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HSBC is considering selling its stake in Chinese insurance company Ping An, in a deal that could net the U.K. bank a profit of $7.5 billion. The WSJ's Hong Kong bureau chief Ken Brown sheds some light on why HSBC might be ready to sell.
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First of all I'd like to note that this document is based on my experience in using Intake for Turbine 2.1. I've tried to make it as correct as possible but I don't guarantee anything. This has been written as a guide for a new Intake user and assumes some familiarity with Turbine 2.1.
To use intake, the following steps are required:
Some additional information concerning removing Intake group information from the request is included at the bottom of this document.
The first thing to do is the create the form in your template (e.g. a velocity template file, a .vm file). Just create the skeleton structure and don't worry about the field names and values yet. Note that field names will have to match the names specified in the intake.xml file. Actually you can do the opposite (name the fields here first and match them in the intake.xml file) if you wish, but this guide will do it the former way.
Now add the following lines above the code for your form and modify it to match the group and field names in your intake.xml file (perhaps you can come back to do this step after you've done your intake.xml file). Here is an example in a Velocity template for a "login form":
#set($loginGroup = $intake.LoginGroup.Default)
What this does is to set a Velocity variable called $loginGroup to a default group object specified by intake.xml. The $intake variable is the Turbine Pull Tool instance (IntakeTool). The "LoginGroup" is the name of the group as specified in the intake.xml file (names must match, and this is not the group's key attribute.). The "Default" part obtains a generic default intake group object. Or in other words, this resolves to IntakeTool.get(String groupName) with the groupName being "LoginGroup". Also, you can re-write the statement as $intake.get("LoginGroup").getDefault() in your template.
Or if you would like to map the intake group to a business object (for whatever purpose) then you can do this (read on for more info on what is required to do this in intake.xml and the corresponding Turbine Action class):
#set($loginGroup = $intake.LoginGroup.mapTo($mytool.getInstanceLoginForm()))
What this does is to set a Velocity variable called $loginGroup to an instance of the LoginForm business object (and if the returned object has values in its fields and appropriate "getter" methods then this would prepopulate the intake group with the values. A good usage example of this is when you would like to prepopulate the form with values from the database and want to use intake to validate the form). It makes use of a custom tool placed into the Velocity context as "$mytool" (you can make your own tool to instantiate an instance of your business object similar to this example).
So, depending on the method you use above, the corresponding Turbine Action code will need to "cooperate" accordingly. We'll discuss this later in step 4.
Near the end of the form (before you close the "form" tag) include the following line:
What this does is to fill in hidden form fields into the form for use by intake.
In order to use Turbine's Action event system, the submit buttons must adhere to the naming specification defined by Turbine's Action event system.
If you use $link.setAction('SomeAction').setPage('NextTemplate.vm') in your form's action attribute like this:
<form name="myForm" method="POST" action="$link.setAction('LoginAction').setPage('NextTemplate.vm')"> ... </form>
then the form validation won't appear to work (i.e. the user will see the NextTemplate.vm file instead of the form they were trying to fill out which failed validation). To work around this problem, you can omit the setPage('...') part in your form's action attribute and then have your action route the user to the next template on validation success OR somehow detect the current form the user is at and if the validation fails, override the next template to the current template (which is really just overriding the setPage() part in the template file specified by the web designer).
The intake.xml file specifies the validation rules required to be satisfied in order for the form to be accepted. The file has a "root" XML element of "input-data" and in that would be "group" elements.
Here is an example of the element (with no other sub-elements):
<!DOCTYPE input-data SYSTEM "http://turbine.apache.org/dtd/intake_2_3.dtd"> <input-data basePackage="ca.yorku.devteam.inca.clients.skeleton."> ...group elements goes here... </input-data>
Notice the basePackage attribute (optional) points to the skeleton package with an extra period at the end. This attribute specifies the package that contains the java objects the "group" and "field" elements can optionally map to. The trailing period is REQUIRED.
Each group element represents a collection of field information you'd like to validate in your form. For example, on a login page you would have a form for the user to input their username and password, and as well as a login button. This entire form would be grouped as a group in the intake.xml file.
Here is an example of a group with no other elements (not useful yet):
<group name="LoginGroup" key="loginGroupKey" mapToObject="LoginForm"> ...field elements goes here... </group>
A group element can have the following attributes:
For a complete list of valid attributes of the group element, please see the intake-service document on the Turbine web site.
Each group element can contain any number of "field" elements. Each field element will correspond to a field in the form. The name and key of each field will be used in the form code in the template so make sure the names and keys match in both files (intake.xml and the template file).
Here is an example of a field with no other elements (not too useful yet):
<field name="Username" key="loginUsernameKey" type="String" mapToProperty="Username"> ...rule elements goes here... </field>
A field element can have the following attributes:
For a complete list of valid attributes of the field element, please see the intake-service document on the Turbine web site.
In each field element, you can have rules defined. The supported rule elements for Intake in Turbine 2.1 are:
<rule name="required" value="true">Error message for required failed</rule> <rule name="minLength" value="4">Error message for required min length failed</rule> <rule name="maxLength" value="9">Error message for required max length failed</rule> <rule name="mask" value="^[0-9]+$">Error message for regular expression failed</rule> <rule name="notANumberMessage">Error message for Number fields when the entry is not a number</rule>
For more info on the supported rules, please see the intake-service document on the Turbine web site:
The business object is basically a Java class that has get and set methods for each of the object's fields, and these get and set method names should match the field names specified in the intake.xml file (whether we stay with the default behaviour of matching the field names in intake.xml and the business object or we use the mapToProperty attribute in the "field" element). Note it is required to use the mapToObject property in the group element to use this feature.
The business object also has to implement the org.apache.turbine.om.Retrievable interface. The Retrievable was designed to work with a database so the methods get/setQueryKey doesn't make much sense if your business object isn't based on a database model. For my use, I just force the key to be "_0" which is the default key used by Intake (as of Turbine 2.1). You could, of course, implement it as a normal data field to allow the template to set the query key and then in the Action to get the query key. But then you'll have to keep track of the key you use in both the template file and Action class (the benefit would be that you'll be able to use more than 1 business object in the same template if you get/set the different query keys).
Here is an example of how to use the setQueryKey() and getQueryKey() methods of the business object that implements the Retrievable interface:
In the template file, e.g. myform.vm:
#set($loginForm = $mytool.getLoginFormInstance()) $loginForm.setQueryKey("abc") #set($loginGroup = $intake.LoginGroup.mapTo($loginForm))
In the Action class:
// This key has to match the one in the template String key = "abc"; Group group = intake.get("LoginGroup", key);
Depending on the method you use, the code in the action will need to obtain the corresponding group object from intake. The following examples will demonstrate the ideas.
Here is an example the code in a Turbine Action, using intake without mapping to a business object (vanilla method):
/** * Performs user login */ public void doLogin(RunData data, Context context) throws Exception { // Get intake group IntakeTool intake = (IntakeTool)context.get("intake"); // Notice how this gets the group named "LoginGroup" as defined in // the intake.xml file, and gets it using the default key // IntakeTool.DEFAULT_KEY (which is "_0"). Group group = intake.get("LoginGroup", IntakeTool.DEFAULT_KEY); // Check if group fields are valid and if they are not, then return. // Intake will handle the validation error and display the // corresponding error messages to the user but if you use the setPage() // mechanism to get the "next template" then you must now set the // template to be the same one as the user was filling out. Otherwise // the user will just see the next template. See the "important note" // in step 1. if (!group.isAllValid()) { Log.debug("Group elements INVALID"); setTemplate(data, "Login.vm"); return; } else { // If all is validated then you can set the next template and/or // continue processing...it's up to you. You can also use // setPage() in the template file to set the next template to show // on successful validation. setTemplate(data, "LoginSuccess.vm"); } // This gets the value of the "Username" field from the group object String username = (String)group.get("Username").getValue(); String password = (String)group.get("Password").getValue(); // Now you will be able to use the username and password variable in // the rest of the Turbine Action. ... }
Here is example code in a Turbine Action, using the intake group's default mapToObject setting (this is the same whether or not you use the field's mapToProperty attribute):
/** * Performs user login */ public void doLogin(RunData data, Context context) throws Exception { // Get intake group IntakeTool intake = (IntakeTool)context.get("intake"); Group group = intake.get("LoginGroup", IntakeTool.DEFAULT_KEY); // Check if group fields are valid and if they are not, then return. // Intake will handle the validation error and display the // corresponding error messages to the user but if you use the setPage() // mechanism to get the "next template" then you must now set the // template to be the same one as the user was filling out. Otherwise // the user will just see the next template. See the "important note" // in step 1. if (!group.isAllValid()) { Log.debug("Group elements INVALID"); setTemplate(data, "Login.vm"); return; } else { // If all is validated then you can set the next template and/or // continue processing...it's up to you. You can also use // setPage() in the template file to set the next template to show // on successful validation. setTemplate(data, "LoginSuccess.vm"); } // Instaniate a business object that represents the form LoginForm loginForm = new LoginForm(); // Set the properties of the form given the field data in the group // (i.e. populate the business object) group.setProperties(loginForm); // Now the business object is populated accordingly. You can use it // for whatever purpose in the rest of the Turbine Action. ... }
Intake data is retained in the request in order to allow for the possibility that it will be re-presented to the user on the next page. Normally this is desirable behaviour - there may have been an error in the data so you want to redisplay it. There is a possibility however that you might want to reuse the same group on either the same or a different page after fully processing the data; in this case it may be undesirable to redisplay the previously entered data. The prime example of this is where a page includes a repeating group of records and provides an opportunity to add a further record using the default group, returning to the same page after each record is added. In this situation you will find that the default group needs to be removed from the request, otherwise the data entered on the previous page will be redisplayed.
Intake allows for this by providing a way of removing the data that is no longer appropriate to display. Simply:
... where "intake" is a reference to your IntakeTool and "group" is a reference to the group you wish to remove from the request. You would do this after the new record had been validated and added to the database.
It will be rare that you actually need to do this - it is required only in situations where the same group is used on subsequent pages after the data has been fully processed (it should be pretty obvious when this is the case).

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I'm always impressed by the efficiency with which red dwarfs pack hydrogen, the stuff of flammable zeppelins, into such a small space: Gliese 1214 is more than twice as dense as led. The density of the Sun, on the other hand, is bubblegum by comparison.
Gliese 1214b's orbital period is a mere 1.58 days. Its 0.014 AU separation from the system barycenter is the smallest yet measured for any planet. Yet because of the high red dwarf density, the star-planet configuration is actually rather spacious. Here's the system to scale:
It's interesting to compare this diagram with that of a genuinely close-in planet such as HAT-P-7b, which actually has a somewhat longer 2.2 day orbital period:
At a given period, a red dwarf fills much less of a planetary orbit than does a Sun-like star. If the occurrence rate of planets at a specified period is the same for stars of different masses, then one needs to look at $\sim(M_{\odot}/M_{\rm RD})^{2/3}$ times more red dwarfs than Sun-like stars to find a given number of transits with a particular period.
Gliese 1214b lies at enough stellar radii from Gliese 1214 that its a-priori transit probability was only about 7%. The Mearth survey currently covers only ~2000 stars, and so the fact that the discovery was made so quickly was probably not luck, but rather points to the existence of a very large number of low-mass planets orbiting small stars.
Let's face it. The big dough goes to chase potentially habitable transiting planets. With this metric, the red dwarfs come out way ahead. If red dwarfs and Sun-like stars have equal occurrence fractions for planets with Earth's mass and insolation, then a low-mass red dwarf has roughly four times the probability of a Sun-like star of harboring a transiting potentially habitable planet. Twice the temperature means one-sixteenth the area and the square root of sixteen is four. The red dwarfs also present a number of other advantages, see e.g. here, here, and here.
Ryan Montgomery and I have a recent paper out which foreshadows what I think is the inevitability of transit surveys that use the Mearth strategy to target true-Earth analogs the habitable zones of the lowest-mass red dwarf stars. Mearth is itself very well-positioned to expand in this direction. I also think that a lot of effort will continue to shift toward improved Doppler-velocity capability in the near-infrared (see, e.g. this recent paper by Jacob Bean and collaborators which describes the use of ammonia gas in a glass cell to imprint a forest of fixed reference lines on a K-band stellar spectrum).
A last note: Twelve-Fourteen-b is likely to become a favorite target for small-telescope observers, so I made sure to add it to the Transitsearch.org candidates table. Now that classes are done for the quarter, I've been going through the literature and adding or updating one or two planets a day. It's tedious work, but I've noticed some interesting upcoming opportunities, which I'll be writing about soon. For transit-themed ephemera and the latest celebrity gossip, look no further than the transitsearch twitter stream: http://twitter.com/Transitsearch.
And a postscript: In the comments, reader cwmagee points out that the implication of the post is that the HAT-P-7 and Gl1214 diagrams are to scale which eachother, but that's not the case. He attached a version which shows a to-scale comparison of both systems:
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Teddy Afro came back to the United Arab Emirates in September 2013 for concerts in Dubai on Wednesday 11th September and Abu Dhabi on Friday 13th September (the Abu Dhabi show was apparently cancelled).
This is the first of three videos that I took when Teddy played at Domeland at The Lodge in Dubai before a 3,000 strong crowd, during which he played some old favourites, plus some tracks from his 2012 album Tikur Sew. Check out Part I and Part III too!
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Where do black radishes fall in the phytonutrient color spectrum?
Q. I am thinking about the 5 a day color spectrum categorization where phytonutrients correspond to colors. Since black radishes have indoles, would they fall into the green category or somewhere else? Is that right that they have indoles?Thanks for your help on this. It would be great if the descriptions of vegetable nutrition on this site told about which phytonutrients etc.
A. Yes, radishes have indoles and would probably fit best in the white or green group (white because the flesh is white). We promoted the color spectrum to assure that people ate across the spectrum of colors since there are some unique characteristics of each color, but also many similarities between the colors. Phytochemical Information Center


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Greene shared a picture of her bruised leg via Instagram later that afternoon. "War wound from surfing today with Oakley," she wrote in the caption. "The reef ate me up. Worth it."
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1. In Dzogchen we visualize the guru as all our teachers. I have asked numerous times if this means people from other traditions as well and the answer I invariably get is: "ALLLL teachers." The reason this question is important to me is because when I think of the chain events that got me here, well it probably has a lot to do with random new age stuff I read in high school, some of which are no doubt fraudulent, but nevertheless I did learn from enough to break out of old belief systems and onto the next thing.
2. In Dzogchen, we are not limited, we can do any practice. Tibetan culture itself is a mix of many things. Though I might use Tibetan Mo methods of divination, I feel like a different method is not appropriate. Similarly, we have various practices to help with our minds, bodies and relative existence. Some of these have been mixed into the Tibetan culture from Hindu or Bonpo sources or elsewhere, but we think of them as Tibetan and part of our lineage, so that seems okay. We make offerings so as not to disturb local spirits with our practice and we invite demons to feed on us in Chod. There are other traditions out there that deal with spirits and demons and have practices to help with our minds, bodies and relative existence, too. If we are not limited and see something has immediate benefit, do we rule it out because it was not part of our lineage and absorbed into Tibetan culture a long time ago?
3. There's a guy over on Tribe.Net that seems very knowledgable and by his profil pic, he may be a lama. In his profile, he says he is:
He claims to have also received transmission 34 times. He is very knowledgable.Buddhist liturgical scholar and dagger priest
kundalini yoga practitioner and inner medical tantrika
crisis care psychologist ( mainly yoga psychology, not the western kind )
force-sensitive and force-guided
nonsectarian student/ practitioner/teacher of Great Perfection and Great Seal ( Atiyogatantra and Mahamudra )
pipe carrier of the Lakota Sioux
mage guardian ( in Sanskrit, that would be dharmapala-guru )
4. Jetsumna Ahlon Lhamo, who IS a recognized tulku by HH Penor Rinpoche (to my surprise, but I have seen the video of the ceremony!), made several "emergency trips" to Arizona to keep out the "other world." She said the Native American tribe there that was responsible for that was apparently not doing a good job. (weird)
5. I know jack squat about Native American culture, but apparently people think there is some big similarity between Hopi and Tibetan cultures and that they may share a common ancestry.
6. I saw a Kabballah book on the shelf of Tibet House. I asked Tashi about it and he said, "Yes. Very old." I asked him if they were selling it because they felt it had any similarity to Tibetan Buddhism, but he didn't seem to understand the question. Or want to answer. I vaguely remember reading about a few meetings of a rabbi and a monk or lama in which a lot of people were surprised by the amount of seeming overlap in teachings.
7. Many say the Kabballist Tree of Life and the Trikaya seem very similar and especially in relation to the Dzogchen view of self-originated primordial wisdom. Briefly, both deal with emptiness and fullness and an infinite source with unimpeded rays leading to the creation of this world. Both also say "everything is perfect" and that we are ignorant and must return to the source to gain real wisdom, which is beyond concept and limitation.
8. Snow Lion sells some DVDs of this woman Prema Dasara whose websites are http://www.traveling-light.net and http://www.taradhatu.org/about/blessings-from-the-lamas ...that last one has quotes from various lamas about how wonderful the work she's doing is... Basically, the reason I bring her up is because she's very into the 21 Taras and has created some teaching showing how the 21 Taras coincide with the 22 major arcana in the Tarot. Seems odd, right? Odd that she seems to have the backing of Snow Lion and various monks. But, this isn't the first time Tara has been linked with the tarot. I've read about such theories before. This woman seems to be way into it, though. And the Snow Lion website says "Prema Dasara has been practicing Buddhism under the guidance of Tibetan masters for many years. She is an international teacher and performer of sacred dance. She trained in Asia with masters of the sacred dance traditions of India, Nepal, Tibet and Bali. Her work is timely and timeless, and is considered to be a bridge between eastern and western expressions of ancient wisdom." Check out some of the CDs she offers at her website: http://www.traveling-light.net/emporium-CDs.shtml
9. Tarot is a big part of occulty Kabballah (they spell it "Qabalah"), too. The guy who made The Buddha Tarot seems to think the Buddha's life story is comparable with the "journey of the fool" through the 22 major arcana. I don't think so. Other systems based around the Qabalah, such as Thelema, have often had members or "advanced practitioners" claim that there is a lot of overlap with Tibetan Vajrayana. There are quite a few people who are involved in both Vajrayana and Thelema or some other Qabalah-based Western Mystery Tradition, as it's called. One guy recently wrote a book called Tantric Thelema. There are some similar ideas between the two, but I don't know how to explain it adequately without making this even longer. Briefly, Nuit is the all-encompassing queen of space similar to the Mother of the Victorious Ones, Arya Tara, and her lover is Hadit, the pinpoint of personal experience and volition which could be compared to a heart-drop, for example. Here is a picture of Nuit whose breast is feeding the caduceus of the Tree of Life and chakras and central channels. You can see how she is emptiness and Mother in one. Someone else painted this, so I'm just regurgitating ideas that are out there.
10. Neal J. Pollock, who reviews a lot of Tibetan Vajryana and especially Dzogchen books over on Amazon.com is apparently part of the Rosicruician organization which our friend username on this Dharmawheel forum says is linked with very dark forces and has intention to cull the population down to some very low number (I forgot). When he first said this, the first thing I thought of was the Georgia Guidestones, but having studied with a group that used a lot of Rosicrucian material in my past (the same organization in which I studied the occulty Qabalah) and probably being a lot more familiar with it than him, I took this with a grain of salt. But it did remind me of what I remember from the new agey Rosicrucian-ish Qabalah groups that there is a spiritual war going on which involve a hierarchy of various beings just kind of planted in space and watching everything. Pretty creepy. I remember lots of discussion of people meeting with them or seeing them in visions while they were scrying on the tree of life or whatever.
11. The Rosicrucian type of groups also try to find familiarity with Hinduism and Buddhism and there does seem to be some kind of overlap with the Tree of Life, caduceus, chakras and solar, lunar and central channels. Of course, that doesn't mean anything other than perhaps the Rosicrucians pillaged ideas from other cultures and slapped them all together (which is my feeling)! Still, if they are using the same ideas and energy and whatnot, I wonder if anything similar results... or if there is a corruption which just works against you somehow. I know a lot of Dzogchen students came from Hindu yoga practicing backgrounds and they don't generally put it down as "bad," they just put it down as incomplete.
12. In the DVD with Robert Thurman and Deepak Chopra (which I streamed on Netflix out of curiosity and was one of the worst things I had ever seen), Thurman keeps saying that there is no difference between Hindu and Buddhist thought, but that it is semantic. Oh boy!
13. Then there is Kennard Lipman, the guy who spent a lifetime studying and practicing Buddhism and Dzogchen and translating who is now a rabbi enjoying the mystical tradition of the Kabballah, but still feels like it's a good idea to release new translations of Buddhist texts. How odd.
I am not interested in following these other traditions. Just curious what others think. There seems to be a lot of friendly acceptance among Tibetan lamas of other ideas and it just makes me wonder if perhaps these other traditions are part of those other paths that wind slowly up the mountain. I know most people who came to Dzogchen did not come to Dzogchen first, but spent time in other organizations such as these before finally stumbling onto Dzogchen and going "wow!" The downside of this, of course, is now we have a head full of ideas from other traditions and want to compare them, just as I've done above.
In your opinion does "unifying all teachers" include these sorts of new age teachers? I don't really think about it much, personally. I just abstractly unify them and I usually kind of see Namkhai Norbu's face and Lama Tsering Everest's face since they are the two I've taken refuge with.
My general feelings on all of this are:
• Is there anything to all this? maybe...
• Does it matter? not really...
• Makes more sense to stick with one path... but, if we are not limited and can do whatever is useful for us, is there really anything wrong with all this? Other than confusing yourself and others?
Finally, that took me forever to write and I did the best I could mentioning all the things that came to mind, but there is more and it is more involved than that. I can't go back and edit it for any more clarity. Essentially this is just a post about the bold parts in the top and bottom of the post, with some additional details in the middle to explain what I mean.


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In the past, carmakers have grafted wagon-like rear haunches onto their two door coupes to create shooting brakes: sports cars with a little added practicality. Classic examples include the Volvo P1800 ES and Reliant Scimitar GTE. Even though it is built on a bespoke chassis, the Ferrari FF also has the lines of a shooting brake.
Mercedes obviously thought that what worked on two-door coupes would also work on its four-door coupe. "In essence it represents an unprecedented version of a sports car with five seats and a large tailgate," the company said in a statement. Such a car sounds like a hideous chimera, or the fulfillment of everyone's automotive dreams. No one likes a poseur, but who wouldn't want a sports car that they could use every day?
In photographs, the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake looks great. The sloping roofline makes this Benz look like a chopped hot rod. It also jives well with the bold styling of the current CLS. It also has a super-low drag coefficient of 0.31.
Underneath the new bodywork, the Shooting Brake is essentially the same as the CLS 63 AMG "coupe." That means a twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V8 with 518 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque; 550 hp and 590 lb-ft if you opt for the AMG Performance package. A Performance Package-equipped CLS 63 will do 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds, and go on to an electronically-limited top speed of 186 mph.
Despite the impressive acceleration, don't expect the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake to be very nimble. The Shooting Brake weighs 4,310 pounds. It will probably be more of a long-distance cruiser than a full-on sports car, but that's alright. Anything that can hit 60 mph in under 4.0 seconds, and carry five people with their stuff, is an impressive machine.
Mercedes originally unveiled the CLS Shooting Brake at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show, and it is just now heading into production. It will go on sale in the UK in September, but Mercedes has no plans to sell it in the US. Even if those plans change, getting one will still be difficult, since Mercedes will only build about 10,000 Shooting Brakes per year.


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In the 2000 Census, Salem was about 15% hispanic. I expect that in the 2010 Census that percentage will be 20% or higher. That being the case, you would think you could find some authentic Mexican chow in this town. You can, if you avoid the many places that cater to the gringos. There are lots of them on S. Commercial St. and Lancaster Drive. Most of them say their food is "Jalisco style" but that is false advertising. You'll never find this food in Jalisco.
If you want authentic Mexican food in Salem you have to venture out to North Salem, where most of the Latinos live. There you will find some places that don't bring you chips and salsa when you sit down. Then you know you have found the real thing. Here's some of my favorites ...
El Turbo (850 High St.) Okay, this place does bring me chips and salsa, maybe because I am a gringo. But they have the best chicken mole in town! It's so yummy you'll want to lick the plate. They are also open for breakfast and have a nice selection of breakfast options.
Juniors Taqueria (1705 Winter St.) This has been a favorite for many years. These folks are from Michoacan and everything on the menu is great. I like the carnitas tacos and the chicken sopes. Their tortas are very good as are their chili rellenos.
Salvador's Bakery (3790 Silverton Rd.) This is much more than a Mexican bakery. Their food is delicious, maybe the best in town. Try the chicharon tacos and the pork tamales. The tortas are excellent too. They have a wonderful selection of self-service salsas including some very good ancho chili salsas (look for the bright orange one). They make their own tres leches cakes that are yummy, and they sell by the slice or you can buy an entire cake at a reasonable price.
El Caminante (2575 Silverton Rd.)
This is a taco truck. Their food is very good. They have lots of unusual things that you won't find elsewhere. How about a chavindeca, a kind of fancy double decker taco with your choice of meat? They have 11 meats to chose from including lengua, birria, and buche (?). They have a torta jaguayana (?) and a tostada de cueritos (skin?). Check it out.
Taqueria Los Pinos (2300 Silverton Rd.)
Another taco truck. Their tacos are only $1.25 each. They have fish tacos for a little more. A specialty is the queso de puerco torta (head cheese sandwich). It was delicious. Not weird at all.
There is another taco truck on Silverton Rd., close to Salvador's, but I didn't jot down the name. They grill chickens and rabbits on a wood fired grill. Then their serve it four ways (plain or with different sauces). We've had the chicken "a la diabla." It was mighty hot! We need to go back and try the rabbit.
If you want a culinary adventure, you can just eat your way up Silverton Rd. from the State Fairgrounds to Lancaster. There's lots of good authentic Mexican chow, some of which you may have never had before. It might be worth a trip, even from Portland, to check this out.
Juniors Taqueria
1705 Winter St NE, Salem, OR 97301
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text: help the winner win http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone On 4 October 2012 21:05, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote: > > http://www.streamcomputing.eu/blog/2012-08-27/processors-that-can-do-20-gflops-watt/ > > Processors that can do 20+ GFLOPS/Watt > > by Vincent Hindriksen > > August 27, 2012 > 16 Comments > > For yearly power-usage there is a rule-of-thumb which states that a device that is continuously on, costs the amount of Watt times 1.5 in Euro per year. So the computer in front of me, that takes around 107 Watt, costs me €160 a year if I would leave it on. A moderate cluster with several GPUs of a few hundred Watts each, would cost a few thousand Euros a year. I would say: very doable for most companies. > > So why is the performance per Watt? There is more to a Watt than just the costs. The energy to cool a cluster is quite high, as most of the energy escapes via heat. And then there is the increase in demand for portable power. In cases you are thinking of sweeping you credit card for a top 10 supercomputer, then these energy-costs are extremely high. > > In this article I try to get an overview of who is entering the 20+ GFLOPS/Watt area. All processors that do less than 20 GFLOPS/Watt, need to have other advantages to survive. And you'll see that all the green processors are programmed with OpenCL, the technology StreamComputing is all about. > The list > > Understand that since I mix CPUs, GPUs and SoCs (= CPU+GPU) the list is really only an indication of what is possible. Also a computer is built up of more energy-consuming parts than just the processors: interconnects, memory, harddrives, etc. > > Disclaimer: The below list is incomplete and based on theoretical values. TDP is assumed to be consumed when processor is working at maximum performance. Actual FLOPS/Watt values can be much lower, depending on many factors. If you want to buy hardware specifically for the purpose of highest FLOPS/Watt have your software tested on the device. > Processor Type GFLOPS (32bit) GFLOPS (64bit) Watt (TDP) GFLOPS/Watt (32bit) FLOPS/Watt (64bit) > Adapteva Epiphany-IV Epiphany 100 N/A 2 50 N/A > Movidius Myriad ARM SoC: LEON3+SHAVE 15.28 N/A 0.32 48 N/A > ZiiLabs ARM SoC 58 N/A ? 20? N/A > Nvidia Tesla K10 X86 GPU 4577 190 225 20.34 ? > ARM + NEON T604 ARM SoC 8 + 68 N/A 4? 19? N/A > NVidia GTX 690 X86 GPU x 2 5621 234? 300 18.74 0.78 > GeForce GTX 680 X86 GPU 3090 128 195 15.85 0.65 > AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz X86 GPU 4300 1075 300+ 14.3 3.58 > Intel Knight's Corner (Xeon Phi) X87? 2000? 1000 200? 10? 5? > AMD A10-5800K + HD 7660D X86 SoC 121 + 614 ? 100 7.35 ? > Intel Core i7-3770 + HD4000 X86 SoC 225 + 294,4 112 + 73.6 77 6.74 2.41 > IBM Power A2 Power CPU 204? 204 55 3.72? 3.72 > Intel Core i7-3770 X86 CPU 225 112 ? ? ? > AMD A10-5800K X86 CPU 121 60? ? ? ? > > The list contains recent and general available processors, but I will add any processor you want to see in the list – just request them in a comment. > > Please also point me to sources where official data can be found on these processors, as it seems to be top-secret data. As not all the data was available, I had to make some guesses. > CPU vs GPU > > Let's be clear: > > A GPU needs a CPU as a host. > A GPU is great in vector-computations, a CPU much better in scalar computations. > > In other words, a mix between a scalar and a vector processor is best. But once a problem can be defined as a vector-problem, the GPU is much, much faster than a CPU. > 64 bit vs 32 bit > > As the memory-usage is energy-consuming and results in half the number of data showing up at the processor, we have two reasons why more energy is consumed. Due to architecture-differences, CPUs have a penalty for 32 bit and GPUs a penalty for 64 bit. > > Notice that most X86-alternatives have no 64 bit support, or just recently started with it. GPUs crunch double precision numbers at a fourth or less of the 32-bit performance-roof. > Architectures > > ARM, X86/X87, Power and Epiphany all have different architecture-choices to get their targeted trade-off between precision, power-consumption and performance-optimisation (control unit). These choices make it sometimes impossible to get with the pace of other architectures in a certain direction. > Current winner: Adapteva Epiphany > > Their 64-core Epiphany-IV is programmable with OpenCL and the 50 GFLOPS/Watt makes it worth to put time in porting software if you need a portable device. People who have ported their software to OpenCL already have an advantage here. Adapteva even claims 72 GFLOPS/Watt, as you can read here. With a 100-core CPU coming up, they will probably even raise the bar. > > X86 CPUs have the advantage of precision and legacy code, of which precision is the biggest advantage. As X86 GPUs (with Nvidia on top) have a great performance/Watt entering the 20+ GFLOPS/Watt, this could be very interesting for defending the X86 market against ARM. > > ARM-processors have a lot of software written for it (via Android) and is very flexible in design, while keeping power-usage for the CPU-part around 1Watt. For instance ZiiLabs' processor can be compared to the design of Adapteva, but then with an ARM-CPU attached to it. > Conclusion > > There is much more than just this number of GFLOPS/Watt, and which architecture will be mainstream architecture in a few years one can only speculate on. Luckily recompiling for other architectures is getting easier with compiler-technologies such as LLVM, so we don't need to worry too much. Except to redesign our software for multi-core of course. You have read above that new architectures are programmed with OpenCL. It is better to invest in this technology now than later. > More reading > > As memory-access takes energy, minimising memory-calls can lower consumption. This article on the ARM blog explains how this is done with MALI GPUs. > > The Mont Blanc project is a supercomputer based on ARM. This 12 page PDF shows some numbers and specifications of this supercomputer. > > As supercomputers eat lots of power, The Green 500 tries to stimulate to build greener HPC. > > Related content: > > Power to the Vector Processor > AMD's answer to NVIDIA TESLA K10: the FirePro S9000 > Let's enter the Top500 HPC list using GPUs > > david moloney > > If you were at HotChips 2011 you would have seen Movidius Myriad which delivers 50GFLOPS/W > streamcomputing > > Ok, added to the list – I will update the text later. How much GFLOPS does it deliver? > david moloney > > Also Epiphany is shown as ARM based in your table which I'm sure must be a mistake. > streamcomputing > > Oops, that's not ARM at all! Thanks for noticing! > pip010 > > 64 RISC units, but not mentioning what. good chance it is ARM! > MySchizoBuddy > > Can you include Tilera chips on the list. > http://www.tilera.com/ > > I don't know how many GFlops it delivers > streamcomputing > > True, not mentioned. I only found http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/39408-tilera-goes-pro-with-tilepro64 from 2007 – they do not provide any information on actual performance/Watt anywhere. Or very hidden. > PENG ZHAO > > How about Nvidia Tesla K10 and Geforce GTX 690? I found some figures. > Tesla K10: > Power: 225 W > Single float: 4577 Gigaflops, 20.342 GFlops/W > Double float: 190 Gigaflops, 0.8444 GFlops/W > > GTX 690: > Power: 300 W > Single float: 5621Gigaflops, 18.74 GFlops/W > Double float: ? > > The single float computation power is impressive, but the double float one is rubbish. > Even worse Nvidia seems to stop the update of their OpenCL implementation. > streamcomputing > > The GTX 690 is a double GPU, so therefore I chose to put the 680 in the list – maybe good point to add double-GPU cards too. > > It seems that my source for the K20 was completely wrong. I'll update for the K10 for now. > E P > > The table says FLOPS/Watt, instead of GFLOPS/Watt. > > Can you, please, include Integer arithmetic? > > Depending on floating point (especially 32-bit) is sometimes not an option due to accumulation of errors. So, a lot of integer arithmetic algorithms have been developed. Main point in porting them to OpenCL will be keeping the integer arithmetic calculations. And, that becomes even more important having in mind that a lot of devices increase performance and/or decrease power consumption at the expense of accuracy. > streamcomputing > > It was extremely difficult (and exhausting) to find the data already in the list. I will therefore focus on what is already there and try to complete the list for just 32-bit and 64-bit (being it floats or integers). > > The trade-off between precision and the other aspects of computing is an interesting subject though. > > Pingback: Processors that can do 20 GFLOPS/Watt | Adapteva > http://twitter.com/codedivine rahul garg > > Corrections: > > 1. The 3770K's peak (CPU-only) is about 225 GFlops (at base frequency, with turbo slightly higher). > > 2. Knight's corner has fp32 at twice the rate of fp64. So I expect 2 teraflop for fp32 for knights corner. > > 3. 3770K CPU-only fp64 peak is half of fp64 peak = 112 gflops. > http://twitter.com/codedivine rahul garg > > Another correction: HD 4000 on 3770K has fp64 peak of 73.6 gflops. > streamcomputing > > Thanks for all the feedback! You're great! Together we can make the picture. > http://twitter.com/daphreak Stuart > > http://www.kalray.eu/en/technology/mppa-256.html seems to be a good performer but no OpenCL support. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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PUEBLA, Mexico (Feb. 18, 2013) – The U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team earned an important three points to open the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with a 2-1 victory against Haiti at Estadio Olímpico Universitario Lobos BUAP.
Luis Gil and Daniel Cuevas each scored first-half goals to provide the USA with the early lead in Group A of the tournament. Next up for the USA is its second group match at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 22, at Estadio Olímpico Universitario Lobos. The match will be televised live on FOX Soccer, and fans can follow on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and on twitter @ussoccer_ynt.
The top two teams in each of the four three-team groups will qualify for the all-important quarterfinals. The four quarterfinal winners will qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which will be played in Turkey later this year. The U.S. is looking to qualify for its 13th FIFA U-20 World Cup.
"It was a difficult match for us," U.S. U-20 MNT head coach Tab Ramos said. "We knew that Haiti had very good players. I think we did a good job in the first half, coming out strong and trying to put the game away. I felt that if we didn't get that third goal before halftime there was a good chance if [Haiti] got a goal that somehow it would turn into a game and it did."
The U.S. wasted little time gaining the upper hand when Cuevas got around his defender on the left sideline, but inside and was tripped just inside the penalty box by a Haiti defender. Gil took the penalty kick in the third minute and slotted it into the right side of the net for the 1-0 lead as Haiti goalkeeper Ronald Elusma dove in the wrong direction. For Gil, it marked his third career goal with the U-20s in seven games.
Gil almost tallied a second goal when he made a darting run into the box on Jose Villarreal's corner kick from the right side in the 17th minute, but his low header bounced hard off the pitch and over the crossbar.
Despite being down a goal, Haiti never wavered and pushed into the attack with some quick runs up front and created some half-chances in front of the U.S. net. The U.S. was able to withstand the attack and increased their lead in the 26th minute.
Gil started the attack from the middle with a pass to Mario Rodriguez, and from the right flank he crossed to a wide-open Cuevas at the back post. Cuevas had time to settle and powered home his shot into the upper right side netting for a 2-0 lead. Cuevas has scored three career goals for the U-20s in 12 games.
Haiti came out on the attack after halftime, going with three men in the back and finally broke free with a goal in the 49th minute. Wilberne Augusmat, who was dangerous all night, got the ball inside the penalty area, was able to get around a U.S. defender and strike and impressive close-range shot that was just out of the reach of USA goalkeeper Cody Cropper.
Haiti had its share of chances to find an equalizer throughout the remainder of the second half, but the U.S. defense was able close down most attacks on Cropper's goal. The best opportunity came from Haiti's Jhon Estama, who plays for the New York Red Bulls Development Academy U-17/18 team. He had a point-blank shot in the right side of the box in the 61st minute, but his attempt missed the upper right corner.
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- Monday's USA-Haiti matchup was the lone game in Group A of the tournament. Play resumes when Costa Rica faces Haiti on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
- The U.S. U-20 MNT improved to 3-0-0 against Haiti in CONCACAF Youth Tournaments and Championships.
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- Midfielder Mikey Lopez made his 12th career U-20 appearance when he replaced Jose Villarreal in the 63rd minute.
- Kiesewetter and Lopez each received a yellow card and Haiti's Esso Faudelyn Amicy and Alexandre Charles also were shown a yellow card. The next violation for all four players will result in a one-game suspension in the tournament.
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-U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team Match Report-
U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team vs. Haiti
Date: Feb. 18, 2013
Competition: 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Lobos BUAP; Puebla, Mexico
Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. ET
Attendance: --
Weather: 73 degrees, mostly clear
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA – Luis Gil (penalty kick) 3rd minute
USA – Daniel Cuevas (Mario Rodriguez) 26
HAI – Wilberne Augusmat 49
USA: 1-Cody Cropper; 2-Boyd Okwuonu, 4-Caleb Stanko (capt.), 5-Shane O'Neill, 14-Javan Torre; 8-Benji Joya, 6-Wil Trapp, 10-Luis Gil (11-Jerome Kiesewetter, 79); 7-Jose Villarreal (15-Mikey Lopez, 64), 9-Mario Rodriguez (3-Juan Pablo Ocegueda, 88), 20-Daniel Cuevas
Substitutions Not Used: 12-Kendall McIntosh, 16-Dillon Serna, 17-Danny Garcia, 18-Eric Miller, 19-Brandon Allen, 22-Zack Steffen
Head coach: Tab Ramos
12-Ronald Elusma; 2-Jude Saint-Louis (capt.), 3-Ismael Voltaire, 4-Charles Alexandre, 8-Evens Saint-Jean (13-Duckens Nazon, 60), 9-Chery Johnley, 10-Amicy
Esso Faudelyn, 14-Luckner Horat Jr., 15-Wilberne Augusmat (6-Renald Metellus, 62), 17-Jean Dany Maurice, 20-Jhon Estama (7-Dumy Fede, 80)
Substitutions Not Used: 1-Marc Donald Mervil, 5-Ylosier Givemilord, 11-Alfred Sonthonax, 16-Paulson Pierre, 18-Eltinor Saturne, 19-Spencer Desir
Head coach: Manuel Navarro
Stats Summary: USA / HAI
Shots: 6 / 9
Shots on Goal: 4 / 4
Saves: 3 / 2
Corner Kicks: 4 / 9
Fouls: 6 / 4
Offside: 0 / 5
Misconduct Summary:
HAI – Amicy Esso Faudelyn (caution) 28th minute
USA – Jerome Kiesewetter (caution) 89
USA – Mikey Lopez (caution) 90
HAI – Charles Alexandre (caution) 90+3
Referee: Jafeth Perea (PAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriel Victoria (PAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jairo Morales (PUR)
Fourth Official: Javier Santos (PUR)
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Ritornell - If Nine Was Eight
Our third Ritornell album »If Nine Was Eight« is released now on Karaoke Kalk. It features Mira Lu Kovacs, Mimu and Tobias Koett as guest singers and many other amazing musicans. Take a listen and get your copy in all formats here!
Aloa Input Remix
We've remixed a song by the great band Aloa Input, which is released on one of our absolutely favourite labels Morr Music! Other remixes by B.Fleischmann and Sam Irl. As good as it gets. Stream it on soundcloud or get it at your favourite digital retailer.
F-Secure Digital Freedom
Richard had the honour to work on the ident and music for the F-Secure campaign starring everyone's favourite David Hasselhoff. Find more info here and watch an example spot here or gently click the picture above!
Cement Acoustic Horn
Creative Region commisioned Madeleine Plass and Richard Eigner to work on a cement speaker. We've built an acoustic horn that amplifies little drivers. You can shape the speaker with us at Bubble Days, Linz on June 13 & 14 or try to DIY it a home with the upcoming manual!
Colonal Colonies: Fresh Runners
Richard has been commisioned by Vienna Independent Shorts Festival to work on a live performance of the musical score to Brett Battey's piece »Colonal Colonies. Movement I: Fresh Runners«. The performance will take place at Gartenbaukino, Vienna on May 23rd and will be a reduction of the original music in Dolby Surround 5.1.
Crossing Europe Creative Region Music Video Audience Award
We received the Crossing Europe Filmfestival & Creative Region Music Video Audience Award for our collaborative work Melting Sphere! Video by Andreea Săsăran, illustration by Katja Seifert, music by Ritornell & Abby Lee Tee.
Amadeus Best Engineered Album
We are happy to announce we won the second place at Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2014 category »Best Engineered Album« for our last Ritornell album "Aquarium Eyes"! Sound engineers: Patrick Pulsinger (Feedback Studio), Richard Eigner, Roman Gerold & Mike Grinser (Manmade Mastering).
Sounds Like Nature
We are happy to present you our new work »Sounds Like Nature«! Luma.Launisch invited me on various recording trips to »Nationalparks Austria«. Watch the mesmerizing audiovisual beauty we were lucky to capture here and the »making of« here
Aquarium Eyes
Acoustic and electronic sounds merge on »Aquarium Eyes«. Paying great attention to detail, Ritornell recorded at various locations. The results are gently woven into their very own world of sound. Defamiliarized by subtle electronic manipulation, instruments such as piano, double bass, vibraphone, kalimba, and accordion develop a surprising life of their own, only to be consequently swallowed up by the hissing and buzzing of electronic devices. The album will be released by Karaoke Kalk in May, so please stay tuned.
Hanoi Sound Stuff
The vietnamese electronic musician Tri Minh invited Richard to his Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival in order to present his Denoising project. A very fitting choice, since Hanoi is a city that is simply buzzing with energy. Due to the overbearing traffic it's near impossible to find a quiet place. The endless stream of scooters and cars is generating an ever present ambience of engine noise and honks. Gently click this link or the picture above to read about Richard's impressions of Vietnam and to watch more photos!
Our dear colleague Rainer Kohlberger created the amazing app »rain« for iPhone and iPad. It is now available at the app store in an updated version with fresh sound design by Ritornell. Get it here!
Mussurunga - El Bromista
Infamous Didi Bruckmayr approached us some time ago asking for a contribution to his new project Mussurunga. We recorded his vocal acrobatics in a hidden location in Upper Austria and built a new composition swirling around his performance. The track is available now via Houztekk Records! Listen closely here.
Macht Nichts. Eine kleine Trilogie des Todes
Thanks to Departure we had the chance to work on an audiovisual interpretation of Elfriede Jelinek's book »Macht nichts. Eine kleine Trilogie des Todes«. My task was to design multilayered soundscapes that underline the narration. Our visual and sonic explorations are available as a full length DVD distributed by Hoanzl.
Echoed Space a.k.a Mr. and Mrs. Bug Dream A Vacation
We've been busy once again: Adia Trischler and Andreas Waldschütz shot this mesmerising short film and asked Richard to provide the soundtrack. Gently click this link or the picture above to check it out.
Vienna Independent Shorts
Richard provided the music for this years Vienna Independent Shorts festival signation. The images were created by our dearest colleague Robert Seidel. This is a little teaser for the performance at viennese Gartenbaukino on 9th of June.
The Reboot Joy Confession
The Reboot Joy Confession just released it's amazing debut album »Absolute Ill Way Harmonious Enterprise« on the beloved label Philpot. Richard has been asked to contribute some Ride Cymbal playing, so if you listen closely you might be able to eavesdrop on »The Blessing Rides«.
Worldwide Family
Brownswood Recordings is delighted to announce that the second volume of its »Worldwide Family« series comes courtesy of LA native Kutmah, London's newly transplanted DJ, visual artist and eternal beat-seeker. Kutmah is a king amongst cratediggers; a true musical iconoclast and he selected our collaboration with fellow producer Sam Irl called »Three« for his compilation. Click the pic to check it out!
Morning Gloria
Douglas Greed commissioned a Ritornell remix for his tender collaboration »Morning Gloria« with singer Mooryc. Done deal! It will be released this march on beloved label Freude am Tanzen. Check it out here in the meantime.
Creation of Uncanny Matter
We are happy to announce that Richard started to work with Martin Riedler on the sound design for a very interesting project. »Creation of Uncanny Matter« by the collective »Dekolta's Handwerk« is a theatre play in development, experimenting with the theatricality of chemical processes. A narrative without words, based on gesture and atmospheric noises and sounds, deals with the genesis of a virtual world and its consequences.
Ritornell for Musicbox
Katharina Hölzl designed very special business cards for Ritornell! With the aid of laser assisted milling, nine micro compositions consisting of circles, triangles and Ritornell's contact information were applied onto a long musicbox paper stripe. Gently click this link or the picture above for a video and more pictures!
Grimm Reality
The visionary producer Dimlite just released his third long player on Now Again/Stones Throw. We are happy to announce, that Richard Eigner contributed drums to this brilliant work. You can listen to my playing on the track »Fridge Note« or »Healing A Random Tyrant«, for example! We recommend getting the 3x10-inch vinyl box with outstanding artwork by Anneka Beatty.
Stray Cat Remixes
Abby Lee Tee's Stray Cat Remixes are out now. The package contains remixes by the likes of Feux, Kalifornia Kurt or Swede:art and also features Richard's Ritornell Rework for »Morning Scene«! It's a free download, so click here to check it out!
Voixtronik Award
We are delighted to announce that both Roman Gerold and Richard Eigner won the Voixtronik Award 2011 in the categories »instrumental« and »vocal« with their pieces »Sssaudearndl, Doo« and »Sunflowers snuggle their heads on my lap (and gaze up at the sky)«.
Ritornell Nutriot Podcast
I've put together a mix featuring some of my most favourite music for the lovely Nutriot blog. It features the brand new Ritornell remix for Abby Lee Tee, recent releases by Fennesz, Leafcutter John, Klaus or Tied And Tickled Trio. You can stream it here at Mixcloud or download it here directly.
Remixing InFiné
The Ritornell rework of Clara Moto feat. Mimu - Deer & Fox is now featured on InFiné's compilation »Remixing InFiné«. Nice company: Modeselektor, Clark, John Talabot, Stacey Pullen, Bruno Pronsato and Tyler Pope feature with remixes too.
Black Mirror
The documentation of Robert Seidel's projection sculpture Black Mirror is online now. Richard contributed the music to his great documentation. To check it out, gently click on the picture above or on this link. If you are in Los Angeles please visit Young Projects until August 20th to see it live!
Thanks to Departure we are currently working on an audiovisual interpretation of Elfriede Jelinek's book »Macht nichts. Eine kleine Trilogie des Todes« (1999). While Mimu, Gerhard Daurer & Jona Hoier are responsible for the visual part, Richard Eigner is currently designing multilayered soundscapes to underline the narration. You can catch a first glimpse of our work at this year's sound:frame Festival on 7. April 2011 at Salon 5.
My Human Wears Acedia Shreds
Dimlite's most recent work »My Human Wears Acedia Shreds« is out now on Now Again Records, a sublabel of beloved Stones Throw! We are happy to announce, that Ritornell's Richard Eigner contributed drums to »Metal Snake Rider«, an expansive opus packed into just over three minutes of non-stop invention. Get your copy here.
Snowy Nights Mix
This christmas mix is meant to warm your souls in these cold winter days. Amongst brilliant music by Machinefabriek, Dntel, Grouper or Walls, it also features a preview of Ritornell's upcoming album: a yet unheard improvised version of Urban Heartware. To check it out gently click the image by Clemens Fantur or this link.
Deer & Fox Refoxed
Please check out Richard's Rework of Clara Moto & Mimu's rendition of Deer & Fox; out now on InFiné Records. You might want to get it at our favourite store zero"!
Ritornell zero" podcast
For this week's zero" podcast Richard Eigner supplies a moody trip through the sonic world of Ritornell. The mix starts out with Matthew Dear's »Honey«, off his brand-new »Black City« album, and glides through pieces by Pantha Du Prince, Alva Noto, Vladislav Delay, ISAN, Lali Puna, and Ø. Exquisite ambient electronica for endless summer evenings.
Expedition Sonar
Karin Fisslthaler and Ritornell's Richard Eigner will present the findings of their sonorous expedition of Lentos Art Museum in form of several sound installations. The exhibtion takes place from 27. August - 12. September 2010. Don't miss it!
FM4 Soundpark Studio2 Session Download
Ritornell's Studio2 Session is finally available for download! It also comes with a special dolby surround version of »Deer & Fox« and »Musicbox«. If you are more the visual kind of person you can watch a video of us having plenty of fun! Gently click the picture above for your downloading pleasure.
Richard Eigner just finished the sound-design for a new installation by Robert Seidel. It will by exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taiwan from 15th of June till 18th of July 2010 as part of the show »Tripolar - 3 Positions in German Video Art«, so if you are near check it out!
FM4 Soundpark Studio2 Session
Ritornell is sharing the next FM4 Soundpark Studio 2 Session on 3rd of June together with their dear friends of Ogris Debris! Ritornell's main line up is expanded by Mimu, Gerhard Daurer & Bernd Klug for the ultimate listening pleasure. The concert will be recorded and filmed, so stay tuned for the footage!
Take a closer listen to Flying Lotus' new space-opera »Cosmogramma«: Richard Eigner of Ritornell contributed some free-jazz-drumming to the track »German Haircut« that also features Lotus' cousin and Jazz-Legend Ravi Coltrane. Oh yes!!
The Law Of Time
We are happy to announce that Sigrid Nagele & Gloria Gammer won the Crossing Europe »Local Artists Atelier Award« for their music video to our song Ritornell & Mimu »The Law Of Time«. Congratulations! Gently click the picture above to check it out!
Stuck in a Groove
Richard adapted his piece »Golden Solitude Pt.1« for Clemens Kogler's amazing work »Stuck in a Groove«. Phonovideo is a VJ tool or visual instrument used to display animations in an analog way without the help of a computer. »Stuck in a Groove« is Clemens first film made with this technique. Gently click the picture above to check it out!
Ritornell Poster
Our dear friend Martin Embacher designed a hauntingly beautiful Ritornell poster for us! Printed in »Pantone Gold« it shines for your personal pleasure. Catch your copy at our beloved A Number Of Small Things store.
Denoising Field Recordings
Richard Eigner's new work »Denoising Field Recordings« documents an early attempt at using denoising-techniques in a creative and compositional manner. Instead of utilising noise-reduction-algorithms for their intended purpose (the restoration of damaged audio signals), these processes are applied to various field recordings. »Denoising Field Recordings« is released as a limited edition of see-through 12" vinyl with an intruiging white-on-white cover designed by Hans Renzler . The digital version is available exlusively at Zero".
Misel Quitno Remixes
Misel Quitno's record »Sleep Over Remixes Vol.1« is out now! Richard took the freedom to remix »A Fancy Friendship« on his own, but invited a bunch of musicians to rip the tune out of its original studio-murk and transplanted the tubas into his own airy, somewhat jazzy version of an imaginary film score. Richard claims that the drums on this remix aren't actually drums, but swine-flus, made of tropical wood.
FM4 Soundselection 21
We are happy to announce that our collaborative track with Some Freak and Andreya Triana »The Light« is featured on beloved Radio FM4's Soundselection 21! The compilation is released on Universal Records and features great music like The XX and fellow Austrians like JSBSL and The Clonious.
Autumn Mix
Richard made a beautiful selection of brilliant music to warm your hearts in cold autumn. To download simply click the picture above or here. Also contains a new and unrelased song by Ritornell!
Elevate Festival
For some pictures of our set at lovely Elevate Festival gently click the picture above or have a look at our images section. Thanks to everyone showing up and making this a really nice concert!
FM4 Signs & Signals
Patrick Pulsinger & Richard Eigner are playing a special show at this year's edition of Ars Electronica Festival! Freyluft will use the gigantic light- facade of Ars Electronica museum for their visuals to Patrick's modular-synth-extravaganza and Richard's Lemur-controlled Kalimba-Electronics. The show is on at circa 10 PM and will also be streamed on Radio FM4 in line with FM4 Sounds and Signals.
The Light Remixes
Wald Entertainment is celebrating its first ever release with an enchanting collaborative effort. Concocted by three graduates of the 2006 Red Bull Music Academy shortly after their departure from its Olympian domain, »The Light« was recorded in a series of separate sessions with Andreya Triana and Richard Eigner (of Ritornell). Some Freak merged it into an organic slow burner that sounds like a transmission from galaxies away. Patrick Pulsinger, Dorian Concept and Orakel contributed fantastic remixes! Out now on Boomkat, Juno, Amazon, HHV, Zero Inch, I-Tunes, Juno Download and many more shops!
Compilation Times
Our track »Tide And Tickle« is featured on the compilation »Chronik 1« by swiss label Trepok. The piece »Portable Ocean« can be found on the compilation of this years lovely Störung Festival and the track Urban Heartware (feat. Mimu) is featured on the covermount CD of Fleisch Magazin issue in May! Check them all out for your personal pleasure!
Richard just finished the music for an installation called »Aabhsuu« by Robert Seidel and Florian Licht. It's a projection-scultpure dealing with the topic »Bauhaus in Jena« and can be seen at the Stadtmuseum Jena until 7th of June 2009. The correct title of the whole exhibtion is »In nachbarlicher Nähe - Bauhaus in Jena. Bilder, Modelle, Objekte, Fotos und Texte«. If you are near, pay it a visit!
Vivisecting a city's tissue
Our dear friend Eva Sommeregger just finished a lovely video for the »Golden Solitude« album-track Nina. Gently click the banner above to check her fantastic work out! You can also find the animation in our video section.
Golden Solitude Out Now
Golden Solitude is out now on Karaoke Kalk in the formats CD, Vinyl and digital! Get yourself a copy at your favourite store. It's available at A Number Of Small Things, Amazon,Boomkat, Itunes, Zero-Inch, Beatport for example!
Ritornell in Seoul
Our dear friend Robert Seidel is going to present his new virtual sculpture vellum at Nabi Art Center on the 19th of February in Seoul. His talk is followed by a »live painting« with music provided by Ritornell.
A retrospective exhibition of his experimental films (2/20 - 3/31/2009) will also be shown on the gigantic multiscreen setup at the COMO SKT-Tower.
Golden Solitude featured on Zero Inch
Our album Golden Solitude is now featured exclusively on our friends lovely digital store Zero Inch. Gently click the banner above to check it out! In a couple of weeks time it will also be available on CD and Vinyl!


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In his latest address to the Iranian people, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sounded more committed and more consistent then ever.
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Citigroup Inc.'s head of risk for the Asia Pacific region was made a global head as part of the announced changes late Monday, a reflection of the region's importance as the U.S. bank's fastest-growing market.
In moves announced Monday by new chief executive officer Michael Corbat, the bank promoted Hong Kong-based Brad Hu to chief risk officer, replacing Brian Leach.
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His name is Jim Wysocki and he completed the task in 1986, two years before the next person to do so. Prior to golf magazines' publishing top 100 lists, Golf Magazine published the "50 Greatest Golf courses in the World." Wysocki also holds the distinction of being the first to complete this initial list. He did so in 1982.
Jim Wysocki pictured in a Times-Picayune article from October 20, 1982
It took some time to find Jim's story, as he did it in the pre-Google/Internet era. I had to research the old fashioned way, looking at old newspapers in his home town. Some interesting things struck me: The article says that he somehow played three top 100 courses on three continents on one day in London, New York and Tokyo. Last time I checked flying to Japan crosses the date line in the wrong direction so I don't think he actually did it in one calendar day. It helps that Sunningdale, Garden City and Tokyo are close to the big city airports, and even if it wasn't in the same day, playing these three back-to-back-to back is still quite a feat! As a frequent traveler, I would love to be able to get one of the "good-conduct passes" he mentions to get through customs.
It was as hard to get onto Augusta for him as it is for everyone else. He also accomplished the task in the era before MapQuest and GPS technology. He planned the trips using paper maps!
Jim was also an amateur pilot and tragically he died in a Cessna plane crash in Louisiana in 1989, three short years after his accomplishment and in his early 50s. In his honor The James Wysocki Award is granted each year to students at Tulane who excel in Trial Advocacy.
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Imagine if Ivan Nova hadn't pitched well last night.
The 25-year-old right-hander, who never has been accused of a lack of bravado, was either delusional or in denial insisting that he had good command and good stuff despite all evidence and manager Joe Girardi's testimony to the contrary on a night the Yankees were pounded by the Orioles 11-5 at the Stadium.
"He had no fastball command and he was inconsistent with his slider and his curveball," Girardi said after Nova yielded nine runs on 10 hits in five innings, including seven runs in the second — all scoring with two outs after the Yankees had put up a five-spot in their first at-bat.
The manager responded tightly when it was suggested to him that Nova appeared to lose focus during the second-inning torrent in which he surrendered five straight hits, including a grand slam by Chris Davis to left-center.
"Then he better get it back quickly if he lost it," said Girardi, whose team has lost four straight and nine of its last 12. "He can't lose focus. He's a major league pitcher.
"If you make a bad pitch, you have to get it back."
Nova, whose pitches were all over the place, denied that he lost focus. He also said he thought he had a good slider.
"It was a bad day; bad luck," said Nova, who has had more than a month's worth of both, pitching to a 5.28 ERA while allowing 57 hits and 18 walks in 47 2/3 innings over his last eight starts. "I just have to turn the page and get a fresh start.
"I have to go forward."
Nova has gone in the wrong direction following last year's brilliant 16-4 rookie season in which he won his final 12 decisions while exuding poise and self-confidence that bordered on cockiness.
Indeed, after opening this season 3-0 with an April 20 victory at Fenway to stretch his winning streak to 15 games, Nova declared himself king of the hill.
"If you ask me who is the best pitcher in the world, I say, 'Me,' " Nova said. "You know you have to believe it. That's why you win so many games."
Nova has won just one of his last eight starts, losing three with four no-decisions. The Yankees, meanwhile, have won three of their last 12 games, this one because of an implosion by their starting pitcher after dropping the previous eight primarily because of faulty work from the offense.
"Our struggles really haven't been with our rotation," Girardi said before the game. "I've been pretty pleased with it."
The Yankees still have the biggest division lead in baseball, but the objects in the rearview mirror are closer than they appear, especially the one in Boston.
The second-place Orioles are 5 1/2 back while the fourth-place Red Sox are within 7 1/2 with more than enough time to make it all up.
Indeed, as far as Derek Jeter is concerned, pretty much an entire season remains to be played; far too much of it to take note of the standings.
"I don't look at the scoreboard now and I don't look at the standings now," Jeter told The Post before the game. "It means absolutely zero.
"To me, it's the same as April."
If it's about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, well, the Yankees certainly have done that this week in losing the last two of their three-game series against Boston before losing the first two of a three-game series against Baltimore.
Jeter, however, scoffed at the notion the Yankees lost an opportunity to bury the Red Sox and Orioles.
"How many games are left, 60?" Jeter, 3-for-5 and back to .312, asked rhetorically. "If they were 60 games behind, that's the only way we could have buried them.
"You don't bury teams in July."
The Yankees didn't, that's for sure, and now they send Phil Hughes to the mound this afternoon as they attempt to avoid a Bronx sweep by the Orioles.
Hopefully he will not pitch as well as Nova did last night.