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For those looking to raise a family in a storybook American town, or a change of pace from hectic city life, this book is the answer.
Customer Reviews:
A Poor Offering.......2007-08-10
This is not a very good book. 50% of the book is devoted to Mr. Crampton's less than interesting observations of life in a small town. His advice is mostly extremely basic common sense stuff that any normal person should already know. He offers very few interesting insights.
The other half of the book is his list of the 120 best small towns in America. This part of the book is even more weak. It's obvious Mr. Crampton did a lot of internet travel to gather his data as the descriptions are clearly culled from the towns' chamber of commerce websites. He offers zero insight or information gained from him (or someone else) actually visiting / living in the towns and conveying what the towns are actually like.
His ruse is painfully evident as the "more info" listing for each town is merely a link to their respective chamber of commerce website! What "more info" could there be given that the author merely copied the site? Even his internet research was exceptionally lazy.
The book should be titled "A Compilation of America's Best Small Towns' Chamber of Commerce Website Info plus Non-insightful Musings of the Armchair Travelling Author."
And how do the towns qualify as being best? By Mr. Crampton's estimation they must have a highschool, and a hospital, and at least a few other businesses that aren't Walmart. Could the bar be set any lower? With that criteria one could throw 120 darts blindfolded at a map and do just as well as this book.
The book could be fodder for a Garrison Keilor Ketchup skit, "you know June, why don't we retire to the country, find a town with a highschool and live out our days..... Dear, have you been getting enough Ketchup lately..."
A very weak text that I'll be returning to Amazon post haste!
Make that 3 1/2 stars.......2005-03-28
Actually, I would have given "Making Your Move" 4 stars had I found the descriptions of the individual towns more interesting. But, what I did find was a witty style of writing, some laugh-out-loud moments, and some very down-to-earth advice on the pearls and perils of small-town life. One might apply Norm's smart and insightful guidelines to just about any sparsely populated area in the quest for new habitation. So even though his selections failed to fire me up, they did make me realize that I may not be cut out for small-town living after all. And that, in itself, is worth far more than the price of a book. Thanks, Norm, and make that four stars.
Part of the story.......2003-03-12
This book is a good place to start if you're thinking of moving to a town of 15,000 or less. It will point you to many interesting communities. However, having used his previous book to guide my last move, and as a resident of one of the towns highlighted in this book (Grinnell), I can honestly say that data only carries you so far. Crampton could provide readers with a great benefit by lengthening the amount of description and flavor for each town. In particular, one key element missing is the 'dynamic' of a town: is it progressive? conservative? excited about education? quick to vote down taxes and bonds? These elements form the 'culture' of a small town, and believe me, the culture of a small town will be *very* important to you!
A good guide to start.......2003-01-08
As a resident of one of the 120 "best small towns" recommended by Norman Crampton, I was delighted to see Silver City on the list.
While Crampton's book is a good place to start your search for small town living, it is important to realize that each small town offers a unique personality. Some generalizations simply do not apply to Silver City. For example, it is not necessary to join a church (or country club) in order to fit in here. Even a small community like ours has diverse sub-populations: recent retirees, most of whom have some affinity for the arts; old-timers, most of whom are the conservative church-goers Crampton describes; and Hispanic families, many of whom have worked in the mines.
These groups rarely interact, although we usually get along very peacefully. We also have a number of folks who teach at the university -- and we rarely see them around town.
To learn about Silver city, you won't get much information from the Chamber of Commerce or the editor of the newspaper. You'd do better to spend some time hanging out at the AIR cafe, talking to whoever comes in. The morning and afternoon groups are quite different and everyone is friendly.
The author gives some nuts and bolts about each small town. Unfortunately, with the exception of weather, much of this information will change by the time the book is printed. And your decision may well be made by factors that can't be added up.
The best part of the book is the section on economics of small town living. Here, he's right on. You have to budget for travel to a large city now and then. Air travel will be more costly and you need time to drive to a large airport. His view of housing prices seems optimistic. If you move to a desirable city (such as Silver City) expect to pay more for a house than he allows.
And if you move to retire, your economic picture will be quite different. Many newcomers to Silver City are beginning a second career as an artist or writer. Moving without a job is scary -- and I do not recommend it unless you fit the profile I describe in my own book, Making the Big Move.
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Seeking to demystify the census and explaining the potential of GIS for understanding people, places, and local economies, this guide explains how geographic information systems (GIS) can significantly ease data management, allowing for new ways to analyze and present relationships among variables.
Customer Reviews:
Unlocking Census With GIS.......2006-03-15
A useful books for demographers who desire to understand how GIS can be applied to census data. A suitable student reference since it combines demographic know-how with GIS technology in an attempt to give the user exposure to both worlds.
An in-depth tutorial on using American FactFinder.......2005-04-06
The U.S. Census provides many complex pieces of data about millions of diverse people, and urban planners, demographers and researchers depend on the data but often face insurmountable problems sifting it for relevant information. Enter Unlocking The Census With GIS, a description of how geographic information systems can be used by both novices and experienced users to analyze and maintain integrity of census data and related information. The spatial format particularly lends to creating economic and data indicators: chapters provide an in-depth tutorial on using American FactFinder, on using databases to link census data, and on translating such data to analytical maps, tables and charts.
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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 Places Rated Almanac, a helpful resource for people thinking of relocating as well as those with a desire to learn about cities and towns. Metropolitan areas are rated in nine categories: costs of living, job outlook, transportation, education, health care, crime, the arts, recreation, and climate. But don't go looking for statistics on Podunk--the focus remains on 354 metro areas, metro defined as a city or urbanized population of at least 50,000, located in a county with a total population of at least 100,000.
Places Rated is laced with intelligent and, unexpectedly, witty writing. The whole concept of judging places, the author notes, may seem the utmost of brass. "Yet everyone does it, privately. Some suspect that culture in Omaha or Des Moines or Saskatoon is a contradiction. Others surmise that daily life in Miami consists of surviving drug-trade shoot-outs..." Organized intelligently, Places Rated acknowledges that "livability" and "quality of life" are moving targets. Livable for whom? The artist who wants mountain vistas? The entrepreneur who wants low taxes and no red tape? With these limitations in mind, the book ends with a chapter titled "Putting It All Together," where the reader is invited to rate cities with a customized list of priorities. Arriving at your customized list, however, requires answering 72 questions that force you to decide once and for all what you value most--a low cost of living or good school districts or mild winters or some other criterion. And should you find that climate matters most, head for Santa Barbara, California, where winters and summers are mild and natural hazards are few, and stay away from Rochester, Minnesota, unless you're willing to endure 35 days when it's 0 degrees Fahrenheit, and 165 days of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, annually. --John Russell
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This blockbuster best-seller makes headlines coast to coast with its candid, fascinating look at all the factors that contribute to our quality of life. Sometimes controversial and always thought-provoking, Places Rated has been completely updated with the latest statistics. It's packed with timely facts and unbiased information on more than 350 metro areas in North America.Whether you're mulling over the idea of relocating, trying to decide where to start out, or just curious about how your hometown stacks up, you'll be intrigued by Places Rated Almanac. Places Rated ranks each metropolitan area on a number of essential factors, many of which are of vital interest in today's economy. They include:
- Job markets
- Cost of living
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- Educational standards
- Quality of public transportation
- Health care
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- Crime rates
- Environmental factors
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Easy-to-use charts help readers put this wealth of information to work to find the places that best suit their special needs and interests. Packed with unbiased, reliable and up-to-date information, this one-of-a-kind guide offers something to amuse or intrigue on every page. Newly redesigned this year with a two-color interior!
Customer Reviews:
Version 2000.......2007-03-12
Even the older editions give you a lot of valuable information.
I highly recommend it.
Extremely helpful tool in relocating.......2007-02-13
We used this book when we lived in New York and decided we wanted to relocate "somewhere else." It was extremely useful in narrowing the choices to places that had attributes that were most important to us, which in our case were things such as cost of living, weather, education, healthcare. It also offers a ton of info on other factors such as public transportation, the arts, employment, etc.
The book included a "quiz" you can give yourself, the answers to which will help you reveal to yourself which factors are in fact the most relevant to you.
In reading some of the other reviews, I must point out that relocating is not something you base upon a book alone. It was a great reference point, but once we narrowed our choices to several areas, we then did more specific research on those areas via the internet, sending for info from Chambers of Commerce, making phone calls, in-person visits, etc.
We ended up moving south and are extremely happy in our new area. In researching our new region, we found that many other people around here are also "transplants," thereby eliminating the aspect of feeling "foreign" in our new home town.
Definitely an excellent resource I would recommend to anyone considering relocating.
A city may be "great on paper" but beware! .......2004-07-23
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........2003-12-28
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.......2002-08-17
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.
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Profiles of America 2003: Western Region
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Profiles of America: Eastern Region : Volume 4
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Housing Demography: Linking Demographic Structure and Housing Markets (Social Demography)
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That's what I'm doing, M'seur--helping Meleese. I would have done her a greater service if I had killed you back there on the trail and stripped your body for those things that would be foul enough to eat it. I have told you a dozen times that it is God's justice that you die. And you are going to die--very soon, M'seur.
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That's what I'm doing, M'seur--helping Meleese. I would have done her a greater service if I had killed you back there on the trail and stripped your body for those things that would be foul enough to eat it. I have told you a dozen times that it is God's justice that you die. And you are going to die--very soon, M'seur.
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A Down & Dirty Guide to Building Adult Web Sites
GPNet Publishing Company
Manufacturer: GPNet Publishing Company
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This first-of-its-kind guidebook was written with both the novice and experienced adult entertainment webmaster in mind. In its pages readers will learn exactly what is required to start or rejuvenate their own adult Web site. In addition to clear, easy to follow advice about the essentials of good Web design, readers will learn basic business planning and organization, effective advertising and promotional techniques, and detailed, inside information about the workings of the online adult industry. Includes a glossary of common Internet/adult entertainment terms and abbreviations. Plus the Down & Dirty Adult Webmaster Resource Guide listing only the very best industry suppliers and sources.
Customer Reviews:
not too impressed.......2005-07-14
I wish I could say I loved this book. I was simply let down.
Major letdown, very dissappointing!.......2003-04-15
Down and dirty? Birds eye view is more like it. It should have been called "30,000 Foot Overview of Making Adult Sites."
When I saw this book for sale I immediately ordered it and had it shipped express...I couldn't wait to read it! I was so excited by what great examples and tutorials would be inside waiting for me to eat up! Now that I've read it I don't even remember 1 thing to walk away with.
To be fair, this book offers some helpful tips for running a general business like budgeting, insurance, different types of corporations, getting an accountant and some very basic design suggestions, but that's about it.
Theres nothing in this book to sink your teeth into and absolutely no secrets are given away, it's just very basic information: you should have atleast 32MB of ram in your computer, update your paysite often, say please and thank you when communicating with customers.
I'm particularly bothered by the fact that the author(s) said they would present stories of people in the business, but there are only 2 short quick stories in the beginning that are barely a paragraph long about a soccer mom and a guy who worked as an adult movie assistant then started making his own and now he's successful.
Whoo-PEE!
How about some more stories of real people who made it? How about breaking down their stories and showing some samples that your readers could use?
How about more on tgps. Should I start one? Would you suggest I use a traffic trading script and skim, or keep it clean and go for the bookmarkers? Should I go for niche or general theme on my tgp? What kinds of income do people generate with making galleries and running 1 or more tgps? How long can I expect it to take for my tgp to start generating income?
How about some information to getting serious traffic to my site besides recip linking and putting meta tags on my pages? Chapter 14 was a joke. I can't believe it's so scarce on information.
How did "Eric P" become so successful selling his movies?
How much did he have to start with? Where did he find models? How did he promote his site? How did he get that traffic to his site and sell 1000 copies a week? Through Meta tags (laff)?
How about getting into the nitty gritty like your title suggests?
Dont tell me that some people have become rich from thinking of ideas that are outside the box, show me some examples! So frustrating!!!!
This book is all over the place and doesn't give any concrete examples of people who have done it and how they did it. Almost everything given in this can be found in tutorials all over the web.
What a waste of time.
Good solid information.......2002-10-09
I've been considering putting up an adult site for a while - out of work tech worker here! Actually making a site was not my problem. My problem was how to make it in the adult business. This book is the best place to start if you are even halfway considering an adult site. If you are starting out and you want a lot of solid information this is the book to get. Can't wait for a second edition!
Good Book For Newbies.......2002-10-03
If you are a veteran adult webmaster, like me, you won't get much out of this book. If you are an adult webmaster wannabe with little or no experience with adult sites or business, this is a good book to get you started. This won't make you rich fast and it's not gonna give out precious hidden secrets! There's a lot of competition out there now and the adult webmaster business takes a lot of work and an investment of time and money like any other biz. Sex sells better than most products/services though, so it's easier to make money as an adult webmaster than it is to sell books or something. This book will get you started in the right direction, but that's it.
Finally someone wrote the book this industry needs!.......2002-07-25
If you have ever wondered about how to go about starting an adult website but you just didn't know where and how to start - this book tells it all. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the very rare advance publication copies and I couldn't have been more pleased. The best thing I like about this book is the fact that it quickly dispels the "get rich quick" notions that a lot of new adult webmasters have. These guys tell it like it is. They don't keep going on and on about how rich you will be, instead, they show you how to build a business. I have been making a pretty good living putting up adult sites now for about two years. I wish I had this book then! If you are even thinking about starting an adult website - or just curious about how this business works do yourself a favor and read this book first. You definitely won't find any other book like it!
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Managing Credit Risk Vol. 1 - Analysing, Rating and Pricing the Probability of Default.
Daniel N. Chorafas , and
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This book examines best and worst practice in the evaluation and management of credit risk, analysing how credit risk is connected to market risk through trigger events. In two volumes, it discusses the different techniques that can be used to quantify and optimise credit risk management, evaluating their uses, limitations and solutions.
Volume I - Analysing, Rating and Pricing the Probability of Default examines the concepts of credit risk and the theory underpinning a management strategy. It details and evaluates the methodologies of the three major agencies - Standard and Poor's, Moody's and Fitch IBCA - in rating counterparty risk; and the integration of credit analysis in pricing financial instruments.
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