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Cape Breton evokes deep memories and strong emotions for me as well as a deep appreciation for the beauty of my adopted island. My hopes are that you too might find the photos evocative - maybe a view you've not enjoyed before, or an 'Oh I've been there', or if from away that you may be encouraged to visit this fair isle so that you might come to love and breathe Cape Breton as I do. One word about place names that I use - some are completely local usage while others are from maps of Cape Breton that I've purchased over the years. I frequently post travel and other photos that are of interest to me - and hopefully you.
On the right hand side bar find my take on Single Malt whiskey - from how to best enjoy this noble drink to reviews (in a most non-professional manner) of ones that I have tried and liked - or not. Also musings, mine and others, on life in general.
Photographs are roughly 98%+ my own and copy-righted. For the occasional photo that is borrowed, credit is given where possible - recently I have started posting unusual net photographs that seem unique. Feel free to borrow any of my photos for non-commercial use, otherwise contact me. Starting late in 2013 I have tried to be consistent in identifying my photographs using ©smck on all out of camera photos I personally captured - (I often do minor computer changes such as 'crop' or 'shadow' etc but usually nothing major), and using ©norvellhimself on all photos that I have played around with in case it might not be obvious. Lately I have dropped the ©smck and have watermarked them with the blog name.
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On the right hand side bar find my take on Single Malt whiskey - from how to best enjoy this noble drink to reviews (in a most non-professional manner) of ones that I have tried and liked - or not. Also musings, mine and others, on life in general.
Photographs are roughly 98%+ my own and copy-righted. For the occasional photo that is borrowed, credit is given where possible - recently I have started posting unusual net photographs that seem unique. Feel free to borrow any of my photos for non-commercial use, otherwise contact me. Starting late in 2013 I have tried to be consistent in identifying my photographs using ©smck on all out of camera photos I personally captured - (I often do minor computer changes such as 'crop' or 'shadow' etc but usually nothing major), and using ©norvellhimself on all photos that I have played around with in case it might not be obvious. Lately I have dropped the ©smck and have watermarked them with the blog name.
COMMENTS are appreciated as feedback is the driving energy of blogging - And if you like this site please pass it along to a friend. Thanks!
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0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Did you know that in the standard mathematics base of ten there is a mnemonic for the often asked question (among other queries by students - American students I must add - whose previous education left them quite defunct in rudimentary arithmetic skills which was the main cause of their difficulty in Algebra) in elementary algebra of 'what is 7*8 equal to?' - I would point out that in the listing of the base numerals 0 through 9 you could quickly find 5,6,7,8 which would remind then that 56 = 7*8 . and that also 1,2,3,4 would remind them that 12 = 3*4.
Aside from being a quick and easy crutch for them, it also led into a more interesting (even if minor) thought of did they think that such a scheme could be found in the base numerals of other bases - such as 8 or 12, or 36 or what ever. A few of the interested students would usually assume that in a field of infinite base sets that there had to be more such random multiplication equalities.
However a little proof I had devised had surprised my by showing that only base ten held such base numerals. Since those school teaching days are far behind me I have never thought much about this but I have never heard of this idea elsewhere. If any of you gentle readers happen to be interested in number ideas and have cause to look into such a simple example I would be more than happy to hear your comment on the same
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