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An essential source of practical information for architects who need to create brilliance and flair within an incredibly disciplined design scenario
This is a visual and fascinating book that focuses on the interior designs of aircraft cabins and how the many challenges faced in the layout of such a tight space can be met with flair and brilliance. It is a design context in which the tiniest detail can change a myriad of aspects.
Interior designers continuously express their creative skills through such designs and many of the techniques that are used in building interiors are repeated in aircraft cabins, and vice versa.
Jetliner Cabins is introduced by an overview of recent cabin design history and the book goes on to show, in a wealth of colour and black and white photographs, interiors from airlines around the world; great and small, historically significant and modern, lavish and minimal. It also provides examples past and present, of airline branding, from colours and identity, to the ultimate airline dining experience.
This is a book to be enjoyed by interior designers, architects and the general flying public who are interested in jetliners.
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Extremely well-illustrated and well-written reference.......2007-08-08
Besides the external paint job, most jets look alike when viewed from the outside. Even equipment with a fancy paint job is often not seen by the passenger.
It is the interior cabin which is most familiar to the customer, and conversely, it is the interior which is often most frustrating to the airlines. Besides the engines and avionics, the number of fundamental exterior combinations is not that overwhelming.
But the potential different combinations of interior cabins can easily reach the tens of thousands. In fact, part of the delay in getting the Airbus A380 into production is directly related to the interior. John Leahy, head of Airbus commercial said in an interview last year that he was embarrassed about the delays and attributed it in part to the new cabin configurations on the A380 sought by customers. If every launch customer dramatically changes the interior, and each is different than the other; that in turn creates a significant increase in engineering work that is required.
What's more, many airlines use their interiors to a competitive advantage. When it comes to the A380, Singapore Airlines, Qantas and Emirates who are the first three customers have said little publicly about all the new features in their A380 cabins because they do not want to give away secrets to the competition.
With that, Jetliner Cabins is a fascinating look at the history of interior cabins. The books 16 chapters are extremely well-researched and provide a comprehensive look at cabin interiors from the early days of flight, to current cabins such as the A380 and B787. Short of actual architectural specifications, the book provides the reader with everything they need to know.
There is a lot that goes into the cabin and the book points out all of the details. From product branding, the passenger experience, to maintenance, marketing and more. The author astutely notes that airline financial people are often myopic to the passenger experience, and will often favor a smaller seat pitch, much to the chagrin of the passenger.
If the book has a downside, it is its scant coverage (two pages) of the B787 Dreamliner. This is disappointing since the Dreamliner cabin is revolutionary. From its lighting and simulated cabin sky, Improved cabin environment, and more; its cabin is definitely ground-breaking.
Besides that, Jetliner Cabins provides a fascinating and interesting insiders look into the art and science of cabin interiors. It is a well-illustrated and well-written guide to one of the more important, yet overlooked subjects of commercial aviation. The author is clearly an expert in the field which is shown in the attention to details the book provides.
Want to see beautiful aircraft interiors? that's the book .......2006-10-09
I have mixed feelings about this book. I expected more design details such as section views, construction details, mechanisms, installation details, venneer application details and so on. I was left disappointed. However, this book is a good source of ideas on the artistic design aspect of aircraft interiors. I wished it could have been more than just a load of pictures.
The perfect companion to aviation interior design.......2006-06-04
There are surprisingly few large scale, codified books on interior design for the aviation industry. Every once in a while a book tries to bridge the gap between a coffee table, photographic essay of airplane interiors and a true guide for aviation interior design. Going even further than the previous edition in the number of chapters and photographs, Jetliner Cabins is the most up-to-date book currently available.
This updated edition contains a thorough explanation of cabin interiors, from discussions on the history of aviation and passenger experience, defining brands, new trends in design, cabin maintenance and marketing. Of special note is a subchapter on the future of commercial airliners and airplane design, including wonderful pictures of the energy efficient and sleek Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the cavernous Airbus A380-800, the multifunctional Bombardier CSeries and the scalable Embraer Jets. These planes may compete against each other on very different merits, but they thrust aviation into the next phase of flight history. It is wonderful to read and see so much about these planes.
Through well-written analysis, comparisons, diagrams, photographs, and indexes, Jetliner Cabins will delight both industrial designer and amateur enthusiast.
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For two years Ester Newton did field research in the world of drag queens—homosexual men who make a living impersonating women. Newton spent time in the noisy bars, the chaotic dressing rooms, and the cheap apartments and hotels that make up the lives of drag queens, interviewing informants whose trust she had earned and compiling a lively, first-hand ethnographic account of the culture of female impersonators. Mother Camp explores the distinctions that drag queens make among themselves as performers, the various kinds of night clubs and acts they depend on for a living, and the social organization of their work. A major part of the book deals with the symbolic geography of male and female styles, as enacted in the homosexual concept of "drag" (sex role transformation) and "camp," an important humor system cultivated by the drag queens themselves.
"Newton's fascinating book shows how study of the extraordinary can brilliantly illuminate the ordinary—that social-sexual division of personality, appearance, and activity we usually take for granted."—Jonathan Katz, author of Gay American History
"A trenchant statement of the social force and arbitrary nature of gender roles."—Martin S. Weinberg, Contemporary Sociology
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An Excellent Snapshot.......2000-09-09
Newton's research in Mother Camp is now dated, however its lasting value is in the rich snapshot that she has captured of gay street and performace life pre-liberation and feminist movements. For those who were there, much of Newton's work will ring true and for those who weren't, her book measures the distance between where gay liberation was and where it is today. The reader may wish for a more poignant feminist or cultural analysis of Newton's subject but when one considers the date of the research and writing (1965-69), Newton's analysis actually displays a surprisingly astute and diasporic handling of the sex/gender system. Newton steers clear of the exceptional epi-centers of gay activity (New York, San Fran) and in doing so manages to sieze upon a drag sensibility that may be more familiar to the majority of middle American gays and lesbians. In my estimation, this book makes a perfect if not necessary historical compliment to studies that include films such as Paris is Burning or other works on drag, camp, performance, or early gay culture.
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Insuring the value of IT ventures, from implementation through execution
Over 50 percent of all Information Technology projects fail, not only costing companies considerable monetary investment but also thwarting key strategic initiatives for which the new technology was critical. This book helps executives and managers increase IT project success by using a process for identifying the true ROI value for proposed IT investments-"Real ROI"-then tracking project results against that standard. This guide provides an abundance of pragmatic tips, tools, and techniques to make the process easy to understand, focusing on implementing an ROI plan as well as on tracking IT investments and measuring results postimplementation.
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A valuable read for IT marketers .......2007-02-06
Although this book is targeted primarily to IT purchasers, it provides valuable insight and guidance for those who market IT products. Too often, marketers use empty phrases to describe the potential value of investing in their products. The content in this book will help marketers substantiate those claims and make all of their product messages and promotional materials more credible and compelling.
The Best IT Sales Tool of All Time.......2005-10-10
Written by a 17-year Silicon Valley Sales Veteran - Since 2001, closing sizable deals has been difficult. The old 5 page consultative selling ROI spreadsheet has very little credibility. This book my friend put credibility and VALUE back into your ROI sales quiver. In fact, I give a copy of this book to my champion within the account so that he can get me to the information to develop a comprehensive business case that clearly and logically support a justifiable ROI. I actually have reservations writing this review because at the moment, this book is my competitive edge. But because this book helped me close three deals each in excess of $11M in the third quarter of 2005, I have to give this endorsement to the author.
useful if you don't have much of a clue.......2004-11-02
I got this book amongst other related ones, for a management learning project I participate in. My background in formal evaluation of IT projects is essentially zero.
I expected this book to provide me with some oversight on the topic, and practical tools amd methods to carry out the assignment.
The book delivers on both aspects, so I feel I have to explain why I give it only a "fair" 3 stars rating.
The book conveys a host of conventional wisdom nicely and orderly packaged, a lot of "practical" stuff (that I don't expect to be able to use in practice though), and a "solution to any situation in 11 steps" attitude, all of which imho make it essentially a sort of consultant-held 2-day course in written form.
Also, it's useful in that you don't get confused with several approaches, but just the ROI approach may not be enough. You'll likely need more than this to get the job done.
In conclusion, it's a good book, but not something you can't do without, nor particularly enlightening, nor your definitive source on this topic.
Make sure your IT investments are profitable........2004-10-13
If you really want to make sure your IT investments are making money to your organization, this is the book that will help you to get the right and supported answer.
Jack M Keen describes in a very detailed way how to track the benefits and real business value from the IT Investments. Is a well written and fast, easy to read book that worth's every dollar you spend on it.
Don't have any doubts; this may be the more useful book you may get about the subject. I have read others (Like IT Payoff, and others) and are OK, but this is the more practical and useful of all.
Raises the bar in business case development.......2004-03-22
I have a pile of books that address the same subject and would not have picked this one up if a colleague had not persistently badgered me into reading it. Instead of yet another tome on business cases, ROI and value, I discovered what to me is the absolute best book on the following three areas:
(1) business case development - the authors shine here by showing how to craft a realistic business case that does look at the important factors and benefits. More importantly, you're shown how NOT to write a business case, and common problems with too many business cases that are presented (and all-too-often accepted). This aspect of the book alone raises the bar in business case development.
(2) properly computing ROI that is real - in many organizations ROI is a forbidden word and NPV used instead. One reason for this is it's rarely computed correctly. Before reading this book I used ROI as a quick and dirty gage, but always looked to NPV as the deciding factor when exploring the feasibility to a project or solution. The way the authors expose fallacies of improper ROI computation, and how to avoid them is invaluable, and will restore credibility to ROI as a realistic indicator.
(3) assuring value - the VALUE-on-Demand approach the authors propose is a straightforward method for evaluating, selecting and prioritizing projects. This methodology has no flaws that I can find, and will add structure, clarity and process to governance.
Regardless of your experience, there is much to learn from this book. It can serve as a company 'how-to' guide and standard as is with little-to-no tailoring, and represents the best book I own on business case development and determining ROI. It's also one of the best books on establishing a viable governance program I've read.
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Going beyond the technical coverage of computer and systems security measures, Information Assurance for the Enterprise provides readers an overarching model for information assurance for businesses, government agencies, and other enterprises needing to establish a comprehensive plan. All the components of security and how they relate are featured, and readers will also be shown how an effective security policy can be developed. Topics like asset identification, human factors, compliance with regulations, personnel security, risk assessment and ethical considerations are covered, as well as computer and network security tools and methods.
This is one of the only texts on the market that provides an up-to-date look at the whole range of security and IA topics. In post-9/11 times, managers and IT professionals need to address a wide range of security-related issues, and develop security systems that take all these diverse factors into account. As someone who has worked extensively with the U.S. State Department and other governmental agencies, Corey Schou is uniquely positioned to write the definitive book on the subject; and Daniel Shoemaker is a professor and consultant to the Department of Homeland Security in matters of Information Assurance policy.
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A great starting guide.......2007-01-11
The book covers everything from Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Access Control, Human Factors, Competency and more. This book is an absolute must for reference guides on the Information Assurance Strategy and IT Life Cycle.
The book is well organized with wonderful practise studies at the end of each chapter. This is a must read for anyone going into the area of Information Assurance and a great reference to those that have been in the field.
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Management Roadmap to Information Security (Kentis Management Roadmaps)
John Graves
Manufacturer: Kent Information Services
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Michigan Real Estate Basics
Manufacturer: Dearborn Trade
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Basic real estate law in Michigan
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