How long should video captions be on TeachVid?
Some questions to consider when creating transcript-based resources on TeachVid:
 - How long should each caption be?
 - Where's the best place to split text?
 - When should I join separate lines into a single caption?
The image at the top of the post shows step 3.2 of the resource creation process, where every line of text in your transcript (from step 3.1) is shown as a blue "caption bubble".
At this point, you can click anywhere within a caption bubble to split it into more than one caption. You would typically do this if your transcript consisted of one or more long paragraphs of text or of separate lines of text that you consider to be too long.
You can also join adjacent captions by placing your mouse at the end of the first of the two caption bubbles that you want to join. When you do this, a blue + appears at the end of this line (as shown in the top line of the image above). Click this to join the captions, and the result will be that a + appears inside the caption bubble (and if you click this again, the captions revert back to how they were previously).
So, referring again to the image above… What you are seeing here is some song lyrics, which were originally formatted like this:
Je suis née ce matin
Je m'appelle Mercy
Au milieu de la mer
Entre deux pays, Mercy
C'était un long chemin et maman l'a pris
Elle m'avait dans la peau, huit mois et demi, oh oui,
huit mois et demi
What I have done is joined the lines of the song so that those 7 lines of the song are converted into 3 captions only. Why? Because (a) it works better with the natural breaks in the audio; (b) it helps maintain the flow of the audio, avoiding stops and starts every second; and (c) because it avoids having mini-tasks based on only a few words.
Note that, although the caption based on multiple lines appears as one line of caption below the video, the original text format is maintained for the transcript, the translation, all activities and all printables. See the image below which shows how the example given above actually displays in the TeachVid player.
Lines joined in caption, but original format maintained elsewhere
So that's an example of why you might want to change the natural format of your transcript so that it works better as part of a TeachVid resource.
Have a read of the pointers below, which are all things to consider when creating a transcript based resource on TeachVid:
1) Not too long
Aim for captions that are not too long. When creating captions, they shouldn't ideally be much longer than the width of the white containing box (if you are creating a resource on a typical computer or laptop). Think about the fact that the caption needs to be displayed in the caption bar beneath the video during playback (and if the caption is very long, the font size will be tiny).
2) Not too short
It may be tempting when creating resources based on a song to make each line of the lyrics into a caption. BUT this often results in a resource which stops and starts every second or two and spoils the flow of the music and the lyrics. Try combining 2 or 3 (or more) lines of the lyrics into one caption, especially if these adjacent lines of the song lyrics essentially equate to a single thought or concept.
3) Similar length
Especially when working with a transcript which is not based on the lines of a song or poem, aim for captions that are fairly equal in length. This just makes the activities work better, but it isn't a big deal if some captions are very short and others are much longer.
4) Total number
(Minimum of around 10? No more than 40 if you can avoid it… Note that some song lyrics can easily go above 40 lines if you don't combine lines to make fewer captions – which works better in practice anyway.)
5) Split by audio
Split your text into captions according to how it works with the audio. This is crucial. Your captions need to be clearly distinguishable from one another, so try to avoid placing your breaks between captions at points in the audio where the speaker is speaking very fast.
Place your breaks where there is a natural pause in the audio, as far as possible. And this includes songs – just because the lines of the song appear on separate lines, this doesn't mean that they are separated by audible spaces. Much better to split where the audio splits than simply where the line breaks.
Here's a link to the resource shown above so that you can see how it all works 🙂
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The Varying Permeability Model: A Decompression Razor
The Varying Permeability Model: A Decompression Razor
BY DR. ERIC MAIKEN
DETAILS OF THE VPM
Microscopic bubble nuclei have been observed in many types of aqueous (water-containing) media under equilibrium conditions. The VPM therefore presumes that even prior to beginning a dive, with the non-equilibrium cycle of compression and decompression, these nuclei also exist in a diver's tissues. VPM decompression procedures are designed to eliminate bubbles that grow from these seed nuclei as well as gas that is dissolved in the diver's tissues. The term "Variable Permeability" refers to the different responses of bubble nuclei to pressurizations encountered on dives deeper than approximately 9 ATA, compared to shallower dives. On deep dives, nuclei are thought to become impermeable to the flow of gas, and the VPM generates more conservative tables for these deeper dives. The VPM postulates that as a diver ascends, nuclei larger than a specific "critical" size, which is related to the maximum dive depth, descent rate, and breathing mix, will grow upon decompression. The VPM aims to minimize the total volume of these growing bubbles by keeping the external pressure large (through deep stops), and by keeping the inspired inert gas partial pressures low during decompression. The VPM uses an iterative procedure to refine decompression schedules. In each iteration step, a new ascent schedule is calculated. The total decompression time is fed back into the calculation to revise the critical gradients, and a more liberal schedule is produced at each step. This process repeats until the decompression time converges to a length that corresponds to the formation of the maximal allowable amount of free gas bubbles. The total decompression time depends on the contributions of the magnitude of the growth gradient and the time that the gradient acts to drive bubble growth. After a short dive, the tissues will off-gas rapidly to circulation. Hence, because the time that the gradient G acts is small, the magnitude of G can be increased in each VPM iteration to allow shorter and shallower stops. So, for short or no deco dives, the first and last iterations produce substantially different ascent schedules.
A divergence of the VPM from conventional calculations is in the details of how a diver's ascent is controlled. Rather than setting predefined limits (like M-values) on the maximum pressure ratio between gas dissolved in tissues and ambient pressure, ascents are limited by gradients that depend on specific details of a particular dive, which include factors such as depth, gas mix, and descent rate. The objective is to control the volume of gas that evolves in the body due to the inevitable formation of bubbles. As long as this volume is kept smaller than a certain "critical volume," it is presumed that a diver's body has the ability to tolerate the bubbles. If the volume of bubbles exceeds the critical volume, then the diver is at risk of developing DCI.VPM decompression computations handle the inand out-gassing of dissolved gas in a set of compartments the same way as standard dissolved gas algorithms. However, the VPM does not associate individual compartments with specific organs or tissues in the body. Parallel compartments with exponential half-times ranging from minutes to hours are used to model the body's range of time scales governing the uptake and elimination of dissolved inert gas. This is simply a method for replacing the complex reality of human metabolism under pressure with a tractable set of metrics that span the space of the body's response time scales to pressurization and depressurization. There has been a tendency for vendors of commercial decompression software to market a large set (say, more than 16) of compartments as an enhancement to their products. This dubious exercise is counter to the responsible modeler's objective of minimizing the free parameters that relate a system's responses to measurable inputs. Whether you abide by Ocam's razor, Hogarth, or K.I.S.S., a deco modeler's guiding principle should be to eliminate arbitrary and unnecessary parameters. Towards these ends, the VPM differs from conventional dissolved gas algorithms by replacing the ascent-limiting matrix of M, or a-b values, with only five constants for mixed gas single dives, and seven for repetitive dives. These quantities correspond to measurable physical and physiological quantities, and are used to limit ascents by specifying critical over pressure gradients. In contrast to conventional M-values, which have no direct physical interpretation, gradients are related to linear gas transport and to the rate of bubble-growth via the diffusion equation.
BENCHMARKING THE VPM
If an ascent made with a closed oxygen window is compared to an ascent made with high ppO2 deco mixes, then not only are the stops with high ppO2 mix shortened, but so also are the preceding deeper stop times for the low ppO2 ascent. There is no analogy to this effect in a supersaturation calculation (where only the stop times when the mix is breathed are reduced). This is an artifact of the iterative procedure used in the VPM model. Because the dissolved inert gas will wash out faster when high ppO2 mixes are used in shallow stops, the total deco time is reduced-- thereby reducing all of the stop times. Practically, it is prudent to plan deco only for gas supplies that can be guaranteed to be with the diver during ascent.Oxygen toxicity must be preeminent in dive planning. A DCI incident is inconvenient, whereas a toxicity-hit is final. Within toxicity limits, it's best to open the O2 window as wide as possible and as early as possible in the ascent (keep ppO2 high). However, given a limited number of stage gases, and short deep stop times, remember that because the volume of bubbles depends on growth time, one shouldn't sacrifice high ppO2 on the longer shallow stops for an early switch. Inert gas management is also important, withÊlong decompression dives favoring high helium content in decompression mixes to take advantage of the fast desaturation rate and deep no deco saturation depth.
MIXED GAS AND THE VPM
Extension of the VPM algorithm to Trimix (or multi-inert-gas) diving was done by fractioning the inand out-gassing of inert gases in compartments as originally described by H. Keller, who was responsible for the algorithms employed by A. Bühlmann. Weighted critical ascent gradients are formed from the partial pressures of the inert gases, and a numerical method is employed to keep the sum of the helium and nitrogen partial pressures less than the critical gradient. Although this is a conventional procedure for modeling multiple inert gasses, the physiological and physical basis of this technique is somewhat dubious because both helium and nitrogen diffuse into bubbles independently--yet the rates of transfer of each gas are coupled through the dependence of bubble pressure on bubble volume.
YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF THE VPM
With the ready availability of technical details of VPM algorithms, open source code, and freeware decompression programs, divers have essential information available to them to make judgments and modifications on this new set of decompression procedures. The VPM model is considered by many diving practitioners of deep-stop-driven ascents to be a more robust and accurate analog to physiological processes occurring within the body compared to conventional methods. After all, if you can't decompress Jello™, how can you expect to ascend from a frontier level dive? Further benefits, including greatly shortened ascent times, as well as cleaner decompressions, potentially arise from VPM-based methods. This holds true especially in cases where dives are made far beyond the tested limits of conventional procedures, where the grounding of the VPM in basic scientific observations provides leverage for extrapolation. Deep stops and the related VPM modeling continue to peak the interest of technical divers everywhere. As individuals continue their quest to obtain a reasonable approximation of decompression procedures, one can hope that continued explorations offer a sound, repeatable, and trouble-free calculation scheme. Nonetheless, in this early stage of deployment of the VPM, caution is the word. It is advisable to plan dives for ample deco and only rely on the enhanced safety of initial deep stops or theoretically shorter ascent times for insurance. For example, in the case that a direct ascent to the surface is required due to a hazardous operational situation or other emergency, you have a built-in safety backup through making an optimal ascent every step of the way home.
(1) D.E. Yount, D.C. Hoffman, On the Use of a Bubble Formation Model to Calculate Diving Tables. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, February 1986. (2) D.E. Yount, E.B. Maiken, E.C. Baker, Implications of the Varying Permeability Model for Reverse Dive Profiles, AAUS, January, 2000. _URL_ (3) D.E. Yount, E.B. Maiken, E.C. Baker, A New VPM Algorithm for Repetitive Dives, UHMS, June, 2000. _URL_ VPM_Repetitive_Poster.ppt
Copyright ©2004 Global Underwater Explorers.
All rights reserved.

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text: The wavefunction for a hypothetical quantum box of size Planck length (L), when inverted through L, models the universe with this lower bound required by quantum gravitational constraints. The initial quantum box solutions are given by: [tex]\phi_n=\sqrt(2/L)\\sin(n \pi x/L)[/tex] However, having inverted the scale (so L-->1/L), the now "inverse quantum box" generates permitted states, all above L, i. e. those which obey this "ultraviolet" limit to quantum gravity: [tex]\phi_n^-^1=\sqrt(L/2)\\sin(L/n \pi x)=\sqrt(1/2P)\\sin(1/Pn \pi x)[/tex]. This new wavefunction represents an envelope that modifies other wavefunctions when considering gravitational effects. It applies the correspondence principle, using the reciprocal Planck limit in terms of probability P=1/L, to find a particle outside the Planck region. The correspondence principle is, in effect, a manifest transformation of such forbidden quantum gravitational states (those

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If it came from NASA, it most likely is either Kodak or Agfa film. Let's assume Kodak. It could be either aerial film (very likely for 70mm) or cine film or ordinary still film. Since it came with that back and is unperforated, it is unlikely to be cine film. It could be either negative or positive. Many Kodak negative aerial films did not have an integral orange mask, but they were compatible with C-41 processing. My guess is that it is aerial film.


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- dongle •
dawng-gêl • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A piece of hardware that must be plugged into a computer port in order for a copyrighted piece of software to operate on the computer. Its purpose is to protect the software from unauthorized use. 2. An adapter that fits into a computer port to provide a function or connection the computer is not fitted for.
Notes: Dongles in the original sense are still used for high-end (high-priced) engineering software where the temptation to "borrow" the program is the greatest. However, no doubt because of the sound similarity of this word and dangle, the meaning has already shifted to something that dangles from your laptop or desk computer. None of our tech guys have heard this new word used as a verb, so the only variant we know of at this point is the plural, dongles.
In Play: Putting this word in play sounds rather dangerous but here goes nothing: "Mick Stupp is off line today because he lost his dongle; he needs it for his Internet connection." Where can we go with this word from here? I don't think we will ever greet friends with, "How are your dongles dangling," so this word will probably never be used outside Nerdish like this: "I do love you, Amanda, but you make me feel more like a dongle than a major card on your motherboard." (Did you just moan or was that Shakespeare turning over in his grave?)
Word History: oday?s Good Word has a very short history. It was first the name of a chip for the Apple ][+ computer, introduced in 1979, a chip that was required to prevent unauthorized use of Apple's first accounting program (thank you Pierre Laberge). It is easy to see that this word might have been an intentional variant pronunciation of dangle. However, as the definitions above make clear, the original dongle didn?t dangle. In all probability, the word was made up, then gained wider currency as dongles did begin to dangle and the word made more sense to the general population. (We won?t leave you dangling any longer: Patricia Castellanos was the person kind enough to suggest today?s Good Word.)
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In Visual Studio, most of my objects and variables cannot be resolved during a debugging session for various reasons. This means I cannot inspect or watch objects or their invoke their functions making it extremely difficult to debug my code because most of my expressions simply won't work. Some typical errors I get when adding an expression to the watch window include:
- CXX0019: Error: bad type cast
- CXX0059: Error: left operand is class not a function name
- CXX0058: Error: overloaded operator not found
Most often these expressions involve overloaded operators and/or template class objects.
Why is this happening? how do you fix it?


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Firesetting. Illustrated by Agricola in the 1550s, this picture shows the technique of firesetting which has been used from prehistoric times to fairly recently as a way of softening rock. Fires are lit against the rock and the action of heat softens the rock. It is often said that the miners would then throw water over the rock to fracture it but given the risk from smoke and rock fragments, this seems unlikely.
(Left.) Pillar Mine. The entrance section of Pillar Mine is rounded and smooth, classic signs of firesetting. Alderley Edge was covered with scrub and small trees which would have provided good material for fires. There is no proof that firesetting was used here as the site has been heavily disturbed by visitors through the centuries. The blackening of the rock is recent and cannot be taken as an indication of firesetting.
Copyright DCC and Nigel Dibben: 2013
Last updated: 07/05/2010
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Black gold might not be as scarce as we thought. This week oil prices escalated to a record $139 per barrel, but that may partly be because the amount of available oil in known reserves has been significantly underestimated.
So says Richard Pike, a former oil-industry adviser and chief executive of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry, who blames flawed statistical calculations.
Oil companies produce a bell-shaped probability distribution for how much each oil reservoir might hold, and then quote as an indicator of the reservoir's capacity a figure they are 90 per cent certain they can exceed. When publishing a result for multiple reservoirs, they simply add up the figures for each one. And this is where the problem lies.
"They should be combining the bell curves for each reservoir," says Pike. Adding the numbers for each reservoir ignores statistical information about the extremes of the distribution, giving a...


Lorentz force
physics, mathematical physics, philosophy of physics
Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes
theory (physics), model (physics)
experiment, measurement, computable physics
The Lorentz force is the force excerted in a particle that is charged under the electromagnetic field.
See relativistic particle for details.
In Kaluza-Klein compactifications
If one models the electromagnetic field via the Kaluza-Klein mechanism as a field of gravity on a fiber bundle, then trajectories of charged particles subject to the Lorentz force in the base space of that bundle are euivalently just geodesics on the total space, e.g. (Bleecker 81). An exposition of this fact is in (Bartlett 13).
The generalization to the spinning particle is discussed for instance in
Discussion of Lorentz force from the point of view of the Kaluza-Klein mechanism is in
and exposition is in
Revised on September 22, 2013 19:06:06 by Urs Schreiber (


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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
SSC Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff 2015 Solved Paper
1. Handicrafts, textiles, pearls and electronic items Which of these is an item of import in India?
- Pearl
2. If mother and fulfillment of an object both increase, then what will be the balance price?
- he will remain
3. What is the introduction?
- depends on ecology
4. According to Gandhi, in which context is woman superior to a man?
- Moral force
5. What is considered as the 'production instrument of production'?
- capital
6. What was the Raj Committee related to?
- from agriculture
7. What were the primary agricultural credit societies (P.A.CS)?
- To provide short term loans to rural borrowers
8. What is the largest dome of India?
- round dome
9. So far the oldest inscriptions that have been considered as myths, are related to?
- From the period of Maurya
10. What was the last reason for the failure of the rebellion (1857)?
- lack of solidarity
11. What is the general habitation of mountains?
- Rounded (scattered)
12. Which organization is related to Annie Besant?
- from the Theosophical Society
13. What can be the maximum number of seats in the Rajya Sabha?
- 250
14. Under which article of Indian Constitution, the guarantee of right to freedom of speech and expression has been guaranteed?
- Article 19
15. Harshavardhana was defeated by whom?
- Pulcchein I
16. What year was terminated by the English East India Company?
- 1858
17. Mariana Trench is the deepest trench located in which ocean?
- Pacific
18. What is an antidepressant-aromatic hormone?
- vasopressin
19. C.S.F. in humans What is the quantity?
- 150 ml
20. In which forests do trees become leafless for short-term or long-term weather?
- In deciduous forests
21. In what plant does stem storage and chronicity work?
- turmeric
22. When did the World Health Organization (WHO) announce the eradication of smallpox?
- May, 1980
23. What is the most common feature found on the top of the glacial valley?
- Circle
24. Who is called 'Black Gold'?
- Coal
25. In which Indian state does the sun rays first in the morning?
- Arunachal Pradesh
26. Which instrument converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?
- electric motor
27. A stone tied with a lanyard is rapidly rotated into a circle. When rotating, the latch suddenly breaks, so?
- the stone touches the touch-linear:?
28. Which Indian Institute first developed Super Computer?
29. What is a website?
- A place where you can get related web pages
30. Which computer is used by people traveling from place to place?
- Laptops
31. What can be done in a state of permanent chumb?
- steel
32. What is the gravitational acceleration of any body thrown up?
-9.8 ms-2
33. What is the root cause of any body?
- on its mass
34. Which government of India has decided to celebrate the 'Good Governance Day' on the birthday of the former Prime Minister of India?
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
35. In which scripture were the Ashoka inscriptions engraved?
- Brahmi
36. What is required in the air to make iron metal rust?
- Oxygen and moisture
37. Sacred lollock is a pendulum whose period of time is?
- 2 seconds
38. What is a serial driver related to?
- From magnetic field
39. Which High Court considered gay sex in India valid for 2009?
- Delhi
40. Which compound treats like acid?
- H2CO3
41. A blue litmus sheet was first drunk in the dilute acidic solution and later in the diluted alkaline solution. What will be the color of the litmus sheet?
- First red and blue later
42. Which of the vitamins is a nuclear-atom?
- Vitamin B12
43. Which project was stopped as a result of environmental movements?
- Cylinder Valley hydroelectric project
44. In which year did Project Tiger be launched?
- 1973-74
45. In which year was the Environment Protection Act passed in India?
- 1986
46. What is in the three-fourth part of the Earth's surface?
- water
47. According to Census 2011, which is the most populous state in the country, where about 200 million (200 million) people live?
 - Uttar Pradesh
48. 'National Energy Conservation Day' is celebrated every year?
- December 14
49. 'Go Bee Desert' is the largest desert region in Asia. It covers the southern Mongolia territories and which northern territories?
- China
50. Where is the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) located?
- Vienna, Austria
Monday, January 2, 2017
SSC Recruitment of multi tasking (Non Technical) staff
Staff Selection Commission (SSC), notified 8300 vacant posts for Multi Tasking (Non Technical) Staff.
Information for SSC Recruitment 2017 is given below:
SSC Recruitment 2017 – 8300 Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) Vacancies
Total Post : 8300
Name of Post : Multi Tasking (Non Technical) Staff
CR – 325
ER – 634
KKR – 666
NR – 3186
NER – 226
NWR – 534
MPR – 536
SR – 705
WR – 1488
Education Qualification : Applicants should passed out their Matriculation (SSC) or its equivalent qualification from any government authorized university/ institute. (refer notification)
Age Limit : 18-25 years of age as on 01 August 2017
Application Fee :
 Candidates should pay fee Rs. 100/- through online. No fee for SC, ST, Women, Ex-Serviceman category candidates.
Selection Process : Participants selection based on their performance in conducted Written Examination & Skill Test by the organization selection committee.
How to Apply : Interested eligible candidates should apply Online only Any other mode of submission of application would not be accepted For detailed advertisement & procedure log on to Online submission of application will start on 31/12/2016 and close on 20/01/2017 However last date of payment of Application Fee will be 22/01/2017.
Important Dates
Application Online Start : 31 December, 2016
Last Date for Registration : 30 January, 2017
Last Date Fee Payment : 17 January, 2017
Exam Date : 16 April, 2017, 30 April, 2017 and 07 May, 2017
Important Links
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Friday, November 15, 2013
SSC MMulti Tasking Staff 2014 Notification
SSC Multi Tasking Staff Notification & Application Form 2014: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is going to invite online application for the recruitment of Multi Tasking Staff (MTS).interested and eligible candidates may apply online before 6th December 2013.every year more then lacks of candidates appeared in SSC examination now candidates apply for this post.candidates can apply for this post through official website from 9th November 2013 to 6th December 2013.
Name of Examination: Multi Tasking Staff
Age Limit: Candidates age should be between 18 to 25 years as on date 01-01-2014
Educational Qualification: Candidates should have done 10th class from any recognized board
Application Fee: Unreserved candidates need to pay Rs. 10/- and reserved candidates not need to any fee
Pay Scale: Rs.5200-20,200 + GP Rs. 1800/-
SSC MTS Notification Date: 9th November 2013
Last Date for submission of online application: 6th December 2013
SSC MTS 2014 Examination Date: 16th February and 23rd February 2014
SSC MTS 2013 Admit Card: 1st week of February
How to Apply Online: Candidates go to official website that is and clickon SSC MTS Apply Online 2014 and fill their application fee and uploaded their signature and photograph now payment their application fee after the payment candidates take a print out of it for further uses in future.
Official website:
Apply Online:
Friday, September 20, 2013
SSC Multi Tasking Staff Exam Solved Paper 2013
Multi Tasking Staff Exam 2013
General Knowledge
1. Constitution of India came into force in–
(A) 1956 (B) 1950
(C) 1949 (D) 1951
Ans : (B)
2. Cold War refers to–
Ans : (D)
(B) Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra and Maize
(C) Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane, Pulses and Maize
Ans : (B)
(A) 199


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How To Make Your Climbing Gear Last Longer
How to make your climbing gear last longer Redpoint Climbing Australia Cofounder Jack Tho Trad Climbing at ArapilesClimbing shoes and rope are the most frequently used climbing gear that also endures the most wear and tear. Here are some tips on how to look after your climbing gear so that they may last longer.
Climbing Shoes
 1. Practice your footwork. The wear and tear on your climbing shoe rubber can tell you a lot about your climbing technique. If you see abrasions on the tip of your toe rubber, you may be dragging your foot along the wall and readjusting rather than placing your foot correctly the first time. Try improving the precision of your footwork by climbing slowly during warm up, consciously thinking about exactly where you want your foot to land before placing it on the hold. Practicing downclimbing can also help improve your footwork as you tend to weight your toes when leading with your feet.
 2. Opt for durable and stiff rubber. Most climbers will wear down their first pair of shoes quite quickly due to scuffles with the wall. Avoid buying any high end shoes with sticky and soft rubber (e.g. Vibram XS grip 2) because it will wear down and need replacing very fast. Instead, opt for stiffer and thicker rubber, minimum 4mm for the rubber sole. You can roughly gauge the stiffness of the rubber by pressing your nail against the bottom of the rubber shoe sole. Check out this article to find out how much you should be spending on climbing shoes.
 3. Air out your shoes after every climb. This means taking them out of your gym bag and leaving them near a door or window after you get home from climbing. Avoid direct sunlight as this may deform the rubber.
 4. Know when it's time to resole your climbing shoes. After every climb, check that the rubber soles under the toes still make an edge with the rand. If the edge where the rubber sole meets the rand is round and smooth, get your shoes resoled. Most climbers wait until the rand breaks through. Patching up the rand (or toe cap) typically costs 40-60% more than just the soles. Arapiles Resoles is one of the best, however they don't always accept jobs via mail. Big John Resoles in NSW accepts jobs via mail, including interstate.
Climbing Rope
 1. Keep your rope away from dirt and grime. Small debris such as dirt and sand can damage the sheath of the rope over time. A cheap alternative to a rope bag is the Ikea blue carry bags.
 2. Beware of UV and heat. Do not store your rope in the trunk of your car on hot summer days. Heat over 30 degree Celsius can break down the fibres.
 3. Clean your rope once a year, or when it looks dirty. The easiest way to do this is in a bathtub with warm water and some rope cleaner or hand soap. Avoid anything abrasive such as detergents and high-pressure hoses. Soak your rope in the soap water and run your hands along the length of the rope. You'll need to do this twice to rinse the soap out the second time. Allow the rope to air dry.
 Climbing ropes cost from $250 to $450 and climbing shoes cost from $120 to $260. It definitely pays to look after your climbing gear and make them last as long as possible.


When Was The Whiteboard Invented?
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Whiteboards have evolved from chalkboards and the very first enamel-on-steel write-on/ wipe-off magnetic whiteboard was created in UK by Magiboards.
Slates boards on walls were used in 1801, and in 1850's blackboards were introduced. Near about 1990's whiteboards were introduced but
there were very expensive.
In the mid 1990s, the popularity of whiteboards increased and they became an important fixture of meeting rooms, business environment and educational institutes. Over the last ten years the enamel-on-steel magnetic whiteboards have passed through a number of transformations and there are a number of people which are involved in bringing these transformations.
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The first pcorcelain-on-steel write-on/ wipe-off magneti whiteboard was created by Magiboards in America in mid 90's. It has hard surface and was an ideal alternative to chalkboard. In the past this porcelain board has gone through many changes and the Whiteboard is its final version. Like the surface of the board has become smoother and cleaner, glare has been reduced, ink pen are used instead of chalk and so on. The Whiteboard has lots of advantages and one of the main advantages is that most of the people are allergic to dust; the whiteboard markers doesn't make the dust that comes from writing with chalk and from erasing it.
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Banwari Trace in Trinidad
The Oldest Site in the West Indies!
Issued: 18th March 2004
In November 1969, the Trinidad and Tobago Historical Society discovered the remains of a human skeleton at Banwari Trace. Lying on its left-hand side, in a typical Amerindian "crouched" burial position along a northwest axis, Banwari Man (as it is now commonly called) was found 20-cm below the surface.
This important archaeological site at Banwari Trace in Southwest Trinidad was recently featured in World Monument Watch 2004, an internationally acclaimed magazine that highlights the world's 100 most endangered sites. Dr. Basil Reid, Head of The University of the West Indies Archaeology Centre and Lecturer in Archaeology at UWI, recently wrote about the importance of this historical site to our cultural heritage and pre-Columbian history.
"Dated to about 5000 B.C. (years Before Christ) or 7000 B.P (years Before Present), it is the oldest pre-Columbian site in the West Indies. Banwari Trace sheds considerable light on the patterns of migration of Archaic (pre-ceramic) peoples from mainland South America to the Lesser Antilles via Trinidad between 5000 and 2000 B.C. The site provides rich insights into the lifeways of one of the earliest pre-Columbian settlers in the Caribbean. The Trace has also yielded human remains of Trinidad's oldest resident."
Dr. Reid explained that Banwari Trace's antiquity holds much significance for understanding the migratory patterns of Archaic peoples from South America into the Caribbean region. Also as the oldest Archaic site in the West Indies, Banwari Trace clearly indicates that southwest Trinidad was one of the first migratory "stops" for northward-bound Archaic settlers who eventually colonised several islands in the Caribbean archipelago.
Dr. Reid went on to detail the artifacts found at the site and their relevance. He stated that: " The Banwari Trace complex shows a highly distinctive cultural assemblage, typically consisting of artifacts made of stones and bones. Objects associated with hunting and fishing include bone projectile points, most likely used for tipping arrows and fish spears, beveled peccary teeth used as fishhooks, and bipointed pencil hooks of bone which were intended to be attached in the middle to a fishing-line…"
The 3,127.2-m² property on which the site is situated is now Government-owned, having being acquired from a private landowner in March 2000; while the skeletal remains of Banwari Man are presently in the custody of the Life Science Department, U.W.I., St. Augustine. Preserved with cellulose-in-acetone, the skeleton is in a secure environment and is very much available for future studies by a physical anthropologist.
"Banwari Trace, given its tremendous importance to the pre-Columbian history of Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean, requires that we commit significant financial and technical resources to its protection, preservation and professional research," Dr. Reid concluded.


It is safe to say, that the ceiling is the culmination of the interior decoration of any accommodation. Not so long ago the problem of adjusting the ceiling surface irregularities was insoluble. But now it is very easy to amend such situation.
Drop ceilings are ceiling constructions, whose strength members are fastened directly to the basic ceiling. This is the main difference between a drop and suspended ceiling (whose strength members are fastened to the basic construction). This peculiarity of the drop ceiling allows diminishing floor-to-ceiling height only by the thickness of its frame. According to the materials, used in the construction of the drop ceilings system, they are divided into two groups:
 1. gypsum panel ceilings
 2. finishing decorative panel ceilings (wood particleboard, fiberboard, medium density fiberboard, etc.)
The most popular materials for making drop ceilings are:
 1. Expanded polystyrene plates. This material is heatand soundinsulating and moisture-proof. It creates a comfortable microclimate in any accommodation.
 2. Decorative plates from wood particleboard and fiberboard, covered with natural wood veneer.
 3. Plastic panels. Such panels have no disadvantages: they are light, firm, waterproof and stylish designed.
 4. Gypsum cardboard panels. Gypsum cardboard is the most common material for making drop ceilings. It is extremely heatand soundinsulating.


Puma Helicopters Mark 50 Years' RAF Service With Flypasts
Ten of the helicopters are flying over locations with significance to the Puma Force as part of a training sortie.
A formation of Puma helicopters is commemorating 50 years of RAF service with flypasts in areas significant to the aircraft's history.
Ten of the helicopters are covering the route as part of a training sortie to mark the occasion.
RAF Benson shared maps and examples of the locations, along with expected timings, although it was stressed that these may change at short notice.
Writing on Facebook, the base said: "The first Puma helicopters were delivered into service in 1971.
"A formation of up to 10 Puma helicopters will depart RAF Benson tomorrow morning as part of a training sortie that will include flypasts of notable locations for the Puma Force over the past 50 years.
"This includes sites that hold historical significance for the Puma Force as well as those that provide support to delivering current Puma operational capability."
First delivered on 29 January 1971, the medium-lift support helicopters have flown combat and humanitarian operations around the world, deployed in places including Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Mozambique and the Caribbean.
As part of the 50th anniversary of the aircraft's service, a helicopter at the airbase was given a unique new paint job that includes the badges of the squadrons that have flown the Puma, and a tail fin emblazoned with the Union Flag and its own bespoke Puma 50 logo.


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Laylora, the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where peace-loving aboriginals live in harmony with their environment. Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once-perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The paradise planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land. Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known? When a planet itself becomes sick, can there be a cure? The Doctor and Rose find themselves in a race against time to find out. Featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit science fiction series from BBC Television.
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Number of pages: 256
Weight: 296 g
Dimensions: 186 x 115 x 28 mm
The Price of Paradise by Colin Brake
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Tuesday I had the pleasure of planting with Mrs. Fullington and Mrs. Knecht's Preschool class at Rosehill ELC in Lenexa KS. New to the Schoolyard Garden program, they were so excited to finally get to plant in their newly constructed raised beds.
Before planting, we practiced planting our seeds by using wooden beads. We discussed how seeds should be planted so that they can grow into big, healthy, happy plants.
- Plant one seed at a time
- In a straight line
- With plenty of space between each seed
Mrs. Fullington had commented that students have already started to ask questions about the different kinds of vegetables they can grow and how long they will have to wait until they can eat them!
Mrs Fullington is excited for the times that will be spent in the garden learning. Their first experiment is to observe a mound of pea seeds that were planted without any space and then covered with soil. The students were asked if they thought the seeds would grow. They will watch how the pea seeds will grow and record pictures in their journals. Observing the garden with personal garden journals is a great example of how the garden can be an used for fun, learning opportunity for students of all ages.
What new things are you hoping to learn about from your schoolyard garden this spring?


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To determine whether participation in organized outdoor team sports and structured indoor nonschool activity programs in kindergarten and first grade predicted subsequent 4-year change in body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) during the adiposity rebound period of childhood.
Longitudinal cohort study.
Forty-five schools in 13 communities across Southern California.
Largely Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children (N = 4550) with a mean (SD) age at study entry of 6.60 (0.65) years.
Parents completed questionnaires assessing physical activity, demographic characteristics, and other relevant covariates at baseline. Data on built and social environmental variables were linked to the neighborhood around children's homes using geographical information systems.
Main Outcome Measures
Each child's height and weight were measured annually during 4 years of follow-up.
After adjusting for several confounders, BMI increased at a rate 0.05 unit/year slower for children who participated in outdoor organized team sports at least twice per week compared with children who did not. For participation in each additional indoor nonschool structured activity class, lesson, and program, BMI increased at a rate 0.05 unit/year slower, and the attained BMI level at age 10 years was 0.48 units lower.
Engagement in organized sports and activity programs as early as kindergarten and the first grade may result in smaller increases in BMI during the adiposity rebound period of childhood.


Lesson 16b
Lisa does London: New verb tenses!
Level: Pre-Intermediate
Lesson 16 portrait where we see Dennis the Interviewer in the middle, Lisa the interviewee on the left, and my French wife Valerie on the right
Lesson contents:
 - Introduction to the near future.
 - How long for lengths of time.
 - The use of you guys as the plural of "you" for both men & women.
Always watch the video several times without subtitles first. Train your ears! Your pronunciation will be much better if you follow this simple rule.
Exercises for this lesson:
How to do the lessons:
 1. Watch the video without subtitles.
 2. Do all the Exercises.
 3. Come back to this page.
Problems? See general support or ask your question here.
Lisa does London
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1
Same video with Precise Subtitles
Lisa tells us that she and her friend Andrea actually wanted to go to Paris (not London) on their vacation, but their friends in New York told them that the French don't like Americans. This is why we titled this lesson 16b because it follows lesson 16 concerning the French.
Our filming team during this trip to the UK included a French woman, so the interviewer gets a direct French opinion on the matter, with Lisa, in the video.
This is Lisa's first trip outside of the USA. She's from Staten Island, one of the 5 boroughs of New York City, and has a typical New York City accent.
As you will see, she's really funny.
What does Lisa do back home in New York? She works in Andrea's nail shop.
The expression 'Fingernail art' is a way to explain the best work done in decorating mostly female finger nails as we see here.


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FARM-Africa are asking their supporters to 'give their honey a bee' this Valentine's Day and help them to continue changing lifes in Africa. For only £15 the lucky recipient will receive a model bee, charity gift pack, plus information on how the money raised is helping people less fortunate.
FARM-Africa help farmers like Raphael in eastern Africa. Raphael lives in the Nou Forest, Tanzania, with his wife, three sons and three daughters. He has always used the forest as his main source of income, sourcing and selling honey to others in his village. He used to harvest honey from traditional log hives that were set high up in the trees. The hives were very hard to access and produced little honey. The demand for honey in his village was growing but he could not produce enough to keep up.
Raphael became a member of the Mkombozi beekeeping group, which was set up in 2008 by FARM-Africa. He was shown how to improve his honey production using langstroth hives and modern beekeeping techniques. The new hives are easier to use and mean Raphael is producing enough honey for his family, as well as surplus to sell in his village. The money he earns helps buy essential goods such as food and water for his family.
So why not 'get buzzy' and bestow on your honey a bee from FARM-Africa this weekend, and help more farmers fight hunger and provide for their families.
Other top charity gifts


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Howison Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History
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Origins of Howison:
According to the early recordings of the name, this interesting and unique name listed as Howie, Howey, and the patronymics Howieson, Howison, Howisone, and Huison, this famous Scottish name is perhaps geographical from "The lands of How," a now lost estate in the division of Ayrshire. If so the surname is a member of the ever growing list of surnames of the British Islands that start from old sites which are either no longer around or have probably changed their name. Either way, the advancement is from the old British-Strathclyde word hoh, which pre-dates written history. It shows a clear or deep valley, and from which also advanced the surnames How and Howe. As Howie or Howey, it is a little meaning Little How, the addition of -ie or -y being a famous Scottish and North of England attachment, while Howi(e)son is the patronymic to give the son of Howie. Early examples of the surname records contain as John Howison, a burgess of Edinburgh in 1450, John Howy, a servant of the Lord of Cassilis, who in 1526 was involved in murder. Somewhat less dramatically in 1590, Robert Howie was noted as being the Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, while in the year of 1680, Thomas Howieson was the minister of Boleskin in Lanark and was also known as Robert Huison and Robert Houston. Interestingly there is a long culture that name ancestors originally settled from Flemish then to Scotland in the 14th century.
More common variations are: Howieson, Howeison, Howisson, Howson, Hewison, Howeson, Houison, Howisen, Hawison, Howisin.
The origins of the surname Howison appeared in Modlothian where people held a family seat from old times. Someone say better before the success of Normans and the entrance of Duke William at Hastings 1066 A.D.
Many of the people with surname Howison had moved to Ireland during the 17th century.
United States of America:
Individuals with the surname Howison landed in the United States in two different centuries respectively in the 18th, and 20th. Some of the people with the name Howison who arrived in the United States in the 17th century included John Howison, who came to Maryland in the year 1703.
The following century saw more Howison surnames arrive. Some of the people with the surname Howison who arrived in the United States in the 19th century included Morris James Howison at the age of 36, who moved to the United States, in the year 1903. Rudolph M Howison at the age of 44, who landed in America, in the year 1906. Rudolph Meier Howison at the age of 44, who moved to America from Finchley, England, in 1908. Allen M. Howison, who emigrated to America, in 1909. Mary Scott Howison at the age of 32, who settled in America, in the year 1911.
Here is the population distribution of the last name Howison: United States 484; Australia 228; Canada 114; England 113; New Zealand 47; United Arab Emirates 38; Scotland 33; Singapore 2; Netherlands 2; South Africa 2.
Del Howison (born 1953), is an American horror writer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan but moved to Los Angeles to pursue a job in acting; with his distinctive long white hair, he was a natural for low-budget horror films, and has since played the character "Renfield" in four separate seasons (making him the actor who has played this iconic character from Dracula more than any other).
George Holmes Howison (1834–1916) was an American scholar who taught in the philosophy department at the University of California, Berkeley.
John Howison (c.1530–1618), was a Scottish minister.
Ryan Howison (born 1966), is an American golf player.
Blazons & Genealogy Notes
1) (Braehead, co. Midlothian; now represented by Howison Cradfurd, of Craufurdland, co. Ayr, and of Braehead, co. Midlothian). Motto—Sursum corda. Ar. a men's heart gu. on a chief az. three fleurs-de-lis or. Crest—A dexter hand couped apaumee ppr.
2) (Holmfoot, co. Lanark, 1783). Motto—Nulla temerata nube. Same Arms. Crest—An eagle rising ppr.
3) (Ireland). Quarterly, ar. and sa. six roundles counterchanged, three, two, and one. Crest—An antelope pass. gu.


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A data type composed of multiple elements. An aggregate can be homogeneous (all elements have the same type) e.g. an array, a list in a functional language, a string of characters, a file; or it can be heterogeneous (elements can have different types) e.g. a structure. In most languages aggregates can contain elements which are themselves aggregates. e.g. a list of lists.
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I used simple knife for cutting colocasia roots, while cutting them scab starts on my hands. I can used coconut oil on my hands before start cutting them but it was not effective tell me some methods to avoid this
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 Is it caused by an irritant substance or by the roughness of the surface? Either way disposable gloves would help, but in the latter case they would have to be more robust than the typical ones for food use, so it makes a difference – Chris H Dec 3 '18 at 16:37
 - Do you mean blisters start forming on your hands? If so, is it from the friction of working the knife on those roots? – UnhandledExcepSean Dec 3 '18 at 18:57
The colocasia root (also known as the taro root) has calcium oxalate near the surface under its skin. This makes it toxic to eat uncooked and can irritate the skin.
Common methods to avoid skin irritation are oiling the hands (which isn't working for you), peeling them under running water, which rinses off the irritants quicker, and lastly is wearing gloves.
I would recommend getting a box of food grade latex gloves, that should keep your skin from coming into contact with the irritants. Doing it under running water also wouldn't hurt.
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Published July 14, 2012
| Associated Press
SALINAS, Calif. – Alejandro Ramírez was 15 when he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to work alongside his father and brother in California's strawberry fields.
He spent 12 years toiling for a large grower, living with his wife and child in a garage, learning everything from pulling weeds to planting to driving a tractor. Now, Ramírez is a U.S. citizen who employs about 80 workers — all of them fellow Latinos — and grows his own strawberries on more than 100 acres in Salinas, one of California's key berry growing regions.
"This is my pride," Ramírez said on a recent afternoon, gazing over the rolling fields filled with neat rows of plants. "Twenty years ago, I had nothing. The strawberry is my life."
And not just his. Strawberries have given Latinos more ownership opportunities than any other major crop. Latinos now comprise two-thirds of strawberry growers in California, where 90 percent of the nation's strawberries are grown. Most growers of other major crops are white.
For the $2.3 billion strawberry industry, it's the second time a minority group has emerged from the fields in such a profound way. Japanese immigrants took over the industry as they grew in numbers after the turn of the 20th century.
Like the Japanese, many Latino growers are former pickers or the children of field workers who worked their way up to rent or own land.
Because strawberries can be grown on small plots nearly year-round and can yield more fruit and revenue per acre than most other agricultural crops, it's easier for immigrants to get into the business, said Hal Johnson, who has developed varieties of strawberries since 1955 for California's largest berry shipper-growers.
"There's hardly ever been a crop where an average picker who is aggressive and works hard can become a grower," Johnson said. "If he (a strawberry picker) is a hustler and brings along other pickers, he can develop his own little empire."
Before World War II, Japanese immigrants grew more than 90 percent of California's strawberries. But plant and soil diseases depleted their profits and the war brought the industry to a near-halt when Japanese growers were forced into internment camps by the U.S. government.
After the war, as pesticides helped eliminate diseases and researchers like Johnson came up with improved varieties, California's strawberry industry boomed. More recently, increased consumer demand for fresh fruit and organics led to farmers expanding the berry acreage.
Many of the post-war growers were Hispanic braceros, agricultural laborers who arrived under government contract, and other migrant Mexican workers, Johnson said.
"They saw the potential and grabbed on as hard as they could," he said.
Francisco Ponce migrated to California from Mexico in the 1950s to harvest grapes and vegetables. He soon began growing strawberries as a sharecropper on four acres in Watsonville.
His son, Rogelio Ponce Sr., grew up among the berries and later worked for a large grower, climbing the ranks to manager. Twenty years ago, he sold the family home and with a partner started growing strawberries on 25 acres.
Now his two sons, Rogelio Ponce Jr. and Steven Ponce — both college-educated — work alongside their father. The family farms 80 acres of conventional and 20 acres of organic strawberries, as well as 50 acres of raspberries on land where their mother's father, a bracero, once worked as a supervisor in an apple orchard.
The sons also head a strawberry partnership, where they grow an additional 90 acres of berries. Between the two companies, the Ponces employ over 300 workers. The family sells its berries to one of California's largest shipper-growers.
"The first thing our father taught us is that strawberries can be a good business," Steven Ponce said. "He hasn't made a ton of money, but he's been consistent all these years. He chipped at it little by little, and that's where we get our work ethic from. We look back on what our father established and realize we're very fortunate. It was a huge risk."
Not all Latino strawberry growers prosper. Some actually are sharecroppers, ensnared in financial relationships that plunge them deep into debt, said Mike Meuter, an attorney at California Rural Legal Assistance in Salinas.
And despite the influx of Latino growers, he said, Latino farmworkers — most of them illegal immigrants from Mexico — continue to pick strawberries just as they had decades ago, many of them overworked and underpaid.
Some are attracted to becoming growers by strawberry companies that traditionally cool, market, sell and ship the strawberries. Some of these companies also lease land to farmworkers or lend them money for operating costs, often at very high interest rates. In return, the farmworkers-turned-growers must sell their berries to the companies that sponsored them, often at below-market prices.
Many of the growers do not speak English and don't understand their contracts until it's too late.
Ramírez, who farms berries in Salinas, nearly lost his business after being financed by one such company.
His father grew strawberries in Mexico, but fell on hard times and smuggled Ramírez over the border so his son could help pay off the family's debts.
In 1986 Ramírez qualified for amnesty as an agricultural worker. Employed by a large strawberry grower for over 12 years, he amassed different skills.
"I never settled for an easy job," Ramírez said. "When I cut weeds, I dreamed of harvesting strawberries. When I harvested, I dreamed of driving a tractor. I constantly asked my supervisors for new opportunities. I had the ambition to do something better."
With help from two brothers, who also worked in California, Ramírez started growing strawberries on a few acres in 1995. He was financed by a strawberry company, obligated to make payments and hand over his entire crop. He quickly fell into debt and had to borrow money from family, friends and the banks to stay afloat.
"The first few years were extremely difficult," he said. "I was fighting just to pay my rent."
Eventually he quit the company, started to grow berries for a large cooperative and paid off debts. His son, Alejandro Jr., is in college studying agriculture and plans to join his father in the berry business.
Latino growers say having roots in the same country and speaking the same language as their field workers helps.
"It's a lot easier to relate to my workers," said Peter Navarro, whose father migrated from Mexico in the 1950's and started growing berries on 10 acres. Navarro now grows on 140 acres in Watsonville.
"I know their living conditions in Mexico," Navarro said. "My father was also very poor. His humble beginnings always remind me to treat the workers well."


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Frank Raynor (1922- ), scientific instrument technician, spent most of his career working on instrumentation to support British nuclear research. He initially worked as an electrician before joining the nuclear instrument group at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston. In the 1950s he worked on instrumentation at the British nuclear weapons tests in Australia and the Pacific, including thefirst, Operation Hurricane, and the later Grapple series of H-bomb tests. In 1958 he moved to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell to design equipment for research scientists. He was later transferred to the Culham nuclear laboratories where he headed the Electronics Service Group which built prototype equipment for manufacture by contractors and provided support services for nuclear scientists. After his retirement in 1986 he continued a lifetimes' interest in electronics and enjoyed exploring the British countryside.
- Birth name: Frank Raynor
- Born: 1922 Lincolnshire, UK
- Occupation: Technician
- Disciplines: Scientific Instruments
- Education: Apprentice at Electrical Installations Ltd
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A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America
Top 10 Discoveries of 2009
Volume 63 Number 1, January/February 2010
ARCHAEOLOGY's annual list of the year's most exciting discoveries--from North America's earliest canals to evidence for chemical warfare at a Roman outpost in Syria--highlights sites, artifacts, and scientific studies we feel most enrich our knowledge of the past.
Archaeology is an incremental science, and "eureka" moments are rare. Often the most significant advances result from many years of research. For instance, we feature the work of archaeologists who have dug for four decades at a second-century B.C. Greek city in southern Russia. They were only recently able to identify a large structure at the site as the palace of King Mithradates VI, a legendary foe of Rome.
Two elite tombs excavated this year are on the list, one belonging to a Moche lord in Peru and the other to a family of Iron Age priestesses on Crete. Meanwhile, graves of exotic animals now emerging at the Predynastic Egyptian capital of Hierakonpolis show that the city's rulers kept extensive menageries--the world's first zoos.
We hope 2009's remarkable finds inspire you to make your own connections with the past, and whet your appetite for the discoveries to come.
As always, there were many more significant discoveries than our "Top 10" list allowed for. Here are five more of the year's most important finds. Maybe we should just call it the "Top 15 Discoveries of 2009."


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the commands below, you'll be able to see your changes reflected in the git UI.
In your new terminal instance, run the following to stage your notebook file for commit:
git add demo.ipynb
And then run the following to commit your changes (you can use whatever commit message you'd like):
git commit -m "Build and train TF model"
Then you should see your latest commit in the history:
6. Use the What-If Tool directly from your notebook
The What-If Tool is an interactive visual interface designed to help you visualize your datasets and better understand the output of your ML models. It is an open source tool created by the PAIR team at Google. While it works with any type of model, it has some features built exclusively for Cloud AI Platform.
The What-If Tool comes pre-installed in Cloud AI Platform Notebooks instances with TensorFlow. Here we'll use it to see how our model is performing overall and inspect its behavior on data points from our test set.
Step 1: Prepare data for the What-If Tool
To make the most of the What-If Tool, we'll send it examples from our test set along with the ground truth labels for those examples (
y_test). That way we can compare what our model predicted to the ground truth. Run the line of code below to create a new DataFrame with our test examples and their labels:
wit_data = pd.concat([x_test, y_test], axis=1)
In this lab, we'll be connecting the What-If Tool to the model we've just trained in our notebook. In order to do that, we need to write a function that the tool will use to run these test data points to our model:
def custom_predict(examples_to_infer): preds = model.predict(examples_to_infer) return preds
Step 2: Instantiate the What-If Tool
We'll instantiate the What-If Tool by passing it 500 examples from the concatenated test dataset + ground truth labels we just created. We create an instance of
WitConfigBuilder to set up the tool, passing it our data, the custom predict function we defined above, along with our target (the thing we're predicting), and the model type:
config_builder = (WitConfigBuilder(wit_data[:500].values.tolist(), data.columns.tolist() + ['weight_pounds']).set_custom_predict_fn(custom_predict).set_target_feature('weight_pounds').set_model_type('regression')) WitWidget(config_builder, height=800)
You should see something like this when the What-If Tool loads:
On the x-axis, you can see your test data points spread out by the model's predicted weight value,
Step 3: Explore model behavior with the What-If Tool
There are lots of cool things you can do with the What-If Tool. We'll explore just a few of them here. First, let's look at the datapoint editor. You can select any data point to see its features, and change the feature values. Start by clicking on any data point:
On the left you'll see the feature values for the data point you've selected. You can also compare that data point's ground truth label with the value predicted by the model. In the left sidebar, you can also change feature values and re-run model prediction to see the effect this change had on your model. For example, we can change gestation_weeks to 30 for this data point by double-clicking on it an re-run prediction:
Using the dropdown menus in the plot section of the What-If Tool, you can create all sorts of custom visualizations. For example, here's a chart with the models' predicted weight on the x-axis, the age of the mother on the y-axis, and points colored by their inference error (darker means a higher difference between predicted and actual weight). Here it looks like as weight decreases, the model's error increases slightly:
Next, check the Partial dependence plots button on the left. This shows how each feature influences the model's prediction. For example, as gestation time increases, our model's predicted baby weight also increases:
For more exploration ideas with the What-If Tool, check the links at the beginning of this section.
7. Optional: connect your local git repo to GitHub
Finally, we'll learn how to connect the git repo in our notebook instance to a repo in our GitHub account. If you'd like to do this step, you'll need a GitHub account.
Step 1: Create a new repo on GitHub
In your GitHub account, create a new repository. Give it a name and a description, decide if you'd like it to be public, and select Create repository (you don't need to initialize with a README). On the next page, you'll follow the instructions for pushing an existing repository from the command line.
Open a Terminal window, and add your new repository as a remote. Replace
username in the repo URL below with your GitHub username, and
your-repo with the name of the one you just created:
git remote add origin _EMAIL_:username/your-repo.git
Step 2: Authenticate to GitHub in your notebooks instance
Next you'll need to authenticate to GitHub from within your notebook instance. This process varies depending on whether you have two-factor authentication enabled on GitHub.
Step 3: Ensure you've correctly linked your GitHub repo
To make sure you've set things up correctly, run
git remote -v in your terminal. You should see your new repository listed as a remote. Once you see the URL of your GitHub repo and you've authenticated to GitHub from your notebook, you're ready to push directly to GitHub from your notebook instance.
To sync your local notebook git repo with your newly created GitHub repo, click the cloud upload button at the top of the Git sidebar:
Refresh your GitHub repository, and you should see your notebook code with your previous commits! If others have access to your GitHub repo and you'd like to pull down the latest changes to your notebook, click the cloud download icon to sync those changes.
On the History tab of the Notebooks git UI, you can see if your local commits are synced with GitHub. In this example,
origin/master corresponds with our repo on GitHub:
Whenever you make new commits, just click the cloud upload button again to push those changes to your GitHub repo.
You've done a lot in this lab 👏👏👏
To recap, you've learned how to:
- Create an customize an AI Platform Notebook instance
- Initialize a local git repo in that instance, add commits via the git UI or command line, view git diffs in the Notebook git UI
- Build and train a simple TensorFlow 2 model
- Use the What-If Tool within your Notebook instance
- Connect your Notebook git repo to an external repository on GitHub
If you'd like to continue using this notebook, it is recommended that you turn it off when not in use. From the Notebooks UI in your Cloud Console, select the notebook and then select Stop:
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Using the Navigation menu in your Cloud Console, browse to Storage and delete both buckets you created to store your model assets.


Gil Kalai Sep 26 '11 at 12:10
OK, I'll have a look at it and see if the method can be applied to the stronger statement. – Pascal Maillard Sep 26 '11 at 12:59
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Midway Problem (a reformulation only)
This is not an Answer. Start with a 2n x2n grid graph. all edges length one, all even pairs linked.
The "both even" numbered vertices are "the original graph". Add (x odd, y even) vertices half the time. Add (x even, y odd) vertices the time. The (odd, odd) vertices are always out. Seems a decent starting point. Point Midway is now (n+1, 0), and in the graph half of the time.
The two questions may then be:
Strongest question, as n grows: Show with probability approaching one that the set of all shortest paths between (0,0) and (2n,0) almost never contains Midway.
Weaker question, as n grows: Show with probability approaching one that there is a shortest path
between (0,0) and (2n,0) that does not contain Midway.
They may even have different answers, unless the shortest path has "uniqueness" properties. So again, this is not an answer.
But, the fractions are gone, and the edge lengths are all one!
Apologies for the initial typo. Is this variation more accessible?
The Far Corner variant of Midway, with an exclusion somewhere, may be easier for purists; but again, I do not know the answer (Nor even close). Propertys of shortest path sets from (0,0) to (2n,2n) may shed light on the axial case. Some small variety of forbidden minor, behaving as Midway, may be worthy of considering. I would try constant sized cycles.
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That's an interesting variation of the problem that might be easier. When you say add (x odd y even) hald the time do you mean with probability 1/2? I suppose also the (x even y odd) vertices are also added half the time. that's interesting. – Gil Kalai Jan 31 '10 at 16:52
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incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
ornamentation with a figure or design sunk below the surface.
a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken design.
an incised or countersunk die.
a figure or design so produced.
a process in which
a design, text, etc., is engraved into the surface of a plate so that when ink is applied and the excess is wiped off, ink remains in the grooves and is transferred to paper in printing, as in engraving or etching.
an impression or printing from such a design, engraving, etc.
verb (used with object)
to incise or display in intaglio.
is one of our favorite verbs.
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derivative of intagliare
to cut in, engrave, equivalent to inin-2
to cut < Late Latin tāliāre,
derivative of Latin tālea
a cutting; see tally


Embedded Components
The ECU software can be roughly subdivided into two sections:
The application contains the desired functionality, and the infrastructure software handles basic functions.
Usually the infrastructure software includes the operating system and software components for communication and underlying I/O and memory services.
From Vector you get standardized software components for the infrastructure software. These components make it easy to port and reliably integrate ECUs from different suppliers into a network. Special communication modules are responsible for exchanging information between ECUs via a bus system such as CAN, LIN, FlexRay or Ethernet.
The communication modules from Vector are standard software components that are based on generic code. They are available in numerous OEM-specific variants and are available for a lot of different hardware platforms. The ECU developer configures them individually to obtain a solution customized to his specific application.
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You can obtain the Flash Bootloader in many OEM-specific variants and for many different microcontrollers. To meet your project requirements you can configure it with the PC-based configuration tool GENy and DaVinci Configurator Pro respectively. The Flash Bootloader may be used in either conventional or AUTOSAR conformant ECUs. You can also update ECUs with POSIX-compatible operating systems such as Linux in a time-saving and efficient way.
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I am building a Ruby on Rails application that lets users deploy a server in the DO region of their choice.
I'd like to show the latency between the user's location and all the available DO regions so that the user can select the region with the fastest response time for them.
The latency can be easily calculated locally in development for each region with Net::Ping using the example code below:
 check =
 start_time =
 elapsed_time = ('%.6f' % ( - start_time))
However, in production, the originating IP is consistently the web host of my application, not the user's IP address.
How can I measure the response time between a website visitor and a DO region?
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Thanks for taking a look _USER_.
I was able to solve this problem by using JavaScript to ping a website hosted in each of DO's regions. I used the speed test websites originally designed to help DO customers measure the upload/download speed from each region.
For example, the code below will ping a website hosted in each DO region and then print the response time latency in the console.
var region_data = [
 {"name":"New York","host":""},
 {"name":"San Francisco","host":""},
for (var i = 0; i < region_data.length; i++) {
 var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
 var start_time =;'GET', region_data[i].host, false)
 xmlhttp.onload = function () {
 var elapsed_time = - start_time;
 console.log(region_data[i].name + ':'+ elapsed_time);
 // Send request
Hi there _USER_,
Usually you would be seeing the server IP address in case that you are using Nginx as a reverse proxy. To get the real IP address of the visitor you have to get the X-forwarded-for header value. That way you would get the actual IP rather than the server IP itself.
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Dynamic graphics in a GIS: exploring and analyzing multivariate spatial data using linked software
Interactive and dynamic graphical methods provide powerful tools to interface a data analyst with data. For multivariate data, interactive techniques such as linked brushing and identification allow an analyst to query the data, isolate or mask subsets, and examine dependencies between many variables. Dynamic techniques such as the grand tour give the analyst a sense of the overall shape (clusters or nonlinearities) of the data. This paper reports on research into interactive and dynamic graphical methods applied to spatial data made available through a link between two software packages: ArcView 2.1(a Geographic Information System), and XGobi (a dynamic graphics program for exploratory multivariate data analysis).


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Name originating from Italy, means 'Native of Lucania'
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Used to refer to yourself1 letter
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You'd have this by your desk4 letters
A representation of a specifc area 3 letters
Short for Ante Meridiam2 letters
A wild, male, pig
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Pre-releasing Bee Smalltalk
Today marks a key milestone in Bee project: we are realizing Bee main sources and libraries to the public sphere! Do not get too excited yet. This is stated as a pre-release, because many things are yet missing and as the license is CC-BY-NC (for now). Also, there's no way to browse code like in a complete smalltalk environment, nor to rebuild the kernel. You can consider this as just a small preview of what the system is going to be like internally. There are two kinds of files: SLLs are the binary smalltalk libraries, SMLs contain the source code of their respective libraries. bee.sll is the main executable (it is just an.exe file, you can rename and double-click). In case no arguments are passed, a *REALLY* basic command line interface is shown, where you can enter some Smalltalk code: $> bee Welcome to bee. command line interface is waiting for you > 3+4+5 12 > 3 class SmallInteger > | o | o := Object new. o size 0 If you pass a file, like this:
Working on multithreading
A Smalltalk runtime that is able to execute concurrent sequences of code would be very useful. Seeing the rise of multicore/multiprocessor hardware and the direction the industry is taking, increasing the amount of cores in processors each year, makes us think we should be prepared. The simplest way of making use of multiple cores is to just avoid threads and directly work on multiple processes, connected by some kind of IPC. This is easier because different processes share nothing, except what you explicitly choose. Isolation helps program safety concurrency wise, as two fully separated processes cannot have race conditions between them. Then you would ask, why not just use processes? The main reason is that threads can be lighter and, in some way, more straightforward (as different threads share all their memory and resources). But also the question can be stated conversely, why not threads? Giving the option of using threads would be nice, so why not? There are lots of VMs wand
Bee performance and lookup strategies
It's been quite some time since last post, we'be been really busy cooking Bee Smalltalk. You wouldn't believe how much work is needed in order to connect the dots! We continued trying to make libraries load in bee, but we felt that performance was abysmal, library loading was taking ages and tests were ran so slow that they were slowing down the whole development process. In order to measure performance, we ported a bunch of benchmarks to bee. Bee nchmarks The first benchmark we took was the simplest we know: tinyBenchmarks. It consists of a rather simple pair of metrics. The first one estimates bytecode speed and the second one dispatch speed. The bytecode test does a lot of arithmetic (which is executed directly without message sends) and sends only few messages: _TAG_:, _TAG_:, _TAG_:put:. On the other hand, the dispatch test calculates Fibonacci recursively: ^self < 2 ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [(self - 1) fibonacchi + (self - 2) fibonacchi +
Connecting the dots
We've been working very hard this year. The seed that was planted years ago has been growing underground and we are now starting to see the first leaves pop out. After Smalltalks 2013 we had the chance to stop the ball, have an overview and open to wider perspectives. After some time, we got back to daily work and thought about the current situation and the next steps. We opened this blog to let people know about both the progress of this project and the ideas around it. Now that the year is gone, we'd like to share some overview and vision of the future. We have lot's of stuff going on here and many things almost working that need a last push to get integrated. You know, that 1% boring stuff. We now have this small kernel working with libraries which is the base of the system. We also have a jitter, a garbage collector, and a starting point of a debugger all of them written in Smalltalk, but none of them is plugged yet. So we are asking ourselves, what do we do next,


A. Borgida and P. F. Patel-Schneider (1994) "A Semantics and Complete Algorithm for Subsumption in the CLASSIC Description Logic", Volume 1, pages 277-308
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This paper analyzes the correctness of the subsumption algorithm used in CLASSIC, a description logic-based knowledge representation system that is being used in practical applications. In order to deal efficiently with individuals in CLASSIC descriptions, the developers have had to use an algorithm that is incomplete with respect to the standard, model-theoretic semantics for description logics. We provide a variant semantics for descriptions with respect to which the current implementation is complete, and which can be independently motivated. The soundness and completeness of the polynomial-time subsumption algorithm is established using description graphs, which are an abstracted version of the implementation structures used in CLASSIC, and are of independent interest.
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|KEY WORD : architecture / storehouses|
|A form of storehouse which provided a fireproof place to keep valuables which were otherwise always at risk in highly combustible Japanese timber houses. It had a wooden structural frame externally covered by mud daub *tsuchikabe 土壁 about 20-30cm thick and usually finished with a smooth coat of white or black plaster *shikkui 漆喰. Internally the timber framework was exposed. Generally, in 17c urban centers, dozou had tiled roofs, but in districts where tile was difficult to obtain, the plasterwork covered the top of the structure to make it fireproof. It also had a second, independent outer structure roofed with thatch or shingles erected over it to protect the plaster from rain. Parts of walls exposed to rain were also tiled to protect plaster in certain districts. Openings were kept to a minimum, and thickly plastered swing doors and shutters with interlocking flanged reveals *kannonbiraki tobira 観音開扉, were used both for entrances and for the few small windows. Miniature roofs *kiriyokebisashi 霧除廂 were often provided to protect window and door surrounds from the elements. To prevent fire, the doors were closed and the joints sealed with mud that was kept in buckets nearby, rendering the dozou fireproof. Dozou became a symbol of wealth not merely because they were used to store valuables, but also because they were expensive and time consuming to construct. The low thermal conductivity of the thick walls kept the internal temperature of the dozou remarkably stable, also making it a suitable location for the manufacture of food products such as rice wine, sake 酒, and soya sauce, shouyu 醤油. It thus became an important form of proto-industrial architecture. The appearance of the word dozou in a donation letter of 1294 by the priest Shinsei 信聖, and on an illustration in the 14th roll of the early 14c "Kasuga Avatar Miracle Scroll" Kasuga Gongen genki-e 春日権現験記絵 confirm the existence of this building type by the end of the Kamakura period. Although dozou were used for storage purposes in the residences of the ruling classes, they are particularly associated with merchants, shounin 商人. Dozou appear within the plots of the larger merchant establishments in the early 17c screens *rakuchuu rakugai-zu byoubu 洛中洛外図屏風, but were still a relative rarity. They spread from major urban centers to provincial towns and farming villages during the Edo period and thereafter. Most dozou were 2 story, but 3 story dozou were a status symbol among wealthy merchants from the 17c and an example is preserved in the old quarter of Tondabayashi 富田林, near Osaka.|
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The 6th annual national survey of garden birds is about to begin.
Participants can do the count from the luxury of their kitchen or living room by looking out the window at just one part of their garden. More than the 3000 survey forms were completed last year and organisers are looking for an increase this year.
The results of last year's survey show that the most numerous species counted in New Zealand gardens is the house sparrow followed by the silvereye (or waxeye), starling, blackbird and myna. In 2011, Hawke's Bay recorded the largest increase in the number of survey forms completed.
The survey form and an identification chart for the most common birds found in New Zealand gardens is available on the web at _URL_


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Texas 80-Meter Wind Map and Wind Resource Potential
The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published an 80-meter (m) height wind resource map for Texas. This map is a key piece of understanding the state's wind resource potential from a development, policy, and a jobs and economic development impact perspective.
About the 80-Meter Texas Wind Resource Map
The wind resource map shows the predicted mean annual wind speeds at an 80-m height, presented at a spatial resolution of about 2 kilometers that is interpolated to a finer scale for display. Areas with annual average wind speeds around 6.5 meters per second and greater at 80-m height are generally considered to have a resource suitable for wind development. Utility-scale, land-based wind turbines are typically installed between 80 and 100 m high.
Texas Wind Resource Potential
The chart to the right shows the wind resource potential above a given gross capacity factor at both 80-m and 100-m heights for Texas.
NREL estimated the windy land area and wind energy potential in various capacity factor ranges for each state using AWS Truepower's gross capacity factor data. The table lists the estimates of windy land area with a gross capacity of 30% and greater at an 80-m height and the wind energy potential from development of the "available" windy land area after exclusions.
"Installed capacity" refers to the potential megawatts of rated capacity that could be installed on the available windy land area, and "annual generation" refers to the estimated annual wind energy generation in gigawatt-hours that could be produced from the installed capacity. NREL reduced the wind potential estimates by excluding areas unlikely to be developed, such as wilderness areas, parks, urban areas, and water features (see Wind Resource Exclusion Table for more detail). Additional wind potential tables are included for various capacity factor ranges.
These maps and wind potential estimates resulted from a collaborative project between NREL and AWS Truepower. This is the first comprehensive update of the wind energy potential by state since 1993. NREL has worked with AWS Truepower for almost a decade on updating wind resource maps for 36 states and producing validated maps for 50-meter heights. The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America initiative supported the mapping efforts.
Note: Wind resource at a micro level can vary significantly; therefore, you should get a professional evaluation of your specific area of interest.


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In November, Media & Design Manager, Chris Evans presented at the National Association for Interpretation's Conference in Denver, Colorado. Together with co-presenter Stefania Van Dyke, Senior Interpretive Specialist with the Denver Art Museum, they provided a framework for incorporating accessible design into exhibits. Using illustrative examples relevant to a range of parks and museums, practical elements of universal design were explored, such as tactile elements, audio, and multimedia.
Knowing where to start planning for accessibility is important. Also crucial is asking the right questions. Universal design features can be incorporated for a wide range of learning styles, abilities and diverse backgrounds and multi-generational family groups. Placement, context, and environment all play a role in successfully conveying a story to a broad audience. With thoughtful planning, one can create engaging exhibits designed for multi-generational, multisensory-attuned, and culturally and linguistically diverse audiences.
To learn useful tips and best practices for reaching your audience within your organization's available resources, download the presentation below:
Chris Evans is the Media & Design Manager at 106 Group, an award-winning exhibit and cultural resources management firm. Chris selects, tests, and builds the best media to convey its intended message, placing great emphasis on providing accessible and engaging content for a broad audience through innovative and interactive means.


On tablets and convertible devices, Windows 10 can control their motion sensor to rotate the desktop to landscape or portrait mode automatically depending on the orientation of the screen.
However, sometimes auto-rotation in desktop or tablet mode may stop working for no apparent reason, or the "Rotation lock" option may appear grayed out making it impossible for Windows 10 to turn the screen to the correct orientation automatically.
If auto-rotation isn't working after covering your troubleshooting basics, such as checking for updates and restarting your device, there are a number of steps you can follow to fix this issue.
In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through five solutions you can try to get screen rotation working again on your tablet or convertible.
How to fix screen auto-rotation problems on Windows 10
Disconnecting peripherals
If you're using a 2-in-1 device like the Surface Pro, accessories, such as a detachable keyboard or dock can cause screen rotation problems.
To check if an accessory is causing rotation problems, do the following:
 1. Disconnect the keyboard, dock, or external display.
 2. Change the orientation of the device to see if it rotates automatically.
Checking screen rotation settings
It's also likely that you might have accidentally turned on the rotation lock option that prevents your device from rotating. If this is the case, do the following:
 1. Use the Windows key + A keyboard shortcut to open Action Center.
 2. Click the Expand button.
 3. Click the Rotation lock to turn it off.
 - Quick Tip: You can also control this option under Scale and layout on Settings > System > Display.
 4. Change the orientation of the device to see if it rotates automatically.
In certain devices, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro, Windows 10 will lock screen rotation and disable the "Rotation lock" option when a keyboard is attached and in a typing position. However, folding the keyboard or closing the device will release the lock and the screen will once again rotate automatically.
Running troubleshooter
If the screen will still not rotate, you can use the Sensors Troubleshooter to fix the problem.
 1. Download the Sensor Troubleshooter from Microsoft.
 2. Double-click the SensorDiagnosticTablet.diagcab to launch the experience.
 3. Click the Next button.
 4. The utility will scan, detect, and fix common problems with the sensors on your computer, including the motion sensor.
 5. Click the Close button.
After completing the steps, try to change the orientation of the device to see if auto-rotation works.
Updating motion sensor driver
Although it's rare, the rotation problem could be caused by a driver issue. If this is the case, you should try updating the sensors driver.
You can check this guide to learn the steps on how to update a device driver. If you're using Device Manager, typically, this device will appear under "Sensor I/O devices" or "Sensors."
Fixing screen auto-rotation grayed out
If you have tried all the solutions, and you continue to see the rotation lock option grayed out, even after disconnecting the keyboard, dock, or disabling the external display, then do the following:
 3. Browse the following path:
 - Quick Tip: On the Windows 10 Creators Update and later, you can now copy and paste the path into the new Registry's address bar to quickly jump to the key destination.
 4. Double-click the Enable DWORD and make sure the value is set to 1.
 5. Click OK.
 6. Double-click the LastOrientation DWORD and make sure the value is set to 0.
 7. Click OK.
 8. Double-click the SensorPresent DWORD and make sure the value is set to 1.
 9. Click OK.
 10. Double-click the SlateEnable DWORD and make sure the value is set to 1.
 11. Click OK.
Once you've completed the steps, restart your device to see if auto-rotation works again.
If any of these DWORDs are missing from the AutoRotation key, you'll have to create them manually:
 1. While in the Registry, right-click the AutoRation key, select New, and click on DWORD (32-bit) Value.
 2. Enter the name of the key that is missing and press Enter.
 3. Double-click the newly DWORD key and make sure its value is set as described on steps No. 4, 6, 8, and 10 in the above instructions depending on the key you're creating.
After completing the steps, restart your device and try to change the screen orientation to see if it works.
In the case, you're still having issues, you can ask in the Windows Central forums for additional help.
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'Kwanzo' is a Daylily variety in the Hemerocallis genus with a scientific name of Hemerocallis. Kwanzo grows as a Perennial and is a Flower. Being a Perennial, it tends to grow best over several years (approx 3 years and greater). Kwanzo is known for growing to a height of approximately 1.00 metres (that's 3.25 feet in imperial).
Kwanzo Daylily is normally quite a low maintenance plant and is normally very easy to grow - great for beginner gardeners!
This plant info is provided by the myfolia gardener's wiki. All details about Daylily 'Kwanzo' have been kindly provided by our members.
How to grow Daylily 'Kwanzo'
Growing Kwanzo from seed
By our calculations, you should look at sowing Kwanzo about 42 days before your last frost date.
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These estimates for how long Daylily 'Kwanzo' takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world. Start logging and journaling your observations to participate!
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jpl-queues is a library implementing a few different kinds of queue data structures.
These kinds of queues are provided:
 - Bounded and unbounded FIFO queues.
 - Lossy bounded FIFO queues that drop elements when full.
 - Unbounded random-order queues that use less memory than unbounded FIFO queues.
Additionally, a synchronization wrapper is provided to make any queue conforming to the jpl-queues API thread-safe for lightweight multithreading applications. (See Calispel for a more sophisticated CL multithreaded message-passing library with timeouts and alternation among several blockable channels.)
jpl-queues is used by Calispel.
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The New American Slave (Roger Ingalls)
Remember that game teachers played to help develop our logic and reasoning skills? They would hold up a picture and ask, "what's wrong with this picture" and we would have to figure it out.
Well, my fellow Americans, what's wrong with this picture?
Based on the incarceration numbers shown in this chart, it appears that many Americans suddenly became criminals during the Nixon administration and turned more evil during the Reagan administration.
Now, I ask you, does this really make sense? Did the citizens of the United States exponentially turn to the dark side during the 70s and 80s? Your gut is probably saying no, people don't change that drastically. Your intuition is correct, the people didn't change but the laws did.
Virtually overnight, human behavior was criminalized by Nixon's War On Drugs legislation. This was conservative backlash for the 1960's Enlightened Movements. Ten years later, the Reagans stepped into the Whitehouse. While the country was in a recession, Nancy spent a few hundred thousand dollars on new dinnerware and this didn't go over well with the public. The spin doctors came to her rescue and she became the Just Say No First Lady. The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 came into existence along with harsh penalties for drug related crimes.
Nixon's prohibition of recreational drugs and the subsequent draconian penalties are responsible for the exponential growth of the prison and jail populations. To make matter worse, incarceration is becoming more privatized and the bigger prison companies are publicly traded. Wall Street expects these for profit companies to grow annually at a rate that is faster than the real crime rate. Do we see a problem here? The prison industry, their lobbyists and law enforcement need more criminalization of human behavior and harsher penalties to maintain jobs and profits.
Throughout history man has used mind altering substances, it's our nature. It is estimated that 30% of those incarcerated have committed non-violent drug related crimes.
Taxpayers can no longer afford an annual $70 billion bill for the War On Drugs.
We need to do away with the prohibition of recreational drugs and regulate them similar to tobacco and alcohol. We also need to do away with for profit incarceration that creates incentives for enslavement.
The 40 year experiment of criminalizing human behavior has failed.
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