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Trump Haiti El Salvador Africa comments: Politicians pundits react President Trump grew frustrated during recent immigration discussions in the Oval Office and according to The Washington Post asked lawmakers "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" Trump's comment was referring to immigrants from Haiti El Salvador and African countries the Post reported and he then suggested the U.S. try to increase immigration from countries like Norway. More: Report: Trump uses crude term while attacking protections for immigrants The White House did not deny Thursday that the president used the phrase and the comments drew sharp criticism from U.S. politicians and pundits who called the remarks racist among other things. Rep. Mia Love R-Utah the daughter of Haitian immigrants called Trump 's words "divisive" and "elitist" and demanded he apologize to Americans and citizens from the countries "he so wantonly maligned." Democrats quickly decried the comments too. Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-Conn. called the words "blatant racism" and "a brazen betrayal of American values. " President Trumpâs remarks smack of blatant racism â odious and insidious racism masquerading poorly as immigration policy. He does not speak for me as an American. â Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) January 11 2018 Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez simply tweeted "My parents came from one of those countries." Sen. Cory Booker D-N.J. added that Trump "does not speak for America." Former CIA Director John Brennan who was appointed by former president Barack Obama said Trump "demonstrates daily that he is a deeply flawed person" when sharing the Post's article. Without addressing the issue directly former FBI Director James Comey who Trump fired in May said "This countryâs greatness and true genius lies in its diversity." American Civil Liberties Union's immigration policy director Lorella Praeli said in a statement the remarks show that " Trump has been consistently honest about the white nationalism behind his immigration policies " and the National Immigration Law Center called it "repugnant" in a tweet. Republican political pundits also jumped on the comments with some defending Trump . "This is how the forgotten men and women in America talk in the bar." Fox News host Jesse Watters said. "This is how Trump relates to people." Fellow Fox host Tucker Carlson suggested El Salvador may be a "shithole " and conservative commentator Ann Coulter approved of Trump 's remark saying " he 's trying to win me back." However former adviser to Jeb Bush's presidential campaign Michael Steel told Meet the Press it was a "borderline racist stupid comment." MSNBC host Chris Matthews thought the comments showed Trump is "unfit for office." If @realDonaldTrump is trying to play down the idea that he 's unfit for office it's not working. https://t.co/Fry4vzHuuS â Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) January 11 2018 CNN host Don Lemon called Trump racist on his show Thursday and added "A lot of us already knew that."	negative	[ "Trump Haiti El Salvador Africa comments: Politicians pundits react\nPresident Trump grew frustrated during recent immigration discussions in the Oval Office and according to The Washington Post asked lawmakers \"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?", "\"\nTrump's comment was referring to immigrants from Haiti El Salvador and African countries the Post reported and he then suggested the U.", "S. try to increase immigration from countries like Norway.", "More: Report: Trump uses crude term while attacking protections for immigrants\nThe White House did not deny Thursday that the president used the phrase and the comments drew sharp criticism from U.", "S. politicians and pundits who called the remarks racist among other things.", "Rep.", "Mia Love R-Utah the daughter of Haitian immigrants called Trump 's words \"divisive\" and \"elitist\" and demanded he apologize to Americans and citizens from the countries \"he so wantonly maligned.", "\"\nDemocrats quickly decried the comments too.", "Sen.", "Richard Blumenthal D-Conn.", "called the words \"blatant racism\" and \"a brazen betrayal of American values.", "\"\nPresident Trumpâs remarks smack of blatant racism â odious and insidious racism masquerading poorly as immigration policy.", "He does not speak for me as an American.", "â Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) January 11 2018\nDemocratic National Committee chair Tom Perez simply tweeted \"My parents came from one of those countries.", "\" Sen.", "Cory Booker D-N.", "J. added that Trump \"does not speak for America.", "\"\nFormer CIA Director John Brennan who was appointed by former president Barack Obama said Trump \"demonstrates daily that he is a deeply flawed person\" when sharing the Post's article.", "Without addressing the issue directly former FBI Director James Comey who Trump fired in May said \"This countryâs greatness and true genius lies in its diversity.", "\"\nAmerican Civil Liberties Union's immigration policy director Lorella Praeli said in a statement the remarks show that \" Trump has been consistently honest about the white nationalism behind his immigration policies \" and the National Immigration Law Center called it \"repugnant\" in a tweet.", "Republican political pundits also jumped on the comments with some defending Trump.", "\"This is how the forgotten men and women in America talk in the bar.", "\" Fox News host Jesse Watters said.", "\"This is how Trump relates to people.", "\"\nFellow Fox host Tucker Carlson suggested El Salvador may be a \"shithole \" and conservative commentator Ann Coulter approved of Trump 's remark saying \" he 's trying to win me back.", "\"\nHowever former adviser to Jeb Bush's presidential campaign Michael Steel told Meet the Press it was a \"borderline racist stupid comment.", "\" MSNBC host Chris Matthews thought the comments showed Trump is \"unfit for office.", "\"\nIf @realDonaldTrump is trying to play down the idea that he 's unfit for office it's not working.", "https://t.", "co/Fry4vzHuuS â Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) January 11 2018\nCNN host Don Lemon called Trump racist on his show Thursday and added \"A lot of us already knew that.", "\"" ]
I love Kashi and I'm trying to branch out to their other products. Bought this to try out hoping it would be a nice vegetable, zesty/tangy flavor like another brand of crackers out there. I'm so sad to give this a bad review, but no, just no, Kashi. Roasted is the key word. Any vegetable/flavor specks you see on the cracker have been roasted to death. Burnt flavor and blackist in color. Turns me off right away and even got a stomach ache after eating a handful. The cracker itself is soft, like a Ritz cracker, without the greasiness or butter flavor. It would be quite nice plain. Won't buy again, cannot recommend this flavor. I tried, Kashi, I tried.	negative	[ "I love Kashi and I'm trying to branch out to their other products.", "Bought this to try out hoping it would be a nice vegetable, zesty/tangy flavor like another brand of crackers out there.", "I'm so sad to give this a bad review, but no, just no, Kashi.", "Roasted is the key word.", "Any vegetable/flavor specks you see on the cracker have been roasted to death.", "Burnt flavor and blackist in color.", "Turns me off right away and even got a stomach ache after eating a handful.", "The cracker itself is soft, like a Ritz cracker, without the greasiness or butter flavor.", "It would be quite nice plain.", "Won't buy again, cannot recommend this flavor.", "I tried, Kashi, I tried." ]
Well, I purchased this unit to test out the iphone 3g's compatibility. It connected fine with no issues. When testing the sound quality, it wasn't so good. There was a bad hiss in the background. The high pitch sounds didn't sound right at all. When playing video, the voice wasn't synced up. Not sure if that's the iphone's problem or the LiquidAux BT. I thought it was a cool idea, but it didn't work as expected. If you are using it for music only, it might be ok. But I have kids that love to watch movies and they wouldn't like the delayed voice effect.	negative	[ "Well, I purchased this unit to test out the iphone 3g's compatibility.", "It connected fine with no issues.", "When testing the sound quality, it wasn't so good.", "There was a bad hiss in the background.", "The high pitch sounds didn't sound right at all.", "When playing video, the voice wasn't synced up.", "Not sure if that's the iphone's problem or the LiquidAux BT.", "I thought it was a cool idea, but it didn't work as expected.", "If you are using it for music only, it might be ok.", "But I have kids that love to watch movies and they wouldn't like the delayed voice effect." ]
Planet of the Apes (2001) Rated PG-13". Running Time: One Hour, 59 mins. Directed by Tim Burton. This is the sixth film in the series and a remake of the first movie, <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Planet-of-the-Apes-Widescreen-35th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B0000TPA4C/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Planet of the Apes (Widescreen 35th Anniversary Edition)</a> (1968), but with many changes and different characters to update the story. Charlton Heston, who was in the first movie and second movie, <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Beneath-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes-HD/dp/B009EEPXDW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Beneath The Planet Of The Apes [HD</a>] (1970), plays "Zaius" in Ape make-up. Linda Harrison, who was also in the first and second movie, plays "Woman in Cart". It is 2029. A trained chimpanzee, Pericles, is in a space craft. He is pushing buttons. Realizing he is about to crash, he goes ape s***. Just then, Captain Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) appears in front of the screen. It was only a flight simulator test. The chimp loses again. They are in the USAF Oberon Space Station. Leo has been in space for 2 years. As he receives a video postcard from home, an electromagnetic storm nearby causes the power to go out for a few seconds. The crew decides to send the chimp into a pod to go into the central core. Leo wants to do it himself, but rules are rules. Something goes wrong. Leo gets into another pod against orders and launches. He goes through disturbances and loses contact with the Oberon. The counter is going crazy. It's at October 26, 2040 and speeds to August 21, 2427 and stops at 5021. He crash lands on a planet into a pond in the jungle. Leo escapes the pod and swims to land. He then sees a man (Kris Kristofferson) and a woman running. They are being attacked by Apes in armour. The Apes can talk like a human on Earth. Leo is on the Planet of the Apes. Also in the cast: Tim Roth, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan, Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Giamatti, David Warner, Glenn Shadix, Philip Tan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jay Cuputo, Lisa Marie, Rick Baker. I really did not like this movie, but the scenes with Charlton Heston were enjoyable. Helena Bonham Carter chimp character and make-up did not appeal to me. I kept thinking I was watching Michael Jackson. Option of English 5.1 dts, English 5.1 Surround, Spanish Dolby Surround. Subtitles in English. Special Features: Enhanced Viewing Mode (interviews and behind-the scenes stuff will play during movie if this is "on". Audio Commentary #1 with Director Tim Burton. Audio Commentary #2 with Composer Danny Elfman. Cast & Crew Profiles, Nuon Features, DVD-ROM, THX Optomizer. A sequel was never made to the story of this movie. It would be ten years before another movie was made, Rise to the Planet of the Apes (2011). Charlton Heston passed away April 5, 2008 from pneumonia at the age of 84. He had Alzheimer's disease. Michael Clarke Duncan died September 3, 2012 from a heart attack. He was 54. <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Planet-Of-The-Apes-1968-HD/dp/B0053EZWOW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Planet Of The Apes (1968) [HD</a>] (1968). Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Escape-From-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes/dp/B0053EZW5G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Escape From The Planet Of The Apes</a> (1971). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Conquest-Of-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes/dp/B0053F00DO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes</a> (1972). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Battle-For-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes/dp/B0053EZSMS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Battle For The Planet Of The Apes</a> (1973). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Planet-of-the-Apes-The-Complete-TV-Series/dp/B000GUJZ0K/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series</a> (1974). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Return-to-the-Planet-of-the-Apes-The-Complete-Animated-Series/dp/B000E991A2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Return to the Planet of the Apes - The Complete Animated Series</a> (1975). Planet of the Apes (2001). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Rise-Of-The-Planet-of-the-Apes-HD/dp/B009YMNZJS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Rise Of The Planet of the Apes [HD</a>] (2011). <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Dawn-of-the-Planet-of-the-Apes-Blu-ray/dp/B00MH8DU9Q/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [Blu-ray</a>] (2014). War for the Planet of the Apes will be released in July 14, 2017.	negative	[ "Planet of the Apes (2001) Rated PG-13\".", "Running Time: One Hour, 59 mins.", "Directed by Tim Burton.", "This is the sixth film in the series and a remake of the first movie, <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Planet-of-the-Apes-Widescreen-35th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B0000TPA4C/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Planet of the Apes (Widescreen 35th Anniversary Edition)</a> (1968), but with many changes and different characters to update the story.", "Charlton Heston, who was in the first movie and second movie, <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Beneath-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes-HD/dp/B009EEPXDW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Beneath The Planet Of The Apes [HD</a>] (1970), plays \"Zaius\" in Ape make-up.", "Linda Harrison, who was also in the first and second movie, plays \"Woman in Cart\".", "It is 2029.", "A trained chimpanzee, Pericles, is in a space craft.", "He is pushing buttons.", "Realizing he is about to crash, he goes ape s***.", "Just then, Captain Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) appears in front of the screen.", "It was only a flight simulator test.", "The chimp loses again.", "They are in the USAF Oberon Space Station.", "Leo has been in space for 2 years.", "As he receives a video postcard from home, an electromagnetic storm nearby causes the power to go out for a few seconds.", "The crew decides to send the chimp into a pod to go into the central core.", "Leo wants to do it himself, but rules are rules.", "Something goes wrong.", "Leo gets into another pod against orders and launches.", "He goes through disturbances and loses contact with the Oberon.", "The counter is going crazy.", "It's at October 26, 2040 and speeds to August 21, 2427 and stops at 5021.", "He crash lands on a planet into a pond in the jungle.", "Leo escapes the pod and swims to land.", "He then sees a man (Kris Kristofferson) and a woman running.", "They are being attacked by Apes in armour.", "The Apes can talk like a human on Earth.", "Leo is on the Planet of the Apes.", "Also in the cast: Tim Roth, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan, Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Giamatti, David Warner, Glenn Shadix, Philip Tan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jay Cuputo, Lisa Marie, Rick Baker.", "I really did not like this movie, but the scenes with Charlton Heston were enjoyable.", "Helena Bonham Carter chimp character and make-up did not appeal to me.", "I kept thinking I was watching Michael Jackson.", "Option of English 5.", "1 dts, English 5.", "1 Surround, Spanish Dolby Surround.", "Subtitles in English.", "Special Features: Enhanced Viewing Mode (interviews and behind-the scenes stuff will play during movie if this is \"on\".", "Audio Commentary #1 with Director Tim Burton.", "Audio Commentary #2 with Composer Danny Elfman.", "Cast & Crew Profiles, Nuon Features, DVD-ROM, THX Optomizer.", "A sequel was never made to the story of this movie.", "It would be ten years before another movie was made, Rise to the Planet of the Apes (2011).", "Charlton Heston passed away April 5, 2008 from pneumonia at the age of 84.", "He had Alzheimer's disease.", "Michael Clarke Duncan died September 3, 2012 from a heart attack.", "He was 54.", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Planet-Of-The-Apes-1968-HD/dp/B0053EZWOW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Planet Of The Apes (1968) [HD</a>] (1968).", "Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Escape-From-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes/dp/B0053EZW5G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Escape From The Planet Of The Apes</a> (1971).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Conquest-Of-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes/dp/B0053F00DO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes</a> (1972).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Battle-For-The-Planet-Of-The-Apes/dp/B0053EZSMS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Battle For The Planet Of The Apes</a> (1973).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Planet-of-the-Apes-The-Complete-TV-Series/dp/B000GUJZ0K/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series</a> (1974).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Return-to-the-Planet-of-the-Apes-The-Complete-Animated-Series/dp/B000E991A2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Return to the Planet of the Apes - The Complete Animated Series</a> (1975).", "Planet of the Apes (2001).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Rise-Of-The-Planet-of-the-Apes-HD/dp/B009YMNZJS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Rise Of The Planet of the Apes [HD</a>] (2011).", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Dawn-of-the-Planet-of-the-Apes-Blu-ray/dp/B00MH8DU9Q/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [Blu-ray</a>] (2014).", "War for the Planet of the Apes will be released in July 14, 2017." ]
I'm a huge Final Fantasy guy, but for me, 8 is just very close to trash. I tried to play it right when it came out but I couldn't stand it right from the get go so I quit early. I tried to play it again a few years ago and the same exact thing happened. Finally a little while ago, I forced myself through it. No exaggeration. So I started the game for the third time thinking, hey maybe it just takes time to catch on. But no, I never really became addicted to the gameplay as I usually do in FF games. The only way to get stronger is to find monsters with different spells and steal their spells for your attributes, which is fine and all, but it got extremely annoying having to do that until you reach 100 and for each character! It doesn't sound necessary but trust that's the only way to get stronger because as your level goes up, so do monster levels, so yes there's no point in even leveling up. Really stupid in my opinion, but it's a different type of thing that I think some people actually did like. Not me. Every other FF was great as they were because they did not deviate the gameplay to this extent. For every thing else, the story was a definite plunge from 7. FF7 blew everyone away and when this cam out, the characters were ok, but the story was pretty lame, but not too, too terrible and the music was forgettable. The environments were about matched with that of 7, but less enjoyable. So overall, this is not a great game. I feel like this game is extremely overrated, getting so much positive feed back, but for what? My expectations were much higher after being so impressed by 7. Maybe the bar was just set too high. Maybe Square needed a break. Then again, there are obviously people who love this style of gameplay, which gives them a much more different gaming experience. Don't get me wrong, it's not the worst game ever, but it's just not the same Final Fantasy experience everyone loves. So bottom line, if you're new to final fantasy and haven't played this yet, I would say consider a different FF game. But give it a chance if you're not that picky with RPGs. Just don't expect much.	negative	[ "I'm a huge Final Fantasy guy, but for me, 8 is just very close to trash.", "I tried to play it right when it came out but I couldn't stand it right from the get go so I quit early.", "I tried to play it again a few years ago and the same exact thing happened.", "Finally a little while ago, I forced myself through it.", "No exaggeration.", "So I started the game for the third time thinking, hey maybe it just takes time to catch on.", "But no, I never really became addicted to the gameplay as I usually do in FF games.", "The only way to get stronger is to find monsters with different spells and steal their spells for your attributes, which is fine and all, but it got extremely annoying having to do that until you reach 100 and for each character!", "It doesn't sound necessary but trust that's the only way to get stronger because as your level goes up, so do monster levels, so yes there's no point in even leveling up.", "Really stupid in my opinion, but it's a different type of thing that I think some people actually did like.", "Not me.", "Every other FF was great as they were because they did not deviate the gameplay to this extent.", "For every thing else, the story was a definite plunge from 7.", "FF7 blew everyone away and when this cam out, the characters were ok, but the story was pretty lame, but not too, too terrible and the music was forgettable.", "The environments were about matched with that of 7, but less enjoyable.", "So overall, this is not a great game.", "I feel like this game is extremely overrated, getting so much positive feed back, but for what?", "My expectations were much higher after being so impressed by 7.", "Maybe the bar was just set too high.", "Maybe Square needed a break.", "Then again, there are obviously people who love this style of gameplay, which gives them a much more different gaming experience.", "Don't get me wrong, it's not the worst game ever, but it's just not the same Final Fantasy experience everyone loves.", "So bottom line, if you're new to final fantasy and haven't played this yet, I would say consider a different FF game.", "But give it a chance if you're not that picky with RPGs.", "Just don't expect much." ]
BTW- LUCKYVITAMIN.COM IS HAVING A SALE ON ALL Zhena's Gypsy Tea's, same $$$ That they were HERE Prior to Raising $ by 97%!!! I actually LOVE this tea. However, in a matter of 3 weeks it has DOUBLED IN PRICE!!!!!!! It is now far too expensive to enjoy on a regular basis, and honestly... although it is a lovely tea, it is NOT worth the $11.00 per unit that the current price reflects. At @ $6.00 per can, it was appropriately, if not still a bit over priced. DO NOT BUT IT - THE WHITE TEA BAGS ALONE TEL THAT THEY CUT FAR TOO MANY CORNERS AS IT IS. If YOU Want Great Rose & Black Ceylon Tea - BUY NINA's "MARIE-ANTOINETTE" in the RED TIN. The Roses are grown at the Palace at Verseilles' Gardens, and it is a glimpse of Heaven. It is Pricey - but after this $$$ increase here, they have just ensured I ONLY Purchase Nina's Tea's.	negative	[ "BTW- LUCKYVITAMIN.", "COM IS HAVING A SALE ON ALL Zhena's Gypsy Tea's, same $$$ That they were HERE Prior to Raising $ by 97%!!!", "I actually LOVE this tea.", "However, in a matter of 3 weeks it has DOUBLED IN PRICE!!!!", "!!!", "It is now far too expensive to enjoy on a regular basis, and honestly...", "although it is a lovely tea, it is NOT worth the $11.", "00 per unit that the current price reflects.", "At @ $6.", "00 per can, it was appropriately, if not still a bit over priced.", "DO NOT BUT IT - THE WHITE TEA BAGS ALONE TEL THAT THEY CUT FAR TOO MANY CORNERS AS IT IS.", "If YOU Want Great Rose & Black Ceylon Tea - BUY NINA's \"MARIE-ANTOINETTE\" in the RED TIN.", "The Roses are grown at the Palace at Verseilles' Gardens, and it is a glimpse of Heaven.", "It is Pricey - but after this $$$ increase here, they have just ensured I ONLY Purchase Nina's Tea's." ]
This is a fantastic product that is well made. The plastic is heavy duty and comes with a plastic cover that must be removed before use. This ensures that the wheel you get is in perfect condition. The tool is extremely useful. I have just started playing with a band, and it is very common for band members to call out a song and the key that it is in. With the wheel, I immediately know what chords to choose from. I also know what notes are in each chord. In addition, it has a note by note image of the entire fretboard so that you can see where the roots are for the scale you are playing. The wheel is also invaluable for switching keys. For example, say you're playing the I, IV, and V chords in the key of C., but your lead singer is having trouble and would rather sing it in Bb. All you need to do is dial the wheel to Bb, find out the new I, IV, and V chords, and start playing. The wheel makes chord transposition a breeze. I feel that the negative reviews you are seeing are unfair. This is a very useful product at a fair price. No, I am not affiliated with the company at all. I'm just a band member newbie who appreciates this tool. In my opinion, this is a five star product.	negative	[ "This is a fantastic product that is well made.", "The plastic is heavy duty and comes with a plastic cover that must be removed before use.", "This ensures that the wheel you get is in perfect condition.", "The tool is extremely useful.", "I have just started playing with a band, and it is very common for band members to call out a song and the key that it is in.", "With the wheel, I immediately know what chords to choose from.", "I also know what notes are in each chord.", "In addition, it has a note by note image of the entire fretboard so that you can see where the roots are for the scale you are playing.", "The wheel is also invaluable for switching keys.", "For example, say you're playing the I, IV, and V chords in the key of C.", ", but your lead singer is having trouble and would rather sing it in Bb.", "All you need to do is dial the wheel to Bb, find out the new I, IV, and V chords, and start playing.", "The wheel makes chord transposition a breeze.", "I feel that the negative reviews you are seeing are unfair.", "This is a very useful product at a fair price.", "No, I am not affiliated with the company at all.", "I'm just a band member newbie who appreciates this tool.", "In my opinion, this is a five star product." ]
I have had this WAP for a few weeks now and only know that the setup is very easy and well documented. As far as knowing how well this item performs, I have no idea. After setting up I tried to attach to my wired LAN through the WAP11. Although the Linksys Wireless CompactFlash Card WFC12 and Linksys Wireless-B Notebook Adapter WPC11 that I purchased with the WAP11 have communications with the WAP11, they can not get to the Internet through the Access Point. My day job is in the computer industry and I pretty much know what I'm doing. I have checked and rechecked all my settings to no avail. If this doesn't solve my problem it usually means that something has been overlooked in the information provided. My next step is to try technical support. Linksys' off-shore tech support seem more interested in getting away from me and will tell me anything to do so. Because of the accents, every sentance has to be repeated several times. It is a very unpleasant experience. The information I have received from them has always been incorrect. I have never had any of my email requests responded to. At this point it looks like I will be returning these 3 Linksys items. They are no use if I can't get them working. I purchased these Linksys products because of my previous good experiences with Linksys. But it looks like their takeover by Cisco Systems has changed their approach to customer and technical support. As with so many other companies, cutting corners by taking support off-shore is costing their customers dearly and will in the end be felt by their penny-pinchers.	negative	[ "I have had this WAP for a few weeks now and only know that the setup is very easy and well documented.", "As far as knowing how well this item performs, I have no idea.", "After setting up I tried to attach to my wired LAN through the WAP11.", "Although the Linksys Wireless CompactFlash Card WFC12 and Linksys Wireless-B Notebook Adapter WPC11 that I purchased with the WAP11 have communications with the WAP11, they can not get to the Internet through the Access Point.", "My day job is in the computer industry and I pretty much know what I'm doing.", "I have checked and rechecked all my settings to no avail.", "If this doesn't solve my problem it usually means that something has been overlooked in the information provided.", "My next step is to try technical support.", "Linksys' off-shore tech support seem more interested in getting away from me and will tell me anything to do so.", "Because of the accents, every sentance has to be repeated several times.", "It is a very unpleasant experience.", "The information I have received from them has always been incorrect.", "I have never had any of my email requests responded to.", "At this point it looks like I will be returning these 3 Linksys items.", "They are no use if I can't get them working.", "I purchased these Linksys products because of my previous good experiences with Linksys.", "But it looks like their takeover by Cisco Systems has changed their approach to customer and technical support.", "As with so many other companies, cutting corners by taking support off-shore is costing their customers dearly and will in the end be felt by their penny-pinchers." ]
I think the best way I can describe my feelings while reading COLDHEART CANYON is to use some of Clive Barker's own words from the book (out of context, of course): "Not once did she look away, though every second that it continued she told herself she should do so, because this was just a common atrocity now. It was nothing to look at, and nothing to be proud of looking at." COLDHEART CANYON marks the first (and, I pray, last) pratfall in Barker's otherwise highly commendable writing career. I'm sad to say it, but the entire story, from start to finish, is the type of pedestrian writing I've always held up as an example of what I never wanted my own writing to become. It's rife with two-dimensional characterizations, inane dialogue, glaring grammatical errors on nearly every page and an abundance of amateurish splatter theatrics. All in all, Coldheart Canyon shows the failure of an otherwise gifted storyteller (and a litany of editors) to do the job we pay them to do. I'm simultaneously angry and sad that Barker put out a book of such embarrassingly poor quality. It appears to me that he has reached the point in his fame where the notion of being a star and a media mogul have overshadowed his original desire to write great stories. His time and attention is obviously spread way too thin these days and now those of us who are mature, discriminating readers and fans of his work are paying the price for the past two books he's churned out. They've been either half-baked (as with GALILEE) or still frozen at the back of the freezer, as is the case with this mess. The author and the editor are equally responsible for a poorly edited manuscript. Barker admits that no fewer than four people (including himself) were supposed to have fine-tuned this offering. Well, they're either lazy or suddenly they've all become functionally illiterate. My advice to you is to cancel any plans you might have made to visit COLDHEART CANYON. It looks a lot better in the brochure.	negative	[ "I think the best way I can describe my feelings while reading COLDHEART CANYON is to use some of Clive Barker's own words from the book (out of context, of course):\n\"Not once did she look away, though every second that it continued she told herself she should do so, because this was just a common atrocity now.", "It was nothing to look at, and nothing to be proud of looking at.", "\"\nCOLDHEART CANYON marks the first (and, I pray, last) pratfall in Barker's otherwise highly commendable writing career.", "I'm sad to say it, but the entire story, from start to finish, is the type of pedestrian writing I've always held up as an example of what I never wanted my own writing to become.", "It's rife with two-dimensional characterizations, inane dialogue, glaring grammatical errors on nearly every page and an abundance of amateurish splatter theatrics.", "All in all, Coldheart Canyon shows the failure of an otherwise gifted storyteller (and a litany of editors) to do the job we pay them to do.", "I'm simultaneously angry and sad that Barker put out a book of such embarrassingly poor quality.", "It appears to me that he has reached the point in his fame where the notion of being a star and a media mogul have overshadowed his original desire to write great stories.", "His time and attention is obviously spread way too thin these days and now those of us who are mature, discriminating readers and fans of his work are paying the price for the past two books he's churned out.", "They've been either half-baked (as with GALILEE) or still frozen at the back of the freezer, as is the case with this mess.", "The author and the editor are equally responsible for a poorly edited manuscript.", "Barker admits that no fewer than four people (including himself) were supposed to have fine-tuned this offering.", "Well, they're either lazy or suddenly they've all become functionally illiterate.", "My advice to you is to cancel any plans you might have made to visit COLDHEART CANYON.", "It looks a lot better in the brochure." ]
I bought this SL-5412 motion sensor security light about three years ago. I bought it in Home Depot. I installed it under the deck, where it was protected from the rain by the deck itself; this minimized the possibility of water damage. When I installed it, I immediately discovered that the coverage angle is 90 degrees rather than 150 degrees and that the range is 30 feet rather than 70 feet (at maximum sensitivity). The unit worked for about three years, but recently it died for no obvious reason. The part that died is the motion sensor. The lights are off during the daytime, but during the night they are permanently turned on, regardless of whether there is motion or not. I tried to decrease the sensitivity to the minimum, but the lights still did not turn off. Then I took the motion sensor apart to see whether there was water inside the box. To my surprise, it was completely clean and dry inside the motion sensor box and also inside the bid round box on which the unit was hanged. The printed circuit board looks like new, with no traces of water damage or even dust. This means that after about three years of use the circuit will die even if it is dry. The reason is: DESA International uses cheap electronic components (specifically, cheap electrolytic capacitors) that do not last more than a couple of years.	negative	[ "I bought this SL-5412 motion sensor security light about three years ago.", "I bought it in Home Depot.", "I installed it under the deck, where it was protected from the rain by the deck itself; this minimized the possibility of water damage.", "When I installed it, I immediately discovered that the coverage angle is 90 degrees rather than 150 degrees and that the range is 30 feet rather than 70 feet (at maximum sensitivity).", "The unit worked for about three years, but recently it died for no obvious reason.", "The part that died is the motion sensor.", "The lights are off during the daytime, but during the night they are permanently turned on, regardless of whether there is motion or not.", "I tried to decrease the sensitivity to the minimum, but the lights still did not turn off.", "Then I took the motion sensor apart to see whether there was water inside the box.", "To my surprise, it was completely clean and dry inside the motion sensor box and also inside the bid round box on which the unit was hanged.", "The printed circuit board looks like new, with no traces of water damage or even dust.", "This means that after about three years of use the circuit will die even if it is dry.", "The reason is: DESA International uses cheap electronic components (specifically, cheap electrolytic capacitors) that do not last more than a couple of years." ]
this is the 3rd nikon digital camera I've had and returned (thanks Amazon).I had the 775,885,and the 5000. For me,and this is a personal observation,they're too damn small!! I have poor eyesight and the screen and menus are too small for me to navigate.sure,you could set it up for idiot proof but why spend $1100 for a totally adjustable camera? I did try a few pictures and they seemed fine but once again I didn't take the time to really use the features. I couldn't. I'm not sold on digital photography for my purposes.you could buy an excellent 35mm camera for 1/3 the cost of the 5000 and buy a $150 scanner and do the same thing. I've used Nikon equipment for 30 years and love them. It's too bad that these cameras don't work for me.maybe they will for you. GO LOOK AT THEM before buying and make sure they are what you want and need.	negative	[ "this is the 3rd nikon digital camera I've had and returned (thanks Amazon).", "I had the 775,885,and the 5000.", "For me,and this is a personal observation,they're too damn small!!", "I have poor eyesight and the screen and menus are too small for me to navigate.", "sure,you could set it up for idiot proof but why spend $1100 for a totally adjustable camera?", "I did try a few pictures and they seemed fine but once again I didn't take the time to really use the features.", "I couldn't.", "I'm not sold on digital photography for my purposes.", "you could buy an excellent 35mm camera for 1/3 the cost of the 5000 and buy a $150 scanner and do the same thing.", "I've used Nikon equipment for 30 years and love them.", "It's too bad that these cameras don't work for me.", "maybe they will for you.", "GO LOOK AT THEM before buying and make sure they are what you want and need." ]
I really enjoyed the first book in the Kellington series. However, the second book was pretty horrible. From a very forgettable cast of characters to a lackluster romance I wasn't feeling the book. Top it off with a overabundance of the word "cock" and you will be struggling to stay interested in this poorly told sordid tale. To top it off the author has the characters do things that are not humanly possible such as the two main characters standing, kissing, but Riverton is somehow able to touch Lizza's ankle and calf while doing it. Um, not unless he has inspector gadget arms. Really poorly written. The author's bedroom scenes make me question if the author has any experience in a bedroom. I will not be reading further into the series. I had to force myself to finish this book and only to be an honest and fair reviewer. Reader be warned!	negative	[ "I really enjoyed the first book in the Kellington series.", "However, the second book was pretty horrible.", "From a very forgettable cast of characters to a lackluster romance I wasn't feeling the book.", "Top it off with a overabundance of the word \"cock\" and you will be struggling to stay interested in this poorly told sordid tale.", "To top it off the author has the characters do things that are not humanly possible such as the two main characters standing, kissing, but Riverton is somehow able to touch Lizza's ankle and calf while doing it.", "Um, not unless he has inspector gadget arms.", "Really poorly written.", "The author's bedroom scenes make me question if the author has any experience in a bedroom.", "I will not be reading further into the series.", "I had to force myself to finish this book and only to be an honest and fair reviewer.", "Reader be warned!" ]
I recently ordered a new battery from another seller for my friends G1 which was no longer holding a charge. The battery worked better than expected. My G1 battery began to die quickly even with limited use so I figured I'd get a new battery for mine as well. This battery did not work as well as the other I ordered. This battery seems to work just as bad as the original one I've had for a few years. When I received it, it had about 70% life and I decided to fully charge it and then let it completely die before recharging. I've been using it for a few days and I charge it fully each night. By the end of the day, which is around 5 or 6pm for me, it's down to less than 20%. I rarely use my phone during the day while I'm at work. I even tried taking off the autosync feature to save battery life. Last night as usual I fully charged the battery. I've checked my email and received/sent a few text messages. It's now noon and the battery is at 44%! I believe there are some lower priced batteries out there that actually work. I don't think this is one of them. Try at your own risk. I'm just thankful I didn't spend alot on this.	negative	[ "I recently ordered a new battery from another seller for my friends G1 which was no longer holding a charge.", "The battery worked better than expected.", "My G1 battery began to die quickly even with limited use so I figured I'd get a new battery for mine as well.", "This battery did not work as well as the other I ordered.", "This battery seems to work just as bad as the original one I've had for a few years.", "When I received it, it had about 70% life and I decided to fully charge it and then let it completely die before recharging.", "I've been using it for a few days and I charge it fully each night.", "By the end of the day, which is around 5 or 6pm for me, it's down to less than 20%.", "I rarely use my phone during the day while I'm at work.", "I even tried taking off the autosync feature to save battery life.", "Last night as usual I fully charged the battery.", "I've checked my email and received/sent a few text messages.", "It's now noon and the battery is at 44%!", "I believe there are some lower priced batteries out there that actually work.", "I don't think this is one of them.", "Try at your own risk.", "I'm just thankful I didn't spend alot on this." ]
Maybe I got a bad one ... shift key sticks a little and takes undue amount of pressure to use. I type math code regularly for 40 hours a week and hitting the shift key to make brackets made my fingers ache. Other keys also got sticky after a few weeks of use. I feel like I'm stabbing my fingers onto concrete or something. The only alternative is to go so slowly with typing that I can't get the words out of my head. A pencil would hurt less. The older Microsoft Natural multimedia keyboards were great. I went through about one every 2 years or so before they sort of wore out and got painful. I'll try one with the pad or whatever. I'm not a fan of pads and fabrics with my allergies. I'd rather have the plain plastic. I went to type a document for a while today and every keystroke I hit makes my fingers hurt. I do have chronic inflammation so small things are bigger with me. What feels like concrete to me might feel like pressing on wood for someone else. The keyboard design is nice. I have long fingers. The keys are in decent places. They just feel sticky and stop painfully to press down. There's one amount of force to push it down, then a strange stop. Push a lot to get over the initial resistance, then the resistance somehow disappears at the end of the key press, where it feels like slamming a door. Cannot type quickly with this keyboard without injury. Must go very slowly. Still hurts eventually. Essentially, it's like pressing a screen door closed that's slightly resisting you with its cylinder thing, then all of a sudden, no resistance and you end up slamming the door. I think that's why my fingers cannot stand this keyboard anymore. Perhaps it is just the particular keyboard I got since so many like it. The spacebar has more resistance than the other keys and that is not pleasant. Will try some other keyboards. Would have been a good keyboard. Could even live with what feels like odd arrow key placements. I practically turn my hand at an angle to use the arrow keys. I find myself using the mouse more in documents and math software than ever before after this keyboard. The strange key resistance is unacceptable. If yours doesn't have this, great. Mine makes it unbearable.	negative	[ "Maybe I got a bad one...", "shift key sticks a little and takes undue amount of pressure to use.", "I type math code regularly for 40 hours a week and hitting the shift key to make brackets made my fingers ache.", "Other keys also got sticky after a few weeks of use.", "I feel like I'm stabbing my fingers onto concrete or something.", "The only alternative is to go so slowly with typing that I can't get the words out of my head.", "A pencil would hurt less.", "The older Microsoft Natural multimedia keyboards were great.", "I went through about one every 2 years or so before they sort of wore out and got painful.", "I'll try one with the pad or whatever.", "I'm not a fan of pads and fabrics with my allergies.", "I'd rather have the plain plastic.", "I went to type a document for a while today and every keystroke I hit makes my fingers hurt.", "I do have chronic inflammation so small things are bigger with me.", "What feels like concrete to me might feel like pressing on wood for someone else.", "The keyboard design is nice.", "I have long fingers.", "The keys are in decent places.", "They just feel sticky and stop painfully to press down.", "There's one amount of force to push it down, then a strange stop.", "Push a lot to get over the initial resistance, then the resistance somehow disappears at the end of the key press, where it feels like slamming a door.", "Cannot type quickly with this keyboard without injury.", "Must go very slowly.", "Still hurts eventually.", "Essentially, it's like pressing a screen door closed that's slightly resisting you with its cylinder thing, then all of a sudden, no resistance and you end up slamming the door.", "I think that's why my fingers cannot stand this keyboard anymore.", "Perhaps it is just the particular keyboard I got since so many like it.", "The spacebar has more resistance than the other keys and that is not pleasant.", "Will try some other keyboards.", "Would have been a good keyboard.", "Could even live with what feels like odd arrow key placements.", "I practically turn my hand at an angle to use the arrow keys.", "I find myself using the mouse more in documents and math software than ever before after this keyboard.", "The strange key resistance is unacceptable.", "If yours doesn't have this, great.", "Mine makes it unbearable." ]
For starters, no combination of the collars would fit snugly on my drill press; I had to use some pipe clamp to fill in the gap. This was really surprising and frustrating (there are so MANY included collars, I really thought one would fit!). So I finally get setup, I grab my "test" piece of scrap. Clamp it down (btw the table is WAY too short! I could only use one of the clamp arms) and start to drill. At the point where I felt I was forcing things I started to back off, and the entire piece of wood came up with the cutter. ALL the clamps failed: the "hold fasts", the guide, AND the lock holding the chisel in place! Four different failures, all on the first cut. No thanks! Returned immediately.	negative	[ "For starters, no combination of the collars would fit snugly on my drill press; I had to use some pipe clamp to fill in the gap.", "This was really surprising and frustrating (there are so MANY included collars, I really thought one would fit!", ").", "So I finally get setup, I grab my \"test\" piece of scrap.", "Clamp it down (btw the table is WAY too short!", "I could only use one of the clamp arms) and start to drill.", "At the point where I felt I was forcing things I started to back off, and the entire piece of wood came up with the cutter.", "ALL the clamps failed: the \"hold fasts\", the guide, AND the lock holding the chisel in place!", "Four different failures, all on the first cut.", "No thanks!", "Returned immediately." ]
To start off, I am a Yakima fan. I have their Swing Daddy Hitch Bike Carrier. I have their Skybox 16 Cargo Box. I have the Subaru OEM Roof Crossbar (which I hear is also made by Yakima). So I do value quality and spend on Yakima products. However, I'm kind of losing my faith on this TubeTop Crossbar Adapter I bought for my wife's bike. The 'teeth' on the end that extends and locks the bike in isn't as firm as I expected it should be. I suppose this has something to do with the locking mechanism not being deep or long enough. So what happens is this 'teeth' does not stay firmly in place and lifts up a little bit. Since it is carrying a bike, that if for some reason (and God forbid), gives in and the 'teeth' flips up and lets go of the bike will potentially cause some damage-- not just to the bike but to other cars on the road too. What I just do to rectify this is use a secondary cable to somehow catch the bike just in case. Yakima, you're better than this.	negative	[ "To start off, I am a Yakima fan.", "I have their Swing Daddy Hitch Bike Carrier.", "I have their Skybox 16 Cargo Box.", "I have the Subaru OEM Roof Crossbar (which I hear is also made by Yakima).", "So I do value quality and spend on Yakima products.", "However, I'm kind of losing my faith on this TubeTop Crossbar Adapter I bought for my wife's bike.", "The 'teeth' on the end that extends and locks the bike in isn't as firm as I expected it should be.", "I suppose this has something to do with the locking mechanism not being deep or long enough.", "So what happens is this 'teeth' does not stay firmly in place and lifts up a little bit.", "Since it is carrying a bike, that if for some reason (and God forbid), gives in and the 'teeth' flips up and lets go of the bike will potentially cause some damage-- not just to the bike but to other cars on the road too.", "What I just do to rectify this is use a secondary cable to somehow catch the bike just in case.", "Yakima, you're better than this." ]
I have been using the Armor All Leather Conditioner cream for a bunch of years and I love the way it goes on and it has a great smell. I ordered this thinking it was the same stuff, but boy was I wrong. This gel sits on top of the leather (I have 2 different cars with 2 kinds of leather seats to test with and it is the same in both) and doesn't appear to soak in. The cream conditioner I can work in with my hands, but this stuff is like smearing ketchup all over your seats (and it comes in a ketchup bottle by the way). There is a residue left behind though because the horrible smell is everywhere. I can't even wash it off my hands after trying with 3 kinds of soap. It smells like a cross between French perfume and hospital sanitizer. Makes me gag a little bit. I was hopeful it wouldn't be as strong once on the seats, and maybe by tomorrow it will have dissipated a bit. Bottom line: This stuff is going back or in the garbage.	negative	[ "I have been using the Armor All Leather Conditioner cream for a bunch of years and I love the way it goes on and it has a great smell.", "I ordered this thinking it was the same stuff, but boy was I wrong.", "This gel sits on top of the leather (I have 2 different cars with 2 kinds of leather seats to test with and it is the same in both) and doesn't appear to soak in.", "The cream conditioner I can work in with my hands, but this stuff is like smearing ketchup all over your seats (and it comes in a ketchup bottle by the way).", "There is a residue left behind though because the horrible smell is everywhere.", "I can't even wash it off my hands after trying with 3 kinds of soap.", "It smells like a cross between French perfume and hospital sanitizer.", "Makes me gag a little bit.", "I was hopeful it wouldn't be as strong once on the seats, and maybe by tomorrow it will have dissipated a bit.", "Bottom line: This stuff is going back or in the garbage." ]
I just received this phone today. I purchased it though a "lightening deal" on Amazon.com over Christmas. My reasons for purchasing this phone were two-fold. #1, I have a really old flip Samsung phone. I have a prepaid plan with T-Mobile where I only pay $100 per year, and I always have "leftover" minutes as I only use my cell phone for an emergency, so I wanted to "update" my phone. #2, I wanted to be able to use it when I go to Europe by simply using a different SIM card. I do not have a data plan, as I'm on a prepaid plan. But the phone is supposed to have WiFi. Note "supposed to". I have an iPod Touch, which works GREAT on WiFi. I was thinking that this phone would be similar to that. . . That I could use many of the features through WiFi. That doesn't really work so well. Let me just go ahead and list all the horrible things about this phone. . . . * WiFi - It's a nightmare. I have yet to find a way to tell it to connect to WiFi at my house and leave it on all the time. There is no "simple" way. . . that I have found. . . to connect to WiFi. When you try and connect it will then ask you "what you want to do with it" or "how you want to connect". JUST CONNECT AND BE DONE WITH IT! If you chose the wrong "option" then it just doesn't connect at all. * I can't tell if WiFi is working or not. * Even if you know that WiFi is connected, when you try and do certain things, it will still try connecting through cell service. . . which it can't do, because I don't have a data plan, so you just receive an error. * The "operating system" this phone uses is supposed to be used by more phones around the world than any other system. . . but. . . there is a reason why it's not used in the U.S. . . . IT STINKS! On top of this, I recently read that even Nokia is going to stop using it and change to Windows!!! Listen! You REALLY want either an iPhone or an Android phone. Something that is EASY and USER-FRIENDLY to use. This operating system is NOT easy to use and STINKS! * How many apps are there for this phone? I don't know. . . perhaps three? Perhaps not even that many. You're "slumming" with this phone. . . * It's a pain to take the back panel off. You have to press-in two buttons, but even then the panel does not pop-open. * If you want to open the USB port, you have to take something and "gouge" it open. * No touchscreen * As a man with "normal" fingers, the keypad is not great. But then I've never seen one that really was on a phone this size. Everyone wants tiny phones. . . but then the keys are also tiny. * Have I mentioned that NOTHING is easy about this phone?? It's an entire process you have to go through to do anything on this phone. There is only ONE good thing about this phone. It looks good. But otherwise . . . it STINKS!! There is really only one reason that I will probably keep this phone. . . .and it's a really bad reason to keep it. . . but. . . there is a camera on the phone. My old phone doesn't have a camera, and my old phone is not going to last forever. So. . . I'll use this piece-of-junk for just a phone. . . and the camera ability. Again, fortunately I got it as a "lightening deal". Otherwise I would be returning it. PLEASE do yourself a favor and get an iPhone if you can. . .if not. . . get an Android phone. I think you'll be MUCH happier. Again, even Nokia is not using this garbage operating system for their new phones.	negative	[ "I just received this phone today.", "I purchased it though a \"lightening deal\" on Amazon.", "com over Christmas.", "My reasons for purchasing this phone were two-fold.", "#1, I have a really old flip Samsung phone.", "I have a prepaid plan with T-Mobile where I only pay $100 per year, and I always have \"leftover\" minutes as I only use my cell phone for an emergency, so I wanted to \"update\" my phone.", "#2, I wanted to be able to use it when I go to Europe by simply using a different SIM card.", "I do not have a data plan, as I'm on a prepaid plan.", "But the phone is supposed to have WiFi.", "Note \"supposed to\".", "I have an iPod Touch, which works GREAT on WiFi.", "I was thinking that this phone would be similar to that.", ".", ".", "That I could use many of the features through WiFi.", "That doesn't really work so well.", "Let me just go ahead and list all the horrible things about this phone.", ".", ".", ".", "* WiFi - It's a nightmare.", "I have yet to find a way to tell it to connect to WiFi at my house and leave it on all the time.", "There is no \"simple\" way.", ".", ".", "that I have found.", ".", ".", "to connect to WiFi.", "When you try and connect it will then ask you \"what you want to do with it\" or \"how you want to connect\".", "JUST CONNECT AND BE DONE WITH IT!", "If you chose the wrong \"option\" then it just doesn't connect at all.", "* I can't tell if WiFi is working or not.", "* Even if you know that WiFi is connected, when you try and do certain things, it will still try connecting through cell service.", ".", ".", "which it can't do, because I don't have a data plan, so you just receive an error.", "* The \"operating system\" this phone uses is supposed to be used by more phones around the world than any other system.", ".", ".", "but.", ".", ".", "there is a reason why it's not used in the U.", "S..", ".", ".", "IT STINKS!", "On top of this, I recently read that even Nokia is going to stop using it and change to Windows!!!", "Listen!", "You REALLY want either an iPhone or an Android phone.", "Something that is EASY and USER-FRIENDLY to use.", "This operating system is NOT easy to use and STINKS!", "* How many apps are there for this phone?", "I don't know.", ".", ".", "perhaps three?", "Perhaps not even that many.", "You're \"slumming\" with this phone.", ".", ".", "* It's a pain to take the back panel off.", "You have to press-in two buttons, but even then the panel does not pop-open.", "* If you want to open the USB port, you have to take something and \"gouge\" it open.", "* No touchscreen\n* As a man with \"normal\" fingers, the keypad is not great.", "But then I've never seen one that really was on a phone this size.", "Everyone wants tiny phones.", ".", ".", "but then the keys are also tiny.", "* Have I mentioned that NOTHING is easy about this phone??", "It's an entire process you have to go through to do anything on this phone.", "There is only ONE good thing about this phone.", "It looks good.", "But otherwise.", ".", ".", "it STINKS!!", "There is really only one reason that I will probably keep this phone.", ".", ".", ".", "and it's a really bad reason to keep it.", ".", ".", "but.", ".", ".", "there is a camera on the phone.", "My old phone doesn't have a camera, and my old phone is not going to last forever.", "So.", ".", ".", "I'll use this piece-of-junk for just a phone.", ".", ".", "and the camera ability.", "Again, fortunately I got it as a \"lightening deal\".", "Otherwise I would be returning it.", "PLEASE do yourself a favor and get an iPhone if you can.", ".", ".", "if not.", ".", ".", "get an Android phone.", "I think you'll be MUCH happier.", "Again, even Nokia is not using this garbage operating system for their new phones." ]
I am suspicious of this product. I have followed Ayurvedic practices for awhile and central to Ayurveda is determining one's dosha. Is this for pittas? Vadas? Kaphas? Is it tri-doshic? Or, is the manufacturer capitalizing on the popularity of Ayurveda and using conventional perfume making ingredients with a "natural" scent? It does not smell natural at all, but like a commercial perfume. A quick look at the Rituals site reveals that the Ayurveda line is only one of six scent lines, all with an Eastern theme. One of the ingredients, cyclohexene, is on OSHA hazard lists. It does contain some natural ingredients, but since Ayurveda is about balancing your energy naturally, why spray yourself with a mist created in a chemist's lab? Be your own advocate and if you're attracted to Ayurveda, don't fall prey to slick marketing tactics supported by pretty prose and photographs. Keep it simple, keep it natural.	negative	[ "I am suspicious of this product.", "I have followed Ayurvedic practices for awhile and central to Ayurveda is determining one's dosha.", "Is this for pittas?", "Vadas?", "Kaphas?", "Is it tri-doshic?", "Or, is the manufacturer capitalizing on the popularity of Ayurveda and using conventional perfume making ingredients with a \"natural\" scent?", "It does not smell natural at all, but like a commercial perfume.", "A quick look at the Rituals site reveals that the Ayurveda line is only one of six scent lines, all with an Eastern theme.", "One of the ingredients, cyclohexene, is on OSHA hazard lists.", "It does contain some natural ingredients, but since Ayurveda is about balancing your energy naturally, why spray yourself with a mist created in a chemist's lab?", "Be your own advocate and if you're attracted to Ayurveda, don't fall prey to slick marketing tactics supported by pretty prose and photographs.", "Keep it simple, keep it natural." ]
I was one of the many that pre-ordered halo 2 because I enjoyed the first one so much. About me and seven of my friends bought it at the midnight release and went to my buddies house where we played it all night and my friend and I beat the co-op storyline around 8 or 9 the next morning. There were some things I liked and hated about the game. Storyline: If you played the first one the storyline is lacking and really straightforward. You play the "hero", fight against aliens and save humanity/earth whatever. For the second one when they released video clips it made it sound as if the aliens found earth and are attacking it and you (master chief) were turning earth into a crazy urban war between humans and aliens. Its been a long time since I played the storyline, actually the night of its release was the last time, but you only end up fighting on earth for the first one or two levels (I use the term lightly as halo has no "real" levels). Then you end up going into one of the alien ships or something like that. You also get to play as one of the aliens, which I found to be rather fun but also a "played" story gimmick as this has happened in other games as well. The ending was very dissapointing as it just left you hanging and wanting more and hoping there was actually more to the story left. Bungie could have done a better job and made the story more developed and the game a bit longer. Graphics: I've read a lot of reviews saying that the graphics are awesome but I didn't see a great deal of difference between halo and halo 2. However, I also didn't play either game with HD cables on an HDTV. They used the same engine and just added what seemed to me a polishing effect to the "levels" and characters. Sound: I love the music to halo and I was happy to hear the music back in Halo 2. Also the human and alien voices are fun to hear. The multiplayer firefights and single player firefights are wonderfully done as it helps to make you feel like you're actually there in the game. Weapons: I was dissapointed in the weapon selection as there seemed to be no imagination to what they did with them. Humans have a sniper rifle so lets give aliens a sniper rifle. Humans have rocket launchers (the rocket launcher now targets and follows enemy vehicles-nice!) so aliens need a rocket launcher. The plasma rifle was given an unneeded change as it no longer froze your enemies in place to circle around them and hit them in the back, which made the rifle now another useless weapon in your arsenal. I enjoyed the sword in single player but in multiplayer was a very frustrating weapon to fight against. In single player the sword ran out of charge after so many hits but in multiplayer it lasted the whole game which was a very annoying thing. If you've ever played halo 2 multiplayer you know what I'm talking about. The pistol was toned way down but with few updates they gave it some power back but was nowhere near the "horror" like the first. Grenades were the most and saddest thing they changed in the game. I loved grenades in the first one and ended up using them more than anything in the game. So when I played halo 2 the first time I couldn't wait to throw my first grenade and when I did I literally freaked out. Master Chief "dropped" the grenade right in front of me and when the explosion happened I was still alive??? They turned Master Chief's powerful throwing into a "toss" or "drop" and the explosion of the grenade......well lets just say I might as well have been throwing waterballoons at the aliens with the damage that one of those did. The last thing they did was duel-wield which was a nice feature but the balance of duel-wield and other weapons was crap. The duel thing could've been left out and was a much over-hyped feature. Vehicles: Like I said with imagination- Bungie seemed to be lacking in that department. Humans have a tank and a warthog so lets give the covenant a tank and warthog. I know, I know the covenant tank was in the first one but could you drive it?? Nope. I liked the fact that vehicles now could be blown up and that you could kick people out of the vehicle and take it or if you were crazy like me you could jump in a warthog with an opposing team driving it, thats always fun. I do wish they would have given you the option to turn vehicle damage on or off. In multiplayer you would destroy the warthog and a few minutes later they would have a brand new one waiting for them, so that was annoying too. The last thing they changed that I didn't like was I couldn't run over people anymore, well you can but its a 1 in 6 shot that you'll actually do it. Physics Engine: I hate the physics in halo 2, one thing that made the original halo so fun was playing "warthog basketball" in blood gulch or blowing up a ghost over the middle of sidewinder and watching it fly. Multiplayer: Multiplayer is chaotic and can be fun but 70% of the time if you're not playing with a friend it is frustrating to hear people cussing you out, making really annoying background sounds etc. The addition of "team chat" only would've been really nice. Most of the upgrades they did to the multiplayer levels were nice and done really well, the name changes weren't really necessary though. I liked the setup for the xbl matching, I just wish that the players had more control over what levels, weapons, radar and such would go on during the game instead of the pre-made matches (that counted to your ranking) that you ended up playing over and over and over and over again. Also the hacking and modded xbox's that you would play sucked too, that was neither bungie's nor microsoft's fault, but did hinder the fun of the multiplayer experience. Vision change: For the longes time I couldn't figure out why halo 2 seemed visually different than halo 1. One day, it hit me, I was playing multiplayer and was running around getting p'wned as I usually did in halo 2 and I realized the levels were closer to me than in the first one. I realized the developers went for a tunnel vision view instead of the periphial expanded look as in the previous one. In halo when I walked around, I had a periphial view and the levels looked so much larger and massive. In halo 2, however, they give you a more narrow view and make everything seem closer for a more "unreal" look, by unreal I mean like the unreal series. Single player exploration: This is one of the things that made the original halo so awesome. My friends and I would spend countless hours in the single player mode going to areas we really weren't supposed to go and do things that were absolutely fun and crazy. You could actually get online and see things people would do and it made it all the more entertaining. In halo 2 they "controlled" the areas that you were not supposed to get to by putting skulls or I think in one level there was a huge ball or something. That made me lose the appeal to actually go and explore the level like I did in the first one. Now the developers want me to go find these "hidden" places that I wasn't supposed to......puh-lease!! So to sum it all up, the cons seemed to outweigh the pros for me as an avid Halo 1 fan. The lack of vehicle and weapon imagination, physics engine change, tunnel vision with the short and dissapointing ending storyline made the rush of halo 2's release makes Halo 2 an average to below average first person shooter experience. Halo 2's multiplayer is fun with friends and the added detail in the levels makes it more tactical and visual treat. If you're looking for a game that has a good story and imagination this is NOT the game for you but if you just wanna play a fun shooter with some friends its not to bad of a game. It only gets 2 stars from this dissapointed halo fan.....	negative	[ "I was one of the many that pre-ordered halo 2 because I enjoyed the first one so much.", "About me and seven of my friends bought it at the midnight release and went to my buddies house where we played it all night and my friend and I beat the co-op storyline around 8 or 9 the next morning.", "There were some things I liked and hated about the game.", "Storyline: If you played the first one the storyline is lacking and really straightforward.", "You play the \"hero\", fight against aliens and save humanity/earth whatever.", "For the second one when they released video clips it made it sound as if the aliens found earth and are attacking it and you (master chief) were turning earth into a crazy urban war between humans and aliens.", "Its been a long time since I played the storyline, actually the night of its release was the last time, but you only end up fighting on earth for the first one or two levels (I use the term lightly as halo has no \"real\" levels).", "Then you end up going into one of the alien ships or something like that.", "You also get to play as one of the aliens, which I found to be rather fun but also a \"played\" story gimmick as this has happened in other games as well.", "The ending was very dissapointing as it just left you hanging and wanting more and hoping there was actually more to the story left.", "Bungie could have done a better job and made the story more developed and the game a bit longer.", "Graphics: I've read a lot of reviews saying that the graphics are awesome but I didn't see a great deal of difference between halo and halo 2.", "However, I also didn't play either game with HD cables on an HDTV.", "They used the same engine and just added what seemed to me a polishing effect to the \"levels\" and characters.", "Sound: I love the music to halo and I was happy to hear the music back in Halo 2.", "Also the human and alien voices are fun to hear.", "The multiplayer firefights and single player firefights are wonderfully done as it helps to make you feel like you're actually there in the game.", "Weapons: I was dissapointed in the weapon selection as there seemed to be no imagination to what they did with them.", "Humans have a sniper rifle so lets give aliens a sniper rifle.", "Humans have rocket launchers (the rocket launcher now targets and follows enemy vehicles-nice!", ") so aliens need a rocket launcher.", "The plasma rifle was given an unneeded change as it no longer froze your enemies in place to circle around them and hit them in the back, which made the rifle now another useless weapon in your arsenal.", "I enjoyed the sword in single player but in multiplayer was a very frustrating weapon to fight against.", "In single player the sword ran out of charge after so many hits but in multiplayer it lasted the whole game which was a very annoying thing.", "If you've ever played halo 2 multiplayer you know what I'm talking about.", "The pistol was toned way down but with few updates they gave it some power back but was nowhere near the \"horror\" like the first.", "Grenades were the most and saddest thing they changed in the game.", "I loved grenades in the first one and ended up using them more than anything in the game.", "So when I played halo 2 the first time I couldn't wait to throw my first grenade and when I did I literally freaked out.", "Master Chief \"dropped\" the grenade right in front of me and when the explosion happened I was still alive???", "They turned Master Chief's powerful throwing into a \"toss\" or \"drop\" and the explosion of the grenade....", "..", "well lets just say I might as well have been throwing waterballoons at the aliens with the damage that one of those did.", "The last thing they did was duel-wield which was a nice feature but the balance of duel-wield and other weapons was crap.", "The duel thing could've been left out and was a much over-hyped feature.", "Vehicles: Like I said with imagination- Bungie seemed to be lacking in that department.", "Humans have a tank and a warthog so lets give the covenant a tank and warthog.", "I know, I know the covenant tank was in the first one but could you drive it??", "Nope.", "I liked the fact that vehicles now could be blown up and that you could kick people out of the vehicle and take it or if you were crazy like me you could jump in a warthog with an opposing team driving it, thats always fun.", "I do wish they would have given you the option to turn vehicle damage on or off.", "In multiplayer you would destroy the warthog and a few minutes later they would have a brand new one waiting for them, so that was annoying too.", "The last thing they changed that I didn't like was I couldn't run over people anymore, well you can but its a 1 in 6 shot that you'll actually do it.", "Physics Engine: I hate the physics in halo 2, one thing that made the original halo so fun was playing \"warthog basketball\" in blood gulch or blowing up a ghost over the middle of sidewinder and watching it fly.", "Multiplayer: Multiplayer is chaotic and can be fun but 70% of the time if you're not playing with a friend it is frustrating to hear people cussing you out, making really annoying background sounds etc.", "The addition of \"team chat\" only would've been really nice.", "Most of the upgrades they did to the multiplayer levels were nice and done really well, the name changes weren't really necessary though.", "I liked the setup for the xbl matching, I just wish that the players had more control over what levels, weapons, radar and such would go on during the game instead of the pre-made matches (that counted to your ranking) that you ended up playing over and over and over and over again.", "Also the hacking and modded xbox's that you would play sucked too, that was neither bungie's nor microsoft's fault, but did hinder the fun of the multiplayer experience.", "Vision change: For the longes time I couldn't figure out why halo 2 seemed visually different than halo 1.", "One day, it hit me, I was playing multiplayer and was running around getting p'wned as I usually did in halo 2 and I realized the levels were closer to me than in the first one.", "I realized the developers went for a tunnel vision view instead of the periphial expanded look as in the previous one.", "In halo when I walked around, I had a periphial view and the levels looked so much larger and massive.", "In halo 2, however, they give you a more narrow view and make everything seem closer for a more \"unreal\" look, by unreal I mean like the unreal series.", "Single player exploration: This is one of the things that made the original halo so awesome.", "My friends and I would spend countless hours in the single player mode going to areas we really weren't supposed to go and do things that were absolutely fun and crazy.", "You could actually get online and see things people would do and it made it all the more entertaining.", "In halo 2 they \"controlled\" the areas that you were not supposed to get to by putting skulls or I think in one level there was a huge ball or something.", "That made me lose the appeal to actually go and explore the level like I did in the first one.", "Now the developers want me to go find these \"hidden\" places that I wasn't supposed to....", "..", "puh-lease!!", "So to sum it all up, the cons seemed to outweigh the pros for me as an avid Halo 1 fan.", "The lack of vehicle and weapon imagination, physics engine change, tunnel vision with the short and dissapointing ending storyline made the rush of halo 2's release makes Halo 2 an average to below average first person shooter experience.", "Halo 2's multiplayer is fun with friends and the added detail in the levels makes it more tactical and visual treat.", "If you're looking for a game that has a good story and imagination this is NOT the game for you but if you just wanna play a fun shooter with some friends its not to bad of a game.", "It only gets 2 stars from this dissapointed halo fan....", "." ]
This program should have been named Quicken Unessentials. The budgeting program is useless, it will only show you a budget for 3 months, not YTD (who does budgeting for one quarter of the year?). It is impossible to enter mortgage or car loans and do general financial or retirement planning. All this program is good for is downloading your credit card or bank account statements, and you can do that for free by going to your bank's website. After two years, Intuit has not improved the program. The only update "improvement" was to include a password to start the program (hello, computer programming 101). No improvements to budgeting or other features the program is lacking. Now, Intuit is offering a Lion version of Quicken 2007. Sounds like they are about to dump this program if they are sending people back to the previous one.	negative	[ "This program should have been named Quicken Unessentials.", "The budgeting program is useless, it will only show you a budget for 3 months, not YTD (who does budgeting for one quarter of the year?", ").", "It is impossible to enter mortgage or car loans and do general financial or retirement planning.", "All this program is good for is downloading your credit card or bank account statements, and you can do that for free by going to your bank's website.", "After two years, Intuit has not improved the program.", "The only update \"improvement\" was to include a password to start the program (hello, computer programming 101).", "No improvements to budgeting or other features the program is lacking.", "Now, Intuit is offering a Lion version of Quicken 2007.", "Sounds like they are about to dump this program if they are sending people back to the previous one." ]
Well here we are at the review stage. First off I bought these for lows and highs on my 2007 Honda civic. I really like the color tone, its not yellow by any means. These are mainly a white color with just a tint of blue. The only time you can tell the blue tone is when you are in another car looking back at your headlights dead on. But when driving the lights look white and very bright. The range of these are great, they also make the street signs light up unbelievably well.. even from a far distance. What I do not like is that I bought these about 14 to 15 months ago and one of them burnt out already on the car. Talk about a disappointment. All I hear about these are supposed to be bright with good color and have a long life. Well these do not have a long life to them. I will not be buying this again for a replacement bulb. For all you Honda Civic owners out there you know how much of a pain it is to replace the headlights on these cars. I am not willing to take the front of my car off or go through the tire well to change out the headlights yearly. Let alone buying these headlights yearly either .. good for them .. not so much for me. Also I see that the replacement is 1 year, thats super convenient huh.	negative	[ "Well here we are at the review stage.", "First off I bought these for lows and highs on my 2007 Honda civic.", "I really like the color tone, its not yellow by any means.", "These are mainly a white color with just a tint of blue.", "The only time you can tell the blue tone is when you are in another car looking back at your headlights dead on.", "But when driving the lights look white and very bright.", "The range of these are great, they also make the street signs light up unbelievably well..", "even from a far distance.", "What I do not like is that I bought these about 14 to 15 months ago and one of them burnt out already on the car.", "Talk about a disappointment.", "All I hear about these are supposed to be bright with good color and have a long life.", "Well these do not have a long life to them.", "I will not be buying this again for a replacement bulb.", "For all you Honda Civic owners out there you know how much of a pain it is to replace the headlights on these cars.", "I am not willing to take the front of my car off or go through the tire well to change out the headlights yearly.", "Let alone buying these headlights yearly either..", "good for them..", "not so much for me.", "Also I see that the replacement is 1 year, thats super convenient huh." ]
I qualify as a Might & Magic Junky, having played all of the series since #1. The best aspect of these games is the development of the team. In my family, each person becomes a "named" character with a personality to suit the mood of the game. You always had your choice to be a good or bad. MM8 has lost all this. You now can only create/name one character on your team, and it's tough to be a good character. Only two of the eight allowed classes have possitive sounding attributes. The entire game has a dark and gloomy presentation, such as if you want a top knotch wizard, you need to be a Lich. Ugh! A Lich is to be killed, not personified. No longer can my family enjoy being their own chacters. You now "higher" your remaining (computer named) team characters. But, just when you spend all those spell points/money to become a master/grandmaster, you have to drop this body from the team to make room for a someone else in order to complete a specific quest. Too much comming and going. Too depressing. Not fun at all.	negative	[ "I qualify as a Might & Magic Junky, having played all of the series since #1.", "The best aspect of these games is the development of the team.", "In my family, each person becomes a \"named\" character with a personality to suit the mood of the game.", "You always had your choice to be a good or bad.", "MM8 has lost all this.", "You now can only create/name one character on your team, and it's tough to be a good character.", "Only two of the eight allowed classes have possitive sounding attributes.", "The entire game has a dark and gloomy presentation, such as if you want a top knotch wizard, you need to be a Lich.", "Ugh!", "A Lich is to be killed, not personified.", "No longer can my family enjoy being their own chacters.", "You now \"higher\" your remaining (computer named) team characters.", "But, just when you spend all those spell points/money to become a master/grandmaster, you have to drop this body from the team to make room for a someone else in order to complete a specific quest.", "Too much comming and going.", "Too depressing.", "Not fun at all." ]
Have you ever gotten home and wanted to play that one game that you just got a new code for, don't do that with this game. Unless that code makes the game load faster this game is annoying. If this was the first game I played on the PS2 I would have returned the PS2, and gotten a Game Cube or X Box. The graphics are not that great, and I hate the controls. When controlling Crash you feel like you are in a BMW M5 convertible that can only go a top speed of 30mph because of an engine problem. Everything about this game is slow. I wonder if the people who made this game were slow in the head. Other than that the game is fun. It is another Crash game, nothing special. But the loading kills the fun.	negative	[ "Have you ever gotten home and wanted to play that one game that you just got a new code for, don't do that with this game.", "Unless that code makes the game load faster this game is annoying.", "If this was the first game I played on the PS2 I would have returned the PS2, and gotten a Game Cube or X Box.", "The graphics are not that great, and I hate the controls.", "When controlling Crash you feel like you are in a BMW M5 convertible that can only go a top speed of 30mph because of an engine problem.", "Everything about this game is slow.", "I wonder if the people who made this game were slow in the head.", "Other than that the game is fun.", "It is another Crash game, nothing special.", "But the loading kills the fun." ]
This gamepad is great - if it worked. Just like ALL OF THE OTHER REVIEWERS have described, my Left Analog stick is no longer functioning properly. It will not respond when moving it to the right. I have only had the controller for about 2+ weeks, and I am far from a heavy gamepad user. These controllers should obviously be recalled. UPDATE: I have been able to recalibrate the controller by unplugging it from the USB connector on my PC. I have to do this daily. NOT GOOD. UPDATE2: I bought a new controller (and returned the old one), and so far after about 4 weeks, no more calibration problems. Maybe they got the problem fixed? If the calibration problem stays away, I would give this 4+ stars.	negative	[ "This gamepad is great - if it worked.", "Just like ALL OF THE OTHER REVIEWERS have described, my Left Analog stick is no longer functioning properly.", "It will not respond when moving it to the right.", "I have only had the controller for about 2+ weeks, and I am far from a heavy gamepad user.", "These controllers should obviously be recalled.", "UPDATE: I have been able to recalibrate the controller by unplugging it from the USB connector on my PC.", "I have to do this daily.", "NOT GOOD.", "UPDATE2: I bought a new controller (and returned the old one), and so far after about 4 weeks, no more calibration problems.", "Maybe they got the problem fixed?", "If the calibration problem stays away, I would give this 4+ stars." ]
I bought this product to connect my Directv line. There is 25ft. between sender and receiver. All I get on my phone is static. I have tried SEVERAL locations in the room. I have tried to contact RCA (Thomson Inc.)all you get is a recording, you can't get a live person. You can't even talk to a technical support. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!	negative	[ "I bought this product to connect my Directv line.", "There is 25ft.", "between sender and receiver.", "All I get on my phone is static.", "I have tried SEVERAL locations in the room.", "I have tried to contact RCA (Thomson Inc.", ")all you get is a recording, you can't get a live person.", "You can't even talk to a technical support.", "DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!", "!!!!" ]
I bought this because I needed a projector right away, and someone on Craigslist was not getting back to me. Long story short, I still don't have a projector -- and this thing is going right back to the store. Thank heavens I got it on sale. A good projector does not require a pitch black room to function. This thing, even in a very dark room, produced the most impotent attempt at a projection that I have ever seen. Yellow, faint, and completely impossible to focus. I'm not even certain my focus system works. Don't buy this, not even for your children. It's completely and utterly useless, and not even deserving of that one star. For someone like me, who drafts preliminary clothing patterns on the computer and then projects them onto pattern paper to create full-size patterns, or any artist who requires a system to project images for copying, mural painting, etc., do yourself a favor. Don't waste your time with this anemic piece of junk! Now I have to wait until my refund processes (they can take money right away, but it takes days for them to give it back, gotta love that) to buy a different one, and I'll be way behind schedule.	negative	[ "I bought this because I needed a projector right away, and someone on Craigslist was not getting back to me.", "Long story short, I still don't have a projector -- and this thing is going right back to the store.", "Thank heavens I got it on sale.", "A good projector does not require a pitch black room to function.", "This thing, even in a very dark room, produced the most impotent attempt at a projection that I have ever seen.", "Yellow, faint, and completely impossible to focus.", "I'm not even certain my focus system works.", "Don't buy this, not even for your children.", "It's completely and utterly useless, and not even deserving of that one star.", "For someone like me, who drafts preliminary clothing patterns on the computer and then projects them onto pattern paper to create full-size patterns, or any artist who requires a system to project images for copying, mural painting, etc.", ", do yourself a favor.", "Don't waste your time with this anemic piece of junk!", "Now I have to wait until my refund processes (they can take money right away, but it takes days for them to give it back, gotta love that) to buy a different one, and I'll be way behind schedule." ]
Ever since the action in the Anita Blake shifted from action in the streets to action between the sheets, the series has taken a turn for the boring. This book seems to show the signs of this more than the others do. What would have been an otherwise interesting premise for a novel has been killed- not by Hamilton's penchant for mind numbingly repetitive sex. No, that I think I could have dealt with. What killed this book is that everyone seems to want to talk each other to death. This entry in the Anita Blake series has Anita enjoying a rare night out with one of her boyfriends when she receives a mysterious white mask. Jean Claude, her vampire master & lover informs her that it is the calling card of the Harlequin- a band of vampires that monitors anyone who is suspected of being too powerful or too abusive of their power. He tells her that the white mask means that they are only watching & that they cannot make any moves until they have given a color appropriate mask. Unfortunately the Harlequin agents appear to have their own agenda in mind, as Anita & her group find themselves being attacked both spiritually & physically. Seriously, what part of the above doesn't sound awesome? I mean, an elite squad of vampires that answer to no one except the vampire high council & even then, have the power to exterminate one of the council if they were to step too far out of bounds. In other words, the Harlequin is the freaking vamp police. And they're trying to mess with Anita's head & the heads of her loved ones. The premise for the book had a lot of promise. But in the end, this awesome idea is trampled flat by repetitive sex scenes & long dragged out episodes where Anita & her men talk everything to death. I'm not saying that I wanted it to be all full of Michael Bay-esque explosions, but come on... You have scenes that take 30 pages to say something that could have and SHOULD have been said in three. It got incredibly old after a while & I found my eyes glazing over as I kept reading the same idea spouted over & over again, but through the mouths of different characters. After a while I just wanted to scream at the book "OK- I FREAKING GET IT. Now can we move on?" (I'm not even going to go over some of the more squicky parts of the book, such as the scene where Anita says a girl had "buyer's remorse".) This book could have easily been shortened by a hundred pages & been the better for it. The Anita Blake series is in DESPERATE need of an editor to take care of not only the grammatical & spelling errors, but to also improve the pacing of the novels. The series has been spiraling into a slow decline & this book shows this. I gave the book 1 star because while the idea of it was interesting, the talkity talk of the book just killed it.	negative	[ "Ever since the action in the Anita Blake shifted from action in the streets to action between the sheets, the series has taken a turn for the boring.", "This book seems to show the signs of this more than the others do.", "What would have been an otherwise interesting premise for a novel has been killed- not by Hamilton's penchant for mind numbingly repetitive sex.", "No, that I think I could have dealt with.", "What killed this book is that everyone seems to want to talk each other to death.", "This entry in the Anita Blake series has Anita enjoying a rare night out with one of her boyfriends when she receives a mysterious white mask.", "Jean Claude, her vampire master & lover informs her that it is the calling card of the Harlequin- a band of vampires that monitors anyone who is suspected of being too powerful or too abusive of their power.", "He tells her that the white mask means that they are only watching & that they cannot make any moves until they have given a color appropriate mask.", "Unfortunately the Harlequin agents appear to have their own agenda in mind, as Anita & her group find themselves being attacked both spiritually & physically.", "Seriously, what part of the above doesn't sound awesome?", "I mean, an elite squad of vampires that answer to no one except the vampire high council & even then, have the power to exterminate one of the council if they were to step too far out of bounds.", "In other words, the Harlequin is the freaking vamp police.", "And they're trying to mess with Anita's head & the heads of her loved ones.", "The premise for the book had a lot of promise.", "But in the end, this awesome idea is trampled flat by repetitive sex scenes & long dragged out episodes where Anita & her men talk everything to death.", "I'm not saying that I wanted it to be all full of Michael Bay-esque explosions, but come on...", "You have scenes that take 30 pages to say something that could have and SHOULD have been said in three.", "It got incredibly old after a while & I found my eyes glazing over as I kept reading the same idea spouted over & over again, but through the mouths of different characters.", "After a while I just wanted to scream at the book \"OK- I FREAKING GET IT.", "Now can we move on?", "\" (I'm not even going to go over some of the more squicky parts of the book, such as the scene where Anita says a girl had \"buyer's remorse\".", ")\n\nThis book could have easily been shortened by a hundred pages & been the better for it.", "The Anita Blake series is in DESPERATE need of an editor to take care of not only the grammatical & spelling errors, but to also improve the pacing of the novels.", "The series has been spiraling into a slow decline & this book shows this.", "I gave the book 1 star because while the idea of it was interesting, the talkity talk of the book just killed it." ]
I've never played the original Sid Meier's Pirates! but I have played "Cutthroats", which I found to be very lavish and expansive, despite severe limitations regarding commanding troops to besiege cities and other sorts of details. This one has rather good graphics for a relatively small game, and plays well and fluidly. For my taste, it has far too great of a cartoonishness to it, which severely limits the potential for it to be as violent and cutthroat as... well, "Cutthroats". There's no throatcutting in this one---just a swing on a rope, a HAHA!, and a smirk as the enemy shakes his fist and goes "OOOH YOUUU!" The campaigns as well follow an utterly ridiculous task of "Find Baron Montalbon" or whatever his name is, whom you defeat in battle and he gives you ONE PIECE of a multi-piece map to find a family member of yours. THEN you must track him down AGAIN (because you're apparently too stupid to have him tell you EVERYTHING then kill him) to get ANOTHER piece of that one map. Once you have all the pieces, you rescue your family member, never see them again, and have to hunt down THE SAME PERSON AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR MORE MAP PIECES for family members ranging from Aunts, Sisters, Fathers, Mothers, etcetera. Then there's ridiculous quests involving lost cities and hunting down famous pirates from history all just smashed together in whatever year you pick. Despite supposedly gaining "infamy" for killing these famous pirates, you don't get anything except the number 1 slot on most famous pirates, and a lot of money. A surprising feature which seems to severely limit my actions is that as soon as you start to gain successes, commanding multiple ships with a hundred or more men and lots of gold, morale starts going down the crapper at breakneck speed, to a point where even getting vast amounts of gold can't solve it---your best result is to either kill them off in pitched battles, or retire for a short while. This eats away a few years of your life before you return with a smaller crew and smaller ship. About the only aspects of gameplay which are always entertaining are ship battles and turn-based, grid-based land battles. Ship battles are real time, involving simultaneous use of steering and sluggish firing to break down your enemy's ship and either destroy it, or board and force a surrender or fight it out on deck, where surprisingly your forces always seem to die quicker than the enemy's, no matter what. Land battles are particularly fun in execution and strategy. But these are very, very small aspects of a broader game, which most of the time is spent sailing (and the wind almost always blows in one direction for months endlessly, making sailing take a LOT of gametime) and visiting cities to do the exact same dreck---get a few minor upgrades to your ships, sell some cargo, visit the tavern to recruit some random bandits, speak to a cloned barmaid about whatever (usually she doesn't give you anything important, just "ooh you so scary you is numba 1 pirate in the evar", or talk to some random guy in a corner offering valuable things like jewelry or maps or information). Then there's DANCING! Every major town has a governor who has a daughter, who comes in three formats: "Plain", "Attractive", "Beautiful". Every time you visit, you do a little Olde English dance to Baroque harpsichord music, and you must press buttons properly in sequence or trip over your own clownshoes. She basically falls in love with you based on your dancing, giving her stuff, and killing her suitors. I haven't yet discovered if this has any relevance to the overall gameplay at all or is just an excuse to add another minigame into it complete with more cleavage. Once you've reached an old age and are too sick to pirate (it will always be sickness that forces you to retire), you cannot continue on with your character. But really, you wouldn't want to. New games, no matter if you start in 1620, 1640, 1660, or 1680, are exactly the same as one another, with the exact same quests, games, technology, and pirates. This is a dumbed-down, kiddie-friendly version of historical piracy in the Carribean, and as such you don't get to "live the life" of a REAL pirate, complete with kidnapping, butchering people, scurvy, ransoming people for medical supplies (actual event: Blackbeard ransomed people for medicine), sex, drinking (Black Bart Roberts died because his ship was ambushed while his men were all drunk), etcetera. Even Pirates of the Carribean was more violent and realistic than this game. Being that they are of the same genre, I have to compare Cutthroats with Pirates. In Cutthroats, you can invade cities with massive armies of your men, including with cannons taken off your ship, have townspeople try to fight you off, then surrender and you can take them prisoner or execute them (including women and children), you have to keep your ship supplied not only with food but with gunpowder for the cannons, accessories like sugar and rum and tobacco for the men's morale, you have to buy guns and grenades and pistols if you want to arm your men for personal combat, lifeboats if you want your men to survive when the ship sinks, and wait in harbor for your ship to be repaired if damaged. In Pirates, all you need is food and cannons. Everything else is provided, and repairs are done instantaneously. While landbattles are fun, they are only more fun than in "Cutthroats" because in "Cutthroats", the map is huge, and your men move at a snail's pace quite literally. There's no murdering, raping, pillaging, or anything that was synonymous with pirates.	negative	[ "I've never played the original Sid Meier's Pirates!", "but I have played \"Cutthroats\", which I found to be very lavish and expansive, despite severe limitations regarding commanding troops to besiege cities and other sorts of details.", "This one has rather good graphics for a relatively small game, and plays well and fluidly.", "For my taste, it has far too great of a cartoonishness to it, which severely limits the potential for it to be as violent and cutthroat as...", "well, \"Cutthroats\".", "There's no throatcutting in this one---just a swing on a rope, a HAHA!", ", and a smirk as the enemy shakes his fist and goes \"OOOH YOUUU!", "\"\n\nThe campaigns as well follow an utterly ridiculous task of \"Find Baron Montalbon\" or whatever his name is, whom you defeat in battle and he gives you ONE PIECE of a multi-piece map to find a family member of yours.", "THEN you must track him down AGAIN (because you're apparently too stupid to have him tell you EVERYTHING then kill him) to get ANOTHER piece of that one map.", "Once you have all the pieces, you rescue your family member, never see them again, and have to hunt down THE SAME PERSON AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR MORE MAP PIECES for family members ranging from Aunts, Sisters, Fathers, Mothers, etcetera.", "Then there's ridiculous quests involving lost cities and hunting down famous pirates from history all just smashed together in whatever year you pick.", "Despite supposedly gaining \"infamy\" for killing these famous pirates, you don't get anything except the number 1 slot on most famous pirates, and a lot of money.", "A surprising feature which seems to severely limit my actions is that as soon as you start to gain successes, commanding multiple ships with a hundred or more men and lots of gold, morale starts going down the crapper at breakneck speed, to a point where even getting vast amounts of gold can't solve it---your best result is to either kill them off in pitched battles, or retire for a short while.", "This eats away a few years of your life before you return with a smaller crew and smaller ship.", "About the only aspects of gameplay which are always entertaining are ship battles and turn-based, grid-based land battles.", "Ship battles are real time, involving simultaneous use of steering and sluggish firing to break down your enemy's ship and either destroy it, or board and force a surrender or fight it out on deck, where surprisingly your forces always seem to die quicker than the enemy's, no matter what.", "Land battles are particularly fun in execution and strategy.", "But these are very, very small aspects of a broader game, which most of the time is spent sailing (and the wind almost always blows in one direction for months endlessly, making sailing take a LOT of gametime) and visiting cities to do the exact same dreck---get a few minor upgrades to your ships, sell some cargo, visit the tavern to recruit some random bandits, speak to a cloned barmaid about whatever (usually she doesn't give you anything important, just \"ooh you so scary you is numba 1 pirate in the evar\", or talk to some random guy in a corner offering valuable things like jewelry or maps or information).", "Then there's DANCING!", "Every major town has a governor who has a daughter, who comes in three formats: \"Plain\", \"Attractive\", \"Beautiful\".", "Every time you visit, you do a little Olde English dance to Baroque harpsichord music, and you must press buttons properly in sequence or trip over your own clownshoes.", "She basically falls in love with you based on your dancing, giving her stuff, and killing her suitors.", "I haven't yet discovered if this has any relevance to the overall gameplay at all or is just an excuse to add another minigame into it complete with more cleavage.", "Once you've reached an old age and are too sick to pirate (it will always be sickness that forces you to retire), you cannot continue on with your character.", "But really, you wouldn't want to.", "New games, no matter if you start in 1620, 1640, 1660, or 1680, are exactly the same as one another, with the exact same quests, games, technology, and pirates.", "This is a dumbed-down, kiddie-friendly version of historical piracy in the Carribean, and as such you don't get to \"live the life\" of a REAL pirate, complete with kidnapping, butchering people, scurvy, ransoming people for medical supplies (actual event: Blackbeard ransomed people for medicine), sex, drinking (Black Bart Roberts died because his ship was ambushed while his men were all drunk), etcetera.", "Even Pirates of the Carribean was more violent and realistic than this game.", "Being that they are of the same genre, I have to compare Cutthroats with Pirates.", "In Cutthroats, you can invade cities with massive armies of your men, including with cannons taken off your ship, have townspeople try to fight you off, then surrender and you can take them prisoner or execute them (including women and children), you have to keep your ship supplied not only with food but with gunpowder for the cannons, accessories like sugar and rum and tobacco for the men's morale, you have to buy guns and grenades and pistols if you want to arm your men for personal combat, lifeboats if you want your men to survive when the ship sinks, and wait in harbor for your ship to be repaired if damaged.", "In Pirates, all you need is food and cannons.", "Everything else is provided, and repairs are done instantaneously.", "While landbattles are fun, they are only more fun than in \"Cutthroats\" because in \"Cutthroats\", the map is huge, and your men move at a snail's pace quite literally.", "There's no murdering, raping, pillaging, or anything that was synonymous with pirates." ]
I am an older woman in my 70’s. Ordered this chair thinking I could use it while recuperating from a broken shoulder and hand. Unfortunately, this chair is so heavy that I can’t even remove it from the box. The weight should be included in the description. My problem is that neither Amazon nor Best Choice Products will help me with returning it. It is useless to me. So disappointed in Amazon. I buy a lot of merchandise from Amazon since I cannot get out to shop. If the sellers they use are unresponsive, they need to help their customers. I’ll think twice before ordering again.	negative	[ "I am an older woman in my 70’s.", "Ordered this chair thinking I could use it while recuperating from a broken shoulder and hand.", "Unfortunately, this chair is so heavy that I can’t even remove it from the box.", "The weight should be included in the description.", "My problem is that neither Amazon nor Best Choice Products will help me with returning it.", "It is useless to me.", "So disappointed in Amazon.", "I buy a lot of merchandise from Amazon since I cannot get out to shop.", "If the sellers they use are unresponsive, they need to help their customers.", "I’ll think twice before ordering again." ]
First let me say that there are some wonderful features with this diffuser. It is very quiet and exceptionally easy to operate. It’s not fancy and I like that. I was so happy to find a diffuser that had no light at all. The on/off button has a light that goes on when you press it but goes off quickly. It’s easy to fill and clean. The cord is connected to the back of the device which is much easier to manage than diffusers that have the power chord plug on the bottom of the device. Second topic are the design elements I do not like. The basin for the water is as wide as the housing as is the top. The problem with this is that much of the steam remains inside the devise which also means the There will be less oils diffused into the air and more trapped inside the diffuser. I used twice a much essential oils and still only had an ambient scent being produced. This is very disappointing and a waste of money and oil. I have it sitting on my nightstand and could barely smell anything. So, I am returning the device.	negative	[ "First let me say that there are some wonderful features with this diffuser.", "It is very quiet and exceptionally easy to operate.", "It’s not fancy and I like that.", "I was so happy to find a diffuser that had no light at all.", "The on/off button has a light that goes on when you press it but goes off quickly.", "It’s easy to fill and clean.", "The cord is connected to the back of the device which is much easier to manage than diffusers that have the power chord plug on the bottom of the device.", "Second topic are the design elements I do not like.", "The basin for the water is as wide as the housing as is the top.", "The problem with this is that much of the steam remains inside the devise which also means the There will be less oils diffused into the air and more trapped inside the diffuser.", "I used twice a much essential oils and still only had an ambient scent being produced.", "This is very disappointing and a waste of money and oil.", "I have it sitting on my nightstand and could barely smell anything.", "So, I am returning the device." ]
I'm beginning this "review"(although it is more accurately a letter of complaint) before I've finished the book. At this point I'm 62 chapters in, and 81% done, and I'm sick to death of it. I'm struggling to finish, and I never not finish books. The only book I ever didn't finish in disgust was the first Wraethlu book and this is nearly as bad as that. I don't ever remember waiting this long for a book and being so disappointed. Even the Deathly Hallows didn't disappoint me as much as this, and that--if you'll remember my horror at that book--is saying something. I have now finished and while the book took a minor turn for the better it soon plummeted back into "disappointing." The main problem to me is that it's bloated beyond control. I can't blame the editors for this, because I understand they had very little time to manage a monster of a book and it had already been cut down by about a third, apparently, but there's so much padding it suffocates under its own weight, like Lord Manderley falling asleep on his wife, or something. Plus I would suspect that the editors worked on an arc, or a pov, and didn't see the book as a whole--but even if that was the case, there's no excuse for the repetition and rehashing Facts are repeated within the same POV - we are told a dozen (maybe two dozen) times how Tyrion killed his father and Shae, as if we'd forgotten, not only since reading the book where that happened, but since reading Tyrion's previous chapter. We are reminded, over and over and over and in fact, over, who is leal to Winterfell and who has turned their cloak and who are enemies--so many times that I just wanted to scream. Even Asha, who in previous books knows nothing of the grass-soft lords and their history, suddenly seems an expert and we are reminded YET AGAIN what the position is regarding the Karstarks. Every time we see Davos (and as much as I like Davos as a character I was glad we didn't see him more than we did or I would have given up reading altogether) we are reminded over and over (and indeed, over) and over again that he had seven sons and he's lost four and about his fingers.and every single thing else we've ever learned about this insignificant character. It's not as if this fact is pigging relevant. Then, when we are invested with all this time with Davos, he's dropped and we don't see where he goes, who he's with, blah de blah de blah. He's a deus ex machina, simply there to show plot points as they move on. So many chapters are not only rehashing, "as you know, Bob" narration and dialogue, but are entirely unnecessary. It seems that GRRM thought "well, x person has got to get to x place so I'd better show the journey." And the actual journeys are pointless. Seriously. Tyrion's entire story of hundreds of pages could have started "Tyrion woke up and found he didn't like being a slave." Yes,there was one vital character he met on his travels, but his interaction with him was inconsequential and we did need the whole journey and the turtles. Ditto for Quentyn's journey. Ditto for Victarian's journey. This is a classic example of his padding (in miniature) "the sky above Meereen was the colour of corpse flesh, dull and white and heavy, a mass of unbroken cloud from horizon to horizon. The sun was hidden behind a wall of cloud. it would set unseen, as it had risen unseen that morning." You see what I mean. We've had a literary description of the wall of cloud in teh sky, then for people who don't quite get it, we get "it's cloudy" Then for the complete thickos we are told what the consequence of this will be. I am not judging the book on this one section, merely holding it up as a classic example of GRRM taking two or three ways to say the same thing. I have been tweeting over and over that "nothing has happened yet" and while that's not entirely true, it certainly felt like it--probably due to the over-weighted and bloated chapters that are nothing more than description and travelogue and internal (repetitious) dialogue and angsting and telling us crap we already know and listing everyone in the scene and every merchant and every turtle and every type of food and every mercenary I have learned that - if you can take out a scene, or a chapter entirely and it makes no difference at all to the plot--then that scene is entirely irrelevant and should--must--be excised. Now, of course, I don't know GRRMS plan, it might be that there's a very good reason he left all the boring tripe in, but it didn't help to make this the kind of book that the first 3 were. The problem with the chapters that are (probably) essential is everyone's so bloody PASSIVE. There's a reason Jon is, so that didn't bother me, but what the hell happened to Dany and Tyrion? Did they both have lobotomies somewhere between books 4 and 5? Dany has gone down with a case of Tonks-itis. (Tonks, from Harry Potter was a smart, feisty auror -that alone meant she was in the top 3percent of her class--who rocked in the fighting department. She was clever, witty and amusing. Then in later books she fell in lurve, lost her powers, became nothing more than a weepy clinging woman and consequently died. Even when we see Ghost! Remus later on, she's not with him.) And Dany has gone the same way. She won a Horse Lord's heart, and his followers, and thousands of poorfolk's hearts, then turns into nothing more than a girl in love led by men. Love doesn't do well in this series,as a matter of course. Of course I know that the good side doesn't always win, but sheesh - sometimes they do. But there's no character here who falls in love who gets a fair deal. In fact, GRRM goes so far to list a whole heap of people who married for love and allthe appalling things that happened to them. (that's on top of the main characters who married for love and died horribly. Cat/Ned, Lysa, Dany/Drogo, Tyrion/Tysha and the others who loved without marriage and died horribly... Add to that the sudden homophobia from all corners,when it had been much more accepted before. No, love doesn't do well. LISTs: What was the point of all the lists? Naming every hostage that came through the wall? All the irritating hostages at irritating Meereen (is there a point to Meereen?) All with too many Zs in their names. There were (a paltry few) chapters I liked. Perhaps ten out of 70 PLUS. But they don't save this book which could have been cut in half and wouldn't have lost a thing. I will not be buying the next one. I'll get it from the library.	negative	[ "I'm beginning this \"review\"(although it is more accurately a letter of complaint) before I've finished the book.", "At this point I'm 62 chapters in, and 81% done, and I'm sick to death of it.", "I'm struggling to finish, and I never not finish books.", "The only book I ever didn't finish in disgust was the first Wraethlu book and this is nearly as bad as that.", "I don't ever remember waiting this long for a book and being so disappointed.", "Even the Deathly Hallows didn't disappoint me as much as this, and that--if you'll remember my horror at that book--is saying something.", "I have now finished and while the book took a minor turn for the better it soon plummeted back into \"disappointing.", "\"\nThe main problem to me is that it's bloated beyond control.", "I can't blame the editors for this, because I understand they had very little time to manage a monster of a book and it had already been cut down by about a third, apparently, but there's so much padding it suffocates under its own weight, like Lord Manderley falling asleep on his wife, or something.", "Plus I would suspect that the editors worked on an arc, or a pov, and didn't see the book as a whole--but even if that was the case, there's no excuse for the repetition and rehashing Facts are repeated within the same POV - we are told a dozen (maybe two dozen) times how Tyrion killed his father and Shae, as if we'd forgotten, not only since reading the book where that happened, but since reading Tyrion's previous chapter.", "We are reminded, over and over and over and in fact, over, who is leal to Winterfell and who has turned their cloak and who are enemies--so many times that I just wanted to scream.", "Even Asha, who in previous books knows nothing of the grass-soft lords and their history, suddenly seems an expert and we are reminded YET AGAIN what the position is regarding the Karstarks.", "Every time we see Davos (and as much as I like Davos as a character I was glad we didn't see him more than we did or I would have given up reading altogether) we are reminded over and over (and indeed, over) and over again that he had seven sons and he's lost four and about his fingers.", "and every single thing else we've ever learned about this insignificant character.", "It's not as if this fact is pigging relevant.", "Then, when we are invested with all this time with Davos, he's dropped and we don't see where he goes, who he's with, blah de blah de blah.", "He's a deus ex machina, simply there to show plot points as they move on.", "So many chapters are not only rehashing, \"as you know, Bob\" narration and dialogue, but are entirely unnecessary.", "It seems that GRRM thought \"well, x person has got to get to x place so I'd better show the journey.", "\" And the actual journeys are pointless.", "Seriously.", "Tyrion's entire story of hundreds of pages could have started \"Tyrion woke up and found he didn't like being a slave.", "\" Yes,there was one vital character he met on his travels, but his interaction with him was inconsequential and we did need the whole journey and the turtles.", "Ditto for Quentyn's journey.", "Ditto for Victarian's journey.", "This is a classic example of his padding (in miniature)\n\n\"the sky above Meereen was the colour of corpse flesh, dull and white and heavy, a mass of unbroken cloud from horizon to horizon.", "The sun was hidden behind a wall of cloud.", "it would set unseen, as it had risen unseen that morning.", "\"\n\nYou see what I mean.", "We've had a literary description of the wall of cloud in teh sky, then for people who don't quite get it, we get \"it's cloudy\" Then for the complete thickos we are told what the consequence of this will be.", "I am not judging the book on this one section, merely holding it up as a classic example of GRRM taking two or three ways to say the same thing.", "I have been tweeting over and over that \"nothing has happened yet\" and while that's not entirely true, it certainly felt like it--probably due to the over-weighted and bloated chapters that are nothing more than description and travelogue and internal (repetitious) dialogue and angsting and telling us crap we already know and listing everyone in the scene and every merchant and every turtle and every type of food and every mercenary\n\nI have learned that - if you can take out a scene, or a chapter entirely and it makes no difference at all to the plot--then that scene is entirely irrelevant and should--must--be excised.", "Now, of course, I don't know GRRMS plan, it might be that there's a very good reason he left all the boring tripe in, but it didn't help to make this the kind of book that the first 3 were.", "The problem with the chapters that are (probably) essential is everyone's so bloody PASSIVE.", "There's a reason Jon is, so that didn't bother me, but what the hell happened to Dany and Tyrion?", "Did they both have lobotomies somewhere between books 4 and 5?", "Dany has gone down with a case of Tonks-itis.", "(Tonks, from Harry Potter was a smart, feisty auror -that alone meant she was in the top 3percent of her class--who rocked in the fighting department.", "She was clever, witty and amusing.", "Then in later books she fell in lurve, lost her powers, became nothing more than a weepy clinging woman and consequently died.", "Even when we see Ghost!", "Remus later on, she's not with him.", ") And Dany has gone the same way.", "She won a Horse Lord's heart, and his followers, and thousands of poorfolk's hearts, then turns into nothing more than a girl in love led by men.", "Love doesn't do well in this series,as a matter of course.", "Of course I know that the good side doesn't always win, but sheesh - sometimes they do.", "But there's no character here who falls in love who gets a fair deal.", "In fact, GRRM goes so far to list a whole heap of people who married for love and allthe appalling things that happened to them.", "(that's on top of the main characters who married for love and died horribly.", "Cat/Ned, Lysa, Dany/Drogo, Tyrion/Tysha and the others who loved without marriage and died horribly...", "Add to that the sudden homophobia from all corners,when it had been much more accepted before.", "No, love doesn't do well.", "LISTs: What was the point of all the lists?", "Naming every hostage that came through the wall?", "All the irritating hostages at irritating Meereen (is there a point to Meereen?", ") All with too many Zs in their names.", "There were (a paltry few) chapters I liked.", "Perhaps ten out of 70 PLUS.", "But they don't save this book which could have been cut in half and wouldn't have lost a thing.", "I will not be buying the next one.", "I'll get it from the library." ]
I personally have decided to switch to the Mac from th PC to save space. I got rid of My Pc network and just have an Imac 20" 2.0Ghz, a 1.25 ghz mac mini, and I still keep my homebuilt PC around for when I need it. I have tried playing this game both on the mac mini an the imac G5. First I would like to mention I don't know how people got good performance on the mac mini, or let me refrase that, got this game to work at all on the mac mini ! You cannot play this game on the Mac Mini I tried, there is no way. People who say this game plays well on the mac mini are smoking something. This game does not even play that well on my new G5 2.0ghz imac ! My homebuilt 3.0ghz plays this game about twice as fast as the imac does. I still had my old 1.7ghz celeron processor that I used before I upgraded my pc to 3.0ghz laying around on my desk. So for kicks I decided to put in the 1.7ghz celeron back into my pc. Even with the slower 1.7ghz celeron the pc is about twice as fast as the imac even when it is clocked 300mhz slower ! Both systems have a 128mb video card. The pc has a 128mb Geforce 6600 GT Extreme and the Imac has a 128 mb Radeon 9600. If you plan on getting decent performance out of this game at ultra high resolutions and maximum detail settings I suggest you play this game on a dual G5 power mac. I am not impressed at all with doom 3. My main purpose of doom 3 like the quake serious is for benchmarking purposes only. I found the game boring, unorigonal, lighting was to dark. I know its suppose to be dark, but come on it shouldn't be to the extent it ruins the game. All this game is about is shooting monsters up. Traveling in a linear fashion from scene to scene. Players kill all the monsters in one rom and then moving on to the next till they all have been destroyed. What a silly game. The only reason this game gets such godly reviews is because the graphics are supposedly the best, however I thought EQ 2 had a lot better graphics just my opinion. So I would recommend this game to anyone who just cares about graphics and little about the actual game.	negative	[ "I personally have decided to switch to the Mac from th PC to save space.", "I got rid of My Pc network and just have an Imac 20\" 2.", "0Ghz, a 1.", "25 ghz mac mini, and I still keep my homebuilt PC around for when I need it.", "I have tried playing this game both on the mac mini an the imac G5.", "First I would like to mention I don't know how people got good performance on the mac mini, or let me refrase that, got this game to work at all on the mac mini!", "You cannot play this game on the Mac Mini I tried, there is no way.", "People who say this game plays well on the mac mini are smoking something.", "This game does not even play that well on my new G5 2.", "0ghz imac!", "My homebuilt 3.", "0ghz plays this game about twice as fast as the imac does.", "I still had my old 1.", "7ghz celeron processor that I used before I upgraded my pc to 3.", "0ghz laying around on my desk.", "So for kicks I decided to put in the 1.", "7ghz celeron back into my pc.", "Even with the slower 1.", "7ghz celeron the pc is about twice as fast as the imac even when it is clocked 300mhz slower!", "Both systems have a 128mb video card.", "The pc has a 128mb Geforce 6600 GT Extreme and the Imac has a 128 mb Radeon 9600.", "If you plan on getting decent performance out of this game at ultra high resolutions and maximum detail settings I suggest you play this game on a dual G5 power mac.", "I am not impressed at all with doom 3.", "My main purpose of doom 3 like the quake serious is for benchmarking purposes only.", "I found the game boring, unorigonal, lighting was to dark.", "I know its suppose to be dark, but come on it shouldn't be to the extent it ruins the game.", "All this game is about is shooting monsters up.", "Traveling in a linear fashion from scene to scene.", "Players kill all the monsters in one rom and then moving on to the next till they all have been destroyed.", "What a silly game.", "The only reason this game gets such godly reviews is because the graphics are supposedly the best, however I thought EQ 2 had a lot better graphics just my opinion.", "So I would recommend this game to anyone who just cares about graphics and little about the actual game." ]
There are three movie adaptations to John Wyndham's wonderful sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids. And believe it or not, there are multiple abridged versions, both in print and audio, of the original novel. The abridgements are a mystery to me, because the original novel is only a bit over 200 pages. Why bother abridging such a short novel? The common denominator in all this is the original novel, so before I say anything about the movies let me encourage you to read or listen to the original unabridged novel, because it is a true sci-fi classic. Of the three movies, this 1962 adaptation is the one not worth watching. First, it's not faithful to the novel, other than featuring triffids and blindness, and second, more importantly, it's simply an awful, laughably ridiculous movie. The acting, dialogue, and plotting are all terrible, as well as the bombastic background music. Our "hero," Bill Masen, has a bad habit of putting little girls and women in danger. The only redeeming qualities of this movie are the triffids (the Beasts) and Janette Scott (the Beauty). The triffids were sufficiently convincing as carnivorous, mobile plants, and the noises they made were suitably spine-tingling. Janette Scott, as the wife of a scientist, was sufficiently scrumptious to gaze upon. And actually, that was her role. You see, it turns out that the folks who made this awful movie knew how bad it was, and they inserted a subplot about a scientist and his beautiful wife trapped in a lighthouse in order to make it more watchable. The scenes with Janette Scott were my favorite, so I guess it worked. To give you a taste of how bad this movie is, I'll give you the final narration (which isn't in the novel): "A simple method has been found to destroy the triffids. Mankind survived and once again had reason to give thanks [to the Christian God]." I would say it comes down to this: 1) Don't bother with the 1962 adaptation, it's a waste of time, a truly bad movie. Some say it is a "classic." I have no idea what they see in it. 2) The 1981 movie is a decent B-grade adaptation and is the most faithful to the novel. If you're a fan of the novel and don't mind wooden acting and subpar dialogue, give it a try. 3) The 2009 miniseries strays a bit from the novel, but of the three this is the one that actually seems like a professional movie.	negative	[ "There are three movie adaptations to John Wyndham's wonderful sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids.", "And believe it or not, there are multiple abridged versions, both in print and audio, of the original novel.", "The abridgements are a mystery to me, because the original novel is only a bit over 200 pages.", "Why bother abridging such a short novel?", "The common denominator in all this is the original novel, so before I say anything about the movies let me encourage you to read or listen to the original unabridged novel, because it is a true sci-fi classic.", "Of the three movies, this 1962 adaptation is the one not worth watching.", "First, it's not faithful to the novel, other than featuring triffids and blindness, and second, more importantly, it's simply an awful, laughably ridiculous movie.", "The acting, dialogue, and plotting are all terrible, as well as the bombastic background music.", "Our \"hero,\" Bill Masen, has a bad habit of putting little girls and women in danger.", "The only redeeming qualities of this movie are the triffids (the Beasts) and Janette Scott (the Beauty).", "The triffids were sufficiently convincing as carnivorous, mobile plants, and the noises they made were suitably spine-tingling.", "Janette Scott, as the wife of a scientist, was sufficiently scrumptious to gaze upon.", "And actually, that was her role.", "You see, it turns out that the folks who made this awful movie knew how bad it was, and they inserted a subplot about a scientist and his beautiful wife trapped in a lighthouse in order to make it more watchable.", "The scenes with Janette Scott were my favorite, so I guess it worked.", "To give you a taste of how bad this movie is, I'll give you the final narration (which isn't in the novel): \"A simple method has been found to destroy the triffids.", "Mankind survived and once again had reason to give thanks [to the Christian God].", "\"\n\nI would say it comes down to this:\n\n1) Don't bother with the 1962 adaptation, it's a waste of time, a truly bad movie.", "Some say it is a \"classic.", "\" I have no idea what they see in it.", "2) The 1981 movie is a decent B-grade adaptation and is the most faithful to the novel.", "If you're a fan of the novel and don't mind wooden acting and subpar dialogue, give it a try.", "3) The 2009 miniseries strays a bit from the novel, but of the three this is the one that actually seems like a professional movie." ]
I can't believe this game was rated so high by others. I think it's an awful game, totally boring, and I regret purchasing it. It failed to hold my interest. I quit playing after the first boss. A horror/mystery fan, I bought it hoping it would be similar to Resident Evil 4, but it's not even close. A young girl goes around and gets attacked by ghosts. She has no weapon other than holy water and quickly gets panicked into death. Her movements are awkward. The battles are awkward. The graphics aren't very good and the game is not challenging. I feel that the game wasn't developed as well as it could have been, and overall, I'd say it was disappointing. I suggest that you rent it before you buy it.	negative	[ "I can't believe this game was rated so high by others.", "I think it's an awful game, totally boring, and I regret purchasing it.", "It failed to hold my interest.", "I quit playing after the first boss.", "A horror/mystery fan, I bought it hoping it would be similar to Resident Evil 4, but it's not even close.", "A young girl goes around and gets attacked by ghosts.", "She has no weapon other than holy water and quickly gets panicked into death.", "Her movements are awkward.", "The battles are awkward.", "The graphics aren't very good and the game is not challenging.", "I feel that the game wasn't developed as well as it could have been, and overall, I'd say it was disappointing.", "I suggest that you rent it before you buy it." ]
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Sigh Where to begin... This game could be better named: "Star Wars Galaxies: A Development Team Vs. A Player base". Never in all my life, have I seen a company alienate so many people in pursuit of the almighty dollar. It's truly sickening. I WAS a 20-month veteran of the game, I had been playing since week one (I've canceled my account and will NEVER do business with SOE again!). PLEASE, READ ON... In the beginning... This game was alright; it was fun, it was unique, and it was totally bug-ridden and unbalanced. Over the course of the last 20 months, the SOE Dev team have made us promise after promise to do certain things to fix and enhance this game. They in fact did very little, if anything at all. They milked us. They exploited the "Star Wars" name to make a buck. They made promise after promise after promise... and never delivered squat. Don't believe me? Just ask any "Smuggler" in the game for their opinion. They strung us along and led us to believe that the "fixes" to the game were right around the corner! Instead, they were hard at work on an "Expansion Pack" to sell us! And then once again "promised us" that the fixes we've all been waiting for were the next big thing waiting for us, "just hang on, this game is going to be great!" They promised us that they were going to do this "Combat Upgrade" and do it right, and it "wouldn't be released until it's ready!" We all had a lot of hope, we thought that they had finally figure out that they had totally screwed up and were trying to make amends with a player base on the brink of total collapse. God, how wrong we all were... Well, much to everyone's surprise, they made the announcement that the long awaited "CU" would be coming out along with the "Rage of the Wookiees" expansion pack! Uhhhmmm... did I miss something somewhere? The alpha test for the "CU" was supposed to begin in January, it never happened. Beta testing began in April, 4 whole weeks before it was supposed to go to live! We all rolled up our sleeves and dove in. I think after the first week or so, the sad realization of what was happening to our game begun to sink in... They went and copy/pasted EQ2 code into the SWG game so they could "streamline" their operation by having ONE DEV TEAM WORK ON BOTH SWG AND EQ2!!! The CU was supposed to go live on May 5th. SOE decided to push it to live a whole 2 weeks sooner than that. Honestly, with all the bugs that were still in beta, and now in live, beta could have gone on another 4-6 months! I guess they figured they could milk us all a little more and dump this beta on the live servers and let us pay to test it. Why am I not surprised? The CU itself is unplayable. It has become Everquest in space, or "EverStar Galaxies QuestWars" as we call it. There are just too many things to list. There are a lot of other more technical reviews which go into much more detail over on the page for the stand-alone game. As you all can imagine, the player community was totally enraged! We went to the SWG Forum boards to voice our concerns. The only response we ever got back from SOE was THOUSANDS of deleted threads and players banned from the forums. Facing futility, a large portion of the player base has left the game, permanently this time. This is just not how you do business. I personally will NEVER deal with Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) EVER again. I DO NOT pay MY HARD EARNED MONEY to be lied to, deceived, ignored, strung along, censored, and banned for voicing my concerns. I do not pay money to folks who treat me, a PAYING CUSTOMER, in this fashion. Star Wars Galaxies is dead. Servers are emptying. People are moving on to other games where folks know how to appreciate their patrons. If you are a fan of Star Wars, and this is the only reason I ever started playing this game to begin with, you will be sadly disappointed! SWG is nothing more than an exploit of a title, a milk machine. I for one, am tired of being milked. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!	negative	[ "Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided\n\nSigh Where to begin...", "This game could be better named:\n\n\"Star Wars Galaxies: A Development Team Vs.", "A Player base\".", "Never in all my life, have I seen a company alienate so many people in pursuit of the almighty dollar.", "It's truly sickening.", "I WAS a 20-month veteran of the game, I had been playing since week one (I've canceled my account and will NEVER do business with SOE again!", ").", "PLEASE, READ ON...", "In the beginning...", "This game was alright; it was fun, it was unique, and it was totally bug-ridden and unbalanced.", "Over the course of the last 20 months, the SOE Dev team have made us promise after promise to do certain things to fix and enhance this game.", "They in fact did very little, if anything at all.", "They milked us.", "They exploited the \"Star Wars\" name to make a buck.", "They made promise after promise after promise...", "and never delivered squat.", "Don't believe me?", "Just ask any \"Smuggler\" in the game for their opinion.", "They strung us along and led us to believe that the \"fixes\" to the game were right around the corner!", "Instead, they were hard at work on an \"Expansion Pack\" to sell us!", "And then once again \"promised us\" that the fixes we've all been waiting for were the next big thing waiting for us, \"just hang on, this game is going to be great!", "\" They promised us that they were going to do this \"Combat Upgrade\" and do it right, and it \"wouldn't be released until it's ready!", "\"\n\nWe all had a lot of hope, we thought that they had finally figure out that they had totally screwed up and were trying to make amends with a player base on the brink of total collapse.", "God, how wrong we all were...", "Well, much to everyone's surprise, they made the announcement that the long awaited \"CU\" would be coming out along with the \"Rage of the Wookiees\" expansion pack!", "Uhhhmmm...", "did I miss something somewhere?", "The alpha test for the \"CU\" was supposed to begin in January, it never happened.", "Beta testing began in April, 4 whole weeks before it was supposed to go to live!", "We all rolled up our sleeves and dove in.", "I think after the first week or so, the sad realization of what was happening to our game begun to sink in...", "They went and copy/pasted EQ2 code into the SWG game so they could \"streamline\" their operation by having ONE DEV TEAM WORK ON BOTH SWG AND EQ2!!!", "The CU was supposed to go live on May 5th.", "SOE decided to push it to live a whole 2 weeks sooner than that.", "Honestly, with all the bugs that were still in beta, and now in live, beta could have gone on another 4-6 months!", "I guess they figured they could milk us all a little more and dump this beta on the live servers and let us pay to test it.", "Why am I not surprised?", "The CU itself is unplayable.", "It has become Everquest in space, or \"EverStar Galaxies QuestWars\" as we call it.", "There are just too many things to list.", "There are a lot of other more technical reviews which go into much more detail over on the page for the stand-alone game.", "As you all can imagine, the player community was totally enraged!", "We went to the SWG Forum boards to voice our concerns.", "The only response we ever got back from SOE was THOUSANDS of deleted threads and players banned from the forums.", "Facing futility, a large portion of the player base has left the game, permanently this time.", "This is just not how you do business.", "I personally will NEVER deal with Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) EVER again.", "I DO NOT pay MY HARD EARNED MONEY to be lied to, deceived, ignored, strung along, censored, and banned for voicing my concerns.", "I do not pay money to folks who treat me, a PAYING CUSTOMER, in this fashion.", "Star Wars Galaxies is dead.", "Servers are emptying.", "People are moving on to other games where folks know how to appreciate their patrons.", "If you are a fan of Star Wars, and this is the only reason I ever started playing this game to begin with, you will be sadly disappointed!", "SWG is nothing more than an exploit of a title, a milk machine.", "I for one, am tired of being milked.", "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!" ]
I liked the unit at first. It was easy to operate and easy to fill. After a week it stopped producing mist. I sent an e-mail to customer service and got no reply ever. I cleaned it several times and it still didn't work. It sat for a few days and I tried it again and it started working again. It quit again after one day. I returned the unit and got a unit from a different company. That unit works fine and keeps on working. The good news is that Amazon makes it so simple and cost free to return a product.	negative	[ "I liked the unit at first.", "It was easy to operate and easy to fill.", "After a week it stopped producing mist.", "I sent an e-mail to customer service and got no reply ever.", "I cleaned it several times and it still didn't work.", "It sat for a few days and I tried it again and it started working again.", "It quit again after one day.", "I returned the unit and got a unit from a different company.", "That unit works fine and keeps on working.", "The good news is that Amazon makes it so simple and cost free to return a product." ]
You all know it this book. You may even have fond memories of your mom reading it to you: I do. But this slimy collection of self-important piety and nonsensical bilge is one of the most horrific encapsulations of what is rotten and bad in western society today. In it, a sentient air-rat decides he's much too important to deal with small minded concerns, like making a seagull's living eating fish. He decides he's some kind of artist. He meets an asian air-rat who is of course much more wise and deep than his own whitebread air-rat self, and becomes some sort of super spiritual air-rat. Not content to jockey around the entire universe like some kind of air-rat version of Padre de Pio, he returns to earth to lord it over the other air rats with his superior spiritual pose. Of course, the only air rats who listen to him are similar outcasts from air rat society. He then attempts (successfully) to destroy air-rat society from within. Because it's a story written by a wretched hippy, the air-rats move on to a higher spiritual plane rather than starving to death, which would be the real outcome of such a course of action. Throughout this abomination against all human decency, reference is made to the word "love." As the famous line in "Princess Bride" goes, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." The author, of course abandoned his family, and went through a succession of trophy wives once he got famous. Because, rather than being a superior seagull, Richard Bach was merely a self-important monstrous one; a typical scoundrel who tapped into the zeitgeist of his era. He even rationalized the whole thing in a hippy dippy way; go look it up on Wikipedia. This sort of fortune-cookie spiritual hokum and self-justifying baloney is exactly what is wrong with everyone. Duty, honor, decency, good humor and common sense are extinct. In its place is a prim, flatulent, doltish self-rationalization of petulant, grubby "whatever I feel like, because I am one of the enlightened" idiocy. If you're one of those people who thinks you're a precious and unique snowflake being held back by society, you'll love this book. If you're anyone else, you should be horrified by it.	negative	[ "You all know it this book.", "You may even have fond memories of your mom reading it to you: I do.", "But this slimy collection of self-important piety and nonsensical bilge is one of the most horrific encapsulations of what is rotten and bad in western society today.", "In it, a sentient air-rat decides he's much too important to deal with small minded concerns, like making a seagull's living eating fish.", "He decides he's some kind of artist.", "He meets an asian air-rat who is of course much more wise and deep than his own whitebread air-rat self, and becomes some sort of super spiritual air-rat.", "Not content to jockey around the entire universe like some kind of air-rat version of Padre de Pio, he returns to earth to lord it over the other air rats with his superior spiritual pose.", "Of course, the only air rats who listen to him are similar outcasts from air rat society.", "He then attempts (successfully) to destroy air-rat society from within.", "Because it's a story written by a wretched hippy, the air-rats move on to a higher spiritual plane rather than starving to death, which would be the real outcome of such a course of action.", "Throughout this abomination against all human decency, reference is made to the word \"love.", "\" As the famous line in \"Princess Bride\" goes, \"You keep using that word.", "I do not think it means what you think it means.", "\" The author, of course abandoned his family, and went through a succession of trophy wives once he got famous.", "Because, rather than being a superior seagull, Richard Bach was merely a self-important monstrous one; a typical scoundrel who tapped into the zeitgeist of his era.", "He even rationalized the whole thing in a hippy dippy way; go look it up on Wikipedia.", "This sort of fortune-cookie spiritual hokum and self-justifying baloney is exactly what is wrong with everyone.", "Duty, honor, decency, good humor and common sense are extinct.", "In its place is a prim, flatulent, doltish self-rationalization of petulant, grubby \"whatever I feel like, because I am one of the enlightened\" idiocy.", "If you're one of those people who thinks you're a precious and unique snowflake being held back by society, you'll love this book.", "If you're anyone else, you should be horrified by it." ]
Having used pipe clamps for 50 years, I've purchased only Pony brand for myself as a contractor and for use in my Industrial Arts classes and have been fully satisfied. Now that I'm retired and teaching adult ed woodworking classes, I thought I'd give this different design a try after reading the reviews by others. Perhaps it was only a bad production run .... But here's what I found: The castings were rough and the contact portions were either somewhat concave or convex. [the recent purchase of the pony's were flat and smooth] The bright plated screws fit loosely and did not move smoothly., and frequently bound-up. The flat plate clutch mechanisms held properly, but I prefer the pony's screw-on design because only the sliding portion rotates, and makes setting up the clamp easier. "Record" brand tools manufactured in England once stood for Quality. Now that the Rubbermaid company owns the brand name things are Different!!! Pony brand clamps are made by a company which is family owned for 5 generations and specializes in holding devices. Pay a little more and get much better quality!! <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/PONY-50-Clamp-Fixture-for-3-4-Inch-Black-Pipe/dp/B0000224C9/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">PONY 50 Clamp Fixture for 3/4 Inch Black Pipe</a>	negative	[ "Having used pipe clamps for 50 years, I've purchased only Pony brand for myself as a contractor and for use in my Industrial Arts classes and have been fully satisfied.", "Now that I'm retired and teaching adult ed woodworking classes, I thought I'd give this different design a try after reading the reviews by others.", "Perhaps it was only a bad production run....", "But here's what I found:\nThe castings were rough and the contact portions were either somewhat concave or convex.", "[the recent purchase of the pony's were flat and smooth] The bright plated screws fit loosely and did not move smoothly.", ", and frequently bound-up.", "The flat plate clutch mechanisms held properly, but I prefer the pony's screw-on design because only the sliding portion rotates, and makes setting up the clamp easier.", "\"Record\" brand tools manufactured in England once stood for Quality.", "Now that the Rubbermaid company owns the brand name things are Different!!!", "Pony brand clamps are made by a company which is family owned for 5 generations and specializes in holding devices.", "Pay a little more and get much better quality!!", " <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/PONY-50-Clamp-Fixture-for-3-4-Inch-Black-Pipe/dp/B0000224C9/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">PONY 50 Clamp Fixture for 3/4 Inch Black Pipe</a>" ]
I use a lot of Fluke meters at work and this one seems a little cheap. It is however compact. When I do an ohms checkout, its .2-.5 ohms off. Not a big deal I know but come on. I get zero ohms on my cheapie meter. During continuity checks, the beep is so faint I can hardly hear it. The AMP function does seem to work fine. My voltage measurements compared to two other meters I own are off by 3 volts (unknown if Fluke is at fault). I do and always have been a fan of Fluke meters but this one has let me down. The price, name, and features were the reason for buying. No where does it mention where it is made. I suspect it is outsourced.	negative	[ "I use a lot of Fluke meters at work and this one seems a little cheap.", "It is however compact.", "When I do an ohms checkout, its.", "2-.", "5 ohms off.", "Not a big deal I know but come on.", "I get zero ohms on my cheapie meter.", "During continuity checks, the beep is so faint I can hardly hear it.", "The AMP function does seem to work fine.", "My voltage measurements compared to two other meters I own are off by 3 volts (unknown if Fluke is at fault).", "I do and always have been a fan of Fluke meters but this one has let me down.", "The price, name, and features were the reason for buying.", "No where does it mention where it is made.", "I suspect it is outsourced." ]