2012 International Fire Code Commentary

2012 International Fire Code Commentary
Author: International Code Council
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: Fire prevention
ISBN: 9781609830663

When the technical requirements of the 2012 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE (IFC) aren't enough, look no further than the 2012 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE COMMENTARY. In the tradition of the other titles in the International Code Council's highly successful Code Commentary series, the book includes the complete text of the 2012 International Fire Code, and presents it alongside detailed, in-depth commentaries. These commentaries help users to navigate critical IFC requirements, explaining why they were developed, their implications, and the problems that can result when they are not followed properly.This book is a must-have for any code official, engineer, architect, inspector, plans examiner, contractor, or firefighter seeking a solid foundation in the 2012 IFC and its applications.

Freedom Spring

Freedom Spring
Author: Kurt M. Vetters
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2018-11-27
Genre: African American soldiers
ISBN: 9781723816185

With one gunshot, fourteen-year-old Jim Coffee's slave life turned as quickly as the Tennessee River flowed past his cabin in 1864 Alabama. A loneyly life without friends or family became a fight for freedom with the brotherhood of freed men in a Union regiment. -- Back cover.

Metropolitan Government and Governance

Metropolitan Government and Governance
Author: G. Ross Stephens
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780195112979

Written by two prominent political scientists working in the field of local government theory and practice, Metropolitan Government and Governance offers a comprehensive understanding of the nature of local and metropolitan government and its relationship to the larger intergovernmentalsystem. It examines a wide range of common governmental practices and issues relating to local government in metropolitan areas as well as local government generally in the United States. Stephens and Wikstrom define and present several theoretical and applied perspectives including theconsolidationist one-government approach; federative efforts to create two-tier regional governments; the public choice approach which justifies the fragmented governmental structures that exist in most metropolitan areas; incremental change in relationships and roles; and regionalism which promotesregional political cultures. Each of these approaches is illustrated with concrete examples including seven case studies of major structural reforms that highlight strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to this issue. The book also analyzes citizen support and opposition to various typesof reform in both central cities and suburban areas. More generally, it discusses the range of options available to urban governments faced with growing problems of decreased federal funding and increasing demands regarding quality-of-life issues. Based on past findings and experience, Stephens andWikstrom propose a new model for the future governance of America's urban areas. They conclude with the argument that states must assume a more assertive role with regard to the structure of local governmental and service delivery in the nations 300 plus metropolitan regions. Metropolitan Governmentand Governance is a comprehensive analytical inquiry that is not only highly appropriate for students of political science and public administration, but will also be of value to scholars and policymakers as well.

Nashville

Nashville
Author: George Rollie Adams
Publisher: Walsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 191
Release: 1980
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780898650136

Making the Unequal Metropolis

Making the Unequal Metropolis
Author: Ansley T. Erickson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2016-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 022602525X

List of Oral History and Interview Participants -- Notes -- Index

A Murder in Music City

A Murder in Music City
Author: Michael Bishop
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1633883450

A private citizen discovers compelling evidence that a decades-old murder in Nashville was not committed by the man who went to prison for the crime but was the result of a conspiracy involving elite members of Nashville society. Nashville 1964. Eighteen-year-old babysitter Paula Herring is murdered in her home while her six-year-old brother apparently sleeps through the grisly event. A few months later a judge's son is convicted of the crime. Decades after the slaying, Michael Bishop, a private citizen, stumbles upon a secret file related to the case and with the help of some of the world's top forensic experts--including forensic psychologist Richard Walter (aka "the living Sherlock Holmes")--he uncovers the truth. What really happened is completely different from what the public was led to believe. Now, for the very first time, Bishop reveals the true story. In this true-crime page-turner, the author lays out compelling evidence that a circle of powerful citizens were key participants in the crime and the subsequent cover-up. The ne'er-do-well judge's son, who was falsely accused and sent to prison, proved to be the perfect setup man. The perpetrators used his checkered history to conceal the real facts for over half a century. Including interviews with the original defense attorney and a murder confession elicited from a nursing-home resident, the information presented here will change Nashville history forever.