America's Hundred Thousand covers in detail the eleven U.S. fighter aircraft types produced just before and during World War II - with a combined production total of just over 100,000 aircraft. Covered are the Army Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, and the Navy F2A - Buffalo, F4F - Wildcat, F4U - Corsair, and F6F - Hellcat fighters. The text is supplemented by more than 650 photographs, and 200 tables and graphs. Fighter production figures are also included. After an introduction of each type, a heavily illustrated overview of earlier inter-war production from 1920-on, along with a discussion and illustration of wartime experimental types, is provided. A lengthy section considering several technical factors affecting fighter performance follows. These include engine models, supercharger types, propellers, aerodynamic thrust, lift and drag, aircraft weight, balance, stability and control, and armament. America's Hundred Thousand also provides details of each U.S. World War II production fighter in terms of models and changes, numbers produced, and major engine and aircraft performance aspects - in tabular and graphical form - details of weights, discussion of handling qualities and general comments, along with detailed descriptions containing many illustrations of aircraft structures and systems showing the technology of that time. In addition a comprehensive week-to-week and month-to-month chronology of development and wartime combat operational life for each fighter is provided, including many photos. This study concludes with comparisons of the eleven types in terms of program milestones, aircraft drag, power available at various altitudes, speed, climb, rolling and turning, acceleration, and diving performance, as well as general evaluations by World War II pilots.
This textbook offers students with a basic understanding of group theory a preview of several interesting groups they would not typically encounter until later in their academic careers. By presenting these advanced concepts at this stage, they will gain a deeper understanding of the subject and be motivated to explore more of it. Groups covered include Thompson’s groups, self-similar groups, Lamplighter groups, and Baumslag-Solitar groups. Each chapter focuses on one of these groups, and begins by discussing why they are interesting, how they originated, and why they are important mathematically. A collection of specific references for additional reading, topics for further research, and exercises are included at the end of every chapter to encourage students’ continued education. With its accessible presentation and engaging style, A Sampling of Remarkable Groups is suitable for students in upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate abstract algebra courses. It will also be of interest to researchers in mathematics, computer science, and related fields.
Raid on Innocence In the years before the Civil War began, the small town of Salinas, Indiana was starting a period of growth that could turn this farming community into a small city. The driving force behind the growth was the combined effort of two hard-working farmers with a vision to make Salinas one of the major cities in southern Indiana. William Consley raised and trained quality saddle, team, and workhorses for most of the farmers and businessmen in the northern half of the county. He always had 30 to 40 horses on his 300-acre farm but could sometimes have as many as 10 additional that were being trained. Andrew Davis had an expanding cattle business that reached out to support other businesses in the community. His 1000 acres could support over 500 head of cattle that he sent to the slaughterhouse in town, and then sent the hides to the tan yard to be made into leather. The ice harvesting he did in the winter allowed his beef to be shipped back east to market. All of his businesses provided employment for a large portion of the citizens of the community and encouraged an influx of more settlers to the town. There weren't any citizens who had a stake in the slavery issue even though most of them still had strong ties to relatives in the south. When war does break out, only a few young men volunteer to go in the Army, either North or South. The community makes every attempt to avoid the war until the war came to them. What happens that day will surprise and shock you and will explain what becomes of the town afterwards.
UNDERGROUND At the turn of the century, the city of Louisville was growing. There were gangs of young men in the out-lying villages, villages that were being swallowed up as the city expanded around them. Robert O’Brien had his own gang, and his fortune and influence were expanding at an alarming rate. Having learned to steal at a young age, he practiced his craft in the Portland area, where he grew up. He and his friends had been moving ever closer to the center of the city, until he was buying buildings and property in the most sought after sections. Their ill-gotten profits were being used to buy their way into Louisville society. Robert’s inside information was now used to rob the richest citizens, while they wined and dined the mastermind in their homes and social clubs. Making a fortune in this manner was slow and risky, especially when he insisted on moving the stolen merchandise across the river, out of the area, to sell. What Robert and his cousin found under the city turned his gang of thieves into legends, and ghosts. He amassed a fortune that rivaled any in Louisville. How he did it and what happened to his discovery has always been a question in the minds of the authorities. Now, the legend is being revealed.
TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH! The medicine of the future is contained in this booklet. This is the first in a series of self-help booklets to provide information, facts and how to’s for people who want to take charge of their health. Holistic MD Bill Dean and Holistic PhD Tom Laga, a specialist in Nutrition-Fitness-Stresscare, are two health experts with over 80 years of combined experience in the fields of Wellness, Holistic Healthcare and Holistic Medicine. Both Dr Dean and Dr Laga have extensive backgrounds in teaching and want to share with you how to take charge of your own Body-Mind-Spirit health. This booklet covers diet, nutrition, supplements, exercise, fasting, detoxification, environmental factors, the role of attitude and truly, much, much more. Learn how to treat the underlying cause of illness, not just the symptoms. All illnesses or afflictions are PROBLEMS with CAUSES and therefore: with SOLUTIONS for healing. Find out what YOU can do for all problems relating to The Immune System: recurring infections, delayed healing, chronic fatigue, gastro-intestinal upsets, allergies. Scan the Table Of Contents to realize what a wide range of problems are examined. Learn about your Immune System and what you can do for it. Understand both the generalities and specifics on the diseases affecting you and all of us in today’s world. Take charge of your own well--being. Know what your own doctor seldom mentions.
At a time when the gap between rich and poor has been increasing, Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship provides an accessible introduction to current debates about inequality, exclusion and the nature of citizenship, while also presenting an innovative exploration of popular beliefs and values in Britain. The authors develop a series of conceptual models by which to understand the competing traditions which have informed ideas about citizenship, and the contradictory moral notions that currently inform popular expectations of the welfare state.
Lectures on Finitely Generated Solvable Groups are based on the “Topics in Group Theory" course focused on finitely generated solvable groups that was given by Gilbert G. Baumslag at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. While knowledge about finitely generated nilpotent groups is extensive, much less is known about the more general class of solvable groups containing them. The study of finitely generated solvable groups involves many different threads; therefore these notes contain discussions on HNN extensions; amalgamated and wreath products; and other concepts from combinatorial group theory as well as commutative algebra. Along with Baumslag’s Embedding Theorem for Finitely Generated Metabelian Groups, two theorems of Bieri and Strebel are presented to provide a solid foundation for understanding the fascinating class of finitely generated solvable groups. Examples are also supplied, which help illuminate many of the key concepts contained in the notes. Requiring only a modest initial group theory background from graduate and post-graduate students, these notes provide a field guide to the class of finitely generated solvable groups from a combinatorial group theory perspective.
Do you know what Accounting Noise is? How about Illiquid? Bricks and Clicks? Any idea what GAAP, LBO, RFP, or SOW stand for? Let's face it: You can't survive the corporate jungle today unless you speak the language. It's time to learn! With this easy-to-use, easy-to-understand guide, you will: Learn key business vocabulary and how to use it confidently Be able to reference critical terms from all areas of business Locate more than 1,000 clear definitions Set up in dictionary style, Business Words You Should Know features not only definitions, but also offers sample sentences and similar terms for each entry, as well as lists of acronyms and common business concepts. Whether you're looking for a job or are already in the thick of today's challenge business environment, you'll speak the language of the pros in no time!
In the mid-1980s a young woman is found strangled in a wooded area north of the town of Graham, Colorado. A young man, near death from a drug overdose, is found nearby. The implications are obvious to the members of the community. As Sheriff Emmett Taylor begins his investigation, conflicting evidence raises the questions in his mind. The autopsy reveals the young woman had sex sometime during the evening of the murder, but apparently was not raped. The young man, the town's bad boy, was carrying a lethal dose of heroin, a drug not readily available in the farm community, in his veins. Despite the interference of Marta Sanchez, the assistant district attorney, the mayor of Graham, and various city officials, Sheriff Taylor is determined to conduct the investigation in his own manner. To complicate matters further, Nathan Crowley, a suspected killer of six young women that Taylor sent to jail four years ago has been released. And he is coming back. And he is looking for revenge. Sheriff Taylor realized in the final resolution, he will either come out on top, or end up dead.
Alan Benedict, a renowned copyright attorney in South Africa, suffers a devastating personal tragedy. For the next six months Alan unsuccessfully tries to perpetuate his previous existence. After he tenders his resignation as partner of his firm, Alan abandons his legal career and lifestyle and relocates to Cape Town to begin a new chapter. Soon after he meets Toni Vaughn, an emotionally scarred young woman, he is reluctantly coerced out of reclusion to conduct a copyright case about a potentially plagiarized book. After recruiting Toni as his assistant, Alan leaves no stone unturned while attempting to prove his theory that the alleged source of the plagiaristic book is fraudulent and that the defence of the case is shrouded in a dangerous web of lies and deceit. As their work draws Alan and Toni closer together, everythingincluding their relationshipbecomes linked to the outcome of the challenging case. In this dramatic story of treachery, betrayal, love, and an obsession to succeed, a lawyer takes on a complex and bizarre copyright case while in a state of severe personal turmoil.
Modern education, conceived in the late 18th century and expanded in the early 19th century to promote enlightenment and social equality, may finally be nearing its institutional limit. Over the past decade, following nearly a century of steady gains, there has been little further advancement in modern education. The modern system has proved effective in serving the interests of the established core of contemporary society, but ineffective in reaching for the periphery. The contributors to this volume offer various corrective approaches to correct this state of affairs.
What can latter-day revelation teach us about the vital doctrines of the restored gospel. How can knowing the history of the early days of the Restoration help us understand the future blessings promised to a worldwide Church? In this third volume of a comprehensive, four-volume series, authors Stephen E. Robinson and H. Dean Garrett draw from numerous sources to bring to life the history and doctrine of the Doctrine and Covenants in an easy-to-read format. Using original diaries, journals, maps, and atlases, they set a historical context that helps clarify what is being said in the scriptures. Understand latter-day scripture in a whole new light!
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