Controls Engineering

Beyond Control reveals the Mississippi as a waterway of change, unnaturally confined by ever-larger levees and control structures. During the great flood of 1973, the current scoured a hole beneath the main structure near Baton Rouge and enlarged a preexisting football-field-size crater. That night the Mississippi River nearly changed its course for a shorter and steeper path to the sea. Such a map-changing reconfiguration of the country's largest river would bear national significance as well as disastrous consequences.

Biotechnology crop production area increased from 1.7 million hectares to 148 million hectares worldwide between 1996 and 2010. While genetically modified food is a contentious issue, the debates are usually limited to health and environmental concerns, ignoring the broader questions of social control that arise when food production methods become corporate-owned intellectual property.

There has been a great amount of research performed on how pH levels affect cancer cells within the body. According to the American Cancer Society, the interests of how cancer is affected by the pH levels within the body came about from the observation that in regions of the world where a high concentration of alkali metals were found in the soil, there were also low rates of cancer. Since this discovery, much evidence has shown there to be a link between the pH level of a person's body and the development of cancer.

Are the health of your livestock and the balance of nature your top concerns? Dive into this enlightening guide and be part of a positive shift that aligns animal well-being with Earth's natural order. This isn't just an audiobook; it's an invitation for all farmers, ranchers, and animal lovers to embrace a sustainable, flourishing future.

For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States. Provision of an essential service to largely dependent consumers invited government oversight and ever more sophisticated market intervention. The industry has sought to manage, coopt, and profit from government regulation. In The Power Brokers, Jeremiah Lambert maps this complex interaction from the late 19th century to the present day.

This essential manual is your trusted companion, meticulously crafted to guide aspiring commercial drivers through the intricacies of handling hazardous materials, mastering chamber vehicles, and honing basic vehicle control skills. Navigating through the complexities of hazardous materials regulations and the demands of advanced vehicle handling, this guide ensures that you're well-prepared for the challenges that lie ahead.

Written by industry expert George A. Sites, this is an easy-to-understand introduction to SCR power controls. It is ideally designed to meet the needs of the new engineer and/or sales/engineers who desire to know more about SCRs. It is the only book of its kind on the market today.

In Green Hell, Steven Milloy shows how the government and environmental elites will soon have you under their Green thumb, controlling the speed you drive, the temperature of your home, even when you can retire - and that's just the tip of their melting iceberg. Milloy argues that our hasty Green policies are more harmful to society than helpful to the environment and shows how we can counter the Green agenda. We all want a healthy planet, but we don't need to live in a Green nanny state to have one.

Hear the echo of a revolution at the intersection of overpopulation and women’s rights. Dive into an auditory journey that captures the essence of a world striving for balance and justice. Listen as Townsend's compelling narrative unfolds, highlighting the profound connection between overpopulation and the very essence of women's lives, rights, and aspirations. Every chapter, every word, and every nuance is brought to life in this Audible experience, ensuring you don't just hear, but feel the impact.

The first biography of the American inventor known as "The Father of Remote Control" (1888-1963), who pioneered electronic remote control for modern radio devices, missile guidance systems, variable pitch propellers, other military innovations, and single dial radio tuning. After importing medieval architectural elements from Europe, he built the Hammond Castle, now a museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Originally published in 1987 under author's pen name, then Nancy Rubin and available at the Hammond Castle Museum, it is now in a digitized and updated version.

Japanese beetles arrived in America in 1916. Since then, the beetle has cut a destructive swath across a great portion of the United States. Japanese Beetles and Grubs: Trap, Spray, and Control Them is an indispensable guide for home gardeners, landscape professionals and farmers. This Japanese beetle audiobook is your secret weapon to help you control the beetles and safeguard your trees, roses and vegetables. This audiobook walks you through many methods for stopping Japanese beetles, whether through organic means or (in some cases) chemical means.

This book details what emissions cars and trucks are creating, how they are harmful and an explanation of the technologies that are used to reduce those emissions. A great listen for someone who wants to learn more about the topic, out of curiosity or a need for understanding as a new technician. Written by an automotive trade school instructor.

In this guide, The 2 Day Diet: 5:2 Diet - 70 Top Recipes & Cookbook to Lose Weight & Sustain It Now Revealed! (Fasting Day Edition) we will document the correct day to fast and 70 top two-day diet recipes with proper calories count. The best guide for someone who is busy and wants to get the whole gist of this diet and implement the two day diet in the next one hour! Bonus: Top 500- and 600-calories plan included for easy use and reference.

The 2-Day Diet is a breakthrough plan and a dieter's dream come true. Diet for just 2 days a week and lose more pounds, more inches, more body fat, and more belly fat than you would on conventional pounds-off plans! And it's based on the latest scientific research. In this guide, we will share a quick and easy way to implement this diet with easy to use cheat sheets and ultimate mistakes to avoid. The best guide for someone who is busy and wants to get the whole gist of this diet and implement the 2 day diet in the next hour!

Are you excited about technology and its possibilities? Or does the techno revolution leave you somewhat worried about the future? This short audiobook is packed with light-hearted but realistic facts about technological developments and the likely trends we’ll see emerge. It looks at the benefits of things such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, while also talking about the flip side when things go wrong. The audiobook also explores the ethical dilemmas and obligations that technology brings and outlines a possible framework to live by. Which side do you favour?