diff --git a/fastlib/u/niche/RADICAL/RADICAL.cc b/fastlib/u/niche/RADICAL/RADICAL.cc
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+++ b/fastlib/u/niche/RADICAL/RADICAL.cc
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+#include "fastlib/fastlib.h"
+#include "../fastica/lin_alg.h"
+
+void SaveCorrectly(const char *filename, Matrix a) {
+  Matrix a_transpose;
+  la::TransposeInit(a, &a_transpose);
+  data::Save(filename, a_transpose);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+int RADICALMain(datanode *module, Matrix *W, Matrix *Y) {
+
+  const char *data = fx_param_str_req(NULL, "data");
+  
+  Matrix X, X_centered, X_whitened, whitening_matrix;
+  data::Load(data, &X);
+  
+  index_t d = X.n_rows(); // number of dimensions
+  index_t n = X.n_cols(); // number of points
+
+
+
+  index_t k = 150;
+  bool aug_flag = false;
+  index_t reps = 30;
+  double std_dev = 0.175;
+
+  index_t m = (index_t) floor(sqrt(n));
+
+  Center(X, &X_centered);
+  WhitenUsingSVD(X_centered, &X_whitened, &whitening_matrix);
+  
+
+
+  index_t sweeps = d - 1;
+  Matrix old_total_rotator, total_rotator;
+  DiagMatrixInit(d, 1, &old_total_rotator);
+  DiagMatrixInit(d, 1, &total_rotator);
+
+  index_t sweep_iteration = 0;
+
+
+  Matrix X_current;
+  X_current.Copy(X_whitened);
+
+
+  index_t final_k = k;
+  double start_k_float = final_k / pow(1.3, ceil(sweeps / 2));
+  double new_k_float = start_k_float;
+
+  for(index_t sweep_num = 1; sweep_num < sweeps; sweep_num++) {
+    printf(1, "Sweep % %d of %d.\n", sweep_num, sweeps);
+    double range = M_PI / 2;
+
+    if(sweep_num > ((double) sweeps / 2)) {
+      new_k_float *= 1.3;
+      new_k = floor(new_k_float);
+
+
+
+
+
+  W -> Init(0,0);
+  Y -> Init(0,0);
+
+  return SUCCESS_PASS;
+}
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  fx_init(argc, argv);
+
+  srand48(time(0));
+
+  Matrix W, Y;
+
+  int ret_val = RADICALMain(fx_root, &W, &Y);
+
+  //SaveCorrectly("unmixing_matrix.dat", W);
+  //SaveCorrectly("indep_comps.dat", Y);
+
+  fx_done();
+
+  return ret_val;
+}
diff --git a/fastlib/u/niche/RADICAL/build.py b/fastlib/u/niche/RADICAL/build.py
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+binrule(name = "radical",
+   sources = ["RADICAL.cc"],
+   headers = ["../fastica/lin_alg.h"],
+   deplibs = ["fastlib:fastlib"])