Steven Tracy
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My main interests of Book or other reviews include: 1. Data Warehouses 2. Enterprise Information Portals 3. Cycling 4. Sci-Fi 5. Computational Theory - Induction, Order, etc.
 

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Creating Documents with BusinessObjects by Robert D. Schmidt
Creating Documents with BusinessObjects by Robert D. Schmidt
Business Objects is a powerful, yet sometimes perplexing tool. Many of the nuances and very powerful features are just not covered in training or the vendor manuals.

In this text, Robert Schmidt creates a truly useful tool to learn the product, for novice to advanced. His first book was very good, but this one is spectacular - it covers not only what you really need to know to be effective with Business Obejcts, but also the important differences in the latest version of the product (v6). Most major releases to products require investing time in a certain amount of "re-learning" the tool; this book hits the right points for understanding what is really important. I've been… Read more

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
"predictable hazing" is a good term for the reviews I've read here not favorable to Vector Prime...

I don't agree - to introduce and get readers to buy into a completely new plot line in Star Wars is no small task. I highly recommend this book to any SW fan, but be forewarned, the series is addicting. When I look back at how well this book foreshadows so many of the events, introduces new characters and shatters illusions about the invincibility of the standard SW cast of characters, I can only rate this a "high five" - :-)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace <b>VHS</b> ~ Ewan McGregor
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace VHS ~ Ewan McGregor
It's a great movie from start to finish. Buy it and watch is twenty times, just like the first one. And, watch it again in the theater, because the money goes for charitable cause on the re-release.

I've seen three major threads of critcism against Star Wars, Episode One:

1. It's not as good as the other movies

2. The acting and dialog are wooden and slow

3. The special effects aren't as good as other movies on the market

In order:

1. SW TPM is a great story. If you know anything about the story you are watching unfold, it stands on its own, no problem.

If you doubt this, go back and watch the prior three movies, then watch TPM again. Count how many things you missed… Read more

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