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Introduces the ciivilization of ancient Rome.

Real-time retail pricing (RTP) of electricity, in which the retail price is allowed to vary with very little time delay in response to changes in the marginal cost of generation, offers expected short-run and long-run benefits at the societal level. While the effects of RTP on most market participants have been examined previously, its effects on a) renewable generator revenues and b) power sector emissions are not well understood. This thesis presents a counterfactual model of the new England wholesale power market, including within-hour consumer price response, to analyze revenues under RTP for four renewable test cases and emissions of CO2, SO2, and NOx. Assuming a moderate consumer price-response ( e = -0.3), I find that revenues for both wind and solar cases will decrease by about 3%, a smaller loss than that expected by the generation sector as a whole (~ 6%) or by peak generators ( ~ 55%). In the same scenario, RTP is expected to decrease emissions of CO2, SO2, and NOx by 2-3% in the short-run. These results are qualitatively robust across a range of elasticities and other input parameters. A discussion of the political barriers to RTP highlights interest group pressure from peak generators and the framing of gains and losses for consumers. These barriers are likely to attract significant policymaker attention in RTP discussions, but the results of my empirical analysis show the need to also consider how RTP may interfere with the ability to achieve other policy objectives, including promoting renewable energy and reducing emissions.

Un texte bien documenté, renforcé d''illustrations conformes aux réalités de l''époque. Mise en page variée.

Text, pictures, photographs, and maps present the history of the Jews under Herod and Pontius Pilate, until the destruction of the Temple and the end of Judea.

This paper is a synopsis of the second Australian Army''s Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force''s (MRTF-2) approach to counterinsurgency and its application to two deliberate operations. Presented are lessons learned and techniques developed during their mission of providing security for the Afghan national elections, and the strategic goal of developing the capacity of the 4th Brigade of the Afghan National Army (ANA).