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Combining contemporary, cultural and educational topics with a wide
range of digital, online ( MyEnglishLab) and print material,
Choices gives teachers the power to adapt to their classrooms,
while the authentic BBC video clips keep interest levels high and
boredom factors low! Highly respected authors of bestselling
Opportunities, New Opportunities, Challenges and New Challenges,
Michael Harris and Anna Sikorzynska Strong strand of choice
throughout the course which motivates and is a crucial element of
life-long learning skills important in the 21st century as
technology and jobs change rapidly Authentic Video BBC and Channel
4 clips (eg Jamie Oliver) Your Choice - students choose between
different topics to discuss and write about DVD Choice - an
optional section with authentic video material with comprehension
questions. These are mainly oral skills lessons extending the
lesson topic Listen or Watch - the target functional language is
presented through dialogues which can be watched or listened to
Learning Links - references to extra activities. Students are
directed to culture input (Culture Choice) and extra revision,
practice and self-assessment (in the MyEnglishLab) Online Skills -
in the workbook. Information-handling skills and critical thinking
MyEnglishLab online learning where teachers can grade and monitor
The water and power industries, including the most
capital-intensive producers of goods and services in our economy,
are exposed to financial risks of staggering proportions. With
projects that are routinely large and require long-term planning,
and with demand and supply often highly volatile, costs regularly
defy prediction. Still, there has been little explicit analysis of
financial risk in the water and power industries. In this work, C.
Vaughan Jones provides a comprehensive discussion of financial risk
and risk analysis for these utilities. Writing in clear,
straightforward language, he explores the application of risk
analysis to construction projects, rate-setting and price effects,
and customer characteristics.
In developing a method for evaluating risk, Jones brings
together material from business, engineering, economics,
demography, probability theory, computer simulation, and policy
studies. The materials are organized around risk factors affecting
costs and revenues, and support a practical analysis with
spreadsheet and simulation examples. Separate chapters present
findings relating to the variability of construction costs,
customer demand, and population growth. Together with qualitative
information about risks, these chapters offer suggestions about
quantitative representation of relevant patterns of variability of
key risk sources. The techniques are integrated in simulation
models dealing with contract risk, the evaluation of sinking funds
and amortization schedules, and long-run capacity planning. The
concluding chapters summarize major findings, consider issues of
reliability and validation, and discuss the way in which this
analysis can be applied to a variety of infrastructure investments.
Finance and investment professionals and students in business and
finance studies will find this work to be a useful reference tool.
For public and academic libraries, it will represent a valuable
addition to their collections.
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