A system and method is provided for dispersing fine catalyst powders having nanoscale or microscale particles throughout the tobacco rod portion of a cigarette. The muffler has a housing having an inlet for exhaust gases and an outlet out of the housing. The cluster management software handles the arbitration process without knowing the details of how the logical quorum resource is formed. The preferably elastic, anisotropic conductor seals the region outside of the opening against contamination with the analyte. The axis is secant with the stem axis, and pivots in a first jewel, a first external shoulder of which is driven into the bottom plate, and a second external shoulder of which pivotally guides the bore of an intermediate time-setting wheel controllable via the stem. The permanent strain portion is a portion in the rotating shaft to which a permanent strain is applied by twisting the fixed portions.