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Microsoft Windows 95 Training Kit
Published in Paperback by Microsoft Press (1998-01)
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And you thought you new Windows 95
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-26
Exams 70-063 and 70-064 are being retired at the end of the year and you want to take them before then. You need a great set of resources in order to make sure you pass the exams and now Microsoft Press has delivered it to deluxe style.

The two volume set of over 1100 pages, gives you 26 chapters of information covering the two exams. There are review questions, practice examples, hands-on exercises and so much more included in each chapter. The chapters are broken down into timed segments and you can skip around to customize the learning process.

The first of two cds included is a self paced learning cd from Microsoft the will enhance what the books and give you additional information. The setup and installation was simple easy to follow and I was learning in a matter of minutes.

The other cd is NETg, National Education Training Group, and this cd is multimedia based learning, which can be used independently is you desired. While the price tag may seem hefty, the value outweighs the cost in so may ways. Microsoft is the first name in applications and certification and Microsoft Press makes the learning easier.

Excellent Study Tool
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1999-06-15
For many, this would be the single most helpful tool to prepare for the 70-064 certification exam. Although highly informative, I find all the Microsoft Press study materials boring. The saving grace are the entertaining CD-ROMs that round out the package. However, my opinion is based on my style of preparation so I gave this study tool a high rating because the material will satisfy the needs of the masses.

Wonderful Interactive tool for passing the Exam !!!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1999-05-14
I used this kit along with the Sam's Windows 95 in 14 days to pass exam 70-064 and achieve my MCP!! Microsoft Press did a great job on this kit!! Write me if you like for more in-depth details!

Helped me pass the MCSE test!
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Review Date: 1999-05-03
The CD was especially helpful in my studies to pass the MCSE Win 95 exam, which was very challenging. You still need to know a lot about NT server that isn't covered in this book thoroughly, so I recommend taking that test first if you're going for your MCSE. I think this is one of the better MS Press offerings.

It is all in here for 70-063.
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Review Date: 1998-06-23
This is a spendy purchase but worth it. The CD-ROMs are great too. Everything you need for 70-063 is in there. Two volumes crammed with everything you ever wanted to know about 95. A bit fluffy but the info is there to be learned. You'll be that much better am MCP when you are done anyway.

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Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences)
Published in Paperback by Hampton Press (2002-08)
Author: Gregory Bateson
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Brilliant but incredibly obtuse
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-29
The content of this book is indeed insightful and thought provoking but Bateson's writing style is frustratingly difficult to follow. I found myself again and again marveling equally at the profundity of his messages and the unnecessarily roundabout and rambling manner in which those messages are presented. The text needed three more revisions and then it would have been perfect. Regardless, I highly recommend it.

You're Smarter Than You Think You Are
Helpful Votes: 19 out of 20 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-30
Sit in on a lecture by an engaging and knowledgable prof and you can expect to pick up a few tidbits. You certainly don't expect to come away knowing everything the prof knows. The subtitle of this book is about what Bateson knows, but you don't need to know any of that (or be particularly interested in it) to read this unusual book. My subtitle would be: You're Smarter Than You Think You Are."

I read this book in a Bantam mass market edition after sampling a piece of it in some science magazine (maybe Discover). Gregory Bateson was a renaissance man (which is one of the delights in reading him), the former husband of anthropologist Margaret Mead, and best known for the double bind theory of schitzophrenia, included as an essay in The Ecology of Mind. That theory may not sound well-known at all, but it's the basis of family counseling and why we talk about dysfunctional families (instead of just individuals). And we've all been in situations that are double binds, or as these no-win situations are known in everyday jargon: "damned if you do, damned if you don't".

Bateson wrote this book as metafiction, which is to say he talks about the book in the book, and he includes a handful or metalogues with his daughter, Catherine Bateson, herself now a writer for such magazines as Smithsonian, although he made them up. These metalogues reflect on ideas in the book and widen the feedback loop, as it were, to include the reader. They are relaxed and leisurely and not meant to be persuasive.

My experience reading this book was that it changed the way I saw everything. That sounds like an over-reaching claim or a self-help book gone wild, but the reason is, as Bateson points out, that many of our educations are simply based on gathering information, like Number Five in the film Short Circuit, with no help at all on how to think about it.

I certainly didn't understand everything in this book. But then, if you already understand and agree with everything in a book, why read it? What I did glean was a few tidbits from an engaging and knowledgeable prof who gave me not just more to think about but ways to think about it, and the happy realization that we're all smarter than we think we are.

The most important book on epistemology there is
Helpful Votes: 20 out of 27 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-18
Gregory Bateson is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This is one of his last books and it deals with matters of epistemology. The thinking preserved within its pages is profound yet most of the time down to earth. There Bateson parts company with most formal epistemologists, the majority of whom are utterly confused, at least in their way of exposition. You do not need to be an expert logician to understand Bateson's thinking; he is the expert and tutors you through the straights of Scylla and Charybdis with the outmost comfort and safety. From this fantastic journey you will definitively be enriched.

This book is one of his most important. It is a testament of his view of science and coming from a person who helped revolutionize more scientific fields than the average person has even heard of it should be taken seriously. In its pages Bateson tells us what science is and how it should be properly exercised. Given the confusion and nihilism that have followed on the pseudoscientific revolutions of postmodernism and decostructivism (read Focault, Derida or Judith Butler for instance) such readings are necessary if at times disturbing. Not all ways of doing science are equal and many of them are based on logical confusion. Bateson is clear on that point. On page 24 he tells us "Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless". Self-evident to most people this maxim needs to be restated and taken seriously, especially within the social sciences that have only succeeded in making minor steps since the time of Aristotle. In this book we learn the why of this unfortunate situation. The question is if anybody wants to listen...

Still Bateson is not in any way preaching like some untouchable headmaster, unlike many other philosophers of his rank (read Jerry Fodor for instance). He is aware of the difficulties and obstacles involved and most of the time keeps his voice low. He also is not a techno-freak like many of the newest cognitive scientists, modern rationalists or evolutionary psychologists though he is one of their intellectual fathers. Instead he often talks of the need of a holistic approach, of looking out for the pattern which connects mind to nature and nature to the universe, and warns against the dangers of degrading the ecosystem and turning our backs to the fellow living creatures of this, still wonderful, planet.

If you only read one book on the history of science or on epistemology make this one your choice. You wont regret it. It is a cybernetically quided misile which will hit you on the head, and change you forever. To the better that is.

That reminds me of a story...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-16
This is a work of an exceptional and original genius.
"Mind and Nature" is both Gregory Bateson's most accessible and most difficult book. It is a deeply personal exploration of what has come to be called cognitive science from a brilliant man and great scientist who pioneered a deep synthesis of anthropology, language and communications, and biology over the course of a remarkable life. Be advised that it is more of a progress report on a lifelong quest than a coherent whole. If you have an enduring interest in cognitive science and you haven't read Bateson, you don't know what you are missing.
Bateson's starting point is, "How is it possible for the same evolutionary forces that shaped our survival as a species failed to shape our minds?" The answer, of course, is that it is not. It ought to be self-evident that the phenomenon that we call the "mind" is shaped by natural selection. Bateson does not claim to understand all the implications of this empiricist stance, his focus instead is on how to start asking the right questions about the mind and cognition. For instance: What is learning? What is play? (Is it true that only mammals play? Why is that?) If you think about it, these are phenomenon central to the human experience and there is no one that discussed them more insightfully than Bateson does here (and in "Steps...".
I find myself returning to this book again and again over the years. Its effect on me has been profound. I am sure I will never understand more than a small part of what Bateson is trying to tell me here, but the feeble fraction that I do understand is remarkable. The wisdom that animates this book has shaped many of the foundational notions of my life. It is full of life lessons.
And that reminds me of a story about the time I incorporated one of Bateson's teaching parables from this book into a speech I had to give not too long ago....

Inspiration Beyond Imagination!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-17
Gregory Bateson, one of the greatest minds in Anthropology and husband to Margaret Mead, has given us an incredible perspective through which to grow individually as well as collectively. At a time when our world suffers, "Mind and Nature" provides the reader with new perspectives on a balanced co-existence with our Planet and all Her species! Having contributed to visionary thinking about how we perceive our world, Bateson has added to the brilliant body of work which includes new looks at schizophrenia, dolphin communications and Nature Herself! A must read for those who wish to find ways to contribute to the desperate change of perspectives that facilitate a harmonious co-existence with Mother Earth, and more importantly, new ways to view the Self!

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mod_perl Developer's Cookbook (Developer's Library)
Published in Paperback by Sams (2002-02-07)
Authors: Geoffrey Young, Paul Lindner, and Randy Kobes
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Excellent single-point reference
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-25
As someone who's been writing code for mod_perl-enabled Apache servers for six years, I can honestly say that this book is one of the best single references on a topic I've seen. Much like the "Perl Cookbook" and "Writing Apache Modules in Perl & C" wrapped into a single volume (with all the recipes tightly focused on mod_perl). I've recommended it to everyone I know who writes for this platform, and it is rarely more than 2-3 feet from my keyboard. Covering the subject as deeply as sub-classing the Apache classes in XS (Perl's layer of glue for writing and linking C code), there's very little about mod_perl you won't find in the book.

The book mod_perl programmers have been waiting for
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2002-09-16
Over the last few years mod_perl has become a serious force in web development. If you're building a web site to run on an Apache server and you want to write the code in Perl, then you're going to want to install mod_perl on your server too as it's the best way to avoid many of the performance issues with traditional CGI. It's taken a while for publishers to wake up to the fact, however, and there haven't been many books in the shops. It looks like this will be the year that this changes. A number of mod_perl books are about to be published and this is the first.

This book uses the popular "cookbook" approach, where the content is broken down into short "recipes" each of which addresses a specific problem. There are almost two hundred of these recipes in the book arranged into chapters which discuss particular areas of mod_perl development. In my opinion the cookbook approach works much better in some chapters than in others.

It's the start of the book where the cookbook approach seems most forced. In chapter 1 problems like "You want to compile and build mod_perl from source on a Unix platform" provide slightly awkward introductions to explainations about obtaining and installing mod_perl on various platforms (kudos to the authors for being up-to-date enough to include OS X in list list). All the information you want is there however, so by the end of the chapter you'll have mod_perl up and running.

Chapter 2 looks at configuration options. It tell you how to get your CGI programs running under mod_perl using the Apache::Registry module which simulates a standard CGI environment so that your CGI programs can run almost unchanged. This will give you an immediate performance increase as you no longer have the performance hit of starting up a Perl interpreter each time one of your CGI programs is run. This chapter also addresses issues like caching database connections and using mod_perl as a proxy server.

We then get to part II of the book. In this section we look at the mod_perl API which gives us to the full functionality of Apache. This allows us to write Perl code which is executed at any time during any of the stages of Apache's processing.

Chapter 3 introduces the Apache request object which is at the heart of the API and discusses various ways to get useful information both out of and back into the object. Chapter 4 serves a similar purpose for the Apache server object which contains information about the web server and its configuration.

In chapter 5 the authors look at Uniform Resource Indentifiers (URIs) and discuss many methods for processing them. Chapter 6 moves from the logical world of URIs to the physical world of files. This chapter starts by explaining the Apache::File module before looking at many ways to handle files in mod_perl.

The previous few chapters have built up a useful toolkit of techniques to use in a mod_perl environment, in chapters 7 and 8 we start to pull those techniques together and look in more detail at creating handlers - which are the building blocks of mod_perl applications. Chapter 7 deal with the creation of handlers and chapter 8 looks at how you can interact with them to build a complete application.

Chapter 9 is one of the most useful chapters in the book as it deals with benchmarking and tuning mod_perl applications. It serves as a useful guide to a number of techniques for squeezing the last drops of performance out of your web site. Chapter 10 is a useful introduction to using Object Oriented Perl to create your handlers. Whilst the information is all good, this is, unfortunately, another chapter where the cookbook format seems a little strained.

Part III of the book goes into great detail about the Apache lifecycle. Each chapter looks at a small number of Apache's processing stages and suggests ways that handlers can be used during that stage. This is the widest ranging part of the book and it's full of example code that really demonstrates the power of the Apache API. I'll just mention one particular chapter in this section. Chapter 15 talks about the content generation phrase. This is the phase that creates the actual content that goes back to the user's browser and, as such, is the most important phase of the whole transaction. I was particularly pleased to see that the authors took up most of this chapter looking at methods that separate the actual data from the presentation. They have at recipes that look at all of the commonly used Perl templating systems and a few more recipes cover the generation of output from XML.

Finally, two appendices give a brief reference to mod_perl hooks, build flags and constants and a third gives a good selection of pointers to further resources.

This is the book that mod_perl programmers have been waiting for. The three authors are all well-known experts in the field and it's great that they have shared their knowledge through this book. If you write mod_perl applications, then you really should read this book.

The best 'Best Practices' book
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-08
This book has become my favourite and i keep it open by my monitor as i code. It is for those of us who have graduated fron $foo and 'Hello World' examples and need solutions to our everyday coding problems. In short, it has reduced my daily caffeine and nicotine intake.

Slam dunk
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-21
This book hits the nail on the head. Excellent technical information, much much much more than your typical book that is just regurgitated man(1) pages. Geoff and company delivery a book that shows you the power of mod/perl, why you should use it, and why it is great for what your doing. This book is part of my standard fare.

Great for profiling and tuning
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-17
This book is terrific! We were having problems with mod_perl memory usage and performance with our new website. This book gave us great ideas on how to implement startup.pl scripts, Apache::DBI, and many other Apache parameters. But the biggest payback was in the profiling of our code. The book suggested problem areas (such as slurping files), and provided reference to Apache::DProf which is a beautiful tool for profiling. The end result has been tremendous performance increase. Well worth the price (and even the quick shipping charges), this book is very timely! Kudos to Geoff, Paul and Randy on a robust, selfless and important effort!

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The MS Workbook: Living Fully With Multiple Sclerosis
Published in Paperback by New Harbinger Publications (2006-02)
Authors: George H., M.D. Kraft, Dawn M., Ph.D. Ehde, and Kurt L., Ph.D. Johnson
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The MS Workbook: Living Fully With Multiple Sclerosis
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-20
The MS Workbook: Living Fully With Multiple Sclerosis
This book is wonderful. It helps me to focus on what is important and to rethink the ways I have been doing things. It is a great handbook for those with those who have been recently diagnosed and with those who have been struggling with everyday life.

Great resource but for the later stages?
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-25
This book has a lot of useful and supportive information. Very well done. However, if you are newly diagnosed with limited symptoms or a "benign" case you may want to hold off purchasing the book (or purchase and store for a later time) since much of the material seems more relevant to those with advanced cases. For example, all of the talk about wheelchairs, major cognitive dysfunction, applying for disability etc. can be scary and overwhelming for those struggling to come to terms with a recent diagnosis.

Very good guide for those with MS
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-03
I agree with the other reviewers here, this is an excellent guide for those with MS. The workbook is separated into 15 chapters that are filled with great information dealing with the disease. It is also fairly new (2006), so it reviews some of the newer medical information for MS.

I also like the worksheets that are spread throughout the book. Some deal with coping with the disease, questions to ask your neurologist, insurance issues as well as many more topics. These are a great addition and will help anyone who feels overwhelmed with their diagnosis.

I reccomend this book to anyone who has the disease and needs some help dealing with it. I actually wish they would give a copy of this when you are diagnosed. It is that good.

One of the better MS books out there
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-09
One of the better MS books I have bought. Full of information for yourself and your caregiver!

Great Book
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-12
A good workbook for MS people. I am a visual person so this book helps me organize my thoughts and work through principals. Has been very helpful.

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The Nashville number system
Published in Unknown Binding by [s.n.] (1988)
Author: Chas Williams
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of Great Benefit to bands / musicians.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-24
I wouldn't say much of this book is original, but nevertheless very very useful. Having played with multiple bands over the past 15 years, it would be so helpful for musicians to learn this method to make playing together in different keys / transposing / writing etc be so much easier in a band format.

Nashville rosetta stone
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Review Date: 2008-05-11
If you need to deal with Nashville you've got to speak the lingo. This is an invaluable introduction to the arcane practices of Nashville's session musicians, many of whom cannot read traditional music notation and play all their amazing material by ear and feel.

For any songwriter who wants commercial success this is an useful tool.

Absolutely a must have!
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Review Date: 2008-05-04
A great way to capture music in a simple "real world" way, just like session players do.

Great book!
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Review Date: 2008-03-15
I bought this book for my husband who is a pianist. He tells me it was very easy to understand and helped him in his quest to become a studio musician.

It's easier than it looks!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-23
After reading the book I was a little hesitant about using the number system. The next time I went to the studio to record a new demo of my song I sat with some of Nashville's "A" list players and watched as they quickly and easily charted my song and from reading the book, I was understanding what they were doing. Even they tweeked their first chart of the song
Next time I'll try it myself and let them tweek it if necessary!
Don't be afraid but do get this book and CD to help you understand The Nashville Number System!

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Navigating Your Freshman Year (Students Helping Students series)
Published in Paperback by Natavi Guides (2003-04-01)
Author: Allison Lombardo
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There is a newer edition
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-25
This is a great book - I got it as a gift and thought it was on point, honest, and not preachy. I am off to college next year and this was one of the better, non cheesy gifts I got. I wanted to get one for a friend, but realized this is the older edition - there is a new one up on Amazon - just search for Navigating Your Freshman Year - and it ships quicker too.

Very Impressed
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-07
I have had some disappointments in Freshman Handbooks while preparing for school next year in college, but this book was not one of them. I would recommend it and I am glad that I purchased it.

Ready for my freshman year!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-11
This book really puts your college freshman year in terms that you can handle, provides great advice from current students who've just gone through it, and now I really feel ready to go away next fall. I'm very glad my father picked this book up for me, and I would recommend it to all high school seniors going to college.

Great Gift for Your Students
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2004-05-12
I am a guidance counselor and found out about this book last fall at a conference out here in California. I was immediately hooked by its great content, so I bought a bunch of copies for my graduating seniors and they absolutely love it!

A Must For All Pre-Frosh
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-21
Adapting to college life can be a daunting experience. As a current college sophomore, I was asked to advise my younger brother (now a senior in high school) on how to integrate into the university environment. After recounting all of my own experiences, I realized that I neglected many essential elements of freshman life. So, I turned to the available literature. With the exception of Allison Lombardo's, none of the books get the job done. Lombardo provides a comprehensive account of freshman life that will benefit anyone in high school who reads it. The book is a quick, fun, and easy read; I only wish that someone had given me such great tips before I got to college.

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Network Security: The Complete Reference
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (2003-11-17)
Authors: Mark Rhodes-Ousley, Roberta Bragg, and Keith Strassberg
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Definite keeper
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-27
I bought this book for a class but will definitely keep it afterwards. A lot of well organized information on computer security, from policy to implementation.

So much info, so little money!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-17
This book wasn't required, but suggested for one of my classes. I am so glad that I bought it. I'll be referencing it for years. So much info in it. Why is it so cheap?

Excellent network security reference
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-24
A true bible for network security. Also covered are items on risk management, network security policies etc. The book includes simple to advanced topics on network security

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2005-03-13
Network Security: The Complete Reference is simply an awesome security book.

It has just about everything you need to know when it comes to infosec.

Very complete book!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2005-02-13
I'm working in Information Security, and I was looking for a good security book, fortunately my decision was the best. This book is very complete and not only explain the concepts of network security but Information Security in the general context. The topics are technical as well as administrative. Explain how the security should be implemented and assessed or audited. I really improved my knowledge and my productivity in my job.

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Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated
Published in Paperback by Churchill Livingstone (1997-01-15)
Authors: Kenneth W. Lindsay and Ian Bone
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Excellent referencebook for neurosurgical nurses
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-18
I am a nurse on a neurosurgery ward and every now and then I pick up this book to look something up. I am never disappointed. Clear text and informative illustrations give you all the information you need. Not too little and not too much. And in understandable English (I am Dutch). Good value for money.

A must have for the Neurosurgery and Neurology intern
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-04
This is probably THE primer to be used for any serious medical student or junior resident in neurosurgery or neurology. Covers the basics, most commons and has excellent pictures to help cement the concepts in your head. Just buy this book, OK?

my favorite neuro book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-26
this book is suited for all med students, primary care providers, and even for neurology residents. easy to read, great illustrations.

Fantastic approach to the neurologic patient that no student of medicine can be without
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-21
The text is clinically oriented covering the approach to the neurologic patient including gathering pertinent historical details and the importance of proving your hypothesis with the use of the neurologic exam and appropriate investigations.

95% of Neurological diagnosis/differential diagnosis should be reached within 10 minutes of seeing a patient from historical details alone. History is the cornerstone of neurology.

The exam is designed to confirm your diagnosis/differential diagnosis and/or to rule out considerations in localization.

After discussing symptom presentation the text then goes on to discuss COMMON neurologic/neurosurgical disorders detailing patterns of recognition so that medical practioners of all levels and in all fields can recognize these patterns in their patients and thus be able to rougly localize the problem and cite the most common causes.

Simple and effective
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-03
This review refers to the fourth edition published in 2004

William Holmes: Fourth year medical student: University of Glasgow. Scotland. UK

Neurology is a horrible subject to the medical student. A plethora of nerve pathways and a multitude of pathologies mean that students, when confronted with a neurological patient in the clinical setting, quickly reverse and run back up to the relative safety of cafeteria.

What this books attempts successfully to do, is to remove the teaching barriers of neurology, making neurology not a matter of guess work but reasoning from a solid background of neurological principles. This book achieves this by removing itself from complex diagrams and ancient terms, instead adopting an approach that at first glance seems rather basic. Its layout involves a multitude of illustrations ranging from the simple to the more complex that are not used to complicate, but to provide valuable aids in memorising ultimately making learning the complexities of neurology much easier. The diagrams are all aided by text that is written in note-form, keeping only to the pertinent points and saving the reader valuable time trudging through unnecessary prose.
A prime example of this is seen in the "limb weakness" section. Rather than attempting to narrate what occurs when a lesion is proximal or distal - a fault of mainly neurology books - this book adopts simplified diagrams to convey the points that are relevant and vital. Also, clinical features of a condition are kept to only those that are classical to that pathology and more importantly, they are all explained with relation to the pathology. Together it means the important clinical features are remembered and can be reasoned in-front of a belligerent consultant (much to their annoyance).

This book is so well written and illustrated, that your neurology notes from exam revision will be more or less this book written word for word.

The only minus point is that on first glance this book looks like a basic neurology text that is only suitable for a first year. Upon reading however, this is quickly shown to be false and it actually provides a valuable source for all those involved in medical care, irrespective of qualification.

Its layout is simple, easy to use and allows the book to be used as either a quick reference or as a comphrensive neurology book. Most importantly, the style of the book means that you remember the facts for the bedside, and retain them come exam time. Few medical textbooks can make that claim

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No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home
Published in Kindle Edition by Crown Business (2007-06-19)
Author: Jim Camp
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So much more than a business negotiating book...
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Review Date: 2008-03-14
I was intrigued by one of the author's earlier book's title, Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know, and thought since this was a newer book maybe he had refined his No Negotiating skills and given us some new insights in this newer book.

Since I haen't yet read his earlier work I don't know how this one compares to it, but I can say this is a fine alternative to the win-win style of negotiating that is so often taught and praised.

His experience of trying to negotiate with foreigners while an airline pilot made him wonder why they would turn down his offer of trying to get a good deal with the promise of future sales benefits to come.

After being rebuffed in his negotiations he later on looked up negotiate in the dictionary and it dawned on him that what he had been thinking did not apply to other people. The whole concept of thinking that if you gave some to get a deal or that others would be resonable and give something for future profits didn't apply after all in parts of the real world.

But there is a lot more talked about in the book.
** Neediness is one of the issues that he discusses and how you don't really need what you might think you do, and also how others can spot your neediness thinking and demand more from you to save a deal you think you reall need. ** Sometimes it is to your best interest just to say no.

But besides business deals common everyday things like talking to teachers about your kids or other everyday situations are also discussed in the book. That is why I say it is about so much more than just a style of negotiating, it is about life in general also.

After ordering but even before the book arrived I used the idea of just saying no twice and it worked. Just thinking about the bold title of this and his previous Start with No.. book changed my whole outlook on possible offers.
I have used the win-win model of bargaining many times in my life, but this whole way of thinking from reading the book has put another tool into my arsenal of negotiating tactics.

Sometimes contrarian attitudes can be useful. You don't have to use this mindset all the time but being able to look at things in a different light can make you much stronger in getting what you ultimately want out of life.

Some good negotiating tips
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Review Date: 2007-11-25
I bought this book for an MBA course in negotiations. It has proven to be one of the more valuable books I've read on the subject, with several principles I've applied directly to both my coursework and outside negotiations. The central theme (that NO is a beginning, not an ending) is unique in this kind of writing, and though I'm not sure about that idea, the peripheral themes are immensely helpful. A very nice counterpoint to some of the classic texts on the subject (Getting to Yes, etc.).

THE ONLY REAL BOOK ON NEGOTIATION!!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-01
After meeting Jim Camp 19 years ago his System has had an incredible impact on my career. As the Director of Business Development for a National Sales organization it is required reading for all on my team. I recommend this book and Jim's "No System" as the only system to success a negotiator will ever need!!!

No, You should buy this book
Helpful Votes: 36 out of 36 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-02
Sorry, I couldn't resist. Seriously now, this book opens in Chapter 1 with a phenomenal concept that I've never seen fleshed out so well in a negotiations book. That concept is "neediness". More importantly, understanding that neediness is a state of longing for or desiring something that you don't actually need in most cases and then rooting this out of your thinking in relation to the negotiation process. When you don't feel needy, it's easier to say no.

Also, the book points out how the other party's neediness can be played to your advantage. Watch for signs of this like not wanting to end the discussion, giving more information than is needed when answering questions, being overly enthusiastic, etc.

From here the book moves on to typical concepts covered in negotiation books and differs little from the rest of the pool. However, the first chapter and a few nuggets throughout the book make it well work the reading if you are involved in negotiations of any kind.

Thank you for setting me free Jim
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-11
I just ordered "No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home" after seeing ads and reviews and Camp's StartWithNo.com web site.

The web site offered a "10 Tips" download which I promptly downloaded because I like to study contrarian approaches. All ten were useful, but it's the first one that validated why I know I'm going to love reading "No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home"

-- Never begin by asking them to say yes and agree. --

Wow. I've been struggling for years with advice from other gurus suggesting that I change my style this from this. It just is so natural to me. Next time I negotiate, I'm going to be a lot more at ease knowing I've got Jim Camp's advice on my side.

If you're tired of doing the reasonable thing (Another excellent book.. "Be Unreasonable" by Paul Lemberg), look for unconventional thinkers like Jim Camp, Tim Ferris(4 Hour Work Week), Ben Mack(Think Two Products Ahead).

There are still some new tricks us for us old dogs to learn.

Systems
Novell's CNE® Clarke Notes¿ for NetWare® 5 Administration: Course 560
Published in Paperback by Hungry Minds (1999-09)
Author: David James, IV Clarke
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The best NetWare 5 Admin study book!
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Review Date: 2001-02-24
I just passed the NetWare 5 Administration test #50-639. This is by far the best book I read in preparing for the test. Simple, straight forward, and easy to understand. No superfluous BS, just what you need to know to understand NetWare 5 and pass the test. Definitely well worth the money!

Good summary
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Review Date: 2000-10-07
I found this to be an excellant summary - good for reviewing and consolidating study done elsewhere - NB this is a study NOTE book - if you haven't done the CNA course or worked through some self-paced material then do that first. Also - this book is for exam 50-645 (nw 5.0) which was fine for me but be aware that it's on the retirement track now so you should probably go for NW5.1. I'm definitly going to search out "Clarke" material for further CNE papers

Very Helpful.
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Review Date: 2000-08-08
This book covers all the topics covered on the test and gives hints of which main topics to memorized and know. Most indispensible for preparing to take the test.

Just as the author claims
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Review Date: 2001-03-21
This book does just as the author claims. It chisels down all necessary knowledge of NetWare 5 CNA without allot of wasted words like most THICK Technical books, which I despise. I have worked with NetWare since version 3.11 and this book is accurate to the T. I also recommend using Big Red self test exam software to compliment this book for the serious CNA exam prep.

Excellent Study Guide for the CNA Test.
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-04
All exam points were covered in 235 pages. 2 weeks after purchasing I passed the CNA exam. Keep up the good work David Clarke.


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