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[ "I have been buying Carefresh Natural for the last year and a half, both for hamsters and for guinea pigs.", "A year ago, I would have rated this 5 stars, no question.", "It was an excellent product before.", "Lately though, the quality has been terrible.", "The bedding used to be soft and fluffy.", "Now it's dry and hard like chopped up cardboard.", "My hamster loves to tunnel, and she loved the soft fluffy stuff that Carefresh used to be.", "Now I can't use this for her.", "Also, as the quality has taken a nose dive, the price has actually gone up.", "I even tried Carefresh Ultra in hopes that it would be softer than the terrible new Carefresh Natural, but that's even worse.", "I'm so disappointed in Carefresh!", "I'm trying different beddings now to replace Carefresh, hoping I can find something soft and fluffy like Carefresh USED to be." ]

[ "After watching this film I said to myself, \"I will never watch this film again!", "\" One of the main problems with it, is that it is so utterly contrived and it is also without a doubt, un-American.", "I know there will be a few people reading this whose brains are melting right about now, but it is true.", "I don't want to hear about the ill treatment of Indians at the hands of the whites either, I am talking about this movie.", "Lets look at the nutty officer who sends what's his face off to his remote post then quickly blows his brains out.", "What was that all about?", "The only reason that was in there was to get Costner alone at his new post.", "Then, of course, the soldiers at the fort desert their post and the driver who was bring them supplies and Costner gets killed, all so Costner can make friends with a wolf, Indians and an Indianized white woman whose Indian \"husband\" just died so she can be free to run off with Costner!", "Let me know here, if this wouldn't be described as very, very contrived story elements.", "It just goes on from there, but let me write about the rest of the film.", "The photography is nice, some of the acting is very good, especially from the Indians.", "Costner's acting isn't much to be desired with his monotone ramblings, etc.", "The film is very slow paced and should have been cut down by about 45 minutes to an hour.", "Now let me explain how it is un-American.", "We have an officer of the American Army who deserts his post to fraternize with Indians who are even shown to be killing white people because they hunted buffalo.", "Then he ultimately gets arrested by the soldiers who come to the fort.", "The movie makers show all the whites and all the American soldiers as savages.", "They can't read and use books for toilet paper, they beat Mr.", "Dances With Wolves and taunt him like the Romans taunting Jesus, the main character even realizes that he is a traitor, however, we are supposed to identify with him.", "The viewers are supposed to side with Mr.", "Wolves and the Indians who are friendly accept to the white people which is all of them except Costner and the white woman who is living with the Indians.", "So, if this wasn't all enough, one of the last scenes is Costner being hauled away to be hanged or shot and the soldiers see a wolf and take pot shots at it.", "Now a real wolf, even one used to people would skedaddle once all these soldiers started firing at him.", "But the writer and director show the poor wolf standing there looking at his friend, Costner, getting shot.", "This scene is for the audience to be so outraged at the United States soldiers that we cheer when the Indians massacre them!", "It is one of the dumbest and most disingenuous scenes in movie history.", "The film is an outrage in its storyline and underlying message.", "Costner should be ashamed of himself for making such an idiotic movie." ]

[ "this album is the pits.", "three piece band.", "could have been fleshed out with some hotly clad chick singers.", "With my amazingly short attention span directed at my IPhone most of the time, i'll admit, that i only heard two of the songs off this record and one of them was really, really long...", "so i got right back to texting and dwinkin my latte....", "but, hear this all yee dimensional warriors from 40+ years ago...", "we, of the Oncoming Bland Digital Era of Total Evil will crush any hint of the soul and creativity that you may \"think\" you hear here (!!", "??", ") HA HA HA!!", "As we download and upsnuk away, despair, as you come to the conclusion that everything you've loved will be ground into the dirt as we, the \"devoid of soul\" zombies march onward, with our laptops in hand....", "or is it our hands in our laps??", "hmm...", "oh yes, that drummer guy could go on at length...", "and that song about Warthogs got me to open a shoppe....", "unfortunately, there is no market for atonal apples these days due to the poor economy and my \"peg leg\" recently broke into three (if you know what i mean (nudge nudge)...", "bummer.", "although i rated this one star....", "i think i'm going to change my mind and give it 16 moons!!!!" ]

[ "My daughter and I have been using Ancestry.", "com for awhile now.", "When the opportunity arose to try Family Tree Maker for Mac and have a free 3-month subscription as stated we were tickled pink.", "We had tons of printed data we have been entering into Ancestry.", "com that she has been receiving from family members.", "We installed the program on a iMac and after the program installed we actually had a bit of a problem locating it.", "Finally we found it by going to the Macintosh HD icon on the desktop.", "We followed the directions to sign up for our 3-month free subscription but that did not exist.", "I had to enter a credit card number and got a 6-moth free trial and after the 6 months if I do not cancel it with in the trial subscription I will be charged $99 for another 6 months of service.", "So I guess I got a better deal but I made sure to give myself a reminder in case I don't want it to renew itself after the 6-month trial is over.", "All I can say about the program it it is worthless.", "It constantly signs us out and I don't understand why.", "We enjoyed using the services on Ancestry.", "com more after signing up for the free trial subscription through the program.", "My daughter and I spent hours going viewing documents, pictures and hints of possible family members then trying to figure out why the program would not import our information.", "Overall all I can say is the program is not very user-friendly and the menu interface confusing to say the least.", "However, we did order our DNA kits for the special price offered after signing up for the trial subscription - so that was a bonus!" ]

[ "I live in California, own a 2001 Volkswagen GTI, and have a iPod Nano.", "I had a perfectly fine Philips brand cassette adapter but my husband accidentally broke it.", "I ordered this one to replace it and was so excited when it arrived in just three days.", "However, I was so disappointed when I tired to use it the next morning while driving to work.", "There is so much static and the sound quality is horrible.", "I have a monsoon sound system so I am used to clear, loud music!", "Even when I turn the volume half way up, the static is louder than the music!", "I even eject the tape several times but nothing has improved!", "I am going to throw it away after I receive my new Philips cassette adapter.", "It isn't worth returning because it cost one cent!" ]

[ "C'mon Bose, you're better than this.", "I mean, use it.", "But use it with much caution.", "I used it for about a year and my unit dropped to the floor maybe 20% of the time.", "After 4 solid hard drops, I had to retire the thing.", "It's not like it doesn't do the job - it does.", "But just very half-assedly.", "Also, if you're gonna use it, make sure to never clamp the latch 100% of the way shut.", "Instead, rearrange the rubber inserts inside and clamp the latch 50% shut.", "If you clamp it 100% shut, the latch will pry itself right off with the slightest pressure and render the unit inoperable.", "Only reason I'm giving 2 stars instead of 1 is because I did get a solid year of use out of it.", "But the thing ain't built great." ]

[ "I bought this one on a whim because I do like Jewel Quest, but really, it's probably going to be traded for another game.", "It compares very poorly to Jewel Quest and I honestly don't see myself playing it.", "My chief complaints are:\n\n1) The different jewels are very hard to tell apart.", "Some of them are so slightly different that you have to squint at the screen and even guess at times.", "Mostly the pinks and oranges - the blues are distinguishable enough.", "2) The sound.", "I had to turn the sound almost completely off and it was still irritating.", "When the jewels disappear and the remaining ones 'clack' down the speakers produce a sound like static that grates on my nerves.", "This, alone, would be enough to make me stop playing.", "Otherwise, I do admit it plays smoothly and has some nice special features (like the fireball-thing) - there's nothing wrong with the idea of the game, but it also doesn't have anything that worthwhile to outweighs those two very, very, very large negatives." ]

[ "Ordinarily, when I am reading a book that I realize I'm not going to like, I keep going.", "I want to give it all the chances I can, and I want to be able to tell people, in detail, why I don't like it, if none of the chances pan out.", "Every now and then -- one out of perhaps every fifty or more books that I've read -- I come across one that I just can't finish.", "This book is one of those.", "I can, in the end, realistically only review the first couple of chapters.", "But they were terrible, just terrible.", "The characters were cardboard, and not very interesting cardboard.", "They didn't even have the excuse of being classic fantasy or fiction archetypes or set pieces; they were just really boring people, and not very well written boring people, either.", "The wordsmithing itself was trite and hackneyed; and the imagery, by extension, was distracting rather than revealing.", "And, finally, we come to the premise itself: Earth is but a pale reflection of the Real, True World, that just happens to be the one the author created, and that we're going to go to.", "This was a pompous, arrogant, *terrible* idea when Zelazny did it in the Amber series, and it's a pompous, arrogant, and now cliched idea, this time around.", "If you want fantasy about parallel worlds and finding magic in them, try The Incompleat Enchanter (by L.", "Sprague de Camp), and leave this tripe wherever it lies." ]

[ "Before using this on my Dexter-Russell fillet knife (the knife only cost around $24, but it's my favorite), I tried it on a variety of knives I had in the kitchen, from stainless steel kitchenware to high carbon steel butcher knives.", "The results were uniformly bad, as in actual damage to the blades.", "The other reviewers who complain about gouges are absolutely correct.", "In fact, I don't know who would give this product a positive review.", "By design it is only a course sharpener.", "Several similar (low-priced) products offer these course sharpening blades, and allow you to flip the product to use fine ceramic sharpeners.", "Even AccuSharp seems to offer a better alternative to this piece of junk,&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/AccuSharp-Sharpeners-335CD-Blaze-Orange-Sharp-N-Easy-Two-Stage-Sharpener-with-Rubberized-Grip/dp/B007C1P11S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">AccuSharp Sharpeners 335CD Blaze Orange Sharp-N-Easy Two Stage Sharpener with Rubberized Grip</a>.", "Although I would stay away from any AccuSharp product after seeing the damage this product caused.", "For the kitchen, I would recommend something like the&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Lansky-4-rod-Turn-Box-Crock-Stick-Sharpener-LCD5D/dp/B000B8FW0E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Lansky 4-rod Turn Box Crock Stick Sharpener (LCD5D)</a>&nbsp;if you are looking for a relatively inexpensive sharpener for use with quality knives (or even cheap knives you intend to use).", "Better yet, take an old mouse pad (the rubbery kind), and go to your nearest auto supply store to get self-stick 600 grit sandpaper and 1200 grit sandpaper.", "Stick the sandpaper to each side of the mouse pad, trim the edges, and make sure you work on a surface you don't mind scratching.", "You have just created the ultimate sharpening system at minimal expense." ]

[ "I bought this coffee maker about a year and a half ago.", "While the coffee brewing part of it works according to the claims, it takes about 2x the coffee that my old Krups makers used (I have had three of those over the course of 20 years).", "When I only want to make a half pot, the coffee is cold.", "If I make a full pot, it stays hot for about an hour.", "Not a good thing if you want a cup of coffee say after lunch.", "The frother apparatus has been nothing but frustrating.", "It does not make nice dry foam like a real espresso maker, but I did not expect that.", "However I did expect to not get basically very watery hot milk with a few bubbles.", "I can make better froth with a whisk and a saucepan.", "Without the water.", "And the many many pieces are a major pain to wash, dry and reassemble and if you don't assemble them just right you get nothing.", "We like to set the coffee up before going to bed.", "Consequently the water in the reservoir can be quite cold, as is the reservoir.", "We have found that if we make coffee in the morning and fill the carafe with hottest tap water available, and let it get good and warm, the coffee will stay hot longer.", "But I did not pay nearly $200 to not be able to take advantage of the programming feature, nor do I appreciate letting the tap run a good 3 or 4 minutes until the water is fully hot.", "Basically, I quit using the frother after about 6 months and went to the stovetop/whisk method.", "The coffee maker began leaking water from the same two locations, drenching the counter and some things on it.", "The unit was easy to repair, but the design internally is such that leaks at the point where the filler hose and the hose to the drip basket will eventually leak.", "I did not bother to contact Capresso about the leak.", "I just took it apart and fixed it.", "Others who do not have a knack for electronic repair will be faced with paying to get it fixed.", "I would not recommend this for people who want a machine that is easy to clean, is economical on coffee and that will fit under the cabinet overhang (mine does not).", "The height is not as much a function of the machine as it is a result of our homebuilder, so I cannot blame that on the Capresso, but it is something one should consider when buying this.", "EDITED Mar 22, 2015 Final note.", "This machine has finally died and I could not be happier.", "It was expensive, wasted coffee and the frother never worked." ]

[ "The first one of these we had was wonderful.", "Worked for 2 years, until we left it outside in the rain for a few days on accident.", "Ordered another one, this time with \"Frustration Free\" packaging, and it was dead.", "Did not work.", "Took the bubble tray out, and when I tilted it liquid started to slowly leak out of the housing.", "I stuck my fingers inside and wiped around, and there was already bubble solution on the inside of the machine itself!", "Apparently it was a customer return, and was just put back in a box and sent back out.", "NOT HAPPY.", "Had 2 very upset little toddlers.", "Will not order this again.", "At least not \"Frustration Free\" packaging." ]

[ "These were no 20\".", "I have 3 children.", "They all have 20\" tires.", "I buy 20\" inner tubes a couple times a year because one or another of them have ran over something and busted them.", "Anyway, the point is that I know that my kids all use 20\" tubes.", "As for this product...", "the package says 20\".", "I bought 4 of them I think.", "They were ALL too big by at least 4\".", "I was very disappointed.", "But since I bought them as spares, I didn't realize that they were too big until after the return/exchange period had expired.", "Just a waste of money." ]

[ "I've never been a huge fan of Tiffen filters because they are \"sandwiches\", that is, a gelatin filter between two pieces of glass, instead of a single piece of dyed glass.", "There are advantages to Tiffen's method; because gelatins are extremely thin, they are still the gold standard for optical quality, the color of gelatins is extremely precise and they are available in an enormous range.", "This last point is why I ended up with this 29 filter but I'll get to that in a minute.", "The drawbacks to sandwiches are double the number of glass surfaces, the potential for problems with the optical cement that holds the gelatin and while not directly related, the fact that Tiffen doesn't seem to do much in the way of anti-reflective coatings which has become more of an issue with digital cameras.", "But I needed a dark red filter.", "Hoya, who makes perfectly good filters (including Nikon's and Canon's) no longer makes a 29.", "I tried a B+W 091 which is roughly equivalent but not identical and the Tiffen worked better.", "The first Tiffen 29 I got showed a bright reflection at the edge which turned out to be tiny chip of glass.", "The second one had a fine white dust at the edge which on close examination was glass as well.", "The black paint on the rim wasn't great either but that shouldn't cause any problems.", "So if you need a filter, try Hoya or Kenko first.", "They're the world's largest manufacturer of optical glass so they know what they are doing.", "I've never found B+W or Heliopan offer any real, practical or optical advantages but they're excellent products, too.", "And if the filter you need isn't available from any of these guys, buy a Tiffen." ]

[ "This....", "was not a well-written book.", "The prose reminded me of those old kids' books like Tom Swift or the Hardy Boys.", "It was a bit stilted and just didn't flow naturally, especially the dialogue.", "And oh the romance was badly written.", "I've got to give the author props for originality though.", "The story was unlike any other I've read, and I've read thousands of books.", "I was drawn to the idea of someone going back in time and meeting Jesus.", "I always thought that would be a cool thing to do.", "And of course, he would never be what you expected.", "But this whole adventure starring Jesus and, as it turns out some disciples (not really a spoiler because it's pretty obvious to guess)-- this whole adventure was like: \"Hey what if you could go back in time and hang with Jesus and he's a pretty cool dude who has a great sense of humor and sat around drinking with his bro's and you ended up being buds and all with the son of god and you killed demons and stuff together?", "Cool, huh?", "\" I found myself blinking and laughing at what I'd read almost every other page, and I don't think it was intended.", "This verged on South Park Jesus on occasion.", "So, I'd recommend downloading a sample of the book, and if you like the prose, go for it.", "I'm not sure everyone will appreciate the version of Jesus within, but it was original." ]

[ "I bought two of these.", "I've had them about six months.", "One is for the front yard, and the other is for the back yard.", "Both have started to leak.", "It's not the hose itself that's leaking.", "It is the metal joint on the nozzle end that connects the threads to the rest of the hose.", "They have both started to forcibly spray tiny streams of water in a couple of different directions, so it is now impossible to use the hoses without getting completely drenched.", "I am most certainly not impressed.", "I'm editing this review because I tried to salvage one of the hoses by hooking it up to a sprinkler.", "That way I don't get drenched when using the sprayer.", "That was fine for a while, but over time the sprinkler started spitting out less and less water.", "When I went to investigate, I found that the hose, which had been sitting on the reel without being reeled or unreeled, had kinked on its own in several spots.", "Now, I can't reel up the hose at all in any way, shape, or form without kinking the hose.", "Spend some money and get a decent hose." ]

[ "Was she a prophet?", "Was she a nut?", "Perhaps she was a sly and highly intelligent manipulator.", "Maybe she was a feminist in an age of male domination who decided to use God as a ladder to French Royalty.", "All interesting possiblities.", "All completely ignored by this film.", "I doubt that even Luc Besson could explain what he thought of Joan of Arc and he doesn't even try to here.", "Depite battle sequences that are almost on par with those of Braveheart, a terrifc cast giving superb performances, and stunning visuals the film falls completely flat.", "I would've prefered it if the film had nothing good in it.", "It would have been easier to dismiss, but the presence of such great elements makes the whole that much more of a disappointment.", "Milla Jovovich gives her all in the lead role, Malkcovich is as usual terrific as the sly back stabbing king, Faye Dunaway wreaks of menace despite being underused.", "Then we come to Dustin Hoffman as The Conscience, who I think is Besson's attempt at redeaming himself.", "After roaming through the first half of the film, giving us battle sequence after another, dream sequence after another, all which look magnifecent, but by the third time you see them you start wondering if he is going anywhere with this, he doesn't.", "The Conscience is his feeble attempt at understanding Joan, but it comes too late, and by then we are not so much interested in understanding her, as much as we are hoping that the film would end.", "By the time the film is over you'll be thinking to yourself, what a waste of lots of great elements in this completely pointless mess.", "Note: The film was released outside America under the title Joan of Arc, which despite being used before, is a much better title then The Messenger: The Story Of Joan of Arc which sound more like a TV move then a cinamatic release." ]

[ "I purchased this cart from another store doing so over\nthe internet.", "To return is too costly.", "I intended it to replace a 6 drawer rolling cart, where in a move,\none wheel was broken off.", "I thought this cart was the same as\nthe broken one; it is not.", "The drawers on this model, do NOT come out far enough.", "Thus,\nwhatever you have in the rear of the drawer becomes accessible\nonly by moving the front items out of the way or removing completely.", "Also, these drawers are more difficult to completely remove if you\ndesire to do so to have easy access to contents if working away\nfrom the cart.", "These drawers open out only about 8 1/2\" or so.", "A much better model, and the same as my broken one, is:\nNMC-360-Top Black (116106).", "It is found here on Amazon and the\nsame price as this model.", "With the NMC-360 model, the drawers open out much further and can\neasily be removed from the cart.", "This model will now be placed in the garage." ]

[ "I bought this a few weeks back for use on a cross country trip that included some car camping.", "The first time this was taken out of the package it was purchased in was moments before it was used at the camp site.", "After it's first use we collapsed it up and packed it away.", "The next time we used this we immediately it started leaking.", "Upon closer inspection I found that the basin had developed tears at the bottom seams where the basin folds when you collapse it down for travel use.", "I'm a little disappointed that this would happen this quickly after use, but I also understand that this sort of thing happens from time to time.", "Since I'm still in the midst of my vacation I'll have to find time to reach out to Coleman to see inquire what or how they'll address this.", "Update 08-26-15: After our first go round with this wash basin in 2011 I reached out to Coleman explaining the problem we encountered with the wash basin leaking and they replaced it as a one time courtesy (be aware, it doesn't carry a warranty).", "Fast forward four years and the next time our family is camping and we open up the still new in package wash basin we received from Coleman we received in 2011.", "Immediately out of the package it starts leaking at the same points the previous one leaked which leads me to believe it's a flaw in materials used to manufacture the wash basin.", "For this reason I cannot see my self recommending this product to anyone.", "If you're looking for camp wash basin, consider other options.", "For us, we may consider using storage totes we travel with as wash basins on our next trip." ]

[ "So, the screen works, but I'm very disappointed with the tools that were included.", "The suction cup is horrid!", "I had to get my own.", "The separater tool was extremely weak and bent with the slightest pressure.", "It ended up taking the screen from 1 crack to shattered.", "Made this process a pain.", "The triangle edgers were junk and snapped the edges under the slightest pinch.", "The only good thing provided was the tweezers and the mini screw driver.", "The rest of the tools were horrible!", "Edit: they emailed me and offered to give me a full refund if I changed my review.", "Have photo evidence of this.", "Think about then when reading the \"high\" reviews for this company.", "They are paying for higher star reviews." ]

[ "When I received this - and struggles to open the packaging - I carefully read the instructions, put in new batteries, and waited for it to hook up to WWV in Ft.", "Collins, CO.", "(I have four clocks that run off WWV, so it should work.", ") In two days, it never did make contact.", "Worse, when there was a display - since you can set this manually - it showed only the top half of the numbers in indoor temp, a third of the outdoor, and no humidity!", "I tried different batteries even those these were brand new Duracells.", "Same result.", "Okay, a defective unit.", "I called La Crosse tech support, went through their selection, and waited until the instructions were to leave my name and phone number.", "I tried again early this morning, early enough so that a human being should have answered, and still it went to voice mail.", "I emailed twice, and got a reply that said, \"Due to unusual high call and email volume...", "it could take 3-5 days to get Tech Support.", "\" I figured that I wasn't the only one who was having problems, and I filled out the Return from Amazon and am getting for a full refund.", "I have seen this unit work.", "My kids have one.", "If Tech Support or ANY person at La Crosse had answered my calls or email, I might have tried another unit.", "At this point, I simply don't need the hassles of dealing with a company stuck in 2006 (the date on the plastic packaging)." ]

[ "Poor fit on my Bosch 4000 saw.", "2 corners had to be \"massaged\" to fit the table opening.", "It would not go in.", "The insert was also not flat.", "You could not use a straightedge to make it flush with the table.", "It had a \"crown\" in the middle making the dado depth unpredictable.", "I love the Bosch 4000 saw, but the quality of this insert was very poor.", "It was obviously not made by the same company that made the saw.", "I wouldn't recommend buying it online.", "I'd go to the local tool store and get it so that if you have the same problems I did you could return it and try another one." ]

[ "I PURCHASED THIS TO CLEAN STRAIGHT EDGE RAZORS.", "ENDED UP CANNING IT!!!", "MANY OTHER PRODUCTS IN USE THESE DAYS FOR POLISHING METAL THAT ARE SUPERIOR.", "THIS REALLY FAILED IN COMPARISON.", "I USE MOTHERS MAG WHEEL POLISH AND THAT IS 100X'S BETTER THAN THIS SMELLY JUNK.", "IT WAS A PAIN IT THE BUTT WHEN I USED IT IN THE MILITARY AND IT IS THE SAME NOW.", "DOES NOT REMOVE RUST WELL.", "IT STINKS AND IT MAY WORK ON TARNISHED BRASS BUT NOT FOR RUST REMOVAL AT ALL.", "EVEN LIGHT RUST DOES'NT COME OFF.", "THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS STUFF SMELLS BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD DISSOLVE RUST AND IT DOES NOT.", "DOES NOT EVEN POLISH CLEAN METAL.." ]

[ "Lets get straight to the point here: I absolutely hated this game.", "The reason why I called my review Heavenly cannonballs, is because this was the biggest most dissappointing thing for me in the game.", "I thought there were too many sequences in this game where you had to steer objects with the controller.", "There is practically as much or more of this horrible gameplay mechanic you have to deal with in the game than there is hacking and slashing, and the game is short enough already!", "I am not new when it comes to hack and slash games (they aren't my favorite), but this one was just so completely disappointing.", "When I got to the last boss, I couldn't take it anymore..", "after 11 tries I quit, took the disc out of my ps3, and gave it away to a friend immediately without even beating it.", "The same friend told me it took him 3 months to beat the final boss on God of War when I complained about the difficulty.", "Question: How is that even remotely fun?", "It shouldn't take more than a week to beat a non-rpg single player game in my opinion.", "Anything beyond that, unless the game is extremely long, is just frustrating and unpleasant.", "Its like watching a long movie, that takes all the wrong turns when you wish it would take a right one.", "I walked out of G.", "I. Joe because it was a horrible movie.", "I gave this game away before beating it for the same reason..", "HORRIBLE.", "This game is overrated, and I feel like I completely wasted my time, energy, and money on it.", "I will not allow this game into my PS3, let alone my home ever again.", "Bottomline: There are better games out there for PS3.", "Skip this one unless you absolutely love Hack & Slash or unlike me, have extreme patience." ]

[ "\"Spares\" is an almost satisfying novel.", "It is a hybrid that includes one too many genre that spoils the stew.", "You know the story: \"Ex-cop, addict tries to do just one right-thing, which screws-up and results in mayham.", "\" Imagine this story written by Jim Thomson (depraved Private Dick), Bill Gibson (Cyberpunk), Douglas Adams (Perverse Humor), and some meta-magical metaphore specializing author.", "Then you have the story.", "These multiple contexts eventually doomed it.", "I read the UK edition.", "So, when Smith's (a Brit)American main character on location outside of Richmond, VA, USA starts refering to elevators as \"lifts\" and behavior being \"a bit Naff\" (among other cultural artifacts) I wondered if the character's was not Dr.", "Who in disguise?", "My guess is that interdimensional portals spewing zombies; drug-crazed, law enforcment officers; flying malls as metaphores for the economic caste system; gunship flying C3POs; and organ-legging cannot occur in Surrey.", "Did I leave out the kind hearted hooker?", "The story was amusing, gritty, surreal, and one continuous cliche.", "\"Spares\" is a parody on noir.", "However, it wasn't supposed to be." ]

[ "I have no idea how this book managed to win awards.", "I enjoy prose and poetic descriptions but this was overkill.", "I felt I was drowning in a marsh of prose and the effort of trying to decipher the story was just too much.", "I'm not sure the author was on the same planet as the majority of the population and mostly the story and attempts at prose were disjointed and made very little sense.", "At one stage it took me a long time to work out what was being personified and given life - it turned out to be a cement rubbish bin shaped like a kangaroo.", "Odd phrases were repeatedly being used, \"Love-in-Tokyo\", \"Not old, not young\" and \"Two-egg twins\" are a few examples.", "I never really got to know the characters and the story never really came together for me.", "The moving forward and back in time just added to the confusion.", "I persevered in the hope that I might get into the story but I began to almost dread having to pick up this book.", "The last quarter became more readable but the first three quarters could have been condensed into a few chapters.", "There was an unpleasant scene early on in the book that in my opinion did not contribute in any way to the story so I'm not sure what it's function was.", "The last chapter was a descriptive love scene that was very out of place as one of the lovers was a very minor character in the story so this was a peculiar way to end this book.", "The author should either stick to story or prose but don't try to combine the two.", "I regret having wasted time reading this book when I could have read something more worthwhile." ]

[ "Mitt Romney shunned by the Republican Party : Failed presidential candidate becomes ` persona non grata ' as officials begin planning for 2016.", "But some are wondering out loud if Romney 's fate will be somewhat more embarrassing - suggesting he might be this generation 's Michael Dukakis , who was roundly beaten by George H.", "W. Bush in 1988.", "Fading Memory : Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov.", "Mitt Romney taking the stage to concede his quest for the presidency , at the Boston Convention Center in Boston.", "One man who has hinted that Romney 's vast experience in the private business world could be put to use for the economy is President Obama himself.", "` There are certain aspects of Governor Romney 's record and his ideas that I think could be very helpful , ' Obama said during his first post-election news conference on Wednesday.", "In a post-election conference call with some of his key donors on Wednesday , Romney said that he had lost because the Obama adminstration gave ` gift 's such as health-care law and immigration reform which attracted young and minority voters.", "` The Obama campaign was following the old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups that they hoped they could get to vote for them and be motivated to go out to the polls , specifically the African American community , the Hispanic community and young people , ' Romney is reported to have said.", "Louisiana Gov.", "Bobby Jindal was deeply critical of Mitt Romney 's remarks regarding ` gifts ' that Obama apparently gave to sections of the electorate to ensure his victory.", "Almost two weeks on from Mitt Romney 's crushing loss to Barack Obama , the memory of his gracious and widely praised concession speech is fading fast.", "The remarks echoed Romney 's notorious claim that '47 percent ' of the nation were living off the government and saw themselves as ` victims ' who can not be made to take responsibility for themselves.", "Senator Marco Rubio -LRB- left -RRB- and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie -LRB- right -RRB- have been somewhat more conciliatory in their message to Mitt Romney.", "Two of the party 's most prominent female voices were equally quick to insist that the Romney era was over and urge the party to move on under new leadership.", "And Susan Martinez , the governor of New Mexico , described the Romney gaffe as a prime example of ` what sets us back as a party '.", "Senator Marco Rubio , who many see as a strong potential candidate for 2016 was slightly more diplomatic in his criticism of Romney.", "I do n't want to rebut him point by point , ' Rubio said of Romney.", "And the notoriously outspoken Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made it abundantly clear on Friday morning that it is time for Mitt Romney to ` move on ' after his election loss.", "Indeed , according to those close to Romney he was taken aback by the scale of his election loss and while for a moment it seemed he would silently exit the stage , his divisive comments about the reasons for his loss have caused other Republicans to rush to distance themselves from him.", "` So someone the other day asked me , \"Why did Romney lose?", "\" \nVictorious : U.", "S. President Barack Obama convincingly defeated Mitt Romney in the November 6th general election.", "However , senior Romney adviser Stuart Stevens disagreed with the sentiments expressed by prominent Republicans in the aftermath of the defeated candidates ` gifts ' comments.", "He called Romney ` the most popular Republican on the national scene at the moment '.", "Stevens continued : ` Even those who have been critical of the campaign on our side realise in the end that Governor Romney was resonating with millions of Americans and was running the kind of campaign we could all be pround of.", "' \nWhile Romney aides have offered differing explanations for the November 6th defeat which gave President Obama 332 electoral votes , many have pointed to Romney 's loss in white rural states such as Wisconsin and Iowa as evidence his campaign failed among multiple demographics.", "So crushing was Romney 's defeat that many have wondered what future public life he could have , especially as he has no elected office to return to." ]

[ "I'm a longtime fan of the traditional pokemon games (like Pokemon Pearl and Diamond), so when I saw this spin-off, I was pretty excited.", "Unfortunately, it took me a long time to actually get around to playing this game (various reasons I won't go into).", "It seems with Pokemon Ranger that they were looking to emphasize the RPG gameplay a bit more than the monster-raising aspects.", "Well, I was excited to play this, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish the game.", "I normally do not write reviews for games I haven't finished, but I feel I need to write a review on this to warn people who may be unable to finish for the same reason I did.", "Just check the gameplay section for those details...", "Since I got roughly half-way through the game, every other category's judgment is based on that experience.", "Graphics (score 7/10): Graphics aren't too bad at all.", "In fact, they look better than the traditional Pokemon games, even the most recent Pokemon Black and White.", "The character models are just more detailed looking and actually have more animations.", "Compared to games on the DS in general, the graphics are pretty average looking; nothing too special but also nothing bad.", "Music (score 7/10): Once again, \"average\" is the word of choice I'd use to describe this category.", "The music is pretty standard fare for anyone who's familiar with Pokemon games.", "It's just simple, but pleasant, ambient RPG-esque tunes.", "Nothing irritating, but nothing that stands out too much either.", "Characters (score 7/10): Well, as is par for the course for Pokemon games, the characters are pretty simplistic.", "You have your ubiquitous \"Professor\" character, and several NPCs.", "You can choose which gender you prefer to be, but either way, your protagonist doesn't have much personality.", "The rest of the characters have a bit more personality, but not much compared to real RPGs.", "Of course, the pokemon series was always aimed at children, and as such, have pretty simple characters, so I can't really mark off too many points in this category.", "Story (score 7/10): Well, I've only managed to experience half of the story, but I've played all the traditional pokemon games so I already know what to expect.", "Basically, it's the same old formula with your protagonist, a criminal organization (the Go-Rock Squad) who's hilariously incompetent, themes of friendship with pokemon, etc.", "The story is moved forward by going on missions.", "Basically, you are a new Ranger and the Ranger Station just gives you missions to complete.", "These missions will consist of something like \"go into the forest and rescue a lost person\".", "Once you finish one mission, the story moves forward and you get another mission.", "That's about it.", "The story is sub-par compared to the average RPG, but for a pokemon game, it's pretty average.", "Gameplay (score 4/10): This is a bit of a catch-all category for me.", "Well, here it is - the category that made me stop playing the game.", "This pokemon game differs from the traditional ones in a major way - there are no turn-based battles.", "Instead, you can capture \"friend\" pokemon using the stylus by drawing loops around them on the touchscreen.", "You also don't get to keep any of the pokemon that you capture.", "They stay temporarily as you work on missions and leave once the mission is done.", "You'll also need to capture certain pokemon to clear environmental obstacles (like using a cyndaquil to burn a log blocking your path).", "As for the stylus capturing method, this is really what got me.", "At first, it wasn't bad at all.", "In fact, I thought the new gameplay mechanic was fresh and interesting.", "However, as soon as I got to the section with the Jungle Relic and the trials, the difficulty spikes immensely.", "I really was caught off guard.", "You can't use any friend pokemon to help you in here, leaving you with only your partner pokemon who's completely ineffectual for these difficult captures.", "I've tried about twenty times, and I just can't do it.", "I even went seeking some FAQs to see if there was some great technique I was missing or something, but they all just said things like \"be fast and good luck\".", "Yeah, thanks for that.", "I physically cannot go any faster, and I'm afraid to just go crazy with the thing anyways lest I scratch my lovely DS screen.", "I've had the thing for five whole years now and there isn't a single scratch on the screen, and I'll be darned if I cause one now!", "I'll be honest here, maybe I'm just a crappy gamer and that's why I can't do it.", "I've primarily been a connoisseur of turn-based RPGs and point-and-click adventure games up to this point since I just don't have good reflexes.", "While I have a large number of games in my collection and count myself a serious gamer (I've finished and reviewed over sixty games), I just can't play certain types of games.", "Normally I'd just chalk up this game as not being bad in and of itself, but just too hard for me.", "No hard feelings and such.", "However, this game is specifically aimed towards kids.", "I feel that the difficulty level is unfair for them regardless of whether I can finish the game or not.", "Not to mention, even if it didn't get so difficult, the gameplay would soon grow pretty stale and repetitive since it's a simple mechanic without much depth to it.", "Overall (score 4/10): NOTE this score is not an average; it's my subjective overall score.", "I don't normally dock a game score this low when there's not much wrong with it, but being unable to finish a game really detracts for me.", "Plus, I really just can't recommend this game to anyone.", "Kids are quickly going to get frustrated with it's difficulty, and fans of the deep battle mechanics from the other pokemon games are not going to find much here to satisfy them.", "The storyline isn't going to win any awards, and the gameplay (even if it isn't too hard for you) is just repetitive and tedious.", "I find myself unable to really recommend this to anyone.", "If you are a long-time fan of the pokemon franchise, just play Black and White until a new generation comes out and skip Pokemon Ranger altogether.", "If you are new to pokemon, definitely don't start with this game.", "Try one of the more traditional pokemon games; you'll have much more enjoyable gameplay that will give you a much deeper, more cerebral experience as you plan teams and battle strategies and such.", "Just pick up Pokemon Black, White, Pearl, Diamond, Platinum, Heart Gold, or Soul Silver instead of this spin-off.", "I guarantee one of those will bring you a much more fulfilling experience than Pokemon Ranger would." ]

[ "I am a avid gamer and I wanted a solid keyboard and the ability to program hot keys for use in the many games that I play.", "I had considered the Logitech G15 but felt it was to expensive.", "The built \"hot key\" support covers one game, \"World of Warcraft\".", "While the G11 has more programmable keys than the G15, the programming function is not \"on the fly\" and is not that easy to do.", "I purchased the G11 over a year ago and I am on my 2nd one!", "After 3 months of use the main enter key stopped working.", "However, the enter key on numeric keypad worked fine.", "Since it was only 3 months old I sent a customer service request into Logitech to get a replacement.", "It took more than 20 emails back and forth to make them understand that every key worked fine except ONE!", "It then took another 2 months to get a replacement, which broke today with a non-functioning enter key.", "The other issue with his keyboard are the feet at the back that are supposed to lift it on a angle for comfort in typing.", "The feet lift the keyboard approx.", "1/4 inch.", "which is ridiculous.", "I fabricated a wooden \"lift\" to fit into the notches on the keyboard to lift it 1 inch and give a good angle for use.", "The feel of the keys is quite good, however you won't be using it for long before the enter key stops working.", "Once again a solid product falls to the fate of over seas production and customer support that can speak English, but does not understand English." ]

[ "I purchased this router in July of 07 and have never been able to use it.", "I have sent it in for repair three times and have received three seperate new motors.", "All of them have un acceptable runout.", ".", "060-.", "090 or more.", "The runout is so bad that the router actually shut off when I tried to turn a panel bit.", "You can visably see the wobble if you put a large 1/2\" flush trim bit in it.", "I even went through the trouble to video tape my tests using a dial indicator, i clamped the motor to my cabinet saw and placed a 1/2 straight bit using the shaft as a referance and received almost a 3/4 swing on the indicator, I then moved the same collet and bit into and old PC router (rockwell) with results of.", "001 in runout, very acceptable in a 10 year old well used router.", "I sent them the videos and they still say they are finding no problems....", ".", "Basically if you bought a PC tool 10 years ago you will love it, if you buy a current model good luck, it is imported garbage, I have also burned up about three PC sanders over the past two years.", "I now buy Festool, the stuff is exspensive but perfectly engineered and you will not have to replace it.", "I have a friend who has a 10 year old Festool sander that failed and they rebuilt it for under 100 bucks and had it back within a week.", "That is customer service\n\nDo Not Buy This Router....", "....", "....", ".", "Porter-Cable is not worth the aggrivation.", "PS I own a high end Cabinet shop in Colorado, I know tools....", "...." ]

[ "It's is super small, I forget it's there until I search for the green light to be sure it's on.", "It's not elaborate, for the techy person, it may be too simplistic.", "Which, is why I prefer this.", "5 little buttons across the top, USB port and that's it.", "Nothing fancy, but I have many DVD's from around the world as I have globally gathered my collection and it plays each of the regions just fine.", "I may be wrong here, not sure, but as this is a pretty simple setup I CANNOT MANAGE TO GET THE LANGUAGE FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH.", "Fortunately, I can understand most of it, and have just gotten used to it.", "Not sure if this is a glitch or not, but thought I would mention.", "(almost) 1 YEAR LATER - UPDATE: I have come to really hate this player and reduced the rating from 4 star to 1.", "I have many DVD's from all over the world and enjoy each of them randomly.", "However, this machine being stuck in espaol is irritating.", "I don't mind the simple start, stop, play, etc.", "prompts in Spanish (I can manage that), but there are a some of the DVD's that are in multi-language formats.", "When this is the case, this player will default the entire movie in Spanish and there is NO WAY TO CHANGE IT...", "I have tried and tried.", "Extremely irritating!", "JUNK as far as I'm concerned.", "PS...", "When I purchased this, it was $39.", "4 DAYS LATER (from the update above)- Not sure if I jinxed myself or what!", "BUT the DVD player has officially crapped out.", "Cannot play any movies at all, it just spins the DVD really loud and takes 15 minutes after eject prompt before actually ejecting.", "EXTREMELY disappointed as I've also had a high regard for Sony's products, but they have officially lost me as a customer.", "This was less than a year old (Last Xmas, I bought it and it is Dec.", "6th today)." ]

[ "Not exactly.", "I was a die-hard fan of Donkey Kong Country when it came out for the SNES, and I had hoped that this game would be a re-release of the same game for new fans to enjoy.", "It's not.", "This is why, more or less, the grade is so low.", "I loved that old SNES game to death.", "I think I may have loved it a little TOO much, however, because I waited several days before actually entering my name to play it.", "Why?", "Because although I turned the game on the very first day, the absence of that wonderful image of Cranky with the phonograph made me realize I wasn't back in Kansas, so to speak.", "Yes, you may get some kicks out of this game if you're a new gamer.", "Yes, you may find it amusing if you were a casual fan of the original, but for an orthadox Kong-aholic like me, I just don't reccomend it." ]

[ "Got my BCPERS450, and it was dead on arrival.", "So no problem, right?", "Amazon has a great return policy?", "Better think twice.", "When you click on return, the screen says this item contains hazardous material (the battery) and Amazon will not accept it back.", "OK, so I called TrippLite and they said they won't take it back either...", "in other words, you lose all your money and get nothing.", "Finally after screaming at the TrippLite service manager for 10 minutes, he agreed to send me a replacement battery...", "they checked and said that Amazon had been holding my unit for 7 months before they sold it, and the batteries go dead a lot sooner than that.", "So you know that Amazon is the cause of the problem, and a lot of other people will also get the same treatment.", "I was told the new battery will probably resolve my issue, but if it doesn't, then we have to begin the arguement all over.", "I have now spent several hours on this miserable transaction and it's really anoying.", "I have another BCPERS450 that has worked OK for several years, but I bought it locally...", "and I suggest you do the same, because after Amazon first ruins the product, then sells it to you, they follow up that blunder by saying they won't take it back, because it \"contains hazardous material\".", "Nice." ]

[ "...", "ultimately a disappointment.", "When I started reading it, I couldn't put it down for an hour or so.", "I empathized with the narrator, and couldn't wait to see where the plot was going, and for Crichton's grand ideas.", "(Albeit sometimes strangely uninformed ideas - or perhaps, more likely, plot-useful fictions, e.", "g. the charming but scientifically hollow notion that apes can acquire language a la \"Congo\" (see \"The Creation Hypothesis\" for a succinct, devastating analysis of ape language research); dinosaurs \"evolving\" useful survival traits; etc.", ") No matter how shaky the science behind them - and some of the science has been very shaky - his ideas are always interesting; \"Timeline\" was chockful of fascinating ruminations, and I expected no less here.", "Suddenly it was over.", "The story is short and very localized, centering on half a dozen throwaway characters.", "The threat starts out as seeingly insurmountable, then becomes somewhat silly in its progress.", "I was reminded of \"Mount Dragon,\" but seemingly shorter, hurried, and smaller - a \"Mount Dragon\" Lite.", "Before you know it, it's over, and you're looking at the cover binding to see if some 100-odd pages have been removed.", "Some technical terminology (the obligatory \"fractals\", for one) is tossed in, but doesn't really go anywhere useful.", "There are a couple of huge plot holes which allow the threat into the wild.", "The scenario supposes a level of nano-engineering that is quite fantastical, but which, like \"Congo's\" talking gorilla, would be forgiveable if the story were more meaty.", "I wouldn't even buy this one in paperback.", "Used even." ]

[ "*update on July 10- just spoke with people at Wellness: Was told the reason they removed those 4 ingredients was because \"people\" complained and didn't want them in the cat food\".", "The man went on to say the company has been receiving a lot of feedback from people like us, complaining that our cats will no longer eat the food.", "I suggested that they bring it back and keep both formulas- the old one and the new one.", "Make every body happy- he said it certainly is a possibility and that they DO LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY- SO PLEASE- CONTANT THEM- THEY WILL TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY- and he also said emails /letters to the company are taken very seriously.", "LET'S GET THOSE INGREDIENTS BACK THAT OUR CATS LOVE!!!", "***\n\nThe updated \"New can design \" came with certain ingredients removed.", "They removed potatoe, squash, zucchini and blueberries.", "I know this because I purchased this new version- and still had the old version in my pantry.", "I compared ingredients from both cans *\n\nI opened the can of the \"new\" stuff- and my cat sniffed it and walked away.", "She wouldn't eat it.", "She's always been finicky and only eats canned ( chicken and the chicken / herring formula).", "My other cats all eat Wellness Dry only.", "However, my other cats wait to \"lick\" what's left on the plate after The Finicky one finishes.", "(Non finicky cats won't care.", "They'll eat anything.", "But if you have a picky cat, any change will throw them off.", "That's not cool when it comes to food.", ")\n\n*The next day, I opened the can of the \" old\" formula.", "She ate the entire 5.", "5 oz can in one sitting.", "I looked at the ingredients on both cans and noticed potatoe , squash, zucchini and blueberries are no longer in the ingredients of the updated version.", "Wish I'd have known this in advance.", "It's a lot of money to spend when the cat won't eat the food and you can't return the unopened canned food.", "I wrote a letter to Wellness and am awaiting their reply.", "In the meantime, I'll see if she eventually eat it and like it.", "For now, I've been mixing the old and new together...", "hoping to slowly get her used to it that way.", "She eats it slowly.", "Very slowly.", "If I switch to just a small bit of the old formula alone?", "It's gone in seconds flat!", "I wonder why the Price is the same when they've removed 4 ingredients.", "We're getting less, not more.", "Let the CATS decide if they want to eat veggies in their food.", "It's their choice.", "The cats we have are domesticated cats, not wild cats that hunt for their food.", "Domestic cats do not \"know\" their ancestors were meat only eaters.", "I will not get into debates from people stating in the comments what MY CATS should or shouldn't eat.", "If the food is high quality and they eat it, I have no problem with it.", "I merely placed this review for those wondering what was removed so they'd know why their cats do not like it.", "If your cats want to eat a good quality food that contains rainbows and glitter, go for it.", "You get my point.", "Take my review for what it's worth: Information letting others know the difference between the NEW and the OLD formulations." ]

[ "Why are dozens of people selling this router on Ebay for as little as $2?", "It has serious flaws.", "Dont use this router, even if someone gives it to you for free.", "I bought it for my office a few years ago and attempted to use it as a wireless B router.", "It didn't work, so I went out and bought a wireless G router and that was fine.", "I then brought it home and put it back in the box and forgot about it.", "Recently I tried to use it at home as a wired router, thinking that since it was not being used as a wireless router, it would work fine.", "It still had problems, even with the newest firmware update.", "I soon discovered it wasn't the wireless feature that was the problem.", "It was the entire unit.", "It frequently loses the Internet connection regardless of wired or wireless, especially when streaming video.", "Once you try streaming video (which this router won't let you do), you lose your connection and are forced to reset it, over and over and over.", "Very frustrating.", "There are posts all over the Intenet about this unit, but Linksys has not done anything about the problem.", "I have an easy fix for the problem.", "Toss the produce in the garbage.", "See how easy that was." ]

[ "Usual Calphalon quality.", "Beautiful pot.", "Too bad it's useless for the purpose I purchased it.", "The pasta insert is so short that you have to fill the pot SO full just to cover any amount of pasta.", "This causes the water to take eons to boil AND the water boils over.", "I wish I could find a TALL pasta pot with a strainer insert that is tall enough to be useful.", "Can't return it because I threw away the box even before I used it (that's how much I love Calphalon - I just trusted).", "Once I used it, I was disgusted and will be giving it away to charity.", "Again...", "USELESS.", "Oh...", "the rivets are corroding after TWO uses.", "What the heck????" ]

[ "I've two of these stands.", "On one of them, the base part of the tubing has lost its tack weld.", "If you carefully separate the pie slice shaped black foam from the base of the stand, you'll see that the base of the tubing is welded there.", "Mine lost its weld, so the tubing is not secure to the grey base - they separate - I was left holding the tubing while the grey base fell to the floor!", "UPDATE: 1/9/12 GLEN INGLES REFUSES TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE STAND.", "BEWARE!", "...", "and you should be aware that the stand is assembled in....", "....", "....", "..", "wait for it....", "....", "....", "....", "China.", "That may explain why it failed, but Glen Ingles could have offered to replace it.", "I guess he doesn't want me to buy any more of his products, or refer others to his products.", "Well, that's his policy.", "That's okay, he's got competition, and I'll be purchasing from them instead." ]

[ "Alison Sudol, aka A Fine Frenzy, has always gone for lyrical depth with her music, but she takes it to another level on Pines.", "I won't repeat what you can read here on the product page, but she lost me this time.", "In part because the concept is a bit obtuse, but the music does little to support her narrative.", "No, it further obfuscates the story with long instrumental interludes that are all over the place in style.", "The first two songs place heavy emphasis on acoustic guitar and folk style to the extent that they sound more like they belong on Lisa Hannigan's (Note: There's nothing wrong with Lisa Hannigan.", "However, if I want that sound, I'll queue up Lisa Hannigan instead.", ") first album than something from A Fine Frenzy.", "It's not just the instrumentation on these songs, but it is also Sudol's vocal delivery.", "It goes between whisper/spoken and grating falsetto with too much vibrato.", "It's not until \"Avalanches (Culla's Song)\" that longtime fans will find something that sounds like what they are expecting.", "The only other songs that resemble A Fine Frenzy's sound are \"Sailingsong\" and \"Now Is The Start\".", "However, it would be inaccurate to say that this is all there is to Pines - but not necessarily in a good way.", "If you fancy generic dance pop, then look no further than \"It's Alive\".", "That is an ironic way to arrive at saying that Pines is the musical equivalent of Frankenstein's monster.", "While it was intended to be high concept, it comes off as a collection of ill-fitting random parts.", "If you want good music from A Fine Frenzy, grab One Cell in the Sea and Bomb in a Birdcage if you don't have them.", "If you are curious about the folk songs, try Lisa Hannigan's See Sew.", "But whatever you do, pass on Pines." ]

[ "It's not very clear as to what this hardware does.", "If you try to stream with it, you will thrash the CPU on your computer, as it is doing all of the processing.", "Same if you just want to record.", "Went back to using OBS instead of this, and my framerate instantly improved, AND I used less of my CPU.", "So I'm not sure what this device is doing exactly.", "Stick with free software like OBS, which works far better than this, and is free.", "1) There are no forums to ask questions, file complaints, or get tech support\n2) You can send an e-mail (which I have), but then you're waiting days (if at all) for them to get back to you.", "3) The software is horrendous.", "You can't open a file from within the software itself, you can't even get to the Windows explorer menu from there.", "4) Crashes when trying to log into Twitch, so you're not going to be able to stream from this.", "5) Trying to get it to work with OBS is damn near impossible.", "You need to download another piece of undocumented software that they provide, but there are no instructions, so you best rely on youtube videos from 12 year olds to guide you.", "Even then, it doesn't work.", "Benefits:\nIt can record at 1080p / 60, in the rare instances that it works.", "I'm keeping it, but only because I've also tried the El Gato HD 60, and it is equally as bad.", "You're options are pretty limited when it comes to recording or streaming games via hardware." ]

[ "Well i took a walk today along the Delaware river, it was 30 degrees and 40mph winds...", "so it felt like 10 degrees...", "Pros-at first my hands were chilly when i started my walk, but after a few minutes or so my body heat warmed up the gloves from the inside, and they felt ok.", "Cons-These gloves don't have a whole lot of dexterity to them...", "i tried to put my hoodie up over my hat and it was near impossible.", "look at the photos they seem to be thinner than they actually are.", "Sizing also seems a little off...", "if you plan on ordering, buy one size larger than you would actually normally wear...", "these are too snug for me.", "UPDATE: We are having some brutally cold days in the NE and these gloves have let me down...", "My fingers literally go numb inside the glove after a minute or so...", "I don't even know how its possible, because they're fairly thick.", "Skip these gloves if using for cold weather." ]

[ "So I’ve had this for a few months.", "It’s huge.", "It took 8 people to put it up cause it is very heavy!", "Mine came with some pin holes in it.", "I was so mad and found out after it was filled to the top.", "So with that said.", "I had to patch it.", "There was no way I was going to waste all that water to return it.", "So the patch has held so far.", "But this pool was expensive and should not have been damaged at that price.", "The filter is definitely not big enough for the pool so you may want to upgrade unless you like spending time in the sun vacuuming this huge pool!", "The vacuum suction does not pick up fine dirt.", "So yeah that’s what I’m dealing with now.", "But it’s sturdy.", "It held up during a 5.", "9 and a 7.", "1 earthquake.", "So that’s good.", "The kids are happy." ]

[ "I found their installation process works just fine.", "To get the very edge of the screen protector to lay down flat, I had to wait for it to dry (30 minutes?", "), and then smoothed it down with the microfiber cloth.", "I gave the product 2 stars because I believe this product will only protect the fitbit from minor scuffs.", "You can scratch this protector with your finger nail!", "This is not a stiff protector, like the tempered glass screen protector I have on my iPhone.", "The material is very soft, much like warm vinyl.", "When properly installed (edges are smoothed down), you will notice the 4 outer edges of the versa (which you have to swipe across for certain functions) now has an abrasive, scratchy feel, instead of the smooth feel you had when there was not a protector.", "I removed this screen protector after about 2 days when it began to develop air bubbles and several small cuts and smudges.", "Not sure if I will look for another brand..." ]

[ "A reviewer below writes, \"No question, the funniest movie I've ever seen.", "I laughed so hard and so much my face hurt, my stomach hurt.", "\" If you think this is the funniest movie ever, you need to get out and see more comedies, my friend.", "Maybe I saw a different movie, but at no time did my face or stomach hurt while watching The Aristocrats.", "I mean, it was OK, maybe worth a rental if you're in the mood.", "But I only laughed a couple of times in 80 minutes.", "The rest of the time I wondered why this was hailed as a hilarious documentary.", "Amusing, sure.", "But hilarious?", "Nah.", "It says something when the funniest comedian in the movie is a mime." ]

[ "I picked up the first book and loved it.", "The second book was okay...", "but didn't have a purpose beyond expanding the story...", "then we got into books three to five.", "Great stories...", "but no reason for them...", "new characters coming out of the wood work and not advancing the plot.", "This last book was hopelessly the worse one yet...", "nothing happened and the characters never got beyond doing stuff...", "To be honest George R.", "R. Martin is a great writer and should stick to short stories, or he needs to go back to writing 101 and learn to develop a novel...", "or just go back to book one...", "he did so much better there." ]

[ "The game is okay at first, but there are a lot of annoying things about it.", "The reports suck, and it's hard to figure out the best amounts to charge each store at times.", "Upgrading sucks because you have to click to scroll through a long list of items to figure out dependencies to get later upgrades, and then click to scroll back to the dependency to research it, and it only shows 1 item at a time.", "The roaming employees (janitors, guards, etc.", ") are idiots.", "They do go out of their zones, but they do a horrible freakin job, and I'm constantly torn between hiring more when I don't have the money, or doing the very annoying pick-up and drop maneuver to get them to clean some corner that isn't covered.", "The mechanics are even worse -- they NEVER go out of their zone -- AT ALL!", "So you have to hire dozens if you place objects around the mall, which balloons your payroll...", "that, or just let the objects sit there broken (which, all of them break FREQUENTLY) and hope the shoppers are as dumb as the mechanics and just don't notice.", "Scenario goals are too vague at times (hard to tell when it says \"make $10000\" whether it means have $10000 in the bank, or have a reported net or revenue of $10000.", ")\n\nCreating a custom store is a terrible experience.", "Attempts at building a second story and putting in shops completely ruined my store and turned my clients into zombies....", "I STILL HAVE NO CLUE WHY THEY ARE ZOMBIES, WHAT THAT EVEN MEANS, OR HOW TO GET THEM UNZOMBIFIED!", "and at this point I just don't care...", "this really killed the game for me after kind of being iffy about it the whole time.", "Neat idea, poorly implemented." ]

[ "So I am traveling and tried on two TVs in two hotels.", "The hdmi plug does not work.", "It says no signal.", "Sadly my return window closed but I hope to call amazon after my trip and hope something can be done.", "- Update: I explained the situation to Amazon and I was able to get a full refund.", "Also, other people they say with this issue will be flagged and the product will be investigated.", "I'm seeing a few more HDMI not working posts now so check yours.", "If it doesn't work, lets get this off the market.", "- I purchased a new one from another company today.", "I was told it works, we'll see." ]

[ "Cables just didn't hold up.", "Connectors did not maintain their shape andelectrical connection failed.", "Cables stopped charging my phones.", "Had to buy other cables.", "Original list price $19.", "99, on sale $2.", "58 with free shipping.", "What was I thinking?", "If they had to discount the product that much to sell it, what is it really worth?", "I would not buy this product again." ]

[ "This phone holder is fantastic while it is working.", "Unfortunately after a few hundred miles the part at the very end, which holds your phone and attaches to the part that grips the bike, always gets extremely loose.", "As one reviewer described it, \"I started to see a bit of wobble on the mount and noticed that the screw that secures the 'plate' to the mounting arm was very loose.", "\" Unfortunately this is not a screw that can be tightened by the user.", "You have to get a replacement.", "And it seems they all have this problem.", "Maybe the holder would be fine for people who don't ride bikes very frequently.", "I commute by bicycle and ride between 30 and 50 miles per week.", "After a few months the phone is jumping around so much that I'm afraid it is going to jump right off the mount.", "(My first unit did just that.", ")\n\nI am going to look for another iPhone holder.", "I strongly recommend you stay away from this brand.", "It seems very cool and well engineered at first but if your experience is anything like mine, you will regret the purchase in a few hundred miles." ]

[ "Stephen Baxter must have had to meet a novel contract in a short amount of time.", "So what did he do?", "He took an old short story and used a 10 pound sledge hammer to merge it into an old story loop.", "He expounds upon trajectories quite a bit.", "Trajectories both \"time-like\" and \"space-like.", "\" With section titles such as \"Trajectory: Time-Like\" and...", "you can guess the rest of it.", "What it amounts to is something that is \"boring-like.", "\" Wait.", "Strike that.", "It isn't like something that is boring, it is boring all by itself.", "The characters are stiff and unbelievable, the style the science is written in very condescending and repetitive.", "This novel bears no resemblance to some of his earlier work, like Raft, which is very good.", "I would give Raft five stars, but unfortunately cannot give less than one for this dreck.", "Don't waste your money on this.", "EDIT: Since writing this review, I decided that maybe I was a little too harsh.", "Baxter is an incredible writer, so maybe my disappointment with this volume added a little to the tone of the review.", "He most definitely deserves kudos for such far-ranging vision as he displayed in this work, so I would give him two more stars for a total of three if I could." ]

[ "Cornwall writes a great \"Boys' Own\" version of the Waterloo campaign and the book itself is very nice to hold and look at- a throw back to the Napoleonic literature of the 1970s that catalyzed the wargaming phenomenon.", "Alas, while filled with exciting prose, this high level overview of the campaign is riddled with errors, omissions and factual mistakes.", "Lots and lots and lots of mistakes.", "At the moment some napoleonic history forums are collecting and publishing these numerous errors.", "These errors range from small to very large.", "Noticeably, it is VERY Anglocentric, with the Dutch-Belgian and German contributions overshadowed by the \"There they were, a thin line of red coated heroes....", "...", "\" narrative.", "The portrayal of the Dutch-Belgian contingents is almost insulting.", "This book was written to make money, not for historical accuracy.", "It shows.", "Sad." ]

[ "In my line of work, it's a great idea to learn another language, and Spanish being the main lingo outside of English in my area, the Instant Immersion program seemed like the ticket.", "It may very well be.", "If it WORKED.", "I don't want to stay how many times I put the various DVDs that come with this program in my computer, to bring up a program that did nothing.", "I looked in the box: no instructions.", "I went to the developer's website: no useful information.", "I went to another Immersion-only website: no helpful links.", "Now this might be because I have a Macbook, and not a PC.", "But the program is supposed to be Mac-compatible, so what gives??", "I may revise this if and when the developer gets back to me (so far, no replies, and with a program this problematic, that's not a good sign.", ")\n\nI give this two stars for what it MIGHT be like if I can ever figure out how to make this work, and of course, the bargain price.", "But it ain't much of a bargain if it doesn't WORK.", "I'll be glad to revise it if and when.", "Meanwhile, Rosetta Stone's looking better and better.", "Now if it only they'd do something bout the price!" ]

[ "There is no doubt that The Legend of Zelda video gaming series is one of Nintendo's greatest accomplishments, in which a character named Link would fight to save the land and the people, primarily from Ganon.", "Each of the games has been praised as a classic throughout the years, from its humble beginnings in The Legend of Zelda to the most recent three-dimensional adventures.", "For each game series, there's always bound to be a black sheep to show up.", "One of these black sheep is called \"Link: Faces of Evil\", in which Link must defeat Ganon, save Zelda, and become the almighty hero of Koridai.", "Sounds like your typical Legend of Zelda game, but it's a far cry from it.", "First off, the graphics are just plain terrible, especially during the cutscenes.", "(You can most likely find them on YouTube, they're so bad they're hilarious.", ") It shows that Philips were given limited time with the development, so it obviously looks rushed.", "The game controls are awful as well, as they don't respond well at all.", "Plus I hate to spoil it all, but to defeat Ganon, all you do is throw the Book of Koridai at him and then you've saved the princess.", "There's no effort put into this game, this is just a cheap way for Philips to exploit some of Nintendo's characters and turn them into a complete joke of themselves.", "It's funny how this game became very valuable, despite Nintendo only acknowledging for cursory input and that the game is poorly produced.", "Nintendo disregarded this title (as well as the two other Zelda CD-i titles) for a reason." ]

[ "I had to review this item because it failed me twice when I was deep in the woods.", "Yes, I bought one and returned it for another Scotts hand spreader.", "I should have got my money back because you only use this tool seasonally.", "So I bought the first one to plant 3 clover food plots.", "It failed on the start of the 2nd food plot.", "I ran back to town and exchanged the spreader so I could finish.", "I finished the food plot but the kicker is I noticed the 2nd spreader was starting to fail.", "I got the spreader out to plant another food plot this spring and bam it completely failed like the 1st.", "The problem is that the plastic handle and gears are designed poorly.", "It starts off fine then it gets harder and harder to turn the handle.", "Then you will start to hear the gears jumping & grinding.", "You will try to empty the seed to clear the spreader but some seed gets stuck in the housing/gear box area.", "The product is done at this point then you realize Scotts just made money off of you with a spreader that can not preform its job.", "Why produce a product that can not preform its purpose?", "Thanks Scotts for taking peoples money and adding additional plastic to the land fill." ]

[ "I really, really wanted to love this book.", "It's about the building of Stonehenge, and pagans in old England, so I thought it would be perfect for me.", "Unfortunately, it was one of the most boring books I ever read.", "There is just nothing interesting about this book.", "Lots of people are evil, lots of people age really fast, and nothing is described well.", "I don't even have that much to say about it.", "I just thought it was incredibly boring and a tad gross.", "And why are the gold bars always being described as lozanges?!!", "Two stars.", "I can't really recommend this to anyone." ]

[ "Since an APC product failed to protect my equipment several years ago, and APC refused to honor their guarantee to compensate me for replacement equipment, I have since found that ZeroSurge works well and is reliable in protecting my equipment, unlike APC.", "My motherboard was destroyed by a power surge, as was my power supply and memory boards.", "APC's device should have had a few Metal Oxide arrestors blow out, but none did and the surge proceeded to destroy my equipment.", "APC techs claimed that since they found nothing wrong with the APC SugeArrest, they would not honor the guarantee.", "Guess what?", "The fact that there was NOTHING WRONG with their unit is evidence that IT FAILED!", "There should have been some blown MO arrestors, but they failed to blow.", "The APC product failed, and they refused to compensate me.", "I don't like it when Im lied to regarding warrantees!", "I have discarded all APC units and their worthless guarantees.", "It's not enjoyable to write scathing indictments of a company, and I almost never do.", "But I've been lied to.", "They warrant that if their product fails to protect your equipment, they will compensate you for replacements or repairs.", "They refused to do so.", "They lied." ]

[ "Y&T have had a hard time indeed to create music of the same calibre as they did on \"Black tiger\" and \"Mean streak\".", "With \"Contagious\" from 1987, the band (without original drummer Leonard Haze) got really caught up in the image driven metal style both in regards of looks as well as musical approach.", "The album starts off with its best song, the title track \"Contagious\" which has originality.", "The second tune, \"L.", "A. rocks\" is just a sleazy flirt with image concerned album buyers.", "The ballad \"Temptation\" is alright but with over a minute left of the song you realize that this tune would really benefit if kept shorter.", "The songs \"The kid goes crazy\" (with its similarities to Van Halen's \"Hot for teacher\") and \"Armed and dangerous\" are better than the other tracks that most of the time is of mediocre or average standard.", "All together there are three good songs and a lot of fillers.", "But as a Y&T fan you probably want to have all of their albums.", "Just remember that this band have released much better stuff earlier in their career.", "In fact, every album before \"Contagious\" is better, but Y&T have also released much worse stuff after this one." ]

[ "I know $40 is not much for a rotary tool but its also not cheap.", "Let me explain my experience.", "first I opened it was so excited because the box looked promising.", "but that was all.", "the device itself looked OK but the rod mount bit was stuck in the head out of the box.", "first I tried to fit in the bit tool I couldn't push it, I thought maybe something wrong with order box but then I read the manual and noticed the rod is actually got stuck into chuck head.", "I managed to take it out without damaging the head and try using it.", "the accessories like cutoff discs are absolute junk.", "they are definitely dollor store quality.", "I used 3 discs to cut through a tiny metal bar.", "the little wrench-screwdriver tool permanently damaged both the head and the screw at the end of but mount.", "If I didn't bring my own wrench and screw-driver I couldn't even tighten those and would have damaged something when turned on.", "now I know why both chuck head and rotary tool kit is recommended with this.", "at the end it did the job though which is why I didn't return it but planning to order those immediately.", "very disappointed with Black and Decker." ]

[ "Several notes (mostly negative):\n\n1.", "The cord is unbelievably heavy.", "And the jack is massive.", "It may very well be designed for durability, but these headphones are not portable in any sense.", "2.", "The headband just is not well designed.", "It is made of very wide metal, with a vinyl padded cover.", "The headband bows out tremendously -- I mean like 2-3 inches wider than your head on either side, unless you play offensive line in the NFL.", "This not only looks awkward; it feels awkward.", "Essentially the headband makes contact only at the very center of the top of your head.", "This might not be a huge deal, but the headphones are quite heavy (compared to, say, any Bose headphones), and so you feel the whole weight of the phones on the top of your head.", "3.", "The earpads feel pretty nice.", "But when I switched back and forth between 2 Bose around-ear headphones and these, these ones were much more cramped around your ear.", "So not terrible, but not all that roomy.", "4.", "The sound struck me as very bright.", "The most treble I have ever heard from any headphone or full-size speaker.", "On certain songs, this is a plus, but for most, it is a bit irritating.", "[I listen to a wide variety of 60s-90s rock mostly -- from REM to Snoop Dogg to Bob Dylan to the Clash to Soundgarden to Stevie Ray Vaughn].", "In head-to-head comparisons with other high-end headphones, I judged these to be very light in bass.", "It's hard to say if they are deficient or the others are exaggerating the bass (I am not a wannabe audiophile), but to me, these headphones lack fullness.", "On the plus side, I can hear cymbals and snare much more clearly than with most headphones.", "But the botom line is that I need to set my equalizer to reduce treble and/or increase bass to enjoy my music.", "And I am someone who rarely touches the tone settings on a stereo (preferring a neutral sound) and am particularly unlikely to feel the need to increase bass.", "5.", "They are not very loud.", "Only a bit quieter than the Boses, but if you are using an Ipod, they really aren't quite loud enough in my opinion.", "The Monster Beats headphones are much, much louder, if that is a concern for you.", "6.", "While they do not actively cancel noise, I found them to be quite good at isolation.", "Ambient sound was significantly reduced, arguably more so than with the Boses.", "Overall, too big and heavy and uncomfortable.", "I would possibly overlook these issues if the sound was incredible, but it lacks fullness in my opinion.", "It might be very good for some kinds of vocals and music, but not for rock music." ]

[ "The first chapter drew me in, but after that I noticed that the writing had no depth nor finesse and the characters were thin.", "Like another reviewer, I'm confused by the high ratings that this got, but everyone's taste is different.", "I started to regret my purchase soon after reading chapter one.", "Thank God I didn't pay more than 99 cents and that was too much.", "There were too many descriptions that made the writing seem amateurish and the inaccuracies were annoying.", "Even for 99 cents, the plot could have been better developed.", "When did they fall in love?", "There was no emotional connection established between the characters.", "I was baffled when love was mentioned because there was no love.", "The relationship wasn't even properly developed for them to be in love.", "And just like that it was over.", "Rushed.", "The villianess confessed and the hero and heroine are off to Gretna Green in Bromley's carriage.", "I've read better written 99 cents novellas.", "This was definitely not worth it." ]

[ "I couldn't stand this book.", "Not only does it completely butcher history, it maligns Anne and makes her sister Mary look like a saint (when in fact she had also been a mistress to King Francis of France before coming to Eng.", "Court).", "*SPOILERS*: Gregory writes as if the accusations brought up against Anne (adultery, incest and witchcraft) are true (any historian will tell you Henry just wanted to make way for a new wife to bear him sons).", "*END SPOILERS* Throughout the book I felt that she was really shoving down my throat that \"this is definitely a good person\" and \"this is definitely a bad person.", "\" The characters are always very black/white and sinner/saint, ridiculously sweet/innocent and ridiculously conniving/evil (instead of letting each character have their own positives and negatives).", "No char development or depth.", "PG tells you who to like instead of letting you decide for yourself.", "I think I would actually be able to tolerate/overlook (some of) the inaccuracies if the characters were actually developed and realistic, each having good points as well as flaws instead of them being just \"good\" and \"evil.", "\"\n\nThe majority of other authors will either (A) stick to the facts and actual events and create their characters and stories AROUND that.", "Or (b) it will be a completely made up story, set in a certain period with accurate detail as to daily life/events for that period.", "Or (c) there will be a few actual historical characters around which the story is set, but the story itself is complete fiction (ex Girl With A Pearl Earring).", "With b and c, the authors flat out tell you the story is fiction.", "With a, the authors usually write a note if they have left out/ignored a fact, purposely changed something in the story, or whether there are several theories as to what happened (and why they chose to go with whatever reason they ended up writing).", "The problem is that Philippa Gregory acts like she's writing A, claims she \"sticks to the facts\" when she actually ignores the majority of facts and instead of writing her books AROUND them, she writes OVER them (basically she's trying to re-write history).", "It's extremely frustrating to people who study history, are historians or people who just plain old really enjoy history that this author INSISTS that all of her books are based on fact.", "In reality she completely ignores the majority of the facts, making her books mere skeletons of history - names, dates, marriages, births and deaths are correct (well, maybe not birthdates in this book, but you get my point), but other than that don't count on the rest of it.", "In some cases PG even makes up facts (she claims that she's SURE Anne Boleyn is guilty of at least one murder/poisoning, but offers no proof, and I don't think any of today's historians would agree that Anne was a murderer.", "In fact Historians tend to distance themselves from PG books and PG herself because they don't want to be related to what is clearly utterly false).", "And Ms.", "Gregory breaks the first rule of historical research, which is to USE PRIMARY RESOURCES.", "When she actually does reference sources, they are secondary and usually have not stood up to the test of time or academic debate.", "If PG admitted that she was changing historical facts to suit her stories, I think people would be more accepting, but unfortunately she claims her books are all Fact based and makes no notes in the text of the actual facts." ]

[ "My son (2 years old..", "so within their recommended age range) received this and another Melissa & Doug puzzle for his birthday.", "He loves all things trucks, and construction, so how appropriate right?", "WRONG!", "We opened them together and IMMEDIATELY pieces of sharp particle board started splintering off the backs of the pieces as they were taken apart.", "I thought maybe it was just the initial splitting of the pieces until I cut MY foot open on a sliver from the back of one of the puzzle pieces another day.", "My foot bled quite a bit, and the wound took quite a while to heal.", "I would NEVER recommend these puzzles for ANY age group.", "If my son had cut himself, heads would have rolled.", "I put in a call to the company, no response yet.", "Please please please do not let your children play with these.", "It's not worth it!" ]

[ "I tried 3 of these.", "They all work elsewhere but would not work in my particular location.", "The 150'cable (I tried more than one) running to this switch delivers 100Mbps when plugged directly into a computer.", "It also delivers 10 Mbps through an old 3Com 10Mbps switch.", "But plugged into a Cisco switch I get nothing.", "I tried Linksys live chat and phone support several times.", "That is a bit of a painful experience, but whose product support isn't these days?", "They could not help.", "They did, however get me to improve my efficiency at re-booting all of the appliances in my house, as they would never believe I had done that several times before I called them.", "It took a while to get them to admit they couldn't help.", "They wanted to keep sending me new ones, but that was getting tiresome, so I returned the last one to Amazon for credit.", "(Thank you Amazon!", ") I will try another brand.", "Any suggestions out there?", "Update: Bought a D-Link DGS-2208.", "A little more money but it works (plug in ethernet cables, plug in power - you know, like you would an ethernet switch) I didn't even have to re-boot my refrigerator to make it work.", "Plus it's a gigabit switch and uses less power." ]

[ "This toy is not what I expected.", "1.", "I was surprised by the size of this cart.", "It's only 6 inches high.", "Given the fact that this toy is made for children who are toddling/walking (ages 1 - 3) and that it is in fact called a \"push cart\" I assumed it would be a cart that my daughter could push around.", "In actuality, it is a smallish sized puzzle on wheels.", "2.", "The shapes themselves are plain plastic pieces (no rattling, crinkling or textures) and my daughter lost interest in them quickly.", "Also, they have a sticker label.", "Given the age group, I think you're asking for some grungy looking shapes since they are more than likely going to be drooled and chewed upon.", "3.", "This is more of a puzzle than a sorter, since the shapes don't go through the cart.", "4.", "It's small but it's bulky and hard to store.", "If I throw it in the toy chest, the shapes fall out and get lost.", "If you are looking for a shape sorter, there are others available that are more rewarding for toddlers." ]

[ "I am dismayed to see how beloved this movie is (and mortified that most of the negative reviews focus mainly on the quality of the product, not on the film itself, though that of course is a legitimate thing to complain about).", "I give it two stars and not one because it IS a well-made film.", "The acting is strong and the director clearly had a vision.", "Now the bad news.", "I find nothing, NOTHING profound or insightful or moving about this film.", "As another reviewer pointed out, is it really new news that the pursuit of the so-called American dream is shallow and unfulfilling?", "Is it really a revelation that if you took a glimpse inside a seemingly perfect American household you'd find a lot of shocking things?", "And the solution -- that we should take time to enjoy life and its little moments of beauty...", "really?", "[Note: the following contains some spoilers]\n\nHollywood and the movie-viewing public love movies in which wealthy people are unhappy and can only find happiness by shunning their materialism.", "This makes us all feel better: people who aren't as wealthy as the family portrayed here (which is most of America and most of the movie-watching public) can feel good in knowing that it's OK that they struggle to make ends meet, because, hey, it's better than being rich!", "It's the same fake-populist message moviemakers have been throwing at us for decades, and people eat it right up, somehow believing that the family in this movie is \"just like us.", "\" I doubt that.", "What's more, again as another reviewer pointed out, this movie should have been titled \"American White Wealthy Straight Male Fantasy.", "\" This is one of the most misogynistic movies I've seen in years.", "Annette Benning should have won the Oscar just for being a good sport in allowing her character to be portrayed in a spectacularly unflattering way.", "The ambitious middle-aged career woman is portrayed as a monster, while her daughter is portrayed as more of a female ideal.", "Why?", "She falls in love with the boy next door, whom others think is creepy but of course she sees through that and allows him to watch and film her disrobe.", "How good of her to enjoy being objectified.", "When they agree to run away, she sweetly offers the small amount of money she's saved up.", "He smiles protectively and says that's OK, he's made enough money selling drugs to take care of the both of them.", "Enlightened viewers are supposed to go along with this and think it's cool and delightfully subversive that he's a drug dealer, and if you have a problem with that you're too morally upright because who is he harming?", "Uh, how about all those people who are killed during drug trafficking?", "But that's OK, because it's more important that these uptight, angst-ridden American suburbanites are able to cut loose and get high.", "And then there's the dreadful cliche of the \"bad guy\" of the film being a repressed homosexual.", "The film wants to show how enlightened and tolerant it is by having a nice gay couple in it and having the Spacey character befriend them.", "But including this stereotype subtley suggests that homosexuality is shameful and messes with your head.", "I know this was unintentional, but if you're going to make a film that's Oscar-worthy, you can't be that sloppy.", "I could go on but have gone on too far already, especially since I know all this will fall on deaf ears.", "Make a beautiful-looking movie, cast great actors, and make it seem like you're revealing something profound when you're really just slinging the same tired message that is so comforting to audiences -- badaboom badabing, award-winning success." ]

[ "I had a home network with my dial up internet access and when I switched to Comcast@Home was told to go out and buy a router with a firewall.", "I bought the D-Link 704 in large part because I was under the impression that it integrated seamlessly with my cable service.", "Setting up the port and attaching it to the PCs was a snap as was getting the network to work.", "In about 30 minutes,I was up and running.", "However, the firewall built into the hardware required constant tweaking to get things like mIRC and other software programs that my son uses to work.", "The package comes with a quick start guide and manual but they were virtually indecipherable to me, an admitted non-techie.", "After a few days of trying to tweak the firewall, getting a completely unhelpful response from the tech department of D-Link and emailing with some other users who had the same problems (based on usenet posts), I gave up and put everything back in the box.", "I ended up buying a simple port and using Live Alarm Pro as my firewall.", "Works like a charm.", "I will be selling my D-Link 704 on Amazon in a few moments if anyone wants a used one that is virtually brand new!" ]

[ "These batteries are fakes, no doubt.", "I have been using the smaller battery from my old galaxy 1 phone.", "It is slightly thinner and lighter with about 20% less capacity then the galaxy2 battery, but worked great as a second battery.", "I decided to replace it with the higher capacity battery, and purchased 3 of them.", "Two for me and one for my wife.", "I purchased then from this vendor and immediately noticed the fit and finish just wasn't as tight as all the other Samsung batteries.", "I blew it off, thinking I was being too particular.", "Besides they looked like my old battery with the exception of blue x's on the little white moisture indicator.", "Since I swap batteries often,I didn't pay attention to their life span per charge.", "Then,as I became suspicious of their performance,I found I often received less then 3 hours of life with little to no use.", "A stated earlier,I use both the 1500 and1800 capacity batteries from Samsung.", "This battery I purchased from this vendor is actually smaller than the 1500, even though it is imprinted with the 1800 capacity label.", "Absolute fakes.", "Don't waste your money unless you enjoy filling our land fills full of Chinese knock offs.", "If so, just wad the money you would spend on these and put that in your garbage instead..." ]

[ "I bought this machine in November 2001 based largely on the positive reviews here but since then I've noticed that most of the positive reviews of the Briel Chamonix are from customers who have only had it a few days or weeks.", "My machine worked great for a few weeks.", "It made excellent espresso and produced a lot of steam.", "Unfortunately, after a couple months, it started to leak.", "Not a few drops either.", "Streams of water run out of every opening and flood my countertop.", "Then the steamer stopped working.", "Today, 9 months and numerous replacement parts/repairs later, I finally gave up and bought a new one from Starbucks.", "I used my old Starbucks machine for 7 years before I \"upgraded\" to the Briel and I never had a problem with it.", "The construction was exceptional and the customer service unbeatable.", "The Briel machine is going in the trash.", ":-(" ]

[ "there is one thing it must have in 2005 if I'm going to buy it.", "In Dynasty mode, when you create your schedule at the beginning of the year, you must play X number of games in your conference, and you can't change them.", "In 2003, Michigan did not play Penn State or Wisconsin.", "So, even if I play 20 years of Dystany football with Michigan, I can NEVER play against PSU or WI.", "I would also like to see being able to switch players' positions.", "If I have 8 guards rated at 99, and 2 centers at 50, I can't cut the centers and have one of the guards move over.", "And it would be cool to see Michigan run out of the tunnel, hitting the GO BLUE banner on the way out.", "New audio clips really needed to be added.", "I've played a lot of hours on 2004, and I'm really sick of hearing the same comments over and over and over again.", "Let's hope 2005 improve these areas, and I'll be happy!" ]

[ "I put off seeing this for a long time due to the extremely bad reviews, but got cornered into seeing it the other day.", "I did find some admirable things about it, which I'll end the review to put it on a positive note.", "But it also has a bunch of problems which makes one think that Hollywood's idea of the world earns them the title of \"La-La-Land\".", "The story involves a pair of best friends, a gay male and hetero female, who have a drunken liason one night that produces a child.", "What I thought was going to be a comedy (as it was billed) about the adventures that this causes turns out to be a much more serious movie about other things, some good, some bad.", "First, we have a gardener and a yoga instructor pooling incomes.", "Sorry folks, these jobs don't pay a lot.", "While not living extravagantly, they still seem to have a lifestyle that goes way beyond their realistic incomes.", "This is just the first of many ways the movie is interested in portraying eye candy more than telling an even remotely realistic story.", "Continuing on the eye-candy role was the complete avoidance of hard-times that come with evey new baby.", "Since they chose to take a very serious tone in the movie, they could have shown Madonna dragging her butt out of bed at 3 a.", "m. to answer a cry, or hunky Everett cleaning up a big mess.", "But we see this apparantly absolutely perfect baby's first years bypassed to produced an apparantly absolutely perfect child.", "In this world, you can't be bad-looking or out of shape.", "So while the movie falls apart with no connection to reality whatsoever, I did find some things that salvaged a bit of it.", "When I still thought this was going to be a comedy, I was prepared to see a bunch of situations where certain cast members would not know the whole story, and there would be scenes to cover-up the situation.", "It was refreshing to see that the whole story was explained to each character as they entered the picture.", "The way all the characters acted here did give it a bit of intelligence, and it was refreshing to not see his parents freak out.", "I also liked that the movie averted negative gay stereotypes, but when the movie ended, and I heard one of my kids crying, it was nice to get back to reality." ]

[ "When I buy kitchen items like a cutting board, especially hard plastic ones, I look thru the stack for the one with the least flaws.", "I had reservations about ordering this cutting board because I knew the warehouse would grab anything and shove it in a box.", "That is exactly what happened.", "It did come quickly, but was warped.", "It wasn't too bad, but bad enough that it wobbles on the counter and buying those clear plastic bumpers to raise and level it didn't work.", "It is a nice size, and the exact size I needed.", "It replaced a slightly smaller cutting board that had larger grooves to catch the fluids.", "This has a more narrow groove and a bit shallow...", "but it works.", "Another issue is that it scars easily.", "The knives leave deeper cut marks than the other cutting board.", "I'll keep this for a while because I like the size, but I'm looking for a better replacement." ]

[ "So this was my first condenser and having no prior experience I thought it was great until finally about a year later after really trying to use it I discovered my recordings had this terrible hum which turned out to be electricity and the mic not being grounded.", "I would touch the metal mesh on the mic and the hum would get crazy loud so here I was crazy trying to find solutions on how to ground my laptop or mic or whatever it was coming from..", "instead the mic just broke and began to crackle and pop...", "it was ruined.", "So now I buy an Audio Techinica 2035 and VIIOLA...", "absolute pristine recordings!", "Absolutely no hum!", "Beautiful rich sounding!", "I've learned my lesson now and I would NOT suggest this mic.", "Spend the measly extra 40$ and get a TRUE honest and superior quality Audio Techinca or something else other than this.", "I'm so happy with my new mic now I can't believe what I was working with before.", "These mic's are not even true large diaphram microphone but the 2035 is AND it came with a stage stand, a shock mount, a leather pouch, AND quality xlr cable for 141$ on ebay!", "So if you want true superior hassle free quality go with a 2035 in this price range.", "I feel like I just graduated into a higher class within 5 minutes of owning and testing it...", "no hum at ALL." ]

[ "Looking back it appears that what is involved is a lack of quality control by Intellitouch.", "While a number of people report the problems that I report, other people I know whose judgment and knowledge is impeccable report no such problems and adore them.", "Some must be OK, but many must be crummy.", "The Intellitouch Tuner's seemed to be the rage of Bluegrass and singer-song writer players around here about 10 years ago.", "They looked cool clipped onto the end of a banjo or guitar or fiddle.", "They provided an image of the player as someone who was concerned with her or his tuning at every second of a performance.", "A fool and his money were soon parted and I bought one.", "I must say that I have about 8 different tuners for my guitars, banjos, and my fiddle.", "I find the Intellitouch to be the most useless one I have ever bought other than cheap 5 or ten buck tuners that don't last after a month of use.", "I advise musicians who care about the grind of working on stage or playing at home to get a 20 buck kord chromatic and, if you need to worry about tuning up while band members or an orchestra is also tuning, get a cheap pickup clip for it.", "The intellitouch's systems with arrows is hard to figure out and much harder than a simple meter dial.", "It is really hard to figure out when it is on the other end of a guitar or banjo from your eyes and is too big to fit on a fiddle and not effect your playing.", "I think if you need to know whether you are in tune WHILE you are playing by wearing one of these things, you really need to do some work to train your ears to hear proper tuning, and to school yourself so you recognize proper notes.", "You also need to figure out how to adjust the tuning gears and pegs on your guitar or banjo properly or insure that your setup is ok on a fiddle, or perhaps get a decent fine tuning tail piece for your fiddle.", "If you have to lean on this strap on to do it, you just aren't doing your business right!", "The Intellitouches are not reliable at all if the battery runs down.", "Moreover, instead of using AAA, AA, or 9-volt batteries like most other tuners, batteries you can easily install and pick up in any store, these tuners use special batteries.", "I use tuners to check the intonation of my fiddle as I struggle to learn the instrument.", "I also use tuners to check the intonation of my slide playing on electric and acoustic guitar and on banjo.", "Any tuner with a dial is much easier for you to get a read, particularly while you are playing or practicing than these intellitouches.", "Of course, if you are either playing electric instruments or using a pickup on acoustic instruments, these tuners are useless.", "The basic 20 buck Korg Chromatic has all you will ever need in a tuner.", "If you have to tune up in the middle of music or other musicians tuning get a little clip on pickup to clip to your instrument's bridge.", "I have found that cheap no-name guitar/bass tuners have features these don't have like a setting to memorize alternate tunings.", "Moreover Korgs and most other dial tuners have calibrations for you to tune with added cents which may be useful for the classical violinist trying to tune even tempered.", "If you are interested in style points, particularly if you play bluegrass or old time music as I do, try the Gold Tone Bluegrass tuner that has all the dial functions plus settings for G banjo tuning, guitar tuning, and fiddle or mandolin tuning." ]

[ "I purchased a new set of ProMedia 2.", "1 speakers to replace a set that failed (power supply blows fuses) after about 5-years of service.", "Tried contacting Klipsch customer service, but there was no reply to my inquiry.", "I'm not new to the Klipsch brand.", "I have 2 pair of Heritage speakers - LaScala's (front channel) and Heresy's (back channel) - both from the 1970's.", "Not to mention a pair of Kg 0.", "5's and Klipsch Image One headphones.", "There are significant differences between the old (ProMedia 2.", "1v1) and the new (ProMedia 2.", "1v2).", "The specs on the Klipsch website ([...", "]) continue to reflect the 2.", "1v1 system.", "Specs for the 2.", "1v2 seem to be hard to come by.", "Most online reviews just regurgitate the Klipsch website specs.", "The 2.", "1v2 manual that came with the system states the subwoofer is \"...", "rear port and front-firing 8\" long-throw driver...", "\" but the system incorporates the same 6.", "5\" side-firing, front port design as the 2.", "1v1.", "The subwoofer cabinet couldn't physically accommodate an 8\" driver.", "Every corner that could be cut has been cut in the 2.", "1v2, right down to the length of the power cord.", "There is no power switch, no external fuse, the satellites are hard wired where the use to have mini-plugs.", "The 2.", "1v2 subwoofer enclosure weighs a full 6 lbs.", "less than the 2.", "1v1, 11.", "25 lbs vs 17.", "25 lbs.", "While I can not make a direct comparison between the 2 systems, my subjective evaluation is that the 2.", "1v2 is pretty gutless compared to the old 2.", "1v1.", "The bass is just not there like it was in the 2.", "1v1.", "I think it is safe to say that it is no longer a 200-watt (total) system.", "I'm not completely dissatisfied with the 2.", "1v2 system, but more disappointed in the poor quality from a name I thought I could trust.", "This is a disposable system.", "Don't expect to last a life time as you would most speaker systems.", "It's just not built to last - It's built to fail.", "I've gotten much more service from Cambridge Soundworks systems.", "When this ProMedia system fails, and I'm sure it will from what I read, I'm replacing it with a Cambridge system.", "Probably should have sent these back and purchased a MicroWorks or Model 10 system.", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Klipsch-ProMedia-2-1-THX-Certified-Computer-Speaker-System-Black/dp/B000062VUO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Klipsch ProMedia 2.", "1 THX Certified Computer Speaker System (Black)</a>" ]

[ "War hero Uncle Sam is killed in \"Friendly Fire\" and burnt to a crisp.", "His body is sent home in a coffin to his sister and her son.", "Her son,Jody, looked up to his Uncle Sam but the sister, Sally, was afraid of him.", "As 4th of July draws near Sam wakes up and starts killing off Flag burners and Tax cheaters, it's up to ex soldier Jed to stop Uncle Sam.", "Uncle Sam showed so much promise but doesn't deliever to well.", "It has a great cast including P.", "J Soles (Carrie, Halloween), Robert Forester (Alligator, Jackie Brown) and even Isaac Hayes (TVs South Park, Escape From New York), I have enjoyed the directers earlier films (Manic Cop series) and I liked a film the writer wrote (Manic).", "The movie starts well but soon desends into snorsville.", "It takes a long half hour defore something finally happens, some of the deaths are quite good and some are quite dull.", "Uncle Sam will keep you a little bit entertained if you can make it past the first half hour.", "No real plot, some good deaths, a little suspence and lousy acting describes Uncle Sam, still it might be worth watching if only once." ]

[ "i bought these headphones because i like to go to sleep listening to music...", "i wanted the headphone to be thin enough so i can sleep on them and i want it to be bluetooth...", "it meets these 2 requirements but...", "it has a major flaw...", "when the volume is set at the lowest setting, it is very loud...", "i mean teenager loud...", "it's so loud that i doubt anyone could fall asleep with the sound level...", "it's loud enough that you could hear the music great on low while on the commuter train or in the public...", "on the plus...", "the fit is perfect for me...", "and...", "the sound is superb...", "even while blasting...", "i don't know how long the battery will last since i can't listen to it for very long because of the volume problem...", "i called jabra...", "they are working on a software fix...", "but...", "have no release date...", "so...", "buy at your own risk..." ]

[ "There's some awful songs.", "There's some terrible performances.", "Even the pants Mick is wearing on the cover are horrendous.", "So is there anything redeeming to Dirty Work, the album that broke the Stones up in the mid-80's?", "In fact, there is.", "Dirty Work sometimes thrives on the fact that it's easily the angriest, most forceful disc in Stones catalog.", "Think of the kind of emotion that fueled Exile on Main Street's \"Ventillator Blues\" filling up an entire album (so long as you exclude the dreadful Hold Back, Winning Ugly, and Back To Zero).", "The tension and disgust that fuels the disc are summed up by the opening of the album's first track, \"One Hit\".", "The battle between the tension-filled acoustic guitar part and the bursting, screaming electric is essentially the relationship betwen Mick and Keith on the album.", "The song also contains Jagger's best vocals and lyrics.", "Is the song addressing a relationship between two lovers?", "A drug and its' addict?", "It's followed by the messy, sloppy \"Fight\", which like \"Had It With You\" and the title track are good, and are GREAT to listen to when you're angry with the whole damn world - but only seem great in the light of the sub-par album that they're part of.", "Aside from \"One Hit\" and the cover of \"Harlem Shuffle\", Jagger's vocals are his worst in the Stones catalog: as if he were trying to sabotage the album just so he could get back to being a solo artist.", "In fact, the best singing on the album is on Keith's two tracks: a cover of the reggae tune \"Too Rude\" (I think it's great, but be warned: no else I know seems to like it) and the only other Must-Have from this album (along with \"One Hit\"): \"Sleep Tonight\".", "Keith has always had a reputation as a potential killer: this is the first time where he performs the lead vocals that reflects that image.", "My advice?", "Simply burn the handful of songs that are good on this album.", "To have the whole thing is really not worth your while, and besides, do you really want to see those pants that Mick is wearing ever again?" ]

[ "The N-gage does, everything that the GBA-SP cant.", "The thing is, is that the GBA-SP does everything the N-gage doesn't as well.", "The N-gage can play mp3's, and can act as a cell phone.", "It uses something called Bluetooth technologhy that does, well, something.", "it plays old games that we've all seen before, with playstation like graphics.", "You can even play with people you don't know, as long as they have an N-gage you can play multiplayer games and connect to that person without a wire or anything.", "But what can it not do, play games decently.", "First of all this system has terrible graphics.", "I base this on the many many slow downs that continually happen.", "In fact the game system is always slowing and the frame rate always seems to be just too much for the little N-Gage.", "At the moment there is no must have game.", "This is because, well there is no reason there just aren't any good games for the system, no N-Gage exclusive nothing like that.", "That leaves us with this.", "The N-Gage us a new video gaming system that is more costly then the XBOX and PS2, is portable, has bad playstation graphics, with no games and no depth.", "And to top it all off it can be used as a mediocore phone.", "A phone that looks really wierd and can be embarassing if your seen with it.", "Overall don't buy this.", "I urge you not to buy it.", "Pick up a Nokia 6600 (still plays n-gage games if you really want them) or some type of verizon phone and try a GBASP.", "Thats alot better for ya." ]

[ "UDATE #2: I bought a second unit from Amazon, and this one stopped working after two weeks - same problem,.", "it shuts off while still full of water.", "WTF????", "I missed the return window by a few days since I'ven been travelling, so now I've paid for TWO units which have worked a total of three months.", "BEWARE.", "UPDATE: Stopped working after three months - the machine shuts off after about a minute, leaving the resevoir full of water!!!", "I've tried cleaning it, running vinegar through it, but nothing helps.", "It's a cheap unit, but still should have lasted more than three months.", "THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING.", "I bought this coffeemaker because my husband doesn't drink coffee and there is no way I'm getting up for my morning workout without it.", "There are not a lot of small models out there, and this one was the most reasonably priced and had very positive reviews.", "I wish it has a programmable timer on it, but since it only takes about 3 minutes to brew, this is not a big deal.", "The taste is good enough - not Starbucks quality, but fine for home brewed coffee." ]

[ "This review has been changed due to the change in the product description.", "This was originally advertised as a wireless charging product with wired charging capability.", "The controversy over the wireless aspect has led to a device title name that is now impossible to knock as deceptive.", "It is a Powermat.", "If you are the type of person who will go out of your way to cut cable clutter at all costs, including the loss of simultaneous usability while charging, than perhaps this may work for your needs.", "Cable/Clutter Phobic: This personality aspect does exist.", "Although cables still provide the fastest delivery of data, charge and functionality above all wireless alternatives to date there are people who will go out of their way to avoid having a visible cable.", "Wireless option, yes.", "Easier than a USB plug, no.", "Cutting clutter, if you don't consider the mat and the wireless charging case clutter.", "Personally, picking up a cable already sitting on my night stand, desk, or console is as easy as it gets.", "As a multifunctional charging base, make sure that you investigate fully what comes in the box and the additional potential purchase requirements for devices not supported with or without optional accessories." ]

[ "There are many games which are very well suited to the Kindle...", "Check the screen shots before you purchase this.", "IMHO, this is not well suited to Kindle at all.", "It's very difficult to see the board squares.", "The \"trades\" are displayed in a very confusing fashion, and it's difficult to figure out which properties you are trading.", "I paid $.", "99 for it, but do not play it.", "Too much work!", "(Not a knock on the publisher, there's simply too much \"information\" for this to fit well on a Kindle sized screen.", ")" ]

[ "I got this for my motorhome because they say it will last a year before you need to do again.", "Well they might be right,because it is really hard to get it off.", "Even tried with my car polisher but the only way to get it all off was to put Nu finish and they use car polisher and that did work.", "Save time and money just buy Nu Finish.", "Still think it is junk.", "Used it on my motorcycle last night and did it three times in a row.", "Not slick at all.", "My Nu finish did a lot better job.", "Save your money just get Nu Finish for $6.", "00" ]

[ "I decided to take up yoga and really knew nothing about what I needed, except that I needed a mat.", "I bought this after looking at a few other offerings.", "I've used it for about 3 months now and this is my review.", "When I first took the mat to class I found it to be a little slippery.", "My instructor said that this is common with new mats and suggested I soak it in a soapy water filled bathtub overnight.", "She said that they sometimes have a coating on them from the manufacturing process.", "I actually put it in my side loading clothes washer and used the \"hand wash\" cycle.", "(don't try this in a top loader, it will probably destroy the mat).", "The washer did the trick and the slipperiness went away.", "The mat is thin, but not thinner than most others I see in class.", "When we do poses that require us to put pressure on the knees, sometime I put a towel under my knee.", "The matt itself doesn't provide a lot cushion.", "However, I read that thicker mats can make it more difficult to balance on, for example when you are doing one-legged poses.", "The blocks are very light and work well.", "If you are just starting out in yoga, and not very flexible, you really want to have blocks.", "Invest in a set if you do not buy a \"kit\" like this.", "They allow you to do some poses that you might not be able to do otherwise.", "I haven't used the strap yet, but I'm not sure how much you can say about a simple strap.", "I'm sure it works.", "The case (bag) can hold the mat and both blocks.", "However the material is very thin.", "After a couple of weeks, the stitching started to separate on mine.", "I need to either re-sew it before it completely comes apart or buy a sturdier one.", "Overall, other than the problems with the case, I'm satisfied with my purchase.", "It has everything you need to start out in yoga, at a very reasonable price.", "UPDATE - When my bag stitching started to rip I thought that I had must received a poorly made one.", "However, my daughter bought the same set, and the stitching on her bag is starting to come apart as well, after a couple of weeks of use.", "While I still think the mat and blocks are OK, the bag, in my opinion, is poorly made.", "I have change my rating from 4 stars to 2 based on the issues we had with the bag." ]

[ "I've been using this attachment for a couple of years now.", "I recommend it only if you cannot afford a bench top mortiser.", "First, attaching the fence to my 16 1/2\" Delta drill press is not easy at all.", "In fact, it's a real pain in the keester.", "You would think this would be easy because it is a Delta drill press but it isn't.", "Second, the workpiece holddowns are cheap and difficult to work with.", "No matter what you do, the workpiece moves when you don't want it to move, or it stays put when you want it to move.", "It's not a good design.", "Third, the chisels do not drill perfectly square holes.", "The auger bits are just a hair bigger than the chisels.", "So, you end up with a circle with square corners.", "This effect is more pronounced the bigger the chisel/bit.", "I finally ditched the table accessories and built my own table jig (which works surprisingly well and looks cool too).", "This solved the first two issues.", "If it is really important to have perfectly square mortises, I cut them by hand.", "This solves the final issue.", "(Note: the mortises are OK for most joinery because you have a shoulder on the tenon to hide the slightly out of square mortise.", ")\n\nUPDATE I was hanging out at Woodcraft last Saturday and this guy walks in...", "to return an auger bit.", "The pointy tip on the bit was not on the same axis as the drill bit.", "He rotated the bit and I looked at the pointy thing, and it was tracking a circle 3/32\" in diameter.", "That explains why the drll won't drill a square hole." ]

[ "This game has seen its life.", "It lacks the motivation and breath-taking function of others of its genre here on 2009.", "I find Clocktower for the SNES to be more entertaining.", "-The graphics-\n\nFuzzy character sprites, blood that is so cheap that it looks like red paint?", "Resident Evil took a whipping in the visual department.", "The zombies look like Re-Deads.", "And a brownish/black fuzzy blob is not scary, it's funny.", "There's been games like Tomb Raider and Croc that visually look better yet they are both PS1 games.", "Like a Sweet Home spinoff, Resident Evil starts out with very little weapons, but with scarce ammo.", "The one major difference between these two however, are the controls.", "That's right, i'm talking about button-busting control schemes.", "All the earlier RE games have an annoying tendency of allowing the character to die, a lot.", "When other games came out (and before) the controls were smoother, RE insisted that the characters turn painfully slow away from an approaching zombie, just giving the zombie enough ample-time to latch on to have lunch, breakfast, and dinner.", "Now what's so scary about this game?", "Is it given that M-ratings were considered 'rare' back on the PS1?", "The script?", "Or 'knowing' some zombie is gonna come out of that hallway sooner or later?", "The game starts with the player arriving on the grounds of the mansion (in a grainy video) then inside.", "Immediately there is conversation.", "The voice-acting is dull, un-lively and boring.", "Do I care that there's blood on the floor?", "No, why?", "because it looks like paint, that's why!", "Don't mind the plain-in-sight dead-body laying in the corner there, it's decor!", "Or not.", "Again, the voice-acting is as bland and convincing as a monologue broken-record.", "Ahh.", "Something's there.", "Ahhhhh.", "Bad acting produces bad results.", "Given that it was the first RE game may be the reason for its praising, considering both it's puzzle-like feature of finding items/unlocking rooms and of course, the zombies in a squashed polygon-rendered environment.", "But by today's standards (Fallout 3 anyone?", ") this game simply doesn't cut it.", "Silent Hill has a remake of it's first game, it may be worth a try.", "But as for RE 1 original, it's a rent.", "Try the other games before considering this." ]

[ "I purchased 2 bras....", "this one and the Bali Women's Smooth U Front Close Bra.", "I prefer T-back style bras because I absolutely hate when a bra strap falls down on your arms.", "I am 135 pounds, 5'1\" and about a C cup.", "I used the measurement advice found on the descriptions, and it showed me to be a 36C.", "I am returning this bra for the following reasons: 1.", "The material is thin.", "No padding, just a stretchy fabric.", "I didn't realize this, so I guess I missed that in the description.", "I might have kept it had it fit.", "2.", "I had \"fall out\" all around the cup.", "Not just a little, but a lot.", "The straps were tight, and it goes up high on the collar bone, so there was literally breast poking out all the way up to the shoulders and collar bones area.", "Have never had that experience before.", "I loosened the straps to the lowest/longest position, and it only lightened the \"squish\" a little bit.", "Still fall-out.", "3.", "it was scratchy.", "And to top it off, it was an expensive bra.", "THe other one I ordered (Bali) was only $16...", "and it fit like a dream.", "Lots of support, comfortable, could sleep in it if i had to.", "I know that Wacoal is a good bra maker, but I was looking for features that this particular bra did not deliver.", "I don't know if a 38C or a 36D would have been the right choice with this bra, it definitely felt too small, but the 36C with the Bali was perfect." ]

[ "Readers should be paid to read this one -- not have their hard-earned cash separated from them on a pretense.", "Amazon refused to let me review this with zero stars, but that's all this one deserves.", "I'm a sucker for books about submarines, both fiction and non-fiction, and have read many entertaining novels on the subject, including Hunt for Red October, which was my first exposure to Clancy, and which I can still point to as a great example of the genre.", "This one, however, was utterly horrendous.", "The book was the same scenario, over and over again, horribly repetitive, utterly unimaginative.", "Outside of a very few, the characters didn't even have names, but were referred to by their billets (the XO, the weapons officer, the sonarman, ad nauseam).", "I kept reading until the end, figuring it had to get better.", "Boy, was I wrong.", "I'll never get that time back again.", "What a rotten way to spend a summer day." ]

[ "I bought this grinder back in Nov.", "2018 to be used in the preparation of RAW dogfood for a dog we will be getting in March 2019.", "My first opportunity to use the grinder was March 1, 2019 after I had been fishing.", "I cut up the fish I had caught and started grinding them.", "Everything went well for about 20 minutes and then the grinder just stopped.", "Would not reset.", "I tried pressing the reverse button, the Stop/Reset button, thought it might have over heated so place a fan on it...", "nothing worked, seems like the motor burned out...", "I tried to return the grinder but because I've had it over 30 days they would not accept a return.", "unless you are grinding just meet this grinder will not work for RAW dog food.", "It will not grind fish and I can't imagine it grinding bones from chicken as it is so advertised.", "So now I have a hamburger patty press that cost me $200.", "00" ]

[ "I bought this because I collect rubber ducks but I was dissapointed.", "I took it swimming and it's impossible to climb on..", "you have to have 2 people, one to hold it steady and even then it's kinda dangerous to climb on, I feel off twice trying to get on it and hit my arm on the stairs of the pool which really hurt.", "My husband tried to get it on a few times and plain gave up.", "I can't imagine a kid getting on it.", "When I finally did get on it it was...", "boring to say the least.", "No relaxing, just clinging to it hoping not to fall off.", "The thing was so hard to inflate by mouth it was impossible and with a pump it was easier but still took longer than any other toy, it has over 5 sections and don't get me started on deflating it.", "It took at least 30-60 minutes of pressing hard to get the air out..", "and once it'd deflated where do you put the thing?", "It is a bulky mess.", "I collect rubber ducks so I'm gonna keep it, but if you don't...", "this might not be such a great idea." ]

[ "Unfortunately I was not impressed.", "To start with, they give you one applicator sponge and one mixing cup - that's done after the first time you use it.", "If you want to use this stuff, make sure you buy more of those two things.", "Mixing it is easy enough, just like any two part epoxy.", "Applying it is also basic enough.", "However, it's far from as good of end quality as is shown in advertisements.", "It takes a very long time to dry fully.", "The whole time it is drying, it is slowly seeping so make sure it stays on a surface that you don't mind getting messed up.", "Once fully dry it still leaves some defects.", "It cannot be sanded, it gets really weird when sanding.", "So you can either apply more and wait another 24 hours or just deal with the defects that remain." ]

[ "I've had the Logitech Z-2300 2.", "1 system for several years and it was decent, though a bit dull on the top end.", "After one of the channels died, I was hoping the Klipsch ProMedia's separate tweeter and mid components would give me more sparkle but not so.", "I got these as an open box sale and ended up retuning them after listening for a hour.", "Mine didn't sound defective per se, but the treble was very much lacking compared to my memory of how these same speakers sounded at my friend's home.", "I could also hear a woofy/muddy tone from the plastic enclosures.", "They really need to dampen the housings somehow.", "Had the treble/brightness been better I would have kept them, and likely sprayed some rubber uncoating product in the inside of the mid/high enclosures.", "The sub was decent and can get quite loud though a bit on the rumbly side.", "I had to lower it from the \"normal\" notch that is on the volume pot to get some fullness but not out-of-control boom.", "I think I'm done with \"computer grade\" speaker systems and am now shopping for mid-priced studio monitors." ]

[ "The reason I bought this film, is because I like Talia Shire.", "The only reason to buy this film is because of Shire, cause if you don't like Shire then I wouldn't recommend you buying this film.", "The Landlady follows the frustrated Melanie, a woman who's husband cheats on her, a situation that lets something snip in her mind.", "She becomes obsessed with having the perfect family and husband.", "After she kills her husband, she moves into an appartmentbuilding which she inherrited.", "There she meets Patrick who becomes her new object of desire to start a new family with.", "And she lets nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody come in her way...", "In technical aspects, the Landlady is ok, not fantastic, but ok.", "It has good camera movements (some could have been way better to make it more tense) and the lighting is well done which gives some scenes a nice horror feel.", "The music also is nice in some scenes.", "Now the acting could have been way better, not counting Talia Shire.", "Shire is the one who keeps the film away from the pit of the terribly bad films.", "But although she acts good, in some scenes you really feel that she doesn't give her 100% which is a pitty: she could have done way better than this.", "But one thing she does perfectly: even though she is the bad one in the film and kills a lot of people, she actually makes you feel for the pshyco landlady.", "That is what makes her performance ok.", "Now the rest of the cast acts so emotionalless that you absolutely don't care that they are getting killed.", "The only one I did care for was a character played by Dee Freeman, she does an ok actingjob also.", "But as for the rest: they don't feel like people but just minor props that have to be taken care of.", "You will find yourself looking at the screen saying: \"Oh, there goes another one.", "\"\n\nConclusion: The murders look more funny than they look scary or emotional.", "Also the tempo of the film is sometimes awfully slow.", "It takes a long time from one murder to another which will dissapoint slasher and horror fans.", "So when you sit down and watch the Landlady, watch it with your sense of humor switched on, then it will be more watchable then when you watch it counting on a scary horrorfilm.", "So if you are a Talia Shire fan, I would recommend you this film cause it is fun to see Shire do something totally different than playing a lovely sweet innocent woman.", "If you are not a Shire fan, then this film will look like just another low budget, wanna-be horror film to you." ]

[ "It is often the case that reviews criticize games for not being what the reviewer really wanted (\"Why couldn't there be more of this or less of that?", "\" type of reviews) That is unfair.", "However, this game is severely flawed, mostly because of issues with the set-up and execution of the game.", "The missions, in and of themselves, are interesting enough to make for good game play.", "I especially liked the Russian missions, as it seems that the Russian World War II experience is largely lacking in video games.", "But, overall, this game has a \"rushed\" feel to it, as if the developers were hurried along to compete with other games like Brothers in Arms.", "For example, there is no easy way to save your progress.", "You are given varying numbers of \"revives\" during a given mission but you can't easily quit in the middle of one without losing all of your progress.", "So, if you are killed within a long campaign, you are forced to start all over again.", "Likewise, the squad based component is preschool-esque when compared to that of Brothers in Arms, and your squad often gets in your way during heated battles or stands by next to an enemy that kills you.", "Finally, the multiplayer aspect has no cooperative level and is really no great improvement on previous multiplayer parts of first person shooters.", "This game makes for an interesting afternoon but doesn't really have the \"umph!", "\" to make it worthy of repeated play!" ]

[ "I've never read Tom Clancy before.", "I've seen the movies, and enjoyed them (THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER in particular).", "But Clancy as a novelist was a new experience.", "I suppose I should have seen my overall reaction coming.", "When Clancy dedicated his book to Ronald Reagan, I had a sneaking suspicion as to where the story would lead.", "The story has plenty of pulp promise.", "What appears to be the entire American government is wiped out in one fell swoop, and it's up to Jack Ryan to become the new president.", "But Clancy doesn't know when to quit.", "He adds on layers and layers of subplots, most of which would work by themselves, but only serve here to bloat an already large novel.", "Part of the problem is that there is no sympathy created for any character.", "Every person in Ryan's entourage is decent, hard-working, and completely uninteresting.", "Any person who doesn't fit in with Clancy's idea of a hero is treated with suspicion and contempt.", "It might make a difference if ANY character was remotely memorable, but evidently, characterization is not Clancy's strong suit.", "I had higher hopes for the action portions of the novel, but alas, I was also disappointed.", "Pages and pages of technical jargon only prove that Clancy has done his homework.", "What it doesn't do is advance the plot.", "Tank warfare may make for entertaining viewing, but they make for deadly dull reading.", "Particularly if, once again, there is absolutely no empathy created for anyone involved in the actual battles.", "And as for the actual backstage look at how the presidency is run?", "I am reminded of a recent newspaper critique of television's THE WEST WING.", "It stated (quite accurately, to my mind) that when it comes to drama, the democratic viewpoint is the most dramatically satisfying.", "It leads to shows such as THE WEST WING, I'LL FLY AWAY, PICKET FENCES, and HOMICIDE.", "When the republican viewpoint is emphasized in a drama, you get THE A-TEAM and TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL." ]

[ "\"A Single Man\" by Elton John is a hard one to evaluate.", "On the one hand, the songs are mostly good ones; and the production is super sweet!", "Very soft and understated.", "But Elton's vocals are mostly dis-engaged and generally charmless.", "\"Return to Paradise\" might just be; what with those beautiful falsetto vocals, \"Georgia\" might be an under-rated one of those Southern Anthems that filled up \"Tumbleweed Connection\".", "But, for me, the real nuggets are the final three songs \"Madness\", \"Reverie\" and \"Song for Guy\", which all sit well together, kind of a trio of darkness, really; \"Madness\" is a spine chilling disco-prog-rocker with lots of haunting piano chords; \"Reverie\" is brief but effective, and \"Song for Guy\" is suitably melancholy and ethereal, given it's essentially a requiem.", "The vocal part is particularly evocative.", "The other songs aren't bad.", "\"I don't care\" is a fun rocker in the style of his earlier ones, but the vocals don't relay the fun.", "\"Part-time love\" is the best of the rest, a pumpy little tune with a big production.", "Not a bad album, Rating **1/4 or 2.", "25" ]

[ "I have actually had two of these machines.", "The first one I used for about a year before the motor burned out.", "I had tried other mechanized pooper scoopers and this one did a barely acceptable job.", "It always clogged with large 'loads,' and the rakes would get clogged with my cat's excrement.", "The second one I bought was actually the latest model and it did an even worse job.", "I spent more time cleaning up 'after' the box than I ever did with an old-fashioned litter box.", "Then in frustration, I went to the message boards and found salvation: The Litter Robot (<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Litter-Robot-LRII-Automatic-Self-Cleaning-Litter-Box-Black/dp/B000LJFQF4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Litter Robot LRII Automatic Self-Cleaning Litter Box, Black</a>).", "What a difference a scooper makes!", "It never clogs, there's never any after-pooping clean-up, and I can use small trash bags instead of the more expensive catchers they recommend.", "With a large cat, the Robot will fill up after about 1 or 2 weeks.", "It has a big area to store the poop, it's out of the way, and it doesn't smell!", "How this thing works exactly is ingenious, and worth the price tag (yes, it's up there).", "But for sheer simplicity and not having to deal with clogged and dirty boxes, I would gladly pay more.", "Well, maybe not that much more!", "My friends tell me it looks like an MRI machine, and I can't disagree.", "The Robot's footprint is the same as the litter maid, except it has more height.", "It looks nice, works great, and my cat took to it immediately.", "It has built-in sensors that tell it when the cat is done, and if the cat goes near it during it's rotation, it shuts off for 10 minutes until it detects that it's safe to resume.", "Amazing!", "I'm sure you can find it cheaper elsewhere (Hint to Amazon to make the price more competitive), but with shipping charges it may be a wash.", "Of course you can go to the pet store and buy one (just call ahead to be sure they have it in stock).", "That's it.", "Toss the Maid out on her ear and get a Robot.", "You get all the cleaning without any of the pain." ]

[ "I have the Iomega 250 just like this one.", "BUT when I switched from Windows XP to Windows 7/Vista, it would not work with the latter Microsoft edition.", "In fact, the booklet tells the buyer what versions of Windows it WILL work with.", "The description of this product is not transparent in revealing the limitations of this zip drive.", "Although mine did corrupt one disk/floppy, it has worked great for me under '98 and XP (and, for others, it may work for those in-between, I suppose).", "So...", ", until there is a guarantee that it will work with Windows 7/Vista or 8, why should the PC user with those systems buy this and deal with the hassle of returning it?", "UPDATE: I did not want to buy another zip drive, so I took this one to a repair shop to see if it could be made to work with Windows 7/Vista.", "The computer experts said the install disk was useless, but they used a \"universal drive\" and installed the zip again.", "So...", ", contrary to my first paragraph's conclusion: Yes, this drive WILL work with Windows 7, BUT if one has to install it in such a convoluted way, it will be discouraging for the average computer user.", "The manufacturer--whether Iomega or the company that has bought it out--should specifically state the range of systems it will work with and let the install disk perform that installation." ]

[ "The author is a cardiologist who relies on some clinical studies but mostly anecdotal evidence from himself and his patients.", "\"Wheat Belly\" refers to the visceral fat that has developed in Americans in our obesity epidemic.", "Davis attributes it ultimately to wheat, which has been crossbred and genetically engineered so that it no longer represents that which our ancestors ate.", "This book is similar to other \"carbs are bad\" books, or \"bad carbs are bad\" books, but it focuses more on wheat-- which gets confusing because he often means \"carbs\" and will conclude a paragraph with \"so, avoid high-fructose corn syrup and other highly processed carbs\" when he has previously referred to \"wheat.", "\" If he hadn't focused on wheat, this would be like the 1,000 books on carbs and the industrial food chain that have been published before it in the last 10 years.", "Read a Michael Pollan book instead.", "High-carb foods are high-glycemic foods that make your body produce too much insulin.", "This makes you feel hungry faster and feeding that hunger leads to even greater caloric intake and your body stores the extra calories as fat.", "Davis details this process, like many authors before him.", "He points out that whole wheat products are higher on the glycemic index than pure sugar.", "But giving up wheat and gluten can lead to eating even more calories.", "\"Be gluten free, but don't eat gluten free.", "\" Gluten-free foods that are based on tapiocha starch, potato starch, etc.", "are even higher on the glycemic index than whole wheat products.", "That's possibly why so many people with celiac disease and eat gluten-free are overweight-- they're still getting too many carbs and calories from imbalanced insulin.", "The government's food recommendations from the 1970s encourages us to eat a low-fat diet with plenty of whole wheat products, but it's really carbs that's killing us.", "I recommend any of Michael Pollan's books on food, as well as a host of earlier (and thus now cheaper) books that deal with this subject; Davis doesn't add anything.", "I do not have time to look up all the wheat-specific studies he cites, but other commenters (including ones who are themselves gluten free) have done fact-checking and have pointed out he either misrepresents or exaggerates some studies or flat out states conclusions they did not reach.", "This is common among books of this genre where junk science or studies with very small sample sizes and very little controls are hailed as \"conclusive proof.", "\" One study I did look up was this one by the National Institutes of Health on wheat-dependent, exercise-induced anaphylaxis.", "Some people are found to have an allergic reaction of asthma and other issues when exercising after eating a meal of whole wheat.", "This paper only looks at one female who ate a host of other products besides wheat.", "But Davis is right in that a drug is prescribed that mitigates to the effect rather than change the woman's diet.", "One of the scarier studies cited is the relationship of gluten to mental health, particularly schizhophrenia.", "Davis cites a study done decades ago at an asylum that showed schizophrenics showed marked improvement when wheat was removed from their diet.", "However, as one researcher critiquing the book's myriad of scientific claims has pointed out (PDF):\n\n\"A comprehensive review looking at the connection between gluten and schizophrenia showed that gluten withdrawal resulted in a drastic reduction or full remission of symptomsbut only among a small subset of schizophrenia sufferers.", "Thus, in a small subset of schizophrenia patients removal of\nwheat might be helpful but would not be the miracle cure described by Davis.", "\"\n\nSome of the worst ratings for the book come from people who gave up wheat but didn't lose weight as they thought Davis was promising.", "That's because you're not going to lose weight by giving up wheat/gluten alone, and that message is often lost in this book.", "You lose weight over time by consuming fewer calories than what you burn.", "Calories, exercise, and sleep matter.", "I don't think Davis ever states that flat out, which is sad since he is a physician.", "This book is poorly written in some places.", "Davis makes annoying statements like: \"This problem rears its head in more ways than Tiger Woods has mistresses\" and \"this process is more tightly controlled than the Federal Reserve controls the discount rate.", "\" That gets annoying.", "Other topics covered in the book include what celiac disease is and how it is often hard to diagnose.", "Davis also looks at the relationship between chemicals in visceral fat and joint health.", "He suggests gluten-free diets may help arthritis and joint pain as well as slow down the aging process.", "This is based mostly on the anecdotal evidence he's seen from his own patients who have heeded his advice.", "I don't know why I keep reading these kinds of books; in this case my wife and son recently became gluten-free (with my encouragement) and I wanted to have a better basis on documented benefits.", "They are 20% science and 80% marketing.", "Now Davis can attach his names to the Wheat Belly Diet Cookbook series to follow.", "2 stars." ]

[ "And stop reading this series....", "When you find that you HATE all of the characters in a book....", "it might be time to let it go.", "I really wanted Richard to die....", "I wanted Jean-Claude to shut up or just never wake....", "And Anita to keep her clothes on or atleast tell atleast one creature/man no thanks...", "Will this series ever get back to good old fashion kick butt vampire hunting and killing....", "nope.", "It seems the author is a bit kinky and wants to prove just how kinky by messing up one of the most dynamic characters to hit the literary scenes in recent years....", "Too bad....", "I give up." ]

[ "I am no longer a hatchbox customer.", "I have been fighting like crazy with failed prints until the other day I bought matter hackers filament and ran the exact same part with the exact same settings on two identicle printers.", "One running hatchbox the other with matter hackers.", "The matter hackers printed great and the hatchbox failed.", "I switched the filament around and guess what?", "the failed print stayed with the hatchbox.", "Junk!", "junk!!", "junk!!!", "gets gummy and does not melt correctly beware!!!!" ]

[ "Seemed like a no-brainer when I bought it.", "But problem arose on first use.", "First thing I noticed when turning the key is that on stiffer front sights, the plastic sleeve over the turning nut just don't seem sturdy enough.", "The plastic key started warping and deforming under force.", "At this point, not enough force has been applied to actually turn the front sight.", "You can already tell that the metal part was coming loose.", "I honestly felt like the plastic key sleeve was going to be damaged if I kept attempting to turn the key...", "but to my surprise...", "The metal key COMPLETELY SHATTERED instead!!", "Check the photos.", "You can also tell that the metal was deformed by the front sight itself just by me trying to turn it.", "This item is complete snake oil.", "If you have an AK where the front sight is already loose, this might work.", "Otherwise, stay clear." ]