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Season 3 Episode #336
Murry Sidlin; Jackstraw; Belly Dancers; Jaye Blackwood
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Beading is her passion, and for Jaye Blackwood, she's taken this decorative art to a new level of artistic achievement.
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Resident Conductor Murry Sidlin leaves the Oregon Symphony.
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Ma Po Tofu 麻婆豆腐
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Lyanne's almost 8 weeks.. by this Wednesday she'll be. She's following her sister's footsteps by sucking on her thumb! Haih! Why don't they ever take on the pacifier instead?? I'd prefer them to be on the pacifier rather than the thumb, and the right thumb to be exact. Lyanne can smile now, when we talk to her, she'll react by smiling. Meanwhile Lydia is trying to carry her.. she can't of course! When we hold Lyanne in our arms, she'll try to put her arms under her, as if she's carrying her. It's cute.
Ma Po Tofu. After reading on the internet, I found that the origin of this dish came from a granny who is a leper. Hence the name, Leper Granny Tofu.
This is my version. A little too dark, due to my aged bean paste.. I haven't been using the bean paste for quite some time, and once the bottle's opened, it starts to age and darken. And it's not that easy to find hot bean paste in Malaysia, so I combine chili paste and bean paste to make up for it.
Not fiery hot, sorry to disappoint chili fans.
250 soft tofu, cubed
½ cup minced pork /chicken
1 shallot, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
¾ Tbsp fine bean paste (tau cheong)
1 tsp ground chili paste (cili giling, in Malay)
2 Tbsp chili sauce ( Maggi, Kimball or Heinz type)
½ tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
1 cup water mixed with 1 tsp cornstarch
2 Tbsp oil
1. Heat wok on medium and put in oil. Saute chopped garlic and shallot until fragrant.
2. Add in bean paste and chili paste, stir until fragrant.
3. Put in minced pork. Stir until pork is cooked.
4. Put in cornstarch mixture, sesame oil, chili sauce, salt and sugar to taste.
5. When gravy has thickened, put in cubed tofu and simmer for another half minute.
6. Dish up and serve. Sprinkle on some chopped green onions for decoration.

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5-22-11 PNC Park
I wasn't planning on attending this game. I was expecting to drop Amy off at work, and then go home to package up all of the bobbleheads that I had sold. Making batting practice more unlikely was the fact that it started to rain at 10:30 AM, a half hour before the gates were to open.
I could see the tarp on the field from the center field (Stargell statue) gate. I thought about leaving, but I thought I noticed that the screens were out on the field in foul territory.
utside the stadium, there were plenty of festivities, including the March of Dimes finish line, right outside the left field gate.
I decided to walk up the Roberto Clemente bridge a little way to get a better look inside the stadium. I saw the tarp still on the field, but the cage was up.
Obviously, I decided to stick around.
Amy and I stood on the bridge where we had gotten engaged on Valentine's Day and took in the scenery, and talked until it was time for me to go into the stadium and her to go to work
When I entered the stadium, my first ball of the day came from Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton by the bullpen.
When Morton had finished throwing, I called out for his warm up ball. A few seconds later, he tossed a ball up, which I caught. A thirteen year old in front of me was none too pleased, but I hadn't heard him ask for it. I was going to give it to him until his dad started b*******. He got a ball a minute later anyhow.
The whole stadium opened at 11:30AM, and there was still no action. The tarp had at least been taken off the field, so I walked around the lower level looking for easter eggs, but predictably, there were none.
The Tigers trickled out to loosen up a bit later. I asked two of the coaches for a ball, but was ignored. Here's ex Pirate manager Jim Leyland:
When the Tigers began hitting, I used the glove trick to snag ball #2 here:
And, I used it to snag balls #3 and #4 by the foul pole, as both balls had rolled there within 15 seconds of each other.
Since I was having good luck with the glove trick, I invited Jim to glove trick a ball on the warning track that I could've had. I figured I'd repay the favor for him laying off on a Miguel Cabrera home run catch yesterday.
I made my way over to center field near the end of the Tigers BP and glove tricked a ball off of the warning track. Originally, the ball bounced on the warning track, and I misplayed it. The ball hit my glove and fell back onto the field. There was a little girl right next to me, so when I glove tricked the ball, I turned and handed it to her.
My sixth ball of the day was an Andy Dirks home run that landed two rows behind me. I hopped over a row and grabbed it
Batting practice ended at 12:15 PM, (The Tigers didn't take a full BP, they only hit for about 30 minutes) so there was an hour and fifteen minutes until the game was to begin.
I left the game, and went to a nearby park to read my Sunday Papers – the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Tribune Review. I also bought a 'water-ice' drink, which was perfect on this hot sunny day.
I returned to the game, but was met with bad luck. Garrett Jones tossed his warm up ball to me in the 4th inning, but this guy in the white shirt interfered. The ball was glanced by his arm, hit my glove, and bounced below where a random fan grabbed it.
Basically the same thing happened in the fifth inning, when McCutchen threw his warm up ball to me. I was awaiting the catch in the handicapped section in center field when a guy jumped out of his seat and intercepted it.
Here are today's baseballs: (Five pictured because one was given away)
Sweet spots:
Game: 6 balls (1 hit, 1 thrown, 4 device)
Season: 156 balls (60 hit, 36 thrown, 37 device, 22 found)
Games: 25 games
Average: 6.24 balls per game
Career: 1,278 balls
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Department: Card Room
Reports To: Poker Shift Supervisor
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Assists the Card Room floor personnel by being attentive to patron needs and providing superior customer service and contributing to the creation of a friendly and pleasant atmosphere for customers and co-workers.
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Google and Samsung decided to cancel a joint launch of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the new Nexus Prime smartphone, saying it wasn't the "appropriate time" for the launch.
Later, Samsung said it was specifically because of the death of Steve Jobs that it decided to postpone the event, according to the Los Angeles Times. But now, rumors are circulating that it had less to do with Steve Jobs than with a patent problem, according to Business Insider.
The report is based on a tweet from tech blogger Eldar Murtazin, which stated: "Nexus Prime and Android 4.0 are under question. Google removing some features which are subject of patent war. No timeline for this job."
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News from around the country and around the globe
So, the companies just made up that stuff about Steve Jobs? Perhaps, or maybe Murtazin is wrong. According to 9to5Mac, he might be. It's saying that "an impeccable" source from Google has said that it will be sending out invitations to a new event posthaste.
When rumors are reported, we think we have to go with what source has more credibility, or we could just wait a few days and know for sure.


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I've always purchased Bairds MO for our Amber. Last order came in and it was Thomas Fawcett MO. I didn't think any big deal until I opened the bag. Much more foreign material in the Fawcett. At least it seemed that way.Anyone have direct experience with these two malt companies?
I would agree that different maltsters produce different malts even thou they call them the same. In Pro Brewing you need to be maltster specific.
OK, let's all lay the crack pipes down a second a talk. How's the quality of the beer made with TF? I think TF is the best tasting Maris Otter that you can find readily. Just wish they sealed the plastic lining to the outside of the bag. The whole plastic lining slides out with the malt if your not careful.


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I am currently in the process of setting up an Apache server that will be hosting projects built from SVN using a continuous integration server. The problem is, however, that while I've managed to configure the build server to output the revisions of a project to a directory, I'm stumped as to how to actually configure Apache using
mod_vhost_alias to serve the different projects.
The directory structure is generated using the following pattern:
Inside, there are two directories which I'd like to configure access via a subdomain:
api.r[revision].testserver.local -> ./server
r[revision].testserver.local -> ./web
There is already a local DNS server that serves the wildcards on
*.testserver.local and already resolves them to the correct IP, but Apache needs to resolve the correct
DocumentRoot for the different subdomains.
The end result I'm hoping for is that as long as the build server outputs and configures the projects inside
/usr/share/Projects/r*, Apache will know how to resolve these subdomains without the need to write conf files and reloading configurations each time a new revision is fetched and built from SVN.


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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:14 PM GMT on May 04, 2009
It is well known that influenza hits hardest in winter--November to March in the Northern Hemisphere, and May to September in the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, the name influenza comes from the Italian word influenza, meaning "influence"--referring to the "influence of the season" (winter) in causing the illness. In the tropics, where there is little change in seasons, influenza occurs year-round (though increased incidence has been noted in rainy seasons--Viboud et al., 2006). Do the cold temperatures and lower humidities of winter cause increased transmission of the flu virus? If so, why is the current H1N1 swine flu outbreak doing so well, now that it is May, traditionally the end of flu season in the Northern Hemisphere? Or could it be that indoor crowding, lack of sunlight lowering vitamin D levels, and a more depressed immune system in winter are largely responsible, as some researchers have suggested?
Flu infections increase under cold or dry conditions
To test these hypotheses, researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York did a study in 2007 that looked at flu transmission among guinea pigs, which are highly susceptible to human influenza and easily transmit the virus to other guinea pigs (Lowen et al., 2007). The animals were placed in adjacent cages, so that infections could occur by airborne transmission, but not by direct contact (guinea pig lovers will be happy to know that the influenza virus-infected guinea pigs did not display detectable symptoms of disease--weight loss, fever, sneezing, and coughing--during the experiments). By carefully controlling temperature and humidity, the scientists were able to study the effects of each. They found that the animals shed much more of the virus--and over a longer period of time--at cold temperatures, which led to increased infection rates. The animals' immune system showed no signs of stress from the cold weather, arguing against the idea that cold conditions lead to increased infections by lowering the immune system. Lower humidities were also found to increase flu transmission rate, though the variation of infection rate with humidity was more complicated. The scientists built a model (Figure 1) to fit the data, and proposed that lower humidity increased infection rates through two mechanisms:
1) The stability of influenza virons in the suspended aerosol particles infected creatures cough out is dependent upon the humidity. Viruses are most stable at low RH (20%-40%), least stable at intermediate RH (50%), and stable again at high RH (60%-80%) (Schaffer et al., 1976). Thus, the virus has better staying power at the low moisture levels typical of winter.
2) At high RH (80%), exhaled respiratory droplets grow quite large as water vapor condenses around them, and these drops quickly settle to the ground under the force of gravity. Thus, even though the virus is stable at high humidities, it settles out of the atmosphere quickly, and cannot contribute to influenza virus spread.
Figure 1. A model of influenza transmission rates at 68°F (20°C) (dashed line) and 41°F (5°C) (solid line), as a function of relative humidity. Transmission efficiency is highest at low relative humidity, when influenza virions in an aerosol are relatively stable, and exhaled respiratory droplets stay small and don't settle out under the force of gravity. Transmission is diminished at intermediate humidity when virus particles are relatively unstable, but improves in parallel with influenza virus stability at higher humidities. At high humidity, evaporation from exhaled particles is limited, respiratory droplets settle out of the air, and transmission is blocked. At cold temperatures (solid line), transmission is more efficient than at warm temperatures (dashed line), but is reduced to a rate of 50% at higher humidities. Image credit: Lowen, A.C., S. Mubareka, J. Steel, and P. Palese, 2007, "Influenza Virus Transmission Is Dependent on Relative Humidity and Temperature", PLos Pathogons, October 2007.
The researchers found no guinea pig infections at 86°F (30°C), which implies that in tropical climates, people may transmit the virus by direct contact rather than by coughing and sneezing. A second study Lowen et al., 2009) confirmed this idea--at least among guinea pigs. The authors concluded, "To our knowledge, we demonstrate for the first time that cold temperatures and low relative humidity are favorable to the spread of influenza virus. Although other factors likely contribute to the periodicity of influenza epidemics, it is clear that air temperature and RH could play an important role. Influenza virus transmission indoors could potentially be curtailed by simply maintaining room air at warm temperatures (>20 °C) and either intermediate (50%) or high (80%) RHs".
Climate change and influenza
The results of this study imply that global warming may significantly reduce influenza world-wide, since a warmer climate will also be more humid. Typically, there are between three and five million cases of severe flu and up to 500,000 deaths worldwide each year. In the United States alone, an average of 41,400 deaths and 1.68 million hospitalizations are attributed to influenza each year. A warmer world should reduce these numbers, if the current research is correct. However, these gains must be balanced against the possibility that malaria will become more widespread in a warmer world, since malaria kills about one million people per year.
Figure 2. Combined flu and pneumonia deaths in the United Kingdom during the great 1918 flu pandemic showed that the flu had three distinct peaks: one in June - July (a relatively mild form of the disease), followed by an extremely deadly outbreak in October, then another during the winter of 1918 - 1919. The 1918 flu pandemic infected 1/3 of the world's population, killing 50 - 100 million people. Strangely, the October peak occurred almost world-wide, with Bombay, India and Boston, Massachusetts peaking the same week. Image credit: Jordan, E., "Epidemic influenza: a survey", Chicago: American Medical Association, 1927.
Flu pandemics show little seasonality
The current Mexican H1N1 swine flu outbreak is seemingly unusual, since it is hitting at the end of the traditional flu season, in April - May. However, when a new flu strain develops that humans have no immunity to, the new strain is less constrained by seasonality. According to Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger, the virologist who helped isolate the genetic code of the virus responsible for the great 1918 flu pandemic, "Historical records since the 16th century suggest that new influenza pandemics may appear at any time of year, not necessarily in the familiar annual winter patterns of inter-pandemic years, presumably because newly shifted influenza viruses behave differently when they find a universal or highly susceptible human population." Indeed, the 1918 flu pandemic reached its peak in September - October (Figure 2), and the most recent flu pandemic, the 1968 Hong Kong flu, began in July. It wouldn't surprise me if the current flu outbreak dies down in the Northern Hemisphere over the summer months, as the combined effects of high temperatures, higher humidities, less indoor crowding, and increased sunlight interfere with its spread. However, we need to be ready for the virus to reappear in the Fall--potentially in a mutated, more virulent form--such as occurred during the 1918 flu pandemic.
Lowen, A.C., S. Mubareka, J. Steel, and P. Palese, 2007, "Influenza Virus Transmission Is Dependent on Relative Humidity and Temperature", PLos Pathogons, October 2007.
Lowen, A.C., S. Mubareka, J. Steel, and P. Palese, 2009, "High Temperature (30°C) Blocks Aerosol but Not Contact Transmission of Influenza Virus", Journal of Virology, June 2008, p. 5650-5652, Vol. 82, No. 11 0022-538X/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JVI.00325-08
Schaffer, F.L., M.E. Soergel, and D.C. Straube, 1976, "Survival of airborne influenza virus: effects of propagating host, relative humidity, and composition of spray fluids", Arch Virol 51: 263-273.
Viboud, C, W.J. Alonso, and L. Simonsen, 2006, "Influenza in tropical regions", PLoS Med 3: e89 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030089.
Vitamin D and influenza links:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51913.ph p
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/0808 11195629.htm
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/science/research/v itamin-d-and-influenza.shtml
Jeff Masters
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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USA: Bush Says Will Push for Fast Track After Summit
WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged to Latin America on Tuesday that after he returns from a hemispheric summit he will intensify his effort to get key trade negotiating authority from Congress.
Bush goes to Quebec City on Friday for the Summit of the Americas without so-called fast-track authority -- which Latin nations see as critical to negotiating a Free Trade Area of the Americas, known as FTAA.
The fast-track authority, now called ''new trade promotion authority'' on Capitol Hill, allows the president to negotiate trade agreements with foreign governments without their being subject to amendments by Congress. Congress' role is limited to a final yes-or-no vote.
Bush's father, former President George Bush, had the negotiating Authority but it expired under President Bill Clinton in 1994. Bush has not yet formally requested it from Congress since fast-track authority faces an uphill battle.
Bush went to the Organization of American States' ornate headquarters down the street from the White House to underscore his support for free trade.
The White House billed his appearance as the first time a president made a formal address to the assembled Latin diplomats, although previous presidents have visited.
''Trade promotion authority gives our trading partners confidence that they can rely on the deals that they negotiate,'' Bush said. ''It allows us to seize opportunities to expand the circle of trade and prosperity.''
''We're now actively working with Congress on a strategy for passing legislation granting the trade promotion authority. We will intensify this effort when I return from Quebec, and I'm confident we will succeed,'' Bush said.
The president returns on Sunday from the summit, where he will push a free-trade agenda in talks with leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations. OAS leaders said their goal was to open more markets for products from Latin America.
''We do not need help. We need markets,'' said Humberto de la Calle, chairman of the OAS permanent council.
''We cannot claim that democracy is strong everywhere,'' added OAS Secretary-General Cesar Gaviria.
Initial Draft Due Soon
The president said that shortly after the summit, the White House would put out the initial working draft of a free trade agreement for the hemisphere.
''This will allow our citizens from all our countries to see what is being negotiated and give them a chance to provide their views on this important document,'' he said.
Bush, as well as leaders from all Western Hemisphere countries except Cuba, supports having a FTAA completed by 2005.
If and when it is completed, the free trade zone stretching from Alaska to Patagonia would be the world's largest trading bloc, linking nearly 800 million people.
On Capitol Hill, however, there is doubt that Bush will get the fast-track negotiating authority.
Democrats have not supported fast track because they want future trade agreements to take environmental protection and labor standards into account.
''The odds are pretty long on getting it done this year,'' said a Democratic aide on the Senate Finance Committee.
''You'll need a very high-level campaign to get fast track, a very energetic campaign at the top level. I'm just not sure that is shaping up out there. I wouldn't bet the farm on fast track,'' said the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, a coalition of U.S. labor, environmental and consumer groups attacked Bush's plans to craft the FTAA, saying it would benefit corporations at the expense of workers and the environment.
At a pre-summit news conference, the groups said they would lobby to block congressional approval of new trade authority.
Robert Cox, president of the Sierra Club, accused Bush of pursuing ''one of the most highly irresponsible trade policies in U.S. history'' by proposing to extend provisions of the 7-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement -- which covers Mexico, Canada and the United States -- to 31 other countries in the hemisphere.
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I'm currently watching the PBS version of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," based on the book by Jared Diamond. My take is that Guns, Germs, and Steel is a story of the rise of the genomeplex — that assortment of different species (cows, dogs, men, etc) that together make up the foundations for human culture.
In short, Diamond's argument is that biologically-driven efficiencies in every plant and animal in the genomeplex except for homo sapiens led to the rise of homo sapiens. Clearly, biologically-driven efficiency is a powerful argument. If one's crops provide less protein, or one's animals are less docile, one is not going to get as far in life.
But neglecting to mention our species in a story of the rise of our genomeplex is strange. One line from the documentary I think sums of Diamond's blindspot:
pigs do not give milk
This is obviously incorrect. Pigs are mammals. Pigs suckle their young.
Further, as far as human-drinkable milk goes — neither did cows! The ability of adults to drink cow milk comes from a mutations (several of them, occurring independently, in different places and times). Our ancestors could not drink cow milk. But our ancestors' children were mutants.
Lactose tolerance is one mutation that occurred in some populations but not others, but there are other mutations like this too.
The rest of our genomeplex is not equal in productivity. Our species is not either.
The difference? The other animals and plants are to the extent they serve us. Humans are valuable in themselves.
Most of this world, like most of our genomeplex, has no inherent value. But humans do. And radically, all humans are equally precious.


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The 2011 Honda Odyssey's body provides far more than just dramatic and attractive styling. Its strong unit-body structure is key to its high fuel economy and targeted safety ratings. It even contributes to a smooth, quiet ride.
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The styling conveys that the Odyssey is a dynamic and luxurious vehicle first, and a minivan second. With its windswept A-pillars, rakish D-pillars and dramatic lightning-bolt belt line detail, the Odyssey is unmistakable for any other vehicle on the road. It also redefines minivan styling while opening up the minivan ranks to customers who might not have previously considered one.
Designers focused on making the Odyssey more visually spontaneous, progressive and athletic. The look begins with a lower and more dynamic design, with the A-pillars pulled forward and laid back to cheat the wind and improve interior noise levels. A commanding belt line dives down toward the front of the vehicle to convey motion and help make the Odyssey instantly recognizable at a glance - even from 100 yards away.
Up front is a characteristically modern Honda grille, with three horizontal bars, a large Honda emblem and chrome accents, flanked by aerodynamically shaped headlights. The front fenders feature strongly flared arches filled by 17-inch wheels on LX, EX and EX-L models (18-inch on Touring), a 1-inch increase respectively for each model compared to the 2010 model year. The larger proportions of the fender and wheel designs help make the Odyssey appear visually low in overall height and surprisingly car-like. The door handles for the front doors and sliding doors form a singular design element and on Odyssey EX and above models are highlighted by chrome accents for an upscale, precision-crafted look.
A black finish for the B- and C-pillars and the side mirrors emphasizes the body's silhouette by disguising those design elements to the side glass. The flowing roofline then intersects rakish D-pillar (rear pillar) to continue the dynamic appearance. In back, the rear body quarter panels feature crisp style lines and flared fender arches that give the Odyssey a decisive and muscular look, helping it stand apart from other minivans. The large, red brake lights with clear backup lenses create a contrasting visual statement for a sophisticated appearance.
Aerodynamic Enhancements
The Odyssey was carefully tuned to achieve high levels of aerodynamic efficiency in some obvious and not-so-obvious parts of the vehicle. Overall, the new Odyssey has a 5.5 percent reduction in the coefficient of aerodynamic drag (Cd) compared to the previous model, which directly contributes to greater fuel economy, reduced emissions and a quieter cabin at cruising speeds.
A low air opening pulls cooling air from the lower portion of the front fascia while carefully crafted strakes sweep the airflow around the front tires and underneath the powertrain for maximum efficiency. The inner front fender wells are sculpted rearward to improve engine room air flow. The tailgate spoiler smoothes air over the rear of the vehicle to reduce turbulence behind the vehicle. The Odyssey Touring benefits from a more aerodynamic mirror shape and exclusive lower rocker panels that are shaped to push airflow around the rear tires to reduce drag.
Body Construction
The Odyssey's extensively redesigned platform becomes more lightweight and rigid for 2011, allowing for the vehicle's high levels of safety, increased fuel economy, refined handling and a comfortable ride. The 2011 Odyssey contains 59 percent high-strength steel content by weight (between 340 MPa and 1500 MPa), the most of any Honda vehicle to date. The extensive use of high-strength steel contributes to lower vehicle curb weight.
The Odyssey's body is reinforced by a series of hoops formed by the underfloor cross members, the A, B, C and D pillars, and the cross members in the ceiling. The four ring shell encircles the passenger compartment and is designed to remain intact in the event of a serious side impact or rollover. It works in conjunction with the Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure at the front of the vehicle and deformable architecture at the sides and rear. (See the Safety section for more information on the ACE body structure.) In back, a rigid tailgate opening also contributes to overall structural rigidity, interior quietness, ride quality and durability.
Further reinforcement against side impacts is provided by the A, B, C and D pillars. These pillars feature internal plates and gussets that greatly strengthen them against buckling. To better protect the Odyssey against rear impact, the main-frame members extend all the way to the rear of the body and are tied together with cross-members under the floor.
Floating Front and Rear Subframes
A welded-steel subframe secured to the unit body's longitudinal rails supports the engine, transaxle, steering gear box and front suspension. The front subframe assembly's closed-box construction has been optimized for maximum stiffness with minimal weight penalties and uses four tuned rubber mounts to isolate the subframe from the main body structure. A stiffener located under each subframe-attachment fastener helps stabilize the assembly, thereby sharpening handling and braking performance. The subframe houses two Active Control Engine Mount System (ACM) units that counteract the inherent vibration created by the Variable Cylinder Management™ (VCM®) system, plus one urethane transmission mount. (See the Powertrain section for more details on ACM). The mounts are strategically positioned to counteract noise and vibration while reducing the transfer of engine noise and vibration to the passenger compartment.
Road noise, vibration and harshness are dramatically reduced through the use of a floating rear subframe that carries the lower-rear suspension links. The subframe is isolated from the body by specially tuned bushings, and has an optimized closed box structure for rigidity and a direct reduction of NVH in the passenger cabin.
Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) Reduction
The 2011 Odyssey utilizes a wide variety of technology, construction and advanced materials to reduce road noise. As a result, the 2011 Odyssey is noticeably quieter at cruising speeds compared to the 2010 model, with improvements to body rigidity and body seals. The Odyssey has floating front and rear subframes, advanced sound-absorbing material, an Active Noise Cancellation™ system, and an ACM system for the engine.
New for 2011, improvements to the connection efficiency at key body component intersections in the front and rear of the vehicle help to improve rigidity. One such improvement are newly developed "butterfly braces" within the frame structure at the rear subframe mounting points. Each brace allows for more efficient support of the subframe mount point, which improves subframe attachment point rigidity by 59 percent. Improved rigidity allows for softer bushings to be used where the rear suspension connects to the body and subframes. Softer bushings transmit less road noise from the suspension into the cabin. As a result, the rear subframe bushings are 38 percent softer, and the damper upper bushing is 73 percent softer compared to the 2010 Odyssey.
The insulation materials and construction for the 2011 Odyssey build on the foundation of the previous model. The carpet and dashboard insulators continue to use lightweight materials, with upgrades that reflect the latest construction techniques and improved coverage. Likewise, the melt sheet package has been optimized using the latest laser vibrometer techniques to calculate the most-effective density and thickness for each part. Additionally, the amount of air that can escape from a fully closed cabin when pressurized (a test often referred to as "body leak") has been improved by 30 percent. The premise is that if air cannot escape, then sound cannot get into the cabin. All of these improvements result in a noticeably quieter cabin at highway speeds compared to the previous model.
Active Control Engine Mount System
(Please see the Powertrain section.)
Visibility and Glass
Excellent outward visibility is a hallmark of Honda design and a key feature for the 2011 Honda Odyssey. The Odyssey provides excellent sight lines for the driver including a commanding eye point level and a short forward invisible length. Forward invisible length is the distance a driver needs to look to see the ground in front of the vehicle. All Odyssey models come equipped with UV-resistant privacy glass with dark tinting on the windows in the second and third rows. The Odyssey's glass filters UV light that results in less interior fade over time, lower cabin temperatures on hot days and more efficient interior cooling.
Acoustic Windshield Glass (Odyssey Touring)
Special acoustic windshield glass is used on the Odyssey Touring to help reduce wind noise. Tuned specifically to attenuate wind-noise frequencies, the windshield uses two layers of 2 mm safety glass with an in-between layer of a transparent elastic acoustic membrane for a total thickness of 4.5 mm. The windshield, like all the glass in the vehicle, is UV-resistant.
Front Driver's and Passenger's Doors Construction
The Odyssey's front doors use triple-stage stopper construction for ease of ingress/egress in tight parking situations. The doors use a special construction that provides a solid feel and sound when closing. The doors feature side impact-protection beams.
Automatic Locking and Unlocking
The automatic door locking/unlocking system is customizable by driver preference. Automatic locking can be linked to vehicle speed reaching 10 miles per hour (15 km/h), or the gear shift lever shifting from park, or it can be deactivated entirely. The factory default for locking is linked to vehicle speed.
Automatic unlocking, configurable to the driver's door or all doors, can be linked to the ignition switch being turned to the off position, or the gear shift lever being positioned in the park position, or it can be turned off entirely. The factory default for unlocking is linked to the gear shift lever and unlock activation for the driver's door only.
Dual Sliding Doors with Power Windows and Integrated Sunshades
The Odyssey LX is equipped with manual sliding doors. The Odyssey EX, EX-L and Touring models are equipped with dual power sliding doors and include integrated sunshades as standard equipment. For 2011, reshaped door openings allow for improved access to the third row than the previous generation by 1.3 inches in the bottom half of the door and 2.3 inches in the top half. Power sliding side doors can add convenience, for example, while carrying bulky objects when approaching or departing the vehicle.
New operation logic and controls for 2011 allows the power sliding doors to be opened in a greater variety of situations. With the ignition on, the doors can be opened using the inner handle, outer handle, dash switch or B-pillar switch (new) while in Park. The power sliding doors can also open when the gear selector is in any position (new feature) and the brake pedal or parking brake is applied and the vehicle is stopped. Previously, the gear selector had to be in Park for the doors to operate with the ignition on, or in Neutral with the brake pedal (or parking brake) applied and the vehicle stopped.
New for 2011, when using the remote entry button to open the power sliding doors (one button for each side), each door will automatically unlock itself and unlock the front door on that side of the vehicle. The new functionality eliminates the need to press the unlock button twice on the remote entry key fob prior to pressing one of the power sliding doors' open/close buttons (in situations where the doors are initially locked). If desired, a lockout switch on the instrument panel can disable the door's power operation all together, reverting to traditional manual operation.
Significant safety features have been built into the Odyssey's power door system. If the door should encounter any resistance while closing, it will immediately reverse direction. A direct detection system uses sensors built into the rubber seal on the leading edge of the door that detects when an object is in the path of the door. The sensors use four closely spaced wires inside the doors' rubber seals that can touch if contact is made to the outer edge of the seal. When the wires touch, that sends a signal to the doors operating system to reverse direction. The system is extremely sensitive and relatively gentle (reduced load for pinch detection). The doors will not completely retract to the fully open position if the rear windows are down. This is a safety feature to prevent a person's head or other body part (sticking out of the window) from getting pinched between the front of the sliding door and the door frame during power operation.
The Odyssey is equipped with power windows in the second-row dual sliding doors. New for 2011, the windows roll farther down, leaving just 3.4 inches of window exposed (previously 5.9 inches). The second-row window switches use the recessed push-down/pull-up design that further helps to reduce the risk of the window pinching an occupant. As a safety feature, the dual sliding doors on all models each have a side impact-protection beams.
Integrated sunshades are standard on EX and above models. The retractable shades are integrated into the lower portion of the windowsills and can be easily pulled up and secured via hooks at the top edge of the window sash. The shades cover the vast majority of the glass and do not interfere with power-window operation. New for 2011, retractable shades are also included in the third-row side windows on the Odyssey Touring.
Power Tailgate
Odyssey EX-L and Touring models feature a power tailgate that can be conveniently controlled from four sources: the remote entry, the exterior handle (for manual opening), a switch mounted on the underside of the tailgate (for closing), and from a switch on the instrument panel. The tailgate can be manually closed at any time during open or close operation. As a safety feature, the tailgate has an auto-detection system (similar to the power sliding door direct-detection system) that will reverse direction in the event that something prevents it from closing or opening. For 2011, new logic in the keyless remote allows for the tailgate to be opened without pressing the unlock button first (if vehicle is already locked).
Projector-Beam Headlights
The Odyssey headlight design uses aggressive-looking dual projector-beam-style halogen lights that resemble the design of the headlamps shown on the Odyssey Concept at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. The light assemblies feature a clear outer lens that wraps around the vehicle's front corners, and the running lights and amber turn signals are housed inside. The round inboard lamps are for high-beam illumination and the round outboard lamps are for normal driving. The halogen high-beams serve double duty as the Daytime Running Lights (DRL) by operating at a lower voltage. All models provide an auto-off feature. Odyssey EX and above models provide both an auto-off and auto-on feature that turns the headlights on automatically. Odyssey Touring models provide a user-configurable option for auto-off of the headlights, set through the Multi Information Display.
High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Projector-Beam Headlights
The 2011 Odyssey Touring Elite model includes Xenon high-intensity discharge (HID) low beam headlights with halogen high beams as standard equipment. The advantages of HID headlamps include greater lighting power, daylight-color light balance and reduced power consumption. In addition, the cut lines of HID headlights are extremely precise, providing maximum nighttime visibility without distracting other drivers. An auto-leveling feature keeps the headlights level regardless of how the vehicle is loaded with passengers and/or cargo.
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)
All 2011 Odyssey models feature Daytime Running Lights (DRL), which automatically turn on when the ignition is on and the parking brake is off.
The taillights feature a reflective inner-cube design as the background for the four lights and a reflector. The lenses are solid red for brake and running lights, and clear for the turn signals that have amber illumination. A large, rectangular back-up-light reflector provides extra illumination when backing up.
Fog Lights
Trapezoid-shaped fog lights that form-fit to openings within the front bumper are standard on Touring models and accessories on all other trim levels.
Side Mirrors
The Odyssey's power side mirrors are aerodynamically optimized to prevent wind noise and minimize turbulence. The side mirrors can be folded in for greater convenience in tight parking situations. When the driver puts the transmission in reverse on the Odyssey Touring model, the driver or passenger-side mirror can tilt down (depending on left/right/off mirror switch position) to reveal curbs and ground-level obstacles. The Odyssey Touring model includes mirror-position memory linked to the driver's seating profile (activated with the key fob or the controls near the driver's door release).
Odyssey EX and above models include heated side mirrors as standard equipment. Odyssey Touring models add side mirror-integrated turn signal indicators. All Odyssey side mirrors are black to blend in with the dark accents around the glass, which helps to accent the design of the profile. The Odyssey EX and above side mirrors have black painted housings, and the Odyssey Touring side mirror housing along with the supporting base structure is painted black..
One-Touch Power Moonroof with Tilt Feature
To tilt or slide the moonroof, the driver or front passenger needs only to fully press the ceiling-mounted switch once (instead of pressing and holding it for several seconds). The moonroof fully opens or closes automatically. However, if the operator wishes to only partially open or close the moonroof (such as to achieve partial ventilation), a lighter touch yields fully manual control. The moonroof can also tilt to provide ventilation. An auto-reverse feature is built in, helping to ensure that the moonroof will not forcefully close if someone's hand or arm is positioned in the path of the moonroof. If an obstruction is detected, the moonroof mechanism will reopen the moonroof.
Park Aid (Odyssey Touring)
Included in the Odyssey Touring models, the front and rear parking sensors help the driver detect objects close to the vehicle when parking. The driver can choose to turn off the rear sensors, which is advisable when towing.
Blind Spot Information System (Odyssey Touring Elite)
The Odyssey Touring Elite model is equipped with a blind spot information system (BSI) designed to detect vehicles in specified alert zones adjacent to the vehicle, particularly in harder to see areas commonly known as "blind spots" just behind the driver. When BSI detects a vehicle in an alert zone, a BSI alert indicator comes on near the corresponding side mirror. While the system is on, BSI is active whenever the shift lever is in the D position. When the vehicle is moving forward at a speed above 6 mph (10 km/h), the BSI alert indicator comes on under either of the following conditions: 1) A vehicle overtaking you is detected, entering the alert zone at a speed that differs from your vehicle's speed by no more than 31 mph (50 km/h). 2) You pass a vehicle at a speed that differs from that vehicle's speed by at least 6 mph (10 km/h). The indicator comes on approximately 2 seconds after the vehicle is first detected entering the alert zone. The system will not alert you to all vehicles in blind spot zones (such as vehicles you have just passed which you should already be aware of) unless it remains detected in the alert zone for approximately two or more seconds. The indicators will also blink when the turn signal is applied.
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The stock market isn't the only thing that has set records this spring. Barron's semiannual Big Money poll of professional investors also is setting a record -- for bullishness, that is. In our latest survey, 74% of money managers identify themselves as bullish or very bullish about the prospects for U.S. stocks -- an all-time high for Big Money, going back more than 20 years. What's more, about a third of managers expect the Dow Jones industrials to scale the 16,000 level by the middle of next year, notwithstanding a dismal week of selling that left the blue-chip index at 14,547.51 on Friday.
A quick trip through history reveals that only 45% of managers were bullish in the spring of 1999, and 54% in the fall of that year, even as the dot-com boom was inflating. Similarly, bullish sentiment was in the mid-40% range in the mid-2000s, as the housing market was on the boil and stocks last were hitting fresh peaks.
Six months ago, just 46% of managers were bullish, down from 55% in the spring 2012 poll. Stocks have rallied 10% since our fall survey was published on Oct. 29.
This spring's survey is notable, as well, for the dearth of bears: A mere 7% of respondents are pessimists today, down from 27% last fall. The remaining bears looked pretty smart last week, as the Dow lost 2.1%, and commodities prices plummeted. But recent conversations with other Big Money managers suggest they expect stocks to resume rising, despite a litany of concerns -- about fiscal gridlock in the U.S., the debt crisis in Europe, money-printing worldwide, and a still-sluggish global economy.
Professional investors remain well ahead of their clients in bullish sentiment. Sixty-two percent say their clients are bulls on stocks now, while 38% claim their customers are bears.
THE BIG MONEY BULLS have Dow 15,000 firmly in their sights. Based on their mean prediction, the industrials will finish the year at 15,136, some 4% above current levels, and reach 15,750 by mid-2014, for a gain of 8.3% from Friday's close.
As for Dow 16,000, it implies a 10% advance. And more than a fourth of our respondents think the rally won't stop there.
The managers expect the Standard & Poor's 500 to trace a similar path in the months ahead, advancing 4.2%, to 1621, by year end, and 8.2%, to 1682, by the following June. Their mean Nasdaq forecast for Dec. 31 -- 3440 -- suggests a further gain of 7.3% for the tech-heavy index, which they say could hit 3573 in next year's first half.
Tim Call, chief investment officer at Capital Management, near Richmond, Va., sees growth in both the economy and the stock market accelerating for four reasons. Housing, he notes, is reviving after a five-year recession. Auto manufacturing also is picking up, and the energy industry is building the requisite infrastructure to exploit the discovery of domestic shale oil and gas. That will lead to U.S. energy independence and the return of plastic and synthetic-rubber manufacturing domestically. Finally, the absence of inflation is overstating consumer wealth, Call says.
Call expects the Dow to rally to 16,000 by June 2014. Bonds present the real risk, he says, while stocks are "underappreciated and overlooked."
The bull market is hardly in its infancy, our respondents acknowledge, but neither is it "game over." To put it in baseball terms, 61% say the rally is somewhere between the fifth and seventh innings. That's roughly consistent with their views on valuation: Fifty-eight percent declare the market fairly valued, and 26% call it undervalued.
"The amount of money that's playing defensive is astronomical," says Robert Lutts, president of Cabot Money Management in Salem, Mass. "Main Street isn't yet in Wall Street. It is still scared to death. In the past couple of years, the professional money started to flow in. This is just the beginning of new flows that will push indexes even higher."
Lutts, who expects the Dow to scale 17,500 by mid-2014, notes that two long-delayed, midsize real-estate projects are under way in Salem -- a bullish development that is being duplicated nationwide. "I love it when my clients push back," he says. "They're reading the headlines too closely, and coming away with myopic negative impressions. Folks continually underestimate the resilience of the American economy and entrepreneur."
WHAT WOULD SEND STOCKS SHARPLY higher in coming months? The managers cite rising corporate earnings, first and foremost, followed by any sign in Washington of progress toward a bipartisan budget deal. "A government with a severe spending problem is no different than a person with a severe drinking problem," says John Boland, of Maple Capital Management in Montpelier, Vt. "In the short run, it might not matter, but longer-term, the problems are deadly. Without an intervention, the U.S. is rapidly heading toward cirrhosis of the economy."
Fortunately, perhaps, only 16% of managers say their investment decisions are heavily influenced by U.S. fiscal policy. But many seem worried about trends at home, and the nation's place in the world. Fifty-five percent of managers don't believe that the U.S. is a waning world power, but 37% do. Small wonder the Big Money folks finger political dysfunction as one of the biggest challenges facing the market, along with Europe's problems, potential earnings disappointments, and a possible deceleration in economic growth.
Even so, the managers aren't just bullish on U.S. stocks, but on equities generally. Some call it the TINA trade, for "there is no alternative" to stocks in a slow-growth, ultralow-interest-rate world. Eighty-six percent of poll respondents are bullish on stocks for the next 12 months, and a whopping 94% like what they see for the next five years. Real estate has similar approval ratings.
Scott Westphal, managing director, real- estate securities, at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers in Stamford, Conn., is neutral on stocks. But he notes that undervalued real-estate investment trusts, yielding about 4%, could provide a defense against a possible market correction. He sees a 10% pullback in equities in the next six months that could take the froth off the market. "Ultimately, it will be a good thing because it will draw more people into the market and broaden the base of equity investors," says Westphal, who likes select regional-mall and apartment REITs.
The managers are split in their near-term assessment of commodities, but bullish longer-term. Most are skeptical about gold for this year, which seems like a prescient call in view of the metal's ugly 5.3% slide last week, to $1,402 a troy ounce. As for bonds and cash, they have few fans at the moment. Nearly all of the managers expect fixed-income assets to be a bad bet in the next five years.
Says Scott Schermerhorn, chief investment officer of Granite Investment Advisors in Concord, N.H.: "A lot of investors don't realize how much money can be lost in bonds when long-term interest rates rise sharply." Fortunately, our investment managers do.
The managers are especially enthusiastic about emerging markets, particularly for the long haul. Twenty-seven percent think emerging markets will offer the best investment returns in the next six to 12 months, but 45% expect them to be the best performers over five years, something only 30% say about U.S. stocks. Near-term, our respondents also are fans of Brazil and Japan, mixed on the prospects for China, and decidedly cool toward Europe.
BARRON'S CONDUCTS THE BIG MONEY poll every spring and fall, with the help of Beta Research in Syosset, N.Y. The latest poll was e-mailed in mid-March and drew responses from 135 institutional investors from across the country, representing both smaller firms and some of the largest asset managers in America.
Poll participants look for technology, energy, and financial stocks to lead the market in the next 12 months. On the downside, roughly one in four expect utilities to be the biggest laggards. The managers also are downbeat about the prospects for consumer staples, consumer cyclicals, and basic-materials shares.
Some managers see significant turmoil ahead for the tech sector, especially as personal computers are forsaken for mobile computing devices. IDC reported two weeks ago that PC sales plunged 14% in the first quarter, the steepest drop since the company began tracking the market in 1994, and Intel (ticker: INTC), one of the industry's biggest suppliers, posted dismal quarterly results last week, although it offered better full-year guidance.
Intel is a favorite among Big Money managers, despite -- or perhaps because of -- its punk performance in the past year. The stock has fallen almost 20%, to $22. It is trading for 10.8 times 2014 estimated earnings of $2.03 a share, and yields 4%, which may explain much of the attraction. "Once you look past the headlines, things are getting better at Intel," says Loomis Sayles Chairman Dan Fuss, who likes the semiconductor maker's dividend and cash flow. With the PC business threatened, he calls Intel a "controversial" pick, but the sort that can produce compelling returns.
APPLE (AAPL) IS ANOTHER stock about which the Big Money crowd is passionate -- both positively and negatively. The shares closed at $390.53 Friday, after peaking at $705 in mid-September, and now trade for nine times the $43.58 a share the company is expected to earn in the fiscal year ending in September. "Product cycles are faster, and they have to compete," says John Roberts, of Denver Investments. "But there still is a lot of room for Apple to take market share on the desktop."
Sixty-seven percent of the managers who responded to our poll gave Apple a thumbs up; only Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) and IBM (IBM) elicited a more positive response. On the negative side, more than 70% gave a thumbs down to Facebook (FB), Herbalife (HLF), and J.C. Penney (JCP), while 96% panned Sears Holdings (SHLD), another struggling retailer.
Although few in number, the Big Money bears don't lack conviction, especially with the market now going their way. They predict, on average, that the Dow will drop to 13,500 by year end, and make no progress through the following June. They see the S&P 500 falling to the 1440-to-1450 region, and the Nasdaq backtracking to about 3000. The S&P closed at 1555.25 last week; the Nasdaq, at 3206.06.
Big companies might have worked wonders to lift profits by cutting costs, but that strategy has worn thin, says Greg Roeder, a portfolio manager at Adirondack Funds, in Guilderland, N.Y. He predicts the Dow will drop by 14% in the next year. "Top-line growth will be needed to push stocks higher, and it will be a huge challenge, given fiscal problems in Europe and the U.S., as well as high energy prices," he observes.
Roeder adds that baby-boomer clients can't handle much investment risk, which could complicate the market's trajectory further. "While we loved this market in early 2009 and 2010, we are now paring our winners and reallocating capital to quality names," he says.
BP (BP) isn't the sort of quality name that springs to many minds, especially after the company's involvement in a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago, but Roeder begs to differ. At a recent $40.99, the stock was trading for only 1.0 times estimated book value of $40 a share, and nine times this year's $4.77 in estimated earnings. Roeder calls it a turnaround story that "everyone" loves to hate.
MARC DION, A PORTFOLIO MANAGER at Morgan Dempsey, in Milwaukee, also is bearish on stocks, and worries about an "unusual" level of complacency on the economy. He also is concerned about the Federal Reserve's easy-money policies, aimed at holding down interest rates to spur economic growth. "The value paradigm is broken," he says, citing the effects of near-zero rates. "Everything is risk-free. It's become a race to debase. I feel like I'm part of some weird experiment that isn't really working. Where are the sustainable economic successes? I haven't seen any."
Even long-range bulls, such as Christopher Tsai, founder of Tsai Capital in New York, see resistance to stocks in the near term, given record-low interest rates and record-high profit margins that eventually must revert to historic means. Ultimately, Tsai sees demographics pushing stocks higher.
While baby boomers will be selling shares to fund retirement, "there has been little discussion about wealth accumulation among the echo boomers, and the positive effect on prices that this bucket of money is likely to generate," he comments.
By some calculations, the wealth of the post baby-boom generations could grow to $28 trillion from $2 trillion now, as they both earn more and start inheriting money from their parents.
Tsai favors high-quality multinationals with pricing power, including Zoetis (ZTS), a maker of veterinary medicines spun off from Pfizer (PFE) earlier this year. Almost 30% of the company's revenue comes from emerging markets, he notes, adding that Zoetis has established strong relationships with veterinary clinics and farms.
ALTHOUGH MOST BIG MONEY MANAGERS are stockpickers, the macroeconomic outlook helps shape their investment decisions. It looks decent, but hardly great, to them. Seventy-two percent of poll respondents expect the U.S. economy to keep plodding along in the next year at an annual rate of 2% to 3%, while 44% predict that the growth rate of gross domestic product will average the same 2.5% in the next 10 years that it has for the past 25. That said, 37% see the economy growing at a slower pace in the future.
"The U.S. is doing OK, but [the economy] is being fueled by a flood of liquidity," says James Vanasek, of VN Capital in New York, referring to the Fed's easy-money monetary policies. "The big question is what will happen when it stops."
Vanasek expects the Dow to lose about a thousand points between now and June 2014, although he professes to be bullish over the much longer term.
Fuss, of Loomis Sayles, says 2.5% GDP growth is strong enough to keep the Fed happy, but not strong enough to bring the unemployment rate down to the central bank's target of 6.5%. Even so, about half of the Big Money managers don't expect the Fed to take further measures, such as quantitative easing, in the next six months. Forty-seven percent think the central bank will start raising interest rates again in 2014, after several years and multiple rounds of bond-buying, while 35% look for such action to come in 2015.
Bond yields have been tumbling since early March, when the yield on 10-year Treasuries stood at 2.07%. Last week the 10-year settled at 1.70%, evidence of "risk off" after a two-month stretch of good news sent investors into equities. Forty-five percent of our respondents expect the 10-year yield to back up to 2% in the next six months, while 39% think the benchmark Treasury could yield 2.5% six months from now.
FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE, architect of the central bank's QE strategy and inspiration for similar schemes around the world, ends his second term in January 2014, and his plans thereafter are subject to much speculation. Should Bernanke decide to step down and return to private life, 77% of Big Money managers -- and many other observers -- think he would be succeeded by Janet Yellen, an economist, former professor, and current vice chair of the Fed's Board of Governors. Seventeen percent of managers, however, think President Barack Obama would tap William Dudley, a former Goldman Sachs economist who currently serves as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Interestingly, only a fourth of our respondents say Yellen, a defender of quantitative easing, would be their top choice for Fed chair, and only 10% would pick Dudley. Eleven percent say they'd favor Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and an inflation hawk, while another 10% would like to see John Taylor, a professor of economics at Stanford University and an outspoken critic of current Fed policy, named to lead the institution.
Inflation worries the U.S. money managers as much as it worries the folks at the Fed, and 60% of our respondents think it will be a bigger threat in the next 12 months than it is now. Excluding food and energy, the consumer price index rose by an annualized 1.9% in March, below expectations. But the Big Money crowd sees CPI jumping 2.51% next year.
Inflation fears could push up the price of gold. The managers' mean prediction for 2014 puts bullion back at $1,600, where it traded before this month's selloff. In the near term, however, more losses could be in store. "When they start having seminars at the local Holiday Inn on how to invest in something, it's usually over," says Granite's Schermerhorn, who argued recently that gold prices had been inflated by excess speculation.
The Big Money managers also keep an eye on foreign exchange, and most expect the dollar to stay strong. Indeed, 83% see the greenback rising against the euro in the next 12 months, and 78% see it up against the yen. Lately, the buck has been especially strong against the Japanese currency, a consequence of Japan's new policy to drive down interest rates to spur export growth.
The managers show little enthusiasm for Europe, which has been grappling with sovereign-debt losses and economic crises. Sixty-five percent of respondents proclaim themselves bearish on European stocks for the next 12 months, and 75% believe it will take five to 10 years for the euro zone to resolve its problems. That's up significantly from 58% last fall.
Jeff Schoenfeld, a partner at Brown Brothers Harriman, says Europe is paralyzed and is ignoring its main problem -- a sick banking system. "A healthy banking system is a precondition for things getting better," he observes. "European banks are shrinking their balance sheets to meet global capital standards, and that's not what to do to keep an economy growing."
THE BIG MONEY MANAGERS see subdued growth for corporate profits of 5% to 6%, both this year and next. They expect the market's price/earnings ratio to hold steady at 15.7. The managers plan to reduce their cash and fixed-income positions in coming months, and to invest more in stocks and alternative assets.
One thing is for sure: This has been a tough year for active money managers. Only 59% of our pros are beating the S&P 500 in their client accounts, and even fewer are doing so with their own money.
Here's a final prediction for 2013: The market will continue to surprise.
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The Lanakai TunaUke Baritone Ukulele features a mahogany top, back, sides and neck, and rosewood fingerboard with glass impregnated PRS nut and saddle. It also comes with chrome die-cast with black buttons. But what really separates this baritone uke from other baritone ukes is Lanakai's TunaUke Technology. There are many issues that cause poor intonation and Lanakai's TunaUke Technology solves them all. With this technology Lanakai has achieved over a 90% improvement, helping you overcome all the intonation obstacles and have a ukulele that plays open chords in tune all the way up the neck. The first is the Compensated Nut: Between the four strings, the differences in string width and tension are substantial. By compensating the distance between the first fret and the nut we are able to make open chords sound as smooth as silk. The second is the Movable Saddle: Traditional straight saddles on a ukulele or any other fretted instrument are detrimental to good intonation. With nylon strings even "compensated saddles" are a complete fallacy. The issue is that nylon strings are by their nature, inconstant. After much testing we found the only way to improve on this is to create movable saddle technology to allow the player to adjust the amount of compensation for each string. No tools are required and adjusting the intonation is as easy as pouring milk on cereal.
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For residents still waiting to purchase a Christmas tree, there are several fresh cut options across the area.
For newlyweds Lee and Julie Edwards of Kinston, cutting down a fresh tree created the first of many Christmas memories.
The Edwards cut the tree at Nobles Tree Farm in Kinston, the only farm in the area to offer people the chance to cut down their own tree.
Lee Edwards said he decided to cut his own tree because of the experience.
�It�s local, fresh and a lot more fun,� he said.
He also said it�s a tradition he hopes to continue with his wife.
The experience was a family affair, with Julie�s parents, Wayne and Ann Bartholomew making the trip from Raleigh to help in the process.
�We wanted to be with them when they picked out their first tree. We had our own family traditions and it�s nice to see them starting traditions of their own,� Ann Bartholomew said.
For residents who have yet to buy a Christmas tree, there are several options in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties.
Residents can purchase trees for as little as $20 at a tree lot in Trenton, or can pay up to $129.95 for a tree from Lowes Home Improvement in Kinston or ACE Hardware in Snow Hill.
In Lenoir County, trees can be bought at chain stores, such as Lowes or Food Lion.
Sandy Shimer, who operates Shimer�s Selects in Kinston, said the most popular size tree ranges between 6 and 8 feet tall. He said the most popular price is between $49 to 69.
In Jones County, the only place to buy a live tree is from Tim Greene. His stand is set up next to Jones County Tire Services in Trenton.
Greene said he sells Fraser Fir trees, because he believes them to have the highest quality.
�It�s the Cadillac of Christmas trees. The tree retains its needles and shape longer than other trees. Overall, they just last a long time,� he said.
In Greene County, residents may either purchase tress from Food Lion or ACE Hardware, both of which are located in Snow Hill.
Aside from Nobles Farm, which grows its own trees, other stands rely on importing trees from the North Carolina mountains.
Nicole Sanchez, an agricultural agent for the Jones County Cooperative Extension Service, said bringing trees from the mountains is becoming more common because there are fewer people growing tress in the area due to lower demand.
�A a lot of tree growers that used to be in this part of the state have cut back because people in general are not using live or fresh cut tress to the degree that they used to. People are buying more artificial trees,� she said.
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Where Christmas trees can be purchased
Jones County
Tree lot run by Tim Greene
101 West Jones Street, Trenton
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir
Hours of operation: 9 a.m. until dark
Prices: $20-$70
Contact: 252-448-6001 (Jones County Tire Services)
Greene County
Food Lion
108 Greenewood Square, Snow Hill
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir
Hours of operation: 7 am � 10pm
Prices: $29.95
Contact: 252-747-2490
ACE Hardware
321 U.S. 13 Snow Hill
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir
Hours of operation: 7:30 am � 5 p.m.
Prices: $39.99-129.99
Contact: 252-747-9020
Lenoir County
Lowes Home Improvement
4489 U.S. 70, Kinston
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir and Douglass Fir
Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday 7:a.m. � 9 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Prices: $39.99-129.99
Contact: 252-520-5100
Danny Smith Auto Sales
2447 U.S 258 North, Kinston
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir
Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Prices: $40-50
Contact: 252-521-3232 or 252-523-1300
Shimer Selects
2905 West Vernon Avenue, Kinston
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir
Hours of operation: noon until 6 p.m.
Prices: $40-50
Contact: 252-560-6137
Nobles Tree Farm
1649 Neuse Road, Kinston
Type of tree sold: White Pine, Virginia Pine and Red Seder
Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday by appointment, Friday-Sunday 9 a.m-5:30 p.m.
Prices: $25-60
Contact: 252-569-5671
Food Lion
Same at locations in Pink Hill, La Grange and Kinston
Type of tree sold: Fraser Fir
Hours of operation: 7 am � 10 pm
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Thank you for all the wonderful comments on Sadie. I'm always amazed how many comments my dog related posts receive. It makes me feel better about my lack of knitting content.
Speaking of lack of knitting content, I'm afraid it's going to continue for the foreseeable future. I just don't have much time to knit anymore. I usually have only an hour or two to knit each week, sometimes less.
My Central Park Hoodie has been frogged back again. Kishka sums up my current feelings about this project:
I do have a plan in place to fix this sweater but since spring is here, I'm just hoping to finish it by next winter.
When I have been knitting, I've been knitting on my third Log Cabin Blanket:
Sadie continues to settle into my furry family.
Some might even say she's already spoiled:
I'm discovering new Sadie quirks almost every day. She likes to sleep like this:
Then when I call her name I get this face:
Her visit to the vet revealed that she weights 116 lbs. She should weigh around 80 lbs. Needless to say, we are doing a lot of walking.
The walking is followed by a lot of water drinking:
I caught Kishka sitting like this the other night:
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Engraving of the human body in perspective by C. Cornelius after a sculpture by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) title The Betrayers: Icarus at the Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand. Published 1868.
Engraving by C. Cornelius after a sculpture by Hendrik Goltzius title The Betrayers 3: Phaeto at the Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand. Published 1868.
Goltzius was extraordinarily interested in the study of the foreshortening of the human form. Here is another example and a link to an extensive post about his work from John Haber: Hendrick Goltzius and Willem van Tetrode. Shown are four studies of hands, and The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus.
The next image is Cain Killing Abel by a contemporary, also working in the mannerist style and very interested in foreshortening was Jan Harmensz Muller (1571-1628). The next images are a series of three studies of Mercury and Psyche from three angles.
Johann Gottfried Schadow made a study of foreshortening and perspective for drawing the head in his book Lehre von den Knochen und Muskeln von den Verhaeltnissen des Menschlichen Koerpers und von den Verkuerzungen, which had been translated as The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body
and Lessons on Foreshortening in it he shows the position of the features located by a series of parallel lines, in much the same way an architect would draft rotated views of a building or an engineer would draft rotated views of a machine or structure. This enables the artist to derive a scientific approach to foreshortening using standard views of the head and proportions of the features.
For a post on the book see: Figure Drawing - The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body and Lessons on Foreshortening.
A printed copy is available at
This picture can be found under every discussion of perspective. What Albrecht Durer is demonstrating in this print is the use of a transparent grid in front of a subject, and a gridded piece of paper, so the artist can accurately transfer what he sees on a point by point basis to the paper. This way his preconceptions about the length of limbs and placement of features do not interfere with his accurate representation of the foreshortened figure. To the right is another of Durer's illustrations show figures arrayed on a grid, another way to study the effects of perspective on the foreshortening of the figure. The image is from his De Symmetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporum.
Two more images from De Symmetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporum, showing how to construct a head using the same system Johann Gottfried Schadow used in his book, and showing an artist using a perspective machine. This is what the publisher of a new digital edition of the book has to say about it. "De Symmetria is Dürer's beautifully illustrated study of the measurements and proportions of the human form. Underweysung der Messung is a pioneering work in scientific illustration that contains over 150 woodcuts, including outstanding examples of orthographic projection and several of Dürer's most intriguing designs. It presents a wide range of geometric subjects, with the basics of linear, plane, and solid geometry laying a foundation for practical applications for architecture and art, including the construction of columns and the rendering of alphabets. Its most notable achievement is the analysis of perspective; in that regard, Dürer's treatise had a major impact on Northern Renaissance art."
Heinrich Lautensack wrote a treatise on perpective, Des Circkels und Richtscheyts, auch der Perspectiva und Proportion der Menscher, which owed much to Durer. The entire book can be viewed online at Digitale Bibliothek - Munchen. Above figures in perspective and lines showing how to create orthographic front and side views of a child's figure.
Drawing the figure in perspective from Charles X. Carlson's The Simplified Essentials of Charcoal Drawing.
Drawing the figure in perspective from Charles X. Carlson's A Simplified Art Anatomy of the Human Figure link to a current reprint, and from Cliff Young's Figure Drawing Without a Model, link to another book by Cliff Young, Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe.
Here is another set from Sculptor's Model.
A few more of his books: The Model in Movement, Artist's Model, Sculptor's Model: A Third Sitting, Artist's Model, Model in Shadow, Adam's fifth rib: A collection of photographic studies of the nude, Living colour, Oriental Model.
The Art Model Books follow a similar format.
Two images from the Art Models books, These wo are from the newest book Art Models 4 showing a foreshortened female figure in repose.
Two twentieth century foreshortened figure drawings by Harry Carmean.
Harry Carmean on Ebay
William Bouguereau, The Bather, 1879, showing the use of perspective and foreshortening in drawing the legs.
Foreshortening is when an object or figure appears reduced in size when viewed from a particular angle. It is explained by the theory of perspective.
This image is from An Introduction to Perspective Drawing and Painting by Mr. Hayter.
For more information about perspective: How to Draw Perspective at Figure-Drawings.com.
Atlas of Foreshortening: The Human Figure in Deep Perspective (Second Edition) at Amazon.com
Foreshortened Mary Magdalene by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Le Reveil de Diane by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Foreshortened Christ by Andrea Mantegna.
The photograph is by Sam Haskins, it shows Gill, one of the models from his book FIVE GIRLS, you can read about it at his blog post Conversation and at another post The Age Of The Understatement about one of the photos being used on an album cover. Also check out one of the images from his book November Girl also at his blog, this post is titled: Winter Blues.
African Image another book by Sam Haskins. A new version is going to be published this year. One book still in print is: Cowboy Kate and Other Stories: Director's Cut.
For sale on Ebay are many figure water colors by William Reginald Watkins. These show the use of foreshortening in rendering the limbs. William Reginald Watkins was born in Manchester, England and later studied at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore Maryland. There he studied under artists such as Hans Schuler, C.W. Turner and Maxwell Miller. He was a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Club, the London Royal Society of Art, Baltimore Art Director Club, National Art Director and the Maryland Institute Alumni Board. His work was exhibited both nationally and internationally. He was best know for landscapes, snowscenes, still life, portraits, and marine paintings. These are figure studies executed to keep up his craft.There is a listing at Askart.com.
For more water color figure paintings by William Reginald Watkins see: Water Color Figure Painting.
Series of foreshortened figure studies by John Singer Sargent.
Joseph Mallord William Turner - Study of a Supine Male Nude Seen Foreshortened circa 1799-1805.
Foreshortened figure at a life drawing class in Birmingham, England.
Foreshortened figure by John Peri.
Two foreshortened views of a model from Evelyn Brandt's website.
Figure in perspective by German writer Karl Heinrich Waggerl.
Perspective Photograph of a model by Ronald Puhle.
Seated Foreshortening
A few more examples of the human body in perspective in foreshortened figure drawings.
Watercolor perspective of nude by Roger Hayward.
Foreshortened figure from Reimar Boernicke's site.
Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement
More drawings of foreshortened figures by Charles Despiau.
Books related to Charles Despiau:
Charles Despiau: Zeichnungen (German Edition)
Despiau (Universe sculpture series)
Chefs-D'oeuvres Des Collections Suisses De Manet a Picasso; Orangerie Des Tuileries, Paris 1967: L'Impressionisme; Cezanne, Gauguin Et Van Gogh; Les Nabis Et Les Pointillistes; Les Fauves; L'Ecole De Paris; Les Cubistes (Charles Despiau; Renoir; Degas)
Rodin: The Shape of Genius
André Salmon on French Modern Art
Female model foreshortening at WetCanvas Forums.
Extreme foreshortening: Veselinka Beba McLarnon's Blog post on figure drawing.
François-Léon Benouville - The Wrath of Achilles.
Frederic, Lord Leighton - life study.
Here is a another blog's post on Luis Ricardo Faléro's Departure of the Witches showing lots of figures in various degrees of foreshortening.
Luis Ricardo Falero Oriental
Luis Ricardo Falero A Fairy Under Starry Skies
Falero's work reminds me of Jules-Joseph Lefebvre's. Here is a site devoted to his work.
Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, The Dream, an engraving after his painting "Le Reveil de Diane," 1879.
Albert Arthur Allen Study of a figure showing foreshortening across the torso. More Albert Arthur Allen figure studies.
Moise Kisling with a model, also see another post, Moise Kisling - Nudes.
Roderic O'Conor, seated nude around 1925.
Roderic O'Conor, Nu Allonge, 1924.
Roderic O'Conor, Reclining Nude on a Chaise Lounge, 1915.
Atlas of Foreshortening: The Human Figure in Deep Perspective (First Edition)
Goltzius and the Third Dimension (Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute)
Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: The Complete Engravings and Woodcuts. 2 volumes.
Goltzius-studies: (Hendrick Goltzius, 1558-1617) (Nederlands kunsthistorisch jaarboek) (Dutch Edition)
Goltzius and the Third Dimension (Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute)
Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: The Complete Engravings and Woodcuts. 2 volumes.
Goltzius-studies: (Hendrick Goltzius, 1558-1617) (Nederlands kunsthistorisch jaarboek) (Dutch Edition)
How to Draw People at Figure-Drawings.com
How to Draw Proportions at Figure-Drawings.com
From Three Angles - Japanese Book about Foreshortening
Blog about the book: 躍動感のあるヌ
Hyper Angle - Another Japanese Book about Foreshortening
More pictures of this model at this post.
Thomas Eakins, self portrait, lowering female model to the floor. Another photo by Eakins here, and more here.
18th Century Flemish academic drawings using foreshortening.
Here's a photo of a male reclining from Flickr and a woman running, and a reclining female, a kneeling female, another kneeling female.


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Treasure Chest Thursday
Bill, Pete, Tom making concrete on farm
Old black and white photo from, I believe, 1951 - same place and work as photo last week here.
I am in the black and white coat - My Dad in the center, younger brother on gravel pile - I think Mom is in the pickup, on far right. Next younger brother must have been taking the photo. Old corn crib in the background. The south side of the barn is to the left. We were making concrete, manually - I'm dumping water from bucket in cement mixer, it appears. I think we put the dry cement in the box; shoveled dry cement and gravel, in correct proportions (I'm sure Dad did that!) along with water to make wet cement.
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Pole Factor
The beautiful Sameera Mohammed aka Coco is a contestant on television's newest reality show, Pole Factor. Hanif wants Coco to use her fame for more purposeful causes but she actively rejects the faith of Islam for the faith of the celebrity. Her controversial anti-mosque campaign goes viral and her ratings go through the roof, because she is only saying what everyone else is too scared to voice: Britain doesn't need any more mosques. The media and the masses are on her side. The Muslims are outraged at the betrayal but a shock tragedy, as a result of her viral campaign, changes everything. Her mental frailty and disturbing reality starts to unravels dangerously on camera.
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Saturday, 8th February 2014
Saturday, 8th February 2014
1 hour
Venue Information
Studio at The Vault Festival
Leake Street, Waterloo
Map | Seating Plan
Leave Waterloo via Exit 1. Turn right onto Station Road Approach & keep on the right hand side. Walk to the bottom of the road & down the first set of stairs. Turn right at the bottom & the entrance is 10m on the right hand side.