Marine outfall

I want to introduct something about . A marine outfall is a pipeline or tunnel that discharges municipal or industrial wastewater, stormwater, combined sewer overflows, cooling water, or brine effluents from desalination plants to the sea. Usually they discharge under the sea's surface (submarine outfall). In the case of municipal wastewater, effluent is often being discharged after having undergone no or only primary treatment, with the intention of using the assimilative capacity of the sea for further treatment. Submarine outfalls are common throughout the world and probably number in the thousands. More than 200 outfalls alone have been listed in a single international database maintained by the Institute for Hydromechanics at Karlsruhe University for the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) / International Water Association (IWA) Committee on Marine Outfall Systems.In Latin America and the Caribbean there were 134 outfalls with more than 500 m length in 2006 for wastewater disposal alone, according to a survey by the Panamerican Center for Environmental Engineering (CEPIS) of PAHO. According to the survey, the largest number of municipal wastewater outfalls in the region exist in Venezuela (39), Chile (39) and Brazil (22).Contents1 Advantages 2 Disadvantages 3 Technology 4 Examples 5 Controversies 6 References 7 Sources 8 External links // AdvantagesAccording to the Australian engineer Sharon Beder the main advantages of marine outfalls for the discharge of wastewater are:the natural dilution and dispersion of organic matter, pathogens and other pollutants the ability to keep the sewage field submerged because of the depth at which the sewage is being released the greater die-off rate of pathogens due to the greater distance they will have to travel to shore. They also tend to be less expensive than advanced wastewater treatment plants, using the natural assimilative capacity of the sea instead of energy-intensive treatment processes in a plant. They also require less land.DisadvantagesMarine outfalls for partially treated or untreated wastewater remain controversial. Still according to Sharon Beder, the design calculation and computer models for pollution modeling have been criticized, arguing that dilution has been overemphasized and that other mechanisms work in the opposite direction, such as bioaccumulation of toxins, sedimentation of sludge particles and agglomeration of sewage particles with grease. Accumulative mechanisms include slick formation, windrow formation, flocculate formation and agglomerated formation. Grease or wax can interfer with dispersion, so that bacteria and viruses could be carried to remote locations where the concentration of bacterial predators would be low and the die-off rate much lower.TechnologyOutfalls vary in diameter from as narrow as 15 cm to as wide as 8 meters; the widest registered outfall in the world with 8 m diameter is located in Navia (Spain) for the discharge of industrial wastewater. Outfalls vary in length from 50 meters to 55 km, the longest registered outfalls being the Boston outfall with a length of 16 km and an industrial outfall in Ankleshwar (India) with a length of 55 km. The depth of the deepest point of an outfall varies from 3 m to up to 60 m, the deepest registered outfall being located in Macuto, Vargas (Venezuela) for the discharge of untreated municipal wastewater.Outfall materials include polyethylene, stainless steel, carbon steel, glass-reinforced plastic, reinforced concrete, cast iron or tunnels through rock. Common installation methods for pipelines are float and sink, bottom pull and top pull.ExamplesSubmarine outfalls exist, existed or have been considered - among many others - in the following locations:AfricaCasablanca (Morocco). AsiaManila Bay (Philippines). Mumbai (India). AustraliaSydney. EuropeBarcelona, Spain Costa do Estoril (Portugal), the Marmara Sea near Istanbul (Turkey), San Sebasti (Spain), Split (Croatia), the Thames Estuary downstream of London (UK), and Edinburgh, Scotland. North AmericaHonolulu (USA), the New York Bight (USA), the Southern California Bight (USA), and Victoria, British Columbia, (Canada). Latin America and the CaribbeanCartagena, Colombia, Ipanema near Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). This outfall, built in 1975, discharges untreated wastewater through a pipe with a diameter of 2.4m and a length of 4,775m at a depth of 27m. Sosua (Dominican Republic). ControversiesIn the 1960s the city of Sydney decided to build ocean sewage outfalls to discharge partially treated sewage 2-4 km offshore at a cost of US$ 300 million. In the late 1980s, however, the...(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about hydraulic car jack, welding flux, . The products should be show more here!

Soapstone

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It has been a medium for carving for thousands of years.Contents1 Petrology 2 Physical characteristics and uses 3 Other names 4 See also 5 References 6 External links // PetrologyA block of talcPetrologically, soapstone is composed dominantly of talc, with varying amounts of chlorite and amphiboles (typically tremolite, anthophyllite, and magnesiocummingtonite), and trace to minor FeCr-oxides. It may be schistose or massive. Soapstone is formed by the metamorphism of ultramafic protoliths (e.g. dunite or serpentinite) and the metasomatism of siliceous dolostones.Pyrophyllite, a mineral very similar to talc is sometimes called soapstone in the generic sense since its physical characteristics and industrial uses are similar,[citation needed] and because it is also commonly used as a carving material. However this mineral typically does not have such a soapy feel as that from which soapstone derives its name.Physical characteristics and usesSoapstone sculpture on the Hoysala temple at Belur, India Steatite is relatively soft (because of the high talc content, talc being one on Mohs hardness scale), and may feel soapy when touched, hence the name. Soapstone is used for inlaid designs, sculpture, coasters, and kitchen countertops and sinks. Traditional Inuit carvings often use soapstone, and some Native American groups made bowls, cooking slabs, and other objects from soapstone, particularly during the Late Archaic archaeological period. Soapstone is sometimes used for fireplace surrounds and woodstoves because it can absorb and evenly distribute heat while being easy to manufacture. This is found in many upscale Alaskan and Scandinavian homes. It is also used for griddles and other cookware. Generally, suppliers of soapstone counter tops recommend the use of mineral oil to enhance the color of soapstone. Mineral oil, also known as liquid petrolatum, is a by product in the distillation of petroleum when producing gasoline, will not produce the desired darker appearance of black coloration with one application.[citation needed] It takes many applications over a long period of time to get to an acceptable difference in the color. Soapstone naturally forms a patina over time, similar to the oxidization process that occurs with other materials like copper.[citation needed] A weathered or aged appearance will occur naturally over time as the patina is enhanced. Applying mineral oil will simply darken the appearance of the stone; it will not and does not protect it in any way.Tepe Yahya, an ancient trading city in southeastern Iran, was a centre for the production and distribution of soapstone in the 5th3rd millennia BC Another instance of use in the ancient world is found in Minoan Crete at the Palace of Knossos, where archaeological recovery has included a magnificent libation table made of steatite.Soapstone has been used in India for centuries as a soft medium for carving, but world wide demand for soapstone is threatening the habitat of India's tigers. The Hoysala Empire temples were made from soapstone.Soapstone is used by welders and fabricators as a marker because, due to its resistance to heat, it remains visible when heat is applied. It has also been used for many years by seamstresses, carpenters, and other craftsmen as a marking tool because its marks are very visible and not permanent. For these purposes, it is often sold in 6 inch long square or round sticks.[citation needed]Soapstone can be used to create molds for casting objects from soft metals, such as pewter or silver. The soft stone is easily carved and is not degraded by heating. The slick surface of soapstone allows the finished object to be easily removed.Soapstone smoking pipes are found, for example, among Native American Indian artifacts.Locally quarried soapstone was used for gravemarkers in 19th century northeast Georgia around Dahlonega and Cleveland, as simple field stone and "slot and tab" tombs.Soapstone is also a basic stone used to carve Chinese seals.An Egyptian carved and glazed steatite scarab amulet.The term steatite is sometimes used for soapstone. It may also denote a type of ceramic material made from soapstone with minor additives and heated to vitrify (to change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion).[citation needed] It is often used as an insulator or housing...(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about earthenware table ware, Automatic Hand Dryer, . The Table Napkin Dispenser (5") & Table Napkin Dispenser (7") products should be show more here!

Canada's Worst Driver 4

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Communication interface (RS232 C standard; RS422 optional) Serial communication interface, with selectable baud rate Canada's Worst Driver 4FormatReality televisionDeveloped byProper TelevisionPresented byAndrew YounghusbandNarrated byAndrew YounghusbandCountry of originCanadaLanguage(s)EnglishNo. of episodes8ProductionExecutive producer(s)Guy O'SullivanProducer(s)Blair RicardRunning time60 minutesBroadcastOriginal channelDiscovery Channel CanadaOriginal airingOctober 27, 2008ChronologyPreceded byCanada's Worst Driver 3Related showsCanada's Worst HandymanCanada's Worst Handyman 2Canada's Worst Handyman 3Britain's Worst DriverCanada's Worst Driver 4 is the fourth season of Canada's Worst Driver, a Discovery Channel Canada television series which seeks to improve the driving of eight nominated contestants, each of which trying to avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver.Like previous series, each contestant is nominated by a loved one, and are taken to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, located this year at an abandoned correctional facility in Guelph, Ontario. At the rehabilitation centre, each contestant is taught key driving skills, and are tested in various challenges, with three challenges to an episode. Before each challenge, host Andrew Younghusband performs each challenge to demonstrate that they are doable without error by an average driver. The first episode, where the contestants must drive to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre from a location an hour's drive away in the traditional first challenge, serves as a skills evaluation. Starting with the second episode, and at the end of every episode thereafter, the experts and Andrew decide on which of the remaining contestants have been sufficiently rehabilitated to be let go onto public roads. This continues until three contestants remain, where two traditional final challenges (a "mega-challenge" with elements of previous challenges, as well as a road test through public streets) determine who is named Canada's Worst Driver. Though normally one contestant leaves in every episode, the experts may, at their discretion, refuse to allow anyone to graduate, or conversely graduate more than one contestant in an episode. In extreme circumstances, the experts may also choose to expel a contestant with no intention of improving their driving skills. So far, as Season 4 has progressed, one candidate has been removed from the competition, while the panel has chosen on one occasion to not graduate anyone.This year, like the previous season, roughly half of the challenges are new to the series (though some are inspired by challenges seen in previous years), while the other half, such as the initial drive to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, the Eye of the Needle, the Water-Tank Challenge, the Mega-Challenge, and the series-ending road test, are returning from previous seasons. However, the challenges this season are more specifically tuned for the individual contestants than in previous years, to better address driving issues specific to each contestant. For this year, a fleet of brand-new luxury cars have been commissioned for some of the challenges.Contents1 Contestants 2 Judges 3 Synopsis 3.1 Episode 1: Guilty as Charged 3.2 Episode 2: Big Manoeuvres 3.3 Episode 3: The Urge to Merge 3.4 Episode 4: Shifty Manoeuvres 3.5 Episode 5: A Turn For the Worst 3.6 Episode 6: It's All Reverse 3.7 Episode 7: Practice Makes Perfect 3.8 Episode 8: The Verdict 4 References 5 External links // ContestantsTeagan Cramer, 18, from Edmonton, Alberta, despite being an excellent skateboarder, is a young and nervous driver who tries to compensate by jerking the steering wheel back and forth (termed the "wobble"). However, his dangerous driving is causing him trouble in meeting people of the opposite sex. The youngest nominee in the history of the series, he is nominated by his friend, Mat Smith. He drives a black 1988 Ford Ranger. Curt A. Higham, 51, from New Westminster, British Columbia, has been in 46 accidents through his driving career. Part of this may be due to the fact that he is so distracted, often he does not watch the road. He was originally nominated by his husband Vance for Canada's Worst Driver 3, but it was only this year that he was accepted at rehab. In fact, Vance had refused to allow Curt to drive for over three years due to his driving record. He drives a green Ford F-150. Donna Hicks, 61, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is a fearless drivero much so she refuses to stop at stop signs or red lights. Yet, simple driving tasks such as reversing seems to elude her. She even sometimes drinks and drives, which she claims happens only when she plays bingo. 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Peon

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It has a range of meanings but its primary usage is to describe labourers with little control over their employment conditions.Contents1 Spanish usage 2 English usage 2.1 Peonage 3 References 4 See also 5 Further reading // Spanish usageIn its obsolete usage in Spain itself, the word denoted a person who travelled by foot rather than on a horse (caballero). It now means a chess pawn, or a trompo (a kind of rotating toy or top).In Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, especially those in Latin America, where the hacienda system kept laborers from leaving estates, pe has also a range of meanings related to unskilled or semi-skilled work or manual labour, whether referring to a low-status wage earner in a variety of rural and urban industries (especially a day labourer or a servant); a peasant; a bullfighter's assistant, or, historically, someone subject to forms of unfree labour.English usageThe English words peon and peonage were derived from the Spanish word, and have a variety of meanings related to the Spanish usages, as well as some other meanings. In the English-speaking world in general, the term peon is used colloquially to mean a person with little authority, often assigned unskilled or drudgerous tasks; an underling. In this sense, peon can be used in either a derogatory or self-effacing context.There are several ways in which the word is used:American English: in a historical and legal sense, peon generally only had the meaning of someone working in an unfree labour system (known as peonage). The word often implied debt bondage and/or indentured servitude. See also: Black Codes in the USASouth Asian English: a peon is usually an office boy, an attendant, or an orderly, a person kept around for odd jobs (and, historically, a policeman or foot soldier). In an unrelated South Asian sense, "peon" may also be an alternative spelling for the poon tree (genus Calophyllum) or its wood, especially when used in boat-building. Computing slang: a peon is an "unprivileged user" person without special privileges on a computer system. The opposite is a "superuser." PeonageLabour was in great need to support the expanding agriculture, mining, industrial, and public-work jobs that arose from conquerors settling in the Americas. To account for these jobs a system came about where creditors forced debtors to work for them. This system of involuntary servitude was called peonage.The origin of this form of involuntary servitude goes back to the Spanish conquest of Mexico and African American History when conquistadors forced poor Indians to work for Spanish planters and mine operators. Peonage was prevalent in Spanish America especially in the countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Peru.Peonage was also common in the South of the United States after the American Civil War. Poor white farmers and African-Americans who could not afford their own land would farm another person's land. This was called sharecropping and initially the benefits were mutual. The land owner would pay for the seeds and tools in exchange for a percentage of the money earned from the crop and a portion of the crop. However, as time passed many landowners began to abuse this system. Instead of the benefits remaining mutual, the landowner would force the tenant farmer to buy seeds and tools from the land owner store which had inflated prices. Other tactics included debiting expenses against the sharecropper's profits after the crop was harvested and miscalculating the net profit from the harvest, thereby keeping the sharecropper in perpetual debt to the landowner. Since the tenant farmers could not offset the costs they were forced into involuntary labor due to the debts they owed the land owner.After the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment was added to the United States Constitution, which prohibited involuntary servitude such as peonage for all but convicted criminals. Congress also passed various laws to protect the constitutional rights of Southern blacks, making those who violated such rights by conspiracy, by trespass, or in disguise, guilty of an offense punishable by ten years in prison and civil disability. Unlawful use of state law to subvert rights under the Federal Constitution was made punishable by fine or a year's imprisonment. Until the 1960s, sharecroppers in Southern states were forced to continue working to pay off old debts or to pay taxes. Southern states allowed this in order to preserve sharecropping. In 1921 Georgia Farmer John S. Williams and his black overseer Clyde Manning were convicted in the deaths of 11 blacks working as peons in William's farm. Allegedly Williams was the only white farmer convicted for killing...(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about exhaust fan computer, china conference system, . 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Enriched Xenon Observatory

I want to introduct something about Basic Central Door Locking System. 1. Basic central door locking without actuators 2. Compatible with car original central locking 3. Fixing code (learning code for option) 4. Easy installation for original locking upda (Redirected from EXO)The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) is a particle physics experiment searching for double beta decay of Xenon-136. The experiment uses a large amount of xenon, isotopically enriched in xenon-136. This isotope is theorized to undergo ordinary double beta decay (with the emission of two neutrinos) to barium-136, though past experiments have only placed limits on the half-life.If neutrinoless double beta decay is detected for the first time, it will be definitive proof of the Majorana nature of neutrinos. EXO intends to measure the effective Majorana neutrino mass (if it exists) with a sensitivity close to 0.01 eV . The actual measurement will be the rate of events, which is equivalent to a measurement of the half-life. Currently only lower limits exist for both the 2-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decay modes of Xenon 136. Observation of the 2-neutrino mode does not provide information about neutrinos, though it is interesting for nuclear theory. Measurement of the half-life of the neutrinoless mode can be converted to an effective neutrino mass using calculated nuclear matrix elements. If the neutrinoless mode is not seen, a lower limit can be placed on the half life, which corresponds to an upper limit on the neutrino mass.If a limit on the effective neutrino mass is placed at the 0.01 eV mass range, it answers the question of the ordering of neutrino masses. While the differences between neutrino masses is known, it is not known which neutrino is the heaviest. The effective neutrino mass is dependent on the lightest neutrino mass in such a way that a limit at the 0.01 eV level indicates the neutrino masses lie in the normal hierarchy.EXO currently consists of two facets: a 200-kilogram liquid TPC referred to as 'EXO-200' and R&D efforts into a ton-scale xenon experiment. While EXO-200 serves as a testing ground for liquid Xenon techniques, the ton-scale experiment may take a different form.Contents1 EXO-200 2 Ton Scale EXO 3 External links 4 References // EXO-200EXO-200 uses a cylindrical time projection chamber (TPC) design in order to gather information about the decay. Xenon is a scintillator, so the prompt light provides time information of the event. A large electric field is set up to drive ionization electrons to wires for their collection. The difference in time between the light and the first ionization collection determines the z coordinate of the event, while a grid of wires determines the radial and angular coordinates. Scintillation light is collected by avalanche photodiodes (APDs). EXO-200 has been designed with a goal of less than 40 events per year within two sigma of the Q value. In order to accomplish this, all materials were selected and screened based on radiopurity. Originally the vessel was to be made of teflon, but the final design of the vessel uses thin, ultra-pure copper. The relocation of EXO-200 from Stanford to WIPP began in the summer of 2007. Further assembly and commissioning is expected to continue to the end of 2008 with data taking beginning in 2009. Photos of the EXO-200 laboratory and cryostat installed underground at the WIPP site are shown here.The EXO-200 cryostat installed underground at WIPP.The EXO-200 cleanrooms installed underground at WIPP.Ton Scale EXOA ton scale experiment must overcome many backgrounds. The EXO collaboration is exploring many possibilities to do so, including barium tagging in liquid xenon. Any double beta decay event will leave behind a daughter barium ion, while backgrounds, such as radioactive impurities or neutrons, will not. Requiring a barium ion to be present at the location of the event eliminates all backgrounds. Tagging of a single ion of barium has been demonstrated and progress has been made on a method for extracting ions out of the liquid xenon. One method is using a probe that freezes a layer of xenon, containing the ion, onto its tip . Tagging of barium in gaseous xenon is also being developed.External linksEXO web site References^ "Detection of very small Neutrino Masses in double-beta decay using laser tagging " ^ Particle Data Group Review: Neutrinoless Double-beta decay ^ "A liquid xenon ionization chamber in an all-fluoropolymer vessel" ^ "Systematic study of trace radioactive impurities in candidate construction materials for EXO-200" ^ "EXO project equipment successfully placed underground at WIPP" ^ "A microfabricated sensor for thin dielectric layers" Categories: Particle experiments(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about network dvr system, DVD Storage System, . The Basic Central Door Locking System products should be show more here!

History of quilting

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Please improve this article or discuss the issue on the talk page.Mrs. Bill Stagg of Pie Town, New Mexico with her patchwork and embroidery quilt that displays all the United States state flowers and birds, October 1940.Quilting (stitching together layers of padding and fabric) is as old as ancient Egypt if not older and whole cloth quilts were very common trade goods in wealthy circles in Europe and Asia going back as far as the 15th century.The earliest surviving quilt is from approximately the first century BC to the second century AD. It was found in a Mongolian cave and is a quilted linen carpet. It is housed in the Saint Petersburg department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Archaeology Section.Piecing fabric together is also very old. It was more often used for clothing but also occasionally for decorative objects like this exquisite pieced pillow from the 15th century.The making of pieced quilts made up of cut pieces of fabric sewn in block form with the blocks then sewn together to make the quilt is a more recent development. Pieced block quilts, often called patchwork quilt, did not become the dominant form of quilt making until the mid-19th century, and still is not the traditional form in Provence, Wales, and parts of India.In this article "piecing" refers to the sewing together of fabric to create the quilt top. "Quilting" refers to stitching the three layers of fabric together; the quilt top, batting (also called wadding) in the center, and the fabric backing.Contents1 Quilting at the dawn of the nineteenth century 1.1 Whole cloth quilt 1.2 Broderie perse quilts 1.3 Medallion quilts 2 Changes in quiltmaking during the mid nineteenth century 3 Quilting for the cause in the United States during the Civil War era 3.1 The movement to free the slaves and the role of quilts 3.2 Quilts to warm the soldiers and quilts to raise money for the war 4 Quilting During the last decades of the 19th century, the Victorian Era 4.1 The Crazy Quilting Fad 4.2 Traditional Quilts Were Still Made 5 Notes 6 Sources and further reading 6.1 Books 6.2 Articles 6.3 External links // Quilting at the dawn of the nineteenth centuryQuilt making was uncommon in America in the late eighteenth century and early years of the nineteenth. Most women were busy spinning, weaving and sewing in order to clothe their family. Commercial blankets or woven coverlets were a more economical bedcovering for most people. Only the wealthy had the leisure time for quilt making so Colonial quilting was done by only a few.Obviously quilts were not made of left over scraps or worn clothing as a humble bedcovering during this period. Instead they were decorative items that displayed the fine needlework of the maker.Whole cloth quilts, broderie perse and medallion quilts were the styles of quilts made during the early 1800s.Whole cloth quiltQuilts made of a solid piece of fabric are referred to as Whole Cloth Quilts. The three layers of top, batting and backing were quilted together. The quilting itself became the decoration.Both wool and cotton solid color quilts and white quilts were made during this period. The white ones are sometimes called "whitework".A few were made with a simple overall quilting design but many were works of art with beautiful quilting including feathers, flowers and other natural motifs. Some were made even more exquisite by a method called trapunto. Trapunto is the technique of slipping extra stuffing into certain areas of a quilt to bring out the quilting in that area. For example trapunto can make the area inside a feather or flower making that part of the quilt a little thicker. Women were proud of fine and even quilt stitches in these quiltsBroderie perse quiltsBroderie perse refers to the applique of cut out motifs from printed fabric onto a solid background. This form of quilt making has been done since the 18th century. The popular printed fabric during this period was chintz imported from India.Printed fabric was expensive even for those who were well off. By cutting out birds, flowers and other motifs from printed fabric and sewing them onto a large homespun cloth a beautiful bedspread could be made. The technique was also used on some early medallion quilts as in the example linked below.Broderie Perse bedcoverings were usually used on the best bed or sometimes only when guests were staying in the home.Medallion quiltsMedallion quilts are made around a center. The center was sometimes a solid piece of large scale fabric like a toile or a Tree of Life, an appliqued motif or a large pieced star or other pieced pattern. The central...(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about 5.1 home theatre system, kinds of pasta, . The Gulliver Freeze Dry Banana Milk Chocolate products should be show more here!

TransLink fares (Vancouver)

I want to introduct something about Frog Plush Toy in Different Colors. Size: 26cm All colors are available Packing: 60 pieces/63 x 45 x 58cm Frog Plush Toy in Different Colors mo TransLink is the transportation authority in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia. It was created in 1998 as a replacement for BC Transit in the city of Vancouver and its neighbouring municipalities. As part of its mandate, TransLink is responsible for setting and administrating fares for regional public transit services.On June 25th, 2007, all Coast Mountain and West Vancouver Blue Buses were designated as "fare paid zones", meaning that passengers have a legal requirement to produce proof on demand that theye paid the proper fare.Contents1 Fare zones 2 Fare classes 3 Cash fares 4 West Coast Express fare 5 Pre-paid fares 5.1 FareSavers 5.2 FareCards 5.3 DayPasses 5.4 Post secondary discounts 5.4.1 U-Pass 5.4.2 FastTrax stickers 6 Notes 7 References 8 See also 9 External links // Fare zonesThe TransLink fare structure is based on a zone system. Municipalities are located in one of three transit zones, and fares are calculated based on the number of zones travelled.TransLink fare map (February 2006)Zone 1City of Vancouver University Endowment Lands Zone 2Lions Bay Bowen Island West Vancouver City and District of North Vancouver Burnaby New Westminster Richmond Zone 3Belcarra/Anmore Port Moody/Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge White Rock Delta* Surrey City and Township of Langley * Zones 2 and 3 overlap on Annacis Island in Delta.The zone system applies on weekdays from start of service to 6:30 p.m. Outside of these times, the entire system is considered to be one zone. This is in effect on weekdays from 6:30 p.m. to the end of the service day, and all day Saturday, Sunday, and holidays.Fare classesThere are two classes of fares on TransLink: adult and concession. Concession fares are less expensive than the adult fare. They are available for children (ages 5 to 13), secondary students (ages 14 to 19, with a TransLink GoCard), seniors (ages 65 and up), and disabled patrons (with a valid HandyCard). Children four years old and younger ride free when accompanied by an adult.A GoCard is a TransLink ID used by high school students in Metro Vancouver to travel on TransLink at the concession rate. Students must present this card or pay the full adult fare. GoCards are often used by high school students as ID cards until they get their drivers license. GoCards utilize the yearbook pictures taken at the high school and are often customized with the school's picture or logo. The typical GoCard includes the students' name, student number, home room number, and grade. At some schools, a bar code is also printed on the card.A GoCard. This one is for Hugh Boyd Secondary School in Richmond, circa 2003-04.A HandyCard entitles its bearer to pay the concession fare while travelling, as well as allowing an attendant to ride for free. To receive the card, you must have a permanent disability that prevents you from using the public transit system without assistance. A cash fare transfer ticketCash faresBelow are the fare prices in Canadian dollars, effective January 1, 2008:Fare typeOne zoneTwo zonesThree zonesAdult$2.50$3.75$5.00Concession$1.75$2.50$3.50Tickets are valid for a 90-minute period. To purchase on a bus, money is dropped into a farebox. The farebox counts the money and depending on the time and amount of money, the driver will press a button on a control panel printing out a transfer for one, two, or three zones. At SkyTrain stations and Seabus terminals, the electronic ticket dispensers in the lobby are used. TransLink buses accept Canadian coins only. Most electronic ticket machines on the SkyTrain and SeaBus systems also accept bills, major credit cards and Interac debit cards. The fareboxes and electronic ticket dispensers for TransLink are manufactured by Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc.West Coast Express fareFrom Waterfront Station, effective January 1, 2008:DestinationPort Moody, Coquitlam, Port CoquitlamPitt Meadows, Maple Meadows, Port HaneyMission CityAdult fare (one way)$6.75$8.25$11.25Adult fare (return)$12.50$15.50$21.00Adult fare (Weekly)$52.25$63.50$87.75Adult fare (Monthly)$161.00$195.50$269.00West Coast Express fares can also be used as a three-zone fare on other TransLink services. The ticket expires three hours from the time of purchase.Pre-paid faresPrepaid fares include FareSavers, FareCards, and DayPasses....(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about cosmetic tubes, disc sanders, . The Frog Plush Toy in Different Colors products should be show more here!