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KING KUEL
"When I plugged it into the amp it was on some ridiculous number and the store literally shook when I hit that E string. I was like "yeah, I can deal with this".
-CJ-
By Lea Fiega, Contributing Journalist, August 2020
Lea: Thank you guys for taking the time to interview with me. Ray, can you give me a little background on your journey to King Kuel?
Ray: Lea, We are happy to take the time with you, happy to do this and thank you for reaching out to King Kuel for Tru Rock Revival Magazine. I guess I have been at this music thing for quite a while now, haven't I? My brother and I were always playing and jamming with the local guys in our neighborhood growing up. We both played guitar, but I switched to bass since there were not a lot of bass players around. I was in a band called DNA. We played mostly covers. My brother and I wrote some songs together and also wrote a few with the band. It was a great time. We were young without a care in the world. After a short time, we went our separate ways, giving me the opportunity to hook up with other friends to form Crystal Bishop, playing early to middle 80's metal/rock covers, while continuing to write more originals. That also only lasted a short while and I found myself without a band. I was dating a girl at the time who introduced me to a guy named Bobby Kerr, the drummer in a band called Society's Children. They were looking for a singer. We spent some time together, parties with mutual friends etc. One night, Bobby Kerr and I sat down at a piano with a bottle of tequila. He started playing Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home" and I just started singing. We were half in the piss by then and we were having a blast, singing covers and laughing like maniacs. He then said to me, "You are going to be our next singer"! He gave me tapes of their music and I was like "Holy Shit! These are great!". I learned them all, auditioned with the band and heard a few days later that I was in. The funny thing was, when I left my audition with Society's Children, there was another singer waiting outside the room during my audition. When I left, I shook his hand with a hard squeeze and introduced myself to him as the singer of Society's Children and wished him good luck! Ha, I was marking my territory. I knew I could sing, felt I had good range, but honestly I knew I needed to step it up. I took vocal training and worked hard until I felt I could do the job and it paid off. Before me, Society's Children had been around trying to make a name for themselves. They wrote a song in the early 80's called "Metal for Meals" for a contest for MTV's local rock platform help raise money for the "Band Aid" telethon and won. Their singer at the time stayed with Society's for about a year and was then replaced by a female singer named Bonnie who lasted about a year. That is when I auditioned as a "singer". I was now the lead singer and the rest is as they say "The Children's History". That is where I stayed until the break-up of the band years later and King Kuel was formed.
Lea: Billy, you are one of the most energetic guitarists I have ever seen play live! You are also my most photographed guitarist from this area, with exception of Jimi Bell. Can you tell me a little about your earlier days as a musician prior to King Kuel?
Billy: Hey Lea! So, I am the only non-CT native in the band, although I have been in CT since 1999, and with Ray and Fran since 2004 or 2005. I am an upstate New Yorker- Saratoga Springs represent! As far as me and my music goes, it all started for me with my grandmother and my father. Gram used to sit me on the piano next to her and sing to me for hours. She was amazing. She is the reason I took chorus in school from kindergarten all the way through high school. My Dad had a country band for like 40 years. I started singing with his band on weekends when I was like 8 years old. I would get on stage and do my 3 songs, and then all the older ladies would swoon over me and tell me how good I did. It really got me into loving music. As I got a little older, the older boys in my neighborhood introduced me to rock and roll! KISS, Nugent, Schenker, Boston, Aerosmith, Kansas, Yes, UFO, Rush, REO, old Scorps… the list goes on! At the time I was looking to play drums, and learning by pounding on my bed with sticks. At 12 years old, the local high school rock band SNOWBLIND put on a concert at our high school. That was really my first concert, and that was it. They had a big animated video screen intro, with all the lights and sound… There was this guitar dude, a local hero named Jeff Toma. They were up there playing UFO and this guy was just nailing Schenker! It was the coolest thing I had ever seen. That was the night I abandoned drums and decided that the guitar was for me. I always said that if I were ever fortunate enough to be interviewed for anything, and this is my first one… that I would name Jeff Toma as my biggest influence. My first big band of mention that I was in was VIRGIN from the Albany area. VIRGIN was probably the biggest band in the capital region, and what a professional band they were. We had a full road crew. Hell, I had my own guitar tech! Upon the breakup of VIRGIN in the early 90's, I had a band locally for a few years with my best friend David Rizzo on bass. After that I moved to LA to join up with ex-VIRGIN singer Tim Fitzpatrick and we formed a band called BLESS. The band has a few different members, notably my good friends Michael Carella and George Snyder, both from Saratoga, and CT native killer guitarist Glen Cruciani. I am sure that some of you reading this will recognize the name. The remaining lineup of the band were Matt Zavadil and LA native Dan Dodd. BLESS was a great band, great songs with a great look. We had the whole package. We had interest from Interscope Records, but it just never materialized. With that band, I was able to play some of the greatest and most famous rock clubs in the world, including The Roxy, The Whiskey, The Troubadour and The Viper Room. LA was a freakin blast! Life then landed me back in CT with my beautiful wife Shannon, and that is where I met Society's Children. My wife's brother was in Society's Children at the time. It just so happened that the singer Ray Wheaton's day job required him to come to my place of employment from time to time. He stopped in one day and for the hell of it I mentioned to him that I was a guitarist here from LA, and that if there were ever a need I was just sitting around doing nothing! Well, don't ya know, one day he had a need. The rest is history. Society's Children to King Kuel!
Lea: Fran, you are heartbeat of King Kuel. When did you start playing drums, and can you tell me about your path to the throne of King Kuel?
Fran: Aside from some musical toys as a young one at the age of 6 or 7 years old I saw Buddy Rich on the muppet show soloing with Animal. The next thing you know, I was putting cardboard boxes together with my grandfather to make a ridiculous drum kit. I really wanted to be as good as Animal one day! I beat on those boxes until there was no longer enough duct tape to fix them. For years I would bang on anything I could get my hands on. Pots, pans, pillows, you name it. Eventually, my Mom bought me my first real drum kit when I was 10 years old. My first band ever was in 1985 and was called Destruction and then later called Phalanx. The band lasted for many years, hosting some of the biggest parties our town had ever seen. I have some incredible memories of that band and the friends I made. They are still there supporting me after all these years. During my time with that band was my first experience writing original music. There were a few bands after that. Angel Wolf, Aftershock, XLRB and a few others. Some were very short lived. I always made a point to learn something from every experience, so I would have the tools necessary in my back pocket if and when the right opportunity presented itself. That opportunity came to me with Society's Children. I walked into that audition room with all the tools I needed, and the right attitude to get the gig I wanted so bad. The rest is history, right up to now with King Kuel.
Lea: CJ, you are the newest member of King Kuel. How long have you been playing bass, and have you performed with any other bands prior to this one?
CJ: First off, I want to say thanks for taking the time to interview us. When asked how long one has been playing bass, one would usually say I started at age 15 and it is now 2020 so 38 years. Not in my case. I was introduced to the world of rock and roll at 7 when a friend of mine played me a KISS album during indoor recess at school. From that point on there was no turning back for me. I loved music. Some years later, around 12 or 13, I tried my hand at guitar, but literally my hands were not meant for traditional guitar. My fingers were on the thick side so fretting chords was challenging to say the least. Lets just say they didn't sound very clean. I thought it may have been that particular guitar so off I went to Burnside Music, a little hole in the wall music store in town. When I was there I decided to play a bass. Lots of room between the strings I thought. When I plugged it into the amp it was on some ridiculous number and the store literally shook when I hit that E string. I was like "yeah, I can deal with this". That is what I love about the bass. You can feel it. I did get that bass and played sporadically as a kid. It wasn't until I graduated from high school that I would consider myself to be a bass player. I thought to myself about what I wanted to be when I grew up. I figured, once around the ride so lets try Rock Star! To be a rock star you have got to be in a band. Without too many hours on the neck, I hooked up with my first band Night Warrior. Through playing with Night Warrior I met other musicians and ended up with a band called Rizzo shortly thereafter. That band was my Rock n' Roll mainstay for the majority of my early playing days. We eventually morphed into a band called Dirt Cheap, but for the most part it was Rizzo under a different label. When I left Dirt Cheap I took a hiatus from playing music. At the time I realized that I needed to re-evaluate where I was in life. The party lifestyle I was leading was taking a toll on me that I decided I didn't want to pay anymore. I am grateful that I made the changes I did, but those changes led me away from music. I sold all of my gear with the exception of an Ovation acoustic bass I held onto. I hardly ever picked it up, and when I did it felt foreign to me. Twenty five years later, Fran Mynahan hits me up and said "Hey, we need a bass player". He told me that I should come down and audition. No was not an option for him. I won't say stalked, but persistent fits the bill. That was 5 years ago. So, my first go round band experiences plus King Kuel puts me in the ball park of 14 years on bass. A lot of history to get a number.
Lea: Ray, you have been part of the CT music scene for a long time. What is the biggest or most emotional time of your career, and who have been your biggest influences?
Ray: Whoa! There were many times so I will touch on one here. As Society's Children grew in popularity, there were more demands, pressures and many factors that led to the original guys in the band leaving. We had no idea what an emotional ride it would be. That started the climb to what Society's would become. John Lampson, Chris Parker, Bobby Kerr, Jimmy Blair and Myself as the frontman were a powerhouse. Society's band manager at the time said after our first show together that I was the guy they were looking for, and that now THIS IS A BAND! It was nice to be recognized from someone in the biz that really knew his shit. Having a band like that behind me, I never worried about mistakes. They were so tight. I just concentrated on performing and doing the best I could. We were pretty lucky looking back. Guys like Jonny Brat, Tommy DeRail and Joe Aparo of Joined Forces and Painkiller helped push the band to new heights. The more we played and the bigger we got, the more pressure there was. As each of the original guys left, and it was hard to see them leave, we would have to audition dozens of musicians. So many awesome musicians from the CT area. During this time it had become apparent that John Lampson and I had such a connection and vision for the band. John and I had decided to clean the slate, start from scratch and put a band together tailored to our vision and we did just that. There were many changes along the way leading to 1993's "Silhouette" band: Fran Mynahan, David Chirico, Jeff Scarfi, then Sean Roach, Marc Deschaine and John Brazil. There was an emotional aspect that continued through every line up change. We put together a huge promotion on the band. Newspaper, radio station WHCN, Cox Cable and Hartford's Nickel Recording Studios live room to record and introduce the new line up, which brought huge hype. (We still have not reviewed that footage to this day). On the night of the event, we had massive air raid spot lights on the front of the Sting in New Britain CT. They lit up the sky for miles! The Sting was a bowling alley turned into a huge club with a massive stage. We owned the place! When I looked out at the packed house of over 2,000 people when the curtain dropped on opening night, I looked at John Lampson and we both smiled like a couple of cheshire cats! We did it.
Some of my biggest influences? There are many. Elvis, the Beatles, Stones, Bowie, KISS, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Chicago, Thin Lizzy, Joplin and Skynyrd. The list is endless. Locally here for me, I have always admired Jimi Bell. He has paved a path above most in my book. He is not only driven and incredibly talented, he is one of the funniest, nicest guys you will ever meet. I have done many shows with him with King Kuel. Jimi has played with us as our "5th KING". I have also done Society's Children Reunion with the "93 Silhouette line up with Jimi's Joined Forces in 2016. Our friendship is one I treasure.
Lea: King Kuel released the EP "THE KINGS JEWELS" in 2016. Congratulations on its success. I am sure that each of you have a favorite song or two off the EP. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Fran: King Kuel has always blended original music and cover songs together when performing. That is why I love this band. I would say Breathe and Indestructible are my best and favorite of those riffs to date. An idea for a song has to morph and change to create a version that everyone can get behind. My ideas always rely on the musical talents of my fellow musicians. I guess you could say that my bucket list includes someday having my own formulas for writing a complete song from beginning to end and could one day call myself a songwriter.
Billy: My favorite song to play live is "Round and Round" from the CD because I just like that song a lot!
Ray: My favorite song from all the ones I've written? Wow, that's tough! They are all like my babies. I love them all. For my current songs with King Kuel, I would say it is "Indestructible." People just love that one instantly. "Breathe" and "Lie to Me" are also favorites of mine to sing and play, because of what they mean to me.
CJ: All of the material on The Kings Jewels was written prior to me coming on board so I do not have a favorite from a written standpoint. My all time favorite KK song to perform by far is "Mother Fucker." It just kicks you in the teeth and has a raw driving rhythym that throws me back to that rumbling E note when I was a kid. You feel it in your chest musically and lyrically. For me it is more than just an anthem for someone who cuts you off, talks smack behind your back or disrespects you. It's about all of the things in life that none of us have control over. Death is in the cards for all of us, but a friend or loved one who is terminally ill or struggles with a debilitating condition day in and day out, poverty, hatred and even COVID shows us that the only thing we have power over is ourselves. That pent up frustration you feel from those kinds of things that make you want to scream… "You Mother Fucker, Mother Fucker," along with the haunting chants at the end of the song. "I don't wanna be judged, you don't wanna be judged. Don't throw stones until you've walked in my shoes, you don't know me." That's what the song "Mother Fucker" is to me, a representation of freedom.
Lea: Fran, do you have a moment in your career that means the most to you?
Fran: For me the moment that hits the top of the list is the first time the Society's Children fans saw me as their drummer. My identity up to that point was unknown to everyone. That first night performing on the stage at The Sting in New Britain was the start of a very emotional and magical rollercoaster ride. The fans were amazing and they welcomed me to the position.
Lea: Ray, I pose the same question to you.
Ray: There have been many over the past 33 years, but there is one that stands out to me. Back in the early 90's, we had the parents of a little girl reach out asking if we would do a benefit for their little girl with cancer. We met Heather and her whole family and we were in. She was a sweetheart. John and I got a couple of tv stations involved, the newspaper to do articles and talked to WHCN radio about the event. He and I put it all together as time was a factor. She loved one of our songs "Cryin'" so we played it for her a couple of times. This event helped to raise money for the mounting expenses. It was a sad story. That little girl fought hard until the end.
Lea: Have you been doing anything musically during this downtime?
Ray: We have done a social media upgrade. Changed our stage look. We were talking about writing new material for another release when this pandemic happened. We didn't get together for a few months just to be safe. We had a new KK branding logo done and purchased new stage backdrop and dressings which we will use for shows going forward.We have rescheduled many of the 2020 bookings. We are posting as we get clearance on shows and are now starting on new material. We hope to get into that more in the coming months.
Lea: What is on the horizon for King Kuel?
Billy: New originals in the next year and more high profile gigs in 2021. Thanks to Jimi Bell for believing in us from the beginning and offering us some great opportunities. Also, thanks to you Lea and the other photographers out there that bring us to the world on Facebook and Instagram. You make us and me look larger than life and without you, these folks would have no idea who I am!
Ray: The horizon looks good as long as we can get back to playing and writing again. There are so many distractions. I have been asked why we haven't written a song about the pandemic. It doesn't interest me in the least honestly. The song would be dated in no time and it is not something that I would want to write or sing about after it is past. For me, inspiration is like a butterfly in the wind, here one minute, gone the next. I have so many pieces of songs along with many ideas. I am looking forward to making more time than I have recently to dig thru it all. We are all eager to put something new out, and that is what we are looking at from Castle Kuel.
Lea: Thank you guys for spending this time with me and letting the Tru Rock family get to know the Kings of Kuel.
Website: www.kingkuel.com
YouTube: http://youtubekingkuel.com
Facebook: kingkuel
Instagram: wearekingkuel
Email: bookingkingkuel@gmail.com
Photo Galleries: www.morningstarreflection.com


A photographer cannot help but be attracted to color. Even if you are seeing it as a stepping stone into black and white, color is central to your shot. But lately color has lost its original identity in our culture and I am saddened by what it has been forced to become. It was never meant to be a measuring stick or a dividing tool, a political platform or ethnic distinction. Scientifically color is defined by light, either reflected or emitted, and the way it interacts with an object. But for most of us it is simply the hue or the general complexion of something.
I would prefer that each color be given equal status, but it is true of human nature that in the realm of art we can be drawn to one color over another. My mother had an aversion to purple. I'm not sure why, but I never wore it as a child, except for one lavender sweater that I picked out when someone other than my mother took me clothes shopping once. But technically, it wasn't until well into adulthood that I actually bought something purple to wear and in the beginning it felt very strange to put it on!
I think we were meant to enjoy all the colors of the rainbow. We were meant to feel the passionate fire of red, the warm glow of orange, the cheery smile of yellow, the hope of possibility in green, the flowing ocean of feelings in blue, the melancholy sorrow of indigo and the quiet strength of purple. A rainbow lacking in any one of these colors is not complete in our eyes and we know our eyes have failed us when colors become dim. It is a sad condition that thanks to the polarizing effect of politics and the people who perpetuate the extremes, that we can no longer enjoy color as color. Color is not a hue or shade now; it is an "issue".
I decided to get my nails done the other day. I admit it is a bit frivolous, but it is a small way to pamper myself without breaking the bank. When you walk in the door of the salon you are met by a wall of color and the receptionist says, "What color do you want?" There are literally hundreds to choose from. As I sat with the manicurist I couldn't help but be amused by the wide variety of patrons: a grandma with her daughter and granddaughter, a talkative lady who was an expert on everything from the theater to essential oils, a woman who called herself "Bridezilla" and her flamboyant bridesmaid, a business woman, a pregnant lady, and a couple who seemed to be just as amused by the friendly "know-it-all" as I was. Lots of people- lots of color in every sense of the word- and I was loving it!
Why do we separate colors so severely? What condition compels us to no longer view them as a unified spectrum? The destruction of color has taken the joy of color from our experience and replaced it with the ugly display of selfishness we see forced on us every day by those who demand that it is an issue. Color is not a lethal weapon in a war of words and ideologies. Color is the art of life and beauty. If we could learn to view people this way, I think we'd enjoy one another a lot more. So, I say it is time to reclaim color as it should be- the delightful range of sunlight as it falls upon and is absorbed by the world in which we live. It is time to return color to the feast for the eyes that it was meant to be.


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India on 22nd March 2018 successfully test-fired the BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile with an Indigenous Seeker at Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the missile hit the target with "pin-point" accuracy and the success will further bolster India's National Security.
The test-firing comes three months after the BRAHMOS Cruise Missile was successfully test-fired for the first time from the Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30MKI Combat Jet.
"Formidable Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos was successfully flight tested at 8:42 AM today at Pokhran Test Range, Rajasthan. The Precision Strike Weapon with Indian-made Seeker flew in its designated trajectory and hit the target with pin-point accuracy," RM Sitharaman tweeted.
The range of the missile, an Indo-Russia Joint Venture, can be extended up to 400 km as certain technical restrictions were lifted after India became a full member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) last year.
BRAHMOS is a Joint Venture between DRDO of India and NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia. The Defence Minister congratulated the DRDO following this successful test-firing.
BRAHMOS Missile is the heaviest weapon to be deployed on India's Su-30MKI Fighter Aircraft. Work has already begun to integrate BRAHMOS on 40 Sukhoi Combat Aircraft, which is expected to fulfil the critical needs of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the wake of evolving security dynamics in the region.
BRAHMOS Successfully Flight Tested from IAF's Su-30MKI Fighter
BRAHMOS, the world's fastest Supersonic Cruise Missile created history on 22nd November 2017 after it was successfully flight-tested first time from the Indian Air Force's (IAF) frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a Sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal. The missile was gravity dropped from the Su-30 from fuselage, and the two-stage missile's engine fired up and straightway propelled towards the intended target at the sea in Bay of Bengal.
The successful maiden test-firing of BRAHMOS Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) from Su-30MKI will significantly bolster the IAF's Air Combat Operations capability from Stand-Off ranges. BRAHMOS ALCM weighing 2.5 ton is the heaviest weapon to be deployed on India's Su-30MKI Fighter Aircraft modified by HAL to carry weapons.
BRAHMOS, the World-Class Weapon with Multi-Platform, Multi-Mission role is now capable of being launched from Land, Sea and Air, completing the Tactical Cruise Missile triad for India.
RakshaMantri Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated DRDO and BrahMos for the outstanding accomplishment. Dr S. Christopher, Chairman DRDO & Secretary, Department of Defence R&D congratulated the Scientists and Engineers for this excellent text book kind of flight test.
The missile test was witnessed by Dr Sudhir Mishra, DG (BrahMos) & CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace along with Senior IAF Officials, Scientists and Officials from DRDO and BrahMos.

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When God created the world, He did it by speaking. When He created man, He made him in His own image, giving him, among many other gifts, the ability to speak, listen, and communicate.
When the serpent wanted to corrupt the world, he did it by speaking, or rather, by corrupting speaking. "Did not God say," he said.
I recently read this temperamental statement: "We now have a culture of fools so desperate that they are eager to change the world. God help us. Christianity doesn't call us to that, but to a calm and peaceful life." What do you make of that?
Here's a set of articles about the stories behind some Christmas carols. It's the little things that make it interesting, like that Armenian Charles Wesley wrote "Hark how all the welkin rings" and his rival, Calvinist George Whitefield, changed it to the present version. Each story also has some music to sing along to. No piano? No worries. You've got the internet!
We have received from the Enlightenment a rather boring, two-dimensional view of man. We have learned to regard ourselves in binaries such as mind/body, right brain/left brain, scientific/artistic. On a good day someone might speak of the mind and the heart, but usually by heart he means appetites or emotions, and both of those, on closer analysis, turn out to be bodily. I don't know if the connection is direct, but it seems to me that the rather feeble way Christians treat sin in the popular forum seems to me to bear a close relation to this simplistic, binary, two-dimensional view of man.
You cannot establish justice or be just if you cannot make judgments as to what is right and wrong. God help us if we continue any further down the path of "non-judgmentalism."
Analyze this argument attacking Intelligent Design and see if you can find anything logical, based on evidence, or any other way indicative of the scientific method and not harking back to mere authority or ad hominems. Let me know if you find anything.
We Christians have a different way of seeing things, of setting values, and that leads us to honor different heroes than those who see things more conventionally. We value God's blessed creation, for example, so we honor those who make the great discoveries. But we don't value it as an arbitrary, pointless thing that simply shows the depth of our brilliance by revealing its secrets to us. We value it as a delightful stewardship, so we honor those who care for it with wisdom and fortitude.
Poetry exists nowhere but in nature.


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import ctypes

# Binary Ninja components
from . import _binaryninjacore as core
from . import binaryview
from . import types
from .architecture import Architecture
from .platform import Platform
from typing import Union

def get_qualified_name(names):
	"""
	``get_qualified_name`` gets a qualified name for the provided name list.

	:param names: name list to qualify
	:type names: list(str)
	:return: a qualified name
	:rtype: str
	:Example:

		>>> type, name = demangle_ms(Architecture["x86_64"], "?testf@Foobar@@SA?AW4foo@1@W421@@Z")
		>>> get_qualified_name(name)
		'Foobar::testf'
		>>>
	"""
	return "::".join(names)

def demangle_ms(archOrPlatform:Union[Architecture, Platform], mangled_name:str, options=False):
	"""
	``demangle_ms`` demangles a mangled Microsoft Visual Studio C++ name to a Type object.

	:param Union[Architecture, Platform] archOrPlatform: Architecture or Platform for the symbol. Required for pointer/integer sizes and calling conventions.
	:param str mangled_name: a mangled Microsoft Visual Studio C++ name
	:param options: (optional) Whether to simplify demangled names : None falls back to user settings, a BinaryView uses that BinaryView's settings, or a boolean to set it directly
	:type options: Tuple[bool, BinaryView, None]
	:return: returns tuple of (Type, demangled_name) or (None, mangled_name) on error
	:rtype: Tuple
	:Example:

		>>> demangle_ms(Platform["x86_64"], "?testf@Foobar@@SA?AW4foo@1@W421@@Z")
		(<type: public: static enum Foobar::foo __cdecl (enum Foobar::foo)>, ['Foobar', 'testf'])
		>>>
	"""
	handle = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNType)()
	outName = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)()
	outSize = ctypes.c_ulonglong()
	names = []

	demangle = core.BNDemangleMS
	demangleWithOptions = core.BNDemangleMSWithOptions

	if isinstance(archOrPlatform, Platform):
		demangle = core.BNDemangleMSPlatform

	if (
	    isinstance(options, binaryview.BinaryView) and demangleWithOptions(
	        archOrPlatform.handle, mangled_name, ctypes.byref(handle), ctypes.byref(outName), ctypes.byref(outSize), options
	    )
	) or (
	    isinstance(options, bool) and demangle(
	        archOrPlatform.handle, mangled_name, ctypes.byref(handle), ctypes.byref(outName), ctypes.byref(outSize), options
	    )
	) or (
	    options is None and demangleWithOptions(
	        archOrPlatform.handle, mangled_name, ctypes.byref(handle), ctypes.byref(outName), ctypes.byref(outSize), None
	    )
	):
		for i in range(outSize.value):
			names.append(outName[i].decode('utf8'))  # type: ignore
		core.BNFreeDemangledName(ctypes.byref(outName), outSize.value)
		return (types.Type.create(core.BNNewTypeReference(handle)), names)
	return (None, mangled_name)

def demangle_gnu3(arch, mangled_name, options=None):
	"""
	``demangle_gnu3`` demangles a mangled name to a Type object.

	:param Architecture arch: Architecture for the symbol. Required for pointer and integer sizes.
	:param str mangled_name: a mangled GNU3 name
	:param options: (optional) Whether to simplify demangled names : None falls back to user settings, a BinaryView uses that BinaryView's settings, or a boolean to set it directly
	:type options: Tuple[bool, BinaryView, None]
	:return: returns tuple of (Type, demangled_name) or (None, mangled_name) on error
	:rtype: Tuple
	"""
	handle = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNType)()
	outName = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)()
	outSize = ctypes.c_ulonglong()
	names = []
	if (
	    isinstance(options, binaryview.BinaryView) and core.BNDemangleGNU3WithOptions(
	        arch.handle, mangled_name, ctypes.byref(handle), ctypes.byref(outName), ctypes.byref(outSize), options
	    )
	) or (
	    isinstance(options, bool) and core.BNDemangleGNU3(
	        arch.handle, mangled_name, ctypes.byref(handle), ctypes.byref(outName), ctypes.byref(outSize), options
	    )
	) or (
	    options is None and core.BNDemangleGNU3WithOptions(
	        arch.handle, mangled_name, ctypes.byref(handle), ctypes.byref(outName), ctypes.byref(outSize), None
	    )
	):
		for i in range(outSize.value):
			names.append(outName[i].decode('utf8'))  # type: ignore
		core.BNFreeDemangledName(ctypes.byref(outName), outSize.value)
		if not handle:
			return (None, names)
		return (types.Type.create(core.BNNewTypeReference(handle)), names)
	return (None, mangled_name)

def simplify_name_to_string(input_name):
	"""
	``simplify_name_to_string`` simplifies a templated C++ name with default arguments and returns a string

	:param input_name: String or qualified name to be simplified
	:type input_name: Union[str, QualifiedName]
	:return: simplified name (or original name if simplifier fails/cannot simplify)
	:rtype: str
	:Example:

		>>> demangle.simplify_name_to_string("std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >")
		'std::string'
		>>>
	"""
	result = None
	if isinstance(input_name, str):
		result = core.BNRustSimplifyStrToStr(input_name)
	elif isinstance(input_name, types.QualifiedName):
		result = core.BNRustSimplifyStrToStr(str(input_name))
	else:
		raise TypeError("Parameter must be of type `str` or `types.QualifiedName`")
	return result

def simplify_name_to_qualified_name(input_name, simplify=True):
	"""
	``simplify_name_to_qualified_name`` simplifies a templated C++ name with default arguments and returns a qualified name.  This can also tokenize a string to a qualified name with/without simplifying it

	:param input_name: String or qualified name to be simplified
	:type input_name: Union[str, QualifiedName]
	:param bool simplify: (optional) Whether to simplify input string (no effect if given a qualified name; will always simplify)
	:return: simplified name (or one-element array containing the input if simplifier fails/cannot simplify)
	:rtype: QualifiedName
	:Example:

		>>> demangle.simplify_name_to_qualified_name(QualifiedName(["std", "__cxx11", "basic_string<wchar, std::char_traits<wchar>, std::allocator<wchar> >"]), True)
		'std::wstring'
		>>>
	"""
	result = None
	if isinstance(input_name, str):
		result = core.BNRustSimplifyStrToFQN(input_name, simplify)
		assert result is not None, "core.BNRustSimplifyStrToFQN returned None"
	elif isinstance(input_name, types.QualifiedName):
		result = core.BNRustSimplifyStrToFQN(str(input_name), True)
		assert result is not None, "core.BNRustSimplifyStrToFQN returned None"
	else:
		raise TypeError("Parameter must be of type `str` or `types.QualifiedName`")

	native_result = []
	for name in result:
		if name == b'':
			break
		native_result.append(name.decode("utf-8"))
	name_count = len(native_result)

	native_result = types.QualifiedName(native_result)
	core.BNRustFreeStringArray(result, name_count + 1)
	return native_result

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MILAN/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch bank ING Groep NV (INGA.AS) plans to sell its remaining Italian real estate leasing portfolio to Goldman Sachs (GS.N) as it continues to cut leasing activities outside its home markets, a document reviewed by Reuters showed.
A letter ING sent to unions in Italy said the group expected to sign the deal by early December and close it in the first quarter of next year.
The portfolio comprises both performing and non-performing real estate leasing contracts, ING said, adding that the disposal would make 31 people in Italy redundant and inviting unions to discuss possible measures to reduce staff.
ING said it had picked Goldman, which is partnering with Italy's Finanziaria Internazionale (FinInt), after evaluating a number of offers by various credit management specialists.
Also in tandem with FinInt, Goldman in November last year bought an Italian performing lease portfolio worth 483 million euros ($548.83 million), the first such deal in Italy following changes to the law that have made it possible to transfer lease contracts as part of securitization deals.
ING, Goldman and FinInt all declined to comment.
"The long maturity of real estate leasing contracts ... means their financial risk is particularly high and makes it difficult to take actions to lower it, creating uncertainty over future results at ING Bank NV," the letter said.
In 2006, ING said its Italian leasing operations had a portfolio of 2.5 billion euros and were the best-performing among ING's lease subsidiaries, with high margins and low risk.
ING said in its 2017 financial report that rising risk costs related to the Italian lease run-off portfolio had contributed to a sharp drop in its underlying pre-tax result at its "bank treasury and other" division.
A spokesman declined to comment on the size of the remaining Italian portfolio or whether it was slated for sale.


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D.C. Area Michelin-starred Restaurant Will Place Mannequins in Empty Seats to Fill Space Between Real Guests
Renowned chef Patrick O'Connell's social-distanced reopening plan for the Inn at Little Washington is pretty out-there, but so is everything else right now.
By Mike Pomranz / FoodandWine.com
Walking the streets over the past couple months has been an eerie experience. Even some of the most notoriously busy areas like Times Square have been completely quiet. But would setting up a bunch of mannequins make things feel less creepy? A renowned restaurant in Washington, Virginia, is about to find out.
The Inn at Little Washington — the D.C.-area's only restaurant with three Michelin stars and subject of a recent PBS documentary — has devised an unorthodox plan to help fill the void created by social distancing. When chef Patrick O'Connell reopens for dinner on May 29, the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award Winner will be placing what a spokesperson called "theatrically dressed" mannequins at empty tables to serve as "an entertainment and design touchpoint to keep things interesting."
Credit: Courtesy of The Inn at Little Washington
"I've always had a thing for mannequins—they never complain about anything and you can have lots of fun dressing them up," O'Connell stated. "When we needed to solve the problem of social distancing and reducing our restaurant's occupancy by half, the solution seemed obvious—fill it with interestingly dressed dummies. This would allow plenty of space between real guests and elicit a few smiles and provide some fun photo ops."
Though dining alongside mannequins may sound a bit odd, O'Connell also explains that these figures won't simply be pulled from a Macy's window. "The Inn at Little Washington has always celebrated the 'living theatre' of a restaurant and this project gives us an opportunity to work with Design Foundry and Signature Theatre in D.C., who we've collaborated with in the past," the chef continued. "They will be providing the costumes and make up for our mannequins. We're all craving to gather and see other people right now. They don't all necessarily need to be real people."
The restaurant says it has a history of being "reverently irreverent," and in their defense, since patrons are paying $248 per person for a tasting menu, at least they're getting the most immaculately-dressed mannequin-diners money can buy.
"When The Inn at Little Washington reached out with the idea to costume mannequins, we thought it was a fun and creative way for them to conform to social distancing guidelines," Signature Theatre's Managing Director Maggie Boland said. "We jumped at the chance to collaborate with another of Virginia's great cultural destinations in support of their reopening. Signature's costume shop manager, Frederick Deeben, went to work pulling costumes and accessories to outfit the mannequins—dining couples—in 1940s style dress. We can't wait to see the dining room all decked out for a post-war party!"
Sure, O'Connell's idea might seem out-there, but nothing is really off the table within the post-coronavirus "new normal." Some cities are considering turning over entire streets to al fresco dining. An Amsterdam restaurant is giving guests their own isolating greenhouses. In Sweden, there's even a one-person restaurant in the middle of a meadow. So are dining dummies really that bizarre? We're all under a lot of stress, so don't feel like you have to answer that one.
This Story Originally Appeared On foodandwine


In the history of photography, the lives of the major personalities behind the lens are often as captivating as the images they have left behind. Yet, while certain photographs have become world famous, indelibly printed on the cultural consciousness, the stories of the photographers have been all too often distorted, obfuscated, or overlooked, and their social and political environments misunderstood or forgotten.
Lives of the Great Photographers brings together the engaging and entertaining biographies of thirty-eight pioneers in the field, selected, carefully researched, and narrated by respected photography expert Juliet Hacking. The entries evoke the lives and backgrounds of these landmark figures, bringing new light to their work and forging a better understanding of how they pioneered new techniques and approaches. The text is accompanied by a beautifully curated sampling of images, including many rarely seen portraits and self-portraits.
With entries on Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward Steichen, and many others, Lives of the Great Photographers captures from a new angle the contributions of some of the most masterful image-makers in history.


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SCOTLAND, UK - Fusion Marine has secured an order for 14 Triton 400 farm pens for The Scottish Salmon Companys newest site at Sgeir Dughall, Loch Torridon, Scotland. Worth approximately 600k, the order brings to nearly 1m the total value of contracts with The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) over recent months, as the salmon company expands its operations on the West Coast of Scotland.
Developed to meet the demanding conditions found in open sea fish farm sites, the Triton 400 pens were chosen for their strength and durability, providing the highest possible levels of stock containment, as well as a safe and stable working platform for the fish farm operatives. Once completed, the pens will be towed to Sgeir Dughall from Fusions Marines manufacturing base at Barcaldine near Oban, Argyll.
The order follows several other projects carried out as part of SSCs rolling programme to modernise and upgrade its farm sites, including the successful delivery of 10 Oceanflex salmon pens to the SSC site at Aird, Torridon and a refurbishment project on Mull. Fusion Marine is also supporting the build of SSCs new harvesting station on Harris with the supply and construction of an innovative fish transfer pontoon.
Iain Forbes is a director of Fusion Marine, which employs 16 people locally. He said: We are delighted to have won this order from the Scottish Salmon Company. Over the years we have developed an incredibly strong working relationship with SSC that has benefited both companies, and which has enabled us to develop high quality fish farm systems that meet the demanding requirements of the Scottish salmon industry.
SSCs commitment to supporting Scottish suppliers such as ourselves brings immense benefits to local communities, and underlines the important economic role of the farmed salmon sector.
Fusion Marine has a long-standing relationship with the Scottish Salmon Company and its predecessor companies that goes back almost 20 years.
Stewart McLelland, CEO of The Scottish Salmon Company added: We are committed to sustainability and environmental excellence and working with Fusion Marine we have access to the best possible aquaculture equipment that meets the demanding requirements of our sector. As near neighbours we are also able to work closely together to develop innovative solutions and ensure the successful completion of projects, which is good for local jobs and tremendous for the reputation of Scottish salmon farming worldwide.


A three bedroom cabin that sleeps 8 to 10 people. Rear porch overlooks the pond. Full kitchen living room with fireplace and color cable TV, Master Bedroom down, two large bedrooms up, front and back deck. Downstairs bedroom has a double, up has one double and two singles in each room.


Update-the real band please stand up.
But we now have focus on getting a real full band back together. Get a solid bass player, a percussionist, maybe even a keyboardist(!!). I'd love to focus on guitars, so we can get the songs live to sound just like the record. There seem to be an endless array of obstacles between us and that right now, from storms to sick kids, to you name it.
Bass players seem to be no problem. Same with percussionsts. Ah but the keyboardist..
We really would love to have someone with a classic piano and hammond sound. not much else is needed. If you like what you hear and are: good and seasoned/experienced/professional with a positive outlook. We could use you.
The pay isn't so good (yet) but the benefits can't be beat (if you love good music).
We are looking to have a great time diving into the debut gig in New York City for the Sara Hulse Band, playing at Toshi's this Wednesday night at 8:30. Hope we make a nice big splash!!
The CD-in it's physical form.
The CD has finally taken on physical form. To celebrate, we have a CD release party lined up at the Dancing Cat Saloon on Friday evening, May 30. We'll have some special musical guests joining us and we'll have CD's available at the Merchtable.
But before then a few other thing happening.
Philipsport Community Center: Philipsport, NY A wonderful intimate venue, where we love to play, and they love us. May 17, show starts at 6pm.
Toshi's Living Room: A showcase performance we'll be doing at a beautiful venue on 26th street off of Broadway, in the Flatiron Section of NYC-we'll be showcasing to put us in front of a good swath of Music industry people-you never know. And it will be the debut gig in New York City for the Sara Hulse Band-too awesome!
Mysterland: no, we're not playing at one of the biggest electronic music festivals in the world that happens to be setting up camp right in our back yard at the Woodstock 69 site. But we'll be holding down the fort, musically, at the Dancing Cat, barely a mile away. When the DJ's shut down and the subs are powered off at mysteryland, you can keep the party going with us. We know how to party!
A busy May has materialized- and we are ready to go!
Yeah well goodbye old man winter. Hey spring, so glad to see you back! Out with the winter funk and the winter junk. It's time to get back to playing!
And the CD is back on track and it's this close to being completely done. I was waiting for Sara to write a few words for the CD cover copy. I kept after her about the text to finish up the CD. She stated "I'm not that good with words…" I thought that was pretty funny. Jeez you could've fooled me, Sara; I think you do pretty good with putting word together when they're in songs….
So I recently got back to finalizing the master.
And after all the time and effort producing the CD, and hearing all these songs about a thousand times each, I wasn't much looking forward to running through them again, much as I love them.
Actually what happened was, once again, I couldn't stop listening to them. I could be Sara's biggest fan – I can't ever get enough of her voice.
Anyway the master goes to duplication in a day or two, after a few good final listens before committing to manufacture.
But as of Saturday (4/19), the CD is available for download on Itunes, Amazon, Spotify and the rest of the web. And life is great!
So I have a favor to ask on behalf of Sara and the band. We've heard many of you say you love the music and the CD. If you do, please go to your favorite music store, (be it Itunes, Spotify, Amazon, CD Baby, or where-ever) and under reviews, if you could post a few kind words about how much you do like it, it will mean an awful lot. That's all we're asking.
But maybe, if you haven't already and feel so inclined and supportive, maybe buy a download. Or wait to pick up a CD at a show.
But if you don't that's cool too. Just please come out and join us. We really love playing and we really love sharing music with you.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting Sara.
This is my favorite song from the CD.
Gigging is pretty slow this time of year in upstate New York.
Last night we played a great show at the Sullivan County museum in Hurlyville, NY . Actually it wasn't all that great for me-I was sick, coughing up a lung, quitting smoking, and broke a string half way through the show. Had to sing without my ukulele while it was having surgery performed on it backstage to bring it back to life. That sucked but lesson learned-carry an extra uke to shows.
When people tell you that you sounded great it's hard to tell if they're being sincere or just trying to make you feel better. I have a lot of dear friends so I guess I'll never know. Maybe that's a good thing. Other than all that, the night was perfect and we all still had a good time.
Special thanks to Steve Schwarz of Steve's Music for additional support!
Carol and Aldo and Little Sparrow for inviting us.
Everyone who came out to hear us.
If your are reading this you've stumbled onto my brand new website. Welcome .
We just moved in here so the place is a mess (the website, I mean) , not sure where everything is just yet and there's unpacked crap everywhere.
Once we get the place set up and comfortable, your welcome to look around. We plan on making this place home for the Sara Hulse Band, with an events calendar, lyrics videos, news and of course the songs.
Until then check back once and a while. We plan on keeping it fresh and interesting here.


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Tuesday cyber surfing: Carroll will stick with Wilson at QB
Good morning, and here's what's "out there" about the Seahawks for today, October 2.
Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times says that Head Coach Pete Carroll is standing by quarterback Russell Wilson after the rookie threw three interceptions in the team's 19-13 loss at St. Louis over the weekend, "Wilson remains Seattle's starting quarterback heading into this week's game against Carolina, and one-quarter of the way through this season, Seattle's coach tried to take a big-picture perspective on his rookie's performance. 'He's a first-time starter,' Carroll said. 'He has been in every game and had a chance to win 'em. He's won one of them, and two of them got away from us at the end there.' All true. Seattle has had the ball in the opponent's half of the field with a chance to win in the two road games it lost."
O'Neil also has a look at what we learned and what we're still trying to figure out after Sunday's loss in St. Louis, "Seattle's defense isn't entirely impregnable.
St. Louis entered the game having completed five passes of 20 yards or more, fewest in the league. Well, not only did the Rams have a 52-yard pass against Seattle — the longest play from the scrimmage the Seahawks allowed this season — but St. Louis converted five third downs that required 10 yards or more. The Seahawks' defense didn't allow a touchdown, and played well enough to win, but there is some room for improvement when it comes to getting off the field."
Eric Williams of the Tacoma News Tribune clarifies the health of quarterback Matt Flynn, who Carroll said yesterday in an interview 710 KIRO AM is not an option to replace Wilson as the starting quarterback because of a sore elbow, "Carroll later clarified his comments during his regular interview session with reporters Monday afternoon. 'Matt's ready to play,' Carroll said. 'We just don't know what's going to happen when he gets a lot of work. He might be all right. But we don't know that. We have not taken him there yet. But he's ready to play in every game, and he's ready to go in the very next play we need him, and so the competition goes on, in my mind, as it does in every position on our football team. Our guys continue to compete. But he has not had the opportunity, because we give the starter all the reps. And with a young guy for the first time, we're giving him every single snap we can.' Carroll said that Flynn has not aggravated the elbow injury, which he described as tendinitis when it occurred. He did not rule out the possibility of Flynn having to deal with the elbow issue for the rest of the year. But if Carroll needed to use Flynn later this season as the team's starter, he has plenty of experience monitoring an injured quarterback during the week's practices to make sure he's available to play on Sunday. That's exactly what Carroll did for nine games last season when Tarvaris Jackson suffered a torn pectoral muscle, but only missed the Cleveland game."
Dave Boling of the Tacoma News Tribune debates and defends Carroll's decision to stay with Wilson at quarterback, "Here are some evaluation tools to consider, on both sides of the matter: There's been so much talk about Wilson's lack of height that it has obscured the reality that he's more lacking in experience. He's a rookie. He makes rookie mistakes and it's to be expected if you decide to start one. Matt Hasselbeck came to Seattle after two seasons in Green Bay as an understudy to Brett Favre, and in his first five starts, he completed 51 percent of his passes and had two touchdowns and five interceptions. That's far shakier than the pace Wilson is on. The thing you have to consider when deciding the worth of weathering the learning curve of a young quarterback is if you're certain you'll come out the other side with a winner."
John Boyle of the Everett Herald points out that according to Carroll, Wilson would still be the team's starter at quarterback even if the uncertainty surrounding Flynn's sore elbow was made clear, "But regardless of the unknowns about Flynn's elbow, Wilson would still be the team's starter, Carroll said. That was the case after three games when the Seahawks had won two straight, and it remains true even after a loss that saw the passing game continue to struggle. 'We're going with Russell, and he's working his tail off to get it right,' Carroll said. 'While all of the focus goes to the quarterback position, there are a lot of guys who figure into what's going on, and he's one of them. We're just trying to get better.' "
Tim Booth of the Associated Press writes about Carroll's decision to stick with Wilson at quarterback and offers some analysis on the Seahawks' third-down struggles – on both offense and defense – that occurred Sunday in St. Louis, "Third down was one of the glaring areas where the passing game struggles were noticeable. Wilson missed all three pass attempts on third down and was sacked two other times. Seattle's only two third-down conversions in the loss came when Wilson ran for 2 yards and Lynch rumbled for 8, both in third-and-1 situations. But the third-down problems weren't limited to the offense. Defensively, the Seahawks gave up five third-down conversions to the Rams, but all five were of at least 10 yards or more. All five of the third-and-long conversions came on St. Louis drives that eventually led to points. Notes: Carroll said they do not expect G John Moffitt (knee) to be ready for Sunday's game at Carolina. … The Seahawks released OL Allen Barbre on Monday. Barbre spent the first four week of the season on the suspended list."
Brady Henderson of mynorthwest.com looks at some of the reasoning behind Carroll's decision to stick with Wilson after the rookie quarterback threw three picks in a 19-13 loss to the Rams, "Wilson threw for 160 yards, three interceptions and no touchdowns on Sunday. Carroll defended some of Wilson's mistakes, saying he wasn't entirely responsible for two of his interceptions. The first came on a first-quarter pass that was thrown slightly behind Doug Baldwin, going in and out of the receiver's hands before it was caught by Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson. 'He could have thrown the ball a little better to Doug but Doug had a chance at that ball and the guy (Johnson) makes an amazing play to get that ball off his back hip,' Carroll said. Carroll also excused Wilson's third interception – which he threw on the Seahawks' final drive when tight end Anthony McCoy slipped as the ball was in the air – but said his second pick was the result of holding onto the ball too long. Wilson was looking for Sidney Rice during a third-quarter drive but he was hit as he threw and the ball popped up into the air. 'That ball should have come out [sooner]. We should have got rid of that football. We had guys wide open,' Carroll said. 'It was a double-corner-type-of-blitz and so there was a lot of spacing out there. But we got distracted on it and Russell didn't let the ball go.' "
Dave Grosby and Bob Stelton of "Bob and Groz" discuss the importance of eliminating costly penalties in this short video from mynorthwest.com.
Curtis Crabtree of 950 KJR AM has his report from Carroll's Monday media sessions, "The team is averaging just 130.8 yards per game through the air. Despite completing 17 of 25 passes for 160 yards, QB Russell Wilson threw three interceptions and failed to convert some critical third downs to helped sink the Seahawks in a 19-13 loss to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. 'We're going with Russell right now and he's working his tail off to get it right,' head coach Pete Carroll said Monday. 'There are a lot of guys that figure into what's going on, and he's one of them. So we're just trying to get better.' "
Mike Sando of ESPN.com says Carroll's decision to hang with Wilson at quarterback is the right call, "Team record: The Seahawks are 2-2. That is a reasonable record for them given the schedule to this point. The season is not slipping away. Offensive philosophy: Carroll is the one choosing to play conservatively on offense. Why replace Wilson without giving him a chance to do more than manage the game? Has Wilson failed, or has the offense failed? It's only four games: Back in 2010, about half the season went by before Carroll and veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck reached a comfort level with one another. Carroll wasn't comfortable opening up the offense. 'It took some time for us to get together in our thinking, Matt understanding us and us understanding Matt,' Carroll said following a Week 11 game that year. 'I think we have cut him loose.' The dynamics are different now, but there's still a process involved. Late-game promise: Seattle has trailed in the final minutes of three games this season. Wilson moved the team downfield in every case. Better play from his receivers might have made the difference at Arizona. Wilson was moving the team effectively in the late going Sunday when McCoy tripped, leading to the pick."
Here at Seahawks.com Clare Farnworth breaks down the fantastic play that two former Cal Bears – Marshawn Lynch and Brandon Mebane – had against the Rams on Sunday, discusses the Seahawks' need for improvement on third-down, and focuses on guard James Carpenter, who excelled in his return to game-action Sunday at St. Louis.
On the video side, Tony Ventrella teams up with Farnsworth to review the Seahawks' 19-13 loss to the Rams, and brings you his "Seahawks Daily", with reaction from Carroll.
Finally, we have Carroll's full video press conference from Monday available here.
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AV/IT Team
Teaching AV to IT, and Vice Versa
By Carolyn Heinze
( AVTechnology )
While AV/IT convergence happened a while ago, creating synchronicity between AV and IT support teams still remains a challenge. When team members in both groups are knowledgeable in each other's specialties, however, it stands to reason that the end user's experience is that much better. The trick is establishing cross-training that not only expands the organization's AV/IT knowledge base, but also recognizes when a more seasoned specialist is needed to provide support.
Miro Humer, associate vice president of client experience at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, oversees a broad spectrum of AV and IT operations, including enterprise applications, digital media, classroom support, system architecture, project management, and the IT helpdesk. He explained that the university's AV and IT support teams don't work in separate bubbles; AV follows IT service management processes, such as the ticketing system. "They are part of our regular support cycle, and if they're rolling something out, they include our IT group and they lead the effort on how to cross-train IT on it, and they also lead the effort on the training of our faculty," he said. He clarified that while the AV team doesn't conduct the training, it does define what needs to be covered during training sessions.
In his role as director of technical services at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Tristan Cary oversees IT and AV helpdesk support, as well as the school's laptop program. "One of the things that we tried to do early on was we tried to make everyone fluent in everything else; we had this idea that IT people and AV people should be able to do each other's jobs and help [each other] out," he said. After a while, however, it became clear that while some tasks were interchangeable, there was still a need for subject matter experts in each domain. "There is always going to be our AV people that understand the ins and outs of classroom technology, and the Crestron programming language and ecosystem, and exactly how every single component in the room works," he said. Still, the members of his IT team have enough familiarity with classroom systems that they are capable of doing basic troubleshooting and support, with AV specialists taking up the reins in the event of a major failure.
Basic Best Practices
Miro Humer, Case Western Reserve University
Humer counsels organizations to train IT specialists on systems such as Crestron and AMX, while at the same time providing education to AV staff on networking, telephony, and enterprise operating systems. "In both cases the focus should include key terms and conditions unique to the location's IT and AV environments," he said. He also emphasized the need for regular communication between both teams. "At CWRU, we conduct a regular meeting between our deskside support team and our classroom AV support team to discuss current issues, future projects, and overall needs."
Hands-on training is also something Humer encourages tech managers to provide: "The best way to troubleshoot an AV or IT problem in the field is to understand the audio or video signal, or the network flow, from start to finish," he said. "Beginning at a basic level and advancing over time, IT and AV expertise can evolve and spread through the teams, resulting in an improved culture and advanced technical agility, creating a positive, total client experience for the end user."
Know When to Keep Them Separate
While Case Western's AV/IT teams work under one umbrella, there is somewhat of an exception to this rule when it comes to the work performed by the digital media group in the university's Samson Pavilion, a 500,000-square-foot building that houses medical sciences facilities, including a school of medicine, a school of nursing, and a school of dental medicine. With three control rooms, an auditorium featuring a 40-foot video wall and audio support (including microphones) at every seat, and sophisticated classroom recording systems, Humer said that this building requires highly trained, dedicated AV staff.
"The rest of the campus is pretty standard: [in each classroom] we have a projector, a document camera, and a PC, and maybe a camera to record the sessions," Humer said. "The level of technology in [the Samson Pavilion] is much higher, and the AV skill set [required] is much more technical than in any other area on campus, and so this is the building where we have a distinction between AV and IT tech."
At the same time, Humer said that a great effort is made at keeping the two teams in sync. "They meet regularly; they talk about their issues, what kind of help they need, and [they do] cross-training on some of the triage-type things," he said. Typically, support calls are directed to the IT group, which dispatches a tech to perform a primary assessment to determine if IT can fix the issue, or if deeper AV skills are required to resolve the problem. "The training is really based on that initial evaluation, because we have a larger IT support staff than we do AV, and we want to make sure we're making the best use of the AV skills that we have."
Standardization Helps
Tristan Cary, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Cary relayed that at the beginning of each semester, AV and IT support teams perform a walkthrough of the classrooms to refresh their familiarity with the systems. He noted that almost all of the classrooms at Wentworth are equipped with the same user interface. He said this not only makes it easier for users traveling from room to room, but it also streamlines helpdesk support. "If someone calls and says, 'I'm having a problem in this room,' we don't have to look up that specific room to see what's in there," he said.
Communicate, Then Communicate More…
Regardless of an organization's specific needs, Humer underlined that if AV/IT teams adopt an "us and them" attitude, it can lead to territorial disputes. "As long as a wall is allowed to exist between the AV and IT teams at any level, technology coordination of the environment will be difficult," he said. "If they remain separate and don't have that communication, they develop their own reasons and stories on why things are or aren't happening. As long as they talk, those stories don't get created in a vacuum."
…and Start Small
For those organizations that are launching AV/IT cross-training initiatives, Cary said a simple start is the best approach. "Really focus on core competencies, and don't expect everyone to pick everything up all at once," he said. "Just like everything, it's education, it takes time, it takes patience, it takes practice, and especially in the environment we're in, it's very hard to have a full-time IT person shadow a full-time AV person, so you're going to have to take that into account as well. Look at what your top three or five issues are, focus on those, and then start expanding that knowledge base out and start going into more of the nitty-gritty."
COVID-19: Lessons Learned
With the pandemic mandating major changes pretty much overnight—especially for organizations that hadn't previously supported remote learning and work to a large extent—it's demonstrated how important it is to be able to adapt to change quickly. "I think we've learned where we can make things more flexible: what we need to do, how we upgrade our classrooms, what kind of technology we implement," Humor said. "We have to remain flexible, and we have to be ready for whatever the future brings, [and] that everything we implement is as flexible as possible."
Carolyn Heinze is a freelance writer/editor.
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The company (incredibly named "Freedom Industries") responsible for the massive chemical spill in West Virginia that left hundreds of thousands of people without drinking water declared bankruptcy yesterday. This means that all of the people who had to suffer through days without water, and some who became seriously ill from drinking contaminated water, will likely not be compensated by this company for the damage it caused them.
Many people have referred to this spill as a failure of government regulation and blamed free-market fundamentalism. All of these folks should get checks from the various industry groups for major polluters.
Last I looked, believers in the free market supported property rights. Property rights mean not having someone else throw their waste on your property. If this is a difficult concept to understand, try erecting a slaughterhouse where the waste gets dumped on Bill Gates' front lawn. It's a safe bet that you will quickly be given a court order to stop immediately. If you ignore it, you will quickly find yourself in jail.
Are Bill Gates and other rich people who will have those who pollute their property thrown in jail believers in big government? For some reason this view that they have a right to not have people pollute their property and have the government enforce it gets put down as being part of free market fundamentalism. But when a West Virginia coal processing plant throws its waste into people's drinking water this is a question of government regulation?
It is easy to see how it is an advantage to rich people and to those who would like to be able to pollute with others bearing the cost to have these issues seen as fundamentally different in nature. But it is hard to see any logic that would justify this difference. And it is hard to see why anyone who doesn't want corporations to be able to pollute with impunity would accept this distinction.
People who don't want polluters to be able to operate with impunity are no more nor less market fundamentalists than Bill Gates when he has people arrested for dumping waste on his lawn. The only difference is whose rights are being respected.


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Who's (re)Building America
"We've had a lot of Spanish-speaking workers. I say, 'Thank Heaven for them.' We'd be a lot further from recovering if it weren't for them."
As we've been told, Mexico and Central America are sending "not their best" across the border into the U.S. We are being overwhelmed by drug gangsters and rapists, according to the current occupant of the White House. Well, maybe not overwhelmed, exactly.
A new recovery-and-reconstruction work force has developed to keep pace with the more frequent and more severe weather events. (Nothing to do with climate change!) Like migrant agricultural workers following the crops, this emerging workforce is also mobile, following disasters: New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina; Houston after Harvey; North Carolina after Florence; Florida after Irma and Michael. Much of the cleanup and rebuilding is the work of laborers and craftspeople who entered the country illegally.
In areas where voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for the anti-immigration Republican candidate in the last presidential election, residents are curiously unconcerned about the influx of immigrants, many, if not most, undocumented. Employers find it easy to renege on paying the wages promised and for landlords to charge exorbitant rents for barely-habitable residences. The workers' fear of deportation, makes them afraid to take action. Employers disclaim knowledge or responsibility of wage theft, claiming defrauded workers were hired by a subcontractor of a subcontractor of the prime contractor.
Another promise from the 2016 campaign: "I will end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program" — visas for technical and skilled employees — "and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers for every visa and immigration program. No exceptions." That "no exceptions" didn't include H-2B visas, the ones hotels and resorts, e.g. Mar-a-Lago, use to hire low-paid seasonal workers.
Way back in 1980, the Trump Organization hired a contractor to demolish a property in mid-town Manhattan to make room for a garish high-rise to be named Trump Tower. The contractor hired two-hundred undocumented Polish laborers. They worked twelve hours a day, seven days a week. The laborers were paid $4 to $5 per hour with no overtime. (Some ended up not paid at all.) It was all "off the books," so no payments to Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, workers compensation on behalf of the so-called "Polish Brigade."
The union that held a contract sued the contractor, a union leader and Trump, claiming they were owed excess of $1 million for their pension fund. Trump took the classic business leader posture: He didn't know they were illegals and weren't paid properly. The court ruled in 1991 that Trump owed $325,000 plus interest. Trump appealed. Since he claimed to have no knowledge of the illegalities, Trump averred he would not settle out of court "on principle." Before the trial, the parties settled out of court. The agreement was sealed, so the actual settlement amount is unknown.
Chinese work crew
Way back further, to Sonoma County of the 1870s. Sonoma, known lately for fine wines and wildfires, back then was in the beginnings of its development of diverse agriculture: prunes, hops, cherries, apples and wine grapes as well as dairy, chicken and eggs. (We won't mention politics and Sonoma's support of the Confederacy in the Civil War. In 2016, the county went 71% for Hillary.)
The Chinese were the first wave of workers to arrive. After mining gold and building railroads, they came to work in the orchards and fields of Sonoma. Their time was short. The Chinese Exclusion movement and resulting legislation in the 1880s resulted in the Chinese population's dispersal.
Italian immigrants followed. They soon owned land and became a permanent fixture in the county. The Japanese who came after, in spite of prohibitions against Asian land ownership, settled in and grew apples and chicken on leased land. They also provided farm labor for others. The internment camps of World War II removed the Japanese until after the war when they trickled back and began to reclaim their place in the county's patchwork of ethnicity.
Today, seasonal workers in Sonoma and Napa are almost exclusively Latino, legacy of the Bracero Program, an agreement between Mexico and the U.S. The pattern repeats; newcomers are meet with resentment from those who arrived earlier. Documented or not, as a group, Latinos have woven themselves into the area's tapestry. Over time, it will be the same in the red states of the Southeast.
Author George RothertPosted on October 30, 2019 October 29, 2019 Categories Persons, Places, PoliticsTags Bracero, hurricane rebuilding, Mar-a-Lago, Sonoma County, Sonoma Fire, undocumented immigrants
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COVID-19 forces closure of Kalispell school
Sean Wells/MTN News file
Smith Valley School in Kalispell
UPDATE: 2:10 p.m. - Jan. 11, 2022
KALISPEL — A COVID-19 surge has closed a Kalispell elementary school.
Smith Valley School Superintendent Laili Komenda told MTN News that classes were canceled Tuesday and Wednesday due to 12 staff members being unable to attend.
Komenda said seven of the 12 staff members were not able to attend classes due directly to COVID-19 quarantine. Komenda said the 12 staff members missing is more than a third of the total staff at Smith Valley School.
She said a decision on when classes can resume will be made by noon on Wednesday.
"I don't want to inconvenience parents at all because I know how hard this is, it came with a huge amount of thought to say I've got to inconvenience all of these families by shutting school down, but I hate to wait too long but I also don't want to jump the gun and say we should for sure close Thursday and Friday also, there's still just a list of unknown teachers for whether they will be back or not," said Komenda.
Komenda said only three subs were available for Smith Valley on Tuesday.
(first report: 12:45 p.m. - Jan. 11, 2022)
A COVID-19 surge has closed a Kalispell elementary school.
Students at Smith Valley School did not have class on Tuesday and Wednesday's classes have also been called off.
A statement on the school's website states that there is not "enough staff to fill teaching/supervision positions to maintain operations."
We will have more on this developing story as information becomes available.


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Adams 14 shifting to remote learning next week
Instruction will be remote through at least Jan. 14, the district said due increasing COVID cases across the whole county.
Author: Janet Oravetz (9News)
Published: 4:24 PM MST January 7, 2022
Updated: 9:32 PM MST January 7, 2022
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — All instruction within the Adams 14 School District will shift to the district's virtual platform for the week starting Monday, officials said Friday.
Remote instruction will continue that whole week due to increased rates of COVID-19 cases across Adams County, the district said.
A letter was sent home Friday to families and staff members which says the county as a whole has experienced an increase of new reported COVID-19 cases of 357%.
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That prompted the district to move to remote learning between Jan. 10 and 14. All Adams 14 students, families, and staff will be notified by Thursday, Jan. 13 about how instruction will proceed the following week.
Students were asked to bring necessary items for virtual instruction home with them. Families who are experiencing issues related to technology or connectivity should contact their schools directly, or the district's technology department at familytech@adams14.org.
Meals will be provided to students for the entirety of the week.
On Monday, grab-and-go meals will be available (via either walk-up or drive-up) between 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. at each school site. (Sanville students will be served at Central Elementary School. STARS students will be served at Rose Hill Elementary School.)
Beginning on Jan. 11, meals will be delivered to neighborhood locations. Details about those locations and times will be sent directly to families, the district said.
RELATED: Many in-person schools scrambling for substitutes
Instruction time
Each school's normal start and end times will remain in effect during the period of virtual instruction. Lunch breaks will take place for all students from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Middle and high school students will be expected to attend and participate in all scheduled synchronous classes in their entirety. Elementary school students will be expected to attend and participate in scheduled morning synchronous sessions in their entirety, followed by afternoon asynchronous sessions.
All middle school sports activities will be canceled for the entirety of the week of Jan. 10-14. High school sports activities will continue as normally scheduled unless changes are mandated by the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSSA).
Administrators and/or coaches will communicate directly with students or families with updates related to logistics and transportation.
Grounds, maintenance, building engineers, transportation, IT, and food service personnel need to report to work during their regularly scheduled hours. All remaining school-based personnel should confirm their preferred operating location (either remote or on-site) with their principal prior to their departure from campuses on Jan. 7.
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Q: How do I make a newsfeed without many join statements What is the best way to approach making a newsfeed?
Currently I have an observer that creates a new newsfeedactivity record everytime someone creates a record. But, to deal with privacy I end up have 7 or 8 joins to get the appropriate output.
It seems like this is going to be slow and inefficient. What's another strategy for pulling out the right newsfeedactivity records as a scope?

More details:
Currently I have a site to help users track projects that they're working on. There are public and private projects (where people can invite collaborators).
I want my newsfeed to include when public projects are created. When you are invited to a private project. When a user follows  a project. And then all of the actions of the other users that you're following. Then for the private projects I have another join table to determine who has access to the projects. (There are also comments on each of these projects  that I want to show up in the newsfeed as well).
All of the following relationships are currently in join tables, which is why I have a lot of joins.
To get an idea of the type of query - I'm thinking it would look something like this:

SELECT news_feed_activities.* FROM news_feed_activities LEFT JOIN
  user_following_relationships ON
  user_following_relationships.following_id =
  news_feed_activities.user_id LEFT JOIN
  user_project_relationships ON
  user_project_relationships.project_id =
  news_feed_activities.responding_to_id AND
  news_feed_activities.responding_to_type = 'Project' WHERE
  (user_following_relationships.user_id = 1 OR
  user_project_relationships.user_id = 1 OR
  news_feed_activities.user_id = 1 OR
  up2.user_id = 1) GROUP BY news_feed_activities.id ORDER BY
  news_feed_activities.id DESC

EDIT:
I think I'm probably going to end up using Redis along these lines http://blog.waxman.me/how-to-build-a-fast-news-feed-in-redis

A: As RoR.
In your controller:
@user = current_user # (?)
recent_since = 24.hours.ago
@news_feed = []

# 1) I want my newsfeed to include when public projects are created.
@news_feed += Project.recent.open
# 2) When you are invited to a private project.
@news_feed += @user.invites.received.pending
# 3) When a user follows a project.
@news_feed += @user.user_following_relationships.recent
# 4) And then all of the actions of the other users that you're following.
@news_feed += @user.follows.collect(&:activities)
# 5) Then for the private projects I have another join table to determine who has access to the projects. (There are also comments on each of these projects that I want to show up in the newsfeed as well).
@news_feed += @user.projects.closed

@news_feed.sort!{ |a,b| a.created_at <=> b.created_at }

I did some sample scopes for you too.
project.rb
scope :recent, :conditions => ["created_at >= ?", 24.hours.ago]
scope :open, :conditions => "publicity = 'Public'"
scope :closed, :conditions => "publicity = 'Private'"

This is based on the precept that your news feed is actually a summary of recent activity across models rather than having a 'newsfeed' model.


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Ілан Шор — молдовський проросійський політик, бізнесмен, голова партії «Шор». З 1 липня 2015 по 19 квітня 2019 примар міста Оргіїв, з 9 березня 2019 — депутат Парламенту Молдови. Власник футбольного клубу Мілсамі, член Ради з адміністрування Кишинівського аеропорту. Одружений на співачці Жасмін. Оголошений у міжнародний розшук у справі про вкрадений мільярд.

У 2022 році, після російського вторгнення в Україну, партія «Шор» почала активно взаємодіяти з російською владою, депутати відвідали Москву та налагодили міжпартійні контакти. Після цього партія організовувала протестну діяльність проти уряду чинної президентки Молдови Маї Санду.

26 жовтня 2022 року Міністерство фінансів США запровадило санкції проти Ілана Шора через його зв'язки з російським урядом. 9 грудня 2022 року потрапив під санкції Великої Британії.

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Is this a UK law question?
Yes, as a matter of fact - I spoke to you about this approximately 5 -6 weeks ago. Not that I would expect you to remember as I understand you are very busy in many matters. But I would appreciate your professional opinion in this matter.
I'm still waiting on a reply. Have I done something wrong?
Oh yes I remember now.
You can do this online at: www.moneyclaim.gov.uk - you will have to pay a fee but this will be added.
Forgive my delay - I was in Court.
For UK Justice Only - I tried to report this to the Police - but they said they do not pursue anything to do with Cyber crime (or Fraud) They suggested that I report this to the Action Fraud Squad - which I already had.
You also mention to launch a Civil claim- please pardon my unintended ignorance of the complexities of the Law process - But Who would I launch this Civil Action Against?
The Bank has closed the account of the person who was assuming the identity of Cargoes Ltd. and probably long gone.
No doubt the account was opened with false identity - but how the Bank processors allowed moneys to be directed to an account that did NOT truely bare the name of Cargoes Ltd, is surely a security breach by the Bank - is it not?
It would seem that I have no one to go after - other than the Bank - and considering it's responsibility of duty of care, and the fact that the monies were addressed to Cargoes Ltd. and were not deposited into that account - and the fact that they did not request the monies back before closing that account. Do you not think that it is reasonable to consider that the Bank is at Fault in these instances? Should my Civil Action be Launched against The Bank? Kind regards XXXXX XXXXX Quinn - Australia P.S. - please accept my appologies for the time delay in getting back to you - You are 11 hours behind us here - and sometimes it's rather awkward to be connected at the same time.
You would launch this against the person you paid.
But you need their name and address.
No name and address means no civil claim - sadly.
You could potentially sue the bank, BUT you have no contract with them.
You could only possibly sue them for negligence.
The person we made the International Money Transfers out to was Cargoes Ltd. I have spoken to Mr Michael Loft and his accountancy firm, it would do no good to pursue them - they did not get this money. The bank would not release any details of the account holder.
The problem is the bank doesnt have a contract with you.
You could try and sue the bank for negligence but that will be hard.
Again you use the same process I outlined earlier.
So - just to clarify your suggestion.
I lodge a Civil Claim - against the Bank????
I will lodge a Civil Claim against the Bank soon.
I believe they have a "Duty of Care" that I will challenge.
It's no good - just to lose someones money that was correctly addressed to one of their own clients and then - say it's not our responsibility.
As a Bank - they are governed under a "Duty of Care" and in this case I suggest that duty of care was not excersized.
I'll keep you informed if you wouldn't mind and let you know how they respond.
Do you have a direct email address - that I can contact you on?
I am sorry but questions must be via this site.
I bought a car over the internet and turned out to be a scam.