No matter how the device is plonked down, two of the bumps establish direct electrical contact with the pad.

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Headhunters might contact you merely to pad the list of applicants they present to an employer, without taking you seriously, for instance.

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Thus some parts of a frog's toe pad are in direct and dry contact with whatever they are standing on.

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It continued a lean streak for the opener, but replays suggest the ball did not make contact with the bat and instead rebounded off his pad.

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De Villiers asked for a review and Harper was satisfied he had enough evidence to overturn the decision, but later TV replays suggested possible contact with glove before it hit De Villiers' pad - and a deflection off the bat afterwards.

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