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RTBE Interview with: The Loose Marbles
This will be an on going project of interviews with various artists. Today's guest: Ben Polcer, Trumpeter in The Loose Marbles.
Rock The Body Electric: When and how did The Loose Marbles get started?
Ben Polcer: The Loose Marbles band technically started in Providence, Rhode Island in 2000.. it was inactive from 2001--2006, then was reborn in NYC under the leadership of Michael Magro (clarinet) and Ben Polcer (trumpet), which it remains today. It was developed as a street band in Washington Square Park in NYC for a few months in 2006 with Peter Beirhorst (banjo), Jake Sanders (guitar), Peter Ford (box bass), and Rich Levinson (washboard). In 2007 Michael Magro and Ben Polcer relocated to New Orleans, to play on the streets through the winter. There we met up with other musicians and dancers (Kiowa Wells-- guitar, Barnabus Jones-- trombone, Jason Jurzak-- tuba/bass, Meschiya Lake-- vocals, Shaye Cohn-- piano, trumpet, Blu Beverage--tuba, Jessie Juice Man-- bass drum, Jon Gross-- tuba, Chance Bushman and Amy Johnson-- dancers, and some others)...
RTBE: Are there set members or more like a rotating cast of characters?
BP: The only real set members are Michael Magro and myself. It is a constant rotating cast of musicians, different on almost every gig.. There are members who play a good majority of the time now though. They are: John Rodli-- guitar, Robert Snow-- bass, Shaye Cohn-- piano, trumpet, Barnabus Jones--trombone, Jason Jurzak-- bass, Jon Gross-- tuba.
(Ben playing Trumpet, Piano and Percussion at the same time... not bad)
RTBE: The band has such a pure Old-time Jazz sound, yet the group is young, how did the authentic tone and sound come about?
BP: The authentic sound came from various sources. Michael studied many old New Orleans recordings of George Lewis, Albert Burbank, Bunk Johnson, Jim Robinson, etc, and molded his clarinet playing around that style, and spent some time in New Orleans. My father is a traditional jazz trumpet player, so I grew up hearing this kind of music at an early age. We decided to play this 'style' of music, and sought out other musicians who played in that vein...
RTBE: How much does the city of New Orleans influence you?
BP: The city of New Orleans has had a huge influence on the band. This kind of music is very much a part of the culture here in New Orleans, and has offered countless opportunities and inspirations that no other place could have offered. Even before we came here the music of New Orleans had affected us, through recordings, and live musicians.
RTBE: You guys seem to have two homes, NOLA and NYC, do you feel there is some sort of connection between the two cities?
BP: I think that there is a connection between NYC and NOLA, mostly because they are two places where music and more specifically, jazz music are a big part of the culture. More in NOLA nowadays. For us, they just happened to be the 2 places where we did a lot of playing, met a lot of musicians, and made many contacts. Though we live in NOLA, I was raised in NYC, and Michael in Philadelphia.
RTBE: Is it true you guys try to never charge a cover for your shows? If so how did this come about and why?
BP: It is true that we very rarely charge a cover for our shows. I think it came about because we are at heart a street band, where the music is free. Though we were not being paid by anyone, we found that if we made music for music's sake, people would give generously to us, and we could make a living off of tips and cd sales alone. Learning this lesson on the street taught us a lot about not forcing music down people's throats, and not pushing too hard for their money. We found that the more passive we were in seeking money, the more generous people would be--- and most of the clubs we play at are free to the public, just have to buy a drink. we like it that way, because music should be for everybody, not just those that can pay a cover charge.
Thanks to Ben for his time. The Loose Marbles will be playing 3 shows in and around town during Jazzfest, if you are in New Orleans be sure to catch them:
st.peter (french quarter)
Friday, April 23 at 11:30pm
new orleans jazz fest
economy hall
Thursday, April 29 at 12:25pm
Marbles at the WWII museum
945 magazine (new orleans)
Saturday, May 8 at 9:00pm
(Also be sure to just cruise around as you may catch them playing in the streets...their natural habitat)
I gotta say I was blown away when friends of mine (Ben and KP) brought me to check this group out, it was stunning, they sound like they have been playing this music together for decades and to find that they are a loose knit fellowship of like minded street musicians was shocking. Just check out my favorite YouTube Clip of the group and try NOT to be blown away...
I rest my case!
Become a fan of theirs on Facebook and try to catch them when they come to your town...or better yet head down to theirs.
All pictures were taken by RTBE (Thanks Kelli!) at The Loose Marbles 9-17-09 Show at Radegast Biergarten Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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About Full Access
One of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District's goals is to enhance curriculum through the use of technology. This is accomplished through our Full Access plan, which provides a device to every student in grades 3-12. The focus of this plan revolves around enhanced teaching and learning, curriculum and student engagement toward greater levels of learning. Careful consideration and input were put into this plan by all stakeholders to provide a high-quality plan to further enhance full-access and student learning. Staff also have access to these devices and appropriate technology training will be provided to staff at all levels.
Grades and Devices
This plan will provide students in grades 5-12 with a school-issued device 24/7 during the school year to have access to curriculum, learning tools, and collaboration opportunities.
Grades 9-12 will be assigned a MacBook Air
Grades 5-8 will be assigned an iPad
Grades 3-4 will have an iPad assigned to them (available during school hours)
Early Childhood to Grade 2 are also provided classroom access.
Sign Online Handbook and Make Your Non-Refundable Deposit for students in grades 5-12
Staff will also have access to these devices and appropriate technology training will be provided to staff at all levels. Procedures for distribution and parent/guardian informational meetings will be forthcoming.
Full Access Presentation (11 min. video)
SHS - Full Access distribution August 2018
SMS - Full Access intro letter August 2018

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Hary Tanoesoedibjo is a sketchy billionaire with ties to pro-Islamist politicians — and the ear of the next U.S. president.
<> on September 6, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Hary Tanoesoedibjo is a billionaire reality TV impresario with a rich dad, over a million Twitter followers, a love for Vladimir Putin, a trail of tax avoidance allegations, and outsized political ambitions. It's no wonder he's Donald Trump's biggest business partner in Indonesia — and now it seems his closest political ally.
Tanoesoedibjo, whose name is commonly shortened to Tanoe, plans to join Trump in building two "six-star" luxury resorts in West Java and Bali. The former will include a theme park, Trump's first golf course in Asia, and a brand-new toll road linking the resort to Jakarta. It would be a lofty revamp for the present Lido Lakes resort and conference center, a fusty old hotel amid rice fields.
Their partnership comes with some eyebrow-raising footnotes. The pair formally agreed to cooperate in a September 2015 memorandum of understanding (MOU), when Trump was among the bumper crop of Republican presidential candidates; for now, the U.S. president-elect is remaining coy about his exact plans to divest his holdings. Meanwhile, Tanoe created his own political party last year: the United Indonesia Party (Perindo). The party plans to field candidates for office, Tanoe among them, in the near future. And the existing Indonesian politicians who are closest to Trump and Tanoe, Setya Novanto and Fadli Zon — the speaker and vice speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively — have warm relations with the Islamist radicals who have been organizing mass protests in Jakarta this fall against a Christian governor.
Some praise the knowledge Trump has gleaned through this relationship. "Trump understands Indonesia through its products," said Airlangga Hartarto, the Indonesian minister of industry, whose constituency includes the site of Tanoe's Lido resort. "Indonesia's resources have always had a close bearing on government policy. Since 1967," when General Suharto seized power.
"In Indonesia, the business relationship between Tanoe and Trump is well-known, and it will most likely extend to politics," said Arbi Sanit, a political analyst at the University of Indonesia. "Trump will use Tanoe as a tool in dealing with Indonesia, and because they are mixing politics with business, he may be used as an informal ambassador." Like Trump, said Sanit, Tanoe has also tried to pivot to national politics — albeit with little success so far — but that could change soon. "The 'Trump effect' could fast-track his political fortunes if their investments work out, due to the general support for American business in this country," he said.
Although Trump has gestured toward moving his holdings into a blind trust, he has been vague about the details. In Indonesia, members of Tanoe's MNC Land group, which oversees real estate developments, say they haven't been instructed to change anything since the American election.
"Nothing has changed for us since Trump's election," said Syafril Nasution, corporate secretary of the MNC Group. "MNC signed our MOU with Trump in 2015, so we're still proceeding exactly as planned." Both projects, said Nasution, will stretch until at least 2018, well over half of Trump's first term. Trump's press team could not be reached for comment.
Tanoe, who's worth $1.09 billion according to Forbes, has a murky financial record. "Probably nobody, local or foreign, does business of this scale in Indonesia without paying bribes," William Liddle, professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State University and a specialist in Indonesian politics told Reveal News. Earlier this year, Tanoe was implicated in a tax evasion scandal with a telecommunications company that he used to own.
Trump's connection with Tanoe doesn't only tie the president-elect to local corruption — it also implicates him in his local partner's unsavory and potentially destabilizing politics.
Tanoe has flitted between three political parties in just five years, and ran for vice president on Suharto-era military general Wiranto's presidential ticket in 2014. His brief tenure in Wiranto's Hanura party coincided with a surge in the polls for the party, thanks to his high media profile. Tanoe runs the country's third-largest television station as well as the Miss Indonesia pageant.
The "biggest risk" of the Trump-Tanoe relationship, Sanit argues, is that it could boost Tanoe's upstart populist party. The United Indonesia Party's platform runs counter to the moderate liberal consensus helmed by current President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, which "counterbalances the ideology of radical Islamism through robust nationalism." Tanoe's party doesn't stand for anything specific, beyond Tanoe himself, said Sanit, so much as it stands against the current administration. In that, it matches Trump's enthusiastic middle finger to the American establishment during his campaign.
But unlike Trump, Tanoe can't represent the resentful ethnic majority of his country. He is a Chinese Christian, a long-aggrieved minority that has become newly anxious with the racially charged campaign to unseat Jakarta's Chinese Christian governor.
And yet, Tanoe is comfortable working even with people complicit in attacks on his own community. Tanoe is acting as a bridge between Trump and some of Indonesia's sketchiest politicians, Setya Novanto and Fadli Zon, the speaker and vice speaker of the House. They are longtime Tanoe supporters who made a bizarre public appearance with Trump in New York in September 2015.
Zon is a tacit supporter of the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI), the hardline Islamist group that organized massive rallies against Jakarta's ethnic Chinese governor this fall, and which engages in various cultural offensives like banning Santa hats from Indonesian malls.
"Yes, I supported the rallies," Zon told Foreign Policy, speaking at Parliament. "[Protest leader] Habib Rizieq came to Parliament before the rallies and we received him. I support his right to freedom of expression," he said.
"There's no doubt that Tanoe brokered that meeting," said Djalal, referring to the 2015 meeting with Trump in New York. "That's the only way Novanto and Zon could have met with Trump in New York." The pair got into hot water when they returned to Jakarta and were summoned for questioning over the ethics of the Trump meeting, although they took a laissez-faire attitude to their hearings, and the allegations eventually just faded away. In December, Novanto was caught trying to extort $4 billion from a mining company and resigned his post. But then his replacement was also ousted for ethics violations, so last month, Novanto was reinstated as House speaker.
Given Trump's frequent and bigoted attacks on Muslims and Islam, Zon, Novanto, Tanoe, and Trump seem like unlikely bedfellows. But Zon was unconcerned about Trump's onetime promise of a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslim immigration to the U.S.
"Of course, if you scrutinize what he says word by word, it can't realistically be done. I think it was just campaign rhetoric. I don't think he'll do what he said," said Zon.


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Michael Elihu Colby (born 29 October 1951) is an American theatre lyricist and musical playwright. He is the author of the book The Algonquin Kid and musicals such as Charlotte Sweet and Tales of Tinseltown.

Early life and education
Michael Colby was born in New York City. From 1946 to 1987, his grandparents, Ben and Mary Bodne, owned the Algonquin Hotel where Colby grew up as a child, observing celebrities such as Ella Fitzgerald, Laurence Olivier, and Tennessee Williams. His upbringing in the Algonquin later inspired Colby to write The Algonquin Kid.

Career
Colby has written many musicals. Charlotte Sweet received three Drama Desk Award nominations, including one for his lyrics. North Atlantic won the Show Business Award. Meester Amerika was chosen for the TRU Musical Theater Reading Series.

Productions
 North Atlantic (1977) – book;  co-lyricist with composer James Fradrich
 Ludlow Ladd (1979) – libretto; with composer Gerald Jay Markoe
 Charlotte Sweet (1982) – libretto; with composer Gerald Jay Markoe
 Mrs. McThing (1984) – book/lyrics; with composer Jack (Jacques) Urbont; based on play by Mary Chase
 Tales of Tinseltown (1985) – book/lyrics; with composer Paul Katz
 Slay It With Music (1989) – book/lyrics; with composer Paul Katz
 Happy Haunting (1992) – libretto; with composer Gerald Jay Markoe
 The Human Heart (1998) – lyrics; with composer Steven Silverstein & bookwriter Pat Hoag Simon
 Delphi or Bust (1998) – book/lyrics; with composer Gerald Jay Markoe
 They Chose Me! (2006) – lyrics/co-book writer; with composer and co-bookwriter Ned Paul Ginsburg
 Meester America [a.k.a. The 1st Family of 2nd Avenue] (2007) – lyrics; with composer Artie Bressler and bookwriter Jennifer Berman
 Dangerous (2017) – co-lyricist/co-bookwriter; with John C. Introcaso
 Boynton Beach Club (2019) – co-lyricist; with composer Ned Paul Ginsberg, bookwriter Susan Seidelman, co-lyricist Cornelia Ravenal; based on film by Susan Seidelman

Personal life
In 1986, Colby married Andrea Lee Loshin.

References

1951 births
Living people
American lyricists
American male dramatists and playwrights
Northwestern University alumni
New York University alumni

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SISIS announce first bowls maintenance seminars of 2016.
Dennis and SISIS have announced that they will be holding four of their popular bowling green maintenance seminars throughout February and March 2016.
The seminars are designed to educate greenkeepers on how to maintain and look after bowling greens. Combining both insightful seminars and practical tips, a number of industry experts will take to the stage to discuss a wide range of key topics.
The morning seminars will offer tips on early spring maintenance of bowling greens, grant funding support, and how to choose the correct grass seed. A complimentary lunch signals the halfway point which precedes an on-the-green demonstration. This demonstration not only provides a perfect opportunity to see some of the sport's best maintenance equipment in action but also offers guidance in the way you prepare your greens.
Delegates will then gain a greater understanding of chemicals and fertilizers through the next informative seminar. Finishing off the day is the hugely popular Turf Clinic Q&A session, allowing people to ask advice about their own projects or any issues that they may have had.
For the February and March seminars, Dennis and SISIS will work with three of their dealers – RT Machinery, Tomlinson Groundcare and Lister Wilder.
Both days start with registration at 9am. To register for the FREE and highly informative seminars, please contact Roger Moore on 01332 824777 or email roger.moore@dennisuk.com.
More dates will be announced shortly. Further information about the range of bowls maintenance products available can be found by visiting www.dennisuk.com / www.sisis.com.


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Q: Cross assemble Linux Arm64 using MacOS clang assembler I am trying to write Assembly on MacOS using the default clang assembler.
I got this small "Hello World" working for MacOS on the same machine:
.global _main
.align 2

_main: mov X0, #1
    adr     X1, hello
    mov     X2, #13
    mov     X16, #4
    svc     0

    mov     X0, #0
    mov     X16, #1
    svc     0

hello: .ascii  "Hello World!\n"

It is taken from this question.
When I assembler it with:
clang hello.s

I can successfully run it with:
./a.out

Now, I try to follow the "Hello World" for Linux from the book Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language. It is basically the same program, but the sys-calls is for Linux:
.global _start

_start: mov X0, #1
    ldr     X1, =hello
    mov     X2, #13
    mov     X8, #64
    svc     0

    mov     X0, #0
    mov     X8, #93
    svc     0

.data
hello: .ascii  "Hello World!\n"

I cannot event assemble this program using clang hello.s on MacOS, I get this error:
Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
  "_main", referenced from:
     implicit entry/start for main executable
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I assume that this error is because I have not told clang that it should use Linux as target.
How can I cross assemble the above "Hello World" to Linux Arm64 from MacOS on Arm64 using the built in clang?
I want to be able to run the Linux binary in a Arm64 Docker container on MacOS Arm64.

A: You will need lld or some other linker that can output ELF binaries, as Xcode only ships with Apple's ld64, which is limited to Darwin targets. Once you have lld in your path, you can build your assembly file with:
clang --target=arm64-linux-gnu -fuse-ld=lld hello.s -nostdlib

Of course, if you want to use libraries or eventually compile C code and include header files, you will have to either find or build an SDK to pass to clang with --sysroot. I'm not aware of any standard process for doing this, but I've had some success with just pulling public deb files from Ubuntu/Debian package mirrors and unpacking them into one folder.

A: After the answer to Siguza, the difficult part was to find a linker that could do the job.
This is what finally worked for me.
Install macos cross toolchain with:
brew install aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu

After that I have this binary that can be added to PATH:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/11.2.0/bin/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld

Then I could build the binary with:
clang --target=arm64-linux-gnu -fuse-ld=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld hello.s -nostdlib

And I could verify the binary by using this Dockerfile:
FROM scratch
ADD a.out /bin/
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Build a container with:
docker build -t app .

Run it and get the output:
docker run app
Hello World!

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Sturridge, Alcacer, Benteke - The likelihood of Aston Villa striking shock transfer deals
Aston Villa transfer news | There's been some wild transfer rumours over the past few days ahead of Transfer Deadline Day on Friday as Villa's search for another striker continues
Ashley PreeceClub Writer
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The countdown is on for Aston Villa to pin down another striker before transfer deadline day on Friday.
Dean Smith reaffirmed the club's all-out pursuit for another front man during a rare spot of FA Cup punditry on Saturday.
"Yeah, we're still looking," he told BBC's Gary Lineker during Leicester City's 1-0 win over Brentford. "We've just brought in Mbwana Samatta from Genk and we're still looking to bring another one in as well. But this window is notoriously difficult."
And notoriously difficult it most certainly is, especially as Villa ideally want a proven forward with Premier League experience.
"You'd love to have experience of the Premier League if you possibly can," added Smith, "if not experience of the English league. That's the sort of profile we're looking at."
There's been a lot of names in the frame over the past few weeks and, ahead of this week's winter window deadline, Club Writer Ashley Preece dissects the likelihood of the most-recent strikers linked with a move to B6.
The start of a new week began with box-fresh transfer rumours linking one-time Villa academy prospect Daniel Sturridge with a return to his native Birmingham. The 30-year-old has has scored four goals and made four assists in six starts for Trabzonspor who, according to talkSPORT, have a £4.2m bid on the table from Villa for last season's Champions League winner.
Sturridge fits the brief Smith's looking for in terms of a striker having proven Premier League pedigree. His 2018 injury-ravaged loan spell at West Brom will set off alarm bells, though, having made just six appearances while looking a shadow of his former self. The forward became a bit-part player for Jurgen Klopp last term scoring just four goals.
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As for a switch to Villa, it appears highly unlikely simply because it represents too high a risk given a: Sturridge's injury record and b: signing a player past his best. In Turkey, for example, Sturridge has been named in Trabzonspor's starting XI just 35 per cent of the time. He is, though, averaging a goal every 111 minutes which is a good return but, on this occasion, you do feel Smith's unlikely to gamble on the ex-England striker.
"Listen, I'm unaware of any names that are out there because they certainly haven't come from our neck of the woods," was Smith's reply to the Sturridge links. "Me, Suso or Christian are the main ones in the know."
Likelihood : 2/5 - You get the feeling Sturridge will do everything for a move back to the Premier League with Villa. He's not starting as many games as he would have liked after signing a three-year deal in Turkey. There could be scope for a deal to go through right on deadline day, with the striker perhaps being Villa's last resort should other targets fall by the way side. The player wants it, Villa are sceptical.
The exuberant Spaniard sent Aston Villa's Google search into overdrive over the weekend - and you can see why. The 26-year-old has suddenly fallen out of favour at Dortmund following the arrival of Norwegian goal-scoring sensation Erling Braut Haland. Alcacer, meanwhile, had bludgeoned in seven strikes from his first six games this season - but hasn't scored since mid-September.
The rumour mill involving Alcacer began on Sunday when the striker was linked with a surprise move to Newcastle United. The Sun claimed how Alcacer, formerly of Barcelona, was keen on a switch away from the Bundesliga after a lack of playing time. The striker, who last started a game in November, is desperate for first-team football ahead of the Euros this summer and sees the Premier League as an intriguing destination.
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The reason why this deal could suit Villa is Dortmund aren't reportedly warranting an up-front payment. Alcacer is, according to national media, available on an initial loan with a £25m buy option in the summer. Valencia and Atletico Madrid are also in the hunt for the Spaniard.
In terms of Villa's interest, Alcacer will be a player familiar with sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch. Pitarch has close links to his former club, Valencia, and will no doubt be keeping tabs on any deal involving Alcacer, meaning Villa could yet strike late on in the window.
Likelihood : 1/5 - Villa would be fourth in the pecking order in terms of the interested clubs mentioned above. Alcacer will, you feel, be on the move but it remains to be seen if Villa can compete in terms offering a package - wages, loan fee, £25m buy option.
Christian Benteke
Christian Benteke of Crystal Palace
He's not going away, is Christian. The Belgian has been linked with a loan move to Aston Villa for the umpteenth time this window - and that's despite Roy Hodgson putting a dampener on the flames in terms of letting Crystal Palace's record-buy depart on the cheap.
"I can't believe I am being asked the question," The Eagles chief said abruptly. "It is not quite as ludicrous as Wilf Zaha being loaned to Bayern Munich, but it is about ten per cent less ludicrous than that."
Well-respected Belgian news outlet HBvL claimed this week how Villa have enquired about Benteke's availability in terms of a loan deal. Palace, of course, have signed forward Cenk Tosun from Everton who's started well at Selhurst Park. Benteke, though, has been crocked since before Christmas and remains unlikely for Palace's visit of Sheffield United on Saturday.
'A big mistake' - Christian Benteke in the words of his Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Liverpool managers
'Brilliant signing' - Aston Villa told to complete this January transfer
For Smith and Villa, Benteke again fits that Premier League brief they're after. Hodgson could also ease to the idea how the 29-year-old can build up his match fitness and confidence with a loan move back to a place where he thrived between 2012 and 2015. Benteke's huge wages will remain a stumbling block but, after speaking to contacts close to the south London club, a deal to bring in Benteke is far from dead with Villa likely to test Palace's resolve on deadline day.
Likelihood: 3/5 - I think it helps with Benteke being currently sidelined while new loan signing Tosun has really hit it off already. Hodgson has Jordan Ayew and Turkish striker Tosun ahead of Benteke, with Conor Wickham having been utilised frequently in recent weeks. The Belgian hasn't scored a single club goal since April last year and is clearly sapped of confidence. A short-term move could suit all three parties: Villa, mid-table Palace and Benteke.
Islam Slimani scores a goal for Monaco (Image: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images)
It was last week when French newspaper L'Equipe reported how Villa rebuffed their attempt to land Islam Slimani on loan from Leicester City. The target man, 31, is currently with Monaco but, according to reports yesterday, Slimani has since asked for his loan deal to be cut short.
Along with Villa, Manchester United and Tottenham have all been linked with a move for the Algerian. France Football reported that Slimani has officially asked to leave the club, after falling out of favour under coach Robert Moreno. The report suggests that he feels Monaco have been ungrateful towards him after a blistering start to the season.
Smith and sporting director Suso, meanwhile, remain confident they can persuade the striker to swap the French Riviera for Villa Park. According to Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers, though, a loan deal to bring Slimani back to the Premier League remains "complicated". Leicester do not have a recall option, meaning it's Monaco who hold all the aces.
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It's believed Slimani has grew increasingly unhappy after being dropped in December, while the striker hasn't featured in Monaco's last two games. Slimani has scored seven times from 14 appearances this season and, in order for a deal to go through, Les Monegasques would have to sanction cutting short the forward's loan deal, while it's claimed they'd want to be financially rewarded for doing so.
Likelihood : 3/5 - The key player in the potential deal is obviously Slimani who'll have to force the hands of both Monaco and Leicester to allow him to move. However, with Tottenham and Manchester United reportedly keen on taking the striker on a short-term loan, Slimani could yet opt for the biggest salary payers.
Mehdi Taremi
Sky Sports suggest Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi is on Smith's striker list - but how far up in terms of prominence it remains to be seen. The tall Rio Ave forward has six goals in 13 top-flight appearances in Portugal.
The 27-year-old is, according to his boss Carlos Carvalhal, attracting strong interest from clubs across Europe. The Portuguese said of Taremi: "I believe Sporting, Benfica and Porto are looking at him. I am sure because they are asking for information about him. And I also believe that English teams are looking at him.
"He's a good striker. He's a fast player. Good header. He plays very well to connect the game. He's a player that receives very well the ball behind the defences because he has good timing to receive the ball. And he scores a lot of goals. He's a quality player."
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Taremi, who also has five assists to his name this season, is valued at around £5m. He signed for Rio Ave from Al-Gharafa - the club Jonathan Kodjia has since joined - in July, signing a deal until June 2021.
Likelihood : 2/5 - Villa would prefer to hold out right up until the 11th hour to attempt to land a striker with Premier League or English league experience, rather than gamble on Iranian international Taremi. Villa have, according to Smith, already taken a slight gamble on Ally Samatta, meaning the likelihood of signing another unproven forward like Taremi remains slim.
Krzysztof Piatek
Krzysztof Piatek of AC Milan (Image: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Sky in Italy have strongly reported how Villa had previously been in touch over Krzysztof Piatek's availability. AC Milan, though, are holding out for around £25m for the 24-year-old, scorer of five goals in 19 club appearances this season.
Milan, of course, have signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and, with Ante Rebic, Suso and Rafael Leao already at the club, it appears Piatek's days are now numbered. Manchester United, Spurs and even Barcelona have also been linked with taking the striker, with Tottenham appearing to be front-runners at this stage.
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Villa, meanwhile, will rely heavily on Milan significantly dropping their asking price. Smith's side have already struck a deal with the Rossoneri by bringing in Reina on loan but, on this occasion, could be nudged out of a move for Milan's No.9 given Spurs' desperation to land a ready-made forward to replace the injured Harry Kane.
Likelihood : 1/5 - Piatek will favour a move to a club like Spurs, rather than to scrap it out at the bottom with Villa. It seems Villa have been beaten to the punch in terms of a shock loan deal to bring in the Polish goal-getter. The interest was there, though.
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Q: Static casting to unique_ptr I have a head file which needs to hide some internals for complexity and "secrecy" reasons. I've therefore a raw void pointer declared in the oublic header, inside the code there are static casts to convert the raw pointer to it's actual type.
Now due to general memory management changes I need to change the type internally to a unique_ptr (it's coming from an object factory now as a unique_ptr, previously it was a raw pointer).
So in my header I have this:
class SomeClass {
    private:
    void *_hiddenTypeInstance;
}

Is it possible to static-cast this _hiddenTypeInstance to an internally known unique_ptr type?

A: This is not a direct answer of what you wanted, but a proposal how to do things nicer:) You can actually still use the memory semantics of std::unique_ptr with hiding the internals and without using the ugly void*. As others have mentioned, you should look into PIMPL, but to summarize:

*

*Forward declare the internal type in the public header

*Use std::unique_ptr with that type and provide a dtor for the class which holds that member (otherwise you will get compilation errors because a default dtor will be generated, that will try to delete the forward declared class and will fail to do so).

This would look something like this:
#include <memory>

class CPrivate; // Forward declare the internal class

class CPublic
{
public:
    // You need the dtor here, since when you implement it in the .cpp of your library,
    // where the definition of CPrivate is known, the dtor of std::unique_ptr will know how to delete it.
    // If you do not put the dtor here, a default one will be generated here which invokes the dtor of std::unique_ptr, and here
    // since CPrivate is forward declared the dtor of std::unique_ptr will not know how to delete it and you will get an error
    ~CPublic();

private:
    std::unique_ptr<CPrivate> m_pPrivate;
}

By using this, you can then escape the casts inside the implementation from the void* to the actual type.
As for the original question - you can always cast void* to a std::unique_ptr<T>* (a pointer to a unique_ptr). But I would advise to evaluate the solution above. Because the void* thing moves away all type strictness - e.g what happens if someone changes T ?

A: if i understand you problem in a correct way: here is what you can do. This example is just for understanding of a concept. You can use it in your own code. Since I dont have the entire code I cant write exact solution.
class SomeClass {
private:
    void *_hiddenTypeInstance;
public:
    std::unique_ptr<int> foo() {
        int a;
        a = 2;
        return std::unique_ptr<int>(&a);
    }
    void bar() {
        std::unique_ptr<int> temp_hidden_type_instance;
        temp_hidden_type_instance = std::unique_ptr<int>(static_cast<int*>(_hiddenTypeInstance));
        temp_hidden_type_instance = foo();
    }
};


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When a city endures a period of time, such as Boston has over the past week, one that features murder trials, death penalty discussions, firings and emotional remembrances of lives lost or deeply effected, the issue of perspective becomes significantly more complicated. It makes me wonder if taking the time to discuss how a team's season is going is appropriate or does it in fact, just pale too much in comparison to be worthwhile. I have come to the conclusion that because all these events had their origins in the athletic fabric of this community, that talking sports at this time is not only appropriate but necessary. So if you don't mind, I'll take a quick look at the past week in Boston sports, as well as how, in some cases, they have been impacted by those events.
As I sit down to write this, the Sox sit at the top of the Al East, having won two out of three against the Phillies, Yankees, and Nationals. Despite their early success, very real concerns still surround their starting staff as Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson and Wade Miley all struggled in their second appearances. I'm not sure which one bothers me the most, Buchholz or Miley, as the former is supposed to be the ace, the latter, an eater of innings, but neither performed anywhere near expectation. Interestingly enough, Cole Hamels has also struggled in his first two starts, leaving one to wonder if he might not be losing value for the Phillies, who may well have overplayed their hand. But anyway, and at the risk of repeating myself, I still have to wonder when the Sox are going to make some kind of move to strengthen their rotation. There is the growing sense here that they blew it by not signing free agent James Shields, who has looked strong in his two starts with San Diego, when they had the chance.
On Wednesday, April 15, the Sox recognized the two year anniversary of the Marathon bombing by having survivors of that day throw out the first pitch. At 2;49 PM, they, along with most of Boston, remembered those lost with a moment of silence. Wednesday was a very heavy day in other ways locally, as it was also the day that the guilty verdict was announced in the Aaron Hernandez murder case, as well as the day the Bruins chose to fire its long time general manager Peter Chiarelli. I don't mean to equate the dismissing of a sports executive with the other life shattering events, but most other days, this is a relatively big story.
The debate in these parts still rages on as to whether or not the best strategy for the Green was to "tank it" in hopes of improving their draft position, or actually making the push to claim a playoff spot was the way to go. No one believes that the Celtics will get by Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, or for that matter, even win a game. With the playoffs starting in Cleveland this Sunday, the 19th, they could easily be done by the following Sunday, also known as a four game sweep. But there are two things that everyone seems to be agreeing on, one being that the C's were definitely sparked by the arrival of guard Isaiah Thomas, and the other that Brad Stevens did a nice job of coaching. There was a growing concern that the frustrated Stevens was considering a return to the college coaching ranks, so a chance to show his stuff in the playoffs is looked at as a real positive; as is the future of the Celtics with Thomas at the controls. Given that building through the lottery is far from guaranteed, maybe this is as good a way to rebuild as any. I sure hope so.


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Swimming with whales Mooloolaba
By Tony Isaacson
Tony Isaacson
June 27, 2018 | Updated January 22nd, 2019
Photos: Brenton Owens, Sunreef and Tony Isaacson
As a marine conservationist, the first-hand experience with wildlife, such as swimming with whales, is at the core of my personal mantra, which is "In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." And that's the bottom line.
Unless people experience a personal connection with wildlife, why would they ever care or wish to conserve it?
Heightening people's interest in the ocean and its creatures can only benefit them, as they rely on us to make it a safe place to survive and thrive.
Swimming with whales
Swimming with whales in Mooloolaba.
My first thought when I heard Sunreef of Mooloolaba was starting a humpback whale snorkelling experience was that this was a terrific opportunity to put the Sunshine Coast on the tourist map.
This is a huge win for our region.
I had joined a group of swimmers and the Sunreef team Dan, Katie, Jess and Mark during their first week of snorkelling encounters with these graceful beasts of the seas.
We had a beautiful winter's day, 20°C, with calms seas initially.
The ocean became slightly choppy as the late morning winds kicked in but with a water temperature of 21°C, it was warmer to be in the water than in the boat.
We headed east towards the shipping channel, about 20kms offshore, and then north following the path of a few whales we had spotted.
Suddenly the skipper shouted "whales!".
Giants of the sea
This was the trigger for a military-style call-to-action as Dan deployed the 30-metre safety line out the back of the boat for snorkelers who were already briefed, pumped and reading to slip into the water.
We had been allocated into groups and the first group was ready, wearing wetsuits, snorkels, masks and fins.
The crew strapped shark guards, which are electronic shark deterrents, to our ankles and we steeled ourselves to enter the shipping and humpback highway to snorkel with one of the largest animals on the earth.
One of the swimmers was Tania Sherley, who born with spina bifida and has been confined to a wheelchair all her life.
Although Tanya is unable to use her legs, it has never stopped her from achieving her dreams.
Tanya had seen the advertising for the whale watching and what attracted her attention was the opportunity to get into the water and snorkel with them.
Tanya was delighted with the way she was received and the personal attention she was given.
She acknowledged that she is harder work for the crew but she was very appreciative of everything that was done for her.
It was her first opportunity to snorkel. She was scared and her fears were real, but she conquered those fears and went in the water on one of the close encounters we had that day.
It was obvious Tanya loved the experience. Watch the video here:
An unforgettable experience with Humpback whales
Two whales changed their course and came over to within about 20 metres of us.
They slowed right down.
The visibility in the water was better than 20 metres and when one turned I could see a massive glow of white from its underbelly.
They kept moving and on two occasions they approached the boat and passed under our keel.
What thrilling moments.
This was an unforgettable close encounter.
We were lucky enough to have a sighting of a total of twelve whales and got into the water eight times.
On her Facebook page, Tanya wrote: "OMG, that was freakin' beyond awesome!" and "WOW, I mean, it's one thing when you are on a whale watching boat and they tell you a whale has gone under the boat…but to be in the water, looking directly down into the water with your snorkel and mask, and to know that the whale was drifting through, straight underneath…wowzers!".
Swimming with humpback whales is just one of the many things to do on the Sunshine Coast.
Mooloolaba swim with whales
The idea of snorkelling with the whales has taken two years of planning by Phil Hart and his son Dan, from Sunreef Mooloolaba.
Humpback whales migrate north from Antarctica.
While on their migration they don't feed and consequently lose a lot of body fat in the process.
They pass the beaches of the Sunshine Coast around May and June and head all the way up to Townsville (and beyond) to mate and give birth.
They then migrate south again.
Around late July and August, they arrive in Hervey Bay and hang out in Platypus Bay for a while to relax and play before moving south towards Antarctica to feed on krill.
If you're really keen to see them, here's a Hervey Bay whale watching guide.
When to go swimming with whales
One could certainly make a case for doing the experience both early and late in the season.
When the whales are travelling north there are behaviours to be learned and seen.
When they are coming back with calves, mothers and their protectors, there are very different behaviours.
So theoretically both times would lead to quite different experiences.
The venture is a brave move with no precedence.
The model being used by Sunreef is based on the practice of snorkelling with the minke whales in the far northern part of the Great Barrier Reef.
But minke whales have different behaviour to humpbacks.
The business is actively encouraging researcher interest and offers opportunities for volunteers or scientists based at the University of the Sunshine Coast to join a tour.
I believe that this will help legitimise what they are doing.
There will always be people who will argue that conducting such a tour will affect migration patterns and interfere with natural whale behaviour.
Having whale researchers who are not associated with the business is a very smart thing because you have people who are independent monitoring the interactions between the business operator, whales and tourists.
Seeing a whale is not guaranteed.
There are some outings where they have not seen any whales but this is the time when the whales are in a hurry to head north to mate and give birth.
As they head south, the whales will be swimming slower and closer to shore.
There will be babies, mothers and protectors travelling in pods of three or more.
I feel lucky to have this opportunity on my doorstep on the Sunshine Coast as there is nowhere else in Australia where you can experience swimming with whales.
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d) Buyers must, at their own expense, come and collect the objects auctioned within 7 days from the end of the auction during opening times at Native, namelyfrom Monday to Friday 10.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 17.30. If sufficient time isavailable, objects will be released after each session. In accordance with point 1, handover will be against payment in cash.
a) In addition to the hammer price, the Buyer owes a supplement ("commission") on the hammer price. Commission is 20% of the hammer price.
b) Ownership of the object auctioned passes to the Buyer once the hammer has comedown finally. Until full payment of the hammer price, commission and VAT, Nativereserves a right of retention and lien on all objects in its keeping. The release of the auctioned object to the Buyer is not made until after full payment of the hammer price, commission and VAT.
c) An auctioned object must be paid for within 7 days after the auction. If the Buyer remains in default on payment 30 days after the auction, any sum due at that time will,as of right and without any formal notification being necessary, be subject to interest on arrears of 10% per annum. Moreover, in the event of non-payment by the final deadline, any sum due will be increased as of right by a flat-rate indemnity of 15%, without prejudice to Native's right to seek full reparation of the damage suffered. .
In addition, if the payment due by the Buyer does not take place or is not made in time, Native can, as it chooses and in the name of the depositor, either continue todemand that the sales contract be executed or, without being bound to set a fixed time,waive the right to require execution of the sales contract and claim damages for non- execution or even renounce the contract. The Buyer is liable in respect of Native and the depositor for all damages resulting from non-payment or late payment.
d) According to the law of 30 June 1994 on authors' rights, the Buyer shall pay in addition to the hammer price an Artist Resale Right (droit de suite) of 4% on the part of the hammer price from 0 € to 50,000 €, of 3% on the part of the hammer price from 50,001 € to 200,000 €, of 1% on the part of the hammer price from 200,001 € to 350,000 €, of 0.5% on the part of the hammer price form 350,001 € to 500,000 € and of 0.25% for the last part of the hammer price above 500,001 €.
e) The exporting of any object from Belgium and the importing into a third country may be subject to particular authorisations. The Buyer is responsible for obtaining all necessary export or import licences. Refusal of these authorisations or any delays after they have been obtained will in no case be grounds for a cancellation of the sale or a delay in payment.
a) The submission of a bid or an absentee bid unconditionally and irrevocablybinds the bidder. The bidder remains bound to his offer until this becomes thesubject of a higher bid or is rejected by Native. Double bids become the subject of an immediate new call to bid; in cases where there is doubt, the senior auctioneer decides the matter by drawing lots.
b) Bidders who are not personally known to Native are bound to give legitimate proof of identity before the beginning of the auction. Native reserves the right to request proof of the bidder's solvency. If this latter document is not available, Native is authorised to demand the immediate payment of a cash deposit equal to 10% of the auction price or the lodging of a guarantee. If this deposit is not paid or guarantee lodged, Native is authorised on behalf of the depositor to cancel the auction.
c) Native is free to reject a bid without giving reasons. Similarly, it is within its rights to hold an auction without selling or withdraw objects from the auction. Native reserves the right to refuse any person access to its commercial premises or forbid any person from taking part in one of its auctions.
d) Bids from interested parties who do not wish to attend the auction personally will be taken into consideration if they communicate such a wish in writing 24 hours before the start of the auction.
Interested persons can bid by telephone if they have not announced their wishes in writing at least 24 hours before the start of the auction. Native accepts bids by telephone for lots whose lowest estimate reaches at least €1,000.
Native disclaims all responsibility for offers which have not been taken into account aswell as for bids made by telephone which may not have been taken into account.
their offer via the Internet, in other words an absentee bid, point 3b applies onlyin respect of solvency.
The auction is held under the joint authority of a huissier de justice (Court Justice). Any liability on the part of Native arising from acts attributable to the huissier involved is excluded.
b) The foregoing stipulations are an integral part of each individual sales contract concluded at sales by auction. Amendments to them are in no way binding unless Native has given its agreement to them in writing.
c) Any dispute on the validity, interpretation and execution of these Conditions of Sale and any dispute on the conducting of the auctions will be subject to Belgian law, with the exception of (a) the stipulations of the Vienna Convention on international sales contracts and (b) the rules of referral to Belgian international private law.
d) Only the courts and tribunals of Brussels are competent to rule on any disputes.
Native is not responsible for objects confiscated by the legal authorities of your country or state and we suggest you check with your local customs office regarding import laws before you place your order.


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Deon Cole is one of the most in-demand talents on the comedy scene. Not only is he currently a cast member on four hit TV shows, he has also appeared in several popular feature films, released multiple standup specials, and follows a non-stop tour schedule. Armed with a "comic authority born of undeniable charisma" (AV Club), Deon's completely unique style and delivery have made him a wildly popular performer with fans and critics alike.
Deon plays the character of adjunct college professor "Charlie" on ABC's hit series Black-ish. His role on the Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award winning show, now in its fourth season, is a favorite, with Vulture declaring "Deon Cole is a comedic genius," AV Club naming him a "scene stealer," and Variety offering "Cole reminds me of John Belushi, another performer who brought essential sweetness to his unpredictable characters, and who could make you laugh just by looking a certain way at another person on screen." In January 2018 Deon brought the beloved "Charlie" to Freeform in the Black-ish spinoff series Grown-ish, with Variety declaring him "the hilarious secret weapon that "Black-ish" has deployed in many side-splitting workplace scenes." The half-hour comedy, which Deon stars in alongside Black-ish breakout Yara Shahidi, is a contemporary take on the current issues facing both students and administrators in the world of higher education.
Deon also stars as "Det. Daniel "DJ" Tanner" on the TBS comedy Angie Tribeca. The popular show, created by Steve and Nancy Carell, also stars Rashida Jones and is currently in its fourth season. In addition to his three scripted shows, Deon host the game show Face Value currently airing on BET. The show, Executive Produced by Wanda Sykes, finally answers the age-old question, "Can you judge a book by its cover?" Face Value flips the script to award cash and prizes to contestants for correctly guessing facts about strangers from all walks of life –based solely on their appearance and a few personal details. As host, Deon humorously breaks down stereotypes, exposes prejudices, and celebrates the human spirit by highlighting the commonalities and differences among people of various backgrounds, races, religions, beliefs and life experiences.
In addition to Deon's cast member status on four TV shows, Deon will appear in the Whitney Cummings directed film The Female Brian. Fellow cast members of the much-anticipated feature include Toby Kebbell, Beanie Feldstein, Cecily Strong, Sofia Vergara, Blake Griffin, Lucy Punch, and James Marsden. He has also been featured on several other comedy fan-favorite series including Benched (USA), The League (FX), and Wild N' Out with Nick Cannon (MTV).
He hosted his own series Deon Cole's Black Box on TBS in 2013, and he is a familiar face on the late night and daytime circuits, with multiple appearances on Conan (TBS), @midnight (Comedy Central), Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC), The Talk (CBS), and The Real (BET). Deon earned his first Writers Guild Award Nomination and his first Emmy Nomination for "Writing for A Variety, Music or Comedy Program" in 2010 as part of the writing staff on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC). He earned his second Emmy Nomination in 2011 for his work with the writers of CONAN (TBS) and he wrote for Conan O'Brien when he hosted the 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner. Most recently, Deon received a 2017 NAACP Image Award Nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" for his work on Black-ish and was featured as a presenter at the 2017 BET Awards.
In June 2016, Deon's first hour standup special Cole Blooded Seminar premiered on Comedy Central. His half hour special premiered on Netflix's The Standups on July 4th, 2017. His standup comedy has also been featured on Shaq's All Star Comedy Jam (Showtime), John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (Comedy Central), and Laffapalooza (Comedy Central), along with his own Comedy Central Presents: Deon Cole. On the big screen, Deon was seen in all three movies in the wildly popular Barbershop feature film franchise, and he will appear alongside Sofía Vergara, Alysia Reiner, and Chris D'Elia in the feature The Female Brian directed by Whitney Cummings.
Deon performs standup to sold out audiences at venues across the country. He is originally from the south side of Chicago and currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Produktinformationen "HUNTING LODGE - 1982-1989"
Hunting Lodge 1982 – 1989 represents the "song oriented" side of a band that evolved relentlessly throughout its 8 years of existence.
Lon C. Diehl & Richard Skott met in Port Huron, Michigan, a "rust belt" town bordering Canada, in 1981, and quickly bonded over their fascination with the music of T.G., SPK, M.B., and Dome. The duo, having previously been involved in separate musical projects, decided to join forces and Hunting Lodge was born. Joined by Karl Nordstrom, the trio mixed synthesizers, bass, metal & electronic percussion, time-shifting effects, and vocals into a dark sonic stew.
Nordstrom moved to San Francisco after the recording of the first Hunting Lodge release, the cassette-only At The Harrington Ballroom (1982). Diehl now employed a Roland Synth, Sequencer & 808 drum machine. Skott added his guitar to the musical arsenal, which he used to trigger a Korg MS-20 synth and a vocoder. Diehl and Skott continued recording at a feverish pace, and their first LP, WILL (track 14) was released in 1983.
"Tribal Drums" and primitive digital sampling units soon entered the picture. On the Nomad Souls LP (4, 7) and Tribal Warning Shot 12" (1, 13), rhythm and percussion were driving many of the recordings. Richard Skott moved to Oakland, CA at the end of their first U.S. tour, November 1984. When he returned the following year, Diehl had begun using a keyboard sampler / computer sequencer extensively, composing tracks that would make up their 3rd LP.
The third wave of Hunting Lodge brought a new engineer to the band: Helmut Robison recorded the album 8-Ball (3, 6, 9, 12) & Carnivora! EP (5, 10) and played drum kit and bass on many of the recordings (as well as "live"). Upon his return, Skott's guitar had shed its heavily-affected electronic exoskeleton and Hunting Lodge began to mimic a traditional "rock" band, while retaining their "Industrial" roots.In 1989 Diehl & Skott recorded their final demos (8, 11).
Soon thereafter Diehl abruptly quit creating music and Hunting Lodge was disbanded.
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The second most important semiconductor company in the world, Intel (ticker: INTC), declared results for its second financial quarter and things apparently have never been better, even - or perhaps because - it lost a CEO during the quarter.
Temporary CEO Bob Swan told the financial world that even though it's fifty years old, that doesn't stop it from raking in the cash.
He said in a prepared statement that Chipzilla will deliver its third record year in a row.
He said: "We are uniquely capitalised on the need to process, store and move data." He thinks there is a $260 billion opportunity in store. He didn't mention "tick-tock" because though Intel has obviously failed to shrink the die any more, there are other opportunities in store.
Here are INTC's "facts and figures".
In its Q2 2018 financial quarter, Intel turned in $17 billion in revenues, compared to $14.8 billion, in the same quarter last year. Its gross margins were 61.4 percent compared to 61.6 percent in the same quarter last year. That margin is still pretty healthy but not a patch on its glory years.
Its profits were rather impressive at $5 billion in Q2 2018, compared to only $2.8 billion in Q2 2017. That's a steep climb of 78 percentage points so it can probably afford not to lay off more staff.
Intel was, of course, really known for its X86 processors, originally licensed from IBM. That sector rose six percent up from last year.
If you take its PC and data businesses separately, Chipzilla turned in healthier upturns for its so-called data centric business, with rises of 20 percent or more compared to its PC biz.
Intel believes its data centre business is more important now than its X86 business, so it's not denying that Moore's Law is no more, at long last.
Swan didn't say how long he will be in the temporary post or who will replace him. The job is still up for grabs. It's still a great company, capitalising on the powerful Xeons that still influence the business world, like never before.


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While the rain experienced in KwaZulu-Natal over the past few days has been welcomed, the drought in the province remains severe and the public must continue to conserve water.
This is according to the provincial Dep artment of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA).
In a statement on Sunday the department said although the rains had refreshed the coastal areas, the public must continue to conserve water.
"We would need weeks and weeks of sustained rainfall to replenish our fast declining water reservoirs to return to water levels considered safe and sustainable. We therefore urge the public not to become complacent amid the recent rain showers and continue to conserve water to ensure that the current reserves last longer," said Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube.
All measures aimed at preventing taps from drying apart such as water rationing, restrictions and including the prohibitions such as watering the lawn remain in full force.
"Combatting the effects of drought is everybody's business and we can only ensure sufficient levels in our water reservoirs if we change our consumer behaviour into the future. KZN is facing droughts with increasing severity and frequency unless our call for coordinated water conservation is met with decisive action by all consumers," said the MEC.
Government has to date invested significant resources into public drought awareness campaigns calling for the public's support for water rationing measures imposed by the most affected municipalities and voluntary water conservation.
"The recent rainfall may give the false impression that the worst of the current drought is over. The impact of the current drought has been so severe that all this rainfall is simply insufficient to relieve even the most urgent shortages of water in the most affected areas of the province. Our campaign to conserve water will therefore continue," said MEC Dube-Ncube.


I wonder if this is a play Len Brown will try.
Embattled Toronto mayor Rob Ford who has claimed that he smoked crack only because he was in a drunken stupor (give that one a go Len and see how it flies) also appears to have hired a hacker to try and destroy the video.
You have to laugh, otherwise you'd cry.
Toronto's Mayor, Rob Ford, has refused once more to resign, even after the Canadian city's police chief revealed that investigators have a video reportedly showing him smoking crack.


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Nostradamus must have been one of the most hard working guys in the world, making so many predictions on all major global events; be it the reign of some emperor in the 17th century or the 9/11 terror attacks and, of course, the more recent COVID-19 pandemic. And to get the best update on his predictions, one must rely on the large number of the WhatsApp University alumni. One such acquaintance told me during the last week of March, 2020 (when the lockdown was still new) that Nostradamus predicted the outbreak of COVID-19 – in words that implied the Coronavirus would come out of China as a queen (wearing Corona, Latin for crown) when pigs would fly. According to him, it meant that the epidemic would spread to humans from pigs, and it would travel the world, when infected people would return home from China in airplanes.
Who knew, his words (this guy's, at least) would literally come true within a span of five months and that too, very near my residence.
On that extremely hot and sultry Guwahati evening, we went out for a stroll, when a jogger stopped us, pointed to a bulky pig and told us not to proceed further, as this pig was highly aggressive and people had to fend it off with sticks. Undecided about what to do next, we stopped and watched the pig, while two cars passed by. We took it for granted that it must be one of the farm animals, who might have defied captivity and escaped from nearby Uzan Bazar locality. What intrigued us, however, was its muscular physique and a rather long snout, which convinced us that this was not any ordinary pig, but a wild boar.
What happened next was a little scary, to say the least.
Our pig sort of flew into the Suzuki car and hit it hard. So hard that its rear wheels became airborne for a second or two. Naturally, we beat a retreat, only to hear the sound of something hitting another car. We looked back at the sound to find the pig hardly 10 meters behind us, a sight that made us take to our heels.
After reaching our place, we spent our energy in describing the incident to whosoever we came across. Our landlord rode his Scooty and drove away to gather more information. We too went back to talk to an eyewitness as to where it went. He told us that it took a detour at a bifurcation and went down a slope, which would lead it to either Guwahati Club or to Silpukhuri, two of the many busy spots in Guwahati.
The next morning, we struck a conversation with some people during our morning stroll and they told us that the pig had previously attacked a woman and injured her. They surmised that it must have come from the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which is situated at a distance of about 40 kilometers to the east of Guwahati. It could have been forced by the recent flood to move out, or could have even been washed off by the flood. We will never know. But what was sure, was that the ongoing lockdown made it confident enough to roam in the city, but then it became nervous with the city lights and the sound of vehicles.
By the afternoon, TV channels started reporting on the pig attacking people at the Guwahati Press Club and the State Directorate of Archaeology premises (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eynsgMxIL_A), both places situated at Ambari, which is not far from Guwahati Club. One of the persons, attacked by the boar, succumbed later to his injuries.
By late evening, the news reached us that the boar was killed by an angry mob at Marakhali Colony, near Assam Textile Institute, which too is situated at Ambari.
To cut to the chase, there remains the following important questions:
Did the pig fly, as predicted by Nostradamus? The answer is 'no', even though watching the grainy CCTV image gave the impression that the pig jumped over a gate and could be flying, well sort of, for a few seconds.
Did Nostradamus ever really make such a prediction? The answer, again, is a 'no', but why to spoil the fun with a little truth?
To conclude: The pig is dead for sure, but both WhatsApp University and its devoted students continue to exist and prosper. And life will continue to be a little fun as long as they exist, with or without lockdown.
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9:00 p.m. Singin' in the Rain (1952) – A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
11:00 p.m. On the Town (1949) – Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
1:00 a.m. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) – When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves.
3:00 a.m. Royal Wedding (1951) – A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Elizabeth II's wedding.
5:00 a.m. It's Always Fair Weather (1955) – World War II buddies get mixed up with gangsters and an egotistical TV star when they hold a 10-year reunion.