[Heathkit] Heathkit SB Essay.

[James M. Walker]

AS IN
fiduciary:
duty is the highest standard of care imposed at either equity or law. A 
fiduciary is expected to be extremely loyal to the person to whom they owe 
the duty (the "principal"): they must not put their personal interests 
before the duty, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary, 
unless the principal consents. The fiduciary relationship is highlighted by 
good faith, loyalty and trust, and the word itself originally comes from the 
Latin fides, meaning faith, and fiducia.

When a fiduciary duty is imposed, equity requires a stricter standard of 
behavior than the comparable tortious duty of care at common law. It is said 
the fiduciary has a duty not to be in a situation where personal interests 
and fiduciary duty conflict, a duty not to be in a situation where their 
fiduciary duty conflicts with another fiduciary duty, and a duty not to 
profit from their fiduciary position without express knowledge and consent. 
A fiduciary cannot have a conflict of interest. It has been said that 
fiduciaries must conduct themselves "at a level higher than that trodden by 
the crowd."

And Fiducial:

  a.. In statistics, fiducial inference is a form of interval estimation 
developed by R.A. Fisher in connection with the Behrens-Fisher problem.
  a.. In physics, 3D computer graphics and photography, "fiducials" or 
"fiduciary markers" are reference points: fixed points or lines within a 
scene to which other objects can be related or against which objects can be 
measured. Cameras outfitted with reseau plates produce these reference marks 
(also called reseau crosses) and are commonly used by NASA.[1]
  a.. In applications of augmented reality or virtual reality, "'fiducials'" 
are often manually applied to objects in the scenery to recognize these 
objects in images of the scenery. For example, to track some object, a light 
emitting diode can be applied to it. With the knowledge of the color of the 
emitted light, the object can easily be identified in the picture.
  a.. In printed circuit board (PCB) design, "fiducial" marks, also known as 
circuit pattern recognition marks, allow automated assembly equipment to 
accurately locate and place parts on boards. These equipment locate the 
circuit pattern by providing common measurable points. They are usually made 
by leaving a spot of the board bare with a bare copper-, nickel-, or 
solder-coated dot inside.
  a.. In color printing "fiducials" are used at the edge of the cyan, 
magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) printing plates so that they can be 
correctly aligned with each other.
  a.. In electrocardiography "fiducial" points are landmarks on the ECG 
complex such as the isoelectric line (PQ junction), and onset of individual 
waves such as PQRST.
  a.. In radiotherapy "fiducial" points are landmarks in the tumour so that 
treatment targets the correct area of the body.
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> Just one nit-picky note:   Its "fiducial" not "fiduciary"
>
> 73,  Gary  W9OAK
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