Samsung TV Bad Capacitor Lawsuit Settlement

I have posted fixes to a number of Samsung LCD televisions on this blog and now am happy to see that Samsung Electronics America Inc. (SEA) will be reimbursing owners with defective capacitors for getting them fixed. See the Samsung web site for details:

http://www.samsung.com/us/capacitorsettlement/

It involves the March 2, 2012 District Court of Oklahoma City No. CJ-2011-7260, Ryan Russell and Phillip Bourne + plantiffs vs. Samsung Electronics America Inc. If I read the settlement correctly, the two individuals get a new TV or $750 US and the lawyers get $475,000. I hope to get my expenses for the parts and time I spent repairing our TV.

Previous posts involving Samsung televisions:

http://poppular.blogspot.com/2011/03/purple-line-problem-with-samsung-lcd-tv.html

http://poppular.blogspot.com/2011/08/fixing-samsung-television.html

http://poppular.blogspot.com/2011/08/repairing-another-samsung-lcd-tv.html

German World War II Model Aircraft

The Jeffersontown Historical Museum has an impressive display of model aircraft on display until June 15, 2012.  The models are the life's work of Floyd Wilder.  He served in the U.S. Navy and then worked for AT&T. The museum is located in the same building as the Jeffersontown, Kentucky Public Library (10635 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, KY 40299) and the is open Monday-Friday 10 AM - 5 PM.

One can see some very odd and rare German airplane models on display at this exhibit.  This posting shows some of the World War II designs starting with the Nazi piloted cruise missile Fieseler Fi-103. Learn more about it at this web site.  Next would be the Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English translation viper) that was meant to be some sort of intercepter weapon. Learn more at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349

Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe (English translation swallow) model of the first jet-powered fighter aircraft. Learn more on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet rocket powered fighter aircraft model, see Wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163

Model of a V-2 (Vergeltungswaffe) rocket and crew, learn about this rocket on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2

A model of the famous LZ 129 Hindenburg zepplin that a met a tragic end May 3, 1937 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster)

More models of German World War 2 bombers and gliders, not sure about their names or histories:

World War I Model Airplanes

The Jeffersontown Historical Museum has an impressive display of model aircraft on display until June 15, 2012.  The models are the life's work of Floyd Wilder.  He served in the U.S. Navy and then worked for AT&T. The museum is located in the same building as the Jeffersontown, Kentucky Public Library (10635 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, KY 40299) and the is open Monday-Friday 10 AM - 5 PM.
This first picture is of a German World War I tri-plane. The next picture are of two French biplanes.

Here is a picture of an American flying poster.

A Japanese triplane model is shown in this next picture.

Next two pictures are of British or French biplane models. One of which is interesting in that the propeller has four blades instead of just two.

The rest of the pictures are of German planes one of which appears to be a model of a plane probably from the 1930s or 1940s based on its tail insignia.

fiat lux

fiat lux is a Latin term meaning let there be light. The phrase is used in the Book of Genesis. The image is of galaxy NGC 2207 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Source image is from GReat Images in NASA (GRIN) web site: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000897.html. It has been modified somewhat for this artwork.