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Title: It's quite a shame...
Review: "The Black Donnellys" is a terrible shame. Mr. Kelley's book is unresearched and goes out of it's way to make the Donnellys look as black and evil as possible. His second book is an even more fictionalized account of the Donnelly's lives. Unfortunately, most of Canada's knowledge comes from these two books. If you are at all interested in the Donnellys, I urge you to read the books by Orlo Miller and the plays by James Reaney. Both are more researched, and paint a much clearer picture of what really happened in Biddulph and Lucan almost 100 years ago.
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Title: Couldn't believe this was a rosanne bittner book. yuk!
Review: I am a Bittner fan. Probably the best book I've ever read (at least in the top 10) is outlaw hearts. It was wonderful. Love's Bounty is not only a disappointment but a travesty. A powerful, rich, highly educated harvard)32 yr old man finds his wife and daughter murdered so goes west and becomes a bounty hunter. His name is "Christian Mercy". Duh. He meets an 18yr old,hick talking, uneducated, poor , small town girl who hires him to find the men who murdered and raped her mother. On their travels they fall in love. Even the sex scenes do not exemply bittner's level of writing and tenderness. "The first time you have sex you hurt like hell but you keep having sex and it gets better". Having a baby "is like the first time u have sex....it hurts like hell"......What kind of dialogue is this? What a waste. This was definitely a "tosser" not a keeper.
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Title: Save yourselves
Review: This book is a must have for anyone who has never had an independent thought in their life. I couldn't keep my eyes open trying to read this book. For anyone who thinks on their own from time to time, this book contains chapter after torturous chapter of common sense information, spelling out the most fundamental ideas over painful lengths of text. If you have never thought about anything, ever, and would like for the first time to try it out, then this book might be a useful guide for you. My apologies to the authors of glowing reviews on this book, but you should have recommended a toaster and a bathtub to go with it.
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Title: This one stunk!
Review: This book was horrid. Exceptionally hard to read much less follow. Book was used for a philosophy class.. seemed more of a book for ethics. Author was continually referring to I wrote this and I worked on this.. Book was a waste to my money!!
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Title: Indonesian Lonely Planet
Review: The publishing date was 1997 and this was not clearly communicated. For travel information this is sadly out of date and renders the book nearly usless. Lonely Planet is a great book but this choice at Amazon for me was not a good one.
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Title: The Best Version Of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
Review: I like this version of the legend of sleepy hollow. I like the way Ichabod Crane looks. This is a very cool version and I wish that it was on dvd.
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Title: All I use
Review: HoTMetaL Pro is the only HTML editor I need. I do all of my developing with it. I also suggest it's companion, XMetal. If you are into XML you will need it.
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Title: It's sort of a no-brainer
Review: I've used HoTMetaL Pro for over 5 years. We built our first web pages using this app. At that time I didn't know anything about HTML, etc and still managed to build a (primarily text based) site that worked. It is fairly easy to learn and use. New versions over the years have added smart features. There are similar apps on the market, but this one seems less buggy than most.
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Title: HOTMETAL MELTDOWN !
Review: Hotmetal Pro? I will say that this software is useful, IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WEB SITES! It is easy to use,for basic pages.There are many features which were forgotten.My advice is whether you are a novice or professional webmaster I would first look at IBM WEBSPHERE HOMEPAGE BUILDER it is a much "simpler" and "useful" software package than Hotmetal Pro will ever be. The best part is there about the same price.Check it out!
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Title: Terrible product
Review: I downloaded the 30 free trial and I'm glad I did because it showed me why I should NOT buy this product! I doesn't recognize comment text like <!- this is a comment -> It showed my comments at text in WYSIWYG views. I won't accept <style> without a type="text/css" attribute but if you use "insert" to insert a style tag it doesn't use it. It creates pages it says are bad! It did all sorts of other strange things. SKIP THIS PROGRAM!
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Title: The second coming of Psychocandy!!!
Review: Wow. This CD is the best thing to happen to music in a long time. I can't say enough good things about it.The sound? Think Psychocandy. Super-cool attitude, feedback-heavy, with a subtle surf-music vibe at times. And unlike other CDs that have been compared to Psychocandy (like, say Flying Saucer Attack or something), this CD is more than just feedback. It actually Rocks!! And has good songs!!And although this could almost be a collection of Psychocandy B-sides (sounding more so than anything off Barbed Wire Kisses), The Raveonettes aren't just copying one of the best CDs of all time. There's more to them than just that aspect, and the music is definitely their own.This is the first CD I've heard in years that gave me that "OH MY GOD I"M IN LOVE WITH THIS CD" feeling. I thought I'd never get that feeling back. I definitely recommend this one.
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Title: Are they kidding?
Review: This is the biggest joke of an album i have ever heard. if you are one of those individuals who has a huge cd collection that you never listen to, this one will fit into it perfectly, otherwise dont waste the time. if it was possible i would slap each member of the band for making this junk
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Title: $8.99 I'll never get back....
Review: I bought this cd on a whim one night at Wal-Mart at like 3 in the morning. Now being the music lover I am, I try to at least give a cd a chance. I tried and I tried and I tried with this cd. It's one of the worst cds I've ever heard in my life. I've never heard such boring, depresing, stuck in the middle of a desert with vultures picking at your skull type music in my life. There was nothing to this music and every song sounded exactly alike. The Ravonettes are one of the WORST bands I've heard in my whole life. I pitty them.... really... I do.
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Title: 1 Star for each of the songs I liked
Review: I bought this CD knowing what to expect: A mini album with very similar songs in the same tone. I was a little dissapointed after finally hearing it. Don't get me wrong, this is a very original group with a very distinctive sound and I respect any group who will go out and try something new, but this album really didn't move me. Hell, it didn't really even touch me. I bought it after hearing Attack of the Ghost Riders because it is a great and original song, but everything after, with the exception of Beat City, is quite dull. Beat City is a great song which actually gets this cd going. Unfortunately, that kick is at the very end of the cd. I really think they have the potential to make a great cd, they just need to make a longer cd with a little more diversity. I will give them credit in being original and for the two great songs on the cd.
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Title: Irritating
Review: This is an irritating CD for a couple of reasons. Many of the songs have what sounds like a pretty cool guitar riff, but it gets buried in all the muddy lo-fi noise. The songs are sung in an emotionless monotone with some effect that makes them sound disembodied. If one song were done this way, it might be effective, but the entire CD drones on, each song sounding pretty much like the previous one. I think there are some decent songs here that would be entertaining done by another band.
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Title: Vibes are all it has going for it
Review: You only need to look at the title of the song "Attack of the Ghost Riders" to know what you're in for. As that song title would suggest, this album has a campy, 50s teen slasher flick feel to it. You can almost see the supernatural antagonist riding off into the night on a motorcycle, looking to cause some chaos. Unfortunately, that vibe is all this album has going for it. Most of the songs sound the same, and almost all of them are skip-worrthy. Beat City is good, and Attack of the Ghost Riders is almost memorable, but you'll forget everything else the moment the stereo turns off. This band has good ideas, they just haven't completely developed them yet.
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Title: repetitive, boring, and unimaginative
Review: wow. this whole album sounds the same through every song.monotonous doesn't even begin to describe the unchanging and anoying structure of every single song. i just saw them live opening for the strokes. every song is "sung" in a monotone boring drone and EVERY song they played live sounded exactly the same. they are the type of band that gives garage rock a bad name.
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Title: Rockin
Review: This Danish duo won Best Rock Album of the Year at the Danish Music Awards in 2003. Although the new "Chain Gang of Love" is an equally awesome full-length follow up to "Whip It On," I could not obtain a copy to review.An interesting side note about the recording of "Whip It On": all the songs were recorded in Bb minor, use no more than three chords, and each song is under three minutes.The Raveonettes sound is, according to guitarist Sune Rose Wagner, "...The primal single beat of The Cramps, the noisiness and dark feeling of the 80s, Buddy Holly and the simplicity of the 50s..."The vocals are excrutiatingly slow, drowsy and monotonous while twangy guitars climb to a crescendo that could make your ears bleed, especially in "Cops on Our Tail.""Attack of the Ghost Riders" sets the release off with a bang as "that sultry 60s sound" leaves one thinking of go-go dancing.Call me crazy, but I can see Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs) using some of these songs in his next masterpiece.
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Title: Best group since Blonde Redhead!!!
Review: On the recommendation of a Built To Spill fan in Aarhus last year, I became a fan of Sune's former band, Psyched Up Janis. I think The Raveonettes will be huge internationally, from Denmark to North America to Japan, far surpassing the success of Psyched Up Janis, because the pairing of Sharin and Sune's vocals make Raveonettes irresistable. Surely anyone who likes Blonde Redhead, Breeders and Sonic Youth will love this band. They have energy, sing in tune, look great and really rock. This is my favorite CD of 2002.
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Title: Dr Seuss Pops Up
Review: Love that the book is interactive and the essence of Dr Seuss books. Very enjoyable read for young and old.
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Title: Worthless, don't waste your money.
Review: I just received this 2 weeks ago, from reading what its suppose to do. And the dosage for the amount of weight loss you want to lose, it sounded really good. So far the only thing I have loss is my money in ordering this junk. And I have gained 5 pounds on top of that. My regret is I ordered 2 bottles, but I will continue to take them and hope for the best in the long run.
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Title: Very happy with my purchase
Review: I'm thrilled with this hammock. The weave is tight enough to be comfortable and it's wide enough for two to climb into. It was reasonably affordable to boot.It is worth getting a pillow for, although I just grabbed the cushion off an old papasan chair and folded in half it's perfect when I want to be propped up in my hammock.
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Title: overpriced & unreliable
Review: I bought a PodFreq and was dismayed at it's performance. Not only was it next to impossible to mount in my vehicle, but I got all sorts of interference from cell phones, power lines and other people with fm tansmitters on the road with me. I certainly expected something better for the price. If an fm transmitter is your only option, look for something less expensive so you won't feel like you've wasted a bunch of money. Be sure to check out all your options...there are a bunch of direct connect kits coming out at reasonable prices...check out circuit city for a couple of models for $100 or less.
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Title: piece of crap
Review: After all the mags saying this thing was the best. I shelled out 100 dollars+ and recieved it and was heart broken. It is worse than the itrip, it makes noises when you hold it in your hand. It is the worst fm transmitter on the market, Stay away from it. In the car it is the noisiest thing I have ever heard on all frequencies. Ipod freq's manufacturers, Sonnet, must have paid the reviewers to give a favorable report. It doesn't compare to the itrip that has its own problems, but better than the podfreq. The podfreq is a freak. Stay away from it.
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Title: disappoinment
Review: Did not work with my car FM at all and even when 12 inches from my Home Stereo FM antenna I mostly static. This is the best FM tranmitter for the IPOD. I suggest you wait for the next generation of these products.
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Title: thumbs up
Review: I had an Itrip. I didn't like the itrip playlist of frequencies. I found locking on a frequency in that playlist awkward. I found reception often to be marginal. The Podfreq frequency set up is easy, an up and down button for frequency adjust with a direct readout. Stability and reception seemed much improved over the Itrip. Very satisfied with the unit.
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Title: Works exactly as advertised
Review: I have an older model iPod, and I wanted something that would let me listen to it in both cars, one of which does not have a cassette player. The Podfreq is very simple to use and works well. I have not had any issues with track skipping or noise.In an urban area, it is hard to find a frequency that never has bleed-over reception from an area radio station, but it never interrupts for more than a second. Only on a few occasions to I have to move the Podfreq to point directly at the car's antenna.The charger plugs into the cigarette lighter, so power is not a problem. It was a good purchase, and works very well.
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Title: Best Thing Since Sliced Bread!
Review: This is a great device and certainly a lot cheaper than the automotive adapter kits at $300! In crowded radio markets (LA, SF) you should find frequencies that don't have other stations to close to minimize interference. Highly recommended.
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Title: NONPROFIT INTERNET STRATEGIES by Susan Canterbury Pipyne
Review: This is an excellent book for nonprofit marketing people to explore. While ePhilanthropy has boomed, it is still underutilized by many nonprofits. The step by step processes of creating a brand and developing an emotional connection with a supportive audience is carefully mapped in this book. Web content, design, and creating online donations are just some of the wonderful examples to create a powerful and sustainable nonprofit presence for grassroot and large organizations.
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Title: dont buy
Review: dont buy this game unless you just got a 1500 dollor gaming computer if not you wont be able to play because it needs way to many things to run like my computer wont run because it doesnt have a shader 3 i mean come on a shader 3 what is that any way so dont buy it
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Title: requirements
Review: I was unable to play this game because it requires a game computer with a processor of 3.0 MGH and a special video card.
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Title: Not Next Gen
Review: This game is a GTA clone in the end. Mercs will always be GTA like. I like the ability to hijack vehicles. I think this franchise is headed in the right direction in these ways. That said, this game is repetitive and a little boring. It is fun to nuke stuff, but that doesn't make a great game. This game is buggy out the wazzoo and the interface is lacking both in-game and out. It feels like a beta, but it is for sure far from a quality where todays games should be.This game is a bad port from the PS3 and 360 versions. I wish that companies would at least try to develop their games better. NEVER pay more than $28 for this game. It's only really worth $20 max, and I mean $20 should have been the release price.Shame on the developer.
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Title: Crap!
Review: horrible graphics,lousy controls, you can find a better game online that is free!don't waste your money!
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Title: BUGGY AND BROKEN, DO NOT BUY!!!
Review: This game is incredibly buggy and broken. The game stutters, crashes,and bsod's more than frequently, assuming you can get the game to start. My copy of the game I got from gamestop couldnt even start, due to a ram error that states I have under 610mb of RAM. I actually have 2gb, and I have windows xp. Its up to you, but I dont think 50 bucks is worth a shiny coaster and a nice little box. Dont buy this game!Not to mention this game also ILLEGALLY installs SecuRom on your pc, without your consent, or even knowledge. SecuRom will slow down your pc, and run all processes through itself. It can be blocked with Kaspersky, or other advanced security clients, but the only true way to remove it is to wipe your hard drive.50 bucks for a broken, malware infected coaster. Not worth it!
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Title: Online no longer works!!!!
Review: I spent 2 hours installing this on mine and my wife's computer to play some co-op action (I bought two copies from a Download distributor). So after I got it installed I discovered I couldn't connect to the EA servers... After some research I found out that EA took the servers down for this game in March, rendering it impossible as of now to play a game in co-op. There is no LAN option either.So out of my anger/disappointment I am writing this review, I usually don't but the world must know, the world must know before we get The World In Flames... That it is broken.
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Title: Hard to play
Review: Unless you have one of the top of the line video cards on your computer, don't bother buying this game.
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Title: Super fun game! very addicting.
Review: Well i thought the original Mercenary's was fun, this is even more so!just be advised where the original Mercenary's would have been rather light on system resources, this edition is a super charged version of it's predecessor and unless you have a very decent nvidia or ati gpu you'll find yourself bashing you're head against you're computer as this edition requires a very powerful gpu. very fun none the less.
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Title: Highly Addictive
Review: This is a highly addictive game with lots of variety and is very open-ended. The graphics are very good, the game play takes a little getting used-to. It was a little confusing at first - like which symbols stand for what, and controlling the vehicles was hard at first as well. [...].I'm not sure why people rate it lower than 4 stars. If your computer is not up to par, that's not a reflection on the game people!
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Title: Not Bad
Review: Had an issue with multilayer not working, and the game became repedative half way beating it
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Title: merc2 review
Review: Game was better than first. graphics and game play about the same. liked having my own house as a base to work from. very large map. lots of side stuff to do. Good game for the price. If you liked the first one you have to get this.
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Title: Where did the music go?
Review: When I bought this album in 1992, I thought, without a doubt, that it was going to be a HUGE success, which, I was wrong. To this day, I'm still puzzled why this album didn't get the fame it should have received, even though it spawned three hit singles (You Won't See Me Cry, Give It Up, Flesh & Blood). I continue to listen to Wilson Phillip's music because it's a unique sound that is not only stapled in pop music but will, most likely, never be heard again. This CD is very worth the purchase. Each song is worth more than what was credited. This album did go platinum back in '92, so it's not a failure but compared to their self titled debut, it could have gone much farther than what it did.
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Title: Wilson Phillips' sophomore effort
Review: Although the tracks on this album are good,it didn't spawn as many hits as Wilson Phillips' 1990 self-titled debut. The first album was at least,nominated for Grammys. The only Top 10 hit from this album is YOU WON'T SEE ME CRY.
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Title: Contains the most inane song ever written!
Review: I guess this CD really isn't all that bad, and there's no real reason why it flopped as hard as it did.But I can't believe somebody actually wrote and sang, with a straight face, "Goodbye Carmen" - about how sad it is when the maid gets deported.
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Title: Pales in comparison to their debut album
Review: I loved Wilson Phillips' debut album as much as the next guy but Shadows & Light proved to be one of the most disappointing sophomore albums ever! The only songs actually worth a listen to are You won't see me cry (though the passing of time hasn't been kind to it) and Flesh and Blood (a song written by the Wendy and Carnie where they pour their heart and soul out in a song meant to reach into their father's heart). The other songs are so boring that they're not even worth mentioning. Wilson Phillips tried to show more maturity in this album, but that's a point that should've been done on the songs themselves and not with the pretty pictures of the girls that are on the booklet. I give it one star.
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Title: A deeper, more mature album both lyriclly and musically.
Review: When I first heard Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" I had no idea who they were but I really liked the song. When I found out who their parents are, I realized it all made sense. Their first CD was great. This one takes the trio in a whole new direction. The songs deal with more personal issues, including family rifts. It shows that they are more than pretty faces with pretty voices. I wished it had done better commercially because there are some killer songs. "You Won't See Me Cry" is a great hook filled song. "Flesh and Blood" is a deeply personal, well-written song with their trademark sterling harmonies. "It's Only Life" also is great. Their voices blend superbly. Take a chance and listen to it. You won't be disappointed.
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Title: very good and very well done
Review: I have this CD and to hear it is to really appreciate how well these 3young ladies vocalize so well together.Neither one of them try to overpower theother wih their singing, it's just thatthey each have their own unique abilityto sing in their own way and that's whatmakes this a really good CD
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Title: a brilliant survey
Review: Janet Lynn Roseman's interviews are an essential look at the living history of dance and will be valued by fans, students, practitioners, and scholars in the years to come. (By the way, the Amazon.com price is absurd; order it directly from the publisher. And, BTW, the binding is not a "library binding" as Amazon.com insists; it's paperback.)
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Title: Paid for by the DNC?
Review: This book should be listed as fiction as it conveniently omits or dismisses numerous facts. This book is complete partisan garbage. A piece of typical mainstream media liberal trash. Save your money!
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Title: The book has the correct title--Conspiracy
Review: While reading the reviews of this book I was reminded of how deeply the Clintons have mesmerized the press and the so-called political pundants. I bought this book because I thought Mr. Toobin had dealt fairly with O.J. Simpson. I am disasppointed to see that he has fallen 'under the spell' of this corrupt administration and is spinning his views along with the other Clinton lapdogs.Shame on you, Mr. Toobin for not mentioning BOTH of the Clinton's lying, or their misused and disrespect of the WHITE HOUSE. I would suggest to open-minded readers, read this book. You will immediately become aware of how deeply the Clinton doctrine has become ingrained in our society.
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Title: Only Two
Review: Stars that is. I'm a big Harry Connick fan, but not of this offering. A lot on here sounds like second rate lounge music. And since Harry arranged and conducted these songs, I can only lay the blame on him. Where is the zip and swing of Come By Me? Or the brassiness of Songs I've Heard? Nothing wrong with the song choices here, its just the way they're presented. I didnt think a song like For Once In My Life could be sung badly, but here it comes close. Hopefully this is just a momentary misfire, and Harry will go on to better things.
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Title: No pages left to lie on.
Review: Jeffery Toobin's tome on all things vast and conspiratory reads like a Joe Lockhart memoir, uninformative and founded in deceit. Demonizing the GOP, the internet, and anyone who dared to doubt a wagging finger makes for a boring and depressing read. If there is anything to learn in the absolute moral corruption of our nations highest elected officer, it won't be found here. Rather, yet another 'spin' leaving blame at every doorstep but 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Title: More Knee-Jerk Delusions
Review: This book is typical of the knee-jerk arrogant blindness many suffer when hiding Clinton's flaws. For readability, I would give it 3 or 4 stars, but for accuracy, it would get negative stars. Hence, my 1 star rating.
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Title: Right Wing Woes
Review: I get a kick out of these one-star amazon reviews from readers who suggest Toobin paints Clinton as a saint in his book. Obviously, those Starr apologists haven't looked at this masterpiece, which believe me, spares nobody, including the POTUS.What the book does for the first time however, is shine a spotlight on Starr's woefully inept OIC, and recount the many errors that he and staff acculumated, as they bungled their way through impeachment.
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Title: At last, an evenhanded acount
Review: Although it seems there are many Clinton detractors who have posted reviews of this book, apparently without having read it, I found the book fascinating. First off, the account is extremely evenhanded. Jeffrey Toobin is a very talented journalist and has used those skills tounearth the real story behind the Clinton impeachment. Neither side is spared and I guess that is what irks some. Clinton is shown as the weasel he is and his avowed enemies are shown as the zealots they are. The truly interesting thing is how the whole chain of events could have derailed at so many junctures and yet never did. A very good read.
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Title: The most comprehensive account of a modern day tragedy
Review: Jeffrey Toobin takes the public ordeal that was the Lewinsky affair and weaves it into a first rate political thriller. He never takes sides, never politicizes, and reserves his judgment in everything except the introduction. I couldn't help reading this and comparing the entire affair, investigation, and impeachment to a Shakespearean tragedy. If it wasn't for a series of bad judgments, a few nefarious villains (on both sides), and just dumb luck this entire story would never had occupied a year of our lives. Without question, there isn't a more comprehensive and exciting take on this series of events. You will want the hardcover edition to stick on the shelf and read again and again.
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Title: Finally we're hearing the truth
Review: After months of subjection to dozens of ultra-conservative talking heads covering up the coup attempt, finally the courageous investigative writers are releasing their work and the truth about the ensnaring of the president is presented. This book and the upcoming book by Joe Conason-Gene Lyons will open the floodgates for us.Toobin went to the dark side (web site Free Republic) and asked for input from members there...the most avowed group of Clinton-haters on the planet. They trashed and flamed Toobin. This shows his dedication to objectivity and truth.This book is for the millions of us who have resented the denigration of the First Family and the harm to the presidency accomplished by wingnuts over the past several years.Buy it. Post exerpts on the internet. Call talk radio and quote from it. Congratulate Toobin on his courage. Remember Steve Kangas.
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Title: Right Wing "Coup d'tat"
Review: I am so happy Mr Toobin wrote this book and so furious about the unfair biased review of "Vast Conspiracy" by the New York Times. Their review is understandable since they were major conspirators in the leaks of Ken Starr, since their writer Jeff Gerth is a complete tool of the right wing.I guess I was naive to expect a fair review.Mr Toobin tells us the facts as those of us who have really searched legal web sites and the works of Gene Lyons and Joe Conason have long known them to be. The right wing attempted to overthrow an elected President. They did so without regard for him and withourt regard for the American people who elected him. These people had no regard for our Constitution or for our Democracy. They gladly destabalized our country, the financial markets, and, to an extent, the whole world for their own ends. What a disgrace there has been no mainstream reporting from this perspective.
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Title: Vast Malarky
Review: I found this book to be a dreary rehash of the legal briefs and excuses of Clinton's vast coterie of apologists. I did not find a single new fact in it on this sordid chapter in our history. Mr.Toobin swallows wholesale the spin of Clinton defenders, and passes it off as his own reporting, providing NO footnotes or attributions. He also, obviously, has stolen whole passages left and right from Uncovering Clinton, the definitive book on this subject written by the journalist Michael Isikoff. Yet, Mr. Toobin has the audacity to portray Mr. Isikoff--an objective reporter who painstakingly detailed his sourcing and ethical struggles in covering the story--in a negative light. This is an appalling piece of pseudo-journalism that deserves quick oblivion.
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Title: The one to read if you're reading only one
Review: The two best books to date on the Clinton impeachment reallyought to switch titles-- Conason's and Lyons' is really about the VastConspiracy...Of the two, Conason's and Lyons' book does more original research...[but] Toobin's is it. At the very least he provides good color commentary on well-known events (although his section on the actual impeachment trial obviously has the fewest original sources or revelations), and most of the way he actually succeeds in uncovering and making sense of the legal machinations of the Jones lawyers and Starr's office...And where Conason and Lyon bend over backwards to sound objective (at the cost of the humor that dotted Lyon's earlier book), Toobin is happy to greet an especially juicy example of pompousness or hypocrisy (usually Starr's) with a good zinger...END
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Title: Not the worst book ever but in the top ten
Review: There should be a zero star rating - this would certainly get it. This is not the worst book ever written on a political subject but it ranks as one of the most lapdoggy treatments of a significant part of our history. It may not have been written in the White House but it looks like they approved the drafts - even with that it still raises some significant issues about the President's behavior. It also raises whether the Congressional Leadership actually exercised any.Much better and more factual book is from Richard Posner.
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Title: Fawning apologist trash for the Clinton Criminal Enterprise
Review: Toobin, the admitted "mouthpiece" of Hillary, (from whom he got the "secret" court [and other] documents -- according to his appearance with Imus) has produced something thats greatest utility would be in replacing the old Sears & Roebuck catalogue in any remaining outhouses across the nation. Don't waste your time, money or effort -- utterly worthless.
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Title: It is regretful that Amazon requires a minimum of one star.
Review: A fascinating account of how a rapist (yes, I believe Juanita Broderick) beguiled the nation, and in particular it's women, into thinking that he is really just a well-intentioned rogue.Mr. Toobin states that Clinton's crimes are "essentially private," yet he then praises Judge Wright's contempt ruling. Odd that a lawyer would support the notion that private behavior might qualify as contempt of court. This is the logical extension of his thinking but, not surprisingly, he doesn't follow it. If you hold to either of those positions, the other becomes untenable. Reminiscent of many Democratic Senators who fulminated about the personal nature of Clinton's crimes, yet supported censure. Why should congress be censuring Presidents for private behavior? Alas, the kneepad crowd wants to have it both ways.
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Title: Disappointing
Review: Toobin's thesis is interesting--that the conspiracy involved the left, the right, and the media, but he fails to develop it. His politics are transparent, his logic faulty, and his prose, painfully glib. Smart and smarmy.
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Title: Utter tripe; all the veracity of Mein Kampf
Review: Toobin has long been a Clinton cheerleader and an extremely dubious "legal scholar" on Good Morning America. With this book he hits new lows.Even I, who tried to avoid as much of the Clinton situation as I could, spotted a half dozen or more outright falsehoods in his book as well as conclusion after conclusion which was supported by neither fact nor logic.This is a true work of utter, utter nonsense which only the most ardent (and close minded) Clinton supporter could actually believe. The "most powerful man in the world" is a victim. Give me a break.Toobin's words are routinely lousy on GMA and his words in this book are no better - probably worse.The only reason I give this book one star is that I couldn't give it fewer.
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Title: Review of Vast Conspiracy
Review: This book continued to distract and deny the truth. I felt this book was written from news clips. I thought I was having a flashback of the news media. The book sounded like Clinton's lawyers. I hope someone makes a book called the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy because this book would fit. He fails to mention how Bill wanted Monica to tell Linda to lie in court. But in this book I felt the truth did not matter. (who paid him to write this book? Clinton's? )I made a mistake by buying this book and supporting the left-wing conspiracy. This book all-round was nothing but lies and distracting.
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Title: the vast conspiracy
Review: Toobin's insights into some of the "players" were interesting. Other than that, it was a re-run of everything we heard and saw during the whole dismal affair.
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Title: Another Apologist At Work
Review: Guess it was about time a Clinton Apologist writes about the "unfair" attack on Clinton. Save yourself the money, do not buy this book, just go read the Washington Post and New York Times in your public library, to hear their apologies and you will get Toobin's angle as well. Clinton continues to lead the nation with his trickle-down-immorality.
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Title: Isikoff's book is better
Review: There's really nothing factually new here we haven't read before....which means the thrust of this book is Toobin's spin on it all. Frankly, that does not make for interesting reading and it's definitely not enough to carry an entire book. As you can tell from the other reviews, your own personal opinion on Bill Clinton will determine how you veiw this book - love Bill, love the book; hate Bill, hate the book. Still, I imagine even the Bill lovers tired 2/3 the way through this book.I think Michael Isikoff's "Uncovering Clinton" is a far better book for getting a handle on the whole Lewinsky affair.
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Title: One star is still too high a rating
Review: There he goes again. In his book, Toobin continues on with the same worn-out excuses to cover Bill Clinton's contempt for the law. The mainstream press will adore this book because it is full of the same propaganda they fed us for fourteen months during Monicagate, but it makes for lousy history. If you are looking at buying this book, I would recommend you spend your money on a good novel or something.
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Title: Classic witch hunting
Review: Toobin concludes that Paula Jones lied about being sexually harrassed, Ken Starr lied to the Justice Department about his connections to the Jones case, and that Linda Tripp, Kathleen Willey, Lucianne Goldberg, Gennifer Flowers, Michael Isikoff, and virtually all the rest of the President's accusors and tormentors lied, schemed and manipulated.Yet this book is primarily a moralistic diatribe against Big Bad Bubba for how he tried to fight back. Like almost all the rest of his media colleagues, Toobin's bottom line is that even if you've been falsely accused, ya gotta confess all your sins.Isn't this the classic ruse of witch hunters?
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Title: Clinton's Good Friend Writes About Clinton
Review: Toobin has admitted he's good friends with Bill Clinton. Be honest with yourself, how biased would you be if you wrote about a good friend?
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Title: Old Spin - No news
Review: "A Vast Conspriacy" is a boring resusitation of the so-called facts, i.e., spin put out by the Lanny Davis's and Jimes Carville's of the world. Clinton and his wife appear to be nothing more than passive players in this melodrama. Nothing is said regarding his outlandish claims of privilege, not knowing the meaning of alone, or is, or oral sex. Neither is anything said in regards to Clinton's management of his defense and what role if any was played by Hillary. This book is an embarrassment. Nor does it address Clinton's propensity to lie and his near total reliance on focus groups to determine positons.
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Title: Another "Spin" Job
Review: Toobin chooses to print the lies endorsed by Clinton supporters instead of the truth. Even a quick review of the facts of the case show the flaws in this book. Toobin is a man who served briefly in a U.S. Attorney's office and stole grand jury documents from Independent Counsel Walsh's office when he worked there.
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Title: An excellent writer !
Review: Although I didn't learn anything major new in this book about the sex scandal, I enjoy Jeffrey's writing style. He is even-handed to everyone involved in this sordid tale, an excellent writer. Highly recommend his book on OJ Simpson !
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Title: Proof
Review: There is a very easy way to see if this book is biased for or against Clinton: Check the facts. Toobin even misquotes Clinton's own words in his testimony! I lost count of all the lies in this book. One thing for sure though, after all the Clinton controversy has died down, Toobin will be remembered as a corrupt "reporter."
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Title: Biased
Review: When I got to page 100, I was convinced this book was not unbiased. Toobin made Clinton a victim. It was a disappointment to read. I only wished I had waited a couple more weeks to purchase this book as it is now selling for half of what I paid!
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Title: Vast Malarky
Review: I found this book to be a dreary rehash of the legal briefs and excuses of Clinton's vast coterie of apologists. I did not find a single new fact in it on this sordid chapter in our history. Mr.Toobin swallows wholesale the spin of Clinton defenders, and passes it off as his own reporting, providing NO footnotes or attributions. He also, obviously, has stolen whole passages left and right from Uncovering Clinton, the definitive book on this subject written by the journalist Michael Isikoff. Yet, Mr. Toobin has the audacity to portray Mr. Isikoff--an objective reporter who painstakingly detailed his sourcing and ethical struggles in covering the story--in a negative light. This is an appalling piece of pseduo-journalism that deserves quick oblivion.
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Title: I reluctantly revise my previous review
Review: As comprehensive as it is, this book has already been revealed to contain several errors, one regarding Isikoff's journalistic practices, another (big one) regarding whether Lewinsky asked Tripp to lie. (Toobins says she didn't; the evidence suggests the opposite.)And there may be more corrections coming.This can still be a great book if the errors are addressed, but I advise readers to wait for a corrected future edition to come out.
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Title: Lanny Davis Part Two
Review: This book is a waste of your time. There is next to no new information in it and every sentence is laden with Mr. Toobin's bias. Jeffrey Toobin is/was a lawyer and yet he fails to see that it is plain wrong for the highest legal officer in the land to lie.Sex is the name of Tooin's game and by focusing on the trash he totally misses the bigger, more imptant issues.
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Title: Lapdog
Review: Toobin is obviously another lapdog for the left. Anyone who thinks Clinton was the 'good guy' in all this is obviously part of the 'left-wing conspiracy' -- you know the one that has most of the media controled opinions/reporting in favor of poor, poor abused Bill. You know, the one that has people like Toobin who works for a liberal newspaper and news agency (ABC). I'd like to see an investigation in the voting records of America's media elite that pretend to be non-biased.
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Title: Calumny by Proxy
Review: A tar and feathers piece with pretentions by a James Carville wanna-be dressed in an academic gown instead of the customary sheet.
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Title: Yawn....
Review: What this clown calls a 'vast right wing conspiracy' is, in reality, 'the opposition'. When Mr. Zipper attributed the OK City bombing to right wing talk radio, he earned every diatribe ever thrown at him times a million.
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Title: strange...
Review: This is a strange and eerie book. The ideas are quite creative. It's believable because of the regular events the characters go through. Recently, I read up on H.P. Lovecraft, and it was no surprise that I found the following: at a very young age, both his parents died, and in his 40s he went mentally insane. If you like Stephen King, you'll love this boo
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Title: NY FAN
Review: Where did this brother come from, and why dont I see a video on him? His flow is tight, and so is the production by Kwiz & Marly. Those dogs are next level! AY YO can I get a beat from Ya'll. Jus playin. My favorite joint's are No half steppin, Now they wanna be, Attitude check, and Choose me. The whole CD is tight though, and can be rocked without skiipin a track. My only complaint is "Holiday"......to commercial for me. If the brother can heat a live show up, he"s gonna win.
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Title: Santana Black Is Shining Through
Review: The rapper's growling voice is music to the ears of hip-hop fans who have grown tired of the contrived anger that has taken hold of successful West Coast artists and the arrogance that rules East Coast players. A roaring audience is mixed in with bone-chilling, gothic synthesizers while Santana Black's gruff vocals howl double time as his beat eggs him on in what sounds like a battle to reclaim his soul. The lyrics are explicit but tempered to a delightfully dirty dance driven by lean, groove-laden instrumentation. What makes Santana Black seem less like a rap commodity for the music industry to package and sell is his strong tie to the North and South. I give it 4.5 stars.
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Title: Da Ill Mil silent secret
Review: This artist is very overwhelming. He delivers hard hitting flows that cut like a knife. His beats are astonishing and his wittiness shows on every song.After several listens this gets better and better every rip. SB has a way he relAYS THOSE superman rymes. The album is a winner for his first , his hooks were so energetic what a lovely showcase y2k butter.
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Title: bill nye, the human body
Review: I bought three of his vhs tapes and they are really enjoyable to watch, my kid loves them.I will buy another one soon.
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Title: My daughter's favourite book
Review: We have just purchased this book for our daughter after arriving to pick her up from day-care one afternoon to find her and her 15 classmates sitting perfectly still (a miracle for 2-5 year olds) having 'Sweet Dreams, Honey Bear' read to them by one of the carers. We were so enchanted by seeing all 16 of the kids snuffling flowers, growling, counting fish and yawning, that we decided to get both this book and the equally entertaining 'Hide and Seek with Leo', in the hope that they might work their magic with our little one at home as well. And they certainly do!! The story is a bit short for our daughter's liking ('read it again, read it again!' etc. - once is never enough!) but the puppet really brings it all to life. It's the only kid's book we've found so far that is read every day several times, with no sign of boredom yet! We hope the Weares bring out some more titles in the series, as I'm sure they'll be a hit!
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Title: Limited capability
Review: I was hopeful the Targus Hub would be able to handle a keyboard, wireless mouse and speakers, but the hub is not capable of keeping up with signals. The mouse slowed and was clunky at best. If you need any speed and reliability with several devices this is NOT the product to purchase.
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Title: Doesn't work with Lion/Mt. Lion
Review: Even though it says it will work with Mac OSX 10.4 and newer, that apparently only applied to 10.4-10.6. So Targus is now selling Hubs that won't work with Lion or Mt. Lion, the former having been out for over a year. I can understand not being able to support all operating systems, but if you can't support the current version, you shouldn't be selling it. I bought two of these and now can't use them at all. Shame on Targus for continuing to sell products that won't work with OS's that are over a year old.
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Title: Misleading - doesn't support USB audio
Review: As a USB hub this is great, however the description and packaging are misleading. I was looking for a a hub that had built in sound. Despite what the description says, this is not what you get. It comes with a cord to plug the hub into your speaker and microphone ports on the computer, then you plug your speakers and microphones into the hub. Not sure exactly what problem that solves. I was hoping to have only one cord to plug/unplug when I wanted to take my laptop and go.
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Title: Good USB hub, short lifespan
Review: While it works, this USB hub is great. However, my first one died within the first month of use. Once it was replaced by Amazon.com, it lasted 4 months. It seems that the culprit is the A/C adapter because when the hub dies no lights turn on at all. USB hubs are meant to last more than a couple of months specially since they don't usually move from the first place you put them at. Because of its short lifespan, I give this USB hub (Targus ACH81US) 2 stars.
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Title: Well worth the price of admission.
Review: I am very satisfied with this product, have had a few other inexpensive hubs and have never had one that worked perfect until now. At first I was quite skeptical because of price, now having purchased it I wish I would have just bought this in the first place instead of wasting my time and money on the cheap hubs. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a perfect hub to do everything they need.
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Title: Just does not work
Review: I have bought two of these and they both did not work. I had friends try them with different computers and they did not work for them. Don't waste your money.
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Title: Best of many hubs I've tested
Review: I personally tested 8 different 7 port usb hubs for use ina computer science testbed and this is the only one thatactually behaves properly according to the USB specsin terms of supplying power from the external transformer.All the others drew too much current from the USB cable,didn't communicate properly with our devices or stopped working after a few months. The testbed has been runningfor a few years and these hubs have been working great.I use them myself also. I highly recommend them.
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Title: Can't beat this hub
Review: I did a lot of research into the "best" USB hub, and the Targus consistently showed up at the top of the list. I agree. I purchased this for my wife who was having trouble with an unpowered hub not providing sufficient power to a backup hard drive and other devices. We plugged in the Targus, plugged in her USB devices, and all problems vanished. The unit is well designed and does all that is necessary. There are cheaper hubs, but since spending hours diagnosing USB problems is not something I care to do, the Targus represents money well spent. If you're having USB problems, an AC-powered hub is probably the solution, and the Targus is ideal. Highly recommended.
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Title: USB hub works, Power does not
Review: Along with the other reviewers here, I purchased this to charge/connect a few idevices and a blackberry (powered) and connect an external drive or two (non-powered). The USB connection works as expected. The power does not.I cannot get any device to charge alone much less two or more. I have tried all the usual different outlet, cable, one device at a time, etc. Contacted Targus support, no help.I do not recommend this product.
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Title: Incredibly poor build quality / reliability.
Review: Incredibly poor build quality. I've gone through two of these already, and in both, the "high power" ports begin to fail, and shortly thereafter, the entire device fails.I'm not sure if its just poor grounding or what, but something in this design reeks.
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Title: Piece of Junk of the HIghest Order
Review: This item is very poorly designed and will fail eventually. First you will notice that the powered port will quit working, and you will not be able to charge any device connected. Then the other ports will start to wig out. Your mouse may start jumping all over the screen, and then even things such as printing will fail.
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Title: Great Hub
Review: I originally purchased one of the Belkin 4-port swivel hubs not knowing that they had received very bad reviews. I found the Belkin Hub to be extremely flaky. The mouse I had plugged into one the ports kept loosing it's connection so I had to constantly unplug and replug it. The power supply it came with was supposed to supply power to the unit for recharging devices such as cell phones and Ipods- yeah, right. Enter the Targus 7-port USB hub...After doing some research (fool me once....), I decided to go with the Targus hub. I can't say that this is the best hub on the market because I haven't tried them all. But I can tell you that I've had the Targus for over 3 weeks now and HAVE NEVER lost a connection. The hub's two powered ports (denoted by a lightening bolt) supply steady and consistent power to my cell phone and ipod. It takes all of 5 min to go from red batt status to full charge.If you're looking for a reasonably priced, solidly built usb hub, you can't go wrong with the this one.
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