I have read and re-read this book many times. It is absolutely a must read for anyone caught in the fight/flight response, and that includes about 80% of the population. some day people might figure out that the majority of the problems we face regarding mental and emotional disabilities are just a flight/fight response of varying degrees. Early trauma results in fear and that fear rules the sub-conscious. Block that fear with cranial electrical stimulation and other devices that are capable of moving the homeostatic nature of the brain, and the symptoms of most things in the DSM-iv will remediate. Hutchison interviewed about every researcher in the country that was of any importance. He was respected by all of them with his ability to grasp what they were saying. After reading this book look into the fact that the more you put brain chemicals into your body in the form of psychotropic drugs, the less the brain makes those chemicals on its own, like it should. A healthy brain will make healthy chemicals on its own. An unhealthy brain is better moved by stimulation of devices rather that pills. It appears that the brain is self correcting on its own with the technologies discussed in this book.

Some day this book will be looked at as the seminal work on the power of mind tools and society will realize their importance.

It's all about stimulation and evolution of the mind. Most of us carry too much fear from our childhood, then get lost in coping with the stress of adult life. The healthy person has the ability to easily take on new experiences and thus pushing the brain to further growth and expansion. Life is intrinsically evolutionary and we are made to evolve and explore our world. Hutchison shows us ways of using neurotechnology to stimulate the brain, and thus moving us to states and experiences we would be frightened to take on in real life. It's these enriched enviornments that bring us to states of evolutionary growth, which in turn enhances our outward experience of the world around us.

So take a trip with a mind tool and provide some enrichment to your dull, fear-ridden brain. This book will help you feel better about yourself and bring you to mental states you never imagined!

Please let me know Michael Hutchison's E-Mail address since I have some questions about his book.

This book grabbed me and I read it from cover to cover in one sitting. Something I've never done before. This first novel by an actual prison chaplain gives the reader a view never before seen inside the prison system. None of the prison cliches we're used to are there. The unique viewpoint of a man of faith and his take on an inside murder prison officials want him to solve is refreshing. At first glance I suspected a message disguised as a novel because of the author's ministry and the main character's religious calling. However this is a no-holds barred, in-your-face action-packed book. Rev. John Jordan relies on his faith to get him through this life-threatening ordeal, but the author doesn't use his first novel as a platform to preach to the reader. Blood is a very powerful element in this thriller. It begins awash in it. I was actually quite surprised. I would never have believed a Chaplain could have written something so raw, gritty and violent as this excellent first novel.

Too often, a "Christian" mystery isn't Christian at all. It may include a clergyman sleuth or a church setting, but the Christian faith has no bearing on anyone's conduct. Happily, that is not true here.

POWER IN THE BLOOD is Michael Lister's first novel. It relates Fr. John Jordan's initial year as the prison chaplain at Potter Correctional Institution in north Florida. Raised in the area by his daddy, the sheriff, Jordan has returned after a disastrous fall from grace. He's now divorced, a recovering alcoholic, and followed by rumors of scandal. He's delighted to discover, however, that he likes ministering to these "low lifes" better than the wealthy Atlanta congregation he lost.

Lister is himself a prison chaplain. His mystery (the death of a prisoner trying to escape in an unlikely way) and its surroundings witness to his experience. The prison wants a quiet investigation of the death of Ike Johnson and drafts Jordan to assist, because of his rapport with the inmates. As it becomes obvious that only a prison employee could have arranged such a death, Jordan's life and the lives of his closest friends are seriously endangered.

When he's not worrying about getting killed, he's coping with his alcoholic mother, a new romantic interest who can't believe he intends to remain celibate until marriage, and pressure from powerful townspeople. Prayer, a desire to care for God's weakest children, and a growing commitment to his vocation help Jordan fight back to a solution. I hope this isn't the last appearance of this thoughtful sleuth.

We may never face murder, but this Christian "detective" can teach us how to apply our faith in situations of stress and fear. Not bad for "light" reading!

Kathleen T. Choi HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD

The reviews speak for themselves:

"Power in the Blood provides an unflinching and disturbing look at contemporary prison life, and prison chaplain, John Jordan makes for a convincing and altogether appealing detective/protagonist. An auspicious debut." --Les Standiford.

"Lister, a real life prison chaplain who knows his turf, delivers gritty portrayals of inmates and prison workers." --Publisher's Weekly.

"Lister gives his leading character the depth and shortcomings of a 'regular guy,' a refreshing change from the typically flawless clergy found in much of pop fiction." --Booklist.

"Michael Lister, a North Florida prison chaplain, is a first-time author, but you'd never know it. His book, Power in the Blood, reads as if it had been dreamed up by a skillful old pro. The cruel, small world inside prison could make for an unpredictable, claustrophobic series. Something untried, different, interesting. Thank heaven."--Miami H! erald.

this is not a good book for autostudy.

This is a great textbook if you want a detailed explanation for all aspects of thermodynamics; however if you just want to know the basics you will probably get tired of this text quickly. The books greatest strength is it writing style which talks too the student, not above the student, in a down to earth way. This writing style can also be a weakness. Many have complained that they have to read through pages upon pages of prose just to get at a simple concept. There is also a lot of information on "special interest topics" which the busy junior engineering student may want to skip because of time. Even though a lot of the answers are given, you may spend a lot of trying to solve problems that have the wrong answer printed in the text, which is always annoying. In my opinion, if you learn on your own, and you want to really learn a lot, you are going to spend a lot of time reading this text. This is great if you have a poor instructor. If you just need to learn the basics, then you will have to skip the text and supplement with some sort of course outline book to save time.

This is an excelent book. Yanus Cengel & Michael Boles did a very good job. I have read the other reviews about it being too wordy. That is the case sometimes but not really enough to make things difficult. Although I appreciate the analogies and definitions for some topics. I have no idea if this book is good for review since I read it cover to cover. The suplimental paperback book with tables came in very handy. The one big problem though, is that it physically fell apart. The binding is done very poorly and I had to take back one book after I read chapter Four. The one I have now has been glued back together several times and I taped it with wide clear packing tape along the sides to keep it together. The text book is a keeper. Maybe McGraw Hill knows that and they want to sell duplicate copies to those who read it.

The Protein Power Lifeplan Gram Conter is designed to be a companion to the Protein Power Lifeplan book by the Eades. However, it can be useful with any low carb diet.

The book does not go into detail on the Eades diet, for that you would want to refer to one of their other books. This book is a simple resource, designed to make you aware of the carbohydrate, protein and fat counts in different food items.

Pull out this book and at your fingertips you have the counts of a variety of foods. The book has a numerous listings including Breads, Cereals and Grains; Dairy Products; Fish, Seafood and Shellfish; and more.

When carb count is given the ECC is used. The ECC or effective carb count is found by deducting the fiber from the total carbohydrate of a food item. Most nutrition books list the fiber and carb count separately. But for carb counters, the ECC is all you need to count. So this booklet saves you from doing the math. Very handy!

There are two drawbacks to the booklet. One is the size. Though it is smaller than a standard paperback, it's still larger, 6.75 x 4.05 than other pocketsized gram counters. This makes it bulkier to tote.

The major drawback though is the manner in which the Eades decided to list counts. For protein foods they do not list the carbohydrates. The Eades feel that since these foods are primarily protein, the carb count is too small to be concerned with. But this is not true. For many folks on a carbohydrate restricted diet, all carbs count.
If you are limited to say 20 grams of carbs per day, you will want to count the carbs in the eggs, seafood and other carbohydrate containing protein foods that you eat. It adds up. And if you go over, you may not achieve the health goals you are after.

Yes, the Eades book is handy to have for a quick reference, but my preference is for the Atkins gram counter which is smaller in size and lists net carb counts for all the foods, including protein.

EASY TO READ, SMALL SIZE, ACCESSIBLE FOR ON THE SPOT CHECKS OF WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO EAT..

Protein Power Lifeplan graham counter

The Protein Power Lifeplan Gram Counter is a companion to Dr. Michael Eades' and Mary Dan Eades', M.D.'s recent "Protein Power Lifeplan," a follow-up to their popular "Protein Power" which was published in 1995. The Eades are a husband-and-wife team that has a joint practice where they dish out the same advice as in their books - that of a restricted carbohydrate diet. But unlike the much more popular Dr. Atkins Diet, the Eades concentrate much more on gaining the best nutritional bang for your buck on the few (at least on the initial phase of the diet) carbohydrates you can have on their diet. The gram counter is helpful as it counts not only carbohydrates, but also fiber, protein and the breakdown of different fats that make up their nutritional philosophy.

This gram counter does not go into the philosophy behind their diet, so I'll try to summarize it here: it is not fat that makes us fat, gives us diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc. Rather it is sugar. Starches, since they are basically the same thing as sugar (just chained together and easily broken into their component sugars in the digestive process), are counted as well. The body produces the hormone insulin when carbs are ingested. The more carbs we have in our diet, the more insulin is produced. Insulin is used by the body to remove sugar from the bloodstream, where it can cause harm. Unfortunately, according to the Eades, the insulin that removes it can also cause devastating harm, including all the above-mentioned ailments and then some. In addition, when exposed to these large amounts of insulin, the body slowly becomes more and more resistant to the hormone and the body has to produce more of it to have the same effect, so it is a vicious cycle. The end of this cycle results when the body is so resistant that it simply can't produce enough and adult onset diabetes occurs.

Of course the Eades are quick to point out that this is a theory that has not been proven via huge double blind scientific studies, but rather hinted at by smaller studies indicating the validity of components of the theory. However, they also point out that the whole idea behind fat causing all these health problems in the first place is also just that - an IDEA. It is a hypothesis that the whole medical industry latched onto 25 or 30 years ago, because it made some logical sense at the time, and has only recently started to let go on the edges despite there being absolutely no proof that low fat diets are conducive to health, and many that indicate the exact opposite.

The carbohydrates listed are based on the "Effective Carbohydrate Count" or ECC, which subtracts the amount of grams of fiber from the total carbohydrate count to give a more accurate nutritional picture, since the normal digestive process does not absorb fiber.

As far as the fat breakdown in the gram counter goes, they break fats down into mono-unsaturated fats and saturated fats, as well as both Omega-6 fatty acids and Omega-3 fatty acids. The media and medical communities have concentrated on saturated versus unsaturated fats, missing many finer points that the Eades contend are important in terms of fat consumption. According to them, the body needs all types of fat and can actually saturate and desaturate dietary fat when needed. What is more important to look at, they say, is whether the fat is one containing primarily Omega-6 fatty acids as opposed to Omega-3's. Most people get way too much Omega-6 compared to Omega-3 because most of the polyunsaturated vegetable oils used for cooking both commercially and in the home contain mostly Omega-6. Omega-3's are found in fairly less common items like some fish like sardines, salmon, tuna, and cod-liver-oil. Though they do not specify these in the gram counter, in the main book, they do continually stress the importance of avoiding "trans-fats" which are fats (primarily soybean but also other vegetable oils) that have been synthetically altered in order to stay solid at room temperatures. These are in most processed foods (look for the words "partially hydrogenated"), plus just about all mayonnaise and margarine. The body does not know what to do with these fats because they aren't natural, so it just uses them in its cells like all other fat, and this can cause many health problems. The Eades suggest using only butter (also clarified butter), olive oil, and nut oils for cooking, sauces, etc., canola-oil mayonnaise, and avoiding foods that contain anything other than these oils, and especially anything with trans fats.

Basically, the book is not of much use without the underlying theories behind it, but as long as you understand these, it is of enormous help. I would have preferred some sort of indication of trans-fats and perhaps a rating of how good a particular food was in terms of its anti-oxidant content, but I guess you can't have everything! Adding these other readings might have added too much bulk to the book. Right now it is slightly smaller than most small soft cover books, and is less than half an inch thick, yet covers all food groups in good detail. It is organized well and it does not take you a couple of minutes to sort through all the myriad varieties of different foods, the way some of the more comprehensive food counters do. I guess it depends on what you're looking for - portability or thoroughness, though even the most thorough of the other food counters do not break foods down into Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids.

This book could have been a real "keeper" if not for the editing problems. It leaves me wondering about the accuracy of the content. There are four diagrams within the first few chapters that have exactly the same caption. Only one is correct, the other three are clearly out of context.

The use of a single highlight color (blue) is annoying. For a subject that is so dependent on color codes, full color illustrations are a must. This is one corner that should not have been cut.

I am a first year electrical student and this book is one of our textbooks. Sometimes this book is a little hard to read because of some grammatical errors and word usage. The diagrams are very well drawn. The author is very well educated on the subject. I have to ignore the Code references for the most part because I am working out of the '96 code edition of the book and the '99 Code is going to go into effect towards the end of March.

The National Electrical Code (NEC) states that it is not intended as a design specification nor an instruction manual for untrained persons (90-1(c)). The code authors understood that training and reference books would be essential for a clear grasp of the meaning of the NEC. The book "Understanding the NEC" by Mike Holt is one such book which can help in the study of the NEC. The first four chapters of the NEC are intended to apply "generally" to the majority of the installations that the electrician makes daily. It is the first four chapters of the NEC which are the scope for this book by Holt. The "Nuts and Bolts" type of installations that we encounter daily are what this book is made of. Holt provides clear explanations and very helpful illustrations to explain the topics that are not always made clear in the NEC.

As an instructor in a post secondary technical school, I have used the 1996 version of this book in my Associate's Degree level classes since it became available. I have found this book to be very informative and clearly written for use by students with little or no field experience, including very helpful illustrations. There is also a workbook available that enhances the use of this text for use in a classroom setting, or for the individual who wishes a more extensive study of the NEC's "Nuts and Bolts".

This book is strong with data and valuable information collected from various journals and reports. Taking this into consideration a reader can find easy to understand information on the political, social, economic, legal, and structural aspects of the European electricity market (in the first part of the book). The second part of the book presents studies of markets in countries including France, the UK, Nordic countries, and Hungary (I think the publisher forgot about hungary..but it's in there). The only weakness I have noticed in this book is the presentation. Having numerous authors may have made it difficult to avoid repetitive analysis and redundancies. Some sections treat similar issues in similar manners while some other sections treat them in very different ways making it hard to find continuity through the whole book (actually through any part at all). Although the reader will want to start with part-one before attacking part-two, he will be able to read chapters in each part in any order. Overall, the topic of this book is so broad and complex that a reader can only expect a good bigger-picture understanding of the subject. The appendix section containing definitions makes this book a challenging but feasible venture for a beginner in the field.

This book is strong with data and valuable information collected from various journals and reports. Taking this into consideration a reader can find easy to understand information on the political, social, economic, legal, and structural aspects of the European electricity market (in the first part of the book). The second part of the book presents studies of markets in countries including France, the UK, Nordic countries, and Hungary (I think the publisher forgot about hungary..but it's in there). The only weakness I have noticed in this book is the presentation. Having numerous authors may have made it difficult to avoid repetitive analysis and frequent redundancies. Some sections treat similar issues in similar manners while some other sections treat them in very different ways making it hard to find continuity through the whole book (actually through any single part at all). Although the reader will want to start with part-one before attacking part-two, he will be able to read chapters in each part in any order. Overall, the topic of this book is so broad and complex that a reader can only expect a good bigger-picture understanding of the subject. The appendix section containing definitions makes this book a challenging but feasible venture for a beginner in the field while the references and links provided in this book offer resources for further studying.

I have read a bit about Kabbalah but had never really been exposed to any real practical application of the subject. Moskowitz provides a very good practical application of Kabbalah with this tape set. What is interesting is that the information is really nothing new since it has a common thread with many of the great spiritual and philosophical schools of thought, but Moskowitz has a way of presenting the information on this complex subject in a manner which is easy to grasp and he places emphasis where emphasis really seems to make sense. I am not certain why the tape on Kabbalistic Astrology was added because I thought that it detracted from the overall quality of the entire tape program. I felt that I could have picked up any cheap supermarket astrology magazine and have found the same information. I really couldn't take it very seriously. I think astrology can be useful, but this presentation was just too superficial to be of any real value to anyone. I wish that he had left it out and had just referred the listener to a serious book on kabbalistic astrology instead. Overall it was a good program but I wish it could have been presented in a book format instead. A good bibliography or some book suggestions would have been helpful for those of us who would like to do further research.

The Kabbalah is a system of thought derived from an ancient Hebrew book called the Zohar. To one uninitiated in the system, I have always found books on the subject to be a little too daunting for my taste, with many difficult names and, for me, poorly explained concepts. I am glad to say that Michael Moskowitz manages to demystify the whole subject to an enormous extent.
Although the Kabbalah might be thought of as religious, there is no trace here of religious fervour or any attempts to persuade and convert. On the contrary, it is presented as a philosophical system that can sit alongside any current beliefs you may have, and furthermore is thoroughly grounded in the principle of "no coercion in spirituality".
There are explanations here for the interaction of the material and spiritual realm, for the beginning of the universe, the theory of multiple universes, the nature of miracles, and even the origin of Satan. In every case, these explanations offer genuine illumination for the open-minded.
At the heart of this tape set, as a self-development tool, is the concept of proactive versus reactive thought and action. In this respect, the Kabbalah is interpreted in a way that makes it thoroughly relevant to any modern predicament. The teaching on this subject would sit quite happily with Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. But it also takes the practical benefits of proactivity a little deeper by offering an explanation for why this approach is the right one, and a theory of how it works to replace the reactive chaos of our lives with an alternative place of peace and fulfilment.
There are, it should also be said, some challenging sections to the tape set: sections on reincarnation, the Kabbalistic approach to astrology, and the use of Hebrew letters as an aid to meditation. A guided meditation is included to illustrate this last point, but if I have a criticism of the tape set, it touches too lightly on this area to leave any deep impression of the use of it.
In all, I found this a very useful and accessible introduction to the Kabbalah. I have listened to it several times and not yet tired of it. It will reward anyone who comes to it with an open mind.

Leonardo is the best example of the great human potential. He stands out in mathematics, physics, engineering, aeronautics, architecture, drawing, painting and sculpture. Why could he master so many endeavors?

Michael explains in details the lateral way of thinking of Leonardo, based on his curiosity in everything, that helped him develop an immense creativity for methodology. Don't think that these are quick fix techniques, they require a whole lot of discipline, but it is worth it.

This book is a well written piece of information centering on past power center development. It is a little outdated currently; however, it does show the pitfalls and highpoints of a large number of quite successful power center development projects. Unfortunately it does not cut much below the surface of these projects and offers little practical advice. Good for understanding past projects in a slightly different time and market. I would not recommend it to anyone searching for a how-to book since it is little more than facts and numbers about past projects and not ideas.

We used this book often to help us benchmark industrial customer's energy systems. Part of the data collection for energy efficiency upgrade potential required us to benchmark the client's overall energy use on a unit basis against an "average" process. This book was very helpful in that regard.