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A house that's designed to be beautiful and house an active, energetic family may seem like a tall order for an architect, but the 24 homes featured in The New Family Home meet both needs extraordinarily well. Author Jim Tolpin takes readers through all the nooks and crannies of these well-planned homes, where every inch of space is maximized to create a family living space that's attractive as well as functional.
Many of the 24 homes share several characteristics popular with today's families, such as a great room (rather than the separate living room, dining room, and kitchen configurations of the past), so that family members can feel connected even while pursuing separate activities. A home office sometimes needs to be incorporated into the home or property, as telecommuting has become both possible and popular. Separate media rooms that house the television, video games, and stereo are also frequently requested, as they allow families to preserve the living room as a distraction-free place to spend time with each other.
Adaptability is the key to making these homes work, and Tolpin explains how this element is incorporated into each house. For instance, what is currently a guest bedroom on the first floor of a home can be converted to a bedroom for a teen who wants more privacy, and then to an accessible master bedroom for the aging parents after the child moves out. This flexibility in a home makes sense considering the current trend of families who want to live in their homes longer rather than move when a house no longer fits their lifestyle. By making a house's space adaptable and multifunctional, it can fill many roles through the years, and a family can live happily in one home for many decades.
Each family in The New Family Home required a home designed to meet their specific needs and wishes, and the book documents how the family worked with the architect who translated their requests into reality. The end result is a home that fits each family's particular lifestyle now and for the foreseeable future. --Kris Law
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These days, home is often the only place to relax, escape anxiety, and enjoy time with one's family. It's no wonder people are now spending more money and time on their home and its comforts. Recognizing this trend, author Jim Tolpin asked some of the country's top residential architects for examples of homes designed specifically with families in mind. Whether for traditional, single-parent, blended, or extended families, or for accommodating visiting kids and grandkids, all the homes in this book are tailored to the people who live in them.
Customer Reviews:
This is a lot to find in one book.......2004-05-19
I first checked this book out of the library, then liked it so much that I bought it. With 24 homes in it this book was a bit overwhelming at first. It took me a week to carefully read. I agree with the reviewer who said that the floor plans were disappointing. I believe that was intentional so that people don't "steal" the architect's designs. The descriptions at times were too brief and frustrating in their lack of citing sources for materials. The book, though, does what it set out to do very well; promote the concept of flowing and multi-use space as the new design for modern living. Some of the ways that these families customized their homes to their lifestyle are amazing. Everyone should have a custom home because they have a custom lifestyle and preferences. Some of these families made the trade-off of a smaller house to own a custom house that they could afford. These people and their homes are inspiring.
The New Family Home for Al Gore's "Richest 1%"!.......2001-03-21
No no no. This book should be titled "The New Family Home for the New Economy", since practically all of the example homes described could only be afforded by folks who cashed in their dotcom stock options in March of 2000. I hate to bash a book with Jim Tolpin's name on it, but it's hard to believe that this was written by the same guy who brought us "The New Cottage Home" and "Built in Furniture". The idea is right on: homes should be able to adapt to our needs as our needs change. But there are more creative ways of achieving this goal than building a separate room for every activity (a media room, a game room, a home office, an exercise room, and on and on and on, all of which, presto-change-o, turn into something else when we decide little Billy needs a PlayStation room or mommy needs a yoga room), not to mention "Great Rooms" scaled to Jolly Greeen Giant proportions. I would recommend "More Small Houses" or "Building the Not So Big House" (as well as Tolpin's other books mentioned above) as better alternatives. Even if you really do need a bigger house, these books show how small spaces can accommodate more -- more stuff, more activity, more living -- and nothing could be more important in this day of starter-McMansions and astronomical building costs.
Great general ideas for a "family" house.......2001-02-17
We are in the pre-beginning stages of building...writing down ideas, concepts, before hiring an architect to design. This book is great for its general ideas in regard to family houses. The ideas of combined kitchen/living space, children's "quarters", importance of master suites and ensuring the house will fit changing needs as children grow are great. I've taken notes on the concepts I like and would like to incorporate in our home.
The Heart of the Family.......2000-08-29
We just finished building our first family home in 1999 and I wish I had this book before we began! We looked at 10,000 floorplans and now live in a craftsman style, family friendly home in the woods. What a gift is a well-designed, well-built house. But the heart of the family is not the building, but the love and commitment which grows between family members by God's grace.
For another book published in April 2000 on the family home, take a look at THE FAMILY CLOISTER: BENEDICTINE WISDOM FOR THE HOME, by David Robinson (New York: Crossroad, 2000).
Nice photos, poor floor plans.......2000-08-15
While this book contains many fine crafted houses, nicely photographed. As an architect, I was very dissapointed with the 'sketchy' floor plan presentation format. Not only do the plans lack a sense of scale (It would be nice to see proposed furniture layouts that could better indicate how people relate), but kitchens and bath rooms are shown just as boxy rooms (no fixtures or casework!)
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Mi clase de baile/ My Dance Class (Imanes/ Magnets)
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Take off into Sparkly Space in a fabulous Racy Rocket, or dive into a watery Sea World scene and wear a Funky Fish Hat.
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Fun + Messy.......2007-08-03
Most of the projects look like great fun and the pictures are very inspiring. However, the projects seem to require a lot of adult "help" in the form of precut/predrawn shapes or stencils. Some art teachers find this unforgivable. But if your goal is good, messy fun then this is your book. Also, if you wanted to, you could tailor the projects to be more open-ended.
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Early Medieval Art
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Booms and busts are not endemic to the free market, argues the Austrian theory of the business cycle, but come about through manipulation of money and credit by central banks. In this monograph, Austrian giants explain and defend the theory against alternatives. Includes essays by Mises, Rothbard, Haberler, and Hayek. In his later years, Professor Haberler distributed many of these monographs to friends and associates. New edition with an introduction by Roger Garrison and an index.
Customer Reviews:
Austrian macro-economics without any criticisms.......2001-10-29
A lovely succinct account from four towers in a tradition of economics that is widely represented in the financial markets. Roger Garrison - himself a leading light in modern times - leads off with a brief overview. The nice thing is that Garrison manages to get it all across without resorting to waffle - another Austrian tradition.
In fact, in my view, Garrison is the star of this review since his ability to keep it simple is a tremendous asset. Anyone familiar with the dark mutterings of academics in Austrian academic journals will know exactly what I'm talking about.
Aside from Garrison, the pieces by Rothbard and Harberler are the best since they tackle the central issue of Trade Cycle theory - that any system run by central bankers is inherently unstable since their tinkering with interest rates leads directly to the business cycle. Much better to have a competitive banking system without a central bank and a curency tied to gold. That way credit expansions will never be explosive. Of course, what they don't tell you is that their proposals are inherently deflationary and force deficit countries to do all adjustment when they experience balance of payments problems.
Rothbard's piece sets out the mechanics of the Trade Cycle especially well and everyone should be able to understand what he's getting at without too much difficulty. It's no more difficult than the average economics course on an MBA programme. That's hardly difficult, is it?
Readers wishing to understand the micro-economics of the Austrian school should also check out some of the recent publications of one Israel Kirzner.
The Austrian School in a Nutshell.......2001-09-25
At last! An anthology from one of the most important schools of libertarian economics in a portable form! This book can be easily incorporated into a course on economics or banking.
And yet, "The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle" is a narrowly useful tool. It's like a tire gauge, that means everything when there's a problem with the tire, but tells nothing about gas or oil levels. I see few times when the average production supervisor, Sunday-school teacher or working mom would have occasion to read it.
In the introduction, Roger Garrison spells out the differences between the Austrian School and other movements in free-market economics. The Austrian School emphasizes the role of time in decision making. To think of an example, Joe wants to buy a car now that the interest rates are low. But if the interest rates are high, he'll put his money in the bank and wait a year until he replaces the family car.
Ludwig von Mises' essay, which lends its name to the book, reveals the international character of the Austrian School. The essay was translated out of the French, points back to the British Currency School, and alludes to the contribution of Knut Wicksell from Sweden. This theory was, nevertheless, developed by Austrians, beginning with Carl Menger. References to the University of Chicago and to the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, bring the movement to a home in America.
The key point is that a boom produced and prolonged by easy bank money with government support will sooner or later contract into a bust when the easy money turns hard. Just ask any farmer who bought machinery on credit years ago, when inflation was rampant.
Gottfried Haberler demonstrates that economics is, in fact, difficult to reduce to mathematics. He points to how money is needed at different times as a product moves out of the ground through its production phases to the end user.
In contrast, Murray Rothbard tells us with sparkling satire why we no longer have "panics" and "depressions." He also gives insight on how a change in time preference changes interest rates; interest rates fall if enough buyers become savers.
Friedrich Hayek points to an insidious effect of inflation. Not is it more fun to be a debtor on a fixed-rate loan when inflation is high, but taxable profits are much higher than the profits are worth in reality. Easy money gives rise to inflation.
Roger Garrison finally draws a couple of price/quantity graphs in his summary, savings/investment graphs to be specific. Money created by the government has the same short-term effect as a genuine increase in savings, but genuine savings are lower because savers are coolly greeted by lower interest rates for their hard-earned money. The bust after the boom is a real let-down.
With my MBA from Campbell, this material is clearer and livelier to me than it would be to the man on the street.
Real Economics.......2001-07-01
I ordered this book as a part of a course I am designing for myself on economics. It is a good introduction to the Austrian school but provides information that even those familiar with the subject will find useful. Rothbard addresses many fallacies regarding the free market and provides a clear explanation of the Austrian theory of the trade cycle and other theories, relating them to history and comparing them with classical and Keynesian theories. This is a helpful comparison, as it reveals some inherent flaws in the latter and outlines the eventual results of the acceptance of those theories. This book does not give an in-depth analysis of its subject, but provides a cohesive picture and points for further examination. It is also a helpful text for understanding capitalist theory and the history of the Austrian school.
Useful primer on Austrian Theory.......2001-05-15
With the economy on the brink of a major collapse, there would seem to be no better time than the present to become reacquainted with the Austrian theory of the trade cycle, since this theory is nearly the only one which can come close to explaining the present crisis. Whereas most academic economists, under the influence of Keynes, believe that the economy, if manipulated in the right ways by the central banking authorities, can be kept in a state of expansion indefinitely, the Austrians argued for what has been called, by one critic, the "hangover theory," according to which any attempt to artificially stimulate the economy through a policy of credit inflation and low interest rates is bound to fail in the long run, so that any attempt to prevent a recession by lowering the interest rate can only wind up making things worse. Now while the Austrian theory in all its manifold details may not provide us with an entirely adequate description of economic reality, it is difficult to argue with the premise that artificially lowering the interest rate through easy money policies must lead to serious economic dislocations down the road. The cluelessness in regard to this issue demonstrated by most academic economists and by investment analysts merely proves the inveterate irrationality of the majority of the human race and the tremendous influence of wishful thinking on those who do not have the guts to see things as they are. There is no better introduction to Austrian trade cycle theory than this modest book which includes essays by von Mises, Hayek, Halberler, and Rothbard. The theory is presented in a clear, succinct manner, so that even economic illiterates have a chance to understand it. Roger Garrison provides an excellent introduction and summary.
Although I regard the Austrian theory as the best so far promulgated, this should not be construed as a full-hearted endorsement of the theory. In many important respects, the theory is flawed. Specifically, the theory suffers from two major shortcomings: (1) it is derived entirely from rationalistic speculation based on oversimplified generalizations of economic reality; and (2) it tacitly assumes that human behavior and motivation is far more rational than the facts would suggest. Given these weaknesses, it's not surprising that only the extreme rationalists within the Austrian movement except the theory in toto, and that many who once accepted (including even Haberler, one of the contributors to this volume) later rejected it. Perhaps the main reason for this rejection is the view that what causes the recession (or depression) is misallocation of resources within the capital structure. When interest rates are artificially lowered, this leads (according to the Austrian theory) to over-investment in more durable over less durable capital industries and for temporally more remote rather than less remote stages of production. This part of the theory has not sit well even with those economists who might otherwise be sympathetic to it. This is a pity, because this portion of the theory is not even necessary for explaining the phenomenon of economic recessions. In fact, they can be explained in virtue of credit expansion alone. The key is to merely understand that credit expansion through fractional reserve banking (or the equivalent thereof) is equivalent to debt expansion, since debt is merely the obverse side of credit. But it should be obvious to those whose common sense has not been debauched by too much Keynsianism that expansion of debt through fractional reserves cannot be carried on indefinitely, since debt of this kind is tantamount to leveraged debt and becomes more and more like a ponzi scheme the longer the banking and treasury authorities allow it to go on.
An excellent and important little book. Highly recommended.
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Timesizing, Not Downsizing
Philip Hyde
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Fearing we are reliving the 1920s and will soon enter another great depression, this book focuses on a forgotten economic theory of the early '30s. This "worktime economics" was so simple and powerful that the whole eclectic New Deal had no integrating theme but to stop it at any cost. But despite its profusion of bandaids, it took the War to give the New Deal the appearance of success. After one chapter of diagnosis and scene setting, nine chapters develop worktime economics into the powerful tool that its great prophet, engineer Arthur Dahlberg, came so close to crafting 66 years ago. It conveys the triumphal challenge, "We're so close - let's get it right this time!"
The general approach prioritizes technology as the supreme factor of our time and poses the question, "With all these robots and computers, why aren't we ALL living in heaven?" The answer seems to be that we are getting something, very basic, wrong. We are taking the work savings of technology as anxious underemployment instead of as financially secure free time. We are falling into Chesterton's pan-utopian trap by failing to define "maximum share," even of work. And if we can't define a maximum share of work, we'll never define a maximum share of money. And if we can't stop moving toward a condition where 1% of the population owns 99% of the wealth - except by war - we will continue to evoke internal (bulging prisons) and external (possibly nuclear) war.
This book proposes defining maximum share in the easiest area, employment or "worktime." It proposes defining it in the least arbitrary and controversial way - by reference to our rising technology levels as manifested in our unemployment, welfare, disability, homelessness and prison rates. It proposes to introduce a flexible solution in a private-sector and then a public-sector stage. And the public-sector stage has five phases that can be applied equally well to balancing personal income and debt in the more distant future when the heightening of public sensitivities and expectations demand further improvement.
The phases lay down a basic pattern of share definition in the work area that can later be applied in the money area. The three middle phases of actual share definition (timesizing) are protected from "leakage" by a first phase that takes charge of internal risks such as conceptual and interest-rate errors, and a last phase to handle external risks such as floods of imports or longer term, over-population due to high immigration or birth rates.
People are always promoting education in hopes that someone will come up with a comprehensive solution to the nation's woes. This is one such solution that we nearly had 65 years ago when a 30-hour workweek bill passed the U.S. Senate but was blocked in the House.
Customer Reviews:
Very interesting concept for an alternative work week........1999-02-01
Phil Hyde's book "Timesizing, Not Downsizing" addresses a major problem in our society: The lack of free time for workers. Our communities, our political process and our families are suffering because work has become the first priority of many in America. Hyde's solution, 30 hours of work for 40 hours of pay, for all employees, could help give people more time for a plethora of societal needs. This book is a building block to creating a better work environment. Progressive Independent US Congressional candidate Anthony Schinella, 8th MA CD, Boston, Mass.
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Naked among Cannibals: What Really Happens Inside Australian Banks
Graham Hand
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An insider's story of how Australian banks have lost the trust and respect of their customers by relentlessly pursuing profits. Describes the various new devices implemented by the State Bank and adopted by other banks to increase their revenues to the detriment of their staff and customers.
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Views from a fellow Australian Cannibal.......2001-12-20
This book is very much in the genre of Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities" and Bryan Burrough's "Barbarians at the Gate" - all packaged with a distinct Australian flavour.
The story documents the twilight years of a high profile Australian Bank (State Bank of New South Wales) until its eventual privatisation in 1994. From 54 expressions of interest, a solitary bidder emerged, extracting a plethora of guarantees and caveats from an enthusiastic vendor and effectively reducing the sale price to one more akin to a Thanksgiving sale at Wal Mart. Compared to more recent sales, it's easy to sympathise with Hand's conclusion that this was "the biggest Bank heist of all time". Indeed, within 5 years, the purchaser (Colonial Mutual) had onsold the Bank (and itself in the process) for over 10 times the purchase price.
But the story is much bigger than State Bank in isolation. Hand meanders around Australian Banking in general during the 1990s, coining the term "mating call" to illustrate Australia's unofficial banking cartel. And yet the story is more than a factual guide to contemporary banking - it's also about changing social attitudes and community values. The chapter named "From revered to reviled" illustrates bankers simply ignoring their demise in community stature, actively absolving themselves of social responsibilities in the name of "shareholder value".
The diversity of anecdotes range from young-gun dealers cheering disastrous employment statistics when it suits the portfolio to the multimillion dollar executive payouts as rural branch closures gather pace. One gem is an assessment of the Bank's bizarre attempt to market a variety of new fees as being of benefit to customers. Overall, the book is factual, well researched and entertaining, offering a balanced commentary and avoiding the easier path of sensationalism. The book is also critical of the government's splashing of public monies around simply to bolster their own fortunes.
Hand has a very entertaining writing style with a strong social conscience, offering meaningful anecdotes and insightful commentary. He has a great strategic perspective of Banking that that makes it so easy to see the woods from the trees. I just think it's a great rollicking yarn with a significance that will grow rather than diminish over time.
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Women are now opening businesses at twice the rate of men, and the demands (and rewards) of each start-up are as varied as the individuals drawn to them. In 101 Best Small Businesses For Women, Priscilla Huff goes beyond her previous book on top home-based occupations for women to examine the costs, skills, training, and opportunities associated with those enterprises requiring more space and an additional commitment. Actual success stories and first-person advice add to the appeal.
Book Description
It's the dream of millions of women — to be their own boss and set their own hours. Now, with the help of Priscilla Huff and
101 Best Small Businesses For Women, it can be a dream come true!
With women-owned businesses racking up nearly $1.4 billion in annual sales, there is no better time for budding entreprenuers to take the plunge. In this book, Huff Gives readers all the basics about the best businesses to start and run successfully. She includes start-up costs, pricing guidelines, essential equipment, marketing and advertising methods and tips, recommended training and an estimate of income potential. Some of the businesses included are:
·Market Research Consultant
·Coffee Shop Owner
·Grant Proposal Writer
·Graphic Artist
·Private Investigator
In addition, Huff gives an aspiring business owners great advice on taking those first difficult steps down the road to success. She includes sections on personal traits every entrepreneur should possess, choosing a business, franchises, business plans, and marketing. For any woman thinking about starting her own business,
101 Best Small Businesses for Women will make the difference between starting a business and starting a business with great success!
Customer Reviews:
a good place to start.......2000-05-30
101 Best Small Business for women:Everything You Need to Know to Get Started on the Road to Success gives the reader a realistic places to start for both those who have had and those trying to start their own bsuness. By outlining the hurdles that exist in starting any businness they take out alot of the guess work involved in this complicated process.
Book Description
This introductory volume in The Small Factor Series is divided into four parts. Part 1 provides an introduction to factoring; its past, present, and future; and factoring basics.
Part 2 is entitled "Factoring and You" and describes your return on investment; practical matters including office, time and capital needs; and helps readers identify and locate prospective clients.
Part 3 is "Risk and Its Management": its chapters explain factoring risks, risk management tools, and receivables to avoid.
Part 4, "Moving Forward," helps determine if factoring is right for you; provides means of measuring success and determining what it takes; reviews preliminary preparations and gives a sample policy for minimization of risk; and describes four sample small factors.
Customer Reviews:
good book great series.......2007-05-24
This is part of a four book series where the author tells all about the factoring business. This is the first in the series but, I have to admit, I read the case studies book first. If you want to know why you should read that review.
While this book did not answer all my questions, (I have two more to read anyway) it did a great job in answering questions that I had not thought of yet. He is very clear, and does not go over and over the same material. The best parts of the book are not where he tells you what factoring is and how it works. No, by far the best parts are in two other areas; analyzing if you are right for this business and suggestions for how to learn the business without losing your shirt.
While analyzing if you would be good in this business Jeff lists all the attributes that would help you, and some that might be a problem. Good things to have are people skills, determination, enough math to know if you are making any money, and attention to detail. Surprisingly a large bank account is not on this list, which brings us to the other best part of the book.
Jeff says a large bank account can be a hindrance because you are tempted to jump in the deep end before you know how to dog paddle. Starting with a small amount of money, and one or two clients lets you learn the business and lets you get your rules and processes in place before you go full time.
Not only can this be a good paying part time business, the author suggests, recommends, and encourages you to do this part time while you learn the business. Sounds good to me.
Factoring Fundamentals - The epitome of good advice.......2003-02-24
Factoring Fundamentals by Jeff Callender is the ultimate guide to the world of Small Factors. It describes in vivid detail the opportunities and risks one will encounter in this line of business. Furthermore - and perhaps even more importantly - it helps you understand how to capitalize on these opportunities and manage the risks in the most appropriate manner.
The book highlights and explains the "how to's" and the "do's & don'ts" of Factoring in plain English and leaves the reader with a thorough understanding of what this business is all about, what to expect, and how to succeed.
Based on his own long-standing experience as a Small Factor, Jeff shares his vast learning and outstanding personal expertise, including the conceptual constructs behind the business together with the necessary processes and procedures. He even provides invaluable hands-on advice and his own financial calculations on how to run this business successfully.
But Jeff does not stop there. He kicks it up a notch by even including a section for "self-assessment". This section lets you analyze whether Factoring provides the right environment for you, and whether you have got what it takes to make Factoring an enjoyable business for you to excel in.
Factoring Fundamentals is written in an illustrative, no-nonsense, easy to read style that - in conjunction with the book's captivating contents - actually makes it a real page-turner. Once you start reading, you will want to finish it in one go. And how often can one honestly say this about a business or educational publication?
In the end, I am happy to say that Jeff's Factoring Fundamentals have even played some sort of a Godfathering role in helping us get our own small-business-funding corporation off the ground successfully. Without his numerous insights and golden nuggets of priceless advice, we could have easily overlooked some of the crucial details. Today I am very glad we didn't.
But regardless of whether or not one finally decides to enter the arena of Factoring, Factoring Fundamentals should be top of the must-read list for anybody who even toys with the idea of becoming a Small Factor, or who simply wants to learn the basics about a very rewarding business niche that not too many people know much about.
Book Description
This practical, hands-on manual teaches everything you need to know about starting and running a small factoring business. With common sense directions and first-person experiences giving a "been there" flavor to each page, you'll learn how factoring small receivables can be a lucrative, enjoyable business and an excellent tool for investing retirement or discretionary investment funds.
The new 7th edition provides new material, as well as many updates throughout the book, including:
* Spiral binding which makes keeping the book open for easy reference much more convenient.
* A new chapter "Banking and Funds Transfers" which includes much new information on both subjects in the chapter's title. A new section has been added to the "Bits of Wisdom" chapter as well: "How to Make Your Three Most Common Office Tools Highly Efficient."
* The chapter "Factoring Software" has been completely rewritten and includes a new software product.
* Updates to many chapters throughout the book.
Customer Reviews:
Good for beginners.......2007-08-25
The author did a good job of the basics, and taking you thru step by step,. I would need a lot more detailed book if I was really going to get serious into this business, but this is a great place to start
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