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Law departments that converge – significantly shrink the number of law firms used – can take pending cases away from the firms that don’t make the short list or they can bar in-house counsel from giving them more. The former raises transition fears; the latter stretches out the payoff of convergence and may increase fees. Some law departments have engineered wholesale transfers of cases to the new firms. If you let firms handle cases to conclusion even while they know they will get no more work from you, it would not surprise anyone that bills might increase. You certainly can’t kick off the better rates, discounts, or other benefits offered by the new panel firms.
Of course, where a non-panel firm handles a number of cases, a general counsel can decide on a mix of the two choices. I lean toward transferring cases to the new firms, all but those on the eve of trial, and obliging the new firm to cap the investment they will make in coming up to speed.


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Gambian sleeping sickness – a deadly parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies - could be eliminated in six years in key regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Warwick Medical School, part of the University of Warwick, is hosting a summit for politicians, healthcare leaders, industry leaders and academics to examine measurement of health outcomes and the use of such information to improve outcomes on a large scale.
Researchers from the University of Warwick's Medical School are leading a study to explore ways of helping people with chronic pain back to work.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of developing bladder cancer, according to a systematic review of by a team led by a University of Warwick academic.
B12 deficiency during pregnancy may predispose children to metabolic problems such as type-2 diabetes according to new research from the University of Warwick.
Understanding of the physical root of depression has been advanced, thanks to research by the University of Warwick, UK, and Fudan University, China.
Pharmaceutical research could be quicker and more precise, thanks to an innovative breakthrough in the analytical sciences from the University of Warwick.
A deadly cancer which mainly occurs in China could be more effectively treated, thanks to joint research by the University of Warwick and Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre (SYSUCC).
It is all in the hips - professional golfers more likely to have different shaped hip joints to most of the population
Lack of success on the fairway may not be due to your swing – it could be your hips that are to blame. New research from the University of Warwick has found that professional golfers are more likely to have different shaped right and left hips compared to the rest of us.
Nobel Prize winner Dr Randy Schekman has given the keynote speech at the opening of the latest addition to Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick.
A new generation of drugs that prevent cancer and Alzheimer’s could be developed, thanks to research from the University of Warwick.
Already it’s known that many deadly diseases that afflict humans were originally acquired through contact with animals. However new research from the University of Warwick shows that pathogens can also jump the species barrier to move from humans to animals.

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Missy Mazzoli is sitting in one of Ingmar Bergman’s bedrooms when she joins our Zoom meeting earlier this summer. At the time, the 40-year-old composer was finishing a monthlong artist’s residency at the Bergman Estate at Fårö—an island in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden where the director lived and filmed parts of Through a Glass Darkly and Scenes from a Marriage.
Bergman wasn’t the first to seek solace on Fårö. The island was a haven for people looking to avoid the plague in the 1400s. Those marks of history are still apparent on the island, making Mazzoli’s residency there a bit cosmic: She spent the time working on a violin concerto for Jennifer Koh, inspired by Medieval chants and prayers used to ward off the plague. From an island linked to both plague and Persona, Mazzoli and I spoke about her upcoming operatic adaptation of George Saunders’s novel Lincoln in the Bardo, the legacy of her teacher Louis Andriessen, and her current studies to become a death doula.
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George J. Lankevich has chosen 64 postcards-most from the first half of the 20th century-to chronicle the changing landscape of the Hudson Valley. North from the gritty riverfront factories of Yonkers, past the towering bluffs of the Palisades, we travel upstream, stopping to sample the remarkable variety of the river’s changing course. From its crystal headwaters at Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains to its majestic embrace by the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of New York Bay, the Hudson River is not only one of America’s greatest waterways. The river and its valley are among America’s greatest treasures-home to unrivaled natural beauty and a rich historic legacy that lives on in the great cities and small towns that line its shores. In this fascinating book, a leading historian takes us on a different kind of journey up the Hudson.
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Scotland’s lettings portal citylets.co.uk has reported a rise in its web traffic rise by 49.5% 2010.
It says the rise is in part due due to its first ever series of TV advertisements.
The rental portal witnessed significant growth in the Aberdeen region, with a 45% rise in telephone enquiries being recorded across the Citylets network. It was also verified by Experian Hitwise, the online competitive intelligence company, as the most visited site in a custom category of UK residential lettings websites.
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Plant Nutrient Partitioning in Coffee Infected with Meloidogyne konaensis
AbstractTwo experiments were conducted to assess nutrient partitioning in coffee (Coffea arabica cv. Typica land race Guatemala) infected with Meloidogyne konaensis. Nutrient levels were quantified from soil, roots, and leaves. In the first experiment, 500-cm3 aliquants of a Kealakekua Andisol were infested with four initial population densities of M. konaensis ranging from 0 to 1,500 freshly hatched second-stage juveniles. Coffee plants (˜3 months old) were transplanted into the soil and grown for 25 weeks. Plants responded to nematode infection with decreases (P 0.05) in concentrations of Ca, Mg, P, and B and increases (P 0.05) in concentrations of Mn, Cu, Zn, and Ca/B in the roots. Mn and Cu uptake by roots was decreased (P 0.05) by nematode infection even though concentrations of Mn and Cu increased (P 0.05) in the roots. Concentrations of Ca and Mg also decreased (P 0.05) in the leaves, whereas the concentration of Zn increased (P 0.05). In the second experiment, the soil was amended with Zn at 0 or 5 mg/kg soil and infested with M. konaensis at 0, 100, 1,000 or 10,000 eggs/1,200 cm³ soil. Three-month-old coffee seedlings of similar height were weighed and transplanted into pots and then placed in a greenhouse and grown under 50% shade for 23 weeks. Concentrations of P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, B, and Zn increased in roots of nematode-free plants growing in Zn-amended soil. The beneficial effects due to the Zn amendment were not apparent in nematode-infected plants. Mn, B, and Zn uptake by coffee roots and P and B concentrations in coffee leaves responded similarly. Management of M. konaensis is necessary to achieve optimal nutrient management in coffee.
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Steve Albini, the musician behind Shellac and Big Black who’s recorded countless classic records for other artists, is also a very good poker player. On Saturday, Albini won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet after competing in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event and beating 773 other players. He took home a huge prize of $196,089. Albini could not look any happier in the photo documenting his big win.
“Everything in my life comes in pieces, in parts. Poker is one part of my life,” Albini told WSOP.com after winning. “So when I’m playing poker, I try to commit to it. I try to take it seriously. I try to make sure I devote the attention to it that it deserves as an occupation. But it’s only part of my year. I only play tournaments at the World Series of Poker. I play cash games informally in Chicago. It’s a part of my livelihood, but it’s not my profession.”
This is the second time Albini has won a World Series of Poker tournament, following his 2018 gold bracelet for beating 310 players in Seven Card Stud to the tune of $105,629. Back then, he was wearing a Cocaine Piss t-shirt during the big win. This time around, Albini dressed up for the occasion in a Jack O’ Nuts shirt, tweeting that the Athens noise-rock musicians “bring me luck.”
“The first one felt like a fluke. This one also felt like a fluke. I was all-in a million times in this tournament,” he told WSOP.com. “In the Stud tournament, the bracelet that I won in 2018, I was never all-in in that tournament. I was never short of chips. But it still felt like I kind of fluked it because I beat a table full of really great players that I didn’t expect to beat. This time it felt like a fluke because I was so short on chips so often, and I kept getting all in, and I kept surviving.”
Poker Central released the short film Albini Cashes In, which chronicles his first World Series of Poker win, in 2019. That same year, Shellac released The End of Radio, a double album featuring two previously unreleased BBC Radio Peel Sessions.
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Hearing problems are very common in newborn babies, teenagers, adults and senior citizens alike. Thanks to the advent of technology, many state-of-the-art devices have been developed in order to treat a wide array of hearing problems.
Here, we will focus on digital hearing aids and the different benefits that they provide.
There are different types of hearing loss. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of hearing loss. It is caused by damage to the auditory nerve or the structures in the inner ear.
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by an accident, such as being hit by a fast ball. Conductive hearing loss can be treated via surgery or with certain drugs.
When something prevents sound from entering the middle or outer ear of the patient they will develop conductive hearing loss.
Mixed hearing loss is quite rare. It involves issues pertaining to both sensorineural and conductive hearing loss, and one issue may follow the other after a few months or years.
Hearing loss may be caused by neurological issues such as MS. An inner ear disease such as Meniere’s disease may also cause it. Bone tissue abnormalities, Lyme disease and even ear infections can cause hearing loss.
Trauma to the head and tumors involving the ears can cause permanent hearing loss in some cases. Autoimmune diseases such as Lupus may also cause hearing loss, and blood circulation issues can also cause hearing disorders.
Certain drugs that are used to treat infections or cancer may cause temporary hearing loss. Allergies and colds may also cause fluid to accumulate in the middle ear. In some cases, the fluid buildup can be so severe that it may prevent the eardrum from moving.
An object may become lodged in the outer ear, and earwax may also become stuck inside the ear canal of the patient. A hole in the eardrum, which the patient may have been born with, may also cause hearing loss.
The middle or outer ear may not have formed properly during birth, and various other illnesses and genetic factors may also contribute to hearing loss.
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Behind-the-Ear (BTE) hearing aids rest behind the ear of the patient. A clear tube is designed in order to connect to the earmould of the aid.
In-the-Canal (ITC) hearing aids sit inside the canal of the patient. It is made of a plastic shell that is lightweight and comfortable.
In-The-Ear (ITE) hearing aids are easy to handle, even though they are slightly bigger than ITC hearing aids. The outer part of the ear is filled with the ITE hearing aid, and all of the components of the aid are housed in a tiny shell.
Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) hearing aids will move the receiver inside the canal of the patient. The receiver is very tiny, and the tube that is used is barely visible to the naked eye.
Hearing aids allow you to communicate and hear better. You will be able to participate in family and public gatherings, and will become closer to your loved ones again.
Your dependence on others will also be reduced, plus cognitive decline will also slow down, as you will be able to keep your brain active.
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Jennifer Garner is going where only the bravest cat owners dare to go. The actress and animal lover took matters into her own hands when her beloved feline, Moose, found himself in a…sticky situation. Poor Moose needed assistance from his superstar owner and Jennifer was game to bathe her furry friend, even after discovering that she had a little more mess to clean up than she thought.

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'A woman. A dog. A campervan. And 4,500klm of wide open road.'
'Mot wakes up one morning to find that her heart is missing from her chest. She can breathe; she has a pulse - but she feels… nothing.'
'So, she decides to go and look for it. With her Dog enlisted as co-pilot, Mot heads down the Highway of Lost Hearts: into the deepest core of the Australian outback - navigating red dirt landscapes, fire and flood, brittle dry-ness, vast salt lakes, age-old mountains and murky waters filled with lost souls. And the further Mot drives into the deepest heart of Australia, the more she realises that everyone around her seems to be missing some vital part of themselves.'
'And then there’s the Dog - full of her own canine wisdom, and trying to guide Mot back on a course towards hope - if only Mot would listen better.'
'An allegory for a country that's lost its heart, Highway of Lost Hearts is half gritty road journey, half magic realism and all heart. It leaves you pondering the question: when your heart goes missing, what lengths will you go to, in order to find it again?' (Source: Cyberpaddock website)
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Lagos – The organisers of the African Freestyle Football Championships, Feet `N Tricks Int’l Ltd., on Wednesday announced June 22, as the commencement date for the regional audition for the competition in Lagos.
The date was reeled out at a media parley to signal the commencement of registration for the 3rd edition of the competition which would be in four centers across the country.
The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Feet `N Tricks, Valentine Ozigbo, said that in order to make the competition bigger and better, the competition would go regional to capture more talents.
He said that the registration for the competition was already open to all freestylers on the website at www.feetandtricks.com, while those who did not have the online opportunity would be registered manually.
He also said that regional audition would start with Lagos for the South-West Region on June 22 at Rowe Park, Yaba, while Brownhill Event Centre, Warri, would host the South-South Regional on June 30.
For the South-East Region, Cubana Lounge, Owerri would be the centre for the audition on July 6, while the Northern Region audition would be held at Central Park, Abuja on July 13.
Ozigbo noted that the auditioning would start from 10 a.m. and end at 5 p.m.
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He said that the competition had been able to bring out the best of African Freestylers, adding that it had been able to provide opportunities for advancement.
“We have been able to solve many social problems with the competition, it has provided meaningful engagement to our youths who are unemployed, provide health and fitness opportunities as well as economic benefits.
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“The competition has been able to put Nigeria on the world map of sports and we have the affiliation with the World Freestyle Football Association.
“We will not rest on our oars until we domesticate the freestyle football in Nigeria. Our champions have represented Nigeria at the world event in Warsaw, Poland.
“We have been able to expose them to the world and also attract other world stars in Freestyle coming to participate. This year’s event will be bigger and better,’’ he said.
Ozigbo said that the organisers would have a talent hunt in some selected communities for those who would not have the opportunity to register online.
“We will have more grassroots participation and that is why we are having the regional audition. We will go to the creeks and some suburbs such as Ajegunle, Oworonshoki, and Yaba to get those talents.
“We are also doing same in all the regions because we want as many talents to be on board. We have been spending a lot to get those talents and we will also see them to stardom.
“The grand finale of the African Freestyle Football Competition will be held at the Balmoral Centre, Federal Palace Hotels, Lagos Island on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15.
“There will be handsome rewards for the participants from the regional to the grand finale, while we also expect a Nigerian to win the tournament this time around.
“Another event that will be added to this competition is a Panna game which is a game of two players who will try to out-dribble themselves,’’ he said.
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RCBI teams to offer free webinar
The Robert C. Byrd Institute and the Lean Enterprise Institute will present a free webinar, “Shifting, Aligning and Executing a Strategy in a Disruptive Environment” at 2 p.m. Thursday.
The hour-long session is an introduction to Hoshin Kanri, a core lean process that aligns both vertically and horizontally an organization’s functions, processes, activities and people. The Hoshin Kanri process helps companies focus on objectives and determine the steps to achieve them.
“In addition to addressing the challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, this webinar will be beneficial to industries such as mining and other industries adjusting to shifting market forces,” said Erica Cheetham, director of Quality Services at RCBI.
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The Douglas built SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) also called the “Dauntless”, was a World War II United States Navy (USN) Dive Bomber and Scout plane. The SBD was the USN main aircraft carrier bomber from 1940 through 1944.
It is remembered as the plane that devastated four Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The SBD also had a nickname of “Slow But Deadly” which was well deserved as it possessed long range, good handling characteristics , maneuverability, potent bomb load, excellent diving characteristics, good defensive armament and ruggedness.
The SBD was also used by the United States Marine Corp (USMC) on land bases and Marine squadrons were also assigned on aircraft carriers.
One SBD variant, without the arrestor hook , was built for the United States Army Force (USAAF) as the A-24 Banshee. The primary users of the SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee were The USN, The USAAF, Free French Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force. The SBD/Banshee were built between 1940-1944 and 5,936 of all variants were built.
The Douglas A-26 Invader is a twin-engined light bomber, with tricycle landing gear wich was built by the Douglas Aircraft corp in Long Beach California during the Second World War It was a fast aircraft capable of carrying a large bomb load.
It had an ample of various of armament to make a formidable ground attack aircraft. It had 6 to 8 50 cal browning machine guns in the nose and 8 .50 Cal Browning M2 machine guns in the wing. Low flight and strafing ground targets was it’s speciality.
The primary users of the A-26 (in 1948 the designation was changed to B-26) was the United states Army Air Force, United States Navy and French Air Force. The B-26 was retired military service in 1980 by the last user, Colombian Air Force.
The XA-26 prototype
Design and Development
The A-26 was the successor to the Douglas A-20 Havoc also know as the Douglas Boston. The A-20 was one of the most successful and widely used aircraft by the Allies of World War II.
Chief aerodynamicist A.M.O. Smith was the head of the project to design the XA-26 that was ready for flight in July 1942 from Mines Field in El Segundo, California (future home of LAX).
The test flight conducted by Benny Howard, proved to be highly successful. The aircraft handled well but engine overheat problem needed correction thru modifying the engine cowl flaps.
The nose wheel assembly need to be reinforced as during the testing, it collapsed several times. The A-26 was built with two different configurations. The A-26B had gun nose that could house .50 cal machine guns or 37mm auto cannon or even a pack howitzer (which was never used operationally).
The A-26C had a glass nose to house the Norden bombsight for precision bombing. The firs models had two M-2 machine guns in the nose, but later upgrades of the A-26C had underwing gun packs or internal guns in the wing.
Other modifications and refinement are : The A-26B could house up to 14 .50 cal machine guns in forward fixed mounts. The A-26B nose could be replaced on the A-26C and vice versa in a matter of a few hours.
In some of the final versions , both A-26B and A-26C “flat top”canopies were replaced by a clamshell style which greatly improved visibility.
The interior of the A-26 cockpit
Along side of the pilot on the A-26B a crew member sat as the Navigator and Gun Loader . In the A-26C the crew member serviced as the Navigator and Bombardier .
Like the RAF bombers Lancaster, Blenheim/Beaufort and Wellington, most of the time the A-26 had only one set of controls for the pilot only. A small number of aircraft did have dual controls mainly for training purposes.
The first A-26B was delivered to United States Army Air Force in August 1943. The Fifth Air Force had to train the crews then they were deployed to the Southwest Pacific for combat evaluation with attacks on Manokwari a Japanese island in the South Pacific.
The repot back was not good, the evaluating pilots found the cockpit view to be restricted because of the location of the engines. This they said prevented low-level attack.
General George Kenney Commander of the Far EAst Air Force said “We do not want the A-26 under any circumstances to be a replacement for anything”.
The A-26 was used only sparingly in the Pacific for the remainder of the War. However things looked better for the A-26 and Douglas Aircraft when A-26s stared arriving in Europe in late September 1944 for their assignment to the Ninth Air Force.
There were 8 “test missions” that the A-26 was sent on. This time the type of mission was more suitable, as a bomber which was the original mission for the A-26 Invader.
Soon the Ninth Air Force announced that they would replace all of their A-20 Havoc and B-26 Marauder aircraft with the Douglas A-26 Invader.
Besides bombing and strafing, tactical recon and night interdiction missions were all undertaken successfully . In a contrast to the Pacific based crews, the European crews received the A-26 with a very positive attitude.
In the European Theater the Invader flen 11,567 sorties, dropped 18,054 tons of bombs and recorded 7 victories (remember this was a bomber) while losing 67 aircraft.
With the establishment of the United States Air Force in 1947, the A-26 was redesignated the B-26 and used as an recon aircraft by USAF The USN obtained the Invader from the USAF for target towing and other utility functions.
During the Korean conflict the B-26 Invaders were among the first USAF aircraft to sent on missions in North and South Korea. On 29 June 1950, a squadron of Invaders bombed the first target in North Korea which was an airfield.
The B-26 continued to fly missions through-out the Korean War, mostly night -time missions.
But land target was it’s speciality as it destroyed 38,500 vehicles, 406 locomotives and 3,700 railway cars. The B-26 units received two unit citations and the Presidential Citation. The Invader carried out the last USAF mission of the Korean War before the Armistice Agreement was signed.
During the Southeast Asian conflict a few years later, the B-26 Invader was used to fight the Pathet Lao invaders that were invading Laos. The B-26 were used in the Southeast Asian theater for number of years for ground attack purposes.
They were replaced by the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. In later years the CIA used B-26s for clandestine operations in Central and South America.
Other countries that used the B-26 Invader were France, Indonesia, Portugal and Biafra.
Where you can see the Douglas A-26 Invader
436874 Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia
446928 National Naval Aviation Museum Pensacola, Florida
Lady Liberty Commemorative Air Force Enid, Oklahoma
City of Santa Rosa Pacific Coast Air Museum Santa Rose, California
322494 Pima Air and Space Museum Tucson, Arizona
This is Just a Partial List of the Douglas A-26 Invader, Check With Your Local Air Museum for More Information
TheBritish Avro Lancaster was a 4-engined heavy bomber of World War II. The “Lanc” was powered by 4 Rolls Royce Merlin piston engines and a 13 foot de Havilland Hydromatic propeller.
The Lancaster could carry up to 12,000 lbs of various types of bombs. It first saw service with the RAF (Royal Air Force) Bomber Command in 1942 as part of the Allied Strategic Bombing offensive.
It was used primarily for night time bombing campaigns over Europe and became one of the more famous and successful night-time bombers during World War II.
It delivered 608,612 tons of bombs to the enemy flying 156,000 sorites (missions). Modified Lancasters could carry the giant 22,000 lb Grand Slam earthquake bomb the largest of any conventional bomb in World War II.
Avro produced 7,377 “Lancs” for the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and Royal Australian Air Force. It’s first flight was 09 January 1941 and was retired by the last user theRCAF in 1965.
The British Supermarine Spitfire was a single seat fighter during World War II. The primary user of the “Spit” was the Royal Air Force (RAF) along with many of their allies. The Spitfire was designed to be a short-ranged interceptor aircraft that was designed by R.J. Mitchell.
The public perceived that the Spitfire to be the the primary defender of Britain, however the Hawker Hurricane had the higher number of sorties and more victories than the Spitfire. The Spitfire had a lower attrition rate and a lower kill-to-loss rate.
After the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire became the backbone of the RAF Fighter command. The Spitfire saw action in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific and Southeast Asian theatres of war.
This aircraft was much loved by it’s pilots serving in roles of intercepter, photo-recon, fighter-bomber, and training aircraft. It served in these roles until the 1950s. There were over 20,300 of the built of all models and variants.
The British Hawker Hurricane is a single seat, fighter aircraft that was a dominant force in the early days of World War II.This aircraft became renowned for it’s role in the Battle of Britain. In spite of it’s more famous brother the Supermarine Spitfire, the Hurricane led all British aircraft with 55% of the victories during the Battle of Britain.
There were 14,487 Hurricanes built by the Hawker Aircraft company.. The Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force were the primary users of the fighter. The Hurricane was relied upon to defend England for the advances of the German Luftwaffe wich sent various aircraft in it’s attempt to conquer by destroying England’s military.
The legendary dogfights between the Hurricane and the German Messerschmitt Bf-109 could fill volumes of military history books.
The Grumman F6f Hellcat was a carrier based fighter aircraft of World War II. Built in the United States by the Grumman Corporation for the United States Navy to replace the aging F4F Wildcat. There was an competition within the aircraft industry that the USN (United States Navy) had to sort out.
The Vought F4U Corsair was the main competitor with the Hellcat and won out to be the primary carrier-based fighter for the USN. Then a problem arose with the Corsair in that the pilots had major troubles landing on aircraft carriers due to visibility issues on final approach.
This problem was due to the long nose of the aircraft and large 4 bladed propeller. The issue was temporarily solved as the Corsair became a land based with the USMC (United States Marine Corp) which used it to great effect against the Japanese.
The F6F had an Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine which produced 2,000 hp. This engine was also used for the Vought F4U Corsair and the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. While the F6F Hellcat resembled the older F4F Wildcat and was kiddingly called the “Wildcat’s older brother” it was a tough, rugged and well designed carrier fighter that was superior to the Japanese Zero.
This helped the USN have air superiority in the Pacific. There were 12,275 F4F Hellcats produced from 1943-45. The Hellcat had over 5,222 victories over enemy aircraft by USN, USMC and the British RAF pilots.
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk was an American built fighter aircraft that was used in the 1930s and 40s.It was a new generation of combat aircraft. A sleek monoplane design using metal with aluminum body and powered by a radial engine.
The P-36 Hawk was the forerunner of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk – (used by the Flying Tigers in China,which were were made up of American volunteer pilots before America’s engagement in World War II). However once the hostilities started in December of 1941, the Hawk say little action with USAAC
However other Allied countries did order the Hawk. This would include (Free) French, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of China, India, and but not least, England.
When France and Norway fell to Germany, many P-36s were captured by the Germans who turned them into good use against the Soviets.
During the Franco-Thai war of 1940-41, Hawks were used by both sides. The South African Air Force saw combat with P-36s against the Italians in east Africa. The British RAF fought in the air over Burma with the Mohawk as they were called by RAF.
There 215 P-36s built by Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company along with 900 variant “model 75” or Mohawk sold to foreign countries.
Design and Development
In the beginning of the life of the Hawk, it was called Model 75 as a private venture and the firs prototype was built 1934. It was all metal fuselage and wings with fabric control surfaces (rudder, ailerons and trim tabs)
It was powered by a Wright XR-1670-5 radial engine producing 900hp. The common armament of the day was one .30 cal machine gun and one .50 cal machine firing through through the propeller. Also common was no cockpit armor and no self-sealing fuel tanks.
The prototype flew 06 May 1935 for the first time reaching a speed of 281 mph at 10,000 ft. The Model 75 prototype then flew to Wright Field in Ohio to participate in a “fly-off”, but another prototype of another company went down, enroute to Ohio . The competition “fly-off” was postponed to a later date.
The delay, allowing the competitor to submit another aircraft, allowed Curtiss to replace the engine on the Model 75 with a Wright XR- 1820-39 Cyclone engine producing 950 hp.
Some other fuselage work was done to be done and to replace the rear window for improved visibility. The new prototype was now called Model 75D with the changes from the delayed “fly-off”
In April of 1936, the long delayed “fly-off ” took place, but the new engine failed to perform as required, with a top speed of 285 mph.
The competing Seversky P-35 also failed to produce the required speed. Because of its performance, the Seversky P-35 was declared the winner of the “fly-off” and awarded a contract by the United States Army Air Corp (USAAC) for 77 aircraft.
Because of the political unrest in Europe in 1936, the USAAC wanted a backup aircraft as Seversky had limited manufacturing experience. The “back-up” aircraft, still a Curtiss Model 75, was revamped with a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-13 Twin Wasp engine, a refined rear window.
It was now called P-36A. It had an excellent rate of climb (ROC), tremendous roll rate and a high power to weight ratio. While there were deficiencies such as a poor supercharger which caused poor high altitude performance, nonetheless, USAAC ordered 210 of the P-36A.
Then in 1937, USAAC requested that Curtiss modify the Model 75 for an Allison V 1710 supercharged, liquid cooled, inline engine. This newly remodeled Model 75 was called XP-37.
The cockpit was move way back in the fuselage as it had a new supercharger system with bulky side doors for the engine and supercharger. It was test flown in April 1937 reaching 340 mph at 20,000ft.
After much testing, Curtiss found the Supercharger was very unreliable and visibility from the cockpit was almost non-existence for take-off and landings.
Thus the project was cancelled un favor of anther prototype called the XP-40. Before the Xp-40 was produced, one more attempt was mad to use Model 75.
The new prototype was called the XP-42. It had a long slek nose giving it the impression of having an liquid cooled in-line engine. Instead it had a radial engine which had unresolvable cooling problems.
This project was cancelled. Thus the P-36 Hawk became the standard for combat operations of the Model 75 platform.
The first production P-36As were delivered to USAAC in 1938. But due to “teething” problems it took a long time to correct these problems. By then the USAAC considered the P-36A to be obsolete.
However in February 1941, 39 P-36As were loaded on to the USS Enterprise in California and when the aircraft carrier got near the coast of Hawaii, the non-carriered built P-36As flew off the Enterprise to Wheeler Field in Oahu.
This was the first take-offs from an aircraft carrier by a non-carrier type aircraft. We know later, of the famous Jimmy Doolittle raid of B-25s over Tokyo in 1942 that took off from the USS Hornet. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941, only 5 of the 39 of the P-36A got airborne.
The 5 Hawks did a fine job as they downed two Japanese Zeros with a loss of one P-36. This was the only action the P-36A Hawk saw in World War II for the USAAC.
Most of the USAAC P-36As were relegated to advance trainers for the great influx of new pilots coming in the military.
Argentina 30 Curtiss P-750s were sold the Argentinians and a license to construct 20 more locally.
British-RAF The Mohawk was tested and compared against the Famous Spitfire. It did have a few features that were better than the “Spit” but in over-all analysis the RAF did not order any.
However due to the changing tides of war, the RAF inherited 229 Mohawks from the fleeing French pilots during the fall of France to the Germans. Most of these were sento the Royal Indian Air Force in India.
China The Hawk 75H which was a simplified version with fixed landing gear were sold to the Chinese Nationalists.
Finland After the Germans had taken France, they sold 45 Curtiss Hawks of various models to the Finns in their war against Russia. The Hawk was well liked by the Finn pilots, scoring 190 victories over the Soviets.
Other countries to use the P-36 of various models were; Norway, Peru Portugal and Thailand.
Where you can see the Curtiss P-36 Hawk
38-001 P-36A is on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
Check With Your Local Air Museum for More Information on the Curtiss P-36 Hawk
Wingspan: 37 ft 4 in
Length: 28 ft 6 in
Height: 8 ft 5 in
Weight: 4,567 lbs (empty)
Max Speed: 313 mph
Cruise Speed: 270 mph
Ceiling: 32,700 ft
Range: 625mi (combat)
Engine: 1/Pratt & Whitney R-1830-17 Twin Wasp Air-cooled radial engine rated at 1,050 hp.
The Brewster F2A Buffalo a United States Navy and Marine Corp fighter used in the early days of World War II. Built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation it was on of the first monoplanes to have an arresting hook and able to be used on aircraft carriers.
In 1939, the Buffalo won the competition withe the Grumman Corporation F4F Wildcat to be the USN’s first monoplane fighter aircraft. Several countries; Finland, Belgium, Britain and Netherlands ordered the Buffalo.
Finland was very successful in in repelling many Soviet aircraft that were a part of USSR’s invasion of Finland. From 1941-1944 the de-navalized B-239 had an amazing 32:1 victory over most Soviet aircraft during that time.
In December 1941, the British and Dutch used Buffalo B-339D/Es in combat with the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros and Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-43 Oscars and were totally overwhelmed by the faster and more agile Japanese fighters in the Far East Asia theater. The Allies aircraft were lightened by cutting back on fuel and ammunition but that didn’t help much.
The Buffalo was built in 3 variations the F2A-1, F2A-2 and F2A-3 for the USN. Foreign sales were designed as B-239, B-339 and B-339-23. These were land based aircraft and could not land on aircraft carriers
The F2A-3 saw action with the USMC (United State Marine Corp) squadrons at the Battle of Midway. The Buffalo F2A-3 was decidedly obsolete and no match for the Zero. The term “flying coffin” was adopted by the pilots at Midway.
There were 509 F2As of all variants built between 1938-1941 and the Finland retired the last military owned Buffalo in 1948
Design and Development
In 1935 the USN put out a request to the American aviation manufacturing community for a carrier based monoplane fighter to replace the aging bi-wing Grumman F3F. The Brewster Aeronautical of Long Island New York initially lost the bid to Seversky P-35. The P-35 was eliminated when it failed to reach the required maximum speed of 270 mph.
The new F2A-1 had a modern look with all -metal fuselage and wings although the control surfaces were fabric which was the practice at the time. It was powered by a Wright R-1820-22 single row Cyclone radial engine that could push the Buffalo at a 2,600 climb rate per minute with a top speed of 277.
The aircraft was taken Langley Research Center for wind tunnel test. Modifications made from the results added nearly 27 mph to it’s speed, now a 304 mph. The armament consisted one .50 cal M2 Browning machine gun and one .30 cal AN Browning machine gun, both mounted in the nose.
In 1938, the USN awarded the Brewster Aeronautical Corp a contract to build 54 of the F2A-1. But do to production delays only 11 of the Brewster F2A-1 went to the USN.
When things did get rolling in New York, the remainder of the Buffalos were modified to the B-239 verison and sent to Finland. A newer version came out from Brewster called the F2A-2 with a more powerful engine, Wright R-1820-40 single row radial , which produced top speeds 323 mph, not too bad at the time. A new propeller was used, better landing gear, but still no cockpit armor and self-sealing fuel tanks.
However both the F2A-1 and The F2A-2 were liked by Navy and Marine pilots. Pappy (Baa-Baa Black Sheep) Boyington recalls “…the early models, before they weighed it all down with cockpit armor, radios and other equipment, were real sweet machines,. Not too fast, but the little aircraft could turn and roll in a phone booth.”
In January 1941 108 aircraft were ordered this being the last F2A-3 delivered to USN and USMC. The F2A-3 now had a new, self-sealing fuel tanks, armor around the cockpit and increased ammunition storage in the aircraft. The new innovations added weight thus causing a decrease in rate of climb , speed and maneuverability.
The off-set was the bigger engine had s two speed Cyclone supercharger gave it higher altitude performance and was an excellent cruising engine.
The Saratoga and the Lexington used them in the early days of World War II. By then the USN considered the F2A Buffalo (all variants) to be obsolete.
Many of the newer more advanced fighters were still be built or being tested and the Buffalo had to weather the storm. When the replacements came the Buffalo was relegated to the training squadrons as an advanced training aircraft.
In early December, 1941 the USS Saratoga was sailing toward Wake Island with a 20 Brewster F2A-3 and 7 Grumman F4F Wildcats as part of a relief force, when USCINCPAC diverted the Task Force to Midway. Earlier in December the VMA-211 F4F Wildcat squadron had be dispatched from the USS Enterprise to Wake Island.
Then On December 8, 1941 The Japanese attacked Wake Island, but stubborn resistance from the ground USMC troops prevented the Japanese from taking Wake. The USS Saratoga was the rescue force , but the military leaders apparently didn’t want to engage the Japanese with such a rather lean Tak Force.
Because of the Pearl Harbor disaster , the Saratoga was sent to Midway Island. It wasn’t until May of 1942 that VMA- 221 using F2A-3 Buffalo, engaged the enemy on that fateful day.
There were 30-40 “Val” dive bombers heading for Midway with Major Floyd Parks led the Buffalos into the fray. The VMA-221 managed to down several Vals and then the Zeros come from on high and 13 of the 20 Buffalos were shot down. Major Parks was strafed by a Zero after bailing out of his buring Buffalo. He did not survive.
Lt. Charles Kunz recalled: “I was at an altitude of about 9,000 and shove over in a dive trying to shake the plane on my tail until I was about 20 feet from the water I was making radical turns hoping the pilot couldn’t get steadied on me. I glanced out of the rear and saw that it was a Zero fighter. I continued flying on a rapid turning course at full throttle when I was hit in the head bu a glancing bullet.
After he fired a few short bursts he left, as I had been in a general direction 205 degrees away from the island. My plane was badly shot up. In my opinion the Zero fighter has far been underestimated. I think it is probably one of finest fighters in the present war. As for the F2A-3 it should be in Miami as a training plane, rather than used as a first line fighter” .
After the Battle of Midway, marked the end of the use of the Brewster F2A (all variants) in front line combat for the United States. The new Grumman F4F Wildcat was vastly superior to the Buffalo in every way except range. The Brewster F2A Buffalo became a distant memory.
Where you can see the Brewster Buffalo
Finnish B239 serial BW-372 National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola Florida
A full scale replica of B339C was completed by Cradle of Aviation Museum Long Island New York
The Bell P-39 Airacobra was an early American fighter aircraft at the out break of World War II. In the “Lend-Lease” plan with eh Soviet Union, the P-39 was one of their favorite fighters as it had more victories than any other American aircraft that was sold to the USSR.
The British RAF and the Italian Air Force (after the fall of Fascist Italy) were also users of this aircraft. It was the first American Fighter to have tricycle landing gear. The unique feature was the engine was in the center of the fuselage behind the pilot.
Due to a lack of a turbo-supercharger, it was not a good high altitude aircraft. The Soviets liked it because they used it for medium to low altitude combat every effectively. It was a deadly ground attack fighter with a deadly nose cannon.
The Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft is best remembered for its service in World War II and Korean War. Although Vought Aircraft was the designer and developer, Goodyear Tire and Brewster Aircraft were licensed to build the Corsair.
During the production period from 1940 to 1953 (the French Air Force purchased the last one) 12,571 F4U were built between the 3 plants. The reason for the other two plants besides Vought was because once the War started, the demand for F4Us was overwhelming beyond, Vought’s capability.
The Corsair was used by the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marines (USMC) during World War II. It originally designed tso be a carrier-based fighter.
Because of carrier landing problems in the early days of its use, it was redirected to USMC as a land based fighter although it still had the carrier abilities. The Corsair entered the War in 1944 with USN , after the carrier landing difficulties were straighten out.


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The 2011 MotoGP championship season begins in Qatar on March 20, and Capcom today confirmed that racing enthusiasts will be able to play along at home from the very start. The publisher has announced a March 15 North American release date for the PlayStation 3 edition of the game.
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FLE GmbH, a company of the LFPI group, has acquired its eighth property in Budapest on behalf of the Luxemburg based fund FLE SICAV FIS.
The acquisition relates to an art nouveau building that was constructed at the end of the 19th century and is located in the embassy quarter of Budapest’s 6th district, in very close proximity to Heroes’ Square. The property is currently home to the French Embassy and offers cca. 1,500 sqm of leasable space.
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This 1990 bid for chart-faring hits definitely strives for success, and at times it succeeds. The patented Corey Hart vocals are here, along with catchy material on such fare as "Bang! (Starting Over)" and "A Little Love," with a chorus that will soon have you singing, "a little love will make your heart go bang-bang." Any number of these songs should've done well on Top 40 radio in 1990, but, alas, not even one made a bump on the U.S. charts. Hart works a soulful sound onto "Rain on Me," gets sensual with "Slowburn," and unknowingly creates a sultry homoerotic pleaser on "Diamond Cowboy," complete with an ailing harmonica solo. Much like when John Mellencamp poked fun at himself with "Pop Singer," Hart plays the same hand with "Icon," singing, "I love to be an icon, super strong, obnoxious little moron," with more than a hint of a wink. Often written off as hack product, it's obvious that Hart is sincere even when creating the lighter-flickering concert song "Chase the Sun," but he should have avoided letting "Can't Stand Losin' You" and "Kisses on the Train" be included on this release. The closer and ultimate letdown, "Ballade for Nien Cheng," where Hart lets his politics speak, just doesn't fit. While this isn't an essential release, fans of Hart will enjoy this as an occasional listen.
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Question about 1991 Alfa Romeo 164
1991 alfa romeo 164 manual
all the buttons work, the blower works, good a/c but no heat will blow and the defrost blows only cold
Although I fixed the problem, I got a quick response from David quickly and wanted to post.
On my 1991 164L you pull the rod towards the interior of the car for heat (opening valve), push to firewall for cold (closing valve). Also, if you have that annoying clicking just remove the plug from the actuator and quiet times prevail...
Is this in regards to an Alfa 164?
If so, open glove compartment and remove the square fascia plate (upper left) with flat blade screwdriver. Best if you disconnect the control wiring in front once that plate is removed. The lever arm is directly inside, maybe 3-4" back. Take a flashlight to see it, there's a solid cable lead coming off an actuator.
I'm don't recall which way is heat, either all the way forward or all the way towards you.
Your hand should be able to fit thru the opening. Try pulling the cable/arm towards you first, if it won't move than it needs to go forward....all the way.
Posted on Nov 03, 2010
Not sure if you have solved this one. Most likely the little nylon teeth in the gearing of the troublesome stepper motor that operates the hot/cold valve are stripped. you might have heard some clicking right before it it came to rest in the position it is in right now. Most of us 164 owners have gone thru this problem and either replaced either the gears (back when the Aussie was offering cast bronze replacement gears) or the whole motors assembly. Unfortunately both are difficult.
You can manually reach in and physically move the valve position, happy to explain. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.org and I'll walk you thru it.
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Heater core is probably no good
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Carbonized Records have unleashed the debut EP ‘Fleshworks’ by Canadian Death/Grind quartet Bodyrot on a cassette only release.
A slow brooding guitar tone and a methodical drumming style leads into opening track ‘Body… Reclaimed’ before being replaced by rampaging riffs and brutal Old School Death Metal drumming. A duelling vocal style of ferocious deep growling and a rawer almost shrieked style compete for supremacy whilst the rest of the band hammer out uber-aggressive vulgarity with just a hint of groove.
This is only a very short four track demo but with the carnage wreaking mayhem of ‘To the Bog’ it is certainly quick to make its point. Moments of Death Metal rhythm are quick to appear but equally are shattered just as fast by raucous Grind Beastiality, and this back and forth style sets the tone for the whole demo whose seven minutes fly by in a haze of vitriolic haze and repugnant sounding riffs and growls.


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THE WISHING WELL
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Title: THE WISHING WELL
Publisher: Green Tiger Press, San Diego, CA
Publication Date: 1988
Illustrator: Sabuda, Robert
Book Condition:NEAR FINE
Edition: 1st Edition
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After witnessing an old man procure modest necessities from a magic wishing well, a young boy asks the well for fabulous riches and receives instead a lesson about a wise old man and a foolish young boyFrom Publishers Weekly:
Each of these companion books features a short, terse story accompanied by colored, linoleum-cut illustrations. In Wishing Well , a boy's greedy requests are granted by an enchanted well: he asks for all the wealth in the world. But as with all such requests, the results are far different than the boy had imagined, and he believes himself to be cast out and alone. He observes an old man whose requests of the well are humble, and finds out that the man, too, has learned the hard lesson of greed. The Fiddler's Son is loved by nearly all the villagers for his beautiful music, but one man maligns him, saying that it is his instrument that provides the music, not talent. Yet when he smashes the boy's fiddle, the boy uses a stick and string to prove that his songs, played from the heart, are the source of his acclaim. The circular structure of Wishing Well will find favor with readers, who will be glad to find that enchantment, if used moderately, can bring contentment. The Fiddler's Son , however, is a story of disparate parts that are never coherently told: Why is this boy so blessed with music? Why doesn't his own father defend him? Why does he have a detractor? The illustrations are sensitively wrought; combined with the book's careful designwhich includes a hand-pasted cover illustrationthey give the books a handsome look and feel. No ages given.
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PORT JEFFERSON STATION, Long Island (WABC) -- Take one look at how young his children are, and you begin to get a sense of this family's loss. But Tuesday, the family of fallen Tech Sgt. Dashan Briggs caught a break, thanks to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, and donations from others.
The 30-year-old, from Port Jefferson Station, was one of seven airmen killed in a helicopter crash in western Iraq back in March. He was one of four who died from the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing out of Westhampton.
But to the grandparents who raised him alongside their own kids, the loss is immeasurable.
"Well he's my son. And, any mother that loses a child..it takes a long time," said Briggs' grandmother Rosemary.
She choked back tears Tuesday, after her grandson's widow, Rebecca, was handed a check from their mortgage company, Caliber Home Loans, for $33,000 to help pay off their mortgage.
It is for the home where the Briggs family hoped to raise their children, now ages one and a half and 3.
Rebecca Briggs said it was significant that they could stay in their home "forever...where our memories were made."
"And I won't have to work multiple jobs. So it's just, I'm forever grateful," she said.
Tunnel to Towers offers financial assistance to veterans and other first responders killed in the line of duty. To date, they have pledged $7 million in the form of trust accounts and mortgage payments.
But the group offers something else, which is priceless.
"We don't just pay off a mortgage and leave. We don't just build a home. You become part of a family," said founder and C.E.O. Frank Siller.
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Cream 100 g/4 oz/½ cup of the butter or
margarine with the sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the
egg yolks, then fold in the flour, carob powder, salt, orange rind and
15 ml/1 tablespoon of the orange juice. Spoon the mixture into two
greased and lined 18 cm/7 in cake tins (pans) and bake in a preheated
oven at 180ºC/350ºF/gas mark 4 for 20 minutes until springy to the
touch. Remove from the tins and leave to cool.
Melt the carob with the remaining orange
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Remove from the heat and beat in the remaining butter or margarine.
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cakes together with half the icing and spread the remainder on top.
Mark into a pattern with a fork and sprinkle with the nuts to