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January 12, 2009
Autodesk Acquires ALGOR
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On December 17, 2008, Autodesk, Inc. announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of analysis and simulation software, for approximately $34 million.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ALGOR's computer aided engineering software is used for product design and development in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer products, defense, energy and utilities industries. The acquisition will strengthen the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping with new advanced simulation functionality, including multiphysics, mechanical event simulation and fluid flow.
"Autodesk strives to offer manufacturers the most comprehensive and easy-to-use Digital Prototyping solution on the market," said Robert "Buzz" Kross, senior vice president of Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions. "The acquisition of ALGOR will add significant new capabilities to virtually test and predict the impact of simultaneous real world conditions like heat and pressure on product designs."
"Since 1976, ALGOR's accurate, easy-to-use analysis and simulation tools have helped mechanical engineers make better, safer products at a lower cost," said Michael Bussler, president and founder of ALGOR. "We have enjoyed a long-standing partnership with Autodesk, and the combination of our proven technologies will be an exciting new chapter for our customers worldwide."
ALGOR's software and services enable complex simulations on products ranging from mobile phones and printer cartridges to oil pipelines. Following the acquisition, Autodesk customers will have the opportunity to perform even more sophisticated analysis based on real-world structural and thermal conditions, allowing mechanical engineers to make informed product development decisions.
Upon completion of the acquisition, Autodesk's current intent is to integrate ALGOR into its Manufacturing Solutions business unit and to continue developing and selling ALGOR's core product line. Autodesk plans to continue developing the ALGOR products with an open approach, allowing direct data exchange between ALGOR products and multiple computer aided design software offerings.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.
ALGOR software's wide range of simulation capabilities includes: static stress with linear and nonlinear material models; Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) for nonlinear, multi-body dynamics with large-scale motion, large deformation and large strain with body-to-body contact; linear dynamics; fatigue; CFD including steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow and mass transfer; electrostatics; full multiphysics; and piping. All analysis capabilities are available within FEMPRO, ALGOR's easy-to-use single user interface. For more information about ALGOR software, visit
Commentary By Jeffrey Rowe, Editor
It wasn't all that long ago that analysis (CAE) capabilities integrated into MCAD products were a novelty and few and far between. Sure, there were add-ons and standalone engineering analysis products available for a long time, but integrating them into a design product and process was quite a step forward. That's changed pretty dramatically, however, in the past few years to the point where virtually all mainstream MCAD products have at least rudimentary analysis features integrated into them.
Incorporating CAE, such as FEA (finite element analysis) into the product design process can help speed production trimming development cycles. Specifically, FEA helps minimize the physical prototyping phase of development.
FEA requires you to establish boundary conditions - the part materials and a definition of how the part operates - and then the software simulates the behavior of a component in its physical environment, taking into account how forces will affect the part and in what way the part is supported.
Although it has come from many sources, the stress analysis functionality in Autodesk Inventor software helps you understand how parts perform under load, so you can determine whether designs have sufficient strength to perform without failure. The stress analysis tools are integrated with the dynamic simulation tools, so you can perform stress analysis with accurate load conditions that are calculated directly from the dynamic behavior of the design.
Several years ago I was certain that Autodesk would get on the bandwagon and acquire CAE technology, just as many of its competitors had. I speculated that ANSYS would be the likely target, however. ANSYS was highly profitable and probably too expensive to acquire then, even for Autodesk.
Way back when before any acquisitions were made, Autodesk Inventor did have some FEA capability, though it was limited to part analysis and licensed from ANSYS. Now, with the ALGOR acquisition, Inventor can build on the PlassoTech capability (from a previous CAE acquiition) including structural, thermal, and dynamic analyses.
Of course, ALGOR is not the first analysis acquisition made by Autodesk. In August 2007, Autodesk acquired a little-known company, PlassoTech, a supplier of analysis and simulation software for the mechanical design market. The acquisition of PlassoTech was intended to let Autodesk enhance the simulation and optimization capabilities found in Inventor software making it easier for customers to simulate, optimize, and validate a complete digital prototype.
With the acquisition, Autodesk integrated PlassoTech technology into the Inventor product family, augmenting existing FEA tools. The technology brought some interesting capabilities to the Inventor product line, including:
buckling. It also includes advanced functionalities to test dynamic stress, transient thermal, and large deformation analysis of solid and shell models with various contact conditions.
At the time of the acquisition PlassoTech had less than 10 employees. So why PlassoTech? Easy . . . Autodesk liked PlassoTech's ease of use and its solver was fast.
As Autodesk incorporated PlassoTech technology into its Inventor products, it discontinued selling standalone products or add-ons as separate items. Before the acquisition, PlassoTech was selling some of its products to several of Inventor's rivals, including Solid Edge, Pro/ENGINEER, and SolidWorks.
Up to the time of the latest acquisition, ALGOR was integrating its base static stress FEA "Designcheck" package with several CAD products, including Rhino, KeyCreator, SolidWorks and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop. It appears that several of ALGOR's strategic business partners were caught unaware the Autodesk takeover. Will ALGOR still service competing MCAD products? It appears so for the time being, according to the announcement, but this could change at any time.
I found one of the most interesting quotes in the announcement to be, "continue developing the ALGOR products with an open approach." Exactly what this means is anybody's guess, especially knowing Autodesk's stand and position on companies or individuals who develop products that read and write to its DWG drawing format. We'll just have to wait and see just what "open" means in this context.
So I guess it comes down to how much FEA code through acquisition is enough? That question remains to be answered, but it appears that Autodesk is going to continue on its acquisition march – FEA and beyond.
Editor's Note: Upcoming Software Review – Siemens PLM Software NX 6
For the January 26 edition of MCAD Weekly, the top story will be a software review of NX 6, the newest version of one of the flagship products from Siemens PLM Software. This is a very significant release because it incorporates the company's unique Synchronous Technology for synchronous modeling while promoting Design Freedom.
So, stay tuned for a review of this significant release that was one of the major highlights for MCAD software in 2008 in the January 26, 2009 edition of MCAD Weekly.
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DP Technology releases ESPRIT Mold Version 10 CAM software
DP Technology is now shipping ESPRIT Mold Version 10 (v10), the latest generation of its mold software. Twenty-two new 5-axis machining strategies have been added to the existing 5-axis functionalities within ESPRIT Mold, an upgrade that translates to even greater machining flexibility and improved cycle times. The new FreeForm 5-axis composite machining cycle allows users to independently define machining patterns and tool orientation strategies to be used for creating simultaneous 5-axis toolpaths, and includes 20 different machining strategies (cycles) in one. An existing ESPRIT Mold file can now be used as a machining template for a new job, which allows for a
dramatic reduction in programming time. Users can now drag and drop existing ESPRIT Mold files into the active workspace of ESPRIT Mold. The machining process of the imported file will be added into the new file, thus providing users with the ability to regenerate existing machining cycles onto new part geometry —realizing monumental time savings. Users can now also view simulation at any point on the toolpath, which allows for inspection of the toolpath at any location. This gives the user the ability to make a quick inspection, negating the need to simulate preceding areas.
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Murray Heller Warren Family, Port Arthur, Texas, c1905. Photograph in "Grandmother Remembers" scrapebook compiled by Lois Jaqueline (Judson) Wells. Privately held by Herstoryan, Houston, Texas. 2010
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Interesting picture. I wonder what was happening to their right, as 3 of the 5 are distracted, where as Lois and her brother are looking directly at the photographer.ReplyDelete
Port Arthur -- the people that I know from Port Arthur are in the oil and tanker business. What about in 1905? Your pictures always bring out the questions in me---
Nice! When I saw your tweet I HAD to follow it, it made me jump, my husband is also an MH Warren, so was his father. But they originate in KYReplyDelete
Thye all have a different expressions on their face, although three of them are looking to their right. This picture is very historice, preserve and share with future generationsReplyDelete
Love the picture... as always. You have some real goodies! I also want to know what they are looking at:-).ReplyDelete
I always love your pictures! This one is certainly very interesting. As the wife of a professional photographer, I always wonder what was going on BEHIND the camera. Alas, we will never know.ReplyDelete
Great photograph! I'm with the other commentors in wondering what was going on that we can't see. I'm also looking at the body language. Sometimes in photos you can see a head inclined toward or a hand resting on another person. Murry Jr.'s head is just barely inclined toward his sister. Murry Sr. seems to have drawn himself slightly away from everyone else. It would be interesting to know more about individual relationships in this family. Lois is really quite beautiful, isn't she?ReplyDelete


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Yeovil Town ended a slump of six straight league defeats as they defeated Colchester 3-1 at Huish Park.
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GEISMAR, La. — An explosion and fire at a chemical plant today in southeastern Louisiana spewed three chemicals, including hazardous vinyl chloride, into the air, authorities said.
No one was injured at the Westlake Vinyls plant in the Geismar community, an area that is home to a large number of chemical plants and refineries that dot the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
State police spokesman Russell Graham said it wasn't clear how much gas was released, but a small cloud was hovering over the plant. A handful of residents in the area were advised to stay indoors, keep doors and windows closed and turn off air conditioning units for about three hours.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality also said there were releases of hydrochloric acid and chlorine. State police said the lines involved in the releases had been shut down.
One of the plant's towers was leaning at an angle of 10-12 degrees after the explosion. But Graham said even if it collapsed, more gases would not be released.
"The potential is arguably serious but it's very, very stable right now," said Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley. There was "beaucoup air monitoring equipment" stationed around the plant, Wiley said.
"Everything is being monitored," he said.
The plant's owner, Houston-based Westlake Chemical Corp., said the blast occurred about 8 a.m. as a vinyl chloride monomer unit was being restarted. State police said the fire was out by 9:20 a.m.
Karen Khonsari, the plant's environmental, health and safety officer, said the monomer unit was used in manufacturing plastic pipe. All employees were accounted for, she said.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has determined that vinyl chloride is a known cancer-causing substance.
A 44-mile stretch of the nearby Mississippi River was closed as a precaution since winds were blowing in the river's direction, said Ascension Parish spokesman Lester Kenyon. Kenyon said the wind was blowing away from about a dozen residences in the area and other plants. The river was reopened about an hour later.
Westlake Chemical said the cause of the explosion was not known. A line of strong thunderstorms passed through the region Thursday morning.
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GEISMAR, La. — An explosion and fire at a chemical plant today in southeastern Louisiana spewed three chemicals, including hazardous vinyl chloride, into the air, authorities said.


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This blog is dedicated to providing updates on the New York Islanders arena situation.
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Barclays Center website has a Different Seating Chart than Ticketmaster
The Barclays Center had recently put this seating chart on their website. This layout is completely different that the Ticketmaster one and what I feared when I read the New York Times article several weeks ago. I cannot see a professional hockey team playing permanently in a horseshoe layout. If this is indeed the hockey layout for the Barclays Center the Islanders best option in New York has just taken a major hit in my mind.
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We have to wait until October 2nd to see what it looks like and what the sight lines truly are. If the Isles move there they probably have a plan, but that chart is awful.ReplyDelete
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Remote Display of the X Protocol
The X Protocol
In X the X client, which is the application is completely separate from the display which is the X server.
On a computer the X clients and the X server still use the X protocol but they are using it on Unix domain sockets which are faster than network sockets. Each managed display has is regulated for the number of connections in /tmp/.X11-unix/X#. There is a number after the X. You can see this with:
ls /tmp/.X11-unix
The "0" means that it is configured for local display only.
Remote X
X clients on one computer can display another host's X server over the network once permissions have been set up.
X Client
The X Client, WK, wants to view applications on the remote X Server, RD. The first thing that must happen is that the remote host must give permission for the X Client to access the site:
xhost + wk
This enables the user access from the X client. Now the X client accesses a program using the DISPLAY.
DISPLAY=rd:0 term &
This will display a terminal from the remote X server, rd on the X client. This of course is assuming the firewall is not blocking remote X.
Another scenario is when you have an account on the remote server, rd and you want to redirect the display back to your workstation at wk. On the remote server do the same:
xhost + wk
Now access the remote server with telnet or SSH and then run this command on the remote server:
export DISPLAY=wk:0
xterm &
This then displays the xterm on the client wk.
X Security
You can add access to a host by using the command:
xhost + wk
You also can remove access by using this command:
xhost – wk
One security mechanism that you can use to work with X is xauth used with the ~/.Xauthority file. Each user has this file in their home directory. This file contains MIT-MAGIC-COOKIEs—keys that can be sued to authenticate users. Xauth can manage the .Xauthorityfile with various options. The list will show the Magic Cookie.
xauth list $DISPLAY
dg/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 474f9a9ed0672750a11c1a7dcb933975
Then you can add the cookie to the remote machine $DISPLAY with
xauth add $DISPLAY 474f9a9ed0672750a11c1a7dcb933975
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the upcoming release of Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 for Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION(R)3 and PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment systems, and Wii(TM). The latest title in the best-selling Cabela's Dangerous Hunts franchise puts players in bone chilling, pressure-packed hunting situations as they seek out savage animals in the world's most dangerous locations.
"Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 is about hunting for sport as well as survival," said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. "Imagine being rushed by an eight-foot tall, nine hundred pound grizzly bear. You are not thinking about stuffing the bear and placing it in your mountain cabin. Your only instinct is avoiding death."
Players will face raw danger as they encounter the fiercest animals on earth, including lions, grizzly bears, jaguars and more. Accurately modeled Cabela's equipment in the game means the firearms, tactics and gear are all realistic and precise - but this won't always help in the face of an unpredictable, open environment packed with avalanches, elephant stampedes, and piranha infested waters. If you do miss a shot and fail to stop a charging man-eating animal, you will be forced to fight it via a melee defense - but pay attention; it's likely another nearby animal will join the attack.
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 will also feature a wide variety of gameplay modes, including fan favorite Action Zone, and hunting scenarios ranging from surprise animal attacks to strategic hunts.
The game is scheduled for release in Fall 2008. For more information visit www.activision.com.
Cabela's Incorporated, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, is a leading specialty retailer, and the world's largest direct marketer, of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since the Company's founding in 1961, Cabela's(R) has grown to become one of the most well-known outdoor recreation brands in the world, and has long been recognized as the World's Foremost Outfitter(R). Through Cabela's growing number of retail stores and its well-established direct business, it offers a wide and distinctive selection of high-quality outdoor products at competitive prices while providing superior customer service. Cabela's also issues the Cabela's CLUB(R) Visa credit card, which serves as its primary customer loyalty rewards program. Cabela's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CAB."
About Activision, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $2.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan and South Korea. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. In this release, they are identified by references to dates after the date of this release and words such as "outlook", "will," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes", "may", "expects," "intends," and similar expressions. Factors that could cause Activision's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales of Activision's titles in its fiscal year 2009, shifts in consumer spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Activision's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third-party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, the timing and successful completion of the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games, the combined company's success in integrating the operations of Activision and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated. Other such factors include the further implementation, acceptance and effectiveness of the remedial measures recommended or adopted by the special sub-committee of independent directors established in July 2006 to review historical stock option granting practices by Activision and its board of directors, the finalization of the tentative settlement of the SEC's formal investigation and final court approval of the proposed settlement of the derivative litigation filed in July 2006 against certain current and former directors and officers of Activision relating to Activision's stock option granting practices, and the possibility that additional claims and proceedings will be commenced, including additional action by the SEC and/or other regulatory agencies, and other litigation unrelated to stock option granting practices and any additional risk factors identified in Activision's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and the definitive proxy statement filed on June 6, 2008 in connection with the proposed transaction with Vivendi. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision as of the date of this release, and Activision assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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In 1896, almost a century before Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala caused a stir by daring to show a romance between a black man and an Indian woman in the American South, a Muslim Bengali peddler from Hooghly married a black Catholic woman from New Orleans and settled down in that city. There's no record of how they met or what the neighbours made of them. Shaik Mohammad Musa died in 1919, a few months before his son was born. His widow Tinnie raised their three children as black and Catholic. Their Indian heritage was lost in history.
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Feature Requests Recap
I've posted a few already in the forum but here's a recap to summarize what I think the Play engine needs.
1- A search box for articulations and patches. You have thousands and it's a mess. Think of Omnisphere's search engine and all great synths plugins.
2- An info box for each patches that includes information about the patch, it's cc related commands and patch description. Some of the patches in Hollywood Strings use CC1 for xfade velocity and some use CC11 with CC1 assigned to vibrato. We need to see that. Having to refer to the manual for every abbreviation for a year before remembering all that they stand for is a learning curve that will discourage most users. We even have to use the scroll bar to see the full name of the patch on some of them.
3- Building our custom user key switches patches so we can take advantage of Cubase's expression maps better. I want to be able to build a single patch and track that would contain my favorite articulations for an instrument. Spitfire Audio as a great way of having all articulation available on a single KS instance. I understand that EWQL has more of them so let us built our own KS patches. We can already map the existing KS in the player window so adding or removing some articulations should not be too hard to implement.
4- Master mic selection and envelope link button for ensemble patches. Like the Reverb does.
5- Mapping window so I can map percussions patches to my pads and electronic drums. I'd love to be able to map patches from StormDrum 3 to my V-Drum for exemple. Better yet, have some pre-mapped templates for EDrums like all great drums and percussions plugins already do. Think Superior Drummer, Addictive Drums. I want to be able to play the orchestral snares on my Roland PD-125.
I realize that those are a lot to implement but I think that the Play Engine needs to catch up. You have awesome libraries but the engine is slowly loosing to the competition where pretty much all those features are already present and well implemented.
François Beauvais
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- Page 1 TVonics DTR-Z500HD Review
- Page 2 Performance and Picture Quality Review
- Page 3 Missing Features and Value Review
- Easy to use
- Good picture quality
- Built-in HDMI switch
- No video playback over USB
- No archiving of recordings
Key Specifications
- Review Price: £224.99
- Two-source HDMI switch
- Dual Freeview HD tuners
- Series link
- 500GB hard drive
- SD upscaling over HDMI
The TVonics DTR-Z500HD is a PVR equipped with Freeview+ HD and two tuners ready to pipe HD terrestrial programmes to your TV. Freeview HD is still in its infancy, but if you don't want to fork out for a Sky HD subscription, this could be one of the best ways to join the HD television club.
TVonics is that rarest of things – a British technology manufacturer. It hasn't gained quite the level of acclaim of Humax or Topfield among PVR fanatics, or the mainstream recognition of giants like Panasonic and Sony, but it has produced some great boxes over the last six years, like 2009's DTR-HV250.
The TVonics DTR-Z500HD is the company's second Freeview HD PVR, and is a more sobre-looking alternative to the similarly-specc'd DTR-HD500. It's a generously curved rectangular block, a shape used for several previous TVonics boxes.
Shiny and black, it's less stylish than the DTR-HD500, and we can't help but wish TVonics had moved its front-USB slot around the back, or put a cover over it. The front logos detract from the simplicity of the design too – while it may be useful for the TVonics DTR-Z500HD to look striking on the shelves of a high street electronics retailer, brash and bold aren't the descriptors we tend to want to attach to our home's AV equipment.
Its design is still less imposing than full-sized rivals like the Humax HDR-FOX T2 though, dinky enough to retain that quirky, gadgety look missing from the rather anonymous look of most AV separates. It's a near-perfect match for the slick black looks of Samsung's LCD TVs, if you're into matching-up the finishes of your home cinema setup.
The USB port, used for software updates and photo viewing, is the only socket on the front of the DTR-Z500HD. Around the back there are the HDMI and SCART video outputs, optical audio output, aerial in and out sockets, Ethernet port, another USB socket and two HDMI inputs.
These two HDMI inputs let you plug two other devices into the PVR, effectively making it double-up as an HDMI switch. This is particularly effective if you're plugging in games consoles or other devices without traditional remote controls, making the DTR-Z500HD the centre of your home setup. They're not HDMI 1.4 slots though, so they can't pass-through 3D content unfortunately.
You can't record the signal from these inputs onto the PVR's hard-drive though, a limit of HDMI's digital restrictions as much as anything else. Recording is limited to the two Freeview tuners here. There's a 500GB hard drive built-in, and while the more intrepid among you may be able to upgrade this yourselves, the box needs to be taken apart completely to get access to the HDD.
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syngo Dual Energy Xenon1,2
With the application syngo® Dual Energy, it is possible to obtain additional information about the chemical composition of body materials. During a Dual Energy scan, two CT datasets are taken simultaneously with kV levels of 80 kV/140 kV or 1100 kV/140 kV, allowing to visualize differences in the energy dependence of the attenuation coefficients of different materials.
These images will be combined and analyzed to visualize information about anatomical and pathological structures.
General Requirements
Minimum Software Version
(one of following)
syngo 2009B (VE36A)
syngo CT 2010A (VA34)
Please Note: Additional technical pre-requisites may apply. Upon receiving your request, your local Siemens representative will clarify whether your system meets the requirements.
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Catherine Turner - Conservation & Environment, Rainforest Conservation in Peru
So, how can I describe it? How can I possibly tell you what this experience is like? I can't. But, if I can help you to make that decision; to just do it; if I can inspire you to dream a little, then you will find out for yourselves just how truly unique a trip to Taricaya is.
I arrived, full of nerves and excitement. The first view of the rainforest as we cleared the Andes was spread beneath the plane: a dark green canopy stretching away from me with nothing but creamy brown rivers winding their way through it all. Even when we came into land at Puerto Maldonado you could still only see trees until virtually the moment we touched down and the runway suddenly appeared!
Having met the other volunteers, explored Puerto Maldonado a little and discovered its fantastic, colourful and busy market where you can buy pretty much anything you could possibly need, I was ready for our boat journey to Taricaya itself. Eyes wide open, taking in all the new scenes before me: the bustling Port Capitania loading cars, bikes and people onto the ferries to the other side of the river; the bright orange of the life-jackets; the green banks of the Madre De Dios river; the setting sun…all seemed beautiful and serene.
Then the boat got stuck.
The river being low at this time of year, as we approached the lodge, sand banks appeared in the middle of the river. At first we were able to help rock the boat from side to side to urge it just bit further along, but then there was no moving it. We were stuck. Trousers rolled up; everybody out and we lined up along the sides pushing the boat as close as we could towards the bank. Job done, and we watched as Rich, one of the members of staff, decided to wade the rest of the way back to the shore…it was all going fine until he disappeared suddenly into an unexpected dip under the water!
Everybody said I would feel like I had been there forever after just one day, and in many ways they were right. My first activity was lodge maintenance - an opportunity for me to meet all the animals and get a first feel of what Taricaya is all about. You learn quickly here. I was asked to collect the empty food trays from Brooke, our baby howler monkey's cage, as Daniel (staff member, a biologist…or I should say herpetologist…i.e. likes frogs and things!), disappeared off up into the Nursery to sort out the food. It seemed a simple enough job. She was gorgeous, but surprisingly strong! I went into her cage and she immediately jumped onto my shoulders and clung to my back with her tail gently, but firmly, wrapped around my neck. She was determined to stay there. Some time later Daniel re-emerged with a glint in his eye as he saw I was still in the first cage attempting to unwind Brooke's tail from my neck and tempt her with food so I could leave! He showed me what to do then, what he'd known all along - I just bent down next to a branch and she wandered off me, perfectly happily - just like that!
Taricaya is made up of a collection of wooden lodges with palm leaf roofs and wire mosquito net windows, dusty floors, cold showers (lovely when it's hot! Or there's always the creek to cool off in), and a collection of string hammocks hanging between some trees in the middle of all the buildings. The hammocks are lovely to lie in, but you have to choose your time carefully because the mosquitoes and sand flies tend to be quite active near them. There is the main, kitchen part of the lodge where we sit and have meals, play cards, make jewellery, read or listen to music and there is another area for the (occasional rum-based) evenings, called the Bar, although there's no alcohol there! It's a BYO event. There is a DVD player though, and a collection of DVDs. As well as that, there are the cages for the animals dotted about, three Pale Winged Trumpeters and a cat who wander around, saying hello occasionally. Trails and walkways lead out into the Rainforest and around the reserve.
During my first few weeks and throughout the subsequent months, I had so many new experiences it is so hard to decide which ones to write about! Perhaps, camping out in the jungle, lying on my back listening to constant background noise of insects, frogs, birds and animals, watching the sky darken into night, watching stars appear above the canopy, watching the fireflies flit about, gleaming like stars about my head. It's an experience I won't forget, but we were there to work as well.
The previous week had been spent setting up Mist Nets at intervals along the trail. It was my first attempt at using a machete, as we cleared the undergrowth at certain points to make space for the nets. My hands were hot, sweaty and slippery and I did not feel the safest person with a blade…still there was plenty of space between each of us if the blade did fly out of my control! I got plenty of practise with a machete as time went on: trail clearing, cutting flowers to sell in Puerto and more. However, back to the mist netting. The fine, black mesh netting was set up to catch small birds that fly through the lower part of the forest as these are less easily monitored by our daily observations at the platforms set up around the reserve. Our job was to patrol the nets at hourly intervals and untangle any of the birds we found, take them back to the camp and weigh, measure and photograph them, before releasing them again. Although the birds look pretty tangled in the net, the staff are good at getting them out unharmed.
Through daily observations of the birds from platforms situated around the reserve, I was soon able to impress newer volunteers with my astounding knowledge of birds: Yellow-Rumped Caciques, Russet-Backed Oropendolas, Vermillion Flycatchers, Greater Anis, Paradise Tanagers and the difference between the assorted parrots and parakeets that we spotted flying or perching all around us. Frog-hunts on wet evenings brought us the delights of amphibians; day-walks and night-walks enabled us to encounter groups of Squirrel Monkeys and Capuchins springing through the trees, a small black scorpion injecting its venom into a unlucky centipede, a night monkey with its big eyes shining back at us, and a rare sight of Kinkajou up in the branches.
I could write so much more: watching baby turtles emerging from their nests; chasing through the undergrowth after oblivious butterflies; the Taricaya vs. Palma Real football game; the invasion of Army ants and even the Bot fly! But I think I need to leave some surprises for you when you get there.
Catherine Turner
Dit verhaal is een persoonlijke ervaring van een vrijwilliger op dit project en dus een momentopname. Houd er rekening mee dat jouw ervaring hiervan af kan wijken. Onze projecten veranderen constant, omdat we inspelen op de lokale behoefte en we voortborduren op de behaalde resultaten. Ook verschillende weersomstandigheden kunnen de ervaring beïnvloeden. Lees meer over wat je kunt verwachten van dit project of neem contact met ons op voor meer informatie.


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Frank C. Quesada was elected on April 12, 2011 and sworn in as a City Commissioner on April 15, 2011. Mayor Cason appointed him Vice Mayor on April 17, 2015, a title he held until May 9, 2017. He was reappointed as Vice Mayor by Mayor Valdes-Fauli on April 2018. During his tenure in the City Commission, Frank has focused on reducing taxes, government efficiency and preserving the character of Coral Gables.
Frank's community involvement began at a young age. As a high school student he organized the creation of the school's first water polo team and the school's first music class. After graduating from Belen Jesuit Preparatory High School, Frank attended Villanova University, where he received a Bachelor's Degree, served on the Student Government and was the recipient of the 2002 Student Leadership Award. He went on to attend St. Thomas University College of Law and clerked for the former Chief Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal, The Honorable Juan Ramirez, and Judge Ronald Dresnick of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Prior to running for public office, Frank focused on establishing a law practice. He began his law career as an associate at a mid-size law firm with offices in Coral Gables where he focused on state and federal litigation matters and general transactional matters. In late 2011, he changed law firms and joined his father's law practice in Coral Gables where he focuses on real estate, probate and litigation matters. Frank is a member of numerous legal organizations: Florida Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; City, County and Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar Association; Cuban American Bar Association and the Belen Alumni Lawyers Section.
Since 2002, Frank has worked as a volunteer and board member for La Liga Contra el Cancer ("The League Against Cancer"). During his tenure with the organization he has helped fundraise in order to provide free medical care to indigent cancer patients.
In 2008, Frank was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Coral Gables Community Foundation. He served on the decision-making board of this valued organization which helps create new initiatives and raise funds for a multitude of city projects, including the Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables @Home, www.gableshomepage.com, city parks and other philanthropic and cultural endeavors. Upon his election in 2011, Frank stepped down from this Board and currently serves as an Ex-Officio member. Additionally, Frank serves as an ex-officio Board member of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce.
A South Florida native, Frank married his law school girlfriend Anna De La Rosa in 2010 at the Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables. Frank is the youngest of three children and the son of Frank and Rosa Quesada.
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• Coral Gables Traffic Advisory Board
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FALL RIVER, Mass. — The man who says Aaron Hernandez shot him and left him for dead in a Florida alley testified Wednesday before a grand jury that is deciding whether to issue a murder indictment against the former New England Patriots tight end.
After a five-minute game of cat and mouse with courthouse doors, Alexander Bradley ducked into the green Nissan Altima that brought him to the site 7 1/2 hours earlier and drove off without speaking to the half-dozen news reporters who sprinted from door to door, trying to catch him.
Bradley was ordered by a Superior Court judge to testify before the panel on Hernandez's character and likely was asked about the lawsuit he has filed in Florida against Hernandez, whom Bradley says shot him in the face in February, causing him to lose an eye.
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Bradley entered the Fall River Trial Courthouse in a hurry, fixing the collar on his golf shirt as he hustled up the granite steps and through the door at 9:05 a.m. ET.
"I'm doing fine," he told USA TODAY Sports. "It's been tough, but I'm OK. But I've got to get in there. I'm already late."
In his lawsuit, which seeks damages of more than $100,000, Bradley says Hernandez shot him in the eye during an argument as they drove away from Tootise's, a Miami strip club.
According to Bradley's complaint, he lost his right eye and has had multiple surgeries to reconstruct the area of his face around the eye. The complaint also indicates he will require future procedures on his face and arm, which he said were hit by the bullet as well.
"We don't know whether (the gunshot) was accidental or deliberate," Bradley's attorney, David Jaroslawicz, told USA TODAY Sports when the lawsuit was filed in June. "If we get to take Mr. Hernandez's testimony, perhaps he will tell us he accidentally pulled the trigger or maybe he did it on purpose."
Hernandez has yet to answer the complaint, Jaroslawicz said Monday.
Bradley was found alone and bleeding from the face and arm in a Riviera Beach, Fla., industrial park, about an hour north of the strip club, police said.
"I think he was left there because they thought he would be dead," Jaroslawicz told USA TODAY Sports last month.
Jaroslawicz said Bradley had known Hernandez for several years and had worked for him.
"He thought they were friends," Jaroslawicz said.
PHOTOS: The Aaron Hernandez saga
Bradley and Hernandez are natives of Connecticut, with about 20 miles separating Hernandez's hometown of Bristol and Bradley's last known address in East Hartford.
Police say Bradley was treated at the scene in Riviera Beach and taken to nearby St. Mary's Hospital, where Jaroslawicz said Bradley remained for a few weeks.
Police say that, when questioned at the hospital, Bradley maintained ignorance about who shot him, though they claim he told them the wounds were "absolutely not" self-inflicted.
According to court records in Connecticut, Bradley pleaded guilty in 2006 to a felony charge of sale of a hallucinogen/narcotic. He was sentenced to five years in jail, but the sentence was suspended after 18 months, according to court records. He also received five years' probation.
Jaroslawicz and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office have been at odds about if and how a criminal case against Hernandez should proceed.
A sheriff's spokeswoman told USA TODAY Sports that the department does not plan to restart an investigation without cooperation from Bradley, adding that Bradley could call the violent crime division to begin that process.
Jaroslawicz said the fact they have filed a suit against Hernandez in federal court should be enough for the sheriff's office to investigate Hernandez on its own.
"They know who did it. They have a sworn statement filed in federal court that Hernandez shot (Bradley). What more do they need, a picture?" Jaroslawicz said.
The court appearance was the second in two days for Bradley, who was in a Quincy, Mass., court Tuesday to plead not guilty to DUI. Police said he was driving in excess of 100 mph in January when he was stopped. Hernandez, a passenger at the time, tried to name-drop to get Bradley off the hook, police said.
"Trooper, I'm Aaron Hernandez. It's OK," police said Hernandez told them.
It didn't work. Bradley is due back in court Sept. 20.
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Spice up your wardrobe with a vintage inspired piece of jewelry. Craft the chic looking Amber Rose Bracelet or make a distressed Beaded Photo Pendant to use for a necklace. Your friends will be even more impressed when they find out you made these retro vintage crafts yourself!
Amber Rose Bracelet: This beautiful gold bracelet is great for your fall wardrobe. Customize it to be any color you'd like, but these beads add a vintage touch that's always in style!
Beaded Photo Pendants: These beaded photo pendants are a great way to add some vintage flair to your wardrobe. These would look extra special if you could hunt down some old family photos to craft with.
Jewelry Display Board: Create a vintage storage system for your vintage jewelry with this easy display board. This also doubles as beautiful decor for your bathroom or bedroom.
Butterfly Inspiration Charm Bracelet: This cute vintage charm bracelet is great for women of all ages! The vintage charms add a sweet addition to your wardrobe.
- NEW! Chandelier Pendant Necklace: This handmade pendant is a great way to add some style and vintage fashion to your accessory collection. This is also a neat way to use up paper scraps that you love too much to toss! These elegant DIY pendants make great gifts and can often be made for less than $10.00.
Use vintage fabric to create wonderful retro designs. Even old pillowcases can be transformed into a stylish outfit for your little one with the Baby Sheets to Skirts project. If you have vintage buttons to spare, turn them into a fabulous brooch with the Scrap Fabric and Button Brooch tutorial. Add a vintage flare to whatever you wear.
Embellish a Pillow for Mom: Make these decorative pillows for you or your mom! With this soft vintage flare, you can add some soft home decor staples that really bring your home to life.
Scrap Fabric and Button Brooch: This cute brooch is a great way to add some vintage colors to your wardrobe. Attach it to a blazer or use it to add some color and texture to a purse or skirt. This is a great way to use up left over fabric scraps.
Baby Sheets to Baby Skirts: After your little girl grows out of her baby sheets, turn them into a cute skirt with this easy sewing tutorial! Vintage crafts like this are thrifty and fun, and an awesome way to keep clutter out of the house!
Bohemian Christmas Stocking: Decorating for Christmas is so fun when you do it with a sweet vintage touch! This easy to make stocking is great for hanging by the mantel on Christmas Eve. Filled with sweets and treats, this stocking makes a wonderful homemade Christmas gift.
- NEW! Bow Bag Sewing Tutorial: You can never have enough bags right? Especially with a free sewing pattern. Beccy from Wipster used scraps of upholstery fabric and an old pair of jeans to make this cute Bow Bag.
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Take vintage stamps and cream papers and transform them into beautiful pieces of art. Use these three retro vintage projects to give your home a much-needed vintage makeover!
Vintage Label or Stamp Art: Turn antique stamps into coasters, tiles, or other neat home decor items. Put your collection on display for all to see with this unique DIY home decor idea!
Mom Scrapbook Layout: This sweet mom layout is great for Mother's Day or grandma's birthday. It's also a wonderful way to remember someone who has passed on.
Doily Vintage Angel Card: This angel card is perfect for any occasion! Any image can be turned into a vintage photograph with a few techniques and tools of the trade.
Bird and Text Collage Wall Art: This cute wall display is so easy to make! It's a great piece to hang on your wall and draw attention to a certain area of your house. Turn yesterday's news into today's newest thing!
- NEW! Around the World Paper Chain: Create a beautiful vintage decor item with this Around the World Paper Chain. Paper garlands like this look stunning in a library or reading room, and can also be displayed on a Christmas tree for a unique and whimsical look.
Vintage decorations aren't just for the house. Use the China Mosaic Topiary and Mosaic Bunny projects to create a retro vibe in your yard. The Distressed American Picnic Basket is just the thing you'll need to have a vintage day out in the park.
American Picnic Basket: Perfect for the 4th of July, Memorial Day, or just anytime, this picnic basket shows off your American pride as you dine on hotdogs and good ol' apple pie. This also makes a great gift for a soldier returning home from his tour of duty. Fill it with lots of yummy baked goods to help welcome him home!
China Mosaic Topiary: This mosaic topiary is an easy home decor piece that's great in any room of the house. Mosaic crafting is much easier than you think, and this is a great project to help teach you all about this fun vintage style crafting medium!
Mosaic Bunny: Here comes Peter Cottontail! Decorate your home indoors or out with this cute vintage bunny craft. Perfect for Easter and the beginning of the spring gardening season, this easy mosaic project is a great way to add a vintage touch to your garden.
Decorative Vintage Paper Wreath: This cute vintage paper wreath isn't just for Christmas! Use whatever image you'd like in the center of this beautiful indoor wreath and in about an hour, you'll have a wonderful decoration piece that's one of a kind in style and class!
- NEW! Bread Dough Rose: Whether it's cold outside or bright and sunny, a Bread Dough Rose will always bloom. Flowers crafts look great all year and don't require any water. Use vintage technique and create your own bread dough at home with Aleene's Tacky Glue.
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The wreath made out of cones is a great idea. We just practiced making paper cones for May Day, and we are also doing a geometry unit at school and just began talking about cones as 3-D shapes. Perfect tie-in!
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These all look so cool and pretty simple too! I'm definite going to be trying these when I decorate my new apartment :)
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Jeep Wrangler Wheel Wobble
hanniah Posts: 4I called the number, they gave me a warranty story. I called back 5 mins later, spoke to someone that opened up a case for me. They have 24 to call back, I have a case that's opened now. I also reported it with the NHTSA (888)327-4236 and they say that they mention problem to manufacture and if there is a recall they will contact me. I changed my tires, changed stabilizer, changed shocks, rotated and balanced my tires and the car is worse than ever and now unable to drive it at all. I took it to 4-5 mechanics and no one has an idea, the last mechanic told me it was the "Death Wobble" and all over the internet. What did they do for you? We should exchange info so that Jeep plays no games with its customers, thanks vikki0
cyndi76063 Posts: 1I have an 08 Wrangler with the same issue. I also called NHTSA and received an ODI number.0
claymore53 Posts: 1I can relate to everything you describe. My first jeep was a 1994 Jeep Wrangler Renegade....I ordered it brand new and kept it until 2008. I loved that Jeep but needed a newer model. I never had any problems with it, changed the battery every few years, and replaced the radiator. I put 160,000 miles on the engine. I traded it in on a 2005 Rubicon that had 14,000 miles on it. About six months after I got the Rubicon as I was driving down the road the front end started shaking violently, thought I had a front tire blow out, so I eased it to the side of the road. I got out expecting a flat tire, but everything was fine. I got back in the Jeep and continued mission. Didn't think twice about it.....then it happened again a few weeks later, it started shaking so bad my elbows and wrists started hurting as I tried to gain control of the vehicle. Soon it became common and I just decided that my jeep had seizures. I took it to the dealership and they could not replicate the problem. I have replaced most of the front end components.....and the problem still exists. Always occurs around the 50 mph range. If I drop below 50 or increase speed above 50 it will level off. I was so ticked off one time when the "wobble" kicked in........I just braced myself and decided to ride it out at 50 until it stopped, or the tires fell off. The wobble won out....thought I was going to have to go see a chiropracter. My wife never believed me because it never happened when someone was with me. She had to drive it one day.......almost crapped in her pants when it happened.....it was that bad.
I like my jeep to much to get rid of it......maybe someday there will be a recall, just hope no one gets injured or killed for it to happen.0
I traded it in on a 2005 Rubicon that had 14,000 miles on it. About six months after I got the Rubicon as I was driving down the road the front end started shaking violently.................I have replaced most of the front end components.....My wife never believed me because it never happened when someone was with me.
So for six months it was fine, then the wobble appeared, which would suggest that as is the case with all TJs, it's a wear rather than an design issue, .
You've replaced most of the front end components, but I'm guessing you haven't yet hit on the one joint or bearing that's triggering the issue.
It doesn't happen when someone is with you, suggesting that a balanced load supresses the tendency, so I'll take a guess that the worn item is on the passenger side (50% chance of being correct anyway )
However, I guarantee you that there will never be a recall for this issue on TJs.
It's not an uncommon issue on these models, but it's always associated with worn components and/or a lift.
On the other hand, Jeep are starting to take the same issue on JKs more seriously as it's a design problem.0
tiger094 Posts: 2replace struts unless the track bar fixed it0
No struts on a Wrangler. Regular coil-over shock / solid axle.0
tired_old_dave Posts: 710Sorry Mr. Marchionne. The to hell and back comment in the post, I thought, popped into my head while typing. I believe it may have been a link from Ed at inside automotive that took me to your address to your employees where you stated that phrase again and which you stated had been used in a commercial. I immediately change the channel when a mopar commercial comes on the tv.
Please read my old posts. I went to a dealer in Dallas County and a dealer in Tarrant county with the same service request. That is, please inspect the front end and do a complete alignment. Paid twice and got a report that everything was fine. I knew better from the way the vehicle was now getting very loose at times on the interstate.
Now to Discount tire for a tire check because it had to be my Duratracs. The local Discount dealer said the tires were too bad to balance as they were. I exploded. Two of your dealers gave it their blessing. The tires were originally purchased and road forced balanced by a manager who I have followed around the metroplex for twenty years. The local Discount dealer had to break the bead and rotate the tires to be able to balance them. It was obvious to them it was serious. Remember I told two dealers to inspect the front end - it was obvious something was wrong.
Went to the Discount Tire where the tires were purchased and thank goodness my friend wasn't there. I ripped the acting manager for no reason because it wasn't the Goodyear tires. I still owe them one heck of an apology.
Now if you've been reading, life has been mostly driving one interstate back and forth. Only because Rusty the local jeep service manager would sit down and talk with Sean of Screamin Lizard, I got the needed new parts. Just shy of 60K miles and the jeep feels good and the tires have smoothed themselves out. Haven't even rotated them since the new parts.
So to hell and back. I will keep mine as stock as possible and keep my paid for lifetime warranty in addition to the lifetime power train warranty that came with the jeep. And time permitting, I will ask and pay Rusty to have my favorite mechanic at his dealership, replace my Tribe 4x4 transmission cooler with your new Jeep tranny cooler so no one can say "Sorry" to me at a later date if Rusty and that mechanic someday become unavailable.
Just for the record, I have been reading about the Thai Colorado. Also reading about the new Trailblazer. Keeping the H3 and the JK as long as possible but some guys are always looking down the road.0
erickpl Posts: 2,735If you haven't already checked it, check the upper control arm bushings on the front axle. If they're shot/dried out, replace them. They are often overlooked in Jeeps.
Now if it is a newer JK, not too sure, but I'd look there if everything else has been addressed. A tire out of balance should never cause the death wobble. It just serves as a symptom indicating SOMETHING is out of whack.
jffwrd Posts: 1I had this problem with my 04. It would shake at 45 mph, but go away if I slowed down or increased speed. I had a shop look at it and they adjusted the front end. It didn't help it changed the shake to 55 mph. A friend suggested having the tires balance. Since I was wanting to put bigger tires on it, I changed the tires, knowing that the new ones would be balanced. The shack went away. Before paying a crap load of money, have the tires balanced.0
hoagies Posts: 1I know what you are talking about, got the dw in our 07 jeep. Been checking things out and found the bolts
in the track bar are all threads and they are .022 too small and the track bar bushing rides on the threads.
This lets the track bar shift back and forth. Can you imagine that coming out of A factory ? I am in the process
of making the correct size bolts. Will test drive tomorrow, 2/21/2012.
Something else, They keep insisting that the bolts be torqued down to 125 pounds, that is just crushing the tabs
and they hope that will keep the slack out, thats my thought.
dragon5126 Posts: 9there is one slight error in your replym and that is on the steering dampener. Factory dampeners anr not made to handle anything but narrow "road" tires. Further if they are fo the gas charged variety, all bets are off. these are fine if you live in a moderate climate where the temps stay between 65-80 degreees F year round. if not they are only good for a handful of years, and should be replaced with oversized hydraulic units to handle the tires jeeps normally use. Also in the same vein, the factory gas charged shocks are next to worthless after three years of use, regardless of milage, due to poor design and low cost. And to expand on your wheel balance comments, Jeep for some reason has chose to use wheels that catch debris for a number of years centering around '06. The wheel has its central hub attached at the outer edge of the wheel instead of the center so it doesnt self clean and will throw itself out of balance. Especially if you play in sticky mud, or heavy snow which will freeze in the wheel, which in the north , you can not prevent, So watch out for this when you choose wheels, fancy designs do NOT make then betterm just expensivem and often they actually cause excessive tire wear when a cheap generic spoked wheel will save you bug bucks more than twice, once on the wheel, and untold times on replacement tires0
stever Posts: 52,462"In April, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rejected the lawmakers' request for a formal investigation of 2005-10 Jeep Wranglers.
All manufacturer vehicles equipped with a solid axle can be susceptible to this condition and, if experienced, it is routinely corrected with a change of tires or installation of a simple steering dampener....
In fact, most reported incidents — in all manufacturer vehicles equipped with or without a solid axle — are often linked to poorly installed or maintained after-market equipment, such as lifters, oversized tires, etc. The name you've given to this condition has no basis in fact."
House Dems ask Chrysler to assist owners on 'Jeep Death Wobble' (Detroit News)0
rawdogg Posts: 1I have a 2011 Jeep wrangler unlimited Rubicon and have experienced the death wobble as you call it lol. Of course the dealership gave me all kinds of bs excuses however I no longer have that problem BC I stopped being lazy and put it in my shop. The Rubicon comes with mud terrain tires that look cool however you MUST rotate them every 3000 miles or oil change time because they wear quick. When the dealership let the 18 year old kids rotate my tires they threw my front end out of alignment bad which caused the mud terrain tires to CUP really bad I performed a front end alignment and purchased 5 new tires from a company called silent armor they still look aggressive but are all terrain tires instead of mud terrains. And they a lot less maintance when it comes to rotating them. I have not had the death wobble since I did the alignment and put fresh tires that are not cupped on the jeep.0


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Joe Bigley Jr. recently acquired a silver certificate signed by his father when he served during World War II with a radar operations unit at Miller Field in Staten Island, N.Y. It was no doubt a �short snorter� � more on that in a minute.
A couple of decades earlier, a letter written by Joe�s great-grandfather during World War I was discovered by the curator of a historical society in Ohio. She shared it with the national syndicated columnist Bob Greene, who wrote about it. Greene later gave the letter to Joe�s cousin.
Two documents from the last century�s great wars, illustrating the enduring bonds of patriotism, family and comradeship.
Let�s start with the letter dated May 5, 1919. It�s written by William Bigley Sr. and addressed to the �Zone Major� in Gironde, France.
It seems �Big William� didn�t want his son, Sgt. William J. Bigley, to marry a French woman he�d met. He was asking the son�s commanding officer to talk him out of it. Big William figured if Dad made the pitch, the headstrong sergeant would marry the woman out of spite.
Despite what we today might see as undue interference, it�s a sweetly worded letter.
�I wish you would attempt to show him that the step he is contemplating is bringing grief to his mother and myself,� Big William wrote. �It might help you in talking the matter over with him to call his attention to the fact that he is in debt and that to get married at this time would be to handicap his own future usefulness and progress in business ...�
It�s written on the letterhead of Bigley Brothers General Trucking, which was based in Hoboken, N.J.
Greene wrote the column, which was read and recognized by members of Joe�s family. The columnist gave the letter to Joe�s cousin, and it�s still in the family.
Apparently the letter worked, too. Sgt. William didn�t marry the mademoiselle in question.
�The Bigleys can be kind of tough, so I�m surprised he didn�t go against his father,� Joe said.
Twenty-one years later, another wartime Bigley document has surfaced.
Vito Palazzo is a retired New York Police Department detective who found a $1 silver certificate with 11 signatures on it and the words �Won from the boys in the barracks 177 points.�
One of the signers was Pfc. Joseph W. Bigley, Joe�s father. Since Bigley was the most unusual name on the list, Palazzo set about calling all the Joseph Bigleys he could find in the United States.
That led him to our Joe, who sent Palazzo a $5 silver certificate in exchange for the short snorter with his father�s signature.
According to ShortSnorter.org, the custom was started by Alaskan bush pilots in the 1920s and spread through the military and aviation fields.
�If you signed a short snorter and that person could not produce it upon request, they owed you a dollar or a drink (a �short snort�),� the site says. Actor Clark Gable, Gen. George S. Patton and President Franklin D. Roosevelt were among those who reportedly signed short snorters.
Joseph dropped out of Seton Hall when the war started. He was stationed on Staten Island, running radar to keep German submarines out of New York Harbor, when he signed the bill.
Another of the signatories was Tom Denning, who became a good friend of the family.
�We used to visit Denning�s family in suburban Newark,� Joe said.
After the war, Joe�s father worked for the family trucking business as terminal manager until Uncle Bill decided to sell the company. Yes, that�s the same Uncle Bill who didn�t marry the French girl.
His father went to work for other trucking companies. His knowledge and connections in the trucking business were invaluable. When trucks were carrying heavy steel into lower Manhattan to build the World Trade Center�s Twin Towers, traffic on narrow streets often had to be stopped. Joseph knew how to negotiate those closings and set up police escorts.
Joe Jr. has spent his career in pharmaceutical research. He now works from his home off Eastwood Road.
His dad died 11 years ago. Joe wishes he could show his father the silver certificate, which he plans to give to his son.
�I wish my dad was around for a lot of different reasons,� Joe Jr. said, �but this would sure surprise him.�


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