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Lenovo has applied for a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for an electronic device to ensure the integrity of a signed physical document using blockchain technology, according to a recent filing. The device identifies an integrity symbol within a physical document and converts it to a map that allows the device to verify the document's integrity.
Source: U.S. Trademark & Patent Office
The application, number 20180046889, published Feb. 15, 2018, was filed Aug. 1, 2016 by Lenovo Pte. Ltd. of Singapore. The inventors listed include Robert James Kapinos of Durham, N.C., Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury of Cary, N.C., Scott Wentao Li of Cary, N.C., Russell Speight VanBlon of Raleigh, N.C.
The electronic device includes an imager that creates a digital image of the document. The device contains a processor, memory, document integrity module, input device with an imager and an output device with a printer.
Addressing A Need
The filing notes that businesses have not widely embraced digital signatures on account of the technological complexity and the lack of a widely accepted standard. When a paper document gets signed physically in ink and then scanned, faxed or emailed, there is no assurance that the text wasn't altered after the document was signed, the filing notes.
Digital signature technologies currently do not provide tamper-proof mechanisms for verifying documents printed with ink, the filing notes.
The embodiments for the device can take the form entirely of hardware, entirely of software or a combination of both.
The storage device can include an electrical connection; a portable computer diskette; a hard disk; a random access memory; a read-only memory; an erasable, programmable, read-only memory; a portable, compact disc, read-only memory; an optical storage device; a magnetic storage device; or any combination of the foregoing.
Also read: Official: Arizona law recognizes blockchain signatures and smart contracts
Cryptographic Hash Deployed
To ensure the integrity of a physical document, a cryptographic hash is taken of areas in the document that contains content, the filing notes. A table such as a hash table is formed containing the cryptographic hashes corresponding to the physical document. Areas of the document can then be changed and are included in a hash table. The table is converted to a printable form and included in the document. The printable form encodes the integrity map into a format that can be scanned in and used to verify the integrity of the document.
When the document is printed and scanned, the integrity symbol is decoded to obtain the integrity map. The content can then be compared to the integrity map to verify that no changes were made since printing the integrity symbol.
In one implementation, a new integrity map is created by computing cryptographic hashes of the same areas as the printed document. If it is not compatible with the scanned-in integrity map, the document has been modified.
The authenticity of any electronic or printed version can be checked by examining the in-brand integrity symbol.
The filing includes an extensive explanation of embodiments and a detailed description of the functional units and features.
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HomeCOMMENTARYThe Feminist Threat To Women And Men – Paul Craig Roberts
The Feminist Threat To Women And Men – Paul Craig Roberts
December 28, 2017 Pam Barker COMMENTARY, SOCIETY 1
The Feminist Threat To Women And Men
Recently I read in CounterPunch two feminist rants against men. Not all men, just white heterosexual men. It is not always easy for a male of my generation to understand what feminists are saying, but I try. One seems to be saying that women live in a society that puts in power men who believe that violence against women is acceptable. Elevating her accusation to a fact, the writer says that women should not have to prove their case when they bring sexual harassment and assault charges, much less prove their "personal validity to even be making a case against a man."
Is the writer saying that any irate woman should have the right to inpugn a man with an unchallenged charge? Do men and American society believe that violence against women is acceptable? I think not, unless the violence is committed by police. Americans seem to accept police violence against men, women, children, the handicapped, and the family dog.
The other writer says women have to sell themselves to live. She, despite a degree from a prestigeous university, went to work as a stripper, lap dancer, and apparently as a prostitute. She blames men for her poor decisions.
To be clear, I sympathize with anyone who finds themselves in the position that survival requires the sacrifice of their self-esteem. This happens to people everywhere all over the world. It is not an unique experience of women.
The woman who was a stripper writes that "what I learned in the strip club taught me more about the realities of being a woman in the 21st century than anything else has done." It was there, she writes, that she learned that her handicaps in life were her intelligence and sharp tongue, and "that while men dictated the terms of my existence, women were complicit in maintaining systemic inequality." Complicit women, she writes, sliced off parts of her soul just as did men.
What caught my attention was her reference to "being a woman in the 21st century." How different that is from being a woman in the pre-feminist era that I experienced. It was feminists who denounced men for putting women on a pedestal and worshipping them. The inculcated respect that men showed women, doffing their hats in their presence, standing when women entered the room, opening doors for them, helping to seat them at tables, never using a four-letter word in their presence, and never ever striking a woman, an action that would isolate a man and deprive him of male friends.
In my day, no one struck a woman. It was beyond the pale.
It was the feminists who said that putting women on a pedestal was the male's way of disempowering women. What ignorant nonsense. The most powerful members of my family were my grandmothers, mother, and aunts. Little decisions they left to the men. The big decisions they made.
Feminists said that women had to reject the pedestal and come down into the male world and prove their worth. It never occurred to feminists that women had more worth and more power on the pedestal. Feminists taught women to be promiscuous. Cosmopolitian magazine taught women to find fulfillment in orgasm with as many sexual partners as they can find. A number of years ago I wrote about young men telling me that they would like to get married, but every woman they knew had been in bed with all of their classmates. They said they would feel funny having their friends at their wedding who had sexual experience with their bride.
Corporations contributed to worsening the position of women that feminists initiated. In my day women were protected by families being in the same place. Any man who abused his wife would be confronted by his father and mother, his wife's father and mother, his and her grandparents, his brothers and sisters, his wife's brothers and sisters, his aunts and uncles, her aunts and uncles, and by the cousins of both.
What the corporations did was to bust up this protective environment by sending its employees to some distant location where the husband and wife were isolated from family. Kids grew up never knowing their grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, people they might see one or twice a year. Isolated from the normal support systems, families broke apart, and the divorce rate soared.
A society that lowers everything to survival and to profit destroys women and men. That is what feminists should be complaining about.
But feminism has succumbed to Identity Politics and can only generate hatred of men who find women appealing. Judging by the growth of homosexuality, there is a reduction in the number of men who find women appealing. Consequently, feminism is complicit in the destruction both of the status of women and of Western society.
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Daniel Bernstrom, a visually impaired writer, loves stories that have rhythm and music; stories, as Uri Shulevitz once said, "are the soundtrack to the child's silent film." This story of the eucalyptus tree came to Daniel late one night while working as a janitor at a preschool. The eucalyptus tree (a favorite of his mother's), which grows along the coast of Northern California, tickled his tongue and imagination. The animals in the tree populated the preschool where Daniel worked, waiting patiently atop the shelf at the back for the next day of play. The strange combination of a tickly word and an odd assortment of stuffed animals spawned this undulating syncopated story of impossibility, darkness, and hope.
Brendan Wenzel is an illustrator with a great affection for trees and all the furry, feathered, and scaly things that you can find in them (including snakes!). He has traveled to jungles, savannas, and everything in between in search of fascinating animals and has teamed up with many groups working to preserve wild places and creatures around the world. Brendan is the illustrator of Angela DiTerlizzi's Some Bugs. Brendan lives in New York with his wife, Magdalena.
"Bernstrom's spritely language rhythmically sings an exciting, laugh-filled, cumulative story. Bold, large print highlights the events as the snake slides, wiggles, and twists while the animals crinkle, munch, and buzz. Wenzel's wildly imaginative, brightly hued digital illustrations are a wonderfully goofy complement to the action . . .


We had a great time at last year's Strut Your Mutt – and we hope you will join us this year! We love participating in events where people can bring their dogs, and the Strut Your Mutt walk/run is one of those events! There is a 5K run or walk, and you can hang out afterwards at a festival for "all things dog"! The walk is awesome! Hanging out with other GSP owners is awesome! The doggie yoga, music, contests, etc. are (you guessed it) awesome!
Here is how to join. Click on this link to Register for the CA GSP Rescue Team! – and you can email team captain Lisa if you have any questions (lisa@gsp-rescue.org) .
The walk begins at 9:00 and festivities are ended at 1:00 p.m.
Not only is this a fun-filled day, but it is one of the most important fundraisers we will do this year! It provides important funds to California GSP Rescue; funds used for veterinary care and other necessary day-to-day expenses that keep the dogs happy and comfortable until they find their forever homes. Once you sign up, the organizers will help you with mailers and social media posts to raise some funds to support your walk – and the Rescue.
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new Frida Kahlo exhibition: "Laces and Tears"
Frida Kahlo with Rebozo Toni Frissell, 1937 Photograph © The Frissell Collection, Library of Congress.
All paintings are licensed replica: ©Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008.
The dresses and jewelry are original from Mexico and identical to those Frida Kahlo used to paint and to wear.
Impression of our former Frida Kahlo exhibition in Germany until 2013. Painting: Frida Kahlo, # 84: Portrait of Marucha Lavin, # 120: Portrait of My Father, 1951, # 135: Self Portrait with Stalin, 1954, # 137: Viva la Vida, Watermelons, 1954. Licensed replica © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008.
TV with Paintings: # 68: The Two Fridas, 1939 and # 16: Portrait of a Girl, ca. 1929; Licensed replica © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008.
Please click here: Deutsche Welle commemorates the 60th anniversary of Frida Kahlo death with an article concerning the collection in the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Germany.


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Weekend in Vienna: the most liveable city in the world?
Vienna doesn't always get mentioned on everyones list of weekend getaways in Europe and its surprising why after spending a full weekend there myself and seeing how perfect it actually is. Maybe the reason why it doesn't is because it feels like home away from home; a great compliment to the city. In 2018, the historic city was named the "most livable city in the world" by The Economist - partly due to its number one world class transport system - it won't let you down!
Vienna doesn't boast the biggest party scene in Europe like Berlin, it doesn't boast the fashion scene like Milan, it doesn't boast the hostel scene like Budapest, it doesn't boast the beach scene like Athens, it doesn't boast the michelin starred restaurants like Paris but what it does boast is its alluring mix of old-school charm and modern edge. Steeped in history, Vienna manages to perfectly mix the cultural achievements of yesteryear with all the must-haves of the modern day. From live jazz to butterfly houses, coffee cocktails to regal palaces, to great local food heritage - Vienna is well worth the long weekend explore.
It is why it has inspired one of watch colours of our European watch series; we are proud to have in our series, "The Vienna" watch.
Another reason why Vienna was voted the most liveable city in the world in 2018 was because of its vast array of accommodation options for all types of tourists.
The city boast a stunning array of airbnb options in the city centre to outskirts - very expected from a city so engrossed in its architectural history of palaces that even small city centre apartment give you that feel.
There is also the option of hostels in the city - contra to perceptions not all hostels are full of young backpackers - there are some hostels dedicated to other travellers.
The city boasts a great selection of hotels. Palais Hansen's traditional neoclassical facade encases modern architecture and contemporary comforts at the very highest level, a great reflection of the city itself. Or try the Ritz Carlton, Vienna for the ultimate high end comfort experience. Here, you will find palatial rooms and suites, state of the art spa, excellent restaurants, and a roof top bar with panoramic views over Vienna's skyline. If that's not all enough, why not Prince of Württemberg's Palace?, now an uber luxury hotel called the Imperial.
A sure is to check out the capital's city center. The entire historic city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Simply stroll through the pedestrian streets and let yourself be impressed by the Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral), the world famous opera house and the Hofburg Palace (a 600 year old palace).
Insider tip: Take the yellow Vienna Ring tram from Schwedenplatz for a 25-minute roundtrip of the center. A great opportunity to see a magnificent showcase of grand and glorious architecture. Here you can get your bearings while tracing Vienna's evolution from walled small town to powerful Empire and finally modern green city.
If you love your art, make sure to check out the Kunsthistorisches Museum. This museum boasts a unique collection of work from ancient egyptians to classic austrian works of art - its a true appreciation of arts around the globe over the years.
Finally the highlight of the trip - have you ever wished to share your deepest fears, desires or secrets with someone without any regrets - well here's your chance. The Coffeehouse Conversations give you the chance to meet a local over drinks at one of the grand coffeehouses on the Ringstrasse.
The most important part of a city after its feel and vibe is the food it offers.
A must is to try the local street food stalls, the Würstelstand. These small sausage serveries can be found dotted all around the city. Give a try to the Bosna sausage, which comes with with onions and curry, or the Käsekrainer sausage, which is stuffed with cheese.
Vienna is known for its coffeehouses and a trip to these is a must and also unavoidable. A sure trip is to the opulent coffeehouse setting of Demel. Treat yourself to some Sachertorte, which is layers of chocolate cake interspersed with apricot jam, and topped with a dark chocolate icing.
If you only have time to check out one bar in Vienna, make sure to check out Bar 'Kleinod' ('little treasure') drenched in old Viennese charm, with dark polished wood panels, crystal chandeliers and shiny brass to decorate its surroundings. The background ambience adds to the experience as well of twenties jazz tunes, early soul and electro. The drinks here are a clever re-interpretations of classics flavours. Try the Pauls Punsch with mandarin-infused gin and jasmin tea, or the outlandish Warhol daiquiri, a Bloody Mary with with banana liqueur.
Is it the most liveable city in the world?
The city boasts a world class arts and musical scene from modern to classical. You will see and feel it all around the city, performances by world known classical and modern artists are a regular feather here.
Overall, this city is special and I loved being here and look forward to coming back. It can't be called a hidden gem of Europe because its so well known but it certainly feels that way due to its classic feel of this city, it doesn't make the noise of other European cities.
From world class public transport and services to a great culture history offerings to those that wish to reside their - it is no surprise why the city is constantly ranked highly in the most liveable cities in the world.
It is this and many more reasons why it is an inspiration for the our rose gold edition of the "The European series" watch series.
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One of the great things about art is it allows you to express your beliefs without saying a word.
It's a versatile medium that can be used for everything from capturing the beauty of a sunset scene to leading the way in a protest against government policies.
While many countries have recovered from the worldwide financial crisis, Greece continues to face a variety of economic struggles fueled by corruption and European Union-imposed policies, and this hasn't gone unnoticed by the country's art community.
Recently, one artist, Stefanos, set out to transform his anger into a series of artwork that protests the Greek government.
By adding small illustrations to euro bank notes, Stefano gives this currency a meaningful makeover that conveys his frustration and despair.
Stefano sends his anti-austerity messages using everything from poverty and protestors to grim reapers in his hijacked euros.
After scanning a copy of each note, he then puts it back into circulation so his powerful messages will reach people living in other countries within the eurozone.
So why did this artistic protestor choose to use euros as his medium of choice?
Observing the euro banknote landscapes one notices a lack of any reality, whatsoever for the last five years the crumbling Greek economy has hatched violence and social decay – so, I decided to fuse these two things. Through hacking the banknotes I'm using a European document, that is in cross-border circulation, including Greece – thus, the medium allows me to 'bomb' public property from the comfort of my home.
Take a look at the pictures below to see Stefano's powerful euro notes.
These euro notes aren't your average currency.
...Stefano transforms them into strong anti-austerity messages.
They protest corruption and the policies of the European Union.
Stefanos puts each note back into circulation as a way to spread his message.
He hopes to get others to join the movement against EU-imposed austerity.


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Star Wars Eclipse will retain the classic features of Quantic Dream games
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Quantic Dream co-CEO Guillaume de Fondomière said that Star Wars Eclipse will retain fundamental features of the studio's games.
According to him, with each project, the authors try to use innovations and learn something new, but the classic elements for QD in this case will remain in place. We are talking about the participation in the story of several characters, whose characters will be decorated very, very detailed.
In addition, the characters will be able to change during the story, based on the actions and choices of the player. Apparently, the project may have several options for the development of history.
At the same time, Fondomier noted that Eclipse still differs from the standard formula of past studio projects, because this time the authors will place much more emphasis on action elements. Details on this will be announced in the future. In theory, we can assume that the game will not have a QTE.
Fondomier and David Cage immediately agreed to take on Eclipse, as they had been fans of the universe since childhood, and with this game they wanted to add a completely new and original story to the franchise.
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Nic Realnego https://www.brutalresonance.com/review/skon-nic-realnego/ Electro-Industrial, Dark Electro Skon Jonny Hall It's been a long time since I've heard an album like this. Most electronic industrial these days seems to draw from a strictly limited pool of influences (find one that DOESN'T quote Skinny Puppy as an influence), just as most old-school EBM seems to copy Nitzer Ebb's first album over and over. There are other sub-genres that simply haven't seen so much interest in terms of revival, and for the first time in ages I'm hearing a new album that harks back to the long-forgotten and largely-deleted dark electro sound of the late 80s and early 90s. Bands such as yelworC, Placebo Effect and Calva Y Nada all produced works of note that simply haven't found a contemporary audience. But in some small way I hear the sound being revived here. The lo-fi production, the crashing, reverb-heavy drums, the vocal gravel and the layers of darkwave synth. It genuinely is a true gothic/industrial hybrid, and whilst it's all very ominous stuff, well, you're not here looking for easy listenin' music, are you? Possibly indicating this sub-genres now very niche appeal is the fact that this project is not from Germany (from where practically all music in this style emerges) but from over the border in Poland. And all the songs are in Polish. Luckily the accompanying image file collection provides translations, and it's not like anyone listens to songs like this to obtain deep lyrical insights. Be assured that it's all very bleak stuff. It's on a musical level where albums like this score, and Skon have no less that 14 tracks with which to make a mark here. We open with the quasi-symphonic "Wstep", which leads us into the albums title track. And if you're looking for an example for how to 'do' this style, this is one of the best examples available, all jackhammering drums, throbbing synth arps, arcing strings flying over the top of the mix, and not one hint of the overused supersaw synth presets used by every Hocico and Suicide Commando wannabe out there. The following track "Odlegla Wolnosc" continues along similar lines, possibly lacking a little of the grandeur of the title track but still more than capable of filling your ears with swathes of pulsating electronic gloom. "Rdzawe Lzy", a slow instrumental stomp takes us into "Nie Ten Wymiar", and we hear the projects first sign of weakness, the track too reliant on a two-chord repetition to hold interest for the six-minute duration. "Umieram" is a minute longer, but luckily has the energy and impetus to last the duration, in the process bringing back welcome memories of Slaughtering Tribe-era :Wumpscut:. Which, contrary to popular opinion, produced more good songs than just "Soylent Green". "Grajek" is almost light relief in comparison, a brief run of octave basslines and catchy martial melody taking us through to "Wieczna Piesn". This is the strongest of the album's slow, reflective tracks, the synth creating a cathedral-sized atmosphere at times. "Droga" is another hard, stompy one, but without any embellishments of note, and hence comes across as filler. "Mruczanka Dia Smierci" is what I'd diplomatically call a "flavour track", a quirky, almost folky instrumental that again serves as counterpoint change in tone, or rather would have done had it not tried to drag out too few ideas a minute too long. A brief reprise of "Nic Realnego" chrous follows, not unwelcome but not necessary either, which leaves the album to close with two older Skon recordings. Well, that what's I'm guessing they are, given the song titles have dates it. "How You Die For Pain" from 2002 was definitely worth reviving, lacking the intense drum programming of the newer songs but every bit as successful in an atmospheric sense. The 2006 track "Zwiastun" works less well, coming across as a mid-00s EBM throwaway. There is a final blast of noise in the form of "Zakonczenie" to see us out on, but if I wanted to listen to this kind of thing I would have dug out my Whitehouse CDs. Oops, sorry, I sold 'em..... But for the balance of this duration, this album does indeed achieve the role of reminding the few of us that remember it of an era of dark electronic music that has largely been forgotten. And for those of you who have no idea what the bands I've been referring to during this review sound like, well, I'm afraid virtually all of their backcatalogues have been deleted. So you'll have to settle for this. And if you wanted more incentive, Halotan have it available as a free download! November 16, 2012 https://www.brutalresonance.com/review/skon-nic-realnego/ 450
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Skon - Nic Realnego
"Good"
Electroracle
Released off label 2012
Electro-Industrial, Dark Electro
It's been a long time since I've heard an album like this. Most electronic industrial these days seems to draw from a strictly limited pool of influences (find one that DOESN'T quote Skinny Puppy as an influence), just as most old-school EBM seems to copy Nitzer Ebb's first album over and over. There are other sub-genres that simply haven't seen so much interest in terms of revival, and for the first time in ages I'm hearing a new album that harks back to the long-forgotten and largely-deleted dark electro sound of the late 80s and early 90s. Bands such as yelworC, Placebo Effect and Calva Y Nada all produced works of note that simply haven't found a contemporary audience.
But in some small way I hear the sound being revived here. The lo-fi production, the crashing, reverb-heavy drums, the vocal gravel and the layers of darkwave synth. It genuinely is a true gothic/industrial hybrid, and whilst it's all very ominous stuff, well, you're not here looking for easy listenin' music, are you? Possibly indicating this sub-genres now very niche appeal is the fact that this project is not from Germany (from where practically all music in this style emerges) but from over the border in Poland. And all the songs are in Polish.
Luckily the accompanying image file collection provides translations, and it's not like anyone listens to songs like this to obtain deep lyrical insights. Be assured that it's all very bleak stuff. It's on a musical level where albums like this score, and Skon have no less that 14 tracks with which to make a mark here. We open with the quasi-symphonic "Wstep", which leads us into the albums title track.
And if you're looking for an example for how to 'do' this style, this is one of the best examples available, all jackhammering drums, throbbing synth arps, arcing strings flying over the top of the mix, and not one hint of the overused supersaw synth presets used by every Hocico and Suicide Commando wannabe out there. The following track "Odlegla Wolnosc" continues along similar lines, possibly lacking a little of the grandeur of the title track but still more than capable of filling your ears with swathes of pulsating electronic gloom.
"Rdzawe Lzy", a slow instrumental stomp takes us into "Nie Ten Wymiar", and we hear the projects first sign of weakness, the track too reliant on a two-chord repetition to hold interest for the six-minute duration. "Umieram" is a minute longer, but luckily has the energy and impetus to last the duration, in the process bringing back welcome memories of Slaughtering Tribe-era :Wumpscut:. Which, contrary to popular opinion, produced more good songs than just "Soylent Green".
"Grajek" is almost light relief in comparison, a brief run of octave basslines and catchy martial melody taking us through to "Wieczna Piesn". This is the strongest of the album's slow, reflective tracks, the synth creating a cathedral-sized atmosphere at times. "Droga" is another hard, stompy one, but without any embellishments of note, and hence comes across as filler. "Mruczanka Dia Smierci" is what I'd diplomatically call a "flavour track", a quirky, almost folky instrumental that again serves as counterpoint change in tone, or rather would have done had it not tried to drag out too few ideas a minute too long.
A brief reprise of "Nic Realnego" chrous follows, not unwelcome but not necessary either, which leaves the album to close with two older Skon recordings. Well, that what's I'm guessing they are, given the song titles have dates it. "How You Die For Pain" from 2002 was definitely worth reviving, lacking the intense drum programming of the newer songs but every bit as successful in an atmospheric sense. The 2006 track "Zwiastun" works less well, coming across as a mid-00s EBM throwaway. There is a final blast of noise in the form of "Zakonczenie" to see us out on, but if I wanted to listen to this kind of thing I would have dug out my Whitehouse CDs. Oops, sorry, I sold 'em.....
But for the balance of this duration, this album does indeed achieve the role of reminding the few of us that remember it of an era of dark electronic music that has largely been forgotten. And for those of you who have no idea what the bands I've been referring to during this review sound like, well, I'm afraid virtually all of their backcatalogues have been deleted. So you'll have to settle for this. And if you wanted more incentive, Halotan have it available as a free download!
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LeBron James will wear No. 23 one more season
3 Reasons Why Anthony Davis is Perfect Next to LeBron James
Sidney Guerrero | 13 July, 2019, 08:11
Los Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green said he wasn't surprised that former San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors teammate Kawhi Leonard chose the rival Clippers in free agency instead of signing with the Lakers. Free agents could begin negotiations with prospective teams on June 30. If he is going to come back from it, now is the time.
In case you're wondering, his Lakers teammate Anthony Davis can opt out of his deal after next season.
Having James as a team's No. 2 option sounds scary, and it's part of why the Lakers felt comfortable giving up a ton of assets to trade for Davis. "And each day that went by, I checked in with 'Whi and I'm like, 'Yo, what's going on with your meeting?' 'I have a meeting tomorrow.' So, like, 'Tomorrow?"
"I'm getting stronger, getting in better shape".
Manchester United won't miss Romelu Lukaku with the options they have
Sky Sports News reporter Solhekol has now confirmed that Manchester United are still working on a potential deal for the England worldwide .
Getty A detail of the jersey of LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers during the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets. However, Cousins said he is feeling healthy after a quad issue kept him out from much of the playoffs. "It's insane how some things work out". Green told Dave McMenamin of ESPN he had no clue where Leonard was going to sign, though he was pretty certain it wasn't going to be the Los Angeles Lakers. But I think both teams are very good on paper, we have to see how it's put together. I'm excited about it. "We never wanted it to end but everything happens for a reason".
If the Lakers - and their fans - feel spurned by that, they should have plenty of chances to make Leonard pay. I had no idea.
"I really haven't spent a lot of time either thinking about or characterizing that", Pelinka said in a conference call on how close the Lakers were in the Leonard hunt with the Clippers and Toronto Raptors. He gave me no updates.
"I can say this, we're incredibly grateful of just kind of his supportive messages".
Facebook Event Promotes Raid on Area 51 in Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Area 51 is a mysterious place which is surrounded by numerous theories and myths related to aliens and UFOs, reports CNN . I just thought it would be amusing and get me some thumbsy uppies on the internet.
Kevin Durant Changing Number From 35 to 7
Patrick High School in Elizabeth, and Duke University. "35 was chosen in honor of someone very near and dear to me". Durant wrote in the statement that: "35 took my family and me from Seat Pleasant, MD and showed us the world".
New 'Lion King' movie lands with a critical whimper
Also, the album features a new version of " Hakuna Matata " which has been crooned by Billy Eichner , Seth Rogen , and JD McCrary. American actor Donald Glover knows what it is like to work with "powerhouse" pop-singer Beyonce and called it a "big deal".
Woodward poised to make opening £72m bid for Man Utd target
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Liverpool kids shine in pre-season opener, leaving Klopp happy
Asked if the season ahead could be a breakthrough year for Brewster at senior level, Klopp added: "One hundred per cent, but it depends on him as well".
US Coast guardsmen jump onto homemade submarine filled with cocaine
Members of the guard then jump on the submarine-like boat, eventually forcing the top open to reveal the smugglers inside. Boarders have one to two minutes to assess whether they are on a drug-laced vessel about to sink, Brickey said.
Trump Confirms Immigration Raids Set For The Weekend Pelosi said at her weekly press conference . "These families are hardworking members of our communities and our country". Plans for the raids in June drew widespread scorn among immigration rights advocates and mayors in the impacted cities.
Get your Instagram ready: Starbucks launches Tie-Dye Frappuchino While Starbucks aimed for a "tropical fruit flavor", one baristas described it as tasting more like "banana Laffy Taffy." The Tie-Dye Frappuccino is a citrusy orange flavour drink topped with creamy vanilla whipped cream - it's tie-dye for.
China imports from U.S. plunge in June amid tariff war China's trade with the United States plunged last month as a tariff war battered exporters on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. That left China with a trade surplus of $50.98bn last month, compared with a $41.66bn surplus in May.
Following $32 Million Hack, Cryptocurrency Platform Bitpoint Suspends Operations The licensed crypto exchange platform has been hacked 32 million United States dollars worth of crypto assets. When Coincheck was hacked in January 2018, more than $530 million worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen.
Listen to Ed Sheeran collaborate with Amazon's Alexa The song comes from Sheeran's new album No.6 Collaborations Project, which he released in the early hours of this morning. The Sun reported the pair Wednesday before Christmas in front of about 40 friends and family in Suffolk, England.
Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will face off at the Wimbledon Championships after 11 years. Federer beat Nadal in the Grand Slam tournament's previous two finals.
Will David Harbour Be In 'Stranger Things' Season 4? And yes, there are more than 10 good moments, but we have to cap it somewhere. If the show continues, the cast salaries are only going to keep rising.
Lampard pleased with Chelsea despite draw in first game in charge "It was a tough game for us", he said . "It's very hard work, high intensity, pressing a lot without the ball". It is going to be Henrique Hilário who himself was a Chelsea player a few years ago.
Dem lawmaker rips AOC for playing 'race card' in spat with Pelosi Said House majority leader Steny Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, "I think all staffers ought to allow their members to speak". I'm not anxious about me", said Pressley to the NY Post . "We respect the value of every member of our caucus", she said.
Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Ryugu Asteroid The samples will re-enter the atmosphere and parachute down to the ground, somewhere in the Australian outback. The complex multi-year mission also involved sending rovers and robots down to the surface.
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https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2018/11/05/puppy-smuggling-and-reusable-plastic-bottles/
Puppy smuggling and reusable plastic bottles
Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 5 November 2018 - Categories: Weekly stories
Puppy smuggling
The Sunday Mirror reported yesterday on calls from the Dogs Trust for a clampdown on puppy smuggling as well as highlighting the "sickening conditions" of how some dogs are imported into the UK.
This was set within the context of EU Exit and how, with Christmas approaching, the demand for puppies may increase. The Government is taking strong action, as detailed below, to stop this kind of smuggling.
Also, members of the public can help protect themselves and others by only buying a dog or puppy from a reputable supplier and making sure they see the animal, its mother and its documentation before they buy.
This abhorrent and illegal trade is cruel and unnecessary, and risks spreading very serious diseases such as rabies.
We have one of the most rigorous pet border checking regimes in the world and we are planning to crack down further with a completely ban third-party puppy and kitten sales. This will mean the people who have a complete disregard for pet welfare will no longer be able to profit from this miserable trade.
Leaving the EU will also give us the opportunity to bring in further controls to stop this sick trade.
Minister Coffey congratulates winning school's design to help beat plastic pollution
.@theresecoffey: "Congratulations to Maddie at Tillingbourne Junior School on her award-winning design. I hope it will inspire the next generation to join the fight against plastic waste." #PlasticPlanetChallenge #passonplastic @recycle_now @_Wastebuster https://t.co/fRnun5qCf2 pic.twitter.com/dTfp7vVfda
— Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) November 5, 2018
Maddie in year six of Tillingbourne Junior School, Guildford, has won Wastebuster and WRAP's Recycle Now's 'Plastic Planet Challenge' competition for schools to design a reusable bottle to cut plastic waste. The competition was launched earlier this year on UN World Environment Day which focused on reducing single-use plastics.
Maddie was presented at this morning's school assembly with a bottle printed with her winning design – a turtle filled in with pieces of plastic that we commonly see around the home, such as balloons and plastic carrier bags.
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey said:
Congratulations to Maddie on her award-winning design. We want to leave our environment in better state than we inherited it, and it's great that youngsters like Maddie are playing their part.
I am delighted to support the Challenge and hope it will inspire the next generation to join the fight against plastic waste.
The UK is making great strides to tackle the plastic that blights our streets, rivers and oceans – protecting wildlife from ingesting harmful plastic with our world-leading ban on microbeads in rinse-off personal care products, and introducing a highly successful plastic bag charge which has seen 13 billion plastic bags taken out of circulation in the last two years alone . The government has also announced plans to extend the plastic bag charge to all retailers, last month launched a consultation on banning the sale of straws, plastic-stemmed cotton buds and stirrers, and will consult on introducing a deposit return scheme for single use drink containers later this year.
We will be announcing further measures to tackle plastic waste as part of our upcoming Resources and Waste Strategy which will be published later this year.
Tags: plastic pollution, puppy smuggling, Thérèse Coffey
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Q: A positive number, it's integral part and decimal part form a geometric progression. Then the greatest integer less than or equal to the number is? Let the number be $x$.
Integral part of the number $=[x]$
Decimal part of the number $=x-[x]$
Now as per the question $x,[x] $ and $x-[x]$ form a geometric progression. So :-
$[x]^2=x(x-[x])$
Now I am not able to proceed from here. How can we solve this equation? Please help !!!
Thanks in advance !!!

A: Let $[x]=rx$ and $\{x\}=r^2x$, adding them we get
$$[x]+\{x\}=x(r^2+1)$$$$\implies x=x(r^2+r)$$$$\implies r^2+r=1$$$$\therefore r=\frac{\sqrt 5 -1}{2}$$
This means that $x$ has to be in the form of $\frac{2n}{\sqrt 5 -1}$ where $n$ is a positive integer, since $[x]=rx$. This means that $[x]=n$. But again, $\{x\}=r[x]$.
$$\therefore r[x] < 1$$
Substituting their values, we get
$$n < 1.618$$ or $n=1$ since $n$ is an integer.
So $$x=\frac{2n}{\sqrt 5 -1}=1.618$$

A: Let the ratio be $\alpha$ then $\alpha x=\lfloor x\rfloor$ and $\alpha \lfloor x\rfloor = x-\lfloor x\rfloor$ gives us $\alpha^2 x=x-\alpha x$. Using the quadratic equation, the solution for $\alpha$ is $x$ times the golden ratio, $\phi=1.61803...$, or its inverse $1/\phi=0.61803...$, and the integer requirement for $\alpha x$, and the requirement for $\alpha^2 x<1$ because of the decimal, gives us $x=\phi$, thus the sequence must be $\phi, 1, {1\over \phi}$. The greatest integer part of the question is left as an exercise for the reader.

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The other half are prepared to inform people them's the breaks.
More than half of global banks said they would increase salaries to offset the effect of European Union bonus caps, according to a study by human resources consultants Towers Watson & Co. The poll, of more than 150 human resources employees attending a conference in London last month, found that 7 percent thought the EU rules would be successful in reducing pay across the financial services industry. About 53 percent said they would increase pay. Finance workers will also receive more training, increased pension contributions and flexible working programs as a result of the bonus rules, the report said.
Banks "are aware that when the EU bonus cap comes into force, many of their employees are going to receive overall lower pay and they recognize the need to make up for this shortfall in a number of different ways," Mark Shelton, a managing director at Towers Watson, said in a statement. The EU's European Banking Authority released draft rules last month increasing the scope of rules that block bonuses of more than double fixed pay. The EBA defined anyone earning more than 500,000 euros ($664,000) as a "risk-taker," ensnaring them in the rule.
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With all the biggest brands, delicious cafés and restaurants, plus our cinema, intu Potteries has got lots of ways to help customers find every gift, however impossible and get together with friends and family this festive season.
New for 2018, join us at the festive display on the middle mall to watch our magical festive snowfall every half an hour from 10am to 7pm every day until Christmas eve.
Santa will be greeting children, snapchatting the elves and ringing his bell every weekend and the week before Christmas, so make sure the little ducklings have their wish lists ready.
Post your letter to Santa in his post box in the festive display on the middle mall (before Wednesday 19 December) and they'll receive a reply from Santa and a free Santa stop here sign (whilst stocks last). We'll fly it off to the North Pole super quick, so his little helpers can get cracking with the pressies.
Grab your family and friends and take a photo in our reindeer selfie sleigh festive area outside River Island, share them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram tagging @intuPotteries and you could win a £100 intu Gift Card. Terms and conditions apply.
Let friends and family pull a cracker on a great gift this Christmas with an intu Gift Card, the gift of choice for savvy shoppers. Give them the gift of over 70 shops and restaurants and let them get the gift that they really want.
If customers purchase an in intu Gift Card in November and December they will receive a CHILI.com film for themselves, and the recipient worth £5.49 each. (whilst stocks last).
Whether customers want to catch a late Christmas movie, a fun get together with friends or tick off those final few presents, they can do it all thanks to our late-night openings visit intu.co.uk/potteries to find our opening hours.
Sandrine Rutter, Marketing Manager at intu Potteries said "We are delighted to show off our new festive display and the opportunity for families to watch our magical snowfall sitting in Santa's sleigh with reindeers".


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158 Bill Johnson
Half back Bill Johnson joined City in the 1923 close season, having played well for his home town club Seaton Delaval in the North Eastern League. By October 1923 he was an established part of Bill McCracken's first team and missed only one game during the remainder of the season. Johnson was retained on City's books for two further seasons but played irregularly for the first team. In the 1926 close season he returned north and joined Blyth Spartans, where he played for at least two further seasons.
Date/Place of Birth: 12 November 1902, Seaton Delaval
Hull City First Game: 15 September 1923, Nelson A (Division Two), 20 years, 307 days old
Hull City Final Game: 28 November 1925, Stoke City A (Division Two), 23 years, 16 days old
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Stewardship plate on track with sales
Mon Mar 9th, 2020 1:30am
In three years, $100,000 will be available for an array of local environmental programs, provided the "San Juan Island Stewardship" specialty license plate meets conservation groups projected goals. The Madrona Institute, the sponsoring organization, hopes to sell 3,000 plates in that time.
"It really is an easy, nice way of giving back," Ron Zee, president of the board of the Madrona Institute, said.
As of Jan. 31, the stewardship plate had sold 335 since its debut in October 2019, according to the Department of Licensing. The plate is well on its way toward meeting the institute's year-end goal and on par with the Mariners plate which has sold 684 since being introduced in January 2019.
Anyone with a vehicle registered in Washington can buy one. The initial cost is $77.25 for a passenger vehicle plate, followed by a $30 renewal fee added to annual tab fees. Of the $30 additional fee, $28 will return locally creating an ongoing grant program. These dollars will support conservation and stewardship projects focused on natural, agricultural, historical and cultural heritage throughout all of the islands, according to Zee.
The Madrona Institute serves as the organizational sponsor of the plate and will manage the funds.
The institute is a nonprofit founded in 2008, that has focused on stewardship and climate change issues. The Youth Conservation Corps was one of its primary projects Zee said. The Youth Corps is slated to be one of the many recipients of the new funding.
The conservation corps worked in tandem with the National Park Service utilizing the energy of middle school students on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez who love being outside. The corp puts these students to work on public lands throughout the islands, planting native species, removing invasive species, cleaning beaches and other projects the parks need doing.
The youths don't just stay on their own island — but have projects on public lands throughout the county, Zee explained. YCC is one of the few programs that unites students from all the islands. While working together the students get to know each other and even create lasting inter-island friendships, Zee noted.
Besides learning about the natural world these middle schoolers learn job ethics Zee said. With environmental careers becoming more in demand, the students may also have more employment opportunities.
In 2018, with the current president's administration's National Park Service budget cuts, YCC funding was cut as well. The San Juan County Conservation District stepped in to fill the gap, keeping the program alive.
Funding issues with conservation programs similar to YCC led to some creative thinking on the part of Marcia deChadenes, executive director of the San Juan National Monument, and member of both the Terrestrial Managers Group, a collaborative team of local nonprofit and governmental land managers, and Madrona Institute.
To implement the stewardship plate required going through the legislative process, and prior to that, going through the application process. Specialty plates are expensive to make, Zee explained. The state requires $25,000 — including an application fee of $6,000 (which has already been paid). Current sales go back to the state to repay the remaining balance, Zee said.
To ensure the state is not wasting its money-making proposed specialty plates, a marketing plan is a required part of the application packet. Locals and visitors alike can expect to see informational material during the Fourth of July and other community events.
Rep. Debra Lekanoff and Sen. Liz Lovelett worked to pass legislation authorizing the plate. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill last April.
When the idea for a specialty plate was formed in 2017, a call to artists was made and 47 local artists submitted work. After a countywide vote, island artist Nancy Spaulding's "Evening Passage" was selected. The piece features a pod of orcas swimming along the west side of San Juan Island, with a madrona tree in the foreground. Spaulding said she decided to submit her work after being prompted by a supporting fan. As the winner, Spaulding received the first plate made, with the numbers 00000.
"We live in a finite world, and the San Juans are a microcosm of that," Spaulding said. "These islands are a small and beautiful place loved by so many, and habitat to such wonderful diverse creatures. We need to do all we can to protect these precious island gems."
With the red bark of the madrona and blues hues of the sea and sky, the colors of the plate are so unique it took the Department of Licensing three attempts to match them correctly, according to Zee.
"I think it's the most beautiful out of all Washington's 49 special plates," Zee said.
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The hearth in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been totally extinguished, firefighters mentioned, as professionals and designers met to evaluate the wear and tear and identify whether or not the ancient monument used to be solid.
Investigators have been additionally willing to inspect the construction to ascertain the reason for the catastrophic blaze. The Paris prosecutor has opened an inquiry into "involuntary destruction through hearth".
Officials will need to query groups of workmen wearing out renovations at the cathedral when the hearth broke out.
Laurent Nuñes, a junior inner minister, mentioned the speedy risk used to be below keep an eye on, however it used to be no longer identified to what extent the hearth had weakened the construction of the Gothic edifice.
"Now the hearth risk has been handled, there's the problem of the construction, and whether or not the construction has resisted this very critical hearth," Nuñes mentioned.
He added that a part of the stone vault ceiling had collapsed, however the primary construction had survived. For the 400 firefighters who battled the flames as they fed on the cathedral's ribbed roof, made up of loads of oak beams some courting again to the 13th century and measuring as much as 110 metres lengthy, referred to as "le forêt" (the woodland), the concern used to be combating the raging hearth, stoked through wind, from attaining the 2 Gothic towers, or belfries, at the west facade.
In addition to harm from the warmth, which firefighters say reached greater than 800C, professionals additionally wish to assess harm from the huge amounts of water firefighters poured into the cathedral.
"A gathering of professionals and nationwide architects is going down this morning to imagine whether or not the construction is solid and whether or not hearth officials can arrange inside of to proceed their paintings," the minister added.
The hearth broke out at about 6.45pm native time on Monday night within the roof area of Notre Dame, which used to be surrounded through scaffolding. The flames took hang and unfold temporarily to the 93-metre-high spire, which then buckled and fell during the roof. It took firefighters greater than 4 hours to convey the blaze below keep an eye on and save you it spreading to the primary towers.
Hearth officials stored quite a few treasures throughout the cathedral, which pulls an estimated 14 million guests a 12 months, together with spiritual relics and smaller artworks. There have been conflicting stories over the destiny of the 13th-century stained glass "rose" home windows and the cathedral's celebrated organ.
Monseigneur Michel Aupetit, the archbishop of Paris, mentioned there used to be an international "love for this ordinary cathedral".
"Notre Dame de Paris at the Île de l. a. Cité , centre of Paris, is charged with historical past with occasions during the centuries. It attracts other folks, they arrive to seem they usually recognize where they usually come to hope," he instructed BFMTV.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, who used to be on the scene of the hearth on Monday night, promised a right away fundraising marketing campaign can be introduced in addition to an enchantment to global professionals to assist rebuild Notre Dame.
Two of the rustic's richest tycoons each pledged hundreds of thousands to the fund. François Pinault, the top of the posh staff Kering, which owns model labels together with Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Gucci, right away pledged €100m from his circle of relatives's fortune. In a while afterwards, Bernard Arnault, the landlord of the gang Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy declared he would donate €200m.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, known as for a "donors convention", no longer most effective to boost cash for the reconstruction however to contain professionals from world wide.


***Spoiler Alert*** I didn't wear pants practically the whole time.
When Friday rolled around and the plans I had made got pushed to Sunday, I sulked. Only for a hot second, though, then I realized that a weekend alone would be good! I had some DIY's I wanted to do and I needed to go through my Tupperware drawer…you know, things we all need to do but put off for as long as possible, hoping someone will just end up doing it for us.
Did I want my Friday plans to happen? Absolutely (it was suppose to be a best friend sleepover complete with no pants, pizza, wine, snacks, wine, candy and more wine) but I am also a sucker for being alone and I was really looking forward to getting some things done. So, naturally, once I knew I had the evening free, I told my sister I would hang out with my nephew so her and her fiance could go on a date (I am even more of a sucker for my thunder chunk of a nephew than I am for alone time).
But when I finally got home Friday night, I made all sorts of plans in my head for the wonderful, non working days ahead. Oh how my thoughts were filled with getting this done and that done, spending (x) amount of time writing, having a bath, doing some yoga, going for a run, getting ready for the week to come, finishing reading Pride and Prejudice(for the 3rd time) and maybe watching a horror movie or two.
And it looked glorious..on paper.
Saturday morning started with all the coffee, the way all mornings should, and then I slowly got to work. With music or a T.V series that i'll never admit to or else it would show my terrible taste in entertainment, in the background, I built, I hung, I wiped, I vacuumed, I purged, I danced, I folded and when 5pm hit, I realized that I had yet to do one thing that I didn't want to do that day. The feeling was euphoric.
Sunday was much the same; my plans got cancelled and I chose to relish in the silence. I did leave the house to grocery shop (had to wear pants for that, lame), but I spent the majority of the day doing "nothing" and letting my phone fall to the wayside.
Sunday got dark, however, as day two's of uninterrupted "me time" often do. But instead of reeling in the fact that I have no friends, I'm awful to be around, I'm lazy and unmotivated, I'm ugly and fat and dumb and no wonder no one loves me (at least-that's what my self doubt, ego, anxiety and depression like to tell me), my darkness turned inward.
It's opaqueness was welcome; it always is. I feel like I am living an unbridled truth when things go dark. But this time, instead of crumbling, yearning or breaking, I was thinking, or… more accurately,. I was unthinking.
I watched behind my eyes as the yarn of time and space unravelled and I saw myself holding the string. I didn't feel like I was conjuring these thoughts and yet I was having them. I knew I wasn't creating this experience; my consciousness was.
I sat quietly, eyes closed, heartbeat slow and steady, and let my truth, the darkness, the pain, the love, the loneliness, the courage, the fear, muddle around until it took shape, like a wave-particle being measured. It formed. It became me. I know this to be certain: I am not be my fear, or my pain, or my love, or my courage.
But those things are me. They exist because I will them to.
And in my darkness I saw them for what they are; things of which I have control, even when I don't think that I do.
I often say that when Lilee-baby died, I died too. And even though my physical body did not parish, I lost everything in side of me. Like Lord Voldemort after his unsuccessful unforgivable curse on baby harry, I became a spec of life; too tiny to see with the naked eye. Muscle memory and basic primitive survival kept my legs moving, heat beating and eyes blinking. I knew who I was and who I thought people needed me to be so that their grief could be manageable. I knew all this but I walked around as a shell, a Chelsey Suit, if you will- which is, at least, cuter than an Edger Suit-, feeling less and less like an actual living thing with every day. The only time I could feel alive was when I was grieving, because that was the only little bit that I had left inside. But as my guts started to reappear (not the functional guts, those were fine, but the guts that matter. The guts that say "oooo!! thats funny!! laugh!!' and "yup, tacos really are the best things ever" The ones that make your heart beat harder when you love the people around you, and the ones that send happy tingles through your body when the sun kisses your skin. Those guts.) When they started to come back, they mixed in with my guilt and my grief.
My positive emotions and my grief are two sides of the same coin and they always will be~life of the bereaved.
But this weekend, as I sat in my palace of despair and concluded that I have a choice, it made grieving and guilt separate. It made happiness and guilt separate. It made love and guilt separate. There hasn't been one day over the past 3 years that I have been able to walk this life without guilt.
When I realized that I have control of who I am and how I feel, I lost the constant need to apologize for it.
I am going to be inconsolably sad.
I am going to be angry as hell.
I am going to love.
I am going to lust.
I am going to hate.
and sometimes I am going to be hard.
But from now on, with blood, sweat, tears and curse words, I am going to fight like hell to not feel guilty for who I am in any given moment.
We are complex, us humans.
We are manoeuvring this world with the "why" and no earthly chance of learning the "because." And we work hard. And we love hard. And we Fall even harder and then we get up and we do it all again.That is amazing. We are amazing. And how ever you choose to be your amazing self, I'm cool with. I believe you will act with the mindfulness of respect to other living beings, so act on. Be weird. Be crazy. Be the girl who falls in love with everyone. Be the man who cries on a whim. Be the person that swears they can see someones aura or the one who chooses to travel instead of work. Be the successful entrepreneur go-getter-badass or be the one who is totally fine working the same job for 50 years. Be the white picket fence or be the black Lamborghini. Hell, be both! Be whoever it is you want to be, but do it because your heart is telling you its right. And even better yet, be the soul that changes. Like the person who wants to be a famous successful writer one day and a recluse on a beach in a shabby house in paradise, living each day as it comes with only memories of the past and no plans for the future, the very next.
We are here to help each other experience this life, not to tell them they should be one way or another. We are the universal 'we' and it is our divine right to control how we want to be. I will not be held to expectations of me, because I am not holding others to them either.
I hold the end of the yarn.
I am graciously, courageously and solely responsible for this life of mine. and you, my loves, are responsible for yours.
All it took was a weekend of dropped plans, a couple glasses of wine and a little bit of darkness to accept it.
close your eyes, see what your soul wants to show you.
Thats was so beautiful and truthful! I have been struggling with myself as of late. It's a struggle to Try and fit in with the "happy" people and not to let past traumas rule my life. I struggle everyday. It will forever be an ongoing process; learning to love myself. Your story has stuck with me for a long time, and I think about you and your daughter from time to time. Keep on writing, you have a gift with words! P.s. I also re-re ad pride and prejudice every year or so ;-). The movie with Kiera knightly is ahhhhmazing.


In the United States has prepared a draft law, which needs to overcome the energy impact of Russia on Europe. The idea has already been supported in the House of representatives, in the near future it can be approved by the Senate and then signed by the President, Donald trump.
The decision voted amid preparation for the launch of "Nord stream-2", endangering the security of not only Ukraine, but also throughout Europe. What does this mean and is there a threat to the project "Gazprom" – understood OBOZREVATEL.
Ukraine should prepare for such a course of events and minimize economic losses. In many ways, the construction of "SP-2" is a geopolitical issue, Ukraine right on him until you can.
A majority of the votes of the lower house of Congress voted for the bill to deal with the energy influence of Russia on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. According to its authors, the US is obligated to help the European countries to reduce dependence on Russian energy.
To allocate $ 5 million for assistance to the countries of Europe in the matter of recruitment of additional staff.
Indeed, the dependence of European countries on Russian energy is visible to the naked eye. Open data for the year 2016, the share of Russian natural gas is over 60% in Germany and 65% in Poland, 59% in Turkey, 38% in Italy and 37% in France. De facto, all the key players in the European Union on average is half dependent on gas supplies from Russia.
The adopted draft law largely aims to destroy not only the political influence of Russia on Europe (by progress through business interests, including the legalization of the war in Ukraine), but also economic cooperation with Germany and other countries.
"Nord stream-2" is under attack?
While the main battles in the European energy market revolved around the controversial project "SP-2". It is the largest joint project of Russian and German over the past decades. He doesn't face any economic sanctions, nor the Kremlin's aggression in Ukraine, nor the opposition of the United States.
The fact that a gas pipeline is largely beneficial for the Europeans, especially Germany. Director of consulting company East European Gas Analysis Michael Korchemkin in the comments DWпояснил, the benefits of the project will receive the German roboparty that under the terms of the contract in any case receive his Commission.
The advantage will be German government, which will receive a technically safe pipe and a monopoly on transit. However, in General, the expert sees a political dimension in the project. It is sometimes superior in many ways economic.
"In General necessary in the "Nord stream-2″ Mikhail Korchemkin not see: available capacities allow, according to his calculations, and no new pipes to deliver to Germany to 133 billion cubic meters of gas, while in 2017 Russia exported at least 54 billion. The demand in the near future will not show strong dynamics, I'm sure Korchemkin, so he believes the project is not commercial, but political," – concludes the publication.
The gas pipeline "Nord stream-2" will be held on the Baltic sea, connecting suppliers in Russia customers in Europe. Its length will be more than 1.2 thousand km capacity – 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The two branches of the pipeline should be built until the end of 2019.
According to the Director of the Institute of energy research Dmitry Marunich, USA don't and can't do anything significant. At the current amounts and interests from the big players, the bill of the lower house looks sluggish. While Germany, in turn, by the mouth of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said that the project will be completed.
"It's insignificant in terms of the amounts of the decision. The issue price (the Functioning of "Nord stream-2″. – Ed.) billions of dollars, and they produce 5 million for technical support to diversify… It's not a new story, because a few years ago was developed the package of sanctions against Russia, Iran and other countries, and he also supposed such actions. Nothing new, this is a continuation of the policy of the State Department the impact on the EU and Russia, and soft methods", – said the expert.
In the United States is not giving up. At least not in public. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo has previously called on American oil and gas producers to cooperate with Washington to promote national interests worldwide and to punish Russia.
"We don't want our European allies have fallen into dependence on Russian gas thanks to the project "Northern stream-2″, just as we would not want to depend on oil supply from Venezuela," said Pompeo.
Partially "blow" Russia suffered in the first half of March, when Congress published a draft law on the LNG projects. Prescribed sanctions after approval by the President can be imposed against the investment in Russian LNG projects (liquefied natural gas) outside the territory of the country.
The fact that the United States recent years, in addition to political and economic isolation of Russia, are actively promoting energy shale gas. According to preliminary estimates of experts, theoretically the US can extract shale gas until the year 2100 (proven reserves of more than 20 trillion cubic meters), with current figures. And billions of dollars, and also the necessity of finding new markets. In particular, and European.
From the point of view of economic competition is considering this step and international relations Andrew Buzarov. He believes that the US cannot impose reciprocal sanctions against Germany, or other members of the "SP-2", so try to look for an alternative. Including such initiatives that can bring down the political and business activity of the Russian monopoly "Gazprom".
Sharply negative attitude of the US to "SP-2" and the counter tube is extremely beneficial for our country. And this bill is largely demonstrates the serious attitude of the Americans to deepen German-Russian relations.
However, in addition to political and diplomatic nuances, Ukraine has a huge gas transport system, through which Russia supplies gas to Europe. Accordingly, for the transit we get a lot of money. The new pipe, as they say in Russian "Gazprom" will allow to reduce transit through Ukraine to 10-15 billion cubic meters per year.
This can totally destroy the Ukrainian gas transportation system, which is one of the largest in Europe. At the end of 2019, the contract between Russia's Gazprom and Ukraine on gas transit ends.
Annually the country receives more than $ 3 billion from Russia for the fact that her blue fuel passes through Ukraine.
By estimations of Minister of energy Igor Nasalik if every year the volume of transit will be less than 40 billion cubic meters. m, then the CTA will no longer make money. On the contrary to maintain it in working condition will have to pay. The Ministry of Finance has estimated that losses from the collapse of the Ukrainian gas transportation system can be 2-3% of GDP.
With greater probability, already from 2020, Russia and Germany will exchange energy directly. In this situation, Ukraine should first and foremost prepare their economies to such circumstances.
"From Ukraine of special preparation for life after 2020 is not conducted. Position of power – we are waiting for approval from the United States in respect of the project. The position of the Pro-Russian opposition to engage in dialogue with Russia and to look for other options," – says the situation Andrew Buzarov.


Design example : The "Cortez-Project" can be used to show the variety of my design experience in several fields.
The Station-Master-1000 Control-Panel represents a mixture of basic html and a simple Java-applet to talk via a web-host based java-servlet to the destination client controlling paralleled RF-amplifiers. The entire design was one of my most recent projects.
Work history : Worked for several companies as design engineer (employee), (ITT Austria, Philips, Margaux Controls, WYSE technology, Apple Computer (contract). Self employed since 1987 with contracts till present.
I also worked on various digital design projects along with software tasks which were not related to embedded controls. However, this resume focuses on the projects, which I believe show the best of the variety of my design capabilities. Some programming experience with MS-Windows, Visual C++ with MFC, Borland C++ Builder and Java (J2SE, J2EE). Throughout my professional career I worked on various hardware and software test projects including software verification testing and hardware component level diagnostics.
Software (Firmware) : Several assembly languages for INFINEON / SIEMENS (C161CS, C164CI, C167CS, CAN-bus, etc), INTEL (80x96, 80x86, 8051, etc), MOTOROLA (680xx, 68xx, especially the 683xx family including custom TPU coding).
Specialized in "C/C++"-language for embedded controllers (32-bit, 16-bit, 8-bit, Infineon / Siemens, Intel, Motorola) with real-time-critical assembly code. Drivers for CAN-bus networks.
Interrupt supported application code and debug monitors, stand alone assembly or with "C/C++"-language framework.
UCOS multitasking kernel ports to 80196, 68332 and C167CS CPUs.
Embedded remote control with networking over the internet by writing Java applets and servlets using J2SE and J2EE.
multitasking framework with high speed real-time interrupt support. Also Win32 instrumentation and control user interface design using Borland C++Builder. Java J2SE and J2EE internet network software.
2001 to present : Yoshimura-RD (Chino, CA). Designed hardware and firmware for a custom fuel injection and ignition control unit for racing motorcycles. Hardware based upon Infineon C161CS microcontroller. Firmware written in "C" and assembly.
PTI corporation (Penryn, CA). Designed custom contoller to monitor DC parameters of up to 50 paralleled RF-amplifiers including their remote control over the internet. Hardware based upon Infineon C164CI microcontroller with various ISR supported SPI peripherals. Firmware written in "C" and assembly. Remote control software written in Java J2SE and J2EE.
2000 to 2001 : Asyst Technology (Fremont, CA). Wrote firmware for conveyor control boards (lowest level stepper motor control) using Infineon / Siemens C515, assembly and "C". This project used a CAN-bus network for inter module communication. Redesign of C515 hardware to use Infineon / Siemens C167CS high performance 16 bit CPU to replace two C515 modules, increase processor bandwidth and reduce cost.
1999 to 2000 : Redwood Microsystems (Redwood City, CA). Wrote RISM concept monitor kernel for Infineon / Siemens C16x family of microcontrollers (assembly and "C"). Designed control hardware (analog and digital) for new generation of Micro-Valves.
1997 to 1999 : Protogene Labs (Palo Alto, CA) Sole responsibility for motion control of chemical reagent deposits with piezo-jets. Dual CPU high performance design utilizing two MC68736s with QSPI I/O and inter-processor-communication.
1st CPU handles up to 6 stepper motors with full parallel processing and motion, accel / decel. programmability. With optional quadrature-position and index detection. Selectable normal-stepping (200 / 400 Steps / rev) or micro-stepping (up to 12800 steps / rev, without speed degradation). Custom TPU code for table driven interrupt supported stepper motor control . Queing of commands and parallel processing utilizing the UCOS (Copyright Jean J. Labrosse) multi-tasking operating system.
2nd CPU is responsible for the application (ballistic real-time printing) of chemicals through high-voltage piezo-jets (6 total). Full programmability of pump / refill / idle cycle (sub-micro-sec resolution) and pump / refill / idle voltage bursts (DAC programmable up to +/- 70V). Custom TPU code for table driven interrupt supported printing software (timing and voltage). UCOS support as well.
The design allows the expansion by using more Piezo controllers for a more complex print matrix.
X-Y-table with Z-axis tower holding the piezo-jets. Additional motor controlled movements inside the reaction chamber.
1995 to 1996 Instruments for research and industry. Sole responsibility for the whole project (concept, HW/SW design and mfg) of a temperature and pressure/vacuum controller for chemistry labs. It was based on the Intel 8098 (8x96, 8x196 family) 16 bit micro-controller with built in 10bit ADC. The analog front-end had 4 overlapping autocalibrating ranges with polarity detection and achieving 13 bits of resolution by using standard low cost components. Analog inputs are T, J, K type thermocouples, RTDs, silicon based mV pressure/vacuum sensors and high-vacuum const-current heated pirani gauge type sensors. Micro-Craft manufactured 400+ boards.
or pressure/vacuum sensors or RTD adapter or high vacuum pirani-sensor adapter.
Two by software controlled PWM or phase-angle AC outputs with 10A load capacity.
1994 various small contracts including high speed digital design for disk-drive manufacturing testing (various 22V10 PLD state-machine designs in CUPL). 80198 based motor control firmware for cassette eject of tape-drive for RByte-inc. Touch-screen control firmware for Inforite-corp (real-time critical assy and "C" for Intel 8051).
Took UC-Berkley "C++" class. Completed 3 UCSC extension classes in MS-Windows Software including "C++" using the MFC library.
1991 to 1993 US-Comlink. Wrote Firmware for 68HC11 based pre 2nd generation highway-emengency-call-box controller. Designed 2nd generation controller based on Motorola 68332 including initial port of 68HC11 based firmware. The controller managed 5 serial channels (Rockwell-modem, 4 ext SIO), a clk/data programmable Motorola cell-phone and various safety switches (battery-management, solar-panel, etc).
1988 to 1990 Savant Instruments. Controller for heated high vacuum centrifuge based on Motorola 68000 CPU. Complete digital and analog hardware design (thermocouple inputs for temp. and 10kHz heated thermocouple inputs for Pirani high-vacuum sensors) plus firmware driver design (assembly and "C"-language). 2nd project was based on similar digital design and precision 3 wire RTD sensors added to the self calibrating analog front-end. There have been 1000+ boards produced at Micro-Craft.
Sorry about the resume unrelated footnote below (Unimogs, Unimog-parts, etc), but it's part of the Web-design software.


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In January this year Melina contacted me for a logo to her knew business Nordaxon. The instructions were... No demands, but it should breath northern lights, axon (eg. neuron nerve fiber) and AI/ML/tech, environment, nature and simplicity. It would also be nice if it was a sort of circular logo. Preferred colors yellow, orange and black.
Nord as in northern, simple, clean, nature, northern lights and Axon as in neural, machine learning, connections, strong bonds.
So much for no demands. Usually I want to look at the target audience of the business and get a better feel for the owner and business, but in this case I new Melina since before and I kind of had a feeling for the audience she was going for so I had a pretty clear image in my head.
Usually I start to draw on paper in black and white, but this time the description contained color preferences and the aim was to keep the project small and not to explore to much. So, I created my first draft on the computer in color right away.
I admit after looking at it for a while it looks more like Jamaican sun trying to steal the moon with it´s palm tree arm. Melina was positive to the over all idea. Since we work in the world of machine learning I also found a tool that evaluate logos (http://brandmark.io/logo-rank) and checked the logo there and got the score 87 of 100. Not bad for a first draft.
Back to the process. Instead of a palm tree I got the idea to shape the axon as the horns of a reindeer. I also turned down the orange and settled for two shades of yellow and a dark grey. Below you can see some different paths I explored and in the bottom two at the right I added the silhouette of two reindeer horns I found on google. I also explored some different fonts that I thought would go well with the business goals of the company.
My favourite was the yellow one, but it was still not as clean as I would like, I also tried to create the palm tree logo in yellow to see where that would lead.
I liked the layout of the horn and the clean feeling of the palmtree. So, I reshaped the palm to resemble the horn instead. This gave me more freedom to manipulate the shape and it turned out to be quite good. I also created a black and white version just to better see if we were on the right track. A logo should have a black and white version as well so that it works well if you do not have that many color in the print.
Now this logo still have some issues. Since at least some of the customers will be from the financial sector the placement of the circles could give associations to the MasterCard logo and the horn still lacked balance and it felt like the horn was just lying on top of the two circles.
I asked Melina to pick a list of fonts from google fonts that she liked just to get a feel for what she liked and she returned with this list. She had a hard time deciding.
Here are my recommendations for her based on this list: I would pick Montserrat because it is has a circular "o", just like the circles in the logo. But I like Raleway as well. Lato might also work if you like a stronger feel. Roboto is used all over the place and is the font that Google uses for all it´s content. So, even if it is a good font I'd select another one.
Stylish fonts like Joti One and Ranga could be cool to use for a while, but unless you have a really good reason to use them they might just end up taking too much focus from the logo ni the end. You can use them if you want to skip the logo and just go for a word mark. Serifs like Slabo 27px and Merriwearther give a feeling of news and stability and since we want to project energy and movement we might want to avoid letters with feet locked to the ground.
Now we need to figure out the thickness of the font to use. Too bold and we become a big rock and to light we might blow away by the wind. It should also be something that you can read from far away.
Again I need to see how the logo behaves with different shapes and move things around a bit to get away from the MasterCard association. I tried with a triangle instead of one of the circles. Perhaps it could represent a mountain.
The I tried to tighten the logo a bit and move the horn down.
None of these did the trick, but I got the idea to move the circles a lot closer together and use the same color for the axon (horn) as the background circle. Since we would see less of the yellow circle I could also use a brighter yellow without it blinding the eye.


A sample of #O_2# gas is stored at 30.0 °C and 755 torr. If the volume was 125mL, how much did the oxygen weigh?
Now, before plugging in your values, you need to make sure that the units given to you match those used in the expression of the universal gas constant.
More specifically, you need to have a pressure in atm, a temperature in Kelvin, and a volume in liters, so don't forget to keep track of the unit conversions needed to get you to these units.
As you know, a substance's molar mass tells you what the mass of one mole of that substance is. In this case, oxygen has a molar mass of #"31.9988 g/mol"#, which means that one mole of oxygen as will have a mass of #"31.9988 g"#.


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Everything Glows er det syvende studiealbum af den danske rockgruppe D-A-D. Det udkom den 13. april 2000 på Medley Records (EMI). Albummet er det første med Laust Sonne som trommeslager. Forkortelsen D:A:D er også skiftet ud med den nuværende D-A-D. Det er produceret af Nick Foss, og indspillet i Malmö og København. Everything Glows modtog platin for 50.000 solgte eksemplarer. Albummet var det fjerde bedst sælgende i Danmark i 2000. Det er ifølge D-A-D deres bedste album til dato.

Til Danish Music Awards 2001 blev albummet kåret til både Årets danske album og Årets danske rock udgivelse, mens D-A-D blev kåret til Årets danske gruppe og Jesper Binzer til Årets danske sanger.

Spor
Alle sange er skrevet af Jacob Binzer, Stig Pedersen, og Jesper Binzer.

Medvirkende
Nick Foss – producer
Jim Scott – mixer (spor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Lars Overgaard Christensen  – mixer (spor 9), tekniker
Svend Boes Overgaard – tekniker
Anders Nordgren – tekniker
Lars Nissen – tekniker
Fridolin Nordsø – assisterende tekniker
Erik Madvig – redigering og sequencer
Michael Scotella – assisterende mixer (spor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Brian Lee – mastering
Jacob Binzer – sangskriver, guitar, keyboard, kor
Stig Pedersen – sangskriver, bas, kor
Jesper Binzer – sangskriver, vokal, guitar, kor
Laust Sonne – trommer, vibrafon, keyboard, kor
Jalle Lorensson – mundharmonika (spor 10)
Rune Olesen – percussion
Louise Norby – kor (spor 11)
Marie Carmen Koppel – kor (spor 11)

Hitlister og certificeringer

Ugentlige hitlister

Årslister

Certificeringer

Kilder

D-A-D-album
Album fra 2000

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By using your dryer properly, drying clothes outside when you can and taking care you can save up to $130 per year.
Energywise.govt has a good power usage calculator for your appliance running costs here.
Appliances with the most energy stars are the most efficient to run. When purchasing a new appliance make sure to look for the energy rating sticker. It tells you how many kilowatts each appliance will cost per year to run.
Heating water is expensive. People have hotter, longer showers in winter. Reducing shower time can significantly help save on those energy bills. A 15 minute shower costs around $1 (4). For a family of four that's $4 a day or $1460 a year.
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According to energywise.govt.nz (5), a heat pump used 6 hours per day for 6 months of the year with an energy output of 6kWh will cost around $400 per year to run.
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The annual EU budget is €145 bn (2015 figures) – a large sum in absolute terms, but only about 1% of the wealth generated by EU economies every year.
The budget is subject to limits established by the long-term budget.
The European Commission proposes a budget.
The national governments (acting through the EU Council), and the directly elected European Parliament approve the proposal. This becomes next year's budget.
What happens after the budget has been spent?
The Commission tells the European Parliament and the Council how it was spent.
The European Court of Auditors also scrutinises spending.
If the money has been spent in accordance with the rules, the European Parliament gives its approval.
The lion's share of the EU budget supports growth and jobs. Another significant share goes on agriculture and rural development.
12% – making European firms more competitive.
41% – producing safe and secure food supplies, innovative farming and efficient and sustainable use of land and forests.
helping victims of disasters & conflict.
Parts of the developing world where certain EU countries have strong historical ties (especially Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific).
Neighbouring countries – in eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Countries preparing to join the EU (candidates or potential candidates).
Who benefits from the EU budget?
About 94% of the budget funds real activities on the ground in EU countries and beyond. All 508 million Europeans benefit in some way from the budget. It helps millions of students, thousands of researchers, and many cities, regions and NGOs.
How much is spent on running costs?
About 6% of the budget. This includes administrative costs for all the institutions (mainly the European Commission, Parliament and EU Council), including the translators and interpreters needed to make information available in all of the EU's official languages.
As part of a reform package, the largest institution, the Commission, is cutting staff by 1% every year, while also increasing working hours. Ultimately, staff will be cut by 5%.


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HKM » Employment Blog » White Prison Worker Successfully Wins Discrimination Claim
White Prison Worker Successfully Wins Discrimination Claim
March 13, 2018 by Daniel Kalish
In late December of 2017, Richard Dixson successfully sued the Missouri Department of corrections for $1.5 million dollars in lost wages and punitive damages. Dixson alleged that ongoing racial harassment subjected him to a hostile work environment. Dixson was then working for the Kansas City Re-Entry Center, which is a minimum-security prison.
The majority of that settlement, a whopping $1.2 million, was awarded for punitive damages that stemmed from retaliation against Mr. Dixson for filing a complaint with his managers. Dixson claimed that the management retaliated, removing him from his position and replacing him with someone who was less qualified. He further alleges that he was denied the use of flex-time to spend with his family and for medical appointments required after a car accident.
In this instance, Mr. Dixson's attorneys were able to prove only the retaliation, which is significant for a number of reasons.
Dixson's Case Against the Missouri Department of Corrections
What is fascinating about Mr. Dixson's case, other than the fact that he is a white man alleging discrimination on the part of his employers, is that his lawsuit made four claims against the Missouri DoC. These included:
Dixson suffered ongoing racial discrimination in the workplace.
Dixson was subject to a hostile work environment.
Dixson was denied an investigation of his claims.
Dixson was retaliated against for filing a complaint.
In this instance, the jury did not find sufficient evidence to rule in Mr. Dixson's favor on any of the events the precipitated the retaliation. They did, however, believe that Mr. Dixson was retaliated against.
In other words, if Mr. Dixson's immediate superiors had not retaliated against him for filing the complaint against other employees, Mr. Dixson could have very well lost his case entirely.
Why did the Jury Find Evidence of Retaliation?
There were a number of factors that worked in Mr. Dixson's favor when it came to the retaliation charge. Firstly, Mr. Dixson was named employee of the month in January of 2011. The agency director had written him a letter of congratulations for recapturing a convicted sex offender who had violated his parole. In addition, Dixson had gone out of his way to help recent parolees with clothing collected from area businesses. In other words, Mr. Dixson was in good standing with his superiors until he filed a complaint against them.
Workplaces May Not Retaliate for Complaints
Missouri's Department of Corrections has a poor track record when it comes to workplace harassment and hostile work environment suits. This is largely because their management has decided that it is best practice to retaliate against those who file any sort of complaint. This is, of course, illegal, and in the case of Mr. Dixson, proved to be a costly lesson to a department that now faces increasing scrutiny from not only the public, but from legislators, as well.
Have You Been the Victim of Retaliation or Discrimination?
If so, the HKM Employment Law of Kansas City can help you make your case. As always, involving a lawyer in the process early is your best bet to securing a fair settlement. Give us a call at 816.607.4691 and we will discuss your case with you.
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