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Pete's Gear: 1970s Peavey Vintage 4x10 amplifier
Click to view larger version. Ca. 1976/77, at Olympic Studios, recording Rough Mix, with Gretsch Chet Atkins, coil cable and Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal.
Pete Townshend used a 1970s Peavey Vintage 4x10 amplifier in the studio for 1977's Rough Mix and 1981's Face Dances, if not others. In the Rough Mix session photos, he can be see using the amp with his Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body and a Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal.
Peavey Vintage 4x10 specification
- Narrow panel, diagonal tweed covering
- 4 x 10″
- 110 watts; four 6L6 power tubes
- Four inputs (two normal, two bright)
- Controls: Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb
Generic Peavey Vintage 4x10 amplifier, courtesy Hal Rollins.
Generic Peavey Vintage 4x10 amplifier control panel, courtesy Hal Rollins.
Ca. 1976/77, at Olympic Studios, recording Rough Mix, with Gretsch Chet Atkins, 1970s Peavey Vintage 4x10 amplifier, coil cable and Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal.
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Tycoons Questioned in Talansky Affair
The focus of the investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continued yesterday to focus on the search for any quid pro quo that Olmert might have provided to U.S. businessman Morris Talansky in exchange for the hundreds of thousands of dollars he is suspected of giving to Olmert.
Police questioned billionaire U.S. businessmen Sheldon Adelson and S. Daniel Abraham in connection with the investigation. Both men are in Israel to attend the Presidential Conference.
Real estate tycoon Adelson provided a sworn statement to detectives yesterday.
Police believe that Olmert wrote to him and at least one other major hotel owner and asked them to buy minibar refrigerators for their properties made by a company in which Talansky had a stake at the time.
Talansky himself is thought to be behind the letter, which did not result in purchase orders.
Sources said that Adelson, who owns the free Israeli daily Yisrael Hayom and is close to former prime minister and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, was hard put to remember the letter and Olmert's request.
On Monday, police detectives waited for Abraham outside his Jerusalem hotel and questioned him about his relationship with Olmert and money he allegedly transferred to the prime minister years ago. In January 2004, Abraham purchased Olmert's former home on Kaf Tet Benovember Street in Jerusalem. Abraham made his fortune as a founder of Slim Fast, and in 1989 he founded the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation, which he bankrolls.
Israeli law-enforcement authorities yesterday confirmed that both Adelson and Abraham were questioned by police in connection with the investigation but emphasized that they are not suspects and that their statements were intended to establish Olmert's pattern of behavior and that he acted in Talansky's favor.
Earlier yesterday, detectives from the police's National Fraud Unit raided offices at the Trade and Industry Ministry in their widening search for a paper trail showing the alleged money trail between Talansky and Olmert. Police did not raid the minister's office, as they did in a previous search in a different Olmert investigation, focusing instead on the ministry's correspondence archive.
In addition to carting away documents, detectives yesterday attempted to restore data from ministry computers. Olmert headed the ministry from 2003 to 2006, before he became prime minister.
On Monday, the police searched Jerusalem municipal offices looking for evidence of alleged compensation provided by Olmert to Talansky in exchange for cash sums Olmert is suspected of receiving from Talansky during Olmert's 10-year tenure as the capital's mayor. One suspicion is that Olmert ordered the installation of speed bumps on the street where Talansky's children and grandchildren live after the businessman-philanthropist asked him to intervene.
No new date has been set for further questioning of Olmert under caution. Detectives want to complete their questioning of various figures before renewing their interviews with the prime minister. In addition, law-enforcement authorities are also waiting to see when Talansky is to be questioned in district court. Police sources say that if Olmert's attorneys can keep Talansky from giving preliminary evidence in the affair, the detectives will delay questioning Olmert again for as long as possible.
But if Talansky ends up giving evidence in the next several days, the police are expected to get Olmert's version of events beforehand to "lock" him into a narrative before Talansky testifies - in open court - and before Olmert's lawyers have a chance to review the investigative material in preparation for their cross-examination of Talansky in court.
The police are also preparing to conduct confrontations between former Olmert bureau head Shula Zaken and attorney Uri Messer, and between Talansky and Olmert, possibly in the near future.
The state yesterday asked the Jerusalem District Court to take a statement from Talansky as soon as possible, in light of the fact that the order preventing Talansky from leaving the country expires on May 21.
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Beastie Boys Awarded Almost Two Million Dollars from Monster Energy Drink
The surviving members of the Beastie Boys find themselves 1.7 million dollars richer, after a New York jury closed a copyright case against Monster Energy Drink.
The surviving members of the Beastie Boys find themselves 1.7 million dollars richer, after a New York jury closed a copyright case against Monster Energy Drink.
New Yorkers continue to remember Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who passed away of cancer in May. To celebrate what would have been Yauch's 48th birthday this weekend, fans have organized an MCA party and walking tour throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
If you were a little stunned by the news of Adam Yauch's death on May 4, you weren't alone — as Yauch's longtime Beastie Boys bandmate Mike Diamond puts it in an interview published in Rolling Stone, "He had us fooled in the most beautiful way … I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back."
The music world suffered a great loss when legendary hip hop artist and founding Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch lost his battle with cancer. After an outpouring of support and condolences from artists and fans alike, surviving Beastie Boys Ad-Rock and Mike D have spoken out on the tragic loss of their friend and bandmate.
Earlier today (May 4), music fans learned of the tragic news that Beastie Boys co-founder Adam 'MCA' Yauch had passed away. In a new lengthy statement, posted below, the cause of death has been confirmed as Yauch's three year battle with cancer.
Adam "MCA" Yauch, a member of the influential and legendary New York rap group the Beastie Boys passed away today at the age of 47. MCA leaves behind not only a nation of hardcore fans, but a legacy of music that will love on for generations.
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In heartbreaking news, Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch (aka MCA) passed away at the age of 47 earlier today (May 4). Upon hearing of his death, many musicians in the rock community have expressed both shock and sadness via Twitter
It's an incredibly sad day in music as Adam Yauch (aka MCA) has passed on at the age of 47.
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Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
- Adv. Theor. Math. Phys.
- Volume 9, Number 4 (2005), 559-574.
Open-string BRST cohomology for generalized complex branes
Anton Kapustin and Yi Li
It has been shown recently that the geometry of D-branes in general topologically twisted $(2,2)$ sigma-models can be described in the language of generalized complex (GC) structures. On general grounds, such D-branes (called GC branes) must form a category. We compute the BRST cohomology of open strings with both ends on the same GC brane. In mathematical terms, we determine spaces of endomorphisms in the category of GC branes. We find that the BRST cohomology can be expressed as the cohomology of a Lie algebroid canonically associated to any GC brane. In the special case of B-branes, this leads to an apparently new way to compute $\mathrm{Ext}$ groups of holomorphic line bundles supported on complex submanifolds: while the usual method leads to a spectral sequence converging to the $\mathrm{Ext}$, our approach expresses the $\mathrm{Ext}$ group as the cohomology of a certain differential acting on the space of smooth sections of a graded vector bundle on the submanifold. In the case of coisotropic A-branes, our computation confirms a proposal of Orlov and one of the authors (A.K.).
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Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. Volume 9, Number 4 (2005), 559-574.
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Kapustin, Anton; Li, Yi. Open-string BRST cohomology for generalized complex branes. Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 9 (2005), no. 4, 559--574.https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.atmp/1144070451


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Enterprise Architectures intends to be an initial exposure to enterprise architectures, EA concepts, and foundations and to develop an understanding of how EA can be the difference between successful and scalable business - versus chaotic, constrained, and stagnant businesses. The course offers an introductory pathway for those who are new to EA, as well as functional business people desiring a broad overview of EA and its' benefits. The course informs students regarding EA frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, EA3), framework approaches, and optimizations that when applied capture the current and future structure of business internals by aligning them with enterprise strategy. The course progresses from the business view of EA, into transition activities utilizing elements of standard EA frameworks, and closing with the value EA brings to technological transformational activities and stewardship through disruptive developments in the marketplace.
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Now commission has rescinded that order.
One of the precincts divided the council district and caused conflicts with city council candidates.
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Casting was probably the most important part of making IMMERSION. The search to find Moises and his classmates took several months. I visited the twelve elementary schools in Oakland and San Francisco with the highest Latino enrollment. These are also schools where the vast majority of students are poor enough to qualify for free lunches. I spoke in every 4th and 5th grade classroom. I encouraged the kids to make their own films, using the child filmmaking exploits of fellow New Zealander Peter Jackson as an example. "Who's seen Lord of the Rings?" and "Guess how old the filmmaker was when he made his first film," (correct answer: 8 years old) turned out to be good conversation starters. Of course, the kids were also encouraged to participate in IMMERSION.
Auditions were held either at the school, or at a nearby public library that the kids were familiar with. I was able to talk to over one thousand kids this way, and on average, more than one child from each class visited showed up for auditions. Most had never acted before, and very few had ever been to an audition. Because so many children were needed for the classroom and playground scenes, kids who did not get principal roles were still able to participate in the film if they wanted to. Throughout the process, the filmmakers wanted the experience to be empowering for all the kids involved.
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3D measurement and color grading of diamonds based on machine vision
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|3D measurement and color grading based on machine vision have great significance in the diamond industry. Due to the complex optical characteristics of diamonds, acquired images often have complicated noisy backgrounds, which make the 3D measurement and color grading of diamonds extremely difficult. However, existing methods can not successfully deal with the challenge. In this thesis, effective methods are proposed to exactly measure the 3D structures and implement color grading of diamonds. In addition, the proposed 3D measurement method is further extended, and can also be used to exactly measure the 3D structures of small mechanical parts under complicated noisy backgrounds. By analyzing the error generation and propagation of 3D measurement, a stereo vision system was designed first to acquire stable diamond images. To estimate the orientation of a diamond, two different methods are developed. As the structure of a diamond crown can be represented by various line segments according to prior CAD model, a virtual motion control system is developed to accurately extract the desired linear features. Then, this method is extended to non-linear feature extraction. Based on multi-scale decomposition of gray images and virtual beam chains, the non-linear features of the desired curves can be exactly extracted. By analyzing the geometrical error of curve fitting, the refined non-linear features can be obtained. Based on the obtained linear and non-linear features, the exact 3D structure of the measured object can be reconstructed and measured with the least square errors. For diamond color grading, an effective method is developed to eliminate the fluctuation of light source. In the modified HSV color space, the uniform regions are separated. Then, the independent color features and compressed joint color features of hue and saturation are extracted according to the probability distributions in the separated uniform regions. Furthermore, using a trained BP neural network, diamonds can be exactly graded according to the extracted color features. Based on a real machine vision system, various experiments were implemented. The experimental results show that the developed methods can exactly measure the 3D structures of diamond crowns and small mechanical parts that can be represented by various line segments and 3D curves under complicated noisy backgrounds. Experimental results also show that the developed method can reach a high accuracy suitable for diamond color grading. Key words: Machine vision, 3D measurement, error analysis, least squares error, linear feature extraction, non-linear feature extraction, multi-scale decomposition, virtual motion control, color feature extraction, color grading, BP Neural Network.
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LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State hit some tough shots to get to overtime against San Diego State. The Aggies just couldn't close the deal against seventh-ranked Aztecs.
Xavier Thames scored 31 points, including 10 in overtime, and San Diego State turned back Utah State 74-69 Saturday night.
Spencer Butterfield scored 19 points for the Aggies (12-7, 2-5 Mountain West), Jalen Moore added a career-high 16 and Preston Medlin had 12.
Butterfield hit a 3-pointer over two defenders with 2.5 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
"Preston was covered and I came over and got a decent look," Butterfield said of his shot, described by coach Stew Morrill as "a miracle shot."
Butterfield drained another 3 to put Utah State up 62-61 with 3:03 left, but Thames put a halt to the rally.
He nailed a jumper that put San Diego State ahead for good with 1:50 remaining and made a 3 with 49.6 seconds left to make it 66-62.
SDSU shot 8 of 10 on free throws in the final 38.9 seconds to seal the victory.
"Our guys played really hard and we hit some big shots," Morrill said. "We gave ourselves a chance to win, but we've got to find a way to win games like this in league. It's a tough loss."
Moore, a freshman who started because Kyle Davis was slowed with a kneecap injury, was 4 of 7 from 3-point range.
"Jalen played great. He had to be out there for us, and he was active and athletic," Morrill said.
The Aggies shot 9 of 18 from long range, while SDSU was 4 of 15.
Josh Davis had 12 rebounds and six points for San Diego State (17-1, 6-0) and Winston Shepard scored 10.
The Aztecs are 30-11 in road games since March 2011, the third-best road record in the nation during that span. San Diego State is the first ranked team to visit Logan since March 2007, when USU upset 10th-ranked Nevada in overtime.
"This was a good team win," Thames said. "That's what championship teams do. We stuck with it."
The Aztecs went 5½ minutes without a field goal down the stretch before Josh Davis tied it at 52 on a jumper with 3:27 left. Davis put San Diego State back in front when he scored again to make it 55-54 with 1:50 remaining.
San Diego State appeared to be in good position to escape with a close win in regulation after Thames made two free throws with 16.1 seconds left. Butterfield changed that with his 3 from the right wing that tied it at 57.
After a timeout, Thames corralled a long pass at the other end but missed a tough jumper at the buzzer.
"They made up for all the shots they didn't make against (UNLV) against us," SDSU coach Steve Fisher said. "They made some hard shots and they made some open shots."
Utah State had a difficult time taking advantage of San Diego State's poor first-half shooting (10 of 30). The Aztecs used a smothering defense to pressure USU into seven turnovers before halftime.
San Diego State also dominated the glass, holding a 10-5 edge in offensive rebounds during the first half and outscoring Utah State 13-6 in second-chance points.
"We've done that before — not shot the ball well," Fisher said. "But we hung in with our defense. They carved us up a bit with their sets and their precision and their offense."
Utah State started mounting a rally toward the end of the half. Butterfield scored with 59 seconds left to trim SDSU's lead to 28-24 going into the locker room.
"We'll find a way to pull together. If you lose, you have two choices. You can lay down and give up or you can keep fighting," Butterfield said. "And this team will keep fighting. We'll need to bounce back with energy next Tuesday."
USU faces New Mexico in a nationally televised game Tuesday at 9 p.m. MST.


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After months of prep work, the final pieces of scaffolding have been mounted around the exterior walls of Washington Monument on Monday. The iconic 555-foot tall structure is about to undergo repairs after it was damaged from a 2011 earthquake. News4 provides a rare glimpse from the top of the Washington Monument.
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Hello, I'm wondering what would be the best way to get rid of all of the rss icons. I'm also looking to replace the facebook and twitter icons with my own larger custom icons. Will this affect the footer as well?
thanks in advance!
I'm also looking to do change the overall appearance of the menu. Can you point me in the right direction?
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Add the following to your Quick CSS at the bottom of the Layout & Styling Menu:
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The first class there sets the height for the container of the social links, the second class sets the size for each of the icons (24×24). So, if use bigger you'll need to adjust. To change the icons, just change the background-image for both the .twitter and .facebook class by replacing their images in the theme files or by uploading them to your site then changing the css to reflect the new spot where the images are.
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I really am glad I found this tea.
Know that an "entry level" sheng exists that I can point newbies towards without scaring them with either big price tags or overwhelming flavor profiles is comforting.
And let's face it, you can't drink "blow my mind" tea all day every day. If nothing else, the wallet won't allow it.
So having a sheng you can consider a "daily drinker" is pretty excellent.
With modest leaf in a small gaiwan, this tea is mellow and almost sweet. It makes me wish I had a yixing for it. I have found the yixing I want to invest in, but this will take time. And money.
I did long steepings with this for the first time, yesterday.
I freely admit that at this point I am extremely spoiled by my semi-gongfu double gaiwan style of steeping most tea most of the time. Working from home, and so having access to the kettle, all the hardware, towels, etc. means I can make great cups of tea all day every day.
So, on those occasions I make larger batches and do longer steepings, I have to remind myself that of course the results aren't going to be as dramatic.
The balance in this tea just amazes me. Whether steeped long or short, the roasted notes one expects in da hong pao are always playing this complex game of tag with the more lady orchid type notes.
I was pleased to discover that while a Western steep doesn't sparkle the way a gongfu steep does, the result is still a well balanced, excellent cup of extremely refreshing oolong tea.
Doing this one up today using my heretical multiple steepings into a single pot method. I have found that this is an especially effective way to create very complex pots of shou. Somehow the lighter notes of the very early and very late steepings remain distinct from the black tar of the middle steepings.
Think of it as breakfast blend, Yunnan style.
I'm into the last of this first order, today. The good news is I'm going to the Path of Tea tonight, so I can pick up another bag.
Although, I'm tempted to pick up the black pearl or the black spiral and see if I find myself relishing them the way I relish this qu hao.
I finally put my finger on what this tea reminds me of.
Lady Orchid (Lan Gui Ren).
That ginseng coating sweetness, and the floral hints with the roasted oolong beneath it.
This is far more subtle, of course, since it is the natural flavor of the tea itself, but that's what it is like.
Considering lady orchid is something I more or less never drink, I feel rather chuffed that I was able to make that connection. It only took, what, four tastings? ;-)
Old school, lazy Western style, today.
Enough leaf for 4 cups of water, three minute steep. I'll probably only get two, maybe three steeps this way, but that's still anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon from two tablespoons.
This tea is the precise opposite of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
Another fine tea sent from Tokyo by Liz. We had a bit of an adventure getting details to log this one.
I'm always amazed at how different gyokuro is from other sencha. A bad metaphor I always think of is the difference (and similarity) of lard to bacon grease.
Perhaps more apt in this case is a plate of steamed spinach leaves versus a plate of steamed spinach leaves drenched in melted butter and salt.
The key word here of course is umami.
This tea produces a downright frothy, brothy cup. Bright, pale green, deeply vegetal and coating the mouth throughout. The texture lingers in the mouth long after one has swallowed.
I believe I will save the rest of this leaf for when I have guests to whom I can serve an informal senchadō.
Shortened the steep time and all that powerful bitterness is gone.
I quaffed the gaiwan in two great swallows after an initial tentative sip and the flavor is just rolling around my mouth, tingling and sliding from here to there.
I'm so grateful for what I have learned through Steepster that has allowed me to treat each tea so much more precisely to the needs it has and to look past flavor profile to all the other ways that a leaf proves its value.
Harmony is a good name for this tea.
First fruits of a wife living overseas.
The dry leaf and wet leaf are exactly what you would expect from a respectable sencha offering. Deep, emerald green color, pungent, riotous undergrowth aromas.
The cup is soothly pale in color, but quickly fades to yellow tones.
The liqueur is intensely flavorful, attacking the palate. Thick, coating vegetal bitterness and fresh pea sweetness.
I may have steeped this 5 or 10 seconds too long, but the flavor is still very pleasant.


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Yesterday M and I also found ourselves surprised at how much we enjoy this outing virtually every Sunday. How it has become an anchor in the week, a bit like going to church. Now before you think I'm being irreverent, let me tell you this: I cannot imagine anyone coming nose to trunk with an elephant and not being awestruck by the beauty of creation. Yesterday we saw a wallaby (not a kangaroo, people) with a tiny baby in its pouch - that experience alone was worth the visit. It quietened the mind, stirred up that fuzzy warm feeling inside and got us commenting on the wonders of nature.
|N modelling lovely pink top and sarong-like skirt - unwittingly she may be setting a trend
|N loved her new look, almost refusing to take it off when we got home
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- cut the heads of broccoli into small florets
- in a heavy-base pan, sauté the onions and garlic in the oil
- add broccoli - stir for a minute or two, until the broccoli is bright green
- add the vegetable stock
- add salt and a few good twists of black pepper
- boil for 8-10 minutes, until the broccoli is tender
- turn off the heat and using a hand blender or food processor, puree the mixture (careful, it's hot!)
- add bit more salt and pepper if desired
- serve with some toast and garlic butter or, as we did, with some grilled cheese sandwiches
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Juicy J dropped a new track from his upcoming mixtape #mustbenice, due out September 19th. "Trap" features verses from Gucci Mane and Peewee Longway. Listen after the jump.
Gucci Mane's got a movie coming out. No, that's not a typo — yes, a movie. It's called The Spot, which of course will be dropping on October 17th (1017, you poser.) And there's also a soundtrack because let's not forget: Gucci is a musically-inclined individual. The soundtrack will most likely be released in conjunction with The Spot's release but we're being treated to an early leak with "No Problems," featuring fellow ATL stalwarts Rich Homie Quan and Peewee Longway. Yes, there is indeed a verse from Guwop himself. Listen to "No Problems" from the incarcerated Gucci Mane after the jump.
Rich Homie Quan, PeeWee Longway, and Boosie Badazz link up for the Beatmonster Marc and Wheezy produced "1500." Listen to it after the jump.
2 Chainz is taking you to school. T.R.U. University to be exact. And the professor himself is introducing his faculty staff as well, which includes Cap 1, Skooly, and Fresh (aka Short Dawg). As part of the curriculum you get 17 total tracks, including a number of loosies Mr. Chainz has already shared. The features on T.R.U. Jack City include Travis Porter, Mike WiLL Made-It, PeeWee Longway, Metro Boomin, Young Dolph, 808 Mafia, Zaytoven, DJ Spinz, and London on da Track. Listen to it in full after the jump.
Rich Gang! New Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan for your lazy Sunday afternoon. This one, "Hold Us," features fellow New Atlantan PeeWee Longway. Listen after the jump.
Originally appearing on Rich Gang's Rich Gang: The Tour, Part 1 mixtape, the Mike Will produced "I Got" receives a CD quality update. Young Thug and PeeWee Longway may now be heard in glorious HD quality. Listen after the jump.
Pray to god that Quavo never go solo! One third of the Migos drops a solo track featuring fellow New Atlanta trappers Young Thug and PeeWee Longway. "Trapper Girl" will be on the upcoming Lobby Runners 2 mixtape. Listen after the jump.
It's safe to say hip-hop isn't going anywhere anytime soon. And thankfully it doesn't have to as there is plenty of talent out there to carry the game for years to come. In addition, there's always a slew of new talent cropping up in the scene. Be it due to hard work or going viral, dozens of fresh rappers are gaining exposure every year. Peep our list of the 10 rappers you probably don't know about in 2014, but will soon be seeing everywhere.
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LOCKPORT – Two clerks at gas station convenience stores were arrested Sunday afternoon as Niagara County sheriff's deputies, state police and State Liquor Authority agents checked on beer sales to underage customers throughout Niagara County.
Charged with first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child and prohibited sales were Clyde D. Busch, 50, of Medina, an employee of Stop-N-Gas, 4004 Lake Ave., Town of Lockport; and Miranda L. Newman, 17, of Wilson, an employee of the Gulf station, 820 Center St., Lewiston.
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A person wrote a book and had it advertised on amazon as a work of fact. in this book he has told lies about me, naming me. Also, almost 90 percent of the book is built on lies and inmagination. For instance he claimed he was in active service in the marines in KLorea. This is untrue. he states that he started a union and mobsters helped him. this is untrue. the book is full of lies but he has told lies about me. do i have some kind of a case against him? is this on a contingincy basis?
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Assuming that what he said are lies and can be proven as lies, and you have incurred damages, you have a case. The second part of the issue is whether you can collect against the person. An analysis of the above will determine if the case is on a contingency basis versus an hourly fee or some hybrid of them.


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November 13, 1985REVISING EXECUTIVE ORDER 11246: FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Ronald Reagan is being offered an historic opportunity to reaffirm the nation's commitment to, and advance, affirmative action. He could do so by following the advice of the Department of Justice and signing proposed changes to Executive Order 11246 now before him. These changes would,go far to restore the original meaning of affirmative action by eliminating the current requirement that federal government contractors use quotas and other race-conscious practices when hiring. Reagan is expected to decide whether to sign the Order shortly after-returning from the summit talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. And if signed, it would stop much of the damage being inflicted on U.S. society and the economy by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Con'tract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) when it requires "goals and timetables" for minority hiring.
These OFCCP regulations, enforced by a bureaucracy unresponsive to the public's wishes, apparently unaccountable to the President, and sanctioned by federal judges, have transformed almost completely the notion of equal opportunity and.affirmative action originally envisioned by Executive Order 11246 signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and other presidential Orders Oating back to 1941. Rather than prohibiting discrimination and achieving a colorblind society, OFCCP has imposed a new dangerous mutation of racism by requiring government contractors to use race and sex-conscious hiring practices for all of their work, including nongovernment contracts as well as contracts with the federal government. This-racism takes the form.of numerical "goals and timetables," a euphemism for "quotas." Selecting a job applicant because of such group characteristics as skin color or sex, rather than individual merit, is constitutionally impermissible and should be morally repugnant. Some "civil rights" activists claim that alleged gains made in the past decade by minorities under OFCCP would be rolled back if the Order were revised. There is no basis for this assertion. Those
Americans actually victimized by discrimination will retain all their legal rights and remedies under the Civil Rights Acts. The revised Order will not affect the requirement that contractors maintain and report employment statistics. The Order simply will ensure that statistics alone no longer are a legal basis for a finding of discrimination, or a defense to charges of reverse discrimination.
As for the alleged gains for minorities under OFCCP, "goals and timetables" have proven to be a costly failure. They have not brought the lasting changes in the composition of the workforce sought by those who have fought discrimination. Instead of through goals and timetables, true affirmative action is to be achieved by increased recruitment and training programs. By 1982, over $1 billion annually was being spent by the Fortune 500 corporations on complying with Equal Employment Opportunity regulations; hundreds of millions more are spent by government regulators. None of this has created a single job--except in the federal bureaucracy and in corporate EEO compliance office@..
This sad legacy of goals and quotas has been well documented in a recent Washington Legal Foundation monograph by Professor Herman Belz of the University of Maryland entitled Affirmative Action from Kennedy to Reagan: Redefining American Equality. The evidence shows that OFCCP quotas have not significantly helped any minority group and may have hurt some. Example; between 1974 and 1980, the actual percentage of employed black*males who worked in OFCCP-covered businesses actually fell. Another study indicates that black men and women achieved greater wage gains before the OFCCP vigorously began to execute the quota system in 1974.
The evidence now demonstrates that goals can serve as caps or ceilings. This means that, as soon as an employer has satisfied the numerical goals set by OFCCP, he can.cease affirmative recruitment activities. Just as bad, of course, is the fact that goals preferring some classes of Americans discriminate against other classes--minorities and nonminorities. Example: the New Orleans Police Department's 50 percent black promotion quota is being challenged by Hispanic and female police officers, who argue convincingly that it discriminates against them. Example: blacks have been kept out of the New York City Starret City housing project because the quota of 30 percent minorities has been filled. Example: white males applying for blue collar jobs have been rejected in favor of less qualified minorities. The quota system used by OFCCP has become increasingly racially divisive and patronizing. Not surprisingly, it is being rejected even by some of its intended beneficiaries. Four Hispanic firefighters in Miami, for example, refused to be promoted on the basis of "goals." They insisted, instead, to be considered on their own merits and qualifications. Recent polls, meanwhile, reveal that most minorities disapprove of racial or sexual preferences in hiring. When asked, for instance, if minorities should be given preference in hiring, only 23 percent of the blacks queried in a nationwide poll said yes; 77 percent of the blacks agreed that individual ability should be the main consideration in hiring.' While there appears to be a consensus among White House officials and Cabinet secretaries that the OFCCP quota system must be changed, there is some debate about the method of doing so. Rather than amend the Executive Order, Secretary of Labor William Brock, Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole, and others suggest that mere modification of the regulations is sufficient. This "regulatory option," however, is seriously flawed and should be rejected.
For one thing, the source of authority for the current OFCCP regulations is Executive Order 11246. As such, only a revised Executive Order can set the record straight by making it unmistakably clear that the nondiscrimination clause of that Order prohibits the use of "goals and timetables." Just as Congress has the authority and duty to correct errant behavior in regulatory agencies by remedial legislation, the President has the authority and duty to correct the regulatory excesses of OFCCP, an agency which is a creature not of Congress, but of the Executive. It is extremely unlikely, moreover, that Congress would enact OFCCP's quota system, for it contradicts language in the Civil Rights Acts. For another thing, a mere revision of the OFCCP regulations also would not affect the numerous court decisions, based on a distorted interpretation of Executive order 11246, that the use of quotas is a defense to charges of reverse discrimination. Finally, it seems unrealistic to expect OFCCP to revise its regulations if that would mean, as it surely would, a reduction in OFCCP authority. After all, revisions to OFCCP regulations were promised four years ago.
Ronald Reagan has clearly and repeatedly expressed his strong views deploring quotas and preferential treatment. He clearly and repeatedly has asserted his commitment to moving America toward a colorblind, genderblind, creedblind society. He now can translate his assertions into policy. He can sign the Executive Order abolishing quotas.
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Resysta is the future—ecologically friendly, sustainable and with the look and feel of real wood, it's the "greenest" new material you've never heard of. Thanks to Miami architect Max Strang, you'll be able to see it in use at the Lake House—a sleek new home in Winter Haven, Florida—which, upon completion, will feature the largest residential application of the material in the US.
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As part of furniture showroom Luminaire's outstanding lecture series, acclaimed designer Patricia Urquiola will present a lecture on February 3 to complement a new display of her work for B&B Italia. Expect a discussion of her varied influences and wide-ranging career. Lecture at 6 pm at Coral Gables Museum (285 Aragon St.) and reception at Luminaire Showroom (2331 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables).
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Super clear, close, close up! Thanks Chickie
Good morning morris. Thank you.
Beautiful, chickie! You sure do get them tu sit nice.
Thank you Laura. Yes I am home. Glad to get back to Spring. : )
Oh, how pretty chickie! Are you home now?
Thank you Robyn.
He's a delightful little bird chickie - thanks!
fileusa, I have not heard how Monica is. Hopefully she is on vacation or doing something fun.
Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments. I have been out of town, so was unable to get on here much to comment.
I'm speechless. So, so amazing. Thanks Sandy.
good picture chickiemama.. it looks so at ease perched.. Bye the way, does anyone know how mhughes69 is? Not heard from her for a while.
Beautiful photo chickiemama. The bird seems to be contemplating life. Nice soft background, highlighting the bluebird.
Lovely little Bluebird Chickster. They are nesting all over the place and we should have some little ones in a few weeks.
A wonderful shot, Sandy! Thank you!
Nice shot Chickie. I've yet to see one of these around.
He's a pretty one!
Great to see and do. Thanks chickiemama.
These are the prettiest, most precious birds on earth! Just love them. Thanks, Chickie.
Oh a little sweetie!! Thanks so very much Sandy!!
Wow, lovely shot of this bird. Thanks for sharing it. ; )
Fantastic close up shot of this beautiful bird .....great job and great set Sandy :-))))))))))
Such a wonderfully still and detailed closeup. Thanks, Chickie!
Thank you Bizarra., BarbH and Li. Headed home shortly. Hope your trip is a fun time for you.
Beautiful, beautiful photo, Sandy! As I've said before, you have a gift for photographing birds and other closeups. I hope you're having a good trip in Chicagoland.
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It is hard to miss the news that Wizards of the Coast is once again allowing the sale of pdfs for older editions of D&D. Good for them. It never made much sense to remove the older editions from circulation. The move certainly didn't help D&D 4e, it generated a lot of ill will towards the company and cost them a modest, but still significant revenue stream. This represents the culmination of the Great Wizards of the Coast Apology tour that began with the reprint of the original AD&D core books. I can't say any of this really matters to me. I am probably never going back to old-school D&D unless age catches up with me and, in my dotage, I am rendered intellectually incapable of handling rules-heavy games like Pathfinder or RuneQuest. Nonetheless, I applaud WotC for coming to its senses.
Oh, and if you don't mind, how about a reprint of the Rules Cyclopedia, you know, just in case.
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Julie Koidin on C flute and alto flute soars high and joyfully with her intricate, graceful jazz expressions, as does the ever creative Paulinho Garcia on vocals and guitar, and percussion. A musical match made in heaven to utilize an old expression made ever new by the selections performed by Garcia and Koidin. Selections include "Tico Tico no Fubai," a great song composed by Paulinho Garcia titled "Chorinho da Paula," "Lamentos," "Choro Bandido," "En Te Amo," among others. 13 songs with 13 unique interpretations.
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I've never been as nostalgic for the movies, music, and fashions of the 1980s as some of my friends. It may have something to do with age, but I think it has even more to do with circumstance and aesthetics.
Most people I know have especially fond feelings for the things they remember from high school, but most of my favorite films and records came out when I was in grade school, and my parents weren't big on censorship, so I got to experience all that stuff while it was happening. It was a decade in which mainstream culture was a little messier, a little more raw.
Consequently, I was more jaded than most when the '80s came along; my taste had already been formed. In small ways, it would grow and change, but the essential die had been cast. And so much of the popular phenomena—the extravagant action movies, the airbrushed dance-pop—seemed vacuous to a kid who'd grown up on the songs of Harry Nilsson and the films of Sidney Lumet. I wasn't a snob. I liked Prince, Blondie, and other Top 40 artists, but that's the point at which I discovered alternative culture, and never looked back.
As for the the fashions of the '80s: yuck. Not that the '70s weren't problematic in that regard, but I'd still rather return to the days of bell-bottoms and tight t-shirts than cowl necks and parachute pants (I used to work at Nordstrom, so I sold a lot of instant obsolescence to suburban suckers looking to emulate their MTV heroes).
That said, it was a fun time—culturally, I mean, not politically (I have no nostalgia for Reagan, with the possible exception of the Spitting Image puppet who appears in that Genesis video). If anything, I enjoy the '80s more now than I did then, and my Mom feels the same way about the '50s. She remembers the racism and the sexism more than the poodle skirts and the sock hops, so I guess I got it from her.
All of this is to say that I love the new video from Chrome Canyon, aka Morgan Z from Apes & Androids, who recreates that '80s synth-and-drum pad sound and those equally cheesy videos to an eerie degree. Think Berlin's "Take My Breath Away,"* Vangelis's soundtrack for Chariots of Fire, or Wang Chung's music for To Live and Die in L.A., a significant influence on Drive, which has helped to bring the synth score back in a big way (not to mention Tangerine Dream's work on Thief and Risky Business). Sartorially, think A Flock of Seagulls and Howard Jones.
*Rest in peace, Tony Scott, director of Top Gun, True Romance, and the great Domino.
Morgan describes his filmmaking process as follows:
The making of this video was a definitely b-movie affair. We shot it all at my music studio in Greenpoint—I had gone down to Leeds Radio in Williamsburg and gotten all this weird old gear which is what we used to build the "control room," and we completely rearranged the live room to accommodate the "circle of synths"—there's 17 synths in total. I nearly lit my head of fire at the end because my hair was so full of hairspray and teased out—I was literally up on a ladder off to the side of camera lighting a sparkler yelling "ready! action!" then I'd swing the lit sparkler into the frame and hop in myself. I was stepping all over smoldering embers with my bare feet, and that room must have been 120 degrees with our little four-person crew, a giant hazer, the smoke from the fireworks, and all the windows and doors taped shut to block out light—it was not the most pleasant place to be. Noah was a good sport about it though, and the camera work he did was incredible.
Stone's Throw releases Elemental Themes on Oct 9. It remains to be seen whether a full album of this stuff—assuming it all sounds like this—won't get old fast, but I admire the attention to detail with which Morgan put it together.


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text: By Stuart C. Karon and Dr. Swarn Kalsi, American Superconductor In the September 2002 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, a detailed discussion was featured on the advantages of future High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) machinery for propulsion of electric drive ships. Since then, development of HTS ship propulsion motors has moved ahead — at a rapid pace — specifically in three areas: • Motors A 5-MW 230-rpm machine for the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) is undergoing factory tests. ONR is now funding the next step - design, fabrication and factory testing of a 36.5-MW 120-rpm machine to prove the technology at full-scale for warships. • Generators Development of HTS generators has also leapt ahead with the initial production of 10-MVAR synchronous condensers for utility voltage adjusting service. These condensers are very similar in design and operation to 10-MW, 1,800-rpm generators. • Very large systems HTS technology is particularly well-suited to high torque marine propulsion systems, and the small size, light weight, high efficiency and inherent quietness offer unique solutions to propulsion of very fast and very large ships. While diagnostic devices using superconducting magnets are common in hospitals and some industrial applications, virtually all rely on low temperature superconductor wire that must be maintained within a few degrees of absolute zero to function. Commercially available high temperature superconducting wire, developed over the past decade at American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC), achieves superconductivity at temperatures up to 100 degrees above absolute zero, in the vicinity of the temperature of liquid nitrogen. While very cold by human standards, this temperature is easy and inexpensive to achieve and maintain. Commercially available refrigerator systems and straightforward insulation systems combine to make HTS superconducting machinery practical and affordable in any industrial setting, including ship propulsion. Motors AMSC and ALSTOM Power Conversion have teamed to design and build the Navy's 5-MW 230-rpm marine propulsion motor, now undergoing factory tests at ALSTOM's facility in Rugby, U.K. (see figure 1 below) The HTS field coils on the rotor are cooled by a small quantity of helium gas, using commercial off-the-shelf Gifford-McMahon refrigerators, that is fed to the rotor through a rotating seal at the non-driven end on the far side of the motor. The refrigerator system used in this prototype motor has several times more capacity than is required for a 5-MW motor, and was purposely designed in this manner to demonstrate the refrigeration system required for a large marine propulsion motor. (see figure 2 below). A brushless exciter power is used to energize the HTS coils in a manner analogous to conventional synchronous motors. This same circuit is also used to quickly de-energize the coils if needed in response to a system casualty or for machine performance monitoring. The stator is liquid-cooled for maximum power density. The motor is a six pole, 4.2kV machine, and has characteristics as outlined. Because of the very high magnetic flux densities provided by the HTS rotor coils, the stator requires no iron teeth to distribute the flux. A primary source of noise is thereby eliminated, and additional stator copper can be packed into the space formerly occupied by the stator iron teeth to further enhance the machine's power density. Other than their extraordinary advantages, AMSC's HTS motors are essentially common AC synchronous electric motors, and can therefore be driven by standard electronic motor drives. The AMSC 5-MW motor will be delivered to the Navy with an ALSTOM VDM 5000 commercial electronic drive system. Preliminary 5-MW motor testing results confirm the motor's design basis. Efficiency is extremely high, as predicted. Other machine operating parameters are also as expected, including the performance of the HTS coils, the coil exciter, and the refrigeration system. Factory testing will be completed shortly, and HTS motors in the 5-MW size range will soon be available for commercial delivery. Conventional motors of this size are already used in thousands of moderate-sized ships, of which more than 100 are powered by diesel electric propulsion systems. Among these ships in this size range are cruise ships, product and chemical tankers, RoRo passenger ships, cable layers and icebreakers. Each of these ship types, as well as many others, will benefit from the small size and weight of HTS motors, and any that spend a significant time operating at part load will also see a substantial gain in fuel efficiency. The commercialization of HTS marine propulsion motors comes at a time when both naval and commercial ships are rapidly transitioning from mechanical to electric propulsion. The Navy recognizes the extraordinary capabilities of HTS technology to deliver (in small, light, quiet and affordable packages) the very large power warships require. It therefore recently conducted a competition for the design, fabrication and factory testing of a large HTS ship propulsion motor. This Navy solicitation set rigid requirements for a 36.5-MW motor's performance and physical characteristics, particularly weight. An AMSC-led team won this competition, has proven its HTS design algorithms and technology in the Navy's 5-MW program, and is now applying its HTS design algorithms and technology to the design and fabrication of a 36.5-MW (49,000-shp) 120-rpm motor. This motor is sized for the Navy's future DD(X) class ships, and its delivery is scheduled for spring 2006. The design effort is proceeding in accordance with the proposed schedule, and the program is on track to deliver the motor on time. Generators And Synchronous Condensers At the same time, AMSC has begun fabrication of a prototype for a 10-MVAR SuperVAR dynamic synchronous condenser (DSC) ordered by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). DSC's ensure proper VAR levels are maintained in electric power transmission and distribution systems, thereby allowing the unimpeded flow of power through the lines and lowering costs. The SuperVAR machines are similar to 10-MW 1,800-rpm generators, and thus the production of these TVA machines is setting the stage for the future commercialization of HTS generators, both in marine and land-based applications. Like their motor cousins, HTS generators are smaller, lighter, and more efficient than conventional generators. For example, a 36-MW marine generator and its support equipment will weigh about 40 tons and will measure less than 6.5 ft. (2 m) in diameter and less than 13 ft. (4 m) in length overall. Coupled with a GE LM 6000 or Rolls Royce MT-30 gas turbine (GT) at about 22 tons, a combined GT generator set will weigh only slightly more than 60 tons. These lighter and compact GT generator sets can now be located in a ship's superstructure, thereby minimizing the space requirements for the engine room and GT ducting. Brian Ackerman, a marine propulsion consultant, recently evaluated this concept. He studied nine different diesel-direct drive container ships for the impact of a deckhouse GT generator set electric drive using conventional (and not HTS) generators. He estimated that the GT deckhouse system would make room for 4-16.4 percent more containers in the nearly vacant engine room, depending on the size of the ships. Ackerman further estimated that the added revenue from the container increase would pay back the greater first cost of the GT electric-drive and it's more expensive fuel in an average of 2.7 years, again depending on the specific ship. Ackerman noted that conventional generators control the weight of the GT generator sets and sometimes lead to arrangement problems at the higher ratings. With HTS generators, such difficulties will be ameliorated. Very Large Systems Ackerman's study also assumed electric pod drive in his analyses, which also maximized the revenue space made available in the former engine room. What he did not discuss was the difficulty that conventional electric drive or even direct diesel drive faces at very high power — the larger ships in his study need up to 77-MW of propulsion power, preferably in a single shaft for simplicity. This much power is not available with today's electric drive technology and is also problematic with direct drive diesels, currently the most common propulsion system in modern container ships. A recent issue of Marine Engineers Review suggests that direct-drive diesels may be reaching their practical size limit because of the vibration, heat stress and ship hogging they cause. Here again, HTS motors offer a solution. Because of the high flux densities and gap shear stresses generated by the superconducting field coils, HTS motors follow fundamentally different scaling laws than do conventional motors. HTS motors scale according to a 1/5 (0.2) power rule instead of the conventional 1/3 (0.3) power rule. This means that very high horsepower HTS motors are not much bigger than more moderate-sized HTS motors. For example, a 25-MW 120-rpm will be only 1.4 times dimensionally larger than AMSC's 5-MW HTS motor, despite having five times the power and ten times the torque of the smaller machine. Replacing the diesel with a gas turbine will remove the design limitations created by the diesel engine's great size and weight. HTS technology also greatly improves today's electric ship propulsion systems. Consider the conversion to electric propulsion of the Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1987. The electric propulsion modification designers were constrained by the existing engine room layout and volume in which they could install, leading to the selection of two 44-MW 150-rpm synchronous pancake motors. Each weights about 400 cu. tons and measures about 29.5 ft. (9 m) in width and height and about 20 ft. (6 m) in length. Each motor is so large, and the ship's installation restrictions so severe, that each was built, delivered and installed in quarters — two half stators and two half rotors. The motors and the other ship's electricity needs are met by nine 10.5-MW medium speed conventional diesel generator sets with a total weight of more than 2,000 tons. Conversion of the QE2 to electric drive was a remarkable achievement. The installation has worked well and the ship continues to operate today as the premier transoceanic cruise ship of our time. But what would have been possible if HTS technology were available in 1987? An HTS 36.5-MW motor, developing the identical torque of the QE2 motors, 2.1 million ft.-lbs., would be very much smaller and lighter. The HTS motor would have been far easier to ship to the construction site and install. Further, because the HTS motor is an AC synchronous machine, it can be driven by any conventional synchronous drive, including the technology used on the QE2. Nothing new is needed here. As to the nine diesel generators, three 36-MW GT HTS generator sets would provide more power, would weigh far less at about 210 tons, and could have been mounted in the superstructure to open up vast areas in the engine room for productive revenue-generating purposes. Water jet drive motors for large, ultra-high speed ships are another attractive target for HTS technology. HTS GT generator sets located in the ship's superstructure and HTS electric water jet drive motors below may be an enabling combination for such ships. HTS motor and generator commercialization is occurring at a rapid rate, prompted by the Navy's marine propulsion motor development contracts and TVA's order of five SuperVAR dynamic synchronous condensers, both involving AMSC. Earlier predictions of significant size and weight benefits, as well as greater efficiency, are being validated through these efforts. Further, no technology shortfalls have been revealed and none are foreseen. The space, weight, efficiency and quietness advantages of HTS technology can translate directly into unique propulsion system arrangements and more revenue producing space in future passenger and cargo ships, as well as spawn the development of new ship designs of novel hull forms. The benefits to the maritime industry will be profound. About the Authors Stuart C. Karon is Director, Government Programs and Director, Business Development for the SuperMachines Business Unit at American Superconductor. Formerly a U.S. Navy Officer and subsequently marketing & sales director in the commercial sector, Stuart is responsible for structuring effective government-funded R&D and system design/development programs, and for bringing about the business relationships necessary for the American Superconductor Corporation SuperMachines Business Unit to achieve its objectives. For more information, you can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Dr. Swarn Kalsi is Director of Advanced Design for the SuperMachines Business Unit at American Superconductor. He has more than 35 years of directly related experience in all aspects of superconducting magnet technology and electrical engineering.