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0 | Not so impressed | Far from being award-winning, this is one of the most disappointing toys my 14 month-old daughter received for Christmas. It took us longer to assemble the parts than she actually played with it. She did enjoy dancing to the music, but gave up putting the balls down as they don't come out the bottom! She tried putting her hand down the center to remove them and only got her hand stuck. The whole unit is unstable and the top comes off too easily leaving sharp edges exposed. It took my daughter two minutes to figure out how the toy worked and then looked up at us as if to say "now what?" Not impressed. | negative |
0 | is it me? | We bought this toy for our daughter for christmas. she loved it in the box - would sit and play for hours. when we took it out and put it together, it went downhill. The spriral slide didnt lock together very tightly and the balls got stuck every single time. we took this product back to the store for a refund!! | negative |
0 | Big Disappointment | I purchased this toy for my 9 month old. She was learning to pull herself up and stand. I had to assemble the toy and the pieces didn't fit well so the balls got stuck. As my child tried to pull herself up, the toy would tip over and fall on her. Thank goodness the toy is light and she wasn't hurt. I was very disappointed, and finally returned the toy to fisher price. I don't recommend this toy to anyone. Something is wrong if it can't support the weight of a child. I got a crawl and play gym instead and love it! | negative |
0 | One Of Those Regreted Purchases! | I purchased this item for my 17 month old daughter, who at first was amused by the music and lights... but could care less about the balls. She played with the music button off and on for a few days, but basically ignored the toy since I bought it three months ago. I have since decided to donate the toy, since it has barely been used and may bring joy to another child. I guess the pleasure depends on the individual child. Apparently some like it and some don't. I would not however recommend this toy. | negative |
1 | Just Lovely | Oh my Lord! My 12 months old son loves this Stand Up Ball Blast. All my husband and I had to do is imitate the sound of the music and our son will rush to find the Stand Up Ball Blast and press the button. He would stand there and dance with the music. His older brother, who is 7years old, also love to play with him, because they both would drop the balls and watch each of the ball roll down, trying to figure out which side the ball will come out from. This is just an amazing toy and I will recommend it to anyone who wants to keep his or her children VERY busy. | positive |
0 | More Plastic Junk | I bought this toy in hopes of encouraging my 9-month-old daughter to start pulling up & standing, as her pediatrician was concerned about her development being delayed. I certainly should not have wasted the money on this product. There is NO way that a child of ANY size would be able to pull up on this toy without toppling it. Therefore, it provides an unsafe temptation which is likely to result in discouraging pulling up when the baby ends up falling backwards with this toy on top of her! What's more, the sounds and music are annoying. The only redeemable feature of this toy is the colored plastic balls, which she enjoys putting into various buckets, bowls, and boxes that she has. | negative |
1 | not sturdy | My son is 10 months and just pulling himself up.He loves this thing (the sounds and lights) butwhen he's up there and puts the ball in the tophe can't really see it go down all the way andcome out -- when he does, leaning sideways, itfalls over. | positive |
1 | We LOVE it! | We got this for our first daughter when she was about 8 months old (she is now 3 years old). So, we have the older version. We never had any trouble with her tipping it over or getting hurt at all. I just have the best memories of her playing with it, and holding on to it, "bopping" to the upbeat music! We got a lot of mileage out of this toy and it is still as good as new! It was in storage when we moved, and after not seeing it for a long time, my daughter was delighted to play with it again, even at her age! Mostly now, she likes to punch the button to make the tune play, and "dance" to it. It's a short tune, but she'll just push the button over and over. We have a second daughter now, 6 months old, and I'm sure she'll be just as delighted with this toy as my first daughter was. Five stars for a fun, durable toy that kids love to play with over and over and over again! | positive |
0 | Not what it's cracked up to be.... | How can my son learn to stand up by himself when the darn toy tips over every time. This is a great cat toy, but not very good when your little one is learning to stand up. | negative |
0 | Don't pull or it will tip over! | This toy is very poorly designed. It's suppose to be a pull up toy, but when my 10 month year old boy tries to pull himself up the whole tips over on top of him. The only way it works is if you step on the base to prevent it from tipping over.I would suggest you pass this toy up for something better. | negative |
0 | Not as sturdy as it should be. | I purchased this for my then 6 month old daughter, but upon further inspection decided that the cruise and crawl playground would be more appropriate. It seems more sturdy and has more activities to extend its useful life, and the price difference is not that great. | negative |
0 | Not what I expected | I bought it, took it home, put it together, and then the ultimate test...... my kids! My youngest son (9 months) tried to pull himself up on the toy and it did NOT support his weight (17lbs.). He also could not hold onto and walk around the toy at the same time because the base sticks out too far. He liked putting the balls in and making the music turn on (when the toy felt like it). Also, the balls would not roll all the way down. They kept getting stuck and the slide kept coming undone. Not happy with the toy at all. Has only one function.... putting balls down the chute. Recommend the the Fisher-Price Crawl & Cruise Playground. (See my review in its description page) It may cost more but well worth it. Do not buy the Stand-Up Ball Blast. Thank You. | negative |
1 | Cool Toy!! | This is a very cool toy. My daughter got it for her 1st birthday. There were alot of older kids ranging from 1 1/2yrs to 8yrs old. They all loved it as a matter of fact they would fight over it. The next day my 1yr old played with it and loved it, it is soooo much fun to see her face light up when she makes the music come on. The only reason I gave this 4 stars is because it is difficult to push the balls through the middle. Of course this is where she insists the balls go. But she gets frustrated because she can't push them through and she cannot get them back out! When this happens the music buttons come in handy. | positive |
1 | great toy - but be careful | This really is a great toy and my son always had wonderful fun playing with it. Just want to send a warning to anyone thinking of purchasing - my sone did (at around 18 months??) get his arm stuck in the middle hole....to the point where we were breaking the toy around it and shoving every kind of detergent and whatnot in there to get him out. I will not be like one of those parents who give a one-star rating because my kid got hurt. Overall, I do not think it to be a dangerous toy. God only knows how and why his arm got stuck in there jsut the right way. Just be careful.Even with that little "incident," it really was a fun toy! | positive |
0 | A fun engaging toy | We bought this for our daughter's first birthday. At first she didn't play to much with it and it is just recently (at 16 months) that she really seems to have gotten "into" this toy. She spends a lot of time each day pushing the balls down the shoot, pushing the blue smiley button on top that makes music, and in general just hanging all over it. It has been a good buy. | negative |
1 | UNSTABLE | My son likes to play with this toy, but i would not reccommend it for a child until they are standing up on there own. Every time my son would pull himself up on this toy it would tip over and he would fall and get hurt! Definatly not a good thing! | positive |
0 | Should be a recall !!! | Anyone who gave this toy an A+ obviously didn't get this toy for a child learning to stand. A pull up toy is what is advertised as. Well it's not weighted enough. My 8 1/2 month old daughter tried to pull up on this on it tipped over on her. She's only 17 lbs. so you know it'll tip over for a heavier child. Have you ever comforted a child with tears running down her cheeks cause she banged her head on the floor or got hit in the face. Think of this when you think of buying this toy. Cause that's what you'll be doing!!! | negative |
0 | DANGEROUS!!! | There are a lot of reviews gone here. I read 238 reviews here last week and a lot of them need to be read. Don't buy this toy. Children are getting their arms stuck and some have even had to call 911 to get their children out. The top comes off at any given time and if you put this toy together than you have seen the sharp rod that is exposed. I bought this toy for my daughter and as she tried to pull herself up on it she fell backwards and the toy landed on top of her smacking her in the face. It's not properly weighted. This toy should be the next recall!!! | negative |
0 | DANGEROUS! | DON'T BUY this toy!!! I let my daughter stand holding on to the toy and it toppled immediately. Not only did she fall and hit her head on the floor, the toy fell over her and hit her forehead. I don't understand why this toy got an award. All I can tell that it's poorly made and it's dangerous. | negative |
1 | Great fun for babies and young toddlers | I bought this toy for my 1 year old who wasn't standing independently yet. I wanted to give him something that would encourage him to stand up. Boy, did this ever work! From the first day he had this toy he has LOVED to pull himself up (I had to hold it so it wouldn't tip), stick the balls in the holes, plop back down on the floor, find the ball that rolled out, stand up, put the ball in the hole, and over and over and over. He also loves the music so much he presses the button so he can dance to it.He's 2 now and he still has fun with this toy every once in a while. My only complaint is that it's not sturdy enough for a baby to pull himself up on, even though it seems to imply that that's part of the reason for buying the toy. Overall, it's been a great success! | positive |
1 | lots of fun but not very safe | Definately not sturdy enough for baby to pull self up. But offers much stimulation for baby with the music and sounds. | positive |
1 | C'Mon, you know you want it... | I have heard some of these songs, and let me tell you, they are one hell of a band! If you like Depeche Mode, then you'll fawn over this band. Buy it. NOW. | positive |
0 | Uneducated author | Anyone who writes a kosher, non-vegetarian cookbook where the only coupla desserts are dairy hasn't spent any time in a kosher home. I can look at any cookbook for gourmet recipes that don't contain ham or meat-and-cheese. The point of a kosher cookbook is that it meet the needs of a kosher lifestyle. Two thumbs down.I'll take anything from Gil Marks over most kosher cookbooks in a heartbeat:Encyclopedia of Jewish FoodOlive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities Around the World (Hardcover) | negative |
0 | Lots of VERY basic information | If you have spent any time with your GPS unit you will find little if any new information in here. A lot of the book covers the basics that you will already know... and there is a whole chapter devoted to how to take a screenshoot of your GPS screens. The chapter is just a lot of pictures of screens.There are snippets of useful information but they are far and few between. It is only because of these few snippets that I give it a two.Save your money, spend an hour online at a good GPS site and you will be further ahead. | negative |
0 | Complete waste of money. | This book offers nothing more than little tidbits of information. Even to that end, all of this information is available online at various sites. This is a complete waste of money. You won't "hack" anything, but you will waste your money. A big disappointment!!! | negative |
0 | Author has no business writing a book on GPS. | Most of the book is common sense, or BS to fill up pages (a good percentage of the book are pages with 1-2 pictures, e.g. "Here is a picture of some batteries", or "Here is a hard case lined with foam", or "This is how to use a label maker to organize your cables"). I'm not making this up, look through it with the Amazon online reader.Also the author doesn't know the difference between simple GPS terms. A blog post on her website incorrectly refers to almanac and ephemeris data as the the same thing when they serve two seperate purposes. I would recommend the author read "Understanding GPS principles and Applications" to brush up on the fundamentals. GPS is a complicated subject as it is, there is no need for the author to make it harder.If you want to learn about GPS hacking, but a SiRF-III receiver, interface it to Google Earth via RS232, or write your own application using the NMEA protocol which can be found through a web search. | negative |
0 | Useless | The book had absolutely nothing about the GPS I use. If you have one of the models written about, it might be useful, but if you have anything else, it's worthless. | negative |
0 | Nice Book. Out of Date. | The information didn't mention that the book was out of date by a few years so most of the information was irrelevant to current gps units and TomTom is barely mentioned. Most of the information is heavily oriented to Garmin. | negative |
0 | Worthless book | Don't waste your money in this book. It covers subjects like how to install gps antenna in your house. Why would you want to do that??? All the information is available for free from better sources and more in deep. | negative |
0 | Mediocre | Two adjectives: minimal (which is not bad in itself) but completely aimlessEach song starts out with an interesting and high quality theme, but all except a couple of tracks go nowhere and leave the listener bored. | negative |
0 | bad buy | This item is called "Silver Solder" but is JUNK! It is not a good quality product!I would never buy it again or do buisiness with that company again!Alpha Metals #AM23945 8OZ .125 GP Silver Solder- THIS IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR TIME!!! | negative |
1 | Excellent material | Dr. Jerry Newcombe, co-author of "George Washington's Sacred Fire" and long-time researcher for Dr. D. James Kennedy, nails down the tricky topic of eschatology in this fascinating book. Without judgement, he lays down the major Christian viewpoints and meticulously backs his writing with quote after quote from theologians and authors ranging from Hal Lindsay to R.C. Sproul. Postmillenialism, Amillenialism, Premillenialism, Chiliasm, Preterism... all are covered and defended by their proponents.If you're the typical "Left Behind" believer, some of the alternative viewpoints may shock you. As we near 2012, "Coming Again" is hard to beat as an end-of-the-world read - I've enjoyed revisiting my copy. | positive |
1 | Where It All Started | People tend to do a double take when they see the early photo of Willie before his outlaw days. I actually have an original vinyl copy of this recording which is out of print on CD (new and used CD's from $35.00). I've only recently begun purchasing music through mp3 downloads. Making hard to get gems like this one available brings even the crustiest old analog diehards like myself to the mp3 download table. | positive |
1 | GREAT BOOK | I LIVE IN NEW BEDFORD MA, ITS A GREAT BOOK WITH LOTS OF HISTORY OF A VERY RICH WOMAN THAT LIVED IN MY CITY, | positive |
1 | Just in case | I purchased this as a backup to the batteries because I was using it for interviewing. If the battery is drained the quality of the recording is affected. So you may be better off using the adaptor to play it safe. | positive |
0 | STILL WAITING FOR A REFUND | The Amazon product description for this device did NOT indicate (as literature with the product did) (1) the polarity of the output plug -- it was wrong for my application, and (2) that this device should not be used with a radio -- it was wrong for my application. If I had found the package on display in a store I would have known this immediately, and have passed it up. The supplier sent me a note saying that the deficient product description they published was supplied by the manufacturer, so it wasn't their fault and have not offered to take back the merchandise and issue a refund (it's still sealed in its original package). Not much money, but it's the principle ... . | negative |
0 | Warning-does not work with Sangean radio | This adaptor is suggested as an accessory on the web page selling the Sangean DT-220V AM/FM Stereo Pocket Size Radio. It will not work as the polarity is opposite of what is needed. | negative |
0 | Buyer Beware: No Power Adaptor | The sound is okay, but I don't recommend this item for one simple reason: no power cord. It doesn't state (at least in the description above) that there's no power cord included with this unit. That costs extra time and hassle. There are a lot of units out there that do come with a power adaptor: buy one of those instead. | negative |
0 | You've Got To Be Kidding! | Yep, Original Artists, they dug these great folks up after 35 years, stuck them in a small closet, hired third rate musicians, and recorded their original hits. Some of the efforts are so rediculous you can't help but laugh. These are great folks from a time when we were younger and passionate. Unless you can't tell the difference between a Howler Monkey mating call or a jet engine under full thrust for takeoff, don't waste your money or time on this Canadian fiasco. | negative |
1 | Not Bad! | I disagree with the only reviewer on this item that it's trash. It is worth the purchase.Look, upon first listen, one can immediately tell that these aren't the original hits but I think it's interesting to hear what these hits sound like now with better technology. Some cases they are worse and in a few songs, they are better (i.e. Stories "Brother Louie").Of course it is in the ear of the reviewer.But it's 16.00 for four discs. | positive |
0 | Tiny! | Don't be fooled by the picture. This item is very small. I do not believe there is enough product in each container for even one use! This is not worth the money. | negative |
0 | defective unit. | I received the unit and plugged everything in and it worked well! For about a month. Then one light appeared to only turn on 1/2 way, then both lights a week or so later. A couple days after that, the light would no longer turn on. When power was cycled, it started to turn on, then went off. I assume that the ballast blew out.I retrofitted an old coralife fixture I had and the bulbs just barely fit. The two 56 watt T5 bulbs lit the tank beautifully, though, while it worked.I will try to get a replacement and hopefully it will work better... | negative |
1 | "Boats of Alaska" | Having married into a commercial fishing family in early '50's and fished among and on many of the style boats illustrated here, I appreciate Mr. Denton's love for the boats and the sea. He has done a wonderful job . . . . would like to see more of his paintings. Enjoyed Clem Tillion's foreword, too. . . . these gentlemen know the Alaskan fishing industry. | positive |
1 | Great funky UK remixes. | Here are the tracks for this cd:1. Radio Edit2. Jeep Mix3. UK Flavour Mix4. UK Flavour Instrumental.While the Jeep Mix is far removed from the original version, it is still a fit for this song as it keeps the funk vibe intact but looses the samples. In this way, the songs stands on it's own merit instead of being sample-driven.The UK Flavor Mix is much like the original version as the original samples are still present. Nonetheless, the UK Flavor Mix add more funk to the mix. | positive |
1 | how much more lovely could it get! | you need to hear this voice interpret this music. that is all i need to say. | positive |
1 | So Fun You Can't Put it Down! | This model is fun and exciting you will want ot build it ove an over again. You will have fun playing with this model with other sets. | positive |
1 | I like it. Very good addition to my collection. | I've gotten hooked on these ships. I actually bought this one off of a shelf because I'm having trouble finding them all.I put it together in about 20 minutes and it's a great show piece. The two guards look awesome and make the set.I rated the educational value at 3 becuase it wasn't overly difficult to put together.I would recommend this to anyone who likes the other Star Wars sets. Even playing with this one is fun. You can either have the scary scene with the Emporer landing, or use your Rebel figures for the espionage run. | positive |
1 | Imperial Shuttle | This is by far the coolest set I have so far. I love the imperial shuttle from the movies, because it just looked so neat. Lego did a very good job making this look almost exacly identical to the ship in the movie. The two gaurds that come with it are pretty neat also, again from the movie I liked them the most. I however don't like the all white design, gray would have been much better. The little seat thing that the guys sit on is really cramped, and its kinda hard to get them all on there. I don't play with legos, but I don't think that it would hold up to some of the punishment kids can dish out. The top fin is what I think would fall off most often. BUY THIS SET IT'S WORTH THE MONEY!! | positive |
1 | Not the product I thought, but....... | I thought I was ordering another imperial shuttle set and at first disappointed that I purchased the wrong product. However, my son, who is an avid Star Wars collector discovered that this older version of the imperial shuttle is almost a collector's item. It was a great price and he plans on holding onto it for a long time.. | positive |
1 | This is a must have set! | This Lego set is pretty durable due to its flat bottom and landing gears that protect it from completely shattering. This set looks cool when you fly it around because of its shape and size. It makes you feel like your in Star Wars which makes a great educational value. It enhances your imagination and brings you to a galaxy far, far away... | positive |
1 | it was very grear | You should try it. it fits very well in your hand. It's great for the imagination. you have to get it. The most fun you'll have is when your put together and hen take it apart to build something new. It is awesome. i mean it!!!! | positive |
1 | Katie's Choice | History seems to be repeating itself when Katie finds herself pregnant. Her own mother, Daria, faced a similiar choice after a brief, passionate affair, and chose to keep her child- Katie herself. Now, Daria urges Katie to abort as the smart thing to do. Her decision to obey tears her world in two, haunting her and altering the way she deals with life. Sure that she herself was a mistake, guilty over killing her child, Katie feels that there is no hope for her- but friends who love her against the odds and despite all the barriers give her a chance to begin again with Christ.**** While most Christian novels are filled with nothing but "good" people who would never make the choices Katie did, this one takes the bold move to acknowledge that "good" people still sin. If the abortion figures are accurate, then there are millions of young women who could benefit from this book. **** | positive |
0 | Skip this if you're not religious! | A not-very-thinly-veiled "message story"- just basically telling people not to have an abortion. Goes with the argument that a fetus is a child, etc... just ridiculous in my opinion, and very unrealistic. In my experience, when a woman makes the choice to end a pregnancy, it's because it is what's best, and that choice certainly doesn't haunt anyone I know who has had one... the book just doesn't ring true. Not to mention it just felt like another way for Christians to judge: through literature now. Oh, yippee, another forum for small-mindedness. | negative |
1 | Lovely rose scent | I love the smell of roses &this perfume captures them perfectly. Adding a sugar note is genius because it makes the perfume come off as a truer rose scent on the skin & keeps it from becoming too cloying. | positive |
1 | Raw erudition. The poet's "night bats" definitely sing. | As with much of Herrera's poetry, the reader will experience estrangement of the first order. One may picture American society as an "exploding quazar" that requires several readings to discern. Herrera's synecdoches take time to unravel, but well worth the effort. This is Carlos Santana meeting David Lynch: the "Last Mayan rock band" performing songs that aptly depict society, the status of art, and subjectivity at the twilight of postmodernism. Good stuff. | positive |
0 | Not an OS X application | What it doesn't say here nor on the finalemusic.com website is, this is an OS 9 ("classic") application. If you have managed finally to dispense with all your "classic" Mac applications, you'll want to think twice before ordering this one. It's so "classic" that the Installer tells you it can't be run under OS X but you must REBOOT into OS 9 before installing!This was a shock, because the same company's Finale NotePad -- surely the best value in free software anywhere! -- does run native in OS X. | negative |
0 | Not a fan. | I was so excited to think that this would work with my hand held tablet and phone. It does not work very well. You have to be extremely patient to want to use this at all. | negative |
0 | Not worth it | I paid less money for another Hybrid Stylus and it works far better. I was looking forward to this one because it was slim and would fit well with my Nook and it doesn't work well at all. | negative |
1 | good for language learners | The engaging plots of all John Goodall's books are so well illustrated that they are the perfect tool for building on the visual to teach a new language to any age learner. After listening to the story while looking at the published books, my students read accompanying texts and work crosswords made for them based on their particular linguistic and literacy levels. Do a search on "John S. Goodall" to find others. | positive |
0 | Bob's Red Mill Cake Mix, Chocolate | This product was out of stock and no longer made. So it took many calls and emails to find this out. The product was substituted with something else which I agreed to before hand. All the people I encountered during this transaction were very capable and polite and tried to rectify the problem. As I said it did take along time but in the end it all worked out. | negative |
1 | Excellent on Pornography Addiction | This lady is 'right on the button.' She prepared and gave a detailed account of the problem of pornography no only in America but around the world. A very good book which will be helpful to all. | positive |
1 | An Important Read | I was actually hoping for something more empiricalregarding the effects of porn. However, as the authornotes, you can't really do studies on porn withoutviolating ethics (ie exposing people to lots of porn to seewhat happens to them).What Pamela Paul does do is far more important. Shecomes out and says what it seems nobody is willing to:porn is bad and here's why. If one of her reasons doesn'tsway you there's probably four or five others that will.She also effectively argues against the philosophical/intellectual/legal arguments porn producers use to defendtheir trade, and puts porn as an agressive business lobbyin perspective.This book isn't always great. Sometimes it feels likeyou're hearing a certain set of arguments over and overthroughout the book. And the title rubs me wrong (I got adirty look from the person at the counter when I boughtit:)). However, after reading the book, I have now firmlyfound a side on a problem whose prevalence I was notentirely aware of. | positive |
1 | Don't miss this important book! | It takes an astute social commentator like Pamela Paul to take a deeper look at what's going on in popular culture. Paul has a way of recognizing and delving deeper into what's in front of our noses. Just as she observed and analyzed the phenomenon of Starter Marriage, she observes and analyzes Internet pornography and its effect on our lives. Yes, pornography has always been around, but never as easily accessible as on the Internet. She opened my eyes to the pervasiveness of it in so many lives-at home and at work. While her disapproval is clear, it's not from a doctrinaire or religious position, but from a perspective of how it interferes with other aspects of life-childhood, family,partners, work, recreation.I grew up hearing and seeing much about how television had changed the world and contributed to personal and familial isolation. This book shows how the Internet, and particularly, pornography on the Internet, has taken all that a giant step further. | positive |
1 | An interesting read. | I THOUGHT IT WAS A PROFOUND LOOK AT WHAT THE MEDIA IS DOING TO DESENSITIZE US. A GOOD READ FOR WHAT EVER YOUR VIEWS MIGHT BE. | positive |
0 | not objective. quite opinionated | As I work in the computer industry, I thought an objective book on the effect of pornography on society would be an interesting read. Unfortunately, this book is not objective, and I have had a very difficult time trying to read it. Like on the news were they finish a clip and have to add in their own 2 cents, "oh that's horrible Jane. I agree Mike"...the author adds her opinion to the text. | negative |
0 | sex biased | Have you noticed that where the gender of the reviewer is decernable, the pros are all women, and the cons all men? Porn is in the eye of the beholder. At one point in this book Ms Paul recomends "Erotica" over "Pornography". Tell me, just what is the difference? Isn't this arguement more, "You should look at what turns ME on, not what turns YOU on"? If a man spends 18 hours a day looking at porn on the internet, yes he has a problem. If he spends 18 hours a day looking at pictures of FROGS on the internet, he ALSO has a problem. | negative |
0 | No Carnes, no way! | I picked this one up at the library. I'm in total agreement with the premise and need for the book. However in the area of adverse effects of a porn world the author made a grave error. She entirely omitted the research of Dr. Patrick Carnes, the pioneer of sex addiction studies. No Mark Laaser either. Sorry, any real discussion of the harm of porn must communicate Carne's conclusions. | negative |
1 | Worth your time to read | This book is worth purchasing and reading or at the very least leafing through at the library.The author does an interesting job of presenting controversial material. Today if you're not supportive of the Porn Industrial Complex, somehow you're either a puritan or another woman with an axe to grind!Paul is on to something with this well-read (read not another dry academic polemic) and so-so researched book. I don't think her "study" meets the requirements of an acceptable social science inquiry, but that is another issue.The quotes and observations from people who view porn are the most telling and allow her to make her point easily. | positive |
0 | Terrible!!! | This book is full of Biases! Don't read it, or if you feel you must then check out Watching Sex by David Loftus. Covers many of the same issues, and explains why Pamela Paul doesn't know what she's talking about. | negative |
0 | Another quickie pop psychology waste of time | Oh, the title will grab some sales (I like the guy who sez leaf thru it for free), but this is basically one person's opinion stretched into book length suppositions and limp assertions. Porn deserves real scientific study, not pop psychology and trendy fluff. Sad. | negative |
0 | author forgets that limiting tobacco and alcohol use | Have certainly not reduced the demand for those items. If it can't for thopse items then it won't for porn. My suggestion to women and men who are disturbed by porn. Don't enter into a relationship with someone who likes it! Plain and simple porn like prostitution is a minority taste if real research is put forth. Most of the people I know who are into it are single and have no interest in ever having a relationship with anybody. Problem easily solved. | negative |
1 | Scary | I read this book in the midst of a relationship with a man who has a problem with pornography. I initially bought it, thinking it might give me some insight into the problems we were having but I had no idea how profoundly it would change how I saw every area of my life. After reading this book non-stop for two days, I felt like I had been living in a fun house for the past 10 years and had only now realized it. In the parts of the book where it talks about relationships, I saw my relationship with my boyfriend for the first time. I felt like the blinders had been taken off of me, and all the things that had always bothered me about our relationship started to make sense.I am not surprised that many men are defensive and angry about this book - that was the same response I got from my boyfriend when I told him what I was learning.I broke up with my boyfriend soon after reading this book. This book has changed my life, and I thank Pamela for writing it. | positive |
1 | A seminal work in English literature | This collaboration between Wordsworth and Coleridge signaled the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry and announced all the important themes and techniques of the movement: the healing power of nature and art, the importance of "ordinary" man and woman, the pervasiveness of the supernatural in everday life, etc. The book also broke old rules by incorporating prosaic, common language in the poems.Sometimes the poems are mawkish and strain for effect, but for the most part they are powerful and moving. Most famous of Coleridge's contributions, of course, is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", with its admonition to respect ALL of God's creation. But even lovelier is "The Nightingale", a paen to the restorative power of art.Wordsworth's most famous contribution is "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", but he also submits several excellent narrative poems with supernatural themes. | positive |
1 | The great groundbreaking work of English Romantic poetry | This volume contains one of the greatest collaborations in literary history. Coleridge wrote of the supernatural and distant, and Wordsworth of the everyday and near in Nature. Coleridge wrote his poetic masterwork , | positive |
0 | OMG different covers books but same on the inside | i am completely disappointed i have gotten every book that this art has put out and had i not looked at a friends collection i would have doubled my own collection of books. this book is the SAME exact copy of the hard copy with the beautiful dogwoods on the front it BOY was i so upset i thought i was getting 30 more flowers to recreate but in fact its THE SAME Exact book just a different cover watch out for that | negative |
1 | Elegant little book | Photography is excellent. Very clear instructions. Good for new crafters as well as those with experience. Variety of patterns is excellent. | positive |
1 | WRITE A REVIEW IF YOU WANT THIS BOOK REPRINTED/RELEASED | i am making a plea to the author/authors/publishers of this book to re-release or issue a reprint of this CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT book as like i many people only need this book to complete their roswell book collection and because it's out of print the only way to get/buy it is to pay stupidly high prices for it which no sane person can afford!!!so i'm asking you to issue a reprint of this book, and i can assure you there are plenty of us that would buy this book if you did, which would bring in high revenues for you!!!SO HEAR MY PLEAS AND REPUBLISH THIS BOOK | positive |
0 | No stars: Quarantine -- this book | I've read several of the books in this series, and was a real fan of the show, but I feel it's only fair to give warning about this one. It was so out of touch with the show and its viewers, it offended. The only way it *was* in keeping with the show, was that the 'science' was laughable--below the level of a grade-school child. The story dealt with curbing an epidemic, yet the author couldn't be bothered to check out basic facts about, say, DNA. And Maria is chided because a total stranger shows up with a claim on her, pushes his way into her home (in the absence of her mother) and stays, and she doesn't bow and show him hospitality. This was so appalling, I actually tossed it in the trash after I read it, instead of donating it to the library. Didn't want the infection to spread. | negative |
1 | one of the best uk garage artists | all i can say is listen to the bonus track - r u ready. there is crisp and mellow lyrics from Lifford as a guest vocalist on 'Please don't turn me on' and the garage mix is even better. A worthy purchase for uk garage fans. | positive |
1 | good election | I am very happy with my purchase, it's very naice, it is a huge clock and the machine does not make noise, I recommend it. | positive |
0 | Fun but doesn't work right | I bought this for my four sons. They all thougt it was very cool and it worked ok for a couple of days. Now the ferris wheel get's stuck all the time. It is also very noisy. I agree with the other reviewers that it is difficult to find cars that work with the ferris wheel. Most of the ones we have just fall off. This is a problem with many of these types of playsets (we also have the Cyborg set and it has the same issues)! Overall, pretty cool, but they need to work on some of the problems. | negative |
1 | Good product with one drawback | I did a lot of looking around for a durable track set for my son. First of all, this was a pleasure to put together (very easy). No decals to add! That was a plus. One of the other reviewers mentioned that their cars kept falling off the ferris wheel. That is happening to the one we purchased also. Heavier, longer vehicles have a hard time balancing on the ferris wheel. In the instructions it specicially mentions that some matchbox cars will not work properly with this set. Unfortunately, it does not mention which ones will work well. I am sure the "Hero City" line of cars will have a much better chance of holding onto the ferris wheel. Most of my son's cars are hot wheels and most have not been able to hold on very well. All in all, my son still finds this toy very fun. He also loved the DVD that comes with it. | positive |
0 | Ferris Wheel Does NOT Work | The cars continually fall off the ferris wheel, which is very upsetting to a child trying to play with this toy. I would not recommend it. | negative |
1 | Much better then Hot Wheel sets! | We have always boughten the lastest and greatest hot wheels sets for both of our boys (8 yr & 5 yrs). They never stay together and most you can just watch.We got this as a birthday present and neither of them have stopped playing with it since. It stays together and is very durable as far as the pounding on it and things like that go.We have decided to scrap all the hot wheels sets and trade in for the Matchbox Hero City sets. | positive |
1 | Great Rocket Park Playset | This set is very cool and entertaining to my 8 year old son. It has nice sound effects and will entertain for hours. Matchbox cars work very well with this, hotwheels cars don't work too well with this one (too heavy for the ramp jump). You get a matchbox car with it and a DVD. Pretty easy to assemble and get out of the box. The dvd is great for occupying them during assembly time too. A+++ A sturdy wonderful toy Thanks Matchbox! | positive |
1 | pretty cool toy, but expensive | We gave this to our 6 yr.old son for his b-day and he loves it! My 4 yr.old dd too. He was alittle frustrated at first because the piece that you bang on to shoot the car back up is difficult you really have to slam on it, he's getting the hang of it though. The ferris wheel is slow and it takes 3 cars at a time so it's hard for them to be patient, I do recommend buying it online if you can, we paid 50$ at the store. Very durable though, i'm happy with that. It comes with a DVD with 2 cartoons which they watch over and over. | positive |
1 | So Far, 3 Days of Playing with Nothing Else | My son just got this for his 4th birthday and he has played with it non-stop for the past three days. He has found several cars that work with it and we have successfully connected his other matchbox sets to it for one large continuous track. Sure it is a little on the loud side and the ferris wheel does occassionaly get stuck but my 4 year old has discovered that all you have to do is switch it off for a second and then turn it back on to remedy the problem. It has even withstood my Golden Retriever tromping on it and chewing on it! | positive |
0 | THIS TOY IS AWFUL! | Let me start by saying my 3 1/2 year old son asked me to bring it back to the store!It is extremely loud with no volume control (that we could find).The only car that would work with it is the one that came with it. We must have 100's of cars and none of them worked. They all kept falling off the feris wheel! After about 5-10 mintues of myself, my husband and my son all trying to get it to work, my son walked away so aggrivated and in tears. He was so dissapointed. He worked so hard to earn this toy. My heart was broken for him.It was very expensive, and I think a very poor product. The fact my son asked me to return it, I think says a lot about the product. We ended up getting him another race track set that he just loves and hasn't stopped playing with it. | negative |
0 | Built Great...But one BIG Problem! | My 6 year old received this set. He was so excited. It went together very easily. It is also a very sturdy set. The problem is, it comes with a car that works great with the set, however most of my son's other cars (some are matchbox, some are hotwheels) won't go on the ferris wheel. My son spent a couple of hours trying out all of his cars and got frustrated. Now the set just sits on his bedroom floor. | negative |
0 | Dissapointed with this toy | I bought this for my 3 year old who loves anything to do with cars. It came with a DVD about Hero City, which he loves. However, one of the main characters, Bumper, doesnt even work on the ferris wheel. He has several cars from the DVD and all of them fall off of the ferris wheel before making it all the way around. They get stuck sometimes to the point where I have to help get them out. The catapault doesnt work for all of them either. I even got him a set of hero city cars to go with this and only one or two even worked. This is not worth the money, my son only gets frustrated when he plays with it because it rarely works. | negative |
1 | Feel good story | Enjoyable to read. I especially liked the "hero" and the relationship he developed with the young boy. I also thought it was great the mom trusted him with her son.Would recommend to anyone who likes Nora Roberts. | positive |
0 | CHI Catonic Hydration Interlink Straight Guard | This product is really nice and the price is good. The only problem is the pump on the bottles was either poorly designed and either breaks or keeps coming apart. | negative |
0 | just ok | This was just ok, not that great. The father's acting was good. The bad brother's acting was good. Everyone else was kind of forget-able.. | negative |
1 | Stress Relief | I purchased this video because its description said she helped people cope with stress through humor. I have a lot of stress in my life and began watching this video in the morning while getting ready for my day. She is truly enjoyable and addresses serious issues of stress and anger with gentle humor. She doesn't CURE stress, but she sure helps to alleviate it. She offers humor with a purpose. I would recommend any of her videos. They are all good. | positive |
0 | Not my cup of tea | I just know about this because my mom is a fan. I myself found her solutions to stress a little simplistic. I don't need to get a video to tell me to not treat life so seriously. I've been following her brilliant "revelations" for years w/out any help. | negative |
0 | not too great | I was taking this this for a while and all of a sudden when i go use the bathroom for number two, it was super hard to come out. I was in pain and my pee was lime green. So i don't know what's in it so i stopped taking it and i'm better afterwards. | negative |
0 | Rough on Your Stomach | I had high expectations for this reasonably priced multi, but beware: Its recommended 4-capsule dose made me debilitatingly nauseated, no matter what time of day I took them. I've never had trouble with high-potency multi-vitamins before, and I have previously tolerated and taken Twinlab's prenatal vitamins. I bought two bottles, unfortunately. I had no choice but to throw both away after two weeks. | negative |
1 | The perfect bargain clothes shopping guide! | I am a vintage & bargain clothes fanatic & thought I knew how to spot the best deals ... wrong! Weil is very knowledgable regarding her subject & provides numerous tips & hints on how to spot quality, fakes, the best fit, how to remove stains, & how to care for clothes. It's like getting a thorough lesson from a trusted friend. Weil's style is casual & witty, making this book a fun read. I loved it! | positive |
1 | I absolutely adore this book! | Everytime I pick up this book, I get a serious urge to shop! It is an absolutely superb resource! I love it, I love it, I love it! My coffee table book! | positive |
1 | Great resource for vintage clothes. | I really learned alot about vinatge clothes after reading this book. Granted, I knew almost nothing before hand. So, for those just starting out, this is a great book. But for people with a good knowledge of vintage clothes, this book might be a little repetitive.JBogue...Specializing in paranormal romance and fiction. | positive |
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