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How did you and Philip meet?
We met through mutual friends at a halloween party! We were both dating other people at the time. Go figure!
What's your favorite baby product so far?
This is a tough one, cause there are so many! But I think, honestly, his car seat. He LOVES his car seat. It relaxes him, and he's the best little companion when we're out running errands. Not to mention, if he's ever fussy or upset, we can just drop him in his car seat and he calms down and usually goes to sleep. I know I probably shouldn't do that but whatev. I'm kinda sad he's almost grown out of it now.
How did you choose the name Bennett?
Actually the first couple of weeks after we found out we were pregnant, my husband told me he really like that name, and I kind of brushed it off. We really could not agree on any names at all so we just stopped talking about names all together for like 3-4 months. Then the last trimester of my pregnancy, we re-visited that name and a few others and made a small list to take to the hospital. And when our little bundle was born- I saw his little face and he was definitely a Bennett :-)
Oh and his middle name, Roy, is my husbands Dad's name.
Jess Craig asked:
What is your favorite cuss word?
Ya know, I actually used to have quite the potty mouth. But I really don't swear anymore. You'll really only catch me saying 'crap' and 'dang it'! :-)
Do you bite your nails?
I only bite them if one of them breaks and I don't have a nail file near by!
What chore to you rock at? Which one do you hate?
Hmm.. I think I rock at laundry. I'm always on top of it, well, the babies laundry anyway. I HATE doing dishes. That's probably why I don't cook much, can't stand the clean up!
How would your dream date night go?
If I could have my dream date come true, it would be something fairly simple. It would be an ALL day thing. Maybe the zoo first, a picnic, dinner at a really nice steak house. Then we'd go somewhere to watch the sunset!
Shawntae asked:
Where were you when you found out you were pregnant with your little man?
I came home after work and had a sneaking suspicion I might be pregnant because my period was acting strange. I was a week or so late and I was always so predictable. I took a home pregnancy test and then I took the dog for a walk. When I came back in, I checked the test and it said "PREGNANT"!
Were you excited/scared?
I was over the moon excited. I really didn't feel scared at all.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be so many things at so many stages in my life. I wanted to be a nurse at one point, probably cause my Mom is a nurse. Then I wanted to teach. Then I wanted to get into Psychology. Turns out, I got to be exactly what I was meant to be. A Mother & Photographer. :-) What is your favorite outfit to wear?
My favorite outfit is honestly my PJ's. I rarely get dressed when I'm at home. But if I had to choose an actual outfit that I could go out in, I think I'd say my dark denim and my gray/white striped shirt. Simple.
What camera do you use? Lens?
Canon 7D. And I most often use my 50mm f/1.4 lens. It's pretty much amazing.
Megan asked:
Did ya'll want a boy first or a girl?
I wanted a boy first. I admitted it in THIS post.
Nikki asked:
If you could get married again...anywhere...where would it be?
I would get married in Hawaii in the evening. That way, the wedding and honeymoon can be in the same spot! Oh and a gorgeous setting always helps!
Also disposables or cloth diapers and why?
I use Pampers disposables. I use disposables because they are easy and I am lazy. It's really quite simple, ha ha.
Brittany asked:
Favorite movie?
Do I have to pick just ONE?? I don't think I can. Hmm.. I think my ALL time favorite movie is Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Love it. Close second is the The Bourne Trilogy. I LOVE action/thriller movies. Of course I also really enjoy a good drama or comedy, but nothin beats the intensity of a good action flick.
Favorite smell?
Besides my baby? The perfume I've been wearing for the past 6 years, Dolce & Gabbana 'Light Blue'.
Favorite cartoon character?
Mickey Mouse.
If your handsome son would have been a girl what would you have named her?
If we had a girl, we had 3 names we would have chosen from: Evelyn, Helen, Claire. Not sure which name we would have gone with. (Helen is my grandma's name, just FYI). Those names, however, will not be in the running next time around.
Jill asked:
Did you grow up in this area?
I did. I grew up in Newcastle.
and do you think you'll be here forever?
I'm not sure. Possibly? Depends on my husbands work situation I think. We've talked about moving to Idaho, where his family lives. I'd love that!! But I don't see that happening in the NEAR future.
When can Bennett and Corbin hand out? ha ha :)
What a fabulous idea!!! Let's have a playdate!
Allie asked:
Where did you grow up in WA?
I grew up in Newcastle!
What date were you married? (we were married july 2007 too!)
We were married July 5, 2007. We had originally planned on July 7th, but when we went to book a venue, they were ALL totally booked for that day. We didn't realize that it was 07/07/07. So we changed the date to the 5th!
What is your favorite book?
"As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen. My favorite quote from the book: "A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts."
How did you come up with the name Bennett and what does it mean?
{See SewSara's questions above}
Bennett means "Little Blessed One"
What photo editing software do you use (your pictures are AMAZING!)
I use Photoshop CS4
Widge asked:
What's your favourite outfit you own?
{See Shawntae's question above}
Julia asked:
What type of camera do you use? What photo editing software do you use? [this seems to be a popular question].
Canon 7D, Photoshop CS4
What are some of your favorite bands/music groups? Overall favorite music genre?
I love Kalai, Matchbox Twenty, Lifehouse, Keith Urban, Daughtry.. etc! Overall, I think I like Pop/Rock the best :-)
What are a few of your favorite novels? What tends to be your favorite type of book? If you don't like to read why? (I'm guessing you do though but thought I'd throw that in there just in case).
I'm not a huge reader, never have been. I do NOT read novels. I prefer to watch movies. If I do pick things up to read them, they are either spiritual, political, or something I can learn based on fact. Sometimes I will just get in these moods where I want to focus on something in particular and I will research and read all about a certain subject, and become an expert about it. But no novels for me. :-)
Michael, Mindy, and Dane asked: (no link, as her blog is private)
Since being a mom, what do you think the biggest lesson you have learned is?
I think the biggest lesson I've learned, is how to be 100% selfless. And how to put someone else's needs before my own, absolutely. And I've learned how important it is to be able to do that for your child. And I love it.
How did you and your hubs meet?
{see SewSara's question}
What are the details of your wedding day, the little ones, that you remember?
I remember specifically the music. I made a playlist of a lot of songs that were meaningful to Philip and I. And of course ones that I just loved. We had it playing while guests were arriving and throughout the reception. I also remember the slideshow my sister put together for us, it was so cute. But I think the thing I remember most is the duet my sister and her husband performed. She sang and he backed her up with the guitar. Everyone was crying.
Lacey asked:
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I see us with another (maybe 2 *gasp*) kids. In a home with 4 bedrooms. A small yard for the kids to p lay in. Philip loving his job, me still doing photography. Loving my family. Cliche and idealistic enough?? ha ha.
What were you like in high school?
Ya know, sadly, I'm not sure I liked who I was in high school. I was the typical teenage girl. I was outgoing and social. On the drill team with some of my friends. In & out of destructive relationships. Didn't pay a whole lot of attention in class but did fairly decent. Mostly, I was just not grounded and didn't have a lot of direction. But I guess maybe that's normal?? It wasn't until I was 22 years old that I figured out who I was.
What is the craziest, riskiest thing you've ever done?
Hmm... I could tell you about some nutso thing I did when I was 18 y/o but I think honestly, the craziest thing I did was have a child. Really, as AMAZING as it is, isn't it crazy? We decide that our lives are forever going to be different when we have children. From here on out, my son is my life. And that is crazy. This little life is going to rely on me for EVERYTHING. I am responsible for teaching him, keeping him safe, helping him learn and progress to become (hopefully) a very honorable man.
Keep em comin!!


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Considering its orientation towards project or goal driven, most of the users expects, this to be presented in the hierarchical view seeing sections, activities and their comments under respective sub sections. However, the default view that you get for the activities under each section is not consistent and most of the times, this is results in poor customer adoption.
Following is one example of the such activities that is viewed by desktop browser
Now let us look at same in the IBM Mobile App 4.5.0 version
When activities are viewed in the on iOS / Android devices, the comments are not with their parent entries but appeared right at the top.
And to resolve these issues, we need to enhance default view to the hierarchical as in the desktop browser by modifying the Mobile application as below
1. Please download the updated ear file (refer the attachment)
2. Open the WAS admin console and locate the Mobile application.
3. Click the check box next to the app and click "Update", direct it to the file that you downloaded.
5. Once the update is complete, start the application.
Note: Do not try on the production. This should be tested on the UAT/Staging before deploying on production.
Once it is tested ok, you can then move UI to the customization path. Please follow http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf/xpDocViewer.xsp?lookupName=IBM+Connections+4.5+Documentation#action=openDocument&res_title=Customizing_the_user_interface_ic45&content=pdcontent
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer denied rumors on Friday that he was dropping the job of handling President Dilma Rousseff's relations with her coalition allies in Congress. Temer has become Brazil's virtual prime minister since Rousseff put him in charge of her ties with an unruly coalition. But his comment on Wednesday that the nation needed someone to resolve its political crisis caused friction within Rousseff's Workers' Party.
Rousseff called Temer in for a chat on Thursday, according to an aide to the vice president. Valor PRO financial news service reported that Temer, who leads the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Rousseff's main ally, told the president at their meeting that he was throwing in the towel as political go-between.
"The rumors that I have stopped handling the political articulation are unfounded," Temer said in a Twitter message. "I continue. I have a duty to my country and President Dilma."
The Temer aide told Reuters that Rousseff said she trusted the vice president and dismissed suspicions in her party that he was angling for her job.
With her popularity at rock bottom and the country sliding into recession, Rousseff has relied on Temer to push through austerity measures in Congress to try to reduce a fiscal deficit and save Brazil's investment-grade credit rating. A split with Temer would further undermine the Rousseff administration's credibility and increase calls her resignation in the midst of massive corruption scandal at state-oil company Petrobras and the worst economic downturn in 25 years.
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Along with Jinnah Savarkar was the other pillar of the two-nation theory, loved spewing venom & instigated young men to kill in the name of his vile ideology of exclusive nationalism. Most of these young men were quickly disowned by him once they had served their purpose. Curiously, Savarkar who'd sing eulogies in the name … Continue reading The Epitome Of Cowardice: Understanding "Veer" Savarkar
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How can the psyche of Muslims be changed towards Modi?
As it appears; the premise of the question is pretty flawed. To begin with; you've assumed that it's incumbent on the Muslims of India to reach out to PM Modi, when in reality it's the responsibility of the leaders to be all- inclusive & do away with suspicions (if any that may exist among people). … Continue reading How can the psyche of Muslims be changed towards Modi?
Do Muslims In India Really Feel Alienated?
As much as technology would make you believe; not every thing around here is binary. There are things which are a tad complex & won't fit into your typical cliches. This is one among those things. Muslims in India are a complex lot, just as diverse as are Hindus or any other community. If you … Continue reading Do Muslims In India Really Feel Alienated?
Civilization & The Esoteric Concept Of Increasing Violent Conflicts
Imagine it's 440 AD; hundreds of Hunnic horsemen pour down the Danube river plundering, maiming, laying waste men & beast alike before they are finally cut down by a disciplined lot of Roman soldiers. This unruly band of barbarians are then quickly put to sword. In a world where we live today such horrendous … Continue reading Civilization & The Esoteric Concept Of Increasing Violent Conflicts
The Coup Within India's Muslim Society
If I were to choose a single phrase then, certainly Muslims are indeed responsible for their troubles & abject conditions. But, things are far from being pretty simple. So, I'd rather enumerate a few among the myriad of problems: The Caste divide The wider majority amongst the Muslims are in fact descendents of lower … Continue reading The Coup Within India's Muslim Society
Decoding The Canard Of Muslim Population Growth
I'd try to be the voice of sanity here So, do bear with me:First & foremost population growth is itself a menace, plaguing society more than any vice could ever do.This exponential growth is unsustainable, proven empirically.Now, onto the more relevant part of your question i.e, Muslims population growth in India is surely an … Continue reading Decoding The Canard Of Muslim Population Growth
Tribal History Of Jharkhand
Tribal history & society in India is by far the least understood, surely it doesn't merit much popular attention. I'll surely try construct a compendium on this vast topic, first dealing with origin & then coming onto history of tribes. 1.Origin: The tribes of Jharkhand consist of vastly different groups & by no means represent … Continue reading Tribal History Of Jharkhand
Why Do Civilizations Decay?
Why do civilizations decay? Why'd the mighty Rome die into shambles that too subdued by the unruly Huns & Goths? Why'd the all powerful Achaemenids, Arabs or Chinese, timeless as they were obfuscate so easily. So, here we have a plethora of disparate reasons leading up to the decline & decimation of large cultures across … Continue reading Why Do Civilizations Decay?
East- West conundrum of India
To be able to understand the failings of mineral rich states like: Jharkhand, Orissa & Chattisgarh, we'll need to delve deeper into the East-West conundrum. The Western part of India is relatively prosperous thanks to stable state governments since independence. In many western states (Gujarat & coastal Maharashtra) the presence of a traditional mercantile … Continue reading East- West conundrum of India


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Back to school? No your eyes aren't deceiving you, you read it right.
A few week ago, Katie @ Teacher's Marketplace contacted me. Teacher's Marketplace is a site that is the Australian's version of TeachersPayTeachers. Katie said they were opening the site to everyone (sellers and buyers). I checked out the site and liked what I saw so I decided to join the fun.
I have this sudden interest in Australia! Australian schools have a different school vacation schedule than American schools. Check out some information I found: HERE If I am reading this correctly, the end of their school year is right before Christmas break. Their Back to School time is the end of January – beginning of February. It looks like they go to school year round with long breaks in between terms (what we call quarters). I've never taught at a year round school but I'd love to hear from teachers who have.
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Three "Surprise Events" are general physics knowledge, solar engineering, and projectiles!
A fee, $60 per school, will cover the cost of three pizzas per school, drinks and trophies. Suggested Maximum Team size 8.
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Igneous Rocks
Igneous rock is formed from magma that has cooled and become solid. Molten rock is extraordinarily hot, sometimes exceeding 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. If this molten and partially crystallized material (magma) crystallizes underground before it reaches the surface, the rock is "intrusive" or "plutonic". If magma travels up through Earth's crust and reaches the surface, the resulting rocks are "extrusive" or "volcanic".
Columnar jointing on South Table Mountain in Golden, formed when basalt cools into a hexagonal structures.
Magma that moves upward and cuts across pre-existing layers of rock forms what are generally known as plutons. The largest plutons are batholiths, such as the granitic rocks of Pike's Peak, which are part of a 1,300-square-mile batholith. Smaller plutons take a variety of shapes, each with its own name, such as stocks, plugs, dikes and sills.
Magma that reaches the surface forms a variety of volcanic landforms and deposits. Today, resistant volcanic flows cap mesas such as Grand Mesa, White River Plateau, Raton Mesa, and those near Basalt, Colorado. In the southwestern part of the state, ash-flow tuffs cover thousands of square miles. The tuff is created from the ash that is blown from the volcano to blanket the landscape.
The ash flow eruption creates a roughly circular depression called a caldera. There are at least nineteen calderas in Colorado, making the state one of the world's best outdoor laboratories in which to study their formation.
The map below shows the distribution of Proterozoic granitic intrusions in Colorado. Those in green are a billion years old. Those in yellow were originally interpreted as being 1.4 billion years old. Those in fuchsia were originally interpreted as being 1.7 million years old. Recent dating of some of these rocks has revealed more precise and different ages. However, this generalized map still gives a good feel for the distribution and ages of the intrusions.


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The fast and easy guide to the most popular Deep Learning framework in the world.
Make sure to check out the other articles here.
In this installment we will be going over all the abstracted models that are currently available in TensorFlow and describe use cases for that particular model as well as simple sample code. Full sources of working examples are in the TensorFlow In a Nutshell repo.
Recurrent Neural Networks
Use Cases: Language Modeling, Machine translation, Word embedding, Text processing.
Since the advent of Long Short Term Memory and Gated Recurrent Units, Recurrent Neural Networks have made leaps and bounds above other models in natural language processing. They can be fed vectors representing characters and be trained to generate new sentences based on the training set. The merit in this model is that it keeps the context of the sentence and derives meaning that "cat sat on the mat" means the cat is on the mat. Since the creation of TensorFlow writing these networks have become increasingly simpler. There are even hidden features covered by Denny Britz here that make writing RNN's even simpler heres a quick example.
import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
# Create input data
X = np.random.randn(2, 10, 8)
# The second example is of length 6
X_lengths = [10, 6]
cell = tf.nn.rnn_cell.LSTMCell(num_units=64, state_is_tuple=True)
cell = tf.nn.rnn_cell.DropoutWrapper(cell=cell, output_keep_prob=0.5)
cell = tf.nn.rnn_cell.MultiRNNCell(cells=[cell] * 4, state_is_tuple=True)
outputs, last_states = tf.nn.dynamic_rnn(
result = tf.contrib.learn.run_n(
{"outputs": outputs, "last_states": last_states},
Convolution Neural Networks
Use Cases: Image processing, Facial recognition, Computer Vision
Convolution Neural Networks are unique because they're created in mind that the input will be an image. CNNs perform a sliding window function to a matrix. The window is called a kernel and it slides across the image creating a convolved feature.
Creating a convolved feature allows for edge detection which then allows for a network to depict objects from pictures.
The convolved feature to create this looks like this matrix below:
Here's a sample of code to identify handwritten digits from the MNIST dataset.
### Convolutional network
def max_pool_2x2(tensor_in):
return tf.nn.max_pool(
tensor_in, ksize=[1, 2, 2, 1], strides=[1, 2, 2, 1], padding='SAME')
def conv_model(X, y):
# reshape X to 4d tensor with 2nd and 3rd dimensions being image width and
# height final dimension being the number of color channels.
X = tf.reshape(X, [-1, 28, 28, 1])
# first conv layer will compute 32 features for each 5x5 patch
with tf.variable_scope('conv_layer1'):
h_conv1 = learn.ops.conv2d(X, n_filters=32, filter_shape=[5, 5],
bias=True, activation=tf.nn.relu)
h_pool1 = max_pool_2x2(h_conv1)
# second conv layer will compute 64 features for each 5x5 patch.
with tf.variable_scope('conv_layer2'):
h_conv2 = learn.ops.conv2d(h_pool1, n_filters=64, filter_shape=[5, 5],
bias=True, activation=tf.nn.relu)
h_pool2 = max_pool_2x2(h_conv2)
# reshape tensor into a batch of vectors
h_pool2_flat = tf.reshape(h_pool2, [-1, 7 * 7 * 64])
# densely connected layer with 1024 neurons.
h_fc1 = learn.ops.dnn(
h_pool2_flat, [1024], activation=tf.nn.relu, dropout=0.5)
return learn.models.logistic_regression(h_fc1, y)
Feed Forward Neural Networks
Use Cases: Classification and Regression
These networks consist of perceptrons in layers that take inputs that pass information on to the next layer. The last layer in the network produces the output. There is no connection between each node in a given layer. The layer that has no original input and no final output is called the hidden layer.
The goal of this network is similar to other supervised neural networks using back propagation, to make inputs have the desired trained outputs. These are some of the simplest effective neural networks for classification and regression problems. We will show how easy it is to create a feed forward network to classify handwritten digits:
def init_weights(shape):
return tf.Variable(tf.random_normal(shape, stddev=0.01))
def model(X, w_h, w_o):
h = tf.nn.sigmoid(tf.matmul(X, w_h)) # this is a basic mlp, think 2 stacked logistic regressions
return tf.matmul(h, w_o) # note that we dont take the softmax at the end because our cost fn does that for us
mnist = input_data.read_data_sets("MNIST_data/", one_hot=True)
trX, trY, teX, teY = mnist.train.images, mnist.train.labels, mnist.test.images, mnist.test.labels
X = tf.placeholder("float", [None, 784])
Y = tf.placeholder("float", [None, 10])
w_h = init_weights([784, 625]) # create symbolic variables
w_o = init_weights([625, 10])
py_x = model(X, w_h, w_o)
cost = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(py_x, Y)) # compute costs
train_op = tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(0.05).minimize(cost) # construct an optimizer
predict_op = tf.argmax(py_x, 1)
# Launch the graph in a session
with tf.Session() as sess:
# you need to initialize all variables
for i in range(100):
for start, end in zip(range(0, len(trX), 128), range(128, len(trX)+1, 128)):
sess.run(train_op, feed_dict={X: trX[start:end], Y: trY[start:end]})
print(i, np.mean(np.argmax(teY, axis=1) ==
sess.run(predict_op, feed_dict={X: teX, Y: teY})))
Linear Models
Use Cases: Classification and Regression
Linear models take X values and produce a line of best fit used for classification and regression of Y values. For example if you have a list of house sizes and their price in a neighborhood you can predict the price of house given the size using a linear model.
One thing to note is that linear models can be used for multiple X features. For example in the housing example we can create a linear model given house sizes, how many rooms, how many bathrooms and price and predict price given a house with size, # of rooms, # of bathrooms.
import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf
def weight_variable(shape):
initial = tf.truncated_normal(shape, stddev=1)
return tf.Variable(initial)
# dataset
xx = np.random.randint(0,1000,[1000,3])/1000.
yy = xx[:,0] * 2 + xx[:,1] * 1.4 + xx[:,2] * 3
# model
x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, shape=[None, 3])
y_ = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, shape=[None])
W1 = weight_variable([3, 1])
y = tf.matmul(x, W1)
# training and cost function
cost_function = tf.reduce_mean(tf.square(tf.squeeze(y) - y_))
train_function = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(1e-2).minimize(cost_function)
# create a session
sess = tf.Session()
# train
for i in range(10000):
sess.run(train_function, feed_dict={x:xx, y_:yy})
if i % 1000 == 0:
print(sess.run(cost_function, feed_dict={x:xx, y_:yy}))
Support Vector Machines
Use Cases: Currently only Binary Classification
The general idea behind a SVM is that there is an optimal hyperplane for linearly separable patterns. For data that is not linearly separable we can use a kernel function to transform the original data into a new space. SVMs maximize the margin around separating the hyperplane. They work extremely well in high dimensional spaces and and are still effective if the dimensions are greater than the number of samples.
def input_fn():
return {
'example_id': tf.constant(['1', '2', '3']),
'price': tf.constant([[0.6], [0.8], [0.3]]),
'sq_footage': tf.constant([[900.0], [700.0], [600.0]]),
'country': tf.SparseTensor(
values=['IT', 'US', 'GB'],
indices=[[0, 0], [1, 3], [2, 1]],
shape=[3, 5]),
'weights': tf.constant([[3.0], [1.0], [1.0]])
}, tf.constant([[1], [0], [1]])
price = tf.contrib.layers.real_valued_column('price')
sq_footage_bucket = tf.contrib.layers.bucketized_column(
boundaries=[650.0, 800.0])
country = tf.contrib.layers.sparse_column_with_hash_bucket(
'country', hash_bucket_size=5)
sq_footage_country = tf.contrib.layers.crossed_column(
[sq_footage_bucket, country], hash_bucket_size=10)
svm_classifier = tf.contrib.learn.SVM(
feature_columns=[price, sq_footage_bucket, country, sq_footage_country],
svm_classifier.fit(input_fn=input_fn, steps=30)
accuracy = svm_classifier.evaluate(input_fn=input_fn, steps=1)['accuracy']
Deep and Wide Models
Use Cases: Recommendation systems, Classification and Regression
Deep and Wide models were covered with greater detail in part two, so we won't get too heavy here. A Wide and Deep Network combines a linear model with a feed forward neural net so that our predictions will have memorization and generalization. This type of model can be used for classification and regression problems. This allows for less feature engineering with relatively accurate predictions. Thus, getting the best of both worlds. Here's a code snippet from part two's github.
def input_fn(df, train=False):
"""Input builder function."""
# Creates a dictionary mapping from each continuous feature column name (k) to
# the values of that column stored in a constant Tensor.
continuous_cols = {k: tf.constant(df[k].values) for k in CONTINUOUS_COLUMNS}
# Creates a dictionary mapping from each categorical feature column name (k)
# to the values of that column stored in a tf.SparseTensor.
categorical_cols = {k: tf.SparseTensor(
indices=[[i, 0] for i in range(df[k].size)],
shape=[df[k].size, 1])
for k in CATEGORICAL_COLUMNS}
# Merges the two dictionaries into one.
feature_cols = dict(continuous_cols)
# Converts the label column into a constant Tensor.
if train:
label = tf.constant(df[SURVIVED_COLUMN].values)
# Returns the feature columns and the label.
return feature_cols, label
return feature_cols
m = build_estimator(model_dir)
m.fit(input_fn=lambda: input_fn(df_train, True), steps=200)
print m.predict(input_fn=lambda: input_fn(df_test))
results = m.evaluate(input_fn=lambda: input_fn(df_train, True), steps=1)
for key in sorted(results):
print("%s: %s" % (key, results[key]))
Random Forest
Use Cases: Classification and Regression
Random Forest model takes many different classification trees and each tree votes for that class. The forest chooses the classification having the most votes.
Random Forests do not overfit, you can run as many treees as you want and it is relatively fast. Give it a try on the iris data with this snippet below:
hparams = tf.contrib.tensor_forest.python.tensor_forest.ForestHParams(
num_trees=3, max_nodes=1000, num_classes=3, num_features=4)
classifier = tf.contrib.learn.TensorForestEstimator(hparams)
iris = tf.contrib.learn.datasets.load_iris()
data = iris.data.astype(np.float32)
target = iris.target.astype(np.float32)
monitors = [tf.contrib.learn.TensorForestLossMonitor(10, 10)]
classifier.fit(x=data, y=target, steps=100, monitors=monitors)
classifier.evaluate(x=data, y=target, steps=10)
Bayesian Reinforcement Learning
Use Cases: Classification and Regression
In the contrib folder of TensorFlow there is a library called BayesFlow. BayesFlow has no documentation except for an example of the REINFORCE algorithm. This algorithm is proposed in a paper by Ronald Williams.
REward Increment = Nonnegative Factor * Offset Reinforcement * Characteristic Eligibility
This network trying to solve an immediate reinforcement learning task, adjusts the weights after getting the reinforcement value at each trial. At the end of each trial each weight is incremented by a learning rate factor multiplied by the reinforcement value minus the baseline multiplied by characteristic eligibility. Williams paper also discusses the use of back propagation to train the REINFORCE network.
"""Build the Split-Apply-Merge Model.
Route each value of input [-1, -1, 1, 1] through one of the
functions, plus_1, minus_1. The decision for routing is made by
4 Bernoulli R.V.s whose parameters are determined by a neural network
applied to the input. REINFORCE is used to update the NN parameters.
The 3-tuple (route_selection, routing_loss, final_loss), where:
- route_selection is an int 4-vector
- routing_loss is a float 4-vector
- final_loss is a float scalar.
inputs = tf.constant([[-1.0], [-1.0], [1.0], [1.0]])
targets = tf.constant([[0.0], [0.0], [0.0], [0.0]])
paths = [plus_1, minus_1]
weights = tf.get_variable("w", [1, 2])
bias = tf.get_variable("b", [1, 1])
logits = tf.matmul(inputs, weights) + bias
# REINFORCE forward step
route_selection = st.StochasticTensor(
distributions.Categorical, logits=logits)
Linear Chain Conditional Random Fields
Use Cases: Sequential Data
CRFs are conditional probability distributions that factoirze according to an undirected model. They predict a label for a single sample keeping context from the neighboring samples. CRFs are similar to Hidden Markov Models. CRFs are often used for image segmentation and object recognition, as well as shallow parsing, named entity recognition and gene finding.
# Train for a fixed number of iterations.
for i in range(1000):
tf_unary_scores, tf_transition_params, _ = session.run(
[unary_scores, transition_params, train_op])
if i % 100 == 0:
correct_labels = 0
total_labels = 0
for tf_unary_scores_, y_, sequence_length_ in zip(tf_unary_scores, y, sequence_lengths):
# Remove padding from the scores and tag sequence.
tf_unary_scores_ = tf_unary_scores_[:sequence_length_]
y_ = y_[:sequence_length_]
# Compute the highest scoring sequence.
viterbi_sequence, _ = tf.contrib.crf.viterbi_decode(
tf_unary_scores_, tf_transition_params)
# Evaluate word-level accuracy.
correct_labels += np.sum(np.equal(viterbi_sequence, y_))
total_labels += sequence_length_
accuracy = 100.0 * correct_labels / float(total_labels)
print("Accuracy: %.2f%%" % accuracy)
Ever since TensorFlow has been released the community surrounding the project has been adding more packages, examples and cases for using this amazing library. Even at the time of writing this article there are more models and sample code being written. It is amazing to see how much TensorFlow as grown in these past few months. The ease of use and diversity in the package are increasing overtime and don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
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This was the line used by the top spy in America during the lead up to the war in Iraq in his new book. If it weren't so tragic it would be laughable. He states this as though it gives him cover from what this has turned into. That line would be appropriate for someone like me who doesn't control the most sophisticated spy network in the world. However it loses something when said by Mr. Tenet. Mr. Tenet it was your job to know, your not knowing is precisely the evidence to indict you; not acquit you. Mr. Tenet truly believes that this excuse should exonerate him from the same criticism that he heaps on Mr. Cheney.
The fact that the vice-president had to hype the intelligence should have set off a red flag. Mr. Tenet was the top spy in the country, his job was to suspect everyone and everything. His argument is not persuasive for a number of reasons.
1) Mr. Tenet knew that the main exile promoting regime change and weapons of mass destruction had been released by the CIA because he was unreliable and a crook. This same said exile was coordinating all of the other exiles making the rounds around Capitol Hill and the television shows. Are we to believe that watching Mr. Chalabi directing this farce that Mr. Tenet didn't remember that months earlier he had kicked Mr. Chalabi off the payroll?
2) There were a number of reporters who were reporting that the evidence did not match the rhetoric. These reporters were not receiving top-secret briefings; they were contacting the experts who knew truth. They did not have to go globetrotting to find them; they merely picked up the phone and called them. Mr. Tenet did not have access to these same experts and people on the ground in Baghdad?
3) The gravity of the situation. You do not commit 150,000 of our young men and women without being sure. Mr. Tenet stated that the evidence against Saddam was a "slam dunk". In his book he backs away from that comment saying it was taken out of context. While Mr. Tenet was CIA Director never once did he mention that the comment was taken out of context.
4) Mr. Tenet blamed the politicians for the rush to war, but this also does not pass scrutiny. The CIA Director is supposed to rise above political pressure and give an honest and objective assessment of the threats as he sees them. By allowing himself and his analysis's to be pressured he put partisanship and politics over our national interest.
5) By saying that he thought the weapons were there he is admitting to being incompetent at best and complicit in the rush to judgment at worse. How are we to believe that with billions of dollars in the CIA budget, spy satellites and U-2 planes, and access to the inspectors, that the information the reporters found so easy to acquire the CIA Director could not?
No, Mr. Tenet it is a little late to try and divorce yourself from this catastrophe. You marched right along in lockstep with the rest of this administration in the rub up to this war. You even received a medal for God's sake. Now you want us to believe that you were some innocent bystander, that doesn't even pass the laugh test. Mr. Tenet you let your country down when it needed you most. If what you write is true; when we needed you to be strong and courageous you behaved like a coward. Enjoy your medal Mr. Tenet because of you there will be a lot of those given away posthumously.Read more!


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Second-floor graffiti scrawled in Columbia Heights
Typical spray-and-run graffiti hits furtively take place on ground and train-track level. Some scaling was required to adorn the second floor of this Columbia Heights building, which houses BloomBars, an arts nonprofit that "doesn't have the resources to paint over [the] building every 2 wks," according to a Twitter response to the Daily Gripe.
Whether the culprit is an aspiring Cool Disco Dan or someone with a spray can and idle time, he or she had to climb on top of next-door carryout El Rinconcito Deportivo to execute the white bubble letter graffiti peeking out over the second floor north wall of 3222 11th St. NW.
Sean Wieland submitted his Gripe to us about it just before 10 a.m. this morning. DC 311 acknowledged it and issued service request ID 11-00064758 via its See Click Fix profile. We'll keep you posted on the status.
The Daily Gripe also wants to know your take:
Graffiti and tagging are often hallmarks of highly populated cities. Does graffiti bother you or do you think it comes with the territory? Have you reported graffiti and not seen any results, or does it keep popping up in your area? What are some hot spots for it?
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| March 9, 2011; 10:52 AM ET
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AMSTERDAM - To mark what would have been Anne Frank's 89th birthday, the Amsterdam museum dedicated to her life has launched a virtual reality tour of the cramped quarters where the Jewish diarist and her family hid from Nazis during World War II.
The Anne Frank House said Tuesday that the 25-minute tour means people won't have to visit the museum to see the annex where the Franks and four other Jews hid from July 1942 until they were discovered in August 1944 and deported to concentration camps.
Anne Frank House Executive Director Ronald Leopold says the tour "offers an immersive experience" of the rooms hidden behind an Amsterdam canal-side house where Anne wrote her diary.
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Critical Linking, October 10, 2011
Our daily round-up of bookish links. Tastes great with coffee.
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Remember in Wall-E that there was this one giant company that controlled everything? Well, at least we'll all have hover-recliners.
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This is going to come as news to Gao Xingjian.
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This, my friends, is how you use the internet. (via Alexander Chee)
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I tried to make the world's biggest rubberband ball too, but I failed. I ended up needing some rubberbands off the ball and then the whole ball-record-breaking thing just fizzled. The ball got smaller and smaller until it was just a tangled wad. THIS guy, however, in the pic? He's committed. Seriously so. His rubberband creation is bigger than his champagne colored HONDA. He's definitely bested me in the rubberband ball contest. (All my rides are way cooler than his though.)
As of this blog post, I officially announce my retirement from the RBL. Time for the next generation to pick up the torch. I do believe rubberband balling is going to be in the 2016 Olympics. Watch for it. You heard it here first.
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Applications of Probabilistic Interpolation to Ship Tracking
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- Defence Research and Development Canada, Atlantic Research Centre, Halifax NS (CAN)
- Abstract
- Ships report their own position at predictable intervals via the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT). Those able to receive these position reports can track the movement of vessels, but using self-reported positions raises new estimation challenges. One of these is the interpolation problem, which considers what happened between two successive position reports, A and B, from the same ship. This paper illustrates the practical significance of this problem in issues from oil-spill investigation to maritime security and fisheries management. It outlines a general Bayesian approach to the problem that is based on simulating large numbers of random tracks. The approach is illustrated using a fictitious Arctic scenario in which a contact, obtained from a radar satellite system, is to be associated with one of three AIS tracks, in the presence of ice. The method shows how the ice-breaking capabilities of the vessels can be accounted for in the association problem, a challenging task for traditional methods. Finally, the paper shows how to generalize from this simple association problem to more complex cases.
- Keywords
- maritime;situational;awareness;AIS;LRIT
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- DRDC-RDDC-2014-N7 — External Literature
- Date of publication
- 01 May 2014
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There is likely to be heavy traffic on the nation's freeways on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 over the Lunar New Year holiday, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday, adding that it could take more than seven hours to travel between Taipei and Kaohsiung on Jan. 25.
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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi television reporter who flung his shoes at President Bush during a news conference is scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday, the first step in a potential criminal prosecution against him, members of the reporter's family said.
At the appearance, a criminal court judge will decide whether there is sufficient cause to try the reporter, Muntader al-Zaidi, 29, who has become a folk hero in much of the Arab world for his actions against the president in Baghdad on Sunday evening.
Throwing a shoe at a person is considered a particularly severe insult and a sign of disrespect in the Arab world.
Mr. Zaidi, who has been held by the authorities since Sunday, has not yet been charged. But Iraqi criminal lawyers not involved in the case say there are several possible charges he could face, including initiating an aggressive act against the head of a foreign state on an official visit, with a potential punishment of seven years in prison.
A less severe charge, insulting the leader of a foreign nation, carries a sentence of up to two years in prison or a fine of 200 Iraqi dinars, about 17 cents. A third possible crime, simple aggression, is punishable by up to one year in prison or a fine.Continue reading the main story
On Tuesday, two of Mr. Zaidi's brothers and his employer, Al Baghdadia, a Cairo-based satellite television network, said Muntader al-Zaidi had made brief phone calls, apparently from jail, and told them about his court appearance.
The network said it had appointed Dheyaa Saadi, president of the Union of Lawyers in Iraq, to lead a team of lawyers to defend Mr. Zaidi.
Mr. Saadi said in an interview Tuesday that he would ask that the case against Mr. Zaidi be dropped. "I will introduce myself as his lawyer and demand the case be closed and Muntader be released because he did not commit a crime," he said. "He only freely expressed himself to the occupier, and he has such a right according to international law."
One of Mr. Zaidi's brothers, Maythem al-Zaidi, said on Tuesday that the family had received anonymous threatening phone calls in recent days. Other callers, who did not identify themselves, have claimed that Mr. Zaidi suffered serious injuries from a beating administered by the security force of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, he said.
Maythem al-Zaidi said that when he asked his brother by phone on Tuesday whether he had been injured he had not answered the question.
Uday al-Zaidi, another brother, said that he, too, had received threatening calls and that the family planned to attend the court hearing on Wednesday.
"We hope they will allow us to see him," he said.
Ziad al-Ajeely, president of the Iraqi Journalistic Freedom Observatory, said he had contacted senior members of the Iraqi government after he heard rumors that Mr. Zaidi had suffered severe injuries. But, he said, "they assured me he was fine."
The incident on Sunday occurred during a news conference with Mr. Bush and Mr. Maliki in Baghdad's Green Zone; Mr. Zaidi rose from his seat and threw a shoe at the president's head. He shouted, "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!"
Mr. Bush ducked to avoid the shoe. Moments later, Mr. Zaidi threw his other shoe, shouting, "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!" The shoe struck the wall behind Mr. Bush.
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Also on Tuesday, a bomb near Technology University in Baghdad killed three people, including a female student and a police officer, the Iraqi police said.
In addition, General Electric announced that it had signed a $2.7 billion contract with the Iraqi government to help provide electricity. Many areas of the nation experience daily power failures.
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Checking the news, message boards, Facebook, and a couple of subreddits are part of my morning 'coffee and news' routine before digging into work for the day. As I went though my daily ritual, I stumbled across a thread (now removed) that showed a picture of graffiti discovered by a packer along a trail near Vernal Falls. This graffiti was signed with a name "creepytings".
The name on the graffiti corresponded to an instagram account (now private). Within the first page of pictures on the account, I saw two more pictures of graffiti in National Parks. One at Crater Lake:
And another on Telescope Peak in Death Valley:
Scrolling through her other images, it quickly became clear to me that this account was linked to a New Yorker on a long trip through the parks of the western US. Within a few minutes I saw she had also visited Bryce, Zion, Joshua Tree, and other public lands. She seemed proud of the 'art', and appeared to take a lot of pride and happiness in the 'work', based on the image comments.
At this point, I posted a link to the above image on the Death Valley National Park Facebook page, where it quickly gained traction. People browsed the tumblr account (NSFW) she linked to from her instagram account and soon found evidence of defaced rock in both Zion and Canyonlands. She actually posted a picture of a person defacing rock near an archeological site in Canyonlands.
Fortunately, an investigator from Yosemite National Park quickly responded to the original reddit thread and has the information above despite the accounts being made private (nothing can be unseen on the internet!) The vandalism has been reported to the parks in which she posted pictures of the 'work', and undoubtedly more examples will turn up along the path of destruction through the West.
My first reaction is naturally anger – what gives anyone the right to make land that belongs to all of us their personal canvas? Then it turned to sympathy – maybe this poor person has never experienced the feelings these awesome places give us, and this was their way of expressing joy. Maybe they had never been taught the principles of Leave No Trace. Maybe this was just an example of someone not being educated enough? Is it chalk? Will it wash off? Then I saw this comment on the image of the vandalism at Crater Lake:
Oh, she knew. Back to anger.
In my mind, there are two things that lead to people defacing public lands: ignorance and narcissism. After seeing that comment, this person clearly falls into the second bucket. The question is, how do we turn this into an opportunity to educate the ignorant and (frankly) embarrass the narcissists? I doubt this is the exposure the 'artist' was looking for. There's no going viral with these 'beautiful' images, they're going viral as an arrogant vandal who is a mediocre artist at best.
Right now it is the hands of the authorities. While vandalism is common, I don't recall any case of such damage by the same person across multiple National Parks. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. I hope the next time I am on Telescope Peak I see the responsible party up there, scrubbing away the awful 'art' with their own personal toothbrush.
Update: This post has gotten a lot of attention and inbound links. Hello reddit!
The original goal of sharing this vandalism was to bring it to the attention of the necessary authorities so the proper procedures could be followed to bring this vandal to justice. It appears that this goal has been met.
I'm a bit (a lot) disturbed by a lot of the responses of hate speech and advocating of violence. I know a lot of you are angry (I'm with ya) and want to vent, but that kind of speech gets us no where and reflects poorly on you, not the vandal. I'm looking forward to her time in court and (hopefully) appropriate punishment.
I think a much more valuable use of our energy is a discussion about how to prevent this in the future and handle these situations when we come across them in our own time in the back- and front-country.
Update #2: The National Park Service has issued a statement
Update #3: The Tumblr is back up with plenty of statements that indicate zero remorse or regret for what she has done. Maybe the work of a hacker, maybe not.
Update #4: According to Trailmob.com, the vandal has turned herself in and is cooperating with authorities.
Update #5: I was asked to write an Editorial that was published today on theguardian.com about why this is terrible and why we should care.
Update #6: Casey Nocket has officially been named the suspect under investigation in this NPS press release.


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I have no idea why I put myself through this once a month. It seems the service NEVER goes without a glitch. I like to think I'm calm under pressure – and in some cases I am. But I prefer to be prepared than to practice "calm in the midst of a storm".
Every Tuesday there's a music, audio, and graphics rehearsal before the service. Not everyone on the graphics team chooses to go. But I do. Religiously. The words for the songs are notoriously never on the slides to match the sheet music and the way the Praise Band sings them. And there's always some new "something" to be considered. Rehearsals save my butt – and make it easier to deal with all the other last minute "stuff" that pops up.
However, I have been unable to attend a single rehearsal this fall, because of class. Except the October rehearsal. And that was traumatic enough that I seriously thought about giving up being a part of the team.
First the wireless wasn't working. When I got that up and running, I couldn't get into the song catalogue because they hadn't renewed the subscription yet. Of course, they decided to radically change the order of worship that week and the arrangement of the songs.
It . was . frustrating.
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This week, I purposely did not put off the graphics to the last minute (like 9:00 pm on Saturday night). So when my computer wouldn't load the graphic software? I told myself I wasn't going to panic until 7:00 pm. And even then, I knew there were still options available – to get the job done.
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I swear, I think he and God are sadists.
But I got the display problem that was preventing the program from loading worked out – and I was confident as I walked into the final rehearsal this morning.
I was still fine when the Minster decided to insert last minute video. No problem when the Music Director forgot to tell me there's a soloist for the communion song. I make a slide on the fly. Then as we look at the Advent Communion Slides, the minister decides to "edit them" for brevity, plus the font was too small. No problem. I turn on my laptop, fire up PowerPoint (2007 which I haven't used yet), edit the slides, resize the font (which necessitates creating MORE slides), and then save it to my jump drive and get it inserted into the program on the church computer. I even manage to get the countdown video started EXACTLY five minutes before the service. I pat myself on the back. Everything is ready to go. Dare I say it? It was PERFECT.
Until the freeze.
What is a freeze? It is to stop suddenly and remain motionless; to halt.
Yep, the freakin' mouse FROZE. In the middle of the service. As in the blasted batteries in the mouse DIED, rendering the mouse impotent! And where does it all go haywire? At the beginning of the 3rd song. It takes the whole song and most of the scripture reading before we can find the batteries ... and where are they? Why of course! Up on the stage. 'Cause you know, that's a convenient location when the sound and video is at the BACK of the hall. *sigh*
I got them switched out in time to catch the last verse of the scripture. The video insert for the sermon started PERFECTLY on time … and there were no other problems.
But still … WHAT IS YOUR POINT GOD???
Or did your mouse freeze when you were directing my life this morning? Let's not let this episode repeat again, m'kay?


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Harry Potter Studio Tour review
It's 15 years since the film Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone came out and having watched the film recently with the twins, it is still as gripping and fascinating as it was the first time I watched it with Tommy and Megan.
J.K Rowling really did have an excellent idea the day she wrote her notes down on a scrap of paper whilst sitting on a delayed train. She has captivated the world with her stories ever since and I love watching the twins work their way through her books. Alice is currently on the 4th book, The Order of the Phoenix and Bessie is polishing off the 3rd, The Goblet of Fire. We keep on at her to finish so we can sit down and watch the third film together.
As a special treat for the girls I arranged with Warner Bros to take the girls to the Harry Potter Studio Tour in Watford. They are celebrating the 15th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film and as you can imagine there are a lot of extras to be had on the tour.
The twins were wowed from the car park onwards and didn't tire of touring all day long. In fact they are still talking about it now and took their Harry Potter passports into school to show their friends.
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The girls were handed a passport each at the front desk and told to look out for hidden snitches as we followed the tour around. This made the tour even more interactive for them. They also really enjoyed finding the machines to get their passports stamped although dad and I had to step in to make sure they embossed the pages properly.
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The Broomstick video
This was another must on our first visit and both twins thoroughly enjoyed it. First we had a photo taken with our cloaks on and wands and then we followed the queue around and the girls got to sit on a broomstick and make their own video. Be warned this is not cheap though. We payed £60 for the two USB sticks and one photo.
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It is a huge shop and if you don't stay together you will likely lose each other. You can find all sorts of memorabilia from wands (£26.95), to clothes to notebooks, to fridge magnets. There is something for everyone including a lot of sweets from Honeydukes. This then brings you out to the entrance hall where it all started.
Our verdict of the Harry Potter Studio Tour
EXCELLENT. Top marks from all of us, dad grumbled about the prices in the shop. He also grumbled at the queues for the various photo stops and broomstick flying but he always does that.
In his defence, if you can go on a school day I imagine it would be much quieter, I'd also advise being on the first tour or one towards the later part of the day. Our tour started at 10am and we didn't exit the tour until gone 2pm. We stopped for lunch in Backlot Cafe and ordered mac n cheese for the girls and hot dogs for us (go easy on the mustard as it is hot!)
One tour guide told us the longest amount of time some guests stayed on the tour was 13 hours and you will see some hardcore Harry Potter fans whilst you are there.
Disclosure: We were given a family entrance ticket to the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour for the purpose of this post, all opinions are my own.


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After claiming Team GB's second gold of the Baku 2015 European Games, teenage taekwondo sensation Charlie Maddock admitted she was struggling to take it all in.
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Finally, to answer the $1,000,000.00 question, should you take field sobriety evaluations if you have been stopped and asked to do so.
First, Field Sobriety Evaluations ARE VOLUNTARY. You are not required to take them; however, officers are not required to tell you that they are voluntary. Generally, in an investigative situation, an officer will just begin instructing you to do things but will not let you know your participation is not required unless you inquire.
Second, as indicated in my previous posts, there is a lot of subjective interpretation involved in field sobriety evaluations. Most of what an officer observes on the side of the road cannot be seen on a video (if there is one). Therefore, as attorneys, we are left with the officers observations when assessing your case and what manifestations are exhibited on video (if there is one).
Finally, field sobriety evaluations, overall, can be affected by external variables that have nothing to do with impairment. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for anyone to tell whether the "clues" exhibited on any of the tests (other than the HGN evaluation when performed properly) were caused by impairment or something unrelated all together. Therefore, it is my opinion that field sobriety evaluations do nothing to help your cause. However, it is your decision and YOU are the only one encountering that decision at that time. It is like I always say, whatever decision you made at the time was the decision you made, we will deal with it. Honestly, it has been my experience on many occasions where field sobriety evaluations have helped me exonerate my client; however, remember every case is different as are peoples individual circumstances.
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