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Good like a buyer what you need to know is the content of this book: This book has 32 pages of how to draw in way simple "basic" two poses of Wolverine,one of cyclops,one of storm,one of Professor Xavier,one of beast with other three without explained ,one of Gambit,one of Rogue,one of Magneto,two of Sentinels,one of sabretooth,one of Mr Sinister and one of Blackbird all together with theirs principals features step to step until ends them exactly how the of animated serie and it also has 8 pages of grid paper.It is a beautifull book in presentation and quality and my other opinion about this book,is for someone that need to start the practice of the heroe human figure and who practice the human figure, is an ideal complement.

This is a very good book for people who want to know how to draw the characters from the X-Men comic. It has many of the X-Men in it and has some of the villains, too. This book will probably work better if you have some knowledge of how to draw. It includes Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Magneto, Proffesor X and about seven others. I definitely recommend it!

This book is highly interesting, informative, organized and educational. The title says the book is a guide for parents, however, I found the book to be most rewarding as a Health Education major. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends should even get their hands on this book... you never know what questions may pop up about sex and relationships! The book's goal is to break the uneasiness, and sometimes embarassing or awkward moments of educating your children about life's issues. It was extremely easy to understand and very real to life. The authors themselves have their own family so they talk from their hearts as "real" parents. They cover everything from initiating converstion to sexual development and sexual orientation. The Mirons took great concern considering the different lifestyles, beliefs, and morals of each individual circumstance and family. The book has two sections called, "Try This" & "Just the Facts." They provide alternative ideas to aid in the education process and important statistics parents may not know. The book has very few faults and has better prepared me for when I start to teach. It has greatly boosted my confidence level and I am sure to hold onto the book both as a reference and as guidance. Take a look for yourself, I promise you that it will not be a waste of time!

Whenever the topic of talking about sex and sexuality with our children comes up, I share this title. The book is written for parents (or other adults). Of course it covers sex, but it does also talk about love and relationships and their connection to sex.

Four aspects of this book that are invaluable are:

* It's written to help each adult examine his/her own attitudes about each topic, and to understand those of their partner as well.

*It provides great language for explaining and discussing different aspects of intimacy, sexuality, love, and the like.

*It provides great communication advice that goes well beyond the topic at hand.

*The authors have provided poll data to help parents understand what aspects of sexual knowledge and attitudes have changed with this generation, research findings about STDs, pregnancy, abstinence education--you name it. They don't advocate a particular point of view but they arm the reader with information so that the reader is able to see past his/her own experiences as teens learning about sexuality, sex, and love.

Anyone with a child over age 8 should have this book and start reading it, because you're gonna need it much sooner than you think...

I purchased Infostructor about a year ago. I was modeling data since 1982 and went into management a few years ago and decided to "get acquainted" with data modeling again.

I found most of the books I purchased to be less than helpful, boring, and redundant. So, when I purchased this product I kept everything so I could return it if I didn't like it.

Well, I kept it. I kept it because it's exciting, informative, practical, and effective. I learned more from this software in a few days than in months of reading modeling books.

I keep it with me on my notebook and reference it constantly. I do this because I sometimes get a little excited and model an area poorly. I then check what I did against what is suggested in Infostructor and I'm on the right course again.

I don't know if the author(s) of Infostructor will read this, but a hardy "WELL DONE"!!! Please let me know if you create other gems.

Mike Bingle
mbingle@osmc-web.com

I purchased Infostructor about a year ago. I was modeling data since 1982 and went into management a few years ago and decided to "get acquainted" with data modeling again.

I found most of the books I purchased to be less than helpful, boring, and redundant. So, when I purchased this product I kept everything so I could return it if I didn't like it.

Well, I kept it. I kept it because it's exciting, informative, practical, and effective. I learned more from this software in a few days than in months of reading modeling books.

I keep it with me on my notebook and reference it constantly. I do this because I sometimes get a little excited and model an area poorly. I then check what I did against what is suggested in Infostructor and I'm on the right course again.

I don't know if the author(s) of Infostructor will read this, but a hardy "WELL DONE"!!! Please let me know if you create other gems.

Can we review this book and then either purchase or return the book? I will write the review within 3 days of getting the book. Please send us a review copy as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Ralph La Forge, M.Sc. Duke University Lipid Clinic 8 North Poston Court Durham, NC 27705 (919) 490-3794 ralphlaforge@msn.com

It was in 1986 at the end of his Banting Memorial lecture that Reaven said: "At first blush it appears outlandish to suggest an association between hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperinsulinemia.." His words have rung in my ears ever since! Yes hyperinsulinemia is now widely understood to be the measurable outcome of insulin resistance, now known by the international acronym "IR". Insulin resistance is the "hidden resistance" that leads to an incredible diversity of clinical disorders which "at first blush" appear even more unlikely; these disorders in fact range from diabetes to polycystic ovary disease; and from hypertension to unwanted facial hair in women to name just four conditions! It is highly appropriate that Reaven has now given the world the benefit of his understanding of this ubiquitous Metabolic Syndrome. This syndrome has baffled science for decades and has lead to an incredidible explosion of research papers on this theme; it is almost impossible to even read and understand all the abstracts for "insulin resistance" on Medline let alone read the published papers! Reaven's book is a welcome addition to our resources.

I already had Fireworks, and then I bought the Flash and Freehand bundle. I am used to Illustrator, and this book really helped me tie all the programs together. The projects are easy to do, but challenging enough to keep up your interest. They also build up your skill level so you increase your capabilities as you work in the programs.

The book is divided into three sections - one for each of the programs - and projects from one program are used in the other programs. There's just enough difference between the program interfaces to confuse you, but Ms. Evans has done an excellent job in clarifying them.

I especially enjoyed the rotating fishing lure exersize in the Flash section. I've wanted to do that effect for a long time, and her explanation got me through quickly and easily.

All in all, the book really will help you if you are putting up a website and haven't done a lot of graphic work before. The integration of these three programs is important, and the author did an excellent job in teaching. I recommend it heartily!

I must say I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I actually learned a ton more than expected which is unusual for a book not meant to teach all 3 programs. It is certainly at an intermediate level as stated which is also a refreshing surprise.

The Fireworks section is quite extensive since all the examples rightfully are designed in or a major part of them are designed in Fireworks where they are then cut up, interactivity added (except for the Flash examples) and then exported.

The FreeHand section deals with primarily the tools that differ from Fireworks and things like perspecive, contour blends and bleneding. The blending feature allows you to do a shape tween type of effect and then use it in Fireworks for animation. Then there is extensive tips and tricks for preparing FreeHand files for use in Flash.

The Flash section is great fun and extremely useful. The entire section deals with ActionScripting projects, the author doesn't try to teach you Flash but useful ways to use it in conjunction to the other two programs. The projects such as the puzzle teaches more than it may appear on the surface. Sure, you may not need a puzzle, but it was a great way to demonstrate how to load movies that replace prior ones versus loading movies to a new level. This is just one example. There is also a jukebox that has four pieces of music (included) that uses a trick to load very quickly. A product display that rotates a full 360 degrees, a banner ad that allows you to print a brochure from within Flash and a banner ad that uses the color feature of Flash. There are more projects in this section.

Even though Dreamweaver isn't in the title of this book, it wasn't left out of the mix. There is an Appendix which takes an entire Fireworks design and places the images in DW and adds the behaviors, CSS Style Sheets in DW. There is also a section on adding FW pop-up menus in DW.

There are some great contributors that added value to this book as well. What I liked is they added VALUE not just their names. For instance, Hillman Curtis did a nice introductory piece on, "Motion is the Message" imparting some of his wisdom to us. There is also an entire interface given to us from Eyeland Studio that we can use and modify (with instructions on how)and banner ads from Figleaf Software.

All in all, I don't think you'll be disapointed in this book. I walked away with much more than I expected. This review took much longer to do than anticipated because the book is almost 500 pages (480) and is packed. Not only did I learn the strong points of each program but how to work more efficiently as well.

I would suggest reading this book if you want to learn about powder XRD technique. This book is really good...

This book provides an introduction to powder diffraction theory as well as a comprehensive list of everything involved with the actual diffractometer. This is not just a theory book nor a technical manual. It describes clearly all the factors involved in the production of x-rays, the workings of motors and detectors to the reasons for using divergence slits as well as the principles of phase identification and quantitative analysis. It is a great book for someone who will be using a diffractometer for the first time and will be doing the work themselves. This is not a crystallography text. It is more a handbook of practical applied powder diffraction. Well worth the money.

The Visual Quick Starte Guides are just about the fastest way to get started on using a software package around. As stated from the title, this is a highly illustrated book that uses tons of screen shots to get you started using a software package.

In this case the package is iPhoto and it's written by a master writer. Because of the large number of illustrations in the book, it is very fast to go through. (My only problem is when I click on something wrong, my screens don't look like his, and then have to backtrack and find my error.) The easy visual approach works well for me.

If you're a beginner to iPhoto, this book will help you get it up and doing what you want in a very short time. The next step is to do more, say up to the intermediate level, and all that takes is that you go further into the book.

The other surprising thing about this book is the way it's organized. Most tutorial books are just that. You follow the tutorial through and then go do things. These books are then useless as a reference book. This one is different. Each task, almost each page, is organized with a headline of what you're going to do on that page. Then the index has an entry that points to the right page. For instance if you're going through the book there's a chapter on Sharing Photos. There's a page on Printing Greeting Cards. Learning about sharing photos will send you through the page on Printing Greeting Cards. But if you forget that, going to the index will give you an entry on Printing Greeting Cards that will send you to that page which is complete enough to enable you to get the greeting cards without having to go through the whole chapter.

His approach works for me.

Before picking this book up, I'd all but given up on iPhoto. I found it a bit too simple and way to encumbering of my system. But this book really changed my perspective. Well, this book and the fact that I needed a better way to organize my pictures on my Mac than simply having massive folders of pictures.

The book is very accessible and although I thought I was familiar with the program, it opened a lot of new doors and taught me a lot I didn't know. It also provided resources for other programs that work well with iPhoto and how to connect iPhoto to Photoshop (or any digital image editor) so I can do more advanced editing outside of iPhoto.

I think most important for me was learning that I didn't need to have my photos all in one library - that I could use a separate program like the iPhoto Library Manager to make separate, context specific, libraries. This was amazing, as the more photos in a library, the more encumbering it can be on your system.

Without a doubt, I find this to be one of the best and simple books out there covering iPhoto. I highly recommend it!

This is a really helpful addition for any mac owner that wants to really use all that iphoto has to offer! Easy to understand even for cyber dummies . (Like me)

I'm a long time Mac user and have been using iPhoto since it came out. This book really hits every aspect of the program, and tells not only what's there, but how and why to use it. Examples are concise and relevant. This book is a good book for an advanced iPhoto user, and a must have for the beginner. Apple should include a copy of this book with every Mac.

I only found two points to comment on in the book:

1) You don't need to rename the iPhoto Library folder or use any third party tools to maintain multiple iPhoto Libraries. You can simply hold down the Option key when launching iPhoto and iPhoto will ask if you want to create a new library or find an existing one. This worked with iPhoto 4.

2) One thing users can do to improve the performance of iPhoto is to turn off the Drop shadow option in the Appearance preference. I don't think he mentioned that.

Otherwise he hit everything a person using iPhoto needs to know about. Great book!

Allan Marcus
Los Alamos National Lab Mac User Group

To research his book, the author painstakingly pored over every available transcript and parsed every sentence of the entire unabridged Starr report, which was ultimately the basis for President Clinton's impeachment. The author cleverly compares President Clinton's infamous and artful word usage -- such as with "is" and "alone" -- with Starr's equally clever and curious interpretations of the Independent Counsel's witness testimony.

The author also explores the so-called "talking points," the document allegedly composed by Clinton operatives to serve as a script for harmonizing the testimony of potential grand-jury witnesses, and believed by Starr (and others) to be proof of the president's attempt to obstruct justice. Dr. Gillis juxtaposes the talking points with the "Casket Letters," the documents many historians believe to be forgeries, which allegedly incriminated Mary, Queen of Scots, in the murder of her second husband.

If you think Ken Starr, Linda Tripp, Henry Hyde, and the Republican managers were the good guys during the impeachment and Senate trial of Bill Clinton, then this book may not be for you. If you think they are the avatars of evil, this book will be right up your alley. But those who are dispassionate and non-partisan will most appreciate the book for its unique perspective and analysis.

First off, let it be known that YMHS did not plunk down 50 bucks for this stunning work. Instead it was perused stealthily over the shoulder of a more affluent acquaintance. That said, it is a fine piece of writing, albeit misnomered as nonfiction, and worth the cost both for laughs, non-jovian of course, and for the proof that Jack Gillis is a loyal political friend and an apologist nonpareil.

The goodly Doctor Gillis has a keen eye, a keener wit, and the keenest sense of the absurd. His goal of abstracting L'Affaire Monica from the pages of history and tossing it into the realm of letters is exquisite and, of course, politically obfuscatory. Still, it makes for excellent reading.

The "casket" tapes make an interesting dalliance in that Linda Tripp becomes the Bothwell. Does the goodly Doctor wish the same fate for Ms. Tripp? And what then for Judge Starr? The Scaife/Mellon Tower?

But the true villains of the book are the dastardly House Republicans, which makes for great fun, and proof positive the Jack Gillis is, to say the least, a partisan weaver of tall tales and torturous tautology. Nevertheless, this reader is saving his pennies that he might one day own this fine work that he might periodically enjoy the prose, if not the logic.

I knew Bill Kienzle the year he became a priest. He was the kindest person I knew. My father, the organist, suffered a heart attack and I had to take over at 16. The schedule was 5 masses each morning. Father took over the 7:15 after I played 6:30 so I could grab breakfast. When time was short, he made me fried egg sandwiches (with ketchup ugg!) and brought it to the organ loft. All priests should be allowed to marry.

Javan did an excellent job on the book, it must of been hard for her to write. Javan had me laughing and crying sometimes at the same time, but gave me a view of Bill that I never knew. I knew that he was a very kind and gentle man and was very easy to talk to. I just couldn't put the book down and only did so when I had to. I only wish I could of been able to go the memorial service. I have read all of Bill's books and had met both Javan and Bill when I lived in the Detroit area.
Bill and I had some very in depth conversations the few times we had met at book signings. I was totally shocked when I had found out that Bill had passed away. I was always waiting for Good Friday to see what the next book was and always bought them.