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It grieves me to say this book is nothing special. The plot sounded amazing to me when I first read it on the website, but once I started reading it I discovered that it was poorly explained and executed. Adam meets a young girl one day who he becomes friends with even though she lives in an odd gypsy village in the Scottish hills, while he is the son of a minister. They soon become lovers, but Adam moves on to be a doctor and when Brid, fearing for her life because her uncle the druid wants to kill her is rejected by Adam she swears to become the main focus in his life. Of course, it turns out Brid is really from the 6th century and has great powers that allow her to cross time. The way Brid became accommodated to life in the 20th century is just stupid. No person from the 6th century who saw a car would be able to hold it together, much less eat chocolate without a huge sense of wonder. Brid's situation as a person who can travel through time, change into a cat, leave her body at will, and do all sorts of other stuff is never portrayed as anything out of the ordinary, and as much as she does make Adam's life miserable, the actions people around Adam take to be safe from her are just plain silly. Also it's never clear if Brid really is in the 20th century, or just having an out of time out of body experience from the 6th century. Or both. Not much in this book makes sense, and the very end of the book is so out of place in the book it renders the whole ending stupid. This is not one of Barbara Erskine's better books, and I recommend skipping this one. It has the feel of a draft written very early on that was never revised for anything except spelling. This book doesn't even seem to fit a category, be it historical fiction or thriller. If you want a real good historical book about time travel try the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, or Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. I hate to say it, but this only gets two stars from me.	negative	[ "It grieves me to say this book is nothing special.", "The plot sounded amazing to me when I first read it on the website, but once I started reading it I discovered that it was poorly explained and executed.", "Adam meets a young girl one day who he becomes friends with even though she lives in an odd gypsy village in the Scottish hills, while he is the son of a minister.", "They soon become lovers, but Adam moves on to be a doctor and when Brid, fearing for her life because her uncle the druid wants to kill her is rejected by Adam she swears to become the main focus in his life.", "Of course, it turns out Brid is really from the 6th century and has great powers that allow her to cross time.", "The way Brid became accommodated to life in the 20th century is just stupid.", "No person from the 6th century who saw a car would be able to hold it together, much less eat chocolate without a huge sense of wonder.", "Brid's situation as a person who can travel through time, change into a cat, leave her body at will, and do all sorts of other stuff is never portrayed as anything out of the ordinary, and as much as she does make Adam's life miserable, the actions people around Adam take to be safe from her are just plain silly.", "Also it's never clear if Brid really is in the 20th century, or just having an out of time out of body experience from the 6th century.", "Or both.", "Not much in this book makes sense, and the very end of the book is so out of place in the book it renders the whole ending stupid.", "This is not one of Barbara Erskine's better books, and I recommend skipping this one.", "It has the feel of a draft written very early on that was never revised for anything except spelling.", "This book doesn't even seem to fit a category, be it historical fiction or thriller.", "If you want a real good historical book about time travel try the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, or Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.", "I hate to say it, but this only gets two stars from me." ]
Proud of that brand new computer of yours with super high-speed CPU, memory, hard drives and video adapter? Want to slow it down to a crawl so you can relive the early days of computing, of waiting and waiting and waiting for a process to complete? Well, just add Norton Internet Security 2008! System boot-up times will be extended by a factor of two or three. Just the thing you want when starting up your computer - a nice long wait. A really long wait. And if that wasn't enough fun, wait until you launch your web browser. All those hours programmers spent trying to build fast response into their browser creations? Wasted effor. Norton Internet Security 2008 helps your browser pass away minute after minute after minute. You had no better use for your time anyway, did you? Norton Internet Security 2008 will slow your browser to a crawl. Norton Internet Security 2008 will interrrupt you at least twice a day (and generally more) with an intrusive pop-up that new updates have been downloaded and that you need to restart your computer. Oh, how nice: they five you an option of being reminded in 1, 12 or 24 hours - but apparently no option to set the update schedule or turn off the annoying pop-ups. Symanytec's program architects certainly think that the user is not only clueless, but their slave as well. Symantec has included a "feature" they call "Identity Safe". Every time you type in a password to a site it launches an annoying pop-up asking if you want to use "Identity Safe". You can click on the convenient "Do not show this window again" option a thousand times - and it will ignore you a thousand times. Norton Internet Security 2008 also grabs web browser tool bar space, but fortunately you can turn it off. Does the product work for its intended purpose? That I don't know yet. I didn't have any viruses on my machine before I installed Norton Internet Security 2008 and it hasn't reported any. Overall, Norton Internet Security 2008 slows down my computer to such an extent that I think it is unsuitable for its purpose. I'll be looking for a replacement. Jerry	negative	[ "Proud of that brand new computer of yours with super high-speed CPU, memory, hard drives and video adapter?", "Want to slow it down to a crawl so you can relive the early days of computing, of waiting and waiting and waiting for a process to complete?", "Well, just add Norton Internet Security 2008!", "System boot-up times will be extended by a factor of two or three.", "Just the thing you want when starting up your computer - a nice long wait.", "A really long wait.", "And if that wasn't enough fun, wait until you launch your web browser.", "All those hours programmers spent trying to build fast response into their browser creations?", "Wasted effor.", "Norton Internet Security 2008 helps your browser pass away minute after minute after minute.", "You had no better use for your time anyway, did you?", "Norton Internet Security 2008 will slow your browser to a crawl.", "Norton Internet Security 2008 will interrrupt you at least twice a day (and generally more) with an intrusive pop-up that new updates have been downloaded and that you need to restart your computer.", "Oh, how nice: they five you an option of being reminded in 1, 12 or 24 hours - but apparently no option to set the update schedule or turn off the annoying pop-ups.", "Symanytec's program architects certainly think that the user is not only clueless, but their slave as well.", "Symantec has included a \"feature\" they call \"Identity Safe\".", "Every time you type in a password to a site it launches an annoying pop-up asking if you want to use \"Identity Safe\".", "You can click on the convenient \"Do not show this window again\" option a thousand times - and it will ignore you a thousand times.", "Norton Internet Security 2008 also grabs web browser tool bar space, but fortunately you can turn it off.", "Does the product work for its intended purpose?", "That I don't know yet.", "I didn't have any viruses on my machine before I installed Norton Internet Security 2008 and it hasn't reported any.", "Overall, Norton Internet Security 2008 slows down my computer to such an extent that I think it is unsuitable for its purpose.", "I'll be looking for a replacement.", "Jerry" ]
To tell you the truth I am surprised that this album is bad(DONT ASK!). But it is bad as these reviewers say it is. Songs that I endorse:FIRM FIASCO, PHONE TAP, FIVE MINUTES TO FLUSH, DESPARADOS(Canibus was the deciding factor), and THROW YOUR GUNS. Filler: Firm Family(crickets chirping), Firm All-Stars(YAAWWWN!) Firm Biz(they literally destroyed their buzz with this song), Hardcore,F* Somebody Else(Foxy sounds like a real dumb b*h on this song)and the rest of this album. Bottom Line:This album is the reason why most people say nay to Collaboration albums. The production was bland, the lyrics were below average and the fact that this album stained Dr Dre's credibilty says a lot. Question: If Cormega was a part of this group, would it have been a big deal? Answer:No, because even if Cormega is nice that doesnt mean this album is going to be hot. Anybody who says this album is bad is not hating, they are telling the truth.	negative	[ "To tell you the truth I am surprised that this album is bad(DONT ASK!", ").", "But it is bad as these reviewers say it is.", "Songs that I endorse:FIRM FIASCO, PHONE TAP, FIVE MINUTES TO FLUSH, DESPARADOS(Canibus was the deciding factor), and THROW YOUR GUNS.", "Filler: Firm Family(crickets chirping), Firm All-Stars(YAAWWWN!", ") Firm Biz(they literally destroyed their buzz with this song), Hardcore,F* Somebody Else(Foxy sounds like a real dumb b*h on this song)and the rest of this album.", "Bottom Line:This album is the reason why most people say nay to Collaboration albums.", "The production was bland, the lyrics were below average and the fact that this album stained Dr Dre's credibilty says a lot.", "Question: If Cormega was a part of this group, would it have been a big deal?", "Answer:No, because even if Cormega is nice that doesnt mean this album is going to be hot.", "Anybody who says this album is bad is not hating, they are telling the truth." ]
If one is looking for a hard-hitting, very accurate description of life in 1888 Whitechapel and Spitalfields, this book is for you. It also gives an excellent view into what creates a pschyopath. The villain is one of the top suspects, but I will not ruin the surprise for other readers by naming him. Mr. Schaeffer obviously did much research, which is to his credit. Now, here's my beef. The book has enough shock value by including the things I mentioned above. I feel that Mr. Schaffer used too much unnecessary foul language. I appreciate that a reality based work cannot have people's reactions without some colorful language being used. Common people do not use clinical language to describe body parts or the sex act. Nor do they refrain from using some very bad language. But to have the amount that is in this book goes a little overboard. Kids read Sherlock Holmes. This is not a book I would recommend to kids. Oh, teenagers would get a kick out of the shock value scenes and language, (so would some adults!), but I just cannot see the need for quite so much of it. I cannot read this through at one setting, because I tire of all the language. I will finish it as I can. Hopefully, the entire story will have redeeming social value. Again, it is very detailed and accurate of the time line. Quoth the Raven...	negative	[ "If one is looking for a hard-hitting, very accurate description of life in 1888 Whitechapel and Spitalfields, this book is for you.", "It also gives an excellent view into what creates a pschyopath.", "The villain is one of the top suspects, but I will not ruin the surprise for other readers by naming him.", "Mr.", "Schaeffer obviously did much research, which is to his credit.", "Now, here's my beef.", "The book has enough shock value by including the things I mentioned above.", "I feel that Mr.", "Schaffer used too much unnecessary foul language.", "I appreciate that a reality based work cannot have people's reactions without some colorful language being used.", "Common people do not use clinical language to describe body parts or the sex act.", "Nor do they refrain from using some very bad language.", "But to have the amount that is in this book goes a little overboard.", "Kids read Sherlock Holmes.", "This is not a book I would recommend to kids.", "Oh, teenagers would get a kick out of the shock value scenes and language, (so would some adults!", "), but I just cannot see the need for quite so much of it.", "I cannot read this through at one setting, because I tire of all the language.", "I will finish it as I can.", "Hopefully, the entire story will have redeeming social value.", "Again, it is very detailed and accurate of the time line.", "Quoth the Raven..." ]
This book started out interestingly and I was looking forward to seeing how the characters and plot developed but it dragged on and on and on and finally I skipped pages just to see how this horrible, gruesome maniac would be killed. The killer was beyond disgusting and I've read and watched a lot of mysteries. He did indescribable things to his victims and they just didn't make sense. He had more anger then it seemed possible for anyone to have considering that he really didn't have as bad of a childhood then many others. The main victim was a girl with a young daughter and although she started out being someone sympathetic she was almost worse then the killer. She was without a doubt a worse mother then the one the killer had who he blamed all of his troubles on. Also, she told a cute tale about spending time with her father and a little tune they made up. After I read the tune for the 150th time I was ready to scream!!!! Enough! Although there are 2 more books in the set I will only read them if I am really, really hard up for reading material.	negative	[ "This book started out interestingly and I was looking forward to seeing how the characters and plot developed but it dragged on and on and on and finally I skipped pages just to see how this horrible, gruesome maniac would be killed.", "The killer was beyond disgusting and I've read and watched a lot of mysteries.", "He did indescribable things to his victims and they just didn't make sense.", "He had more anger then it seemed possible for anyone to have considering that he really didn't have as bad of a childhood then many others.", "The main victim was a girl with a young daughter and although she started out being someone sympathetic she was almost worse then the killer.", "She was without a doubt a worse mother then the one the killer had who he blamed all of his troubles on.", "Also, she told a cute tale about spending time with her father and a little tune they made up.", "After I read the tune for the 150th time I was ready to scream!!!!", "Enough!", "Although there are 2 more books in the set I will only read them if I am really, really hard up for reading material." ]
This story draaaagggggsssss on until I pretty much didn't care anymore. It is simplistic to the point of annoyance. The heroine goes to a bar at the beginning of the story with the express purpose of picking up a man in order to prove her libido still works after an abusive marriage. Got it. When she is successful, she throws away the opportunity (literally. She tears up his number and throws it away.) Why bother with this episode? Oh yeah: so she can run into him in the new town she moves to and vacillate about whether or not to pursue anything with him. Frankly, the majority of the story is boring. Not having read any of the other Six Pack books, I was sometimes confused about which Coleman family had which sons. The interjection of other Coleman families was confusing and unnecessary; Gabe is or is not going to transform his (apparently cruel father's?) ranch into a more financially viable organic ranch? Whatever. I finished it but don't care enough about anyone in this book to bother reading any of the others.	negative	[ "This story draaaagggggsssss on until I pretty much didn't care anymore.", "It is simplistic to the point of annoyance.", "The heroine goes to a bar at the beginning of the story with the express purpose of picking up a man in order to prove her libido still works after an abusive marriage.", "Got it.", "When she is successful, she throws away the opportunity (literally.", "She tears up his number and throws it away.", ") Why bother with this episode?", "Oh yeah: so she can run into him in the new town she moves to and vacillate about whether or not to pursue anything with him.", "Frankly, the majority of the story is boring.", "Not having read any of the other Six Pack books, I was sometimes confused about which Coleman family had which sons.", "The interjection of other Coleman families was confusing and unnecessary; Gabe is or is not going to transform his (apparently cruel father's?", ") ranch into a more financially viable organic ranch?", "Whatever.", "I finished it but don't care enough about anyone in this book to bother reading any of the others." ]
I purchased this one after reading all the good reviews so I just didn't expect a good and sexy romance story but was also willing to get to know a new good author, as I have never read anything from Clandy Conn before and I love this genre. To make it brief, I didn't like it; it took me a great effort to get through it, thinking all the while about giving up and moving to read something more interesting, more fun and sexier. For starters I didn't like the characters, they're all made up of a bunch of cliches with very little or non personality at all, the plot didn't seem to engage my attention either and as for the sexy/steamy parts... they don't work, at all. - AND JUST BECAUSE - Everytime I buy (and read) a book based on the outstanding amount of 5 and 4 stars reviews and then leave my own saying that I didn't like it, my review gets labelled as Not Useful. Seriously?? I read at least 4 books a week and in the last months most of them have been pretty bad or even plainly terrible due to the loads of misleading reviews people is giving "freely" English is not my mother tongue so leaving a review takes some effort and quite a bit of time for me and I'm getting sick of wasting my time not only reading those crappy books but also writting later my honest and hopefully always respectful opinion so other readers can make their own minds just to have a bunch of "vigilantes" discrediting my opinion. Maybe that's the goal, guys? That nobody leave reviews that are not good? I truly understand if my reviewes don't provide the info some people would like to read about, it happens to me also with some of the reviews I read but I don't label them as "Not Useful" just because they didn't give me the info I wanted, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I don't check the reviews of books I've liked in the past just to check for the low rating reviewers and "avenge" the author. Not even do I go back to those blatantly misleading reviews which convinced me to buy the books I've disliked and label them as Not Useful, so: Who are you people? Maybe the ones that leave all those great reviews that only say things in the line of: "OMG!! Best read ever. Totally recommended!! You have to read this!!!!"? Just guessing...	negative	[ "I purchased this one after reading all the good reviews so I just didn't expect a good and sexy romance story but was also willing to get to know a new good author, as I have never read anything from Clandy Conn before and I love this genre.", "To make it brief, I didn't like it; it took me a great effort to get through it, thinking all the while about giving up and moving to read something more interesting, more fun and sexier.", "For starters I didn't like the characters, they're all made up of a bunch of cliches with very little or non personality at all, the plot didn't seem to engage my attention either and as for the sexy/steamy parts...", "they don't work, at all.", "- AND JUST BECAUSE -\n\nEverytime I buy (and read) a book based on the outstanding amount of 5 and 4 stars reviews and then leave my own saying that I didn't like it, my review gets labelled as Not Useful.", "Seriously??", "I read at least 4 books a week and in the last months most of them have been pretty bad or even plainly terrible due to the loads of misleading reviews people is giving \"freely\"\n\nEnglish is not my mother tongue so leaving a review takes some effort and quite a bit of time for me and I'm getting sick of wasting my time not only reading those crappy books but also writting later my honest and hopefully always respectful opinion so other readers can make their own minds just to have a bunch of \"vigilantes\" discrediting my opinion.", "Maybe that's the goal, guys?", "That nobody leave reviews that are not good?", "I truly understand if my reviewes don't provide the info some people would like to read about, it happens to me also with some of the reviews I read but I don't label them as \"Not Useful\" just because they didn't give me the info I wanted, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I don't check the reviews of books I've liked in the past just to check for the low rating reviewers and \"avenge\" the author.", "Not even do I go back to those blatantly misleading reviews which convinced me to buy the books I've disliked and label them as Not Useful, so: Who are you people?", "Maybe the ones that leave all those great reviews that only say things in the line of: \"OMG!!", "Best read ever.", "Totally recommended!!", "You have to read this!!!!", "\"?", "Just guessing..." ]
We are generally great fans of mech games, and have played many of them. We were psyched when Gundam came out for the PS3 - and very disappointed when we played it. If you haven't watched the animated series or played other Gundam games, you are engaged in a great war involving a set of mechanised large robots fighting another set of almost identical large robots. They can stomp on tanks, kick over buildings and engage in hand to hand energy-sword combat. Think of gigantic samurai warriors who enjoy both blade and gun. The two sides here are the Federation forces, protecting Earth against the Zeon - an Earth colony who has come back to Earth to take over. All of the fighting takes place in various locations on Earth, which by now has had half of its population wiped out by this fighting. Don't worry too much about plotline here, though. Really what happens is you are dropped into a landscape and told to blow up every enemy unit you find. While most games give you training and guidance at the beginning, this game tosses you into the fray, without even a hint of what to do or how to do it. Expect to get a few sad deaths before you get the hang of things. Of course that's assuming you start out on the standard difficulty level - there are five difficulties here, including a 'very easy' suitable for 5 year olds. Speaking of five year olds, the graphics really needed much more work to be up to PS3 standards. The mechs themselves are OK, with a fair amount of detail, shadowed edges, reflective surfaces little details of logo and lettering and battle scarring. There is a realistic feel to how they move. On the other hand, the world you tromp around in is PS2 level in quality, if not a little worse. I've definitely seen better water animation in many PS2 games, as well as tree and landscapes. Gameplay ranges from frustrating to laughable. You get stuck on invisible walls. When you slash at enemies, you go into the "black knight" of the Monty Python Holy Grail movie, where limbs fall off and the robot hobbles after you without any arms. You do get to upgrade as you progress, earning more options. You can customize your suits in your hangar - but the interface is very clunky and looks almost PS1 in style. They do have some nice features that show some thought - if you fire off a rocket style weapon, a cloud of smoke envelops you and you have to wait a few seconds (or move out of it) before you can see well again. I have to comment on sound because first, the voice actors in combat are very silly. Second, the soundtrack is almost exactly a rip-off from the Gladiator soundtrack. I own and love the Gladiator soundtrack and it's amazing how many sections are pretty much exactly the same. I'm surprised there isn't a copyright suit being launched here. In addition, we had problems with stuttering sound, to the point that we had to reboot our PS3 and try again. Luckily, it went away once we did that. In general, this was just not a fun game for us to play, which was a real disappointment. Maybe a future release for the PS3 will have the time spent to fix many of these issues and draw us into playing it repeatedly, like we play our other mech games.	negative	[ "We are generally great fans of mech games, and have played many of them.", "We were psyched when Gundam came out for the PS3 - and very disappointed when we played it.", "If you haven't watched the animated series or played other Gundam games, you are engaged in a great war involving a set of mechanised large robots fighting another set of almost identical large robots.", "They can stomp on tanks, kick over buildings and engage in hand to hand energy-sword combat.", "Think of gigantic samurai warriors who enjoy both blade and gun.", "The two sides here are the Federation forces, protecting Earth against the Zeon - an Earth colony who has come back to Earth to take over.", "All of the fighting takes place in various locations on Earth, which by now has had half of its population wiped out by this fighting.", "Don't worry too much about plotline here, though.", "Really what happens is you are dropped into a landscape and told to blow up every enemy unit you find.", "While most games give you training and guidance at the beginning, this game tosses you into the fray, without even a hint of what to do or how to do it.", "Expect to get a few sad deaths before you get the hang of things.", "Of course that's assuming you start out on the standard difficulty level - there are five difficulties here, including a 'very easy' suitable for 5 year olds.", "Speaking of five year olds, the graphics really needed much more work to be up to PS3 standards.", "The mechs themselves are OK, with a fair amount of detail, shadowed edges, reflective surfaces little details of logo and lettering and battle scarring.", "There is a realistic feel to how they move.", "On the other hand, the world you tromp around in is PS2 level in quality, if not a little worse.", "I've definitely seen better water animation in many PS2 games, as well as tree and landscapes.", "Gameplay ranges from frustrating to laughable.", "You get stuck on invisible walls.", "When you slash at enemies, you go into the \"black knight\" of the Monty Python Holy Grail movie, where limbs fall off and the robot hobbles after you without any arms.", "You do get to upgrade as you progress, earning more options.", "You can customize your suits in your hangar - but the interface is very clunky and looks almost PS1 in style.", "They do have some nice features that show some thought - if you fire off a rocket style weapon, a cloud of smoke envelops you and you have to wait a few seconds (or move out of it) before you can see well again.", "I have to comment on sound because first, the voice actors in combat are very silly.", "Second, the soundtrack is almost exactly a rip-off from the Gladiator soundtrack.", "I own and love the Gladiator soundtrack and it's amazing how many sections are pretty much exactly the same.", "I'm surprised there isn't a copyright suit being launched here.", "In addition, we had problems with stuttering sound, to the point that we had to reboot our PS3 and try again.", "Luckily, it went away once we did that.", "In general, this was just not a fun game for us to play, which was a real disappointment.", "Maybe a future release for the PS3 will have the time spent to fix many of these issues and draw us into playing it repeatedly, like we play our other mech games." ]
We've had this toy for about a year. My son (now 1 old) has never given this toy much play time. I can't say I blame him. I purchased this thinking it would be a good learning toy, but also a drum that he could bang on and make some noise with...not so. While it is a decent learning tool (the letters light up brightly and the voice is clear in it's pronunciation), the drum portion is absolutely useless. When set on the drum setting, banging on it only produces the faintest little tapping noise while lights stream across the top. Those lights will hold his attention for a few minutes, but once he sees that he can't make much noise with it, it gets pushed aside. Overall, I can't say I recommend this. The idea was a good one, but they just didn't execute it very well. If you're looking for a drum, buy a drum. If you're looking for an ABC learning toy, there are many out there, but the two together (at least in this case) just don't make a very exciting toy.	negative	[ "We've had this toy for about a year.", "My son (now 1 old) has never given this toy much play time.", "I can't say I blame him.", "I purchased this thinking it would be a good learning toy, but also a drum that he could bang on and make some noise with...", "not so.", "While it is a decent learning tool (the letters light up brightly and the voice is clear in it's pronunciation), the drum portion is absolutely useless.", "When set on the drum setting, banging on it only produces the faintest little tapping noise while lights stream across the top.", "Those lights will hold his attention for a few minutes, but once he sees that he can't make much noise with it, it gets pushed aside.", "Overall, I can't say I recommend this.", "The idea was a good one, but they just didn't execute it very well.", "If you're looking for a drum, buy a drum.", "If you're looking for an ABC learning toy, there are many out there, but the two together (at least in this case) just don't make a very exciting toy." ]
As I began to write this, it had been almost six hours of attempts to set up our wireless network with no luck. The wired portion of the router did work out of the box: no problem whatsoever. It was the wireless part that was a pain to deal with. After following ALL the steps in the User Guide that comes with the router, I got on the phone with a guy from Tech Support, who ran me through most of the same steps in the User Guide (that's fine, that's part of his job), yet after 30 minutes or so with him on the phone, we still couldn't get my laptop and my desktop to be on the wireless network for more than a few seconds at a time... and they were both using Linksys products, for compatibility's sake! In the end, I was able to figure out myself the reason for the problem, or so I thought... for a few days. This past weekend, after I had to unplug the power to physically move the router, it stopped working for good. I am returning it. I don't even know why I give it two stars: I guess wishful thinking that it will eventually work (basically, after a month of having bought it, the best thing I can get is an exchange, although I'd love to get a refund for my money!), and I will be able lay in bed while I surf the web, without a 50 ft wire running through my living room... So far, I've found the router to be annoyingly complex to set up. I would NOT recommended for starters or even for expert people: I have been using computers for almost 20 years myself, and I was not able to get this setup going in a reasonable amount of time!	negative	[ "As I began to write this, it had been almost six hours of attempts to set up our wireless network with no luck.", "The wired portion of the router did work out of the box: no problem whatsoever.", "It was the wireless part that was a pain to deal with.", "After following ALL the steps in the User Guide that comes with the router, I got on the phone with a guy from Tech Support, who ran me through most of the same steps in the User Guide (that's fine, that's part of his job), yet after 30 minutes or so with him on the phone, we still couldn't get my laptop and my desktop to be on the wireless network for more than a few seconds at a time...", "and they were both using Linksys products, for compatibility's sake!", "In the end, I was able to figure out myself the reason for the problem, or so I thought...", "for a few days.", "This past weekend, after I had to unplug the power to physically move the router, it stopped working for good.", "I am returning it.", "I don't even know why I give it two stars: I guess wishful thinking that it will eventually work (basically, after a month of having bought it, the best thing I can get is an exchange, although I'd love to get a refund for my money!", "), and I will be able lay in bed while I surf the web, without a 50 ft wire running through my living room...", "So far, I've found the router to be annoyingly complex to set up.", "I would NOT recommended for starters or even for expert people: I have been using computers for almost 20 years myself, and I was not able to get this setup going in a reasonable amount of time!" ]
Do not rely on this digital caliper for accurate measurements. Unfortunately my return window has closed so it is a just a loss for me. I really do not understand the high ratings from some people. I took measuring bars from Rockler and used the calipers on them. I would continuously get a different measurement simply by remeasuring the exact same brass bar from the same place on the caliper. Sometimes as much as 0.01 (note that is hundredth, not thousandth) in difference. Mostly I would see about 0.003 to 0.005 in difference by simply measuring and remeasuring the same brase bar. It simply is not consistent.	negative	[ "Do not rely on this digital caliper for accurate measurements.", "Unfortunately my return window has closed so it is a just a loss for me.", "I really do not understand the high ratings from some people.", "I took measuring bars from Rockler and used the calipers on them.", "I would continuously get a different measurement simply by remeasuring the exact same brass bar from the same place on the caliper.", "Sometimes as much as 0.", "01 (note that is hundredth, not thousandth) in difference.", "Mostly I would see about 0.", "003 to 0.", "005 in difference by simply measuring and remeasuring the same brase bar.", "It simply is not consistent." ]
Lewis begins his argument for Christianity by pointing out the grammatical oddity (in English) that we often speak of things that we ought, or ought not, do. He then makes the dramatic leap that the origin of such ideas must come from some SUPERNATURAL realm, and thus opens a doorway for the arbitrary and historically contingent Judeo-Christian ideas about "god." Now, really. When you buy a new auto, and you read in the owner's manual something like, "You ought to change the oil every 3,000 miles," are you to conclude that you've just received a "supernatural" revelation? Of course not. Some human invented that ought-statement as a way of expressing the relationship between a means and an end, in this case, maintaining one's auto properly. Moral ought statements are no different, though their origins have been lost in the passage of time. They express relationships relating to the maintenance of a workable society, with the "supernatural" sanctions associated with them acting as a kind of psychological scarecrow to improve compliance. Moreover, since Lewis argues elsewhere (_The Abolition of Man_), following David Hume, that you can't derive ought from is, this effectively destroys the argument that the postulated existence of a god means that we ought to act in certain ways. "We ought" cannot follow in any way from "God is," so Lewis's case is dead on arrival. Moreover, even if the origin of moral ideas is genuinely mysterious (though I don't see them that way), you can't explain a mystery by invoking an even bigger mystery ("god"). And to top off my critique, I might add that modern cognitive psychotherapy (exemplified by the popular writings of Albert Ellis and David Burns, many of them still in print) has discovered that a lot of unnecessary emotional distress results from irrational adherence to ought, must and have-to ideas. Ellis coined the term "musturbation" to describe the kind of crooked thinking responsible for so much human suffering. We can use ought statements as guidance when they serve human flourishing, but the kind of unthinking ought-idolatry promoted by Lewis and other Christian moral absolutists causes nothing but misery.	negative	[ "Lewis begins his argument for Christianity by pointing out the grammatical oddity (in English) that we often speak of things that we ought, or ought not, do.", "He then makes the dramatic leap that the origin of such ideas must come from some SUPERNATURAL realm, and thus opens a doorway for the arbitrary and historically contingent Judeo-Christian ideas about \"god.", "\"\nNow, really.", "When you buy a new auto, and you read in the owner's manual something like, \"You ought to change the oil every 3,000 miles,\" are you to conclude that you've just received a \"supernatural\" revelation?", "Of course not.", "Some human invented that ought-statement as a way of expressing the relationship between a means and an end, in this case, maintaining one's auto properly.", "Moral ought statements are no different, though their origins have been lost in the passage of time.", "They express relationships relating to the maintenance of a workable society, with the \"supernatural\" sanctions associated with them acting as a kind of psychological scarecrow to improve compliance.", "Moreover, since Lewis argues elsewhere (_The Abolition of Man_), following David Hume, that you can't derive ought from is, this effectively destroys the argument that the postulated existence of a god means that we ought to act in certain ways.", "\"We ought\" cannot follow in any way from \"God is,\" so Lewis's case is dead on arrival.", "Moreover, even if the origin of moral ideas is genuinely mysterious (though I don't see them that way), you can't explain a mystery by invoking an even bigger mystery (\"god\").", "And to top off my critique, I might add that modern cognitive psychotherapy (exemplified by the popular writings of Albert Ellis and David Burns, many of them still in print) has discovered that a lot of unnecessary emotional distress results from irrational adherence to ought, must and have-to ideas.", "Ellis coined the term \"musturbation\" to describe the kind of crooked thinking responsible for so much human suffering.", "We can use ought statements as guidance when they serve human flourishing, but the kind of unthinking ought-idolatry promoted by Lewis and other Christian moral absolutists causes nothing but misery." ]
I'm going to take this opportunity to fully vent on the subject. If you want the executive summary, buy Belkin or Netgear equipment, and avoid Linksys. If you like the ravings of a frustrated IT pro doing someone a favor, read on. I hate these things, I really do. You absolutely MUST install the software for it in order to get them to work with Windows XP Home, but here's the kicker: it won't install the WLAN.INI file to the system. Oh no, you have to manually copy it to the system in the "Program Files\Crappy Wireless Lan Adapter" subdirectory yourself. And then reboot. And then, quickly now before it notices, open up the WLAN Moniter (yes, they spell it exactly that way) and click through to "Profiles". You may get lucky and it will allow you to edit the profile, so you can finally pick the router's broadcast channel and get connected. You might think, "Well, XP has the Wireless Zero Configure function". And it does. And Linksys defeated it for hours. There's just no tab in the Windows side for channel selection. I'd like to give a big shout out to Microsoft: "yo, you guys missed something. Like, the ONLY THING THAT ALLOWS THE ADAPTER SEE A ROUTER. STUPID! DUMB!" <sigh> They're cheap, they use USB, it's inevitable someone you know will have one. Once installed, they just work. Nothing special, nothing especially cool, they do the job of hauling packets for you wirelessly. But so what? It's supposed to do that. The added value is in ease-of-installation, isn't it? Fred	negative	[ "I'm going to take this opportunity to fully vent on the subject.", "If you want the executive summary, buy Belkin or Netgear equipment, and avoid Linksys.", "If you like the ravings of a frustrated IT pro doing someone a favor, read on.", "I hate these things, I really do.", "You absolutely MUST install the software for it in order to get them to work with Windows XP Home, but here's the kicker: it won't install the WLAN.", "INI file to the system.", "Oh no, you have to manually copy it to the system in the \"Program Files\\Crappy Wireless Lan Adapter\" subdirectory yourself.", "And then reboot.", "And then, quickly now before it notices, open up the WLAN Moniter (yes, they spell it exactly that way) and click through to \"Profiles\".", "You may get lucky and it will allow you to edit the profile, so you can finally pick the router's broadcast channel and get connected.", "You might think, \"Well, XP has the Wireless Zero Configure function\".", "And it does.", "And Linksys defeated it for hours.", "There's just no tab in the Windows side for channel selection.", "I'd like to give a big shout out to Microsoft:\n\n \"yo, you guys missed something.", "Like, the ONLY THING THAT\n\n ALLOWS THE ADAPTER SEE A ROUTER.", "STUPID!", "DUMB!", "\"\n\n<sigh> They're cheap, they use USB, it's inevitable someone you know will have one.", "Once installed, they just work.", "Nothing special, nothing especially cool, they do the job of hauling packets for you wirelessly.", "But so what?", "It's supposed to do that.", "The added value is in ease-of-installation, isn't it?", "Fred" ]
I really enjoyed the original Half-Life game, and was very excited about the sequel. I recently upgraded my PC, got a top of the line video card, and couldn't wait to try out the new engine. Luckily, I waited till the demo came out, and ran that first. There are two chapters in the demo. The first is chapter one, where you (as Gordon Freeman) arrive at City 17 on a train. You wander around a nearly deserted train station, and see some very impressive graphics and digital actors. They still look pretty polygonal, but they are a lot more realistic than anything else out there. Facial expressions, the whole bit. They ain't Gollum, but still, very impressive. There's a very eerie feeling in the train station. The emotional impact is quite strong. Something horribly wrong has happened, and you are in some kind of relocation station. A PR film runs over and over telling you that this is one of the few remaining cities... Remaining after what? you wonder. As a big science fiction fan, I was immediately drawn in. After encountering a bud from the first HL, I manage to escape the station, and find myself in an open plaza. This plaza was just amazing in its photorealism. You can almost tell what time it is just from the lighting and atmosphere--it is that real. Soon, though, the chapter ends as you enter a building. The other chapter in the demo is chapter 6. Now you are much further in to the story, you've got a gun, and it's dark. There are some very impressive crows in a yard, flapping and cawing. Wow. (Sounds dull, but you have to see it. So real!) But there are also...lots of body parts and blood strewn around. Corpses of people who seem to have died in extreme agony. Skin ripped off their bones. A torso cut in half, hanging from a tree. At this point, I lost interest in the game. This video world I have entered has convinced me quite solidly of its reality, and now I am presented with some very realistic, believable, stomach-turning horror. I had no wish to be here any longer. I could not feel anything but pity for the poor souls lying dead around me. I did not feel that killing anything that moved was going to help anyone. I shut down the game and deleted it off my system. If you've gotten this far in my review, you may be surprised to know I like shooters. I just completed Thief 3. Wonderful game. You rely on your cunning and skill. However, it did bother me a bit that it's "me against the world" in Thief. Can't trust anybody, and there's no remorse when you have to kill somebody to achieve a goal. What I liked about Thief more was its "adventure" side, more than its shooter side. I'm intrigued by the MMOG phenomenon, though I haven't tried any of them. But I'm intrigued by the idea that people (strangers, no less) get together in these games and cooperate to accomplish a goal. And they enjoy exploring vast video worlds. I think eventually we'll see an adventure game (like Myst) that is as highly rendered as HL2, allowing the interaction Myst currently lacks. It will be gorgeous to look at, convincing in its reality, and it will have an interactive storyline (with you as the protagonist) that involves more than simply making your way through a maze (such as a building complex, yawn) filled with zombies and monsters. You can see the interest in such a game based on the success of "The Longest Journey", the Sims, and the Myst series and its clones. When I want to play, I want to pretend I can save the world, sure. But not by shooting everything in sight. The encouraging thing about playing this demo was that it showed the potential video games have now. I'm looking forward to the day a developer with imagination takes this technology the next step forward.	negative	[ "I really enjoyed the original Half-Life game, and was very excited about the sequel.", "I recently upgraded my PC, got a top of the line video card, and couldn't wait to try out the new engine.", "Luckily, I waited till the demo came out, and ran that first.", "There are two chapters in the demo.", "The first is chapter one, where you (as Gordon Freeman) arrive at City 17 on a train.", "You wander around a nearly deserted train station, and see some very impressive graphics and digital actors.", "They still look pretty polygonal, but they are a lot more realistic than anything else out there.", "Facial expressions, the whole bit.", "They ain't Gollum, but still, very impressive.", "There's a very eerie feeling in the train station.", "The emotional impact is quite strong.", "Something horribly wrong has happened, and you are in some kind of relocation station.", "A PR film runs over and over telling you that this is one of the few remaining cities...", "Remaining after what?", "you wonder.", "As a big science fiction fan, I was immediately drawn in.", "After encountering a bud from the first HL, I manage to escape the station, and find myself in an open plaza.", "This plaza was just amazing in its photorealism.", "You can almost tell what time it is just from the lighting and atmosphere--it is that real.", "Soon, though, the chapter ends as you enter a building.", "The other chapter in the demo is chapter 6.", "Now you are much further in to the story, you've got a gun, and it's dark.", "There are some very impressive crows in a yard, flapping and cawing.", "Wow.", "(Sounds dull, but you have to see it.", "So real!", ") But there are also...", "lots of body parts and blood strewn around.", "Corpses of people who seem to have died in extreme agony.", "Skin ripped off their bones.", "A torso cut in half, hanging from a tree.", "At this point, I lost interest in the game.", "This video world I have entered has convinced me quite solidly of its reality, and now I am presented with some very realistic, believable, stomach-turning horror.", "I had no wish to be here any longer.", "I could not feel anything but pity for the poor souls lying dead around me.", "I did not feel that killing anything that moved was going to help anyone.", "I shut down the game and deleted it off my system.", "If you've gotten this far in my review, you may be surprised to know I like shooters.", "I just completed Thief 3.", "Wonderful game.", "You rely on your cunning and skill.", "However, it did bother me a bit that it's \"me against the world\" in Thief.", "Can't trust anybody, and there's no remorse when you have to kill somebody to achieve a goal.", "What I liked about Thief more was its \"adventure\" side, more than its shooter side.", "I'm intrigued by the MMOG phenomenon, though I haven't tried any of them.", "But I'm intrigued by the idea that people (strangers, no less) get together in these games and cooperate to accomplish a goal.", "And they enjoy exploring vast video worlds.", "I think eventually we'll see an adventure game (like Myst) that is as highly rendered as HL2, allowing the interaction Myst currently lacks.", "It will be gorgeous to look at, convincing in its reality, and it will have an interactive storyline (with you as the protagonist) that involves more than simply making your way through a maze (such as a building complex, yawn) filled with zombies and monsters.", "You can see the interest in such a game based on the success of \"The Longest Journey\", the Sims, and the Myst series and its clones.", "When I want to play, I want to pretend I can save the world, sure.", "But not by shooting everything in sight.", "The encouraging thing about playing this demo was that it showed the potential video games have now.", "I'm looking forward to the day a developer with imagination takes this technology the next step forward." ]
Bought 2 of these for the great price and affordability vs other goals in the category. After using for -4 hours one of the left tension rods just broke, tried to fix it, busted in pieces. Small black caps at bottom, that are necessary, slip out of the bars and can easily get lost in any grass. Any snapping of the thin metal tension cords inside the poles, make the goals useless. The whole for the buttons to snap into, don't work on 20% of the holes, and then the rods pull the tension cords inside the wrong ways. After a few more days, ANOTHER goal broke just from disassembling. So after using for -10 hours, both goals have broken in different ways several times. This is with nearly zero contact just putting up and taking down and normal shooting activity. I have never had such a delicate and breakable piece of equipment fail so often, and now I am just nervous to remove it from the bag because any little action can break the chords, etc. FOLLOWUP: Our replacement goal broke within a month or so of use, in several ways - plastic goal lining ripped, tension rod bungee chord snapped, silver metal buttons sunk into rods and the net lost tension after a flimsy metal wire loosened, long metal bar at bottom warped, goal net sagged at top making its usability nil - this all after weeks of use!!! This product is an absolute joke. 3 goals and dozens of issues. Terribly made product. Cheap, fun and cool to have up - problem is that will last hours, because it is not only not made to last, it is barely made to stand up after assembly. Delicate and designed poorly. The Bownet rival goal is too expensive, but this cheaper goal is made horrible, DO NOT buy this unless you want headaches and heartache. Beware.	negative	[ "Bought 2 of these for the great price and affordability vs other goals in the category.", "After using for -4 hours one of the left tension rods just broke, tried to fix it, busted in pieces.", "Small black caps at bottom, that are necessary, slip out of the bars and can easily get lost in any grass.", "Any snapping of the thin metal tension cords inside the poles, make the goals useless.", "The whole for the buttons to snap into, don't work on 20% of the holes, and then the rods pull the tension cords inside the wrong ways.", "After a few more days, ANOTHER goal broke just from disassembling.", "So after using for -10 hours, both goals have broken in different ways several times.", "This is with nearly zero contact just putting up and taking down and normal shooting activity.", "I have never had such a delicate and breakable piece of equipment fail so often, and now I am just nervous to remove it from the bag because any little action can break the chords, etc.", "FOLLOWUP: Our replacement goal broke within a month or so of use, in several ways - plastic goal lining ripped, tension rod bungee chord snapped, silver metal buttons sunk into rods and the net lost tension after a flimsy metal wire loosened, long metal bar at bottom warped, goal net sagged at top making its usability nil - this all after weeks of use!!!", "This product is an absolute joke.", "3 goals and dozens of issues.", "Terribly made product.", "Cheap, fun and cool to have up - problem is that will last hours, because it is not only not made to last, it is barely made to stand up after assembly.", "Delicate and designed poorly.", "The Bownet rival goal is too expensive, but this cheaper goal is made horrible, DO NOT buy this unless you want headaches and heartache.", "Beware." ]
I wanted to love this product. We have had the carpet and hardwood floor cleaner for several years. We get a new carpet cleaner that no longer cleaned hard floors. We got the Hoover floormate to make cleaning easier but it’s been anything but easier. The floormate doesn’t like dirt. This is even after I vacuum or sweep before I use the floormate and heaven forbid I ask it to clean a spot off the floor. Even with the tile and grout brush it cleans as good as spilling water on the floor and sucking up half of it. When you turn off the floormate it just keeps leaking water leaving a puddle of water waiting for you to slip and break your neck. I wish I was exaggerating but I’m not. I want to throw this in the trash because it’s just more work cleaning up after it.	negative	[ "I wanted to love this product.", "We have had the carpet and hardwood floor cleaner for several years.", "We get a new carpet cleaner that no longer cleaned hard floors.", "We got the Hoover floormate to make cleaning easier but it’s been anything but easier.", "The floormate doesn’t like dirt.", "This is even after I vacuum or sweep before I use the floormate and heaven forbid I ask it to clean a spot off the floor.", "Even with the tile and grout brush it cleans as good as spilling water on the floor and sucking up half of it.", "When you turn off the floormate it just keeps leaking water leaving a puddle of water waiting for you to slip and break your neck.", "I wish I was exaggerating but I’m not.", "I want to throw this in the trash because it’s just more work cleaning up after it." ]
The story is good, I understanding breaking this apart from "A Dance With Dragons". Content is pretty much up to par with the first three books. But I've listened to these all on audiobooks, and the reader of this one simply isn't cut out for the job. The first three books were very professionally read by a reader that sounded like he slipped right out of the story. I keep expecting the reader of this one to break into "Bueller?....Bueller?....Bueller?" Very monotone, no expression. It's sad how much this can distract from a good book. Crossing my fingers in hopes that a different reader was brought on board for "ADWD".	negative	[ "The story is good, I understanding breaking this apart from \"A Dance With Dragons\".", "Content is pretty much up to par with the first three books.", "But I've listened to these all on audiobooks, and the reader of this one simply isn't cut out for the job.", "The first three books were very professionally read by a reader that sounded like he slipped right out of the story.", "I keep expecting the reader of this one to break into \"Bueller?...", ".", "Bueller?...", ".", "Bueller?", "\"\n\nVery monotone, no expression.", "It's sad how much this can distract from a good book.", "Crossing my fingers in hopes that a different reader was brought on board for \"ADWD\"." ]
I really hate giving this a 2 star review. I really do enjoy the taste and simplicity of the packaging! We simply dump it into our jar and go on about our day. It's very good in all of our "cheesy" vegan recipes. Popcorn, cheese sauce, mac n cheese, gravy, soup, etc. I routinely toss nutritional yeast into something I'm cooking at every meal. Tasty stuff! However, having just read a report mentioning this brand having elevated levels of lead, I cannot recommend it or purchase it any longer. It's not a huge amount, and many others are still probably comfortable with it, but we tend to be overly cautious in our family. I have purchased from this company on multiple occasions with a variety of products and always been pleased. I will be waiting to see what the company does to change their lead levels and possibly purchase from them again in the future. For now I will stick to Bobs Red Mill, Bragg, Dr. Fuhrman, Red Star, or NOW Foods nutritional yeast.	negative	[ "I really hate giving this a 2 star review.", "I really do enjoy the taste and simplicity of the packaging!", "We simply dump it into our jar and go on about our day.", "It's very good in all of our \"cheesy\" vegan recipes.", "Popcorn, cheese sauce, mac n cheese, gravy, soup, etc.", "I routinely toss nutritional yeast into something I'm cooking at every meal.", "Tasty stuff!", "However, having just read a report mentioning this brand having elevated levels of lead, I cannot recommend it or purchase it any longer.", "It's not a huge amount, and many others are still probably comfortable with it, but we tend to be overly cautious in our family.", "I have purchased from this company on multiple occasions with a variety of products and always been pleased.", "I will be waiting to see what the company does to change their lead levels and possibly purchase from them again in the future.", "For now I will stick to Bobs Red Mill, Bragg, Dr.", "Fuhrman, Red Star, or NOW Foods nutritional yeast." ]
Well made but read the fine print on what doors this fits.. This comes in four pieces that piece together to make the extension I ordered this with my super-large plastic door from ideal also however there are two super-large models <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Ideal-Pet-Products-15-by-20-Inch-Super-Large-Original-Pet-One-Flap-Door-with-Telescoping-Frame/dp/B0017JTV94/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Ideal Pet Products 15-by-20-Inch Super-Large Original Pet One Flap Door with Telescoping Frame</a> and <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Ideal-Pet-Products-15-by-23-5-Inch-Super-Large-Ruff-Weather-Pet-Door-with-Telescoping-Frame/dp/B0017JTVGC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Ideal Pet Products 15-by-23.5-Inch Super-Large Ruff-Weather Pet Door with Telescoping Frame</a> There is a standard one and a "rough Weather" one This extension doesn't fit the standard dog dog. It is about 3/4 inch too small! I called the company and they also told me you can't make it fit. Yikes You would think they would as they are made by the same company and it looks like on amazon "frequently bought together" makes you assume that they would fit. It doesn't fit. However you do need the long screws that are on the kit. Poor labeling. Poor design that it doesn't fit on all their(Ideal pet product) doors of the same size.	negative	[ "Well made but read the fine print on what doors this fits..", "This comes in four pieces that piece together to make the extension I ordered this with my super-large plastic door from ideal also however there are two super-large models\n\n<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Ideal-Pet-Products-15-by-20-Inch-Super-Large-Original-Pet-One-Flap-Door-with-Telescoping-Frame/dp/B0017JTV94/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Ideal Pet Products 15-by-20-Inch Super-Large Original Pet One Flap Door with Telescoping Frame</a>\n\nand <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Ideal-Pet-Products-15-by-23-5-Inch-Super-Large-Ruff-Weather-Pet-Door-with-Telescoping-Frame/dp/B0017JTVGC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Ideal Pet Products 15-by-23.", "5-Inch Super-Large Ruff-Weather Pet Door with Telescoping Frame</a>\n\nThere is a standard one and a \"rough Weather\" one This extension doesn't fit the standard dog dog.", "It is about 3/4 inch too small!", "I called the company and they also told me you can't make it fit.", "Yikes You would think they would as they are made by the same company and it looks like on amazon \"frequently bought together\" makes you assume that they would fit.", "It doesn't fit.", "However you do need the long screws that are on the kit.", "Poor labeling.", "Poor design that it doesn't fit on all their(Ideal pet product) doors of the same size." ]
What a complete waste!!! It shows to get this item with the feeder. Does not work and you need something else to MAYBE make it work. I am irate!!!! It has no middle spool, so it has hole in the top! Not as pictured!. You would of thought they would of provided the spool so it blocks the rain. This is false advertising. It was listed to work with the feeder I bought. Also those clips on the bottom of the lid (shown in that picture) are likewise non-existant. Means it blows off and is completely useless. UPDATE: Horselover, the seller seems to say it is like my fault, but the description DOES say "will keep the food dry" and picture shows it with tube and clips!!! For $9 (shipping included), it is not worth returning, but I've taken screenshots to prove that is is faulty advertising!	negative	[ "What a complete waste!!!", "It shows to get this item with the feeder.", "Does not work and you need something else to MAYBE make it work.", "I am irate!!!!", "It has no middle spool, so it has hole in the top!", "Not as pictured!.", "You would of thought they would of provided the spool so it blocks the rain.", "This is false advertising.", "It was listed to work with the feeder I bought.", "Also those clips on the bottom of the lid (shown in that picture) are likewise non-existant.", "Means it blows off and is completely useless.", "UPDATE: Horselover, the seller seems to say it is like my fault, but the description DOES say \"will keep the food dry\" and picture shows it with tube and clips!!!", "For $9 (shipping included), it is not worth returning, but I've taken screenshots to prove that is is faulty advertising!" ]
Secret Weapons Over Normandy is a combination of flight simulator and historical recreation of WW2. I had high hopes for this game, but it seems a bit outdated. You start out with some simple target practice - balloons, bombers and barrels. Soon you're moving against a variety of targets in the air, land and sea. There are 30 missions in all, plus the option for multiplayer combat. I've always been a huge fan of flight simulators and space combat simulators. So I was all ready for this fresh release to have great graphics and gameplay. I just wasn't impressed at all in either case. Yes, I suppose if you compare the graphics against the early flight simulators, it's amazing how far we've come. The plane has the details of the flaps and wing segments, the landscape has trees and roads. The radar display sweeps around. But nothing is up to the standards of current day productions. The same is true for the planes themselves, how they fly and how the AI flies against you. Your plane's controls are extremely simplistic. Yes, you stall if you fly straight up, as you would expect to! And yes if you plow head-first into a structure you crash. But there are many other cases where the game plays more like an arcade version set on "very easy" than a modern day WW2 combat game. This might be a good game for someone who has never played flight simulators before and who wants a very simple entry into that area before dealing with something more complex. But any advanced gamer, or a gamer who has played any style of airplane / spacecraft flying game, will want to rent this one first to see how they personally enjoy what it offers.	negative	[ "Secret Weapons Over Normandy is a combination of flight simulator and historical recreation of WW2.", "I had high hopes for this game, but it seems a bit outdated.", "You start out with some simple target practice - balloons, bombers and barrels.", "Soon you're moving against a variety of targets in the air, land and sea.", "There are 30 missions in all, plus the option for multiplayer combat.", "I've always been a huge fan of flight simulators and space combat simulators.", "So I was all ready for this fresh release to have great graphics and gameplay.", "I just wasn't impressed at all in either case.", "Yes, I suppose if you compare the graphics against the early flight simulators, it's amazing how far we've come.", "The plane has the details of the flaps and wing segments, the landscape has trees and roads.", "The radar display sweeps around.", "But nothing is up to the standards of current day productions.", "The same is true for the planes themselves, how they fly and how the AI flies against you.", "Your plane's controls are extremely simplistic.", "Yes, you stall if you fly straight up, as you would expect to!", "And yes if you plow head-first into a structure you crash.", "But there are many other cases where the game plays more like an arcade version set on \"very easy\" than a modern day WW2 combat game.", "This might be a good game for someone who has never played flight simulators before and who wants a very simple entry into that area before dealing with something more complex.", "But any advanced gamer, or a gamer who has played any style of airplane / spacecraft flying game, will want to rent this one first to see how they personally enjoy what it offers." ]
I have played through both the original System Shock and System Shock 2 to completion. Having done so, I have to say that SS2 is one of the most over-rated games in history, and every time it shows up on some game magazine's "overlooked works of genius" page or the like, I want to scream. First, let me get it out of the way: Yes, the story is very good (and I was particularly struck by the plot twist that introduces your ultimate enemy.) Yes, the sound design is good. Yes, the atmosphere is great- very spooky, very isolating. But it's one thing to feel that your enemies hate you, and another entirely to feel that the _game_ hates you. There are a dozen little ways this comes off, like that you can HURT yourself by running into things, and make it WORSE by increasing your agility stat and thus your speed. I do believe that's a first for First-Person-Shooters, and _please_, for the love of God, let it be the last. There's the fact that you can be shot a dozen times by an enemy, and when you finally kill him, mysteriously discover the weapon he was firing on you was not only devoid of ammunition, but broken to boot. There's that the game's system explicitly _expects_ you to die repeatedly (if you have enough money you get restored to life at a sort of save-point, more on that later.) There's a sequence that has you running back and forth trying to find a series of numbers for a passcode, one number per location, and all the while, the monsters keep up their infinite respawn while you're about your busy-work. (What would have been the problem with your so-called benefactor putting the entire code in one location?...) But ultimately, it comes down to economics. The designers were so terribly afraid that the player would, at some time, have an EXCESS of something, that they overcompensated the other way. The money of the game is called nanites, and ultimately, they're used for everything. Die and get restored to life? Cough up some nanites. Want to open a locked box? Cough up some nanites... Oh, and by the way, all that box contains is slightly fewer nanites than it cost you to try. (Why did someone put a security lock on the equivalent of a nickel? One of those great mysteries, I guess.) Out of ammo? Go to the vending machine, and cough up some more nanites. Or you could hack the machine- for yet more nanites- and then it would give you LOWER PRICES! I don't know about you, but when I hack something like a vending machine, I expect to get something for free. I guess I'm silly that way. And even if you have ammo, your gun might just break, given the uniquely corrosive qualities of the atmosphere on the ship. But don't worry, you can buy a repair tool- for a few nanites! (Though repairing a weapon degrades its quality, and makes it more likely to break down in the future. Thanks, guys.) Poisoned? Your fate is sealed, unless you buy an antidote. More nanites! Or you can buy a recycling tool, and discover that what it gives you for recycling most items wouldn't buy you a lousy soft drink. Maybe you're a psionic, using the awesome, infinite powers of the human mind as your weapon? Great- but restoring your psychic energies means buying a psi-restoring potion. More nanites! For all the talk in the manual about making psionics more than "just another gun", this particular aspect succeeds in making them _exactly_ that, and a gun much like the others that is going to fire twice and then need to be switched out for something that still has ammo. And isn't broken. And you have the skill to use. After a few rounds of "BANG BANG click click <switch> BANG BANG BANG click <switch> ZAP ZAP ZAP click click <switch>" you realize that what's making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up isn't terror, it's IRRITATION. A simple equation: Infinite, respawing enemies + Finite resources = game that hates you. Is it really so much to ask that a foe that's been shooting you have ammunition on them? Especially if you're going to have to face an unlimited supply of them? There's a moment in most games of both the RPG and FPS genre near the end where you feel that you are _ready_. You're bad. You've got the best weapons, a full stock of ammunition, the best spells, or whatever- you've learned the tactics you need to take on foes over many hours of play, and you know that what's coming up is going to be hard and it's going to take ingenuity and everything you've got. But it's going to be fun and you have what you need to make it possible, and you're ready. In System Shock 2, that moment never comes. The designers were too afraid of the player having an excess, and as a result, you never have _enough_. Not even at the end. You've been nickeled and dimed through the whole game by poison, by the unending tide of zombies, by busy-work, by hacking or lockpicking things that turned out not to be worth the sacrifices, by taking damage in places you didn't expect, by reloading and repairing weapons that break down at a fantastic rate... And ultimately, that's not scary. It's frustrating. It's irritating. It's wearying. But it's not scary. And yes, I finished the game. No, I felt no compulsion to play through it again as a different type of character. There's other little things, like that they replaced the ungainly but interesting pseudo-VR hacking of the original System Shock with a guessing game somewhere in complexity between tic-tac-toe and minesweeper. Or that the only thing your character actually says for the entire game deflates the tension of a climactic moment for the sake of a dumb joke. Or that the bad guys seem to offer you the opportunity to ally with them, but the designers never considered making that opportunity a real one... I've said more than enough. Pick up the original Deus Ex if you like games of the genre; let this "sleeper hit" continue sleeping. P.S. At least two of the _positive_ reviewers have blithely stated something along the lines of "Well, yes, it's so hard you have to use cheat codes to complete it, but..." Do you guys really expect so little of game designers that you're willing to forgive this kind of grotesque mis-design in pacing and difficulty? Are you so desperate for games with an actual storyline that you're willing to ignore enormous flaws?	negative	[ "I have played through both the original System Shock and System Shock 2 to completion.", "Having done so, I have to say that SS2 is one of the most over-rated games in history, and every time it shows up on some game magazine's \"overlooked works of genius\" page or the like, I want to scream.", "First, let me get it out of the way: Yes, the story is very good (and I was particularly struck by the plot twist that introduces your ultimate enemy.", ") Yes, the sound design is good.", "Yes, the atmosphere is great- very spooky, very isolating.", "But it's one thing to feel that your enemies hate you, and another entirely to feel that the _game_ hates you.", "There are a dozen little ways this comes off, like that you can HURT yourself by running into things, and make it WORSE by increasing your agility stat and thus your speed.", "I do believe that's a first for First-Person-Shooters, and _please_, for the love of God, let it be the last.", "There's the fact that you can be shot a dozen times by an enemy, and when you finally kill him, mysteriously discover the weapon he was firing on you was not only devoid of ammunition, but broken to boot.", "There's that the game's system explicitly _expects_ you to die repeatedly (if you have enough money you get restored to life at a sort of save-point, more on that later.", ") There's a sequence that has you running back and forth trying to find a series of numbers for a passcode, one number per location, and all the while, the monsters keep up their infinite respawn while you're about your busy-work.", "(What would have been the problem with your so-called benefactor putting the entire code in one location?...", ")\n\nBut ultimately, it comes down to economics.", "The designers were so terribly afraid that the player would, at some time, have an EXCESS of something, that they overcompensated the other way.", "The money of the game is called nanites, and ultimately, they're used for everything.", "Die and get restored to life?", "Cough up some nanites.", "Want to open a locked box?", "Cough up some nanites...", "Oh, and by the way, all that box contains is slightly fewer nanites than it cost you to try.", "(Why did someone put a security lock on the equivalent of a nickel?", "One of those great mysteries, I guess.", ") Out of ammo?", "Go to the vending machine, and cough up some more nanites.", "Or you could hack the machine- for yet more nanites- and then it would give you LOWER PRICES!", "I don't know about you, but when I hack something like a vending machine, I expect to get something for free.", "I guess I'm silly that way.", "And even if you have ammo, your gun might just break, given the uniquely corrosive qualities of the atmosphere on the ship.", "But don't worry, you can buy a repair tool- for a few nanites!", "(Though repairing a weapon degrades its quality, and makes it more likely to break down in the future.", "Thanks, guys.", ")\n\nPoisoned?", "Your fate is sealed, unless you buy an antidote.", "More nanites!", "Or you can buy a recycling tool, and discover that what it gives you for recycling most items wouldn't buy you a lousy soft drink.", "Maybe you're a psionic, using the awesome, infinite powers of the human mind as your weapon?", "Great- but restoring your psychic energies means buying a psi-restoring potion.", "More nanites!", "For all the talk in the manual about making psionics more than \"just another gun\", this particular aspect succeeds in making them _exactly_ that, and a gun much like the others that is going to fire twice and then need to be switched out for something that still has ammo.", "And isn't broken.", "And you have the skill to use.", "After a few rounds of \"BANG BANG click click <switch> BANG BANG BANG click <switch> ZAP ZAP ZAP click click <switch>\" you realize that what's making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up isn't terror, it's IRRITATION.", "A simple equation: Infinite, respawing enemies + Finite resources = game that hates you.", "Is it really so much to ask that a foe that's been shooting you have ammunition on them?", "Especially if you're going to have to face an unlimited supply of them?", "There's a moment in most games of both the RPG and FPS genre near the end where you feel that you are _ready_.", "You're bad.", "You've got the best weapons, a full stock of ammunition, the best spells, or whatever- you've learned the tactics you need to take on foes over many hours of play, and you know that what's coming up is going to be hard and it's going to take ingenuity and everything you've got.", "But it's going to be fun and you have what you need to make it possible, and you're ready.", "In System Shock 2, that moment never comes.", "The designers were too afraid of the player having an excess, and as a result, you never have _enough_.", "Not even at the end.", "You've been nickeled and dimed through the whole game by poison, by the unending tide of zombies, by busy-work, by hacking or lockpicking things that turned out not to be worth the sacrifices, by taking damage in places you didn't expect, by reloading and repairing weapons that break down at a fantastic rate...", "And ultimately, that's not scary.", "It's frustrating.", "It's irritating.", "It's wearying.", "But it's not scary.", "And yes, I finished the game.", "No, I felt no compulsion to play through it again as a different type of character.", "There's other little things, like that they replaced the ungainly but interesting pseudo-VR hacking of the original System Shock with a guessing game somewhere in complexity between tic-tac-toe and minesweeper.", "Or that the only thing your character actually says for the entire game deflates the tension of a climactic moment for the sake of a dumb joke.", "Or that the bad guys seem to offer you the opportunity to ally with them, but the designers never considered making that opportunity a real one...", "I've said more than enough.", "Pick up the original Deus Ex if you like games of the genre; let this \"sleeper hit\" continue sleeping.", "P.", "S. At least two of the _positive_ reviewers have blithely stated something along the lines of \"Well, yes, it's so hard you have to use cheat codes to complete it, but...", "\" Do you guys really expect so little of game designers that you're willing to forgive this kind of grotesque mis-design in pacing and difficulty?", "Are you so desperate for games with an actual storyline that you're willing to ignore enormous flaws?" ]
My wife and I were thrilled when JLH came out and got it immediately. We're both big Justice League fans (mostly from tv) but could not help but be very dissapointed with the game. We played two-players and enjoyed the different abilities of the characters. However the overhead view (much like the X-Men games but not as good) often obscured the action and lots of tight spaces made running in tandem difficult more often than it needed to. Worst is the "dramatic" depiction of the characters. Not to sound too nerdy here but, Superman is supposed to be, well, nice/good, but was portrayed as overly testosterone-y. The cutscene graphics were outdated and made the heroes look unnatractive, the storyline was very simple and showed very little creativity. With the wealth of DC story writing they could have done so much better. The game was very short (about 15 hours). There were destructable surroundings but you don't get anything for destroying your surroundings, like power-ups or secret items (and we broke everything breakable...everything). And when the game ended, it just sort of ended, no cool closing cut-scene for completing the game, just looping graphics behind the credits, no easter-eggs (that we found anyway), nothing much at all. The designers/developers needed to play a few other games to see what they were competing against. I would rather assume they didn't instead of assuming they did and just chose to make a comparitivly weak effort at a game that so many were looking forward to. So, if you want to play as The Flash, or unlock Hawkgirl, you can have some fun, but I would warn any buyers to keep their expectations very low because the designers seemed to be just phoning it in.	negative	[ "My wife and I were thrilled when JLH came out and got it immediately.", "We're both big Justice League fans (mostly from tv) but could not help but be very dissapointed with the game.", "We played two-players and enjoyed the different abilities of the characters.", "However the overhead view (much like the X-Men games but not as good) often obscured the action and lots of tight spaces made running in tandem difficult more often than it needed to.", "Worst is the \"dramatic\" depiction of the characters.", "Not to sound too nerdy here but, Superman is supposed to be, well, nice/good, but was portrayed as overly testosterone-y.", "The cutscene graphics were outdated and made the heroes look unnatractive, the storyline was very simple and showed very little creativity.", "With the wealth of DC story writing they could have done so much better.", "The game was very short (about 15 hours).", "There were destructable surroundings but you don't get anything for destroying your surroundings, like power-ups or secret items (and we broke everything breakable...", "everything).", "And when the game ended, it just sort of ended, no cool closing cut-scene for completing the game, just looping graphics behind the credits, no easter-eggs (that we found anyway), nothing much at all.", "The designers/developers needed to play a few other games to see what they were competing against.", "I would rather assume they didn't instead of assuming they did and just chose to make a comparitivly weak effort at a game that so many were looking forward to.", "So, if you want to play as The Flash, or unlock Hawkgirl, you can have some fun, but I would warn any buyers to keep their expectations very low because the designers seemed to be just phoning it in." ]
I really wanted to like these gloves for my 2 boys (ages 9 & 5)...great price, great reviews...and when they arrived, they felt like a "quality" product. I originally ordered 2 of the 7-11 sizes since my 5 year old has paws for hands, but it was too big for him and also I noticed the design of the finger holes on both gloves was all wrong. If you look at your hands, your middle & ring finger are slightly further out from your palm giving your hand a "curved" look. Most cheaper gloves do not tailor this "curve" into their gloves, but the finger holes are long enough it doesn't really matter. The 2 gloves I first received had finger holes half the length they should have been and the "curve" of the glove assumed your pointer finger was the closest to the palm and a diagonal line to the pinky area (it's finger hole started where your pinky knuckle is). My 9 year old got them filthy before I realized a drunk person sewed the gloves, so I couldn't return them....threw them in the trash (yes, the design is that bad!). Returned the gloves for my younger son and went with the smaller size. Same fliptarded design of the finger holes, only this time the person who sewed them was even more drunk and rather than sewing the elastic band in the wrist area while it was stretched (sew it when it is stretched out so when you release it bunches up and gives the elastic fit)...they just sewed it in flat so the gloves have no elastic bunching at the wrist area. Extremely poor quality control and poor design...the gloves feel like a quality leather, but in reality they are the cheapest leather (more like raw leather, suede like feel) and are super thick with no flexibility. I know leather gloves soften over time, but you can't soften these because there are super thick seams sewn all throughout the inside also making them super uncomfortable. My suggestion...spend a few more bucks for some better quality. Uncomfortable gloves with no flexibility can lead to injuries if your child is working with sharp objects.	negative	[ "I really wanted to like these gloves for my 2 boys (ages 9 & 5)...", "great price, great reviews...", "and when they arrived, they felt like a \"quality\" product.", "I originally ordered 2 of the 7-11 sizes since my 5 year old has paws for hands, but it was too big for him and also I noticed the design of the finger holes on both gloves was all wrong.", "If you look at your hands, your middle & ring finger are slightly further out from your palm giving your hand a \"curved\" look.", "Most cheaper gloves do not tailor this \"curve\" into their gloves, but the finger holes are long enough it doesn't really matter.", "The 2 gloves I first received had finger holes half the length they should have been and the \"curve\" of the glove assumed your pointer finger was the closest to the palm and a diagonal line to the pinky area (it's finger hole started where your pinky knuckle is).", "My 9 year old got them filthy before I realized a drunk person sewed the gloves, so I couldn't return them....", "threw them in the trash (yes, the design is that bad!", ").", "Returned the gloves for my younger son and went with the smaller size.", "Same fliptarded design of the finger holes, only this time the person who sewed them was even more drunk and rather than sewing the elastic band in the wrist area while it was stretched (sew it when it is stretched out so when you release it bunches up and gives the elastic fit)...", "they just sewed it in flat so the gloves have no elastic bunching at the wrist area.", "Extremely poor quality control and poor design...", "the gloves feel like a quality leather, but in reality they are the cheapest leather (more like raw leather, suede like feel) and are super thick with no flexibility.", "I know leather gloves soften over time, but you can't soften these because there are super thick seams sewn all throughout the inside also making them super uncomfortable.", "My suggestion...", "spend a few more bucks for some better quality.", "Uncomfortable gloves with no flexibility can lead to injuries if your child is working with sharp objects." ]
This rating is exclusively for the Mexican Region 4 Edition... Not the movie, nor the extras... Hang on with me and you'll know the reason why I give it such a low rating. I was excited to know that the 4 disc edition was only going to be available for certain markets (Including Mexico) but my dissappointment lies in the fact that the Mexican Edition does not have a DTS Audio Track. So, I guess I'll just have to buy it again through Amazon or in my next vacation trip to the U.S. I'm a rabid fan of DTS Sound, so it was sort of a let down to know of the lack of it when it is even announced on the box. Don't get fooled as I was. I'm sort of a completist, so I'll surely be getting the U.S. 3 disc edition just for the sake of having the chance of experiencing this movie with the best audio format ever available: DTS! Enrique Aguilar.	negative	[ "This rating is exclusively for the Mexican Region 4 Edition...", "Not the movie, nor the extras...", "Hang on with me and you'll know the reason why I give it such a low rating.", "I was excited to know that the 4 disc edition was only going to be available for certain markets (Including Mexico) but my dissappointment lies in the fact that the Mexican Edition does not have a DTS Audio Track.", "So, I guess I'll just have to buy it again through Amazon or in my next vacation trip to the U.", "S. I'm a rabid fan of DTS Sound, so it was sort of a let down to know of the lack of it when it is even announced on the box.", "Don't get fooled as I was.", "I'm sort of a completist, so I'll surely be getting the U.", "S. 3 disc edition just for the sake of having the chance of experiencing this movie with the best audio format ever available: DTS!", "Enrique Aguilar." ]
I have no doubt that Charles Baxter will be noted as one of our most thoughtful and philosophic American writers of this time period. He has moved impressively from short story collections (my experience with his work started with _A Relative Stranger_) to a full-blown novelist. Even from his first novel, _First Light_, Baxter has shown a great mixture of a kind of old-school character depth, with high school teachers able to discuss railroad companies and quote classics in normal conversation, mixed in with a clearly modern sense of the world. His characters remind me somewhat of people who occupy Tony Hoagland poems--people who seem to be stuck in a netherworld of intelligentsia and down-home simplicity. _The Feast of Love_ was a good choice as a finalist for an NBA--perhaps it should have won, but I haven't yet read the competition and winner. But this novel doesn't ring out like other works, and it seems to spend too long mulling about with little engagement. I almost regret saying these things, and almost feel that I need to rethink my priorities, that maybe I've become a jaded or oversimplified reader, for I very nearly put down this book after about forty pages because I was feeling that Baxter was a little more invested in the young couple that is the primary focus of this book than he was able to convey to me. To tell the truth, the only thing that really brought me back to this book to gut it out and read through the rest is that the back cover promised some violence, something I would not have predicted from my initial experience in the reading. Now I really feel ashamed. Baxter is such a wonderful writer, who is able to take the oft-used gimmick of quirkiness and use it to his advantage. Usually, his characters engage me me solely for their oddities that bring out their humanity rather than display their eccentricities. But even with the promised violence of this book, I remained unengaged to the end. I think Baxter is a wonderful writer. Really. And it is the truly fantastic writer who gets the job done, who finishes a work even though lightning hasn't struck yet and do his job and get his efforts out there into the world. But unfortunately, this one just wasn't one of his best efforts. But I shouldn't be the one to talk--after all, HE is the one who later put out _The Feast of Love_ and very nearly got one of the big prizes, and I just sit here typing this review.	negative	[ "I have no doubt that Charles Baxter will be noted as one of our most thoughtful and philosophic American writers of this time period.", "He has moved impressively from short story collections (my experience with his work started with _A Relative Stranger_) to a full-blown novelist.", "Even from his first novel, _First Light_, Baxter has shown a great mixture of a kind of old-school character depth, with high school teachers able to discuss railroad companies and quote classics in normal conversation, mixed in with a clearly modern sense of the world.", "His characters remind me somewhat of people who occupy Tony Hoagland poems--people who seem to be stuck in a netherworld of intelligentsia and down-home simplicity.", "_The Feast of Love_ was a good choice as a finalist for an NBA--perhaps it should have won, but I haven't yet read the competition and winner.", "But this novel doesn't ring out like other works, and it seems to spend too long mulling about with little engagement.", "I almost regret saying these things, and almost feel that I need to rethink my priorities, that maybe I've become a jaded or oversimplified reader, for I very nearly put down this book after about forty pages because I was feeling that Baxter was a little more invested in the young couple that is the primary focus of this book than he was able to convey to me.", "To tell the truth, the only thing that really brought me back to this book to gut it out and read through the rest is that the back cover promised some violence, something I would not have predicted from my initial experience in the reading.", "Now I really feel ashamed.", "Baxter is such a wonderful writer, who is able to take the oft-used gimmick of quirkiness and use it to his advantage.", "Usually, his characters engage me me solely for their oddities that bring out their humanity rather than display their eccentricities.", "But even with the promised violence of this book, I remained unengaged to the end.", "I think Baxter is a wonderful writer.", "Really.", "And it is the truly fantastic writer who gets the job done, who finishes a work even though lightning hasn't struck yet and do his job and get his efforts out there into the world.", "But unfortunately, this one just wasn't one of his best efforts.", "But I shouldn't be the one to talk--after all, HE is the one who later put out _The Feast of Love_ and very nearly got one of the big prizes, and I just sit here typing this review." ]
My negative comments are directed at DVD quality and not the music and / or artist's performance. This original concert shoot (I gather) is an early 1990s analog recording that's been since remastered. Regardless of the claimed digital processing; warning TO ALL with a large screen (55" and up 1080p 120 / 240Hz, or 4K) .. consider paying extra for the Blu-ray as the picture on this version totally blows. I have a new OPPO BDP-103 Disc Player and 2014 75" Samsung 1080p 120Hz ... so it's not my equipment. The picture is consistently grainy, blurred, and with streaky colors. It's so bad I'm going to order the Blu-Ray. Undoubtedly, Gabriel is absolutely the LAST musician / performer you want to experience being distracted by intolerable DVD quality. :-(	negative	[ "My negative comments are directed at DVD quality and not the music and / or artist's performance.", "This original concert shoot (I gather) is an early 1990s analog recording that's been since remastered.", "Regardless of the claimed digital processing; warning TO ALL with a large screen (55\" and up 1080p 120 / 240Hz, or 4K)..", "consider paying extra for the Blu-ray as the picture on this version totally blows.", "I have a new OPPO BDP-103 Disc Player and 2014 75\" Samsung 1080p 120Hz...", "so it's not my equipment.", "The picture is consistently grainy, blurred, and with streaky colors.", "It's so bad I'm going to order the Blu-Ray.", "Undoubtedly, Gabriel is absolutely the LAST musician / performer you want to experience being distracted by intolerable DVD quality.", ":-(" ]
There are three very good tracks on this CD featuring Knopfler on guitar. The rest is basic Irish music featuring a traditional Irish type of flute. It is an aquired taste. I found it to be high pitched and annoying. The music works well as the soundtrack of the movie which is love story set in the background of the IRA. But, the story is bleak and depressing, and so is the music. Out of the context of the movie, the music isn't that pleasant to listen to, and would be a real downer for a Sunday brunch or a dinner party. Someone calls it challenging. It is a challenge to sit through it. If you like the Titanic soundtrack, you would probably appreciate this. As a bonus, you don't have to listen to Celine Dion sing.	negative	[ "There are three very good tracks on this CD featuring Knopfler on guitar.", "The rest is basic Irish music featuring a traditional Irish type of flute.", "It is an aquired taste.", "I found it to be high pitched and annoying.", "The music works well as the soundtrack of the movie which is love story set in the background of the IRA.", "But, the story is bleak and depressing, and so is the music.", "Out of the context of the movie, the music isn't that pleasant to listen to, and would be a real downer for a Sunday brunch or a dinner party.", "Someone calls it challenging.", "It is a challenge to sit through it.", "If you like the Titanic soundtrack, you would probably appreciate this.", "As a bonus, you don't have to listen to Celine Dion sing." ]
Recent purchase is a cheap look-a-like. I purchased this chair in 2017 and like it so much that i asked my family to buy a 2nd one for me as a birthday gift this year. I sent my family the link from my order 2 years ago and they purchased it for me. But what arrived is not the same chair at all. I don't think there is a single part on the chair that is the same as the one from 2017. The brackets are thinner. The bolts are silver (as opposed to the brown ones previously that matched). The holes for the bolts don't line up causing the new chair to be crooked and putting pressure on the bolts. The cushions are smaller and more square (cheaper looking). The arms, legs, rockers, backrest, and seat are thinner. The vinyl is wrapped looser. The reinforcement under the seat has fewer straps to hold up the seat. Bait And Switch. The product has changed substantially and the company is taking advantage of years of good reviews but delivering a different product. Bait And Switch. Ive reported this to Amazon. As of today, the 5 pics at the top of the listing are of the chair i received 2 years ago. However, lower in the detailed From The Manufacturer section, the more current chair is pictured. It's not easy to notice the differences in those pics, but i'm telling you, the 2 chairs i received are not even close to the same quality.	negative	[ "Recent purchase is a cheap look-a-like.", "I purchased this chair in 2017 and like it so much that i asked my family to buy a 2nd one for me as a birthday gift this year.", "I sent my family the link from my order 2 years ago and they purchased it for me.", "But what arrived is not the same chair at all.", "I don't think there is a single part on the chair that is the same as the one from 2017.", "The brackets are thinner.", "The bolts are silver (as opposed to the brown ones previously that matched).", "The holes for the bolts don't line up causing the new chair to be crooked and putting pressure on the bolts.", "The cushions are smaller and more square (cheaper looking).", "The arms, legs, rockers, backrest, and seat are thinner.", "The vinyl is wrapped looser.", "The reinforcement under the seat has fewer straps to hold up the seat.", "Bait And Switch.", "The product has changed substantially and the company is taking advantage of years of good reviews but delivering a different product.", "Bait And Switch.", "Ive reported this to Amazon.", "As of today, the 5 pics at the top of the listing are of the chair i received 2 years ago.", "However, lower in the detailed From The Manufacturer section, the more current chair is pictured.", "It's not easy to notice the differences in those pics, but i'm telling you, the 2 chairs i received are not even close to the same quality." ]
I gave this product a low rating more for its value than its performance. The product does what it is supposed to do, it allows you to transfer designs to your machine and in that respect you just can't do without it (Brother got you by you know what...). The software that comes with it is at best 'primitive' and offers no editing capabilities what so ever. The user interface would be considered state of the art around 1990! It only organizes your designs, and then very poorly. Transferring designs to the card is also primitive. You can not add designs to the card cumulatively for it erases the card every time prior to writing to it! Al in all, at its current price, a serious ripoff. Unfortunately it is all you got if you want to load new designs into your machine. I feel that at $100++ it is way overpriced, the package's true value should be somewhere between $25 and $50.	negative	[ "I gave this product a low rating more for its value than its performance.", "The product does what it is supposed to do, it allows you to transfer designs to your machine and in that respect you just can't do without it (Brother got you by you know what...", ").", "The software that comes with it is at best 'primitive' and offers no editing capabilities what so ever.", "The user interface would be considered state of the art around 1990!", "It only organizes your designs, and then very poorly.", "Transferring designs to the card is also primitive.", "You can not add designs to the card cumulatively for it erases the card every time prior to writing to it!", "Al in all, at its current price, a serious ripoff.", "Unfortunately it is all you got if you want to load new designs into your machine.", "I feel that at $100++ it is way overpriced, the package's true value should be somewhere between $25 and $50." ]
This refers to the paperback edition. I'm about halfway thru the book, and I can say that it's taken me a long time to get here. The setting, historical background, etc., had enormous potential in my mind. The description of the land under the influence of the Mist seems so much like where I live in Feb-April, when it is always cloudy, rains almost every day, and everything is gushy and mushy mud, etc. Imagine if it never stopped. Fascinating. The personalities and interaction of the brothers also were fascinating to me as well, at least in the beginning. Unfortunately, the sheer length and run-on nature of sentences, while I can understand them, make reading this more like studying my technical literature than leisure and enjoyment. It's like the author has to prove how verbose she is. Also, many sequences in the book are difficult to follow, as if this book had to have a prequel that the reader had to have read prior. I had this same feeling when I read the 'Lord if the Rings' having not read 'The Hobbit.' Basically you just felt lost sometimes. For me, it just seems like work to try to follow this book. It is definitely not fast-paced. Thank God for the glossary in the back with descriptions, or it would be hopeless for me. Also, the map in the front is scaled down so much most of the writing is illegible. Thus, even if you had some idea where a location in the book was on the map, you likely would not be able to read it. This is one that is easy for me to put down.	negative	[ "This refers to the paperback edition.", "I'm about halfway thru the book, and I can say that it's taken me a long time to get here.", "The setting, historical background, etc.", ", had enormous potential in my mind.", "The description of the land under the influence of the Mist seems so much like where I live in Feb-April, when it is always cloudy, rains almost every day, and everything is gushy and mushy mud, etc.", "Imagine if it never stopped.", "Fascinating.", "The personalities and interaction of the brothers also were fascinating to me as well, at least in the beginning.", "Unfortunately, the sheer length and run-on nature of sentences, while I can understand them, make reading this more like studying my technical literature than leisure and enjoyment.", "It's like the author has to prove how verbose she is.", "Also, many sequences in the book are difficult to follow, as if this book had to have a prequel that the reader had to have read prior.", "I had this same feeling when I read the 'Lord if the Rings' having not read 'The Hobbit.", "' Basically you just felt lost sometimes.", "For me, it just seems like work to try to follow this book.", "It is definitely not fast-paced.", "Thank God for the glossary in the back with descriptions, or it would be hopeless for me.", "Also, the map in the front is scaled down so much most of the writing is illegible.", "Thus, even if you had some idea where a location in the book was on the map, you likely would not be able to read it.", "This is one that is easy for me to put down." ]
I hate to say this, but I think the reviews for The Wrong Path by Vivian Marie Aubin du Paris are overrated on [...] and [...]. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't consider this a 4 or 5 STAR book. First off, from the book description I was expecting way more drama. Secondly, Annabelle, the protagonist, wasn't likeable. Not even a little bit. She is a nave crybaby. Example (SPOILER BEGINS HERE): Parker is not a nice guy. He drugs Annabelle's drink at a party, with intentions of date-raping her. A few weeks later, after his first failed attempt, he tries to force himself on her again. Will comes to the rescue and abandons Parker in a parking lot. Annabelle wants to go back and get him. (Him being Parker, the guy I just said tried to rape her twice!!!!) I wanted to stop reading the book right then and there. Seriously, what is wrong with you, Annabelle? (SPOILER ENDS HERE) Also, she places entirely too much importance on being a part of the "in crowd". Not to mention, the girls who are a part of the "in crowd" are stereotyped from their freshly styled heads to their manicured toes. And, the people who aren't a part of the "in crowd" are all Goths and druggies. (Can you get more stereotypical?) Agh, I feel bad for ripping on this book. I REALLY wanted to like it. Based on all the stellar reviews, I had extremely high expectations going into this novel, and they were NOT met. I gave The Wrong Path by Vivian Marie Aubin du Paris 2 STARS. I thought it was slow, lacked excitement and was full of clichd characters. If you are still interested in The Wrong Path after reading this review, then purchase it on Amazon Kindle. It only cost a dollar. -XOXO TO READ MORE REVIEWS CHECK OUT MY BLOG ON BLOGSPOT: READING, EATING AND DREAMING I WAS BLAIR WALDORF	negative	[ "I hate to say this, but I think the reviews for The Wrong Path by Vivian Marie Aubin du Paris are overrated on [...", "] and [...", "].", "Maybe it's just me, but I didn't consider this a 4 or 5 STAR book.", "First off, from the book description I was expecting way more drama.", "Secondly, Annabelle, the protagonist, wasn't likeable.", "Not even a little bit.", "She is a nave crybaby.", "Example (SPOILER BEGINS HERE): Parker is not a nice guy.", "He drugs Annabelle's drink at a party, with intentions of date-raping her.", "A few weeks later, after his first failed attempt, he tries to force himself on her again.", "Will comes to the rescue and abandons Parker in a parking lot.", "Annabelle wants to go back and get him.", "(Him being Parker, the guy I just said tried to rape her twice!!!!", ") I wanted to stop reading the book right then and there.", "Seriously, what is wrong with you, Annabelle?", "(SPOILER ENDS HERE)\n\nAlso, she places entirely too much importance on being a part of the \"in crowd\".", "Not to mention, the girls who are a part of the \"in crowd\" are stereotyped from their freshly styled heads to their manicured toes.", "And, the people who aren't a part of the \"in crowd\" are all Goths and druggies.", "(Can you get more stereotypical?", ")\n\nAgh, I feel bad for ripping on this book.", "I REALLY wanted to like it.", "Based on all the stellar reviews, I had extremely high expectations going into this novel, and they were NOT met.", "I gave The Wrong Path by Vivian Marie Aubin du Paris 2 STARS.", "I thought it was slow, lacked excitement and was full of clichd characters.", "If you are still interested in The Wrong Path after reading this review, then purchase it on Amazon Kindle.", "It only cost a dollar.", "-XOXO\n\nTO READ MORE REVIEWS CHECK OUT MY BLOG ON BLOGSPOT: READING, EATING AND DREAMING I WAS BLAIR WALDORF" ]
I bought one of these units because of its waterproof rating. That is 30 minutes at 3.3 feet. Forget that one. The battery compartment isn't rated for this.....so it leaks big time. I called Garmin about this and they said that nothing can be done. There is no fix. This was December 2000. Since it eats batteries, I bought a Radio Shack digital camera battery kit. It has 4 ni-mh batteries rated at 1500mah and a chargerfor $22. This unit worked very well. Since the batteries compartment isn't waterproof the batteries got wet. I was in sea water and these batteries got ruined. If you plan on buying this GPS and using it around water, I would be careful in not using expensive batteries in it. Windsurfing, Kayaking, canoeing, white water rafting and the rest, be careful. If you buy their super expensive cable, you can update your unit free from their web site. They do offer great upgrades for their products, free. Wow. I only give the unit 2 stars. I own three of their products and this is the worse one for not living up to what they say it will do. The best one out there for tuff service is the GPS 45 version.	negative	[ "I bought one of these units because of its waterproof rating.", "That is 30 minutes at 3.", "3 feet.", "Forget that one.", "The battery compartment isn't rated for this....", ".", "so it leaks big time.", "I called Garmin about this and they said that nothing can be done.", "There is no fix.", "This was December 2000.", "Since it eats batteries, I bought a Radio Shack digital camera battery kit.", "It has 4 ni-mh batteries rated at 1500mah and a chargerfor $22.", "This unit worked very well.", "Since the batteries compartment isn't waterproof the batteries got wet.", "I was in sea water and these batteries got ruined.", "If you plan on buying this GPS and using it around water, I would be careful in not using expensive batteries in it.", "Windsurfing, Kayaking, canoeing, white water rafting and the rest, be careful.", "If you buy their super expensive cable, you can update your unit free from their web site.", "They do offer great upgrades for their products, free.", "Wow.", "I only give the unit 2 stars.", "I own three of their products and this is the worse one for not living up to what they say it will do.", "The best one out there for tuff service is the GPS 45 version." ]
"El Dorado" might more aptly be called "El Gordos" as the two stars are clearly over weight and out of shape in this 1967 Howard Hawks film. Or you might call it "El Doublo" since the film is clearly a remake of the far superior "Rio Bravo" (1959) that also starred Wayne and was produced/directed by Hawks and written by Leigh Brackett. In this film, Wayne plays a deputy sheriff to his old friend Robert Mitchum and he is assisted by a young man (James Caan) who is nick-named after a state (Mississippi) and a grouchy old man (Arthur Hunnicutt). They are besieged in a small town jail because they hold land-grabbing Ed Asner who is responsible for ordering a man's death. The gang is led by gunslinger Christopher George. Mitchum plays a drunk. There is a half hearted romance involving Charlene Holt. In Rio Bravo Dean Martin plays the drunk and the deputy and Wayne is now the sheriff. They are besieged in a small town because they are holding the brother (Claude Akins) for murdering a man. Akins is the brother of a land-grabbing rancher (John Russel). Wayne and Martin are assisted by a grumpy old man (Walter Brennan) and a young man (Ricky Nelson) who is nick-named after a state (Colorado). There is a half hearted romance involving Angie Dickinson. FWIW - Wayne wanted to play the Sheriff in "El Dorado" but Hawks wanted Mitchum. We think of Howard Hawks (1896-1977) as a Western director, but in truth, Hawks made all kinds of films, including comedies, gangster and war films. He was nominated 3 times for a DGA award for "Red River" (1948), "The Big Sky" (1952) and "Rio Bravo" (1959) and he was Oscar nominated for "Sergeant York" (1941). Among his other notable films were "Scarface" (1932), "The Big Sleep" (1946), and "Gentlemen Prefer Blonds" (1953). Leigh Brackett (1915-78) was a science fiction writer who also worked on screenplays. She was nominated by WGA for her work on "Star Wars V". She worked with Hawks on "The Big Sleep", "Rio Bravo", "El Dorado", Rio Lobo", and "Hatari". She said - "When I write a novel I am God at my own typewriter and there is nobody in between. But when I write a screenplay it must be a compromise because there are so many elements which are outside the writer's province." It's hard to believe that Hawks and Wayne made "Red River" (1948) when you watch this film. There is very little in this film that will attract anyone. Christopher George is a villain only in name. We see nothing to convince us that he is dangerous, so when he is gunned down by a crippled Wayne falling out of a buck wagon, who cares? And Ed Asner hardly evokes any fear or awe. In 1967 the top grossing films were "The Jungle Book", "The Graduate", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", and "The Dirty Dozen". Oscars went to "In the Heat of the Night" (Picture, Actor), "The Graduate" (Director), and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (Actress). Other notable films that year were "Bonnie and Clyde", "Cool Hand Luke", "Camelot", "I am Curious Yellow", "To Sir With Love", and "Point Blank" Westerns released in 1967 included "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", "Hombre", "Hour of the Gun", "Welcome to Hard Times", and "The War Wagon". Give this one a miss. Everyone has done much better in many other films, so why spend your time and energy on this one.	negative	[ "\"El Dorado\" might more aptly be called \"El Gordos\" as the two stars are clearly over weight and out of shape in this 1967 Howard Hawks film.", "Or you might call it \"El Doublo\" since the film is clearly a remake of the far superior \"Rio Bravo\" (1959) that also starred Wayne and was produced/directed by Hawks and written by Leigh Brackett.", "In this film, Wayne plays a deputy sheriff to his old friend Robert Mitchum and he is assisted by a young man (James Caan) who is nick-named after a state (Mississippi) and a grouchy old man (Arthur Hunnicutt).", "They are besieged in a small town jail because they hold land-grabbing Ed Asner who is responsible for ordering a man's death.", "The gang is led by gunslinger Christopher George.", "Mitchum plays a drunk.", "There is a half hearted romance involving Charlene Holt.", "In Rio Bravo Dean Martin plays the drunk and the deputy and Wayne is now the sheriff.", "They are besieged in a small town because they are holding the brother (Claude Akins) for murdering a man.", "Akins is the brother of a land-grabbing rancher (John Russel).", "Wayne and Martin are assisted by a grumpy old man (Walter Brennan) and a young man (Ricky Nelson) who is nick-named after a state (Colorado).", "There is a half hearted romance involving Angie Dickinson.", "FWIW - Wayne wanted to play the Sheriff in \"El Dorado\" but Hawks wanted Mitchum.", "We think of Howard Hawks (1896-1977) as a Western director, but in truth, Hawks made all kinds of films, including comedies, gangster and war films.", "He was nominated 3 times for a DGA award for \"Red River\" (1948), \"The Big Sky\" (1952) and \"Rio Bravo\" (1959) and he was Oscar nominated for \"Sergeant York\" (1941).", "Among his other notable films were \"Scarface\" (1932), \"The Big Sleep\" (1946), and \"Gentlemen Prefer Blonds\" (1953).", "Leigh Brackett (1915-78) was a science fiction writer who also worked on screenplays.", "She was nominated by WGA for her work on \"Star Wars V\".", "She worked with Hawks on \"The Big Sleep\", \"Rio Bravo\", \"El Dorado\", Rio Lobo\", and \"Hatari\".", "She said - \"When I write a novel I am God at my own typewriter and there is nobody in between.", "But when I write a screenplay it must be a compromise because there are so many elements which are outside the writer's province.", "\"\n\nIt's hard to believe that Hawks and Wayne made \"Red River\" (1948) when you watch this film.", "There is very little in this film that will attract anyone.", "Christopher George is a villain only in name.", "We see nothing to convince us that he is dangerous, so when he is gunned down by a crippled Wayne falling out of a buck wagon, who cares?", "And Ed Asner hardly evokes any fear or awe.", "In 1967 the top grossing films were \"The Jungle Book\", \"The Graduate\", \"Bonnie and Clyde\", \"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\", and \"The Dirty Dozen\".", "Oscars went to \"In the Heat of the Night\" (Picture, Actor), \"The Graduate\" (Director), and \"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\" (Actress).", "Other notable films that year were \"Bonnie and Clyde\", \"Cool Hand Luke\", \"Camelot\", \"I am Curious Yellow\", \"To Sir With Love\", and \"Point Blank\"\n\nWesterns released in 1967 included \"A Fistful of Dollars\", \"For a Few Dollars More\", \"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly\", \"Hombre\", \"Hour of the Gun\", \"Welcome to Hard Times\", and \"The War Wagon\".", "Give this one a miss.", "Everyone has done much better in many other films, so why spend your time and energy on this one." ]
When the envelopes arrived, I tested them. I pulled an envelope from the box and did my best to seal it by rubbing the seal under pressure. I was able to open the envelope easily, as if they were made to be reopened. I tried again with another envelope, this time leaving it sealed for an hour to see if the adhesive would stick better over time. I was able to open it as easily as before. I noticed that the blue security printing inside the envelope had a simple pattern, and I wondered how hard it would be to read a check that was sealed inside. I inserted a check, sealed the flaps and held the envelope up to a small (4" diameter) fluorescent desk lamp. I could read every word and number on the check as easily as if the envelope had no security printing. At minimum, a security envelope should seal securely and make it very difficult if not impossible to read the writing on a check sealed inside. The Columbian CO284 security envelopes fails this standard completely. Next time I'll stick to my gold standard. Mead security envelopes with adhesive that requires dampening to seal. Unfortunately Mead's self-stick envelopes don't seal well enough either, and the paper they're made of is much too thin and flimsy.	negative	[ "When the envelopes arrived, I tested them.", "I pulled an envelope from the box and did my best to seal it by rubbing the seal under pressure.", "I was able to open the envelope easily, as if they were made to be reopened.", "I tried again with another envelope, this time leaving it sealed for an hour to see if the adhesive would stick better over time.", "I was able to open it as easily as before.", "I noticed that the blue security printing inside the envelope had a simple pattern, and I wondered how hard it would be to read a check that was sealed inside.", "I inserted a check, sealed the flaps and held the envelope up to a small (4\" diameter) fluorescent desk lamp.", "I could read every word and number on the check as easily as if the envelope had no security printing.", "At minimum, a security envelope should seal securely and make it very difficult if not impossible to read the writing on a check sealed inside.", "The Columbian CO284 security envelopes fails this standard completely.", "Next time I'll stick to my gold standard.", "Mead security envelopes with adhesive that requires dampening to seal.", "Unfortunately Mead's self-stick envelopes don't seal well enough either, and the paper they're made of is much too thin and flimsy." ]
Trump McConnell call on Roy Moore to exit Alabama Senate race âif these allegations are trueâ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other GOP senators on Nov. 9 called on Roy Moore to withdraw from a Senate race in Alabama if allegations of sexual misconduct are true. (Jordan Frasier Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other GOP senators on Nov. 9 called on Roy Moore to withdraw from a Senate race in Alabama if allegations of sexual misconduct are true. (Jordan Frasier Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) A growing chorus of Republicans including President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have called on Senate candidate Roy Moore to withdraw from a special election in Alabama if allegations prove true that the former judge initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl nearly four decades ago. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders who was accompanying Trump as he traveled from China to Vietnam on Friday said âLike most Americans the president does not believe we can allow a mere allegation in this case one from many years ago to destroy a personâs life. However the president also believes that if these allegations are true Judge Moore will do the right thing and step aside.â Other Republican senators weighing in included Jeff Flake of Arizona David Perdue of Georgia John Thune of South Dakota Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Cory Gardner of Colorado Richard C. Shelby of Alabama and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called on Moore to step aside as well â and without couching his statement with âif trueâ language. âThe allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying â McCain said. âHe should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.â Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Tex.) quickly makes comments to journalists about Senate candidate Roy Moore on Thursday. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) [Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14 he was 32] Moore has denied the allegations and given no indication that he will exit the race. âOur children and grandchildrenâs futures are on the line â he tweeted Thursday. âSo rest assured â I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight!â Moore also emailed a fundraising pitch off the revelations. âI believe you and I have a duty to stand up and fight back against the forces of evil waging an all-out war on our conservative values â he wrote. The state Republican Party has the power to disqualify Moore from the election according to the Alabama secretary of state. If that happens McConnell and other Republicans would face the challenge of figuring out which candidate would run in Mooreâs place â and how to win an election in which it is too late to replace the former judgeâs name on the Dec. 12 ballot. Under Alabama state law the ballot cannot be changed within 76 days of an election. However in the event of either disqualification or withdrawal votes cast for Moore would not be certified. In addition state law allows write-in votes to be cast in general elections as long as the names are for living people and written in without using a rubber stamp or stick-on label. Despite a state law barring candidates from appearing twice on ballots in the same election cycle Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) who lost in the primary to Moore would be an eligible write-in candidate said John Bennett an official at the state secretary of stateâs office. Several state Republicans suggested Thursday that the party is unlikely to disqualify Moore . The Post's Michael Scherer followed Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) in the final days of his primary campaign against Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.). Here's a look into his controversial views. (Jenny Starrs Michael Scherer/The Washington Post) Samuel H. Givhan the senior vice chairman of the state party described The Washington Post story as âallegations from somebody who has been silent for over 40 yearsâ who was speaking out just weeks before an election. When asked about the Senate majority leaderâs call for Moore to step aside if the accusations are found to be true Givhan said âIâm not sure Sen. McConnell has any say so in this.â A group close to McConnell that spent millions of dollars to oppose Moore in the primary called on Gov. Kay Ivey (R) and the state party to investigate the allegations. âIf thereâs even a shred of evidence to these accusations Gov. Ivey and the Alabama Republican Party need to do everything in their power to remove Judge Moore from the ballot â said Steven Law chief executive of the Senate Leadership Fund. âThere is no place in our party for sexual predators.â	negative	[ "Trump McConnell call on Roy Moore to exit Alabama Senate race âif these allegations are trueâ\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.", ") and other GOP senators on Nov.", "9 called on Roy Moore to withdraw from a Senate race in Alabama if allegations of sexual misconduct are true.", "(Jordan Frasier Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.", ") and other GOP senators on Nov.", "9 called on Roy Moore to withdraw from a Senate race in Alabama if allegations of sexual misconduct are true.", "(Jordan Frasier Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)\nA growing chorus of Republicans including President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.", ") have called on Senate candidate Roy Moore to withdraw from a special election in Alabama if allegations prove true that the former judge initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl nearly four decades ago.", "White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders who was accompanying Trump as he traveled from China to Vietnam on Friday said âLike most Americans the president does not believe we can allow a mere allegation in this case one from many years ago to destroy a personâs life.", "However the president also believes that if these allegations are true Judge Moore will do the right thing and step aside.", "â\nOther Republican senators weighing in included Jeff Flake of Arizona David Perdue of Georgia John Thune of South Dakota Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Cory Gardner of Colorado Richard C.", "Shelby of Alabama and Patrick J.", "Toomey of Pennsylvania.", "Sen.", "John McCain (R-Ariz.", ") called on Moore to step aside as well â and without couching his statement with âif trueâ language.", "âThe allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying â McCain said.", "âHe should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.", "â\nSenate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Tex.", ") quickly makes comments to journalists about Senate candidate Roy Moore on Thursday.", "(Melina Mara/The Washington Post)\n[Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14 he was 32]\n Moore has denied the allegations and given no indication that he will exit the race.", "âOur children and grandchildrenâs futures are on the line â he tweeted Thursday.", "âSo rest assured â I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight!", "â Moore also emailed a fundraising pitch off the revelations.", "âI believe you and I have a duty to stand up and fight back against the forces of evil waging an all-out war on our conservative values â he wrote.", "The state Republican Party has the power to disqualify Moore from the election according to the Alabama secretary of state.", "If that happens McConnell and other Republicans would face the challenge of figuring out which candidate would run in Mooreâs place â and how to win an election in which it is too late to replace the former judgeâs name on the Dec.", "12 ballot.", "Under Alabama state law the ballot cannot be changed within 76 days of an election.", "However in the event of either disqualification or withdrawal votes cast for Moore would not be certified.", "In addition state law allows write-in votes to be cast in general elections as long as the names are for living people and written in without using a rubber stamp or stick-on label.", "Despite a state law barring candidates from appearing twice on ballots in the same election cycle Sen.", "Luther Strange (R-Ala.", ") who lost in the primary to Moore would be an eligible write-in candidate said John Bennett an official at the state secretary of stateâs office.", "Several state Republicans suggested Thursday that the party is unlikely to disqualify Moore.", "The Post's Michael Scherer followed Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) in the final days of his primary campaign against Sen.", "Luther Strange (R-Ala.", ").", "Here's a look into his controversial views.", "(Jenny Starrs Michael Scherer/The Washington Post)\nSamuel H.", "Givhan the senior vice chairman of the state party described The Washington Post story as âallegations from somebody who has been silent for over 40 yearsâ who was speaking out just weeks before an election.", "When asked about the Senate majority leaderâs call for Moore to step aside if the accusations are found to be true Givhan said âIâm not sure Sen.", "McConnell has any say so in this.", "â\nA group close to McConnell that spent millions of dollars to oppose Moore in the primary called on Gov.", "Kay Ivey (R) and the state party to investigate the allegations.", "âIf thereâs even a shred of evidence to these accusations Gov.", "Ivey and the Alabama Republican Party need to do everything in their power to remove Judge Moore from the ballot â said Steven Law chief executive of the Senate Leadership Fund.", "âThere is no place in our party for sexual predators.", "â" ]
I received two of these in early June. One of them bit the dust today, September 28. I knew this was coming, as the end that connects to the faucet had started coming apart about two weeks ago, which I noticed when the water was on--and spraying out from where the hose is supposed to be connected to the metal end. The hose was pulling away from the metal. Today, I was sitting on my patio with the hose nearby; I had a nozzle attached to its end, with the water turned on at the faucet but off at the nozzle. All of a sudden there was a leak...then a spray...then--as the white part of the hose burst out of its metal end--a SPOUT of water spraying all over the place. The hose literally burst apart from its metal end. I have pics if anyone would like to see them. Of course, as luck would have it, it's now beyond the return window for Amazon. Oh well... By the way, I had purchased several "Never Kink" hoses--and they ALL kinked. Every single one of them.	negative	[ "I received two of these in early June.", "One of them bit the dust today, September 28.", "I knew this was coming, as the end that connects to the faucet had started coming apart about two weeks ago, which I noticed when the water was on--and spraying out from where the hose is supposed to be connected to the metal end.", "The hose was pulling away from the metal.", "Today, I was sitting on my patio with the hose nearby; I had a nozzle attached to its end, with the water turned on at the faucet but off at the nozzle.", "All of a sudden there was a leak...", "then a spray...", "then--as the white part of the hose burst out of its metal end--a SPOUT of water spraying all over the place.", "The hose literally burst apart from its metal end.", "I have pics if anyone would like to see them.", "Of course, as luck would have it, it's now beyond the return window for Amazon.", "Oh well...", "By the way, I had purchased several \"Never Kink\" hoses--and they ALL kinked.", "Every single one of them." ]
I love resident evil, and the first movie is one of my favorites. This movie was such a huge let down. First off the Directing was horrid. The action sequences scream of low quality. The director uses quick jagged camera movements to obscure the action in the movie and give the moive a "sense" of action, but people who are used to the matrix/jackie chane show whats going on aspects of a fight sequnce will be aggrivated with the final show down. Ontop of that the movie down right STEALS from the various RE stroy lines. and re-writes resident evil 3 completly,. I much rather have had a RE type story or one that could have ran parrel much like the first movie. In stead we get whole a scene stolen from RE code veronica and they actually look less stunning. If it wasn't a complete rip off (say if the character was the same) it wouldn't have been so glaringly bad, but when you go to see a movie you go to see "new" thoughts and ideas not just shifted image stolen from video games with different characters doing things that run logically against the game that the images are being stolen from. An ok movie for people who have never played the game.. But the action super hero twist and rip-off only serve to tarnish the fact that its supposed to be a "resident evil" movie. The director probably should have looked at some of the movies that RE borrwed from before he went about trying to turn this into a horrible wanna be super hero flick	negative	[ "I love resident evil, and the first movie is one of my favorites.", "This movie was such a huge let down.", "First off the Directing was horrid.", "The action sequences scream of low quality.", "The director uses quick jagged camera movements to obscure the action in the movie and give the moive a \"sense\" of action, but people who are used to the matrix/jackie chane show whats going on aspects of a fight sequnce will be aggrivated with the final show down.", "Ontop of that the movie down right STEALS from the various RE stroy lines.", "and re-writes resident evil 3 completly,.", "I much rather have had a RE type story or one that could have ran parrel much like the first movie.", "In stead we get whole a scene stolen from RE code veronica and they actually look less stunning.", "If it wasn't a complete rip off (say if the character was the same) it wouldn't have been so glaringly bad, but when you go to see a movie you go to see \"new\" thoughts and ideas not just shifted image stolen from video games with different characters doing things that run logically against the game that the images are being stolen from.", "An ok movie for people who have never played the game..", "But the action super hero twist and rip-off only serve to tarnish the fact that its supposed to be a \"resident evil\" movie.", "The director probably should have looked at some of the movies that RE borrwed from before he went about trying to turn this into a horrible wanna be super hero flick" ]
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!" ]
Betrayed, tortured and left for dead, Fitz has survived the depredations of his mad uncle Regal and been taken to safety in the countryside of the Six Duchies. Plagued by nightmares and trauma, Fitz eventually recovers enough to swear himself to two tasks: the murder of Regal and the safe rescue of Verity, the long-missing true king. Assassin's Quest concludes the Farseer Trilogy in a manner that I don't think anyone was quite expecting. The first two volumes of the Farseer series are traditional epic fantasies in many respects, but ones where more overt displays of magic and violence are rolled back in favour of a deeper emotional storyline and character development. Still, with their intrigue, battles, romance and betrayals (if separated by lots of long-winded introspection), there is much of the standard fantasy template within them. Assassin's Quest is completely different. In fact, it's a very strange book. For most of the novel we are firmly in Fitz's head as he undergoes what can best be described as a PTSD-induced nervous and near-mental breakdown after the trauma he suffered at the end of Royal Assassin. Suffering severe depression and making awful judgement calls (as everyone calls him on but himself), Fitz has to first find himself and restore his confidence before he can embark on his long-delayed true quest, which is to find and rescue Verity. Eventually, after crossing (with agonising slowness and quite astonishing amounts of angst) the entire length of the Six Duchies, Fitz overcomes his demons and gets on with the story. The problem is that this happens some around page 500, meaning that the novel only then has 300 pages to wrap the entire trilogy up in. You might imagine this means that those last 300 pages are full of incident and plot and character development as Hobb brings the story across the finish line? Not so much. Those 300 pages still meander, circling around major plot and character moments for dozens of pages before landing (and often exactly where the reader can see them going). Eventually, in the last few pages of the book, the author explains the background of the Elderlings, Forging, the Red Ship Raiders, the Skill and many other aspects of her world, but it comes so abruptly after almost 800 pages of slow-burning despair that it feels highly anti-climactic. In some ways you have to respect Hobb for crafting such an utterly strange ending to a fantasy trilogy, one that shys away from convention and ignores every rule of plot structure and pacing. In many respects Hobb was writing a profoundly anti-epic fantasy, something similar to what Patrick Rothfuss appears to be doing with his trilogy (only with rather less humour), and in its sacrifice of plot and action and exposition for character and a realistic approach to how a real human mind might cope with the craziness of your average epic fantasy adventure, Hobb is clearly doing something different. But different does not mean good and the thing about experiments is that they sometimes just don't work. Assassin's Quest has fine moments of characterisation (probably best exemplified in the relationship between Fitz and the Fool), some real moments of jaw-clenching terror and some very odd moments of real magical weirdness, but it is also a novel that unfolds with all the verve, pacing and tension of watching a lethargic snail travel thirty miles. The massive stakes and tensions raised over the course of almost 1,200 pages across the first two volumes are effectively handwaved away at the end of the novel: the Red Ship Raiders are defeated off-screen, the Fool remains resolutely unexplained and most of Fitz's friends and allies remain in complete ignorance that he is alive. Obviously we know now there is more to come in the Tawny Man and Fitz and the Fool trilogies, but on its own merits Assassin's Quest (**) is an altogether unsatisfying conclusion to the first series, languid to the point of unconsciousness until the too-rushed ending. There are some wonderful atmosphere moments and some occasionally effective dialogue, but overall it is a disappointing novel. Still, it is followed up by the far superior Liveship Traders trilogy.	negative	[ "Betrayed, tortured and left for dead, Fitz has survived the depredations of his mad uncle Regal and been taken to safety in the countryside of the Six Duchies.", "Plagued by nightmares and trauma, Fitz eventually recovers enough to swear himself to two tasks: the murder of Regal and the safe rescue of Verity, the long-missing true king.", "Assassin's Quest concludes the Farseer Trilogy in a manner that I don't think anyone was quite expecting.", "The first two volumes of the Farseer series are traditional epic fantasies in many respects, but ones where more overt displays of magic and violence are rolled back in favour of a deeper emotional storyline and character development.", "Still, with their intrigue, battles, romance and betrayals (if separated by lots of long-winded introspection), there is much of the standard fantasy template within them.", "Assassin's Quest is completely different.", "In fact, it's a very strange book.", "For most of the novel we are firmly in Fitz's head as he undergoes what can best be described as a PTSD-induced nervous and near-mental breakdown after the trauma he suffered at the end of Royal Assassin.", "Suffering severe depression and making awful judgement calls (as everyone calls him on but himself), Fitz has to first find himself and restore his confidence before he can embark on his long-delayed true quest, which is to find and rescue Verity.", "Eventually, after crossing (with agonising slowness and quite astonishing amounts of angst) the entire length of the Six Duchies, Fitz overcomes his demons and gets on with the story.", "The problem is that this happens some around page 500, meaning that the novel only then has 300 pages to wrap the entire trilogy up in.", "You might imagine this means that those last 300 pages are full of incident and plot and character development as Hobb brings the story across the finish line?", "Not so much.", "Those 300 pages still meander, circling around major plot and character moments for dozens of pages before landing (and often exactly where the reader can see them going).", "Eventually, in the last few pages of the book, the author explains the background of the Elderlings, Forging, the Red Ship Raiders, the Skill and many other aspects of her world, but it comes so abruptly after almost 800 pages of slow-burning despair that it feels highly anti-climactic.", "In some ways you have to respect Hobb for crafting such an utterly strange ending to a fantasy trilogy, one that shys away from convention and ignores every rule of plot structure and pacing.", "In many respects Hobb was writing a profoundly anti-epic fantasy, something similar to what Patrick Rothfuss appears to be doing with his trilogy (only with rather less humour), and in its sacrifice of plot and action and exposition for character and a realistic approach to how a real human mind might cope with the craziness of your average epic fantasy adventure, Hobb is clearly doing something different.", "But different does not mean good and the thing about experiments is that they sometimes just don't work.", "Assassin's Quest has fine moments of characterisation (probably best exemplified in the relationship between Fitz and the Fool), some real moments of jaw-clenching terror and some very odd moments of real magical weirdness, but it is also a novel that unfolds with all the verve, pacing and tension of watching a lethargic snail travel thirty miles.", "The massive stakes and tensions raised over the course of almost 1,200 pages across the first two volumes are effectively handwaved away at the end of the novel: the Red Ship Raiders are defeated off-screen, the Fool remains resolutely unexplained and most of Fitz's friends and allies remain in complete ignorance that he is alive.", "Obviously we know now there is more to come in the Tawny Man and Fitz and the Fool trilogies, but on its own merits Assassin's Quest (**) is an altogether unsatisfying conclusion to the first series, languid to the point of unconsciousness until the too-rushed ending.", "There are some wonderful atmosphere moments and some occasionally effective dialogue, but overall it is a disappointing novel.", "Still, it is followed up by the far superior Liveship Traders trilogy." ]