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Q: How to override the title "ionicons-v5_logos" when I hover over the github-logo provided by ionic I'm trying to embed the GitHub Logo by ionic (v5) into my project which redirects to the GitHub repository of the project I made.
The logo has this annoying title "ionicons-v5_logos" which appears when I hover over the icon. How can I remove the logo's title? I've tried to remove the  logo's existing title by writing the following code in HTML (but it doesn't seem to remove the title on the ion-icon) -
<ion-icon name="logo-github" title="Check the code"></ion-icon>

I've tried to use the aria-label, aria-hidden and ariaLabel attributes to set/hide the title of the ion-icon, but nothing is working. Can anyone guide me to remove the title for an ion-icon?

A: You can try using ion-icon inside ion-button and add the (click) function on ion-button like this:
<ion-button (click)="yourFunction()">
     <ion-icon name="close"></ion-icon>
</ion-button>

You won't see the title on hover anymore.

A: You may disable ion-icon popup using CSS event blocking and set "title" property on parent element.
Use:
ion-icon {
  pointer-events: none;
}

Found here: https://github.com/palantir/blueprint/issues/2321

A: I have an answer! You can go to the releases of Ionicon on GitHub (https://github.com/ionic-team/ionicons/releases?page=2) and see that  v5.2.0 has added title.You can use older versions. You can import v5.1.2 (for better results) by  eliminating 5.5.2 in the installation script (that you added in your project for using Ionicons).
//Use this code

<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/ionicons@5.1.2/dist/ionicons/ionicons.esm.js"></script>

<script nomodule src="https://unpkg.com/ionicons@5.1.2/dist/ionicons/ionicons.js"></script>

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Congregating in Manhattan's Koreatown (맨해튼 코리아타운).
The Long Island Koreatown (롱 아일랜드 코리아타운) originated in Flushing, Queens before sprawling eastward along Northern Boulevard and eventually into Nassau County.
As of the 2011 American Community Survey, New York City is home to 100,000 ethnic Koreans, with two-thirds living in the borough of Queens. On the other hand, the overall Greater New York Combined Statistical Area enumerated 218,764 Korean American residents as of the 2010 United States Census, the second-largest population of Koreans outside of Korea and the most prominent.
Mass Korean immigration to the United States began in the 1950s, with a large wave occurring over the 1960s and 1970s. Koreans historically came to the New York City area with the intention of permanently settling in the metropolitan area and establishing businesses. Originally, ethnic Koreans settled in highly urbanized neighborhoods in Manhattan and Queens, but beginning in the 1980s, wealthier Koreans began moving to suburban communities in nearby Bergen County, New Jersey across the George Washington Bridge, alongside the Hudson River—as well as to adjacent Nassau County (on Long Island) and Westchester County, both locally within New York State itself. Many ethnic Koreans moved into areas already settled by the metropolitan Japanese community. By 1988, there were about 150,000 ethnic Koreans living in the New York City area.
Manhattan's Koreatown (맨해튼 코리아타운) is primarily a Korean business district in Midtown Manhattan, but since 2008, the district has seen an increase in Korean and European traffic as well, and the resident Korean population in the area has grown concomitantly. There was never a formal plan or agreement to create a Korean commercial district in Manhattan. However, given the high tourist traffic stemming from its proximity to the Empire State Building, Macy's Herald Square, Penn Station, Madison Square Garden, the Garment District, and the Flower District, amongst other Midtown Manhattan landmarks, it was an ideal location for Korean immigrants to settle. Initiated by the opening of a Korean bookstore and a handful of restaurants in the 1980s, Koreatown sprang into being. With their success, an additional stream of Korean-owned businesses took root in the neighborhood, coinciding with increased immigration from Korea; and with rising demand for the prime location, overall property values in the area increased as well. According to the 2010 United States Census, the Korean population of Manhattan (co-extensive with New York County) had nearly doubled to approximately 20,000 over the decade since the 2000 Census. Although Korea Way continues to represent the heart of Koreatown, situated between Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and Fifth Avenue, Koreatown itself has been expanding further eastward from Fifth Avenue along East 32nd Street, toward Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, in the direction of Queens. Koreatown, Manhattan has become described as the "Korean Times Square" and has emerged as the international economic outpost for the Korean chaebol.
In the 1980s, a continuous stream of Korean immigrants also emerged into the Long Island Koreatown (롱 아일랜드 코리아타운), many of whom began as workers in the medical field or Korean international students who had moved to New York City to find or initiate professional or entrepreneurial positions. They established a foothold on Union Street in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, between 35th and 41st Avenues, featuring restaurants and karaoke (noraebang) bars, grocery markets, education centers and bookstores, banking institutions, offices, consumer electronics vendors, apparel boutiques, and other commercial enterprises. In 1990, Korean-American owned shops were boycotted in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn; the boycott started by Black Nationalist, Sonny Carson, lasted for six months and became known as the Flatbush boycott.
As the community grew in wealth and population and rose in socioeconomic status, Koreans expanded their presence eastward along Northern Boulevard, buying homes in more affluent and less crowded Queens neighborhoods and more recently into adjacent suburban Nassau County, bringing their businesses with them, and thereby expanding the Koreatown itself. This expansion has led to the creation of an American Meokjagolmok, or Korean Restaurant Street, around the Long Island Rail Road station in Murray Hill, Queens, exuding the ambience of Seoul itself. The eastward pressure to expand was also created by the inability to move westward, inhibited by the formidable presence of the enormous Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠) centered on Main Street. Per the 2010 United States Census, the Korean population of Queens was 64,107, while the Korean population of Nassau County had increased by nearly two-thirds to approximately 14,000 over one decade since the 2000 Census. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines provide non-stop flights from Seoul to JFK Airport in Queens, and the Consulate-General of South Korea in Manhattan has played an important role in mediating travel to and from Korea by the Korean diaspora living in the New York metropolitan area.
Korean American residents in Queens can enjoy an urban oasis at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
Korean American residents also prominently utilize the Queens Library in Flushing.
Other established and growing Koreatowns in the New York metropolitan area are located in nearby Bergen County, New Jersey, namely the Fort Lee Koreatown (포트 리 코리아타운) and the Palisades Park Koreatown (벼랑 공원 코리아타운). Signage in Hangul (한글) is ubiquitous in all of the Koreatowns.
Korean language schools in the New York City region tend to have distinct educational missions and clienteles, and each school has its own distinct management. Because ethnic Koreans settling in New York City generally intend to permanently immigrate to the United States, the only Korean-oriented schools are supplementary institutions holding classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
Korean churches typically hold Korean language classes for a half to one hour per week during Sundays. In addition to the churches, there are non-religious operators of Korean schools. In 1988, the Consulate-General of South Korea in New York stated that about 40% of the Korean schools in the New York City area were non-religious. The first Korean schools were established by ethnic Korean churches.
The Korean School of New York was the first non-religious Korean school established in the city, opening in 1973. The founder, who remained as the school's principal academic administrator in 1988, believed that Korean language education should be separate from religion. As of 1988, this school had 205 students.
The Korean School of Queens originated as a church-operated school, and as of 1988, offered classes for elderly persons and children. In that year, the school had 141 enrolled students. As of 1988, the Korean School of New Jersey (뉴저지 한국학교) had 262 students, making it the largest Korean school in the New York City area, serving students living in suburbs in northern New Jersey. In 1988, the Church of Brooklyn Korean Language School had 120 students, the Broadway Korean School of New York had 97 students, the Westchester Korean School had 50 students, and the Pearl River Korean School had 36 students. In 2014, the McGoldrick Branch of the Queens Library in Flushing began holding Korean language classes.
Approximately fifteen restaurants operate 24/7 on Korea Way in Koreatown, Manhattan (맨해튼 코리아타운).
Approximately fifteen restaurants conduct business 24/7 on Korea Way in Koreatown, Manhattan. Korean restaurants in the district have had to expand or stay open around the clock to meet rising commercial rents and stay financially viable, given the growing prestige and high customer volume generated by foot traffic in Koreatown, Manhattan, and greater investment and involvement by the Korean chaebol. Historically known as a more tourist-oriented alternative to the residential and somewhat suburban Flushing and Murray Hill, Queens in the nearby Long Island Koreatown, Koreatown in Manhattan has since developed a reputation as an authentic Korean dining destination.
According to The New York Times, a "Kimchi Belt" stretches along Northern Boulevard and the Long Island Rail Road tracks, from Flushing, Queens, eastward into Nassau County, in the Long Island Koreatown. A prominent Korean food chef stated that "Queens is the closest you can come to authentic Korean food." The Long Island Koreatown features numerous restaurants that serve both traditional and/or regional Korean cuisine. The development of this Koreatown has led to the creation of an American Meokjagolmok, or Korean Restaurant Street, around the Long Island Rail Road station in Murray Hill, Queens, exuding the ambience of Seoul itself. Korean Chinese cuisine is also available in the Long Island Koreatown.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 is loaded with gee whiz features
With its Galaxy smartphone franchise, Samsung has emerged as Apple's chief rival in the smartphone space.
Samsung Galaxy S4 is loaded with gee whiz features With its Galaxy smartphone franchise, Samsung has emerged as Apple's chief rival in the smartphone space. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/XUDFnw
Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY Published 12:02 a.m. ET April 24, 2013 | Updated 9:53 a.m. ET April 24, 2013
USA Today's Ed Baig looks at the new Samsung Galaxy S4
The Galaxy S 4.(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)
Thin attractive phone has beautiful 5-inch display
Dual-camera mode lets you simultaneously shoot pictures with front and rear cameras
Several features are gimmicky parlor tricks that may not be usable or functional
NEW YORK — You get the impression that Samsung is auditioning for a Las Vegas magic act. When it comes to the brand new Galaxy S4, the South Korean electronics giant seemingly has an endless bag of parlor tricks. The smartphone is the highly anticipated successor to the Galaxy S III and I like it a lot, even if some of the new features come off as "look what we can do" as opposed to "look how we can make your experience better."
Want to answer a call or skip a song with the wave of your hand? Go right ahead. Want to pause a video by looking away from the screen? You can do that, too. Did someone walk in front of your family just as you were capturing the perfect pose? Poof — the interloper can be made to disappear from the picture. You can also use your phone as a remote control for your television — whether the TV is from Samsung or not — and receive recommendations of what to watch.
Samsung's latest phone is loaded with so many stunts that the company wisely starts folks out with a "learn about key features" wizard. Newbies can also go with a newly enhanced "Easy Mode" home screen, with a simpler layout and bigger icons than the standard screens. An improved notifications panel can also make it a little easier to tame the device.
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Some of the features on the S4 launched on prior Galaxys, and perhaps you even took advantage of them. For example, there's S Beam, in which you can exchange data with a friend by bumping your Galaxy phone against his or hers.
But the S4 is teeming with fresh capabilities. Some are fun and innovative, such as a dual-shot photography feature that lets you simultaneously snap a picture using the 13-megapixel front camera and 2-megapixel rear camera. You can see your own face beaming in an image that also shows your kid whacking the ball in Little League. But several other "touch-less" features weren't always functional or easy to figure out. (Samsung has embedded eight sensors on the device.)
That's not to diminish what taken as a whole is a handset worth coveting. There's good reason Samsung's Galaxy smartphones have climbed to the top of the Android charts and emerged as the leading competitor to Apple's iPhone. Some features may be gimmicky, but this is still a phone you're going to want.
The S4 hardware is state of the art, even if the plastic-y back, which feels just like the S III, doesn't quite have the premium feel of another recent new Android rival, the HTC One. The speakers aren't as good as HTC's, either.
Samsung certainly has no reason to apologize for the S4's beautiful 5-inch full HD Super Amoled (1920 x 1080) display, which is fortified by an advanced version of protective Gorilla Glass. At less than a third of an inch thick, the phone is more svelte than the S III and, at 4.6 ounces, a hair lighter.
Even at that, Samsung has been able to pack in a more powerful battery, which, as a bragging point against the iPhone, can be replaced by the user. When the back cover is removed, you can also slide in an optional microSD card to bolster the 16 GB or 32 GB of on-board storage by up to 64 GB.
The S4 has a powerful quad-core processor. It runs Android version 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
Devices start arriving Thursday and will eventually be available in the U.S. from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, as well as from U.S. Cellular, Cricket and C Spire. Major retailers will also carry it.
AT&T is selling the 16 GB version for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Sprint is trying to lure new customers with an incentive that drops the cost to $149.99. That's what T-Mobile will charge upfront on top of monthly payments under its new pricing structure. (I tested the T-Mobile version of the phone but couldn't tap into 4G LTE since that network is not available yet on T-Mobile in and around New York City.) Verizon starts pre-orders on Thursday for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with availability May 30.
Some of the coolest new features come with the camera. I especially liked the dual-camera mode for combining images from the front and rear cameras into one, though it was sometimes a challenge to frame the image just right. Your mug appears in a small resizable rectangle that you can drag about the screen.
"Drama shot" was also pretty nifty. You can take a picture of your kid running the bases or doing a somersault — the idea is you're tracking movement. The camera can take up to 100 images in a burst. Once processed, you can choose which of the frames ought to be combined in the final picture, which shows the subject's progression.
The "eraser" effect can remove people or objects that don't belong in your final picture. When turned on, the camera takes five pictures in succession with any moving objects highlighted in pink. Tap the pink to erase the distractions. Movement wasn't always detected, perhaps because this shooter didn't always steady the camera.
I had a good time playing with other effects, such as those that shoot videos in superslow motion or at faster speeds. A fun animation effect can combine a person who is moving with a person who remains stationary.
Unfortunately, the "air gesture" features that let you engage the phone in a variety of ways without touching it were a mixed bag. When the screen was dark and the phone lay flat on a surface, I was able to wave my hands above it to make it wake up and reveal notifications or to see the name of a song that was playing. I could answer a call that way, too. And I could also wave over pictures in the photo gallery to advance from one photo to another. In each case, though, I found it just as simple to do it the old-fashioned way. Samsung says there may be situations — in the car, for example — where some of the touch-less gestures come in handy.
By hovering over the screen with my finger, I could make certain other things happen, features borrowed from Samsung's Galaxy Note "phablet." On the Note you had to use a special S Pen, whereas your finger does the work here. For instance, if you're on the Web you can magnify text on the page by hovering over the screen. I found it a bit more useful to hover over the phone's calendar to be able to bring up more details about an event. By hovering inside the Samsung Hub store, I was able to glance at pricing on books, music or videos that were available to buy or rent.
I also had an erratic experience with the "smart pause" feature that is supposed to pause a video when you are no longer facing the screen. It worked at times but not consistently.
Same goes for the "smart scroll" feature that is meant to scroll the screen according to the way you tilt your head. It's another of those parlor tricks that I can't see regularly relying on.
I wasn't able to test every last feature on the phone, including Group Play, which lets you play games or share files with other people nearby who also have the device. Then again, I can't imagine using every last feature anyway. For all the fancy tricks, the real magic comes from sticking to the basics on what is a very appealing phone.
www.samsung.com
Pricing varies by carrier
Pro: Thin phone has beautiful screen, quad-core processor, removable battery, excellent camera, memory expansion capabilities and some fun features.
Con. Many of the features are gimmicky or not particularly functional.
E-mail: ebaig@usatoday.com. Follow @edbaig on Twitter.
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Wesley Healthcare Promotes Ashley Lunkenheimer to Director of Acute Care Services
Wesley Healthcare Promotes Ashley...
Wesley Healthcare April 16, 2018
WICHITA – Wesley Healthcare has named Ashley Lunkenheimer, RN, its new director of acute care services.
Lunkenheimer, who most recently served as the associate director of Wesley's emergency department and forensic nursing, will lead the nursing activities of Wesley's medical-surgical tower, focusing her efforts on patient satisfaction and quality initiatives.
"Ashley brings a wealth of experience, enthusiasm, commitment and compassion to the acute care services line," said Angela Gutierrez, Wesley Medical Center's associate chief nursing officer. "We are excited to have her lead our medical-surgical nursing team."
A native of Kansas, Lunkenheimer began her career as a registered emergency room nurse at Wesley in 2009 while also serving as a hospice nurse at Harry Hynes Hospice. Since then, she has held a variety of emergency room positions, including an assistant nurse manager and manager, as well as overseeing Wesley's forensic nursing services.
"I am very excited about this new opportunity," Lunkenheimer said. "The hospital has been home to me for most of my career and blessed me with so many opportunities to grow and develop as a professional leader in the healthcare field."
Lunkenheimer graduated from Butler Community College with an associate's degree in nursing. She received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Wichita State University and her master's degree in nursing from Aspen University in Denver, Colorado.
Lunkenheimer volunteers with Young Professionals of Wichita as well as serves as a guest speaker for several local nursing school programs. She and her husband, Keith, have two children, a son and a daughter.
For more information about Wesley Healthcare and its services, please visit www.wesleymc.com.


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Rajasthan Royals will be playing against Kolkata Knight Riders in their home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium on 18 April 2018. It will be the 15th IPL 2018 match and fans of both teams will be hoping that their team wins.
If you are a fantasy cricket lover, read the match preview and prediction to find out which team will end up being victorious on match day.
The Royals will be hoping to get a slowish pitch with minimal spin so that the trio spinners of KKR Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav and Piyush Chawla don't cause problems for their batters. Usually, the ground curator provides the team with a slow pitch that often favors and benefits the Rajasthan batsmen.
Having said that, KKR is not a side that Royals should take lightly. They may have a weak bowling line up, but they have a star-studded batting lineup. So, the toss will decide who will amass runs batting first.
KKR has a small squad of just 19 players. Dinesh Karthik will be leading the side and there is no room for maneuvering with such a small team. Hence, it could be tough going for Kolkata Knight Riders, even though they have a strong batting line up. However, this does not mean that Rajasthan Royals have a better chance of winning. On the contrary, KKR may end up winning this match as the Royals don't have too many players with international experience.
Ajinkya Rahane will be captaining the side in the absence of Steve Smith.
Rahane is struggling in form and may not be able to inspire his team even with Heinrich Klaasen, Jaydev Unadkat and Ben Stokes in the team.
Dinesh Karthik will rely a lot on Chris Lynn to score runs at will and on Tom Curran to pick up wickets.
KKR also have two young seamers, Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti, who will support Sunil Narine, the spinner and pinch hitter.
However, Kuldeep Yadav who will help Kolkata Knight Riders win against Rajasthan Royals.


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If you re-start apm-server, the log file will be re-created, so you will need to re-start the tail.
This command tunnels the HTTP service from port 5601 on the monitor server (Kibana) to your local workstation on port 8888.
Browse to: http://localhost:8888/ to view the dashboards.
Now you can type ssh -N elasticapm to run it in the foreground and ssh -f -N elasticapm to run it in the background.
See Requirements for the current version.
Make sure that TracingMiddleware is the first MIDDLEWARE in the list.
Refer to your company Checklist and replace monitor.yourbiz.co.uk with the name of your server.
DOMAIN and DATABASE should already exist in production.py.
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Josh Frydenberg's wages trap
May 17, 2021 by Richard Denniss in Australian unions
Originally published in Australian unions on May 17, 2021
Josh Frydenberg is playing us all for mugs – and I'm not talking about those ridiculous "Back in the Black" coffee cups he had made in 2019.
With his third Federal Budget, Frydenberg has delivered on Matthias Corman's strategy, which he revealed when he let the mask slip in an interview with Sky News on March 8th, 2019 amidst the election campaign.
"Low wages is a deliberate design feature of our economic architecture," the then finance minister revealed.
True to their word, the Liberal Government has presided over the longest streak of low wages growth in living memory, with a projected figure of just 1.25% expected in the upcoming financial year.
Hey, hang on. Isn't "Team Australia bouncing back?" And how can an economy that depends on 60% of its horsepower being delivered by domestic spending expect to be roaring when people's pockets are empty?
Like the premature exaltation of being "Back in the Black," Josh Frydenberg has revealed to us one talent he does have – the power of magical thinking.
Richard Denniss is the Chief Economist with independent think tank, The Australia Institute. He told On the Job that the Morrison Government's obsession with wage suppression is now threatening Australia's economic recovery.
"This Government is like the dog that caught the car, and now it's got a mouthful of muffler. It's tried to control wages growth for decades. We've radically changed our industrial relations system and the bargaining power of workers as well as access to entitlements. We've also radically changed regulation of things like wage theft," said Denniss.
"It's no accident that we've got low wages growth. It's 30 years a of hard effort and guess what, we've got it."
"We were told that if we had low wages there'd be lots of investment, that the economy would boom. It turns out that all that neo-liberal nonsense was just that – nonsense."
The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work has just released its analysis of the Federal Budget, in a paper it called Heroic Assumptions and Half Measures.
The Government is touting a 4.25% growth in GDP in the upcoming financial year, and the report takes a deep dive into where the spending will come from to drive the economy.
With JobKeeper and JobSeeker being mothballed, flatlining figures for permanent jobs, and a ballooning number of under-employed Australians looking for more hours, it seems the treasurer is simply trying to wish a recovery into being.
Richard Denniss said that Josh Frydneberg has missed the opportunity to assist those most in need and lay the foundations for a real sustainable recovery.
"The easiest way to get people spending a lot would be to boost the wages of low income earners, to boost the benefits of the lowest income earners in the country," Denniss said.
"But we haven't done that, we're just hoping the high income earners and the business owners that got so much money last year, feel like spending it this year.
"It is classic trickledown economics."
The Chief Economist at The Australia Institute makes the point that the Morrison Government's 2020 stimulus package was shoddy, and the consequences of that are magnifying the economic challenges ahead.
"The reality is there is an enormous amount of accumulated savings from last year for the simple reason that the stimulus was poorly targeted. It went to people that didn't spend it – it's sitting in their bank accounts," explained Denniss.
"Now the Government is hoping that these people will start spending this year the money that they didn't spend last year.
"The easiest way to get people spending would be to boost the wages of low income earners and the benefits of the lowest income earners in the country.
"The point of stimulus is to pump money into the economy when we need it. Go back to the treasury document for the Global Financial Crisis – go early, go hard, go households.
"This Government didn't go early, it didn't go hard, it didn't go households, and that means there's a lot of money being stockpiled that they hope will get spent this year.
"And hope is not a strategy."
Richard Denniss is adamant that a smarter approach to boosting Australia's economic prospects would mean targeting those most in need.
"At the top of the list, I'd be increasing unemployment benefits and the minimum wage because both of those things will help the income of the lowest-paid workers, and both of them will pump money into the economy straight away.
"The second thing is to look at the restrictions that are placed in Unions that make it so hard for them to actually bargain and negotiate because if we want to see unions deliver wage growth for us, we can't tie both their hands behind their back."


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Ashli Babbitt's Shooter Given 'Distinguished Visitor Suite' At Joint Base Andrews
(Tea Party PAC) – The Democrats have been telling us for two years that there were 5 police officers allegedly murdered during the Jan. 6 incursion at the Capitol but it's simply not true. Not only were no police officers slain that day (no one has been charged with murder) but the only actual homicide was committed by a Capitol Police Officer against unarmed Trump-supporter and veteran Ashli Babbitt.
Babbitt's killer, Michael Byrd, has never been charged with murder and Democrats have treated him like a hero, which he legitimately is to them. Now a new report from government watchdog Judicial Watch reveals that Byrd was given the "Distinguished Visitor Suite" at Joint Base Andrews to live in.
For murdering a political dissident of the left, Byrd gets the royal treatment. It's disturbing but not shocking.
The worst part is we, the taxpayers, got to foot the bill for Byrd and "his pet" to live in the suite for several months, which costs thousands of dollars.
Judicial Watch had to fight using the Freedom of Information Act to obtain 31 pages of documents from the Air Force showing Byrds accommodations were at "taxpayer expense."
"Judicial Watch obtained the records in response to a September 2022 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after Joint Base Andrews, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, and the FBI failed to respond to three July 2022 FOIA requests about Byrd's housing at Joint Base Andrews while his name as the shooter of Ashli Babbitt was being withheld from the public by the government" the government oversight group revealed.
"The documents show that Lieutenant Byrd and a pet stayed in a 'Distinguished Visitor Suite' at the 'Presidential Inn' (part of Air Force Inns) under a 'Capitol Police Presidential Inn Reservation' for the period July 8, 2021, through January 28, 2022," the report detailed.
"A representative at Joint Base Andrews informed us that a 'Distinguished Visitor Suite' is typically reserved for officers at the rank of O-7 (Brigadier general or higher)," Judicial Watch explained, adding, "The records and an email dated November 15, 2021, indicate the cost of Lt. Byrd's lodging fluctuated: from $161 in July 2021, to $158 for August 2021, to $184 for September 2021, to $185 for October 2021, and to $165 for November 2021."
Ashli Babbitt was the only person at the US Capitol who was murdered on Jan. 6, 2021, and Judicial Watch says audio, visual and photographic records they obtained confirm it.
"We previously uncovered records from the DC Metropolitan Police showing that officers reported they didn't see a weapon in Babbitt's hand before Byrd shot her and that Byrd was visibly distraught afterward. One officer attested that he didn't recall hearing any verbal commands before Byrd shot Babbitt. The records include internal communications about Byrd's case and a crime scene examination report. Investigators who wrote the January 6, 2021, for Babbitt (identified as Ashli Elizabeth McEntee-Babbitt Pamatian) note that the possible Manner of Death was 'Homicide (Police Involved Shooting)," the group noted.
The evidence is clear; Ashli Babbitt was murdered by Byrd and the Washington Swamp has covered it up and even rewarded her murderer. The left is still working hard to suppress the facts regarding Babbitt's death and that's why Capitol Police arrested her mother, Micki Mitthoeft, on Friday, the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 events.
Mitthoeft was attempting to hold a ceremony in remembrance and honor of her daughter when Capitol Police arrested her for allegedly blocking traffic and not obeying an order.
An article shared by The Gateway Pundit explained, "Micki Witthoeft was part of a group of protesters walking westbound on Independence Avenue between the Capitol and House office buildings. A trailing police officer in a marked car tried to order the protesters to move to the sidewalk away from the Capitol. The protesters ignored the warning and continued marching, with Witthoeft on the outside in the middle of a traffic lane."
It continued, "Capitol Police set up a roadblock and ordered the protesters to cross the street to the sidewalk or be arrested. After an officer shoulder checked Witthoeft when she tried to move past him, Witthoeft turned her back to the officers and offered to be arrested."
As one Twitter user commented, Ashli's mother was "lucky" she didn't end up getting shot and killed too.
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Thames Water reports profits boom despite surge in burst pipes during drought
Also under fire for sewage discharges and executive pay, company makes first-half profits of almost £500m
Thames Water blamed hot weather and dry ground for leakage and supply interruptions during the summer. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
Mark Sweney and Helena Horton
Mon 5 Dec 2022 14.20 EST First published on Mon 5 Dec 2022 10.47 EST
Thames Water has reported a boom in first-half profits to almost £500m, despite a surge in the number of burst pipes during the drought across the UK over the summer.
The company, which instituted a hosepipe ban from August to September amid the summer heatwave, said the rise in leakage and supply interruptions due to mains bursting was the result of "hot weather and dry ground".
The Liberal Democrats criticised the large profits as "an insult" and "a slap in the face" after the service failings. Thames Water has also been under fire for sewage discharges and executive pay, with its CEO, Sarah Bentley, earning £2m.
The company made a pre-tax loss of £386m in the six months to the end of September last year, compared with this year's £493.5m profits. Thames Water, which supplies 15 million customers across London and the south-east, said exceptional gains in financial instruments helped drive the surge in profits.
Ian Marchant, the chair of Thames Water, said: "2022 marked one of the worst droughts on record, leading to an unprecedented decline in water storage. Given the severity and prolonged nature of the drought in our region, a temporary usage ban was put in place to help manage water resources.
"Team Thames has been working round the clock to fix leaks and bursts, which have spiked as a result of the drought, and working with customers to help reduce demand."
The Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Tim Farron, said: "These profits are a slap in the face for communities who have had their rivers poisoned by sewage or water supplies cut off because of leaking pipes.
"Last week homes in Guildford were again left without water because of Thames Water's gross incompetence, yet the company's executives still rewarded themselves with multi-million pound bonuses. How is that right?
"This is an insult and the government should finally get tough by taxing these staggering profits more, as well as banning water company exec bonuses."
The chief executive of campaign group River Action, James Wallace, said: "The challenges facing Thames Water and all our water companies were not caused by a random drought year or other short-term crises.
"The industry [has] had decades to prepare for the catastrophic impacts of climate breakdown on its Victorian sewage and water supply system."
He added: "We desperately need leadership from the government and commitments from water industry CEOs to deliver a properly funded plan to modernise and adapt our water infrastructure to meet the requirements of a hotter, drier and stormier future."
The Guardian recently revealed how the water industry has taken on debts totalling £54bn since privatisation. Thames Water had a £13.8bn debt mountain, up from £12.6bn a year earlier. It did not declare a dividend after the regulator Ofwat forced its shareholders to commit to inject £1.5bn of equity.
Shareholders include the Chinese sovereign wealth fund CIC, Britain's pension fund for academics USS, the BT pension scheme Hermes, and Canadian and Australian investment giants.
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Thames Water reported a marginal increase in revenues to £1.13bn, but adjusted profits fell by £35m year on year as the company's costs increased by almost £100m.
Its total, £969m operating expenses bill included a £33m year on year increase in power costs and a £24m rise in employment costs. The company said that since 2020 its energy costs had risen 78% to £112m in the six months to the end of September.
Bentley said: "As well as the drought, the huge spikes in energy prices and significant inflationary pressures have had an impact on the business. As a regulated company, we've absorbed most of the increased costs, thereby mostly protecting our customers from this inflation. However, higher costs have impacted our financial performance."
Thames Water said customers' bad debt levels rose £1m to £36m, as the rate of cash collections dropped. However, the company pointed out that its bad debt charge relates "predominantly to those who choose not to pay their bill, despite being financially able to", as well as those who cannot afford to pay.
Thames Water said it had provided £38m in financial support to customers via its WaterHelp social tariff and WaterSure schemes, with 280,000 households getting a 50% reduction in their bill during the last six months.
The Reading-based firm's profit figures were flattered by a £580m gain on the performance of approximately £11bn it has invested in derivative financial instruments.
The company, which would have reported a £44m loss without the boost, said its investments paid off handsomely due to higher interest rate expectations and the decline of the value of the pound against currencies including the dollar and euro over the past two years.
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Emergency responders in Nassau County were on the scene of a carbon monoxide poisoning at Roosevelt Field Mall Thursday morning.
Ambulances, fire trucks and Nassau County hazmat teams rushed to the mall before it even opened for business, WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall reported.
The incident took place at Abercrombie & Fitch, which is being renovated. Nine people suffered the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, including dizziness, nausea and headaches.
Vincent McManus from the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office told Hall that workers were using a propane-powered piece of equipment to remove the floor at the store.
"Since it's propane-fired, it does emit carbon monoxide, which normally wouldn't be a problem in a more open area or an area with proper ventilation. But since it was being used in a confined space within a store, the vapors built up," he said.
The mall usually opens at 7 a.m. for mall walkers and it appeared that some people were being allowed into other parts of the mall even as the emergency response continued, Hall reported.
The mall is now open for business as usual.


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Brazil's Airport Privatizations: Lessons from the 6th Round Results
André Soutelino
CCR Airports
VINCI Airports SAS
With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic last year, Brazil's aviation regulator, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority – ANAC, and the government, were quick to flex the rules on its airport privatizations to garner interest. It has meant that the Brazilian aviation sector has suffered less of an impact than others around the world.
On April 7 2021, the results of the bidding for 22 airports split into the three clusters were revealed. As a reminder, the gateways were divided as follows:
South (9 airports – Curitiba/PR, Foz do Iguaçu/PR, Londrina/PR, Bacacheri/PR, Navegantes/SC, Joinville/SC, Pelotas/RS, Uruguaiana/RS and Bagé/RS)
Central (6 airports – Goiânia/GO, Palmas/TO, Teresina/PI, Petrolina/PE, São Luís/MA and Imperatriz/MA)
North (7 airports – Manaus/AM, Tabatinga/AM, Tefé/AM, Rio Branco/AC, Cruzeiro do Sul/AC, Porto Velho/RN and Boa Vista/RR).
In this latest round, the North cluster had a new reference value for air cargo movements in Manaus Airport and the risk-sharing between the concessionaire and the Granting Authority after the 5th year if there is any change on tax legislation in the Manaus Free Zone.
Through this instrument, the concessionaire can get the variable contribution decreased (starting after fifth year) – and if the decrease isn't enough other legal instruments can be applied such as:
variable charges
decreasing contract obligations.
Besides that, the contracts for each cluster were changed to make them considerably more attractive to investors. The Central cluster minimum bid was dropped from BRL 49.7 million to BRL 8.2 million; and the South cluster cut from BRL 516.20 million to BRL 133.5 million. However the Norte cluster minimum bid was increased by 10.3% from BRL 43.7 million to BRL 48.2 million (see the graphic below).
How the minimum bids were changed
The changes for the Central and South clusters reflected the pandemic timing, but to me they were akin to getting a bargain at the dollar store. The changes ensured savings of $7 million and $68 million respectively (at the rate of $1 = BRL 5.58). Meanwhile the North cluster was $805,000 more – which is not very much across a 30-year contract.
Essentially all the clusters were a good deal and in September 2020, I wrote an article for airportIR.com to this effect based on the fact that domestic travel is recovering and many regional airports will see the benefits.
Bids Come in High
Bidders must have seen it this way too as the sixth round or privatizations has turned out to be the most successful so far. Infrastructure group CCR paid a premium of more than 9,000% for the Central cluster (versus the minimum bid), and by more than 1,500% for the South cluster! Vinci snapped up the North cluster by paying almost 780% more than the minimum bid.
In all three cases, as the charts below show, there was limited competition among the bidders. The number of bidders was low because the rules were changed to attract investment funds, but as it turned out, from the eight players that offered a bid in the sixth round only one was an investment fund. The rest were airport operators.
Across all three clusters there were clear front-runners
The high premiums offered by CCR for the South and Central clusters were not a surprise because these clusters have good potential for cargo and logistics. For instance, Curitiba (CWB) is the main airport for small parcels from China. Each package is between 200-300g, but there are more than 200,000 packages per day. Navegantes (NVT) is growing its logistics operations and, more generally, Brazilian domestic aviation has shown that it can recover quickly in the pandemic period.
With the new rules, the granting will be paid when the concession contract is signed. The concessionaires will then get more cash flow flexibility because there will be no fixed granting fee to be paid to the Granting Authority – only a variable fee after the fifth year. The second and third rounds showed that a fixed granting fee for the whole contract put a hole in the concessionaires' financials.
Another point about this round is that CCR played to win – there was no chance for competitors. CCR had cash on hand due to a public float in 2017. CCR picked up about USD1 billion (USD1 = BRL 3.27) and it has added a few concessions since then.
With 15 out of 22 airports from the sixth round, CCR is now the main private airport operator at big and medium hubs in Brazil. Its portfolio is 16 airports in Brazil (including the existing Belo Horizonte gateway), plus three in Latin America (Quito, San José and Curaçao). It has been speculated that CCR might bundle up its airport business and do an IPO.
As for VINCI, the winner of the North cluster, it wants to grow its airport portfolio in Brazil. The French group bid in the fifth round for the Northeast cluster of six airports – REC, MCZ, JPB, AJU, CPQ and JDO – and it already operates Salvador (SSA). Manaus is the jewel in the crown of its latest win as it is Brazil's third largest cargo airport and central to the economic development of the Amazon region.
So, even with the ravages of the COVID19 pandemic, Brazil's privatization program has shown itself to be attractive to operators.
The lesson for the next round is attracting more investments funds to increase the competition and guarantee a high premium as with past rounds. That is important because the seventh round will involve the most profitable domestic airports in the country: CGH and Rio's SDU.
https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/economia/nova-economia/como-suas-compras-vem-da-china-ate-a-sua-casa-e-por-que-elas-demoram-tanto-045v42zax66thtm8g4k7m9tu4/
https://oglobo.globo.com/economia/leilao-de-aeroportos-deve-atrair-ao-menos-sete-investidores-apesar-da-crise-no-setor-aereo-1-24955566
https://www.gov.br/anac/pt-br/noticias/2021/leilao-de-22-aeroportos-da-6a-rodada
American Airports Topple Chinese In ACI's 2021 Top 10 List
Arab Aviation Summit Pushes for a Rounded, More Integrated Recovery


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Bus Shuttles Will Transport Customers Between Five St. Louis MetroLink Stations This Weekend
Dianne Williams
Metro will not operate trains between the Wellston MetroLink Station and the North Hanley MetroLink Station this Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6 due to construction near the UMSL South MetroLink Station. Customers will be transported by bus shuttles between those stations and should allow an extra 20 to 25 minutes for their commutes Saturday and Sunday. MetroLink will operate on a single track Friday evening to allow crews to prepare for the construction work. Regular MetroLink service through that section of the system will resume at the start of service on Monday, May 7.
Friday, May 4, from 11:30 p.m. until the end of service, to accommodate crews working on the UMSL South interlocking project, MetroLink will operate trains on a single track between the Wellston, Rock Road, UMSL South, UMSL North, and North Hanley MetroLink Stations. Red Line passengers should expect 5 to 10 minute delays. Blue Line Service will not be impacted.
Saturday & Sunday, May 5-6, Eastbound passengers at the North Hanley MetroLink Station will need to board shuttle buses which will transport them to the UMSL North, UMSL South, Rock Road and Wellston MetroLink Stations. When passengers arrive at the Wellston MetroLink Station, they can board the train and continue their eastbound trips.
Westbound passengers at the Wellston MetroLink Station will board the shuttle buses to take them to the Rock Road, UMSL South, UMSL North, and North Hanley MetroLink Stations. When passengers arrive at North Hanley, they can resume their westbound trips on the train. Red Line MetroLink customers should allow for delays of 20 to 25 minutes. Blue Line service will not be affected.
Metro is planning two more bus shuttles the weekends of May 19-20 and June 2-3 due work on the rail improvement project near the UMSL South MetroLink Station. Updates on MetroLink operations can be found at www.metrostlouis.org in the Rider Alert section.


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REVIEW | Spamalot UK Tour
Belgrade Square, Corporation St, Coventry CV1 1GS, UK
Spamalot UK Tour
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Monty Python's work is iconic so it's not surprising that Spamalot is a favourite to its many fans. Spamalot has been around for a while, making its debut on Broadway in 2005 before heading to London's West End a year later. It's embarking on its third UK Tour in 2018 and I got the opportunity to catch it at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre.
Despite having knowledge of the Monty Python films, I still went into the theatre unaware of what I was going to witness. The new musical 'lovingly' uses sections from the 1975 motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail to create an unforgettable two hours at the theatre.
Spamalot is absolutely bonkers and throughout the course of the musical we are introduced to wacky characters who could have easily been plucked directly from the silver screen. At the centre is the story is King Arthur who in the beginning sets out to find his Knights of the Round Table who together must venture forth on a quest directly from God himself told through absurd British humour. The narrative of Spamalot isn't particularly stable but as mentioned previously it's loosely based on King Arthur's quest to find the Holy Grail, as well as all of the encounters they find along the way. The production strays away from feeling dated by the addition of modern references, including Donald Trump and Taylor Swift. The addition of these was glorious and really captured the audiences humour.
What Spamalot does brilliantly is mocking musicals through song and dance. The Song That Goes Like This is a nod to the over the top love songs that always manage to be cemented into a musical. King Arthur and Lady of The Lake managed to capture the wit of the lyrics whilst also maintaining flawless vocals too. A particular musical number I enjoyed was a song all about how to make a musical a success and the importance of having a famous face, You Won't Succeed in Showbiz was highly relevant and hilarious.
Spamalot really does recognise the traditional humour embedded in the Monty Python films. It played with original ideas from the movies as well as bringing on a fresh take on them as well.
The cast of Spamalot is superb. They really execute the pace and slick comedy timing through their dialogue. Bob Harms' portrayal of King Arthur was without a doubt the performance of the evening. He had impeccable humour and timing as he leads his Knights on their adventure with a concerning lack of leadership skills.
Taking on the role of The Lady of The Lake is Sarah Harlington whose vocals were absolutely the highlight of her performance. Not only does she have an incredible voice but she also really embeds expression and flare, particularly noticeable in her number Whatever Happened To My Part. Sarah provided a role that both brought natural talent and comedy. Of course it was hard to resist singing along to Always Look On The Bright Side of Life but the finale provided us with the opportunity to sing along, yipee!
One of my highlights in the musical was watching a bunch of Knights and the 'damsel in distress' burst into a glamorous song and dance, with feathers and sparkle too! While Jordan was impressed with the portrayal of the relationship between Arthur and his Patsy, something which has much evolved in its adaptation from the movie.
Spamalot truly surprised me in being an incredible performance of utter chaos and madness that had me belly laughing throughout. If it's a fun night at the theatre you are after then Spamalot won't disappoint. It was another stellar production from SellADoor.
Spamalot is performing at the Belgrade Theatre until Sat 03 March. You can book your tickets over on the theatre's website.
If you enjoyed my review of Spamalot then you may enjoy reading my review of NeverLand, The Vaults in London or my Interview with Laura Baldwin from Eugenius! The Musical.
thetravelsofmrsb 1 March 2018 at 18:21
Glad you enjoyed it. We went to see this when it was in Nottingham and thought it was brilliant!
Emmie 5 March 2018 at 19:35
It really is brilliant, it made me laugh so much! It really surprised me :) xx


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This petition can ONLY be signed by people who live, work or study in Devon.
By Phil Cross in General news, Transport on December 6, 2013 .


If you happened through the Village around 4:30 last Friday afternoon, you got a delightful treat: dozens of princesses and angels and pirates all decked out in their Halloween costumes and on parade. It was another pleasant reminder of why we choose to live in a small town — particularly this small town.
Remember — the best thing you can do for a friend is be a friend.


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Antoni Ferrer i Perales (Alcúdia de Crespins, la Costera, 14 de novembre de 1943 - 3 d'octubre de 2022) va ser un poeta valencià.

Vida i literatura
Va estudiar Teologia i Filosofia, fou professor agregat de Batxillerat, i des del 1978 membre del consell de redacció de la revista Saó, on publicà regularment ressenyes de novetats literàries. Col·laborà també en les revistes Reduccions, Passadís i L'Aiguadolç.

Diverses antologies recullen mostres de la seua poesia, entre les quals Vida contemplativa. Homenatge a Vicent Andrés Estellés (València, 1992), Bengales en la fosca (Alzira, 1997), Poemes d'un segle. Poesia occidental del segle XX (La Pobla Llarga, 1999), Cants espirituals catalans (Barcelona, 2001), Ponts de paraules. Encontre de poetes a Alcoi. Homenatge a Joan Valls i Ovidi Montllor (Alcoi, 2008), For sale o 50 veus de la terra (La Pobla Llarga, 2010) i Mig segle de poesia catalana. Del Maig del 68 al 2018 (Barcelona, 2018).

Al febrer de 2015, amb motiu de l'aparició del seu llibre Variacions Goldberg, fou homenatjat al Centre d'Estudis Locals de l'Eliana en una vetlada literària en què participaren més de setanta poetes d'arreu dels Països Catalans.

Va morir de càncer als 78 anys i va ser soterrat a València, al cementeri del barri de Campanar.

Poètica
En opinió d'Enric Sòria, Ferrer és «el poeta amb més prodigiós domini de la tècnica de la nostra literatura», i del seu Cant espiritual diu que «més que d'un cant, es tracta d'una polifonia complexa, rotunda i potent, un itinerari de la pensa a Déu, de la nit al dia, de la vespra a la festa, una ascensió simbòlica a través de les estacions del dubte, la caiguda, l'esperança i la resurrecció (com a gloriosa integració d'opòsits) que enllaça, amb sorprenent destresa, una reflexió múltiple, personal i col·lectiva, sobre la renovació de l'ésser.» Per la seua banda, Ferrer mateix afirma en la «Poètica» que inclou en Cançó de bressol: «la meua poesia potser no siga sinó una sola cosa: saber cada nit que un mantell benigne […] pot cobrir de sentit i de pietat els meus dies i els dies del meu món. I la Història sencera dels vius i dels morts».

Poesia i música
Va escriure també textos poètics per als compositors Amand Blanquer (la cantata Quasi oliva speciosa, 2010), Vicent Sanz (l'oratori Charitas, 2007) i Vicent Roncero (Cantata Jubilar, 2008, per al cinquanté aniversari de la constitució com a municipi independent de l'Eliana, on vivia d'ençà del 1996). De fet, com fa notar Lluís Roda, «la musicalitat del vers de Ferrer (que excel·leix al "Cantus firmus", part central –literalment– del Cant espiritual), és un vertader "Testament d'Orfeu" (darrera part de Partitura laberint, un títol d'evidents referències temàtiques). […] l'ideal d'equilibri, d'ordre, de bellesa, d'harmonia, d'unitat espiritual cercada, l'ideal de relacions i d'acords (una ordenació de notes a un fi fràgil), fa de la música una adient metàfora (i instrument) d'allò que és contínuament recercat per Ferrer, per això la música és omnipresent al llarg de la seua obra».

Obres

Poesia
 Fragmentos con figuras para un vaso minoico. Gandia: Ajuntament de Gandia, 1979. Premi Ausiàs March, 1978.
 Partitura laberint. Gandia: Ajuntament de Gandia, 1984. Premi Ausiàs March, 1983.
 Cançó de bressol per a ajudar a ben morir galàxies. València: Víctor Orenga,1986.
 Bagatel·les. València: La Forest d'Arana, 1990.
 Cant espiritual. València: Edicions Alfons el Magnànim, 1992.
 Pietà. València: Amós Belinchón, 1993.
 Cant temporal. València: Tàndem, 2000.
 La dansa de les hores. Catarroja: Perifèric, 2006.
 Poesia reunida 1979-2006. Pròleg d'Isidre Martínez Marzo. Paiporta: Denes, 2006.
 Variacions Goldberg (ària amb variacions per a la recreació de l'esperit), seguit de Sis bachianes, 2015. Post scriptum de Vicent Roncero. Paiporta: Denes, 2015. Premi de la Crítica dels Escriptors Valencians 2016.
 Poesia completa 1979-2021. Pròleg de D. Sam Abrams. València: Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 2021.
 Lux aeterna. Dins Poesia completa 1979-2021. València: Magnànim, 2021.

Assaig
 L'Estellés amagat. L'Eliana: Ajuntament de l'Eliana, 2015.

Premis
 Ausiàs March, Gandia, 1978 i 1984.
 Vila d'Alaquàs, 1986.
 Premi de la Crítica dels Escriptors Valencians, 2016.
 Premi Ciutadania de Cultura de l'Eliana, 2014.

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Antoni Ferrer a Lletres i Memòria, The MEMORO Project - AELC.
 Ressenya de Poesia reunida (1979-2006) per Eva Soler Sasera, en: Líquids, Revista d'Estudis Literaris Ibèrics, núm. 3 (2009), p. 105-107

Poetes valencians contemporanis en català
Alcudians (L'Alcúdia de Crespins)

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Eagle Season Begins in Illinois
Bald Eagle Hunting above Starved Rock.
When I grew up in Illinois, seeing a bald eagle would have been impossible or at least fantastic. On January 2, my family and I drove just two hours outside Chicago and got to see seven bald eagles fishing on the Illinois River by Starved Rock State Park. More regular guests, jaded by appearances of over 100 eagles, walked away disappointed. We couldn't have been more delighted.
Now Illinois brags that it has the most bald eagles of any (continential) state. Alaska blows everybody away with 50% of the world's population of 70,000, according to Bald Eagle Info. Haliaeetus leucocephalus only lives in North America and Ireland. The bird was upgraded from endangered to threatened in 1995, then totally bumped off the endangered species list in 2007, thanks largely to cracking down on poachers and DDT. The IUCN, which rates how vulnerable animals are, now dismissively says the bald eagle is of "least concern."
The Mississippi River is where most Illinois eagles hang out and where most eagle-watching hotspots are, but Starved Rock is by far the closest place to Chicagoland. The number of eagles that visit the area has been climbing steadily since people started counting 15 years ago and no one knows how high it might go. (The eagle population is thought to have once been 100,000.)
Kevin Eubank, the head ranger at the dam where you do most eagle viewing, says the numbers hit a peak last February with 115. They're coming down from Wisconsin and Canada, attracted by the open water the dam creates so they can fish. They strongly prefer fish, but Eubank says they've been seen eating roadkill deer, too. The jumping Asian carp are too big for them, he says. Which is a shame: how much would you like to see a bunch of eagles snatching invasive jumping fish from the water? During the day the eagles have a favorite tree on an island in the river, leading to some surreal photos of a tree full of eagles. At night they roost in the park's canyon's to get shelter from the wind.
"The colder the weather, the better," says Eubank. Well, then, it looks like it's going to be another great bald eagle season.
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STARVED ROCK EAGLE OPTIONS:
OUTDOOR: You can see the eagles from Starved Rock itself, but that's up a lot of icy stairs outside. It's still worth it, though. An eagle cirlced right over us. From the visitor's center, you can walk out to the river on flat ground and see the eagles on their favorite tree.
INDOOR/OUTDOOR: You have indoor/outdoor options at both the park lodge or the closest and most ideal place, the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center, which has two stories of windows and outdoor decks. Don't go to the 1930s lodge first; with its fireplaces, 1930s log ceiling and Irish coffee, you'll never want to go out in the cold.
TROLLEY: The park runs a trolley tour a few days a week. The big appeal here is that you're in a heated box–though it was cancelled the day we went.
EAGLE WEEKEND: Thousands of people turn out for the runs Eagle Watch Weekend that IlIllinois Audubon runs. This year it's Jan. 23-24. TIP: you can see as many eagles and avoid the crowds if you go during the week in late January or early February.
Bonus species: Cooper's hawk, tons of migrating geese, deer
Bonus Goofy YouTube Video: Let the Eagle Sour
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By Susannah Roth of O'Sullivan Estate Lawyers LLP posted in Estate Planning on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
One of the most important aspects of estate planning for families is ensuring that everyone who is considered to be part of the family is able to share in the family wealth after death. While each holder of family wealth has different views on how and when this should occur, no one ever wishes to accidentally eliminate an intended heir. Unfortunately, this can happen all too easily when standard provisions routinely included in wills and trusts are not fully considered in light of each person's unique family circumstances.
Here is one example of how such an unintended disinheritance might arise. A person makes a will which provides for a cash amount for each grandchild. This person has a child who is a parent to his or her spouse's child from a previous marriage. This child never legally adopted his or her spouse's child, although this "step-grandchild" is considered part of the family.
Because the professional advisor preparing the will does not find out that this "grandchild" is really a step-grandchild and does not name him or her in the will, when the person dies, the legal definition of "grandchild", which includes only biological or legally adopted grandchildren, prevents the step-grandchild from receiving the cash amount left to grandchildren. In this example, the standard will provisions do not eliminate an heir, but are not designed to include a recognized family member without individual tailoring.
Another way an intended heir can be disinherited arises from the circumstances of his or her birth. Where a group of family members are described in the will by their relationship to the testator, for example "my children" or "my grandchildren", it is not only important to ensure that everyone who is considered to fall within this group can be described this way, as seen in the above example, but also that the standard clauses of the Will are adjusted if need be.
Most Ontario wills drafted by a lawyer include a standard clause, which is intended to ensure that a person who may be genetically related but has never been acknowledged as a child or grandchild or other relative will not inherit, or that the executor need not make any inquiries about whether such a person might exist. While some standard clauses anticipate more nuanced family dynamics, others are simpler and include a clause which specifically excludes all persons born outside of legal marriage without exception, a once common provision which is now increasingly outdated and problematic for modern families.
An example of how such a clause can end up disinheriting people who are intended to be included in the will is as follows. A person makes a will which provides for a cash amount for each grandchild. The will as drafted includes a boilerplate, outdated clause providing that persons born outside legal marriage are not to inherit. This person has a child who is living with a life partner and who has children with this common law spouse. This person has always considered all of these grandchildren to be family, but without customized provisions, the "boilerplate" exclusion clause will act to disinherit these family members from sharing in the estate.
Situations become even more complex when reproductive technology plays a part in conception. The All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendments), 2016 (S.O. 2016, c. 23) came into effect in Ontario in 2017 and established new rules of parentage in Ontario to deal with the modern reality of assisted reproduction and surrogacy when it comes to who is, and who is not, a parent of a child and allows for non-biological parents without the necessity of Court intervention.
The Act also expanded the definition of "child" and "issue" in Ontario to include not only biological or adopted children and children conceived before but born after death, but also children conceived after and born within three years of a person's death, if certain conditions are met. For a further discussion of the new rules, see our previous blog. These rules apply not only to custody and financial support matters, but also to inheritance matters. If a testator's family members have used or may use reproductive technology for conception, further careful consideration of the legal definitions of "child" and standard will clauses are needed to ensure those who are intended to inherit can do so and those who are not to inherit do not.
Family relationships are more complex now than ever before as more people choose not to marry and have children within and outside of legal marriage (almost 20% of children 14 and under in Canada live with parents who are common law spouses and 1 in 10 live with a step-parent, as of the 2016 census), avail themselves of technology to conceive, and have more intricate family relationships.
All modern families have one thing in common: the ties that bind may not be biological, but they are real and meaningful. These situations require experienced professionals who, based on their understanding of each client's unique situation, can ensure that loved ones are not excluded by standard definitions or arbitrary "boilerplate" clauses.
The comments offered in this article are meant to be general in nature, are limited to the law of Ontario, Canada, and are not intended to provide legal or tax advice on any individual situation. Before taking any action involving your individual situation, you should seek legal advice to ensure it is appropriate to your personal circumstances.
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The NW type S is a series of large automobiles manufactured by Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft A.G. (NW, now known as Tatra), in Moravia, in what was then Austria-Hungary.

Hans Ledwinka, who left the company in 1902, was hired back in 1905 (meanwhile he worked for company of Alexander Friedman in Vienna). Immediately he started working on a new car with modern and progressive design. Some of the new features included overhead valves, actuated by overhead camshaft (OHC), and hemispherical combustion chamber. The water-cooled engine was mounted at three points and the engine block had large service access doors. The engine with the gearbox formed one massive unit, so-called monoblock.

The gearbox itself was of a bell shape with only five gears. Two gears were ring type with teeth on the inside surface. Individual speeds were engaged by moving the gears radially. The rear axle was driven by a drive shaft in lieu of chains.

The S 4 and S 6 with four-cylinder or six-cylinder engines were able to reach maximum speeds of 80 km/h and 100 km/h (50/62 mph). The S 18/24 and 16/20 models developed , while the S4 20/30 offered . The later, six-cylinder S 6 40/50 version was an S4 with two cylinders added; it produced  and was introduced in 1910. The total production of both models was 74 units.

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I will elucidate this as occasioned from the prism of my vocation and avocation as both are like Siamese twins here. The former is that I am a sociologist by my academic adventure in the university. This singular honour affords me the opportunity to be an advocate of the family institution, culture and values of people as these are some of the core issues of sociology, while the latter is using the visuals to address the moral and social issues of our times for a better functional society.
The trajectory of my life, if pedaled, shows I have a long history with Theatre Arts and script writings from my preteens while in school. The pursuit of this is far from pecuniary interest as a subject matter but a quest to use this expression as a social reformative catalyst in the midst of family values' decadence.
Firstly, our dream Made-in-Nigeria movies are to see message-filled, well-told and well-produced stories on our screens whilst not losing our identity as a people. We must not also be oblivious of our history and cultures as it is our common heritage. You will concur with me not to tell our story from our own periscope is a disservice because image, as they say, is everything and nobody will blow your trumpet better than you will do yourself. Secondly, we are going to make an impact because our creative assets are around addressing the fabric of the society, which is the family. There is a sociological assertion which denotes that the family is the nucleus of the society hence the family is a subset or substructure of the larger society and the foundation of the society which connotes that the panacea for a functional society lies in having a functional family whose value systems remains untarnished and unblemished.
The question of standard is a different matter and it is subjective; various movie industries have their audience. Nigeria is the third largest in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood; we have the largest industry in Africa. Though there is a lot of room for improvement, we are better than our yesterday and optimistic our tomorrow will be better than our today.
As I earlier postulated, my background as a sociologist; the subject core of our learning revolves around the family, the efficacy and imperatives of the same to the larger society. Our training also makes us custodians and practitioners of social research tools to address the anomalies in the social phenomenon of our time. You cannot but concur with me that there is never a time that the family institution has been suffocated and left gasping for survival like our time. Our sociological researches show a frightening increase in spousal killings, higher rates of divorces, outsourced parenting to nannies and all. It is pertinent to note that one of the causal factors responsible for the weaklings of the fabric of marital bliss is social-economic factors which are insidious and malfeasance. It is predicated on some of the aforesaid reasons. Witness Box was shot to address the maladies of the 21st century family challenges. Witness Box is a clarion call that there must be work-life balance if we intend to have the family unit still in one piece after we are back with monies for the same family we hold dearly.
It was a privilege to have worked with the best in the industry. We had Wale Ojo, Sola Sobowale, Chiwetalu Agu, Keira Hewatch, who was nominated in the Best Actress category at the 2018 AMVCA, Femi Branch, Soni and Betty Irabor, Lord Frank, and Tunji Sotimirin amongst others.
Our best point of advertisement for Witness Box has been the quality of production and the morals of our narratives. Everyone who has seen the movie attests to this. We have some private screenings lined up and other avenues of film distribution are being explored, while we will be in the cinemas next year. There are other avenues which I will be reticent about for now due to some exigencies.
Within our clime, the late Amaka Igwe will not go without being mentioned here, Uncle Tunde Kilani is worthy of mention here too, as well as Uncle Tade Ogidan, amongst others. Internationally, Tyler Perry is note-worthy here because the inventory of his many productions also addresses the family which must be nourished at all time. The family as an institution is one of our core interests. Oprah Winfrey is also of interest because of her historical storytelling, which is one of our areas of expression.
We will be having another socially-relevant narrative that challenges our paradigms of single motherhood; the opprobrium and platitudes attached to it and the quest for ladies who are in this cobwebs to be deviants to the societal definition of their status as their albatross but most importantly, not allowing their mistake as a point of residual occurrence because if you learn from your mistake, you make it your teacher but if otherwise, you make it your master.
We all have the responsibility to improve ourselves and our society and I want all my production to reflect that. We all have to keep bringing our best and keep improving on our best. Excellence is not a gift of the spirit but a habitual and deliberate course of various actions; it is a verb, not a noun.


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A "culture" of Hate!
Posted on April 15, 2011 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Rabbi Mordechai Friedman:
"The Jewish way" is "Hate and Revenge"
The Jewish Way
"The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle)" Rabbi Manis Friedman
Here we come face to face with extremely problematic ideological concepts, deeply entrenched in the hijacked and distorted version of Judaism, which spills out as a repulsive, appalling, and sordid behaviour towards those who do not belong to the same "Chosen Tribe" :
Quotes from Tanya:
"Soul of the nations contains no good whatsoever"
"For in the [case of the] Jew, this soul of kelipah is derived from the kelipah called "nogah", which also contains good; and the good within this nefesh gives rise to these positive natural traits"
"[This kelipah] is from the esoteric "Tree of Knowledge" [which is comprised] of good and evil"
והיא מסוד ע׳ הדעת טוב ורע
"From this soul stem also the good traits inherent in every Jew's character, such as compassion and benevolence"
"But since this is a nefesh of kelipah and evil, how do good characteristics come from it? This matter is now addressed"
כי בישראל נפש זו דקליפה היא מקליפת נוגה, שיש בה גם כן טוב
"The souls of the nations of the world, however, emanate from the other, unclean kelipot which contain no good whatever"
כמו שכתוב בע׳ חיים שער מ״ט פרק ג׳: וכל טיבו דעבדין האומות לגרמייהו עבדין
"all the good that the nations do, is done out of selfish motives"
"Since their nefesh emanates from kelipot which contain no good, it follows that any good done by them is for selfish motives"
וכדאיתא בגמרא על פסוק: וחסד לאומים חטאת — שכל צדקה וחסד שאומות העולם עושין אינן אלא להתייהר כו׳
"The kindness of the nations is sin" — that all the charity and kindness done by the nations of the world is only for their self-glorification"
"When a Jew acts in a benevolent manner he is motivated mainly out of concern for the welfare of his fellow. The proof of this is that were his fellow not to need his help, this would give him greater pleasure than the gratification derived from his act of kindness"
"Concerning the nations of the world, however, this is not so. Their motivation is not the welfare of their fellow; rather, it stems from a self-serving motive — the desire for self-glorification, a feeling of gratification, and the like"
Jewish woman arrested and interrogated for praying
Jewish woman arrested and interrogated for praying-2
Jewish women are shouted at and insulted by Jewish men because they wanted to pray
Jewish women are shouted at and insulted by Jewish men because they wanted to pray-2
chairs and …… are thrown at Jewish women, for praying
chairs and … are thrown at Jewish women, for praying-2
Jewish woman savagely beaten by Jewish men on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat
"A woman who reported a vicious attack by an ad-hoc "modesty patrol" on a Jerusalem bus last month is now lining up support for her case and may be included in a petition to the High Court of Justice over the legality of sex-segregated buses"
Miriam Shear says she was traveling to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City early on November 24 when a group of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men attacked her for refusing to move to the back of the Egged No. 2 bus. She is now in touch with several legal advocacy and women's organizations, and at the same time, waiting for the police to apprehend her attackers.
"I said, I'm not moving and he said, 'I'm not asking you, I'm telling you.' Then he spat in my face and at that point, I was in high adrenaline mode and called him a son-of-a-bitch, which I am not proud of. Then I spat back. At that point, he pushed me down and people on the bus were screaming that I was crazy. Four men surrounded me and slapped my face, punched me in the chest, pulled at my clothes, beat me, kicked me. My snood [hair covering] came off. I was fighting back and kicked one of the men in his privates. I will never forget the look on his face."
Shear says that when she bent down in the aisle to retrieve her hair covering, "one of the men kicked me in the face. Thank God he missed my eye. I got up and punched him. I said, 'I want my hair covering back' but he wouldn't give it to me, so I took his black hat and threw it in the aisle."
'Stupid American'
Throughout the encounter, Shear says the bus driver "did nothing." The other passengers, she says, blamed her for not moving to the back of the bus and called her a "stupid American with no sechel [common sense.] People blamed me for not knowing my place and not going to the back of the bus where I belong."
According to Yehoshua Meyer, the eyewitness to the incident, Shear's account is entirely accurate. "I saw everything," he said. "Someone got on the bus and demanded that she go to the back, but she didn't agree. She was badly beaten and her whole body sustained hits and kicks. She tried to fight back and no one would help her. I tried to help, but someone was stopping me from getting up. My phone's battery was dead, so I couldn't call the police. I yelled for the bus driver to stop. He stopped once, but he didn't do anything. When we finally got to the Kotel [Western Wall], she was beaten badly and I helped her go to the police."
Shear says that when she first started riding the No. 2 line, she did not even know that it was sometimes sex-segregated. She also says that sitting in the front is simply more comfortable. "I'm a 50-year-old woman and I don't like to sit in the back. I'm dressed appropriately and I was on a public bus."
Meyer says that throughout the incident, the other passengers blamed Shear for not sitting in the back. "They'll probably claim that she attacked them first, but that's totally untrue. She was abused terribly, and I've never seen anything like it."
On a mehadrin bus, women enter and exit through the rear door, and the seats from the rear door back are generally considered the "women's section." A child is usually sent forward to pay the driver"
When a MINORITY group CLAIMS that they have the DIVINE right not only to STEAL LAND and RESOURCES but also to RULE the WORLD and ANNIHILATE it, we the people of the world have the right and the obligation to EXPOSE them, CHALLENGE them and STOP their DESTRUCTIVE LUNACY from DESTROYING OUR WORLD
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