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Area Information for Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE
Windsor Drive in Alsager is in the North West region of England. The postcode is within the Alsager ward/electoral division, which is in the constituency of Congleton. This page combines information for the address Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. If you wish, you can also view information for the whole of ST7 here. For more details on the exact area these statistics cover, please see the map below and click "Show Census Area Covered" immediately below the map.
For information about recent house sales in this postcode, please view our property sales page for ST7 2TE.
Our information is available for almost all UK postcodes. Why not take a look at some of these other postcodes in the immediate vicinity of Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE:
Close Lane, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TZ
Baxter Close, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2HN
Spencer Close, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TA
Dunnocksfold Road, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TW
Frank Wilkinson Way, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2GQ
Close Lane, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2WP
The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2011. They are performed once every 10 years. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. The figures are therefore representative of the local area, not a specific street address or row of houses. The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland). This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building. You can see the area covered by the census statistics by clicking "Show Census Area Covered" below the map above.
We have found 4 property sales in Windsor Drive since the beginning of 1995.
The area containing Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent consists predominantly of detached housing, a strong indicator of affluence. Please note that the figures may include adjacent streets - see the Summary tab for an explanation and map of the area that these figures cover.
DE - Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers; those on state benefit/unemployed, & lowest grade workers 9
The postcode ST7 2TE does not show a significant deviation from the average figures for the UK. In the UK as a whole, the average figures are approximately as follows for relationship statuses: 34% single, 47% married, 3% separated, 9% divorced, 7% widowed, and 0.2% same sex.
This address (Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent) can be considered less ethnically diverse than the UK average. As whole, the UK population claims itself as approximately 86% white, with residents of this area being 99% so.
Note that an individual may hold one or more passports. The data may include people living in adjacent addresses to ST7 2TE
Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE is within the Alsager policing neighbourhood, under the Cheshire Constabulary force area. For non-urgent queries, contact 101. For emergency assistance, please contact 999. In November 2021, 1 crime was reported within half a mile of ST7 2TE.
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Crime: Click here to view 1 crime committed near Windsor Drive
Below are the details of the closest services to Alsager. All distances are straightline distances, please consult the map of the facility to check the exact location. You can also view these details on our interactive services map for ST7 2TE.
Listed here are the 15 closest railway stations to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest railway station is Alsager, approximately 1.4 miles away.
Alsager 1.4 miles
Holmes Chapel 7 miles
Wrenbury 13 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest primary schools to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest is Cranberry Academy, approximately 710 yards away.
Pikemere School 0.6 miles
Rode Heath Primary School 2 miles
The Dingle Primary School 2.7 miles
Haslington Primary Academy 2.7 miles
St Saviour's CofE Academy 3 miles
Wheelock Primary School 3.1 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest secondary schools to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest is Alsager School, approximately 0.5 miles away.
Alsager School 0.5 miles
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College 3.7 miles
Sir Thomas Boughey Academy 4.2 miles
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC 4.6 miles
The Oaks Academy 5.2 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest GPs (General Practitioners) to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest is Merepark Medical Centre, approximately 1.3 miles away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Rode Heath Surgery 2 miles
Haslington Surgery 2.6 miles
Ashfields Primary Care Centre 3.5 miles
Hungerford Medical Centre 4 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest dentists to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest is Mereside Dental Practice, approximately 0.9 miles away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Alsager Dental Care 1 mile
mydentist, Crewe Road, Haslington 2.6 miles
Harbour Dental Practice 3.4 miles
Cottage Dental Practice 3.5 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest hospitals to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest is Airs -Bradwell Hospital, approximately 5.4 miles away.
Royal Stoke University Hospital 8.2 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest opticians to Windsor Drive, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 2TE. The nearest is T J Hopkins, approximately 0.7 miles away.
T J Hopkins 0.7 miles
Broadband in ST7 2TE
Average Upload Speed 9.1Mbps
Maximum Upload Speed Reported 13.3Mbps

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When the music stops
Published on 04 Sep 2020 | 1 min read
TikTok's legal dance with a Vietnamese music titan
Major online Vietnamese content platform VNG is suing TikTok in Vietnam. VNG Corporation is a Vietnamese tech platform, founded in 2004, which focuses on digital content, online entertainment, social networking, and e-commerce. One of its subsidiary is app and web based a music streaming service, Zing MP3. Zing also owns rights to certain music especially Vietnamese music.
TikTok is huge in SoutheastAsia and a relatively uncontentious region in the current global political environment. Its owner ByteDance counts Vietnam as one of its fastest growing countries. It has avoided political risk there by blocking certain content (it faces a double whammy risk of being big tech and Chinese, both of which are highly sensitive in Vietnam). By steering clear of risk, Vietnam is supposedly now among its most profitable markets in Asia.
VNG accuses TikTok of using music owned by Zing without consent in a number of its short videos. These are likely user posted videos probably with accompanying Vietnamese music. An analysis report from Zing showed a total of 150 Zing music tracks used in more than 11 million videos on TikTok's website and app. VNG says they have sent a cease and desist letter alleging copyright infringement to Tiktok and have requested TikTok to review and remove all the music owned by Zing.
The case was filed in the People's court of Ho Chi Minh City. The complaint demands removal of the music videos both from the TikTok app and also its website, as well as a damages claim for 221 billion VND (over USD9 million).
This is a huge damages claim, and one which will probably not be likely to be upheld by the court. However copyright cases make up most of the infringement seen in the courts in Vietnam, so judges do have some experience of this area. The case could take a year or so if it proceeds to trial. in most countries such ISP cases settle, on the basis that the ISP removes the content. Settlements have happened in other copyright litigation cases in Vietnam.
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Q: Regarding switch from pure mathematics to machine learning: opinions and information I'm a first year postdoc in pure mathematics (geometry/topology with strong background in analysis) with undergraduate statistics and probability background (with also measure theoretic probability). I also have some programming knowledge in ForTran, C and Matlab, but I never used them in my pure mathematics career in my graduate school.
In my next job, I'm considering doing a postdoc in machine learning. The reason behind this switch is: I'm satisfied with my pure knowledge so far and have been wanting to  see some real-life applications of mathematics, and also keep my options open in both industry and academia.
My questions are:
1) How hard is the switch going to be? I guess I've all the required mathematics background, but will it be hard to pick up the necessary computer science skills, even if I work in more theory-oriented problems?
2) Is there a website/email-list where I can get notifications on jobs in machine learning? I'm looking for jobs in Europe mostly.
Thanks and much appreciation :)

A: 1) Sure you can make the change. I understand that you want something more applied but maybe for a first postdoc you should find something closer to maths in order to avoid having writing thousands of lines of code (for which, most probably you don't have the required skills yet). Try to find a project that has some serious application you're interested in; that they need someone with more mathematical background (that will be your advantage over competition) and; try being part of a team that can support you in the more applied part of the job while you can get the most out of them in preparation for your next step.
In the last EU research project I was involved there were all the flavours of backgrounds: mathematicians (that have made some similar switch to the one you want to make), and computer scientists with more solid engineering skills. The mathematicians worked more on the theoretical foundation of ideas and approaches while the CS people were deploying the solutions to real world applications - most of the times it was visa versa, i.e., CS engineers were doing some tricks to solve the problem, maths came afterwards to build theory to support the tricks. There was some sincere collaboration, but also there were some distinct cultures and approaches to solving problems for which you should be prepared...
2) The mail list you're after is the ml-news@googlegroups.com (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ml-news).

A: You can. I'll suggest to learn some python (for pandas and scikit learn package) and R (lot's of usefull packages) because even if you want to code your own method, you will have all the benchmark you need already coded in their packages. Also, these two are the best for manipulating data. Some o'Reilly books can help you with that.

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.cat Domain a Casualty in Catalonian Independence Crackdown
By Jeremy Malcolm
On October 1, a referendum will be held on whether Catalonia, an autonomous region of the northeast of Spain, should declare itself to be an independent country. The Spanish government has ruled the referendum illegal, and is taking action on a number of fronts to shut it down and to censor communications promoting it. One of its latest moves in this campaign was a Tuesday police raid of the offices of puntCAT, the domain registry that operates the .cat top-level domain, resulting in the seizure of computers, the arrest of its head of IT for sedition, and the deletion of domains promoting the October 1 referendum, such as refoct1.cat (that website is now available at an alternate URL).
The .cat top-level domain was one of the earliest new top-level domains approved by ICANN in 2004, and is operated by a non-governmental, non-profit organization for the promotion of Catalan language and culture. Despite the seizure of computers at the puntCAT offices, because the operations of the domain registry are handled by an external provider, .cat domains not connected with the October 1 referendum (including eff.cat, EFF's little-known Catalan language website) have not been affected.
We have deep concerns about the use of the domain name system to censor content in general, even when such seizures are authorized by a court, as happened here. And there are two particular factors that compound those concerns in this case. First, the content in question here is essentially political speech, which the European Court of Human Rights has ruled as deserving of a higher level of protection than some other forms of speech. Even though the speech concerns a referendum that has been ruled illegal, the speech does not in itself pose any imminent threat to life or limb.
The second factor that especially concerns us here is that the seizure took place with only 10 days remaining until the scheduled referendum, making it unlikely that the legality of the domains' seizures could be judicially reviewed before the referendum is scheduled to take place. The fact that such mechanisms of legal review would not be timely accessible to the Catalan independence movement, and that the censorship of speech would therefore be de facto unreviewable, should have been another reason for the Spanish authorities to exercise restraint in this case.
Whether it's allegations of sedition or any other form of unlawful or controversial speech, domain name intermediaries should not be held responsible for the content of websites that utilize their domains. If such content is unlawful, a court order directed to the publisher or host of that content is the appropriate way for authorities to deal with that illegality, rather than the blanket removal of entire domains from the Internet. The seizure of .cat domains is a worrying signal that the Spanish government places its own interests in quelling the Catalonian independence movement above the human rights of its citizens to access a free and open Internet, and we join ordinary Catalonians in condemning it.
EFF to ICANN: Stop .ORG Domain Registry Sale To Private Equity Firm
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today said a private equity firm newly created by domain name industry insiders should be stopped from acquiring the .ORG domain registry, which provides a home on the Internet to thousands of public interest nonprofits organizations.EFF joins groups ranging from the Girl Scouts and...
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We Need To Save .ORG From Arbitrary Censorship By Halting the Private Equity Buy-Out
The .ORG top-level domain and all of the nonprofit organizations that depend on it are at risk if a private equity firm is allowed to buy control of it. EFF has joined with over 250 respected nonprofits to oppose the sale of Public Interest Registry, the (currently) nonprofit entity...
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Privacy as an Afterthought: ICANN's Response to the GDPR
Almost three years ago, the global domain name authority ICANN chartered a working group to consider how to build a replacement for the WHOIS database, a publicly-accessible record of registered domain names. Because it includes the personal information of millions of domain name registrants with no built-in protections for...
Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Malcolm | April 5, 2018
Brexit Doesn't Have to Mean Deleting Domains
The European Commission dropped a surprise announcement last week that following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union ("Brexit"), British domain owners may no longer be entitled to keep their ".eu" domain names. Not only will it no longer be possible for United Kingdom residents or...
Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Malcolm | January 26, 2018
Europe's GDPR Meets WHOIS Privacy: Which Way Forward?
Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in May 2018, and with it, a new set of tough penalties for companies that fail to adequately protect the personal data of European users. Amongst those affected are domain name registries and registrars, who are required by ICANN, the...
Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | December 27, 2017
Keeping Copyright Site-Blocking At Bay: 2017 In Review
In 2017, major entertainment companies continued their quest for power to edit the Internet by blocking entire websites for copyright enforcement—and we've continued to push back. Website blocking is a particularly worrisome form of enforcement because it's a blunt instrument, always likely to censor more speech than necessary. Co-opting the...
Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Malcolm | November 1, 2017
EFF to ICANN: Don't Pick Up the Censor's Pen
EFF is at ICANN's 60th meeting in Abu Dhabi this week. Along with other members of ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency, we are here to stand up for the rights of ordinary Internet users in the development and implementation of ICANN policies over Internet domain names. In two previous...
EFF to ICANN's Registries: Don't Pick Up the Censor's Pen
This week EFF is in Abu Dhabi to deliver a message to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and to its contracted domain name registries and registrars—don't pick up the censor's pen. In our previous post in this series, we explained how domain name registrars...


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"Can self employed get a mortgage?"
In Metro Vancouver we are truly entrepreneurs.
Being self-employed is an increasing trend and one in six workers, work for themselves according to Statistics Canada.
It's no surprise to us. I increasingly work with clients who are self-employed – accountants, bakers, dentists, electricians, garden designers and even technical writers and web designers.
Yet, despite these increasing numbers, when our self-employed clients look for a mortgage, they may be treated differently than workers with who have regular pay cheques.
How can our clients increase their likelihood of qualifying?
are paid solely on a commission basis.
Someone who receives a regular pay cheque from an employer, even for part-time work performed for more than one employer, is not self-employed. Instead, they are considered a salaried employee.
Lenders typically determine the ability of salaried borrowers to meet mortgage payments by examining gross income, verified by pay cheques or a letter from an employer. But when determining the income of the self-employed, lenders look at net income – gross income minus expenses – averaged over a period of at least two years.
Self-employed clients must convince lenders that they are a good financial risk. To do this, your client will need documentation to verify income, including two or more years of bank statements, corporate tax returns, business balance sheets and profit-and-loss statements.
Additional documents that lenders find useful include a letter from their accountant, proof that our client pays your rent on time, and a personal balance sheet showing assets including stocks, vehicles, jewelry and debts such as credit cards or car loans.
Your client should make photocopied sets of all documents and neatly prepare them as a package. They must present themselves as an organized and responsible borrower.
Urge your clients to compare lenders or hire a mortgage broker to get the best loan package and the best rate. They must be prepared to negotiate. Even one quarter of one per cent can save or cost them a lot of money.
The ability of our self-employed clients to get a mortgage with the best possible interest rate depends on their ability to maintain payments and their preparation. It's just good client service for us to help them.


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William Walter Lambert, 70, widower of Christine Lambert, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2021 at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Born on August 2, 1951, in Georgetown County, he was a son of the late Solon Walter Lambert and the late Mary Etta Bratcher Lambert. Mr. Lambert was a member of Saints Delight Pentecostal Holiness Church where he sang in the choir and taught vacation Bible school. He retired from International Paper Company after 32 years of service and was a former Georgetown City Police officer. Mr. Lambert was a member of Hell Hole Swamp Coon Club and served as the president of the Lambert Cemetery. He had a great love for spending time outdoors and enjoyed hunting, fishing, horseback riding, bluegrass music, and most off all, spending time with his grandchildren. Survivors include his children, Lamar Morris (Jessica Johnson), Ceara Cox (Hunter), Tina Taylor and Cindy Hiott (Carl "Gator"); grandchildren, Country Taylor (fiancé, Tara Emerick), Martie Milligan (Darious), Reid Harrington, Riley Harrington, Elli Anna Stone, Marissa Morris, Paisley Davis and Oaklynn Cox; two great grandchildren, Emersyn Milligan and Baby Boy Milligan; siblings, Roger Lambert (Karen), Deon Lambert, Robert Lambert (Darlene), PeeWee Lambert (Amelia), Patricia Elliott (Harris), Lynn Thomas, Lisa Wrenn (Will) and Annette Brandon (Chris); and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Baby Boy Lambert; sister-in-law, Robin Lambert; two brothers-in-law, Donnie Barrineau and Kenneth Thomas; and a nephew, Kyle Lambert. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Saints Delight Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Chris Browder officiating. Burial will follow in the Lambert Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to Saints Delight Pentecostal Holiness Church, 8285 Saints Delight Pentecostal Holiness Church, 8285 Saints Delight Rd. Andrews, SC 29510 or to the Alzheimer's Association, 25 N. Michigan Ave. Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 Online condolences may be left at www.ridgewayfh.com Ridgeway Funeral Home of Georgetown is in charge of the arrangements. (843) 485-4242
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News & Events 2017
Calendar of Scheduled Events, Spring 2018
Workshop, The Marshall Plan at 70
David Ellwood, Johns Hopkins University, Guenter Bischof, Director, Center Austria
When: January 10, 2018, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Where: Seminar Room 112, International Center
Europe's Battery: The Alps in the Fossil Fuel Age
Marc Landry, Center Austria, UNO
When: January 30, 2018, 12:30 p.m.
Conceptualizations of Democratic (Post-)Consumerism
Silvia Rief, Harvard University/ University of Innsbruck
When: February 5, 2018, 12:30 p.m.
Rosa Jochmann: Holocaust Survivor, Political Actor and Contemporary Witness - An Austrian Biography
Veronika Duma, University of Vienna
University of Vienna, Department of Geography - New Orleans Student Excursion (February 19-28, 2018) - Mini Symposium on New Orleans
When: February 21, 10 a.m. -12 p.m.
Anschluss before Hitler: Rethinking Nationalism and Politics in Interwar Austria and German
Erin Hochman, Southern Methodist University
When: March 5, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
Where: Earl K. Long Library, Room 407
Modernist Maps of Mitteleuropa: Avant-garde Artists and Atlas Design in Central Europe, 1930–1955
Benjamin Benus, Loyola University, New Orleans
When: March 12, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
The Origins of Empire: The Middle East in the 1st Millennium BCE
Robert Rollinger, University of Innsbruck
When: March 20, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
Annual UNO – University of Innsbruck Symposium:
Electrifying the World: Toward a Global History of Light and Power
Organized by Marc Landry/UNO and Patrick Kupper/IBK
When: March 26-27, 2018
Center Austria Fellow Presentation:
The Economic Relationship between Austria and Hungary in the Shadow of the Two World Wars
Béla Teleky, Austrian Ministry of Science and Research Fellow
When: April 18, 2018, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Seminar Room IC 112, International Center
The 16th George G. Windell Memorial Lecture
On November 7, 2017 Professor Roger Chickering delivered the 16th George G. Windell Memorial Lecture in European History at the Earl K. Long Library on the University of New Orleans campus.
Photo Contest at UNO
Center Austria's contribution to the 11th Annual International Photo Contest at UNO by 2017-2018 Nick Mueller Fellow Bernhard Achhorner.
Manhattan View
Oak Alley View
20th Anniversary Festivities
Center Austria celebrated its 20th anniversary with a signature event at Napoleon House in New Orleans' French Quarter on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
All photos: Theresa Peischer.
Book Talk: "Ambition and Reality: Austria's Foreign Policy since 1945"
Ambition and Reality: Austria's Foreign Policy since 1945 (2017)
Ambassador Franz Cede & Ambassador Christian Prosl
When: October 16, 2017, 3 pm
Where: Library 407, The University of New Orleans
Book Presentation at the National WWII Museum
On October 12, 2017, Center Austria Director Günter Bischof and Dr. Hans Petschar of the Austrian National Library presented their book The Marshall Plan - Since 1947 at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, La. Introductory remarks were delivered by the Museum's Dr. Rob Citino. Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch, President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, served as the commentator.
2017 Radomir Luza Prize Awarded
Wilfried Garscha from the Dokumentationsarchiv des Oesterreichischen Widerstandes (l) and Center Austria's Director Guenter Bischof (r) handed Dr. Erin Hochman of the Southern Methodist University History Department the 2017 Radomir Luza Prize for the best publication in "Central European history in the World War II Era" during the Banquet of the annual meeting of the German Studies Association in Atlanta for her book Imagining a Greater Germany: Republican Nationalism and the Idea of the Anschluss (Cornell UP 2016). The prize money was contributed by the Zukunftsfonds der Republik Oesterreich.
Czechoslovak Exile after 1948: Activities, Problems and International Cooperation
Martin Nekola,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
When: Monday, September 25, 2017, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Where: UNO International Center, Seminar Room 112
Scheduled Events, Fall 2017
Overview of Scheduled Events at the Center, Fall 2017:
Deutsch Foundation Travel Grant
Center Austria has obtained a grant from the "Rosa and Brunswick Deutsch Foundation" of New Orleans towards the support of UNO students for travel to study in Austria.
German Honorary Consul Meets with University of Innsbruck Students
The German Honorary Consul in New Orleans, Susanne Veters, met for an informal talk with students from the University of Innsbruck - many of whom are German citizens - at Center Austria today. We were delighted to welcome her to the UNO campus!
70th Anniversary of The Marshall Plan
Deutsches Haus Heurigen
The Deutsches Haus, the German presence in the Gulf South, will host a Heurigen, an Austrian Wine Festival.
When: Sunday, May 28, 2017, 2:00 - 8:00 pm
Where: 1023 Ridgewood Drive, Metairie. LA 70001
Annual Center Austria Fellows' Presentations
Tobias Auböck, Austrian Ministry of Science Fellow 2016/17
"Easier Imagined than Described": The Production of Knowledge in Barbary Coast Captivity Narratives
Theresa Peischer, Nick Mueller Fellow 2016/17
Sound of Gospel: Why Gospel Music Sounds Like Gospel Music
Lecture by Aryo Makko
Swedish Neutrality and Security: Past and Present
Aryo Makko
University of Stockholm/Harvard University
When: April 5, 12:30 pm
Where: International Center Seminar Room 112
From a Multiethnic Empire to a Nation of Nations
Dr. Annemarie Steidl
When: Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 12:30 pm
Where: International Center, Seminar Room 112
Lecture by Hannes Richter
Echo Chamber Orchestra - Political Polarization and Media Consumption in the Digital Age
Embassy of Austria to the United States
When: Thursday, March 23, 2017, 12:30pm
Lecture by Prof. Dirk Rupnow
Dirk Rupnow
Stanford University/University of Innsbruck
Austria and Migration: The Current Refugee Crisis in Historical Perspective
When: March 7, 2017, 12:30
Lecture by Professor Doris Eibl
Center Austria & The Department of English and Foreign Languages
Invites You to a Lecture by
Doris Eibl
EMANCIPATION IN EXILE – SURREALIST WOMEN ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN MEXICO: LEONORA CARRINGTON & REMEDIOS VARO
When: Feb. 21, 2016, 12:30 – 1:30 PM
Donation by the Brunswick G. Deutsch Foundation to Center Austria
Center Austria received a grant of $3,000 from the Brunswick G. Deutsch Foundation to further the Center's mission as a hub for European Studies on the UNO campus.


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package com.bwsw.tstreams.agents.consumer.subscriber

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean

import com.bwsw.tstreams.agents.consumer.TransactionOperator
import com.bwsw.tstreams.common.FirstFailLockableTaskExecutor
import com.bwsw.tstreamstransactionserver.protocol.TransactionState
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory

import scala.collection.mutable
import scala.util.Random

/**
  * Created by Ivan Kudryavtsev on 20.08.16.
  * Does top-level management tasks for new events.
  */
private[tstreams] class ProcessingEngine(consumer: TransactionOperator,
                                         partitions: Set[Int],
                                         queueBuilder: QueueBuilder.Abstract,
                                         callback: Callback, pollingInterval: Int) {

  private val id = Math.abs(Random.nextInt())
  // keeps last transaction states processed
  private val lastTransactionsMap = mutable.Map[Int, TransactionState]()
  private val lastPartitionsEventsMap = mutable.Map[Int, Long]()

  private val isRunning = new AtomicBoolean(false)

  private val executor = new Thread(() => {
    while (isRunning.get)
      processReadyTransactions(pollingInterval)
  }, s"pe-$id-executor")

  private val loadExecutor = new FirstFailLockableTaskExecutor(s"pe-$id-loadExecutor")

  val isThresholdsSet = new AtomicBoolean(false)

  private val queue = queueBuilder.generateQueueObject(Math.abs(Random.nextInt()))
  private var isFirstTime = true

  ProcessingEngine.logger.info(s"Processing engine $id will serve $partitions.")

  def getQueue() = queue

  def getLastPartitionActivity(partition: Int) = lastPartitionsEventsMap(partition)

  def setLastPartitionActivity(partition: Int) = {
    lastPartitionsEventsMap(partition) = System.currentTimeMillis()
  }

  def getLastTransactionHandled(partition: Int) = lastTransactionsMap(partition)

  // loaders
  val fastLoader = new TransactionFastLoader(partitions, lastTransactionsMap)
  val fullLoader = new TransactionFullLoader(partitions, lastTransactionsMap)

  val consumerPartitions = consumer.getPartitions

  if (!partitions.subsetOf(consumerPartitions))
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("PE ${id} - Partition set which is used in ProcessingEngine is not subset of Consumer's partitions.")

  partitions
    .foreach(p => {
      setLastPartitionActivity(p)
      lastTransactionsMap(p) = TransactionState(transactionID = consumer.getCurrentOffset(p),
        status = TransactionState.Status.Checkpointed, partition = p, masterID = -1,
        orderID = -1, count = -1, ttlMs = -1)
    })

  /**
    * Reads transaction states from database or fast load and does self-kick if no events.
    *
    * @param pollTimeMs
    */
  def processReadyTransactions(pollTimeMs: Int) = {

    if (!isThresholdsSet.get()) {
      isThresholdsSet.set(true)

      loadExecutor.setThresholds(queueLengthThreshold = 1000, taskFullDelayThresholdMs = 150,
        taskDelayThresholdMs = 100, taskRunDelayThresholdMs = 50)
    }

    var loadFullDataExists = false

    val seq = queue.get(pollTimeMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)

    if (Subscriber.logger.isDebugEnabled())
      Subscriber.logger.debug(s"$seq")

    if (seq != null) {
      isFirstTime = false
      if (seq.nonEmpty) {
        if (fastLoader.checkIfTransactionLoadingIsPossible(seq)) {
          fastLoader.load(seq, consumer, loadExecutor, callback)
        }
        else {
          if (fullLoader.checkIfTransactionLoadingIsPossible(seq)) {
            ProcessingEngine.logger.warn(s"PE $id - Load full occurred for seq $seq")
            if (fullLoader.load(seq, consumer, loadExecutor, callback) > 0)
              loadFullDataExists = true
          } else {
            Subscriber.logger.warn(s"Fast and Full loading failed for $seq.")
          }
        }
        setLastPartitionActivity(seq.head.partition)
      }
    }

    enqueueTransactionStateWhenNecessary(loadFullDataExists, pollTimeMs)
  }

  private def enqueueTransactionStateWhenNecessary(loadFullDataExists: Boolean, pollTimeMs: Int) = {
    partitions
      .foreach(p =>
        if ((loadFullDataExists && queue.getInFlight == 0)
          || isFirstTime
          || (System.currentTimeMillis() - getLastPartitionActivity(p) > pollTimeMs && queue.getInFlight == 0)) {
          enqueueLastPossibleTransactionState(p)
        })

    isFirstTime = false
  }

  /**
    * Enqueues in queue last transaction from database
    */
  private[tstreams] def enqueueLastPossibleTransactionState(partition: Int): Unit = {
    assert(partitions.contains(partition))

    val proposedTransactionId = consumer.getProposedTransactionId

    val transactionStates = List(TransactionState(
      transactionID = proposedTransactionId, partition = partition, masterID = 0, orderID = 0,
      count = -1, status = TransactionState.Status.Checkpointed, ttlMs = -1))

    if (Subscriber.logger.isDebugEnabled())
      Subscriber.logger.debug(s"Enqueued $transactionStates")

    queue.put(transactionStates)
  }

  def start() = {
    isRunning.set(true)
    executor.start()
  }

  def stop() = {
    isRunning.set(false)
    partitions.foreach(p => enqueueLastPossibleTransactionState(p))
    executor.join(Subscriber.SHUTDOWN_WAIT_MAX_SECONDS * 1000)
  }
}

private[tstreams] object ProcessingEngine {

  // val PROTECTION_INTERVAL = 10

  val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)

  type LastTransactionStateMapType = mutable.Map[Int, TransactionState]

  class CallbackTask(consumer: TransactionOperator, transactionState: TransactionState, callback: Callback) extends Runnable {

    override def toString() = s"CallbackTask($transactionState)"

    override def run() = {
      callback.onTransactionCall(consumer = consumer, partition = transactionState.partition, transactionID = transactionState.transactionID, count = transactionState.count)
    }
  }

}

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'60 Minutes' Newsman Mike Wallace Has Died : The Two-Way CBS News is reporting that veteran newsman Mike Wallace has died at age 93.
Veteran newsman and 60 Minutes founding correspondent Mike Wallace has died at age 93.
"So insistent, there were very few 20th century icons who didn't submit to a Mike Wallace interview. He lectured Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, on corruption. He lectured Yassir Arafat on violence.
"It's hard to believe, but when Wallace was born in 1918 there wasn't even a radio in most American homes, much less a TV."
NPR's David Folkenflik will have a remembrance of the veteran journalist later today on All Things Considered. We're running an abbreviated version of his story on NPR.org now.
Meanwhile, the AP is also highlighting some of the CBS correspondent's long career, including a more recent episode when his son Chris Wallace interviewed him for Fox News Sunday.
"His son asked: Does he understand why people feel a disaffection from the mainstream media?
" 'They think they're wide-eyed commies. Liberals,' the elder Wallace replied, a notion he dismissed as 'damned foolishness.' "
Mike Wallace, whose pitiless, prosecutorial style transformed television journalism and made "60 Minutes" compulsively watchable, died Saturday. He was 93.
Wallace joined CBS in 1951, co-hosting the talk show "Mike & Buff" with his then-wife, Buff Cobb.
During a short stint reporting from Vietnam in 1967, Wallace broadcast from the trenches.
Wallace took a sock in the jaw while covering the tumultuous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, where he was hustled off the floor in the aftermath of a row between delegates and security officers.
Wallace was the first man hired when CBS news producer Don Hewitt, right, put together the staff of "60 Minutes." The show wasn't a hit at first, but worked its way up to the top 10 in the '70s.
The most publicized lawsuit against Wallace was by retired Gen. William C. Westmoreland, who sought $120 million for a 1982 documentary. Westmoreland dropped the libel suit in 1985 after a long trial.
Among other things, "60 Minutes" proved there could be big profits in TV journalism. The show featured insightful talks with celebrities and world leaders — and earned Wallace a reputation as a tough, prepared interviewer.
On "Fox News Sunday" in 2005, Wallace's son Chris asked if he understood why people feel a disaffection from the mainstream media. "They think they're wide-eyed commies. Liberals," the elder Wallace replied, a notion he dismissed as "damned foolishness."
Wallace promised to still do occasional reports when he announced his retirement as a "60 Minutes" correspondent in 2006. He vowed to quit only "when my toes turn up."


Real Madrid's interest in Eden Hazard has not dimmed even though the Premier League transfer window has closed.
Despite Chelsea's inability to buy a replacement, the Express claim Los Blancos will table a bid closer to £200m -- up from their previous valuation of £150m.
Hazard assisted the third goal for Pedro as Maurizio Sarri's side thrashed Huddersfield 3-0 on the opening weekend of the Premier League, and he appears settled in London for the time being.
The Croatian star, who won the Golden Ball at this summer's World Cup, has been linked to Inter Milan where some of his compatriots, namely Ivan Perisic, Sime Vrsaljko and Marcelo Brozovic, currently play.
Tottenham's Eriksen is attractive to Real should they lose Modric, according to The Sun, with the 26-year-old in the middle of contract talks, with just two years remaining on his current deal.
AC Milan have withdrawn from the race to sign Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to Calciomercato.com, with Leonardo admitting the Serbian midfielder does not fit into the club's "parameters."
General manager Leonardo has explained how the Lazio star is currently out of their financial possibilities: "Sergrej Milinkovic-Savic? Difficult. Unfortunately, today he does not enter into our parameters.
"Half of Europe dreams of him, he is modern, good at playing with his head and in the insertions from the midfield. Unfortunately, at this moment it is not a feasible thing."
- Jerome Boateng looks set to leave Bayern Munich despite snubbing Manchester United and appearing to commit his future to the Germans.
- And the French champions could launch an audacious move for Ousmane Dembele before the window closes.
The World Cup winner has been dissatisfied with his prospective playing time at the Nou Camp, just a year after his £135m move from Borussia Dortmund, but Mundo Deportivo believes PSG will test Barca's resolve in the coming weeks.
- Veteran Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero is closing in on a move to Internacional -- despite a 14-month doping ban.
Guerrero featured at this summer's World Cup after successfully suspending an anti-doping ban but has now bid farewell to Flamengo with a move to Brazilian rivals Inter looking likely, claims Goal.
- Roma are in the clear front-runners for Steven N'Zonzi after the Premier League transfer window closed.
- "Positive talks" have taken place between Chelsea and AC Milan for Tiemoue Bakayoko, with Gianluca Di Marzio claiming a deal is nearing.
The French midfielder was left out of the Blues' squad for their opening-game victory against Huddersfield and has now accepted his immediate future is elsewhere.


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Q: Kendo grid maximum no of columns grouping In the below screen shot display the three columns in the Kendo grid. I am enable the grouping option. All the three columns are grouping. But I need grouping only two columns. How can I do that (i.e., Maximum no.of grid columns-1).

A: it is better that making a column non-groupable
columns.Bound(r => r.NAME).Groupable(false);


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Mary Poppins Actually Explains Yondu's Arrow
Why WONDER WOMAN'S Sword is the Sharpest Blade in the Universe
What Would Jumping to Hyperspace Really Look Like?
Xenomorph Biology (Mostly) Explained!
8 Ways Science Would Change a Space Battle
Could a Portal Gun Accidentally End All Life on Earth?
Posted by Kyle Hill on June 15, 2017
Warning: Spoilers for Portal 2 below.
Portal 2 is one of my favorite games of all-time. It's fun, creative, well-acted, and refreshingly science-based (I'm biased). It also has the distinction of having one of the most satisfying endings of any recent platformer. But exactly how that ending goes down presents a fascinating thought experiment: What if, in creating a portal, you messed up? Like, really messed up? Would it end all life on Earth?
In my latest Because Science, I'm extrapolating from the awesome end of Portal 2 to see what would really happen. Specifically, if you shot a portal both on Earth and on the surface of the Moon, would all the air on Earth eventually drain into space? If so, how long would that take?
The Earth and its atmosphere is an incredibly complicated system, so there are a bunch of factors we have to consider. The amount of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and other gases pressing down on us right now isn't static. Volcanoes are currently belching out thousands of kilograms of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every second, and through the burning of fossil fuels, human are pumping out almost 1,000 times that.
Would a portal release enough air to kill us all before global warming got us? Check out my latest episode above to find out!
Check out my last video on how Mary Poppins actually explains Yondu's arrow; subscribe to this playlist to stay current with the show; buy a Because Science shirt, mug, hat, or collectible pin (you know why); and follow me on Twitter to give me a suggestion for the next episode or on Instagram where I'm now posting extra mini-episodes!
Want Because Science days (!) before anyone else? Subscribe to Alpha for early access to the show and other nerdery.
Because Science, EV, GLaDOS, math, physics, portal, portal 2, Science, video games
Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Now Supports Over 200 Games
Real Half-Life City Scanner Drone Makes Anywhere City 17
HALF-LIFE and PORTAL Films Reportedly Still in the Works
What is Wrong with MAD MAX's War Boys?


Industrialists have few example processes they can benchmark against in order to choose a multi-agent development kit. In this paper we present a review of commercial and academic agent tools with the aim of selecting one for developing an intelligent, self-serving asset architecture. In doing so, we map and enhance relevant assessment criteria found in literature. After a preliminary review of 20 multi-agent platforms, we examine in further detail those of JADE, JACK and Cougaar. Our findings indicate that Cougaar is well suited for our requirements, showing excellent support for criteria such as scalability, persistence, mobility and lightweightness.


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With high angled sleeves, flat stitched seams and back neck herringbone tape. The charcoal t-shirt is hand printed in the UK with a blue design.
Please note: Unfortunately this item does not ship to The Republic of Ireland.
There are currently no questions to display about Silverstick Men's 'Love Trees' T-Shirt - Charcoal & Blue.


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Seems like marketing consultants are always changing and Redondo Beach SEO is leading the way. You probably already know this but, Redondo Beach SEO is a heavy hitter on the Manhattan Beach Marketing market -- and really, it is in a whole other class. I just launched a Redondo Beach SEO blog.
Part of the Discotech crew. Using Discotech is one of the most popular methods. If you are into it you should try Discotech because I sort of love what they do.


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In which Penelope Dreadful catches the first glimmer of the nature of her predicament, and Shakespeare exhibits his uniquely simian problem-solving style.
In which Penelope Dreadful tries her hand at programming the "olde" way, and Shakespeare goes in circles.
In which Shakespeare the code monkey discovers a bit about the aptness of Penelope Dreadful's name.
In which Penelope Dreadful and Shakespeare encounter assistance from an unexpected quarter.
In which Penelope Dreadful wins her right of passage to England aboard Serendipity.
In which Jayne demonstrates a less-than-perfect understanding of advanced brick building technique.
In which Penelope Dreadful finds herself tempted by the siren song of higher education.
In which Penelope Dreadful consults at last with Sir Babbage, and theoretical physics is proved to have some unexpected timeless constants.
In which, instead of a double cheese haggis, Penelope Dreadful gets a reunion.
In which Bad Penny steals some fictional science from Orson Scott Card, and Penelope Dreadful insists on a course of action.


Dry brush painting is one of my favorite techniques because it's easy to apply and you simply can't mess it up. I've used this painting style on smaller projects and sign making backgrounds before stenciling because it really makes the wording pop.
With this tutorial we'll begin with the following supply list.
Always sand each piece of wood prior to applying this technique. If you don't have an electric sander, sandpaper will work just fine; sand with the grain of the wood and dust any left behind particles.
Next, we're going to load the paint brush and then swipe off the excess paint on the scrap board. Once the brush is ready it's time to apply to the boards.
If you haven't tried Dixie Belle paint yet it's a must and their color selection is the best. We're using this wonderful buttercream color, it has a soft appearance and blends with the wood so there isn't a huge contrast.
Applying the paint is a matter of taking light brisk strokes across the board and edges.
Go against the grain of the wood and implement as light or dark as you like; keep it simple and remember we're not actually painting.
Reload the brush as needed and repeat until finished.
Let the boards dry, this shouldn't take maybe 10 minutes with Dixie Belle Paint and then you're done.
This planter box project is one of my favorites, get building instructions here. The dry brush technique was applied to the box prior to stenciling and assembly. It's just fun, simple and light which means when I finally get it planted it will look amazing.
Dry brushing still allows the wood to shine through which is a nice touch and once the boards are finished you're ready to create.
I don't bother with a protective coat to my projects; this is a personal choice so if you think one is necessary for your climate then go for it.
This is another fun project I made the other day using the dry brush technique. It will be a future Make and Take Workshop and look at how I used Dixie Belle paint three different ways.
Dry brush painting with buttercream.
Paint stained with Gravel road, stain technique here.
Stenciled with Midnight Sky, how to stencil technique here.
These paint colors are fantastic and can be purchased here. The final step is to take this dry brush technique and create some magic where you live.
I'm an avid DIYer and always try to be busy with new projects. Maximum time I face trouble to dry my paint brush. I have lost some of them for lack of an easy idea like yours. Hope it will stop from the next time as I have read your post! Great idea ever! Thanks for sharing!
Well when you come to Texas you'll have to come out this way and create some fun.
It's super fun and easy!


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Frank N. Darras Authors Article on Disability Tips for Laid Off Workers
Legal Reader published Frank N. Darras' article on the legal rights of people living with disabilities who were laid off. The article "Casualty of a Round of Serious Layoffs? Know These Long-Term Disability Tips" explains how disability insurance (including short-term and long-term policies) will play out for someone who's been laid off in Silicon Valley…
Darras Law Honored Again in the 2023 Edition of U.S. News Best Law Firms
Frank N. Darras Honored As Top Healthcare Lawyer For 3rd Consecutive Year
WebMD Interviews Frank N. Darras On Impacts of Long-Covid in the Workplace
Frank N. Darras wrote an article for the Daily Journal titled "NIL's Continuing Impact on College Sports and the Law."
Does ERISA Contain a Statute of Limitations?
What Is Proof of Loss in ERISA Long-Term Disability Insurance Claims?
What Is an Adverse Benefit Determination Under ERISA?
Deadlines To Be Aware of When Filing an ERISA Claim
When Does ERISA Not Apply to Employer-Sponsored Long-Term Disability Insurance?
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Close the Olympic Stadium you'll find at friendly pub, the Chandelier, elegant and modern, decorated with beautiful candles that give the environment a truly magical atmosphere. The restaurant offers an excellent gastronomic offer based on fine wines, beers and cocktails exception, accompanied by simple traditional Italian dishes. Ideal to spend quiet evenings in the company of live music or a good sport event, and if you get out of the stadium after the game... enjoy a good beer at Chandelier Pub!


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Herald-Dispatch.com:
John Amis A. J. Allmendinger Daniel Hemric Carson Ware Colby Howard Harrison Burton Noah Gragson Justin Allgaier Riley Herbst Tyler Reddick Denny Hamlin
AJ Allmendinger Daniel Hemric Harrison Burton Noah Gragson Justin Allgaier Riley Herbst Tyler Reddick Denny Hamlin
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington
Daniel Hemric, left, and AJ Allmendinger, right, lead as a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race starts, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Carson Ware gets sideways as he comes out of Turn 4 in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Carson Ware makes a pit stop after causing a yellow flag during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Colby Howard pits during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Daniel Hemric (18) is passed by Harrison Burton (20) as Noah Gragson (9) bears in during the first stage of a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Justin Allgaier, left, and AJ Allmendinger, right, lead as cars are released from the first yellow flag of a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Daniel Hemric (18) is followed by AJ Allmendinger (16) and Justin Allgaier (7) during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
After a burnout on the track, Noah Gragson celebrates winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson is showered by crew members in victory lane after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson stands with the trophy after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson celebrates in victory lane with his crew after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson celebrates winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson celebrates with a burnout after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson (9) crosses the finish line to win as Harrison Burton (20) follows in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Riley Herbst heads toward pit row after a crash during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson races in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson, in helmet, celebrates with crew members as they climb the fence after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Tyler Reddick pits as crew members jump into action during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Crew members work the pit as Tyler Reddick pulls ou during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson celebrates in victory lane after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson (9) runs next to Denny Hamlin (54) during a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
AJ Allmendinger (16) moves in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Denny Hamlin races in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Noah Gragson (9) runs in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Sept.4, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis)


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The Second Bank of the United States opened in January 1817, six years after the First Bank of the United States lost its charter.  The Second Bank of the United States was headquartered in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, the same as the First Bank, and had branches throughout the nation.  The Second Bank was chartered by many of the same congressmen who in 1811 had refused to renew the charter of the original Bank of the United States.  The predominant reason that the Second Bank of the United States was chartered was that in the War of 1812, the U.S. experienced severe inflation and had difficulty in financing military operations.  Subsequently, the credit and borrowing status of the United States was at its lowest level since its founding.

The charter of the Second Bank of the United States (B.U.S.) was for 20 years and therefore up for renewal in 1836. Its role as the depository of the federal government's revenues made it a political target of banks chartered by the individual states who objected/envied the B.U.S.'s relationship with the central government.  Partisan politics came heavily into play in the debate over the renewal of the charter.  "The classic statement by Arthur Schlesinger was that the partisan politics during the Jacksonian period was grounded in class conflict.  Viewed through the lens of party elite discourse, Schlesinger saw inter-party conflict as a clash between wealthy Whigs and working class Democrats."  (Grynaviski) President Andrew Jackson strongly opposed the renewal of its charter, and built his platform for the election of 1832 around doing away with the Second Bank of the United States.  Jackson's political target was Nicholas Biddle, financier, politician, and president of the Bank of the United States.

Apart from a general hostility to banking and the belief that specie (gold and/or silver) were the only true monies, Jackson's reasons for opposing the renewal of the charter revolved around his belief that bestowing power and responsibility upon a single bank was the cause of inflation and other perceived evils.

During September 1833, President Jackson issued an executive order that ended the deposit of government funds into the Bank of the United States. After September 1833, these deposits were placed in the state chartered banks, commonly referred to as Jackson's "pet banks". While it is true that 6 out of the 7 initial depositories were controlled by Jacksonian Democrats, the later depositories, such as the ones in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Michigan, were run by managers who opposed Jacksonian politics. It is probably a misnomer to label all the state chartered repositories "pet banks".

See also

 Bank War
 Hard times token
 History of central banking in the United States
 Panic of 1837
 Specie Circular

References
 Grynaviski, Jeffery D. Rethinking Jackson's Bank War: Party Politics and American Monetary. University of Chicago. 25 Nov. 2006 (http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Academic/workshops/pol_econ_papers/Grynaviski.pdf).
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LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Ken Horn on Thursday applauded Stevens Worldwide Van Lines of Saginaw and Carlos Orosco of Zilwaukee for being selected as finalists for the 2019 Governor's Fitness Awards.
"Individuals and businesses recognized today have made a conscious effort toward healthier lifestyles," said Horn, R-Frankenmuth. "I'm so proud of Carlos. He set active goals and reached them through proper nutrition, discipline, fitness and constantly striving to do better. I am also happy to have Stevens Worldwide Van Lines in my district. As a company, they took the extra step, spent the extra dollars and created a healthier workplace."
The Michigan Fitness Foundation and the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports sponsor the annual Governor's Fitness Awards to honor individuals, organizations and communities that inspire health, wellness and active living. The winners of all the Governor's Fitness Awards will be announced at a Gala Celebration tonight, April 25, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the MGM Grand Detroit.
Editor's note: A print-quality version of the above photograph is available by clicking on the image or by visiting the senator's website at www.SenatorKenHorn.com. Click on "Photos" under the In the News tab.
Photo caption: State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, stands with Carlos Orosco of Zilwaukee and Stevens Worldwide Van Lines of Saginaw as they are presented with a legislative tribute honoring them as finalists in the 2019 Governor's Fitness Awards. Orosco is a finalist for the Conquering Obesity Award and Stevens Worldwide Van Lines is a finalist for the small- to medium-sized-business Healthy Workplace Award.
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Buffalo Bills fans welcome Cole Beasley back after uproar over COVID-19 vaccine stance
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Many Buffalo Bills fans welcomed wide receiver Cole Beasley back to upstate New York after he announced he was coming out of retirement and expressed regret for how he handled criticism over his decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Beasley's vaccine stance garnered controversy among football fans, particularly on social media. And oftentimes he would engage with and push back on his critics. At a press conference following his first practice back with the team on Tuesday, Beasley admitted that it wasn't the best approach he could have taken as a professional.
BILLS SIGN VETERAN WIDEOUT COLE BEASLEY AFTER BRIEF RETIREMENT
"As we know, the last two years were difficult on everybody," Beasley said. "There were a lot of things that I wish I could have done differently. I just wanted to right a lot of wrongs around here and be with teammates and just get back to football. So we talked about a few of those things and got it sorted out."
FILE – Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley is shown before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Orchard Park, NY
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Beasley shared that the shock really hit home when his son told him he was uninvited to a friend's birthday party.
"There were some times last year where I would get some stuff from people and it would be a little frustrating just because, before, it wasn't like that. So it was a change," Beasley said. "There was a time last year, and it really killed me. There was a kid that came up to him and told him that he couldn't come to his birthday party because his mom didn't like me. He had no idea what was going on."
NFL SET TO DROP ALL COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS FOR 2022 SEASON: REPORT
Some fans appeared eager to forgive.
"@MattParrino asked Cole Beasley about his message to the fan base. Beasley gave a very authentic answer and shares how he could've handled things better. Really thoughtful response, or at least that's how I felt about it," WKBW sports director Matthew Bové tweeted with a link to the press conference.
FILE – The field is prepared at Highmark Stadium before an NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Carolina Panthers, Dec. 19, 2021, in Orchard Park, NY The Bills moved closer to landing $200 million in NFL funding to help finance their bid to build a new stadium, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Friday, March 25, 2022 (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
"The buck should stop here after this," another Buffalo fan said. "Fan opinions trickled into his family life and that's unacceptable. He's here to right wrongs, play a game he loves with guys he loves and help us get a ring. All aboard the Bease train, folks."
"OK, I like him again," Susan Milligan, a political writer for US News & World Report, and "proud Buffalonian/Bills fan" tweeted.
"I love this," the Josh Allen Stats account tweeted. "I very much do not agree with Cole Beasley on many things, that's well documented, and that's OK. But this is an honest way to admit he didn't handle everything well and obviously there are people who crossed a line against him, too . Let's just go make magic happen."
BILLS' VON MILLER TO MISS REMAINDER OF SEASON WITH ACL INJURY, SEAN MCDERMOTT SAYS
It wasn't all positive, however, as some seemed hesitant to look past Beasley's vaccine status, or his tense parting with Bills fans last year.
"The guy blasted Buffalo fans on the door out the 1st time," one Twitter user said. "He doesn't deserve a hearty welcome back. I wonder how his teammates that faced severe battles with covid feel about him returning."
"I think it's beyond fair for a parent not to want a child from an unvaccinated household to come to her house, it's so sad to see so many people defend his anti-vax stance," another said. "It's like you're acting as if immunocompromised/elderly/those as risk don't matter."
Beasley released a statement last June on his decision not to get vaccinated, saying he "may die of covid, but I'd rather die actually living."
"I'd rather take my chances with Covid and build up my immunity that way," he added. In other statements he blasted the NFL for its vaccine rules.
Beasley left the Bills with one year remaining on the free agent contract he had signed with the team in 2019. He joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2022 season, but only made it two games into the season before announcing his retirement in October. Saturday's game against the Miami Dolphins marked Beasley's first game back on the Buffalo squad.
Cortney O'Brien is an Editor at Fox News. Twitter: @obrienc2


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Telkomsel Bags the Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Mobile Service Provider of the Year for Two Consecutive Years
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SINGAPORE, June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkomsel has bagged the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Mobile Service Provider of the Year award for two consecutive years.
The award was presented to Telkomsel at the 13th annual Frost & Sullivan ICT Asia Pacific Awards banquet, held at The Equinox, Swissotel The Stamford in Singapore on June 15.
Mr. Avinash Sachdeva, Senior Industry Analyst, Digital Transformation, Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan said that Telkomsel is one of the largest mobile service providers in the region with more than 153 million subscribers. "With management's vision to become leading TIMES service provider in the region, and focused strategy to build a robust foundation for the digital services, Telkomsel underwent business transformation over the past 3 years," he added.
He said that Telkomsel's micro-market segmentation, cluster based pricing strategy and increased data centric device on the network helped in monetizing the voice and data opportunity.
"Also, it continued to expand network coverage and modernize infrastructure to enhance the overall user experience. As a result, it continued to register double-digit growth in revenues, EBITDA and net profit. With its all-round performance, Telkomsel is not just the fastest growing service provider in the country, but also the best performing service provider in the Asia Pacific region," Mr. Sachdeva said.
"We are honored to receive the Asia Pacific Mobile Service Provider of the Year award from Frost & Sullivan for the second consecutive year. The award is particularly sweet for all the hard work, commitment and dedication of all our employees," said Ririek Adriansyah, President Director of Telkomsel.
The contenders for the Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific ICT Awards were evaluated on a variety of actual market performance indicators which include revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, leadership in product innovation, breadth of products and solutions, major customer acquisitions, and business and market strategy, amongst other category-specific criteria.
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Sometimes it seems like dogs are little garbage disposals dressed in fur. Dogs are scavengers by nature, so they are likely to try to get their teeth into things they shouldn't. And they are omnivores, which means they will munch on just about anything — from roadkill to garbage to the contents of the cat's litterbox. Yuck!
In addition, avoid feeding your dog bones (especially small, soft bones such as those from chickens and pork chops) as they can splinter and cause injury to the mouth, throat, and intestines.
If your dog eats a chocolate chip cookie or a piece of moldy bread, chances are he will be perfectly fine (although he may need to go outside to vomit). However, if you discover he's eaten an entire chocolate cake, or even a smaller portion of unsweetened (baker's) chocolate, which contains a much higher concentration of the toxic component, theobromine, or any of the above listed foods in any significant quantities, get him to the vet right away.


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Il Wisconsin è uno Stato federato degli Stati Uniti d'America, il 23º per superficie e il 20º per popolazione  abitanti secondo una stima del 2014).

Si trova nella regione dei Grandi Laghi, con i quali confina a nord (Lago Superiore) e a est (lago Michigan). Le bellezze naturali hanno reso il Wisconsin uno dei luoghi di vacanza preferiti degli statunitensi. Fu esplorato per la prima volta dal francese Jean Nicolet nel 1634, e i francesi controllarono il territorio fino al 1763. Divenne ufficialmente il trentesimo stato degli Stati Uniti d'America nel 1848.

L'economia dello stato, conosciuto come "stato contadino", è trainata dall'agricoltura e dall'industria manifatturiera. Anche il turismo svolge un ruolo importante. Le maggiori attrazioni sono l'House on the Rock a Spring Green, il Museo mondiale del Circo e importanti festival, soprattutto nei mesi estivi. L'industria tradizionale, soprattutto nel centro principale di Milwaukee, è quella di produzione della birra.

Geografia fisica
Lo stato è delimitato a nord dal corso del fiume Montreal, dal Lago Superiore e dalla regione dell'Upper Peninsula del Michigan, a est dal lago Michigan, a sud dall'Illinois e a ovest dagli stati dell'Iowa e del Minnesota.

Posto fra i Grandi Laghi e il Mississippi, il Wisconsin offre un'ampia varietà di caratteri geografici. Lo si può dividere in cinque distinte regioni. A nord c'è la piana del Lago Superiore che occupa la fascia costiera di questo lago. Immediatamente a sud ci sono gli altopiani del nord (Northern Highland) con vaste foreste di conifere e la grande foresta nazionale di Chequamegon-Nicolet; vi si trovano migliaia di laghi di origine glaciale e il punto più alto dello stato, Timms Hill  Al centro dello stato c'è la Pianura Centrale (Central Plain) caratterizzata da alcune formazioni rocciose uniche, in particolare lungo il corso del fiume Wisconsin, e dalla presenza di ricche fattorie. Nel sud-est una regione pianeggiante a vocazione agricola (Eastern Ridges and Lowlands), attraversata da rilievi che raggiungono altezze modeste, ospita le città più popolose dello stato. La regione a sud-ovest (Western Upland) ha un paesaggio molto più movimentato e un'alternanza di terreni agricoli e foreste.

Il paesaggio vario e le ricchezze naturali (sono diverse le aree protette di interesse nazionale) hanno fatto del Wisconsin una delle mete più popolari del turismo statunitense, anche d'inverno con lo sci, la pesca sul ghiaccio e altri sport invernali. Nel Wisconsin ci sono laghi di varia grandezza; complessivamente conta  di acque interne. La penisola che si estende lungo la costa orientale sul lago Michigan, denominata Door Peninsula, con i caratteristici villaggi di pescatori della Contea di Door, è forse il luogo preferito in assoluto dai turisti.

Clima

Il Wisconsin ha un clima di tipo temperato freddo, continentale, ideale per la coltivazione del grano e contraddistinto da estati piuttosto calde ma piovose, al punto che il periodo giugno-settembre raccoglie i due terzi delle precipitazioni annuali.

Gli inverni sono relativamente asciutti ma molto freddi (a Milwaukee la temperatura media giornaliera di gennaio è di  all'estremo nord-occidentale si registrano le medie fino a  e le precipitazioni invernali sono in prevalenza di tipo nevoso. Di solito la permanenza della neve è piuttosto lunga, anche se improvvise onde di calore dovute a masse di aria calda e umida in risalita dal Golfo del Messico possono indurre fenomeni di disgelo precoce nel pieno inverno. Normalmente la neve rimane al suolo dall'inizio di dicembre fino a metà marzo nelle regioni meridionali e centrali, fino alla fine di marzo a nord e nord-est.

La primavera è breve, caratterizzata, come in tutti gli stati del Midwest, da accesi contrasti termici tra periodi molto freddi, quando masse d'aria gelida scendono dall'Artico canadese, e periodi più caldi, favoriti sia dalla risalita di masse d'aria calda provenienti dalle regioni subtropicali degli Stati Uniti meridionali, sia dal forte riscaldamento diurno tipico delle pianure che occupano gran parte del territorio. Nella tarda primavera, specie nelle zone sud-occidentali e meridionali, non sono rari i tornado.

Gli autunni, anch'essi brevi, alternano periodi piovosi (soprattutto tra l'inizio di settembre e l'inizio di ottobre) e fasi di clima stabile e soleggiato, con temperature miti, alle prime avvezioni di aria artica e alle prime nevicate, spesso accompagnate da gelate che già da metà novembre possono risultare intense.

I record storici di temperatura nel Wisconsin sono: 45 °C registrati sulle rive del fiume Wisconsin nella zona dei cosiddetti Wisconsin Dells il 13 luglio 1936 e –48 °C a Couderay, nel nord-ovest dello stato, il 2 e il 4 febbraio 1996.

Origini del nome
La parola Wisconsin deriva dal nome dato all'omonimo fiume da uno dei gruppi algonchini di nativi americani che vivevano nella regione al momento della colonizzazione europea delle Americhe. Nel 1673 l'esploratore francese Jacques Marquette fu il primo europeo a raggiungere il fiume Wisconsin. Nel suo diario il corso d'acqua viene definito Meskousing. I successivi scrittori francesi modificarono l'ortografia in Ouisconsin, e nel corso del tempo questo divenne il nome sia del fiume Wisconsin sia delle terre circostanti. Quando gli inglesi cominciarono ad arrivare in gran numero, anglicizzarono l'ortografia da Ouisconsin a Wisconsin. La legislatura del Wisconsin Territory stabilì l'ortografia ufficiale attuale nel 1845.

Storia

Parte della Louisiana francese, ne seguì le sorti, finché nel 1783 passò agli Stati Uniti, anche se l'effettiva cessione di tutti i suoi posti fortificati da parte degli inglesi avvenne solo nel 1816. Appartenne dapprima al Territorio del Nord Ovest (1787-1800) e in seguito a quelli dell'Indiana (1800-1805), del Michigan (1805-1809), dell'Illinois (1809-1818), di nuovo del Michigan (1818-1836) e solo dal 1836 divenne territorio autonomo con l'Iowa, il Minnesota e parte del Dakota. Dal 1838 la parte a ovest del Mississippi fu ceduta al nuovo territorio dell'Iowa. Entrò nell'Unione come 30º stato il 29 maggio 1848.

Principali città

 Milwaukee,  abitanti nel 2010;
 Madison,  ab.; capitale statale.
 Green Bay,  abitanti.
 Kenosha,  abitanti.
 Racine,  abitanti.
 Appleton,  abitanti.
 Waukesha,  abitanti.
 Oshkosh,  abitanti.
 Eau Claire,  abitanti.
 Janesville,  abitanti.

Cultura
Una destinazione popolare per la musica dal vivo è il Bandshell Sarge Boyd a Owen Park, dove la Banda municipale d'Eau Claire presenta intrattenimento orientato alla famiglia per tutta l'estate.

Sport
Le franchigie del Wisconsin che partecipano al Big Four (le quattro grandi leghe sportive professionistiche americane) sono:
 Green Bay Packers, NFL
 Milwaukee Brewers, MLB
 Milwaukee Bucks, NBA

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  U.S. Census Bureau Dati Demografici