I thought that the poems this man wrote were wonderful

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This review is based on pre-publication manuscripts that Dr. Brosilow used in his undergraduate Process Control course in Chemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. I was in his class. Dr. Brosilow was a poor lecturer and his manuscripts were poorer.

Each chapter seemed far too unrelated to the others. It did not seem to build a concrete body of knowledge but rather to drift from topic to topic without clear purpose. How is Model State Feedback related to other implementations of model based control? When, practically speaking is it best to use a particular control regime in a particular process? I wish I could say I learned these things from the text, but I certainly did not. Additionally, the text and the problems were usually very abstract. Only rarely would all the mathematics be incorporated into a description or problem involving an actual chemical process.

I hope that the published edition has been heaviliy edited and altered. It is with that hope that I award two stars to this book. Based on my experience with a (pre-publication form of) this book, I would have to give it only a single star.

I am very unhappy about my purchase of this book. I was looking for a reference manual and instead received a class room text that offers less than the tutorial supplied in the help section of the software.

The format is good, and for an "introduction" I liked the simple projects, small datasets, etc. However, I must say that the book was very poorly written and obviously never proofread. The misspellings, misused words, sentence duplications, etc. were annoying. And sentences like "Setup text styles as taught in the CEST51 class.." and "I expect to see..," plus no index, made it obvious that the book is a compilation of the author's class notes and not much more. At the very start, directions were not given for loading menus that the author seemed to presume were available. Later, directions were given to complete tasks without instructions about the procedures required. The numbering of quadrants, which might be new to beginners, for example, were not explained at the first use of LINES/CURVES + By Direction, LINES/CURVES + Add Dynamic Labels and LINES/CURVES + Flip Direction which are required to complete Assign08 were never mentioned, etc., etc. Especially in view of so few LDD3 resources available, the book might have been valuable if it had simply been written better and more carefully prepared for publication.

I read this book several years ago when it was a part of the source material for the examination for promotion to Lieutenant in the Houston Police Department. To say it is poorly written is an understatement. I'm not sure who I am more frustrated at, the author for his poor skills at writing, the editor(s) who let so many horrible mistakes get past, or my own agency for allowing this text to be approved for use. If you are required to read this book for promotion or as a class assignment, you have my sincere sympathy. If you are considering buying this book for your own professional education, don't waste your money.

I would like to voice my opinion concerning the above listed book which has been made required study material for the promotional exam to the rank of captain, in the Louisiana State Police. I am not an expert in criminal justice or English grammar and I have never written a book, but I am a very heavy reader and I do not believe that this book meets the level of professionalism or scholarship that I would expect in a work of this nature. I have read this book and found it to be extremely difficult to understand, not only because it sometimes does not make much sense, but because of the tremendous number of grammar, spelling, and subject/verb relationship errors that it contains. While reading this work, I have highlighted any information that I thought might be useful to me in my career or that might appear on the promotional exam. I also found myself highlighting the errors that I found and I think that there are more errors highlighted in this work than there is useful material. It is very hard to read and retain any information provided within this work when the reader has to examine the same paragraph over and over again to determine what it would mean if the proper word had been used. It is intimidating to me to realize that my future career may be impacted based upon my knowledge of the information contained in this book. The author of this work has certainly earned our respect as a retired member of the Kansas City Police Department and is obviously knowledgeable in the area of police leadership, but he lacks the ability to impart his knowledge to the reader through his writing. The author also lacks any academic degrees, or at least none are mentioned in his credentials, and he is presently the head of security at a small shopping mall. In addition to those facts, it is pretty obvious that no editors or proof readers were employed to correct the many errors found in this work, and this is a second edition! I attempted to research this book and was unable to find that it has ever been reviewed by any other book reviewer, except at this site, or any trade journal. I would like to see this book removed from the required list for any professional police promotional examination. I do not believe that this book meets the standard to base promotional exams upon for this or any other agency. Thank you for your consideration.

I was required to read this for my police department's promotional process. Although I have read many books in my life and had to read many poorly written books in college, this book stands alone. I actually became angry at the author because he was contradictory, unclear, and wordy. I read the book, studied it and I still did not understand the author. The material was not beyond my comprehension, just poorly written and poorly edited. My department no longer uses this book.

The intention of the authors is an impressive one but they truely fail to provide a believable rationale. Clearly a text is needed in the area of the therapeutic blending of the arts and psychotherapy but this is not the one to read.

I really didn't like it at all. But if you're kids are younger and into spending "A) Time B) Money C) Talents" with Jesus, go for it.

Wes Beavis does for the self-motivation crowd a favor - he continues with the list of things to do to have a great life of fun and prosperity. Probably all those multi-level positive thinker types would like this, and he keeps on saying that it's all about yourself. The book is all about himself, and I didn't get a thing out of it. On a more chilling note - our life is not about fun and prosperity. He neglects to say that we are to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all other things will be provided to us.

For the real John Money, read "As Nature Made Him" by John Colapinto

About the only positive thing I can say is that there is the 6 page promised index that the author says there is. The style of the author leaves something to be desired. I am afraid most readers will be quickly turned off by the somewhat rambling style of prose used.

The same kinds of mistakes found in the description of the book are found throughout the book. Most readers will be frustrated with what they find here.