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Ford Taurus owner manual (PDF file and Zip file available)
Free Ford Taurus owner manual are available to download here. The owner manual covers most of the Ford Taurus model year like 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and more. The owner manual for older Taurus model year from 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, to 1998 is also available to download. Other than that, you can also find the owner manual for older Ford cars here. Here we shared you where you can download all these owner manuals and repair manuals online easily.

Source: Cars, Fast Cars, Cool Cars, Sports Cars

Following the “Astronepic” word invention by Southpeak comes this debut trailer for their RPG, Two Worlds II. Check out what awaits you in the land of Antaloor come September 14th, 2010 after the jump.
 
 
 
 

Lee DeWyze is crowned as the Ninth American Idol winner. When he was asked why he thought he would be the next winner, “Because there’s a time and place for everything, and this is my time and my place,” answered the mild-mannered salesman from Mount Prospect, Illinois.  “I’m just happy, man. I’ve never been happier in my life. I appreciate everything everybody has done,” said the 24-year-old American Idol. He beated Crystal Bowersox of Elliston, Ohio. Both contestants auditioned in Chicago. DeWyze sang “Hallelujah”, “The Boxer” and “Beautiful Day” last May 25. He won the majority of the viewer’s votes with less than two percent of the votes separating them.

The finale was like no other as it is also Simon Cowell’s last appearance as a judge on American Idol. Paula Abdul took Cowell’s hand and led him on stage. “I didn’t think I was going to be this emotional,” said Cowell. “I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support, the fun and your sense of humor. The truth is, everyone asks who’s going to replace me as the next judge. The truth is, you guys are the judges of this show, and you’ve done an incredible job over the years.

Related posts:

1. Paula Abdul Will Be a Lead Judge in the New CBS Show: Got to Dance
2. Michael McDonald is in American Idol’s Finale
3. Ellen DeGeneres Could Not Fit into the Shoes of Paula Abdul!

Software company Dangerous Decisions now offers Safe Driver — an iPhone app that enables owners to keep tabs on its employees who drive around in company vehicles.

This program uses the iPhone’s GPS transponder and accelerometer to measure and record vehicle acceleration, braking, cornering, and speed. Parameters can be set up by booting up the software, driving with the iPhone in the car, and saving the results. Parents, managers, and other persons in authority immediately get an e-mail or a text message if the driver exceeds any of the saved parameters. Detailed reports indicating the route driven, top speed, and other violations, will also be sent through email. Dangerous Decisions has designed the program to encourage safe driving. When drivers reach 95% of any preset limit, they are warned by a flashing amber light and an audible tone. As soon as they break the parameter, the application will flash red and will emit a different tone. The basic Safe Driver application can be downloaded for free, but the Pro version, which costs $24.99, enables the administrator to customize parameters for various vehicles. Dangerous Decisions recommends that the iPhone be placed on a cradle or dock to prevent it from falsely recording excessive movement.

[via automobilemag]

Source: Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots

Red Dead Redemption is running low on supply in the UK. This fact shouldn’t come as a surprise considering how it currently sits at number 1 in the UK charts. Rockstar Games, fortunately, is on top of

Jesse Hockett “The Rocket”, died last Wednesday in an accident at his race shop in his hometown Warsaw, Missouri. It was reported that Hockett was electrocuted while getting his hauler ready for the upcoming four- day weekend of racing. He just came from his most successful season where he won 22 times last year. Hockett went to victory lane 130 tiems in his career that included stints with USAC, SCRA, ACSC Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series and the Sprint Bandits. He was a two-time champion (2006 and 2007) and is the current points leader.

Hockett was regarded as a powerful competitor whether he had wings, a 410 or 360 engine or Hoosier or Goodyear tires. He took on challengers like the World of Outlaws of the Weekend Warriors. He also won in big events which included both the Western World Championship in Arizona and the Perris Oval Nationals in California in 2008. He also won last year’s non-wing Ultimate Challenge at Oskaloosa Speedway in Iowa.

The 26-year-old racer left this world as a winner, capturing three features last weekend in his home state, including Friday at State Fair in Sedalia, Saturday at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, and Sunday at the Double X Speedway near the town of California.

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1. Brian Vickers Hospitalized, Will not Participate Dover Int’l Race
2. Powerful California Lawmaker Wants To Sever Ties With Arizona
3. Arizona Still In The Cross-hairs Of Liberals

Amazon pitched its Kindle Dx as a perfect replacement from having to lug around heavy textbooks in college, but it seems that the drawbacks to the technology have students pining for the old textbooks (found via Slashdot). In fact, in a survey after using the Kindle Dx for a while, “80 percent of MBA students who participated in Amazon’s pilot program said they would not recommend the Kindle DX as a classroom study aid…” And it’s not that they don’t like ebooks. The same report notes that “more than 90 percent liked it for pleasure reading.” Apparently not being able to “scribble notes in the margins, easily highlight passages or fully appreciate color charts and graphics” is sort of a pain for educational settings. Who knew?

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To avoid a scenario where there’s a lack of competition, Magna International Inc.’s planned takeover of bankrupt supplier Wilhelm Karmann GmbH’s roof division was blocked by German antitrust regulators.

Last Wednesday, Andreas Mundt, president of the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO), said that the market in Europe for convertible roof systems is “already highly concentrated.” He thinks that a Magna-Karmann tie-up would mean that there would only be two big providers. They worry that if the acquisition were allowed, the market for convertible roofs would be dominated by Magna/Karmann and Webasto. The Germany-based Webasto had recently acquired the roof unit of German supplier Edscha. Mundt said that it’s probable that the lack of competition would lead to higher prices. In 2009, the value of Europe’s convertible roof business was about 600 million euros (about $733 million). In a March interview with Automotive News Europe, Guenter Apfalter, president of Magna International Austrian unit Magna Steyr, was asked if carmakers were concerned about the potential lack of competition. He said that the OEMs, which make convertible cars, are actually supportive of the deal. He added that the OEMs think that the industry needs a “strong company in the roof business with a strong financing backing.”

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Source: Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots

Team17 Software has announced the upcoming release of Alien Breed: Impact for the PS3 and PC. Set for release this summer, the highly explosive science fiction arcade-shooter promises to resurrect the classic franchise with brand new features

Michael McDonald performed last night in one of television’s biggest event, American Idol 2010 Finale Episode.

The gold and platinum-selling American singer and songwriter is described as a “blue-eyed soul” singer and said to have a range of “husky”, “soulful” yet baritone range.

McDonald started his performance in the show with it’s official, “We’re taking a trip back to ’80s AC radioland“.

Judges on American Idol and fans selected last night winner from the final two contestants, Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze. The episode was also the final appearance of the long time judge Simon Cowell. Fans awaited as Simon gives his final critique. The former judge Paula Abdul made her appearance later on the show, and vocalist Christina Aguilera also performed.

As for the result, Lee DeWyze wins American Idol. After the show, he said indeed he intends to sing.

Related posts:

1. Who won American Idol 2010?
2. Say ‘Hallelujah’ to Lee Dewyze
3. Judges Pick Songs for American Idol’s Top Three

David Jaffe has said that while he would love the idea of a new Twisted Metal, he isn’t. That’s what he said, alright, but the Official PlayStation Magazine is saying otherwise.
 
 
 
 

Apodizing Filters eliminate undesirable intensity variations in optical systems.

San Clemente, CA – Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and thin film coatings, announces the Bullseye™ inverted apodizing neutral density filter. This filter is part of the Bullseye™ apodizer line of customizable gradient filters. These filters eliminate undesirable intensity variations in optical systems. The density of the filter increases radially from a clear center, where light is usually at its peak intensity, to the outside edge, where it can becomes completely opaque.

The Bullseye™ apodizing filter can be designed for most distribution functions, such as a Gaussian function, regardless of the size of the beam. The distribution function, substrate type, and bandwidth are a function of the customer’s specific requirements.

Key features include:
• Density gradients can be customized to suit any application
• The filter can be applied to a number of different substrate types
• Can be designed to be used from the UV to the Far IR.

Inserting a Bullseye™ apodizing filter at the aperture stop of your imaging system modifies the intensity variations of your light source which can result in the elimination of edge diffraction patterns.

Application examples are found in diverse industries, such as:
• Entertainment – To make light distribution uneven for cosmetic applications.
• Imaging – To break up diffraction patterns by the introduction of soft edges.
• Photography – To create soft edged in pictures
• Industrial – To make sensors more sensitive in the center of the field of view
• Astronomy – To reduce high intensity light sources around the featured object

“The custom features of our Bullseye™ Apodizer filters allow system designers to match the exact requirements of their instrument, whether the need is for one filter, or in production volumes.” Says Randy Reynard, Vice President of Reynard Corporation.

About Reynard Corporation
Established in 1984, Reynard Corporation designs and manufactures precision thin film optical products for a global customer base, both military and commercial. In-house operation capabilities include design, fabrication, photolithography, coating, and sub-assembly for a one-stop solution. Contact us for a free optical reference and product catalog, or visit our webpage for online ordering and reference at http://www.reynardcorp.com, 949-366-8866.

The Motion Index Drive series RT Trunnions handle a large range of turnover applications. Our RT Series Trunnions are designed and manufactured to handle high offset loads.

Offered in a predetermined fixed index with a mechanical locking dwell and mechanical accel and decel or in a 100% programmable flexible barrel cam which can give you infinite positioning ability.

Our RT series Trunnion Index Drives can come equipped with safety locking devices that can be mounted on the output flange or on the gear motor.

Motion Index Drives also offers complete trunnion solutions with head and tail stock risers and base frames. We also offer control panels for semi automated solutions.

Our flexible solutions can achieve an accuracy of 0.0009″ (0.023mm) at 150″ (3.8 meter) swing diameter.

Most RT Series trunnions are 100% maintenance free.

This new model replaces the older B3/30 SEPEX model with a new AC powered model. Faster performance, improved control and greater power efficiency are the 3 main features of this new model. All the maintenance benefits of our existing 4 wheel AC models are now available on this unit, including no power steering motor and no motor brushes on the traction or hydraulic motors.

Pictures, logos, labels and much more – engraving and marking on various organic and inorganic material surfaces. This is an impressive option!

Laser engraving and marking with a CO2 laser

* Up to 3000 x 3000 mm
* High resolution up to 1200 dpi
* Engraving of reliefs
* No tool changing
* Upgrade for existing systems

The principle is simple.
The application brilliant.
The result more than precise.

Along with 13 other formats, eurolaser also markets the world’s largest laser engraving machine.

A new line of vacuum suction cups and interchangeable fittings that are offered in various styles and materials for specific applications is being introduced by ANVER Corporation of Hudson, Massachusetts.

ANVER Vacuum Suction Cups come in flat, single, and multi-bellows styles in sizes ranging from 5mm to 150mm dia. and various durometers. Featuring silicone cups molded from a clear, translucent compound that is FDA Title 21 approved and meets the German Specification of BGVV (BGA) Part XV, they are ideal for high temperature applications requiring cups without dyes.

Supplied in styles for all types of industrial applications, ANVER Vacuum Suction Cups are available in a wide range of elastomer compounds which are all metric and fully interchangeable with most European-made cups. A variety of fittings and suspensions suitable for product transfer, material handling, packaging, and printing applications are also offered.

Megadyne have developed a new timing belt RPP8 designed for conveyor and
transfer lines, specifically for painting systems.

Belts are silicon free and do not contain contaminants, as requested for water or
solvent based paints; the purity of materials and the absence of polluting particles
guarantee painted surfaces always perfect and without any defect.

Structure
Fiberglass cords with high elastic module and a special surface treatment [2]
Belt body [4] and back [1] made of NBR based compound with an high purity degree and without contaminating agents.
Fabric on teeth [3] with high wearing resistance, with a nitrilic based treatment to protect the external surface.

Properties
Silicon free and without surface impurities and contaminants, according to car manufacturers’ standard and tests made by Forschungsinstitut für Pigmente und Lacke e.V. of the Stuttgart University.
High resistance to ozone and adequate resistance to lubricating oils
Working temperatures from -20°C up to 100°C
No need at all for maintenance and lubrication
Performances equivalent to RPP SILVER
Complete interchangeability on RPP and HTD pulleys pitch 8M

11/19/2009

TGW Mechanics GmbH has nearly 30 years of experience in the construction of stacker cranes for automated storage and retrieval applications which has now been used to develop a completely new version of the Mustang single-mast device. With the Mustang evolution the Austrian market leader for automatic mini-load cranes created a new device that combines well-proven technologies with fundamentally new approaches of handling machine engineering.

Since the early 1980s TGW Mechanics, headquartered in Wels, Austria, has been engineering stacker cranes in lightweight design for automated storage and retrieval applications (AS/RS). The company has implemented more than 3,600 mini-load handling machines since 1996. Producing more than 300 mini-load cranes per year makes TGW a global market leader. “In the last 6 years we clearly noticed a trend towards absolute high performance applications”, says Christoph Wolkerstorfer, Director of Product Development at TGW Mechanics. “In this period of time we implemented more than 1,000 Mustang single-mast cranes which are particularly suitable for high performance applications worldwide.” In order to meet the increased performance requirements, TGW’ cranes had to be adapted to satisfy the highest demands on construction engineering and technical complexity.

Lightweight Design Reduces Weight by 25 %

Now TGW concentrated the long experience in the field of high performance applications on the further development of their stacker crane technology and are about to launch the new Mustang evolution. “The Mustang evolution still uses the same lightweight construction design as the former Mustang version, combined with newer technologies and engineering approaches that are totally new in stacker crane construction,” adds Wolkerstorfer. “This way we created a handling machine that offers considerable advantages, especially with respect to energy efficiency.” The Mustang evolution is a single-mast crane with a maximum payload of 100 kg (220 lbs) and an optimum height of 12 m (39 ft). These height and weight specifications meet the requirements of more than 70 % of all AS/RS solutions.”

The Mustang evolution uses aircraft construction concepts, reducing its overall weight by about 25 %. Much of this comes from the new construction design of the mast, where specially rolled profiles, consistently adapted material thickness and high-strength bolted connections make the new mast three times stiffer yet lighter than with the former Mustang version. The chassis, chassis frame, and lifting unit were reinforced and re-engineered using this weight-optimised design.

Improved Centre of Gravity for Better Distribution of Loads

“Further enhancements in the Mustang evolution come from improvements to the crane’s centre of gravity and better distribution of loads to the running wheels”, adds Christoph Wolkerstorfer. Positioning the drive units at the front end of the chassis and lowering the control cabinet helped to adjust the centre of gravity. The Mustang evolution is now a “front wheel drive and low-slung” crane so to speak.

The combination of the higher stiffness of the mast, the improved centre of gravity, and the friction wheel drive at the bottom rail allows the Mustang evolution to reach maximum speeds of 6 m/s (19.7 ft/s), even with a height of 12 m (39 ft). Combined with a lifting acceleration of 3 m/s2 (9.8 ft/s2) and a maximum lifting speed of 3 m/s (9.8 ft/s), the Mustang evolution is the new standard for high performance in the largest range of automated storage and retrieval applications.

The small spring applied brake series from Ogura (models MCNB 2, 5, and 10) have been redesigned and will now have a thinner profile. The brakes overall reduction in thickness is around 30%. Advances in friction material have allowed the brakes to maintain their same torque rating while eliminating the need for higher force springs and a correspondently higher wattage coil. The new thinner spring applied holding brakes are ideal for the servo motor and robotics industries where size and weight is always a concern. Since less steel is used in the coil shell and less copper in the windings, cost of the brakes are also lower than the current MCNB series. On some of the models, the outside diameter has been slightly reduced but all of the models have the same through whole mounting dimensions as the current MCNB brakes, so brake models will be interchangeable
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Ogura has been producing clutches and brakes since 1938. Over that time, we have developed over 5,000 different models of clutches and brakes. Although Ogura primarily produces electromagnetic clutches and brakes, we also produce magnet particle, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and a variety of specialty products. Ogura is the world’s largest manufacturer of electromagnetic clutches and brakes. Current manufacturing capacity is over 30 million units per year. To provide localized support, we have fourteen manufacturing plants spread throughout the world in Asia, The Americas, and Europe. All manufacturing facilities are ISO recognized and conform to the ISO 9001;2008, ISO 140001, and ISO/TS 16949.

If you would like us to build a special product for you or to modify one of our existing standard models, please contact us at 732-271-7361, and we will assist you in finding a product that will meet your needs. Or if you prefer, please visit our website at www.ogura-clutch.com for immediate information. Ogura Industrial Corp. Somerset, NJ.