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Kashi Company

History Kashi’s founders, Philip and Gayle Tauber, entered the natural foods business in the early 1980s, well before the widespread popularity of preservative-free, nutrient-rich foods. The Taubers’ initial idea was to market a whole-grain cereal. They had developed a special blend of seven whole grains that they named Kashi Pilaf. After failing to get a loan […]

Stephenson Valve Gear

Historical background During the 1830s the most popular valve drive for locomotives was known as gab motion in the U.K. and V-hook motion in the U.S.A. The gab motion incorporated two sets of eccentrics and rods for each cylinder; one eccentric was set to give forward and the other backwards motion to the engine and […]

Blue Laser

History Until the late 1990s, when blue semiconductor lasers were developed, blue lasers were large and expensive gas laser instruments which relied on population inversion in rare gas mixtures and needed high currents and strong cooling. Thanks to prior development of many groups, including, most notably, Professor Isamu Akasaki’s group, Shuji Nakamura at Nichia Corporation […]

Russell Simmons

Biography Simmons attended City College of New York but left his studies to begin promoting local rap music acts, including Kurtis Blow, John Chavous and Run-DMC (whom he would later sign to his record label), and producing records. In 1982 Russell met electronic music pioneer Bruce Haack and collaborated on the recording of a track […]

Rock Band 2

Gameplay See also: Gameplay in Rock Band series The core gameplay in Rock Band 2 is mostly unchanged from the original Rock Band. Players use controllers modeled after musical instruments to simulate the performance of rock songs. Players use these instruments to play scrolling musical “notes” on-screen in time with the music. Rock Band 2 […]