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The AUD/JPY hourly chart shows a downside break of the ascending triangle - a bearish continuation pattern - which indicates a continuation of the sell-off from the recent high of 82.65. Accordingly, the pair looks set to re-test 80.00 (psychological level).
The ascending triangle breakdown adds credence to the short-term bearish view put forward by the downward sloping 5-day and 10-day moving averages (MA).
Spot Rate: 80.46
Daily High: 80.55
Daily Low: 80.44
R1: 80.63 (June 19 low)
R2: 80.85 (5-day moving average)
R3: 81.61 (10-day moving average)
S1: 80.22 (previous day's low)
S2: 80.00 (psychological level)
S3: 79.21 (Jan 2016 low)
Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence fell from previous 3.9% to -2.3% in August
Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence fell from previous 3.9% to -2.3% in August...
China unperturbed by trade war at the street level - Reuters Poll
According to a poll by Reuters, Chinese residents at the street level are largely unbothered by US President Trump's bluster and swapping of trade war...
According to a poll by Reuters, Chinese residents at the street level are largely unbothered by US President Trump's bluster and swapping of trade war rhetoric with China, though some mixed feelings on exactly how China should respond to the US.
"Reuters talked to a cross section of 50 people, mainly from the two cities, about how concerned they are about the trade war, what they think Beijing’s response would be, and whether they think Chinese people should boycott American products in retaliation.
The interviews showed there is no palpable sense of crisis or panic yet. There is division and confusion over how China should respond to Trump, with some arguing that Beijing should strike back at American interests but others saying they didn’t know what could be done.
But perhaps most worrying for American businesses selling in China, a significant minority of the people interviewed – 14, or 28 percent - want to stop buying American products now, and some say they are already boycotting anything made in the U.S. Others said they would continue to buy American but that could change in the future.
-Asked whether they were worried about the trade war, only 11 of the 50 (22 percent) said they were, and 39 (or 78 percent) said they weren’t concerned.
-Asked what Beijing should do in response to Trump’s punitive tariffs, 19 (or 38 percent) said that it should strike back hard. The rest came up with various responses, including a refocus on development of the domestic economy, building other export markets, while 8 (or 16 percent) said they had no idea what the government should do.
-Asked whether they would stop buying U.S. products, 14 said they would, 31 said they wouldn’t (some indicated their views could change if the trade war intensifies), and five didn’t have a view.
The straw poll’s sample is very small and clearly not scientific. The interviews were also conducted in a country where people are often guarded and may well not let foreign media know their real views. Any individual’s comments deemed inappropriate – criticism of Xi would fall into this category – could lead to trouble with the authorities."
AUD/JPY cycling around 80.50 as bulls await inspiration
The AUD/JPY is continuing to cycle around the 80.50 for this week after broader markets halted their flight into safety last week on fears of Turkish ...
The Aussie sees little reason to run against the JPY as traders await meaningful data.
With market tensions remaining close to the surface, traders are keeping one foot in the Yen door.
The AUD/JPY is continuing to cycle around the 80.50 for this week after broader markets halted their flight into safety last week on fears of Turkish contagion, but the rebound in market sentiment has seen little favour given to the Aussie as bulls have little reason to buy.
The Australian Business Conditions Index softened to a reading of 12 this week compared to the previous period's printing of 15, and Aussie traders are awaiting Thursday's Aussie employment figures, with buyers bracing for a minor upwards tick in the seasonally-adjusted Unemployment Rate from 5.5% to 5.6%, but a flubbed reading of Wednesday's q/q Wage Price Index (forecast 0.6%, last 0.5%) due at 01:30 GMT today could see sentiment towards the battered AUD soften ahead of tomorrow's jobs report.
On the Yen side, JPY traders are looking towards the latest round of Japan's Trade Balance, due very late Wednesday at 23:50 GMT; Japan's Merchandise Trade Balance is expected to contract sharply to ¥-50.0 billion over the previous period's revised ¥720.0 billion reading, fueled in part by a projected jump in Imports (forecast 14.4%, last 2.6%).
The Japanese Yen remains the safe-haven of choice for much of the broader market, and the Aussie can expect to continue to struggle against the JPY as market tensions over brewing trade wars and US-Turkey frictions continue.
AUD/JPY levels to watch
Support for the AUD/JPY pair is thin after knocking into a 22-month low, and if bulls can't get their feet under them quickly then the way lies open for further declines into a broad resistance zone from 2016's bottom patterns, ranging from 76.75 all the way to 70.30. On the buyers' side, last week's high of 82.80 represents a significant barrier before resistance from recent consolidation just beneath the 84.00 handle, while the AUD/JPY has spent most of 2018 capped by 84.50.
USD/JPY Technical Analysis: bulls looking to hold 111.00
A sluggish Kiwi sees little bullish rebound against the Greenback after last week's fear-induced decline.
A thin calendar for the NZD this week sees market sentiment largely in the driver's seat.
Buyers are struggling to develop wheels under a bullish correction from 0.6550 as technical indicators bleed out their oversold signals.
NZD/USD Chart, 15-Minute
0.6566 (current day low)
0.6557 (current week low)
0.6500 (major technical level)
0.6610 (current week high)
0.6684 (61.8% Fibo retracement level)
0.6762 (previous week high)
Colombia Trade Balance declined to $-719M in June from previous $-638M
Colombia Trade Balance declined to $-719M in June from previous $-638M...
Colombia Industrial ouput (YoY) below forecasts (3.2%) in June: Actual (1.3%)
Colombia Industrial ouput (YoY) below forecasts (3.2%) in June: Actual (1.3%)...
Turkey s Erdogan to boycott US electronics - Reuters
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday plans to boycott US electronics in retaliation for tariffs from US President Trump that doubled ...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday plans to boycott US electronics in retaliation for tariffs from US President Trump that doubled levies against Turkish products, heightening fears of contagion risk that could spread from Turkey to global marketplaces.
"The lira has lost more than 40 percent this year and crashed to an all-time low of 7.24 to the dollar on Monday, hit by worries over Erdogan’s calls for lower borrowing costs and by worsening ties with the United States, a major NATO ally.
It was supported by news of a planned conference call on Thursday in which the finance minister will seek to reassure investors concerned by Erdogan’s influence over the economy and his resistance to interest rate hikes to tackle double-digit inflation.
Erdogan says Turkey is the target of an economic war, and has made repeated calls for Turks to sell their dollars and euros to shore up the national currency.
“Together with our people, we will stand decisively against the dollar, forex prices, inflation and interest rates. We will protect our economic independence by being tight knit together,” he told members of his AK Party in a speech.
The United States imposed sanctions on two Turkish government ministers over the trial on terrorism charges of U.S. evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey, and last week Washington raised tariffs on Turkish metal exports.
The White House said on Tuesday President Donald Trump was frustrated that Turkey had not released Brunson.
“The president has a great deal of frustration on the fact that Pastor Brunson has not been released as well as the fact that other U.S. citizens and employees of diplomatic facilities have not been released,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told a briefing.
A White House official said the United States was warning more economic pressures may be in store for Turkey if it refuses to release Brunson."
GBP/JPY Technical Analysis: pullback from 12-month low losing steam
The Sterling is bouncing against the safe-haven Yen this week as market fears over Turkey contagion continue to subside.
Trade war angst and Brexit concerns continue to hang close at hand, and risk-on momentum remains limited.
A 12-month low has been etched into the Guppy, and buyers are limited as technical indicators middle within a lackluster bullish correction.
GBP/JPY Chart, 15-Minute
141.00 (previous day low)
140.23 (current week low)
140.00 (major technical barrier)
142.45 (current week high)
144.50 (518.% Fibo retracement level)
147.13 (two-week high)
AUD/USD Review: bullish rebound remains thin at 20-month lows
The AUD/USD pairing is trading into 0.7240 after bottoming out at a new 20-month low of 0.7223 on Tuesday as the US Dollar resumed its march up the ch...
The Aussie is breaking into a fresh 20-month low as the US Dollar resumes its climb.
Aussie data due for Wednesday is unlikely to see much action as traders await Thursday's Australian employment numbers.
The AUD/USD pairing is trading into 0.7240 after bottoming out at a new 20-month low of 0.7223 on Tuesday as the US Dollar resumed its march up the charts across the broader FX space.
Aussie traders are looking up from the bottom of a steep slide as Wednesday sees another round of the Westpac Consumer Confidence survey, due early at 00:30 GMT. Consumer confidence last clocked in at 3.9%, while the q/q Wage Price Index, dropping at 01:30 GMT, is forecast to print at 0.6%, slightly above the previous reading of 0.5%.
AUD bulls are unlikely to be moved by Wednesday's economic data as they await Thursday's showing of the Australian jobs report, where the seasonally-adjusted Unemployment rate is forecast to move from 5.4% to 5.5%, while the Participation Rate is seen declining slightly from 65.7% to 65.6%.
With a middling economy and sluggish growth metrics, little intrinsic momentum is found for the AUD as the interest divergence between the Aussie and the Greenback continues to widen, and the Aussie finds itself at the mercy of broader market sentiment which has turned increasingly pro-Dollar and the AUD is on pace to close lower against the USD for a sixth month out of the last seven.
AUD/USD Technical Analysis
The Aussie is looking primed for a bullish correction sagging into range of setting a two-year low with technical indicators buried firmly into oversold territory, but falling knives threaten most hands as Aussie traders await a meaningful trigger to begin piling back into the AUD.
AUD/USD Chart, 15-Minute
0.7234 (current day low)
0.7223 (current week low; major technical bottom)
0.7117 (S2 weekly pivot)
0.7292 (currrent week high)
0.7365 (61.8% Fibo retracement level)
0.7452 (previous week high)
Canada considering steel safeguard against US tariffs - Reuters
As reported by Reuters, Canada announced on Tuesday that they are considering a safeguard measure against US President Trump's steel and aluminum tari...
As reported by Reuters, Canada announced on Tuesday that they are considering a safeguard measure against US President Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs.
"Finance Minister Bill Morneau said a 15-day consultation period will be used to look at the harm or threat of harm to seven steel categories, including steel plate, rebar, energy tubular product, hot rolled sheet, pre-painted steel, stainless steel wire and wire rod.
“Our government believes the tariffs levied by the United States represent an exceptional circumstance, and that’s why provisional safeguards are being considered,” Morneau told a news conference at steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s Dofasco plant in Hamilton, Ontario.
“If evidence gathered during our consultations points to harm or threat of harm to Canadian producers, we will apply provisional safeguards in an expeditious manner and refer the issue to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal for inquiry.”
The safeguards, limiting steel supplies, are a blow to Canada’s oil sector, which has struggled to compete on costs and profitability with the United States, said Tom Whalen, chief executive of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada.
Higher costs of steel products, used to drill wells and build derricks and pressure pumps, would add to that competition gap, and Ottawa should compensate companies that are hurt by the safeguards, Whalen said.
The European Union announced its own safeguards in July, a combination of quotas and tariffs on 23 steel product categories."
Crude Oil WTI Technical Analysis: In search of direction - Bears eyeing a break below $66.30 a barrel
Resistance 1: 67.16 June 14 high
Resistance 2: 67.72 June 26 low
Resistance 3: 67.95 swing high
Resistance 4: 68.30 supply/demand level
Resistance 5: 69.00 figure
Resistance 6: 69.44 June 25 high
Resistance 7: 70.00 figure
Resistance 8: 70.53 May 24 low
Resistance 9: 71.19 May 23 low
Resistance 10: 72.13 July 6 low
Resistance 11: 73.00 figure
Support 1: 66.30-66.53 July 18 swing low and June 20 high
Support 2: 65.71, June 22 low
Support 3: 65.00 figure
Support 4: 64.60 May 28 low
Support 5: 64.00 figure
Support 6: 63.63 June 11 low
Support 7: 62.40 June 18 low
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All over their website Nvidia says you need a Gtx 600 series (at least a 650) or more to run Project shield and I have a 560ti. The 560ti gets better performance then the 650 doesn't it? Or does Nvidia only require a 600 series cards to promote sales of their newest lineup? I would be quite disappointed if Nvidia didn't allow 500 series cards to work with it.
The basic requirement is a modern gaming PC with a Kepler-based GeForce GTX 650 or higher GPU
and a Wi-Fi router. The preliminary detailed requirements are:
GPU: NVIDIA® Kepler™-based GeForce GTX 650 (Desktop) or GTX 660M (Notebook) or higher
CPU: Intel Core i5 or equivalent or higher
System Memory: 4 GB or higher
Software: GeForce Experience™ application and latest GeForce drivers
OS: Windows 7 or higher
Router: Router: 802.11a/g/n (Recommended: 802.11n Dual Band / MIMO Router
The Kepler card processes the video into a compressed stream that is sent via Wifi to the Shield hardware. Shield sends back control data from the pad to the computer via wifi.
Only Kepler cards have this Grid processing tech in them.
The HDMI on the Shield unit is output only TV.
Shield only has the ability to run Android games on it's own. If you want to run PC games, they are processed on the PC and streamed via wifi, having nothing to do with the Shield's HDMI port.
That stinks! I was looking into this as I thought it would be a good tool for farming borderlands 2.
My Q6600 @ 3.6 and GTX 570 have me maxed out for settings with a 50+ min frame rate but it can not stream to shield. I have a really Highspeed connection at home 80Mbps+ so this really looked like it was going to be for me but it seems not.


The Big Three Diesel Truck Torque War Timeline
In 2023, Ford released its high output version of the 6.7L Power Stroke V-8—an engine packing 500 hp and 1,200 lb-ft of torque from the factory. Thirty years prior, no one could’ve imagined we’d see Class 8-like torque numbers produced by pickup truck engines. So how did we get to this point? Despite OEM diesel options being offered by both Ford and GM throughout the 1980s, Chrysler—thanks to its contract with Cummins—fired the first shot in the torque war back in the summer of ’88. Since then, the Big Three have been engaged in a never-ending battle for lb-ft supremacy. As the timeline below shows, torque numbers have tripled over the past three decades—and there are no signs of Ford, Ram or GM letting up anytime soon.
5.9L Cummins 6BT (1989-1993): 160 HP And 400 LB-FT
- Segment First #1: The 5.9L Cummins was the first diesel engine in the pickup truck segment to offer direct injection.
- Segment First #2: The 6BT Cummins was the first diesel engine in its class to come standard with a turbocharger.
- Segment First #3: Cummins’ 6BT was also the first inline-six configuration offered in the segment, which meant it possessed fewer moving parts and benefitted from a naturally balanced rotating assembly.
- Best-In-Class Torque: Cummins’ 5.9L employed in Dodge D/W 250 and 350 trucks produced more torque than the larger displacement, naturally aspirated Navistar 7.3L V-8 that Ford was using at the time.
7.3L Power Stroke (1994.5-1996): 210 HP And 425 LB-FT
- Ford’s first serious answer to the 5.9L Cummins was the Navistar-built 7.3L Power Stroke V-8.
- Segment First: Thanks to its HEUI injection system, the 7.3L Power Stroke pioneered the idea of full electronic control in the diesel pickup segment.
- DI and Turbocharged: Direct injection and a turbocharger became standard equipment for Ford for the first time.
5.9L Cummins 6BT (1996): 215 HP And 440 LB-FT
- Segment First: The ’94-’98 version of the 12-valve 5.9L Cummins would be the first and the only diesel pickup truck engine to be equipped with an inline, mechanical injection pump.
- The Bosch P7100 (i.e. P-pump) injection pump would prove to be the cornerstone in kicking off diesel performance in pickup trucks.
- Dodge’s 215 hp and 440 lb-ft diesel option was only available when paired with the available NV4500 five-speed manual transmission (automatics were limited to 180 hp, 420 lb-ft).
7.3L Power Stroke (1997): 225 HP And 450 LB-FT
- Ford’s answer to Dodge and Cummins’ move in ’96 was to beat out the 5.9L in both horsepower (+10 hp) and torque (+10 lb-ft).
- A PCM calibration change was all that was needed to provide the bump in horsepower and torque.
- This variant of the 7.3L Power Stroke would be the most powerful of the first generation, non-intercooled models.
5.9L Cummins ISB 24-Valve (1998.5): 235 HP And 460 LB-FT
- This version of the 5.9L Cummins debuted a new block, head, injection pump, injectors, pistons and electronics.
- The ISB 24-valve cylinder head provided for improved drivability (across the rpm range) over the former 12-valve.
- As with the P-pumped engines, the highest horsepower and torque rating could only be had with the manual transmission option (autos were limited to 215 hp and 420 lb-ft).
7.3L Power Stroke (1999-2000): 235 HP And 500 LB-FT
- Segment First: The ’99 model year 7.3L Power Stroke became the first diesel to produce 500 lb-ft of torque, and debuted in Ford’s all-new Super Duty trucks.
- This updated version of the 7.3L Power Stroke came standard with an air-to-air intercooler, larger fuel injectors and a chassis-mounted, electric lift pump
- For quicker spool up, the turbocharger was fitted with a tighter exhaust housing. An internal wastegate was added to avoid overspeed.
5.9L Cummins ISB 24-Valve (2001): 245 HP And 505 LB-FT
- Although the 24-valve ISB engine debuted with a 235 hp and 460 lb-ft peak rating, Dodge added this high output version of the 5.9L Cummins for the ’01 model year.
- H.O. ISB’s featured higher compression, valve seat inserts for added durability, an enhanced VP44 injection pump and higher flowing injectors.
- The high output engine option was only available in conjunction with the NV5600 six-speed manual transmission.
6.6L Duramax LB7 (2001): 300 HP And 520 LB-FT
- Development of the original 6.6L Duramax V-8 (also known as the LB7) was a joint venture between General Motors and Isuzu.
- Segment First #1: First diesel in a pickup truck to offer 300 hp.
- Segment First #2: First diesel in a pickup truck to offer aluminum cylinder heads.
- Segment First #3: First diesel engine in a pickup truck to utilize high-pressure common-rail injection.
- Proven Design: The Duramax V-8 is the only diesel engine in its class to still enjoy its original displacement, along with much of its overall initial design.
7.3L Power Stroke (2001-2003): 275 HP And 525 LB-FT
- Ford’s response to both Dodge’s high output, 505 lb-ft Cummins option and GM’s new, 520 lb-ft Duramax was to lean on the 7.3L Power Stroke one last time.
- Other than a PCM recalibration, this version used the same turbocharger, high-pressure oil pump and fuel injectors as the ’99.5 and ’00 model year engines.
- As with Chrysler’s high output diesel option, Ford too would have to limit its H.O. 7.3L to manual transmission takers (the ZF-6 six-speed in this case).
5.9L Cummins Common-Rail (2003): 305 HP And 555 LB-FT
- Dodge and Cummins beat out the LB7 Duramax’s 300 hp figure and put 30 lb-ft on the rest of the field when the common-rail 5.9L was introduced in 2003.
- Its common-rail system was sourced from Bosch and featured a high-pressure fuel pump similar to the Duramax, along with solenoid-activated injectors.
- The 24-valve cylinder head was revised, and the block was cast with reinforced rails and was accommodated by a stiffener plate.
6.0L Power Stroke (2003): 325 HP And 560 LB-FT
- On the heels of the unveiling of Dodge’s fresh body style and the common-rail Cummins in ’03, Ford released the 6.0L Power Stroke—with 5 more lb-ft of torque than its cross-town rival.
- Segment First: The 6.0L Power Stroke debuted variable geometry turbo (VGT) technology in the diesel pickup category.
- The 6.0L was also the first Power Stroke to utilize exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), four-valve cylinder heads and an internal oil cooler.
5.9L Cummins Common-Rail (2005): 325 HP And 610 LB-FT
- After the initial common-rail 5.9L Cummins was overtaken in torque by the 6.0L Power Stroke in 2003, Dodge struck back in ’04.5 with the Cummins “600,” followed by this 610 lb-ft version in ’05.
- Alone In The Segment: The 5.9L common-rail Cummins remained free of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) throughout its production run, an emissions system that would prove problematic for the 6.0L Power Stroke and Duramax competition.
- The ’05-’07 5.9L Cummins sported the more reliable and performance-friendly Holset HE351CW turbocharger (which technically debuted on ’04.5 engines).
6.6L Duramax LLY (2006): 310 HP And 605 LB-FT
- The release of this version of the LLY Duramax wasn’t highly publicized (and it didn’t top the Cummins’ 610 lb-ft figure), but GM was paving the way for a much more powerful engine to follow.
- The LLY platform was also treated to improved injectors in ’04.5 (which were moved outside of the valve covers, making them much easier to service) and the late (‘06) LLY was capable of higher peak injection pressure (26,000-psi).
- All LLY Duramax engines came standard with a VGT and EGR.
6.6L Duramax LBZ (2006-2007): 360 HP And 650 LB-FT
- When the LBZ Duramax arrived for ’06 model year GM HD trucks it blew the competition away, boasting 35 more hp than Ford or Dodge and besting the common-rail 5.9L Cummins by 40 lb-ft.
- The LBZ received lower compression pistons, stronger connecting rods and a beefier block casting than the LLY, all of which were carried over to the LMM.
- Beginning with the ’06 model year, the Allison 1000 transmission became a six-speed after gaining a second overdrive gear.
6.6L Duramax LMM (2007.5-2010): 365 HP And 660 LB-FT
- Though the LBZ Duramax used in ’06-’07 GM HD trucks led the field with 360 hp and 650 lb-ft, the LMM added 10 lb-ft (and 5 horsepower) to the mix—an amount that help allow GM to sustain its longest reign atop the torque charts.
- Cleaner Emissions: The LMM was the first Duramax V-8 to be equipped with a diesel particulate filter (DPF), which reduced particulate matter (PM) pollutants by 90-percent.
- Million Engine Milestone: GM would build Duramax number 1 million during the LMM’s production run.
6.6L Duramax LML (2011): 397 HP And 765 LB-FT
- To handle a 105 lb-ft gain in torque, GM had a stronger block cast, altered the main bearing profiles, added a higher-flow oil pump, revised the wrist pins and reverted back to lighter weight pistons.
- The LML was also the one and only Duramax to utilize a Bosch CP4.2 high-pressure fuel pump, with 30,000-psi capability and feeding piezoelectric injectors.
- Part of the LML’s being able to meet more stringent NOx emissions while also making more horsepower and torque stemmed from GM’s implementation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR).
6.7L Power Stroke (2011-2012): 400 HP And 800 LB-FT
- After parting ways with Navistar following the 6.4L Power Stroke (which never led the torque war), the 6.7L Power Stroke V-8 represented Ford’s first in-house diesel for the ¾-ton and larger pickup segment.
- Segment First #1: Following its debut power rating of 390 hp and 735 lb-ft of torque at its initial launch, Ford quickly boosted the 6.7L to 400 hp and 800 lb-ft (as well as issuing a free factory reflash for early buyers)—both of which were firsts for the segment.
- Segment First #2: The 6.7L Power Stroke was the first diesel engine in its class to offer a compacted graphite iron (CGI) block.
- Segment First #3: It was also the first engine to offer reverse-flow cylinder heads (which were cast from aluminum).
- Segment First #4: Air-to-water intercooling made the engine both more efficient and packageable.
6.7L Cummins (2013-2014): 385 HP And 850 LB-FT
- Beginning in 2013, Ram’s high output 6.7L Cummins option produced 385 hp at 2,800 rpm and 850 lb-ft of torque at 1,700 rpm.
- The catch was that the higher output Cummins could only be had in conjunction with the new, Aisin AS69RC six-speed automatic transmission and in a 3500 model truck.
- Combined with axle, chassis and suspension changes, the 850 lb-ft 6.7L Cummins allowed properly equipped Ram 3500’s to out-tow Ford’s F-450 (GCWR 37,600 lbs vs. GCWR 33,000 lbs) for 2013.
- 2013 also marked the first time selective catalytic reduction (SCR) was available on 2500 and 3500 model trucks, making them the cleanest running Cummins-powered Rams to date.
6.7L Power Stroke (2015): 440 HP And 860 LB-FT
- Ford’s second generation 6.7L Power Stroke was not only intended to offer improved reliability over ’11-’14 engines, but also to top Ram’s 6.7L Cummins in torque.
- Ford overtook Ram in the torque war by adding a higher-flowing (and more reliable) variable geometry turbo, along with a revamped Bosch common-rail injection system.
- This version of the 6.7L Power Stroke, as well as the 6R140 TorqShift transmission it was tethered to, pushed Ford Super Duty sales to new, segment-leading heights.
6.7L Cummins (2016): 385 HP And 900 LB-FT
- Segment First: First diesel engine to 900 lb-ft of torque.
- This rendition of the 6.7L Cummins also afforded Ram 3500 models a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 39,100 pounds.
- Again, the high output, 900 lb-ft version was only available with the Aisin AS69RC transmission and in 3500 model form.
- Note that Ram’s 6.7L Cummins had already topped the 860 lb-ft figure pumped out by Ford’s 6.7L Power Stroke with 865 lb-ft in 2015. Despite that, Ram decided to move forward the next model year and go ahead and lay claim to 900 lb-ft.
6.6L Duramax L5P (2017): 445 HP And 910 LB-FT
- The L5P Duramax’s 445 hp and 910 lb-ft rating would mark the last time GM led the Big Three in horsepower and torque—although its class-leading torque rating was short-lived (Ford upped the torque rating of its 6.7L Power Stroke to 925 lb-ft shortly after GM announced the L5P’s figures).
- A heat-treated cast-iron block, higher-flowing cylinder heads, stronger pistons and an electrically activated VGT highlight the L5P’s biggest improvements over the previous engine, the LML.
- 2 Million Engine Milestone: GM built Duramax number 2 million during the L5P’s production run.
6.7L Power Stroke (2017): 440 HP And 925 LB-FT
- Though Ford couldn’t top GM’s class-leading horsepower from the L5P Duramax, it was able to best it by 15 lb-ft of torque.
- Job 2 ’17 6.7L Power Stroke engines were treated to stronger rods and minor cylinder head improvements, presumably to better cope with future torque increases.
- In an effort to limit peak cylinder pressure (i.e. reduce stress on the engine), Ford moved the 6.7L Power Stroke’s peak torque rating to 1,800 rpm (vs. 1,600 rpm previously).
6.7L Cummins (2018): 385 HP And 930 LB-FT
- Thanks to the calibration engineers at Cummins, the 6.7L was tweaked to produce 930 lb-ft of torque right before ’18 model Rams hit dealer lots.
- Ram’s segment-leading torque number coincided with a best-in-class fifth-wheel tow rating of 30,000 pounds on properly equipped 3500 models.
- This marked the last marginal torque increase Ram and Cummins have offered in recent times. Only large bumps in power took place after this point.
6.7L Power Stroke (2018): 450 HP And 935 LB-FT
- Ford continued to play cat-and-mouse with Cummins in the torque war, providing another PCM recalibration for ’18 model Super Duty’s that yielded 5 more lb-ft than Ram.
- Thanks to the software enhancement, Ford’s 6.7L Power Stroke also topped the L5P Duramax in horsepower, claiming a best-in-class figure.
- The icing on the cake for Ford in 2018 was its dominance in the maximum towing category, with a properly equipped F-450 capable of lugging 34,000 pounds via gooseneck or fifth-wheel hitch.
6.7L Cummins (2019): 400 HP And 1,000 LB-FT
- While it still displaced 6.7 liters, the high output 6.7L Cummins that debuted in 2019 was completely redesigned, with a CGI block, forged-steel connecting rods, lighter pistons and hydraulic lifters.
- Segment First: The all-new 6.7L Cummins was the first engine in its class to reach the 1,000 lb-ft milestone.
- The high output 6.7L Cummins also debuted a brand-new Holset VGT capable of producing 33 psi of boost in stock form.
6.7L Power Stroke (2020): 475 HP And 1,050 LB-FT
- Accompanying its best-in-class tow figure of 37,000 pounds on F-450 models, Ford blew past Ram’s 1,000 lb-ft mark with its third-generation 6.7L Power Stroke in 2020.
- Segment First: Ford introduced low-compression (15.8:1), steel pistons for optimum reliability.
- Further reinforcements performed on the third-generation 6.7L Power Stroke were: CGI block enhancements, revised cylinder heads, improved connecting rod and main bearings, and a 36,000-psi common-rail injection system.
- Ford also introduced the 10-speed 10R140 TorqShift automatic in 2020, a transmission well-matched to the new, more powerful 6.7L Power Stroke.
6.7L Cummins (2021-2022): 420 HP And 1,075 LB-FT
- After Ford topped Ram in 2020, the Auburn Hills-based truck maker quickly prodded Cummins to push the 6.7L I-6 to 1,075 lb-ft of torque (available at 1,800 rpm). Horsepower was given a boost as well, peaking at 420 hp.
- A key reliability update made for ’21 model year engines was the reversion back to the tried and true Bosch CP3 high-pressure fuel pump. Ram made the change after many CP4.2 pumps (found on ’19 and ’20 engines) suffered failures.
- The 420 hp and 1,075 lb-ft high output version of the 6.7L Cummins remained reserved for 3500 model trucks equipped with the Aisin AS69RC transmission.
6.7L Power Stroke (2023): 500 HP And 1,200 LB-FT
- In a move that rocked the world of heavy-duty pickup trucks, Ford announced in the fall of 2022 that a high output version of its third-generation 6.7L Power Stroke would be available for 2023 models. The H.O. Power Stroke would skip past the 1,100’s and go straight for the jugular: 1,200 lb-ft.
- Segment First #1: 500 horsepower.
- Segment First #2: 1,200 lb-ft of torque.
- Even though Ford is the current king of the pickup segment, we fully expect Ram and Cummins to retaliate within the next two years.
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- For more on the diesel power plant that kicked off this firestorm, read up on the history of the 5.9L 6BT Cummins right here.
- What's Coming from Ford: 1,200 Lb-Ft of Torque Power Stroke Diesel Engine


What is the meaning of the vision result from Mech-Vision, and what transformation has been done?
Example: When the coordinates are on the origin pose, the coordinates should be [0,0,0,0,0,0,0], if an object is placed 1000mm directly below the camera field of view, then its coordinates should be changed to [0,0,1000,0,0,0,0]
So what transformation has been done internally or how to get the coordinates before this transformation?
I need to fix the camera above without any calibration. If I define a coordinate system on the ground, all the coordinates of the objects captured by the camera should be converted to the coordinate system on the ground. What should I do?
1.The coordinate composition given by the camera is [translation value + quaternion], which is used to represent the attitude of the object in the camera coordinate system, and the translation unit is m.
The origin of the camera coordinate system is [0,0,0,1,0,0,0], and [1,0,0,0] represents the rotation unit matrix. If an object is placed 1000mm directly below the camera, when only the position is considered, it can be represented as the coordinates [0,0,1,1,0,0,0] in the camera’s field of view. The calculation of the relative pose uses rigid body transformation, but the visual algorithm used to obtain this rigid body pose is not necessarily the same, and varies according to the scene.
2. If the coordinates of the object captured by the camera is A and the ground coordinate system is B in the camera field of view, then the object’s coordinates in the camera field of view is B.inverse()*A. This transformation can be calculated by pose transformation and pose inversion in Mech-Vision, and the transformation method in the software is as follows
for the use of pose transformation, please refer to: Pose Transformation—Software Suite Documentation
3. If the coordinates of the object captured by the camera is A, and the ground coordinate system is the robot base coordinate system, hand-eye calibration is required. It is necessary to calibrate the relationship between the camera and the coordinate system (extrinsic parameters), and then use the pose transformation for processing. For the part of the hand-eye calibration principle, please refer to: Calibration Principles - Software Suite Documentation


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Aired January 27, 2010 - 22:20 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: The president of the United States wrapping up a very substantive, detailed 70-minute or so State of the Union address.
He got into a lot of specific details about what he wants to do on domestic issues, less specific on all sorts of foreign policy or national security issues. But he made it clear his number-one priority is the economy and getting people back to work, jobs, jobs, jobs.
His number-one legislative priority, he opened up his speech by saying, was passing a new jobs bill in the Congress. The president was warmly received by the Democrats, but you saw a lot of the Republicans not necessarily applauding or standing up, and so many of the Democrats did.
This was a carefully written speech reflecting what the president had in mind. He is walking out right now.
Let's listen in a little bit as we hear what he's saying to members as he -- as he leaves the floor of the House of Representatives.
OBAMA: Which way am I going?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This way.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Great.
OBAMA: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Great to meet you, Mr. President.
OBAMA: Thank you so much.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you.
OBAMA: You doing all right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you.
OBAMA: There you go. God bless you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Congressman.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good to see you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.
BLITZER: All right, he is making his way towards the door. You saw him signing a few autographs. He has got a lot of Democrats -- these are all Democrats, by and large, who are standing there waiting to try to shake the president's hand and congratulate him on the speech, the president of the United States, very, very popular with these folks who are waiting.
You saw a lot of the Republicans just get up and start leaving the floor of the House of Representatives, but these are the -- the most supportive of the president's legislative friends. They are still there.
Some of them want autographs. Some of them want a picture. Some of them want to just say, thank you, Mr. President.
Once he leaves, by the way, there will be a five-minute moment between that and the Republican response. The governor of Virginia, the newly elected governor of Virginia, a rising star in Virginia, Bob McDonnell, he will deliver the Republican response from the floor of the House of Delegates in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. He will have an audience there. He won't just be looking into a camera, as the Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal, did not that long ago, and did not necessarily arouse and excite a lot of people.
But they are hoping that the governor of Virginia will do a better job this time, the Republicans, and he will have about a 10- minute address, we are told, responding to some of what the president had to say.
As we -- as we await the president getting ready to leave, the chamber has basically cleared out, except for those folks who are waiting, and who are trying to shake the president's hand.
Dana Bash is inside. She was inside throughout the State of the Union address.
Give us a little bit more of the color in there, Dana.
DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: You know, you mentioned the fact that -- that the Republicans were a bit subdued.
And I will tell you, we were talking right before the speech about the fact that the Republican leadership said that, you know, they should not have another "You lie" moment. And, boy, did they listen. I didn't even hear any booing, which is something that we have heard from Democrats when Republican presidents have spoken, and certainly from Republicans when Democratic presidents have spoken.
It did not happen at all. They were pretty much silent when the president talked about things that they very much oppose. But one other moment. When the president talked about that spending freeze, I had a clear line of vision to some of the, for lack of a better term, old bulls, the Democratic chairmen who simply do not like that idea at all. They are philosophically opposed to not spending at a time when they think that it is important to do that, when jobs need to be created.
And they were stone-faced, absolutely stone-faced. It was a good example, I thought, of how hard it is going to be for president to get both Democrats and Republicans to change the way he talked about tonight.
BLITZER: I want to go from the floor of the House of Representatives to the floor of the House of Delegates at the Virginia State Capitol.
And you can see over there the governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell. He is now walking in, getting ready to deliver his GOP response to the president. It's interesting that they selected the newly elected governor of Virginia. He is very popular right now. He is a rising star in the Republican Party.
He is one of three winners, Republican winners in statewide contests over the past few months in Virginia, New Jersey, and now, most recently, in Massachusetts, that has a lot of Republicans all excited about the opportunities they might have in the midterm elections coming up in November.
So, you can see these two chambers, the chamber on the U.S. Capitol beginning to empty out, almost completely empty right now, still some people in the gallery, some on the floor.
But you see the crowd there. These are mostly Republicans. There are a few Democrats, although I don't think there are any Democratic legislators who have come into the House of Delegates in Richmond to participate in this. This will strictly be a GOP, very friendly crowd for the governor of Virginia.
As we await his response, I want to bring John King into this conversation, because there was a moment when the president made some remarks about the most recent Supreme Court decision lifting basically 100 years of restrictions on campaign financing.
And there was a response from one of those justices, John.
JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It was one of the moments of remarkable theater tonight, Wolf.
And, as the viewers watch this scene in Virginia, it is worth noting, Bob McDonnell just won on the back of independent voters. Barack Obama, the first Democrat to win Virginia since Lyndon Johnson. The Republicans seat victory by this new governor as, as you noted, a chance to have the wind at their back suddenly in the midterm election.
You are back to the State of the Union address. You are always watching, who is clapping, who is sitting, who is grunting or groaning? As Dana noted, no boos tonight.
When the president mentioned that he wanted Congress to reverse that Supreme Court decision, to pass new legislation, because he said it would let a flood of corporate money into the elections, even foreign money into the elections, Samuel Alito, who was a George W. Bush appointee, you could see him shaking his head and mouthing the words, and perhaps those around him could hear them -- we were watching on television, of course -- "No, that is not right," well, one of the remarkable moments of theater, especially because, from the Supreme Court, you almost never see any response. They sit there with their hands in their lap.
BLITZER: All right, so we're getting ready to hear the governor of Virginia.
This is a very different kind of Republican response. Usually, the party in opposition, when they give their response, whether it is a Democrat or Republican, it's usually some political leader simply looking into a camera, reading the teleprompter, and it is very different than what the president of the United States has just done in the State of the Union.
But, deliberately, this time, the Republicans have gathered this crowd on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates to -- to make it clear that he is not just speaking into a camera.
There -- it has been done before. Christie Todd Whitman, when she was governor of New Jersey, did it. She spoke before her legislature. Bill Clinton, when he was governor of Arkansas, did it in the '80s in a response to a Republican president's State of the Union address.
But this is going to give it a little bit more life, make it a little more different and, the Republicans hope, more interesting to sort of balance out, if they can -- they realize they can never balance the power, the prestige, the enormity of a presidential State of the Union address, but they're hoping this will give it a little bit more excitement and make it more interesting for the viewers to continue to watch the newly elected governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell.
He -- he got himself elected last November. And Republicans like him. And that's why they selected him, although I -- I suspect, if the newly elected Republican senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, if he had been elected a few weeks earlier, maybe he would have been giving this response.
But, right now, let's listen to the GOP, the Republican response.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GOV. BOB MCDONNELL (R), VIRGINIA: Thank you very much. Thank you.
Good evening. I'm Bob McDonnell. Eleven days ago, I was honored to be sworn in as the 71st governor of Virginia. I'm standing in the historic House Chamber of Virginia's Capitol, a building designed by Virginia's second governor, Thomas Jefferson.
It's not easy to follow the president of the United States. And my 18-year-old twin boys have added pressure to me tonight by giving me exactly 10 minutes to finish before they leave to go watch "SportsCenter."
I'm joined by fellow Virginians to share a Republican perspective on how to best address the challenges facing our nation today.
We were encouraged to hear President Obama speak this evening about the need to create jobs. All Americans should have the opportunity to find and keep meaningful work, and the dignity that comes with it.
Many -- many of us here tonight -- and many of you watching -- have family or friends who have lost their jobs. In fact, 1 in 10 Americans is unemployed. That is unacceptable.
Here in Virginia, we've faced our highest unemployment rate in more than 25 years, and bringing new jobs and more opportunities to our citizens is the top priority of my administration.
Good government policy should spur economic growth and strengthen the private sector's ability to create new jobs.
We must enact policies that promote entrepreneurship and innovation so America can better compete with the world. What government should not do is pile on more taxation, regulation and litigation that kill jobs and hurt the middle class.
It was Thomas Jefferson who called for "a wise and frugal government which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." He was right.
Today, the federal government is simply trying to do too much. Last year, we were told that massive new federal spending would create more jobs immediately and hold unemployment below 8 percent.
In the past year, more than 3 million people have lost their jobs, and yet the Democratic Congress continues deficit spending, adding to the bureaucracy, and increasing the national debt on our children and our grandchildren.
The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in ten. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household. This is simply unsustainable.
The president's partial freeze announced tonight on discretionary spending is a laudable step, but a small one. The circumstances of our time demand that we reconsider and restore the proper limited role of government at every level.
Without reform, the excessive growth of government threatens our very liberty and our prosperity.
In recent months, the American people have made clear that they want government leaders to listen and then act on the issues most important to them. We want results, not rhetoric. We want cooperation, not partisanship.
There is much common ground. All Americans agree that we need health -- health care system that is affordable, accessible, and high quality. But most Americans do not want to turn over the best medical care system in the world to the federal government.
Republicans in Congress have offered legislation to reform health care, without shifting Medicaid costs to the states, without cutting Medicare, and without raising your taxes.
And we will do that by implementing commonsense reforms, like letting families and businesses buy health insurance policies across state lines and ending frivolous lawsuits against doctors and hospitals that drive up the cost of your health care.
And our solutions aren't 1,000-page bills that no one has fully read, after being crafted behind closed doors with special interests. In fact, many of our proposals are available online at solutions.gop.gov, and we welcome your ideas on Facebook and Twitter.
All Americans agree that this nation must become more energy independent and secure. We are blessed here in America with vast natural resources, and we must use them all. Advances in technology can unleash more natural gas, nuclear, wind, coal, alternative energy that will lower your utility bills.
Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas off-shore.
But this administration's policies are delaying off-shore production, hindering nuclear energy expansion, and seeking to impose job-killing cap-and-trade energy taxes. Now is the time to adopt innovative energy policies that create jobs and lower energy prices.
All Americans agree that a young person needs a world-class education to compete in the global economy. As a young kid, my dad told me, "Son, if you want a good job, you need a good education." Dad was right, and that's even more true today.
The president and I agree on expanding the number of high-quality charter schools and rewarding teachers for excellent performance. More school choices for parents and students mean more accountability and greater achievement.
A child's educational opportunity should be determined by her intellect and work ethic, not by her ZIP Code.
All Americans agree that we must maintain a strong national defense. The courage and success of our armed forces is allowing us to draw down troop levels in Iraq as that government is increasingly able to step up. My oldest daughter, Jeanine, was an Army platoon leader in Iraq, so I am personally grateful for the service and sacrifice of all our men and women in uniform, and a grateful nation thanks them.
We applaud President Obama's decision to deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. We agree that victory there is imperative for national security.
But we have serious concerns over the recent steps the administration has taken regarding suspected terrorists. Americans were shocked on Christmas Day to learn of the attempted bombing of a flight to Detroit. This foreign terror suspect was given the same legal rights as a U.S. citizen and immediately stopped providing critical intelligence.
As Senator-elect Scott Brown has said, we should be spending taxpayer dollars to defeat terrorists, not to protect them.
Here at home, government must help foster a society in which all our people can use their God-given talents and liberty to pursue the great American dream. Republicans know that government cannot guarantee individual outcomes, but we strongly believe that it must guarantee equality of opportunity for all.
That opportunity exists best in a democracy which promotes free enterprise, economic growth, strong families, and individual achievement.
Many Americans are concerned about this administration's effort to exert greater control over car companies, banks, energy, and health care, but over-regulating employers won't create more employment, overtaxing investors won't foster more investment.
Top-down, one-size-fits-all decision-making should not replace the personal choices of free people in a free market, nor undermine the proper role of state and local governments in our system of federalism. As our founders clearly stated, and we governors clearly understand, government closest to the people governs best.
And no government program can ever replace the actions of caring Americans freely choosing to help one another. The Scriptures say, "To whom much is given, much will be required." As the most generous and prosperous nation on Earth, it is heartwarming to see Americans giving much time and money to the people of Haiti.
Thank you for your ongoing compassion.
Some people say they're afraid that America is no longer the great land of promise that she has always been. They should not be.
America will always blaze the trail of opportunity and prosperity. America will -- must always be a land where liberty and property are valued and respected and innocent human life is protected.
Government should have this clear goal: Where opportunity is absent, we must create it. Where opportunity is limited, we must expand it. Where opportunity is unequal, we must make it open to everyone.
Our founders pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to create this great nation. Now we should pledge as Democrats, Republicans and independents -- Americans all -- to work together to leave this nation an ever better place than we found it.
God bless you, and God bless this great land of America. Thank you very much.
BLITZER: On the floor of the House of delegates at the Virginia state capitol, the governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, delivering the Republican response to the president's State of the Union address.
A little different this time, not just looking into a camera, reading a teleprompter, but doing that but having a live audience on the floor of the house of delegates to give that speech a little bit more pizzazz.
He's being well received now by those inside, largely Republicans, members of the legislature in Virginia, who have come to hear his speech.
We have a lot to digest. His speech, the president's speech. We'll be speaking live with the president's senior adviser, David Axelrod. Campbell Brown is here with the best political team on television.
We're going to Haiti. Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta are on the scene for us. We'll have all our fact check. All the facts are being checked by Tom Foreman and his team. We'll go to the stimulus desk. Ali Velshi is on hand. Soledad O'Brien is going through some polls. We'll have a flash poll. How did the president do tonight? She'll share some numbers with us.
And Jessica Yellin, our national political correspondent, is with a focus group in Columbus, Ohio.
As we watch the governor of Virginia leave the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates, we'll take a quick break. Our coverage is only just beginning.
BLITZER: Welcome back to our coverage of the president's State of the Union address.
We have now heard from the president. We've heard from the Republican governor of Virginia give the GOP response.
We're going through all the facts that were identified as facts today, doing a significant fact check. We're also going through the president's economic stimulus package to see whether or not the things he said tonight were, in fact, the real thing.
Ali Velshi, our senior business correspondent, is at the stimulus desk at the CNN Center.
Ali, the president made many references to the stimulus package what he calls the recovery plan.
ALI VELSHI, CNN ANCHOR: That's right.
BLITZER: In order to make the case, in order to make the case that the economy is getting better, thanks to the money that was appropriated.
VELSHI: Very interesting the way he said it, though. The exact words he used were that, "because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed." That doesn't mean new jobs. You remember that President Obama has been very adept at using the expression, saved or created jobs.
Now, we have been working on this here at the stimulus desk all week, talking to our researchers. It's very hard to verify what jobs weren't eliminated.
He referred to tens of thousands are cops, firefighters, correctional officers and first responders. We've heard that out of the White House, as well. That's a reference to a number of workers who have had their jobs preserved because of state and municipal shortfalls in their budget. Those were made up for by the federal government, by the stimulus act. So again, unclear as to what's new and what's not new. What we do know is that recipients of stimulus money, all of these projects we've got in front of us that this desk is working on, have claimed that until the third quarter, the end of the third quarter of 2009, end of September, 640,000 jobs were created by the stimulus act. On Saturday, we'll have an update to that, but that's as far as we can verify.
The White House says that it's between 1.5 and 2 million jobs. The president did say in his speech tonight we are on track to add another 1.5 million jobs to this total by the end of the year. Again, unverifiable numbers, but the White House is getting closer to putting out the same number every time they make a statement or a speech.
BLITZER: I think that was the first time we heard specifically from the president saying that 2 million people are working today, thanks to that economic stimulus plan.
Now, Tom Foreman is taking a look at some of the other facts that were included by the president. What else are you finding?
TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, Wolf, we were looking at what he said about taxes. Listen to this very strong statement from the president about tax cuts.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Let me repeat: we cut taxes. We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families. We cut taxes for small businesses. We cut taxes for first-time homebuyers. We cut taxes for parents trying to care for their children. We cut taxes for 8 million Americans paying for college.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
FOREMAN: Now it may surprise a lot of the president's critics out there to find that this really is a true statement. They, in fact, did cut this in the giant stimulus plan earlier in the year.
However -- however, the complaint of critics has been all along that there are people out there who didn't pay taxes in the first place who still got a tax credit. So they weren't really given a tax cut.
And beyond that, they say, there's a difference between an overall cut in the tax rate that lasts for a long time and people can count on, and a stimulus, which is a one-time cut or reduction that might help them for a little while. So, they would argue that that was also somewhat false.
We have other facts that we have to look at here that we'll get back to those as we go on this evening. That is one thing we wanted to look at, Wolf, and there are many more as we look at the Taliban and public health insurance. We'll get back to those later on.
BLITZER: All right. He also said that people earning more than $250,000 a year, they can expect a tax increase, among others. Stand by. We're going to go through all the facts with you and with Ali. Jessica Yellin is in Columbus, Ohio. She's been with a group, a focus group, to see what they think. We're going to check in with her as our coverage continues.
BLITZER: Our national political correspondent, Jessica Yellin, has been speaking with a focus group in Columbus. Let's go out to Columbus right now.
Jessica, what are they saying, because they were monitoring the likes and the not-so-much likes during the course of the president's speech.
JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, some surprises here, some not-so-unexpected developments.
When the president talked about jobs bill, when he talked about tax cuts, when he talked about supporting the troops, almost everyone in the room, their dials went up. Those were big winners.
There were huge divides on health-care reform and also on the stimulus act, with Democrats approving and Republicans disapproving, independents in the middle.
The biggest surprise to me was when the president talked about hopefulness, when he talked about hope, independents went down. So the word "hope" triggered some disillusionment, it would with seem.
And I want to ask a couple of the folks in the audience here.
Diane, you were -- you're a Democrat. You were looking for the president to talk about jobs. Did he answer your needs?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I thought the speech was great. I just -- I'm wondering where this president has been all year, because he showed leadership tonight that I haven't seen all year. And I hope all the jobs things do go through.
YELLIN: OK. Liz, you're a Republican/independent, you say. You also wanted to hear about tax cuts for small businesses. He talked about it. Did you like what he had to say?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I thought it was a start, but I think that economic stability is the most important thing to small businesses adding jobs. They need to be able to rely on what their costs are going to be, and with so much impending legislation and taxes, that's hard to do right now.
YELLIN: OK. OK. You guys were much more critical before we were on camera, saying I hope that he follows through on what he said tonight.
I do want to play a quick piece of sound for you. This is the divide we saw on health-care reform when the president talked about health-care reform. Let's listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: And it is precisely to relieve burden on middle-class families that we still need health-insurance reform. Yes, we do.
Now, let's clear a few things up. I didn't choose to tackle this issue to get some legislative victory under my belt. And by now, it should be fairly obvious that I didn't take on health care because it was good politics.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
YELLIN: Now, Wolf, as you can seem the Republicans there were -- the Republicans, as you can see, were the red line, independents the yellow, Democrats the blue. Democrats clearly very positive; Republicans not positive at all.
We'll bring you more results from this focus group room later in the evening, Wolf. I toss it back to you.
BLITZER: Democrats, Republicans and independents. We're going to check back with you, Jessica Yellin, in Columbus, Ohio, one of those key battleground states. The people there in that room, you can see they were twisting that dial, what they liked, what they didn't like so much. We're going to have more of that.
The best political team on television is standing by. Much more of our coverage coming up right after this.


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Now, as her loved ones mourned their loss, the streets are running with blood as evil runs amock on Sunnydale -- without their leader and champion...
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It was also dark times for everybody, especially for budding witch Willow (Alyson Hannigan), whose addiction to magic endangers those she loves, including girlfriend Tara (Amber Benson), leading her to become the "Ultimate Evil" in "Two to Go" and "Grave", where a surprising hero comes to save not only Willow, but also the entire world.
Family and friends are drifiting apart and on their own when relationships are put to the test as one of them has a tragic death and one goes to the Dark Side in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Sixth Season, available on DVD.

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A three-dimensional high-resolution seismic study of the summit caldera of Newberry Volcano, Oregon, was conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey using an adaptation of the method applied by Nercessian et al. , (1984). Preliminary interpretation of the traveltime residuals reveals a ring of high P-velocity material coinciding with the inner ring fault system of the caldera in the upper 2 km. A zone of lower P velocities extends deeper than 2 km in the center of the caldera.
|Title||Three-dimensional P-velocity structure of he summit caldera of Newberry Volcano, Oregon|
|Authors||Douglas A. Stauber, H.M. Iyer, Walter D. Mooney, Phillip B. Dawson|
|Publication Type||Conference Paper|
|Publication Subtype||Conference Paper|
|Record Source||USGS Publications Warehouse|

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November 16, 2014 |
TARN TARAN: Charging successive Congress-led governments at the Centre for depriving Punjab of it's capital, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said time has come for Narendra Modi-led government to make Chandigarh the capital of the state. Chandigarh was made the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, following the carving of Haryana as a separate state in 1966. "Since long Punjab has been the victim of the injustice of Union government but now the time has come when Modi government must give justice to the state by handing over Chandigarh to it (Punjab)
November 15, 2014 |
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today launched the Chandigarh chapter of the BJP's fresh membership drive that is receiving a huge response countrywide. "People can join BJP by giving a missed call to the party office, following which the caller will get an SMS through which applicant's acceptance will have to be given," Khattar said at the occasion. The chief minister recalled that when he was a party worker, he used to visit the BJP office on motorcycle or scooter.
November 13, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Low productivity of food grains is a huge challenge for Indian farmers, who must adopt latest methods and best practices in areas such as irrigation, inputs, farm mechanisation to overcome this problem, Indian industry feels. The Confederation of Indian Industry's biennial flagship agri-technology and business fair, CII Agro Tech, in Chandigarh starting November 22 will focus on this theme as it aims to spread the Narendra Modi government's message to improve agriculture productivity and increase the sector's share in India's gross domestic product.
November 1, 2014 |
CHANDIGARH: A court here has issued notice to Bollywood actor Aamir Khan seeking his response by December 19 on a petition alleging that he promoted homosexuality on his popular TV show 'Satyamev Jayate'. Admitting the petition by advocate Mandeep Kaur , the court of civil judge Jaswinder Singh yesterday had issued notice to Aamir Khan to file a reply by December 19. In her petition, Kaur alleged that Aamir Khan's conduct on his show 'Satyamev Jayate' was a violation of the Supreme Court order on homosexuality.
October 29, 2014 |
CHANDIGARH: NDA partners BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) seemed set on a collision course after Punjab raked up the decades-old issue of having Chandigarh as its exclusive capital and settling outstanding riparian disputes with Haryana, where a BJP government was sworn in only two days ago. Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, at a function in Amritsar to pay tribute to Darshan Singh Pheruman, who had died in a fast unto death...
October 28, 2014 |
CHANDIGARH: Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh today took a dig at Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for "belatedly waking up" to the demand of the transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab. "This was only because he feared threat to the survival of his government as BJP might withdraw its support given the treatment he (Badal) was meted out at the Haryana government swearing-in ceremony," he said in a statement here. "Knowing Badal so well I am sure that he will soon start saying 'panth (Sikh community)
September 26, 2014 |
Since January, Prachi Chauhan started getting real-time updates on her Samsung tab about outletwise data. Barely two years into her first job at PepsiCo India, where she debuted as management trainee, data on the go came as a boon. As Territorial Development Manager, Chauhan has about 50 direct reports with as many as six (also tab-toting) sales executives in Chandigarh. So when Pepsi launched Nimbooz Masala Soda in April, Chauhan had some vital information on her tab much before the product hit the market.
September 9, 2014 |
RAIPUR: The Centre has given its nod for setting up a National Tribal University in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region to facilitate research and development of tribal culture and dialects. "The Central government approved the proposal of Chhattisgarh government during a meeting of state's Chief Minister Raman Singh and Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani yesterday in New Delhi," a state government spokesperson said today. "The consent was given to commence the functioning of the university from the next academic session," he said.
September 5, 2014 |
JAIPUR: Low cost carrier AirAsia today started its services in northern India with the launch of daily direct flights to Jaipur and Chandigarh from Bangalore. AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya , who was here on the Bangalore-Jaipur launch flight, said both the cities have great potential to expand and hence the airline has set aggressive targets and beginning of flights to the two new routes was a part of the business strategy. "The cities have good potential for business.
September 1, 2014 |
CHENNAI: Jayalalithaa government's popular " Amma Unavagams ", chain of low-cost food distribution canteens run by local bodies across Tamil Nadu, continues to attract attention as a model scheme with Chandigarh being the latest in evincing keen interest to replicate it. A 25-member delegation led by Chandigarh Corporation Mayor Harphool Chander Kalyan has been impressed by the scheme under which food items such as idlies, roti...

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“Bones and Piss: Artist Kelly Packer exalts the commonplace”
By Katy Dang
Boise Weekly | November 8, 2006
Kelly Packer is not a saint.
Although the paintings that she has created from her own image have been used to portray saints, they are less self-portraits than images culled for their convenience and proximity to the artist. They are not intended to represent her as a saint; far from it. “It is me embodying the idea of a saint,” she explains. “By elevating myself and those around me to saintly positions, I artificially grant us credibility, a higher status.” Her work is striking, and Packer may currently have one of the most recognizable profiles in Boise. The set jaw and intense brown eyes are the first thing to catch the eye, but the colors and spaces of the figure draw the viewer in. Many of her images are overlaid with skeletal fragments, the pieces of bone providing a glimpse into a sometimes surprising infrastructure.
“Saints are made of jawbones and piss,” she writes in her artist’s statement. “This is both their downfall and their beauty. Trapped by their bodies in an attempt to reach Heaven, they are anchored by minerals and gravity, the ever-present pull of the earth.” Packer’s interpretations and inventions of the saints elevate the commonplace to exalted status. One of her paintings, titled Apollonia—mandible or mother tongue/ is this the texture of speaking/ or is it your jaw popping in its sockets–is a representation of the patron saint of dentistry.
These images, along with some of her earlier paintings, first appeared in the local art scene at the Hyde Park Gallery two years ago, when the space first opened. Ten pieces of her work were selected for their inaugural show. She was also selected to be a featured artist in their first “Emerging Artists” show in July 2006. “She has a keen eye for certain things and a unique feel for how she presents her images,” says gallery owner Joe Widmar.
Packer’s saintly image in the painting Inversion Halo also made quite a splash at the Boise Open Studios Collective Organization preview show at the Boise Art Museum in 2005. “I remember the first time I saw her work (at the BOSCO reception), I was blown away,” says Amy Westover, the artist who organized the show. “I had never heard of her until that day and her painting was so beautiful and intriguing. The paintings I have seen since have only gotten better and more deserving of attention.”
The paintings of the sainted are quite a departure from Kelly’s earlier work, which had a decidedly architectural feel to it. The recent inclusion of bones belies her fascination with underlying structures. Bridges and lampposts, power poles and attaching wires, and the inner lives of alleys and streets were her earlier subjects. “I used to take walks and take pictures of underpasses,” she says.
“I’ve always worked from photographs, to some extent,” says Packer. “I can’t just imagine a subject; I have to have something in front of me to work from.” After that, it becomes a process of drawing, erasing and painting. ” I never think of them as separate,” she says. ” I go back and forth between painting and drawing, layering one over the other.”
Kelly was born in Kalispell, Montana in 1979 and grew up in Montana for most of her life. During high school, she was a member of the art club. “I think I actually lettered in art,” she says. She attended the University of Montana in Missoula, where she started out majoring in journalism. “At some point, I got the courage to switch my major to art,” recalls Packer. “We had an assignment to interview a cop and I just said, ‘No, I’m not going to do this.’ I just didn’t go.” She started taking drawing fundamentals. “I had to hear a lot of “What are you going to do with an art degree?'” says Packer. “I still get that a lot.” Like art students everywhere, she ignored the (somewhat rhetorical) question and pursued her interest, forsaking a potential career path to follow her eye.
She had one memorable painting instructor, MaryAnn Bonjorni, who was “full-force committed” to teaching her students how to function, realistically, as artists. “She had all these strange requirements, like ‘You must get a pickup truck,'” says Packer. “It seemed kind of odd at the time, but she was actually right. You need to have some way to move your work around.” Packer has maintained a practical approach to her art, and has maintained her day job rather than becoming a full-time artist. “It gives me the liberty of not focussing on sales, ” she says. She likes the freedom to be able to work on whatever she wants to. “Photography, collage, painting–I don’t think of them as being different things,” she explains. “It’s all one thing: it’s art.”
As an artist, Packer is a work in progress herself, which is both refreshing and appropriate for her age and for this stage in her artistic development. She has surrounded herself with images that she can cull from, and has the flexibility and the spirit to try any number of things. Take, for example, her collaborative performance art. She usually works with her partner of five years, Adrian Kien, who is a graduate student in creative writing at Boise State. A recent First Thursday crowd in downtown Boise was treated to the spectacle of Kelly ripping Adrian’s guts open with a knife, which caused hot dogs smothered in ketchup to spill out. Kelly and a few well-placed individuals then treated themselves to a delicious feast in a performance they called “Hot Dog Incarnate.” The spontaneity appeals to Packer, and she and Adrian plan to create more happenings around town when the mood and the right idea strikes them. “I like the idea of little improv shows that get together for one night,” says Packer. “We’re both pretty shy, so this is our way of getting on stage.”
In Montana, Packer and Kien put on Alley Shows, where they would hang art in a downtown alley for a single night. The intention was not to sell anything–“We didn’t even have a price list or anything”–but was in itself a creative act: the transformation of a side street into a gallery. “It seems like with us, it’s just sort of a way of life,” she explains. “It’s not like it’s all about putting it on the walls.”
In her most recent work, she is using images of animals taken from taxidermy, and these sacrificed creatures are sainted by Packer as well. “I like this idea of melding animal and human, intermixing internal organs and animal and everyday elements” she says. “Things that don’t look quite right, biologically engineered. You know it’s wrong for some reason, but it’s also beautiful. I like that terrifying beauty. And then I validate them with historical and quasi-religious elements.”
Such is the canonization of her subjects, the exalted status as pronounced by their maker. They are something to behold.

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Actress Yan Ni playing the wife of a noodle shop owner in A Simple Noodle Life. (Photo: Global Times)
BEIJING, Dec. 10 -- Internationally renowned director Zhang Yimou has changed his mode of operation in his latest film a bid to capture a dwindling cinema market ¨C young people. Zhang has taken a completely different tack by adding rap, fresh dialogue and controversial stars to his latest work A Simple Noodle Story that opens across the country today.
"I will be more than thrilled if young people take up a majority of audiences and the film receives good feedback from them," Zhang said, adding that he is targeting those born in the 1980s and 1990s in an effort to attract them to the cinema.
The first group of people that Zhang invited to the test screening were all born in the 1990s.
"They are my most important target audience and the future of the Chinese film market relies on them," Zhang said.
He explained that after the test screening, the young audience members made very valuable suggestions.
Unlike the traditional and costly promotional activities of his previous blockbusters Hero and House of Flying Daggers, this time Zhang is attempting to attract those in their teens and twenties by using modern technology such as the Internet.
An interactive online game has been developed, set against the same backdrop of the film, a noodle restaurant. Scenes from his previous works have also been selected and edited into a short comedic film that has been widely distributed online.
Zhang has denied the rumor that A Simple Noodle Story is a small-budget film aimed at making quick money in the New Year period. According to producer Zhang Weiping, the cost of the film totaled 100 million yuan ($14.65 million), 80 percent of which were production costs and the rest was promotion.
"The copyright of using the Coen Brothers' script alone cost us several million yuan," Zhang Weiping explained. He said that although the cast is not made up of the top actors and actresses in China, their wages still cost 20 percent of the budget. The production spent another 5 million yuan ($732,362) on building and shooting on location in Gansu Province, an investment typical of Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Weiping added that although with a big budget, it is still a small-scale film, taking place in a small noodle restaurant with limited special effects and not an A-list cast.
"After our last three cooperations, Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower, there have been too many people making epic action films. Zhang Yimou and I both decided not to repeat ourselves this time, but to make a small-scale and more successful film."
He also confirmed that their cooperation would continue in Zhang Yimou's next project, which is about the Nanking Massacre and rumored to start shooting in September. Leading actors are expected to be cast from Hollywood's A-list.
(Source: Global Times)