Introduction  The theory of state space search is a primary tool for representing a problem as a state space graph . using graph theory to analyze the structure and complexity of the problem and the search procedure we employ to solve it .
The city of Königsberg  Swiss Leonhard Euler 18th cen  Problem: if there is a walk around the city that crosses each bridge exactly once? .
b EULER noted WALK WAS IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS A GRAPH HAS EXACTLY ZERO OR TWO NODES OF ODD DEGREES Degree no of arcs joining a node .Representations Euler's invented Graph of the Königsberg bridge system.i Linkes arcs .Euler Path rb : river bank I : island b : bridge Graph theory Nodes rb .
i1. b2) connect(rb1. rb2. b7) Connect :tow lands connected by a particular bridge . i2. b3)connect(i1. i1. rb1. b1) connect(rb1. i1. rb1. b5) connect(rb2. b3) connect(rb1. b4)connect(i2. rb1. i1. b1) connect(i2. i2. i2. Y.using predicate calculus  Predicate calculus: connect(X. b2)connect(i1. rb2. Z) connect(i1. i1. b5)connect(i1. b7)connect(i2. b6) connect(rb2. rb2.Representing Königsberg bridge system. b6)connect(i1. b4) connect(rb2.
Graph Theory  A graph consists of a set of finite nodes N1. Each node in a rooted tree has a unique parent. and Nk is called the child. Nk and Nj are siblings.N4)… .  A rooted tree has a unique node which has no parents called the root. If Nj is also connected to Ni.  The edge in the rooted tree are directed away from the root  The path in a rooted tree is of length n-1 for a sequence of nodes (N1.  If a directed arc connects Nj and Nk.Nn.N2… and a set of arcs connecting the nodes  Arcs are orded pairs of nodes ie arc(N3.) .….N2. Nj is called the parent.
 Two nodes are said to be connected if a path exists that includes them both.)Graph Theory (cont'd  On the path of the rooted tree a node is called an ancestor of all node after it and a descendant of all nodes before it  path that contains any node more than once is said to contain a cycle or loop.  A tree is a graph in which there is a unique path between every pair of nodes.  Tip or Leaf node is the node that has no children .
Strucures for State Space Search .
A labeled directed graph .
h Root and i b is parent (b . d ) of( e f) are siblings (e f g h I j) Leaves or (g. h .Family relationships in a rooted tree a is a is ancestor of g. c . i) children b.e) are( tips of c connected .
There are several action types:  Entry action  which is performed when entering the state  Exit action  which is performed when exiting the state  Input action  which is performed depending on present state and input conditions  Transition action  which is performed when performing a certain transition http://en.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine  . parsing and other engineering applications. among which electronic design automation. communication protocol design. state machines or hierarchies of state machines are sometimes used to describe neurological systems and in linguistics — to describe the grammars of natural languages.wikipedia. In biology and artificial intelligence research.Finite State Machine  Finite-state machines can solve a large number of problems.
)Finite State Machine (FSM .
Flip Flop FSM (a) The finite state graph for a flip flop and (b) its transition matrix. .
 FSM Used to recognize component of a formal language .path  F : State transaction function  FSM is an abstract model of computation. I .The Finite State Machine  The Finite State Machine is finite directed connected graph (S. F):  S : Set of states – nodes  I : Set of input values .
String Recognition "Example for FSM for recognizing all strings contain the exact sequence "abc Starting Accepting state (a)The finite state graph (b)The transition matrix for string recognition example (c)This called Moore machine – FS accepting M .
Finite State Accepting Machine  There are tow FSM techniques  Deterministic FSM: transition function for any input value to a state gives a unique next state  Probabilistic FSM: the transition function defines a distribution of output states for each input to a state .
 Pathes are searched until either the goal description is satisfied or abandoned  It is important to choose the best path according too the needs of the problem .The State Space representation of Problems  The problem space consists of:  a state space which is a set of states representing the possible configurations of the world.arcs  The problem space can be viewed as a graph where the states are the nodes and the arcs represent the operators.with initial state  a set of operators (legal moves)which can change one state into another .
State Space and Search .
goal can be reached by different states •No cycle •Complexity = 9! .State Space of Tic – Tac – Toe •Start state : empty board •Goal state:board with 3x's in row column diagonal •States are all possible configuration of X's O's •It's a directed graph rather than a tree .
The 8-puzzle problem as state space search  states: possible board positions  operators: one for sliding each square in each of four directions. . or. one for moving the blank square in each of four directions  initial state: some given board position  goal state: some given board position  Note: the "solution" is not interesting here. better. we need the path.
B. A). . at a cost of 550. is not the shortest path. C. D. A) defeated the heuristic.Other techniques for solving TSP – Branch & bound with complexity=(1. The comparatively high cost of arc (C.26)n Greedy nearest neighbour( E.
Strategies for State Space Search  Data-driven search – forward chaining  Begin with the given facts and a set of legal rules for changing states  Apply rules to facts to produce new facts  Continue until it generate a path that satisfies the goal condition  Goal-driven search – backward chaining  Begin with the goal and a set of facts and legal rules  Search rules that generate this goal  Determine conditions must be true to use these rules (sub goals)  Continue until it works back to the facts of the problem .
of rules match the facts of the problem .Goal Driven search  Goal driven is suggested if :  A Goal is given or easily be formulated (diagnostic systems) (theorem to be proved)  Data are not given but acquired by solver  Large no.
Goal-driven Search State space in which goal-directed search effectively prunes extraneous search paths. .
http://en.org/wiki/Dipmeter .Dipmeter)  Large no of goals but few ways to use facts  Difficult to form a goal Dipmeter" is a measuring instrument to measure resonant frequency of radio frequency circuits.wikipedia. It measures the amount of absorption of a high frequency inductively coupled magnetic field by nearby object.Data Driven search  Data Driven is suggested if  All or most of the data are given (PROSPECTOR .
.Data-driven Search State space in which data-directed search prunes irrelevant data and their consequents and determines one of a number of possible goals.
GDS & DDS  Both goal-driven and data-driven search the same state space graph  Order and no. of states are different  Preferred strategy is determined by:  Complexity of the rules  Shape of state space  Availability of problem data .
Uniform Cost •guarantee that solution is found •Heuristic search  search process takes place by traversing search space with applied rules (information). Searching Strategies •Blind search  traversing backtracking the search space until the goal nodes is found (might be doing exhaustive search). •Techniques: Greedy Best First Search. •Techniques : Breadth First. A* Algorithm •There is no guarantee that solution is found.Depth first. TIN 5013: Artificial Intelligence . Interactive Deepening search.
try others  Backtrack to the most recent node on the path having unexamined siblings  Continue until find goal or all children been searched (backtrack fails back) .Backtracking Search  Search – find a path from start until reaches a goal (quit) or dead end (backtrack)  Backtrack – when the path is dead.
Backtrack algorithm Stack : From left Stack : From left SL: start list-if the goal is found have the solution path NSL : nodes waiting evaluation DE: dead end CS :state to evaluate : goal state .
Backtracking search of a hypothetical state space space. .
states are added to the right and removed from the left FIFO 43 1 2 Order of search : A . E . D . F . The Breadth-first search  Breadth-first search  When a state is examined. C . all of its children are examined after any of its siblings (all nodes in a given level before any node in the next level)  Explore the search space in a level-by-level fashion  queue structured. B . G .
The breadth-first search algorithm .
A trace of breadth-first search .
The graph at iteration 6 of breadth-first search. States on open and closed are highlighted .
Breadth-first search of the 8-puzzle. showing order in which states were removed from open .
LIFO .Depth-first search  Depth-first search  When a state is examined. all of its children and their descendants are examined before any of its siblings  Go deeper into the search space where possible  Stack structure descendant states are added and removed from the left of (open) list.
Depth-first search5 4 3 ……. .
The depth-first search algorithm .
A trace of depth-first search .
The graph at iteration 6 of depth-first search. States on open and closed are highlighted .
Depth-first search of 8-puzzle with a depth bound of 5 .
maximum path length m .) Evaluation Criteria (Russel – Norvig  completeness  Is the problem solver guaranteed to find a solution?  time complexity  how long does it take to find the solution?  space complexity  memory required for the search  optimality  When the solution is found is it guranteed to be optimal?  main factors for complexity considerations:  branching factor b. depth d of the shallowest goal node.
complexity Bn child on n level  Depth-first  More efficient (gets quickly into a deep search space) suitable for graphs with many branches  Complexity B*N (open contains just the children of a single state)  May get lost missing shorter path or stuck with infinite long path does not lead to goal .Comparison between breadth- )and depth-first search (Luger Choosing between depends on the problem properties (shortest path-branching factor-available time length – no of needed sol's-  Breadth-first  Always find the shortest path to a goal.High branching factor (high no of children for a state-in open list- (need memory).
Blind . Depth – first Search with Iterative Deepening  Use the the depth search with depth bound 1-if it fails another search with depth bound 2  Solution lies within a certain depth or time constraints  Level by level search = shortest path & space usage =in n level = B*n  Guaranteed to find a shortest solution (BFS) & space usage = B*n Complexity O(b*n)  Time complexity = O(B^n) = no of nodes grows exponentaily All these strategies.get exponentail time complexity for worst case .
)Iterative Deepening DFS (ID-DFS TIN 5013: Artificial Intelligence .
uninformed search. or weak methods ."Blind search"  BFS and DFS are blind in the sense that they have no knowledge about the problem at all other than the problem space  Such techniques are also called brute-force search.
Using the State Space to Represent Reasoning with propositional and predicate Calculus State Space Description of a Logical System AND/OR Graphs Further Examples and Applications MACSYMA (integration) Where is Fred? The Financial Advisor English Grammar .
. such as determining whether a particular expression is a logical consequence of a given set of assertions.State Space Description of a Logical System  The propositional and Predicate calculus can be used as the formal specification language for making nodes distinguishable as well as for mapping the nodes of a graph onto the state space. may be solved using search.  Inference rules can be used to create and describe the arcs between states.  Problems in the predicate calculus.
r.  Determining whether a given proposition is a logical consequence of a set of propositions becomes a problem of finding a path from a boxed node to the goal node. r and r→p yields p.propositional calculus  Propositions that are logical consequences of the given set of assertions correspond to the nodes that may be reached along a directed path from a state representing a true proposition.  [s. .p] corresponds to the sequence of inferences: s and s→r yields r.
. t → r.  State space graph of a set of implications  the arcs correspond to logical implications (→) Boxed nodes  propositions given true (s and t) correspond to the given data of the problem and represented as boxed nodes. r → p. t. s → u. s. s → r. propositional calculus A set of assertions : q → p. v → q.
Logical Operators General Name Formal Name Symbols Not Negation ¬ And Conjunction ∧ Or Disjunction ∨ If… Then/Implies Conditional → If and only if Biconditional ↔ .
The Truth Table P Q NOT AND OR Implies Biconditional )¬(P P^Q PvQ PQ P  Q T T F T T T T T F F F T F F F T T F T T F F F T F F T T .
chocolate). variables_2.…)  Example: "She likes chocolate"  likes (she.  Universal quantifier (∀X)  to show all object is true [Eg: All students  (∀X (student (X))]  Existential quantifier (∃ X)  to show existence / partial object is true [ Eg: Some people ( ∃ X (people (X))] .Predicate Calculus Logic  Basic idea : operator (variables_1.
.And/Or graphs  If the premises of an implication are connected by an ∧ operator. they are called AND nodes.  And/Or graph is actually a specialization of a type of graph known as a hypergraph. and the arcs from this node are joined by a curved link. which connects nodes by sets of arcs.
And/or graph • And/or graph of expression q ∨r → p Or – separate arcs • And/or graph of the expression q ∧r → p • and -.connected ∧ . ∨ :operators .
a b c a ∧b  d b∧ df a∧ c e f g a ∧e  h •Is h true? Example for goal directed strategy . And/or graph of a set of propositional calculus expressions.
And/Or graph Search ∧ operator(and nodes) indicates a problem decomposition in which the problem is broken into subproblems such that all of the subproblems must be solved to solve the original problem. a point at which a choice may be made between alternative problem-solving strategies.  ∨ operator indicates a selection. .
Examples and Applications for and/or graph searching  Macsyma  "Where is fred?"  An English Language Parser and Sentence Generator  The Financial Advisor Revisited .
and/or graph And/or graph of part of the state space for integrating a function (goal directed) . MACSYMA : An Example for goal directed.
"Where is fred?": Example for Checking English sentences Goal-directed and/or graph The facts and rules of this example are given as English sentences followed by their predicate calculus equivalents: .
The solution subgraph showing that Fred is at the museum. .
An English Language Parser and Sentence Generator  Rewrite rules and transform it into another the pattern on one site of the ↔ with the pattern on the other side :  For changing expression from language to another  Determine if sentences are well-formed sentences .
Rules for a simple subset of English grammar are: .
An English Language Parser and Sentence Generator: A parser needs : Grammar rules Terminals : dictionary of words in the language ( a . etc) have been written more than once to simplify drawing the graph. dog . art. the . likes . man . Some of the nodes (np. bites) And/or graph for the grammar. .
" •A Well –Formed expression in the grammar consists of terminals and that can be reduce to the sentence symbol •Use data –driven parsing (maching right hand side and replace by the pattern on left •Parsing is important for natural Languages– structuring compilers and interpretors for computer languages . Parse tree for the sentence "The dog bites the man.
Generating legal sentences by a goal driven search  Begin with sentence as top level goal and end when no more rules to apply  Create all acceptable sentence  A sentence ia a np followed by a vp(1)  Np is replaced by n (2) giving n vp  Man is the first n available (8) giving man vp  Np is satisfied and vp is attemped (3) replace vp with v giving man v  Replace v with likes (10  Man likes the first acceptable sentence – there are 80 correct sentences  Repeat until all possible state space has been searched  Parsing and generating can be used for completing sentences (correctnes not symentic) .
.And/or graph searched by the financial advisor.
Blind Search: Uniform-Cost A 1 10 5 5 S B G The goal state is achieved and the 15 path S-B-G is returned. . In relation to C path cost. Backtracking SEARCH Current level: 210n/a TIN 5013: Artificial Intelligence . C15 Nodes expanded: 3210 CurrentFINISHED action: Expanding Waiting…. Press space to begin the search Size of Queue: 031 Queue: Empty S 10G A. B. UCS has found the optimal route. 11 GC . G B. Press space to end.11C.


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Elizabeth Ayer (Condado de Thurston, Estado de Washington, 13 de octubre de 1897 – Lacey, 4 de agosto de 1987) está reconocida como arquitecta pionera en Seattle, Washington, cuyas actividades profesionales se extendieron por más de cinco décadas. Fue la primera mujer en graduarse en el programa de arquitectura profesional por la Universidad de Washington y también la primera en ser registrada como arquitecto en el Estado de Washington.

Primeros años
Ayer nació en el Condado de Thurston, Washington, en octubre de 1897. Creció en una granja en Olympia. Su padre era abogado y juez, su madre artista. Su interés por la matemática la llevó a matricularse en Arquitectura en la Universidad de Washington en 1916, graduándose en 1921.

Trayectoria
En 1919, mientras todavía era estudiante, fue contratada por Andrew Willatsen. Al año siguiente empezó su larga asociación con arquitecto Edwin Ivey de Seattle. De 1922 a 1923 trabajó en la Ciudad de Nueva York, pero después de un año regresó a Seattle, para trabajar otra vez con Ivey. En 1924 es la encargada del proyecto para la casa C. W. Stimson en The Highlands, una comunidad cerrada del norte de Seattle.

En 1927, después de un año de viaje por Europa, Ayer regresó a la oficina de Ivey y tomó una serie de encargos dentro de Broadmoor y The Highlands. Los diseños para estas viviendas eran tradicionales, identificándose con el revival colonial que caracterizaba a la arquitectura doméstica de la década del 20, de la cual la casa Langdon C. Henry (1927-1928) es un clásico ejemplo. En 1930 Ayer se registra como arquitecta en el Estado de Washington. Continúa su colaboración con Ivey en la siguiente década, encargada de una serie de obras que incluyen el Hogar Infantil de Seattle (1930-1931, destruido); la residencia Winston W. Chambers (1937); y el Castillo Schafer Albert (1938-1939).

A pesar de la creciente popularidad del movimiento moderno, Ayer logra integrar la tradición colonial con aspiraciones modernas y en su carrera va construyendo una síntesis de diversos estilos históricos. Durante la década del 30 en la oficina de Ivey los tradicionales espacios interiores dieron paso a la planta libre, como en la casa Aubrey Naef (1935-1936) donde las cornisas coloniales y las ventanas de guillotina conviven con una composición irregular y abstracta.

En 1940, Ivey falleció en un accidente de automóvil. Ayer se hizo cargo de la firma y tomó un empleado, Rolland Lamping, continuando con la práctica de arquitectura. En 1942, cerraron el estudio durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Elizabeth Ayer trabajó como arquitecto en la Oficina de Ingenieros de los Estados Unidos. Retomó el trabajo en su despacho después de 1945. Durante los años 1950, el nombre de la firma se cambió a Ayer & Lamping. La firma construyó numerosas y modestas viviendas que integran una estética histórica con la funcionalidad moderna. Frente al empuje que adquiría la arquitectura moderna en su región después de la Guerra, Ayer continuó empeñada en detalles arquitectónicos tradicionales utilizados en sus anteriores diseños. Un ejemplo es la casa William E. Forland. Su fachada es una adaptación clásica del revival colonial: con techo abuhardillado de tejas de madera, dobles ventanas de guillotina, gran chimenea de ladrillo central, puerta de seis paneles, marcos y entablados de madera; elementos tradicionales de la arquitectura doméstica americana durante siglos. La parte posterior y el interior de la casa, sin embargo, responden a las necesidades modernas con una propuesta funcionalista.

La arquitecta se retiró en 1970, después de unos 50 años de carrera profesional. Se trasladó a Lacey (Washington),  donde sirvió en la Comisión de Planificación en 1980. Falleció en esta misma ciudad en 1987. La Universidad de Washington alberga su archivo.

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Review: Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Sleep Disturbances in Children
Heather R. Johnson
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As households worldwide sheltered in place during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, children aged 12 experienced a range of sleep disturbances. Researchers of this study conducted a systematic review of these issues.
As households worldwide sheltered in place during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, children experienced a range of sleep disturbances. The researchers conducted a systematic review of these issues and published their findings in Sleep Medicine Reviews.
Previous studies have reported that daily routines are integral in child cognitive development and well-being. Studies have also shown that a lack of social activities cause sleep disturbances, the researchers state. Putting these 2 conclusions together, the review authors conducted a review to determine the effect of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and lockdowns on sleep disturbances in children age 12 and younger.
The researchers consulted MEDLINE, Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), Psychological Information Database (PSYCINFO), Google Scholar, and Web of Science (WOS) databases for relevant studies published between January 2020 and March 2021. They looked for sleep studies related to children age 12 and under, with home confinement of at least 1 month. A total of 8 studies were included in the full review.
The analysis found an increase sleep duration in children aged 4 to12. The mean change was 1 hour and 36 minutes of total sleep. Children stayed in bed an average of 27 minutes longer. Half the studied reviews showed a delay in waking, with an average delay of 1 hour, 16 minutes. The researchers also found a 1-hour, 3-minute delay in bedtime.
Half the studies reported on sleep latency. The researchers found a higher percentage of children took longer to fall asleep, with some lying awake for an hour-and-a-half or longer while confined during the pandemic. Infants took, on average, 8 to 21 minutes longer to fall asleep under stay-at-home orders.
The study has its limitations. All studies were based on self-reports, and most included retrospective information. Not all studies included total statistical results of the assessment tools used, which compromised the researchers' ability to make comparisons between studies.
However, the researchers conclude that confinement during the pandemic had a negative impact on children's sleep habits. Whether those changes have long-term consequences is a subject for future evaluation.
Camacho-Montaño LR, Iranzo A, Martínez-Piédrola RM, et al. Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on sleep in children: a systematic review. Sleep Med Rev. 2022;62:101596. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101596
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If Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald were granted an audience with U.S. President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, the one message he'd deliver is this: It's time to stop the gravy train and reform the U.S. financial system once and for all.
In fact, this may be our last chance.
"If I had the chance to sit down with President Obama and Fed Chairman Bernanke, I would offer [them an] eight-point plan that's designed to increase growth, provide jobs and increase America's international competitiveness," says Fitz-Gerald, a well-known commentator and bestselling author who is Money Morning's chief investment strategist.
Pension reforms at all levels.
A halt to weak-dollar policies.
And a realization by Washington that it's time to take China much more seriously.
In Part I of this interview, which appeared yesterday (Thursday), Fitz-Gerald assessed the health of the U.S. and global economies, provided his outlook for the U.S. stock market and for commodity prices, and even offered an investment strategy for 2011.
The highlights of Part II follow below. And if you missed Part I, you can access yesterday's story by clicking here.
Money Morning (Q): In Part I of this interview, we covered a lot of ground, talking about the outlook for stocks, commodities and even the U.S. economy. Speaking of the economy, it's clear that we've reached a critical point with regard to debt – and by a critical point, I mean that it seems to be now or never if we're going to actually do something about U.S. government debt levels. I know from our many talks that you agree. If you could sit down with U.S. President Barack Obama, and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, what advice would you give them? What kind of a game plan would you sketch out?
Stop the weak-U.S. dollar policies that have drawn the ire of nations around the world – and for which China is openly deriding us. These policies are encouraging rampant-interest-rate speculation, increasing oil prices (which are priced in dollars) and undermining our currency – none of which are conducive to a vibrant economy. Raise the benchmark Fed Funds rate immediately, then peg it to something like oil or gold or some combination of currencies plus natural resources. This will remove uncertainty and immediately show governments and investors around the world that the dollar does, indeed, matter and that their faith in our debt is not misplaced. Weak money is the enemy and it craters the very middle class our government says that it's trying to protect.
Speaking of which, by focusing on preserving capital instead of putting it to work, the government has created a punitive atmosphere for the small businesses in this country, which make up a huge percentage of our economy. They've also punished those who have been prudent with their money, while involuntarily redistributing wealth to those who haven't. This has got to stop: A country that erodes economic initiative erodes its own wealth. That's been very well documented through history, and is beyond dispute.
Outlaw non-deliverable credit default swaps (CDS) and force Wall Street to act in the best interests of the customer, instead of in its own. Thanks to huge conflicts of interest – as well as a toothless regulatory structure – Wall Street is actually depriving Main Street of huge amounts of money and opportunity, while enriching itself.
Quit bailing out companies that should fail. History is littered with the bones of failed companies. Whenever I hear the term "too big to fail," I want to ask our leaders why they didn't use the anti-monopoly statutes already on the books to keep companies from reaching the point where their failure could actually damage the economy – meaning that they have to be rescued. The sad result of this is that the risks are more concentrated now than they ever have been. And bonuses are bigger than ever for a very select few of Wall Street's modern-day buccaneers.
Simplify our tax code. At 8 million lines, it's totally out of control and impenetrable to businesses and individuals alike – not to mention cumbersome and expensive to deal with. A simpler tax code would encourage more investment, would lead to higher profits … and would result in greater job creation.
Privatize Social Security. Where is it written that the government is the risk-taker of last resort? And for all those Americans who are worried that Social Security might go bankrupt … well, I've got news for you – it's already there.
Slash federal spending. There's a longtime axiom among professional traders: Big Government = Small Wallets. Pure and simple. There is no such thing as a multiplier effect and every government dollar spent actually replaces a dollar from the private sector. The very notion that the government can spend money more efficiently than private enterprise is badly flawed and robs this country of wealth at all levels. If the government's "investment multiplier" actually worked, our economy would be screaming along at 5% to 8% or more.
Stop the freeloading and engage in immediate pension reform. We cannot live on free money forever, which is why we've got to push federal, state and local pensions into 401(k)-like systems. The very notion of a lifetime pension is not only preposterous, but robs the system of badly needed wealth in the process – perhaps Congress is nervous about this because it's another case of what's good for the goose is not good for the gander. Congressional members have a really fat pension as it is.On that note, I want to offer one final observation. The president and various members of the political establishment have often said that like American families who have had to sacrifice, the government must also. Then, President Obama announces a spending freeze at current levels, which are up 25% over the last two years and congressional aides announce that the 2011 budget deficit may hit $1.5 trillion, up from $1.3 trillion. To politicians, not increasing their spending of your money, that is apparently the real sacrifice.
[Editor's Note: U.S. government strategies like the ones that President Barack Obama outlined in Tuesday night's State of the Union address virtually guarantee that we'll see $150-a-barrel oil – perhaps as soon as mid-summer. A price increase of that magnitude could result in the $5-a-gallon gasoline that Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald referenced in the preceding interview.
If you follow our lead, you'll be among the small group of investors who make a great deal of money in the new-reality markets – such as the "BEE" markets that Fitz-Gerald referred to in today's interview. There are major profits to be made – even with investments that will enable you to navigate this unsettling economic storm. And these investments will even help you reach a welcome port on the other side of this historic squall.
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Look at it this way: When oil reaches $150 a barrel and gasoline costs more than $5 a gallon, the economic pain experienced by most consumers will be intense. But for smart investors, the profit potential will be immense.
Commodities, "BEE" Markets and Multinational Stocks Are Best Investments For 2011.
State of the Union: Why You Should Fear America's "Sputnik Moment."
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Very sensible advice, Keith. But do you really believe that – save revolution – US politicians will grab the message? This stupid weak dollar and irresponsible fiscal policy has gone on for 30 years now, despite many warnings issued both from inside the US and from abroad.
The privileges of being the issuer of a reserve currency have been abused of beyond all reason and I reckon the US citizens would finally be better off by seeing it abandoned. I am sure that a majority of Main Street Americans would subscribe to a more reasonable financial policy, but to do that, the present political personnel in its great majority would have to be replaced.
I agree with everything except privatizing social security. Too many Americans are simply not capable of managing money for their future. Many are so busy managing their own jobs and families that they don't have time or knowledge, but, remember, 50% of the population is in the lower half of the bell curve of IQ. Similarly, many older Americans suffer from dementia–hardly a formula for rational investment decisions. Money managers are willing (and eager) to take control of people's finances, but in a low interest rate environment, the fees can eat away at returns so that what is left is inadequate for supporting a person who has worked all his life, and tried to save for retirement. The money managers make out, but the investor does not.
I already subscribe to Money Map Report, energy advantage, inner energy advantage and Merchant bank report by Martin Hutchinson. I only have so many dollars to invest in each recommendation?? I have already invested approx $70000. I only have approx. $20000. left to invest so I am concerned that the profit margin won't left me invest in many more stocks. So how does a person keep growing his portfolio as not every recommendation that you people suggest is profitable. I would like to grow this portfolio to a million dollars in a year or two? Is that possible w/your recommendations???
I enjoyed the article by Keith Fitz-Gerald and good to see he mentioned tax reform. but he did not go far enough and there is a solution. It is called the FairTax Bill, HR 25 / S13 now in the Ways and Means Committee. It is only 133 pages long and eliminates some 67,500 pages of old tax code. You can read it on the Internet.
The FairTax was not created by politicians and lobbyists but by private citizens with $22 million in research to develop a solution to our present tax code mess.
The FairTax eliminates the IRS, business and personal income taxes, capital gains tax, estate tax, self employment tax and the payroll taxes of Medicare and Social Security. To raise the same total tax revenue one national progress consumption/sales tax of $.23 within the dollar, called the FairTax, would be collected by each of the 50 States for the Federal Government. The FairTax is progressive because the monthly tax rebate would untax all US Citizens up to their necessity or subsistence level spending. The rich would pay more tax and at a higher rate as the spend to enjoy their wealth. The FairTax greatly reduces hidden business taxes ($.22 in each dollar) now passed on as higher prices and finally paid by the final consumer. Taking business taxes out of the our pricing system will make US products and services more competitive in the World markets, create new jobs and attract some $12 trillion in offshore capital to our economy. Change the tax code to the FairTax and you get a huge "no cost and debt free" stimulus package.
Takes taxing power from politicians and lobbyist to punish and reward, hide and disguise and divide and conquer.
We want and need your help and support. The FairTax is the right and Patriot bill for our country.
We need a 9th. Health care.
The problem with health care is that it is medical care for profit, not health care.
For much of the economy the profit motive, with regulation, is valid. Health is not one of them.
A monopoly is proof of inadequate regulation in any case.
Rule: If one can profit from disease, there will be more disease – and cures will be (are now) suppressed! (Proven, cancer & CVD).
Medicine is NOT health. Drugs, surgery and radiation do not promote health but endanger it. They are all toxic or invasive and damaging. Medicine has ONE valid theater of operation – trauma and crisis, not degenerative or metabolic disease.
In 2005 or so, the top 10 Big Pharma companies in the Fortune 500 made more money than the other 490 companies COMBINED! That includes giants like GE. Pharma's gianormous profits are society's skyrocketing medical costs. It's that simple. They need competition from real health alternatives, i.e. non-medical natural treatments pushed to the forefront as primary. And they do work, without nasty side effects.
MOST health issues are due to nutritional, bio-mechanical and lifestyle issues.
Some 80% of new visits to a MD are for back pain!!.
The cost effective specialists in that area are chiropractors and osteopaths, not MDs.
Several studies have proven it, including one from the US government (AHCPR in 1994).
The Wilk's case before the Supreme Court has proven the AMA guilty of illegal trust activities and that they " had engaged in "lawless" behavior in instituting a nationwide boycott of doctors of chiropractic". It continues today as bias and systematic defamation.
9) Abolish the monopoly of health care by the Medical Industry (AMA) and Big Pharma.
Remove FDA authority over all non-medical treatments and supplements.
Do not allow the FDA to encroach on health care or define health as only a medical jurisdiction, outside of trauma and crisis.
Abolish monopoly in health insurance by carriers such Blue Cross whose MD management is biased against non-medical treatment such as chiropractic and naturopathic. Every company offering medical insurance must also offer health insurance (non-medical) that includes as a minimum:- naturopathic, osteopathic, chiropractic and physiotherapy rehab. The insurer staff must not be staffed by MDs who, by med school training, are biased pro-medicine.
MDs cannot be primary health care givers, UNLESS it is a trauma or crisis event.
Primary health care givers must in future be naturopaths, osteopaths and chiropractors. These should refer to MDs as required.
No foreign treaty (foreign authority, such as UN or WTO) may override the DHSEA act of 1994 or control domestic health.
So why do we need politicians at all?
Was it not, that every party thinks it acts on behalf of all to their own advantage? So, as long as we have a supercritical system, the system needs corrections. If you leave the system as it is, all the people would be equal but dead – like nature proofs. A Superior life form takes over and after short only ruins are left behind. AS LONG AS EVERYBODY ONLY MINDS WHAT IS GOOD FOR HIM/HERES AND NOBODY FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL – THE PLACE IS DOOMED!
So it should be – 50% is your achievement and the other half is the achievement of the consumer and fellowman. So you have achieved 150%. You made money by taking risks for the benefit of others and others awarded you by using our products. Both have to pay taxes at equal terms. The problem is WHO took more advantage from the system? The doer or the taker? If you keep on looking at the world as you mentioned in your statement – you do not need the takers because you unify the doer and the taker.
So the taker will not need you and you do not need taker. But you will not let go of the taker because he is the only one that can help you make money, besides your fellow doers.
If you where an honest mind, you would only play with the doers and leave the takers alone.
The problem is that there are too many doers. The wolfs wouldn't have enough pray. And now you would be in the same situation as the takers – the doers start their own destruction.
Thats why the money you earn is not your money – its the achievement of all.
I know that you THINK you are smart and that you can smarten the takers out, isn't it?
The problem is you will only have as much in your pocket as you have real partners and not doers. The doers will eat your own children.
So to prevent this – our ant sisters(Greece) already had to accept that you need to prevent this incident namely the fact THAT YOU ARE ALREADY EATING THE SOAP MADE OUT OF YOUR OWN CHILDREN WITHOUT NOTICING IT.
For this reason we have politics that you do not forget that it is about balances an not checks!
There is an immediate need to to prop up the dollar. Many of us are losing our purchasing power in foreign countrys. In the last month alone, we have seen a 10 percent in prices because of the weakening dollar. This has to stop. America dollar has always been the standard worldwide, lets return the dollar to were it should be.
After studying Keith's suggestions carefully, I can not disagree with all his proposed solutions.
Government spending does increase jobs and cutting government spending cuts out jobs. During the depression the huge unemployed were given jobs with CCC and WPA, so if nothing else, these people weren't homeless and begging for food from people. It would be a good idea to get poor city teenagers out in the country planting trees or food crops. That would be a government expense.
Markets have destroyed large portions of American investment, and greedy Wall Street has brought our country to its knees financially. The markets have gone nowhere for years. In this environment you want to take a very successful program, Social Security, and feed it to the Wall Street wolves? Government has done many things correctly for America, including landing on the moon which revolutionized many industries and the Interstate road network which put an end to privatized rail expansion. Social Security is one of those successful programs, now 75 years old and quite solvent – government just needs to raise the income cap to solve any future problems.
Medicare is another success story, without which most seniors would be without health insurance. No private company offers health insurance to anyone over 65, so what's the idiotic talk about vouchers, so easy for a Legislator to flap about with guaranteed lifetime care? I totally agree with statements about Big-PHarma being the major culprit behind our out-of-sight health care costs. Marketing of pharmaceuticals raises the overhead of drug costs up to 30 percent, passed on to Americans by constantly rising health insurance premiums. Medicare needs the ability to negotiate drug costs.
Social Security and Medicare are the bedrock needs of America that only government can provide. Their efficiency is paramount to their success.
I agree with everything apart from priatizing social security. I'm an Australian I have a US partner, I spend half the year in the US. Your health system is privatly run and look at the mess thats in.
Sure, but why stop there. Why not eliminate profit from every human endeavor.
If you want to fix health care, act locally.
Start eating actual FOOD, get off your arse and exercise.
will that eliminate all risk of health problems?
But you'lll avoid 80% of the problems.
@Ms. Friedemann and Mr. Lund: No. I am old enough to recall speaking to dozens of elders about the Depression. People starved. They lost their teeth, and their children died. My grandparents lost their teeth and their health, my father in law lost his colon. Millions lost their homes, their jobs, and their land. And the government wiped out more farmers than the dust bowl. Just as every car sold under cash for clunkers cost the taxpayers far more than the relatively well to do purchasers: So too, the CCC and WPA projects employed a much smaller number than those who were left unemployed. No doubt where you learned the false statements in your post: I was told the same by government indoctrinators. These falsehoods are reinforced by destroying anyone in Academe who challenges the system.
Government destroys jobs and prosperity and in doing so often enriches its cronies and special interests. Only by cutting government can a society prosper. It is so now, it has been so, and it will ever be so. Kind of like plants need sunshine, humans need freedom.
Neither Social Security nor Medicare are successful. Rather these programs are financed by stealing from younger workers who will never recoup their losses, and technology may fail to bail out the younger people because economic failure may prevent more of the poor from accessing reasonable healthcare. Instead, these programs have been part of the problem, driving up the price of healthcare, and hiding the impact of rising costs. See Mr. Hippocrates' post. While not entirely rational, he is correct in the sense that healthcare has become a profit only enterprise.
@Hippo: The solution is not to finance any "healthcare" which no Senator can sue into oblivion. Instead, everyone should either pay for their own healthcare, purchase their own catastrophe insurance, or join a medical cost share program. Having government run the system will surely eliminate all non-allopathic medicine: In fact, I would predict that the only "alternative medicine" permitted by government is that which can conclusively be demonstrated to be quackery.
Keith should qualify his comment on "privatizing" Social Security. Certainly, we should not do so while continuing to allow Wall Street to have a monopoly on the investments, are allowed to profit on the huge money stream, play derivatives on the stream, create Rube Goldberg instruments to hide the poor assets, and then get bailed out without so much as one perp walk for committing fraud at common law.
A better solution would be to 1) criminalize crime (as in Breach of Fiduciary Duty), and 2) back up small private holdings with anti-crime insurance including a perp walk, bankruptcy and street sweeping in an orange jumpsuit for every "Genius" who reinvents Ponzi's, LBO's, LTCM's, Derivatives frauds, and other such schemes.
I propose that if a Criminal invents a Fraud which has not thoroughly predicted by Charles Mackay, he/they should be sentenced to fill the seat of the politician(s) on the Senate Finance Committee, and the politicians can serve his sentence.
A true free market-system is made up of small companies, compared to their markets(say 5%), who can not influence prices to any great extent. Furthermore no laws should give priviledges to one over the other(every company equal rights) and consumers must have freedom of choice, speech and law access, to express companies accountability.
In the US this is clearly not the case, specially not the financial Goldman sachs cartel, who likes to finance Wars.
Cut US goverment spending? Start with the CIA, FBI and the US militairy. That would be huge, and also safeguard international free markets and prosperity in Africa, which a dying continent.
I don't believe the US tax system is punitive to small business. I own a small business and though I am not wealthy, I am profitable. I don't believe what is asked of me for tax obligations is extreme at all. My background is Canadian, and I'm sure it would cost more to operate there. Or any other desirable civilized country I can think of.
Also, I am scared of what would happened if the US Auto companies were forced to liquidate. 1 in 10 US jobs are directly or indirectly tied to the automotive industry. Glass, electronics, components, truck and rail transportation, sales, marketing, distribution, mining, etc. Get the idea?
And your memory is short. After the debacle of '08, you seriously want to privatize Social Security? Enough said.
Also, government pensions aren't preposterous. Please understand that an administrative assistant doesn't get what a senator does. Nowhere near. And government employees pay into the pension system. It isn't freeloading. Maybe you are the one who is freeloading?
If we had the reasonable tax levels that were in force during the Clinton administration, and no involvement in useless expensive wars, I believe we would be in much better shape today. Ah yes, the Clinton "surplus years"!
A closing thought: Everything from Communist China should have a 30% tariff attached to compensate for the artificial yuan manipulation. They aren't playing fair with US industry. We can compete if the playing field is even.
America's economic woes are primarily the resullt of extending itself too much for too longer. The entire nation, from govenments to corporations and citizens, have been spending beyond their means. To reduce the nation's debt, the US Government should put in place policies which will encourage savings and investments. Meanwhile, America should re-assess its military strategy and policy and should scale down its global military sepnding.
On the social security question let me recommend the Canadian split-level system. Old folks who fall below the poverty line receive "Old Age Security," which is like US Social Security –a transfer payment system paid out of current tax revenues. In addition, for those who have spent their lives in gainful employment, there is the (obligatory) Canada Pension Plan, an independent contributory system the capital of which is managed by professional money managers and whose payouts are set by a board of actuaries rather than by politicians.
In addition, there are employer pensions, and the tax system encourages private, 401k-like nest-egging up to 25,000 tax-sheltered, tax-deferrred dollars a year.
Nobody will ever succeed in privatizing Social Security, but there are many options for privatizing much else and for restricting access to the Social Security system.
You don't even touch on our military posture and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These dysunctional wars have been bleeding our treasury and eliminating them would go far toward balancing the budget by themselves.
How about a policy that would help restore real income gains for the middle class? Then evreybody could pay slightly more taxes to help with the budget deficit. Growing our way out of this mess by working towards higher wages for the middle class seems like a sensible thing to do.
No major quarrel with Keith's 8 points, the problem is that they have a snowballs chance in Hades of ever being implemented as long as our political and monetary systems are not reformed.
Bankers and politicians hate the restrictions that a gold standard would impose upon them. How can they BUY VOTES by promising things they can only deliver by running deficits? They do it through "printing press money" that is NOT "credit" as is currently advertised by government wonks as being needed to the tune of $100 million. What the fractional reserve banking system offers is not credit but instead MORE DEBT through fiat currencies that have to be BORROWED into existence, to be paid back (if ever) with interest, which is simply a recipe for perpetual debt, the cruelest form of slavery ever devised.
The proposed solutions omitted any direct mention of Medicare and Medicaid, which with DOD, comprise the largest spending programs. If the writer is afraid to mention them, can you blame the politicians from trying to fix them. Two comments may suffice. One from a prominent Democrat senator, who stated that Congress knows the problem, but "you have to understand that the first obligation of a politician is to get re-elected." The second is POGO's famous remark, "we have met the enemy and they is us."
What about a Corporate flat tax. Based on revenue. No deductions for investment, factory upgrades, employee training, nothing. Maybe corporations to small business will spend their money on improving productivity, making a better mouse trap, rather than lawyers or tax accountants?
There are no qualifications for voting.If you think that there are too many incompetent workers,remember that these workers are actually trained in and/or have some experience in whatever job they have.Now imagine how qualified the average voter is.Is it any wonder that this country is so screwed up when most voters have no clue about the issues and aren't really interested in learning about them.They end up voting for the best salesman or whomever promises them the most something for nothing.They vote their emotions.Use the vote to steal from someone else for their benefit.I'm afraid there isn't a lot of hope.Just take care of yourself and help others that deserve help.


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Intel and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Team Up To Detect Disease
From Intel SiliconOct 27 2003
Intel Director Tells Nanotech Industry To Think Even Smaller - News Item
University of Tokyo, Intel and HP Team Up On Nanotechnology R&D - News Item
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The worlds largest computer chip manufacturer, Intel, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have teamed up to use nanotechnology to detect the early stages of disease. Dubbed the Intel Raman Bioanalyzer System, the instrument uses lasers on small medical samples, like blood serum, to reveal the molecular structure of the sample. The idea is that any minute traces of disease will be revealed as molecular imperfections.
The system is based on a technique known as Raman spectroscopy. It is used by Intel to analyse subtle chemical compositions during chip manufacturing. The laser stimulates molecules within the material, which gives off a unique chemical signature that is analysed by a Raman spectrometer. Because every substance has a unique chemical composition, every substance produces a unique Raman spectrum. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, hope the instrument will help identify blood proteins that can foretell the susceptibility, presence or prognosis of diseases such as cancer.
Posted 23rd October 2003
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Republican Hal Heiner is Running for Kentucky Governor
By Stu Johnson Kentucky Public Radio
The first official candidate in the 2015 Kentucky governor's race is getting the word out across the Commonwealth.
Louisville businessman Hal Heiner announced Friday he is jumping into the gubernatorial contest with former Lexington council member K.C. Crosbie as his running mate.
This is the first race for Heiner, a Republican, since narrowly losing a bid for Louisville mayor in 2010. Crosby, who sat on Lexington'ss council for five years , was also unsuccessful in her bid for state treasurer three years ago.
Speaking at a manufacturing business in Lexington, Heiner said he believes the state'ss economic model is outdated.
"We continue to exist on this old platform and we're just not competitive," he said. "I feel it in the business I'm in and I see what's going on with cranes in states all around, bringing those jobs and very seldom does those jobs land here in Kentucky."
Heiner told a group of supporters on the factory floor "today begins a 20 month journey."
At a kickoff event in Lexington, he told a group of supporters states like Tennessee and Indiana are moving ahead of Kentucky in educational objectives.
For the past few years Heiner has been pushing for reform, namely for a change in state law to allow charter schools. Asked about the state's coal communities, Heiner said he also believes economic growth in eastern Kentucky must include a traditional source.
"I do support coal and support it strongly. Actually coal is the reason, it gives us one of our main advantages in this state of low cost power that attracts manufacturers and businesses to this state. It would be painful for a lot of Kentuckians if we lost that advantage," said Heiner
As the first candidate in the race Heiner, who is founder of Capstone Realty, can begin raising money. The newly announced campaign has also scheduled stops in Louisville and Hazard.
These Kentuckians Have Been Arrested In Connection With The Capitol Riot
Two Black Louisville Photographers Reflect On Historic Year
Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year
Police And Media But No Demonstrators At Ky. Capitol


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American Academy of Actuaries Honors Julia Philips with Myers Award
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WASHINGTON – 15 Oct. 2012—The American Academy of Actuaries presented the 2012 Robert J. Myers Award for Public Service to Julia Philips, MAAA, FSA, during a ceremony held earlier today. Phillips was selected in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the public good over more than 30 years of service as an actuary. She currently serves as a Life and Health Actuary with the Minnesota Department of Commerce in St. Paul.
"As an actuary and a fellow Minnesotan, I can attest first-hand to Julia's skill as an actuary and leadership on behalf of the profession," said Academy President Dave Sandberg, who presented the award to Philips. "Julia's impact on the profession, both through her work as a public actuary and through her volunteer service to the profession, has set a standard to which all who know her and work with her aspire."
In addition to her work at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Philips has served in leadership positions with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as well as the Actuarial Standards Board and the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline. Nominated for the Myers Award by several Academy members, Philips was described as a thought leader for the profession and as someone who always generously contributes her time, talents, and knowledge to ensuring actuaries meet high standards in their work.
Philips currently serves on the Task Force on regulatory Filings of the Actuarial Standards Board and she is a member of the Premium Review Subgroup and the Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup, both of the Academy's Health Practice Council. She has served on nearly 20 Academy councils, committees, and work groups dating back to 1993, including work on Medicare, long-term care, risk-based capital, state health issues, communications, and more.
The annual award is named for Robert J. Myers, who helped structure and fund the nation's largest social insurance program in history during his tenure as the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration from 1947 to 1970. The award was established in 1994 to honor Myer's lifelong commitment to public service. The award is bestowed upon an actuary who has distinguished himself or herself through many years of service in the public sector.
For more information or digital photos from today's ceremony, please contact Heidi Guerra of the American Academy of Actuaries, at 202.785.6923 or Guerra@actuary.org For more information on the American Academy of Actuaries, please visit: www.actuary.org.
The American Academy of Actuaries is a 17,000-member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. The Academy assists public policymakers on all levels by providing leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues. The Academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries in the United States.


The uart device driver provides support for various classes of UARTs implementing the EIA RS-232C (CCITT V.24) serial communications interface. Each such interface is controlled by a separate and independent instance of the uart driver. The primary support for devices that contain multiple serial interfaces or that contain other functionality besides one or more serial interfaces is provided by the puc(4) device driver. However, the serial interfaces of those devices that are managed by the puc(4) driver are controlled by the uart driver. As such, the puc(4) driver provides umbrella functionality for the uart driver and hides the complexities that are inherent when elementary components are packaged together.
The uart driver has a modular design to allow it to be used on differing hardware and for various purposes. In the following sections the components are discussed in detail. Options are described in the section that covers the component to which each option applies.
At the heart of the uart driver is the core component. It contains the bus attachments and the low-level interrupt handler.
The core component and the kernel interfaces talk to the hardware through the hardware interface. This interface serves as an abstraction of the hardware and allows varying UARTs to be used for serial communications.
System devices are UARTs that have a special purpose by way of hardware design or software setup. For example, Sun UltraSparc machines use UARTs as their keyboard interface. Such an UART cannot be used for general purpose communications. Likewise, when the kernel is configured for a serial console, the corresponding UART will in turn be a system device so that the kernel can output boot messages early on in the boot process.
The last but not least of the components is the kernel interface. This component ultimately determines how the UART is made visible to the kernel in particular and to users in general. The default kernel interface is the TTY interface. This allows the UART to be used for terminals, modems and serial line IP applications. System devices, with the notable exception of serial consoles, generally have specialized kernel interfaces.


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10 classic TV shows that featured MLB stars in memorable roles
The coronavirus has put a stop to Major League Baseball, but that won't stop us from revisiting a pursuit some players have taken up: acting.
April 1, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Drew Weisholtz and Shane Lou
It happens every spring — except this one.
Major League Baseball kicks off a new season each year, one of the surest signs that spring is in the air. This year, though, Opening Day, slated for March 26, was postponed while Americans quarantine and isolate to stem the spread of the coronavirus. There's no date for when the national pastime will return, leaving a void in the hearts of baseball fans everywhere.
So, what are die-hard baseball fans to do? Well, it's certainly not the same, but it's a good time to look back on some sluggers and aces who've graced the small screen not on the diamond, but on some of our favorite shows. It marked a time when "Play ball!" gave way to "Action!"
These are some of the more memorable TV cameos made by baseball stars over the years.
Keith Hernandez, "Seinfeld"
One of the most well-known and funniest guest appearances ever on the small screen — by a baseball player or not — the former New York Mets first baseman parlayed a friendship forged in a gym locker room with Jerry into a romance with Elaine. He also cleared up a years-old beef Kramer and Newman had with relief pitcher Roger McDowell (who also appeared in a hazy home video cameo) in a bit that satirized the film "JFK." Meanwhile, George tried to get Hernandez's autograph in a failed bid to continue receiving unemployment. This two-part 1992 episode is considered one of the legendary comedy's best to this day. Hernandez later returned to the show for the series finale.
George and Jerry met Keith Hernandez at the gym. All sorts of trouble followed.NBC / Getty Images
Barry Bonds, "Beverly Hills, 90210"
Long before he became the face of the steroids scandal that consumed baseball, Bonds starred on the classic '90s Fox drama as fictional baseball star Barry Larson, who squared off with his father against Steve and his dad in a round of golf. Things got thorny in this 1994 episode when Steve discovered his own dad was cheating and demanded he play fair.
Ken Griffey Jr.,"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
The Hall of Fame slugger met Will, Carlton and Hilary (the latter two had no idea who he was) at a carnival during a season-five episode. Hilary flirted with him but struck out; after Will teased Ken about his baseball skills, Ken took a jab at Will's relationship with girlfriend Lisa.
Griffey and Smith exchanged verbal jabs in the episode but are all smiles in this pic.Chris Haston/NBC
Hunter Pence, "Fuller House"
The San Francisco Giants outfielder played Stephanie's boyfriend in a season-one episode. The relationship didn't go well for Stephanie, who was blamed for Pence's slump at the plate. The two broke up as Stephanie sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at a Giants game.
Stephanie's relationship with Hunter Pence was not a hit with Giants fans in the storyline.Michael Yarish/Netflix
Wade Boggs, "Cheers"
One of the recurring storylines on the Emmy-winning NBC comedy was the bar's running feud with rival bar Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. They were constantly trying to prank each other, with Gary's always coming out on top. In this 1988 episode, Gary admitted the Cheers gang got the best of him, so he said he was sending over the then-Red Sox star to sign autographs as a way to congratulate them. The crew was so paranoid Gary was duping them that they taunted Boggs and stole his wallet and pants, only to discover that he was indeed the real Wade Boggs.
Known for his hitting, Wade Boggs swung for some laughs when he appeared on "Cheers."NBC / Getty Images
Nick Swisher, "How I Met Your Mother"
Womanizing Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris, was on the cusp of completing a perfect week (hooking up with seven women in seven days) in this 2010 episode when the New York Yankees World Series champion walked into the gang's favorite bar and hijacked his attempt to win over his final conquest, before Ted, Marshall and Robin went over and chatted him up. Fun fact: Swisher's real-life wife, former "Reba" star JoAnna Garcia Swisher, also guest-starred on "How I Met Your Mother," in 2009.
Don Drysdale, "The Brady Bunch"
After meeting the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace, Greg became determined in this 1970 episode to make it to the majors. He became so obsessed, in fact, that Mike had to contact the recently retired Drysdale to try and make him understand that being a baseball player is not as glamorous as it seems. The talk backfired and Greg remained laser-focused on baseball before his dream came crashing down after he pitched poorly in his next game. Mike then consoled him with one of his patented dad talks that helped make the series so popular, even a half-century later.
Don Drysdale tried to impart some words of wisdom for glory-seeking Greg on "The Brady Bunch."Getty Images
Ryan Howard, "The Office"
That's Ryan Howard, the former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman, not Ryan Howard, the temp played by B.J. Novak. Howard appeared in the show's final season, attending a business meeting with Jim and Darryl and sharing his oddball screenplay with them: a "half biopic, half superhero" movie.
Ken Griffey Jr., Wade Boggs, Don Mattingly, Roger Clemens, Ozzie Smith, Jose Canseco, Darryl Strawberry, Steve Sax, Mike Scioscia, "The Simpsons"
Mr. Burns hired star baseball players as ringers for his softball team, but nearly all of them suffered some sort of strange setback (poor Ozzie disappeared into the Springfield Mystery Spot). It was up to Homer to carry the team to victory — which he did, after getting hit in the head with a pitch. The 1992 episode, titled "Homer at the Bat," is one of many in the show's long run to revolve around sports, but it's arguably the best.
Bill Buckner, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Leave it to Larry David to take an unfortunate moment from Buckner's career — a momentum-shifting error in the 1986 World Series, which his Boston Red Sox lost in seven games — and play it for laughs. In this 2011 episode, Buckner redeemed himself by catching a baby tossed from a burning building. Much credit goes to Buckner, who died in 2019, for being a good sport.
Drew Weisholtz is a reporter for TODAY Digital, focusing on pop culture, nostalgia and trending stories. He has seen every episode of "Saved by the Bell" at least 50 times, longs to perfect the crane kick from "The Karate Kid" and performs stand-up comedy, while also cheering on the New York Yankees and New York Giants. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is the married father of two kids who believe he is ridiculous.
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Shane Lou is a senior editor for TODAY Digital. He has contributed to special TODAY.com series including "Summer of '89" and "Take Me Back to 2000" and has overseen stories ranging from pop culture nostalgia to faith during the pandemic.


After the "Arab springs" and other protest movements that prompted many rises and falls in last year's index, the 2013 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index marks a return to a more usual configuration. The ranking of most countries is no longer attributable to dramatic political developments. This year's index is a better reflection of the attitudes and intentions of governments towards media freedom in the medium or long term.


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University of Minnesota Twin Cities student awarded 2021 Truman Scholarship
University of Minnesota Twin Cities junior Gurtaran Johal has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates…
Professor Joachim Savelsberg's New Book, "Knowing about Genocide"
Sociology Professor Joachim Savelsberg's new book, "Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles," examines the Armenian genocide committed in the…
UMN Sociology's Statement of Condemnation, Care, Solidarity, and Commitment
UMN Sociology has issued a statement on the Atlanta murders and other instances of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. We write this statement to unequivocally condemn and to mourn…
Sociology Professor & MPC Director Rob Warren Elected to the National Academy of Education (NAEd)
"I am honored to be elected, but I am even more excited to join the National Academy of Education's efforts to improve educational practices and policies and to train the next…
Professor Enid Logan Named 2021 Jane Addams Outstanding Service Award Winner
Dr. Logan has the "passion, dedication, and activism of Jane Addams" both in her long-term career efforts and in her more short-term initiatives.
Sociology Professor & MPC Director Rob Warren announces $14.2 M in new funding
Newly funded research will use biomarkers from blood to understand how childhood shapes risks of Alzheimer's and other dementias
American Indians in Minnesota experience worse COVID impacts than reported
Assistant professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field of the Department of Sociology writes an article for the Star Tribune on the fact that American Indians in the state of Minnesota…
Meet Our Students: Monica Miecznikowski
Meet Monica Miecznikowski, who is completing a Sociology LCD BS with a Sub-Plan in Quantitative Emphasis.
Rachel Leyer: My CLA Story
Rachel Leyer, a global studies major with minors in Spanish studies and sociology, talks about her experience as a transfer student in CLA.
Release of Derek Chauvin again brings bail questions to the forefront in Minnesota
Questions over transparency in the bail system re-emerge from a different side of the political spectrum. Associate Professor Josh Page was interviewed for a Star Tribune…
The Minnesota Paradox
Many believe our state offers an unparalleled quality of life, but that may only be true if you're white. Several UMN professors are quoted.
Mi'Chael Wright & Christopher Robertson Join Health Policy Research Scholars
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership development program for second-year, full-time doctoral students who want to develop leadership skills and connect…
Professor Jeylan Mortimer Named Recipient of the 2020 John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award
This annual award honors a scholar who has shown exceptional lifetime achievement in advancing the longitudinal study and scientific understanding of the life course.
Professor Elizabeth Heger Boyle Secures Major New Funding
Sociology Professor Elizabeth Heger Boyle has received funding from the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the NICHD, and UNICEF to research and improve women and children's…
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Claire Kamp Dush
"I was inspired to come to UMN Sociology because of all of the really great work happening at the Minnesota Population Center and in the department, and the amazing reputation…
COVID-19 underscores 'pandemic scale' of racial inequality, analysis finds
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When Athletes Become Advocates For Social Change
This week on Dialogue Minnesota, a look at how sports became a platform for expressing ideological views and how today's athletes are using their celebrity to promote racial…
Racism's Hidden Toll
In America, how long you live depends on the color of your skin. Assistant professor of sociology Elizabeth Wrigley-Field helps reveal that if Black people were immune to the…
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For U.S. Census, Documenting Multiracial Heritage Is Harder Than It Sounds; Census data provide clearest picture of race in America—but even that is incomplete
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Royal Rangers – NYAA Featured on Straits TImes
One of the recent awardees of the NYAA Bronze Award, Adventure Ranger Joel Lee or Outpost #01 gets interviewed and mentioned in a Straits Times article. In the article, Royal Rangers is also described as an international youth mentoring group.
The Straits Times Singapore, 17 August 2011
[blockquote]WHILE many teenagers spend weekends glued to the computer, Joel Lee opted to master the bass guitar and swimming.
He also took on leadership roles within the Royal Rangers, an international youth mentoring group based in churches.
Yesterday, he was among 450 recipients of bronze and silver awards handed out by Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck at a National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) ceremony at Singapore Polytechnic.
'They may be ordinary (young people) but their efforts are no less than extraordinary,' said Mr Teo in his speech.
Said Joel, 15, a Secondary 3 Hwa Chong Institution student who bagged a bronze: 'I was really looking for a more well-rounded lifestyle and balance in my life.'
In February last year, he had signed up for the NYAA programme, set up in 1992 to spur young people to become active and responsible leaders.
The programme is open to those aged 14 to 25. This year, the NYAA council gave awards to 5,500 bronze and silver recipients.
To get the bronze and silver awards, they have to commit to activities in four categories: community service, adventurous journey, skills and physical recreation, for a minimum period of six months and one year respectively.
They can join as part of an organisation or independently.
Another recipient, Ms Parveen Jagatheesan, 18, said the programme was an extra but enjoyable commitment.
The nurse, who won a silver award, had taken up a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructor course.
'I've already taught my family members how to perform CPR at home on my own mannequin. I hope that I will be able to teach more people soon,' she said.[/blockquote]
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Gerald Jennings of Calypso.org is having to sell and dispose of his vast library.
A COMPLETE fish and ichthyology library containing well over 200 books on fishes, fish identification and tropical fish keeping in addition to all types of charts, guides and encyclopaedias and dictionaries of fishes –most are hardback.
Illness has caused this sale – so no timewasters – the whole library has to go.
We are hoping to put copies here of the old Petfish Monthly Magazine from the 1960`s and 1970`s.. Currently Volume 10 (1975/76) is the last as the magazine was then sold and renamed as Practical Fishkeeping.
Fish Care was a magazine distributed through Aquatic shops. We never came across Number 2 so assume there was only one issue.
The magazine was founded by Albert Ernest Hodge (1877-1936) in 1924 as The Amateur Aquarist. The first issue of 12 pages was in May 1924; it was priced at 6d. Publication was monthly. Each issue became 16 pages from July 1924 and in August it was retitled as The Amateur Aquarist and Reptilian Review.
Frank Austin Watson Editor Frank Austin Watson(1903-1942) took over as editor. In 1941 the offices and printing works were destroyed by bombing. With the shortage of paper, readers, advertisers and staff, publication was suspended. Watson died in 1942, as a result of injuries sustained during Civil Defence duties.
Alec Frederick Fraser-Brunner is the designer of Singapore's iconic national symbol, the Merlion . The Merlion was originally designed for the Singapore Tourism Board as their logo in 1964. It went on to be sculpted by Mr Lim Nang Seng and completed in 1972. It now sits at Merlion Park in Marina Bay.
The August issue was the last with Alec Fraser-Brunner in the Editorial chair.
Editor Anthony Evans became the editor in September 1948 He left the Aquarist in January 1966 to become editor of the new magazine, Pet Fish Monthly. That magazine became the still published Practical Fishkeeping.
John Dawes is an internationally renowned authority on fish, aquaria, ponds and water gardening. Formerly a teacher, then a lecturer at the University of Bath, England, he has, since 1983, been a freelance author, editor and international aquatic consultant. He is the former editor of the British monthly hobby magazine Aquarist & Pondkeeper and the former Editor/Coordinator for Ornamental Fish International -- later its Secretary General (OFI is an ornamental aquatic industry organisation with members in 40 countries) for whom he also edited and published the OFI Journal.
Editor Derek Lambert Note: if you are searching online for books written by Derek there is another Derek Lambert who wrote novels and many sites indicate and seem to think Derek the aquarist wrote these as well. The Internet is good but not infallible.
published by Valley Publishing having been purchased from P.S. Magazines.


Opioids are prescribed to treat pain. However, the pain relieving effects can lessen as the body becomes more dependent on the substance. Oxycontin was introduced in 1996, and has created a great deal of problems with it's addictive effects. One of the driving factors of drug dependence is that people what to avoid the withdrawal. They will resort to other drugs, such as heroine, as a substitute. It can take up to 8 years to recover from this addiction, and this is to claim sobriety for one year. This can also include 4 to 5 treatment facilities. This, of course can lead to negative effects in personal relationships and finances. The ages that this mostly effects at this time is between 19 and 60+. One of the books that talks to the heart of this epidemic is called Dopesick by Beth Macy.
LENS neurofeedback can help with the brain function of addictions. The price is greatly reduced compared to the other financial problems.


Joan Jett claims to care about animals. Jett supports both PETA and Farm Sanctuary. However, Joan Jett performed at the infamous Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in 2014. The Cheyenne Rodeo is one of the most brutal rodeos in the world. The Cheyenne Rodeo kills animals every year. SHARK investigators have documented the injuries and deaths of dozens of animals - horses, calves, steers and bulls at the Cheyenne Rodeo. The way we see it, no one who truly cares about animals would perform at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.
You can read much more about the cruelty at Cheyenne Frontier Days by clicking here. See for yourself the death and cruelty that happens EVERY YEAR at CFD.


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Norval Lee Sullivant
Funeral services for Norval Lee Sullivant, 85, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2014, at First Baptist Church, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Sullivant died at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 3, 2014, at his home.
He was born January 6, 1929, at Camp, Arkansas, to Dixie Lee Sullivant and Verbie Ella Sutherland Sullivant. He attended school at Salem, Arkansas and West Plains High School. On June 2, 1951, he was married at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, to Bonnie Ellen Napier. Mr. Sullivant was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and was a Purple Heart recipient. He worked as a foreman at International Shoe Factory. Mr. Sullivant was the owner and operator of a shoe business in El Reno and Ponca City, Oklahoma; then later moved back to West Plains and opened the Sullivant Shoe Store on the square. He worked for West Plains R-7 School Transportation Department for several years. He and Bonnie managed Junction Hill S-Mart from 1988 until his retirement. Mr. Sullivant enjoyed his farm and restoring old tractors as well as deer hunting and fishing with his brothers.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Sullivant; two children, Dirk Sullivant and Jill Pietroburgo, husband, Philip three grandchildren, Jesse, Grace and Samuel; two sisters-in-law, Jean Sullivant and Linda Sullivant; and several nieces and nephews.
His parents, and two brothers, Noble Sullivant and John David Sullivant, precede him in death.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Thursday at Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Howell Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ozarks Christian Academy, and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
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Bill nad Nancy Good
Was sorry to hear of Norval's passing.
Vera & Bill Alsup
So sorry for your loss. Thinking of your family.
Dirk so sorry to hear of your loss. He will be missed. Praying for your family at this difficult time..
Nick and Marty at ramey
Dirk sorry to hear about your loss. Our thoughts are with you.


I dream about moving to a European city and living in an apartment with original details, herringbone floors and really tall windows and the decor would be sparse and vintage. It would look exactly like this. Funny how this space gives off more of a "broke student" vibe if it were in North America. Amiright? By Milan architecture and design firm Quincoces-Dragò & Partners.
This is one of many nice places you show us. I love your blog and I know I can't be the only one either. There are never many comments. I guess there are a lot of shy viewers; including me.
Hi donna 🙂 Yes, we have quite a few shy readers of our blog. Thanks for leaving a comment, and for reading this little blog of ours!
I love the blog, too! You guys are prolific, always something new, and many different styles. Thank you both so much for your efforts- much appreciated.


IRS Federal Tax Lien, What do you do when you get an IRS TAX LIEN?
Taxpayers who owe the IRS receive many IRS notices. It gets confusing as to what each notice means and what powers the IRS has regarding each notice. One such confusion is between IRS tax liens and tax levies. These terms are sometimes used interchangeably, however, they are quite different. It is important to know the difference.
A Federal tax lien may be filed by the IRS when a taxpayer owes $10,000 or more in unpaid tax debt. It is not a levy nor garnishment which are "collection methods" for the IRS to collect on a tax obligation.
It is a document that is filed and recorded with a county government (usually where the taxpayer lives or does business,) which notifies the general public that a taxpayer has an unpaid IRS tax debt.
Tax liens seem a bit mysterious as to what power they give to the IRS. In legal terms, they "attach" to a taxpayer's property, which can be either real property (i.e., your house) or personal property (i.e., your car).
If this property is sold while a tax lien is in effect, the IRS will be paid out of the sales proceeds before the taxpayer is paid. So, if these items are never sold, there is no fear of the IRS collecting. However, tax liens are commonly reported to the various credit agencies and can ruin a taxpayer's credit.
The IRS generally notifies a taxpayer that a tax lien has been filed by Notice of Federal Tax Lien. Prior to this Notice, the IRS has made threats that a notice will be filed.
Bank Levies: confiscation of money directly out of a taxpayer's bank account.
Federal and state income tax refund levy: confiscating your tax refund before you receive.
The best way to prevent a tax lien is to pay off the tax debt when due. If this cannot be done, then setting up an installment agreement may avoid this result. Entering into certain IRS installment agreements will avoid the filing of a tax lien.
If you are able to bring your balance (includes combined tax, penalties and interest) down below $25,000 and set up an installment agreement, called a Streamlined Agreement, generally no federal tax lien will be filed.
To do this, you can always liquidate bank accounts and other assets, or get a loan provided the costs are lower than the costs of the IRS tax debt. Also, in order to get into a payment plan, the IRS requires a taxpayer to be compliant. This means all required tax returns must be filed and all estimated tax payments must be current, if applicable.
Once a federal tax lien has been filed against a taxpayer, it is much harder to remove. A federal tax lien may be removed by lien withdrawal or lien release.
Tax lien release. Releasing a federal lien means that the lien no longer encumbers your property. Upon releasing a lien, county records will be updated to reflect that the lien has been released. However, the fact that there was once a federal tax lien will remain on your credit report for up to ten years.
Most federal tax liens are automatically released by the IRS after the tax debt is paid in full, generally after 30 days. Be sure to get a copy of the lien release from the IRS to forward to the credit reporting bureaus to update all credit reports.
Tax lien withdrawal. Withdrawing a federal tax lien means the IRS will revoke the lien, as if the lien was never filed. It used to be that withdrawals only occurred when the federal tax lien was filed in error (for example, if it was filed against the wrong person). Now, a taxpayer can get a release and then request a withdrawal after the release to lessen the effects of the tax lien.
the lien becomes unenforceable. An example of this is when the ten-year collection statute has expired.
Taxpayers needing assistance in dealing with tax liens and IRS collections should seek the advice of a tax attorney. The San Diego Tax Attorneys at Delia Law have many years of tax resolution experience and will competently represent you before the IRS. Please call for a no-cost tax attorney consultation for tax resolution at (619) 639-3336. We look forward to helping you.


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20/03/2019 ALMA
Parallel to their live shows and preparations for the festival season the five musicians are also working in the studio on a new album. It will be a christmas record called "Cherubim" and appear on SONY Classical in autumn. Therefore, ALMA decided to search the archives for songs that allow an introverted but also festive instrumentation. Thus the end of the year will be the perfect moment for ALMA to sparkle with "Cherubim".
The five musicians will perform in very extraordinary venues of southern Germany on Thursday March 14th and Friday March 15th. Their first stop will be in Gilching where they play under the motto "Musik im Rathaus" in the city's most important official building which will be filled with a relaxed and unofficial atmosphere. One day later Julia, Matteo, Marlene, Evelyn und Marie-Theres will be part of the Zwölfte Weyarner Kleinkunsttage and give the "WeyHalla" which is usually used for rather sportive than musical reasons the special alpine touch! Enjoy.
05/03/2019 Johanna Juhola
Johanna Juhola Reaktori will come to Germany for several concerts in March and April! Between March 5th and March 9th the four Finnish musicians will perform in Oldenburg and Hannover first. On March 7th there will be a short exclusive concert where Johanna is accompanied by Antti Kujanpää (piano and harmonium) in Hamburg's location Tango Matrix. Afterwards the quartet will move forward to Flensburg in order to play two concerts in the Orpheus Theater on March 8th and 9th. The first of the two gigs will take place under the motto "The Tango Alternative Night" whereas the second is dedicated to Johanna Juhola Reaktori's new record "Shadow of a Diva". Johanna Juhola Reaktori will return in April in order to play two more concerts in Ravensburg (4.4.) and Nürnberg (5.4.). We are looking forward! You find more information here.
07/02/2019 OMIRI
We are very delighted to welcome OMIRI as a new member in the Laviola family! Although the cooperation is not brand new since Vasco Ribeiro Casais, who's behind OMIRI, was a member of the folkrock band Dazkarieh, which was the first band Laviola ever represented. That was many years ago and now our paths have come together again. OMIRI's artistic concept is as original as exciting since he merges traditional Portuguese dances and songs with modern electronics. The result is inspiring and fascinating at the same time since OMIRI does not only play several traditional instruments, he also works with huge screens on stage in order to bring the Portuguese spirit to the audience. We are very happy to have OMIRI with us. Are you ready to dance?
The new year has started and we are full of fresh energy. Thus, we will be part of the Internationale Kulturbörse Freiburg from January 21st until 23rd. Come and meet us at our stand, we are looking forward to have many exciting meetings and conversations. In addition we are very proud that ALMA got nominated for the Freiburger Leiter. Thus, they will play a showcase on January 21st on 2:30 p.m. and the award ceremony will be on Tuesday, January 22nd. Our fingers are crossed and bags are packed for Freiburg!
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Home / Chevrolet News, Pricing and Reviews
By John Goreham G+ Mar 27 2012 - 4:36pm
GM has a plan to charge up Chevy Volt sales in China
GM looks to local Chinese automotive research center to help get the Chevy Volt established in China
General Motors China announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with an important automotive technology organization recognized by the Chinese government. The China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) will manage GM's fleet of demonstration Volts and will assist GM China in meeting certain objectives. These will include gaining the support of key decision makers crafting vehicle electrification policy in China. CATARC will also set up demonstrations of the vehicles and hold seminars to try to determine how the Volt and other electric vehicles can address the needs of the Chinese consumer. GM China's executive director of Electrification Strategy, Ray Bierzynski, summed up the partnership saying "It is important for us to offer those in key positions to affect policy an opportunity to experience firsthand our variety of electrification solutions for reducing the automotive industry's dependence on petroleum."
GM Has Roots In China
General Motors is no stranger to the Chinese automotive market. In 2011 GM sold more than 2.5 million vehicles in China. Contrast that with the entire US market which is 11 to 13 million cars sold annually. GM also employs more than 35,000 workers in China. China has driven policy decisions for US cars in recent years. For example, it is widely believed that the reason why Buick survived the cut, while Pontiac was killed off, was due to the Chinese market's love of Buick.
Volt Sales Disappointing
Volt sales have been in the news recently for a lot of reasons. The Volt has not sold as well as GM had hoped, missing its sales goal of 10,000 cars in 2011 by about 24%. In fact, the Volt production is presently halted at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant for 5 weeks. This is despite support from President Obama and the US motor press. The Volt was even named 2012 European Car of the Year. GM has reported that the Ampera, which is the Volt's name in Europe, has received thousands of pre-orders. That report is hard to square with the production plant being closed in the US.
Electrical infrastructure to support charging of electric cars is in its infancy in the China. GM has established charging stations at its headquarters, a dealership, at a university and a couple of other locations. Of course, CATARC will be receiving one as well. The interesting thing about that is the Volt never needs to be charged while away from home. It can run indefinitely and recharge its own batteries using its on-board gasoline engine. The owner can charge the vehicle at night and then drive it the next day for about 70 miles. That reality is often lost on government officials who immediately jump at the chance to install a charging station near their headquarters as a show of support to electric vehicles. These stations may well become the video-rental stores of the next generation as the need for them seems unclear.
It is often said that all politics are local, and GM is wise to get on the ground support in China since political support is required for electric vehicles to be successful there, and everywhere.
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I m having problems with my zygopetalums. I have 2 plants and the bulbs seems healthy. The problem is with the leafs. New growings are developing from the base of the bulbs but after some time leafs turn to brown from inside out.


It seems like the villains are starting to come out!
My Hero One's Justice is releasing soon, and we're finally starting to see new villains joining the roster! Dabi and Toga are both members of the vanguard action squad within the League of Villains. It seems like Dabi will use his blue flames from a distance to defeat his enemies, while Toga will get closer up to attack with her knives!