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A comprehensive text on the operation and control of power generation and transmission systems

In the ten years since Allen J. Wood and Bruce F. Wollenberg presented their comprehensive introduction to the engineering and economic factors involved in operating and controlling power generation systems in electric utilities, the electric power industry has undergone unprecedented change. Deregulation, open access to transmission systems, and the birth of independent power producers have altered the structure of the industry, while technological advances have created a host of new opportunities and challenges.

In Power Generation, Operation, and Control, Second Edition, Wood and Wollenberg bring professionals and students alike up to date on the nuts and bolts of the field. Continuing in the tradition of the first edition, they offer a practical, hands-on guide to theoretical developments and to the application of advanced operations research methods to realistic electric power engineering problems. This one-of-a-kind text also addresses the interaction between human and economic factors to prepare readers to make real-world decisions that go beyond the limits of mere technical calculations.

The Second Edition features vital new material, including:

• A computer disk developed by the authors to help readers solve complicated problems
• Examination of Optimal Power Flow (OPF)
• Treatment of unit commitment expanded to incorporate the Lagrange relaxation technique
• Introduction to the use of bounding techniques and other contingency selection methods
• Applications suited to the new, deregulated systems as well as to the traditional, vertically organized utilities company

Wood and Wollenberg draw upon nearly 30 years of classroom testing to provide valuable data on operations research, state estimation methods, fuel scheduling techniques, and more. Designed for clarity and ease of use, this invaluable reference prepares industry professionals and students to meet the future challenges of power generation, operation, and control. ... Read more

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Great Book
This book is essential for the understanding of how generation is dispatched in the US.Great for engineers beginning in the power industry as well as seasoned professionals.

This is a great book
This is the first authoritative and comprehensive text on power system operations and control. The book provides an excellent overview of the basic topics that need to be covered in such a course at either the advanced undergraduate or the introductory graduate level. The improved second edition of the book has been widely used in various power programs throughout the world. I learned everything about "power system operation and control" by studying the first edition of this book in the mid 1980. I have used it as a professor and recommended it to all my students. This book still has no rivals in the market and is the single best source for a text in the subject area.

Outstanding Book on Power System Operation and Control
This is the second edition of an extremely well written and carefully thought out book.The material is systematically developed and is a graduate text book which provides a solid foundation in various aspects of power system operation and control.At Iowa State University we have used this book ever since the first edition was published for an introductory graduate course in our graduate curriculum.The book has been extremely well received by our students.It provides detailed analysis of the steps involved in each aspect of power system operation and complements this with excellent examples.The problems at the end of each chapter reinforce the material presented and test the understanding of the student.The diskette which accompanies the book is also very helpful in working the problems and provides rich experience to the student.

This book is ideally suited for the serious student who takes time to carefully read the material, assimilate the material and applies it in a practical setting.

This was also one of the first texts tointroduce several important concepts related to the deregulation of the utility industry.

A classic that is the best in its field
This book is a must for any one who needs to learn about advanced topics in Power System Computational Methods with emphasis on generation economics and Control. The examples are extremely helpful to the reader without being overly simplistic. The degree of detail is just about right for the intended audience. The book has been the chosen text for many generations of power system practioners, and is highly recommended.

A classic advanced textbook on power system operation
I have used the first and second edition of this book for almost twenty years and I believe that it is a classic. It is not an introductory text but all engineers with an understanding of the basics of power systems should find it a very useful introduction to the mathematical methods used in power system operation. I have recommended it to my graduate students and to engineers from industry who were taking a continuing education course based on this text. I am looking forward to a third edition. ... Read more

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The Power Trial Method, a unique, new, easy-to-read trial skills primer, begins with a simple question about jury trials: Who has the power in the courtroom to decide whether you win or lose? David J. F. Gross and Charles F. Webber, two of the nation’s most highly regarded trial lawyers, developed this material to introduce new litigators to the trial process and to reduce the anxiety associated with jury trials by emphasizing key methods of persuasion and presentation.

The Power Trial Method begins by discussing why attorneys need to focus on power in the courtroom. Gross and Webber describe how to assess the trial judge’s use of power and how to persuade the jury to use its power. The authors examine the importance of a trial theme and how to create fairness points.

Most of the anxiety about trials, according the Gross and Webber, is caused by the fear of forgetting something. The authors outline the basic tasks involved in trial preparation, what written materials are needed, how to set up a courtroom for trial, and what to include in your trial notebooks and trial box. The book addresses a wide variety of trial skills, including how to present your opening statement, examine witnesses, introduce evidence, use demonstrative exhibits, make objections, deal with experts, handle jury instructions, give your closing argument, and conclude your trial.

The appendices contain valuable sample documents for the young attorney such as excerpts from The Federal Rules of Evidence, a sample exhibit list, a special verdict form, a sample opening statement, a sample expert witness examination, and two sample closing arguments.

Throughout the book, Gross and Webber point out the pitfalls that can occur during a trial and how an attorney can react to them. They include dozens of humorous and insightful examples of what to do and not do during a trial. The reader can laugh and learn at the same time while reading this memorable, concise trial practice manual. The Power Trial Method can make you a better trial lawyer, one who is more prepared and better able to react to the power sources at trial. ... Read more

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Great Tutorial
Love this book, use it all the time. Contents are wonderful. My only complaint is the binding is brittle and broke very early on. ... Read more

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This collection of readings, drawn from the writings andsermons of 25 classic and contemporary theologians and Bibleteachers, focuses on the wonder of Christ's sacrifice.

In a culture where crosses have become little more thandecorative accessories and jewelry, how easy it is for even themost well-intended Christian to rush from Palm Sunday to EasterSunday without thoughtfully contemplating the cross and all that itmeans. Yet we miss out on spiritual riches when we do.

So that we all may linger at the cross during the Lentenseason-and stay near it the whole year through-editor Nancy Guthriehas compiled this special anthology. It draws from the works andsermons of classic theologians such as Luther, Edwards, Spurgeon,Ryle, and Augustine, and from leading contemporary communicatorssuch as John Piper, R. C. Sproul, Francis Schaeffer, JohnMacArthur, Skip Ryan, and Joni Eareckson Tada to help readers enterinto an experience of Christ's passion and anchor their hope in thepower of his resurrection.

Each essay in this collection holds to a high view of Scriptureand expounds on a particular aspect of the Easter story using theappropriate Scripture passage from the ESV Bible. These readingsare sure to prepare people's hearts for a fresh experience of thecross each and every Easter season.

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Live in Light of the Cross All Year Long
As we approach Easter, Christians everywhere remember Christ's sufferings on the old, rugged cross and the triumph of his resurrection.Indeed, the symbol of the cross is one of the few near universal Christian symbols.Protestants, Catholics and those who view themselves as neither, still cling to the cross.The gospel depends on it, Jesus' earthly life is shaped by it, the Four Gospels almost speak of nothing else.Salvation depends on it, and sanctification is fed by it.And with Paul, we all should seek to boast in nothing but the cross or our Lord Jesus Christ.

For this reason I was thrilled at the opportunity to review a book like Nancy Guthrie's Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter (Crossway).I assumed it would be a good read since it is a compilation of several prominent church leaders, contemporary (Tim Keller, John Piper, Ligon Duncan, Phil Ryken and John MacArthur) and from years past (Augustine, Luther, Calvin, J.C. Ryle and Charles Spurgeon).Yet, the book excelled far beyond my expectations, high though they were.

Nancy Guthrie did a phenomenal editing job in piecing together various meditations on the Cross into a wonderfully unified book.And the selections she chose were truly the best of the best that these authors had to offer.Finding each of these was an amazing accomplishment in its own right.

Here's a small sampling of the topics covered in this small volume.Martin Luther challenges us to find a proper view of self in light of the Cross.Alistair Begg ponders the innocent Christ being crushed by God.C.J. Mahaney unpacks the weightiness of the cup that Jesus chose to drink completely for us.R. Kent Hughes shows the Biblical theological background to the symbolism inherent in Jesus' betrayal in the garden at Gethsemane.Spurgeon marvels that the Lord of the Universe allowed sinners to spit in his face, and he chillingly shows that we too have tragically spit in his face.J.C. Ryle wants us to find ourself in the Sufferings of Christ.Martyn Lloyd-Jones focuses on Christ's destruction of the Devil.John Calvin points out the connection between the Passover Lamb and Christ as shown in the blood and water flowing from his side.Jonathan Edwards shows Christ's sacrifice as not merely satisfying God's wrath, but accruing merit in that it was a sweet smelling, acceptable offering to God.Tim Keller explains how resurrection power should transform our lives.

In all of this, our focus should not be on the human authors Nancy compiles.Rather each are gifted with the ability and graced with the desire to show forth Christ in all His beauty and glory.And such a feast, an extended meditation on our Savior, Jesus Christ, is appropriate not merely for Easter and Passion Week, but all the year, and all the days of our life, long.

I encourage you to pick up a copy of this fantastic book, start it this Easter and let the message of the Cross grip your heart in the weeks following.This will surely be a devotional book I'll pick up again and again.

Inspiring and Accessible
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross.It is a book to be savored, as it contains 25 short articles on many of the aspects of the Passion week written by some of the great pastor-theologians of the past and present.The luminous names like Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Edwards and Spurgeon are here and their contributions are powerful.But equally powerful are some of the modern figures like Kent Hughes on Gethsemane and Tim Keller on the resurrection.Especially touching is the essay from Joni Eareckson Tada on Sharing His Sufferings.This book would be especially moving if read during Holy Week.One could read Matthew 26-28 on Palm Sunday, then read Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross as follows:chapter 1 on Monday, chapter 2 on Tuesday and chapter 3 on Wednesday, followed by chapters 4-8 on Maundy Thursday, chapters 9-17 on Good Friday, chapters 18-20 on Saturday and chapters 21-25 on Easter Sunday.Reading in this way would track the content of the book as it correlates with the events of Holy Week.

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross is a resource I expect to return to again and again.

Terrific Resource for Lent
I know that Lent is not kept by most evangelicals, and that's okay. There's no Scripture passage forbidding it or advocating it, so whether one decides to prepare for Easter in this manner is left to one's conscience.

This season serves as a time of reflection upon the sufferings of Christ. It is a season of repentance, a time of dying to self that anticipates new life on the other side, just like the last days of winter anticipate the arrival of Spring.

During Lent, I try to temper my voracious appetite for reading by adding several devotional works to my reading schedule.

I am glad to see that Crossway has published several solid collections of devotional material in recent years. One of the recent publications, Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter, is edited by Nancy Guthrie and contains 25 sermon or book excerpts about the suffering and exaltation of Jesus Christ.

Guthrie's collection features recent writings from pastors and authors like Adrian Rogers, Joni Eareckson Tada, John Piper, and Tim Keller. But it also features several "classic" sermon excerpts from the past: Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, and Jonathan Edwards.

I am looking forward to finishing this fine collection of meditations during Lent this year. So let me encourage you - whether or not you "give up something" -at least use these few weeks to prepare for Easter, giving thought to the price paid for your ransom and the extraordinary love of God manifested on Calvary. May Jesus keep you near his cross!

Great book for Easter...
This book comes out well before Easter to make sure that you are able to buy it, study it and then teach its truths to others as Easter comes about. The book is laid out to have 25 short teachings and thoughts on the cross of Christ. It has most theologians that you can think of in the Reformed and Calvinistic circles and then also includes at least one I know that wasn't a Calvinist (Adrian Rogers). Most of the chapters are about 3 to 4 pages which include many different angles to look at the cross. The topics range from Christ's humility in Gethsemane, silence among his accusers, our sin putting him on the cross, propitiation, forsaken by God, etc. I am not going to list every theologian and every topic, but I will say that this book is a very good one to help someone as they study further on the cross of Christ. This book is a book of quotable thoughts for any pastor.

Some of my favorites were Martin Luther, C.J. Mahaney, Tim Keller, Adrian Rogers and Augustine. Martin Luther is first up in the book, and in my opinion, it didn't get any better than Luther. I really enjoyed his chapter and found myself continually reading because of his start of the understanding of the "True Contemplation of the Cross." Here is an excerpt from Luther's chapter:

Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you see the nails driven through his hands, be sure that you are pounding, and when the thorns pierce his brow, know that they are your evil thoughts. Consider that if one thorn pierced Christ you deserve one hundred thousand.

The whole value of the meditation of the suffering of Christ lies in this, that man should come to the knowledge of himself and sink and tremble. If you are so hardened that you do not tremble, then you have reason to tremble. Pray to God that he may soften your heart and make fruitful your meditation upon the suffering of Christ, for we ourselves are incapable of proper reflection unless God instills it.

But if one does meditate rightly on the suffering of Christ for a day, an hour, or even a quarter of an hour, this we may confidently say is better than a whole year of fasting, days of psalm singing, yes, than even one hundred masses, because this reflection changes the whole man and makes him new...

Martin Luther, p. 12 (taken from Martin Luther's Easter Book)

Although there were some that stood out, there were also some where I couldn't wait to read and they seemed to fall a little flat. Not only tha, there were some that were just plain bizarre where I will either need to study further or just glaze over for the sake of the other chapters. The odd ones were John MacArthur's take on Christ's forgiveness on the cross. He believes that Christ was only asking for the forgiveness of those who would end up believing in Him and not everyone that was at the cross crucifying him. I believe he ends up making his theology read into this part of Scripture a little too much. The other two that I will have to study a little further were J.I. Packer's on Christ descending to hell and also Joseph "Skip" Ryan's chapter on Christ being thirsty. He takes this to mean that Christ was spiritually thirsty and not physically. My first take is that he is trying to stretch this text further than it allows.

Even with these three, the other 22 chapters far outweigh them to keep me from recommending this book. I would recommend this to any who would like a good understanding of the cross from a wide set of generations, convictions and theologians. Just know, that it doesn't get better than Luther's chapter, but that doesn't mean the rest of the book gets "worse." Highly Recommended
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Taken from the acclaimed and best-selling Francis of Assisi: Early Documents set, this collection contains Saint Bonaventures Major and Minor Legends of Saint Francis as well as his Sermons about Saint Francis. ... Read more

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A real Francis/Bonaventure fan is excited about the connection made
The spirituality of Saint Francis is so important for today.Saint Bonaventure captured it in his theology.Here is a way to see the connection and grow in one's knowledge and familiarity with them both.

Franciscan Spirituality
This book enables you to have a deeper understanding of the unique quality of Franciscan Spirituality.

You Will Be Amazed
Although this work is obviously a "find" for scholars, it is also a gift for those searching for models of discipleship and inspiration in their daily lives. True, Francis was highly exceptional and yes, he lived in the Middle Ages, but his theology, preaching and, most of all, practice of Christianity remain relevant to this day.

The introductory material provides adequate background for the work Bonaventure developed as a definitive portrait of the man who became Saint Francis. For me, however, the real story starts about 40 pages in, with the "Major Legend" that covers Francis' life and the miracles reported after his death. The chapters average fewer than 10 pages, and any one could be the basis for personal or small group reflection on the message and how it applies today. In addition, you may be amazed at what you didn't know about Francis of Assisi as you come upon paragraph after paragraph recounting visions, miracles, and devotions. They begin like these: Once when he was asked how he protected himself against the bite of winter's frost with such thin clothing... Once it happened that one of the brothers responded more gruffly to a poor man begging alms... Once in Rome he had with him a little lamb out of reverence for the most gentle Lamb of God.... ... Read more

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The North is an increasingly important focal point of public policy. The impact of climate change on the environment and community life underlines the urgent need for measures to slow this trend and facilitate adaptation to uncertain conditions. International events have underlined the importance of safeguarding Canada's sovereignty in its Arctic regions, and the federal government has announced a series of measures to further this objective. The result of a wide-ranging IRPP research program, this multidisciplinary volume explores the following themes: Canada in the circumpolar world - environmental, scientific and foreign-policy dimensions; First Nations, Inuit and public governance; economic development - enterprise, sustainable development and communities; sustaining people - education and human capital; and developing a northern policy for the future.Public policy specialists review the implications of the unprecedented changes in governance that have taken place in the three territories and in Aboriginal communities in northern Quebec and Labrador over the past three decades and analyze challenges that must be faced in order to strengthen economic development and quality of life for northern residents. Contributions from Inuit and First Nations leaders, former territorial premiers, and Aboriginal youth activists add further depth and perspective. Contributors include Frances Abele, Elaine Alexie, George Berthe, George Braden, Michael Bravo, Thomas J. Courchene, Nellie Cournoyea, Anne Crawford, Gordon Erlandson, James Feehan, Terry Fenge, Violet Ford, Danny Gaudet, Minnie Grey, Franklyn Griffiths, Udloriak Hanson, Jack Hicks, Tom Hoefer, Rob Huebert, Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox, Armand MacKenzie, Laura MacKenzie, Douglas McArthur, Stephen Mills, Nathan Obed, Aynslie Ogden, Tony Penikett, Hanne Petersen, Greg Poelzer, Thierry Rodon, F. Leslie Seidle, Mary Simon, France St-Hilaire, Richard Van Loon, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Graham White, and John B. Zoe ... Read more

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The role of energy in the modern world goes beyond meretechnology and economics to influence welfare, the environment, thequality of life and, in broad terms, civilization itself. Since theindustrial revolution, energy conservation technology has been at theforefront of the innovation required to satisfy the needs of mankindand, more than any other, this technology has always depended on theperformance of the materials used.
In this, the report of the Fifth Liège Conference devoted to areview of the work of the European Materials Collaborative Programmes,the results of the programmes are presented along the followingtechnology oriented themes:

• steam power plant
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The decline of the welfare state in Western Europe has led to an increasing role both for citizen-led initiatives and for philanthropy in easing, solving or preventing social problems. Helping and care are moving into the hands of strangers - people driven by enthusiasm and commitment but unfamiliar with the pitfalls of social intervention.The aim of this book is to review and assess the development of research on social intervention over the past twenty-five years and to set out a new theoretical framework for a number of basic principles which play a role in social intervention at the individual level (social work/casework, counseling and coaching), at group level (advising organizations, consultancy) and at societal level (community work/social development). The authors take Simmel's ideas of the stranger or third element as inspiration. They highlight the positive role that the stranger can play and argue that it is important to reflect on the role and significance of this third element - the adviser, the consultant, the social worker, the middle-manager - when analyzing and improving the methods used in social intervention.This book is for academics, researchers, practitioners, students and policymakers who are interested in the how, why and wherefore of social intervention. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more