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[ "This game is a very fun game for Twisted Metal fans and people just getting into the series.", "This game has awesome graphics just like the PS2 (but a lot more fun than Twisted Metal: Black).", "There are three different single player game modes.", "Story mode is where you pick a car and use it for 11 different levels to destroy the other people's cars.", "Challenge mode is where you make all the rules and choose the opponents.", "Endurance mode is where you see how long you last.", "There is also a multiplayer mode for this game.", "The characters from all the old games are back like: Sweet Tooth, Axel, Warthog, Outlaw, and many more.", "Each have their own characteristics (speed, armor, special weapon, and handling).", "There's bound to be a character for everyone.", "This game is a fun game and an easy game to learn so I recommend it for people just getting the PSP also.", "Some people may not like the game so I recommend renting it first (gamefly.", "com *Please Refer Me)." ]

[ "Just boil two cups of water..", "I use my bottled water..", "I don't remember where I heard this , dried potatoes are the best unlike many other veggies.", "I want to throw out a question/ has anyone made croquettes with these potatoes?..", "The Italian version has a small stick of mozzarella inside with crumb coat..", "The size of either a golf ball or the Cubans make it with ham in the middle..", "Both are amazing..", "I think if I just add less water it will be like play dough & easier to make...", "Just try these potatoes..", "They come from Idaho the home of the potato.." ]

[ "BLOW, is a fantastic movie on all counts.", "Director Ted Demme who sadly passed away shortly after filming was completed painted a real and all too scary account of of a man who scored big and made millions as one of the biggest cocaine dealers in the 70's but like everthing that is illegal crashed and burned in a spectacular and sad way.", "BLOW, is the true story of George Jung who as a young boy watched as his parents fought over money and lived O.", "K. but nothing out of the ordinary.", "One day when his father lost his job and had to file for bankruptcy young George said to his father that he \"never wanted to be poor\" to which his father responded \"than you won't\".", "Jung, wanted a lot of money and he wanted fast without going thru the trials and tribulations of getting a real \"decent\" job and settle for a less than ordinary life.", "This film is excellent but a little tough to watch especially as Jung's life and glitzly world of money and coke spirals out of control and worst of all gets turned over to the police by those he thought were his friends.", "Johnny Depp is the main reason to see this movie, here he gives his greatest performance yet and he is compelling as he is beliveable as Jung.", "You sometimes feel sorry for him, you know that he's done wrong but thru it all he is really not a bad guy just got caught up in a life that moves too fast and too dangerous.", "Depp, again will leave you spellbound and it proves that he is not just another pretty face by Hollywood standards but an intense and gifted actor who is also extremely versatile.", "This film is great and I highly recommended." ]

[ "I use this product with every papercraft project.", "Card-making especially.", "It's \"non-stick\", and you can even heat emboss on it.", "Adhesives, paint, ink, water, wipe clean when done, nothing sticks!", "It's the greatest craft work area mat on the market, I think.", "The only thing that you should never do is cut on this mat with a craft knife, or pick, or piercer tool.", "(you could break the fibers that make this mat work) Also,never fold this mat, for the same reason.", "Personally, I leave it down on my craft surface, so it's ready to go when I am.", "I mean: clean up with a damp rag?", "Seriously, what could be easier?" ]

[ "Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium 13 is a useful and flexible tool for those who take the time to setup and train it.", "I recently helped my brother setup Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium 12 a while after he purchased it.", "I'll focus on the differences between the two.", "With both installation on Windows 7 Pro was painless.", "The initial setup of 12 wanted you to do the training step which involves reading several pages from a publication.", "These are internal to the Dragon setup with several good selections.", "With 13 much of this is optional, but still improves accuracy and helps Dragon learn you writing style.", "Dragon profile setup may be tedious, but I think it's worth it for the improved results.", "In Dragon 13 literature there are 14 new or improved features:\n1) 15% greater accuracy: I'm not sure how such a definitive number, but I believe it's improved.", "2) Learning from sent email works with web clients now:\n I don't use the supported web mail clients - I'm an Outlook gal.", "3) There is a new Dragon Vocabulary editor:\n I have not tried this yet.", "I'll share my experience when I update this again later.", "4) Smart Format Rules Enhancement:\n I think 13 is learning my common usage and adapting.", "This is kind of subtle and I can't really tell yet if it's better than 12.", "5) Faster Than Ever:\n 13 does seem a little faster to me but it's hard to tell on different machines with different characteristics.", "My brother's PC with 12 is an older core duo and has 6GB.", "Mine is a newer core i7 with 16GB.", "It seems fast enough to me.", "13 is supposed to evaluate the resources of a system and adapt Dragon to make the best use of even limited resources.", "Easier setup is via several changes in requirements and the audio setup.", "All to remove or make optional steps that were included in the Dragon 12 setup.", "This makes it faster to get started but all three of these improve quality.", "6) With 13 Dragon assigns a name to profiles:\n To name a profile you need to rename it later.", "In 12 you were asked for the name when creating the profile.", "7) The somewhat tedious reading for 4 minutes isn't required any more:\n It does improve accuracy.", "My vision impaired brother struggled with reading the selection from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and it took us nearly an hour to get through it.", "When we were done Dragon did very well with his distinct \"Down East\" Maine accent.", "While it's not required in 13 I think it made a noticeable improvement.", "8) Dragon 13 no longer asks to adapt its vocabulary with documents/email at profile creation:\n This saves time but, again it is a step that benefits overall use at a less convenient startup.", "Document/email analysis can be done later.", "9) Dragon 13 audio setup lets you just pick your input device:\n I used the headset that came with Dragon Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium which works very well.", "13 also works pretty well with my laptop's built-in noise cancelling microphone which 12 didn't support.", "I don't even recall the microphone setup steps on 12 so I think they must have been almost as easy.", "I'm happy to see support for the open source OpenOffice Writer V4.", "1.\n\n10) The microphone check step is a short reading:\n Again I don't recall this step on 12 though I'm sure it was there too.", "11) Dragon 13 has increased its support of web based applications:\n Support has been added for web applications like Gmail and added commands and support for all major browsers.", "I have not explored this too much yet.", "I'll update this review when I've learned more.", "Dragon is very impressive to me in the amount of voice control it readily provides.", "12) The DragonBar has been redesigned in 13:\n If you have 12 and want to go back to the \"classic\" bar it's in there and supported.", "I like the way it autocollapses so it does not use more screen space than needed.", "13) The Dragon Sidebar is now the Learning Center:\n Whatever they call it I like having it around as I am continuing to learn Dragon.", "They way it adapts to the context of the currently open application is clever and very helpful.", "14) The interactive tutorial has been expanded:\n It now covers the Dragon bar, learning center and the Vocabulary Editor.", "I think the tutorials are pretty good, but I just jumped in head first.", "In 12 my brother tried the tutorial simulation.", "It was well intentioned but the tutorial didn't understand his accent.", "Seems the tutorials do not use the just created profile.", "They are there for those who want/need them and that's a very good thing.", "So far I'm liking Dragon 13 with the included headset.", "It's a complex program with many aspects I hope to try and dig into as I find time to get beyond my present basic use.", "These include using the dictation transcription capability which I hope to use with the iPhone app.", "Dragon isn't perfect - sometimes it can seem to get confused when I stumble over some words, and this can result in dictated text that is hilarious!", "When this happens and I try to continue while laughing the results can get even more funny to the point where I have to stop and walk away and regain my composure before continuing.", "Somehow I've come to really like those fairly rare times takes me into a laughing fit.", "I can't think of another program where I look forward to it going off the rails like this.", "It seems to me that 13 appears more an incremental improvement over 12 than a revolutionary upgrade.", "If I had 12 instead of my brother I would probably just kept it.", "If you need the expanded applications control or need more flexible microphone capability then 13 may be a good move even from 12.", "Because it's the standard at what it does and I've had no problems with it I'm giving Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium 13 Five stars." ]

[ "This wasn't widely released in America though those who have played it swear by it as being just as fun as Mario Kart 64.", "I agree with this comparison.", "However this has some fun twists that Mario Kart 64 lacks.", "One such twist is that laps occur when you get to the bottom of the hill and jump back on the lift.", "This can cause for some HILARIOUS chaos!", "If two racers have a good lead on opponents but are trying to bump each other out of the way to jump on the next lift chair, it can give other people a chance to catch up and possibly sneak onto a chair first if their opponents knocked each other over.", "I love this dynamic!", "Because it makes it more than just your average Mario Kart racing clone.", "Other features include the ability to buy new boards and perform aerial trick to earn extra cash.", "Money earned during a race can also be used to \"buy\" weapon items encased in boxes littered throughout a course.", "I also ought to mention the music; it's wonderful!!!", "It features bubbley techno music reminiscent of dance/pop groups like Aqua.", "You'll dig the energy the music provides.", "If you are a fan of Mario Kart 64 style crossfires, I think you'll find this is a unique addition to your N64 collection." ]

[ "OK, it did not install as quickly as I thought but once it is dialed in, WOW!", "I love this fence.", "I should have bought this years ago.", "It made my 40 year old Rockwell Contractors saw into a good shop saw that is accurate by just moving the fence to the desired mark on the scale and locking it down with a light push on the lever.", "That's it!", "You're done.", "The saw will now cut exactly the width you want without any further measuring or adjustment.", "What are you waiting for?", "Go ahead and get it!", "You won't be disappointed!" ]

[ "The amount of hours I put in to playing this game is kind of sad.", "I played it multiple times on every difficulty level.", "Then I play through several more times to have fun with alternate strategies.", "For example, it was fun to take a minimalist approach and get through with as few items as possible...", "but then it was fun to be a hoarder as well.", "You can fight the bosses in a meticulous way, a haphazard way, or save up for a rocket launcher and end it all in one blast.", "The mini shoot out games are super fun too.", "I played this game so much that I started having zombie dreams.", "Oh and then there are so many unlockables.", "So yeah...", "buy it, play it, live it.", "I'm nervous to buy 5 for the PS3 because it might not be as good as 4." ]

[ "This is a super nice looking set of end mill drill bits.", "They are simple enough to put into my drill then tighten down.", "I use these for a wide array of DYI projects, art frame and sculpture studio work, building shelving and tables.", "as well as just putting holes in the wall that are the perfect size for wall anchors.", "The gold color is very attractive and appeals to my fondness for gold and the block of wood that they fit in has a contemporary vibe.", "The block fits each end mill bit in its own perfect spot and keeps them organized.", "The block also keeps the bits from rolling off the shelf, where I have them stored, onto the floor and under or into something else where they may or may not every be seen again.", "I get a real thrill out of using my power drill every chance I have.", "Makes me feel like a woman in control of getting things done!", "The end mill drill bits give me more opportunities and uses for my drill.", "Not to mention how handy they are to do all sorts of tasks I need to undertake when holes need to be made and made well with precision.", "There have been too many times I've put mundane tasks, decorating, and DYI jobs on hold for weeks, months, or years waiting for people to help me do a lot of these things after promising they would.", "Amazing how having the right tools and accessories and allow anyone to get it done themselves, avoid the aggravation of nagging people who promised they'd do it, and free up time to do other things!", "I'm a 62 year old disabled woman who is forever having people volunteer to do things around my home, relatively simple things, that never seem to actually show up and do it.", "Just keep making promises.", "Well, ha!", "I keep showing them that I can do it myself.", "This is a set of drill accessories that have expanded the range of things I can do myself and feh on everyone else.", "Great product!", "Great price!", "Great color!", "And a nice block of wood to store it all the drill bits in.", "Next job: get a drill press!", "These babies will be right at home in one of those!" ]

[ "I'm a fan of Mr.", "Rain's non vampire stories.", "I liked this one as well.", "I agree with others who have posted about a lack of a true ending.", "I'm hoping a sequel is on Mr.", "Rain's to-do list however.", "The book was a quick read, well written and consistent with Mr.", "Rain's style.", "The plot gives you enough to let your mind figure out some things on it's own, which is good and bad.", "Let's hope a follow up will wrap up the story line." ]

[ "I grew up in the 80s when Atari was cool and Star Wars first came out.", "These delicious candies were my favorite treat back then.", "The inner wrappers always reminded me of C-3PO.", "I use to save the wrappers: cut and glue them onto a Barbie to transform her into a robot.", "Today these candies remain a favorite of mine.", "I was worried about ordering online.", "I feared they would arrive damaged or expired.", "To my delight they showed up in perfect condition AND expiration isn't until 8/31/2016.", "Its highly doubtful they will even last through the first quarter of 2016 but I appreciate the lengthy expiration on them.", "I am happy.", "Sitting here looking at the wrapper of my first empty box.", "Admiring it in all its beauty.", "Makes me want to watch the original Star Wars again." ]

[ "This is a great phone, rugged, simple and well-built \"flip-phone\" -- just what I was looking for.", "It is, however, an older model and the photo and video specs are really not up to the quality of modern phones.", "I don't really care about taking photos and video, so that's not a problem for me.", "It is \"new\" and came in the original box, but I did have to purchase a new battery.", "Lithium batteries have a limited shelf life, even if they have not been used, and this one would not take or hold a charge.", "After using this phone for a month, I am finding that this phone is a battery killer.", "Even on standby, and making no calls, it will run the battery down to nothing in about 8-10 hours.", "I live only a few blocks from a cell tower, and my old phone would last for days on a charge.", "Have purchased 2 new batteries (Motorola), charged them according directions -- with the same results.", "Not sure what the problem is with this phone." ]

[ "In Willa Cather's fine story \"A Wagner Matinee,\" a 19th century woman isolated on a farm in Nebraska is starved for great music.", "She has been acquainted with Mozart from earlier in life.", "She gets a chance to travel to Boston where she hears a concert featuring the Tannhauser Overture.", "The result is the thrill of a lifetime.", "We can imagine how Wagner's grand overture would impact such a person.", "The sophisticated grandeur and power of Wagner's music would sound like an apocalyptic event.", "For me the one drawback of this opera is its thematic dualism between religion and sex.", "The dualism derives, in my opinion, from a deepseated association between German Christianity and monasticism despite Luther's acceptance of a married clergy.", "German culture interprets Christianity as a devotional discipline which translates into the slow tempo of the opera's Pilgrim Chorus.", "This sound is thrown into opposition to the giddy, ecstatic sound of the Venusberg music.", "Although the distinction between solemn and high-spirited music is natural enough, it is illogical to confine spirituality to slow tempi and low dynamic.", "The natural correlative of spirit is wind, hardly an object lesson in dour, rocklike stoicism.", "On the Day of Pentecost, the filling of the Holy Spirit was mistaken for drunkenness.", "Wagner's dualism limits his music and even gives off a stylistic \"false note\" as though something is not quite right in a purely aesthetic sense.", "The dualism is handled much better in Parsifal where the \"Venusberg\" alternative is replaced by futility and evil, dramatic in presentation but clearly inferior to the spirituality of Amfortas and Parsifal's Grail cult.", "Tannhauser is a very brilliant but immature, unresolved work based on a confused sense of priorities as though one has to choose between religious devotion and spontaneous enthusiasm.", "The best comment on Wagner's later resolution of religion and excitement is the exalted synthesis of Anton Bruckner's symphonies." ]

[ "Wow!", "I haven't had this gum in years!", "I was at a Labor Day parade and I saw a kid eating some of this stuff and it started giving me a craving.", "I looked in many stores, but wasn't able to find anything but the original flavor variety.", "I didn't really need a whole case of it, but I figured it would be fun to give some of this out to my kids and friends, too, so I went ahead and purchased the whole case of it.", "It's just as much fun and great-tasting as I remember.", "As far as gum goes, it really isn't a cheap product or even a long-lasting product.", "For me, it was just the novelty of eating it and the nostalgic experience of it.", "For me, it was worth it, and this will tideme over for a few more years until I get the craving again!", ":)" ]

[ "I just finished The Other Boleyn Girl and I thoroughly enjoyed it.", "I don't usually go for historical fiction since history is usally dry and fiction is not meant to be taken as more than creative license.", "But Phillip Gregory has blended both mediums masterfully.", "I found using Mary as the narrator, the infamous Anne Boleyn's sister very clever since so much is historiclly documented about Anne and very little is actually known about Mary.", "We are told that Anne is older and was sent to be trained in the French court and that Mary is the younger sister being married at aged 12 and placed as Queen Katherine's lady in waiting.", "I have always found Anne Boleyn's tale fascinating.", "Gregory is not a historian, so if she erred somewhat on the order and dates of some of the demises of the famous clergy or wars, so be it.", "At times I forgot I was reading fiction I got so caught up in the political intrigue and the Howard family's lust for power at the expense of their own kin.", "Her portrayal of George Boleyn was very colorful though there is no way to know if the allegations of him being homosexual or whether he actually did engage in incest to help his sister Anne beget a son to save her posisiton are true.", "The sibling rivalry between Anne and mary plays true.", "Anne uses her sister so meanly in her asirations to become queen, yet Mary is still supportive of her sister to the very end as Anne falls from grace and is executed.", "We see Mary, who truly cares for the king being pushed by her family to keep the interest of the king for their selfish rise in power and then callously pushed aside by both the king and her family when neither have further use for her.", "While Anne is ruthless, and self serving, Mary matures and eventually develops the courage to take control of her life by marrying the man she loves and defying her overbearing family.", "I recommend this book this anyone who is drawn to this famous period of history and wants to see it \"come alive\" in print." ]

[ "I was so excited to receive this product for review, before accepting the offer I did a bit of research and read the reviews already out there on the PMD.", "I have some acne scarring from problems during my two pregnancies and thought this just might be the answer.", "I have used the Personal Microderm System for 3 weeks now, once per week.", "If you receive this product do NOT use it without watching the product demo, this is extremely important, without watching the demo you could seriously hurt damage your skin.", "The first day I used the product I was EXTREMELY careful, yet ended up with red streaks down my cheeks which ended up scabbing and some brilliant red circles on my cheekbones....", "I needed to attend a meeting that evening and quite a few people commented wondering what on earth happened to me.", "At this point I was pretty leery since I wanted to help my skin not harm it.", "It took almost a week, but my face healed up and I bravely gave myself a second treatment, it worked perfectly.", "I think the trick is to be certain you only go over each section of skin only one time and be sure not to hold in one spot for any length of time.", "After my third week I feel that my skin is much smoother and softer, I did notice the softness immediately.", "The downside is that I can't seen to get the hang of using it on my hands, but it's a personal problem and in my opinion it is not a fault of the system.", "There are two creams that are suggested for use with the PMD and I think it's a good idea to use them as well.", "I really like the PMD and do recommend it, just use a gentle hand.", "For the few minutes it takes to use the PMD, and the results it has given me I think it is very well worth every penny.", "At $179.", "00 it really is a bargain if you compare the price to getting the same results at a Dr.", "office.", "* I received the PMD system in exchange for review from the Fringe Network, I used this product as directed for three weeks and this is my honest opinion of the product." ]

[ "The battery on my iPhone 3Gs (as I hold out for the iPhone5) runs down within an hour if I use Pandora, Instagram and email.", "For months I walked around with the charger cable in my bag, trying to find an electrical outlet whenever and wherever I could.", "Sometimes that's hard to do in NYC.", "Now I have a better solution - I carry this around, plus the cable, and it doesn't matter if I can't find an electrical outlet.", "Just taking the subway to work can result in my phone fully drained by the time I arrive....", ".", "but now I can keep it fully charged while I commute.", "Pros: one fully charged iTorch can recharge my iPhone (and iPad, and camera) numerous times before needing to be recharged.", "It feels well-made and it's light enough to carry with me.", "Also small enough to fit in my pocket.", "Cons: the battery strength indicator light system can be confusing at first.", "Also, it's very easy to accidentally push the laser button (not that the cats mind!", ") or the flashlight button." ]

[ "Fatal Frame is a really good survival horror game.", "It is known as ''Zero'' in Japan, and as ''Project Zero'' in Europe.", "The game is supposedly based on a true story.", "Set in Japan in 1986, Fatal Frame tells the story of a teenage girl named Miku who is looking for her older brother after he goes missing in a mansion.", "When she gets there, she realizes the mansion is filled with ghosts and evil spirits, and her only way to defend herself is by exorcising them by taking their photos.", "You have to search the mansion for clues, audio tapes, and sometimes the spirits help you in order to proceed.", "As you proceed, you learn more about the original dwellers of the mansion and the rituals they performed.", "This is one of my favorite survival horror games.", "It is well made, scary, and it is a good looking game.", "I totally recommend it." ]

[ "I've used this amp for 4 months in a small rock combo.", "I wanted something you could carry in one hand but still sounded OK.", "Mission accomplished.", "I was worried that the 12 inch speaker wouldn't have enough bass but that isn't a problem.", "This is a great sounding amp, perfect for small venues.", "And you can always mike or go direct into the PA in a big room.", "Gripes: The kickback feature is really nice and I use it often but the large rubber bumpers get knocked off easily.", "One even got ripped in half.", "Very cheap construction as the bumpers are only held on with small wood screws.", "I made a couple of polycarbonate ones at a machine shop and haven't had a problems since.", "Secondly, I wish this amp had a second channel with a volume control.", "There are times when you are only practicing and just need to plug in a guitar or something.", "But these are minor issues so four stars" ]

[ "Blaze of Glory is a really cute and easy read.", "I loved it!", "It was a nice mix of old west and future setting with shifters and magic.", "Whats not to like?", "Molly returns home to save her friend from Molly's fathers plan to marry off Molly to the evil townsman.", "Jonathan is going to save Molly.", "And let the hijinks begin!", "Its the good guys, Jonathan and his family along with Molly and her friends, against the bad guy and his lawyers.", "In it all Jonathan has to convince himself and Molly that they are meant to be together.", "I liked all of the good guys in the story.", "There was enough of an introduction to all of them without dragging the story out.", "It was a great way to leave me wanting to know more of their stories in the next books.", "I am really looking forward to seeing more of this world!!" ]

[ "If you're looking for a kinky book, this is it.", "Two hot couples.", "Lots of non-vanilla sex.", "Don't pick it up then complain about that.", "You already know what to expect.", "Or do you?", "Yes, there is sex, but there is more.", "There is character depth, and surprisingly, romance.", "If you're into swinging and alternative lifestyles, you may be able to relate to the sequence of events and consequences, and even empathize with one or more characters.", "If you're reading for vicarious living or escapism, you'll get that AND you will be entertained in a way that Jasmine always delivers in her books.", "No holds barred.", "That being said--check out her Max Starr paranormal five-book erotic series.", "And thank me later." ]

[ "This duck is quite a toy!", "It's big, plush, soft, and sturdy!", "Of course, it won't withstand a major chewer (as very few things will), but for a dog who likes to carry, fetch, run with, and pretend he/she is a tough guy/girl - this is perfect!", "I ordered 2 because the reviews were so positive.", "I have two greyhounds, one who is crazy for run-of-the-mill stuffed bears (those cheap ones from Kohls or even from thrift stores), \"quacky\" plush mallard ducks, and of course the ever popular \"Oh No!", "\" Mr.", "Bill toy (highly entertaining for those old enough to remember the original skits).", "So yes, he was quite excited when we helped him unwrap \"Ducky\" Christmas morning.", "(My other grey, who is a bit timid of toys due to the other's boisterousness, actually started running around with \"Ducky\" yesterday!", ")\n\nI ordered the Large size (is there a smaller?", "Not sure) and it's plenty big enough for my 80+lb greyhound boy.", "The squeaker is quite large inside and feels very sturdy.", "At under $9, this is a surprisingly large, well-made dog toy.", "I've seen toys like this for $15, easy.", "Bottom line: Yes, you should get this!" ]

[ "Ants in the house...", "horrible.", "No need trying sprays and such.", "They will simply come back.", "I first used Combat Max last year when I discover the creepy crawlers in my kitchen cabinets!", "Eeek!", "I removed all the food stuffs and scrubbed the surfaces with bleach.", "Sure enough, the next day they were back at it.", "I went to my local hardware store and bought Combat Max.", "I followed the directions and placed a few blobs of the Max gel in the cabinets.", "As much as I hated to see the critters crawling in there, I also seen them happily eating the Max gel.", "Within a day they were gone.", "And have remained gone for a year.", "Recently spotted a couple of tiny ants in my bathroom so I immediately reached for the Combat Max gel.", "I know it works.", "There is no better ant eliminator that I have found." ]

[ "So, today I've purchased the Madden 2007 on PS2 and played it for a couple hours now.", "I have been a huge Madden fan for quite a long time that I still even play with my Madden 1997 once in awhile.", "But speaking of the new game, I like to take the time and compare the difference between Madden 2006 and Madden 2007, and its significant improvements it made between last year and now.", "Obviously, it's good idea to compare the difference since we all want to know what EA Sports have done differently this year unlike last year.", "When I first played Madden 2006, I must admit that I was in awe over the graphics and the game play design that left many of us wanting for more.", "This year, EA Sports not only delivers us superior graphics than 2006, but deeper gameplay modes that will give us twice as more fun with our friends this year than last.", "One of the improvements made in Madden 2007 is the Superstar Mode.", "Creating a player, whatever position he may play, now gives us the control to build up his skills throughout the length of the mode.", "Though while many of the traditional players (like me) may stick with the Franchise Mode, I still think that it is mind-blowing to see that superstar will have some pretty amazing additions to the gameplay as well.", "Instead of being a mirror image of the previous Superstar Modes, the main focus of this year Superstar Mode will be on developing your career through your agent's contacts and working up the ladder of success within the pros.", "You'll be now able to customize the look of your character, and be able to challenge yourself to build up a character presence in the league and his abilities on the field.", "Although the Superstar Modes is a great addition to this year feature of Madden 2007, I have a awkward feeling that some of you may or may not be happy with the changes made to the Superstar mode this year.", "This may be a love or hate relationship with this mode, but if you stick with the quarterback you'll have tons of fun.", "One thing that has the MOST improved in Madden 2007 is the running games.", "I notice that this year, EA Sports really tried to improve the running games, and how to get players to actually use it more often to give a scare to the defense.", "One of the improvements they made now is the easy ability to control the lead blocker and create the perfect hole for your running back to make his way through to enemy territory.", "I enjoy this so much because seeing it in motion is a masterpiece and it will be especially fun in multiplayer matches too.", "After the snap, I think that it is amazing too know that I can control the blocker and create the gap when satisfied while switching my running back to control his movements.", "One of the minor thing that has not improved this year is the inability to call plays by the coach, or at least have some control to the coach decisions.", "Many people may find that to be a turn off, but in respect to the whole idea some people might enjoy the individual attention to certain positions played on the field.", "To not give away all the wonderful details, EA Sports, to me, has made an impressive step forward for Madden 2007 and is in the right direction to a positive look for Madden 2008.", "With all the new features and installment added to Madden 2007, plus the deep training and development involved, I am sure that many of you will be stuck playing this game for several months to come.", "I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE BUY THIS GAME THIS YEAR!!", "A++" ]

[ "This vacuum came in a plain packaging.", "Contents include the 3-gallon wet/dry vacuum, filter, lighted car nozzle, hose assembly (flex), dust collection bags, and an owner's manual.", "I found it very easy to assemble.", "It's also very easy to carry.", "I especially liked the lighted car nozzle which is very convenient and necessary for cleaning in dark spaces, even though the switch for it is really small and uncomfortable to use.", "It's also important to remember to turn it off, to avoid the battery running out.", "It would have been better to have a big button switch instead.", "I also found that the latches on this vacuum, which are plastic, are a little too tight if I want to open or close the vacuum.", "This is also uncomfortable.", "This is a basic vacuum (with one universal nozzle, one hose, no extensions) for manual hand use.", "I found it to be pretty noisy, bur also pretty powerful for such a small vacuum.", "This is a very useful vacuum for car cleaning, garage cleaning, and even for some spaces inside the house." ]

[ "I heard this author on a television morning show, and found the idea that all wheat used in modern cooking is toxic to be disconcerting and compelling as well.", "Could this possibly be true?", "It is an interesting concept, and may well be physiologically valid, but eliminating all wheat from my family's diet is pretty impractical for me at this time.", "The claim is based on the fact that the variety of wheat now being used worldwide because it is short in stature and therefore less vulnerable to wind and weather and because it produces much more grain per acre than the wheat used when I was a youngster.", "Could this be the cause of obesity in America or just another addition to the growing list of food items thought to contribute to this very real epidemic?", "The author's logic makes sense, and I cannot dispute his claims, but I did wonder, and didn't see any reference to it, about the French, whose reliance on bread as a daily staple is well known.", "If it is just this variety of wheat that is toxic and causes weight gain and other health issues, then why can't we just purchase flour made from \"old-fashioned\" wheat to use in our diet.", "Did we totally wipe out the old varieties of wheat when this one came along?", "This book is an interesting read and an intriguing notion in a book that is well-written and includes a program one can implement to remove this item from our diets.", "For me, though, the jury is out on how practical eliminating wheat from the American Diet can be.", "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Wheat-Belly-Lose-the-Wheat-Lose-the-Weight-and-Find-Your-Path-Back-to-Health/dp/1609611543/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health</a>" ]

[ "From the opening tip off, the listener can hear that this is a different Simon and Garfunkel sound...", "\"Save the Life of My Child\" is a creative rock song with gospel infusion that makes use of fantastic reverberation..", "then, the track crossfades into \"America\", one of the most hauntingly beautiful folk/rock songs ever to hit the rock spectrum..", "This is a nostalgic album...", "it's got a lot of east coast rock dating back from the time...", "in contrast to the west coast surfer sound (i.", "e. The Beach Boys, Mommas and the Poppas..", ") this is serious east coast conceptual stuff..", "I love the east coast NYC flavor..", "..", "one beautiful moment is when Garfunkel comes sailing in toward the end of \"Overs\" like an angel from heaven...", "This is definetely the beginning of the late Simon and Garfunkel sound you'll hear only one more time on Bridge Over Troubled Water" ]

[ "O.", "K. I'm not going to compare this to the other compilation...", "I'm just going to tell you what I think of this on:\nWow...", "totally groovy man!", "And what yummy mastering!", "Blast it and you will be taken into another world.", "All of this said, I must admit, the 5'th Dimension were one American Musical Institution that were not so easy to put your finger on...", "I mean, they pretty much defied the soul of virtually every genre they touched and had a sound that was strictly their own.", "Admittedly, at one time I tended to dismiss them as \"bubble-gum\", but then over the years more and more songs from their repertoire began to sneak onto my frequently play list.", "Perhaps it was seeing them do \"PUPPET MAN\" on a repeat of some 70's TV action/show (?", ") that initially led me to go after there stuff (as opposed to hearing it on the radio.", ") Years later, \"LOVE'S LINES CIRCLES AND LINES\" bought me back again.", "(Like most people, \"UP UP AND AWAY\", \"AQUARIUS\" and \"ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER\" were how I first came to notice them.", ")\n\nAnyway, combining a groovy look, unique \"lush\" vocal harmony sound (a strange blend of jazz and pop, but backed by WAY extremely kicking orchestrations) - - the FIFTH were a group with a strong visual image and tight sound...", "from \"The smiling fat guy with the beard\" to the ultra/hot/foxy Marilyn McCoo (yowzums) - - Another interesting thing about the group is that even though they did have Bill Davis, a very traditional SOUL WAILER, it was really the harmonies and Marilyn McCoo's sweet voice, and the overall interaction of the group that made them great.", "I could go on and on talking about my favorite tunes from the album, why I like them, and how much I appreciate the mix, but won't...", "I'll only say one thing: This album is a wild incense and peppermint/Brady Bunch hip trip back to the 70's...", "and though the music is timeless, it has one other thing in common with the 70's: If you're old enough to remember it, you may recalling hating it then...", "but now, really really really loving and missing it...", "To me, that's what the Fifth is all about: A group that grows on you ridiculously...", "*P.", "S. Baby, send me back in a time machine...", "I wanna steal Marilyn from Billy!" ]

[ "This is my favorite case so far.", "I call it a \"minimal\" case.", "It is good for getting a good grip on the slippery phone.", "There is not much protection from dropping.", "I had bad luck with the screen protector -- just kept getting dust underneath, and it looked bad, so now I use it without the screen protector.", "Maybe I will buy some other protectors and try my luck again.", "I got a free Apple \"bumper\" case, but none of my non-Apple headphone plugs or multipin adapters will go through the case holes (such as the iGo car power adapter), as they are slightly bigger than the openings.", "On this case the holes are big enough, and the case is thin enough, that all my non-Apple plugs fit so far.", "They could have cut an opening on the back for the Apple logo, for appearance sake, as Elago did on its series of cases for the iPhone 3G.", "Be careful putting it on and taking it off.", "The buttons and silence switch can catch on the case openings, and I don't think you want to apply much sideways force to them.", "Just bending the sides slightly when putting it on or taking it off takes care of this.", "I find this a little tricky and I don't think this is a case you want to be putting on and taking off a lot.", "After several weeks I now see bit of the rubbery/textured-paint coating rubbing off on the edges where I put the phone face down on a surface, showing the black plastic underneath.", "It is not easy to see and functionally I do not think it is significant.", "When using the phone for turn-by-turn navigation in a car, it warms up quite a bit.", "I am a little concerned about the case -- any case -- insulating the phone and reducing air cooling.", "But, this case is thin and that concern will be less on this case than most others, I expect.", "Regarding this, the Apple bumper is nice as it is open on the back." ]

[ "This clock is very nice.", "I only have one problem with it.", "Not sure if it's me but the outdoor temperature is always way hotter than what it really is.", "Some days it' shows in the 90's or even in the 100's.", "I'm pretty sure that's not the case.", "So you really can't trust that outdoor sensor.", "For instance my phone and weather on the TV said we're 84 degrees for my area, my out door sensor was showing 106 degrees.", "Not even close.", "And it's not like its in direct sunlight.", "But aside from that, i would have given it 5 stars if the outdoor wireless sensor was even a little accurate." ]

[ "Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is your everyday Wall Street exec.", "He works for his fathers company, even though he doesn't really have to.", "He compares business cards with fellow friends and makes reservations at the newest and hottest restaurants...", "just because.", "He has a body every man wants and every girl wants to touch.", "He's meticulous and anal in everything he does.", "He's also a homicidal maniac.", "He kills for fun and he kills for release and he kills for hatred.", "After one of his murders though, a homicide cop begins too get a little too close for comfort of figuring out that Patrick could be the killer and Patrick begins to unravel from his calm demeanor.", "Never having read the book the movie is based on; I went into this movie blind.", "And loved it.", "It was a lot of fun to listen to his Patrick's narration of who he is and what he is.", "Like when he's talking about his facial mask.", "As he begins to peel it off after 10 minutes of having it on, you really just cant help see him telling us that what is on his outside is not who he is on the inside.", "He's not your friend.", "Not your coworker.", "Not your lover.", "He's a friggin soulless killer.", "It is crazy to think that someone could be so cold and emotionless, but yet there are people out there that are like that.", "I don't believe for a second that he got 100% pleasure out of all of his kills.", "Some seemed like he just couldn't help it.", "Like we might go get a massage, have sex, or just sit on the beach for some relaxation.", "He would kill.", "Not only is the movie just crazy good, it's also pretty funny.", "Dark funny though.", "Seeing him get massively pissed off over someone's business cards is too funny.", "And not in the ha-ha kind of funny way, but in the `holy crap he's getting pissed over nothing' kind of way.", "And flexing in the mirror while having sex with two girls?", "Legendary.", "And chasing someone down a hallway, butt nekid except for high tops, and a chainsaw?", "Once again...", "Legendary.", "And when he says things out loud such as \"I'm into murders and executions\" and someone doesn't really hear him and thinks he says `mergers and acquisitions'...", "that's just funny.", "There are just a lot of funny lines in this movie, but dark funny guys.", "I love how he tells people he will kill them, but you know he means it...", "lol.", "Christian Bale is a pretty good actor for sure.", "I love how he seems different in all his parts he plays.", "Not a lot different, but he just is.", "It's almost subtle, but he's not really ever the same.", "But one thing for sure is that good gracious God blessed that man with a crazy metabolism or something.", "I'm not gay, but the man has a great body.", "And to do what he does with it is crazy.", "I'll never forget the way he looked like a dang holocaust victim in The Mechanist and then like a few months later he was Batman or something.", "Crazy.", "P.", "S. - So I'm not afraid to say I don't understand the ending.", "I can't tell what was going on at the end.", "Is he a killer for real...", "or is it in his head?", "For instance...", "he blew up a cop car with a pistol.", "Even he looked at his gun like `wtf?", "' And then after his confession, even his lawyer said he was kidding around.", "Was he?", "Or was the lawyer covering for him?", "I was confused.", "Anyone want to help me out?", "I tried not to say much, so spoilers ahead if there needs to be in the comments!" ]

[ "I used my Fry Daddy the first day I received it.", "I was ready with potatoes, a cutter and oil.", "I was pleasantly surprised with my first attempt.", "I cut my potatoes a little too thick for my liking, so I cooled the fryer, placed the lid/cover on it and put in the frig.", "The next day I pulled the fryer out of the frig, about an hour before I planned to use it, to warm up a little sitting on the counter.", "The oil was less than an eighth of an inch below the fill line and I did not add any oil.", "I used the 15 minute warm-up recommended and added another 5 minutes because the outside of the frier was still cold to the touch before I plugged it in.", "When my fries were ready to cook I used my instant reading thermometer to check the oil.", "WOW...", "I pulled my thermometer out quickly because the temperature was racing past the 400 degree mark.", "I am reducing my cook times from the printed tables.", "There is nothing better than an experienced eye.", "Pardon the pun, but my results were golden.", "I am happy with this frier right now.", "(Fried shrimp are on tomorrows menu.", ") I may consider a Grand Daddy frier in the future.", "I need more depth for corn dogs (that darn stick is a problem).", "Yes, I too wish there was an \"ON\" light." ]

[ "O.", "K, I took a chance even though some reviews had complaints, and bought this with the extra battery.", "I AM SO GLAD I DID.", "It works and it works WELL.", "I am 'aging' so bending over, extra steps, weight of objects all matter, now.", "I do not have to bend over to unwind a cord.", "I do not have to bend over at all to use this not even to empty the dirt cup and filter.", "Simply lift it to you.", "It's lightweight but sucks great!.", "I use it practically daily.", "It is astonishing what this picks up.", "You didn't know that dirt was down there!", "Great for the cat litter box, little tiny hard objects, dust, dirt,hair etc.", "I am going to order one soon for the travel trailer.", "I hope they don't stop making this.", "It works on hard floors and on low pile carpet.", "I can do my whole house on one charge.", "And so easy and convenient to just pop a recharged battery out and in...", "Wish I had had it years ago.", "I use it on the furniture too...", "The handle 'seems' a little loose.", "It does 'seem' that way, but it's actually the way it works.", "NO COMPLAINTS HERE AT ALL.", "I have had it going on a year now..", "UPDATE January 2014, I own 2 of these.", "Have not had the first problem with either of them.", "No problem with their batteries either.", "I can go over my house and still not have to change the battery if it's just a quick pickup.", "It DOES pick up hair, dog and cat hair, dust bunnies, small items, and cat litter etc.", "I wonder how people are having complaints and claiming it doesn't pick up.", "Mine is excellent, both of them!" ]

[ "This is a very nice 110 volt...", "or 220 volt in-ground pool pump.", "I purchased an identical unit a few years ago.", "However, I was not careful in making SURE that the bottom of the pump did NOT come into contact with any debris and/or water (e.", "g., dirt, mud, rain, etc.", ").", "The result was the bottom of the electric motor becoming vastly corroded -- like battery corrosion, and the unit seized.", "I kept the unit and expect that it will be serviceable.", "However, I didn't want to mess with that rebuild currently, so I bought a new one.", "Quickly installed it and it works perfectly.", "Only recommendations for novices (like me):\n\n1.", "If you plan to use this unit on a 110 volt connection, make sure you have at least a 20 amp circuit breaker with a GFCI-type breaker in your power box.", "2.", "Make sure that you install the unit in a position that will not be subject to soil erosion, or drainage that will flow towards or over the base of the electric motor.", "The bottom of this unit is not sealed (it has air vents), and the openings will allow intrusion of foreign matter into the electric motor, which you can only imagine will destroy the motor.", "3.", "Some folks run the pumps year round -- and that is my plan for the future (in Tennessee), but if you plan to winterize this unit, make SURE that you do not MISS the 2nd drain plug that is located on the SIDE of the strainer box area -- not just the FRONT drain.", "Failing to remove this plug and remove any water that remains in a closed unit will probably result in damage to the impeller.", "4.", "The user manual is not dummy proof with respect to wiring.", "Not sure what that is so, but it is.", "The only clear help you're going to get is an orange placard (paper message) located inside the electric motor connection end of the unit -- where it provides an indication of how to remove a black plastic connector to adjust FROM 220 volts to 110 volts AC.", "The connector is a little difficult to remove.", "Use a safe pry device and take your time, then re-install for 110 volts (as the placard indicates)...", "if you're running 110 volts.", "And remove the paper placard.", "It is probably flammable.", "You assume responsibility for your own wiring job.", ":-)\n\nRegarding which lead connector goes to your black (hot) wire and which goes to your white (neutral) wire, in my case (and I assume yours -- double check me), the left lead (L1 was my black \"hot\" wire), and the right side (L2) was my white \"neutral\" wire.", "Other than my minor complaint that I believe the manufacturer should've provided some GRAPHIC indication of which wire goes where, I don't have any complaints at all.", "Likewise, if you're purchasing a same-brand unit, just use the same electrical connections -- assuming that they're correct.", "Very quiet unit.", "Sensitive to tightness of the two black strainer nuts.", "Also needs Teflon tape to the inlet and outlet 1 & 1/2\" threaded fittings (to your PVC pipe) or it will leak.", "I added some high density rubber (1/2\" thickness --- used to pad flooring) beneath the Hayward pump.", "The pump now seems to enjoy the vibration absorbing affect and the unit is far quieter than without it.", "Of course, this will require minor adjustments of the PVC line-up from your manifold (PVC pipes) and a minor adjustment from your pump's outlet.", "Overall, I'd buy it again.", "But I hope I can avoid that for another 5 years." ]

[ "This review is for the Assorted Cookies variety.", "I have enjoyed the Stella Doro breadsticks in the past, and so I was happy to try the cookies.", "The cookies are very tasty and have a nice texture.", "My favorite thing about them is that they are not super sweet.", "I am a tea drinker, and they are excellent with tea.", "I imagine they would go very well with coffee as well.", "My package had suffered a bit of a mishap, and several of the cookies were broken.", "That was okay because it is, of course, well known that when a cookie is broken, all the calories fall out.", "Fact.", "Its on the Internet, so it has to be true.", "My choice for the all-time best cookie ever made is no longer made (of course) the Simply Made Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip variety by Keebler (someone follows me around the grocery store to see what I love so they can discontinue it).", "Second best is anything by Tates Bake Shop, but the price limits how often I buy them.", "These Lady Stella cookies are more like very good everyday cookies for grown ups.", "Well, maybe not every single day, but you know what I mean." ]

[ "Finally Kodak, the father of the family box camera arrives big in the Digital Camera Arena loaded & user friendly.", "The DX3600 has it all and will please all, firm the casual amateur to the avid photo buff.", "Summary: This is Consumers Choice for a really excellent Digital Camera to have.", "A great value and easy to use.", "Takes great pictures and videos (320x240) with sound (NOTE: With the 2x2 LCD screen they can be reviewed, edited, copied, & deleted).", "Easy down load capability to your PC with the provided software.", "(NOTE: Kodak has an entire stand-a-lone System (no-PC required)to include the; Camera Dock, Personal Picture Maker 200 printer & Kodak Photo paper available see my reviews).", "The DX3600 has a 2x Optical zoom (very important for true magnification without loss of detail) & hi res - 1600x1200 lines for outstanding 8x10 pictures!", "Has 8MB internal memory (12 hi res pictures or 30 seconds of video w/sound).", "Additional Memory can be provided by Picture Cards.", "(Note: I recommend a 96MB card this will provide an additional 140+ pictures!!!!", "Remember you can review/edit/delete pictures as you go).", "The DX3600 comes with rechargeable batteries (good for 30 - 50 pictures per charge / depending on your LCD use).", "(Note: I recommend you take extra AA batteries (DX3600 uses 2)for long photo shoot outings!!!", ") The Camera Dock option is a great unit to include on your trips.", "The DX3600 also comes with a USB cable for PC hook & an audio/video cable for TV hook-up!!!", "This way you can all see immediate picture results.", "(NOTE: you have a slide show feature in this camera.", "This is awesome!!", ")\nThe quality of your pictures will improve and become outstanding the more you use the camera.", "This is a versatile, easy to use, great money value and Kodak is the only Digital Camera manufacturer that provides the complete economical photo products from the camera, Photo printer w/LCD screen/direct Picture Card access, famous Kodak photo paper (Satin, Hi-Gloss finish etc.", "), Photo inkjet cartriges and Picture Cards up to 128MB.", "This Camera is awesome and with the great price and the 2.", "2 megapixels is all you need!!!", "Enjoy." ]

[ "Love this bottle.", "Its huge!", "I have 4 college classes in one day and I drink like an animal.", "I hate filling up during class and this bottle holds so much water.", "Love ittttt.", "I drink 3-4 daily.", "Im a personal trainer as well.", "I lift weights and sweat a ton so this helps keep my hydrated.", "Update:\nBroke in less than a month!", "Returned it and got a smaller one." ]

[ "My wife buys and sells things on Ebay.", "We probably average getting and mailing about two packages per day.", "I'm the guy in charge of wrapping things for mailing.", "It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it.", "Of course, one of the tasks is to securely fasten things in mailing boxes.", "For this, I chose Scotch Packaging Tape and I use so much of it that I order it in these six packs.", "It's a somewhat expensive outlay, but a six pack lasts a long time.", "This tape is excellent.", "I've had no problems with it.", "None at all.", "It'll secure almost any box and it's good and strong.", "We've been doing this for over four years now and we've never had any feedback that our packages arrived in bad shape or were split open.", "This is an excellent product and the six pack suits my needs well.", "Gary Peterson" ]

[ "This CD is a compilation of the best work of the true God of reggae, Bob Marley.", "The best works of his are included, but of course some material was missed.", "This has some of the sexiest reggae songs on it, and my girlfriend loves it, some of it is very romantic music.", "Great music to dance to if you know how to dance to reggae.", "I am very disappointed that some people don't know or like him.", "Though a choice few of my friends agree \"I really like his music!", "\" It is different, but different is good, especially in this album.", "Take the first 3 songs, probably the better known of them all.", "Is This Love, No Woman No Cry, and Could you be Loved are all awesome songs.", "Then you get much much more, and very little filler.", "It is a pity Bob is dead, I wish he could continue the great Rastafari image he had and his wonderful, beautiful music." ]

[ "OK - I admit it - I'm a \"Sim\" game addict.", "I've played previous versions of Civilization, and many other world building style games, and this one takes the current crown.", "This game is a lot like its predecessors.", "You take the position of the leader of a great civilization and must build your nation into a true world power.", "From its tiny beginnings as a single village (Watch where you build your first city!", ") to a true world power, you are in control.", "You can discover new areas of the world, build your cities and infrastructure (like farming and mining to name two examples), and strike out to explore new areas of the world - all at the same time.", "The new national leaders are much more interesting.", "Do you want to conquer and explore, or are you more interested in scientific approaches?", "Do you want to enter the space race or just stay on Terra Firma?", "Note that the computer controlled characters have the same goals as the ones you can choose at the beginning of the game.", "You can use this info to decide if you want to trade discoveries or fight.", "The new unit hit point display allows you to see if your unit(s) are damaged, and by how much.", "I really appreciated this feature.", "The graphics are much improved over older editions.", "The other leaders seem much more intuitive and really give you a challenge, especially early in the game.", "Even if you want to discover and explore, you will, sooner or later, run into another nation that's more interested in killing you and taking what you've worked so long to build away from you.", "That's where things get interesting.", "The Multiplayer supplement disc included not only allows you to challenge other players of Civilization III online, but has even more national leaders for you to choose from.", "This game is just about perfect.", "The added scenario editor allows you to not only change the conditions by which you win in existing scenarios, but allows you to create whole new worlds to share with other players so that they too can explore your creation and download other's creations and see if you can beat the scenario they designed.", "BTW, there's a new add on pack that adds, believe it or not, even more world leaders to choose from, even more discoveries to make, and even more challenges for you to take on.", "Try looking for the \"Conquest\" expansion pack and really have the best of the best.", "Of the World Building games, Civilization has long held the crown of leader of the pack.", "This great new version of the game regains that crown for Sid Meier.", "If you play games like Settlers, Pharaoh, Caesar III, Tropico, and older versions of Civilization, you owe it to yourself to check out this great new version.", "Highly recommended for \"sim\" fans, and recommended for anyone who wants to see what it would be like to own the world." ]

[ "Los Angeles' other top Guns resurfaced with a screaming vengeance on their sophomore effort COCKED AND LOADED, an album that was more of a continuation than a follow-up to the band's classic 1988 debut.", "Whereas some hard rock bands experimented in different musical styles album to album, the guys in L.", "A. Guns were very comfortable playing their brand of slightly blues-tinged very sleazy and raunchy rock and roll.", "And you know what?", "More power to them.", "Why fix something that isn't broken?", "Down and dirty rockers such as \"Sex Action,\" \"No Mercy,\" \"Electris Gypsy\" and \"One More Reason\" helped establish a strong base for L.", "A. Guns the first time out.", "The exact kind of songs are thankfully all over COCKED AND LOADED.", "\"Never Enough,\" \"Malaria\" and \"Sleazy Come Easy Go\" pick you up by the face and smash you to the wall.", "And there's one of the best power ballads of the time period in \"The Ballad Of Jane,\" an ode to yesteryear's Jane Mansfield.", "\"Malaria,\" particularly, is a rather interesting rocker.", "The band use the plague as a modern day metaphor for venereal disease.", "How sweet, eh?", "Sings the incomparable king of sleaze Phil Lewis: \"Is this the final curtain/ I don't believe what's happening/ She hides behind a veil of tears/ Plays upon my darkest fears/ Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeee's -- give or take a few eeeeeeeee' -- malaria!", "\" The wild lyrics and some biting guitar work from Tracii Guns and slaughterhouse drumming from Steven Riley make \"Malaria\" the most intense song on this album.", "Quite simply, L.", "A. Guns is a band that rocks full force and offers no excuses for doing so.", "Man, I miss this sleazy brand of beer-drenched, chick-grabbing, kick ass slutty rock and roll." ]

[ "If you're reading this review, you've no doubt done your homework on wireless access points for your gaming system.", "There is no typo; the WGA11B does the same thing as its very expensive counterparts for 1/3rd the price.", "There's a catch, however: this thing is a nightmare to configure.", "That is, if you follow Linksys' instructions.", "Let's just say they lead you a bit astray.", "First things first: you'll need a Windows desktop to set this up right.", "Mac users will need to borrow a buddy's computer for initial setup.", "Second, go to this site (of which I take zero credit for): [...", "]\n\nIt has detailed instructions on how to set this up the right way.", "Ignore them, and you're in for a LOT of frustration via the skimpy, Linksys-supplied manual and their bare forums.", "Key points I discovered in setting this up on a Mac-based, Belkin network:\n1.", "Ensure your WGA11B SSID is the same name as your PRIMARY WIRELESS ROUTER.", "Yes, name them the SAME THING.", "If you have access points, do not name the WGA11B after it.", "2.", "If your primary router uses encryption, it must be mirrored EXACTLY on the WGA11B.", "Don't forget the password entry.", "3.", "The static IP, while unconventional, works.", "See the above Web site for the needed addresses.", "4.", "Don't forget to add the MAC address for this device as an allowable bridge via your primary router.", "5.", "Don't worry about Channel ID on the WGA11B when setting it up via included software.", "While it defaults to 6, it can be manually configured once ready to roll.", "You'll likely use P1.", "6.", "Your network settings always trump a signal repeater such as this one.", "Thus, don't go willy-nilly in security and channel settings on your main network nodes or risk a lot of backwards configuration.", "Match the WGA11B to your network...", "not the other way around (contrary to what Linksys says).", "7.", "Finally - there's no way around it; you'll need a PC to do this, preferably a desktop.", "I tried for hours with a Mac, Virtual PC, terminals, IP accesses, etc.", "Nada.", "Thankfully I have VERY patient neighbors with a PC.", "Several hours later, however, this works like a charm.", "Hopefully these tips will prove useful.", "ANTI-FRUSTRATION INFO: If you're using Auto IP and DNS (the default network settings for PS2's and most Internet providers), you'll have to unplug-replug the router on occasion (every 1-2 days, on average) to refresh these entities.", "It appears the router has difficulty refreshing these addresses without it." ]

[ "<div id=\"video-block-R2R2J4J3UYEOXS\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.", "ssl-images-amazon.", "com/images/I/A1QcDDuFC5S.", "mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.", "ssl-images-amazon.", "com/images/I/717RmoBpE9S.", "png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\">&nbsp;I purchased these for my husband several months ago.", "They are a hard item to find locally and I am grateful to Amazon for selling them.", "Husband uses them to organize folders for meetings.", "I cannot say how many pages they hold, because for my husband only puts in 2 pages per sleeve.", "These are excellent at keeping things neat and organized as well as stain and crease free.", "He slips papers in and out of these weekly and the sleeves themselves withstand the continual movement and shifting.", "They have yet to stick to anything inserted into them.", "Really...", "no complaints here.", "Good value when compared to brick and mortar stores and other online stores.", "No regrets and will not hesitate to purchase again when we need more." ]

[ "I purchased ther these for my son after a LOT of research for a Christmas gift, so I can't speak to their long term durability YET, but I'll post an update here after he's used them a bit.", "My 13 year old son begged for heavy weights and resistance bands after he got to use them at a football training camp.", "His doctor advised against heavy weights at his age (can damage the bone growth and keep your smaller kid small if the growth plate hasn't fused shut yet.", "Anyhow, the doctor said that resistance bands can still help him bulk up like he wants WITHOUT inhibiting his growth.", "Yippie!!!", "SOOO, I started searching for made in the USA resistance bands.", "Trouble is, there's a catch.", "Resistance bands are made from rubber from a rubber tree which isn't indigenous to the US.", "I called and spoke to the owner (two brothers own and run this company, no pesky automated phone line or overseas language barriers to deal with when I called!", ").", "These are indeed assembled by hand by the owners in the US but because the rubber comes from Malaysia, they can't call it \"Made in USA\".", "Grin, but I can.", "These arrived in two days thanks to the wonders of Amazon Prime and I was VERY impressed with the density and\nGREAT quality of the bands and ankle strap.", "You can't beat the price either (I found everything else to be more expensive through Amazon and other sports stores).", "Plus, I like that my money goes to support a small family owned business rather than support another country's economy.", "All in all, this was money well spent and should make my son as happy with the purchase as I am." ]

[ "The controls are a lot easier, and the ad-libs are improved.", "The game has a \"Training Ground\" scenario, which is actually the outbreak scenario from the first game, abbreviated, so that you can learn the controls.", "The first real scenario is \"Wild Things,\" which takes place in a zoo.", "It's a lot of fun, except it's very annoying to have the elephant chase you around.", "But the mutant tigers and heyenas are pretty cool.", "The second scenario, \"Underbelly,\" takes place in a subway.", "It has tick-like monsters that grow when fired upon, which is very interesting.", "The third scenario is my favorite, called, \"Flashback.", "\" It takes place in an abandoned hospital in the middle of a forest.", "It's very ominous, and a masked man chases you with a hammer!", "It involves plant monsters, and has awesome zombies with flowers growing out of their heads!", "The fourth scenario, \"Desperate Times,\" takes place in the police department of Resident Evil 2 and 3 fame.", "It's cool to see an upgraded, PS2 version of the station.", "There are intriguing puzzles that don't interfere with the continuity of the other games, and actually help to enhance it.", "The annoying thing is that rooms are pumped full of gas at random that will harm you, and you must use special canisters to counteract the affects of the gas.", "The fifth and final scenario, \"End of the Road,\" moves from a secret lab, to the sewers, to the streets of Raccoon City, from the \"Outbreak\" scenario in the first game.", "It's great to see the Tyrant protecting you for a change, and it also features the return of the hunters.", "As with the first game, the virus meter is very annoying, and largely dictates the pace of the game, since you need to acquire as many health items as possible and use them quickly.", "But their are even more things to unlock, and more fun to be had." ]

[ "I will start by saying the item description wasn't entirely accurate.", "It read \"White Premium Bumper Case for Apple iPhone 4S / 4 - (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint)\", it should have read \"White & Gray\".", "I'll post a photo.", "Please....", "read on...", "I know it's lengthy, but do it :)\n\nThe product itself is fantastic quality, it fits my Verizon iPhone 4s perfect and all the cut-outs are aligned precisely.", "I am able to plug most of the headphones I own into the jack (one pair won't because it has a fat amount of rubber @ the audio jack).", "Chargers in the bottom plug in fine without removing the bumper.", "I really wanted all white in order to \"white out\" my phone.", "I contacted the seller to report not receiving the correct item as described.", "They were prompt and courteous to respond, but they stated they did not have an \"all white\" bumper available and the ad is in fact deceiving and they'll edit the description to lessen confusion.", "They offered to refund my money and let me keep the case.", "However, I politely declined the refund and stated I would keep the case as it does do its job and it's a nice fit.", "I hate to see someone lose money, even if it's only a dollar and change, plus I'm not looking for a hand out.", "All you folks that can't just suck it up a little, are the people that drive prices up in this world.", "It was a little over $1.", "00 when I ordered, well worth the money in my opinion and not worth causing the seller to lose money.", "I can dig change out of my car seat to buy another one.", "Eventually I'll find an all white one or change my mind all together and go colorful.", "Either way, let's see how long this one lasts I like the inexpensive bumpers like this because I can change them out every now & again and not get bored with the look of my phone." ]

[ "Despite what some say, SWAT 4 delivers as it is supposed to.", "If you were a SWAT 3 fan, then say hello to SWAT 4, a more graphically advanced edition with some AWESOME control and a much improved \"drop down\" command menu, including the ability to command a \"red\" and \"blue\" element at different times, or the WHOLE element at once.", "The bad guys are smarter, sneak up on you, and change positions.", "Some give up easily, others run, and others fight back.", "It's replay value is AWESOME, and Im sure multiplayer is just unreal...", "I just haven't had the time to get to it yet since Im on mission 5 of the single player!!", "This is not meant to be a Max Payne or Half Life 2 game, its a stricly \"SWAT\" oriented game, slow in pace, much like a Splinter Cell.", "This is NOT a run and gun, its a strategic first person shooter for SWAT series fans.", "Be aware that it takes a few minutes to set up the keyboard the way that is most comfortable, and you may change the config a few times in the control panel before you set it for good.", "Having the controls set up to where you can access all commands easily is key to keeping this game exciting and not annoying!", "The system requirements aren't too bad...", "but PCGAMER reccommends a 2.", "4ghz P4 and a 128mb graphics card.", "For reference, Im running it on a 3.", "4ghz Extreme Edition CPU, 1 GB of RAM, an X800 XT 256mb graphics card, and surround sound." ]

[ "This is my first Winsor & Newton Cotman palette!", "I am an artist but i have always stuck to drawing pencils and acrylics.", "I decided a few months ago to try it all!", "After watching reviews on what paints do what and what to expect; I came to the conclusion that this is a good starter set.", "I got this a set of Koi, a set of Sakura Gansai Tambi and a tin of prima.", "I am surprised to find that I love the manipulation of color through water.", "Completely different than acrylic which has the same density of pigment through out.", "Also the building of color from light to dark is opposite from what I usually do which is to lay down my darks and fill in light..", "but since watercolor artists frown upon using white, you just go backward with much forethought and planning about how you want it to turn out.", "Anyway...", "This set of watercolors has rich pigment.", "They have a lovely flow.", "I love the field kit palette the removable mixing trays make it easy to paint and to clean up.", "For the price, you really can not go wrong with this set!" ]

[ "FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!!!", "I couldn't put this book down b/c I wanted to know everything that was going to happen and at the same time I didn't want to see it end...", "I am in withdrawals right now b/c I finished it...", "NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW!!!", "I am so in love with this series!!", "More importantly, I am in love with Elliot!", "He is so wonderful and funny, and the love he has for Michelle is mind-blowing...", "A.", "Jacob Sweeney has created a world in which is like no other and I have fallen in love with it.", "With Pulse of Heroes and now Of Blood and Pulse, I can never put it down because each one is a page turner that has drawn the reader in, hooked them to the very last page...", "Our heroine, Michelle, is only a teenager, but she has experienced so much and in this book she has grown so much.", "I love to see character growth and she has definitely done that in this installment.", "She and Elliot go through some rough trials, but the true love story in this book causes my heart to swell with joy and all I can say is that I am mesmerized!!", "A DEFINITE MUST READ!!!", "If you are like me...", "you will also fall in love with this series..." ]

[ "Why oh why was it ever so difficult for someone born in the late seventies (1977, namely) to find out about the New York Dolls.", "Maybe it's my fault for not digging deeper into the music scene but either way I'm glad I found out about 'em.", "For years I was buying all these Rolling Stones cd's (of which many of them past 1973 aren't that great) because I didn't think any other band was out there who sounded near as good as them.", "Well, I've had to recheck that theory upon my new discovery.", "And I came about them through hearing about Johnny Thunders (via Martin Scorsese's usage of 'You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory in Bringing out the Dead).", "This album is simply delicious rock n' roll and, because I've listened to so much of the Stones, I unfortunately feel obliged to compare the two bands, and the New York Dolls, dare I say, are better.", "This stuff is great.", "Can't wait to check out 'Too Much Too Soon.", "' Looks like I may have to pay an arm and a leg for it though because they're all outta print.", "The Dolls came out with only two studio albums?", "How does that happen?", "I'll have to read that book by Nina something and find out what in the world happened.", "They even covered 'Somethin' Else' on a live album, 'Red Patent Leather' (I think that's what it's called).", "So tasteful." ]

[ "Great game, shoot 'em up, rpg, sci-fi/fantasy feel without a doubt.", "I just wish there had been Ewoks to blast up, or maybe a scene where you could kill Jar-Jar.", "Graphics, real good but some backgrounds could have used a tad more detail.", "Sound, nice what we expect from Lucas Arts.", "Gameplay, good and precise.", "Can be played multiple times.", "Better than most PS2 games.", "If you like Star Wars, a must have.", "If you don't, worth a look...", "Go Argonauts!" ]

[ "Well, these are exactly as shown, except that I had no idea it was a Noah themed tab along with the rainbow colors.", "Still pretty and kind of cute, wasn't sure I liked that, but they aren't so bad.", "So, since others may not realize this,**** I've included images of the actual tabs on the sheets.", "Few notes to others: It includes only Song of Solomon, not Song of Songs.", "To remove these from the sheet, I recommend separating along the perforation on the 1/3 mark, makes for an easier handling while doing this.", "Also, for easier removal, the tabs kind of stick together and on the sheet, fold along the length, the straight line, which helps some.", "In addition, I found it easier to remove when the sheet was rolled back at the edge, remove the triangle piece and found it easier to get off that way.", "I did stick one to two pages, and removed fairly easily, but if not done very gently would rip.", "These are pretty sticky.", "The tabs are fully sticky.", "So, when folded over the edge, the full tab sticks back onto itself.", "That means that some might not line up perfectly.", "My last set were only a little flap on the end that stuck, the tab was free.", "These are the whole tab that sticks.", "These are pretty and cute.", "Not a bad purchase." ]

[ "The definition of the Japanese word ronin describes it as a samurai who has lost his master from the ruin of or the fall of his master.", "John Frankenheimer (with some final draft help with the script from David Mamet) takes this notion of a masterless samurai and brings to it a post-Cold War setting and sensibility that more than pay homage to the great stories and film of the ronin.", "One particular story about ronin that Frankenheimer references in detail is the classic story of the 47 Ronin.", "Ronin shows that in the latter-stages of his career, Frankenheimer was still the master of the political/spy-thriller genre.", "He infuses the film with a real hard-edge and was able to mix together both intelligence and energy in both the quieter and action-packed sequences in the film.", "The film begins quietly with the introduction of the characters to be involved.", "We meet each individual in this quiet 10-minute scene that shows Frankenheimer's skill as a director more than Michael Bay can in two-hours of mind-numbing action.", "Robert De Niro as one of the two American mercenaries (or contractors) instantly becomes the focal point for everyone.", "His casual, but attentive reconnoitering of the Paris bar where the first meet occurs helps build tension without being overt.", "It's with the introduction of Jean Reno as the Frenchman in the group that we get the buddy-film dynamic as De Niro and Reno quickly create a believable camaraderie born of the times for such men during and after the Cold War.", "The rest of the cast is rounded out by an excellent and high-energy turn from Sean Bean as an English contractor who might not be all that he brags to be.", "The other American in the group was played by Skipp Sudduth who in his own understated way more than kept up with the high-caliber of actors around him.", "Finishing off and adding the darker and seedier aspects of the cast were Stellan Skarsgard as a former Eastern Bloc (maybe ex-KGB) operative and Jonathan Pryce as a wanted IRA commander wanted by all.", "The only break in all the male testosterone in the film was able played by the beautiful, yet tough Natasha McElhone.", "Like Sudduth, McElhone more than keeps up and matches acting skills with the likes of De Niro, Reno and Skarsgard.", "The film moves from the meeting of the group to the actual operation which brought all these disparate characters together.", "Taking a page from Hitchcock, Frankenheimer and Mamet introduces what would become the film's MacGuffin.", "A MacGuffin being a plot device which helps motivates each character of its importance and yet we're left to believe only that the item is important without ever finding out why.", "The MacGuffin in Ronin ends up being a silver case which the IRA terrorists, the Russian Mob and seemingly every intelligence agency in Europe wants to get their hands on.", "It's up to De Niro and his group to steal the case from another party and this was where Frankenheimer's skill in seemlessly blending spy-thriller and action film shows.", "From the set-up of the team and their plans, to a near double-cross during an arms deal to the actual operation to take the case, Ronin begins to move at a clipped and tension-filled pace.", "There's no overly extraneous dialogue.", "Mamet's script-doctoring fleshes out the story and adds a sense and feel of intelligent professionalism to the characters.", "Outside of the Bean's braggart Englishman who gets his commeuppance from DeNiro's strict professional, everyone in the group had a skill to contribute to the operation and all did it well and believable.", "The action sequences mostly involved car chases through the narrow streets of Nice, France to the metropolitan thoroughfares and tunnels of Paris.", "Frankenheimer shines in creating and directing these sequences.", "Sequences which he'd decided against the use of CGI.", "Using what he'd learned and perfected from his own past as a former race car driver and from his own classic film Grand Prix, Frankenheimer used real life cars and drove them through real (albeit choreographed) traffic to give the sequences that sense of reality and speed that one couldn't get with CGI.", "The car chase scene within the Paris thoroughfare tunnel against traffic has to go down as one of the best car chase put on film.", "I and those I saw the film with were on the edge of our seats as both protagonists and antagonists weaved their way through Parisian traffic at high-speed and gunfire.", "The crashes caused by this car chase looked believable and horrific yet the audience doesn't glance away from the screen.", "With just abit of help from second unit directors Luc Etienne and Michel Cheyko, Frankenheimer pretty much did most of the filming of the car chases.", "At times being in the car itself and doing some of the driving.", "The story itself, after all the characterizations and high-energy, tense action sequences, was really bare bones and in itself its own MacGuffin.", "The story just becomes a prop device to help show the mercenaries' special sense of honor in regards to working with people who might've been enemies in the past and the murky world they now live in after the collapse of the black and white sensibility that was the Cold War.", "One little bit of trivia that I found interesting was the fact that Ronin included quite abit of actors who portrayed past James Bond villains: Sean Bean (Janus), Jonathan Pryce (Carver) and Michael Lonsdale (Drax).", "In the end, Ronin became the last great film from a great director.", "I don't count Reindeer Games as anything but Frankenheimer picking up a check and the studio dabbling overmuch in the final look and feel of that film.", "Frankenheimer's Ronin is a blend of smart dialogue, hard-edged characters, and tense-filled action that he manages to blend together to make a fine and intelligent film.", "The story may not have made real sense in the end, but the journey the audience takes with DeNiro, Reno and McElhone's character in getting there made for a great time for all." ]

[ "Bought this spare along with the housing.", "Recommended by Consumer Reports so I got it for my kitchen and bathroom faucets.", "Can I tell the difference?", "No.", "Does it remove lead like it said its suppose to?", "Dunno.", "What's lead [rust] from galvanize piping taste like?", "Do I drink tap water?", "No, only steam distilled water.", "Do brush teeth using the faucet filtered water and do use filtered water to cook pasta and boil water but that's about it.", "Gave it 5 stars cuz when I boil water I see a great reduction in waste build up on the pot so it must be doing its job." ]

[ "Our 2 year old daughter has been talking about \"Trains\" for about a month due to riding a small one at a local park.", "I saw this set and got it for her along with the two aquarium cars (she loves underwater animals).", "It was a HIT!", "She played with it the first night for an hour - non stop.", "The next morning and asked for it the minute she woke up.", "She has played with it all day.", "While the cars easily come off track and the bridge can come of, we use these issues as learning experiences to show her how to fix the situation her self.", "Great learning tool.", "Perfect first train set.", "We will be buying the Figure 8 Expansion I am sure." ]

[ "My wife and I are waffle lovers.", "For years we would go to the neighborhood IHOP and order their Belgian waffles, which are like seven dollars for one.", "Yikes!", "But they were just so good that we splurged.", "We did this for years until the management changed and the service and quality of food shot through the floor, while at the same time the economy tanked and we started watching our nickels and dimes.", "So it was back to using a Sweet Heart waffle maker that I had bought her decades ago that made small waffles in the shape of hearts.", "Yes, it was sweet but you had to eat a bunch of them to match the one large waffle at IHOP.", "Recently, as that old waffle maker was starting to wear out, and unknown to my wife, I plotted to buy her a gift since our 35th wedding anniversary was coming up.", "So I came to my favorite online store, Amazon.", "com, and perused the various models and read all the reviews.", "The Proctor-Silex 26500 Morning Baker Belgian Waffle Baker blew all the others out of the water as far as the reviews were concerned.", "I almost didn't believe that they were completely unbiased, thinking that maybe PS had some of their employees game the unit's reviews (just joking, but it does happen in some places).", "Alas, that is NOT the case.", "I ordered the waffle maker from Amazon and within a couple of days it arrived while I was out of town on work.", "My wife took delivery of it, loving the surprise (husbands, take a hint and do this kind of thing more often and you'll score major points with your mate), and she started making waffles for herself without me there!", "She said it was so simple to use that even I would be able to operate it (thanks honey) and that not only were the waffles just as good as IHOP makes, but they are so cheap to make.", "And the cleanup is a quick wipe and the non-stick surface is ready to go again.", "Storage, as you've read, is quite ingenious with the Proctor-Silex 26500.", "When you are done, you close the lid down and then it sits on it's end, taking up very little counter or shelf space.", "Thank you PS!", "It comes with a recipe book of different types of waffles you can make.", "And did I mention they are as good as the kind you pay lots of money for in a restaurant?", "The one thing we did find out, since there is no \"waffle done\" light or sound, is that you have to use an external timer to time the waffles to get them just right.", "That was no big deal for us.", "We kept making waffles until we found the perfect time and they have been perfect ever since.", "We just use the timer on the microwave oven which sits just over the counter.", "The reason there is not a timer on the waffle maker is that you can make so many different kinds of waffles from different ingredients, and each kind cooks for a different length of time.", "So we experimented on our plain waffles and found that 3.", "5 minutes was the perfect time for perfect waffles, even though the book said 4 to 6 minutes.", "So you will have to experiment with timing your waffles too.", "And that's part of the fun of it, isn't it?", "You get to eat all of those experiments!", "You can get all the technical information from the many other reviews here.", "What I can add is yes, I read the reviews, took the chance that everyone was telling of their truthful experiences and bought the Proctor-Silex 26500, found out that the reviews were indeed true and have enjoyed yummy waffles ever since, with the easiest of cleanup and storage, all for under $30.", "00.", "So go on, be daring and get yours from Amazon.", "com today.", "With their return policy, you have nothing to lose!" ]

[ "I recently bought five fairly large fancy goldfish (3 Yuan Bao Orandas-females, 2 Lionchus-males) that were quite expensive.", "The breeder quarantined them for 14 days before they were shipped but I guess the shipping stressed them out because there was some cotton growth, tiny white ones, on their tail-fins and base of their tails, and one had it on her body.", "They got fungal and bacterial infections although their tank in my home is clean, salted (1 tbsp per 5 gallons) and disease free.", "I quickly ordered Pimafix and Melafix although I still had some for 'just in case' so I wasn't surprised by the pepperminty scent.", "Also, I didn't want the newly established bacteria culture harmed by harsher medicine.", "I didn't need to remove any active carbon since I didn't put any in the canister filter or HOB but if you do, remove these first!", "I just have Algone packets in there to keep water parameters stable and water clear.", "Algone doesn't remove medicine!", "Already within two days, the two wen-rich Ranchus were swimming happily sans cotton growth, but I kept them in the tank for a week to be sure before putting them into the healthy 'male' tank.", "Two Yuan-Bao Orandas had it really bad, though.", "They were floating nose-down.", "After three days, the red one is healthy and fine.", "Mousse, the chocolate one, is still struggling with an internal bacterial infection but NO MORE COTTON GROWTHS!", "I have four more days to go before finishing this treatment after which I'll put in active carbon into the canister filter and do a 30% water change.", "Pimafix and Melafix really are must-haves for fancy goldfish keepers and serious aquarists!", "Always have these on hand and use these first before deciding to go for the more harsher medicine like Jungle (now Tetra) Fungus Clear (although this works wonders for more progressed diseases)." ]

[ "This is more of a reply to \"vsokko\" who gave Painkiller only one star because it wouldn't run on his system.", "More and more new games (like Painkiller and FarCry) will not run if you have CD/DVD emulation software (i.", "e. Nero, Norton Ghost, etc.", ") installed on the same disk partition as the game.", "Simply disabling this software is not enough; it has to be completely uninstalled.", "This is not a bug in the game; rather it's the publishers trying to prevent unauthorized copying.", "Painkiller is a good game of the Serious Sam type with incredible graphics and a lot of imagination.", "But, if you have the subject software and don't want to uninstall it (or put it on another partition), don't waste your money and blame the game.", "Finally, keep in mind that Painkiller seems to be optimized for nVidia cards.", "ATI cards (like my 9800 XT) work fine for some people but have serious \"issues\" for other players -- especially in the game's \"catacombs\" level.", "I've checked a couple of video card/driver forums to confirm this.", "Hopefully, Dreamcatcher will issue a patch or ATI will fix their drivers, but, for now, beware." ]

[ "I like most of the Zingers from Celestial Seasonings.", "I make them as iced teas and take them to work.", "I'm a little more likely to drink enough fluids if they're flavored, and herbal tea is a great way to flavor water (and still have it count as drinking water -- you're not adding calories or caffeine).", "I have been drinking a lot of hibiscus teas lately (hibiscus is the first ingredient in most, if not all, Zingers) and I actually think the hibiscus flavor is muted here.", "I can definitely taste something citrus-y.", "I think the overall blend works well, and something (perhaps from the orange) adds a hint of sweetness without adding calories.", "This is a great iced tea for summer.", "I think the blend of ingredients really works well.", "I brew this by taking 10 bags (half a box) and pouring about a quart of boiling water over them in a glass pitcher.", "I steep for 30-60 minutes (usually I walk off and forget about it), then remove the tea bags and pour over ice, finally diluting to 1 gallon.", "I store this in the refrigerator and it lasts for a couple of days that way.", "Hibiscus teas *may* help lower blood pressure a little bit.", "If you are trying to lower blood pressure naturally, without medication, this product could help.", "If you are taking a blood pressure medication, however, you may want to talk to your doctor before consuming large amounts of this product." ]

[ "Pros:\n1.", "Mounts up to the rack easily.", "2.", "Covered power switch protects against accidental power outages.", "3.", "Six outlets on each side make for easy power access.", "Cons:\n1.", "The breaker reset is not covered.", "Other:\n1.", "Does not come with mounting screws (because they vary by manufacturer).", "Make sure you've got a few on hand.", "2.", "It's not electrically shielded.", "Avoid placing it next to your network switch.", "3.", "The prongs on a 20A outlet are different than 10A or 15A.", "Make sure you've got an outlet you can plug into (or buy an adapter)." ]

[ "Stefan Kopriva is back and not in good shape.", "He's got aches and pains and he's broke.", "Then an acquaintance asks him to find his 16 year old daughter and things go sideways.", "Even though he's an ex cop, Steff only has a few good contacts and, after this fiasco of a case, he may have none.", "This might be classified as noir.", "The subject matter is dark and the hero is deeply flawed.", "But, that's what makes this such a good read.", "Steff is not an antihero but he doesn't have a heart of gold either.", "He is just a man trying to live his life the best he can.", "As with all of Mr.", "Zafiro's books, the characters are true to life, the story is compelling, and the end is believable (although not always satisfying)." ]

[ "The Alt\n“I support Assad because he 's the defender of Middle Eastern Christianity \" one member of the alt-right tells BuzzFeed News giving just one reason why he and others like him back the Syrian president.", "The brutal leader at the center of Syria’s five-year-long war has found support in one of the least likely places — among the alt-right.", "The white nationalists and trolls who identify with the alt-right have lifted up Bashar al-Assad as a hero in recent years.", "Support for the Syrian president means they can further tangled internet conspiracy theories taps into a deep vein of anti-Semitism anti-interventionism and anti-globalism and allows them to wind up their biggest enemy: liberals.", "It was a love affair years in the making.", "The nationalistic fervor that the Syrian government whipped up in its propaganda over the years has found a home in the hearts of many on the alt-right the Intercept reports.", "From the point of view of James Alex Fields Jr.", "— who posted a popular meme of Assad on his Facebook profile before being charged with the death of a counterprotester in Charlottesville Virginia last month — and others like him Assad was a figurehead who symbolized rebellion a rejection of the popularly accepted narrative.", "He was also the perfect way to troll liberals like the ones Fields was marching against in Charlottesville.", "As Ben Nimmo of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab put it the simplest explanation of the alt-right’s support for Assad is “the principle of ‘my enemy’s enemy’” — meaning mainstream media and politicians.", "“ Assad has been repeatedly condemned by mainstream politicians especially Democrats and the mainstream media ” Nimmo told BuzzFeed News.", "“The alt-right forged their identity around demonizing the Democrats and the mainstream media.", "Amplifying or supporting Assad is therefore a way for the alt-right to troll their enemies.", "”\n\" Assad did nothing wrong \" the man yells.", "\"Support the Syrian Arab Army.", "\" In the background another man chimes in: \" Assad is the man!", "\"\n\" Assad did nothing wrong\" - Baked Alaska at UVA tonight.", "\"Barrel bombs hell yeah!", "\"\nThe protests in Charlottesville culminated in violence and the death of a young female counterprotester Heather Heyer.", "In the days after her killing a pro- Assad meme showing the Syrian leader dressed in military fatigues wearing sunglasses and with the word “undefeated” at the bottom was found on Fields' Facebook page.", "People who fall in the center of the Venn diagram of Assad backers and Trump fans contacted in the aftermath including both devoted members of the alt-right movement and those who have disavowed it said they had been pro- Assad before being pro-Trump.", "Many said they believed that Assad would protect Syria’s Christians after pro-democracy protests morphed into a civil war following the government’s brutal crackdown.", "Lue-Yee Tsang an alt-right supporter in his late twenties who lives in the DC area said he supported a president who protected and “supported the right of peaceful groups to maintain their ways of life ” as he believes Assad did.", "When the US election came around Trump was the only candidate he considered supporting.", "“I’d love to have a Christian emperor instead but given the field he was the best there was ” he said.", "A far right nationalist who goes by the Twitter handle @IWillRedPillYou who supports the expression of the alt-right’s views and who declined to give their real name put it simply: “I support Assad because he 's the defender of Middle Eastern Christianity.", "”\n Bashar al Assad is a hero.", "The protector of Christians in the Middle East.", "An estimated million Christians are among the 6 million people who have been displaced inside Syria or fled the country entirely among intense fighting while others are reported to have fled to regime-held areas and generally support the regime.", "Many were targeted by ISIS who began operating in the country in 2014 further compounding the violence of the civil war.", "Some alt-right supporters said their love for Assad was also a means of advocating for American non-intervention a facet they share with some left-wing supporters of Assad 's regime.", "But they also stress the need to fight ISIS — the alt-right has repeatedly trumpeted the threat that radical Islamic terror poses to America and the west generally.", "In Assad many on the far and alt-right see the Syrian leader holding a “crucial foothold” against larger geopolitical forces Alexander Reid Ross author of the new book Against the Fascist Creep and a lecturer of geography at Portland State University told The Intercept.", "Assad ’s actions would contain Islamic terror but (crucially) wouldn’t involve American forces.", "But more than that those who spoke to BuzzFeed News were convinced that the Syrian war wasn’t simply a case of citizens agitating for freedom from a repressive regime.", "What they saw was Israel and the so-called “deep state” hard at work to disrupt a country that's just trying to protect itself.", "(The “deep state” refers to the myriad intelligence agencies and establishment officials they believe really run the US at the expense of the people.", ") What that meant they said was that Assad wasn’t the villain — he was the hero.", "“Without Assad Muslims would conquer and likely decimate those remaining Christians ” user @IWillRedPillYou said.", "If anything Assad ’s faith as part of a minority Muslim sect in Syria — albeit a hugely powerful one — was yet another a reason to support him.", "And he said the Syrian dictator was a “sovereign leader that's been targeted by Zionist expansion for the better part of a decade.", "” “Even those who know very little about Assad see [being pro- Assad ] as part of a culture of opposition to both Daesh and the Jewish state of Israel ” Tsang who stated he was “not anti-Muslim at all ” said.", "“I mean it’s all over the memes so it’s easy to pick up culturally.", "” User @IWillRedPillYou claimed that Israel wished to take part of Syria in the Golan Heights while Iran’s involvement in the conflict was due to a desire to push back against Israel.", "“ Bashar al-Assad is caught in the midst of fighting both ” they said.", "“ Bashar al-Assad did nothing wrong.", "” Such beliefs Nimmo noted were reflective of the alt-right’s “very strong preference for conspiracy theories” and their “abiding belief in the ‘Deep State’ and ‘neocon’ conspiracies to hold onto power against The Will Of The People.", "” The focus on Israel mirrored their focus on Jews in the US.", "It appeared to begin with a hashtag that appeared earlier that year #CantMossadTheAssad which had its first mentions on Twitter from very small accounts with fewer than 100 followers each.", "The hashtag itself played into the recurring anti-Semitic theme among many in the alt-right — that Israel’s intelligence and security agency was running the show in Syria.", "In August 2013 Alex Jones of Infowars ran an interview with a pro- Assad blogger named Mimi Al-Laham better known as PartisanGirl but who also goes by a host of online names.", "Al-Laham told Jones it was implausible that the Syrian government had staged the chemical attack which killed hundreds of people including children and was documented by extensive video evidence.", "The US the UK and France all said in September following a UN report that they believed only the Syrian government was behind the attack.", "But almost immediately after the videos of the attack began spreading on Twitter supporters of Assad — from alt-right trolls to the Russian government — said there was no way the Assad regime could be involved.", "Jones also ran with it and said the operation was a “false flag ” an event staged to spark a reaction blaming the attack on the rebels and claiming the war itself was part of a movement orchestrated by Goldman Sachs and Israel.", "Those in the alt-right appear to see no issue in cheerleading for a Muslim leader while simultaneously agitating against Islam.", "So Richard Spencer who first helped popularize the term “alt-right ” is able to aggressively support Trump’s “Muslim ban ” while also getting behind the Syrian dictator because as he told BuzzFeed News Assad had been “educated in the West and offer[ed] a civilized variant of Islam.", "” “ He was educated in Britain so was his wife he just seems to be a reasonable person ” he said.", "“I have more sympathy to some leaders because I feel I share something with them.", "I do like him more.", "His wife is very beautiful and a sophisticated woman as well.", "”\nThe #AltRight backs Assad.", "Spencer said he ’d been “aware” of Assad since the early 2000s.", "Coverage of Assad at the time soon after he ’d inherited the presidency from his father was limited to a rigged referendum confirming his succession ( he was the only candidate) and muted support for an opening up of the tightly controlled state.", "The core of it for Spencer was that Assad in addition to being the “rightful legitimate ruler of Syria ” was fighting ISIS.", "Harking back to the question of his support for an Islamic leader Spencer stated: “The question really isn’t do I support white people or Assad the question really is whether I support Assad or ISIS?", "” But the alt-right narrative was complicated by the 2017 chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province which Trump responded to by launching a series of airstrikes into Syria — the first time the US had targeted the regime in all its years of smaller-scale involvement.", "The strikes provoked a split in prominent alt-right media figures between those who continued to support Trump and those who officially declared themselves “OFF the Trump train ” in the case of British citizen Paul Joseph Watson.", "(He would later recant and rejoin the train.", ")\nThose in the alt-right who supported Assad prior to supporting Trump came to see the US president’s strikes as explicit evidence of the deep state’s interference in Syria with Mike Cernovich at the time a leading alt-right personality leading the charge by amplifying the #SyriaHoax false flag — laying the blame squarely at the feet of the “deep state.", "” As Spencer put it: “The fact that I and most all of the alt-right offer him moral support is because he has become a bogeyman in the mainstream media and is clearly the target of the Deep State military industrial complex foreign-policy establishment.", "” “Sure there might be some kids out there who want to shock their parents with an Assad meme or something like that ” he admitted putting those individuals on one end of a “spectrum” of support for the Syrian leader.", "Many of those in the alt-right who support Assad are situated somewhere in the middle of reactionary trolling and deep state theories according to Spencer.", "“There are a lot of people who are so skeptical of everything that Washington does that whenever Assad is in the crosshairs they don’t like it even if they don’t quite understand the full complexity of the issue.", "” He continued: “But I imagine that on the whole most in the alt-right share my perspective.", "” The engagement of a mostly younger internet-literate crowd — like Tsang — rests on an bedrock of older and more traditional right-wing and far-right support for the Syrian president.", "David Duke former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan has voiced his support for Assad as has Ann Coulter.", "Across the Atlantic France’s Marine Le Pen has stated that Assad is the the “solution” to the region’s current turmoil and in the UK Nigel Farage has voiced tepid support for the continuation of the Assad regime as has controversial columnist Katie Hopkins British Infowars writer Watson and British Nationalist Party founder Tommy Robinson.", "But Cernovich wants everyone to ignore the memes the support at Charlottesville the discussions online — and his once-upon-a-time advocacy for Assad.", "As Cernovich attempts to join the mainstream he is pivoting away from some tenets — such as support for Assad — and despite evidence to the contrary arguing that such support does not exist.", "Despite that he does think the Syrian leader should remain in place: “Opposing regime change in my view isn’t supporting anyone.", "” “Zero Trump supporters back Assad this is the definition of fake news ” he said.", "“I've talked to thousands of Trump supporters never heard of Assad support.", "” ●" ]

[ "Sunshine Sunny Eden inherits her beloved Aunt Angies house and garden in Joshua Junction after her untimely death.", "Sunny decides to move to Joshua Junction despite her fathers concerns.", "One morning as Sunny is walking in the garden she discovers Professor Whitsels bodydead body.", "Deputy Ramsey Lynch hears Sunny scream and takes off running to her house.", "Ramseys hostility toward Sunny through me off and the way he suddenly starts accusing Sunny of murder without even investigating or having any real evidence.", "Sunny decides to try to clear her name and find the real killer.", "This was a well written book with a good plot.", "It really was a good book, for me it didn't have much suspense or romance.", "I think there were opportunities for suspense but it just didn't make it.", "Also there were a few moments that didn't sit right with me; for instance, when Sunny was threatened and after Ramsey arrested the guy, Sunny was more concerned about not wanting to play the organ at church.", "If this was a coping mechanism to focus on something else, I wish it was explained." ]

[ "I'm using this particular lense on a Canon 350D ( Rebel XT ).", "I originally started with a Canon 70-200 F4.", "5 USM III and was sadly\n\ndisappointed.", "I returned it to Amazon ( which was a breeze, very pleasant experience, kudos to Amazon ).", "I bought this lense to replace it\n\nand I have to say..", "its wonderful..", "great price.", "smooth, fast , quiet operation.", "Most importantly..", "NO CHROMATIC ABERATION..", "and the images are a great deal more sharp and clear compared to the USM III under the\n\nsame conditions.", "It even came with the lense hood.." ]

[ "I am absolutely in love with this watch.", "I had a slightly different model before, and I was absolutely in love with it too.", "This watch looks great, easy to read, and has just the right features.", "More importantly, it does not have the wrong features which just clutter up the display and the interface.", "This watch is durable, watertight, has a loud sound, beautiful \"Indiglo\" light and glass which is difficult to scratch.", "There are some quirks though.", "This watch might freeze or beep uncontrollably, which happened to me once after 2 years of owning it.", "Luckily, pressing all four buttons for 3 seconds, resets the watch quite reliably.", "The real quirk is the back lid.", "It pops off very easily (to change the battery), but almost impossible to put back on.", "To put the lid back on, you need a padded vice, and a ring (a slice of PVC pipe) the same diameter as the lid.", "The ring is needed to transfer the pressure to the rim of the lid.", "If you try to force the lid in any other way, you will just bend the lid and it will never go back on.", "Make sure you are putting it back the way it was, or the beeper may get disconnected and you will have to repeat this risky procedure.", "Taking out the links is easy enough, just lock the two links you are trying to detach in a padded vice, use a small screwdriver from the jewelers set and a small hammer to pop the pins out in the direction of the arrow (no need to go all the way).", "Make your adjustments and tap the pins back in.", "To be honest I am not crazy about the metal bracelet, actually I don't like metal bracelets period.", "I replaced this bracelet with a leather band and I am not looking back.", "- It looks and feels great.", "In any case, IMHO, bracelets should not be considered a part of a watch, they are more of a bonus really.", "I have actually purchased another watch just like it to serve as a back up.", "But the original one still going strong looking brand new." ]

[ "Of all the great novelists and writers of English, Joseph Conrad was one of the most pessimistic.", "His view of human nature was not encouraging or, to use modern jargon, \"life affirming.", "\" Like Shakespeare, he always sought to look under the mask, to remove the polite smile of civilization and expose the red, toothy maw beneath.", "He often sent his characters into the \"interior;\" a jungle always described as a black-green hell, hot and dripping, where man was free to release the bloody and awful God within.", "\"Lord Jim\" follows this pattern to an extent, although in this novel, the character struggles to be honorable and kind.", "In a nutshell, an English officer - young, handsome and noble - is terribly disgraced and struggles to restore his honor.", "The storyteller in the novel, Marlowe, is the same character Conrad used to tell \"Heart of Darkness.", "\" It is the relationship between Marlowe and Jim, the young officer, which provides the most fascinating element in the work.", "Marlowe meets Jim during the latter's military hearing, where Jim is desperate to tell someone the story of his disgrace.", "Marlowe, a merchant captain coincidentally in port, reluctantly hears him out.", "This event establishes a deep, psychological bond between the two men that courses through the book.", "It is through this relationship that Conrad explores some of the fundamental assumptions of human nature: Is man, basically, good and honorable?", "Is there even such a thing as honor or \"good,\" or is every belief we cherish about ourselves a thin chimera, shredded easily by the base nature within?", "Certainly there are few \"honorable\" characters in \"Lord Jim.", "\" One of the great treats of the book is the flotsam of humanity that Conrad skillfully parades before the reader.", "Take, as an example, the merchant Chester, one of many who offer Jim extremely dubious work once he is in disgrace (in this case overseer of an island that produces tons of bat guano, which has great commercial value) or Chester's right hand man, Captain \"Holly Terror\" Robinson, described thusly:\n\n\"The Notorious Robinson.", "The man who smuggled more opium and bagged more seals in his time than any loose Johnny now alive.", "They say he used to board the sealing -schooners up Alaska way then the fog was so thick that the Lord God, He alone, could tell one man from another.", "Holy-Terror Robinson.", "That's the man.", "He is with me on this guano thing.", "\" He put his lips to my ear.", "\"Cannibal?", "-Well, they used to give him the name years and years ago.", "\"\n\nYet, there remains something that makes Marlowe care about Jim, something he is at pains to understand himself.", "The fascinating thing is that most of the time Marlowe is nearly repulsed or irritated by Jim, made squeamish about shaking his hand, or will cross a street to avoid him.", "There is a quality in Jim's disgrace that dims Marlowe's own cherished memories of youth and high adventure.", "Yet, as Marlowe says repeatedly, Jim \"was one of us.", "\" This phrase changes, bit by bit, in the course of the novel.", "At first it means, primarily, white, English, and of a certain class.", "As the novel progresses, the phrase begins to take on a much broader meaning, touching something fundamental in all living men.", "As Marlowe puts it in describing Jim: \"Woe to the stragglers!", "We exist only in so far as we hang together.", "He had straggled in a way; he had not hung on; but he was aware of it with an intensity that made him touching, just as a man's more intense life makes his death more touching than the death of a tree.", "I happened to be handy, and I happened to be touched.", "That's all there is to it.", "\"\n\nAgain, like Shakespeare, nothing is obvious and much is open to interpretation.", "Does Jim succeed in regaining his honor, there in a remote jungle?", "Did he fail?", "Or, perhaps, was he aiming his shot at a romantic tendril of air, never really there at all.", "If you read this great work, you will have the pleasure of deciding for yourself.", "---- Mykal Banta" ]

[ "I really like these sweatshirts.", "If I had my way, I'd live in sweatshirts...", "but I'm sure my better half wouldn't agree to that.", "I normally have boughten brand name sweatshirts, but am growing tired of their ever increasing price.", "I had low expectations for this sweatshirt due to the price point, but thought it was worth the try.", "I have definitely been pleasantly surprised by this sweatshirt, enough that I ordered another 4.", "Okay, they aren't heavyweight but not paper thin either.", "They are well made and very soft and comfortable.", "I normally wear a large, but decided to order an XL since so many now are getting more tailored for a \"stylish\" look and I want comfort.", "Well, a large would have fit fine, but I'm keeping the XL....", "sweatshirt can never be baggy enough...", "lol." ]

[ "Opposites Attract is three short, interconnected stories.", "In \"Take a Leap,\" computer geek Brad is attracted to his co-worker Alyssa, who just happened to breakup with her cheating boyfriend.", "When Brad has to ghostwrite a sex scene for Maria, a client whose laptop Brad had just fixed, Alyssa volunteers to help.", "During their work, Alyssa begins to see there is more to Brad than meets the eye.", "In \"Light My Fire,\" Amy, Maria's friend and former publisher, agrees to cat sit for Maria.", "While she's staying at Maria's apartment, she meets Maria's hunky firefighter neighbor Troy.", "Naturally, they are attracted to each other, but a series of misunderstandings almost keeps them from seeing that they're meant for each other.", "In \"Second Time Around,\" another hunky firefighter Antonio, a friend of Amy and Troy, meets Maddie, Brad's sister.", "Antonio is on the verge of divorce and Maddie has just went through a terrible divorce.", "Seeing how attracted they are to each other, Amy, Troy, Brad, Alyssa (who is now married to Brad) and, of course, Maria, decide to play matchmaker.", "The more Antonio and Maddie get to know each other, the more they become attracted to each other.", "And as their attraction grows, Antonio makes a decision about his failing marriage and his relationship with Maddie.", "I really enjoyed all three stories, but my personal favorite was the third one.", "I loved how it really included all the characters from previous stories.", "You're not left wondering what happens to the other characters.", "I would definitely recommend this book to those who like fun, quick, sexy reads, with not just one happy ending but three." ]

[ "Achtung Baby would mark a change in direction for U2 but oh how different it could have been had Bono & The Edge listened to Larry Mullen Jnr & Adam Clayton, the bass & drummer of U2 respectively, who wanted to stay with U2's similar successful formulars of War, Unforgettable Fire & The Joshua Tree.", "But Bono & Edge won the argument & got their way and the rest as they say is history!!!", "Whilst Joshua Tree & the live film album Rattle & Hum was a more American based efforts, Joshua Tree went the more European musical direction (something that U2 would go towards throughout the 90's) with Edge using guitar effects similar to those Bowie used during his Berlin sessions in the late 70's whilst sampling ideas from genres such as House, Garage, and even Techno, Achtung Baby certainly was attempting something!!!", "Indeed the new style would encourage Edge to redo the original guitar solo of Mysterious Ways, adapting the solo to the new methods eventually resulting in its now familuar format.", "In response Bono did One, a song about loss, it even helped calm tensions down between the band about their new sound!!!", "There are even dark aspects of Achtung Baby too, So Cruel, Acrobat & Love is Blindness, are though dark and mysterious, have also a kind of class in them.", "This would be a method further explored in latter releases in the 90's, first Zooropa & more throughly in the very underated yet for some reason the critics hated it, and also its sales made it a comercial flop, the 1997 release Pop!!!", "There are of course the hit songs, the forementioned Mysterious Ways, & One, Whose gonna ride your wild horses (strangely left of the Greatest 90's hits package) & Even better than the real thing.", "These are probably the songs you're most familar with if you've never heard this album before, although Last night on Earth was also released as a single.", "But Achtung Baby like The Joshua Tree is more than just about the hits!!!!", "The album moved its political intensions from the every day life of people (though still mentioned in songs such as Until the end of the world & So Cruel) to dealing with subject very hot at the time and still hot today AIDS.", "This is because some of the songs were used as short videos to highlight the dangers of the disease, i.", "e. One, So Cruel, & Love is blindness!!!!", "At the end of it all Achtung Baby isn't just a U2 album about just U2, or an album just made for the sake of it (like their releases since 2000) but it depicts what was going on around the world, & even today alot of the messages in the album are important if not more important now than they even were back in 1991, i.", "e the aids crisis that still exists in Africa!!!", "Actung Baby isn't only one of the best albums of its generation but of all time.", "U2 may have been ruining their reputation since 2000 but they can live comfortably knowing that whatever happens that they always have The Joshua Tree & Achtung Baby to pull back on, just in case any one forgets how great this once great band was!!!!" ]

[ "When comparing the Sennheiser e 835 to the popular SM58, it's a better microphone in most situations.", "The pickup pattern is tighter and the frequency response is fuller.", "It probably has the ability to handle a higher sound pressure level also, but most won't care about that.", "The pickup pattern is so tight that you will usually want to be within an inch of the windscreen, but this is why you won't get feedback as easily from it.", "Well, you know how you have to work the mic to adjust for louder and softer, now you'll just be working it at a closer distance, just remember to roll off the lows to reduce the proximity effect.", "But this is probably just it's biggest benefit of many, although it also makes it a bad choice for using one mic in front of three singers.", "This microphone speaks of quality and durability in your hand, it's solid and heavy.", "The handling noise is excellent for those of you using this as a hand held microphone, it's quiet.", "It's frequency response drops down to 40Hz, making it an excellent choice for an instrument mic also.", "This will do a good job on close up work with guitar cabs to brass, providing excellent rejection of other sounds, The bottom of a snare or anyplace that you want a high rejection ratio, and can also fit this size of microphone.", "So for those of you looking for it double as a recording microphone, because where you are recording has a high noise floor, it will work out well also.", "Being a studio owner, I suggest the quietest possible place to record and a low noise floor, but I know that it's not always possible.", "It will do a great job of rejecting other sound and focusing on what it's in front of.", "You'll get a good clip and an average carry bag with it.", "It's a good, high quality microphone at a fairly low price, and I can recommend it." ]

[ "I use the Kensington Insight Adjustable Book and Copyholder for having typed or written notes next to me while typing.", "When using written notes on loose paper or on a notebook, this works great.", "It clips it tightly and can be adjusted to high enough to be even with my keyboard.", "This cuts the neck strain while typing.", "While it could also hold a *thin* book, the clip is not wide enough to hold much of one.", "It also does not open enough to clip a thicker book.", "For that, I would use either&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Easi-Reader/dp/B003E6QKEM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Easi-Reader</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Book-Magic-Bookstand-amp-Clip-Blue/dp/B000TDGRAA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Book Magic Bookstand & Clip, Blue</a>, as I own these as well.", "Neither of those would work for individual paper or notebooks, thus the Kensignton item.", "If it was not advertised as a book holder, I would be more likely to give it a 4-star rating, but I have tried it as a book holder and it does not work well.", "As merely a paper holder, this is great.", "While this is adjustable, it does sometimes collapse when you pull out paper or change things.", "This is not a big deal, but it does happen depending on how you move it.", "It seems like it could have a slightly thicker brace.", "As I said, it works for what I use it for.", "None of my book holders would do what I need this for, but they do not advertise themselves as paper holders while this advertises as an adjustable book holder." ]

[ "i love this bread.", "what a lifesaver for persons like me having this delicious fresh bread delivered right to our door steps using prime pantry.", "i use prime pantry all the time.", "the bread smells good.", "it tastes good.", "it lasts for a good period of time.", "its a keeper!", "thank you over and over again.", "i am going to keep buying this hostess white bread product.", "i am very happy with this product." ]

[ "Nineteen-year-old Savanna Langford has everything she has ever wanted.", "Her childhood was perfect.", "Her parents are perfect; she is set to marry the perfect man.", "But, is it too much perfection?", "What has she ever done on her own?", "An hour before her perfect fairytale wedding, everything feels like a crushing weight.", "Savanna is suffocating.", "She feels like she has no choice.", "She abandons everything and everyone and runs away.", "Life is messy and, sometimes, it takes more courage to face what you've run away from, and that's exactly what Savanna has decided to do.", "She returns to her small hometown of Fulton after six years.", "In the interim, she has put herself through college and is the owner of a successful marketing/fundraising business.", "She's not a sheltered teenager anymore, but a confident young woman.", "That is, until she meets her former flame, Daniel Walsh.", "The book explores not only fears, but also, the consequences of ones actions and how they affect everyone around you.", "The author does a good job of portraying Savanna.", "I understood her reasons for what she has done and the need to confront her past, but I did not feel the same connection to Daniel.", "Here is a young man who was jilted at the altar, had some unexpected things thrown his way and struggles to get through one day at a time.", "Adding Savanna back into the mix certainly should have added some explosive sparks to the book.", "Unfortunately, that didn't seem to happen.", "Daniel seemed to have only two emotions throughout the story: defensive or sweet, without much in-between.", "The writing is clear and concise and has a nice flow to it.", "I read the story in two sittings, and enjoyed it.", "It is a feel-good story with a satisfying ending that romance fans will love." ]

[ "I bought this headset to replace the H700 that I just gave to my wife.", "I thought the H700 was a great headset but this one took a good thing and made it better.", "I considered just getting another H700 but they are a little tricky to find because you have to make sure you get the \"C\" version (labeled H700C on the headset) because the earlier versions (especially the \"A\" had terrible sound quality (I can verify from personal experience.", ") There are still a lot of the older versions out there so it is a hassle to avoid them.", "The H710 is extremely comfortable.", "It hangs on your ear which I much prefer to in ear devices.", "I can wear it for many hours and can barely tell it's there.", "Before buying this headset I tried the H800.", "I tried the H800 (thinking it would be better) and I didn't care for it because it was uncomfortable.", "The H800 hangs on the ear but has a little nub that goes in the ear which I found annoying.", "The function button on the H710 is well placed over the center of the ear so when you press it the headset doesn't move.", "On the H800 the button is shifted toward the back and since the headset kept moving it kept falling off and was hard to press.", "The volume level is excellent as others have commented.", "I used to keep the volume near max but with this headset I can keep it around mid range.", "It also has auto volume adjust to compensate for noisy environments.", "Flipping the boom to turn it on is the best gimmick I have found.", "It makes the headset very compact and you can't accidentally turn it on.", "This was a big problem with the H800.", "If you forget to use the lock, it will constantly open in your pocket and turn on.", "The noise canceling feature seems to work well and I have noticed an improvement in the accuracy of using the voice dialing on my Blackberry.", "I only have a couple of minor gripes about this headset.", "First Motorola went to a micro USB connector instead of a mini USB that was on the H700.", "I don't know why they chose this because the reality is that the connector is not smaller, it just has fewer pins.", "Yes you can get an adapter for $5 but I wish it came with it and a standard mini USB power adapter (like H800 does).", "The AC adapter for the H710 has the micro adapter so it will just stay in the drawer (now that I have the adapter).", "My second gripe is that the H710 only comes with a single size earhook.", "It fits me just fine but my wife finds it to be just a little big.", "The H800 came with three earhooks which I thought was nice.", "All in all I think you would be hard pressed to find a better headset at this (or any price).", "The performance is top notch and so are the features.", "You will not be dissapointed." ]

[ "These candies are flat out delicious!", "I've read all the reviews here and can't understand how there could be a 1 star review of this product!!", "Just because you personally don't care for how a product tastes does not lend to a bad review.", "The fault is your own for purchasing a product don't even like!", "As for my review, these candies are awesome!", "I personally don't care for the black raspberry, but I can just give those to my wife!", "I'm really surprised these aren't more expensive as I feel they should be more of a gourmet type candy!", "At such a great price for 12 packs, I'm in candy heaven!!", "In fact, I buy 24 at a time to save on shipping to make it even cheaper!", "If you like raspberry you will love this product.", "Plane and simple." ]

[ "This is one of the truly great soul album achievements.", "Hats off to producer Thom Bell and his writing partner on so many significant songs, Linda Creed.", "This album is a must-buy for any fan of Sweet Soul.", "All nine cuts shine, and the album just flows from cut to cut.", "It's almost impossible to start playing it and not play the whole album, and it's almost as great a challenge to not play the whole thing twice!", "This stellar effort from 1971 has its origin in Philadelphia in 1969.", "Five young men (Herb Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, James Dunn, and Russell Thompkins, Jr.", ") who had been part of two competing groups, joined to form the Stylistics.", "They entered a small Philly studio with no more than drums, bass, guitar, and organ, and with their sweet harmonies soaring toward the heavens, they cut the now-classic, \"You're A Big Girl Now.", "\" The single appeared on the tiny Sebring label (owned by the single's producer, Marty Bryant), but it caused quite a stir, especially on the East Coast.", "The single led to the group signing with Avco/Embassy Records and hooking up with Thom Bell.", "Bell was best known at that time for his work with The Delfonics and The Intruders, but he was about to make an even bigger name for himself.", "He took the boys on for their self-named first album, and hit after hit followed.", "\"Stop, Look, Listen\" was some way to announce that a group had arrived!", "But even bigger hits followed, like \"Betcha By Golly, Wow\" and \"You Are Everything.", "\" The release of \"People Make The World Go 'Round\" as a single was forced, since requests for airplay for the song went through the roof!", "(The song is still a big fan favorite at their concerts to this day.", "It's sung as a medley with \"Hurry Up This Way Again,\" and never fails to bring the house down!", ") The addition of \"You're A Big Girl Now\" to the package, two years after the fact, just helped to seal the deal.", "The other four cuts have all become cult favorites in their own rite.", "It's safe to say that this was a greatest hits album all by itself.", "(Bell would do the same the next year for The Spinners.", ") The next Stylistics album, \"Round 2\" nearly equalled the first, which is saying a lot.", "And the group's biggest single, \"You Make Me Feel Brand New,\" first appeared on their third album (Rockin' Roll Baby), the last one produced by Bell.", "The group is down to a threesome (Thompkins, Love, and Murrell), but they are still going strong in concerts to this day, based mainly on the success they had with their first producer, the great Thom Bell." ]

[ "We are very pleased with this device.", "Easy to pair, easy to use.", "Great features, works better than our integrated bluetooth in our car stereo.", "Sounds great, incoming and outgoing.", "The only quirky thing we found, is when you charge it.", "It says it's fully charged real quickly, and is apparently not.", "No biggie, though, since an actual full charge does indeed last many weeks, and it's easy to just throw it on the charger overnight.", "We got a house plug charger with usb port, and a usb cable to charge it with, real inexpensive on Amazon.", "Note that the included car charger and USB charging cable are 1-piece, meaning you cannot unplug the USB cable from the car charger.", "Overall a fantastic price for a great device!" ]

[ "I love trying to figure out if something is true or \"bull\" (Amazon won't let me actually use the word that's in the title of the book.", ")\n\nI had a great time with this book.", "But as another reviewer pointed out, the book made a really major error in stating that Thomas Jefferson was the third Vice President and fourth President.", "It then says, \"That one was a gimme!", "\" Except that one was WRONG.", "He was the second Vice President and third President.", "I'm not going from memory; I looked it up to be sure I was remembering correctly.", "So I'd say anything in this book should be taken with a grain of salt.", "It's for fun.", "If you're looking for facts, look them up in reliable sources.", "That's the only error I noticed, but it may not be the only one.", "However, I'm not going to let an error ruin a fun book.", "It's like a game, to me, and I enjoyed it a lot.", "I always look up things I'm not sure about anyway, so one wrong answer out of an entire book (although it was a pretty weird thing to get wrong) isn't that big a deal to me.", "If this were a history text, I'd have a different opinion on that." ]

[ "I spent waayyyyy too much time playing this game, but I just couldn't stop - the variety of quests, the choices one must make, the combination of fighting and magic...", "it's just a great game overall.", "I'm a fan of the RPG genre in general, but there are a few really awful games out there.", "This one truly doesn't disappoint.", "The beginning is a bit slow, because there are only a very few creatures you can kill to gain experience.", "But, once you get a few levels under your belt, and obtain a decent weapon, all is well.", "There are an unbelievable number of weapons available, and a nearly equal number of magical items and spells.", "The storyline is complex and very interesting, and is neither too short nor too long, though I was sorry to see it end.", "I'll assuredly run through it again sometime soon.", "The true charm of this game lies in being able to shape-shift, though.", "Through scrolls and other magical means, you're able to take on the forms of many different animals, and you gain their abilities; you can fly, run faster, slash with teeth and claws, and jump higher.", "The number of different creatures in the game is really nice, too; it's definitely not boring.", "One downside is having to run back and forth long distances between camps, until you're given teleportation runes.", "Apart from that, though, it's nearly flawless.", "It didn't crash often, the music was very nice, and the graphics excellent.", "I recommend it without hesitations!" ]

[ "Set in fictional Tarbox, MA in the early 1960's, this book of 1968 was certainly a risqu' and revealing look at marriage in a small suburban community at a time of increasing sexual awareness and openness.", "Looking back, the sexual content is actually rather mild, but, more importantly, it seems that the type of communities and lifestyles that Updike describe have been swallowed up by vast, numbing suburbs, where traffic is terrible, wives work, and neighbors are strangers.", "Yet, the book is a keen look at the dissatisfactions of marriage.", "Most of the couples knew or suspected that unfaithfulness was occurring among themselves, but they seemed to understand, if only subconsciously, that infidelity was or could be an outlet for the limitations of a spouse.", "The central character is home remodeler Piet Hanema, married to the sublime, but unapproachable, Angela, who seems to be happiest when in the arms of his latest lover.", "Updike's entry into this world is at the point when the Whitman's move in: he a professor and Elizabeth, or Foxy, a tall, winsome beauty who is also pregnant.", "Their old home on the coast requires extensive renovation providing the opportunity for Piet and Foxy to start a complicated relationship that that has community-wide consequences.", "The book is a challenging read containing Updike's typical complex descriptions of various scenes, etc.", "And the interactions of the various couples, usually at some sort of party, while revealing and sometimes insightful, do get tedious.", "The author hardly advocates this sort of group infidelity.", "In fact, there is a pervading sense of sadness about the book as many of the couples go their own way, their problems resolved or not.", "It is a simplification to label this book as one primarily about \"wife swapping.", "\" For one, that is wrong, and secondly it is about people trying to find some happiness or connectedness in their lives." ]

[ "This was a gift for the wife.", "I can directly compare to the Speck CandyShell Grip, Otterbox commuter and defender, and Tech21 Impact cases.", "Fit is perfect of course.", "No issues with buttons, lenses, sensors, etc.", "The Ballistic Aspira corners (shoulders) bulge out just slightly in all dimensions.", "This is a big advantage, because if you drop your phone on a corner, that impact is multiplied considerably, and you're much more likely to take damage.", "The down-side is that the bulging may give this one a slightly \"cartoonish\" look, compared to the Speck Grip.", "Comparing to the Spek CandlyShell Grip (which is on my phone at the moment) The Ballistic has somewhat beefier silicon all the way around.", "Slightly thicker, with a higher lip around the screen.", "It seems (without testing) to be more protective when I feel / examine them side-by-side (my wife and I have the same phone.", ")\n\nThe Ballistic does NOT have a hard outer shell as some may think.", "They use a thick but flexible glossy vinyl paint.", "It is attractive and I suppose adds a little strength, but it's not the hard plastic of other models.", "However, it does allow you to slip the phone into a pocket (and back out) more easily than if it did NOT have those painted areas, because the bare silicon is grippy indeed.", "Over-all, it looks good, it's light, easy in and out of the pocket, and in my opinion, I find it to be more protective than the Speck, especially in face-down situations where it has a nice lip and puffed out shoulders.", "Compared to Otter Boxen: The Defender (which I own) is nice, but too bulky for MY daily use (no good w/ my uniform).", "The Commuter (which I own) is very protective, but heavy, and it's hard plastic outer shell is way to slippery.", "The Tech21 Impact case is VERY classy looking, and beats them all in the looks department.", "But it's just a hard plastic shell and in my book, that's no protection at all.", "Yep.", "I like this Ballistic Apira case very much.", "When I need another case, I will look at Ballistic first, and check out some of their other models as well.", "They have beefier more \"manly\" looking designs for those guys who don't want to walk around with big orange flowers on the phone.", ":)\n\nSo, why did I knock off one star?", "Price." ]

[ "Rush from the year 1975 is much diffrent than rush from the year 1981.", "Much much diffrent.", "Well it is not a warning but some of you who know Rush from their hit singles like \"Tom Sawyer\", \"Red barchetta\" or \"Nobody's hero\" maybe really very suprised with this album.", "Do not expect any synthesisers or well polished pop-rock songs.", "do not expect clean and characteristic voice of Geddy Lee (yes yes, he sounds diffrent than normaly on first albums of rush)\nAt last if you don't like classic 70-ies rock&roll (led zeppelin,early AC/DC) you should not even touch this!!!", "Why?", "because \"Fly by night\" contains almost only a portion of Good old rock,almost without any real unexpected changes or bombastic production.", "Hmm...", "these were the times when Geddy,Neill and alex were having just good fun without thinking that in next few years they will became an international rock stars playing all around the world and selling millions of copies of their albums!!!", "The point of this album is that it is the first one recorded in classic squad.", "After a departure of previous drummer,Neill Peart joined Rush.", "He was not also a fenomenal musician, he was a poet lyricist too.", "Therefore lyrics are also a major change here - they are interesting,melodic and brilliant\nthe production is not very special,it sounds like many other rock groups from seventhies were sounding , but thanks for the remaster edition it is not so bad and i can not say anything bad about it.", "1.", "ANTHEM - my favourite from here,it is surely one of their best tracks from seventies.", "definitly IT ROCKS real good.", "The guitar reef is brilliant, followed by hard drums and interesting bass line.", "Geddy sings quite agressive here and very expressive.", "just listen to him shouting \"WONDERS IN THE WOOOORLD...", "THEY WROOOOUUUUGGGHHTTT!!!!", "!", "\" 5/5\n2.", "BEST I CAN - another very good track.", "Simple rock song,very catchy and melodic.", "Geddy's vocals sometimes reminds me of Bon Scott of Ac/Dc, but only a little bit.", "lyrics are simple as well :\n\"DON'T GIVE ME SPEECHES 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL SO DROLL\nLEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME ROCK&ROLL!!!", "\" 5/5\n3.", "BENEATH BELOW AND BEHIND - another nice one, less impressive than to first tracks but catchy as well.", "Neill's drumming is impressive here.", "not so memorable but works good as a hard-rocker.", "3,5/5\n4.", "BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG - 9 minutes long epic tale about battle of good and evil.", "it has a nice reef but as whole it seems much too long in some moments.", "lyrics are also not the strongest point here.", "it is light years away from \"2112\"\ngood altough i can not say it is one of their best long tracks\n 3/5\n5.", "FLY BY NIGHT - most pop sounding track from here.", "Very nice and relaxing.", "simple and melodic.", "i thing this along with \"anthem\" maybe the main reason to buy this album!!!", "5/5\n6.", "MAKING MEMORIES - acoustic guitar driven rock ballad.", "too much zeppelin's in here....", "maybe the weakest track, but....", "3/5\n7.", "RIVENDELL -....", "this is the reason why \"making memories\" is not the worstest here.", "RIVENDELL is a tale of hobbits (all the lord of the rings stuff) and it is much too long and simply boring.", "you can just skip it.", "2/5\n8.", "IN THE END - great finale,great guitar solo and fine lyrics.", "i like it very much it is great ending fo this album, and for the concerts too.", "slow, a bit pathetic, but wonderfull\n 5/5\n i said everything in the intro of review and so the decision to buy \"FLY BY NIGHT\" is left to you.", "what can i say more - they just do the rock&roll!!!!" ]

[ "The Pilot G2 Gel roller ball pen is a fantastic pen AND it's retractable, as well.", "I use both fine and bold varieties and have been very pleased.", "One negative is that the ink will smear.", "I use is mostly for our checkbooks to circle checks uncashed and to check those that have been.", "If I moisten my finger to flip pages, the dried ink will smear, so watch out for that.", "Otherwise, I have no complaints.", "The ink if bright as it can be.", "It also feels good to write with.", "Solid construction for a pen like this.", "I don't think you will be disappointed.", "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!" ]

[ "The only thing wrong with this release is it is a bit on the short side.", "To bad they did not add some tracks with the remastering.", "I have a cassette version and hope that it did not get mucked up in the remastering.", "Judging by the RealPlayer and Windows Media samples this is not the case.", "I will replace my tape if it ever dies.", "Rush's Grace Under Pressure and Flight By Night are the only recordings that have spent a fraction of time that this recording has in my tape player.", "Starstruck sounds like it could have been a Deep Purple song but most of the tracks are a preview of what Dio would do as a solo artist.", "Any Best of Dio, or Rainbow is incomplete without every track from this recording!", "Okay, Starstruck could be omitted but all the rest stay.", "At 5 stars this recording is underated.", "One of the greatest hard rock recordings ever.", "A must own for the serious hard rock fan." ]

[ "[Note from 4-4-18: This review has been edited many times over the years since it was first posted; the most recent edits were in March '18.", "]\nI've noticed that there seems to be a lot of negativity directed at this game, in these reviews and elsewhere (and this is no doubt going to continue).", "No, this game may not be perfect.", "But, being one of the seemingly few people who actually like it, I still find it to be very fun.", "I actually wish they would make MORE games like this one (although with some improvements)!", "Something you definitely should NOT expect of it is for it to be like the SmackDown games.", "It's a VERY different animal from those --- which is something that I'm not opposed to.", "You won't find (m)any wrestling games these days that AREN'T WWE-related, so I actually like that this one ISN'T!", "In fact, I believe this was the last-released wrestling game featuring \"real\" guys that wasn't related to ANY real-life wrestling company!", "The BEST thing about it is the wrestler selection, which consists of a whopping 73 wrestlers --- none of whom have to be \"unlocked\" (believe it or not!", ").", "Since this isn't a WWE game, you won't find any of the \"younger\" (e.", "g. John Cena) guys here.", "This is a LEGENDS Of Wrestling game (though it does have some guys whose inclusion is questionable)!", "The guys here are (mostly, anyway) \"old school\" ones ---like Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, \"Macho Man\" Randy Savage, Terry Funk, Ricky \"The Dragon\" Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts, etc.", "--- who first came around long before before professional wrestling became (thanks hugely to Vince McMahon) the huge, steaming pile of excrement that it is today (and before WWF turned into WWE).", "Most if not all of them are, as far as I know, either retired as wrestlers --- in most cases, for a LONG time now (though they may have put in the occasional \"special appearance\" or whatever) --- or deceased.", "Thus, people my age and over are probably more able to appreciate and enjoy this game than most younger people (especially kids), who probably don't even know who the heck most of these guys are!", "(I do like the SmackDown GAMES, though, or most of them.", ") Most of my favorite \"old school\" guys are here --- including the Stinger!", "Yeah!!", "Ultimate Warrior is another one here who is to me especially welcome.", "Of course, everyone has (and will have) complaints about the roster, as certain guys who could be considered \"legends\" (and I'm NOT talking about guys like Steve Austin or The Rock!", ") were for whatever reasons left out of the game, and, as I mentioned above, there are guys in the game who maybe (or definitely) don't really belong.", "Probably the most glaring omission, at least to my mind, is Ric Flair, whom I believe was in WWE when the game was made and whose contract was probably exclusive; if it hadn't been, then surely he would have been included.", "A couple (and JUST a couple) of the other guys who I think would have fit in here are Shawn Michaels and Lex Luger; as with Ric Flair, Shawn's WWE contract was probably exclusive, while I don't know how to explain Luger's absence (though I'm sure there are probably people who do know why he was left out).", "I don't really know what some of the guys who ARE on the game are doing here (though I'm not really opposed to them being here).", "But still, the roster is probably the best I've ever seen; it's certainly better than the rosters on the SD games!", "(I don't think there's ever been, or will ever be, a wrestling game with a roster [or at least a roster of real-life guys] that completely satisfies everybody!", ") All of the guys here have four outfits to pick from, which is very cool, and I think most of the guys look pretty lifelike, maybe not exactly.", "Of course, as impressive as the roster is, the wrestlers are not all that should be considered.", "I think the controls are pretty good, maybe not great.", "I don't have as much of a problem with them as so many other people do; from what they say, you'd think the game has the worst controls ever (some may actually say that!", "), but I beg to differ.", "The moves you perform depend on the position of your opponent rather than on different grapple types.", "There are really more moves that the wrestlers can do than it may seem like at first; you have to experiment, as the manual doesn't bother to go in-depth about the moves --- they \"let you discover some of the more sophisticated boom-boom by yourself.", "\" (Lazy b*****ds!", ") Wouldn't it be easier to figure out \"boom-boom\" that WASN'T more \"sophisticated\" (by which I assume they mean \"complicated\")?", "There are undoubtedly moves (probably MANY of them) that I haven't found.", "There are LOTS of modes and match types, with just about every type of match you can think of --- tag, cage, table, ladder, first blood, hard core, battle royale, etc.!", "It's even possible to have eight guys in the ring at once!", "(The last game before this one, as far as I know, in which this was possible was SmackDown: Just Bring It!", ")\nI play the game at the lowest difficulty level (which I think it calls \"jobber\"), and while I usually win, the computer usually does give me a challenge.", "The game also has a create mode, which I usually love on wrestling games.", "I haven't messed with this game's Create mode very much yet, but eventually I'll probably be Creating away!", "(I'll definitely have to at least create an \"old\" Kane [from WWE] clone, even if Kane isn't truly a \"legend\"!", ") You can even edit existing wrestlers (but I don't know if I'll do that)!", "I do have some gripes, though.", "I wish this game had an option to just sit back and watch the computer battle it out with itself, and I think the controls maybe could have been better (though I don't really think they're \"bad\").", "There are also some other (mostly minor) quirks that I think should have been ironed out (I do find it a bit annoying that you often face AWAY from your opponent when you get up from a fall).", "But so far, though, I haven't encountered any REALLY weird or major glitches in the game --- no freeze-ups or anything like that.", "(If what I've read is true --- and I hope it is --- freezing doesn't happen often.", ")\nAnd while the game doesn't play at a very fast speed (especially not with a whole lot of guys in the ring), that doesn't bother me too much.", "I often find really fast-moving games hard to keep up with!", "I certainly don't think the game is as bad as so many other people say.", "Yes, it does have flaws, but they aren't enough to totally ruin the game for me.", "I personally recommend this game, at least if you don't like the \"modern\" wrestling on TV (or PPV) or the \"newer\" wrestlers!", "Even though it's an older game (it came out in '04), I still think it's one of the best wrestling games, if not THE best wrestling game, that I've ever played, definitely the best nostalgic, old-school one!", "If you see it for cheap, then grab it, even if you have to get it \"used\"!", "(New copies tend to be expensive, which I find sort of strange, considering that the game seems to be so disliked!", ")" ]

[ "Action movies remind me of the true beauty of motion pictures, how a story can be told through visual arrangement and motion across the frame, instead of dead dialog and two motionless actors conversing.", "Those movies are like filmed plays, while others draw from their silent black & white roots, telling stories without words.", "Road Warrior contains one of the finest examples of this - such a small moment, a minor obstacle overcome, yet which dances boldly across the screen like a painter.", "Here is the magic, shot by shot.", "Halfway through the final chase sequence, a red hotrod approaches Max's big rig truck from behind with intention to kill him.", "In a shot that has been copied many times, Max emerges from the cab and thrusts his shotgun into the camera - forced perspective, moving right then left, back to front in a zig-zag across the screen.", "Bad guy's head explodes like a firecracker, and we are treated to a scream of delight from Max's wild wolf-boy friend - an animalistic reaction to violence ironically given from a child raised by animals.", "Now we have a series of jump cuts which tell the little story of the red car losing control and hitting other bad guy vehicles.", "That little story is closed by the famous and almost peaceful shot of one man flipping head over heels in a horizontal fall, again in forced perspective flying at the camera.", "Now another series of jump cuts as we jump back to the red hotrod and it's fight to stay out from under Max's huge wheels.", "In a beautiful play of movement, the car dances in front of Max's truck, darting back and forth in front of Max and our screens like a dangling carrot, until we have a third masterful forced-perspective shot: the camera approaches the grill of the truck, then moves up and into the cab at Max, when Max finally ends this car's misery by nailing it in an explosion of gasoline and metal bits.", "Such sick, twisted beauty...", "Did you know that George Miller, the director of Road Warrior, also directed Babe?" ]

[ "Considering this movie was made in ten years ago, I thought the quality of film making would be a bit ordinary.", "In any case,thirty minutes into the film I'm left to feel like a part of the movie.", "Morgan Freeman is very good and fits his role.", "Brad Pitt on the other end with his slight humor fits his quite easily too.", "Now there were atleast two scenes in the film that made me jump up from my seat and scream.", "What I Liked about this film is the conclusions and the mystery based atmosphere the director creates.", "Of Course Pitt's done better films.", "This has to be my favourite Morgan Freeman flick though.", "The movie was made further more interesting by Kevin Spacey.", "There's a scene with heated dialogues being extended to him by Pitt.", "I thought that scene towards the climax made the film very interesting indeed.", "I was left a bit spellbound by the \"help me\" inscription on the wall.", "Gwyneth Paltrow has looked more beautiful in her other films.", "She doesnt have much of a role.", "The film also gives an insight on how detectives work.", "No it doesnt force it down your throat but just gives you a polite view.", "Overall I would say a film worth watching every few months.", "Kevin Spacey added more thrill to the film.", "A lot of very interesting and amusing scenes make sure its nothing less than a four starrer." ]

[ "Sometimes you can tell by the packaging of a CD - and its title - what kind of music you might expect to hear.", "This is very true of David Wahler's second album, A Star Danced.", "The elaborate and elegant digipak design casts a charming-looking bear dancing under the stars, and the music conveys the same celestial, wondrous feel.", "Composed and performed entirely by Wahler on keyboards and synthesizers, with a guest appearance by guitarist Brent Gunter on \"The Seeds of Time,\" the music is a magical mix of sampled guitars, basses, drums, percussion, horns, and strings, resulting in a kaleidoscope of sound that exudes ethereal ambiance and cosmic sweep anchored by strong themes and melodic hooks.", "This is the perfect soundtrack for a long night drive under a starry sky.", "The opening and closing tracks set and summate the tone for this sonically mystical album.", "\"Quest\" and its concluding reprise literally sound like a synthesis of Miles Davis and Herb Alpert soloing over layered textures by Vangelis and Tangerine Dream.", "The result is pure aural bliss.", "The quality of the compositions, performances, and sounds recalls similar keyboard/synthesizer artists such as Michael Stribling, Pat Metheny collaborator Lyle Mays, Genesis member Tony Banks, and Miami Vice composer Jan Hammer.", "If you do listen to this under the night sky, the stars will seem as if they are dancing, and so will your senses." ]

[ "A humorous writer with a tragic sense of life.", "Ms.", "Fitzgerald's little novels are a great discovery for me.", "'Little' in the sense of short and unpretentious.", "I have rarely liked an opening chapter of a novel as much as this one's.", "I have to struggle against the temptation to quote it whole.", "It is perfect.", "A middle aged widow with modest savings has sleepless nights over a pending decision: should she buy a certain property to open the only bookshop in a certain English town?", "Or not?", "Her mental simile for her dilemma is this: she saw a heron lifting an eel from the river.", "The fish is partly swallowed, the rest hangs out of the beak; it tries to escape from the gullet.", "The woman sees herself as heron.", "The shop is the eel.", "A bookshop in a small town is not a promising investment.", "We are talking about 1960.", "Since then it can hardly have improved.", "The first chapter ends with another animal story.", "After the prospective bookshop investor walks out of her not very encouraging bank interview (where the bank manager confirms his love for good books...", "they help him fall asleep, reliably), she is asked by the local veterinarian for help with the difficult task of filing an old horse's teeth.", "She has to hold the horse's tongue.", "The vet says he doesn't know anybody else whom to ask.", "After all, she is known to be gutsy, wants to open a bookshop.", "What is holding a horse's tongue compared to that.", "And that's so far just chapter 1.", "Though this is about a bookshop, books don't take much space in it.", "Our heroine must live in the real world.", "Lolita comes up as one of few books mentioned at all, but it is mentioned only for its commercial potential.", "An accountant gives monthly support, but the two women don't share a wave length.", "'It is essential that you should be able to see at a glance, at any given time, exactly what you owe and what is owing to you.", "That is the object of properly kept books.", "You do want to know that, don't you?", "She guiltily wished she did.", "'" ]

[ "Like most people, the only thing I knew about Hunter S.", "Thompson was that he was the author of \"Fear and Loating in Las Vegas\" and that mostly because I had seen the movie.", "I then went on to read the book (a long time ago, in a French translation, since that's my mother tongue) and quite liked it.", "But even with this background, I wasn't sure what I'd find with this book.", "I wasn't disappointed.", "Quite to the contrary.", "In fact, this is a most well-written book, well researched, very insightful and thought-provoking.", "Thompson makes very interesting analyses about the relationship between the actual Hell's Angels and the way they are portrayed throughout the media; that alone is worth the interest.", "Naturally, you also get to know about the Hell's Angels proper.", "I especially like how they fit in historically.", "To put it in simple terms, here's how it'd be: the world after World War II seems to have no idea where to go anymore, and the mix of wasted energy and confused lives led in an existential vacuum brings about self-destructive behaviour.", "That doesn't sound quite right, because things are way more complicated than this, but that's a model, so don't take it too literally.", "The Hell's Angels were started shortly after the end of World War II, and many of them were war veterans who couldn't get back to a normal lifestyle.", "So I think it's fairly legitimate to put it in such a perspective.", "As to the book itself, I definitely love Thompson's style.", "Not only is he clever and witty, he's also hilarious at times, and moving at others.", "I never once got bored reading this book: it's a pure reader's delight." ]

[ "Josh Lanyon's writing tends to put my brain and emotions on overdrive...", "for a long time after I've already finished with his book.", "That's exactly what happened with Come Unto These Yellow Sands.", "It's like when you've seen a great movie and you return to the characters and events days later and wonder about these characters' intentions and layers you overlooked while actually sitting in the movie theatre.", "Like many other readers I felt that Swift was very easy to like and fall in love with (because of his flaws and all the struggling).", "Max completes him nicely, although Max really got me a little bit worried for a while there...", "and got my husband to worry a little bit, too, after he found me in bed sobbing and reading one night.", "But how sweet was it, when Max told Swift that it wasn't over for him!!!", "This story made my heart ache like no other!", "...", "Well, I take that back...", "What I meant to say was that this story made my heart ache like only Lanyon's writing can!", "The Choose Your Own Adventure quotes in the beginning of chapters fit perfectly in the story by making suggestions about the storyline.", "Those quotes define Swift's character: his past, his present and his future.", "We all have books from our childhood that we still love and cherish, right?", "And because Swift had practically grown up surrounded by words and media, those books must have meant a world to him.", "And since Swift had for years been struggling (more or less) in his every day life with choices that were related to his addiction, I really, really liked the idea that in the CYOA quotes making choices affects the course of the narrative and the final result of the journey!", "And I absolutely loved how Lanyon used Wilfred J.", "Funk's list of the most beautiful words as Swift's mantra!", "This book is beautifully written, heartbreaking, intelligent, satisfying, overwhelming - perfect.", "It went straight to my soul and to my favorites shelf!", "I miss Swift already terribly!!!", "Five stars feels too small amount." ]

[ "THIS REVIEW ACTUALLY ENCOMPASSES BOOKS I, II AND III...", "SEE WHY BELOW.", "The Mountain and the City is a wonderful little surprise, brilliant in its simplicity.", "It's a difficult-ish read until you get into the rhythm of the writing style and find out WHY it's written in such a way.", "It starts out in Book I with the loneliness, desparation, fear and isolation of the main character, and slowly throughout the story and in the continuations of Book II and Book III carries that forward as other \"characters\" are introduced.", "I haven't read many books like this, and though initially the character's voice is childlike and vague, we later find out that it's because the character was a child when the Event happened, and has lived alone in the trailer since then.", "A significant amount of time has passed, and the character has had no adult guidance to learn how to survive, and has learned instead by trial and error.", "I admit to being thoroughly surprised on several occasions as the story unfolds.", "Won't say why, but you'll see for yourself when you read it.", ":-)\n\nThe reason I have not reviewed Book I alone is because I do not believe it should be Book I.", "Each book in this story is way too short, novellas, really, and does not stand alone well.", "I read all three of these books in a couple of hours last night.", "Each ends in a cliffhanger, not in a good way, just in an unfinished way.", "If all three books were combined into one volume this would be a full and complete volume, and would work much better.", "That said, I am totally looking forward to Book IV so I can find out where the author plans to take the characters." ]

[ "I am liking the Princess Peach game quite a bit now.", "I think I will eventually want to play through it at least once after I collect and complete everything I can this time through.", "And there is a lot to collect, though so far most of it is very easy to find.", "(I am a bit tired of going just slightly out of my way and solving an easy puzzle only to find yet another Toad and nothing else.", ")\n\nI like the game's length, I like the multiple paths through many stages, I like its variety, and I definitely like all the old Mario creatures, although some of them are not as interesting as they used to be.", "Meeting up with hammer brothers is no longer a thrill, because they are just so much less of a threat than they were in SMB and SMB3.", "Strangely, I haven't found a single SMB2 enemy in the game yet.", "I am surprised that Princess Toadstool, erm, Peach would kill so many things, and I am surprised that she would team up with someone who eats living creatures just to steal their emotions.", "The Princess is quite a bada$$ in this game.", "If you decide that the game designers made a bad choice and shouldn't have placed Enemy X in such and such place, just get mad, start a fire, and chances are the enemy is dead.", "The game isn't perfect, some segments are not that interesting or just too easy, but if Nintendo makes a spinoff this interesting, just maybe the new Mario Bros.", "game will stand up to the high standard the old games in the series set." ]

[ "The temptations and pitfalls of adapting your own novel for the screen\nWhile “On Chesil Beach” deviated from the source material in effective ways Mr McEwan seemed reluctant to do the same with “The Children Act”.", "Here the internal narrative is simply layered onto a new medium.", "It doesn’t work (although Emma Thompson’s performance makes it watchable).", "Fiona Maye (Ms Thompson) is a well-respected judge arrives at home to her husband Jack (Stanley Tucci) telling her that he would like to have an affair and that Fiona if she cares about him will tolerate it.", "This leads to the film’s single flashback: as she lays awake at night her imagination reaches back to happier times and to a moment of pure joy when he surprised her with a new piano.", "Unlike in “On Chesil Beach” the flashback here adds little to illuminate their predicament: the viewer is still left guessing as to how she ended up married to an American professor or what their love was like at its peak.", "The marriage crisis exacerbates another one this time in Fiona ’s working life.", "She specialises in extraordinarily hard cases involving children often with a religious element.", "Her newest case is an urgent one: Adam a 17-year-old Jehovah’s Witness with leukaemia is refusing a blood transfusion that could save his life.", "Fiona must decide his corporeal and perhaps spiritual fate.", "She has been able to dispassionately dispatch such cases in the past but since her husband’s disruption of their marriage her confidence is faltering.", "Her interest in the boy then so steadfast in his own faith is both professional and personal.", "Fiona takes the unusual step of visiting him in the hospital and under Richard Eyre’s thoughtful direction the camera offers extreme close-ups of both characters allowing the audience to search their eyes for meaning.", "Fiona is looking for cracks in Adam’s guarded wall of faith.", "The viewer is looking for the real motive behind hers.", "Unfortunately it never quite appears.", "Her judicial ruling comes suddenly ending its fascinating inquiry into the nature of faith and connection before it has even begun.", "Adam lives but becomes disillusioned with his faith and begins stalking Fiona trading one obsession for another.", "Mr Eyre seems to be looking for some of the same notes that worked so well for him in “Notes of a Scandal” (2006) but this is not a lurid tale and efforts to make it one—with wistful glances and tense longing strings on the soundtrack—seem out of place.", "For this conflict to have dramatic heft the viewer needs to understand Fiona better.", "Perhaps a screenwriter with more distance from the original material would have been willing to radically reshape the novel offering more backstory or drawing her decision out for dramatic impact to make the story less reliant on her inner life.", "“On Chesil Beach” did not call for such revisions but “The Children Act” does.", "It shows that every adaptation is a unique case even two self-adapted novels from the same hand.", "Some cannot simply be transposed onto the screen.", "Most of all however it shows that the writer who knows the material best is not always the one best placed to make the hard choices that can turn a great novel into a great film." ]

[ "Very cute doll high chair.", "Perfect size for toddlers.", "Sturdy.", "A bit short for school age kids.", "Easy to use.", "Bib and chair covering are not much use...", "more for looks.", "Very thin.", "Easy for kids to get dolls in and out of without help.", "Directions to put together are pictures only.", "A few pieces wouldn't screw into the chair and figured out that the piece all ready in the chair needed to be turned before screws would be accepted, just as in some shelving.", "Overall, cute and lots of fun for toddlers." ]

[ "I've tried other similar products where the main ingredient is Salicylic acid, this Vichy Normaderm Beautifying anti-acne care 24 hour Hydrating Lotion Salicylic Acid Acne Treatment contains 1.", "5 % Salicylic Acid, but unlike other similar products this smells fresh and is not too harsh to your skin.", "It goes on easily and feels light on your skin.", "You are supposed to wash your face thoroughly before applying a thin layer one to three times daily.", "Iam only using this once per day, because products with salicylic acid can irritate your skin.", "I like this product because it doesn't leave your skin feeling dried out.", "I only get the occasional blemish, more as the weather gets warmer my skin seems to get more oilier, versus in the colder weather where my skin tends to get drier, so I need to use different skincare depending on the weather/season.", "This will work great to keep acne at bay, or when I get the occasional blemish.", "This product is suitable for sensitive skin.", "Like other Vichy products, this one too is made in France." ]

[ "While not an extensive or truly a best of collection this is the Vangelis sampler to either satisfy old fans or entice and capture new ones.", "I have had this cd in my collection since it appeared in 1989.", "Enough of what is missing on here or what should have been omitted by other reviewers' opinions.", "I cannot categorize this cd under New Age or soundtrack themes...", "It is simply timeless and breathtaking as the first time I heard it back in college.", "Vangelis is possibly the only musical genius that can make such modern electronic wizadry come alive in order to truly reflect human warmth and lush dreamscapes...", "He is an artist that makes the listener forget he is using technology to accomplish some of the most unearthly and unheard of musicalscapes in the world!", "Whether the melodies or instrumentals are sparse and simple, they are yet powerful and memorable.", "When they are layered heavily in all their artisitic glory the magical experience is that much more...", "It is now time for Vangelis to release a Themes 2 (bootleg or European copy was created years ago---a very rare find and not sure if Vangelis authorized it).", "Hopefully he will include more from the Bounty, Missing, Bitter Moon, and any other unreleased material that is still highly sought after by Vangelis fans such as myself!..." ]

[ "I'm in love.", "That's all I can say - I'm in love with this perfume!", "I'm someone who doesn't wear perfume often - not because I don't like perfume, but because it tends to be tricky for me to find a scent that I not only like but that also works well with my body chemistry.", "When I got this perfume I put a spritz on my wrist and rubbed and a spritz that I walked through.", "I wanted to make sure the scent was thoroughly on me to see how strong it was, if it was off-putting or if it wasn't too bad.", "Firstly, the scent was definitely not too strong.", "Every person that I came across I asked to smell my perfume.", "I wanted to see what their opinion was without me telling them how expensive the perfume was.", "Every single person sniffed my wrist and their eyebrows shot up.", "\"wow - that smells REALLY good!", "\" they all said!", "My husband, Mr.", "Cheapskate himself, took a whiff and immediately said that he loved the smell - then he started sniffing my neck to ask if I'd put any there!", "I have now learned that you should ignore the price of something and go with what works for you.", "This perfume absolutely works beautifully for me and has enough of a scent that it smells amazing but not so much that it's cloying.", "I'm definitely a fan!!" ]

[ "I debated between this router and the comparable Bosch model for a while before finally choosing the DeWalt.", "Three things sold me on this router: the depth adjustment ring, the easy motor removal, and the power.", "After using it in my router table I can say that all three of those features are absolutely top notch.", "I really like the depth adjustment ring - this makes changing bit height in my router table VERY easy and precise (no more spinning the motor housing).", "The easy motor removal is a plus too - all you do is release the motor lock (one handed I might add) and then squeeze the quick release tabs on each side of the motor housing to cause the motor to slide right out of the base.", "Thats it - it could not be simpler.", "As for power, I have not tried to spin any huge bits in this thing, but I have used some serious ogee bits in white oak, poplar, and pine.", "In every case, the motor handled the cuts in one pass without bogging down at all and the cuts were super smooth and burn free (I use Freud bits).", "In my experience, the electronic variable speed works very well.", "The only drawback of this tool (and the reason I am not rating it 5 stars) is that I find the bit changing to be cumbersome.", "I have an older Ryobi router with a fantastic spindle lock that allows you to \"lock\" the spindle and then use both hands for the bit change.", "On this DeWalt, there is a spindle lock, but it consists of a spring loaded button that must be held in WHILE you are turning the wrench with the other hand.", "I feel this could have been designed better.", "Overall, this is a great tool at a fair price.", "If I could do it all over again I would buy this same router." ]

[ "First of all, I am writing this review strictly from an amateur photographer point of view.", "I had original wanted to get the 70-200mm f/2.", "8 for my D700, but at half the price and after reading many positive review, I decided to pick this up instead and I have not been disappointed.", "One of the first things you will notice when you pick up this lens is the build quality.", "The lens has a metal body and feels very solid.", "The quality of the pictures this lens can take our outstanding.", "The pictures are sharp even opened up to f/2.", "8 and the bokeh this lens can produce are wonderful.", "My only criticism of this lens so far is that it does not come with a lens hood.", "Although these are inexpensive to pick up, you'd think a professional grade lens would come with one.", "A couple other things to keep in mind are that this lens has no VR and does not auto focus on lower end cameras.", "The VR would be nice to have, but if you are taking picture above 1/60, you really don't need it.", "If you have an entry level DSLR like a D3100, this lens will still work, but you will need to manually focus it.", "I recommend this lens for anybody looking for an f/2.", "8, professional quality lens, but don't have or want to spend the two grand on a 70-200mm.", "I also only recommend this lens if you camera will auto focus it.", "This includes the following bodies (D90, D7000, D300, D300s, D700, D3, D3s, D3x).", "This lens will not auto focus on the following bodies (D3000, D3100, D5000, D5100).", "These lists only include the recent models, so if you have an older model body, just be sure to do your own research before getting this lens." ]