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Will you/your company celebrate employee birthdays? An unwelcome surprise party forced a Kentucky company to pay $450,000 to ex-employees 
American man Kevin Berlining is not sensitive to such group activities, and even asked his supervisor not to hold birthday parties as usual, because it may evoke the shadow of his childhood and cause him to have panic attacks. However, in August 2019, the company still held a surprise birthday party for him despite his own objections.
Faced with anxiety and stress, Shou Xing himself fled the scene immediately, but was surrounded and suppressed at the meeting the next day, accusing him of “depriving his colleagues of fun”. Kevin Berlining suffered a second panic attack during a tense meeting and was fired just days after returning home.
Kevin Berlining sued the court accordingly, accusing the company of discriminating against him based on his disability and taking unfair retaliation for his demands; the company countered that he was fired due to safety factors “violating the workplace violence policy.” The jury finally ruled that the former owner must pay Kevin Berlining $450,000 (300,000 for mental injury and 150,000 for lost wages).
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In January of this year, the submarine volcano near the South Pacific island country Tonga erupted, and the chain-triggered tsunami and volcanic ash caused serious disasters, and external communications were interrupted for a time. So far, Tonga has received more than 200 containers of aid, including 86,000 bottles of mineral water from Australia.
Considering the hidden concern of volcanic ash contaminating drinking water, this batch of supplies is as good as timely rain for Tonga, but it also brings a big challenge to this small country with an area of 748 square kilometers and a population of more than 100,000 people – how to deal with a large amount of time in a short time. accumulated waste.
In addition to the plastic waste generated by the rescue work, local buildings were destroyed by the tsunami, leaving behind a large amount of garbage. However, Tonga does not have a recycling station, and the only landfill in the country has a limited capacity – it was originally expected to hold the country’s 80-year waste, but since it was put into use in 2006, the amount of landfill has quickly approached half of the space.
Although some environmental activists have launched a recycling campaign, collecting and sorting plastic waste from 1,500 households across the country, and handing it back to Australia for disposal by Australian warships, it cannot be normalized due to funding constraints. “Waste is everyone’s business, and there needs to be a holistic solution to the problem of plastic waste,” stressed Eleni Leveni Tevi, founder of the environmental group No Pelesitiki.
Now it has left the Pacific nation with a significant issue: what to do with the #waste
86,000 bottles of water on the wall: Tonga struggles with post-volcano waste problem Tonga has seen an increase in plastic waste since the tsunami in January, after huge quantities of supplies were brought in for relief efforts theguardian.com
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The Boston Marathon is the oldest marathon in the world. The 126th race started on the 18th. In the women’s race, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and Kenyan player Peres Jepchirchir crossed the finish line first.
However, looking back at the 126-year history of the event, women were absent for more than half of the time – until half a century ago, the marathon was still recognized as a male patent, and the Boston Marathon registration form did not even have a gender column. Relying on one after another female runners defying the obstruction of the competition (or even kicking them out of the track), the gender prejudice that “women can’t compete in long-distance running” is gradually loosened.
In 1972, the Boston Marathon opened for women for the first time. In that year, eight pioneering women competed with men. By 2022, the 50th anniversary of the official participation of women in the Boston Marathon, a total of 12,000 female runners will participate in the event.
Kathrine Switzer, who seized a loophole in the rules and successfully signed up for the Boston Marathon under her initials in 1967, looks back: “Women being ‘allowed to run’ sounds so outrageous—but 50 years ago, they finally allowed us to run. But now, we’re here.”
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Following the ” lickable screen ” that can simulate the taste of various foods, the team of Professor Homei Miyashita of Meiji University in Japan has developed the latest masterpiece – “electronic chopsticks” that can make food taste saltier.
From miso soup to ramen, traditional Japanese diets are often too high in salt – the average Japanese adult consumes about 10 grams of salt a day, double the amount recommended by the World Health Organization. In order to reduce the intake of salt without affecting the flavor of the dishes, the principle of this equipment is to release a weak current through a mini computer connected to the chopsticks to adjust the sodium ions in the food, and then transmit it to the mouth, thereby amplifying the salty taste of the food in the mouth , hoping that the product will be commercialized as early as next year.
Diners in Japan could soon be able to savour the umami of a bowl of ramen or miso soup without having to worry about their salt intake. Saline solution: Japan invents ‘electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty 
Saline solution: Japan invents ‘electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty Device uses a weak current to artificially amplify the taste of salt, as part of efforts to reduce sodium levels in popular dishes theguardian.com
Quote of the Day
“This is the first time you’re seeing an older Asian immigrant woman being the superhero.”
– Michelle Yeoh
In a Podcast interview a few days ago, Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh described her critically acclaimed new film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” – the first time you’ve met an older Asian immigrant mother Become a movie superhero and travel across the multiverse to save the world.
This isn’t the first time in her acting career that Michelle Yeoh has challenged Hollywood stereotypes. Her atypical Bond girl performance in Tomorrow Never Dies is still lauded to this day, and this one is no exception. The role was originally set to be played by Jackie Chan, “I will probably play his wife, and I (response is) impossible, just dream.”
“This is the first time you’re seeing an older Asian immigrant woman being the superhero,” the actor Michelle Yeoh told Kara Swisher about her latest role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Listen to the latest episode of Sway. 
Opinion | How Michelle Yeoh Took Jackie Chan’s Role The star of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ talks about how the film flips the script on tradition. nyti.ms
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