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Acer Chromebook 14 WiFi reception capability in and around A101

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Acer Chromebook 14 WiFi reception on campus test. Google Chrome operating system with 802.11ac WLAN, no WWAN. Location: Middle of room A101 No connectivity at 38% signal strength Signal strength: 38% Moving outside on the north side, direct line of sight to antenna location Connected at 46% signal strength The Terminalia catappa tree... ... direct line of sight.... 48% signal strength South side outside of A101  Connected at 42% Back in A101 at room center No connection at 38% Offline Over on a table along the north wall this "RCA" Android tablet is connected The location is the key  Note the view out the windows from this location: antenna is line of sight from here The Chromebook is aligned with the RCA and the Chromebook is connected too. The location is in alignment with a direct view through the window of the antenna peeking out between the roof of the generator ...

Gymnosperms, spice trees, and timber trees of Pwunso

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The ethnobotany class visited the Pohnpei state Pwunso botanic garden to tour the gymnosperms, spice trees, and timber products trees of the garden. Guava tree curiously being protected Papaya trees Unusual and rarely seen by me: cloves forming on the clove tree Cloves Araucaria trees variously identified as Araucaria heterophylla and Araucaria columnaris. Under the Araucaria trees The Cinnamomum verum trees were bearing fruit Cinnamomum verum fruit and leaves Jon and Dannia discovering cinnamon bark Cycad in light rain No cones at this time - the cones are spring events  A gymnosperm: cycaad Amid cycad fronds, Ann-Julie and Sasha consider cycad Behind Dannia is a nutmeg tree, which is also the source of mace Eucalptus deglupta: timber tree Natasha gets in touch with the painted or rainbow gum tree, also known as a Mindanao gum tree Natasha and Vanessa with the eucalptus Averrhoa carambol...