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Q: Very slow inserts into a SQLite Database (VB.NET, LINQ2SQL) I have a problem with very slow inserts into my database in my application.
Application uses

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*SQLite Database

*VB.NET

*Linq To SQL

It is a simple insert of about 600 records with 4 fields. That's all. It takes about 10 seconds in my Dell Vostro with Intel Core 2 Duo computer. I think it should be lot faster and I cannot figure it out.
The table is not indexed. There is one primary key autoincrement field, another Id field which references a foreign table (1234 below)
Here is my code:
Using dc = Utility.GetNewDataContext
            Dim myList As New List(Of myData)
            For Each pt As CapturedDataPoint In _capturedDataPoints
                Dim rec As New myData
                rec.Id = 1234
                rec.captureTimeSec = pt.captureTimeSec
                rec.force = pt.force
                rec.displacement = pt.displacement
                myList.Add(rec)
            Next
            dc.myData.InsertAllOnSubmit(myList)
            dc.SubmitChanges()
end using

To time the operations I have a Stopwatch object and print ElapsedTimeMilliseconds
Before the above code, I have 2 other inserts (one record each) and a delete (one record). Each of these 3 operations takes approx 0.6 sec. Granted 10 seconds for the 600 inserts is better than 600*.6=36 seconds, but I have the feeling it should be a lot faster.

A: It must be due to this limitation:

Transaction speed is limited by the rotational speed of your disk drive. - from sqlite faq


Visual Studio is the default IDE for writing C# code, although it's not the only option when it comes to writing apps with Xamarin.
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In this book, we'll be covering Xamarin development using Visual Studio on Windows, since it is the best IDE available for code development using C# and provides great IntelliSense support.


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Terrell Everett
Position: PG/SG
Jerseys: #8, #30, #25, #4, #13, #20, #7, #21, #5, #11
High School: West Ashley High School (South Carolina)
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Agent: Lou Diamantopoulos
AAU: Beach Ball Select
College: Oklahoma
Current Team: Goettingen
Win - Loss: 7 - 8
D-League Pre-Draft Power Rankings / Allocation List
Terrell Everett may be a familiar name to college basketball fans, and he will likely become a familiar name to D-League fans this season as well. A big point guard with nice athleticism, good court vision and excellent overall talent, Everett is back in the States after spending the last two seasons primarily in France, where he was mostly up and down but always showed excellent sparks of potential. Everett is still an average perimeter shooter and decision maker, two of the things he'll need to work on the most to draw NBA interest this upcoming season. Showing leadership skills and maturity both on and off the floor will be imperative.
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Already considered a very intriguing NBA prospect coming out of high school, Everett shot himself in the foot a bit by pleading no-contest to a Marijuana charge just before the pre-draft process started. He was blackballed from the pre-draft camp, and struggled to get any serious looks before heading to Europe.
Everett did a pretty good job making people forget about the mistakes he made in the past by putting up one of the most impressive rookie seasons in all of Europe, averaging 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the 3rd best team in ProA France. Everett is a big natural point guard with great instincts directing a team and finding the open man. He's athletic enough to create his own shot, and will at times explode for the type of scoring outburst that makes you wonder just how much upside he has left in him. He's not a great shooter and still has work to do on his overall decision making and leadership skills, but it probably wouldn't shock anyone to see him make an NBA roster fairly soon. He has that kind of talent, and from what we were told by his agent Noah Croom, would sign for the minimum if the contract was fully guaranteed. He'll be playing for Phoenix's summer league team in Las Vegas next week.
Terrell Everett NBA Draft Scouting Report
Everett has terrific size for an NBA point guard at 6-4, to go along with a good wingspan and very smooth athletic ability. The fact that he is left handed makes him that much more interesting and difficult to defend. Like many lefties, he has a unique style to his game that isn't easy to find at the NCAA level.
Despite being recruited to play the shooting guard position at Oklahoma, Everett has the instincts of a pure point guard. He is capable of making everyone around him better thanks to his terrific passing skills. Everett possesses superb court vision and uses his size extensively to see the entire floor and exploit openings in the defense as they happen. He often makes very tough passes look easy by threading the needle and creating opportunities for teammates out of absolutely nothing. While he can be very flashy at times, he also doesn't have a problem making fundamental bounce passes or lobs into the post to feed his big guys with entry passes. In transition is where he particularly excels, either being able to finish plays by himself with his length and athleticism or set up a teammate for an easy basket, often in spectacular fashion. He has very good speed in the open floor and absolutely loves to push the tempo, especially when he has the horses to run with him.
Offensively, Everett has the ability to create his own shot thanks to a nice first step. He has a solid mid-range game, being able to put the ball on the floor and either find the open man on the drive and dish or elevate off the dribble with a high arching lefty release. His shot mechanics look decent and he has inconsistent range out to the NCAA three point line when he has time to set his feet. He can get to the rack and score as well, showing solid toughness taking contact and finishing around the hoop.
Defensively, Everett is very solid thanks to his quick feet and long arms. Oklahoma is one of the best defensive teams in the country, and Everett has a lot to do with that. He has good hands and likes to get into the passing lanes to ignite fast-breaks.
Everett is still a raw player in many facets of the game. He was a shooting guard in Junior College, and therefore despite looking like a very natural point guard at times, his inexperience at the position often comes out at crucial moments. He is not a natural leader who will direct his teammates on the floor and be a vocal player in his team's offense. If his teammates don't pass him the ball he won't really ask for it, despite the fact that his college team only goes as far as he takes them and pretty much everyone knows that.
His ball-handling is good enough at the college level, but will have to improve dramatically to make it in the NBA against the type of tough and physical pressure defenders that many teams have at the guard position. He dribbles the ball too high and makes too many unforced errors, being very careless with the ball and suffering from mental lapses that can drive his coach and fans up the wall. Everett is extremely turnover prone with over 4 lost possessions per game, as opposed to his 6.3 assists per contest.
Like many flashy passers, he has a tendency to force the issue at times, trying to do too much with the ball in his hand, over-dribbling, getting ahead of himself, and generally showing raw and often head scratching decision making skills. He seems to have problems handling intense ball-pressure and is not really a cool and calm customer when defenses collapse on him.
Everett is inconsistent not just from game to game, but also from minute to minute at times, being able to explode offensively for an unbelievable stretch looking like a mini-Jason Kidd, and then getting extremely passive and tentative to the point that he downright hurts his team. He gets down on himself when things are really going his way, thinking too much about everything he does, fluctuating between passing up wide-open shots and displaying poor shot selection.
Everett is not a particularly prolific scorer, only averaging 12 points a game on a team that admittedly likes to slow down the tempo and grind it out. He lacks range on his jump shot, shooting only 41% from the field on the year and a mediocre 31% from behind the arc. He can hit the three when he is open (or even sometimes when he's not), but he settles for it too much when stepping in a foot or two to his more natural range would serve him much better. Part of this has to do with the fact that his release is not very quick, something he'll definitely have to work on at the next level.
Late in the season Everett pleaded no contest to a Marijuana possession charge, which certainly raised some eyebrows.
Everett was a fairly highly regarded player in high school who did not have the grades or test scores initially to qualify for Division 1 basketball. Therefore the South Carolina native instead signed on to play at Southwest Missouri State University-West Plains, a Junior College. He was named a second team JUCO All-American. Everett was mostly considered a swingman before signing on with the Sooners, but soon began to show his point guard skills until eventually replacing erratic 5-7 former McDonalds All-American Drew Lavender as OU's starting point, a move that improved the Sooners tremendously. Lavender transferred to Xavier over the summer and Everett is the primary ball-handler in his 2nd and final season at Oklahoma. Like last year, the 2nd half of the season is where Everett has shined the most, playing in the Big 12 which is a very competitive conference with plenty of NBA talent on almost every squad, particularly at the guard positions. His signature game and the tape that his agent will have to make the most copies of is Oklahoma's home win over Texas in late January. Everett scored 25 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished out 7 assists while shooting 10-15 from the field.
Despite being a senior, Everett will be projected as an upside type player who will need to make strides in certain parts of his game before being able to contribute substantially at the NBA level. He shows sparks of developing into a dynamic point guard, but is still too inconsistent and not 100% aware or confident in his skills at this point to execute on a consistent basis. With that said, Everett's ceiling is high because of his unique size and skills as a pass-first 6-4 PG. The NBA loves big point guards and Everett has all the raw tools needed to succeed. His team will have to be patient with him and likely bring him along slowly until he gets his feet wet. He's a likely 2nd round pick as of right now depending on how he performs in March and in private workouts and/or the Orlando pre-draft camp.
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Another player who needed a good game in a high profile matchup for both his team's sake as well as his own personal draft stock is Oklahoma point guard Terrell Everett. The senior Everett has been suffering from a very up and down season so far, struggling with his decision making at times, being erratic with his shot selection, turnovers and leadership from the point and seeing his confidence fluctuate dramatically, especially in his perimeter shot. Oklahoma will go as far as their 6-4 playmaker will take them this year, and when Everett played poorly, the entire team lost its rhythm, resulting in a couple of losses that most Sooner fans would not have anticipated heading into the season.
Against the top team in the Big 12 and one of the best teams in the country overall in Texas that all changed, though, as Everett was the best player on the floor for many key stretches in the game and was terrific on both ends of the floor leading his team to a huge victory in front of 22 NBA scouts on primetime television.
Defensively he did a terrific job on Daniel Gibson, keeping him out of the lane almost the entire game, forcing him into many tough shots with his size and length and winning the marquee matchup handily outside of the points Gibson managed to rack up in garbage time.
Offensively, Everett did a good job controlling the tempo and running his team patiently and unselfishly, getting into the lane repeatedly using his great first step and finding the open man on the drive and dish time after time. He looked smooth and extremely confident, making the right decisions and showing terrific upside as a big, long, athletic point guard. Unlike his Texas counterpoints on the other end of the floor, Everett showed the ability to get his big men involved whether with a simple fundamental post-entry lob or bounce pass or even being a little more spectacular with some awesome alleyoop heaves from well beyond the three point line to a soaring Taj Gray. Despite appearing to force his shot from the perimeter a bit in the 1st half, Everett still knocked down a couple of three pointers and was even more impressive hitting tough shots off the dribble from mid-range.
All in all this was a terrific display of potential from the quiet lefty point guard, but even more important beyond his upside as a tall NBA point guard will be the way he follows up this performance for the rest of the season. Everett has been too erratic for a senior playing such an important position for his team, averaging over 4 turnovers per game and shooting just 40% from the field and 29% from behind the arc. OU will need him in similar form to be able to live up to their extremely high potential and make a run at the final four. They have the talent to do so and then some, but will need Everett at his absolute best.
01/18/2020 90 - 84 at Mitteldeutscher
01/05/2020 72 - 71 vs Alba Berlin
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i got a message from maryloubell97.how did they get my number?? I just got this cell phone recently.. and I want to know why I'm getting text from randoms when I barely gave this number to anyone..
I got a text message last night. Kind of disturbing since only my close friends know my number.
Ya, I got the text message from a fake phone number (it said the phone number was 5000). The message said "2trueblue4you06 / Hey, I got your number from a friend of mine, but I bet you can't guess who I am! My username's 2trueblue4you06, if you" The message stopped there, and immediately another text message from the same sender came saying "2trueblue4you06 / wanna come see if you recognize me online, at 2trueblue4you06.datehop.net Well, hope to see you soon!" The site does not exist, instead it redirects you to a site called FriendJungle, which a few above says is a scam...so that's what I'm guessing, but I hate someone just dropping crap like that on my phone.
Yep, got the exact same message twice just 10 minutes ago (the skeptic in me always resorts to Google):"Hey, I got your number from a friend of mine, but I bet you can't guess who I am! My username's BluDevilGirl_822k, if you"Anyone know how can I get my number off their list? Also, I wonder if Facebook or any other social site has anything to with it (my Facebook profile has my cell number but it's restricted to friends only).
"Hey,I got your number from a freind of mine, Guess who it is? My username is pookitou19982. Im not happy about this and I want them stopped.
I got a text from teeny4 just tonight, same line "Hey, I got your number from a friend of mine, but I bet you can't guess who I am! My username's teeny4, if you" The message stopped there, and immediately another text message from the same sender came." Very strange, my cell number is only given out to close friends and family. I was at a party last night and thought someone had legitimately got my number from a friend. I figured out the only friend it could have been, and was getting mad that she would give out my number, UNTIL I read this thread. Thanks for posting it. Some freaking loser with a lame site and no action, trying to promote. Nothing better to do obviously. Idiots!
just some loser who 's got nothing better to do, maybe promoting these dating sites, picking numbers at random. Make sure Telus isn't charging you for those incoming text messages!


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Q: how to add a specific string to the end of each line of a file, however the strings changes for some blocks I have a big text file that I would need to add the first line of the file to the end of the next lines until it finds another string with the same name, then it would start from the next string adding this to the end of the next lines until it finds another string with the same name again, and so forth... Ex: STRING=TITLE1 it would append the TITLE1 to the end of USER1,USER2,USER3,USER4 and when it finds the TITLE1 again, it would read the next line and the STRING would be TITLE2 now for the next lines until it finds the next TITLE2 again...
Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?
TITLE1
USER1
USER2
USER3
USER4
TITLE1
TITLE2
USER10
USER20
USER30
USER40
TITLE2
TITLE3
TESTUSER1
TESTUSER2
TESTUSER3
TITLE3
...

OUTPUT WOULD BE:
USER1 TITLE1
USER2 TITLE1
USER3 TITLE1
USER4 TITLE1
USER10 TITLE2
USER20 TITLE2
USER30 TITLE2
USER40 TITLE2
TESTUSER1 TITLE3
TESTUSER2 TITLE3
TESTUSER3 TITLE3
...
..

A: The following awk script does what you want:
awk 's==""{s=$0;next} {if($0==s) s=""; else print $0, s}' yourFile

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CAP Talk | General Discussion | The Lobby | Topic: OP2 quizzes not downloadable?
I'm preparing an ICUT course and my squadron has no internet at its meeting location. I've got the vimeo videos downloaded, the quizzes for the T-01 and OP-1 downloaded and ready for print, but the OP2 quiz isn't showing up on my dropdown of available quiz resources. Am I missing something obvious or is this a glitch to report upstairs?
Re: OP2 quizzes not downloadable?
Is completion of OP-1 a prerec to unlock OP-2?
I don't believe so, but also not relevant as I have ICUT, am a SET, am on the comms staff, and I am the commander.
No signal in hangar. Next?
If the test program is expecting to see OP-1 Complete = yes before it will allow OP-2 to be accessed your ICUT, SET and Commanderness won't mean a thing.
And if you were to download the quiz to print out for someone else...?
Is there a separate link for Testing Officers? That would be where I would look.
The test for OP2 is the hands-on practical exam. There is not written test. If you go to the Communications (link at bottom of Eservices), Communications Library, Training Materials, you'll find the OP1 test, answer sheet, Instructors Guide, and hands-on evaluation form.
I completely forgot that OP2 was the practical. That absolutely makes sense.
The OP2 part 1 and 2 tests have been added into my download options by the helpdesk.
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"The fundraising efforts of fans is amazing and I want to give this scheme all the backing I can."
On average the Playershare campaign raises over £10,000 a year through the efforts of only a small number of fans. Last season, for the first time, two players (George Elokobi and Rhys Murphy) were brought to the club as a result of Playershare.
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Q: cp directory with permissions but not recursively I want to create an empty directory with some permissions and owned by user apache:apache. I could just mkdir it, chown it and chmod it, but in directory where I want to create it I have a directory with just the permissions and owner I need.
So I want to do sth like: cp old_dir new_dir but with permissions and owners.
To preserve the permissions option -p is used, so the command should be cp -p old_dir new_dir. But that one returns the error: cp: omitting directory 'field'.
It would work with options -rp or better -a but old_dir contains some dirs and files and I just want to copy the empty directory.
I also tried using --parents option (cp -p --parents old_dir new_dir) which creates any missing intermediate directories but then I get this error: cp: with --parents, the destination must be a directory.
How do I do that? (bonus points for not using ; and &&)

A: You could use rsync for that job.
rsync -av --exclude=/<old_dir>/* /<old_dir> /<new_dir>


This tree goes in fits and starts. I thought it had been a long time since it was updated, but it is here, and is a sprint through nearly 3 years of time, ending in April 2017. This first 2 shots below are July 2017 photos. The graft failed, unfortunately leaving the left vein supporting no foliage, meaning it was destined to dry up and wither, and with it, a very sinuous curving line moving along the left side of the tree. Bummer.
When Bjorn visited in December, it was in the midst of 6″ of snow falling in Birmingham. So I moved the workshop trees into the shower to thaw and drain, and knew if anyone would understand bonsai trees draining in the guest shower, it was probably him!
I shared my idea of changing the front, but was talked out of it for now, because the base is so much wider on the original front. I also shared my disappointment with my efforts to do justice to this tree so far. I'd nearly killed it once, and lost the graft keeping the left side live vein alive, not to mention that my carving efforts were significantly less than Kimura-esque. Bjorn, being the optimist, assured me we'd make something that would make it in the Nationals one day.
Buoyed by the new direction, I decided to give my Foredom another chance on the deadwood. Stars aligned, and the results were much better.
The two biggest challenges to carving were to try and keep the left live vein's movement visible in the carving, and to join the left Jin to the rest of the tree so it all looks like a single event caused the death of the left side, and it was all subjected to the same weathering effects of time. Later, with a diluted application of lime sulfur, the tones will even out, and the depth of the carving will be accentuated. When I found a line I liked, I tried to follow it along as far as the tree would allow, and then deepen it as much as the carving bits would allow. I used a tri-cut bit, a much smaller bur bit, and followed up with a brass wheel to knock all the fuzz off.
For January 2018, here it sits. It will need a smaller pot, but I'm going to take my time. Each time I've worked on this tree, it's resulted in a significant setback, so I need to break that cycle. But I can live with this for another season, and let the branches start to thicken up and lengthen out. It needs to fill in some of the space between canopy and base, but that will come with another growing season…if I don't jinx it!
Fast-forward a few months to June 2018, and the tree is growing well.
Next spring, a new pot…probably a round one!


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Q: Error Message with Pasted Hyperlink in MS Word 2010 Document, When Same Hyperlink Works Fine Pasted into Web Browser Normally I don't have any problems with embedded or pasted hyperlinks working in MS Word 2010; however there is one which is giving me problems.  The hyperlink is: https://creativemarket.com/account/purchases and should take user to login screen for the "Creative Market" website (where their username and password should be entered to then access their account information).  When I paste this hyperlink into a MS Word 2010 document and then click on it, I get the error message "Unable to open https://aeativemarket.com/account/purchases. Cannot download the information you requested (screenshot of error message is pasted below, for your reference).   However, when I copy that exact same non-working hyperlink in Word document and copy and paste it into my web browser (Chrome), it works fine, and takes me to the Creative Market user account login page (as desired).
I have uploaded my MS Word 2010 file to my Google Docs drive, with permission for anyone to download, in case someone wants to download it and see exactly how the error message occurs when the link is clicked in the documents.  The link is clearly pasted (under a graphical header I created), and the link is also embedded in this graphical header, and gives me the same error message, when the hyperlinked graphical header is clicked.  The Google Docs address for the document is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bchpbZWrongMWKjSz9HI8w7a5fPrqNti/view?usp=sharing.
Why would this hyperlink work when pasted into a browser, but not when pasted into a MS Word document and then clicked?  I also tried creating a new MS Word 2010 document with this hyperlink pasted in it (just to make sure it wasn't a specific document problem, and still the pasted hyperlink (into the Word document) does not work and gives me the same error message, when clicked.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks, in advance, for your input and help.
-Cfguy

A: The similar issue as "Specific link doesn't open in Excel when you click on it".
Please add the Internet Subkey to the registry. As my Windows 10 and Office 2010 both are 64-bit, I add the following registry key as before. (Just in case,before you modify it, it's recommended to back up the registry for restoration.)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Internet
Type: DWORD
Name: ForceShellExecute
Value Data: 1


New andesine test developed by GRS needs high-tech testing at highest level in cooperation with Swiss Universities. Only stones from particular mines can be tested with non-destructive methods. Others need additional destructive testing. Testing is only possible through our Swiss office.
Red andesine from different collection points in Tibet have been tested for authenticity. Copper-bearing red andesine from the so-called new mines in Tibet (first reported in 2010) can be discriminated from diffusion-treated counterparts using high-resolution analytical techniques and methods.
The geological process of Tibetan andesine formation involved the circulation of sulfur-rich fluids that enriched Copper in the feldspars, producing a characteristic natural chemical signature.
The authenticity protocol used in this work is based on elemental fingerprints, isotopic ratio determinations of copper and argon, and micro chemical fluid inclusion analyses.
Our measurements for hand-collected materials from the old mines (first reported in 2008) partly confirm them as authentic. Instead, most of the faceted gem quality stones in the market overlap with the chemical fingerprints of diffusion-treated andesine. The authenticity remains undeterminable unless destructive methods can be used for testing.Registered at the Library of Congress, Washington, US Library of Congress RegNo 1-627542300.
Adolf Peretti emphasizing the role and increasing importance of the Contributions to Gemology books for solving problems of the gemological industry and collects advise from the Swiss experts.
Two of the authors Adolf Peretti and Gisela Fontaine enjoy the progress of the work with the analysis of the new mine material from Tibet.
Intense discussions between three of the authors on future projects and testing protocols of Tibetan andesine.
Group photo with the Günther group and GRS staff, from left to the right the authors Prof. Igor Villa (from the University of Berne), Prof. Detlef Günther (presenting the new journal), Dr Adolf Peretti with daughter Francesca Peretti (GRS), Dr Elmar Peretti (consultant for GRS) and Willy Bieri from GRS (background PhD students of the Günther group).


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failure as that isn't actually a timeout you should ever see.
Actually this issue occurred to us with an concrete product, where we experienced a system hang at -20 °C.
It was triggered by a race condition between the Touch Trigger and the Channel Trigger of the ADC. Once triggered we got in to the situation where an ongoing Channel Conversion was lost (Timeout case).When we queried a second channel than we got a system hang. Investigating this issue we developed an error demonstrator - reading alternating two channels as fast as possible (when Touch is enabled). This also provokes this issue at room temperature.
> interrupt loop and a system hang.
Whilst I agree this looks like a correct change, I would like Maxime to take a look as he is obviously much more familiar with the driver than I am.
I suspect you can only actually get there in the event of a hardware failure as that isn't actually a timeout you should ever see.
> Actually this issue occurred to us with an concrete product, where we experienced a system hang at -20 °C.
> It was triggered by a race condition between the Touch Trigger and the Channel Trigger of the ADC. Once triggered we got in to the situation where an ongoing Channel Conversion was lost (Timeout case).When we queried a second channel than we got a system hang. Investigating this issue we developed an error demonstrator - reading alternating two channels as fast as possible (when Touch is enabled). This also provokes this issue at room temperature.
Thanks for the detailed error report and reproducer.
What has me wondering now is where the race is that is triggering this?
to figure out the race path!
like at least to have some clear comments in the code explaining why.
> > interrupt loop and a system hang.
> Whilst I agree this looks like a correct change, I would like Maxime to take a look as he is obviously much more familiar with the driver than I am.
> I suspect you can only actually get there in the event of a hardware failure as that isn't actually a timeout you should ever see.
> Could be wrong though!
.... the conversation started from  at91_adc_read_raw() never finishes -> TIMEOUT!
I want to let you know our findings of our ADC bughunting marathon. We put around 100 hours of work to identify this issues and I think we found 4  of them (one of them is more hardware related). Although we could develop workarounds for this issues - not all of them are fully understood - so if possible including someone experienced with the ADC peripheral (maybe from the hardware team) should be considered.
When in Pendetect mode we received a lot of unwanted interrupts. This issue only appeared in our test settings when our board approached -20 degrees Celsius. We suspect that the internal Pull-down Resistor connected before the Pendetect-Schmitt trigger (selected by PENDETSENS), has a negative temperature coefficient and at low temperature the impedance might be too high and so false detects are triggered by capturing surrounding noise -> we could solve this issue by changing the value  ts_pen_detect_sensitivity = 2 to ts_pen_detect_sensitivity = 3.
"PENDETSENS: Pen Detection Sensitivity-Modifies the pen detection input pull-up resistor value. See the section 'Electrical Characteristics' for further details."
There are two issues with this description. First: This resistor is a pull-down resistor (measured and logical). Second the 'Electrical Characteristics' sections is lacking the detailed description of this resistor value.
* 2nd issue: at91_adc_read_raw() keeps Channel and corresponding interrupt enabled in case of timeout.
Having a brief look at at91_adc_read_raw() it is obvious that in the case of a timeout the setting of AT91_ADC_CHDR and AT91_ADC_IDR registers is omitted.
If 2 different channels are queried  we can end up with a situation where two Interrupts are enabled - but only one Interrupt is cleared in the Interrupt handler. Resulting in a interrupt loop and a system hang.
* 4th issue: when touch operation is enabled (TSMODE) a delay time between a channel disable (AT91_ADC_CHDR) and channel enable (AT91_ADC_CHER) is needed otherwise the following conversion will fail.
This issue represents the second way how timeout situations can arise. We measured around 40 to 42 ADC Cycles (at different ADC Clocks 500khz, 1mhz, 2mhz, 3mhz, 5mhz) of delay needed between the channel disable and the channel enable. At higher adc clock frequency (10mhz, 20 mhz) the issue doesn't show up (most likely because the function calls are delaying already enough). We also observed that the need delay time increases further according to the transfer time settings (TRANSFER) by 0, 2, 4 or 8  ADC cycles.
This Issue can be reproduced by compiling and running the error demonstrator (single channel) and including a simple error message in the kernel module in the timeout case.
This issue is least understood by us and I think that talking to the hardware people regarding this issue can be worthwhile.
As a workaround we put at91_adc_read_raw() to sleep after the writing AT91_ADC_CHDR for 50 to 75 ADC Cycles.
We will run another round of tests next week - and after that I would like to prepare a pull request concerning the 2nd Issue. For the 3rd and the 4th Issue I would like to hear your opinion if our modifications are sound before I will write an pull request.
Could you talk us through it?  I don't know this driver that well so probably much quicker for you to fill in the gaps rather than me try to figure out the race path!
I have no problem with defense in depth (with appropriate comments) but I'd like to close that down as well.  If it really is unsolvable I'd like at least to have some clear comments in the code explaining why.
otherwise the following conversion will fail. This time needs to be around 42 ADC cycles.
conversion is done, it performs a conversion on *all active channels*.
> .... the conversation started from  at91_adc_read_raw() never finishes -> TIMEOUT!
> I want to let you know our findings of our ADC bughunting marathon. We put around 100 hours of work to identify this issues and I think we found 4  of them (one of them is more hardware related). Although we could develop workarounds for this issues - not all of them are fully understood - so if possible including someone experienced with the ADC peripheral (maybe from the hardware team) should be considered.
> When in Pendetect mode we received a lot of unwanted interrupts. This issue only appeared in our test settings when our board approached -20 degrees Celsius. We suspect that the internal Pull-down Resistor connected before the Pendetect-Schmitt trigger (selected by PENDETSENS), has a negative temperature coefficient and at low temperature the impedance might be too high and so false detects are triggered by capturing surrounding noise -> we could solve this issue by changing the value  ts_pen_detect_sensitivity = 2 to ts_pen_detect_sensitivity = 3.
> "PENDETSENS: Pen Detection Sensitivity-Modifies the pen detection input pull-up resistor value. See the section 'Electrical Characteristics' for further details."
> There are two issues with this description. First: This resistor is a pull-down resistor (measured and logical). Second the 'Electrical Characteristics' sections is lacking the detailed description of this resistor value.
> * 2nd issue: at91_adc_read_raw() keeps Channel and corresponding interrupt enabled in case of timeout.
> Having a brief look at at91_adc_read_raw() it is obvious that in the case of a timeout the setting of AT91_ADC_CHDR and AT91_ADC_IDR registers is omitted.
> If 2 different channels are queried  we can end up with a situation where two Interrupts are enabled - but only one Interrupt is cleared in the Interrupt handler. Resulting in a interrupt loop and a system hang.
> * 4th issue: when touch operation is enabled (TSMODE) a delay time between a channel disable (AT91_ADC_CHDR) and channel enable (AT91_ADC_CHER) is needed otherwise the following conversion will fail.
> This issue represents the second way how timeout situations can arise. We measured around 40 to 42 ADC Cycles (at different ADC Clocks 500khz, 1mhz, 2mhz, 3mhz, 5mhz) of delay needed between the channel disable and the channel enable. At higher adc clock frequency (10mhz, 20 mhz) the issue doesn't show up (most likely because the function calls are delaying already enough). We also observed that the need delay time increases further according to the transfer time settings (TRANSFER) by 0, 2, 4 or 8  ADC cycles.
> This Issue can be reproduced by compiling and running the error demonstrator (single channel) and including a simple error message in the kernel module in the timeout case.
> This issue is least understood by us and I think that talking to the hardware people regarding this issue can be worthwhile.
> As a workaround we put at91_adc_read_raw() to sleep after the writing AT91_ADC_CHDR for 50 to 75 ADC Cycles.
> We will run another round of tests next week - and after that I would like to prepare a pull request concerning the 2nd Issue. For the 3rd and the 4th Issue I would like to hear your opinion if our modifications are sound before I will write an pull request.
> > Actually this issue occurred to us with an concrete product, where we experienced a system hang at -20 °C.
> > It was triggered by a race condition between the Touch Trigger and the Channel Trigger of the ADC. Once triggered we got in to the situation where an ongoing Channel Conversion was lost (Timeout case).When we queried a second channel than we got a system hang. Investigating this issue we developed an error demonstrator - reading alternating two channels as fast as possible (when Touch is enabled). This also provokes this issue at room temperature.
> Thanks for the detailed error report and reproducer.
> What has me wondering now is where the race is that is triggering this?
> Could you talk us through it?  I don't know this driver that well so probably much quicker for you to fill in the gaps rather than me try to figure out the race path!
> I have no problem with defense in depth (with appropriate comments) but I'd like to close that down as well.  If it really is unsolvable I'd like at least to have some clear comments in the code explaining why.
> > > interrupt loop and a system hang.
> > Whilst I agree this looks like a correct change, I would like Maxime to take a look as he is obviously much more familiar with the driver than I am.
> > I suspect you can only actually get there in the event of a hardware failure as that isn't actually a timeout you should ever see.
> > Could be wrong though!
> conversion is done, it performs a conversion on *all active channels*.
I'll take it and mark it for stable.
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git and marked for stable.
> > .... the conversation started from  at91_adc_read_raw() never finishes -> TIMEOUT!
> > I want to let you know our findings of our ADC bughunting marathon. We put around 100 hours of work to identify this issues and I think we found 4  of them (one of them is more hardware related). Although we could develop workarounds for this issues - not all of them are fully understood - so if possible including someone experienced with the ADC peripheral (maybe from the hardware team) should be considered.
> > When in Pendetect mode we received a lot of unwanted interrupts. This issue only appeared in our test settings when our board approached -20 degrees Celsius. We suspect that the internal Pull-down Resistor connected before the Pendetect-Schmitt trigger (selected by PENDETSENS), has a negative temperature coefficient and at low temperature the impedance might be too high and so false detects are triggered by capturing surrounding noise -> we could solve this issue by changing the value  ts_pen_detect_sensitivity = 2 to ts_pen_detect_sensitivity = 3.
> > "PENDETSENS: Pen Detection Sensitivity-Modifies the pen detection input pull-up resistor value. See the section 'Electrical Characteristics' for further details."
> > There are two issues with this description. First: This resistor is a pull-down resistor (measured and logical). Second the 'Electrical Characteristics' sections is lacking the detailed description of this resistor value.
> > * 2nd issue: at91_adc_read_raw() keeps Channel and corresponding interrupt enabled in case of timeout.
> > Having a brief look at at91_adc_read_raw() it is obvious that in the case of a timeout the setting of AT91_ADC_CHDR and AT91_ADC_IDR registers is omitted.
> > If 2 different channels are queried  we can end up with a situation where two Interrupts are enabled - but only one Interrupt is cleared in the Interrupt handler. Resulting in a interrupt loop and a system hang.
> > * 4th issue: when touch operation is enabled (TSMODE) a delay time between a channel disable (AT91_ADC_CHDR) and channel enable (AT91_ADC_CHER) is needed otherwise the following conversion will fail.
> > This issue represents the second way how timeout situations can arise. We measured around 40 to 42 ADC Cycles (at different ADC Clocks 500khz, 1mhz, 2mhz, 3mhz, 5mhz) of delay needed between the channel disable and the channel enable. At higher adc clock frequency (10mhz, 20 mhz) the issue doesn't show up (most likely because the function calls are delaying already enough). We also observed that the need delay time increases further according to the transfer time settings (TRANSFER) by 0, 2, 4 or 8  ADC cycles.
> > This Issue can be reproduced by compiling and running the error demonstrator (single channel) and including a simple error message in the kernel module in the timeout case.
> > This issue is least understood by us and I think that talking to the hardware people regarding this issue can be worthwhile.
> > As a workaround we put at91_adc_read_raw() to sleep after the writing AT91_ADC_CHDR for 50 to 75 ADC Cycles.
> > We will run another round of tests next week - and after that I would like to prepare a pull request concerning the 2nd Issue. For the 3rd and the 4th Issue I would like to hear your opinion if our modifications are sound before I will write an pull request.
> > > Actually this issue occurred to us with an concrete product, where we experienced a system hang at -20 °C.
> > > It was triggered by a race condition between the Touch Trigger and the Channel Trigger of the ADC. Once triggered we got in to the situation where an ongoing Channel Conversion was lost (Timeout case).When we queried a second channel than we got a system hang. Investigating this issue we developed an error demonstrator - reading alternating two channels as fast as possible (when Touch is enabled). This also provokes this issue at room temperature.
> > Thanks for the detailed error report and reproducer.
> > What has me wondering now is where the race is that is triggering this?
> > Could you talk us through it?  I don't know this driver that well so probably much quicker for you to fill in the gaps rather than me try to figure out the race path!
> > I have no problem with defense in depth (with appropriate comments) but I'd like to close that down as well.  If it really is unsolvable I'd like at least to have some clear comments in the code explaining why.
> > > > interrupt loop and a system hang.
> > > Whilst I agree this looks like a correct change, I would like Maxime to take a look as he is obviously much more familiar with the driver than I am.
> > > I suspect you can only actually get there in the event of a hardware failure as that isn't actually a timeout you should ever see.
> > > Could be wrong though!


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Upstart Crows of Santa Fe in association with the ISC produce the annual Youth Shakespeare Festival, connecting high school students with Shakespearean actors and directors, culminating in a day of performance at an iconic Santa Fe venue.
Shakespeare galvanized my life, shaped me as an individual, and simultaneously gave me a sense of belonging and community that I didn't have before.
When I was ten, I acquired a copy of Macbeth and tried to stage a production of it with members of my fifth-grade class. This was a bold move for a kid like me—I was quiet and not particularly social. Sadly, no one was terribly excited about the idea, so I retreated back into my social anonymity and read and re-read the play by myself. At ten, I also saw another production of Macbeth, performed (uncut!) by kids aged six to eighteen at the Young Shakespeare Players in Madison, Wisconsin. I was transfixed. At 13, I joined. My first play was an uncut King Henry IV, Part I, and I was playing Prince Hal—what a privilege! What struck me was that even though every participant put in so much individual work on their characters, it was a group effort and undertaking; it was the best manifestation of teamwork that I had ever experienced.
That was it, I was hooked. I did 36 productions with the Young Shakespeare Players over the next six years. It opened me up as a person; I became the one who always participated in class discussions and felt comfortable with being a very geeky individual who was obsessed and entranced by this potent language. I went on to earn my MA in Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and met and trained with a wonderful group of artists there with whom I will work for the rest of my life.
Shakespeare is universal and specific. Different passages inspire and confound, exhilarate and empower. His works don't belong to one group of people, they don't belong solely to actors or academics, they belong to whoever is speaking those words, they belong to everyone.
I fell in love with Shakespeare while reading scenes with my father as a child, but my high school English class pretty much killed Romeo and Juliet for me. It was when my daughter dived into an uncut Macbeth with a youth Shakespeare group that I was stunned: Those kids, ages 7 to 17, owned the play. They brought so much passion and such a sense of in-the-moment enjoyment to the production that I fell in love with Shakespeare all over again.
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Helping the International Shakespeare Center get our youth program off and running brings together everything I've learned about doing Shakespeare with young people. This festival is going to be an inspiration!
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Patriots vs. 49ers Through The Years
The New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers will meet for the 13th time when they square off on Sunday at Levi's Stadium. Here's a look at some of their previous meetings.
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Gerard Williams (29) returns an interception 28 yards during an NFL game against the New England Patriots in San Francisco, Nov. 30, 1980. The 49ers defeated the Patriots 21-17. (AP Photo/Arthur Anderson)
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San Francisco 49ers running back Don Woods (47) runs upfield during an NFL game against the New England Patriots in San Francisco, Nov. 30, 1980. The 49ers defeated the Patriots 21-17. (AP Photo/Arthur Anderson)
San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots at Candlestick Park Sunday, August 14, 1983. Pre-season Game. New England Patriots Linebacker Tim Golden (59) tackles San Francisco 49ers Running Back Carl Monroe (32). (AP Photo/Al Golub)
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New England Patriots quarterback Tony Eason (11) throws a pass as San Francisco 49ers nose tackle Pete Kugler (67) defends during an NFL pre-season game in San Francisco on August 14, 1983. The 49ers defeated the Patriots 17-15. (AP Photo/Arthur Anderson)
New England Patriots Irving Fryear (80) blasts by San Francisco 49ers Keena Turner during first quarter NFL action at Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Dec. 14, 1986. (AP Photo/Elise F. Amendola)
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San Francisco 49ers running back Roger Craig (33) heads downfield during an NFL game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Oct. 22, 1989 in Palo Alto. The 49ers won the game, 37 to 20. (AP Photo/Greg Trott)
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San Francisco 49ers vs New England Patriots at Stanford Stadium Sunday, October 22, 1989. 49ers Beat Patriots 37-20. Patriots running back John Stephens (44). (AP Photo/Al Golub)
San Francisco 49ers defensive back Don Griffin (29) covers during an NFL football game against New England Patriots wide receiver Stanley Morgan (86) on Sunday, Oct. 22, 1989 in Palo Alto. The 49ers won the game 37-20. (AP Photo/Greg Trott)
San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots at Candlestick Park Sunday, September 17, 1995. 49ers beat Patriots 28-3. New England Patriots full back Sam Gash (33) blocks for running back Dave Meggett (22). (AP Photo/Al Golub)
San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots at Candlestick Park Sunday, September 17, 1995. 49ers beat Patriots 28-3. San Francisco 49ers linebacker Gary Plummer (50) stops New England Patriots running back Curtis Martin (28). (AP Photo/Al Golub)
Quarterback Tom Brady (12) of the New England Patriots warms up before a 20 - 0 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on July 31, 2000. (AP Photo / Al Messerschmidt)
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New England Patriots running back Patrick Pass (35) leaps over his own blocker as he tries to get by San Francisco 49ers linebacker Saleem Rasheed (51) during the game in Foxboro, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005. The Patriots remained unbeaten at home this season with a 21-7 win. (AP Photo/ Robert E. Klein)
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New England Patriots linebacker Pierre Woods (58) pursues during an NFL game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Greg Trott)
New England Patriots' Stephen Gostkowski makes a field goal as San Francisco 49ers' Nate Clements defends in the fourth quarter of their NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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New England Patriots' Kevin Faulk is tackled by San Francisco 49ers' Patrick Willis in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. The Patriots won 30-21. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
New England Patriots' Kevin Faulk, left, Sammy Morris, center, and Laurence Maroney celebrate after Faulk scored on a 2-yard touchdown run against the San Francisco 49ers in the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
New England Patriots' Jerod Mayo (51) tackles San Francisco 49ers' Frank Gore in the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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New England Patriots' Randy Moss, center, catches a 66-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cassel as he runs from San Francisco 49ers' Walt Harris, left, and Parys Haralson in the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. The Patriots won 30-21. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon Lloyd (85) catches a pass during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday December 16, 2012 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. San Francisco won 41-34. (AP Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher)
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) is tackled by New England Patriots cornerback Kyle Arrington (24) during an NFL football game at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, December 16, 2012 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. San Francisco won 41-34. (AP Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher)
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Tarell Brown, right, breaks up a pass in the end zone intended for New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch (84)in the second quarter an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) meet at midfield after their NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The 49ers won 41-34. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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NASA Probe Is About to Give the Best Ever Views of Jupiter
By Michelle Z. Donahue 16 June 2016
Once it goes into orbit on July 4, the Juno spacecraft will unlock some of Jupiter's mysteries and send back amazing close-up images.
While most of America will be camped out in the gloaming awaiting the annual Independence Day fireworks, NASA scientists and engineers will be hoping for a less explosive celebration: the long-awaited arrival of the Juno spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter.
With three elongated solar arrays stretching away from its rotating body, Juno resembles a windmill peacefully spinning through space. But when it arrives at Jupiter at 11:18 ET on July 4, it will momentarily become one of the fastest human-made objects as it dives close to the massive planet and careens through its punishing radiation belts.
"Jupiter's charged particle radiation belts are the most energetic and intense in the solar system," says Juno scientist Barry Mauk of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. "They represent dangerous challenges to any spacecraft mission traveling to Jupiter."
If it survives a dramatic 35-minute insertion maneuver, the spacecraft will settle into a stable polar orbit. Over the next 20 months, Juno will zip around Jupiter in 37 long orbits, spending a large chunk of time hundreds of thousands of miles away to avoid dallying in the radiation belts.
But the goals of the mission mean that Juno will also sweep closer to Jupiter than any previous spacecraft, diving near the clouds every two weeks. At its closest approach, Juno will glide just shy of Jupiter's cloud tops, skimming only 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) away.
From that vantage point, Juno will use a suite of tools designed to unlock some of Jupiter's deepest mysteries. With its eight onboard instruments, Juno seeks to explore Jupiter's origins, study its intense radiation fields, and peer beneath its thick shroud of banded clouds.
Getting a better understanding of how Jupiter formed is a key mission goal, said astrophysicist Scott Bolton, the principal investigator for the Juno mission, during a June 16 NASA mission briefing.
"How do you make the planets in our solar system? We want the recipe," Bolton said. "Jupiter holds a unique position, because it was the first planet to form and has more of what Earth is made out of. Learning about that history is really critical to figuring out how we got here, and how we find other systems like ours elsewhere."
That means Juno has a lot to do in its two years of service.
To better understand how Jupiter and other gas giants like it formed, scientists want to know how much water—and by extension, oxygen—Jupiter holds. This will be challenging even up close, given that Jupiter is 99 percent hydrogen and helium with a healthy dose of ammonia thrown in, all churning under enormous pressures that are difficult to replicate on Earth.
Theories for how Earth acquired its water are closely tied to Jupiter's formation in the early days of the solar system, so understanding how much water the planet currently contains can give clues about its exact influence.
Juno will also help reveal Jupiter's innermost heart. In part by studying fluctuations in the planet's poorly understood gravitational and magnetic fields, scientists hope to create a better picture of the composition of the planet's core. For instance, they aim to suss out whether it's a dense knot of rock and ice, a deep sphere of molten hydrogen, or something else entirely.
The planet's powerful magnetic fields are also a subject of study, requiring the probe's instruments to be shielded by an unprecedented layer of protection inside Juno's "radiation vault."
"Juno's wearing a suit of armor," says Heidi Becker, the lead radiation monitoring investigator on the mission. With walls of titanium half an inch (1.2 centimeters) thick, the vault weighs roughly 400 pounds (880 kilograms) empty. But without it, Juno's instruments would quickly be blinded by the huge population of electrons barreling around the planet at nearly the speed of light.
"If we did nothing else, Juno would be experiencing a radiation dose of over 20 million rads, which would be like a human undergoing over 100 million dental X-rays in a little over a year," says Becker.
Because of its spin as it orbits, Juno will also be able to peer outward into space to see the extent of the planet's magnetic fields, which trap and circulate its radiation belts.
Juno will also get an up-close look at the planet's spectacular x-ray auroras, thought to be generated by a complicated dynamic taking place between Jupiter's atmosphere, magnetic field, and its 10-hour rotation cycle.
Meanwhile, the probe's onboard JunoCam will give Earthlings their best high-quality glimpses of Jupiter. Unfortunately, the camera's life span is fated to be much less than that of its non-optical counterparts; JunoCam is expected to survive only seven or eight orbits before succumbing to ruinous levels of radiation exposure.
Mission executive Diane Brown, at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., notes that the public can be involved in selecting targets for JunoCam imaging. The project team is currently accepting submissions, with more than 50 possible areas already identified, and voting will be enabled later this year on the JunoCam website to narrow down the list.
"We are very excited about the unique opportunity that JunoCam provides for citizen scientists," says Brown, adding that NASA will also be asking the public to help process the images as they are transmitted.
All of Juno's instruments will be turned off five days before it reaches Jupiter, but the team expects to release their first images on the day of arrival. Close-up images of the polar regions will be taken during the first full orbit on August 27 and may include pictures of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede.
Imke de Pater, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, has made a career of studying Jupiter and its radiation. She's eager to combine Earth-based data with the new measurements Juno will collect.
"Because of the Juno mission, there are many, many ground-based observers who have asked for telescope time at all different wavelengths, so we're getting an incredible amount of data," de Pater says. "With this, we can put together temperature maps and [chemical] species maps, ammonia and such, so the whole campaign together is very exciting."
A better understanding of Jupiter's environment will help smooth the way for future journeys to the planet's icy moons, including an upcoming flyby mission to Europa. This frozen world is thought to contain a global subsurface ocean that may even host life.
To avoid unintentionally contaminating Europa or any of the rocky moons it eventually wants to visit, NASA will watch Juno sign off after one last pass at the mission's end—then send the probe plunging into Jupiter itself.
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Shifting routines into different choices can be painful. Anyone that has embraced the decision to make change is solidly in the action phase of the stages of change. Usually the anticipation of embracing new directions is enough to carry someone past the first few days, but after a few weeks the excitement has worn off and it becomes far easier to justify dropping the idea and reverting to old habits. Many people may have done well with their resolutions in January but fall off the wagon in February. So, what to do?
Anticipate the situations that will lead to failure Sure, it's easy to embrace change when things are relaxed, but what happens when someone is tired and stressed? Instead of pretending that life is always perfect, plan for stressful moments before they happen.
Begin with the statement, "It is important to make this change because…" It isn't enough to try to lose weight in order to obey a doctor's orders. However, being able to run around with a beloved grandchild is a very strong positive attractor. Going to the gym because other people do it? Not a compelling reason; but getting stronger to be able to go dancing, or horseback riding, or skiing or traveling, is much more exciting and rewarding.
Scientists know that accountability keeps people on track. Having a friend check in and provide support or encouragement can keep us moving toward goals. Setting up a system of accountability and support sidesteps much of the rationalizing that can de-rail a goal.
People like to pretend that behavior can be changed by the idea of one big reward, but it doesn't work that way. Having small rewards along the way is something to look forward to and keeps the momentum going.
Create a vision board or an audio recording of positive affirmations. It's all about creating a reminder of the reasons and hope for a different way. Think like an engineer: work toward a goal in small, realistic steps. Measure and track progress. Adjust expectations and methods if the progress gets off track.
Coaches are experts in the art of change. Working with a professional gives people the space and support to follow through on all the concepts outlined above, but it also engages the help of someone that does this every day. Coaches are an invaluable resource for new ideas and hacks that can turn a failed resolution into success. People are more successful when working with a coach because they have "put their money where their mouth is." It is a deeper, more complete level of commitment. And coaching offers people insight and perspective that can be difficult to achieve when working alone.
A coach can offer ideas for ways of improvement, and they can help people become aware of their blind spots. Having a coach gives the individual a safe place to go and talk through sensitive issues and see the bigger picture. Coaching helps people gain perspective without feeling intimidated.
Don't get discouraged. Re-focus and re-engage to turn that resolution into an achievement.
Alexia Taylor Eichman coaches for all kinds of success, supporting people to achieve their vision of wellness and a happy life. Connect at Alexia@ONUWell.com or to learn more, visit ONUWell.com.


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Account director, Adam & Eve/DDB
Since joining Adam & Eve/DDB in 2010, 29-year-old White has made a marked impression. His work on the Foster's account has been particularly impressive and the agency claims that it has helped return the brand to the number-one standard lager position in the UK (as well as secure a clutch of awards).
He personally led the development of the Foster's Good Call Centre, allowing drinkers to interact with the brand's "good call" proposition in the digital space – revealing an ability to work equally adeptly in the digital and analogue space.
White also led the Telegraph's Olympic coverage with a live digital Underground takeover during London 2012.
James Murphy, the chief executive of A&E/DDB, says: "Tom is the new breed of account management. His passion and commitment to creative communications are matched with his strategic ability.
"Add in a hunger for detail, a skill and charm with fostering brilliant client relationships and a natural understanding of traditional and digital channels, and you have what all young account people should be."
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Richmond Swims strives to provide swimming skills, competitive swimming, fitness and friendship to Richmond residents of all ages and skill levels.
Our home pool is the Richmond Municipal Natatorium – "The Plunge" – in Richmond, CA.
Promoted by the citizens of Richmond, The Plunge was created through a bond issue in 1926. At that time, it was a "state of the art" two-story building with an indoor warm water swimming pool double the size of an Olympic pool, a fountain, observation balconies, and an open truss ceiling reminiscent of the Sutro Baths in San Francisco. Richmond's population was about 20,000 then, grew to over 200,000 during the "war years" and is now about 80,000.
Over the years, the masonry building deteriorated, the hollow-clay-tile walls cracking after 76 years of deferred maintenance. Richmond Friends of Recreation (RFR) was organized in 1979 as a non-profit organization with the purpose of supporting community recreation programs, spearheaded a major rehabilitation of the pool equipment and repainting of the structure. The Plunge was further damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. City voters rejected a bond measure to reinforce it in 1997. In November 1997, the City Council realized they did not have the funds to retrofit the building and determined they had no option but to close the Plunge permanently. However, even though it was unsafe, people were allowed to swim in it until August 2001, although they had to pass "Swim at your own risk" signs.
When the Plunge was slated for demolition, residents protested and Richmond Friends of Recreation (RFR) stepped in to work with the City in a unique Public/Private Partnership to raise the necessary funds to retrofit, upgrade and reopen the Plunge. The renovation planning process was complicated by the fact that the Plunge is located in the Point Richmond Historic District, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. This meant that officials had to ensure the renovation would not damage the site's historic value
Richmond Friends of Recreation established a "Save the Richmond Plunge Trust" under its tax-exempt status and raised over $154,000 in cash and in excess of $40,000 in kind donations from local business owners to renovate the Plunge. Through the efforts of RFR, the Plunge opened again in 2010
Richmond Swims is the evolution of RFR, continually providing swim programs in the Plunge for the Richmond community.
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