(window, (177, 0, 175), (self.hitbox[0], self.hitbox[1] - 15, 50 - ((50/5)*(4 - self.health)), 10))

    def getHit(self):
        if self.health > 0:
            print("Enemy Got Hit!")
            self.health -= 1
        else:
            print("Enemy Killed!")
            self.visible = False

    def gameOver(self):
        if self.visible == False:
            pass

I have found that when trying to check for the error, printing enemies in moveFunctions actually does not properly print the list and instead gives out this.
[<__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3828>]
[<__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3828>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3470>]
[<__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3828>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3470>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3EB8>]
[<__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3828>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3470>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3EB8>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A39E8>]
[<__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3828>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3470>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3EB8>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A39E8>, <__main__.enemy object at 0x00000251C53A3048>]

As you can see, the list IS updating, but instead with this weird string of text I do understand.
For full disclosure, I am using the pygame module in Python, but I doubt that is what is giving me this problem here.
I am assuming here that my issue for the maxEnemies not spawning is directly linked with this one. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you

A: You actually create a new enemy list (enemies = []) in every frame and add 5 new enemy instances to the list. Furthermore the list is printed in the loop.
Create the list of enemies before the main application loop and print the attributes of each single enemy rather than the list of enemies:
def moveFunctions(.....):
    # [...]

    enemies = []
    maxEnemies = 5
    for i in range(maxEnemies):
        newEnemy = enemy(random.randint(1, 500), random.randint(1, 500), 48,48, 410)
        enemies.append(newEnemy)
        print(newEnemy.x, newEnemy.y)

    while run:
        # [...]

Note, Class Names should normally use the CapWords convention. Name the class Enemy rather than enemy:
class enemy():
class Enemy():

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SVP's position grant to AMACHT LGBT Ltd., Galway
Donations to local Conferences of the Society of St Vincent de Paul are only used by those Conferences to provide assistance within their area. What is given locally stays local.
Earlier this year the members of SVP St Augustine's Conference who administer the SVP Maureen O'Connell Fund in Galway agreed to provide funding to another non-profit volunteer organisation, AMACH! LGBT Ltd, to be used in establishing a resource centre in Galway city.
AMACH LGBT Galway provides support for LGBT people in Galway City and County. It is not affiliated to, nor does it support, any other political party, group or campaign. The planned centre is required to provide supports and services to individuals and families of individuals in the LGBT community in the area.
SVP is one of eighteen voluntary, community and statutory bodies which are supporting the LGBT resource centre project. Galway City Council has a commitment in the City development plan to make funding available to AMACH! LGBT to rent a suitable city centre premises for the resource centre.
The SVP support for the centre has been made on the basis that it will be used to provide support and services to those vulnerable people in the community who because of sexual discrimination may suffer isolation, exclusion, discrimination, mental health issues and bullying. The funds provided can be used for no other purpose.
The St Augustine's Conference decision was ratified by the SVP National Management Council.
You can read the full statement on the SVP position


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I have been on an ad hoc personal journey to find my father's heritage for several years. He passed away when I was only about six-and-a-half years of age. What I know about him I know from my mother and from older siblings from his first and second families.
It was the early '40s in British Columbia. The United States Army was quickly constructing the Alaska Highway; it was completed in 1942.
My father, Elmer Raymond Peterson, and his two oldest sons from his first marriage, Raymond and Harold, secured a trucking contract to haul supplies for the US Army based in Whitehorse.
E. Peterson & Sons drove the new highway from Dawson Creek to the Yukon, time and time again. I'm not sure when, but the youngest son of my dad's first family eventually joined him here and also became a trucker.
I heard that there was a time my father, Elmer, had a mishap on the muddy highway — his truck slipped off the road and ended up partially in a creek. He couldn't get out. He had to overnight there, waiting for help. The story goes that this creek was named after him. Peterson Creek winds in and out of the highway a couple of times at approximately Mile 300.
Elmer wanted to settle in the Yukon. He brought his second family from Dawson Creek. It turned out that his wife decided she didn't want to settle here. She returned to British Columbia and they divorced. Harold and Raymond also decided not to settle in the Yukon, and they left, too.
My dad stayed on and in 1943 met my mom, Carrie, literally, on the Alaska Highway. She had become a single mom and would go hunting on "the new trail," as she saw the Alaska Highway. My dad noticed her walking with her children. Eventually he gave her a ride whenever he saw her on the highway. Their friendship grew into a relationship, which in turn, brought my mom up in Whitehorse in 1944.
Our home was one of the army barracks that was fixed up to live in. This house first sat on Cook Street, and was later moved to Seventh Avenue by the clay cliffs. I was born in December 1945 — mom's first baby born in a hospital.
I was the also her first Peterson child, and she later had two more daughters and one more son. We were the third Peterson family.
My dad's youngest son from his first marriage, Ronnie (apparently he was known as Petey), didn't leave the Yukon. He was married here. He would visit us often while dad was still alive.
Our sister and two brothers, from my dad's second marriage, would come up to stay with us sometimes. I remember happy times, especially once when we chased chickens in our yard. Dad tried to bring some of his farming ways with him but I don't think it lasted too long. One sister, Dorie, stayed on in the Yukon and was married here.
In late summer of 1952, my dad, Elmer Peterson, passed away. He is buried in the Whitehorse Pioneer Cemetery. I barely remember, but Dorie was still here in the Yukon; however, she moved away after that. I don't remember the year Petey had a tragic truck accident on the other side of the Takhini Bridge, but it didn't seem too long after dad had passed on.
We lost contact with the other Peterson families.
In 1975, we learned that Dorie had settled in Williams Lake, B.C. I eventually moved there and we reconnected. Then, I learned a bit more about our father.
I actually met one of my oldest brothers, Raymond, because he came to visit Dorie there. There we were, the three eldest children from each family; it was during this time that I also reconnected with other family members.
Then in 1981, I met Harold.
He told me that Peterson & Sons hauled a variety of supplies for the army. He laughed when he said that he once had a very interesting load; it was all bats, baseball bats.
Family connections are so important, to "know who you are and where you come from", as my mom, Carrie, would say.
I know this, without a doubt, on my Tlingit mother's side. I still don't know exactly this on my father's side.
I do know that the Alaska Highway is what brought him here, and where I began.


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The New Kadampa Tradition-International Buddhist Union is a thriving association of Buddhist centres throughout the world that are dedicated to the study and practice of Kadampa Buddhism as taught by the fully qualified meditation master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school founded by the great Indian Master Atisha (982-1054 AD) and later re-energised by the great Tibetan scholar Je Tsongkhapa. The instructions taught in this school have an unbroken lineage that stretches back to Atisha and Buddha Shakyamuni. It is a profound spiritual path based on a wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings.
Kadampa Temples and Centres for World Peace provide places of peace and refuge in a troubled world. Buddha's teachings are suitable for everyone and can be incorporated into even the busiest of modern lives.
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Everything You Need To Know About PES 2020
By Dennis Waweru July 10, 2019
When it comes to the Japanese gaming and entertainment company, Konami, not much comes to mind as they are not the top makers of the current high-end video games as of now.
We may start talking about the likes Metal Gear Survive but let's really not. The only franchise that then comes after this is PES (Pro Evolution Soccer) and next year's instalment has already been announced and this kind of being one of the best simulators of "the beautiful game", you might need to know what this title will bring to the table.
Being a more privately-owned football video game, Konami will continue boasting of its mastery in acquiring licences with the return of Spain's Barcelona FC and the debut of Manchester United, Old Trafford and all player resemblances.
The title will almost surprisingly feature Lionel Messi as the cover star for the first time since 2011 diverting from the player's teammate and Brazil national, Philippe Coutinho who graced the cover art in PES 2019.
The game will also feature a range of variants, each with extra spoils for anyone who wishes to empty their pockets for extra sim features.
This will include two editions with the Standard Edition providing players with:
3 Premium Agents for a total of 10 weeks
3 Contract Renewals for a total of 10 weeks
Lionel Messi loan for 10 matches
Ronaldinho loan for 10 matches
The second dubbed the Legacy Edition will feature a sufficient supply of bonuses said to be worth it for players who also turn out to be true lovers of the game, which include:
ES Legend Special Agent (You can choose from – Diego Maradona, David Beckham, Johan Cruyff, Gabriel Batistuta, Francesco Totti, Park Ji-sung, Hidetoshi Nakata, Pavel Nedved, Oliver Kahn, Lothar Matthaus or Patrick Vieira)
Also Read: E3 2019: Here's Every Game Announced by EA
PES 2020 Gameplay Changes
This may not turn out as much of a surprise considering every annual sporting franchise is expected to upgrade in terms of basic gameplay, Konami has promised an updated roster of players and stadia with this only including the ones that PES 2020 have a licence on. And just like its rival FIFA 20, visuals, animations and the basic details will see various upgrades in a bid to make the player's experience as ideal as possible.
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Dalinar's elites🐱 (former), Kholin army (former)
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"Your father is not to be mocked or diminished. If his visions are true, then it is between him and the Almighty. All I can say is this: I know something of what it is to be haunted by the death and destruction of war. I see in your father's eyes much of what I have felt, but worse. "
—Kadash to Adolin Kholin[1]
Kadash is an Alethi ardent.[1] He was a soldier among Dalinar Kholin's elites, but changed his Calling to join the ardentia after witnessing the massacre at Rathalas.
2.1 Elite soldier
2.2 Joining the ardentia
2.3 Service on the Shattered Plains
2.4 Service in Urithiru
3.1 Dalinar Kholin
Kadash is a tall man, with a twisting scar that runs around the top of his shaved head.[1] He wears the square beard and gray robes of an ardent.[2]
Kadash is a man of deep faith and perseverance, which allowed him to rapidly climb the ranks of the ardentia.[1] He is deeply embarrassed by the ancient failures of Vorinism, the Recreance and the Hierocracy, and often speaks of them to remind himself and others not to make the same mistakes.[1][2] He is pleased with the way that Vorinism has changed since the defeat of the Hierocracy, that every man can now have a personal relationship with their god.[1] As with many ardents, Kadash is deeply distrustful of any type of prophecy or foresight, believing it to be a thing of the Voidbringers. Kadash is horrified by the idea that the Radiants could potentially be returning.[2]
Kadash is humble as well.[1] Despite his high rank, he defers to lighteyes, regardless of their age and authority. Kadash believes that it is the duty of Dalinar and the other lighteyes to watch the ardents and ensure they do not rise above their station as they did during the Hierocracy. Kadash is very loyal to Dalinar, as well as the rest of his family. He has sworn oaths to serve Dalinar and has known the man for many years. For these reasons, Kadash is both unwilling and unable to speak ill of Dalinar due to his oaths, even when Dalinar claims that the Almighty is dead.[3] Kadash is also concerned with the spiritual well-being of his congregation, particularly Adolin.
Even though many years have passed since Kadash left the military, he is still haunted by the memories of his time spent fighting and all the death and destruction he saw.[1] He is also an observant man, he keeps his eyes and ears open to the events around the warcamps.
Elite soldier[edit]
Kadash was born as a lighteyes of an unknown dahn.[1] He chose to become a soldier, and rose through the ranks to become Captainlord in Dalinar Kholin's army.[4] Sometime during his career in the army, his head was injured in combat. Kadash survived, but the injury left a scar across his face and head from where the spear had hit him.[5] He was one of Dalinar's elites, which meant that he sometimes served as a bodyguard for Gavilar.[6]
He had been part of the Kholin army since before the unification of Alethkar.[7] After all ten princedoms had been conquered, Kadash was part of the army's new campaign to secure the northern lands of Alethkar - defeating the Herdazians and claiming the Reshi isle of Akak, which had taken four years - proceeding to engage the Vedens further southwards.[5] This eventually led to the battle at Rathalas. Once the walls of the city had been captured, Dalinar ordered Kadash and fifty of his elites to enter the city and soak the lower parts of The Rift with oil and ignite the entire city with burning arrows. While the elites held down Tanalan, the commander of the enemy forces, Kadash himself was just standing at the side of the city, looking down at the destruction.[4] He was traumatized by the experience, and left the army after that day.
"A hardened soldier who had encountered something so vile that even he was shaken. He'd left to become an ardent the next day. "
—About Kadash at The Rift[8]
Joining the ardentia[edit]
After many years in the military, Kadash changed his Calling, ending his career as a soldier and joining the ardentia.[1] Kadash also rose high within the ranks of the ardents, becoming the overseer of the Soulcasters[2] and one of the ardents owned by Highprince Dalinar Kholin and his family.[1] He served Dalinar loyally for many years, and trained and tutored his son Adolin Kholin during his childhood. After Szeth-son-son-Vallano's assassination of King Gavilar Kholin, Kadash spoke to some of Gavilar's surviving guards, but he believed their mentions of Szeth's Surgebinding to be the result of shock and trauma.[2]
Service on the Shattered Plains[edit]
"I still find it incredible. Even after all these years. If we needed proof of the Almighty's hand in our lives, this is certainly it. "
—Kadash on Soulcasting[2]
Kadash accompanied Dalinar Kholin and his armies to the Shattered Plains to provide religious instruction while the War of Reckoning was fought.[1] He worked in the main Vorin temple in Dalinar's warcamp. Adolin and Janala Lustow visited Kadash there in 1173. Kadash was concerned that Adolin had not made much progress with his Calling, but Adolin wished to speak to Kadash about Dalinar's visions and his growing concerns about Dalinar's sanity. The two spoke in private on the temple's central mound. Adolin told Kadash of Dalinars visions and asked Kadash if they could really be coming from the Almighty or if he was simply losing his mind. Kadash was unwilling to give a direct answer due to his loyalty to Dalinar, but he spoke about the Hierocracy, explaining that they too had spoken of visions, which the Sunmaker had claimed to be a fabrication. Kadash said that he felt that it was unlikely that the visions would come from the Almighty, and implied that Dalinar might be haunted by his experiences on the battlefield, but stopped short of actually saying that Dalinar was mad. Kadash told Adolin that he was the only one that could help his father and asked that Adolin return soon to discuss his Calling.
Later that year, Kadash proposed to Dalinar that they could Soulcast large blocks of stone for windbreaks on the eastern side of Dalinar's camp to allow it to expand onto the Shattered Plains.[2] After debating the idea for several months, Dalinar agreed to the plan. Kadash accompanied the Soulcasters to the edge of Dalinar's warcamp to perform the Soulcasting. The Soulcasters had such a demand on their time that Kadash had taken them out during the day, to Soulcast concealed within an enclosed silk canopy. Adolin had seen them from a distance, and came to speak to Kadash. He confided in Kadash that Szeth had attempted to assassinate Dalinar and made use of the powers of the Radiants. Kadash was shocked at this, and disturbed by the idea that the Radiants could be returning. He agreed to do research into their abilities for Adolin so he could be better equipped to combat Szeth if he should return.
Service in Urithiru[edit]
After the Battle of Narak, Kadash moved to Urithiru. He came into conflict with Dalinar however, who had started saying that the Almighty was dead. He also refused to marry Dalinar and Navani, because the Vorin church saw them as siblings. When they eventually married through the Stormfather, Kadash was disappointed and afraid of what the ardentia might do to Dalinar.[8]
When Dalinar visited a training room for soldiers and had a wrestling match with Aratin Khal, Kadash went there to check up on Dalinar but got challenged to a duel instead. Kadash declined at first, but accepted the challenge of his Highprince and former comrade-in-arms anyway. Even in a solo duel Kadash still had the instincts of a soldier, keeping watch on his sides. While they were sparring, Dalinar had a spanreed meeting with the Iriali queen. Kadash eventually lost the match to an invalid dueling strike.[9]
Later, Kadash joined King Elhokar Kholin, Dalinar, and Navani on a trip to the Alethi warcamps on the Shattered Plains. They traveled to Shattered Plains via the Oathgate, and then were flown to the warcamps by Kaladin and his Windrunners. Once they arrived, Kadash visited his office in the camp monastery where he had kept most of his books and spanreeds in a wall safe, because he didn't have time to pack his belongings when the warcamps were left in haste for Urithiru ten weeks prior. These five spanreeds were linked to the leaders of Vorinism in Jah Keved, Herdaz, Kharbranth, Thaylenah and New Natanan, and all had been trying to contact Kadash with questions related to the Desolation, yet he did not answer them before scholars from the Palanaeum had finished sending him passages recently translated from the Dawnchant. Kadash also helped Dalinar to find the room in which Taln had been kept.[10]
One of his projects in Urithiru was an attempt to farm on the city's garden balconies. The plants would not grow however, either because of the cold or the fact that few storms reached high enough.[3]
Relationships[edit]
Dalinar Kholin[edit]
"I appreciate the man you have become; you should avoid reminding me of the man you once were."
—Kadash about Dalinar[8]
Kadash and Dalinar have known each other for years. They used to be comrades-in-arms during Dalinar's conquests to unite Alethkar, while Kadash was one of the highest ranked officers among Dalinar's elites, but they weren't particularly close back then.[9] Kadash was a hardened soldier, but even after all he had been through he was horrified by the destruction of Rathalas ordered by his Highprince. He left the army and became an ardent that day, but remained loyal to Dalinar.
Years later Dalinar started having visions from the Stormfather in which got revealed to him that the Almighty was dead. Kadash has to be skeptical because Vorinism considers these claims to be heresy, but the ardent doesn't discard the possibility right away and makes an effort to gather all the facts. Because Kadash is rational and speaks his mind, Dalinar often visits him to discuss difficult matters. Kadash respects that Dalinar does not believe in the Almighty anymore, but wishes that he would make a pedantic statement like "I'm pleased with the work the Vorin church does, and support my ardents, even if I myself no longer have the faith I once did" so that they can move on.[3]
↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Way of Kings chapter 18Summary: The Way of Kings/Chapter_18#
↑ a b c d e f g Words of Radiance chapter 35Summary: Words of Radiance/Chapter_35#
↑ a b c Oathbringer chapter 107Summary: Oathbringer/Chapter_107#
↑ a b c Oathbringer chapter 4Summary: Oathbringer/Chapter_4#
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MOOC or xMOOC?
I've been internally debating the use of the term xMOOC to describe the Coursera/Udacity/edX offerings for a while now. This first came about when I started to study neoliberalism, and realize that there was not a true north definition; it was a term that fit the needs of the author, and usually in a way that cast scorn and dispersions on those umbrellaed via it. This is not to say that neoliberalism is not an important concept, but that the concept and the term are not necessarily synonymous.
I talked about something similar with MOOCs in a recent post, noting how MOOC can mean anything to anyone, and inasmuch the term loses any meaning (and I note that the term is so bereft of its original meaning that it didn't have meaning to begin with, thus it is a simulacrum). There is an opposing force to such an argument, and it is based around the original iteration of the MOOC, the 2008 connectivism version that academics today label a cMOOC. C.O. Rodriguez, in perhaps the first research article to lump both Siemens-style MOOCs and the Thrun-style MOOCs into a research subject, used the terms cMOOC and xMOOC to differentiate between the two. Since then, however, use of the term MOOC has overwhelmingly been to describe offerings such as Coursera, edX and Udacity, while the offerings borne from the work of Siemens, Downes, Couros and Cormier (to name a few) are largely forgotten in this term (Audrey Watters has a great takedown of this whitewash of the MOOC history at her site). People who follow education and, more importantly, distance education do refer to cMOOCs, but the term xMOOC only comes out in academic circles. And when it comes out, it, like neoliberalism, becomes a pejorative. It is a neologism designed to hold the grievances of the user more than it is a term to alleviate confusion in the marketplace. In the global marketplace, the confusing part of the MOOC debate is the cMOOC.
I had been considering a blog post on this subject when I found myself in a Facebook discussion on the very topic. A colleague noted my use of MOOC was only about xMOOCs, not cMOOCs. This was my reply:
The cMOOC is an interesting phenomenon, with varying levels of success in its roll-outs (but it, just like its theoretical base connectivism, is not without its faults). But it's the cMOOC. There is no xMOOC. C.O. Rodriguez used the term to differentiate between the two in a paper back when Sebastian Thrun was still calling his work distributed learning. Since then, the only people using the term xMOOC are academics, and it's largely a pejorative. There is no xMOOC. It's the MOOC.
And yes, it stinks that a few TechCrunch and Wired reporters did lazy journalism in searching academic response to Thrun's experiment, found George Siemens call it a MOOC in a very optimistic blog post, and ran with the term, a term that has little in common with the Coursera/Udacity/edX initiative. But that's what it is, and now that Pandora's Box is open the cMOOC is not getting the term back.
And I disagree with you on your last point. I don't see the MOOC developers as fearful of what a cMOOC can do. The cMOOC, in my opinion, only ended up on their radar when folks like Audrey Watters started pointing out the pedagogical shortcomings in their work. These developers, in my opinion, truly believe in what they are doing, that they can create a brilliant opportunity for learning, at a low cost, for the world to utilize in a global show of democracy that would even get Joan Baez to smile. Problem is (from my perspective), they look at learning from the AI lens, where the brain is a computer made of meat, so the brain must learn like a computer. And we all know that is wrong. But that's the playing field out there today…the one filled with terms like disruptive innovation, individualized learning, data mining and competency-based learning. Silicon Valley loves it because it's an algorithm that can make money. Investors love it because education is the final frontier of privatizing public services. Government loves it because every time someone says "public-private partnership" a former congressman gets their wings. And, to xxxxx's point, this has happened because it's gone unchecked by the educators, or the educators have quibbled over minutae. The fact that this model of learning got labeled a MOOC only served to confuse academics for several years.
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Jenna June 12, 2013 at 12:55 am
I think the introduction of MOOCs is going to be great for the community, however, I see them as a supplement to higher education – not a replacement. The open courses (although run by some Ivy League and world class institutions) are not reproduction of the universities original course and do not offer academic credit or recognisable qualification. I think they will be around in the long-term future, but see their primary function being as a means of self-development.
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A door is a very basic way to control access, and brings complications at the time that keys is lost (or stolen) without being no record of users which raffled it.
So was born 3Access, a system of access control, which allows the configuration of rights of access and its management and compliance through different step control devices adaptable to the needs of the campus.
3Access architecture
Access Methods pedestrian and vehicular
3Access establishes groups of permissions that define people in terms of level of accessibility, ie as access to which each user is enabled and the timetable (days, times, etc.) for the application of permits.
This requires the user to hold a key to unlock access barriers and allow its passage. This access control system offers different methods as required for each installation, focused on its pedestrian use and / or vehicle.
The fact that the 3Access perform management and access control system does not rule out the need for security personnel, who can detect alarm conditions generated by the system and act accordingly.
Pedestrian / Vehicular
The user installs in the mobile a specific app, with which will identify and access the facility.
A proximity card, previously delivered to the user, which allows to unlock the door closer approximating it near the RFID reader.
MIFARE card
MIFARE is a special type of proximity card, and works at the same way as an RFID card.
Installing an intercom access, the user can communicate with the control point, which will unlock the door.
Digital fingerprint
The user places his finger on the fingerprint reader installed on the door and unlocked it if detects that the fingerprint is registered in the system.
The bollards, installed in the road of a vehicular access, will read vehicle license plate, opening the barrier if it has permission to access.
Long range TAG
A remote antenna recognize the TAG device placed in the customer's vehicle and opening the barrier.
Wireless TAG
Works just like a long-range Tag, but with BLE technology.
Access elements Control doors
The access control system has different obstacles to enter and leave a facility. All of them are connected to the system, allowing to monitor their status, any irregularities, etc.
We have different turnsitle depending on the installation, with a range spanning from compact and economical ones with great security, with folding blades to variable height turnstile.
Full-Height Turnstile
3Access offers three row full-height turnstiles for facilities that require a high degree of safety and high mechanical strength. We offer double full height-turnstile for installations where space is limited.
Automatic wicket gate
Different motorized access wickets designed to channel the people flow, shopping areas and commercial establishments. There are unidirectional, bidirectional, for disabled persons and optical gateways models.
Vehicular access
We have barriers, TAG readers, license plate readers, among others, for access control to vehicles.
Software access control
3access system is a powerful software designed to carry out the administration and access control, focused on the simplicity of operation for the user and in a wide range of functionalities.
From 3Access software the system admin can control users and their permissions, to register new people, linking access methods and be informed of the possible events and incidents that may arise.
The software allows full control of the people who will access the facilities.
Through it you can deregister, register or modify the data of a person, and later assign an access method and establish a temporary (allow access to certain hours or days.)
Access means
Control all access means to the facility and associate one to a particular person who has been registered previously in the system.
In addition, you can introduce an expiration date to it.
3Access articles
Double C compact turnstile
UHF RFID Reader
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John English, 63, was charged with trespassing, police said.
HUDSON - Police said they arrested a Marlborough woman after they pulled her over on Causeway Street at 1:19 p.m. Monday.
Thalita M. Oliveira, 20, of 280 Elm St., Apt. 12, was charged with driving without a license and speeding, police said.
HUDSON - A Hudson man was arrested Monday at 7:55 p.m. on Central Street, police said.
John P. Dugan, 51, of 14 Central St., had two warrants for his arrest, police said, but no other information was available.
HUDSON - A Hudson man was arrested Monday at 8:58 p.m. on Broad Street, police said.
Peter H. MacEachern, 52, of 153 Broad St., had two warrants for his arrest, police said, but no other information was available.
MARLBOROUGH - A Waltham teen was arrested Monday and charged with violating an abuse prevention order, police said.
Cassandra Guerra, 17, of 262 Brown St., was arrested at about 6 p.m., police said.


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SU9948 : Speed bump, Pilgrims' Way
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Speed bump, Pilgrims' Way
The route of the North Downs Way.
Pilgrims' Way
A 120 mile route from Winchester to Canterbury, followed by mediaeval pilgrims, heading for Thomas Becket's tomb. The route follows a pre-historic trackway dated to 500BC. The Pilgrims' Way is not a designated long distance footpath, but it can be followed as most of it is roads today. It follows the lower slopes of the North Downs escarpment, carefully avoiding the steep slopes above and the sticky clay below. More information is available at Link
North Downs Way
A long distance path in southern England. It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Godalming, Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Kent Downs AONB. East of Boughton Lees, the path splits in two, the northern section running via Canterbury and the southern via Wye. The two sections of the path reunite at Dover. The northern route is 211 km long, and the southern route 201 km, the total length of the North Downs Way being 246 km.
The pathway is mixed in that it varies throughout its length from footpath status to bridleway, byway and road. Some 19% of the Way follows roads, though 75% of those are minor lanes. It is marked by an acorn. See TQ6561 : Crossover in Long Distance pathways.
See Link for more details and an interactive map of the trail.
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Home wwwhive Whose news is it anyway?
Whose news is it anyway?
With a series that launched Tuesday, the Star looks more closely at a new report by the International News Media Association: How to Decode the Publisher-Platform Relationship identifies seven issues as the most concerning to publishers in the digital age. Today, copyright and news aggregation.
Musicians and video producers have copyright over their work, but in many countries, news publications are not afforded the same protections for their articles. That's allowed websites that aggregate original reporting from other publications to pop up. These websites often trick readers because they are sometimes designed to dupe the public into believing they are run by the credible publications they aggregate reporting from. These misleading websites don't pay for the news they repurpose, but they often find ways to monetize that content and don't share their profits.
Google News, Apple News, Amazon Echo, or Facebook news feeds exacerbate the situation because some are set up so that when readers click on articles, they are kept within the platform's site. "Google News does take readers to the publisher's network, but bypasses the showcase, money-making home page, which undercuts brand presence," the International News Media Association (INMA) report says. "Taking the reader off the publisher's network entirely by Apple and Facebook also denies the media company the usage data." It also causes "brand flattening" — minimizing the connection and value between a story and the publication that produced it.
Possible solutions:
Platforms pay for use of text intellectual property.
"We need a system whereby the platforms that benefit so much from the engagement driven by news return value to the people who create that content," said David Chavern, a chief executive at the News Media Alliance, a trade association representing approximately 2,000 newspapers in the United States and Canada, in the INMA report. "This isn't to say that all news is equally valuable — and we aren't anticipating a collective effort to set prices for specific content — but the platforms' unique unwillingness to pay news publishers has to end."
To protect the intellectual property of publications, INMA believes digital platforms should pay to use text-based news stories — a change that will require new legislation. The European Union has already supported such a measure through a publishers' right directive, which was recently passed by all of its member states. The directive does not cover links shared on social platforms, but includes summaries or substantial passages of stories.
INMA also suggested tech giants should adopt content licensing deals like the one Facebook has recently offered large U.S. publishers in exchange for permission to use headlines and previews of stories on their platform. INMA looks somewhat favourably at the subscription revenue share model championed by Apple News+, where consumers pay $12.99 a month for access to content from hundreds of publications. Publishers split about half the money Apple makes from subscribers based on how much of their content is consumed.
Platforms pay for use of audio intellectual property.
Unlike news articles, from which publishers can earn ad dollars, it is much more difficult to monetize audio news clips, especially because, says INMA, publishers have already been asked to provide snippets of their content to digital platforms — for free.
The rise of smart home speakers like Google Home and Amazon's Echo and Alexa have led INMA to feel copyright protections are needed for text news that is read aloud. It points to music industry "carriage fees" — payments to artists based on how much of and the number of times a piece is played — as a potential solution. INMA says regulators would need to approve such fees before they could be enacted.
Remove platform ecosystem trap on news.
Most digital platforms that aggregate news create a "trap," which keeps readers from being sent to a publisher's site when they click on a story. Apple News, for example, touts that it provides news readers can trust "all in one place," but INMA says, "that place is Apple and it's hard to escape or monetize even if you log in as a subscriber to that news brand when prompted." The platforms that readers are kept within often minimize a publication's branding — if it's even included at all — by shrinking logos and sometimes removing a publisher's design schemes.
INMA prefers the Google News model, which avoids an "ecosystem trap" by taking a reader directly to a publisher's site and allowing them to view ads and next article recommendations from the news organization.
Platforms accept liability for distributing content.
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Digital platforms provide a variety of services that sometimes mirror offerings from publishers or telecommunications companies, but neither a publisher nor a telecommunications title fully encompasses what these platforms do.
INMA believes the platforms should be given their own classification as a "network distributor of content" and create a secondary legal liability for distribution of content. The liability would cover fabricated news and defamatory material — whether generated by the platform, users or advertisers — and would prevent publishers from being undermined. Also, under such liability provisions, if platforms want to aggregate news from publishers, they would be obliged to pay a fee, share agreed data, and allow readers to easily get to the publisher's site.
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Q: Passive LC low pass in combination with series resonant/ band stop stage I found this crossover circuit in a construction set and it puzzled me a while. I have absolutely no idea, why I should combine a 2nd order low pass with half a band stop. The low pass alone has a corner frequency of roughly 155Hz. A full scale notch filter would have a center frequency of roughly 73Hz (impedance as shown).

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Finally the sub woofer sits in a very small enclosure (<10L) and is itself quite small. The vented cabinet seems to be tuned as expected (Hoge). I'm a bit uncertain about that since the parameters (volume, opening's surface and high channel length) don't differ that much in comparison to tunings over-emphasizing at the lower end (B4).
So I assume this is an additional filter trick to make the small thing sound better at lower frequencies. There is a peak at 34Hz before the band stop takes over, a drop around the mid frequency and the expected cut off now at roughly 210Hz.
Is this correct or did I miss something? There is no additional filter stage for satellite speakers. And my goal is to replace the passive filter network with an active one (before the amplifier).


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Truck accidents caused by inadequate truck maintenance are usually preventable. It is the responsibility of commercial truck drivers and trucking businesses to ensure that their commercial trucks. All commercial truck drivers must follow the regulations established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. These regulations mandate that trucks must undergo a series of inspections to ensure vehicle safety before a driver starts a job. It is negligent for trucking carriers that knowingly fail to maintain their vehicles properly.
Aggressive driving has become a serious problem on highways and Philadelphia roads. Contact a Philadelphia truck accident lawyer immediately if you were injured by an aggressive driver.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines aggressive driving as occurring when "an individual commits a combination of moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property." This includes driving behaviors such as following too closely, unsafe lane changes and speeding which can be hazardous to truck drivers and other vehicles using the road.
A truck has a maximum design weight which is known as the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). The GVWR rating can never be more than the combined ratings of all of the truck's axles, usually, the GVWR is less. A number of factors, including allowances for various load placements, frame rating, powertrain rating, suspension component ratings, and the foundation brake rating, can impact the GVWR of a truck.
Many truck accidents occur at night as a result of inadequate or insufficient reflective tape, which does not allow the truck to be easily seen by other vehicles.
An overloaded or improperly loaded truck can cause a catastrophic accident on the road. Overloaded trucks, or trucks that are not loaded according to federal regulations, can cause a serious semi-truck accident in a number of ways. For example, the load could add extra weight to an already over-sized truck causing top-heaviness and increasing the risk of jackknifing or overturning around curves. The cargo in overloaded or improperly-loaded trucks is more likely to shift while in motion. When trucks are improperly loaded, cargo is more likely to fall off, leaving debris to rest in the roadway, or even falling directly onto another vehicle.
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Underride can be the most devastating type of truck accident and is the cause of the most fatalities. Underride occurs when a smaller automobile collides with a truck and, due to the difference in height, continues under the truck as the top of the car is sheared off. Underride may cause decapitation of passenger vehicle and sometimes extreme head trauma.
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