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Francesca Lyman is a journalist and author of such books as The Greenhouse Trap: What We're Doing to the Atmosphere and How We Can Slow Global Warming, with World Resources Institute; and a children's book, Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest, with the American Museum of Natural History. She wrote the award-winning "Your Environment" column for MSNBC.COM for 7 years, but her environmental reporting goes back to sounding an early alarm on climate change in the 1980s (with a cover illustration that looked remarkably like a flooded, post-Sandy Manhattan), and covering nuclear waste as a local beat reporter for The Record and Passaic Herald-News of New Jersey.
A longtime SEJ member, Francesca Lyman was recently the recipient of a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant, using it to travel down to Sacramento in 2012, to investigate suburban development in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, as a contributor to The Sacramento Bee. In Winter 2013, Francesca wrote a cover story on Hurricane Sandy for SEJ's quarterly magazine, SEJournal.
Ms. Lyman is a contributor and managing editor of the green-building e-magazine Solaripedia.com, and she has written commentaries, profiles and investigative pieces on health and the environment for various newspapers and magazines, including AOL's Patch, Seattle's Crosscut.com, The Sacramento Bee, Popular Mechanics, Ms. Magazine, MSN Channels, New York Times Green Blog, L.A. Times, The Washington Post, and others. While she says she hates to think that she's helping Entertainment squeeze out Environment coverage, she has recently found satisfaction (and therapy) writing theater and music reviews.
You can find an online portfolio of Francesca Lyman's work here or reach her through Twitter @chichalina.
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Noughaval or Nohoval () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.

Name
The name of the parish means "new acquisition" or "new settlement".

Geography

Location
The parish lies on the southern boundary of the Barony of Burren. It is  to the north of Kilfenora. It is  and covers .

Description
The land is mostly rocky limestone pasture, with little land suitable for cultivation. It slopes up to an altitude of  in the north of the parish. Lough Aleenaun lies in the east.

Antiquities

The old church was in fair condition in 1897, with a nave and a choir surrounded by a cemetery. There is a holy well nearby dedicated to Saint Colman MacDuach.

Parts of the church may date to the early medieval period, and it may have been the site of a monastic settlement. This is indicated by the remains of outbuildings and the shape of some field walls. The nave shows early medieval masonry.

The parish contains several souterrains built of limestone flags, either hiding places or storage rooms. There are many cahers, or stone forts, now ruined. The parish has several cromlechs. There is an exceptionally large cromlech at Ballyganner. The table stone is almost  in dimensions, supported by upright flagstones and rising about  above the ground.

A stone pillar near the church is said to be a market cross, and some lines drawn on were used as measures of length. The shaft is octagonal and stands on a stepped dais.

There are three ringforts in the parish, which in the 19th century were held to have been built by "the Danes". The ruins of the old church stand on the glebe in Noughaval. There are ruined castles at Banroe, Ballymurphy and Ballyganner. These were the property of the O'Loghlen family in 1580.

The medieval church was built and rebuilt from the 12th to the 14th centuries. A later memorial chapel of the O'Davoran family nearby was built (or, according to Thomas Johnson Westropp, repaired) in 1725 by James Davoren.

History
In 1841, the population was 450 in 65 houses. The hamlet of Noughaval had 64 people in 10 houses. In 1845, the Noughaval and Carran chapels were united.

In 1941, the former Church of Ireland church in Ballyvaughan was sold for £25, dismantled and moved here. In 1943, it was reconsecrated as a Roman Catholic church, St. Mochua's Church.

Townlands
Townlands are  Ballyganner North, Ballyganner South, Ballymahony, Ballymurphy, Cragnarooan, Deerpark, Kiltaan, Kiltennan North, Kiltennan South, Knockavoarheen, Lismoher, Noughaval, Rusheen and Sheshymore.

References
Citations

Sources

External links

Civil parishes of County Clare

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MyAdbox hits the brand reset button
· Brand Management experts MyAdbox rebrands
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· New brand matches new vision for company
MyAdbox hits the brand reset button.
It's time to share our new brand with the world, but we understand that for many, the first question will be 'Why?'.
To begin with, a new name represents much more than a logo and a look – it communicates the evolution of an exciting culture. Our team has a sharpened focus on our core belief - we are the protectors and amplifiers of great design and great branding. "Our company and product is more than 'ads' and having the word 'ad' in our name wasn't aligned with our vision to hero brands and our passion for great design," said Rene Slota, Chief Marketing Officer. "And the word 'My' was too much of a throwback to Myspace. We need to think outside the box."
It's time to reimagine the way we represent ourselves with a fresh, modern interpretation based in our belief that good design is a genuine skill that needs to be nurtured, celebrated, and protected. Not everyone in this world is a talented designer – but we believe that everyone should have access to great design.
And this was our starting point. We set out to build a new brand that speaks directly to our audience more meaningfully around the principles of beautiful design. After an extensive pitch process, we were fortunate to partner with the award-winning combination of VCCP and SomeOne to bring our brand dream to life. They've joined forces of late to create eye-catching work for clients including Australian Museum, Cadbury, Compare the Market, HSBC and McLaren.
Brands are much more than external marks – they are our North Star – our reason to believe. As brand custodians for our clients, it was important that we gave our own brand the same level of respect. That meant starting with strategic thinking and developing a deeper understanding of our audience. During a fact-finding 5-month period of market research, we discovered what our target audience thinks about their own marketing/brand challenges. Valuable insights guided our development of a brand strategy and brand framework.
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These are addictive so it pays to make a big batch - one can won't get you very far. I used three cans of organic garbanzo beans (I strongly suggest that you use Eden Organics as they are the only company I know of that does not use the toxic chemical BPA in the linings of their cans.) If you have time to soak and cook dried garbanzo beans, by all means, do it! You can also make more than you need and then freeze the cooked beans so you'll have them ready to go next time you need garbanzos.
I made three different spice mixes -- garam masala, curry powder, and ras el hanout, a Moroccan spice blend that typically includes cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ground chili peppers, coriander, cumin, nutmeg, peppercorns, and turmeric. All three were tasty.
Don't skip the step of drying the beans with a towel - you want to start out with as little extra moisture as possible since you're trying to dry them out.
One of the recipes I read said that it's important to slip off any loose skins. I don't know if it's really true but it's easy enough to do so I did it anyway.
I suspect you'll find that people end up popping these like savory candy and hailing you as a conquering hero.
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Rinse the chickpeas well with cold water, removing any loose skins, and drain in a colander for 5 minutes. Pat them dry with a dish towel.
2. Pour them out onto a thick cookie sheet, toss with the olive oil (and garlic, if you're using that) to coat and then make sure they're in a single layer, you want them all to get equal cooking time/heat. Put them in the oven.
3. Roast, shaking the pan to ensure even cooking, one or two times, for roughly 40 minutes (they may need a little more or less time - just check!), until they begin to look lightly browned and split apart.
4. Remove from the oven and toss the hot beans with the spice mix and salt. Taste them and see if you want to adjust the seasonings at all. Serve warm or cold. You can try squirting a little lime juice on them before serving if that goes well with your spice mix.
A few hours ago, my stomach began to growl. Just as a massively un-lady-like noise erupted from the region of my belly, this Bon Appetit article on 25 uses for Sriracha showed up in my newsfeed on Facebook. Even if you haven't used this tasty Thai-inspired hot sauce yet, chances are you've seen the bottles of vividly red sauce with a white rooster printed on the front.
It's sometimes used straight up as a dipping sauce (especially for Thai and Vietnamese fare) and is a welcome addition to many foods. Including deviled eggs... Suddenly, I knew what I'd be making for lunch and I could not wait to get started.
I already think deviled eggs are a godsend (pun intended). They're quick, easy, and delicious. And I knew that the Sriracha would give them a little extra kick.
I mashed up the yolks of the handful of hard-boiled eggs we had on hand (they're one of the things our son will sometimes eat when all else fails so we often keep a little store of them in the fridge), chopped up some cilantro and scallions, mashed it all up with some relish, mayo, a jot of mustard, a squirt of Sriracha and some salt and freshly ground pepper.
Then I filled in the holes and sat back to enjoy my handiwork for a few moments before my husband and I scarfed them all down.
I think you'll like them, too. Feel free to use more Sriracha - I tend to be quite wimpy about spicy foods and also wanted to keep them mild enough for our son to try so I went pretty light on the sauce. As with any deviled egg recipe, the ratios of what you include are flexible, as are the ingredients - so feel free to riff on what I've provided below.
1. Cut the eggs in half the long way, scoop out the yolks and place them in a small-medium sized bowl. Set the whites aside.
2. Add the mayo, mustard, Sriracha, relish, cilantro and scallions to the bowl and mash well. Season with salt and pepper to taste and adjust the seasonings as you see fit.
3. Mound the filling back into the egg whites and serve! You can garnish with left over cilantro or scallion or another little dash of Sriracha on top.
Our son likes pears. Usually. But sometimes he'll suddenly lose interest in a food he had been devouring. So we recently found ourselves with a lot of pears that needed to be used up and I knew he was not going to be much help.
I'd seen the recipe for this here pear concoction on Smitten Kitchen a while back and could tell it'd be yummy (everything Deb makes looks yummy.) So I took advantage of the one PRECIOUS morning I have free each week (I don't have to work and our son is at nursery school - it's amazing!) to do some baking.
I put on what I consider perfect background entertainment - Pride & Prejudice (please note: I say "background" only because I have watched it so many times that I no longer really need to pay attention - BUT if you have not seen it yet, you should give it your full and undivided attention.) To be more specific, it was the BBC's version with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet. In case you're wondering, I thought the more recent one with Keira Knightley was pretty good but it just can't hold a candle to the BBC's version. Here is Elizabeth looking rather flustered after she's rejected Mr. Darcy's first insultingly offered proposal of marriage.
With these two cheering me on, I gathered my ingredients and prepared the bundt pan with a "cake release" of butter topped with a fine layer of flour.
Measured out a small mountain of flour with a healthy dose of cinnamon and chopped up some walnuts.
Peeled and cored the pears.
Grated them into two cups of mush and mixed it all together. And into the oven it went.
The house filled with a smell so lovely it should really be bottled and sold. And one delightfully-scented hour later, the cake emerged from the oven, all golden brown and cracking.
I let it cool for a bit then un-molded it onto the charming cake stand my mom gave me.
All that was left to do was top it with some powdered sugar and serve.
1. Preheat your oven to 350°F and lightly grease and flour a bundt pan or two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl, and stir with a fork to mix everything well. If you're using nuts, scoop out about 1/4 cup of the flour mixture and combine it in a small bowl with the chopped walnuts, stirring and tossing to coat the nuts with the flour.
3. Peel and core the pears, then grate them. You'll want two grated cups total; set them briefly aside. In a medium bowl, combine the butter or oil, eggs, sugar, grated pear, nuts (if using), and vanilla, and stir to mix everything well. Scrape the pear mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until the flour disappears and the batter is evenly moistened.
4. Quickly scrape the batter into the prepared pans and bake at 350°F for 60 to 70 minutes, or until the bread is handsomely browned and firm on top and a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack or folded kitchen towel for about 10 minutes. Then turn it out onto a plate or a wire rack to cool completely, top side up. Serve it as is or sprinkle it with confectioners sugar.
Also, these Bartlett Pears in Lady Grey Tea Syrup from Snowflake Kitchen sounds amazing to me (have not tried it yet). As does Marisa at Food In Jars' Pear Gingerbread.


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DSA Webinar: Where are we after COP26 and what is needed now?
Where has COP26 has left us in relation to key issues around the climate emergency? This DSA hosted panel of experts reflect on the progress made by to limit climate change.
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Dr Amani Aboud Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
Meena Raman, Third World Network
Chukwumerije Okereke, Professor of Global Climate and Environmental Governance and Co-Director of Climate and Justice Centre, University of Reading
Simon Maxwell, ODI, on aid/climate change links
Chair: Dr Emily Wilkinson, Senior Research Fellow, ODI; Chief Scientific Adviser, CREAD-Dominica; Co-Director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network (CRRKN)
First, speaker share their views on outcomes from COP26. Then, they look forward to COP27, set to be hosted in Egypt, and explore what is needed from the next key political moment to advance climate action. Both parts of the webinar are followed by a Q&A with the audience.
This webinar took place online on 8th December 2021 and was FREE to attend.
About COP26
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Conferences of the Parties (COP) aim to review the progress made by its members to limit climate change. The most recent meeting (COP26), took place in Glasgow last month.
Notably, member states agreed to accelerate their plans toward net-zero carbon goals, by strengthening their emissions reduction targets for 2030 by next year, instead of 2025 as set out in the Paris Agreement (2015). Alongside which the need to reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions by 45% by 2030 was also formally recognised. In addition, the Adaptation Fund received a record-shattering US$ 356 million in new support from contributing national and regional governments, including first-time contributors U.S and Canada. Besides these official outcomes, the 'catalyst' effect also worked, with several coalitions and partnerships announced.
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When it comes to unsung heroes of the Bristol music scene, Daniel Davies is high up on our list. And its not because he shuns the limelight - his regular Peng Sound nights at Take 5 are a Bristol institution, and joining the Young Echo crew is hardly the right move for a creative recluse - but in an age where self-promotion has become an art form, we often don't see the whole picture, especially for someone so deeply involved in the day-to-day running of several record labels (Peng Sound, No Corner, Fuck Punk amongst others) and specialist online store RWDFWD. Not to mention the countless artistic collaborations, and the fact that he doesn't always take the easiest route to get to his goals. Frankly, we were amazed he even had time to do this interview… but here it is.
Whilst your DJ sets span many disparate sounds, a consistent thread can be heard in what you play. What do you think these characteristics are and what do you look for in a record for DJing?
Ha! That's a tough one already... I guess they appeal to me for various reasons, but generally I seek out music that has something to say, there has to be a certain 'vibe' to it... that can be introvert and thought-provoking or just plain body-moving, it doesn't matter!
How long was it before you started cutting dubplates? I know you are a big fan of Jamaican sound system culture, is this where you got the inspiration to start cutting dubplates of your own?
I think I started cutting dubs around 4 or 5 years ago now... Actually, the first dubplate I cut has 'Find Jah Way' on it, the record that was later to be Peng Sound and Gorgon's first release... On the flip, there's a Junior Dread special over the Sleng Teng rhythm. Both these tracks are obviously in keeping with / indebted to Jamaican soundsystem culture, but to be honest with you - I think the reason I cut them to dubplate, wasn't necessarily a reaction to this heritage, it was simply because I wanted to play it out and I'm not too fussed about playing CD's at a gig... I tried it once, during my set at one of first Peng Sound Events, on my shoddy Numark CDJ that I bought for £20, and of course I managed to somehow accidentally catch a loop on the tune and had to call my friend over to make it play again - which was a bit embarrasing to be honest!
I think making the commitment to vinyl & dubplate says a lot about how much faith you have in the music you play, as well as just being a lot more fun, tactile and entertaining experience for both the selector and the crowd.
What is your favourite size and format of dub plate?
Ohhhpph... It's a tough call between that heavyweight 12" slate and those smelly little 7" acetates - It depends on the tune.
When you started the Peng Sound night, was it in order to get artists you felt weren't getting represented in Bristol or to push a certain sound?
I guess so. The first dance did happen in order to push some people that I felt needed to be put in one room behind the decks - the energetic Intalek, with his cordless microphone, and Bjorn Vibration really impressed me in Cosies some months before... And then there was young Kähn - that's how his name was spelt back then - who was already showing severe talent at this point.
To be honest though, like with a lot of the projects we've built up over the last few years, it's more of a 'just do it' kind of thing, no initial big intentions other than making something happen that we feel the need to do.
Did cutting dubplates become even more important to you once you had started your own dance? Trying to outdo the artists you were bringing ;-)
Yeah, the thing is I can't really play my dubplates at Peng Sound nights, because the other DJs would probably just run home scared!
Ha, on a real though - being surrounded by so many talented musicians and DJs in Bristol really does keep me motivated to keep doing it, even if it can be a bit intimidating at times.
How long after running the night did you set up your first label Peng Sound Records and why did you feel that you needed to do so?
I think it was about two years in, around 2011. I had been given a CD with unreleased material from Gorgon Sound, seen the likes of Peverelist put out records in simple D.I.Y. fashion (that first run of Livity Sound 12"s) and then got talking to Sean Kelly behind the counter in Idle Hands, who basically told me to start a label... it seemed like a good idea, another natural progression.
When did you open your online shop Rewind Forward, was this borne out of necessity in order to facilitate the release of Pengsound001 or did you feel that there was a gap in the market you needed to fill?
That was about a year after PengSound001 actually, in 2012. We had done pretty well selling Find Jah Way directly via our big cartel store, you could sell a maximum of 5 items on there, so I ended up buying a handful of other choice vinyl to go along with our Peng Sound stock... A few months later, around the time we released Kahn & Neek's 'Backchat' on Hotline, we decided to make a proper website and get some more good stuff in... and we haven't stopped since!
When buying stock for the shop do you see it as an extension of your own record bag? Are there any criteria a release has to match to be considered?
Yes, definitely. To be honest, we don't have loads of staff to do reviews, admin etc - so it's almost necessity for us to just choose music we like, and feel the need to stock. We've always gone with a 'quality, not quantity' kind of ethos, and we try to keep a certain human aspect to the way we present things. There can only be a buzz and excitement around pushing something you really believe in, and part of the reason we do this, is because we don't want to work a mundane job, it's just really positive to be surrounded by things we appreciate and getting the same feedback from fellow music lovers.
You have a DIY ethic to everything that you do, does this come from an interest in Punk and Reggae which espouse a similar mission statement? Can you think of any specific people or examples of this that have proved inspirational to you?
I think the main reason we like to keep a certain 'touch' to what we do, comes from being of an age where I've experienced a big switch in society, from growing up as a young teenager making mixtapes, making friendships without a mobile phone, to being right in the middle of the fast-track 'information age' we live in now, where human-interaction is often compressed into social media formats or email.
Keeping things physical is a way of staying sane, keeping a sense of reality in the world we live in. Punk and Reggae have definitely inspired us, from the old screenprinted Studio One covers to the hand-labelled 7"s and grubby collages, there are some real visual treats amongst those worlds. But I have to add, when it comes to putting out records, and the way we have always presented them - the person who really opened my eyes to the beauty of D.I.Y. was definitely Alex Digard, the man behind the Tape-Echo design house, co-owner of RwdFwd and design-engine for the labels we run together - from photocopiers to typewriters and handstamps - that's the Tape-Echo vibe.
For what reason did you start to run more labels? Why did you feel it necessary to do this instead of having one central hub for your releases?
For our own (in)sanity. As much as I think music should be enjoyed as an all-encompassing experience, I guess it's more involving to digest a record when it's presented with a certain aesthetic to it, and besides that we have a lot of fun putting out music in different ways & means.
What has owning a record shop and running a label taught you about the music industry? Do you still retain the same passion for it now that you have seen behind the curtain a little bit?
It's definitely changed a few perspectives, it's hard not to take certain factors into consideration when you learn about a trade - whether that's the music producers skill / dilemma of being able to dissect a production into it's shreds and perhaps missing the point of the composition, or the record vendors eye for a good quality pressing, that may have him overlook a piece of underground white label gold.
But with this in mind, I try my best to maintain a 'listeners' stance as well as that of a 'professional'... I think If anything I've become more passionate about music since being further involved in it, there's great sense of community and creative inspiration feeding through it all, whether it's between musicians, labels, shop-owners or DJ's.
You recently became a member of the Young Echo crew and regularly feature at the monthly club night in Bristol. Is cutting dubplates for this an important part of the process for you? Is there a competitive aspect to this?
Yeah, although there is no format-fetishism going on between the Young Echo guys, at least half of us regularly cut dubplates and some of the sets end up being 100% dubplate - which makes me feel pretty proud to be honest! Holding the flame. I guess there is a bit of competition, but it's about contributing to the output as a whole and also about being unique amongst the collective - surely that's the healthiest competition there is!
Why should a consumer in 2014 still buy recorded music? With production costs diminishing as it gets cheaper and cheaper to make music and get it out there, how is buying vinyl and recorded music not a fetishisation of format but an actual viable means of consumption?
I'm guessing some people will have a different opinion here, but I think if you appreciate the dedication and skill someone put into something you take part in by listening to it and enjoying, then it's nice to support this.
After all, we all have to survive, and having good music to listen to makes this survival thing a hell of a lot more enjoyable, plus it enables the musicians and label-owners to really dedicate their time to the trade, ensuring that the quality and skill is maintained and creativity can be focused.
From a listeners point of view, I think building a record collection is far more satisfying than bookmarking your favourite blogs or illegal download sites... I don't think your grand child will be too interested sitting on your lap whilst you scroll through your hard drive in the year 2055 - but presenting them with some dusty records and heavily-used dubplates from 'back in your day' may raise a smile and make for a few interesting stories, perhaps even tell them something about your personality that you couldn't explain otherwise.
It's also a much more enjoyable way to digest the onslaught of music we are confronted with these days. There is so much of it out there, and simply put, not all of it is going to be up your street. The fact a properly released and presented record has had so much skill and thought applied to it - from the artist to the label, the graphic designer and the pressing plant, through to the record shop-owner - ensures that you at least have some sort of quality control applied to the end-product, and allows you to interact in the music in a far more enjoyable way. It's an important part of our culture, and society relies on communal support, surely?
Where do you feel the true value of music lies?
It's a universal language, a form of expression that can bring all kinds of people together, positively.
I say to David Cameron:
LESS TAX, MORE WAX.
NO WAR, MORE 4x4.
LESS DEBATE, MORE ACETATE.
What advice would you give your younger self about a career in the music industry?
I wish I kept playing the drum-kit when I was a teenager. And I wish I'd started learning to play double-bass from the age of 3... I'd love to be able to play the double bass!
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Kevin Kiermaier: Joe Maddon Leaving 'Was A Shock To Me'
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ANAHEIM, CA - MAY 18: Kevin Kiermaier #39 of the Tampa Bay Rays is greeted by manager Joe Maddon as he retruns to the dugout after hitting a two rin home run in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on May 18, 2014 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
Ray OF and Gold Glove finalist Kevin Kiermaier joined The Booger and Ryan Show to react to the news that Joe Maddon has opted out of his contract.
Kiermaier said he was surprised to hear that Maddon wasn't going to be his manager anymore.
"It was a shock to me," Kiermaier told Booger and Marc. "Caught me by surprise. I don't know what the next step for him is going to be but I didn't see that coming at all."
Kiermaier said that Maddon works in mystery ways. His lineups, his attitude are different but Kiermaier said it always seems to work.
Despite the turmoil of Andrew Friedman and Joe Maddon leaving, Kiermaier said it doesn't affect the players attitude that much. They're still going to try to win no matter what.
Kiermaier said that the thing he'll miss most about Maddon is his positivity. The rookie told Booger and Marc that even when the Rays were struggling, Maddon had a great attitude and told the team they were going to make some noise before the end of the season was over.
If there's one things Kiermaier could tell Maddon, he said he would give him a big hug and "tell him thank you."


Happy New Year to you also. Just downloaded. Tempted very excited. Missed the .99 cent download but all is good, still excited and cant wait to read it.
Thanks so much! I missed the .99 cent download, too. 🙂 Yeah, I'm a dork, but I want the official book on my kindle and figured the price would last for a while. Sigh.


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At a concert with beautiful performances by @madsemilnielsen and @andrewpekler a few weeks ago, the gentleman next to me and took out his sketchpad, pens, and inks. I guess that's another way of approaching music and visuals… @arbitrary_cph
8 Feb 2018 · 11:49 am
Shadanga Duo (@jasonalder and Kata Szanyi) will be performing A Branch in the Path at Kvarterhuset, Jemtelandsgade 3, Amager, Copenhagen, next Thursday at 19:30.
Works by Filip Melo, Li-Ying Wu, and Louis Aguirre are also on the program.
In A Branch in the Path, the audience and performers visit a website on their smartphones and navigate their way through a web of interrelated tones – changing from one series to another as one would change lines on a subway map.
You can try it out here: rdgr.me/b
9 Feb 2018 · 12:52 pm
Two of the things that I had in mind when composing A Branch in the Path were Nicky Case's XOXO Talk and his Neurons interactive explanation.
youtu.be/Zl9m0AQInBk?t=6m56s
ncase.me/neurons/
rdgr.me/b
Texts sometimes appear as one navigates the nodes of A Branch in the Path. Some of them have their origins in dreams that I've written down over the years, others were generated on metaphorpsum.com. A poetic mix that blurs the lines between what is dreamt, real, and artificial.
The blur between bot and human generated tweets has turned into a particularly gnarly problem in recent years and Oliver Reichenstein has suggested some improvements that might help us distinguish between the different kinds of content streaming through our feeds.
He also wrote a little article explaining his dislike of computer generated poetry.
The Path to A Branch in the Path
rudigermeyer.com/words/the-path-to-a-branch-in-the-path
Rehearsing A Banch in the Path with @jasonalder and Sofia Kayaya
15 Feb 2018 · 11:54 am
Shadanga Duo (@jasonalder with Sofia Kayaya) concert at Kvarterhuset, Jemtelandsgade 3, Amager, Copenhagen, this evening at 19:30.
kvarterhuset.kk.dk/event/shadanga-koncert
Our space for the concert this evening.
Shadanga Duo at Kvarterhuset, Jemtelandsgade 3, Amager, Copenhagen.
I came across Analogue Research's Artificial Neural Network Eurorack module last year, and have been wanting to re-create some of the submodules in Audulus ever since. The Audulus Library already includes modules for the standard logic gates, but there was something in the addition of thresholds to the Boolean on or off that intrigued me: ARC provides a nice explanation, in both their video and manual, of the biological model on which the Threshold Logic Neuron is based.
As DivKid covers in the final section of his video on the Joranalogue Compare 2 dual window comparator, there's a lot of fun to be had in the combination of knobs and logic. Mylar Melodies too has some thoughts on Why Logic Modules are Ace!
Robert Syrett orginally posted the DivKid video on the Audulus forum in connection with the uWindow module he based on the Compare 2, and, since it's a little different to the comparator, I thought it also would be worthwhile to go through the steps of putting together a Schmitt Trigger.
I've posted my versions of the ANN submodules on the Audulus forum along with some demos.
…what a Schmitt trigger does is it takes a kind of wavy analog signal and turns it into a sharp digital signal
—@TomWhitwell On The History Of Synthesizers
Since piecing together a Schmitt Trigger in Audulus yesterday it's been interesting to read a little about the various ways in which the basic idea can be implemented. Upper and lower threshold triggers combined with a sample and hold seemed to be the simplest way to go with Audulus, but the Wikipedia article also covers the many ways in which it might be implemented with analogue components.
As with the ARC Threshold Logic Neuron it's interesting to look at the history of its development and origins in the study of biological processes. Tom Whitwell, in his talk On The History Of Synthesizers, assigns this humble device a central role in the development of not just electronic music, but electronics in general.
A further detail on Schmitt triggers: Reading in the Wikipedia article that "a Schmitt trigger can be converted into a latch and a latch can be converted into a Schmitt trigger" made me realize that the ARC Threshold Logic Neuron could be used as a Schmitt trigger. The 'single-bit' configuration allows for the threshold and memory properties to be incorporated in one element, as in some of the analogue circuits, rather than separating them into distinct elements as with a flip-flop or sample and hold.
I put together a little example in Audulus.
Last year I made a little modification to STS' harmonic oscillator, adding a cosine output so as to enable the XY oscilloscope shapes covered by Jerobeam Fenderson in one of his oscilloscope music videos. I finally got round to making another modification, this time making it possible for the frequency of each harmonic to be individually tuned instead of adjusting the phase. The perfectly tuned harmonics can be very beautiful but sometimes slight deviations can add a little movement and character to the sound – also visually – see Jerobeam's video from around 5m30s.
23 Mar 2018 · 3:48 pm
Frankenstein's Lab returns to an old haunt this evening for the presentation of Anders Monrad and Peter Helms' "Advanced Avant-Garde" vinyl project at Copenhagen's Literaturhaus, 19:00
frankensteins-lab.net/blog/advanced-avantgarde
Looking through, organizing, and reviewing the many Audulus patches that I've accumulated and worked on over the last year, I was reminded of the Hordijk TwinPeak filter. A simplifed version of it was included in the Blippoo Box that I'd put together, and I remembered that I'd meant to make a standalone version of it at the time – only to realize that that had already been tackled on the forum.
Here's my fresh take on the Epoch Modular version demonstrated in the James Cigler video at the top of the forum thread, building on the updated modules and approaches that have been introduced over the course of the last year.
audio version of this post
Download: epochTWIN.audulus
Download: epochTWIN Demo.audulus
I've also put together a version of the TwinPeak filter following the layout and design Rob Hordijk created for his own modular system. It doesn't have the cross-fader that is a handy feature of the Epoch Modular version, but that's not necessarily needed in the context of Hordijk's system since it includes a Dual Fader module. There's a directness and clarity in the pure symmetry of his design that I find very satisfying.
The hordijk-synths.info site appears to no longer be online, but can fortunately still be accessed via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. I also discovered the recently established Hordijk Modular Blog, which has an enthusiastic entry on the TwinPeak filter that includes an informative video in which Hordijk himself explains how the design enables not only a bandpass filter, but one with two peaks.
I've also put together a simplified, single input, micro version of the TwinPeak filter. The modulation input is set to only alter peak 2 by default, but this can easily be changed by opening up the hood and changing it to peak 1 or adding it to both.
The Hordijk Modular Blog suggests using multiple TwinPeak filters in order to achieve a complex filter with multiple resonant peaks, so I've tried something of that out in a little demo with the filters being triggered at sub-audio rates.
9 Apr 2018 · 12:56 pm
While taking a look at the difference between the Epoch Modular TwinPeak filter and the one that Rob Hordijk uses in his own system, I got curious about his Dual Fader module. At first I thought that it might not be all that relevant in the Audulus context, but the closer I looked, the more compelling I began to find it.
The NOVARS Research Centre has fortunately posted an extensive series of Hordijk tutorials (presented by the man himself) and I found it very useful to take a look at the two videos (#12 and #12a) in which he presents the Dual Fader.
My first take-away was the simple idea of using one half of a cross-fader as a VCA with an RMS curve, and so I put together a little Audulus VCA and a comparison patch with exponential and logarithmic curves.


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Special Operations Forces (SOF) has become the "easy button" for our country's leaders when it comes to the need for a U.S. military/diplomatic presence around the world. With over 7000 personnel and a jack-of-all-trades mission set, U.S. Army Special Forces (the Green Berets) are the overwhelming force of choice for most of the missions. It is evident in the number of casualties as well as medals for valor. Three out of the nine Medals of Honor recipients from the SOF community since 9/11 were Green Berets. Navy SEALs had four (two while serving in special mission units), Army Rangers had one, and Air Force Combat Controllers had one. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_post-Vietnam_War_Medal_of_Honor_receipients) As of December 26, 2019, half of the 20 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan during 2019 were Green Berets. ("20 American Service Members Have been Killed By Hostile Fire in Afghanistan in 2019," https://www.npr.org/2019/12/24/791205527/20-american-service-members-killed-by-hostile-fire-in-afghanistan-in-2, 24 December 2019) Every active duty Special Forces Group has lost at least one soldier in either Afghanistan or Syria so far this year. ("Every single active-duty Special Forces group has lost at least one soldier this year," Task & Purpose, 18 September 2019). As the largest provider of SOF, it begs the question of why has there never been a Green Beret U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) commander since the command stood up in 1987 (to clarify, when referring to a Green Beret officer, I am referring to an officer who graduated from the Special Forces Officer Qualification Course, branched Special Forces, and grew up in an Army Special Forces Group to include commanding at battalion and group level; not someone who graduated the Special Forces Qualification Course and spent most of their time in another organization; three former commanders earned their Green Beret, Generals Shelton, Schoomaker, and Brown)?
Institutional bias or discrimination?
A quick analysis of all 13 (minus one acting) USSOCOM commanders shows that seven of them were former JSOC commanders and one was a deputy JSOC commander. Out of the nine Army generals, six of the nine were all former JSOC commanders (four were in Ranger Regiment and two served in special mission units). It is of note that the two former Navy USSOCOM commanders were special mission unit alumni. It would appear that the path to command of USSOCOM is through the Ranger Regiment, special mission units, and JSOC not Army Special Forces. (https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command)
Some within the Army Special Forces community see it as discrimination. Green Berets have always had a reputation of being outside the main-stream and rebels with nicknames like "snake eater" or represented by pop cultural antiheros like Rambo. It is part of Special Forces lore that the only way the Green Beret became authorized headgear is when Lieutenant General William Yarborough wore it during President John F. Kennedy's visit to Ft. Bragg, NC on October 12, 1961. The Army is a very conservative tribe and those who do not adhere to the societal norms are looked upon with suspicion. One could argue that this tradition continues today with the relaxed grooming standards to include beards that Green Berets have down range. Being different is not okay. It is interesting to note that special mission unit personnel and other service's SOF also wear beards, but it is more tacitly acceptable.
Part of the difference is that Army Special Forces are the long-term SOF force of choice. They are the ones who have a more permanent presence on the battlefield and will occupy battlespace compared to other SOF units. As result, they come into contact more with conventional forces. These interactions, unfortunately can sometimes lead to resentment and conventional force leaders seeing Green Berets as undisciplined with their nonstandard appearance and serving as a bad example for their troops.
JSOC Commanders habitually interact directly with senior government leaders to include the President and the Secretary of Defense. There is name recognition throughout the national security apparatus with all JSOC commanders. U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Commanders do not have that kind of visibility or access (USASOC includes Green Berets, Rangers, Civil Affairs, Psychological Operations, and Special Operations Aviators). USASOC Commanders are mostly Green Berets. Out of the nine former Commanders, six were Green Berets by this paper's definition.
Furthermore, SF generals tend to stay operational and steer clear of the Pentagon. They focus on commanding Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOC) and 1st Special Forces Command. Lacking an understanding of how the national security apparatus works at the Pentagon and in Washington, DC hurts the Special Forces community. Special Forces needs to do a better job on managing its senior talent and pushing them to assignments at the Pentagon and on the staffs of Global Combatant Commands (especially at the major/lieutenant colonel level). Special Forces senior officers tend to stay in SOF assignments like USSOCOM or close to them if they work at the Pentagon such as working within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Low Intensity Conflict (ASD SOLIC), the Joint Staff's Deputy Director for Special Operations (DDSO), or the Army's G3 Special Operations Directorate (SOD). Rising field grade officers are not "in front" of senior Army leadership as much as their conventional brethren. Special Forces needs to do a better job of ensuring the first non-SOF job a Special Forces general officer has since they were a captain is as an assistant division commander.
One of the major arguments against making a special forces branch in 1989 was that its officers would not be competitive for promotion beyond colonel. It seems that in certain ways, that has become a self-fulfilling prophesy.
In many ways it is a clash of cultures. That can lead to either unintentional bias or blatant discrimination when senior military leaders choose other senior military leaders.
Direct Action vs. Special Warfare, which one briefs better?
Another potential reason for the lack of Green Berets at the most senior levels of military leadership is confusion over what they do. It is as a lot easier to explain a direct action mission versus a several month (or year) special warfare mission. Special warfare covers a wide-gamut of missions and frankly is not as captivating as a unit fast-roping onto an objective and killing a high value target all the while being filmed through the grainy view of a night vision lens.
The definition of special warfare is the execution of activities that involve a combination of lethal and nonlethal actions taken by a specially trained and educated force that has a deep understanding of cultures and foreign language, proficiency in small-unit tactics, and the ability to build and fight alongside indigenous combat formations in a permissive, uncertain, or hostile environment. It includes SOF conducting combinations of unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, and counterinsurgency through and with indigenous forces or personnel. ("Special Operations," Department of the Army, Pub 3-05, August 2012, p.9). What a mouthful. There is a lot to dissect and understand in their lengthy definition. Compare that complex and somewhat confusing definition to direct action's meaning which entails short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted with specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments. ("Special Operations," Joint Pub 3-05, 16 July 2014, p. II-5) Which one briefs better?
Army Special Forces not only has an image problem, but also a messaging problem. It has vacillated through the years with leaning towards unconventional warfare as its core mission to changing the terms to irregular warfare or special warfare. It can get very confusing when one tries to explain the differences and nuances. Also Special Forces has the reputation of "those guys who primarily teach foreigners small unit tactics."
Operating in the human domain can be hard to explain. Living in a small Afghan village for six months and drinking tea every day with the locals can seem futile or a waste of time, but that is what Green Berets do, they recognize that the way to win on the battlefield is through the human mind.
One of the best used school-house examples of this concept is the Green Beret captain who meets with the same village elder in Afghanistan weekly for months without ever asking anything of him. Four months into their relationship, the captain receives orders to capture a suspected Taliban leader who lives in that village. Instead of swooping in during the middle of the night, explosively blowing down doors, and shooting anyone perceived as a threat, the captain asks the village elder's assistance in taking the suspected Taliban militant into custody. The elder says, give me 30 minutes. 30 minutes later he delivers the suspect without a shot fired and nobody on either side killed or wounded. Which is the better way? I am not denigrating or discounting the need for direct action missions (or the SOF units that conduct them) using ever kinetic tool available, but sometimes a non-kinetic approach works even though it is not always the most titillating use of military power.
"SOF has become synonymous with counterterrorism (CT), and this has caused confusion and puts SOF in a precarious struggle with itself and its own identity." This focus on CT has "short-term effects and does not contribute to solving long-term problems." Most of what SOF does is not counter-terrorism. "It has been said, by SOF senior leaders (in general terms), that less than 10% of what SOF does is CT and 90% is other SOF missions and activities, but organizationally, SOCOM focuses 90% of its attention on CT." (Task & Purpose, "How to Fix Special Operations, According To A Former SOCAFRICA Commander," by Brig Gen Donald C. Bolduc, U.S. Army (Retired) and other, 31 August 2018, taskandpurpose.com/fix-special-operations-bolduc-socafrica/amp/)
Since most mortal human beings are not privy to the selection process for USSOCOM Commander, it is not possible to say exactly why none of the past three Green Beret USASOC Commanders were not selected to command USSOCOM, but if past performance is an indicator of future behavior, direct action is the way to top command in the SOF community as well as a balance of assignments in and out of SOF. If the Special Forces community wants to change that dynamic, it will take a hard internal and external look at the human terrain we operate in not only in Ft. Bragg but also in Tampa and Washington, DC.
Spent over 26 years in the Army as both enlisted and as an officer to include 19 years in Special Forces. He continued his service post military working for the government as a civilian and in that capacity served in various hot spots around the world. Some of his deployments include Afghanistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Korea, and Ukraine. He has written extensively on international security matters.
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GOOD ARTICLE; Addresses the politics of promotion from a knowledgeable source.
True warriors don't command others. True warriors fight until the end of their days. When they are too old to fight, they teach other warriors. When they are too old to teach, they become God"s warriors.
In other words, I don't care who commands, as long as there a smart SOB with common sense and character.
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Great article and to the point. I hope someone topside pays attention.
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Happy Friday everybody! Let's discuss what looks different here! We got a new laptop, a Lenova Yoga 2 laptop! The best part of it, besides being so cute and lightweight, is that it comes in a new built in photo editing program. I have been having fun experimenting with it. Some of the effects are insane. I hope I did okay on my first attempt here.
This dress is so elegant, I simply love it! And those sandals too!
That pleated dress is so adorable and sophisticated! Love it on you.
What a beautiful neighbourhood! Love your dress and the jacket. Super pretty look for spring.
I love the dress, it looks so perfect!!!
Liking the photos! And your house behind you looks so cute and charming, I kinda need to see more of it!
I love this dress dear, the color and style!!! You look stunning!!
Cute sandals, and I like the simple yet chic vibe of the dress.
I love that u took these stylish shots around ur neighborhood! And the dress is so classic :) Have a great Monday!
Pretty and lovely look, love the dress!
Adore that ruffle dress and that killer bag!!
I love the photos and your look!
Love your outfit! you are so pretty as well!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Are you from Peru? This is so exciting!!! I really like your blog so I'm following you on Bloglovin and I'm planning on keeping up with your latest posts :) Would you follow me back?
This bag is amazing, you look stylish!
Love your dress! Your style and blog is amazing and inspiring!


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package com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.io;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;

import com.ibm.bi.dml.conf.ConfigurationManager;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.DMLRuntimeException;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.DMLUnsupportedOperationException;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.matrix.CSVReblockMR;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.matrix.data.CSVFileFormatProperties;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.matrix.data.FileFormatProperties;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.matrix.data.MatrixBlock;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.matrix.data.SparseRow;
import com.ibm.bi.dml.runtime.util.MapReduceTool;

public class WriterTextCSV extends MatrixWriter
{

	//blocksize for string concatenation in order to prevent write OOM
	//(can be set to very large value to disable blocking)
	public static final int BLOCKSIZE_J = 32; //32 cells (typically ~512B, should be less than write buffer of 1KB)

	protected CSVFileFormatProperties _props = null;

	public WriterTextCSV( CSVFileFormatProperties props )
	{
		_props = props;
	}

	@Override
	public void writeMatrixToHDFS(MatrixBlock src, String fname, long rlen, long clen, int brlen, int bclen, long nnz)
		throws IOException, DMLRuntimeException, DMLUnsupportedOperationException
	{
		//prepare file access
		JobConf job = new JobConf(ConfigurationManager.getCachedJobConf());
		Path path = new Path( fname );

		//if the file already exists on HDFS, remove it.
		MapReduceTool.deleteFileIfExistOnHDFS( fname );

		//core write
		writeCSVMatrixToHDFS(path, job, src, rlen, clen, nnz, _props);
	}

	@Override
	public void writeEmptyMatrixToHDFS(String fname, long rlen, long clen, int brlen, int bclen)
		throws IOException, DMLRuntimeException
	{
		JobConf job = new JobConf(ConfigurationManager.getCachedJobConf());
		Path path = new Path( fname );

		MatrixBlock src = new MatrixBlock((int)rlen, 1, true);
		writeCSVMatrixToHDFS(path, job, src, brlen, clen, 0, _props);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param fileName
	 * @param src
	 * @param rlen
	 * @param clen
	 * @param nnz
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	protected void writeCSVMatrixToHDFS( Path path, JobConf job, MatrixBlock src, long rlen, long clen, long nnz, FileFormatProperties formatProperties )
		throws IOException
	{
		boolean sparse = src.isInSparseFormat();
		FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(job);
        BufferedWriter br=new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fs.create(path,true)));

    	int rows = src.getNumRows();
		int cols = src.getNumColumns();

		//bound check per block
		if( rows > rlen || cols > clen ) {
			throw new IOException("Matrix block [1:"+rows+",1:"+cols+"] " +
					              "out of overall matrix range [1:"+rlen+",1:"+clen+"].");
		}
		//file format property check
		if( formatProperties!=null &&  !(formatProperties instanceof CSVFileFormatProperties) ) {
			throw new IOException("Wrong type of file format properties for CSV writer.");
		}

		try
		{
			//for obj reuse and preventing repeated buffer re-allocations
			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

			CSVFileFormatProperties csvProperties = (CSVFileFormatProperties)formatProperties;
			csvProperties = (csvProperties==null)? new CSVFileFormatProperties() : csvProperties;
			String delim = csvProperties.getDelim(); //Pattern.quote(csvProperties.getDelim());
			boolean csvsparse = csvProperties.isSparse();

			// Write header line, if needed
			if( csvProperties.hasHeader() )
			{
				//write row chunk-wise to prevent OOM on large number of columns
				for( int bj=0; bj<clen; bj+=BLOCKSIZE_J )
				{
					for( int j=bj; j < Math.min(clen,bj+BLOCKSIZE_J); j++)
					{
						sb.append("C"+ (j+1));
						if ( j < clen-1 )
							sb.append(delim);
					}
					br.write( sb.toString() );
		            sb.setLength(0);
				}
				sb.append('\n');
				br.write( sb.toString() );
	            sb.setLength(0);
			}

			// Write data lines
			if( sparse ) //SPARSE
			{
				SparseRow[] sparseRows = src.getSparseRows();
				for(int i=0; i < rlen; i++)
	            {
					//write row chunk-wise to prevent OOM on large number of columns
					int prev_jix = -1;
					if(    sparseRows!=null && i<sparseRows.length
						&& sparseRows[i]!=null && !sparseRows[i].isEmpty() )
					{
						SparseRow arow = sparseRows[i];
						int alen = arow.size();
						int[] aix = arow.getIndexContainer();
						double[] avals = arow.getValueContainer();

						for(int j=0; j < alen; j++)
						{
							int jix = aix[j];

							// output empty fields, if needed
							for( int j2=prev_jix; j2<jix-1; j2++ ) {
								if( !csvsparse )
									sb.append('0');
								sb.append(delim);

								//flush buffered string
					            if( j2%BLOCKSIZE_J==0 ){
									br.write( sb.toString() );
						            sb.setLength(0);
					            }
							}

							// output the value (non-zero)
							sb.append( avals[j] );
							if( jix < clen-1)
								sb.append(delim);
							br.write( sb.toString() );
				            sb.setLength(0);

				            //flush buffered string
				            if( jix%BLOCKSIZE_J==0 ){
								br.write( sb.toString() );
					            sb.setLength(0);
				            }

							prev_jix = jix;
						}
					}

					// Output empty fields at the end of the row.
					// In case of an empty row, output (clen-1) empty fields
					for( int bj=prev_jix+1; bj<clen; bj+=BLOCKSIZE_J )
					{
						for( int j = bj; j < Math.min(clen,bj+BLOCKSIZE_J); j++) {
							if( !csvsparse )
								sb.append('0');
							if( j < clen-1 )
								sb.append(delim);
						}
						br.write( sb.toString() );
			            sb.setLength(0);
					}

					sb.append('\n');
					br.write( sb.toString() );
					sb.setLength(0);
				}
			}
			else //DENSE
			{
				for( int i=0; i<rlen; i++ )
				{
					//write row chunk-wise to prevent OOM on large number of columns
					for( int bj=0; bj<clen; bj+=BLOCKSIZE_J )
					{
						for( int j=bj; j<Math.min(clen,bj+BLOCKSIZE_J); j++ )
						{
							double lvalue = src.getValueDenseUnsafe(i, j);
							if( lvalue != 0 ) //for nnz
								sb.append(lvalue);
							else if( !csvsparse )
								sb.append('0');

							if( j != clen-1 )
								sb.append(delim);
						}
						br.write( sb.toString() );
			            sb.setLength(0);
					}

					sb.append('\n');
					br.write( sb.toString() ); //same as append
					sb.setLength(0);
				}
			}
		}
		finally
		{
			IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(br);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Method to merge multiple CSV part files on HDFS into a single CSV file on HDFS.
	 * The part files are created by CSV_WRITE MR job.
	 *
	 * This method is invoked from CP-write instruction.
	 *
	 * @param srcFileName
	 * @param destFileName
	 * @param csvprop
	 * @param rlen
	 * @param clen
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public void mergeCSVPartFiles(String srcFileName, String destFileName, CSVFileFormatProperties csvprop, long rlen, long clen)
		throws IOException
	{
		Configuration conf = new Configuration(ConfigurationManager.getCachedJobConf());

		Path srcFilePath = new Path(srcFileName);
		Path mergedFilePath = new Path(destFileName);
		FileSystem hdfs = FileSystem.get(conf);

		if (hdfs.exists(mergedFilePath)) {
			hdfs.delete(mergedFilePath, true);
		}
		OutputStream out = hdfs.create(mergedFilePath, true);

		// write out the header, if needed
		if (csvprop.hasHeader()) {
			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			for (int i = 0; i < clen; i++) {
				sb.append("C" + (i + 1));
				if (i < clen - 1)
					sb.append(csvprop.getDelim());
			}
			sb.append('\n');
			out.write(sb.toString().getBytes());
			sb.setLength(0);
		}

		// if the source is a directory
		if (hdfs.isDirectory(srcFilePath)) {
			try {
				FileStatus[] contents = hdfs.listStatus(srcFilePath);
				Path[] partPaths = new Path[contents.length];
				int numPartFiles = 0;
				for (int i = 0; i < contents.length; i++) {
					if (!contents[i].isDirectory()) {
						partPaths[i] = contents[i].getPath();
						numPartFiles++;
					}
				}
				Arrays.sort(partPaths);

				for (int i = 0; i < numPartFiles; i++) {
					InputStream in = hdfs.open(partPaths[i]);
					try {
						IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, conf, false);
						if(i<numPartFiles-1)
							out.write('\n');
					}
					finally {
						IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(in);
					}
				}
			} finally {
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(out);
			}
		} else if (hdfs.isFile(srcFilePath)) {
			InputStream in = null;
			try {
				in = hdfs.open(srcFilePath);
				IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, conf, true);
			} finally {
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(in);
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(out);
			}
		} else {
			throw new IOException(srcFilePath.toString()
					+ ": No such file or directory");
		}
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param srcFileName
	 * @param destFileName
	 * @param csvprop
	 * @param rlen
	 * @param clen
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void addHeaderToCSV(String srcFileName, String destFileName, long rlen, long clen)
		throws IOException
	{
		Configuration conf = new Configuration(ConfigurationManager.getCachedJobConf());

		Path srcFilePath = new Path(srcFileName);
		Path destFilePath = new Path(destFileName);
		FileSystem hdfs = FileSystem.get(conf);

		if ( !_props.hasHeader() ) {
			// simply move srcFile to destFile

			/*
			 * TODO: Remove this roundabout way!
			 * For example: destFilePath = /user/biadmin/csv/temp/out/file.csv
			 *              & the only path that exists already on HDFS is /user/biadmin/csv/.
			 * In this case: the directory structure /user/biadmin/csv/temp/out must be created.
			 * Simple hdfs.rename() does not seem to create this directory structure.
			 */

			// delete the destination file, if exists already
			//boolean ret1 =
			hdfs.delete(destFilePath, true);

			// Create /user/biadmin/csv/temp/out/file.csv so that ..../temp/out/ is created.
			//boolean ret2 =
			hdfs.createNewFile(destFilePath);

			// delete the file "file.csv" but preserve the directory structure /user/biadmin/csv/temp/out/
			//boolean ret3 =
			hdfs.delete(destFilePath, true);

			// finally, move the data to destFilePath = /user/biadmin/csv/temp/out/file.csv
			//boolean ret4 =
			hdfs.rename(srcFilePath, destFilePath);

			//System.out.println("Return values = del:" + ret1 + ", createNew:" + ret2 + ", del:" + ret3 + ", rename:" + ret4);
			return;
		}

		// construct the header line
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		for (int i = 0; i < clen; i++) {
			sb.append("C" + (i + 1));
			if (i < clen - 1)
				sb.append(_props.getDelim());
		}
		sb.append('\n');

		if (hdfs.isDirectory(srcFilePath)) {

			// compute sorted order among part files
			ArrayList<Path> files=new ArrayList<Path>();
			for(FileStatus stat: hdfs.listStatus(srcFilePath, CSVReblockMR.hiddenFileFilter))
				files.add(stat.getPath());
			Collections.sort(files);

			// first part file path
			Path firstpart = files.get(0);

			// create a temp file, and add header and contents of first part
			Path tmp = new Path(firstpart.toString() + ".tmp");
			OutputStream out = hdfs.create(tmp, true);
			out.write(sb.toString().getBytes());
			sb.setLength(0);

			// copy rest of the data from firstpart
			InputStream in = null;
			try {
				in = hdfs.open(firstpart);
				IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, conf, true);
			} finally {
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(in);
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(out);
			}

			// rename tmp to firstpart
			hdfs.delete(firstpart, true);
			hdfs.rename(tmp, firstpart);

			// rename srcfile to destFile
			hdfs.delete(destFilePath, true);
			hdfs.createNewFile(destFilePath); // force the creation of directory structure
			hdfs.delete(destFilePath, true);  // delete the file, but preserve the directory structure
			hdfs.rename(srcFilePath, destFilePath); // move the data

		} else if (hdfs.isFile(srcFilePath)) {
			// create destination file
			OutputStream out = hdfs.create(destFilePath, true);

			// write header
			out.write(sb.toString().getBytes());
			sb.setLength(0);

			// copy the data from srcFile
			InputStream in = null;
			try {
				in = hdfs.open(srcFilePath);
				IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, conf, true);
			}
			finally {
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(in);
				IOUtilFunctions.closeSilently(out);
			}
		} else {
			throw new IOException(srcFilePath.toString() + ": No such file or directory");
		}
	}
}

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Q: WebBroswer Component not working the same a regular browser In VB.NET the WebBrowser component won't work the same as the actual browser [IE or Chrome] for the window.onbeforeunload event.
In the browser the event only runs when the page is going to post by a button push. But for the link to fire the javaScript function that opens a new window the event is not triggered.
In the VB.Net application with the WebBrowser component, the javaScript causes the event to trigger. This java code is called through a href link tag.
The buttons are ASP:Button for which I need the button.OnClick event to work in the coding page.
The disable button function works fine....
I already have this meta tag in
"<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />"

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| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =
| taxon = Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus
| authority = Allen, Hammer & Raadik, 2018<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|spid=14184|title=Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus|access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref>
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The Daintree rainbowfish (Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus) is a species of rainbowfish endemic to Australia. This species is endemic to the wet tropics of north eastern Queensland where it has been recorded from the Cooper Creek and nearby Hutchinson Creek systems of the Daintree region of north-eastern Queensland. This species occurs in small clear, shady rainforest streams which flow over a substrate consisting of rock, sand, gravel and log debris. Within these streams the fishes swim near the surface to midwater depths and are frequently found in the deeper pools of these streams where there is a faster current. They will form mixed schools with blue-eyes and other rainbowfishes.

References

Further reading
 Hammer, Michael P. ; Gerald R. Allen; Keith C. Martin; Mark Adams; Brendan C. Ebner; Tarmo A. Raadik; and Peter J. Unmack (2018). Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics Endemic Rainbowfish Genus Cairnsichthys'' (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with Description of A New Species. Zootaxa. 4413(2); 271–294.

Daintree rainbowfish
Vulnerable fauna of Australia
Taxa named by Gerald R. Allen
Taxa named by Michael P. Hammer
Taxa named by Tarmo Ain Raadik
Daintree rainbowfish


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Visiting minister: Greece can learn from Israel's success
Anna Diamentopolou says Israel presents a model of a small country that has invested in its human capital as a recipe for success.
By BEN HARTMAN
ANNA DIAMENTOPOLOU 311
(photo credit: Greek Press Office)
With the country's economic future in doubt, Athens believes it can learn a lot from the academics, businessmen and hitech innovators who have helped make Israel an economic success story in the heart of one of the world's most uncertain regions.
Visiting Israel this week, Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs Anna Diamentopolou (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement) said that Greece believes that they can gain from collaboration with Israel, which she said presents a model of a small country that has invested in its human capital as a recipe for success.
"We are a small country in a time of crisis.
We don't have much physical resources so it's the human capital we have to invest in and here we can learn a lot from Israel."
When asked if she sees a parallel between the two small countries bordered by historical enemies, she said that while Israel's history of wars and security flare-ups is different than the crisis currently facing Greece, "they have achieved so many things and now have four percent growth so I think of course we can extract optimism from what you have achieved."
During a whirlwind two-day visit to Israel, Diamentopolou laid a wreath at Yad Vashem, met with Religious Services Minister Ya'acov Margi (Shas), Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Shalom Simhon (Independence), and her Israeli counterpart, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar (Likud).
She also toured the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, the Beit Dagan Agricultural Research Organization, Tel Aviv University's Research and Development department, and held a meeting with heads of venture capital companies. In addition, Diamentopolou made time to meet with Israeli author Amos Oz, who she said is very well known in Greece, where a number of his novels have been translated and been bestsellers.
She said that her priority is to work towards strengthening cooperation between Greece and Israel in the fields of research and development and hi-tech, a goal that would seem to be complicated by the worsening economic crisis in Greece, which has had a serious effect on the country's higher education system.
Diamentopolou said that the Greek education system "is in the most difficult period ever, in terms of everything. Not only in academics, but also the budgets for schools, teachers, it has affected everything."
She said that professors' salaries have been cut by around 30 percent during the budget and that tens of thousands of teachers have retired.
Diamentopolou said this situation has driven Greece to look for ways to "have the results with less resources," and find ways that reforms can repair the education system.
Diamentopolou, EU commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs from 1999–2004, wrote an book called Exipni Ellada (Intelligent Greece), which deals with the importance of innovation and professional approaches to bringing about social and economic progress.
Following her visit with Sa'ar, Diamentopolou released a statement reading "my official visit in Israel is held in the context of the enhancement of the organized bilateral relations for the benefit of our people.
There are a lot of things the two countries can share and create in the sectors of education and research."
She spoke of the how she and Sa'ar discussed cooperation on establishing academic centers of excellence and her invitation to have Israeli classical studies departments take part in studies at the Plato Academy in Greece.
"Our goal is the backing of a pilot program for a lynchpin of innovation in the framework of Israel's experience," Diamentopolou said.
She said that the cooling of Israel's relations with Turkey has not spiked greater Greek interest in strengthening ties with Israel, saying "politics is always a puzzle, so everything influences everything but I think that it's very important for our two countries to work together and develop their own relationship, independently of what Turkey or other countries do."
Back on the subject of education, when asked if there are educational controversies like the teaching of the founding of the State of Israel and the creation of the Palestinian diaspora, she laughed and said "you're not special," in that regard.
She said that the teaching of Greece's wars with Turkey, the teaching of the Balkan Wars and the issue of Macedonia can all lead to front-page controversies in Greek newspapers.
When asked how young Greek students see their future in the current economic climate of their country, she said that her countrymen are wrought with pessimism and a feeling of opportunity, but that in the darkest of days there is opportunity for change.
"It's like a great cloud suddenly stayed over the country. I tried to stay optimistic saying we're not the only country which has a crisis like that," she said, "and through this crisis we have the opportunity to change everything that was wrong."


On the game's one-year anniversary.
From MSG to your phone.
IDW Games is releasing a MEN IN BLACK/GHOSBUSTERS crossover board game.
GEOFF GERBER has left LION FORGE for a new venture.
Can you recreate SPIDER-MAN's NEW YORK CITY in MINECRAFT?
Debuting in CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS.
A strategic card battle game.
And a new race: Orcs.
White Queen to Contest of Champions.


Dr Kandolf Sekulovic has no conflict of interest to declare regarding this article but has received relevant financial funding for activities outside the submitted work, which are speaker's fees from Roche, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and MSD. Dr Agarwala has received travel and accommodations expenses from MSD and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Dr Hauschild has received clinical trial support, speaker´s honoraria, or consultancy fees from Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Serono, MSD, Novartis, Oncosec, Philogen, Pierre Fabre, Provectus, Regeneron, and Roche. Dr Cinat has received speaker's honoraria or consultancy fees from Novartis, MSD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Serono, and Roche. Dr Garbe has declared no conflicts of interest.
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of their coauthors involved in the survey. Dr Kandolf Sekulovic was responsible for preparation of this ESMO abstract summary.
EMJ Oncol. 2018;6:76-78. Abstract Review No. AR5.
At the 2018 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Munich, Germany, the Melanoma World Society (MWS) and European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) presented the results of a survey assessing worldwide access to first-line recommended treatments for metastatic melanoma and the major determinants of access.
The degree of inequality and major determinants of access to innovative treatments for metastatic melanoma have been largely unexplored. The MWS and EADO conducted a web-based survey on access to first-line recommended treatments for metastatic melanoma by current guidelines (National Comprehensive Cancer Network [NCCN], ESMO, and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer [EORTC]/EADO/European Dermatology Forum [EDF]) among melanoma experts from 1st September 2017–1st December 2018 from 34 countries: the USA, China, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and 27 European countries. Data on licensing and reimbursement of medicines and the number of patients treated were correlated with the data on health expenditure per capita, Mackenbach score of health policy performance, health technology assessment, and the ASCO and ESMO magnitude of clinical benefit scores of clinical benefit and market price of medicines.7-10 Regression analysis for evaluation of correlation between the parameters was carried out using SPSS software.
Table 1: Estimated number of patients without access to innovative medicines in surveyed countries.
In conclusion, great discrepancy exists in metastatic melanoma treatment globally. Access to innovative medicines correlated with economic parameters as well as with healthcare system performance parameters. Patient-orientated drug development, market access, and reimbursement pathways must be urgently found.
Eigentler TK et al. Palliative therapy of disseminated malignant melanoma: A systematic review of 41 randomised clinical trials. Lancet Oncol. 2003;4(12): 748-59. Ugurel S et al. Survival of patients with advanced metastatic melanoma: The impact of novel therapies-update 2017. Eur J Cancer. 2017;83:247-57. Long GV et al. Long-term outcomes in patients with BRAF V600-mutant metastatic melanoma who received dabrafenib combined with trametinib. J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(7):667-73. Callahan MK et al. Nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with advanced melanoma: Updated survival, response, and safety data in a Phase I dose-escalation study. J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(4):391-5. Hodi SF et al. Durable, long-term survival in previously treated patients with advanced melanoma (MEL) who received nivolumab (NIVO) monotherapy in a Phase I trial. Abstract CT001. AACR Annual Meeting, 16-20 April, 2016. Kandolf Sekulovic L et al. More than 5000 patients with metastatic melanoma in Europe per year do not have access to recommended first-line innovative treatments. Eur J Cancer. 2017;75:313-22. Schnipper LE et al. Updating the American Society of Clinical Oncology Value Framework: Revisions and reflections in response to comments received. J Clin Oncol. 2016;34(24):2925-34. Cherny NI et al. ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale version 1.1. Ann Oncol. 2017;28(10):2340-66. Mackenbach JP, McKee M. A comparative analysis of health policy performance in 43 European countries. Eur J Publ Health. 2013;23(2):195-201. Kandolf Sekulovic L et al. Access to innovative medicines for metastatic melanoma worldwide: Melanoma World Society and European Association of Dermato-oncology survey in 34 countries. Eur J Cancer. 2018;104:201-9.


An eight page paper looking at the issue of feminism in these two plays by William Shakespeare and Aristophanes, respectively. The paper argues that both writers mocked women -- in �Lysistrata� because they were too unfeminine, and in �Midsummer Night�s Dream� because they were too irrational -- and shows how both plays call for a return to an ordered society at the end. No additional sources.


I wonder whether anyone would be able to provide some initial advice? Myself and my wife would like to migrate permanently to Australia with our 9 month old baby. Computer Support Technician is on the SOL. However, for the last two and a half years I have been undertaking a lot more than just support. I wondered whether my skills would qualify under the (NEC) category. (I think I would need 8 years experience so I don't think this would be an option for us). However, I understand that for either category my skills would have to be assessed and therefore I need qualifications. I am about to commence an NVQ3 in IT. I understand that under Computer Support Technician, TRA would assess my skills. However, I understand that the NVQ qualification is not recognised in Australia - the equivalent being AQF III and TRA do not accept NVQs. How can I go about finding an RTO in England to help me? Any advise would be appreciated. I have little other qualifications. I do have ITIL and also am about to undertake an MCP. I wonder whether these are classed as trade certificates? I am very experienced already, working in the IT industry for over 10 years. I am desperate for some advice in the best way into Australia. If it means going under a tempory visa to begin with then that is fine as long as I have a good chance of getting a permanent visa after. Also my wife would need to be able to work part time under my visa. I think I have read that TRA need a 3 year apprenticeship. However, this would be a backward step for me. I am already highly experienced. Also, I wasn't sure whether if I can obtain a sponser and I can get a tempory work visa, I can then also study towards an AQF whilst working so that after I would be able to gain a permanent visa? Do you think this is a viable option? I hope someone can help as we need to know which way to go as it all seems so confusing.
General Electrician or Supervisor Electrician???????
Reccie in Feb/Mar > General Stuff & SAT NAV??
Working at a cattle or sheep station? Remote jobs in general?
Hi all, My wife and I will be moving to Aus next year. She's a permanent resident and I'll either be on a spouse visa or WHV. We've looked at a lot of different types of jobs and we're thinking at least for the first year in AUS that working remote would be a good way to do things. We'll need to recoup moving expenses and really wanted a year just work and figure out our life in Australia. Remote jobs seemed a good way to put away some cash. Just trying to get a bit more info. Seemed like you can get the jobs relatively easily, but maybe that's just the recruitment agencies trying to sell things. Are the jobs really that easy to get? Even on a WHV? What if one of us doesn't have a job, can they come along? If so, how much extra would we have to pay for room and board? Really, any information would be much appreciated at this point. We've found a lot of places to look for jobs but it's been hard finding much about the actual conditions people live and work in. Just that it can be long hours and not much to do besides work.
Does the DIAC have a general enquiries email address?
I'd like to email an enquiry to the DIAC before I start my application for a 176 - Does anyone have a general enquiries address for them?
Hi we have just had a positive skills assessment and are about to lodge the actual visa application - the gov website suggests 18 months average timescale - what timescales have people actually experienced?
Hello everyone Am in big confusion. For Vocational education teacher (non trade) we need Ilets general or Academic result? Please help..
General advice on the todo list, please?
IELTS - General or Academic?
Currently in Melbourne on a 457 Want to get my 175 lodged before Christmas for me and my partner. Need to book in my IELTS test. There seems to be 2 choices, General and Academic. Which one do I sit? The other question I wanted confirmation on. - My partner (also from UK, will be a De Facto on with the 175) does not need to sit an IELTS exam, right? Thanks in advance.
Hi Everyone, I submitted my skills assessment via ICAA mid June and it is still in progress. I have since heard that I also need to do a skilled employment assessment?! Can anyone tell me how true this is and if so what I need to do??? Here was me ready to submit my s175 application as soon as I received my skills assessment back!! Someone help please, panic stations at the ready! Many thanks.


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Испенчѐ е поземлено-личен данък на немюсюлманите в Османската империя. Той се налага върху едноличното раетско стопанство – бащина.

Най-често неговата стойност е 25 акчета на домакинство без значение от материалното положение на живущите в него. Събира се от местните земевладелци. От испенче са освободени някои категории рая със специални задължения. След приемане на исляма данъкът се заменя с бенак, който е по-малък поземлено-личен данък.

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Unlike most of my colleagues, my recent Windows 8 experiences have been distinctly non-touch. As it turns out, the only two laptops I've reviewed with Microsoft's new operating system pre-installed both lacked touchscreens: the Sony Vaio E17, and the Toshiba Satellite U845W. Both are what you'd consider "classic" laptops–although the U845W has an unique, extra-wide screen.
Based on these early experiences with two "Windows 8-optimized" laptops, I'm not a fan of the non-touch Windows 8 world.


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Published on July 8th, 2019 | by Justin G.
Viper: Soldiers of Sunrise (No Remorse, 1987/2019)
Originally released in 1987, Soldiers of Sunrise was the debut album from Brazilian heavy metal band Viper. The band is probably most noteworthy for being the starting point of future Angra/Shaman vocalist Andre Matos (RIP), but they made their own mark on the developing power metal scene in Brazil.
Most of the band members, including Andre Matos, were teenagers when they recorded this album, and it shows in the music. Soldiers of Sunrise is essentially the work of some talented kids in a garage with shabby equipment and a stack of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Helloween albums. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Their DIY attitude and obvious love for heavy metal comes through in these songs. "Soldiers of Sunrise," "Wings Of The Evil" and "Killera (Princess of Hell)" are all great examples of this album's charms.
Soldiers of Sunrise is a fairly basic early European-style power metal album. There is some flashy guitar work, and even at a young age Matos's voice is uniquely memorable, but by and large the album is pretty standard heavy metal fare. As the starting point for Matos' career though, Soldiers of Sunrise is worthwhile. It's mainly going to be of interest to die-hard '80s metal fans or serious Angra/Shaman/Matos followers.
Reissue Notes: Soldiers Of Sunrise got the deluxe reissue treatment this year thanks to the No Remorse label. We get the full album of course, but also the band's full 1985 demo The Killera Sword added as bonus tracks. It's the same track listing as the Wikimetal reissue from 2015, but this version features a new remastering by Bart Gabriel. It also comes in a jewel case instead of a digipack, so that's an instant improvement. The album sounds great (though the demo tracks are understandably quite rough), and while the booklet doesn't have a lot of extras (that's something No Remorse never really does well) it's still a very worthwhile reissue. It puts this classic album back in print, and it gives fans a good reason to revisit the earliest performances from Andre Matos. It's a bittersweet look back, given his recent untimely passing though.
Viper: Soldiers of Sunrise (No Remorse, 1987/2019) Justin G.
Summary: Birth of a legend
Tags: Andre Matos, heavy metal, No Remorse, power metal, reissue spotlight, Viper
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