Spotlights were directed on the train until, half-way, Chinese spotlights took over. But once out of Mongolia the oppressive atmosphere lifted immediately. The Chinese border station was called Erh-lien-hao-t'e and it was decked out with fairy lights.

Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.

I was dependent upon others for grocerying and getting to doctor appointments.

This hexennial report covers the activities of IAU Commission 36 -- 'Theory of Stellar Atmospheres' -- during the years 2009 to 2015, and will be the last report from this Commission, being replaced by Commission C.G5.