Building Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities

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Here's the essential information you need to initiate designs for acute care hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and specialty centers.

Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details.
Combines an overview of the needs and concerns of healthcare industry clients with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.

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This Second Edition of the popular tracing guide is an essential addition to any architect's or designer's reference collection, providing the most comprehensive collection of illustrations available in any single source. The New Complete Illustration Guide contains not only thousands of illustrations to copy, scan, or use as a reference, but it also has a complete how-to section with helpful hints on watercolor illustration, perspective, and picture composition. Ample illustrations—created by the author and also gathered from other resources—are used to illustrate the points being covered. Within the pages of The New Complete Illustration Guide, you'll find a wealth of materials that you'll be able to use daily in your architectural renderings and sketches, including:

A broad selection of foreground and background materials
A wide range of trees, plants, and people presented in a variety of scales
Hundred of vehicles—from current models to classics, from airplanes to boats
Over 300 full-color illustrations of trees, plants, people, and vehicles.

Also included is detailed, step-by-step guidance on a variety of topics including perspective, circles and ellipses, watercolor rendering, glass indication, and drawing people. The "Rendering Gallery" shows how the figures, trees, plants, and vehicles included in the book can be used to enhance architectural renderings. For those with an interest in history, the chapter on "Old Masters" is a rare look at some of the very best architectural illustrators of the past, including Joseph Pennell and Harry Fenn. Whether you are an architect, a designer, an artist, or a student, The New Complete Illustration Guide is filled with materials that you'll use again and again, to trace, scan, copy…and to learn from.

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Very disappointing.......2004-03-31

Evans' book is retread of an early 1980's volume, and most of the book seems to be picked up from the earlier version. There is a lot of clip art, which is now hopelessly outdated (guys in suits, women in dresses, etc.) and should have been deleted. Evans actually had to the gall to title this book "THE NEW" when it is basically a reprint of a hopelessly out-of-date volume. Architectural illustration in this day of advance computer graphics relies heavily on the latest styles of drawing, illustration, fashion, cars etc. and the ancient art techniques and drawings offered here would earmark any illustration as hopelessly dated. Nothing like an illustration of a 15 year-old-car parked in from of a million dollar home to mark you as a hopelessly out-of-touch illustrator. There is a small section of more recent full color illustrations inserted into the black and white remainder, but again, the illustration style, done in early computer graphics, is muddy, dated and not very well done. Any volume claiming to be the "ULTIMATE" should include a CD with vector files of the art for use by the reader/illustrator. Evans must think that there is a large pool of architects out there who are going to forego their slick and beautiful clipart 3-D disks in favor of scanning in Evans' dated art as a bitmap and trying to work them into their renderings. Most of the text seems to have been picked up verbatim from the 1980's edition, and describes illustration techniques in terms of t-squares, triangles, pencil lines and ink! Computer graphics doesn't seem to even exist in this edition! Despite, the gee-whiz cover color illustration, this edition is a tired, out-of-date reprint turkey that should never have seen daylight -- the publisher and Evans should both be ashamed to have put out this edition. The hype on the cover is totally inacurate and borders on false advertising. Stay clear of this one.

The New Complete Illustration Guide (2nd Edition).......2001-05-30

The book's contents are very useful & helpful to me. I like the drawings of people presented in different scales & sizes. Colored figures are also helpful because it saves me time to think of what color to put on clothings & cars for my drawings. There are various vehicles in different angles/ views that I found very useful for most of my illustration. I strongly recommend this book to all illustrators whether they're beginners or professionals because it's the best book that I've ever used.

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Style expert Diane Dorrans Saeks has an eye for design and she's setting her sights on the City by the Bay. This lavishly photographed book opens the doors to exquisite Bay Area dwellings, inviting readers of all tastes into just-so apartments, grand houses, light-drenched lofts, and cozy bungalows. Enter the graceful abode of San Francisco luminary Ann Getty, whose unique vision is reflected in a multitude of textures unrestricted by style or period. Visit designer Steven Volpe's South of Market loft, converted from a 1916 printing factory. A tour of Dr. Paul Turek's hillside home pays homage to classic contemporary Italian design (and the art of crafting the perfect surfboard). With more than 200 inspiring color photographs, this collection captures the scope of homes and lifestyles that make the northern California region unique. And with Diane Dorrans Saeks's list of where to shop, view art, and truly get an inside look at the city notorious for stealing hearts, this is the perfect guide for interior designers, accomplished home stylists, and anyone looking to create San Francisco style.

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good.......2001-10-04

your must read one..special for young kids that very early on their ages..to start a brighter day..

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For anyone who buys and sells stocks, mutual funds or stock options, this book makes it easy to understand the tax rules — and the best strategies for minimizing taxes. The 2004 edition covers all tax changes through December 2003. It is written in plain language but backed by solid research that makes it the most authoritative book on the subject.

For stock investors it provides complete coverage of the relevant tax provisions, including the capital loss limitation, how to identify shares, the wash sale rule, and the special tax rate for qualified dividends. Mutual fund investors will learn how and when to use the averaging rules for sales of mutual fund shares and how to handle all the categories of mutual fund dividends. Advanced investors will find a clear explanation of tax rules for short sales, stock options and "straddles." The book also explains how buying and selling activity may qualify you as a trader — and if so, how that will affect your taxes.

This isn't an all-purpose book on taxation of investments. You won't learn about Roth IRAs or variable annuities or even the rules for reporting interest from government bonds. The goal is to do one thing well: explain how people who buy and sell stocks, mutual funds and stock options can minimize the tax cost of those investments.

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good book, but needs further improvement.......2002-06-05

It is very clear and accurate in explaining the rules. It is not vey clear in certain chapters like Alternative Minimum Tax, or quantifying, even approximately, who can pass the trading activity test.
It would have been very useful to give a definition of each rule, in a few lines, so the reader does not have to go back and read an entire chapter just to refresh his/her memory about a rule.

Great Book for Learning About the Taxation of Investments.......2001-07-13

In clear and simple language, "Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes" explains most investment-tax-related topics investors need to understand, ranging from calculating your basis on stocks and mutual funds to maximizing the allowed tax deduction for a capital loss.

Because taxes consume a substantial chunk of ordinary income, many knowledgeable investors wish to maximize their investment in things which are taxed at the more favorable capital gain tax rates (currently 10% for investors within the 15% income tax bracket and 20% for investors whose entire income falls above the 15% income tax bracket).

Thomas begins by working several examples to show investors how to calculate their tax burden given their tax bracket and the amount of their short-term and long-term capital gains and losses from stocks and mutual funds. Thomas devotes a chapter each to the special rules which apply to the taxation of individual stocks and mutual funds.

Thomas shows that, sometimes, we can lower the capital gains tax paid by identifying the specific shares of individual stock being sold. For example, suppose we buy 100 shares in Company XYZ at $10 per share on July 1, 1999. We buy 100 more shares of XYZ at $20 per share on July 9, 2000. We then sell 100 shares of XYZ on July 19, 2001 for $30 per share.

Unless we specified otherwise at the time of the sale, Thomas tells us that from a tax standpoint the shares sold will be treated on the first-in-first-out basis (FIFO). We will be taxed on a net long-term capital gain of $20 per share. However, had we identified the shares sold as those purchased on July 9, 2000, we would be taxed on only a net capital gain of $10 per share. Thomas explains the two things that must happen to ensure that the identification of shares will be deemed valid by the IRS.

Calculating your adjusted basis in a stock or mutual fund and properly determining your holding period is covered in detail with numerous examples. He also explains how mutual fund dividends and capital gain distributions are taxed.

Thomas gives us his opinion of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Thomas writes: "The basic idea behind the alternative minimum tax is a good one: people with very high levels of income shouldn't be able to completely avoid paying income tax while the rest of us pony up each year. The AMT is a poor reflection of that idea, however. Many high-income individuals escape its reach-and every year it ensnares more and more people who were never intended to be affected."

Employees who had massive gains followed by equally massive losses on their employee stock options are one example of people who would have benefited by knowing the tax laws better. As you've probably read in the news, some individuals have gone from being wealthy to not having enough total wealth to pay their current tax liability, compliments of the AMT not playing nicely with employee stock options.

While Thomas briefly touches upon the topic of employee stock options in Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes, he doesn't go into detail. Another bestselling book by Thomas, "Consider Your Options: Get the Most from Your Equity Compensation," addresses employee stock options.

Thomas writes, "It's worth noting that you can end up with a gain that's greater than the amount of money you realize in a sale. That's one reason to plan carefully when you use debt to acquire investment assets. You may have to come up with money from other sources to pay the tax on your gain ...There's only one thing worse than having to report gain that's greater than your net sale proceeds, and that's having the tax itself be greater than the net sale proceeds."

Other topics discussed in "Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes" include:

-- Tax rules for gifts
-- Dividend reinvestment plans
-- Wash Sale Rule
-- Capital loss carryovers
-- Taxation of stock acquired from a spouse
-- Separation, divorce, and who gets custody of the basis
-- Stock dividends and splits
-- Taxation of mergers and spin-offs
-- Stock that has become worthless
-- Qualified small business stock
-- Planning for lower taxes
-- Making estimated tax payments
-- Custodial accounts for minors and special issues affecting child investors
-- Tax deductibility of Investment Expenses and Investment Interest

Throughout "Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes," Thomas gives us tips for not inadvertently losing valuable tax deductions. And, he shows us ways investors could potentially save thousands of dollars through a little tax planning.

For example, upon inheriting stock, we learn that the basis of the stock is changed to its fair market value on the date of the giver's death. So, by holding a greatly appreciated stock and passing it on to heirs, we can eliminate taxes on all the capital gain that occurs between the original purchase and the end of our lives. While stock basis can "step up," Thomas explains that the reverse can also occur.

Suppose we had originally purchased stock for $20,000, but today the stock is only worth $2,000. If we die and the stock is inherited, the basis steps down to its market value of $2,000. No one gets to take the tax deduction for the $18,000 capital loss. Thomas notes that investors tend to sell their winners too early and their losers too late.

I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable investor, and I learned a great deal about the taxation of investments by reading "Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes." This book belongs in every serious investor's library. Remember, each dollar saved in taxes adds directly to your wealth. Peter Hupalo

Ideal for those new to investment portfolio management.......2001-04-25

Kaye Thomas' Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes: The Essential Guide For Investors And Traders is a "plain language" guide to stocks, mutual funds, options, and tax strategies for maximizing returns and minimizing tax liabilities. Complete, authoritative, practical, "user friendly", this guide is ideal for those new to investment portfolio management and will prove both practical and invaluable in creating a personal financial investment plan with allied strategies. Indeed, Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes has much of value to offer even experienced investors with respect to tax rules for short sales, stock options, and "straddles". Highly recommended reading for sensible small investor strategic financial and investment planning.

The best book out there for taxes on stocks and mutual funds.......2001-01-23

This is probably the best book out there for the tax treatment of the following investment topics: stocks, options, short sales, wash sales, mutual funds, and dividends. I keep this book next to my computer and refer to it often. It has many examples. It even covers more advanced topics such as constructive sales and straddles. It has sections on the taxation of traders, gifts, accounts for minors, and AMT. It covers all of these topics accurately and thoroughly, while still being very readable for the non-tax professional. The author points out any grey areas of the tax law. This book isn't perfect (for example, in the section on estimated taxes, it doesn't mention form 2210 or what to do if unexpected income comes late in the year), but it is still very good.

The best guide out there for taxes on stocks & mutual funds.......2001-01-22

This book is the most complete, accurate, and easy to understand guide out there. I keep this book next to my computer and refer to it often. It covers in detail capital gains on stocks and options, short sales, wash sales, mutual funds, and dividends. It even covers more complicated strategies such as constructive sales and straddles. It has many examples. It has sections on taxation for traders, tax rules for gifts and minors, and AMT. It is accurate and thorough, yet explains things in a way that non-tax professionals can understand.

CAPITAL GAINS, MINIMAL TAXES; THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR INVESTORS AND TRADERS

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CAPITAL GAINS, MINIMAL TAXES; THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR INVESTORS AND TRADERS

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Yet another treatise by Jones.......2006-02-14

I won't go into great detail as other reviewers have already done that. I will say that if you haven't read Jone's other book, The Art of War in the Western World, you should. In this book on the Civil War, Jones discusses the war by applying all the concepts and strategies he describes in The Art of War. In fact, the appendix in this book appears to have been lifted from the previous book. No matter. In the book he succinctly disects the causation and effects that bore on both sides and the resulting outcome. A well written and scholarly book looking at the war from a different perspective. It could be a textbook.

The "Big Picture" on The Civil War: Strategy and Leaders .......2005-09-17

There are many great books on the Civil War particular specific battles or campaigns but this book is a wonderful full view of the Civil War from virtually the commander's chair. Hattaway and Jones give you this big picture view of the war without minute detail but the concepts and plans that makes a difference. They provide an engrossing and very readable study of the factors that present the differences between the Union and Confederates. The big picture includes a study of leadership styles such as the contrasting of Lincoln and Davis to the emergence of competent generals such as Henry Halleck. Surprised about Halleck? Although not an inspiring leader, Halleck is a great military organizer and administrator. Although somewhat abusive of Grant, even Grant recognizes his skills when he becomes commander of the armies. The best part of the book is how they present the grand campaigns analyzing what each side is trying to accomplish and with simple but very helpful graphics, demonstrate how they were executed. What you get from this book are the two diverse strategies that culminate in the successful grand Union strategies of simultaneous movements against Southern territories that actually make the anaconda like pressure that old General Scott first suggested. Stymied by political generals though much of the war, competent Generals are in place as Grant final starts the Petersburg siege. The advantages of railroads, telegraph, supply systems, materials, geography and the difference in population all weigh heavily against the south. By the end of the book, you'll appreciate all the great "turning movements" made during the war, such as the Lee-Meade dance after Gettysburg, and you will appreciate the references to their European roots. For an intellectual overview of the war without bias, at least none that I could detect, this book will give you an honest picture from the war room's perspective.

A standard for Civil War history.......2005-07-28

How the North Won is perhaps one of the most polished, informative books on the American Civil War. Considered a standard on Civil War military history, it has been embraced by readers, historians, and scholars across the country. Hattaway and Jones have produced possibly the leading work on Civil War logistics, planning, and administration.

This book examines the basic concepts of the war with its conduct, management, and support as its central themes. Both authors have decided to focus more on logistics and strategy over tactics. For those Civil War readers who believe that the Union won because of its superior numbers and resources will instead find out that the outcome of the war had little to do with size and strength; it was better management and strategy from the Union high commanders that beat the Confederacy.

Perhaps the best achievement of this book is its assurance that those armies who fought on the defensive side generally won. The analyses of World War I and other previous wars strengthen their argument. This is a definite addition to any military or Civil War library.

A telling analysis of Civil War strategy........2001-07-11

This is a brilliant analysis -- and only incidentally a narrative -- of the military side of the Civil War. It should be read along with a companion volume, "Why the South Lost the Civil War," co-authored by Herman Hattaway, who also co-authored this book. The starting point for the book is a thorough understanding of mid-nineteenth century military theory, especially as expounded by the Swiss writer, Jomini. Briefly, the authors contend that the formations (corps/divison/brigade, etc.) introduced by Napoleon gave mass armies unprecedented tactical flexibility. At the same time, the rifled musket extended the infantry's reach. The result was that armies could be maneuvered so rapidly and put out so much defensive firepower that it was impossible to destroy one unless the opposing command made exceptional mistakes. Pemberton made such a mistake by bottling himself up in Vicksburg and something similar happened at Fort Henry. Otherwise, not ever the worse mauling could destroy the ability of a well-equipped army to stage a strategic retreat. This practical invulnerability explains why the long list of major battles in the East -- Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, the Seven Days, etc. -- had little effect on the war. (Even Lee once commented on the "curiously hollow" nature of his victories.) In short, the great battles of the war -- long the focus of Civil War history -- decided little or nothing. The stalemate in the East was the result not of inept leadership (e.g. Burnside) but of the real inability of either side, regardless of how led, to fatally damage the other. The war in the West was different because there the Union could take advantage of riverine communications. Nothing more clearly illustrates the old saw that "Amateurs talk strategy and professionals talk logistics." Union command of the Tennessee allowed deep and successful penetration into the Confederacy by first Halleck and then Grant. But, as soon as those riverine lines were not available the Union bogged down and an eastern-like stalemate prevailed. Neither side could really annihilate the other. The authors also argue: 1. The blockade was virtually meaningless. 2. The division of the Confederacy at Vicksburg was, likewise, meaningless. The one tactic that did work was that of Grant and Sherman and it involved massive raids into the Confederate interior. Sherman's march to the sea is the best known, but his subsequent northern march to North Carolina was just as destructive. In these massive raids it was not necessary to engage the opponent's armies (which couldn't be destroyed, anyway.) But, the authors argue, what made the massive raids effective was the blow they dealt to Confederate morale. And, here, we reach the nub of their argument. Why did the Confederacy surrender? Not, the authors say, because it was defeated. It still had armies in the field and an organized government (albeit one on the lam.) It was defeated because Confederate "nationalism" was fradulent from the start. They compare, briefly, the ready Confederate surrender in 1865 with the guerilla fighting during the Peninular War in Spain. They also, briefly, allude to the American effort in Viet Nam. In the end, the Confederates (like the South Vietnamese) found so little real difference between themselves and their opponents that a scorched earth guerrilla war was never a viable option. After all, the North and South shared the same history, language, political system, religious outlook, and traditions. When faced with military reverses in the field, southern nationalism was insufficient to support southern political pretensions. This is a brilliantly argued book. It is not, however, for the Bruce Catton fan. It is, rather, a dispassionate analysis of nineteenth century military capacity. Its dismissal of landmark battles as largely irrelevant will anger some Civil War buffs. Its scorn for such longtime standbys as the blockade as the source of Confederate defeat will, likewise, draw protests. And, the authors rehabilitate despised commanders, such as Halleck. These, they argue, did rather well under the circumstances. For instance, Meade's refusal to pursue Lee is seen as the right decision: Lee's army could be turned back but not destroyed. Lincoln and Halleck knew that the war could not be won in the East. Stalemate was inevitable. It could be won in the West, due to the wild card of the western rivers. In Halleck, and then Grant, the right commanders were found. When Grant came east, he hit the same wall in his Overland Campaign that his predecessors ran into. A modern army simply could not be annihilated. But, the morale of the people could be broken. The North won because the South was willing to lose. In the end, its fradulent nationalism could not support the bloody and destructive guerrilla war that might have won real independence.

Whoopty-do........2000-12-16

Dr. Hattaway does an amazing job of taking an over-studied aspect of American history (the four years during which the Civil war took place) and manages to...talk even more! Another one of those un-critical historical works that chooses to act mostly as a chronology and focuses on the un-interesting aspects of the civil war, such as military strategy and the boring lives of the leaders. Please, please, please, our universities are jam-packed with obsessive civil war historians!

How the North Won A Military History of the Civil War

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How the North Won A Military History of the Civil War
Herman (Jones, Archer) Hattaway
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How the North Won A Military History of the Civil War (U.S.)

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How the North Won A Military History of the Civil War (U.S.)
Herman (Jones, Archer) Hattaway
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HOW THE NORTH WON : A Military History of the Civil War (LIBRARY OF MILITARY HISTORY, 2 Volume Matched Set)

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HOW THE NORTH WON : A Military History of the Civil War (LIBRARY OF MILITARY HISTORY, 2 Volume Matched Set)

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How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War -- 2 volume set

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How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War -- 2 volume set
Herman & Jones, Archer Hattaway
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How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War
Herman & Jones, Archer; Jones, Archer Hattaway
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How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War
Herman & Jones, Archer; Jones, Archer Hattaway
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HOW THE NORTH WON: A Military History of the Civil War.
Herman Hattaway & Archer Jones.
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The Hard and Bitter Peace, World Politics Since 1945
G.F. Hudsom
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The hard and bitter peace: world politics since 1945
Geoffrey Francis Hudson
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Geoffrey Francis Hudson
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The Hard and Bitter Peace (World Politics Since 1945)
G.F. Hudson
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This study reports the efforts of a workshop to build partnerships between universities,industry, and goverments.

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