How I Left The National Grid

Author : Guy Mankowski
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782798978
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How I Left The National Grid written by Guy Mankowski and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980s Robert Wardner, eccentric frontman of post-punk band ‘The National Grid’ became famous overnight after committing an act on Top Of The Pops that shocked a nation. But a year later he had vanished, leaving a 'masterpiece' record abandoned in his wake. More darkly, rumours grew that his disappearance was due to him having brutally murdered an obsessed young fan. Twenty-five years later word has spread that the singer is alive and scheming to re-emerge. Sam, a journalist who helped first bring his band to the public eye, is commissioned to track Wardner down so he will at last tell his story for a book. Finding Wardner is the only way for Sam to save his collapsed career and relationship. But it gradually becomes apparent that by cornering his quarry Sam may in fact be planning his own murder.

Author : Ted Koppel
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 055341996X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lights Out written by Ted Koppel and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nation unprepared : surviving the aftermath of a blackout where tens of millions of people over several states are affected.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309463076
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans' safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of electric power. The electric power system is a complex "cyber-physical" system composed of a network of millions of components spread out across the continent. These components are owned, operated, and regulated by thousands of different entities. Power system operators work hard to assure safe and reliable service, but large outages occasionally happen. Given the nature of the system, there is simply no way that outages can be completely avoided, no matter how much time and money is devoted to such an effort. The system's reliability and resilience can be improved but never made perfect. Thus, system owners, operators, and regulators must prioritize their investments based on potential benefits. Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System focuses on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the power system's resilience in the face of events that can cause large-area, long-duration outages: blackouts that extend over multiple service areas and last several days or longer. Resilience is not just about lessening the likelihood that these outages will occur. It is also about limiting the scope and impact of outages when they do occur, restoring power rapidly afterwards, and learning from these experiences to better deal with events in the future.

Author : MEREDITH. ANGWIN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989119085
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shorting the Grid written by MEREDITH. ANGWIN and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shorting the Grid" describes how closed meetings, arcane auction rules, and five-minute planning horizons will topple the reliability of our electric grid. Hopeful speeches will not keep the lights on.

Author : Foster Huntington
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0751581941
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Off Grid Life written by Foster Huntington and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling Van Life author Foster Huntington shares his experiences - as well as others - living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places. After spending three years on the road living in a camper van, Foster Huntington continued his unconventional lifestyle by building a two-story treehouse. Foster, like many others, are finding freedom, tranquility, and adventure in living off the grid in unconventional homes. Perfect for fans of Van Life and Cabin Porn and those who yearn for a simpler existence, Off Grid Life showcases unique dwellings from all around the world. Organized into sections like tree houses, tiny houses, shipping containers, yurts, boathouses, barns, vans, and more, the 250 aspirational photographs feature enviable settings like stunning beaches, dramatic mountains and picturesque forests. Also included are images of fully designed interiors with kitchens and sleeping quarters as well as interviews with solo dwellers, couples, and families who are living lives off the beaten path.

Author : Stuart Cooper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 135194844X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Social Performance: A Stakeholder Approach written by Stuart Cooper and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate social performance has come of age. In a business environment characterized by its perpetual state of flux, the ability to recognize and react to global forces becomes paramount. The fallout of such rapid change - the fast-paced developments in communications and technology, the continual change to global markets, shifting demographics, the homogenization of personal values - have all contributed to the widespread new interest in issues such as ecology and environment, human rights and diversity, health and well-being, and communities. All of these issues are now potential liabilities for companies, and are very much back on the agenda for business. Once regarded as peripheral management concerns, they are now recognized as hard to predict and hard for business to deal with when they go wrong. This book offers an insight into how corporate social performance can be measured and why this is an important aspect of corporate social responsibility. Using detailed case studies, it provides readers with the foundations for understanding and applying corporate social performance, providing a stakeholder framework by which corporate social performance can be measured, alongside a detailed consideration of the value of different stakeholder measures. The book also applies this framework to new social accounting standards, enabling the reader to consider the validity and appropriateness of these standards. The increasingly important role of the internet for corporate social reporting is also considered.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 1846702224
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Country Walks Near London - Time Out written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guaranteed to breathe life into even the most jaded walker, these are glorious walks through the scenic countryside near London. Time Out Country Walks, Volume 2 contains easy-to-use, detailed maps and photos to keep travelers on the right path. There are options for shortening or varying the walks, and recommendations for pubs and cafés are also included.

Author : Tony Flick
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9781597495714
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Securing the Smart Grid written by Tony Flick and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Securing the Smart Grid discusses the features of the smart grid, particularly its strengths and weaknesses, to better understand threats and attacks, and to prevent insecure deployments of smart grid technologies. A smart grid is a modernized electric grid that uses information and communications technology to be able to process information, such as the behaviors of suppliers and consumers. The book discusses different infrastructures in a smart grid, such as the automatic metering infrastructure (AMI). It also discusses the controls that consumers, device manufacturers, and utility companies can use to minimize the risk associated with the smart grid. It explains the smart grid components in detail so readers can understand how the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of these components can be secured or compromised. This book will be a valuable reference for readers who secure the networks of smart grid deployments, as well as consumers who use smart grid devices. Details how old and new hacking techniques can be used against the grid and how to defend against them Discusses current security initiatives and how they fall short of what is needed Find out how hackers can use the new infrastructure against itself

Author : Gretchen Bakke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632865688
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grid written by Gretchen Bakke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future. America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of basic repair. Today, as we invest great hope in new energy sources--solar, wind, and other alternatives--the grid is what stands most firmly in the way of a brighter energy future. If we hope to realize this future, we need to reimagine the grid according to twenty-first-century values. It's a project which forces visionaries to work with bureaucrats, legislators with storm-flattened communities, moneymen with hippies, and the left with the right. And though it might not yet be obvious, this revolution is already well under way. Cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke unveils the many facets of America's energy infrastructure, its most dynamic moments and its most stable ones, and its essential role in personal and national life. The grid, she argues, is an essentially American artifact, one which developed with us: a product of bold expansion, the occasional foolhardy vision, some genius technologies, and constant improvisation. Most of all, her focus is on how Americans are changing the grid right now, sometimes with gumption and big dreams and sometimes with legislation or the brandishing of guns. The Grid tells--entertainingly, perceptively--the story of what has been called "the largest machine in the world": its fascinating history, its problematic present, and its potential role in a brighter, cleaner future.

Author : Paddy Dillon
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 1787650685
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking Glyndwr's Way written by Paddy Dillon and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to walking the 217km (135 mile) Glyndwr’s Way between Knighton and Welshpool via Machynlleth. This long-distance National Trail is suitable for any reasonably fit walker and can be walked in nine days. The route is presented in nine stages between 18 and 29km (11-18) miles in length with the additional options of adding two Offa’s Dyke National Trail stages to form a circular trail and ascending Pumlumon Fawtr. 1:50,000 OS maps provided for each stage Detailed information on accommodation, facilities and public transport along the route Highlights include Abbeycwmhir ruins, Llyn Clywedog, Dylife mines, Parliament House at Machynlleth, Dyfnant Forest, Llyn Efyrnwy, Ann Griffiths Walk, Powis Castle Pronunciation guide and topographical glossary included GPX files available to download