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  2. Local Technical Assistance Program - Wikipedia

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    The Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is a Federal Highway Administration technology transfer program that provides technical assistance and training to local highway departments in the United States. It transfers knowledge of innovative transportation technology to both urban and rural local communities in the United States.

  3. Silent treatment - Wikipedia

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    The term originated from "treatment" through silence, which was fashionable in prisons in the 19th century. [where?] In use since the prison reforms of 1835 [where?], the silent treatment was used in prisons as an alternative to physical punishment, as it was believed that forbidding prisoners from speaking, calling them by a number rather than their name, and making them cover their faces so ...

  4. Strapping (punishment) - Wikipedia

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    The strapping was punishment for Tabert failing to perform his work as part of a prison work-gang in Leon County, Florida. He was weak with malaria at the time. Sheriff J. R. Jones had "sold" the man to the head of the work-gang for a twenty-five dollar fee. [4]

  5. Third-party punishment - Wikipedia

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    These variances were not attributed to economic and demographic variables. It was also found that societies with high degrees of punishment also exhibit more altruistic behavior. [3] Other studies have suggested that people in larger, more complex societies engage in significantly more third-party punishment than people in small-scale societies ...

  6. Bill of attainder - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Australia contains no specific provision permitting the Commonwealth Parliament to pass bills of attainder. The High Court of Australia has ruled that bills of attainder are unconstitutional, because it is a violation of the separation of powers doctrine for any body to wield judicial power other than a Chapter III court—that is, a body exercising power derived from ...

  7. Punishment - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, punishment is the reduction of a behavior via application of an unpleasant stimulus ("positive punishment") or removal of a pleasant stimulus ("negative punishment"). Extra chores or spanking are examples of positive punishment, while removing an offending student's recess or play privileges are examples of negative punishment.

  8. Foot whipping - Wikipedia

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    The Bastinado was a common punishment during Mexico's Porfirian era, when the Rurales secret police would commonly use bull penises for the task. [ 10 ] In the United States , corporal punishment through foot whipping was reported from juvenile penal institutions until 1969, as for example in Massachusetts .

  9. Punitive damages - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, punitive damages are not available for breach of contract, [5] but are possible for tort cases.. The law is less settled regarding equitable wrongs. In Harris v Digital Pulse Pty Ltd, [6] the defendant employees knowingly breached contractual and fiduciary duties to their employer by diverting business to themselves and misusing its confidential information.