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Vanderbilt, Stanford lock up College World Series spots after sweeping NCAA super regionals
Reigning national champion Vanderbilt and Stanford swept their NCAA super regionals Saturday and became the first teams to lock up spots in the College World Series.
Jack Leiter gave Vanderbilt another stellar pitching performance in a 4-1 win over East Carolina to send the Commodores to the CWS in Omaha, Nebraska, for the fifth time since 2011.
Stanford will be in the CWS for the first time since 2008 after Alex Williams pitched a two-hitter and Brock Jones homered three times in a 9-0 win at Texas Tech.
North Carolina State bounced back from a 21-2 loss Friday to beat No. 1 national seed Arkansas 6-5 and even its best-of-three series, and Mississippi State opened its super regional against Notre Dame with a 9-8 win.
No. 2 Texas posted a 4-3 walk-off victory against South Florida, No. 3 Tennessee defeated LSU 4-2 in an all-SEC super regional and Dallas Baptist moved within a win of its first CWS appearance after beating Virginia 6-5.
No. 12 Mississippi avoided elimination and tied its series with No. 5 Arizona by cruising to a 12-3 victory.
Leiter, who along with Kumar Rocker forms the most vaunted 1-2 pitching tandem in the country, went seven innings and limited East Carolina (44-17) to a single and Josh Moylan's homer.
Rocker and Leiter combined for 21 strikeouts and allowed one run on five hits and six walks in 14 1/3 innings for Vandy (45-15) in the super regional.
"This is why you come to Vanderbilt, for moments like this," said Leiter, son of retired longtime major league pitcher Al Leiter. "The season would have felt incomplete if we hadn't made it this far."
Williams, like Branden Beck did on Friday, handcuffed one of the nation's top offensive teams in Texas Tech. The Red Raiders had a total of three runs and nine hits in the two games. Williams struck out 10 and walked one in his first complete game of the season and second of his career.
Jones homered in the first inning, hit a grand slam in the sixth and went deep again in the eighth. Tommy Troy also homered for the Cardinal.
"I think we're going to shock the world again," Jones said. "We're not satisfied. We didn't get here just to get to a super and just to get to Omaha. We're trying to go for the whole thing."
Stanford (38-15), the No. 9 national seed, embraced the underdog role for its series at No. 8 Texas Tech (39-17), which had hosted and won all four of its previous super regionals.
The Cardinal were just 5-11 in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and picked fifth in the Pac-12 in the preseason. It took until mid-April for them to break into the top 20 of the polls. They swept each of their regular-season series.
"Everybody was waiting for us to hit midnight and maybe not be as good as we were playing," coach David Esquer said, "and it just never happened."
NC State (34-18) erased a 2-1 deficit in the fourth inning against Arkansas (50-12) with Jose Torres, Luca Tresh and Vojtech Mensik each hitting solo homers in a span of four batters. Sam Highfill and Evan Justice combined to limit the Razorbacks to four hits, with Justice getting a strikeout to end the seventh with the tying run on third base.
Logan Tanner hit the tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and Landon Sims pitched two perfect innings for his 10th save for Mississippi State (44-15) . Notre Dame (33-12), the top fielding team in the nation, committed four errors.
Texas (46-15) got past upstart South Florida when Silas Ardoin reached on an error and scored from first on Eric Kennedy's fly that got over center fielder Roberto Pena's head. The Bulls (31-29) had tied it at 3 in the top of the ninth when Daniel Cantu homered and, with the Bulls down to their last strike, Drew Brutcher hit a two-run homer just inside the right foul pole.
Chad Dallas struck out a career-high 12 and Tennessee (49-16) scratched out three runs in the sixth inning to take the lead against LSU (38-24). With one more win, the Vols will go to the CWS for the first time since 2005 and send Tigers coach Paul Mainieri into retirement.
Jacob Gonzalez hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first to open the scoring and added a two-run double in a six-run second for Mississippi (45-21). Peyton Chatagnier also homered for the Rebels.
Doug Nikhazy (12-2) gave up two runs and six hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings to beat Arizona (44-16). Nikhazy's 12 wins are a single-season program record, and his 142 strikeouts are four shy of Lance Lynn's school mark.


Or do you not know, brothers- for I am speaking to those who know the law - that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.
There are 1,143,358 lawyers in the United States. This means that the United States has the highest number of attorneys per capita in the world. There is one attorney for every 265 people living the U.S. The congregation I serve has a much lower ratio; about 1 to 40. I don't think this is because Lutherans are in trouble with the civil law more than the general population or that they are more litigious than other folks, probably the opposite.
One wonders if we in the U.S. are the most litigious society in history because there are so many lawyers or that there are so many lawyers because we are the most litigious society in history. This "chicken and egg" dilemma admits of no solution. The one thing that such a "statistic" identifies is that legal patterns of thought are fairly well established in our social fabric. Lawyers are involved in every area of our lives: politics, medicine, business, death, sports, and entertainment. They have a quasi-priestly status in our communities as arbiters of right and wrong and dispensers of wisdom. The concepts of justice, rights, acquittal, and guilt before the law are in the public discourse constantly. We are in a completely positive sense a legalistic society; positive because a rule of law is infinitely superior to rule by personalities, which would be tyranny.
It is strange then, that so-called Christian theologians have declared that Christianity can no longer express the theology of justification as its main gospel proclamation. Justification of the sinner before God is fundamentally a legal concept: acquittal from sin by the judge eternal and a remission of all penalties for the sake of Christ, who is our substitute in the dock before the bar of eternal justice. Paul the Apostle used these legal terms in a society that was far less legalistic than our own, so why shouldn't the most legalistic society in history recognize these arguments and rejoice in them? We understand the law. We know about guilt and acquittal. So why should the church decline to preach the divine acquittal of sinners through the death of the law and indeed by reason of the death of the sinner? Suppose I would be in prison for murder. If I should unexpectedly pass away while awaiting trial, my trial would not proceed. It would be a waste of social resources to conduct trials in which the dead would be a defendant. Criminal law simply doesn't apply to the dead. The dead are beyond the power of the law to convict and punish.
We should understand and rejoice in the death that has been worked upon us in our baptisms then, knowing that the dead cannot stand before the bar of the law. If we are dead under the power of Christ's death, then the law has no more say. "All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death" (Rm 6:3). The criminal case falls apart, because we can no longer stand as defendants. But God leaves nothing to chance in the matter of the acquittal and our appropriation of it. How hard it is to believe that we are dead, for we struggle with very real sin and weakness. We don't feel untouched as the cadaver does under the medical student's scalpel. So our Lord not only assures us that because we are dead with Him the law has no power over us, but the law has been put to death as well. The law is dead and we are dead. We criminals who know it rejoice that we have been acquitted by God for Christ's sake.
"'Or do you not know, brothers - for I am speaking to those who know the law - that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives' (Rm 7:1)? Since Paul said, we are 'dead to sin,' he here shows that not only sin, but also the law, has no dominion over them. But if the Law has none, how much less has sin? To render his language understandable, he uses a human example to make this plain. Paul seems to be stating one point, but offers at the same time two arguments for his proposition. One, that when a husband is dead, the woman is no longer subject to her husband, and there is nothing to prevent her from becoming the wife of another man. The other, that in the present case it is not the husband only that is dead but the wife also. So one may enjoy freedom in two ways. Now if when the husband is dead, she is freed from his power, when the woman is shown to be dead also, she is much more free. For if the one event frees her from his power, much more does the concurrence of both.
"Since he is about to proceed then to a proof of these points, he starts with praise for the readers: 'Or do you not know, brothers - for I am speaking to those who know the law,' that is, I am saying a thing that is quite agreed upon, and clear, and to people who know all these things well, 'that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives.' He does not say, husband or wife, but 'person,' which word applies to both: 'For whoever is dead is freed from sin.' The Law then is given for the living, but to the dead it ceases to be ordained (or to give commands). See how he sets forth a twofold freedom!"
Lord Christ, You pleaded our case before the Father's throne. You have displayed for Him the signs of Your death: hands, feet, and side pierced for us. The penalty has been paid. We have been hidden in Your death by baptism and died with You. Give us peace to live under the acquittal You have won for us. Send the Spirit that we might confess our freedom from the law to those who remain oppressed under the law's power; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.


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Review: Refraction – The Outsider
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Q&A with Jackson Harrison – 2006 NJA finalist
Welcome to Jazz Australia's second series of Q&A interviews with finalists in the National Jazz Awards, which will be announced at the 2006 TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. This year the National Jazz Awards feature piano, for the first time since 1999. At the finals, to be held in Wangaratta in the first weekend of …
Q&A with Andrea Keller – 2006 NJA finalist
By Miriam on Sunday, August 27, 2006
Q&A with Ben Winkleman – 2006 NJA finalist
By Miriam on Friday, July 28, 2006
Welcome to Jazz Australia's second series of interviews with finalists in the National Jazz Awards, which will be announced at the 2006 TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. This year the National Jazz Awards feature piano, for the first time since 1999. At the finals, to be held in Wangaratta in the first weekend of November, …
Scandinavia and New York: Julien Wilson's Freedman plans
By Miriam on Monday, July 24, 2006
The Freedman Fellowship is a prestigious award—entrants are nominated from within the Australian Jazz scene and invited to participate. Julien Wilson, performing with his Julien Wilson Trio, was awarded the 2006 fellowship recently. With prize money of $20,000 ($15,000 in cash, $5,000 for promotion) and a range of support from the MCA, the Fellowship can …
Q&A with Kristin Berardi – 2005 NJA finalist
By Miriam on Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Sydney-sider Kristin Berardi responded to our questions in lowercase, except in the obvious place where capitals are required – GROOVE. What Kristin lacks in capitals, she makes up for with exclamation marks. It's all about balance… From now until the end of October, expect to see a new finalist's Q&A posted every three days. Scroll …
Q&A with Emma Gilmartin – 2005 NJA finalist
By Miriam on Sunday, November 20, 2005
When did you start singing and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when singing came to you as?a calling or vocation? I took part in quite a few amateur musical theatre productions whilst at high school. I started out in the chorus and ended up getting a few singing roles. I loved singing but …
Speaking with Alex Silver
By Miriam on Thursday, November 17, 2005
Thursday, 17 November 2005 With limited fanfare and barely a ripple, a new jazz award was announced last month: the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award – with a focus to 'assist in the professional development of an outstanding young female jazz musician'. The recipient of the award in its inaugural year was Alex Silver, a trombonist …
Q&A with Jo Lawry – 2005 NJA Finalist
By Miriam on Sunday, October 23, 2005
When did you start singing and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when singing came to you as a calling or vocation? As hackneyed as this sounds, I was one of those kids who started singing around the same time they started talking. I remember telling anyone who would listen that I wanted to …
Q&A with Edoardo Santoni – 2005 NJA Finalist
By Miriam on Monday, October 10, 2005
When did you start singing and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when singing came to you as a calling or vocation? I started singing in primary school and got the 'bug' for it when I was about 10 and I played Oliver in a school musical. During that show I had my first …
Q&A with Sophie Brous – 2005 NJA finalist
Step up, Ms Brous! Melbourne singer Sophie Brous answers our relentless questions with perfect grace and reveals an interesting taste in lyrics. When did you start singing and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when singing came to you as a calling or vocation? I tend to think that every person can sing from …
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Time//Space//Place
Time//Space//Place was an exhibition held in various locations around the city of York. It was to give up the idealised notion that 'art lives within art galleries'.
"Let us then tow to pieces whilst still chasing thee, through tied to thee, thou damned white walls" – 'Moby Dick', Herman Melville.
The aim was to bring the hunt and the chase to identify 'art' outside of the safety net of the white gallery walls. There was a hub in the city centre where people could collect information about where and how to access the art that was out in the city somewhere. We wanted to encourage members of the public who wouldn't usually step inside an art gallery, to join us in the quest to find the art in its many forms around the city.
Who says art only exists within a haven of legendary white walls?
[51 Goodramgate, York]
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Home > Films > T > The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno | 1974
The Towering Inferno location: the entrance lobby: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
John Guillermin
Steve McQueen,
Faye Dunaway,
William Holden,
Fred Astaire,
Richard Chamberlain,
Robert Vaughn,
Susan Blakely,
Jennifer Jones,
Robert Wagner,
How to list the leads in this disaster epic? Steve McQueen and Paul Newman vied for top billing (supposedly even insisting on the same number of lines of dialogue each) and the film's credits solve the problem with 'diagonal' billing: one name comes first if you read top-to-bottom, the other if you read left-to-right.
20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers had both planned high-rise conflagration movies, based on two separate books, The Tower and The Glass Inferno. Avoiding a head-to-head, they decided to pool their resources and the result was The Towering Inferno.
Set in San Francisco, the opening matte shot places the tower just about on the site where the Transamerica Pyramid now stands (five storeys of the doomed building were built on the lost at Fox's Malibu Ranch).
The Towering Inferno location: the entrance to the doomed tower: Bank of America World Headquarters, California Street, San Francisco
The grand San Francisco entrance to the tower was actually the plaza entrance to the old Bank of America World Headquarters, now mundanely known by its address as 555 California Street at Kearny Street in the city's Financial District. It was from the rooftop of the same building that psycho-killer Scorpio took potshots at SF citizens in Dirty Harry.
The lobby, though, with its glass elevators, is the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, a dizzying location seen also in Mel Brooks' High Anxiety and sci-fi adventure Time After Time.
This being, at least in part, a Twentieth Century Fox movie, the computer controlled building surveillance centre was filmed in the basement of a Century City office building in Los Angeles.
The Towering Inferno location: the mansion of cheapskate electrician Simmons: Vallejo Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco
The mansion of snivelly cheapskate electrician Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain) is 2898 Vallejo Street at Baker Street, in the classy Pacific Heights district. This wealthy neighbourhood always seems to be a bit dubious on screen – 2930 was home to writer Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) in Basic Instinct, while oily ambitious politician Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) lived at 2700 in Bullitt.
California | San Francisco
Visit: San Francisco
Flights: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128 (tel: 650.821.8211)
Travel around: BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Stay at: the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111 (tel: 415.788.1234)


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Q: Use pyplot.scatter() in Jupyter Notebook makes bug in the Jupyter notebook menu The image of the jupyter notebook menu error:

My code as follow:
[%matplotlib inline
import torch
from IPython import display
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import random

num_inputs = 2
num_examples = 1000
true_w = [2, -3.4]
true_b = 4.2
features = torch.from_numpy(np.random.normal(0, 1, (num_examples, num_inputs)))

labels = true_w[0] * features[:, 0] + true_w[1] * features[:, 1] + true_b
labels += torch.from_numpy(np.random.normal(0, 0.01, size=labels.size()))

def use_svg_display():
    display.set_matplotlib_formats('svg')

def set_figsize(figsize=(3.5, 2.5)):
    use_svg_display()
    plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = figsize

set_figsize()
plt.scatter(features[:, 1].numpy(), labels.numpy(), 1);

My environment is: Windows 10, Anaconda, Python3.6. When executing the last line, this problem occured. I have looked through the Internet but have no idea what't the problem.

A: After seeing your corrected code, it looks like this is an error with the svg rendering in your matplotlib version. See this github issue about the same problem. It looks like you'll want to update your matplotlib version to 3.1.1 or revert to 3.0.3 as suggested in the post, by doing
conda install matplotlib=3.0.3 in the terminal and restarting your notebook.

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With all the posts ongoing here regarding heat pumps etc I have decided to start a new post I have put together with information on reverse cycle air conditioning (heat pumps), where people can ask questions, chat about heat pumps, discuss experiences, installs, electricity usage & anything else heat pumps related.
"Not all Heat Pumps are designed to continue working where temperatures fall below freezing point"
Through compression, the refrigerant gas is heated and its boiling point increases. In the outdoor unit the obtained heat throught compression is released to the outdoor air by means of a fan which blows the outdoor air over a heat exchanging coil.
http://www.bdt.co.nz/comfortmaster/data/guides/WinterRunningCostsComparison.pdf - this is for Mitsubishi Electric but savings made on other manufacters however these will vary.
Here's some info about inverters, the same applies across all manufacturers however efficiency levels are different but the operation side of things is the same. There is an article at the bottom from Mitsubishi Electric where they have done a comparison test for a fan heater and heat pump. This is not unique to Mitsubishi Electric, similar costs will be seen across all heat pumps... its a very efficient technology. Different manufacturers will have different efficiencies. The best manufacturers are Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fujitsu, Sanyo, LG, any other manufactures are entry level and will not offer as good quality systems or efficiencies.
Inverter systems save energy by using a variable controlled Compressor. The output is controlled to only provide the energy required to keep the room to the set temperature. By reducing the output required less power is used and this substantially reduces power consumption. Inverter control not only saves you money but also keeps you more comfortable.
It works similar to a fan heater that switches off when the desired temperature is reached and on again when the temperature drops to a set level. It speeds up or slows down to calculate the heat loss from the space to be heated ensuring it is only putting in the same amount of heat that the space is losing.
Increased output to achieve set temperature faster.
Then varies the output to maintain a constant room temperature.
Slowly gets to temperature as output rating is fixed.
Then turns on and off to maintain room temperature.
Heat Pumps / Air Conditioners are manufactured with various indoor unit options. High Wall Type, Ceiling Cassette Type, Floor Mounted Type, Concealed Ducted Type, and Under Ceiling Type.
The most popular residential unit choice. These units tend to be the quietest as well as taking up no floor space.
The ceiling mounted units take up no floor space. These units have four way air direction and have adjustable air flow patterns. These units are more suited to larger floor areas & commercial properties.
Inverter Multi-Split system models are designed to allow several indoor units (regardless of capacity or type) to be connected to a single outdoor unit. This allows you to select the model best suited to each and every room in your property.
Don't locate units with obstructions in front.
Short cycling of air back to units room sensor making the unit think its wamer/cooler than it actually is.
Air is not circulated correctly leaving cold/hot areas in room.
Try to locate the indoor unit where the airflow is pointing to the other areas of the house that may require residual heating/cooling.
Avoid paved areas unless a drain kit is fitted. Result: Units condensate and drip water. May cause slime build up or ice. If no other place please advise customer.
Defrost will happen in all climates, however the lower the humidity the less frequent it will defrost as it takes longer for it to build up on the outdoor coil.
You will probably not even notice it defrosting, if you buy a decent brand system you will find that the defrost strategy is very good so that it doesn't take long to defrost.
When they defrost you will find that the system goes into reverse, taking heat from the inside circuit to the outdoor unit so it defrosts. This will last about 5 minutes depending on how much ice has built up but you have to look at the unit to notice it doing it as it doesn't start making things cold inside. The unit just doesn't heat during that time.
Some units in New Zealand or other countries that have very cold winters have units optimised for that country, i.e. defrost cycles instead of stopping and going into reverse will inject hot gas into the outdoor unit whilst the unit is heating so that it doesn't actually stop heating. Currently can only find info on Sanyo air to air heat pumps in this country that do this... not sure of a system that does this on a unit that will provide this on hot water but you can see the technology is there. As I say you don't need it in the UK climate our winters are not as harsh as some countries.
The best method for new builds is under floor heating, nice even temps throughout, however longer warm up times due to the lower water temperature but if left on during cold weather you will be fine.
I personally prefer fan coil units as these double up as cooling/ac for the summer and provide very fast warm up times.
Most air to water outdoor units can be used with fan coil units... you just use a fan coil instead of a water coil in the floor.
Mounting of unit... must be installed in the open, no enclosure, so no garages, lofts or corners the unit must be in the open air.
He installed it in the loft and it froze the loft in the cold weather and thawed and caused leaks into the house below, this happened twice and after this he decided to mount the unit outside and it performed better as it was effectively turning the loft into a giant fridge/freezer.
When the outside temperature drops below zero all heat pumps must perform a "defrost cycle" to remove ice build up on their outdoor coils.
Defrost strategy is determined by individual Heat Pump manufacturers. These strategies vary greatly between brands. Older style Heat Pumps initiated defrost by a fixed time or coil temperature. This system was not efficient as it often caused Heat Pumps to defrost too often or effected performance by not defrosting often enough. Defrost cycle is required when the outdoor coil is too cold or covered in ice preventing heat transfer and unit performance.
All Heat Pumps must defrost. heats pumps utilise a Fuzzy Logic software program, a form of Artificial Intelligence contained in the chip of the outdoor unit and typically lasts between 3 to 5 minutes.
The program optimises this data based on history to produce defrost initiation only when absolutely required.
This is important as Heat Pumps are unable to produce heat when they are in defrost mode. This is extremely important to real performance in low ambient conditions.
When a Heat Pump is defrosting it is not providing heat to the controlled space. It runs the compressor(inverter drive) at maximum speed during defrost to bring the outdoor coil up to temperature as quickly as possible. This melts any ice formed on the coil fins quickly and minimises defrost time. Minimising defrost time maximises heat output per hour real time.
Once the outdoor coil is up to temperature and the compressor cycle has completed there is generally water between the outside coil fins. If the outdoor unit were to immediately resume heating the outdoor coil would freeze and prevent heat exchange. To prevent this the outdoor fan is run at maximum speed prior to resumption of the heating cycle. This is often characterized by steam blowing from the outdoor unit. This ensures the coil is completely dry before the heating cycle resumes.
Time between defrost cycles is continually being reviewed and optimized by the Heat Pump microprocessor software. Algorithmic calculations based on previous history is used to calculate the next defrost period.
Fuzzy Logic or learning logic is a form of artificial intelligence. Defrost cycle termination is based on a combination of time and temperature. These parameters are used to calculate the next defrost period.
Outdoor humidity also effects heating performance. Areas that have a "dry cold" or low humidity such as "Mount Cook" will perform better at low ambient than say Taupo where ambient conditions can reach zero and "misty" moisture laden air conditions exists. The more moisture in the air the more moisture will freeze on the outdoor coil.
If a unit is selected that is too small the Heat Pump will run continuously and never reach set point. This continuous running will increase defrost requirements by reducing the outdoor coil running temperature and driving it into sub zero temperatures for excessive periods. The unit will defrost at the minimum intervals and may never catch up and achieve set point.
Location of the outdoor unit is essential for low ambient performance. Units located under houses, decking and in areas where airflow is impeded may create their own microclimate (i.e. giant fridge/freezer or in summer oven) and reduce the effective outdoor ambient temperature that the units operates in. Locating the outdoor unit too close to a wall and not observing clearances will also prevent the unit from delivering full output.
Choosing the right sized Heat Pump is key to ensuring optimum comfort levels. Every home is as individual as its owner. The key to selecting the right Heat Pump for heating your home is choosing the correct unit size. Choosing the wrong size can cost you more in power consumption.
Insulation and building orientation are key aspects in terms of potential heat loss a home is effected by. An older style home with poor insulation will lose indoor heat much quicker than a modern well insulated home that faces north.
The quicker a home loses its heat, the bigger the Heat Pump system will need to overcome this heat loss.
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I can't believe this thread has been going so long.
I'm the proud owner of a Mitsu 8.5KW heat pump which I love but its not without its problems.
We've recently been getting lots of U1 error codes. I thought there might just be air in the system but it seems connected to the hot water coming on and the hot water never gets up to temperature.
I called the technical helpline and they checked the heatpump and refrigerant levels and after doing a few tests they diagnosed there was an issue with one of the heating zone valves which would need completing replacing (not just the motor) this was because during the hot water cycle, one the heating valves would open and divert hot water away from the cylinder.
I can get a plumber in to replace the valve but it means draining down the system and refilling with glycol which is expensive so before I do that I want to check there's nothing else.
I say this because the heating controls have always been a bit strange. We have 2 zones one for upstairs and one for downstairs both with wireless stats. I had an engineer in last year to refill the glycol after a leak and he looked at the wiring and in consultation with Mitsubishi made some changes and said the controllers had been wired wrong originally but we still don't seem to have any control over when the heating is on upstairs or downstairs - it just does its own thing and nothing really correlates to the control panel. Whichever zone is meant to be on, normally the radiators are on both upstairs and down stairs. I know this also points to zone valves but its a bit strange that both zone valves would have failed.
Is there a way I can just check that the zone valves and thermostats are wired in correctly before getting anyone out?
Can you remove the motor from the valve and manually set the valve to the correct position and see if the water reaches the correct temperature?
I hope I am doing this right by simply posting a reply, if not I apologise to HelpJack by highjakking his thread.
Anyway we are building a conservatory which is about 70 cubic metres,and I'mplanning to heat and cool it with an ASHP.
Bearing in mind its for the conservatory only , and we are already a little over budget, i was hopiong someone could recommend a brand other than the premier heat pumps but without resorting to a nameless chinese import on fleabay. I was thinking maybe Panasonic or LG etc.
Any recommendations as to brand and output to help me through the ASHP minefied would be very much appreciated.
Moorlander - if I can get our hot water working again that is the next project for the conservatory.
You can get a big name invertor for around £500 may be a bit less depending on size. Some of them come with pre-gassed pipes so can be self installed.
I've noticed that the flow gets hot but the return doesn't get warm at all so either the pump has gone or there is an airlock.
The valve thing was a bit of a red herring.
I've got some air out of the system but with no luck so far.
It actually has 2 pumps. One on the flow and one on the return. I've bled the one on the flow but the one on the return doesn't have an easily accessible bleed valve. I don't want to mess too much.
Hi, could you give me some details for where I could get a decent inverter for £500, just some names to google would be fine. Especially pre-gassed.
I guess this is a last ditch attempt to try an get some help and some heating and hot water. Does anyone know anyone who could come and help us. We are now in a complete mess. We have no heating or hot water. I have called Mitsubishi and they told me I just needed a plumber. We have had 2 plumbers out and they generally say they can't see anything wrong but didn't want to touch it because of the specialist nature. I called Mitsubishi and asked them if they could send someone out and they flatly refused saying they wouldn't send someone out to people without a service contract. I then called the only specialist within 50 miles who has come and replaced 2 pumps at god knows what cost and said that was the only thing they could think of. The result is I have spent probably £700 and we still have no heating or hot water. I have called Mitsubishi again who again have refused to come out and said it is now down to the engineer who came out and replaced the pumps. So we are stuck. He doesn't know what's wrong and I just can't afford to replace every single part at contractor rates.
The heat pump outside is making strange noise now so it looks like the problem lies there rather than the plumbing.
Cant help with the heatpump situation and hopefully someone else will be along to help you with that.
How did you pay your plumber?
By the sound of it you have been charged for work that didn't fix the fault?
If you paid by credit card could you not try and get the money back because the work was unsatisfactory?
Are there any alarms showing in the heat pump info?
Have you checked the filters on the flows?
What is the strange noise you are hearing. Is the fan blocked?
As Manuel says in Fawlty Towers: " I Know Nothing"
I have paid yet I'm waiting for the invoice.
We get a U1 alarm which is high pressure at the Ecodan normally associated with poor flow. There is poor flow you can feel the flow get hot and the return stays cold and then the system shuts down.
The immersion is also not working so we can't even get hot water that way.
There is supposed to be a filter on the water input side of the system, from what I have read. Have you got the exact model details?
You need to get the flow setter replaced to be able to see what is actually happening.
It could be a problem with the zone valves, possibly a faulty thermistor. Had a similar problem with a gshp, where one zone was not heating.
You do need to get at the other pump, as it may have air in it if just replaced. Has the Ecodan got a function in the menu to manually check operation of all functions (pumps, valves etc)?
With the external unit being noisy, fan could be out of balance. Check the vanes are clean.
There are definitely no water filters.
There's a manual operation setting and in there it has Pump1, pump2, pump3, 3 way valve and mixing valve.
The mixing valve is flashing which I think indicates an error but I don't know which one is the mixing valve.
The system has 3 zone valves, one for each heating zone and one for the hot water.
Which one would the mixing valve be?
There is one of those magnetic filters by the water feed. I have checked that and cleaned it. To be honest it wasn't that gunked up.
Can you give me the exact model, so I can look at a manual online. I may be able to see where it is from the installation instructions.
I deal with IVT units, but there could be something similar.
A quick update. We have got to the bottom of the problem (hopefully). I managed to persuade Mitsubishi to send someone out who was brilliant and really know his stuff. He identified very quickly that it was a blocked heat exchanger. It will need a power flush and then refilling with glycol.
I'm surprised that it has got clogged so quickly as its a newish system (4 years) with a magnetic filter but at least we have an answer and a plan.
I haven't heard from the other company who changed the pumps. I guess their invoice will come through the post. I was thinking as a compromise could I just pay for the parts?
Did they give you wrong advice? Did you need those parts? Did you pay for something that you didn't actually need?
The other engineers came round said they didn't know but thought it might be the pumps. They said it was a guess but the only thing they thought it could be. They are accredited by Mitsubishi I did check with mitsubishi. Before he left he said that it was fixed but didn't have time to wait while the hot water heated up but 20 mins after he left the U1 error occurred again and the hot water hadn't even heated a degree.
The problem is he said he couldn't prove it but he thought it was the pumps and asked me should he go ahead. Of course I said yes. Probably stupidily but we needed heating and hot water and there seemed no other option.
Mitsubishi man said there was nothing wrong with the pumps.
First engineer told me to call the office and let them know as he was leaving which I did twice and they said they would discuss it and I haven't heard anything since.
Take their accreditation up with Mitsubishi.
If the Mitsubishi guy found the problem without too much difficulty then doesn't it follow that one of their own accredited contractors should have done the same?


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AHL Games: a Good Step to Developing Lifelong Hockey Fans
Going to AHL Games a Good Step to Developing Lifelong Hockey Fans
By Patrick Hoffman
Special Note: Remember me folks? I was a blogger for this terrific Cave from July 2017 to September 2018 before moving my work over to WTP Sports. Well, I'm back and better than ever and ready to provide my passion and knowledge for all things puck.
When it comes to watching sports live, there is noting better than hockey.
The games are fast, physical, have a ton of action, and provide an electric atmosphere as a whole. Even people who are not into hockey will tell you that there is nothing in sports that compares to being at a hockey game.
While a lot of hockey fans love going to NHL games, doing that sometimes does not work for everyone, especially those with kids. These days, going to NHL games is very expensive from tickets to transportation to food and to buying team merchandise.
If going to NHL games does not work for you and your family, try taking them to an American Hockey League (AHL) game. I know it's not the NHL, but there are several good reasons to go and start going on a consistent basis.
For starters, going to an AHL game with your kid (s) is a perfect way to get he or she into hockey. When you go to an AHL game, you are usually right on top of the action because of the size of the arenas AHL games are played in, there is not a bad seat in the house, and a lot of the times, it provides a good opportunity to get close to the players.
Like the NHL, AHL games are fast paced. With that said, it is at a good enough pace that allows kids or any new hockey fan to learn a lot about the game before going to see an NHL game.
I also realize that you can learn a lot by going to an NHL game. With that said, I feel that an AHL game is more kid friendly and has enough going on during the game to keep them interested, keep them asking questions about the sport, and more importantly, have them wanting to go to another game.
Secondly, purchasing tickets for an AHL game is extremely affordable. When I take my son to a Bridgeport Sound Tigers game, it usually costs me about $40 in total for two tickets.
Because the tickets are fan-friendly, one does not have to break the bank to take his or her family to a bunch of AHL games. Heck, a lot of AHL teams send ticket announcements and discounts in the mail to try and get people to come to their games.
Lastly, watching an AHL game is a good way for kids to learn about chasing their dreams. Every player in the AHL is looking to do everything they can to get into the NHL.
As such, these player work their tails off every night, fight hard every game, battle for pucks, and do everything they possibly can to get called up to where they have always wanted to go: the NHL. These guys are playing for their live and their dreams and in the AHL, those things come out every single shift.
The AHL may be the minor leagues, but when it comes to developing and nurturing new hockey fans, the AHL is big-time.
Patrick covers the NHL for The Ultimate Hockey Fan Cave.
He has previously covered the league for WTP Sports Sportsnet.ca, Kukla's Korner, Spector's Hockey, NHL Network Radio blog, TheHockeyNews.com, The Fourth Period, Stan Fischler's "The Fischler Report", as well as a slew of others.
For comments and hip checks, feel free to contact Patrick at patrickhoffman3530@gmail.com or on Twitter at @pathoffman35.
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Mortal Kombat X Review
saf786 April 30, 2015 Mortal Kombat X, PS4, ps4reviews
As Netherrealm's first real foray into next-gen territory let's find out if Mortal Kombat X has what it takes to appeal to the new and old fan's alike, or is this just an accidental kick to the shin in the place of a fatality?
Thanks to the revival of arcade fighters a small number of years back, we have seen great titles one after another by a number of big studios. One such studio is Netherrealm (previously WB Games Chicago and before that Midway Games) the team behind the ever-popular Mortal Kombat series.
So let's get a few obvious things out of the way, the game is going for a more 'realistic' art style, gone are the exaggerated proportions of the female cast and they also seem to have discovered something closer to the concept of clothes, although that last point can be subject to change with DLC.
Speaking of DLC, Netherrealm has decided to partially use the pay-to-win model by introducing 'Easy Fatality' coins, through them a fatality can be performed without memorizing the sequence of buttons usually required, but instead with two buttons. They also have DLC available to unlock the entire 'Krypt' without earning koins and unlocking items one by one. Though these are optional methods I feel that they are fair simply because they don't offer an advantage to players, thankfully you still can't buy skill or hours spent in training mode.
There are a total of 23 characters currently available, each with 3 'variation's' available to them, a variation is exactly what it sounds like and gives each character 3 unique forms, not in appearance, but in the special moves and combo's available to them. Each variations can compliment a certain play style, for example if you focus the entirety of your being to throwing the kitchen sink at your opponents from the other side of the screen then using a variation that grants you enhanced fireballs may be to your advantage.
The three different variations for Raiden.
The user interface has also been re-hauled opting for function over form and going for a minimalist design, fitting very well within the style of the game and adding to the cinematic feel without colourful distractions in the foreground or background.
One thing that impresses me about the offerings of this studio is the rich and cinematic storytelling and that seems to be a focus of the game. Even during single player fights, the characters greet each other and what they say depends on the opponent giving each of them depth and almost the sense of being individuals who have come across a confrontation rather than just two video game characters.
This rich attention to detail is apparent throughout the whole game, from the single player campaign all the way through to the gruesome X-ray's which give a glimpse of the internal damage being done to the characters on screen accompanied with sound design that often has you wincing in pain regardless of whether you are the one receiving or giving. For fighting game enthusiasts a whole host of information is given in the pause menu including very easy and clear access to the command list as well as frame data for each and every normal and special.
Raiden wants everyone to get over here it seems...
The events of the campaign are held (mostly) 25 years after the previous instalment, for those who are not familiar !SPOILER! Shao Kahn, one of the more prominent antagonist's of the series is ultimately defeated by Raiden (Thunder God, deep voice and glowing blue eyes can't miss him really) however, with his defeat comes the loss of many of the hero's who are then revived as Quan Chi's cronies, ala Darth Vader, and the rise of Shinnok a fallen elder god from the Netherrealm.
25 years later it seems four of the original cast now have some sort of descendant's, Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs, Kung Jin and Takeda Takahashi as they aspire to claim glory for their ancestors in Mortal Kombat. The campaign mode of Mortal Kombat X like it's predecessor consists of filling a character's shoes for 4 matches as the events of the story unfold, some of the older characters receive no love in this regard but it makes sense as I guess they're not technically alive, instead the focus is on the newcomers to the series.
The daughter of Sonya and Johnny Cage.
The backstory of each newcomer is explored as you progress, although it could be a little more interactive rather than the occasional quick time events that haunt the cutscenes from time to time. Not all characters are playable during the campaign mode as you may be given a certain character again with a different variation. This is probably done to encourage the use of the new characters as Shinnok is only unlocked after completion of the campaign.
Having played the previous instalment as well as Injustice, I feel that Mortal Kombat X is certainly a step in the right direction. The pacing is quicker than the others and fights have a good flow. There is a comprehensive training mode which encourages newcomers and veterans alike, combo's are easy to pull off without the need of split-second timing and chaining together large combo's is satisfying particularly when they're accompanied with a bone-crunching X ray.
The visuals are fantastic, during single player matches the dirt, grime, sweat and blood are almost eerily realistic and the player models get damaged as they battle with what looks like more variety than the previous Mortal Kombat. There is also a good selection of detailed stages to choose from each with it's own interactive elements adapted from Injustice:Gods Among Us and the mechanic fits right in. This time around they're not as cheap and can be blocked or evaded with a little skill, they also don't do as much damage but can be used to create some unique combos.
There's also a stamina meter, which is depleted when back dashing and interestingly, sprinting. Sprinting is a very unique mechanic which I feel adds to the gameplay greatly, allowing players to sprint across the screen instead of forward dashing multiple times, this keeps the action tight though I have not seen much use of it yet, I feel that it will catch on and can be used to keep an opponent relying on ranged attacks at bay. Many of the modes from the previous Mortal Kombat make a return such as towers, test your luck and test your might. There are also 'Living towers' which are special towers, which change after a certain amount of time. These have a small twist such as test your luck matches may show up or test your sight. They can also allow you to use DLC characters without purchase giving you the option of trying before you buy.
Also included are a range of online modes pulled from Injustice, such as king of the hill and survivor. Connection quality is usually good and matchmaking is fast both ranked and unranked games.
A new mode included in the game is Faction mode, it is an integral part of the game and in fact the first screen you see will be asking you to choose your faction out of 5 possible choices. You are then given the chance to participate in faction battles to contribute points towards your faction. Although currently it seems the Lin Kuei is the go to choice making any other choice un-rewarding.
Who's side are you on?
NetherRealm have vastly improved what Midway games had started with the Mortal Kombat series. As with their previous fighting games, it seems that they are taking what works, improving what doesn't and giving the fans what they want while staying true to their vision.
Mortal Kombat X is truly a next-gen game, the graphics are mind blowing with perspiration and dirt building up on the characters skin's as you fight. The same holds true for the visual effects and environments. The sounds of bones crunching and muscles ripping often make you grit your teeth, as the great soundtrack sets a good mood.
The story mode is short and sweet, with a shocking amount of depth and thought, each character is successfully introduced and characters fighting abilities are also well balanced, although I will be setting up a petition to get scorpion banned from the game for ridiculous levels of cheap.
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Sidebar: What Happens When Someone is Deemed 'Incompetent' but is Willing to Consent to Taking Neuroleptic Drugs?
The Rogers Order is actually not just about forcing someone who is refusing neuroleptic (commonly referred to as antipsychotic) drugs to take them. At its foundation, the Rogers ruling is about whether or not someone is capable of making an informed decision (regardless of whether in alignment with doctors advice or not). It's a statement of competence more than anything else, and thus even someone who is willing to follow doctor's orders where neuroleptics are concerned should technically only do so under a Rogers Order if they are deemed unable to make independent decisions for themselves.
Specifically, the Rogers ruling says:
"[H]owever, because incompetent persons cannot meaningfully consent to medical treatment, a substituted judgment by a judge should be undertaken for the incompetent patient even if the patient accepts the medical treatment" .
Whether or not this level of enforcement is desirable is another story, as it's generally much harder to get off a Rogers Order than to avoid one altogether.


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If You Ask, Americans Are Open to Better Ways to Vote
Polling shows voters can get behind electoral system reform.
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Author: Anna Fahey
(@afahey) on May 7, 2018 at 6:30 am
People know it when democracy isn't working well. We hear a lot about gerrymandering, Citizens United, and bitter partisanship, as culprits. And we know what democracy should look like: Voters want a voice, they want to be listened to by their representatives, they want their votes to matter.
It's encouraging that polling found majority support for three system reforms that some probably never heard of: ranked choice voting, multimember districts, and citizen redistricting commissions.
But when it comes to solutions, people don't tend to think about improving voting systems.
So, it's encouraging that polling by the University of Maryland's Program for Public Consultation found majority support for three system reforms that some probably never heard of: ranked choice voting, multimember districts, and citizen redistricting commissions. (These three reforms comprise new legislation called The Fair Representation Act.)
There's a "readiness and an openness," to voting system reforms, Steven Kull, the program's director said at a DC briefing hosted by FairVote. "Generally people believe that the public is less polarized than Congress," he added. "There is an overwhelming view that voters should have more influence in Congress."
The Program for Public Consultation employs a testing method called a "policymaking simulation." Respondents are asked what policy recommendation they'd make to to their congressmember after being briefed on each proposal and given strongly-worded arguments for and against. They're also asked to rate whether each is acceptable, tolerable or unacceptable.
Overall, as Kull summarized, "arguments in favor of each do quite well, arguments against don't do as well." Each idea garnered majority support. Generally, Democrats are on board. Republicans have reservations, but they are not dead set against these ideas. In fact, all three proposals were seen as at least tolerable by more than two-thirds of respondents, including super-majorities of Republicans and Democrats.
When it came to respondents' final policy recommendations, 66 percent of respondents—including 53 percent of Republicans, 80 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of independents—favored having congressional districts drawn by a nonpartisan commission of citizens. Only 19 percent found the idea unacceptable, including 29 percent of Republicans and 10 percent of Democrats.
Ranked choice voting, or "instant runoff" voting, was favored by 55 percent overall, including 64 percent of Democrats and 55 percent of independents. While just 46 percent of Republicans recommended the idea (and 52 percent were opposed), all-out resistance to the idea is considered low for this kind of testing. Just 29 percent said the idea would be unacceptable, including 37 percent of Republicans and 21 percent of Democrats. Notably, in "very red" Congressional districts, support was 56 percent and in "very blue" it was 55 percent.
Multi-member districts were favored by 55 percent, including 66 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of independents. Among Republicans, 44 percent favored the idea with 53 percent opposed. But here too opposition is not intense; only 27 percent said it would be unacceptable, including 34 percent of Republicans and 20 percent of Democrats. "Very red" districts were split, 49 percent in favor and 47 percent against. In "very blue" districts, support reached 58 percent.
The point here wasn't testing messages. But it's worth noting that, by a 20 point margin or bigger overall, and across the political spectrum, voters found favorable arguments more convincing than opposition arguments. Even the pernicious negatives like "it's too complicated" and "it's not worth all the trouble" did poorly. Messages about empowering voters win out.
For example, the two messages presented in favor of ranked choice voting—focused on making sure winners truly have the support of a majority of voters, giving third party candidates a chance, and avoiding the spoiler effect—were convincing to 73 and 75 percent overall, respectively. They were also convincing to 67 and 71 percent of Republican voters, and 73 and 70 percent of independent voters. (You can find the exact wording here).
When it comes to talking about multi-member districts, there seems to be appeal—also in the mid-70 percent range and holding strong across party lines—to the idea that elected representatives would more accurately mirror the partisan balance in their state, making them more accountable to voters, and making sure voters in the minority aren't left out entirely. As Jamie Raskin, a co-sponsor of the Fair Representation Act and representative from Maryland put it at the polling briefing,"Forty percent of the votes in your state should mean 40 percent of the seats in Congress or your state legislature, not 40 percent of the votes means zero percent of the seats."
The survey was conducted online from September 7- October 3, 2017 with a national probability-based sample of 2,482 registered voters. The margin of error is +/- 2.0 percent.
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One way to improve the voting system for Sound Transit boardmembers would be to provide us with direct voting rights. After all, that's what the Federal Constitution demands. The indirect voting rights provided don't give residents nearly enough control over the legislators comprising that policy-making body:
https://www.scribd.com/document/376834294/Sound-Transit-Claims-Outline
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