I'm holding my breath...Charlotte has been on the verge of something for the past two days. I am hoping that it is not a neutropenic fever. They drew her labs today and I probably should have heard by now if there was concern, but she is definitely sluggish and lethargic, fluctuating between warm(ish) and cold/clammy. But no fever. She also needs to poop so I am hoping that is the issue. The lactulose has been administered so we are just waiting.Yesterday and today, we finished radiation in record time. We have spent both afternoons at RMH, mainly in our room. I had some romp n' roll work to do yesterday and today as well as a conference call for work so Charlotte has kept herself busy. Mostly with movies. She got yet ANOTHER gift from one of the nurses yesterday. They gave her a HUGE Frosty the snowman throw blanket that is OH SO soft. Today she asked for Frosty and all the "girls" passed out lyrics and sang along. Right now it's raining. Second day in a row that we've gotten a good, solid afternoon storm. That does really help to clear the air down here. So I don't have much else to report. Please say a prayer that we are NOT headed back into the hospital. I really would not like to bookend our time in Texas with another inpatient stay.
POOP!!!!!!We have said it before but I'll say it again: Hooray for poop! She finally decided to "let go" around dinner time and I'm glad she has a strong diaper! Without getting too graphic, I will just say that it was HUGE. True to form, she is almost instantly more lively and animated. She has been reading her books and playing in our room for the last hour. I'm still not 100% confident we're out of the woods but I am breathing a bit easier. Hooray.


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Freddy Arenas takes a break from animating for work to... animate for play.
With a pared-down aesthetic and an appreciation for witnessing the brush strokes, animator Freddy Arenas carves out a hovel of personal creation on his social media account, featuring skateboarding tricks and summer bike rides. A student of visual communications, Arenas tended to his artistic muscle in the form of animation experiments in both 2D and 3D. He eventually parlayed his skills into a career as an art director and animator.
What stands out most from his work is a sleek style that forgoes an excess of flourishes, never muddling the artist's visual language. Arenas boasts a star-studded rolodex, counting Kaplan, Inc., Netflix, and Google News as clients for illustrations and stop-motion animation. In his growing portfolio, the motion-savvy artist brings both original human characters and disembodied graphics to the table. Arenas artist treats his Instagram as his own corner for experimental expression, where he can explore some of the latest themes rolling around his head.
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This is a regular weeknight dinner for my family, and a wonderful way to clean out the refrigerator. I make it a little different each time, but I always sauté ground beef or ground chicken and add whatever tomatoes I have on hand, and vegetables that are starting to go. Sauté in any assortment you like, but mine always includes onion and garlic, and add any other seasonal favorites like zucchini and mushrooms. Top with a tomato sauce and bake in the oven. Yummy!
Cut the tops of the peppers. Carefully remove the seeds and insides. Blanch for 5 min., drain and cool.
Heat 2 Tablespoons olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking. Sauté onions until translucent, add garlic, and cook for another minute. Add mushrooms, a bit of salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste. Set aside.
Sauté ground sirloin. Once the beef is browned, break up the clumps–but don't do that until the beef is browned. Once beef is thoroughly cooked, add squash and zucchini. Sauté for 5 min. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Add garlic, onion, and mushroom mixture to sirloin. Add 1-½ cups tomatoes and stir until bubbly, then turn off heat.
Make a tomato sauce using the remaining tomatoes. Add a bit of garlic powder, sprinkles of oregano and basil, or whatever you like to the tomatoes. Be creative and use your favorites.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Stuff peppers with meat mixture and top with tomato sauce. Bake for 25 minutes or until done.


Are you on Facebook? Do you get the "On this day" memories? They basically re-share with you something that you posted last year, two years ago; three years ago…you get the point.
I usually get the update, but haven't received anything worth sharing yet.
Last night, I got a picture of my girls from four years ago. My Little Mouse was just a wee thing around six months old, and my Little Bird was about three and a half. If I remember correctly, the Little Bird had tied a baby blanket around her shoulders, pretending she was a superhero, so D tied one around the Little Mouse to match and I snapped a picture.
So what does this have to do with Music Monday? Well, as I contemplated what song to choose for today's post, that picture made up my mind for me.
You see, the Little Bird was wearing a shirt that read "The Future Mrs. Bieber" and seeing as I actually like the Biebs' new songs, that picture solidified my choice.
I can't wait to show the Little Bird that picture, because she doesn't remember actually liking Justin Bieber. She doesn't remember watching Baby or One Time, over and over again; singing all the words at the top of her lungs. She doesn't remember that I would have listened to the My World CD over and over again, if it meant I could stop listening to The Little Mermaid CD in the car.
These were the first videos she watched on YouTube, and the first pop songs she actually requested over any nursery rhyme or kids' song. In fact, to this day, she refers to him as Justin Beaver, even after I tell her what his proper name is, she doesn't care.
A few months ago, as we were walking through the mall, she saw the floor-to-ceiling ads at the Calvin Klein store of the Biebs kissing a model. She didn't seem to care that they were kissing as much as she cared that he was in his underwear. And when I told her she used to like him when she was little, she actually said tried to argue with me that she didn't.
Her protests of liking this boy who was in his underwear, and displayed larger than life and for all to see at the mall was so unfathomable that she refused to belieb it.
Fast forward a few months, and she's telling me to put the radio higher when his new song comes on. The Little Mouse likes it too.
Something tells me we have some new and renewed Bieber fans!
Here is Where are Ü Now by Skrillex and Diplo, featuring Justin Bieber.


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The Crime Wave You Never Noticed: Lunch Ladies
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WARNING: You are about to read a chilling scene from a dark future ... two haircuts from now. So if you are bald, expect to grow an unruly yet lustrous mane in the next 40 seconds. Brace your scalp for some real Yanni Live at the Acropolis shit.
Yanni grew to a thousand feet tall and ate the crowd. It was a weird concert.
My Telephone: [My ringtone, aka "The Body Rules" by Jesse Ventura]
King of Disney: Greetings, this is the King of Disney!
Alvin and the Chipmunks Wiki
This voice resembles Alvin and the Chipmunks making a collect call from the inky silt of the River Styx.
Me: Excuse me?
KoD: Oh, mea culpa! "King" is actually shorthand. In reality, I'm a massive, pulsating rat king who lives inside the Epcot Center globe and incidentally happens to run the Walt Disney Company from the shadows. My existence is unknown to humanity, because only seven people have ridden Spaceship Earth since it opened in 1982.
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"Yes, I'm just a 150-foot-tall pile of copulation and hantavirus."
Me: Huh?
KoD: Anyway, I've evolved a hive mind that affords me rudimentary speech and the boardroom savvy to oversee a global media conglomerate! You should have seen my predecessor. He was an entire flock of mallards that got their corkscrew penises tangled together. Yes, good ol' Donald Duck-Cock-Hydra! Employees hated that guy.
Me: So what you're saying is Disney is ruled by a cabal of freakish anthropomorphic animals?
KoD: Of course! Where do you think our animators get their ideas? But some of us have been more effective than others. Have you ever seen 101 unneutered dogs run a shareholder meeting in a tiny conference suite at the Waldorf Astoria?
Me: I have no idea how to answer that question.
KoD: You'll need twice as many mops afterward, hoho!
"And we don't talk about the grizzly bear in drag. He was all 'Gulags this, Mars Needs Moms that.'"
Me: OK, this is definitely among the top 10 conversations I've ever had with a talking mountain of rat shit -- that's a great idea for a column, I'm writing that down -- but I'm hanging up.
KoD: Oh, I wouldn't be so hasty. I'm texting you a photo ...
Me: Oh God, that's my family! They're trussed up like Cornish game hens, with old-timey dungeon chains instead of parsley!
KoD: Direct The Avengers 2 in 10 minutes OR YOUR FAMILY IS DEAD.
"And not the one starring Uma Thurman."
Me: What? Explain yourself, that request makes no sense!
KoD: On the contrary, it makes PERFECT sense. You know how Thor: The Dark World made a comical amount of money last weekend? Well, Marvel still had to spend $170 million to make the damn thing.
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"And we're not even counting merchandising costs."
KoD: Compare that with a cheapo horror flick like The Purge, which cost $3 million because they paid Ethan Hawke in stale Fig Newtons that producers convinced him were rare medallions. That grossed almost $90 million internationally. Or take The Conjuring, which made $316 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. Or, hell, there's Grown Ups 2, which made oodles even though your species agreed it was weaponized retina cancer. Grown Ups 2 taught us that audiences don't care about what's in front of their eyes as long as there's a bare minimum of photons. Watch, Grown Ups 3 will simply be 90 minutes of Adam Sandler fumbling around a dog shit factory during a blackout.
"Feel free to publish this exclusive set photo!"
Me: So Grown Ups 2 broke Hollywood's resolve to ever again write a coherent narrative?
KoD: Yes. If people will pay to watch a turd, why waste money or effort? R.I.P.D. cost $130 million, and its box office gross amounted to three Fig Newtons. (Ethan Hawke bartered his Purge lucre for a ticket.) And we already know The Avengers: Age of Ultron will make bank. We're so confident that we gave it a god-awful title. Only a sliver of moviegoers even know who Ultron is, and 50 percent of them can only sum him up as "a smiling robot."
Ultron, in his prior star turn as "Stage 4 Boss" in 1991's Captain America and the Avengers arcade game.
KoD: Seriously, everyone on Earth, save maybe North Korea, is excited for The Avengers 2. We're that cocky. This movie could be an hour of the Hulk shucking oysters. We could call it The Avengers: Age of the Dog Shit Factory and we'd rake in a Titanic gross.
Me: Then why do you need me?
KoD: Profit maximization. Death threats to some random schmo we found in the yellow pages are cheaper than CGI.
Me: I'm not following you.
KoD: Sigh. The Avengers cost $220 million. Robert Downey Jr. was paid $50 million for the first Avengers, and the rest of the cast -- Hemsworth, Evans, Ruffalo -- will want way more than a $3 million payday this time around. Costs are spiraling out of control. Even Joss Whedon is getting out of our price range.
Me: Is he asking for a higher salary?
KoD: No, that motherfucker's secretly a werewolf. The crew has to shave him every 20 minutes or else he turns feral.
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"For the first movie alone, we spent $10 million on shaving cream."
KoD: For Age of Ultron, we've pared down the budget to a lean $4 million. $1 million goes toward a team of behavioral psychologists Marvel hired to distill The Avengers 2 down to its bare bones constituent elements. $1 million a pop goes to Downey and Tom Hiddleston, whom we filmed adorably stuffing each other's petulant mouths with messy fondue for five minutes. The final $1 million goes to Samuel L. Jackson -- he closes out Age of Ultron by impassively yelling five minutes' worth of profanity straight at the camera.
"After all, Snakes on a Plane made its money by dint of a single line."
KoD: $0 goes to you, as we're blackmailing you for filler scenes.
Me: Who purchased the dungeon chains?
KoD: Downey. He's on a Faces of Death/The Most Dangerous Game kick nowadays. He also bought a scimitar, so we gave him a producer credit.
Me: Is Age of Ultron really going to be 20 minutes long?
KoD: As I said, we film only what we need. It's a streamlined formula. And the run time's 11 minutes now, because I blew nine minutes talking to you.
Me: Oh, fuck me.
[60 SECONDS LATER]
KoD: Time's up! What did you bring me, my budding auteur?
Me: Given the circumstances, I only had time for a Vine.
KoD: That is easily the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen, and I'm a sentient mound of rat feces.
Me: Look, I only had 60 seconds, so I used nearby objects, which happened to be some dubious Avengers action figures I saw at my neighborhood crap-mart and a Star Trek book on record.
"The heroes of the movie are, uh, Caucasian Samuel L. Jackson and two stoned T. rexes."
KoD: Why did you use the Nickelback song from Spider-Man?
Me: I'm in a hateful mood right now.
KoD: Well, Downey's good. He's a little concerned about the length, but I told him we'll convince theater operators to leave the dancing popcorn on for 45 minutes. (Audiences at midnight showings should be so woozy that they'll barely notice, right?) And don't try to sue us. Disney's house legal team consists of half of the Hall of Presidents. Remember: they're attorneys, robots, and presidents -- simultaneously.
My Telephone: [Click]
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21 Behind-The-Scenes Avengers Facts You Never Knew (Part 2)

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Echoing 2017 comments downplaying opposition to an electronic strike zone as a replacement for the home plate umpire's pitch-calling role, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred painted a picture welcoming robot umpires, explaining that improving technology has led to greater accuracy and consistency in the computers' own pitch-calling abilities.
Manfred in 2017 initially stated that he opposed implementation of an electronic strike zone during live play, but appeared to conduct an about-face just days later, explaining that when computer accuracy surpasses human umpire accuracy regarding balls and strikes, it might be time to think of a change.
Related Post: Virtual Reality for Umpires & Manfred's Strike Zone (8/24/17).
Video: Ump Show Video Game (4/1/18). Coming soon?
Explained Manfred this season, "The accuracy is what up—way better than what it was a year ago. The technology continues to move...and it actually moved a little faster than I might have thought."
The precise numbers—other than the human umpires' greater-than-95% accuracy figure—were not disclosed, though, in an apparent, though potentially inadvertent, snub and potshot at SMT Sportvision, which this year sued MLBAM alleging it stole PITCHf/x technology in the use of Statcast and Trackman pitch tracking services, Manfred said that, "we have worked very hard on PITCHf/x": not MLBAM's "PITCHcast," not Statcast...but SMT Sportvision's product name, "PITCHf/x."
According to SMT/Sportvision's lawsuit, MLBAM breached its contract by continuing to reap the benefits of PITCHf/x under the rebranded title PITCHcast, without compensating SMT for its proprietary technology and trade secrets, also constituting theft and patent infringement.
Rob Manfred praised pitch-tracking technology.
Manfred's comments seems to have gotten some players thinking: after hearing Manfred's praise of electronic strike zone technology, Boston media reported that pitchers David Price and Drew Pomeranz "are curious about [the] possibility." Said Price, "It would be a consistent strike so that's good. But it would be kind of weird at first. I like having the umpire. I understand how tough the job they have to do is, especially the guys behind home plate."
Pomeranz didn't want to take human umpires entirely out of the equation either, and proposed a compromise: "I could see them going to some kind of hybrid."
Added reliever Heath Hembree, "At the end of the day everything evens out with an umpire behind the plate now and it'll still even out with a robot."
Gil's Call: Not withstanding arguments concerning the art of pitch framing or how a myriad of "expected" calls will no longer be called as "expected" if technology makes its way behind the plate, the premise of judging accuracy relative to an electronic strike zone is somewhat flawed, with a heavy dose of circular logic. The problem with judging human and computer strike zone accuracy is, largely, one and the same.
Pitch f/x, Zone Evaluation, Statcast, Trackman, and PITCHcast are all cut from the same elemental cloth: at each product's basic level, there is an underlying reliance on electronic measurement and adjudication based on algorithms and other computing properties.
Accordingly, we're asking a computer to grade both humans and to grade itself. While having a computer grade humans is an acceptable, albeit flawed, practice, asking a computer to grade itself exposes and compounds the holes and errors in the technology itself—how is a computer to know when it has missed a pitch if it thinks it got the call right in the first place? By the same token, how is a human umpire to know when he has missed a pitch if the umpire thinks the pitch was correctly called in the first place?
The answer is a blend of human-and-tech, which MLB first attempted to solve with QuesTec, then Zone Evaluation, and now, whatever they want to call that which is being contested in SMT's lawsuit.
When MLB adopted Statcast, the vertical errors only increased.
For instance, the computer's accuracy Manfred refers to may pertain to the horizontal bounds of the strike zone—whether the pitch nicked the inner/outer edge of home plate or not—but the computer still doesn't have a great idea of how to measure the vertical properties of the zone: while the horizontal variable of home plate remains constant at 17" across + two 2.94" diameters of a baseball (= 22.88" working strike zone), the vertical varies at-bat to at-bat, and even pitch to pitch (right now, the computer uses "averages" and generally fails to adjust these average sz_bot and sz_top values once a game has begun, no matter how the appropriate batting stance evolves over the course of nine innings).
Still, the data refutes Manfred's claim of "way up" accuracy—see accompanying graph for details.
Based on what happened to vertical error when MLB changed PITCHf/x to PITCHcast in 2017 (error increased significantly), Manfred's claim that the technology is "way up" in accuracy may, itself, be misleading: if Manfred is comparing "a year ago" to the 2018 season, since we have no publically-distributed figures for 2018, Manfred could theoretically refer to a decrease in vertical error caused in the first place by MLB's own decision to switch from PITCHf/x to PITCHcast—a net gain/loss of zero when compared to 2016 and PITCHf/x.
The claims are far too vague to mean all that much.
Then there's the 3D zone and other issues of error we've discussed ad nauseam, but the overarching theme and conclusion here is that the electronic vertical strike zone still needs a lot of work.
One of these days, they'll surely figure it out, but we're certainly not there yet.


I just got this housplant for free because they were going to throw it away and would like to know what it is.
Thick, pale pink stems. The stems all sprout from the base of the plant.
It is an African violet.
Moist soil, never dry nor never soggy. Low light, no direct sun. If leaves are all bending upward, it needs more light, if they are all bending downward, too much light. If they are held horizontally the light is perfect.
They bloom in a variety of colors.
Genus I think is Saintpaulia I think, forgive my spelling on that.
BigBill said: It is an African violet.
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Video shows South Carolina college students crowding bar as COVID-19 cases spike
By Brooke Seipel - 09/04/20 06:11 PM EDT
Video from Thursday night shows college students crowding a bar near the University of South Carolina, with many appearing to break social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines.
The university's student-run news station first reported on the video, saying students were going to the TLC Sports Bar because they knew coronavirus guidelines were not enforced.
SGTV later reported that police shut down the bar.
JUST IN: The scene tonight at TLC Sports Bar near Williams-Brice Stadium. Students say they're going here because it's just outside of Columbia city limits, and doesn't have strict COVID safety guidelines. pic.twitter.com/1xpm9R1OTM
— News 4 (@SGTVNews4) September 4, 2020
UPDATE: Hundreds of students leaving the venue after police arrive to shut the bar down. pic.twitter.com/SirZLAse37
The gathering comes as the university's coronavirus tracker reports more than 1,400 active COVID-19 cases on campus. Students who have tested positive are being isolated, and students and student organizations behind large gatherings are facing discipline from university officials, including suspensions.
The university is offering a combination of online and face-to-face courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels this fall semester.
In a statement, the university responded to the video, calling it "disappointing" and praising students who were not in the video who have been following coronavirus guidelines.
READ the university's official statement regarding the video from last night: pic.twitter.com/gbDMTCMEkh
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Sheltered in their bubble, the Justices will decide whether states can keep their judges from putting the arm on donors.
"What's other choice?" the lawyer says.
A judge who actually tried this would be in trouble. Flat-out bribery is illegal. But very often the real scandal in a society is what is legal. What about a judge who says, "You might want to know that the other firm has contributed to my campaign fund"?
Currently 39 out of the 50 states have a system of popular election for judges. All but nine of those states have laws providing that judges and judicial candidates "shall not personally solicit campaign funds, or solicit attorneys for publicly stated support." They may establish campaign committees to raise funds; but the hey-given-me-money-lately sidebar is forbidden.
The language above is Florida's version of the rule. Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, a case to be argued before the Supreme Court Tuesday, tests whether that rule violates the First Amendment.
Lanell Williams-Yulee wanted to be a county judge in Hillsborough County, Florida, which includes Tampa. She sent out a cheery mass mailing that said, "An early contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250, or $500, made payable to 'Lanell Williams-Yulee Campaign for County Judge', will help raise the initial funds needed to launch the campaign and get our message out to the public." She eventually lost the election; meanwhile, the Bar filed a complaint with the state Supreme Court. The Court, through a referee, found that she had thought, in good faith, that she was not violating the no-direct-solicitation rule; nonetheless, it said, she was guilty. In addition to the finding of guilt, she was required to pay the costs of the proceedings against her.
Williams-Yulee, represented by Supreme Court superlawyer Andrew Pincus, petitioned for certiorari, asking the Court to hold that any rule prohibiting direct solicitation of campaign funds violates the First Amendment. The rule she seeks would protect not only mass mailings like her own, but also discreet requests in chambers made by judges to the lawyers appearing before them.
Most people, I suspect, intuitively think that there's something wrong with a system in which judges ask citizens and lawyers to write checks. But the landscape of the First Amendment is changing so rapidly that William-Yulee seems likely to win at least a partial victory—the Court could easily hold (as the American Civil Liberties Union has asked it to in an amicus brief)—that a no-solicitation rule can't be applied to mass mailings "presenting no legitimate cause for concern of undue influence such as [Williams-Yulee's] mass mailing here." It seems likely that at least some members of the Court will be eager to go further, and strike down any rule against judges and candidates asking directly for funds.
Anyone who follows state politics knows that rich donors and business interests are flooding state judicial races with enormous donations. The aim is to buy a favorable judicial climate at the state level—to transform "ingratiation and access" into legal doctrine. There's some irony in the fact that the rules governing judicial elections will be decided by life-tenured Justices. Sheltered by no-camera rules in their courtroom, no-demonstration rules on their grounds, and no-comment rules on their own potential conflicts, the nine Justices will decide whether states will be permitted even the most modest attempts to keep their own judges clean.


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Where Is The Hogwarts Castle
Harry Potter and his friends attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry throughout the course of. In the end, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry is a main setting of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It is a fictional British school for children from 11 to 18.
The Hufflepuffs may not be the most known of all the houses, however they have left an indelible impression on the Harry Potter world. The Hufflepuffs are well-known for its generosity, loyalty, and willingness to help. They are hardworking and dedicated. They are known as the house of the best witches and wizards.
One of the most significant characters in the Harry Potter franchise is Newt Scamander, a Hufflepuff. He was a remarkable magizoologist and was loved by all. When he was arrested and sentenced to death, he never became angry. He remained calm and focused, and fought his way out of the situation.
In the first year of Hogwarts the students are assigned one of the houses based on the student's personality traits. The Sorting Hat does the heavy lifting, putting students in the most appropriate House to test them. It's a great opportunity to test one's strengths and weaknesses.
The Sorting Hat is an enchanted and clever object. It was designed by J.K. Rowling, and is a reference to the magician's hat, which was owned by Godric Gryffindor. It is also used to determine the students who will be placed in Hogwarts Houses , as decided by the Founders of Hogwarts.
The Sorting Hat can also be used to determine the house a student should live in. It can read the wearer's mind and react to their thoughts. It is even able to speak to them. It can also be used to determine the House where a student is from and also to present the Sword of Gryffindor only to those who have the qualifications.
During Harry's time at Hogwarts, the Room of Requirement played a pivotal role in the series. It was not just where Harry received his first (and final) horcrux but it was also the location where Voldemort found his lost diadem. In actuality the Room of Requirement was so mysterious that it took the most enigmatic part of the year for Dumbledore to uncover its sinister past.
The room also houses a range of odd-looking artifacts like the Sorting Hat, which is an ancient artifact. The hat also contains the legilimen, a device that uses legitmization in order to read minds. This is a difficult task, but it has been accomplished by a handful of.
Salazar Slytherin was the founder of Slytherin. The founder of Slytherin was known for being ambitious and self-protective. Slytherin was also known for its selfishness and ruthlessness. Slytherin actually had the highest number of Death Eaters.
The common room of Slytherin was located under the Black Lake, and had rough stone walls and silver lamps hanging from the ceiling. It is known for its stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
Slytherin was an opulent House, and Gryffindor was famous for its rivalry with Slytherin. Hufflepuff was the least noble of the four houses. It was known for its virtues in loyalty, patience , and perseverance.
Hogwarts is the place where all students reside during the academic school year. Students are housed in dormitories, and sleep in large four-poster beds. Professors instruct students. Students can socialise at the tables in the House. There are also notice boards located in strategic places within the school.
Whether you're a Harry Potter fan or just curious about the world of Harry Potter The Library at Hogwarts has a lot to offer. It houses thousands of books. However it also has a section that is restricted to students who have granted written permission. This section is located on a lower floor.
The library is divided into five stories of bookshelves. The main room is the first story. It is lit by natural light from stained and leaded glass windows. The ceiling is 65 feet high.
The second story houses the headmaster's office. It also houses the Charms classroom. The third story houses the Reading Room. This room is the only area in the library that is silent. It is where you will find rows of study tables all covered in red-carpeted walls. Under the study tables are outlets.
The Deathly Hallows, despite its reputation as a fantasy novel is an actual tale of three former Hogwarts students who are in hiding from Voldemort at Godric's Hollow. The plot centers around the final battle between Harry Potter and Voldemort.
This is the seventh volume in the Harry Potter series, and is the final chapter in the tale of the boy wizard. It was published on July 21 in 2007 by the Bloombury Publishing Company and translated into 120 languages. It is the most loved fantasy series ever, with over 500 million copies sold worldwide.
Five short stories are also included in the book. A few of them are tied to the Deathly Hallows story.
Located in the Scottish Highlands, Hogwarts is a magical school for children wizards. Established in the 10th century the school was founded to protect wizards from Muggle persecution. Hogwarts is considered one of the oldest and poshest private school for boys in the United Kingdom. The school is surrounded by the Forbidden Forest that is also known as the Dark Forest.
There are many secrets inside Hogwarts. Some of these are not visible to the public like the Chamber of Secrets. Others are well-known, and frequently used, such as the Leaky Cauldron Restaurant and Gringotts Money Exchange.
Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets before he left Hogwarts. It was intended to purge the school of Muggle-born students. Voldemort believed he had won the final battle and was planning to force all Hogwarts students to Slytherin. He died before he could finish his plan.
The Chamber of Secrets lies deep beneath Hogwarts school. It is the home of the ancient Basilisk. The Chamber is open when Dumbledore's army gets betrayed. It contains floor cushions for defensive spells as well as Dark Detectors. The Chamber also houses an embodied memory from Tom Riddle, who was killed by Harry Potter.
Two serpents are also found in the Chamber of Secrets. They have been carved into the solid wall of this Room. They have the eyes of emerald. They are believed to have been summoned by Tom Riddle. They can also grow the Devil's Snare which is a large snake that can attack anyone who enters this Chamber. The Chamber is also home to the snake-scratching tap. It is also home to a huge black boarhound named Fang. He is more friendly than Mrs. Norris.
The Slytherin dormitory is located inside the dungeon. The room is adorned with carved armchairs and is green. It also houses an image of Salazar Slytherin. The room is furnished with green lamps and a greenish glow.
The Hufflepuff dormitory has low ceilings and is a comfortable bright and sunny place. It has plants hanging from the ceiling. It also has a huge communal room. The badger is the house animal. The badger is believed to represent family gathering. Nearly headless Nick is also a ghost that haunts the house.
There are a few shortcuts to take you from the school to the castle. These aren't always easy to locate, however. They are typically hidden by tapestry or by a secret entrance. Some of these shortcuts are only available to members of the House. The secret entrance for Hufflepuff is behind barrels. The barrel is also under spell, so tap the barrel with a rhythm to open a slimy chute.
The Dark Room is the place where Dumbledore's Army meets. It is the site of many of the battles in the Harry Potter series. It is also where Dumbledore makes his argument for Harry's defense. It also contains floor cushions for defensive spells and volumes of Defence Against the Dark Arts.
There are also secret entrances to four dormitories of the House. They are also hidden from outside and require a password or ritual. These entrances are only used by members of the House.
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I completed my first degree at Sussex and then spent some time teaching in the FE sector before returning to Sussex and studying for a PhD in ethology. I joined the Experimental Psychology group at Sussex in 1985 and moved into the merged Psychology Department in 2002, becoming Head of Department in 2008.
I was the founding Head of the School of Psychology - holding that position from June 2009 to July 2014. I am a Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
I am a Professor of Psychology, working half time, and continuing to teach within the Schools of Psychology and Life Sciences, and in BSMS. I also continue to supervise doctoral students and maintain a broader research profile in psychology and behavioural neuroscience.
I am chair of the University Reasonable Adjustments Panel whose remit is to ensure that all disabled students receive appropriate adjustments to their assessment, as well as to teaching and learning.
My research in the area of feeding and obesity has led to links with a number of pharmaceutical companies including Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, and Vernalis. I also have broader interest in the neurochemistry of cognition, and more specifically in the deficits in cognitive flexibility associated with a variety of psychiatric conditions.
I worked as an Associate Tutor for the Open University over a 30 year period. I tutored Brain and Behaviour (SD286), SD805 (Issues in Brain and Behaviour: Addiction and Aging). I was also a member of the Course Teams for SK277 (Human Biology) and SDK122 (Challenging Obesity).
I am also a keen dinghy sailor and try to race my Aero or 2000 most weekends, summer and winter at Weir Wood Sailing Club.


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"Kitten Clone" by Douglas Coupland, Random House, 2014.
I have a high regard for Coupland's 1995 "Microserfs", a chronicle of housemates who are programmers at Microsoft in its heydey. Some follow the irrestible attraction of Silicon Valley part way through the book. I was fascinated because it rang true to me, though I have no basis for this impression. But Philip Greenspun is a bona fide hacker and he judged "Microserfs" to be right on, even though Coupland relied on a mere one-week immersion in Microsoft. Greenspun contrasted this with "Soul of a New Machine" of which the author did not get it, in spite of having been embedded for months in the computer company where the New Machine was developed.
"Kitten clone", a more recent book by Coupland, is a reportage of Alcatel/Lucent, a biggish company, at the time ranking 461 in the world-wide list of companies from big to small. Alcatel bought Lucent in 2006. Sounds like Alcatel discarded most of its own activities and involved itself in those of Lucent, which it picked up as a bargain. All I learned is that Alcatel was a French telecom company (hence the suffix "tel"). Could it be that the "alca" has to do with "Alsthom", which I remember seeing on magnificent locomotives with Amsterdam-Paris trains? There is indeed an ancestor of Alsthom named "Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques", which moved to Belfort in 1871.
On the Lucent side there is also interesting parentage. For a bit over half a century, 1920's through 1980's, there was a powerhouse of science and engineering named Bell Labs, which made inventions that changed the world (they really did, though the phrase makes one puke because of all those humdrum organizations advertising themselves that way). Inventions made at Bell Labs include information theory, the transistor, the laser, the Unix operating system, digital communication through glass-fibers, cellular-based wireless communication. Bell Labs could do this work under the umbrella of the AT&T monopoly. When Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan made it fashionable to wreck valuable institutions, AT&T became a conspicuous target. It took about a decade for its demolition to be completed. At the end of the process Bell Labs had ended up in "Lucent" (a name out of nowhere, no doubt tried out on Focus Groups), a listed spin-off from AT&T with a rapidly declining market value. Lucent was picked up as a bargain by Alcatel.
Markus Hofmann, head of Bell Labs, is interviewed. He summarizes the challenge presented by "Nobody expected your thirteen-year daughter to watch high-res vampire movies on a hand-held mobile device while waiting for a bus. But that's what human beings want and that's what human beings need." I document here that you can find this in the upper half of page 38, in case you don't believe that Coupland wrote that the head of Bell Labs said this. In its glory days the mission of Bell Labs was to provide the US with the best possible telephone service, which was considered important for diverse reasons: the economy, the military, and the good life generally. No longer such parochial stuff, now it's Bell Labs in the service of humanity.
Coupland worries about what the products of computer technology is doing to people. Young people, that is, because they are the kind of people affected.
This summarizes what Coupland takes away from Bell Labs. Physically and mentally fit, highly rational, scientists and programmers making it possible for your thirteen-year daughter to watch high-res vampire movies on a hand-held mobile device while waiting for a bus. Debasis Mitra, a top scientist at Bell Labs, worries about "eating our seed corn" (page 67.2). Admittedly, this is in the context of inventions, but the phrase haunts me when I see what this technology is doing to young people.
So far I have talked as if there were only one Bell Labs, the one in New Jersey, US. But in fact, there are now Bell Labs in China, Germany, Belgium, India, Ireland, France, and South Korea. There is a huge difference: the eight Nobel prizes in question were won by Bell Labs scientists in the original Bell Labs in New Jersey. The original Bell Labs, the one visited first by Coupland, is in the original, now ghostly, 1960's building in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It is partly deserted, with janitorial services apparently severely curtailed: littered hallways, dead vending machines. Yet it is here that the top brains do their daily stints of high-powered cogitation.
The Bell Labs in New Jersey is dedicated to breakthroughs in science, like new algorithms, or maybe quantum computing. Coupland's tour of Alcatel/Lucent is not restricted to Bell Labs locations. He stops off at headquarters in Paris, where he gets a glimpse of the scope of the company's activities: the entire infrastructure of the internet, which nowadays includes telephony, mobile and otherwise. He lists alphabetically 48 marine cables, from ACS Alaska-Oregon Network (AKORN) to Yellow/Atlantic Crossing-2 (AC-2).
The book is divided into three parts: Past, Present, Future. Bell Labs in New Jersey, the scientific spearhead, is in Past. France and Canada are in Present. His visit to Alcatel/Lucent Shanghai Bell (ASB) in Pudong, Shanghai, China is the sole occupant of part three: Future. ASB is both a considerable research facility, lately generating patents at a clip comparable to New Jersey, and a manufacturing facility turning out the routers that switch the zillions of information packets per second from one fiber-optic cable to another. Even a quick little Google search involves hundreds of packets, each jumping from router to router a few dozen times along different routes. The internet needs a lot of routers right now. By the time your thirteen-year old daughter standing at the bus stop ... ..., the internet will need a whole lot more routers.
The thirteen-year old ... (yeah, yeah, I know) is clearly a perversion. But consider the Five-Year Plan aiming at giving every Chinese citizen access to 100 megabytes/sec wireless internet? Consider this in the context of the huge problem of rural China continuing to empty itself into its chaotic cities. Access to 100 megabytes/sec wireless internet for every citizen in the rural areas may stem the migration to cities. Whether this will work out or not, demand for routers can be expected to increase. Another reason for manufacturing them in China.
Speaking of perversions: North America has plenty of unused glass fiber (say "dark fiber" and you sound more knowledgeable). But between Chicago and New York your packet needed a few dozen switches at routers. The options market is in Chicago and the stock market is in New York. For trading options based of stock prices, the round trip time is the quantity of interest. For an additional twenty dollars a month or so your cable company provides access to the internet, which gives you the required information in the blink of an eye. The architecture of the internet is a marvel of ingenuity in making a lot happen in this blink of an eye. It cuts up your message message into lots of packets each of which is sent through the internet independently. The internet is democratic: no packet has priority; their time in transit varies randomly. Bad luck for traders in a hurry.
The only way to go faster is to by-pass the internet with a dedicated Chicago-New York cable. The new cable, laid by Spread Networks, reduces the round-trip time by a factor of ten. But with the vanilla service of your typical cable company package the round trip is already down to a tenth of a second! Whatever the enormously expensive "low-latency service" of Spread Networks can do is to reduce round-trip time by at most a tenth of a second. Those who believe in free enterprise above all will have you believe that this tenth of a second somehow benefits society. They have some explaining to do.
If Spread Networks did not get their gear from Alcatel/Lucent, chances are that they are in for the new direct link between traders in New York and London.
The Alcatel/Lucent facility where their routers are made is world-class, in a world containing Japan, South Korea, Switzerland and Germany. The facility is staffed with young, well-educated people. A comparison with the Chinese factory shown in Burtinsky and Baichwal's 2006 film "Manufactured Landscapes" is witness to the dizzying rate of change in China. Little wonder Coupland places his visit to ASB in part three: Future.
How is a review supposed to end? A recommendation to read the book or not to bother? Of course it depends on who you are. I, for one, found it fascinating. But then, I am tainted with being intrigued by the internet ever since 1975 when I first saw a map of the internet. It contained half a dozen nodes. I ruefully noted that my university was not among the select few. On the other hand, the copy of "Kitten Clone" that I read is borrowed from an 85-year old friend who got his degree in law at an ancient European university and who is blissfully untainted by any contact with computer technicalities. He was fascinated by Coupland's Kitten Clone.


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The New School Libraries & Archives provides access to collections, services, and spaces sufficient in quality, depth, diversity, format, and currency to support the research and teaching missions of The New School. Together, these collections, services, and spaces support The New School's interdisciplinary approach to education and offer an excellent starting place for research.
Computer Labs, Network & Equipment
The university has invested more than $30 million in a series of extensive labs and information technology services. The largest lab, at Arnhold Hall, spreads over four floors with six hundred networked workstations and include all relevant platforms. The labs are set up with a variety of printing options, and students receive printing accounts at the start of each semester.
While on campus, students can take advantage of the university wireless Internet network. Digital projectors, surround sound, and active white boards feed into equipment racks that enable presentation of all media types in the classroom. Portable production equipment reservations, including digital still, video, and audio equipment, are readily available.
Making Facilities
Extensive, adaptable workspaces are available at our new 28,000 square foot Making Center hub, which opened in fall 2016 for student use, and at satellite making spaces across the university. Professional technicians and facility managers are on hand to support individual student needs and to lead training sessions and workshops.
Available tools and equipment include 3D printers and laser cutters; printmaking equipment for all media; woodworking, metalworking, and textile production areas; rapid prototyping labs; digital imaging; audio; and production gear. Photo studios and equipment checkout areas are also accessible, along a lighting simulation lab and a video "green room."
Exhibition & Gallery Spaces
The New School houses two galleries in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, an award-winning design by Lyn Rice Architects, measuring more than 4,000 square feet and including plasma screens, a rotating wallpaper design, and an innovative student critique area.
Filled year-round with exhibitions of work by outside artists and designers, faculty, and students, our galleries are an important downtown destination for art and design programming. Students and faculty also present their work in other on-campus and satellite venues throughout the city.
The Innovation Center, located on the 6th floor of the Albert and Vera List Academic Center, is one of the most technologically progressive collaboration spaces on campus. It offers resources such as the Learning Space Lab, printers, conference rooms, huddle spaces with air media display, laptop checkout, and community lockers.
Media Production Facilities
Recording studios are available for recording and engineering. Both studios are connected to the university's server and Internet sites, allowing for posted archival recordings and live streaming performance.
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The University Learning Center (ULC) has a variety of resources available to both students and faculty. For students, these include handouts on academic writing and skill building and, for faculty, these include handouts to aid with instruction as well as helpful information on how your students can make the best use of the ULC.
Students can also request specialized one-on-one or group tutoring sessions on topics such as Adobe Creative Suite, computer programming, ESL, general writing, graduate writing, math, and time management. Services offered by ULC are available on a walk-in basis and by appointment, which is easy to schedule online.
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Tell us a bit about what you do. How did you come to dancing?
I dance since I was 4 years old. My mom put me in ballet class and I never stopped dancing.
If you weren't dancing, what career would you pursue?
I'm not sure to be honest, definitely something in the artistic field. I love photography, film and fashion.
I do have people I look up to for their work in the industry, but I'm also inspired by painters, singers, photographers and artists in general, not only in the dance industry.
What would be your dream assignment? Who would you love to dance for or with?
Choreograph and being a creative for Sade (when she comes back lol), obviously if I could dance, why not.
I'm from Paris, France. I moved for my dance career.
I love the east side of LA between Echo Park, Downtown and the Art District.
What is it that you like most about the LA lifestyle and the people?
The weather is definitely a big plus. People are really laid back you can actually create in the street and people will not be staring at you.
It depends, it really varies I used to go out a lot. I would say if there's a really good party with some good DJs, I will be there, if not chilling.
Get a car! That will make your life easier in LA. There's a lot to discover, everything is spread out so drive around.
South America (Brazil, Costa Rica…) has always been on my bucket list.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is always a good reminder.
I go to the movies. I also try to make it to the beach more often.
I would say this year choreographing and being the creative director for the artist Eve.
It was such a great experience, I'm very grateful for her trust.
More work, more projects – creating more. I want to try new things too, expand my talent.
Phoenix, she's the most powerful superhero!


Curious about which fruits and vegetables you can feed your furry best friend?
The following lists show which are deemed suitable for consumption by dogs and which should be avoided.
Apples are great for dogs provided they are prepared correctly removing the core at seeds. This tasty treat is a great source of Vitamins A & C.
Make those bodies sing! High in potassium, vitamins, biotin, fibre and copper a great occasional treat as they also have a high sugar content.
Superfoods make for super dogs! Blueberries are rich in antioxidants and full of fibre and phytochemicals.
Safe for dogs but too much can cause gastric irritation in some dogs so monitor your dog's broccoli intake.
Dogs love carrots! They are the perfect low-calorie treat that is also great for their teeth!
Stinky dog breathe? Celery is known to freshen dog's breath while providing them with vitamins A, B and C.
Dogs go nuts for coconuts! Coconuts boost immune systems and can help with bad breath and skin conditions. Dogs can also have coconut milk and coconut oil.
Delicious and nutritious. Just take it off the cob first as the cob can be a bit harsh on your dog's belly.
A fantastic veggie for dogs (especially those who are a bit pudgy) as the contain no fat, no carbs and no oils but are high in Vitamin K, C , B1 plus potassium, copper, magnesium and Biotin. Bring on the cucumber treats, YUM!
Who doesn't love mango season! Share them with your best friend as they are packed with Vitamins A, B6, C and E. just remember no pits as they contain traces of cyanide.
This tasty citrus makes a great occasional treat for your dog as they are rich in vitamin C, Potassium and fibre but also high in sugar. Just like you would eat them take off the rind and remove the seeds before treating your best friend some oranges.
Movin' to the country, I'm gonna eat me a lot of peaches. Great source of Fibre and Vitamin A. The pit contains Cyanide so make sure you keep it away from your mate.
If you remove the core and seeds pears are a great source of fibre, copper and vitamins C & K.
Full of vitamins, minerals and fibre, pineapples make a delicious summertime treat, just remember to first remove the parts that you wouldn't eat like the outside husk.
Cooked potatoes are fine for dogs just no green or raw potatoes or you will have a sick pooch on your hands.
In moderation, raspberries are good for dogs as they are high in fibre, manganese, vitamin C and antioxidants. But they contain small amounts of Xylitol which is toxic to dogs, moderation is key.
Everybody loves strawberries including your pooch! They do contain quite a bit of sugar though so this tasty berry is just a sometimes treat.
Full of great nutrients sweet potatoes are delicious and good you and your pup. Just remember no raw potatoes of any kind.
So tasty and good for both you and your pup! Containing Vitamins A, B6 and C. Plus watermelon is mostly water so a great idea for keeping your dog hydrated on those hot Perth days, just don't forget to remove the rind and seeds.
The flesh of the apricot is safe for dogs but all other parts of the apricot plant contain cyanide which when eaten can cause respiratory failure and death.
Asparagus is not unsafe for dogs provided it is cooked until tender, but once it has been cooked enough to feed to your pup all the nutritional value will be gone, might as well give them a treat that tastes good and is good for them.
Although avocados are great for us they are not great for dogs. Avocados contain Persin which can cause vomiting and diarrhoea. Save the avos for yourself!
Cherry plants also contain cyanide. Being such a small fruit it's best to only treat yourself to cherries.
Dogs, like vampires, can't handle garlic. Garlic is very toxic and can cause anaemia in dogs.
Grapes are a big no-no! Including sultanas, raisins and currants, grapes can be toxic to dogs potentially causing kidney failure.
Though eating macadamia nuts will not be fatal to your best friend it can cause him/her to become extremely sick. Scientists don't quite know what toxin in macadamias makes dogs sick, but just a handful of these nuts can make your mate very ill.
Wild mushrooms can be toxic to both you and your dog. The mushrooms you buy from the supermarket are likely ok but maybe play it safe and give your pup a different treat.
Onions make you cry and your pets very sick (especially cats). Onions can cause all kinds of nasty stuff like vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pains, nausea and can cause the red blood cells to rupture.
This tasty dessert ingredient for us should never be given to your dog. The leaves and stems of rhubarb deplete the calcium levels in dog's bodies.
The red fleshy bit that we eat is generally safe for dogs, however the plant and green bits contain a toxic substance your dog needs to steer clear of.
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Q: Notification in loopback I am using a loopback framework for my Backend(API). I have 2 separate loopback applications running in different ports...
Now if there is a change in the model (document is inserted in MongoDb) of APP1, it should give a notification to APP2 that some documents is inserted.
I have gone through the documentation for loopback, but it describes using PUSH notification for IOs and Android. But in this case it is different.
I have gone through "socket.io", what is the best way to implement using socket.io?
Also how can i listen for a document inserted in MongoDB?
Please share your ideas. Thanks in advance.

A: If your model is a PersistedModel, you can use the change-stream.

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Stage 3 Learning Centre: Both Year Six classes are working together.
Mrs Hatton and Mrs Davis decided that the Year 6 students were mature enough to spend the last term of their junior School years working together as a whole group.
A Home Room was created where all the students' belongings would be kept. Students will meet together for explicit teaching and instruction and then move to an appropriate learning space to work relationally, collaboratively, creatively and critically on their learning.
The students participated in a think / pair / share routine.
Here are the students thinking individually and then as a pair.
The debrief was very successful as students responded well.
We are really looking forward to a fabulous term of learning and advancing the skills in the Inaburra Learner Profile.
I really enjoyed getting to work with students from the other class! It was very exciting!


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Home / Blog / How Do Evaporative Air Cooler works?
The evaporative air cooler is a type of air conditioner that works by harnessing the power of evaporation to cool air temperatures. When water evaporates, it turns from liquid to gas. The highest-energy particles leave the water first, and this leads to a drop in temperature.
Evapoler's Evaporative coolers are very effective, economical and use an environmentally friendly method of cooling. However, that there are limitations as to the appropriate uses for Evaporative Coolers. For instance, evaporative coolers must not be used in a closed and unventilated area because coolers depend on a flow of fresh air to enable the process to work. If coolers are used in an unventilated area they will simply pump humidity into that area making it very damp and this could be harming to electrical systems in that area.
This Evaporative Air Conditioning is suitable for areas with adequate natural ventilation and not sealed spaces. Whilst there are many Evaporative Coolers in use, the users are not really familiar with the real principles of how evaporative cooling works.
To provide you an instance of the principle used in evaporative cooling simply try the following experiment. On a hot summer day place your arm in a bucket of warm water and then remove it. You feel a slight chill over the wet area. This has been happened by the evaporation of the water off your arm, the very action of evaporation is the energy for the cooling. Evaporative cooling is more powerful and suitable for many applications, inexpensive both to purchase and to run and it is more effective in drier climates and can be used for everything from residential homes to large buildings such as warehouses and shops etc.
Generally, water is evaporated, energy is lost from the air, reducing the temperature. Two basic temperatures are important when dealing with evaporative cooling systems.
Dry bulb temperature that we usually think of as air temperature, measured by a regular thermometer exposed to the air stream.
This Wet Bulb Temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached by the evaporation of water only. When water evaporating into the air, the wet-bulb temperature, as compared to the air's dry-bulb temperature, is a measure of the potential for evaporative cooling. Both bulb temperature can be used to calculate the relative humidity.
During Evaporation take place when the humidity is below 100% and the air begins to absorb water. Any specified volume of air can hold a certain amount of water vapour and the degree of absorption will depend on the amount it is already holding.
The word humidity describes how much water is already in the air; relative to the amount it is capable of holding.when the Air is saturated when it cannot hold any more water. assume, it like a sponge, if the sponge hold half as much water as it was capable of holding, it could be 50% saturated. In the case of air, we could describe the Relative Humidity as being 50%.
The Energy is needed to change water from liquid to vapour. This energy is obtained in a natural process from the air itself. The Air is entering an evaporative air cooler gives up heat energy to evaporate water. while this process, the dry bulb temperature of the air passing through the cooler is lowered.


text: Q: Monotone graph parameters under vertex deletion Let $f(G)$ denote any parameter of a graph $G$ for which $f(G) \geq f(G - \{v \})$, where $v$ is any vertex in $G$. We could describe such parameters as being monotone under vertex deletion. Does anyone know where I could find a reasonably comprehensive list of such parameters? If so, thank you.


I must apologise in advance for the fact that there are currently no pictures accompanying this post - other than the one above - because I am having some minor technical issues preventing me from uploading any. This should be resolved on the morrow and so a photo-essay style second part will follow in due course.
Last night saw the collection of the Stonewall Figures - My Little Ships models from Mr Fox and so these are now safely at anchor on my modelling tray. I was very pleased to get my hands on this little lot and so the plans in hand for my WW1 era set up are now moving, at the risk of being clichéd, at full steam ahead. The range is limited but the gaps can readily be filled from other manufacturers - I fully intend adding in some C in C models and some from Viking Forge in due course. C in C models are available in the UK from Wargames Emporium - C in C whilst Viking Forge can be obtained from Viking Forge - Minifleet in the US of A. As far as I know these are not available from any suppliers in the UK which is a shame as the range is very interesting.
The Royal Navy battleships have suffered somewhat from the battered tripod mast syndrome - many of these are missing the fighting tops although removing the residue and replacing them with wire pole masts would work pretty well - most of them are destined for service in fictional navies so some change in appearance will help in that respect. The KGVs are the best of the bunch as all them are fully intact in this respect; the worst offenders being the Orions. The smaller models are very nice indeed and so buying these models cheaply and using more expensive and better detailed larger models is probably an option.
The models I have will be more than sufficient for the capital ship requirements for the four fleets under consideration but expenditure will be required to finish them off. Luckily this will not be too excessive and is limited to early battle and armoured cruisers and some more destroyers.
The great thing with this scale is the fact that the smaller vessels are more viable than in 1/3000th - especially important for somebody as ham-fisted as I usually am!
There is a lot of material to be working with here and I am going to spend the next few days finalising exactly what I want to do and how I want to do it. I also need to think about the new models that will need to be acquired and the painting of the same.
I have spent some time over the last few days going through my naval library to get some inspiration for the composition of the forthcoming Fezian and Rusland navies. These will be assembled from part of the collection of 1:2400th scale models I am collecting this evening with the balance being used on a more historical basis. My naval library contains three volumes of Conway's Fighting Ships (1860 to 1905, 1906 to 1921 and 1922 to 1946) and copies of the 05 and 14 Jane's (pictured above) so having an excuse to dip into these was one that was hardly needed!
For sheer period charm then Jane's has to be a great choice - simply because of some of the less than flattering comments about certain ships, quoted with the the spirit of Victorian/Edwardian righteous indignation - rather like the 'disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' style of letter occasionally seen in the broadsheets.
I will certainly need to add to the collection but mercifully not by very much as it stands at present - certainly I could use some RN armoured cruisers and a selection of pre-dreadnought battleships would be useful. The great thing is that both Fezia and Rusland will not need to be very large in terms of numbers and what will be left over will more or less complete the planned set up for the historical RN and High Seas Fleet.
Not my usual reading material but set against the backdrop of 1877 and the Russo Turkish War this was always going to be attractive to me!
Today saw the family visit the local, once a month indoor boot sale up in the town. It is small, inevitably crowded and always very stuffy but has the virtue of being a very pleasant way to spend an hour or so - especially if you are able to score any bargains as I did this morning.
Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin is, I believe, the third in the series of books featuring Erast Fandorin, the reluctant gentleman sleuth and is set, as mentioned by the picture above, against the backdrop of the Russo Turkish War. The book is the hardback first edition and cost me the princely sum of 50p and needless to say, I shall look forward to this.
A very nice model and one that will be used to supplement my collection of souvenir type building once painted.
The second acquisition, which also cost me 50p, is a small die case metal model of the 'Basilique Du Sacre-Couer De Montmatre'. It stands around three inches tall and so would fit in very nicely with my collection of ceramic Eastern Mediterranean buildings once it has had a coat of paint (and the lettering covered!). My plan for this is to turn it into a rather ornate Mosque, complete with a green central dome. I apologise in advance if this has unintentionally offended anybodies religious sensibilities in any way but there is a historical precedent for this - think Constantinople 1453!
All in all then, not a bad start to the boot sale season for the year - £1 spent in total.
The famous Polikarpov I-16 in Chinese service. Once repainted these will look very different from the above.
Today has been a good day. As a result of a few disposals on eBay I was able to acquire some new toys for the man cave - the first of which is pictures above, the famous Polikarpov I-16 single seat fighter - the 'Rata'. The models pictured above are from the Axis and Allies Angels 20 range of 1/100th scale aircraft and these will soon be joining the four 109Es currently being repainted.
I have taken the decision that I shall be using the Angels 20 aircraft repainted to serve in the Fezian and Rusland air forces and so as well as thinking about the back story for the navies I will also have to consider the aerial dimension. Again, I want to have demonstrably different capabilities between the two forces so that they assume a personality all of their own. As far as crew quality is concerned I will be rating the Rusland as the historical Soviets whilst the Fezians are currently an unknown quantity. Once I have worked out the back story for the Fezian air force I will have a clearer idea.
The other piece of really good news is that as the result of a frenzied email exchange and a couple of pleading phone calls (not to mention some reinforcements for his collection of Angels 20 aircraft) I shall be taking delivery from that very nice Mr. Fox ALL of his 1/2400th scale WW1 Stonewall Figures warships! This is absolutely brilliant news for me although it does present me with the nicest of dilemmas. I am planning on using this scale to furnish the fleets for both Fezia and Rusland - obviously this is part of the 1905 to 1920 tranche of the project - and so this is a very timely transaction indeed. I will post up some pictures once I have taken delivery.
The dilemma I obliquely referred to is of course the usual wargames stand by of the grand design. With this collection, incomplete though it is, I would have the basis for tackling the kind of project that separates the men from the boys, the wheat from the chaff, the cheese from the onion or indeed, any other combination you could think of. I am of course referring to Jutland. Yes, Jutland, Yes, THAT Jutland....the 1916 dreadnought slugfest.
Calm down, I'm only kidding, I couldn't possibly consider tackling the battle in 1/2400th....could I?
Nahh....never gonna happen! I will stick with imminent naval arms race across the dark waters of the Fezian Sea....for the time being anyway.
Numidian Light cavalry skirmishing and doing what they do best - annoying and irritating the enemy!
I have mentioned in the past about my various flirtations with ancient wargaming. I cut my teeth on WRG 6th edition and used a 25mm Carthaginian army with figures from Minifigs, Hinchliffe, Garrison and, I think, even some Lamming models for good measure. The army was of a fairly hefty size - over 3,500 points worth or nearly 500 models and whilst it was not the most successful army I have ever owned it was enormous fun to use. I think I mentioned the fact that the best ever result I had with the army was in fact a draw and trust me, under 6th edition that felt like a victory! One of the things I enjoyed about the army was the way that you could tailor it to suit the opposition and in fact this was historically accurate in that the army varied hugely over its career - especially over the course of the invasion of Italy. You could quite easily cobble together several DBA armies from the figure mix (although DBA was not around when I owned the collection) but the one part I always used to field was the famous Numidian Light cavalry.
I painted up a 15mm DBA Numidian army a few years ago with all the options - imitation Roman legionaries, elephants and a general with a Gallic and Spanish bodyguard - which was great fun to use and was really easy to paint. It was also undefeated, winning all three of the games it took part in.
Painting Numidians is very easy, even for me and so I may well revisit them in some way in due course - I am thinking about 20mm plastic DBA armies at some point - in order to recapture some of the fun I used to have with them - especially trying to tackle Seleucid Cataphracts and such like.
Mention of these fanous cavalry has come about simply because I was looking through the ancient section of my library and on the back of this have decided that my next game, by way of a change, will be an ancient one and so Numidia's finest can once again cause discomfort to the enemies of Carthage (and probably me as well given their track record!).
....and not a game in sight in the man cave!
I need to rectify this glaring oversight and soon - I have been so wrapped up in planning and pondering that I have completely managed to miss the real point of it all - fighting a tabletop wargame!
As it stands at the moment I am thinking about a Big Battle Portable Wargame: Modern covering the Rusland incursion into the Fezian province of Trabgudulak in 1935. This limited incursion (in actuality it was more like a large scale raid) was made by Rusland armoured formations with a limited infantry element with the express intention of wrecking the Fezian coal mines and rail head. Air and artillery support was provided but due to an intelligence coup the Fezian border defence formations had sufficient time to ready themselves for the attack.
There you go, I have talked myself into something so best I give it some further thought and actually fight the action!
The first two periods are fairly obvious - the Napoleonic and Ironclad eras - but of course the three that follow on are largely linked, simply because historically there is a lot of overlap with ships being refitted and modernised from earlier periods and used in second line or supporting roles later on. Fezia and Rusland are no exceptions to this historical precedent which also has the advantage in terms of what models I can use.
I am slightly torn with this as I would like to make the ships myself but making use of the very extensive range of 1/3000th models from Navwar may yet be the choice, if only from a practicality perspective. Ideally though I would prefer to use slightly larger models if possible as I do not envisage needing many of them so may well take a look at 1/2400th. Again, I intend fighting the naval wars of Fezia and Rusland on my Hexon terrain so model size is important - the largest ships need to be able to fit within two hexes. Ironically, the best possible size would be 1/1800th - the size used by Axis and Allies: War at Sea. The one thing above all else I want to be able to do though is to make sure that the ships are unique looking or more specifically, not obvious as to their origin. This means that should I buy the models they will need to be from lesser well known navies and not just Royal Navy repaints.
Remind me then, just why did I get rid of the collection I had of these?
Coming back to the background I am fairly comfortable with what I want to do and how I want to do it - the execution though will be slightly different from what I outlined in a couple of posts at the end of 2011.
The early sketches of just how the navies came about for the war of 1935 are still about right although as mentioned I will need to tidy this up slightly to bring it in line with my current thinking.
The one decision I have made though concerns the sizes of the fleets being considered - they will not be large by any means and my current hinking is for around a couple of dozen or so models for each side. Capital ships will feature of course, both rebuilt earlier types and more modern vessels, including provision for an aerial capability.
Meanwhile, back to the catalogues and planning, ever planning!
One of the things I have been giving some thought to for the armed forces of both Fezia and Rusland is not only the equipment used but also the organisation of the same. For the whole set up - across the four sub-periods - the opposing sides will be broadly similar in composition and surprisingly compact. I am using as the basis of all the periods I intend gaming that which is used in Charge - Or How To Play Wargames by Messrs Young and Lawford. This may seem a little unusual, especially for the mechanised period, but my reasons are driven by some less than conventional requirements.
My games will be primarily solo affairs or with the occasional particpation of a guest or two. My preferred method of fighting is to use a hexed based system and so the rules of choice will be Commnd and Colours based or, more likely derivatives thereof - and of course the Big Battle Portable Wargame series. The are I shall be fighting over will be 13 x 9 hexes or the same size as aCommand and Colours battle board. Most the games I shall fight will contain a mximum of 12 to 15 units a side with 8 or 9 being the usual average.
With these criteria to consider my projected organisation makes a little more sense as I am going to be basing the infantry element around 48 rank and file figures, individually based. Charge has a basic organisation of an infantry regimnet of three companies of 16 rank and file so you can see my reasoning. To illustrate this further, under both Command and Colours and the Portable Wargame an infantry unit consists typically of 4 figures. Suddenly my 48 rank and file can become 12 such units. On top of this are the command figures weighing in at around half a dozen or so. For the rifle and smoothbore era I will need to consider troops attired differently for grenadiers and light infantry but the basic concept remains the same and indeed, Charge made use of mixed regiments with both a light and a grenadier company accompanying the two line companies.
Cavalry would also follow a similar system although it would be rare for me to fight with more than the equivalent of a couple of Charge sized squadrons - these are 8 figures plus command whilst the standard Command and Colours cavalry unit is 3 figures strong. Two Charge squadrons would then furnish 5 units which would be rare under the rules I will be using, save for special scenarios.
Artillery will be the sole exception to the Charge system because not only will this include infantry support weapons - machine guns and mortars for example - it will also work in a slightly different way. I want to have single weapons and crews repesenting the units in question rather than the two pieces used in Charge.
Similarly, any vehicles will operate on the table as individual models (although usually 2 or 3 strength points in 'size').
Taking all this into consideration it can be readily deduced that the largest collection (in terms of figures and models) will be the mechanised era - the figures count will be quite modest but the 'extras' in terms of vehicles etc will be quite extensive. The earlier eras will feature progressively more figures but given the criteria I am working to - I like to call it the Charge factor - they will be not be onerous to prepare. In contemporary parlance they could be likened to DBA armies with all the options.
In closing the mechanised era will be the first port of call and using the word port leads me nicely into the subject of the next post - the naval dimension and revisiting some earlier posts on the subject.
The infantry figures I intend using for this part of the Fezian project are Zvezda 20mm WW2 Russians and Germans from their Art of Tactic; Operation Barbarossa game. They are plastic to be sure but I have a supply of them (with some more to come) so it would seem churlish not to make use of them! The Ruslanders will obviously be sourced from the Russian figures whilst the Germans will be used for the Fezians. Historically the Turkish infantry of the WW2 era appeared to look a little like late WW1 German infantry with a type of coal scuttle helmet and wearing jodhpur-like trousers . I am using the Germans as they are although may well use olive green as the base uniform colour with brown leather equipment. The only other thing I may be inclined to change is the machine guns in use. WW2 German machine guns look too modern in my opinion so I may well use the WW1 version from the Hat Industrie German Heavy Weapons set.
Artillery of various kinds will be easy to come by. Aside from the Plastic Soldier Company I can also make use of Armourfast - they have a very nice German gun in their range - and various other kits kicking around including the famous 25pdr from Airfix as well as some very useful bits and pieces from the aforementioned Zvezda Art of Tactic range. There is certainly no shortage of choice then!
Astute readers will have noticed that everything I have discussed for this set up is plastic - this has not been a conscious decision on my part, it is merely the way things have worked out. Having said that, have been taking a look at the resin offerings from Frontline so some of these may feature in due course as well.
The ideas for the armies are gradually beginning to take a definite shape and so I can begin to make the appropriate plans for the acquisition of the material needed - and I have been very pleasantly surprised at the potential cost involved. Given my ongoing unemployment this is an important consideration as any hobby-related expenditure is obviously limited.
A Rusland BT7 Tank on manoeuvres. Note the non-standard paint scheme - usually a sand colour features alongside the green and brown.
For the armies of Fezia and Rusland in the mechanised era (specifically the late 1930s) I have spent some time pondering about what vehicles I should use for them with the first item on the agenda being tanks. I wanted tanks that looked suitable for the period and that would fit in with the fictional historical background I am planning for these two protagonists. The decision I have come to is that whilst Rusland will be far more uniform in respect of their equipment the Fezians will be far less so - unsurprisingly given the perennially parlous state of the Fezian treasury, not to mention their industrial capacity.
The historical Turks made use of tanks from a variety of sources and so I will happily ensure that the Fezians follow suit. I also needed to consider the respective armoured doctrines used by each side and how this shaped their respective armoured formations and usage. For this I decided that the forces of Rusland would be great exponents of the concept of Blitzkrieg - massed armour and artillery, copious air support but with truly abysmal communications. Attacks tend to be well planned but executed but vulnerable to sudden changes in circumstances and also 'short legged' - very little initiative being displayed at lower levels meaning that once the initial objectives were achieved then the attack would invariably halt whilst a new plan was drawn up. A key component of this doctrine is the use of massed tank formations and so the Ruslanders developed a tank that was relatively fast, moderately armoured and mounting a 45mm main gun - the BT7. This was by far and away the most common tank in use by the Ruslanders although it was supported by a small number of heavier vehicles - details of which are classified and not readily available to the public.
By comparison the Fezians appear disorganised and with a chaotic mix of old and new types in service and with no clear direction as to the employment of tanks. This is true up to a point but several factors contribute to making this apparent disorder considerably less disruptive than might be first thought. Tanks are deployed piecemeal and are attached to parent infantry formations with a small reserve maintained within each province. These provincial reserves are a key part of the Fezian defences as it is they that receive the newest vehicles. Whilst the front line tank numbers are modest what they lack in quantity they make up for in terms of low level tactical expertise. They are also supported by copious anti tank artillery and so are often held back and used once the anti tank defences have inflicted punishing losses on an attacking enemy. The tanks themselves are a mixture of types ranging from the FT17 through the Vickers Light Tank, to the 38t and the Panzer 3. Fezian practice is to maintain a reserve that is used to reinforce the front line as and when needed as the tanks on the border are invariably outnumbered. For the most part then, a border defence infantry regiment will have tanks but in a bewildering variety of types.
The geography of Fezia is for the most part suited to defence being very rugged and mountainous the further away from the Rusland border one travels. This means that the Fezian use of defence works and artillery, backed by tanks makes for a formidable series of obstacles to any would be attacker. Invasions tend therefore, to concentrate on the coastal plain where the room to manoeuvre is far more pronounced. This is an area of weakness and a feature that the Fezian high command is certainly well aware of.
As it stands at present I am looking at Pegasus Hobbies for the BT7 and 38T, Armourfast for the Panzer 3, Hat for the FT17 and Airfix for the Vickers Light Tank. Pegasus also produce a twin pack of both German and US trucks.
Part 2 will feature my ideas for the artillery and infantry.


Historical fiction is back and it's big. Brought up on Jean Plaidy, I couldn't be happier.
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall slay the Booker two years ago and Andrew Miller took the Costa last year for this novel, as engineer Jean-Baptiste Baratte reluctantly undertakes to clear the fetid Parisian cemetery of Les Innocents.
Set against the backdrop of pre-Revolutionary France, Pure sees our hero make new friends (steadfast and flamboyant) and enemies (unpredictable and dangerous) as he disturbs both the quick and the dead. Though there is drama, the book itself never seeks to be dramatic and sometimes meanders, luxuriating in its own impeccably re-created sense of character and place.
At its best, though — which is most of it — Miller/Baratte wrestles with eternal dilemmas: how to uproot what's established but decaying; holding on to dreams (he dreams of building bridges) while living out reality; finding and accepting friendship and love as it comes.


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