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Marriyum Aurangzeb pays rich tribute to Benazir Bhutto
PoliticsMarriyum Aurangzeb pays rich tribute to Benazir Bhutto
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has paid rich tribute to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday, saying that the vacuum in the Pakistani politics created through the former's martyrdom could never be filled in.
In her message on 10th death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto being observed on Wednesday (today), Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Benazir Bhutto made unprecedented efforts for the restoration of democracy in the Country.
The minister said that her struggle for rule of law, Constitution and human rights was also unprecedented. She said that historical document of Charter of Democracy is the result of joint efforts made by Benazir Bhutto Shaheed and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif.
The information minister said that Benazir Bhutto's name will always be remembered in political and democratic history of Pakistan.
The two-time former Prime Minister and Chairperson Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007, almost two months after she returned to Pakistan following eight-year exile.
In connection with her 10th death anniversary, PPP is organizing a large annual public gathering at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana to offer salute and tributes to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.
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Published: 8 October 2012
Amanda Guy and Peter Banks
More than 30 dedicated volunteer wildlife rehabilitation networks in Australia rescue sick, injured or orphan animals and prepare them for release back to the wild. The Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Network (WIRES) in New South Wales, for example, fielded more than 100 000 emergency phone calls and rescued more than 56 000 native animals in 2010 alone.
For orphaned wild animals, one of the biggest challenges for human carers is enabling them to learn wild behaviours, including avoidance of humans and predators.
Credit: Wildlife Victoria
When wild animals are sick, injured or orphaned – as a result of road accidents, attacks by other animals, disease, natural disasters or human intervention – rescue, rehabilitation and release back to the wild are their only hope.
Some ill or injured animals may simply require veterinary care and a short time to recover before being released. Young orphaned animals, in contrast, also need to learn wild behaviours to enable them to survive once released.
Despite the numbers of animals involved, scientific assessments of rehabilitation are scarce. Although rehabilitation groups develop their own guidelines for care, nationally there is no clear strategic approach for Australian wildlife, and the fate of released animals remains largely unknown. Yet it is vital to identify the most effective methods that offer the greatest chances of future success.
In a recent study published in Australian Mammalogy, we took the first step towards assessing the success of rehabilitation of Australian wildlife by surveying wildlife rehabilitators about their practices.
We sent an online survey to wildlife rehabilitation centres and groups across Australia, receiving responses from people working with frogs, reptiles, birds, possums, macropods, wombats, gliders, koalas, flying foxes, bats, monotremes and various small mammal species.
Orphaned and injured wild animals are the most common type under care. Surprisingly, we found that about 20 per cent of the rescued wildlife are confiscated pets – an issue more commonly associated with developing countries, where pets such as primates and exotic birds tend to be more common.
Most rehabilitators we surveyed cited animal welfare and conservation as their most important objectives. In terms of record-keeping, most collect background information for each rescued animal, including details about what had happened to it (if known), where it was found and its diet.
Quarantining of rescued animals is common, but the period is usually less than 2 weeks. Quarantine is important to prevent disease transmission from the new arrival to existing animals at the centre or care facility. It also allows the new animal to be fully assessed prior to rehabilitation.
This echidna is lucky to have been rescued after a fire.
Our findings show that few animals are examined by a vet before release. Many rehabilitators instead rely on observations of behaviour and condition to assess health. They also indicated they would consider euthanasia in cases where a serious medical issue would make it difficult for an animal to survive in the wild – such as blindness, paralysis, loss of limbs or untreatable injuries.
Our survey revealed numerous factors that challenge the success of current wildlife rehabilitation efforts.
Negative attitudes towards rehabilitation are an issue, particularly in rural areas where some native species are considered pests. One respondent noted, 'The most negativity we get is from farmers. They are concerned that native animals compete [with farm animals] for feed and damage fences.'
This issue is compounded in areas where government policy allows permits to be issued for the destruction of species perceived as pests.
Most rehabilitators do not conduct pre-release medical screening, putting other wildlife in the release area at risk of disease.
Although most respondents believed they were knowledgeable about the animals in their care, some were unaware of which animal behaviours are considered abnormal – such as pacing or toe sucking. Because there are no consistent guidelines for assessing animal behaviour before release, many rehabilitators still release animals that exhibit abnormal, repetitive (stereotypic) behaviours.
Some animals become habituated and show no fear of humans or domestic animals, which puts them at risk of predation after release. To increase their survival chances, rehabilitators may need to train wildlife – particularly orphaned or hand-reared animals – to avoid predators.
Rescued grey-headed flying fox pups: Orphaned animals reared with siblings or others of the same species tend to become independent more easily than those reared alone.
We asked respondents which factors they considered in assessing the suitability of release sites. These included availability of food and water, correct habitat type, predators, and proximity to roads and other human-related dangers. Fewer than 35 per cent considered all of these factors.
Many rehabilitators released animals on their own property, probably the easiest option for monitoring but not necessarily the most appropriate. Consideration also needs to be given to how many animals the area can support or whether it is the best available site for release.
After releasing animals to the wild, rehabilitators typically monitor them for only a few days or weeks – primarily because of a lack of time, money, resources, expertise and government support.
It can also be difficult to track released wildlife. Feeding stations may be used to encourage the animals to visit a certain location, but around one-tenth of rehabilitators used more sophisticated methods such as tracking devices, motion-sensing cameras and microchips.
Only about half the rehabilitators assessed the success of releases, and for most, this was based on short-term monitoring data. Although the criteria for success are sensible – such as whether the animals are healthy, independent, feed from natural sources, behave normally and breed – rigorous assessment requires long-term monitoring data.
Given our findings, we see scope for the development of best-practice guidelines for wildlife rehabilitation in Australia based on shared knowledge. We encourage scientific researchers to collaborate with wildlife volunteer networks to expand our knowledge and help improve this potentially valuable wildlife conservation practice.
Amanda Guy is a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales. Peter Banks is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.
Guy, AJ, Banks, P (2011) A survey of current rehabilitation practices for native mammals in eastern Australia. Australian Mammalogy 34, 108-118.
A ringtail possum joey: wildlife carers go to extraordinary lengths to help rescued animals – their efforts could be made more effective through support from the scientific community.
Credit: Bruce McDonald

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package flaxbeard.sprockets.api.network;

import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;

import mcmultipart.event.PartEvent;
import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
import net.minecraft.world.World;
import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
import net.minecraftforge.event.world.WorldEvent.Load;
import net.minecraftforge.event.world.WorldEvent.Unload;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.gameevent.TickEvent;
import flaxbeard.sprockets.api.IMechanicalConduit;
import flaxbeard.sprockets.api.PartMechanicalConduit;

public class MechanicalNetworkRegistry
{

	private static MechanicalNetworkRegistry INSTANCE = new MechanicalNetworkRegistry();

	private Map<Integer, Map<String, MechanicalNetwork>> networks = new HashMap<Integer, Map<String, MechanicalNetwork>>();

	public static void initialize()
	{
		FMLCommonHandler.instance().bus().register(INSTANCE);
		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(INSTANCE);
    }

	public static MechanicalNetworkRegistry getInstance()
	{
		return INSTANCE;
	}

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void onTick(TickEvent.ClientTickEvent e)
	{
		if (e.phase == TickEvent.Phase.START && !Minecraft.getMinecraft().isGamePaused())
		{

			try
			{
				for (Integer dimension : networks.keySet())
				{

					for (MechanicalNetwork network : networks.get(dimension).values())
					{
						network.clientTick();
					}

				}
			}
			catch (ConcurrentModificationException e1)
			{

			}
		}
	}

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void onTick(TickEvent.ServerTickEvent e)
	{
		if (e.phase == TickEvent.Phase.END)
		{

			Set<MechanicalNetwork> toRemove = new HashSet<MechanicalNetwork>();
			try
			{
				for (Integer dimension : networks.keySet())
				{

					for (MechanicalNetwork network : networks.get(dimension).values())
					{
						if (!network.tick())
						{
							toRemove.add(network);
						}
					}
					for (MechanicalNetwork remove : toRemove)
					{
						if (networks.get(dimension) != null)
						{
							networks.get(dimension).remove(remove.id);
						}
					}

					if (dimension == 0)
					{
						//System.out.println(networks.get(dimension).size());
					}
				}
			}
			catch (ConcurrentModificationException e1)
			{

			}
			//System.out.println(e.side);
		}

	}

	public static MechanicalNetwork newOrJoin(IMechanicalConduit conduit)
	{
		Set<IMechanicalConduit> connected = MechanicalNetworkHelper.getConnectedConduits(conduit);
		Set<MechanicalNetwork> networks = new HashSet<MechanicalNetwork>();
		MechanicalNetwork toReturn = null;
		int joined = 0;

		if (connected.size() > 0)
		{
			for (IMechanicalConduit conn : connected)
			{
				MechanicalNetwork network = conn.getNetwork();
				if (network != null)
				{
					networks.add(network);
				}
			}

			if (networks.size() > 0)
			{

				for (MechanicalNetwork network : networks)
				{
					if (toReturn == null)
					{
						toReturn = network;
						toReturn.addConduit(conduit);
					}
					else
					{
						toReturn.merge(network);
						joined++;
					}

				}

				if (joined > 0)
				{
					toReturn.recalculateStates();
				}
			}
		}

		if (toReturn == null)
		{
			toReturn = new MechanicalNetwork(UUID.randomUUID().toString(), conduit.getWorldMC());
			toReturn.addConduit(conduit);
			//toReturn.rotation = conduit.savedRotation()
		}

		return toReturn;
	}

	public void register(String id, MechanicalNetwork mechanicalNetwork, World dimension)
	{
		register(id, mechanicalNetwork, dimension.provider.getDimension());
	}

	public void register(String id, MechanicalNetwork mechanicalNetwork, int dimension)
	{
		networks.get(dimension).put(id, mechanicalNetwork);
	}

	public MechanicalNetwork getNetwork(String id, World dimension)
	{
		return getNetwork(id, dimension.provider.getDimension());
	}

	public MechanicalNetwork getNetwork(String id, int dimension)
	{
		if (networks.get(dimension) != null)
		{
			return networks.get(dimension).get(id);
		}
		return null;
	}

	public MechanicalNetwork newNetworkFromConduit(
			IMechanicalConduit conduit, IMechanicalConduit ignore)
	{
		MechanicalNetwork toReturn = new MechanicalNetwork(UUID.randomUUID().toString(), conduit.getWorldMC());
		Set<IMechanicalConduit> conduits = MechanicalNetworkHelper.crawl(conduit, ignore);
		toReturn.addAllConduits(conduits, conduits.iterator().next());

		return toReturn;
	}

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void loadWorld(Load loadEvent)
	{
		if (!hasDimension(loadEvent.getWorld()))
			this.networks.put(loadEvent.getWorld().provider.getDimension(), new HashMap<String, MechanicalNetwork>());
	}

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void unloadWorld(Unload unloadEvent)
	{
		this.networks.remove(unloadEvent.getWorld().provider.getDimension());
	}

	public boolean hasDimension(World worldObj)
	{
		return this.networks.containsKey(worldObj.provider.getDimension());
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Monstrous Creatures
Wicked Mortals
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A chilling, lavishly illustrated Who's Who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, soon to be an online streaming series.
In this beautifully illustrated volume, the host of the hit podcast Lore guides us through the fascinating history of these terrifying individuals, exploring not only their stories, but what they tell us about ourselves.
Here are the incredible true stories of some of the mortals who achieved notoriety in history and folklore through horrible means. Monsters of this sort—serial killers, desperate criminals, and socially mobile people with a much darker double-life—are, in fact, quite real, including H. H. Holmes, the infamous serial killer; William Brodie, the criminal mastermind who inspired The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; and Bela Kiss, a Hungarian tinsmith with a most disturbing hobby: collecting women in gasoline drums.
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Posted on September 16, 2019	by andrewrhairston
For Howard China and its endless nourishment & enlightenment.
Malik loved Drew Hall. Its smell. Its history. Fuck it, he didn't need consistent air conditioning. It more than sufficed to have his boys, his room, and Nicole.
He met Nicole at the party on the Yard during Freshman Week, and she quickly became as much of his Drew Hall experience as the communal showers down the hall.
He walked up behind Nicole and caught the twerk as custom dictated. She glanced at him and almost simultaneously determined that he would be an adequate dancing partner. They continued their established rhythm for a few more songs.
A visit to the Drew courtyard followed the obligatory trip to McDonald's, and Malik knew that she would be a central point of his first year at Howard. Well into the semester, they adopted a routine that worked pretty well for both of them. They grabbed dinner at Blackburn, returned to Drew, and mostly studied. Sometimes, a blunt or their physical attraction would distract them, but they generally remained fairly diligent.
One night, a craving for Howard China, best known as Hochi, struck Malik like a member of the Showtime Band would strike their cymbals.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to walk with me to Hochi?"
Malik posed the two questions with the expectation that she would respond affirmatively to both. He was right.
"A three piece does sound pretty great right now. Do you have cash on you? No, I should've gotten some from the ATM in Blackburn. Want to walk with me there, then on to Hochi?"
Nicole stood up, leaned down to kiss him, and grabbed her coat.
"You've got it babe."
Malik followed her lead, and they were soon on their way. The November air was certainly brisk, but it was also tolerable. Just as they passed Burr Gymnasium, Nicole took Malik's hands in her own. He glanced over at her while maintaining a consistent gait – she inspired so much warmth within him.
Only a few people existed on the path – the handful that did were mostly athletes and band members. It felt like Thanksgiving had come early.
Blackburn stood as resolute as ever, with just several students congregated on the low brick wall in front of it. Malik held the door for Nicole, and they made an immediate left to reach the Bank of America ATM machine. Nicole stayed slightly behind as Malik approached the glowing screen.
It soon swallowed his bank card, chip and all. He glared at the monitor, caught between whether he should request $20 or $40. He strained to recall his balance; whatever the exact amount was, he knew that it had to be under $100.
Even though he could get Hochi meals for him and Nicole for under $15, Malik decided to go for the $40. Some extra cash on his person couldn't hurt. He pushed the corresponding button. The blinking dotted lines continued to flash for several seconds. It lasted a bit longer than it normally did, temporarily leading Malik to believe that he'd made the wrong choice and overdrawn his account.
Thankfully, the contraption opened its mouth and produced two crisp $20 bills. Malik's fear dissipated and his normal level of confidence replaced it.
"I know you must be extra hungry by now, babe. Let's head over there."
Malik offered the declaration to Nicole, extended his left hand to her, and grabbed his phone with his right one. He retrieved the number to the restaurant from his recent calls; Hochi was at least a weekly occurrence.
"Hello, may I help you?"
"Yes, may I have two orders of three wings with fries, mambo sauce all over, and two large mixes."
"Okay – ten minutes."
He could complete that ritual in his sleep. There was no telling how many times he'd made that call and had that conversation.
They strolled casually along the same path they'd taken to get to Blackburn. Just as they passed Burr Gymnasium again and prepared to turn left on Gresham, Nicole expressed an enticing challenge.
"Once we finish eating, we should check and see if the gym is open and go swimming in the pool."
Malik smiled and nodded. Even with the calendar being deep into late autumn, it was an idea worth exploring.
They quickly completed the rest of their journey – basking in the energy that the intersection of Gresham Place NW and Georgia Avenue NW perennially provided. Malik got the door for Nicole once more, and he almost instantly recognized Terrance – one of his floor mates from Drew. A young woman was standing right next to him.
"Hey Terrance!"
"What's up Malik! Have you met my girl, Keana?"
"No, I don't think I have."
Malik extended his hand to meet Keana's.
"Have you met my girl, Nicole?"
"Yeah, I think I have. It's good to see you again."
Malik briefly parted ways with the three of them to walk up to the counter and pay. Afterwards, the four of them started casually conversing. A few minutes passed, and an older couple entered the space. Both appeared to be in their early sixties – the woman wore golden hoop earrings, had her hair slicked back, and was primarily covered by a large brown coat. The man sported a long-sleeved t-shirt with the DC flag in the middle of it – he had a tattoo on his left forearm to match.
The woman immediately took a seat in one of the four available chairs; the man brusquely approached the window.
"Let me get two orders of three wings – one with fried rice and the other with fries."
As he finished placing his order, another man entered with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Hey Joe. Why did you have to do me like that? I just needed a few dollars."
"Clark, get out of here with that mess. I told you not to start with me."
Malik, Nicole, Terrance, and Keana observed the escalating conflict from a small corner near the trash cans.
"Fuck that Joe. I'm tired of you always disrespecting me."
Clark then lit the cigarette; Joe started to take the opportunity to respond. The woman used the brief window to offer her perspective.
"Come on now y'all. We don't need to do this in here right now"
"You'd better listen to Ruth, Clark."
Joe's threat pushed Clark over the edge; Clark lunged forward and shoved Joe against the wall. Joe took only a few seconds to gather himself and respond with a push of his own. The four college students stood, immobilized, as the fight unfolded.
The tussle slightly shifted to the right, and Joe inadvertently knocked Clark into Nicole. She stumbled back, though Malik soon stabilized her. Malik experienced a sharp flash of rage while Ruth labored to get the two older men to call a truce.
The few employees who were there repeatedly yelled the word leave from behind the bulletproof glass. Joe and Clark calmed down considerably within a matter of seconds, but the indignation grew within Malik like the ringing of the bells atop Founders' Library.
"What the fuck old man? You just hit my girlfriend!"
Joe seemed completely astonished by the forcefulness of the declarations.
"You'd better watch how you talk to me little nigga."
Malik moved so quickly that it caught Keana, Nicole, and Terrance off guard. He found himself just a foot away from Joe's face.
Malik raised his right hand to strike Joe, but a grip on his wrist soon stopped him – it was Nicole.
"Come on baby. Don't do this – it'll cause more problems than solutions."
"Listen to your girl, young nigga. The world is something. Think more carefully before you act. Not everyone will be so patient or understanding."
Joe and Clark simultaneously exited Hochi and abandoned their food mission, as if they were one person. Ruth lingered.
She stood in front of Terrance, Keana, Malik, and Nicole. Her gaze drifted from each of them to the next and back again. All five of them remained silent for what seemed like a long time. Ruth finally broke this period of solemnity.
"Children, I'm sorry you had to witness that. Don't let it discourage you. Keep doing what y'all are doing. I'm proud."
She went a few more paces toward the door before sharing a final thought.
"Men of all ages could benefit from more self-control and emotional management. Young man, continue to trust the woman standing by your side. Heed her advice."
With that, Ruth disappeared into the night. The four Howard students looked at each other with stares that combined bewilderment and intrigue.
"Four orders of three wings and fries. Four large mixes. The food's ready."
The announcement from behind the glass reminded them of how quickly things could return to normal in such an atypical setting. Terrance and Malik stepped up to grab the bags, filled with the Hochi cups and boxes to which they'd grown so accustomed.
They both muttered thanks to the woman, and the four of them re-entered the moderately cold November air. Keana suggested what they were all thinking.
"Do y'all want to take this food to the Yard and eat it there?"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and they began the journey south on Georgia Avenue. They marched on in silence- each of them trying to adequately process what they had just gone through.
They made it to Howard Place, busted a left, and decided to stop and eat near the Carnegie Building. As they sat and got comfortable, Nicole took over the distribution of the food. The four of them used combinations of their hands and utensils to dig into the delicious fried food.
They ate with relative quietness surrounding them, though they took breaks to lick the sticky orange sauce from their fingers – inevitably making noise as they did so. Fifteen minutes into their meal, Malik felt compelled to break the silence and express his thoughts.
"That was pretty fucking wild, right? I mean – those old men really had some nerve."
Terrance immediately chimed in.
"Hell yeah. They were so out of line. You definitely stood your ground well though."
Both Keana and Nicole remained uncharacteristically unresponsive. Malik wanted more validation for the course of action that he took, so he prompted them.
"Ladies, what did you all think of what happened in there?"
Keana and Nicole shifted in a way that indicated some level of discomfort. Nicole ultimately weighed in first.
"I don't know about Keana, but the last thing that the woman said to us stood out to me. Granted, it was a shitty situation, but you acted very impulsively Malik. It could've gotten bad."
Another set of couples passed them as Nicole concluded her sentiments. The eight Bison exchanged pleasantries in the forms of nods and slight grins. Once they were out of earshot, Keana picked up where Nicole left off.
"I completely agree. I know that it was a setting filled with disrespect, but you guys generally can't let your pride lead you off the grid when it comes to matters like that."
Terrance and Malik both grappled with the insight of the women they'd selected as partners. Their words combined with the knowledge of Ruth and quite frankly left them dumbfounded.
"Thank you ladies. I'm sorry," Malik stated.
Nicole, Keana, Terrance, and Malik then found themselves reflecting on their roles who had to be in constant community with life-long residents of D.C. None of them had a clear answer on the best way to mediate the inherent tension.
Following a few more minutes, Nicole suddenly jumped up, having recalled the idea she'd shared with Malik earlier.
"We should all go to Burr and swim in the pool."
The three faces in front of her lit up.
"I'm down, but don't you think it might be locked?"
Keana's question articulated the only practical barrier that any of them could foresee.
"It may be, but we should still give it a shot."
With the encouragement of Nicole, they all got up, walked past a few iconic structures – ranging from Douglass Hall to Aldridge Theatre – and came upon Burr shortly thereafter. Terrance tested the door, and their fears were assuaged when it opened.
They happily descended the few flights of stairs to the pool area; as members of the College of Arts and Sciences, all of them had taken beginning swimming that semester and were familiar with the layout of the building.
Once they all got situated around the pool, Terrance wasted no time. He stripped down to his underwear and jumped in. Nicole, Keana, and Malik soon followed. The water washed over them with expert coolness.
As they enjoyed the pool and each other, they realized that problems like the situation they'd encountered that night would likely pop up again as their Howard careers progressed.
However, for now, they were more than content to soak in the wisdom of Black women and water.
About andrewrhairston
Andrew Reginald Hairston is a civil rights attorney and writer based in Austin, TX. He is presently the School-to-Prison Pipeline Project Director of Texas Appleseed. Mr. Hairston is also the secretary of the board of Learn Together, Live Together - a school integration non-profit based in Washington, DC. He earned his law degree from Louisiana State University in May 2016, where he was a Faculty Scholar. During his time at LSU, he served as the President of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) from 2014 to 2015, as well as the 1L Representative of the organization from 2013 to 2014. While he was the president of LSU BLSA, he served as a member of the Law Center's Diversity Task Force. Mr. Hairston refined his commitment to racial justice work as a law student. He worked as a law clerk for the LSU Parole and Reentry Clinic, and he subsequently served as a student attorney for the LSU Juvenile Defense Clinic. As a third-year student, he was appointed to the Trial Advocacy Board, and he won the Dean's Cup Senior Appellate Challenge during his final semester at the LSU Law Center. Mr. Hairston received his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from Howard University. At Howard, he was actively involved in the Alternative Spring Break program. He worked as a site coordinator to develop and execute the initiative's first trip to Baltimore in the spring of 2013. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Hairston served as a staff attorney at Advancement Project, a multi-racial civil rights organization in Washington, D.C. He began his legal career as the George N. Lindsay Fellow and Associate Counsel at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law from 2016 to 2017. He is licensed to practice law in Louisiana.
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SANTIAGO, Jun 28 2012 (IPS) - The model of exploiting fisheries that has prevailed in the last decade has driven fish stocks to critically low levels in Chile, which has a 6,435 km Pacific coastline and a wide diversity of marine resources.
A report by the Marine Conservation Programme of the Chilean chapter of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF-Chile) indicated that 64 percent of the 22 fisheries in the country that have catch quotas are biologically overexploited, a figure that is in line with official statistics.
The Chilean fisheries authority regulates industrial extraction of specified marine resources in defined coastal areas.
The report adds that, out of 148 fishery resources landed in 2009, only 20 have been assessed for their biological condition or exploitation status. Therefore nothing is known about the status of 86 percent of national fishery resources, representing 30 percent of the total catch.
Q&A: "There's a Limit to Fish Harvesting"
In Chile, 92 percent of extracted marine resources are fish, five percent are algae or kelp, and the remaining three percent are shellfish. Extractive fishing contributed 0.4 percent of GDP in 2011 and exports of farmed and wild fish earned over 4.88 billion dollars that year.
"The fisheries crisis has worsened in the last 10 years, and the model that allowed the setting of catch quotas higher than scientific recommendations is what has created the situation we are in today," Samuel Leiva, a campaign coordinator with the Chilean branch of global environmental watchdog Greenpeace, told IPS.
According to a report by the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIPER), nine industrial fishing companies take 90 percent of Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi), sardine and anchovy, the three main species caught in the country. The business is worth over 1.2 billion dollars a year.
"The big debate nowadays is over who gets to fish. But at Greenpeace we are also very concerned because these resources no longer exist, they are in crisis or they are overexploited, and plans must be made, at the national and international levels, for the recovery of fisheries," Leiva said.
"Every possible effort must be made to manage fisheries in a precautionary manner, with an ecosystems approach, as this is precisely what is needed for their recovery," he said.
To this end, Congress is debating the new Fisheries Law, which will be in effect for 20 years, as of January 2013.
According to Economy Minister Pablo Longueira, the new law is necessary because it sets goals for sustainability, regulation and oversight of the fisheries, and for scientific management and decisions for fisheries administration.
"The government is pursuing measures that choke artisanal fishing, such as mandatory installation of satellite tracking on our fishing boats," complained Jorge Bustos, spokesman for the National Committee for the Defence of Artisanal Fisheries (CNDPA), which represents more than 55,000 fishermen and fisherwomen.
"This is just a big racket. If we can't afford to eat, how does Longueira expect us to be able to afford his demands?" he said.
Bustos said small-scale fishers want an end to trawl fishing; better distribution of catch quotas with greater equality for the artisanal sector; extension of the five-nautical-mile zone, reserved exclusively for artisanal fishers, to the entire Chilean coastline; and greater environmental sustainability.
Leiva blamed the governments of the last decade for their short-term outlook.
"In 2001-2002, when the current fisheries law that the government now proposes to change was implemented, Chilean fisheries were not in a critical state," said the activist.
"But over the last 10 years, fisheries have been overexploited with total disregard for scientific recommendations. This model did not effectively regulate fisheries, as originally promised," he said.
In spite of the critical situation, environmental organisations celebrated the Chilean Senate's ratification on Jun. 13 of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean.
The international convention, adopted in New Zealand in 2009, provides for the creation of a South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO).
The convention, which has not yet entered into force, regulates trans-zonal fisheries (involving fish stocks that occupy the exclusive economic zones of more than one country, which compete for the catch) and fishing on the high seas, as well as affording a framework for coastal states and non-coastal states to reach agreement on administration and conservation measures.
The fisheries under-secretary, Pablo Galilea, said the Senate approval opened the doors to Chile's ratification of the convention, and its entry into force.
To date, of the 32 member states of the SPRFMO, nine have ratified the convention, and 30 days after Chile's official ratification is complete, the convention can enter into force.
Galilea stressed that the Chilean jack mackerel (a trans-zonal fish) is one of the country's main fish species, and its population is presently in a state of collapse, so that any and every measure that can be adopted to avoid indiscriminate fishing of this species will help preserve it for future generations.
In Leiva's view, a point of particular importance in the convention is that all catch quotas in the South Pacific, whether within territorial waters or not, will be subject to strict multilateral scientific monitoring.
"This is essential for the recovery and regulation of fisheries everywhere in the South Pacific," he said.
The SPRFMO Commission will hold its first official session in January 2013, when it will begin to adopt binding and mandatory measures for the administration of trans-zonal fisheries in the South Pacific, which will mainly benefit the jack mackerel.


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Das Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Koblenz (WSA Koblenz) war ein Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt in Deutschland. Es gehörte zum Dienstbereich der Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt, vormals Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Südwest.

Die Behörde wurde 1949 in Koblenz gegründet. Durch die Zusammenlegung der Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsämter Koblenz, Trier und Saarbrücken ging sie am 13. Juni 2019 im neuen Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Mosel-Saar-Lahn auf.

Zuständigkeitsbereich

Das Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Koblenz war zuständig für die Bundeswasserstraßen Mosel von der Mündung in den Rhein in Koblenz bis Kinheim (Grenze zum Amtsbereich des WSA Trier) und den als Bundeswasserstraße klassifizierten Teil der Lahn vom Badenburger Wehr bei Gießen bis Lahnstein kurz vor der Mündung in den Rhein.

Aufgabenbereich
Zu den Aufgaben des Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamtes Koblenz gehörten:
 Unterhaltung der Bundeswasserstraßen im Amtsbereich
 Betrieb und Unterhaltung baulicher Anlagen, z. B. Schleusen, Wehre und Brücken
 Aus- und Neubau
 Unterhaltung und Betrieb der Schifffahrtszeichen
 Messung von Wasserständen
 Übernahme strom- und schifffahrtspolizeilicher Aufgaben.

Außenbezirke
Das Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Koblenz war wie folgt untergliedert:
 Den Außenbezirk Wetzlar, zuständig für die Lahn vom Badenburger Wehr bei Gießen bis Steeden (Lahn-km 70,0) mit dem in Deutschland einmaligen Weilburger Schifffahrtstunnel.
 Den Außenbezirk Diez, zuständig für die Lahn von Steeden (Lahn-km 70,0) bis Lahnstein (Lahn-km 136,3).
 Den Außenbezirk Brodenbach, zuständig für die Mosel von der Mündung in den Rhein (Mosel-km 0,0) bis zum Unterwasser der Schleuse Müden (Mosel-km 36,7)
 Den Außenbezirk Cochem, zuständig für die Mosel vom Unterwasser der Schleuse Müden (Mosel-km 36,7) bis Bremm (Mosel-km 76,4).
 Den Außenbezirk Bullay, zuständig für die Mosel von Bremm (Mosel-km 76,4) bis zur Brücke in Kinheim (Mosel-km 115,6).
 Den Bauhof Koblenz, insbesondere für Wartungs- und Instandsetzungsarbeiten an Schiffen und Anlagen der WSA Koblenz und Bingen. Der Bauhof verfügt über eine Slipanlage, mit der Wasserfahrzeuge der beiden Ämter aus dem Wasser geholt werden können.

Kleinfahrzeugkennzeichen
Den Kleinfahrzeugen im Bereich des Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamtes Koblenz wurden Kleinfahrzeugkennzeichen mit der Kennung KO zugewiesen.

Schifffahrtsbehörde (Deutschland)
Binnenschifffahrt (Deutschland)
Bundesbehörde in Koblenz
Gegründet 1949
Aufgelöst 2019
Moselschifffahrt
Lahn
Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Mosel-Saar-Lahn

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Basically hair will fall out naturally, because of the age of your hair usually only last 4 to 6 years. However, sometimes some factors trigger hair loss more quickly than usual. Such as the effect of a blow dryer, hair combing, the influence of heat, lack of nutrients, and can be due to lack of protein for hair.
Protein is one substance that is needed to maintain healthy hair. Therefore, in order to hair protein needs are always fulfilled, you need to know some of the foods that become sources of protein for hair growth.
No doubt that the eggs contain a high enough protein. Eggs can be one of the materials that you can use to prevent hair loss, and therefore, it is better if you regularly consume eggs for your protein needs, especially protein for hair. And many benefits of egg yolk for hair or egg white that you can take for hair health.
In salmon does contain some compounds that are needed to maintain healthy hair, among which are protein, omega-3 fatty acids and iron. Some of these compounds are very effective in preventing hair loss and also prevent dry hair. So add salmon in your menu to get benefits of salmon for hair.
Lentils may be one of the foreign foodstuffs in your ears and you should know that lentils are one of the nuts that have a relatively small form. But although small, Lentils are high sources of protein that can help you meet the needs of the hair protein.
Yogurt is low-fat milk and is one of the products of the dairy. Although it has gone through various processes, yogurt still contains a protein that is good for the health of your hair. In addition, the yogurt was also good for the health of your digestive system. So always provide yogurt in your menu to get the benefits of yogurt for hair growth health.
In addition to some of the foods mentioned above, you can get protein derived from several types of poultry meat and other seafood.
Thus, some foods that you can use as sources of protein for hair growth hopefully can provide benefits for your hair health and your hair growth.


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John Moore: James Shaw, the Greens, and the zeitgeist
The political demise of Metiria Turei has resulted in James Shaw now being the sole leader of the Green Party. While Metiria is a household name in New Zealand, for most of the public, Shaw is an unknown quantity. In this guest blog, John Moore examines the politics of James Shaw, and argues that the Green leader represents a new wave of "radical centralism", à la Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron.
Continue reading "John Moore: James Shaw, the Greens, and the zeitgeist" »
Cartoons on the Metiria Turei controversies
Morris - RNZ 28 July 2017
Body - NZ Herald 5 August 2017
Emmerson - NZ Herald 5 August 2017
Moreu - Timaru Herald 5 August 2017
Chicane - Southland Times 5 August 2017
Craig - ODT 22 July 2017
John Moore: Jacinda throws Metiria under the bus, showing the Establishment that she's their woman
Jacindamania has taken the country by storm. Jacinda Ardern's rapid ascension to the leadership of the Labour Party was initially met with feelings of elation by those on the left. However, these feelings of joy were rapidly replaced by a sense of despair, confusion and expressions of 'Fuck Labour', when Ardern was seen to have thrown Green co-leader Metiria Turie under the bus. In this guest blog post, John Moore argues that Labour's sanctimonious condemnation of Turei's past benefit and electoral 'fraud' should have been expected. That Jacinda's 'betrayal' came as a shock to many on the left points to the left's failure to recognise the Labour Party for what it is – a party firmly embedded within the political Establishment.
Throwing Metiria under the bus
With friends like Labour, the Green Party hardly needs enemies. Metiria Turei will now be feeling completely gutted after new Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has ruled out the Green co-leader from any ministerial role in a future Labour-led government. Jacinda is the new 'smiling assassin', taking on the outward charisma and inner ruthless streaks of former prime ministers John Key and Labour's Helen Clark.
And as with both Key and Clark, Ardern's ruthless pragmatism points to her fitting the mould of a calculated centrist politician: lacking any sense of deep convictions, and whose politics is defined by the pursuit of power and fame.
Jacinda lets the Establishment know that she is their woman
With the appointment of Jacinda Ardern as the leader of Labour, many on the left felt the party would move to the left and so embrace the new radical zeitgeist. Could Jacinda, as the former President of the International Union of Socialist Youth, be the type of 'authentic left leader' as seen with Jeremy Corbyn in the UK or with Bernie Sanders in the US?
Many felt that Jacinda was 'the one', and would transcend the ever-so-cautious centrism of Labour up to now. It was hoped that she would project a bold and maybe even relatively radical image. However, the new Labour leader's move against the now left-leaning Greens, dashed hopes and caused confused outrage from those on the left. 'Fuck Labour' replaced the initial cheerleading from elements of the left-twitterati and left-leaning political pundits.
The left's cries of outrage at Jacinda, betray their naivety, or perhaps illusions, over what Labour actually stands for. The Labour caucus is made up predominantly of middle class professionals, who seem to be incapable of transcending their pragmatic and soulless political personas. Many of Labour's MPs would have been generally aghast at Metiria Turei's admittance of benefit fraud. For Labour's leadership and careerist politicians, obeying the law is sacrosanct, or at least publicly appearing to obey and give deference to the laws of the land.
That the co-leader of the Greens has effectively given a one finger salute to unjust laws and the state's treatment of the poor, is clearly unacceptable to Jacinda Ardern and the rest of her party's core-leadership. For Ardern, the most important response was one of condemnation, and an assurance that Labour stood for compliance of state rules. Also, the Labour leader would have been conscious of the need to put to rest any concerns coming from economic and political elite circles that she might be about to do a 'Jeremy Corbyn' and pull Labour to the left. Ardern's attack on Metiria for her anti-Establishment stance, let the political and economic elites know that they had nothing to worry about with Labour, and that Jacinda was very much their woman.
Labour vs the Greens – pro-Establishment politics vs anti-Establishment politics?
Are the Greens now New Zealand's anti-Establishment party, with the traditional party of the left – the Labour Party - in contrast positioning itself firmly as a party of the Establishment and of politics as normal? On the face of it, this seems to be the case. It has certainly been the Greens, rather than Labour, that has embraced the new radical zeitgeist that has taken hold in the western world. The Greens announcement of their leftwing welfare policies, along with Metiria Turei's admittance of past benefit fraud when she was a solo mum, point to how the Greens get that there is a new demand for radical and bold politics.
There is now a growing constituency that want to see politicians give the finger to the Establishment, and to express an authenticity that has been lacking from career politicians. The Labour leadership on the other hand just don't seem to have it in them to project themselves as radical, and Jacinda's calculated move against Metiria shows how the party will, at all costs, maintain its image as a mainstream party that won't rock the boat.
Labour and the Greens as contradictory capitalist parties
Both Labour and the Greens are parties that are dedicated to operating within the confines of New Zealand's state political system. That is, both parties play the capitalist political game. And Labour and the Greens aim for governmental power, which generally necessitates projecting themselves as sensible and rational political actors. For both parties, this commitment to the state parliamentary system, as well as a commitment to 'rationally' managing the country's capitalist economy, severely limits the ability of either party to project an authentic alternative form of politics. However, the growth of radical politics on both the right and left – signalling a hegemonic shift of ideas and politics in the west – is starting to have an impact in New Zealand. And in many ways, it is the Greens, rather than Labour, that are more able to tap into this radical shift in western politics.
Labour as a party of the Establishment
Labour is a pro-Establishment party; however one with a contradictory history. Labour has a history as seeing itself as a party of working people and of organized labour – that is of trade unions. Historically, the party has projected itself as the political arm of the labour-workers' movement, and even as ostensibly socialist and anti-capitalist in its early days. The Labour Party has certainly shifted rightwards since its formation in the early 20th century. None-the-less, Labour maintains some of the same contradictions evident in its formation period, as a party that represents some form of working class/labour politics, while at the same time being a party of the capitalist system.
However, Labour has been in a deep crisis of identity particularly since the 1980's, when a Labour government enacted rightwing economic reforms that led to a rapid growth of unemployment and staggering levels of inequality. And since the 80s, Labour has generally failed to attract dedicated and sincere left activists and intellectuals, rather attracting middle class professional careerists. As leftwing commentator Chris Trotter recently pointed out: "Labour seems no longer to have a cause, and its MPs no longer even seem to have a party. They seem to have themselves and their careers."
The swinging Greens
Unlike Labour, the Greens have been able to attract idealist activists and intellectuals. However, the Greens are not a consistent leftwing party, and have wildly swung from left to right and from pro-Establishment to anti-Establishment positions.
The Green Party has consistently espoused a socially liberal agenda – in terms of support for liberal issues around areas of gender politics, LGBT+ concerns and support for tino rangatiratanga. However, the party's economic platform has shifted between ostensibly pro-market and anti-market positions.
At times the Greens have wanted to present themselves as a party of state intervention and state management of the economy, while at other times leaders from Russel Norman to James Shaw have expressed strong pro-market/laissez-faire sentiments. The ideological flexibility of the Greens, if not somewhat schizophrenic nature of their economic policies – flows from their position as a minor middle class party lacking deep roots within the corporate establishment, as well as within poorer and working class communities.
Beige and bland politics no more
None-the-less, the Greens lurch to the left needs to be taken seriously. And the party's embracement of relatively radical politics has clearly shown Labour up as a firm party of the Establishment. The Greens, rather than Labour, have therefore brought to an end the era of beige and boring politics in New Zealand. And expect the Greens to continue to benefit from their new anti-Establishment stance.
A History of Jacinda Ardern through cartoons
Emmerson - NZ Herald 27 August 2015
Hodgson - Dominion Post 26 October 2015
Chicane - Southland Times 27 February 2017
Emmerson - NZ Herald 2 March 2017
Nisbet - The Press 2 March 2017
Body - NZ Herald 4 March 2017
Tremain - ODT 10 March 2017
Emmerson - NZ Herald 16 March 2017
Moreu - Timaru Herald 18 March 2017
Hodgson - Dominion Post 20 March 2017
Nisbet - The Press 27 March 2017
Tremain - ODT 3 April 2017
Hodgson - Dominion Post 17 April 2017
Yeo - 18 April 2017
Emmerson - NZ Herald 8 July 2017
Cartoons about new Labour leader Jacinda Ardern
Media coverage of Jacinda Ardern as Labour leader


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Yen Bai removes 10,000 pieces of UXOs
Nearly 10,000 pieces of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) have been found and destroyed during a three-month campaign in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
The provincial Military Command has deployed nearly 100 officers and soldiers to p erform bomb and mine clearance on a 750 m2 site at Dong Cum village, Vinh Kien commune, Yen Binh district. M ore than 154 tonnes of UXOs were removed from the site and destroyed safely.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Dinh Tao from the Provincial Military Command said that they have undertaken maximum efforts to ensure the efficiency and the absolute safety for both the involved staff and local residents during the process.
Preliminary statistics show that UXOs have claimed more than 42,000 lives and left about 62,000 injured, mostly rural people and children, in Vietnam over the last four decades.
Each year on average, more than 1,500 people die and nearly 2,300 people get injured, including many children, due to UXO-related causes.
The US army used more than 15 million tonnes of bombs and mines in the war in Vietnam, four times the amount used in World War 2. As a result, Vietnam has been listed among the countries most contaminated with UXOs.
According to the National Steering Committee for Programme 504, about 800,000 tonnes of UXOs are scattering across 6.6 million hectares, or 20.12 percent of the country's land, mainly in the central region, putting people in danger every day.
The Technology Centre for Bomb and Mine Disposal under the Engineering Command reported that more than 88 percent of the communes in the country's 63 provinces are polluted with UXO (7,645 out of 8,686).-VNA
Standing Deputy PM urges creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minorities
Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 19 emphasised socio-economic infrastructure development, the building of value chains and the transfer of technologies to create sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority groups.
A delegation of the High Command of the Naval Region 2 on January 19 paid a visit to officers and soldiers on duty on DK1/10 Platform on Ca Mau Shoals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, the last stop in the delegation's trip to DK1 platforms on the occasion of the approaching lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Soc Trang: Disadvantaged labourers get support for Tet
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on January 19 attended a programme to support disadvantaged labourers working at An Nghiep industrial park in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Minster suggests considering school reopening
It is time to consider school reopening in a safe manner in line with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's instructions on safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son told an online seminar on January 19.


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Q: Can't use Advanced User Interactions in Webdriverjs I am trying to use webdriverjs to click on a flash animation.
I tried using the Advanced User interactions, but I can't seem to click where I want.
Not even when I try to click a normal web element, such as a button.
Optimally, I would like to do something like the following:
element = driver.findElement(webdriver.By.Id("elementID"));

driver.actions()
.mouseMove(element)
.mouseClick()
.perform();

-or-
driver.actions()
.click(element)
.perform();

However, the feedback I get from the standalone server is always in the form of [someaction: nothing].
I tried enabling firefox native events in browser capabilities via 'nativeEvents': true, but it didn't help.
I can use webdriverjs to click on elements on a page normally otherwise. (except for flash)

A: Selenium cannot interact with Flash objects.
If you want to do this you would need to modify the source code of the flash object to provide some test hooks that JavaScript could access and then use something like:

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*https://code.google.com/p/flex-ui-selenium/

*https://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/

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French proposal to pave roads with solar panels could provide power for 5 million people
By Jason Sayer • February 9, 2016 • International, Sustainability, Technology, Transportation
(Courtesy Joachim Bertrand, COLAS)
French authorities have announced that it plans to lay over 600 miles of solar roads within five years. Research from a five year study in collaboration with highway company COLAS indicates that the roads could provide power to up to 5 million people, or 8 percent of France's population. However, some claim that the French government is merely subsidising French companies and not following the best road for alternative energy solutions.
Project "Wattway," as it is being called, was launched last October with the French Agency of Environment and Energy Management stating that just over 13 feet (4m) of solar road (215 square feet to be precise) could meet the energy demands (except heating) of one home. On that basis, 5,000 residents could draw on their energy supplies from as little as 0.62 miles of solar road.
La route photovoltaïque, innovation française, sera installée sur 1000 km en France. Grands travaux #CPolitique pic.twitter.com/gGWigRo0SV
— Ségolène Royal (@RoyalSegolene) January 31, 2016
Five years of research deduced that French roads are only occupied by vehicles "10 percent of the time" and that the solution could pave the way for solving future energy demands. Looking at the specs, the surface uses polycrystalline silicon cells, which are "encapsulated in a substrate," forming high yield solar panels. Only 0.28 inches (7mm) thin, the panels have an extremely high strength-to-weight ratio which allows them to deal with the weight of pretty much all motor-vehicles.
For those thinking that driving on solar panels has the potential to be hazardous, fear not. Snowplow tests have been passed and the panels com equipped with all-weather skid-resistant coating.
"These extremely fragile photovoltaic cells are coated in a multilayer substrate composed of resins and polymers, translucent enough to allow sunlight to pass through, and resistant enough to withstand truck traffic," said COLAS.
It's not just homes the roads could potentially power. Outlining the possibilities for "intelligent roads," COLAS said how they could be used for real time traffic management, self-driving cars, charging moving electric vehicles and eliminating black ice.
What's more, COLAS said that the panels can be "directly applied to existing roads, highways, bike paths, parking areas, etc., without any civil engineering work." On top of that, the panels can last up to 20 years in areas that see infrequent traffic, meanwhile COLAS estimates the lifespan of the panels in regular traffic conditions to be 10 years. For example, if the quickest route from Caen in the North of France down to Marseille were to be covered, residents in both cities could be powered for 52 years if the panelled road lasted 10 years (and was removed afterwards).
How Legitimate are COLAS's claims? France gets 1,600–2,000 sunlight hours per year. Taking the minimum of that, and subtracting 10 percent (road occupancy from vehicles) that leaves 1,440 sunlight hours per year. Interestingly, COLAS's claim of powering one home every 13 feet arose from the presumption of roads receiving only 1,000 sunlight hours per year, indicating that they are being extremely stringent with their study.
Unsurprisingly, COLAS's panels have a lower percentage yield than current photovoltaic market solutions, offering 15 percent solar yields compared to 19 percent, but one can presume that this is a byproduct of making the panels roadworthy and their altered angle of incidence. This equates (by COLAS' calculations) to the panels costing $6.73 per Watt.
However, according to Olivier Danielo of DDMagazine, this is "six times the cost "of large-scale photovoltaic cells." Danielo has reason to be skeptical. COLAS specialize in highway construction and by creating an "energy efficient" solution actually implement roads that have a shorter lifespan than regular roads, thereby giving themselves more work. Surely it would be far more efficient to equip houses who can utilize the optimum angle of incidence in conjunction with the most efficient photovoltaic (PV) technology?
Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance ("Solar Insight Team") backs Danielo's claims up.
He's got a point. French solar roads seems like a way to subsidise French companies, not a way to make electricity. https://t.co/42SIrcBUiT
— Jenny Chase (@solar_chase) February 8, 2016
Danielo and Chase aren't the only ones concerned, either. French engineer Nicolas Ott said that the energy payback from rooftop PV's is 7.5:1 compared to Wattway's 1.6:1.
COLAS also claim to have "invented" the solar road when this is not the case. SolaRoad, a bike path in Krommanie in the Netherlands produced better than expected yields. However, when compared to three rooftop PV systems in the same area of the prototype road, data showed that rooftop PV's was double that of the SolaRoad per square meter over the same period.
Nonetheless, installation of the French solar road panels is set to start soon with funding coming from raising taxes on fossil fuels.
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As you may know if you got bombarded by my pictures on Facebook last week, I just got back from my first international trip — one to Paris with two of my friends from college, Taylor and Marie-Claire (the second of whom grew up in France and so knew the language and how to get around). We also spent one day in London, my new favorite city.
My go-to emotion in just about every situation is fear. So to me, the idea of traveling to Paris is exciting and romantic until you've actually booked a ticket to Paris, at which point it becomes terrifying.
(I know this isn't healthy, people. I'm working on it. So is Jesus. I also know people go to places a lot scarier than Europe, but again, it was my first international trip.) Travel is particularly difficult for fearful people because there's so much you can't even pretend to control. Leading up to this trip, I worried about everything from whether my bag weighed more than the limit of 50 pounds to whether I'd get taken, Liam Neeson-style. What if I lose my passport? Will a pickpocket be able to get into this purse? How long does it take rescue helicopters to get to the middle of the Atlantic?
You are not inherently safer in the U.S. than you are outside it, Kate. That's what this chapter reminded me. The Lord is with me in Louisville and with me in Paris and with me in the middle of the Atlantic, if that's where I end up.
Sleeping on planes is a big LOL.
Despite my fears, our actual flight from Atlanta to Paris (8ish hours, Friday night to Saturday morning) went without a hitch. We flew Air France, so all of the attendants were French and spoke French, which made me feel as though I'd entered a foreign country as soon as I stepped on the plane. I wonder what the forefathers of our country — or those pioneers who spent months in ships sailing to the New World — would think if they knew that one day, you would be able to cross the entire Atlantic Ocean so fast that you wouldn't even need to get up to use the bathroom in the middle. I want to make a joke about poop decks here, but I'm struggling to come up with one.
I sat with MC and Taylor, and we desperately tried to sleep for much of the flight. I accidentally watched the movie Chocolat (about the first black circus performer in France) for 15 minutes thinking that it was actually the movie Chocolat (about the lady with a chocolate shop in France). You can see why that would be confusing. And after the rough night, we woke to the smell of warm croissants because this was Air France after all, and Air France does it French.
We landed Saturday morning at 11ish, got our bags, and grabbed a taxi. I asked Marie why we didn't have to go through customs, and she said that we had gone through customs. So, yeah, the Paris airport maybe needs to get a little bit stricter if customs is so lax that you don't even know you're doing it. We taxied to our apartment, which we rented on AirBNB, and we plopped our bags down and cleaned up quickly before we hit the city.
Because we are Americans (and Americans who'd just flown overnight), our first stop in France was Starbucks. Sue us. Marie later explained to us that France does not have a culture of convenience in the same way that America does. Getting to-go coffee is not that much of a thing to them, which is why it's not easy to find a French coffee shop. (Culture Shock #1: I'd always figured love of convenience was a Western culture thing, not just an American thing. I was wrong.) Because we were Americans in Paris, our second stop was the creperie en route to Notre Dame Cathedral. (Are you impressed by all the French in that sentence?) The crepes were good, but Notre Dame was amazing, one of my favorite places we visited all week.
Everything about the cathedral is awe-inspiring. It is both vast in size and intricate in detail. The stained glass was undoubtedly the most impressive part. Scratch that — the fact that much of the stained glass is still the original, 800-year-old stained glass is the most impressive part. The cathedral also houses the purported crown of thorns, among other relics, although we did not see them (and who knows if they're legit anyway). Being there made me wish I remembered more about the history of France and of the Catholic church. Despite its magnificence, there were things about the cathedral that saddened me. It was the only church building I'd ever been in (until we visited Sainte-Chapelle later in the week) that was built before the Protestant Reformation and before the printing press put the Bible in people's hands. What did the earliest worshippers in this cathedral believe? What about the current ones? I feel like I have a lot of reading I want to do now that I'm back from this trip.
We picked up baguettes, goat cheese, and sausage and made a dinner of it in our apartment that night before crashing and getting up early to explore the city again.
As fun as it was to see the sites, I often found that the best parts of the trip were the simple ones, like the evenings we spent eating cheese and white bread for dinner (guilt-free because it's France, after all) in pajama pants on the couch in our Paris apartment.
Join me next time for my recap of Day 2. Still to come: Rodin, Monet, L'orangerie, Versailles, London, and more.


In April, I took a trip the Mt. St. Helens Volcanic Monument.
This was of particular interest to me as I've never been to the monument. However, growing up as a nine year old just 185 miles north, I can remember the build-up and subsequent eruptions.
While my home was not in the path of any major activity, I do remember many earthquakes and waking up many morning to a coating of ash on everything outside. I recall seeing massive ash clouds from eruptions from the corner of my street. Also, my grandmother worked as a chemist at Rayonier in Shelton, WA. I still have a sample of the ash she gave me.
Being excited to show the kids a bit of my childhood history, we packed everyone up, and headed off only to arrive and find that, despite beautiful weather on a spring day, some roads, the observatories and all the buildings were ... closed.
No matter, you can close the gate on a road, but you can really take down a mountain and put it away for the winter. It's right there. You can't miss it, and there were plenty of opportunities to take it all in.
You could really see the regions where massive mud flows raged down the valley. Seeing where water has carved out new pathways in ash and mud was interesting. At one point we noticed that there were tree stumps all around us which is not unusual. But when you realize that none of the stumps are cut, but rather have ragged edges pointing away from the mountain, you get a sense of the power that was unleashed on the area.
Dust and Ash stirred up by the wind.
It was also interesting to notice that, at the foot of the mountain, there was dust blowing across the area. I'm guess it was ash being stirred up by the wind nearly 36 years after the fact.
Since all the buildings were closed we parked at an outlook, set up some chairs and had lunch that we had packed. Talk about outdoor seating with a view!
When we got home I started digging to see if I could replace the knowledge gathering we would have received from the observatory.
The next morning, I found old local news coverage of the eruption and played it on the TV while we had breakfast, as if it were happening live. It was weird to recognize some of the images. It really gives you a sense of the events on a local scale.
Surprisingly, there is not much in the way of good documentaries about the eruptions. An old A&E production is the best I found.
NOVA has a great documentary about the recovery of the area, but it deals mainly with what happened after the eruptions. It is available at PBS.org as well as part of Amazon Prime membership.
We can count on NASA for some great visualizations of the area.
It was worth the three hour drive (one-way) with a full vehicle and closed observatories and roads.
It is an incredible sight to see so up-close. It feels like a movie set painting.


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The Nettleton Raiders used a 10-0 third-quarter run to build a double-digit lead and went on to take a 64-50 victory over the Mountain Home Bombers in 5A-East Conference action Friday night at Raider Gym.
The Bombers were coming off a heartbreaking, 50-47 loss to top-ranked Marion on Tuesday, and appeared to be ready to spring a road upset on the Raiders as the teams were tied early in the third period.
Mountain Home tied it 31-31 on a bucket by sophomore Wyatt Gilbert, but Nettleton answered with 10 straight, highlighted by eight in a row from Kortez Hamilton, who had scored only two in the first half.
The run pushed Nettleton's lead to 41-31, and the Raiders took a 41-33 lead into the fourth quarter.
Mountain Home pulled within 45-38 on a trey by Gilbert, and Gilbert hit three 3-pointers in the quarter to keep the Bombers close. But consecutive baskets by Nettleton point guard Kevin Fulton pushed the lead to 57-44, and the Raiders led by as many as 17 down the stretch.
Gilbert led all scorers with 18 points, and senior Luke Kruse added 16 for Mountain Home. Fulton and 6-foot-5 Jarquavious Cain led Nettleton with 17 and 16 points, respectively.
Cain scored eight first-quarter points, but Kruse hit for seven as the Bombers trailed only 13-12 at the end of one.
The teams combined to shoot 19 free throws in the second quarter, with the Bombers going 7-of-10 at the stripe. Mountain Home led 26-21 on a bucket by Gilbert, but Nettleton rallied and forced a 27-27 tie by halftime.
The Bombers and Lady Bombers return to action Tuesday when they host Searcy at The Hangar.
Gilbert 18, Kruse 16, Benton 6, Jones 4, Pinson 3, Crecelius 2, Tabor 1.
Fulton 17, Cain 16, Hamilton 12, McFadden 9, Pigram 5, Moore 3, Tuberville 2.
Nettleton, the No. 2 ranked team in Class 5A, jumped out to a 14-2 lead and never looked back in improving to 5-0 in the 5A-East.
Nettleton 6-foot junior Elauna Eaton ended the first quarter with consecutive 3-point plays as the Lady Raiders took a 10-2 lead after one.
Eaton kept the personal run going, scoring four more to open the second quarter with a 14-2 cushion. Nettleton went on to take a 28-13 lead by halftime.
Mountain Home pulled as close as 11 in the third quarter when sophomore Emily Payne drained a 3-pointer to make it 32-21, but Nettleton's Travia Woodruff scored four to give the hosts a 36-21 advantage going into the fourth.
The Lady Raiders pushed the lead to 20 in the fourth, and the Lady Bombers could climb only as close as 14 when Payne and Abby Martin each hit 3-pointers to draw within 53-39.
Eaton led all scorers with 21 points, while Anna Grace Foreman and Kyra Pinn paced Mountain Home with nine apiece.
Foreman 9, Pinn 9, Payne 6, Gilbert 5, Huskey 3, A.Martin 3, E.Martin 2, Yates 2.
Eaton 21, Young 9, Love 7, Wofford-Byrd 5, Woodruff 4, Crippen 3, Meabon 3, Benford 2, Daniels 2.


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Wild Alberta
Boreal Forest
Birch-Wabasca
Bistcho
Cache Creek-Wolverine
Cameron Hills
Caribou Mountains
Chinchaga
Hay-Zama
McClelland Lake
Primrose Lakeland
Canadian Shield
Goose Wallace
Kakwa
Little Smoky
Marten Mountain
Otauwau
North Saskatchewan River
Hand Hills
Kirkpatrick Prairie
Majorville
Middle Sand Hills
Milk River Ridge
Milk River – Sage Creek
Pakowki Lake
Bodo Hills
Parkland Dunes
Red Deer River
Waterton Parkland
Cardinal Divide
Livingstone-Porcupine
Plateau Mountain
Siffleur Wilderness
Whaleback
White Goat Wilderness
Willmore Wilderness
Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
Native Fish
Game Farming
Headwaters
Wild Lands Advocate
Recall of the Wild
Climb for Wilderness
Speak up for protected areas
Provincial & National Contacts
Alberta Wilderness Defenders Awards
Alberta Wilderness Resource Centre
AWRC Treasures
Great Gray Owl Awards
Hillhurst Cottage School
Martha Kostuch Lectures
Position Statements are statements by the Association that define how we respond to certain issues and lay the groundwork for our work.
Position of Alberta's Major Conservation Groups on Alberta's new Special Places 2000 Policy
On March 28, 1995 the Alberta Government released its rewritten Special Places 2000 policy as its new policy for Alberta. This replaces the earlier Special Places 2000: Alberta's Natural Heritage, Completing Alberta's Endangered Spaces Network, which was released in November of 1992 as a draft protected areas plan for Alberta.
Alberta Wilderness Association's (AWA) main concern is that wild bison remain wild and they be managed as such. 'Wild' bison are those that have not been subject to gene introgression through hybridization with cattle.
AWA believes there is an urgent and vital need to implement a CWD eradication plan.
AWA does not support the game farming industry for many reasons, including because it is responsible for passing CWD into the wild and infecting North American deer, elk, and moose with the disease.
Coal Bed Methane (Natural Gas in Coal) on Public Lands
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) believes that coal bed methane (CBM) development should be regulated in a manner that is consistent with the maintenance of wilderness values.
Domestic Livestock Grazing on Public Lands
The main concerns of many communities are wise land use, continuation of domestic livestock grazing, and their need for a strong voice in the management of public lands in their communities. AWA is a strong supporter of public involvement and will continue working with communities on public land management and protected area designations. It is the AWA's view that grazing of domestic livestock on public lands, including protected areas, can be compatible with ecological integrity in a variety of situations, primarily in the Grassland and Aspen Parkland Natural Regions of Alberta.
Feral Horses
As a conservation organization, Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is concerned with the persistence of Alberta's natural biological diversity including wildlife and natural ecosystems. Feral horses are an introduced species to Alberta. As such, they may have an adverse effect on native wildlife populations through direct competition or through altering ecosystem interactions, and they may have a negative impact on ecosystems that are sensitive to the types of disturbances caused by large herds of the horses.
Alberta's Forests
AWA is committed to maintaining healthy and intact forest ecosystems that will sustain biological diversity and viable wildlife populations, provide clean drinking water and promote long-term economic opportunities. AWA supports responsible ecosystem-based forest management that does not compromise wildlife and wilderness values.
Forest Insects and Disease
AWA supports taking a more ecological approach to the role of forest insects/disease in Alberta's forests. Over a relatively short period of time, Alberta's forests have been divided up with cut lines, seismic lines, roads, trails, pipelines, and homes, carving a once unimaginable expanse of forest into smaller and smaller portions. Alberta's forest ecosystems have been stressed and transformed, and many ecosystem services have been lost. A return to a more natural system is critical to restore these services, which will involve large protected areas set aside, as well as a return to forests managed primarily for a host of values, not just timber production. Sustainable forestry needs ecosystem based models that allow natural control mechanisms to function. Allowing infestations to run their natural course will contribute to natural balance and ultimately, to ecosystem restoration.
Helicopter Use over Alberta's Wilderness
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is opposed to the unregulated use of helicopters over such wilderness lands. Helicopter access to these lands must only be allowed for essential official or safety reasons where it does not adversely affect wildlife, fragile terrain and the human enjoyment of nature by non-motorized means.
Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing
AWA believes that hunting, trapping, and fishing should be carried out in a humane and sustainable manner, and not to the detriment of the long‐term health of wild populations. We recognize and support traditional harvest by Indigenous peoples, but this too must be sustainable. We oppose the hunting of species that are threatened or endangered, as this is a threat to the ecology of large wilderness. The precautionary principle should prevail: hunting, trapping, and fishing should only be practiced where they can be proven, by valid and independent scientific studies, to not harm wild populations.
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) believes that hydrocarbon exploration and development should be regulated in a manner that is consistent with the maintenance of wilderness values. There is a fundamental need for the maintenance of wilderness that is free of industrial incursion. Outside of such areas, exploration and development must be conducted in an environmentally responsible manner.
Motorized Recreation on Public Lands
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) only supports the safe and responsible use of motorized recreational vehicles on designated trails in appropriate areas where there is no impact on other recreational users, vegetation, water or wildlife. The environmental damage that is caused by motorized recreation is well documented. Well-designated trails and strict adherence to regulations limiting the use of motorized vehicles are required to minimize damage.
OHV use should be considered and regulated as a formal land use in Alberta. Treating OHVs as a land-use requires their trails to be considered in linear density footprints and future land use planning. To comply with A Policy for Resource Management of the Eastern Slopes (1984), a moratorium must be imposed on the use of off-highway vehicles (OHV) on existing trails within Prime Protection and Critical Wildlife Zones, as well as a moratorium on further OHV trail development in these Zones.
Pipeline Construction and Operation
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) believes pipelines pose significant risks to human and environmental health. Pipelines must be built to the highest possible standards of safety. Pipelines must be routed to avoid impacts to environmentally significant areas including regionally designated areas, protected areas, critical wildlife habitat, intact fragments of grasslands and parklands natural landscapes, and AWA areas of concern, as depicted on our Wild Alberta map. The use of best management practices to minimize disturbance is essential and corridor access must be monitored and controlled through locked gates. Effective monitoring and harsh penalties for noncompliance or environmental damage is imperative.
Renewable Energy Development
AWA supports the Government of Alberta's commitment to increase renewable energy in Alberta's electricity system to no less than 30 percent by 2030. The shift will contribute to reducing Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions and improve the health of Albertans. As important as these climate change and public health goals are, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar must proceed in a fashion respecting and promoting wildlife and landscape protection and health values.
Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future of Alberta's Southwestern Forests
There is an urgent need to create an alternative model of forest management in Alberta. We envision a new model, based on ecosystem management, guided by independent scientific expertise and augmented by local community participation and benefit. We are not opposed to all logging. Instead we support the development of a forest management model that maintains healthy forest ecosystems as its primary function, and offers sustainable benefits to communities from the wise use of these forests.
Alberta's landscape is fragmented by a rapidly expanding network of roads, transmission lines, pipelines, cutlines, seismic lines, and other linear disturbance. Transmission lines, serving the growing energy demands of Albertans, make up a large proportion of this network. Alberta has over 13,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation capacity, delivered by over 21,000 kilometres of transmission lines. According to Government of Alberta statistics, Alberta has seen 6,500 MW new generation capacity since 1998. In addition, future developments of over 16,100 MW of new power generation (renewable and non-renewable) have been proposed by industry.
Wilderness Definition
Wilderness exists where large areas are characterized by the dominance of natural processes, the presence of the full complement of plant and animal communities characteristic of the region, and the absence of human constraints on nature.
AWA supports taking a more ecological approach to the role of fire in Alberta's ecosystems. AWA does not support fire suppression unless it is for the express purpose of saving communities and lives, and believes it is important to let fires burn naturally where it is safe to do so. This will allow forests and grasslands to restore themselves and enhance the overall ecosystem for flora and fauna in Alberta.
Wildlife Economies and Ungulate Game Farming
AWA is opposed to the privatization, domestication, and commercialization of wildlife, especially activities such as game (ungulate) farming. As an alternative practice, AWA supports living wildlife economies that promote the conservation of wildlife populations in their natural environment and as a public resource.
There is an urgent need to engage people with nature. All aspects of it. Not just the pretty bears and cute snakes. Also the realities of it, the death, struggles, and pain. Not only are people losing touch with nature, they are losing touch with the realities of nature.
- Clayton Lamb, January 2018
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21st Century Boogie is the debut album by Paddy Milner, released on June 24, 2002.

Paddy Milner's music shows many influences ranging from pop-rock through to jazz, classical and British folk. 21st Century Boogie shows his attention to blues and boogie-woogie.

It was released to a flood of outstanding reviews, solidly sealing his reputation as one of the most original musicians. During the year of release on Paul Jones's Radio 2 show, the album was placed in the year's top ten records, whilst Milner himself was shortlisted for the British Blues Keyboard Player of 2002. Jools Holland has become a fan, telling Milner "You make the piano sing".

Track listing
 "Walking on Eggshells"
 "21st Century Boogie"
 "I'm Ready"
 "Swannee River Samba"
 "The Days, the Nights"
 "Highway of Sound"
 "Prelude to Caravan"
 "Caravan"
 "Late Nights Playing the Blues"
 "Prelude to the Bumble Fumble"
 "The Bumble Fumble"
 "Boogie Woogie Time of Year"
 "The World is Getting Smaller Everyday"

References

Paddy Milner albums
2002 debut albums


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Jospong group commissions 20 million Euros Kumasi Wastewater treatment plant
A wastewater treatment plant has been commissioned to help in the management of liquid waste generated in the Kumasi metropolis and parts of the Ashanti Region.
The Thousand cubic meters'(1000m3) state-of-the-art facility is expected to eliminate the indiscriminate discharge of liquid waste into streams and other water bodies in the region. Liquid waste is discharged into streams within Dompoase and its environs due to the lack of capacity to collect and process the waste within the entire Ashanti Region.
The development continues to threaten the living conditions of inhabitants who live in these communities.The project which is constructed through a collaboration between the Government of Ghana, the Jospong Group of Companies, and the Government of Hungary will manage the huge volumes of Liquid waste generated in Kumasi and parts of the Ashanti Region.
The facility has the capacity to provide 150 direct and 450 indirect jobs in addition to those employed by the Kumasi Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant.
The facility will also reduce water contamination and air pollution and also improve the health and living conditions of communities in the catchment area.
The 20 million Euros facility which was started in 2019 will manage the huge volumes of Liquid waste generated in Kumasi and parts of the Ashanti Region.
Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong is hopeful the facility will help address challenges in the disposal of liquid waste.
"This forms part a waste pact concept that His Excellency the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has by setting up the Ministry of Sanitation and in terms of infrastructure of waste management, the idea is that every region must have an infrastructure that must treat solid waste, liquid waste, medical waste, E-waste, landfill management and waste to energy", he indicated.
He added that tackling waste management in Ghana has become more important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and assured that the treatment of faecal matter and wastewater by the facility will play an enormous role to stop the spread of coronavirus and other water-related diseases within the plant catchment area.
Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah called for a strong collaboration between Government and the private sector to improve sanitation in the country.
"All private sector players are most welcome, and here I must commend the Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies and his team for taking the risk and in the right direction to also embrace all opportunities in the sanitation sector," she urged.
Hungarian Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Andras Szabo said the Hungarian Government gives priority to foster the expansion of water-related knowledge abroad.
He described the Kumasi Waste Water Treatment Plant as an important milestone of the initiative.
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Woolworths seeking staff to work Christmas Day
Woolworths is seeking permission from the department of industrial relations to ask staff to fill shelves on Christmas Day in NSW, in order to better prepare for the Boxing Day rush.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Woolworths is the only company to have made this application.
"We're seeking permission from NSW Industrial Relations to receive and unpack goods in our stores for five hours on Christmas morning. This type of stock replenishment activity is permitted on public holidays in all other states and territories," a Woolworths spokesperson said.
"We have more than 38,000 team members in New South Wales, many of whom tell us they want the opportunity to earn public holiday pay rates on Christmas Day."
According to the spokesperson, Woolworths won't compel anyone to work who doesn't want to and respects the right of employees to enjoy the holiday.
If a store can't get enough staff who are willing to work, it will not conduct the night-fill operations.
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association is expected to march on Sydney's parliament house on Wednesday in protest.
The union recently unveiled a campaign to provide young workers with accessible and straightforward information on the topic of workplace rights.
"It's safe to say that a large number of young people barely know unions exist, let alone how they can help, or why they should join one," SDA national secretary Gerard Dwyer said.
According to research from the University of Sydney, 25 per cent of student retail workers are underpaid, and 35 per cent do not receive the correct weekend rates.
Woolworths and the SDA have been approached for comment, but had not responded as of publication.
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I am not a Marvel kind of guy. I know enough to know the basic stuff. I have nothing against the company or anything, but I am just not too interested in them. I do see the movies based off of Marvel heroes from time to time, and if I am interested in a certain character, I look them up, but other than that, I just don't read many of their comic books. I have played a lot of the games based off of the characters, and for the most part, you can find some pretty good games. I know there are probably two bad Marvel video games for every good one, but you can still find the good ones out there. Luckily, one of the better Marvel video games is Traveler's Tales Lego Marvel Super Heroes for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita. I think the Lego games are still good, but I do hate how some of the game design issues that plague the games still exist, and aren't fixed or designed differently. Lego Marvel Super Heroes is no different, and does suffer from the issues that plague the series. In my opinion, Lego City Undercover is the best Lego game, but Lego Marvel Super Heroes is, all in all, a really good game.
The story revolves around the Avengers and X-Men trying to take down Doctor Doom, voiced by Fred Tatasciore, who has harnessed the power of cosmic bricks, which were the components that made the Silver Surfer's board. To get all of the power bricks, Doctor Doom has hired a multitude of villains from the Marvel universe to gather the powers of the bricks and conquer the world. The story can be epic at times, but still has that Lego game charm and humor. It is a story that any gamer, young and old, can get into.
If you have played any of the Lego games from the past few years, then you know how this one will play out. You get to control a multitude of super heroes from the Avengers, the X-Men, and The Fantastic Four, just to name a few of the groups of heroes that are playable. Your goal is to get from point A to point B to tackle missions all over an open world city. When you get to one of these missions, the levels are basically designed like the normal Lego levels. You will fight your way through hordes of enemies, solve puzzles using each hero's special ability, and fight a boss at the end of the level. Outside of the main levels, you explore a huge city and unlock vehicles and other characters by completing challenges. You can also make your own super hero with his or her own abilities. The boss fights are well executed. I mean, you have a catalog of super heroes and villains to use at your disposal. If you can't make at least one boss fight memorable using these characters, you did something wrong. The game can be short if you don't complete 100% the entire game. It took me about eight or so hours to beat it while doing only some of the challenges. There is also a split-screen co-op mode to play with your friends. The Wii U version, the version I played, doesn't really do much with the GamePad, but it does at least act as your map so you don't have to keep bringing it up on the main screen in the other versions of the game. There is also off-screen TV play. To be honest, there isn't really anything too new with the Lego formula here, but there are some changes, like each character does something different, unlike the unlockable characters in Lego City Undercover.
So, what is wrong with this huge super hero love letter in Lego form? I have a few issues with this game. The first negative I will talk about concerns the few glitches in the game. I found a few that stopped me from progressing through the game, and that just isn't fun at all. Once again, the camera can be an issue due to the perspective. I don't know why they don't fix this part of the design. It's always a common complaint, so why not fix it? I also find that having vehicles is pointless in this game. Why would you want to drive around in a car with clunky controls, when you can fly around as Iron Man? It's like Saint Rows IV, why would you want to use a car when you have super powers? I also feel like some of the characters like the Hulk got ripped off, since in past games with the certain characters, they had much more versatility. Let's use the Hulk and Spiderman for example. In The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, you could run up buildings, jump huge stretches of land, and use cars as gauntlets. You can't do any of that in this game. In Spiderman 2 or in any good Spiderman game, you can swing from web like it was nothing, and climb up walls or flat surfaces with ease. In this game, you can't climb up walls unless they are in a specific area of the game. Wolverine can't lunge at enemies. Why can't the heroes be more unique? I know a lot of reviewers and advertisements like to say that you can play as a hundred or so "unique" characters, but most of them are costumes for other characters. Plus, most characters will share the same abilities. So much for this game's multiple unique characters when most of them share the same abilities. I would rather have a smaller roster of unique characters, than ten or twenty characters that play the same.