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Nice little case
All around nice little case for Canon Digital Elph.Front pouch is just big enough for extra battery and CF card.Loop attaches it to your belt or keeps it from getting dinged in dingbat wife's purse.

A great case!
The design of this case is very good.The put a hole right on top of the case so that you can slide your wrist strap right through.They also added compartments which can house an extra memory card and a spare battery.The materials and the worksmanship is great too.The only thing that I dont like is its color: its blue!I would have preferred a black one.But they only make it in this color.Oh well....

Purple Dinosaur Colored Case
This would be a real good case if it wouldn't attract dust and lint.The tiny velcro fastener leaves much to be desired for secure carrying, and the little hole on the top of the flap used for carrying purposes allows the weather in. Get a Lowepro D-Res 8S or Tamrac Digital Series 5690 if you plan to take your Elf hiking, camping or something similar. ... Read more

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Bringing Down the House : The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
by Ben Mezrich
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Hardcover (18 September, 2002)
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Great Book
This book is a great choice for many reading levels. Once i picked the book up i found it hard to put down. The book flows really nicely and really takes you along for the ride. You get a sense of the action (when it arrises) as well as the tension (when it arises, as it often does). Whether you're a casual reader or an avid one, this is a book that you should have in your collection. It also makes a great conversation topic once you've read it :)

Enjoy

Good For A Long Plane Ride
The story is interesting but not fantastic.If what you want is a light, entertaining book to read on a 5-hour plane ride, this is your book.You don't need to know anything about blackjack.It's not a gambling or "how-to" book.So, ignorance of the game is no hindrance.Although the story moves quickly, surprisingly it's too long in some places.I found myself less interested in some of the present day stories than what actually happened in the past.I felt that Mezrich tried to fill space because a book with big type and wide spaces (which it has) that's less than 200 pages probably isn't that marketable except as a pamphlet.In short, I enjoyed the book.I found it generally entertaining.It was perfect for a long plane flight, but no more.

A Rip-Off of Ken Uston
"Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions" is simply a rip-off of Ken Uston. In his books: "The big player: How a team of blackjack players made a million dollars" and "Million Dollar Blackjack" Uston explains how he and his team actually did make big bucks playing blackjack. Mezrich's tale is a pale shadow of the real life and times of Ken Uston.

Uston also made card counting legal in Atlantic City by taking his exclusion from the casinos all the way to the Supreme Court and winning. Somehow that decision hasn't been applied to the casinos in Nevada. They still have "the right to refuse service to anyone" for any reason whatsoever. As a result of Uston's activism, the Atlantic City casinos have had to resort to playing only multiple deck blackjack which is not as potentially profitable as single deck blackjack.

This potboiler account fails on several scores.It totally ignores the mathematical volatility that, over the short term, can beat even the best players or even allow morons to win.Having a team of low betting counters signal a Big Player when a deck has become favorable hasn't been a possibility in any major casino since the 1980's. Mezrich and his fictional account ignored the fact that casinos haven't allowed mid-round entry into a blackjack game in over twenty years or to give credit to the casinos for not employing idiots.

For a better perspective on the volatility of blackjack and the competence of casino staff, you should read Stanford Wong's "Professional Blackjack" or Ford's "How To Gamble At The Casinos Without Getting Plucked Like A Chicken".

You shouldn't waste your time or money on this fairy tale.The commercial success of "Bringing Down the House" is proof-positive that P.T. Barnum knew what he was talking about. ... Read more

Isbn: 0743225708
Sales Rank: 13802
Subjects: 1. Biography 2. Biography & Autobiography 3. Biography / Autobiography 4. Biography/Autobiography 5. Cambridge 6. Card Games - Poker 7. Cardsharping 8. Gamblers 9. Gambling 10. Las Vegas 11. Literary 12. Massachusetts 13. Nevada 14. Personal Memoirs 15. Biography & Autobiography / General

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Too Lazy to Work Too Nervous to Steal: How to Have a Great Life As a Freelance Writer
by John Clausen
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Hardcover (01 February, 2001)
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This affable book about freelance writing champions two winning aspects of working without a boss: first, your time is your own, and second, there's no cap on your salary. Of course, there's no minimum wage, either, as anyone who has taken on an unprofitable project can surely attest. Author John Clausen happens to be a freelancer extraordinaire with a knack for direct mail and other promotions (though he's also written newspaper and magazine articles, advertising copy, and, obviously, books). He generously shares the wisdom gleaned from his many freelancing experiences, and those of many of his colleagues, regaling us with a remarkable array of freelancing adventures along the way. Clausen's formula? Among other things, "get an attitude" (read: demand big paychecks), find an anchor client, spend half your time scouting for more work, and "don't get sloppy." As a freelancer, he says, every time you are hired, your work will be scrutinized anew; it must always be topnotch and completed by deadline. Don't fret. Almost any writer, he says, "even a marginally talented one, can make a living as a freelancer if he or she will approach the profession with a businesslike attitude, positive thinking, and a sense of humor and fun." --Jane Steinberg ... Read more

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Don't cut down your safety net !
Perhaps I've read too many of these freelance writing books over recent years because they all seem to be 'blurring into one' by this late stage. You do tend to see pretty much the same sort of text in all of them .

As other reviewers have correctly pointed out ,however , John Clausen has certainly put together a breezy and generally entertaining publication which offers an acceptable quota of reasonable advice . BUT .. experienced readers won't find much in the way of startling new thoughts contained herein and I do have a couple of concerns - one minor , the other fairly serious which I will briefly outline.

Firstly ,too much of this book seems to be locked into the past with Clausen and his colleagues 'remembering ' how they began their respective writing careers in years gone by . That's all fine and dandy . However , such nostalgic wanderings need to be accompanied by very clear qualifying statements .

Unfortunately , the world of 1960s and 70s ( and even the 80s) was vastly different to the one in which today's current crop of young hopefuls have to launch their literary careers. Sure , many of the basic principles of professionalism and maintaining a positive attitude have remained unchanged but things were much more open in earlier times and it was much easier to get established. Most importantly , if you gave up a steady job in order to experiment with a speculative self employment venture SUCH AS .. full time freelance writing you could always get back into the workforce without any problem if things didn't pan out for you . No more !...all of which brings me to my next point ...

My main concern is that Clausen seems to beencouraging would - be freelancers to deliberately cut down the safety net from beneath them before they run across the decidely precarious and potentially dangerous high wire of freelance writing. He urges his readers not to go back to a regular 9.00 to 5.00 job if they find the going tough as a freelancer. So what should they do ? .... starve ?

There is such a thing as part time employment . Working a regular part time job or even two part time jobs with different employers gives you the best of both worlds . You have some security and a regular core income as well as sufficent spare time during the week to pursue your 'own business' as a writer .

Clausen seems to be hell bent on proving that everyone who works a regular job is bitterly unhappy and totally bored with their chosen occupation . That's an utterly absurd generalization. Nothing will kill a start - up freelancer's enthusiasm for writing quicker than severe , self imposed financial pressure .

Yes .... you CAN 'do anything you want '... IF you have the talent and ( just as importantly ) the OPPORTUNITY . Sadly , so much depends on sheer luck .... 'chance meetings' and ( sorry , it's a cliche ..but ..) 'being in the right place at the right time '. Yes , by all means , give your writing a 100% effort but PLEASE don't do anything outrageously stupid such as refusing regular , non literary work if you're having trouble paying your light bill !

Have A Great Life As a Freelance Writer... In under a week?
I'm an English major at the University of Texas at Austin with a
journalism background. I have to thank John Clausen for writing "Too Nervous To Steal...". Despite my predeliction towards writing of all sorts, I thought I would only be able to make money from it as a full time journalist or (as my hope is) as a novelist. My mother, a successful librarian, offered a copy of this book to me that some patron had donated but the library did not intend to stock. I read it on a three hour trip to Ingelside Naval Station (I'm also a midshipman in the NROTC program) on Saturday. By yesterday morning I had an interview with a client, a law firm. Using the principles Mr. Clausen outlined in his book, I obtained my first assignment and was paid last night when I turned the assignment in.

Without his book, I would not have known where to go to obtain the client nor how to negotiate during the interview. The law firm intends to use me again for other assignments in several categories. Last week I was living on ramen and one dollar worth of gas in my tank. This week I have a steady client and options for further expansion. I also was informed that I won an essay contest worth a small amount of cash. Suffice to say, it's nice to see my writing make the account balance go up, rather than the other direction.

I only regret that I was not the individual who purchased the book originally. I'd consider it an investment to see that Mr. Clausen made enough to continue in his ability to help new freelance writers.

Different from most, if not all
Other books have that same message: "You CAN get into freelance writing."

I've read many of those. A few chapters in and you get to their "easy" how-to's: Why, you simply open up the ol' Rolodex and start contacting all those folks you met during your days as a staff writer at [insert major magazine title here]. Yeah. Easy.

What makes this book different is that John Clausen does NOT assume that the editor of Family Circle or Sports Illustrated are old work buddies you can just call up for a favor.

Yet he still makes freelancing look accessible and manageable instead of daunting. and his writing style is far more user-friendly than most. (I'd hate to have to count how many 'encouraging' books on writing start with chapter after chapter of DIScouragement first!)

If you're really serious - and you're really scared (or even just a little clueless on where to start) - this is the book you should read FIRST. ... Read more

Isbn: 089879997X
Subjects: 1. Authorship 2. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy 3. Publishing 4. Reference

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Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community : Eight Essays
by WENDELL BERRY
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Paperback (13 September, 1994)
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One of the best...
...thinkers I was exposed to in high school while researching for an essay report. His well-balanced thoughts on various agrarian and community-based themes are the most eloquent I have found from a single writer. His words and rationales spring from the land and argue pursuasively for more restraint for the betterment of the world by the human animal. The most compelling living philospher I know of is Wendell Berry. I recommend all of his written works.

One to read slowly and thoughtfully
This highly stimulating collection of Berry's essays contains some of the most important things Berry has written.The essay "Christianity and the Survival of Creation" is one of the most insightful and important theological statements of our day.It is in everyone's best interest towork to see that the organized churches take Berry's essay to heart.Ofcourse, the book is also notable for the beauty of Berry's writing -- notcoincidental, since he argues here and elsewhere for a recovery of the ideaof work as sacred and for beauty as a measure of "rightlivelihood."

One of those "if you don't read any other book this year...
If you're a content postmodern, don't read this book.It will leave you unsettled.The title essay from Berry's book is worth the price of the whole book.If you were to read only one book this coming year to guideboth your thinking and your behavior (aside from the Bible which undergirdsBerry's thinking), this would be a great choice.If the following snippetfrom the title essay resonates with your spirit, you'll want to pick thisone up.

"If you destroy the ideal of the "gentle man" and removefrom men all expectations of courtesy and consideration toward women andchildren, you have prepared the way for an epidemic of rape and abuse.Ifyou depreciate the sanctity and solemnity of marriage, not just as a bondbetween two people, but as a bond between those two people and theirforebears, their children, and their neighbors, then you have prepared theway for an epidemic of divorce, child neglect, community ruin, andloneliness.If you destroy the economies of household and community, thenyou destroy the bonds of mutual usefulness and practical dependence withoutwhich the other bonds will not hold."

Why is it that we have ourbest thinkers like Berry running old family farms, and our worst thinkersrunning our national government?Sigh. ... Read more

Isbn: 0679756515
Sales Rank: 16677
Subjects: 1. Anthropology - Cultural 2. Government - U.S. Government 3. Politics - Current Events 4. Politics/International Relations 5. Sociology - General 6. Current Events / American

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I Don't Know How She Does It : The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother
by ALLISON PEARSON
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Hardcover (01 October, 2002)
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Allison Pearson's debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, is a rare and beautiful hybrid: a devastatingly funny novel that's also a compelling fictional world. You want to climb inside this book and inhabit it. However, you might find it pretty messy once you're in there. Narrator Kate Reddy is the manager of a hedge fund and mother of two small children. The book opens with an emblematic scene as Kate "distresses" a store-bought mince pie to make it appear homemade. Her days are measured in increments of minutes and even seconds; her fund stays organized but her house and family are falling apart. The book is a pearly string of great lines. Here's Kate on lack of sleep: "They're right to call it a broken night.... You crawl back to bed and you lie there trying to do the jigsaw of sleep with half the pieces missing." On baby boys: "A mother of a one-year-old son is a movie star in a world without critics." On subtle office dynamics:

The women in the offices of EMF [Kate's firm] don't tend to display pictures of their kids. The higher they go up the ladder, the fewer the photographs. If a man has pictures of kids on his desk, it enhances his humanity; if a woman has them it decreases hers. Why? Because he's not supposed to be home with the children; she is.

There's inherent drama here: Kate is wildly appealing, and we want things to work out for her. In the end, the book isn't a just collection of clever lines on the theme of working motherhood; it's a real, rich novel about a character we come to cherish. --Claire Dederer ... Read more

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Take it for what it is...
This is a lighthearted novel, not a platform for expressing feminist issues.I thoroughly enjoyed the tale, and each day found myself looking forward to reading a bit more about the characters. The daughter is especially cute and tends to bring about the "awww" moments.Take this with you to the beach, or read it when you feel like things are over your head.

Offensive
As a working mother, I find this book terribly offensive.It is NOT a light-hearted tale of the trials and tribulations we all face, but a devious, insulting insinuation that it is, in fact, impossible to be both a good mother and a successful career woman.

Don't waste your time.

A really fun book for the working mom...
This book was such an excellent read and very entertaining. I listened to the audio book which was great, and read the book. So hilarious! ... Read more

Isbn: 0375414053
Subjects: 1. Children of working mothers 2. Fiction 3. Fiction - General 4. General 5. London (England) 6. Mother and child 7. Working mothers 8. Fiction / General 9. Reading Group Guide

The Nanny Diaries: A Novel
by Emma McLaughlin Nicola Kraus
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Hardcover (13 March, 2002)
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The Nanny Diaries is an absolutely addictive peek into the utterly weird world of child rearing in the upper reaches of Manhattan's social strata. Cowritten by two former nannies, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, the novel follows the adventures of the aptly named Nan as she negotiates the Byzantine byways of working for Mrs. X, a Park Avenue mommy. Nan's 4-year-old charge, the hilariously named Grayer (his pals include Josephina, Christabelle, Brandford, and Darwin) is a genuinely good sort. He can't help it if his mom has scheduled him for every activity known to the Upper East Side, including ice skating, French lessons, and a Mommy and Me group largely attended by nannies. What makes the book so impossible toput down is the suspense of finding out what the unbelievably inconsiderate Mrs. X will demand of Nan next. One pictures the two authors having the last hearty laugh on their former employers. --Claire Dederer ... Read more

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A funny and endearing novel.
"The Nanny Diaries" is a very funny piece of fiction which is mostly engaging and endearing.For those of us who live in the "real world" though, it certainly makes a person wonder how much is fiction and how much is real.

Nan is a delightful protagonist who survives and thrives at her job as a nanny to a spoiled, demanding rich child, and his equally pampered, needy mother. The father is a largely absent figure who neglects his family for work and mistress.

Nan narrates the reader through her tenure as nanny to the Xes, a super wealthy New York family.She agrees to a certain number of hours of work only to quickly find that she is asked to work more and more, including the hilarious Halloween party where she and her charge are dressed as Teletubbies!

This is a great book for light reading.It will definitely make you laugh, and it might just make you cry.

For me...snooze-ville
Sorry, but I found this book incredibly dull after all the hype that surrounded it. I guess I expected something better.

So great!
This book was amazing. The writing was so fast paced and exciting. I didn't want the book to end, and when it did I shed a tear for little Grayer. I think that anyone who knows and loves a child will understand the most important lesson of this book: Every child needs to feel loved and comforted by those closes to them. I have recommended this book to all of my friends and family, it's just that good! The main character, Nanny, is such a well written character that I think anyone who has ever had the remotest experience with baby sitting (or being an under-paid live in 'mother') will be able to identify with her. Super wonderful book! ... Read more

Isbn: 0312278586
Subjects: 1. American First Novelists 2. Fiction 3. Fiction - General 4. Humorous 5. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) 6. Nannies 7. Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.) 8. Rich people 9. Fiction / Humorous 10. Reading Group Guide

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My Losing Season (Alex Awards (Awards))
by PAT CONROY
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Hardcover (15 October, 2002)
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A Fantastic Memoir
Conroy's fiction has always been a biography of sorts (Great Santini in particular) but I think his choice to chronicle his life through his final basketball season at the Citadel was brilliant.It brings together all the elements of his fictional life that we have come to love and respect:His overbearing father, the south in the 1950s and 1960s, and the one character common to all his books: Sports.

I think that Pat Conroy is the kind of person who most would envy the life he's had, it's ups and downs, and this book only solidifies that belief for me.

Disappointing, overrated
As a memoir of a relatively prolific and popular author, this book is a very disappointing.Ardent fans of Pat Conroy obviously love this book, but then again, they love everything with his name on it irrespective of content (a cook book?)Conroy revisits his early experiences that provided the repetivive themes in his fiction as psuedo-non-fiction.(The dialogue in the book reads more like fiction, and it is simply not credible that he could recount exact conversations from childhood to college.)He gives the reader minimal insight into his experience as a writer.Rather, the book reads like an exercise in self-therapy that does explore his well known issues rather deeply (although losing is not one of them.)Conroy may have provided all that he can in terms of describing his process and how he approaches his craft.If that is the case, then this book should serve as inspiration for aspiring writers.Publishing fiction is not necessarily about literary excellence.It's a business.

His treatment of losing is also quite disappointing, and I'm not convinced that his experience on an NCAA division I basketball team can provide enough material to speak to the subject as an adult.The book is more about mediocrity and unfulfilled expectations than it is about losing.His experience on a losing team is completely uninteresting and there are far more storied losing organizations that touch sports culture in many ways, all of them more significant than what Conroy has to offer.

Another 3 Pointer For Pat
Pat Conroy is a national tresure. His writing is sublime, he is one of the few writers who can capably place the reader into almost any situation and paint such a realistic portrait that the reader feels he is actually there.

"My Losing Season" is incredibly detailed, beautifully layered and provides the type of rich texture that anyone who has been curious about what a college basketball player goes through on and off the court will find virtually everything he needs to know here.

Anyone who has read Conroy's work knows of the destructive relationship with his father, but never has it been more fully nor magnificently analyzed than here. That Conroy could finally skip the veneer of fiction to re-tell his story with his father is a magnificent accomplishment. That final assessment when he reveals how his father literally changed his personality just to spite his son and prove him a liar was one of ther most jaw dropping passages I have ever read.

This book is Conroy's labor of love, and reading it is no different. Conroy's insights into the game of basketball, his teammates, coaches, and the bizarre situation of playing for the Citadel have been majestically re-told here. I have loved most of Conroy's work (Beach Music was the exception), and this one goes on the top shelf as one of the best books I have ever read.

... Read more

Isbn: 0385489129
Sales Rank: 21783
Subjects: 1. 20th century 2. Basketball players 3. Biography 4. Biography & Autobiography 5. Biography / Autobiography 6. Biography/Autobiography 7. Charleston 8. Childhood and youth 9. College sports 10. Conroy, Pat 11. Conroy, Pat - Prose & Criticism 12. Literary 13. Novelists, American 14. Personal Memoirs 15. South Carolina 16. Sports - Basketball 17. Biography & Autobiography / Literary

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