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The undergraduate Computer Engineering program provides an
education in the fundamentals of mathematics and the physical sciences,
coupled with a strong emphasis on analysis and design of computer
hardware and software that is essential for solving real-world
engineering problems.
There is also a strong emphasis on the humanities and the development
of an appreciation for societal issues, which are introduced into the
curriculum through course work and seminars.
The program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,
The overall objective of the Computer
Engineering Program is for our graduates to become successful professionals in
a diverse, global environment, and to be able to innovate and operate new
technologies, and adapt to shifting technologies, in the career path they
choose to pursue. This includes careers in computer engineering through
employment in industry, academic research, government or private practices, as
well as careers in other engineering, computing, science, or professional
disciplines such as bioengineering, electrical engineering, computer science, business,
law, or medicine. Our graduates will also pursue advanced study in
computer engineering or other engineering, science, or professional and
academic fields and be able to serve in leadership positions in industry,
academia, research, or government.
The most recent set of the ABET criteria (3a-3k), taken from the Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Evaluations During the 2011-2012 Accreditation Cycle are:
a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;
b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;
c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability;
d. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams;
Our interpretation of multidisciplinary teams includes teams of individuals with similar educational backgrounds focusing on different aspects of a project as well as teams of individuals with different educational backgrounds.
e. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;
f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
Our interpretation of this outcome includes the ethical reporting of experimental data, issues related to plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), academic and professional integrity/intellectual property (e.g., credit for work), and avoidance of intentionally harmful application of engineering knowledge, particularly in the context of design.
g. an ability to communicate effectively;
h. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;
Our interpretation of this outcome is to consider impacts of engineering practices on society. This outcome considers the long-term impacts of designs on various environments and socio-economic/cultural groups as ethical issues.
i. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
Our interpretation of this includes teaching students that the underlying theory is important because the technology will change. We interpret this outcome to require us to identify mechanisms that our students can use for continued learning such as professional societies, graduate school, etc.
j. a knowledge of contemporary issues;
Our interpretation of this outcome includes theory and practice of emerging research areas within a discipline. This outcome also requires us to present students with contemporary issues such as the impact of globalization, the outsourcing of both engineering and other support jobs as practiced by modern international companies.
k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Further Information
* Advanced Standing & Special Students
* Transfer of Credits
* Cross Registration
* Financial Aid
Students from the Freshman Engineering Program will be considered for admission into the Computer Engineering Program if they satisfy the following criteria.
1. Have completed the freshman engineering program curriculum.
2. Have maintained a cumulative QPA of at least 2.00/4.00.
The dates for submission of applications for admission to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program are as follows:
The program totals a minimum of 128 credits.
Microelectronic Circuits + lab
4 Credits
Advanced Digital Design
3 Credits
Information Security
3 Credits
Most advanced EE (ECE) and CS courses (intended for Engineering students) can count as COE Advanced electives. Classes offered in these departments designed for non majors do NOT count for credit as any kind of elective (not even as Open electives).
Examples are ASTRON 0089, STATS classes, ENGR (ECE) 1869 Intro to Electrical Engineering for Non-EE students, and CS 0004, CS 0007, CS 0134, CS 0334, CS 0590, and CS 0699.
For more information on EE classes see
http://engineering.pitt.edu/Departments/Electrical-Computer/_Content/Undergraduate/Electrical-Engineering/EE-Undergraduate/ under 'Courses and Electives' particularly core and elective courses.
For more information on CS classes see
this page for particularly upper-level courses for majors (all courses in groups IV and V do NOT count for CoE credit as any kind of elective).
Students must complete three additional technical electives. Technical electives can be any ECE/CoE elective or any other School of Engineering course (except
ENGR 1010) which has not been used to fulfill another requirement or does not substantially duplicate other required course material. Most courses in mathematics, physics,
chemistry, and computer science that can be taken by students majoring in those departments can be used as technical electives by CoE students.
Examples include (but are not limited to):
Enrollment in any of these courses is, of course, constrained by the space and prerequisite limitations of the host department.
**These lists are not exhaustive, however; courses not on these lists can be approved by the ECE Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
The Co-operative Engineering Education Program (or "co-op" as it is generally known) is a program within the Swanson School of Engineering whereby the student engineer's education experience is enhanced by a series of challenging, highly relevant "real world" work experiences. The program rotates semesters at work with semesters at school. Typically, the first work rotation is after the end of the sophomore year or the first term of junior year, and each rotating term lasts four months. This is a popular and highly successful program. Co-op salaries are excellent, and the work experience gained is invaluable. More information can be found on the co-op program website here.
During each co-op rotation, the student must work with the co-op department to register for one credit of ENGR1090. Students can use three rotations of co-op as one Open Elective.
COE students contact the COE Program Administrator, Alison Oros, for co-op schedule forms and instructions. Each co-op schedule should rotate every other term at work, and every opposite term in class (no double work rotations). Double rotations are not encouraged, and would require the approval of the co-op team, and the student's academic adviser.
Seminar (COE1885) is designed to acquaint the student with aspects of engineering that are not normally encountered in classes and school activities and include a wide range of topics such as the significance of engineering as a profession, ethical problems in engineering, and skills required for a successful engineering career.
Seminar is required of all students registered full-time in the fall and spring semesters. Students are required to attend a minimum of six seminars each semester.
If students are in the co-op program, they are not required to take Seminar during the fall and spring terms that they're working.
Any fall or spring term that a student is taking a part-time course load, they are excused from participating in Seminar during that part-time term.


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Audumbar Datta Temple (Sri Kshetra Audumbar) is one of the popular temples of Lord Dattatreya. Audumbar Dattatreya Mandir is located in Sri Kshetra Audumbar in Sangli district of Maharashtra.
Audumbar Sri Kshetra Temple is said to have been built in the honor of Narasimha Saraswati Swamy, the second incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. Gangadhar Saraswathi's Shree Guru Charitra explains the greatness of Sri Nrusimha Saraswati in an elaborated manner.
Since this place is overgrown with Audumbara tress, this place has got the name of 'Sri Kshetra Audumbar'.
The legend associated to Sri Kshetra Audumbar tells that as per the vision of Lord Dattatreya to Brahmanand Rishi, he discovered this divine sacred place where Datta Avatar Nrusimha Saraswati performed Chaturmas Anushtan.
Dattatreya Jayanti (Margashirsha Purnima), Guru Pratipada (Magha Krishna Pratipada), Sri Guru Purnima (Ashada Pournami) and Rishi Panchami (Swamyji's Jayanti – Bhadrapada Shukla Panchami) are the grand festivals celebrated here in Audumbar Temple. Gudi Padwa, Shravan Month, Ganesh Chaturthi, Devi Navratri, Dussehra, Dhanteras and Diwali, Kartik Month, etc. are some another festivals celebrated at this temple.
Shodasha Datta Avatara – 16 incarnations of Dattatreya Bhagawan

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Mubasher: Phison Electronics will sell its shares in Kingston Solutions (KSI), a joint venture with Kingston Technology Corporation, to Kingston.
Upon the completion of the transaction, Kingston, a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, will own most of the shares in KSI, Kingston Technology Europe announced on Tuesday.
Established in 2010, the joint venture has focused on accelerating the adoption of Embedded Multi-Media Card solutions, enabling Phison and Kingston to access the market faster.
In addition, KSI benefited from Phison's expertise in controller technology and Kingston's proficiency in memory solutions to lead the embedded industry.
Commenting on the transaction, the CEO and chairman of Phison, K.S Pua, said: "We are selling our shares in KSI to Kingston so we can focus on further developing our core technology as well as better strategize our business goals."
Meanwhile, the chairman of Kingston Solutions, Darwin Chen, commented: "Phison continues to be our long-term strategic technology partner as their controllers power many Kingston products including SSDs, USB drives and memory cards."


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AIA Michigan Newsletter
January 2016
Champion the profession. Nurture our chapters. Build Michigan better.
President's Message:
Dear Members,
Happy New Year to all of you!!! I hope everyone celebrated the start of 2016 in good spirits/health with family and friends. Now that we're a couple of weeks into the New Year, it's good to look ahead and think about what we need to accomplish as a team.
Being President for 11 short months is a difficult task and the need to establish achievable goals is critical to the success of the organization this year and for years to come. It's important for us to use our time wisely and move forward as decisively and swiftly as we can in 2016.
Repositioning is progressing slowly with the transitions of Chapters and Sections. Of course, there's still a lot of work ahead. While important to the future of our organization the transformation will be slow and we will need to learn to be patient as the "Requirements" evolve.
The following are the 2016 Goals for the organization.
Goal 1: Communicate/validate our value to the membership
A majority of members question the "Value" of their membership.
Goal 2: Increase our membership
Michigan is one of 8 large States in the United States. This enables us to have a major voice at the National level and in control of our future. We MUST increase our membership by approximately 1.9% (1800 to 1900) to maintain this elite status.
Goal 3: Teamwork between Chapter/ Section / State
Boards need to act on behalf of members. Sharing ideas, resources, events to reduce overall cost.
Goal 4: Initial discussion with State Licensing Board to protect the Profession
Protect our professions future.
The year ahead will bring its own challenges but I'm sure by working together, keeping focused on our priorities and putting our members first we can realize our ambitions. These will certainly continue to be my priorities and I am convinced I can count on you to do the same.
Thank You!
Mike Neville, AIA
Executive Director's Message
Welcome to 2016
! This is starting off as a busy year already. The 2016
on the website is up to date so please check often for opportunities from AIAMI and the Chapters around the state.
AIA Grass Roots
registration is open.
February 23-25, 2016 AIA Grassroots will be held in Detroit. To register or find out more information click
AIA National Convention registration
is also now open.
to register. We also have a block of rooms available. Please click
here to download the hotel registration form.
Please return to
and I will make the reservation for you. If you are interested in other hotels you can check the AIA website in the link above.
The AIA Michigan Hotel:
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 625-2900
Health Facilities Conference
is open for registration.
March 10-11, 2016, Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
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for more information
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to register online for the conference
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to download the brochure
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to book your hotel room
Call for Committee Members
The AIA Michigan is looking for volunteers. This is your chance to make a difference in your association!
Download the committee volunteer form
and return to
. We look forward to your participation.
2016 AIA Michigan Health Facilities Call for Project Presentations
- Please
click here
for a PDF of the form.
2016 Health Facilities Conference
is open for registration.
March 10-11, 2016, Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
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for more information
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to register online
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2016 AIA Michigan Honor Awards Call for Submissions
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to register. Please
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for a PDF of the registration form.
2016 AIA National Grassroots
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to register!
2016 AIA National Convention PhilAIAdelphia
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to register!
George W. Auch Company
has been awarded the top Workplaces honor again by the Detroit Free Press.
Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA) Metropolitian Detroit Chapter
is pleased to announce Gregg Montowski to the position of Executive Director.
David Jaeger, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC
and Melanie Berger, CPSM have been appointed Studio Leaders for
Harley Ellis Devereaux
healthcare practice.
WTA Architects
is proud to announce the addition of 5 staff members -
Jason Goff, Associate AIA
, Dan Bublitz,
Jie Liu, Associate AIA,
Scott Csutora, and Dennis Knoff
Congratulations to
Matthew Ryan Tibbe,
who recently passed all his exams and is now Matthew Ryan Tibbe, AIA!
New Members!
New members who joined, rejoined or transferred to AIA Michigan in December!
Agnes Arbuckle, PA
Mary Greetis, PA
Ben Wickstrom, PA
Patrick Lentz, PA
Valerie Hodge, PA
Chris Duits, PA
Jason Blanzy, Assoc. AIA
David Bouwsma, AIA
Hannah Dean, Assoc. AIA
Matthew Stares, Intl. Assoc. AIA
Dorian Moore, AIA
Ching Luk, AIA
Welcome to AIA Michigan and we look forward to meeting you at future events!!
In This Issue
President's Message
Executive Director's Message
Monthly Recap
Upcoming Events
Quick Links:
AIA Michigan Website
AIA Michigan Calendar
Online Document Store
AIA Michigan Job Board
Michigan Architectural Foundation (MAF)
Contact the Staff
Cathy Mosley, Hon. Aff. AIAMI:
Executive Director of AIA Michigan:
Events and Programming, Finances, Communications, Membership, Government Affairs, Sponsorship
Evelyn Dougherty, Hon. Aff. AIAMI:
Events and Operations Director:
Event Planning and Registration, Documents,
Continuing Education, Membership
Dennis King, FAIA:
Public Policy Director:
Public Awareness, Government Affairs and Fund Development
Upcoming Events!
AIA National Grassroots
February 23-25, 2016 -
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2016 Legislative Day
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ESD Affiliate Council Gold Award Banquet
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Fri., April 22, 2016
MHPN Conference
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May 19-21, 2016 -
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24th Annual Congress for the New Urbanism
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Upcoming Chapter Events:
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BEC - Effective Mortar Specifications
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BC&RC Building Codes 102
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ARE Study Session
Tues., Jan. 19, 2016 -
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designThunk - Jennifer Boezwinkle, AIA, Rockford Construction
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Pleotint Factory Tour
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AIA Northern Michigan
AIA Mid Michigan
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Feb. 2016
Chapter Meeting - Lunch and Learn
Thurs., Feb. 18, 2016 -
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AIA Saginaw Valley (No Website)
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Tour of Kalamazoo Central High School Drafting and Design program
Thurs., Jan. 28, 2016 -
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The Cobble Monster reached its 5th anniversary and I was back on the admin table getting people to fill in legal disclaimers, and explaining that there are about 400 signs with pink arrows all over London that people need to follow to have any chance of getting back to the Gipsy Hill Tavern to watch the Tour of Flanders.
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Honor roll: Mystery/Suspense films
Each of these Mystery/Suspense films has received at least one award nomination. They are ranked by honors received.
Pulp Fiction
With the knockout one-two punch of 1992's Reservoir Dogs and 1994's Pulp Fiction writer-director Quentin Tarantino stunned the filmmaking world, exploding into prominence as a cinematic heavyweight contender. But Pulp Fiction was more than just the follow-up to an impressive first feature, or the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, or a script stuffed with the sort of juicy bubblegum dialogue actors just love to chew, or the vehicle that reestablished John Travolta on the A-list, or the relatively low-budget ($8 million)…
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy only Cobb could have seen coming.
The Silence of the Lambs
Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI,…
The Departed
Rookie cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). It's his job to win Costello's trust and help his detective handlers (Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen) bring Costello down. Meanwhile, SIU officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole. How these covert lives cross, double-cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the widely acclaimed The Departed. Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral tale of crime and consequences. This is searing, can't-look-away filmmaking: like staring into the eyes of a con—or a cop—with a gun.
L.A. Confidential
In a time when it seems that every other movie makes some claim to being a film noir, L.A. Confidential is the real thing—a gritty, sordid tale of sex, scandal, betrayal, and corruption of all sorts (police, political, press—and, of course, very personal) in 1940s Hollywood. The Oscar-winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz)—a compelling blend of L.A. history and pulp fiction that has earned it…
Based on true events, Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades.
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
Bob Fosse's sexy cynicism still shines in Chicago, a faithful movie adaptation of the choreographer-director's 1975 Broadway musical. Of course the story, all about merry murderesses and tabloid fame, is set in the Roaring '20s, but Chicago reeks of '70s disenchantment—this isn't just Fosse's material, it's his attitude, too. That's probably why the movie's breathless observations on fleeting fame and fickle public taste already seem dated. However, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are beautifully matched as Jazz Age vixens, and Richard Gere…
No Country for Old Men
The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law—in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Jones)—can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Bardem)—the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.
The Sixth Sense
"I see dead people," whispers little Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), scared to affirm what is to him now a daily occurrence. This peaked 9-year old, already hypersensitive to begin with, is now being haunted by seemingly malevolent spirits. Child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is trying to find out what's triggering Cole's visions, but what appears to be a psychological manifestation turns out to be frighteningly real. It might be enough to scare off a lesser man, but for Malcolm it's personal—several months before, he was accosted and shot by an…
Leave it to the wildly inventive Coen brothers (Joel directs, Ethan produces, they both write) to concoct a fiendishly clever kidnap caper that's simultaneously a comedy of errors, a Midwestern satire, a taut suspense thriller, and a violent tale of criminal misfortune. It all begins when a hapless car salesman (played to perfection by William H. Macy) ineptly orchestrates the kidnapping of his own wife. The plan goes horribly awry in the hands of bumbling bad guys Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare (one of them being described by a local girl as "kinda funny…


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When searching for a good deal, it's best to be prepared for potential fluctuations in price. We recommend booking at least 28 days in advance, which can save you up to 11% on flights from Knoxville to Hawaii compared to booking the week you need them. Waiting 28 days out may not be for everyone, so we have options available for flights within the next two weeks, with the lowest price starting at $546. For sooner than that we have options available in the next 3 days from $555.
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For over 15 years, thousands of engines, transmissions and hydraulic systems etc. have been equipped with additional ultra-fine filters. They have contributed significantly to increase the reliability, extend the life time and reduce costs.
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Fifty years ago this week, the Concorde took flight. The supersonic jet, capable of flying at twice the speed of sound, traveled between New York and Paris in less than four hours, cutting the average flight time in half (and then some). Of course, the Concorde's high airspeed and flying altitude was exceeded only by its accompanying high fares.
In these ways, the Concorde is a perfect microcosm of the late twentieth century. As a result of technological advances, the postwar world became smaller and more interconnected, but the benefits accrued first and foremost to those with means.
In a retrospective look at the Concorde, the Associated Press offered a few charming anecdotes:
In the mid-1980s, men dressed as Union and Confederate soldiers to re-enact a Civil War battle in Virginia paused in mid-skirmish to gaze up at a Concorde flying into nearby Dulles Airport.
A Concorde captain raved that the plane flew beautifully, and that the only indication of its speed came from looking down at other jets far below that seemed as if they were flying backward — the Concorde was moving about 800 mph faster.
Jamie Baker, an airline analyst and aviation enthusiast, took the plane from New York to London in 2002. Perhaps because it was a morning flight, the mood was more dignified than festive, Baker says. The ride was so smooth that there was hardly any sensation of flight.
"No turbulence. No sense of motion, save for the clouds passing by below us," Baker says. "Concorde was a tool devised to outwit time."


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If you haven't created Azure Machine Learning Workspace yet, first run configuration notebook. If you created a Workspace from Azure portal and launched notebooks from there, your workspace is configured already, and you can proceed to examples.
Try the example 01.run-experiment to connect to your workspace and run a basic experiment using Azure Machine Learning Python SDK, and then 02.deploy-web-service to deploy a model as a web service.
Then move to more comprehensive examples in tutorials folder, or explore different features in how-to-use-azureml folder.
See also:
Important: You must select Python 3.6 as the kernel for your notebooks to use the SDK.
Note: The config.json file in this folder was created for you with details of your Azure Machine Learning service workspace. Both these notebooks use this file to connect to your workspace. You can also copy this file into other places where you have code that needs this connection.
For full documentation for Azure Machine Learning service, visit https://aka.ms/aml-docs.
To run the notebooks in this repository use one of these methods:
Import sample notebooks into Azure Notebooks.
Follow the instructions in the 00.configuration notebook to create and connect to a workspace.
Open one of the sample notebooks.
Make sure the Azure Notebook kernel is set to when you open a notebook.
Video walkthrough:
Setup a Jupyter Notebook server and install the Azure Machine Learning SDK.
Clone this repository.
You may need to install other packages for specific notebook.
Start your notebook server.
Follow the instructions in the 00.configuration notebook to create and connect to a workspace.
Open one of the sample notebooks.
Note: Looking for automated machine learning samples? For your convenience, you can use an installation script instead of the steps below for the automated ML notebooks. Go to the automl folder README and follow the instructions. The script installs all packages needed for notebooks in that folder.
This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.
When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact firstname.lastname@example.com with any additional questions or comments.
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Misc samples, examples, data, and workshops which don't quite fit in another library.
This video series will teach you how to solve machine learning problems using Python's popular scikit-learn library. It was featured on Kaggle's blog in 2015.
There are 9 video tutorials totaling 4 hours, each with a corresponding Jupyter notebook. The notebook contains everything you see in the video: code, output, images, and comments.
You can watch the entire series on YouTube, and view all of the notebooks using nbviewer.
There is also a binder linked to this repository, which will allow you to interact with the notebooks online (without downloading them).
Once you complete this video series, I recommend enrolling in my online course, Machine Learning with Text in Python, to gain a deeper understanding of scikit-learn and Natural Language Processing.
What is machine learning, and how does it work? (video, notebook, blog post)
Setting up Python for machine learning: scikit-learn and IPython Notebook (video, notebook, blog post)
Getting started in scikit-learn with the famous iris dataset (video, notebook, blog post)
Training a machine learning model with scikit-learn (video, notebook, blog post)
Comparing machine learning models in scikit-learn (video, notebook, blog post)
Data science pipeline: pandas, seaborn, scikit-learn (video, notebook, blog post)
Cross-validation for parameter tuning, model selection, and feature selection (video, notebook, blog post)
Efficiently searching for optimal tuning parameters (video, notebook, blog post)
Evaluating a classification model (video, notebook, blog post)
At the PyCon 2016 conference, I taught a 3-hour tutorial that builds upon this video series and focuses on text-based data. You can watch the tutorial video on YouTube.
Here are the topics I covered:
Visit this GitHub repository to access the tutorial notebooks and many other recommended resources.


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Has Joe Biden Missed His Window of Opportunity?
Kitty Kurth joins T.J. O'Hara to discuss Joe Biden's potential presidential run, how he might be challenged, and by whom. They also discuss a few political issues that are specific to Chicago but that have national implications: Jussie Smollett's prosecution (or lack thereof) and the mayoral race that was the first ever contested between two black women, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle.
Kitty is the President of Kurth Lampe Worldwide. She's a public relations and political strategist of national note. She has worked on eight Presidential campaigns, including the two winning Clinton/Gore and Obama/Biden tickets. In that capacity, she's served in the roles of press secretary, campaign manager, and communications adviser. In addition, she's worked with speakers at the Democratic National Convention at every convention since 1996 to help them deliver their messages more effectively.
Kitty provides unique insight into all of the issues as she has long-standing political relationships and personal friendships with most of the relevant parties, including Joe Biden, Kim Foxx, and Jessie Jackson. She also provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what transpired in 2016 when then-Vice President Biden decided not to run.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
Downright horrifying.
That's an apt way to describe the recent TMZ Sports-released footage from the May 2015 domestic violence incident between former NFL star Ray McDonald and the mother of his child.
The disturbing video begins with the former San Francisco 49ers' defensive end cornering the woman in the dining room and her distinctly saying, "Please get away from me, Ray."
She weeps while telling McDonald that she's recording him because "You're in here acting crazy. Like, what are you doing?" She adds, "This is crazy."
What's worse is TMZ reports that she was holding their 2-month-old child during the heated confrontation.
While she pleads with him to leave their home, McDonald's driver does his best to calm the defensive lineman down, saying, "Let's go. She will get ready and she's being picked up. Please, Ray."
All that did was seemingly enrage McDonald more, as he chased the mother of his child, while she locked herself in the bathroom, screaming, "Stop! Stop!"
[Warning: Video is graphic in nature].
Although police responded to the scene and McDonald was charged with domestic violence and felony false imprisonment, a grand jury didn't indict the ex-NFL player after seeing the video. The charges were dropped.
Still, that doesn't change the terrifying nature of the footage.
"It's one of the most horrific videos I've seen and heard in my 46 years of practicing law," the woman's lawyer, Robin Yeamans, told TMZ.
She added that her client is trying to convince the NFL to launch a Domestic Violence Victim's Fund, which would "ensure that the victims and children of abusive players receive medical, counseling, and legal support paid by the league."
McDonald, 32, hasn't played in the NFL since that May 2015 domestic violence incident.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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4 Big Reasons to Move to Southern California
Are you California dreamin'? Wouldn't it be nice to live somewhere the sun shines most of the year? There's a reason why there are so many songs about California. It's a magical place to live – especially the southern part. From the year-round pleasant weather to the mountains and beaches, there's a lot to love about living in SoCal. Read on for four big reasons to move to Southern California.
The Sunshine
If you never get tired of sunny days, then Southern California is the place for you. While the mountain regions do get snow in the winter, for the most part, Southern California's Mediterranean-like climate means its residents get to enjoy comfortable weather throughout the year. The summer is warm and dry, while the winter is mild. Rain is low to moderate, depending on the area. What does all this nice weather mean? Super chill, laid-back vibes abound. Grab your shades, put the top down on your car and take a drive down the scenic Pacific Coast Highway.
The Natural Beauty
Southern California's natural landscape is made up of desert and coastal regions, and includes mountains, rivers and beaches. Its rich, diverse geography makes it one of the only places in the country where you can swim at the beach in the morning and hike up a mountain in the evening. And if you've always wanted to learn how to surf, Los Angeles and San Diego's coastal regions are home to some of the best beaches for surfing, such as Zuma Beach in Malibu and San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County. Or go on a camping adventure and take in the mesmerizing trees of Joshua Tree National Park near the Inland Empire.
The Active, Outdoor Lifestyle
Surfing isn't the only sport Southern Californians love. The generally pleasant climate has helped create a culture of healthy living, making it easy for SoCal residents to lead an active, outdoor lifestyle. Hike along scenic trails in the mountains, cycle through the hills and valleys, or just take a stroll down the street to a local farmers' market. (Hello, locally grown produce!) And, thanks to snow in the mountains, residents can also enjoy winter sports like skiing and snowboarding. There are a number of popular ski resorts in Southern California, including Big Bear Mountain Resort in the San Bernardino Mountains, and Mountain High Resort in the Angeles National Forest, about 80 miles from Downtown LA.
The Stylish Homes
Homes in Southern California just feel different, from the sleek, modern exteriors to the easy, breezy interiors. Many homes in the region are Mediterranean style with open floor plans and rooms that flow into each other, and generous outdoor spaces that were made for entertaining. All Pardee Homes communities follow this open, modern style with homes that are thoughtfully designed for the way you want to live. Our Southern California communities are ideally set in the Inland Empire, Santa Clarita in Los Angeles and San Diego, so homeowners can enjoy everything the region has to offer.
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Weight loss of about 0.5-1.5 kg per week is a loss of weight that is proper. It sounds slow, but this step will be more effective to be followed in the long run if followed by a healthier lifestyle change and also with a help from leptoconnect. Then what is the correct way to lose weight? Let's explore the methods here.
Reducing the number of calories consumed
The weight you have now is a reflection of the number of calories you consume each day. For this reason, to lose weight, you also need to reduce the number of calories you consume every day. One thing you can do to reduce calorie intake is to eat plant foods, fruits (such as lemons), vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. You can also consume special diet milk as a food replacement intake. In addition to being low in calories, special milk diets are also equipped with various vitamins and minerals so that it is a better choice than not eating at all. Dietary milk is also considered more practical to replace breakfast and dinner intake in undergoing a diet program.
Exercise regularly
Some people can lose weight without exercising, but the results will be more leverage if you balance it with exercise. Exercise plays a role in burning excess calories in the body. Aerobic exercise can be a suitable reference for burning body calories. As an alternative, do small exercise movements whenever you have time, such as mimicking the jumps that are shown on television commercials, yoga, jogging, or washing dishes while dancing small.
Commitment to yourself
Losing weight requires time, effort, and commitment in the long run. Make sure to yourself that you are ready to make permanent changes to a healthier lifestyle. In fact, it takes a lot of energy, both mentally and physically, to change your previous bad habits.


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Since 1999, New America has nurtured a new generation of policy experts and public intellectuals. Today we are a community of innovative problem-solvers, combining our core expertise in researching, reporting and analysis with new areas of coding, data science, and human-centered design to experiment and innovate nationally and globally. We prize our intellectual and ideological independence and our diversity, seeking to do our best work and to reflect the America we are becoming.
Our Work
About Landesa
Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to ensure that the world's poorest families have secure rights over the land they till. Founded as the Rural Development Institute, Landesa has helped more than 105 million poor families gain legal control over their land since 1967. When families have secure rights to land, they can invest in their land to sustainably increase their harvests and reap the benefits—improved nutrition, health, and education—for generations.
The Land Portal is a Foundation registered in the Netherlands in 2014.
The vision of the Portal is to improve land governance to benefit those with the most insecure land rights and the greatest vulnerability to landlessness through information and knowledge sharing.
As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector, and governments of other countries.
The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK's work to end extreme poverty. We're ending the need for aid by creating jobs, unlocking the potential of girls and women and helping to save lives when humanitarian emergencies hit.
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Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict. Join our new Environmental Peacebuilding Association comprising researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to share experiences and lessons from managing natural resources in conflict-affected settings, access new research on the topic, and participate in events to support the growing network of professionals active in environmental peacebuilding.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been leading the Housing, Land and Property (HLP) Area of Responsibility (AoR) since 2016. Globally, the membership of the HLP AoR includes UN agencies, NGOs, research and academic institutions, donors, human rights and development agencies, and representatives of other AoRs and global clusters.
LANDac, the Netherlands Academie on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development, is a partnership between Dutch organizations working on land governance. The partners are the International Development Studies (IDS) group at Utrecht University (leading partner), African Studies Centre, Agriterra, the Sociology of Development and Change (SDC) group at Wageningen University, the Land Portal Foundation, HIVOS, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Enclude Solutions.
Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). The 3rd webinar in the series on Migration, Displacement, and De-urbanization in the Context of COVID-19 will take place on Thursday, May 28th, 2020.
The COVID crisis has millions of people on the move, and tens of thousands stranded far from their homes. Most notably, as economies shut down and lockdowns proliferate, de-urbanization has emerged as a serious challenge throughout the developing world. As people leave cities they are leaving properties behind, which creates a range of challenges, such as how to ensure their properties are not taken over by others, whether they be developers, government agents or squatters.
Re-integrating this mass of people into rural communities presents another serious challenge and may lead to a rise in conflicts. What are the dispute resolution activities we should be thinking about today? Another emerging challenge is related to the question of remittances. People in rural areas, in LAC and also in Asia, for example, rely on remittances to build homes, maintain homes, and invest in local businesses. As levels of remittances drop, how can these investments be protected? Moreover, will this mass influx of people returning to rural areas be beneficial for food systems? What will be the impacts of de-urbanization and its impacts on access to land by youth.
This webinar will explore the challenges and implications of these looming questions.
Yuliya Panfil
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New America's Future of Property Rights program
Chris Penrose Buckley
Senior Land Policy Lead
UK's Department for
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Women's Land Rights
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Global Focal Point
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Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Cadasta Foundation, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America, PlaceFund and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).


text: Some users have suggested to us that while the weekly timesheets were good for collecting their time on a per-project per-day basis, they'd also like other ways of recording their time. Some need to log their time with notes and details and others want quick ways to track their time throughout their day. We couldn't agree more, which is why we have been working on a couple more ways for time entry. Users can just use the method that works best for them, and it will all still come through our simple reporting when it's time to review everyone's hours. Keep a look out for these new features in the near future.


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Wake up Labour, Corbyn Could Be The Next PM
Back in 2007, I was roundly ridiculed when I predicted that a relatively obscure Illinois Senator might overtake Hillary Clinton (the bookies' favourite for the best part of a decade) to gain the Democratic Nomination for US President. "It'll never happen" they said, "everyone knows it's Hillary's, and even then, America would never vote for him".
More recently, in the latter half of 2010, when the Scottish Labour Party were riding high in the polls, and looked set to ride to victory at Holyrood the following May, I remember arguing that Scottish independence should be pushed up the agenda. "Get your priorities right" people said, "no one cares about independence, even the SNP think it's irrelevant".
Now, I'm not looking to paint myself as some sort of iconoclastic political soothsayer here, I'm just trying to illustrate the point that recent political history is littered with seismic developments that were considered utterly fanciful just a year (or sometimes even months) beforehand.
Sadly, I don't think my latest prediction will come to pass, but that doesn't make it any less important. I genuinely believe that if the UK Labour Party were to show some guts in their current leadership election, to throw aside the received wisdom of the conservative commentariat, they would have a very real chance of returning to power at Westminster in 2020. I suspect they won't though, as it would involve picking Jeremy Corbyn as leader.
I've watched Corbyn on a few occasions now, namely that God-awful hustings in Nuneaton and his more recent appearance on BBC's Question Time. Each time I find myself wondering why he's not the front runner for Labour leader, indeed why – perversely – he's almost the "joke" candidate? He's statesmanlike, he isn't afraid to stick to his principles, and he doesn't speak in sound-bites. What's not to like? Well, he's left wing – that's what – and Labour have talked themselves into believing that left wing policies can't win a general election in the UK.
Contrary to popular belief, the Labour Party did not lose the 2015 general election because they were too left wing, no matter how much the John McTernans of this world might like you to believe it. Labour lost because they were in total disarray, their leader was a laughing stock, they weren't a credible government in waiting and they had no policies whatsoever (as the now infamous "EdStone" paid ironic testament).
Where all the more "serious" Labour leadership candidates respond to questions on immigration or austerity with mealy-mouthed calls for "tougher border controls" or "strong public finances", Jeremy Corbyn is a lone voice decrying the xenophobic hysteria surrounding an immigrant population whose impact on our economy is demonstrably positive, as well as utterly rejecting the ideological crusade to punish the poorest in our society for the failings of a system designed – basically – to make rich people richer.
When you think about it, what I'm really describing is an actual opposition leader, as opposed to a watered down version of David Cameron – who, lest we forget, is just a watered down version of Tony Blair, who in turn, was just a watered down version of Margaret Thatcher.
"But how will the Tory party win back all those progressive voters who've peeled away to the Greens and Labour?" said no one, ever. Say what you will about the Tories, but they know who they are, they know what they stand for, and they're steadfast in their Dickensian right-wingery. The Labour Party though, are forever worrying about how to appeal to UKIP and Tory voters, and rather than offer left wing arguments to combat the xenophobic anti immigration myths, or the widespread misconception that benefits cheats are to blame for all society's woes, they feed the fire. In doing so they only pull those people further to the right, and make the ground more fertile for the likes of Nigel Farage.
The English electorate are as sick as everyone else of right wing politics, they just haven't had a chance to express that view at the ballot box for over 30 years. A genuinely left wing Labour Party – worthy of the name – could massively change the face of UK politics and re-engage huge swathes of the electorate, much like the SNP did in Scotland. If the Labour Party wakes up in time, it has a golden opportunity in Jeremy Corbyn to stop the rot that has been eating away ever since Neil Kinnock first sowed the seeds of Blairism.
For those who say that England will never vote for a left wing Labour Party, I would remind them that more people didn't vote in England In 2015, than voted for any single political party. But perhaps those same naysayers would also have predicted that America would never vote for a black president, or that Scotland would never hold a referendum on independence.
A week is a long time in politics, but five years is an eternity.


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Talenta, a blockchain consulting firm established in 2017, kicked off the "MaxiBlockVietnam" event in Ho Chi Minh City last weekend, introducing phenomenal blockchain technology and various consensus algorithms used across popular decentralized applications, with a lineup of featured speakers presenting their revolutionary blockchain-based initiatives.
"MaxiBlockVietnam" marked Talenta's first footprint in Vietnam and was a sequel to its successful predecessor, "MaxiBlockGlobal", which was held at the opulent Shangri-La Singapore earlier this year. Amid a flurry of investigations surrounding a recent $660 million cryptocurrency scam, MaxiBlockVietnam received a pleasantly optimistic reception, paving the way for more blockchain meets in the near future.
The most notable speaker was Mr. Edward Du, CEO of MaxiMine, the cornerstone project that hosted MaxiBlockVietnam. Mr. Du has a strong technical background, having been Deputy Director of the Tsinghua German Innovation Center, and also holds an MBA from the prominent INSEAD business school. Opening the evening, he gave a short introduction to the blockchain-based MaxiMine project before moving on to talk about the multitude of solutions it offers as a decentralized cloud mining network and its place as a disruptive technology that can transform life, business, and the global economy.
Other blockchain projects featured during the evening included Usechain, the world's first mirror-identity blockchain, and SAGE, a blockchain-based personal information and behavioral data bank. The evening closed with an address from Ms. Sharon Paul, Managing Director of Cipher Ventures, on the state of digital assets and the rise of Vietnam with its high trading volumes and a growing developer community.
Talenta identifies promising blockchain projects in its home country of Singapore as well as initiatives worldwide, offering them an international platform to showcase their ideas to the world.


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Following on from last week's blog – I want to start by talking about how minimalism has changed my attitude towards fashion and clothing.
I initially used Project 333 as a tool to streamline my clothes. Going through the process of limiting how many clothes I wear and storing the remainder made it much easier to let go of what I wasn't wearing and appreciate the clothes I feel good in.
I now own dramatically fewer clothes! Deciding what to wear is so much easier, I'm making better decisions on what to knit, sew or buy and I have definitely saved some money.
I'm wearing my handmade/up-cycled garments a lot more – particularly those I've made in the last couple of years because I think I'm making better choices. If you've seen me recently I was probably wearing one of these outfits…
Condensing down my wardrobe and breaking my fast fashion shopping habits has been a great first step but unfortunately I haven't immediately acquired the capsule wardrobe of my dreams!
My dream is to have an entirely handmade wardrobe… but I know that's unrealistic because I don't have the time or the sewing skills to make everything. I need to add to/replace some items in my wardrobe but I've been feeling completely lost as to where to find what I need/want to fill those gaps, from ethical and sustainable brands.
Since watching The True Cost I've been feeling really uncomfortable about buying anything at all from high street shops but simply didn't know where else to shop. And this is where I'll hand you over to the expert –Aja Barber!
I started following Aja on Instagram earlier this year and as I was learning a huge amount from her posts, I subscribed to her Patreon... and I'm so glad I did!
If, like me, you want to opt out of fast fashion but are feeling a bit lost – hop over to Aja's Instagram post on five things you can do right now to get started. And I would highly recommend subscribing to Aja's Patreon.
As well as extra posts and links to interesting articles about sustainability in the fashion industry – Aja's Patreon includes a hand-picked list of ethical & sustainable brands. This has really helped me to work out where I can shop guilt-free to fill my wardrobe gaps.
I'm also trying to get better at second hand shopping! I've never really been a browser – I'm normally looking for a particular thing and that makes second-hand shopping a bit more difficult. So I'm trying to do more browsing with a view to picking up garments I could adjust or use the fabric from to make something new. We'll see!


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Each day, before midday we upload the day's menus, it's always nice to whet your appetite before you even get to us. We also add in more detail about each dish in case you need to check out the ingredients for allergen information.
Below you'll find our lovingly-chosen wine list. Hopefully you'll find something that suits, at a price that fits. We've included brief tasting notes with each wine to help you make your choice, but do ask if you'd like any further help.
Wines that are available by the glass are sold in 125ml measure. Larger sizes of 175ml and 250ml are also available and are priced accordingly.
White Wine
Colombard Sauvignon, Crusan, France Fresh but succulent, this is a juicy little quaffer with a soft attack, late fruit and a clean finish. £19.45£3.50
Sauvignon Blanc, Tierra Alta, Chile Classic mountain Sauvignon Blanc, 'nettly' and 'grassy'. Much like my lawn. £19.95£3.65
Pinot Grigio, Quindi, Italy A classic from Puglia. Soft apple aromas with a zesty lemon touch for that true Italian flair. £21.95£3.70
Milford Point Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand A corker of a Sauvignon Blanc, with a good squeeze of lemon and bags of tropical fruit £25.95£4.50
Chenin Blanc, Bush Vines, Kleine Zalze, South Africa This beauty is bursting at the seams with zingy gooseberries and voluptuous tropical fruit. £19.95£3.70
Chardonnay, Les Volets, France Burgundy style with a southern French sun tan, elegant, buttery, nutty and a touch of oak. £20.95£3.85
Chardonnay, The Listening Station, Australia Quintessentially Australian, unoaked with tangerine, grapefruit, lime and a hint of spice £19.95£3.70
Tiki Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand Dry to taste and medium bodied, a classical blend of tropical fruits and herbal notes £32.95
Bordeaux Blanc, Barons De Rothschild, Bordeaux, France An elegant classic white Bordeaux with timeless flavours of lemon, cream and peaches. £29.95
Riesling, Pacifico Sur, Chile Perfect grape growing conditions give citrus and tropical notes in this perfect Riesling £26.95
Picpoul de Pinet, L'Ormarine 'Carte Noire', France Bone dry. If you enjoy a crisp Sauvignon this little number will float your boat £26.95
Marsanne Viognier, Rare Vineyards, France Rhône grapes go on holiday to South of France!! Fresh, peachy soft and rounded £20.95
Albariño Raimat, Spain Spanish senorita dances on your palate with a kick of zippy citrus, almond and sweet vanilla £27.95
Sauvignon Blanc, 'The Straits', Sileni Marlborough, New Zealand A modern classic with a touch of tropical mango and a bright, flinty feel £27.95
Chablis, Premier Cru, Beauroy, Domaine de la Motte, France Old school aromatic buttery loveliness. A big shaggy dog of a wine that licks you all over. £39.95
Verdejo, Canaforrales, Spain A floral wine made from the Verdejo grape variety. Citrus and tropical fruits with a long finish. £26.95
Reichsgraf Riesling, Mosel, Germany Slightly off-dry with refreshing grapefruit and peach flavours backed by crisp acidity. £23.95
Rosé Wines
Zinfandel, Wicked Lady, USA Strawberries and cream in a glass, Living in 'zen' with this wicked lady £19.45£3.50
Anjou Rose Tourville, France Picture yourself sitting in the Loire sunshine sipping this little number. Heaven £20.95£3.85
Pinot Grigio Rosato delle Venezie, Belvino, Italy Pinot Grigio pink at its finest. Fresh flavours of raspberry and red cherry with a lifting finish. £21.95£4.00
Domaine de L''Olibet ''Les Pujols'' Cinsault Rosé, Pays D''Oc, Languedoc, France Classic, dry and elegant, a true foodie Rosé £22.95£4.20
Cháteau Barbebelle, Coteaux D'aix En Provence, Cuvee Heritage, France This premium vintage offers intense freshness and hints of fruit of the forest flavours. £30.95
Red Wines
Nero d'Avola, Sicily A proper Italian quaffer with bags of character – excellent on its own or with food. £19.45£3.50
Merlot, Granfort, Pays D'Oc France Soft, rounded, plummy fruit flavours with a gentle sustained finish. A cuddle in a glass. £19.95£3.65
Pinot Noir, Rare Vineyards, France If wine were footwear this would be a light summer deck shoe. Red cherries come to mind. £22.95£4.20
Shiraz Mourvèdre, Percheron, South Africa Strong, robust and dependable with dark, warm, chocolatey notes and a big savoury heart. £20.95£3.85
Passori Rosso, Veneto, Italy This red is like a classic Italian race car. Stylish, smooth and turns heads with its full body. £26.45£4.85
Las Olas Malbec, Argentina A wonderfully easy drinking Malbec with intense blackberry and cherry characters. £21.95£4.00
Rioja Vega del Rayo, Vendimia, Seleccionada, Rioja, Spain Delicious Rioja. Deep colour, ripe plum and cherry fruit aromas with a smoky dimension. £23.95£4.40
Cabernet Sauvignon, Pays D'Oc France A hearty hug with a friendly back slap! Full of ripe fruit, rich flavours and soft tannins. £21.95
Côtes du Rhône Villages, 'Les Coteaux', France A real gem of a wine. Fruity and powerful, with immense smoothness and harmony. £25.95
Pinot Noir, The Cloud Factory, Marlborough, New Zealand From the coast of the Southern Ocean, it's a quirkier more vibrant wine than it''s French cousin £29.95
Aruma Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina There's no oak in sight, so the classic juicy style of warm climate Malbec can sing loud and proud. £29.95
Agneau Rouge, Barons Philippe De Rothschild, Bordeaux France Youthful, joyous, unpacked. Modern Bordeaux for modern tastes. £25.95
Rioja Artesa Organic, Spain Fresh redcurrant and cherry aromas with woody, herbal notes. £28.95
Peyre Lebade Haut Medoc, Barons Philippe De Rothschild, Bordeaux France Premium vintage Bordeaux option. 70% Merlot, 30% Cab Sauv from the Haut Medoc. £42.95
Sutil, Grand Reserve, Carmenere, Chile Displays fruity aromas of blackberries, cherries, and plums as well as spicy notes. £26.95
Acon Roble, Temperanillo, Acadia de Racon, Spain Powerful, lively and tasty, with hints of ripe fruit accompanied by chocolate, licorice and cocoa. £28.95
Hahn Gsm, Central Coast California Freshly crushed blackberry, leafy herbs, charred meat and a hint of oak show on the nose of this value blend of 65% Grenache, 33% Syrah and 2% Mourvèdre. £38.95
Madone Fleurie Reine Arenit Red fruits which stays clean and subtle. A welcome relief from shouty New World fruit-bombs. £29.95
Prosecco, Midea, Italy The fuel of gondoliers, water-taxi drivers and romances of Venice. Happy bubbles… Ciao Bella! £27.95£6.95
Castelnau Champagne, Cuvee Brut, France Fresh and elegant with the depth and roundness of pinots. £39.95£8.50
Pinot Grigio Rose Spumante, Mirabello, Italy It doesn't get much more fun than pink bubbles; let your hair down, you've earned it. £27.95£6.95
Champagne Taittinger, Prestige Brut Rose NV, France Ultimately elegant, pink bubbles from Reims. The 'apogee' of stylist elegance. £59.95
Veuve Cliqout Yellow Label. France A perfect balance between power and finesse, its complexity comes from the predominant presence of Pinot Noir and Reserve Wines. £49.95


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As part of the mandate of the National Assembly, enacting laws that consider the interest of the Nigerian society is tantamount to fulfilling the responsibility for which its members were elected. Nigerians want to see their interest prioritized in the various deliberations of the legislature. It is solely for this reason that the honorable members were elected. The people expect to be served and rightly so, as it is the practice of true democracy, government of the people, by the people and for the people. Every self-centeredness is discarded and the common interest is promoted. For this reason, any Act passed by the legislature that is devoid of selfishness, is massively celebrated and regarded as victory for democracy.
Such was the case when in 2011, after 10 years of agitation for the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, in the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's administration, the National Assembly finally consented, whether it gave in to pressure or not, most importantly, in those rare moments, the interest of Nigerians was placed above all else, even though the bill was thoroughly edited and sheared. Regardless, Nigerians were elated at this responsible act of the senate which has empowered citizens to participate in governance, and also at the prospect of a transparent government.
When in May 28, 2011, the then president assented to the Freedom of Information Bill, history was made. Nigeria has finally demonstrated its willingness to operate true democracy and thus set the right standard for other countries. Accolades poured in, from the Nigerian Guild of Editors to the Nigerian Union of journalists, Human right groups, Civil society organizations, all was well again and the senate was the hero. Now the Senate, Ministries, government departments and Agencies are mandated by the provisions of the Act to grant public requests of access to information, documents or records of any public office, with few exceptions of course, and must do so within 7 days of placing the FOI request. And in such cases where FOI request cannot be honored, the reasons for denial must be given with reference to the provisions of the Act and the individual must be advised to approach the court for an order to mandate the office to honor such request. The intention for this bill can only be commendable as it wholly assured transparency in government dealings.
Six years down the line, instead of the senate basking in the glory of being responsible for a more transparent government, it was rather shamed by the Civil society group that monitors the implementation of the Act. The Media Right Agenda, named the National Assembly in its FOIA's 'Hall of Shame'. Pronouncing it the worst offender of the FOIA. The group noted with disappointment the impunity with which the National Assembly violates provisions of the Act. According to the director, Edetaen Ojo, the house has failed to honor FOI requests without communicating to the requester reasons for the denial as demanded by the Act and on those occasions that the court had mandated it to grant such requests, it had simply ignored the court order, consequently undermining its own authority.
What then does this mean to the integrity of our legislators? How does this impact on the waning trust of the populace for the National Assembly? What does it mean to the administration's anti-corruption fight? How does it reflect on the image of the country in the global space? Surely, it makes a mockery of the Nigerian system. This attitude displayed by the senate represents a regressive step to the era where citizens were not involved in governance and corruption was institutionalized as Senate affairs were shrouded in secrecy.
Therefore, this violation must be penalized and the pervasive culture of impunity discouraged. A body that makes the law but considers itself above the law is not worthy of leadership. The fact that the National Assembly will refuse to disclose important information legally sought for and of which the FOI requester has a right to, only proves that it is involved in shady deals and thus the National Assembly needs to be probed. It must be made to implement every tenet of the Act, so that, as one of the initiators of the bill, Abike Dabiri Erewa succinctly puts it, it can provide 'a platform for the enthronement of probity in governance' as well as empower citizens to actively participate in governance.
I will like to commend the Media Right Agenda group for this investigation and exposure of such double-standard behavior. Nigerians need to speak up aggressively against practices that undermine the rights of the citizen and ensure that beside making laws that promotes the value of true democracy, all public institutions and individuals remain subject to the law and any violation by any citizen is accounted for accordingly. The constitution is supreme and no one is above the law.
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Fairbanks has set another daily low temperature record earlier Thursday. National Weather Service technician Allura Wiemer says the thermometer at the airport hit 41 below zero.
Fairbanks also set a daily low temperature record Tuesday, and just missed a record Wednesday. There could be more record breaking days ahead, as the forecast through Monday calls for 25 to 40 below zero lows. National Weather Service meteorologist Ray Little says the cold is the result of a ridge of high pressure that's pulling in arctic air, and there's minimal relief in sight.
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Greetings from Morocco! :)
My very first postcard from Morocco! :D Thank you Maryam for this amazing view of Jamaa El Fnaa in Marrakech<3 Might not be very visible, but look at all the crowd in this square! Apparently it is a market place in the old city and is filled with tourists as well. Thank you and I hope we swap again because I'd love to receive a day view card as well! :)


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Cavitation involves the physical processes of the "explosive" growth, or expansion, and the "implosive"
collapse of vapor-filled bubbles, driven by tension in the liquid, or a local deposition of energy. In hydrodynamic systems, the erosion
of solid materials is among a number of undesirable effects promoted by cavitation, which can damage or impair the components of hydraulic
machines. The causal mechanism of the damaging power of cavitation is believed to be a consequence of the effects of high-speed micro-jets
resulting from the asymmetric collapse of cavitation bubbles near solid boundaries.
Nevertheless, a much greater erosion rate has been observed when cavitation occurs in silt-laden water as compared with the sum of both cavitation and silt erosion considered separately. Despite a few analytical attempts, the micro-mechanism of this enhancement of erosion, in terms of the interactions between the cavitation bubbles and the silt particles, remains poorly understood. In fact, the coexistence of cavitation bubbles and solid particles is also found in other scenarios, e.g., ultrasonic cleaning, kidney stone fragmentation, and drug delivery by ultrasonic cavitation.
To simulate the dynamics of a particle near a cavitation bubble, we designed and fabricated an experimental setup, and for the first time study the interactions between a laser-induced vapor bubble and a free-settling particle. Also, we establish a force balance model to account for the bubble and particle dynamics. Results show that four non-dimensional parameters influence the particle-bubble dynamics. The maximum particle velocity and the conditions of single particle-bubble bounce have been reasonably predicted.
In cases when the particle is initially in very close proximity to the bubble center, we also discover the high-speed ejection of the particle, and the formation of a cavity behind the particle. The maximum particle velocity reached over 60 m/s, which is enough to induce plastic deformation of a stainless steel plate. The fact that a similar phenomenon of high-speed particle ejections occurs with a system of tension-generated bubbles and suspended particles suggests that the dynamics described here may serve as one of the causal mechanisms for the enhanced cavitation erosion in silt-laden water.