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    Electricity and Costs Under Regulation and Restructuring

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    And Lester Lave Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 [email protected] And Jay Apt Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 [email protected]

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1902-1907

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    In this second volume of Author Under Sail Jay Williams investigates the life of Jack London as a professional writer at the turn of the 1900s, as his publications spanned The Call of the Wild to The Iron Heel and The Road. While documenting key life events, especially his rising fame, this biography explores London's necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his own vast imagination through his socialist essays and fiction.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Howl, O Heav'nly Muse! -- 2. Jesus in the Theater of Socialism -- 3. Jack London's Place in American Literature -- 4. Theater of War, Theater at Home -- 5. Revolution, Evolution, and the Scene of Writing -- 6. The Jack London Show Goes on the Road -- 7. Red Atavisms and Revolution -- 8. Earthquake Apocalypse and Building the City, Boat, and House Beautiful -- 9. The Future of Socialism and the Death of the Individual -- 10. The Road Never Ends -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn this second volume of Author Under Sail Jay Williams investigates the life of Jack London as a professional writer at the turn of the 1900s, as his publications spanned The Call of the Wild to The Iron Heel and The Road. While documenting key life events, especially his rising fame, this biography explores London's necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his own vast imagination through his socialist essays and fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

    Writers Talk Featuring Jay Douglas

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    Jay Douglas, author of Everything You Need to Write Great Essays, You Can Learn from Watching Movies, talks about how essays can be written like Hollywood cinema.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/cstw12/WT_WCRS_08-27-11_JayDouglas.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin

    "Overcoming America's Infrastructure Deficit, A Fiscally Responsible Plan for Public Capital Investment"

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    Condemned bridges, dilapidated school buildings, contaminated water supplies, and other infrastructure shortcomings threaten American growth, productivity, and prosperity. S Jay Levy and Walter M. Cadette propose a plan for financing infrastructure projects that is designed to have minimal effect on the federal budget and to promote sound fiscal operation. Federal zero-interest mortgage loans to state and local governments for capital projects specified by Congress can cut the cost of such projects, achieve needed improvements in the nation's infrastructure, and thereby contribute to the American economy's future.

    Autoregressive multifactor APT model for U.S. Equity Markets

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    Arbitrage Pricing Theory is a one period asset pricing model used to predict equity returns based on a multivariate linear regression. We choose three sets of factors – Market specific, firm specific, and an autoregressive return term to explain returns on twenty U.S. stocks, using monthly data over the period 2000-2005. Our findings indicate that, apart from the CAPM beta factor, at least five other factors are significant in determining time series and cross sectional variations in returns. The times series regression establishes factor loadings and the cross sectional regression gives the risk premiums associated with these factors.Equity Pricing; APT; Arbitrage pricing theory; Multifactor model; Security; Pricing; CAPM

    Psychedelics, psychic phenomena, and encounters with non-human entities

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    Leading minds discuss psychedelics, shamanism, human evolution, and the ecological crisis. In a series of conversations with Duncan Trussell, Graham Hancock, Grant Morrison, Hamilton Morris, Erik Davis, Julia Mossbridge, Rupert Sheldrake, and others, author David Jay Brown elicits answers to some of the most thought-provoking questions about our origins, ecological consciousness, the potential of psychedelics, and the future of humanity and the Earth

    Jay Sarno Roundtable

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    Audio of the 3/2/2014 UNLV Libraries Jay Sarno Roundtable. Jay Sarno did more than build two of the most iconic casinos in the world, Caesars Palace and Circus Circus. He created the mold for modern Las Vegas. In this panel discussion, those who knew him best will talk about his contributions and his quirks. Panelists include: Oscar Goodman, Mel Larson, Dana Gentry, Jay C. Sarno, September Sarno, Freddie Sarno, and Heidi Sarno Straus. The panel is moderated by CGR Director and Grandissimo author David G. Schwartz

    Map of Jay County, Indiana

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    17 1/4 x 14 1/4 inchesJay County was organized in 1836 and is the only county in the United States named for John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also a co-author of the Federalist Papers and a governor of New York

    Improving State Regulation of Homeowners Insurance: The Essential Protections for Policyholders Project

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    Homeowners insurance provides financial security for 70 million American households and stability to the communities in which they live—but only when it works. Homeowners insurance only works because it is supported and regulated by state law. This article describes the Essential Protections for Policyholders project, which aims to make state regulation and therefore homeowners insurance itself work better. As a project of the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in cooperation with United Policyholders, Essential Protections for Policyholders draws on academic research, an extensive survey of state law, and practical experience. The Essential Protections for Policyholders project addresses market conduct regulation, focusing on key elements of the relationship between insurance companies and their policyholders. It aims to improve the market for insurance, to address deficiencies in the market, and to provide effective means of validating the insurance relation in case of loss. In each area, the project identifies a series of general principles that motivate the particular analysis and recommendations. Then the principles are given more detail in recommendations about the direction state regulation should take. In most cases, recommended statutory language is included. The recommendations are based on a discussion of the issue and a survey of current law. A unique feature of the project is that it rests on an extensive national database of state law regulating homeowners insurance. The database of law in the fifty-one jurisdictions also provides a basis for comparing and evaluating individual states’ current systems of regulation. Part of the project is to prepare scorecards comparing states’ homeowners protections on a variety of issues. The full report and other information about the Essential Protections for Policyholders project is available at epp.law.rutgers.edu
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