This Balter Basics II Series Hard Marimba Mallet works great as a soft xylophone mallet. As a Marimba mallet it serves well on fast passages that require staccato dynamics or projection. This is a perfect addition to a beginner or a student advancing on their way.


"Change is the only constant." (Charles Darwin). Knowing the health and current state of an organization and its leading people, both individually and collectively, when the general or more unique challenges of the future are concerned, is a major challenge for businesses, especially in times of strategic realignment. This affects not only HR managers, but all of the top managers and the corporate management, executive boards and supervisory councils.
The consultants of aestimamus can assist them in exploring and evaluating past performance, current competence, and promising potential with a view to the relevant requirements that the business will face in the future. Building on this sound basis, the company can take strategically essential personnel decisions and tailor management development programmes to the real needs of their people.


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Q: PhantomJS website requires keypresses for authentication A website I use PhantomJS to log into and scrape a table out of was recently updated and the new version seems to require key presses to actually occur on the username and password fields to login now.
My old code looks like this:
var page = require('webpage').create();
phantom.cookiesEnabled = true;
page.open("https://website.location.com/log", function(status) {
    if (status === "success") {
        page.evaluate(function() {
            document.getElementsByName("username")[0].value = "uname";
            document.getElementsByName("password")[0].value = "pass12";
            document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0].click();
        });
        window.setTimeout(function() {
           page.render("page.png");
           page.open("https://website.location.com/log/#!/activity/search", function(status) {

                window.setTimeout(function() {
                   page.render("profil.png");
                   console.log(page.content);
                   phantom.exit();
                }, 5000);
            });
        }, 5000);
    }
});

The old code worked great with the old log in page and console.log output correctly to the script that was calling this phantomjs code, but now I'm not sure where to go from here. I've tried using the page.sendEvent('keypress',page.event.key.U) in several different ways, but any time I insert that bit it seems to freeze up. When I load the page the cursor is automatically in the correct field, but otherwise I figured using tab should switch to the next field and enter would be able to enter my data.
Example of what I've tried
var page = require('webpage').create();
phantom.cookiesEnabled = true;
page.open("https://website.location.com/log", function(status) {
    if (status === "success") {
        page.evaluate(function() {
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.U);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.N);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.A);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.M);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.E);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.Tab);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.P);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.A);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.S);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.S);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.1);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.2);
            document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0].click();
        });
        window.setTimeout(function() {
           page.render("page.png");
           page.open("https://website.location.com/log/#!/activity/search", function(status) {

                window.setTimeout(function() {
                   page.render("search.png");
                   console.log(page.content);
                   phantom.exit();
                }, 5000);
            });
        }, 5000);
    }
});

I've also tried some variations like this that don't seem any better:
            page.sendEvent('keypress', "uname");
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.Tab);
            page.sendEvent('keypress', "pass12");
            page.sendEvent('keypress', page.event.key.Enter);

A: I ended up solving this problem. Key events seemed to be working, but I was typing into the fields before they were loaded. I found this out by doing a series of console writes and page renders to see what the page looked like at certain stages. Tab did work to switch fields and enter worked to submit the fields. I think requiring the keypresses rather than just assigning strings to the values is a symptom of the website now using Angular, but I have no proof to back that up.
var page = require('webpage').create();
phantom.cookiesEnabled = true;
page.open("https://webpage.location.com/log", function(status) {
    if (status === "success") {
        page.render("pretyped.png");
        window.setTimeout(function() {
           page.sendEvent("keypress", "uname");
           page.sendEvent("keypress", page.event.key.Tab);
           page.sendEvent("keypress", "*****");
           page.sendEvent("keypress", page.event.key.Enter);

           page.render("page.png");
           window.setTimeout(function(){
               page.open("https://webpage.location.com/log/api/v1/overview/?endDate=2020-02-05T21:57:13Z&startDate=2020-01-04T21:57:13Z", function(status) {
                    window.setTimeout(function() {
                       page.render("profil.png");
                       console.log(page.content);
                       phantom.exit();
                    }, 5000);
                });
           }, 5000);
        }, 5000);
    }
});

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From Our Correspondent
Vol. 20, Issue No. 29, 20 Jul, 1985
Updated on 20 July 1985
Arun Goyal
ELECTRONICS-No Stomach for Competition
munal amity between the tribals and the Bengalis without which its developmental work will be jeopardised. As the recent killings in Bagafa and Kaityabari show, the reactionary forces which have failed to secure a majority in the election will try their level best both inside and outside the ADC, through foul means and fair, to prevent the LDF majority in the newly-elected ADC from operating in a normal atmosphere to redeem its election pledges. In the final analysis, the record of performance of the newly-elected ADC will determine, to a large extent, how successful Tripura is going to be IN spite of all talk of exposing the local computer industry to import competition, government policy on computers continues to be swayed by the short-term interests of assemblers. In November last year, the industry's cost structure was lowered significantly when customs duty on peripheral components was reduced to just six per cent (complete peripherals attract duty at 60 per cent in most cases). Since the major cost element in the manufacture of computers is peripherals, it was expected that costs would come down and the benefit would be passed on to consumers, lb ensure this, it was declared that computer imports would be put on OGL so that the industry faced import competition.
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Dust: An Elysian Tale Review
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Dust: An Elysian Tale is the last game in 2012's Summer of Arcade, and it finishes the series with a bang. Every year there is a game that stands out from the rest and Dust is that game this year. Despite being a game designed by a solo person, it's wonderful art design and crisp controls manage to raise it above the few minor complaints I had with the game
Combat in Dust starts from minute one and doesn't slow down for the rest of the game; a strength that really makes the game stand out. While only having a few basic abilities at first, like the ability to dash behind them and strike them from behind or pop them in the air, the game strategically gives you more techniques to string together massive combos without overwhelming you. One of the greatest feelings in the game is how easy it is to get a combo in the 500's or above due to how crisp the combat feels. Whether it be dashing, jumping, or smashing an enemy, there is never any doubt what you are doing at any given time. While the combat is great, one of the most disappointing aspects in the game is the sub-par boss battles. While all the boss battles fit into the story surprisingly well, none of them are really fun to fight. All use just two or three basic attacks that are easily figured out. The bosses aren't very intimidating due to them all being the same size as you. Dust is also plagued with having a final boss fight that is too long and easily cheesed using the spinning magic attack.
One of the first things you notice even before you start the game is how beautiful it looks. From the environments to Dust's ability to provide a strong sense of atmosphere, the game is visually stunning. As you travel through dimly lit caverns, snow covered mountain ranges, and long-destroyed forests, every area has a very unique tone, fitting directly into the story. Another major strength is how well-designed the characters are. Each one of them stands out with very unique look and dialogue that fits the characters, which really adds to the enjoyment of the story.
Beyond the main story mode, Dust succeeds at making you return to its world long after you "beat" the story. With RPG elements like crafting, quests, and stat point allocation, there are many things to keep you going. In each major area there are plenty of side quests to do that give lots of XP and are lots of fun. Once you've leveled up, there are four options for you to put your points into: Health, Attack, Defense, and Magic. Whether it's finding the ingredients you need in order to craft or finding the recipes, the crafting system is another great aspect of the game and is very rewarding. The one thing I spent the most time in after finishing the game was finding all the hidden indie buddies they placed throughout the environment. These buddies increase your health each time you found them and each has a special environment built for them on the map.
Players who play straight through the game completing minimal side quests can beat the game in about 12 hours, but Dust's real depth comes from experiencing everything it has to offer. That can push your time to over 20 hours. Be it exploring the "Metroidvania"-like map or just enjoying the crisp combat system, there is much to enjoy in Dust. This 2D masterpiece made by one single man is a wonderful piece of work and should be played by any fan of videogames.
Dust gets a 5/5.
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text: Q: Stuck in Sysprep Loop I was signed in to my organizational account on my computer for work as administrator.  I was exploring creating images and entered Sysprep.  Upon starting Sysprep (OOBE), I was guided through the Windows installation process; however, upon entering my organization account information, it continued to give me an error.  I tried rebooting my computer but was stuck in a loop.  I ended up creating a local user account on the computer and have signed in to this but can't seem to get out of this 'sysprep' mode and back to my organizational account.


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The Future of the Workplace is Actually You
World renowned author Douglas Coupland shares with us his exclusive insight into the workplace of the future.
World renowned author Douglas Coupland has shared with us his exclusive insight into the workplace of the future.
Douglas Coupland recently joined is in Berlin where we announced our new Workplace Hub. A device that is designed to empower users to manage their business infrastructure, administration requirements and provide virtual collaboration spaces for teams, all housed within one box. We've shared our insight into how this can impact the workplace of the future to enable better decision making and increased efficiencies and we wanted to share some thoughts from Douglas Coupland around the workplace of the future and what it may look like:
The first time it really sank in how much the workplace universe had changed was in London a few years back at the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch. It was a Wednesday afternoon and the hotel lobby was full of twentysomethings — one on every single seat on all of the sectional couches, and all along a long bench running down the length of the (very) large room. But here's the kicker: everyone was silent. Everyone was on a laptop mostly with headphones and buds, with only a few ears unclad. To be honest, it was initially spooky, but then I thought that's being ungenerous — what is the upside of all of these blogging, video-editing web surfing young people being in a room together? I did find the upside: all of these people could have been upstairs in their rooms working but instead they chose to work together, albeit in monk-like silence punctuated only the sound of tapping fingers on keyboards and the clinking of coffee cups. One could have spoken in the lobby, but to do so would be, in the most high-school sense of the word, uncool. Something was going on here.
I've been self-employed since 1988 — or, in another sense, unemployed since 1988. My last gig was working as a junior staffer at a long defunct business magazine, and one of the last things I wrote was a semi-puff piece on telecommuting — that's right: "In The Future You'll Be Working From Home!" The internet didn't yet really exist, so the conceit was that you could put work onto disks and take it home with you. It felt weird writing the piece as working from home seemed impossibly having-your-cake-and-eating-it-too. And then came the Cloud.
I like working on large art or theatrical projects and like to have three on the go at any given time. I do it to keep things interesting and to meet new people and learn new skills. In recent years, much of this work has involved working with people with specialized electronic skills. There will be times when a project is near completion that I'll have up to a dozen people on site doing whatever they do on their laptops, and everyone finds a seat or a table and does the work on my project — but they work their own projects as well. It's my favourite kind of energy: people getting things done without a fuss in a reasonably nice and hopefully flexible space. All you need is coffee, snacks …and the awareness that this is the future and regardless of one's business, the laptop + caffeine model is here for at least two decades, and that's a good thing. I would also add to this model lax dress codes bordering on pajamas ("Wear what you'd wear to your 11th grade social studies class" — a real quote from a friend at FaceBook), but most of all: Insanely Good Wifi.
While self-employed, I've done stints in a few offices over the years, most memorably at Wired magazine in the early 1990s, and in recent years at Google and Facebook. As pioneers of workplace reinvention, the one thing they've all had in common was a powerful infra-office systems that track who's where, what needs doing and which also obviates a need for the worst thing of all in any office: meetings. People don't like speaking on the phone any more — a reordering of our sense preferences predicted by Marshall McLuhan — and they like meetings even less.
In fact, last month I was in Berlin for the launch of a new system Konica-Minolta is releasing in the fall that controls all the IT within a company — most importantly it anticipates what appears to be an unstoppable onslaught of IoT and AI tools careening towards Earth like 1990s movie asteroids. Konica Minolta says it will help take the work out of work, but we can only also hope it takes the meetings out of meetings.
I do think that whatever system ends up winning in the office of tomorrow, it will be the one that eliminates meetings.


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Balsamic on Heritage Radio
While balsamic vinegar maker, Mariangela Montanari, was in town, she sat down with Michael Harlan Turkell at Heritage Radio. Here is the full recording of Episode 343 of The Food Seen + the transcript below.
Michael Harlan Turkell: Today is a special treat for me, because I have in studio a woman that I got to visit during my book Acid Trip. In Modena, in Italy. One of two towns in the world that can actually make balsamic vinegar. We are going to define what balsamic vinegar is and the difference between DOP, the tradizionale, and the IGP, the not tradizionale. But first let's start with Mariangela, born in Modena under the sign of vinegar. What is the sign of vinegar? Was it zodiac? Was it the stars?
Mariangela Montanari: It's blood, running through the people born in Modena. You know that when when a baby girl is born in Modena they start a series for the production of traditional balsamic vinegar and the series, the batteria as we call it, is given as a dowry to the girls when they get married.
MHT: So it's matriarchal? Is it mothers making it for their daughters?
MM: No, it's not only women, but the tradition was for the women to have a dowry from the original family.
MHT: First of all balsamic vinegar is the most ubiquitous, most well known vinegar around the world. But it wasn't up to the 1970s, this was something that was familiar. Made for the family within the family. When did that change and why?
MM: The traditional one started its run towards the market at the beginning of the 80s, when a group of families joined together and they made at first the consortium to obtain a law recognition for the product, thus in 1983 the traditional balsamic vinegar was given its first law of production.
MHT: I can't believe that 1983 it's the first presence of that. Because it does feel so engrained and not just in Italian culture, but in American cuisine and cuisines around the world.
MM: The traditional perhaps the most ancient product of Modena it's really deep rooted in the culture of the city, but it has always been like you were saying before something related to families, passed on from a generation to the other. But the traditional one is something really belonging to the family matter.
MHT: I want to talk about time. It takes a while to make balsamic vinegar. And it is an extraneous vinegar out of any other that I experienced around the world. Grape must is boiled down to a certain percentage and its' fermented in a series of wooden barrels. It's wild to be in Modena in the land of slow food and fast cars and see something so authentic still be authentic.
MM: Yes, one of the most peculiarity is that our vinegar is made from cooked grape juice, so it's a vinegar which is born completely sweet. When you come in the autumn and take part of the harvest, and the pressing and the cooking of the must, you really smell this sweet perfume in our courtyard and it's unbelievable that this sweet liquid will turn in something that is sweet, sour, in perfect balance and it's a very long process. The minimum aging is 12 years old, and then you have the Extra Vecchio which is a minimum of 25 years of aging through this series of decreasing volume barrels made of different kind of wood that give nuances and flavor to the product.
MHT: Do you laugh at wine makers… ah you are going to have a product next year, I have to wait 12 years to make a product. Because you are also kind of one of few, actually the only one that I have met, that grows their own grapes.
MM: Yes we have a vineyard, 8 hectares and a half of vineyard in the hills around Vignola where I live and we cultivate all the grapes we use to make our products. The family production is all based on cooked grape must. You know, when we decided the name for the Acetaia, which is the house of the grandfather, La Ca dal Non, because it was this tradition of cultivating grape, making the must, it started with my great grandfather. It's something which is dated back a long time ago.
MHT: I've been lucky enough to visit your estate. There is so much history, not just steeped in that building and beautiful courtyard, but there are barrels, there are batterias that are owned by family members or were begun by family members of yours. There is one in specific of your grandmother.
MM: Yes, you mean Demetria. Demetria was my grandmother and we have a special vinegar dedicated to her which is aged, the final finishing barrel of the series is a wild juniper barrel. So the product is very resinous in your mouth, for long it stays in your nose and it gives you this long and lasting flavor which is amazing.
MHT: You know, I wish people could have seen you close your eyes and recount that, because it's so excellent to see you recall the memory of not only something like a vinegar, but you recalling your grandmother. There is much character in every bottle of balsamic that you make that that is what makes it familiar to me, that is what makes it more part of the family than this IGP. And we will talk about what IGP is in a second, but DOP, Tradizionale, how do you know you are getting that, what on the bottle states that is truly balsamic vinegar of Modena.
MM: The special shape of the bottle. The traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena is bottled in a bottle which is unique for law for all the producers, square based and round as a shape and it's 100ml. It states Traditional Balsamic Vinegar on it and each bottled is sealed and numbered and before being bottled each batch of product is tested and approved to be called Traditional Balsamic vinegar. Otherwise it can't be bottled in its special bottle. The bottle was designed by Giugiaro, because we are a land where cars are always mixed with food.
MHT: I wanted to find the difference between DOP tradizionale, the real, and I'm NOT air quoting, the real, real vinegar vs what we see on supermarket shelves here today.
MM: The Aceto balsamico di Modena, so the balsamic vinegar of Modena is an IGP, a geographical indication, it is composed of wine vinegar to give it the sour part, added with cooked grape must and possibly a 2% of caramel to stabilize the color. It's a product which is born in Modena again and it is produced in very high quantity. It's a completely different product, meaning that traditional balsamic vinegar you really use as a finishing, as a perfume, it is sort of a jewel in that sense, produced in a very very limited quantity. Last year among Modena and Reggio Emilia production of 10,000 liters, so basically nothing. It's very special for the culture of the city.
MHT: Yeah, I mean it is a billion dollar industry, balsamic. And .000001% is this DOP, and as you stated it is a jewel. It is something to have and to cherish. And I always thought it was a bit of a joke, a little bit BS, you know that you put a little balsamic on top of parmigiano and that's the only way you eat it. No, you should be able to cook with it, but this is a product that has aged a minimum of 12 years, so it is perfect as it is. So why ruin it? Why apply heat? Why do anything that alters what you have done for so long nurturing it to that point. And Parmigiano is from there as well and I think the Modenese way is about cultivating all the culture there, pairing things together.
MM: Yeah, when of the best way to use the product is straight on the spoon. Meaning that you use it as an aperitif to open your mouth before eating. Or as a digestive. And the striking thing about Traditional balsamic vinegar is that you use in drops. So, it's a product that lasts for many, many, many times and you can really use some drops to change the perfume of your dishes, to make a very normal dish something really special. Do you remember when you came we made onion omelette? Which is something that is the most easy thing in the world and some drops of vinegar, some drops of 12 years just change the world of what you were eating in fact.
MHT: It really does. It makes, not ordinary, but it makes simple things extraordinary. We might as well have an aperitif while we have it in front of us, I mean let's have a spoonful. Is there a specific way that I should be pouring and enjoying? Or will I just get it once I have it?
MM: You put it on your spoon and then you just put it on the tip of your tongue and let it flow all to your tongue so that you get the sweetness, and then little by little the acidity. And the striking thing about the Extra Aged is that it has a very very complete and complex body in your mouth and it is perfectly round in its flavor, so you feel the sweetness, you feel the acidity and they are all together. And they are really really long lasting in your mouth.
MHT: All of that is true. (chuckles) It's like that Heinz commercial, you know, slowly like the ketchup coming out of the bottle, you have to wait for it, I mean you don't have to wait that long for something that is made 12+ years. And yes we did talk about traditional parings like parmigiano, but you were also one of the most inventive cooks I have ever seen. And whether it's your travelling or your husband's travelling, I think you are influenced by the world as a whole and not just limited to what balsamic means to Modena. So what else have you cooked with balsamic? And what goes well with that flavor?
MM: Let's start with the easy things. About parmigiano we have already spoken, about the onion omelet we spoke already, you can pair it in a very simple way, it is quite traditional in fact with very simple flavors like: parmigiano risotto, or you can make some raw vegetables with traditional balsamic vinegar, red radicchio with traditional balsamic vinegar. Then we come to something which is not so traditional, so fish. Octopus salad with traditional balsamic vinegar, king prawns, if you have very very big king prawns, you can just grill them and then you serve it with some salt, drizzle it traditional balsamic vinegar and pair with salad with orange and fennel, It's fantastic.
MHT: Can I have another dose, another sip of this extra Vecchio? It's transportive.
MM: It gives addiction, yes I know.
MHT: I went to a restaurant in Italy and it did, it said: "Not just as aperitif", at the end of the meal I think there were three things: a cookie, a gelato, and the third was a spoonful of vinegar because it is something that helps with digestion.
MM: It is. Yes, for sure, for sure, for sure. It really cleans your mouth and leaves a very long and flavorful sensation.
MHT: What are you doing in the US? What are you trying to do to change the concept of what balsamic means to cooks around the world?
MM: First of all, I'm trying to make people understand why traditional balsamic vinegar is different. How can you use it, how can you pair it with very easy foods to give a new concept of, to give new preciousness to what it is. One of the most important things, especially here, I think is to make people understand that natural products, natural flavors, are better than anything else.
MHT: Agreed. I stand by that completely. And you do, you feel that when you taste that, you know that it's something that has been made slowly and perfected over time, unlike those balsamic glazes that you see in other supermarkets and stores. I want to go back to the core of what balsamic is. It's this familiar thing, it's this gift, it was this dowery that was given away. So it is always thought as this special thing, and so special that you only want to use it here and there. But it can be an everyday thing, right?
MM: Yes. For example in our production we have also something easier to use if you want to use, which is a product we make, it's a family recipe, and we call it Balsamo Saba because we are using Saba which is the basis of this tradition in the preparation. This is a product which you can use every day just to make simply your salad or to cook. This is in a way, an easier product to make. Do you remember what is Saba?
MHT: Yes, it's the unfermented juice.
MM: Yes, it's the sweet thing.
MHT: But it's something which goes direct to market, unlike balsamic which again gets aged underneath your roof for that many years. You know, I prefer DOP, and it's not be a balsamic snob or anything like that, but I was crunching numbers about what DOP Balsamic really is. You have a 100ml bottle, and as you said before, you have a drop. And a drop costs very little relative to what you think of as other ingredients in dishes from truffles, to caviar, to some of the other luxuries in life. Even simple things like good butter, a knob of good butter costs almost as much if not more than a drop of balsamic vinegar. I feel that Balsamic has a bigger effect. I want to break people's ideas of a tradizionale being an expensive bottle of vinegar.
MM: No, It's not expensive, because it's just a drop. It's like using an Eau de Parfume, instead of an Eau de Toilette. It's just a drop that changes your dish.
MHT: And it also comes in a similar looking bottle I guess. But please, if anyone wants to experience Traditional DOP Balsamic stop by Mariangela's place in Modena. If you cant' it's distributed here in the US through Gustiamo.com. Share it amongst your friends. This is isn't something that you keep in your pantry for 5, 10 years and wait for special occasions. This is something that makes every ordinary occasion special.
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About the IWDC
Why a Co-op?
Vendor Partnerships
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IWDC Events
IWDC History
IWDC Testimonials
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Facts about Cooperatives
Five Types of Cooperatives
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IWDC Member Directory
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Weldmark Updates
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The History of the IWDC
In 1948, a group under the leadership of Otto Koll and Andy Andrews sent letters to approximately 40 distributors in the western U.S. who were known not to have ties to major air separation companies.
Under the leadership of Tom Kean and Otto Koll, a Nevada corporation comprised of fifteen companies was formed. These companies were the basis of the Independent Welding Distributors Association (I.W.D.A.) in 1948.
Each I.W.D.A. Member was assigned a territory, and no new Member could overlap without the existing Member's permission. These rights to sales territories were carefully guarded.
Over the years, most of the Members prospered in varying degrees. No Member company ever filed for bankruptcy, and there always seemed to be a market for the sale of welding supply houses.
By the early 1980's, there were 54 I.W.D.A. Members, which made it the largest unified welding distributor organization in the western U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
During an annual meeting in the early 1970's, the idea was presented to open a warehouse for Members. A Modesto, California, Member offered part of his company's warehouse space, and arrangements were made for staffing, record keeping, purchasing, billing, and shipping.
Some years later, with the warehouse proving its value, a purchasing committee was appointed to contact manufacturers and negotiate better prices for I.W.D.A. Members. In 1982, the Purchasing Committee organized a special Purchasing Agents Meeting in San Francisco to review and compare products, pricing, and service. These Purchasing Meetings became so important that they were scheduled annually for November, taking the place of the February membership meeting.
In early 1990, a new, larger warehouse building was rented in Modesto, and all inventory was moved, administrative equipment purchased, and employees hired.
At the 1992 annual meeting, the main topic focused on defining what I.W.D.A. needed to do to be most effective for its Members. A steering committee reported on the concept of forming a "Cooperative," and a unanimous Member vote authorized the committee to proceed with its recommendations.
The Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative, Inc., was incorporated, and, on March 7, 1994, the membership voted to become a cooperative corporation retroactive to January 1, 1994. The purpose of the cooperative was stated as the furtherance of its membership through the manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution of welding and related industrial equipment and supplies.
Negotiations began early in 1994 to create a marriage between the newly formed Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC) and the Key Distribution Group (KDG). The association effectively took place January 1, 1995, and added fifty Members in the northeastern and Midwestern United States. Soon after, the Independent Distributor Group joined the IWDC, and as of January 1, 2000, the Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative included 142 members with 510 locations in the 46 states, Canada, and Mexico.
Recognizing the growth of Members geographically throughout the United States and the need for a more centralized location, the IWDC moved its headquarters and warehouse to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1995. Today's facility includes approximately 10,000 square feet of office space and 20,000 square feet of warehouse space in Indianapolis and a second warehouse operation in Reno, Nevada.
With the substantial membership growth throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the IWDC was realigned into five geographical areas:
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Upon successful completion of the module of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing the student will acquire the advanced knowledge in pharmaceutics and the basics concepts to understand the world of Pharmaceutical companies.
3) Be able to understand and autonomously evaluate the risks and regulatory requirments in terms of quality, efficacy and safety of the most common pharmaceutical manufactuting procesess (Applying knowledge and understanding).
The subject is organized in two separate Modules: the course of Pharmacy Legislation and the course of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.
The module of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing is offering to the students the knowledge related to the norms regulating the manufacturing of medicinal products and directed to make available to the public medicines with the highest standard of quality, safety and efficacy. In order to achieve this goal the course will provide the basic concepts on the current regulations and modern manufacturing approaches for the production of medicinal products starting from intellectual property protection, addressing good manufacturing practice and quality by design and providing practical examples related to the manufacture of a number of dosage forms.
Lecture slides are made available to students on Elly portal (http://elly.saf.unipr.it/), every week.
Both modules are taught through a series of lectures, integrated with scientific papers, documents and online materials useful for the understanding and enrichment of the subject discussed in class.


The hunt for a boomerang-wielding assassin leads Arrow's team to A.R.G.U.S., and the Flash and his team show up in Starling to offer their help. Oliver and Barry clash over their methods, and in the past Waller orders Oliver to extract information from a prisoner.
Oliver (Stephen Amell), Arsenal (Colton Haynes) and Diggle (David Ramsey) track down the location of a boomerang-wielding killer named Digger Harkness (guest star) but are surprised when they come face to face with an A.R.G.U.S. team. Diggle asks Lyla (guest star) why A.R.G.U.S. is involved but she defers until Harkness attacks the building, killing several agents and targeting Lyla. The Arrow joins the fight and gets help from an old friend - The Flash (guest star Grant Gustin). Harkness manages to get away and Oliver teams up with Barry again to find him before he can get to Lyla. When Harkness plants five bombs in the city that are timed to explode at the same time, both teams must come together to save the city.


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City Council Portal
Licence for the legalization of works
Who can make this request? Anyone
Documentation to be submitted
Application form;
Four (4) copies of the basic technical project (these do not have to be authorized);
Statistical Survey on Building and Housing provided by the Ministry of Development;
A photograph of both the left- and right-hand sides of the façade of the site showing the neighbouring buildings;
Budget breakdown;
Informative report;
Plan to a scale of 1:500 showing elevations of the constructions facing the site and any services on the street;
Application for a licence for the use of public spaces (where appropriate);
Original and photocopy of the documentation authorizing legal representation (where appropriate).
Where can I request this? Any Integrated Customer Services Unit (OAC) (Registry)
Procedure duration This procedure has a duration of 3 months
Price and payment method
Urban development licence fees and Tax on Construction, Installations and Works (Impuesto de Construcciones, Instalaciones y Obras, ICO).
Municipal Tax Ordinance for the current year (concepts 312-00 and 282-00).
Law 7/1985 (2 April) Regulating the Bases of Local Government.
Law 6/1997 (8 July) on Rural Land Use in the Balearic Islands.
Regulation on Services Provided by Local Corporations, approved by Decree on 17 June 1955.
Guiding Principles for the Mallorca Insular Territorial Plan (Plan Territorial Insular de Mallorca, PTM)
General Urban Organization Plan of Palma.
Current sector master plans.
Royal Decree 1627/1997 (24 October), which establishes the minimum health and safety requirements applicable to construction works. Published in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (Boletín Oficial de las Islas Baleares, BOIB) no. 256, 25 October.
Decree 145/1997 (21 November), which regulates the conditions of hygiene and facilities necessary for the design and habitability of residences, as well as the issuing of certificates of habitability. Published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands (Boletín Oficial de la Communidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares, BOCAIB), 6 December.
Royal Decree-Law 1/1998 (27 February) on Common Infrastructures in Buildings for Access to Telecommunication Services.
Decree 20/2003 (28 February) approving the Regulation of the Elimination of Architectural Barriers.
Royal Decree 2159/1978 (23 June) approving the Regulation of Planning for the Development and Application of the Law on Land Use and Urban Planning.
Royal Decree 3288/1978 (25 August) approving the Regulation of Urban Planning Management for the Development and Application of the Law on Land Use and Urban Planning.
Other applicable regulations according to the case in question.
Who processes the request? Construction and Building Quality Department
Avda. Gabriel Alomar, 18 (3rd floor)
Tel: 971 22 59 00 (switchboard)
Ways to start procedure Upon request of the party
Requirements The applicant must be an official representative of the company or association.
Decision-making organization Construction and Building Quality Department
Administrative silence Does not apply
End of administrative recourse The resolution does not end to the proceedings
Resources Appeal
More information What can happen if works are carried out illegally (without a licence)? Unlicensed works will be subject to penalties according to the seriousness of the breach of regulations: the works may be demolished and the site restored to its former state; fines may also be applied (these are calculated as a percentage of the budget calculated by municipal experts when inspecting the works carried out illegally).
Sol·licitud de llicència d'obra (591 KB)
Additional documents - Major works on rural land (147 KB )
Survey for the generation of construction and housing statistics by the Ministry of Public Works (56 K)
Integrated Units of Attention to the Public (OAC)
Telephone: 010 / 971225900 / 630308226
Email: ajuntament@palma.cat


On 23 November 2018, the EDPB published draft guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR. The draft guidelines, which were open for public consultation and feedback until 18 January 2019, can be found here.
In adopting guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, the EDPB's stated intention is to seek to ensure a consistent application of the GDPR by providing clarity regarding the assessment of whether particular processing by a controller or processor falls within the scope of the GDPR.
In the draft guidelines, the EDPB sets out its recommended framework for the analysis under Article 3 of the GDPR. Article 3 defines the territorial scope of the GDPR on the basis of two main criteria: 1) the 'establishment' criterion pursuant to Article 3(1); and 2) the 'targeting' criterion pursuant to Article 3(2). We have summarised below the EDPB's suggested framework for the analysis under these criteria. The EDPB has commented in its draft guidelines that each scenario will need to be assessed on the basis of the framework, on its own merits, taking account the specific facts of the case and the relevant case law.
Article 3(1) provides that the GDPR applies to "the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not".
(a)Consideration 1: "An establishment in the Union": The first step in the analysis is to consider whether a controller or processer has an establishment in the EU. The GDPR does not provide a definition of 'establishment' for the purpose of Article 3, however the recitals clarify that establishment "implies the effective and real exercise of activities through stable arrangements." The concept of establishment has been interpreted widely in the case law the absence of a branch or subsidiary within the EU will not preclude an organisation from having an establishment in the EU.
(b)Consideration 2: Processing of personal data carried out "in the context of the activities" of an establishment: The second step is to then consider whether the processing is carried out in the context of the activities of the establishment. Note that it is not necessary for the processing to be carried out by the relevant EU establishment itself.
(c)Consideration 3: application of the GDPR to the establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not: The EDPB clarifies that the place of processing is not relevant for the analysis under Article 3(1). The EDPB considers that any personal data processing in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or processor in the EU would fall within the scope of the GDPR, regardless of the location or nationality of the data subject whose personal data are being processed.
(a)Consideration 1: Data subjects in the Union: The EDPB clarifies in its guidance that the application of the targeting criteria is not limited by the citizenship, residence or other type of legal status of the data subject whose personal data are being processed.
The EDPB emphasises that the fact of processing personal data of an individual in the Union alone is not sufficient to trigger the application of the GDPR to processing activities of a controller or processor not established in the Union. The element of 'targeting' individuals in the EU either by offering goods or services to them (see consideration 2a below) or by monitoring their behaviour (see consideration 2b below) must also be present.
(b)Consideration 2a: offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to data subjects in the Union: A key element of the assessment under this limb is whether the offer of goods or services is directed at a data subject located in the EU. Relevant factors may include the use of a language or a currency used in one or more Member States, the possibility of ordering in such language, the provision of delivery of goods in EU Member States, and the use of a top-level domain name such as ".eu". This is not an exhaustive list of factors that may be relevant. The EDPB comments that the concept of 'offering of goods and services' has been considered in a number of cases, and such case law must be taken into account in making the assessment.
(c)Consideration 2b: monitoring of data subjects' behaviour: Under this limb, the behaviour monitored must relate to a data subject in the EU, and the monitored behaviour itself must also take place within the EU. The EDPB considers that a broad range of monitoring activities could be relevant, including but not limited to behavioural advertisement, geo-localisation activities for marketing purposes, online tracking, personalised diet and health analytics services online, CCTV, market surveys and other behavioural studies based on individual profiles and monitoring or regular reporting on an individual's health status.
Whilst the EDPB's draft guidelines provide a helpful framework for analysis, any assessment will still need to be carried out on a case-by-case basis with reference to the relevant case law. We also note that at this stage these are draft guidelines only and organisations will need to wait for the final version to be adopted.


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How to Make Human Rights Into Hybrid War Weapon
In October of 2018 the think tank "The Institute of Modern Russia" published its study "Hybrid Analytica: Pro-Kremlin Expert Propaganda in Moscow, Europe and the U.S.". Aside from the valuable information on the influence of Russian propagandist machine on Western intellectuals, it has another important detail. The author of the study Kateryna Smagliy introduces a term of "hybrid analytica" — a tool of information war which Russia started to use well before the war on Donbass.
"Hybrid analytica" is: creation, development and spreading of different pseudo-academic narratives which blur the credibility of facts and destroy the value of public discussions. All in favor of Russia. One of the most beloved topics for Russian propaganda in the creation of "hybrid analityca" is a question of "human rights violations in Ukraine".
Russian public activists on West
Much the same as the Agency of Internet Research (a "troll factory") or PMC Wagner, Kremlin uses its proxy organizations to promote their narrative in Western academic and expert communities. These organizations may not be formally affiliated with Russian government, but often are funded through the "Russian world" fund, "Rossotrudnichestvo". Gorchakov Fund, which gets their financing from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation among others.
"Hybrid analytica of public activists" is not as successful as the promotion of Kremlin's narrative of Ukraine as an arena of US and Russian Federation mutual confrontation, but thanks to the media it still has an important place. The most successful in this sphere organization is an "Institute for Democracy and Cooperation", founded back in 2008, with offices in Paris and New York, the main field of activity for which became "a monitoring for human rights violations in Western countries". Its creation in 2007 was proclaimed by Vladimir Putin himself, who called it to be "a Russian tool of influence in West".
American office was headed by Andranik Migranyan, a professor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations, who re currently blames US in warmongering in Ukraine on a federal TV channels. Migranyan was a member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, which, as you will see for yourself soon, is an integrating factor for most of Kremlin's "public activists". Paris office is headed by Natalya Narochnitskaya, a member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and an official agent of Vladimir Putin on the 2012 presidential elections — who also happens to be the head of another well-known producer of "hybrid analytica", "Foundation for Historical Outlook". Until 2018 the Paris office was led by John Laughland — a British euro-skeptic, who described the Orange revolution back in 2014 as "protests of Lviv skinheads and drug addicts", and stated that Viktor Yushchenko is friendly to neo-Nazis.
According to some documents which were published by WikiLeaks, US considered an Institute to be an attempt in destroying Western monopoly in questions of human rights, and to try and improve the image of Russia in the eyes of Americans. But in February 2014 it already staged events where the messages of "radical ultra-nationalist mayhem in Ukraine" were spread already, as well as the messages about potential civil war in Ukraine. In the same 2014 it was spreading the reports of human rights violations in Ukraine, written by public organizations located in Russian Federations. Perhaps, it was not very successful after all — the New York office was closed in 2015 citing (wait for it!) "the human rights situation in US improving". Paris office doesn't demonstrate any activity since 2017.
Russian Public Activists, and Where to Find Them
The situation with Russian and "Ukrainian Emigrant" public activists located in Russia is quite different one. They are very productive in the creation of hybrid analytica of human rights violation on Donbass and of political repressions from the Ukrainian regime.
One of the prominent ones would be a "Moscow Bureau of Human Rights". It was created in 2002 and since headed by Aleksandr Brod. This person is nothing but a charade on public activist, and also is a member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation 2008 to 2012. In 2014 he approved on Russia's actions in Crimea and on Donbass. And he did it in a very standard Kremlin words.
"Ukraine had a military coup staged by the opposition forces, radicals, neo-Nazis and criminals. All the actions of so-called new government are illegitimate. Because of radicals, the blood of peaceful civilians is shed. The country is in chaos, there is a danger of genocide of Russians, our compatriots", Aleksandr Brod claimed.
The activities of "Moscow Bureau of Human Rights" became openly anti-Ukrainian in the spring of 2014, when —after a moderate study of cases of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in Ukraine (dated November 2013 to March 2014) by Vyacheslav Likachev, a colleague of Aleksandr Brod, and later an author of studies of Freedom House of radicals in Ukraine — it started to mass produce a hybrid analytica about "human rights violations by Ukrainian regime".
For example, in April 2014 the same Freedom House expert Vyacheslav Likachev prepared a report for "Moscow Bureau of Human Rights" about "the growing xenophobia and anti-Semitism on the territory of Ukraine", which was presented by Aleksandr Brod during the Moscow—Tel Aviv video link. By the way, on November 20th, 2018, World Jewish Congress excluded Ukraine from its list of countries which have a risk of growing of anti-Semitic violence. And the law enforcers of Ukraine stated not once that the occasional desecration of synagogues and similar acts of provocation may be connected to the actions of Russian covert ops forces in Ukraine.
In August 2014 "Bureau" published a report with a self-speaking title "Ukraine: No Right to Survive (Mass violations of human rights and a massacre of civilians"). It constantly uses words "civil war", and the international community is accused for "one-sided criticizing of Russia". In future reports and articles like this were published on a regular basis, and the web site has a section with a similar hybrid analytica from other organizations, including all three "White Books on Human Rights Violations in Ukraine" from Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Among the other hybrid studies are several from the "Information Group on Crimes against the Person" (IGCP). The founder and director of this group is Alexander Dyukov, a historian and an author of books about "bloodthirsty Bandera fighters", which collaborated with Nazi during the WWII in the solution of "Jewish question". A blogger Anton Khodza mentioned the hack job nature of this organization — starting with half-meaningless title (which particular "person" do they try to protect from crimes against it?) which is probably result of Google translation from Russian, and up to the description of organization on its web site, copied from random news article of TASS agency.
The "Group" entered the human rights plane with their report "Mass human rights violations during the civil strife in Ukraine, February 22nd to March 22nd of 2014". IN the conclusion the Security Service of Ukraine was compared to Soviet-era NKVD, and it was claimed that "scared with the events, the population of Crimea decided to live in another country". Recently IGCP was noted because of unofficial event with "The Russian Peace Foundation" and the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, the topic was the repressions against Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine. The fact that the event was held during the 38th session of United Nations Human Rights Council, even though the event had no connection to United Nations, gave Russian media the opportunity to spread the fake news of "UN condemned the repressions against Ukrainian Orthodox Church".
A similar actions are conducted by "The Foundation for the Study of Democracy" — in December 2014 it published a report "Military crimes of Ukrainian military: tortures and inhuman treatment of Donbass population". This report analyzed (based on supposed testaments of those who were rescued from Ukrainian captivity) a "particular cases of using torture, inhuman or humiliating treatment". In the early 2014 Foundation published a second report with the exact same title.
The head of this Foundation is Maksim Grigoryev — yet another member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, an author of the books "Euromaydan" (with a cliché definition of it as an "anti-constitutional coup") and "Ordinary fascism: a crimes of Ukrainian military (2014-2016)", which was used as a basis for an exhibition in March 2016 with a same title, with the participation of Russian State Duma member Sergey Naryshkin.
"PolitRussia" also tried to exploit the topic of human rights, when in December 2015 they published a report "Tortures in Ukraine". It was mentioned that in composing of report they were helped by "Union of political emigrants and political convicts of Ukraine" — an organization, which uses the word "Novorossya" even in its memorandum. One of its latest and most funny fakes would be a statement from the head of "Union" Larisa Shesler that according to the amount of consumed bread there's only 24 million people of population left in Ukraine (the fake nature of these calculations were explained by a VoxCheck editor Elena Shkarpova).
A worth of notion in "PolitRussia" report was a comment by Evgeny Efimovich from Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. When questioned about political repressions he said "we don't have these, really". Authors interpreted this into "Ukrainian human rights organization denied both existence of political prisoners and usage of tortures".
The reports of organizations mentioned are reprinted by "Foundation of support and protection of rights of compatriots living abroad", which was founded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and "Rossotrudnichestvo". It was created in 2012 as an organization which aim is seemingly present in the title — a legal support for Russians living abroad. But the real activities of this Foundation is clear from a case with Nataliya Vitrenko organization "The Gift of Life", which was subsidized by the Foundation with 2 million Russian rubles in April 2014, to conduct a propagandist activity and defamation of the Ukrainian government.
The Foundation itself did not publish any significant hybrid analytica which would exploit the topic of human rights in Ukraine, but it collaborates with such activist public organizations, perhaps acting as a middleman in transferring the funds from Russian government. Thus, the website of "Rossotrudnichestvo" in Ukraine states that "cooperation in the human rights and legal interests of compatriots" they and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation conduct via this "Foundation".
Legal Help Structures
We should also mentioned another dimension of Russian quasi-governmental "public activity" — a formalization of narratives about human rights violation in the form of lawsuits, for filing and following of which some proxy organizations also created.
"The Russian Peace Foundation" is one of such organizations. This is a successor a Soviet Peace Foundation created in 1961. Its head since 2002 is Leonid Slutsky — the very same whom a number of journalists accused in sexual harassment in February 2018. In March of 2014 "Foundation" (supported by the very same Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation) created the "Information and Consultation Center of International Legal Protection of Rights of Ukraine Citizens". Contrary to previously mentioned organizations, which produce a hybrid analytica, this one is more specialized: its task from the moment of creation is "providing assistance to Ukrainian citizens who became victims of Kyiv regime crimes in protection of their rights and interests in the international courts". In particular, it was involved in the filing of claims to European Court of Human Rights.
An association "Right against the Fascism" had a similar task. It was created in May 2014 "for better coordination of activity of Russian non-government organizations in the field of protection of rights on Ukrainian citizens". It exists as a network of admissaries throughout the Russian Federation territories, which supposedly helped to file the claims representing the citizens of Ukraine in Ukrainian courts and European Court of Human Rights. It was created and leaded by Georgiy Fedorov — yet another member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation!
What Is All This For?
An attempts of Russia to push the narrative of Ukrainian crimes against human rights serve not only to defamation of our country, but to more practical purpose: to bury any accusation against Russia in tortures, murders and political repressions in the information noise. References in media to organizations which have "human rights" in their titles should add the weight to propaganda, because of involvement of supposedly independent experts.
As was explained already, a whole number of organizations work towards this goal, most of which are connected to Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. Their heads and the members of the Chamber are in the expert pool of Kremlin-controlled media. For example, a publication by "Vzglyad" quoted three Kremlin "activists" at once:
It would be foolish to deny the fact that Ukraine indeed has some growing activity of right-wing national movement, as a result of Russian aggression. As would be to instantly dismiss any fact of human rights violation or the clashes around topics sensitive to a developing society. But when things come to systematic repression of people because of their position by Ukrainian government — which is something Kremlin "activists" try to prove for the last 5 years — one should know that he sees a clear case of Kremlin hybrid analytica.


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Branching out from our numerous locations, NPZ is able to reach out to Fortune 500 companies, academic and non-academic organizations, universities, for-profit and not-for-profit clients, families and individuals to facilitate transfers to the U.S. on the basis of family, education, or employment immigration in the U.S. or Canada.
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There are two types of family-based immigration visas available in the U.S. -- Immediate Relative (IR) and Family Preference (F). Both are based on relationships to Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR).
Immediate Relative (IR)
IR immigrant visas are for individuals who have close family relationships with a U.S. citizen. Family relationships considered "close" in this context include spouses, unmarried children of a U.S. citizen under the age of 21, orphans adopted by U.S. citizens either abroad or in the U.S., or parents of U.S. citizens who are at least 21 years old. There is no limitation on the number of immigrant visas available for those who have an immediate relative relationship to a U.S. citizen.
Family Preference (F)
F immigrant visas are designed for those who have more distant family relationships to a U.S. citizen and those with particular relationships to a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR). There are several types of Family Preference visas, and Congress restricts the number of visas in each class permitted to be issued in any given fiscal year.
The first preference group consists of unmarried children (over 21 years of age) of U.S. citizens and their minor children. The second preference group comprises spouses, minor children, and unmarried sons and daughters of LPRs. Married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens and their spouses and minor children make up the third preference group. The fourth preference group includes siblings of U.S. citizens and their spouses and children who are under 21 years of age.
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Where to eat in Keswick? There's no shortage of places for eating out around Keswick and the North Lakes. The only difficult decision is which of these many and varied places to choose. Are you looking for the best Restaurant in Keswick? Perhaps a Keswick cafe bar will fit the bill or a traditional English Pubs with local beer and food. If you enjoy a lunch on the fells there is a selection of bakers, takeaways and delis from which to get a freshly prepared baguette - or be adventurous with a wrap!
With your appetite sharpened by a day in the fresh country air, there's plenty of choice in the evening. Whether you prefer fresh fish 'n chips, a kebab, pub grub, a four course restaurant meal, a gastropub adventure or a romantic dinner for two - it's here for you. Enjoy local Cumbrian specialities such as Cumberland sausage or Tattie Pot (a rich stew with sausage, lamb, potatoes and black pudding); select from traditional English fayre or a restaurant offering worldwide cuisine from Italy, China, India, Thailand, Mexico and the Mediterranean. Many establishments pride themselves on using both locally sourced ingredients and Fair Trade products. To end the day you can enjoy a local real ale or glass of wine in a traditional pub or stylish café bar, many with outside seating areas for the warmer months and roaring fires when the weather turns chilly.


Led by CEO Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos spent its first decade in "stealth mode," arriving on the scene as a much-hyped solution to blood-testing that alleged to be portable, accurate, and capable of gleaning its data from only a finger prick. Revelations in the press—stemming largely from the Journal—unraveled the firm's lofty and undeliverable promises.
Last month, the SEC charged Theranos, Holmes, and former president Ramesh Balwani with "massive" fraud. As a result, Holmes relinquished majority control of the company and is not allowed to serve as officer of a public company for a decade. Due to a prior citation, she also cannot operate a lab for two years.
This round of layoffs follows the company shedding nearly half its staff last January. We've reached out to Theranos to learn what areas of the company were and were not affected by the layoffs and will update if we hear back.
If you worked for Theranos, get in touch with us by email or send us information confidentially via SecureDrop.


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Christina Månsdotter född okänt år, död efter 1520, var en svensk nunna och skrivare.

Hon var medlem i birgittinorden i Vadstena kloster. Hon skrev handskriften Holm A 80, Birgitta Andersdotters bönbok, på beställning av Birgitta Andersdotter. Boken har 207 blad och är skriven på både latin och svenska.

Källor
 http://project2.sol.lu.se/fornsvenska/Person.html

Personer i Sverige under 1400-talet
Svenska birgittiner
Svenska nunnor
Kvinnor
Avlidna 1500-talet
Svenska författare under 1500-talet

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Ben Affleck 'Would Like a Discount' From Aflac Insurance: 'I Deserve It'
Andi Ortiz
Yes, Ben Affleck is aware how similar his surname is to the insurance giant Aflac. No, he has no connection to the company — but he would like a discount at this point.
The actor, who scored a SAG Award nomination on Wednesday for his supporting role in George Clooney's "The Tender Bar," has been on a tear against the insurance company of late, joking about how often he gets asked about his nonexistent connection to it, and recounting stories of trauma that have come from having such a similar name. This week, in a new interview with Wired, the actor finally asked for something in return.
During the outlet's "Autocomplete Interview" — in which actors answer the most-searched questions about themselves on Google — Affleck was asked whether he owns Aflac Insurance. Sighing heavily, he went into it.
"This is my cross to bear," the actor started explaining tiredly to "Tender Bar" co-star Lily Rabe. "Imagine this. Imagine having a very unusual, kind of slightly unappealing sounding name. Now imagine that, somehow, there's a huge insurance company, that also has that name. Now imagine that insurance company has a bottomless budget to buy television commercials. And now imagine that their creative choice is to hire a duck to shriek your last name in as loud and obnoxious a way as humanly possible for the duration of a television commercial."
Then Affleck got a little more specific, remembering one particularly long and especially annoying encounter he had while traveling.
"And then imagine what it's like when you're on an airplane, and the hammered lady behind you recognizes you, and thinks she's gonna do her best Gilbert Gottfried for six hours, all the way to New York," Affleck continued, referencing the comedian with a distinctively abrasive voice. "Thank you, Aflac! I don't own it! But I deserve it. I would like a discount."
A representative for Aflac was not immediately available for comment on Affleck's hope.
Time to deal with Malaysia's new 'No. 1 crisis', Kit Siang tells Ismail Sabri of Azam Baki case
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Opposition lawmaker Lim Kit Siang has once again told Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob that it is time he got on top of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission...


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Q: Project Zomboid modify a mod(spawn specific local) This code is one of mod/media/lua/server/(vehicle name)ServerDeal.lua
It is for multi-play
I'd like to modify the code so that the Project zomboid Mod vehicle is spawn to a specific location.
What and how should I modify it?
(Modification with permission from the person who made it.)
Code starting like this
if not isServer() then return end

and i think this for function but I don't know the meaning because I've never done lua
local function ATAArmyBus_OnClientCommand(module, command, player,arguments)

and here about vehicle 'EnterATAArmyBus'
    if module=="EnterATAArmyBus" then
        local vehicle = getVehicleById(arguments[1])

        if getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum==nil then
            getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum=0

        end
        if getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus==nil then
            getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus={}

        end

        if vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum==nil then
            vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum=getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum+1
            getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum=getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum+1
            getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum]={}

        end

        if vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum>25 then return end

        sendServerCommand(player,"EnterATAArmyBus", "true",{vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum,arguments[1]})

        if getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusplayerpos==nil then

            getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusplayerpos={}

        end

        getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusplayerpos[player:getUsername()]=vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum
        -- getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[vehicle:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum]

here is But Exit
    elseif module == "ATAArmyBusExit" then

        if getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusplayerpos[player:getUsername()]~=nil then

            local ATAArmyBuscarpos=getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusplayerpos[player:getUsername()]]

            sendServerCommand(player,"ATAArmyBusExit", "true",ATAArmyBuscarpos)

            -- getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBusplayerpos["cat"]

            -- print(getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[3][2])

        end
    end
end

i think this code for online server client command but for me it is useless
(because i'm not server client)
Events.OnClientCommand.Add(ATAArmyBus_OnClientCommand)

local function ATAArmyBusOnTick(numberTicks)
    -- print(getCell():getVehicles())

    if getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus~=nil then

        for i=1,#getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus do

            local vehicles=getCell():getVehicles()

            local asdasd=0

            for k=1,vehicles:size() do

                local vehiclez=vehicles:get(k-1)

                local vehiclesnum = vehiclez:getModData().serverATAArmyBusnum

                if vehiclesnum ~=nil then

                    if vehiclesnum==i then

                        getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[vehiclesnum]={vehiclez:getX(),vehiclez:getY(),vehiclez:getZ(),{true,vehiclez:getId()}}
                        asdasd=1
                        -- break

                    end

                end

            end

            if asdasd==0 then
                if getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[i]==nil then
                    getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[i]={}

                end
                getGameTime():getModData().serverATAArmyBus[i][4]=false

            end

        end

    end

end

Events.OnTick.Add(ATAArmyBusOnTick)

this is code and my question is how to modify this mod for spawn specific local likes coordinate