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Wildest Weather in the Solar System (2D/3D)
Join National Geographic on a spectacular journey to witness the most beautiful, powerful, and mysterious weather phenomena in the solar system. From a storm the size of a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb, to a 400-year-old hurricane, to a dust tempest that...
We Are Stars
We follow a group of Victorian time travelers as they learn about the origins of atoms. We witness the formation of the first hydrogen atoms after the Big Bang and then watch how those hydrogen atoms gather into galaxies and...
We Are Aliens! (2D/3D)
The amazing new fulldome experience We Are Aliens! explores how our understanding of life on Earth guides the hunt for alien life elsewhere in the Universe. We Are Aliens! is a new 360° digital planetarium show narrated by Rupert Grint...
To Space & Back (2D/3D, 8k, 60 fps)
Space exploration—our greatest adventure—is having a big impact on our lives. It's helping us to discover a universe of unimaginable scale and beauty, and it's reaching down into our world and influencing the way we live. To Space & Back...
Titans of the Ice Age
Titans of the Ice Age transports viewers to the beautiful and otherworldly frozen landscapes of North America, Europe and Asia ten thousand years before modern civilization. Peer through the giant screen canvas to an ancient world of ice, the dawn...
Fifty years after launching our dreams into space, we're left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that threatens the safety of Earth's orbits. Space Junk is a visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the solutions...
Solar Storms (2D/3D)
A Tale of Twin Spacecraft From Earth, the Sun cannot be looked at with human eyes. Solar Storms gives the audience the opportunity to see the Sun up close. Stand above the arctic circle and witness the most brilliant auroras...
Sea Monsters (2D/3D)
A Prehistoric Adventure A Prehistoric Adventure brings to life the extraordinary marine reptiles of the dinosaur age in both 3D and 2D. Eighty million years ago, the American Midwest lay under a great inland sea where colossal creatures ruled the...
Natural Selection (2D/3D)
Join the young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the world with the HMS Beagle. In Victorian times many physical phenomena were already discovered and described by natural laws, but life's most eloquent mechanism was still unknown:...
Mysteries of the Unseen World
MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD will transport audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen...


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Q: Deleting with SQL VB 2012
table 1
Kubun |Name | Code | Date   | Time
1     |AA   | 10001|20210101|8:30
1     |AA   | 10001|20210101|9:00
1     |BB   | 10002|20210101|8:30
1     |BB   | 10002|20210101|9:00
2     |AA   | 10001|20210101|14:00
2     |AA   | 10001|20210101|17:30
2     |BB   | 10002|20210101|14:00
2     |BB   | 10002|20210101|17:30

I want to delete all data except minimum time from Kubun 1 and maximum time from Kubun 2.
I would be grateful if you could help this solution.

A: Based on your question information, if you are looking something in SQL-Query solution, then try to use something like this:
Delete From Table1 Where [Time] != (Select Min([Time]) From Table1) and [Time] != (Select Max([Time]) From Table1)
Update Query to Delete Records based on Max Time and Min Time based on Name
Delete t1 From Table1 t1
Join
   (Select [Name], max([Time]) maxTime, min([Time]) minTime From Table1 Group by [Name]) t2
    on
      (t1.[Name] = t2.[Name] and t1.[Time] = t2.maxTime) OR
      (t1.[Name] = t2.[Name] and t1.[Time] = t2.minTime)

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Asteroids that might threaten Earth could pose a challenge beyond the obvious, if nations can't get their act together and figure out a unified plan of action.
There are currently no known space rocks on a collision course with Earth, but with ample evidence for past impacts, researchers say it's only a matter of time before one is found to be heading our way.
A swarm of political and legal issues bedevil any national or international response, whether it's responsibility for collateral damage from deflected asteroids or the possible outcry if one country decides to unilaterally nuke the space threat.
"The word 'unorganized' is spot on here," said Frans von der Dunk, space law expert at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "There is no such thing as even a platform for some level of coordination regarding possible responses - and, to be honest, some quarters very much would like it to remain that way."
Legal experts discussed such problems last week at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln conference titled "Near-Earth Objects: Risks, Responses and Opportunities-Legal Aspects." Their talks underscored how underprepared the international community is to deal with policy and legal fallout from a potential asteroid threat.
Many scientists have already brainstormed a variety of ways to deflect or destroy rogue asteroids, such as sending out spacecraft to nudge the space rock aside for a near-miss or simply blasting it apart. But some solutions may have different levels of appeal for various nations, especially when they involve launching potential weapons into space.
For instance, international concern surrounded a U.S. shoot-down of a failing satellite last year, not to mention China's 2007 knockout of its own aging weather satellite with a ballistic missile. Both cases raised worries about the demonstration of potential missile defense systems or satellite-killer technologies.
"The international political reactions to the U.S. shooting down of its own satellites a year ago to prevent presumably dangerous and toxic fuel from reaching Earth only foreshadows what would happen if the U.S. would detonate nukes claiming to destroy an incoming asteroid," von der Dunk told SPACE.com.
Other scenarios could highlight the question of international unity. A United Nations Security Council decision on a certain asteroid response would likely shield participating nations against any liabilities for collateral damage from a failed deflection or interception attempt, if the past serves as any guide - the U.S. and other coalition nations that kicked Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991 were not held responsible for damages to Iraq under Security Council mandate.
Von der Dunk also posed the tricky question of what the international response would be if a smaller asteroid was headed for North Korea. The politically isolated nation attempted but failed to put a communications satellite into orbit in April, and would almost certainly require assistance from the U.S., Russia or China to deal with an asteroid threat.
Better international cooperation might also help in figuring out how to assess asteroid threats and release potentially scary info to the public.
"We have already seen scares raised by scientists ready to put out alarms out there, when either their data (fortunately quickly!) turned out to be considerably flawed, or later data allowed for a much more precise estimate of the risk - which turned out to be much lower," von der Dunk said.
He pointed to the case of the Apophis asteroid, in which astronomers initially gave a one-in-37 chance of it striking Earth in 2029, but later refined chances of collision to almost zero.
Experts at the conference agreed to keep pushing forward on legal issues, as well as focus on general education on the asteroid threat for policymakers. And they even discussed how private companies might join in the effort to monitor asteroids, potentially for the purpose of extracting mineral wealth from space rocks.
Von der Dunk heads next to the Planetary Defense Conference in Spain April 27-30, where he will present the conference recommendations to the International Academy of Astronautics and the European Space Agency.


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Deluxe Luke Skywalker costume for a boy
Includes: tunic, belt and trousers
You'll bring peace to the galaxy with this Deluxe Luke Skywalker costume for a boy.
Luke Skywalker was a legendary war hero and Jedi who founded the New Jedi Order. He was the son of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, and the twin brother of Leia Organa. He joined the Alliance to restore the Republic and his greatest feat was to destroy the first Death Star. He was also responsible for influencing Darth Vader, the Sith Lord (who was his father), into helping him and killing Emperor Palpatine, initiating the way for the fall of the Galactic Empire and the formation of the New Republic. He was later promoted to general, though he left the army to become an influential member of the New Republic and a prominent Jedi Master.
This gorgeous costume includes a Luke Skywalker beige tunic, a brown belt and trousers with boot covers attached.
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Federal Justice department to slash $52.2M in legal services work for governments
'Two waves' of reforms that will eliminate jobs, change the working relationship with client departments and improve efficiency, the federal Justice department says
Postmedia News
The federal Justice department is taking steps to cut $52.2 million worth of legal services it provides government over the next three years with "two waves" of reforms that will eliminate jobs, change the working relationship with client departments and, it hopes, improve efficiency.
The department, often called Canada's largest law firm, is introducing several changes following a year-long review.
In the first wave, the changes will eliminate the positions of 65 lawyers and 15 management jobs by 2017, which the department believes can be done by attrition rather than layoffs. According to a memo circulated to staff, a key area for reform is "re-defining" Justice's relationship with client departments "to strike the right balance between supply and demand of legal services."
Many Justice department lawyers are "embedded" or work on-site in other departments and agencies as legal counsel. They also draft legislation and regulations, and represent the government in court. "We're confident these changes will put Justice on a sustainable path for the future," said the memo from assistant deputy minister Marie-Josée Thivierge. "These changes reflect the government's commitment to delivering better public services — while reaching a zero deficit target for 2015 — as well as the changing nature of the legal industry in Canada and internationally."
A key goal is to reduce overall demand for legal services. The department will do that by focusing on services "where Justice brings its highest value and on better aligning resources with complexity, risk and priorities."
The Association of Justice Counsel, which represents nearly 2,100 of the 2,600 lawyers in government, said its big concern is more work being piled on lawyers. Len MacKay, the union's newly elected president, said that, coming off years of cuts, the workforce is already stressed, and more reductions will be a blow to morale. The cuts are on top of the nearly 100 legal positions eliminated since 2012.
The review calls for more consolidation and streamlining of units, such as the Major Projects Management Office, which is responsible for managing federal environmental and regulatory reviews of natural resource projects across the Canada that could be worth billions. The review suggests assigning lead counsel to each of the major projects and reducing the total number of lawyers involved in the various resource development initiatives.
Other measures include saving on space by creating "virtual libraries" and centralizing legal research services. The department appears to be planning a "second phase" of reforms but these are not tied to savings targets. The reforms include a "sustainable" funding regime for legal services; using more mechanisms to prevent and resolve disputes; and improvements to "litigation disclosure standards."
A new deputy ministers' committee — the Strategic Legal Issues Management Committee — will oversee the rollout. The department was unable to provide more details. The memo noted, however, that discussions with client departments are still underway because the targeted $52 million savings is a "shared responsibility."
The government has faced a steady increase in legal services costs over the years. A 2007 auditor general's report found the complexity and volume of litigation increased, along with legislation and legal advice to departments, since the 1982 Charter of Rights. More recently, the Conservative government has come under fire for major increases in legal fees for outside law firms.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including an Egyptian scarab beetle and a singing bird box
With estimates from £250-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Gabriel Berner
This ancient Egyptian scarab beetle mounted in a modern winged gold brooch is estimated at £250-450 in a sale of antiquities and tribal art at Chiswick Auctions on April 9.
1. An Egyptian scarab beetle
Mounted in a modern winged gold brooch, this ancient Egyptian scarab beetle has been dated to the Middle Kingdom and late Second Intermediate Period (c.1950-1600BC). The property of an English collector acquired prior to 1968, it is estimated at £250-450 in a sale of antiquities and tribal art at Chiswick Auctions on April 9. View the lot on thesaleroom.com.
2. Concorde documents
The meticulous set of Concorde notes pictured here, made by Assistant Chief Test Pilot Peter P Baker, is estimated at £1000-1500 at Special Auction Services on April 9.
Also tomorrow is Special Auction Services' sale of documentation relating to the supersonic airliner Concorde. The seven lots – discovered in a box of paperwork – include flight manuals, crew manuals, pilots' handbooks and checklists for the British Concorde 01 and a flight manual for French Concorde 02.
This meticulous set of notes, containing 92 printed schematic and diagramatic pages with detailed hand-written training annotations, were made by Assistant Chief Test Pilot Peter P Baker and are estimated at £1000-1500.
Captain Baker was part of Concorde's crew on her momentous first flight from Filton to Fairford and he was instrumental in the flight testing and crew training before the aircraft entered service in 1976. View the April 9 auction in Newbury via thesaleroom.com.
3. An Isherwood picture
St Ives Harbour by James Lawrence Isherwood, dated c.1964, is estimated at £500-700 in Silverwoods' auction on April 10.
A private collection of 17 pictures by James Lawrence Isherwood (1917-89) – the prolific Wigan-born painter who produced thousands of Impressionist-style pictures – has emerged from a deceased estate and will be offered at Lancashire saleroom Silverwoods on April 10.
Assembled during the 1960s-70s, the group contains mainly unframed oil on boards depicting both rural landscapes and city scenes from across England and Wales.
St Ives Harbour, dated c.1964 and measuring 3ft x 2ft 7in (91 x 80cm), is estimated at £500-700. The lot can be viewed on thesaleroom.com.
4. A singing bird box
A Bontems singing bird box estimated at £3000-5000 in the sale of jewellery, silver and watches at Cheffins on April 11.
This singing bird box is estimated at £3000-5000 in the sale of jewellery, silver and watches at Cheffins of Cambridge on April 11.
The French firm Maison Bontems – regarded as 'the father of the modern singing bird boxes' – is the likely maker of this late 19th century automaton.
Presented in the original velvet and silk lined fitted case complete with winding key, the c.1890 box is believed to be model number 11: the most popular of Bontems' range of singing boxes.
Bontems revolutionised the singing bird box, simplifying the movement and making improvements to the quality and realism of the bird song. The company exhibited in several worldwide universal expositions and fairs where it was awarded a total of 43 medals and supplied a number of royal households throughout the world.
The lot can be viewed on thesaleroom.com.
5. A Sicilian landscape
This 19th century view of the Bay of Palermo by the Sicilian landscapist Francesco Lojacono is estimated at £20,000-30,000 at Lawrences' forthcoming Spring Fine Art auction in Crewkerne.
Among the highlights of Lawrences' forthcoming Spring Fine Art auction is this 19th century view of the Bay of Palermo by the Sicilian landscapist Francesco Lojacono (1838-1915).
The signed 19in x 2ft 6in (48.5 x 75.5cm) oil on canvas has passed by descent from Hugo Schwab, an Austrian art collector who established himself in Britain after the Second World War as a businessman involved in the development of metal coat hangers. It is estimated at £20,000-30,000 at the April 12 sale in Crewkerne. The lot can be viewed on thesaleroom.com.
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Первый российский император Пётр Великий стал объектом благоговейного культа в основанных им городе Санкт-Петербурге и Российской империи. Восхваление Петра, человека в частной жизни весьма неприхотливого, началось практически сразу после его смерти и продолжалось вне зависимости от смены политических режимов в России. Имя Петра получили города Петроград, Петродворец, Петрокрепость, Петрозаводск; в честь него также названы крупные географические объекты — остров Петра I и залив Петра Великого.

Петровские места

С жизнью и деятельностью Петра связаны, в первую очередь, следующие места:

 Летний дворец Петра I
 Зимний дворец Петра I
 Петропавловская крепость
 Петергоф
 Кронштадт
 Стрельна
 Кадриорг (Таллин, б. Ревель)
 Дворец Петра I (Рига)

В память о морском сражении со шведами («при Калинкиной») император велел заложить пригородные дворцы:
 Подзорный дворец (для Петра I),
 Анненгоф (для Анны Петровны),
 Екатерингофский дворец (для Екатерины I).

До конца XX века на Каменном острове сохранялся дуб, по преданию посаженный лично Петром. На месте его последнего подвига у Лахты тоже находилась сосна с памятной надписью. Теперь на её месте высажена новая.

Памятники

Первый памятник Петру велела воздвигнуть Екатерина II, не связанная с ним узами кровного родства, но претендовавшая на идеологическое правопреемство. Это самый известный памятник Петру — Медный всадник на берегу Невы в Петербурге (скульптор Фальконе). Изготовление и возведение технически сложного монумента заняло более 10 лет.

Скульптура Петра работы Б. К. Растрелли была создана ранее Медного всадника, но установлена перед Михайловским замком позднее.

Колоссальный по размерам памятник Петру (самый большой из всех) был установлен в 1997 году в Москве на Москве-реке, скульптор Зураб Церетели.

Обо всех прочих памятниках см. статью Памятники Петру I.

Улицы, проспекты, площади и парки
Именем Петра названы города Петрозаводск и Петродворец.

Площади
 Площадь Петра I в Астрахани
 Петровская площадь в Выборге
 Площадь Петра Великого в Липецке
 Площадь Петра Первого в Махачкале

Улицы и проспекты
Czaar Peterstraat в Амстердамe, в районе Amsterdam-Centrum
 Улица Петра Великого во Владивостоке
 Петровская улица в Воронеже
 Петровская улица в Выборге
 Улица Петра Первого в Гагарине
 Улица Петра Великого в Губкине
 Улица Петра 1 в Дербенте
 Czar Street в Лондоне, в районе Дептфорд
 Проспект Петра Первого в Махачкале
 Rue Pierre-le-Grand в VIII округе Парижа
 Улица Петра Великого в Сосновом Бору
 Петровская улица в Таганроге

Набережные
 Петровская набережная в Воронеже
 Петровская набережная в Выборге
 Набережная Петра Великого в Калининграде
 Петровская набережная в Санкт-Петербурге
 Петровская набережная в Сестрорецке

Парки, сады, бульвары и скверы
 Петровский парк в Выборге
 Петровский бульвар в Мурино
 Петровский сквер в Петрозаводске
 Петровский сад в Петрозаводске
 Сквер Петра I в  Саратове

Учебные учреждения
 Военная академия РВСН имени Петра Великого в Балашихе
 Воронежский государственный аграрный университет имени императора Петра I
 Московский городской детский морской центр имени Петра Великого
 Первая Европейская гимназия Петра Великого в Нагорном
 Петровский колледж в Санкт-Петербурге
 Санкт-Петербургский политехнический университет Петра Великого
 Морской корпус Петра Великого — Санкт-Петербургский военно-морской институт

Медицинские учреждения
 Больница Петра Великого в Санкт-Петербурге

Аэропорты
 В 2019 году имя Петра I присвоено международному аэропорту Воронеж.

Корабли
 Именем Петра Великого назван самый большой в мире действующий неавианесущий ударный боевой корабль — тяжёлый атомный ракетный крейсер «Пётр Великий», входящий в состав Северного флота России.

Музеи
 Музей антропологии и этнографии имени Петра Великого Российской академии наук

Премии и медали
 Премия имени императора Петра Великого «за лучшие учебные руководства и пособия для средних и низших учебных заведений и за книги для народного чтения» — учреждена в память 200-летия со дня рождения Петра I в 1873 году.
 Национальная общественная премия имени Петра Великого — учреждена в 1999 году Фондом «Лучшие менеджеры» (с 2005 года НП «Содружество менеджеров новой эпохи») как высшая общественная награда Российской Федерации в сфере управления.
 Премия Правительства Российской Федерации имени Петра Великого — Учреждена 26.08.2020 в связи с предстоящим 350-летием со дня рождения Петра Великого (в 2022 г.). Премия будет присуждаться один раз в пять лет начиная с 2022 года за укрепление России (в экономике, науке, просвещении, транспорте, правовом обеспечении…) и её международного авторитета. Учреждение Премии приурочено к 350-летию со дня рождения императора, которое будет отмечаться в 2022 году.
Меда́ль «300 лет Росси́йскому фло́ту» — юбилейная медаль Российской Федерации учреждённая Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 10 февраля 1996 года № 176.
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Художественный образ Петра

В литературе

 Михаил Ломоносов: «Пётр Великий (Петриада)» — неоконченная эпическая поэма.
 Александр Пушкин: поэмы «Полтава» и «Медный всадник», роман «Арап Петра Великого».
 Пётр Фурман: «Саардамский плотник» — повесть для детей (1849).
 Дмитрий Мережковский: трилогия «Христос и Антихрист», роман «Пётр и Алексей».
 Юрий Тынянов: «Восковая персона» — повесть, описывает последние дни жизни Петра I, ярко характеризует эпоху и ближайшее окружение императора.
 Александр Волков: «Два брата» — повесть, описывает жизнь различных слоёв общества при Петре и отношение Петра к ним.
 Алексей Николаевич Толстой: роман «Пётр Первый» (1945).
 Юрий Герман: роман «Россия молодая»  (1952)
 Борис Чичибабин: «Проклятие Петру» (1972)
 Фридрих Горенштейн: «Царь Пётр и Алексей» (драма).
 Даниил Гранин: «Вечера с Петром Великим» (2003)
 Анатолий Брусникин: «Девятный Спас» — историко-приключенческий роман (2007)

В кино

В мультипликации
 «Шут Балакирев»
 «Пётр и Петруша» (цикл «Гора Самоцветов»)

В музыке
 «Пётр Великий» (Pierre le Grand, 1790) — опера Андре Гретри
 «Юность Петра Великого» (Das Petermännchen, 1794) — опера Йозефа Вайгля
 «Царь-плотник, или Достоинство женщины» (1814) — зингшпиль К. А. Лихтенштейна
 «Пётр Великий, царь русский, или Ливонский плотник» (Pietro il Grande zar di tutte le Russie or Il falegname di Livonia, 1819) — опера Гаэтано Доницетти
 «Саардамский бургомистр» (Il borgomastro di Saardam, 1827) — опера Гаэтано Доницетти
 «Царь и плотник» (Zar und Zimmermann, 1837) — оперетта Альберта Лорцинга
 «Северная звезда» (L'étoile du nord, 1854) — опера Джакомо Мейербера
 «Табачный капитан» (1942) — оперетта В. В. Щербачёва
 «Пётр I» (1975) — опера Андрея Петрова

В 1937-38 гг. Михаил Булгаков и Борис Асафьев работали над либретто оперы «Пётр Великий», которая так и осталась нереализованным проектом (либретто опубликовано в 1988 году).

В комиксах
В 1992 году вышел комикс сценариста Б. Караджева и художника И. Вышинского «Пётр Великий», в котором используется стиль гравюр петровских времён и произведений «мирискусников».

На деньгах

В 2022 году Республика Чад выпустила в обращение памятную монету номиналом 350 франков КФА «350-летие со дня рождения Петра I».

На марках и конвертах

В 2011 году к 425-летию Воронежа Почта России выпустила конверт с изображением памятника Петру I в Петровском сквере.

Примечания

Пётр I

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The best part of the anime is its execution of heists and the way the disparate players come together and make their powers work in the concert needs an applaud for sure. The dynamic action in the anime is incredible. The Super Crooks is a seamless melding of two genres having all the expected aspects from each of them. So, what are you waiting for? Just go and binge-watch this amazing anime of the year!
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Terry Todd was an academic, journalist, champion lifter, coach, sport promoter, founder of the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at the University of Texas at Austin, and founder and director of the Arnold Strongman Classic. He died in July 2018. Jan was a pioneer in her own right. Jan made significant contributions to the early development of women's powerlifting — writing the first draft of its rules, serving as head of both the American and International Women's Committees—and twice serving as national coach. She was also twice chosen as coach of the USPF men's team — making her the first woman to coach a men's team at a world championships in any strength sport. In 1978, Jan also became the first woman to lift the famous Dinnie Stones in Scotland — a feat no other woman would master for 40 years. She remains the co-director of the Arnold Strongman Classic.
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Q: torch backward through gModule I have a graph as follows, where the input x has two paths to reach y. They are combined with a gModule that uses cMulTable. Now if I do gModule:backward(x,y), I get a table of two values. Do they correspond to the error derivative derived from the two paths?

But since path2 contains other nn layers, I suppose I need to derive the derivates in this path in a stepwise fashion. But why did I get a table of two values for dy/dx?
To make things clearer, code to test this is as follows:
input1 = nn.Identity()()
input2 = nn.Identity()()
score = nn.CAddTable()({nn.Linear(3, 5)(input1),nn.Linear(3, 5)(input2)})
g = nn.gModule({input1, input2}, {score})  #gModule

mlp = nn.Linear(3,3) #path2 layer

x = torch.rand(3,3)
x_p = mlp:forward(x)
result = g:forward({x,x_p})
error = torch.rand(result:size())
gradient1 = g:backward(x, error)  #this is a table of 2 tensors
gradient2 = g:backward(x_p, error)  #this is also  a table of 2 tensors

So what is wrong with my steps?
P.S, perhaps I have found out the reason because g:backward({x,x_p}, error) results in the same table. So I guess the two values stand for dy/dx and dy/dx_p respectively.

A: I think you simply made a mistake constructing your gModule. gradInput of every nn.Module has to have exactly the same structure as its input - that is the way backprop works.
Here's an example how to create a module like yours using nngraph:
require 'torch'
require 'nn'
require 'nngraph'

function CreateModule(input_size)
    local input = nn.Identity()()   -- network input

    local nn_module_1 = nn.Linear(input_size, 100)(input)
    local nn_module_2 = nn.Linear(100, input_size)(nn_module_1)

    local output = nn.CMulTable()({input, nn_module_2})

    -- pack a graph into a convenient module with standard API (:forward(), :backward())
    return nn.gModule({input}, {output})
end

input = torch.rand(30)

my_module = CreateModule(input:size(1))

output = my_module:forward(input)
criterion_err = torch.rand(output:size())

gradInput = my_module:backward(input, criterion_err)
print(gradInput)

UPDATE
As I said, gradInput of every nn.Module has to have exactly the same structure as its input. So, if you define your module as nn.gModule({input1, input2}, {score}), your gradOutput (the result of the backward pass) will be a table of gradients w.r.t. input1 and input2 which in your case are x and x_p.
The only question remains: why on Earth don't you get an error when call:
gradient1 = g:backward(x, error)
gradient2 = g:backward(x_p, error)

An exception must be raised because the first argument must be not a tensor but a table of two tensors. Well, most (perhaps all) of torch modules during calculating :backward(input, gradOutput) don't use input argument (they usually store a copy of input from the last :forward(input) call). In fact, this argument is so useless that modules don't even bother themselves to verify it.


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That's what I call tangible innovation. Tangible innovation gets beyond the buzzword and looks at what really can keep a company competitive in its markets. Every company says they want it, but the bad news is most companies are not structured organizationally to deliver tangible innovation.
The organizational structure of the typical company hasn't changed in decades. The standard hierarchical and siloed structures tend to hinder innovation and re-evaluation of business models. Innovation ownership itself is a challenge. When it comes to the topic of innovation, organizational units claim their ownership stake.
However, when it comes to accountability for innovation, few claims are laid. Innovation is no longer a single organizational unit's problem, it is a company problem and companies need to embrace delivering on innovation in ways that transcend ownership and organizational structure. When they do, they will be better able to make innovation tangible and deliver results to their stakeholders.
Take a look at the Chief Information Officer organization. The role of CIO has changed over time, but it hasn't changed fast enough to meet the demands of today. The role of the CIO rose in prominence and prestige during the first information age, during which technological innovation was focused on systems of record. Technological innovation was focused on differentiating and optimizing business processes for competitive advantage. There was a lot of investment in the infrastructure and internal systems.
Usually internal audiences inside companies have no appreciation for what it takes for IT to merely keep the lights on. Most CIOs find the largest proportion of their budgets and resources are consumed by the cost of simply maintaining ongoing operations. This doesn't imply it is a simple task. In fact, it is complex and time consuming to continue to evolve security, perform upgrades and the like, while at the same time looking to consolidate, modernize and reduce cost in the hopes that budget dollars can be freed up to support the growing demand for IT to support innovation.
While IT budgets have remained flat to down over the past ten years, the demand from the business is growing at a rate that simply cannot be matched. The rate of technological development and the pace of innovation today are far outpacing IT's ability to execute. So today's CIO is in a quandary.
They are responsible for supporting the on-going revenue producing activities of the company, thereby short-changing the evaluation and investment portion of the classic CIO role. The most pressing need today is supporting new revenue generating initiatives through innovation, driving tangible results for the company.
When you look at the demand backlog for the CIO office, the past would have seen a long list of systems of record requirements. Today, that list overflows with systems of engagement requirements largely dependent on innovation.
The tangible innovation demand on the CIO today is for building new systems, leveraging modern and emerging technologies and service models to engage customers in new ways. This engagement delivers revenues that will not only complement the revenues supported by the existing infrastructures, but likely at some point on the future replace those old revenues. Essentially the CIO is being asked to drive innovative new product development.
Unfortunately that's not feasible for most of the reasons aforementioned. And for those organizations that can execute on the demand for tangible innovation, the timeframes for time-to-revenue are unacceptable. Most organizations do not know how to operate like software companies, but that is what CIO's are being asked to become.
In order to succeed, CIO's need help today, from both internal and external ecosystems. Companies today need proven partners who can help them articulate a strategy for tangible innovation that is disciplined, rapid, iterative and scalable. The outcomes of such an approach are optimized or entirely new revenue generating and competitive products getting to market in the shortest amount of time possible.
Whether most companies realize it or not, they have become software companies. But they don't see themselves as software companies, and they are not organized like software companies. They have processes and systems that get in the way of realizing tangible innovation in a game changing timeframe.
We're living in disruptive times of business change. The challenge today is as much one of vision as it is technology. Based on my experience, only 25-30 percent of companies truly understand the necessity to in part operate like a software company.
The 70-75 percent of companies that don't understand this risk getting left behind, losing competitiveness and market share. They will struggle to grow their businesses in the face of rapidly executing new market entrants.
Interesting post, Tony. I agree that the CIO organization needs to start thinking more externally because otherwise the business will suffer as a result. To succeed in a world where new technologies can disrupt businesses in the blink of an eye, it is imperative to rapidly innovate and deliver products to market that meet customer's growing expectations.


Denise Richards, the Hollywood star of many movies including The World is Not Enough and the recent Madea's Witness Protection, hosted a charitable event for the Kidney Cancer Association (KCA). The private event included family members, friends, and winners of a cancer survivors video contest through the KCA.
Denise worked with ShoeDazzle to create a new slingback pump to raise money for the Kidney Cancer Association during the lunch event. The footwear was titled 'Eloise' after Denise's daughter. All proceeds from the 'Eloise' sales went to the KCA. The sold out footwear line raised $12,968 for the Kidney Cancer Association!
Richards has been an invaluable asset to the Kidney Cancer Association. After losing her mother to the disease, she has dedicated a good portion of her time to raising awareness and helping the KCA.
A Vancouver couple has anonymously donated $30 million to help reopen heritage home Taylor Manor as a housing facility for the homeless in the city.
The donation will completely underwrite the $900,000 annual cost of operating Taylor Manor, which was built in 1915 to serve as a care home for low-income seniors.
The City of Vancouver also plans to spend $10 million of public money renovating the mansion, which will house 56 people with mental illness.
Judy Graves, coordinator of the City's Tenant Assistance Program, says philanthropy is a wonderful thing.
"It sees the pain and it sees the suffering and is able to give what is really needed. It gives out of love, passionate love. People who have had nothing for many years will be getting great nutrition and great medical care," she said.
The building on Boundary Road was renamed Taylor Manor in 1946 to honour eight-term Vancouver mayor Louis D. Taylor, who died in poverty at age 89.
The complex then served as a long-term care facility until 2000, when the residents moved to the neighbouring Adanac Park Lodge operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.
Once renovations are complete, the home is expected to reopen in 2014 and will be operated by the Kettle Friendship Society.
Other contributors to the project include VanCity Credit Union and the Streetohome Foundation.
"Couple Donates $30 Million For Vancouver Homeless". Huffington Post. 29 June 2012. Web.


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Atlas:Empire – The Stratosphere Beneath Our Feet
December 5, 2018 Published by: Yannick
When you go to a smaller show, you're almost always confronted with a local support band and that can be a hit or miss thing. I've had to endure my fair share of terrible opening acts over the years, but I've also had some extremely pleasant surprises and discovered some amazing bands that I would, probably, have never come across otherwise. Luckily, today's review is about the latter kind, because Atlas:Empire's upcoming debut full length The Stratosphere Beneath Our Feet is a strong first step!
The quartet plays technical post-hardcore that relies heavily on the atmosphere that is constantly being built and kept throughout the entire ride. To achieve this they use two main principles: don't overplay, but instead serve the song and don't worry about the duration of the track, as long as it works in its favor. Needless to say that the approach is successful, since there's never a dull moment during these fifty-nine minutes.
Please don't get me wrong though: not overplaying an instrument doesn't mean that there's no substance to sink your teeth into. There are plenty of memorable riffs and bass lines that complement the drumming perfectly, and a host of details that might strike you for the first time after your umpteenth playthrough.
The instrumental side alone of the Scots would be enough to create the trance-like state that the ten songs put you in, but the vocals add another layer that is guaranteed to draw you in even further. They take up the, in my opinion, perfect amount of space, around a quarter, of the album and due to their heartfelt performance, they are the cherry on a truly delicious cake.
All in all, The Stratosphere Beneath Our Feet is a record well worth your time and I am hopeful that it will put Atlas:Empire on the map when it releases on December 8th. If you want to find out more, head to the band's Facebook page and make sure to check out the video below. Last but not least, if you get the chance to see these guys live, do yourself a favor and go!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueSp6DFIJ4Q]
Club Silencio – I
September 21, 2018 Published by: Yannick
One of the main reasons El Gore was brought to life for, was to support the local music scene, a concept that I loved when I joined and I still do my best to review a majority of the national metal and rock releases to this day. However, every now and then I don't think that a review is necessary or makes much sense to begin with. Today is one of those times, so I'd rather just write a few lines about why you should give Club Silencio's debut album I a thorough listen and hopefully it'll whet your appetite enough to click on the Play button below!
The ten songs are all written and performed by a mysterious trio, and they are definitely the most experimental music I've heard this year thus far. Basically: there are no rules when it comes to the studio-only project, which means that you can find all sorts of influences of bands from virtually every spectrum of the heavier, and at times also softer, side of music.
Also, the project is purely instrumental, so there's no need to worry about you maybe hating the vocals since there are none. But that leaves more room for shredding, of which there is a metric fuckton during these forty-two minutes.
This is all for now, just do yourself a favor and push Play below. You won't regret it. And throw them a like on Facebook if you want. NO HAY BANDA!
I by CLUB SILENCIO
Tilian – The Skeptic
Good pop music is very hard to come by, in my humble opinion, and every time I do stumble upon an artist, or even just a record, that peeks my interest I savor my new discovery as much as possible. Because, like it or not, pop music is very accessible music and every now and then that is just what you need. Today's review isn't about a new discovery, per se, since I've been aware of Tilian's solo career for quite a while, but The Skeptic marks his third record under his own name and it might just be my favorite. Continue reading if you want to find out why I think so!
What sets Tilian's music apart from the typical run-off-the-mill pop that you hear on the radio, is the fact that it's not only written and performed by him, except the drums, but it also holds intelligent and meaningful lyrics. However, that doesn't mean that they are necessarily overcomplicated and without a hook; on the contrary: on each and every one of these ten songs, I sang, or at least hummed, along to the chorus the second time it came around.
Instrumentally speaking, I would say that it moves in a similar hemisphere as its predecessors, meaning that it ranges from synth pop, over "soft post-hardcore", to something close to dubstep. The latter is featured on the song Drunken Conversations, and it's honestly the only song on The Skeptic about which I don't know how to feel: while the lyrics have a lot of gravitas, I simply can't warm up to the beat or the electronic-sounding vocals in certain parts.
Going back to the lyrics, and also the overall feel of these thirty-seven minutes, there is definitely another thing I dig about Tilian's style: each song has a happy-sad note to it, be it in the form of actually sad lyrics over a happy melody, or serious topics sung about in a self-ironic tone that almost makes them seem light-hearted. While this is his trademark writing style, it is elevated to a new level by his, in my opinion, strongest performance on his solo material to date. Right Side would be my go-to track if I had to pinpoint a highlight of his vocal prowess.
To sum things up, I can definitely recommend giving The Skeptic a thorough listen on September 28th, even if you're not necessarily into pop music, because I have no doubt that Tilian will continue to impress non-believers. You can get an idea by checking out his Facebook page and especially by watching the video below…while trying not to go on a feels trip.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1e6C6mYVR4]
Hail The Sun – Mental Knife
Today, I have the pleasure of writing about a record that will undoubtedly end up at the very front of my annual top ten. A mere two years after their last highly acclaimed full-length, Culture Scars, Hail The Sun are about to unleash a fresh one on the world, entitled Mental Knife. I was fortunate enough to get early access, and I am not lying when I'm saying that I've jammed it non-stop ever since.
If you are not familiar with the quartet, let me preface this by saying that they play fairly technical, yet accessible, post-hardcore and are well known for their erratic and hectic live performances where the vocalist also, for some songs, plays the drums. I actually had the opportunity to catch them open for Silverstein in the UK last December, and they have pretty much become my new benchmark of what a performance should be like. Anyway, onto the important: the new record!
While the predecessor was slightly less chaotic and heavy, this new one is a lot more like the Secret Wars EP the band released in November, which itself was a mix of CS and Wake, their arguably most celebrated record amongst fans. Mental Knife expands further upon the concept and does everything better, in my opinion: the melodies are way catchier and more diverse, and the heavy parts really smack you in the face so hard that you need a minute to recuperate. A stellar example of both worlds can be found on the track Arcane Justice, which is not only a masterpiece from an instrumental point of view, but also attacks the topic of sexual abuse, unless I'm completely misinterpreting the lyrics.
While I'm at it, I would be at fault if I didn't point out the importance and beauty of the lyrics on Mental Knife, or rather of HTS' lyrics in general. A lot of often tabu or difficult topics find their place amongst these eleven tracks and are treated in a very poetic fashion. One recurring theme for example is addiction and the recovery, and the associated challenges, from it. One quality that I love especially about Hail The Sun's sound, is also present on these forty minutes: every track has a dreamy undertone to it, and transports you straight into the world that the band has created for their listeners. Maybe that's just me though.
In closing, I had no doubt that the fourth full-length would be a great album, but I was definitely not prepared for this banger! So, do yourself a favor and give the song below a listen and if you like what you hear, head over to the band's Facebook page to keep up to date with the release of Mental Knife on September 28th! Long live swancore!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2SczshdOGE]
Ghost Spirit/Frail Hands – Split 12″ LP
August 15, 2018 Published by: Yannick
Today, I'm delighted to write about a genre I've never reviewed, or spent a lot of time listening to: screamo! While some bands I enjoy come close to it, I wouldn't consider any of them to be a good representation of the genre. Well, except for Ghost Spirit who I discovered through them being signed to my favorite record label, Blue Swan Records. Their self-titled debut never really left my playlist and I was delighted, but also intrigued, when they announced that they had partnered up with Frail Hands, a band unbeknownst to me, for a Split 12" LP to be released on August 24th. I was fortunate enough to get early access to a copy and I'm going to do my best to get you interested in it!
First off: the LP counts twelve songs altogether, six per side and per band, that amount to "only" twenty-six minutes of total playtime. Not knowing much about the genre, other than GS' debut, I was slightly taken aback…but after my first listen-through I understood exactly why: the level of intensity is at a constant high and, what I like best, there is no fluff at all; every string plucked, every skin hit and every note screamed has its necessity and place. I'll briefly dedicate a paragraph to each band, so you can get a better idea, starting with Ghost Spirit.
The quartet gets the longer playtime, with sixteen minutes, and employs it really well to showcase its different sides: while the majority of the songs is made up of screamed vocals, there's also quite a few passages of clean vocals, which add an extra layer of depth to the music. Apart from that, the instrumentation generally has a melancholic and almost depressive quality to it, but every now and then it is pierced by cathartic outbursts that interplay perfectly with the lyrics. Notably the closer is a very good example of that layering and what great atmosphere Ghost Spirit can achieve in their songs.
I need to honest here: on my first couple of listens I had a really hard time getting into Frail Hands' part of the LP, because the vocals were recorded and the way they were almost drowned in the mix really made no sense to me. Since their half clocks in at only ten minutes, I "suffered" through it every time I listened to the record, and it must have been around the sixth or seventh playthrough that it clicked and the pieces fell into place, for me, which resulted in me really digging their approach. If I had to describe it, I would say that it's rawer and more straight-forward music, but the minor details, especially in the guitar riffs, elevate it from just noise to beautiful compositions.
All in all, this 12" LP gave me everything I wanted and then some: it pushed just the right buttons in the first half, and introduced me to a brilliant "new" band in the second half. If you dig this record, I can strongly recommend checking out the self-titled debut records of both bands! Until then, take this as your introduction to real screamo and discover this genre so full of potential! Be sure to visit Ghost Spirit's and Frail Hands' Facebook pages for more info and listen to, so far, a third of all the songs below.
Ghost Spirit / Frail Hands Split by Ghost Spirit & Frail Hands
Orchards – Losers/Lovers
July 4, 2018 Published by: Yannick
Public service announcement: simplicity is underrated and I have a feeling that many musicians these days try to write complex music, for complexity's sake. While I am a sucker for technically demanding and outside-of-the-box music, I also love putting on a record and being familiar with it after my first listen; or at least feeling that way. Orchard's have managed to achieve just that, because their debut EP Losers/Lovers is a pure joy to listen to on repeat.
If I had to describe their sound in two words I'd call it authentic pop: the quartet's songs could be straight off a pop radio station, because of their catchiness and recognizability, but the fact that everything is actually played by hand, instead of coming out of a machine, gives them a lot more credibility.
While I did call the Brightonians' music simple, by no means was I implying that it was primitive, because the instrumentation and arrangement of the eight songs are all top notch. A clearly audible and groovy bassline is omnipresent and accompanies the driving drum tracks, while the effect-heavy guitar plays dreamy riffs that all pack a punch and will be stuck in your head after the first go. Yet, no song is ever overcrowded and you can clearly discern everything that is going on, allowing you to absorb them in their entirety.
Orchards do have another secret weapon though: harmonies and canon singing! The singer does a fantastic of reeling you in with her lyrics and her performance can be truly felt throughout the twenty-eight minutes. The cherry on top is the additional vocals, in select passages, by the guitarist that are either sung in perfect unison or slightly delayed depending on the various songs. This small detail lends the ensemble a whole new layer of depth and, having seen the band recently, I can tell you that they deliver that incredible power in a live setting as well!
For now, Orchards are a fairly small band still, but I can without a doubt say that they will be gaining momentum with this release and I hope that they will go far. So make sure to jump on the train of good music early and check out Losers/Lovers when it's release this Friday, July 6th! You can get a first impressions in the video below and by checking the band's Facebook page!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpF-XDXRwDw]
Maypine – Bend/Break
Story time! Last year in December I flew to Brighton to see Hail The Sun open for Silverstein, and at that gig I got to witness today's band play the opening slot. I got talking to them about a possible future release and, seven months later, here we are! Maypine are a fairly new band and their second release, Bend/Break, is just about to be released on Friday! Let's dig in, shall we?
The quintet plays alternative rock, with a hint of post-hardcore for good measure, and manages to capture the essence and atmosphere of the genre quite well. While the drums are fairly straight-forward, they are in constant interplay with the bass, and provide a perfect backdrop for the two guitars to build the slightly melancholic, yet hopeful, feel of the Brits' sound.
The singer delivers a solid performance with a respectable range, but at times I felt that the vocals lacked a bit more diversity. While I do believe that I heard female backing vocals every now and then, I found them to be a little too low, or buried, in the mix. The fact that the singer has quite a good ear for vocal melodies that complement the songs, makes up for most of that, though.
Despite not reinventing the wheel, the fourteen minutes feature well-written songs that are memorable enough to keep your ears glued to the speakers. So, by all means, give Bend/Break a listen over on the website of Pure Grain Audio, or check out their music video below to get a first impression. Last but not least, head on over to the band's Facebook page and show them some love!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVyjJe07eQg]
Astpai – True Capacity
June 20, 2018 Published by: Yannick
Ever heard of the AC/DC-Syndrome? No? Perhaps it's just something I invented but let me explain it real quick: AC/DC have released a ton of albums throughout their career, and in my opinion they don't vary a lot, yet they are always a good listen. Which shows that great music doesn't always need to reinvent itself every few years, especially when the musicians played it found their "voice" and know how to use it to perfection. There are, of course, a lot of other bands, or artists, that are the same, but today I want to talk about a particular one: Astpai! The Austrians are about to release their fifth full-length, True Capacity, and I want to tell you a little bit about it!
To pick up what I said in the intro, I'll just cut straight to the chase and say that the successor to 2014's Burden Calls is very similar in most ways: half an hour of solid punk rock that is filled with passion and emotion. The quartet has just found its niche in the melodic aspect of pop punk and the raw part of (soft) melodic hardcore, which really works well for them.
As was the case with the predecessor, the ten songs all contain personal and meaningful lyrics, that also have a sing-along quality to them most of the time. There are two stand-out songs because they represent two polar opposites of the band's sound spectrum: Feel Your Pain is a beautiful love song that features a really poetic lines, and True Capacity which only features screams and is akin to the band's debut record, that was a lot heavier.
I'm going to keep this review fairly short, mostly because the band have done their fans a favor and made the record available for streaming over on the website of Visions and I believe that you can get more out of actually listening to this fun record instead of reading my ramblings. If, however, you want to get an idea what you're in for, please give the music video below a chance and visit the band's Facebook page!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rSHwtBi23c]
Dance Gavin Dance – Artificial Selection
June 6, 2018 Published by: Yannick
How do I even begin this review? Ever since re-discovering today's band in 2013, my musical taste and horizon has widened to lengths that I would have never imagined, I've overcome personal limitations, partially, due to their music, and I don't think that I've ever enjoyed listening and really getting into music more in all the years prior to today. Basically: Dance Gavin Dance changed my life drastically and you can imagine my excitement when I got the chance to listen to their eighth full-length, Artificial Selection, ahead of its release this Friday, June 8th. So let's dig in!
First off, some facts for the uninitiated: DGD is, or rather was, known for frequent member changes, especially when it came to clean vocalists, ever since their inception in 2006 and with the release of their 2013 record, Acceptance Speech, they had reached clean vocalist number three: Tilian Pearson, previously of Tides Of Man. However, the band had struck gold, and started gaining a lot of traction with the follow-up Instant Gratification barely a year and a half later. The success was apparent when they followed that one up a bit more than a year later by their, arguably, best received album to date: Mothership. It comes as no surprise that expectations were extremely high when the quintet announced their fourth record in a row with no major line-up changes and to take the suspense ahead of time: they delivered on every level.
Full disclosure: I am probably the least unbiased person you can come across when it comes to Dance Gavin Dance, but hear me out here.
Artificial Selection is, in my opinion, the band's most accessible record while at the same time featuring some of the most hard-hitting songs that will even blow long-time fans away. During the fifty-two minutes, technically the band's longest record, there is not a single filler song and every track has enough individual highlights, be it in the instrumental or the vocal department, to make fast forwarding a sin. While the vast majority of ArSe is post-hardcore, the band also adds elements of genres that they've never truly dabbled in, like pop-punk on Story Of My Bros, and manages to incorporate even more pop-sounding elements without ever losing their edge.
While the guitar work has always been stellar on every DGD release, I feel like the bass guitar and the drums definitely steal the show this time around. Among these fourteen songs are, I would say, some of the best bass lines in not-so-recent memory that stand out so well, largely due to the really on-point mixing job, and mesh perfectly with the drums.
It is no secret that the "who is the best vocalist" debate has and always will be a major talking point in the fan community. But I think that if some people still aren't convinced that this vocalist constellation is the ideal one for the band as a whole, it is time for them to move on. I am absolutely "all in" and I'm impressed by the minor tweaks, such as more intentional straining and a controlled raspiness, in some passages and super catchy vocal melodies in others. The screams remain largely unchanged, because let's face it: they were perfect to begin with.
Two major highlights come in the form of the first vocal features since the self-titled album, ten years ago, by none other than former singer Kurt Travis on Shelf Life, as well as Andrew Wells, the band's touring guitarist and vocalist of the criminally underrated band Eidola, on Evaporate. Both guest spots elevate the respective songs to a whole new level and make them definite stand-outs!
All in all, Dance Gavin Dance have managed to maintain, even surpass, their extremely high standards, and deliver another masterpiece with Artificial Selection. I really wish that more people, especially here in Europe, would discover the genius that hides behind these guys' music, and I will continue to spread the word as much as possible. So, do yourself a favor and check out the song below, then head over to the band's Facebook page to keep up to date with their news, finally just jam this record once it's out…you won't be disappointed.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJULfw3xVas]
Annominus – The Architect
May 30, 2018 Published by: Yannick
Today I have the pleasure of revisiting a band about which I said that I'd keep my eyes on, when I reviewed its debut record about four years ago. Annominus' first endeavor End Of Atonement was a massive throwback to the early 2000s nu metal bands and I had tons of fun listening to it back then. The Danes' new record The Architect is about to come out, this Friday, and I figured I'd owe them, and myself, a thorough listen.
I'll get right to it: as I type this review I'm in a state between awe and disappointment, and the more I listen to the record, the more both feelings become stronger. I think tackling the positive aspects first is probably the way to go, so let me say that I am truly impressed by how well the quartet's sound has evolved, while still maintaining that alternative metal note that made them dear to my heart in the first place.
Some of the eight songs feature many parts that are almost akin to doom metal, with very driving but somber guitars and very melodic singing, that are interspersed through the more straight-forward passages. Generally speaking the guitar work has some really catchy and stand-out riffs that I whistled along to even on my first listen-through. The drums on the other hand are also fulfilling their duty very well and feature some quite interesting drum patterns.
Last but not least, the vocals are, in my opinion, the absolute highlight during these forty-three minutes. The vocal melodies are not only superbly well written and sung, they also contain truly captivating lyrics that deal with the concept of the (self-)alienation of us humans in front of the rest of the world. The occasional screams also fit in very nicely into the narrative and the songwriting in general, rounding off the entire record very well.
Now, you might wonder why I was disappointed and while it pains me to mention it, given the extreme potential of The Architect, I feel like I have to at least dedicate a paragraph to it. I am a huge fan of DIY, this website being completely self-run and -financed, and I welcome it very much in bands. However, I feel like Annominus might have wasted a chance here by opting to go that route. Especially on headphones the mix is really lacking a lot of punch and the different instruments just turn into a homogeneous wall of sound, making the distinction extremely difficult. It might not be a big deal for some, but I'm truly a sucker for good production, and especially in the nu/alternative metal genre it is almost a staple. Full disclosure: while writing these lines, I am listening to the last song on the album on my speakers, which I've cranked up louder than usual, and it does sound more passable…so maybe try that for yourself.
With that being said, there is no denying that The Architect is a really solid album in its core and I can wholeheartedly recommend giving it a listen if you're looking for a fairly interesting mix of influences and a passionate approach to music. Make sure to check the video below to get an idea what I'm talking about and don't hesitate to visit Annominus' Facebook page!
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Bring Your Masks to HIMSS21
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July 28, 2021 —If you plan to attend HIMSS21 Aug. 9-13 in Las Vegas, be sure to note that due to health and safety updates, masks will now be required for attendees and exhibitors.
On Tuesday, July 27, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated guidance recommending fully vaccinated people wear masks in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant and help protect others. Additionally, on July 27, the Governor of Nevada issued Emergency Directives 045 and 047 (full text can be found via the link here). On the same day, the Nevada Gaming Control Board adopted guidance stating "everyone, regardless of vaccination status, should wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission." Clark County is specifically identified as an area subject to this new guidance.
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