The CMG Nickel Electrode

The development and design of the Controlled Microgeometry electrode are described. Advantages of the electrode over others in existance include a higher number of ampere hours per kilogram and the ability to make them over a wide range of thicknesses. The parameters that control the performance of the electrode can be individually controlled over a wide range. Therefore, the electrode may be designed to give the optimum performance for a given duty cycle

The Economic Ferocity of Policy

Each day, as the Dow Jones rises and falls, Congress similarly passes and fails legislation. These two seemingly continuous cycles intersect to the point that the two structures appear affixed. For centuries, this has posed an age-old question: is it policy that influences the economic system or is it the economic system itself that molds policy decision-making? Renowned economist Adam Smith is famous for his works detailing the autonomous nature of the economic system. Smith views policy as only a small roadblock in the master strategy of the economic flow of life. The Great Depression and the 2008 Recession, however, paint a vastly different picture of the relationship between policy and the economy. Policy, as observed at the local level through zoning, the state level through taxes, the federal level through spending programs, and the international level through trade policies, immediately and forcibly manipulates economic systems to the chagrin of the invisible hand. It is the actions of the political structure that set the scene for unprecedented economic gain or devastating recessional collapse

“River of Sorrow, Land of the Sky: The Asheville Flood of 1916”

The flooding of Asheville in 1916 provided new insight into the socio-economic conditions of Appalachia during industrialization. The interplay of social powered offers a new explanation for Appalachia’s role in American globalism. The flood disrupted society during a crucial period of economic resurgence. The city’s unique influence by northern elites placed pressure on Asheville’s leadership to quell the social disturbance. The result was Asheville’s rebirth with lasting reverberations. By the 1920s, the city experienced an era of opulence infused by the capital of “robber” barons, which implied a powerful but tenuous social caste system. This study adds a new dimension to Appalachian historiography, which contributes to the “many mountains” theme of diversified research of the southern Appalachians