CORPORATIONS-DERIVATIVE SUITS-WHO IS A SHAREHOLDER UNDER FEDERAL RULE 23 (b)

Plaintiff brought suit in a federal district court to enforce the rights of defendant, an Illinois corporation, to monies allegedly embezzled by its president and to certain shares of stock allegedly issued to him illegally. The complaint alleged that plaintiff, a Delaware corporation, is now and has been at all times hereinafter complained of the owner of 6538 shares of the common stock of . . . defendant herein. Defendant, showing by affidavit that plaintiff had never been a shareholder of record, moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to meet the requirements of federal rule 23 (b). The court granted the motion, holding that plaintiff\u27s status as shareholder was governed by the law of the state of incorporation, and Illinois law required that a shareholder bringing a derivative suit be one of record. On appeal, held, reversed. The word shareholder in rule 23 (b) includes the equitable owner, who also is permitted to sue under Illinois law. Further, who is a shareholder under rule 23 (b) is a question to be determined irrespective of local law. H.F.G. Co. v. Pioneer Pub. Co., (C.C.A. 7th, 1947) 162 F. (2d) 536

Monte Carlo calculations of high energy nucleon meson cascades and applications to galactic cosmic ray transport

Results obtained using a recently developed calculational method for determining the nucleon-meson cascade induced in thick materials by high-energy nucleons and charged pions are presented. The calculational method uses the intranuclear-cascade-evaporation model to treat nonelastic collisions by particles with energies approximately or smaller than GeV and an extrapolation model at higher energies. The following configurations are considered: (1) 19.2-GeV/c protons incident on iron; (2) 30.3-GeV/c protons incident on iron; (3) solar and galactic protons incident on the moon, and (4) galactic protons incident on tissue. For the first three configurations, experimental results are available and comparisons between the experimental and calculated results are given

Discrete local altitude sensing device Patent

Device for use in descending spacecraft as altitude sensor for actuating deceleration retrorocket

Vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism: Sound Energy as a Sacred Force

This paper focuses on a discussion of sound energy in Tibetan Buddhism emd how practitioners have transformed sound into a sacred part of their religious tradition. Two specific areas have been investigated: chordal chanting practices of certain Tibetan Buddhist lamas and death rituals and how the Tibetan Book of the Dead is used to influence a consciousness. For the section dealing with chordal chanting, most information was gained from studying secondary sources as a result of there being very little primary source material available. For the section dealing with the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the text itself was investigated along with the beliefs of several practitioners who adhere to its teachings. Secondary sources also used, although there are far scholarly works devoted to this text than the practice of chordal chanting; therefore, this paper draws upon a select few secondary sources to show how the Tibetan Book of the Dead turns sound into a sacred force. At the conclusion of the research, it was were more discovered that Tibetan Buddhists place such a heavy emphasis on sound that it is integral to their religious practice. In conclusion, sound has become a vehicle by which a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner can gain a deeper understanding of his or her religion; in order to move beyond the physical world that is experienced on a daily basis, the practitioner must embrace sound and use it as a sacred force that is capable of advancing one on the path toward enlightenment

Apollo experience report: The cryogenic storage system

A review of the design, development, and flight history of the Apollo cryogenic storage system and of selected components within the system is presented. Discussions are presented on the development history of the pressure vessels, heaters, insulation, and selected components. Flight experience and operational difficulties are reported in detail to provide definition of the problems and applicable corrective actions

Managing Organization Vitality

The three major objectives are: (1) to measure the extent to which the organization renewal techniques have been adopted by organizations in both the private and public sectors; (2) to determine the overall results of these applications; and (3) to test a number of specific hypotheses regarding situational determinants of the success of this approach. It appears that top management involvement is the single most crucial determinant of the success of organization renewal. Organization renewal has considerable potential for increasing the commitment of individuals, and can have a significant positive influence on the results of the organization

Superthermal electron processes in the upper atmosphere of Uranus: Aurora and electroglow

Strong ultraviolet emissions from the upper atmosphere of Uranus suggest that both auroral and electroglow phenomena are of significant aeronomical consequences in the structure of the upper atmosphere. Combined modeling and data analysis were performed to determine the effect of electroglow and auroral phenomena on the global heat and atomic hydrogen budgets in the Uranus upper atmosphere. The results indicate that the auroral and electroglow heat sources are not adequate to explain the high exospheric temperature observed at Uranus, but that the atomic hydrogen supplied by these processes is more than sufficient to explain the observations. The various superthermal electron distributions modeled have significantly different efficiencies for the various processes such as UV emission, heating, ionization, and atomic hydrogen production, and produce quite different H2 band spectra. However, additional information on the UV spectra and global parameters is needed before modeling can be used to distinguish between the possible mechanisms for electroglow