A brake assembly utilizes a conical brake drum and matching conical brake lining assembly to provide a more efficient braking system. That beam generator defines a precise reference for purposes of alignment of various other forms of apparatus, often over great distance. In the present methods and systems, substantially all of the natural gas produced from a well or formation is processed to form LNG; a portion of the LNG produced is regasified; and the regasification is utilized to cool the inlet air to the gas turbines in the LNG plant, either directly or indirectly. In particular, it is shown how to apply this technique to the simulation of a multi-parallel-stage VLIW array processor, such as the manifold array processor.