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merrybrides · 4 years ago

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Figuring out how much booze you need for an open bar wedding is so confusing, there’s actually wedding alcohol calculator apps and diagrams and spreadsheets that have been created to try and help you out. Unfortunately we find most of them a bit more confusing than they have to be, so we’re going to try and break it down for us as easily as possible without making a powerpoint for you!

OK. So here’s the most BASIC wedding alcohol calculator information you need to know, based on the number of guests you’re having. But first, below is a cheat sheet in case you really, really don’t feel like reading how to figure it out!

Open Bar for 100 GUESTS:

70 bottles of wine

175 bottles of beer

15 bottles of liquor (750 ml)

20 bottles of champagne for toast (optional)

150 GUESTS:

105 bottles of wine

266 bottles of beer

22 bottles of liquor (750 ml)

30 bottles of champagne for toast (optional)

200 GUESTS:

140 bottles of wine

350 bottles of beer

30 bottles of liquor (750 ml)

40 bottles of champagne for toast (optional)

How did we come up with that? The math breaks down like this:

1. Figure Out How Long Your Wedding Reception/Cocktail Hour Will Be

Assume guests will have 2 drinks in the first hour of the open bar, and 1 additional drink each following hour. The total length of a wedding reception will vary but assume for general purposes it will be 5 hours (1 hour for your cocktail hour, and 4 hours for dinner/dancing).

So for a 5 hour cocktail hour/reception, that’s 6 drinks total per guest, which is what a lot of websites will recommend. Overall, we always like to err on the side of caution when it comes to an open bar and not running out, so we actually recommend adding one drink to that calculation, bringing it to 7 drinks per guest for a 5-hour event.

It’s not that people will consume 7 drinks/person, and of course not everybody will drink 2 or even 1, BUT you have to take into account how many times servers might pick up a half-full drink, or somebody misplaces theirs while dancing. It happens, and if you’re DIY’ing your own wedding bar with no extra inventory (like most wedding caterers have on hand), why take the chance? Extra bottles of wine that go unused after the wedding can make for great hostess or holiday gifts, and you won’t be freaking out thinking that you didn’t order enough alcohol.

2. Calculate How Many Drinks Come in a Bottle You’re Serving

5 glasses of wine in a 750 ml wine bottle (including champagne)

12 drinks in a 750 ml spirit bottle

And of course a bottle of beer is one serving.

I found this to be one of the most helpful, clear guides online to how many servings a bottle of alcohol in various sizes can pour.

3: Decide What You Want Your Alcohol Mix to Be

Note: For purposes of this article, we’re going to assume you’re having a full open bar (if you’re not, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered, below).

While sites like Total Wine encourage you to use a ratio of 50% wine drinkers, 30% beer, and 20% spirit drinkers, we think it’s safer to say 50% of guests want wine, 25% beer, and 25% want the hard stuff, though keep in mind you know your crowd better than anybody. For instance, at my wedding we had a lot of wine and spirit drinkers, so I would have made it 60% wine, 30% alcohol, 10% beer.

So using ALL those calculations, here’s how you would figure out just how much you need in total, assuming the percentages and everything else above for a 100 person wedding:

For 100 guests:

Wine:

(50% of guests)=50

(Number of Drinks Needed According to Total Hours) = 7

=350

/ (divided by)

(Number of glasses per bottle of wine) = 5

=70 bottles of wine needed

Beer:

(25% of guests) = 25

(Number of Drinks Needed According to Total Hours) = 7

=175 bottles of beer needed

Spirits:

(25% of guests) = 25

(Number of Drinks Needed According to Total Hours) = 7

=175

(Number of servings per 750ml bottle of liquor)= 12

=14.5 (round up to 15) bottles of liquor needed

OPTIONAL….

Champagne Toast:

(100% of guests) = 100

(Number of glasses per bottle of champagne) = 5

=20 bottles of champagne needed

TOTAL:

So to recap, for 100 guests you would need:

70 bottles of wine

175 bottles of beer

15 bottles of liquor (750 ml)

20 bottles of champagne for toast (optional)

Only Having Beer and Wine?

Of course if you’re only having beer and wine, the percentages you’ll need for each would just go up accordingly. So you would most likely assume a 60% wine and 40% beer mix, making your numbers look like:

84 bottles of wine

280 bottles of beer

While the wedding alcohol calculator numbers above are rough estimates, I again encourage you to take into consideration your crowd. Are they big drinkers? Pad each of those numbers by a few bottles. Do a handful of guests you know of DEFINITELY not drink? Take it down a notch or two. Also talk to your alcohol/wine store you are purchasing from and get their opinion. This wedding alcohol calculator is by no means set in stone, these numbers are just meant to provide a guide for you so you know where to start.

Ready to buy? If you’re using the wedding alcohol calculator formula we’ve come up with, above, the shopping list for it is below.

4: Compile Your Shopping List

Spirits

OK. So here’s where I think the hardest part comes in for all wedding alcohol calculators. How much to get of each spirit? For a basic full bar you’ll want to have vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey. From there consider adding a bottle or two of bourbon, scotch, brandy, and any other specialty spirits you love.

Here’s a well-rounded list you can go off of when deciding the vodka to whisky amount you’ll need, assuming you buy 15 bottles of liquor for 100 people. And again, if you have a specialty liquor you like consider adding that to this list as well.

6 vodka

4 whisky

2 gin

2 tequila

1 rum

Wine

For wine you’ll want to do a mix of each, leaning towards more red wine if you’re throwing an evening wedding. Wine Folly has an easy-to-understand ratio of what types of wine to get for a wedding or other party, below:

Fall, Winter and Spring weddings: People tend to drink more red wine at indoor weddings in the fall, spring and winter. As a rule, have a mix of about 50% of red wine for this type of wedding.

Summer and Outdoor weddings: Outdoor weddings on hot days will have people drinking more white wine. Consider a mix of 30% each of all 3 styles of wine. On the other hand, you might also think about serving rosé, especially if you’re serving fish or seafood.

So if you’re buying 70 bottles of wine, your shopping list for an evening wedding inside might look like:

35 red

23 white

12 sparkling (not including extra bottles if you’re having a toast)

Beer

A mix of 3 types of beer is perfect. In that case, I would do one pilsner, one lager, and one IPA (and try to make at least one of those mainstream enough for your Uncle Joe to enjoy, like a Miller Lite).

Mixers

You’ll want to have a variety of mixers available (and of course if you’re making specialty cocktails you’ll want to be sure to get everything you need that’s specific to those), as well as garnishes. One thing to note is that if you are hiring a bartender service (most venues require you have a licensed bartender) it’s often easier to let them supply the basic mixers and garnishes along with things like glassware and napkins.

In terms of mixers, plan on having the following for 100 guests:

10 Liters Club Soda or Seltzer

6 Liters Ginger Ale

8 Liters Cola

8 Liters Diet Cola

8 Liters Lemon-Lime Soda

6 Liters Tonic

3 Quarts each of any juice you want (plan on at least having orange, cranberry, and grapefruit)

2 bottles each of sour mix, grenadine, simple syrup, and bitters.

1 bottle each of dry and sweet vermouth

Garnishes

1/2 lemon/lime per guest (pre-sliced)

2 olives and cherries per guest

Phew. OK this article is WAY longer than we expected, and I’m sure there’s so much more we can include for future articles as well. In the meantime, are you having an open, DIY wedding bar? If so tell us how much you’re getting for it, below, and what wedding alcohol calculator you used and loved.

#wedding alcohol #wedding bar #wedding reception #alcohol

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heizerux · 4 years ago

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IN NEW YORK YOU CAN BE A NEW— Hero :3

My ML NY Special review/thoughts

First things first, I love this whole intro sequence they had going for the special. Really takes me in for the ride that they’re going International. Anywhoosies, the following are majority of my thoughts as I chronologically had them as I watched the special.

Starting off: SPACE POWERS SPACE POWER SPACE POWERS :o

I know they’re just friends, but im just saying Chat, not everyone goes out of their way to research rose colors to give to their “friends” ;3

CONGRATS ON THE BABY MS. BUSTIER!!!!!!!! May we meet your baby in ANY of the next two seasons. :3

Sock Washington Adrien and Marinette’s growth :’3 I love the analogies for her good FRIEND she uses.

Nathalie in bed rest from the peacock miraculous low key makes me wonder if Emílie started there first before. . . Well, ending up out.

I LOVE that this is an ACTUAL post S3 film. Most special films are made with that “description” to be inserted in any season, but they always feel off with continuity in the main series. Here we carry on that that although Adrigami and Lukanette are in the steps of “building” towards something from S3. . . We see that Adrienette/Ladynoir is just . . . Not going away anytime soon :3

The Ladybug kitty beeper 🥺 I want one. Gimme

Plagg: See any supervillains around??

(Idk. Try below the house 😬)

I love to see Kagami. I see she’s supportive of Adrien and his feelings with toughness lol.

Not gonna lie I low key actually think it’s sweet that Luka is so supportive of Marinette in general? He’s such a secure and good guy. I really could never (I actually forgot about the salt and comments about how he’s bland while watching him in this minute he had lol) He wasn’t bad. He was just here.

Marinette lights up Adrien’s thoughts/problems and he doesn’t even know it lol Boy can go from “Oh no, Ladybug is gonna be so pissed” to “OMG Marinette is here :D”

In regards to Alya: I didn’t know NYC was a “romantic” city. I just thought it was “flashy” lol

The SUNSETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT VIEWEWWWW and the HUGHGGGGGGGGKVDXHHXHXEEEEEEEERRDUURUTXITCTICTCITUTXOCOHVURSUZIFDIEURJJUSDIFIAWEKVMMVVFJHSHTYETIFJCHgshjfjdufii—

Nino FINALLY said it 👁👄👁 “Adrien is a baby chick coming out of his shell”. He straight up called out his own bro on his absentness. . . #wokenino

Ok, Majestia’s badass. I like her in this a lot and she’s a MOTHERRERFVHDYSYHFJYSIRKG GC DFUKGJG—

Sorry. Better luck next year, Domacles 🥺

“IN NEW YORK YOU CAN BE A NEW MAN!!!”

Alya’s pointing XD . . . Annnnd Adrien missing the sign U_U

“The croissants are en route” BITCH I—

But Adrien, dear, PLEASE catch a hint :’3

No, Chloe! Don’t throw the mini Lafayette D:

I LOVE the new girls, Jess and Aeon so much

💕Sabrina x American Boy💕 that’s all. This matters to me

Kim found a buff friend to do buff things with🥺

We need a Hot Dog Dave in our real lives. A hero that brings free food. Hmmmm

Flying Adrienette . . . Dancing, together 🥺 UGH THEYRE SO IN LOVEEEEEEEE

Marinette AND Adrien’s Worst Continous ENEMY: Automatic Doors still

I’m trying SO HARD not to make anymore Hamilton references in this special 👁👄👁

American villains have the “common sense” Hawkmoth lacks. Technopirate:“Why do you want jewels? Don’t you want a bomb? No? Umm, okay?”

Chat Noir blowing his cover because Marichat!!!!!! Not gonna lie I found myself yelling a lot in excitement

. . . And THEN I found myself crying because seeing Ladybug being ACTUALLY LEVEL 9,000 mad at Chat Noir made my heart hurt. Ladybug chill 🥺

Lafayette was an American miraculous holder!!! 👁👄👁

These entire scenes. . . I don’t EVER wanna see them like hurt this again.

Oh yeah, Hawkmoth does stuff. The girls work to seek LB and CN as all adult heroes are going mad.

And the reunion 💕💕💕💕💕🥺🥺🥺💕💕

I just really love to see that even though they’re both “moved on” from their “love”, they keep coming back to and caring for each other. . . Those fist bumps are now equal to passionate Ladynoir kisses to me 🥺

LOOK AT THE AMERICAN HOLDER!!!!!!! I didn’t see this coming at alll and I’m fucking PLEASED with what we got. A Native American girl being a holder. *chefs kiss* I’m so freaking happy guys.

(Rip Paris but NY has bigger problems lol)

Omg Justicia and Knight Owl are together💕 I’m pretty sure that’s canon if you catch my drift 👀

Kind of an afterthought but I was a bit surprised to see the space powers shown kind of secondhand in this. I still hope to se them more in action within the show. Chat’s space costume looks gorgeous mimicking a night sky.

This special brought loves square fluff, hurt, super gays, more people of color, good insight on what the US is doing with their heroes, and a posible birth of more American holders? This isn’t even past the tip of the iceberg but this episode brought good stuff!!!!

10/10!!!!

#miraculous new york #ml New York #ml new york spoilers #ml new york special #ml spoilers #ml ny #ml ny special #miraculous ladybug new york special #ml #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug and chat noir #ml thoughts

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kazuko-stuff · 4 years ago

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Picking pumpkins for autumn

Victor x Mc fluff

Summary- You and Victor decided to spend time with your kids at a pumpkin patch

It was a peaceful day at home. Your kids have a day off, Victor isn’t busy today for work and surprisingly you are off as well. “ Victor what should we do today, we don’t have work and the kids don’t have school today” you asked during breakfast. “ I don’t really know, we should ask the kids.

As the kids got down for breakfast, you asked them what would you want to do today. Your oldest son, Andre , mention that his friend and his family went to a pumpkin patch that had farm animals to pet and a playground for kids. You asked your daughter, Evangeline ( Eva) and your youngest son, Hugo, if they want to go there today. The little ones nodded with agreement as they heard the pet farm and pumpkins. You and Victor decided to go since Victor knew that since LFG invested and knew the owner.

After breakfast, you guys get ready and head to the car to go the pumpkin patch. As you guys got there, Eva grab your hand as you were holding your two year old in your arms, to the playground. Victor and your oldest son, went to greet the owner at the office. As Eva is playing in the playground with a few other kids in her age, you sit on a haystack while your Hugo is taking a nap, watching her having fun. Andre came to see you as Victor and an older gentleman talking to each other. I stand up as Hugo woke up from his nap and Eva came up to see Victor and gave him a hug. “ Mr. Webb, this my wife, MC, and my two other children, Eva and Hugo.” You and Mr. Webb shakes hands. “ Ah, you must be the producer, Victor was talking about a lot and your son seems to be not interested that mushy stuff. If you need to shoot here, call anytime” Mr. Webb then turns to see Eva who held out her tiny hand. “ My name is Eva. I’m seven years old.” Eva introduced herself. “Hi Eva, do you like farm animals ?” She bobble head yes with an eager smile. “ I want to see the sheep and chickens”. She said happily. H ml and later turned to your four year old who rubbed his eyes with his tiny fist. “ Hello, little one. You must be Hugo.” Your little one nodded his head and smile. Mr. Webb told me and Victor that he put a playground and a pet farm in the honor of his late wife who loved children. After we talked to Mr. Webb, he let us go to do our thing and headed back to his work.

Eva and Hugo wanted to see the animals, you and Victor decided to go to the pet farm despite Andre wanted to go to the corn maze since he needs to be twelve to go alone or parents permission if below. As you got there, Eva started petting the sheep while holding her Victor’s hand and Hugo chasing the chickens while you were still holding him from getting too carried away as Andre is with you, since he knows how his little brother is a handful compare to his little sister. While he was watching his siblings playing he sees his friend, Amber, who is the same age as him. You see him wanted to go say hi, you let him, knowing he may have a little crush on her. You went to Victor with Hugo, “ I let Andre be with his friend and let him hang out with Amber.” You inform Victor on where Andre is going.

You two decided to go get pumpkins with your two other children as your oldest is already maturing, causing your motherly instincts to complain that he is growing to fast. Causing Victor to jab you about him being the future heir and how he should spend his youth well before reaching adult hood. “ He is the next ceo after me, so it requires him to mature more”. he concluded. “ What if Eva is going to bring home her future boyfriend” you asked him as you were helping Hugo with getting a tiny pumpkin for him. “I will make it difficult for the boy if she brings him to the household. No guy will be good enough for her” he stated in a serious manner. I guess the only thing that will concern Victor for the rest of his life is Eva growing up. He will be intimidating to the guy that she likes. After all Eva is your little princess and he often is softer and spoils her more than your two sons.

After getting your pumpkins, you see Andre and his friend Amber talking to each other. You called out to son and went to greet the two kids. “Hi, Mrs. Li, it’s great to see you.” Amber greeted. “It nice to see you too, what did you two do today ?” You asked. “We both went to the corn maze and had a contest who can get the most points in games that had prizes, but it ended in a tie.” Andre answered. “Well what matters is that you two had fun together”. You tell the two kids. As you and Victor decided to go home, Andre waved later to Amber and went to the car. “ Big brother, is Amber your girlfriend” Eva asked her brother innocently, causing her brother to turn red. “Why do you asked” he asked, wondering why would his sister is interested in his relationship. “ You gaved her that red ribbon when you met her?” She asked mischievously. “I thought she look cute on her” he answered. Hearing there talk, you and Victor laugh knowing he has feelings for Amber. Until Eva suddenly said, “ Now I am wondering what is it like to have a boyfriend” she asked and wondered innocently. “ If your going to bring a boy in the house in the future, he will need to face me” Victor said seriously. Eva being too young to understand she just nod her head. “Okay” she said playing with Hugo with her stuff panda. “Alright, let’s just rest, we had a busy day today, Mr. CEO” you teased him, causing Victor to murmured a sweet “ dummy” again but you got used to it and loved it secretly.

#love and producer #mr love queen's choice #mr love dream date #mlqc #mr love #mlqc mc #mlqc fanfic #mr love victor #li zeyan #mlqc scenarios

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a-marlene-s · 5 years ago

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Rules Regarding Asks, Prompts, Ideas, and Commissions.

Due to the massive influx of asks, (I did ask to asks) and people.... not reading some of my warnings or not read certain posts. I have to set some ground rules. A lot of ground rules. Due to the actions of a few, it resulted with limiting a lot of things.

Someone recently got in contact my on my FFN account about a crossover of fandoms that I do not see happening together. If they see it, good for them. Not my cup of tea. So... I asked them about the idea, whether they needed help on the idea. You know... going back and forth, just helping them hash out an idea.

I asked them. If this was something they wanted to make themselves or.... Well, their response to that question and the actions others made me create post.

Below you will see my rules when it comes to asks, prompts, ideas, and commissions.

Warning: I am a very blunt person and pushed over my edge. Some things will be talked about that might make you feel uncomfortable as at the bottom of the post, is the list of things I WILL NOT WRITE ABOUT!!!!!

DO NOT GUILT ME INTO WRITING THINGS!

DO NOT ASK ME TO ADOPT A STORY IDEA OUT FROM NO WHERE!

DO NOT ASSUME I AM OKAY WITH CERTAIN THEMES!

DO NOT ASSUME I AM OKAY TO TAKE ON ALL THE WORK IF YOU WANT TO DO A COLLAB WITH ME!

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, IF YOU WANT TO YELL, SCREAM OR HATE ME, DON’T DO IT AS AN ANON! TALK TO ME VIA MESSAGE.

This is a list of stuff I have watched or read: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189306032296/this-is-a-long-list-of-stuff-i-have-watched-or

Under no circumstances you are to ask me that I should watch or read something just to write something. I will only do that if it involves a commission. It will take too much time and by the time I watched the stuff, it’s gone. My mood to write that is gone along with the commission. And I will not be pushed to watching something, even more if you ask me repeatedly to watch something I showed no clear interest in doing so.

This is a list of my favorite ships: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189641533246/favorite-ships

Not everyone shares the same favorite Ships, that is completely understandable. But also understand, if I do not like a ship and if it makes me uncomfortable, I will not write for it. Chemistry, background, and the general history of the characters plays a huge part in it.

For example:

Lila x Marinette. Bully x Victim. How in the world would this happen? I don’t see it. I will never see it. Do not force me to see it.

Crossovers:

As many would know, I enjoy crossovers. I love them.

For outrageous crossovers with little to no explanations on how person A got to person B’s dimension. Something like this, I will only do it as an one-shot. Something I do not have to put a lot of thought into it, one-shot.

There are Plenty of crossovers Fandom’s that have already established connections with one another. (Maribat for example.) If the fandom is established, sure, lead me to it but I make no promises.

For long chapter crossover fics....

I SPENT MONTHS CREATING LORE, BACKGROUND, AND SO MUCH MORE ON TWO OF MY CROSSOVERS!

Alchemy Series: Magic vs Science, Tiny Steps, Little Brother’s Turn.

Harry Potter x Fullmetal Alchemist

I spent months creating a background to fit both fandom in after creating a shit and giggles one-shot after a thought of “What if Edward called out Dumbledore in front of the entire School”.

I found a way to extend that one-shot into a full out story. A nine part story.

Casper High Magic

Harry Potter x Danny Phantom

How I connected them? Ghosts.

GHOSTS AND USING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH THE ANIMATED SHOW!

Casper High is regular school that has secret classrooms where they teach magic to the magically inclined students.

I spent weeks creating lore for this crossover.

If I see an ask about a crossover that has very different worlds, I will only do it as a one-shot... unless it has veeeery different worlds that has me wondering about the state of my sanity.

Salt

I love salt. As many of you know. Let me enjoy my salt.

La Red is Salt.

Iron Fist, Velvet Glove is salt.

Cheshire’s Smile will have salt.

So much salt in other fics.

DO NOT ACT SURPRISE IF I SALT A CHARACTER!

Sugar.

I do not do well with Sugar.

If I write sugar, it will be done with the characters I see that could be done with sugar.

Lila, Alya and at times Adrien, will not get sugar.

Adrien is on and off, depending on my mood and what kind of story I am writing. Normally, like in Iron Fist, Velvet Glove, I will make you cry for him.

Sugar is a new concept for me and I refuse to make a bully filled with sugar, spice and everything nice.

More will be added to this list as time goes by...

Themes: (More will be added later on.)

R@pe. (Even mention of it.)

Incest.

Hardcore NSFW.

Pedophilia.

Certain Kinks.

Homophobia.

Self-H@rm.

Racism.

Gore. Out right gore.

Harems.

Poly-ships.

Bara.

Age Up. (Making a minor become an adult to pair them with an adult or vice versa.)

NOTPS: (You guys might love and write them, but they are not exactly my cup of tea to write for.)

Miraculous Ladybug:

Chlonette

Lilanette

Kagaminette

Alyanette

Lila x with anyone really. (Unless intense salt in included. Even then, it’s severely limited.)

Naruto:

NaruSasu

NaruSaku

KakaSaku

Harry Potter

Draco x Harry

Severus x Harry

More will be added to the list depending on if they are asked of me to write. But this should at least cover it for ML and possible crossovers. Have any questions, send it in.

#Rules #Read the Rules #Rule List

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howlongisthedata · 5 years ago

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Deploy ML Models On AWS Lambda - Code Along

Introduction

The site Analytics Vidhya put out an article titled Deploy Machine Learning Models on AWS Lambda on Medium on August 23, 2019.

I thought this was a great read, and thought I might do a code along and share some of my thoughts and takeaways!

[ Photo by Patrick Brinksma on Unsplash ]

You should be able to follow along with my article and their article at the same time (I would read both) and my article should help you through their article. Their sections numbers don’t make sense (they use 2.3 twice) so I choose to use my own section numbers (hopefully you don’t get too confused there).

Let’s get going!

Preface - Things I Learned The Hard Way

You need to use Linux!

This is a big one. I went through all the instructions using a Windows OS thinking it would all work the same, but numpy on Windows is not the same as numpy on Linux, and AWS Lambda is using Linux.

After Windows didn’t work I switched to an Ubuntu VirtualBox VM only to watch my model call fail again! (Note that the issue was actually with how I was submitting my data via cURL, and not Ubuntu, but more on that to come). At the time I was able to deploy a simple function using my Ubuntu VM, but it seemed that numpy was still doing something weird. I thought maybe the issue was that I needed to use AWS Linux (which is actually different from regular Ubuntu).

To use AWS Linux, you have a few options (from my research):

Deploy an EC2 instance and do everything from the EC2 instance

Get an AWS Linux docker image

Use Amazon Linux WorkSpace

I went with option #3. You could try the other options and let me know how it goes. Here is an article on starting an Amazon Linux WorkSpace:

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-linux-workspaces/

It takes a while for the workspace to become available, but if you’re willing to wait, I think it’s a nice way to get started. It’s also a nice option if you’re running Windows or Mac and you don’t have a LOT of local memory (more on that in a minute).

Funny thing is that full circle, I don’t think I needed to use Amazon Linux. I think the problem was with how I was submitting my cURL data. So in the end you could probably use any flavor of Linux, but when I finally got it working I was using Amazon WorkSpace, so everything is centered around Amazon Linux WorkSpace (all the steps should be roughly the same for Ubuntu, just replace yum with apt or apt-get and there are a few other changes that should be clear).

Another nice thing about running all of this from Amazon WorkSpace is that it also highlights another service from AWS. And again, it’s also a nice option if you’re running Windows or Mac and you don’t have a LOT of local memory to run a VM. VMs basically live in RAM, so if your machine doesn’t have a nice amount of RAM, your VM experience is going to be ssslllooowwwww. My laptop has ~24GB of RAM, so my VM experience is very smooth.

Watch our for typos!

I reiterate this over and over throughout the article, and I tried to highlight some of the major ones that could leave you pulling your hair out.

Use CloudWatch for debugging!

If you’re at the finish line and everything is working but the final model call, you can view the logs of your model calls under CloudWatch. You can add print statements to your main.py script and this should help you find bugs. I had to do this A LOT and test almost every part of my code to find the final issue (which was a doozy).

Okay, let’s go!

#1 - Build a Model with Libraries SHAP and LightGBM.

The article starts off by building and saving a model. To do this, they grab a open dataset from the package SHAP and use LightGBM to build their model.

Funny enough, SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) is a unified approach to explain the output of any machine learning model. It happens to also have datasets that you can play with. SHAP has a lot of dependencies, so it might be easier to just grab any play dataset rather than installing SHAP if you’ve never installed SHAP before. On the other hand, it’s a great package to be aware of, so in that sense it’s also worth installing (although it’s kind of overkill for our needs here).

Here is the full code to build and save a model to disk using their sample code:

import shap import lightgbm as lgbm

data,labels = shap.datasets.adult()

params = {'objective':'binary', 'booster_type':'gbdt', 'max_depth':6, 'learning_rate':0.05, 'metric':'auc'}

dtrain = lgbm.Dataset(data,labels)

model = lgbm.train(params,dtrain,num_boost_round=100,valid_sets=[dtrain])

model.save_model('saved_adult_model.txt')

Technically you can do this part on any OS, either way I suggest creating a Python venv.

Note that I’m using AWS Linux, which is RedHat based so I’ll be using yum instead of apt or apt-get. First I need python3, so I’ll run:

sudo yum -y install python3

Then I created a new folder, and within that new folder I created a Python venv.

python3 -m venv Lambda_PyVenv

To activate your Python venv just type the following:

source Lambda_PyVenv/bin/activate

Now we need shap and lightgbm. I had some trouble installing shap, so I had to run the following first:

sudo yum install python-devel

sudo yum install libevent-devel

sudo easy_install gevent

Which I got from:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11094718/error-command-gcc-failed-with-exit-status-1-while-installing-eventlet

Next I ran:

pip3 install shap

pip3 install lightgbm

And finally I could run:

python3 create_model.py

Note: For file creating and editing I use Atom (if you don’t know how to install atom on Ubuntu, open a new terminal, then I would check out the documentation and just submit the few lines of code from command line).

#2 - Install the Serverless Framework

Next thing you need to do is open a new terminal and install the Serverless Framework on your Linux OS machine.

Something else to keep in mind, if you try to test out npm and serverless from Atom or Sublime consoles, it’s possible you might hit errors. You might want to use your normal terminal from here on out!

Here is a nice article on how to install npm using AWS Linux:

https://tecadmin.net/install-latest-nodejs-and-npm-on-centos/

In short, you need to run:

sudo yum install -y gcc-c++ make

curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo yum install nodejs

Then to install serverless I just needed to run

sudo npm install -g serverless

Don’t forget to use sudo!

And then I had serverless running on my Linux VM!

#3 - Creating an S3 Bucket and Loading Your Model

The next step is to load your model to S3. The article does this by command line. Another way to do this is to use the AWS Web Console. If you read the first quarter for my article Deep Learning Hyperparameter Optimization using Hyperopt on Amazon Sagemaker I go through a simple way of creating an S3 bucket and loading data (or in this case we’re loading a model).

#4 - Create the Main.py file

Their final main.py file didn’t totally work for me, it was missing some important stuff. In the end my final main.py file looked something like:

import boto3 import lightgbm import numpy as np

def get_model(): bucket= boto3.resource('s3').Bucket('lambda-example-mjy1') bucket.download_file('saved_adult_model.txt','/tmp/test_model.txt') model= lightgbm.Booster(model_file='/tmp/test_model.txt') return model

def predict(event): samplestr = event['body'] print("samplestr: ", samplestr) print("samplestr str:", str(samplestr)) sampnp = np.fromstring(str(samplestr), dtype=int, sep=',').reshape(1,12) print("sampnp: ", sampnp) model = get_model() result = model.predict(sampnp) return result

def lambda_handler(event,context): result1 = predict(event) result = str(result1[0]) return {'statusCode': 200,'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },'body': result }

I had to include the ‘header’ section and the body. These needed to be returned as a string in order to not get ‘internal server error’ type errors.

You’ll also notice that I’m taking my input and converting it from a string to a 2d numpy array. I was feeding a 2d array similar to the instructions and this was causing an error. This was the error that caused me to leave Ubuntu for AWS Linux because I thought the error was still related to the OS when it wasn’t. Passing something other than a string will do weird things. It’s better to pass a string and then just convert the string to any format required.

(I can’t stress this enough, this caused me 1.5 days of pain).

#5 - YML File Changes

Next we need to create our .yml file which is required for the serverless framework, and gives necessary instructions for the framework.

For the most part I was able to use their YML file, but below are a few properties I needed to change:

runtime: python3.7

region : us-east-1

deploymentBucket: name : lambda-example-mjy1

iamRoleStatements: - Effect : Allow Action: - s3:GetObject Resource: - "arn:aws:s3:::lambda-example-mjy1/*"

WARNING!!!

s3.GetObject should be s3:GetObject

Don’t get that wrong and spend hours on a blog typo like I did!

If you need to find your region, you can use the following link as a resource:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html

Also, make sure the region you specify is the same region that your S3 bucket is located in.

#6 - Test What We Have Built Locally

Before you test locally, I think you need your requirements.txt file. For now you could just run:

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Now, if you’re like me and tried to run it locally at this point, you probably hit an error because they never walked you through how to add the serverless-python-requirements plugin!

I found a nice article that walks you through this step:

https://serverless.com/blog/serverless-python-packaging/

You want to follow the section that states ...

“ Our last step before deploying is to add the serverless-python-requirements plugin. Create a package.json file for saving your node dependencies. Accept the defaults, then install the plugin: “

In short, you want to:

submit ‘npm init’ from command line from your project directory

I gave my package name the same as my service name: ‘test-deploy’

The rest I just left blank i.e. just hit enter

Last prompt just enter ‘y’

Finally you can enter ‘sudo npm install --save serverless-python-requirements’ and everything so far should be a success.

Don’t forget to use sudo!

BUT WE’RE NOT DONE!!! (almost there...)

Now we need to do the following (if you haven’t already):

pip3 install boto3

pip3 install awscli

run “aws configure” and enter our Access Key ID and Secret Access Key

Okay, now if we have our main.py file ready to go, we can test locally (’again’) using the following command:

serverless invoke local -f lgbm-lambda --path data.txt

Where our data.txt file contains

{"body":[[3.900e+01, 7.000e+00, 1.300e+01, 4.000e+00, 1.000e+00,

0.000e+00,4.000e+00, 1.000e+00, 2.174e+03, 0.000e+00, 4.000e+01,

3.900e+01]]}

Also, beware of typos!!!!

Up to this point, make sure to look for any typos, like your model having the wrong name in main.py. If you’re using their main.py file and saved your model with the name “saved_adult_model.txt”, then the model name in main.py should be “saved_adult_model.txt”. Watch out for plenty of typos, especially if you’re following along with their code! They didn’t necessarily clean everything :(. If you get stuck, there is a great video at the end of this blog that could help with typo checking.

#7 - The Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For, AWS Lambda Deployment!

Now we need to review our requirements.txt file and remove anything that doesn’t need to be in there. Why? Well, this is very important because AWS Lambda has a 262MB storage limit! That’s pretty small!

If you don’t slim down your requirements.txt you’ll probably hit storage limit errors.

With that in mind, I recommend taking only the files and folders needed and move them to some final folder location where you’ll run “serverless deploy”. You should only need the following:

main.py

package.json

requirements.txt

serverless.yaml

node_modules

package-lock.json

Now from command line within our final folder, we just run ..

serverless deploy

If all goes well, this should deploy everything! This might take a minute, in which case get some coffee and enjoy watching AWS work for you!

And if everything went as planned, then we should be able to test our live deployment using cURL!

curl -X POST https://xxxxxxxxxx.execute-api.xx-xxxx-1.amazonaws.com/dev/predictadult -d "39,7,13,4,1,0,4,1,2174,0,4,33"

Hopefully in the end you receive a model response like I did!

Resources:

https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/deploy-machine-learning-models-on-aws-lambda-5969b11616bf

https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/installation/

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html

https://serverless.com/blog/serverless-python-packaging/

And here is a great live demo from PyData Berlin!

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decembercamiecherries · 8 years ago

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I need to sit down please someone hold me this new miraculous fic is just 👌👌👌👌 I'm in love please help I need more ml 💕💕🐞🐱

DON’T SAY THAT WHEN I’M WEAK AND CAN’T FIGHT THIS AU DAMNIT

I wrote this smallish drabble for you, please enjoy

Links:

BEAUTIFUL fanart by emthimofnight that sparked this whole au

Miraculous x Hunter tag with other drabbles, asks, etc & the ao3 series page

“What’s your best friend like?”

Gon nearly let go of his yo-yo in shock. He leaned off the wall he was climbing just enough to stare down at Chat with wide eyes.

“What?” Chat asked.

“You…you asked me about my personal life. You.”

The leather-clad teen shrugged. “Sometimes I get curious too, you know. But if you don’t want to talk about it-”

“No!” Gon yelped. “I do! I definitely do! I’m just- I’m really surprised, that’s all. But I don’t mind talking about him.”

Gon never minded talking about Killua. He loved Killua, ever since they had met all those years ago. It had been pure coincidence that they had both been in the park that day, at that exact moment, shortly after Gon had moved into the area with Aunt Mito and his grandmother from Whale Island.

But meeting Killua- becoming friends, making matching bracelets, fighting for each other against bullies and Killua’s parents, not caring who judged them as long as they were together- was something that felt a lot like destiny.

And he knew Killua felt the same.

“Okay.” Chat’s bright smile broke through Gon’s thoughts and his breath caught in his throat at the simple sight. “Go ahead and tell me, then. Is your friend really similar to you? Or different? It can’t picture anyone crazy enough to keep up with you in normal life.”

“You’re so mean, Chat,” Gon whined and his partner let out a bark of laughter.

Gon turned his attention back to the yo-yo and with a huff, started to pull himself up again. He could hear the scratch and scrape of Chat’s claws as he scaled the wall just below Gon’s feet.

“My friend’s not really like me at all, actually,” Gon confessed. “He’s really snappish most of the time. And he’s closed off about a lot of things, especially his family. He hates waking up before noon and he’s addicted to sweet stuff. But…”

“But?” Chat grunted to his right.

Gon closed his eyes from the sprawling city of Yorknew as it stretched out before them. Instead, behind his eyelids, he saw a skinny boy with alabaster skin and slanted midnight-blue eyes, a mess of white hair and a grin sharp enough to cut through steel.

A swell of adoration and love of his best friend swept through him, and it took Gon a moment to compose himself.

“But I think he’s brilliant,” Gon confessed lowly, his complete and total affection for Killua Zoldyck turning the tone of his voice awed and heavy. “He’s fast and brave and smart. Like, really, really smart; he’s good at pretty much everything! He could’ve left me behind a long time ago, actually. But he never turns me away no matter what. We do everything together.”

“Everything, huh?”

Gon opened his eyes, then blinked rapidly to adjust to the bright sunlight. Chat was several feet above up than him now. His partner’s lips quirked upward as he tugged at Gon’s yo-yo string playfully.

“Too bad your friend can’t help you get to the top of Heavens Arena before me,” Chat teased and Gon gasped.

“Hey! You distracted me on purpose!”

Chat snorted. “As if. S’not my fault you got wrapped up in story telling. Plus…”

Chat’s expression shifted into something softer, more gentle. There was a kind of warmth in his face that Gon had rarely seen before and his heart did a strange little flip.

“Plus,” Chat said, sounding almost distant. “We all have that one person who means more to us than anything else- someone so important, they make up a part of you that can’t be replaced.”

Chat glanced back down. Something inside Gon melted as that intense blue gaze focused totally on him. Chat’s voice was sincere as he said, “I’m glad you have someone like that, Ladybug.”

Gon swallowed thickly, mouth suddenly dry. He asked quietly, “Do you have someone like that too, Chat?”

A bright kind of light entered Chat’s eyes. “Yeah. I do.”

A strong breeze swept up the side of Heavens Arena. Gon shivered as goosebumps broke out across his skin under his suit.

“Race you to the top!” Chat yelled out. He had twisted around and begun to scramble up the wall again before Gon could blink.

“Ah- HEY!” Gon hollered. Chat had made him forget! Again!

But the wonderful, addicting sound of Chat’s laughter was enough to make him not mind the disadvantage. Chat would make it to the top first, they would joke around for a while, and Gon would fight the building desire inside him to learn more, to press Chat for more hints about his civilian life and every little detail that made him Chat. Just like usual.

And after Gon would transform and head back home- back to Killua. Because while Chat was the adrenaline in Gon’s blood and the racing of his heartbeat, Killua was soft blankets and mint toothpaste and a shoulder Gon could rest on when he got too tired to sit up straight anymore.

Killua was home. And Gon wouldn’t have it any other way.

#dc writes #killugon #hunterxhunter #miraculous ladybug #miraculous x hunter #miraculous ladybug au #killua zoldyck #gon freecss #ladynoir #au #boys stop climbing skyscrapers for fun #pls #requests

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lindanohere · 7 years ago

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Tylenol and Motrin dosing for dumb dumbs

Hello, dumb parents and caregivers.

Just kidding. It's not fair to say that you're dumb. This stuff isn't taught in schools.

At any rate...Lots of kids are brought into our emergency room with complaint of fevers that aren't coming down after parents give them medicine. I would say 90% of the time, this is because the parents are giving way too little medication. Now, in their defense, the boxes that Children's Tylenol and Motrin come in apparently stop at 5ml - which is enough for only the smaller kids, typically under a couple years of age! And we totally understand that parents worry about overdosing their kids on accident. However... children's medications are almost always weight based. And, meds like tylenol and motrin are an "all or nothing" type of chemical reaction; i.e. if you give only part of a dose, it will have no effect. Your kiddo needs the whole dose recommended for his age in order to get any effect from the medication. It's the same as when adults take only one 200mg pill of ibuprofen instead of the 2 or 3 that are recommended for most people, and then they don't feel any better afterwards. You have to take the right amount of a chemical/protein/enzyme/nutrient in order for your body to react!

Ok on to specifics. If you are GOOD AT or UNDERSTAND math formulas and have a RECENT weight for your child (with recent meaning past month for toddlers and older and past week for babies), use the below formulas to figure out precisely how much tylenol or motrin your child needs:

Tylenol:

For the smallest dose possible that you could give your child and still give relief: 10 x your kid's weight in kilograms. For the largest dose possible: 15 x their weight in kilograms. THEN, divide that number by 32. That will give you the number of milliliters (ml) your child can receive of Children's Tylenol.

Motrin (also known as ibuprofen):

Smallest dose: 5 x your kid's weight in kg. For the largest dose: 10 x their weight in kg. THEN, divide that number by 20. That will give you the number of mls your kiddo can receive of Children''s Motrin.

Oh by the way, for their weight in kilograms: Take their weight in pounds (lbs) and divide it by 2.2. Use a calculator. Now. Time for a couple tips:

1. These formulas are based on the typical, USA FDA concentrations of kid's tylenol and motrin, which are 160g/5ml and 100ml/5ml, respectively. If you are using Tylenol or Motrin from another country, please verify that the concentration of the medication is the same (read the box), and if it is not the same, call your pediatrician's office for clarification. Also, stop buying medicine from other countries. It is sketchy.

2.ALWAYS make sure your child is okay to have either medication by checking with their pediatrician FIRST. This isn't just a generic, cover-your-butt warning. This is because some conditions where you might give your child tylenol or motrin might actually get worse or put your child at risk if you give the mediine. And, your child may have something in their medical history that could make either medication dangerous for them.

Alrighty then, I am typed out. This keyboard is still giving me issues. Good luck everyone, and when in doubt, call your pediatrician. And read a government- or university-approved book on parenting, for Pete's sake. Or just go to nursing school so you can unlearn all the bad stuff we learned as regular humans ^.^

P.S. a teaspoon (or a tsp) is just a tiny, whiny smidge less than 5ml.

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chelseyroseblog · 6 years ago

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ANXIETY & PAIN RELIEF: SOURCE CDB HEMP IS TO THE RESCUE.

Hi!

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I get random spurts of anxiety that can cause me to just be in a bad mood, start to worry, feel bad about myself and if paired with lack of sleep, it can lead to panic attacks.

Apparently my dad gets bad anxiety and his dad used to as well but whether or not it’s a genetics thing, I’m unsure. All I know is that I live a healthy lifestyle and I’m a positive person so to experience anxiety so often is really kind of terrible and not something I want to deal with and it’s definitely not something I would ever want to ask for medication for.

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To be totally honest - even though there is NO THC in this product, I was still nervous to use it hahah. I’ve just never experienced any kind of product related to weed that didn’t give me a little paranoia. BUT earlier today I was feeling mad anxiety.

I was getting lost in my own thoughts.

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I was getting up tight.

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I did 1/2 a mL instead of the full 1mL that is recommended and didn’t hate the taste (maybe because of the MCT coconut oil that it also has?).

While I was at it I noticed that my back was bothering me, right there in the pocket like under my shoulder blade and up to my neck. I get this often and it’s usually from skipping too many back workouts so it starts to get weak and allows my shoulders to creep forward which pulls on that area. Also from being on my computer a lot, my neck is tilted down a bit for hours on end which also pulls on that part of my lats SO I can safely say, it bothers me often.

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I went from feeling angst to feeling focused and relaxed. I don’t feel sleepy or out of it and there’s definitely no symptoms of paranoia or feeling uncomfortable. I just feel … chill.

Then I threw on the chapstick just to see what was up with that haha which is nice, feels like normal chap stick, no side effects from that.

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Something like this could also be beneficial to anyone that gets social anxiety or has too many thoughts flying around in their head when they’re trying to fall asleep.

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rebeccahpedersen · 7 years ago

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Making Sense Of The Condo Den

TorontoRealtyBlog

I’ve written a lot about condo “dens” in the past, and most of the time, it’s not casting them in a good light.

A “den” could be just about anything you want it to be; you, being the seller or listing agent, trying to pass off a nook, alcove, or enclave as a serviceable room…

Let me show you a few photos of dens, with measurements, and try to point the would-be buyers in the right direction in terms of what to look for before you commit to checking out these condos in person, many of which have dens that won’t suit your needs.

See that guy in the photo above?

That’s me.

And just about every other real estate agent in the city, metaphorically, as we look around a condo, trying desperately to figure out where the “Den” is located in a particular condo.

I swear, I’ve been in “1+1” units where for the life of me, I don’t know where, or what, the den on the MLS listing refers to.

You could call just about anything a den.

The “+1” designation on MLS originated with freehold properties, referring to any rooms, or bedrooms, located below grade.

Here’s the section of the MLS listing that refers to “rooms” for a freehold property currently listed for sale:

That’s 6+3 total rooms, as there are 6 rooms above grade (three bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, and dining room), and 3 rooms below grade (bedroom, rec-room, laundry room).

So when it came time to start using the “+1” for condominiums, the idea was to have the plus-one refer to a bedroom with no windows.

After all, the “+1” does show up in the bedrooms section.

So that’s “one bedroom, plus another room that could be a bedroom,” right?

Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be interpreted?

During the condo boom of the late-2000’s, I noticed a lot of developers invented this thing called a “Media” room.

It wasn’t actually a room, but rather a small area to place a desk, within an existing room, like a living room.

To me, the idea was preposterous.

The “+1” was for something resembling a bedroom; not a 2-foot indentation in the wall, where a desk could be shoved.

The “Media” invention eventually faded, although it hasn’t stopped other developers from creating small, useless spaces, and using the label “Office” on a floor plan. Or even worse, in those airy, dreamy, funky, new-age promotions where they use a verb instead of a noun, ie. “Cook” instead of “Kitchen,” or “Sleep” instead of “Bedroom,” we’ll see “Inspire” or “Create” instead of “Den,” er, “Useless Nook.”

I’m sure many of you have seen my “What If The Whole World Worked The Same Way As The Toronto Real Estate Industry” video on The Condo Den.

That’s my favourite of all the videos I’ve done in that series, so if you haven’t seen it, put aside the four minutes.

1) Too Small

This den measures 5.74 x 6.26:

“This den is too small,” isn’t exactly the most ground-breaking assessment, but as simple as the reasoning gets, this is just too small on a square footage basis.

Yes, most dens are too small, but some of the dens listed below, which still have their drawbacks, are substantially larger than this one.

35.93 square feet is just too small to use for anything.

And as you can see from the armoire and the bench (probably used to put on shoes stored in the armoiore…), this den is basically being used as a glorified closet.

If you’re looking for a true den in your condo search, where you can feature a futon for when guests stay over, or set up as a nursery, you have to calculate the square footage and ensure you’re looking at 50 square feet or more.

35.93. Just wacky.

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2) Too Narrow

This den measures 5.18 x 9.25

Sure, this den is 34% larger than the first one, at 48.07 square feet.

But 5.18 feet is not wide enough to really do anything of substance.

There’s a desk against the wall, which has no filing cabinet, or printer next to it – that should tell you how narrow this den is.

The couch behind the desk, I would assume, is for taking naps while studying. That was my m.o. in university, when I always told myself, “This stuff is easy, and the exam is multiple choice! I’ll have five options to choose from; I’m a smart guy, I’ll figure it out tomorrow!”

This den is completely enclosed, with that 5.18 foot measurement being taken from wall-to-wall, which makes it far more cramped than the next one, which has adjacent square footage where the foyer meets the den…

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3) Too Open

This den measures 10.59 x 5.64 feet:

As far as square footage goes, this den is a behemoth at almost 60 square feet.

But it’s far too shallow at 5.64 feet to really feel like anything more than an indent.

And it’s far too long at 10.59 feet, along with the shallow 5.64 feet, to feel like its own room.

It feels, essentially, like a foyer. The foyer closet is in the den, so doesn’t that make the den a foyer?

Of course, you don’t pay $80,000 for a foyer, so you have to find a way to sell this to buyers, whether you’re the developer, or the owner on the resale market.

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4) Clearly Not A Den

This den measures 4.72 x 7.18

This is not a den.

And to help illustrate that, I’ve opened up the best Microsoft invention of all time, Paint, which is sadly being discontinued next year, to draw some flashy red lines.

As with #2 on our list, the “den” merges with the foyer, and the calculation of the “den” should be taken from the wall, inward.

That red line denotes where the den should start and end, and the arrow points to the left, referring to a measurement that should not be included in the den.

If you’re a buyer, and you’re looking at photos and measurements on MLS, be careful. Here’s where the agent and/or seller often measures from wall-to-wall, basically claiming the foyer space as part of the den.

In this case, the actual den, to the right of the red line, is a mere 4.72 feet. And since it contains the hall closet, and the washer/dryer, and I’m assuming you’d need space to put shoes, coats, or other belongings, aside from that very small closet, then this entire space effectively becomes a foyer.

Not a den. Not even close.

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5) Now This Is Getting Silly

This den measures 0.00 x 0.00

No, really, the MLS listing said 0.00 x 0.00.

Can you spot the den in this photo?

Doesn’t it look like a living room to you, and the “dining room” would be created with furniture placement, and measured separately on MLS?

Yes, yes it does.

Except, the area by the window, in this case, has been called a den.

I put that tiny red dot in the background to draw your eye to it. Yessir, that’s the “den.”

Whereas you or I might consider that simply more of the living space, this “den” is being created out of nothing, and the only excuse for calling it a different room is that HVAC unit on the wall on the right-hand side, that breaks up the living space.

This is just downright silly.

Imagine the buyer who walks into this unit, expecting to find a den, and instead, finding this? What kind of strategy is that on behalf of the listing agent? Wouldn’t buyers be frustrated, and walk away? Don’t you catch more flies with honey? Is this too many questions in one line of text?

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6) Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Sillier…

This den is, yet again, 0.00 x 0.00

Guess what they’re calling the den on the listing?

That area at the back of the photo, with the curtain, and the shelf.

Boy, have we come a long way from something like….

7) This Is A Proper Den

This den measures 10.18 x 8.1

This den is over 80 square feet, fits a bed, doesn’t have one awkwardly short length or width, has a closet, and can be enclosed with sliding doors.

This is a proper den, in line with how a den first originally supposed to be labelled on MLS if it were included under the “bedroom” tab.

It’s missing a window, however, which is the one final criteria you might want in a perfect world.

But if this den had a closet, a window, was enclosed with doors, and measured 10 x 8, wouldn’t it then be, a bedroom?

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Sarcasm and cynicism aside, there’s a den for every buyer out there.

You may very well be looking for, or even already own, a condo with a den like one of those pictured above, and it might work for your purposes.

If you need a desk, a dressing room, an alcove for your sports equipment, a place to stretch out a yoga mat, or somewhere to display your Pokemon collection, one of the dens I featured above will surely do the trick.

If you’re actually looking for a space to put a bed, use as a TV room, or have plans for a functional living space, then be very careful when browsing MLS and looking at “1+1’s.” You need to see the photos, look at the measurements, and try to find floor plans online.

Condo owners will be split 50/50 on this one, so if you’re a would-be condo buyer, all the more reason to spend some time researching…

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Making Sense Of The Condo Den

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I’ve written a lot about condo “dens” in the past, and most of the time, it’s not casting them in a good light.

A “den” could be just about anything you want it to be; you, being the seller or listing agent, trying to pass off a nook, alcove, or enclave as a serviceable room…

See that guy in the photo above?

That’s me.

And just about every other real estate agent in the city, metaphorically, as we look around a condo, trying desperately to figure out where the “Den” is located in a particular condo.

I swear, I’ve been in “1+1” units where for the life of me, I don’t know where, or what, the den on the MLS listing refers to.

You could call just about anything a den.

The “+1” designation on MLS originated with freehold properties, referring to any rooms, or bedrooms, located below grade.

Here’s the section of the MLS listing that refers to “rooms” for a freehold property currently listed for sale:

That’s 6+3 total rooms, as there are 6 rooms above grade (three bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, and dining room), and 3 rooms below grade (bedroom, rec-room, laundry room).

So when it came time to start using the “+1” for condominiums, the idea was to have the plus-one refer to a bedroom with no windows.

After all, the “+1” does show up in the bedrooms section.

So that’s “one bedroom, plus another room that could be a bedroom,” right?

Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be interpreted?

During the condo boom of the late-2000’s, I noticed a lot of developers invented this thing called a “Media” room.

It wasn’t actually a room, but rather a small area to place a desk, within an existing room, like a living room.

To me, the idea was preposterous.

The “+1” was for something resembling a bedroom; not a 2-foot indentation in the wall, where a desk could be shoved.

I’m sure many of you have seen my “What If The Whole World Worked The Same Way As The Toronto Real Estate Industry” video on The Condo Den.

That’s my favourite of all the videos I’ve done in that series, so if you haven’t seen it, put aside the four minutes.

1) Too Small

This den measures 5.74 x 6.26:

“This den is too small,” isn’t exactly the most ground-breaking assessment, but as simple as the reasoning gets, this is just too small on a square footage basis.

Yes, most dens are too small, but some of the dens listed below, which still have their drawbacks, are substantially larger than this one.

35.93 square feet is just too small to use for anything.

And as you can see from the armoire and the bench (probably used to put on shoes stored in the armoiore…), this den is basically being used as a glorified closet.

35.93. Just wacky.

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2) Too Narrow

This den measures 5.18 x 9.25

Sure, this den is 34% larger than the first one, at 48.07 square feet.

But 5.18 feet is not wide enough to really do anything of substance.

There’s a desk against the wall, which has no filing cabinet, or printer next to it – that should tell you how narrow this den is.

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3) Too Open

This den measures 10.59 x 5.64 feet:

As far as square footage goes, this den is a behemoth at almost 60 square feet.

But it’s far too shallow at 5.64 feet to really feel like anything more than an indent.

And it’s far too long at 10.59 feet, along with the shallow 5.64 feet, to feel like its own room.

It feels, essentially, like a foyer. The foyer closet is in the den, so doesn’t that make the den a foyer?

Of course, you don’t pay $80,000 for a foyer, so you have to find a way to sell this to buyers, whether you’re the developer, or the owner on the resale market.

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4) Clearly Not A Den

This den measures 4.72 x 7.18

This is not a den.

And to help illustrate that, I’ve opened up the best Microsoft invention of all time, Paint, which is sadly being discontinued next year, to draw some flashy red lines.

As with #2 on our list, the “den” merges with the foyer, and the calculation of the “den” should be taken from the wall, inward.

That red line denotes where the den should start and end, and the arrow points to the left, referring to a measurement that should not be included in the den.

Not a den. Not even close.

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5) Now This Is Getting Silly

This den measures 0.00 x 0.00

No, really, the MLS listing said 0.00 x 0.00.

Can you spot the den in this photo?

Doesn’t it look like a living room to you, and the “dining room” would be created with furniture placement, and measured separately on MLS?

Yes, yes it does.

Except, the area by the window, in this case, has been called a den.

I put that tiny red dot in the background to draw your eye to it. Yessir, that’s the “den.”

This is just downright silly.

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6) Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Sillier…

This den is, yet again, 0.00 x 0.00

Guess what they’re calling the den on the listing?

That area at the back of the photo, with the curtain, and the shelf.

Boy, have we come a long way from something like….

7) This Is A Proper Den

This den measures 10.18 x 8.1

This den is over 80 square feet, fits a bed, doesn’t have one awkwardly short length or width, has a closet, and can be enclosed with sliding doors.

This is a proper den, in line with how a den first originally supposed to be labelled on MLS if it were included under the “bedroom” tab.

It’s missing a window, however, which is the one final criteria you might want in a perfect world.

But if this den had a closet, a window, was enclosed with doors, and measured 10 x 8, wouldn’t it then be, a bedroom?

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Sarcasm and cynicism aside, there’s a den for every buyer out there.

You may very well be looking for, or even already own, a condo with a den like one of those pictured above, and it might work for your purposes.

Condo owners will be split 50/50 on this one, so if you’re a would-be condo buyer, all the more reason to spend some time researching…

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