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Expressionery knows that you care about how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our Privacy Policy.
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and improve your shopping experience at Expressionery. These are the types of information we gather:
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Cygwin: Free C++ for Windows
Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
Pssst... Want a Free C++ Compiler?
Is there such a thing as a free C++ compiler for Windows? In fact, there are several. For example, Microsoft recently released their Visual C++ Toolkit 2003, which gets you a bare-bones compiler.
But, another possibility exists, from an unlikely source, and it has the added attraction that when you learn to use it, you are learning to use the same software that you would find in a typical Linux installation. Even if you're a dyed-in-the-wool Windows user (which I'm afraid I am), this has to be worth investigating.
So, if you want to learn C++ for free, and get some understanding of how to use a UNIX-like environment (without having to find the Linux driver for your DSL modem), read on.
Linux and GNU
The vast majority of the software on a Linux CD-ROM set is not specifically anything to do with Linux. It's GNU software, distributed freely as source code, that can be run on any UNIX-like operating system, and in fact it provides all the pieces of a typical UNIX operating system—at least, the parts you interact with directly, such as shells, editors, and development tools.
The good news for us Windows users is that if you visit http://www.cygwin.com, you will find a convenient bundle of this software ready to download and install all in one step. If you have a decent connection, be sure to ask the installer to give you everything—it's a huge download, but it gives you a vast and very complete UNIX-like environment to play with.
It puts a shortcut on your desktop to open the BASH shell, which is a version of the Bourne shell, the original "interactive" user interface of UNIX. Bourne himself wrote a beautifully clear and helfpful introduction to it, way back when.
The shell is really just the same thing as the Windows command prompt. Just as Windows has batch files that are just lists of commands, a UNIX shell has scripts (although shell scripts have somewhat better looping and control features than batch files.)
All UNIX operating systems have a version of the Bourne shell, but they usually aren't as good as BASH, and so most people get a version of BASH for their UNIX flavour and use it instead of the default shell.
Now, you have Cygwin, and you feel just about ready to start hacking the Linux kernel. So, where is this C++ compiler?

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Oxford University Press announces major new online platform for cross-university press monograph content
January 12, 2011
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce the creation of a groundbreaking online platform for university press monograph content. Having redeveloped the award-winning Oxford Scholarship Online platform, OUP is launching University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) and inviting the University Press community to take advantage of a fully enabled XML environment with the cutting edge search and discovery functionality that has marked the success of Oxford Scholarship Online.
"The expansion of Oxford Scholarship Online," notes Tim Barton, Managing Director of Global Academic Business for Oxford University Press, "to include the research and scholarship of other university presses, creating a single platform searchable across many high-quality programs, represents a step forward in ensuring that academic content is increasingly accessible—and conveniently so."
Responding to increased demand for online scholarly content, UPSO streamlines the research process by making disparately published monographs easily accessible, highly discoverable and fully cross-searchable via one online platform. Research that previously would have required users to jump between a variety of books, and disconnected websites can now be concentrated through a single search engine. UPSO creates an individually-branded home for monographs from each participating university press just as it has done for Oxford Scholarship Online while allowing highly intuitive tools to deep search across all the content in the program. As such, UPSO will be the premier online research tool—for scholars, teachers, graduate and undergraduate students—and an essential resource for all academic libraries.


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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Lephet (Tea Salad)
For another spelling variation and an interesting, article on the delicacy, go to In Pursuit of Tea's Web site and read Sebastian Beckwith's short piece.
Here's an article from CuisineNet about Burmese cuisine. It offers more information about the dish, including a recipe that substitutes ginger for tea. It's probably safe to say that you could ditch the ginger and put the tea back in, though the author claims Burmese tea is a key component in the recipe.
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2 comments:
- Yolanda said...
I found a place that sells the Burmese Tea Leaves. It is called The Good Luck Yogurt Shop in Newark, California. They sell yogurt but also have a glass case with Burmese products. They have Regular and Spicy Tea leaves. They also carry a mixture of peanuts, toasted sesame seeds and other crunchies (all premixed together) that is traditionally served with the salad. The proprietress also has a recipe available.
The tea leaves sell for $6 a bag (size is like a small coffee bag). Also available are one person portions.
The yogurt store is in a mall. I think it is Newpark Mall but I am not 100% sure.
Don't bother to call. Their phone is attached to a fax or atm so they cannot answer the phone.
I bought a lot of the tea as I live in San Francisco and Newark is about an hour's drive.
Good Luck!
- bunnyhuggins said...
Hi There
I live in Portland, OR and have had a hard time finding Burmese ingredients up here. I make it to Burma Star restaurant in San Francisco everytime I visit and would love to make the green tea salad that they have on the menu but I can't find lephet in Portland, even at the Asian markets, of which there are quite few.
I'm going to be in SF in a few weeks, but would love to find a source up here.


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Rockies send McClendon to Minor League camp
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Non-roster right-handed reliever Mike McClendon, who pitched out of a tight situation on Sunday and has not given up a Cactus League run this spring, was one of six players the Rockies sent to Minor League camp on Monday.
McClendon has thrown just 3 2/3 innings. He replaced Jhoulys Chacin against the Giants on Sunday with a runner at second and two out in the fifth inning of a tie game and forced a fly ball to end the threat. McClendon is 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA in 35 Major League games 2010-12, all with the Brewers, and was brought in for relief depth.
Other sent down were outfield prospect Kent Matthes, first baseman Henry Wrigley, infielder Tommy Manzella and left-handed pitcher Nick Schmidt.
The Rockies are down to 46 players in camp, including 12 non-roster invitees, and must be down to 25 on the active roster by Opening Day.


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Virtualization Expo on Ulitzer
Virtualization cuts across just about all that you might find in the today's data center: to one degree or another, clients, servers, applications, storage systems, data networks, and security can all now be virtualized. .
By compressing multiple workloads onto a single physical server, Virtualization enables data centers to save tremendous amounts of money on hardware, power, cooling and floor space.
For small and midsized enterprises, Virtualization can also help data centers tap into levels of fault tolerance previously enjoyed only by huge organizations.
And chief executives are discovering that Virtualization has the potential not only to improve the balance sheet, but also to strengthen competitive advantage and put a shine on the corporate brand.
Designing and managing IT environments independently from physical limitations is what Virtualization is all about, and it is a fast-changing technology, which is why the 8th International Virtualization Expo on April 19–21, 2010 – the most regularly held and longest-running 100% Virtualization focused event in the world – is dedicated to bringing clarity about its role and importance to all attending delegates.
Delegates will leave Virtualization Expo with a full understanding of the interaction between virtual servers and the rest of the data center infrastructure. Indeed our overall aim is to ensure – through an intensive three-day schedule of keynotes, general and breakout sessions, and not least our bustling Expo Floor – that all attendees leave the Jacob Javits Convention Center with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization in their own corporate datacenter, on the desktop, and elsewhere.
If you wish to submit a speaking proposal for the 8th Virtualization Expo, April 19–21, 2010, then you can do so right here. (See list of suggested topics below...)
Whether you're an enterprise or small to medium business, take this opportunity to show thought leadership and demonstrate in words and slides how those attending the event from all over the world can soon be benefiting from Virtualization.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We do not encourage or accept breakout sessions promoting a particular product - though good case studies with transferable lessons are always welcome.
Click Here to Submit Your Speaking Submission Today (Deadline: 15th January, 2010)
Topics to be covered at the 8th International Virtualization Expo will include:
- Server Virtualization
- Desktop Virtualization(VDI
- File Virtualization
- Storage Virtualization
- I/O Virtualization
- Endpoint Virtualization
- Memory Virtualization
- Device Virtualization
- The Future of the Virtual Enterprise
- Utility Computing
- Business Change Through Virtualization
- Hosted Virtualization
- Para-virtualization
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- Virtualization Hardware Support
- Hardware-level Virtualization
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- Windows Virtualization
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- Service Level Agreements
- State of the Virtualization Services Market
- Legal Pitfalls of Virtualization
- Performance & Capacity Management
- Server-Based Security
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- Application Portability
- Automation
- High-Performance Computing
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- Proprietary vs. Open Source Virtualization
- Virtualization & SOA
- Hadoop as a Service
- Internet Datacenters
- Open Virtualization Format
- Distruibuted System Economics
Speaker Candidates
Ideal candidates are infrastructure experts who have first-hand experience in the development or implementation of virtualization in the data center and elsewhere within Enterprise IT.
If you have something substantive, challenging, and original to offer, you are encouraged to submit a proposal. In the proposal, please highlight previous speaking engagements. Please provide at least three references with respect to speaking ability, as well as contact information that will allow us to reach you to evaluate presentation skills. Past speakers do not need to provide references.
Click Here to Submit Your Speaking Submission Today (Deadline: 15th January, 2010)
Benefits of Being a Member of the Virtualization Expo Faculty
Speakers will receive unprecedented visibility in pre-conference promotion in print and online. They will also receive exposure via the accompanying Virtualization Expo 2010 East conference portal for many months prior to and following the conference. Sessions may be recorded and made available via the Internet to a wider audience (at the discretion of SYS-CON Events).
Guidelines for Submitting a Proposal
Speakers at the 7th International Virtualization Expo included AppZero CEO Greg O'Connor (pictured right)..
With over 2,000 registered delegates, General Sessions at 7th Virtualization Expo in Silicon Valley were packed to capacity. At 8th Virtualization Expo in New York City, co-located with 5th Cloud Expo, 5,000 delegates are expected to register.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Cloud Expo 2010 East New York City "show prospectus" is shipping today. Sponsorship, exhibit, and keynote opportunities can be obtained from Carmen Gonzalez by email at events (at) sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802 3021.
Delegate Registration Options
Cloud Computing Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com) delegates can pre-register for the conference online with $800 savings here.
Call for Papers
Call for papers for Cloud Expo New York is open through January 15, 2010.
About SYS-CON Media & Events
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Kubernetes Engine
Reliable, efficient, and secured way to run Kubernetes clustersTry It Free View Console
Containerized Application Management at Scale
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a managed, production-ready environment for deploying containerized applications. It brings our latest innovations in developer productivity, resource efficiency, automated operations, and open source flexibility to accelerate your time to market.
Launched in 2015, Kubernetes Engine builds on Google's experience of running services like Gmail and YouTube in containers for over 12 years. Kubernetes Engine allows you to get up and running with Kubernetes in no time, by completely eliminating the need to install, manage, and operate your own Kubernetes clusters.
Deploy a Wide Variety of Applications
Kubernetes Engine enables rapid application development and iteration by making it easy to deploy, update, and manage your applications and services. Kubernetes Engine isn't just for stateless applications either; you can attach persistent storage, and even run a database in your cluster. Simply describe the compute, memory, and storage resources your application containers require, and Kubernetes Engine provisions and manages the underlying cloud resources automatically. Support for hardware accelerators makes it easy to run Machine Learning, General Purpose GPU, High-Performance Computing, and other workloads that benefit from specialized hardware accelerators.
Operate Seamlessly with High Availability
Control your environment from the built-in Kubernetes Engine dashboard in Google Cloud console. Use routine health checks to detect and replace hung, or crashed, applications inside your deployments. Container replication strategies, monitoring, and automated repairs help ensure that your services are highly available and offer a seamless experience to your users. Google Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) constantly monitor your cluster and its compute, networking, and storage resources so you don't have to, giving you back time to focus on your applications.
Scale Effortlessly to Meet Demand
Go from a single machine to thousands: Kubernetes Engine autoscaling allows you to handle increased user demand for your services, keeping them available when it matters most. Then, scale back in the quiet periods to save money, or schedule low-priority batch jobs to use up spare cycles. Kubernetes Engine helps you get the most out of your resource pool.
Run Securely on Google's Network
Connect to and isolate clusters no matter where you are with fine-grained network policies using Global Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in Google Cloud. Use public services behind a single global anycast IP address for seamless load balancing. Protect against DOS and other types of edge attacks on your containers.
Move Freely between On-premises and Clouds
Kubernetes Engine runs Certified Kubernetes ensuring portability across clouds and on-premises. There's no vendor lock-in: you're free to take your applications out of Kubernetes Engine and run them anywhere Kubernetes is supported, including on your own on-premises servers. You can tailor integrations such as monitoring, logging, and CI/CD using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and third party solutions in the ecosystem.
Migrate existing VMs directly into containers
Use Migrate for Anthos to move and convert workloads directly into containers in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Target workloads can include physical servers and VMs running on-premises, in Compute Engine, or in other clouds, giving you the flexibility to transform your existing infrastructure with ease. Best of all, Migrate for Anthos is available at no additional cost and it does not require an Anthos subscription.Learn more
Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster and Update Production Code in Seconds
Now it's your turn. Type commands into the following terminal emulator and learn how to create a Kubernetes cluster on Kubernetes Engine.
Kubernetes Engine Features
Run containerized applications on production-ready Kubernetes, managed by Google Cloud.
- Identity & Access Management
- Control access in the cluster with your Google accounts and role permissions.
- Hybrid Networking
- Reserve an IP address range for your cluster, allowing your cluster IPs to coexist with private network IPs via Google Cloud VPN.
- Security and Compliance
- Kubernetes Engine is backed by Google security team of over 750 experts and is both HIPAA and PCI DSS 3.1 compliant.
- Integrated Logging & Monitoring
- Enable Stackdriver Logging and Stackdriver Monitoring with simple checkbox configurations, making it easy to gain insight into how your application is running.
- Auto Scale
- Automatically scale your application deployment up and down based on resource utilization (CPU, memory).
- Auto Upgrade
- Automatically keep your cluster up to date with the latest release version of Kubernetes. Kubernetes release updates are quickly made available within Kubernetes Engine.
- Auto Repair
- When auto repair is enabled, if a node fails a health check Kubernetes Engine initiates a repair process for that node.
- Resource Limits
- Kubernetes allows you to specify how much CPU and memory (RAM) each Container needs, which is used to better organize workloads within your cluster.
- Container Isolation
- Use GKE Sandbox for a second layer of defense between containerized workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for enhanced workload security.
- Stateful Application Support
- Kubernetes Engine isn't just for 12-factor apps. You can attach persistent storage to containers, and even host complete databases.
- Docker Image Support
- Kubernetes Engine supports the common Docker container format.
- Fully Managed
- Kubernetes Engine clusters are fully managed by Google Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), ensuring your cluster is available and up-to-date.
- OS Built for Containers
- Kubernetes Engine runs on Container-Optimized OS, a hardened OS built and managed by Google.
- Private Container Registry
- Integrating with Google Container Registry makes it easy to store and access your private Docker images.
- Fast Consistent Builds
- Use Google Cloud Build to reliably deploy your containers on Kubernetes Engine without needing to setup authentication.
- Workload Portability, on-premises and cloud
- Kubernetes Engine runs Certified Kubernetes, enabling workload portability to other Kubernetes platforms across clouds and on-premises.
- GPU support
- Kubernetes Engine supports GPU and makes it easy to run ML, GPGPU, HPC, and other workloads that benefit from specialized hardware accelerators.
- Built-in dashboard
- Cloud Console offers useful dashboards for your project's clusters and their resources. You can use these dashboards to view, inspect, manage, and delete resources in your clusters.
"Kubernetes Engine delivers a high-performing, flexible infrastructure that lets us independently scale components for maximum efficiency."--George Yianni, inventor of Hue and head of technology-connected lighting for the home at Signify.
"Google Kubernetes Engine is like magic for us. It's the best container environment there is. Without it, we couldn't provide the advanced financial analytics we offer today. Scaling would be difficult and prohibitively expensive."--Michael Bishop, CTO and Co-Founder, Alpha Vertex
"Google Kubernetes Engine provides us with the openness, stability and scalability we need to manage and orchestrate our Docker containers. This year, our customers flourished during Black Friday and Cyber Monday with zero outages, downtime or interruptions in service thanks, in part, to Google Kubernetes Engine."--Will Warren | Chief Technology Officer, GroupBy
"By moving to Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes Engine, we were able to scale quickly from 15 services to 350 services while reducing our cloud hosting costs by approximately 60%."--Pablo Moncada | IT DevOps Team Lead, BQ
Cloud Run for AnthosBeta
Cloud Run for Anthos provides a simpler developer experience for deploying stateless services in Anthos. Cloud Run for Anthos abstracts away Kubernetes concepts while providing automatic scaling based on HTTP requests, scaling to zero instances, automatic networking, and integration with Stackdriver. It gives you serverless on your own terms, with access to custom machine types, VPC networks, GPU accelerators, and the ability to run side by side with other workloads in Anthos. Cloud Run for Anthos is compatible with Knative and provides a consistent experience which enables you to run your serverless workloads anywhere: on Google Cloud or on-premises.Learn more
Kubernetes Engine Pricing
Kubernetes Engine charges according to Compute Engine instance pricing for each node in your cluster, until a cluster is deleted. Learn more in our pricing guide.
A product listed on this page is in beta. For more information on our product launch stages, see here.


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Jeep Wrangler JK Junkyard JK Axle Swap - Part 3
Wrapping up the 1-ton conversion
There are few things better than the payoff of finally getting to wheel once your project is complete. Over the past two issues, we've chronicled our junkyard JK axle swap. Using a 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon as our test vehicle, we installed a set of used Super Duty 1-ton axles that were originally affixed under a 2002 Ford F-350. While we gave you the breakdown of the high-pinion Dana 60 front and Sterling 10.5-inch rear in previous installments, we still had a few items to take care of to complete the conversion.
Gathered here is the remainder of what we did and how the low-buck 1-ton conversion has panned out in the end.
Dash lights are annoying and our 2007 JK has a few. Not having rear tone rings caused the warning lights you see here to stay illuminated. We used an AEV ProCal module to set the new tire size and gear ratio. This allowed the automatic transmission to shift without issue and our speedometer to read correctly.
To center the front axle, we grabbed an adjustable front track bar from Currie Enterprises. While the crossover steering helps, we went ahead and added a ram-assist kit from PSC Motorsports. The hydro-assist made a tremendous difference in ease of maneuverability on- and off-road.
The Super Duty-sourced high-pinion Dana 60 doesn't allow for a lot of room on the driver side for a coil bucket. Our tester JK was already affixed with an EVO Manufacturing Double-ThrownDown conversion that fits the Jeep with a King coilover and bypass shock at each corner. Running coilovers will make the front conversion slightly easier, but using a standard coil spring and shock is absolutely possible.
With 14 inches of vertical wheel travel, we needed a driveshaft that could handle the long-cycle suspension. Gone is the stock front driveline, and in its place is a heavy-duty unit from Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts. Wood's 'shaft was fit with a 1350 conversion yoke and constant velocity joint at the T-case. A standard 1350 U-joint was placed at the differential.
As is the case with the front, a heavy-duty Tom Wood's driveline was used out back. The clearcoated driveline was built with a 1350 CV at the T-Case and 1350 U-joint at the axle. We found the Sterling's differential sits offset to the passenger side just slightly. We were initially concerned that the driveline would make major contact with the JK's gas tank during travel/articulation, but we haven't had any issues to date. If your rig is equipped with an aftermarket gas tank skid, be sure to double check for spacing -- It's going to be close.
If you want a set of blingy mall-crawler wheels, there are plenty of options for the Ford-specific 8-on-170 bolt pattern. Getting a set designed for rugged off-road use is a bit more challenging. We opted for 17-inch Eklipse rims from B.A.D. Wheels. We showed you all about the new-design beadlock wheels in the February 2014 issue ("Beadlock Assist Device"). The DOT-compliant beadlocks make a great fit for this daily-driven Jeep and offer a great balance of performance and strength.
Feeding the JK's ARB Air Lockers is the company's dual air compressor. The 100-percent duty cycle compressor mounted easily in the JK's rear cargo under-floor compartment. ARB also offers a host of attachments and accessories for the 12-volt compressor, which allows you to run some air tools and inflate your rigs tires quickly.
Living Large
Driving a Jeep, or any rig on 42-inch-tall tires, daily isn't for everyone, but surprisingly, it's very manageable in the Unlimited platform. The power from the 3.8L V-6 was pretty lackluster stock. Heavier axles and 42-inch tires did not help the situation. Even with 5.29 gears, highway speeds are possible, but you can forget about overdrive when the hills inch near.
Off-road, the Rubicon's 4:1 T-case ratio works well as a torque multiplier, but there are definitely times where the JK runs out of steam, especially on long and steep hillclimbs. More gear reduction or moving down to a 40-inch tires would help. Steering the Jeep is extremely easy with the hydro-assist kit. Having the ability to run the ARB Air Lockers open also helps with maneuverability.
The Super Duty brakes are absolutely massive in comparison to the stock setup. That's the good news. The bad news is that the pedal feels spongy. The brakes work great, but the pedal feel could be better. Bypassing the ABS module might do the trick, but for now, it runs, drives, and stops just fine, so we are leaving it be.
Ultimately, this swap isn't going to be for everyone, but for the DIY enthusiasts looking to put 1-ton axles under their 2007-2011 JK, it's hard to beat. The cost of the axles is the biggest draw. The fact you can actually find these axles at your local wrecking yard is another major bonus. If you have the skillset to make it happen at home, then you are saving that much more. Despite the slightly illuminated gauge cluster, we are pleased with the conversion. The confidence and new found durability of our wrecking yard axle swap has been well worth the few minor tradeoffs and then some.
If the tires on the Jeep look big, it's because they are. Fitting the 42x13.50 Pit Bull Rockers, while not lifting the Jeep to the moon, required a lot of trimming. And we mean a lot. We've had great luck with the Rockers in the past, and the 42-inch rubber has worked great with the Jeep's 116-inch wheelbase.


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Pujols playing through foot pain, finding swing
CINCINNATI -- Albert Pujols is noticeably not himself yet, but he's playing nonetheless.
Pujols suited up for the third straight game on Thursday afternoon, even though it was a quick turnaround from the Wednesday night affair and even though the National League rules require him to be at first base in order to hit in the lineup.
"I'm limping a little bit, but I don't think it's because of my knee -- I think it's more because of my heel, that plantar fasciitis," said Pujols, who's 1-for-11 to start the season. "Running-wise, it's not as good as I want to, 100 percent, but it'll get there. I'm pretty happy with how I feel, how I'm running, how I'm moving, how I feel out there in the batter's box, which is something that last year was bothering me, big time."
Pujols started to look more like himself at the plate in Thursday's 5-4 loss, going 1-for-4 with a double, a hard lineout to right field and two RBIs, on a groundout and a sac fly. But he was caught stealing on Wednesday night, even though Reds first baseman Joey Votto wasn't even holding him on, and would've been thrown out trying to score from second on Thursday if catcher Ryan Hanigan hadn't missed the tag.
Now that the Angels are going back to American League rules, Pujols can expect to see some time at designated hitter the next few days. But while he waits for his legs to get under him, and the plantar fasciitis to heal, he's noticing a difference in the batter's box.
"Now I can get my two-strike approach, get low, get high and try different things," Pujols said. "It feels pretty good not to feel that pain in the back of your knee. To be able, this year, even in Spring Training, to do the things that I wasn't able to do [late last year], I have to be pretty happy about how I feel. But still, I'm getting my treatment. It's a process. Hopefully in the next month or so, I'll feel better. We work hard at it."


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If there's a note of sadness or detachment that runs through the posts around here over the next little while, it might have something to do with the fact that one of our greatest inspirations died over the holidays.
This line has probably gotten tired by now, but we'll throw it out there one more time: Vic Chesnutt was my Elvis. There's no singer or writer who has enthralled me nearly as much as Vic did. He was an astoundingly self-aware writer who clearly loved words (which is less common than you'd think), and exploited the full musicality of the language. He wrote beautifully with an uncommon literacy on his own faults and fears, and often addressed his own mortality. (It's made some of his songs almost too painful to hear so soon after he took his own life.)
We've penned about 1200 posts around these parts, but we'd hang it all up if we were ever able to turn a single phrase as eloquently and profoundly as Vic Chesnutt. We miss him.
Vic's Tiny Desk Concert
For those of you who are so inclined, here's a brief acoustic taste of Vic at NPR's All Songs Considered's Tiny Desk Concert series in April of this year.


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Nepal (नेपाल) is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia.
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This interview was recorded after Oskar and Karolina won the Amateur Rising Star Ballroom in Blackpool but before their second win there few days later when they became Under21 Ballroom champions. They were the first couple who won two events during the same Blackpool Festival in the same style ever. Oskar and Karolina represent USA - see their profile page
[Oskar] Definitely Blackpool is more prestigious competition. The judging panel is made up of all past champions. The audience is amazing and live orchestra playing in the semi final and the final... It is an amazing feeling out there. Other champions share the floor with you... it is a great opportunity to dance here and we are very happy.
[Karolina] I am from Canada. I started dancing when I was four and I was more into Latin than Standard. I started dancing Standard at fourteen. I moved to New York when I was fifteen to dance with Andrey Begunov. We split up and then Oskar came along. We had a try-out which went very well and we started dancing together. We danced together for some two years and then I moved back to Canada. I was so young then and it was very difficult for me to be away from my family so I went back. In Canada I finished school... Oskar had his own life then (laughing). Maybe two weeks after I finished my school Oskar wrote back to me asking if I wanted to dance again with him. I said: yes. And that's how it started. Now we are together for year and a half.
[Oskar] I did not start dancing as early as Karolina. I was eleven, I think. I started in a little studio at first and then got more serious. I started competitions. At first I did not like it, I thought it was weird for guys to dance. I was playing basketball, running around the park, on my bike... My Dad said one day: go to dance, you have too much time on your hands. Go and learn dance... And I said: I don't know about that! I really did not think dancing was for guys. But I went there and there were lots of girls there who I could dance with. And that's what I liked. I thought dancing with girls was fun. I could meet some new girlfriends. So that's how I started. When I got more serious my partner at the time was too short. I am really tall, 6'4 maybe 6'5 (195 cm) and my partner was just too short. I needed a taller partner. When Karolina split up with her partner we had a try-out. We, at the time, danced all 10 dances, also Latin.
[Karolina] We actually were US Youth 10 Dance champions!
[Oskar] When she went back to Canada I took a little break. I was in high school and worked a lot, had lot of other things to do. It was tough. After some time I found another partner but it was not working out. I was traveling, I tried with other partners. I had a partner from Poland as well but nothing really worked out. Finally I decided I was going to call Karolina again. And one day I called her and asked if she wanted a try-out. And we did and started dancing again together. I guess it worked out pretty well!
[Oskar] Hmmm, I guess that all the dancers in New York know about each other. If somebody splits you know about it...
[Oskar] In a way it is!
[Karolina] It is a big city but...
[Oskar] It is a small dancing world. You just see random people everywhere (laughing) you see them on the streets all the time. When somebody splits you just know about it. There is networking, close connections everywhere. So when I heard of Karolina's split I thought she was the best person for me to dance with.
[Karolina] No
[Oskar] For some people it works.
[Karolina] We are very close and good friends. We have a very good relationship.
[Oskar] We know each other for a very long time. Karolina is very beautiful, very beautiful... (laughing) but we are just not together in that sense.
[Karolina] ... Oskar's personality. He is very easy to work with. I like that he listens. It is not always true with the guys, they usually think they are in the center. Maybe it is right actually (laughing)
[Oskar] No, it is 50-50. OK, 55-45!
[Karolina] He listens when I feel something is wrong. He is more than open to listen to what I need to say. He is kind. He is tall, which is good for me. I think our personalities clicked very well.
[Oskar] The same from me! Karolina is very easy to work with. We never argue. Of course, everybody has a bad day
[Karolina] We have disagreements
[Oskar] Yes, we have disagreements but we never fight... We just have, I don't know, the same mentality, right?
[Karolina] We both want the same thing
[Oskar] Yes, we both want the same thing, we focus on the same things. We just, kind of..., never had issues. So, I guess, this is what I like about Karolina. And she is tall which is nice.
[Oskar] Her faults? She has no faults, she is perfect! what are your faults, Karolina?
[Karolina] (laughing)
[Oskar] hmmm (long pause) She is too nice sometimes. She is sometimes too nice to tell me what is wrong. Besides that, nothing!
[Oskar] Everything!
[Karolina] Where shall I start? I don't know... He is a little bit stubborn.
[Oskar] Yes, I am stubborn
[Karolina] Sometimes it is frustrating a little bit but I can be a bit stubborn as well.
[Oskar] I am a little more stubborn than Karolina
[Karolina] It can be good though, it is in a good way
[Oskar] Is there something like "good stubborn"?
[Karolina] I don't know how to explain it
[Oskar] I am not buying it!
[Karolina] Well, sometimes I just want to try something but he is like: no, no, we're starting here not there. We need to do it together
[Oskar] I am pretty demanding, that's for sure. I agree. But we never have issues together and we get along very well. It is very surprising that many couples argue a lot and are at each others throats all the time! When we are on the floor we know what we need to do and what to work on.
[Karolina] We just laugh at it. When we have a disagreement, we say what we need to say and then we just laugh. There is no point of fighting.
[Oskar] It would be such a waste of time. Between going to school, to work and to practice you don't have that much time and you want to go out sometimes, you want to have good time. So you do not have time to waste on arguing. I find that very stupid. So whenever we have a disagreement, we think: OK, how are we going to solve this. And we move past it or we ask our coaches.
[Karolina] If something doesn't work we just leave it sometimes and work on something else
[Oskar] It is a waste of time and energy, you know! So we never have arguments as we are trying to be smart about it.
[Karolina] Tomasz Papkala and Frantsiska Yordanova. If we see something we like we ask them to have a look. It has to work for us. We are a tall couple, we don't want to do something not our style, I don't know, something which doesn't look to good on us.
[Oskar] You always need guidance. All top couples have guidance. You need somebody to check you out, to tell you how it looks. Because you don't always know how it looks. It might feel good but it doesn't look good, or not as good as it feels. So you always need somebody there to take care of you, to tell you what you can change, maybe timing, steps or an angle. So Tomasz and Frantsiska help us a lot and we are very grateful for that.
[Karolina] Just them...
[Oskar] Pretty much just two of them.
[Karolina] When someone comes to the States we may have some lessons
[Oskar] Tomasz and Frantsiska are in New Jersey and we are in New York. It is a close distance, a 45 minute drive from my house by car. Sometimes we go there and sometimes they come to the city. We see them regularly
[Karolina] Almost every day
[Oskar] We see them almost every day but it doesn't mean we have a lesson every day. We see each other because we practice on a big floor there. They may give us some advice or tips or some hints on what looks good. It is nice to have somebody there to ask a question where you get an answer immediately. Or you have a suggestion or want feedback...
[Karolina] We are very lucky. We are grateful for that
[Oskar] We are very lucky to have such great support from them. We have a lot of help as well in terms of dresses, everything...
[Karolina] We feel like we are a close family, the four of us.
[Oskar] To come here to England from New York is very expensive. The flights are expensive. If you live in Europe it is convenient. You can travel from, say Poland, to London for maybe £100 or less. For us it is not so. It is great to live in America, it's a nice place to live but it's far away from everything. All the dancing happens in Europe, in England. It is hard to travel to London because it is really expensive. And it is hard to sit in regular economy when you are tall. If I won the lottery, I would fly business class! But right now, we are on a budget. So it is tickets, and you lose a day for traveling, you lose a day coming back.
[Karolina] Time change...
[Oskar] It is six hour time difference. For the first couple of days you are really confused because of that. You feel horrible.
[Oskar] Coming to Europe is horrible. Going back is OK. You have your own bed...
[Karolina] It feels like you just woke up earlier, at six o'clock.
[Oskar] But coming here, you just cannot fall asleep. You are tossing and turning thinking you have to fall asleep as there is competition the next day... but you cannot get to sleep. And then come six o'clock in the morning and you take sleeping pills and it doesn't help... And then the next day you feel like you are on drugs all day. You keep falling asleep walking around. So definitely it is easier going back home! so that's why we come couple of days in advance. Maybe three, four days earlier. We practise a little bit and we get slowly used to the time.
[Karolina] Even now we have hard time trying to sleep.
[Oskar] The beds are to short and my feet always hang off!
[Oskar] Yes, the bathroom is inside your bedroom and then the bed and pretty much no space left. This year we have better rooms than last year. Last year we had TVs falling off the ceiling....
[Karolina] This year we have air conditioning which is great because it is so hot outside.
[Oskar] It shows that we are so fortunate in the States because standards in the hotels are so much better. I feel like Americans are really spoiled. Everything is always easy to get to, it is cheaper as well. Everywhere you go you have Hilton hotels and the prices are exactly as here in Blackpool. Coming here puts it all into perspective how lucky we are in the States. It makes you enjoy it even more when you are there! I am not complaining, don't get me wrong! I love this competition.
[Karolina] UK Open and the International
[Oskar] We do the "big three" English competitions. You have to do them really. If we wanted to do The "Freedom to Dance" and other competitions in England we would have to come and stay three-four weeks. There are some much earlier but not enough to come back home between them and Blackpool. We would have to miss school, work, and pay for the accommodation here in England. But if you go back home say, after "Freedom to Dance", and you have a two to three weeks break before Blackpool you have to pay for a ticket, again!, to go back to England. Between us, it is something like $2500 just for a ticket so it is a lot of money. You have to decide what you spend it on...
[Oskar] Yes, I am. I study Business Management and Marketing. It is something I can apply to dancing as well. There are opportunities in dancing with business, creating products and selling them, opening a studio maybe in the future. I think that would help me. I don't want to do anything random. I don't want to study something like English or Nursing which I don't think would help me with my plans. I don't want to sacrifice money and time just to go to school for the sake of it.
[Karolina] For me, it is difficult as I am from a different country and away from my family. Canada may be close but New York is still far away from home.
[Oskar] It is 10 hours drive
[Karolina] It is very expensive for me to go back to school. I would love to if I could. I have to pay for dresses, lessons, traveling and I pretty much practise and work all day. School is very expensive and I cannot afford it now.
[Oskar] Schools in New York are expensive especially if you are not a citizen. You have to pay $30,000 - $40,000 a year. And because she is not a resident she cannot get any scholarship from anywhere so... It is too much, it is crazy.
[Oskar] We teach. We are lucky that in America Amateurs are allowed to teach. We have been fortunate enough to have good results and that helps us with our work. We have a nice studio which helps us with our work. It is in the city. It has a good floor, nice open space and it is a nice environment for work. Lots of students come in. We work in a couple of different places. New York is very close, you can work in Queens, you can work in the city, in Long Island, in New Jersey. There are opportunities to work in different places.
[Karolina] I pretty much work just at one studio who hired me to work there.
[Oskar] Yes. We support ourselves, we do not ask parents to help us out. We try to make it on our own. It is our dancing so we feel we have to now support ourselves. Sooner or later you have to move out of your parents house so... Well, now, a lot of people don't or they are coming back as it is hard in America to find work. But in dancing it is pretty consistent with work. Also, it is convenient because when you are leaving for competitions everybody understands and they are OK with that. When you work in another line of business it is not so easy. Karolina was working at a restaurant...
[Karolina] Yes, when I came back to New York I worked at a restaurant. Every time I wanted to leave for competitions it was so difficult to explain to them. They always complained that I was taking days off.
[Oskar] Imagine, she is taking off every other weekend to go to a competition but they have a lot of work at the weekends. You can see it could not last long.
[Oskar] Yes, and it is so convenient. We can always practise in between our work. We can work two hours, then practise and then work again and then practise some more. We are in a studio whole day. It is very nice for us.
[Karolina] We relax! Sometimes we go to the movies
[Oskar] We hardly have any free time. But sometimes we have a chance to sneak out for a movie. Sometimes we are so tired we need that.
[Karolina] Sometimes we just want to stay home and sleep.
[Oskar] We are always running around. We leave at 8am and we come back by 10pm. And sometimes we are so tired, we sit down and fall asleep. What do we like to do?
[Karolina] We like vacations.
[Oskar] We never have vacations. But we planning on it.
[Oskar and Karolina] Somewhere hot!
[Karolina] No, no! Somewhere very hot. But it costs a lot of money.
[Oskar] Whenever we go to competitions we try to have some time to see places
[Karolina] We went to London, to the city, and just walked around the streets
[Oskar] Before, we used to go to dance the competition and then come back straight home. Now, we try to squeeze some vacation into it as well.
[Karolina] You have already pay so much money to get there so you may as well see something
[Oskar] We went to our Nationals which were in Utah and we decided, as it is a nice place for skiing, beautiful mountains, that we will stay two days extra to enjoy it. We went skiing. Karolina fell couple of times and had a couple of bruises. But we had lots of fun
[Karolina] Hats and gloves were falling off, skis and ski poles went different places... People had to help me!
[Oskar] She can dance be she cannot ski!
[Karolina] I could not coordinate my skis.
[Oskar] What I like to do sometimes is to ride on motorcycles. It is easy and nice to ride a motorcycle in the city. It is the easiest way to get around in New York. What else do we do? We hang out with friends as well. It is hard to have friends when you are a dancer because you are so busy all the time. They don't understand the amount of time, amount of effort and sacrifice you need for dancing. It is easier for me, as I lived in New York my whole life and my friends are here. But it is hard from Karolina.
[Karolina] All my friends in New York are his friends!
[Oskar] She's adopted my friends! She took over them. So now I don't have friends, she has them all (laughing)
[Karolina] It is hard to keep the friendship because people don't understand that we travel. They just get angry...
[Oskar] That's why you have dance friends.
[Karolina] Yes, very few outside of dancing....
[Oskar] Except of people you know for a very long time, people you grew up with. But outside of danceworld, people just don't get it, you know.
[Karolina] No, not very often. I try... I always say I will go home every two months but we are so busy... We also always thinking money wise, we rather spend money on lessons. So I go home every six months maybe. I try to go home for holidays.
[Oskar] Yes, holidays are times you have to see your family. Karolina lives with me and my family but she needs to see her own family, her brother and sister... her cat (laughing)... her parents...
[Karolina] It is difficult for them as they work a lot. As much as they would love to come to see me competing, they would love to come here to Blackpool as well, it is just so expensive. They would love to but they'd rather help me out financially... They came a few times.
[Oskar] My parents also work a lot and it is hard to take time off to go and see us, especially when you have your own business. My parents run a day care, like a pre-school, and they just cannot take days off. They have kids coming in, they teach, and they cannot just take off to a competition. And it is too hectic for them as well. We sometimes fly in the morning to a competition, dance and we come back the same night or following morning. They wouldn't be able to cope with something like that. But we keep in touch. The first thing we do we always call our parents to tell how it went. When I was younger my parents had to come with me everywhere. When I become fourteen, fifteen my parents started to let me go by myself as it was so expensive. If you go to any big competition in America you have to fly. And you have to pay double for food, entry, accommodation...
[Karolina] But our parents miss coming with us...
[Oskar] I think so as well. All parents would want to watch their kids winning Blackpool! They watch videos. Actually my Dad is more into dancing. The only part my Mom enjoys to watch is the awards part. Pretty much you can just skip the whole competition, it doesn't matter how you danced, except for the dresses which she likes to watch. So you can erase the whole competition, leave the dresses and the awards!
[Oskar] What they try to do is they try to promote dancing for all the kids. So pretty much all the kids get their awards so they are happy. They can all say they are winners.
[Karolina] Because there are so many events, competitions last for several days. But it makes sense as well when you have to travel for many hours to get there you may as well stay for a bit longer. Once we went to California and danced 2 days but we were there for 3. There was a one day break. So we went for a hike with bikes. But the bikes broke and by the time we came back we were burnt and bruised. We always have adventures!
[Oskar] It was fun! There is always something happening because you have to travel so for for the competition and you always have to fly. It is not an hour or two to get there. It is not like in Europe where you an hour or two away. You could even drive from country to country if you want to. But America is pretty big and if you want to get to California from New York you've got to fly.
[Karolina] Everything feels so close in here. It is close, one hour or two hours away to go to Spain or to Poland.
[Oskar] Yes, all parents are Polish. We are "Polak crew"! There are lots of Polish in New York you know. Also in Toronto, Canada.
[Oskar] Yes, but Karolina was almost born in Greece!
[Karolina] I was born in Canada and I am full blown Canadian
[Oskar] Yes, maple syrup loving Canadian, hockey loving Canadian. We have a lot of Canadian jokes in the USA.
[Karolina] We are different. We say sorry a lot.
[Oskar] They are really nice people, too nice. In New York everyone is really not that nice. Here, people are also nice. They will carry bags for you...
[Karolina] I remember, Oskar came to Canada once and we went to grocery store. And he was so surprised because they were like: hi, how are you! Thank you.
[Oskar] In New York people are always so busy and nobody has time for you. People hit you with their car and keep driving!
[Karolina] Or they walk on a street and you have to move over for them because they will walk right onto you!
[Oskar] This persona of New York is very busy and active. Everything is so close together and packed... In Canada is so much space! People have so much time, just driving around or walking on a street. People are relaxed. Canadians are nice people. Anyway, I cannot say anything else as Karolina is here. If she wasn't that would be a different story! (laughing)
[Karolina] Whenever I say I am Canadian he tells me I am American now!
[Oskar] She came to live in America so she is! Whenever our anthem is playing I say to her: Karolina, get your hand on your chest!
[Karolina] In Canada we do not do anything like this! In America, they do it all the time. Every morning, when the school starts they stand up and sing the national anthem.
[Oskar] Americans are very proud and patriotic, that's for sure!
[Karolina] In a near future... this week on Tuesday, we will dance the Under 21 Ballroom. Actually, coming to Blackpool this was our main goal to win that event. Rising Star was a kind of an extra thing which we are so very happy with! We were thinking we might have a chance in Rising Star but we never thought of winning it, we always aimed at Under 21.
[Oskar] So we have to do really well, our best, on Tuesday. This is our last year in Under 21 so we have to show our dancing.
[Karolina] At the UK Open, Rising Stars turned out very good for us...
[Oskar] Yes, we won 2 dances. We were happy of course. And here we were surprised to win as you never know. So we have to dance well on Tuesday also.
[Oskar] It is a mindset. All we were thinking about was Under 21. We never thought of Rising Stars as plausible... We are only 20 and our biggest chance was to win Under 21. You dance with younger people, while in Rising Stars they are more mature and you have to be more mature. We always wanted to win Blackpool and we always thought of Under 21. Karolina is turning 21 in two weeks so we just about made it. This is the last year for it. So winning the Rising Stars was a total surprise, I still cannot believe it! I woke up this morning and said: Karolina, you know, we won it, oh yeah!
[Karolina] The pressure would be there anyway. You always have to dance well.
[Oskar] This competition always makes you give 150%!
[Karolina] It is amazing. The feeling of dancing the final here, the orchestra, everything. The feeling of going out there, the audience cheering for you... It makes you want to go for it!
[Oskar] When you her all the North Americans cheering for you, you don't care how tired you are and you just want to give this 150%. You can pass out on this floor but you are going to give whatever you've got! Under 21 is going to be extra special, we are going to dance in the evening. The Rising Stars final was during the early afternoon, like 1:30pm, so there were not many people there. Still a lot, comparing to New York competitions which are a little bit emptier. But the evening of Under 21 is going to be amazing, is going to be fun.
[Karolina] I know! When you come here it is so special! All the history, all the amazing dancers from all these years. And you are on the same floor on which all these amazing people, where other World champions danced.
[Oskar] You walk inside, it is all beautiful, the lighting, the floor, the presence of the whole ballroom... You don't often have a chance like this.
[Karolina] And you have the World class judges checking you out!
[Oskar] You feel inspired. And I think that getting tired is as much mental as physical thing. If you tell yourself that you are tired, you feel tired. But if you come here and you're inspired by all of this, if you're mentally prepared you can do so much more.
[Oskar] You always have that little extra the ballroom gives you but you have to be prepared for it. You cannot count on luck. You have to work hard at home and be physically strong to be able to pull of all the dances. And for Blackpool you crank it up, you do more.
[Karolina] We play Blackpool music pretty much all year round.
[Oskar] They always turn it off at the studio but I put it on. Some people think it is boring. Until they come here! When you hear it here, you fall in love with it.
[Karolina] When you are young you don't really understand that music. But then you appreciate it a lot.
[Karolina] I mean, when I was younger, like fifteen!
[Oskar] Last year was our first Blackpool. We never danced Blackpool before. So when our coaches played Blackpool music we thought: was is it? It was so different.
[Karolina] No vocals...
[Oskar] And when you come here you hear the orchestra playing it, and you get goose bumps all over. It is so amazing to hear it live. So before UK Open, and before International we played Ross Mitchell music as well, orchestra music.
[Oskar] Definitely! And for the UK Open as well. We loved the Royal Albert Hall. I felt like a gladiator dancing there!
[Karolina] When we finished dancing he stopped and said: where is our exit?? Because the floor is all round and the same. I remembered which judges were standing by the exit so I said: there!
[Oskar] The floor has no corners and you go round and round.... There are so many couples and when the music finishes you don't know where to go. It put me off a bit.
[Oskar] Yes! You go down backstage and then back up. People watch you and you see their feet and their shoes first when you return to the floor. But it is nice. It's a nice experience. This year we have a star and will not have to get up early morning to dance
[Karolina] Last year we had to wake up 4am to get ready and take a train to Brentwood for 8am! And we danced all day and between rounds we were sleeping.
[Oskar] We arrived to London only two days earlier and we were totally jet-lagged. Our brains were scrambled!
[Oskar] Very true!


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>Susceptible individuals may be especially prone to these fainting episodes if any of the following conditions are present: mild blood loss; anemia; fever; hypoglycemia; or injury. At times the person who experiences syncope has undergone prolonged bed rest. This is the mechanism that is at work when people faint at the sight of needles or blood. The person who experienced a fainting spell only when donating blood, however, is not likely to have a problem during a dive.
>The vagus nerve is the cranial nerve that controls the heart rate by slowing it. This results in a decrease in cardiac output and blood pressure. The brain, being the organ most sensitive to a decrease in oxygen, reacts to the situation with a fainting spell. The faint causes the person to assume the supine position (lying down) and restores normal blood flow to the brain.
>Carotid sinus syncope is a related phenomenon: this mechanism also works through cranial nerves (the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves). Within the carotid arteries (large arteries in the neck) chemical and pressure receptors provide feedback on blood flow and blood pressure. When appropriate, the feedback results in a decrease in the heart rate and blood pressure. Some people have exquisitely sensitive carotid sinuses and may faint when pressure is applied directly to that area of the neck. Medical students are taught very early on not to check both carotid pulses at the same time, especially in the elderly, who may have atherosclerosis in these arteries.
>For the rare person who faints with slight pressure to the carotid arteries, various terms are used to describe the phenomenon (e.g., hairbrush syncope, shaving syncope). These individuals may faint when simply turning their head to the side or wearing a tight collar. For those individuals who are more sensitive to pressure on the carotid, DAN advises caution before deciding whether to dive.
>Any condition in which a person may suddenly and unpredictably lose consciousness should be considered disqualifying for safe diving. And for the rare individuals with such sensitive carotid bodies that they experience a syncopal episode with the slightest pressure to the carotid artery, they should be thoroughly evaluated by a physician and likely discouraged from diving.


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As NVH is a key concern at Ford Motor Co.—Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president of Global Product Development, recently stated that they are working to "Understand every noise path," as quiet vehicles are desirable—when a transmission prototype had sound pressure levels of 10 to 15 dB greater than the nominal values, Jack S.P. Liu, Das Ramnath, and Rajesh Adhikari worked to (1) determine the source of the noise, which was in the 1,800 to 1,900 Hz range, and (2) to develop simple analytical models to quickly compute the transmission chain drive system resonances. It had been determined that chain-sprocket meshing noise was the most significant noise source. So the team worked to analytically predict chain drive system resonance, as they assumed that the existence of chain resonances can amplify radiated chain meshing noise.
Needless to say, this was a complex task, involving complex calculations and analysis. The engineers deployed mathematical software from Maplesoft (www.maplesoft.com) to model the physical system so as to gain an understanding of the vibrational behavior. They used Maple software to validate mathematical model predictions against both an ABAQUS CAE model and experimental test results. Additionally, they created a predictive design tool to develop analytical models and predict chain drive dynamics.
Bottom line, they accurately determined the exact locations of the 1,800-Hz noise source and the problematic noise peak. This information is important in developing quiet, smooth chain drive systems.


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No escape: man with history of evasion attempts to flee from police again
Police arrested a man in Orange on Sunday, Dec. 15, after the man, who reportedly has a history of evasion, attempted to flee while being questioned by an Orange Police officer.
At approximately 10:55 p.m. Sunday night, OPD Officer Patrick McDonald was on patrol in the 2200 block of Cross Lane in Orange. McDonald reported observing a vehicle stopped first in the roadway and then in the driveway of a residence on Cross Lane. Two men were sitting inside. The officer approached the vehicle and spoke to the men. One of them told the officer he lived at the residence. While speaking with the first man, the officer reportedly saw the second man reach inside his right front pocket. McDonald ordered the man to keep his hands visible, at which point he said the man began to argue and exit the vehicle. The man then fled on-foot from the scene. McDonald pursued the suspect and deployed his Taser but missed the mark. The suspect continued to flee, and McDonald eventually caught up with the man, later identified as 31-year-old Albert Jermal Leblanc of Orange, forcing him to the ground. Leblanc reportedly had two warrants, one of which was for evading in a motor vehicle. He was arrested and taken into custody for the warrants, for evading by foot, and for possession of marijuana. He was transported to the Orange County Jail.


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Cram's plans for New York Auto Show, auto makers 5 million build and AMC's axing of the original CUV highlight Decembers in automotive history, as covered by Ward's.
85 Years Ago (Dec 1927): 1928 to Be Year of the Dealer; Makers Gear Up for New York Auto Show
1928 will be a "year of dealer in the automotive industry," Cram's Automotive Reports (predecessor to Ward's Automotive Reports) declares inDealer Position In Industry to Be Strengthened In 1928, in the Dec. 17, 1927, issue. Cram's says "In our opinion, based upon an intimate knowledge of present conditions and immediate future plans, the dealer organizations will be, more than ever before, the deciding factors in the successes or failures that will be written during the next 12 months…As a matter of fact, it is quite apparent that the industry leaders feel likewise, for there are unmistakable signs of giving the dealer organization greater co-operation and consideration than ever before...The manufacturers making the greatest strides in this direction will likewise make the greatest strides in business progress."
"All Roads Lead To New York For Automotive Industrydeclares Cram's Dec, 31, issue, addressing the upcoming Jan. 4-14, 1928, New York Auto Show to be held in Grand Central Place. The story notes, "Every vehicle manufacturer in the country will exhibit to his dealer organization and to the general public his 1928 products." In a sidebar, the publication tells subscribers, "During New York Show week, B.H. Cram, president of Cram's Automotive Reports Inc., together with a staff, will maintain headquarters at the Vanderbilt Hotel...Any client desiring information concerning displays is urged to wire or write Mr. Cram at the above address and his requests will be given immediate attention."
75 Years Ago (Dec 1937): Second-Best Vehicle Production; Pierce-Arrow Bankrupt; Grand Jury Dismissed
Production in 1937 will reach 5.0 million-plus cars and trucks, second only to 1929's record 5,621,715 units, Wards Automotive Reports forecasts in its Dec. 25, 1937 newsletter. In 1937 Was Changing Year, WAR says the 1937 tally will include a record 910,000 trucks and commercial cars (the latter being light-delivery vehicles based on passenger-car components). The story points out the year began strong with assembly plants, faced with periodic strikes, hard-pressed to meet mounting dealer order backlogs. But the midyear onset of an economic recession coupled with fall price hikes totaling as much as 10% and competition from a glut of used cars "put the brakes on sales and production in the second half of the year." At the same time, banks and finance companies "moved in early fall to curtail the finance period from 24 months to 18 months with somewhat of an increase desired in the original down payment."
Storied luxury-car maker Pierce-Arrow Corp., founded in 1901 and owned since 1932 by a group of investors, files voluntary bankruptcy, having built only 55 cars at its now closed Buffalo, NY, plant in the first 11 months of 1937. Output in 1936 totaled 1,093. The auto maker says it is taking the action to "preserve the status quo" while its reorganization plan moves forward. (The company is liquidated in May 1938 with Seagrave Fire Apparatus, acquiring the rights to P-A's V-12 engine that will, in various forms, power Seagrave fire engines up to the early 1970s.)
To the relief of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors executives, a Milwaukee, WI, Federal Court judge dismisses a Grand Jury looking into charges of collusion in auto financing. The move comes with the understanding that the U.S. Dept. of Justice is negotiating a consent decree with the three auto makers.
50 Years Ago (Dec 1962): Dealer Inventory Low; Cadillac Expands; GM Turbo Engines
Thanks to booming '63-model sales, U.S. domestic-make dealers open December with the lowest days' supply of new cars since 1959, notes WAR's Dec. 10, 1962, issue. The 749,600 cars on hand Nov. 30 equaled a mere 28.5 days,' down from 30.2 the prior year and 45.8 in like-1960. The Nov. 30 days' supply count is virtually the same as the 28.3 days' posted three years earlier, when a United Steel Workers union strike severely curtailed production. At the low end, standard Pontiac (less the compact Tempest) and Cadillac models fall into WAR's 15 days'-or-less grouping, while Mercury Monterey, at the high end, is the only model in the 31-35 days' range.
Cadillac says it is planning a two-year expansion of its Detroit assembly and engineering facilities. While the auto maker is mum about the dollar value, analysts peg the cost at $55 million. Most of the work, including a new parking structure and engineering building, is slated for Cadillac's Clark St. complex, where the administration building also will be enlarged and "modernized." In addition, a warehouse will be built at the division's Detroit press plant.
Production of GM cars with turbocharged engines will reach some 24,000 in 1962, WAR forecasts. Chevy Corvair's air-cooled 145-cid, 150-hp H-6 accounts for 16,000 units along with 8,000 of the 215-hp, 215-cid V-8s used in Olds' F-85 Jetfire coupe and convertible.
25 Years Ago (Dec 1987): Record Truck Output; Ford Eyes VW Plant; Last 4WD Eagle Built
WAR says on Dec. 28 that U.S. truck production, "buoyed by soaring demand for light-duty" models will reach a record 3.8 million-plus units in 1987, besting the prior high point of 3,722,000 posted in 1978, just before the 1979 onset of a deep recession, resulting from high inflation and the country's second fuel shortage in six years. Production bottomed out at 1,638,000 trucks in 1980.
Ford confirms it has some interest in acquiring Volkswagen of America's Westmoreland, PA, plant that will close at the end of the '88 model year. Ford says it will notify the state within 30 to 60 days if it wants to purchase the facility. Chrysler began building the plant, called New Stanton after the nearby city, in the early 1970s, but sold the unfinished facility mid-decade as its finances began to falter. VW opened the plant, re-named Westmoreland for the county in which it is located, in 1978. Production began with the Rabbit (Golf) hatchback, but a Rabbit-based pickup was built there in 1979-1983 and the Jetta sedan was added in 1986.
Chrysler builds the last 4-wheel-drive Eagle station wagon at the former American Motors plant in Brampton, ON, Canada, Dec. 14. Developed as an '80-model all-wheel-drive variant of AMC's aging rear-drive Concord compact (debuting as the Hornet in fall 1969), the wagon was joined for a time by 2- and 4-door sedans. But other than the substitution of fuel-saving part-time AWD in '81, the Eagle remained basically unchanged over the years. The same AWD system also was used on the short-lived Eagle SX4 based on AMC's smaller Gremlin/Spirit models.


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Swine flu jab linked to narcolepsy
A swine flu jab which was given to hundreds of thousands of children carried an increased risk of developing the sleep disorder narcolepsy, research has suggested.
Pandemrix, a vaccine used in response to the swine flu pandemic that began in 2009, increased children's risk of narcolepsy - a chronic disorder which causes excessive daytime sleepiness, research suggests. For every 55,000 doses delivered around one child developed the condition, said health experts.
At the height of the pandemic, between October 2009 and March 2010, more than 850,000 English children aged six months to 16 years were given the vaccine.
And the jab was also administered to many more people when supplies of the seasonal flu vaccine diminished - 170,000 people, including children, were given the injection between October 2010 to February 2011.
But health experts cautioned that the many children who received the jab are well and are expected to "remain fine" as symptoms appear to develop a few months after the vaccine is given. The injection has not been in use for almost two years.
The research, published in the British Medical Journal, examined 75 children aged between four and 18 who were diagnosed with narcolepsy from January 2008 and who attended sleep centres across England. Researchers from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and Papworth and Addenbrooke's hospitals in Cambridge found that 11 of these had received the vaccine before their symptoms began.
After adjusting for clinical conditions, the authors associated the vaccination with a 14-fold increased risk of narcolepsy. In absolute numbers, this means that one in 52,000 to 57,500 doses are associated with narcolepsy, said the authors. Since 2011, the use of the vaccine in people under the age of 20 across Europe has been restricted following reports of increased cases of the sleep disorder - which is characterised by periods of extreme drowsiness, sudden naps, and paralysis attacks.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "Pandemrix was developed specifically for use in a flu pandemic when the number of lives lost and serious cases could have been enormous.
"The decision to recommend that children got this vaccine during the flu pandemic was based on evidence available at the time, along with the advice from the European Medicines Agency which approved its use. We keep all emerging evidence under review and that's why use of pandemrix in those less than 20 years old was stopped in the UK in 2011."
Narcolepsy, which is thought to affect about 20,000 people in the UK, has a genetic component but this has to be triggered by other factors in order for the condition to appear.