Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition)

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cheeto1 reviewed:

Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition) by Karen Hesse

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Do you like to feel miserable?, May 31, 2005 This book reminded me of Our Only May Amelia in the overwhelming tragedy, talent of the author at capturing your imagination to make you feel you are there, and an interesting style of writing to make it more entertaining. Each short chapter is like a little poem making for easy reading. This book is so tragic and sad, it's like a nightmare. It's like a horror story written for children, to make them see the ugly side of life. It's too horrible to even cry. I won't plan on reading it to the children. Surely there are other kinder ways for children to learn about the great depression and the dust bowl than immersing you in a horror of severe burning, childbirth, and alcoholism. I would certainly hope a person was allowed to learn the wonder and beauty of childbirth in their young life before ever having to read this ugly book. Yet I had to give it 5 stars, because of the talent. There was a Little House book called The Long Winter, where the author could make you feel the winter. In this book, the author makes you feel the dust. I had to dust the whole house when I was through because dust just seems so disgusting now. I never knew I took fresh, un-dusty air for granted until I read this book.

May 31, 2005

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Stand Up

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C. W. Fitch reviewed:

Stand Up ~ Dave Matthews Band

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Non-corporate! Yay!, May 28, 2005 I was mildly surprised by this latest release from DMB. I had stopped listening to them for a while, shortly after I noticed that they were putting out live album after live album. Two- and even three-CD live sets twice a year for about three years straight! And all with the SAME SONGS on them! It was getting ridiculous, and I basically got tired of waiting for new stuff from them, so I kind of gave up. A shame, considering I was such a big fan of DMB. Their sound was getting very corporate and manufactured (even for them!) around that time as well, and had strayed away from what they sounded like starting out. This album returns (sort of) to their roots, and it's a pleasant curve. When I heard songs like "Bring That Beat Back" and "American Baby" (the first single), it took me back to their pre-"Under the Table" days, and I got a little misty-eyed. It sounds like they had a lot of fun making this one, and the fun shows in ditties like the catchy "Louisiana Bayou" (you can't help but "ooh" along with Dave and the guys on that one; you'll see what I mean when you listen to it). One thing I frowned at, though, was the drums. Carter Beauford is one of the premier drummers on the planet, but he takes a back seat to a drum machine on a lot of the tracks. When he does take the lead on the drums, it's a lot more low-key than I was used to hearing. That aspect is fitting, considering the album's so laid back, but a DRUM MACHINE?! That's about the only thing that reminded me that once musicians go corporate, it's really hard for them to keep it out of their music. Still and all, this is one of DMB's better albums. Not their best by a long shot, but it's nice to see that in some ways they haven't forgot the sound with which they started. I also would like to let people know about the disc itself. There's some sort of protection written into the disc that prevents most computer media players (Windows Media Player, et al) from ripping the CD to your computer. It seems that the record company is so afraid of piracy that they've fixed it so the only way you can listen to the CD is to actually stick it into your CD player/PC and listen to it that way. You can't even rip it to your MP3 player or PC. If CD's are going to be this way from now on, then there may not be much of a future for CD's themselves; people are going to just going to resort to downloading music. Anyway, enjoy the album...if you're a DMB fan, you'll probably dig it. I sure did.

May 28, 2005

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Cooler Master WaveMaster Mid-Tower Case

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Cooler Master did a wonderful job with the design of this case. If you're as fed up with pre-mod cases as I am, the simple, flowing façade of the WaveMaster will be a breath of fresh air. Cooler Master has gone with beautiful automotive paintjobs (black, silver, blue, yellow) on an all-aluminum chassis with just a hint of lighting at the front air intake.

May 18, 2005

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Palm LifeDrive

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There isn't too much the PalmOne LifeDrive can't do with its integrated hard drive, its wireless connectivity, and its multimedia capabilities, but it's way too expensive.

May 17, 2005

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11-MBPS Wireless USB Adapterby Gigafast Inc.

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Daniel Montenegro reviewed:

11-MBPS Wireless USB Adapterby Gigafast Inc. by Global Marketing

Fast to configurate!, May 16, 2005 I use to conect my laptop and my desktop (Peer-To-Peer) both are Windows Xp, and i just intalled the drivers and used the windows wizard to make my own home network. I was simple. My desktop is connected to internet and my laptop's connected by my new wireless home network perfectly. Sometimes the connection is poor or no package is received, but in a few second it start again, my house is not that big, i think is not powerfull or there're to many walls between both computers, but for a home or small businnes it's Ok. For my specific use it's excellent, small and simple.

May 16, 2005

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Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 500W Speaker System

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In short...WOW. Logitech has done it again. They have taken their Z-680s and pumped them full of aural steroids while updating their looks and features. A perfect evolution. The price may be a bit on the high side for computer speakers, but these are no ordinary computer speakers. <b>*Must Have Hardware Award*</b><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #2EA90D;">*$15 off coupon inside*</span>

May 16, 2005

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Thermaltake Armor Full Tower ATX / BTX Case

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It seems as if Thermaltake designed this entire case perfectly from the ground up. It was very hard for me to find any flaws in the case, and the only things I disliked were based on opinion. It is rare to see a case with performance and quality all undeniable and I have to give Thermaltake an A+ for this fine piece of work.

May 6, 2005

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The Essential Poco

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The Essential Poco ~ Poco

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful: and 1/2 stars. Nothing Like An "Essential" Collection, May 4, 2005 Leave it to Epic to once again give short shrift to Poco, arguably America's most influential and underrated country-rock band. When I first heard Poco would get an "Essential" collection, I had visions of a two-disc set spanning their entire recording career from 1969-1984, with perhaps a track or two from the one-off "reunion" album, "Legacy" on RCA in 1989 (Poco is back making records again on small, independent labels, now. See 2003's "Running Horse" and 2004's "Keeping The Legend Alive"). Well, Epic got it at least half-right. This set covers their entire recording career, but, at only one 70 minute disc, there are HUGE omissions which do not give a new listener a true sense of this phenomenal band. Enormous chunks of their recording career are completely omitted, particularly their work with ABC/MCA in the late '70s and early '80s. Missing completely from this era are Poco classics like "Keep On Tryin'", "Rose Of Cimarron", "Indian Summer", "Legend", and "Under The Gun." If they had also been included here, some of the tracks from the recently released "from the vaults" live recording, "The Last Roundup" would have introduced the listener to the real power of live Poco, who have always had the reputation of being a fantastic live act. Here, I am thinking of tracks like "Living In The Band" and "Too Many Nights Too Long," among others. Two tracks from 1971's live album "Deliverin'" are included here, but do not pack the punch of the tracks on "The Last Roundup", though "C'mon" comes close. Other selections in this collection are curious inclusions. While still an enjoyable track, "High And Dry" (from 1974's "Cantamos") is certainly inferior to that album's best track, the vocally and instrumentally amazing "Sagebrush Serenade," which is nowhere to be found here. Just as inexplicably, Poco's uninteresting cover of the Buffalo Springfield's "Go And Say Goodbye" from the 1972 album, "A Good Feelin' To Know" is here, while a superior song like "Ride The Country" from the same album is absent, though the live version of the latter song from the 1976 album, "Live" would be the best choice had it been included. It would be wise to avoid this collection and to pick up instead the two-disc "The Forgotten Trail" for coverage of Poco's Epic Records years, and the single disc "Crazy Loving: The Best of Poco, 1975-1982" for their ABC/MCA Records hits. Also available as an import is the two-disc "The Essential Collection" which also is restricted to the ABC/MCA years. A more balanced and better collection of ALL their material from 1969-1989 is Hip-O's single-disc "The Ultimate Collection." While still not ideal, it is a far more "Essential" collection than this travesty.

May 4, 2005

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The Ultimate Man’s Guide to Internet Dating

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Howard Bronson reviewed:

The Ultimate Man's Guide to Internet Dating: The premier men's resource for finding, attracting, meeting and dating women online (Ultimate Man's Guide) by Edgar II Howard Martin

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful: This is Simply an Excellent Guide, May 3, 2005 It's amazing, you write a supportive book for your own (male) species and suddenly you're a pariah? I read this book and I read all the reviews of it, both good and bad and I'm confounded as to how any male could have a problem with this well-written, content rich work. The only crime the writer commits (heaven forbid), is that there is a general tone of protection for the reader and why the heck not!! Just as with any woman, if a man gets taken in by the wrong relationship, it can wreck his life. If you read between the lines and swallow your errrr politics, you'll see through the veneer of the authors' words, and through the veneer of their detractors, that the Edgars are compassionate men who are trying to help other men make wiser relationship choices, and that is a problem because? Huh, I don't get it. If you really read this book, you'll gain something from it. It might even help you to make a wiser choice than for example, the choice not not NOT to date its naysayers. Thank you Edgars for having the courage to protect our side. Hard as it is to swallow for some, men are people too and have the same rights to be happy as women.

May 3, 2005

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