Smart Growth Tool Kit (book & video)

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Get the help you need to make smart growth a reality in your community. The Tool Kit provides step-by-step instructions to help you get started and explains the strategies that have worked in other cities. Case studies help you make the case for smart growth by providing concrete examples of successful projects involving infill redevelopment, brownfields, conservation design, master-planned and new urbanist communities, town centers, and transit neighborhoods. The final section includes a resource guide, program agendas, and a smart growth presentation. Includes free video

The Smart Growth Tool Kit: Community Profiles and Case Studies to Advance Smart Growth Practices; The Smart Growth Tool Kit Video; The Practice of Sustainable ... Journal of the American Planning Association

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The Smart Growth Tool Kit: Community Profiles and Case Studies to Advance Smart Growth Practices; The Smart Growth Tool Kit Video; The Practice of Sustainable ... Journal of the American Planning Association
George Adams
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Journal of the American Planning Association, published by American Planning Association on March 22, 2002. The length of the article is 835 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Smart Growth Tool Kit: Community Profiles and Case Studies to Advance Smart Growth Practices; The Smart Growth Tool Kit Video; The Practice of Sustainable Development. (Sustainable Development). (book review)
Author: George Adams
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 68 Issue: 2 Page: 216(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Tenchi is back and so are his otherworldly housemates: There's Ryoko, the love-smitten space pirate: Akeka and Sasami, royal princesses from planet Jurai; a carrot-topped super-genius named Washu; Mihoshi, the ditzy Galaxy Police officer; and a bioorganic fuzzy spaceship named Ryo-oh-ki. Together, this zany bunch battle evildoers from outer space in-between bouts of bickering and flirting.

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Welcome to the madcap universe of Tenchi Muyô! It's a place where humans and cutie-pie aliens gather together to make friends, do a little flirting and battle evildoers from outer space.

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Giggle-fest.......2004-11-30

Fab book, just don't read it in public - unless you like people looking at you as though you have lost the plot!

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First, Peel the Otter
John Henry Dixon
Manufacturer: Absolute Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K7YKGI

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"There are girls in Hollywood whose outer hardness conceals only an inner hardness. Miss Hayward, I would say, is not in this class. She has miscalculated too often to be accused of being calculating. She struck me as being intelligent, gifted and blunt—down to earth without being earthy."—Thomas Wiseman, The Seven Deadly Sins of Hollywood.

This biography of one of Hollywood's leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s, covers her childhood, school years, early modeling career, development as an actress, and her break into the movie business. It also documents her personal life during her career, including her marriages and attempted suicide, her appearance on the arm of Charlton Heston at the 1974 Academy Awards, and her illness and death the following year at the age of 56. It also provides an analysis of each of her fifty-some feature films with comments from contemporary reviewers, and places Hayward and her films in the context of Hollywood and motion picture history. The filmography gives cast and production credits for both motion pictures and television movies.

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Unbelievably Overpriced! Not worth it!.......2002-10-17

I was very excited to see a new book coming out on this great actress. When I saw the price I thought it was probably a large coffee table book with a lot of big color photos of Miss Hayward inside. I knew something was amiss when I saw the size of the box it came in and how light it was when I picked it up. Inside was a very small hardcover book with reviews of her films inside and a very small commentary on her personal life. Interspersed were small black & white photos from her films. Only 174 pages, followed by index and research notes. I paid [money]for this!! Where did they come up with this price? There is no price listed anywhere on the book. I feel very ripped off. Don't make the same mistake as me.

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"I didn't want to remain a hick from the mountains... In my cultural naivete I saw McDonald's as a place somehow where modern culture capital could be dispensed. Keeping these memories in mind as years later I monitored scores of conversations about the Golden Arches in the late 1990's, it became apparent that McDonald's is still considered a marker of a modern identity."

So begins a complicated journey into the power of one of the most recognizable signs of American capitalism: The Golden Arches. The Sign of the Burger examines how McDonald's captures our imagination: as a shorthand for explaining the power of American culture; as a symbol of the strength of consumerism; as a bellwether for the condition of labor in a globalized economy; and often, for better or worse, a powerful educational tool that often defines the nature of culture for hundreds of millions the world over.

While many books have offered simple complaints of the power of McDonald's, Joe Kincheloe explores the real ways McDonald's affects us. We see him as a young boy in Appalachia, watching the Golden Arches going up as the—hopeful—arrival of the modern into his rural world. And we travel with him around the world to see how this approach of the modern affects other people, either through excitement or through attempts at resisting McDonald's power, often in unfortunate ways. Through it all, Kincheloe makes clear, with lucidity and depth, the fact that McDonald's growth will in many ways determine both the nature of accepting and protesting its ever-expanding presence in our global world.

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full of incomprehensible jargon, inaccuracies, & arrogance.......2005-03-07

This book exemplifies why I tend to stay away from "critical studies" (or whatever academic current this represents). Written by a professor in an obscure vocabulary that reeks of self-appointed elitism, it develops a convoluted argument against McDonald's as a cultural force that is subverting the polticial process in America and even the world. He claims that a burger is not just a burger, but instead eating one is a political act and even a religious ritual without offering anything in support of such claims except his weird academic discipline.

While I find much of value in such radical critiques as No Logo or Fast Food Nation, which in spite of their excesses explore very worthy questions, this book is simply off the deep end. Even worse, though the author claims he has done field research in conversations with people queueing at McDonald's, the book is really pure academic indulgence in the form of an incestuous group that reads and supports eachothers' writing - and perpetuates a common vacabulary.

These views are so outrageously silly and incoherent that it is hard to believe someone can make a living by writing - and teaching - about it. For example, he argues that in enticing kids into the McDo world, the company is decisively damaging the child-parent relationship because kids will nag their parents to get burgers. Well, my kids do, but we set limits on them anyway - once a week or less - and they forget about it immediately. What is the big deal about that?

Moreover, the author is baffled that the people he interviews in line get angry when he implies they don't get the dangerous "politics" behind the act of getting a burger, ie support of a global capitalist system, etc etc. Gosh, maybe they are just in a hurry and don't want to listen to the weird trip that some high-fallutin intellectual tries to impose in them. Why, I wonder, can't a person just like the burgers without becoming a sop to "hegemonistic" big capital? Afterall, the ultimate consumer control is just deciding not to buy them - and lots of us do so. Whether he likes it or not, that option exists.

I wish I could say that I learned something useful from this book, but I didn't. Instead, I waded through such phrases as: "When consumers are in hermeneutic freefall, they are set up for advertisers poised to insert corporate consumption values into the vacuum left by the dissolution of previous beliefs." If this guy is trying to connect to the public, he's got a LONG way to go.

If I could put his argument in a nutshell, it is that McDonald's is both a ("modernist") corporation that seeks operational efficiency with ruthless rationality and a ("post-modernist") manufacturer of culture that speaks to our unconscious needs. In a confusing age ("hyperreality"), he argues, the company strives to be a place of stability and value for customers that fills an existential gap in their lives. By extension, he claims, just going there co-opts us all into its "hegeomonistic ideology" of global capitalism and hence is inherently political. This is strong stuff with a ton of questionable assumptions built in.

The author never, so far as I can tell, approached anyone inside of McDonald's - the supposed evil cabal that is seeking to dominate the world through the insidious exploitation of our children - preferring instead to create the most ridiculous of caricatures. For example, he claims that McDo's early managers were supposed to be uniform anti-intellectual automatons, that Ronald McDonald is actually a reflection of Ray Kroc's right-wing ideology, etc. This type of analysis is not only inaccurate - Kroc preferred diversity of opinion and cultivated it - but it is about as sophisticated as a maoist comic book.

The factual inaccuracies are also legion, such as the author's claim that Kroc hired only men as managers - one of his key executives from the beginning was a woman - or even the date that Kroc gained complete control. While these are details, they signal a sloppiness with how he deals with the company that should make the careful reader suspicious.

At the heart of all of this, in my view, Kincheloe confuses riding the wave of economic forces with the underlieing causes of socio-economic transformation. McDo rode the wave of suburbanization and the development of industrial-style fast food - it didn't invent the wave, yet it exploited it better than did the other fast food chains. It does have an impact on our culture, to be sure, but I don't think its influence is much larger than deciding to buy a burger once a week or once a day. Furthermore, there is an unproven assumption that once set in childhood, eating patterns will never change. Again, this pathetically exagerates the impact of the company: I used to eat a burger a day, and now I don't. I bet there are a lot of people like me - our tastes evolve. Duh.

However, what the author totally misses, in my opinion, is that McDo is in fact a relatively responsive corporation that is learning to listen to its critics. It is beginning to work with some NGOs and corporate watchdogs, and will evolve. Sure, a lot of it may be enlightened self interest, but would it be better if the company ignored its critics? I think that how McDo responds to situations is more than just cynical ploys to fend off lawsuits, though I suspect that that opinion is too nuanced for those who want simple enemies. THere are people who care in the company - it is not a monolith of greedy exploiters of children as Kincheloe would have us belive, but a living institution that can strive to change for the better. Why should we not take the company at its word, that is, look at what it says it is trying to do and then make it live up to those ideals? While many would regard this as naively optimistic, the only thing I have to say is that as a reporter I have observed that such corporations do exist and I believe that McDonald's is striving to be one of them. That doesn't mean these companies always do the right thing and that things shouldn't be better, but there are smart people in them who want to and are working within the system to change them - they can be allies to corporate critics, if we choose to work with them rather than automatically against them.

So, I would not recommend this book. Look elsewhere for useful critiques of capitalism and burger empires. THere are many books far more worthy of thoughtful examination.

The best book in cultural studies and labor.......2002-05-11

This book is a refreshing break from the self-indulgent prattle of cultural studies. Taking an autobiographical theme, blending it with a bricolage of good research, the author looks at the power behind the McDonald's corporation. Examining the hegemonic implications of McDonald's, Kincheloe never ceases to entertain, teach, and create the best page-turner of the year--read this book if you are interested in consumer colonialism.

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BradyGames-Nightmare Creatures II: Official Strategy Guide Features. Level walkthroughs -- Guide Wallace through nine bone-chilling levels, and put a stop to the insane scheme of Dr. Adam Crowley. Lists of Weapons and Spells -- Inside information on Wallace's instruments of gruesome destruction. Enemies and Boss Strategy -- Crowley's demented creations, and how to defeat them. Cheat codes and MORE!

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A bloodier and more gruesome sequel........2001-02-21

Nightmare Creatures II is a dark, gory game with a mature background. The system is a hack-and-slash action and adventure game like The Legend of Zelda, but the simplicity of the fighting and the spell-casting system makes the guide seem really futile. The new levels just do not present enough new monsters and action and the strategy guide doesn't really mean much. The book is a somewhat redundant experience and most readers will get bored too quickly.

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The Third Edition of this proven All-in-One exam guide provides total coverage of the CISSP certification exam, which has again been voted one of the Top 10 IT certifications in 2005 by CertCities. Revised and updated using feedback from Instructors and students, learn security operations in the areas of telecommunications, cryptography, management practices, and more. Plan for continuity and disaster recovery. Update your knowledge of laws, investigations, and ethics. Plus, run the CD-ROM and practice with more than 500 all new simulated exam questions. Browse the all new electronic book for studying on the go. Let security consultant and author Shon Harris lead you to successful completion of the CISSP.

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Great book!.......2007-10-04

This book was excellent in helping me study for the CISSP exam. Good luck.

Great Study resource.......2007-09-25

I just passed the test. I used the Passport, this book, and the Official Guide to the (ISC)2 CBK to study along with practice tests, etc. I thought this was the best study guide out of them. The CBK guide gives more information on the various topics but this gives you a lot of the information you need and I would highly recommend anyone taking the exam to read this book. The Passport was also useful as a brief study guide. It gives a good overview to read first and to read through again to refresh for the test. The practice questions on the CD were also very helpful in preparation. I have never been disappointed with any of the books in the All in One series that i have read.

Excelente libro para el autoestudio.......2007-09-11

Para preparar el examen CISSP es el mejor apoyo con el que puedes contar, este libro explica en un lenguaje simple y directo, a diferencia de otros libros del mercado.
Recomiendo leer este libro a todas las persona que quieren obtener la certificación.

I CAN'T STAND LIBERAL FEMINISTS.......2007-09-08

If you're like me and annoyed by morons that can't keep their mouths shut about politics (ya know, the kind of people that think everyone wants to hear their liberal ranting and complaining "I hate all men", feminist whining) you may NOT want to venture into this book.

If you read quite a few of the following reviews, you'll find MANY others that tried to warn me about this FEMINIST author NOT being able to keep her mouth shut about politics and hatred of men while YOU "attempt" to learn and/or prepare to take the CISSP, this liberal femy is sounding off throughout the book.

This is why I can't stand liberals (especially liberal feminist women). I picture the author with very short hair, wearing all black, sitting at a Mac, typing her feminist book while sipping Starbucks she picked up in her VW.

The world would be such a better place if these types could CONTROL themselves enough to leave their politics at home, especially when the subject at hand is IT Security.

Great Resource .......2007-08-22

I took the CISSP exam on August 12, 2007 and just received word on yesterday that I've passed. I can't express enough how important this book was in helping me prepare for the exam. This book was my primary resource for studying for the exam along with www.cccure.org. I also took a week long class which kind of helped. The reason I say 'kind of' is because I had pretty much read the book and the class was more of a review for me. I think that between this book and www.cccure.org the exam can be passed. Great resource for the exam.

CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Third Edition (All-in-One)

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CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Third Edition (All-in-One)
Shon Harris
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFSJ4U

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