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The IBC more than just another building code
The IBC is the long-time-coming consolidation of the three major building codes in the US and there is nothing "international" about it.Back in the 70's the 3 code organizations formed BOCA and put out a 1 & 2 family dwelling code. The 3 members them gradually made changes to the individual building codes that brought them into similar formats, then they combined them into one code in 2000, the IBC, and modified the dwelling code to be the IRC (Int. Residential Code)and changed the organization's name to the ICC, the Int. Code Council. There little to review about the content since it is either the law in your area or it is not.For comparisons to previous codes and other information try the ICC's website http://www.iccsafe.org/

A Strucural Engineer's Necessity
It is pretty difficult to review a specification that you must have.

49 states are now adopting this Code
Better learn this code.Local codes are being swept away by one standard.Here is Colorado each town had its own test, amendments and licensing system.California is the only state, having revamped its code 2 years ago, to keep its system.Read more

Subjects:  1. Building laws    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. General    4. International    5. Reference    6. Yearbooks & Annuals    7. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

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Where's the bite of yesteryear?
I share the reservations of others here who remember the oldest
Fox News In the Print Edition
As one reads the various customer reviews, it becomes obvious that the commentary in this book is skewed sharply to the right. Conservatives think it's "fair and balanced"; liberals don't. That's a tell tale sign as far as 24 TV news networks are concerned.
Very good book
This book is a great resource for graduate students in Political Science who major in American Politics! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Committees    3. Congress    4. Directories    5. Election districts    6. Government - U.S. Government    7. Political Science    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Reference    11. United States    12. United States.    13. 21st century    14. Political Science / Reference    15. Political structures: democracy    16. Reference / Yearbooks & Annuals    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Reference    3. Reference / Almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Directories    2. General    3. Reference    4. Yearbooks & Annuals    5. Performing Arts    6. Reference / General    7. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. Economic Conditions    2. Reference    3. Yearbooks & Annuals    4. Business competition    5. International business    6. International trade    7. Reference / Yearbooks & Annuals   

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An Indispensable Resource
This book is the single most comprehensive source of commodity and futures market information available.Since 1939 traders, hedgers, portfolio managers, and speculators have relied rely on The CRB Commodity Yearbook to help them navigate the vagaries of the commodity markets.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Commodities    5. Finance    6. Reference - Almanacs/Yearbooks    7. Yearbooks & Annuals    8. Business & Economics / Finance    9. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Clock And Watch Making    6. Clocks & Watches    7. Antique clocks & watches    8. Clocks & chronometers    9. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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Full of useful facts!
This book is so full of useful and interesting facts and trivia on every subject imaginable!It is a wonderful tool for all our writing projects!

New York Times Almanac
This is really a great publication.Has so much valuable information.

Almanac
It is suprising how much you get out of a book like this. Excellent. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Almanacs, American    3. Reference    4. Reference / Almanacs    5. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Editorial Review

Looking to live somewhere where houses are cheap? Head to Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa, where the average home costs $75,700, and annual property taxes for that home are about $960. Perhaps a good job market is a higher priority. In that case, pick Phoenix, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; or Riverside, California, as they top the list of places projected to have the highest-percentage increase in new jobs by 2005. Most of those jobs, by the way, are expected to have above-average pay. This and other detailed information can be found in the sixth edition of Read more

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A city may be "great on paper" but beware!
These books are full of extremely helpful information, but I warn my fellow readers to take a place's culture into account before making a life-changing move. The books will not help you here. My husband and I bought a previous edition of Places Rated and devoured it while looking for a place to relocate from Los Angeles. We settled on a southern capital that seemed to have everything going for it, including consistently high rankings in Places Rated and every other city ranking we could find. Unfortunately, a city that looks great on paper may not be the place for you. Despite having lived in several states, we were unprepared for the surprising difficulties we experienced as "yankees" living in the south. From petty social and work discrimination to routinely being screwed over by one business after another hired to work on our home or car, etc., it became evident that we were identified as "yankees" on sight and treated accordingly. So much for southern hospitality! I assure you that we did our best to fit in and make friends, as we have successfully done in every other region of the country. After 2-1/2 years of this, we sold our home for a loss and got our "unsweet tea" out of there. Perhaps we were naive, not realizing that the yankee business is still such a potent issue in the south, but we will make future relocation choices with this experience in mind.

The best book of its kind.
It's tough to read a book of someone's opinions on where to live as its really a heartfelt decision each person needs to make for themselves. But most of this book is straight statistics, such as weather and crime. The book is big and leaves enough room for each metro area so you can read the climate graphs without too much eyestrain. It's the best book on deciding where to move that I found. I took tons of notes from this book, and it actually helped me pick an entirely new place to live than the ones I had originally thought of! The only section I didn't like was the arts and culture section. I'm into the artsy scene, but the authors rated cities based on number of symphonies and orchestras and operas - who goes to these anymore??

Love this book
This book is just great.I have bought every retirement-places-rated type of book that I can get my hands on and this author is by far the best.The millennium edition is twice as big as the last edition and every subject is covered that anyone would want to know about an area; cost of living, transportation, jobs, education, climate, crime, the arts, health care, recreation.I can't wait for the next edition to come out!We're not retiring any time soon so it's helpful to really be able to study and evaluate where we are going to want to retire. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Census And General Statistics    3. General    4. Metropolitan areas    5. North America    6. Quality of life    7. Reference    8. Reference - Guides (General)    9. Social indicators    10. Statistics    11. Travel    12. United States    13. Living & working abroad    14. Travel / General    15. USA   

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For All The Weather& Tidbit Junkies
Here's the book for us weather junkies and those who like strange but true information.Like did you know there is a phobia for the fear of Daylight/Sunshine....called Phengophobia!ANd there are twelve others ranging from a fear of Fog to a fear of cold and heat!Also it gives weather outlooks from November 2006 to October 2007!
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Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Almanacs, American    3. New England    4. Reference    5. Reference / Almanacs   

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COMMENTS ONUBC SEISMIC LOAD
I FOUND SOME PROBLEM REGARDING UBC SEISMIC LOAD IN BUILDINGS'DESIGN TAKING TO ACOUNT 1994 UBC EDITION AND COMPARING THIS TWO WITH EACH OTHER MAKE CONFUSING THE REASONS ARE : 1- WHY THE SHEAR FACTOR HAS CHANGED THIS MUSH?IF YOU COMPARE UBC 1994 SEISMIC LOAD WITH 1997 IT CAN BE OBSERVED THATFIGURS R,I ,.. HAVE SAME MEANINGS BUT CONCEPT OF SHEAR FACTOR CALCULATIONIS TOTALLY REVAISED I WANT TO KNOW THEJUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH CHANGES2-THE NEW FACTORS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED IN NEW FORMULA IS ANOTHER QUESTION,WHY THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE RECENTLY HAS REALISED THAT THESE FACTOR AREIMPOTANT AND VITAL IN CALCULATION OF SHEAR FORCES INDUSES BY EARTHQUACK.IWOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PAPERS OR EXPLANATIONS FROM SPECIALISTS ON THIS ISSUE3-IS THERE ANY SIMILAR COMMENT ON THIS UBC FORMULA 4-IS THERE ANY AMENDMENTON UBS SEISMIC LOAD(1997)WHICH HAS BEEN OFFICIALY APPROVED 5- IS THER ANYREVISION ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED UBC FORMULA (SEISMIC LOAD UBC 1997)RECENTLY ISSUED

This work is quoted my county planning and permit officers
The book was purchased in CD rom form. There is key word searches forspecific items. Every builder needing a permit to start constuction shouldknow this book well. Another company that puts out a similar book is calledBoca. They supliment and overlap the UBC. Both are handy, but very overpriced. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Construction    2. Construction - General    3. Reference    4. Technology & Industrial Arts    5. Yearbooks & Annuals   

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Gun Digest is Back and better than ever for 2007
I was pleasently surprised when I opened my 2007 edition.It abounds with interesting articles.Tops and lead in this issue was an excellent piece from John Malloy, renowned author of many top notch articles on guns and gun history.He takes you through 60 years of the automatic pistol in the US and neatly ties it into the 60 years of the Gun Digest.I found this year's other articles both very intersting and informative.Those that downplay this years edition either haven't read it, or don't appreciate it. I've given it 5 stars to counteract the insultingly low ratings.I have collected the entire gun digest library starting with the 1944 edition and have read through many volumes of the library.I believe that this qualifies me to speak about the entire body of work that is Gun Digest. I can honestly say that this issue is certainly not one of the worst and would be ranked as a refreshing change from those of the recent past.Get it for the articles, and enjoy it until next year.Ken Ramage and the GD team have made an effort.That says alot in this day and age and I believe that you won't be disappointed - do yourself a favor though, and this goes for any book.Don't pay anywhere close to retail price.You should be able to get this one brand new for around 15 bucks - delivered as of the date of this review!

How Low Can You Go
Can't wait till the2008 issue comes out to see how much further you can go to destroy what used to be an excellent publication. No articles, canned content, and errors abound in this publication. Was going to give it 2 stars so I have the ability to downgrade if next years digest gets any worse.

It just keeps going down hill
Gun Digest has been going down hill every year since it sold out to new owners back around 1999. This year is a new low. Very few articles and many errors in the canned specs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Firearms & Weapons    2. Firearms And Gunsmithing    3. Guns/Rifles For Hunting    4. Shooting    5. Sports    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Small firearms, guns & other equipment    8. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Directories    2. Reference    3. Yearbooks & Annuals    4. Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who)    5. Reference / Directories   

Subjects:  1. Biotechnology    2. Instruments & Supplies    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Reference    6. Emergency services    7. Medical equipment & techniques    8. Purchasing & supply management    9. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs    10. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Building laws    2. International    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Reference    5. Yearbooks & Annuals    6. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building   

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Classic Zimmermann at a bargain price
Knitter's Almanac is a classic knitting book by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and Dover makes it available at a bargain price.It features EZ's charming, conversational style and a collection of her innovative designs and techniques. Fans of Zimmermann's Knitting Without Tears, Knitting Around, or Knitter's Workshop will want to add this to their collection.If you have never knitted before, or never worked with one of Elizabeth's books, I recommend starting with Knitting Without Tears, which is designed for beginners and is a good introduction to her style of instruction.Elizabeth's patterns are not written in standard notation, but in conversational English.For instance, her baby leggings begin, "For longies, therefore, I cast on sufficiently for the waist and work a piece of ribbing."People seem to either find her style charming or frustrating.It might be good to get a copy of one of her books from the local library and see how you like her writing style before buying her books.For her devoted fans however, this book is a must-have.It includes a classic aran pattern, baby jacket and leggings (she calls them "longies"), an innovative sweater combining cabling with colorwork, her unusually constructed "Mystery Blanket", some mittens, hats, her classic "Pi Shawl", some Christmas ornaments, grown-up wool leggings (with or without feet), her open-collared pullover (an innovatively constructed knitted golf shirt), re-footable moccasin socks, and her "Hurry-Up Last Minute Sweater". There is an appendix full of illustrated instructions for techniques such as stocking stitch and garter stitch grafting, knitted-on sideways border, casting-on cast-off, sewn cast-off, provisional or invisible cast-on, thumb trick for afterthought mitten thumbs, afterthought pockets, and i-cord border.All of her patterns are worked in the round with few seams, and most are full of the unusual techniques she delighted in developing.Following them you will nearly always learn new techniques you can apply to other projects of your own.I purchased the book for her baby legging pattern (which works for any gauge yarn and any size baby you choose), and for the Pi Shawl, which is ideal for lace knitters who like to add their own lace stitches to a basic pattern.Also, I enjoy her conversational style of instruction, and find it a nice change from the norm.

EZ Knitter's Almanac
I'm making the Aran Pullover for someone with narrow shoulders.What I find wonderful about this book is Elizabth explains how and where to make inc/dec within the aran pattern. She takes the control away from the pattern and puts it back with the knitter.

EZ
I discovered this book, to my delight, at a local bookstore.Although it shares qualities with EZ's other texts, I find it to be not quite as useful as "Knitting without Tears" or "Knitting in the round".Still, the patterns are interesting and the almanac is well-written. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Hobbies/Crafts    3. Knitting    4. Needlework - Knitting    5. Patterns    6. Crafts & Hobbies / Needlework    7. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Air Transportation    2. Aviation - General    3. History - Military / War    4. Military - Aviation    5. Military Aircraft    6. Military Science    7. Transportation    8. Aircraft: general interest    9. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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Good Resource for All
My publisher recommended this book as I prepared to write my second non-fiction book.I was looking for guidelines for proposal writing, and was not disappointed.I found something helpful in each of the ten proposals the Hermans chose to illustrate their guidelines. The list of elements that need to be included in any proposal, no matter the genre, convinced me I'd do well to follow their advice.I recommend this book for new authors looking for help getting their foot in a publisher's door.

Success Breeds Success
Many unpublished authors have never seen a successful book proposal that landed a book contract. In simple, straight-forward language, Jeff Herman and Deborah Herman provide would-be writers with TEN different examples of book proposals which sold--combined with their analysis of why they sold.
A Perfect Resource for Anyone Writing a Nonfiction Proposal
I recommend this book to anyone who tells me they need help with a nonfiction proposal.Literally.I can't think of a better resource on the market in terms of giving concrete examples and explaining what a proposal should accomplish, and how precisely it should be organized.A MUST for anyone looking to nail down a nonfiction proposal! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Authors and publishers    2. Authorship    3. Book proposals    4. Business Communication - General    5. Composition & Creative Writing - General    6. Language    7. Language Arts & Disciplines    8. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    9. Reference / Yearbooks & Annuals    10. Writing & editing guides   

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Inspirational
As a graphic designer that specializes in multimedia technologies, I bought this book hoping it would be a good source of multi-faceted inspiration for my design work. The contents of this book are indeed noteworthy and inspirational. The diversity of the design work contained in this volume is also excellent. The sections range from logo design, to museum exibits, to murchandise packaging. Every facet of graphic design is covered. Needless to say, it has lived up to my expectations. I'm now looking into buying past issues of Graphis Design. Worth the money if you are looking for a good inspirational book to keep on your shelves. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Commercial - Annuals    4. Commercial Art    5. Design    6. Design - General    7. Graphic Arts - General    8. Graphic design    9. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. History - Military / War    2. Military - Naval    3. Military Science    4. Reference    5. Ships & Shipbuilding - Pictorial    6. Yearbooks & Annuals    7. 21st century    8. Naval forces & warfare    9. Weapons & equipment    10. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs