A Concise Guide to Community Planning

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Once an ad hoc, informal process, community planning has now become a demanding discipline that gathers together architects, landscape architects, developers, and civil engineers. In this concise, easy-to-use handbook, readers will get a clear overview of land development issues--plus dozens of job-tested design strategies and illuminating real case examples. From environmental impact to traffic congestion, from specialized demographic needs of the elderly and handicapped to proven ``rules of thumb'' in residential development, the book is packed with the do's and dont's of effective community planning.

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By Design is a professional gallery of designers' works, popular techniques and designers' templates. The book showcases exciting new graphics sure to jumpstart the imagination and invaluable techniques for utilizing the key elements of design: type, tint, image and color. Readers will also find two CD-ROMS that include: * The Designer's Gallery--showcases more than 100 inspiring pieces from renowned designers, sure to trigger the reader's imagination * Handpicked Design Techniques--simple, direct and fully-illustrated instructions and examples make this a great how-to section * The Designers' Templates--this collection of 100 templates of the best page designs can be used "as is" for specific jobs or simply serve as inspiration

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Disks don't work.......2003-08-12

I happen to be an amateur, so I was looking forward to using the CDs that came with the book. Unfortunately, they don't work and the company no longer has a Web site. I'm disappointed they are still selling this book.

good..........2003-03-19

this is simply material you buy to fill up the gaps of your design/art library. there are some really useful tips and step by step instructions to given filters for photoshop, illustrator, freehand, etc. the 2 cd's that come with it are old, outdated, useless stuff and only relevant for amateurs. if you respect yourself as a designer you wont care taking a look at such junk. long live D.I.Y. dunno... i thought i'd be impressed but i wasnt. a bit above average book with some nice little tricks that's all.

Really good collection of info.......2002-05-31

This book is a really good collection of color combinations, software tips, printer settings and layout ideas, all in one package. It's not in-depth, and some of the sample images are not fantastic, but it's still a handy reference guide for a lot of design issues.

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An Oldie But a Goodie .......2007-07-17

I bought this book because I was having fun with my new digital camera and was using my cats as models. The author is a true professional who has lots of great tips on how to get good shots of different animals. I really learned about animal photography from this book. I also enjoyed reading about his career.

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Wouldn't work.......2007-03-10

Would not work on my XP machine even in compatibility mode. Even if it did, I doubt how much help it would be.

Discoverecon 3.1 Software Tutorial by Gerald C. Nelson to Accompany Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics

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Discoverecon 3.1 Software Tutorial by Gerald C. Nelson to Accompany Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
Gerald C. Nelson , Campbell R. McConnell , and Stanley L. Brue
Manufacturer: Richard D Irwin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: CD-ROM

Microeconomics | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0073662933

Microeconomics: Discoverecon 3.1 Software Tutorial

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Microeconomics: Discoverecon 3.1 Software Tutorial
Campbell R.; Brue, Stanley L. McConnell
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFXEOK

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Step-by-step guidance, insider tips, and all the tools you need to create budgets and financial plans that win grants

Grants are a major source of funding in the nonprofit sector, and nonprofits invest considerable time, effort, and resources into obtaining them. A key aspect of any successful grant application initiative is budgeting and financial planning. A well-crafted budget, clearly delineating when, where, and how grant moneys will be applied, goes a long way toward selling a grantor on an applicant's vision. Unfortunately, many nonprofit professionals lack the know-how required to create budgets that instill grantors with confidence. This book fills that much-needed gap. Authors James Aaron Quick and Cheryl Carter New walk you through the entire budgeting process, providing invaluable insider tips, guidelines, and rules of thumb. More importantly, they provide you with indispensable guidance including a complete, step-by-step budgeting system, with each step fully documented and accompanied by an arsenal of powerful tools, plus much more to help you transform your organization's vision-and mission-into reality.

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Great Step by Step to a Budget that Makes Sense.......2005-01-25

I discovered this book when writing The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing and found it terrific for learning how to put together a program budget. Having done this for years and having taught others how to do it, I found their approach clear and to the point. The many examples are especially helpful.

Much more that you asked for...........2002-07-14

I have done many budgets and taught workshops and seminars on how to do budgets. The first response I had to this book is that I was glad I understood the process because if I didn't, I would not be able to understand this book. It is obfuscating, repetitive, and full of obscure, irrelevant quotes from such diverse sources as Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat and Shakespeare. As a matter of fact, I usually don't use obfuscating words or concepts myself, but this book has led me to do so. Having said that, I did gain new knowledge, new concepts and new viewpoints that will be very helpful. It was hard work to find these gems - I prefer direct, basic explanations since they usually avoid confusion. I also disliked Wise Guy and Wise Lady - text set aside in blocks - where he asks dumb questions and she give smart-aleck or condescending answers to dumb questions. Both are insulting to the intelligence of the reader.

This is definitely not a book that you pick up as a reference source when you are beginning or in the middle of preparing a budget. It is not a book for beginners, unless you have the time and patience to work your way through, chapter by chapter, learning their process step by step. Indeed, it would be a good text for a full semester class, with lectures and homework and steady progression through its many topics. Budgets don't really come into the picture until Chapter 5. The authors require that you learn or relearn their terminology relevant to grant writing before you can approach actual budgeting. Throughout the book they present concepts and ideas, and drag on through several paragraphs or pages saying what something is not before saying what it is. By their definition, of course - which you must accept to move forward.

This is really a book on preparing grant applications, not just budgets. Several chapters and sections of chapters are devoted to projects, programs, defining problems, defining solutions, project development, and program evaluation. Each is described in detail, with examples and forms, which are also available on the accompanying CD-ROM. By the time you get to Chapter 5 and see a budget form you are exhausted. But take a vitamin pill - Chapters 6 through 9 detail in depth the difference components of a budget, using their terminology. Which you memorized back in the beginning of the semester for the first test. Again, the explanations are exhaustive and belabored, and stated often in negatives, which is confusing. For example, Chapter 6 is dedicated to explaining direct costs. There are nine pages defining the different types of travel, including definitions of travel by watercraft and by animal. After all the various modes of travel are defined, the rest of the chapter explains how to acquire each of them on site and the different types of each. Bus travel is broken down into inter-city, intra-city, and chartered. They also describe express buses and local buses, and where and how to purchase tickets. More information than most of us need, to say the least. If you don't know the difference between an express and a local bus by now, you are in big trouble. Not that it is relevant to preparing a budget anyway.

The authors are committed to a budget format that uses very specific line items. They state that any item you can put in a budget can fit into one of their categories. Just for fun, I came up with a couple of items I would put in a budget that I couldn't fit into their scheme. And if you want to use their forms from the CD-ROM, you must do all your budgets according to their line items. You are on your own if you have a potential funder that demands you use their forms and their line items.

If you can ignore all the indirect, convoluted and useless information, this book has a lot to offer. Many concepts are very valuable and useful. Some of the forms are also useful. There are planning forms and evaluation forms in addition to more budget forms that usually appear in one place. Select the information that is relevant, ignore the rest and use what is applicable. Wading through the chaff to get to the wheat is not easy, but many of the kernels are worth the effort. And if you are taking or teaching a full semester course this could be a useful text or supplement.

Book delivers more than budgeting advice.......2001-11-15

In providing a much-needed context for the discussion of grant proposal budgets, the authors have actually created a step by step, straightforward plan to design a sound project. They begin with how a good project springs from a problem that your organization can solve. Then they walk you through defining the project's purpose, goals, and component steps.

I am torn about this book, because I believe grant seekers should NOT be the ones to design programs; program staff ought to do that. However, I realize that in reality grants people often end up with this task, or can act as advisors and coaches to those going through the process. And in any case, we grant seekers need to understand the task of project design and how it relates to expressing a project in numbers and words when approaching a funder.

The book goes on to focus on budgets, after the groundwork of planning has been expertly laid. The sections on budgets are very useful for anyone dealing with government proposals.

So, while the book takes a stance I don't necessarily agree with - that the grant seeker is a project designer - I have rated it highly because it is sure to result in better planned projects for anyone who follows its advice.

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Get advice from a convicted felon

Please, follow the advice in this book...

Slumlord Writes Book In Jail

The Tao of Real Estate: Investing with Confidence
David Nuyen
Manufacturer: NuMaxReins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Real Estate | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0974462500

Book Description

This book covers concepts, strategy, tactics, implementation and execution for the real estate investment business. It also copes with real life real estate investment problems and presents real life solutions in the real estate business world.

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Get advice from a convicted felon.......2005-07-18

Beware...if you buy this book and intend to follow its advice, you should be aware that you are reading the recommendations of a convicted Washington, DC area slumlord. The story of David Nuyen can be found here: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/special/slumlord071505.html

Please, follow the advice in this book..........2005-07-16

This convicted felon is brazen in the unethical, unscrupulous, and (in many local jurisdictions) illegal "advice" he spews forth. A lot of it is just plain stupid, so, if you'd like to be a slumlord-cum-convict, be my guest.

For more information on this criminal, see the Washington City Paper, July 15, 2005, pp. 11-12.

Slumlord Writes Book In Jail.......2004-12-02

This author has served 2 years in jail for Obstruction of Justice and Lying to the Federal Government regarding Lead Paint Hazards in buildings he owned. He is also not legally permitted to rent property or own rental property in the District of Columbia so you may not want to take Real Estate advice from him

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Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Practice with Families

Imagine how much simpler your professional life would be if therapeutic efficacy was the sole criterion against which professional ethics were measured. For better or worse, that isn't the case, and every therapist—regardless of how gifted, well-trained, or "centered"—needs help in safely navigating the minefields of personal beliefs, professional ethics, federal and state laws, and the best interests of clients.

Should a therapist report one spouse's infidelity to another? How about a suicide threat? How should one behave in a custody dispute? What about domestic violence? Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Practice with Families arms couple and family therapists with the up-to-the-minute information and analytical tools needed to answer the crucial ethical questions that arise in the course of daily practice. Featuring contributions from 20 recognized experts in couple and marital therapy, ethics, government policy, and family law, this book provides family clinicians with much needed guidance on how to balance often conflicting ethical standards against legal responsibilities.

Designed for easy reference, Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Practice with Families is divided into four sections. The first section offers wide-ranging coverage of such general concerns as professional ethics, legal issues, gender concerns, and multicultural competence in couple and family practice. This section also features a proven model for ethical decision-making. The second section focuses on practice with specific populations, including children and adolescents, couples, families with custody problems, and gay and lesbian families. In the following section, the authors take a look at a number of timely ethical and legal issues, including child maltreatment, domestic violence, recovered memories, patient confidentiality, and obligations to nonclient family members. The fourth section addresses crucial professional issues, such as liability, risk management, confidentiality in the managed care era, and the "diagnosis dilemma" (i.e., how to cope with the managed care requirement of assigning DSM-IV individual diagnoses to family problems).

Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Practice with Families is a valuable resource for couple therapists, family therapists, and all other mental health professionals, as well as attorneys specializing in family law.

This valuable guide helps couple and family therapists balance their often conflicting ethical standards and legal responsibilities. In addition to covering all important recent changes in professional codes and family law, the authors provide decision-making models and practical guidelines that assist you in analyzing and resolving the knotty ethical dilemmas that may arise when working with couples and families. They provide advice and guidance on how to comply with federal and state laws, reduce liability, and improve risk management. And they explore the varying legal and ethical standards across many different clinical settings and professional roles.

Readers will find comprehensive coverage of ethical and legal issues of vital concern to today's family and couple therapists. Chapters treat ethical problems related to gender, multicultural competency, and a wide range of specific client populations. Other timely issues covered in detail include child maltreatment, domestic violence, recovered memories, confidentiality, and the "diagnosis dilemma."

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From the battle of Maldon in 991 during the reign of Ã†ethelred (the Unready), England was invaded by Scandinavian armies of increasing size and ferocity. Swein Forkbeard, king of Denmark, played a significant part in these invasions, which culminated in the domination of England and the long reign of his son, Cnut. This analysis of the invasions demonstrates beyond doubt that Ã†thelred was no indolent and worthless king who bribed invading Vikings to go away: his relationship with the Scandinavian armies was more complex and more interesting than has been supposed. It is equally apparent that Swein was more than a marauding Viking adventurer: he was a sophisticated politician who laid the foundations for a great northern empire which was ruled by his descendents for many years after his death. New insight into this exciting period of English history is gained by focusing on the activities of Swein Forkbeard and, after his death in 1014, the Danish warlord Thorkell the Tall, both outstanding warriors and political leaders of what is sometimes called 'the Second Viking Age'. Many factors leading to the invasions and conquest are investigated through a critical analysis of the chronology of events, an explanation of the economic background, plotting the itineraries of the Scandinavian armies, and a fresh examination of the sources, including the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Encomium, and John of Worcester's Chronicle. IAN HOWARD has a PhD from Manchester University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. After a career in industry and commerce, he has returned to full-time research and has produced several papers covering a variety of aspects of early medieval history.

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All the Waterbirds: Pacific Coast: An American Bird Conservancy Compact Guide
Jack Griggs
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
Reference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
Ornithology | Zoology | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0062736515

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All the Waterbirds: Pacific Coast : An American Bird Conservancy Compact Guide (American Bird Conservancy Compact Guide)
Jack Griggs
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEQSC6

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In the five years since her introduction by the Tonner Doll Company, Tyler Wnetworth has risen to the top of the world of fashion dolls. This book is a comprehensive collector's reference to all things Tyler, and a commemoration in words and photos of this groundbreaking doll. Entertaining and informative, The Tyler Wentworth Fifth Anniversary Album is a unique collection of facts, fiction and photos.

In this book, Tyler's storyline continues and is illustrated by new photographs featuring her and her friends in settings from their lives, such as Tyler's apartment and the fashion runway. Well-known contributors such as A. Glenn Mandeville, who traces Tyler's place in the history of the American fashion doll, and Louise Fecher, as well as fashion designer Timothy Gunn, discuss Tyler's importance in various arenas. Masterful photographers Ernest Padro-Compos and Barry Sturgill pay homage to the doll in beautifully styled pictures, exclusive to this book. The collector's reference section shows every production doll and outfit ever made, with identification information as well as collector's notes, including nearly every exclusive and one-of-a-kind.

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For the fashion hungry -- Tyler shows beautiful outfits........2007-04-09

This is a wonderful coffee table book loaded with great photos of Tyler, and her story. I love creating outfits, and having a fashion book filled with creative, gorgeous outfits that work is stimulating. Plus, sharing the book with my little friend who just loves to look at the dolls and clothes is a treat.

Worth the money.......2005-01-16

I don't collect Tyler Wentworth dolls but still loved the book. Lots of good pictures.

The essential reference for the Tyler (et al) collector.......2004-11-12

I find this book indispensible when trolling eBay for Tyler and family outfits and accessories. There are wonderful detail pictures of the outfits and dolls and special editions. The pictures show you what should have come with the doll or outfit originally. It provides edition sizes too and has saved me money by preventing me from bidding on partial outfits or dolls that are incomplete or have been modified. I have worn this hardback just about limp but it has such a strong binding and good quality paper that it is still stout. I wish Tonner would do a similar book for the Brenda Starr series when she has her 5th anniversary with Tonner.

A must have for any fashion doll collector!!!!.......2004-05-31

As a collector of Robert Tonner dolls, this book is a must have as a wonderful reference and history of his dolls. Photographs are gorgeous and wonderful details. I highly recommend this book and Amazon has a wonderful deal on it. This book is first class just like the Robert Tonner doll company!!! A++++++++++

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The story of westering Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has been told most notably through photographs of American Indians. Unlike this vast archive, produced primarily by male photographers, which depicted American Indians as either vanishing or domesticated, the lesser-known images by the women featured in Trading Gazes provide new ways of seeing the intersecting histories of colonial expansion and indigenous resistance. Four unconventional women-Jane Gay, who documented land allotment to the Nez Perces; Kate Cory, an artist who lived for years in a Hopi community; Grace Nicholson, who purchased cultural items from the Karuk and other northern California tribes; and Mary Schaffer, who traveled among the Stoney and Métis of Alberta, Canada-used cameras to document their cross-cultural encounters.

Trading Gazes reconstructs the rich biographical and historical contexts explaining these women's presence in different Native communities of the North American West. Their photographs not only record the unprecedented opportunities available for Euro-American women eager to shed gender restrictions, but also reveal how women's newfound mobility depended on the increasing restrictions placed on Native Americans in this era. By tracing the complex, often unexpected relationships forged between these women, their cameras, and the Native subjects of their photographs, Trading Gazes offers a new focus for recovering women's histories in the West while bringing attention to the complicated legacies of these images for Native and non-Native viewers.

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Detective Sara Pezzini's investigation of a murder reveals that the prime suspect in Lara Croft! After all, it was Lara who had just recently delivered an ancient sword to the victim, a renowned martial arts master. Sara finds Lara and begins to suspect the killer is still out there, along with the now missing sword. Meanwhile, the lovely and lethal DAria needs to borrow a little something from Jackie Estacado to aid in her hunt. Daria seeks the scariest monster of them all -- The Butcher Knight. This issue promises everything you want in a mega crossover -- Blood. Guts. Babes.

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Financial and consultancy services play a crucial role in the process of economic development. This book discusses: the contribution of these sectors to economic growth in India and internationally; policy options for optimal utilization of the international division of labour; and the scope for South-South and North-South co-operation.

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This book examines the escalation of an organizational conflict to one of the most talked about industrial crises of the past decade: the demise of Eastern Airlines. Through an analysis of the messages exchanged by some of its key participants--the representatives of the pilots and management of Eastern--this study attempts to explain how and why some 4,000 men and women walked away from high-paying glamour jobs and toppled an institution. The book is not an evaluation of the economic climate or financial events that put Eastern into a critical bind; instead, it is an analysis of the human cost of an organizational tragedy that might possibly have been avoided. The results of the study support communication theory that predicts that when an agitative group bearing the characteristics of the pilots of Eastern Airlines conflicts with an establishment such as Eastern's management under Frank Lorenzo, the establishment can always successfully avoid or suppress agitative movements. This work will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in industrial relations, labor-management studies, corporate communication, and American industrial history.

Eastern's Armageddon: Labor Conflict and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines (Contributions in Labor Studies)

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Eastern's Armageddon: Labor Conflict and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines (Contributions in Labor Studies)
Martha Saunders
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTS1JO

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The Parenting of Champions: Raising Godly Children in an Evil Age
J. R. Lucas
Manufacturer: W Pub Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Christian Living | Christianity | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
General | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1561210161

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The Parenting of Champions: Raising Godly Children in an Evil Age
J R Lucas
Manufacturer: Wolgemuth & Hyatt
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RFWNOE

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Great 1st person material........1999-05-13

Precious insights and observations by an articulate diarist add much to the understanding of the common man's war.

Book Description

In Search of Poetry in the Politics of Power is an intellectual autobiography of George Liska, a distinguished scholar of foreign policy. Integrating personal memoir with a discussion of world politics and international relations, this book includes selections from Liska's most important writings from the past 50 years. Topics discussed include realism and world politics; historicism; historicist realism and statesmanship; and the prospects for scholarship in the next half century. This is a valuable book for scholars of international relations, world politics, and political history.

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This generously illustrated, easy-to-use reference gives instant information on 238 birds that are native to New York State. The core of the atlas is a series of accounts of each species, each account including a distribution map with possible, probable, or confirmed breeding. Facing each map is an explanatory page of text that covers a number of topics: abundance, historical and current distirbution, habitat, and nest description and location. On the same page is an illustration of the bird, often with its nest and young.

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Atlas is indepth but illustrations lacking.......2005-04-20

I was very disappointed in the black and white illustrations of the birds. This is key in identifying the species. Although the text of the atlas has very indepth descriptions and the maps show where the bird can be found in the state, many of the black and white illustrations are hard to make out and will make it difficult in identifying the bird. Too bad.

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State: Map Overlays

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The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State: Map Overlays

Manufacturer: Cornell Univ Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Maps | Atlases & Maps | Reference | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0801421675

May Overlays for the Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State

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May Overlays for the Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State

Manufacturer: Cornell Univ Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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