In a guideline issued in mid-1966, the U.S. Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology determined that weather data should be rounded to the nearest round number, with the "round half up" tie-breaking rule. For example, 1.5 rounded to integer should become 2, and −1.5 should become −1. Prior to that date, the tie-breaking rule was "round half away from zero".
Some meteorologists may write "-0" to indicate a temperature between 0.0 and -0.5 degrees (exclusive) that was rounded to integer. This notation is used when the negative sign is considered important, no matter how small is the magnitude; for example, when rounding temperatures in the Celsius scale, where below zero indicates freezing.
An introduction to different rounding algorithms that is accessible to a general audience but especially useful to those studying computer science and electronics.
Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is an American city in the state of Wyoming. It is in Platte County where it is the county seat. The city has about 3,548 people. Steamboat, the bucking horse on the license plate for the state of Wyoming and the logo for the athletics team of the University of Wyoming, was stabled in a barn in Wheatland.
Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a town on the A259 road in East Sussex, England.
Charing
Charing is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. In 2001 there were 2,694 people living in Charing.
Lenham
Lenham is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. In 2001 there were 3,301 people living in Lenham.
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Hitoshi Matsumoto (born September 8, 1963 in Amagasaki Hyōgo) is an Japanese comedian, actor, producer and director. Matsumoto is probably best known for being one-half of the comedy duo, Downtown where he is the "boke" also with member Masatoshi Hamada who is the tsukkomi. While apart of Downtown, Matsumoto and Hamada made two television shows, Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! and Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. He directed, produced and starred in a movie called Big Man Japan. The movie was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section. The movie was nominated in 2007 for "Best Film" at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival and in 2008 for "Best Visual Effects" at the Asian Film Awards. He is married to his wife Ihara Rin and they have a daughter that was born on October 6, 2009.
Sturry
Sturry is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. In 2001 there were 6,257 people living in Sturry.
Dalston
Dalston is a village and civil parish in City of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 2,643 people living in Dalston.
Salcombe
Salcombe is a village and civil parish in South Hams, Devon, England. In 2001, there were 1,893 people living in Salcombe.
Haslemere
Haslemere is a town and civil parish in Waverley, Surrey, England. In 2001 there were 15,612 people living in Haslemere.
Kočevski Rog massacre
Kočevski Rog massacre was a series of massacres in Slovenia in late May 1945. This was shortly after World War II. It happened near Kočevski Rog. Thousands of members of the Slovene Home Guard and their families were executed by special units of the Yugoslav Partisans.
They were thrown into various pits and caves, which were then sealed with explosives. Several thousand (between 10,000 and 12,000, according to certain sources) war prisoners died in these executions. They had been repatriated by the British military authorities from Austria, where they had fled.
The Russian British author Nikolai Tolstoy wrote an account of the events in his book "The Minister and the Massacres". British author John Corsellis, who served in Austria with the British Army, has written a historic book of these events, called "Slovenia 1945: Memories of Death and Survival after World War II".
Boris Karapandzic writes that there were 12,000 Slovenian "home guards", 3,000 Serbian volunteer troops, 1,000 Montenegrin "chetniks", and 2,500 Croatian "home guards". Karapandzic's report is confirmed in a subsequent book by a group of scholars.
St Dennis, Cornwall
St Dennis is a parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is on the B3279 road between Newquay and St Austell.
St Dennis had a population of 2,696 in the 2001 census. The village is famous for its church built on the site of an Iron Age hillfort. The area is full of tips and clay pits of china clay mining but St Dennis village itself is designated an 'island settlement' which prevents encroachment by the china clay industry. Much of the parish is up to 500 feet above sea level, and the countryside is moorland with small fields enclosed by 'Cornish hedges'.
The church is on top of a hill overlooking the village and has views to the sea at Newquay. It stands on the site of an Iron Age fort. The tower is the oldest part of the church, and the newer church has been repaired after being destroyed by fire in 1985. The village also has a strong history of Methodism and once had three Methodist chapels, two of these are still in use.
Illogan
Illogan (pronounced "i'lluggan") is a village and parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is two miles (3 km) northwest of Redruth and had a population of 5585 in the 2001 census.
Originally a rural area supporting itself by farming and agriculture, Illogan shared in the general prosperity brought about by the 19th century mining boom, which was experienced by the whole Camborne-Redruth area.
The church is dedicated to Saint Illogan, of whom little is known. Illogan was the birthplace of engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick.
There are two Illogan parishes:
St Keverne
St Keverne is a parish and village on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The population of the parish was 2107 in the 2001 census.
The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 started in St Keverne. The leader of the rebellion Michael An Gof was a blacksmith from St Keverne and is commemorated by a statue in the village.
The parish is a large one and includes some 10 miles of coast from Nare Point at the mouth of the Helford River to Kennack Sands, and the Manacles offshore. Settlements on the coast include Porthallow, Porthoustock and Coverack. Inland the parish includes the hamlets of Zoar, Laddenvean, Traboe, Trelan and Gwenter. The eastern part of Goonhilly Downs is also in the parish.
St Keverne was in the Middle Ages the site of an important monastery. The church is dedicated to St Akeveranus. The church is very large for a village church and in its present form is 15th century.
Cornish Rebellion of 1497
The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a popular uprising by the people of Cornwall in the far southwest of Britain. Its primary cause was the people's response to the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII to pay for a campaign against Scotland. Tin miners were angered as the scale of the taxes overturned previous rights granted by Edward I of England to the Cornish Stannary Parliament which exempted Cornwall from all taxes of 10ths or 15ths of income.
In reaction to King Henry's tax levy, Michael Joseph (An Gof), a blacksmith from St Keverne and Thomas Flamank a lawyer from Bodmin, persuaded many of the people of Cornwall to revolt against the King. An army of 15,000 marched into Devon, attracting support in terms of provisions and recruits as they went. Apart from one isolated incident at Taunton their march was not accompanied by any violence or looting. From Taunton, they moved on to Wells, where they were joined by the seventh Baron Audley, an able soldier.