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[ "Any day now...", "the year of the Daimond Dogs.", "Stange start to the Bowie classics Diamond Dogs, Future Legends speaks of apocalypse and genocide and a nod in the direction of Orwell's 1984.", "Welll, who could do a concept album like David Bowie?", "No one.", "Now the tracks don't exactly follow any predetermined path and the message gets a little garbled, but WTF?", "It's still Bowie around the height of his song-writing powers.", "Diamond Dogs is not Ziggy Stardust but it is a step up from Aladin Sane.", "The glam rocker is in full flight here.", "Standounts are the title track, Rebel Rebel, Sweet Thing, Canidate & my personal favorite 1984.", "Tight album with very few blemishes.", "This is classic Bowie.", "Dig it!" ]

[ "Diana Ross And The Supremes reign as the biggest girl-group in history.", "Yet their remarkable and unparalled achievements have always been considerably overlooked.", "All three Supremes each had potential as lead singer of the group.", "The groups founder, Florence Ballard had a raw, earthy sound in her voice, whilst Mary Wilsons breathy, seamless voice complimented any ballad she sang on.", "But whether anyone wants to admit it or not, Diana Ross had the most unique, distinct sound, which had strong commercial appeal to both blacks and whites alike.", "What Diana Ross bought to the group was an almost regal presence and set them instantly apart from other Motown acts.", "Diana's soft, sensual voice that oozed heavy emotion and neatly surf-boarded along Motowns complex musical arrangements, had soulful qualities that displayed raw emotions of vulnreability.", "Their first single, I Want A Guy featured Diana giving a somewhat piercing vocal performance whilst the raucious, driving R&B number Buttered Popcorn featured Florence Ballard as lead vocalist and was far better yet the single sank without trace.", "These two tracks open this updated Anthology set and also contains some rare material such as The Tears, He and Things Are Changing.", "Amongst their string of early minor hits include the soft, sensual ballads Your Heart Belongs To Me, the Smokey Robinson produced A Breath Taking Guy and the infectious, upbeat Let Me Go The Right Way.", "Their first major chart breakthrough, When The LoveLight Starts Shining Through His Eyes is also deservedly featured and is an absolutley fantastic affair, containing a conga beat and generally having all the emphasis of that classic Motown sound.", "Of course all the famous hits are here with their most soulful outputs being (in my eyes at least), Back In My Arms Again, I Hear A Symphony, My World Is Empty WithOut You, Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart, You Can't Hurry Love, You Keep Me Hanging On, Love Is Here And Now You're Gone, The Happening, the adventurous and experimental Reflections containing elements of the swirling psychedelic sound, Forever Came Today, their social commentary on possibly their finest ever recording Love Child, the gritty I'm Living In Shame and their touching swan song SomeDay We'll Be Together.", "Beyond that are some more rarities including a sassy take on The Nitty Gritty, Sweet Thing which is perharps no more than typical Motown fare whilst lesser known hits like the electric No Matter What Sign You are and I'll Try Something New (With The Temptations) also get an airing.", "Other than that the album falls a little on the bland side but are still curiously worth hearing - they woo and coo their way through The Beatles A Hard Days Night (one of Berry Gordys plans to establish the group as all-round entertainers for both blacks and whites), and Mary Wilson takes lead vocal duties on a bland version of Can't Take My Eyes For You.", "If anything I hold my hands up and admit that this is most probably me being biased when I say this but as a die hard Soul/R&B/Motown fan, its these elements of styles that truly captures their own magical sound.", "There is about as much pop as there is soul in a lot of their earlier hits like the sassy Come See About Me, and the cutesy girly tone of Baby Love but there work remains a milestone in musical history.", "Each of The Supremes deserve credit and have their own individual appealing qualities in their vocal deliverys but Diana Ross was ultimatley the star and I strongly rate her as an excellent vocalist.", "She may not have the volume or power of Martha Reeves or even the groups founder Florence Ballard, but she certainly knows how to use her voice and express genuine feeling and emotion which is why this work remains so timeless.", "This compilation perharps is their defintive collection.", "Recommended!" ]

[ "It is always difficult to review colognes and aftershaves as scent is a very subjective thing, and trying to describe it with words is like trying to describe a color.", "What I can say about this Burberry Brit Splash is it has a very pleasant, light scent that is not overpowering like so many fragrances people often wear these days.", "I agree with another reviewer who referred to it as clean-smelling, but this is not the kind of scent you might find on bath soap or deodorant.", "It is much more refined than that.", "This one is intimate and intended to be smelled by someone nearby.", "It is the ideal scent for a man to wear while out on the town with his favorite lady and for more romantic moments.", "My wife seemed to really like the scent after I sprayed some on.", "There was no price listed for this product at the time I received it for review, so I cannot comment about cost and value.", "What I can say is the bottle I received was quite generous in size (almost 14 ounces), much larger than I expected, and should last a very long time.", "It has an atomizer on the top of he bottle, which allows for very light application.", "The bottle is attractive and looks just fine sitting on the edge of my sink." ]

[ "Many of us know people (or are those people ourselves) who move through life lightly, never taking too much too seriously.", "This film explores what happens when people treat each other lightly, when there is an imbalance of attachment between people, when couples' definitions (of love, sex, commitment, etc.", ") are unequal: Which person is self-centered, selfish even, and which one bears most of the emotional weight?", "Whose interests does the couple tend to nurture the most, and who's ideas are often left unexplored until they wither away?", "The film is a period piece that pits the free expression of sex in 1960s Prague against the backdrop of Communist Russia.", "When the Soviet army invades Prague in 1968, the film truly begins, presenting a parallel love story and war story.", "This structuring is intentional.", "You'll have to decide for yourself how the alternating settings of the film work with the changing relationships of the film's protagonists.", "While I think the movie does well with the period and settings, any extremism (from the left or right) seems to me the antithesis of freedom.", "The three main characters form a triangle that is often found in film noir, but this triangle is more complicated.", "The three begin the film under the guises of traditional noir types: Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is the great leading man and scoundrel; Tereza (Juliette Binoche) is the adorable nurturing woman; and Sabina (Lena Olin) is the insatiable and ever-fleeting femme fatale.", "Once put in motion, however, these character types begin to wobble, although the triangle remains intact throughout the majority of the film.", "The nudity and sex scenes in the film are quite explicit and are European in their cinematic representations of the body and of sex.", "Aside from a few scenes of over-the-top zooming, the cinematography is spectacular, especially in scenes with mirrors.", "It might be worth noting that the film is nearly three hours long and requires some patience to watch.", "The characters are developed deeply while the plot moves slowly.", "The 2006 version of the DVD contains a making-of featurette in which you can learn more about how controversial the film was, and in some ways, still is." ]

[ "All time favorite movie!!!!", "Based on the Biblical account of Joseph & how his brothers sold him into slavery and how God turned the situation all around!!", "Excellent movie.", "If you've never read the story or saw the movie - this is a must.", "Its' stellar performances by the actors makes it even more enjoyable.", "One word of caution, the scene where Potifar's wife tries to seduce Joseph while bathing is extremely steamy & sexual.", "That's unfortunate because other than that scene and one other scene that's sexual in nature, this would have been an excellent movie to watch with a church group.", "But in my opinion, it's too steamy for mixed company and/or church viewing.", "Other than that, it's an A+++++ movie!!!", "The ending will bring you to tears!" ]

[ "After playing every Spiderman and X-Men game for the Super Nintendo, I was expecting the same sort of mediocre game.", "Instead this game is an amazing platform adventure.", "The graphics first off, the backgrounds and levels are incredible and detailed.", "There are bright colors, great backgrounds and lighting.", "The animation runs smooth for all of the characters and enemies.", "Second there is fantastic play control and a variety of tactics, from punches and kicks, to shooting a web around goons and even shooting a web bullet.", "Also, it is probably the simplest game to stick to the walls and ceilings.", "Just walk into it and Spiderman will cling!", "Also in this game you are able to select different levels that fit what villain or crime you are trying to conquer, rather than just beating a level and going to the next without a choice.", "With the past Spiderman games, it gets very boring fighting the same thugs time after time, with this game there are lots of different looking thugs for Spiderman to take on, and a comic book storyline between levels too!" ]

[ "Stevie Wonder scored a coup with his 1980 album entitled Hotter Than July.", "Hotter Than July gives us Stevie at his best with a distinctly early 80's flavor to his music that still rocks well and sways today!", "Just one listen to this CD proves it.", "The CD opens with \"Did I Hear You Say You Love Me;\" this number has Stevie asking his woman to prove her love to him.", "The music rocks hard and I love those guitars!", "Stevie's voice is in excellent form, too!", "\"All I Do\" has a more R&B flavor as Stevie sings that he is falling deep and hard for his woman.", "It will charm you--for sure!", "The backup chorus enhances the beauty of this number, too.", "\"Rocket Man\" lets Stevie tell the story of a love gone awry; he uses the image of the two lovers rocketing toward the sky of love and then he falls suddenly back to earth as he expresses his chagrin over losing his woman.", "The drums and percussion do a great job on this number; and the strings add a lot to the musical arrangement as well.", "\"Master Blaster (Jammin')\" has a catchy reggae beat as Stevie sings about peace coming to Zimbabwe.", "Sounds like a great reason to celebrate this song to me!", "Stevie's voice remains in excellent form and I liked the background vocals, too.", "\"Do Like You\" tells the sweet story of a young boy who surprises everyone by being a naturally talented dancer; the beat rocks hard and the background vocals shine on in this number once again.", "\"Lately\" is a rather sad but stunningly beautiful number about a love gone awry; and even though I hadn't listened to this album in years before yesterday I remembered the melody exactly the way I first heard it.", "\"Lately\" has a certain poignancy and beauty that I rarely hear in any song about love; the piano and Stevie's voice are sublime on this number!", "You feel truly sorry for Stevie's character as he sings this to perfection.", "\"Lately\" is a masterpiece that has been rather overlooked, in my opinion.", "Check this track out!", "\"Happy Birthday\" opens with a great musical intro and this song stands as Stevie's solid gold Happy Birthday wish to the legendary Martin Luther King, Jr.", "Unfortunately, at the time this album was released Dr.", "King's birthday was not yet a national holiday; one can only imagine the joy Stevie must have felt when Dr.", "King got his holiday--this number is stunning as Stevie and the backup chorus harmonize to perfection.", "You will remember this joyous and relentless upbeat number for ages to come; it's that good.", "It received a good amount of air time when it was first released, too.", "The liner notes give you the complete lyrics to the songs on this CD; and you get the song credits, too.", "The art work reflects great judgment and the digital remastering by Kevin Reeves leaves nothing to be desired!", "Great!", "I recommend this CD as a \"must have\" for Stevie Wonder fans; and people who enjoy music from this time period will love this CD also.", "Great job, Stevie Wonder!", "You're a genius!", "Thank you for everything!" ]

[ "Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.", "Rating: 9/10\n\nPROS:\n- The more I read, the more I liked the tone of the narration.", "James is honest and intelligent, and there's something rather charming about his resigned attitude toward life.", "Lanyon also captures the obsession of a scholar very well: when James starts looking at an antique book or manuscript, he completely loses touch with the outside world.", "- Sedgwick intrigued me almost immediately.", "He's so frigid and remote at the beginning that I at once began anticipating seeing his cold demeanor melt away when he fell in love.", "- Some of the things that happen in the story are so unusual and so unexpected that I found them uproariously funny.", "And the characters' reactions are priceless.", "James says this at one point: \"I wondered if I'd gotten in a car accident on my way to the Hotel Del Monte and was, in fact, happily hallucinating in a coma somewhere.", "\"\n- I thought the little details here and there about Charles Dickens and antique books and such were really interesting.", "They seem well researched, and there aren't so many details that the story seems overloaded or bogged down by them.", "CON:\n- Okay, so the romance maybe developed a little quickly for me to find it utterly believable.", "But it was so sweet and lighthearted and fun, I didn't really care.", "Overall comments: This is a pleasant little read: not very long, but certainly worth a couple hours' worth of time.", "There's some intrigue, some sex, some light angst, and a healthy dose of heartwarming romance.", "What's not to like?" ]

[ "against those queens early/late each year.", "Drowning a queen saves you many stings over the season, hundreds less YJs & giant nests.", "These are particularly good at getting what we call YJ 'hornets\" that are like Africanized Yellow Jackets aka Ground Nesting YJ that find highly defensible positions in Pampas Grass, hollow trees, even buried in well irrigated mulch garden beds.", "Anyone disturbing their nest, even coming close will be swarmed, chased 50 yard while they bite you and sting you through your clothes; they can hold on with a bite & repeatedly sting, while giving off pheromones that lead others to your location.", "Wasp sprays can't do it alone....", ".", "Best locations: near cedar trees (bark chewed to begin & add to new nests), along tree/fence lines of travel, near nesting evidence - even if removed, every 50'\nHangers: nylon cord hung from tree about chest high, bend open a paper clip to accept hole in top = easy to replace & to dispose of other.", "Warning - paper clips should be secured to tree when not hanging a bag, as these could catch a lawn mower's eye, hat, clothes, etc.", "Keep filled to proper level or it won't work.", "Initial days - not yet seasoned enough to work\nAncient days (over the exposure limit as per instruction) - still works to draw in flies (that the dead wasps couldn't eat)" ]

[ "25 to Life is a real crappy game when you play the regular missions.", "But when you play online, it's all different.", "When you play the regular game, you start out as Freeze.", "You must sneak out of this warehouse and kill all the police.", "Then the police are look for you, and you must sneak to your apartment.", "(That's how far I got in the mission).", "But then online.", "Oh My GOD!!", "you can make your own gang with it's own name and colors, join other people's gangs, battle other gangs, and talk to other gamers online(its better when you have a headset), customize your own people, and just do everything you can't do in the regular game.", "I'd recommend to only get this game if you have online, because that's the only fun you'll have with it is when you do so.", "And also, the bonus soundtrack that comes with it has blazin tracks from Geto Boys, 2pac, DMX, and many others.", "It's a good game and CD.", "I think it's worth 19.", "99(plus tax)." ]

[ "This is an easy corer to use.", "You push down on the stem end and punch out the core of the apple.", "Peel first or not.", "Sometimes you get a wonky apple and the core misses a few seeds but that can be handled when you quarter the apple (a bit of trimming with the paring knife.", ") This is fast.", "I used to have one of those slice-and-core type corers but this is so much better.", "It's more compact in the tool drawer and it works a lot better.", "It's actually faster and cleaner to use the paring knife to cut the apple wedges if that's what you want.", "The handle is nice and grippy and thick for a good grip as you push it into the apple, and the blade is sharpe enough to easy penetrate the fruit and push out the core.", "I use this all the time." ]

[ "This cereal tastes great!", "It's light, crunchy and mildly sweet.", "You don't get any weird after tastes that other gluten free products tend to have.", "It tastes like real cereal and not a fake gluten free version of cereal...", "if you know what I mean.", "It stays crunchy in all milk varieties (dairy and non-dairy).", "I just love it!!!", "I even pack in little containers and take to work to eat dry as a snack.", "The cereal comes in environmental friendly bags.", "You get 6 bags per shipment.", "I pour a bag into a large air tight pasta jar for easy dispensing and I put the empty bangs in the recycle bin.", "You really can't beat the convenience and price of Amazon's Subscribe and Save.", "I highly recommend this product." ]

[ "3.", "5 stars, but I'm rounding up because I know the author.", "That was full-disclosure item #1.", "Full-disclosure item #2 is that I may have trouble reviewing the book accurately because not only do I know the author (that's hurdle 1) there were also several instances of animals in jeopardy.", "That's hurdle #2 and, quite frankly, that's a big hurdle for me.", "There are a lot of books I've outright abandoned because of the animal-in-jeopardy thing (J.", "T. Ellison's debut involved killing a puppy in the first few pages.", "There was a Susannah Kearsey book chockablock with cruelty to horses that also got jettisoned pretty quickly.", ") So, getting that information out of the way, what did I think?", "I'm a long-time fan of mystery stories but also a long-time disgruntled Christian who doesn't care for much of the work targeted to my religious demographic.", "As petty as it sounds I was actually thrilled to find a mystery story with some meat on the bones where the characters had a life more like mine.", "Yes, they went to church, but they also drank wine knowledgably, used psuedo-slang when startled or frustrated.", "Actually, I drink less and talk more but that's beside the point.", "These were REAL people in a book meant for Christians, as opposed to the usual Goofus and Gallant nonsense we usually have to choke down.", "That was a very pleasant surprise for me.", "The mystery elements did sort of frustrate me at times to be honest, though.", "The book literally opens with the Discovery Of The Body, and we plunge headlong into all the intrigue surrounding the suspicious death.", "I tend to prefer mysteries where we get an introduction to the players in the opening chapter so that when they're confronted with The Main Event I actually feel invested in what's going on.", "Because of the cold open I had a bit of a time getting to where I cared about Anna beyond \"okay, I guess this is the protagonist.", "\" As a protagonist, Anna also frustrated me at times.", "There were a couple of instances where I felt she was stirring the pot senselessly and that the escalation of the conflict and harm to those she cared about was HER fault because of her stupidity and I had a hard time not smacking her across the face.", "When you think about it, that's a real testament to Kaufman's skill as an author.", "Here's this character doing really annoying things(*spoiler at the bottom of the review*) but _I was annoyed_.", "The character and the setting were real enough for me to be invested enough to be annoyed.", "A bad writer wouldn't be able to make me care.", "A bad writer would get a two-star review.", "So ultimately I would suggest you check out this book if you are interested in mysteries, interested in the maturation process of fiction targeted to the Christian culture and can get past the whole animals-in-jeopardy thing.", "SPOILERS TO FOLLOW....", "DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT CARE TO HAVE SECTIONS OF THE STORY DISCUSSED PRIOR TO EXPERIENCING THEM FOR YOURSELF.", "IF YOU DO READ ANYWAY I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISAPPOINTMENT OR HARDSHIP YOU SUFFER IN RELATION TO THE REVELATIONS HEREIN.", "There were a couple of scenes that seemed designed as a bit of a straw-man takedown thing, and those were where I wanted to slap Anna.", "The worst was on Christmas Eve.", "When Anna skipped out on the Christmas parties of her friends to go crash the witches' Anti-Christmas potluck I was already nervous for the poor dog and this just left me terrified from that point on that she was going to get her dog killed.", "So I had a really difficult time with Anna up until the conclusion." ]

[ "Game holds up after a long ten years of last gen gaming.", "The Ultimate Edition still doesn't look as good as this, sure some issues with tearing and a few small things were fixed, but it's nothing I ever noticed to begin with.", "And the newest Remaster looks to clean and polished.", "This original is how it's meant to look, gritty, dirty, smokey, delapidated buildings, old vines/foliage, and everything just crumbling around you.", "This is why I have no need for an XB1.", "These old games are just to classic and play best on the old hardware.", "I just picked up a brand new 360 for 179$ with a 500gb HDD.", "And I use PS4 to play the current gen stuff on.", "This and Resident Evil 4 changed the way we play shooters all together.", "And may be imitated, but NEVER duplicated.", "Just started going through this after playing (some) of the newer one, but i sold my XB1 not long after.", "I'm content with the old ones, as I said.", "This looks and plays just like I remember, and feels more exciting than anything new.", "Gears 4 may have some dynamic weather effects and new things, but it will never reach the caliber of this game.", "Sorry Kids.", "This is the pinnacle of cover based shooters.", ":) Even looks better than some CURRENT gen stuff, and that's a fact.", ":)" ]

[ "I bought two of these.", "Running them off separate timers.", "I'm generally pleased with the operation.", "They are quiet, spread the water uniformly.", "I was concerned about the spike, but decided to wait and see if it held up.", "I pushed mine in by hand; nothing broken.", "Then again, I'm not moving them around except to mow the lawn.", "The grass is coming up.", "I'm always concerned about plastic things.", "They always break and I'm wondering how long these will last.", "For the money they are cheap, but I'd rather not keep reordering the things.", "Last thing, rather funny - when the units arrived in the cardboard box, the spikes were projecting out of the box roughly 8\".", "Nothing broke in shipping." ]

[ "I love this movie.", "It's such great example of what a science fiction movie should be...", "that said, I know people have problems with this particular version, the directors cut.", "One obvious change was the omission of the narration by Deckard (Harrison Ford).", "People have said that it takes away from the noir aspect, and maybe it does.", "Others will say that the narration doesn't need to be there, as the studio didn't give people enough credit to figure out what was going on themselves.", "I read somewhere that the studio, prior to a full blown release, ran test screenings and made changes based on audience reaction.", "I actually own the other version on laserdisc, and I just recently picked up this director's cut, and I like both.", "I am not sure why both versions couldn't be released on one disc so people could just watch the one they want, but there you go.", "Maybe this will happen in the future.", "Back to the movie.", "In case you haven't seen it, it's set in the future, a future where man has created replicants to do the hazardous work for humans.", "Only problem is they made the replicants too good, in that the newest versions have developed a sense of self awareness, and some have gone renegade.", "Rick Deckard, a Blade Runner, played by Harrison Ford, is responsible for hunting and terminating these renegade replicants.", "A small group of replicants has escaped some offworld colony, and made their way back to earth to try and save themselves from shutting down as replicants only live for so long.", "I don't want to give too much away, maybe I already have, but this review cannot do the movie justice.", "The attention to detail, the amazing backdrop of a hellish Los Angeles of the future, just the right mix of story and action, the grittiness, it's all so amazing well done.", "And Rutger Hauer gives what I think is his best performance ever as Roy Batty, leader of the group of renegade replicants, specifically during his scenes with Deckard.", "He creates within his character a sense of danger, forboding, but also a sense of sympathy.", "There are a number of layers at work in the movie, so it's prime for repeated viewing.", "I would suggest seeing both versions, and then making up you own mind which you like better.", "Regardless, this is the epitome of a great science fiction movie." ]

[ "Welles did such a definitive Rochester for me, exactly as my mind's eye saw him in the novel, that it is hard for me to appreciate anyone else in that role.", "However, George C.", "Scott did a very good, very restrained Rochester in his later version and this version presents a very good Rochester as well.", "Morton as Jane Eyre confirms my earlier opinion from her performance in \"Sweet And Low Down\" that she is an actress to watch.", "As far as faithfulness to the novel, I really don't demand that from films which are a very different creative medium from novels.", "The basic story has become a timeless classic, often copied but never equaled.", "Jane is a poor orphan who becomes a governess for Rochester's ward.", "He is a wealthy man with a beautiful estate.", "They fall in love but a horrible dilemma from his past comes forth to haunt them both.", "Visit my blog with link given on my profile page here or use this phonetically given URL (livingasseniors dot blogspot dot com).", "Friday's entry will always be weekend entertainment recs from my 5 star Amazon reviews in film, tv, books and music.", "These are very heavy on buried treasures and hidden gems.", "My blogspot is published on Monday, Wednesday & Friday." ]

[ "Really wasn't excited about dropping $150 for BT headset, but at this point, I was desperate.", "Business sales calls are my bread and butter, and just one bad call could cost me, at least that's how I'm justifying buying this thing.", "Compared to every other headset I've owned, M50, Jawbone Prime, M165, the Bose is by far better in every way except battery life and voice info for battery life (plantronics got this right).", "I also listen to a lot of podcasts, and right away, you have your bass back, which is nice even for podcasts, sounds \"good\" again...", "maybe too good.", "The battery life is good for the most of the day for me, off and on listening and 20-30 calls throughout the day.", "Constant listening kills the battery in about 4 hours.", "Call quality on the OTHER END is important and haven't had a single complaint, where as all others would have at least one a day.", "The fit is surprisingly good, I'd still like an earloop, but it takes a lot of effort to get this thing to fall out of your ear, and it's also the most comfortable earpiece I've ever tried.", "My M165 was painful after a couple hours, not so with Bose.", "Bottom line, it's somewhat overpriced, but everything Bose sells is, if I didn't make my money on the phone I'd probably stay with Plantronics.", "All things considered, no regrets, it was the best available at the time." ]

[ "Okay, I'll admit every word, the US release of the first DDR was the worst DDR title ever to hit the shelves, but it's only good for those who have never tried the other imported DDR titles for the PlayStation and Dreamcast.", "Sorry, but us DDR veterans are too familiar with the first US release.", "Finally it's the year 2002, and the newest sequel to DDR has finally arrive.", "Enter DDR Konamix, the most anticipated DDR title for the American PlayStation (hopefully, an arcade version of Konamix will release).", "This version of DDR is truly the leader of all party games among all the other PSX party games!", "Now it's time for me to give you the lowdown on this game!", "Nowadays, none of us DDRers seem to care about the graphics.", "We just care about getting the steps correctly by doing either freestyle or performing dance routines, but let me explain the character visuals.", "The 3D dancers look great and even better looking that the first DDR characters seen on the first US release.", "The replay value is much more bigger than the other two DDR installments.", "You still get the Workout Mode (I still reccomend it, if you're planning on losing weight!", ") and the Lesson Mode.", "But the newest addition to Konamix, is the Edit Mode, where you can create your own steps for each song.", "If the Edit Mode is not enough for you (you picky little snot!", "), then you'll really get your groove on in Battle Mode.", "This is only available when you're playing the Arcade Mode.", "Basically, your main objective is to get the highest score in the game!", "Battle Mode is perhaps, in my opinion, one of the most enjoyable modes in the game, and it still is!", "With those modes available, it will keep you hooked for a [heckuva] long time!", "If you guys have seen the impressive interface of DDR 4th Mix and DDR Extra Mix on the PlayStation, prepare to be amazed!", "DDR Konamix is using the 4th Mix interface and just like DDR 4th Mix, the songs are divided into groups.", "And this time, Konami was using their head when it comes to the choice of songs!", "As always, The music to DDR sounds cool, mixing different genres in one game like Techno, Hip-Hop, Trance, House, R&B and Jazz.", "KOA (Konami of America) has brought some of the mega hit songs from the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mix like B4U, Dead End, Luv To Me, Celebrate Nite, Earth Light,.", "59, Afronova Primeval, Burnin' The Floor, End of the Century, Look to the Sky, Diving Money, Groove, Dynamite Rave, Brilliant 2U and much more from where that came from.", "And for the first time ever, just like on the other imported DDR titles and arcade games, you can unlock 20 secret songs like Let The Beat Hit 'Em (Classic R&B Style), Holic, DXY, Leading Cyber, Do It Right, Paranoia Rebirth, Drop Out, La Senorita Virtual, AM-3P (303 Bass Mix), Can't Stop Fallin' In Love, Absolute, Dive, and more!", "Sorry, but I don't want to give out the complete song list.", "If you want to check out the complete songlist,...", "just buy the game at your local retailer.", "Sorry, neither both versions of Butterfly are in this version.", "And to those of you who were expecting Stomp To My Beat, Rythym and Police K.", "O.G.G 3 Mix, I'm Alive (KCP Discontique Mix), Hero (All three versions), Bumblebee, Kick the Can, or Dream A Dream!", "I wonder why they don't allow those songs on the US version.", "I guess Konami didn't want to, probably because the Konami staff didn't like those songs or just didn't have enough time to bring in more to the mix.", "Sorry!", "Maybe on the next US release of DDR!", "If you happen to check on the manual to the game, you will see some profiles of diffrent DDR artists like DJ Taka, Naoki Maeda (the largest profile among the other artists), Scotty D, and more.", "And if you look closely on the \"Special Thanks\" section of the credits, you will see names of different players like DJ 8-Ball, Mel B, Jason Ko, and more.", "...", "All in all, DDR Konamix is far by, the GREATEST DDR game of all time!", "To those of you who are still planning to buy imported versions of DDR, throw them off the window!", "DDR Konamix has the best variety of songs to choose from.", "Definently worth your money if you want something better than the other US DDR release you have at home!", "If you wan't to skip out on the slightly disappointing US version of DDR or if you just feel too lazy to get the imported versions, get DDR Konamix now at your retailer!", "..." ]

[ "I'm thrilled with how well this stand has met my very specific needs.", "Due to disability, I have to sit down when I play but, unfortunately, my old 2-tier X-stand holds my upper keyboard so high above the lower one that it blocks my view of the audience (even though I'm by no means short, at 6'1).", "Thankfully, this Z-style stand has fantastic vertical adjustability and I'm able to set it so that my upper keyboard sits just an inch or two above the lower one.", "Eye contact is important when you're performing on stage, and with this stand I can finally see over the top of my gear again.", "With both of my keyboards in place, this stand is truly solid as a rock.", "Unlike my X-stand, there's hardly any rocking motion when I'm playing with this stand (and I play very passionately).", "Out of the box, putting it together was only mildly troublesome.", "It's just a question of figuring out which piece is which, and which easy-turn knob fits in which hole, etc.", "Nothing too complex, but certainly a bit more involved than assembling a typical X-stand.", "However, once the initial set-up is complete, the Z-stand really shines...", "it's very simple to adjust the height, width, and 2nd-tier angle to match your personal preference.", "The versatility of this stand is remarkable!", "For transportation, it's obviously not as quick and easy as closing up an X-stand, but if you disconnect the two crossbars, you instantly have four separate pieces that can lie down flat.", "Remove the upper tier arms, and the footprint shrinks even further.", "You probably wouldn't need to do this all the time, but if you were to completely dismantle the stand, you could carry the entire thing in an average sized sports bag.", "It's well designed in that respect.", "It's more expensive than the traditional X-stands of course, but I think it's well worth the investment for the additional stability and versatility it provides.", "All in all, I LOVE THIS STAND!", "I've bought four or five different keyboard stands over the years, but I would buy this one again in a heartbeat.", "It's my new favorite.", "*************\nFYI, I also bought an&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/On-Stage-KSA7575-Universal-Keyboard-Stand-Microphone-Attachment-Bar/dp/B0010GNU9Q/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">On Stage KSA7575 Universal Keyboard Stand Microphone Attachment Bar</a>, so that I can mount a microphone boom directly onto the rear of the stand.", "I'm happy to report that the round attachment fits perfectly and securely into the square tubing of this stand.", "In addition, I also ordered an&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/On-Stage-QK2B-Microphone-Clip-Quick-Release/dp/B0007SL86A/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">On Stage QK2B Microphone Clip Quick Release</a>&nbsp;so that I can remove the boom arm with just a quick push of a button, rather than having to rotate the whole thing around and around.", "It works like a charm!", "That's it!", "I hope you find this review helpful.", "Happy shopping!" ]

[ "Had pain for about 14 months.", "My Orthopedic said surgery would not help it - that surgery for this type of injury/problem rarely helps.", "Usually TIME does help and most pain will fade with this 'tennis elbow' (I got mine from moving landscape rocks - too many of them - in my yard), but that healing could take up to 14 months!!!", "Needless to say I was quite impatient.", "So I did the cortizone shots, and steroids by mouth and none of this helped.", "Time marched on, almost to the day, my pain was majorly reduced.", "I had already ordered this band, but was thrilled to do something to get better.", "Now I use it to help strengthen my muscles in that arm and hopefully it won't ever come back again.", "Yeah, it came when I was 'feeling better', BUT I do believe that it is helping me to stay stronger in the sense that the pain is under control.", "Good news is, I am back to working out and living life again.", ":)" ]

[ "Okay, first of all.", "I really love this iPhone cover!", "It has saved my phone many times.", "I didn't want the bulky Otterbox that was waterproof, so I picked this one.", "It isn't bulky at all.", "I love gray and black so I love the colors I picked.", "They look stylish with my white iPhone.", "The only complain I have is that sometimes when I get a new screen protector, the side of the cover will rub on it and cause debris to get under the screen protector on the corners.", "This is a problem I have with any cover though.", "I dropped my phone the day that I put the new commuter case on it out of a 6inch lifted truck with 37's on it.", "That is quite a high drop to fall from.", "It fell and there was not a scratch on the phone, there was a minor scratch on the gray part of the cover but it disappeared after a day or two because of the material it is made out of.", "I was so excited to know that I have this much protection for my iPhone.", "I HIGHLY recommend the cover.", "It is also for a great price." ]

[ "I remember when I watched the Bravo 100 Scariest Movie Moments and seeing Suspiria at #24 and, having never seen it but having seen other Argento releases, I decided to give it a chance.", "I purchased the unrated edition which definitely has the feel of one, and I was not at all disappointed.", "The only thing that I was slightly disappointed by was there wasn't enough of that creepy woman in the end, but that's really what makes Suspiria a just-about-classic movie.", "The movie is about a young American girl who is going off to a school in Germany to study dance and theater, but boy does this girl get more than she bargained for in this film.", "The opening 20 minutes of Suspiria are stylish, creepy, and downright classic, and it's just as great that the rest of the film remains as strong.", "You can feel the suspense; you can feel the terror; you can see the colors of the make-up and blood are almost too realistic, which just adds to the tense horror.", "Suspiria is probably most remembered for its opening sequence where one of the short-lived characters (a student) enters her bathroom to freshen up and she hears creepy noises from outside.", "Out of nowhere, a set of creepy eyes appear and then a hand smashes into the room from outside and the poor girl is pounded into the window and then snatched outside and we never see the killer, but we see horrible things happen in a beautiful way (much like Blood and Black Lace).", "The ending of the film is mysterious and strong, but ultimately, SUSPIRIA is too.", "Argento would go on to help produce such films as DEMONS, DEMONS 2, and a re-version of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA that isn't quite as memorable.", "But with SUSPIRIA, Argento continued the great tradition of excellent work he had already mastered with PHENOMENA." ]

[ "Dark Mirror is one of many in the long line of Syphon Filter games.", "It carries on the tradition of excellent third-person shooting action serving as the foundation for a twisting plot of intrigue and conspiracy.", "A sensitive incident at a refinery in Alaska leads to an investigation by agent Gabe Logan and his covert team.", "What they uncover is not what they expected and when things just don't add up they dig deeper, slowly adding pieces to the puzzle of a deadly conspiracy.", "In order to keep up with the story, it's important to find hidden evidence on each level and read the files in your inventory.", "They provide essential details to story progress.", "Without them (they aren't necessary), it's sometimes difficult to figure out the whos and whys of what is going on.", "The twists and turns come fast, and apart from the occasional unaccounted for gap due to missing intel, the story is solid.", "Deception abounds and Dark Mirror feels more like a mystery than past tactical espionage-oriented Syphon Filter games.", "This time around, the missions are presented in smaller pieces with simpler designs.", "You can sit down and play through one part of a mission in under 10 minutes.", "There are checkpoints within these bite-sized areas at critical locations so you never have to backtrack far if you die or do something that results in mission failure.", "The levels themselves are fairly straightforward and linear, but it doesn't feel too constrained and there is room for tactical experimentation, as well as secrets to find.", "Most of the time you will be moving, sneaking, shooting, aiming and taking cover.", "Stealth has always been a staple of Syphon Filter, and it is well represented in Dark Mirror.", "Doing things quietly often ensures resistance along your path is lighter.", "However, stealth is not necessary in most cases, and there is no severe punishment for attempting it and being caught.", "You can get a rush of anticipation as you sneak around your quarry, or you can get a rush of adrenalin when they spot you and assault you full force.", "However you want to play it, Dark Mirror will accommodate you.", "When you do get into trouble, you can now take cover along walls or behind obstacles.", "This is a new addition to Syphon Filter gameplay and while it isn't a new gaming concept, it has been done properly here.", "Not sticking your neck out needlessly can save your life, but with Dark Mirror's fairly easy difficulty you can usually opt to just stand in the open and fire if you're quick on the trigger.", "Again, this allows casual gamers to enjoy the action while allowing more tactically-minded individuals to be more deeply involved in the battlefield.", "Enemies are unpredictable yet intelligent, many times using cover as you would.", "When they have you outnumbered they take advantage of the situation to put pressure on you and ferret you out.", "There is a very nice assortment of weapons and devices for Gabe and company to use.", "Pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, submachineguns, experimental weaponry, explosives, grenades, etc.", "At any one time you can carry one sidearm, one submachinegun, one rifle (sniper or otherwise), the experimental agency rifle you carry at all times, a melee weapon, and an explosive.", "The experimental rifle shoots darts of various types: explosive, poison gas or electric shock.", "Firearms have varying attributes and fire modes, so some are better under certain circumstances.", "Generally speaking though, most any gun can get the job done for you, so it's almost never a matter of not having the right tool for the job.", "With all of these toys at your disposal, it's a ton of fun for anyone who loves guns.", "Again, Dark Mirror makes itself accessible to casual gamers and hardcore shooter fans alike.", "You also have access to a set of high-tech goggles that have three different modes: night vision, infra-red, and electromagnetic.", "Armor and medkits are places around the levels and provide a quick refresh after particularly intense areas.", "The graphics are neat and clean.", "While the PS2 can push out more dazzle than is presented in Dark Mirror, this game succeeds in looking fantastic in it's simplicity.", "If you're used to the high-end CG cutscenes of late, you may be a little disappointed in the movies Dark Mirror provides, but the in-game action still looks good.", "The sound is decent, with some good voice acting and a lot of spoken lines during play.", "I can't help but feel there could be a little more oomph to the guns and some more environmental sounds, but again Dark Mirror succeeds in its simplicity.", "The music is provided by several composers, including the ubiquitous Mark Snow.", "Nothing terribly rousing here, but it keeps pace with the highs and lows of the action.", "Despite these easy to swallow portions, and an emphasis on simplicity, there is a lot on the table to enjoy, and Dark Mirror offers about 10 hours of story playtime.", "In addition, there is a Mission Mode where you can replay levels and earn ratings in tactical areas such as headshots, stealth kills, use of rifle darts, survivability, and knife skills.", "For your performances, you are awarded badges of merit, and these patches unlock additional weapons, abilities such as increased health, and new bonus levels.", "Earning full ratings for each level usually requires you to play through it a few more times, each time focusing on a different tactic.", "Due to the quick-fire nature of the missions, this is quick and fun, but can eat up a lot of time in the long run, making Dark Mirror very replayable.", "Dark Mirror is quite enjoyable.", "It doesn't shoot itself in the foot by catering to casual or hardcore action gamers.", "Instead, it allows for both, and does so admirably.", "On a final note, Dark Mirror was brought over to the PS2 after being made for the PSP.", "Everything was designed for quick portable gaming in mind.", "This accounts for the short mission structure, somewhat easy gameplay (it's much easier to move and aim with a PS2 controller), and all-round simplicity as opposed to more complex games like SOCOM or Metal Gear Solid.", "Fortunately, Dark Mirror is a shining example that satisfying gameplay and quality content don't necessarily imply complexity." ]

[ "Bernard Cornwell writes historical fiction, most of it in the old style of Forrester's Hornblower and F.", "Van Wyck Mason.", "Much of his work has been the story of Richard Sharpe and his adventures as a member of Wellington's British army during the Peninsula Campaign in the war against Napoleon's France.", "The character Richard Sharpe is an illegitimate orphan from London's workhouses who enlisted in the army one step ahead of prison and hanging.", "He served in Wellington's army in India and saved Wellington's life in a battle.", "As a reward he was made an officer.", "The Sharpe's Rifles series begins with Richard as a Lieutenant, and takes him through battles and hard-earned promotions to Waterloo.", "Eight of the novels were made into a BBC television series, which has been shown on US public television and which is available on cassette.", "Cornwell wrote one additional book in the series, filling in between two earlier ones, and one Sharpe novel which occurs well after the Napoleonic Wars.", "He then started a \"prequel\" series providing background and telling the story of Richard Sharpe in India.", "Sharpe's Fortress is the fourth in the series set in India.", "Richard is already commissioned, and is just beginning to feel the alienation from fellow-officers because he isn't a gentleman.", "He is also learning to deal with enmity from enlisted soldiers because he isn't a proper officer-a gentleman who gives orders by right.", "The series of battles which led to the defeat of the Mahrattas and established the British Raj in India is interesting history.", "This novel begins with the Battle of Argaum and ends with the Siege of Gawilghur, which broke the back of the Mahratta empire.", "Now Sharpe and Wellington will be heading back to England, and this reader hopes that Cornwell will have more exciting stories to cover the six years between the end of this book and the beginning of Sharpe's Rifles.", "Richard Sharpe is to the British Army what Horatio Hornblower was to the British Navy.", "And Cornwell's stories are wonderful reading." ]

[ "Tax season: Doing your own taxes?", "Pros say avoid these 4 blunders\nFor instance single women receiving child support often don’t realize they may be able to use the head of household filing status.", "“They file as single and they lose a lot of money ” says Michele Cagan a CPA in Baltimore.", "People who recently married or divorced also are especially prone to using the wrong filing status which results in botched returns overpaid or underpaid taxes and other headaches she adds.", "“Just because you guys aren’t living in the same house doesn’t mean you’re divorced for tax purposes ” she says.", "“If your state has legal separation which not every state does that counts as divorce for taxes but otherwise if you’re technically married on Dec.", "31 you’re married and you have to file married.", "”\nSometimes people decide to file their tax returns after the April deadline because they can’t afford to pay to the IRS what they owe.", "That’s a huge mistake Cagan says.", "Filing late compounds money problems.", "“There are pretty big fines and penalties for not filing on time especially if you owe ” she warns.", "Late-filing penalties typically cost 5% of your unpaid tax for each month your tax return is late.", "And late-payment penalties run 0.", "5% of your unpaid tax for each month your tax payment is late.", "That’s just at the federal level and it excludes interest.", "Filing an extension doesn’t get you more time to pay she says.", "It’s just an extension of the time to file.", "There’s also no reason to procrastinate on preparing your return.", "“If you file early you don’t have to pay early.", "That’s another thing people don’t know ” Cagan says.", "“You can file early owe money and as long as you pay by the deadline you’re fine.", "”\nThe rules about who counts as a dependent can be complicated but one thing is clear: Two people can’t claim the same person as a dependent.", "Divorced couples mess it up all the time though Cagan says.", "Both parents mistakenly claim the kids as dependents or neither does.", "“People don’t talk to each other because they’re getting divorced and they don’t want to talk to each other ” she says.", "People often use the same tax software version for far too long Cagan says.", "They assume that what worked last year also will work this year.", "But events such as buying a house having a baby or getting married can create more-complex tax situations she says." ]

[ "I bought this DVD for many reasons.", "One reason is because I wanted to see Bjork's videos.", "I have never seen a full Bjork Video, ever since I heard of her.", "She's got this great sound, which pulls me deeper and deeper into her music, but I haven't had a good visual interpretation of her.", "So, I took the chance and bought the DVD.", "I'm happy to say that this collection of videos is amazing!", "The clarity in the picture, the sound, the editing, and the choice of videos is excellent.", "Bjork hasn't changed that much.", "Video #1 (Human Behavior) is so cute and she seems to be really innocent.", "But in others like \"Possibly Maybe\", \"Play Dead\", \"Pagan Poetry\" and \"Hunter\"...", "they are all so different.", "Bjork never looks the same way twice.", "She's such a chameleon, and she's really pretty too!", "I love her facial expressions, which do happen to bring out a hidden beauty about her.", "I think my favourite video of all, is the one for \"Possibly Maybe\".", "This song in general is so dramatic, and I love the lyrics.", "The image of her floating in the screen with big hair is so lovely!", "The way they made her up in 6 different ways, and the lighting effects they used for the background is all really stunning!", "I love the way they gave her the puffed up hair, when she gets to the \"Electric shocks...", "i love them...", "\" part.", "Her makeup is so dramatic, and I have never looked at her as an image of beauty until now.", "The entire DVD is quite long, considering there are some really short DVDs out there.", "But this one is perfect.", "It's like a real long story, and each song is a new chapter.", "This is the tracklist and a little thought on each one:\nHuman Behavior: I like seeing her in a remote scene like this.", "It's really simple, yet we get the idea of what she's trying to tell us.", "Venus as a boy: I love it!", "She's cooking an egg, and getting all warm and fuzzy inside, thinking about this guy.", "She's really erotic and it comes out in this one.", "I love the way she playfully inspects the egg frying!", "Play Dead: Cool video!", "I didn't know that Harvey Keitel was in it!", "Bjork really goes nuts with her voice.", "It's so dramatic!", "Big Time Sensuality: I like the original version of the song better!", "For a video, this one would have been a lot better with the fast, original version.", "But it's still good!", "Violently Happy: Weird!", "Totally Weird!", "All that hair being cut, and the doll at the end, saying \"I'm the baby...", "I'm the baby!", "\"\nArmy of Me: Excellent video, and it's really funny!", "The Gorilla dentist and the large monster truck driving...", "it's got to be Bjork!", "Isobel: My second favorite song of Bjork.", "I like the video, but it's not the most interesting!", "It's oh so quiet: Wow!", "What great choreography!", "No wonder this one won an award!", "I love the way it goes from really hush to absolutely nuts.", "Can't believe I never saw this video before!", "Hyperballad: Neat video.", "I like her side profile in the mountain.", "Even here, you see a naturally beautiful edge to Bjork.", "I noticed she blinks her eyes when she gets to the part where she says \"And will my eyes be closed or open?", "\"\nPossibly Maybe: Excellent song and video!", "I love the neon glow on everything!", "Bjork is so well made up in this one.", "It's really dramatic and so like her to lick the pile of yellow sand on the floor!", ":-)\nI miss you: Weird!", "I'm not too crazy about the old-fashioned cartooning.", "She's portrayed as a funny, bouncy red-headed chick with the tendancy to rip creatures apart.", "How sickly weird is that?", "Joga: I don't know what to say about this one yet!", "Bachelorette: The landscapes of Iceland are beautiful, but it seems to turn into some computerized game at parts, when the land splits apart.", "I wish that we saw more Bjork in this one!", "Hunter: The way they computerized Bjork's transformations is hirlarious.", "She seems to be shaking off the graphics like some kind of flies on her ears!", "This one took a lot of work to do, I imagine!", "Alarm Call: My third favorite.", "The remix is great, and it's really amusing.", "The scenery is perfect, and i wish they didn't edit the F-Word out like that.", "Sheesh...", "I'ts got a \"parental advisory\" sticker on it, after all!", "All is full of love: I love this one too!", "It's way up there, tied with the \"Possibly Maybe\" video.", "This is incredible how they made the robot's faces move like Bjork's own face.", "This one should have won many awards!", "Hidden Place: This one is really weird, with all that elcrified goo going in and out of her nose, computer generatedly.", "Pagan Poetry: Ouch!", "That must be really painful!", "Imagine wearing a dress made entirely of pearls and thread, sewn into your torso.", "We see Bjork's naked chest, and I think this is the one of the most dramatic videos that she has made!", "Cocoon: She looks so old, with her hair done up in that \"Granny Roll\" on the front.", "It's way too weird to be at the end of the DVD!", ":-)\nIt's in our hands: Don't know what to say about it yet.", "Nature is Ancient: I think this one is really weird...", "watching a sperm fertilize an egg.", "It's the most original of all the videos, but we don't see Bjork at all.", "What a way to end a DVD!", "So, now that I have given my 2 cents worth, for each song, I feel that you should go and buy this DVD.", "Bjork is really the most original female artist I've ever heard of.", "She's not afraid to express herself.", "I don't think she's the type that will be chewed up and spit out like some of the trashy commercially produced women in music today.", "Hope my review helps you!" ]

[ "is if I were a secret character.", "Please somebody hook me up to an IV of SSBM.", "Never before has a game been this addicting.", "If you like mario, buy this game.", "If you like zelda, buy this game!", "Even if you hate pokemon to the point you set your little brothers Pikachu Doll on fire, buy this game.", "I really don't like the fighting genre, but is that what this game is supposed to be?", "I just call it a take all the best nintendo characters, ridiculous amounts of stuff for you to do and unlock, never see the light of day, call up your friends and make them use the [inexpensive] paddle so you feel better about yourself kind of game.", "This is your chance to take all your aggresion about pokemon out on pokemon.", "Oh yeah and the graphics and levels look amazing!", "Buy this game!", "Buy this game!", "Buy this game!" ]

[ "I purchased this product for my GEForce 8400 graphics card because I don't have a digital monitor.", "The monitor I have is an AOC 18\".", "After I connected the adapter I was able to see a sharper image on my monitor.", "The price is right.", "The product arrived on time.", "Just want you to know that this is a DVI-I to VGA adapter.", "It is a dual link adapter.", "Before you purchase a DVI adapter please check your graphics card's output first, you have to check and see if the output is a DVI-I or DVI-D.", "The DVI-I has analog and digital output and most monitors will work, even old CRT monitors.", "If your graphic card has a DVI-D output (digital only) then you will need to purchase a DVI-D to VGA adapter, but at the same time you will need to investigate a little more to determine if your monitor will drive or display signal going through the DVI-D adapter." ]

[ "Let me begin by saying I am not at all a vampire fan - meaning I have never read a vampire book, never read a horror novel, and do not watch horror movies.", "(Of course, years ago I did see parts of the black and white Dracula movie.", "Who hasn't, right?", ") Well, I must admit that I was curious about this recent \"vampire craze\", so I thought, \"Why not give it a try and read the classic that started it all?", "\" So I did.", "I read it in less than a week.", "Honestly, I wasn't expecting to like it.", "So I was pleasantly surprised and shocked to discover that I actually loved it!", "I was instantly pulled into the story.", "I do agree with a few other reviewers that at times it is a little slow - but the slow areas didn't last long at all.", "Also, keep in mind this was written in 1897 when there was no radio or television.", "Books were their only source of entertainment, so people didn't mind a few slow parts back then.", "About the plot - Again, I was pleasantly surprised.", "You read more about all the characters who are affected by Dracula and how they plan to kill him.", "I really enjoyed getting to know them all and being pulled into the story through their diary entries and letters.", "I had expected Dracula to be in more scenes, and he wasn't.", "But that was fine, because the story flowed really well and you saw Dracula \"when it mattered\" to the plot.", "I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.", "It only has a few bloody scenes, so do not worry on that account.", "Overall, it is a wonderful story!", "I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!", "And remember, I'm not a vampire/horror fan.", "But honestly, this book is a lot about the story of the people (Jonathan, Mina, Lucy, Dr.", "Van Helsing, Arthur, Quincy) who have been affected by Dracula - so it is really interesting!", "Give it a try!", "I think you will be pleasantly surprised, just as I was!" ]

[ "There's certain game series where I can say that I enjoy playing and find myself itching to play the next installment but I wouldn't call myself a die-hard fan of them either.", "It's sort of the difference between the day one buys and the ones you eventually buy down the line.", "I always enjoyed the Grand Theft Auto series when it made the move to 3D but I never really considered them my favorite series in gaming but since I have a Playstation 3, naturally this was on my ones to get.", "Seeing it all but shatter records including the massive amount of sales it sold within the first week, it certainly can raise the idea that this is one of the best video games ever.", "Well, it's impressive definately though the best might depend on how swept away you are by it.", "Story: You play as Niko Bellic, an immigrant fresh off the boat arriving in Liberty City (redesigned from the one seen in GTA3) with ideas to start living the \"American dream\", complete with money, women and success.", "But the dream always ends up better than reality and Niko and cousin Roman broke and living in poor conditions though through ties, connections and double-crossings, Niko can work his way up the ladder though success can also bring pain as well.", "Anyone who's ever played any of the previous releases will find themselves on familiar ground and the story found here is similar.", "You start either with nothing (here and San Andreas) or you're double-crossed forcing you to climb back up (Vice City, 3) and start taking on missions from numerous characters as you progress in making friends and new enemies.", "The problem is while Niko is a likable and even funny character, the supporting cast and their missions still follow the impersonal feel others had.", "Somebody will know somebody who will probably have more work for you and he/she will have you either kill someone or steal something or protect someone.", "After awhile it gets a bit too same-y and while the story is interesting, having to go on another assassin request gets kind of old.", "Graphics: If one were to look at 4 compared to San Andreas in terms of size, the PS2 game wins simply due to how much of it is actually in there.", "We have 3 cities, plus the outskirts in between each city but with the redesigned Liberty City which looks even more like New York than in 3, it's more about it being more detailed and diverse in its locations than simply a bunch of roads and buildings.", "The best part of the graphics I find are the lighting and the city looks quite gorgeous at night and especially moody if it's raining or a huge storm is around.", "There's the occasional framerate stutter and going super fast on your car creates a giant blur and pop-up issues but it's still quite a great looking game.", "Sound/Music: I've always loved the Grand Theft Auto series for its voice acting, mainly for how realistic it feels.", "While the Metal Gear Solid series is always well-done, the sheer amount of dialogue about politics, biology and the like makes it a bit too boring to hear.", "But here, characters talk like actual people and some are amusing in their own way.", "Sure Brucie basically feels like an OG Loc imitator and subtitles are all but required for Little Jacob and his friend Badman, it's still fun to hear the varied cast of characters.", "What I feel is a step-down is the music on the radio stations.", "One of the fun things about getting into a car was wondering what station it be tuned to and there's nothing like killing a crime boss with classical music blaring in a sort of \"Godfather\" moment or having a heavy rock song accompanying a high speed chase but here, I mainly tuned to the Chatterbox-esque stations and listened to hilarious skits and commercials.", "Gameplay: Same ideas as before.", "From missions to various stores like clothing, restaurants and strip joints but there is some changes and one is in the combat.", "While the targeting can still be improved, no longer being out in the open but instead taking on a Uncharted/Gears of War approach and being able to take cover helps though you'll occasionally be on the wrong side.", "My other gripe is actually choosing where you want to shoot and while sometimes you can choose who you want to shoot at, more often than that, your trigger seems to never want to leave the one guy across the way instead of the guy shooting and taking cover 10 feet to your right.", "There's a bit of free-aim if you lightly press R2 but it's not really as precise.", "I'm sure many will agree that getting chased by cops frequently got annoying in past games and it's still here and cops are still a bit too biased to you as well.", "On one mission, things go horribly wrong and we get surrounded by backstabbers prompting us to defend for ourselves.", "Only instead of the cops being called on the ones who started it, they're after your foreign butt and all but ignore the other handgun-wielding thugs.", "Should you be forced to be on the run, a circle will appear on your radar showing you the range of the police's reach in their wanting to arrest you so how to you drop your wanted level?", "Easy, outrun them and be outside their zone for a bit and poof, they forget about you.", "That is if you don't run smack into another police car, re-centering the circle and forcing you to outrun the new guy.", "Like the combat, it's a great idea but not as refined.", "Ditto for the cell phone which has been upgraded since San Andreas.", "Friends you make can be contacted and missions can pop up or they just call to make comments but the big feature is the options.", "Like a more enhanced girlfriend mechanic that San Andreas had where the more you date them, the more they like you, now everybody in your phone list pretty much can be taken out, whether to a restaurant or strip club or shoot some pool or take in a performance at a cabaret club.", "It's neat though used a bit annoyingly since you might call a girlfriend for a date while somebody else calls during the date asking you if you want to do something.", "Should you say no, they're a little bit upset with you.", "So wonderful, not only do I have to worry about making friends upset in real life, now I have to worry about Niko in a videogame being seen as an ***hole.", "But the phone does have messages, organizers for dates and meetings and you'll find yourself frequently consulting it.", "At this point, the amount of hype and success this game got seems dangerously close to overshadow the actual game itself with many finding disappointment in a game that isn't all that different from previous games and introduces new ideas that aren't fully fleshed out.", "However, along with Metal Gear Solid 4, it's hard to think of any other title currently on the Playstation 3 with the huge amount of attention and buzz so I'd recommend playing this though if you thought the games were starting to become a bit too formulaic then Grand Theft Auto IV might be a game that you'll admire more than fully love." ]

[ "I'm not a big fiction reader, so Lewis's \"The Great Divorce\" was somewhat outside my comfort zone.", "I decided to jump into this book as I've watched the intense conversation percolating around Rob Bell's recent \"Love Wins\" take on heaven and hell, thinking that Lewis might have some helpful thoughts to challenge my assumptions, as he always does.", "And though I found some of his figurative, poetic language in \"The Great Divorce\" to be a bit dense for me to decipher, I was ultimately fully engaged and significantly challenged by the vivid images and captivating ideas that he portrayed in this imaginative depiction of the afterlife.", "As Lewis acknowledged in the preface, \"The Great Divorce\" is not intended to be a specific depiction of what the afterlife will necessarily be.", "But Lewis offers some fascinating ideas of what things might be like, in some sense, after we depart from this earth.", "More importantly than the actual images of heaven and hell, though, I thought that his insights into the foibles and flaws of humanity are brilliantly demonstrated through the various exchanges between those already in heaven and the loved ones who are deciding where they want to be.", "The mother whose supposed love for her son is really all about herself, the pitiful man who can no longer manipulate his wife, and the man who allows his sin to be killed and only then rides into glory are such poignant and vivid images.", "But the images depict scenarios and realities that we all encounter around us and too often experience ourselves.", "Allegory still isn't my favorite style of writing, but if I'm going to read it, I'd rather it be Lewis than anyone else.", "He doesn't answer all of our questions about eternity, nor does he attempt to do so.", "But through some fascinating word-pictures, he manages to clearly demonstrate a number of vital truths about our lives on earth and destinies beyond this life in ways that a hundred sermons couldn't begin to capture.", "I expect that this is a book that I'll revisit, with anticipation that I'll uncover even more layers of Lewis's unrivaled wit and wisdom." ]

[ "Following the success of the 1992 gem Achtung Baby!", ", U2 came up with Zooropa, a disc that easily goes on the same way as its 1992 predecessor, as it keeps going with the techno-ish experiment as in Achtung Baby!.", "The disc has some strong moments; for instance, the title track has a techno feel to it combined with a solid rock gig; Baby Face, Numb and Lemon are a sign of pure pop perfection.", "Stay (So Far So Close) is a good mellow rocker, but falls flat as compared to much stronger songs like One.", "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car puts U2 back on track, with a much industrial-sounding type of alternative rock.", "The drumming sounds like a worker hammering onto a metal bar.", "Some Days Are Better Than Others has a fantastic bass line that turns the song into a catchy one.", "Also, don't miss out The Wanderer, featuring Johnny Cash.", "The lyrics on Zooropa are far from being politically influenced as on previous stuff, particularly on their breakthrough 1987 gem The Joshua Tree.", "Anyway, Zooropa is a good stuff to listen to, that is, if you are a fan of Achtung Baby!." ]

[ "Thread Words is an addictive, quick little word game developed by Amazon Digital Services for Kindle users.", "And its free how can you loose!", "Its similar to Every Word and Shuffled Row for Kindle or Letter Linker for online word gamers.", "You can play it in timed or relaxed mode (I prefer timed).", "The game has a short tutorial, although you will pick it up in a few minutes of play.", "You basically connect the dots between the letters on the board, then move up levels when you create words that use certain letter combinations.", "Most kids would also enjoy this game much, much better than shooting games, etc.", ", its quick and has some educational value.", "And remember, its free if you don't like it, so what?", "I recommend it for your Kindle." ]

[ "Many of these reviews seem to complain about the weight of these headphones.", "If you know anything about \"isolation\" you would know that isolation requires mass.", "Sound goes right through light weight materials.", "That said, they are NOT heavy...", "I have worn these for hours and hours and hours at a time recording/mixing, and I don't even know they are on my head.", "People sneak up on me and scare the crap out of me (isolation dude!", "), but they are not heavy.", "Methinks the reviewers might be bobble heads, i.", "e., people who have no neck muscles allowing their head to flop around, and with any kind of quality headphone on they can only stare at the floor.", "As far as Sound Quality goes...", "many of the posers that traipse through my recording studio own expensive headphones.", "I've listened to these, and I've yet to hear one that really compares to the Koss.", "I don't let anyone wear my Koss because then they'd realize how crappy their much more expensive headphones actually are.", "If you want Sound Quality and ability to Listen to Detail, then you want these Koss.", "Don't pay attention to reviewers who don't rely on these professionally.", "I'm a professional.", "The only downside of these are that they are Affordable, thus you can't brag about how much money you spent on your headphones, I mean, if you have a $700 pair of headphones on your head, you must be cool...", "and a great musician to boot.", "There is a reason these have been on the market for decades." ]

[ "Dylan scored big on 'Blood on the Tracks,' perhaps the first of many comebacks.", "The subject matter of love gone wrong has been taken elsewhere, especially with his wild, majestic 'Blonde on Blonde,' but 'Blood on the Tracks' finds him in fine folk form, able to draw more from experience and quiet passion.", "The known songs are all great, including the mesmerizing hit \"Tangled up in Blue,\" the excellent and hypnotic \"Simple Twist of Fate,\" and the pensive \"Shelter from the Storm\".", "Less heralded are other great songs, like, arguably the album's best, \"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts\".", "Complete with a fine story and a rollicking accompaniment, \"...", "the Jack of Hearts\" comes up with aces musically and lyrically.", "Quieter moments are highlighted with the beautiful serenade of \"You're a Big Girl Now,\" which only reminds one in style of another classic \"Just Like a Woman\".", "There's also the acoustic ballad excellence of \"If You See Her, Say Hello,\" which is written like a letter to his lover's successor.", "Still, there are moments when qualified brilliance is present.", "\"Idiot Wind\" seems to gather more pungency from the delivery than the lyrical development.", "\"Buckets of Rain,\" which ends the album caps off his folk excellence.", "According to his memoir autobiography, 'Chronicles, Vol.", "I, Dylan wrote that he, to paraphrase, sabotoged his career to escape becoming a messiah.", "In the liner notes, he is defined as a \"troubadour\".", "Indeed, he truly found himself again on 'Blood on the Tracks'.", "Too bad he had to find love gone sour to find his true footing once again." ]

[ "After spending 2 weeks in the Netherlands last year, I was hooked on Douwe Egberts coffee and found one place in all of Dallas/Ft.", "Worth that sold it.", "Finally!", "America gets Senseo!", "The coffee I woke up to for 2 weeks and loved.", "The medium and dark roast are my favorites.", "Douwe Egbert is excellent coffee.", "Once you've tasted this high quality Dutch coffee, you'll never go back to American/Columbian nor that burnt stuff sold in those bookstores.", "Hopefully prices for the coffee will come down.", "For now, it's cheaper for my friend to ship me Senseo coffee from Holland (package of 18 pads there is less than 2 Euro) than to buy it here in the States or online.", "Now I will celebrate SENSEO DAY, the day I received my Senseo machine (tho it arrived without the free coffee cups) every year!" ]

[ "I love feudal Japan.", "I've been editor for a magazine on feudal Japan for over ten years, have made kimono, and love watching Japanese movies for hours and hours.", "I have the Shogun board game, and play that quite a bit.", "Since I review strategy games for BellaOnline.", "Com, it was a natural for me to buy Shogun: Total War as soon as it was out.", "While the box makes it seem that the game is much like the board game, where you move groups of units from province to province (a la Risk), the computer game is actually far more comprehensive and intense.", "To start with, there are actual graphics for each member of a unit - it's more like having a set of forces in Age of Empires II than block-units.", "While you don't direct the individuals, they still fight on a one-by-one basis, which leads to stunning combat sequences when you're in full attack.", "Back to the basics, though.", "The game's graphics are awesome.", "If this game doesn't incite you to go buy that P3-750 with a top end sound and graphic card, nothing will.", "The rolling hills, wisps of fog floating over the individual trees, clouds reflected in the smooth stream before you, each unit with his own armor and banners and colors...", "it's stunning.", "The music is gorgeous as well.", "The narrator...", "well, he sounds like a Russian citizen trying to wander around Tokyo.", "You can't have everything.", "The tutorials are great.", "They do them in standard tutorial fashion, too: give the objectives you'll learn, step through those lessons, and then recap what you've learned.", "They are very helpful, and get you used to unit movements and formations.", "You can choose the formation within a unit and of all your units in your attack force.", "There are of course different kinds of units - ground troops with swords, archers, horsemen with spears, and many other combinations.", "As you build your fortress you can create buildings for new and interesting troops as well.", "Each unit has its own strengths, and its own morale.", "They work well on different terrain, and in different weather.", "Yes, weather affects troops too!", "Rain dampens the musketeers, while snow hinders other troops.", "Going up or downhill affects troops, and you can hide in the trees.", "This is about as close as you can get to some of the historical battles of the 1600s.", "Speaking of which, in addition to the fully customizable battle systems, you can fight historical battles as well!", "Interested in how you would have fared against some of the great Shogun of Japan?", "Load up the battle and find out.", "Want to kill off a few close friends?", "You have that option as well.", "Even if I weren't a huge fan of Japanese warfare, I'd recommend this game highly to any strategy fan.", "The combination of stellar graphics, great sound and quality gaming experience add up to a fun time for anyone!" ]

[ "I told myself I would never pay money for a monthly subscription for a game especially if I had to fork out my hard earned cash for the game itself and the expansions.", "I have been playing Guild Wars since May and have logged in over 1000 hours during that time.", "And it, as all games eventually become, got old.", "By-the-way, I enjoyed that game and got my monies worth, lol\n\nSo....", ".", "I figured I'd try out some of the different trial versions of the online MMO's out in the market.", "I tried Anarchy online, Star Wars Galaxies, and EQ2.", "None of these were worth my time and money, IMO.", "Graphics weren't that good, and gameplay was sluggish.", "SWG got a major Nurf and now people leave in droves.", "So I found I could try WOW for a ten day trial and figured I'd check it out.", "I must say that I am very impressed with this game.", "It has so impressed me that I just ordered my own copy and broke my own rule to not pay to play.", "While the graphics are not as realistic to Guild Wars(the best IMHO) and though they are a bit cartoonish, they are nevertheless very well done and beautiful.", "The screen shots don't do it justice.", "The sheer size and customability of the game is enormous!", "there are so many items, weapons, armor, etc....", "The sense of adventure and being a part of a community is awesome.", "I am a fan of instanced dungeons/missions, however, I think there needs to be a balance to it.", "Just have instanced quests only if it is a crucial part of the game.", "WOW does this just wonderfully well.", "This keeps the critical areas safe and unspoiled so as to keep the experience intact, but lets everyone intermingle everywhere else.", "I really enjoyed the real sence of community I got as I went through the game.", "Sure, there are a few jerks who spout out garbage, but the vast majority of the people are kind and helpful.", "I found that people would come by and help me defeat a monster, or throw a nice beneficial buff on me to make me better protected and so forth.", "It really made me want to do the same and throw out a heal, or take a few stabs at a critter and help my fellow adventurer win their struggle.", "Sometimes I would party up with another traveler and work together.", "It was nice to be able to do this in the middle of the adventure, and not just at towns like in GW.", "Also the gank-fest has been given a nice solution.", "If you want to take someone out, you issue a challange, and they can either accept or reject the challenge.", "This is so much better then the constant camping issues other games in this genre have had in the past.", "There is a lot more I could say about this game, but let me end with this: There is a reason this game has such a huge amount of people playing it.", "It is a solid kickin' adventure that will keep you not just occupied, but entertained for a good while." ]

[ "C700 is my first digital, and I went for the zoom.", "It did not disappoint.", "Great pictures inside and out at all zoom levels.", "For years I've been a 35mm slide-taker with a 35-210 zoom, and the C700 takes it to a new level.", "So far I've just used the auto setting and the results have been great - far fewer throwaways than on my 35mm.", "Really handy is hooking the camera to the television to show the pictures.", "I bought refurbished through Amazon, but note that the camera is about half the total cost which includes extras such as a couple of memory cards, two sets of rechargeable batteries, case, lens cap cord, SmartMedia card reader, and a CD burner to store the pictures.", "Finally, I saw a number of reviews that complained about the lens cap being a problem.", "I don't understand these comments as I don't have a problem with turning the camera on or off with the cap on.", "Perhaps I have a later version that corrected the problem.", "Having a simple cap cord...", "attached is a convenient way to keep track of the cap." ]

[ "I've got a Dell Demension 4100 Computer running Windows ME.", "The computer came with 2 USB ports, which wasn't enough after I purchased my new Digital Camera.", "I decided to try adding a card to my computer, instead of just buying a hub.", "I have very little computer upgrade experience.", "To my surprise, I found adding this card a \"piece of cake\".", "I just followed the instructions, turned on my computer, and after a few butterflies in my stomach, I got the thing to work.", "I only gave it 4 stars, because, once installed, Windows ME DID NOT RESTART.", "I had to start in Safe Mode.", "After restarting, the driver installed and the new card works perfectly.", "It it didn't scare the Hell out me (Windows not loading), I'd have given it 5 stars.", "I STILL HAVE THIS PCI CARD (March 2011).", "It's installed in a new computer I built about 2 years ago.", "It connected without a hitch with Windows XP and now Windows 7 Professional.", "I guess I can give it 5 stars now, since I really got my moneys worth out of it!!!!" ]

[ "Max Payne is a lot of fun and has a great story to boot!", "The game is great but is pretty short, maybe 12-15 hours of gameplay.", "The game is also very addiciting, I haven't but people i know have beaten this game in a day.", "Bullet-Time is a great feature which puts everything in slo-mo to let you aim at enemys and focus on a head-shot, while dodgeing bullets at the same time, very innovative.", "The game is story-driven and let me tell you that the story is fantastic.", "Its probably the reason that most people spend all day playing it...", "to see what happens next in the story.", "Theres one downside to Max Payne, lack of multi-player.", "if you want to have fun with some friends, sorry, look somewhere else becuase Max Payne won't let you play on the net.", "Lastly, i don't know the min.", "system requirements so here are the specs for my system...", "1ghz AMD Athlon, 256mb Ram, 32mb Geeforce 2 video card, Hercules GameSurround Furtismo II sound card...", "the video settings are at their highest and the sound settings are at their highest as well.", "The game runs perfect without any skipping in either sound or video." ]

[ "I usually agree with Tim Allen's \"more power\" philosophy and had to think a while before choosing an 8-1/2\" saw over the 10\" models.", "I am happy with my decision.", "The primary reason for buying bigger chop saws is to cut wider boards.", "A 12\" chop saw cuts a wider board than a 10\".", "However, that reasoning doesn't apply to a sliding saw - a 10\" cuts about the same width board as the 8-1/2\".", "Another reason for a bigger saw is power and I was skeptical about the 8-1/2 when I set it up.", "However, I cut primarily hardwoods and have found the 8-1/2 adequately powered.", "As other reviewers point out, the 8-1/2 only bevel cuts to the left.", "That is a definite negative, but you can usually rotate the board and compensate.", "To me, getting the lighter weight without giving up board size and cutting power (small saw with big saw attitude) tipped the scale toward the 8-1/2.", "The shorter fence bothered me at first - I was accustomed to taller fences - but I have not found it to be a problem and I am VERY fussy on cut accuracy.", "Some advice to Hitachi: This is a great portable saw and you can make it nearly perfect if you modify the design to bevel both directions and make the stops a bit easier to click into." ]

[ "Having dealt with two broken copies of the similar class Cuisinart grinder, I was fed up and decided to try the KitchenAid here from Amazon.", "Believe me, no comparison.", "Yes, this is a shockingly loud appliance for its size, but it works so well...", "This grinder works quickly.", "So what you ask?", "Quick grinding from a blade grinder means that your beans (or other items you may choose to grind) do not get overly heated while grinding, which releases crucial flavor.", "I think it takes about about 10 seconds with a half hopper of beans for a drip filter grind.", "The resulting grind is consistent - no big chunks like the Cuisinart.", "The convenience factors built in (removable stainless bowl and plastic cover) work very well, wash up and dry easily in the dishwasher.", "The power cord feels very solid; it's a thick cord much like an outdoor extension (not as rigid of course).", "No big mess on the counter either.", "I am very impressed with the price/quality/build of this item.", "I am surprised it is not more widely available in stores.", "But here it is.", "Buy it and enjoy it." ]

[ "I'm a network administrator for a software company, so I didn't expect to have any problems setting up this unit.", "After a quick glance at the instructions (which seemed a little scant, but certainly passable) I was pluggin' and goin'.", "I was able to download a newer version of the firmware (the code that runs the unit) and configured everything in about 10 minutes.", "Couldn't ask for more, setup-wise.", "Perfect!", "Linksys did include some \"glossy\" feature-pages regarding PPPoE hookup (for DSL users) and such.", "These seemed much more recent and much more user-friendly than the main instruction book.", "Perhaps they will revise all of the documentation to look this good.", "After installation, I actually found that this router improved my DSL performance!", "Removing my PPPoE software (terrible EnterNet 300, yuck) and my firewall software (wonderful ZoneAlarm, I'll miss that great interface) took out some major processor overhead.", "For performance junkies like myself, I certainly *highly* this unit.", "Big time!", "In conclusion, setup and installation rate about a 4 (out of 5).", "Easy, but I'm not the best judge of that due to my experience.", "Performance and support, an easy 5.", "Go Linksys go!" ]

[ "Best film Ive seen in a long time.", "Xmas Eve was not like this in our family.", "All that wonderful wit and quick repartee...", "and Katherine Hepburn to deliver all those delicious lines and earning a best actress academy award for 1966 besides.", "Talk about keep it in the family.", "It caused moi to return to the history books for a refresher.", "All the roles are memorable especially O'toole who has no problem keeping up with Hepburn.", "Even Anthony Hopkins shows of his early talent before disappearing into those wilderness years.", "Its like the bible really,rape incest murder homosexuality and all in the family.", "But truly\"what family doesnt have its ups and downs.", "\" Rent this one for Xmas Eve before it disappears into the archives.", "Pity they don't make em like this anymore." ]

[ "Okay.", "I was renovating my home and needed to halt for winter.", "I needed a temporary way to seal air leaks between the new walls and the old (to be replaced later) ceilings.", "Unfortunately there was a small gap around the ceilings where they met the walls.", "I cut some triangular molding out of 2x4's on a table saw, then put a strip of this stuff along two sides.", "I then screwed the molding in place with screws diagonally into the wall top plate.", "This product worked well for me and did a good job of sealing air leaks for the winter.", "It compresses to fill any slight irregularities in the surfaces.", "Not an elegant solution but it saved me some $$$ on heating costs.", "The products seems well made." ]

[ "Rock & Roll Over is the Kiss album sandwiched between the more famous Destroyer and the more controversial Love Gun, so it tends to be overlooked.", "However, it might be the best of those three.", "After the bombastic polished production of Destroyer Kiss went on stage with Eddie Kramer recording and belted out a batch of energetic, fun, straight-shooting rockers.", "In retrospect, it was a magic time when they had the success of Destroyer under their belts but didn't get to excess of the Love Gun/Alive II era.", "Kind of like surfing a killer wave while it's breaking but hasn't crested yet.", "Is \"Calling Dr Love\" the greatest Gene Simmons gem in an arsenal full of rock classics?", "I say yes.", "Turn that song up to 10 from the opening note and it just blows you away.", "Dr Love also contains my all-time favorite Ace Frehely guitar solo.", "Stanley's \"I Want You\" might be the best lead-off track ever.", "\"Makin Love\" is heavy metal Kiss long before anyone ever heard of Vinnie Vincent.", "Rock & Roll Over also seems like \"the perfect 70s rock album\" and just has a vibe that can't be denied.", "Standout tracks: I Want You, Calling Dr.", "Love, Mr.", "Speed, See You In Your Dreams, Makin Love" ]

[ "The three draws of this game.", "One helluva story revolving around intrigue--incredibly written.", "Unique battle action emphasizing timing and weapon management.", "DEPTH.", ".", ".", "This word doesn't properly describe it.", "This game, if you attempt to fully understand all of the management options, is almost overwhelming.", "Monster type and element affinities for each individual weapon is a start to this depth.", "Then the variety of weapons (anything from crossbows to swords to axes to sledge-hammers), each attuned to further damaging a few different types of enemies comes next.", "Not only must you micromanage with a magnifying glass, but you must also power up a certain type of weapon for each of the six classes of monsters (can usually get away with one weapon per two classes).", "This adds a strategic element to a game based in action.", "If you need a thinking game that doesn't fail to please, give Vagrant Story a try.", "It may be your cup of tea." ]

[ "This review will be from a makeup artist's perspective.", "I have had the opportunity to use MANY gel liners and I have learned to use them for a variety of purposes in makeup.", "I plan to update this review with photos if I am able to, but for now, a brief summary is how I am going to start.", "WHAT IS THIS PRODUCT LIKE?", "If you are used to using other gel liners like Buxom or MAC Fluidline, for example, this gel liner might be a challenge for you.", "It is a brilliant bronze gold color and the consistency is very mousse like.", "It is so light that it can be a challenge to apply well.", "The particles are glittery, but when put in a line you don't see them.", "HOW TO BEST APPLY THIS PRODUCT\nFor this liner you are going to need a liner brush that is densely packed and quite stiff with just a little give to it.", "You are best to dip the brush into the gel liner and then work the product evenly into the bristles and THEN apply a line.", "Test it on your hand first until you get the hang of it.", "I prefer to use a slanted brush with this, but I also have a densely packed liner brush which is not an angled brush and that applies well too.", "HOW WELL DOES IT WEAR\nI have found that if applied well the first time (working the product into the bristles evenly) that this will stay in place all day on lids that are not excessively oily.", "I have only had to apply once and it is fine for the day, especially if set with powder or shadow on top.", "ANOTHER USE\nIf you use a good eye cream which soaks into the lid quickly and well, you can apply to your lid, then use a synthetic flat brush with rounded tip.", "It is designed for cream eyeshadow.", "You can quickly apply to the lids as an eyeshadow as well and when the cream has set, so will the shadow and stay in place all day long.", "The cream on the lid gives you time to work, and gives that ability to do a wash effect and not look patchy.", "THE BOTTOM LINE\nThis is a bit of a tricky gel liner to use, but once you get the hang of it, it is beautiful metallic liner.", "It stays in place all day.", "If you are careful to follow a few steps you can also use this as an eyeshadow on the lids.", "A little goes a long way.", "If you keep this covered at all times even while using, it will last quite some time.", "FIVE STARS for now.", "I will update as I have more experience with it should the information contribute to the overall evaluation of the product.", "I also plan to add a photo or two if I am able to as well." ]

[ "It's wonderful that The Clash's \"London Calling\" CD has become an essential purchase for so many rock fans.", "And deservedly so.", "While leafing through Amazon's feature \"customers who bought this item also bought...", "\", I saw it's on the same must-have checklist as \"Abbey Road\", \"Ziggy Stardust\", and \"Dark Side Of The Moon\".", "Pretty heady company, and not exactly a foregone conclusion when originally released.", "By the time \"London Calling\" came out, the Clash had outgrown their punk origins.", "They sounded more like a mainstream rock band, albeit one with extraordinary power, passion, conviction and purpose.", "What also separated them from the mainstream (and punk) scene of the day was their willingness to experiment with worldbeats and music as varied as ska, reggae and dub.", "This aspect would reach full flower on \"Sandinista!", "\" the following year.", "I'd summarize their career like this: the debut album \"The Clash\" (1977) is a punk classic; \"Give 'Em Enough Rope\" and the EP \"Black Market Clash\" are relatively strong with many fine moments; \"London Calling\" is a flat-out masterpiece; \"Sandinista!", "\" is a massive, sprawling undertaking with hits and misses; \"Combat Rock\" is great; \"Cut The Crap\" is dismal.", "\"London Calling\" benefitted greatly from the oversight of producer Guy Stevens (Mott the Hoople, Free) - a legendary British D.", "J., consultant to the stars (Rolling Stones, Who), and record company executive (most notably with Island).", "It's fair to say he was instrumental in both turning them loose, and reigning them in.", "Without his involvement on the follow-up, the band gave in to excess.", "Presumably the Clash invited him on board because Mick Jones was a charter member of the Mott fan club as a young man, and wanted his stamp put on it.", "Smart move.", "The result is the perfect balance between their early punk and their later experimentalism.", "Nineteen splendid tracks.", "When issued on vinyl, this was a 2-record set - and I'd say the best 2-record set of all time.", "Many people would point to double discs by the Beatles, Elton John, Prince, etc.", "- and they could make a persuasive case - but I think they all have their weak spots.", "\"London Calling\", on the other hand, is flawless - and stands alone at the head of the pack.", "P.", "S. - Two final notes: this was released in England in December 1979, and issued stateside January 1980.", "It was therefore the last great classic of the 70's.", "When numerous rock mags overlooked this and named \"London Calling\" the \"best album of the 80's\" - they wrongly cheated Prince out of the top slot for \"Purple Rain\".", "And lastly: God bless Joe Strummer, wherever you are." ]

[ "Best on a calm condition no wake....", "..", "sunrise or sunset.", "Big splash quick pop on warm water condition and walk the dog action slow pop....", "on colder water, try pop and pause....", ".", "only one bad thing....", "choose the grip right....", "too large.", "Grip will not goes in the cup.", "I use split ring, making it easier but need to put one on the tail hook too to keep them on balance.." ]

[ "Forewarning: I'm a spoiler purist, and so try to avoid spoilers as much as possible in my reviews, inclusive of both plot and characters.", "As a result, what I write is somewhat vague, but be assured I do my best to keep things spoiler-free.", "I was a bit hesitant coming into this book.", "It's such a huge shift away from the Farseer trilogy, both in terms of setting and narrative style, that I didn't quite know what to expect.", "I also felt a bit apprehensive that this might turn into a more derivative sailing story.", "Thankfully, as in the Farseer trilogy, Hobb subverts the traditional story ideas and delivers something unique.", "Right from the start, we're thrust into the action.", "The introduction of characters is expertly handled, both their characterisation and their role in the plot made immediate.", "From the basic plot premise, the story progresses and is built on steadily.", "By the time things really kicked into gear, I was hooked.", "This story, like Hobb's others, are character-driven.", "Character conflict and interactions drive this story, and each character is set on their own course of development.", "Underpinning this is the plot, which more or less serves to give these character's struggles context.", "If you're the type of reader who likes their plots tight, you'll probably struggle with these books.", "In terms of plot, the pacing is slow; in terms of the character arcs, it's tight and very well paced.", "The story shifts frequently between characters, but I found the balance Hobb strikes to be near-perfect; the timeline is tight, and we only get the story that's relevant.", "Not to mention I found the different plot arcs, and how they would tie together, fairly predictable.", "Hobb takes care to throw in alot of twists and turns, and though this undermined my certainty my earlier predictions turned out to be right.", "However - and this is a big however - it's one thing to predict something will happen, and another entirely when it comes to pass.", "And this is what Hobb is really good at; no matter how accurately I predict things, when they come to pass I'm still on the edge of my seat.", "I think it's her characterisation - what matters, to me, is not so much as what will happen as what happens to the characters.", "I can't predict the latter.", "Another thing which really caught my eye is her antagonists.", "One is an inward-looking sociopath.", "Another is a cruel, stupid, arrogant, impulsive misogynist.", "The third, which developed later in the story, is a sly, selfish fool.", "Not only did I dislike all of them, I found them thoroughly believable.", "More, I cared what happened to them, I think, more through their affect on the people around them.", "In my opinion, that's what gives their stories some punch, something more than a simple dislike, and Hobb really should be commended for this.", "I've only got one quibble with the antagonists, and that's with how their inner workings are presented.", "Mainly, we get exposed to the logic they follow, which can be insightful but also a bit ham-handed.", "For example, if someone does something to make you angry, you feel angry; that's taken a step further to look at the underlying reasons for why the characters are angry.", "The problem with this is that you don't actually think of that logical progression, it's almost subconscious.", "The result is that, because people, and by extension the characters here, are irrational, you see some really stupid things which aren't very subtle.", "Hobb does a pretty good job, but it is sometimes excessive.", "Both the magic and setting here are fantastic.", "It's always a problem with some authors that they return to their world and write a different story with the same background.", "Hobb's writing in the same world as previously, here, but she's put it in a vastly different setting, and she's using vastly different magics.", "It's a treat, and it gives her story a real punch.", "As ever, Hobb shows a great awareness of societal issues.", "While the Farseer trilogy focused on hierarchical power structures and their constrictive nature.", "Here she has a clear focus on both sexism and changing class structures.", "I found this delightful, particularly Hobb's brief analyses and explanations of Bingtown society.", "Some dislike this; I respectfully disagree.", "I don't see the historical context, no matter how it's treated, as having any particular bias.", "When I take a step back and look at this story, it all seems so obvious how Hobb has structured things.", "Which characters fight with each other, how their attributes and personalities come into conflict, and how that creates tension.", "How the introduction of different plot elements pulls the other way, so to speak, and ups the ante.", "But better, when I'm reading I don't see these things.", "It takes some real sleight of hand to pull that off.", "As for the ending, well, several of the things I predicted came to pass.", "The only thing Hobb really does to shift this around is by introducing new, evolving plotlines, or shifting a character around into a different situation.", "So she avoids thorough predictability, and, as I mentioned before, when things do come to pass it's spectacular and very tense.", "There's some conclusiveness in the ending, but if you were to view the trilogy as one giant story then this is a natural end point.", "To use an analogy, the ending here sets up the next act.", "Simply put, I loved this book, and I'm annoyed that I can't start the next one straight away because of other commitments.", "Hobb has a real talent for taking derivative settings and stepping outside the stereotypes, and for creating unique, compelling characters.", "Highly recommended.", "4.", "5/5" ]

[ "Cement Glue Value Pack Testors 2-7/8 fl.", "oz.", "(25.", "8mL) tubes, by Testors.", "The Testors Corporation currently makes more varieties of glues than you can shake a stick at, so I can't confirm if this No.", "3512 glue (3509C, 2 tube package), is the same stuff that I used to use in the 1950's on plastic model airplanes.", "It is labelled as being flammable, so I don't know how they were able to send it through the post office mail system.", "It does list health warnings.", "Kids used to put this glue in a paper bag and inhale the fumes to get high (huffing?", "), and then get sick as well.", "Use this glue in a ventilated area.", "Anyway, it is listed as being good for polystyrene and ABS plastics.", "I have used it on other things as well, and it dries hard, with a little bit of flex.", "It works by dissolving the edges of the plastic parts being joined together.", "This glue cannot be used on rubber, as it will dissolve the rubber, and the rubber will fall apart as it dries.", "I have used this glue on the side pieces (temples) of my metal framed eyeglasses, to reinforce them after they have been bent next to the plastic ear hook, where the metal is made thinner and more bendable for fitting.", "When you straighten the metal, it starts to develop metal fatigue, and it will eventually break at this point after being bent and straightened a few times.", "Testors also makes other glues (3502X, 3502M, 3502MT) that are good for other plastics as well, like acetate, and Plexiglas.", "I will have to try them.", "I only wish that the tube opening were smaller, to make it easier to control the flow of the glue.", "There are some temporary fine tips, but they waste glue, as they have to be removed before resealing the tube of glue.", "Five Amazon stars for this glue, that is often difficult to find in the regular box stores.", "Ordering more than one package from this vendor can be a little tricky.", "Just change the upper right corner \"QTY:\" number to \"2\", rather than using the \"2 from $24.", "56\" on the Amazon page.", "Ships from and sold by Liquid RC.", "2014 The Testor Corporation (An rpm company), 440 Blackhawk Park Ave.", ", Rockford Il 61104; phone: 1.", "800.", "962.", "6654; web: testors.", "com; single container UPC Code: 0 75611 35120 9; two container 3509C package UPC Code: 0 75611 35092 9; Made In USA (hooray for that!", ")." ]

[ "One way to distinguish between good and bad authors is to examine the breadth of their career.", "Lesser authors often do one thing and then repeat themselves endlessly.", "Truly great authors take on a variety of projects, challenging themselves by seeking out new stories.", "Like most people, I was first introduced to Stephen R.", "Donaldson by the first Thomas Covenant trilogy, and I sort of expected \"The Real Story\" to be something similar only this time in a science fiction setting.", "Was I ever proven wrong.", "This little novel is a completely different animal, one that tackles different issues than the Thomas Covenant books and uses different strategies.", "The story takes place at some point in the future in DelSec, a region of space where police hired by the United Mining Company exercise only limited control.", "The events described on the jacket cover all take place within the first few pages; the majority of the book is spent returning and going over those events once again from the perspective of one character, thus letting us actually understand motivations and details.", "One notable aspect of the story is the incredibly fast pacing, with at least one new twist arriving every ten pages.", "In contrast to the Covenant series, \"The Real Story\" uses direct and unsophisticated language, quite appropriate for the direct and intense emotions that dominate the story.", "Character, of course, is at the heart of any great novel.", "Friends have complained that they can't understand the behavior of Donaldson's characters, and the above Publisher's Weekly review insists that they act irrationally.", "They're right.", "Real human beings, needless to say, are irrational and frequently difficult to understand.", "Donaldson has obviously studied our species carefully, and noted the ways in which guilt and fear play out inside people's heads.", "There are occasions in \"The Real Story\" where characters act counterintuitively, just as in real life, but there's always an explanation for it if you look carefully enough.", "I cannot crown \"The Real Story\" as the greatest science fiction novel of all time.", "It has some odd lapses in common sense.", "For instance, one character sneaks into an enemy spaceship from the outside.", "Has this futuristic society somehow forgotten the concept of locked doors?", "More significantly, it fails to build up that amazing force that you find at the endings of each book in the Covenant trilogy, and it isn't as compulsively readable.", "However, I can still recommend this book highly, and praise the authors for trying his hardest to break free from conventions in a world where clich and formula often rule the day." ]

[ "This is one of my favorite musicals.", "It was one of the first MGM movies to be filmed on location in NYC.", "That's one of the reasons why the film holds up.", "You see NYC at it's greatest.", "The songs are wonderful and memorable.", "It has a great cast and a great script.", "I'm a big fan of Gene Kelly.", "He was a terrific athletic dancer with a reasonably decent singing voice.", "I'm so glad it's on Blu Ray.", "Frank Sinatra's a real treat with Betty Garrett.", "You'll even notice Mrs.", "Kravitz, the wonderfully nosy neighbor on Bewitched.", "The movie looks great.", "The last time I saw it on TCM, it was horribly grainy." ]

[ "I didn't think things could get any better after THE IRON QUEEN but boy was I wrong.", "SUMMER'S CROSSING is what every Puck fan has dreamed for.", "Though its only 79 pages long, it's the best 79 pages I've read!", "This is a novella told from Puck's point of view and you know it's going to make you laugh.", "Puck decides to join Prince Ash on his journey to find a way to be with Meghan in the Iron Kingdom but first the Exiled Queen decides now is a good time for Ash to make good on his promise to her.", "Someone has stolen her precious violin and she wants Ash to get it back because she's not allowed in Nevernever.", "Turns out the Summer Queen has stolen it as they've been enemies for centuries, which means Puck is useful after all.", "I just couldn't stop smiling and laughing the entire time I was reading this.", "To know someone like Puck in real life would be an absolute joy, you have no idea.", "Ash is in for an ear full during his longer journey in THE IRON KNIGHT, that's for sure!", "I've also mentioned and strongly suggested buying the audiobook for this novella and I'm sticking to it.", "I've never purchased one before but when I met Julie in August, she told me I needed to hear it (seeing as I'm a Puck girl) and man, she was NOT lying.", "It's voiced by Joshua Hurley and he is absolutely perfect, dead on, for Puck's voice.", "It will cost you less than $5 to purchase this - it's worth the $5, I promise.", "If you've read the other Iron Fey books, you should read this.", "It's short, sweet and humorous - very enjoyable." ]

[ "I finally caved to Amazon's relentless efforts in promoting Prime Music and downloaded and installed the app on my PC.", "Know what?", "I'm glad I did.", "The app places Prime Music, your personal music collection, and a stupendously massive collection of free music samples ALL IN ONE PLACE.", "The app is incredibly intuitive; I was able to figure out most or all its functionalities with a few exploratory clicks.", "I really, really like the Drag and Drop interface to (1) download your music collection and (2) create a playlist of tracks across different albums.", "And I really like that you have to double-click to play a track, which makes it hard to inadvertently play a track by mistake.", "Now, if Amazon would only add an equalizer and looping for ONE SONG (instead of the entire album or playlist), this app would be just about perfect.", "---\nTip: Don't buy the digital copy of an album.", "Instead, buy the CD and Amazon will automatically rip it for you, so you get the CD AND a digital copy.", "The digital copy doesn't count towards your cloud storage." ]

[ "Why does no one else make non-stick double boilers?!", "Thank god this one's terrific, but I am buying an extra should Nordic Ware ever lose their minds and discontinue these.", "It neither slips nor wobbles and it's dead cheap.", "Eggs are pure protein; they stick to everything and you will spend hours trying to scrape the little bits away.", "- Get out the plates and silverware so you don't have to bother with it later.", "Make coffee.", "- Drink coffee and get out everything you need.", "- Put a saucepan on the heat with 2 inches of water or so and bring to a simmer.", "Water should not touch base of boiler.", "What you are cooking with is the gentle heat of the steam on the boiler.", "Genius.", "- Turn the heat as low as possible and plot the double boiler into your saucepan, maybe lube up the interior with a little butter.", "Everything is better with butter and it's just a little insurance and flavor to boot.", "- Whisk up two or three eggs per audience member with a tiny squidge of cream or milk.", "(Do not salt.", "Salt after cooking.", "It does funky things with the water/protein emulsions.", "Oh, don't get me started...", ")\n- Tip eggs into double boiler and confirm the heat is as low as it will go.", "- Do some damn thing for the next 20 minutes, wafting back into the kitchen every so often to give the eggs a stir with a wooden spoon or other nonstick implement.", "Go for \"moist soft curds\".", "-When the eggs are almost done (yes.", "right.", "\"moist curds\"), make and butter toast (\"Toast!", "\", I said.", "Not \"tepid pale bread\"!", ")\n- If you are a real superhero, you've warmed the plates with a bit of hot water and a quick dry and will serve the lot with salt and pepper (bother after cooking).", "If you are a god, you'll bring this up to your wife's room with some juice, the coffee, and the paper.", "You have no idea what kind of points you can score from this kind of genius.", "Well done and thanks." ]

[ "Ellie, a young woman is kidnapped.", "She is one of a series of women gone missing.", "The psychopathic killer transports his victims to the dense woods of Oregon.", "Ellie manages to escape and find help.", "The feds, local sheriff and law enforcement embark on a dangerous search through dense woods and terrible weather conditions.", "It' a race against time to stop the killer.", "The killer is desperate to recapture Ellie.", "She and the Federal agent assigned to guard her become attracted to one another which complicates things as a desperate cat and mouse game ensues.", "I loved this book.", "It was thrilling and very scary.", "I couldn't put it down!", "I highly recommend this book." ]

[ "Bragg is one of our favorite seasoning blends when we don't want to use a hot seasoning.", "I find it most useful for adding to bland prepared products, but once you are accustomed to it, Bragg also works well for cooking.", "This is a good and useful product even though the developer and company founder, Paul C.", "Bragg, was apparently a charlatan.", "I am leary of claims made by this company.", "A quick web search reveals numerous alleged falsehoods about Bragg's life, education and achievements.", "There are also questions about Patricia Bragg, the current company head and alleged daughter of Paul C.", "Bragg.", "At least one of her \"degrees\" seems to be from a diploma mill.", "When our daughter was a baby she did not eat baby food very well.", "One day I was trying to feed her and she kept turning her head and making faces.", "On a whim, I tasted the baby food.", "It was horrible, tasteless mush.", "No wonder she wouldn't eat it.", "The first thing I found in the cabinet was Tony's All Purpose Creole Seasoning which didn't seem a good idea for a baby.", "The next things were Bragg Organic Sprinkle and Mrs.", "Dash Original Salt Free Blend.", "I put a little in the baby food and Catherine gobbled it down.", "She seemed to like both seasonings equally well.", "To this day, at age 7, she appreciates good food and will try almost anything.", "She likes crab cakes, broiled scallops, stir fried baby squid, broccoli, fried okra, salads and many other things which cause waiters to do a double take when she orders." ]

[ "Domestic abusers and guns can be a deadly combination\nCLOSE Some GOP lawmakers in Washington appear willing to consider legislative restrictions to curb gun violence particularly in outlawing bump stocks which the Trump administration also wants to do through administrative action.", "(Feb.", "26) AP\nLisette Johnson center is shown recently with her children Natalie and Graham.", "Natalie was 12 and Graham was about to turn 10 when their father shot their mother before killing himself in 2009.", "(Photo: Family photo)\nIf Virginia's 2016 law to enforce the gun restrictions was in effect when her husband shot her and killed himself Lisette Johnson says it would have likely prevented the tragedy.", "Even though police and courts still need to actively confiscate weapons — which is hardly the norm — Johnson said an \"upscale abuser\" like her husband would have likely turned his in.", "\"He didn’t see himself as a criminal \" she says.", "Johnson never got a restraining order against her husband but had told him to get all of his guns out of the house.", "He did — except for the one he used to fire five bullets two of the four he fired at her are still inside her body.", "Johnson now volunteers as a community advocate who helps connect victims with doctors and other services they might have been cut off from while in the throes of control by their violent partners.", "She helped one young women who was two weeks away from giving birth and hadn't had any prenatal visits because she had been prevented from going to the doctor.", "Lisette Johnson who survived domestic abuse and being shot by her late husband is now an advocate for other victims.", "(Photo: Family photo)" ]

[ "I will tell you right now what makes this piece of software one of a kind.", "Most (other) language learning software is based on templates.", "They have a single template for your learning needs and they just fill the blanks for each different language.", "That's just like having a single universal template on how to \"drive\" and then hoping to fill the blanks for a car, a bike, a truck and a tank, no matter how different they actually are.", "Fluenz is different.", "Even though they probably follow similar scenarios for the different languages, it's downright obvious that each lesson was created from scratch according to the language's specific traits and difficulties.", "All the explanations you'll find in Fluenz French are there for a reason, and that reason belongs to the specific language you are learning.", "What may need 10 minutes of explanation in one language, may take no time in another.", "Something else Fluenz gets right is that they teach you how to say ideas in the new language, not only words and grammar, but whole ideas.", "That's what you need for fluency.", "I've been learning languages for quite a while, English is not even my native language, and you can trust me when I tell you that having to construct phrases in your head putting grammar rules and words together every time you speak will take you nowhere.", "Finally, perhaps irrelevant at first sight but unmistakably important a few hours later: it has the right ambiance.", "It has nice background music, i.", "e. it doesn't feel mechanic or boring.", "I'm not an easy guy to please with this kind of software but so far I've done about one third of the program and I'm extremely happy with it." ]

[ "I bought this bag and took it out backpacking at White Sands National Monument in NM in Jan.", "A winter storm hit the day before I left and it was COLD out there.", "I'm not sure of the exact temperature, but I know that it was either high teens or low 20s.", "My waterbottle and my dog's water bowl both completely froze throughout as did the condensation on the outside of my tent, and my car was a big ice block when I got back to it in the morning.", "The bag actually did pretty well.", "I pulled the face hole as tight as I could and just cuddled down inside the bag without sticking my face out (it was too cold if I put my face out).", "I have Raynaud's disease and my hands/nailbeds often are very cold and turn blue in cold weather from poor circulation, but they were nice and warm inside the bag without extra gloves on.", "I was impressed by that.", "Overall I was ok, but not as warm and comfortable as I would have been at home in my own bed of course.", "It did it's job and kept my appendages warm enough and me alive in what could have been hypothermia conditions without the proper gear.", "My only real gripe about this bag is that it is huge when it's rolled up.", "It's too big to fit into the sleeping bag compartment of my NorthFace backpacking pack (so I imagine it's too big for any), and it takes up a very large portion of the pack when stuffed in the only way it will fit.", "Due to this reason I wish I would have gotten a different bag.", "It would be great for anyone who is just setting up their tent right next to their car, but not the best choice for a backpacker." ]

[ "Track list is the same of US versions:\n\n1.", "2 Years On\n\n2.", "Portrait Of Louise\n\n3.", "Man For All Seasons\n\n4.", "Sincere Relation\n\n5.", "Back Home\n\n6.", "The First Mistake I Made\n\n7.", "Lonely Days\n\n8.", "Alone Again\n\n9.", "Tell Me Why\n\n10.", "Lay It On Me\n\n11.", "Every Second, Every Minute\n\n12.", "I'm Weeping" ]

[ "The above title is a quote from Mary, detailed in the three pages of liner notes written by Andrew Skurow.", "The full paragraph in question reads \"The Supremes were in the midst of a record-breaking string of No.", "1 hits when Motown's Harvey Fuqua, who had produced their We Remember Sam Cooke LP, brought the project to the ladies.", "\"We were all ecstatic\" remembers Mary.", "Her eyes dance when talking about the album.", "\"Christmas is the best time of the year!", "\"\n\nNot only is there nothing in these notes to suggest that these are not the original renditions (albeit remastered), but a reproduction of the original LP cover shows \"STEREO\" in bold letters at the top.", "So, I'm not certain as to what that 2-star reviewer is alluding to in the criticism of the CD.", "Perhaps, as they sometimes did back then, they released two versions of the vinyl LP, one in mono and the other in stereo.", "In any event, this contains the original 12 tracks, with 13 to 16 added in for the CD release.", "Tracks 13 and 16 were first released in 1987 on the compilation The Supremes Never-Before Released Masters, but both with a different mix, including an acapella performance of Silent Night.", "Track 14 first appeared on the Motown collection Christmas In The City in 1993, while track 15 was previously unreleased.", "Two of the original cuts, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Me and The Children's Christmas Song, were also released as a single with the A-side reaching # 5 and the flip # 7 on the Billboard Christmas charts in 1965 on Motown 1085.", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Me then re-charted at # 26 in 1966, and # 10 in 1967.", "Several beautiful pictures of the girls are included in the fold-out insert, and on the one showing them on a toboggan Mary says\" My favorite photo is of the three of us on the sled that we used on the back cover (of the LP).", "It wasn't part of the original session.", "We were shooting an episode for Dick Clark's TV series, Where The Action Is, at Big Bear Mountain in California.", "In between we took loads of photos on the slopes.", "\"\n\nJust a great Christmas album to have in your collection." ]

[ "...", "masquerading as a video game and allowing you to lead Bond through his missions.", "Action-packed prelude that throws you into the mix without a pause?", "Check.", "Cheesy theme song?", "Check.", "Scenery Chewing Villain?", "Check.", "Bond hooking up with the easiest girls this side of wild kegger?", "Check check and check.", "Yup, we got a James Bond movie here!", "And a pretty decent game too.", "I haven't played any other Bond games so I can't compare them to it; nor did i have the chance to check out the multiplayer.", "I can say that this is a very entertaining game in the single player mode, quite creative and interactive with various weapons and vehicles depending on what stage you're in.", "Graphics were good, the xBox version would probably be a lot sharper.", "I dig vehicles, so I was happy that you have to fly a helicopter, drive a Cayenne and the good ol' Aston Martin as well as a SWEET crotch rocket during the course of the game.", "Too bad there was no water action, but i'm not picky :)\n\nThere are a wide range of weapons for you to choose from, as well as a lot of cool gadgets to play with.", "I didn't find myself using a lot of the gadgets, but then I was playing it on easy.", "I'm sure that i'd need that strobe grenade on harder levels...", "The aiming system is adequate but needs refining.", "Too many times i've been trying to peek around corners to take out a guy, when someone comes around and is shooting at me; yet the automatic aim continues to focus on the guy around the corner instead of the guy in my face.", "I played this game as a rental on the PS2, took me about 3 days including breaks to beat it on the easiest level.", "The replay value for me is quite small, since I now know what the story/movie is, though they do try to add some life to it by having two combat simulators available after the last mission.", "I don't like the Tron setting of it though, couldn't they have created a theme setting?", "All in all, i recommend this game strongly as a very good rental.", "Buying it is your choice, since I don't think it would hold up well over time for me even if it is a good game." ]

[ "Review: Joe Biden Book 'Promise Me Dad' Keeps The Door Open For A 2020 Run : NPR\n'Promise Me': Joe Biden On Loss Grief And Recovery\nBut this time was different for Joe Biden.", "That's how the former vice president closes Chapter 10 of his new book out Tuesday Promise Me Dad: A Year of Hope Hardship and Purpose.", "Biden recounts in vivid heart-wrenching detail what it was like for him and his family from the time his eldest son Beau a rising star in the Democratic Party was diagnosed with brain cancer to his death less than two years later and the aftermath.", "It's hard not to feel for Biden who exudes humanity throughout the book.", "He lays bare his emotions and vulnerabilities at losing a son with so much promise which is made even more difficult by the understanding that Biden has faced unthinkable tragedy before.", "As almost anyone reading this likely knows when he was first elected as a U.", "S. senator from Delaware Biden 's young wife and daughter were killed in a car crash.", "His sons Beau and Hunter 3 and 2 at the time were in the backseat.", "They survived but were hospitalized for days.", "Joe Biden had just turned 30.", "And now four decades later he was losing Beau his trusted adviser.", "Biden writes that he was \"pretty sure\" Beau could have run for president one day.", "Biden describes Beau — who was attorney general of Delaware at the time of his diagnosis and set to run for governor — as like him but better.", "\"Beau Biden at age 45 was Joe Biden 2.", "0 \" Biden writes.", "\" He had all the best of me but with the bugs and flaws engineered out.", "\"\nIf former President Barack Obama's book was called Dreams From My Father Biden 's could have been Dreams Of My Son.", "Biden weaves in his responsibilities as the right-hand man to the most powerful person in the world then-President Obama which included a hefty foreign-policy portfolio.", "It served as a powerful device in understanding just how much Biden was juggling even if some of the detail about Ukrainian and Russian troop movements felt extraneous at times.", "Biden was taking calls on secure lines in hospital rooms next to his son's while attempting to understand what was happening to Beau — and trying to keep it all private.", "The possibility of running for president is a constant thread throughout the book and ties it together.", "Biden was considering it far more seriously than previously reported and he had begun planning a run in the summer of 2013 he writes.", "Electoral politics is never far behind in Promise Me.", "The last chapter of the book in which he reveals why he didn't run is even titled \"Run Joe Run.", "\" He takes the reader inside the deliberations right up to the point of his 11th-hour decision not to run — something that went against Beau's wishes.", "Biden was actually all set to run.", "By October 2015 Biden was even editing his announcement speech.", "It laid out a vision that was different from the grievance politics presented by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders — and more hopeful than the technocratic plans laid out by Hillary Clinton.", "He had also assembled a team that was not just made up of his inner circle.", "It included some top Obama staffers like communications adviser Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer one of the top Democratic elections lawyers in the country.", "He had Obama's Ohio field director a top South Carolina adviser and a list of people ready to endorse.", "Five months after Beau's death and with Clinton struggling to get past her email server controversy Biden had some good will — and political momentum.", "But he decided against it.", "He knew in his heart he wasn't ready.", "There was the time earlier in the summer for example on the tarmac in Colorado where he was set to speak at a pair of Democratic fundraisers when someone called out that they had served with Beau." ]

[ "I thought perhaps this may be a little small for my needs but I was wrong.", "Don't let the compact size fool you, this stove puts out a nice green/blue flame like a little jet engine!", "Can't wait to take it fishing on the ice tomorrow....", ".", "Hot soup!...", "Wooo Hooo!!", "Thank you Coleman for yet another great product.", "And as always, Thank you to Amazon for providing great products all around!", "Rick B.", "in Wisconsin" ]

[ "when I got the 1st Half-Life, I thought to myself; Is this going to be another mediocre shooter?.", "Boy was I wrong.", "After hearing of a sequel, and there had to be, I was ecstatic.", "Looking at the game now, I'm glad that Valve and Sierra took their time with this game.", "The visuals are stunning and georgeous, even though you might not pay attention to detail with the ammount of action going on.", "The A.", "I. is very smart.", "Try to block a door and they'll try to break in a window to get to you.", "There are even more puzzles in this game than in the 1st one.", "But if you don't believe me, See what popular gamer magazines had to say:\n\n PC Gamer: 98% - \"Surpasses Half-Life in every way.", "Arguably the best game ever made.", "\"\n\n Game Informer: \"Nothing will be the same.", "\"\n\n CNN.", "com: \"Blows away the competition.", "\"\n\n 2003 E3 Expo: \"A marvel in the making.", "\"" ]

[ "This is my favorite game of all time.", "Period.", "Other games have made bold and valiant attempts, such as Final Fantasy X and Harvest Moon.", "But none can compare the the masterpiece that is Ogre Battle 64.", "I have always been a fan of the RPG, and I picked this game up with mild expectations.", "I hold high standards for my games, you see.", "And lots of games just don't cut it.", "They are good, but not great.", "And thats what I expected from Ogre Battle.", "But what I got was the most fufilling game adventure of my life.", "An army, groups in the army, 5 characters to a group, males, females, clases, upgrades of classes, beasts, dragons, undeads, angles, And thats not even including the special people such as Carth, Destin, and Meridia!", "Then you could go into the customizable weapons and armor.", "All wraped up into an easly managable batallion at your command.", "If this isn't gaming bliss, I don't know what is" ]

[ "5 Stars.", "Well \"EA\" has done it again.", "They created another awesome game(besides \"lord of the rings\" that is).", "\"EA\" deliver's awesome action game play for the system's.", "Some game's seem like they were made for a certain system.", "And in my perspective this one was made for the PS2.", "And \"sonic hero's\" should Never be for the PS2&XBOX.", "Anyway's \"Everything or Nothing\" delivers decent gameplay.", "And of course I have to complain about the aiming.", "Because when you aim you don't really fell like your doing anything.", "You simply tap L1 and Bond literally aim's at anyone.", "This game is really difficult so don't just ecspect to zoom through it.", "The motercycle is a real good addition.", "Why,because it's equipped with a flamethrower and you get a shotgun.", "The gun variety isn't big since \"EA\" decided to make it more realistic.", "Once you lock onto an enemy you can adjust your aiming for a headshot.", "The new fist fighting was a good idea.", "Better then the old game's when you just simply punched.", "Multiplayer is rather odd.", "It's not bad but will keep you in your friend's occupied for a while.", "And trust me battle arena\nget's old fast.", "On multiplayer you cant even choose your character.", "There is a decent amount of 2 player cooperation.", "Just like on the 4th co-op level 1 person has to disarm a bomb while the other guard's his back.", "The stealth at time's is a little weird.", "Enemies seem to be able to spot you to easily.", "Or maybe it's just that one mine level.", "I don't know.", "The best co-op level in my opinion is when you have to fight and survive until a door open's.", "Well hear's what I think of everything.", "(out of 5)\nGraphic's:5 Nice and smooth.", "Weapons'S:4 Maybe if they had a little more then 6 it would be better.", "Sound:4 So-so\nLighting:4 Can't quite beat \"Splinter cell\".", "Replay value:4 won't last forever\nToatel score:21\nPro's\nI like third person better then FPS.", "Good clean graphic's.", "New gadget's are cool.", "All 6 gun's have good shooting effect's\nCon's\nMultiplayer need's work.", "Aiming need's work.", "Am I the only one who think's they stole idea's from\"Splinter cell\"\nSo in conclusion all I can say is \"EA\" please fix the aiming.", "Bye!!!" ]

[ "You'll want to buy this album.", "My dad burned this album for me.", "There are 3 new songs Everybody is a Star,Thank You(Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) and Hot Fun in the Summertime.", "Everybody is a Star is a good song because it builds up anybody that is down.", "It's saying that the way you are makes you a star.", "And Thank You(Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Is a funky song that makes you want to dance.", "And Hot Fun in the Summertime.", "If you're a person that loves the summertime then you'll love this song.", "I love this song because I love the summertime and there is no school and it's nice and hot.", "The rest of the songs are ones that were off of other albums.", "This is a must have album." ]

[ "While this interpretation still does not capture every element of the work in what I would consider its hypothetical, ideal performance (my interpretation, as I'm sure it is with most, is an average of all the ways I have heard the suite performed), I must say that this one really grew on me in the initial week I listened to it.", "At first I didn't think much of it (and I berated myself for caving to the glowing reviews I had read about Levine's interpretation), especially considering I was already very happy with my copy of the Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra interpretation.", "I was expecting to be blown away upon my initial trial of the Levine recording and was disappointed in the extreme, especially since I put forward a pretty penny for my copy.", "But, like I said, it really grew on me.", "For the record, I currently own three interpretations of this suite:\n\nCharles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra\nJames Levine/Chicago Symphony Orchestra\nAndre Previn/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\n\nIncidentally, all are DDD.", "I didn't choose them for that reason; things just happened that way.", "Nevertheless, of the three, Levine's is the clear winner sonically.", "The production is vibrant and inspiring, and each section sounds natural and pleasant.", "And, when the brass isn't drowning out everything else, the sections all blend well.", "My first impression of the Levine interpretation was a criticism I still hold (and which I hinted to above): The brass is much too loud.", "Yes, of course, it's the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and indeed the tone and power of its brass section blows away anything else I have heard, but 'The Planets' the way I have always heard it has functioned best when the brass and strings have at least some vestage of balance.", "In Levine's recording no such balance exists: The entire suite is a showcase for the brass section.", "Now this works well for the louder sections (especially for \"Mars\"), but portions such as the middle section of \"Jupiter\" suffer greatly from this overzealous brass, which exhibits all the subtlety of a pile driver upon the delicate, lilting theme.", "I wouldn't be so critical here except that the middle section of \"Jupiter\" ties for what I consider the most beautiful, most haunting section in all classical music (the other contender is the principal melody of the second movement of Dvorak's Ninth Symphony).", "Somehow Dutoit just got it right in this section, even if he did leave out the tympani from the score (why he did this is beyond me).", "But I could quibble on about this sort of thing forever.", "I am writing this review in regards to those who have heard the suite before and know it well, such that they are searching for an interpretation that suits them.", "Therefore I will not trifle with describing the movements themselves.", "\"Mars, The Bringer Of War\" - This is by far the best movement in Levine's interpretation.", "This one just has a raw energy, a massive power that makes both Dutoit's and Previn's versions seem like so much wadded toilet paper.", "When I think \"Mars\", I think Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.", "That marvelous brass section really nails this piece.", "I do not have the score (I passed on several occasions I had to purchase it), so I can't point to specific passages via measure number (which would be very helpful), but in general the crecendi in this movement are milked to gravitational effect.", "Whatever source you use to play this track will nearly wrench itself free of its moorings when you crank the volume on this movement.", "Of all the versions I've heard (the three I've mentioned, plus Tomita's timeless electronic rendering of the score), Levine's is by far the best.", "It's worth the price of admission alone to have this version of \"Mars\" in your collection.", "\"Venus, The Bringer Of Peace\" - I was not so impressed with this movement.", "Levine seems to have difficulty with subtle, cantative sections.", "This entire movement seems a little rushed to me, especially the violin solo passages.", "It's also a little sloppy in places.", "Of the three orchestral versions I have heard, I would have to say Dutoit is the best as far as \"Venus\" goes.", "\"Mercury, The Winged Messenger\" - I have much less experience with this particular movement in general (it was never one of my favorites until just recently).", "Nevertheless, I believe Levine's is a competent interpretation.", "Of the three conductors, I would say that this movement is Previn's moment of shining glory.", "\"Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity\" - My knowledge of this movement makes up for my lack of knowledge regarding the previous one.", "\"Jupiter\" is by far my favorite movement in the piece, not simply for the bombastic, dance-like antics; but also for the graceful, uplifting middle theme.", "I have listened to that particular section of the music perhaps more than any other moment in my classical music collection.", "That having been said, I would really like to give Levine the baton for this one.", "He does most of the piece better than either Dutoit or Previn could ever hope to achieve.", "However, the middle section really ruins the whole thing.", "It's not that the overall effect is bad, per se.", "It's just that I think Levine could have been a great deal more sensitive with this particular part of the score.", "The ending of this sequence is monumental and perfectly done, but the lead-up is far too brass-heavy and forced-sounding.", "This portion of the movement is supposed to be lyrical, firm but musical.", "And it needs to start much more softly.", "Surprisingly, the main offender at the beginning of this section is not the brass, but the woodwinds, particularly the clarinets.", "Chicago's clarinets have a rough, jarring timbre, and they destroy the first note of the middle sequence by virtue of their duck-like blast.", "Once the strings gain their composure, though, the brass starts getting uppity.", "Once we come to the stray honk from a single trumpet somewhere (a glaring mistake that makes me do a double-take every time I hear it), all hope for capturing the spirit of this movement as I hear it in my head is lost.", "Even so, when viewed from a different angle, it all adds up to a more forceful presentation of the theme, which is I believe preferable to a timid, lifeless run-through.", "Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.", "You'll notice I didn't take any stars away.", "I figured that entitles me to be more detailed in my analysis, lest zealous fans of CSO/James Levine point some poisonous arrows in my general direction.", "Personal indulgence aside, we'll get on with it.", "\"Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age\" - Nobody will ever beat Dutoit's interpretation of this piece.", "Not only is the organ bass at the very end of the latter's version simply devine, \"Saturn\" is a rare instance in which the Montreal brass are actually LOUDER than Chicago.", "Of all the times to be timid, the middle section of \"Saturn\" is not the one.", "Levine seems unwilling to embrace the score and let the full impact be broadcasted.", "Though of course his performance is fine, again his prowess insofar as the softer elements leaves something to be desired.", "Of the three versions I mentioned, I would place Levine's at a very close third behind Previn.", "As far as the next two movements, I honestly don't have enough knowledge to where my opinion will mean very much.", "That could have something to do with the fact that it has been over seven years since I listened to either of them, in any of the three versions I have.", "All in all, though I have probably at many times seemed at odds with my original statement, I highly recommend the Levine/Chicago Symphony Orchestra recording of Holst's 'The Planets.", "' Not only is it a good all-around effort, it contains the most powerful and meaningful interpretation of \"Mars\" I have ever heard.", "Everything else pales in comparison.", "If you like lyricism and dynamic restraint, then you should also look at Dutoit.", "If you like staid interpretation that nevertheless takes some liberties, you can split the difference between Levine and Dutoit with Previn.", "And, though I have never heard it, the Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker recording is reputed to be reference-worthy.", "Some hate the latter, yet some love it.", "Few seem to be indifferent.", "But then, that's how it always seems to be with a subjective matter such as interpretation of a major work.", "To each his own, I suppose." ]

[ "If you ask me (and you didn't, but I'm going to tell you anyway, so deal with it), this album is among the best and most beautiful material that Rush has ever written.", "Just to give you an idea of how much I love it, I recently had a dream about this album, in which I clearly remember listening to at least 2 or 3 songs from it.", "When I awoke, I couldn't get the album out of my head, and just really had to listen to it.", "You know you're really obsessed with music when you're literally listening to it in your sleep.", "Anyway, this album is just perfect.", "From the incredibly lush guitar and keyboard melodies, to Neil Peart's subtle but impeccable drum work, to Geddy Lee's nimble basslines weaving about his one-of-a-kind vocals, not to mention Aimee Mann's heavenly guest appearance on \"Time Stand Still\", it is nothing short of pure greatness.", "Besides the aforementioned \"Time Stand Still\", my favorites include \"Prime Mover\", \"Mission\", and \"Tai Shan\", but they're all great.", "If you're a Rush fan, and for some reason you haven't bought this, do it now.", "This definitely deserves to be heard.", "Oh, and just a warning: When you open the CD case, view the photos of the band with extreme caution.", "Their incredibly goofy hair styles of the time may just cause you to die laughing.", "Still, this album's more than worth that risk, I swear." ]

[ "Although I am not a professional chef I do take my cooking seriously.", "Over the years I have invested in quality German and Japanese knives, French copper pans and, of course, Le Creuset cookware.", "Although these enameled cast iron pans are not as versatile as some of my copperware they are none the less indispensable.", "Since cast iron is not as conductive as copper or aluminum it heats up and cools down much more slowly.", "This characteristic makes it unsuitable for saut&eacute;ing or for when you need a pan that is highly responsive.", "However it's even heating and retention of heat makes it perfect for casseroles, roasts, mac-n-cheese, potato dishes, etc.", "I have been in love with Le Creuset's French ovens for years and use them for chili, stews and other dishes that benefit from long, slow cooking.", "I had this item on my Amazon Wish List for quite a while.", "I could have bought it for myself but it's one of those things that you appreciate more when it is a gift.", "In France Le Creuset collections are often bequeathed to thankful children from parents that have cooked with them for decades.", "My oldest son bought this for me from Amazon as a Christmas present.", "I promised him that he could have it when I was done with it (hopefully a long time from now).", "A couple of things to be aware of: at 8\" x 11.", "75\" this is smaller than the standard 9\"x13\" Pyrex dishes that are often used for the recipes that this pan is better suited for.", "Perhaps it is because Europeans generally serve smaller portion than we do in the US.", "Another thing to mention is that cast iron tends to be the heaviest cookware available.", "This roaster can top 13 - 15 lbs.", "or more when filled with dense food such as potatoes au gratin or a good sized cut of meat.", "Yes, this is a relatively expensive product but bear in mind that you never regret having the best (at least not once you have finished paying for it).", "This roaster is actually a pleasure to clean (and I don't say that lightly).", "I will have it for the rest of my life and then it will be passed on to my children along with some very warm memories of meals past." ]

[ "\"Phantom Lady\" (1944) was directed by Robert Siodmak, renowned for his considerable oeuvre of thrillers, based on the novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich, known for his pulpy \"noir\" crime novels.", "Upon realizing that his marriage has crumbled, Scott Henderson (Alan Curtis) spends his anniversary drowning his sorrows in a bar.", "He meets a woman (Fay Helm) there who seems similarly adrift.", "He invites her to the show he intended to take his wife to.", "After the show, the lady departs, saying that it's better if she doesn't give him her name.", "Upon returning to his apartment, Henderson is met by police officers who inform him his wife has been murdered, strangled with his tie.", "When Henderson tries to provide an alibi, everyone remembers him but no one remembers the mystery woman, who was wearing a distinctive feathered hat.", "When he's convicted of murder, Henderson's faithful secretary Carol Richman (Ella Raines) and the investigating police Inspector Burgess (Thomas Gomez), convinced of his innocence, try to find the phantom lady.", "With such great crime film talent at the helm, one might expect a great film.", "\"Phantom Lady\" has moments of brilliance, but it is stymied by a particularly daft plot that can't support much substance.", "The point of the all the action is to find the woman in the funny hat.", "But it is never clear why she would matter to Henderson's alibi.", "The prosecution claims that he had time to murder his wife before turning up at the bar.", "It sounds like the DA got the time of the murder wrong.", "How does the \"phantom lady\"s presence refute that?", "But, there is a surprise for the audience in regards to the villain.", "And the underground jazz club scenes, where Richman tries to ply information from a drummer named Cliff (Elisha Cook, Jr.", ") are fantastic.", "Carol Richman's role is in the mold of noir \"helper heroines\".", "She's level-headed, not prone to angst or panic, tireless, and tries to pull Henderson out of his understandable gloom.", "But, rather than helping, she drives the investigation and the narrative, as Henderson is stuck behind bars.", "It's an unusual twist on 1940s crime films.", "The DVD (Universal 2013): Bonus features include \"Eddie Muller on Robert Siodmak\" (3 min), in which the \"Czar of Noir\" has much praise for the director as a quintessential noir director, \"Eddie Muller on Phantom Lady\" (3 min), in which Muller talks about \"Phantom Lady\" among the early noir films that generated interest and profit from the style, \"Marsha Hunt on Film Noir\" (2 min), a brief clip of the actress talking about what defines \"noir\", Publicity Stills (11), Scene Stills (26), Behind-the-Scenes Photos (3), Movie Posters (6), and Lobby Cards (7).", "No subtitles or captions for the film.", "No audio commentaries or scene menu either." ]

[ "I may say from time to time that other Pink Floyd albums compete to be my favorite, but this one is my absolute favorite.", "Wish You Were Here contains 5 amazing tracks.", "As always, my favorites are the 2 heavily instrumental tracks, the 2 parts of Shine on You Crazy Diamond, which bookend the album.", "Beginning and ending with just wind, the album seems set up to play constantly on repeat with one track flowing into the next, even from 5 to 1.", "The instrumental nature of the album is amazing.", "Shine On is an opus, a great work.", "Written to Syd Barrett, the original founder of the group, it's a touching tribute to the man surrounded by great instrumentals.", "Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are the slightly cynical precursors to the Wall and works after (mainly influenced by Waters).", "Wish You Were Here is a great song too.", "Based on a simple guitar line, a lot of emotion is stored within the lyrics and the instruments." ]

[ "As an adolescent in '72/'73, this album forced me to re-think my musical preferences.", "I had been a \"Deep Purple - Humble Pie\" head (still am to some degree), but all this changed with \"AGFTK\".", "For those of you who believe this album was under-promoted/under acclaimed, you are correct.", "For those of you who believe this album strayed from the typically languid California rock blue-print of the time, again you are right, and therein lies the album's lack of critical mass and ultimately its lack of mass appeal.", "It confused many of the band's traditional fandom who moved on to the Eagles/Rondstadt.", "I remain as equally enthralled with this music today as I was back in the Spring of '73 when I first heard it.", "The vocals are breathtaking, the song writing is inspired and the guitars pick up where the Byrds should have gone.", "Special mentions - the powerful & exuberant opening track: \"And settling down\", the wrenching, moody and restrained \"Restrain\", the Byrd-like \"Ride the Country\", the impossibly catchy re-make of the Stills classic \"Go and say Goodbye\" and of course the title track, which you can still hear occasionally as a lost classic on your local classic rock station.", "This is the one album to which most classic rock stations do not devote sufficient airplay.", "Hey K-Rock, lose the Born in the USA and start playing some real music.", "This CD is a strong buy." ]

[ "My wife got a set of these about five years ago for a review, when she owned an online business.", "This past week, she ordered (paid for) another set because she liked the range of colors and the idea of not having to mix certain colors.", "Having the complete set of colors has allowed her to figure out her personal color palette (in which she's purchased many larger tubes of over the years) and experiment with colors that she normally wouldn't gravitate to.", "Out of this set, she only has 9 tubes of color left.", "One word of caution: While you can mix these paints with water, it's best if you mix them with a fluid matte medium (https://www.", "amazon.", "com/Liquitex-Professional-Matte-Medium-8-Ounce/dp/B000IYWYNE/ref=sr_1_1?", "s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1469722722&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=fluid+matte+medium&psc=1) or flow aid (like https://www.", "amazon.", "com/gp/product/B000KNPM46/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?", "ie=UTF8&psc=1) because water tends to separate the colors which causes them to breakdown over time.", "Also, she's discovered that some colors hold up better than others; meaning some colors you just need a little paint to get your desired result where other colors you've got to paint in layers to receive the desired depth of color you're looking for...", "so with those colors, it's probably best that you upgrade to a higher pigmented paint, like a professional grade.", "Since she usually paints in thin layers, building up a color based on her personal preference, this hasn't been an issue for her...", "but it can be for those who don't paint this way.", "It's also a good idea to seal your finished artwork with a matte or gloss medium or a non-yellowing varnish (https://www.", "amazon.", "com/Liquitex-Professional-Satin-Varnish-8-oz/dp/B001US6NPM/ref=sr_1_7?", "s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1469722780&sr=1-7&keywords=non-yellowing+varnish) if you don't want the colors to fade, want to product it from the elements, and want to be able to dust it.", "She has found that if you keep all paintings out of direct sunlight, and in a humid-controlled environment, the colors will not fade.", "At least that's been her experience.", "Prior to this kit, she's been using Liquitex Basics paints for about 10 years, always sealing her finished pieces...", "and none of them have faded, none of them have even shown any signs of wear and tear." ]

[ "Federico Fellini's \"La Dolce Vita\" represents one of the high water marks of the Italian neo-realist film movement.", "It's full of lustful self pity, deep brooding passions and taut undercurrents of transfixed sexuality.", "The story follows Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), one of Rome's undesirable paparazzi.", "(* Aside: this is the film that labeled that gaggle of celebrity crazed photo journalists as such.", ") Seems Marcello doesn't much care for work unless it reads more like play for hire.", "After chasing down a helicopter that's carrying a bronzed statue of Jesus to the Vatican - and pausing just long enough to ogle a troupe of scantily clad Roman vixens in bikinis, perched atop a high rise, Marcello meets up with Maddalena (Anouk Aimee) at a swank nightclub.", "She's stuck in a dead end relationship.", "He's living with the overly possessive, Emma (Yvonne Furneaux).", "Fellini's direction taunts the viewer with a series of seemingly disjointed vignettes that are captivating unto themselves; Emma's failed suicide, Marcello's tryst with American sex goddess, Sylvia (Anita Ekberg), a brief pub crawl with Marcello's father (Annibale Ninchi), and a thoroughly tasteless party scene in which Marcello (fully dressed), mounts a woman like a horse and shouts disgusted absurdities about the room.", "The most celebrated episode is undoubtedly Sylvia's erotic dance at an outdoor club and subsequent swim in the famed Trevi Fountain.", "Fellini delivers a deliberate sheen to this otherwise tawdry little film, giving it a scope and grandeur that elevates the subject matter to high art.", "Also in the cast is former Tarzan star Lex Barker as Robert, an abusive drunk and has been which - unfortunately - wasn't far off from his real life situation.", "Koch Lober DVD has done an absolutely outstanding job on remastering \"La Dolce Vita.", "\" The gray scale exhibits a depth of field and superb balancing with deep, solid black levels and brilliantly clean whites.", "Occasionally there is a slight shimmer in the print but this is excusable and non-obtrusive to one's enjoyment of the film.", "The anamorphic transfer simply sparkles with a minimum of age related artifacts and NO digital anomalies for a remarkably smooth visual presentation.", "The audio has been remixed for 5.", "1 surround.", "Though it's dated and sometimes strident, it sounds much better than anything you've likely heard before.", "Extras include several short featurettes (most self congratulatory on Fellini).", "There's also a particularly appalling set of interviews in which stars, Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni seem deliberately photographed in the worst light for maximum ugliness effect.", "Ekberg particularly looks like a cross between Jabba the Hutt and Oprah sans make up and before her diet - stuffed into a dress that looks more like a beach towel.", "(*Aside: Ekberg still thinks she's 21.", ")There's also a stills gallery and a restoration comparison that will illuminate for the first time viewer just how much work was done to get this film into its current shape." ]

[ "This is one of the few playstation games that very young children can enjoy and play and there is enough gameplay to keep older players entertained.", "The game play is very good, you unlock more and more tracks and characters as the game progresses.", "Once you have mastered all the tracks you then unlock 'mirror mode' which is funny as you have to retrain your brain to the opposite corners and turns.", "The characters have different driving styles.", "Some like Gingy are super fast but hard to control whereas others like Princess Fiona are easier to control but slower to accelerate.", "There are hidden short cuts which can help you to win the race and hidden levers which open up other short cuts.", "There are various weapons you can collect along the way to launch at your opponents.", "These weapons like flying frogs, birds, whirlwinds and rockets are a major part of the game so there is an added skill of collecting and launching these while still trying to win the race.", "There is also a 2 player battle mode which is a 2 player head to head of all these weapons in a choice of four locations.", "There are tournaments and cup challenges which if you get in the top three unlock different parts of the game.", "To progress you must master the tracks which may limit the initial gameplay.", "It is rewarding as the tracks get better and better.", "The characters are great with 'Shrek' voices ie Fiona is voiced by Cameron Diaz, Donkey is Eddie Murphy etc and they all hit with their unique hilarious weapons eg Pinocchio uses his nose and the game has great music and humour with the phrases the characters use.", "My personal favourite is Gingy saying 'I'd like to thank my parents for baking me' when he wins.", "My children haven't tired of this game and my 3 year old has mastered the battles and can complete the earlier tracks (although coming last).", "My 6 year old can place highly in the tracks and beat me in battles fairly and squarely.", "Highly recommended although parents may have to open some of the levels to give children more characters and more tracks to play with.", "Update\nMy children still love this game and it rates as higher than 5*.", "One of the best games we have ever bought." ]

[ "It took me a while to get to this book, mostly because I was very disappointed with the last Legends collaboration where the authors (though I suspect Rosenberg mostly) tell the tale of three mercenaries who do very little \"mercenarying\" and mostly act like licensed detectives in attempting to solve a murder in a blizzard-ridden town.", "I found the book to be claustrophobic and the characters unreal and inflexible.", "However this book is about Jimmy, one of the most likable and well-defined characters of the Riftwar Saga, so I thought that Feist would not let Jimmy be taken out of context...", "and I am glad to be right in that assumption.", "This book is everything the second one was not.", "It has action and adventure, and even some magic, combined with a nice two-part plot that is not burdened by the need to prove the intelligence and wit of its characters.", "Instead, it justly describes characters which are either well known, such as Jimmy, or others with whom the reader can easily relate such as Flora, Lorrie and even the Baron.", "The story covers two cities: the one well known is Krondor, and the other Land's End.", "In fact the only problem that I find with the story is its disjointed plotline, which starts in Krondor and ties in the events of Anita's and Arutha's escape described in Magician, with Jimmy' s life in the city.", "Though this first part provides an insight into Jimmy's early character as the mischievous thief we all know and love, it does not connect at all with the second part of the story, which focuses on the events in the life of a minor noble and some farmers living around Land's End.", "This part of the book has real potential, and the background story is very nicely told.", "The plot even kept me guessing for a while, which is not really the case with most fantasy novels.", "I found the best characters to be the Baron and his wife, who make quite the tragic pair and add dramatic substance to the story.", "Jimmy finds himself embroiled in the middle of the provincial conflict and does his typical best to contribute to the conclusion of the story.", "All in all, I find this to be a worthy addition to the world of Midkemia.", "In fact, I hope Feist and Stirling get together again in the future; I sense there is some good chemistry in their work." ]

[ "Morning All.", "just spent the last 10 mins catching up with everyones posts/reports.", "Congrats and well done to everyone!", "In reality it was that hot that it was an achievement just to finish!", "Well that has to be the toughest thing I have ever done.", "I expected the last 6 miles to be tough but that was something else!", "Finished in 3.", "18.", "58.", "Am absolutely chuffed to bit and still haven't stoped smiling!", "Think I slept about 2 hours last night, i'm still buzzing!", "Annoyingly I think I made the last few miles so hard myself by going off too fast!", "At 14 miles I was had averaged 7.", "17 min miles, including 5 around 7 mins.", "By 18 I had dropped the pace slighty to about 7.", "30 mins miles and was still well on for sub 3.", "15 (about 3.", "13 ish) If I could have kept that pace up.", "But from 20 onwards it seemed like someone had tied bricks round my ankles and I dropped to 7.", "50's and by 24 8.", "10's.", "managed to run a sub 8 in the last mile but the heat and my quick start had finished me.", "Think if it hadn't been for the crowd I would have pulled over and collapsed in the gutter, but had a lot of friends placed over the last few miles that really kept me going!", "Anyway am really pleased and honestly think I have got sub 3.", "15 in me.", "Just have to learn from my mistakes and hope its cooler next time!" ]

[ "I was very impressed by Ship of Magic.", "So much so that I am wavering between giving this book 4 or 5 stars.", "The primary reason I am not going to give it 5 is because time after time Hobb slows everything down with excessive introspection.", "Not that introspection is bad.", "I just think that it becomes overly repetitive.", "On the other hand Ship of Magic is an amazing book.", "I have found few fantasy novels that rival this story.", "Its beyond complex.", "The depth of the story is deep.", "The character development is very well done.", "Hobb crafts a good dozen characters and each one is unique with personal issues.", "Its a joy to bounce from one to another and learn more about who they are.", "The world building here, so important in fantasy novels, is beautiful.", "Hobb sketches out a land that is full of mystery and strife.", "What I liked so much here is that after such a page turner, I still feel that I know only a fraction of what this world has to offer.", "Hobb continually broadens the scope of this story and the history it progresses through.", "I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a story looking for something with the same aura of Dawn of Wonder by Renshaw or Rothfuss' Name of the Wind.", "Its that good.", "If you can get past the slower sections." ]

[ "Excellent knife.", "Balanced.", "this can be sharpened to a very impressive edge.", "I bought this when it was closer to $40 and I'm not surprised the price has gone up.", "I feel like I got quite a deal.", "Update:\nI have used this knife as my primary for almost a year.", "As I have had more experience using other knifes, I have realized...", "this knife isn't really that great.", "This might be because I have become pickier about how sharp I like my knifes.", "Its easy to sharpen, but needs a lot of maintenance to keep a good edge.", "I end up touching up the edge around every 2-3 uses.", "I am planning on giving the Tojiro Gyutou a try, as my experience with japanese knives is limited and I hear their sharpness and harder steel make for a different experience.", "That being said, I will definitely continue using my Henckels for carving birds and doing the rougher work.", "I know the thicker blade and german toughness can take the beating.", "I think this knife will always have its place in my kitchen, but I know there are better options out there in the $50-75 price range.", "The knife no longer impresses me, but its also never a disappointment." ]

[ "I got the yellow 3C 10-LED light.", "It just arrived today, and I think I'll like it a lot.", "It creates a very diffuse light, so it isn't for throwing a bright spotlight on something distant.", "I got it mostly to be seen when walking at night, and not to use for seeing other stuff.", "I have a good supply of C batteries, so this light seemed like a good choice.", "The 10 LEDs are cetainly easy to see from a distance, and I think it will serve my purposes very well.", "The light appears to be very tough, and is supposed to be waterproof, even when submersed.", "I believe it-- the only opening is around a tight O-ring seal at the front.", "There is a convenient belt clip, too.", "The switch is not great.", "It is a very stiff push-button affair on the butt of the light.", "Operating the light one-handed is not easy.", "I'll just leave it on the whole time I'm walking.", "While it does produce a pretty good amount of light (I'm guessing about 40 lumens) with new batteries, and while it is rated for 336 hours of use, the back of the package indicates that this level of lighting can only be expected for the first few hours of operation.", "There is a chart that shows estimated performance at each stage of the battery life.", "For the vast majority of that 300+ hours, the beam is only useful out to a few yards.", "For the last hundred hours or so, the beam is only useful within a few feet.", "I chose this light over others because it is assembled in the USA.", "So far, I am not disappointed, and I expect many years of trouble-free service from this light." ]

[ "Purchased this product as it seems it's one of those quintessential \"toys\" every kid should have like a wagon or trike.", "However, am somewhat disappointed that we have as of yet, been unable to set it up.", "The product comes with relatively short rope length that almost guarantees the need to purchase additional rope from the hardware store to hang at a decent height from a practical branch off our trees.", "Will let you know if my disappointment changes once I've put worth all the extra effort obviously involved with this purchase.", "UPDATE: I had to purchase extra rope and D clamps plus a ladder to hang on an appropriate branch from a tree.", "You personally may not need to go to all these lengths to hang this but I did as this needed a fairly parallel to ground type branch.", "I originally rated 2 stars because I couldn't hang it straight out of the box.", "Since putting in the effort, I have absolutely loved this swing.", "My two children have each had their turn so to speak in it and made for pleasant evenings just filled with swinging, smiling, and baby giggles on our front lawn.", "Many great memories." ]

[ "My Review (by Carla)\n\nEcstasy Untamed in the sixth book in the FERAL WARRIORS series and is the story of the Feral Warrior Hawke.", "The Feral Warriors are of a race called Therian.", "The spirit of an animal marks a Therian that the animal spirit considers worthy.", "The Therian will then notice they have been marked by claw marks appearing on their body.", "They must then make their way to Feral House, the home of the Feral Warriors - the warriors that protect the Therian race from evil and extinction.", "Once the newly marked Therian arrives at Feral House, a ceremony is done to bring the warrior into his animal and giving that warrior immortality.", "After just recently being saved from the spirit trap, Hawke is having a hard time with his bird half.", "The Hawke is fighting for control and Hawke is terrified to let that happen after certain events happened with his father, so Hawke is having an internal struggle with his animal.", "The Feral Warriors just received word that the new Fox has been marked and making his way to Feral House.", "But with the Fox comes his intended mate, Faith, and a whole lot of trouble.", "Faith is a Therian female that has no family or home.", "She travels to different countries and cities trying to help young girls on the street find their way.", "She meets Maxim who states that he has been marked as a Feral Warrior and that he is making his way to Feral House.", "He claims Faith is his intended mate and that he wants Faith to go with him.", "Being marked as a Feral Warrior is considered a true honor among the Therian race so Faith is intrigued by Maxim and feels a pull towards him so she agrees to go and try things out.", "When Faith and Maxim arrive at Feral House, all hell starts breaking loose and chaos erupts.", "Maxim is a huge arrogant jerk and everyone hates him.", "Faith is starting to doubt how she can be the mate of such a nasty man.", "Faith feels an instant connection to Hawke when she meets him and is confused as to how she can be Maxim's mate and so attracted to Hawke.", "Maxim also notices the instant connection that Faith and Hawke have so Maxim and Hawke are constantly at odds.", "The Ferals learn that not only were Hawke and Tighe saved from the spirit trap, so were the other 13 animal spirits that were trapped in there.", "Therians are calling from all over the world claiming they have been marked and are making their way to Feral House.", "Lyon and the other warriors are ecstatic that they will have more warriors to help fight the evil mage but all is not as it seems.", "FERAL WARRIORS is another of my all time favorite series.", "I've been hooked since the first book, \"Desire Untamed\" was released.", "Every book gets better and better.", "The series is full of action, suspense, plot twists, hot alpha shifters and great romance.", "Ecstasy Untamed was just that and more.", "I don't want to say to much about the romance between Hawke and Faith and give things away but I really enjoyed it.", "I also loved the struggle that Hawke had with his animal.", "If you have not read the FERAL WARRIORS series I definitely recommend that you do.", "Every book can be read as a standalone but I would recommend reading the entire series.", "So much happens in every book that you won't want to miss any of it.", "I give \"Ecstasy Untamed\" 5 out of 5 stars" ]

[ "The first Castlevania game I ever played was IV on the SNES back in 1992.", "I became a fan and even went as far as buying an old NES to just play the first three.", "As fun as the new Castlevania LOS and the 3D PS2 releases are, I'll always have a special affinity for the retro 2D classics.", "Castlevania Chronicles takes elements from I, III, and IV to present entertaining, albeit slightly outdated, gameplay, graphics and sound.", "I say outdated considering Castlevania IV came out in 1991 on the SNES with Simon able to whip in 8 directions and swing over chasms along with some very creative levels which utilized the SNES' scaling FX chip.", "Chronicles came out two years later in 1993, yet Simon can only whip in 5 directions (horizontal, down-horizontal, and straight down) and there is no swinging ability.", "The graphics also took a step backwards, yet nothing too drastic.", "Even with enhanced graphics via the arranged mode, IV looks and plays better.", "I figure it's due to Chronicles originally being released on a system that did not have the same capabilities as the SNES, so the discrepancies are forgivable.", "It's just too bad the Konami didn't beef it up with more than just a few improvements in the graphics and music for the PSX release in 2001.", "Still, this game should be a part of every Castlevania fan's library, if not of every retro gamer's.", "The graphics are not too much of an eyesore, the music is great, and the gameplay is fantastically fun.", "There is a great variety of enemies to battle and the levels have that classic Castlevania creativity.", "I've read some reviews that it is a more difficult game.", "But if you're a Castlevania vet, it's nothing you can't handle.", "Even in hard mode, I'd say it has about the same difficulty as Dracula X." ]

[ "This game is fierce.", "I've heard of the Killzone series ever since during the past decade's long-running PlayStation 2 era of video games.", "Although I never played the first on PS2, this is the first game in the series I've bought.", "When I first played it, it was a Playstation-exclusive FPS like no other I have ever played.", "Brutal, but mesmerizing.", "What always caught my eye about these games and the series as a whole are the Helgasts/Helgan army, particularly their helmets and masks with their threatening red eyes of evil coming from their goggles.", "Think of the Helgasts as the \"Storm Troopers (from Star Wars) of Killzone\" because of their menacing appearence and troop design aesthetic.", "The game has a short story but it was worth a while playing.", "I like the characters, the dialogue (which has profanity I'm not sensitive about at all), the sound design, the pacing of the game, even the glorifying soundtrack by whoever over at SECA's Music team.", "There is one con I have to point out about this game is that like most FPS's of today that I've played (including Call of Duty and Medal of Honor) is their is no health meter.", "Of course, when the enemy constantly shoots you to death, there is a aura of red - representing blood when the main character Sev, who you primarily play in the whole campaign story, is about to die - indicating how much health you will lose in battle automatically.", "1 or 2 more shots, when the fight screen goes to gray, it indicates you're dead.", "After getting killed, the game flashes to a white screen respawning you to where you left off during a mission (But every time I play Call of Duty, when the character of any of the games get killed in missions, there's blood as the health aura and the more I get shot, the screen blurs and the ending sound of a heartbeat monitor appears).", "When I play Killzone 2, it's like I'm watching a movie with such glorified war, set in the future.", "This game is in a Post-Apocalyptic setting (like the first and later KZ installments) that is so dark and gritty in alot of ways, for a Playstation-exclusive game franchise like this.", "Wow!", "Anyway, to close this, I have nothing else to say about it but, if you are new to the Killzone series like myself, I suggest I should highly recommend this and Killzone 3 and the new Killzone: Shadowfall for Sony's new Playstation 4.", "The original for the PS2 will always remain a classic but I had such an adreniline-filled ride with this game.", "It's rough." ]

[ "My friend had bought this game, hes like \"Man you have to buy it now serious!!", "\" and I went to the store looked at it, I was like ehh alright then, the graphics look hott.", "Took it home, damn that whole night was gone!!", "Gone playing Shenmue lol.", "This game is one of the best games ever made.", "But then again its a really underrated game for how good it is.", "Its better than most games out there right now but its hardly noticed by gaming fans, I would ask people sometimes if they knew what game Shenmue was and they wouldnt know.", "But this game has one of the best story lines in any game, and it keeps you playing and playing because you want to see what happens next.", "The fighting is really fun and the QTE battles.", "One thing I like is that when you need to wait a couple hours for a place to open etc, you can go to the arcade and mess around on the games, thats fun especially the boxing game lol.", "But you if you have a Dreamcast, buy this game don't hesitate!!" ]

[ "As my title implies, I found this record to be rather light for a punk record, but I totally love this music.", "The music is fun, fast, and catchy, and is always a good listen.", "This record is more punky than...", "And Out Come the Wolves (though that's not saying much), but no where near as punk as Rancid 2000 (my personal favorite).", "These songs are really good, but, at first, they all kind of sound the same.", "It takes a few listens, but, after a while, you start to notice the uniqueness of each song.", "Once you realize how great of an album Let's Go is, you'll want to listen to it all the time.", "It's got 23 songs on it, so it never gets boring.", "This,...", "And Out Come the Wolves, and Rancid 2000 are what I consider the essential Rancid purchases.", "AOCTW has a punk/ska-ish, almost poppy kind of feel, while Rancid 2000 is pure punk, and Let's Go is sort of a median between the two.", "Bottom Line: Great, sort of light punk record from the 90s." ]

[ "Disney's best animated film is, strangely enough, neither an epic such as Atlantis or The Lion King, but a relatively simple sci-fi comedy about a rowdy alien who befriends a little girl and her older sister.", "That alien, in particular, is named Stitch, the end result of genetic experimentation; he exists solely for pure destruction and now that he's loose on Earth, the aliens send his creator to bring him back.", "First, let me get into the drawbacks.", "The movie takes a bit longer than the usual animated film to get into its central plot (almost a good half hour!", ") and I can see how that might test a few kids' attention spans.", "The animation itself is mostly very good, but some of the backgrounds are static and maybe less in quality than you might expect.", "Probably of greatest concern to parents is, given the destructive nature of the movie's titular E.", "T., it's possible kids might get scared (though I doubt it).", "But all in all, these are merely minor quibbles in what is otherwise a terrifically entertaining and heartwarming comedy.", "The film has appeal for virtually everyone.", "The \"edginess\" and surprising unpredictability of the material will please those who tire of the typical Disney formula.", "Sure, the story is a partial carbon-copy of Spielberg's E.", "T., but the filmmakers put enough spin on it to make it a work that stands fitfully on its own.", "Animated Disney films usually rely on two elements: crowdpleasing, nonoffensive humor and a heartfelt message.", "Some Disney movies vacillate back and forth between these with occasional success while some just fail outright.", "Lilo and Stitch, on the other hand, works beautifully as both simultaneously, delivering a palpable relationship between the two sisters, meanwhile showing how their lives are \"wrecked\" by their interaction with Stitch.", "The movie's message, the importance of family, is probably nothing new to avid Disney fans, but I've yet to see it delivered as well as it has here.", "The voice acting here is excellent; Tia Carerre, Daveigh Chase, Ving Rhames, and Jason Scott Lee all convincingly embed their characters with the right tone.", "But the scene-stealer is Stitch, easily the cutest-and possibly greatest-character to come from the Disney vault.", "His initial obsession with destruction is hilariously portrayed without going overboard, and his eventual transformation is touching and easy to believe.", "If listening to Stitch sincerely state \"Nobody gets left behind\" to Lilo doesn't get you choked up, nothing will.", "In the end, though, Lilo and Stitch is touching without getting overly sentimental.", "It's fast, exciting, and hilarious, a much needed tonic for Disney, whose animated movies seemed to be getting worse as the years pass by.", "Add in an enjoyable Elvis soundtrack given a modern spin, and you've got yourself a movie that can be recommended to anyone." ]

[ "I first got interested in Woo's work after seeing \"Broken Arrow\" in 1996.", "I was able to get my hands on a VHS copy of The Kiiler and watched it thinking it would be at least as food as Broken Arrow.", "It wasn't.", "It was ten times better.", "The plot is similar to the Rock Hudson film Magnificent Obsession (although Rock is not an assassin).", "Chow-Yun Fat is an amazing actor who portrays the title character with great depth and believability.", "But let's get down to why everyone REALLY likes this film: The action scenes are AMAZING.", "When the shooting starts, all hell breaks loose and you'll probably have to watch the scenes in slo-mo or rewind and watch them again.", "There is so much going on that it's hard to beleive that anyone would be able to choreograph and film such stylistic and hectic battle scenes, but John Woo does just that.", "My biggest question is, why aren't Woo's Hollywood films just as wild and stylish.", "Woo's Hollywood work is very good, but why are his Hong Kong features so much better?", "They seem to be gritty and real whereas his Hollywood features seem to be glossy and watered down.", "No matter.", "If you like action films, this is one of the best, but be warned.", "This film is VIOLENT and much of the violence is very graphic, so it's not for everyone.", "Also, sometimes the dialogue seems a bit hammy, but I feel that it may be because of the loss of translation when the film was dubbed in English.", "If you're able to, watch the original Chinese version with English subtitles.", "I know it's heard to read while your trying to watch the action, so watch the dubbed version a couple of time to where you pretty much know what's happening and then watch it with the subtitles.", "The original actors' voices convey much more emotion and intensity." ]

[ "This product...", "changed-my-life!", "I bought the new iPhone 4, but keep dropping calls because I hang up on people several times during a conversation.", "When I talk, I'm always busying doing something around the house so would hold the phone on my shoulder...", "well this caused my cheek to hang up on them.", "I basically started using my phone for only texting because I refused to be so obnoxious and keep hanging up on people.", "THEN I got this and I am happy to announce I now use my phone again for real talking!", "1.", "It's light weight\n2.", "Gorgeous girly color [although comes in guy colors too]\n3.", "Comfortable on my ear and shoulder\n4.", "Hooks in nicely\n5.", "Sounds perfect\n\nHonestly, this is probably the most useful product I've gotten all year.", "I am so thankful to be able to put the phone on my shoulder again and not worry about dropping it in the sink or just plain not being able to use my phone for frequency of hang ups.", "I don't think I'd carry this out in public, but I have used it while around the house often and while driving.", "I just put my phone in my pocket and let the cord dangle around me." ]

[ "This is an excellent kit.", "As with many Baxter products it's a bit expensive, but very good quality as well.", "Included:\n\nDeodorant.", "This is the scent I'd been looking for my while life.", "Gentle musk with a hint of citrus, maybe some notes of sandalwood.", "It's a very clean scent, just a hint masculine.", "I love it.", "Clay Pomade.", "This stuff is the best.", "Wet your hands, warm it up like modeling clay, and rub it into wet hair.", "I've driven to my destination with the windows down and arrived in high winds, and you couldn't find a hair out of place.", "Amazing stuff.", "The only worry is that it doesn't always apply evenly, so grab a hand mirror and spot check in case there are any clumps.", "Oil Free Moisturizer.", "Sometimes my knuckles crack, especially if I'm staying at a hotel or other place with hard water.", "This stuff does the trick every time.", "Extremely moisturizing, and smells good too.", "Overall:\n\nI love all the parts of this kit, and highly recommend them." ]

[ "I purchased a food dehydrator last year and decided to see what was available to go with it.", "I didn't know what the clean a screen was so I just ordered a set of two.", "These are a must!", "I loved them and ordered enough to use on every tray I had.", "They are so great.", "It keeps small foods from going strait through the tray holes.", "Some tiny things still go through, but it is still very helpful.", "I process my cabbage, carrots, onions, etc.", "to a ground up consistency for making cabbage soup and dehydrate them so it makes it fast and easy to make the soup.", "These clean a screens lets the air and heat circulate around the food while it dries.", "They clean up sooooooooo easy.", "I just wash them by hand with a few wipes of the dish cloth, the small amount of food left on them comes right off.", "I do spray them with a small amount of cooking spray and the food doesn't stick to them." ]

[ "I'm not truly a wrestling fan, but my friends recommended this book to me, so I decided to give it a shot.", "Honestly, it was pretty darn good.", "Granted, it's not going to win the Pulitzer, but it's got to be one of the most original and well-written biographies I've ever read.", "This book chronicles one of the most unique individuals in wrestling's history.", "He wasn't the best athlete and he wasn't the best looking guy either.", "He only had to things going for him - his persistence and his uncanny ability of take punishment.", "Not only does it describe Foley's wrestling career, it delves deeply in his family and personal life, and describes the profession that is wrestling from a unique and accurate view.", "Often, the audience only sees wrestling as entertainment, but Foley exposes it as a full-fledged business, with employees and decisions, with economic implications for each show.", "What is most memorable about this book is Foley's descriptions of some of his most gruesome matches.", "From getting slammed into razor wire and explosives, to tearing off half his ear, he captured my interest and instilled in me some respect for professional wrestlers.", "The one complaint I have is that Foley kept describing match after match.", "This paperback is over 700 pages long, and it could have been cut somewhat.", "At about pages 300-500, the book becomes tedious and almost repetitve as he describes numerous wrestling contests that really didn't differ from other ones he describes.", "Wrestling fans will love it to death, and non-wrestling will not be disappointed." ]

[ "The disaster, you hate.", "The loss of lives, you deplore.", "The movie, you'll love.", "This huge, mega-blockbuster film was a larger than life hit, at the box office.", "Historical accuracy truly comes alive as the detailed, big-screen depiction of the doomed, maiden voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship, comes alive.", "Just as their were various levels and quarters in the decks of the ship, so too, were the inhumane, arrogant portrayals of the shameful and despicable social caste system.", "Either you belonged or you didn't.", "Either you were a part of the minority elite or you were branded an outsider who was useless them them, thus being expendable.", "And therefore, coldly and cruelly dismissed, unto the point of death and not worth, saving.", "What the wealthy, affluent, pampered, spoiled, snots of society had so callously forgotten, was that everyone on board that ship, was a human being.", "And their lives were worth the saving, just as much as their own.", "Death does not differentiate between the rich and powerful and the poor and the impoverished.", "Every human being deserves a chance to live, even if they aren't wealthy.", "Even, in times of a maritime disaster.", "Regardless of what the pompous, prideful, aristocrats say, do or want.", "The sinking of the ship was tragic.", "The loss of lives, was horrific.", "But the scope of this big-screen depiction was magnificent.", "The cast and crew were superb, as were the special effects.", "And although some theatrical liberty was taken, the majority of the film was meticulous in detail and in it's historical accuracy.", "Which was based on eye-witness accounts, as witnessed by the survivors.", "It's mind boggling to think, that such a catastrophic disaster could have been avoided, if only the greed and arrogance of competitive businessmen and their driven lust for notoriety, had not consumed them.", "And overridden their regard for the health and safety of both rich and poor human lives, and the ship itself.", "This film is enormous in every form and fashion and will rivet your viewing attention.", "All this and so much more, on this 3 disc, special edition.", "But brace yourself, dear viewer.", "Because their is nothing shallow or superficial about the suffering and the loss of lives, depicted here.", "May those innocent souls that were lost, forever 'Rest In Peace.", "' Nina Kish" ]