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package nl.xillio.xill.plugins.xml.constructs;

import nl.xillio.xill.api.components.MetaExpression;
import nl.xillio.xill.api.data.XmlNode;
import nl.xillio.xill.api.errors.RobotRuntimeException;
import nl.xillio.xill.plugins.xml.services.XpathService;
import nl.xillio.xill.plugins.xml.utils.MockUtils;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertSame;

/**
 * Tests for the {@link XpathConstructTest}
 *
 * @author Zbynek Hochmann
 */
public class XpathConstructTest {

    /**
     * Test the process method under normal circumstances.
     */
    @Test
    public void testProcess() {
        // Mock
        NodeList returnXmlNodeList = mock(NodeList.class);
        Node resultNode = mock(Node.class);
        when(returnXmlNodeList.getLength()).thenReturn(1);
        when(returnXmlNodeList.item(0)).thenReturn(resultNode);

        XpathService xpathService = mock(XpathService.class);
        when(xpathService.xpath(any(), anyString(), any())).thenReturn(returnXmlNodeList);

        XmlNode xmlNode = mock(XmlNode.class);
        MetaExpression xmlNodeVar = mock(MetaExpression.class);
        when(xmlNodeVar.getMeta(XmlNode.class)).thenReturn(xmlNode);

        String text = "xpath selector";
        MetaExpression textVar = MockUtils.mockStringExpression(text);

        // Run
        MetaExpression result = XPathConstruct.process(xmlNodeVar, textVar, MockUtils.mockNullExpression(), xpathService);

        // Verify
        verify(xpathService).xpath(any(), anyString(), any());

        // Assert
        assertSame(result.getMeta(XmlNode.class).getNode(), resultNode);
    }

    /**
     * Test the process when node input value is null
     */
    @Test(expectedExceptions = RobotRuntimeException.class, expectedExceptionsMessageRegExp = "Expected node to be a XML node")
    public void testProcessNodeNull() {

        // Mock
        XpathService xpathService = mock(XpathService.class);

        String text = "xpath selector";
        MetaExpression textVar = MockUtils.mockStringExpression(text);

        MetaExpression xmlNodeVar = mock(MetaExpression.class);
        when(xmlNodeVar.isNull()).thenReturn(true);

        // Run
        XPathConstruct.process(xmlNodeVar, textVar, MockUtils.mockNullExpression(), xpathService);
    }
}


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Almost all owners agree that the Miele S8590 Alize is lightweight and easy to handle, quiet, and well designed. It is also praised for having powerful suction resulting in good pickup on hardwood floors, tile, vinyl, flat weave rugs, and low pile carpet. However there are a number of comments indicating that it doesn't come with the best floor tool for medium or deep pile carpet. Some Alize owners go so far as to say that if your home is mostly carpet then this may not be the right machine for you. In general, if you have a home with lots of carpet the Alize is probably not the best tool for the job, and the deeper the carpet the more impaired the performance.
Owners are pleased with the built-in spotlight and the automatic suction setting which adjusts suction to best fit the surface being cleaned. They also report that the vacuum is made of high quality materials and that the filtration is effective and keeps the air smelling clean. However there are some comments that the power cord is not long enough. It is not uncommon for folks to feel the power cord on a canister vacuum is too short – they are usually shorter than those on uprights.
Also, we notice that many of those who purchased an Alize are previous Miele vacuum owners and several of these report that their previous Miele machine was durable and lasted quite a few years. While not entirely scientific, this does speak to the longevity of Miele machines and also to the loyalty of Miele customers.
You can read more Alize owner comments on Amazon if you wish.
There are many questions regarding the capability of the Alize on different floor surfaces so we wanted to highlight a few key pieces of information in this respect.
The Alize is a great vacuum cleaner for bare floors, rugs and some low pile carpet, however the floor tool that comes with the Alize (the AirTeQ SBD 650-3) isn't really designed for extensive carpet cleaning and is certainly not the best tool for medium or deep pile carpet. A better tool for carpet (low to medium pile) is the Miele STB 205-3 Turbo Plus Power Nozzle. This nozzle has a brushbar which helps when cleaning carpet. It costs about $100 and you can see it here on Amazon.
These three items will not be cheap –- probably $400 or more (depending on the motorized nozzle). Therefore for deep pile carpet you may be better off buying something like the Miele C3 Soft Carpet.
Floor tool with no brushbar: –Mostly smooth surfaces and area rugs. Limited capability on low pile carpet and poor on medium or deep pile carpet.
Floor tool with suction driven brushbar: Sometimes paired with a specialized smooth floor tool. This combination provides the ability to clean smooth floors, area rugs and low pile carpet. Limited capability on medium pile carpet and poor on deep pile carpet.
Floor tool with motor driven brushbar: –Often paired with a smooth floor tool. This combination provides the ability to clean smooth floors, area rugs, low pile carpet, medium pile carpet and usually deep pile carpet.
The Alize is powered by a 1200 watt motor that is built in Germany by Miele. This is a low-noise motor with sound insulation. It is very quiet, a point which has been highlighted by many owners. The motor also has a 1200 hour life expectancy.
The vacuum has six suction settings (from 200 to 1200 watts) plus an automatic suction setting. The automatic suction setting will adjust the vacuum suction to optimize cleaning for the surface being vacuumed (Miele warns that you should not use this setting for vacuuming draperies or other lightweight fabrics however). The other settings allow you to dial suction up or down (via "plus" and "minus" foot pedals on the canister body so you don't have to bend over). This allows you to tackle delicate cleaning like curtains or lampshades (low suction), and more aggressive cleaning of very dirty floors (high suction). This feature is also useful for dialing down suction when cleaning some area rugs which may have a tendency to stick to the vacuum nozzle.
The 6 suction settings are as follows and each also has a lit graphic symbol on the canister body which highlights what kind of cleaning each level is best suited for.
The power cord on the Alize has an auto retract feature which works well and is quite popular with owners. Auto retract is activated via a foot pedal on top of the canister. With cord, canister body, hose and tools the Alize has a cleaning reach of about 36 feet. This is reasonable but is by no means an exceptionally long cleaning reach. For example Miele's Cat & Dog upright has a cleaning reach of some 54 feet.
All the Miele S8 canisters have a sealed system. Sealed systems ensure that all the air entering the vacuum passes through the filter(s) before exiting the vacuum. This not only provides quality filtration but also improves vacuum suction by ensuring all air is pulled through the hose and attachments and not through cracks in the vacuum body or around unsealed joints. Many less expensive vacuums do not have this feature. You can read more about sealed systems in our article on HEPA filtration.
A sealed system combined with quality filtration guarantees that the air being expelled by the vacuum is clean. The Alize comes with a HEPA AirClean Filter which is capable of removing 99.95% of all particles with a diameter of 0.1 microns or more. This includes the likes of dust mites, pet dander, pollen, mold spores, etc. The HEPA AirClean Filter also has a built in indicator (called a "TimeStrip") which will tell you when it is time to be replaced. The filter is good for 50 hours of use which Miele figure translates to about 1 year of use.
MIele also sells an "active" AirClean filter that includes activated carbon. This can be used instead of the HEPA AirClean filter and is a great option for homes with pets as it is capable of removing odors from the air. The Alize is certified by the DMT Air Quality Testing Institution, an impartial German group that undertakes product tests on air hygiene. You can read more about them here.
The vacuum bags themselves filter quite a bit of dust and debris out of the airflow so downstream filters are kept cleaner longer. The Alize takes G/N AirClean bags which have a capacity of 4.76 quarts and automatically seal when they are removed from the machine. A bag change indicator on the vacuum tells you when you need to replace the bag. It is important to note that this indicator, which is actually driven by airflow, may also turn on should there be a blockage.
The tools all store on-board the vacuum in a small compartment in the canister body. The vacuum also comes with a crush proof hose and a stainless steel telescopic wand with 18 different height settings. The attachments click-fit into place as opposed to friction fit. This approach creates a more secure connection that won't fall apart.
The main floor tool provided with the Alize is the AirTeQ combination rug and bare floor tool - model SBD 650-3. A large rocker foot pedal on the nozzle lets you switch between bare floors and rugs/carpet. On the bare floor "setting" brush strips are extended on the front and back of the underside of the nozzle. These ensure no marring of bare floors. On the rugs/carpet setting these brush strips are recessed. The SBD 650-3 has no revolving brushroll so, as mentioned previously, capability on carpet is limited.
The vacuum also has a deluxe handle grip that sports an LED spotlight. Owners report that this feature is quite helpful when vacuuming in dimly lit areas. A button on the handle turns on the spotlight for 30 seconds. However you should be aware that this feature requires three AAA (1.5V) batteries.
At about 11-12 lbs, the Alize is a fairly lightweight canister vacuum. The vacuums in the S8 series are actually all about 2 lbs lighter than the S5's and this has been accomplished without compromising suction power. Both the lightweight construction and a built-in carry handle make the vacuum easy to transport from room to room or up and down stairs.
But please note that the above is for residential use only. If you use the vacuum for commercial purposes the 1-year limited warranties and the 7-year limited warranties all drop to 6 months. According to Miele the vacuum should have a life expectancy of about 20 years.
Additional vacuum features include air-injected caster wheels (with shock absorbers) that swivel a full 360 degrees, a bumper that surrounds the entire canister to ensure it doesn't scrape walls or furniture, and a thermal cut out switch. The switch is designed to help save the motor and will turn the vacuum off should it start to overheat (from a blockage for example).
Check out Miele Alize pricing on Amazon.
The manual is useful for learning more about features, specifications and maintenance. Miele Alize Vacuum Manual.


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But the rarity of circulating tumor traces—whether bits of DNA, whole CTCs, or expelled vesicles—has thus far made clinical application a challenge. According to Vogelstein, improving the sensitivity and specificity of such molecular tests will be crucial to establishing their clinical utility. In addition to eliminating false positives—test results that conclude "cancer" where there is none—it's also essential to understand why some tumors can't be tracked in the blood and other fluids.
Nonetheless, the possibility of using a simple blood test to diagnose cancer and guide treatment strategies has inspired a flurry of companies that are now racing to create assays.
Commercial interest in circulating tumor markers "is huge," said Forshew, who leads technical development at Inivata, one of several firms that offer circulating tumor DNA-based diagnostic tests. To Forshew's mind, one of the most important applications of such technologies will be to study the genetics of cancers that cannot be easily biopsied.
Several other companies—including Epic Sciences, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Diagnostics, SRI International, and Guardant—currently offer tests for circulating tumor DNA and cells. However, clinical applications of these tests have so far been limited to monitoring metastasis and, to a lesser extent, treatment response.
Working with Vogelstein, Jeanne Tie of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, and her colleagues are using circulating tumor DNA to assess which patients are most likely to benefit from chemotherapy after surgery for stage II bowel cancer. Typically, a large fraction of patients receive adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. But only 4 percent to 5 percent of patients appear to benefit from it. For the remainder, either surgery proves sufficient or the cancer resurfaces despite chemotherapy. The team's preliminary results, presented at last year's American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, suggest that risk of recurrence closely correlates with circulating tumor DNA levels. The researchers are now planning a larger randomized trial to assess the utility of circulating tumor DNA to inform the administration of chemotherapy. "By using the blood test to guide chemotherapy we not only could improve survival, but also reduce the number of patients receiving [unnecessary] chemotherapy," said Tie.


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Q: Using aliases names of columns in where clause I have given a alis name for all my fields in the select clause. I am not able to use these names in my where clause.
I tried to use having clause, but it takes more time then usual where clause. Is there any solution for this ?

A: You have two choices for this,
One, use the whole expression in the WHERE clause,
SELECT Hello,
       DATE(CURDATE()) cur_date
FROM   tableName
WHERE  DATE(CURDATE()) >= CURDATE + INTERVAL 1 DAY

or Two, wrap it in a subquery
SELECT *
FROM
       (
           SELECT Hello,
                  DATE(CURDATE()) cur_date
           FROM   tableName
       ) subAlias
WHERE  cur_date >= CURDATE + INTERVAL 1 DAY

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Q: MySQL How to place same records into a separate columns? Fiddle: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/4d4288/6
DDL and DML:
CREATE TABLE User(
  id INT,
  Name VARCHAR(50)
);

INSERT INTO User (id, Name)
VALUES
(1, 'Name 1'),
(2, 'Name 2'),
(3, 'Name 3');

CREATE TABLE Log(
  Id INT,
  Description VARCHAR(255));

INSERT INTO Log (id, Description)
VALUES
(1, 'This is issue 1 ...'),
(2, 'This is issue 2 ...'),
(3, 'This is issue 3 ...'),
(4, 'This is issue 3 ...');

CREATE TABLE LogActions(
  id INT,
  LogID INT,
  UserID INT,
  Status ENUM('Approved', 'Refused'));

INSERT INTO LogActions (id, LogID, UserID, Status)
VALUES
(1,1,1,'Approved'),
(2,1,2,'Approved'),
(3,2,1,'Approved'),
(4,2,3,'Approved');

Output
SELECT
  l.id,
  l.description,
  u.name,
  la.status
FROM Log l
LEFT JOIN
  LogActions la ON l.id = la.LogID
LEFT JOIN
  User u ON u.id = la.UserID

---------------------------------------------
id  description             name    status
1   This is issue 1 ...     Name 1  Approved
1   This is issue 1 ...     Name 2  Approved
2   This is issue 2 ...     Name 1  Approved
2   This is issue 2 ...     Name 3  Approved
3   This is issue 3 ...     (null)  (null)
4   This is issue 4 ...     (null)  (null)

Summary
Here I can see which user marked specific log number and also which records havent.
Within the .NET application, I ensure the records are marked by 2 different users and no more than 2 records are checked off.
Goal
This is my desired output.
id  description             name1      name2    status1  status2
1   This is issue 1 ...     Name 1     Name 2   Approved Approved
2   This is issue 2 ...     Name 1     Name 3   Approved Approved
3   This is issue 3 ...     (null)     (null)   (null)   (null)
4   This is issue 4 ...     (null)     (null)   (null)   (null)

This is what I aim to achieve. Essentially, I am needing to see 1 of each log number id, and on the same row show the users name and status that have/haven't marked this record.
This is the best solution I have at the moment, I'll be happy to hear for any alternatives.
Purpose
The main purpose of this is to have each log number in 1 row instead of multiple and visually inspect who  has marked it or whether it is blank.

A: With FIRST_VALUE() window function:
SELECT DISTINCT
  l.id,
  l.description,
  FIRST_VALUE(u.name) OVER (PARTITION BY l.id ORDER BY la.id) name1,
  FIRST_VALUE(u.name) OVER (PARTITION BY l.id ORDER BY la.id DESC) name2,
  FIRST_VALUE(la.status) OVER (PARTITION BY l.id ORDER BY la.id) status1,
  FIRST_VALUE(la.status) OVER (PARTITION BY l.id ORDER BY la.id DESC) status2
FROM Log l
LEFT JOIN LogActions la ON l.id = la.LogID
LEFT JOIN User u ON u.id = la.UserID

See the demo.
Results:
> id | description         | name1  | name2  | status1  | status2
> -: | :------------------ | :----- | :----- | :------- | :-------
>  1 | This is issue 1 ... | Name 1 | Name 2 | Approved | Approved
>  2 | This is issue 2 ... | Name 1 | Name 3 | Approved | Approved
>  3 | This is issue 3 ... | null   | null   | null     | null
>  4 | This is issue 4 ... | null   | null   | null     | null


Title I is a federal act that provides money to school districts. The money is used to develop programs to help support students at risk of school failure.
The amount of money a district receives for Title I programs is based on census figures indicating the percentage of economically disadvantaged families in its area.
Can the Money be Used Only for Students Who are Economically Disadvantaged?
No. In fact, Title I does not receive the names of those families. Title I programs serve those who are educationally at risk (children with reading, writing, and/or math deficiencies, and young children who have the potential for school problems).
Who Decides What Programs Title I Will Fund?
The decision about how Title I money is spent is a collaborative process. The Title I staff communicate with parents, classroom teachers, administrators, and Title I students. This is done at each school building through advisory committees, surveys, parent and teacher meetings, newsletters, and presentations. Stakeholders share information and receive feedback about the effectiveness of all programs. This information is considered in the drafting of the application that must be submitted every year to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Federal Programs.
How do We Know the Programs are Working?
In the annual application for Title I funds, the district must set evaluation goals for every Title I program. The application indicates what goals the district expects the students to meet and how student progress will be measured. Evaluation results are reviewed annually.
What are the Responsibilities of Title I Parents?
Parents have a large role in Title I. They are informed by letter of their child's eligibility for Title I and have the option of accepting the help for their child. Parents are invited to Title I meetings, conferences, and workshops annually. They receive reports about their child's progress and suggestions for how they might help the child at home. Children whose parents get involved have a much better rate of success.


Nice! Why is she in front of that VW?
thanks, roy, beth and john! I love the vw exchange, too! what a mystery…actually just down the street from my house with an advertisement on it…in the front yard of the junkyard or some such thing?
Oh, how funny. And I thought it was at the James Dean festival! Apparently I just make up answers when I don't actually know them.
oh, and I got the idea from Marilyn Monroe actually…she just looked a tad better than myself….and the vehicle may have been a caddy?


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USC Annenberg, in partnership with VICE Media, will launch a new class in Spring 2018 developed from VICELAND's Emmy-nominated documentary series WOMAN with Gloria Steinem. Using the documentary as a central theme, the students will learn both how the media portrays gender and how to create their own media for social change.
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import collections
import warnings

import numpy as np

import pyarrow as pa
from pyarrow.lib import SerializationContext, py_buffer, builtin_pickle

try:
    import cloudpickle
except ImportError:
    cloudpickle = builtin_pickle

try:
    # This function is available after numpy-0.16.0.
    # See also: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/numpy/lib/format.py
    from numpy.lib.format import descr_to_dtype
except ImportError:
    def descr_to_dtype(descr):
        '''
        descr may be stored as dtype.descr, which is a list of (name, format,
        [shape]) tuples where format may be a str or a tuple.  Offsets are not
        explicitly saved, rather empty fields with name, format == '', '|Vn'
        are added as padding.  This function reverses the process, eliminating
        the empty padding fields.
        '''
        if isinstance(descr, str):
            # No padding removal needed
            return np.dtype(descr)
        elif isinstance(descr, tuple):
            # subtype, will always have a shape descr[1]
            dt = descr_to_dtype(descr[0])
            return np.dtype((dt, descr[1]))
        fields = []
        offset = 0
        for field in descr:
            if len(field) == 2:
                name, descr_str = field
                dt = descr_to_dtype(descr_str)
            else:
                name, descr_str, shape = field
                dt = np.dtype((descr_to_dtype(descr_str), shape))

            # Ignore padding bytes, which will be void bytes with '' as name
            # Once support for blank names is removed, only "if name == ''"
            # needed)
            is_pad = (name == '' and dt.type is np.void and dt.names is None)
            if not is_pad:
                fields.append((name, dt, offset))

            offset += dt.itemsize

        names, formats, offsets = zip(*fields)
        # names may be (title, names) tuples
        nametups = (n if isinstance(n, tuple) else (None, n) for n in names)
        titles, names = zip(*nametups)
        return np.dtype({'names': names, 'formats': formats, 'titles': titles,
                         'offsets': offsets, 'itemsize': offset})

def _deprecate_serialization(name):
    msg = (
        "'pyarrow.{}' is deprecated as of 2.0.0 and will be removed in a "
        "future version. Use pickle or the pyarrow IPC functionality instead."
    ).format(name)
    warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set up serialization for numpy with dtype object (primitive types are
# handled efficiently with Arrow's Tensor facilities, see
# python_to_arrow.cc)

def _serialize_numpy_array_list(obj):
    if obj.dtype.str != '|O':
        # Make the array c_contiguous if necessary so that we can call change
        # the view.
        if not obj.flags.c_contiguous:
            obj = np.ascontiguousarray(obj)
        return obj.view('uint8'), np.lib.format.dtype_to_descr(obj.dtype)
    else:
        return obj.tolist(), np.lib.format.dtype_to_descr(obj.dtype)

def _deserialize_numpy_array_list(data):
    if data[1] != '|O':
        assert data[0].dtype == np.uint8
        return data[0].view(descr_to_dtype(data[1]))
    else:
        return np.array(data[0], dtype=np.dtype(data[1]))

def _serialize_numpy_matrix(obj):
    if obj.dtype.str != '|O':
        # Make the array c_contiguous if necessary so that we can call change
        # the view.
        if not obj.flags.c_contiguous:
            obj = np.ascontiguousarray(obj.A)
        return obj.A.view('uint8'), np.lib.format.dtype_to_descr(obj.dtype)
    else:
        return obj.A.tolist(), np.lib.format.dtype_to_descr(obj.dtype)

def _deserialize_numpy_matrix(data):
    if data[1] != '|O':
        assert data[0].dtype == np.uint8
        return np.matrix(data[0].view(descr_to_dtype(data[1])),
                         copy=False)
    else:
        return np.matrix(data[0], dtype=np.dtype(data[1]), copy=False)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# pyarrow.RecordBatch-specific serialization matters

def _serialize_pyarrow_recordbatch(batch):
    output_stream = pa.BufferOutputStream()
    with pa.RecordBatchStreamWriter(output_stream, schema=batch.schema) as wr:
        wr.write_batch(batch)
    return output_stream.getvalue()  # This will also close the stream.

def _deserialize_pyarrow_recordbatch(buf):
    with pa.RecordBatchStreamReader(buf) as reader:
        return reader.read_next_batch()

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# pyarrow.Array-specific serialization matters

def _serialize_pyarrow_array(array):
    # TODO(suquark): implement more effcient array serialization.
    batch = pa.RecordBatch.from_arrays([array], [''])
    return _serialize_pyarrow_recordbatch(batch)

def _deserialize_pyarrow_array(buf):
    # TODO(suquark): implement more effcient array deserialization.
    batch = _deserialize_pyarrow_recordbatch(buf)
    return batch.columns[0]

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# pyarrow.Table-specific serialization matters

def _serialize_pyarrow_table(table):
    output_stream = pa.BufferOutputStream()
    with pa.RecordBatchStreamWriter(output_stream, schema=table.schema) as wr:
        wr.write_table(table)
    return output_stream.getvalue()  # This will also close the stream.

def _deserialize_pyarrow_table(buf):
    with pa.RecordBatchStreamReader(buf) as reader:
        return reader.read_all()

def _pickle_to_buffer(x):
    pickled = builtin_pickle.dumps(x, protocol=builtin_pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
    return py_buffer(pickled)

def _load_pickle_from_buffer(data):
    as_memoryview = memoryview(data)
    return builtin_pickle.loads(as_memoryview)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# pandas-specific serialization matters

def _register_custom_pandas_handlers(context):
    # ARROW-1784, faster path for pandas-only visibility

    try:
        import pandas as pd
    except ImportError:
        return

    import pyarrow.pandas_compat as pdcompat

    sparse_type_error_msg = (
        '{0} serialization is not supported.\n'
        'Note that {0} is planned to be deprecated '
        'in pandas future releases.\n'
        'See https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/19239 '
        'for more information.'
    )

    def _serialize_pandas_dataframe(obj):
        if (pdcompat._pandas_api.has_sparse and
                isinstance(obj, pd.SparseDataFrame)):
            raise NotImplementedError(
                sparse_type_error_msg.format('SparseDataFrame')
            )

        return pdcompat.dataframe_to_serialized_dict(obj)

    def _deserialize_pandas_dataframe(data):
        return pdcompat.serialized_dict_to_dataframe(data)

    def _serialize_pandas_series(obj):
        if (pdcompat._pandas_api.has_sparse and
                isinstance(obj, pd.SparseSeries)):
            raise NotImplementedError(
                sparse_type_error_msg.format('SparseSeries')
            )

        return _serialize_pandas_dataframe(pd.DataFrame({obj.name: obj}))

    def _deserialize_pandas_series(data):
        deserialized = _deserialize_pandas_dataframe(data)
        return deserialized[deserialized.columns[0]]

    context.register_type(
        pd.Series, 'pd.Series',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_pandas_series,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_pandas_series)

    context.register_type(
        pd.Index, 'pd.Index',
        custom_serializer=_pickle_to_buffer,
        custom_deserializer=_load_pickle_from_buffer)

    if hasattr(pd.core, 'arrays'):
        if hasattr(pd.core.arrays, 'interval'):
            context.register_type(
                pd.core.arrays.interval.IntervalArray,
                'pd.core.arrays.interval.IntervalArray',
                custom_serializer=_pickle_to_buffer,
                custom_deserializer=_load_pickle_from_buffer)

        if hasattr(pd.core.arrays, 'period'):
            context.register_type(
                pd.core.arrays.period.PeriodArray,
                'pd.core.arrays.period.PeriodArray',
                custom_serializer=_pickle_to_buffer,
                custom_deserializer=_load_pickle_from_buffer)

        if hasattr(pd.core.arrays, 'datetimes'):
            context.register_type(
                pd.core.arrays.datetimes.DatetimeArray,
                'pd.core.arrays.datetimes.DatetimeArray',
                custom_serializer=_pickle_to_buffer,
                custom_deserializer=_load_pickle_from_buffer)

    context.register_type(
        pd.DataFrame, 'pd.DataFrame',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_pandas_dataframe,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_pandas_dataframe)

def register_torch_serialization_handlers(serialization_context):
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Set up serialization for pytorch tensors
    _deprecate_serialization("register_torch_serialization_handlers")

    try:
        import torch

        def _serialize_torch_tensor(obj):
            if obj.is_sparse:
                return pa.SparseCOOTensor.from_numpy(
                    obj._values().detach().numpy(),
                    obj._indices().detach().numpy().T,
                    shape=list(obj.shape))
            else:
                return obj.detach().numpy()

        def _deserialize_torch_tensor(data):
            if isinstance(data, pa.SparseCOOTensor):
                return torch.sparse_coo_tensor(
                    indices=data.to_numpy()[1].T,
                    values=data.to_numpy()[0][:, 0],
                    size=data.shape)
            else:
                return torch.from_numpy(data)

        for t in [torch.FloatTensor, torch.DoubleTensor, torch.HalfTensor,
                  torch.ByteTensor, torch.CharTensor, torch.ShortTensor,
                  torch.IntTensor, torch.LongTensor, torch.Tensor]:
            serialization_context.register_type(
                t, "torch." + t.__name__,
                custom_serializer=_serialize_torch_tensor,
                custom_deserializer=_deserialize_torch_tensor)
    except ImportError:
        # no torch
        pass

def _register_collections_serialization_handlers(serialization_context):
    def _serialize_deque(obj):
        return list(obj)

    def _deserialize_deque(data):
        return collections.deque(data)

    serialization_context.register_type(
        collections.deque, "collections.deque",
        custom_serializer=_serialize_deque,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_deque)

    def _serialize_ordered_dict(obj):
        return list(obj.keys()), list(obj.values())

    def _deserialize_ordered_dict(data):
        return collections.OrderedDict(zip(data[0], data[1]))

    serialization_context.register_type(
        collections.OrderedDict, "collections.OrderedDict",
        custom_serializer=_serialize_ordered_dict,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_ordered_dict)

    def _serialize_default_dict(obj):
        return list(obj.keys()), list(obj.values()), obj.default_factory

    def _deserialize_default_dict(data):
        return collections.defaultdict(data[2], zip(data[0], data[1]))

    serialization_context.register_type(
        collections.defaultdict, "collections.defaultdict",
        custom_serializer=_serialize_default_dict,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_default_dict)

    def _serialize_counter(obj):
        return list(obj.keys()), list(obj.values())

    def _deserialize_counter(data):
        return collections.Counter(dict(zip(data[0], data[1])))

    serialization_context.register_type(
        collections.Counter, "collections.Counter",
        custom_serializer=_serialize_counter,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_counter)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set up serialization for scipy sparse matrices. Primitive types are handled
# efficiently with Arrow's SparseTensor facilities, see numpy_convert.cc)

def _register_scipy_handlers(serialization_context):
    try:
        from scipy.sparse import (csr_matrix, csc_matrix, coo_matrix,
                                  isspmatrix_coo, isspmatrix_csr,
                                  isspmatrix_csc, isspmatrix)

        def _serialize_scipy_sparse(obj):
            if isspmatrix_coo(obj):
                return 'coo', pa.SparseCOOTensor.from_scipy(obj)

            elif isspmatrix_csr(obj):
                return 'csr', pa.SparseCSRMatrix.from_scipy(obj)

            elif isspmatrix_csc(obj):
                return 'csc', pa.SparseCSCMatrix.from_scipy(obj)

            elif isspmatrix(obj):
                return 'csr', pa.SparseCOOTensor.from_scipy(obj.to_coo())

            else:
                raise NotImplementedError(
                    "Serialization of {} is not supported.".format(obj[0]))

        def _deserialize_scipy_sparse(data):
            if data[0] == 'coo':
                return data[1].to_scipy()

            elif data[0] == 'csr':
                return data[1].to_scipy()

            elif data[0] == 'csc':
                return data[1].to_scipy()

            else:
                return data[1].to_scipy()

        serialization_context.register_type(
            coo_matrix, 'scipy.sparse.coo.coo_matrix',
            custom_serializer=_serialize_scipy_sparse,
            custom_deserializer=_deserialize_scipy_sparse)

        serialization_context.register_type(
            csr_matrix, 'scipy.sparse.csr.csr_matrix',
            custom_serializer=_serialize_scipy_sparse,
            custom_deserializer=_deserialize_scipy_sparse)

        serialization_context.register_type(
            csc_matrix, 'scipy.sparse.csc.csc_matrix',
            custom_serializer=_serialize_scipy_sparse,
            custom_deserializer=_deserialize_scipy_sparse)

    except ImportError:
        # no scipy
        pass

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set up serialization for pydata/sparse tensors.

def _register_pydata_sparse_handlers(serialization_context):
    try:
        import sparse

        def _serialize_pydata_sparse(obj):
            if isinstance(obj, sparse.COO):
                return 'coo', pa.SparseCOOTensor.from_pydata_sparse(obj)
            else:
                raise NotImplementedError(
                    "Serialization of {} is not supported.".format(sparse.COO))

        def _deserialize_pydata_sparse(data):
            if data[0] == 'coo':
                data_array, coords = data[1].to_numpy()
                return sparse.COO(
                    data=data_array[:, 0],
                    coords=coords.T, shape=data[1].shape)

        serialization_context.register_type(
            sparse.COO, 'sparse.COO',
            custom_serializer=_serialize_pydata_sparse,
            custom_deserializer=_deserialize_pydata_sparse)

    except ImportError:
        # no pydata/sparse
        pass

def _register_default_serialization_handlers(serialization_context):

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Set up serialization for primitive datatypes

    # TODO(pcm): This is currently a workaround until arrow supports
    # arbitrary precision integers. This is only called on long integers,
    # see the associated case in the append method in python_to_arrow.cc
    serialization_context.register_type(
        int, "int",
        custom_serializer=lambda obj: str(obj),
        custom_deserializer=lambda data: int(data))

    serialization_context.register_type(
        type(lambda: 0), "function",
        pickle=True)

    serialization_context.register_type(type, "type", pickle=True)

    serialization_context.register_type(
        np.matrix, 'np.matrix',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_numpy_matrix,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_numpy_matrix)

    serialization_context.register_type(
        np.ndarray, 'np.array',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_numpy_array_list,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_numpy_array_list)

    serialization_context.register_type(
        pa.Array, 'pyarrow.Array',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_pyarrow_array,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_pyarrow_array)

    serialization_context.register_type(
        pa.RecordBatch, 'pyarrow.RecordBatch',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_pyarrow_recordbatch,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_pyarrow_recordbatch)

    serialization_context.register_type(
        pa.Table, 'pyarrow.Table',
        custom_serializer=_serialize_pyarrow_table,
        custom_deserializer=_deserialize_pyarrow_table)

    _register_collections_serialization_handlers(serialization_context)
    _register_custom_pandas_handlers(serialization_context)
    _register_scipy_handlers(serialization_context)
    _register_pydata_sparse_handlers(serialization_context)

def register_default_serialization_handlers(serialization_context):
    _deprecate_serialization("register_default_serialization_handlers")
    _register_default_serialization_handlers(serialization_context)

def default_serialization_context():
    _deprecate_serialization("default_serialization_context")
    context = SerializationContext()
    _register_default_serialization_handlers(context)
    return context

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You can take Chuck Hagel. In fact, I insist that you take Chuck Hagel. But please, let us have the Timothy Geithners. How utterly depressing.
This isn't Twilight. It's daybreak.
You take Limbaugh out "behind the barn" and you can have this Gierthner fella.
I just read the TNR article that says he considered himself a "moderate Republican" and during the Clinton years switched his party registration to Independent…so while I appreciate your overall concern for how the Republican party can attract bright economists like Geithner, we already have Greg Mankiw and others, so maybe you can figure out how we win back doctors!
Why? If people you agree with are prominent in both parties, then no matter who's in power there won't there tend to be policies you like?
Stop being such complete douchebags all the time and maybe you could keep these folks on your own. Just a thought.


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L.A.'s Accordion Diva, "Gee" Rabe
Accordion & Steel Drums
Bandleader/composer/arranger
Gigi and her atomic hipsters
"Gee" Rabe
L.A.'s Accordion Diva & Steel Drum Player
For more specific biographical information, please go to the "Bio" section of the website.
CSUN professor Gigi "Gee" Rabe, also known as the award-winning "L.A.'s Accordion Diva," has appeared on Josh Groban's PBS special "Stages" and has performed with American Idol alum and Latin American Idol winner Allison Iraheta. Over the past four decades "Gee's" accordion playing can be heard on many albums, commercials, and film soundtracks. She has recorded with Micky Dolenz and other numerous composers and has performed internationally and toured with many musicians in diverse musical genres.
As a steel drum player "Gee" is best known for her role as "Marjorie," Phoebe's eccentric friend on the television sitcom "Friends." In the last season of the show, Ms. Rabe was cast to perform at Phoebe's wedding. Not only is "Gee's" music heard in that episode but she can also be heard on the first season of FX mini-series "Fargo," the movie "Forever Plaid," and the 1990s cartoon series "Klutter."
A selection of tracks from albums that "Gee" Rabe has played on...
Il Postino 3:26
Somewhere Over the Rainbow 3:32
Kul Tiran 5:55
All events are subject to change - be sure to look up an event's website or call a venue in case there is a last minute change of schedule.
Thursday, July 18 @ 11:00AM Thu, Jul 18 @ 11:00AM Recording Session PRIVATE PRIVATE
Friday, July 26 @ 10:00PM Fri, Jul 26 @ 10:00PM MoForro Tropico de Nopal Gallery, Los Angeles Tropico de Nopal Gallery, Los Angeles
Saturday, July 27 @ 9:30PM Sat, Jul 27 @ 9:30PM The Underthings 1642, Los Angeles 1642, Los Angeles
Friday, August 2 @ 11:00AM Fri, Aug 2 @ 11:00AM The Hollow Trees Westfield Topanga Mall, Woodland Hills Westfield Topanga Mall, Woodland Hills
Saturday, August 3 @ 4:45PM — 6:00PM Sat, Aug 3 @ 4:45PM — 6:00PM Blackwaterside Quartet PRIVATE EVENT PRIVATE EVENT
Tuesday, August 6 @ 11:00AM Tue, Aug 6 @ 11:00AM The Hollow Trees The Americana, Glendale The Americana, Glendale
Sunday, August 25 @ 12:45PM — 12:55PM Sun, Aug 25 @ 12:45PM — 12:55PM 20th Annual Elvis Festival Historic Main Street Garden Grove, Garden Grove Historic Main Street Garden Grove, Garden Grove
Thursday, August 29 @ 8:00PM — 11:00PM Thu, Aug 29 @ 8:00PM — 11:00PM Soul of Forró 2: A Tribute to Antônio Carlos & Jocafi (21+) Zebulon Cafe Concert, Los Angeles Zebulon Cafe Concert, Los Angeles
Sunday, September 1 @ 6:30PM — 9:30PM Sun, Sep 1 @ 6:30PM — 9:30PM Dave Winstone Italian Duo Cantalini's Salerno Beach Restaurant, Marina del Rey Cantalini's Salerno Beach Restaurant, Marina del Rey
Saturday, September 7 @ 1:15PM — 2:15PM Sat, Sep 7 @ 1:15PM — 2:15PM Dave Winstone Klezmer Quartet PRIVATE EVENT PRIVATE EVENT
Thursday, September 19 @ 10:00AM Thu, Sep 19 @ 10:00AM The Hollow Trees The Grove, Los Angeles The Grove, Los Angeles
Thursday, September 26 Thu, Sep 26 Island Vibes DUO PRIVATE EVENT PRIVATE EVENT
Tuesday, October 8 @ 11:00AM Tue, Oct 8 @ 11:00AM The Hollow Trees The Americana, Glendale The Americana, Glendale
Saturday, October 19 @ 4:00PM — 8:00PM Sat, Oct 19 @ 4:00PM — 8:00PM Munich Boomsteiners TBA TBA
New website and more excitement coming up!
Hey everybody! L.A.'s Accordion Diva, "Gee" Rabe, here. Finally a new updated website! It will be a work in progress since there's only one person working on it, and you probably know who that is.
More info to come, in…
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Long Live the People's Film Department
From 1989-1993, I was part of a ragtag collective of aspiring artists who worked under the guidance of Adolfas Mekas, Peter Hutton, and John Pruitt. We were the People's Film Department of Bard College, and they were our id, ego, and superego. Or, as my nerd friends and I called them, the Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.
Peter was the cool, steady, down-to-earth guy. Adolfas was the no-filter, lovable grouch. John was the outwardly stuffy one who rarely showed much emotion. They'd all been there for years, running the program out of a crowded little basement in Preston Hall.
I knew and admired all three, but I was a film history major, so I worked primarily with John, who taught those classes and was also my faculty adviser. Adolfas died in 2011, Peter in 2016. John was our last link to the old crew.
And now, he's gone, too, on June 28, 2019. He'd had brain cancer for several years. He was only 66.
I spoke to him about a year ago, when I was at Bard for my reunion. We hadn't been able to find each other in the massive post-graduation party crowd, so a phone call had to suffice. He sounded tired, and mentioned that he wasn't driving, but gave no indication that he was seriously ill.
We chatted for about 20 minutes, and he was, as always, curious about my life and career. He proudly shared what his wife and two daughters had accomplished in the time since we'd last talked. We exchanged a couple of emails in the following weeks, and that was that.
He kept teaching right up until last semester, because that was what he did. The department had grown larger and more sophisticated over the years, and no longer carried its unofficial populist nickname (Adolfas' idea – it was really something boring like the Film and Media Studies Department). But John kept building the same foundation for new generations of Bardians.
My time at Bard was well before the streaming/loaded-DVD era, so film school was where you learned about Maya Deren and Dziga Vertov and Andre Bazin. Those Film History 101 classes were no joke, something non-majors sometimes discovered to their horror. It takes dedication to read two books by Sergei Eisenstein, and full-blown insanity to finish anything by Stan Brakhage. But those were among the most basic requirements.
When you first met him, John seemed like a caricature of an out-of-touch East Coast intellectual. That wasn't entirely inaccurate, but once you cracked the facade, you discovered how genuinely decent, kind, and witty he was. He and I used to argue all the time – never seriously – as I jabbed at his pretentions and he questioned the status of my diploma.
I think we understood each other. We definitely entertained each other. I once overheard him telling another student that there were some very good actors in the old Hollywood studio system. As I walked by, I said, "Norma Shearer." That got a big laugh from John (although I'm pretty sure the kid had no idea why).
I remember running into him at a weekend movie at the Old Gym "Student Center" (it really was just a ratty old gym). This would not have been remarkable, except it was a Godzilla movie. John pretended not to understand why we were so stunned, but he was also smirking. He knew he was screwing with our expectations. (Although when he was told the classroom podium light made him look like Hawkman, I think he really was confused.)
He could spin off into some weird commentary, then break it up with a Cary Grant impression (he did a pretty good W.C. Fields, too). I seem to recall a little dance in front of the class one time. If I ever find my old notebooks, they will be full of these moments. (And if my friend Josh McDonald ever finds his, there's a cartoon involving Mickey Mouse and Nazi propaganda that I cannot even describe.)
John was the toughest professor I ever had. He always said I was a great student, which is probably why he never gave me an A. He knew I could do better. He pushed and challenged all of us, and we (often grudgingly) respected him for it. Especially when we found out he liked Godzilla movies.
I'll never get to tease him about that again. I can't believe how sad that makes me.
Thanks for everything, John – you had no idea how much. Start an epic debate with Peter and Adolfas in the afterlife, and may St. Tula bless us all.
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benmc47 says:
Thanks for articulating all this, Loey. It helps to process it all. I'd forgotten about the Hawkman thing, even though that informed the "Hapless Force" comic I was trying to write with Josh for a while. I hadn't seen John for years and years (maybe since you graduated?), but I remember you telling me he had a laugh when you told him the title of my film "My Mise En Scene is Tingling" which makes me feel kind of proud.
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I heard the sad news recently that John Pruitt recently passed away. He was a professor at Bard College, where I studied film back in the late 80's / early 90's. I have a lot of appreciation for him and also for his main two contemporaries in the department, who also have both died in the last decade. My classmate and friend Loey, who was closer to John than I was, wrote up this tribute to him and to the department.
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Review: Earthtone Goatskin Drumheads Are a Modern (and Affordable) Alternative to Calfskin
BY JOHN ALDRIDGE
I'm a fan of calfskin heads. A slice of tuned leather resonating in harmony with a piece of wood is as close to perfect as a drum sound can get. Nothing comes close to the feel of a skin head literally throwing the stick back at you after being hit. It's a spiritual experience that an entire generation of drummers has never experienced. But now that Earthtone has entered the business of drumhead manufacturing, it's possible to try this phenomenon out for yourself without having to take a course in head tucking. But don't expect cutting edge Mylar or revolutionary new coatings. These drumheads take one giant technological leap backwards, both in materials and sound. From this reviewer's standpoint, the change couldn't be any more timely or welcome.
HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE
For more than 100 years, drummers who wanted to use natural hide heads on snare drums or drum sets had only one option: Calfskin tucked onto wood or metal flesh hoops. To manufacture these heads, animal hides (mostly cow, pig, and goat, which had been soaked in a lime and tannic acid solution) were stripped of their hair and a fatty inner layer. This process could only be described as unpleasant at best, due to the ever-present stench of the hides. Once the heads had been stripped, they were skived (shaved with sharp double-handled knives) to a uniform thickness and mounted (tucked) onto flesh hoops. The tucking process alone is almost a lost art. The edge of the head has to be wrapped around the flesh hoop and tucked under the top surface to hold it in place. Although it's a tedious process, it works remarkably well. I've seen heads that were more than 80 years old yet were still playable with a little restraint.
The biggest drawback is that traditional calf heads require a substantial amount of preparation before they can be used. First they have to be soaked and placed on the drum to form a collar (the bend where the head goes over the bearing edge). The head can be tightened when it's partially dry, but only a bit. In order to ensure the best performance, it shouldn't be tuned until it is completely dry. Needless to say, this made changing heads on the gig an almost impossible task. You can see why drummers were quick to jump on the plastic bandwagon when Chick Evans came up with his synthetic heads in the '50s. Still, the mystique of calf and its legendary sound have always kept a few devotees in thrall. But the choice between convenience and a need for constant attention guaranteed that calf would fall to the back of the line as a working drummer's choice.
SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE
Enter Earthtone, an American company that distributes and markets a full range of South American goatskin heads that are crimped into metal flesh hoops in a manner very similar to Mylar heads. This takes almost all of the guesswork out of using hide heads. You don't have to wet the heads before installing them, they have a pre-formed collar that adapts nicely to vintage drums as well as modern bearing edges, and they are crimped into metal flesh hoops, which means that you don't have to worry about heads warping when they're stored. In short, even an idiot can put them on and tune them up. Add in the price factor (roughly twice the price of standard Mylar heads) and you've got a reasonably priced alternative for those who've always wanted to try skin, but didn't have the dough.
I received five goatskin batter heads for this review: a 22″ bass drumhead, 12″, 13″, and 16″ tom heads, and a 14″ snare head. Earthtone requested that I use Mylar heads on the bottom of the drums to represent what most drummers would do. I would describe all of the heads as a medium thickness, with crimped aluminum flesh hoops, and the Earthtone logo imprinted on the topside of the head. As with any product manufactured from natural materials, there were inconsistencies in the appearance of each head. The most striking appeared on the undersides, where a blotchy texture resulted from the natural grain of the skin and its varying density of pores. While this isn't a bad thing, I did take a micrometer and measured each head in several places to determine how evenly they had been skived. I found minor variations on all of the heads, but they were fairly consistent.
There were no instructions for mounting the heads, which struck me as odd in light of the extensive preparation required when mounting traditional calfskin heads. However, all of the heads went on with relative ease and, for the most part, no major problems. The only difference worth noting is that in almost every case, the pre-formed collars on the heads didn't leave much room for the tension rod threads to engage the swivel nut before the hoops started pulling the head down. I like to have a little more leeway on the tension rods to allow for loose tunings and definitely don't want to worry about a tension rod backing out of the lug while I'm playing.
I did have a little difficulty putting the head on the 16″ floor tom due to the even shallower collar on that particular head. The tension rods wouldn't reach the swivel nuts without applying some pressure on the hoop to stretch the head. With the Mylar head that had previously been on the drum, there was a good 1/4″ of thread in the swivel nut before the tension rod engaged the hoop. This was rather frustrating, since I prefer my tom heads to be as loose and vibrant as possible while still maintaining a throaty, low tone. I could have moistened the head and stretched it out a bit, but that would be cheating since these heads are supposed to be ready to mount right out of the bag. After I tuned the drum up a bit and then tuned it back down, I was able to get a really ballsy, resonant tone out of it (everything in the office rattled). But the tension rods would need to be slightly longer to really tune it the way I would have liked. That's not a huge problem, but it does make swapping heads a little more involved than it should be.
KA-BOOM!
Once all the heads were installed and tuned as close to my usual pitches as the tension rods would allow, I'm happy to say that they sounded glorious – almost. The bass drum head was low, punchy, warm, and resonant with a minimum of over-ring. I use an unmuffled single-ply Mylar front head with a small port, so I'm used to a little ring and the need to have a small muffling strip or pillow on the back head. The natural self-balancing effect of the skin eliminated the need for the muffler and made the pedal feel simply exquisite. I was able to tune it slightly tighter than my usual Mylar head and still got a nice low pitch. The extra tension made it easier to play faster combinations on the bottom end without having to sacrifice that almost subharmonic sound that I love.
The same positive comments can be applied to the 12″ and 16″ heads. Both produced an extremely full-bodied, warm, resonant tone that projected like a dream, and felt simply divine under my sticks. The only sour note came from the 13″ tom. Although this particular drum is usually my "magic" tom with Mylar heads, I just couldn't tune it to sound as good as the 12″ or the 16″ toms. Given the fact that all of the other sizes were great sounding heads, I was inclined to believe that I simply got a dud 13″ head. I took it off the drum and noticed that there was one area of the head that was noticeably thicker and stiffer than the rest of the head, so I lay the blame on that. The head even felt different. At a tension that should have resonated and been soft to hit, it felt like I was striking a marching drum (one of the new ones with that lovely Formica tabletop feel). The folks at Earthtone might want to do just a little more in the area of quality control, but given the extremely variable nature of the material, I feel that this is probably something that will happen from time to time, no matter how quality conscious the company may be.
Since I didn't have another 13″ head to swap out, I simply took the 13″ tom off the set and went to a four-piece configuration. Bingo! The toms and bass drum blended into a symphony of earthy, primal sounding, bone-crunching drums! This was the way God intended drums to sound! Visions of Gene Krupa and "Sing, Sing, Sing" danced in my head as I pounded those signature licks on the floor tom.
The 14″ head got a real workout. Being a self-avowed snare drum freak, I tried it out on several drums: a 1923 Ludwig Deluxe (Black Beauty), my favorite wood drum (a Craviotto 14″ x 4″ Lake Superior maple piccolo), and a rather pedestrian (but excellent general-purpose) '60s Ludwig Super-sensitive. The head performed well on all three drums. It didn't have the overtones and high pitched ring that you would get from a Mylar head, and I wouldn't recommend it for rimshot backbeats with the butt end of the stick, unless you just love replacing expensive drumheads. But the sound at low to fairly loud volumes was consistently warm and resonant on all three drums. The only caveat is the variable tonalities caused by the differing thickness across the head. When I played a buzz roll with the sticks on opposite sides of the drum, it sounded like each stick was rolling on a different drum. But that turned out to be a benefit, because even with the head tuned to the same pitch all around, I could coax several different timbres out of the same drum by playing different areas of the head.
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
My last concern with the heads manifested itself the day I intended to finish this article. The set with these heads had been sitting in a room with a temperature that remained relatively unchanged until a cold front came through. The mercury plummeted from the mid-70s to a frigid 24 degrees in one day. The heating system automatically compensated, which meant that the room went from comfortable and moderately humid to extremely dry as a result of the heater running almost constantly. As I suspected, all of the heads began to creep upwards in pitch. There was no way to significantly lower the tension without the tension rods coming out of the lug casings, which definitely had a detrimental effect on the tuning. To their credit, the heads still sounded musical, and didn't change nearly as much as the calfskin heads on my vintage set of Radio Kings, which were in the same room. The bottom line is that even though these heads are easier to set up and tune than traditional calfskins, you still have to take the climate and humidity into consideration when using them. Still, this problem could be cured with a misting bottle and/or a diffusing hair dryer. You might have a little difficulty finding a place for those items in your trap case, but it's not a huge price to pay if you're willing to go the extra mile for that special sound.
While the consistency and materials of Earthtone heads are not the same as the vintage calfskins used in the last century, the manufacturing processes are miles ahead of the old process of tucking heads. Their ease of use, relatively low cost, and specially treated skin make them a practical alternative in modern music where a more resonant, warm tone is desired.
Model: Earthtone Drumheads
Head Material: Goatskin
Flesh Hoop: Aluminum
Sizes & Prices: 8″ ($24.99), 10″ ($29.99), 11″ ($32.99), 12″ ($34.99), 13″ ($36.99), 14″ ($38.99), 16″ ($45.99), 18″ ($59.99), 20″ ($65.99), 22″ ($69.99)
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