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COMPONENT=TestDeluge
IDENT_PROGRAM_NAME=delugere

DEFAULT_LOCAL_GROUP := 0xc5

SCRIPTSDIR = $(TOSDIR)/../contrib/SystemC/scripts

PFLAGS += -I%T/../contrib/echelon/ucb/Deluge/Deluge

#PFLAGS += -I%T/lib/MintRoute -I%T/lib/Queue
PFLAGS += -I%T/../contrib/echelon/ucb/Deluge/MintRoute -I%T/../contrib/echelon/ucb/Deluge/Queue

PFLAGS += $(shell $(SCRIPTSDIR)/ident.pl ../.ident_install_id $(IDENT_PROGRAM_NAME))

#PFLAGS += -I%T/../beta/TOSSIM-PageEEPROM

#PFLAGS += -DDELUGE_REPORTING_UART
PFLAGS += -DDELUGE_REPORTING_MHOP
PFLAGS += -DMULTI_HOP_DEBUG

include $(TOSDIR)/../apps/Makerules


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Paul Senyol
Paul Senyol describes 'Like Father Like Son' as his first attempt at what he calls a mirror artwork, a diptych painting on two panels which reflect one another.
The concept and theme came to him while meditating on the concept of what the Scripture describes Adam and Eve as being: 'made in His likeness'. The panels are constructed and composed in a way which allows each other to reflect and mirror the other, creating a butterfly wing effect. Within the panels he has abstracted two figures, the Father and the Son, illustrating the similarities between the two, captured in what he believes would have been a raw and emotional moment in their lives.
'Nightingale' is an excerpt and abstract detail of the larger diptych with very a personal resonance for Senyol.
The drawings and sketches offer an insight into his creative process and points of reference for the final pieces.

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Welcome to Aston Cantlow Parish Council's webpage.
Parish Councils are the level of local government closest to the people and supervise civic duties in towns and villages. Aston Cantlow Parish Council is responsible for Aston Cantlow, Little Alne, Newnham and Shelfield.
Broadly speaking, Parish Councils exist to represent the people within the parish with the aim of improving the quality of life within the parish. They are consultees on all types of planning applications affecting the parish. Parish Councils have the power to raise a sum of money known as the 'precept' which is collected with the Council Tax to support their operations. Parish Councils have powers to provide some facilities themselves, or they can contribute towards their provision by others.
For a full list of powers and duties please visit [link to NALC Become a Councillor]
In the future, Parish Councils may soon be granted more powers, especially as part of Quality Status. When councils are awarded this status they are allowed to negotiate with the District or County Council that certain responsibilities get devolved to the parish. This is part of the government's initiative to revitalise local democracy.
Our Aims as a Parish Council
We as a Parish Council have tried to improve communication within the parish and to improve links with the people of the parish and between the villages. We want to know you views and so we undertook a questionnaire to gauge the issues parishioners felt were important. We were thrilled when our bid for Lottery funding was granted to us in order for us to create this website to help take these ideals forward.
Duties of a Parish Councillor
Councillors attend meetings and committees to decide on activities to support, where and how much money should be spent, what services should be delivered and what policies should be implemented. They also monitor the effects of these decisions and try to get involved locally by going to meetings of bodies affecting the wider community and taking up issues on behalf of members of the public.
How we are Elected
Councillors are generally elected by the public every four years. There are six seats on Aston Cantlow's Parish Council, plus a part-time Clerk who help us to carry out our duties. The Clerk acts as the council's Responsible Finance Officer and she also gives effect to decisions of the council by placing orders for goods or services or formally writing to other bodies. All correspondence and communications should normally pass through the Clerk.
At each year's Annual General Meeting in mid-May a Chairman is elected and it is usual practice for a Vice-Chairman to also be appointed who can deputise for the Chairman as necessary. Any other representatives are also elected, e.g. our Parish Council nominee who sits on the Village Hall Management Committee.
In the event of a resignation or vacancy occurring mid-term, either a bye-election is held or, if there is no call for one, the remaining councillors can co-opt a willing volunteer to serves out the remainder of the four-year term. Fortunately politics are not generally a feature of Parish Council elections.
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Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii handles the full spectrum of banking and finance matters. On the NPL front, the team assisted Deutsche Bank, AnaCap Financial Europe and APS Holding with the takeover of a NPLs from Alpha Bank Romania and Alpha Bank. The team had an active year in the financing sphere, advising Unicredit Bank on a €50m financing granted to Forte Partners. Mihai Dudoiu, Gabriela Anton, Catalin Baiculescu and Stefan Damian are key members of the team and jointly lead the practice.
Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii advised a multinational telecommunications conglomerate on its multi-billion euro acquisition of another telecommunications company's operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. In a further highlight, it assisted Keysight Technologies with a complex corporate reorganisation following the $1.6bn acquisition of the Romanian subsidiary of IXIA group. Stefan Damian, Cornel Popa and Catalin Baiculescu are the key members of the team, which covers acquisitions, dispositions, financing arrangements, joint ventures as well as corporate advisory work.
Cătălin Băiculescu and Vlad Cercel head the practice at Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii. It covers a wide range of TMT work including sector-specific agreements and litigation, compliance and regulatory work and insourcing and outsourcing agreements. A notable instruction came from Telekom Romania and Telekom Romania Mobile in relation to concession agreements for the construction and operation of the backhaul elements of an electronic communications network. On the M&A front, it formed part of a global team advising Vodafone on its €18.4bn acquisition of Liberty Global's European operations.


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Closer to Extinction: Spring Delta smelt surveys reveal record low numbers of fish
http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2019/07/closer-to-extinction-spring-delta-smelt.html
By Dan Bacher |
The fall of 2018 saw a new record low number of Delta smelt — zero — in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) midwater trawl survey. This trend has continued in the spring Delta smelt 20-mm surveys conducted this year and last year, with a record low number of the smelt collected by Department scientists. (www.wildlife.ca.gov/...)
The Delta smelt was once the most abundant fish on the entire Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, numbering in the millions. However, massive water exports by the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project to agribusiness interests, combined with declining water quality and the impact of upstream dam operations, have put the fish on the brink of extinction under the Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom administrations.
According to independent fisheries biologist Tom Cannon in his California Fisheries Blog on the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) website, the Late April and early May 20-mm Surveys "provide an excellent picture of the status of Delta smelt population in the estuary."
"Since 2017, some surveys collected no Delta smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. The 2018 and 2019 survey catches are a new low for Delta smelt, lower even than the 2017 survey catch, and the lowest in the 1995-2019 survey period," said Cannon.
"The outlook for the Delta smelt population remains grim after these lows. Despite good conditions in spring 2018 and 2019, the severely depressed number of adult spawners indicates a continuing weak potential for recovery," Cannon concluded.
Fish scientists like UC Davis Professor Emeritus Dr. Peter Moyle say they don't have an easy answer for the Delta smelt's precipitous decline, particularly in 2017, a record water year when biologists would have expected a rebound. But fish advocates and independent scientists attribute the collapse of Delta smelt and other fish on the export of big quantities of water to agribusiness and Southern California water agencies by the state and federal pumping facilities in the South Delta over the past 50 years.
"We know what fish need," said Bill Jennings, Executive Director CSPA. "Fish prosper when they have adequate flows and quality water. They suffer when they don't. The question is how do we get them to survive on less water of poorer quality than they evolved with for thousands of years. The answer appears to be they can't."
The Delta smelt, found only in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, is an indicator species that demonstrates the health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta, the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas.
For more information on the fall 2018 midwater trawl survey, please read my article in the Sacramento News and Review: www.newsreview.com/...
The spring 20-mm study monitors post-larval-juvenile Delta Smelt distribution and relative abundance throughout their historical spring range in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and San Francisco Estuary, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Delta Smelt in the Central and South Delta areas may be entrained into the pumps of the State Water Project (SWP) and the Central Valley Project (CVP). The Department states:
This survey gets its name from the size (20-mm) at which Delta Smelt are retained and readily identifiable at the fish facilities associated with the state and federal pumps. The 2004 Biological Opinion requires this survey to provide "recent time" (within 72 hours) information on the distribution and relative abundance of Delta Smelt throughout the Delta and the upper estuary. These data can be found under Delta Smelt Distribution and Delta Smelt Length Frequency. Based upon the data, recommendations are made to protect Delta Smelt."
Sampling surveys range from 8-10 annually and run on a fortnightly basis covering stations throughout the Delta and downstream to the eastern portion of San Pablo Bay and Napa River. Samples are collected using an egg and larval, rigid opening net constructed of 1,600 µm mesh. Three 10-minute stepped-oblique (bottom to top) tows are made at each station.
Samples are preserved in neutral buffered formalin and then all fish larvae are sorted out and identified in a lab. The vast numbers of species (ca. 50) and amounts of detritus in the samples makes this a labor-intensive process.


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Posted in New York Food & Dining September 09, 2018 by Lea Monroe
This New Restaurant In New York Is The First Of Its Kind And And You'll Want To Visit
Sitting down in the Southern Tier with only 45,000 residents, you'll find that Binghamton is often one of our state's most overlooked cities to visit. Full of history and undervalued attractions, this summer the city received a treat with the opening of a new and appetizing Mexican restaurant that's unlike any other in the area. Check out the latest excuse to take a day trip to Binghamton!
If you've ever had the pleasure of dining at The Colonial in Binghamton, you'll be glad to hear that the owners just opened up a new restaurant next door that's equally delicious but up a new alley.
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Dos Rios Cantina on Court Street opened up this summer, giving Binghamton a restaurant that does a modern take on Mexican cuisine.
The restaurant is covered in gorgeous art by local artists that took months of hard work to create, with the end result being a one-of-a-kind look unlike any other restaurant in the area.
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Part of the fun while dining (or drinking) at Dos Rios Cantina is that you'll gradually notice more and more details in the art displayed on the walls and the restaurant's decor.
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Now onto the tasty stuff! Dos Rios Cantina has a drink menu that you'll quickly come to appreciate - with Watermelon, Strawberry, Mango, Blood Orange, Peach, and Traditional margaritas that pair up perfectly with everything on their menu.
They also even have Tequila Flights that you'll wish you had in your life sooner, and other amazing options like their Mexi-sodas, draft beer, mocktails, and cocktails that come out of the restaurant's full bar.
And while it's deservingly right to quickly swoon over their drinks, it's Dos Rios Cantina's food menu that will really make your mouth water.
So far since opening up this summer, the restaurant's favorite menu items have become things like their too good to be true Lobster Queso, their incredible Street Style Tacos, and their memorable list of appetizers that includes dishes like Buffalo Shrimp, Casa Wings, and their Plantain Boat.
Different from anything else you've ever experienced in Binghamton, come and taste New York's newest restaurant for yourself and see why we think this place is going to be around for quite a while.
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With so much gorgeous, electrifying art all around you, you'll feel like you're dining in the middle of a scene from Coco when you're at Dos Rios Cantina in Binghamton. With Brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, this new restaurant also makes for a great place to go with friends and family on the weekends. To find out more about Dos Rios Cantina and to view their menu, click here.
Have you heard about Dos Rios Cantina in Binghamton? For other memorable eateries around our state, read about The Inconspicuous New York Tavern That Will Blow You Away!
Celebrities Used To Flock To This New York Town To Experience Its Healing Mineral Waters
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There's A Waterfall In New York That Looks A Lot Like Jamaica's Dunn's River Falls, But Hardly Anyone Knows It Exists
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Q: Manage and update many machines with the same settings I have a small renderfarm of mac minis and they should all have exactly the same settings, get the same updates, etc. etc. I'm sure there is a solution for this and I would love to stop repeating myself :). How does this work at the enterprise level?
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Sorry for being vague. I have just four computers currently but may expand, though likely staying below ten. I frequently have to install software upgrades, configure licenses, update network mount points, etc.
I've done some rudimentary google searches but am having trouble finding the terminology.

A: For that level of computers, your best bet is to get a license of Apple Remote Desktop to manage them.

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*https://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/
Since it's Apple software, you can leverage AppleCare to get technical help and guidance. It scales very well for situations under 50 computers. Even managing thousands of Macs is possible, but I'd put my money on a different horse when crossing 100 Macs under management.
Seriously consider trying out bushel as well as osquery along with ARD to get started.

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*https://osquery.io

*http://www.bushel.com
You get free support from bushel and can stick with the free plan to see if it suits you while learning about MDM options. ARD is a no brainer to help install and manage without messing with setting up screen sharing one by one. Your call if OS Query is worth learning - if you don't want to know SQL like languages, there are other free solutions like Munki and AutoPkg to explore.

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*https://www.munki.org/munki/

*https://autopkg.github.io/autopkg/

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Characters, Die Hard characters, Antagonists,
Hans Gruber's terrorist cell
Characters with controversial fates
Last appearance
Knocked out by Argyle, possibly arrested by the police afterwards (possibly the only terrorist in Hans' group to survive)
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
"Oh, my God! The quarterback is toast!"
―Theo [src]
Theo was one of the terrorists and the sole computer hacker in Hans Gruber's group that attacked Nakatomi Plaza on Christmas Eve, 1988. Theo knew well-aware what the group was doing and didn't seem to care much. He was depicted as weasely, insensitive and arrogant, cracking jokes whenever people were killed. Theo and Eddie were the only American terrorists in Hans' group. He is the tertiary antagonist of Die Hard.
Die Hard Edit
Nakatomi takeover Edit
"You didn't bring me along for my charming personality."
―Theo when asked if he can 'break the code' [src]
Theo arrived at Nakatomi Plaza with Karl in a separate car he was driving while the others were in the Pacific Courier truck, heading for the underground parking lot. Once Theo and Karl arrived, he pretended to be talking to Karl about basketball to keep up appearances until Karl killed a security guard in the main desk. Theo jumps up to the desk, kicks the dead guard down and reports to Heinrich, who was driving the courier truck, on the radio that they're inside the building. He then proceeds into the building's security room and began locking down the building while humming to himself. Theo locked down the building's elevators from the 30th floor down, except for the service elevator. He then closes the parking lot gates and shut off the escalators. Theo destroys the security cameras by pulling the fuse to them and kicks over the console server. He joined Hans and the others after he completed his initial task.
After Hans and the others took control of the 30th floor, Theo went to the 34th floor conference room to try to gain access to the code and first safeguard to the vault containing $640 million in bearer bonds. Then Hans arrived with Karl, Karl's brother, Tony, and their hostage, Joe Takagi. In the room, Hans tried to get Takagi to willfully give him the code to the vault. When he refused, Theo implied to Karl that he knew Takagi wouldn't talk. Karl retorted that it wasn't over yet, as they had a bet riding on the outcome. Hans threatened Takagi with a count to three, but Takagi refused again and Hans killed him. Karl paid up, since Theo won the bet. Then, they heard a strange noise outside the conference room. Karl and Tony investigated but couldn't find anything. Hans then told Theo to break the code himself.
Breaking the vault open Edit
"You bet your ASS I wish to proceed."
―Theo after breaking the code [src]
Theo tells Hans that it will take him 30 minutes to break the code and it take him about two-two-and-a-half hours for breaking through the five mechanical locks at minimum. But he cannot cut the seventh lock, the electromagnetic seal system, since its circuits cannot be cut locally as he opened the access way to the vault. Hans tells him that they will go through with the plan. With that, he and Kristoff began working on the vault. Once he got the code to release the first lock, he began drilling the mechanical locks in the vault.
After awhile, Hans checked in with Theo, asking about his schedule. Theo says he cracked three locks and still need to work on four locks, include the electromagnetic seal. During the radio call from their intruder and the cop, Sgt. Al Powell, Theo stop drilling to listen in. After listening and knowing that they don't know their true agenda, he began drilling the vault's locks again.
Spying on the incoming cops Edit
"Alright, listen up guys. Twas' the night before Christmas, in all through the house, not a creature was stirring except the four assholes, coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation"
―Theo spotting the SWAT officers in the security camera [src]
When the cops are starting to come in, Hans has Theo spy on them from the building's security cameras they took over earlier. Theo then spots four SWAT officers, coming in from the rear of the camera and wittily tells to the others about it in the Twas' the night before Christmas remark. Then he spots the armored RV coming to them on the southeast corner. Then when Alexander and James hit the armored car with a rocket, rendering it immobile, Theo cheers at the scene, saying, "Oh my god and the quarterback is toast!".
After dealing with the cops, Theo get back to work on getting the vault open. When Hans checks him in after learning the identity of their intruder John McClane and making a fake demand to release his comrades-in-arms around the world, Theo tells him he has one more lock to deal with and the last one will take the miracle. Hans tells to call him when he hit the last lock.
Getting the vault open Edit
Theo after opening the vault.
"Merry Christmas."
―Theo in awe when the vault finally opens [src]
After breaking the last mechanical lock, Theo checks in with Hans about him hitting the last lock and the electromagnetic system came on immediately. Hans tells him to look at what the police are doing outside and he'll be right up there. Theo shows Hans that the cameras shows the city engineers and that they are going to the street circuit. He also sees men in the suits, which he doesn't know who they are. Hans tells Theo those men are the FBI and that they are ordering the others to cut the building's power, which Theo now realizes it will shut off the electromagnetic lock in the vault. Hans says that circuits that they cannot be cut are cut automatically in response to a terrorist incident and that the FBI are having the building's power cut.
When the building's whole are grid was turned off, the electromagnetic lock was shut off and that the vault was finally open. Hans, Theo and Kristoff we're awed by the sight of the vault and Theo smiles in celebration. As he was opening the cases that carry bearer bonds, Theo happily celebrates that they are going to be rich.
Escape attempt Edit
Theo knocked out by Argyle.
While he and Kristoff we're loading the bearer bonds in bags, Hans arrived with Eddie and hostage Holly Gennero-McClane, identified as the wife of McClane which is then reveal to them by reporter Richard Thornburg who interview her daughter Lucy. Theo arms the C4 explosives that are on the roof. He heads for the garage to get the ambulance loaded inside the Pacific Courier truck ready. He went into the truck and put on a paramedic's uniform disguise before heading into the back of the truck and backing out an ambulance. However, this inadvertently caught the attention of John McClane's limo driver, Argyle, who had been locked into the garage when Theo closed the gates to keep everyone out of the building. Argyle started the car and drove around, to discover that Theo was attempting to set up their escape route. Argyle snuck up on Theo and gunned it, ramming his limo into the ambulance's side. As a result of the impact, Theo was momentarily stunned; before he fully recovered, Argyle got out of the limo and punched him in the face, breaking his glasses and knocking him out. Theo was not seen after this incident and his fate was left unknown, but it can be inferred that he and perhaps Kristoff, who was possibly knocked out by McClane, was found by the police and arrested. He was the only terrorist to have definitely survived and not to have encountered McClane.
Theo had a very snarky and laid back attitude to the Nakatomi takeover. He was constantly making jokes and witticisms during inappropriate moments to lighten the mood. He was also a sports fan as he makes references to American football and basketball at certain points in the film. The only person he's shown really conversing with throughout the narrative is Hans, though he's also shown to have made a bet with Karl about whether Takagi would give up the code to the vault. Theo is rather despicable because he has absolutely no problem with people dying, often cracking jokes as people are killed.
In a shortened scene, Hans Gruber asks Theo if he can crack the code to the vault. Theo responds that he didn't come along for his "charming personality". As Hans walks away, he quietly says "Though you could have".
Clarence Gilyard (Theo) was actually punched by De'voreaux White (Argyle), in the escape attempt scene. White said McTiernan and the crew wanted to see a real actor pull it off because the last takes were not realistic.
Theo's role as the most intellectual member of the group is oddly prophetic, as Clarence Gilyard later retired from acting and became a college professor.
Die Hard Wiki has a collection of images related to Theo.
Retrieved from "https://diehard.fandom.com/wiki/Theo?oldid=23626"


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Ok it ran for 2 days and it happened again. Is there any way I can get any other log files see where this is happening? Busy playing but not lagging anymore just message network features not available then disconnected from the servers have to reboot to be able to connect.
No PC running when we game and stream but will do in any case. Updated the new router when it was delivered to the latest version. I really like the router when it works just want to get this sorted.
This is only PS4 related streaming and web browsing is not affected.
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Brett F. Sanders, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, analyzed last fall the scholarly achievements of the four program areas of the department: Environmental Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources, Structural Engineering and Transportation Systems Engineering.
Sanders was motivated by the inadequacy of existing rankings, which he found either too subjective or too broad for meaningful assessment at the program level of detail. His attention turned to an index that he calls "quality productivity." It represents the number of research articles that are published in the very best disciplinary journals, and it is therefore a metric that can be tailored to the focus areas of CEE's programs. The ability to focus is important because it allows the comparison of programs one field at a time against peers, instead of in a broad sense where rankings become biased toward the largest programs that include more disciplinary fields.
Sanders and the CEE faculty established a set of top-tier journals for each of the four focus areas of the department. Sanders then used a publishing database to identify all papers published in those journals during prescribed time windows and sorted all the research articles by institution. The resulting list was delineated into three time periods in order to see how each program's ranking changed over time.
The analysis shows that all four CEE program areas stand among the top 25 universities in the nation, three of the four are in the top 15 and one is in the top 10. The transportation systems engineering program is among the best in the nation with a top 10 standing over the entire timeline. The Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS) at UC Irvine has catalyzed millions of dollars in innovative research and countless projects over the years, and it engages researchers from several disciplines.
The hydrology and structures programs each entered the top 15 in the past six years, and while the structures program has climbed steadily from top 25 to top 15 status over the 18-year timeline, the hydrology program rose more rapidly, having started as a top 50 program in 1994-1999. The environmental program has the lowest current ranking among the four programs, but it has also come the farthest of all the programs. In 1994-1999, the program had just entered the top 100, but by 2000-2005 it rose into the top 50 before rising to the top 25 within the past six years. The great strides of the hydrology and environmental programs can be attributed to the number and quality of our faculty. Over the past decade, the number of "water" faculty in CEE grew from three to 12. Faculty leadership is critical for creating student project opportunities that, in turn, lead to research publications. With well over a hundred research universities in the country, CEE's current standing in the upper echelon reflects a remarkable level of growth with continued attention to excellence.


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The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual festival held each second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. It used to be in The Hague but since 2006 it has been held in Rotterdam. This is because the Statenhal where the festival was held before was demolished in 2006. As of 3 November 2017 the festival officially will be known as the NN North Sea Jazz Festival.[1]
Paul Acket
D'Angelo performs at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam in 2012.
The founder of the three-day festival was Paul Acket, a businessman and jazz lover who made a fortune in the 1960s with his pop magazine publishing company.[2][3] When Acket sold his company in 1975, he was able to start and sponsor the North Sea Jazz Festival. Acket wanted to present American jazz and European avant-garde jazz. In 1976 the first edition of the festival took place. It was an immediate success: six stages, thirty hours of music, and 300 performances drew over 9000 visitors. Acts included Count Basie, Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Sarah Vaughan.
The Edison Jazz Awards and the Bird Awards are presented at the North Sea Jazz Festival.[4]
In 1990, two sub-festivals were introduced: North Sea Jazz Heats, a free festival performed in pubs throughout The Hague, and the more exclusive Midsummer Jazz Gala.[4] Both take place on the evening before the festival. Musicians that have performed at the Midsummer Jazz Gala include Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, and Oscar Peterson. Amy Winehouse performed at the festival in 2004.
The festival has grown to fifteen stages, 1,200 musicians, and about 25,000 visitors a day.[2] The festival presents concerts in New Orleans jazz, swing, fusion, blues, gospel, funk, soul and drum and bass.
The festival is acknowledged as the "biggest indoor jazz festival in the world"[4] and has a reputation for showcasing different areas of jazz from all eras.[4]
^ "NN Group title sponsor of North Sea Jazz". www.northseajazz.com.
^ a b "Rotterdam North Sea Jazz Festival". APassion4Jazz.net. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
^ "Paul Acket". Biography. MuzikEncyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
^ a b c d "Port of Rotterdam North Sea Jazz Festival - Biggest indoor jazz festival". ArtsHolland.com. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
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Ex-Manchester United boss David Moyes investigated by police over alleged bar brawl
22 May 2014 - 02:47PM | By Tim Hyde
Former Manchester United manager David Moyes is being investigated after allegedly assaulting a 23-year-old man in a bar.
Reportedly Moyes had been drinking at the Emporium wine bar in Clitheroe when the alleged incident occurred at around 10pm on Wednesday evening.
The well-known bar is situated above an antique shop and is only a short drive from his Moyes home.
No one arrests have been made at this stage.
Lancashire Police said: "Police are investigating a report of an assault at the Emporium wine bar in Clitheroe.
"Officers attended the bar at about 10pm yesterday and it was reported that a 23-year-old local man had been assaulted by a 51-year-old man. He did not require hospital treatment.
"Inquiries are ongoing and we are speaking to a number of people to try to establish the circumstances.
"There are a number of differing accounts which we need to work through to try to establish exactly what has happened."
Moyes was recently sacked by the Red Devils with four games last season to spare, following a disastrous first year in charge at Old Trafford.
The 51-year-old former Everton manager has been linked with the newly vacated Celtic job since former manager Neil Lennon quite the club after a three-year stint.
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An injection of funds from the Rudd Labor Government saw a quick boost in the availability of housing stock to ease the burgeoning waiting list for State Housing Commission stock.
I was glad to get a bedsit, 10 minutes walk from a clean, quiet beach. It was a welcome relief from the two years I had spent in a cramped boarding house in the valley where physical confrontations were sometimes unavoidable. Poly-drug abuse particularly alcohol were critical and chronic, any more than a few hours sleep was impossible without the excessive use of strong hypnotic drugs making habituation a constant trap.
Over the five years I spent living at Margate the population was a broad cross-section of people from various backgrounds, age groups, habits and aspirations. The general tone of the place was set by interchanging groups of young to middle age men with a background of homelessness, drunkenness and a total disregard for their neighbours, the majority of whom were quiet, solitary and generally polite, often verging on asocial. There was no set arrangement for taking the rubbish out and a total absence of any inclusive social behaviour except drunkenness with the noise and language that comes from those full of bravado born of intoxication and absence of opportunity. There was a stark absence of space and facilities for those who might be inclined to engage in work or hobbies.
A large proportion of people were undergoing treament for psychiatric disorders e.g. drug dependence, manic-depresive disorders, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorders and obsessive-compulsive states. The list is almost endless and in the past many would have been confined to institutions because their behaviour was uncontrollable and problematic. Since the 1970's there has been a growing trend in mental health to use drugs to manage peoples' behaviour particularly with the aid of more recent developments in pharmaceuticals. Unfortunately those patients dependant on public health facilities are generally placed in subsidised housing and left with minimal supervision.
Recurring cases of manic-depression and other disorders can reach states where their behaviour excites other tenants in a dysfunctional, often violent response. A positive feedback loop reminiscent of Bedlam.
For a year or so I lived with a neighbour above me who was in a florid manic state which reached crescendos of shouting, delusional and often unintelligible. These bursts frequently lasted for days on end and more frequently lasted for 12-24 hours without respite. When I finally took up my new residence I was severely addicted to sleeping pills and was shell-shocked for several weeks to the point where I felt like a convalescent.
Laval was not so fortunate after moving there from a similar residence in Spring Hill to the boarding house I had been in at the Valley. Like most people depending on Centrelink payments his life was punctuated by fortnightly payments. In his case a common routine was the arrival of one or another of several people who would show up late the night before with a bit of pot or speed, whatever the drug, he would get some on tick then wait until about 1am to get his money from the ATM, repay what he owed and often buy more. This is a common enough routine in these circles but with no other interest or occupation it adds up to a life devoid of friendship, purpose, goals or opportunity. At the age of 40 many had known nothing different since leaving school.
Other than this fortnightly ritual, for recreation he would seek out a flat with an open door, Eds or Jeanette's usually had a billy going and Ozzie would often be doing something to entertain those who were easily fooled. He was boasting of how he could intercept the police radio which brought a laugh from me and a comment to the effect "If it's worth listening to they won't let you here it." Sometime later the local paper ran a story which explained that people were using mobile phones to listen to the Police radio chatter after ringing in a false complaint. I can easily imagine situations where somebody would ring in a false complaint to the police then wait until they showed up to a place where there was nothing but a few drunken layabouts making smart remarks about the pigs. Was this the attraction of the app for mobile phones that can pick up the local police car radios?
It would be ridiculous to try and join some dots from here to the shooting since it doesn't account for the knife for starters but there is a general feeling amongst the local police, and the general population as well, that such residences are an unfair intrusion on their previously quiet street and shopping centres. After less than a year at Margate the police were reluctant to come to calls unless there was serious danger. After I moved out there was a fight in the car park when a man was injured and unconscious. The ambulance had to come and the police came with them. The unconscious man was taken to hospital where he died so his assailant, instead of being on bail for a first offence of unlawful wounding, is now in custody facing manslaughter.
There were some tenants who repeatedly made legitimate complaints about noise, arguments and fights which the police didn't respond to. On one occasion I was on the footpath when the police did respond when a young girl complained about repeated abusive behaviour from a neighbour. The police didn't leave their car before someone told them it was over. When I got to my stairs the girl was still waiting for help.
Those residents who dress neatly and bath regularly, speak intelligibly and keep out of trouble learned to apply to the Housing Manager for a transfer to one of several places where the atmosphere is more conducive to a peaceful life.
I was fortunate to get out of the units in Baynes St after it got to the stage where the lunatics had taken over the asylum whereas our hapless subject of this blog had been evicted and fell into a life of couch surfing generally staying at the home of another former tenant. Unfortunately he was killed by police after they traced the source of bogus calls to his mobile phone and in a fit of paranoia was brandishing a knife, the same sort of behaviour that was reason for his eviction from Baynes St. He was being treated for his psychiatric disorder but apart from gett prescriptions for his medication he only ever received attention when one of the neighbours eventually called an ambulance when he had a fit. His fits generally presented with him sitting on the ground and groaning in distress until the ambulance attended. Despite repeated calls there was no follow up from mental health.
A change of government has brought on severe cutbacks to social services including healthand housing. The office of the Housing Manager is a half-hour bus ride to Sandgate but now it has been closed and the nearest office is at Caboolture or Spring Hill.
The growing neglect by reactionary governments seems to be leading us closer to the problems that exist in more urban environments where some of the housing projects are becoming like 'No Go Areas' for police while facilities that traditionally serviced the occupants are eroded by cutbacks. It makes me feel fortunate that I managed to move to my current home when I did. Another year and such options may no longer exist. At the same time the news has a story of a massive bust of amphetamines which are a notorious cause of paranoia and psychosis.


Airbnb refused to provide the Greek Finance Ministry with information on property rentals thus delaying the launch of an online platform where owners should register the rental transactions and pay the necessary taxes.
According to information obtained by economic news website economy365.gr, the Finance Ministry has tried for five months to get in touch with executives of the company in California as well as of other companies (Novasol etc). However, the companies showed no intention to cooperate with Greek authorities who has requested that the tax number of property owner is being registered to every property at the Airbnb platform.
Owner's tax number would facilitate the imposition of taxes on rentals via Airbnb.
The tax legislation on short-term leases through digital platform like Airbnb was voted last year. The law foresees taxes of 15%-45% and a limited number of rentals per year.
Registration is mandatory. Authorities will provide the property owner with a certification number that has to be declared on any website and social media advert, including, of course, the Airbnb platform.
Fines can reach up to 5,000 euros, if a property owner does not register on the Greek authorities registration platform and tries to evade taxes from short-term rentals.
The state has estimated that revenues from Airbnb rentals could reach 48 million euros per year.
According to the Finance Ministry property owners try to bypass the 3% commission to Airbnb and upcoming taxes by direct contact to customers via messenger or telephone. The payments are done cash at the arrival and not through the platform. In this way, property owners can bypass not only the commission but also registration of the rentals and future taxes. Just in case and even if one day, the Airbnb decides to hand over its Greek data to the tax authorities.
For the time being it looks as the Greek goal to tax Airbnb properties has to be postponed….
A side effect of Airbnb is the increase of prices for apartments to rent in urban areas. There are reportedly whole buildings that have been transformed into short-term rentals with the effect that leasees hardly can find a long-term rental.
Finding an apartment to rent in downtown Athens especially in areas surrounding the Acropolis, like Koukaki, Filopappou, Petralona, Makrygianni – or even Exarcheia has become a rarity. And when one finds an space to rent, prices are high and apartments quality is low.
PS I suppose, Airbn cannot make exceptions on its policy just to satisfy the Greeks, can it? The Greek state should work out other means on how to persuade these property owners to register and pay taxes. Some of these means could be:restoring confidence to the state, bring down over-taxation, restore health services, bring back salaries and pensions to pre-crisis level. OK. #justkidding.
Comapnies like airbnb and Uber that refuse to obey the laws of countries should be banned from operating in them. It's that simple, and has already started to happen with both of these. US companies that behave like parasites on the rest of the world make their owners billionaires through tax evasion — and consumers use them because they are cheaper. Ultimately, as with cheap Chinese imports, the end result is to export jobs and wealth from your own EU country to China, the USA and –more usually– offshore banks where criminal billionaires locate their massive wealth.
I agree, the government should either draft legislation to ban the company from operating or fine them a multiple of lost tax. The evasion of tax by many of these silicon valley companies is only permitted because of a failure to legislate or a tax system, that encourages evasion. You could nationalise Amazon.uk for a pittance, after all it makes no money. I doub it ever will because it will never want to pay any tax so will claim it makes a loss every year based upon having to pay roaylties. Nationailse it for a nominal amount and change it's name to the Ouse and you could avoid royalties.


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There is no difference in the features and specifications. They only differ in the colour and design of the front glass door. Both the model numbers contain - RC 30, which denotes Rotisserie Convection 30L Microwave, then initial B - Black (Front door is black so as the body) and F - Floral (Front door has a red flower print, and the body is same as BRC2 30). I bought FRC2 30 L only because I liked the design, and it matches with my existing kitchen cooktop and shelves. If you don't want to spend extra money for design and colour to match your kitchen, go for IFB BRC2 30L Microwave. You will have a superb experience.
What are the features of this Oven?
No, it's a convection oven.
It's working as the manufacturer mentioned.