I am a new Taxi member based in Krakow, Poland. I am still in the process of digesting all the information and FAQs available for Newbies.
Really looking forward to speaking to you guys and for now I would just like to wish all of you a Happy 2017!
Thanks Edmond! I am so glad I finally called that 'cab' and the ride so far has been very inspiring.
ive been a closet composer all my life until about 6 months ago when i joined taxi which was driven by my wife secretly submitting a piece of my music to a Dircetor who decided to use my music in a low budget full feature film.. so actually got a IMDB credit which gave me the encouragement and confidence to seek out taxi.
I ve not submitted much and most of what i have submitted has been pre-composed work from the past rather than created for a listing. however ive had 10 forwards out of 41 submissions so running ona 25% cobvertion rate roughly. ive had a few 9's too on my submitted critiques which were also encouraging but dont know how good those stats are to be honest.
I do love creating music and making it a profession would be one of my bucket list ticked off.. I also would love to work with other composers.
Also a tip ive picked up on to share that a few screeners have kindly shared with me.. to help me track newer and older pieces my music is labelled eg New Audio 143b the number is the composition identity and the following letter refers to the version as some will have 2-5 versions. if you recall you can separately name the track as you upload it to the Taxi archive but it turns out that when the screeners listen to your music, depending on the platform either the original file name or the Taxi created name comes up which can be confusing for them. consequently ensure you rename or giv your trcak the final name on your computer before uploading it to ensure the Title is appropriately shown to the screeners and music supervisors alike. as iam starting to figure out the title and name make a big difference on your forwarded submission been chosen. something iam still learning to get right..
Hello everyone. I just signed up for Taxi and hope I can learn from those of you who have been doing this for a while. I've been doing "bedroom producing" for a while and now I would like to take it to the next level.
This is REALLY helpful. Thanks so much!!
Hi a big hello to all you fellow travellers from a new Taxi member. Hope you are enjoying the Summer!
Just wondering is there any downtime in submission requests this time of year with summer vacations?


Let me ask you, have you or anyone you know tried to think of 5 ways to make quick money for your preparedness? After all, our beans, bullets, and bandages cost money. Well, today, we're going to go over 5 Ways to Make Quick Money.
for us, we have our guest from last week, Todd Sepulveda back to help us find ways to make some extra preparedness dollars. If you listened to last week's episode, which you can subscribe to on iTunes and find at mind4Survival.com/49, you'll know that Todd has a passion for helping people find ways to become better prepared. In case you're new to prepping and don't know, Todd is the founder of and host of the wildly successful ThePrepperWebsite.com and ThePrepperWebsitePodcast.com and brings a lot to the table when it comes to preparedness.
Now, in this episode, we're going to cover 5 Ways to Make Quick Money. These are things that you can do on the side to help increase your preparedness budget because as we all know, prepping ain't easy, nor is it always cheap.
Before we do, if you're on Instagram, make sure you follow the Mind4Survival Instagram feed. If you're not on Instagram, it's a fun and easy way to pop on the internet and get some quick and easy preparedness tips. I like it and think many people will be surprised at the amount of information floating around the Instagram world.
Be honest and let the manager know that you are raising money to pay down debt.


Lecture and Dinner "The Divine Michelangelo: His Life and His Works", by Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.
Michelangelo Buonarroti's artistic career spanned more than seven decades, during which time he produced some of the most extraordinary works of art in human history. Dividing his time between his native city of Florence and his adopted city of Rome, the "Divine Michelangelo", as he was known, was the first true master of the three major artistic disciplines – sculpture, painting, and architecture. This lecture will examine the epic life of the artist, using his milestone works of art and architecture to illustrate the "chapters" of the artist's biographical history.


Not long after I had my third child, my right leg began to hurt and also the right side of my abdominal area began to hurt all the time.
I went to my gyn doctor and with a test he found a tumor on the bone and in 4 lymph nodes around the tumor. The doctor called me in his office and said that I needed surgery. So we did it the next week.
The week after surgery my right leg got so bad with pain and swelling that I became very scared. The doctor did not know what was wrong and said let him do some studying on it and for me to come back to his office in one week.
When I came back to his office he told me that I had lymphedema and there is no cure for it. At that time I did not know what lymphedema was.
Over the next four years from 1999 to 2003, I had more surgeries because of four more tumors that grew in my main organs. None of them was cancer. The doctor said that the tumors were fatty tissue tumors. He could not explain to me why I kept having them.
Now that I know what it is, I want the world to be aware. When I work or work around the house my leg gets 3 or 4 times the size it should be, plus a lot of other health problems.


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The steel wheel goes through a 3-step finishing process that makes it both attractive and corrosion resistant. The wheel is first submerged in a zinc phosphate bath to ensure good paint adhesion. It is then e-coated with an acrylic primer base and the outboard side is finished with baked-on DuPont powder paint. The light e-coat on the inboard side of the wheel reduces friction between the wheel and your hub and eliminates the flaking that can occur with a heavily applied paint finish.
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Order: RelevanceNewestRating - High to LowRating - Low to High Radial tire has 8-ply rating and a 2,540-lb max load at 65 psi. 15" x 6" Steel wheel has a 6 on 5-1/2 bolt pattern. 3-Step powder coat finish resists rust. Improved torque retention secures wheel. Complimentary roadside assistance included.
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Are Your Trailer Tire and Wheel Assemblies Balanced?
For a brake drum to fit the Timbren kit part # TASR5200S03 that you referenced you would want the part # 8-201-5UC3-EZ. Then for a matching assemblies you would need # AKEBRK-7R-SA and # AKEBRK-7L-SA for either side. The part # AC225R6SM would be a great fitting wheel and tire combo that has a 2,540-lb max load at 65 psi for each wheel/tire.
Are Trailer Tire And Wheel Combinations Balanced And What About Date Codes?
The Contender ST225/75R15 Radial Trailer Tire w/ 15" Silver Mod Wheel # AC225R6SM is a great wheel and tire set that is designed for regular trailer use. There are several reviews from our customers who have said they used it as a spare but that doesn't mean it can't be used for regular use. I really like the Contender tires over others because they have higher speed ratings at 81 MPH as compared to most trailer tires that are only rated for 65.
I have attached a help article on how to correctly measure your lug pattern for you. To summarise, for wheels with an odd number of lugs like your 5-lug, you will want to measure from the center of one bolt hole to the outside edge of the furthest one away from it (see photo). The most common lug pattern for 5-lug wheel are 5 on 4-1/2", 5 on 4-3/4",5 on 5", and 5 on 5-1/2".
Yes, that will be okay. Trailers are designed to have the lug nuts carry the load as opposed to the hub bore.
Based on the tire size you listed, the weight of your trailer and the number of axles you almost certainly have 6 on 5-1/2 inch bolt pattern hubs. The part # AC225R6SM is the tire size ST225/75R15 that you have and is mounted on a 6 lug wheel that would work well. The capacity for each wheel and tire is 2,540 lbs at 65 psi and has a speed rating of 81 mph too.
Size ST225/75R15 tires actually come in a few different load range ratings. If you check out the sidewalls of your tire, like the Contender # AC225R6SM, the load range should be listed. Please note that you want to run the same load range, size, and type (bias or radial) of tires to get the most consistent wear on them. Attached are a few helpful articles on tires and wheels that you may be interested in as well.


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It's no secret that stretching after class is very important for improving flexibility, reducing the risk of injury and aiding recovery.
A good stretching routine is extremely beneficial, regardless of whether you're new to training or you're a veteran who's as flexible as the Tin-Man from the Wizard of Oz.
…and the best part is, it's so easy you can start it today!
Work in a Flow. To get the most out of your stretching, the positions below should be performed in succession: one after the other; much like a yoga flow.
Don't over do it. There are no medals awarded to those with the most flexible legs, so it is important you don't try too hard too soon.
Just go till you feel some resistance, while still feeling comfortable.
Usually, the biggest problem comes from looking around the room to see what everyone else is doing. Seeing someone achieve an extreme stretch could ignite your ego and you might try and out do them, but this won't get you anywhere and may end up injuring you in the long run.
If it helps, close your eyes when you stretch and focus solely on your own progress.
Remember to breathe. If you find yourself holding your breath, during a stretch, your body will tense up causing you to fail in benefiting from the stretching process.
Being able to breathe deeply and comfortably will allow your body to relax and help you get further in the stretch over time.
First off, you should start this routine laying flat on your back, taking notice of any changes in your body since training: any tightness or soreness in any areas of the body. Begin by breathing deeply yet comfortably to set up the pace for the rest of the routine.
Pull your knees to your chest and support your lower back with your hands as you raise your legs in the air. As you achieve the inverted position, ensure you are supporting your weight on across your shoulders and your triceps, as seen in the image, so that no pressure is placed on your neck at all.
Slowly lower your knees towards your face so that they are now on each side of your face. Remember to support your weight on your shoulders and triceps, as seen in the image, to ensure your neck is safe, and only drop your knees as far as you feel comfortable.
Place one leg across the other so that you are in a modified triangle position. Place both hands on the outstretched leg and focus on your breathing in this position.
Maintaining the triangle position, bend the leg that was outstretched and place your palms together just under your knee, gently pulling it towards your chest.
Gently roll forward, taking a running man position with your legs. Gently lower your chest towards your front leg as you exhale.
Sit up now and bring your rear forward and curl it underneath you. Bring your top leg over your knee and place the soul of your foot on the floor. Pass your opposite arm over your top knee to achieve the twist. Remember to breathe deeply and maintain a nice tall posture in this position.
Extend on of your legs back behind you to move into a deep lunge, pushing your bent knee out to your side, flexing your glutes, as you feel the stretch in your hips.
Push your body up with your legs so that your rear knee is off the mat. If you find it difficult to maintain your balance, you can place your hands on the mat for added support.
Once you have finished the circuit, return to the first position and repeat on the other side.
For the best results, try to perform this routine 4 to 5 times per side after each and every class.
For more stretches and tips to improve your BJJ, make sure you come by and try out one of our classes.
We have classes dedicated for all levels from kids to adults and serious athletes to those who just want to stay fit and have fun doing it.


Look around your home and notice the furniture that surrounds you. Does it make you happy? It is important to make sure that you buy the right type of furniture regardless of whether you are buying a single item or an entire set. You can learn some helpful information by reading this article.
If you are looking for wooden furniture, you should look at more than just the outside. Look also at the undersides, the drawers and all fittings. Usually, looking at these things indicates the furniture's true condition better than looking at the wood just at the surface. Checking the secondary woods will help you learn about the actual age and quality of it.
Do not hesitate to haggle when buying furniture. If you're willing to haggle, it's often possible to receive a discount of up to 20 percent. This is because many retailers mark up prices significantly. This allows you room to negotiate with the salesperson.
TIP! One great option for families who eat at their kitchen table is to purchase a tile top table. They are simple to clean and disinfect.
When you buy a couch, you should check the frame. The board should at least be an inch thick or more. Sofas with thinner boards will likely squeak. Sit and bounce around a bit on the sofa while you're in the store to check for squeaks.
When it is time for a new piece of furniture, don't neglect walking through the clearance sections of a chain store. Many of these retailers have huge clearance sections. If you go shopping in these places you can find great items that are of good quality for very cheap.
Always fully test any furniture you are considering buying. You might be tempted to order a new sofa online, but it is best to go to a store so you can actually sit on the sofa instead of taking the risk to be disappointed once the sofa is delivered. It may look fantastic but be horrible to sit on, or the fabric may be scratchy and stiff. Buying in person is usually a better choice.
TIP! Look at the frame of any furniture that you want to buy. Look for a board that is at least an inch thick.
When buying furniture for your living room, choose neutral colors. By choosing a neutral color, you can change the whole look of your living room simply by changing your painting on your walls, your throw pillows and accessories. That way, seasonal changes can be made inexpensively.
Now that you know how to shop for furniture, go do it. Apply these tips when you see what's out there, learning how much things cost and what kind of quality you can afford. Bring it all together to transform your living space.


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HomeMoneyA Huge Change in Banking is About to Happen – and You Won't Like It
A Huge Change in Banking is About to Happen – and You Won't Like It
October 28, 2021 John Titus 1
Patent attorney John Tituts
Patent attorney John Titus said that the Federal Reserve (Fed) added $4.5 trillion to its balance sheet since March 2020, which is the largest monetary event in the history of the world! Not only did the Fed add a gargantuan $4.5 trillion in reserves, but they did it in such a way that it forced the creation of $4.5 trillion in new bank money, for the express purpose of deliberately causing mass inflation. The Federal Reserve is carrying out this plan under the cover of the so-called pandemic, but the plan was created before Covid-19 was introduced. The plan was drafted by BlackRock and given to the Federal Reserve in August 2019, four months before Covid struck. Titus said that many people are needed right now to counter what the Fed is doing. John Titus will be speaking on ''Going Direct': A Huge Change in Banking is About to Happen – and You Won't Like It' at the upcoming Red Pill Expo to be held in Lafayette, Louisiana on November 6-7. The list of speakers, and tickets to attend this event or to live-stream it can be found at: https://redpillexpo.org/
Link for video: https://rumble.com/embed/vlkuzs/?pub=m6fb1
Going Direct
FDA Backs Pfizer Shot For Children Ages 5 to 11 who Have Virtually Zero Risk of Covid
Louisiana High School Caught Vaxxing Children Without Parental Knowledge – One Mom Sues
Chairman of Federal Reserve Under Suspicion of Trying to Crash The Economy To Cause Backlash against Trump
June 16, 2017 Joe Hoft, Gateway Pundit 0
The Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates three times since Trump was elected, but only once during Obama's eight years. This has led to the suspicion that the Fed is trying to undermine Trump's economic programs and his voter support.
Bernie Sanders' Website Estimates His Socialist Policies Will Cost $100 Trillion
March 1, 2020 Fox News 1
Socialist Bernie Sanders is offering "free" things to voters that include healthcare, the Green New Deal and sustainable energy, pre-kindergarten child care, low income housing, and free college tuition. Sanders' policies would cost almost $100 trillion over a decade.
Dr. Ron Paul: Is the Crack-Up Boom Here?
December 29, 2021 Ron Paul 4
Many progressives cling to the fallacy that average workers somehow benefit from continued dollar devaluation. Progressives are even pushing the Fed to increase its money printing to fight climate change and racism. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has embraced this "woke" monetary policy.
Hmmm. The date of Blackrock's draft may have been before COVID-19 was known to the general public, but not necessarily unknown to them. I myself caught the SARS-CoV2 virus in December 2019, in Spain, but the Spanish authorities insist that the first case was in January or February 2020.

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Lady Gaga is known for her extravagant and uncommon fashion style, a characteristic that is also true of Alexander McQueen's designs. The first one wearing the latest can only result in something explosive, as it was seen in the singer's video clip for her single Bad Romance. For Bad Romance, Lady Gaga was indeed dressed with items from the Fall Winter 2010 Alexander McQueen collection, the last one the designer showed at the fashion week before his death. The footwear in this video is particularly memorable with the Alien and the Dragon shoes.
Shoes by Alexander McQueen might not be the best one to run after the bus you just missed, but they still not always are as complicated and hard to wear than the Alien and the Dragon shoes: you will find a way to match them to your outfits even if your name is not Lady Gaga. Heels are usually very high and details have a rock 'n' roll something you can only love with skulls, studs or even lace, platform soles, leather. High heels might be nice but sometimes, you just need something more comfortable, and Alexander McQueen knows that as the label also makes very nice flat ballerinas and sandals. With a great originality and much peculiar style, you don't need much more than a pair of McQueen shoes to change a whole outfit into a fabulous look. Like many British labels, McQueen perfectly manages to bring together style and elegance to a rebel and young attitude.
Flats generally costs between $500 and $800, pumps around $1000 and you can go up to $2000 for a pair of boots. Check outlet stores and sales for cheaper Alexander McQueen shoes from older collections!
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Madonna and Child with St Michael and St Bernardino is a 1476 tempera and gold on panel triptych by Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi, now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena. To the left is St Michael, whilst to the right is Bernardino of Siena.

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1476 paintings
Paintings of the Madonna and Child
Paintings depicting Michael (archangel)
Paintings of Bernardino of Siena
Paintings in the Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)

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An Eye on Intelligence, an Interview with Douglas Valentine
by Adam Engel
It may be a lot of fun to wave the flag and scowl and loudly "support our troops" and, when in the comfortable center of a mob, call for tar and feathers for those who don't agree, but it's not necessarily relevant to the issue at hand. For by the time "our" troops are overseas, fighting to defend the interests of people who live off interest, the CIA has already been there, done that, softened up the "enemy," bribed or recruited their top officers, and more or less settled things. If it weren't for the damn military marching in and breaking stuff, the CIA might have a relatively clean batch of dominoes to set up and knock down (clean for us TV viewers; for the natives of the "enemy" country nothing's ever good).
Douglas Valentine knows about the CIA, having studied it intensely, on paper and in personnel, for over twenty years, culminating in his seminal book, "The Phoenix Program," about the CIA's infamous Phoenix Program in Vietnam.
"TDY" is based on a true story told to Valentine by a photographer named Richard Finkle. Finkle is not "TDY's" protagonist, Pete, per se, but his TDY account and Valentine's years of research and interviews with CIA personnel provided the author with the material he needed to write an action story with punch, a parable that used as its literary model Hemingway's short novel, "The Old Man and the Sea."
"I wanted to write a book that told a linear story in as few words as possible," said Valentine. "When Finkle told me his story in his darkroom, I knew immediately that I could write a book about it. The Old Man and the C…IA."
The CIA operates by softening up a target through stealth operations, assassinations, propaganda and recruiting its top military officers and politicians. Unlike the regular armed forces, whose sizeable $400 billion dollar budget is dispersed through payroll, hardware, technology etc., the CIA operates on a $30 Billion budget but little accountability. CIA operatives are not expected to report weekly activities or fill out mountains of paperwork, and can thus be more deviously creative with their resources.
The CIA goes into a country and develops covert operations for the first couple of years. Once the country is "softened up" by assassinations, rebellions, guerrilla warfare, economic warfare etc., then the war becomes overt. That is, the military is sent in with masses of uniformed personnel and heavy equipment.
"In addition to the sanctions which would devastate any country, for the last ten years the CIA and Mossad have been recruiting officers in the Iraqi military," said Valentine.
Thus, when it came time to fight, officers who fled would be remunerated with top positions in the new regime.
Unlike the career soldier in the regular military, who lives a life of routine, continual accountability to the chain of command, and has little but a modest pension to look forward to, a successful CIA operative has many perks and options, not to mention the black market.
"Once you're a CIA agent, you're not expected to report to headquarters all the time. The CIA doesn't micro-manage. You have a lot more freedom," said Valentine. "You work for the CIA and succeed, and everything's possible. Sex, money, power, travel. You're like James Bond. The regular army guy who fought to save his life in Vietnam, what did he have to come back to? A young, ambitious CIA agent, on the other hand, could really make a life for himself."
Valentine's next book, The Strength of the Wolf, will be published by Verso in the spring of 2004.
Click here to read Engel's review of TDY.
ADAM ENGEL can be reached at: bartleby.samsa@verizon.net.
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Detailed kinetic analysis of the impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the configurations of carbon black
Kiminori Ono, Aki Watanabe, Kazuki Dewa, Yoshiya Matsukawa, Yasuhiro Saito, Yohsuke Matsushita, Hideyuki Aoki, Okiteru Fukuda, Takayuki Aoki, Togo Yamaguchi
ENG - Chemical Engineering
The impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the morphology of carbon black, which is a type of carbon nanoparticle, is investigated using a fixed sectional approach by applying the detailed chemical kinetic reaction for our previous experimental work: the pyrolysis of benzene in an inert atmosphere. By comparing the numerical behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) formation and nucleation with experimental configurations of carbon black, the impacts of the behavior of PAHs formation and nucleation on the configurations are discussed. The development rate of the particle size distribution increases with an increase in temperature, and the size of small particles (size below 10 nm) decreases with an increase in residence time. The sensitivity of the furnace temperature on the particle size distribution and morphology of carbon black were further investigated by performing the calculation with the temperature being constant. Although the nucleation rate is nearly identical between 1,850 and 2,000 K, the rate decreases below 1,750 K. The mole fraction decreases with an increase in temperature, especially at 2,000 K, although the differences are small below 1,850 K. To form the complex aggregate shapes, three requirements should be fulfilled: (i) large particle number concentration, (ii) high nucleation rate, and (iii) quench before small particles of size below 10 nm collide with large particles consisting of a log-normal distribution. With these requirements fulfilled, the aggregate shapes would become the most complex at 1,850 K with a residence time of around 40 ms for the current benzene pyrolysis.
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Published - 2014 Jul
Detailed chemical kinetic reaction
Nucleation
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Ono, K., Watanabe, A., Dewa, K., Matsukawa, Y., Saito, Y., Matsushita, Y., Aoki, H., Fukuda, O., Aoki, T., & Yamaguchi, T. (2014). Detailed kinetic analysis of the impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the configurations of carbon black. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 16(7), [2519]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2519-7
Detailed kinetic analysis of the impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the configurations of carbon black. / Ono, Kiminori; Watanabe, Aki; Dewa, Kazuki; Matsukawa, Yoshiya; Saito, Yasuhiro; Matsushita, Yohsuke; Aoki, Hideyuki; Fukuda, Okiteru; Aoki, Takayuki; Yamaguchi, Togo.
In: Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol. 16, No. 7, 2519, 07.2014.
Ono, K, Watanabe, A, Dewa, K, Matsukawa, Y, Saito, Y, Matsushita, Y, Aoki, H, Fukuda, O, Aoki, T & Yamaguchi, T 2014, 'Detailed kinetic analysis of the impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the configurations of carbon black', Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 16, no. 7, 2519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2519-7
Ono K, Watanabe A, Dewa K, Matsukawa Y, Saito Y, Matsushita Y et al. Detailed kinetic analysis of the impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the configurations of carbon black. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2014 Jul;16(7). 2519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2519-7
Ono, Kiminori ; Watanabe, Aki ; Dewa, Kazuki ; Matsukawa, Yoshiya ; Saito, Yasuhiro ; Matsushita, Yohsuke ; Aoki, Hideyuki ; Fukuda, Okiteru ; Aoki, Takayuki ; Yamaguchi, Togo. / Detailed kinetic analysis of the impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the configurations of carbon black. In: Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2014 ; Vol. 16, No. 7.
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N2 - The impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the morphology of carbon black, which is a type of carbon nanoparticle, is investigated using a fixed sectional approach by applying the detailed chemical kinetic reaction for our previous experimental work: the pyrolysis of benzene in an inert atmosphere. By comparing the numerical behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) formation and nucleation with experimental configurations of carbon black, the impacts of the behavior of PAHs formation and nucleation on the configurations are discussed. The development rate of the particle size distribution increases with an increase in temperature, and the size of small particles (size below 10 nm) decreases with an increase in residence time. The sensitivity of the furnace temperature on the particle size distribution and morphology of carbon black were further investigated by performing the calculation with the temperature being constant. Although the nucleation rate is nearly identical between 1,850 and 2,000 K, the rate decreases below 1,750 K. The mole fraction decreases with an increase in temperature, especially at 2,000 K, although the differences are small below 1,850 K. To form the complex aggregate shapes, three requirements should be fulfilled: (i) large particle number concentration, (ii) high nucleation rate, and (iii) quench before small particles of size below 10 nm collide with large particles consisting of a log-normal distribution. With these requirements fulfilled, the aggregate shapes would become the most complex at 1,850 K with a residence time of around 40 ms for the current benzene pyrolysis.
AB - The impact of nucleation behavior and particle size distribution on the morphology of carbon black, which is a type of carbon nanoparticle, is investigated using a fixed sectional approach by applying the detailed chemical kinetic reaction for our previous experimental work: the pyrolysis of benzene in an inert atmosphere. By comparing the numerical behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) formation and nucleation with experimental configurations of carbon black, the impacts of the behavior of PAHs formation and nucleation on the configurations are discussed. The development rate of the particle size distribution increases with an increase in temperature, and the size of small particles (size below 10 nm) decreases with an increase in residence time. The sensitivity of the furnace temperature on the particle size distribution and morphology of carbon black were further investigated by performing the calculation with the temperature being constant. Although the nucleation rate is nearly identical between 1,850 and 2,000 K, the rate decreases below 1,750 K. The mole fraction decreases with an increase in temperature, especially at 2,000 K, although the differences are small below 1,850 K. To form the complex aggregate shapes, three requirements should be fulfilled: (i) large particle number concentration, (ii) high nucleation rate, and (iii) quench before small particles of size below 10 nm collide with large particles consisting of a log-normal distribution. With these requirements fulfilled, the aggregate shapes would become the most complex at 1,850 K with a residence time of around 40 ms for the current benzene pyrolysis.
KW - Carbon black
KW - Detailed chemical kinetic reaction
KW - Nucleation
KW - Particle size distribution
KW - Soot
JO - Journal of Nanoparticle Research
JF - Journal of Nanoparticle Research


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I had to update an old VB 6 application to use Crystal Reports 10. Since the application was very large and time was short, I did not convert it to VB.NET 2005. Anyway, the main issue I had with upgrading Crystal from 8.5 to 10 was getting the installer to add the correct files. There is a merge file available for the Crystal RDC available here on Business Objects site. There is also a document here. Of course, I had tried using the merge modules that I already had for Crystal Reports 10, but these did not install the correct DLLs on the target machine. I used InstallShield Express X to build the install. Here is a screen shoot of the selected merge files I used.
The only changes I made, in VB 6, was to set a new reference to the version 10 CRAXDRT in my C:Program FilesCommon FilesCrystal Decisions2.5bin folder. I changed my CRViewer to the new version 10 and then removed the version 8.5 viewer. I then checked to make sure all the 8.5 references were cleared.
Here is a link to the main Business Objects page for the merge module I used.


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Michael Bennett, Eagles reportedly agree to restructured contract [UPDATE]
By Brandon Lee Gowton@BrandonGowton Mar 14, 2018, 8:48am EDT
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Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
UPDATED STORY - Field Yates issued a correction.
Correcting this from earlier: the only adjustment to Bennett's contract is that the date of his roster bonus being due has been pushed back. His cap number was always at $7.375M. A procedural move more than anything. No cap impact. Apologies for the confusion. https://t.co/dwfDNHRGvp
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 14, 2018
To reiterate: no changes have been made to the Eagles' cap situation with regards to Michael Bennett.
Original story below.
Lane Johnson isn't the only Eagles player to have their contract restructured this week. NFL insider Field Yates reports Michael Bennett and Philadelphia have agreed to alter the terms of the veteran pass rusher's deal as well.
Source: in advance of his trade to the Eagles, DE Michael Bennett has agreed to a restructured contract. He receives a $1.725M signing bonus, with $4M in 2018 available via incentives. His cap number for 2018 rises (for now) to $7.375 from $5.65M.
Unlike with Johnson, this restructure doesn't free up immediate cap space. Instead, it does the exact opposite.
Why did the Eagles decide to lose more space when they were already tight up against the cap? Well, I don't know. #Analysis.
Neither does cap expert Sam Lynch:
I'm not sure what this is. It looks like a potential raise for Bennett. Not sure why they would do that. Also the "signing bonus" must be a roster bonus for the cap math to work. https://t.co/pZSGFIS87h
— Sam Lynch (@shlynch) March 14, 2018
I'm not sure why the Eagles felt the need to give Bennett a potential raise before ever playing a single snap for the team.
And it's not like the Eagles needed to restructure Bennett to make him easier to cut in the future. He already didn't have any guaranteed money in his contract beyond this year.
Howie Roseman and Jake Rosenberg obviously do a great job with the Eagles' cap, so it's not like I'm trying to say this Bennett restructure is some kind of terrible move. I just don't really get it.
My best guess is that the $4 million has something to do with Likely To Be Earned (LTBE) incentives. Those count against the cap. If Bennett doesn't reach those incentives in 2018, however, the Eagles would get a 2019 credit for whatever he doesn't reach.
The only thing about that is the Eagles need cap space now. They could deal with Bennett's contract next year. They didn't have to do it right now.
Stay tuned for more clarity on this situation, if it ever arrives.


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Car bomb hits Basra militia building
A car bomb has exploded outside an apartment building used by the Iranian-backed Badr Brigade in Basra, killing two people and wounding three.
A car bomb in Basra killed two people on Sunday
The blast occurred on Sunday near the three-storey building in central Basra at about 7.30am (0330 GMT). Those who escaped injury included former Basra governor Hasan al-Rashid, a senior local leader of the brigade, said police Captain Mushtaq Kadhim.
Reuters reported police and witnesses as saying a child was killed in the blast.
The Badr Brigade is the military wing of the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri), the largest Shia party in the Iraqi government.
It was not immediately known who carried out the attack in Basra, a mostly Shia city in southern Iraq where the majority of Britain's 8500 soldiers are based.
Shia power
Despite earlier claims that British soldiers had created better security conditions in southern Iraq than other areas of the country beset by violence, Shia militias appear to have been growing in power in the region, infiltrating police forces and local political organisations, and allegedly attacking British and US forces.
There is fighting between the
Badr Brigade and other groups
The Guardian newspaper quoted Basra's police chief Hasan al-Sadi in May as saying that the militias had become the "real power" in Basra and that he trusted only 25% of his own police force.
Al-Qaida in Iraq, the armed group purportedly led by Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, last month purportedly threatened in an audiotape to unveil a new unit to eradicate the Badr Brigade.
But fighting also has occurred in that region between the Badr Brigade and other Shia militias, including the al-Mahdi Army militia, which is associated with the Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr.
Another Shia power is the Fadila Party, which won tenuous control of the provincial government this year from Sciri after allying with smaller parties.
British forces criticised
Recently, Basra province governor Muhammad al-Waili, a Fadila member, sharply criticised British forces.
Blair's government suspects Shia
groups are receiving foreign help
On Saturday, al-Waili said British forces were compromising security in the region by conducting raids and arrests without coordinating them with Iraqi security forces.
On Thursday, British forces detained 12 Iraqis in a raid on a home in Basra, accusing them of being members or supporters of the al-Mahdi Army, which is suspected of carrying out recent attacks on British and US troops in the region with help from neighbouring Iran.
Last week, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said his government suspected that Iran and Lebanon's Hizb Allah might be supplying technology and explosives to Shia groups operating in Iraq, but he provided no proof.
US marine killed
A US marine was killed by a roadside bomb in the western town of Ramadi, the military said in a statement on Sunday.
The soldier died "while conducting combat operations against the enemy when the vehicle he was in was attacked with an improvised explosive device", the statement said.
The death brought to at least 1954 the number of US military personnel killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion of March 2003, according to Pentagon figures.


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Farmer participation in irrigation systems : a case study of four minor irrigation systems from the dry
University of Moratuwa Research – Reports
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Wijesekera, NTS
URI: http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/14252
Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean located between the Latitudes 5°55'-9050'N and Longitudes79°42'-81°52'E. Sri Lanka has two pronounced rainy seasons. One is from April to September (Yala Season) and the other is from October to March (Maha Season). The dry zone in the North and North Central parts of Sri Lanka receive approximately 1000-1200 mm of annual rain of which nearly 70% is from Maha rainy season. In the dry zone number of rainy days in the Maha season and in the Yala season are 75 and 40 respectively. Agriculture is the main livelihood of those in these areas. The major crop paddy is cultivated in fields under cascades of small reservoirs, which run dry during the April to September season. Out of the total irrigated paddy area of the island, nearly 40% is fed from minor reservoirs that have less than 80ha under each of them. The Government of Sri Lanka in its effort to uplift the living standards of people in this area is presently engaged in rehabilitation of minor tanks. The most important task that has to be achieved following the rehabilitation of the tank embankment, the sluices and the spillway is the efficient management of the water that gets into the tanks during brief rainy periods. An efficient water management system and an improved infrastructure would ensure water security for the dry zone farmer. In Sri Lanka the tradition is that males cultivate and produce the grains for a living while females look after the children and the house. The males control water in the reservoir while the females carryout domestic water management, which is centered around a dug well. Housewives either use their own private well or share water from a neighbour's well or a community well for cooking, toilets, and vegetable plots. Bathing, washing cloths and bathing children are done at the irrigation reservoir.
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Q: Combine value of unique keys in array I am a complete newbie at programming and am trying to create a function that combines the values of unique keys and then returns the highest value.
$arr = array(
   "Canada"=>500,
   "US"=>2,
   "Mexico"=>40,
   "Mexico"=>50,
   "US"=>170,
   "Canada"=>25,
   "Mexico"=>5,
   "US"=>300
);

Right now, if I print out the array, I get:
Array ( [Canada] => 25 [US] => 300 [Mexico] => 5 )

I want it to print out the following:
Canada = 525

I've tried during foreach loops, array_sum, array_map, array_reduce, but to no avail :(

A: As arrays always have unique keys I recommend you re-format your input array to an array of arrays like so
$arr = array(
  array("Canada"=>500),
  array("US"=>2),
  array("Mexico"=>40),
  array("Mexico"=>50),
  array("US"=>170),
  array("Canada"=>25),
  array("Mexico"=>5),
  array("US"=>300)
);

You can then parse this array in a loop - adding the values t0 $counter_array
$counter_array = array();
foreach ($arr as $arrays) {
  foreach ($arrays as $key => $value) {
    if (!isset($counter_array[$key])) {
      $counter_array[$key] = 0;
    }
    $counter_array[$key] += $value;
  }
}

print_r($counter_array);

Array
(
    [Canada] => 525
    [US] => 472
    [Mexico] => 95
)

A: Array Data Structure require unique identifier for each value. It's due to the way it's stored in memory.
Ask yourself: How would program distinguish between the two keys?
In your example. Let's say I'm trying to fetch a value of $arr["Canada"].
You put 2 different values to that identifier (key). Logically, the last one will override the previous one. And that is what exactly will happen if you will try to instantiate this array.
In this case I would change the way of array instantiation to make it something like this:
$arr = [
    "Canada" => [500, 25],
    "US" => [2, 170, 300],
    "Mexico" => [40, 50, 5]
];

$result = array_map(function ($e) {
    return array_sum($e);
}, $arr);

var_export($result);

array ( 'Canada' => 525, 'US' => 472, 'Mexico' => 95)

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Great moments from Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020
Jennifer Lopez at Versace in a reworked version of The Dress
By: Ria Prieto Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:00 AM October 04, 2019
Fashion month may be over, but it doesn't mean we're putting behind some of its great moments.
Highlights of the spring/summer 2020 shows will linger on social media, on headlines and in our closets. Take a look:
Kaia Gerber with the season's best hair
Best hair: Kaia Gerber
On which show was Kaia Gerber not seen? She walked the runway for Chanel, Sacai, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Valentino and Saint Laurent, to name a few. What I loved was her fresh, short bob which proved to be versatile. It looked edgy brushed back at Celine, and dainty and romantic at Chanel.
Dries van Noten and Christian Lacroix
Best collab: Dries van Noten and Christian Lacroix
This was a good example of true showmanship of knowledge in craft, trend and tradition. I fell in love with it—from the first look and all the colorful ensembles that came after, all the way to the final look.
Gigi Hadid (right) and the runway crasher at the Chanel show
Best walk: Gigi Hadid
At the Chanel show, a runway crasher managed to infiltrate the catwalk. Quick-witted Gigi Hadid spotted her and casually escorted her off the runway without fuss. To the untrained eye, it even looked like a scene staged for the Chanel presentation.
Best finale: Jennifer Lopez
Twenty years ago, Jennifer Lopez made fashion history with "The Dress." Now, she proved she's still got it by closing the Versace show that featured a collection inspired by "The Dress," in the only way she knows how.
Daniel Lee's Bottega Veneta
Favorite of the season: Bottega Veneta
I loved Daniel Lee's know-how in clothes and the fresh look he brought to Bottega Veneta. Vogue said: "Daniel Lee's Bottega Veneta pouch clutch and distinctive square-toe shoes have become It items almost overnight." I most definitely agree.
Best runway tactic: Issey Miyake
How I wish that when I need to get dressed every morning, a frock would just fall from the ceiling, perfect for my day. This was how the models for Issey Miyake got into their colorful dresses that made the show a hit.
Best hats: Erdem
These hats make me want to be transported to a European countryside where I could have a picnic. Erdem always makes a great story with every collection. It's not about the details of the clothes, but also the lifestyle they exude and the personalities they emulate.
Best in styling: Giambattista Valli
I'm a Valli fan—season after season. For this collection, I was impressed with how the clothes were matched. There's a mood that was consistent throughout the show, which was effortless and fun, with a great eye for the little things.
Best coats: Agnona
These coats mean business with pants and a shirt. But I can also see them worn on top of flirty dresses. The folded arms and the way they sloped over the shoulders suggest modernity and ease. That's the perfect summer coat.
Best in crochet: Missoni
Crochet can be tricky. But Missoni managed to give us exactly what we need. Colorful patterns from the collection were ready to be worn with some denim or for a print-on-print look.
Best fusion of music and fashion: Sacai
Chitose Abe incorporated George Clinton's band Funkadelic's 1978 "One Nation Under A Groove" album cover for this collection that's funk plus fashion. It's fun and fearless and delivers Abe's signature when it comes to Sacai as an influencer favorite.
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senior policy director at the National Association of College and University Business Officers
Kenneth Redd is the senior policy director at the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), a position he has held since 2008. Prior to this, he worked on the Council of Graduate Schools and was the Director of Research and Policy Analysis for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Redd was honored with the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award for Contributions to the Literature on Student Financial Aid by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in 2005. He was also named one of the ten "New Thinkers in Higher Education" by the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2005.
Industries and Areas of Expertise
Higher Education Research, Data Analysis, Federal and State Financial Aid, College Finances, Retention
Redd received his Master's in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota and his Bachelor's in English and Political Science from Tufts.


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Q: Can't access the lower rows with LIMIT OFFSET My table structure is as follows.

users
ID      name

comments
ID      post_id     comment

product
pid     views   post_id     filesize    upload_date

product_group
gid     views   post_id         group_category

product_category
cid     views   post_id

I want to get all the users(even those who haven't uploaded any product) with their uploaded product number, ordered by their uploaded product number. I also need to get number of comments, number of views of the all the product of a user, last upload date etc.
I have come with the following query.
    (SELECT COUNT(product.pid) AS p_num,
            SUM(product.views) AS views,
            COUNT(comments.ID) AS comment,
            SUM(product.filesize) AS size,
            MAX(product.upload_date) AS date,
            users.*
    FROM users
    LEFT JOIN product ON users.ID = product.uploader AND exclude =0
    LEFT JOIN product_group ON product_group.gid = product.groupid AND product_group.group_category =0
    LEFT JOIN comments ON product.post_id = comments.ID
    WHERE product_group.gid IS NULL AND users.ID = "Current user id")
    UNION
    (SELECT COUNT(product.pid) AS p_num,
            SUM(product.views) AS views,
            COUNT(comments.ID) AS comment,
            SUM(product.filesize) AS size,
            MAX(product.upload_date) AS date,
            users.* FROM
            users
    LEFT JOIN product ON users.ID = uploader AND exclude =0
    LEFT JOIN product_group ON gid = product.groupid AND product_group.group_category =0
    LEFT JOIN comments ON product.post_id = comments.ID
    WHERE product_group.gid IS NULL
    GROUP BY users.ID
    ORDER BY p_num DESC
    LIMIT 24 OFFSET 0)

The first select is to keep current user at top in all pages.
The query works perfectly if I don't give any LIMIT OFFSET clause.
It returns 964 rows, the total number of user in my database. I have checked comments, upload_date. These are also returned correctly.
But if I try the same query with LIMIT 10 OFFSET 950, it returns empty result set.
It seems that it returns 947 rows this way. I don't understand what is going on here.


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The Changing Faces of China's Elite Academicians
After initial controversy over Baidu CEO Robin Li being nominated for China's most prestigious academic title, Sixth Tone takes a look at how the selection criteria for academicians have evolved over the years.
Liu Chang
At the end of April, the Chinese Academy of Engineering revealed this year's list of candidates for the country's highest academic honor. The inclusion of Robin Li — the CEO of Baidu, China's ubiquitous search engine — among the many accomplished scientists has sparked heated debate in the week since.
Li was nominated by the China Association for Science and Technology as a candidate for the relatively new interdisciplinary category of "engineering management academician." Though the engineering academy, a state-funded institution, has been conferring academician titles since it was founded in 1994, the engineering management category was proposed in 2000: In a country where consensus is the norm, it passed with 53% of the vote.
According to the academy, engineering management academicians must either "perform good management to ensure the success of important programs" or "have high academic achievement in engineering management and put it into practice." Presumably, Li was nominated based on the former criterion — but because of a number of scandals his company has been embroiled in over the past few years, the prospect of Li being honored hasn't gone over well with everyone.
"I think Li Yanhong is morally unqualified," wrote the owner of a public WeChat account called Dahanchengxiang, using Li's Chinese name. "As a doctor, I've encountered many patients whose proper treatment was delayed because of advertisements (for fraudulent or ineffective medical services) on Baidu — and some were ultimately not able to be cured." Another media account also called out Baidu over the promoted posts that appear first in search results but aren't always genuine, arguing that Li shouldn't be considered for academician until his company gets rid of its paid-listing policy.
"The public is not against entrepreneurs being nominated," wrote media commentator Si Yuan in a separate article. "What matters is that the person has solid academic achievements and that their company has a good reputation."
Though Baidu and even Li himself have seen their share of backlash, the tech magnate stands to benefit from China's changing standards for recognizing academic achievement. The subcategory under engineering management for which Li was nominated — "emerging crosscutting" — was only added this year and is not clearly defined. In years past, the subcategories of energy, vehicle, and information electronics have seen the lion's share of nominations and winners for engineering management.
As an entrepreneur, Li also benefits from another change. In January, the China Association for Science and Technology — one of two groups that can nominate academician candidates, with current academicians being the other — explicitly stated that engineering experts from the private sector should be given "special consideration." As a result, this year saw a steep increase in private-enterprise candidates as a proportion of those nominated.
A few years ago, the Chinese Academy of Engineering took the first step toward reshuffling the composition of its academicians, revising its charter in 2014 to disqualify officials above a certain civil service rank from academician eligibility and to cancel the practice of accepting nominations from government departments. In the years since, more candidates from universities and research institutes have been nominated — though the sample size of those who are inevitably named engineering management academicians is still too small to pinpoint any emerging trends.
The datasets used in this article can be found here on GitHub.
Contributions: Wang Yiwei; editor: David Paulk.
(Header image: Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese search engine Baidu, speaks at the 2018 Baidu World Conference in Beijing, Nov. 1, 2018. Jason Lee/Reuters/VCG)
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Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams are a well-matched couple in "Game Night." (New Line Cinema/TNS)
'Game Night' is a fun, genre hybrid win
Katie Walsh
We all have those friends who are way, way too into trivia. What if those friends got married, bonded for life through their love of competition, and then had to put their table games expertise to use during a violent kidnapping? This is the question posed by the refreshingly oddball action comedy "Game Night," which is much funnier and more entertaining than promised by its high-stakes premise.
The trivia-loving twosome is Max and Annie, played by a well-matched Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. They're trying for a baby, but Max is always stressed, comparing himself to his cool older brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler). That stress is exacerbated when Kyle ups the ante on their group game night, hiring a team to stage an elaborate kidnapping — it's like an escape room, but in your house.
Things go very awry when actual kidnappers snatch Kyle before the hired actors show up, unraveling a web of secrets, lies, crimes and Faberge eggs. Max and Annie, playing along, still think it's all just a game; there's a very funny scene of the two of them jokily threatening the kidnappers in a dive bar, spouting speeches from "Pulp Fiction" and twirling a loaded pistol like a water gun.
"Game Night" works because it's hard to pin down. Max complains "pick a tone!" about their botched kidnapping game, but part of what makes the film fun is that it doesn't. It's very funny, with a script by Mark Perez, and all the pieces fit together like a perfect Rubix cube. The characters are sharp and witty, fully fleshed-out, with their own internal conflicts to overcome, and there's not an inch of fat on the film. But while it hits those beats, it doesn't look or sound like a big budget action comedy, often veering into the style of an indie suspense thriller.
"Game Night" is directed by the writing/directing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and it seems to be a creative breakthrough for the duo, especially after their debut, the very embarrassing "Vacation" reboot, a slog that was nostalgic in all the wrong ways. But their embrace of aesthetic experimentation, along with Perez's script, leads to a very satisfying genre hybrid. The lighting is darker and moodier, there are creative camera movements and long shots, and an eerie Cliff Martinez electro score thrums like we're watching "Drive" and not a bunch of upper-middle-class suburbanites whose biggest excitement in life so far has been a proposal during a game of Pictionary.
They've stacked the cast with ringers, too. For the friends, they smartly snapped up Sharon Horgan, from the Amazon show "Catastrophe" and paired her with Billy Magnussen, who has cornered the market on playing beautiful, enthusiastic dum-dums. Lamorne Morris and Kylie Bunbury have a fun chemistry and conflict, and Kyle Chandler gets to flex his surprisingly great comedy chops as boorish big bro Brooks.
But "Game Night" would not be as weird and creepy and hilarious as it is without Jesse Plemons as Gary, the creepy neighbor who lives next door to Max and Annie. Plemons, fully embraces every inch of Gary, an awkward police officer who just wants to be let back into the game night group after his divorce from their friend Debbie.
To balance the sour, McAdams and Bateman bring the sweet as the hopelessly competitive, unwaveringly devoted couple at the center of all this. They might be obsessed with playing games, but they always take each other seriously, and that heart keeps the stakes just right during this "Game Night."
REVIEW: Game Night
Starring: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Lamorne Morrise, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Kylie Bunbury
Directed by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
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Hour of Penance – Casting Stones
Tuesday, 17th January 2017 By Katarina McGinn
One of the longest-running death metal bands to emerge out of Italy, Hour of Penance emerged at the turn of the century and has been going strong ever since. They've moved through a few labels over the years (they've been with Prosthetic since 2012's Sedition), but if you talk to anyone, Hour of Penance is most known for playing death metal at a blistering pace. This year's Cast the First Stone, the band's seventh studio album, continues their long-standing tradition for technicality and velocity.
A veteran act that still plays with the thirst and vigor of a younger band, Hour of Penance continue to be just as caustic and energized on their most recent output. As it could be expected at this point in the game, it's all about crafting better songs rather than experimentation – it's clear Hour of Penance's knives are still rather sharp. So we reached out to guitarist Giulio Moschini and guitarist/vocalist Paolo Pieri, who touch upon the influences for their seventh album, where their inspiration continues to come from, as well as a peek at what's to come this year on the live front.
Dead Rhetoric: Cast the First Stone is your latest effort – was there anything different that you were trying to do with this album than your previous efforts?
Giulio Moschini: We wanted to take some time off from the live activity in order to spend more time writing the album and focusing especially with the recordings in finding the right sound for it. We worked together with our bass player Marco [Mastrobuono], who's also the man behind the mixing desk for Cast the First Stone, [spending] countless hours trying different amplifiers, different microphones, and mic techniques until we found the perfect equation and mostly important we've tried to avoid plugins and over abused studio technologies as much as we could because they make most of today's bands sound sterile, especially "modern" death metal bands.
Dead Rhetoric: Seven albums in, where does your drive for death metal continue to stem from?
Moschini: We're still very passionate about listening and playing death metal. Nothing has changed since we've started playing with this band and the best part for us is bringing our music on stage. We had a lot of great experiences while on the road and we're keeping ourselves pretty busy in 2017.
Dead Rhetoric: Does it get tougher as you continue on, with regard to having to one-up your previous releases?
Moschini: We always write our new albums like it's the first one, we don't pay much attention to our past releases in fact I believe they're very different from each other. If you go around and ask our fans which is the best Hour of Penance album you'll get a lot of different answers because of that. Of course after spending hours and hours playing your own songs you realize that there are things you could have done better but we're not taking notes about this or that; we just sit and record whatever comes to our mind and we keep working on the ideas that we believe have the potential to be part of a new album. It's a very natural and stress-free process: nobody tells us how our music has to sound except for us – like I said before, we love death metal and we're fans of our own music so when it comes of writing a new song we are very picky and we would not put out a record that could disappoint us and our fans.
Dead Rhetoric: On the other hand, are there some things that end up being easier to do over time?
Moschini: We definitely developed a pattern in the process of writing new music. I record everything here in my home studio, drums included and then once the song has a proper structure we start discussing about what to change and what not with the other guys – Technology plays a big role here, thanks to the computer we can already have an idea of how the songs will sound like when they will be recorded in studio and we can literally work on the songs note by note.
Dead Rhetoric: Cast the First Stone has some conceptual basis rooted in the Crusades – what are the parallels that you see with today's world?
Paolo Pieri: The world is so different right now, we Europeans lived a tragedy like WW II and it made us realize that something like that must never happen again despite all the problems we have. On the other hand, the Middle East is a real danger for our peace, in some areas they still talk about crusades, infidels – they went back to the middle age kind of thinking. We need to remind ourselves that we earned our freedom through the age of enlightenment and reason, not through religion and ideologies, and we have to preserve our rights. We must avoid becoming like them, giving in to fear and anger, otherwise we'll go back to being crusaders.
Dead Rhetoric: The album was also influenced by events such as the terrorist attack at the Bataclan – was it surreal that you had been playing there recently before the attack?
Pieri: Yes, looking at the Bataclan full of dead bodies and blood was shocking, it could have happened to any of us if we played in the wrong night. Something like this must not happen ever again, that is why everyone must take a stand against any fundamentalism.
Dead Rhetoric: The topic of religion is something you've never shied away from as a band, right down to your band name. How do you view the role of religion in society?
Pieri: Religion is something dangerous, because it uses the ignorance and weakness of people to make them the pawns of the power play of the elites. Religion must be something that helps the weak and poor people and seeks peace and tolerance, otherwise it is just manipulation. If a religion wages war and seeks wealth, it's not religion, it's just politics and must be eliminated.
Dead Rhetoric: How did growing up in Italy affect your view of religion?
Pieri: Well, when I was a child my grandmother told me about the guardian angel who followed me everywhere and looked at everything I was doing, and I was so scared of this; it was like a haunting presence. I think this made me suspicious of religion and I did not want to take any sacrament even as a child.
Dead Rhetoric: Being one of the larger metal acts from Italy, what do you suppose has fostered a larger number of national bands from the region, outside of the Internet?
Moschini: Aside from the Internet, labels helped a lot, at least for us, signing with Unique Leader Records back in the day and now Prosthetic Records has helped us grow and getting known from more death metal fans. Italy unfortunately is not a fertile ground for death metal bands – turnouts at shows are poor and most of the venues are slowly closing.
Dead Rhetoric: What would you like to see Hour of Penance accomplish that you have not been able to achieve yet?
Pieri: Personally, I am very happy with everything we have done. It was my dream as a boy to play shows around the world and record good albums, and we realized all of this. I just would like to see less piracy in the metal scene – we worked hard to do this and I believe that people should be more supportive in this way. Our albums cost as much as a cocktail or a couple of beers; I don't think anyone will become poor if they buy our music if they like it. We're not U2 or Madonna who don't give a fuck if they sell a couple million less albums, it is they only way we can keep doing more music.
Dead Rhetoric: Are there any shows that you've done that you have particularly fond memories of?
Moschini: Definitely the Hammersonic festival in Indonesia. We've played in front of 10,000 people although I'm nearsighted and for me it was like playing in front of 10% of that. But yeah I have great memories of that show!
Dead Rhetoric: Do you have any solid plans for touring or festivals after the album's release?
Moschini: Of course! We've already started playing the new songs live and we're trying to book shows in areas where we never played before here in Europe, like Greece, Romania, Macedonia…we'll have some special shows that we're going to headline like the Bristol Deathfest in April and that's going to be a UK exclusive for 2017…a lot more ahead in the agenda!
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CARTHAGE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING MARCH 23rd, 2010
The Regular meeting of the Carthage City Council was held March 23rd, 2010, at City Hall, 538 Wabash Avenue. Mayor Nightingale called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM. Answering to roll call were Aldermen Campbell, G. Smith, Fleming, B. Smith, Neally and Walker. Treasurer Lunt was absent.
Motion was made by Alderman Walker, seconded by Fleming to approve the March 9th meeting minutes. All six Aldermen answered "aye" in approval of the motion; none were opposed.
Mayor Nightingale reported that the paperwork had arrived from IDOT for the E. Wabash Street overlay project. This basically "guarantees" the $200,000 grant. The City is budgeting the additional $120,000 for the project from Capital Improvement funds. PSBA has started the surveying work. They will also include the City block between Main and Walnut on Washington Street.
There are several delinquent properties with reported complaints. Attorney Tucker discussed the protocol for demolition of properties. A motion to file demolition action will be placed on the agenda for the next Council meeting. Included are 730 Walnut, 725 Main, 320 S. Marion, 628 Wabash, 413 Locust, and the house directly north of the Ayerco Station on N. Madison.
Budgetary numbers have arrived from Patrick Engineering for the landfill. Mayor Nightingale reported that he would be talking with them further on the estimates for the downshoot project and washout repair project.
Alderman Walker reported that the County had requested financial assistance from the City to aid in the cost of E-Cycling at the County Garage.
Motion was made by Alderman Walker, seconded by B. Smith to give $500.00 to WIRC for such project support. All six Aldermen voted "yes".
City employee salaries for the next fiscal year have been discussed and the figures will be used for purposes of budget discussion, but will be placed on the agenda for vote at the next meeting.
Clerk Graham presented the current water and sewer pricing and the proposed pricing for budget planning purposes. Currently the Water department expenses continue to exceed revenues. The old water plant requires more and more repair, and costs of operation continue to climb.
Currently 50% of the City receives the "minimum" water and sewer bill. This indicates that persons using small amounts of water are actually paying for water they do not use. Suggested changes would include a drop in the minimum volumes from 2200gal. /mo to 1100 gal. /mo. Once the 1100 gallons had been exceeded pricing would change from $5.01 to $5.50/1000 gallons of water for the residential customer. Similar increases for all water and sewer charges would also apply.
The minimum combined water and sewer bill is currently $42.00 every other month. The proposal includes a change to monthly billing at $22.50. Half the City would be billed on the first of the month, and the other half on the 15th. Ten days after the bill has been issued a proposed 10% penalty would be added. Failure to pay by the 30th of the month would result in a disconnect of service.
The proposed changes should aid the customer in an easier to budget monthly bill as well as improve the City's cash flow.
Motion was made by Alderman G. Smith, seconded by Fleming by approve the MFT resolution for $94,500. All six Aldermen voted "yes".
Alderman G. Smith outlined the Concrete bids from Ideal vs. Great River. Ideal had the lower bid in all categories. Motion was made by Alderman G. Smith, seconded by B. Smith to approve the following prices from Ideal for concrete next fiscal year: 4000 PSI Ready mix $88.00/cubic yd., SI mix $91.00/cu. Yd., Fiber mesh $6.50/cu.yd. All six Aldermen voted "yes".
During the visit from Area Disposal, the representative indicated that the company would provide the containers if the City were willing to take the responsibility for them and place them on City property. Abuse of the recycling service with trash contamination resulted in their removal from the Company property.
Following discussion, the Council determined that citizens had access to recycling at the curbside and only that service would be provided.
Alderman G. Smith reported that the Hancock Co. Township had overturned a truck a few weeks ago and the Fire Department responded to the call. Smith reported that no service was really needed or conducted, therefore, motion was made by G. Smith, seconded by B. Smith to waive the fee from the Fire department for this call. All six Aldermen voted "yes".
Alderman G. Smith reported that the Public Works committee was evaluating the current policy on bonds for digging. Currently $200.00 is bonded for up to two years for potential street repair. This is no longer adequate to cover costs. More investigation from surrounding communities will be needed on this issue.
A legislative meeting will be held next Tuesday, March 30 at 6:30 PM.
Motion to adjourn at 9:05PM.
Katherine Graham, City Clerk