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Power Online  Newsletter  -- http://www.poweronline.com
Volume 3   Issue 85
Tuesday, September 12, 2000
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Welcome to this issue of Power Online's (http://www.poweronline.com) 
electronic
newsletter brought to you by VerticalNet.

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******** FEATURED ARTICLES selected by April C. Murelio ****

1) VerticalNet joins standards initiative
2) GasMart/Power 2001 Calls for Papers
3) Electron Caf? by John Glenn: Limits of language
4) News and Analysis

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1) VerticalNet joins standards initiative
VerticalNet, Inc. (Horsham, PA), the Internet's leading portfolio of business-
to-business trading communities and the owner of Power Online, has joined the
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) project. The 
initiative
seeks to develop a global standard for business representation and 
registration
on the Internet. Its goal is to help create a standardized vocabulary and
syntax for business identification and product discovery.
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl20000911/213522

2) GasMart/Power 2001 Calls for Papers
Intelligence Press, Inc., publisher of Natural Gas Intelligence newsletters 
and
sponsor of GasMart/Power 2001, is now accepting speaker proposals for its
leading trade fair, which will be held at the Tampa Convention Center May 
9-11,
2001.
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl20000911/213523

3) Electron Caf? by John Glenn: Limits of language
I am gratified when one of my columns generates comments. Recently Gerry May
pointed out that scientists could overstate the facts, and (in my view) be
obnoxiously arrogant in the process.
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl20000911/213524

4) News and Analysis
Visit the Power Online News and Analysis page for the latest
industry headlines and feature articles.
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl19991209/40575



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******** EDITOR'S CHOICE PRODUCTS ********

1) Steam Properties
2) Gas Compressor
3) CL Check v1.0
4) Product Showcase

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1) Steam Properties
This program calculates the properties of superheated, saturated, or wet 
steam.
In addition, it calculates the properties of saturated water.


-- CU Services LLC, Elk Grove, IL
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl20000911/213530

2) Gas Compressor
This program computes the power required to compress any gas, as well as the
temperature and cooling required. As a side calculation, the program 
calculates
the molecular weight of any gas mixture.

-- CU Services LLC, Elk Grove, IL
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl20000911/213531

3) CL Check v1.0
No Universal Station to buy or consign. Save system implementation time by
developing your PM, APM and AM Control Language (CL) programs before your DCS
arrives. Syntax check your CL with a 1st pass compile . Quick ?As Built?
flowcharts document your CL.

-- Process Control Solutions, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl20000911/213532

4) Product Showcase
Power Online and its editor, April C. Murelio, select some of the best new
products in the industry and present them to you in our Product Showcase.
http://www.poweronline.com/read/nl19991209/40576



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