Abatis is rarely seen nowadays, having been largely replaced by wire obstacles.

Plotters have been used in applications such as computer-aided design, though they are rarely used now and are being replaced with wide-format conventional printers, which nowadays have sufficient resolution to render high-quality vector graphics using a rasterized print engine.

It is a difficult method to learn and use, and is rarely used nowadays.

While XFree86 was used in most distributions before its license change with version 4. 4. 0, it has mostly been replaced by its fork X. org and is used rarely nowadays.

However, according to Debretts, " cummerbands or low cut black evening waistcoats are rarely worn nowadays ".

Older units are rarely used nowadays.

He interrupted his studies for close to eight years when his singing career took off, but eventually finished his degree and became a dentist ( although he rarely practices his profession nowadays ).

The serpent, for example, an old instrument rarely seen nowadays, ought to be classified as a brass instrument, as a column of air is set in motion by the lips.

The Forestry Commission had for half a century a most interesting social policy which has had a large impact on upland Britain, but is rarely considered nowadays.

* The Right Honourable — Lord Mayors of London, Cardiff, Belfast, York and Bristol ( England and Wales and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom ); Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow ( Scotland in the United Kingdom ); and ( rarely used nowadays ) Lord Mayors of all state capital cities of Australia

* The Right Worshipful — all other Lord Mayors and Mayors of cities and the original Cinque Ports ( United Kingdom ), and ( rarely used nowadays ) Lord Mayors of Darwin, Newcastle and Wollongong and Mayor of Geelong in Australia

Congonha, in Portuguese, is derived from the Tupi expression, meaning something like " what keeps us alive ", but a term rarely used nowadays.

Japan Post released a new character, " Poston ", in 1998, so Number-kun is rarely used nowadays.

The word was used in Spain — although the word is nowadays rarely heard there — long before it crossed the Atlantic to denote foreign, non-native speakers of Spanish.

The golden mahseer has been known to reach 2. 75 m ( 9 ft ) in length and 54 kg ( 118 lb ) in weight, although specimens of this size are rarely seen nowadays.

While locomotive-hauled trains are rarely seen in commuter traffic nowadays, they are still the usual in intercity traffic.

The Tasmanian Coat of Arms is rarely seen nowadays, except on official government publications or in government buildings.

Although Rode's violin concertos have some significance in the development of the Romantic concerto, they are nowadays rarely performed, and his major contribution to music must be seen in his influence to younger violinists, such as Louis Spohr, who adopted his style and developed it further.

The traditional terms craftsman and craftswoman are nowadays often replaced by artisan and rarely by craftsperson ( craftspeople ).

The feminine Donna ( with capital initial ) is rarely used nowadays.

In practice, however, Black has demonstrated that White's structural weaknesses are more serious than the attacking chances he gets, so this variation is rarely seen nowadays.

The result is also known as the Schönemann – Eisenstein theorem ; although this name is rarely used nowadays, it was common in the early 20th century.

However, the biggest threats we face nowadays are rarely sudden events, but slow, gradual processes, such as environmental changes.

His major German opera after Der Freischütz, Euryanthe ( 1823 ), suffers from a particularly weak text and is rarely staged nowadays.

Mercury is used in lighting applications and automotive switches, examples include fluorescent lamps ( used in laptops for backlighting ) and mercury tilt switches ( these are rarely used nowadays ).

If a second compression test is performed shortly thereafter, and the new reading is much higher, it would be the ring seal that is problematic, whereas if the compression test pressure observed remains low, it is a valve sealing ( or more rarely head gasket, or breakthrough piston or rarer still cylinder wall damage ) issue.

He rarely performed in those days, and eventually had to hire other RCA producers like Bob Ferguson and Felton Jarvis to alleviate his workload.

Alberti's best known pieces are his keyboard sonatas, although even they are very rarely performed.

Today figures are rarely taught or performed.

There are over 50 different palos although some are rarely performed.

Even today the play is rarely performed in its entirety, and has only once been dramatised on film completely, with Kenneth Branagh's 1996 version.

Selections from Iberia have rarely been attempted on solo guitar but have been very effectively performed by guitar ensembles, such as the performance by John Williams and Julian Bream of Iberia's opening " Evocation.

Prokofiev wrote in his autobiography that he could never understand why the Sinfonietta was so rarely performed, whereas the " Classical " Symphony was played everywhere.

Beyond Monk, Lacy performed the work of jazz composers such as Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and Herbie Nichols ; unlike many jazz musicians he rarely played standard popular or show tunes.

Early Olympics also included the standing triple jump, although this has since been removed from the Olympic program and is rarely performed in competition today.

The opera was rarely performed, and when it did appear it was presented in one of several bowdlerised libretti.

The play is rarely performed, and has thus far never been filmed.

The performer's feet rarely leave the ground for long, as the step is fast, typically performed at a speed around 116 at feiseanna.

Though difficult and rarely performed by amateurs, pieces that demonstrate such unfamiliar idioms have found their way into the repertories of the finest semi-professional and professional choirs around the world.

This music is rarely performed.

A late-term abortion using Caesarean section procedures is termed a hysterotomy abortion and is very rarely performed.

Magic is secretive and isolated, and rarely performed publicly in order to protect and to preserve occult knowledge.

Like Legrand, Charles's student, the Marseilles mime Louis Rouffe ( 1849 – 1885 ), rarely performed in Pierrot's costume, earning him the epithet " l ' Homme Blanc " (" The White Man ").

Elsewhere, as in North America, the UK and Australia, ALS services are performed by paramedics, but rarely with the type of direct " hands-on " physician leadership seen in Europe.

The test is rarely performed in clinical care, but is used in medical research, for example, to assess the effects of different medications.

On May 15, 1997, the group performed with the Slovenian symphony orchestra, conducted by Marko Letonja, and the " Tone Tomšić " choir, for the opening ceremony of the Ljubljana European Month of Culture, presenting orchestral versions of their earliest material, which they rarely performed live, arranged by Uroš Rojko and Aldo Kumar with the members of the group.

are rarely performed live.

Troubadour songs are still performed and recorded today, albeit rarely.

He was recognised as an outstanding pianist, though he chose not to capitalise on this skill and rarely performed in public.