Related Studies in Long Term Lithium Battery Stability

The continuing growth of the use of lithium electrochemical systems in a wide variety of both military and industrial applications is primarily a result of the significant benefits associated with the technology such as high energy density, wide temperature operation and long term stability. The stability or long term storage capability of a battery is a function of several factors, each important to the overall storage life and, therefore, each potentially a problem area if not addressed during the design, development and evaluation phases of the product cycle. Design (e.g., reserve vs active), inherent material thermal stability, material compatibility and self-discharge characteristics are examples of factors key to the storability of a power source

TAXATION-PERCENTAGE DEPLETION ALLOWANCE ON INCOME RECEIVED FROM THE REWORKING OF DUMPS AND TAILINGS DEPOSITS

A dump of waste material and low-grade ore resulted from mining operations by a lessee in the American Mine. London Extension owned an undivided one-half interest in the claims which made up the mine. In 1940 London acquired the lease on the property. Chicago Mines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of London, then took a lease on the dump, agreeing to pay to London a royalty of twenty per cent of the net smelter returns. Chicago worked the dump for a few months, after which it was worked by London. In filing its income tax return for the year, Chicago claimed a percentage depletion allowance on account of its working of the dump. London claimed a percentage depletion allowance based on the amount it received from Chicago as royalties, plus the amount it received from its own working of the dump. On appeal from a Tax Court decision adverse to the taxpayer, the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that the controlling question was whether or not the dump was a mine within the meaning of section 23(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The court found that the dump was not a mine and therefore the depletion allowance was not available. Chicago Mines Co. v. Commissioner, (10th Cir. 1947) 164 F. (2d) 785

Narratives of displacement: Reconsidering race and archaeological research in the Virginia Blue Ridge

In the 1930s, Shenandoah National Park was established in the Virginia Blue Ridge through the displacement of nearly five hundred Euro-American families. At the time, hackneyed stereotypes about backward mountaineers were mobilized to garner public support for the condemnation of family farms and the institutionalization and sterilization of some of the most impoverished residents. The anger felt by the displaced and now their descendants has barely abated. That said, in the 1990s, a park service-sponsored archaeological project that I directed helped to overturn the prevailing narrative and transform park interpretation. While I am proud of that work, what I want to discuss today is what we overlooked: namely, the role of racism in the construction of a Blue Ridge history. Because there were no African American families living specifically within the boundaries targeted for park inclusion, the history of the entire Blue Ridge was tacitly whitewashed. Part of the Panel: Stuff Matters: Radical Archaeologies Across Appalachia, Pt.2