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Statutory fee for copyright infringement and additional damages for breach of contract
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Is there any statutory fee to claim damages for copyright infringement?
According to Copyright Law of the United States of America, Title 17 of the United States Code, Chapter 5 deals with Copyright Infringement and Remedies. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504(a) the copyright owner can claim either
the actual damages incurred by him and the additional profits made by the infringer using copyrighted works Or,
statutory damages as provided in subsection(c) of § 504.
The copyright owner can choose either of the above any time before final judgment is rendered. See 17 U.S.C. § 504(c). Moreover, according to the court's discretion, it can award statutory damages for an amount of not less than $750 and not more than $30,000. Id. § 504(c) deals with statutory damages claim. It reads as follows:
Except as provided by clause (2) of this subsection, the copyright owner may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action, with respect to any one work, for which any one infringer is liable individually, or for which any two or more infringers are liable jointly and severally, in a sum of not less than $750 or more than $30,000 as the court considers just. For the purposes of this subsection, all the parts of a compilation or derivative work constitute one work.
Id.at § 504(1)(c).
If the copyright owner proves that the infringement was willful, then the court can award damages up to $150,000. Id. at § 504(c)(2). And if the infringer is able to prove that he or she is not aware that his/her acts would constitute infringement, the court can reduce the damages awarded to not less than $200. Id. The section reads as:
In a case where the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that infringement was committed willfully, the court in its discretion may increase the award of statutory damages to a sum of not more than $150,000. In a case where the infringer sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that such infringer was not aware and had no reason to believe that his or her acts constituted an infringement of copyright, the court in its discretion may reduce the award of statutory damages to a sum of not less than $200. The court shall remit statutory damages in any case where an infringer believed and had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her use of the copyrighted work was a fair use under section 107 . . .
Id. at § 504(c)(2).
The copyright owner can claim additional damages pursuant to 17 U.S.C.504(d) in certain cases where the infringer takes a defense under section 110(5), and it is proved that infringer did not have reasonable grounds to believe that its use of copyright works were exempted under the section. In such cases, the court may award additional damages as twice the license fee that the infringer should have paid the copyright owner for such use during the prior period of up to 3 years. It is specifically provided that as per § 504,
In any case in which the court finds that a defendant proprietor of an establishment who claims as a defense that its activities were exempt under section 110(5) did not have reasonable grounds to believe that its use of a copyrighted work was exempt under such section, the plaintiff shall be entitled to, in addition to any award of damages under this section, an additional award of two times the amount of the license fee that the proprietor of the establishment concerned should have paid the plaintiff for such use during the preceding period of up to 3 years.
Id. at § 504(d).
However, as per 17 U.S.C. § 412 statutory damages are not available in certain situations. § 412 deals with registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement which provides that,
[i]n any action under this title, other than an action brought for a violation of the rights of the author under section 106A(a), an action for infringement of the copyright of a work that has been preregistered under section 408(f) before the commencement of the infringement and that has an effective date of registration not later than the earlier of 3 months after the first publication of the work or 1 month after the copyright owner has learned of the infringement, or an action instituted under section 411(c), no award of statutory damages or of attorney's fees, as provided by sections 504 and 505, shall be made for—
(1)any infringement of copyright in an unpublished work commenced before the effective date of its registration; or
(2)any infringement of copyright commenced after first publication of the work and before the effective date of its registration, unless such registration is made within three months after the first publication of the work.
Id. at § 412.
From the foregoing research, it can be found that the copyright owner can claim for copyright infringement either for actual damages including the additional profits made by the infringer with the copyrighted works or statutory damages. The statutory damages awarded may range from a $750 to $30,000 as the court considers just. However, if the copyright owner proves that the infringement was willful, the court has the discretion to increase the award of statutory damages up to $ 150,000 and may limit the damages awarded to not less than $200 if the infringer proves that the infringement was not willful. Moreover, in certain cases, the court may award additional damages to a copyright owner where the infringer takes a defense under section 110(5), and it is proved that infringer did not have reasonable grounds to believe that its use of copyright works were exempted under the section. In such cases, the court may award additional damages as twice the license fee that the infringer should have paid the copyright owner for such use during the prior period of up to 3 years.
Elements for breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing.
Generally, a duty of good faith and fair dealing is deemed to exist in every contract. In Donald B. Murphy Contractors, Inc. v. King Cnty., 112 Wn. App. 192 (2002), the Court of Appeals of Washington found that in a contract a duty of good faith and fair dealing, "arises only in connection with the performance of specific contract obligations. If no contractual duty exists, there is nothing that must be performed in good faith." Id. at 197 (citing Johnson v. Yousoofian, 84 Wash.App. 755, 762, 930 P.2d 921 (1996)).
Also, pursuant to Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 205 (1981), "[e]very contract imposes upon each party a duty of good faith and fair dealing in its performance and its enforcement." Id.
Further, in Keystone Land & Dev. Co. v. Xerox Corp., 152 Wn.2d 171 (2004), the Court of Appeals of Washington has explained that under Washington contract law, "a specific course of conduct agreed upon for future negotiations is enforceable when it is contained in an existing substantive contract." Id. at 177. Additionally, the court stated that, "there is no 'free-floating' duty of good faith and fair dealing that is unattached to an existing contract. The duty exists only 'in relation to performance of a specific contract term.'" Id. at 177.
Furthermore, in Badgett v. Sec. State Bank, 116 Wn.2d 563, (1991), the Court of Appeal found that in every contract duty of good faith and fair dealing obligates the parties, "to cooperate with each other so that each may obtain the full benefit of performance." Id. at 569 (citing Metropolitan Park Dist. of Tacoma v. Griffith, 106 Wash.2d 425, 437, 723 P.2d 1093 (1986)); Lonsdale v. Chesterfield, 99 Wash.2d 353, 357, 662 P.2d 385 (1983); Miller v. Othello Packers, Inc., 67 Wash.2d 842, 844, 410 P.2d 33 (1966). Further, "the duty of good faith does not extend to obligate a party to accept a material change in the terms of its contract." Id. at 569 (citing Betchard-Clayton, Inc. v. King, 41 Wash.App. 887, 890, 707 P.2d 1361, review denied, 104 Wash.2d 1027 (1985)).
Additionally, the Court of Appeals found that, "[n]or does it 'inject substantive terms into the parties' contract'. Rather, it requires only that the parties perform in good faith the obligations imposed by their agreement." Id. at 570. (citing Barrett v. Weyerhaeuser Co. Severance Pay Plan, 40 Wash.App. 630, 635 n. 6, 700 P.2d 338 (1985). Thus, the duty arises only in connection with terms agreed to by the parties. See Matson v. Emory, 36 Wash.App. 681, 676 P.2d 1029 (1984). Also, the court noted that as a matter of law, "there cannot be a breach of the duty of good faith when a party simply stands on its rights to require performance of a contract according to its terms." Id. at 71. (citing Allied Sheet Metal, 10 Wash.App. at 535-36, 518 P.2d 734; accord Creeger Brick & Bldg. Supply Inc. v. Mid-State Bank & Trust Co., 385 Pa.Super. 30, 560 A.2d 151 (1989)).
Moreover, in Carlile v. Harbour Homes, Inc., 147 Wn. App. 193, (2008), the Court of Appeals explained that the duty of good faith and fair dealing in a contract, "obligates the parties to cooperate with each other so that each may obtain the full benefit of performance. But the duty of good faith does not 'inject substantive terms into the parties' contract.' Rather, "it requires only that the parties perform in good faith the obligations imposed by their agreement." Id. at 215. Further quoting that Supreme Court has '"consistently held there is no 'free-floating' duty of good faith and fair dealing that is unattached to an existing contract". Also noted that, "[t]he duty exists only in relation to performance of a specific contract term." Id. at 216.
Furthermore in Telaya, LLC v. Cruz Estates, LLC, CV-13-5075-RHW, 2013 WL 6049018 (E.D. Wash. Nov. 15, 2013), the Court of Appeals found that in contracts an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing gives one party discretionary authority to determine a contract term. Id. (citing Myers v. State, 152 Wash.App. 823, 828, 218 P.3d 241 (2009)). Further, the court found that, "The duty of good faith and fair dealing requires only that the parties perform in good faith the obligations imposed by their agreement." Id. (quoting United Financial Cas. Co. v. Coleman, 173 Wash.App. 463, 476, 295 P.3d 763 (2012)). Additionally, the Court of Appeals noted that,"[t]he duty of good faith and fair dealing does not inject substantive terms into the parties' contract or create a free-floating duty of good faith unattached to the underlying legal document." Id. Further, the Court pointed out that, "[t]he duty exists only in relation to performance of a specific contract term." Id (citing Carlile v. Harbor Homes, Inc., 147 Wash.App. 193, 216, 194 P.3d 280 (2008)).
From the foregoing case laws, it is found that duty of good faith and fair dealing exists in every contract and this obligates the parties to cooperate with each other enabling each to obtain the full benefit of performance. This duty does not introduce any additional obligations which are not already there in the existing contract. However, the duty of good faith does not extend to obligate a party to accept a material change in the terms of its contract. The duty exists only in connection with the performance of specific contractual obligations.
Consequential damages and incidental damages in breach of service contracts.
In Floor Exp., Inc. v. Daly, 138 Wn. App. 750, (2007), a breach of contract, a party injured may recover all damages that accrue naturally from the breach, including any incidental or consequential losses resulted from the breach. Id. at 754 (citing Panorama Village Homeowners Ass'n v. Golden Rule Roofing, Inc., 102 Wash.App. 422, 427, 10 P.3d 417 (2000)). Further, the Court of Appeals explained that the purpose of expectation damages is to "return the injured party to 'as good a pecuniary position as [she] would have had if the' breaching party would have performed properly." Id. at 754. (quoting Eastlake, 102 Wash.2d at 39, 686 P.2d 465, 470 (1984)).
Additionally, in Brotherton v. Kralman Steel Structures, Inc., 165 Wn. App. 727 (2011), the Court of Appeal found that in Washington, "[c]ontract damages are ordinarily based on the injured party's expectation interest and are intended to give the injured party the benefit of its bargain." Id. at 734 (quoting Panorama Village Homeowners Ass'n v. Golden Rule Roofing, Inc., 102 Wash.App. 422, (2000)).
Further, in Rekhi v. Olason, 28 Wn. App. 751, (1981), the Court of Appeal found that other jurisdiction followed the lead of the Restatement of Contracts s 365, Comment d (1932), and have granted damages in addition to specific performance. The court noted that,
[t]he damages are not awarded for breach of contract, but are awarded so that the purchaser, unable to have exact performance because of the delay, may have an accounting of any losses caused by the delay, so that he can be restored as nearly as possible to the position he would have been in had the seller performed.
Id. at 757 (citing Pearce v. Third Ave. Improv. Co., 221 Ala. 209, 128 So. 396 (1930)).
Further, the Court of Appeal noted that consequential damages should not be awarded in all cases "where a delay in performance has caused inconvenience and some incidental expenses. The award should be left to the equitable discretion of the trial court." Id. at 758.
Additionally, in Cornish Coll. of the Arts v. 1000 Virginia Ltd. P'ship, 158 Wn. App. 203, (2010), the Court of Appeal explained that, "[b]ecause consequential damages are awarded in addition to specific performance in order to restore the nonbreaching party 'as nearly as possible to the position he would have been in had the seller performed' such damages must run from the date at which the contract required performance. Id. at 229. (quoting Rekhi, 28 Wash.App. at 757, 626 P.2d 513 (1981)). Further, the Court found that, "[c]onsequential damages awarded in addition to specific performance are not awarded for breach of the contract. Rather, they are awarded at the equitable discretion of the trial court in an attempt to make the nonbreaching party whole." Id.at 228. (quoting Rekhi, 28 Wash.App. at 757, 626 P.2d 513 (1981)).
From the forgoing case laws it is found that in a breach of contract, an injured party may recover all damages arising from the breach as well as any incidental or consequential losses resulted from that breach. Further, in Washington, contract damages are ordinarily based on the injured party's expectation interest and are intended to give the injured party the benefit of its bargain.
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Biographie
Lisa McPherson était membre de l'Église de Scientologie depuis l'âge de 18 ans.

Mort
À l'âge de 36 ans, elle est victime d'un accident de voiture. En état de choc, elle se déshabille dans la rue et est emmenée par les secours jusqu'à un hôpital proche pour des soins et une évaluation psychologique. Les scientologues insistent pour l'emmener dans un de leurs centres pour la prendre en charge.

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Enquête et procès
Le rapport du médecin légiste indique que Lisa est la victime d'un « homicide par négligence » et l'Église de Scientologie est inculpée de deux chefs d'inculpation : « abus et/ou négligence envers un adulte handicapé » et « pratique de la médecine sans autorisation/licence ». L'Église de Scientologie nie les résultats de l'autopsie et les accusations portées contre l'Église de Scientologie sont abandonnées après que le médecin légiste a changé la cause de la mort d'un statut « indéterminé » à un statut d'« accident » le . Un procès civil est intenté par la famille contre l'Église est finalement réglé le  par un arrangement avec la famille de la défunte. L'Église de Scientologie évite ainsi les retombées d'un procès pour homicide.

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Naissance en février 1959
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I try to draw "Trading Cards" with Canvas to create a Game.
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            shield.src="pics/shield_small.png";
            //magic_shield
            var magic_shield = new Image();
            magic_shield.onload = function() {
                context.drawImage(magic_shield,x+91*scale,y+102*scale,7*scale,7*scale);
            };
            magic_shield.src="pics/magic_shield_small.png";
            //Text einfügen
            context.font = 'bold '+4*scale+'px Calibri';
            context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255,255,255)';
            context.fillText(headline,x+20*scale, y+80*scale);
            context.font = 'normal '+3*scale+'px Calibri';
            context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255,255,255)';
            wrapText(context, text, x+20*scale, y+85*scale, maxWidth, lineHeight, scale);
            //HP anzeigen
            context.font = 'bold 20pt Calibri';
            context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255,0,0)';
            var textmetric = context.measureText(HP);
            var textwidth = textmetric.width/2;
            context.fillText(HP,x-textwidth+90.25*scale, y+10*scale);
            //MP anzeigen
            context.fillStyle = 'rgb(0,0,255)';
            textmetric = context.measureText(MP);
            textwidth = textmetric.width/2;
            context.fillText(MP,x-textwidth+9.5*scale, y+10*scale);
            //AtckP anzeigen
            context.fillStyle = 'rgb(0,0,0)';
            textmetric = context.measureText(AtckP);
            textwidth = textmetric.width/2;
            context.fillText(AtckP,x-textwidth+9.5*scale, y+115*scale);
            //DefP und MDefP anzeigen
            context.fillStyle = 'rgb(0,0,0)';
            var DefAll = DefP+'/'+MDefP;
            textmetric = context.measureText(DefAll);
            textwidth = textmetric.width;
            context.fillText(DefAll,x-textwidth+98*scale, y+115*scale);
        };

I think the important part is between "//Bild einbinden" and "//Text einfügen" but I'm not sure about that.
The function is used later in the test code like this:
RoundRect(0,0,4,5,false,'Chuck Norris','Wenn Chuck Norris spricht, hört Gott zu!!! Chuck Norris` Tränen können Krebs heilen. Nur schade dass er niemals weint!!! Chuck Norris geht manchmal Blut spenden. Nur nie sein eigenes. Und wenn doch, dann mit ner Knarre und nem Eimer!!!','100','0','120','20','60');
RoundRect(100,120,4,2,false,'Chuck Norris Vers 0.3','Wenn Chuck Norris spricht, hört Gott zu!!! Chuck Norris` Tränen können Krebs heilen. Nur schade dass er niemals weint!!! Chuck Norris geht manchmal Blut spenden. Nur nie sein eigenes. Und wenn doch, dann mit ner Knarre und nem Eimer!!!','50','100','60','10','30');

Here the result:
Result
I hope there's someone who can help me. Thank you in advance ever (<- hope Google-Tranlator is right here - sounds wrong for me...).
Edit:
I figured out a part of the problem, but I still need a solution:
I tried to set some "alert();"s in the code. The result was interessting: First, the background from the first card is drawed. Then the background of the second card. After that the images of the first card are drawed, then the others from the second card. So the images where drawn AFTER everything else is drawn.
So the Problem is how to tell the the Canvas to draw the images immediately, or at least within the function.

A: You get the images drawn after everything because they are drawn in the callback of Image.onLoad().
This means that the function will first render the background of the first card, register a listener for your Image.onLoad events, then return, so that you can make the seconde call, which will render the background, and register another listener for the new Image.onLoad events. Then the first listener is triggered when the first image is loaded, so it will draw the picture, and a last the second listener will be triggered. Hence your result.
As for a way to resolve this issue, either you can load your images before drawing any card, and draw it directly in your function, avoiding to wait for the loading, or you hav to make your design Asynchronous-proof. You can get information about asynchronous programming here: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/async/deferred/?redirect_from_locale=why
Edit: The second solution can help with the first one (which corresponds to the answer of enzhflep). The article recommands the use of jquery to deal with asynchronous events such as loading multiple images. But if you don't need jQuery, you can also code a small javascript object that can register images to be loaded, and trigger a listener when all images are loaded. This ressource seems to offer that specific object.

A: Is not a problem. Your english is fine. (the translation you mention is a little odd 'thank-you in advance)
As you appear to be starting to identify, the problem is due to the time it takes to load images..
Each time you draw a card, you load each of it's images. Once each image is loaded, it's onload handler fires and draws it to the canvas. Now, the problem is that sometimes the images from the first card are still loading when you draw the second card. This means that parts of the second card have been drawn before card 1's images have loaded. When they finally do load, they are drawn on top of card2.
You an get around this by loading the images in your page's init function.
Here's a solution I used:
var canvas, context;

var chucknorris = new Image();
var life = new Image();
var magic = new Image();
var wand = new Image();
var sword = new Image();
var shield = new Image();
var magic_shield = new Image();

function myInit()
{
    chucknorris.src="img/girl.png"; //"pics/chucknorris.png";
    life.src="img/heartSmall.jpg"; //"pics/heart_small.png";
    magic.src="img/magicSmall.jpg"; //"pics/magic_small.png";
    wand.src="img/magicSmall.jpg"; //"pics/wand_small.png";
    sword.src="img/magicSmall.jpg"; //"pics/sword_crossed_small.png";
    shield.src="img/close.png"; //pics/shield_small.png";
    magic_shield.src="img/magicSmall.jpg"; //"pics/magic_shield_small.png";

    canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
    canvas.setAttribute('width', '400');
    canvas.setAttribute('height', '800');
    context = canvas.getContext('2d');
    document.body.appendChild(canvas);

    RoundRect(0,0,2,5,false,'Chuck Norris','Wenn Chuck Norris spricht, hört Gott zu!!! Chuck Norris` Tränen können Krebs heilen. Nur schade dass er niemals weint!!! Chuck Norris geht manchmal Blut spenden. Nur nie sein eigenes. Und wenn doch, dann mit ner Knarre und nem Eimer!!!','100','0','120','20','60');

    RoundRect(128,0,2,5,false,'Pussy Galore','She loves Austin Powers','100','0','120','20','60');
}

function RoundRect(x,y,scale,lvl,mage,headline,text,HP,MP,AtckP,DefP,MDefP)
{
    var mImages

    //Kartenumriss zeichnen
    context.globalCompositeOperation = "src-over";

    context.strokeStyle="rgb(0,0,0)";
    context.fillStyle="rgb(180,180,180)";
    context.lineWidth=2*scale;
    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(x+10*scale,y+0*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+90*scale,y+0*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+100*scale,y+0*scale,x+100*scale,y+10*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+100*scale,y+110*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+100*scale,y+120*scale,x+90*scale,y+120*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+10*scale,y+120*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+0*scale,y+120*scale,x+0*scale,y+110*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+0*scale,y+10*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+0*scale,y+0*scale,x+10*scale,y+0*scale,10*scale);
    context.fill();
    context.stroke();
    //innerer Kartenumriss zeichnen
    context.strokeStyle="rgb(0,0,0)";
    context.lineWidth=2*scale;
    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(x+20*scale,y+10*scale)
    context.lineTo(x+80*scale,y+10*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+80*scale,y+20*scale,x+90*scale,y+20*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+90*scale,y+100*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+80*scale,y+100*scale,x+80*scale,y+110*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+20*scale,y+110*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+20*scale,y+100*scale,x+10*scale,y+100*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+10*scale,y+20*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+20*scale,y+20*scale,x+20*scale,y+10*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineCap="square";
    context.stroke();
    //Textfeld zeichnen
    context.strokeStyle="rgb(0,0,0)";
    context.fillStyle="rgb(0,0,0)";
    context.lineWidth=2*scale;
    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(x+90*scale,y+65*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+90*scale,y+100*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+80*scale,y+100*scale,x+80*scale,y+110*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+20*scale,y+110*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+20*scale,y+100*scale,x+10*scale,y+100*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+10*scale,y+65*scale);
    context.arcTo(x+20*scale,y+65*scale,x+20*scale,y+75*scale,10*scale);
    context.lineTo(x+80*scale,y+75*scale)
    context.arcTo(x+80*scale,y+65*scale,x+90*scale,y+65*scale,10*scale)
    context.lineCap="square";
    context.fill();
    context.stroke();
    //lvl zeichnen
    shift=0;
    for(var greystar=0;greystar<=4; greystar++)
    {
        context.strokeStyle="rgb(100,100,100)";
        context.fillStyle="rgb(100,100,100)";
        context.beginPath();
        context.moveTo(shift+x+23.33*scale,y+112*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+25.33*scale,y+118.66*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+20*scale,y+114.53*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+26.66*scale,y+114.53*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+21.26*scale,y+118.66*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+23.33*scale,y+112*scale);
        context.fill();
        shift+=13.5*scale;
    }
    shift=0;
    while(lvl>0)
    {
        context.strokeStyle="yellow";
        context.fillStyle="yellow";
        context.beginPath();
        context.moveTo(shift+x+23.33*scale,y+112*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+25.33*scale,y+118.66*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+20*scale,y+114.53*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+26.66*scale,y+114.53*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+21.26*scale,y+118.66*scale);
        context.lineTo(shift+x+23.33*scale,y+112*scale);
        context.fill();
        shift+=13.5*scale;
        lvl--;
    }
    //Bild einbinden
    context.drawImage(chucknorris,x+18*scale,y+18*scale,64*scale,49*scale);

    //Symbole einbinden
    //life
    context.drawImage(life,x+87*scale,y+11*scale,7*scale,7*scale);

    //magic
        context.drawImage(magic,x+6*scale,y+11*scale,7*scale,7*scale);
    if(mage==true)
    {
        context.drawImage(wand,x+6*scale,y+102*scale,7*scale,7*scale);
    }
    else{
            context.drawImage(sword,x+6*scale,y+102*scale,7*scale,7*scale);
    }
    //shield
        context.drawImage(shield,x+85*scale,y+102*scale,7*scale,7*scale);

        //magic_shield
//  magic_shield.onload = function() {
        context.drawImage(magic_shield,x+91*scale,y+102*scale,7*scale,7*scale);
//  };

    //Text einfügen
    context.font = 'bold '+4*scale+'px Calibri';
    context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255,255,255)';
    context.fillText(headline,x+20*scale, y+80*scale);
    context.font = 'normal '+3*scale+'px Calibri';
    context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255,255,255)';
    wrapText(context, text, x+20*scale, y+85*scale, maxWidth, lineHeight, scale);
    //HP anzeigen
    context.font = 'bold 20pt Calibri';
    context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255,0,0)';
    var textmetric = context.measureText(HP);
    var textwidth = textmetric.width/2;
    context.fillText(HP,x-textwidth+90.25*scale, y+10*scale);
    //MP anzeigen
    context.fillStyle = 'rgb(0,0,255)';
    textmetric = context.measureText(MP);
    textwidth = textmetric.width/2;
    context.fillText(MP,x-textwidth+9.5*scale, y+10*scale);
    //AtckP anzeigen
    context.fillStyle = 'rgb(0,0,0)';
    textmetric = context.measureText(AtckP);
    textwidth = textmetric.width/2;
    context.fillText(AtckP,x-textwidth+9.5*scale, y+115*scale);
    //DefP und MDefP anzeigen
    context.fillStyle = 'rgb(0,0,0)';
    var DefAll = DefP+'/'+MDefP;
    textmetric = context.measureText(DefAll);
    textwidth = textmetric.width;
    context.fillText(DefAll,x-textwidth+98*scale, y+115*scale);
};

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You are an idiot calling on people who questions google monopoly on web.
Be a slave of google.
Your statement is stupid on so many levels that I don't even know where to start.
These people don't question Google monopoly on web. Proof: they have put links to their sites in a not-nofollowed bio field of Twitter pages just because they wanted to use Google page ranking algorithm for their benefit, even though that link looks stupid in the bio field. Talk about being a slave of Google.
Also, my personal recommendation to you, my anonymous friend: don't get too emotionally involved in this "holy war against google monopoly". We're talking about computers here, not cults or religion.


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The GM compensation fund was launched online in Aug. 2014. Each claim filed and approved for payment was backed by proof that the defective switch was the cause of the accident.
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No eligible claimants have rejected GM's settlement offers, but Feinberg did not comment on whether or not the amount GM set aside for the claims is enough.
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Feinberg expects to have the final compensation fund tally in less than two weeks.
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Home News Regulation Almost all GPs have faced a complaint during their career, study finds
Almost all GPs have faced a complaint during their career, study finds
Awil Mohamoud
Nearly all GPs have had a complaint lodged against them at some point during their career, a Medical Defence Union (MDU) survey has found.
The survey of doctors involved almost 300 GPs, of which 97% reported receiving a patient complaint, with the most common reasons being increased waiting times for treatments, delays in accessing screenings and tests, communication issues and online consultations.
The medical indemnity provider said the findings support previous research which found that 77% of GPs were concerned about facing a complaint related to the pandemic, and warned it could ultimately 'push many doctors to breaking point' and out of the profession.
The survey found that, for GPs:
Nearly half of complaints (49%) were made within the last five years
46% of complaints were related to an alleged delayed or missed diagnosis, while 19% and 17% focused on an alleged delayed referral and breakdown of communication, respectively
40% of complaints were resolved locally within the individual's own clinical team
70% said the complaint had an impact on their professional life while 65% said it had also impacted their personal lives
80% contacted their medico-defence organisation for support, 76% and 51% respectively also turned to colleagues and family members
Looking more broadly at all doctors, the survey found that current trainee doctors received more complaints over the last year (38%) than either GPs or consultants – 20% and 21% respectively.
GPs were least likely to face complaints due to treatment complications, with only 5% reporting this, compared to 30% for consultants and 13% for trainee doctors, according to the survey.
MDU head of advisory services Dr Caroline Fryar said: 'While all doctors are likely to face a complaint at some point in their career, the pandemic may result in an influx of patient complaints resulting from issues such as delays in diagnosis, treatment and referrals.'
She added that many complaints could become claims for compensation in the years to come, which is 'worrying' for doctors.
'The stress of dealing with complaints and claims far into the future could push many doctors to breaking point. It could lead to an exodus of healthcare professionals at a time when the NHS will be depending on experienced staff to get through the backlog of cases,' she said.
Another MDU survey in December found that three quarters of GPs aim to continue using remote working practices 'frequently' after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.
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READERS' COMMENTS [4]
Patrufini Duffy 11 March, 2021 3:32 pm
Funny – the advert for this page was for acid reflux. Certainly, a nauseating topic. Acid burns. Persecute the carer. That makes complete sense. Going forward, I will code more personality disorders, than actual legitimate issues. You can't fix an indoctrinated condescending mind, so step aside and refer on. Quickly, and in multiple directions.
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John Glasspool 11 March, 2021 9:09 pm
I think as soon as a serious complaint arises the GP should be suspended on full-pay until it is resolved, and fundung given to the practice for a locum. This would speed up the process and also make the DoH weed out a lot of silly ones.
Dylan Summers 12 March, 2021 12:33 pm
I'm confused – I have to respond to a complaint on average once or twice a year, and I don't think I'm an outlier.
Seems a bit of an understatement to say that "all doctors are likely to face a complaint at some point in their career"!
Katharine Morrison 12 March, 2021 7:05 pm
Dylan, you aren't an outlier, but the complaint may not have escalated to a hearing, Ombudsman enquiry or litigation. I think that there must be a downside to patients for complaining, because most of what they complain about is wants rather than needs and systemic issues regarding the NHS which won't be fixed until GPs can actually spend the time they need sorting out problems and they are adequately resourced to do so. I would suggest that any time taken to deal with complaints is directly taken out of clinical time rather than the doctor's administration, meal or break times (if they even exist) or free time out of the practice and that is fact is included in every letter regarding complaints.

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The most exciting thing about the I‑PACE Concept is that it's been developed from the outset as a purely battery electric vehicle (BEV).
Drawing on the same intensity, passion and skills as you'll find in the Jaguar FIA Formula E World Championship team, the engineers behind the I‑PACE Concept opted for two compact and efficient synchronous, permanent magnet motors at the front and rear axles.
Generating a combined 400 hp and 516 lb-ft of instant torque, 0-60 mph can be achieved in approximately 4.0 seconds.3 That's genuinely breathtaking sports car-like acceleration with the benefits built-in from the all-wheel-drive, dual-electric motor approach.
The I-PACE Concept has been designed to accommodate a large lithium-ion battery pack to alleviate any issues with the vehicle's range. It uses the very latest pouch cell technology and the pack is rated at 90 kWh. In simple terms this means the I‑PACE Concept will be able to travel much further before recharging. Its range has been estimated at approximately 220 miles on EPA test cycles (or 500 km on the European test). That's a perfectly suitable range for the vast majority of drivers' daily commutes.
To make room for this large battery pack between the wheels, the front and rear wheel axles have been pushed forward and aft. As a happy consequence, this design approach also frees up space for the driver and four passengers inside.
Owing to the battery pack being placed low down in the vehicle, the I‑PACE Concept has a positively low center of gravity. When allied to the typical quality of a Jaguar double-wishbone front and integral link rear suspension, the result is a great driving experience that current Jaguar drivers will already be familiar with.


From Kairouan, Operation Ladbroke, the British glider landing near Syracuse, Sicily took place on the night of 9 July 1943 as part of the invasion of Sicily. On the night of 9/10 July 1943 a force of 144 Waco gliders, towed by US C-47, and British Handley Page Halifax and Albemarle tug aircraft, took off to take part in Operation Ladbroke – the first Allied attempt at a mass glider landing in World War II. The plan was to place a large invasion force on the ground near the town of Syracuse, secure the Ponte Grande Bridge and then take control of the city itself, including its strategically vital docks, as a prelude to the full-scale invasion of Sicily.
In addition, the Ninth Air Force 324th Fighter Group used the airfield in June 1943, flying P-40 Warhawks from the airfield.
By the end of September 1943, the C-47 groups had moved to Sicily and Kairouan was dismantled and abandoned. Today, one (possibly two) main runways can be seen in aerial photography, along with traces of taxiways and dispersal pads.
Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany too numerous.


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Emirates boosts operations in Jordan and introduces second daily A380 service to Amman during July and August
June 20, 2021 by Forimmediaterelease
Airline will also increase services to 14 weekly from 1 July
DUBAI, UAE, 13 June 2021– Emirates will be ramping up operations to Jordan during the summer with the introduction of double daily A380 services during the months of July and August. The airline will operate a second daily A380 service to Amman, from 15-20 July 2021 ahead of the Eid Al Adha period. Emirates will also operate double daily A380 services from 10-31 August. The move to boost capacity by introducing a second A380 service between Dubai and Amman during these periods was driven by high forecasted passenger demand. The double daily A380 services to Amman also demonstrate the airline's commitment to adapting its operations to better serve customers.
Emirates will also increase flights between Dubai and Amman from 12 to 14 weekly, from 1 July.
Mohammad Lootah, Emirates' Area Manager for Jordan said: "The introduction of a second A380 service to Amman during the Eid Al Adha period and in August means more of our customers will have the opportunity to experience our industry-leading products onboard, and will also enhance choice and travel preferences as they plan their journeys to and from Dubai, and beyond to popular destinations for Jordanian travellers. Jordan is an important destination for Emirates, and we will continue to look at ways to grow our operations in the market to serve our customers better."
From 15-20 July 2021, and from 10-31 August 2021, Emirates flights EK 905 and 906 will be operated with an Airbus A380 in a three class configuration, featuring 14 luxurious First Class suites, 76 lie flat Business Class seats and 420 generously pitched Economy Class seats. Passengers in all classes will enjoy over 4,500 channels of films, TV shows, music and games, with an impressive selection of Arabic content, through ice, Emirates' award-winning inflight entertainment system. What's more, First and Business Class passengers can enjoy the Emirates Onboard Lounge, where they can safely network and enjoy the signature Emirates experience.
Since it safely resumed tourism activity in July 2020, Dubai remains one of the world's most popular holiday destinations. The city is open for international business and leisure visitors. From sun-soaked beaches and heritage activities to world class hospitality and leisure facilities, Dubai offers a variety of world-class experiences. It was one of the world's first cities to obtain Safe Travels stamp from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) – which endorses Dubai's comprehensive and effective measures to ensure guest health and safety.
Emirates remains focused on taking various steps to ease travel and has been a leader in introducing initiatives in cooperation with health authorities and organisations to protect the health of customers and to ensure their safety. Emirates introduced measures on the ground throughout all touchpoints and onboard to provide its passengers with the highest safety and hygiene standards at every step of the journey. The airline has also recently introduced contactless technology to ease the customer journey through Dubai airport.
Emirates continues to lead the industry with innovative products and services that address traveller needs during a dynamic time. Recently the airline took its customer care initiatives further with even more generous and flexible booking policies, an extension of its multi-risk insurance cover, and helping loyal customers retain their miles and tier status.
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Q: BOR vs BRO predicate testing So right now I'm studying BOR-CSET constraint set and BRO constraint set using ASTs. I read the book and looked online but I still don't really understand the difference between them, they seem the same to me, can anyone explain more clearly whats the difference between them?

A: You have some predicate that is made up of relational operators:

*

*> Greater than

*< Less than

*= Equal to

And also made up of Boolean operators:

*

*AND

*OR

*NOT

And you would like to perform testing to see if the predicate produces the correct result. Rather than putting every possible combination of numbers and true/false inputs into the predicate and checking each answer (which might be an infinite number of inputs) you can instead develop a testing set of inputs that will be guaranteed to detect any faults in your predicate. If the test inputs don't show up any problems then you can know for sure that your predicate works as expected.
A BOR set of tests will detect if you have made some mistake by using the wrong Boolean operator (for example you put in an OR when you really needed an AND). A BRO set will detect when you have used the wrong Boolean operator and also when you have used the wrong relational operator (for example you used a greater than sign somewhere where you really needed a less than sign).


Two nurses are credited with saving the life of a boy, 5, in near-drowning in New Berlin Sunday afternoon.
NEW BERLIN - The 5-year-old boy was purple and his limbs were limp as a lifesaver pulled him from a Princeton Club swimming pool Sunday afternoon.
In a fortunate turn of fate, two veteran nurses were on hand to revive the youngster. They are thankful their skills saved a life, but shaken they had to use them.
"I saw him face down at the bottom of the pool," said Stacey Sparacino, of Franklin, who was at the Princeton Club with her husband and their boys, 10 and 13. The water was almost up to her chest when she reached down and pulled the child to the surface.
"I pulled him out of the water," said Sparacino who choked up a bit remembering how blue the boy was because he was not breathing. A registered nurse for more than 20 years, Sparacino knew what that meant. Oxygen was not getting to his brain. She knew what she had to do.
Sparacino began CPR, breathing life-giving air into the child and pumping his chest to get his blood going, again.
New Berlin Fire Department authorities will not release the names of the boy or his family.
The scene at the pool was surreal to those who stood mesmerized as Sparacino fought to revive the youngster.
"It was an unbelievable thing to see," said John Sparacino, Stacey's husband. "He was as blue as blue could be. She had to really work on him for a while. I started to think he wouldn't make it."
Not far away was another registered nurse, Debra Miller of Muskego who heard all the commotion. She left the swimming pool and joined Sparacino.
Miller, 22 years as an emergency room nurse, took over the rescue breathing while Sparacino kept pumping the boy's chest.
Suddenly, he coughed up a huge amount of water, Sparacino said.
The rescuers knew the boy had turned a corner. The same thought came into both of their minds.
"Praise God," Miller remembers thinking. "I'm a mother, and I just can't imagine," she said.
"My first thought was thank you, God," Sparacino said.
Andrew Haugen, president Princeton Clubs, said in a statement: "We are grateful for the members, staff and paramedics who helped in this rescue, they are all heroes"
Both are astonished that two nurses would be right there to save the child.
"What are the chances?" said Miller. Not only that, she never comes to the pool on Sundays and if she had put her music on while she swam laps, she would never have been aware of the boy's plight.
Similarly, Sparacino, just happened to leave the whirlpool to cool off in the current pool.
When the boy started to cough, his two rescuers rolled him onto his side to make it easier for him to get rid of the water in his lungs.
"He coughed like crazy," Sparacino said.
By the time paramedics and police arrived at the Princeton Club, 14999 W. Beloit Road, about 2:30 p.m., the little guy was awake and talking.
Fire Department Lieutenant Ross Gscheidmeier credited the pair with saving the boy's life.
"His life was saved by the nurses, in my opinion," he said.
All that was left for paramedics to do was to take the child to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, he said. The boy was said to be doing well there as of Monday morning.
Paramedics believe the boy had slipped off a flotation device and into the water, Gscheidmeier said. The child was in an oval pool that creates a current for people to walk against for exercise.
It's common practice to open the pool up for youngsters to ride flotation devices around the pool, Sparacino said.
Miller said she understands this was the boy's first time at the Princeton Club. He was there with his mom and dad and a sibling. All were gathered around during those dark, intense moments of CPR.
Sparacino, an employee at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – St. Francis, has applied CPR to many a patient on the cardiac floor where she works. But she has never had to do it to a child.
It was heart-wrenching, she said.
"I'm just so thankful to God that this wasn't his time," she said.
Miller said she plans to sign her children up to learn CPR. If ever there was an example of why knowing CPR is important, this is it, she said. Miller works at St. Luke's Medical Center.
Both have been nominated by the New Berlin Police Department for Citizen Lifesaving Awards.
Even though the New Berlin paramedics walk into all kinds of painful situations, this call was a tough one for them, too.
"It was a very happy ending," he said. "What a blessing that he's OK."


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Survey Interviewer (57327BR)
The Department of Psychology's REACH Institute seeks part-time, bilingual in English and Spanish Survey Interviewers for our longitudinal studies. This position involves assisting in the evaluation of a strengths based intervention, the Family Check-Up 4 Health (FCU4Health), that prevents and reduces children's diet and physical activity problems, as well as problem behaviors. This evaluation includes engaging and recruiting families into the study; answering questions about the study; consenting adult family members into the study; scheduling and administering study related computer assisted assessments in an in-person interview fashion with a portion being video-recorded by you (using an iPad and confidential application). The position would also be responsible for randomizing families to their study condition; sharing community resources with families; coordinating with FCU4Health Clinical Coordinators who deliver the program to the families and assisting these FCU4Health Clinical Coordinators in making check-in calls with the families.
Post-doctoral Research Training Position in Drug Abuse/HIV Prevention: Closing the Research-Practice Gap (T32)
ASU's Department of Psychology and its REACH Institute invite applications for a NIDA-funded T32 post-doctoral training program focusing on closing the research-practice gap in drug abuse and HIV prevention. Training is delivered through individually-tailored programs of coursework in drug abuse, HIV, and implementation science and through mentored research experience. Trainees select multiple mentors from a large and multidisciplinary faculty whose work includes preventive interventions with children and families in settings including schools, health care, community mental health settings, and family courts. Emphases include implementation science for the adoption and sustainability of preventive interventions in natural service delivery settings; interventions for ethnically diverse populations; and quantitative methods in prevention science. Training is for a two-year period. For further information, visit the T-32 webpage and the REACH Institute.
TO APPLY: interested candidates should electronically send a vita, statement of research and training goals, and three (3) letters of recommendation to: laurie.chassin@asu.edu. Applications will be reviewed beginning 15 December 2017 and continue until positions are filled.
ASU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/
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Tribes unite to protect Bristol Bay salmon and Native sovereignty
Bristol Bay Proclamation aims to protect one of the world's last and largest wild salmon runs from the development of the Pebble mine
(Photo: United Tribes of Bristol Bay)
United Tribes of Bristol Bay
Canadian First Nations, Washington State Tribal leaders, and leaders from Native American regional and national organizations held a press conference on Tuesday to announce their solidarity with the United Tribes of Bristol Bay in protecting one of the world's last and largest wild salmon runs from the development of the Pebble mine.
Fawn Sharp, President of the National Congress of American Indians; Leonard Forsman, President of Affiliatied Tribes of Northwest Indians; and representatives from Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Lummi Nation, Makah Tribe, and United Tribes of Bristol Bay also signed a Proclamation formalizing their commitment to protect the Bristol Bay fishery and the Native way of life it has sustained for thousands of years.
Pictured: Fawn Sharp, President of the National Congress of American Indians signs the proclamation formalizing their commitment to protect the Bristol Bay fishery and the Native way of life it has sustained for thousands of years.
If developed, the Pebble mine would be one of the world's largest open pit mines in North America, and would ultimately hold up to 10 billion tons of toxic tailings at the headwaters of the pristine region that provides half the world's wild sockeye salmon. The project is currently being fast-tracked by the Trump Administration despite universal condemnation from the scientific community, other federal agencies, and the region's Tribes.
"Both the National Congress of American Indians and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians have already passed resolutions calling for the protection of Bristol Bay salmon and the sovereign rights of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay," said President Sharp. "Today, I am pleased to sign this Proclamation."
Pictured: The Bristol Bay Proclamation aims to protect the Bristol Bay fishery and the Native way of life it has sustained for thousands of years.
The Proclamation demands that the federal government honor its obligation to protect the lifeways of the Tribes of Bristol Bay; adhere to the first principles of government-to-government consultation including full, prior, and informed consent; and work with the tribes of Bristol Bay to ensure the long-term, sustainable management of their lands and waters.
"At home, we are living with the devastating impacts of the Mount Polley mine disaster. Now the Pebble Limited Partnership seeks to wreak the same havoc on the pristine salmon waters of Bristol Bay," said Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation of British Columbia. "We are suffering due to mining companies' false promises, and we stand in solidarity with the tribes of Bristol Bay to protect their fishery and all it sustains."
"The United States government cannot ignore sovereign Native Nations when it comes to decisions made about our lands and livelihoods," said MaryAnn Johnson, a board member for Portage Creek Village Council and treasurer of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay Board. "We are grateful to all the Tribes standing with Bristol Bay's people to protect our way of life. Our shared cultural connection to salmon is a common thread between all of our peoples and we will work together to ensure it will continue for our future generations."
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Top Things to do in Sukhumvit, Bangkok
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A dynamic part of Bangkok, Sukhumvit is set amidst towering skyscrapers and offers fascinating discoveries for intrepid travellers. Here are some of the top things to do when you visit.
Shop at Terminal 21
A quite unique mall, Terminal 21 features themed sections showcasing world-famous cities; one moment you could be shopping in Champs-Élysées in Paris and in the next, transported to Tokyo City or even a souk in Istanbul! Within a five-minute cab ride from Travelodge Sukhumvit 11, the mall has a food court and a cinema too.
Unwind at Benjakiti Park
Providing a space to relax away from the hustle and bustle, idyllic Benjakiti Park is also popular for those in search of recreation. Easy to reach from hotels in Sukhumvit, Bangkok, the park has its own lake where you can enjoy paddle boating and is ideal for jogging, cycling and having picnics too.
Visit the Science Centre for Education
A popular attraction in Bangkok for the whole family, the Science Centre for Education features various exhibits and activities that offer interactive learning. A great place for young minds to discover the world we live in, the site is home to a planetarium too.
Learn to fly at Flight Experience Bangkok
If you have dreamt of being a pilot (or an "aviatrix"; a female pilot!), then Flight Experience Bangkok is the place to go to. Located within the Gateway Ekamai Mall, this attraction features a realistic simulator that lets you take to the skies and land at some of the most famous airports in the world.
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JobRouter AG, provider of a cross-industry platform for the comprehensive enterprise digitisation, was honored with the TOP 100 award as an innovation leader in the German SME landscape. In the independent selection process the software manufacturer from Mannheim was particularly convincing in the category "Innovative processes and organisation". On June 23rd, Ranga Yogeshwar, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and compamedia handed the Top 100 prize to the winners.
With its scalable platform for digital enterprise transformation, JobRouter AG is taking a different path than conventional BPM, DMS or ECM providers. The combination of document, data and process management in one clear dashboard is intended to replace static solutions and bring more efficiency and transparency into digital work. This is ensured by numerous interfaces to any ERP or CRM system and databases as well as flexible modules for special requirements. The JobRouter platform takes over the communication between individual applications, solutions and systems by exchanging data seamlessly, thus enabling users to control all business processes digitally via a central control center. This reduces manual overhead and intermediate steps and gives the user an optimised user experience, while IT administrators benefit from streamlined, documentable processes.
"Our goal is to support companies in their digital growth – and that's most likely going hand in hand with organisational change. That is why we have designed our solution to be extremely agile and integrative. For us, this means: scalability and connectivity for greater efficiency on the one hand and customisability on the other," explains Marcus Nagel, CCO at JobRouter AG. "When talking to our customers, the advantages of the JobRouter platform always stand out in these core competencies. Therefore, companies depend on a system that is well prepared for both current and future changes. With JobRouter, we provide an answer to these requirements. That is why the TOP 100 award is all the more pleasing to us; We like to accept it as a confirmation of our philosophy."
"We work very intensively with the JobRouter platform to optimise the daily use and to discover new applications. Our developers are given further impulses in workshops with partners, customers and users in order to implement improvements in a truly practical manner. Through these discussions we are always finding areas where we can create innovations," adds Axel Ensinger, CTO at JobRouter AG. "Moreover, we work with Scrum methods within our development cycles and thereby revert to the core competences of agility and communication once again. This means: step-based work in changing small groups and a flexible task plan. This requires a very good planning management, but we are convinced that the digital transformation will work best if not only the technology but also the organisational structure fits."
"Learning from practice and implementing those findings are strengths of the top innovator," reads the summary of the TOP 100 competition. And with this, the JobRouter AG can identify itself very well. "Our mission is to make digital work as simple and efficient as possible. We represent a practical approach because only viable digital processes are really good digital processes," concludes Fritz-Jochen Weber, CEO of JobRouter AG.


Oh, that sounds wonderful. I'm so glad it was such a great experience for you.
I'm glad you had such an INCREDIBLE experience!!
It was weird how hard it was to write it all out because then it was more real which means that I really do need to rethink my thoughts about me.
I'm so glad it went perfectly. I wish I could have been there, but I knew that the people at the store would be great.
Cool to know that all Books Inc stores are dog friendly. Dogs and books just go together.
Great story, Susan, and congratulations! Thanks for sharing this.
It sounds so wonderful! I am happy for you!
Neat story, Susan. Thanks for sharing it.
WOW! What a wonderful post and launch party! I'm so happy for you! Wish I could have been there! YAY YOU!!
Thanks, Debbi. Next time maybe we'll put a webcam up. Hmm…next time means I need to sell another book which means I need to write another book. Back to work for me.
I feel like I was there! Great post! So heartfelt and honest. I am so happy for you and while your book was on my "to read" list, I swear this just pushed it to the front and I'm going to buy it today! LOVE THE ROCKS you had made. WOW! Congratulations!
Thanks so much for the support. It was an amazing experience to be in a room full of so much love. I look forward to hearing what you think of the book.
HOORAY, SUSAN!!! You're a rock star! I'm so very happy for you.
Like minds and souls, no wonder.
Thanks for sharing this story. Sounds like a wonderful experience (except for all the pre-event angst, which I can so totally relate to)!
I keep telling myself that I need all those emotions for the writing but sometimes it's just plain hard to live with them.
Thanks for reading along with me. I am still alternating between jumping for joy and then crying for no apparent reason.
Thanks for sharing the night with us. You *do* need to think of yourself in terms of the new you! You are fabulous, and your friendship means so much to me!
Re: What a great night!
Thanks Kim. Changing the way one looks at oneself isn't easy but I guess that's a journey I need to take.
I appreciate your friendship too.
Wow, what a great night! I wanna have one just like this next time. Last book I did a library event, and it was fun, but I want a party. Oh, and I forgot to take pics of my event too. I think I have two.
You look like you did great! No worries. And the rocks look awesome.
I'm glad now that I did it this way though the stress leading up to it all was tough. I'm supposed to have more pics coming from my former agent who wasn't as emotionally involved and took a bunch of other photos. My husband, bless his heart, took about 50 pictures, all of me speaking.
That sounds like an amazing night Susan! I just love Hugging the Rock – I wish I could have heard you read from it.
Your Tricycle team sounds like they've become a "rock" for you!
Thanks Tamra! I MEANT to take my recorder but it might not have given a clear reading. I do plan to do some audio of some poems for my site and the Tricycle site.
And yes, the Tricycle team are all real rocks to me.
I'm so glad it went well, and I really loved reading your account and reflections about it all. The best thing is, it's only the beginning for you. Congratulations!
LOL – no, we would not yell like that in public. I watch people do things like that and wonder what it must be like to have that kind of an extroverted personality.
*sniff, sniff* Sounds lovely. I'm so happy for you.
Thanks, Kristy. Wish you could have been there.
Awww! This is a touching post and I'm so glad it was a great event.
Thanks for the pics, I love to see them. My, my, you really have gorgeous hair.
You're very welcome. More pictures coming next week. Loving husband took tons of me and not many of anything else.
And thanks on the hair. It was nice to "let it down" literally since so much of the time I have it up in a clip. It gets caught in lots of things. If I ever lose the excess weight I plan to cut it up to my shoulders but the likelihood of that happening is probably slim to none.
I'm so happy the night went well for you. The rocks were a fantastic idea! Congratulations and warmest wishes for many more successful launch parties!
Thank you. The rocks were so much fun. I couldn't wait to see them open them.
Thanks for sharing this story, I really enjoyed reading it! Sounds like a fabulous night.
I always like to read the nitty gritty details about these sorts of things myself. I wish you could have been there too!
I look forward to hearing what you think of Hugging the Rock. This book needs lots of champions to help everyone get to know about it. It's not like a big name author with 50,000 copies in a first printing that will be in every store almost automatically. So the more people that spread the word, the more it helps.
We were, because you told this tale.
I'm sitting here with my eyes streaming.
What a wonderful, wonderful night.
Thanks so much for sharing in my joy.
Susan! What a fabulous launch! I always have to remind myself to actually ENJOY my launch. Just be in the moment for a little bit and enjoy that it's all about ME and of course my book. Once in a while we're allowed to do this. Not too much, though, or people think you arrogant. Hey, I want arrogant.
That's the key thing I struggled with, to just be in the moment. But I think I did better at it this time. It really was an amazing night. Yes, once in a while we are allowed.
Yeah! Thanks for sharing about wonderful launch! I was looking forward to hearing about it! What a great way to send your book out to the world!
Thanks. It WAS a great send off!
Very cool. Thanks so much for sharing. And yes, believe.
Easy to write the word believe but harder for me to do. I'm going to try though.
Wow! Congratulations. It sounds like a beautiful night.
oh – so you understand all the internal roller coasters, eh? It was a lot of fun and worth the emotional storm.
You're so right. The entire event was an emotional turning point to me and I need to be strong enough to listen to it.
Most excellent!! SO glad to hear everything went well– you and your book deserve it!!
This is one of the most beautiful, funny, and poignant posts I have ever read.
Thank you. It took me a long time to write it so I'm glad to hear it was worth it.
Hooray! Congratulations on a great event! And I love the rocks!
Thanks! And the rocks were tres cool! Loved seeing the recipient's reactions.
Congrats! Sounds like quite a success.
Hi to Zoe. Healing vibes to the pretty pup.
It was a success all the way around. And Zoe was a charmer, as always.
What a great night for you. Congratulations!
Thanks for the post. It was fun to read about it.
Thank you. I appreciate you reading along.
What a fantastic experience for you. And your book is lovely.
I had to laugh at the glasses episode. I can relate, completely. So happy for you.
Yes…it is more funny in retrospect. I really was worried that if I stopped reading I wouldn't be able to start again.
What a wonderful experience you had, I'm very happy for you!
Congratulations! I can totally relate to the introvert thing. I do not like doing events like that, and in fact, I don't even do book release events, like many author/illustrators do. Too much focus on me. I don't even do birthday parties (for me), the wife's been warned no surprises. Looks like a wonderful event, I'm happy it went over so well!
Thanks, Don. I'm trying to get better at the focus on me but it isn't easy.
Sounds like you couldn't have asked for a better book party….congrats!
78 comments! Look how many people love you. Wish we could have been there. It sounds fabulous. I'm so impressed with your stones too. What a wonderful reminder of this event. What could of been better….well, if Lee Bennett Hopkins were there perhaps. You did fantastic. You looked marvelous. Your book will sell wonderfully. Best to you. And when you get down, what a wonderful night to recall. Congrats.
Congratulations, Susan. Your launch party must have been wonderful. And there were so many people!!! WOW.
And I love love love the carved rocks!
The pictures look great. You look great. It sounds like it turned out to be a very successful evening. Best of all, you got through it gracefully. Congratulations, Susan. I'm sure the next event will be just as rewarding.
It's amazing how much work goes into planning something like your event. I've only done a few small events so far. I have a book tour coming up in two weeks. My first!
I'm planning a launch party for my book, "Busted: Cyberstyle" in the near future. I was looking for some ideas and up popped your site.
Keep up the good work and continue to do what you were born to do… create! Guess what? I, too share a birthday with Earnest Hemingway and Robin Williams. Happy Birthday to us!


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Rain Gardens, Rain Barrels and Bioswales - Oh My!
As fall began, Snohomish Conservation District co-hosted many community events involving a variety of ages all over the district, and we were blessed with nice weather! We love to teach members of the community how they can protect natural resources including water and soil through simple actions like installing a rain barrel or planting a new rain garden.
For those unfamiliar with the term bioswale, it is very similar to a rain garden, but they are located next to roadways designed to catch debris and filter pollutants out of stormwater from the street. Rain gardens typically filter stormwater off of one's roof or other non-permeable structures.
We partnered with the City of Bothell, their environmental arm Bothell Cool, Stewardship Partners / 12,000 Rain Gardens, and King Conservation District to build and plant four rain gardens in the neighborhood near the high school. Alicia Kellogg, one of our community conservation project coordinators, began the partnership, to "build momentum in the city for doing more projects like this." Rain gardens are "cheaper and more beautiful" than other stormwater infrastructure, she said. Around 30 people showed up to plant the rain gardens and about half of those were students from Bothell High School. Community members in attendance learned how they might incorporate rain gardens into their properties.
Photos courtesy of Christi Cox, City of Bothell.
As part of the Puget Sound Starts at my School Program, SCD staff taught Darrington middle school students a series of watershed-focused engineering lessons that led to students designing a rain garden project for their school. The rain garden is located in the parking lot between the Middle/High School building and the Community Center, which is a high traffic location in the town of Darrington. Our Veterans Conservation Corps constructed the rain garden and community members, Science club students and school staff helped plant the garden during a community celebration. Affordable rain barrels were on sale during the rain garden planting party to encourage local residents to do their part to protect local waterways.
For this rain garden and rain barrel event, we were fortunate to connect with WSU for a class called Jardinería con un Propósito / Gardening with a Purpose taught predominantly in Spanish. Kate from our team, and Montan from In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes, instructed the group on how to build a rain barrel, which they got to take home, and what a rain garden is. The workshop was held at the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and their Executive Director Yvonne was so thrilled to have us there.
Latinos represent about 20% of the ethnic minority population of Monroe so they are an important audience to reach. We were fortunate to have the right partners to help make this event possible.
Photos courtesy of Yvonne Marisol Gallardo Van-Ornam and Chris Rodriguez.
Bioswale time! Some of our familiar volunteering faces made the journey to Stanwood for this bioswale planting at the Community Resource Center of Stanwood Camano on a sunny day in October. Typically, their swale would be "a big muddy ditch" come fall when the rains really kick in. Our Vet Crew fixed up their garden beds and prepared the ground of the bioswale, removing less permeable soil. The Center thought our crew "was great to work with an did an amazing job!" On the day of the planting, these volunteers collectively planted 500 plants! Now, both the soils and the plants will help absorb that extra water and maintain the area during the wet fall and winter.
Photos courtesy Community Resource Center of Stanwood Camano and Jill Farrant, SCD intern.
Have an area at your home, your community center, business or school where you think a rain garden might be useful? Contact our Community Conservation team - ccteam@snohomishcd.org / 425-335-5634 to schedule a free site visit today!