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Immigration Reform in Congress?
The election of new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin presents very real consequences for the prospects of immigration reform coming within this election cycle, and potentially even into the next presidency. As revealed in a series of interviews on Sunday, Rep. Ryan has no plans to work with the White House on a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
"I think it would be a ridiculous notion to try and work on an issue like this with a president we simply cannot trust on this issue," Rep. Ryan said, referring to the November 2014 executive order issued by President Barack Obama to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Since challenged in courts, the controversial executive orders have proven to be a rallying point around which anti-immigration conservatives in Congress have flocked.
Speaker Ryan was widely reported to have adopted the hard line stance on immigration reform as a condition of gaining the backing of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of nearly 40 lawmakers who have steadily gained influence in Washington since its founding this year. By ruling out any hopes of a comprehensive immigration reform bill reaching a vote by the end of the President's current, and final, term, the GOP effectively punts any update on immigration policy to at least early-2017.
Complicating Rep. Ryan's stance is the Freedom Caucus's contentious, if short, history in leading the charge to block President Obama's executive orders through Congressional action last year. The HFC has a reputation for being notoriously hard to negotiate with, accepting no compromises and drawing the ire of even their fellow Republicans. It would not be surprising to see the HFC adopt the same stance should the Democratic Party take the White House in the upcoming 2016 elections, but will the new Speaker of the House value loyalty to his backers or the lure of a fresh mandate to pass immigration reform (an issue he has a complicated history with)?
Until 2017, at the very least, we have a firm answer regarding immigration reform: a resounding NO. After the elections? It depends on which Paul Ryan emerges. Will it be the Paul Ryan who argued for a path to citizenship in a comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2013? Or will it be a Paul Ryan toeing the party line?
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The Federal Government has announced a donation of N2 million each for members of the victorious team, the Golden Eaglets that won the U-17 World Cup.
The Head Coach, Manu Garba got N3 million while the assistant coaches will get N2.5 million each.
Other beneficiaries of the presidential awards are the team Doctor, Physiotherapist, and team secretary who got N500,000 each while the team coordinator, medical officer, chief technical officer and curator are to get N300,000 each.
President Goodluck Jonathan announced the award on Sunday after receiving the trophy and giving the members of the team presidential handshake at the reception held in their honour at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
"You will also be honored, you the team, the handlers, the coach, and the officials including some key members of the supporters club and the Nigeria Football Association will be rewarded when we give national honors," President Jonathan said.
He appealed to state governments and businessmen to support the little token given to the team by the Federal government.
Jonathan noted that the team progressed from being the second best in Africa to the best in the world, noting that the victory which the team won fairly and convincingly, is for the whole of Africa.
"Nigeria is now the only country to win the U-17 world cup four times and new total record of 26 goals.
"However, amidst our joy and celebration, we must underline that the enduring test of the victory we have achieved will be the progress of this players.
"We have been doing very well at the junior level. If we can conquer the world at U-17, there is no reason why we cannot conquer the world at the highest level.
"Our celebration today will be short lived if we don't progress to win U-20, and of course the Senior Eagles that will represent us at subsequent tournaments. You cannot afford to relax on today's laurels," he stated
President Jonathan stressed that the successes being recorded in sports under his administration was due to the roadmap generated from the Presidential Retreat on Sports and other strategies developed by his government.
Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi noted that with all the achievements recorded in sports, President Jonathan is the most successful of all his predecessors.
Stressing that the transformation agenda of the administration is working, he said that the team was discovered through a proper screening process.
Noting that the team is a work in progress, he said that Nigeria's place is secured for the next ten years.
"If properly managed, the future of Nigeria football is secured for the next ten years with this boys." He stated.

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When you've got children, it can be hard to travel as much as you may have once. It could be because you dread the thought of a long-haul flight with a toddler or simply the cost of taking a large brood away can be a whole lot of money. If it is the latter, then it may simply be that you take vacations every other year, for example, to take the time to save up. Because travel is still possible with kids. You just need to be more careful about what you choose to do. Some types of vacations are better for families that others. Here are a few ideas for when you are planning your next family vacation.
Look at a Home Exchange
There are so many sites now where you can find a property to stay in when you are away. It might be a house swap or just renting someone's house. The handy thing about staying at someone's normal home is that it is much like being back at home. If you need to do laundry you can. If you want to cook meals rather than eat out, then you can. It is quite often cheaper too. This makes some more expensive locations like New York City or Lake Como in Italy much more affordable.
Plan a Cruise
Going on a cruise is a great idea for families. There is so much to do on board, as well as seeing a variety of cities on the stop-offs. There is plenty of on-board entertainment, as well as swimming pools and games rooms. You can go on cruises in a variety of locations too; you can even choose a Disney cruise! Quite often the price you pay will be for all of your food and drink included, so it is a good way to have a budget controlled holiday, as you'll know up front what it is going to cost you. Check with a cruise travel agent first to help plan your family vacation.
Think About a Staycation
If you want to get away but airfare and foreign accommodation would end up costing too much, then how about planning a staycation instead? You could stay close to home, or just drive to somewhere that is a distance away you are happy to drive to. There will be lots of local gems that I'm sure you have not been to or experienced before. You could stay at home or look for some reasonably priced accommodation close to where you are. Just take the time off work to make it feel like a proper vacation, though.
Camping is a fun family vacation idea when you've got kids. It can take a bit of time getting organized with everything you need. But it is lots of fun getting outdoors, cooking over an open fire and exploring. There are some campsites that will have all that you need and somewhere you will need to take everything. So look at what camping gear you have and do from there.


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November briefing
It was good to see that small businesses were given a helping hand in the Budget earlier this week. Any further adjustment of business rates needs to be approached in much the same way as the taxation of internet sales platforms appears to have been, in that the calculation of business rates needs to better reflect the retail and commercial world as it is today, with competition from online and out of town centres and create an even playing field. The potential for providing additional resources to local councils to improve town centres is welcome and we look forward to hearing just how Cherwell District and/or Oxfordshire County Councils will creatively approach this opportunity
Bicester's' town centre has fared well compared to many others of a similar size. We have a lower percentage of empty units than many towns, we have retained branches of all four of the 'big' banks and seen around £70million invested in delivering the Pioneer Square and Franklins House areas, including the VUE Cinema.
That many 'shops' are now occupied by service providers and purveyors of leisure activities, such as coffee shops and restaurants, rather than actual goods is a sign of the growing shift to buying online and in one-stop locations. The percentage of voids is now back down to somewhere near what it was before work started on Pioneer Square and hopefully, it will continue to improve.
Moving away from Town Center matters in early October the Chamber held their Annual General Meeting in PERCH Co-Working in Bicester. This is an amazing place for those who are looking to step away from working at home to take space and grow their businesses. At the AGM it was announced that the Chamber will be joint venturing with Bicester Vision in order that both have a greater voice for local business matters. This is an exciting step forward and means that the Chamber is now the true access point for smaller businesses that feel membership of Bicester Vision is out of their reach.
Also, at the AGM we said 'goodbye' to our President, Ben Jackson as he stepped out of the role he has held for many years, after equally many years as Chairman previously. Ben has also stepped down from the executive committee of the Chamber. Ben observed that in leadership it always hard to time stepping out from a role to suit all concerned and he had given the executive some months' notice of his intentions.
We would welcome enquiries to join and help us in being the consistent and constant voice for businesses in the town.
Peter Cox – Chairman Bicester Chamber


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Romance on mobile is on the rise. According to new research from Liftoff, dating app subscriptions saw a spike last year, with higher rates of signups in the colder months – from late August to February. As more singles are trying their luck at finding love on dating apps, and big players like Tinder are testing out new technology like AI to improve user experience. Marketers are turning to Tinder too, with out-of-the-box campaigns meant to capture consumers' hearts.
Tipsy Elves, a popular retail brand that skyrocketed after a successful Shark Tank appearance, turned to Tinder during the holiday season to help their eccentric sweater brand shine.
Evan Mendelsohn, co-founder and co-CEO of Tipsy Elves, explains:
The holiday season is one of the busiest and most important times for us at Tipsy Elves. We create hundreds of sweaters specifically for the season and have expanded from "ugly Christmas sweaters" to all sorts of holiday apparel, including Hanukkah sweaters, nondenominational sweaters, leggings, shirts, accessories and more.
These "ugly" holiday sweaters gain more popularity each year, so we see more and more competitors pop up. Our goal is to stand out from the crowd and be the most memorable for online shoppers — not just with our fun designs, but with fun marketing, too. This means strategically placing ads and executing campaigns that will get us noticed.
In 2017 we partnered with Swarovski crystals to create one of the most expensive ugly Christmas sweaters ever — a $30,000 bedazzled sweater featuring Santa riding a unicorn in space. It instantly went viral, and was a real success. For holiday 2017, we wanted to do a marketing stunt that was equally as fun and unexpected. We were joking around one day about how funny it would be if Santa was single and signed up for a dating app, and quickly realized that we were onto something.
We immediately thought of Tinder as an ideal partner. We reached out explaining our idea, and the partnership was born. The plan was to create custom "Swipe Right on Santa" and "Swipe Right on Ms. Claus" sweaters, put the amicable exes on Tinder and give users the chance to win their very own North Pole-approved Tinder sweater. Our goal was to create buzz by doing something unique, and reach a new audience and gather new customer data in the process.
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Tinder created profiles for the newly-single Mr. and Ms. Claus and the profiles were integrated into the user platform in early December. If users swiped right on either of the profiles they would receive a message from their match detailing how they could enter to win a customized Tipsy Elves x Tinder sweater.Traditionally, we rely heavily on email marketing and Facebook advertisements, so a marketing partnership with Tinder was not only something new and innovative for us, but also something fun for Tinder. We even sent some of the customized sweaters to their office for their team to enjoy as well.
One of the main challenges with the Single Santa campaign was taking a risk with a message we weren't sure how users would react to. But the social reaction was mostly positive and people were excited to see Santa on Tinder. During the time Santa and Ms. Claus were on Tinder, their profiles reached almost 7 million users, with over 100k clicks to our site and 15,000+ entries to win a custom Tinder sweater.
Most of our customers are Millennials, so we're always looking for how we can most effectively target them in unique ways that don't feel like advertising. This fits into our digital-first marketing strategy. We've experimented with brick-and-mortar pop-up shops before and those generally do well, but the bulk of our sales come from our website – especially mobile traffic. It's always top-of-mind to hit those buyers online and on their phone, where they spend the most time.The Single Santa campaign with Tinder was super fun, generated tons of traffic and was right on brand for us — the top goals for all our marketing campaigns.
Our suggestion for other retailers looking to do an over-the-top or innovative stunt is to think of your core values as a company and your marketing goals, and make sure that no matter what channel or method you use, the campaign fulfills both of them equally. The best campaigns come when your customers don't even realize it's marketing!
Key Takeaways
Who would have thought that an "ugly sweater" company would use a dating app as a platform for marketing? What can other companies and marketers take away from this innovative risk? Whether you're starting a campaign for a sleep and stress test or you're the owner of a small fashion boutique, you must think outside of the box.
Utilize the many marketing and social media platforms to get to know your target audience, including their preferences and interests. Harness the data using analytic tools and reports to develop unique ways to reach ideal customers.
For example, you may find that you can sell more at-home test kits for sleep and stress if you collaborate with a therapist that can serve as an influencer. Similarly, a fashion boutique owner may find that offering discounts to nearby cleaners gets them more business.
At the end of the day, if you want to boost sales, generate revenue, and beat out the competition, you must continually think of innovations to put you ahead. Just as Tipsy Eleves learned, success is just outside your comfort zone.
Evan Mendelshon is the co-founder and co-CEO of Tipsy Elves


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What happens when your office is located in a small town? You might be late for work due to a tractor or cow obstruction in the road, people bring you home-baked goods, and sometimes you embrace the local community by joining their Fall Festival committee and urge the city to bring back the Beer Garden and then you co-sponsor the best dang Beer Garden party the city has ever seen. THAT'S what happens!
Lee Media Group is headquartered in Rose Hill, Kansas. Several of our employees hail from this friendly town and our boss lady was raised here. This year, we were asked to assist with the marketing efforts for the annual Rose Hill Fall Festival.
Fall Fest is a Rose Hill tradition dating back over 20 years. Each October, the second full weekend is dedicated to popular festival events like the Backyard BBQ Contest, Fishing Derby, Parade, Carnival, Craft Show, Street Dance, and way too many other cool events to list. Missing from the festival? BOOZE!
I'm not sure why the city abandoned the idea of a beer garden for so many years. Maybe the townspeople never had a Ren McCormack from Footloose to champion the cause. A few months ago we were happy to stand in front of the council and be that champion. But, I don't think we quoted scripture, I just think we asked nicely and said it would bring in a lot of money for the community, and the council agreed. Yay, Beer Garden!
The 2015 Rose Hill Fall Festival took place last weekend and the Beer Garden was a success. Located across from the Street Dance, the Beer Garden was cordoned off on a section of property owned by Midtown Service. Festival goers inside the Garden played Beer Pong, Washers, and watched college football on a big screen TV.
Sales included beer, wine, water and Fall Fest buttons (we sold 114). As an added convenience, we took credit and debit card payments using the Square app loaded on an iPad. Generous volunteers set up fencing, tables and chairs, lights, and manned the event by checking IDs, applying wristbands, and serving the thirsty masses.
Lee Media Group coordinated the event and provided free koozies to Beer Garden participants. THANK YOU to co-sponsors Midtown Service, CB Electric, Bison Liquor, Demo Sales and LDF Distributors. All button sales and proceeds will benefit the Rose Hill Fall Festival and Chamber of Commerce.
The Beer Garden had a steady stream of traffic all day and into the night. Everyone in and around the area seemed to be having a great time (including our friends, family, and staff) and the local police department reported no arrests or shenanigans. Whew! Rose Hill Fall Festival Beer Garden is a wrap!
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Cue The Supremes, because I finally got pictures of the coat I finished in January (thanks, Mom!) and I'm going to tell you the three-year story of how it came to be.
But first, let me say this is my favorite thing I've ever made:
I bought the fabric back in 2013 thinking I would make a cape. Because it was camels hair–actually spun from the fleece of camels–and it was the most I'd ever paid per yard for something, I was too scared to actually start cutting it.
Then a year later, I realized that what I really needed wasn't a cape; it was a classic, basic coat and that the fancy fabric would make a basic shape really special. Bonus, I could use a pattern that I knew fit, the Built By Wendy for Simplicity 3966.
I got all the pieces cut out in spring of 2015 and then put it in the closet. I finally started working on it over the holidays and finished it up on my birthday in 2016.
In the interim between cutting out and sewing, an indie pattern designer released a really similar design and did a sewalong, so I was able to use her tutorials for topstitching and bagging a coat lining (and copy her idea for giant snaps).
I had to buy a walking foot for my machine to get through all the fabric, plus weft interfacing and kasha coat lining (both from the now defunct A Fashionable Stitch in SLC) plus fancy snaps and the camels hair itself (from Mood), so in the end it was probably as much as its inspiration from J. Crew.
However, J. Crew coats aren't made of camels. And aren't luxuriously soft and drapey and warm and don't fill me with this level of delight every time.
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In a bid to shake off its Soviet legacy, authorities in central Ukraine's Poltava region have pledged to strip the area of 117 monuments of Vladimir Lenin within a month.
More than one hundred monuments have already been removed, but 117 remain standing, all of which are to be taken down by Nov. 24, Poltava Governor Viktor Bugaichuk said in a statement on the regional administration's website.
In Soviet times, every inhabited town and official building was required to have a full-body statue or bust of Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union.
Most of those remain standing as historical mementos, but in Ukraine, growing anti-Russian sentiment has made the Lenin statues a target.
The deadline for the sweeping purge of Lenin statues on Nov. 24 coincides with Ukraine's official remembrance day for the Holodomor — a state-orchestrated famine that devastated southern swathes of the Soviet Union, killing between 4 million and 8 million people, most of whom were Ukrainian.
The issue is a heated point of contention between Ukraine, which calls it a genocide, and Russia, which says the policy that caused the famine targeted wealthy landowners regardless of their ethnicity.
Poltava will also stage several events to promote awareness of the Holodomor, Bugaichuk said in the statement.
Ukraine has seen a "war of monuments" in the years leading up to the recent civil strife in the country's east, with pro-Russian activists attacking monuments of Ukrainian national heroes and pro-Ukrainians targeting Communist statues in retaliation.
Statues of Lenin in Russia have also had to weather their fair share of storms: One unlucky Lenin statue at St. Petersburg's Finlyandsky train station was left with a large hole in its buttocks as the result of an explosion on April Fool's Day in 2009.


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Some of these places are frequented by celebrities and influencers, others are more hidden and well known for the celebratory brunches they have hosted. While it's common practice to meet up your girlfriends over the weekend for a quick coffee and croissant, initiate a nice, long brunch this weekend at one of these pretty spots in Singapore, your girlfriends will be thankful for that touch of atas on their Instagram feed.
At 70-storeys high, Skai is possibly the tallest spot you can sit at and tuck into brunch in Singapore. Naturally, the views are exceptional from their grand floor-to-ceiling windows and the interiors are done-up in a minimalist classic style with warm, wood hues.
Casual and classy is a theme that translates down to the brunch menu too — charcuterie and salads are served buffet-style, while the rest of the dishes arrive freshly prepared at your table.
Buffet highlights include the Wagyu Beef Tataki with pickled eryngii mushrooms and ponzu and the Blackened Cod Fish with garlic, potato and sweet corn. Chef Chong Koo Jee who won the Singapore Pastry Cup 2018 is the maestro behind decadent desserts like the Chocolate Parfait with Earl Grey and chocolate honeycomb.
This is a boozy brunch, so expect wines, champagne and brunch cocktails like the the Bloody SKAI (bacon washed T&T Wheat Vodka, dill Sherry, spice mix and tomato juice) to flow. Priced at $168++ per person, or $78++ for food and soft-drinks only.
Skai is at level 70, Swissotel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882, tel: 6338 8585.
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For brunch on the water's edge, Prive's Marina at Keppel Bay outlet is hard to beat. It boasts a casual, laid back vibe with views of the water, yachts and the futuristic Reflections at Keppel Bay towers. It's also a family-friendly venue with a kid's play corner and story books and art activities.
The menu is a mixed bag of brunch staples like the Eggs Benedict with smoked leg ham and house-made bacon ($17), 10-inch stone-baked pizzas served half-and-half or whole, and even a few Asian mains.
Their Hainanese Chicken Rice ($17) is an excellent version of the popular hawker dish, comprising plump slices of steamed free-roaming chicken, fluffy and fragrant rice and ginger and chilli sauces — all that deliver the desired punch. A walk along the marina post-lunch is great for boat-watching and photo ops.
Prive, Marina at Keppel Bay is at 2 Keppel Bay Vista, Singapore 098382, tel: 6776 0777.
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For special occasion brunches, head to this Dempsey restaurant set within a restored Ebenezer chapel built in the 1930s.
At The White Rabbit, food is classic European with modern touches, and the experience of dining in the colonial, high-ceilinged, stained-glass chapel with its stunning tiled floors, is an experience in itself.
Brunch dishes range from the light Salt-Baked Beetroot Medley ($24) served with stracciatella cheese, wild honey and tomatoes on the vine, to hearty classics like the Classic Fish & Chips ($32) which uses hake fish. The accompanying chips are triple-cooked to decadence.
Champagne and Gin cocktails are expected pairings at this laidback brunch.
The White Rabbit is at 39C Harding Road, Singapore 249541, tel: 6473 9965.
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A meal at multiple award-winning Corner House feels like a special occasion right from the get go. Set within a two-story colonial black and white bungalow inside the gorgeous Botanic Gardens, you are in for a treat with chef Jason Tan's stellar menus.
Fitting to its surrounds, the cuisine they serve is 'Gastro-Botanica' where contemporary cuisine is elevated with botanical elements; herbs, tubers, fruits, vines, greens and fungi. Food is served in courses, or as degustation menus.
For weekend brunches, expect four courses ($98++) that include brunch-appropriate dishes like the 62 degree farm eggs with wagyu cheek, Jerusalem artichokes, shallots and croutons.
Our favourite corner at Corner House is the verandah, where your table overlooks the gardens' trees and dense hedgerows encircling the house.
Corner House is at 1 Cluny Road, E J H Corner House, Singapore Botanic Gardens (Nassim Gate Entrance), Singapore 259569, tel: 6469 1000.
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Easily the most gorgeous CBD spot to have weekend brunch at, Caffe Fernet's Custom House location allows you a waterfront spot and sweeping Marina views. The daytime vibe here is of relaxed, cocktail-laced brunches and their retro, leather couches are the perfect spot to sink into for a meal.
Fernet's contemporary Italian fare is light and easy, and will not have you feeling overstuffed. We highly recommend the perfectly executed Mafaldine Cacio E Pepe ($26) of handmade pasta, top notch parmigiano, pecorino and four kinds of peppercorns.
There are also small plates like the Golden Beetroot ($19) served with goat cheese, wild rocket and chillies. They do excellent brunch cocktails, and is possibly the only spot in town to make Frosé (frozen, rose wine slushies). $55 will get you three-hours of bottomless pours of the Aperol Spritz, Watermelon and Strawberry Frosés.
Caffe Fernet is at #01-05, Customs House, 70 Collyer Quay, Singapore 049323, tel: 9178 1105.
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Almost a year after the revamp of The Quayside area of Robertson Quay, Publico Ristorante continues to be the buzziest riverside spot with its casual Italian fare and breezy-meets-hip vibe.
The decor boasts a tropical island vibe with lush green, shady trees and river views. Perfect for sun-drenched brunches (also, there is an equally pretty indoor area for those who don't like alfresco).
Top notch eats on the brunch menu are the pizzas (with 24-hour proofed dough made only from Italian flour) among which the Tartufata ($25) — a white pizza of smoked scamorza, porcini mushrooms and truffle oil — comes highly recommended.
There are also salads, antipasti, pasta dishes and brunch-style eggs. Weekends also allow brunch goers three-hours of free flow Moet & Chandon Ice imperial, prosecco and rose for $110 per person.
Publico Ristorante is at 1 Nanson Road, Singapore 238909, tel: 6826 5040.
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One of the forerunners for picturesque weekend brunches in Singapore, PS. Cafe's Harding Road location is still going strong, and is still a top choice for celebratory weekend meals.
It is open and airy, in a high-ceilinged colonial bungalow that looks out onto a field of green. PS. Cafe's interiors are clean and uncluttered, with splashes of beauty lent by their signature, towering bloom bouquets.
For brunch, expect hearty plates and signature dishes like their Green Goddess Pesto Penne ($26) which is whole wheat pasta, green vegetables and herb and pine nut pesto.
Desserts are a must at a PS. Cafe brunch, and their staggering Chocolate Blackout Cake ($14 onwards) easily feeds two chocoholics.
PS. Cafe is at 28b Harding Road, Singapore 249549, tel: 9070 8782.
Photo: PS. Cafe
The entire Como Dempsey complex is elegant and beautiful, but the area that houses world-renowned Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Dempsey Cookhouse & Bar, is easily the prettiest.
The all-white furniture and princess-like high backed chairs, the contrasting black and white floor, and the high ceilings signature to a Dempsey barrack — all add to its charm.
Plus, the open bar with its lush green features are a particular highlight. Brunch mains range from the healthful Vanilla Chia Bowl with dates, cacao, brazil nuts and fruit ($14) to the indulgent Black Truffle and Fontina Chizza Pizza ($36).
They also do brilliant brunch cocktails like the PIMM's cup and Peach Bellini, served in glasses or carafes to share ($15 to $45).
Dempsey Cookhouse & Bar is at 17D Dempsey Road, Singapore 249676, tel: 1800 304 5588.
Photo: Instagram/ thedempseycookhouseandbar.sg
It's a bit of a trek up to The Oval at Seletar Aerospace Park to have brunch, but The Summerhouse makes the trip worth it. Housed in a colonial bungalow that was once home to military and air force officers, this restaurant complex houses a floral studio, a cafe and a farm-to-table restaurant with its own farm and edible garden.
The countryside feel, lush greenery and colonial decor all make this a highly picturesque brunch spot. Brunch is served in the second-level dining room, where dishes are cooked with ethically sourced, sustainable ingredients and garnishes are all from their own garden.
Noteworthy dishes are the Mud Crab Omelette ($24) which uses mud crabs from a local fish farm and ethical cage-free eggs; and the Sweet Potato Leaves ($14) which are picked fresh from their garden and paired with charred zucchini and asparagus. The cluster of bungalows that surround The Summerhouse are also extremely pretty spots for a post-brunch stroll.
The Summerhouse is at 3 Park Lane, Singapore 798387, tel: 6262 1063.
Photo: Instagram/ thesummerhousesg
Housed within the Botanic Gardens, Botanico and Bee's Knees at The Garage sets expectations for beauty, simply because of their location, and beautiful it is.
You come upon the art deco structure after a mini walk through the wooded part of the gardens and the colonial bungalow houses an outdoor terrace, an indoor restaurant and a garden bar — each with its own personality, and all equally stunning.
Bee's Knees is the cafe on ground level, which has an all-day menu with brunch-appropriate dishes (eggs, sandwiches etc.) but head to Botanico upstairs for an elegant brunch where the menu is varied to cater to a variety of tastes.
Expect everything from petite brunch plates like the Polenta "Porridge" ($12) with flavours of coconut milk and palm sugar, topped with house-made muesli, candied bacon and fresh berries, and the luxurious Wagyu Beef Cheek ($32) served with burnt roots mash, parsnip chips and sautéed parsnips.
Botanico and Bee's Knees at The Garage is at 50 Cluny Park Road, Singapore 257488, tel: 9831 1106 (Botanico) and 9815 3213 (Bee's Knees)
Photo: Botanico
Wooloomooloo Steakhouse has been around since 2012 and gathered a steady and loyal following for its consistent quality. With the launch of their new Surf and Turf five-course brunch menu, this restaurant is one of the most scenic spots in town for a weekend meal.
The warm wood interiors are classic and elegant, but it's really the expansive views from their floor-to-ceiling windows that are the draw. Snag a table by the windows for max effect.
Brunch courses include luxurious nibbles like the trio of oysters with ponzu, mignonette and chilli vinegar and the duck rillettes with cornichons and toasted rye.
Mains include stalwarts like the USDA prime 6oz of beef ribeye, served with pomme aligot (whipped potatoes with cheese) and confit truss tomatoes and their hand chopped steak tartare, with chives, a dash of truffle aioli and fried rye bread.
Everything is well executed and for $68++ per person, the five courses are more than filling. The menu will change regularly, but will always feature both meat and seafood dishes in keeping with the surf and turf theme.
Wooloomooloo Steakhouse is at Level 3, Swissotel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882, tel: 6338 0261.
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POINT CLEAR, AL — The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) has announced its endorsement of eight candidates for federal office in the November 8 General Election, including in the state's two open-seat contests. All eight endorsements were unanimously approved by the BCA's Board of Directors.
For the open U.S. Senate seat, BCA endorsed Katie Britt, who previously served as president and CEO of BCA. Britt decisively won a challenging primary runoff and is now the Republican nominee for the position being vacated by the retirement of U.S. Senator Richard Shelby.
"Senator Shelby is leaving a distinguished history of service to the people of Alabama and the nation, and it will be challenging to match his many contributions to our state, said BCA Board Chairman Mike Kemp, founder of Birmingham-based Kemp Management Solutions."
"In her role at BCA, Katie Britt's energy and commitment to growing jobs and supporting the state's economy has been experienced firsthand by Alabama's job creators. We are confident that she will continue to be an ally in our efforts to create jobs and economic opportunities for Alabamians."
In Alabama's Fifth Congressional District election, BCA endorsed Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong, the Republican nominee who recently won a runoff for the seat currently occupied by retiring U.S. Representative Mo Brooks.
"BCA is confident that Alabama's Fifth Congressional District will have a strong advocate in Chairman Strong that proactively supports the area's economy and strengthens the pro-business image of our entire state," said Kemp.
Additionally, BCA endorsed the six incumbent members of Alabama's U.S. House delegation who are seeking reelection to their respective positions: Representatives Jerry Carl (AL-01), Barry Moore (AL-02), Mike Rogers (AL-03), Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Gary Palmer (AL-06) and Terri Sewell (AL-07).
"Alabama is fortunate to have an experienced and talented congressional delegation that is responsive to the needs of job creators in every corner of our state," added Kemp. "BCA is eager to have Katie Britt and Dale Strong join the ranks of this strong delegation after November's election. Working collaboratively in partnership with our federal, state, and local officials, Alabama's business community is committed to building a more prosperous state with ample opportunities for all Alabamians."
The Business Council of Alabama is Alabama's foremost voice for business. The BCA is a non-partisan, statewide business association representing the interests and concerns of nearly 1 million working Alabamians through its member companies and its partnership with the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama. The BCA is Alabama's exclusive affiliate to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.


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India is reviving the development of an indigenous Airborne Early Warning And Control System (AEWACS), which it had abandoned in 1999. "We have submitted a proposal to build an AEWACS with a next-generation active phased-array radar installed on a smaller aircraft, unlike the rotating antenna in the earlier Airborne Surveillance Platform (ASP)," said K.U. Limaye, director, Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS). Limaye, who is also Director of the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) of the state-owned Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), added that the airborne radar could be integrated on a Brazilian Embraer 145 aircraft.
The new AEWACS' mission avionics and sensors will be integrated via a dual MIL-STD 1533 B digital databus, with software programmes providing tactical aids, cues and alerts. The mission system will provide automatic radar control, automatic detection and track initiation, reduced false alarms, improved track continuity, sensor and databus fusion and modern communications management. It will also provide adaptive tracking performance, fast track update rate, reliable local situation display and computer-assisted decisions.
The LRDE-developed roof-mounted radar will be an active phased-array, pulse compression, Doppler radar operating in the S-band. The fixed antenna, with extremely low sidelobe levels, will comprise 200 transmitter/receiver modules mounted on top of the aircraft's fuselage. The best range performance will be achieved in a 150 degree sector sideways, with the performance reduced in forward and aft directions outside of this sector. The instrumented range will be 243nm and the typical detection range for a combat aircraft-sized contact will be 190nm. The radar's electronically scanning beam will be controlled by an automatic and intelligent energy management system which will optimise the beam position and compared to conventional, rotodome solutions, will provide quicker detection verification, increased tracking range, and improved tracking performance even for highly manoeuvring targets.
Work on the ASP's Technology Demonstrator (TD) began in earnest and the first flight of the TD, an Avro HS-748 twin-turboprop aircraft equipped with a rotodome fabricated by BAE Systems, took place in November 1991 at the ASTE's Bangalore facility. By 1994, the LRDE and state-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) had completed development and fabrication of the ASP's radar and related electronics and a fresh round of technology evaluation and flight testing got underway, following a funding of Rs 250 million from the DRDO. By mid-1996, work on most aspects of the AWACS project had been completed, and the LRDE radar demonstrated an effective range of 300km when called upon to detect a low-flying target cruising at Mach 1.5 speed. However, the sole ASP TD perished in a fatal crash at Arrakonam near Chennai in January 1999, killing eight personnel, and the ASWAC project was consequently put on hold.
Within two months of signing the $1.1-billion Phalcon Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems contract, India is looking to revive its own $400-million AWACS project.
To be called the Mini-AWACS system, the project harkens back to the indigenous airborne surveillance platform (ASP) effort shelved by India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in 1999 after a modified Avro HS-748 crashed, killing four scientists and four air force officers on board. The accident was blamed on a rotodome that blew off, indicating a failure in the modification process.
However, this time DRDO is expected to mount the Mini-AWACS' phased-array radar on an in-production executive jet, according to K.U. Limaye, director of the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment and head of CABS. An experimental radar is already in testing, he added.
Originally posted by Stealth Spy
The rest of the world seems to be catching up with the US in the field of AESA radar technology. Russia, Europe, Israel, India and China seem to be catching up fast.
Originally posted by intelgurl
What an EXCELLENT post!
The only comment I would like to make is that while the rest of the world is "catching up" with the US in the field of AESA technology, the US is finding ways of completing the killchain using AESA technology for not only intel gathering and information dissemination but also for engagement.
The AESA radar on the F-22 has the ability to emit High Power Microwaves as a focused direct energy weapon. So while the rest of the world make be embracing AESA technology, that does not mean that their technology is then equal to the most advanced systems the US may be researching and or fielding.
(Didn't mean to sound all nationalistic, just wanted to explain that the US companies aren't sitting on their laurels letting others catch up)
Another defense institute in Bangalore is using a microwave-producing version of Kali which the scientists use for testing the vulnerability of the electronic systems going into the LCA Tejas under development and designing electrostatic shields to protect them from microwave attack by the enemy.
BAE SYSTEMS has developed the world's first production Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for helicopters. The Seaspray 7000E is being officially launched at the Farnborough International Air Show and is the latest in BAE SYSTEMS, family of Seaspray surveillance radars. The 7000E is also suitable for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and light maritime patrol aircraft.
Seaspray 7000E provides multi-mode performance in a much smaller volume and mass, with simplified installation and at a reduced cost, compared with equivalent mechanically scanned radar.
"The AESA technology together with the engineering implementation ensures that failures cause only graceful performance degradation, thus offering high operational availability," said Dr David Hughes, Executive Vice President, Helicopter Systems. By means of a software upgrade, the sensor can provide a wide range of extended surveillance modes, such as moving target indication and high resolution ground mapping or interface with the weapon system to provide missile target and guidance information.
Seaspray 7000E is the outcome of the on-going product development activities of the Edinburgh-based Sensor Systems Division (SSD) of BAE SYSTEMS Avionics. It comprises just two Line Replaceable Units easing installation and reducing volume and mass. The E-Processor and AESA scanner are typically at least 25% lighter than their mechanically scanned radar equivalents. Seaspray 7000E uses industry-standard interfaces to communicate with other mission sensors and avionics, and is controlled and displayed through the aircraft's Human/Machine Interface (HMI).
Seaspray 7000E's Direct Digital Synthesis generated digital pulse compression waveform supports optimised performance in all modes. The radar has been designed to function over the full spectrum of air, land and sea surveillance operational requirements. Seaspray 7000E provides small target and long range detection, target classification, using high resolution range profiling and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging. The radar has weather and navigation modes, multiple target track-while-scan and a sensor fusion capability.
Optional modes include high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar ground mapping, Ground Moving Target Indication, air to air, Electronic Support Measures integration offering high accuracy angle of arrival information and Identification Friend or Foe integration. Seaspray 7000E features low probability of intercept coupled with a high gain antenna with low side lobe performance.
The mission radar, the Flygburen Spaning Radar with the Swedish Air Force designation FSR 890, is based on the Erieye side looking airborne radar (SLAR) from Ericsson Microwave Systems. The Erieye SLAR is a long-range radar, fitted with fixed active phased array antennae and operating within the 2GHz to 4GHz, NATO E to F bands, (the US S band). The 9m-long, 900kg antenna unit is mounted on the upper spine of the fuselage and gives the aircraft its distinctive appearance.
The Erieye radar provides 360° coverage with optimum performance of the radar over the 150° azimuthal sectors on each side of the aircraft. The radar can detect fighter aircraft at a range of 350km in a dense hostile electronic warfare environment, in heavy radar clutter and at low target altitudes. The radar has a sea surveillance mode.
The Erieye system has full interoperability with NATO Air Defence Command Systems. The system uses solid-state electronics, open-system architecture and ruggedised commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, with general-purpose programmable workstations and full-colour liquid crystal displays.
The radar incorporates an Identification Friend or Foe and a Secondary Surveillance Radar (IFF SSR) with an electronic support measures unit operating over the NATO E to J bands from 2GHz to 18GHz.
by Piotr Butowski
Tikhomirov NIIP institute presented a small Epaulet-A active electronically scanned antenna (AESA) radar.
Unlike another AESA radar, Zhuk-A, shown by Phazotron-NIIR company in the neighboring pavilion, the Epaulet was not a mock-up, but a fully functioning experimental radar dismounted for the time of exposition from the test stand. According to NIIP representatives, the radar operates within frequency range X (centimeter wavelength). The radiation power in each of the antenna channels "amounts to 8-1OW, which may be compared to 5-8W emitted by foreign radars"; noise factor amounts to 3dB, whereas the efficiency factor is about 30%.
The Epaulet-A radar has been built almost exclusively from Russian components with use of Russian technology, which is one of the basic conditions required by Russian air forces for the equipment to be installed in the fifth-generation fighter. The Epaulet-A is an experimental radar used for developing AESA technology and it is composed of only 68 transmit-receive modules; the next radars may be equipped with aerials of any form and size. The price of a single module "will be reduced to an acceptable level, provided that the same technology is used also for other series radiolocation systems made for military and civil applications" say NIIP officials.
The MiG-35 multirole combat airplane which it is planned to offer for the Indian fighter tender, will have a radar with an active phased antenna array (AFAR).
"Right now the Fazotron-NIIR corporation is intensifying efforts on the AFAR creation for these airplanes," a source in the defense industrial complex reported to Interfax-AVN. He noted that for participation in the tender, it is necessary to assemble and test a experimental example of an AFAR in good time. It earlier had been reported that India plans to purchase 126 fighters at a total cost of nearly 9 billion dollars for its air force.
According to the information of Indian sources, part of the fighters will be delivered in ready form, and part, it is possible, will be assembled under license at enterprises of the Indian HAL corporation. It is expected that besides the Russian MiG-29, the Swedish JAS-39C and French Mirage-2000-9 will take part in the Indian tender.
Source: 25.11.05, Avia.RU
Russian design bureau RSK MiG has upped the stakes in India's 126-aircraft lightweight fighter contest by announcing its intention to offer a production variant of the MiG-29OVT demonstrator that debuted at last August's Moscow air show. Dubbed the MiG-35, the new design will be offered in response to a request for proposals to be released by New Delhi late this month or in early 2006, says RSK MiG director general Alexey Fedorov.
The proposed MiG-35 variant, which supersedes an earlier RSK MiG offer to India of the MiG-29M2, would be equipped with the MiG-29OVT's RD-33MK all-axis thrust-vectoring engines, an active phased-array radar and have an airframe life of 6,000h. "We have delivered documents to India and are optimistic about the results of this tender," says Fedorov. The design is expected to face competition from the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Mirage 2000, Lockheed Martin F-16, Saab Gripen and, potentially, the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon to replace MiG-21s.
PATENTS GRANTED (in May 2005)
DMRL, Hyderabad :
• A Process for Preparation of Iron Aluminides.
• A Process for Preparation of Light Weight Ceramic Compounds Material for use in Bullet Proof Panel/Shelters.
• A Process for Preparation of Rubber Lining Material.
• A Process for Preparation of Titanium Matrix Composite.
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New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) proposes to develop indigenous Air Borne Early Warning and Control System.
A programme for design and development of indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System costing Rs. 1800 crore was sanctioned by Government on Oct 06, 2004.
Preliminary designs of various subsystems of the AEW&C are completed and are under review by expert committees. The Airborne Early Warning and Control System is likely to be developed by April 2011.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a written reply to Shri EG Sugavanam in the Parliament today.
Originally posted by Perverbial Eye In The Sky
What about Australia they have a large Phased Array Program going on too.
Australia's Ministry of Defence reports that Australia and the United States have joined forces by signing a joint agreement to further develop Australian active phased array radar technology. The total development cost is estimated to be approximately $30 million over three years.
Defence Minister Robert Hill said both countries will share the development costs, technical expertise and benefits of the CEAFAR (3D) active phased array radar. This technology is being developed by ACT electronics company CEA Technologies as part of Australia's bid to make its new Anzac-Class frigates survivable against supersonic cruise missiles, but it also has other military and civil applications on land and sea.
Senator Hill congratulated CEA Technologies and the Australian Ministry of Defence's Defence Materiel Organisation for the work done to bring about this joint project, and noted that "The program will allow further development of the CEA radar technology for possible use in medium to long range air warfare and ballistic missile defence. The technology can also be applied to smaller ships and other Australian Defence Force air surveillance assets... [and] also has potential to be used in a range of US programs including the Littoral Combat Ship and other new ship programs, land and land mobile programs, as well as replacing legacy systems on some US ships... We have a very close working relationship with the US Navy on this project, with US staff embedded in the project team."
CEC works especially well with the AEGIS radar & combat system, which will be present in Australia's new SEA 4000 Air Warfare Destroyers. Long-range intercept capabilility via advanced versions of the Standard (SM-2 Block III+) missile which Australia is already buying is also helpful, given CEC's ability to have advance ships help to track and engage threats beyond the firing ship's radar range.


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Begin the paper with a specific reference or a quote from the weeks assigned readings. Use this reference to anchor your reflections on a personally meaningful topic in first person while drawing upon and synthesizing a variety of course materials. Compare, contrast, or discuss various views on the topic articulated by different authors. The emphasis should be on self-reflecting, however, not merely summarizing or critiquing what you read. Consider the impact of your behavioral blend/personality. Examine insights about yourself, your communication style, and your relationships from the perspective of a biblical worldview and your faith journey. Note that duplicating or significantly repeating discussion board posts is unacceptable.
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While many of us know Windows-based computers which come with a BIOS when it starts up, Android have appropriately named their same sequence as the bootloader. Why? Because it does exactly as the name suggest. It's during this time of the boot up process that hackers must unlock away from the restrictions which then opens it up for new features such as applying root access. While root access is never an official process that's granted by Google or any OEM, it still relies of the system internals to work cooperatively with what they are trying to achieve.
Funnily enough, there are ways out there available for a select few devices for gaining rooting privileges without unlocking the bootloader. However, those cases are few and far between. Most Android smartphones and tablets still require the same unlocked.
Consider a locked bootloader similar to a locked gate. Your parents want your home with a locked gate so nobody can get in and that makes them feel safe. It's the same thing with smartphones only swap the characters around. The device manufacturer doesn't want you breaking into the internal system, or using anything apart from their stock Android version, so it locked the bootloader. However, as soon as we open up this part, we are opening the device up to a whole new world where people like you and me can have lots of fun.
Why do OEMs hate unlocking so much? They never speak publicly about it, but you can only assume they consider this bad for business. By unlocking, we are potentially moving away from the strict business model they have in place such as using the stock applications with stock features and so forth. If you start rooting then you are potentially running custom ROMS and not using Google's services or the manufacturers services. While that does sound bad, think of all the people who love Android and buy Android because they are thinking about the endless possibilities with hacking. In my opinion, the sales get a firm boost thanks directly to the very thing they try to ban.
While the Google Nexus range of devices which are easy to personalize come with a dedicated application for unlocking, the "Hello Moto" company are not as lucky. Check out what I mean by viewing the Boot Unlocker for Nexus devices.
Anyway, you likely know all that and just want to unlock the Hboot. You can do that by applying the steps below. If you are a newbie to this, we recommend reading through some of the essentials before starting the steps. That way, you know what you are getting in to, what the risk are involved, how to adequately prepare your device and more.
- Just like most of the other how-to guides on this website, you should backup the data before starting. Make copies of the data such as phone contacts, call logs, music, videos, SMS texts, settings, videos and anything else you need. As usual, there is many ways one can do that. Try using the built-in backup functionality that comes with the device or install a third-party application from the Google Play Store.
- You must have a Windows computer running Windows XP, Windows vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 to complete the guide. It's possible to set up Android SDK using a Mac or Linux, but not by following this guide.
- Enable the USB Debugging feature from the Developer Options menu.
- Run the latest Motorola USB drivers on your phone so you are connecting to the computer safely.
- The USB charging feature will look after the battery charge levels throughout the guide. If your USB charging is not working, you don't want to start the guide unless you have at least 50% battery. Check the state of the battery by looking at the battery icon from the status bar.
How to unlock the Motorola Moto E bootloader
Install Android SDK and ADB on your Windows computer.
- Boot the Moto E up in fastboot mode.
- Connect the phone to the same Windows computer with the USB cable.
- Open the command prompt from the Android SDK folder on the computer.
– continue reading for further explanation. - Right-click the mouse and hold the Shift key on the keyboard and open the command line that way.
– do that from a blank white space in the SDK folder. - Manually type "$ fastboot oem get_unlock_data" as the first command from the prompt box.
- Wait for a string of numbers to show on the display. Don't be alarmed, this is normal.
- Go to the official Motorola page here and follow the instructions for getting the code sent to your email address.
If you already have a Motorola account for your phone you can use that to sign into the official web page with your ID. Otherwise you can sign into the same section by using your Google Plus account. Don't be shy: create an account with a new ID if you don't have one already. Most of you probably don't use Google Plus as often as you might Facebook, so you might not remember your details.
You might also be interested in:
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Goleta Water District Must Have Video Meetings
Goleta Water District Should Have Open, Video Meetings of Its Board and Committees
The Goleta Water District is a public water agency serving the City of Goleta, Isla Vista and surrounding areas. There are about 90,000 residents residing in the District who cast more than 75,000 votes in the last election. The District's expected expenditures during the current 5-year financial plan period ending in 2025 is about $250 million. The District is going through a plan to change the process for election of Board members from at-large to districts. At the present time, Board and standing committee meetings are conducted by a deficient audio only teleconferencing system.
As a director since 2008, I believe there have not been problems with in-person meetings. When the pandemic limited in-person meetings, the Board approved audio only teleconferencing on the grounds that ZOOM, a leading platform had certain security issues. Problems with the platform were essentially been cured. Numerous area public agencies conduct meetings without problems using ZoomM or other platforms. Bill Rosen said that "without video technology, the context of the meeting is lost without the ability to see and interact with staff, other directors and the public. This lack of context detracts from my ability to perform my job for all residents of the District." The absence of video conferencing limits access and reduces transparency and openness.
We all know why Zoom or other platforms are so popular for official communication. The Santa Barbara's chief election official uses Zoom for telephone calls. Almost no book club operates without Zoom. I have participated in meetings with more than 150 participants. The Goleta Water District has conducted video meetings for closed sessions. Indeed, the Board moved from audio to video to audio in a silly exercise to keep information from the public.
I believe that every citizen has a right to participate in the meeting process and observe the Board in session. The Board majority flatly denied video access. The reason for continuing the ban on video meeting now has nothing to do with technological issues and the reasons for such change was accomplished in secret without discussion or consultation with the remainder of the board.
Director Borah, explained her reasons for banning video citing a little known author as follows: "some people have an invisible package of unearned assets…an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks." Borah states that the ability to afford a "computer or smartphone is included in the invisible package of privileged assets."
However, the Board majority apparently believes that that members of the community who lack computers or smartphones to enable their participation in video conferencing arising from a lack of money or technological knowledge based on historical circumstance creates a second less equal group of participants that epitomizes a continuation of privilege.
Borah said that using audio only levels the field. I think the reasons for banning access to video meetings disadvantages board members, staff and the public. Obviously, it would be a problem if meeting access were only by video. But that is not how the system operates. If the District had video meetings, those without computers or smart phones could call in as they do now. Even then, call-in is deficient because without a computer one cannot view Power Point presentations. And given this area includes UCSB, Santa Barbara and Goleta it is unlikely that there are even significant numbers of affected persons that meet Director Borah's criteria.
In any event, no system is perfect. No system will treat everyone with precise equality. The Brown Act that governs local government meetings deals with audio and video as equal methods of access. There are no second class citizens. But true concern must include the District's website that gives access to agendas, minutes, reports, plans, codes and vast amounts of information. To be truly equal and level the field, the Board majority would have shut down the District's entire online information access programs. Giving people who own computers and smartphones access, provides a huge advantage not addressed by Director Borah.
I doubt that the Board majority would shut down those information systems so we have to look for the real reason for the video ban. I think the real reason for audio only meetings is to prevent effective participation by the public in Board meetings.
In the past, Board majority tried to use a secret committee to guide development of a districting plan. The secret committee would have prevented full prevent public participation in the development of a districting plan. I opposed use of a secret committee and it took 14 months of needless delay to establish a proper plan to implement districting. I oppose this secret policy to deny open public meetings for all the citizens of the District. A District resident has written, "Too bad these board members are so against a robust public process. …they just don't want the light of day on their proceedings or their process. They live in the dark ages of how public meetings are conducted today."
I do not know if statistics used by Director Borah are correct, but to the extent that a problem may exist let's see what we can do about it." Rather than deny a vast majority of citizens effective access to District meetings, or shut down access to information, let's look for a practical solution. Let's do a survey of the community and see if there are actual rather than theoretical problems associated with computer access and let's see if the District can provide aid to those who lack equipment to gain meaningful access to meetings and information.
An agenda item to approve video meetings will be considered at the Goleta Water District Board meeting on November 10, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. Access telephone numbers (844) 854-2222 — access code 687369*
and sign-in information is available on-line at goletawater.com or call the District at (805) 964-6761.


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It is said that this valley takes a new form with the changing seasons. The maple trees change from green to red as the season changes from spring to autumn. Accompanying those trees, the rapid rivers, placid lakes, flowering gardens, and rolling meadows find new ways to steal the hearts of the beholders from season to season..
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Nick Richards is now officially an NBA player.
Wednesday's NBA Draft saw the former Kentucky Wildcats center selected 42nd overall by the New Orleans Pelicans and traded to the Charlotte Hornets. He'll team up with former Wildcats Malik Monk and PJ Washington.
Pelicans are trading Nick Richards to Charlotte, sources say. https://t.co/tmizBdlqNq
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 19, 2020
Richards is coming off the most productive season of his career. After averaging 4.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks over 13.4 minutes a game in the first two seasons, Richards turned into an All-SEC First Team player in 2019-20.
The 6-11 big man out of Jamaica led the Cats in rebounding (7.8 per game), blocks (2.1 per game) and double-doubles (10) to go along with a conference-high .644 field-goal percentage and 14.0 points per game. His field-goal percentage ranked fourth in the nation.
"Of all the kids that we've coached who have elevated and benefited from the culture we've built here, I would say Nick is at the top of the list," head coach John Calipari said when Richards entered the draft. "Nick's ability to self-evaluate and block out the clutter for the last three seasons has shown incredible maturity. To be able to look inward and say, 'I need more time and I wouldn't trade this time at Kentucky for anything in the world,' says a lot about Nick.
"What Nick has been able to do with his body, his mind and mastering his skills, it's been incredible and rewarding to watch as a coach. It's been a pleasure to see him grow into the player and the young man he has become, and he's done it all because of his hard work and his dedication. It has all paid off.
"Nick will leave here as a fan favorite and deservedly so because of the way he's handled himself both on and off the court. He's become the best version of himself and I couldn't be happier for him."
Richards was one of four players in the country to average at least 13.5 points per game, at least 7.5 rebounds and at least 2.0 blocks while shooting at least 60.0% from the floor. He was in the 98th percentile of offensive efficiency in the Synergy national rankings and in the 88th percentile on defense. He won two national player of the week honors in 2019-20 and was a two-time SEC Player of the Week honoree.
Richards played well early in the season, but his rise began vs. Louisville and continued into the conference season. Against the Cardinals' frontline, one of the best in the country, Richards delivered a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards, but it was his play in overtime that carried the Wildcats to victory over their biggest rivals.
Playing the final 8:53 of regulation and all five minutes of overtime with four fouls, Richards avoided fouling out and scored seven straight points in overtime with the game on the line. With Louisville leading 68-65 with 2:21 to go in overtime, Richards grabbed an offensive board (one of six in the game) and converted a three-point play to even the score once again. His free throws with 27 seconds remaining gave the Wildcats a 72-70 lead they would not surrender.
That double-double was Richards' first against a ranked opponent in his three seasons. In 20 games prior vs. ranked foes, Richards averaged 3.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. He had never recorded double-digit scoring or rebounding numbers against a ranked opponent.
Richards would do it again vs. a then-top 25 Texas Tech squad with a 25-point, 14-rebound, four-block outing, including the game-winning free throws with 10 seconds left. He became just the second Wildcat in the Calipari era to post at least 25 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks in a game. The other was National Player of the Year Anthony Davis in 2012.
Another of his biggest performances was his 27-point, 11-rebound game vs. Mississippi State, including 25 points in the second half.
Richards led the Wildcats with 66 blocks, including 18 games with multiple rejections. He blocked seven shots vs. Lamar, the first Wildcat with seven or more swats since Karl-Anthony Towns in 2014-15. He also blocked six at LSU.
Richards finished his career ranked third all-time in program history with a career field-goal percentage of .628 with a minimum of 50 attempts. He also ranks 10th all-time with 146 career blocks, and his 528 rebounds rank 46th.
Coming into the draft, Richards was being projected to go undrafted in a lot of mock drafts, so it's great to see him go in the middle of Round 2.
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Carry a determination that never dwindle, Carry a confidence of what you did and what you can do, Carry an optimistic spirit to go through happy and hard times, Carry your heart to be truthfull to yourself:)
Thursday, September 25, 2008
My Merdeka Weekends at Pulau Pangkor
This is the story of my third conquest that I've set my foot upon on West Malaysia, Pulau Pangkor. And the first island in West Malaysia that I've been to.
Frankly the trip was quite a last minute plan, luckily there are still places for us to book and stay amidst the Merdaka Holidays. The journey took about 3 hours of driving from PJ up to the town of Lumut whereby we took a ferry to cross to Pangkor Island. It was my first time that I drive for 3 hours plus and also the first time I drove my car into the federal high ways. Wow, the speed can easily went up to 120kmph. It was also the first time that I drove so fast but yet still don't really feel that you're fast while at it.
Hmm….sky blue sky….you can only see this outside of KL.
We've even pass by some vast expanses of rice field. The rice field almost covers up the whole horizon!
The island is quite big to have a bustling small town in it.
This is one of the place to buy local sea products. haiz.... i knew i should have buy more packets of dried cuttlefish!
Renting a Kancil for bout 2days cost us around RM200 plus. Having a car is more convenient to travel around the island, compare to renting a bike or bicycle. Renting a bicycle seems to be the ideal holiday transportation of choice. But luckily we've done some research beforehand saying that some roads around the island are quite mountainous and it took them hell of a time and effort by cycling >_<
This is an old Dutch fort. To tell the truth I was quite disappointed. How can you call this a fort if they don't have canons. Canons! Canons! Yup that's right! Like Fort Margretta in Kuching, Kota A Famosa in Melaka, haha, even the Sarawak Museum got canons! Haha, cos if there's a cannon I would want to mount on it and take picture with it.
But nevertheless it has quite good scenery.
this pic reminds me of the old malay kampung that i used to draw and color in art class a long long time ago:)
I quite like this pic, not that i looked good in it, but because of the background. Old forts, trees, sands, seas, mountains and skies, wow the entire combo in it.
Next we hit the beach to catch the sunset. And then my friend suggested us to take those time stop levitation pictures.
Wow, I forgot how many times was the NG take. Oh ya, this is also my first time taking such pictures.
Then, we sit down on the beach, a little exhausted and enjoy the evening sunset while munching local sea products and also imagining the evening clouds to be of ships and star fighters.
There's one place at night at Pangkor which is quite a good hang out place to go, Daddy's Café. One Thing special is that it's located by the seaside and the tables and chairs are put upon the sand. It has quite a very good atmosphere and surroundings, whereby they play light music, and there's many little decorated colorful lights.
You'll also be able to listen to the sound of waves and enjoying the night sky view full of stars while eating snacks and drinking a hot cup of milo or beer.
The waiter that is serving us is also quite friendly and we even manage to have a short conversation with us. Haha, I think this is the first time I have a conversation this long with a waiter that I met for the first time. Furthermore, most importantly, the food there tastes quite ok and the price is still affordable.
A toast to friendship and housemate ship^_^
After the supper, we go take some newspaper and put in on the beach as we lay down to continue our star gazing. Haha, need to appreciate the beautiful night sky as much as possible as it is impossible to see one back in KL. We lay down, chit chat, and slowly munching local sea products again. Wah She, eat somemore!
Yes, I sleep like pig in the weekends. But if is weekend+holiday+being somewhere else for holidays, then you know la….. Waking up seems like forever. Luckly we went for a 3 days 2 nites trip so I can salvage more time to sleep, no need to be in a too tight schedule hohoho.
see that? battleships! er.. nola, it's not big enough to be battleship, seems Lumut is also a parking bay for our country's navy.
We went snookering the next day, unfortunately there's no picture taken as we think that it is unsafe to leave the camera abroad when we're all at the ocean. According to my friend, he ranked this time's snookering experience to be 1 out of 10 as the water here is very unclear and there are not much corals to see, only fish. This is my second time in the open ocean but I have more fun and I'm braver this time as there's a lot of people going together.
This also my first time snookering. Wow, if u accidentally kena sea water in your nose, wow, it's extremely uncomfortable and you really can't do anything about it. The boat captain which is very humorous gave us a tip on snookering "oh, snookering very easy one, when you're in the water, move your hand like playing mahjong and move your leg like your cycling"
The boat captain also gave us a roller coaster boat ride which would bump your butt out from your seat and landing heavily again on your seat. One time, I've been bump again in midair before my butt landed. Ngaiti, luckily my breakfast remain there inside in my stomach.
My best experience of the sea trip is that he went off diving to the sea to collect sea cucumber and other sea creatures for us to see. We are quite lucky as we saw that on other boats, the boat captain doesn't perform this extra service. Oh.. this reminds me, does that means that he charged us more?! Haha, but I think RM25 is still quite worth it, for the experience and fun of the trip.
picture of sea cucumber (it's twice or three times bigger than land cucumber)taken from here
My first encounter with sea cucumber is at Sentosa Island Underwater World whereby there's a small shallow pool whereby they let you touch the sea cucumber. Oh my, I've never prepared for that day's encounter of sea cucumber at Pangkor! The boat captain says that there's another nickname for it which is called "Sea Man Bird" (direct translation from Mandarin, take note that the Bird here does not mean those Bird that can fly in the sky)
When he catch the sea cucumber and shows us in his hands we all move to the side of the boat to see, and when he suddenly throw the sea cucumber at us, everyone quickly scrambles aside and the girls scream like hell. When it landed on the boat, it started to release a white sticky liquid, which looks very similar to sperm ( I don't why it did this, for self defense?) and more funny thing is that is its size can grow big or small. The boat captain say we need to throw the sea cucumber back to the sea as it cannot survive too long without water. So I took it up, oh man…when I touch it I feel so grouse, hmm…feels spongy…and I quickly throw it off and as I pick up and throw, it even leaves a trail of "sperm" on the boat>_<
Now I understand why they have such nicknames. Too bad we couldn't take picture of the sea man bird and it's leftovers.
oh well, this trip would be perfect if not for one incident. me and my friend left our wallet in our room and when we're back we found that a few RM50 notes is missing. damn...and my watch is missing also. I was quite kek tiok becos the watch was a gift from dad before i come here to KL. We've complained to the management and he was kind enough to counter-offer by giving us the rental free.
so the lesson learned here, alwasy hide your things well while going vacation, even in a locked room!
It was a nice trip indeed, 3days 2 nights costing about RM300 each person. Haha, this month I would be eating more Maggie Mee then. Haha, look forward to my next trip!:)
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I saw your all pictures. They all are very nice...
I hope you had lots of enjoyed over there. I am sure that was a memorable day for you because, as you said that first time in your life you did very fast driving and you enjoyed it.
Take care...
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Sure. How many? I have no idea. This isn't something I can get statistics on (as far as I know), but if you watch Betty Dodson's videos you'll see that first orgasms are INTENSELY personal experiences that are often accompanied by cathartic laughter, tears or both.
People cry with orgasms for a lot of reasons, not just with their first. Deeply loving orgasms, orgasms that have involved a lot of build up, orgasms that function as a stress reliever, barbiturate, or sedative or orgasms that you feel ambivalent about are all examples of orgasm in the context of emotional intensity and they're all potential sources of post-orgasm weeping.
See, crying is about intensity, not valence. So if emotions are like volume and they can go from mute to 11, then crying happens around 11, regardless of what music is playing, if you see what I mean. It doesn't matter WHAT you feel, it's how MUCH you feel. People weep with joy as well as with sorrow. It's simply the release of intense emotions. Orgasm too is the release of intense emotion. Indeed, orgasm research often characterized in the psychology literature as emotion research.
This isn't what the question is about, but I usually take is as a compliment if someone cries with orgasm, either they experienced something intensely positive or else they trust me enough to show me vulnerability. Of course it's crucial to check in with the person and listen carefully and empathically to see if they're in distress and need help, but if they're just letting go of some intensity, it's a super opportunity to bond.


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G1 St James's Palace S. winner Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}-Without You Babe, by Lemon Drop Kid) has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2021 at Newsells Park Stud.
Campaigned as a homebred by John and Tanya Gunther, Without Parole won his lone start at two by six lengths for John Gosden and went unbeaten through his first three starts at three, winning Sandown's Listed Heron S. before taking the St James's Palace in the second-fastest mile ever run at Ascot and with Group 1 winners Romanised (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and U S Navy Flag (War Front) in his wake.
Without Parole made two starts at four before joining trainer Chad Brown in the U.S. He was third in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Mile on his American debut and picked up two more Grade I placings over the past year, including a third in the Shadwell Turf Mile on Oct. 3.
Without Parole is a half-brother to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tamarkuz (Speightstown), who has four first-crop winners in the U.S. from 21 foals. Their dam, Without You Babe, is a half-sister to GI Travers S. and GI Cigar Mile winner Stay Thirsty (Bernardini) and she has also produced the listed-winning She's Got You (GB) (Kingman {GB}).
"Without Parole has given me the most memorable and exciting day of my life with his victory in the St James's Palace S. at Royal Ascot," said John Gunther. "It was my biggest dream come true and I continue to be overwhelmed by the heart and perseverance he has shown with his racing pursuits in America. He has raced in 12 consecutive Grade Is and faced myriad traffic obstructions, at times unsuitable turf conditions and he just never gives up, as demonstrated again by his third-place finish in the prestigious Shadwell Turf Mile. I love this horse and can't wait to breed to him."
Newsells Park Stud General Manager Julian Dollar added, "We're delighted to be standing Without Parole at Newsells Park. It's no secret that we, like virtually every other global stallion operation, chased this horse hard after his impressive win at Royal Ascot and it's fitting he should now retire to the stud where he was born and raised. Without Parole is a beautiful horse with an athletic physique and superb conformation. As his race record states, he's an out-and-out miler who possesses a great turn of foot. Importantly, he has a potent, proven sire's pedigree, which should offer breeders plenty of options. He'll certainly be heavily supported by Newsells Park and of course his Eclipse award-winning breeders, John and Tanya Gunther."
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Less well known than some of its oceanic neighbours off the east coast of Africa, Mozambique is a destination on the up, and it certainly has a natural beauty, deserted tropical islands, sweeping white sand beaches and marine life to rival the likes of Seychelles, Mauritius and the Maldives.
The coastal capital of Maputo is in the south of the country and is easily reached on flights from Johannesburg, making it simple to combine a safari elsewhere in Africa, such as Botswana or Namibia, with a Mozambique beach escape. It's a particularly convenient add-on to safari in Kruger National Park and other Eastern Cape Reserves.
Maputo itself is the most developed part of the country; the faded colonial, Mediterranean-style building provides a glimpse into the past of the country, which gained independence from Portugal in 1975.
The Machangulo Peninsula is a short-speed boat ride (or a more adventurous 4x4 transfer) east across Maputo Bay and has several low-key boutique beach lodges. Don't expect over-the-top luxury here; instead, relax in authentic, barefoot-chic lodges sitting on pristine bays surrounded by wilderness. Depending on the lodge there are numerous activities on offer, from riding fat bikes on the beach, stand-up paddle boarding, forest walks in the Maputo Special Reserve, or an ocean safari looking out for whales, dolphins and turtles.
A little further north and a direct flight (either from Johannesburg in around two hours or straight from the Kruger in just over an hour) is the small town of the beach town of Vilankulos. This acts as the branching-off point for the stunning Bazaruto Archipelago, just a few kilometres across the turquoise ocean. Five dune islands are strung out along the coast, surrounded by a marine national park, making this one of the best places for divers or snorkellers of any level. Hidden here are just a handful of luxury lodges, sheltered by wild fruit trees hiding twittering monkeys, colourful coucals and slaloming lizards.
In the far north of the country, in the Cabo Delgado Province, 2,500 km away from Maputo, are the dazzling Quirimbas Islands. There are a handful of lodges on the 32 islands, which stretch for 200km; however, tourism and development here is still fairly low-key. For those willing to venture this far north, rare dugongs, endless palm-fringed beaches and a diverse, historic culture await, but for those looking to link with a quality South Africa or Botswana safari, the quality might be more consistently found in the Bazaruto Archipelago.


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For years the world of IT has held captive my creative and artistic side, however with a camera in my hand I can explore and create.
Photography has always been around in my life, from the film days to the early days of digital, to now and at each stage, I've grown.
Urban, street and candid genres of photography are where I started and grew up. However, it is the world of Street Photography that inspires me and helps to give a style to my portraits and weddings.
I love to capture the feelings people have and translate them into the images I produce.
I'm now a Preston based photographer and therefore explore the towns and cities of the north west of England, however now and then I do travel further.