{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_0", "text": "All flights were on time the atmosphere on board (CRJ) fine service is friendly although their snack and drinks are not outstanding. But for a flight of 1 hour what should it be? Codesharing with LH enables to collect miles though they dont count for status.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_1", "text": "Check-in staff at LGW very efficient and friendly. A320 clean and staff most helpful. Food and Wine need improvement. Flights all on time and overall a pleasant experience.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_2", "text": "Me and my family have been using Aegean Airlines for years and we have always been happy with the service. I was disappointed to find out that they have stopped playing movies during flights. On my return flight from Athens to London last week there was entertainment system at all. No music no movies. I think this is the last time I will use Aegean. Very boring flight.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_3", "text": "There was a problem with the system and my seat was given away to someone else. I asked then for a window seat and this was not given. I was seated in the centre of the plane in an aisle seat so I had no view of the scenery as we were departing and landing. The cabin crew were friendly. I had pre-booked a hot meal leek and cheddar quiche which was forgotten.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_4", "text": "Having informed infant travelling and confirmed bassinet seat boarded plane to be told sorry not bassinet row after all. Plane change the previous evening and row numbering differed with new aircraft and bassinet rows were not allocated appropriately for new aircraft. We were lucky that kind passengers (with no accompanying infants) eventually gave up their bassinet row seats. Contacted Aer Lingus before the return leg of the journey to request bassinet row for the journey home - customer service response was poor in relation to the matter. When we checked in on flight home and we requested to be sat together if possible we were informed there were four children travelling in bassinet seats and my husband would have to sit in row behind me (my 3 month old) and my two year old. We were fine with this as we understood priority to be given to adults with accompanying infants but once we boarded flight it became obvious one bassinet row occupied by 2 infants (our row) and the other bassinet row given to adults with no accompanying infants. It would have made our trip home a little easier to have been seated together as anyone with children knows. We travelled from the UK to Dublin to support Irish company but we will not fly with Aer Lingus again. Previous travel for us with British Airways to US was predictable and turned out to be superior. It is a pity.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_5", "text": "Aegean have introduced these hopeless self check in machines. Having already checked in online and printed our boarding passes we ignored the machines at Heathrow and went straight to the desk where the assistant refused to serve us until we had used a machine. But this would not recognise our name booking reference or passport numbers. We tried again and again until eventually another member of staff sorted it for us. Not a good start as far as we were concerned I was fuming. Returning from Athens we encountered exactly the same problems with a check in machine there. This time even an assistant failed to operate the terminal and she subsequently instructed us to join a lengthy queue. Reaching the front 15 minutes later we were told we were in the wrong queue it was the Olympic desk and not Aegean which was the next one along. Our plea that we were in the queue we had been instructed to join by a member of staff was met with no sympathy whatsoever. With us on the verge of going ballistic the person at the correct desk was thankfully sympathetic and helpful. Everything on our flights was as expected though I must comment that there was less legroom than I have ever before experienced on a plane. As a tall person (5 ft 11 in / 180 cm inside leg 33 in / 84 cm) I spent the entire flight with my knees jammed firmly either side of the seat in front of me and unable to move.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_6", "text": "I had a booking through United Airlines from Houston originally travelling through Barcelona Athens Istanbul and back to Houston. However at Barcelona Airport I was informed that I had to pay 45 Euro for my baggage for the Aegean flight to Athens. The stewardess were generally rude and spoke little English on board. I will never fly them again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_7", "text": "Seats were small and cramped. Drinks took forever to be served and were chargeable (on a transatlantic flight). Crew were very pleasant but there weren't enough of them and service was slow and poor. Food quality was poor - army standards. I am sure there are better airlines doing a better job - WestJet or Air Canada.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_8", "text": "The seats do not recline fully and you are in close proximity to your seatmate. The food is coach class. Do not sit in first row as the attendants go in and out of galley but always fail to close the curtain when they go in and out. Returning to Florida and had to go through JFK and connect to JetBlue who does not have business class so you are in the way back in coach . You can pay extra for a seat closer to the front with extra leg room but of course Aer Lingus does not arrange that. Basically paying for 3/4 business class.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_9", "text": "The aircraft an Airbus A321 was full but loading was well organised and my economy seat had decent legroom although was on the hard side. I was looking forward to my usual gin and tonic and was disappointed to discover that there was to be no drinks service on this four hour flight. The meal was eventually served on a chaotic tray the salad comprised small amounts of grated carrot and cabbage and the hot main was a pea and potato stew of strange flavour. The high-light of the meal was the small roll and cheese triangle! The bottle of red wine offered with the meal undrinkable. Two weeks earlier I had flown economy class LHR to Istanbul with British Airways and enjoyed the usual high standard of service I that I always seem to find on their flights.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_10", "text": "24 2013 - Jan. 3 2014. A below-average airline. Their website is so primitive it is impossible to reserve seats. Their toll-free number is not manned 24 hours a day astonishing. On our plane to Buenos Aires none of the in-flight video worked for the entire flight. There was a loose panel in the ceiling over an aisle and it rattled the whole 9 hours. The food was mediocre even by airline standards. The flight attendants were businesslike but disinterested. The plane was only about 1/2 full but the FA's were often nowhere to be seen. Our flight back was 3 hours late leaving EZE after a chaotic check-in at the filthy Ezezia airport. At Ezezia you do not stand in one line for all flights and go to the next available agent. Instead there are separate lines for each flight no indication of which line you should stand in and the agents appear when they feel like it. There was no explanation for the delay and no apologies. If you have any other option for flying between the US and Argentina I would take it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_11", "text": "I booked a flight in February for a trip May 21-25 from DFW to PVR. Received an email from my booking site (Rovia) giving me details. From that point to the time of the trip I constantly checked Aeromexico's website for the flight info and it told me that I can't check it until 24 hours before the flight is set to depart. I check it when that time comes and the flight has been rescheduled and conflicted with my connecting flight in Mexico City (both Arrival and departure). This was done without any email notice or anything. There was no attempt to fix the mess up with the exception of giving me a flight in days later and flight out many more days after my trip. This was to be my first trip out of the country and this airline ruined it so I am completely unsatisfied and will definitely recommend anyone doing business with Aeromexico.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_12", "text": "We are a family of 4 with extensive travel experience. The tickets were not very cheap to begin with. We wanted to fly into London and fly out of Paris. For this the fare difference between Aer Lingus and Virgin British Airways was about $25-40 per person. Having flown with them I have now decided it would have been better to have flown with BA or Virgin. The flight from SFO to DUB and back is a long haul flight. On this flight we were offered one meal and one breakfast bar. The staff don't ask for Water or any other beverage from time to time. I saw other passengers bringing their own food drink etc.. They are probably used to traveling on this airline and are adequately prepared. The quality of entertainment is poor and the system they use is slow to respond. From time to time it hangs and we had to ask the crew to reboot the system. I guess we have been used to superior service from BA Singapore Airlines Cathay Air New Zealand and were disappointed even though the difference pricewise was not much. Speaking for myself and family we will not fly Aer Lingus again even if they offer a cheaper price.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_13", "text": "The only positive comment about the experience is that Aeromexico allows access to the Air France lounge at SFO. Everything else about the flight was a complete disappointment. Check in at SFO was slow and disorganized. Equipment looked very tired not well maintained and dirty. IFE was an antique. Old school seats with minimal space. Worst part of the flight was the service provided by the FA. She barely spoke to passengers during the 3.5 hour flight. There was only one beverage service no nuts no peanuts nothing served with drink. Lunch including dessert came on one tray served from a dirty looking trolley. Aeromexico catering is a complete joke. Tiny salads of tough lettuce leaves cooked to death chicken cutlet that was like the sole of a shoe dried up carrots an insipid soggy little tartlet with Cool Whip. After lunch the galley curtains were drawn and the FA disappeared for 2+ hours until landing. Not one pass through the cabin to offer of a drink water nothing. Aeromexico should be ashamed of themselves for treating their Business Class passengers this way.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_14", "text": "After a scheduled stopover in Santa Cruz in Bolivia suffered a further delay of 4 hours. In addition to this as the plane that took us up was very small for the flight he was forced to make an additional stop to fuel in Cali Colombia. The planes we had to take us to get to Miami were dirty with broken seats no kind of entertainment (such as TV). The poor and inattentive staff of course had to deal with few resources. The return flight similar. Delays old planes but most of the journey by plane Miami-Santa Cruz had a noise in your engine that was intolerable to the ears. Large number of passengers frightened by the strange sound was heard constantly.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_15", "text": "At the airport check-in was easy. I recommend that you arrive early to avoid the impending line. The counter staff was as friendly and they did not charge me for my extra luggage weight. I was impressed by the 737 that AeroSur is using on this international flight [do note that most AeroSur flights use aging 727s]. The flight attendants served a box meal and drinks on this two hours flight and we arrived on time. .", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_16", "text": "Something bad has happened every single time. Aerolineas Argentinas has a near-monopoly in many Argentinean markets which is very unfortunate. On my most recent trip the flight schedules were changed an astounding 6 times within 3 months of departure with the final one being a cancellation of my flight and a new departure from a different airport. Once you do have an actual confirmed flight the chances of it leaving on time are close to zero. My personal record was an 8-hr delay causing me to miss my connecting flight back to the US.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_17", "text": "On my way back to Thailand which is just 2 days ago on SU270 I was not impressed with the cabin crew at all. Their service was not helpful. While they were serving dinner I asked for something to drink the crew member just said \"one minute\". At that time I thought that they were busy serving food so I waited I ended up having to eat my whole meal without any drink! I myself would not fly with this airline again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_18", "text": "One of the crew had a very bad attitude. She never smiled and just dropped the food in front of me in a very rude way without saying anything. Secondly pre-landing I was using an earphone with the music off. She told me to turn it off which I had done. However I still needed to put the earphones on my ear for descent due to discomfort in my ear during that flight. When she saw me still using the earphones she told me again when I said it was already off and she kept telling me in a rude way to turn it off. She refused to check and kept asking me to put down my earphones.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_19", "text": "At the airport check-in was easy. It pays to arrive early and avoid the impending line. The counter staff was friendly and they did not charge me for my extra weight (about 4 kilos). I was impressed by the new 737 that Aerosur used on this leg - most AeroSur flights use older 727. The flight attendants served a box meal and drinks on a 2 hours flight and we arrived on time. I would use them again for this route.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_20", "text": "I went to the travel agency to ask about what I should do - the answer was to wait until the end of the conflict. Agency was unable to rebook me or to transfer to other airlines. I am having difficulties to find their offices in London or contacts - can someone help. I have lost my money and time and no one to help.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_21", "text": "30am supposed to fly to Sydney at 8.30am had a connecting flight to Melbourne from Sydney. Flight was delayed until 9.30am then until 1pm didn't leave Argentina until 2.30pm now stuck in Sydney airport on the floor because Qantas have a cut off time on the weekend and Aerolineas Argentinas managed to get me after the cut off time when I was supposed to be here at 5pm! If there is another airline out from Argentina I would take that instead if this one. Even the flight entertainment is poor. You don't get your own screen so you're stuck watching these old tvs that the worst picture known to man. The only good thing was that I got 2 seats to myself. Probably because everyone knows not to fly with them!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_22", "text": "4-hour delay departing change of aircraft at Buenos Aires resulted in an 8-hour delay. Passengers asked to wait in a lounge then abandoned. No staff for several hours. After 6 hours we got a rapid announcement in Spanish. Passengers were English-speaking Australians! BA to Auckland was unpleasant. TV screens were not working well. The girl in front of me ordered a vegetarian meal as did I. Of course they did not have it. They never have vegetarian meals. The hostess actually argued with the girl and told her that it was her fault that the meal was not ordered. The final insult was a 4-hour delay at Auckland Airport. I will never fly Aerolineas Argentinas again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_23", "text": "However in September they decided to stop in Johannesburg instead and booked us a transfer from Johannesburg to Capetown. Alas on our way out after an unscheduled stop in Paris to pick up \"a few passengers\" and a 4-5 hour unexplained delay in Tripoli we missed the connecting flight and had to pay \u00a3200 each for new tickets - despite reassurances from Afriqiyah Airways in Tripoli that they had transferred us onto later flights. In the end we were travelling for over 24 hours. On the way back the travel documents we used to travel out were not accepted in Johannesburg airport and we had to call the UK from a mobile to get further details. Once again we got stuck in Tripoli airport for over ten hours due to snow at Gatwick. Tripoli airport is awful - it is one giant ashtray with disgusting toilets. Despite the lovely planes this was the worst airline experience I have had.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_24", "text": "The cabin itself is nothing out of the ordinary for business class. It is a 2-2-2 configuration typical on 787s. Enough room to stretch out and sleep if needed. What disappointed me though was the service. You would expect for paying what I paid for that seat they would have been more attentive. The only times the flight attendants came around to attend to us was when serving dinner serving breakfast and once to bring us a bottle of water. Other than that they stayed in their areas chatting the entire flight. I was traveling with a family member and we stood up to stretch and order a beer. Well after they had served us each two they said they were out of beers. Really? Overall the only thing this flight had going for it is that it is the Dreamliner and it is direct from NRT to MEX. if you don't mind a stopover I recommend flying to SAN on JAL's Dreamliner and transferring there or maybe to LAX on SQ's 380 and transferring there. Aeromexico needs to step up its service game if it hopes to compete with the Asian carriers.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_25", "text": "Our flight was delayed 10 hours on the way to Sydney and on the way back they cancelled the flight. After 9 hours we were sent to a hotel near the airport no employee of the Airline anywhere. Bought a new ticket from Lan airlines.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_26", "text": "First time on Aer Lingus and the biggest draw was the excellent fare. Having said that I won't recommend except for bargain hunters. BCN-Dublin is basically a low cost flight curiously more comfortable than the 757 they used for the transatlantic leg. This must be the narrowest twin-engine plane around very narrow seats (and I'm on the slim side) and little legroom on top of that. I heard many people commenting on the lack of space. The personal entertainment system is not bad although only a few recent releases plus some shows and documentaries and music and maps. Food on the outbound flight was awful and made me ill afterwards so I avoided it on the inbound and brought my own food. Drinks service is seriously cheap no free alcohol and just water orange juice or Coke/Sprite available. Crew was friendly but never followed up on the one occasion (each flight) I went to the galley to ask for something even though they said they'd bring it to my seat. Transfer at Dublin was easy but with a lot of walking. I won't fly this particular route with them again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_27", "text": "Aeromexico screwed up the connection so I missed my leg to LAX. Instead of simply rebooking me on a later flight (of which there were three) they wanted to reticket me and charge me the then rate which was $650 more than I had originally paid. Seriously? You want me to pay $650 for your mistake. Worse when I said I'd fly Alaska instead they didn't care - but refused to refund me my original money for the MEX to LAX leg. This is the second such instance with this airline. Two years ago I was making the same trip and also was not able to complete the leg from MEX to LAX. They said there was \"weather problems\" in LA. (My family was at the airport in LA at the time and said it was clear as day and gorgeous weather). So they cancelled my flight to LAX and I was told I couldn't get on another flight until the next day. They made me pay for my hotel room at the Mexico City airport because it was a weather delay (which it wasn't) and was beyond their control. Worse I had purchased an upgrade to First Class earlier in the day (before the flight was cancelled) and when the First Class cabin was not available on the flight the next day they wouldn't refund my First Class upgrade cost even though they were going to put me in Coach. So when I got home I filed suit in Small Claims Court and I won the cost of the hotel and the First Class upgrade cost.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_28", "text": "They held the flight to DUB in order to fill all unsold seats which made us late for the plane to BOS. They had us run all over the airport 3 times and sent us to 4 different wrong desks staff were rude and patronising they did not listen to anything we said just printed new boarding passes and left us to waste 5 hours in DUB airport with no meal vouchers or anything. Seats were \"downgraded\" to much worse ones in the back plane flight attendance slept for most of the flight and I had to wait 20 mins to get some water to take some headache pills. Even worse on the way back we had to make a transatlantic flight in such a tiny plane that \"low cost airlines\" would have been ashamed of! And all in hellishly hot temperatures.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_29", "text": "This flight has only one type of customer: oil  gas people. I have found the service as fair overall crew friendliness and meals are actually in good category (crew friendlier then Air France). It's a pity Aigle Azur does not have baggage transfer handling agreement at CDG which means that each time we transit at CDG to / from other airlines we need to go through the immigration to recover our luggage no automatic transfer between Aigle Azur and other airlines at CDG (leading to LOSS of luggage at CDG for those not in the know such as in my case). I hope they could one day operate inside Algeria (the company owner is Algerian - French) since with the local monopoly by Air Algerie the service is non existent.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_30", "text": "I travelled from London via Tripoli to Cameroon last December. I lost my luggage - I am still to be compensated and nobody seem to care. I will think twice before travelling again with this airline.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_31", "text": "Flying to and from Sydney the seats were very hard and uncomfortable. The plane seemed very old. Inflight entertainment poor quality TV and screen. Food was just bearable. The only flight that left on time was the one out of Sydney. First and last time flying with AA. Delay in BA to Santiago due to not wanting to fuel the plane in the rain. Delay from Santiago to BA no idea why. A supposed delay of 22 mins which turned into just over an hour from BA to Sydney which caused me to miss my connecting flight. So overall not happy with the experience. Also trying to check in at Santiago to fly to BA took the check-in lady well over half an hour. Real disappointment for a holiday I had waited 1 year for.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_32", "text": "I felt like I have stepped back in time when flying with this airline. They need to update the seating in the older aircraft. Very little attention is paid to safety carry on bags were left unsecured on seats during take-off. Seats were broken and reclined without pushing the recline button. Despite the seats being broken passengers were permitted to use them. There was no personal entertainment and it is strictly bring your own. Before and soon after take-off the cabin became very cold. Approx 1 hour into the flight the seat belt sign was turned off for the first time shortly after staff delivered the food. There was no choice of meal (chicken or red meat) let alone a vegetarian selection. After dinner the food trays were collected and the lights turned off and all passengers were expected to sleep. The staff must have also turned up the temperature as the aircraft cabin became very hot and stuffy. The flight was 14 hours and passengers were expected to sleep 10 of those hours. Approx 2 hours before landing the lights were turned back on we were fed again and the cabin became very cold. Trays removed just in time to land in Buenos Aires. Staff were seen at the rear of the craft playing on laptops and not offering any drink runs to passengers.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_33", "text": "(Flight SU 0102). It was the difficult long flight to New York - 9.5 hours plus 4 hours delay. Many passengers among these 300 hundred people lost their connections. It is shameful. My seat was between two large men and it was very uncomfortable I had only a half seat for myself. I will avoid Aeroflot flights since this event.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_34", "text": "Redeeming my skymiles I booked ATL-MEX a new ticket as Aeromexico was not willing to rebook me. At the end of my business trip in MEX I tried to check in for my return flight but I learnt that they have an internal policy that if you are not on your first flight they cancel your booking for the second flight. To get home I had to buy another ticket. The SkyTeam should really choose their codeshare partners more wisely. Never again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_35", "text": "Stormy day but no information as to when flight would depart. Left waiting in very cold room in bowels of the airport for 2 hours. Flight took off just over 2 hours late but disappointingly pilot never told us they had not taken our baggage due to weight restrictions. At Cardiff everybody stood around the baggage carousel and no bags. Rang Dublin to find out when bags would arrive and found no info. Told case was still in Dublin and as we were due home on Sunday 29th December to go to the baggage counter in arrivals. On Sunday at 1pm I got a call from Cardiff Airport to say my case had arrived and as we were flying home that evening they would hold it at the airport. Like previous comments I like to support The Irish Airline but my confidence in them has been shattered and a good weekend was destroyed.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_36", "text": "Thoroughly agree with previous reviewer. Lack of information was very frustrating and unhelpful. Despite the delay luggage also did not make it out of Dublin so it is missing somewhere in the world now. Missed transfer to Sydney and no provisions were put in place for those who missed their flights. As an Irish person living abroad who wants to be proud of their national airline I was very disappointed with the experience I had.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_37", "text": "Lounge in T2 is ok. Flight attendant wasn't very friendly. Only drinks and no food served on the 2.15 hr flight to Cancun. Very poor service. Seat was ok. No entertainment.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_38", "text": "We left LAX on July 21 2013 destination ZLO. The way there wasn't too bad. On our trip back on Aug 3rd we had a 5 hour layover in Mexico City. Numerous flights were cancelled throughout the day and we ended up staying at the airport for over 12 hours until the cancelled everything altogether. We were put up in a hotel nearby which had a 1.5 hour wait to check in due to everyone else's flight being cancelled. We slept for 2 hours and had our departure to LAX early AM. We finally arrived in LAX and Aeromexico lost my husbands baggage. All we wanted to do was go home and we were stuck waiting for an Aeromexico staff for at least an hour so we could give them our contact information and leave. That was the worst trip back ever.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_39", "text": "I was told that there was a 3 hour mandatory check in time. The agents involved did not want to hear about my issues on my way to the airport. I was told that especially on Sundays flights are full up and my seat was sold to another customer. I had no bags to check in and I had to pay a hefty fine to re-schedule my flight to another day. For all those unfamiliar with the DF airport it takes 10 minutes to go through security and another 5 to walk to the gates. Most flights are not even given a gate number until 1 hour before the scheduled departure time. This was my fist and last time flying with Aeromexico.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_40", "text": "I am afraid Air Algerie had a lot to learn to be internationally competent.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_41", "text": "My father who lives in Annaba flies Air Algerie regularly on work and is absolutely fed up with the airline. At Lyon one corner had been allocated for Air Algerie check-in. It seems even the airport authorities have given up on that corner. A good amount of chaos. In the line before the immigration gate few Algerians broke the wire cordon jumped in and broke the queue in spite of being reprimanded by airport officials. Boarding was disorganized with no priority boarding for business class or for the elderly. Upon entering the plane I discovered that seat numbers meant nothing. My seat was occupied and the FA politely told me I could sit anywhere! Food was horrible. They ran out of water bottles and started serving water in glasses poured out at the back of the aircraft. The water had a fair amount of salt in it. Upon landing at Annaba it took us over an hour to get out of the chaotic airport despite having cleared immigration in 10 minutes. Basically the bags took that long to come out and this when the Lyon flight was the only flight that arrived at the airport that time...when we landed there was not a single aircraft other than ours (domestic or international!!)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_42", "text": "40pm. The food was shocking and the staff rude and unhelpful. You were not allowed any drinks after the first round with your meals unless it was water. The toilet doors at the front were locked and out of order. One lady asked about her booked meal - the air hostess replied \"no booked meals tonight\" shrugged her shoulders and walked on. On the way home however Larnaca to Belfast it was like a different airline - air hostesses were well presented and couldn't do enough but the food was still shocking. On both flights - no film or inflight entertainment.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_43", "text": "I agree with all the negative points said by the people in the comments and I would like to add that it is impossible for people to get through the phone to contact Air Algerie agency in order to book or to buy a ticket - and if we make a booking through internet we don't get an answer that the booking has been accepted or not !", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_44", "text": "We had a connection from BA to Iguazu that was missed despite airline staff at Bariloche airily dismissing our concerns. Staff did not communicate. The next day we flew to Iguaza with no food or drinks. Staff were hostile uncaring and rude. Planes are old and not very clean.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_45", "text": "No online check-in or boarding pass. I had one carry on bag and they tried to make me check it. The plane seemed old the food was ok 2 movies on overhead monitors however my headset didn't work. Attendants were friendly hardly ever saw them except for the 2 \"meals\" no diet coke and no soft drinks available for breakfast. Landed 25 minutes late after a 9 hour flight with the announcement \"another on-time arrival\". Saying it doesn't make it so. I have to return on them but I'll not use them again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_46", "text": "The airplane was quite old and of poor standard (eg: there is no seat light no visual display to follow the air blows from the seat and not from above). The crew were not well trained their way of addressing customers was not professional. The food they served as a lunch was well below standard.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_47", "text": "Some things never change. Food inedible I knew this so I went onboard with a full stomach. I understand priority luggage should come first but not 10 minutes before everyone else's! I have noticed this on a couple of Aegean flights. Plane was new and clean as always cabin crew decent. Aegean if you want those extra stars you need better food better luggage handling services and more happy faces!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_48", "text": "We sat all day at the gate in SYD eventually told flight cancelled due to mechanical problem. After spending 2 nights we left SYD last night only to land in Auckland for 16 hour layover due to crew shortages. No communication other than rumours from hotel staff. Airline had paid for accommodation and meals but very basic. No entertainment onboard other. Due to fly out 10pm tonight. Traveller beware.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_49", "text": "03 and 30.03). Both flights were drastically delayed (from Moscow to Vietnam 6 hours and back 12.5 hours). I missed all my connecting flights and lost hotel bookings. Unfortunately Aeroflot didn't give any information about estimated boarding or departure times as well as reasons for the delays. No foods or drinks served in Moscow during 5 hours of waiting! My luggage went to Stockholm Arlanda not to Tallinn as it was confirmed in Sheremetjevo Airport. I am home now and got my luggage but I am really not sure if I will use Aeroflot for future trips.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_50", "text": "Food was not good the seats were uncomfortable and the TV system rubbish. Staff were not friendly with little customer service skills.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_51", "text": "We missed our Aero Mexico flight to LA through their incompetence and consequently our onward connection to Australia that evening. Ground staff were next to useless and we got the run-around for 4 hours being passed from one supervisor to another with no-one wanting to take responsibility with lots of shrugging of shoulders. We had to organise our new flights ourselves at some cost to us. Once on board the premier class is just like premium economy although its supposed to be the equivalent of business class. Food and service is basic. I believe they have plans to fly from MEX to LHR shortly. They will have to lift their game to be any competition to existing carriers on that route. We love Mexico but will use another airline in the future.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_52", "text": "At the time of booking was told that a baby bassinet and baby food would be provided for my infant. When I called to reconfirm the flight 2 days before travel I was told that Aeromexico did not have bassinets on a 5 hour flight from Mex to NY. Felt tricked as I was not given this information at the time of booking. In-flight entertainment non existent no personal video screens and unclean airplane on the way into JFK. Movie was shown on an overhead screen unfortunately the headphones provided were non functional. The food was horrible and neither me nor my wife ate the food no baby food provided for my infant. The only positive from the flight was that the plane was empty and we could place our baby on the seat between us. It would have been very hard to carry the baby on our lap for 5 hours without a bassinet. On the return flight check-in was a mess at JFK the staff were not efficient and when we asked if the flight was on time we were told it was. We rushed through security and when we reached the gate the flight was delayed 2.5 hours. The airline staff were not competent and no one could explain the reason for the delay. Inflight food was terrible no video screens despite the plane being brand new. No baby food for the infant. Again the only positive for the return flight was that the baby had a seat between us as the flight was empty. Overall a bad experience for us and our infant.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_53", "text": "The PEK-SVO/SVO-PEK legs were served through old planes no IFE uncomfortable seats ok food. Transit through Sheremetyevo Airport was a bit of a nightmare: it took a long time and staff was not friendly and helpful. The SVO-FCO/FCO-SVO were much better as planes were newer IFE available and staff friendlier.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_54", "text": "First off my flight was delayed for reasons that none of the staff at the desk was able to explain. Check in was extremely disorganised and poorly signaled. About 1 hour into 14 hour flight I noticed that my inflight entertainment screen was still off while other passengers' screens were on. Then it turned out that 6 rows did not have working inflight entertainment screens or overhead reading lights. As soon as we let the staff know they told us they would \"reset the system\" and let people at the front of the plane know. About 30 minutes later nothing was working and we asked again what the status was. We were told quite rudely that they were looking into it. Needless to say this carried on for another 3 hours. It became evident that the flight attendants were avoiding our section as we could see them walking around offering water to passengers in the aisle on the other side of the plane quite often. Finally about 4.5 hours into the flight the person sitting next to me asked once more whether they'd managed to see what was wrong with our screens. The flight attendant said \"well obviously it's not working. Didn't you figure that out?\". I can understand that technical problems may arise but that does not mean that paying customers should be treated rudely. I was very happy to finally land in Mexico city after 14 hours of a tortuous flight. I am very hesitant to fly with Aeromexico again if this is the standard of customer service that they have.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_55", "text": "Scheduled to leave at 3.30pm still in airport at 6.40 - airline says next announcement is at 7.30. They are quick to charge high fees for overweight baggage but they fail to spend the money to maintain a sufficient number of ready to fly planes. Weather is fine and we are still sitting in the airport. It is now 6.55 and we are still sitting here. It is freezing so we asked for a blanket: they said they would \"organize\" one and never provided it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_56", "text": "The staff were very friendly and I was given 11A an exit seat so I had a lot of leg room though all the seats seemed to have buckets of space (more than my previous LH economy flight). The pay-food was good value and tasty and we landed in Beirut 30 mins early. The attendants came though the cabin twice with free water. The A320 seemed brand new and was very clean. A great Flight.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_57", "text": "Aeromexico is the only airline to have a direct flight from Montreal to Mexico City. 5 hours flight very disappointed being the first time flying with them. The aircraft a 737-800 looked very tired and dirty no personal ICE what am I doing here staff food so so at least the cabin was almost empty so I was able to stretch my legs through the flight to not get bored at all. As usual some people are luckier than others in my case it turned not a nice experience. At least we arrived almost on time.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_58", "text": "On a return flight from Madrid to Mexico city. After asking three staff member there was nothing to do according to them. On board we had asked for special food and again no sign of it. On the way back we called in advance to have a front row seat and staff at the telephone were helpful but while checking in at the airport we found ourselves in a back seat. Again the special meal was nowhere to be seen. In the future I will try to avoid using this company.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_59", "text": "I have to say this is a terrible flight. 4-5 hours at night on an A320. There is little difference between business and economy. The support service for booking and upgrades is simply the worst I have experienced.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_60", "text": "Flight on time flew on a modern A319 cabin crew friendly enough however legroom was practically non existant I literally didn't have room to read a magazine on my lap and actually getting to my (window) seat was tough. Overall pretty average but the lack of reasonable legroom made the flight quite uncomfortable.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_61", "text": "Business/First poor boarding seat cramped meal was a bad ham sandwich. Plane was a 737-700 that was late departing. As we approached LAX there was fog and we were told we were going to Tijuana. On arrival at Tijuana passengers told we would be flown back to Mexico City. As a few passengers complained we were eventually let off the plane but told we were 'on our own'. Airline did not care less and said they had no responsibility for the situation. Bags took 30 minutes to show up. The product was bad to start with but the whole experience was just awful. Ended up taking a taxi to San Diego and then having to drive myself to LA.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_62", "text": "Outbound the 12.40 am departure time became 4.30 am due to a crew issue. The plane was an older 737. The EmPower jacks at our seats were dead and there was grime on the hard part of the seat. There was no special meal service for business class - everybody got a small ham and cheese sandwich. The front toilet quickly got foul but that didn't stop a steady stream of coach passengers coming up front for it. The FA's were nowhere to be seen. AM has no connections/transfers desks for international arriving passengers at MEX. We instead had to go out to the airport lobby and stand in line for an hour at the ticket counter for a rebooking of our missed connection to OAX. Staff working in the ticketing lobby were rude. On the return flight to SFO it was the same older plane and yes the same type of ham sandwich for dinner. Only highlight of flying AM was that we ended up spending a lot of time at the Salon Premier lounges in T2 which were nice though filled to the gills.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_63", "text": "I have flown this route 6 times over the last couple of months. This is by far the fastest way to Mongolia from London but am fed up by the last of customer service and inability to transit luggage through SVO. The planes from LHR to SVO are generally new and clean. Onward from Moscow the planes are ancient although the business class seats recline flat. The food is always the same - just about edible in business class. Out of my last 4 journeys my luggage has been lost 3 times. Going to give up with Aeroflot and fly Korean air via Seoul now. Via Moscow might be quick but the total lack of customer service wears very thin after a while.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_64", "text": "I knew this as had checked on internet. However when I tried to ring I got cut off 4 times before finally talking to someone. When we finally got to the airport the boy I was travelling with was 'on the list' but I wasn't and was touch an go as to whether I would get a flight at all. All ended well as we finally both got back to NZ even though we were put on different flights. I felt sorry for the staff in Sydney understaffed and under a lot of stress but they were polite and as helpful as possible.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_65", "text": "Aer Lingus were punctual as I have always found on this route and the staff were pleasant enough. A major complaint is the terrible leg room their Airbus 319's which they received from Iberia. These aircraft are only just bearable for a shorter journey. I also found there to be too many in flight announcements selling food and goods. British Airways is the alternate option on this route and whilst their punctuality is not as good as Aer Lingus - every other feature is.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_66", "text": "October - November 2006. Quick check-in nice lounges (although poor drink and snack selections) at both CDG and RUN. All flights perfectly on time quick delivery of luggage on arrival. Business class seat comfort (old) business class IFE (not on demand) first class service and meals. Overall a very nice product much cheaper than Air France and much better (at least compared to AF current B747 on this route ; new AF product using B777 is expected in 2007). Minor drawbacks : frequent flyer program does not seem on par with AF one ; CDG airport is further from Paris than ORY (which AF uses).", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_67", "text": "They are by far the worst airline I have experienced. It is a very poorly run state owned airline acting like a monopolist. Customers are treated like dirt. Staff at check in is rude (Puerto Iguazu was the only exception). Flights are nearly always delayed without any explanation given or sometimes cancelled altogether. Even worse some of its planes are in very poor condition and seem utterly unsafe. Follow the advice of some Argentinians I met : always avoid them. It is better to spend 24 hours in a bus (they are very comfortable) than 2 hours with Aerolineas.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_68", "text": "Astonished by rudeness of the cabin crew no service at all we were not greeted on the aircraft or off. Crew ignored our need for a glass of water my seat was broken no film or music for a 4 hour flight.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_69", "text": "The rest doing everything to avoid the customer. Although arriving 2h before departure we almost missed our flight. The queue became so long that locals started fighting with the personnel since they lost their flights due to Aerolineas Argentinas \"I dont care attitude\". Service onboard is a plastic bag with juice and a fruit-bar. Flight attendants friendly. A country like Argentina does deserve a better airline.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_70", "text": "But their customer service is completely ridiculous. We had 2 checked bags going from Mexico City to Seattle they lost one of them. We reported it missing and then called the next day and they said they had no report and couldn't find the package. They gave us numbers to phones where no one would answer and were completely apathetic. Once they finally found the luggage they then shipped it 5 hours away from our home instead of to the Portland airport which is 15 minutes away. Then they lost the baggage in Yakima! Turns out they shipped it to Canada - still working on getting it back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_71", "text": "50 flight. This flight was delayed 5 hours we had no information of any kind during this time. It was not until we got on board and the pilot explained what happened this is very bad practice. It would have been very helpful if we had an announcement just to explain why the plane was late and giving an estimated time of departure. As a result I missed my bus connection and my relatives had to come up to the airport to collect me at 8.30pm.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_72", "text": "Almaty - Astana flights. The basic route for this airline are notoriously delayed. So if you plan on a business trip on this route make sure to factor in at least a fee hours. Better a day. Disappointing. Ground staff not trained on how to deal with this. As a result they are nervous not pleasant and generally not helpful at all.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_73", "text": "Flight 7001 from Miami International to Rome via Dusseldorf. The boarding started around 3.15pm. After several hours inside the plane we were informed by the captain that they were trying to fix a \"leak\". After two more hours we were instructed to disembark the aircraft with our carry on and wait inside the terminal. Neither water or any type of food or snacks were offered by Air Berlin employees. Early evening we were told to board the aircraft again with all our belongings to our incredible surprise we stayed inside the plane again for more than two hours. Finally the captain informed the passengers that now the aircraft was having computer \"issues\" and we would have to sleep in Miami without any hint as to when the next plane will be ready for us to continue to Dusseldorf. Early next morning I went to Air Berlin counter just to find chaos and indifference to all passengers from the day before. The employees did not know when the next plane will be departing so I run to American Airlines who provided me with connections to Rome.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_74", "text": "They put me on an alternate flight on the same route that departed several hours later and included a 12 hour stop in Moscow rather than a 3 hour one. I requested a Vegetarian meal and had this verified prior to the initial cancellation of my flight. No one at Aeroflot bothered to transfer this request to the replacement flight and that flight didn't carry any vegetarian meals. I received some meal tokens to spend in the airport however the value of the tokens was pathetic by any measure. The only eatery open was TGI Fridays and the only vegetarian option there was soup which I ordered with a glass of orange juice. These two meagre items not only came to more than the amount I had in tokens but required me to pay several Euros too! The level of English of Aeroflot staff is terrible for an international airline.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_75", "text": "Flight was very crowded. Lost of crying babies. They didn't turn the lights off all night and it was very uncomfortable. Flight attendants were rude but I guess they were just busy. Difficult to get any service. Miserable trip.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_76", "text": "Perfect weather although no real excuse given. On boarding more than 2 hours late and by bus from the terminal to the aircraft which caused more delay we sat on the ground for a further 30 mins while a drunken passenger was off-loaded. At least half the flights I have taken with Air Astana have been delayed by hours not just minutes. On-board I asked the cabin crew to see if the connecting flight would be held or if other arrangements needed to be made. Their reply was that 'we will call ground staff and let you know'. The second time was 'we will talk to the captain' the third time was the same answer. On my fourth request I was then told that we have other passengers who are all going to be late. I was travelling on an Air Astana ticket and there was no concern or accountability shown toward this situation. T Arriving in KL with just 10 minutes to spare for the connection on Malaysia Airlines of course we could not board. 767 used on this route is very old although has had some face-lifts. Seats are narrow for business class seats and they are not lay flat they are \"lay on an angle and keep sliding down\" seats. The entertainment system is an IPAD style of portable unit. This only had a choice of three last release movies and at the end of the day there is nowhere to put it where you might consider ergonomically sensible to watch it. I would recommend that you definitely leave a minimum of 5 hours for your connections because they will most likely be late!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_77", "text": "During this one hour journey the crew managed to serve newspapers drinks (with coffee/tea) plus a nice sandwich. New A320 everything went smoothly. Recommend on this busy route between 2 Russian main cities.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_78", "text": "On arrival asked if possible to have an exit row seat. Was advised of a \u20ac45 charge which was then waived which was a nice start. Aircraft then boarded one hour late and one hour taxi/waiting to take off which made it 2 hrs delayed. Cabin crew efficient but poor command of English. Good leg room/comfort with food as expected on an Economy ticket although alcohol has to be paid for.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_79", "text": "Was not expecting much when I purchased the cheapest one way ticket I could find. Check-in at Istanbul despite having a 20 mins wait was friendly and easy. Flight to Moscow delayed 30 mins but the cabin interior was clean and brand new if a bit spartan (no inflight entertainment). Still the seats were comfy and the flight attendants courteous. Moscow-Tokyo leg was great. The seats were comfortable flight attendants friendly and everything went smoothly. My only real complaint is that the choices on the inflight entertainment on this leg were slim but at least it was there.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_80", "text": "Pleasantly surprised with the flights on ATR's considering we were in the middle of RTW FC Oneworld - unfair comparison. Cabin crew were OK certainly as good as I would expect. The aircraft must have had new paint recently as they looked quite good in and out. Didn't expect to be flying them no spare pages in passport so SA wouldn't allow me in country.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_81", "text": "On arrival at the airport we engaged the services of a porter. We had 2 rucksacks and 2 camera bags. I paid him around ZAR30 (USD4) and it was well worth it. As we had bought goods in Johannesburg and wanted to claim back tax I told the porter and he zipped us off to a Customs Counter that had no queue (we passed others that had at least 7 people waiting in line). We cleared Customs in no time check in was fast immigration and security had short queues and it took around 15 minutes to get the VAT refund processed. The aircraft was a BAe-146 - load was around 30% so we had 3 seats to ourselves. We were served a drink and a very small sweet roll. Maun airport is a small building with 1 immigration line and a bench where your bags get delivered to. Customs a breeze.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_82", "text": "3 of us flew from Heraklion to JFK via Dusseldorf on July 20th. After checking in online the previous evening we arrived at Heraklion airport 2 hours early to drop off our bags. There was no separate bag drop line and we were at the very back of the check in line. AB was trying to check in 350 passengers for 2 flights using only 2 counters Each group would take 10-15 min to be checked in - a total nightmare. By the time we got to the counter it was 10 min past departure time the PA system was calling our names for boarding and we hadn't even started the check-in process. By some miracle we made it onto the plane but our bags didn't. When we got to JFK we filled out the lost bag paperwork and headed home thinking we'd get the bags in a day or two. We finally got 1 bag 5 days later and the other two 8 days later.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_83", "text": "Old aircraft substandard in-flight entertainment (the overhead TV monitor in my section not working and others with poor picture from what I could see) cramped full flight 2 of the 3 meal choices not available by the time the meal cart got to me all the wine with the meals gone by half way down the cabin bar service once per flight and grudgingly given using cheap local (to Kazakhstan) versions of spirits mixers and wines by unsmiling cabin crew.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_84", "text": "I could not check-in online so called up the airlines to find my flight was re-scheduled. My connecting flight had been rescheduled so that my transit took 24 hrs and they wouldn't provide any sort of accommodation. Moscow airport contains narrow corridors with duty free shops food must be paid with Russian money. There was free Internet but only in a few places with low wifi signal. Plane food was bland and mediocre. Average service.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_85", "text": "Not too bad at all. The Pula lounge in Gaborone although tiny is quite a comfortable spot to relax in before the flight. The ATR42 operated on the route is definitely showing its age and seats are fairly uncomfortable. Snack service consists of peanuts and biltong whereas competitor SA Express provides a full sandwich service on board. Crew were friendly - downside being arrival in Johannesburg - for aircraft to overnight in Johannesburg we were parked on a remote stand a good 10-15 minutes from the terminal building.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_86", "text": "Plane in a good condition and clean. Cabin attendants however very unpleasant and seemed just to wait to finish the job. Sandwich with cheese of very bad quality. Hope not to be in situation to fly them again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_87", "text": "Plane interior was old and not very clean. Entertainment not existing on both flights. Inflight magazine only in Russian. Food was tasteless and choice of drinks is very limited (one drink on 3-4 hour flight and only choice between orange and tomato-juice and Cola or sprite. No alcoholic drinks served or sold. All in all a very disappointing experience!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_88", "text": "I flew to Copenhagen by SAS flight 8700 operated by Aeroflot. The agent wanted to charge me for the excess baggage. I tried to explain to her that on a code sharing flights I am governed by the rules of SAS not by Aeroflot rules. But she did not want to listen repeating again and again that she knew the rules. Eventually after a long verbal exchange she called the authorities and found out that I was right. In the Aeroflot lounge - which I was entitled to use in lieu of SAS lounge - the employee on duty refused to let me in. She sent me to the other end of the airport where the people sent me to another lounge and each refused to let me in. The employees of the Aeroflot as it turned out did not know their own airport: they did not know any telephones to call nor they had any directories at and they did not know even the telephone of their own lounges in different part of the airport nor were they able to provide any reasonable assistance. Eventually at my insistence one of the supervisors after calling around for 10-15 minutes found out that I was indeed eligible to get into the very first lounge. The same girl who did not allow me in eventually had to call and find out that she was wrong. She never apologized. In fact all the personnel there turned out to be so rude and incompetent.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_89", "text": "This airline made a lot of improvements : new aircraft good crew hot meals - no problem at all during flight.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_90", "text": "After another 45 minutes captain said sorry today we do not fly: the plane is broken. By about 0430 in the morning the Aeroflot airport staff said to me that I must spend my night with an unknown other traveller. After having been sent to the miserable hotel at about 1330 next day I was able to leave Beijing to Moscow with a better A332 aircraft. Staff is incompetent and very rude. They just don't know a word of English and if you have a problem it remain a your problem. They have to learn a lot.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_91", "text": "Experienced more of the same disorganization that I saw on my previous flights. I have found that flight attendants to not enforce the rules because they are half the size of their very pushy customers. Flight smooth except for passengers attempting to remove heavy bags and dragging every other object out of the overhead with it. Upon landing in JFK we were delayed getting to our gate. While we were stopped passengers got up and got their bags and raced for the exit. There was no effort made to stop them because of the size difference with the FA's. Plane was new and seats were reasonably comfortable. I feel sorry for Aeroflot staff having to deal with stubborn and highly combative passengers. Aeroflot tickets are cheap enough to entice me to fly with them again even if the passengers act like a mob.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_92", "text": "Staff extremely unfriendly no alcohol in economy 3 hours in Moscow. Would always have to be way cheaper than better alternatives such as Thai Etihad Emirates for me to use them again. However much better than Royal Jordanian who we used to BKK last Christmas - they were truly appalling.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_93", "text": "After almost 2 hours flying finally the staff offered us a small sandwich (with beef or cheese) and one cup of coffee. Another 2 hours later we got a bottle of water. Doing nothing but trying to sit compressed between my seat and the extreme tilted seat in front of me I really felt hungry. When I asked for another piece of bread I got one and the promise that there would be more served in 20 minutes. Indeed we got food. While collecting the rubbish we were offered a drink coffee? No only cold drinks. Before my experiences with Air Berlin were ok but this last flight was really unpleasant.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_94", "text": "The manager said the next flight was the following day at 9.45pm. When passengers started asking to be put on another flight he said there were too many of us he said there was nothing he could do and finally shouted \"I am not going to answer anymore questions the flight is cancelled and that is that\". We cancelled the flight and booked another airline that same day.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_95", "text": "Every airBerlin flight the \"snacks\" become smaller and smaller but this is too much. That bag of potato chips will cost anywhere less than 1 Euro and I think this becomes towards a customer humiliating. There are always the same unhappy stewardess-faces always looking like they can't wait to finish their shift and go home. Not to mention that at the airport we were sent in an improved Terminal with only two flights very crowded and absolutely no duty free facilities. I am fed up with this airline and I have given up my topbonus card after one year of bad experiences with them. I hope I will never have to travel again with them. The only plus I can give the flight was in time.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_96", "text": "But when you arrive 2 hours early and your flight gets delayed and you arrive at your destination and they not only forget to put my checked luggage on the plane but half a dozen other peoples luggage on the same flight might I add, is just plain ridiculous! Yes I understand it happens, but not to eight different people on the same flight. I fly a lot and out of all the airlines I fly, this has been the most disappointing! My boyfriend and I checked our bags at the same time and his bag arrived.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_97", "text": "Journey started with online check-in and a bag drop at Malaga airport. The queue was not orderly and the staff did not police the queue very well at all. The check-in agent who dealt with me seemed indifferent and did not make eye contact with me which was rather rude. Boarding the flight took quite a long time as the flight was full. Far too much hand luggage had been allowed aboard the flight. The cabin crew were not very friendly nor welcoming at all. There was considerable turbulence during this flight and the crew did little to allay the fears and concerns of some of the passengers. A small snack was served as well as a drink. At the end of the flight an overheard monitor displayed the route taken for a few minutes only. There was no goodbye from the crew at the end of the flight. I found the staff very cold on this occasion.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_98", "text": "The agent was aloof. We had an onward connection with Lufthansa and despite providing her with booking reference and ticket numbers, she insisted there was nothing she could do to issue our boarding passes, so much for seamless integration with Star Alliance. On board, it was a very tired looking A330. The FA's bordered on rude and threw drinks and meal trays at the passengers. The food in both quality and quantity were on par with a budget airline. Seats were OK for economy and IFE had decent selection. AC lost its title as Best North American carrier and I hope this serves as a warning to them as their service and especially staff interactions have put them on par with the rest of the mainstream carriers in North America. There is nothing left that distinguishes them from their American counterparts. Time to get your act together AC.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_99", "text": "The aircraft interior was dirty, seats shabby and the state of the toilet was atrocious. The aircraft had been at the gate for long enough to be properly cleaned, so there was no excuse for the lack of cleanliness. Flight attendants completely indifferent throughout the flight. Clearly they were intent on doing the bare minimum. Surely and unsmiling. Very poor standard of grooming, some looked like they had slept in their uniforms. There is no in seat entertainment system. A long flight on Air Canada Rouge would be unbearable. Avoid at all costs.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_100", "text": "Very disappointing experience. On the way to Dublin the flight was nowhere near full but when asked if we could book seats together it was deemed an inconvenience. The flight attendants are not attentive and are inconvenienced if you ask to be served anything other than tea or coffee. The gate personnel on this airline were unwilling to make any accommodations. On the return gate check-in personnel were awful. They were unnecessarily stern and would not bend to make a single accommodation.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_101", "text": "When she got to Toronto, no wheelchair was brought to her even though AC confirmed that she would have her own at the door for the leg at the next terminal. She had to walk to the gate and no one offered help! She has cerebral palsy and walks with difficulty and very slowly. Nobody at AC wondered if the only passenger with a wheelchair had the proper service.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_102", "text": "5 hours before scheduled departure time. Massive line for check-in only one woman and one desk checking in 2 flights. No weather nor equipment issue purely bad management and under-staffing. 3 hours in line not a single announcement. By the time we arrived in Dusseldorf our flight (business class) to JFK was long gone. Told the next flight they could get us to Chicago on was the following afternoon - 24 hours later! Told they'd booked us into the airport hotel and they gave us two 10 Euro food vouchers. Flew back to Chicago on Lufthansa/the Star Alliance. Despite business-class having angled seats the food service and punctuality of the flight were flawless. As a lifetime-gold/million-miler on American this experience was sufficient for me to alter my habits and to focus on the Star for my future air- travel needs. Air Berlin's 'service' was utterly lacking.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_103", "text": "One major problem was that the day I flew there was a fuel service strike so I was delayed for over 4 hours. I frequently check my flight status especially when I leave, throughout that day I had checked at least 4 times. I only found out about it when I was at the check in counter. There was no email, no automated phone call, nothing to notify me. I was stuck waiting for hours doing nothing. When we finally got on the flight all they said was sorry. Nothing more. Not even some form of a minor compensation like refunding the baggage fee or something free on the flight. The seats were cramped, there was significantly less legroom compared to Westjet. No entertainment system whatsoever. It's 2015 and this airline operates like it's 1990 with the design of this plane. The sad part is that they can get away with this because there's absolutely no competition in this industry within Canada. Flight travel should be a stress free situation and the whole time I used this airline was such a inconvenience.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_104", "text": "For my flight from Calgary to Munich there was a promotion to check ski bags for free for flights to Europe. Upon arriving at the airport, I was told I would have to pay $100 because by bag was over 50lbs and the promotion only applied to those under this weight. Once I got my boarding pass, I found that I was not seated in the window seat that I had previously booked. This was also the case for my flight from Toronto to Munich, as I had booked beside my friend flying from another city for that flight and we were at opposite ends of the plane. Then we sat at the gate in Calgary for over an hour once boarding was completed with no reasonable explanation for the delay - thankfully I had a 5 hour layover. I am a loyal customer to Air Canada and Star Alliance and I choose to fly with them above other airlines, but experiences like this that make me question my loyalty.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_105", "text": "This was the worst flight I have been on. The seats were extremely cramped and uncomfortable on an 11 hour flight. The person behind me had their knee in the small of my back. Wine was extra. Service lousy. Entertainment via wifi to your personal tablet with ten year old movies. I got told I couldn't get a extra cup of coffee because we were within an hour of landing.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_106", "text": "Very unorganized in Venice. First told to wait in line 54/55 then it was moved to 5657. There was not enough staff to check us in and people in line were rude and pushy. When we finally boarded we were taken to a bus that they crammed the entire plane into. A mad rush to board. The crew opened both doors which made no sense so again another round of people pushing and ending up on the wrong end of the plane. After everyone was settled we were told that the plane had to be mechanically signed off so had to wait 30 minutes or so. The flight from Dusseldorf to JFK had to be held for us. Impressed with Air Berlin on our outbound flight June 5 from JFK to Dusseldorf to Barcelona but this return flight home left much to be desired.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_107", "text": "Took flight on a one way basis as return dates were subject to change. I am a top tier AA flier and the addition to Air Berlin gives some good connection options. Aircraft was a new Airbus with standard seat pitch and seat comfort in economy was uncomfortable. The IFE is good with each seat having independent controls and a reasonable selection of movies etc. Unfortunately the selection is via a touch screen buried in your seat back and the Neanderthal behind me felt that instead of lightly touching the screen they had to indent their finger into the screen - constant tap tap into my seat that precluded any chance of sleep. Food average drinks average FA's average. Despite being top tier no way to select seat on line - had to call in advance and their website is poor.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_108", "text": "Flights were late which seems out of character for a German airline but landed on time. The seats are extremely close together. I'm 6'4\" (194 cm) and could not sit with my legs forward at all and could not stretch them under the seat either. For the longer flights the entire 8 hour flights my knees and shins were pressed into some part of the seats in front of me. I was on the aisle so every time someone passed by me they bumped my knee shoulder or foot impossible to even relax much less sleep. I'm not overweight at all but these seats could only be comfortable for children. To make it all worse on the trans-oceanic flights the pilots seemed to find every segment of turbulence over the North Atlantic. I think we were bouncing around for at least 50% of the trip. Air Berlin: good prices bad passenger experience.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_109", "text": "We were worried about travelling with this airline following the reviews on here however our flight to Phuket was on time and food and in flight entertainment was ok. So far so good. Our return journey was a different story. We arrived at Phuket airport to be told we couldn't check in as the AirBerlin plane hadn't arrived or even set off for us. Various options were thrown around including another night in Phuket returning on the next Airberlin flight. After being left in the dark for some time we were then booked on to a Qatar airlines flight which first flew to Kuala Lumpur then to Qatar where we then boarded a flight to Heathrow. In total we were delayed by 8 hours. The manner in which we were left in the dark at Phuket was very worrying and it seems from the reviews below that this is not rare for this airline.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_110", "text": "The plane is new the overall look is ok entertainment is ok as well (just a few movies and all in English and German). But leg room is ridiculously small the seats are very hard and the food is just ok. Adding to this a very unpleasant crew. I will avoid flying Air Berlin on long distances in the future.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_111", "text": "It was surprisingly quiet and smooth for a propeller plane as I sat as far away as possible from the engines at the very last row. Cabin crew acceptable but no food offered on this flight. Next leg: YYC-FRA on an Airbus 330 - cabin crew on this flight were atrocious. Food was literally thrown on passengers tray tables. Serving portions were very small. The food which was offered was disgusting - the tomato pasta dish was extremely unappetizing. And the \"continental breakfast\" was a small piece of cake and a yoghurt shake - it was hardly a snack let alone a breakfast. Cabin crew disappeared after the meal service not to be seen again until before landing in FRA. Final leg: YYZ to YYJ onboard an Airbus 320. Seats uncomfortable - my neck became sore about an hour or so into the flight. Again no complimentary food offered on this five and a half hour flight. Overall Air Canada never ceases to disappoint.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_112", "text": "I tried to reserve my seat on their online service in advance but what I saw was only their sorry page and I couldn't process any more for my seat request. When I checked-in at LGA they provided me another boarding pass for my connecting flight. I asked them to reserve a front side seat by aisle but they said they could not reserve any seats for my connecting flight at LGA. When I landed at YYZ I stopped at their counter for transferring passengers to reserve my seat but amazingly they said they couldn't do that just before the departing time. Just before my flight started boarding they changed my boarding pass and my seat was between aisle and window seats. I have asked them to give me another seat but they answered they can't do that because the flight was full. I don't know why I couldn't request my seat in advance at LGA and transfer counter at YYZ.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_113", "text": "00 in the afternoon. At 9.30 that morning we received a cryptic message from Air Canada apologizing for the flight disruption. We telephoned Toronto to find out that in actuality it had been cancelled due to 'overcrowded airspace'. We were fortunate enough after two phone calls to be able to rebook through London. It was simply listed as 'delayed' and as we boarded outer London flight at 1.30 it was still listed this way. They were as it tip urns out eventually rolled over to the next day 13.00 flight. This is not right not to have informed us all about the flight being cancelled. I do not think I will attempt a Rouge flight again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_114", "text": "They were by the door (entrance door and emergency exit) which has a very big bulge on the door with makes the legroom (for your left leg) smaller than an ordinary seat. I asked the steward about this and he was somewhat surprised that the seat was sold as XL. On the way back we ordered XL seat for my son. He got an ordinary seat. On the way back we also booked reserved seating for me and my wife to make sure we did not get bad seats. We got seats by the toilet which were impossible to recline. All together we have paid about 200 euro for nothing.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_115", "text": "Inadequate legroom for a 5'9\" tall person meant my knees touched the seat in front of me on the overnight to Berlin from JFK. On the way back from Dusseldorf a 6'1\" guy sitting next to me couldn't fit in his seat without sitting bowlegged and the elderly woman in front of him couldn't recline. Aside from the DUS-JFK meals which included various unidentifiable items and cold chicken nuggets other amenities were fine but I will never fly them long haul again. On a positive note domestic European transfers had more legroom than the transatlantic flights.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_116", "text": "Customer Care-Center hasn't got a telephone number or E-Mail given on their website -small print out was the only thing we got at the airport no alternative flight or anything like that. You better pray that your flight experiences no problems or you're probably as lost as I am.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_117", "text": "00 to try to get home. She is currently in a hotel (still in Rome) and was told there would be no other compensation. She'll be flying back Alitalia.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_118", "text": "AirBerlin has chosen to cram as many seats as possible on the plane an Airbus A330-200 reducing the seat pitch in economy to 30 inches. To do this they removed all padding in the back of the seat and space for legs. Nearly the least comfortable seats I have ever been in and certainly the worst for an 11 hour flight. Lots of empty seats on the plane an indication of how attractive the airline is. The flight out of Las Vegas was 2 hours late in leaving; there is no online check-in for Germany-USA flights the counters do not open until 3 hours before the flight so you drag luggage around until they do open. The cabin was cold not merely cool. Otherwise the food was tolerable the drink cart did have free wine and Baileys the new - not on all flights - On-Demand entertainment system with seat back screens did have an OK selection of movies CDs TV programs; and the staff was efficient and polite. If AirBerlin in the future will get me a direct flight over a painful series of connections I would take them again - otherwise there is another German airline.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_119", "text": "We were to take off at 6.30pm and reach Vancouver by 9.53pm At 5.45pm there was an announcement asking for eight volunteers to get off loaded. We started boarding at 6.20. At 7.00pm there was an announcement that an off loaded passenger's baggage couldn't be located. At 8.00 they located it. The pilot then said he would need to refuel! Finally it was 8.30pm when we were finally on our way. We reached Vancouver by 11.30. Our return on Monday March 16th was equally terrible. Our flight was scheduled to leave Vancouver at 9.10am and reach Montreal by 4.54pm. Our connection to Newark was to take off at 6.10. The flight didn't take off till almost 11am. In fact we had left the gate when the pilot announced a weight balance problem and brought the plane back to the gate to refuel. At 12.30pm when service was finally rendered there were no lunch items - only breakfast items to be purchased. When we landed in Montreal it was past 5.15pm. Even though we had informed the crew that we had to make an international connection we got no assistance. Our seats were at the back and it took 10 minutes to get out. There was no ground crew to assist us. We had expected a cart that would take us from the domestic to the international terminal for a quick transfer. On foot it was a very long walk. After quickly completing immigration and customs we reached the gate by 6.04. The gate had just closed - ironic that the only Air Canada flight our entire trip that took off on time was that one! They put us on an Air Canada flight to LaGuardia adding three hours of ground transportation to our already exhausting day. That flight left half an hour late reaching around 9.00pm. We had to buy tickets for ground transportation to take us from LGA to Newark since our car was at Newark airport's long term parking. We reached the car park by midnight and finally arriving home early next morning! There was no apology from Air Canada even though it was the airline's fault. Further there was no attempt by the airline in any tangible way to make the bad experience a little more bearable.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_120", "text": "The flight attendants are awful they never smile do not show any interest in their work and never use the words please and thank you and overall as a passenger I was made to feel like a burden to them. The plane was dirty upon boarding AC5 many of the seats were still reclined meaning that safety protocol for landing had not been adhered to. The in-flight route map lasts 20 minutes then crashes the food is awful and the speed of service appalling. The trash from dinner was sat on my tray table for 55 minutes as the flight attendants were all eating and chatting in the gallery. As a regular NH flyer I feel the code-share between AC and NH reflects badly on NH who are outstanding. First and last time to fly AC - an airline who are really let down by the worst flight attendants I have seen.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_121", "text": "30 am. Instead after \"crew rest\" issues delayed the first flight ended up doing: DCA to Toronto where we missed our next connection due to delayed flight; and then the next flight was cancelled (no snow that day) and after much negotiation with bored reps (and a 1 hour hold with customer service) we ended up Toronto to Montreal where we were promised we could get to Quebec City but when we arrived they couldn't book us for 48 more hours to Quebec. Ended up renting a car in Montreal and driving to Quebec City where our bags were lost for another day. 3 hour process turned into 24 hours and we never arrived at our destination via Air Canada. Were promised flights that didn't exist no apologies. Never again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_122", "text": "The change to Rouge service for popular destinations from Vancouver is the reason. I cannot fit in the economy despite being slim and fit. My legs don't fit!. I flew the business class and it was disgusting. Terrible food and kids providing service. I have switched to Alaska and West Jet as a result. I will also note that the new business class seats on Air Canada long haul service are the worst I have ever experienced. There is no room to extend your legs and the tray is impossible to figure out.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_123", "text": "I asked the gate agent politely if there was any chance he could move me up. He was helpful and moved me up to Row 21 where there was an empty seat. The in-flight entertainment was ok for the 6+ hours flight enough to get me there (because I can't sleep on planes.) I was also starving halfway through the flight but wasn't interested in pay $13.50 for a wrap so shelled out the $4.50 for pretzels and hummus as there was no free snack offered to go with my Diet pop. My flight from HNL-YVR was cancelled. I had checked in online already but when I got to the airport (2 hours before take off) I noticed the lines at the ticket booths were not moving at all and there was an already overall miserable feeling mulling about between the guests. I overheard someone say the flight was cancelled. I never even received a notification regarding this fact until it was close to boarding time. There were already guests checked through bags checked and they were told to come back through security to the ticket booths so they could be assigned a hotel to stay at overnight. Our aircraft never showed up due to \"mechanical problems\". It wouldn't be departing until the following day at 1.30pm. All connecting flights in Vancouver to my final destination (Winnipeg) would've already been long gone so I would've been stuck with an overnight in Vancouver the following night. I was flying alone however the rest of my family was on a WestJet flight scheduled to leave 15 minutes after my flight was supposed to take off. I asked the lady at the ticket counter what my options were and if she'd be able to help get on the WestJet flight instead. She kept blowing me off telling me there was nothing she could do nor did she seem like she was willing to help me in anyway. The lady at the Westjet counter immediately took all information and got me on the flight with no problems. Needless to say Air Canada Rouge definitely disappointed me big time. No wonder the flight was ridiculously cheap!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_124", "text": "Queuing for check in: I am a wheelchair user. I don't demand it but most airlines let wheelchair users join a fast queue for Check in. I don't demand it but have to say that it is a polite gesture this polite gesture was missing with Air Canada. Check in: was chaotic with long queues and check in staff seemed all over the place. It took us almost 1.5 hrs to reach the check in counter only to see that half the check in counters were not even open. Boarding: As we arrived at the boarding gate and were showed boarding passes we realised that me and my wife had been allocated seats a few rows apart. To the credit of airline staff they quickly sorted this out and put us in premium economy. Although they told us that we will have to pay for the entertainment and food but once we were on board they did not charge us. Arrival in Toronto: Because I need assistance to get on and off the plane I have to wait until everyone has gone. Usually it takes 5 to 10 minutes but this time it took over 45 minutes for assistance to arrive because no one knew that a passenger needed assistance to disembark the plane. Please note that I had requested the check in staff in Manchester twice to make sure that people know in Toronto that I will need assistance. Luggage collection: Upset and frustrated we arrived in the lounge to collect our suitcase. Everyone from our flight had collected luggage and gone. No carousel information was available. First we tried to look for our suitcase and then I found Air Canada customer service counter and queued to ask which carousel our suitcase would have arrived at. All of this took another hour and half almost but still no staff was available to help. Eventually we found our suitcase near one carousel. This was the first time we travelled with Air Canada and will be the last.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_125", "text": "The flight was 4.5 hours late food was awful and then to top it off my luggage was left behind at LHR. Return trip was just as awful with the standard cramped seats and to top it off they messed up my meal (dietary requirements) not once but twice. The meal was given to the wrong passenger and when I spoke to the flight attendant all I got was an apology that they did not have anything else to offer. Then they repeat the mistake again during snack time. If it weren't for the virtual monopoly on the LHR-YYZ I would not be travelling with AC ever again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_126", "text": "Their loyalty program is worthless unless you want to cash in your points for a flight with 3 connections and even then you still have to pay $500 in taxes and fees along with your points. Flew to Jamaica on AC Rouge as part of a vacation package. Worst plane ever nice flight attendants that had to deal with the airlines inability to properly stock food and beverage (they ran out of everything about a half way through the service so half the plane had nothing to eat). Both outgoing and return flights were an hour late in arriving. Other than some of their non Rouge planes being nice and the entertainment in those planes being pretty solid there is not much good to say about this overpriced airline and their ability to deliver flights on time and in a satisfactory manner.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_127", "text": "I had a flight from London Stansted to Verona they cancelled it without informing me because I booked trough Edreams. I had been waiting for 5 hours at the airport no information displayed no apology and I had to pay the transport from Stansted to Gatwick. I tried to complain with the customer service via email but no reply at all.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_128", "text": "I will be cancelling my Visa Aeroplan and start using Adventura. The seats were so uncomfortable I had to roll-up my husbands sweater and stuff it behind my lower back. Having to use tablets to view movies etc is a real pain. Trying to eat and view / hold your tablet is difficult. Plus the TV shows are old and movies are old as well. Low budget airline at no discounted cost.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_129", "text": "\"Premium\" class seats on Air Canada Rouge are the exact same size as economy class seats. Flight was one hour late and not properly groomed in between flights. Lots of garbage left on plane. Also heard a couple of elderly people complain at the gate that no pre-boarding was being offered. Once airborne service was non-existent. No meal offered on a 5 hour international flight? Again this is supposed to be \"premium\" class. No blankets. Cabin was freezing. No seat back entertainment iPads were offered that were glitchy and the flight attendant seemed annoyed when I asked for ear buds. I could go on and on. Just a total disaster every step of the way. Air Canada is my airline of choice but avoid Rouge at all costs. I usually only give reviews to companies when it's something positive and the service was remarkable. But Rouge is just remarkably bad. One star.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_130", "text": "Moving around or using the bathroom was very difficult as the seat belt signs were kept on for most of the flight even when the conditions weren't turbulent. Some of the staff were rude and unhelpful.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_131", "text": "Was looking forward to trying the 787 Dreamliner. Well what a disappointment. Firstly Air Canada somehow managed to offload us from the flight in London and this was only realised when they scanned our boarding cards at the gate. In the meantime Air Canada had sold our assigned seats to someone else and after much stress we were eventually given seats right at the back of the plane. No apology from any of the crew on board for the stress caused by a problem entirely their own fault. Underwhelmed by the 787 looks like any other new aircraft on the inside the seating is narrow due to the tight 9 across seating and the plane seemed quite noisy. This accompanied by the typically forgettable Air Canada service meant I left that plane with nothing good to say about Air Canada. Connection at Toronto was tight due to our late running inbound flight. Our 777 to Vancouver had been swapped from a high density one to a standard one with less seats you can imagine the chaos at the gate as the flight was now oversold. Again more seating changes for us and we were now seated in economy middle aisle instead of Premium Economy. Overall a totally unpleasant experience made more stressful by Air Canada at every stage. I don't need this when I fly and will now take my business elsewhere.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_132", "text": "We left 90 mins late so arrived 90 mins late. But what made me angry most was the missing empathy of the unfriendly crew for the passengers who had to wait 1.5 hrs in the dry-air cabin without any offers of water to drink.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_133", "text": "Air Canada should take their name off of this disaster of a discount carrier as it will kill their overall reputation. Our first trip was with our 2 year old to Florida. Flight was delayed 7 hours with no information as to why. When we got to Orlando we had to wait an addition 3 hours for our bags. This flight is to Cancun. Was supposed to leave at 10 am finally left at 7.30pm. Again no reasons given. Flight was packed and seats were cramped. I could go on and on about all the negatives but Rouge is a disaster. I have always liked Air Canada but Rouge has killed all the goodwill Air Canada had built up with me over the years.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_134", "text": "I politely asked the check in personal at Calgary a basic question about baggage fees and received a very defensive rude response. Customer service does not appear to be much of a priority. Flight attendant was not particularly friendly and had minimal interaction with passengers. I find the overall experience much more efficient on Westjet and they're fleet is newer too.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_135", "text": "I do not know how Air Canada can pass off this \"Business Class\" on their Rouge flight as equal to their normal Business Class accommodation which they offer. Clearly I questioned the Aeroplan representative when told we would fly home on Rouge and was told it is the same as regular Air Canada Business Class although not the pods but with adequate comfort and leg room. To say that the seating was inadequate would be an understatement. We have traveled Air Canada Business Class annually YVR to OGG and have never encountered such sub-standard cramped seating with minimal leg room. My husband and I are tall people this being one of the reasons we choose Business or Executive Class. I was barely able to walk when we finally landed in Vancouver. This type of accommodation can cause a health issue for many people. You charge for Executive Class and provide less than adequate Economy seating. Since 2004 we have travelled to Maui annually and paid the extra Aeroplan points for the comfort of the Business Class. In our estimation we got less than Economy. Most of the Canadians whom we encountered on Maui who had flown Air Canada Rouge Business Class were horrified and the reports we received were of great concern to us. Even though we had been privy to these negative comments we felt that being Air Canada it could not be that unsatisfactory. Therefore based on past experience we embarked upon this flight with open minds. We were quite incorrect it was far worse than anything we could have imagined. This is gross misrepresentation on the part of Aeroplan and Air Canada. If Rouge is the only flight Air Canada is offering between Vancouver and the Hawaiian islands then we will be seeking flights with other airlines in the future. At best it was \"Cattle Class\" accommodation. I can only imagine the cramped conditions for the people in Economy.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_136", "text": "I have some hip/sciatica issues and suffered for days after. Will not fly on Rouge ever again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_137", "text": "I was stuck with a large woman next to me a seat leg directly in front of where my feet needed to go and the leg had an entertainment control box on either side of it in effect requiring me to have no legs as there was nowhere to put my feet. If I had been a 6 foot+ man I would have been miserable. The new leather seats are harder than the old ones and are very uncomfortable. The screen can no longer be angled. The service was the one thing which has not changed it was as dreadful as it has always been. We will after 25 years of flying with AC be looking for a new carrier. The two 9 hour+ flights were pure misery.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_138", "text": "Despite written confirmation stating our seat selection my travel companion and I had to sit three rows apart in seats D and F.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_139", "text": "Check in at Dusseldorf airport took a long time. Staff is unfriendly and not much service or help at check in. One customer before me had a problem with small overweight handbag. Staff just shouted at him. No window seats available although later in the airplane there were empty seats occupied by staff. Food poor. On my return from Chiang Mai transit was poorly coordinated by Air Berlin. Only by help through Thai Airways was I able to find transit point and catch my flight in time. Air Berlin also forget at first to file my correct passport number - had to return at check in. Flight back horrible - no window seats just small seat in the middle. Not enough space for legs. Seat in front of me failed to work so less space. Staff seemed not to care about this problem. Flight arrived on schedule very slow unloading of the bags. For a budget airline it is pretty expensive. The attitude is arrogant.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_140", "text": "I am an AC frequent flyer and will look for alternate carriers if the only option is Rouge. Flight to Tampa on January 18th was a 18.50 departure and we got off the ground at 00.30 on the 19th. Trip home on the 23rd was delayed over 3 hours. Not sure what the issues were but weather was not one of them. I have no problem with one delay but two in a week makes me think that these folks have some issues. Seats also leave something to be desired and Rouge should be renamed Crampjet!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_141", "text": "I normally enjoy flying Air Canada even tango is more preferred than other airlines. Air Canada Rouge is the least comfortable airline I've ever been on. I am 5'5\" and if I didn't sit up perfectly straight my knees touched the back of the seat in front of me. My boyfriend who is 6\"3' was quite a bit larger then the space that he was provided. The poor person in front of us had issues reclining because his knees were in her seat. Air Canada is great as long as there is no rouge tacked on at the end.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_142", "text": "Went on Rouge the worst flight ever. Did not tell us we had to download an app to get inflight entertainment until 15 mins in the air so nothing to watch on the 5 hr flight. Packed in like cattle no leg room.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_143", "text": "I am 6'4\" and could barely get into the seat. The passenger in front of me insisted on reclining his seat back. The AC Rouge website states that the slimline seats provide more room and more comfort. My legs are still swollen from the flight. The only good thing about flight 1892 YYZ to Tampa on January 16 was the inflight cabin attendants. I will never fly Rouge again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_144", "text": "The seats do not recline far enough to rest comfortable the inflight iPad usage is really not conducive to eating in flight and your posture is compromised while viewing a the iPad needs to sit on your tray table thus causing your neck to bend downwards. I watched as passengers tried to eat while positioning their iPad here or there. It was really bothersome. It was not a comfortable flight. We fly to Maui several times a year and this is not my preferred airline for sure - Air Canada Rouge is not what I would choose to fly. I was very disappointed overall.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_145", "text": "Fairly new aircraft with everything clean and working as it should. Cabin crew were okay without being anything special. I found the staggered beds to be quite comfortable although if travelling alone it is better to avoid the pairs of seats near the window unless you want to climb over/be climbed over by a stranger. Food was okay but nothing special. Air Canada lounge at Heathrow was nice but the check-in process was poor. The premium desk was far removed from the economy kiosks with poor signage and the Air Canada roving ground staff lady that we dealt with did not help. It was only when we reached the bag drop desk after a long wait that we were told where we should have gone.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_146", "text": "While I had entertainment from LA to Toronto my daughter had none for both legs of the trip. I can not imagine in this day and age that an airline offers no entertainment. Food was okay but you must pay for wine on international leg of trip. I think it's either BA or AF from now on.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_147", "text": "This itinerary was made tolerable by the fact I was able to upgrade both flights using aeroplan e credits. Very uncomfortable seats on the 319 to LAS and the so called Premium Rouge reminds me of Canadian early 90s on their 737 with the seat next to you not sold. Food was OK both flights but obviously cut rate from mainline J eg less linen. The 767 flight to YYZ was akin to narrow body J mainline in terms of seating. I am not sure what Air Canada was thinking with the IFE what are you supposed to do with that iPod while eating? And they were handed out far too late on the first flight. I did not get through the movie I was watching. If I had to wear a uniform like that to work I would not be doing so proudly! I will avoid Rouge if at all possible in the future.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_148", "text": "They should rename it Air Canada Sardine Can. I am only 5 foot 3 inches and my knees were hitting the seat in front of me. I dropped my glasses on the floor and there was no way I could get them and was told by the steward on the plane that there is nothing he could do that I would have to wait until the plane was empty and then I could try to reach and get them and then he said nothing else can be done and my reply was \"fly another airline\". Going into Cuba I had 3 forms to fill out and they gave them to us as we were starting to land and then told to put our trays up and we could not use the trays to fill out the forms. Very poor service and you are crammed in as I said like sardines.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_149", "text": "5 hours late leaving London Heathrow for Montreal. Knew I would miss my connecting flight to Toronto City where I had family waiting for me. Was assured from the aircrew that Air Canada ground crew were aware of the delay and arrangements had been made to fly Toronto passengers out on two flights. All we had to do was contact the AC agents at Montreal. Suffice to say no one was available to help in fact a less helpful bunch of individuals I have yet to meet. After lots of chasing around from one departure gate to another I was eventually put on a flight to Toronto Pearson which resulted in my sister having to dash across Toronto at the last minute. Furthermore it seems my luggage arrived on an earlier flight isn't that a security breach? All in all a very poor service from Air Canada which has resulted in me vowing never to fly with them again going back to Air Transat.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_150", "text": "Both flights very good. Clean cabin comfortable seats (always cramped in CRJ) efficient and attractive cabin crew announcements made in Slovenian and pretty good English and German. Water bottle for each passenger even on short flights like these and coffee offered on second flight. Aircraft departed on time boarding was efficient captain kept passengers updated no IFE of course bags arrived very quickly. In LJU nicely stocked Priority Pass lounge and is a nice small airport MUC is an awesome airport to connect through. Would highly recommend this little regional airline and Slovenia is beautiful.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_151", "text": "My experience is that the staff on the ground need a better education regarding how to care of passengers. If it comes to a delay and pax have to go to the info desk to change tickets and so on then you really see of how unfriendly and unprepared staff are. The airplanes could be cleaned better and I do also see some room for improvement for the flight staff.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_152", "text": "That cost ~30Euros more than the Go Light fare. Suddently as we were waiting for the boarding to start, the airline representatives announced that every person who has the Cheapest fare, can put his baggage in the compartment with no charge. I find no reason to pay extra money and being fooled with this policy. All the other provided services were far above medium, approaching excellence. I will fly again with Aegean but the ticket policy needs serious reconsideration", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_153", "text": "Both flights were excellent, smooth, cabin staff immaculately dressed and professional. I would use this airline again. Perhaps a free snack like a sandwich or crackers and cheese would enhance the experience.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_154", "text": "The ground service is good, and the food is on the good side. On the other hand, most of their planes are starting to show their age and sometimes the seats are really worn out.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_155", "text": "Aircraft's were always clean service was fine food above average and quite good compared to other regular European airlines and the staff was always courteous and friendly. There were only couple times out of the last maybe 30 round trips the flight was delayed and that happened summertime when the European skies are congested. I have great respect for this airline and how nicely developed to become one of the best regional airlines of Europe.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_156", "text": "Aircraft was very clean and well maintained. Cabin crew were immaculately smartly turned out and friendly. In flight food was good quality. Pretty comfortable seats. No inflight entertainment though.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_157", "text": "Although the business class is not up to par with most other airlines, it is far from bad and the service was great - Irish hospitality at its best!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_158", "text": "Easy check-in. Quality of meals and wine excellent for short . flights. Attentive staff -although as first two flights only 3 of us out of possible 8 to be expected. Really did run a separate bus on arrival for just 3 business class passengers at ATH and LCA.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_159", "text": "Able to fly in and out of Cardiff when other flights were cancelled due to fog. Maybe more expensive than alternatives, but reliable. Preferred airline on the Cardiff-Dublin route.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_160", "text": "Went to book luggage in and was grabbed and asked if I wanted to be put on the earlier flight which was good. I had previously paid for a seat upfront but only got row 9 in the reorg which was odd as there were spare seats on the earlier flight. Bad news - loads of planes leaving at that time so really only gained about half an hour but hey not their fault. Usual problem though - people with too much luggage and no idea of how to stow on board. They did weigh some and grab some but I feel they need to monitor this when people get on the plane as some people really are quite selfish and clueless. Also Aer Lingus passengers take forever getting on or off a plane which actually does matter if you have trains and buses to get. However cheaper than Ryanair and quite pleasant.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_161", "text": "All flights on time crews were polite and professional. I fly economy everywhere and expect uncomfortable seats (they were) but while I don't like it realize that's the way economy is so if flights are on time I'm satisfied. Aegean even supplied a meal in coach for the ATH-MAD flight which no USA airline does. I would fly again with Aegean and recommend.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_162", "text": "You go down. Flight is over. This 20 min flight from Athens to Mykonos on an A320 does what it needs to do get you to your destination.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_163", "text": "The crew are always extremely friendly considering it is 06.50am and 20.50 on the return. The service is great and they always smile  welcome everyone on board unlike the other Irish airline. However one major concern from the end of March '15 the 06.50 flight will cease to operate and the first flight of the day to Dublin will be at 09.10 which is useless for those of us going to work in Dublin.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_164", "text": "Both flights on time very clean and comfortable Airbus A320/321 planes. Beautiful well- groomed and very nice young cabin crew only hot meals served on both flights full bar service incl very nice Greek wines. Bags delivered within 20 mins. Highly recommended.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_165", "text": "Check in with Aegean was a breeze professional and quick. Boarding was efficient and welcomed on board by polite and attentive crew with genuine smiles. Nice to see New Airbus A321 clean outside and spotless interior. Lunch consisted of tasty Greek meatballs with potatoes which was delicious. Greek salad as starter and a nice dessert. Tea and a choice of coffees were available and the usual soft drinks. Cabin crew were very polite and pleasant helpful and offered service with a smile. A Singapore Airlines style service. Return leg ATH-LHR was just as pleasant. Found the whole Aegean experience to be very comfortable with polite attentive crew and good service throughout. Would have no hesitation in using them again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_166", "text": "I have to say I was pretty disappointed. It may be a good service to those who haven't flown other airlines long haul. I found the seats cramped and uncomfortable. The PTV touchscreen was very unresponsive. They went around and gave one measly plastic cup of soft drink and advised those who wanted to \"buy\" wine for dinner they better do so now. Dinner arrived around an hour later (way too late as on a night flight everyone wants to get some sleep). By the time dinner came everyone had obviously finished their drinks and couldn't get another one with their dinner. The cabin crew didn't look too happy. When dinner was handed out and rubbish collected they disappeared for the rest of the flight. No water nothing. In comparison I flew Delta out and they were miles better complimentary wine with dinner (and a second and third if you wanted it). They came around with free drinks very soon after take off and dinner promptly after that. They served drinks with dinner and were very attentive throughout the rest of the flight handing out refreshments. They were also very friendly. I will not fly Aer Lingus transatlantic anymore when there are much better options. Management really need to look at what the competition are offering charging for things and being scabby on long flights is not really on in this day and age.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_167", "text": "There was enough food and it was tasty (2 full meals and snacks and drinks whenever you want). Takeoff and landing were great. Cabin crew was pleasant in general. There were some bad aspects of the flight, such as very slow entertainment system, big delay for more than 3 hours. In general the flight was good except the delay in Vladivostok airport.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_168", "text": "The flight from LED to SVO had a delay and although we were told that the connecting flight would wait for us as (because of the re-booking) there would be a large group of SXF passengers on board, it did not. But directly upon entering SVO airport a SU representative would hand out pre-printed new boarding passes and a beverage voucher, so no need to go to a transfer desk. I found that quite professional. The aircraft used were in very good shape and we found seats and legroom far superior to most western airlines. Crews were dressed in very attractive uniforms and were quite fluent in English. Alcoholic drinks and a sandwich (even a pre-ordered vegetarian one for my companion) were offered - basic, but hey, that's the way it is nowadays. Small downpoint: the very interestingly looking in-flight magazine was almost exclusively in Russian language. The transfer in SVO (as well as entering Russia in LED) was quick and smooth (performed by traditionally grumpy staff, though). The sparkling airports in LED and SVO but Berlin's SXF trashy airport to shame. We were quite impressed by SU and would not hesitate to use them again, especially when they offer a decent rate to Asia in their new Premium Economy.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_169", "text": "I am fed up with the Aer Lingus bashing on this site. Whilst conceding that I am Irish and could be accused of bias on the number of occasions over the last few years I have flown with Aer Lingus I can truthfully say that the overall service has been outstanding. Flight delays are usually outside the control of the airline. The crews without exception have been warm friendly and totally professional. I have enjoyed flying with Aer Lingus and look forward to doing so again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_170", "text": "Pleasant flight catering could be better. The negative part was the ground staff (at the gate): they changed without asking us the flight by transferring us to the next flight.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_171", "text": "The flight was delayed on the way out although it was confirmed that this was due to the airport the plane was leaving to come to Belfast to pick us up and in the end it was only just over an hour due to a speedy turn around by Aer Lingus staff. The aircraft was clean and tidy and not at all tired looking a good job especially given the short turnaround time that staff had. Flight was comfortable with a decent enough level of leg room although the cabin did feel a little hot on both out and inbound flights. The food selection was decent and of a standard a little higher than I would have normally expected although perhaps in the grander scheme of things like most airlines a little pedestrian. The return flight was much the same no problems and nothing to further stress my wife and I while travelling with our toddler for her first time on a plane. Also a few days after landing I contacted Aer Lingus as we seemed to have misplaced a new pair of shoes we had bought in Palma airport for our daughter. Usually some airlines are impossible to deal with after the fact however Aer Lingus were helpful and really gave the impression they went the extra mile to see if they could locate our misplaced shoes.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_172", "text": "I have travelled with Aeroflot several times within the past year I have to say that the level of service you get with this airline is inconsistent. Compared to my last trip with them (STR-SVO-LED and back) which was extremely satisfying this time the service is only so-so. For SVO-PEK the cabin crew seemed inexperienced. The crew disappeared immediately after dinner service. The food from SVO is very average and the cleanliness of the toilet was not maintained well during the flight. For the return trip the crew members seemed much more experienced and they delivered a fairly high level of service. The food was also significantly better. Overall I think Aeroflot is improving. However they still have a long way to go. As a passenger your experience with them can vary greatly depending on the crew or the route. But considering the price which was very competitive I must say that what I got for this trip was fair.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_173", "text": "Check in was prompt and staff were friendly and bilingual. Never experienced any delays in fact we were actually moved forward from a 6 hour change at EZE to a flight departing 5 hours sooner for no extra charge. Snacks and drinks served in all flights and despite the 737-7 seats being noticeably more cramped and less comfortable than the -800 I'd certainly recommend.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_174", "text": "Excellent service. I am a tall guy and Economy Class is usually a nightmare especially on long-haul flights. On my trip to Tokyo the flight attendants noticed that I was struggling to get room for my knees and offered me one of their personal seats which had more legroom and since these seats did not have any entertainment system the crew made sure I was comfortable for giving me extra drinks. (I got a full bottle of wine for free!!) Aeroflot has become an excellent airline and I will be happy to travel with them again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_175", "text": "Seating a bit cramped due to the 3-4-3 configuration. I guess the only complaint is the food which was horrible. Cabin crew helpful and efficient. No alcohol policy on airline due to incidents with drunk passengers. But overall Aeroflot did a good job getting us from a to b via SVO. We would book again with Aeroflot. But a food upgrade would be nice.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_176", "text": "The aircraft was a brand new Boeing 737-800 and the 2 by 2 sets in the forward Club Economy very comfortable and done in soft leather. A small snack was served by very friendly cabin staff and all was well until the beverage cart rolled by and we asked for some Malbec wine and were told that Aerolineas do not serve wine on domestic flights! One can imagine my surprise that after paying USD $992 per ticket that the flag carrier of Argentina which grows some of the world's finest wines does not showcase this product onboard-they did not even give us the option to purchase wine on a two hour flight! We will be returning to Buenos Aires on LAN.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_177", "text": "Overall impeccable and a pleasure to fly!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_178", "text": "It was a very positive experience. Aeroflot has gone through a large modernization programme in the recent years and it was very evident when I travelled with them. Most of their fleet now consists of modern airliners such as the A320 the A330 and the Boeing 777. I flew on their A320 from CPH to SVO. For a short-haul flight the onboard service was extremely good compared to most European airlines. The food consisted of fresh bread cheese beef and a delicious cake and the cabin crew were serving cold and hot drinks throughout the whole flight. The crew was extremely friendly. Since the plane was only half full many of the passengers were lying down across the seats. The cabin crew immediately offered them blankets and pillows to make them more comfortable. This is the first time I have experienced this on a European flight. The transfer at SVO was smooth and easy. The airport has been renovated and now offers an easy access between the terminals without having to go outside the airport. The passport and security check took less than 10 minutes much to my surprise and I was now standing in Terminal D which had a wide selection of restaurants shops as well as free WiFi. The flight to Tokyo was on an A330. The interior felt fresh and new and the seats were very comfortable although for a tall guy such as myself the legroom left much to be desired but that is not the fault of the airline. The cabin crew on this flight were fluent in English and Japanese. Again very friendly people. There was a passenger in front of me who seemed rather anxious about flying and kept calling the crew throughout the whole flight. They never ignored his calls or talked bad to him. They kept smiling and did what they could to make him feel comfortable. The food was again very tasty and the menu offered both Russian and Japanese dishes and despite the rather cramped space I had a very comfortable flight to Tokyo. I have read many negative reviews about Aeroflot and I will not deny that people might have had some bad experiences but my opinion on Aeroflot is that it is a modern airline that offers some of the cheapest tickets in the world while maintaining a high standard in customer service. I have already booked my next flight with Aeroflot and I will continue to fly with them whenever possible.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_179", "text": "Departure delayed by 30min and arrival to AEP slightly behind schedule. Plane in good condition (must say that the new livery looks better than the old one). Sandwich and drink offered during flight. Crew fine. AEP is easy to navigate. Luggage (priority tagged as FB Elite) arrived fairly quickly and first on band. Was dreading flying AR but flight was overall fine. Planning to fly them long haul in C class from Spain in May.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_180", "text": "Short hop across the Irish Sea. By far a more preferable experience to that offered by Ryanair: no check in queue pleasant staff on-time boarding and departure and arrival into the new Terminal 2 at Dublin airport. Bags also delivered rapidly at both ends. On-board the (brand new) ATR aircraft the seats were comfortable and spacious. A bar and snack service (for cash) was offered. The only slight niggle was the ridiculously long Aer Lingus check in queue on the return home (Sunday evening). 50 minutes from start to finish. They do have a 'late check-in' desk and regularly have to announce flights that are closing and direct people to this desk to avoid missing flights!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_181", "text": "Getting there was a bit stressful because the flight connection was too close for comfort and we had to run to make the Athens flight. The crew was rather parochial. They did not speak much English and their manners were not the best. Food was poor but not horrible. Movie choices pretty decent and the actual flights were very smooth. The pilots were quite good judging by the take offs and landings. The price was unbeatable and though this was not stellar service I would choose again if their prices remained low.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_182", "text": "It was a last minute booking the price superb and the service excellent - especially for economy class. The food was on par for international flights but I really appreciated the courtesy of the staff. I would not hesitate to fly Aeroflot again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_183", "text": "Ticket purchased at last minute and check in a bit confusing directed to about three different counters but each without a large queue. Flight was comfortable and only a few minutes late arriving in Moscow. No IFE but it was only a little more than a hour long flight. Cabin crew were friendly and responsive and spoke reasonable English. It was like a shuttle flight and perfectly adequate. Leg room was adequate.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_184", "text": "Both flights on time comfy seats and friendly cabin crew. No inflight entertainment probably because it was a short flight but a good experience to fly with Aegean.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_185", "text": "I flew economy so like any other airlines you get what you pay for as far as cabin space however in all other respects Aeroflot was superior. Cabin crew were professional and polite food was quite good. Entertainment was superb with 100's of great movies and shows to choose from as well as games wifi charging stations and all the works! I travelled with my children 4 and 7 and had no trouble keeping them busy for 12 hours. Children's meals can be pre-ordered and were well thought out although my picky ones didn't eat them. Kids got tons of goodies from the staff. The value was great and I will fly with them again in the future. My only complaint were the tiny and rather dirty bathrooms. Otherwise excellent airline!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_186", "text": "Plane was new and clean staff warm and friendly and they served drinks and a sandwich on this 1-hour flight. This airline deserves more than a 3-star ranking in my opinion.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_187", "text": "Slightly delayed departure in STR but arrival on time in ATH after short stop in SKG. Great food and good selection of beverages. Departure from ATH was several hours delayed due to striking ground staff. Received vouchers for snacks. Definitively recommended.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_188", "text": "Direct flight to Tehran. Economy class. Aircraft A310. Fare was quite good. Check-in fast. Cabin crew showed Iranian hospitality. No individual inflight entertainment but fairly speaking since the flight was at night. One toilet closed for whole trip the other two were not clean and almost out of tissue. Food was enough and fine for me. Many drink options. Flying time was less than 10 hours on my way to Tehran and less than 8 on the way back to Shanghai. Considering all the above I will certainly choose this airline next time for my trip to Tehran.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_189", "text": "Excellent customer service and particularly impressed with clear communication and politeness of cabin manager on this flight. A320 seats much more comfortable than the A319s that EI also operate on this route.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_190", "text": "From SFO to Dublin - all was good as above except for the meals these were tasteless.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_191", "text": "Very good experience overall. Both flights were on-time and comfortable. The planes were very clean and the cabin crews were very friendly and professional. 1) On LED-SVO I put the sandwich in my bag as I was not hungry at that time. The flight attendant who was serving tea/coffee saw I did not have a sandwich on my tray table so she asked me very kindly in English whether I was hungry and why not take a sandwich for snack. 2) On SVO-STR after I walked into the back cabin the flight attendant greeted me and offered to guide me to my seat. 3) The SVO-STR flight (3hrs) included a full lunch with a very generous portion of cold cut salmon and potato salad as the starter and lamb and buckwheat as the main course. The dessert was a granola bar with honey chocolate cherry and apple coating. It was very tasty! Overall from my 4 flights with Aeroflot within two weeks I have to say the level of service is quite good and consistent. I think it is really time to change the stereotype that many of us had for the Russian national carrier for many years!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_192", "text": "The A320 was 6 years old the cabin was quite ok inside. Seems like the company's making effort to keep their planes clean. Flight attendants were just doing their job without being extra attentive. Catering included Greek cuisine and was good but not substantial - no meat was offered in the meals fine for vegetarians. Inflight entertainment meant magazines and music no TVs or anything else on that particular aircraft. The flight was on time no issues with the baggage. Overall experience is good would definitely fly again for a reasonable price.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_193", "text": "I flew from Puerto Vallarta and had to change planes in Mexico City for flight to Los Angeles. One glitch - my bag was put on a later flight ( about 30 to 40 minutes) along with 20 to 30 other travelers. It was frustrating standing around and wondering until an announcement was finally made.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_194", "text": "May 25. A321. Boarding totally messy. Excellent food and drinks. Extremely pleasant staff. Luggage arrived very quickly.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_195", "text": "We had no problems with any of the flights. They departed on time and our luggage arrived safely. Check in was super fast. The planes were reasonably modern and staff service OK. Food consisted of a snack box which was adequate for a short haul flight. While the flights were expensive prices were reduced considerably by purchasing discounted tickets before we arrived in Argentina. Given the reviews we were pleasantly surprised with the flights or perhaps we were just lucky. There was certainly nothing wrong with them.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_196", "text": "Having to connect at SVO was the only downside to an otherwise comfortable and pleasant trip. Anyone who knows SVO terminal knows that it is overburdened chaotic and in dire need of an overhaul. We made our connecting flight (no thanks to the indifferent Aeroflot ground personnel) only because the aircraft was late arriving in Moscow. That said we still had to run through the terminal. Flights on SU were surprisingly good with comfortable seating choice of well catered meals and cabin attendants who were very professional and friendly. This airline has really upped their game on long haul international flights. In fact I dare say there are equal to if not better than many of their European competitors. And price wise they are way ahead of the game. It's a shame they use SVO as their hub however.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_197", "text": "A320 and A321. All flights about 70% full. Clean cabin friendly and nice crew comfortable seats. Food ok just a sandwich and free drinks. Smooth flights and arrivals ahead of schedule.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_198", "text": "Economy. Flew on the A330 to and from. Excellent plane. The cabin crew were very helpful and friendly. The meal on the plane going over was excellent it was off their new sky menu. I got the steak it was lovely. It was first class dining in economy class. It was well worth the \u20ac17.50 because that included a glass of wine. I would recommend getting this. Unfortunately I couldn't get this meal on the way back sold out. However the meal we got was still lovely. Overall would like to fly with Aer Lingus in the future again. Would recommend them.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_199", "text": "Short trip from SAT to MEX and return on Embraer jet. First time on AM and it was a terrific experience crew were efficient aircraft clean and very well maintained. Snack service was tasty with fresh choices and excellent bar service. I will gladly take AM again as my travel plans permit.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_200", "text": "We use them whenever we can. The reasons are many but here are some. The crew are very accommodating and always courteous. We enjoy having food to eat. If there is an empty seat after takeoff we were allowed to move. The plane was new.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_201", "text": "Boarding on the outward and return was calm and civilised and the ATR aircraft clean and comfy enough for a short hop. Check-in staff and the crew onboard were polite and there was an adequate range of snacks and drinks for purchase onboard. Terminal 2 at Dublin was smart and stylish. The only drawback was the long lines for check in and bag drop on the return flight but there were a large number of people travelling that day - many returning after the Giro.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_202", "text": "The price of ticket was 200$-300$ cheaper than the price of a ticket with other airlines. All flights were ok. If not on time either late by a couple of minutes or early by a couple of minutes. IFE great. Staff OK. One of the things I didn't like is the food. It is edible but it is always beef or chicken with a salad or cheese with ham (on all flights) the meals are not diversified. I didn't like the seats. I'm 190cm so it was really uncomfortable for me to sit in this seat for a flight of 9-10hrs but it shouldn't be the same problem for someone shorter. Airport is good. Staff is friendly. Terminal D and E are new and spacious but terminal F is over crowded and there is a lot of stores and not a lot of places to sit. Overall the experience was good. Will take them again and recommend them to someone if price is good.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_203", "text": "Cabin crew did a quick run through the cabin with a (paid) drinks cart then duty free cart and promptly disappeared behind the curtain for the rest of the flight. The airline appears to be unsure of its identity although they provide a baggage allowance they are not a full service airline as this flight was over a meal time (dinner) no food or snack service provided but not a LOCO as no food was available for purchase either so we went hungry!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_204", "text": "The day we travelled there was a public sector strike which was no fault of the airline. However although they updated their website the day before with a list of delayed and cancelled flights ours did not appear in the list which led me to believe it would run to time. When we checked in they informed me it would run 4 hours late but still allowed us to check in our suitcases. They offered no vouchers or refreshments (which I would have thought for a delay of this length they would have to but maybe strike situations are exempt). We eventually took off 20 minutes later than the new expected departure time. The air crew were so busy talking in loud voices at the front of the cabin we couldn't hear the safety demonstration. It also meant that they did not notice the guy behind us ignoring the instruction to switch off mobile devices as he continued with his. They did however manage to hand out boiled sweets and whizz round with a drinks run which is as much as you could expect on such a short flight. The tickets were expensive considering we booked them 9 months in advance and it was a 25 minute flight.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_205", "text": "JFK-MEX on the red eye was completed on an older model 737 with no inflight entertainment (presumably due to the timing of the flight - depart 12.15am arrive 4.40am) but we were served a very nice hot sandwich shortly after takeoff. MEX-JFK return on a brand-new 737 - great plane excellent inflight entertainment and again a nice hot meal. The ZIH-MEX connection was slightly delayed but we were assured that a significant amount of passengers on the flight were connecting to the JFK flight. Sure enough about 18 of us were greeted by an agent upon deplaning in MEX and were escorted as a group to the JFK gate which was in the process of boarding. Excellent service throughout by both ground and cabin crews. Would not hesitate to recommend Aeromexico in the future.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_206", "text": "Compared to the competition this is the only option for Greece. Friendly service good hot food at lunch and evening flight with wine seat comfortable aircraft modern clean and on time. Overall very good.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_207", "text": "Another great experience with Aegean on a clean and relatively new aircraft with a meal served by polite and caring crew. Although a moving map was displayed throughout the cabin a movie or some other form of entertainment would have been appreciated for this 3-hour flight (I flew Aegean to London before and a movie was shown). Regardless this airline is a pleasure to fly.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_208", "text": "Both flights were excellent. Sheremetyevo airport very modern comfortable there was barely any line-up for customs and security screenings. Security was painless compared to the US and Canadian ones. Food was great I asked for an extra meal on both flights and they gave it to me. The offered wine for free in economy class. FA also friendly. The only concern is the delays. When I flew there the delay was 40 min on the way back the washroom broke down in the aircraft so the delay was 4 hours. They gave us meal vouchers so we got free food at SVO.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_209", "text": "The service was incredible (actually as usual on Aeroflot long haul flights in business class compared to short haul it is better). Our plane was delayed but we arrived only 7 minutes later than it was proposed). Cabin was originally designed for EgyptAir and it was very good. Entertainment system has a big variety of films and all films can be watched in either Russian or English. In my opinion Aeroflot on long hauls is much better than the majority of other European airlines.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_210", "text": "A320 new and clean all leather seats. Only drinks served. All female crew seemed completely disinterested. Airshow available however no position of the aircraft available only the map of the area. Heard good things about A3 service however that was not the experience we had.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_211", "text": "Clean and new aircraft FA's could be a little more professional. Nice complete meal. I am used to taking this airline to go to Algeria and it is really improving.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_212", "text": "The international flight has the biggest leg room and is very comfortable. No TV's but not a problem - bring your own entertainment. Food is mediocre but drinks are served regularly. Internal flights are good - they new Embraers are great and the new B737's have suitable legroom. The Virgin sourced planes are tight in terms of legroom. The website is great and service when things go wrong is also friendly and good.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_213", "text": "Check in at Poltava was OK. It was possible to check in for the connecting flight to Brussels. Flight LED-SVO got a delay of almost 25 minutes. Probably the delay was caused by the used plane (Airbus A330 i.o. A320). It takes more time to board 320 people instead of 120. Plane was clean service on board was OK. Staff very friendly. Due to the delay our transit time was extremely short. We had to run to catch the connecting flight. Connecting flight was on schedule. Plane (Airbus 319) was clean service on board was great. We arrived on time in Brussels and unbelievably our luggage was on board and arrived as well!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_214", "text": "Check/baggage drop in Madrid (sub contractor) slow inefficient. Aircraft clean comfortable. Punctuality slight delay on departure arrival on time. Flight attendants efficient friendly and very professional. Greatly improved offerings of food on board at reasonable prices. Baggage delivered speedily on arrival in Dublin. Altogether excellent flight and service. They do however need to watch that they are not let down by ground handling agents.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_215", "text": "Check-in was good. Fairly new planes (E190) with IFE even for this short flight of slightly less than 2 hours. Was served a sandwich and something to drink.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_216", "text": "The Aircraft was an Airbus 330. The Senior Crew Flight attendant was a very compassionate woman who attended to us and all of those around us with interest and tenacity. The seats we paid $50 extra were extra leg room (perfect) the seat itself for me (I have a 44\" waist was tight but tolerable). The food was very good (Lasagne) and the later sandwich (ham and cheese) was also very good and unexpected. Great flight. The return trip on 11/18/2013 Flight EI125 we thought OK now we'll see how it is in comparison. The Male Flight Attendant and also Senior Crew member was great as well. We had the same seats on the opposite side of the cabin. The amenities of even economy class on this Airline are excellent and a great value. The equipment is first class and the crew made me proud to be Irish American.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_217", "text": "HAM-SVO on A320 smooth check-In with 2 boarding passes (HAM-SVO and SVO- PVG). C-lounge with basic refreshment. HAM-SVO C class cabin seat and service were excellent. Arrival at SVO new Terminal D quick and easy transit at both passport/security. SVO-PVG departed from Terminal F very long walkway from D to F. Terminal F awful old/dark/busy. Lounge at Terminal F was difficult to find. I was refused entry because I did not have the invitation card. Had to go to transit desk. After entering I noted the lounge was full no seat available. Flight to Shanghai on time with new and clean A330. Seats 2-2-2 not full flat but comfortable to sleep. Good onboard service greeting by purser/crews with good English skill. Foods (3 choices) very tasty. AVOD with 500 programs. Return: quick check-in with 2 boarding passes good spacious lounge. Flight PVG-SVO at 1.30 am. Old/tired B767 seat 2-2-2 narrow and less comfortable than A330 portable IFE with DVD-player same good onboard service. Landed at Terminal F and lesson learned went to transit desk asking for C-Lounge Access card. SVO-HAM A320 left Terminal D on time with best European C Class cabin I have flown. Good products with following minus points: No priority boarding on all legs no priority handling of baggage chaotic handling at SVO Airport.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_218", "text": "For a LCC Air Arabia has been a welcome surprise. They offer you 20 kg baggage allowance new airplanes decent seats and a fresh crew. For a price/quality comparison they are better than Air Maroc. But their website is often malfunctioning certain routes are deleted without notice time tables suddenly change and they often leave at ungodly hours. I'm satisfied with this airline and will keep flying them if they keep their standards to the current level.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_219", "text": "Check-in at AEP was confusing proceeded to departure lounge upstairs. There is no VIP saloon at this airport for Club Economy passengers. Equipment was an old MD88 that was worn. No IFE. Seat pitch was around 35\u201d or so. A lunch box was distributed shortly after take off - a stale sandwich a packaged cake and a pack of nuts. Drink service followed and FA's disappeared. No second round of drinks. Toilet was dirty. For a 3 hour flight I would expect a more substantive meal in the \u201cpremium\u201d cabin. My bags were amongst the last to come out despite marked \u201cpriority\u201d on the tag.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_220", "text": "Rude and unhelpful staff in Moscow lack of any kind of information post service inexistent. On the way back from MAD to BKK first flight got delayed 2.5 hours so when we arrive in SVO connection to BKK had already departed. Instead of giving us a hotel they gave us a boarding pass to Seoul! We arrived to Seoul without any idea of what to do next nobody say anything to us no information. There they gave us a boarding pass to BKK with Korean airlines for 6 hours later. Arrive into Bangkok with more than 12 hours delay they inform us that our bags were still in Moscow. The worst customer service.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_221", "text": "Flight arrived in London early but luggage delivery so slow in T1 it didn't make any difference. Decent service food horrible as always. New and clean plane. Decent movie onboard.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_222", "text": "My first time on this type of aircraft. I liked the large windows and larger seats. One thing though leather seats tend to have you slide down and slouch. Flight was on time staff friendly bags delivered by the time I had deplaned.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_223", "text": "It was one of my best flight experiences starting from check-in inflight meal offering and friendly approach of flight attendants. It was worth every cent I paid.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_224", "text": "The seats are comfortable and lounge in Athens has a smoking area that is not packed.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_225", "text": "21/2/15 KS601/941 Almaty - London. You really get the feeling with Air Astana that the company is genuinely striving for improvement all the time. Staff are extremely courteous and helpful planes are really clean flights generally arrive on time. The new economy sleeper is a winning option for people who dread the loss of a nights sleep but cannot bring themselves to fork out the full business class fare. I travelled with my four children and we all thought economy sleeper was brilliant. At least a chance of sleep much more space quieter cabin and better food that in economy.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_226", "text": "Nice service only bad thing - occasionally you book with Aegean and end up having a return flight or a second leg with an inferior company. Make sure you check what connections and return flights are involved.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_227", "text": "Return trip from Hong Kong in mid February. Plane was very delayed but informed. Could in my view been done earlier but was nice to be told a couple of hours in advance. Trip itself was pleasant. Good inflight entertainment and again the inflight crew did an excellent job and were responsive to needs. Food could be improved as compared to other airlines traveled but do note it is economy class.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_228", "text": "B757-200 not new AC but fully refurbished to perfection. Clean and inviting. Crew very well groomed wonderful IFE tasty hot snack on this 80 min flight. Temp however was very high in the cabin and my req to lower it a bit were not fulfilled. I started to feel ill and asked for ice to cool my head crew showed no empathy or care. I was glad it was a short flight.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_229", "text": "GRU-MEX on B777-200 comfortable aircraft good legroom individual but limited IFE. Offered complimentary alcoholic beverages but meals were inedible. MEX-LAX on B737-700 fair legroom. Aeromexico has an odd confusing boarding procedure - instead of using boarding groups based on seat rows just like most of airlines they call passengers by seat type: window middle or aisle. That means if you are travelling with relatives or acquaintances boarding will have to be individual. If you consider connecting through Mexico City be aware that no matter the destination is you will have to go through immigration and customs. So think twice if your final destination is the US.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_230", "text": "Bags were transferred seamlessly at Athens which was my main concern. LHR-ATH flight was smooth cabin lighting could have been dimmed with one meal/trolley service for the flight food was served quickly however and the cabin crew were extremely friendly. ATH-JMK was the quickest flight I've ever done and by the time they handed out the drinks they were grabbing them back for landing. Overall a pleasant flying experience helped by the open selection on booking seats (I got exit rows) and the ability to check in 48 hrs before. My one criticism is when doing cabin announcements they speak English so quickly that you do not always hear/understand what is being said.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_231", "text": "Check In at Hamburg very quick. Shared Lounge with acceptable refreshments. Boarding well organized. The big surprise was the C Class cabin. It is a separated cabin with wall and real C Class seats and seat pitch. After seated the FA offered a glass of champagne or orange juice and handed over the lunch menu (3 choices). After take off the purser came and greeted every passenger personally and handed over the portable IFE Digiplayer. Digiplayer offered limited IFE but more than okay for a 3 hrs flight. Lunch was very tasty. Arrival at Moscow Sheremetyevo newest Terminal D. SVO- HAM also at Terminal D - quick Check-In / AFL own lounge without window but offers better quality and quantity of refreshments than Hamburg lounge. Return flight with same great experience. AFL offers an excellence Business class product much better than those established European Airlines.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_232", "text": "Very fast check-in at LAX however the lounge wasn't open which was awkward. Flight to MEX was comfortable however the flight attendant couldn't be bothered to do anything with the meal and the omelette was served cold. Club Premier lounge in DF was great with food wine and showers. Flight to Sao Paulo was average food was great however I didn't think the seat was as comfortable as LAN. All in all decent - much better than an American airline to S America.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_233", "text": "Flew JFK-MEX on their red-eye flight. Did Web check-in and made a quick baggage drop. Movie and two TV episodes as inflight entertainment. A nice sandwich for midnight snack/dinner. Early Departure and early arrival to MEX. Bags were already waiting in carrousel after arrival.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_234", "text": "Arrived at terminal 1 30mins late due to air traffic. Had another 2.5 hrs to collect baggage and check in at terminal 5 for a domestic flight on BA. A fast walk to the baggage claim took about 20mins and thereafter waited another 30mins for the baggage to arrive. By the time someone accepted us at one of the many empty counters it was already too late. We missed our connection I strongly recommend allowing at least 4 hrs to connect from terminal 1 to 5. The airline itself is very good. Clean and new A321 friendly flight crew and free drinks onboard meal was average.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_235", "text": "Flight transfer is very easy to navigate in Dublin and on this flight you actually pre-clear US customs in Dublin which is an added bonus. Business Class cabin extremely spacious on the A330 and you are warmly greeted with a nice amenity kit bottled water and champagne. Business Class dining is superb and well worth the upgrade cost in itself with a good choice of entrees. Service includes hot canap\u00e9s salad and main cheese and biscuits together with a choice of desserts. You won't go hungry! Cabin crew are attentive and if you require extra refreshments you only have to ask. On return to Dublin you also get continental breakfast. Seats are comfortable and fully adjustable to how you want. There are extra buttons in the arm rest which allows you to individually control different parts of the seat including massage. IFE good although they seemed to have dimmed the brightness of the screen recently so you may need to close the window blind to watch. Overall great experience and have already booked Business Class for my next trip to Boston in October.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_236", "text": "Staff provided warm professional service - first rate. Experience from check-in to baggage claim was hassle free. Business class food was great - much better than expected. Seat was very comfortable. Really good value for money - certainly will fly with them again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_237", "text": "Boarding in Amsterdam was the horror - more than half an hour at the business class check in and total mess in the departure area. AMS-SVO was okay. Old B767 clean but worn no entertainment nice food the crew unengaged and strangely non-relaxed. Transfer in SVO had slightly improved since the last time but the same one has to get all the luggage travel with it about 1 km and check in again. The navigation system in the terminal is confusing but manageable. Business lounge in the domestic departure terminal D is small heavily smelling with tobacco and a strange selection of food - basically only rolls and cookies. A bit more food is available from the bar for extra pay. SVO-KJA a new A321; the seats were standard economy class with standard pitch which was a bit painful in the overnight flight food good the crew was slightly more attentive to passenger needs. The return flight was the same with the only comment that business lounge in the Terminal F is way worse than in the Terminal D - not clean even stronger tobacco smell and no food at all but Terminal F is terrible in itself so no big surprise. It is a recommendation for this route but only because this is the only option available.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_238", "text": "Very attentive crew . Good and adequate food crew offering water . Leather seats comfortable and clean 777-300. More IFE options of movies and other programmes would make it better.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_239", "text": "Good quick check and priority lane in busy Bangkok airport luggage slow off in Almaty (did not get priority despite the label). Good crew and food and wine. The 757 from Bangkok to Almaty was a little tired and angled seats should exclude an airline from four star status. The service from Almaty to Astana was good - a full meal served. From Astana to Novosibirsk there were problems in security checks and no fast lane for business class passengers. Staff helped people with tight connections. The domestic Business lounge in Almaty is very poor but the new lounge in Astana was good. I don't think that they deserve their four star rating but they are improving and the English of the Cabin attendants is a lot better than when I first flew with them 10 years ago. I will continue to choose to fly with them in Central Asia.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_240", "text": "Flight a Embraer 190 with personal entertainment with TV series and documentaries and some CD's. The entertainment system failed twice but the crew reactivated it quick. Did not expected entertainment on a domestic flight. The crew offered a sandwich with a drink. Good legroom at emergency exit but the normal seats also offered good legroom for this short flight of 1.5 hrs. Departed 2O mins early and landed 40 mins early in Iguazu.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_241", "text": "Outstanding service for the economy class good food very nice ground staff and crew. Fleet is modern with B777 with high quality entertainment system. Seat pitch tight and slightly cramped. RUN airport is small and allows very short connecting time if need to continue journey to east or Saint Pierre airport.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_242", "text": "Check-in interesting as there are no computers and everything is weighed manually. Ground crew cordial but not overly friendly. Flight crews were friendly and always helpful. Catering is good for the short flights with croissants and drinks being offered on even the shortest of flights (unthinkable in Europe). Aircraft's were always spotless and comfortable.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_243", "text": "Clean modern aircraft. Served breakfast and drinks by friendly flight crew. Flights on time and terminal 2 in Mexico city airport out is amazing.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_244", "text": "Ground crew eager to help and facilitate flights on time comfortable journeys with nice meals on board.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_245", "text": "It was a fantastic flight crew helpful and smiling. All announcements very clear understandable and most important things for me multi-language Turkish English Russian and Kazakh. The way aircraft was new.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_246", "text": "First leg on B738 and E190 on the way back. Comfortable flights given that I had cheapest economy ticket and got seated in premium seat in the front of the aircraft on an outbound flight. Some breakfast items on quite a short flights were a nice touch and crew were friendly. Good value for money.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_247", "text": "The flight was great! On time and arrived early in Moscow on a nice Airbus A330. The plane was fairly new. The seats bathrooms and interior of the plane was excellent. The food on the transatlantic flight there and back were both great. Chicken or fish with veggies bread and chocolate. The only complaint I would make is they serve the drinks and wait too long to serve the food. They served the drinks 15 mins before the food was served so by the time I got my food I had no drink. The service was 7 of 10. The flight from Moscow to Kiev was excellent as well. 1hr and 15mins on time. Overall Aeroflot is a good airline I would fly with them again!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_248", "text": "It was very good value for money. Flights mostly on time inflight service exceptional and friendly FA's. Helpful ground staff. Overall this will be my preferred carrier to Greece.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_249", "text": "Clean modern 737 aircraft that departed on time professional bi-lingual flight attendants. Inflight service consisted of just a drink service (with free booze) and a pack of peanuts. Their terminal 2 at Mexico City is a beautiful modern facility. Its just a shame they don't offer online check in or self service check in.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_250", "text": "We booked via Delta so expected to pay for baggage and have no meals. But Aeromexico baggage still free and nice meals on long leg of trip both ways. Drink and snack on 35 minute Acapulco-MEX leg. Staff were charming and helpful. We had a delay leaving Acapulco and the agent who checked us in for the flight came and told us that the flight was delayed leaving Mexico City. He had rebooked our flight to LAX and changed our baggage claim tags. We both had first class seats assigned. Unfortunately we both found the new first class seat design on the 737-800 torturous. The headrest appears to have been designed for crash test dummies. We had been much more comfortable in our coach seats.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_251", "text": "Both flights on time. Excellent service from Irish cabin crew. Food for purchase but reasonably priced and tasty. Only complaint was lack of staff at passport control in Dublin so long queues. Cant understand. Felt sorry for All non EU passport holders. Not Aer Lingus fault but only glitch in otherwise faultless travel experience.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_252", "text": "Red-eye flight from Beijing to Almaty on B757-200. The aircraft is old but well-attended. Seats are ok. Cabin crew speak good English. Catering was served in the middle of the flight. Passengers who were sleeping were not offered their meals and amenity kits. Arrived early. Almaty-Astana-Moscow on A320. Food is tasty. Good choice of drinks including alcohol. Entertainment is outdated - just magazines music and a movie. Both flights on time. Smooth landings. We checked our baggage straight from Beijing to Moscow. It was a bit risky with 2 stop-overs but the airline staff assisted us in Kazakhstan and checked if the bags followed us. They were very helpful and the ground crew were efficient because our baggage arrived safely at SVO. I would recommend Air Astana if the prices are adequate.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_253", "text": "On the upper deck on the way to Argentina: service was good food as well - seat worked and slept nearly the whole flight. On the way back on the much smaller lower deck flight attendant was somewhat short-sighted and set everyone in wrong seats - we had our laughs. Seat was a bit broken but found some sleep. Food wasn't so good on the flight back to Europe.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_254", "text": "Nice and fast check-in procedures inside the beautiful Aeromexico lounge at new Terminal 2. Flight operated by a freshly re-painted B737-800 - first time I experience an almost 6 hour flight on this kind of plane but the interior was clean and confortable so this was not a big issue. The only problem was that we were at row 12 just before the emergency exit so our seats would not recline for safety reasons: I would have appreciated to be informed about that before the assignment! Meal was served very early (6pm) considering mexican habits but I did not eat so I cannot judge. Crew polite even if not very friendly. We arrived at Lima half an hour ahead of schedule. Overall a positive experience but the price could have been more competitive (we paid EUR 1.000 for two economy tickets).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_255", "text": "The seating was standard European Business with the middle seat blocked. The highlight of the flight was the meal which was a pasta dish with shrimp calamari and tomato sauce - simply excellent. Friendly crew and good service as well as the meal.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_256", "text": "Booked at the last minute because of the BA strike. BMI lounge excellent at T1 Swissport lounge at Athens almost as good. Modern clean A321-200 seats 2A/C outbound  1D/F inbound. FAs excellent. Food service rather rushed outbound with no pre-lunch drinks and no offer of champagne pre take-off. Food average quality but good to have the Greek accent. Food service and quality similar inbound and still no sign of champagne. IFE unusually provided on a 4 hr flight but consisted of just a single film on overhead drop-down LCD screens. Priority baggage return worked remarkably well both outbound and inbound and the general efficiency of the new Athens airport was a delight. Overall a good product.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_257", "text": "In general I would say that it is a very good company as long as everything goes well and you DONT need anything from the customer support. In that case you have to wait for hours (sometimes days) for someone to pick up the phone quite often to tell you that she/he is not competent to respond to your question and as such your call will be forwarded. Surprisingly 9 out of 10 times nobody will pick up the forwarded call. Another malicious trick they are doing is saying that you should wait for the responsible person to call you. Something that may happen after a week or so if you get lucky. They also have the bad habit of not informing the passengers for delays or other unexpected event that may jeopardise the trip. I missed a flight once (one of the very few that departed that day) because the advice of the Athens airport information desk (Aegean did not pick up the phone or the line was busy from 9 in the morning till midnight) to to my question if the flight will be delayed-cancelled or not was to go at the airport four o'clock in the morning and hope that the flight will take place otherwise ask the Aegean people there. I didn't risk it. As a result I was waiting 4 months to get the taxes from the ticket back. There are also hidden charges as using the internet to book tickets involves a fee the same applies though if you book the tickets by phone.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_258", "text": "EDITORIAL MESSAGE Due to concerns about authenticity of the review submitted and/or the user's name being that of the airline customer as stated on their submit form this comment has been deleted.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_259", "text": "Flight left on time food decent (two services on this 6 hour flight lunch and snack before landing) although the main lunch was pretty small and all types of drinks free. This airline has a pretty bad reputation for being late but it seems they are buying new planes and things are getting slowly better. For me it was all I could ask for - cheap nonstop and good service. The only change would be to have some sort of in flight entertainment.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_260", "text": "Everything went extremely smoothly from luggage check in to luggage pick up. The personnel on the ground and on board was extremely friendly and efficient. The only drawback of the airline is the food selection and quality.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_261", "text": "Economy class. Full house. A bit of a mess at the gate at Frankfurt due to the airline's boarding policy last rows board first. Most people did not know or did not understand this so they waited for their turn as close to the gate agent as possible and as a consequence there was some pushing. Left with a delay of 10 minutes. Very hard working and helpful crew they spoke good English and were always around offering something. Economy passengers received a comfort kit somehow basic but still a nice touch. Inflight entertainment is pre-historic small flat screens hanging from the roof every few metres showing just one film and a couple of cartoons. Drink service several choices including alcohol. Meal service with two options fish or chicken. Nice cheesecake for dessert. Finally after the trays had been collected crew served vanilla ice cream. Although the flight took almost 6 hours with an arrival time of 6 am no breakfast was served. Coffee or tea would have been appreciated especially given the 2 hour immigration queue at Astana upon landing. Overall a more than acceptable experience. I would not hesitate to recommend this airline.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_262", "text": "All in all it was a great flight no delays staff were extremely friendly as always check-in was simple and they also offered to check in my carry on luggage free of charge. If Aer Lingus flew from Stansted I'd fly with them anytime I was going home.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_263", "text": "I didn't expect too much and therefore I was really surprised by the airline and the new terminal at Sheremetyevo airport. The crew members were friendly and could speak good English. Very good hot meal and comfortable seats. I was very satisfied.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_264", "text": "The cabin crew were warm and helpful. I hadn't requested a vegetarian meal but the stewardess was nice enough to bring me extra salads and rolls. They came by often with drink service and to collect trash. The movies and shows available were great. I'm a very nervous flyer and as we were preparing to land a stewardess talked me through it and was very comforting.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_265", "text": "Short flights okay (only coach class but they kept the seat next to me free). Business class seats fully flat really great if you sleep on the side (otherwise might be a bit short) staff extremely friendly meals rather uninspired (I had a pre-ordered vegetarian meal). Entertainment has a nice selection however I slept most of the time. Would fly with Air Berlin in business class.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_266", "text": "Both flights arrived on time. Good food and excellent alcohol selection. Service friendly and efficient. PEK-ALA on 767 and ALA-SVO on 321 old but well maintained. Generous legroom. No individual entertainment. Overall very good value for money.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_267", "text": "Booking check-in all very straight forward only problem is had to queue along with other passengers at Southend Airport as no separate bag drop for online check in pax. Flight on time and first time in ATR42 aircraft. Very comfortable seating even with bags under seat in front of you. Allocated seating and not being treated like cattle is a big thumbs up from me. With this airline and Southend airport it has bought my faith back in commercial aviation. Would definitely use Air Lingus Regional again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_268", "text": "Overall good flight but service could have been better for business class. Old looking cabin on A300. FA's older and quite reserved. No repeat servings and one had to ask for a drink refill. Catering good from HKG and meal very tasty. Seat comfort is ok but not designed for taller person. Priority luggage tags mean nothing with Aeroflot almost for sure your \"priority\" tagged luggage will show up last! Result was 55 mins wait at the luggage belt for delivery. SVO airport F terminal chaos at customs as usual.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_269", "text": "Prior to the flight newspapers were distributed. We were then stuck in a jam while taxiing prior to take-off. Service onboard was plain and overall very correct. I have low interest in IFE though the little I tried seemed quite correct. We were served dinner and breakfast the former with wine. We arrived on time. The transfer went smoothly and the second leg was as pleasant as the other. The fare was 30-40% cheaper than on other airlines doing the route. Great value for money and solid level of quality.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_270", "text": "All flights were on time. Onboard service was great. Comfortable seats and great entertainment lot of movies music and games. Meals were lovely on BUD-SVO flight - cold meal with two drinks juice and coffee/tea. On SVO-DEL flight warm meal was served - they gave us menu before dinner so we could choose. Lot of drinks served. Cabin staff can be more polite.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_271", "text": "Excellent service for the second time this year. The short flight Glasgow to Dublin is on a prop plane but is perfectly adequate for the short distance. Dublin-Orlando includes good entertainment food and most courteous cabin crew. A330 was very clean.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_272", "text": "Nice A321 to Moscow with good meal. Sheveremeteyvo Airport Terminals DE and F now interlinked though website states still bus link. B767's are old and on boarding it was noticeable that the interior had not been refurbished. Once airborne the service and food excellent. The seats were comfortable and the overhead TV had some good films. Return flight from Beijing on new Airbus A330-300 very pleasant and comfortable. Good personal seatback entertainment system with very wide screens for economy class. Lots of choice though some movies not up to date. Food good again. A321 to LHR only half full cabin crew pleasant and attentive food fine and only problem was that cabin lights not dimmed for night flight.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_273", "text": "Very polite and professional staff onboard. Excellent serving of special meals as ordered at booking and excellent care for children and aged passengers. I would recommend providing more toiletries (hand lotion combs etc). If possible please consider other supplier of noise-reducing earplugs those available in the passenger's pouch now don't reduce the noise and pressure discomfort in the cabin.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_274", "text": "Although the flight was a little late leaving Alicante due to slow loading of passengers and hand luggage the actual journey was a pleasant experience. I thought all the staff were friendly and courteous. Arriving into Dublin well after midnight all the staff were still smiling and pleasant as passengers disembarked. I will travel again with EI as long as staff continue to smile and look like they care about passengers.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_275", "text": "Both flights on time. Great to clear USA immigration in Dublin. Inflight service outbound efficient but staff not as friendly as normal. Inbound staff excellent nothing too much trouble. Inflight entertainment good but on return had to ask for it to be turned on for the whole aircraft. Staff forgot. Then it had to be rebooted. All told took an hour before the IFE was up and running. All flights on time. Seats standard economy seats but comfortable enough. Great to be domestic flight into the USA. Took 15 mins from getting off the aircraft to kerbside.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_276", "text": "Short haul flights with A320. Lots of legroom new planes. Long haul flight with new A330-300 legroom ok but bad seats who got pretty painful after a while good IFE with pretty good selection of movies. General comments : staff is good but not too enthusiastic. Food average. You have to pay for alcoholic drinks on long haul flights (alcohol banned on some flights).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_277", "text": "18. After years and years of flying with UA and having to transfer in Europe it was a relief to fly non-stop to Berlin. The cabin was clean the staff was very helpful and the food was quite acceptable. The seats were comfortable. We had requested wheelchair assistance at both ends and it was ready and waiting.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_278", "text": "Flight was a bit shaky due to monsoon season nothing that captain could do about it the aircraft was new clean food was fine crew very attentive especially the young male attendant on the way back who was superb. The seats were fine too but when the person in front reclined his seat there was unfortunately not much space to move especially with the little one on your laps. Overall it was very pleasant experience and we will fly with Air Berlin again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_279", "text": "Most comfortable.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_280", "text": "Flights early in both directions. flight attendants attentive and friendly. Plane on outward journey was 23 years old! Seats were old and tatty but nonetheless clean and comfortable. Return flight on a modern aircraft which was in immaculate condition. Comfortable leather seats made the journey more endurable and the plane was spotless.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_281", "text": "The weather was deteriorating and we were caught off guard by a typhoon heading our way. We got rebooked for free quick and friendly service. At the gate the flights would all be cancelled. The flight was bulk loaded pilots ready. The first delay occurred as extra service agents were called to the gate and were providing information to the passengers. After an hour delay we observed extra pilots boarding as well we learned the captain after deliberating safety being his major concern decided to fly out. A quick boarding nearly full flight and we took off in heavy winds and weather while dark. Despite the weather the pilot remarked thanking us for coming along for the ride saying Hang tight and nice flight which broke the tension. Even though it was a bumpy flight the crew were really calm and nice which calmed us all they spoke English too. It's times like this they must remain calm and they did. Not one time did we feel anything other than our safety was what was most important. A very capable and friendly airline.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_282", "text": "Seats in business are rather tired but still comfortable and service is very good; Air Astana FA's are always professional and friendly. Good food both in economy and business. Flights operated on time. Overall this again was a good experience and I would recommend using KC rather than other domestic carriers (which are to be honest very few in Kazakhstan).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_283", "text": "Both times just after 1PM. No delay on first flight half-hour delay on second but reduced to 20 minutes on arrival. Hand luggage was slightly (about 1 inch) too broad but was never measured or weighed and therefore it wasn't a problem. Both flights about three quarters filled - all single travelers myself included got either a window or aisle seat with the middle seat left clear. Friendly staff and clean planes. On short haul flights no television screens with flight information. Available food on plane very limited. Inflight magazine one of the most boring I've read so far. Good value for money I'd use them again but not for a flight with a layover since (small) delays seem to be common.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_284", "text": "Service was very good steward was friendly and attentive food on the flight from Dublin to Boston two levels higher to rate than on the flight home (over seasoned crab cakes and greasy) I immediately got a different menu offered.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_285", "text": "A333's between BOS and DUB were clean comfortable and had great entertainment systems. The inflight meal was pretty good for airline food and the service was very good. A320's between DUB and BCN were clean and a little less leg room. They charged for everything including water. When boarding in BCN they weighed our carry on luggage (never had carry ons weighed on any airline ever before including the flight to BCN) one was a bit over so we had to check it at an extra 50 euro.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_286", "text": "Whilst not at the level of top airlines I had no problems at all. Flights on time. Food OK. Planes relatively new and clean. Happy to continue as is quickest route for me and no complaints.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_287", "text": "Aeroflot was good for the given price. The customer service was up to the mark (eg. I didnt confirm veg meal while booking but attendant once informed remembered to bring me veg meal with a smile). I found it to be a cultural thing with the russians which you should be open enough to accept it. Things can be little chaotic at Moscow airport. Check which airplanes they are flying on given routes and make booking accordingly - Airbus they had were new.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_288", "text": "Very good fast efficient and friendly staff. At GMP ground handling done by Asiana so all the traditional quirks of this great airlines. Served water and OJ on this very short flight.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_289", "text": "The plane leg room and food were ok nothing too great but adequate. Entertainment is rather limited especially when you are offered the same films on the way back. Passengers were sober and quiet but they did not react security calls and moved around cabins in a random manner. A huge queue to go through a single transit desk in Moscow. One machine - a real embarrassment. Airport is a 19th Century with coffee costing \u00a35. We needed some help with finding a gate. I approached 6 airport staff - all were abrupt rude and unhelpful (I am bi-lingual and tried both languages). Staff in the plane were polite but still no smiles as in other airlines. There were numerous delays in all locations. I have to say that the price was very good so will go again. Please smile more and show more films.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_290", "text": "I was promised 500 miles for online check in which didn't work. Airport check in a breeze. Boarding was chaotic A321 spotless with good seat pitch. Fast baggage delivery. Onboard experience was somewhat spoilt with inedible breakfast snack and young crew members who looked lost and helpless. English announcements were hard to comprehend.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_291", "text": "Nevertheless it was good that Air Berlin efficiently recognised my One World Emerald/Platinum Status so I had pre-allocated good seats and quick check-in with early 'pre-board' on every sector. I also pre-ordered their hot meals and bought myself some wine on-board so not a bad experience overall. The return flight back from Antalya was somewhat bizarre but enjoyable with only 10 out of 210 seats occupied so it was essentially an empty aircraft - all other flights were full (and all on-time). Priority luggage does not appear to be recognised. All in all quite a pretty good experience and which reminded me for the benefit of my fellow countrymen very much like some of the better Jetstar flights and experiences in Australia.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_292", "text": "Boeing 737-700 round trip. Same equipment. Check in was fast both ways. We checked in 1 bag. You can have 1 free (23kg) bag checked in. Pretty much left gate on time both ways. Seats were comfortable but jiggly. I got the seat of the passenger sitting in front of me in my lap during take off both ways. Air Berlin says on their website state they will give you a free non alcoholic drinks and a Ham/Cheese sandwich on flights over 90min. We got a choice of \"sweet or salty\". Note: If you choose \"sweet\" you will get a waffle bar. If you choose \"salty\" you will get a bag of chilli potato chips. Drink choices of coke products and juice/coffee. It would have been nice if they asked if you want a \"waffle bar\" or a \"bag of potato chips\" because I was confused. An overall average flight. Left on time and landed on time. Good value for money.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_293", "text": "One thing that stands out is that they are not consistent. The crew (under-staffed) do not work as a tight team and so the service is often all over the place. Being a TopBonus Gold member makes no difference at all except for priority check-in lounge access and pre-aboard. I always fly economy and choose to sit at the back I usually miss a choice of meal the seat next to me is rarely kept free and the regular collection of rubbish from your seat is very poor or non-existent. I often disembark with a seat pocket full of rubbish or I take it with me to the toilets during the flight. When pressing the call button they attend to your seat turn the call button off and then a give quick glance to see if you actually wanted anything. Water is given to you in a bottle there is no mid-flight juice/water service. When boarding they have 1-2 crew members greeting passengers while the rest stand in the galley no effort to emerge and help people find seats store luggage etc. I fly Etihad frequently and am shocked at the tie-up the two airlines have - complete opposites when it comes to service. I have a tomato allergy for which I can rarely get a special meal so when boarding I ask them to make sure they put aside a meal that does not contain tomato this request is often met with no response or an attitude of that is a lot of work of 14 in the last year only once did a crew member actually give me a crew meal. I now take my own food. Have tried several times to upgrade to business class with miles but never been able too. On a positive note the long- haul aircraft is modern IFE is excellent and seat comfort is ok and they are nearly always on-time. I have flown business class a few times and they are excellent - there is however only two business class cabin crew for 19-20 people so if full I imagine service would be different when I have flown there is only a 10-12 people in business class.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_294", "text": "As an OW Sapphire member I was able to reserve a seat for free in advance additionally because I made the seat reservation only 3 days prior to departure I was able to obtain an XL seat free of charge which is something that Air Berlin normally does not offer its OW partner members. On the flight to TXL the plane type was changed without advance notice so I ended up with a normal seat but on the way back I enjoyed the larger legroom. I must say that if you're taller than 6'2 the normal seats are at the limit of what one could call comfortable. Though there is no pain or pressure in any way. The fare cost less than 5$ the rest made up of various taxes and fees and it ended up costing me around 120$. I like the fact that overall the service was good enough for this amount of low fare. Along with the good public transport connections in ZRH and TXL door-to-door cost me 135$. Departure was on time in both cases. Staff was friendly in both cases though there was nothing special about food and beverages being offered. No inflight entertainment at all bring your own.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_295", "text": "Outbound: BHX very quiet no queue for check-in all on time A320 clean the seat is fine for such a short flight. At Dublin the transfer was pretty smooth took approx 30 mins to pre-clear US Customs and Immigration. You don't collect and recheck your bag it's checked through and you are shown a picture of it on the belt to confirm it's yours etc. Boarded A330-300 clean tidy good AVO generally a nice plane to be on. Sat in the 2 row mini-cabin at the front quietest flight I've been on. Recaro seat is fairly decent. Food was perfectly edible and the crew were helpful and friendly. Arrived early into JFK bags came within a few mins. Return flight much the same exact plane and seat. 30 mins late boarding but made up most of it - arrived 5 mins late. Transfer was much easier and quicker A330-A320 in 30 mins left ahead of schedule arrived early to BHX and was quickly out of the airport. Overall very happy and I think this will now be my preferred route to the East Coast saves the trek to LHR.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_296", "text": "Seasonal route to Naples. Outstanding product service and price. Beats any US airline. Professional pilots and FA pleasant and clean cabin A330-300 decent pitch IFE. Armrest does not raise all the way. DUB-NAP on clean A320 Sky Deli edible enough price competitive with airport. Return DUB-JFK A330 bulk seat 9D in private cabin behind Business. Cool spot IFE screen folds with armrest. DUB T2 is small and efficient transfer.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_297", "text": "Though almost fully booked on both ways boarding was smoothly (maybe due to new boarding process). Crew - as always at Air Berlin - a bit of a mixed box: varying from friendly with a personal touch to absolutely indifferent. Seat quality and choice of snacks and beverages very good for a short hop. Arrival 5 min late both ways - so almost on time. All in all good domestic product and value for money.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_298", "text": "Flight from WAW to TXL on a new Bombardier Q400 short and smooth. Flights from TXL to AUH and from AUH to HKT on the A330-200 were half empty so it was very comfortable having 4 seats in the middle row to sleep all by myself. Same thing on the way back. Service was great as well I can't complain at all.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "airline", "split": "validation", "example_id": "airline_validation_299", "text": "To my surprise, me and family did not have any negative experiences a lot of other commenters had. I'm 5'10 and found the seats to have average legroom just like any other airline I've flown. The crew were professional, helped out immediately when someone needed it, and served with a smile. The food to me was good, obviously not restaurant fancy, but good and filling. Drinks and bottled water, not tap, was offered every now and then. Although there is no screen in front of you to provide you with in-flight entertainment or location, they have an app that you can download on your Apple or Android where you can access some good movies from. I had no problem connecting to it and it kept me entertained for the long flight. Overall, I would fly with them again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_0", "text": "A book intended to deflect attention from Arab racism\n\tThis book is essentially about how culture is used to promote the interest of stronger, imperial powers.  Said condemns intellectuals in the West who in his eyes are \"agents of exploitation\".  Yet Said himself is an agent of racism.  \n\nA Pan Arabist, he always supported Arab unity and \"Islam\" at the expense of non-Arab and non-Moslem peoples.  Said directs and manipulates the Western taste for self criticim, and all that does is deflect the world's attention from Arab and Moslem attrocities committed against Christians, Kurds, Jews, Israelis, Coptic Christians, non-Arab Sudanese, etc.  \n\nThus, reading Said, you would never realize that Sadam Hussein's poisoning of the Kurds has never been condemned by one Arab intellectual or leader.  This is because a racist prevalent attitude in the Arab mind is that the entire Middle East should be Arab.  This also explains the attitude towards Israel, a country that is predominantly non-Moslem and speaks a Middle Eastern language other than Arabic.\n\nThe pity is that Said himself is a Christian, yet he never spoke on behalf of Coptic Christians in Egypt, or the right of Christians to practice their faith in Saudi Arabia and probably other places in the Arab World.  He is facilitating the overall aim of PanArab Nationalists by distracting the West from what is happening in the Arab world.  \n\nFor a better understanding of relations between the West and Islam, I recommend books by Bernard Lewis, such as \"The Moslem Discovery of Europe\" and the \"Jews of Islam\".  I also recommend books by the Egyptian scholar and Jewish refugee Yael Bat Yeor, such as \"The Dhimmi\".", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_1", "text": "Is This BOOK Made Of 100% American Products? Nope!\n\tOh, yes - this is a very fine book... for me to poop on! \n\nIn other words, it's a JOKE book. It's just another one of a half dozen duds out there, all trying to slam whoever happens to be the #1 retailer at the time - this decade it's Wal-Mart. \n\nForeign countries paying their workers less? Blame Wal-Mart! Worker insurance prices going sky high because the medical industry over-estimates it's fees? Blame Wal-Mart! Crooked unions feeling threatened they'll get their butts kicked by non-union competition? Blame Wal-Mart! Etc., etc.\n\nYou just have to laugh at how these semi-journalistic schlockmeisters try so desperately to compare themselves to a real activist like Micheal Moore, who actually accomplishes some social good once in awhile. \n\nBut you know who's REALLY laughing? That's right - Wal-Mart. That's because they've ALREADY built their thousands of stores, and been in business for over 40 years, so it's way too late now for these mealy-mouthed media wannabes to do anything about it! \n\nAnd what do these ersatz authors expect at this very late date, anyway? That millions of consumers, during these roller-coaster economic times, will be instantly brainwashed by these new crackpot books and then suddenly start to \"boycott lower prices\"? Ha! Ha! Ha! \n\nLike I said, this has got to be just another joke book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_2", "text": "Free Money\n\tThis was one of five books that I brought from Amazon.com and by far the worst of the lot.  This man has one idea about how the government really works.  Take it from me I have been with the IRS for five years", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_3", "text": "Over rated\n\tThis book is not as good as i thought it would be.  I hope i have better readings with Bryan Tracy's Advance selling", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_4", "text": "The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Review\n\tInspired by his uncle, Eddie, who worked at an amusement park, Albom writes a well-coordinated tale of people who connect here and in the afterlife, which is described by him as a very materialistic ambience. The concept is old: a better life beyond and a reason for the people with whom you cross paths. There are concepts to be learned from the five people. The story is delightful and cavalier.\n\nTrish New, author of The Thrill of Hope and South State Street Journal", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_5", "text": "Let Me Save You Some Time\n\tIf you're thinking of reading this book, let me save you some time--don't.  I like a good literary read as much as the next guy (really), and make it a point to read all the Pulitzer winners, but this book, in perfectly plain English, sucked.  There is no plot, no beginning, middle or end, and is so tedious and boring that I actually started reading it from the back forward.  It didn't help, but it didn't make a wit of difference either.  Do your self a favor and skip it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_6", "text": "This book is Bedlam!\n\tThe back cover to this book was intriguing, and captured me immediately. The writing, however, was so plodding, so inconsistent, and so non-sequential that it was painful to get through to the end. This is aside from the fact that this man appears to be socially inept and unable to manage his affairs from day to day.  I can't believe that this book made it past the editors.  In one paragraph Jon Katz tells how Rose is the only dog for the job of helping him capture his runaway herd of sheet, and in the next he says that Rose is too young to herd sheep.  In one paragraph he can't live without his wife, she gives his very existence meaning, and throughout the book he describes how he lives apart from her in order to...what was it again?  Oh, right, herd sheep!  At one point the dog he loves the most is also the one he can't connect to and finally gives away.  And then can't stop visiting, even though everyone knows how confusing that would be to a dog. And why is he wondering why the world looks at grown men funny when they hang around too much with teenage boys - there's a reason, Jon!\n\nIf you care at all about literarure, stay away from this book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_7", "text": "At least one story told wrong\n\tI'm an avid reader of history, as well as processing a degree in the subject.  So imagine my surprise when, after receiving this book from a friend of mine for Christmas, I read the erroneous account of the Children's Crusade of 1212.  I had done research on this topic, so I was horrified to read the completely inaccurate account of what occurred.  Had the author not read any historical analysis on the subject from the last 50 years?  If he had, he would have realized that there were actually two crusades - one consisting of mainly French people led by Stephen of Cloyes who, when told to turn back by King Philip II, did so.  That ended that crusade.  The other one, led by a shepherd from Germany named Nicholas, led a group across the Alps into Italy.  Some left for home while others continued on to Rome.  It's interesting to note that in Rome, many received dispensations from their crusading vows because these \"children\" were either too old or because they were pregnant.  Perhaps until relatively recently, people believed in the Children's Crusade because it represented a morality play or because some historians gave too much credit to chronicles (like Chronica Albrici monachi Trium Fontium) which were written long after the crusade supposedly occurred, rather than relying on more contemporary sources.  Nor did they realize that the latin word \"pueri\" used in the chronicles can have several meanings (such as unmarried men rather than  children). \n\nIn the final analysis, you just can't rely on books like these to really teach you history.  The best you can do is read what they tell you and then try to verify it.  If only the author had bothered to check the History Channel's own account of the Children's Crusade on their website, or perhaps read the excellent paper done by Peter Raedts in the Journal of Medieval History, or even just checked out the brief but accurate entry online in wikipedia.  The book gave two pages to this event, and sadly got it completely wrong.\n\nFor this gross oversight, I am compelled to give it one star.  Readers of history, never just believe what you read - verify", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_8", "text": "Great, perhaps, for English majors, but boring for my bookclub.\n\tAmerican Pastoral was repetitious to the Nth degree. I read the Human Stain a few years ago, and it was good.  But, in Pastoral, the reader is put through a zillion permutations of possible dialogs between the Swede and a psychoanalyst, and between his daughter Merry and a psychoanalyst, but absent the psychoanalyst: Roth is our psychoanalyst. What he misses, however, is that we simply have to realize that interpersonal dynamics are sometimes beyond our control. The Swede never failed as a father; rather, he failed because he couldn't let go of his sense of responsibility for her", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_9", "text": "Almost turned me off to Heinlein\n\tI've been a fan of Heinlein's SF for just about as long as I've been an SF fan at all (somewhere around thirty-five years). But when I read this collection some twenty-odd years ago, it nearly turned me off to the old man altogether.\n\nThe fiction is pretty good (although even that isn't Heinlein's best). But to describe the nonfiction accurately, I'd have to use words that Amazon will remove from the review anyway.\n\nFor the most part, the pieces collected here represent a side of Heinlein I strongly dislike. Though I respect _Starship Troopers_, it's never going to be my favorite Heinlein novel no matter how many times we quibble over the precise definition of \"fascism\" -- and I'm not going to have much respect for the nonfiction in this collection.\n\nAnd mind you, it's not because I disagree with Heinlein's opinions; it's because he gave bad arguments for them and called other people nasty names when they differed. Some of the stuff collected here is tendentious to the point of being propagandistic. (At least in his fiction, he was able to create characters with points of view that differed from his and get into their heads well enough to present them sympathetically -- in short, to grok them. Not here, boy.)\n\nHeinlein (who bought into the Korzybski/General Semantics fad pretty early on) spent a lot of years dismissing philosophers as tailchasers who derive their premises from their conclusions. But his own attempt at philosophy, as represented here in e.g. \"The Pragmatics of Patriotism\", is very nearly the worst writing on ethical philosophy I've ever seen.\n\nThen, too, people who knew Heinlein report that despite his overall gentlemanly demeanor, he could be pretty churlish toward people who disagreed with him. Well, he's certainly unpleasant here; anybody who doesn't agree with him on the need for massive nuclear buildup is dismissed as a poltroon or a custard-head. Even in the unlikely event that I thought he were _right_, I wouldn't find this a very helpful approach.\n\nPerhaps more surprisingly, his popular writings on _science_ aren't very good. Asimov's reputation as the \"great explainer\" is in no danger here.\n\nThis volume is second only to _Grumbles from the Grave_ in cementing Heinlein's posthumous reputation as a rather mean-spirited fellow whose fictional characters were generally much better company than he was. When I want Heinleinian company, I'll stick to D.B. Davis, Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis, and (maybe) Lazarus Long.\n\nAnd when I want to read some humane nonfiction by an SF master, I'll still turn to Asimov. I credit Heinlein with three magisterial novels, several imperfect-but-great ones, and a good number of brilliant short stories. But the stuff in this book should have stayed in his drawer", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_10", "text": "Dreadful Mishmash\n\tI have to say I truly hated this book. The premise sounded interesting so I decided to give it a try.  I've read all her other books in the series and found the characters to be quirky.  This time I found her usual friends and co-workers to be boring and self involved caricatures. The groundwork was there for an interesting serial killer with complex motivation but it never developed that way. The constant head hopping was annoying and the ending came out of nowhere.  Cromwell has obviously gotten bored with her characters and it shows.  This is my last Cromwell", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_11", "text": "I wouldn't recommend this book... lacks credibility.\n\tIn his book, The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz, embodies four principles for experiencing personal freedom in life.  He says that we should be impeccable with our words, not to take anything personally, don't make assumptions, and to always do our best. The basis for some of the agreements we make with ourselves stem from early childhood training through a series of rewards and punishments from our parents.  He calls this process \"domestication\" (p. 6). Ruiz says that 95% of the beliefs we hold are nothing but lies and that most of our agreements are based upon the fear of rejection.  The agreements that he gives are meant to free us from the emotional bonds that get in the way of our personal energy and to transform our lives.\n\nWhile there are various nuggets of truth throughout the book, some of it goes off into the abyss where he takes a thought and carries it to what I would consider to be to be an illogical conclusion. In some instances he uses biblical scripture to support his claims; however, in looking further, he takes some of the passages from the Bible out of context.  Some of his ideas are presented as if they were new ideas, but I would think most of us by a young age, should already an understanding of these principles. Although his book has been highly rated, I hold the position that Mr. Ruiz lacks credibility and logic as a writer, therefore, losing good standing with me as a reader.\n\nAccording to Ruiz, as children we are not given the opportunity to choose our own beliefs.  When we go against the rules we are punished (or rewarded for compliance). The fear of rejection leads us to agree with, or become something that we are not. In essence, we become a carbon copy of someone else, such as our parents.  He says our normal tendencies are lost and we judge other people based upon these agreements.  He boldly states, lacking statistical data to back it up, that 95% of our beliefs are based upon a lie (13).\n\nThe implication is that we are merely nothing more than a society of mindless, \"domesticated\" individuals, hurting ourselves, judging and victimizing other people along the way.  This kind of thinking negates the teachings associated with parenthood and the positive aspects they bring to our lives. By his interpretation, if 95% of what we believe is a lie, then 95% of what our parents taught us is also a lie.  I would disagree.  There are many people who exist today as viable, productive members of society who I'm sure would point out they too became a copy of someone else's beliefs and values.  If these role models are only filling our heads with lies and teaching us how not to be ourselves, by his interpretation, we don't need parents, teachers, or leaders. He undermines our personal paradigms and omits that as adults we do have the ability to choose a different path, which I believe is our right of passage. By his rational we lose the ability to choose our own destiny.  Instead, we become victims of it.\n\nOne of the few things we agree upon is his first agreement, be impeccable with your word; however, he misquotes the bible (John 1:1) when he says \"In the beginning was the word and the word was with God, and the word was God.\"  He uses it to epitomize the use of \"word\" as in what one speaks (26).  Looking a little further down in that passage, it also says \"The word was made flesh and dwelt among us\".  This passage is not talking about a form of speech, or speaking, but rather \"Jesus Christ\".  Christ became flesh and dwelt among us.  In that same chapter he says that \"sin begins with rejection of yourself\" (31).  However, in Christianity it says that sin is a transgression of the law (1 John 3:4) and that sin is neglecting to do God's will (James 4:7).  It's not about self, but about disobeying God's ordinances. While I agree that watching what we say is something we all need to strive for, this is not a new concept.  Most children have learned by the age of 6 that if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all.\n\nIn his second agreement, don't take anything personally; he says that nothing people do is because of you. While this is true to some degree, he leads the reader down a path of illogical extremes when he says that even if someone took a gun and shot you in the head, it was nothing personal.  So in essence, when Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot by Amy Fisher, her expression of displeasure regarding Amy's behavior was nothing more than a fundamental form of projection because according to Ruiz \"you are dealing with yourself, not me\" (51).  No, realistically, Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot because Amy Fisher wanted her dead. This kind of logic encourages victims to remain in dysfunctional relationships and perpetrators to continue abusing victims.  As an American, I'm glad that someone took 9/11 personally.\n\nAccording to Mr. Ruiz he takes neither destructive nor constructive criticism.  It seems arrogant to place myself so far above reproach, that I would turn a deaf ear to all forms of criticism.  When my College writing professor, gave me his opinion regarding my work, if I were following the authors line of reasoning, I would believe that my professor was \"trying to poison my mind and was feeding me his emotional garbage\" as Mr. Ruiz suggests (49). I would rather believe that my instructor has my best interests at heart and is seeking to teach me how to become a better writer.\n\nAnother agreement is about not making assumptions in life.  He says when we make assumptions, in essence, we create unnecessary drama.  Unfortunately we live in a world where that is not entirely possible.  Assumption is a necessary part of a thought and reason; even within the scientific community a hypothesis (or assumption) is formed in order to test a theory.  In order come to school each day I must make assumptions that my instructor has a college degree, and that he or she must be reliable enough in life to make it to work everyday.\n\nIn his forth agreement, always do your best, he claims it is based upon the actions of the other three agreements, stating they will only work if you do your best.  Again, these are fundamental principles that almost any child has learned.  \n\nWhile Ruiz does indeed present some viable ideas, his concepts begin to unravel when he doesn't back up his statements with facts, but instead takes a basic concept and follows an illogical line of reasoning to reach his final conclusion.  I can't completely discount everything that he says, but he lost credibility with me by some of his assumptions and weak rationalizations.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_12", "text": "WORD GAMES\n\tAGELESS BODY is Deepak's attempt to neutralize the word \"old\" as in old age.  The writer has a knack for making common words, like \"body, \"mind\" and \"self,\" into profound concepts.  His technique is to overlay his abstract ideas with suggestive experimental studies.  But ambiguity in interpreting these studies abound.\n\n\tIf you like poetry, Deepak may be your read: \"The billions of changes occurring in our cells are only the passing scenery of life; (P. 36)\"  Or try to interpret this one: \"The emptiness at the core of every atom is the womb of the universe; in the flicker of thought when two neurons interact there is an opportunity for a new world to be born. (P.40)\" \n\n\tAt times he attributes to cells and DNA a creative intelligence to direct their own construction and at other times his designer is invisible.  He would make a great spokesman for the current hocus pocus over \"intelligent design.\"  He can't accept the growth of any cell, even a plant cell, without an intelligence involved.  He mentions and attacks evolution only one time on P. 115, asserting that the growth of a cell could never be a random process.\n\n\tDeepak ends up in the very same thought circle as every other writer who tries to explain life in scientific terms: Intelligence is a self organizing entity and every cell evolved is only intelligence having a conversation with itself.  Whether your word game tosses in the word \"quantum\" or not doesn't change much.  What a solipsistic thought; what a solipsistic world.  I wonder if his readers who actually experienced the oneness Deepak speaks of wouldn't, after awhile, go insane", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_13", "text": "Just what we need..........\n\tmore hate books.  How could anyone write anything so wrong", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_14", "text": "Hate Litterature\n\tWhen I read this, I was not expecting to become a commie, but at least I was hoping for something more compelling than the pure hatred of people who have more than others and the racist concsipracy theories (especially re Jews) that the authors came up with.  \n\nI understand that people accord this book some respect because it has influcenced many people.  But that is what hate litterature does.  This book is especially powerful in its attempt to find sharp class lines to allow the \"masses\" to hate", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_15", "text": "Disappointing with a capital  quot;D quot;\n\tI'm in a good mood today, and feeling generous -- hence the two stars. Secrest learned that Rodgers could be a rotten person, that he drank and was a womanizer. She then proceeds to beat us over the head with it at great length. I didn't count the words, but it seemed like she spent more time on that then she did on Rodgers and Hammerstein -- not to mention the post-Hammerstein years. We learn nothing about how these shows came about and what happened to them beyond the most cursory; it's if her research there was limited to the notes on the cast albums. I've kept most of my theater books, except for this one. It went to the used book store", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_16", "text": "A total disappointment and very depressing\n\tI've always been a huge fan of Nicholas Sparks, and I couldn't wait to read Dear John. Well, there was no reason to rush. It starts out okay, but then just gets more and more depressing. The main girl character is annoying and you hope that John will find someone who deserves him, instead of just pouting over her for most the book. \nI cannot wait for another Nicholas Sparks book, but only because I want to know that he hasn't lost his touch, and that this novel was just a fluck", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_17", "text": "Terrible\n\tIf you want to be scared and paranoid through your first pregnancy, then this is the book for you. This book has no insight on anything. It is vague. It doesnt explain anything in detail. It talks about every possible thing that could go wrong but probably wont. Each chapter lists all the symptoms you might be expeiriencing, but that is as far as that goes. Its not a very good book to turn to you if you have concerns because it will just make you have more! You might as well ask your doctor because this book constantly refers you to your doctor. It has no insight or answer for anything unless you have a high-risk pregnancy", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_18", "text": "quack quack\n\tThis guy's box is missing a few tools.Most of the stuff he quotes as fact is not supported in real life. He's full of crap. Everybody knows walking is good for you, but kevin T. starts his chapter on walking by saying that 'when you take your dog for a walk, he (or she) poops............well la-de-f_____ing-da....isn't that WHY you take your dog for a walk....because you don't want him (or her) to poop in the house. Then there's his statement that if you put your teflon pan on high heat and have a parakeet on your shoulder, the bird will keel over dead because of the poisonous gasses.......and another thing, who ever heard of an acidic body???  I think I know what planet Trudeau came from....URANU", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_19", "text": "Disappointed\n\tI really liked Suzanne Summers. I've read all her other books and have her tai chi exercise video. When I saw her on the Today show advertising this book I couldn't wait to get it.\n\nShe promotes the Schwarzbein Principle which states that being a vegetarian is unhealthy. Suzanne has an entire chapter dedicated to someone named Wendy who after 10 years of being a vegetarian was convinced to start eating meat again! Just because Wendy's particular diet was unhealthy, that doesn't mean that all vegetarians are unhealthy. There are meat eaters that have unhealthy diets. Look at all the Hindus in India, they're lifetime vegetarians and are healthy. \n\nI know that soy has been a controversial subject recently, but it's the pill form of soy that is questionable, soy it it's natural form is healthy for you. How can you say that soy is bad for you when millions of East Asians eat soy as part of their daily diet? I've read countless books and research that supports the benefits of soy.\n\nI eat a balanced vegetarian diet and get all the nutrients my body needs.  Just because one doctor doesn't believe that a vegetarian diet is healthy, doesn't make it a fact. Suzanne you've really gone too far to tell everyone to stop being a vegetarian. With that misinformation in your book, I have a hard time believing that anything else is true and fact.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_20", "text": "A Let Down\n\tThis novel is set in the 40's, when Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia) was found murdered, her body cut in two. The characters revolve around the investigation of this incident, altnough her name is changed. The chapters go back and forth between the views of two brothers: one, an amoral cop, the other, a Catholic priest, Monsignor, businessman, whatever you want to call him.  Neither one is likable, the 40's cop jargon is incomprehensible, and the Catholic politics/building programs are boring.  However, the murder is solved and the end is neatly tied up with a bow.\n\nIf old cop stories appeal to you, you might like this, but I'm sure you could find better.  Double Indemnity, for instance, is superior", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_21", "text": "This is a great book...\n\tThis is a great book if you have the right teacher. The book is very informative yet if you have no back ground in abnormal psych you might want to make sure the teacher for your course is capable of explaining it to you. I also recomend that you make sure your copy has a CD rom. The study guide and website are great tools too. They help a lot", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_22", "text": "don't -- just don't.\n\tif you have fond memories of ms steele, or no memory at all because you're new to her, please... don't read this book.\n\nliam looks like a child with his long blond hair; he acts up because no one can control him since that's what his parents tried to do to him; he sees any \"no\" as a slap in the face because once again, that's what his parents did to him.\n\nsasha looks like a cold woman with her pale skin and dark hair always pulled back; she is totally concerned about her reputation: \"but what will they think of me?\" and can't stand up for her needs; she refuses to lower her standards, but when liam leaves, she falls into a \"morbid depression\" and goes back to him.\n\nrepeat for 300 pages... \n\n\"careless,\" \"self-indulgent,\" \"filler\" are three words i'd use to describe it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_23", "text": "This serie is getting worse each book...\n\tI enjoyed the first 3 books of the Women's Murder Club. Didn't like too much the 4th (of July), but the 5th is just BAD ! What's the plot ? There is no plot ! 2 serial-killer stories try to share the pages of this not-such-a-page-turner, the 1st mystery (Car Girls) get solved mid-way throught the book and I bet plenty of readers won't remember it by the end of this painfull read... By trying to develop 2 stories, Patterson gets our interest for none. The most sad thing of all is that I used to like to Women's Murder Club members, but now they all seem so unreal, remote from anything actually likeable. And it's been the case since one of them died and another one joined the club, in the most stupid, artificial way really. Not much to save this book, it's even badly written. Don't know if Patterson thinks about writting a 6th, but don't count on me next time", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_24", "text": "One of the worst novels I have finished this year\n\tMaybe it is me but this novel was about as exciting as watching the grass grow.  It is the first mystery novel that I have read by a female author and I hope that it is not representative of the gender.  But, by the reviews here, all by women, I can see that Jance writes to that crowd.  Her readers seem to like being taken down the aimless boring pass of relationship drible. If you want to spend 10 pages with the main character sitting and talking about nothing in her mothers house or on her friends porch talking about their health than this book is for you.  It is amazing that Jance can start great with the murder scene and then 200 pages later start uncovering her first clue, the insulin bottle.  Jance gives no indication that Oak Vista or the stranded stranger are even remotely related to the story. Do not start this book it is absolutely a total waste of time.  If you want a good mystery read Coben, Crais, Patterson or Michael Connely", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_25", "text": "OK\n\tIts a good book to draw examples of idustries in different stages of technology evolution. However it is lacking in theoretical content,", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_26", "text": "Read \"Blindness\" and Pass on The Plague...\n\tDr. Rieux, the main character of the novel, moves throughout the book in a detached surreal hopeless manner.  He goes thru the motions of \"doing his job\" while death surrounds him from a wide spread and accelerating plague.\n\nI find Jose Saramago's \"Blindess\" to be a far superior book to The Plague.  Similar theme and concept but more descriptive and moving.  The Plague was clinical in its approach - almost bloodless.\n\nI found this highly acclaimed book to be very difficult to re-read, often having to re-read many pages over and over.  I would pass on this book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_27", "text": "Good, but weak for Hillerman\n\tI've read a lot of the books in the series, and Hillerman is one of my favorite mystery writers, but I have to say this one fell way short of his other mysteries.  My main complaint is the presence of several plot gaps and inconsistencies not characteristic of the author--his well-crafted mysteries almost always hold water, but not this one.  I whole-heartedly recommend most of Hillerman's other Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn novels, but if you want a good entrance into his captivating style and skill, this is not the book to pick up.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_28", "text": "Watered down rehashing of Flow\n\tOne can't be sure that this book isn't deliberately exploiting a cynical belief that most business books are so bad, that if this weren't crappy, it wouldn't sell. Even for someone who believes in Csik's theory of flow, this book is a no-win blow-out. Instead of making clear statements backed by evidence, the book's tone and presentation are mere editorializing assertions. There is no reason to read this, when his original popularization, Flow, more carefully and clearly summarizes Csikszentmihalyi's interesting research.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_29", "text": "Absolutely biased and poor political/religious sensitivity\n\tHaving read Clive Cussler adventures for over 10 years, i was totally disgusted with the redneck and narrow minded attitudes expressed in the book. The father, who does not stay with his son, decides to revenge his son fighting a war trying to kill people in someone else's country. That is perfectly justified!\n\nThe book mentions Hindu mercenaries who have not been seen anywhere in the world in any century much less this one. This is a direct insult to all Hindus as being one I am astonished at the insensitivity of the author. How come \"Hickman\" is not a \"Christian\" mercenary or for that matter the Corporation as they seem to be in this for the money. The justifications are ridiculous. India and Hindus of India have been terrorized, jailed, colonized and robbed by Christian and Muslims alike over the last 1000 plus years. You don't find us calling people by religion and we have all major religions in our secular country. We have grown spiritually to accept everyone, and I would like the authors to read more than a 2 page synopsis on religions before writing books. The book smacks of jingoism and is a pathetic display of the authors minimal knowledge of religions and global affairs", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_30", "text": "reading this is akin to banging your head against a wall\n\tThe premise of this story started off smartly. I was drawn in as a reader as Case set up an unusaul plot where the protagonist is in Russia to cover a minor story only to be pushed aside while his sources of information are taken away. But from this point onwards the story becomes painfully predictable as time after time Case takes the predictable rout. Finally the story completely falls apart and it was like when you watch one of those really bad action flicks where the hero saves the day time after time and its so stupid that you get a bad headache. \n\nI have read one other Case book I think, his \"Kingdome Come\" that was written under a psudo name, or maybe Case is the psudo name, I'm not sure. But what I am trying to say here is that 'Kingdome Come' was much better than 'First Horseman.' Its still a little corny, but it reads like a more contemporary Ludlum", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_31", "text": "very average\n\tI was really disappointed with this book.  A lot of the recipes are identical to one another, with just one ingredient - eg a different type of vegetable - substituted.  With no pictures and not much more content, I really regret buying it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_32", "text": "What do Stossel, O'Reilly and TBN have in common?\n\tLies, half truths, spin and glitz.  Of course there is some truth sprinkled in.  Self promoting TV stars are more interested in being self promoting TV stars than truth. Theres just not enough time for both. At best it's entertainment, at worst it misleads the children.  And finally they are all biblically illiterate.  So be careful...especially with TBN.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_33", "text": "Spooky and Delightful\n\tIn my usual perusal of the thrift shops for 25 cent novels, i came across this interesting find summer of 2005.\n\nfrom the very first page, the book had me hooked. merricat blackwood is a girl i could relate to on first degree. in her family, she's a bit of a misfit, and as  a consequence, finds herself and her older sister constance locked away in their large old house as the town freaks after the *mysterious* death of their entire family at dinner on night.\n\neveryone hates them and wants them gone. merricat braves walking to town to buy groceries for her sister with cash from the vast amount of wealth they keep hidden in the house. the towns people sneer at merricat and ask her to leave and she, head lifted, tries bravely to remain unafraid.\n\nit is an all together marvelous book for anyone who enjoys the cryptic events that go on behind the scenes of creepy old houses.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_34", "text": "Check all books carefully\n\tMy problem was that these books were missing chunks of pages!  We didn't notice it until book 4 of 6, but 80+ pages were gone!  Now, Amazon was great about replacing the set adn paying for me to return the messed-up set.  This is just a warning to check your boxed set when it gets in for missing chunks of pages!\n\nOf course, the Harry Potter series is great, adn we love having them in paperback", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_35", "text": "Don't waste your money\n\tI read exactly half the book and stopped.  Based on all the criticisms of the unlikely ending, that was a good decision.  As it is there went hours of my life I won't get back!  The book is silly and laughable.  The premise sounded great - but the book is bad.  Really bad", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_36", "text": "Not good\n\tI thought the title was interesting so I bought this book.  Wow, what a disappointment.  This is sappy and poorly written.  How does Mitch Albom keep  getting on the best sellers list", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_37", "text": "Danielle Give  me a break\n\tMy husband has a theory that Danielle Steel has a dart board and each circle surrounding the center is labeled either, falls in love, loses family member, has death of loved-one,fights for life of herself or loved one, loses partner,business or spouse. He feels when she is at a loss she justs throws off a dart and whatever she hits becomes the outline for her next book. \nI have been a loyal fan for many many years and take his kidding with a smile and secretly pray he's not right. \nThis book proved me wrong and he was right all these years.\nIt was so obvious from the first few pages what was happening that I was certain I had read this story before somewhere. After having waited  long time to get this book from my local library I was so disappointed that it was so poorly written and so badly not thought through I couldn't even read it completely, but skipped sections to finish it, knowing what was going to happen before I got to it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_38", "text": "Articles = great, definitions = very poor\n\tYou have to ask yourself, \"Why did William Grimes think there was the need for another culinary dictionary?\".  As you read the book, the answer comes quickly, before you're even very far into the \"A's\"... apparently he didn't.\nI was repeatedly disappointed by the cursory, often puerile definitions which accompany most of the 2000 culinary terms Grimes presents.  The simplistic line or two of text each are accompanied by are often incomplete and sometimes down right misleading.\nThe introduction builds up the book as a necessary tool to help we little folk through the growing complexities of modern food buying and eating.  In a world no longer dominated by a few French terms we are led to believe that this book will bridge the gap between old-school cooking books (say, from before 1990) and the current state of culinaria.  Why then are so many of the terms defined in an out-dated, even archaic mind-set?\nTake  the term \"brown sugar\".  This book says it is \"unrefined or partially refined sugar\", a definition all well and good perhaps 200 years ago.  Today brown sugar is almost always made from refined sugar with a special molasses syrup and colorings added back to it - a very different thing indeed, and Grimes should know the difference.  The are innumerable other examples available in the same vein.\nAdditionally, Grimes give us  \"food lists\" scattered periodically throughout the book but provides only sporadic support for the words used in them.  For example, there is a list of Varieties of Apples.  48 varieties are listed but when one wants more information on them it is often lacking.  Sure \"Red Delicious\" apples have an insipid definition in the \"R\" section but what about the more interesting varieties like \"Sundowner\", or \"Lodi\" apples?  No further mention of them can be found in the book.  There is also a huge list of  \"Fish and Seafood\" but if you are intrigued by what the \"Geoduck\" or \"Sprat\" listed might be, you're out of luck (without running to a REAL culinary dictionary).\nThe bright (if limited) spots in the book are the articles on food etymology and history.  There are 7 of them (reprints from other publications and various authors) that are each informative and interesting.  Grimes would have done much better to have put together a collection of these little insightful gems and left the definitions to those more inspired by the subject.\nMy guess is that the brevity of the definitions (leading to rampant deficiencies) was, perhaps, an attempt at simplicity but the effective \"dumbing-down\" of the book is insulting to anything but the most elementary reader.  I know that Grimes, a former restaurant reviewer for the New York Times, must know a lot more about food than this book makes him sound.  Grimes is listed as the \"editor\" of this work (along with a number of others) and it defies logic why he would allow his name used as the primary.\nUnfortunately, my copy of this book is destined for \"re-gifting\" or a permanent place on a dusty shelf somewhere while my venerable, dog-eared Larousse Gastronomic retains it's place of honor near my desk.\nBon appetite, ex libris, and caveat emptor. DH", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_39", "text": "Interesting, but....\n\tWhile this is a well researched and thought-provoking piece of literature, I do have some critical comments to make.\nFirstly, it is apparent that the author's own holocaust experiences (or more specifically, those of his family) have left him with a vested interest in how the material in this book is presented.\nSecondly, there is a LOT of content to trawl through to get, in my opinion, a few pieces of interesting material.\nFinally, the underlying theme or accusation that without IBM the holocaust may not have happened, or would not have been so sever, is (again in my opinion) flawed. As the book shows, IBM certainly made it much easier for the Nazis to locate and identify Jews, it would not have been impossible without IBM.\n\nHaving said all this - it was an interesting read and although overly wordy is certainly worth reading", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_40", "text": "I'm sorry but this is mostly amusing to me personally\n\tThere are two things which tickle me about this book.  One is the sample Zack's report at the back which has a strong buy #1 rating on a -.3% return on equity stock.  The other is the section on practical use of the system.  It, of course, is for any type of investor including long term investors even though the effects that the system measures lasts only for 1 - 3 months.  And don't forget about growth investors and value investors either.  This section is so short as to be laughable.  Also notice that in the 2002 A list there were 216 stocks.  Most are going to have to buy a subset.  But what subset?  No info is provided on the performance of typical subsets for each investor class.  Perhaps an MVO addict or a Monte Carlo hack would have the answer", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_41", "text": "HIGHLY implausible plot lines\n\tMy first Grisham novel, and it reminded me of why I seldom read fiction.  The plot has numerous barely-believable twists, the most ridiculous of which is the protagonist's attorney assisting him in eluding authorities after escaping a juvenile detention facility.  Said lawyer then drives from Memphis to New Orleans with the little delinquent in her car basically at the kid's mere suggestion.  Absurd!  No attorney in his/her right mind would do such a thing!\n\nThe \"storybook ending\"just prior to the boarding of the FBI Director's private jet is implausible as well as gratuitously sappy.  Also, I highly doubt that the FBI Director gets personally involved in many -- if any -- such cases.\n\nThankfully, I paid only 25 cents for this book in paperback form at a garage sale 2 weeks ago.  Given that it's written at about a 4th-grade reading level (and I have no children), it'll make good fireplace kindling next fall.\n\nFirst Grisham = LAST Grisham", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_42", "text": "Kozol Frustrates Me . . .\n\tI am a teacher at an inner-city school that struggles with the same issues presented by Kozol.  That said, this is the fourth of Kozol's works that I have read, and I came away just as disappointed with \"The Shame of the Nation\" as I did with the rest of them.  I am so incredibly sick of him shouting from the mountaintops that there is a problem with public education.  He acts like we don't already know.  He acts like there is some unseen solution out there that should be obvious to everybody.  Instead of pointing fingers and and complaining about it, why doesn't he use his experience and know-it-all knowledge to offer real, concrete and practical solutions?  Kozol is a classic Monday-morning quarterback pointing out the flaws in what everybody else is doing - but he doesn't get his hands dirty anymore.  If he is really as educationally omnipresent as he thinks he is, the least he could do is offer some solutions.  I've made four mistakes.  I will not make a fifth.  I have 150 underpriveleged kids to teach, and I can't afford to waste my time on another volume of complaints while he points out the obvious", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_43", "text": "They killed trees for THIS?\n\tWhat a disastrously bad and unfunny novel.  The self-involved main character is pathetic and whiny, the \"plot\" is see-through and cliched, and the writing style is far below what can be found on any mediocre blog.\n\nWhen people criticize chick lit, this is exactly the kind of book they're talking about.  It's shallow to such a shocking degree than when it tries to take itself seriously, or stretches for a literary flourish, it's absolutely cringe-worthy.  I find it hard to believe the people who've praised it here actually read the same book.\n\nThis was given to me by an acquaintance shortly after my engagement.  She said she didn't really like it but thought it would be \"more my kind of thing.\"  Obviously not a person who knows me well.  Thankfully, it doesn't appear the author is terribly prolific, so readers don't need to worry about trying to stumble through page after page of show-offy navel-gazing.\n\nI wouldn't say it's one of the worst books I've read, but it's certainly one of the most useless", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_44", "text": "A Disciplined Mind Without the \"Disciplines\"\n\tProf. Gardner's book is disappointing. He tries to be all things to all people saying both that he believes in basic competencies but wants to put inquiry first. Also, his language is inflated, and lacking in philosopical specificity. For example, he believes in building up the inner world of \"mental representations\" [unexplained term] yet insists on \"performances of understanding\" [another unexplained term]. \n\nAlso, he has respect for the individual learner and individual differences, yet he is concerned about the \"position\" or \"situation\" or social class dynamics in which the learning takes place. Thus, he fails to do justice either to the individual or to class, race, or gender.  The role of leadership in learning is wholly ignored; and responsibility is not explored.  In short, it is extremely difficult to pin down Prof. Gardner. It would be kind to say he is eclectic. I hope it's just not fuzzy thinking.\n\nHowever, we can discern that he has a romantic obsession with beauty, truth, and goodness. Imagine -- the Holocaust is reduced to being an illustration of what goodness is or is not! His treatment of these ideas is superficial and banal. I don't like to be so judgmental, but his writing about them does not deserve a detailed analysis.\n\nWhen attacking E.D. Hirsch whom he calls the main speaker for \"cultural literacy,\" he sets up a straw man. He says that Hirsch's school of thought has an underlying belief in the Lockeian \"tabula rasa.\" Yet, I find nothing in Hirsch's writings to indicate that he believes in a tabula rasa. \n\nFurther, is Prof. Gardner really less elitist than Hirsch as some have claimed? I have found that the Harvard elite spend their entire lives trying to achieve and learn everything, and be on top. Their lives are marked by ambition to the Nth degree; yet, he debunks time-honored and experience-honored content areas that traditionally have defined literacy at its best. Thus, I find a certain inherent dishonesty in Gardner's presentation.  \n\nBelieve me, friends, I have taught students who have many ideals, Greek ideals and other ideals, but know very little, nor do they aspire to learn. If they have those ideals, and if they are facile and glib, will they be the leaders of tomorrow who are embraced by Prof. Gardner?\n\nI find a tendency on Prof. Gardner's part to oversimplify certain issues like the Holocaust, and to overcomplicate certain others like the nature of intelligence. \n\nThe world is not waiting for the concept of intelligence to be re-written.  Am I oversimplifying when I think that there is something very awkward about saying that there is no fundamental difference in intelligence between Einstein and the custodian of my school? Is this awkwardness because I am an elitist putting down the custodian?  Is it because of lack of intelligence that I am still in the grip of a univocal definition of intelligence? I don't think so. Rather, we all know we are dependent on each other, and that everybody has some unique aptitudes or gifts they can express and be respected for, but trying to elevate this understanding to a higher level of truth or intellectual significance seems to me to be illegitimate. \n\nLastly, his writing style is a bit too fond of adjectives, and the book reads as a whole like It Takes A Village by Mrs. Clinton. The Disciplined Mind has a mellifluous style that presents itself as being highly sophisticated and, at the same time, as down-to-earth, with balanced common sense. Yet, ultimately, the book is boring.  As one Amazon reviewer states, Prof. Gardner is full of himself.  \n\nIn this book, there is no straightforward discussion or emphasis placed on knowledge, justice, Judeo-Christian values, persistence, responsibility, or character development...words which I find essential for a true philosophy of education.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_45", "text": "nauseating\n\tFor decades, many male professors have made the same excuses for sexual exploitation of their students--to the fury of feminists.  To read a feminist using the same rationalizations is both nauseating and infuriating", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_46", "text": "Not much better than astrology\n\tWhile this book may give some basic ideas that are useful to keep in mind while you are trying to understand your relationships with others, in the end it is just another attempt to give people answers they want even though such answers don't exist.  I'll admit that being a first or second born might have a general effect on your personality, but just how far can we take this kind of analysis?  The author of this book goes so far to offer that by knowing your own birth order and that of your same-sex parent, he can determine the birth order of your ideal match.  My father was 3rd and I was 2nd, thus I should pair with a 4th born.  Anyone who thinks about that for five seconds should realize that it is totally bogus pseudo-science.  There are too many factors involved to be able to make such predictions.  Not every Nth born is the same, and no relationship between Nth and Mth borns can be analysed this way.  As with astrology, the only thing this book can do is unnecessarily deter you from pursuing relationships with people just because they are the wrong \"sign\".  Who's to say I won't get along with a 2nd born?  Rather than relying on voodoo like this, we are better off just paying attention to how we actually get along with other individuals", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_47", "text": "Mystified\n\tMy 60s something father gave me this book. I am a 45-year-old middle-class man with a 6-year-old son using my wife's account. I don't understand for whom this book is written. It is full of painfully obvious advice such as \"Don't play with your food\" or \"Do not throw golf clubs... in anger.\" Anyone raised in America (presuming that is the author's intended audience) who doesn't already understand these things and take them to heart isn't going to be interested in reading about them in a book, if they can even read. Chapter 15 deals with Staring and differences where the author admonishes: \"Do not repeat racist, sexist or ethnic jokes or tolerate them in your presence.\" If you were not a racist you would obviously already understand and agree with this. If you are, this book isn't going to change your attitude and you would probably want to burn it. I found this book useless for any reasonably sophisticated person unless you happen to be from a third world country or another planet. If the book was intended to teach good manners to the unsophisticated, dream on! I think the author has a Professor Henry Higgins Jones. I am also concerned about my father's opinion of me, I mean \"Do not expect a child to endure a lengthy shopping trip unless it is to a toy or candy store.\" Duh", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_48", "text": "Mariology It Ain't\n\tI concur with another reviewer: get Luigi Gambero's \"Mary and the Fathers of the Church,\" and, I might add, his follow-up work, \"Mary in the Middle Ages.\"  Read these two books alongside \"Truly Our Sister. . .,\" then decide whether 15 or 16 centuries of organic, historically contiguous development of the Church's Marian doctrine by some of the finest minds and hearts the Church has ever produced--including Bridget of Sweden, or Johnson's glib, 21st century, feminist revisionism provides the better spiritual nourishment.  \n\nThe Blessed Virgin Mary stirs us to properly love her divine Son, bringing us into the intimate recesses of the Trinitarian love itself!  Anything shy of that simply misses the point and leaves one painfully short-changed.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_49", "text": "Horrible, horrible book.\n\tAs someone very interested in urban exploration (especially in the subways) I wanted to check this book out upon hearing of it. After reading many of these Amazon reviews though, I opted out of a purchase, and took it out of my Bronx library instead. Thank goodness as I only wasted valuable time, and not any money.\n\nThis book is a sham. It is obviously mostly fiction. And it's boring fiction at that. The book is divided into chapters, each chapter a new \"adventure.\" \n\nI read the subway one first, where the \"explorers\" take the 6 train around the loop at the end of the line, to see the City Hall Station, which opened in 1904 (NYC's first station) and closed in 1948. The station is located on the loop of the 6 train, that makes the southbound trains go back up north after the last stop, Brooklyn Bridge. First of all, anyone can go on this \"adventure.\" Just stay on the train at the last stop, Brooklyn Bridge, and that's it. Despite the author's attempt to make this sound risky, no conductors walk through the train to see if anyone is on (like they really care), just sit down. The author created some \"European tourists\" that inadvertantly stayed on the 6 after the last stop, and the author even tries to create some mystery by saying \"are we on the wrong train?\" Well, unless all those huge \"6\" signs that are lit all over the train are difficult to read, then you probably got on the correct train. The author also fails to mention that the MTA used to give public tours all the time through this station (and others like the 18th street on the 6 and more) but stopped after 9-11. This chapter was a joke.\n\nI started reading the other chapters, and saw they were no better. I then started to breeze through the book. One thing that is very obvious - no photographs of the adventures are in the book at all. This, despite the fact that on page 67 the author states, \"Josh takes out his camera and snaps away at every pipe and puddle...\"  But no photos of their \"adventures\" are in the book. Why? Because it's fiction. \n\nThere are photos of what they are supposed to be exploring, sure, that's easy. There's even one pic of one of these clowns hopping some fence somewhere, ooo. Buit no pics of the actual \"adventures.\" I guess \"Josh\" lost all those pictures when he went to CVS to have them developed.\n\nThe funny thing is, you can save yourself a lot of time by just going online and viewing pictures of these things for yourself. Especially the City Hall station, there are tons of pictures of it available from the people that were in there during the tours.\n\nJust stay away from this sham of a book, it's really a huge waste of time", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_50", "text": "Really not much here.\n\tSue Grafton has written many good books but this one is weak, weak, weak. Try 'A is for Alibi' or 'J is for Judgement'. They show off Grafton's writing talents much better", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_51", "text": "Pamuk's First Novel is a Disappointment\n\tLike many others in my book group, I had been looking forward to finally reading something by Pamuk. And like most of my book group, I was fairly disappointed by this short early novel from him. Originally published in Turkey in 1985, the story is prefaced by an introduction in which one Faruk Darvinoglu purports to have discovered the manuscript in a dusty archive. He then goes on to explain that parts of the story can be historically corroborated, but much of it can't. This should immediately alert the reader not to take everything in the book as it comes. Even more so if the reader knows that Darvinoglu is the protagonist of Pamuk's earlier book The House of Silence. Such intertextual tricks immediately bring to mind the works of Calvino, Borges, and their ilk.\n\nThe basic plot is very straightforward: in the mid 17th-century, a young Venetian gentleman is captured by Turkish raiders and sold into slavery to an aspiring Turkish scholar who happens to look just like him. The two men then spend the next few decades cloistered together, engaged in various psuedo-intellectual investigations of astronomy, biology, engineering, and so on. These bring them to the attention of the Sultan (based on Mehmet IV), whose patronage waxes and wanes, culminating in a lengthy attempt to construct a powerful war machine. Along the way, their claustrophobic relationship swings back and forth, and is interrupted by an outbreak of the plague, whose outcome they are tasked with predicting. The book concludes with a brief section which will challenge the reader's assumptions and calls into question everything that comes before it. Namely, are there two characters or are they just manifestations of two aspects of a single person?\n\nThis all unfolds at a glacial pace, and the two \"characters\" are mere ciphers. Their clashing of wills and ideas take up page after page, but the reader is always told about the conflict rather than shown it, and this makes for disengaging reading. Pamuk seems much less interested in storytelling or characters than in grand themes such as the nature of identity, the collision of cultures, and the very nature of reality. But none of these are addressed in a way that is particularly fresh or interesting. The tension between East and West is handled in a fairly superficial manner, as the Turkish master is obsessed with Western advances in science and technology, while the Sultan has a credulous appetite for tall tales and soothsayers. This all comes across as a rather ambivalent satire of the fluidity of Turkish national character. In the end, this is not a particularly good introduction to major modern writer whom many have compared to Eco, Calvino, Borges, Kafka, and Kundera. However, readers who enjoy highly ambiguous works about self-identity with unreliable narrators may find this a satisfying read", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_52", "text": "Pseudo-feminist tripe\n\tI fail to understand all of the hoopla about Susan Sontag. While I have only read a limited selection of her work, in these essays,  quot;Against Interpretation quot; being the ultimate example, Sontag emerges as a simple-minded, arrogant ignoramus. In her utterly unreasoned invective,  Sontag ignores (or is just unable to understand) two critical facts. First,  some works of art and theory are difficult to understand (in varying  degrees) without the help of interpretation. Sontag's flawed analysis of  the supposed ruination of the works of Kafka by interpretation demonstrates  that not only is she among this crowd, she has clearly reached new and  unheard of misguided heights. Second, Sontag ignores the fact that works of  art in other languages cannot be understood in translation without the help  of interpretation and criticism that demonstrates the extent to which  aspects of a certain culture are imbedded in the original language. This  couldn't possibly be clearer than in poetry. Weinberger's excellent   quot;Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei quot;, which adroitly considers  the subject, hadn't been released when Sontag published this essay but it  probably wouldn't have made a difference. What was she thinking? The only  good aspect of the essay (and why I give it 2 stars instead of 1 or zero)  is the fact that it has given me ample opportunity to win arguments against  individuals who are flawed in their thinking enough to enjoy Sontag's  writing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_53", "text": "Better off reading his column in women's magazines\n\tI stumbled across this book by accident at my library and decided what the heck, all those millions reading Gray's franchise can't be wrong.  Plus, I've seen Gray on Larry King once, and he seemed like a nice and reasonable enough guy.  This book, though, promising in its intro to be \"sexy\", touched more of my comical than my sensual nerves.  Now, I am not above accepting bedroom advice where it's warranted (for instance, it is thanks to Dr. Gray that I finally made sense of that night years ago when my husband slept on the couch after a huge fight caused by my criticizing a movie we'd just went to see).  But Gray's generalizations, dumbing down of most issues and sharing his own sex life with his wife Bonnie were mostly unhelpful, and I suspect that the passages I found funny were involuntarily so. \n\nAlthough I'm the first to admit that women love compliments, Gray's suggestions, as displayed in several top 10-lists of things to say (and, occasionally, what not to say) were a tidbit too repetitive (ever wonder how many combinations you can play with the phrase \"your breasts are wonderful\"?  Read the book!).  Almost as enlightening was the hot tip on how, while getting to the undressing part, the man should pull the woman's panties \"up her crack\" (a.k.a. give her a plain old wedgie--no joke).  And, don't miss the one where the Mongolian woman pulls a flag at full mast when she's in the mood and at half when she's not (or maybe it was different colors, I couldn't read clearly through my tears--no offense to the Mongolian people!).\n\nMore annoying were the recurring (and very stereotypical) assumptions that a woman always needs 10 or more times more cajoling into sex than a man (in various ways, be it foreplay, flowers or the favored seduction line hit lists), that a man always comes (and too quickly, of course), and that you need constantly innovative acrobatics in the bedroom, or your (otherwise mutually comfortable and sure-fire, I wonder?) approach will become a \"turn-off\".\n\nBottom line (no pun intended):  if you want some light and basic (!) guidance, the book is not too terrible, but if it is \"advanced bedroom skills\" (Gray said that!) that you're after, you're better off digging out that old Erica Jong or even any pulp.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_54", "text": "yea you guys rule\n\tcongrats on your first victory in eight and a half decades", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_55", "text": "Didn't like the writing style at all\n\tI have never read one of Johansen's books and after reading this one, I'm not likely to read another.  I usually enjoy reading pretty much any type of mystery and am not a literary critic by any means, but I just couldn't get into the story here because of the flowery and cliche-filled writing.  Exclamations such as \"dear heaven\" and \"lord\" were repeated over and over again by all characters throughout the book, which doesn't seem to fit with the rest of their conversational tone (it would suit my southern grandma, however).  As another reviewer said, the big mystery of why Daisy wouldn't leave Geneva wasn't particularly mysterious - if she really wanted Jason to leave she could have just told him.  Character development was lacking and I just didn't care that much about them.  I would have liked to hear more about Cynthia and her antics.  I did finish the book because I was curious to know what happened, but I couldn't wait for it to be over.  Sorry, but this was not my cup of tea", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_56", "text": "Sorry, Guys, I'd Have to Disagree\n\tI rarely stop reading a book in the middle of it, but I couldn't take any more of Look Homeward, Angel after Part I (about 1/3 of the way through).  It was long, rambling, and most of the passages did not add anything to the story, not even in the way of atmosphere.  I do not recommend this book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_57", "text": "What A Crappy Book\n\tI'm thankful that I was able to get this book at the library and didn't spend $15.00 buying it.  I own The Blue Day Book by the same author and I think it's fantastic and it cheers me up right away.  He should have stopped with that book. It claims to be a witty, thought-provoking book that makes an ideal gift for anyone who's seeking their true purpose and wants to laugh along the way.  The only thing this book has going for it is the amazing animal pictures.  It did have one thought that I really liked:   quot;Some people say that life is all about acquiring knowledge.  If that's true, then why do smart people dress so badly? quot", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_58", "text": "Repetitive and redundant\n\tOf the thousands of books I've read in my life, and the hundreds I've actually purchased from Amazon.com, this is the first time I've felt strongly enough about a book to write any sort of review.\n\nI kept waiting for the author to get to the point.  He rambled and meandered and didn't tell me anything new whatsoever.  He used the words \"alchemy\" and \"alchemists\" in almost every single paragraph of the book.\n\nSkip this book - you'll get MUCH more out of the \"Cosmic Trigger\" series, \"Quantum Psychology\", or \"Prometheus Rising\" by R.A. Wilson.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_59", "text": "Pleasure reading shouldn't be this painful :-0\n\tI bought this book 2 years ago - almost to the day...I have the receipt stuck in the book...I can only seem to force myself to get to page 50 and then I just can't stomach anymore and I put it down for 2 more years. Maybe this is a piece of art. Something to be treasured and something that should change your life. But pleasure reading shouldn't be this painful. I wish the store would take it back - but I think I've probably had it for too long", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_60", "text": "Not quite what it seems\n\tNansook Hong paints a painful picture of her marriage to HyoJin Moon, but she does not own up to the full truth of her parents' machinations to get her married into the Moon family. Eyewitnesses tell of Nansook visiting the Moon household and knowing full well of HyoJin's excesses in advance of her marriage. The Hongs wanted desperately for their family to be entwined with the Moon family, and after arranging for one child to be wed to the first Moon daughter, they pushed Nansook to marry a Moon son. Though I don't know all the motives, the point is that there was an agenda behind her marriage and probably this book that Ms. Hong has not been honest about. It is only too easy to paint an unflattering portrait of Rev Moon and his wife but at least some of this is suspect, given her own deceit", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_61", "text": "Read a review article instead!\n\tI agree with another reviewer who said the book was unnecessarily long.  Genetic Algorithms are a great programming tool, and there are some tips and tricks that can help your programs converge faster and more accurately, but this book had a lot of redundant information.\n\nIf you are interested in using GA for solution-finding, I doubt you'll find much useful in this book beyond the first chapter or so.  Many of the examples later in the book were so specific that I couldn't see how they could be usefully generalized.  Really optimizing a GA approach for a specific problem domain takes a fair amount of tuning, and this book won't help much with that.\n\nI think time spent surfing siteseer or other publication sites would be better spent than reading this book.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_62", "text": "Generalized overview with little new insight\n\tI agree completely with the Becksted review (I also noted that it was helpful, but I meant it would have been helpful had I read it before I bought the CD).\n\nThis refers to the CD version.  I did listen all the way to the end, I kept thinking there was going to be something, but continued to be disappointed.    \n\nI found the analogizes to be strained beyond usefulness (evaluating someone's integrity by the size and shape of the wake they create... are their people waterskiing on it?) \n\nIt seems to be politically incorrect to come out in opposition to \"integrity\" in this day and age, but frankly this book didn't help me much.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_63", "text": "Silliness Masking as Literature\n\tYes, it was intended as a \"fun\" read (literature of the absurd?) and it did evoke several chuckles, especially at the first.  But as literature (read into that word what you will) it's an abysmal failure. Crammed with so many jokes, puns, outrageous and over the top dialogue and downright stupid action, one's interest is eventually diverted from the story to the catchy devices. It's a case where you can't see the forest for all the intervening trees. \n\nI had expected a \"straight\" tale similar to the Alienist.  Then when I discovered it was a humorous take on the police procedural I perked up.  It was only after the 100th hyperbole and cutesy 20th century reference that I grew weary of the whole thing.  Toward the end it descended into caricature.  What's sad is that the idea was a good one - maybe the author should stick to SNL and the visual media.  In fact, the book seemed very visual, almost as if the author were transcribing a SNL skit", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_64", "text": "Go to the bookstore down the street.\n\tHunt this book down.\nRead \"The Bet\" (pp. 131-134).\nPut this book down.\nLeave the store satisified knowing that you have read the only  humorous story in this collection.\n\nSure you could read some other stories in the book, but they're so terribly unfunny that you will invariably come to hate yourself and everyone around you for being in a store that carries this dreadful book. \n\nThe only way these stories could possibly be funny is if they were somehow adapted for a series of SNL skits, in which McSweeney's unfunniness were somehow reversed by the lens of SNL's unfunniness. Come to think of it, this book is just as awful as SNL, except that you can't change the channel. You're just stuck there on the subway wishing you'd picked up that AM Metro, desperately trying the read the Wall Street Journal (or even the Daily News) over the shoulder of the person next to you. Anything - just anything -  to avoid the tears of boredom that come from reading this garbage.\n\nSo, If you like late-model SNL and you can read, you may like this. But I doubt it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_65", "text": "Consider this!\n\tTo anyone who has or is planning on reading this book, consider this. This book has a lot of words which feel good and can make anyone's guilty conscience ease in thinking that \"your own will is god's own will.\" (quoted from Walsh's books) If you will it, then God wills it because he loves you and wants you to live in freedom, right? Will is a precursor to action. If there is no such this an a 'right' or 'wrong' will, then in essence there is really no such thing as a 'right' or 'wrong' action. If someone else's actions hurt you, you feel that action is wrong. But the person who hurt you certainly had his feelings for acting that way, right? It was his will, therefore he was justified and right and god's right there to back him up. The victim is suffering. Where is his god when he needs him? Was the victim correct in believing the action wrong? Was the perpetrator correct in believing his action was right? In this book, god says that WE have the authority to decide what is right or wrong. The action is both right and wrong, right? Wrong. \nThis is when you may want to take a look at the Bible. The Bible portrays God as a loving yet HOLY God. Holy is defined as exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness. He loves us but sees a REAL AND DISTINCT right and wrong as clear as day where sometimes it appears to be a tangled mass to our limited senses. He created us and gave us a conscience which can in most cases discern a right and wrong in a situation. He gave us a free will which allows us to then choose that right or wrong. Are we always going to do the right thing? No, and He knows that. When we do wrong thing, it is unhealthy at best to believe that doing wrong is the right thing to do because we desire it. We're NOT God. We do wrong all the time and God simply wants us to acknowledge this. He wants us to exercise our FREEWILL to do right according to our conscience and what's told in His book. But he knows that even still we will do wrong when attempting in good faith to do right. And that is why in a generous act of sacrificing Love He sent His Son Jesus Christ to SHOW us the way, sacrifice Himself on the cross for our wrongs, and be there still today to forgive our wrongs when we believe in Him and in the truly amazing thing He did for us. It's a beautiful thing! \nI urge you to believe that the Holy Bible is not a lie and Jesus Christ simply did the things the book said He did and is the person He claimed to be. 11 disciples took everything they said and wrote to their grave and never recanted even after much persecution. Wow! \nI've been a believer in Christ for almost seven years and He's continued to worked wonders in my life. I would have been a fan of these books if God had not put me on His path. \nIn case you're wondering, I gave this book 2 stars because it has reinforced my faith in Christ by giving a glaring example of what God is not. \nIf you've read through all of this, thank you. I encourage you to write me. God bless!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_66", "text": "Better guides available\n\tWhen I traveled in Japan with a friend, this was the book we brought with us.  Within a week we were at a foriegn language bookstore in Tokyo looking for a better one.  There are some things this guide does quite well -- it helped us out finding reasonably priced places to stay throughout the country, and the advice to get a JR pass was invaluable.  \n\nHowever, the book has a very negative, immature view of Japan as a country and travel in general.  It seems to be written by bitter expatriates with a fascination with gaijin bars and the sex trade.  Did I pay $1200 for plane tickets to go drink with Americans?  The authors express a bias against culturally interesting sites, ancient and modern, that borders on the anti-intellectual.  The cultural notes are dated, inaccurate, and shallow.  After a while, we began to think, \"If Lonely Planet doesn't recommend it, it's probably interesting.\"  The maps, as many have mentioned, are almost useless.  Ironically for a series which fetishizes getting off the beaten path, it's practically useless once you get out of the main tourist areas. \n\nThere are much better guides available.  This entry has sworn me off the LP series for life.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_67", "text": "Inaccessible prose\n\tMaybe it was me, but I kept wanting this book to work and it just never grabbed me and I had to put it down.  It was almost aggravating", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_68", "text": "Author needs his own soapbox\n\tSteer clear of this one - criticizing others for lack of original thought or a consistent viewpoint, while virtually copying their cover (not to mention riding the wave of their unique concept) illustrates the weak and timid position assumed  by this author.  Please achieve your own significance, not bashing others popular and widely accepted readership.  As Christians, we are obviously aware of varying theories on end-times.  To even slightly indicate we are not aware indicates the authors pompous platform.  So sad his approach couldn't be based on his own original work", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_69", "text": "Unbeliveable\n\tI was very excited about receiving this book, by the way big upps to lupo997 for getting my book to me in a timely fashion.  After reviewing the book further I realized it was like Touched by an Angel, and I don't like that show at all, but I decided to read it anyway cause it looked good.  That was a mistake, the character's were two dimensional and truly unbelieveable.  In the first story - Rainmaker - The Professor was sooo in love with Hailey he didn't care about getting killed or putting his own child's life in danger - come on now.  He would rather see his blind daughter killed for this woman he barely knows.  I didn't even read the second story, maybe I'll come back to that.  The third story was totally ridiculous as well.  Paris is so sick of Russell - he doesn't have a job, money and no ambition, yet she stays with him.  He cheats on her, she has the broads up in her house and sells them Mary Kay!!  Yet she stays with him.  He has given her an STD!!!  She stays with him!!!  She doesn't even like making love to him.  During all of this nonsense her fi-one boss is pushing up on her, and she resists.  She won't cheat on her man.  What!!!!  If you like reading fairy tales then this is the book for you.  For everyone else who likes a little believable drama in their fiction - DO NOT GET THIS BOOK!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_70", "text": "How....?\n\tHow some people gave this book a five star review is way beyond me.  First of all, I'd just like to mention that this nice book gives you schematic diagrams using symbols and other things without explaining them first! Secondly, if you want to understand electronics it can only be assumed that you want to understand the physics behind it! This book dedicates about a sentence to a paragraph to physics for each section.  Horrible! So basically, this INTRODUCTION to electronics doesn't do a lot of introducing you to anything! I'm on transistors right now, and I've spent days researching the physics of how they work on the Internet, and guess what? It's using schematics I don't understand, and yet again I'm going to have to do more looking on the net.  This book is not worth it.  Don't buy it! Just please, for your own sake, find another one.  Also, half the book is dedicated to projects.  That is, actually building electronic circuits! Why didn't the author just entitle this, \"How to build electronic devices\", then? It's beyond me! As far as explaining things are concerned, the book does very little, and assume you know more than you do.  Unfortunately I'm going to have to end up buying another electronics textbook, because this one is just horrible.  I was really wanting to learn something from this book, but it's just not happening.  For every chapter I've read on this book I've had to do research on the net, and I'm sick of it.  I'm on pg. 154, and I'm closing it.  DO NOT buy this book! I've already found a better book on amazon.com (just buy reading the Table of Contents!!!!!!!!!!) and I'm going to get it!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_71", "text": "The worst proofed book in the universe\n\tThis book is by far the worst proofed book I've ever read in my life. I can't believe I'm writing this as a review, because I can normally overlook a few typos. However, the typos in this book make for an almost impossible read. I can't believe I paid money for it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_72", "text": "King officially jumps the shark\n\tThis is perhaps the most disappointing King book I have ever read (and considering that I have read \"Desperation\" and \"Insomnia\" that is saying a lot).  The storyline was okay until the author lost me by inserting himself into the story.  I have no problem with characters from other stories popping up but for the author to become a character was over the top.  The only thing I found interesting about King as a character was the diaries that appear as the last chapter of the book.\n\nI thought this was a blatant attempt to market his other books by having them referenced throughout the book.  I would guess that anybody that reaches Song of Susannah has read is a faithful reader of King and does not need to be reminded of all his previous works (which as of late have been bad with the exception of \"The Green Mile:  Hey, Steve, if I wanted to read an infomercial I'll read my junk mail.\n\nI cannot wait to read the last Dark Tower book so I can be put out of my misery", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_73", "text": "I guess that were the adventure end for me.\n\tAfter reading the first book *(which was catastropha) and reading the second which was really good, I thought that the series is taking off, I was mistaken, the third book is slow, and boring, you can see very well that Stephan king has no Idea what so ever where he is going to take that series\n\nNothing much is happening, and while the second book introduce some interesting ideas, the third book just go to the ordinary adventure that you can find (And better written as well) in dragon lance series, or other adventure books, also many ideas that were in this book already appear in many king books,\n\nreading reviews of manuy users on the fourth book, which some say is very boring \nI guess this is where the adventure end for me..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_74", "text": "New age tripe\n\tHave you ever met a person where every single thing that happens to them is a spiritual awakening?  The kind of person that can't go to the bathroom without making some sort of journal entry of the new vistas they discovered?  Well that is the kind of mentality you get with this book.  You can't simply look at a sunset and be in awe of nature or God.  No you need to relate to it and make it a part of you.\n\nI am avery spiritual person and love traveling.  I have traveled all over the world and feel complete when I do so.  Reading this book did the one thing I never thought was possible, it put me off of traveling.  \n\nFortunately, the feeling passed quickly.  I will not make little travel shrines.  I will not take little spiritual trips across my living room.  I will not follow this persons advice.  And this book is going nowhere near my rucksack.  Sorry, I am too stoic for this book.\n\nI would recommend people read books about the places they want to go.  Learn their culture and a little bit of their language.  Don't worry about the trip just go on it.\n\nMy passport is the only material possession I truly value.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_75", "text": "Dissapointed\n\tI admit I was impressed by the table of contents of this book, and I admit I had no previous experience with the subject, but sure with the 'real life' of support services for a database company. Most of the book is devoted to review commercial software available on the market and for me, this is just enough to be dissapointed. There are better commercial magazines or even websites can provide you this information for free... Although some formulas and templates looks very interesting (that's why 2 stars), maybe should you consider a help desk book instead", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_76", "text": "Dragged down by a dead weight of an ending\n\tThis wasn't such a bad novel, and I kind of enjoyed it.  Not great, but easy to read and the story chugs along briskly.  However, the ending really killed it for me.  It's too unnecessarily long.  Once the major conflict is resolved, the story is over and yet we must hear a treatise on what it means to be a faerie and the price paid and the virtue of love and heroism and blah blah blah.  I wish I'd just put the book down after the rain because I would've left with a feeling of at least entertainment.  But after reading on and realizing that there were no further complications, only pages of explanations, I just lost much of my enthusiasm for the book.  Would've been three stars if it'd just known when to end", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_77", "text": "Good Start - No Finish\n\tThe author had all the elements for a good mystery/suspense except for one thing, the lack of an end or resolution to the mystery.\n\nI find it difficult to believe the author of such noted works as Bag of Bones and The Stand would leave his readers hanging in such a manner. Fiction should be about conflict and resolution and we have the basis for the conflict. A body turns up on the beach and the only clue comes from a pack of cigarettes found on the body. We learn the man was from Colorado but very little else.\n\nIf the author had brought the story to a meaning conclusion it might well have been a classic mystery or crime thriller but unfortunately the reader is left to wonder what really happened. I would recommend a Mary Higgins Clark mystery in place of this boo", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_78", "text": "No Temperance Here\n\tMs. Reichs has lost the recipe, or at least the focus and formula that has brought her success prior to Cross Bones. Although not nearly as bad as P. Cornwell's last two or three misfires, Reichs is way wide of her usual high mark here. In this offering, Temperance is out of character, out of both style and focus, and the story is just overly convoluted and circuitous; a yarn that meanders around heading every which way except toward a finished product. Even the writing is unfamiliar and not of the same voice Reichs has maintained in her many Brennan novels. Having finally given up on Cornwell, after many years, I'll hang in there for one more Temperance Brennan dig; everyone is entitled to one gong", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_79", "text": "Almost as good as Hapworth\n\tRobin Williams used to tell a joke about his son, saying that whenever he got angry with him his son would say 'you hit me and I'll write a book.' I'd like to tell you that there is some deeper meaning behind Peggy Salinger's memior about life with her father, but it seems to more or less boil down to that same idea. Although there are some interesting revelations about Salinger as a man, his daughter doesn't seem to appreciate that many of the problems she faced in her youth were not neccessarily unique to being the daughter of JD Salinger, they're the problems that children of divorce and children who live in rural areas face everyday. There's a lot of blame thrown around here, and not a whole lot of admitting to one's own mistakes. Although this is probably to be expected, it's still frustrating, since Margaret Salinger has more or less made a career out of trading on her father's good name, and since many of her chief complaints about her famous father are largely hypocritical. (Complaining about your father's desire for privacy but refusing to mention the name of your first husband was probably a bad idea.) I admit that her father is probably not as nice a guy as you think he would be, but this is not really a revelation, nor should it affect your feelings about his work. I wouldn't recommend reading it unless your working on a thesis of some sort", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_80", "text": "The typesetting  for this edition is awful\n\tGreat book, of course, but for this edition Oxford used a computer to justify the  type. On every other line you encounter three or four spaces   where there should be  only one. It may not bother most readers, but I'm looking for another    publisher's edition", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_81", "text": "Skip it\n\tI enjoyed Andy Kessler's book about finance (Wall St Meat) but this one is just silly.  It seems to show the wisdom of the old writer's saw about sticking with something you know about.  This book is like sitting in a bar listening to a drunken bore try to impress you with all the little bits and pieces he heard at a hospital that day.   I couldn't wait to get to the end so I could throw it out", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_82", "text": "where's the story?\n\tI really thought I would be able to learn about the Philadelphia Project from this book, considering the title. However, the actual project doesn't make an appearence until the last chapter. The entire book focuses on ideas that may or may not have contributed to a project that may or may not have taken place. \nThis book was disappoiting to an extreme.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_83", "text": "What Went Wrong With the Writing of This Book?\n\tIn the post 9/11 world in which this book, subtitled \"The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East\" was published, it should not be surprising that the reader would anticipate a discussion of the factors that led up to that awful day. This, however, is not to be found in What Went Wrong?\n\nInstead we are treated to a cerebral discussion of various and sundry esoteric minutiae. We learn, for instance, that, \"A distinguishing characteristic of Western music is polyphony, by harmony or counterpoint. This begins in its simplest form with the choir, in which matched voices sing different notes in a planned sequence to produce a combined effect; then comes the keyboard instrument, matching the ten fingers of the two hands, following different routes in a common purpose; and finally, the musical ensemble, from duets and trios to the full orchestra\". While this is all well and good, and may even be mildly interesting on some academic level, it is hard to understand how it plays into a discussion of \"The Clash Between Islam and Modernity...\" that has led to the precarious times in which we live.\n\nOr, on another note (harmony? counterpoint?) we learn that Robinson Crusoe was translated into Arabic by Butrus al-Bustani and published in the late 1850's. Big deal!\n\nWhat we don't learn anything about is the rise of militant Islamism. There is no mention of Wahhabism or how this fundamentalist Islamic movement contributed to the rejection of modernity. The Muslim Brotherhood also is not to be found in the index, nor is there a mention of Sayyid Qutb, or his writing of the incendiary manifesto, Milestones. Furthermore, there is not a single reference to al-Qaeda, though Usama bin Laden does appear, albeit seemingly as an afterthought, in what appears to be a hastily added Afterword.\n\nSo what went wrong?\n\nBeats me..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_84", "text": "Tough language but few verifiable facts\n\tIn a world desperate for health solutions, the uneducated masses flock to purported cures and aids that have  not met the tests of either scientific or medical validity.  Alkaline water is one of those potholes that the unsuspecting customer encounters.\n\nCareful research of this book and related topics finds that the real reason alkaline water is popular is that in pregnant Oriental women, it is believed that the use of alkaline water increases the probablility of a boy rather than a girl being born.  Hence the seven(7) percent utilization of this water in that part of the world.  \n\nElsewhere, mycocardia problems with controlled animal tests using alkaline water have been known since 1996 but are suspiciously avoided by the Japanese organizations which promote alkaline water.\n\nCommon sense nutrition tells us that if one is concerned about acidic food intake, then the use of alkaline foods with alkaline fibre and neutral pH liquid is the answer.  \n\nAlkaline promoters would have you dilute your sensitive blood pH with  high alkalinity thus inducing hematological problems which may put  you in the emergency room as my medic(1985 Nobel Prize recipient) clearly points out.\n\nYou might as well drink battery acid he said, the result will be the same stress on your blood pH.  Here is a medic who is not an expert in water but in internal medicine cautioning against forced dilution of blood pH.\n\nHe continued by saying that when that much alkalinity is added to the digestive system, the very low pH which naturally occurs in the disgestive tract is neutralized and food is not metabolized properly.  The various amino acids which are essential in the metabolic process are no longer effective and food putrifies and nutrition suffers.\n\nThe alkaline promoters, including this book's author have been sniffing glue in a closed closet and are simply out of touch with  even the very basics of body chemistry and metabolic processes.\n\nRead the book for entertainment and not for education and utility in your daily nutritional program", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_85", "text": "K is  for killer...\n\tWell, if anything this was a decently written story, with good dialect and character detail. However, this story felt like it was going around in circles without any indication of ever ending. Grafton seems to have an idea of where she wants to go with this story but never really gets there.  \n\nThe story starts off with PI Kinsey Milhone in her office at night when she hears a knock on her door. She opens it to find Janice Kepler, mother of Lorna Kepler standing before her with the tale of her daughter's mysterious death. Not only this, but she also explains to Kinsey about how no one ever solved the murder because Lorna's body was left to decompose for ten months in her isolated cabin house. They talk for a while about the strange circumstances surrounding her daughter's death until Janice tells Kinsey about a pornographic video that was sent to her house after Lorna's death. This tape leads Kinsey on a wild goose chase of suspects in the red light district and gets her nowhere when it comes to turning over the real murderer. \n\n\tMillhone dives even further and searches through the world of Lorna's day job where she uncovers a mysterious lead about an expensive, elaborate project which is angering several people a considerable amount. Kinsey also checks up on Lorna's family members, and with the exception of Janice, all seem to have a motive to murder her Lorna. \n\nNot being a fan of these types of novels, I decided to at least give it a chance but this story got me nowhere. By the middle of the novel I wanted to give up and skip to the end of the story, but when I got to the end I had to go back to the middle to figure out how everything ended. I stopped caring about the whole murder after so much more emphasis was placed on so much side stories and it seemed like Grafton did too. The ending left me with a strange feeling and I didn't know if the book had actually ended. All in all, it was just not the right kind of book for me but if you're a murder mystery fan, try any other of Grafton's alphabet themed novels besides this one", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_86", "text": "Thin\n\tI wanted to like this book, but I found it disappointingly thin.  I wouldn't go so far as the previous reviewer and dismiss it as  quot;hopeless quot;, but it's certainly superficial: Postman seems to rely on secondary sources about Enlightenment thought, rather than any deep reading of Enlightenment texts.  The idea of  quot;building a bridge to the 18th century quot; seems more like a marketing device, a fresh way of presenting some of Postman's familiar themes, than a serious proposition (He even includes a summary of his  quot;disappearance of childhood quot; argument in an appendix).  It's a shame, really, because the Enlightenment has been getting too much undeservedly bad press for far too long, and Postman is correct when he points out that we owe much of what's good and admirable about contemporary society to Enlightened thinking.  For a much more substantial survey and defence of Enlightenment thought and culture, read Roy Porter's _The Creation of the Modern World: The British Enlightenment_", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_87", "text": "could have been said in half the amount of pages\n\tThe material is first-rate but his writing style is horrid. His five-part typology of memory doesn't make sense since he is basically repeating the same theme for each type of memory in each chapter. The underlying theme is about the destruction and shattering of the self. Very poorly written and bad organizatino of his material. There are much better and clearer books on the Holocaust! Don't bother with this one", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_88", "text": "Wow its not just me!\n\tI was anxious to read the reviews on this book and I am happy to find its not just me! Her words and sentences are REDUNDANT! Yes \"wacky artist\" was used about 50 times in the span of 2 pages! Liam picked up a poker and scared the daughter! WE KNOW! Don't tell us 100 times! This is what I think: Either Ms. Steel thinks so little of her devoted audience that she feels we need to be spoon fed the material...OR she's just writing whatever comes to mind and no one is editing. Is D. Steel so popular and successful that no one has to proof read her work? Also, is it cold stone sober? Or STONE COLD SOBER? (it should have been the latter) No editor caught that mistake?  I've been a fan of Ms. Steel's work for 21 years now and the past few year's works have been deplorable! I first excused it due to the death of her son.. But her talent never picked up again. From the Ranch onward the books are just pure fluff. If you want to read a novel and not think about what you're reading...then read her books, this one especially. If you want to read and process and fall in love with characters try Barbara Delinsky, Luanne Rice, Alison Clement, Susan Wiggs..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_89", "text": "Not Recommended\n\tHaving read (and thoroughly enjoyed) Levitt's Freakonomics, I picked up \"Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life\" looking for more of the same. Unfortunately, I was sadly disappointed. \n\nI get the impression the author intended to write a Freakonomics-type book, but was only able to come up with 40 pages of material (located at the end of the book). Facing an irate publisher, he then filled in the initial 290 pages with his old Economics lecture notes. As a result, readers who have taken an elementary economics course will find much of the material repetitive, while those who have not will most likely find the material too confusing to be of any real use. (Despite the glowing accolades on the cover, the author's explanations are no better than those available in a standard textbook.)\n\nThe author also posits end-of-chapter questions for the reader to ruminate upon, but does not provide any answers. Aside from formal textbooks where such questions are intended to be assigned to students, such tactics are unconscionable. Of course, the author may be priming the pump for sales of a \"Hidden Order Supplement\".\n\nA final negative point is the author's tone, which is frequently condescending towards the reader (e.g. telling the reader they would not understand the math behind a given theory, so it will not even be presented). While this may be true for a layperson reading the book, being talked down to certainly does nothing to build their confidence or cultivate their interest in the subject matter.\n\nOverall, if you can borrow a copy from a friend or a library, the last 40 pages are worth reading. Otherwise, save your time and money.\n\nReviewer's background:\nB.Sc. (Computing Science   Mathematics)\nM.B.A. (Finance   Marketing)\nPh.D. (Finance)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_90", "text": "Interesting Thesis, but overlooking some important points\n\tMr. Friedman's book begins with an interesting thesis, defining morality and its definition within a context of economic growth.  The idea that economic growth or stagnation effects the mindsets of the people living in that time period is a logical argument that Friedman often well supports with historical facts.  However, the exceptions to his argument make me wonder if he really believes in his own thesis, or if he just felt the need to write a book.  Furthermore, for every chapter in the book, there seem to be at least one or more flawed arguments or points that, with a little thorough thought or research, don't make sense or can easily be disproven.  With these things being the case, I find Friedman's argument a little hard to buy.  The entire book seems to build up to the final chapter, which Friedman uses to make policy recommendations that would aid in economic growth; this final chapter could have stood alone from the book entirely, however, because the evidence in the book an his arguments elsewhere in the book (ie. the importance of education) do not add or support his final policy recommendations.  His policy recommendations could have easily been listed by students in an economics class as responses to the question \"What should the government do to promote economic growth?\"  They don't push the argument forward or indicate anything that hasn't already been suggested in the past, nor do they give suggestions as to how to go about implementing his policies.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_91", "text": "The narrow-minded get it\n\tIn a review remarkable for saying nothing about the book, Popop from Boston (April 9 below) alludes to some children blown up by an IRA bomb in a North of England shopping center. Popop is very broad-minded. It pains him that anyone would bad-mouth such \"armed operations\". They were perfectly justified, he explains, because of thousands of innocent Irish Catholics murdered at the hands of the British army.\n\nI know why thousands of murders are important to Popop. Without them, while he might justify random bombings in his own mind, he could hardly do so in decent company. But I live in Ireland, not America, where news of these murdered thousands has not reached us. Gerry Adams never said a word about them, not wishing to be laughed out of the country. He had to make the most all these years of a dozen fellows caught in a crossfire in Derry in 1973. I guess he saved the big one for the broad-minded boyos in Boston. What of all those dollars that Popop broad-mindedly dropped in the Semtex collection box? They were not wasted. Thousands of Irish really were murdered - mostly not Catholics but all of them really dead - at the hands of the disorganization that Mr Adams always denied being a member of. To be sure, his non-henchmen failed to terrorize the Northern Irish into caving in, but his enforcer, who can barely write his own name, did get to be Minister of Education (I'm not making this up; I couldn't).\n\nOh, and the book is quite thought-provoking. There's a lot about Bushes, Arabs and the wrong kind of tax-cuts that went over my head. There's wit of a subtlety rarely seen since Voltaire - you can tell by the CAPITALS and !!!!. There are explanations of 9/11 to suit every taste, whichever Bush you blame. Myself, I suspect those Enrons. But Mr Moore did discover:\n\n\"THERE ... IS ... NO ... TERRORIST ... THREAT!\"\n\nHe paid us a flying visit, dined with some IRA capos who were laughing up their sleeves, and found the solution to the Irish Question without breaking sweat: everybody should be nice to each other", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_92", "text": "This Book is a Poorly-written Economic Rant\n\tInvestment Biker: 1-1/2 stars, just barely escapes the lowest possible rating.\n\nThis is a book about what a Tom Wolfe-style Master of the Universe does on holiday. It's nearly impossible to have an \"adventure\" when you are carrying 10(!) platinum credit cards. He got cold and wet a few times, worried about finding gas, didn't always have hotel rooms up to his standards, and had delays at some borders, yawn.\n\nThe adventure must have been resisting the urge to buy an airline ticket back to New York using one of his many Visa cards.\n\nI rode a bicycle around the world for 19 months at about the same time Mr. Rogers was having his \"adventure.\" I am stunned that he perceived so little in his long travels.  I don't know how someone could travel in foreign countries that extensively and end up completely unchanged by the experience.  However, this fits perfectly with his huge arrogance, which is truly the theme of the book.  He already knows it all and will tell you all about it.\n\nWhich makes one wonder:  why did he bother to leave NY City in the first place?  I guess it was a good opportunity to pose with and boink the attractive and young (naive and pliable? -- certainly lubricious) daughter of one of his clients.  And a good opportunity to pump himself up by feeling superior to all those \"brown faces\" he's driving through.  The arrogance, the arrogance!  Typical privileged, right-wing know-it-all.  I'd like to see him try to survive in the Peruvian highlands without all his money and fancy equipment.\n\nThis is not a travel book: Mr. Rogers uses his trip as a way to sell a long economic rant. You can save yourself a lot of time by just reading his final chapter, \"Afterword.\" I will summarize his position: governments are bad; smart, rich guys like me are good (remember October 1929?). Many of his predictions are laughably wrong. He advocated selling the US economy short in 1993.  Look at the US stock market performance from 1993 through 2000 ...  Gosh!  Idiot!  Some reviews are touting his prescience on markets.  Hello?  How about his predictions on the biggest economy in the world?\n\nMr. Rogers' writing is very poor and it's loaded with cliche's. He and Tabitha are always zooming on \"powerful steeds\" into \"gorgeous scenery\", or \"steep, craggy mountains\" into \"glitzy, glamorous hotspots\" or \"delightful, cozy hostels\", or across \"hot, empty, flat deserts\" into \"dumps\" that are not up to American standards. He'll \"describe\" one of the greatest mountain chains on earth, the Andes, as \"the top of the world\" (p. 315) for five short sentences and then move on to more important matters like further adventures with border guards and investing.  Great writing?  Rubbish!  I think he used a computer program to come up with his \"descriptions\" of the places he went.\n\nMr. Rogers is woefully ignorant about the places he goes - and he doesn't learn anything along the way. He views the world exclusively through the keyhole of economics. Most of the \"interesting facts\" he mentions about theses places are just wrong. One indicative example: He describes the Moreno Glacier in Argentina as, \"one of the few in the world still moving.\" (p. 294) I found myself laughing out loud many times at his \"facts\" and descriptions.\n\nIf you want to understand the distribution of goods in the world, read \"Guns, Germs, and Steel,\" by Jared Diamond. If you want to read about a real motorcycle trip, read Ted Simon's \"Jupiter's Travels,\" or Robert Fulton's, \"One-Man Caravan.\"\n\nFor good travel books, try:  \"Seven Years in Tibet\" (Harrer), \"News from Tartary\" (Fleming), \"Arabian Sands\" (Thesiger), \"Gypsy Moth Circles the World\" (Chichester), \"Sailing Around the World\" (Slocum), \"Motoring With Mohammed\" (Hanson), \"Full Tilt\" (Murphy), \"A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush\" (Newby), or \"Eastern Approaches\" (MacLean) \"My Life with the Eskimo\" (Stefansson), \"Endurance\" (Lansing).  I could go on and on.  \"Investment Biker\" is poorly-written drivel compared to all these and so many more.\n\n\"Investment Biker,\" a classic? That's ridiculous.\n\nFrom another review:  \"Greatest Book on Finance, Business, Travels Ever\"  That comment almost leaves me speechless.  Obviously written by someone who has read very few travel books indeed", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_93", "text": "Lacks detail and helpful tips\n\tThis is not one of Lonely Planet's best guides.  There is suprisingly little information.  For example, the book mentions that there are a few companies that give day tours from Rekyavik but doesnt tell you anything about how they compare in price or services.  basically, everything in the guide and more can be found at the tourist information center in Rekyavik, which luckily is run very well.  I found this really disappointing since Iceland is very expensive and I was hoping to keep down costs (in reality this is almost impossible, even eating at the grocery store I was spending 10 dollars a meal for bread and cheese) Furthermore, Iceland is a very small country and it would have been very easy to have given a lot more details.\n\nAs with any tour book some of the info is out of date.  some of the museums and businesses were closed including the Icelandic Phallogical Museum.  It also seemed that this book was written for the high season in the summer months.  I went in March and found the information on the offseason limited and sometimes inaccurate.  I usually trust Lonely Planet but in this case I would have tried one of the other guide book companies or simply visit the tourist center when you get there.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_94", "text": "Horrible!\n\tThis book dragged on and on.  The ending was stupid and the plot was pathetic.  Very similiar to The Devil Wears Prada which was also bad.  Don't waste your time on this one", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_95", "text": "Stick to Romance, Sparky.\n\tSparks must have had a momentary lapse of reason when he decided to take a stab at suspense by writing The Guardian. This book is awful. The storyline is weak and predictable, the dialogue is excruciatingly lame, and the characters are poorly developed and lack depth and chemistry. There is virtually no romance, which is the reason to read Sparks' books. I can't tell you how many times I rolled my eyes at the stupid things people said, the way the dog seems to be human, and the predictability of the plot. This book is so poorly written and so lame I have trouble believing Sparks wrote it. If you want a good plot with romance mixed in, read Message in a Bottle or A Walk to Remember. If you want suspense, read Mary Higgins Clark or Agatha Christie; they do a far better job with it than Sparks does.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_96", "text": "Mostly useless\n\tI found the book very difficult to use and almost never had what I was looking for.  The small dictionary in the back of my eyewitness travel guide was much more useful", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_97", "text": "NOT FOR A FAMILY WITH KIDS\n\tThe photos are beautiful, the designs are just wonderful...but if you have kids this is not real life. This is a magazine lifestyle. You could only do this if you had an unlimited budget, there are no true solutions for real families with real children and real budgets. Sure my home could be organized if I had an open checkbook and could have such fabulous built-ins, and all the baskets I could buy! Stick with the real simple magazine and leave the book for the coffee table.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_98", "text": "Not the great American novel\n\t\"An American Tragedy\" by Theodore Dreiser is considered one of the greatest American books ever written.  This may be the case if you can get past the first chapter.  Five times, I have tried to read this book.  To date, I am 0 for 5, having fallen asleep each time trying to read it.  If you're a bit of a lazy reader or one who doesn't want to work through a book, this is not for you.  Try Mark Twain instead", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_99", "text": "Long on drama, woefully short on credibility\n\tWhile I applaud Ms. Lawrence for educating fans on the gross injustices within the Hendrix family and for having a commendable understanding of Janie Hendrix's psychological make up that is lost even on many who are within her orbit, there are some very serious credibility problems here.  \n\n   While even the idle Hendrix fan knows Jimi was born in King County Hospital, (Now Harbor View) Lawrence states he was born at the home of a family friend.(Ouch) Jimi is quoted allegedly verbatum throughout the book but from some alledged tapes of interviews that no one has seen or heard and that Lawrence conveniently plans on destroying so 'no one can profit from them'.Meanwhile cigarette packs (yes, cigarette packs) and necklaces are being sold via ebay or to private collectors allegedly having belonged to Hendrix ,siting Ms. Lawrence as the previous owner and source of authenticity. \n\n   At one point she aledgedly quotes Hendrix as saying:\n\n\"The LSD passed around San Francisco was a fabulous discovery for me, I'd taken acid in London but....\" \n\n     Aside from Jimi's use of the word 'fabulous' being at best incredulous, the fact that Hendrix had already tried LSD in New York in 1996 before going to England and subsequently Monterey is common knowledge among afficianados and again makes all of these alledged direct quotes questionable. Those of you who have listened to and read the hundreds of hours of interviews available through collectors, official releases and press clippings will also find some of the wording of these alledged quotes that the book, and the credibility of it's author are based on, extremely suspect. At one point Ms. Lawrence even offers an aledged quote from Hendrix's mother who passed away in 1958:\n\n\"Jimi baby\" she told her son \"I have to escape this\"\n\n   While quotes like this can illicit an emotional response  \nfrom the average reader,they are clearly  fictional. Throughout the book people close to Jimi are referenced but very sparsely quoted, if at all. I shared the recount of Jimi's trip to Berkeley as a small child (Pg.5) with Jimi's aunt Delores and she laughed openly and wondered aloud where people come up with these stories. This from a woman who was actually there and involved in planning said trip. While making a reference to Ernestine Benson and misstakenly referring to her husband Cornel  as \"Bill\" , Lawrence again allegedly quotes Hendrix in lieu of an actual interview with the Benson's who are both still living and have incredible first hand insights having lived with the Hendrix's. \n\n  Lawrence's assertion that Hendrix committed suicide simply because his journal was left out is no less ridiculous than Jimi's adopted stepsister Janie's claim that Jimi didn't OD.  Lawrence then stops just short of gleefully giving herself credit for Monika's suicide, but the jist is clear. This book is more than a bit narcissistic with Lawrence lauding herself as much as she does her subject. While proclaiming herself to be a close confident of Hendrix' the general consensus is that she wasn't around that much, if people even know who she is at all.\n\n  For a much more well researched and credible look into Jimi's life read Electric Gypsy or even more so , the new book Room Full Of Mirrors by Charles Cross. The Man, The Magic, The Truth, while very dramatic, is rife with glaring inaccuracies and is for the most part a novel about the author and her subject, not a biography or a reliable historical record. Unless these alledged tapes that are widely quoted throughout the entire book are made available, their legitimacy and the legitimacy of the book will forever be questioned. \n\nRay Rae Goldman\nArchivist/Historian\nJames Marshall Hendrix Foundatio", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_100", "text": "Wade\n\tI give this book a low rating because of the misinformation that Nicholas Wade has presented and in the manner it was presented, \"DNA and the Secret Family of Thomas Jefferson.\"\nThis most difinitive \"unproven\" statement leads the unsuspecting reader to believe that he \"seems\" to know so much about genetics and early man that he knows all about the Jefferson-Hemings DNA Study and for what \"reason\" he sees fit to include it into a serious scientific book as being very suspect as mentioned by some reviewers. He seems to not associate science and truth together as it pertains to the Jefferson-Hemings controversy. Unless I overlooked it, I saw no reference to the excellent work that genetist  Spencer Wells is performing for National Geographic Socity.  I assisted this study by providing access to Jefferson DNA  sources. The result of a match was found in the early Phoenicians,(Caanites mentioned in the bible)and in lands that today are Syria and Lebanon.  \n\nFrom what I know of the study (I assisted Dr. E.A. Foster with the DNA study), Mr. Wade's analysis of this is extremely limited, in fact, it is extremely biased. \"Thomas Jefferson fathered an unacknowledged family with his slave mistress Sally Hemings\" (pg 257). What truthful fact does he have to give this statement? He makes the most of giving details by lying James Callender and lying Samuel Wetmore/Madison Hemings in Pike Co., Ohio. Why the details in a book topic such as this? I will give you serious readers on the serious DNA topic my opinion. As you may see in my several reviews of other biased books, these authors know nothing of the details of the DNA Study but spread old early biased media tales. He did not inform you that a team of blue ribbon scholars (13 senior professors) for the Scholars Commission ([...]) and determined that there is no proof that Jefferson is guilty of these charges. You may read on my web page: www.angelfire.com/va/TJTruth all the details of this study. \n\nHe cannot plead ignorance of the details because I sent him my research early in the media blitz and any reporter not using the many search engines to thoroughly search a subject is most suspect in my opinion. Can any serious researcher read his book and believe he/she is receaving accurate knowledge. My knowledge of the other topics he has written about is limited, BUT I do know this Jefferson-Hemings Study and he has done no current or original research. He references Annette Gordon-Reed as some type of \"authority\" on the controversy. She was charged by the Scholars Commission Report as having completely rearranged a letter from Jefferson's grand-daughter to give a negative meaning to her words. To add insult to his otherwise feeble attempt to influence your thinking, Wade has a figure with the title, \"Thomas Jefferson Family with Sally Hemings.(Pg.260-261).\" His lack of knowledge of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson is most lacking in current research because he goes into details that Martha Jefferson and Sally Hemings are half-sisters (an old political rumor brought forward by people wishing to confuse readers and to be politically correct. \n\nHe does not mention a very scholarily book by Dr. and Mrs. James McMurry, \"Anatomy of a Scandal, Thomas Jefferson and the Sally Story\", who did deep research on this rumor and found it a lie designed to fit earlier political mud slinging. Since he did not give the reader another source for study, another VERY interesting book, \"Jefferson Vindicated, Falacies, Omissions,and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search\", I will tell you it has a foreword by former Monticello Director, James A, Bear, Jr. All of the named books, including, \"The Jefferson-Hemings Myth\" are available through Amazon. \n\nI do agree with Wade's last sentence on the Jefferson-Hemings controversy.......\"Some mysteries lie beyond the power of even DNA to resolve.\" I might add that contrived history is intertwined with DNA and even the Hemings will NOT permit the gathering of \"another\" Hemings DNA source.....only ONE originally tested.\n\nHerb Barger\nJefferson Family Historian\nherbar@comcast.net", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_101", "text": "Disappointing\n\tA biography about a boy - and a very tough and brave one - who was in battle for such a short time he was spared the continuous horror that veteran survivors (or killed and maimed) of Iwo experienced. He saved the wounding or death of the three other members of his fire team in an apparently instinctive and singular act of self sacrifice. By strict definition, this act was deserving of the Medal of Honor. His terribly painful recovery from wounds received is heart wrenching, but the relatively odd sense of personal glory is in sharp contrast with other accounts of Iwo veterans, or any other battle, I have read. The other accounts I have read generally conclude: War is a horrible thing to experience, and not glorious, but \"I would do it again.........\".\nThe recent books I have read will illustrate this contrast:\n\"GOODBYE, DARKNESS\", William Manchester\n\"GOD IS NOT HERE.....\", Richard Overton\n\"THE QUIET HERO\", Gary W. Toyn\n\"FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS\", James Bradley\n\"THE LAST LIEUTENANT\", John Shively\nThese men may have entered combat as boys, but they certainly left as men.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_102", "text": "This man has vanished forever\n\tI can't remember the last time I failed to finish reading a novel.  I abandoned this one with 100 pages to go.  With another implausible plot twist, I've had enough.  \n\nMaybe I've been spoiled by the quality of character driven fiction from George Pelecanos, James Lee Burke, Robert B parker, James Sallis, Scott Phillips, and Robert Crais but I suspect that this is not just a failure to connect with the characters and more to do with poor writing.\n\nI've read quite a number of Deaver's novels and enjoyed the complex plots and the exploration of psychologically/psyciatrically devient chbaracters, but this is just over the top.  When I came to the chapter that excplained how the magician faked his death while in custody, that was enough.  \n\nI have another fifty novels lined up waiting to be read and I'll be damned if I'm going to waste any more time on this poor one.  For that matter, after six or so Lincoln Rhyme novels, I can't say that I really know or care anything about Lincoln or Saches", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_103", "text": "agenda here?\n\tWell in my opinion, there is no longer any doubt that some things appear to be flying in our skies, and some people have had some unusual experiences (mostly disturbing, but some apparrently enlightening), but the question is, is it all as it seems?  The fact of the matter is, various military branches from around the globe have real hardware that could easily fool us.  Holographic projections can and are used to place images within our skys (this is related to controversial theories surrounding the 911 events); there are devices that can manipulate brain waves and neuronal excitation to have people hallucinate any scenario; advanced, drug manipulated hypnotic techniques can control memories and behaviour; implants have been around for decades and have even gone mainstream now (Verichip).  I'm not saying that other lifeforms don't exist in the Universe (far from it), and perhaps there are a number of entities here on Earth carrying out agendas, but this idea that there are little, menacing Greys abducting us for various sinister reasons without immense COLLUSION seems suspect.  It smells of classic fear mongering that the elite love to push on us.  Historically, there's been the Barbarians, Huns, Mongols,  Pagans, Jews, Christians, Vikings, black Natives, Cannabals, red Natives, Mexicans, Germans, Nazis, Communists, now the Arabs and the next logical conclusion is some evil force off planet because they have used all the boogey men on Earth.  Even President Reagan set us up for this scenario in an infamous speech in the late 80's.  The fact is that with known technology (not including whatever they may have that has not been leaked), they could quite easily pull the hoax off.  Even genetic manipulation and cloning is much further advanced and PRACTICED (albeit \"underground\") than most people can fathom.  What has become another fact is the major extent to which the UFO community has been infiltrated and compromised, of which Strieber has been front and centre at various times.  My belief is that Strieber is part of this fear mongering campaign, sponsored by the elite and carried out by various military and government groups.  In this book, his \"hard-evidence\" is flimsey and suspicious.  For example, why wouldn't super advanced Aliens using implants design them such that they are entirely organic and of shapes that mimic human tissue (thus not showing up on any X-ray, MRI, CT, etc)?  And design them such that they quickly break down when removed from the body?  Surely, this would be child's play for Alien scientists?  Why no major discussion or mention of the human military, or NAZI connection with abductions?  There seems to be a growing number of victims who are recalling strange \"fragments\" of memories that are slipping through various memory covers.  Why are they mentioning cooperation of human doctors and nurses with the Greys?  Why are they mentioning swastikas and other known military insignias on uniforms?  Why are some speaking English, others German?  Why is there a connection with deep, underground bases and specifically Antartica?  These are things Strieber never mentions, which I find curious.  My point is, things are happening, but it has become nearly impossible to ascertain what, and Strieber's books seem to cloud the issues and possibly even advance certain agendas.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_104", "text": "Don't fail to read this if you're new to Earth\n\tIn today's world, various forms of parochialism have a dialectical relationship with the homogenizing influences of globalizing consumer capitalism. These forms of parochialism may be ethnic, \"cultural,\" religious, nationalistic, etc., depending on where you look. On one hand, ancient forms of identity continue to define in-groups and out-groups; on the other hand, multinational corporations elide these differences as they operate in a wider and wider worldwide marketplace.\n\nExample: the Turks and the Armenians hate each other and even partly define themselves by this ancient conflict (\"Jihad\" is Barber's label for this); yet they see the same Pepsi ads and do the same kinds of work in their local Pepsi bottling plants (\"McWorld\" is Barber's label for this).\n\nThat's the book. \n\nThis might be a useful resource for writers of term papers who need to endnote something fairly obvious. Outside of that, it would take an observer from another planet to find this book's insights novel or pointed. If you're new to planet Earth, by all means pick up a copy. It will catch you up on a few useful truisms.\n\nAs others have pointed out, the \"terrorism's challenge to democracy\" subtitle seems intended to capitalize on 9/11, but doesn't accurately reflect the book's content. \"Jihad\" is deployed as a synecdoche in this book; Muslim extremism is just one of the book's many examples of parochialism", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_105", "text": "insulting to people with a moderate level of intelligence\n\tThis is without a doubt the worst piece of social science ever produced. Regardless of where you stand politically, Johnson is guilty of revisionist history to the worst degree. Throughout this work Johnson displays a truly and utterly amazing ignorance of geopolitical realities.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_106", "text": "Tediuous, repetitive, and altogether poorly written\n\tSheppard's attempt to capture the \"American youth angst\" failed miserably. Instead what he created was a novel that felt more like a chore to get through.  I never developed any connection or understanding of the characters.  Each chapter seemed to stumble into the next, with the end as predictable as the next expletive Sheppard was going to use to give his protagonists a hard edge.  You'd do better saving your money, driving to the nearest mall, and find the kid in the Anarchy T-shirt looking sullen, because it appears that is all Sheppard did in this work.  Phew Stinker-rooney!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_107", "text": "product never arrived then i was told it was on backorder\n\twell, i thought that the book was coming. when i did not arrive at the last possible date i emailed and was told it was on backorder.  they did let me get a refund which was nice.  i would use them again for that reason alone.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_108", "text": "Owen:  World's Worst Husband.\n\tOwen does a remarkable job of making himself look like a complete jerk.  He comes off as arrogant, showing little empathy towards Debra's problems earlier on in their marriage ( eating disorder, depression, social anxiety).  He writes about very private matters in his book that have nothing to do with the legal trouble Debra was in, but instead are very embarrassing to her.  He comes across as a husband with no compassion.  It's ironic that he goes on and on about Debra's poor choices in boyfriends over the years, and how they were always so controlling of her....and then he goes on to tell us how mad he was because he was a tidy person and Debra didn't keep the house tidy...and he didn't approve of the way she dressed!!  Seems to me that he was no different than the other guys she dated.  He repeatedly reminds us of how smart he is, his GPA, jobs, earning potential, etc...but then admits that when they separated, he sticks Debra with the credit card bill that still had a balance from their wedding and honeymoon to pay off!  He says it was in her name, so she can have it!  Owen shows how little a man he really is in this book. Debra did have horrible things happen to her as a kid, and maybe if she could have married a man with compassion in his heart, she wouldn't have gone down the road she did.  I feel very sorry for Debra after reading this book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_109", "text": "A War Criminal's Memoir of Mass Murder\n\tA sad reminder that history is written by the victors. I wonder how Americans would feel if Al Qaeda would write a similar book glorifying the 9-11 attacks. Disgusting", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_110", "text": "Chloroform in Print\n\tMark Twain called the Book of Mormon \"chloroform in print\" and he wasn't kidding.  It is by far the most boring read I have encountered (I could barely get through it).  I am a woman of faith - faith in God and faith in Christ and I don't know how anyone could believe this rubbish.  PLEASE, anyone who is taking this at all seriously - do some research on the church.  Ask some hard questions (you will likely get a rehearsed answer, but it's worth a shot).  \n\nJoseph Smith was accused (and fined with a misdimeanor) of being a \"glass looker\" - hired by a man to help him find buried silver mines started and left behind by the Spanish. He would use \"magic stones\" that were placed in a hat to tell him where to find the location.  So convenient that he later found \"gold plates\" and used what he called the \"Urim and Thum\" (which, by the way are actually gemstones that were carried by the High Priests of Israel in biblical times) to translate these plates (he describes them as stones he looked at in a hat).  \n\nThere are SO many myths that are told by members of the church \"most men were SO distraught at the thought of polygamy\", the age issue of Joseph translating the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith's actual role in polygamy (which really should be called polandry - when a woman has more than one husband...  11 of Josephs 33 wives were actually married to other men first and then married to him, having NEVER divorced the first husband - what's up with that???).. etc.. and the list goes on and on...\n\nI am not disputing that Mormons take care of their own... that they are often kind people who have good hearts, I think that is all wonderful and if you want to join their church for those reasons that's great! Just PLEASE do some homework first and don't just rely on the \"power of prayer\".  There is a reason that Utah is the [...] capital of the USA (I'm sure every one of those people \"prayed\" about that big business decision - it can OFTEN be mis-intrepreted).", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_111", "text": "Boring\n\tThis book provides nothing new.  It is centered on the whole idea of setting up your retirement accounts so they automatically deduct from your paycheck.  If you have 401k, duh, it does that automatically...anyway, boring.  It also says to save money, don't use credit cards, pay yourself, blah, blah, blah.  Oh yeh, if you save early you will be a millionaire in like forty years...zzzz.   Ok, it did help me by reminding me about the interest rates in banks.  One idea was to put the emergency funds in a money market account which offers a higher interest rate than a regular savings account.  Upon reading this, I decided to do this and doing this made me realize the dismal .2% I've been earning on my saving account.  And not realizing the latest craze started by ING, all the other banks offer an \"online savings\" account which offers 5% compare to the dismal .2%.  I immediately switched!  Other than this part of the book, it was boring", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_112", "text": "I expected more\n\tBefore I started reading \"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,\" the book had a lot going for it: stellar reviews on the cover, an intriguing title and its status as one of five or six books found in the meager philosophy section at Walden Books in Pocatello.\n\nUnfortunately, despite these advantages, the book failed to deliver anything but ambiguity and disappointment. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't terrible, it just wasn't very good.\n\nI'm not sure whether the book is a memoir, a novel or a philosophical treatise. In \"Zen\" Robert Pirsig tells the story of a motorcycle trip he went on with his son, Chris in the 1970s. But the story, I guess, is not really about the bike trip itself but the thoughts the author has about quality and technology.\n\nThe only interesting passage of the whole book can be found on page  17:  \n\n  \"The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower.\"\n\nThat passage is good. The rest of the book is depressing and confusing. Throughout the entire motorcycle trip, the author ignores his son and becomes lost in his own head thinking deep thoughts about the definition of \"quality.\" \n\nI'm not sure if this book was intended as a novel, but if it was, it failed to produce character growth. It's standing as a work of philosophy is not much better. The author's ideas could have been explained in a 20 page essay and been much clearer. \n\nWhatever the book was supposed to be, it didn't impressed me.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_113", "text": "Why is the cost so reasonable?...\n\t...essentially you get what you pay for. This book is certanly NOT representative of what I have come to expect from National Geographic. \n\nI had eagerly anticipated the arrival of my book, but was dissappointed to find within the first few pages that it is uninspiring at best. Most of the pictures are poorly executed and at times seem amateurish. In the past I've found photographs by professionals like Steve McCurry ('Portraits')visually arresting. Not so here.\n\nAt least it only cost me $20 oredering from Amazon. If I had been able to preview it beforehand, I would not have thought it worth even the discounted price", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_114", "text": "BAH!  Correction Please\n\t\"Karl Marx, years ago, gave a description of why this might be happening. He followed the most moral and meritocratic theory for wealth and value: an object is worth as much as the effort it takes to make.\" \n\nNO IT'S NOT!!! An object's worth is based upon both the supply of an object and the demand for it arrising from consumers. To imply that it comes from the effort it takes to make implies that a milkshake that takes only a few minutes to make is worth far less than a vial of poison that took an hour to make or an atomic bomb that took months to make, which would mean that we should subsidize the military-industrial complex, since all those workers worked hard to create those deadly things. \n\n\"Petty-bourgeois' owners, i.e. the mom-and-pop stores and small business in general, of which my grandpa, a dentist, was a part of, are being driven under by corporate chain competition in retail.\" \n\nThis is either to the innefficiency in their store to meet consumer demands or to the massive regulations burdened upon them by the government. All regulations do nothing but add an increased burden on to competition and thus kills them out. There's a reason why the owner's of Wal-Mart recently said that the federal government should increase the minimum wage to over $8, as this would cause many smaller businesses to go bankrupt, lay off employees, and prevent future businesses from starting up to compete with Wal-Mart. Another problem is the subsidies that the smaller store pays to Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart collects millions in subsidies due to Marx's Labor Theory of Value once again) and of the use of emminent domain abuse (which can be justified on the grounds of the \"greater good\" as opposed to the individual good of your mom and pop stores). \n\n\"But no theory is ever flawless, and socialists should be able to correct their past flaws to account for human nature and \"reality.\" There is no reason to believe that heavy social hierarchy and class division is a necessary evil; workers CAN manage their lives just fine through cooperatives.\" \n\nSure there is. Human beings are inherently unequal, differing in many skills, abilities, ambition, the choices that they make in life, how they apply their time, etc. etc. Of course, there is isn't any reason that individuals can't create wealth nonetheless, creating goods and services that help others out in exchange for some good or service itself. And cooperatives need to be voluntary first. Nor can cooperatives produce the bulk of wealth.  There needs to be some Division of Labor, Trade and Commerce, etc. or else all cooperatives end up as hunter-gatherering tribes reduced to the real law of the jungle to survive.  This can't happen if everything is collectively owned. \n\n\"Since workers are the sole producers of goods from scratch to end\" \n\nNO! Entreprenuers, innovators, etc. provide much of the creativity, design, direction for the purchase and use of capital goods, negotiation of deals, evaluation of threats, problems, and consumer requests, and other such things. It wasn't the workers at Microsoft who created cheap desktop computers, it was Bill Gates, the workers are merely a form of mass-production who help out, but ultimately mass produce a good or service in exchange for privately owned wages, caused by supply and demand.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_115", "text": "PAIN AS GOD'S MEGAPHONE\n\tSince God is Infinite Goodness, we must conclude that the appearance of reckless divine cruelty is a delusion.  When we are comfortable, we are too shallow-minded to realize that we need God.  Since God knows that He is the only thing that we really need, He inflicts pain upon us to wake us up to this fact.  So pain is God's megaphone.  If some people, such as the Jews, try to love God without going through Christ, it is not yet God - merely the best approximation their fantasy can attain.  Hence poor God is forced to keep screeching at them through His megaphone.  But even people who try their hardest to love the true God, such as Job, or C. S. Lewis for that matter, cannot adore God as much as He wants to be adored, so He uses pain over and over again to \"plant the flag of truth within their rebellious souls.\"    \n\nWhere does this notion of an Infinitely Good God come from?  Given mankind's painful existence, \"an inference from the course of events in this world to the Goodness and Wisdom of the Creator would be preposterous.\"  God had to reveal Himself to mankind by Revelation; thus it is in the likes of Abraham and Moses, who identified God as righteous, that all peoples are blessed.  Lewis informs us that God expostulated with His own creatures on the basis of their own ethical conceptions - \"What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me?\"  One has to wonder if Lewis has ever actually read the Bible.  Can anyone really deny that if a leader of today did exactly the sorts of things that Abraham and Moses did that they would be decried by all of sane mankind as monsters?  I have never understood why, or how, I am supposed to pretend that this is not true.  Of course, God is wiser than me, so if I could only see it from God's viewpoint, I would see that the butchery of whole populations, including babies and animals, was actually an act of love.  In MERE CHRISTIANITY Lewis condemns this line of reasoning in eastern religions as \"damn nonsense.\"  Undoubtedly, we get the impression of a just and loving God through the teachings of Christ, but the conviction that God is Infinite Goodness, Omniscience, and Omnipotence did not come from biblical revelation; it was developed by medieval Christian philosophers by reasoning through extrapolation -- a process that Lewis, rather inexplicably, deems impossible.\n\nLewis's insistence that people have free will needs to be examined.  Even as he describes it, since we are born in sin, we cannot use free will to avoid sin, and most people are blind to their sin.  Hence, it logically follows that there can be no free will without the ability of self-perception.  The evidence suggests that incessant pain, especially when inflicted upon children, destroys this ability.  Abused children typically grow up to be abusers.  In my own case, I adamantly insist it was the drug, marijuana, which first gave me introspective ability, at the age of 23.  Prior to that moment, God knows that I had no free will.  Free will is not a realized trait that we are born with, but a potential ability that requires a great deal of effort to develop.  In most people it remains largely dormant.  Since free will is dependent on self-knowledge, the role of religion needs to be the development of introspective ability.  Dogmatic adherence can only hinder this.\n\nLewis is at least honest enough to acknowledge evolution.  Unfortunately, it is hardly possible to reconcile the notion of evolution of man from animals with his fairy-tale notion that animals only exist by destroying each other because they were corrupted by Satan before man's appearance on Earth.  Somehow, the perfectly good \"Paradisal Man\" descended from animals already corrupted by Satan.  Lewis can be abominably silly sometimes.\n\nLewis is given to disjunctive, either/or, logic.  Either the common human experience of supernatural awe is a mere twist in the mind with no biological purpose, or it is direct experience of the supernatural - a Revelation.  I would once have scoffed at this, but a Numinous vision of Christ was the major turning point of my life.  The problem is that this Revelation was not at all consistent with Mere Christianity.  According to Lewis, the purpose of pain is to break our will, since it is our tarnished wills that keep us from God.  I had only recently come to realize that I had not had free will until my sense of self was awakened by an illegal drug.  I experienced Christ in the very moment that I was cursing Christ for demanding that I beg forgiveness for that which He was responsible.  Albeit, at the time I was an atheist, and was only cursing at what I had been taught about Christ.  I experienced Christ as the core of my being, not as an entity completely separate from myself, and as an awakening of will, not a surrender.  Lewis assures me that the feeling of being one with God, rather than a creature of God, is Satan's ultimate deception.  But I have also experienced Satan within myself.  If Christ were not the core of my being, I would never have survived Satan.  I know the difference.  I do not acknowledge that Christianity has the authority tell me what my experience of God must be.\n\nI am a scientist by training, not given to superstitious credulity, however much like it what I have written above must sound.  In my attempt to make sense of my experience of Christ and Satan battling within my mind, I have come up with the following myth:  It is, at least, not completely unreasonable to assume that consciousness is an inherent quality of existence.  This consciousness would first be in a primordial state, probably in some way responsible for evolution, though not by anything like intelligent design by direct control.  There could be no distinction between good and evil; in fact the terms could have no meaning, until consciousness evolved to a complexity capable of self-awareness.  As self-awareness developed, so did awareness of pain and terror, and a rebellion against achieving a level of awareness capable of experiencing pain.  The human mind, as the vessel of consciousness experiences these antagonistic trends and, for whatever reason, tends to personify them as God and Satan, or their various cultural equivalents.  What makes the Christian God so detestable is His complete refusal to accept responsibility for anything.  Satan can therefore be described as \"God's self-ignorance.\"  Buddhists are apparently able to put themselves into the conscious state of inanimate matter, hence there insistence that good and evil are identical.  C. S. Lewis tells us that \"it is not God's purpose that we should go back into that old identity.\"  I think I agree with him on this point.  Mankind's goal must be to attain free will be becoming conscious of what we really are.\n(Peter Payne, author of CAPTAIN CALIFORNIA:  A YOUNG MAN'S ENCOUNTER WITH THE EVIL WITHIN HIMSELF)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_116", "text": "I must be missing something...\n\tI am a chef and an avid collector of cookbooks. I find the recipes of this book to be mediocre at best, terribly organized and lengthy. I am not interested in Lawson's endless anecdotes, rather, I would prefer her stories to be replaces by pictures (an essential for cooking books, in my opinion), of which there are none. I was disappointed, and would not recommend this book to anyone. For basic, great recipes, I would suggest any of Ina Garten's books. Her recipes are no-fail and the books are well done.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_117", "text": "Too much French for me\n\tThe chief problem with this book is that the writer incorporates the French perspective by using citations in French with no translations.  I took 2 years of high school French but I'm not that good!  This could be overlooked except that, for obvious reasons, I was very interested to hear the perspective of French writing on this lopsided defeat.  The experience was like someone telling a long joke and them mumbling the awaited punchline, or someone tearing out the last page of a riveting mystery novel.  I simply can't believe key citations weren't translated.  \n\nOtherwise the study of Henry V was great, and I would like to hear more about him (except since he died young I probably heard it all already.)  The treatment of the battle was superficial, but perhaps given the lack of material this could be understood, but more could be done", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_118", "text": "Disturbing novel about being above moral law\n\tHave you ever done something wrong but justified it so that you wouldn't feel bad?  Have you ever seen someone else do the exact same wrong thing and condemn him? In this story, the main character seems to believe that even when he does bad things he's still a \"good guy\" because \"good guys\" don't do bad things.  Dizzing logic, huh?  Throughout the novel, you review his senior year of high school with him.  It starts out with the story of how he got the nickname \"Killer\" to why it's okay for him to take illegal drugs or break a public statue.  The flashbacks of the past year are woven within the present day drama of him trying to convince a scared and angry young woman that he didn't rape her.  He won't let her leave the room until she believes it.  The ending is less than satisfactory for me.  I would much rather the main character have received retribution and the girl receive justice", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_119", "text": "Meh\n\tJesus, talk about the little girl crying \"wolf.\" When I picked up this book, I expected to read a truly terrifying tale about how people got sick with a horrifying disease that no one knew/knows how to deal with. What I got instead was a lot of perseverating and a lot of emotional presumption. \n\nThe book starts out promisingly, even if Preston surrenders freely to flowery prose. We're given the account of Charles Monet, one of the first documented cases of the Ebola virus. From there on, Preston gives a description of the virus, what it does, how it does it - the works. Then, he moves on to the Human Component, the cast of characters, so to speak, for the big story.\n\nThe big story is, alas, not so impressive. It's a case of an Ebola outbreak amongst a shipment of monkeys that everyone thinks is going to cause awful problems to come about, but nothing of the sort happens. Basically, people run around in bio-hazard gear, fret a lot, and monkeys die. In between, Preston manages to surpass his self-indulgence to talk about other cases of the Ebola virus, cases of people being infected, \"crashing and bleeding out,\" cases that are a lot more interesting than a shipment of monkeys, unless you're a PETA type.\n\nThe worst thing about The Hot Zone is just how self-indulgent Preston is. He starts to novelize his subjects a few chapters into the book, which is a noble idea, but not when they don't die at the end. Basically, he's trying to make you care about these people, and all for naught. And by the time that you're supposed to be truly concerned, you actually WANT them to die, because you're tired of hearing about him describe, in active detail, what they eat in the morning, what they do in the afternoon, and how they lie in bed with their spouses at night. When you're addressing a subject as fascinating as a Level 4 virus, why are you spending time talking about Nancy Jaax's hands and karate prowess? Moreover, when you've finally gotten to the monkeys, why are you talking about what kind of monkeys they are and how they dwell in the wild? Does anyone really care?\n\nI wish I could say that this book moved me in ways other than to reverse my peristalsis, but I can't. Preston's ornate metaphors that pepper almost every page of this book are tiresome and unnecessary; he had the chance to write a compact little thriller about an averted crisis of global proportions, but he instead chose to \"get into the minds\" of his subjects. And what a bore that became. There were only two redeeming aspects of this book: one was the description of the African, human Ebola victims, and the other was the description of the virus itself, although, again, both were sabotaged by Preston's inability to write. \n\nIf you want to know something about Ebola, go get An Idiot's Guide to Dangerous Diseases and Epidemics. If you're pining for the namby-pambiness of the Human Element, read The Hot Zone. Personally, I like to avoid rereading the Uncle Tom's Cabins of scientific accounting", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_120", "text": "Only For Those With Little or No Work Experience\n\tThis book was advertised as though it would be valuable for any professional. This is absolutely not the case. This book covers very, very basic guidelines and does so in an overview type fashion. I would recommend this book for college graduates or those who are employed at entry level jobs and are seeking advancement", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_121", "text": "Nonsense\n\tSheer and utter.  This hardly can be called a work of fiction.  Had this been his first work, I could understand the grammatical mistakes, but this is inexcuseable.  The publisher should be fined for this book and the editor fired", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_122", "text": "Not Christie's best\n\tHmmm. I'm struggling to give Agatha Christie such a low rating. She wrote the kind of mysteries that you could sink your teeth into. Not quick reads, but very methodical with lots of character development. I don't always feel very motivated to get through some of those slow-moving chapters, but I always do it knowing that I will be rewarded with a great ending. Christie was great at spinning scenarios designed to shock the reader when the  quot;who, where and why quot; were finally revealed in the end. I was shocked again at the end of this book - not because I didn't know who the killer was, but actually because I already knew who and how. I tried to convince myself for awhile that it had to be someone else because it was just too obvious. Very disappointing. Christie books I would recommend instead - ABC murders, And Then There Were None and Murder of Roger Ackroyd", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_123", "text": "Stupid book written by a stupid person\n\tI read this book because my English Professor spoke highly of it. I would call it a collection of stupid and hypocritical opinions and ideas. So why did your bridge fall down Mr. Engineer? Oh, I dropped my structural steel class so I could do a course in another language. I don't think it's right to criticize something like a college degree if a person doesn't even possess one. Actually I think that something like a college degree would be a great start before writing a book like this. It might decrease the chances of writing a book as stupid as this one. This book insulted my intelligence and I wouldn't even recommend it for a laugh", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_124", "text": "Manufacturing error\n\tOn the one hand, I loved the book, since I am a big fan of Thomas Paine. However, my particular copy was missing the last 50 pages or so of \"The Age of Reason\". When they get the printing and/or binding problems straightend out and have purged the inventory of the defective books, they should remove this review. At that point, I will eagerly buy a new copy", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_125", "text": "Deeply Disappointing Dexter\n\tI was not a huge fan of the first book, but the concept was interesting and some times a series gets better with each book. This may not be the case here. While it is not as forehead smacking dimwitted as the first, it is has it's moments of unbeleiveablity. How can Dexter be so attractive that women throw themselves at him, and such a good pretender of being human that he can be oblivous when women like him? The only women who was not attracted to him has been his foster sister, and I kind of think it might be only a matter of time. I also dislike how every person who is his foe ends up dead or out of commission. Are they going to introduce a new character to be \"on to him\" every book? This is not only frustrating but it shows that the author is completely incapable of developing any character or relationship longer than a few pages.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_126", "text": "ruined by its ignorance of female sexuality\n\tI found this book embarrassing to read - not because it's risque, but because it so clearly illustrates how the French   Italians got their reputations as great lovers. Is this the best that English literature can give us? This fellow clearly understands little of female anatomy, let alone female sexuality. \n\nIt's also mean-spirited. Lawrence proves his points by setting up his version of idealized man and even more idealized woman, and then spends most of the book trying to knock down every other character and concept. This is his only real method of proving the superiority of his ideal. He drips way too much contempt.\n\nEverything outside of sex is dumb, meaningless, ridiculous. Attempting to derive enjoyment from the \"mental life\" makes one ridiculous; being paralyzed makes one ridiculous; trying to have sex in any way outside Lawrence's own true and correct way makes one pathetic, or defective, or spiteful; not being able to enjoy the sort of lovemaking Lawrence proposes makes one undeserving of the title of \"woman\" or \"man\"; and so on. \n\nLooking at Italian art is stupid. Everything in Paris is stupid. Constance can apparently tell from a glance that nobody in France knows how to have sex properly.\n\nReading the book without his openly contemptuous commentary on what's \"wrong\" with everyone except C. and M., one might easily conclude that Constance doesn't really seem happier now that she's sleeping with the gamekeeper, and Hilda does seem happier in Venice - the author counters this by ridiculing \"that kind\" of happiness as delusional and druglike. He even seems to imply that her being so pleased with her life is yet more proof that there's something wrong with her. Of course Constance is wretched, because she does not have that one thing that, in Lawrence's view, really matters in life - not Mellors, but Mellors' equipment. This book does degenerate into phallus-worship, which makes the author's hostility toward \"druglike\" pleasures seem sort of ironically comical.\n\nHilda is pathetic precisely because she can derive enjoyment from sensual pleasures: from Venice, from the feel of the sun, from jazz, from dancing. This seems weird to me - as if Lawrence is punishing the uppity woman. Hilda is also described as worse than pathetic - she is a \"user\", with strong suggestions that she is cold and immoral - because she enjoys that part of dancing which allows her to press up against a strange man, only to walk away when the dance is over. (This may be why at least one reviewer called the book sexist, since obviously Lawrence doesn't mind if Mellors is callous and behaves as a \"user\".) \n\nIt's actually sort of creepy how an author who seems to be claiming that sensuality is good consistently knocks sensual pleasures like the feel of sunshine on one's body. Everything is stupid except sex - and not just any sex, but his notion of real sex. \n\nThis is where astute readers will have the most trouble. Lawrence clearly defines a \"real\" woman - Constance Chatterly - by contrasting her with bad examples. \n\nA woman who lays there \"unfeeling\" is clearly an example. Such a woman is described in terms suggesting she lacks warmth/decency/heart/womanhood/etc. Lawrence doesn't even seem to have considered the possibility that maybe what the man is or isn't doing could even be related; it's presented quite clearly as a difference between good/desireable women vs. women who are defective not only physically, but in character.\n\nOn the other hand, a woman with an unfeminine urge to be In Control - that is, one who insists on moving herself, rather than sitting passive and letting the man do what he will - is forgivable when Michaelis is the male (because he's premature, and meant to be pathetic), but it turns unforgiveable when it's women in general and especially Mellor's Bertha, who just refused to come when she should out of spite. Bertha just had a sick (!) urge to be In Control, demonstrating her essentially vicious and pathological nature. The only thing Mellors did wrong was to not put her in her place promptly - he \"spoilt\" her. \n\nAs for all those touchy-feely things that women so frequently enjoy? Forget it. Lawrence suggests that Mellors does at least sometimes kiss and touch, but if it happens at all it appears to be mostly incidental, nothing important. A Real Woman doesn't need foreplay. Just hop on and go, and if she's what she ought to be, she'll feel crashing waves and dark tides sooner or later.\n\nThese were what I found the most embarrassingly inaccurate - that a woman's duty is to lie there, not too passive, but not too active, and come when she's supposed to (and if she doesn't, it's her own fault); while a man's job is to climb on top and \"perform\". All of this is based on what ought to be a perfectly logical set of assumptions that are, unfortunately, not true. The truth is that a woman's vagina is not the equal-but-opposite inverse of a male penis; there's a thing that both males and females start out with, which in a man becomes the penis, and in the woman becomes (or remains) a clitoris. Lawrence seems to assume that what a woman feels is similar to what a man feels - but he assigns this feeling to the wrong body part. \n\nWomen have always known about their own bodies; surely a man so dedicated to the advancement of sexuality could have and should have taken more time to research how women really feel about things, preferably apart from what women think men \"want to hear\". This, too, is no doubt why it has been accused of being \"sexist\". The author (or at least Mellors) openly blames women who cannot or will not \"come to the crisis\" when she ought, as if it were entirely of the woman's doing and had nothing at all to do with the man. \n\nIt's also likely that science will eventually prove (if it hasn't already) that women like Constance Chatterly are not the norm or 'what a woman ought to be' emotionally as well as physically. For all that Lawrence spends an awful lot of energy ripping apart what he sees as silly, even noxious emotions and desires - such as \"intimacy\" and \"connection\", both of which he has Constance openly ridicule - biologists are increasingly finding that not only do men and women tend to have different feelings and expectations when it comes to the sex act, but that there is believed to be an evolutionary advantage in these differences, based on the notion that a man's biological job is to get his DNA out there, while reproduction for a woman involves a heavy emotional and physical commitment. If this is true, it would be the woman who takes such a cavalier and reckless attitude toward sex who is the deviant, not the one who wants to connect emotionally with the future sire of her child. \n\nSo - while there may or may not be women who feel as Constance does, at the same time it's not so clearly obvious that a woman \"should\" feel that way, as to justify Lawrence's open belittling of women whose emotional states don't match masculine emotional detachment and distance.\n\nThere's a lot of talk of \"tenderness\" - in fact, Constance keeps mentally accusing everyone in Venice of somehow \"lacking tenderness\" - but quite frankly I am unclear on what exactly is supposed to be so tender. The only thing he values about her is that he quite clearly likes having sex with her, but even there she only stands out particularly because a good sex partner is so difficult to find. \n\nI can imagine a woman putting up with - but I cannot imagine a woman particularly treasuring - a man who rebuffs her when she wishes to talk, who is rude to her instead of treating her as equal (remembering she's a Lady) when she asks him questions, who calls her c--t as if that were her name, and generally treats her as if she were a whore. I could imagine a woman finding this fun if it were a game they jumped into and out of, but this is how their relationship really is; she spends far too much time begging or wanting to beg him for reassurance - for the things he won't say and the questions he won't answer - for me to find her undiluted enjoyment in their relationship particularly credible.\n\nFor what it's worth, I think life will be better when this book has become obsolete. It is exactly this sort of schlock that had women feeling pressured to fake their sexual responses - at great cost to their marriages, if not their selves. Those who agree that heppiness is linked to sexual satisfaction should be in favor of replacing this book with something that deals with sex in a way that reflects female sexuality in an honest and realistic fashion. As for those who just want a good read - I'd call it a matter of personal taste. Obviously some people enjoy this book. (Equally obviously, I did not.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_127", "text": "Don't Buy this Rotten Book!\n\tThis book deserves no stars. \n\nPLEASE stop buying and promoting this rotten book! This is a book about a rotten, selfish self-centered male who takes everything including the life of the female tree. Even at the end when he chops her down to sit on her as an old man, he's still unsatisifed and has a big scowl on his face!\n\nThe female tree gives and gives and gives, and the male (from boy to old man) just takes and takes and takes and is never satisified, happy or thankful.\n\nWhat kind of story is that?\n\nThis is truly a rotten story. Don't buy it! Don't give this to your children!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_128", "text": "Predictable\n\tI read the back cover of this book and immediately knew most of what would happen.  As soon as I met the character who would turn out to be the driver, I knew the rest of the story.  It was extremely easy to figure out and quite disappointing.  The story's decent.  The text flows nicely, and the suspension of disbelief is strong, but where did Nick's originality go?  Where's the sweet and innocent charm of The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Nights in Rodanthe?  It seems like he's run out of steam, or didn't care too much about this one.\n\nA decent book to read, but don't expect anything spectacular as you would with his earlier work", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_129", "text": "Civilized Discourse Leaves Discontented Reader\n\tThere isn't much I can add to previous reviews of Civilziation and Its Discontents. My own reaction (after 2 cracks at it, one in college, and one post-) is one of bafflement and boredom. With academic, convoluted language, Freud discusses the role of the individual with his neuroses and his conflicts with socialization and civilization. Many of his jumbled sociological observations are better recorded by previous thinkers--Rousseau, for example. His psychological conclusions have more or less been explored at length in his previous works. Therefore, the redeeming value is found, perhaps, in Freud's closing passages, eery portends of Europe's ugly years", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_130", "text": "A Sad SF Renaissance\n\tThroughout my read, my head kept shaking with disappointment.  If the  quot;renaissance quot; of hard SF relies on stories a full decade, even two decades, old, then the genre's future is feebly fixated on its past.  Not to say that some of the stories here aren't wonderful ... emphasis on  quot;some. quot;  But dredging dead decades to claim a rebirth of hard SF fails to deliver on the title's promise.  This is more nostalgia than renewal, and you should read a library-borrowed copy if you want to reminisce about great writers past/passing.  But don't drop any real money expecting a glimpse into Sci-Fi's future", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_131", "text": "Action photos please!!\n\tWhile this book put together by the Detroit Free Press has action photos, they are some of the most disappointing pictures i've ever seen in a book about a team's season. Where are the photos of Tiger players actually hitting a baseball? If you want to see photos of players celebrating and covered in champagne, talking to fans and media and blowing bubbles, then this is the book for you but if you want to see some actual fine baseball action shots from the diamond itself, be prepared to be frustrated. I much preferred the photograhy in the George Cantor paperback \"Out of Nowhere\" The Detroit Tigers' Magical 2006 Season. I know that this volume covers the Play-offs and World Series whereas the Cantor book doesn't, but it's photo collection is poor, the photos in the Cantor book are superb. If you are a Tiger fan you may enjoy this book very much, (the writing and articles are quite good at least)but my enjoyment was spoilt somewhat by hardly any pictures of Tiger players hitting baseballs or fielding grounders etc. Very disappointing, worth only 2 stars", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_132", "text": "How a book can create a conflict, Said and his gross mistrepretations\n\tEdward Said, created a proble and made a career of the Israel Palestine Conflict, and conviently died before he could also resolve the death and destruction he brought to the Arab Palestinians. He was a one man destruction derby under the guise of poetry, linguistics and hate and he helped stir up anti Israel and anti Jewish hatred on every University he spoke at. Hopefully, this \"vintage\" book will become no longer relevant, ans disappear", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_133", "text": "Great Read!\n\tBill O'Reilly has a good reason for his massive paranoia:  Somewhere, deep in the recesses of his brain, he knows something's wrong.  Only he's got it backwards:  The \"secular progressives\" are doing just fine, but he's the one with the serious problem.  Here's a guy who had to pay millions of bucks to settle a sexual harassment suit; yet, he's proclaiming himself the arbiter of the correct, \"traditional\" point of view.  Only in an era of the stupid, undereducated and witless would Bill O'Reilly have a modest role to play.  Save your money", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_134", "text": "Forsythe Drops the ball\n\t\"Col Mike Martin\" raised in Iraq, speaks fluent arabic.........\n\nThe Taliban are Pashtoon, they are not arabs, they don't speak arabic, they don't even like arabs very much. They are a totaly closed tribal society. I spent a year living and working with the Pashtoon in 2005 in Helmand Province. There are no members of the Taliban who are not Pashtoon. The other ethnic groups in Afghanistan, the Tajik and the Hazara, are opposed to the Taliban.\n\nMike Martin would not have the correct family, clan and tribal ties and background to carry this off.\n\nSorry, but Forsythe has dropped the ball on this one.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_135", "text": "yep its ok\n\tComing from a 16 year old girl that has to read this book for a school project...I would have to say that this book is kind of boring. If your into physics and science and all that jazz then you will most likely enjoy this book. But if you're going to read it just to read it, then I would suggest you not. I have to admit, that some of the stuff Richard Feynman says is funny but I found my self skipping pages at a time because of its boringness.  Don't get me wrong, I really do admire Mr. Feynman as a man and he was a great physicist but this book was just ok. Sometimes he got into a lot of in-depth physics stuff that I just didn't care for. But sometimes i was interested in what he was saying. \n\nHave a nice da", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_136", "text": "Big Book of Grilling, BBQ and Rotisserie Cookbook\n\tJust bought a rotisserie and was hoping to find how to use it and good recipes. Only found about 4 or 5. I would've liken to know different types of meat you could cook in it and for how long you cook it for", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_137", "text": "overrated\n\tThis is by far one of the least helpful parenting books I have read.  I used numerous suggestions in this book and NONE of them proved to be effective.  Using my own judgment and keeping calm with a positive attitude toward my toddler proved to be more effective then anything mentioned here.  His suggestions for head banging are completely stupid and made my toddler bang her head harder during a tantrum.  Not recommended", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_138", "text": "abstractionist in disguise\n\tThe book starts out captivating then it suddenly shifts to Elkinks views of painting, that are strongly bent to the favor of abstractionist.  Elkinks thoughts on Jackson Pollocks creative energy is more than I wanted to know.  He devots almost an entire chapter to this already to small book, to his idol.  How Pollock flicks his wrist to get the effect of splated paint just right and Pollocks tourched stance over his works as the canvis is lying on the floor.To much!  I Do not recommend this little book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_139", "text": "I thought I'd come away with useful information...\n\tI bought this book thinking that I would learn something new about the cosmetic industry. Not only did I not learn anything, I came away from the book wondering just how someone could've accumulated all of that information without being able to present it in a better way.\n\nThis book is packed with non-scientific fluff (using ill-defined terms such as \"toxin\" and making blanket statements with no evidence such as \"Scientists involved [sic] mechanical science--as I like to call it--do not understand plant science, but scientists, who know plant science, understand both [grammar and punctuation left exactly as in the book].\") About 60% of the book is packed with charts and glossaries. And I have to say that this is the worst-edited book I have ever read, with constant typographical errors, misspellings, and apostrophe problems. There just doesn't seem to have been a lot of thought put into the actual execution of this book.\n\nLook, I am certainly this book's target audience--I shop at Whole Foods, use organic skin-care products and potions, and work out six times a week. I care about my body and what I put into it. But this book is not a good use of anyone's time or money, as all of its information can be found quite easily (and in most cases with better grammar) on the internet. You're better off buying _Fast Food Nation_ if you'd like clear, concise information about what you're putting into your body", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_140", "text": "Could have Been Better\n\tThe Nautical Chart could have been a better book if, its author had eliminated about 50 to 100 pages. The story dragged. I read it at night in bed and I kept falling asleep.  The book does have its merits.  The information regarding navigational instruments and  history was interesting and was exciting at times. The ending was good (the best part of the book). The relationship between the Coy and Tanger had shades of James Caine and Jim Thompson. Even so, I would hestitate about recommending this novel.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_141", "text": "Certainly expected more\n\tI really expected more from Coetzee, whom I had never read before picking up this book.  I saw after finishing the book that it was originally published as separate stories or vignettes, and I'm not surprised.  The title character spends all of her time giving speeches, which is strange for a novel--you think you will get a plot, but you just get lectured to.  The writing is good, spare and cogent, but the book does not hang together well enough to be a novel, in my opinion.  The best chapter, which is the last, has little or nothing to do with the prior chapters", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_142", "text": "Half of story is missing\n\tI am a long-time admirer of Claire McNab's writing -- despite the fact I have been disappointed in the direction (or lack of it) in which she has taken the Carol Ashton mystery series. Although she is more known in the U.S. for her mystery and espionage books, her novel \"Under the Southern Cross\" is a bang-up, great romance delivered in her typically spare (or is it stingy?) style. I was excited to see she had written another romance and not a mystery with a 10-second sex scene thrown in. But, when I got to the last line of this book I found myself closing it and thinking that I had once again been suckered by past memories of Claire McNab. \nThis book has a lot of promise to it -- therefore the two stars I gave it -- but it's promise unfulfilled. There is a long setup of the writer Vonny Smith pining for the personal attention of her editor, Diana. But, why exactly is she in love with Diana? Darn if I know. The writing has great humor and spoofs the whole genre of romance novels. But the entire novel is a setup and, in the end, there is no delivery. It's annoying, frustrating, and feels like a cheat. Wasn't there an editor to say: \"Claire, this story needs more!\" Or was Bella Books just intent on cashing in on Ms. McNab's name? Who knows. But, this is one book I won't be rereading. I wish I hadn't paid full-price", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_143", "text": "Poorly Organized\n\tI own perhaps 20 books on the Bird's and this is one of the worse. Mostly because the material is so poorly organized; no real attempt is made to sort through the (admittedly tangled) move orders/motifs/variations in this opening. Also, the author seems to have a 'bad attitude' even though he plays the opening and has several examples in the book. The section on the Leningrad Dutch-Reversed is better than the others but still lifeless.\n\nThe entire Everyman opening series has deteriorated a great deal the past two years and I'm about done buying any new ones, especially if they are as bad as Bird's Opening.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_144", "text": "Over Rated!\n\tThis is book was on the New York Best Seller's list because it's about New York, not because it's well written or even interesting.  You run across a few gems throughout the book, but you have to be patient to get to them.  I hate to buy, start and not finish a book... it seems like such as waste. I'd gladly skip the book if I had to do it over again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_145", "text": "Look at it from the child's point of view...\n\tFirst off, I have not read this book myself, so disreguard this review if you want. I'm reviewing it because based on the reviews and what I can tell here, and from descriptions from my own mother, I believe this is the book she used in a failed attempt to potty-train me. I am 99% sure, but she does not remember the title so I can't be 100% sure.\nMy mother described a system where she devoted one day to nothing but potty-training. She got everyone else out of the house, and removed all my toys from eyesight. Then she went through a detailed explanation using a potty doll and had me try to explain it back, using the doll. She then showed me what looked like a whole kitchen full of little toys and candy, and told me I would get rewarded for using the potty that day. I remember all that part. After that she said that we went through a process where she had to scold me for accidents and we did nothing but try to go potty all day. I was definately old enough to be doing this, because I actually remember it. (I am 25 now, so if this book was published in the late 70s or early 80s, I'm being accurate.)\nNow, let me tell you the results. I don't remember how I felt that day, but I do know that it started something that became a huge emotional battle for me. I was a very sensitive child, and I am a very sensitive adult. What mom and I remember was that potty-training became a war in our home- and it took YEARS. Because of my sensitivities and my mother's poor choice in training methods, I began holding my bowel movements. (I was able urinate in the potty at a normal age, not sure when.) I would hold bowel movements whenever I had the urge to go, even if she put me back in a diaper. I held for weeks at times, and sometimes this required a lot of pain for me (obviously). When it finally got to the point that I couldn't hold it anymore, the BM was so big that I needed physical help to go. Sometimes it would get so bad that the opposite result would happen- I'd have a sudden diarheaa because the muscles were fatigued. This went on for years, and the doctors kept telling mom that I'd eventually outgrow it. She tried suppositories, oil, fiber, and even started giving me adult doses of laxatives. Finally, when I was 5 (two years into this), Mom made a tape recording of me SCREAMING while trying to go to the bathroom. A doctor took pity on us and prescribed enemas. I used them on and off for two more years. I was finally fully potty trained- AT SEVEN. I am now 25, and occasionally I still notice some health problems that may be attributable to this.\n\nNow, obviously there is no way I can fully explain why all that happened, and I certainly can not blame all of that on the book. I was a very sensitive kid, and my mom picked a bad time to do it too (I had just had a baby brother). But I just want to describe the danger of using a insensitive method. And I'm not just talking about the pain I went through there- if we're to believe Freudian theories about the anal stage of childhood- well, let's just say I could be his poster child.\nI am now potty-teaching my own highly sensitive daughter, who will be 3 in a week. We have been working on this (no specific methods, just lots of sitting on the potty) for over a year now, and with NO results. But I'm not in a hurry, and thats because she's not ready, and we need to do this on her timetable, not mine", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_146", "text": "A poor effort....\n\tI read this as a thirteen year old boy and enjoyed it.  A re-read twenty years later gave me a different perspective.  MacLeans dialogue between his characters is comic book variety at best. There are also a few glaring errors that I am surprised that his editor did not pick up on, two of note: Shaffer (supposedly from Montana) is credited with a Mid-West accent?? Montana is far west not 'mid' west.  Secondly, Nazi helicopters?  This is just plain sloppy.  MacLean should have known much better.\n\nThis one belongs on the bookshelf of a teenage boy.  For a better read of MacLeans better works I reccomend; HMS Ulysess and Bear Island.  The characters are far more credible and provide a better story by far.  A poor effort by Mr MacLean", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_147", "text": "There's really no age group for this book\n\tI hold Martin's Song of Ice and Frie series in high regard; the man is a talented writer.  For adults. \n\n    The problem with this book is that it reads exactly like whay you'd expect a chlidren's book written by George R.R.Martin to read like.  By this I mean violent imagery and the occasional immolation of soon-to-be-dearly-departed-uncles.  (And as an uncle I object to this wanton anti-uncle setiment running rampant in children's literature!!!)\n\n   There seems to be no age group for this book.  The story isn't that engrossing, and a kid I'd feel comfortable buying a book for containing this level of violence would most likely want something more substanial.  Though for adults I strongly recommend Martin's other books over Mr. Pratchett, when it comes to books for kids about this age level I've gotta go with Pratchett's Wee Freemen over this.\n\nOr, for slightly younger kids, The Persistent Gappers of Firth.  Hell, eveybody loves the Gappers of Firth.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_148", "text": "Repackaged prepared foods\n\tI was INCREDIBLY disappointed with this book purchase - especially because I paid FULL PRICE for it. I have absolutely NO USE for it. Why? \n     Why pay money for a book that simply takes prepackaged cookie and cake mixes, and adds a handful of nuts or dried fruit, (thus, making it \"homemade\") to give away? Anyone with the smallest amount of natural creativity could do this on their own, without the instruction of a cookbook. Let me give you an example: One of the \"recipes\" in this book is for lollipops.\nYou melt down other lollipops or pieces of hard candy and drop a stick in the puddle. WOW. That is CRAFTY. How ridiculous. Even worse, - as you will see by the illustration, - the \"homemade\" 'lollipop' looks disgusting. The stick is about four times as thick as the paper-thin puddle of liquified old hard candy. I wouldn't DARE give such a thing away as a GIFT.\n     Only a handful of recipes in this book are actually scratch-made from ingredients. The premise of this book is dressing up premade prepackaged foods from your local grocery store, and slapping some notions from the craft store on a glass jar or paper box. While some of the presentation ideas are original and attractive, in general it will prove a grave disappointment to an experienced cook.\n     I have given this book two stars because it does present lovely photo illustrations of every \"recipe\", and may give you inspiration for packaging and presenting your best recipes as gifts...... but if you have any creative talent and cooking skill whatsoever, - I advise you to seek out another book on this subject. It is not worth the cost of the book.\n     Should you be interested in the simplicity and economical value (the craft notions to dress the package will cost more than the food you are preparing)found in this book, - PLEASE- buy a USED copy, - it isn't worth more than $3 bucks. This is definitely a publication for a very inexperienced cook - and it is only for such a one I would recommend this book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_149", "text": "I make movies and travel extensively. My life is great.\n\tThis is not very good. That is to say, the writing and the fluidity of Gazzara's life become bland and uninteresting quite fast. \nI initially picked it up because as an actor I find biographies or autobio's about somewhat lesser known people more curious than approaching someone like Paul Newman or Brando, who each have several books...And Gazzara's career has been an intruiging one. As a member of the Actors Studio, which produced the aforementioned actors along with countless others, his rise to Broadway and Hollywood was quick. He originated Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and played his first film for Otto Preminger-opposite James Stewart and George C. Scott, among others-in Anatomy of a Murder. \nBut his approach to acting, which is of primary importance to me, was not chronicled. Instead he regales with stories of what and who the people he worked with were like. What the particular country he was shooting in was like, etc., etc. \nOne of his primary sources of regard is his work with John Cassavetes, and it is clear Cassavetes was a major influence and close friend, someone Gazzara owes much, and the process by which they created Husbands and other films is investigated more than any other. Cassavetes too comes out as a more interesting, Larger Than Life guy, while Gazzara's tales of living in Italy, or being in Spain, New York, Hollywood, the Philippines, etc., etc. just made me jealous...\nI guess I wanted to know more about the life of an Actor who has worked as long as Gazzara has, is still relatively known-but never became a \"star,\" and continues to work, without feeling he is a hack who doesn't take his work seriously..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_150", "text": "One of the best Crichton novels\n\tSphere by Michael Crichton is an excellant novel. This was certainly the hardest to put down of all of the Crichton novels that I have read. \n\nThe story revolves around a man named Norman Johnson. Johnson is a phycologist. He travels with 4 other civilans to a remote location in the Pacific Ocean to help the Navy in a top secret misssion. They quickly learn that under the ocean is a half mile long spaceship. The civilans travel to a center 1000 feet under the ocean to live while researching the spacecraft. They are joined by 5 Navy personel to help them run operations. However on the surface a typhoon comes and the support ships on the surface must leave. The team of ten is stuck 1000 feet under the surface of the ocean. After a day under the sea they find out that the spacecraft is actually an American ship that has explored black holes and has brought back some strange things back to earth.\n\nThis novel does not have the research that some of the other Crichton novels have, but it still has a lot of information on random things from the lawes of partial pressure to behavior analysis.\n\nI would strongly recommend this book", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_151", "text": "Excellent Short Fiction from one of our best stylists\n\tJohn Crowley's well-deserved recognition as one of the best literary stylists writing in the English language is readily apparent in these four fantasy novellas that date from the late 1980's. His  quot;Great Work of Time quot; is an intriguing Rashomon-esque time travel fantasy about Cecil Rhodes and British economic imperialism in East Africa at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. It was almost as compelling a read as the  quot;The Nightingale Sings At Night quot;, which offers a fantastical twist on the Adam and Eve creation myth saga. The other two tales,  quot;In Blue quot; and  quot;Novelty quot;, I found much less compelling, but they are redeemed by the same lyrical prose Crowley uses in other tales. It was a wonderful surprise to find this book at a library; a surprise which I think many readers will also discover", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_152", "text": "An excellent cookbook full of delicious recipes\n\tI checked out this cookbook from the library and as soon as I cracked it open I knew I needed a copy of my own.  It is full of simple, tasty, and easy to prepare recipes.  I really like how most of the recipes don't require many special ingredients and how simple the directions are.  I was a little apprehensive having made the decision to become a vegetarian but this cookbook gave me confidence I'd still be able to enjoy a flavorful variety of cuisine", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_153", "text": "A gem...\n\tI saw the 1963 classic first, which happens to be one of my most favourite ghost movies of all time! (what a major disappointment the remake was). So as soon as I could a got a copy of this. It was an awesome novellete. I read it in one sitting, couldn't put it down! I do have to say I enjoyed the movie better...but this is a great journey as well.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_154", "text": "Funny, sexy, sweet, poignant\n\tThis book does something I've never seen before. It shows a cool young homo boy who's punk rock and a skater, not some wishwashy queen-boy. Sam, the lead character, is really cool. I'd like to be his friend, and his boyfriend, but that's another matter. Also, the dude he likes, Clay, is really hot. He's a surfer, but he's not a stereotypical surfer, he's much cooler, and also a little punk rock. I love this novel. The ending is really sad, but I loved it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_155", "text": "A dream, a vision, the West incarnate\n\tReading this book is like having a holy vision: I feel as if I should tell the world about it, but at the same time it seems so sacred and personal that maybe I should just keep it to myself and try to figure out why it came to me, into my life, into my head.\nThe book is the story of Billy Parham, a son in a late-1930s New Mexican ranching family.  Billy traps a wolf that has been killing his father's cattle but realizes he can't kill it and has to return it to its home in the mountains of old Mexico.  Billy crosses the border into Mexico, and as he does he crosses from real life into a world of dreams, where everyone moves as if the air was liquid, where every ruin has an irretrievable story, where soot and heat and danger hang in the air, and where nothing ever goes as planned.\nThe story is not as streamlined or as focused as its thematic predecessor, \"All the Pretty Horses,\" but that's not necessarily a shortcoming.   The book sprawls out like a wide hot desert--curling north and south, east and west, across the present and into the past.  The writing is as good as any writing I've ever read ever, and certain metaphors and feelings will stay with you for years.  For example: the coals of a campfire seeming like an exposed piece of the core of the earth.\nThis is a book that needs to be read.  Pick it up, and let it seep into your skin, let it open you to other worlds and peoples and ideas, and let it change you.  Let it open your eyes to the world, and to the West, and the goodness and the hope and the sadness that haunts the lives of all of us.  \nThis is a book made of all those ineffable things that most of us just can't put into words.  But here, somehow, Cormac McCarthy has managed to do just that.  Here is the intangible, but tangible.  Here is the unnameable, but named.  Here are the thoughts you could never express, expressed.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_156", "text": "Loved it\n\tBeautiful vineyards, fueding families, mystery, and an unlikely love story with a twist. Great read. Prepare to read this one through because it was hard to put down!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_157", "text": "A good writer suffers!\n\tPaul Sheldon,a very good writer famous for his books in the \"Misery\" series.A popular character in his book is someone named Misery.In his final book he kills the character off,therby ending the series.Paul's number one fan is Annie Wilkes,a retired nurse.(I would like to say,retarded).\n\n One day Paul gets into an accident and gets both of his legs severely damaged.Coincidently,Guess who finds him?\n Annie.Yes,she finds him and starts to nurse him back to good health.But when she soon finds out that Paul has killed the character \"Misery\",Annie is pissed...She makes it her business to get Paul to write another novel in which \"Misery\" is not killed.It sounds simple,I know.But when Paul refuses to write the novel,Annie uses force,and she tortures him so much that he just gives in and begins to write a new novel.\n  Meanwhile thinking of a way to escape,Paul writes the novel and suffers at the same time.He lost one of his foot,because she burnt it off!Yes,this Annie Wilkes is a lunatic.While Paul is under Annie's capture,he learns alot about things he took for granted.The ending of this book is a happy one,you won't be disappointed.I recommend this book as any other SK novel.It is a great Suspense,drama novel...enjoy...Nigel\n\nHere is another version of the plot.(taken from wikipedia)...\n\n\"The story begins with Paul Sheldon slowly waking out of a coma. Gradually, his memory returns to him: he is a wildly popular romance novelist of the Misery series of novels (the main character of which is named Misery Chastain) who has crashed his car in a winter storm outside of Silver Creek in Grand County, Colorado, and has been badly injured. His rescuer, Annie Wilkes, is a former registered nurse and has taken him to her secluded country home to personally care for him.\n\nAs luck would have it, Annie is Paul's \"number one fan\" and eagerly awaited all his publications. Almost immediately however, Paul realizes that there is a flip side to this coin: Annie is mentally ill, she has not told anyone where he is, and she has a violent past that includes a successful career as a serial killer.\n\nAnnie begins to physically and psychologically abuse Paul when she finishes reading his latest published work, in which the heroine Misery dies. Annie later forces him to burn an unpublished manuscript of his new novel, \"Fast Cars\" he was carrying at the time of his accident, disgusted at its radical departure from the Misery series. Eventually, Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel \"just for her\" and bring the character back from the dead. Paul works on the book as Annie's violent mood swings and her psychosis deepens. Her insanity escalates as Paul tries to escape; she eventually chops off one of Paul's feet, one of his thumbs, and murders a police officer investigating his disappearance. As the authorities begin to close in on Annie, Paul's plight--both in his writing and his attempt to save his life--becomes more desperate.\n\nPaul eventually defeats Annie by smashing her over the head with the second hand typewriter she had given him to write \"her\" novel. After he escapes, he publishes the new Misery novel to great critical acclaim.\"...enjoy...Nigel", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_158", "text": "Made my ordinary day much better\n\tI was given this book by a friend as a going away gift.  The day I decided to read it, I was ill and lay on the couch reading it in one sitting.  I was a bit drowsy, but I could not but it down...It made me nervous, excited, sad, and happy...all the emotions that a good book or movie can offer.  Get this if you are a serious reader looking for a fictional escape", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_159", "text": "Lud-in-the-Mist eugenic?\n\tThis book was extremely well written. It's a gorgeous story and not cliched at all. What totally gets me is that after searching the web for a time, I have not been able to find anyone that has written on the connection between her book and the eugenics movement taking place in the 20's. She most bluntly did not agree with eugenics at the end. For example, on page 233, \"And if all the gifts of Life are good, perhaps, too, are all the shapes she chooses to take, and which we cannot alter.\" The book is filled with hints at the time period even though, after looking at countless reviews, the reviewers keep commenting on how her other books took from the time period and historical events and that Lud-in-the-Mist did not and it was a \"fantastical\" piece of literature. In my opinion, this book was TOTALLY based on the time period. There's even a line by the blacksmith about how since he's not \"white\" anymore he has come down in the world. If you're looking for a cultural artifact of the 20's, this is an astounding piece", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_160", "text": "Warm and wonderful\n\tThis book brought tears to my eyes the first time I read it.  It is warm and comforting.  A wonderful message for children that their mama will always be there no matter what..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_161", "text": "Hugh Hewitt Needs to Spend More Time Rebuking Crybaby Republicans\n\tHugh Hewitt is right on target encouraging Republicans to remain loyal to President George W. Bush.  We are confronted with a long term fight against Islamic nihilists.  The Democrats who dominate that party nationally are essentially pacifists trapped in the mindset of the countercultural excesses of the 1960s.  Indeed, if the Democratic Party returns to power, the war on terror will be severely compromised---if not lost.  Even theological modernists like myself recognize that the Republican Party also best represents the values required to underpin a viable social order.  And yes, we need to purify our ranks and rid ourselves of back stabbers like Senator Lincoln Chafee.  But what about the Republican crybabies who threaten to severely damage the party if it fails to cater to their excessive demands?  These folks may be our greatest threat in the elections of 2006.  Many of them possess a suicidal Nietzschean streak.  In their heart of hearts, they idiotically believe we should let the Democrats win so that the Republican Party can be \"purified.\"  The author has yet to sufficiently deal with this crisis.  Hopefully, he starts to do so real soon before it's too late.\n\nThe crybaby Republicans are particularly dangerous concerning the explosive illegal immigration issue.  A number of them come across as nativists who despise Hispanics.  We cannot, however, forget that the children of numerous illegal aliens are often American Citizens.  They get to vote at the age of 18---and will most certainly seek revenge on the GOP for harassing their parents.  Let's get something straight: we are also not going to send an estimated 10-12 million people back to their original homeland.  But aren't these individuals breaking the law?  Human law is not about the striving for utopian perfection.  Yucky sausage making compromises are occasionally required.  I may have a few complaints about Hugh Hewitt's newest book.  Still, you need to purchase a copy.  His overall advice is indispensable if you truly love your family and wish to protect the United States from ruin. \n\nDavid Thomson\nFlares into Darkness", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_162", "text": "A great piece!\n\tI'd definitely recommend it not only to the Knowledge Management professionals, but to the general public. It's a fun and easy read.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_163", "text": "Johnson's Classic Novel of \"Passing\"\n\tMany novels of the African-American experience in the United States use the theme of \"passing\". These novels generally involve a light-complexioned African-American who can \"pass\" for white.  Among other things, novels based on a theme of \"passing\" allow the character and the author to comment upon black-white relationships in the United States from both sides -- from the black experience and from the white experience.\n\nBoth white and black authors have made extensive use of the theme of \"passing\".  The earliest novel involving \"passing\" of which I am aware is by William Dean Howells in his short 1891 book, \"An Imperative Duty\" which dealt with an inter-racial marriage.  The African-American novelist Nella Larsen wrote a novel titled \"Passing\" set in the Harlem Renaissance.  More recently, Philip Roth's novel \"The Human Stain\" involves the story of Professor Coleman Silk, a distinguished academic and student of the classics who passes for many years as white.\n\nColeman Silk is the successor to the protagonist of James Weldon Johnson's only novel, \"The Autobiography of an ex-colored Man\" written in 1912.  The unnamed protagonist of the book is an individual, like Roth's character Coleman Silk, with great intellectual and artistic gifts who is torn between the opportunities open to him as an, apparently, white person and his strong sense of black identity.  Like Coleman Silk and the characters in most novels involving the theme of \"passing\", Johnson's protagonist marries a white woman and lives a life plagued with guilt regarding his abandonment of his heritage as an African-American. Johnson's short novel is, to my mind, the best written on the theme of \"passing\", and it is a fine novel indeed. The book initially was published anonymously.  The writing is so powerful and believable that many readers took the book for a true autobiography until Johnson acknowledged his authorship in 1914.  Many years later, Johnson wrote his own autobiography, titled \"Along This Way\" in part to show that the story of his own life was not the story of the protagonist in the \"Autobiography\".\n\nJohnson's story shows how his protagonist goes back and forth, both internally and in the outward events of life, about whether to make his way in the white or in the black world.  He ultimately finds himself successful but unhappy. In addition to the story line of the book, Johnson uses the \"passing\" theme to allow many reflective passages by characters in the book on racial relationships in the United States early in the 20th Century.  The most famous such scene occurs as the protagonist travels in a \"smoking car\" for whites on a train in the segregated South.  He participates in a discussion among several white men of varied backgrounds on the \"race question\" as it was viewed at the time.  There is also a chilling scene in the book involving a lynching, the burning alive of a black person.  Johnson worked fervently in the latter years of his life to secure the passage of anti-lynching legislation in Congress.\n\nBut Johnson's novel includes a great deal more than a consideration of race issues.  The book offers an outstanding picture of life in early twentieth Century America -- in the South and in Johnson's beloved New York City.  The book is filled with pictures of dives and gambling dens and of the trade of cigar making in both South and North.  It is filled with the love of the piano and of classical music.  Most strikingly, the book has the spirit and feel of ragtime, which reached the height of its popularity during the years in which the book appeared.  Johnson shows great appreciation for this product of American culture.\n\nThe book also illustrates some universal themes.  The protagonist is troubled, specifically, by the conflict between his identity as an African-American and his wish to succeed as a white person.  But the broader themes of the book are the consequences of lack of self-knowledge, the role of chance in human life, and the consequences of a certain sense of purposelessness and frustration, which plague many individuals separately from any consideration of race.  Johnson develops these themes eloquently and ties them in well with his theme of \"passing\".\n\nJohnson's novel is an important work of American fiction which deserves to be read.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_164", "text": "Are \"you\" in this book?\n\tYou, the reader, are the subject and the hero of Calvino's novel, an exercise in reader-response theory gone mad. Calvino's lively experiment begins by describing a reader (that is, \"you\") reading Calvino's novel and, after this opening, \"you\" settle in to read the novel that you were \"meant\" to be reading--a noir mystery with a cliffhanger at the end of the first chapter. \n\nBut all is not fair in the Land of Fiction; the copy of the book has been misbound by the printer, so you have to rush to the store to get a properly printed book--only to find that the replacement is a different book entirely. After several tricks and machinations, you end up reading the beginnings of ten different books, written in ten different styles, yet all sharing place and character names and even themes. (Part of the fun is identifying the author being imitated: the most obvious segments mock Borges, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov.)  While initially it seems that Calvino assumes you are male, soon you are introduced to the Other Reader and \"you\" see the story through her eyes. Both of you work to solve the mystery of the erratic book passages, and the pleasure of reading is heightened by romantic tensions between the two of you.\n\t\nThe book alternates between the story fragments and the story of \"you.\" The repeated changes and interruptions in style and story can be baffling: \"You can't get your bearings: the characters have changed, the settings, you don't understand what it's about, you find names of people and don't know who they are.\" It's a bit like \"Groundhog Day,\" except that instead of being stuck inside the same day, you're doomed to repeat ten different but terrifyingly similar acts of literature interruptus. \n\nWell before the end of the novel, you realize that the real story is not to be found in any of the parodies (mysteries, fantasies, and romances) that you desperately try (and fail) to finish, but in the story of your reading experience itself--an experience made all the more complicated by the web of conspiracies engendered by the Other Reader, a reclusive popular writer, a charlatan churning out counterfeit books under the writer's name, a sloppy and conniving translator, and various officials of repressive dictatorships.\n\nFor the reader who doesn't mind when an author attempts to describe your state of mind, Calvino's novel can be pure fun. The success of Calvino's task depends in no small part on whether the reading experience he describes recalls how you read a book; I know that some readers find some of these passages alien (\"That's not how I read books\"), but for me the various descriptions of the reading experience were both perceptive and eerily familiar. This reader, too, found the first half of the book far more engaging than the second half; later in the book, the gimmick inevitably wears a little thin and the detours that spoof publishing conglomerates, repressive governments, and state censorship were a bit more than this short novel could handle. And the \"solution\" to the puzzle, although fitting, has the oomph of the finale to a shaggy-dog story. No matter--if you enjoy metafiction, you might just recognize yourself in this clever book", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_165", "text": "Pictures Are Worth A 1000 Words\n\tCharlie Bone isn't your typical nine-year-old boy.  Although he didn't know that himself.  But when photographs get mixed up and he ends up with a picture of a man and a little girl that talks to him, he knows everything that was normal about his life is gone forever.  Tracking down the picture, Charlie finds out it belongs to Miss Ingledew, a woman who owns a bookshop and has been looking for her missing niece for years.  She gives Charlie a mysterious package (that he can't open) and sets him on his journey that will change everything in his world.  As it turns out, Charlie is one of the descendants of the Red King, a mysterious person who had wondrous magical powers who went into hiding.  The Red King's children have been equally divided between good and evil ever since.  At Bloor's Academy, Charlie finds friends and enemies, and the challenge of his lifetime as he tracks down secrets others don't want revealed.\n\nJenny Nimmo is the author of five books in the Charlie Bone series and has written several other children's books and fantasies.\n\nMany people compare Charlie Bone to Harry Potter, and that's a good comparison.  But the two series are different.  Harry's family is really non-supportive, but Charlie has a loving mother, a doting grandmother, and Uncle Paton, who turns out to be something of a hero.  The book is a fun, fast-paced whirlwind of mysteries, magic, and friendship.  Even at 400 pages, it feels like it's over much too soon.\n\nThere are a few jarring instances where the point-of-view was disconnected, moving from one character and one scene into another without warning.  They were easily overlooked due to the pacing of the story, but noticeable all the same.\n\nFans who are waiting for the next Harry Potter book who haven't tried the Charlie Bone series are encouraged to do so.  Charlie's story, although similar, has much to offer in reading excitement", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_166", "text": "Mind Of A Dog\n\tMr. Bones is a very special dog, a dog who understands Ingloosh and almost speaks it. A dog who is happy roaming about the country with his master, Willie G. Christmas. If Willie is homeless, probably schizophrenic, certainly eccentric; if they rarely have enough to eat; if he doesn't always understand Willie's metaphysical ramblings--what does that matter between a dog and his best friend? Alas, in the first chapter, Willie is coughing up blood, and Mr. Bones knows that Willie is going to die.\n\nThe entire story is told through the point of view of this remarkable dog. Is it the story of a dog? Or the story of Willie? Or the story of life in America? Or a story about love, alienation, betrayal and loss? Well, it's all of these. And what is Timbuktu? For that, you will have to read the book. I'm not going to tell you.\n\nAuthor Paul Auster is a genius with language. Somehow he draws you into this improbable story and makes it believable. More than believable. Compelling. Does he really get inside the mind of a dog? Who am I to say? I can only say that for me he makes the mind of a dog as believable and understandable as any other mind. \n\nSome reviewers expressed disappointment with this book, but I thought it was wonderful. Just let it speak in its own voice and take it for what it is and you will love it. I recommend Timbuktu highly. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_167", "text": "Excellent Study Guide\n\tI bought this book for my son as a study guide, he is almost finished reading it for the first time, now he says he is going to go back and highlight key information that he will need on his exam.  He is raving about this book, worth the money spent and a very good price", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_168", "text": "Moving.  Educational.\n\tNever before have I been moved so completely by a simple reference book. The author skillfully weaves his understanding of our democratic system with a profound love for L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics -- not an easy task. I bought this for my grandmother... and she hates books. That's how good this is.  quot;Better than Cats, quot; she says. I can't say I necessarily agree with her -- for starters, the private sector's influence on public policy and decision-making is nowhere near as entertaining as Mister Mistofellees' song and dance -- but who am I to argue with an old woman? Nobody, that's who", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_169", "text": "These things are true...\n\tAmy Tan writes about wonderful people. \n\nAmy Tan creates exceptional characters.\n\nAmy Tan will write you a story that is so rich and clear you can almost touch it.\n\nThat is what I love in reading Amy Tan. As your average southern white female, I'm not exactly versed in the world of Amy Tan's characters. But she takes me there. I find myself so completely involved in the world she writes about that I forget where I am. Isn't that why you pedalled your bicycle to the library in the summer when you were a kid? Amy Tan will remind you of that sense of discovery you had back then, when you were reading all the great classics for the first time and the discovery of it all was an addictive thrill that kept your library card smoking and well worn with use.\n\nShe has a gift in her storytelling for expanding the universe. Read this book.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_170", "text": "one of the best books I have ever read\n\tI highly recommend this book.  It has changed the way I look at life and spirituality.  Nearly every line in the book is filled with profound meaning.  Additonally, the style is clear and the ideas accessible for anyone who is truly interested in spiritual fulfillment.  I am at greater peace with the world since having read this book.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_171", "text": "Teenage Opinon\n\tStephen King has made another novel full of horror and suspense.  The biggest storm ever is about to hit a town called Little Tall Island in Maine. While this storm is occuring a strange gentleman named Andre Linoge stops to visit.  He walks up to a home owned by an old woman Martha Clarendon. Linoge charges in the old womans home and brutily murders her.  Later, he purposly lets the police department arrest him", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_172", "text": "The solution to all educational problems\n\tCurrently, educational studies are being revealed, which are showing that students of minority heritage (particularly Black and Latino) have an affinity towards InterPersonal learning and Tactile learning\n\nInterpersonal = learning through being social and group work\n\nTactile = learning by building or constructing things\n\nOur current educational institutions, especially high school and below, cater to Auditory (hearing) and Intrapersonal (introverted, little group work) learners\n\nSo in total, poverty and language barriers are likely not the biggest culprit towards our low school scores, in areas of economic problems ----- rather, it is the fact that teachers are not teaching to the strengths of our children - as a matter of fact, most children are being taught within the areas of their learning weaknesses\n\nWith that in mind, FRAMES OF MIND is one of the first books to distiguish the way we learn and how to cater to it\n\nWithin this book lies the best solutions to our educational system, and its only a matter of getting the teachers to facilitate their lesson plans differently\n\nI highly recommend this book - especially to those who are interested in seeing what the future of America is all abou", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_173", "text": "Great book to listen to while you work out.\n\tI love this book.  I listened to it on tape.  The storey started out a tiny bit slow but oh is the story good!  I recommend this book to anyone who likes romance, not real graphic but very sweet, and suspense.  Oh this book is so good.  Hammond Cross is the ideal man and Dr. Lad is just as sweet and classy as can be.  The end is the best.  Hammond struggles with doing what is right and what is ethical.  Very good book!  Two thumbs up to Ms. Brown!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_174", "text": "GREAT COFFEE TABLE BOOK\n\tI found this book in a little store in a vacation spot.  I thought is was the cutest, most unusal selection of dogs and sayings I've ever seen.  It's the kind of book that just lifts your spirits and makes you feel good all over.  A wonderful gift for any dog lover in your life.  Wonderful photos and inspirational dialogue. You just want to keep picking it up and perusing the contents. Fun book", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_175", "text": "Possibly the Best of the Rich Dad books\n\tThis is the best Rich Dad book to date.  The book is filled with priceless information that 90% of people in the U.S.(particularly baby-boomers) are clueless about today.  \n\nMost Rich Dad fans will know that Kiyosaki's books tend to talk about the same general principles and don't touch on many new and groundbreaking concepts.  This book, however, is the exception.  I learned so many eye-opening things from this masterpiece.  It has truly changed my life and the way I look at money.  Do yourself a favor and BUY THIS BOOK.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_176", "text": "A fantastic book!\n\tI found this book on my own before going to get my MBA and was always a bit embarrased to admit that I had learned more from this book than any other (it's design makes it look a bit elementary).  I was pleasantly surprised to see that my Finance professor at the MBA program (Babson - the #1 entrepreneurship program 11 years running) brought it out on the first day and said it was a \"must\" for any businessperson's library!\n\nIt is a fantastic resource - don't let the look fool you", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_177", "text": "Kudos to Ruth\n\tI just read this book cover to cover on a flight back to NYC from Barcelona.  My mouth watered as I read the included reprints of her past reviews of NYC restaurants - even after my five days of fantastic Spanish cuisine!  But more surprisingly, I was drawn in by what seems to be quite an honest glimpse of the NYC restaurant experience seen through the eyes of many \"characters\".  The book left me such respect for the depths that Ruth Reichl went through in order to dine as the everyday person would experience, especially in NYC's \"best\" restaurants.  Her recounts made me actually appreciate the research and dedication required to write a truly objective (as objective as food tastes get, I suppose) review.  A very easy and enjoyable read.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_178", "text": "A Memoir of Two Wars\n\tJohn Falk takes the reader on the journey of his escape from depression.  And while medicine plays a key part in his freedom, we also see how a brutal and bloody war also plays a role.\n\nHis description of his illness is juxtaposed nicely against teh atrocities of war and his insights into himself and the war are poingant.\n\nA good read", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_179", "text": "A Terrific Little Termite!\n\tFrom the beginning, Roberto was different.  He loved his wood, but he'd always rather play with his food than eat it.  More than anything he wanted to become a famous architect like his heroes, Hank Floyd Mite and Fleas Van Der Rohe.  Belittled at home by the other termites and never taken seriously, Roberto sets off for the big city to  quot;build his dreams. quot;  Life in the city is hard, and not just for Roberto.  He meets all kinds of bugs with housing problems, including roaches chased from a diner, a housefly with no place to go and a poor ladybug whose house is on fire and children are gone.  Marshalling all his determination, Roberto decides to build a new community, that will meet the needs of these out-of-luck bugs and maybe make his architect dreams come true at the same time..... Nina Laden has written and illustrated a delightful and amusing story with a most improbable hero and youngsters will be rooting for Roberto as he chases and finally realizes his heart's desire, in his bug eat bug world.  Ms Laden's witty text, full of creative wordplay, will charm adults as well as children and her outstanding collage artwork, so full of wonderful detail, really brings this story to life.  A terrific picture book for youngsters 4-8, Roberto the Insect Architect lets everyone know that with hard work, your dreams can come true", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_180", "text": "A woman built the Brooklyn Bridge\n\tWhile the Brooklyn Bridge is the oldest of the bridges crossing the East River, it's one of the strongest, sturdiest and will most likely outlast the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges. John Roebling and his son, Washington, did not know how the forces of nature and bridge loads would affect their bridge. Given this gap in their knowledge they overcompensated by building a bridge capable of withstanding forces many times greater than would ever be applied to their structure. \n\nBut the Roeblings' gaps in knowledge also worked against them. One of the most interesting portions of the book is where McCullough discusses the pressurized caissons beneath the East River where Washington Roebling and many his workers spent their time. Few doctors or engineers at the time knew how high pressure environments would affect the human body. The quick changes in pressure killed workers and left many, including Washington, with a condition known as the bends. Washington's wife, Emily, was forced to transform herself into chief engineer while Washington struggled with the bends.\n\nThere are lots of fascinating facts and tidbits throughout this book on the bridge and the people involved with its construction.   McCullough's book is much more about the politics and people behind Brooklyn Bridge rather than the engineering. I would have preferred to read more about the engineering techniques, but I  still found this book reasonably engaging.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_181", "text": "A Helpful Memoir for Women\n\tLiz Perle does a really nice job in \"Money, A Memoir\" of weaving statistics, professional studies, and other people's experiences with her own personal experience and insight.  While many parts of her book sound familiar (e.g., women shopping when they're in a slump) it does look below the surface at some of the root causes of our unhealthy relationship with money and why we differ vastly from men in that regard.  The other thing I appreciated about the book was that Perle doesn't claim to have all the answers, and explains how she was able to find a happy medium in her relationship with money, which to me sounded like something I could attempt and achieve.  Thanks, Liz for a very important memoir that women of all ages should read", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_182", "text": "A timely analysis\n\tOn Nation, Underprivileged is a timely discussion of an issue that impacts us all.  In his book, Professor Rank carefully crafts a compassionate, analytical and innovative approach for addressing poverty in our country. This is a must read for all (especially policy makers).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_183", "text": "The Law was not about truth. It was about negotiation, amelioration and manipulation.\n\tMichael Haller's life revolves around criminal defense, his an attorney operating out the back of his Lincoln town car. His appearance sharply dressed and charmed mannerism makes him a very approachable guy, people either called him Mick or Mickey. Tall, dark and Intelligent with his good looks and Irish blood lines made him a catch. In the court room he was very together with great timing, in his personal life it was a mess, at last count he had two ex wives and one daughter. His father long deceased was also a famous defense attorney; another pressure of expectation in life he felt he had to live up to, his father wrote books and practised law that didn't have room for innocent clients, so far Mickey had spent most of his life worrying that he just wouldn't recognize innocence if it came along. Being an Independent operator he ran his business with his own private detective on his bankroll, he was also chauffeured around by an ex client who couldn't afford to pay his fees. In total he kept four Lincolns for another enterprise on the horizon encase things turned sour, what he was really looking for was a franchise player, a case to keep the cash rolling, point blank a meal ticket. \n\nLouis Ross Roulet dealt in LA property he was a rich playboy, currently booked on charges of ag-assault, GBI, and attempted rape, and although his arrest charges looked bad these could always be dropped to something less by the time he made court. Mickey couldn't believe his luck not only a rich client but looking at the evidence it was stacked in favour to get him off the hook. This was all too easy, in fact with sharp tactics of negotiation and manipulation it was an open and shut case. Just as he was on a roll Mickey's close friend is murdered he begins to have second thoughts about his case something just didn't sit right, in his search for innocence had he instead stumbled upon something more sinister or maybe something just plain evil. \n\nThis is the first time in a long time that I have picked up a book based on a court room drama; but this book is much more than just that. Michael Connelly has done a wonderful job; his close collaboration with real life defense attorneys has paid off with their knowledge shining through; well written and easy to follow so you don't get lost in the jargon of law, especially for someone like me who is not familiar with the US law system. I'm hoping very much that Mr. Connelly will be able to entwine the exciting lawyer Mickey Haller in other books going forward, Congratulations to Michael Connelly for a rollercoaster read. \n\nA.Bowhil", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_184", "text": "Encyclopedia Prehistorica\n\tSabuda is my all-time favorite pop-up maker! His stuff is so fabulous and intricate, it'll just blow you away", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_185", "text": "Far Journeys Review\n\tI am so passionate about this book.  It has answered all the life questions I have ever held.  Although many people I have recommended it to have reported that they have not been able to \"get into it\" - for me, I would say it is the best book I have ever read.  \nThis is about the 5th copy I have purchased because when I lend it out, somehow it is not returned and I want to have a copy to re-read every now and then.  (I will not be lending this one again", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_186", "text": "Secret Pleasure\n\tAnother beautiful contribution by this author. Love letters to make you weep, smile, laugh and imagine . . . or remember . . .  how it feels to love and be loved", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_187", "text": "The Usbourne Book of Art Skills\n\tAn excellent, well explained art book, with beautiful and easy to follow illustrations. The book is a treasure chest of ideas suitable for the primary classroom. This book provides plenty of opportunities to explore the various strands of the visual arts field. A great resource for any teacher, parent or doting aunt", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_188", "text": "good as always\n\tMy only caveat about this otherwise enjoyable installment in the Eve Dallas series is that the web site did not prominently state (i.e., I missed it!) that this had previously been published as part of an anthology. I made the mistake of only checking the publishing date, decided it was a new novella published independently (as would be deserved, given the track record of the series), and ordered it without checking further. My bad. But a reminder to readers who want to buy everything from the series -- be sure to read the description carefully enough to determine whether it is a previously-published-in-a-book-you-already-own item!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_189", "text": "One of the best book of the ordinary language philosophy\n\tGilbert Ryle shows a great skill in condensing his whole argument in a succinct metaphor. On page 16, he writes: \"A foreign stranger visiting the Oxford campus is shown libraries, department buildings, and museums. Then he asks \"But where is the University?\". This is the \"category mistake\". Cartesian question \"Where is the mind?\" has a same confusion, he asserts. \n\nA famous epigram \"Ghost in the Machine\" is sometimes misinterpreted. His point is that there is NO \"ghost\". What we think ghost (spirit) does not exist (therefore ghost!).\n\nAlthough the philosophy of ordinary language and the logical behaviorism, the British school represented by Wittgenstein and Ryle, had an its apogee in 50's, its crux of reasoning still has an important element. I still feel the current dominant school in cognitive science such as functionalism has a long way to go, before it can make it acceptable for broader spectrum of scientists whose prime mode of thinking is purely materialistic or physicalistic.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_190", "text": "A must read!\n\tDifferent, refreshing, entertaining, funny, eye opening....even better than reading the book is to listen to it (buy the Audio CD!) on a loooooong drive..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_191", "text": "dog lover\n\tLoved this book.  I think that this is a must-read for anybody working in a shelter or rescue situation.  The only negative comment is that the people who really need to read the book are not going to read it.  Working in the field, we see first-hand the changes that need to be made in our thoughts on animals. I wish that reading this book could be required before obtaining any animal. I will say that I cried during parts of the book", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_192", "text": "Beautiful\n\tThis book was stunning - I was enraptured with the writing and loved the story. So many emotions in one book. Looking forward to reading more from this author", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_193", "text": "Should Be Mandatory Reading for New Employees\n\tOver the years I managed a staff, I grew concerned about the ignorance of basic business behavior among employees.  Asking a new staff member to read a book like this might head off some future conflicts.  Worth a try... maybe even highlight some sections that you feel are most important", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_194", "text": "Top notch SF\n\tI was surprised at some of the poor reviews given this book and have an idea that these stem from those picking up books from a list of Nebula Award winners. This book is not at all your typical SF story, indeed it feels much more like a mainstream story with some SF aspects than it does an SF story. I'm an avid reader of both science fiction as well as mainstream fiction, so this holds a good deal of appeal for me.\n\nGriffith's prose is wonderful and showcases a beauty of language seldom seen in science fiction. Her characterization is also near perfect. I won't spend time discussing the plot as that's been handled amply by the other reviewers, but I will echo one other person's thoughts: The storyline that has Lore working at a sewage plant is, surprisingly, every bit as engrossing as the ones that deal with her kidnapping and her high society upbringing. To me, that says a good deal about Griffith's talent as a writer.\n\nAs for the sex scenes, which some people describe as being nearly constant in the book, there are actually about four or five scenes taking up somewhere around ten pages of the book (not each, but in total). Additionally, they're not placed in the story without purpose.\n\nOverall, an excellent book. Personally, I'm quite glad that it won a Nebula. It's certainly desereving", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_195", "text": "Gets right to the point\n\tLike so many of the books in the for dummies series it is well written and just gets down to business. The approach taken with this book is a nonviolent approach to training with training being enjoyed by both man (or woman) and beast. I have been training my Shiba Inu puppy based on this book for the last two months now and have had good results.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_196", "text": "Looking Through a Glass Darkly?\n\tThe mysterious oriental mirror is ugly, and it has powers that wield themselves on the unexpected.  It wreaks havoc and sometimes kills, as is the case with several people in this book.  The rest are either thought mad or driven mad.  Question:  If you could, would you switch places with somebody else in a different time?  I think I might, but I would like to be given a choice.  Brandy McCabe and her granddaughter Shay Garrett aren't given that choice.  Both are 20 years old and about to marry men neither love when the mirror transports them into each other's bodies.\n\nMarlys Millhiser has woven a complex and fascinating story of culture shock in which Brandy becomes her granddaughter and Shay becomes her grandmother.  Shay is thought crazy in the early 1900s because she can tell the future, and she keeps a diary to tell her grandmother how she has lived out her life should she return to her own body one day.  Her story and how she deals with a pre-citified Boulder, Colorado is the most interesting segment of the book, but I didn't feel sorry for Shay as much as I admired her strength of character.  She also had her mother's stories of her ancestors to go on, but this was not the case for poor Brandy.  The Garrett's and Shay's fiancee' don't know what to do with a pregnant Shay who is terrified and clueless about the year 1978, but they know after discovering the diary that she really is Brandy.  \n\nThe story is often heartbreaking, often times quite funny, and there are so many supporting and unforgettable characters--like the lovable Thora K., Brandy's first mother-in-law and the old man who takes care of Shay when she runs away from her family--that this book is not only compelling, but also makes you think about your own place in this world.  What Shay and Brandy do have in common is Rachel, Brandy's daughter and Shay's mother.  Now picture those two being in each other's place when you think of that!  \n\nSomebody here called the book a literary classic; I wouldn't go that far, but it is excellent, regardless.  The Mirror is magical storytelling any way you look at it, so let it weave it's spell on you.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_197", "text": "Great for self groomers\n\tThis book will be invaluable now as I am going to groom my dog myself. The instructions are easily understood", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_198", "text": "Great First Mystery in the Joanna Brady Series\n\tI LOVE Joanna Brady!  However, this introduction to her and her life in Bisbee is NOT the best book Jance has ever written.  One thing that is terrific about Jance, though, is that she is from Bisbee and describes the town in exact detail.  Bisbee is a quaint crazy town and Jance grabs all of the details of that small town oasis in the desert.  Joanna Brady is a likeable character and the series gets beter and better as time goes by. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_199", "text": "Excellent mystery...\n\tI thought that the two books previous to this in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series were slight disappointments.  Kincaid seemed relegated to a side character with Gemma taking the lead.  IN A DARK HOUSE is an excellent mystery that brings the two back to equal ground and re-establishes them as one of the best partnerships in mystery fiction", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_200", "text": "Please translate more of Kirino's work into English!\n\tOn the surface, Natsuo Kirino gives us a book loaded with nail-biting, page turning suspense.  What lies beneath is a scathing commentary on the social climate for women in Japan.  Women are seen as beautiful young pets, or useless old bags.  Kirino shows a side of Japan that I didn't know existed.\n\nKirino's brilliant characterization makes this book work.  Every person is fleshed out within the context of the story, and flashbacks are only used when absolutely necessary.  I never felt like the story was on hold while I learned about someone's childhood.  I can't stand it when writers stop a story cold just to fill in holes that they have created.  Kirino doesn't have that problem.\n\nThe book has a bit of a slow start, but it is necessary for the author to paint a picure of the mundane world the characters live in before things start to heat up.  The story picks up momentum and charges through to a brilliant ending (I have to disagree with other reviewers who disliked the ending. If you don't like the ending, you may be missing the point of the whole book). The plot twists manage to surprise the reader without feeling forced. Kirino's style is concise and well-paced.\n\nMy one complaint is that it is difficult to keep the characters straight because of their similar names.  With names like Yayoi, Yoshie, and Yoko it's hard to know who's who at times.  This may show my American ignorance, but I have to admit that this was a problem for me.\n\nThis minor complaint aside, I loved this book and I highly recommend it to all fans of crime fiction", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_201", "text": "Essential Reading for Therapists Treating Depression\n\tAs a therapist (16 yrs), I have been using the material in this book for reframing the experience of depression for my clients.  The clients I have introduced this book to are now reframing their illness as an intiation  into a greater understanding of their relation to self/soul.  While at  times dry for most laypeople, It has become a reference book for my  practice", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_202", "text": "The best compliment I can think of.\n\tI really enjoyed this book. It was a few good laughs over a few good dumps. What else can a Goomba ask from a book sittin' on the back of the cammode", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_203", "text": "The future seen through the eyes of a nineteenth century Fabian Socialist\n\tWells wrote The Time Machine (1895) rather furiously; it seems the author was short of money and exploited his idea of future time travel, summing it up in a tightly constructed, very short novel. Most works that I have read from the nineteenth century are long-winded, purple-toned, velvet-like effluviums. This one is short and for once I would have liked a book a bit wordier.\n\nAnyhow, the narrator, a sort of mad tinkerer, describes his visit 800,000+ years to the future. He finds two distinct inheritors of the human race: one smallish, simple-minded but joyful class of vegetarian people that live on the surface of the Earth (the Eloi), and one larger brute-like class of photophobic ground dwellers that perform most of the work for the Eloi, but unfortunately also eat them. Gone are most of the trappings of modern society. Humans have devolved into beautiful idiots and those that prey upon them.\n   \nDarwin's theories of evolution and natural selection were just beginning to take hold at the time Wells was writing and they obviously influence the work. I read somewhere that Wells took a university course taught by the biologist T.H. Huxley, who highly regarded Darwin's theories. Socialism also influences the book, with the Morlock underclass literally kept in the dark until they devolve into creatures that cannot tolerate light and have to rely on human flesh for food. Part of socialist theory is conflict theory; so instead of cannibalizing their own, the Morlocks eat the Eloi as a sort of vengeance.\n\nDarkness, and the use of the dark as something mysterious from out which monsters may jump, is Gothic old hat for early writers of this genre. Wells uses the dark as the place where the Morlocks are banished, and where the Time-traveler believes the Morlocks have his stolen time machine. We feel the Gothic fear when he knows he has to go down there to attempt to get it back. Also, I wouldn't say Wells is the first to blend science with fiction either; see Hawthorne's \"Rappaccini's Daughter\", Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or Edgar Allan Poe. And is there something unsettling about the Time-traveler's undertaking with the childlike Weena? Her death at the hands of the Morlocks is tragic, but imagine the circus-spectacle she would make if the narrator brought her back to his time as he intended", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_204", "text": "I don't know why all the bad reviews\n\tI picked up this book hoping to fall asleep reading. Instead I was drawn in by page 3 and stayed up until I'd read most of it. The main character, in my opinion, is Janet, the mother. I think it's more or less in her voice, and that is why she is the most developed character. \nThe book was very funny in an \"Oh no!\" kind of way. Sure, there are some outrageous stories and some things may seem unlikely to some people. They are lucky, I guess. I, for one, can really relate to the dysfunctional family and to a lot of the characters. \nBut it isn't meant to be a character study or some huge philosophy assignment. It's meant to entertain you while you pass some time reading, and it does that just fine", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_205", "text": "Simply fantastic!\n\tI got my copy of  quot;The Five Keys to Value Investing quot; as a graduation gift from my dad who is a longtime professional equities investor.  He thought this book would be a good way for me to prep before I start my career on Wall Street.  I was not disappointed.  The Five Keys is a very good summary of what I learned in business school and much, much more.  The author draws heavily from his own professional experiences as a disciple of one legendary value investor and couples it with the value investment styles of other great investors like Buffett and Graham.  The experience that the reader is drawn into is very worthwhile; but what makes this book very special is the framework.  I have read several investment books over the years, but none like this one.  Putting thousands of lessons and teachings of prominent value investors into a solid frame of mind is clearly the draw.  In addition, reading along as the author analyzes and dissects companies and few special situations add gravitas to the body of work.  The clarity in the concepts and the \"conversation-like\" tone was particularly attractive to me. In sum, this is a very coherent, practical book on the principles of value investing despite the fact that it is not too objective -- considering the authors' strong unapologetic bias towards value investing", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_206", "text": "A Rational Approach to Life Enhancing Changes\n\tI loved this book.  I love it so much, I want to give copies to my sisters, my friends and to get my husband to read it.  The ideas seem so simple and straight forward, that when you read it, you say \"of course, I can do that in my life.\"\nMuch of it covers identifying your goals, focusing on those and affirming that you can achieve them.  I found it very rational and not just wishful thinking.  \nI really like the exercises included in some chapters.  One exercise was to write a description of what would be a your perfect day.  He explains the purpose of each exercise and ask questions/gives direction for carrying it out.\nIt's the type of book that can be sampled and parts re-read at intervals to reinforce your efforts for a happier life", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_207", "text": "Laurie, Charlotte, NC\n\tI read this book and could not put it down. Mr Moyers will change the way of thinking for many as this disease has no limitations on the age in which this disease affects someone and all those around them. This book has insight and  boundless wisdom for all generations involved. I would recommend all colleges make it madatory reading, and only wish somehow every adult knew it was available.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_208", "text": "Perfect intoduction for the curious\n\tOnly about two hundred pages, Jonathan Spence does a very noble job summarizing one of the most powerful, mysterious, fascinating, and frightening persons of the twentieth century.  Though if one is looking for a book that goes into detail about any aspect of Mao's life or policies, it is best to look elsewhere.  This book is a straightforward and unabashed introduction and quick overview of Mao's life and work and ideas.  Perfect for people curious about Mao and twentieth century China who want to read more than an abstract, but do not necessarily need or want to tackle a big and detailed work.  Just the facts and little commentary.  Spence does a good job balancing any bias against or for Mao and his policies and deals mostly with the reasons for them and overall consequences", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_209", "text": "Easy to read Bible\n\tWhen my sunday school teacher gave us the challenge of reading through the Bible in a year, I thought it was going to be hard.  So I started looking for a one-year Bible.  When I came across this one I was really excited.  It is by far my favorite traslation because it is so easy to read.  I can get through the daily reading in about 15-20 minutes.  It breaks down the hard to read old testament into easy reading.  And one of the best parts is that it breaks down the reading by day, so you are not constantly going back and forth between the books.  Truely one of the best Bibles I have purchased!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_210", "text": "A good summer read!\n\tKate White introduces us to the world of tabloid reporting in a sassy titillating crime novel--Over Her Dead Body. \n\nI could feel the slime drip off the characters that were responsible for keeping the Buzz and its rag competitors in production. While the mention of 'current' celebrities will date this book, Kate's spellbinding storytelling definitely has \nstaying power. \n\nOver Her Dead Body is a fast-paced novel about the murder of the Mona Hodges, Editor in Chief of the Buzz, who had a long list of hostages in her wake, each one having good reason to hate her or perhaps kill her-with a sprinkling of romance for levity. \n\nEven though the main character, Bailey Weggins, a celebrity crime writer, gets discombobulated many times throughout the investigation, she is clever enough to pull together the pieces of the mystery to its conclusion. \n\nRight to the end Kate White keeps the reader guessing on who did this horrible crime. \n\nI am looking forward to reading more Bailey Weggins' mysteries. Don't keep us waiting, Kate!\n\nArmchair Interviews says: Sounds like another good summer read.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_211", "text": "A Wonderful Historical Account\n\tVery few books can weave the historical narrative with an account of the subject as Mr.Derbyshire does it in this book.Whats more, he does total justice to the subject by making sure persons who should get their credit does atleast so. The author's canvas is huge and he almost reminded me of how much I missed undergraduate math.\n\nA must read for students of algebra as this one sets a context which is far brilliant than the dry subject textbook (I myself taught a class in Algebra aat University of New Orleans", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_212", "text": "Genuine\n\tA lot of these reviews say that they've read this book and it's \"done wonders\" for them and everyone they've recommended it to.  The book itself will not do wonders unless you work on the things Gawain suggests.  It's not a miracle cure-all book - it's about giving you the motivation to do something about your life instead of sitting back and watching the trail roll out behind you.  I read this book in college when I was going through a little bit of a rough patch, figuring out what I wanted, etc.  Now that I've graduated and am slowly becoming wary of the corporate world, I need more positivity in my life so I'm re-reading it in the hopes that I can zero in on my goals and start achieving them again.  I highly recommend it to those who are open-minded enough to give it a chance", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_213", "text": "Among the creme of the creme of business books\n\tThis is one of the most insightful books I've ever come across.  The author is simply a genious.  Embracing the principles of this book may be the difference between developing a successful business or not", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_214", "text": "This is the Only Book you will need!\n\tI realize that this is the only book currently on the market for the 993, aside from spending a small fortune on the actual shop manuals (on CD's), but after receiving the book and spending several nights giving it a good read, I have come to the conclusion that someone will be hard pressed to put together anything so accurate and complete.  This is a must for any 993 owner!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_215", "text": "ENJOYED THIS THIRD OF THE SERIES AS MUCH AS THE FIRST\n\tThe story of Anne continues with this work and the author stays true to her style, story line and character developement.  This, like the other books in this series, have a rather timeless nature about them and a comforting charm.  The reader, of course, must remember the time they were written and the style and syntax used at that time.  From my own point of view, this is great.  I enjoy this type of writing and certainly enjoy Ms. Montgomery's story telling abilities.  In this work, Anne goes off to Redman College and her adventure continues.  Recommend these books for readers of all ages.  Wish there were more works out there like it.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_216", "text": "Lotus seed\n\tThis book is great for encouraging students to ask questions and infer meaning!  Try it out in the classroom", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_217", "text": "A Godsend.  Thank you, DR Hallowell.\n\tI bought my first copy of this book about two years ago. Grabbed my brain and would not turn it loose...because the pages SCREAMED... \"THIS IS YOU!\". I am now 51 years old, and have had the cross of ADHD ... or blessing... as you may see it all of my life. \n\nI found myself picking up the phone to call close relatives and grabbing friends to lecture them on what was going on...mostly reading straight from the book. My mother wondered if my father and older brother had ADHD. Dad is dead now, but this can help me put some of the dysfunction in our relationship together.  Yes, I have been persecuted for having untreated, undiagnosed ADHD. Yes, this book explained an awful lot to me, gave me real solutions, and encouraged me knowing that the two authors are also blessed / victims of this malady / mental enhancement! I subsequently have bought copies for my aged mother in another state, and for my fiance. I have to say, my fiance read it through and studied it like a how to manual for fixing me! (She's a little scary, sometimes!) And of course I sent a copy to my brother, the doctor, who has added it to his trusted library of resources and textbooks. \n\nI am now on one of the medications for the neurotransmitter stimulus. I have opted out of the antidepressants, because of their scary side effect warnings. But the stimulant works to calm me and flush me with something I don't have without the medication. It makes a difference. I feel better and more confident, more able to concentrate and more up to meeting all the challenges of life. What more can I say?  Their attention to all facets including proper medication and case history is fascinating, intriguing, and extremely useful. Hope is out there", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_218", "text": "Lightning\n\tI liked the book except the ending,I do not think she should have taken Sam back,He did not stand by her when she needed her most instead he went after another woman,The things he said   and did to Alex were unforgivable,Sorry doesn't cut it.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_219", "text": "Outstanding glimpse into the lives of undocumented Mexicans\n\tWritten all the way back in the mid-1980s, long before all the heated rhetoric about illegal immigration going on in the US today, this book has turned out to be amazingly prescient. I feel like I would have had a much better understanding of this subject (not to mention appreciation of the people involved) had I discovered it a long time ago, but I suppose late is better than never.\n\nTed Conover did what I don't imagine very many other Americans would have the courage to do: Cross illegally from Mexico into the US with Mexicans doing the same thing. In doing so, he gives readers incredible insight into what compels some Mexicans to make that journey (i.e what life is like where they come from), what the journey is like, and what awaits them on this side of the border. I found myself exceedingly grateful for having been born American and simply in awe of the Mexicans who live such vastly disparate lives from their privileged neighbors to the north.\n\nConover simply relates his experiences to readers without the kind of  ideological commentary or other editorializing that can get in the way of the facts surrounding the contentious issues involved. Coyotes is a well-written, touching, informative, and inspiring book that should be required reading for all Americans before they open their mouths about illegal immigration", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_220", "text": "Fantastic Book\n\tIf you want to take your pictures to the next level this is the book for you. Fantastic and easy to follow .. for the advanced amateur and pro", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_221", "text": "The Birth of Modern Geology\n\tPart geology, part biography, part history of Scotland, this excellent book is a tribute to James Hutton, the originator of modern geology. Starting with the status of geology in the eighteenth century and the use of the Bible as the basis for estimating the age of the earth, the author weaves the intriguing story of James Hutton and how he came about discovering signs of the earth's true antiquity. The political situation in eighteenth century Scotland is well described and illustrates the times in which Hutton lived. But the book goes further in that the evolution of geology after Hutton's death is also discussed, ending with modern estimates of the age of the earth and a brief description of the methods used to produce them. This is a very well-written and exciting book that should appeal to a wide audience", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_222", "text": "Let it speak for itself...\n\tI have looked high and low through countless new age books and Voyagers was the first book that really fofilled my sense of longing. After every other book I had read, I found myself still searching, but after Voyagers, I no longer needed to search. That is not to say that everything you ever needed to know can be found in this book, it is more of an introduction to a larger body of work where you can find information on everything you wanted to know, and then some. If you are genuinely looking for answers, then don't take my word for it, or any one else's for that matter... just read it for yourself and decide for yourself if it is right for you.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_223", "text": "Storm In The Night!\n\tThis  book is  execellent in explaining  about  fear and  how  to  conquer it. My f0ur  children  loved it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_224", "text": "Who's telling the truth?\n\tOh, Spike in San Antonio. It's so hard to believe that sexism exists, isn't it? I'm not sure where your numbers come from, as your logic seems tenuous, at best, but according to that left-wing, liberal think tank known as the US Census Bureau, Rowe-Finkbeiner is right. And it's getting worse. \n\nThe Census Bureau reported in August, based on the Current Population Survey, that women's  real median earnings fell by $171, or 0.6 percent, from 2002 to 2003, while men's increased by  $336, or 0.8 percent. (The increase for men was not statistically significant, but the decrease for women was.) The gender wage ratio thus fell to 75.5, compared with 76.6 in 2002. In addition, a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released in October of 2003, controlling for changes in education and work experience over time, concludes that women s earnings have  remained stagnant, relative to men's, for an even longer period--17 years--with a gap that cannot be explained by measurable differences in education and experience.\n\nIf you actually read The F-Word, you might find  cited cases like this: Although women make up nearly 3/4 of Wal-Mart's workforce, men hold 90% of management positions--despite female employee's receiving better performance evaluations overall--and female employees are paid lower wages than male employees for the same jobs. None of this is disputed by the corporation. Why? According to Wal-Mart, because men are there for a career, while women are working for pocket money. I wish I could say your attitude was merely naive--but the truth is it's far more dangerous and insidious. Thanks to Rowe-Finbeiner for telling it how it really is.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_225", "text": "Good, considering the time\n\tHarvey is a totally spoiled boy. It starts when Harvey is on a ship with his Mother (I forget where they are going) he is washed overboard, and saved by a fisherman `Manuel.' On the fishing boat Harvey makes his first friend, learns to work for his keep and so on. The story worked, it wasn't cheesy, maybe because it was one of the first novels of that type, but the plot of Harvey \"growing up\" seemed just to be there so you will read the book. The characters were well developed except the cook, you never really figure out where he is coming from. Most of the book was about fishing of The Grand Banks, very interesting is you like fishing and ships, but if you are reading it for the story, there is not that much, the ending was also weak, we are happy the Harvey is reconciled, but I really think that his parents would make a bigger stink. Good historical value, Kipling is a very enjoyable writer, yes I liked it but the plot had some flaws. I do recommend it though.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_226", "text": "Surprisingly Helpful!\n\tI was forced to read this book for my graduate studies and I found it surprisingly helpful.  By filling out a basic personality inventory, this book will tell you what  quot;style quot; of worker you are and then how to deal with people of other  quot;styles. quot;  I see this book being a hit with sales people who have to interact with many other people everyday.  But I can also see how this book could provide a foundation for learning how to work with other people in any environment.  If you are willing to make slight modifications to your personal behavior, this book gives you the skills to build great relationships.  I agree, however, with the previous reviewer's comments that this book does not go very deep, thus only 4 stars. Do not expect to change your boss into a nice guy just by reading this, but you can make your day-to-day dealings with him more enjoyable using these tactics.  (This is also an easy read... Took me 2 days!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_227", "text": "Another drop in the parenting bucket.\n\tI find it difficult to rate and review parenting books with such specific agendas, such as The Continuum Concept.  I fear that alone this book would render a nervous, new mother terrified of failure!  I am wary of books that pretend there is only one way to raise every child.  That said, I adore text that encourages instinctual, intuitive parenting.  Coupled with the dozens of other parenting guides I have read (from all spectrums), The Continuum Concept is a very valuable book.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_228", "text": "A Fresh New Look about an Old Topic\n\tFor those who love historical texts, but sometimes have a hard time weeding thru the period language, overly technical jargon and miles of microfiche, this book is a real blessing. The author not only deals with the methods of tracking, chasing and boarding prey, but goes happily in-depth about the people who follow the \"sweet trade\". He covers the buccaneer lifestyle on land as well as at sea, the events leading up to their rise in influence in the Caribbean, and goes into clothing, food, religion, heirarchy, weapons, flags,choice of ships and cultural relationships.\nI picked up this book primarily to confirm or disprove my theories on individual weapons combat during boarding actions and while the techniques are not played up in any great detail,citing the use of powder and grenades over cutlass and knife, the reasonings behind what weapons were used and how unorthodox hand to hand combat could be in closed quarters are sound.\nOverall a very enjoyable and informative book!\n\nGareth Thomas\nDirector; Historical Maritime Combat Associatio", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_229", "text": "great girls food\n\tI made 4 dishes from the book for my girlfriends and all of the recipes were a huge hit.  The carmelized onion and spinach dip was amazing as well as the tomato and ginger soup.  I especially like the 'buy and arrange' features  which give you clever stylish ideas for easy dishes to throw together if you don't have alot of time. No more 3 course meals for me, I'm going all appetizers.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_230", "text": "Flavorful, fast-paced and entertaining\n\tOkay, the title is a bit much.  But I enjoyed this book tremendously.  Some of the criticisms point to the elements I liked best.  The routine cases, how they were approached, and the results were a revelation to someone who has no real idea of police work except what I've seen on \"Cops\" (constant action and crisis!).  There was a new story on every page, and I wound up reading until 1 a.m. on a work day because I just couldn't help reading \"one more page\".  The descriptions of the surroundings, the characters, the sounds and smells of the settings, conjured up a real sense of being there.  I was fascinated by the character faults and virtues of the people in the book, as Atkinson tried to remain true to McCain's philosophy that most people aren't entirely good or bad.  As a resident of the area, I finally understand the gang wars that were taking place when I was growing up (I remember the old Boston Record American newpaper with the crime scene photos splashed across the front).  I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who lives in the Northeast, and to others who'd like a glimpse into how Boston politics are practiced in every profession", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_231", "text": "Blix couldn't take the candy from a baby -- just too kind.\n\tquot;Disarming Iraq quot; is Hans Blix's thought-provoking and historically-important memoir of the few but critical months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, during which he tried to paint a clear picture -- for the UN and the world -- of his inspection team's findings, claiming no need for urgency and lobbying for diplomacy.\n \n The polarized atmosphere was palpably tense: while the U.S., the UK and Spain insisted that Iraq was not responding to inspections, France, Germany and Russia asserted with equal force that the inspection program had never been fully explored. \n \n Parting the raging waters (for a few weeks, anyway) was the quintessential diplomat Hans Blix. As it reads, he was too diplomatic, unwilling to state his results confidently for fear that it might drive UN policy. It didn?t help that he had a few doubts of his own; that in spite of not finding any  quot;smoking guns quot; in terms of banned weapons, he still sensed that Iraq was playing a cat-and-mouse game. Either the regime's odd narcissism allowed it to believe that it did not have to comply with the UN, or it was hiding something. Either way, Blix's hesitation was enough to set the stage for Colin Powell's historic February 5, 2003 presentation of evidence of WMD?s in Iraq, which was more or less the proverbial point of no return.\n \n Apparently, what Mr. Blix was trying to tell us -- before he was drowned out by the noisy din of a fearful and overzealous media -- is now common knowledge about WMD?s in Iraq: Blix's commission failed to find anything not because the Iraqis succeeded at hiding the weapons, moving them ahead of inspections, but because the weapons really weren?t there. Iraq had disarmed at the end of the Gulf War in 1991, just as they?d claimed. The UN inspection program had worked -- without knowing it.\n \n So how did the war move forward under false pretenses? According to Blix,  quot;a deficit of critical thinking quot; was to blame. He speculates that our Congress would never affirm the use of force merely to end a reign of terror (even though Blix himself wishes for a UN resolution against brutal dictatorships). The Bush administration had to justify war in Iraq by linking it to terror, and since there was no real link, it had to capitalize on the  quot;theoretical quot; link of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.\n \n This is as far as his speculation goes. Where the phrase  quot;military industrial complex quot; would seem most natural and expected -- followed by a salacious tell-all about Bush, Cheney and nefarious links to Saudi oil -- Blix cleverly sidesteps the issue of America's impatient itch for war by feigning ignorance. Giving Blix the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he prefers to be thought of as naive and not sensational.\n \n Needless to say, Dr. David Kelly's death (the British scientist who leaked to the BBC that the British government had  quot;sexed up quot; a document alleging Iraq's nuclear capabilities) was an  quot;unfortunate suicide quot; -- and not the work of a shadow government. (The entire document, by the way, turned out to be a forgery.)\n \n At least Blix observed the  quot;horse trading quot; ( quot;intense economic and diplomatic pressures quot;) our government used to obtain votes from other countries -- votes needed to pass the UN resolution authorizing the use of force -- as well as he disapproved the Bush administration?s spying on UN delegations while on their diplomatic visits to New York. Blix had other objections to U.S.-led efforts, but they are all based on facts and evidence, and are in defense of IAEA (a previous inspection organization, also headed by Blix) and UNMOVIC (the UN's Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission).\n \n Interestingly, the largest setback to diplomacy was related to a 167-page  quot;cluster quot; document released by Blix in early March of 2003, which summarized all the inspections for the three preceding months. Unfortunately for France and Germany, American and British members of UNMOVIC leaked pre-release draft copies of the document. In other words, France and Germany had much less time to prepare their official reactions to the cluster document than their British and American counterparts. Their positions, in favor of renewed inspections, were not as compelling.\n \n While Blix?s passion is definitely enough to carry his memoirs, one can easily see why it was so difficult for Americans to take Mr. Blix seriously: he lacks that forcible personality that commands respect. Even so, he is gifted with an even temperament, a good sense of humor, and a deeply-imbued sense of integrity, all important qualities for diplomacy. Although he may have been the only individual capable of peaceably bridging the large gap between the UN and Iraq, in retrospect it may have been asking too much from some of our leaders to match Blix?s diplomatic efforts in their reasonableness and patience", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_232", "text": "By Far the Best Baseball Book in Print!\n\tThis is the best baseball book ever!  Not only is it beautifully organized and rich with facts, but it's so well written! As someone who came late to baseball, I find the book hard to put down.  IF you can only buy one baseball book, this is it--it's a major reference for any fan, and it's going to make a great holiday gift too.  Get your copy before they're all gone", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_233", "text": "The best choice\n\tThis book is the right choice for beginers and advanced users of Spring. It covers all major aspects supported by the framework, and goes beyond than a \"24 hours learning\" book. Emphasizes the basic theory and shows how to correctly use the framework in J2EE applications", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_234", "text": "Fasten Your Seatbelts and Enjoy the Ride!\n\tI stumbled upon Matthew Reilly's novel in the new release section of my public library. I had never heard of him before, this being his first release in the United States, but the synopsis on the inside of the dust jacket caught my attention so I decided to give the book a try.  \n     Most books coming out now have author blurbs of recommendation I take with a grain of salt. Most of these authors are paid for their reviews or they are personnal friends, making it difficult to determine the sincerity of the review.  Everything is promised to be a \"white, knuckle thriller\" or my personal favorite \"a rollercoaster ride of excitement\" but the majority of the time the book does not live up to the hype. This is definately not the case with \"Ice Station\". This book is Action with a capital A! How this book has not been optioned for film bewilders me because if it is done right it would be one of the best action films of the past twenty years. The book alone left me exhausted.\n     For a quick intro without giving anything away (because I hate spoilers) a crisis emerges at an isolated Antarctic research station.  A marine recon team is sent to investigate and all hell breaks loose.  This is not an exaggeration.  When the action begins in this book it does not let up. Every time I thought the book was going to have a down moment to give me the opportunity to eat or get some sleep, I got cold cocked by a left hook.  The characters only pause in the book to reload.\n     Now there will be nay sayers out there who will criticize that the book lacks any real substance.  Maybe there could have been more characterization, perhaps there is a fact or two off when utilizing military jargon or technology, or maybe an event bends the laws of probability but all I can say is I don't care. I had fun with this book. For the two days I read the book I had a blast. This is not a contender for the pulitzer prize. It is not going to pop up on Oprah's book club. This is a summer action movie put to words and I dare you not to have fun. \n     I may have discovered Matthew Reilly in the library but now I purchase his books as soon as they are released in hardcover. I know what to expect and he never disappoints.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_235", "text": "Assertiveness Training\n\tAs the authors state in the preface of the book, the main focus of the text is to show the reader how to write high quality contracts. This is not a text intended to convince readers of the veracity of design by contract, but if you are a developer with an academic knowledge of assertions, then this book with its extensive examples will likely convert you to a design by contract advocate.\n\nMost of the examples presented in the book are written in Eiffel, an object oriented language that fully supports preconditions, postconditions and invariants without need for preprocessing. If you haven't written code in Eiffel I highly recommend that you download EiffelStudio and deploy the examples in this book. Although there are tools that offer assertion facilities, none provide the ease of use as that seen in the Eiffel language. The text covers a preprocessor that imparts assertions to Java, but the extra steps and unique keywords required to incorporate and activate the assertions are likely to prevent wide scale use of the tool in a software development environment.\n\nSome aspects of object oriented languages such as design by contract and multiple inheritance are often taught through a language and an integrated developer's environment that minimally supports the functionality. As such developers form a poor opinion of the concept and not the tool. The keyword support of contracts in Eiffel makes the language a perfect learning tool which will impart a more than academic understanding of the value of assertions. \n\nThe authors state ardently that developers have a choice between spending hours hunting down the causes of runtime errors or instead allocating time to write thorough contracts. As a sometimes Eiffel developer I can state that this assertion is accurate. Since contracts also assign responsibility for the runtime errors, they are invaluable for debugging. I recall an instance when I encountered a postcondition violation while using a linked list from the Eiffel library. As a client of the class, I didn't spend any time tracking down the source of the error other than to report it along with the condition that triggered the error to the supplier. In industry significant time is spent debugging code prior to delivery and maintaining code afterwards. Any concept or tool that aids in this function is indispensable to the project. Apparently many people understood this notion since for several years the proposal to broaden Java to include keyword support of programming by contract was purportedly the most frequent \"non-bug\" report requested by Java developers.\n\nThe book is well organized providing a set of step by step instructions on how to write robust contracts applicable to a wide range of examples from simple data structures to more advanced cases such as the implementation of the Observer Pattern. I considered myself well versed in design by contract but the six principles and guidelines as well as the frame rules, introduced successively via examples, provided a more rigorous approach to developing contracts than I had employed in the past.\n\nIn Chapter 2, the distinction between basic and derived queries is discussed and all six principles are introduced through a stack example. Each principle is unveiled in conjunction with designing methods and their contracts for the data structure.\n\nIn the development of the dictionary class in Chapter 3, the authors present a case for a new query which asks if the dictionary already contains a specific key. The query arises from the specific application of the principles pertaining to postconditions. This is an excellent example of how contracts result in the development of new and needed features in a class. \n\nIn Chapter 6, the authors present a clear rational for weakening inherited preconditions and strengthening postconditions and invariants in accordance with other literature pertaining to the same topic. In particular, the example of a delivery service reads like a case of retail agreement in plain language but is complemented by examples of code and UML diagrams. The concept of guarding postconditions with preconditions to facilitate possible redefinition of methods is also introduced and well explained.\n\nChapter 8 covers the benefits of design by contract and if the reader has compiled and executed the examples presented in the book, they will have experienced some of these benefits firsthand. Of course there are considerations like better documentation and more reliable code, but the debugging assistance is the most overt benefit of contracts. The stack traces associated with assertion exceptions are an invaluable tool during both development and maintenance. Anyone who has developed quality software under a tight schedule understands the benefits of precision bug identification and resolution.\n\nAnalysis by contract, introduced in the final chapter, presents the concepts of design by contract abstractly removed from the code specifics. The authors present an analysis of a person withdrawing money from a bank. In doing so they codify the sequence of events based on the contract stating that the design is \"derived from the specification rather than being a design that is also being used as a specification.\" The obvious implication of this is that the final product will likely fulfill the specification implicitly.\n\nThis is a book packed with knowledge that is essential for all developers regardless of the current support of design by contract in conventional languages. In the future, as the more popular languages incorporate additional design by contract concepts, there will be an increased number of authors producing texts on these topics as well as a growing number of developers annotating their resumes accordingly. I suspect that all of these texts will reference Design by Contract by Example and many of the developers that already understand the concept will be well acquainted with the pages of this book.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_236", "text": "A Writer Worth Watching\n\tImaginary playmates are not unusual. But, there hasn't been a playmate like TillyTilly since those nasties Henry James created in \"Turn of the Screw.\"\n\nAnd, like them, TillyTilly seems to be something more than what a child has imagined.\n\nJessamy Harrison, the eight-year-old daughter of a Nigerian mother and a British father, is a precocious and lonely child subject to screaming tantrums and panic attacks. During a visit to her Nigerian relatives, Jess explores an abandoned building and meets TillyTilly, a child of her own age, who she befriends. The problem is, no one else can see TillyTilly.\n\nOn their return to England, TillyTilly mysteriously shows up and soon leads Jess into a heap of trouble. Fun becomes horror as Tilly demonstrates a penchant for cruelty.\n\nGiven that Miss Oyeyemi was only 18 when she penned this complex novel, there are some drawbacks. Jess is often portrayed as much more sophisticated and articulate than the reader can believe and some characters are not drawn out enough. Despite these flaws, maturity is certain to give us a writer well worth watching for in the future.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_237", "text": "Book Purchase: On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society\n\tGood Transaction, Thank you", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_238", "text": "Gain Insights to Accelerate Growth\n\tThis book is full of useful insights.  I was fortunate to hear Reichheld present this content at a seminar for marketing professionals.  While some reviewers have complained that his approach is overly simplistic, I doubt any of them have actually applied his methodology to their business.  I applied his methodology to my business (direct selling) and had over 6,000 interviews completed to identify promoters, passives and detractors in the businesses of independent distributors.  Consistent with Reichheld's findings, the segments of my business that were growing fastest had more promoters in their respective customer bases and were performing better across a wide range of metrics.  From the detailed findings, we identified best practices that were leveraged across the entire business.  Buy the book.  Have an open mind.  Apply the concepts he has laid out.  If you do, you will walk away with useful ideas to accelerate the growth of your business", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_239", "text": "A fun read!\n\tI'm generally into non-fiction and new to Nora Roberts, but I enjoyed \"Northen Lights\" very much. The book is well crafted with a believable plot and a group of quirky likeable charcters. I was sorry to finish the book and found myself wanting to vist \"Lunacy Alaska\" again. Final test was I ordered and sent the book to a dear very literate friend; she enjoyed it as much as I did", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_240", "text": "Better than Lonesome Dove\n\tI read this book a couple of years ago, and I have just recently started to read it again. As much as I liked Lonsome Dove and Larry McMurtry's ability to wrenches your heart by eliminating characters you fall for; Greg  Matthews stings your senses with the characters he develops", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_241", "text": "Entertaining but beware this advice\n\tThis book was like Madonna's famous photographic book of 1992 when it hit the shelves in the 1960's. This is Brown's manifesto on the liberal lifestyle which was spawned in that era. Reader beware ... choices and actions have consequence ... and ponder very carefully before being Cosmopolitan long after the expiration date. Living it up does NOT mean reckless behavior. Values are personal but when one woman's values cause her to act in ways that impose the boundaries onto another (ie - affairs with married men) it is as much an imposition as bible thumping over others' heads. People are free to do what they want but if they go down a certain road they have no right to take unwilling others down the path with them. Although now dated and updated with Sex and the City - ask yourself if you really want to be wild your whole life. Retiring one lifestyle for something stable is a rather good thing when the time is right. Helen Gurley Brown has done alot of good for women pursuing careers, enjouing the single life, and having an identity ... but too much too long has a cost. Do you really want to be like Brown and her counterpart Hefner ... 80 years old and taking hormones in some attempt at youth?", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_242", "text": "Love poems from the Heian era.\n\tJane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani have done a marvelous job with the translation of these lovely tanka-- manages to capture both their fragility and robust complexity. I had a friend who was a Japanese scholar, who explained to me once the complexity of translating waka. I have nothing but admiration for those who can do it well. Hirshfield actually has an essay at the back of this book called \"On Japanese Poetry and the Process of Translation\". I recommend it highly, even if you do not normally read this kind of essay.\n\nI am a little bit afraid that the focus on the love poems and the emphasis on Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu as female writers may give the wrong idea about the strength and importance of the poetry. Shikibu is widely considered the greatest poet of her period and Ono no Komachi was one of the Rokkasen-- the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. The reason that I am not giving this volume five stars is because of this packaging and not because of the poetry itself.\n\nThese poems are a joy to read aside from any issues of scholarship. They are strong and sad and very affecting. There is actually no stronger recommendation to read this than the poems themselves, so I will close this review with one of the poems by Shikibu:\n\nWhat is the use\nof cherishing life in spring?\nIts flowers\nonly shackle us\nto this world", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_243", "text": "Engaging and illuminating\n\tBefore reading this book, I'd had a much more black-and-white (sc., mostly black) impression of Jewish life in medieval and early modern Europe. This cogently-writtten volume presents a much more nuanced picture. Ghetto walls were an injustice, but also a refuge for many Jews from the tense environment around them. Oddly enough, this circumstance contributed to the relatively large number of conversions to Christianity in the liberal West after the Napoleonic liberations (in contrast to the shtetl Jews in Poland and Russia, who lived side-by-side with Gentile neighbors). Katz's discussions of of Jewish martyrs during the First Crusade and the flexibility of rabbinic responsa, among other topics, are also quite fascinating.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_244", "text": "Why it's still in print a hundred years later...\n\tH.G. Wells wrote War of the Worlds as a warning to the complacent, world-dominating British citizens of his era to not take the status quo for granted. The arrogance of some British politicians in particular rubbed Wells entirely the wrong way, particularly their sentiment that the British had an 'obligation' to 'civilize' the world (read: colonize) for its own good. Well's book was a rock thrown at that attitude-on-a-pedestal, and although he didn't knock it down, he made his point- and in spectacular fashion. In one way, the Martians *were* the conquering British, with their superior weapons and baffling ways that must have seemed incomprehensible to the natives of Africa and other areas colonized by force.  Wells' dark tale was also a warning that even the British- despite their firm belief in their world destiny- could be squashed like so many bugs by an indifferent cosmos that didn't give one whit about the British (or anyone else's) false boast of superiority. In the end, though, it's a hopeful book- just as the Martians died off because they weren't biologically suited to live in this world, Wells also foretells the end of the British Empire because the British (alien) way was not the native way of life in the colonies, suggesting that the British wouldn't survive there long; the natives would eventually prevail. And they did. On top of all that, it's rousing entertainment that can be read just for its drama and suspense.\n\nAnd that's why it's still in print a hundred years later.\n\n-Mark Wakely, author of An Audience for Einstei", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_245", "text": "Marker\n\tAs usual, Robin Cook keeps you on the edge of your seat until the end.\nExcellent reading", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_246", "text": "I love this book! It's amazing!\n\tI love this book. I have read this book in three different languages (german, english and french). It's a completley heartwarming story and not only for kids! This book has a lot of great quotes like:\n\n\"On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.\"\n\nYou really should read it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_247", "text": "How to Get off your Bum and Make a Difference\n\tMs. Roddick has managed to put together some important issues, outstanding commentators, and good information design in one place with this book.  I read it through from cover-to-cover (I seldom do this) and found myself both enlightened and inspired. I recommend it highly", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_248", "text": "Best Treatment of Strategic Planning for Churches\n\tI've read some of the negative reviews listed for this title, and I must strongly disagree.  Malphurs' work here is the best treatment of strategic planning for churches I have found to date.  In place of the term \"advanced\" in the title, a better word would be \"comprehensive.\"  Nonetheless, Malphurs here provides a handbook addressing church planning that is unrivaled today in breadth and insight.\n\nAs a pastor of twenty years, I wish this book had been available when I first started in ministry.  I hope this title is now offered in many seminaries, because its content would be a gold mine for young, soon-to-be church leaders.  Pastors, church staff members, and lay leaders, this volume is a must-have.  In my opinion, it is required reading for anyone involved in church leadership", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_249", "text": "The Perfect Holiday Gift!\n\tWhat fun!  This hilarious book is filled with\nRichman's amusing culinary observations and adventures during his long and impressive career as GQ's food, wine and restaurant critic.  It is the perfect winter read and holiday gift. It is witty, engaging and even touching at times.  My mother said it was the only thing that made her laugh out loud during her double knee replacement rehab!  I am giving this book to all my friends this year.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_250", "text": "Goes Through Cars Like Toilet Paper\n\tIt's been a while since I've read one of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels, but a sudden need for light reading found Ten Big Ones at the book store.  Plum's biggest worries tend to be about whether she is lusting after Joe Morelli or Ranger, how to get the latest bond jumper down to the police station, and how she is going to replace whatever vehicle just got destroyed.  Definitely light fare, even if her current problem is how to avoid death identifying the thief in a grocery store heist and then turning the local gang leader into a careening pinball in traffic. He not only wants Stephanie dead, but he also wants her end to be spectacular.\n\nStephanie's response is to break up with her steady boyfriend, Joe Morelli, again, gorge on jelly donuts, and go into hiding at one of Ranger's lairs.  Of course, this doesn't work as well as it should because even Ranger's soap is too sexy for words.  And Stephanie, glutton for punishment that she is, she has to go out and make sure everyone knows that she is trying to keep a low profile.  So, you see, this is standard Stephanie Plum fare - lighthearted mayhem and a heroine who is half macho and half wuss, usually with bad timing.\n\nMy issue with Evanovich's books isn't with any particular one, but with what happens if you read too many at one time.  Stephanie's biggest problem is herself - a decided lack of common sense.  Which is what you would expect from someone who works as a bounty hunter, but leaves her gun in the cookie jar.  In four hundred pages this is funny, but if you've been reading a lot in a row, the steady diet of vaudeville sight gags is dj vu all over again.  After a break of a year or so this goes away and I found Ten Big Ones a pleasure to read.  It introduces a whole ne order of plot complication and one of the more remarkable bus drivers in literary history.  By all means, if you need a break from the weight of the world, take the time to read this.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_251", "text": "Borges, the Memorious\n\tI've long been a fan of Borges the short fiction writer. But this little book has made me an instant fan of Borges the reader and Borges the literary critic. I have to admit that so much of petry mystifies me, but within the pages of this book, I felt as if Borges' insight was finally allowing me to understand poetry in a way I hadn't considered before. Witty, modest and polymathic, Borges shines through the pages of this book. You can read it in an hour, but if you read it for 1 week straight, you still wouldn't be able to appreciate all the gems of wisdom in it. Great stuff", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_252", "text": "A very good and accessible character sketch.\n\tI enjoyed this book. It focuses mainly on Franklin's time abroad in England and France and gives an overview on who Franklin was and how he interacted on the world stage during the revolutionary period. I believe it's very accessible and would be a good starting place for anyone interested in Franklin's life. He's funny", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_253", "text": "The Thornbirds\n\tA moving story of a family of all boys from New Zealand who have a young sister named Meggie. They are hardworking lower class people who work the land and shear sheep. When the family moves to Australia to inherit property, young Meggie becomes bonded to the local Priest from the first day she saw him. As she grows up, the friendship blossoms into a school girl crush, then a first kiss. Meggie wants the relationship to go further... but she is not able to get her wish. Young Meggie is in love and is not able to forget Fr. Ralph no matter what she does. She soon moves away from the family homestead by becoming married to Luke O'Neal, a substitute for Fr. Ralph. Her marriage to Luke is terrible and she is extremely miserable. Fr. Ralph, in a moment of weakness and concern for Meggie's health, comes back into the picture. He cannot forget the love he had for Meggie either. Both are not able to say no and their passion overwhelmes them. The consequences of their act plague them for a lifetime... a remarkable story showing the vunerability, yet obedience to the priesthood", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_254", "text": "Great children's book - beautiful and intriguing\n\tThe watercolors are beautiful, but more amazing than that is the way the stories are told. Zen Shorts has really caught my kids. Even my youngest, (7 years) who is drawn to all things panda, is requesting the stories again and again because they make her wonder. There are some wonderful kid's books out there, but this is something special", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_255", "text": "A Thoughtful and Important Book\n\tThis is an excellent book examining how and why some people come to believe that they have suffered appalling abuse that most probably never happened. It DOES NOT deny the reality of or harm caused by sexual abuse (the author explicitly states this on many occasions) and the reviewer who suggested that this is \"a terrific book if you are child molester\" probably (I guess) didn't bother reading it and made up the especially foul accusation to prevent others from examining the issues surrounding repressed memory and the cult of therapy.\nThe author shows how even trained professionals can disregard overwhelming evidence against a particular hypothesis (repressed memory/MPD/satanic cults) and rely on their intuition to (unintentionally) wreak havoc with their clients lives. In the upside-down world of some therapists, lack of hard evidence is trumped by strength of feeling for even the most outrageous accusation. Pendergrast demonstrates how uncertain and malleable human memory can be.\nThe book is written in an easy style and despite what another particularly stupid review suggests, concentrates specifically on the scientific evidence for his claims", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_256", "text": "Philosophy, Psychology, or Theology? No, Just Great Literature\n\tRaskolnikov, an impovershed student in 19th Century St. Petersburg, conceives a plan to kill and rob a shrewish hag of a pawnbroker. He justifies his plan because he is an ubermensch and she is a louse. The world will be better off if she is dead and he is able to finish his education. Killing and robbing her will accomplish both purposes. After all, the ubermensch owes it to society to commit any crime that will ultimately benefit society. The crime is perpetrated and the rest of the book deals with Raskolnikov's angst over his guilt and his redemption through suffering. Almost every major character in the book is more likeable that Raskolnikov.\n\nThe philosophy of Dostoyevsky's book seems to be primarily a refutation of Hegelian and proto-Nietschian philosophy and an affirmation of Christian values. Along the way he also manages to work in a rebuttal of social-Darwinism.  \n\nHaving known, prosecuted, and defended hundreds of murderers, I was much taken by Raskolnikov's psychological progression from crime to atonement. Much of his self justification rang true to my experience. I have known many killers who thought of themselves as superior beings above the law, and many others who justified killing on the grounds that the victim lacked human worth. So long as the killer can keep the victim dehumanized, the killer can live with the deed. When the killer begins to regard the victim as a fellow human, guilt sets in and many confess--often years later. Raskolnikov's behavioural symptoms did not, however, ring true to my experience. Although some killers are guilt-ridden to the point of distraction, they can usually control themselves much better than Raskolnikov. His actions practically shouted his guilt. \n\nThe interplay of the large cast of characters gave the book great psychological depth, but Dostoyevsky didn't beat the reader over the head with the psychology.  He didn't tell you what the characters were thinking.  Their actions showed you what they were thinking. In my experience, most modern psycho-dramas ladle out the psychology in huge dollops. Modern writers would do well to re-read Dostoyevsky.\n\nThe abridged audio edition read by Michael Sheen is three hours long, and the tale does not suffer much from the massive abridgement necessary to get the story on three CD's.  My greatest complaint with the edition is that Sheen reads the story with a British accent, and the characters all speak with British accents.  It was somewhat hard to adjust to a Russian novel read with a British accent.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_257", "text": "Journeys Through the World From Your Armchair\n\tNational Geographic Magazine has long been recognized for the quality of its color photographs by its brilliant staff of photographers who manage to go to places both known and unknown and open vistas of other cultures, other peoples, other landscapes.  In this very large and exceptionally affordable volume are some of NG's finest images plus many dazzling photographs not previously published in the magazine. The result is a panorama of the world as few other books can supply.\n\nCovering nearly all the countries of the world, WIDE ANGLE uses its descriptor to unfold some remarkable images of fields and terrain and the peoples who inhabit them, all composed beautifully with NGs typical 'hidden camera' technique.  This is a travel volume for those who plan to visit the out of the ordinary places as  well as a scrapbook for those who have been to the more accessible places, but is it more: this is a closer look at the planet we inhabit that is so magnificent  it urges us by images alone to protect the beauty we threaten to destroy.  Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_258", "text": "Incisive and novel critique - absolutely recommended\n\tColonial Fantasies is a powerfully argued and engaging dissection of colonial psychology, critiques of Orientalism that isolate gender and culture, and the Western feminist adoption of the rescue paradigm.  One of Yegenoglu's incisive arguments is that desire is the nexus in the process of colonial discourse that constitutes the Western subject as well as the possible resistance or interruption of this process.  As desire frames the relation between the subject and its other, Yegenoglu argues that the veil interrupts the relation.  As a barrier from which the other can see but avoid being seen, the veil is the site at which the colonialist desire is made manifest, but simultaneously displaced (62).  Her argumentation is lucid and compelling: for the colonial gaze, the veil is both the tantalizing object of desire (in the fantasy of unveiling) as well as the b te-noire, because it precludes the climax of the voyeuristic project.  The veil therefore frustrates the identity-forming process of the subject-object positioning in colonialist discourse; the subject cannot quite see the object, and its subjectivity thus remains in question.  Interestingly, this overtly phallocentric logic of identity forming through scopic penetration has been inherited by Western feminism.  As the veil has come to signify the backwardness of Islam and its inherent oppression of women, the visibility of the veil itself comes to embody difference.  In this dynamic, the identity of the liberated Western woman is constructed vis- -vis the oppressed Muslim woman (102).  Since the status of Western women is contingent on the continued representation of Muslim women as oppressed, Yegenoglu reveals that the Western feminist establishment has a vested interest in the exceedingly patriarchal ideology of colonialism.  Yegenoglu then exposes the fallacy of assuming the unveiled woman to be normative; such universal constructions serve particular political ends in outmoded Enlightenment ideology.  She argues that unveiling and veiling are both cultural practices particular to certain cultures and historical moments (115).  This facilitates the deconstruction of the binary by unfixing the poles.  In sum, Yegenoglu's critical analysis of the colonial fantasy has produced a thorough tome sure to provoke further discussion among post-colonial theorists", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_259", "text": "Close your eyes and enjoy the ride!\n\tI think some of the previous reviwers with negative opinions are taking this book waaay too seriously. As political thrillers go, this is one of the best of the genre. It's packed with insider information, from power-mad politicians and the amoral king-makers who advise them, to nerves-of-steel assassins avoiding the meticulous pursuit of the FBI. Granted the premise is implausible: a group of former SEALS assassinate a group of congressmen and senators who the SEALS believe have sold the country down the river (or, in the Southern vernacular, because \"they needed killin'\"). While one can argue whether the SEALS have the high moral ground in this setting, it doesn't detract from the page-turning non-stop action. Like a thrill ride at Disneyland, this book should not be examined too critically. Just get in, hold on, close your eyes, and enjoy the ride", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_260", "text": "Entertaining Education\n\tThis is a great devotional book.  The book uses an engaging, real-life story to set the context.  I read it with my kids every night and they look forward to the little story and they take turns guessing the correct behavior.  The included bible reference provides the ultimate answer and it is a great way to introduce bible teaching to the kids", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_261", "text": "Ending was great\n\tI won't spoil the ending, but some many other reviewers didn't like the twist.  However, the reader who needs to have everything wrapped up and be 100% happy should read Runaway Jury.  However, like The Firm (another great book) that ends with the characters on the run and in trouble, this book has a very realistic ending that you didn't expect.  This was my favorite Grisham book, followed by The Firm, Runaway Jury, and Pelican Brief.  I found the Broker to be too much of an Italian lesson, the Brethern simplistic, and The Street Lawyer was a giant sermon about helping homeless people - with very little story holding it together.  If you like the Firm you will like The Partner", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_262", "text": "Fascism in action\n\tThis is what happens when uneducated reactionaries dictate to a concept that is beyond their comprehension.  It's just more sanke oil from the same pigs who gave us the scams of deregulation (capitalism governing itself), privatization (the giveaway of what our taxes bought to those who pay little or no tax), and globalization (repositioning the Republican Party to a time predating the Emancipation Proclamation).  Hitler and Mussolini would certainly approve", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_263", "text": "I wish all textbooks were like this one...\n\tAs an econ student at UC Davis, I have learned to appreciate books that explain concepts concisely and in an easily understandable way.  This is one of those few.  Chapters are relatively short and are uncluttered with unnecessary examples or tangents.  Graphs are labeled with simple explanations that are useful for clarification as well as quick-reference.  \nI recommend this book to people who want to understand econ without trudging through the swamp of repetition, needless technicality, and headache", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_264", "text": "Melding Economies\n\tThe boom Mr. Dent speaks of HAS begun-but is starting in the population centers of the Far East and is being partially digitally controlled by companies here in America.  The boom will hit us in industries that we have competitive advantage in and will then expand into the financial sector once enough excess labor is absorbed in the competitive advantage industries that wages go up as companies compete for workers.  Since so many of our publicly-traded companies outsource and have significant overseas manufacturing operations, they are using that cost-savings in order to finance the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley.  The net effect is that Sarbanes-Oxley is being digitally enforced throughout the global operations of U.S. publicly-traded companies.  This is part of the reason why you hear of increasing unrest in many emerging markets.  Large portions of their economies are being reshuffled in order to digitally align with our securities laws.  So the industries that will expand will primarily focus around:\n\n1.  Baby Boomer spending\n2.  Competitive advantage exports", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_265", "text": "Great Biography on a Great Man\n\tThis book was not your usual biography, where it lulls at certain points, the entire book was an enjoyable read.  It covers his life from beginning to end and focuses on his character.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_266", "text": "Surprisingly Honest and Terse First-Person history\n\tWilson doesn't spend two paragraphs explaining how the snow clung to the trees.  He tells you about how the bombs sounded as they landed near him and how he saw his friends get cut down in the prime of life.  You get a pretty good feeling for what it must have been like to dig a foxhole and wait for the mortar fire.  It's scary the way he relates having come upon on a bunch of lost Germans who could have killed him had he paused a few seconds.  When he describes the onset of winter and his men without the proper protective gear losing digits to frostbite, you can just imagine some bureaucrat sitting by a toasty fire promising to get on that tomorrow.  \n\t\nIt's amazing that Wilson could write such a detailed history forty years after the events occurred, but maybe even more amazing that he doesn't embellish the situations.  There is little reflection on an event because he's off describing the next firefight or lost buddy.  \n\nThe most frustrating parts of the book were seeing raw officers replacing fallen soldiers rather than promoting the battle proven officers in the field.  It was not only unfair, but unsafe and yet the bigwigs away from the fighting didn't know the difference.   \n\nThe title refers to a commander who told Wilson before he went into battle that he'd be promoted if he survived.  The promotions were slower coming than his successes and yet the war is such a long way away from this retired insurance salesman that he doesn't seem that upset about his treatment.  It turned out to be the experience of his life.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_267", "text": "Having to live another day was the worst nightmare...\n\tIn 2003 I suffered my worst major depression ever. It lasted for over a year, and in the worst moments -which lasted months- my anguish was so intense that I wished I were dead. Again, the worst part was when I couldn't even get a full night's rest, and after just two or three hours of sleep would wake up at 2 or 3 a.m. full of despair, unable to even pray or meditate or get any kind of relief, and anguished at the prospect of the new day approaching... Having to get up in the morning was hell. Needless to say I couldn't work, and that increased my ill-feelings and my guilt at seeing how my wife had to shoulder the full responsibility in our family of four (we have two adolescent kids). \nReading Andrew Solomon's book, which I found recommended at depression-blog at blogspot dot com was an extraordinary experience, because for the first time ever I found my own reflected on the written page by a gifted writer who has also suffered the extreme anguish and pain of major depression.\nIn my illness, I found that psychiatrists, doctors and other therapists who haven't themselves gone through the hellish nightmare of a major depression simply cannot understand what it is like. It's just like what happens with someone who has never eaten an orange: no matter how much you you try to explain how it tastes, the other person will have no real understanding unless he/she eats one him/herself. Same with friends and well-wishers of many sorts, who will tell you things like \"Cheer up!\" or \"Make an effort!\" without realizing that that's precisely what you would most want to do -but can't. \nSolomon's book and the advise of Mike S. -now a friend, and the guy who created the depression-blog at blogspot dot com- have been of great value to me. And of course the courage and love of my wife, who never -even in the worst moments, when we both thought I might die at any moment- abandoned hope, sustaining me, putting up with a lot, holding me when I cried in utmost despair and wished I were dead as the only relief in the midst of what now I recall as the worst kind of torture a human being can be subjected to...\nAnd my kids, too, who at times even made me laugh with a joke or helped me get some sleep with a massage. And God, who in the midst of utter darkness and despair, was there too, and saw me through", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_268", "text": "It really is the easy way!\n\tI will probably write a few APA-format papers while getting a Master's Degree on-line and I think for my limited use, \"APA the Easy Way\" is the right product for me.  I agree with other reviewers that if you do a lot of writing in the APA style, you may need the complete manual.  However, I have the complete manual and since I bought \"APA the Easy Way,\" I don't think I will ever need to use the full-size manual again.  I especially like that it gives step-by-step instructions on how to do all of the \"set-ups\" for MS-Word.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_269", "text": "Early McCarthy\n\tI am informally studying Cormac having read his last works first, namely \"No Place for Old Men\", preceeded by the \"Trilogy\" and \"Blood Meridian\". His precise knowledge about the area and customs of his story and the minimilist language which he develops in the later novels is interesting to watch grow", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_270", "text": "Reasons for being alone\n\tSo here is a collection of essays by Jonathan Franzen, the wizard who brought us the highly intelligent and acutely mesmerizing novel of 2001, The Corrections. Many of these essays originally appeared in literati mags such as Harper's and The New Yorker--so, readers should know what they're getting into. I read this book mainly as an attempt to try to get a sense of Franzen as a corporeal human being, and not just some exalted author of an award-winning novel. Overall, I liked most of the essays appearing in this collection. From the promising opener, in which Franzen poignantly recounts his father's slow descension into quietus from Alzheimer's, we progress to a quasi-portentous pronouncement of the dangerous state of privacy in America, before Ashcroft and the Patriot Act invaded the American lexicon. Why Bother (which was previously referred to as The Harper's Essay) is an interesting rumination on the inevitable failure of the novel in the 21st Century as a tool of social reform; the novel should not be used as a way to engender social reform, but, should rather be written--ultimately-- for plain old entertainment value, Franzen seems to argue. \n Some of these essays seem to be a little discursive; Franzen evidentally has a lot to say, and seems to forget what the initial point of his arguments are, going off on long tangents; such as in Mr. Difficult, where as some other reviewer stated, he begins with an interesting exploration of his artistic need to be \"pretentious,\" but then slowly veers off into a history and ode to author William Gaddis.\n \n Franzen once again proves to be a smart and sophisticated reader and writer, and this book perfectly showcases his aptitude for social commentary, without pontificating or being too offensively forward. People may consider Franzen an \"elitist,\" but I consider him to posses a well-read, inquisitive mind; there are far too few Jonathan Franzens around these days", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_271", "text": "The Picture of Dorian Gray\n\tI would first like to start by saying that The Picture of Dorian Gray is, by far, one on my favorite novels. And were I not slightly dissapointed with this particular edition of the novel I would have given it 5 stars, without a doubt.\nIt is a fabulous story, I would recommend it to anyone.\n[As a small sidenote -- I would simply like to say that Wilde's particular style of writing is one which I do, in general, find rather enjoyable.]I have heard some people say that they found this book diffucult to muddle through. I was not one of these people.\nAlso, The other stories in this book are not bad at all. I enjoyed The Happy Prince quite thoroughly. - *note this particular \"fairy tale\" was very reminiscent of Hans Christian Anderson's writings.\nTHE FLAW(S)! I blame the editor for this one -- this book, as far as I have been able to find, does not include the alternate(slightly more drawn-out) ending to this novel. I was, needless to say, a little upset by this missing detail. (If I have merely overlooked this extended ending, by all means let me know)\nANOTHER SMALL FLAW -\nIf you have not read the book DO NOT, i repeat DO NOT, begin by reading the AUTHORS NOTE. Although the authors note was very insightful and generally enjoyable to read - it easily gives away more than half the plot. The authors note is a spoiler -- BEWARE.\nOverall , still a great novel. Not so happy with the editor", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_272", "text": "Same schtick different players\n\tDon't get me wrong, this was an enjoyable read.  Since retiring Matthew Hope I guess EM had an urge to return to SW Florida with this tale.  Funny adult repartee and a good  quot;mystery quot; but only age 9-12 reading level according to the Amazon rating??  These latest books from McBain are all very similar and are being churned out at almost a TV-episode rate, but how about trying to stretch a bit", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_273", "text": "29,028 feet of pure pleasure\n\tAfter reading this account of the acension of Everest, you gotta wonder why anybody would want to.\nIs it really worth it ?\nFor the thrill seaking personality, of course it is.\nFor normal people, forget about it.\nEven if you aren't into climbing mountains, this book is gripping from page to page and you don't want to put it down.\nKrakauer's first (?) book - \"Into the Wild\" is also great but this one is better, being a first person account.\nI remember when this came out and the surrounding backlash that accompanied it from people associated to the dead.\nForget them, Krakauer get's it right, with no hidden agenda, unless you count surviving.\nI would have liked more commentary from the surviving members, though.\nAnd not to state the obvious to everyone else but me but why do they leave the bodies on the mountain ?\nThey risk their lives to rescue the affirmed or injured living but once they're dead, they just leave them there ?\nWhat's up with that ?", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_274", "text": "4.5 stars\n\tAgain... early King is the best King.  This book is so good you'll read it back to back", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_275", "text": "A Good Man's Long Journey\n\tJohn Tyree is a soldier first, a man second. Or so he thinks until he meets Savannah Lynn Curtis. While on leave, he falls desperately in love with Savannah, the proverbial girl of his dreams. Sweet, intelligent, and giving, John knows he'll always carry her torch.\n\nWhen September 11 changes the world, John is no exception. Moved by patriotic loyalty, he chooses to \"re-up\" in the army, adding time to his service and breaking his promise to return to Savannah. More promises are broken when he must attending to his ailing father.\n\nThis is the story of how an ideal love can falter, despite its purity and strength. Not every romance results in a happy ending, but with a great deal of luck, those who don't survive will find meaning from the experience. Love, loyalty, friendship--all those sentiments are great, but to what cost? And how does this make a good man great? This is John's journey to that understanding.\n\nIt goes without saying that Nicholas Sparks is one of today's \"master\" storytellers. Part of what makes him so successful is that he has the ability to create moving stories without pulling punches or painful twists. Such is the case in DEAR JOHN. Sparks offers a love story that has all the requisite components--well-crafted setting, high emotion, obstacles, resolution--then breaks it. It is from the sadness that hope emerges, and John Tyree, although still quite young, gains wisdom that will last a lifetime. Sorrow will be a large part of this, yes, but there is room for something more, something that will reach beyond the pages and touch John's tomorrow in a way only he will see.\n\nWhile this works, there is something lacking. It is one of those hard-to-define qualities that marks the difference between a good book and one that is outstanding. Maybe it's the heavy reliance on John's soldiering as an excuse for certain behaviors. Or perhaps it has more to do with aspects relating to John's relationship with his father, who appears to have Asperger's syndrome.\n\nI'm giving DEAR JOHN 4-Books for a beautiful story, but not five because of that indefinable element that was lost between idea and paper.\n\nReviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer\n11/22/2006", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_276", "text": "Not innate, but geographical differences\n\tJared Diamond has an ambitious goal: explain the history of mankind globally.\nHis thesis is quite simple: different people had different histories because of geographical (environmental), not innate (racial) differences. He presents, develops and defends his point of view brilliantly and forcefully.\n\nSome people remained hunters-gatherers, while others became masters of the world.\nThe crucial factor in human history is food. The availability of materials (plants, animals) for domestication leads to the production of food surpluses in some geographical fertile regions, which allowed the feeding of specialists outside agriculture (craftsmen, warriors, bureaucrats, priests, kings). Intensive food production, population size and societal complexity stimulated each other as fewer peasants were needed to feed the whole population. Craftsmen developed maritime, military and industrial technology and warriors conquered new territories.\nPopulation growth generated a centralized organization (a state structure) for decision making (politics) and conflict resolutions (law).\nDomestication provided other cardinal advantages. Infectious diseases evolve from animal diseases. Through intimacy with animals people became immune. But, when not immunized populations came in contact with immunized, they were wiped out. Also, animals could be used as power engines and warrior transport means.\nOther important historical factors were those related to transmission of acquired knowledge: migration and, cardinally, writing.\n\nWhile hunter-gatherer groups remained more or less egalitarian, states with centralized governments generated great differences of wealth. They became ruled by elite which controlled nearly wholly (kleptocracy) or partially the manna of the state (the budget).\nBut, how could the elite continue to control the masses?\nJared Diamond sees 4 different solutions: arm the elite and disarm the masses, redistribution of wealth, impose public order and curb violence (police), construct ideology or religion to justify the kleptocracy.\nThe author remarks judiciously that with the organization of the state the irrational beliefs of the population became institutionalized into an `official' religion.\n\nAll in all, Jared Diamond's book is a magisterial and very revealing Darwinian essay about power problems and survival of the human species.\nA must read for all those interested in the history of mankind.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_277", "text": "Will There Be Pi in The Sky By and By When You Die?\n\tBarrow, an astronomer at the University of Sussex when this book was published, provides an entertaining and informative account of the foundations and philosophy of mathematics.  Do mathematicians invent or discover mathematics?  What 'reality' do mathematical entities like pi have?  What accounts for what physicist Eugene Wigner has called, in a now-famous paper,  quot;The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences quot; (299)?  After an interesting account of the history of counting and numbers, Barrow discusses in succeeding chapters the philosophies of formalism, inventionism, intuitionism, and platonism, a sophisticated version of which he seems to favor.  Perhaps most mathematical workers follow what Alfred Korzybski called  quot;the 'christian science' school of mathematics, which proceeds by faith and disregards entirely any problems of the epistemological foundations of its supposed `scientific' activities quot; (Science and Sanity 748).  I commend Barrow because he considers these epistemological questions important and writes about them so engagingly.  Barrow's discussions of theories and personalities provide useful background for understanding mathematical foundations.  As for Barrow's conclusions, from a non-aristotelian view, the appeal of platonism seems understandable as an example of identification, the confusion of orders of abstracting.  Barrow doesn't seem to consider that mathematicians may both invent and discover mathematics.  He seems so taken with the effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences that the notion of mathematical entities existing solely as high-order abstractions in human nervous systems seems insufficient to him.  As Korzybski pointed out, we live in a world of multi-dimensional, ordered structures or relations.  It does not seem unreasonable, then, that we can map this world with an exact language of relations, i.e., mathematics.  But as Korzybski also pointed out many times,  quot;the map is not the territory. quot", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_278", "text": "Read it as a child and now use it as a professor\n\tI remember my father giving me this book when I was young.  He was a junior high school english teacher and used this book in class.  Together we read the stories and I loved them.  Now I am a college professor and use the book in class myself. While some of the summaries are \"dated,\" they are still useful in communicating the basic action of the play to students and the very fact that they are \"dated\" allows the book to serve as an illustration of how interpretations of Shakespeare's plays have changed since the Lambs' time.\n\nI recommend this book heartily.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_279", "text": "Wonderful, dramatic, suspensful, touching, and many other things all rolled into one.\n\tThe characters are Tom, a Navy seal specializing is counter terroism home on medical leave visiting his uncle, and Kally, a big-city doctor caring for her terminally ill father.  Sounds like a typical match for a romance novel, but this novel is so much more than that.  Kelly and Tom have a past, but her father and his uncle has an even bigger past.  All four of them have to draw on their pasts to protect the futures of themselves and many others.  Many long kept secrets must be bared and all their hearts must mend.\n\nI think I have yet another author to add to my favorite list.  This novel not only has a suspensful, gripping plot, but is packed with romance, and excitment on many levels.  Most romance novels are only about two people with various cameo appearances by several others.  Not so, with this one.  There are four different stories wrapped eloquently into one novel, and expertly blended to create the whole.  The reader is kept guessing and there are surprises around evey turn.  Some are pleasant and some sad.  This is truly a moving tale on all levels.  You won 't be dissapointed", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_280", "text": "Jules Gets Four Stars\n\tSuzanne Brockmann is an unbelievable writer and her stories always draw me in.  The \"mystery\" portion of the story and the romance between Jane and Cosmo left a little to be desired.  I really didn't understand why Jane had to have her alternative personality as Mercedes and Cosmo was a little to soft for keeping up the hardened SEAL persona.  These particular characters seemed a bit empty compared to Jules and Robin, who clearly stole the show in this book. \n\nAs a matter of fact, of the different plots and stories going on in this book, Jules' was the best.  It was not only very well-written and sweet, but even as a hetrosexual female, I could identify with Jules and how he felt at times because what was happening to him, happens to all of us, whether you are in a gay or straight relationship.  I am really hoping that Jules either gets his own book, or has more appearances in future novels where he does find true happiness. I do share Ms. Brockmann's opinion when it comes to differences in appearance, nationality, sexual orientation, etc. and I really like how she includes this in her books.  As far as I'm concerned love is love, no matter what and it's portrayed beautifully here.\n\nPlease Ms. Brockmann, don't allow the naysayers to steer you away from this storyline, it's a very good one", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_281", "text": "Excellent beginners book\n\tI bought this book to start free weight training at home.  It is wonderful for home use.  The author describes the benefits of weight training and how to lift weights properly(which I found very useful as a first time weight lifter).  I love the descriptions that the author gives for each exercise.  The author also color codes which exercises to do for each level of training.  I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is first starting out with free weights.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_282", "text": "My son chose his school here\n\tMy son had visited several colleges, and was having a terrible time figuring out which ones he would \"fit in\" and get the best educational experience from. He ended up reading this book and visited a few of them that he liked the descriptions of. After applying to, and getting accepted at, four of the schools in this book (and two not in the book) he ended up at Denison University. He's in his second year, and just loves it. I've always felt a little \"indebted\" to this book, so I thought I'd leave this review", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_283", "text": "Valuable asset\n\tThis book is a great thing to have for anyone involved in the world of theatre.  It does the hard work of picking out a crucial 16-bar piece of a song for you!  Great for auditions.  The book has selections from musicals (old and new, familiar and rare), as well as movies (even some Disney!).  There's one for every vocal part.  Granted, not every piece is exactly 16 bars.  Some go a bit over, but this is usually excusable due to proper phrasing.  It's well worth looking into for those who are just starting out.  It's also a way of introducing yourself to a variety of musicals", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_284", "text": "wow\n\tThis is a great compliment to the more project-based MAKE magazine, as it focuses a little more on the personalities of the \"makers.\" Of course, it also describes (and shows, in beautiful photographs), their projects, but it's a great way to see into the personal side of the amateur engineers, bored brainiacs, and fringe-worthy souls who are the heart of the newest form of the DIY geek culture: creating incredible, real-world projects, from the mega (a home built submarine for 3) to the micro, (a diy bat detector), to the whimsical (a Lego blocks project that will solve the Rubik's Cube).\n\nIf you're a vociferous reader of Slashdot, you may have seen some of these projects before, but the book really gets into the motivation behind them. \n\nProduction values, writing, and design are superb, and of course, URLs are provided so you can find out more on the makers' sites.\n\nBottom line, this fascinating survery of Make culture (and cool projects) is a must for every geek's coffee table, and it's also a great way to introduce your mom into what it is you actually do with your spare time..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_285", "text": "Fakebuster\n\tA narrow book for a wide-range art specialists. Needs to be supplemented with other Amazon 4-5 books concerning the problem of forgery", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_286", "text": "Indispensible for the Sword Fancier\n\tI'm not the expert fencer I long to be (yet), but I do have an ever-growing collection of swords, mostly gifts from grateful Spanish patrons, but I've also been able to purchase and acquire blades from several countries. The pride of my collection is a fairly well-preserved Roman sword from the reign of Trajan. \n\nBurton was, as we all know, something of a dabbler. In this book, he offers us not only straight history of the sword, but also countless fascinating bits of sword lore. I quite frankly can't imagine any sword lover being without this book. \n\nI am looking for a first edition, but for now, this reprint is a valued part of my library", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_287", "text": "Peter Robinson - A Great Talent!\n\tI admire an author who deviates from a standard formula and the interweaving of two cases really works in \"Piece of My Heart.\" DI Stanley Chadwick faces a murder case in 1969 against the backdrop of a rock 'n roll concert. His teenage daughter has facts to hide and DI Chadwick walks a fine line. DCI Alan Banks is seeking a murderer in 2005 which eventually connects with the 1969 murder. \n\nThe plot has already been outlined, so I'll just say it's a delight to visit DCI Banks again. I'm never disappointed", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_288", "text": "Great book\n\tThis book is the best book on Rand's esthetics I've ever read; in fact, it is the only book on the topic that I know of.  It is refreshing to see that the authors are objective and critical; they are not slavish cultists  savoring every last word written by Rand.  They approach the material with  critical distance and do an excellent job of placing Rand's work in the  larger history of esthetic theory.  They demolish abstract art, and devote  considerable energy to discussing Rand's definition of art.  They even  propose their own individual alternatives!   If anything shows  independence, it is this willingness to debate the differences between the  authors of the same work!  Remarkable!  The world of Rand commentary is  filled to the brim with sectarianism and partisanship.  That is clear just  by reading one of the reviews here, by people who are devotees of certain   quot;scholars quot; who do nothing but repeat the catechism.  They take  swipes at genuinely independent work anytime it is published; that is why  they hate this book.  Because it is independent-minded.  Judge for  yourself.  Don't be fooled", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_289", "text": "Mr. Explainer does it again\n\tWhen I read Ron Penton's first book, Data Structures for Game Programming, I couldn't wait to see what he did next. MUD Game Programming lived up to all of my expectations, and indeed surpassed them.\n\nThe author has an extraordinary knack for making complex topics understandable -- and, equally important, making them interesting. Reading MUD Game Programming is like having a friendly, cheerful expert sitting down next to you and showing you the tricks of the trade. Instead of just telling you what to do, he explains the thinking behind the decisions that go into the design of a complex program such as a MUD server, enabling you to make the decisions that are right for your own project, which might not be the same. You end up with not just knowledge but understanding.\n\nI highly recommend MUD Game Programming to people doing any type of network-based multiplayer programming, not just traditional MUDs. I'd give this book six stars if they'd let me", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_290", "text": "Fabulous history\n\tI studied the medieval Islamic world a little in college, and fell in love. It's a fascinating age in which Central Asian Buddhists, North African nomads, Ethiopian slaves, Greek cave-dwellers, Persian aristocrats, Arab bureaucrats and a host of different cultures came together, mixed, wrote wonderful literature, and lived the kind of drama that makes history fun. But it's hard to find anything written about the time that isn't arcane professor babble or Islam 101. (You know, \"There are five pillars of Islam...\" Snore.)\n\nHere Hugh Kennedy has written the book I always wanted. He wisely concentrates on medieval Islam's golden age, the early Abbasid dynasty, when Baghdad ruled a large portion of the world-and, even more astutely, on the dramatic stories and personalities of the court. Let's face it, you read about the Abbasids because you want to know how the slave girl Khayzuran not only managed to marry the caliph but to quell a military revolt, why her son Harun al-Rashid was immortalized in The Arabian Nights, and why the all-powerful Barmakid family suddenly fell from grace to prison and execution. Kennedy brings the caliphs and their families to life. He's up front about the fact that the book is about aristocrats, but the common people of Baghdad, the \"pickpockets and sellers of cheap sweets\" who fought back when their city was besieged, and the middle class who developed Islamic tradition dance around the edge of the narrative.\n\nKennedy doesn't believe everything he reads, and doesn't think you will either. He repeats stories-like the \"harem intrigue\" tales, in which devious women are blamed for various deaths-that are almost certainly not true, but tell us something about the people who believed them, and are still enormously entertaining. He also is frank about the same-sex relationships, male and female, that were a part of the era's culture, without the awkwardness of many modern historians. And he's smart enough to explain the geography-why southern Iraq could support such a fabulously wealthy monarchy, and why the Afghanistan/NE Iran region was so critical to the faraway Middle East-in a way an American can understand. Very rare for books on Islamic history, the book boasts an excellent map, naming both cities and regions-invaluable for a hapless Westerner who doesn't know where the major cities of Iran are today, never mind where long-gone kingdoms like Yamama and Ushrusana used to be. There's also a surprisingly good index (another rarity).\n\nThe book isn't flawless. Kennedy twice awkwardly interrupts his straightforward account of political events with fascinating chapters on aspects of court culture-palaces, poetry, science, and (my favorite) women's lives. Unfortunately, this structure means the reader learns about the palace Mutawakkil built before she knows enough about him to care, and doesn't hear anything about Ma'mun patronage of scientific research until long after he's dead in the main narrative. The last chapter goes into far too much detail about the depressing downfall of the dynasty, short-changing a more interesting discussion about its legacy. But all in all Kennedy does a great job, and I for one plan down to hunt down his earlier books.\n\nIf you know nothing about Islamic history and want an accessible introduction to an fascinating period, or like me know a little and want to learn more, I highly recommend this book", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_291", "text": "it's like a little post-relationship Bible\n\tSince almost all of my good girl friends (including myself) have gone through nasty breakups lately, I have become much like the Gideons in that I have practically resorted to buying a case full of these fabulous books and carrying them around in my trunk, distributing them to my poor,  heartbroken friends. It is the perfect thing to read when you're in that  post-breakup stay-in-bed-in-your-pyjamas-and-eat-ice-cream stage.  Beautiful, beautiful work. If all you have to complain about this book is  that you didn't learn how to properly can, you're missing the point. Pay  the extra 5 bucks and spring for the lovely hardcover -- it's worth it. I  cannot say enough wonderful things about this scrumptious, funny, simple  little insightful jewel! Mwah", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_292", "text": "Great read - like James Fenmore Cooper -\n\tI really enjoyed this work. Didnt know this guy won a Pulitzer but it figures. I was swept away by the imagery created by this master. It was evocative of Cooper (although he surpasses Cooper), and McMurtry and the guy who wrote  quot;all the pretty horses quot;. The  quot;master quot; can always create the world to drown the reader in - this guy is great - I plan to read the whole series..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_293", "text": "2 years...\n\tIt's been around two years since I first read this book, and i must say i reference it to people all the time.  the reason: it is so darn fascinating.  i really liked how the author put things in context and made me think about media forms and how we transfer data.  if i gave you an 8-track tape right now, would you know what to do with it to get the info contained on it?  younger folks might not know what it is.  they would recognize tape (maybe), but 100 years from now, how many players would be around?  the book talks about a project the author was on.  a nuclear waste site in new mexico needed to have a way to communicate to humans (or others) in the future that the site is radioactive.  since the radiation could last 10,000 years, the message would have to be able to be understood centuries from now.  what would the message be like?  if you read the book you'll find out!  lots of different ideas are kicked around and i just couldn't put the book down.  buy it, have fun", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_294", "text": "A great book by a BTDT (been there, done that)\n\tHarvey Mackay was one of the first authors I had read on how to run a business.  The book is written in an entertaining manner, and contains a great deal of fantastic advice. \n\nTo this day, friends who were around me when I read this book in college will quote parts of it back to me.  \n\nIt contains tidbits of guidance, some great, some small.  All good.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_295", "text": "Nicely Done -- Wish He'd Write Another\n\tThis novel is more enjoyable than the Flanders Panel, but still not up to the level of the Fencing Master or his recent series, the Captain Alatriste books. The characters are well drawn, the setting comes alive, and the story flows. There are a few sections of the book that need some more editing to make them a bit more crisp, but I cannot tell if that is due to the translation or is in the original. The only real disappointment came when I finished the book:  I wish there was a follow-up", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_296", "text": "Mostly true, except for the information from McNamara\n\tPeople were looking for a book that could grab them about Nam when this was a best seller in 1972, and this book has details that people were not getting from television or the front page of newspapers in those days.  Magazines that published book reviews typically had a view of Nam that was tuned more to the nuance of individual points of view than the geopolitical justifications which failed to consider the nature of the situation in Nam itself as a primary consideration.  Portions of this book originally appeared in `The New Yorker,' so the author was becoming widely known as this book was being prepared.  Frances FitzGerald's original trip to Vietnam was in February to November of 1966, and resulted in articles for the `Atlantic Monthly,' the `Village Voice,' `Vogue,' etc.  People who read fashion magazines were particularly interested in what a nice girl might think of a situation like Nam, where large numbers of young Americans were being subjected to a military view of the situation on a personal level so intense that most publications would refrain from printing the kind of expressions which naturally describe the emotional shock of being shot at or booby trapped in some more surprising fashion.\n\nThis book is not perfect.  The only listing for `Tonkin Gulf Resolution' in the index is for the page on which President Johnson's use of the Resolution is questioned by Senator Fulbright in 1966.  That was the time this book is mainly concerned with, but it gives an enormous amount of background information.  It is possible to find a listing in the index under ` GVN' for `and U.S. entry into the war, 354' which gives the page that reflects Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's testimony to Congress that:\n\n\"It was in response to an amphibious sabotage raid by GVN forces that North Vietnamese PT boats attacked the U.S. destroyer Maddox, mistaking it for one of the South Vietnamese vessels.\"  (pp. 352-353).\n\nActually, the OPLAN 34A attacks along the Gulf of Tonkin coastline were operations planned and approved in Washington, D.C., and McNamara lied about South Vietnamese operations to maintain the secret status of U.S. operations, during which the North Vietnamese PT boats were responding to recoilless rifle fire from a small boat when American intelligence informed the Maddox that it was about to be attacked.  Radio intercepts of North Vietnamese naval messages on August 4, 1964, were used to convince LBJ and Senators that an attack had occurred when two American destroyers were picking up radar ghosts and sonar readings off the reflection of a hard-turned rudder, as shown by subsequent tests.  Edwin E. Moise's book, TONKIN GULF AND THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR has much more information about that secret circus stunt.\n\nJeffrey Kimball's recent book, THE VIETNAM WAR FILES:  UNCOVERING THE SECRET HISTORY OF NIXON-ERA STRATEGY, contains a reference to the author of this book in a Memorandum by Dwight Chapin to Haldeman, January 18, 1973, about a month after heavy bombing near or in Hanoi to get some ceasefire agreement signed, hoping it could be called `The Peace Announcement' (p. 288) and attempting to describe a point of view different from what intellectuals were expecting.\n\n\"The FitzGeralds and the Fondas, the Halberstams and Harrimans, the Clarks and Ellsbergs and Baezes are poised in the wings just waiting to treat the end of the war as their victory and to so opine from coast to coast.\"  (Kimball, p. 291).\n\nI have the First Vintage Books Edition, August 1973, which was after Dwight Chapin's Memorandum, but I am not sure if American bombing in Cambodia had ended when the actual paper in this book was printed on.  There are only six lines of listings in the index for Cambodia, mostly on general issues, but the week I spent there was hardly earth-shaking.  Of more interest to me was the report in FIRE IN THE LAKE about the An Lao valley, where the battalion 1/12th Infantry from the 4th Infantry Division spent the months from September, 1969 to January, 1970.  I believe this was our first free fire zone, with a base high above a village that had been destroyed, surrounded by paddies in which elephant grass was growing instead of rice, but enemy soldiers were found harvesting highland rice on the hillsides.  Enemy contact was the only kind we had, after all other possibilities had been eliminated in the manner described in this book.\n\n\"In Operation Masher/White Wing alone--a multi-regimental sweep through the north of Binh Dinh province--the Allied forces, by the estimates, destroyed an entire enemy division.  In the process they left hundreds of civilians dead and wounded and `generated' so many refugees as almost to depopulate the fertile An Loa valley.\"  (p. 405).\n\n\"While the American troops opened roads and `cleared' great stretches of territory, the Front guerrillas came back into every area except those heavily garrisoned by U.S. troops.  By the end of 1966 the NLF continued to govern the An Lao valley as well as the suburbs of Da Nang, Hue, Nha Trang, and Saigon.\"  (p. 406).\n\nThere is only one line in the index for Frantz Fanon, but anyone who is interested in how FitzGerald saw a link between revolution against colonial powers in African and Arab countries and the situation in Nam, \"including the belief in Fate and the symbolic killing of self, which he called `the behavior patterns of avoidance. . . . the sudden crime waves that spread through the cities, the tribal warfare, and the fierce, irrational feuding of the native sects.  As he explained them, . . .\"  (p.509).  You wouldn't want to believe how true the stuff in this book could be today", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_297", "text": "It's nasty and the kids love it\n\tI bought this for my classroom bookshelf. I teach 7th grade science and my kids fight with each other to read it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_298", "text": "Must have\n\tThis book brings together, pratical budget concerns with fashion, which are often in two totally different universes. Not worlds, universes.  In the fashionista there is everything from how to get wine out of a shirt to when to know if you should splurge on a coat. In the worlds of increase American debt, this book should be on everyshelf in America!  It is light portable and she is extremely funny!  Two thumbs up", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "books", "split": "validation", "example_id": "books_validation_299", "text": "Not Perez-Reverte's best, but entertaining\n\tIf I were to choose the two best novels by this author, they would be The Nautical Chart and The Queen of the South.  The Fencing Master, by comparison, isn't as lively or as intellectually thrilling -- but it is a chewy read.  I particularly loved the characterization of Don Jaime as an older man realizing what he has lost in his life.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_0", "text": "Another classic, ruined by Disney\n\tIf you are looking for a good movie to buy for your child, pass on this one. This movie has so many drug references, i can't even begin to explain.(trust me, I just so happen to have taken acid before) This is a movie that NEVER should have been directed toward children. \n  \n   If you want your child to be drug free when he/she grows up, do not buy this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_1", "text": "not much for laughs and even less for plot\n\tWedding Crashers is the kinda film alot of people will love because it is stupid but alot of others like myself, won't enjoy. two womanizers fall in love, one because he finds out that his gf is not actually a virgin, like first off, what does virginity have to do with love?   second, who would actually believe that she was telling the truth when she said that she was a virgin?   then Owen Wilson's character fall in love with Rachel's McAdams character and well, that's the usual predictable romance plot. the problem with this film is it's not that funny. it seems to think it's better then it is. I don't think I hardly laughed during this film. the part about the \"supposive\" gay guy like people think he is gay so therefore of course, because it's this kind of film, he ends up being gay and of course, he tries to hit on Vince Vaughn's character in a scene that is beyond creepy. lets just say that \"gay\" guy is prob one of the worst actors I've seen.   then we get a cameo from Will Ferrell, alot of people I know find this guy \"so\" funny. but I don't get it. it just wasn't funny to me. u know, I loved the classic, \"American Pie\" that was just stupid for its own good but it delivered the goods to make it a great comedy! this film wasn't so much funny as stupid.   for the most part, I'm not going to remember this film in 5 years from now because it's just an average film", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_2", "text": "The Firm\n\tGreat movie but CD not perfoming in the last few scenes.  It gets stuck or restarts itself.  Very frustrating and more frustrating to have to return new CD", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_3", "text": "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...\n\tthis has got to be the WORST film I've ever seen. its not sad. Its not funny, jest over blow mellow dramatic garbage. I don't have any sympathy toward nick in this movie, because he does give you anything to work with or want to keep him. the actor is the worst of all. i cant tell if he's sad in some seens, or angry or jest retarded. I've seen some sad movies but this one jest sucks, I guess its aimed at a different time of homosexuals instead of the present. it probably worked better back in 96'. but this movie is SO SO SO BAD. its embarrassing. do not rent it or buy it or view it on television.\nNOTE'S: THIS FILM HAD  SOME GREAT TALENT\nA song from Olivia Newton Jon, and (one of my most personal favorites) Mila AND my favorite comedians Margaret Cho. She's to good but...why this film, she (and Mila ) are to good for some want to be tearjerker movie like this.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_4", "text": "For fans of Miyazaki, NOT for fans of the book\n\tI was very excited about this film as a fan of both the book and Ghibli Studios previous works. All the greater the disappointment then, when less than half way through, the story becomes something utterly unrecognizable from the original, several key characters are lumped together most confusingly, and others lose all their complex charm. What a shame. \n\nIf you have never read the book and are a fan of Miyazaki, by all means buy this. You're very likely to enjoy the excellent animation and yet another unusual story from him.\n\nIf you are a fan of the book, steer well clear. You're likely to want to poke Miyazaki with a stick and see if his head turns into a turnip or his turnip into a head.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_5", "text": "Nothing I liked about it\n\tThis movie didn't do anything for me...Didn't care for the characters or the plot.  The ending was disapointing also.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_6", "text": "Gave it a Chance but...\n\tI really did give this a chance but I can't say I like the show. It focuses more on the \"police\" aspect and less on the science, which differentiates the CSI series from most of the other garbage out there. I know David Caruso has his fans but I just can't appreciate him in this vehicle...", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_7", "text": "don't be  quot;con quot; vinced into watching this\n\tTo be honest with you I thought the movie was really bad. the acting was ok but the only good part about the movie was that ricky (Rodney Eastman) was in the movie. (for about 5 mins) but i would not suggest renting this movie and waisting 4 dollars", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_8", "text": "The Tyler Pery Collection\n\tI ordered these, and several other movies from the Tyler Perry Collection, only to find that they were not actual movies but on-stage plays. I returned them and was charged a high restocking fee. Not OK! No where in the description was mention of them being stage plays. I will order my CD's and DVD's from another source in the future.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_9", "text": "Agree with should have stayed lost\n\tI agree, these were not used in the first two seasons for a good reason, they are not that good.  OK, there is maybe one or two slightly funny sketches but it is not worth buying.  I love Charlie Murphy and the Ashy guy and I think they could have done more with these guys to make it funny.  Dave, come back to TV", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_10", "text": "Dissapointed\n\tMany people had reccomended this movie to me but it failed to live up to its reputation.  The quality of the film-making was aweful, the acting bad to the point of utter ridiculousness, and the script read like a cross between a psychotherapists analysis and one of those pulp romance novels about angsty teenagers.  It gets some credit toward the end for showing some self-awareness of how silly and dramatic the whole thing was.  There were some cute moments, and it was interesting to see the humble roots of one of the big L word ladies, but don't go into this movie expecting a highly polished end product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_11", "text": "big,biggest bigot!\n\tI live in South Africa where the series appeared 20 years ago.Thanks to Amazon I was able to relive the wonder of Archie Bunker where each episode provides laughs from one of the family,each of whom is brilliantly cast.I have series 3 4 and now want 1 2.Don't wait any longer,24 episodes of absolute delight await you", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_12", "text": "Embarrasing to watch.\n\tI have to disagree with the reviews above and say that I watched this movie on dvd having watched it as a kid twenty years ago. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything about this film I remember enjoying. It's a cross between The Blob, The Thing and a really crap detective movie. Moriarty's character is pretty smooth but the film culminates in a farce reminicent of an 80's kiddy movie. This film is definetly not for intelligent adults and you'll lose interest halfway through I guarantee it. No suspense, few laughs, and way to hokey to watch twice. If you love this movie you need to get out more.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_13", "text": "U won't care for this one\n\tSat down and saw this one on televion.\n\nOnly good service was that now I know buying the DVD would be a waste of money.\n\nWhat was actually achieved by the British is portrayed as an American achievement. Slanders the U-boat men portraying them as heartless marauders. Other than allied Propoganda pieces, There are no incidents of U-boats machinegunning people in lifeboats. \n\nThe movie itself I have little respect. Basicly Plotless and  unrealistic. Action scenes unbelievable. Characters Two Dimensional. \n\nThis film Awful.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_14", "text": "Fatally Flawed\n\tSure, this movie is a classic. But is it any good? Frankly, I found it to be tedious in the extreme.\n\nIt's certainly pleasant to look at. The sets are quite amazing, and the cinematography is absolutely beautiful.\n\nThe story (as described in detail in many other reviews here) has potential as both a thriller and a thought-provoking essay (ultimately it is neither).\n\nThe acting is top notch, as are all of the special effects. Those of us who cut our teeth using teletype machines always get a kick out of seeing them in all their anachronistic glory. In fact, all of the computer stuff is believable for the era and pleasantly nostalgic.\n\nBut the whole thing never rises to its premise. Its \"thriller\" aspect is artificial and not tied to the central plot line, and entirely predictable from the moment our friend is handed THE ONLY KEY THAT CAN STOP THE NUKE! The resolution is an afterthought (a quick fix in the extreme), and barely even mentioned in about two lines of dialogue after the artificial danger is (narrowly, whew!) averted. The characters are thin at best, and stock at worst.\n\nThis movie is really a slow survey of what people in the early 70s thought technology would be like in the mid 70s. Yawn. (I must laugh at the whole bell/paper bit. It means nothing to the plot, and is the ultimate contrivance.)\n\nIf a deadly virus actually came back from space, there would certainly be action on many fronts, with plenty of interesting conflict to go around. Some people would try to understand it, others would want only to kill it. There's some potentially interesting tension right there. Some people would argue to keep the danger hidden from the public, others would want to warn them. Again, that could have been a good source of tension. Someone would surely have suspected that the military wanted to harness it as a biological weapon (mentioned in passing, but never developed), while others would try very hard to prevent that. More tension.\n\nI'm just saying that this movie is littered with missed opportunities for something more than the collection of boring experiments and pointlessly slow-moving scenes which it actually contains. This movie is the poster child for boring science fiction, and it would not have had to be that way.\n\nI haven't read the book, but I bet it's a lot better. At its core, this movie is a boring dud.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_15", "text": "Thoroughly predictable \"thriller\"\n\tThe only thing that kept this from being ABSOLUTELY predictable was that a dead bad guy did NOT spring back to life.  I found myself saying \"Oh come on\" to one plot point after another (previous reviewers have covered these absurdities).  The underlying scenario was unconvincing and un-involving (previous reviews in this thread provide details)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_16", "text": "Sorry\n\tThis movie is so freakin stupid. Yes its funny...but so very dumb. Not good dumb; bad dumb. Terribly, painfully stupid. Funny at times. Best avoided or taken in small doses", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_17", "text": "Hindsight is 20/20\n\tBelieve it or not, I actually wanted to watch this movie.  I've seen almost everything else Adrian Lyne has done and respect his shallow talent enough to be interested in his early efforts.\n\n(I watched _Jacob's Ladder_ because I remembered an intriguing preview on a VHS cassette I watched as a kid and learning that it was a significant influence on _Silent Hill_ sealed the deal; My girlfriend owns a copy of Lyne's version of _Lolita_; _Fatal Attraction_ was a girlfriend induced rental; I watched the TV version of _Indecent Proposal_; I haven't seen _9 1/2 Weeks_ but I read the book.) \n\nFlashdance is also one of those pieces of pop culture that are so influential that you recognize references even if you've never seen it.  And I always wanted to hear the song \"Maniac\" in its original context, so when I found it on an acquaintances shelf I popped it in.\n\nSo, how was it?\n\nNot too bad.  Not great by any means, or even really that good (_Lolita_ and _Jacob's Ladder_ are both quite good) but interesting enough to keep me awake after a long day of work.  The plot is a by-the-book \"believe in your dreams\" story with really lame dialog, but its development is intercut with extended dancing sequences that are so long and frequent that at times it felt like I was watching an abstract silent film.  I don't know squat about dancing, but the choreography seemed innovative, at least for its time.\n\nI can't even remember the names of the characters, but all in all, I have to admit that it was kind of neat.\n\nAlso, if you watch it with the subsequent 20+ years of movies in mind, _Flashdance_ can be seen as sort of an omen of all bad things to come from Hollywood:  It's a movie by a director whose only previous experience was in music videos and commercials, one whose screenplay was an early effort by hack Joe Esterhasz and was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer!  Taken collectively these elements are probably responsible for about 60% of all crap movies made since", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_18", "text": "Don't waste your money on this one\n\tTalentless people and garbage music  torture you in this turkey-in no time flat,you'll be driven to pure insanity as you run screaming \"MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\" out into the yard.Do not spend money on this product unless you want to wind up beating your head against the wall and babbling nonsense", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_19", "text": "What's all the fuss about?\n\tBefore I review, I'd like to clear something up: I am a very latecomer in seeing this movie. I was introduced to the Ghost in the Shell franchise through the new Anime series airing on Adult Swim, Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex. I absolutely love that show, and so I figured eventually I'd have to get around to seeing the movie, which I knew full well shares no connection with the show. They're both seperate interperetations of the comic series of the same name, (which I have not read, so I don't know which is more accurate) but the TV series is exponentially better than this movie in almost every concievable way.\n\nThere are many things I don't like about this movie, the biggest being poor pacing. The plot for the movie is actually surprisingly straightforward once you cut away all the filler, but that's the biggest problem. There's not really enough story to last a full-length feature, because it seems almost like it was originally written with the intention of being a 30 minute short. And since they didn't have the budget to load the movie up with action scenes (there are barely any, and they aren't very impressive for the most part) they had to slow the story down with drawn out conversations that you won't understand more than 60% of, and camera shots that last for what feels like minutes where we're looking at either nothing, or a woman's nipples. That's not cinematic artistry, that's being either lazy or perverted.\n\nThe animation itself isn't even that good, especially considering that this is was a theatrical release from only 10 years ago. It's choppy, and there's not really a whole lot of detail (except when it comes to women's nipples). Looking at just the animation, if I didn't know better, I'd have thought this movie was an OVA from the 1980's.\n\nThe only thing I can really say I liked about this movie was that it was Ghost in the Shell. It's probably kind of like how I didn't see the 1989 Batman movie until years after I'd been spoiled by Batman the Animated Series, and couldn't bring myself to like it for any reason other than that it was Batman. Everything about the TV series is superior to this movie: the animation, the stories, the character developement, the production values... I could go on for an entire page about how much better the TV series is.\n\nIn short, if you're you're at all interested in the GITS franchise, do yourself a favor and rent the DVDs of the TV show instead. You'll find a lot to love, but I can't say the same about the movie. My dream is that someday Alex Proyas will give us a GITS movie that lives up to what I would hope for after watching Standalone Complex", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_20", "text": "DEATH OF COMMON SENSE\n\tIt's hard for me to believe that so many people think this is a brilliant and startling film.  How could you not know that eating so much fast food is unhealthy?   If this film is considered groundbreaking then I fear for our Republic", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_21", "text": "Difficult!\n\tAm I the only one who found the basic workout difficult? The pace was too quick for me to get the right technique in the poses and even though I have done this workout several times now, my back almost always is very painful for at least 24 hours afterward. I have found that, apart from a few exercises, the intermediate workout is easier", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_22", "text": "ugh!\n\tI got this video thinking it would be like the baby faith videos with fun and creative elements for learning development. My baby watched about two mintues and was gone. I think this is pitched as a baby video but it's really more geared toward older children. None of the elements have anything to do with the music, making is virtually useless as a learning development product. I give it a big \"thumbs down\". Try any one of the baby faith products like God Made Me, God Made Music and God Made Animals. They're awesome!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_23", "text": "A Celebration of Hopelessness\n\tI give this film one star for the acting, which is often very good. However, the plot and message of this film revel in hopelessness, and debase every aspect of lower income, urban people. In all honesty, I've seen more joy in an African famine. I sat through this film, against my better judgement. Still, if you're truly interested in investigating the dark underbelly of urban American misery and frailty, then I recommend \"A Streetcar Named Desire\", \"KIDS\", \"Last Exit to Brooklyn\", and \"Traffic\".", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_24", "text": "Not for the beginner\n\tI rented this DVD because of the glowing reviews here and because I wanted a better understanding of the origin of the modern problems in the Middle East. Overall, I was disappointed by this offering because it didn't give sufficient background and seemed to speak primarily to those who already had a knowledge of the subject. (It also seems to me to be *a bit* biased in Israel's favor vis-a-vis the Palestinians, but that flaw could be accepted and filtered appropriately.)\n\nFor instance, the documentary jumps right into the last Zionist Congress in 1939 (or whenever it was), but they never define what the Zionist movement is or where it came from. I know some of this from my reading, but it would be nice to have a summary here -- especially as it relates to the main players in the rest of the documentary. I wish the documentary would have at least started with WWI and the British occupation of Palestine after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, rather than picking up at WWII and mentioning some of the WWI details later. Doing so would have answered questions like, \"Why are the British so important here?\"\n\nAnother example is keeping track of the people, places, and organizations, which are often named in Hebrew or Arabic and are unfamiliar to the uninitiated. It made the sequence of events hard to follow because we had a hard time keeping track of who was doing what and where. Using more text on the screen, more maps, more recaps, and perhaps more English translations would have improved things greatly, methinks.\n\nThe film certainly has value, not least because it is told by a participant and first-hand observer, but it is not for those without much familiarity with the people, places, and issues at hand", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_25", "text": "Dumbest movie ever\n\tThe entire premise of the movie is not merely ludicrous or far-fetched, it is actually completely false.  The concept of double jeopardy has nothing at all to do with WHOM is murdered (or is otherwise the victim), but WHAT you did, in distinct criminal incidents.  Even if you were wrongly convicted of murdering someone, if you go back and murder them \"again\" then that is a new incident, and double jeopardy does not apply.\n\nIn movies intended to be fantastic, diverging this much from reality might be OK.  But this is a mainstream legal thriller.  It's like having a mainstream romantic comedy where the men wear lipstick and the women don't, for no apparent reason.\n\nBut the producers of this movie either have no idea what the law actually says or means, or they just (accurately) banked on the general public being too ignorant to notice how ridiculous it is", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_26", "text": "Nope\n\tI was not into this movie at all.  My mother recommended it to me but it was lame all the way through.  A middle-aged man decides he wants to do something different with his life, so he takes a dance class.  Ofcourse there's a fine dance instructor, a crush is pursued, a wife gets jealous, hires a detective, and *gasp* his crush is found out.  The movie was too predictable and it just wasn't for me.  Not a bad movie, just not my cup of tea.  Richard Gere was cute as usual, which was the only thing that made me watch it to the end, besides wanting to know what a correct quick step looked like since \"So You Think You Can Dance\" never had contestants who mastered it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_27", "text": "The InCrowd is out.....\n\tSusan Ward,coming out of daytime and primetime soaps on TV, gave movie acting a try with this rather lame picture from AOL Films.    Director Mary Lambert tries and fails to give us a Basic Instinct story with zero script and while this was a studio pictures, it looks like Warners gave them a fairly low budget to work with.  As the lack of film sets show.   If you like Susan Ward, then give this a movie a try, if you want to hope that she gets better film roles in the future, DON\"T FIND IT HERE", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_28", "text": "The Long Long Trailer is good\n\tThe Long Long Trailer is a good movie but Too Many Girls is when Lucy and Desi were very young and thin but the movie Too Many Girls is awful and Forever Darling is awful", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_29", "text": "I have got two words to descibes what I thought of this...\n\tAND THAT IS BORING AND SNOBISH!  I watched the first two hours of this and coudn't keep awake.  The narritor's voice was monotone. I wanted to shout at his pompous, snobish demeanor SHUT UP!!  In my opinion is not the proper way to educate is to entertain at all god's peoples. With the narritor, granted he is educated but does he have to shove his creditals and his attitude from the gecko. When you take people on a educating journey (such as nine hours long) invite them like you would invite into a warm a loving welcoming home. I felt with his demeanor and atitude felt beat up and like I was crawling on my hands and knees through out the first two hours. I am not watching the rest of the seven hours and returning this DVD set back to the library and saying \"Check Please\".", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_30", "text": "Wholesome, weird, and dull\n\tThis picture had some good potential but the director tried too hard hard to make it some kind of arthouse flick. A rather pointless attempt to remake Brewster's Millions with an altuistic slant. It wasn't a \"bad\" movie it simply wasn't a \"good\" one. Boooooooring...zzzz..zzzz..zzz", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_31", "text": "Lousy\n\tDid Nicholson read the script before signing for this movie? Was he broke that he had to act? Has he reached senility to accept to play in such a poor scenario?\nWell, as a fan, I am totally disappointed. Don't waste your money for this, it is not worth", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_32", "text": "FFC Belittles His Own Classic By Altering The Score...\n\tNot only does the new music change the mood and quality of critical scenes, it's tantamount to watching old Batman episodes. As soon as something develops, in comes the cheesy music...\nThe added scenes were poorly produced which is why they didn't make the original cut...The interviews seemed contrived. \nI'm not impressed. \nThe older version supersedes the new", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_33", "text": "Low budget--so what?\n\tThe movie \"Dead Life\" by director William Victor Shotten is a throwback to the great movies of old such as Night of the Living Dead--or at least it tries to be--unfortunately it's a stupid attempt and being original through looking old, which in itself is an irony.\n\nLooking at its writing, there's absolutely nothing to commend this movie on. Though this movie at least tries to give you an explanation as to the existence of zombies, it's as thought-out as a cat's decision to chase a shiny object. The common mistake made with Romero's films is that the story wasn't well thought out, since they never really explain the zombies (except a bit in the original about a meteor); however, what people don't realize is it doesn't matter why. Romero's films are satirical in nature, they focus on a larger picture and disregard details, that's what makes them so great--that's what makes them films.\n\nDead Life makes some attempt and showing depth with its underlying theme, except it's stupid and unoriginal, and really not shocking or thought-provoking in the slightest.\n\nThis movie is not shocking, it's not realistic, even the \"gore scene\" everyone is referring to is only a stupid attempt at being shocking and over-the-edge; but it comes off as just being tasteless.\n\nPeople are giving this movie credit for having no money, but really, people have done better with less. The acting is ridiculous, the sound is poorly dubbed, the camera is always out of focus, and the special effects are lame. It is a tasteless zombie romp with no point whatsoever, it doesn't deserve credit for having a low budget, it makes no effort to make people think and makes no effort to be good, period. Night of the Living Dead was a low-budget film, this is not even close to reaching that level.\n\nOh, and it actually takes sound effects straight from the first Resident Evil game and dubs them in. Seriously", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_34", "text": "rambling and unfocused drama\n\t\"Kings and Queen\" is a bloated French drama that rambles on for an interminable two hours and thirty-two minutes to no discernible point or purpose.  \n\nThe film features two stories that seem unrelated at first but which eventually connect with one another about halfway through the movie.  The first centers around Nora and her struggles with various men in her life, including an elderly father who discovers he has only a few days left to live.  The other story involves a young man named Ismael, a violinist who finds himself placed - unfairly, he believes - in a mental institution through the machinations of an unknown third party.  After traveling along on separate tracks for awhile, these two narrative strands eventually come together when we learn that Ismael is a former lover of Nora's and the man she has chosen to adopt her son from an earlier, tragic relationship.\n\nWith a bit more focus and a considerable amount of streamlining, \"Kings and Queen\" might have been a potent, engrossing drama about modern day relationships.  It certainly has moments of tremendous insight and emotional power, and the performances are, for the most part, complex and touching.  But, taken as a whole, the film meanders and maunders to such an extent that, quite frankly, it begins to wreak havoc on our patience and to wear out its welcome early on.  Even more distressing is the fact that, even though we spend what seems like a mild eternity in the company of these people, we really don't know quite what to make of any of them when the show is finally over.  For instance, Nora's father, on his deathbed, writes a withering diatribe against his daughter's character that simply doesn't gibe with the woman we've been looking at for well over two hours.  Nora is admittedly no Mother Theresa (then, again, who is?), but she certainly doesn't deserve the invective thrown at her by her very own father.  Nora could be accused of being  confused, indecisive, a bit self-absorbed at times, but evil enough to have her father wishing he could give her his cancer and make her die in his place?  I don't think so.\n\nPerhaps this film is simply operating at a level of depth that I was unable to fathom.  But my suspicion is that even writer Roger Bohbot and co-writer/director Arnaud Desplechin would have trouble fully explaining their purpose here.  This is a well acted, pretentious bore of a film that takes the audience on a long, rambling voyage through a sea of personal crises, a journey that leaves the viewer no wiser or more enlightened at the end than he was at the beginning.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_35", "text": "How To Make A Goth/Sci-Fi \"Classic\" (A 20-Step Guide)\n\t1. Make sure you set your film in some sort of terrible alternate future where all people are slaves or unhappy or kept under sedation or something.\n\n2. Have every scene take place in the dark.  And your underworld must be lit by 15-watt bulbs.\n\n3. Clothe everyone in black leather, particularly capes.  This especially works for the villains, but in the interest of equal play the heroes can be edgy and wear black leather too.  If they're villains, shave their heads.  Give them sunglasses (for the dark!)\n\n4. Copying Terry Gilliam's masterpiece Brazil, throw something retro like brimmed fedoras into the wardrobe.\n\n5. Have a premise where our hero, a lone, semi-geeky guy, wakes up or somehow finds himself in a world he does not remember getting into.  He must clear his name of something, even if it's just getting off Pottery Barn's mailing list.\n\n6. Have a Mysterious Woman who may or may not be in cohoots with the bad guys, but who falls in love with our hero and wants to save him by the end of act II.\n\n7. Make damn sure she's sultry.  Though blondes are generally more popular these days in Hollywood, here dark brunettes work best.\n\n8. Have lots of issues that revolve around our brains being dicked with.  Throw in lots of tortured dialogue about alternative consciousnesses/universes/fuel supplies/sugar substitutes.\n\n9. This is very important: USE THE RHETORICAL LINE AT LEAST ONCE: \"DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU [find the Kiber Crystal/try to rescue your love-interest/defy Dr. Morphface/turn on a bright light]?\"  Indeed he (and we) don't.  This is supposed to get us all scared and anxious.\n\n10. Our hero should have had, if possible, a happy childhood that turned tragic.  Slaughtered parents work great here.  Of course, he doesn't remember any of it, at least at first.\n\n11. Populate your world with lots of machines with tubes, wires, cables, and ducts.  There also should be flashes of lightning that serve no purpose.\n\n12. Make sure your sets and costumes were \"derived\" from some black and white classic film from the 20s or 30s--Metropolis, Caligari, even Frankenstein will do nicely.  This is both to show you have a \"legitimate pedigree\" and to cover up the fact that you have no original ideas yourself.\n\n13. Make sure all the bad guys bite off their dialogue and sound mean.  This is how we know they are bad guys, since lately both sides have been wearing black leather.\n\n14. The guy gets the girl in the end and the sun comes out.  Really now, do we have to say this??? (However, through most of the movie we must believe the love will be unrequited.  The dame should have a troubled history, though you must keep it vague.)\n\n15. Throw in some cyborgs.  You gotta have cyborgs. \n\n16. Have sets that are about fifteen times larger than they need to be, but which are largely empty.\n\n17. There's always the authority figure who starts out in pursuit of our guy, but who by the end becomes convinced of his innocence and moves to his side.\n\n18. There was some vague, recent apocalyptic event that destroyed most of civilization.  But be brief here.  Our audience may get to wondering how one guy saving one girl will restore all of civilization, and you don't want them thinking about that.\n\n19. Include a sadomasochistic scene or two.  The current favorite is to strap the victim spread-eagled on a rotating mechanical device and stick him with needles.  This movie likes to stick them through the bone at the front of the skull, a really stupid place to insert a needle (but then, this screenwriter clearly isn't a brain surgeon).\n\n20. Always have a big shoot-em-up climax with lots of explosions, steam, smoke, distorting of the picture with computer tricks, and loud rock music.  This is how we resolve things when we have no idea what the hell we're talking about or how to end the movie.  We hope nobody notices.  Generally they don't.\n\nFollow this primer, and whatever you come up with will be called bold and visionary by people whose filmgoing history doesn't extend before 1995, and Roger \"I don't wanna become critically irrelevant\" Ebert", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_36", "text": "Live 8 Toronto DVD a dissapointment for the Masses\n\tWell I went to the concert and the whole time while I was watching it, I was glade they where coming out with a dvd because DVD can HOLD lots and LOTS AND LOTS of information and why would they cheap out and not put every artist with every song on here why I WOULD BE 100$ I don't care I want to see it all. And well I waited months and months, wondering waiting for it to come out, I went there with 3 other friends and it was the thing of a life time. Then it was time the P%$%# @%#T DVD of the century. THank you EMI for destroying a historial document so you can get all your SIGNED Contracts on to your DVD. Well now all I have to do is use my Time Machine and Get a tape ready and tape the Damn concert. Wait TIme machines doen't exist well now I am going ot have to go underground to get it. But wait I still $100 will EMI Release all the videos on DVD or do we have to go underground to get it from someone who tapped it and is selling it. All I can say this is why the internet was invented for INFORMATION EXCHANGE. If they keep information paticularly this Historical Document from people, they will share it over the internet. The video doesn't belong to 1 Company it belongs to the world, the world created this and WHO does EMI think they are by limiting this. I am so sick and tired of this utter B$%# @#$T. No one should settle for this, I demand more and Everyone should demand more also.3 Billion People watched 1 million spectaters. And what does EMI Tell you, they will put the crappiest DVD together and then make everyone take the videos down of there website. I believe I shall find them all and put them up on Wikipedia because it isn't 1 Person who owns the worlds creation. Anyone who believes in this should know what it means to them Every Extra CEnt of this DVD should go to AFrica and it doesnt it and its a Bloody shame. All I can say Is I am making sure this goes on to Every Review for this damned DVD untill something is done about it. \n\nVIVA LA RISTANCE : D\n-THE REAL LENBO", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_37", "text": "This film was not faithful to the adaptation of the novel.\n\tThere's lots of passion in Wide Sargasso Sea THE BOOK, but it's mostly emotional. It's an extremely multi-layered novel and the work of a true master. The film on the other hand is just your classic, bad 1990s film, beautiful to look at, with lots of skin, languid copulation, heaving bosoms, bodice-ripping nonsense, etc and next to no substance. It has no artistic integrity whatsoever, as its shameless makers must surely know they lifted their middle finger at the spirit of the Jean Rhys novel when choosing to make the film the way they did.\n\nI was unable to feel empathy for both the lead character. The much touted erotic scenes were not developed to what they lead to believe, and it also lacked much enthusiasm. They were incomplete and contributed little, if anything, to the plot. The viewer only gets a glimpse of the passion that supposedly exists between Edward and Antoinette. Therefore, they should have either gone all the way, tastefully (no pun intended), or have left those scenes out entirely. \n\nNow with regards to the plot of this film there were enormous holes, which perhaps could be rectified by reading the book. But for those who haven't read the book, there should be enough information in the film itself to keep the reader afloat. From the start it was unclear what was really going on with this family (despite the narration). Why did the ex-slaves keep laughing? (Something vaguely explained in the movie, though apparently fully explained in the book). Why didn't the parrot fly away? What made the mother go nuts? At no point in the movie were Mr. Rochester's \"issues\", as it were, fully explained. The man gets a letter exposing his wife as a Creole and dumps her like a hot potato, after (as Christophene explains) he was the one who came crawling to her in the first place. What a hypocrite. Again, maybe this is the ultimate point, that Mr. Rochester is a snob and the archetypical Victorian Englishman and that Antoinette is the victim of both his prejudice and that of the Jamaicans. But none of that exonerates the appallingly abrupt conclusion to the film. \n\nSo, despite the beautiful cinematography, this movie is a hopeless muddle. I'd highly recommend the novel by the way: a book you don't forget in a hurry. Needless to say I think you should give this insulting (to the memory of Jean Rhys) film a miss, especially if you've read the novel: it'll just frustrate you, no matter how keen on a bit of easy titillation you may be feeling at the time.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_38", "text": "hey, did any of you dudes catch that they ripped off the plot from clueless?\n\tthis is the poorest of the plethora of jane austen adaptations we have undergone the past decade, with gwyneth paltrow stumbling her way through an unfunny retelling of austens classic.  fortunately its been 3 weeks since i watched this and ive managed to put the details of WHY i found it distasteful into the nether regions of my mind, but it was a mess.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_39", "text": "i am the arm- the review for fans of the series.\n\trent it but by all means don't buy it.  you won't watch it more than once.  this movie is not for those who have invested 25+ hours into the tv show.  although you will better understand what's going on if you have seen the show, none of this will really seem new or interesting to you.  you learn some new facts about Bob and The Man from Another Place, but nothing important.  for the most part it just tells the story as we have already pieced together from the show, adding only pointless and unrealistic new occurances (Bobby kills someone, Donna is replaced by an new actor, Coop forsees all the future comings of Laura's murder, etc).  all of the twin peaks charm that you have come to love is gone and the movie really suffers from that.  you can't only give Coop 10 meaningless lines and expect the show to succeed.  i think Lynch's efforts would have been more successful and greatly appreciated if he had made a sequel to the second series, focusing on the complications of Coop being in the Black Lodge, Harry having an emotional attachment to Coop but being forced to bring him down, etc.\n\ni guess if you have never seen the series this may be more interesting, but i dont really think so.  overall, the look and the feel was very foreign and uncomfortable and it moved very slow.  it is somewhat of a letdown coming from a monster writer/director like Lynch.  i'm glad i've seen it, but hell, i'd rather watch dune again before this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_40", "text": "Why the fuss?\n\tThis film is definitely not a masterpiece. I found it incredibly dry and incomprehensibly over-rated. Yes, the film was bleak but inexplicably bleak. To make matters worse, the main character seems to resolve her numbness almost out of nowhere. Perhaps I missed something gigantic because I was trying not to fall asleep while watching this drag on but I would not attempt to see it again. However, there were a couple of memorable scenes.\n  I would strongly advise renting it before purchase. Some people do love the film but I don't understand why", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_41", "text": "A monotonous travelogue that might be of interest to those who've read his books\n\tPerhaps this video will satisfy the readers of Lincoln's various works, such as The Sacred Place, The Messianic Legacy, and Holy Blood, Holy Grail, or at least show them the places discussed in detail within those books. The DVD will probably be a fine asset for those currently reading the aforementioned books. \n\nHowever, it is simply not successful as a stand-alone video or as a video about The Da Vinci Code. The narrator, Mr. Lincoln, takes us through the quaint and beautiful countryside of the Languedoc, home to the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian Crusade, and points out some interesting details in his wandering. Yet he rarely ties the details together into a coherent picture, and often makes comments that would seem to undercut the very idea that he intends to create a coherent picture. As well, he relishes in showing the destruction wrought to many of these mysterious details by treasure hunters and vandals (many inspired, it would seem, by Lincoln's books) and repeatedly editorializes against their actions. I finally fell asleep at around the 90 minute mark---I cannot imagine what else Mr. Lincoln could have found to drone on about for the remaining half hour.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_42", "text": "Stupid.\n\tThere was one scary moment in this movie--the quick scene showing the girl in the closet when she dies..now that was creepy. I then awaited more moments like that.  Nothing. nada. Lame.  Tries way too hard to be creepy and artsy and just landed up being dumb.  And that young boy what is up with that?? He's trying to be like the kid in the Sixth Sense (who was brilliant and totally believable).  This movie did not scare me.  And the idea of people being afraid to use VHS tapes after this? Come on.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_43", "text": "Jesus, what a steaming pile of crap!\n\tJulia Roberts plays Ed Harris' young new wife. Susan Sarandon plays Harris' ex-wife. Ex-wife does not like new wife. New wife does not like ex-wife. Ex-wife's cutsey, but bratty kids make new wife's life a living hell. Ex-wife thinks new wife is a stupid bimbo. New wife thinks ex-wife is a nagging battle axe. New wife and ex-wife fight and yell at each other ad nauseum. How does the film solve this conflict? Ex-wife is diagnosed with terminal cancer -- everyone reconciles, ex-wife and new wife suddenly love each other, the end. This is one of the most cliched, saccharine, hackneyed and shamelessly manipulative pieces of garbage put out by Hollywood in the past decade. If you like Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon or Ed Harris, please see Erin Brokovich, Dead Man Walking and The Right Stuff and run screaming from this nauseating cinematic catastrophe", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_44", "text": "Predictable and Uneven\n\tI'm not going to write too much. If you need to hear more just check other reviews down here.\nFrom all the 3 episodes only the first one, by Kar-Wai, is worth your time. \n\"The Hand\" is well done and typical Kar-Wai. Beautifully shot by his usual contributor Christopher Doyle, it's the most compelling and sexy episode of the bunch. Gong Li, always very elegant, give us a powerful sexy scene and her presence establishes and guide the rest of the story. Well crafted but very predictable. The director lately seems to be referencing himself, which is halfway form self parody.\n\"Equilibrium\" is just a bad cinematic joke and absolutely non sexy. Other than a few gratuitous and unrelated naked shots, is a simple and boring exchange between Downey Jr. playing an adman and his analyst played by Arkin.\nBut the worst by far is the Antonioni's episode. Is just so poorly done and acted that is an embarrassment. The, once, great director should have just retired by now (he was 91 in 2004) and let the rest of the world appreciate his masterpieces", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_45", "text": "Different Cast. Different writers???????\n\tAfter seeing both Peyton Place and the sequel I can tell you that I could tolerate the recast, Carol Lynley and Tuesday Weld were wonderful in their perspective parts.  But I have to wonder was it only the cast that changed in this sequel did the writers change as well?  My reasons for asking, the glaring inconsistencys to the original movie.  Over and over in this film it is stated that Selena was raped when she was thirteen, yet in the original film Selena, Alison and the others were graduating from high school when the incident occured.  Since when do thirteen year olds graduate from high school, also she looked pretty mature for thirteen.  Then there's Selen'as boyfriend (whose name escapes me at the moment) in the original film he stood by her, through the murder charges, the revelation of the rape, and the miscarriage, yet in the sequel I'm suppose to buy that he couldn't handle any of it dumped her and left town where he met and married someone else.  Then all the towns people after being put in their place by the town Doctor all rallied together at the end of the original film to give their support of Selena, yet in the sequel she is considered the town outcast?  I have nothing against sequels even with recast but this one strayed way too far from its original film that all creditbility for it as a sequel went out the door. It was all too obvious that the original film wasn't taken into account when writing the sequel.  Not credible at all", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_46", "text": "weak\n\tThis movie was a weak effort by Capra, who directed it, and the star, Gary Cooper. It's a good story, just poorly directed (Capra can't hit a home run every time). I found the acting very wooden and the movie seemed to just drag on and on. And no extra features on the dvd, at least none to speak of", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_47", "text": "Why Red Dragon Does Not Compare to Silence of the Lambs\n\tMcCully 1\n\nAdam McCully\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                                                                                       \n\nInstructor Lee Hobbs\n\nENGL 101.025\n\n18 November 2005\n\nRed Dragon\n\n\tWhen I heard that Universal Studios was making a prequel to Silence of the Lambs, I'll admit that I was a little skeptical.  Throughout movie history there has been a long list of bad sequels which, more or less, is what this prequel was.  Caddyshack II, Godfather III, and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, all horrible follow ups to great films.  So naturally I was a little worried that the film Red Dragon was going to be just another flop that followed a great film.  Any movie that follows a great film like Silence of the Lambs has a lot to live up to.  Personally, I thought that the first sequel to Silence of the Lambs,  Hannibal, didn't quite achieve that, and neither did Red Dragon.  It was a decent movie, but not quite as shocking and suspenseful as the first.  Don't get me wrong it did have its share of shock value, but since it didn't come first I had already come to expect that.  I thought that the writers would take the time and effort to make sure that this film was as good if not better than the first two films, but clearly their work shows otherwise.\n\t All in all, this movie disappointed me for several reasons.  As I mentioned before, the lack of violence and shock that were so prevalent in the first movie and that I, as a fan of the films, had come to expect.  But mostly, it was the fact that this movie was nothing more than a film that was made in the eighties with a different title and better actors.  I've never been a fan of remakes and this film was certainly no exception.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_48", "text": "\"You're going down Burnhead\" ???\n\tI have to say that I was not familiar with any Darkman comics, or had had any other contact with the character apart from this movie so I cannot compare the character to other sources. Therefore, coming from someone that did not \"know\" Darkman prior to the film I have to say that the movie was quite a disappointment!\nThere are the obvious comic book characteristics that one finds in these types of movies, like the Shadow, Batman etc, which is interesting.  \nNevertheless, Darkman was quite a disappointment considering the make-up of the cast: Liam Neeson, Larry Drake, and Frances McDormand among others.  It is the story of a scientist who falls victim to a group of gangsters resulting in his horrendous disfigurement.  In an effort to exact revenge, he makes use of his latest invention in order to appear like his targets/victims....  \nIn short, the acting and the plot are average (nothing great), while the dialogues are way below average.  The movie falls into the action/adventure/horror type of category.  \nThe characters are, overall, bland and just plain uninteresting (e.g. Rick Anderson played by the \"fool,\" Ted Raimi, from the Xena series).\nThough the potential for a good movie was definitely there it fails to take off.  A shame really...  \nIn a nutshell, it's not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it might provide for an evening's entertainment, and that's about it. \nNo masterpiece here... 2 Stars", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_49", "text": "A merciful two star rating; Look for future Arena Football Def. Coor. Stan Davis as 1 child actor   funny bit about Cheap Trick\n\tSurprisingly sleaze and Chauvinism\nby female Director Heckerling! She\nduplicated it in Chevy Chase vehicle\nNational Lampoon's European Vacation\ntoo! Many child actors got their start\nhere, but the thing that cracked me up, \nas I saw it when it came out (unfortu-\nnately) was the dialog of my fav band,\nCheap Trick: Ticket scalper \"...The\nmagntism of Robin Zander and the \ncharisma of Rick Nielsen...and what\nabout the tunes, 'I Want You To Want\nMe, The Dream Police...nan-nan-nah,\n'You're momma's alright, your daddy's\nalright, they just seem a little weird,\nSurrender, surrender...\", before he's \ninterrupted. If that isn't somebody's\nidea of 'Surrender', they've stumbled \nonto this review by mistake", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_50", "text": "This movie......stinks\n\tI am really wondering about the people who have reviewed this and gave it such good ratings.Ive been looking at their other reviews trying to understand what it is they like. Because this movie STINKS!\n\nIm a huge Reese Witherspoon fan and I like Paul Rudd so I rented this movie and thought it would be good. Oh boy I was wrong. The charachters are over the top and the story is just cheesy. Im all for a good fun, romantic comedy. I like \"Win a date with Tad Hamilton\" but this is just awful. \n\nReese plays a stripper (somehow it just doesnt work)who helps the dorky hopeless Rudd dump then win back his girlfriend. All the time there is a package to stop hence the name \"Overnight Delivery\". \n\nThe story could have worked but it just doesnt. The premise is good and there are parts that are somewhat ammusing but overall it sucks.\n\nI would reccomend this movie to anyone who liked the Sarah Michelle Gellar movie \"Simply Irresistable\". If you happened to like that movie with the magical little crab. If you disliked it as I did then stay away.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_51", "text": "How to destroy your career in one simple movie\n\tGeorge Sluizer's original Dutch-French version of The Vanishing (aka The Man Who Wanted to Know) offers one of European cinema's most quietly disturbingly anonymous and everyday sociopaths, feeling his way one step at a time towards murder. If you've seen that version, you probably still can't get the final revelation out of your head, but the film had plenty more to offer than that, playing with chronology, subverting the usual cliches of its 'Lady Vanishes' plot (the hero wants to know what happened to his missing lover far more than he wants her to be alive) and throwing in some excellent characterization. I can only assume that for this 1993 US remake Sluizer was so determined that no-one else was going to get the chance to ruin his film when he was perfectly capable of doing it himself, but few people could have anticipated how comprehensively he trashes his own work. His career never recovered.\n\nChief culprit is an astonishing performance by Jeff Bridges that has been overthought through in every detail to a truly disastrous level. A friend who produced one of his earliest movies noted that Bridges was a great instinctive actor as long as you stopped him thinking about what he was doing, and this film is the proof of the pudding. Every movement is overly mechanical in its precision, making him look like a rusty clockwork toy, while his voice is a bizarre mixture of Tootsie, Latka Gravas from Taxi and a Dalek who have all been taking elocution lessons from Dok-tah E-ville. No banality of evil here, just a looney walking around with an invisible sign over his head saying \"Please. Let. Me. Kill. You. Thank you. For your. Consideration.' \n\nBut the blame really needs to be shared out here. None of the performances are good: often, they don't even look good - Keifer Sutherland looks more like a baby hamster than a distraught man at his wits end in the hurried scenes at the gas station, Nancy Travis flounders badly and Sandra Bullock makes no impression at all as the object of his obsession. Not that they're given any help by either director or writer Todd Graff. The script is particularly weak. The chronology has been altered to put the focus firmly on Bridges at the expense of the couple at the opening of the film. Worse is the rush the film is in, draining the life and character from each scene in its race to get to the next. Rather than the high/low mood shifts in the couple's relationship or the apparently casual but careful establishing of the feel of the location, we just get a couple of arguments that give you the impression that he's probably better off without her. As for the new and improved happy ending - standard woman chased by nutter in the woods jeopardy stuff complete with lame `let's end on a joke like a TV cop show' moment - best not go there... which is advice that holds for this entire trainwreck of a movie. Even a shockingly bland and uninspired Jerry Goldsmith score can't do anything for this one.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_52", "text": "Showgirls - Disc problems\n\tI enjoyed the movie even though I was only able to watch it in segments. The first time I tried to watch it, after about 20 minutes, the screen went to digital gibberish and my DVD player hung up so that I couldn't even open the tray to remove the disc or turn off the power. I had to unplug the DVD player, wait, and replug the power cord to remove the disc. Overnight, I decided I needed to replace my DVD player. However, the next morning, I tried a different DVD and it worked fine. It still works fine on all my other DVDs. I complained to your customer service people and they were nice enough to send me a replacement copy of Showgirls. Unfortunately, this one has the same problem. It plays for several minutes and then goes to gibberish and hangs my DVD player. I gave up on the problem at this point and decided to just get through my life without Showgirls. I use my DVD player almost every day and it works fine except when I try to watch Showgirls", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_53", "text": "Leary Stand Up - Not Funny\n\tEnjoyed Leary's Rescue Me and The Job so much but was really disappointed in his stand up - not funny and over done", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_54", "text": "all the clever British humor can't save this one...\n\tIf this movie were set in the US, I would've given it 1 star but the British accent, humor, and colloquialisms partially saved it...but not enough, sorry to say!\n\nWhy not?  Because despite a few mildly surprising and utterly contrived plot twists here and there, this film is still built on a particularly toxic myth: the desperately lonely and insecure 30-something single woman who is made to be as endearingly pathetic as possible for the audience to root for her inevitable finding by a Mr. Right.  Here, the film accomplishes that by making the central character tubby, clumsy, and possessing ridiculously bad luck and ill timing.  \n\nAlmost from the first 5 minutes, this movie just reeks of focus-group-inspired audience manipulation as it slogs through the same old trite cliches and recycled TV-sitcom bits.  Was there even ONE half-original character in this whole movie?  Don't remember any...maybe because I'd like to forget this dreadful cringe-fest of a flick ASAP", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_55", "text": "Appalling Excess\n\tI just watched this movie version of the classic childrens' book with my wife.  Here are my gut impressions:\n\nFirst, very little is true to the book.  That's not really a gut impression.  That's the impression I got hearing my wife say \"That's not in the book...that's not in the book...\"\n\nActually this movie is more like a computer animation demo than a vehicle for story telling.  It makes for beautiful stills and pictures, and those made me want to see the movie.   \n\nI expected a heart warming Christmas story, and what I got was about an hour of frantic scenes of out-of-control railroad and other technology animated like never before with just enough pauses betwen them to remind me why I'm watching.  You get to see...\n \nA kid chasing a ticket through a train,\n \nA kid chasing a ticket over the roof of a train,\n \nA ticket making its way through the forest -- Rube Goldberg style -- back to the train,\n\n(Forty minutes into this movie and one girl's train ticket is the star of the show!)\n\nOK, the ticket sub plot is resolved and we have...\n\nA train sliding out of control on the ice,\n\nA train trying to outrun cracks on the ice,\n\nA train going full throttle out of control and racing up and down mountain valleys like a roller coaster (fans of the \"coaster tycoon\" series of computer games will feel right at home) until finally it arrives at the North Pole. \n\nThen, the train car with the central character kids gets detached so we have...\n\nA train car running out of control through Santa's village,\n\nKids getting lost in the Christmas present manufacturing plant and falling through the chutes and machinery of the factory, and then...\n\nKids getting lost in a bag of presents that is taken by a flying machine to Santa's sled launching pad where the star at the top of the tree is dislodged and nearly impales an innocent elf.  Ho ho ho.\n\nAt least let me have a joystick and a couple of buttons so I can help these kids out!  It's like a computer animated train wreck in fast motion.  You know it's awful but you can't look away!  \n\nAnd, you'd better think twice before letting any very young children see this.  It could be very frightening on a big screen with the volume turned up.  My wife and I were going to watch it with our three and six year old sons, and we were very glad that we didn't.\n\nSo, what could have been a classic, enduring, and endearing compliment to a classic childrens' Christmas story is little more than a great line for some computer animator to have on his or her resume.  Two thirds of this movie is devoted to stuff that doesn't advance the story or develop the characters one bit.  Whatever a \"character driven\" story is, this is the opposite.  Never have I seen so many rendered pixels doing so much and accomplishing so little.\n\nI'd rather set up my old American Flyer electric trains and let them run around the tree while I read the book to my kids.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_56", "text": "Hmm...\n\tThe old DVD from 1997 looks better than the new HD version. I've compared the two, and the first DVD had good color saturation, dark blacks and looked right with the heavy red and brown palette. The HD version has a blue-green haze covering everything and the picture is too bright. They also removed the film grain and made the image look smooth and creamy. The sound quality is better now, though, and the image of course is higher resolution.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_57", "text": "well made and stylish . . .\n\tBut for me at least, I found it rather hard to root for Mel Gibson's character, given the fact that he was a major, major drug dealer.  When the movie ended with him more or less riding off into the sunset with Michelle Pfeiffer and all the loot, I didn't find myself feeling exactly uplifted by it.  Given the fact that the movie bent over backwards to depict Gibson as a loving father, a phenomenally successful businessman, and a super-stud, one might fairly say that this movie glamorizes drug-dealing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_58", "text": "Total Garbage\n\tThis movie is the most boring, uninteresting piece of garbage I have ever\nwasted my money on. The plot is stupid, the characters are dull and insipid, and the whole movie leaves you asking, as the credits run, \"So What?\" Don't waste your money!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_59", "text": "times like this amazon needs a no star option\n\tI myself am a huge Buffy/Angel fan,  I had read the reviews here and I thought it was worth a shot seeing it.  Well The script was terrible,  the story even worse,  direction - don't get me started.   One reviewer said it,  it was like they didn't know whose point of view to choose.  The soundtrack was awful.  The ending was sooo stupid.  did anyone else see the people at the docks leaning against the rail as three people are shot in front of them...  they just keep standing there.  Like nothing is happening.  I really haven't seen a movie this bad in... well...  EVER!!  Oh and Alyson Hannigan's acting was way better in My stepmother is an alien. I think she was about 13 in that role.  Don't get me wrong she's a extremely talented actress...  I blame it on the script.\n\nrent it,  don't buy it.  You'll be embarassed to own it.  I am", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_60", "text": "Want to waste 2 hours of your life - ignore this review !!\n\tIf you have bothered to read all the other reviews here, i think you will get the point, but still unsure ?\n\nThink of KNIGHTRIDER from the 70`s ( i`m sure EDI used the same voice !! ) then add some THUNDERBIRD puppets ( thats a bit mean, at least they had personality ) then add a dash of C.G.I. on a budget, oh and not forgetting that the whole script was written by a seven year old! \n\nA bit scathing you may feel - but deservedly so i`m afraid. \n\nSeriously, watch some paint dry for a couple of hours, at least the fumes will give you some sort of a buzz.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_61", "text": "The Magic isn't There\n\tThis is a fantasy film about a family of witches in modern times. The Owens girls are hereditary witches, any man who loves one is doomed to an early death. There is a scene where a woman asks for a love potion, this requires the sacrifice of a dove. Two little girls watch. Years later they're grown up. One leaves to live with her boyfriend. But the curse returns and a boyfriend is run over by a truck (never stand in the middle of a road). We see scenes where the neighbor kids yell \"witch\", as if to symbolize something.\n\nSally goes when Jillian calls her; she has a problem with her boyfriend. But Sally uses a \"magic potion\" to eliminate the problem. Now Jillian wants to undo what was done. [The film began to lose me now, it wasn't funny.] The spell goes awry, they bury their mistake. Then there is a scene where the ladies are all giggles. Later an investigator comes around looking for Jimmy. [The story drags again.] More scenes follow; they are not funny or scary or even entertaining. But a scene in the attic will wake you even if you're snoozing! They call some friends over to cast a spell to drive a demon out of Jillian. It seems to work, even if they don't use the standard issue witches broom. There is a sort of happy ending.\n\nSandra and Nicole are good actresses, but they can't cast a spell to improve the script of one of the worst movies I've ever seen. \"Bell, Book, and Candle\" is a funnier film, \"Blair Witch\" is a scarier film. This falls between the cracks.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_62", "text": "Truly Disappointing\n\tAfter I read Erik Larson's wonderful book \"The Devil in the White City\" I was fascinated by the brief glimpses at Holmes' story. But this documentary was a phenomenal disappointment. The production is amateurish at best, complete with needlessly corny reenactments worthy of \"Mondo Carne.\" With such a wealth of fascinating information available (court transcripts, etc) do we really need filler footage of some faceless actress wandering down dark hallways acting frightened? This man killed countless people and yet the producers of this documentary thought so little of their audience that they hired a narrator who sounds as if he is the chief ride operator of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. Truly disappointing. Perhaps someone will make an interesting documentary of Holmes. This most certainly isn't it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_63", "text": "weak\n\tThis movie was a weak effort by Capra, who directed it, and the star, Gary Cooper. It's a good story, just poorly directed (Capra can't hit a home run every time). I found the acting very wooden and the movie seemed to just drag on and on. And no extra features on the dvd, at least none to speak of", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_64", "text": "No Depth\n\tThis disc is like a Whitman's candy sampler:  It has a lot of different things... but a lot of the things you don't really want.  The film covers kids, high schoolers, college ball and college recruiting/pay controversies, ABA, NBA through all its decades, Harlem Globetrotters, the street game and inner-city stars, country boys, Indiana basketball, retired old timers hanging in Florida, current stars, marketing (are there ANY hoop videos that don't talk about sneaker brands), public relations, fireworks, cheerleaders, guys on trampolines, women's basketball..... Whew.  None of these subjects is studied in depth.  If you've followed basketball for a while, you know and have seen most of this.  The subject sampling seems to jump all over the place, so it would be hard to hit chapters to see just what you want.  I'd rather see a DVD star profile (Jordon, Iverson) or  quot;NBA at 50 quot; or Spike Lee's movie, or  quot;Hoop Dreams, quot; etc.  1 Love is such a sampler it feels like the disc should come free with the purchase of a Wilson basketball.  Or it seems like something you'd see on Sunday TV, after most people have turned off their sets when the real game ends.  In short,  quot;1 Love quot; is a decent sampling, but nothing to sink your teeth into", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_65", "text": "Stupid!!\n\tI saw this movie in a trip and it is one of the worst movies I have seen during the last two years. Stupid, stupid and stupid. Ryan Reynolds becomes annoying.\n\nIf you have brain, never watch this movi", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_66", "text": "Very light on baby care basics\n\tThis newborn care DVD is strictly for caring for a newborn infant, in other words, what you learn here won't apply after the first 3 or 4 weeks.  My biggest beef with this DVD is that it totally just skims over all the basics, such as how to breastfeed properly, how to bottlefeed properly, how to swaddle properly, how to calm a baby properly, etc.  All the stuff you want to know about looking after a newborn, each is given about 5 seconds of screen time.  Instead, the bulk of the program is wasted on things like \"pre-birth preparation,\" which interestingly appears toward the end of the program, and how the mother should take care of herself.  These are important things to know, but not for a \"ultimate baby care DVD.\"\n\nThe DVD packaging is also very misleading.  It says \"over an hour of hints\"... but that includes 1 minute of copyright warning and another 30 seconds of \"you should always consult your doctor\" warning, plus a long end-of-program credit.  The actual content is about 55 minutes.\n\nI've seen this DVD and the \"ABC of Newborn Baby Care\" DVD and even though the latter is not great, it's better because it goes through the important topics step-by-step, and the nurse/midwife demonstrates the techniques clearly.  Between the two DVDs, I definitely recommend the latter.\n\nBTW, you can likely find this at your local library.  It's also available from Netflix.  It's just not worth the price of the DVD, not even 1/10 of the price", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_67", "text": "Not for Beginners\n\tThis stability ball workout is definitely a more advanced routine and is not for beginners.  This was the first stability ball DVD that I purchased and became quickly frustrated with the routine due to the level.  If you are a beginner, I would recommend Leslie Sansone's You can do Stability Ball training.  If you are a beginner or more advanced, I would recommend Denise Austin's Shrink the Female Fat Zone or the QuickFix Stability Ball training.  My all time favorite DVD for the stability ball is Denise Austin.  This is by far my least favorite.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_68", "text": "It looks too '70s  and 1983-like\n\tNick Lachey and Jessica Simpson have a few good moments in the Nick and Jessica Variety Hour. But the show looks too '70s in its premise, too Donny and Marie-ish in some parts and Sonny and Cher-in some others.  Lachey's performance with Babyface is nice. How come Babyface didn't produce Nick's entire solo album instead of the batch of people Nick went to that caused Soul-O to flop?  He would have given him some smooth stuff to sing to. But having Mr. T and Johnny Bench and Kenny Rogers makes the show look, sadly, too 1983-ish. How come they couldn't get somebody current to perform on it, say Maroon 5 or Kanye West, who were both hot last April? They wanted to bring back the variety show format, but it's very hard to do it in an Internet age.  And Jessica isn't all that good on this show. I'd rather hear her music and albums instead. They need to bring new things to the format if they're going to make another show. For now, Lachey and Simpson would be better off doing their solo albums than wasteful junk like this!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_69", "text": "It is IMPORTANT that you get the ORIGINAL on VHS\n\tI love love love this movie, but you have to make sure you get the VHS version (where the VHS cover is the cast riding in the car.) Lucky for me, this is the one I own. By mistake, I purchased the \"wrong\" version for a friend and we sat down to watch it together. The music in the DVD version is TERRIBLE compared to the original (don't even get me started on the c.d. soundtrack.) Whoever made the blunder of re-doing this for DVD re-release needs to be fired", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_70", "text": "Role Model?  Far From It\n\tJessica Simpson is a talentless bimbo.  She is more concerned with shopping than she is with being a singer role model - a title that she so proudly proclaimed after bashing Brittany and Christina for showing too much skin.  We all know now that the hypocritical Jessica Simpson would shed her clothes if the price were right.  She is NOT a role model and her songs/tv specials are lower than below average", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_71", "text": "Disney needs to fire the DVD guy\n\tGood grief - yet another DVD collection we are not buying because Disney doesn't seem to understand.  We LOVED these series when they were on television but we will not buy something that is slapped together and incomplete.  I hope the folks at Disney get the message eventually.  Same thing applies to their live action feature films.  Disney should release them in widescreen with some extras or not bother.  Too bad because we have all the animated films and would happily buy the live action if the same care was given to the production", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_72", "text": "TOO MUCH CLOWNING -- WAY TOO GIMMICKY\n\tI recently saw Les Miserables - 10th Anniversary Concert on DVD and absolutely fell in love with it so I thought I would try something similar and decided to give Candide try.  Boy, was I disappointed.  I can't get past the first 30 minutes -- all these silly gimmicky \"jokes\" that are not even remotely funny.  The singing is not bad (this cast has better technical control of their voices compared to the cast in Les Miz) but the choreography is trite and unimaginative, and the acting so juvenille that you'd think the characters are retarded.  When the narrator fired his gun and a \"bang\" flag shot out from the gun instead -- that was over the top for me....  Yuck.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_73", "text": "The worst movie I've ever seen\n\tThere are cinematic masterpieces, and there are films that really make you feel the producer knows how to use film to its fullest.  This stinker convinced me Mr. Lynch owned shares in Kodak and wanted to sell film by the mile.  The only reason you may want to see this is so you will convince yourself never to see a David Lynch work ever again.  Do not buy it!!  Manos, The Hands of Fate is much more watchable than this.\nI get Brian Eno and ambient/atmosphere music is so you will use it as a background along with your imagination to create your own inner experience.  Film doesn't work that way (another reviewer compared this with Eno).  \nI find Memento a brilliant piece of work, really making me forget I am watching a film.  I think Videodrome is wonderful and compelling.  This - make sure you can watch something else.  Watch this in 100x speed.  You won't miss a thing.\nOkay, I just remembered, there is one movie worse than this one.  Reflections Of Evil.  If you actually like Eraserhead then get that movie too.  Me, I'd rather put a brain-eating worm in my ear from whatever planet Kahn was exiled to in Star Trek II.  Much less painful than watching this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_74", "text": "Pretty stupid and obnoxious\n\tAlmost unbelievably bad, except I saw the remake of 'Shaft,' which should have been a forewarning.  This is like a comic book for filmgoers.  No, not a graphic novel adapted to the screen.  More like a comic book for kids, that you'd be embarassed to own at any age.  Doubly offensive is the high quality soul music that is on the soundtrack, a travesty to the nth degree.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_75", "text": "Too dumb to be funny\n\t\"Legal Eagles\" is supposed to be a comedy. We're supposed to find the characters played by Robert Redford and Debra Winger to be amusing, their acrimonious relationship to be hilarious, and the way that they end up being partners despite all of the gibes to be romantically satisfying.\n\nThe problem is that the movie is too dumb to be taken seriously, and thus too dumb to be funny.\n\nBriefly, the story takes place in New York. Robert Redford is an assistant District Attorney about to be promoted to be the DA. Debra Winger is a defense attorney, and Daryl Hannah is a young woman with emotional problems, and is Debra Winger's client. The plot involves a fire 20 years ago, when Daryl Hannah was eight, a fire that killed her artist father and purportedly destroyed a large number of his paintings. This experience left Daryl Hannah traumatized, but all is not as it seems, and now, 20 years later, Daryl Hannah is first accused of attempted theft and later of murder.\n\nUnfortunately, the plot involves many elements that simply don't make sense. I won't go into detail, but Roger Ebert does a good job of listing four different major things that make the plot completely unbelievable.\n\nAs well as the story being dumb I found some of the scenes that were supposed to be funny to be anything but. \n\nFor example, Robert Redford is a weekend father to a teenage daughter. At one point his ex-wife threatens to go to court to prevent him from seeing their daughter. Robert Redford makes a telephone call to his ex-wife's home and starts an angry monologue of threats about how he'll take her apart in court. Then he realizes that he's actually talking to his daughter! This mistake is apparently supposed to be hilarious. Ha, ha.\n\nIn another scene Robert Redford and Debra Winger are together and see one of the bad guys. Robert Redford takes off on foot to try to catch him. Debra Winger, who doesn't know how to drive a car, feels it necessary for her to jump into Robert Redford's car and try to follow him. She makes a wrong turn and finds herself going the wrong way into traffic on a wide heavily trafficked street. There follows one minute of her frantically dodging cars at the last moment. Very funny. Ha, ha, ha.\n\nThis movie could have been a fairly good romantic thriller if they had fixed the plot and not tried to be a comedy. But the dumb plot and the unfunny attempts at comedy make it a complete waste of time.\n\nRennie Peterse", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_76", "text": "Predictable\n\tThirteen Ghosts is about a machine. This machine was designed by a Man who was at the time possessed my Satan. Yes, Satan. If the plot doesn't seem stupid enough, it needs Ghosts to power it. Ghostbusters anyone? At the start we watch a ghost hunting scene with a ghost that looks it belongs in a Michael J Fox movie.  As time progresses you find out that the 'demonic machine' needs to be powered by ghosts. If done right, it opens the 'Eye to Hell'. \nSave yourself a few bucks and don't rent this.  It's awfu", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_77", "text": "Unnecessarily Epic...\n\tAfter 40 minutes of objective viewing, and shot after superfluous shot, I sat through another 30 minutes in pain. I've come to the fairly well informed conclusion that either Peter Jackson can ONLY do epics wheather it calls for it or not, or LOTR in all it's incarnations had immense levels of supervision for Jacksons from higher-ups. Kong is not an epic, it is a tragedy. Tell me to watch the whole thing, if you will, but if the film is constructed so poorly 70 minutes in, I don't need to. On another note. Jurassic park had better CGI than this. Mr. jackson, no more 'epic fly-by shots please.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_78", "text": "not a pleasant christmas story\n\tSomeone bought this 3D DVD for my almost 5 year old daughter.  We thought the special effects would be fascinating and they were.  However,  within minutes of the movie's beginning my daughter was in tears. I won't say why but she found the plot frightening.  Several times during the movie I tried to talk her out of watching but she wanted to see what happened in the end.  Fortunately the movie is relatively short.  Overall, I found the story to be a cynical look at Christmas.  As an adult, I think it might be humourous to watch after a hard day of Christmas shopping but I urge caution before showing it to young children.  There was way too much animated violence to match the spirit of Christmas", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_79", "text": "I HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION...\n\tIt is unusual that I disagree with so many great critics praising a movie where there is so much talent. This movie tries to deal with alot and does alot of it well BUT as a viewer, I am hugely distracted by Mamet's dialogue. No, I do not agree that people in the real business world talk like this! Real people do not mindlessly echo over and over and over the same phrases that they hear each other speaking. If I did that in my working environment my coworkers would think there was something wrong with me. Real conversation does not run in that kind of patter. After listening to the characters for ninety minutes, I finally came to the conclusion that many of the characters sounded alike and the one connection point was Mamet. Real people talk differently from each other. They use different and distinct speech patterns and phrases and slang. I've had this problem with Mamet before and I can't believe nobody has ever noticed this before - and I would doubt that I am the first. I wouldn't be surprised if - somewhere - some actor in some Mamet production has pondered this before. Come on! Good dialogue is like good acting: if it's really good, you don't notice it until the show's over.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_80", "text": "Sound Problems\n\tI bought this back in October of 2006.  Can someone who bought it more recently tell me if the sound issues have been fixed?  I returned this item for a refund and won't be buying it again until Paramount fixes the sound issues.  Parts of the show are very quiet; I had to turn the sound up to even make out the dialog.  Then, a loud part comes on and almost blows my speakers.  This happens multiple times per episode.  Repeat this for six hours.  If I wanted this kind of quality, I'd just download the episodes off the Internet.  There will be a gap in my collection until this is fixed.  I don't know why they can't pay someone $5.15 an hour to watch the DVD once before they make 10 million copies", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_81", "text": "Butchered for your protection\n\tTrying to make a film concerning Studio 54 for a mainstream audience is a really bad idea. It's just not possible to do it and actually stay truthful to the climate of that era. Gays had a lot more influence on that scene than the film lets on. From what I understand, the original director's cut was gutted by Miramax before the film was released it and it shows. Other than Mike Meyers portrayal of Steve Rubell, there's hardly a gay character in sight. There's some very good actors in the film and their talents are simply wasted. Thank goodness the good music helped me get through this drivel. Anyone with a taste for fine filmmaking need not bother with this cinematic mistake", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_82", "text": "Would not recommend\n\tI own several Real Wheels movies and thought I would give this one a shot.  I found the picture quality to be less than I expected and the footage seemed out of date.  The narration was dull and boring, and the children's voices screaming the number of the truck to be annoying.  I would recommend any of the  Real Wheels series instead of this - they never fail to please my 3 1/2 year old truck lover", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_83", "text": "Nothing but wasted time\n\tI'm of the opinion that King's books rarely translate well into movies, and this is no exception. Some of King's work is fantastic,  but unfortunately, a lot of it is simply tired old themes with nothing new. This falls into the latter category.\n\nA novel about a novelist, and one who has a hard time finding inspiration: Please Mr. King, which college creative writing program did you steal this idea from? The writer's ideas showing up in real life: From whence do these fantastic ideas pour forth?\n\nI won't bother to tell you the ending, because if you have the poor luck to watch the movie, you'll have already guessed it by the time you're half way through. It's all bad and hackneyed, from start to finish.\n\nI will give Steven King credit for putting his fame to good use though. If anyone without Mr. King's fame and built-in fan base tried to sell a story this trite, their manuscript would never make it through the slush pile. \n\nMaybe it takes a bunch of bad stories like this to turn out gems like the Gunslinger series, but it doesn't mean that we have to watch them", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_84", "text": "Barely a Movie\n\tThis is poorly casted and scripted movie, has only one thing going for it, No annoying Chevy Chase around to make unfunny jokes, he did not have too, The cast here do that in abundance", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_85", "text": "Red-blue glasses is better\n\tThe kit was not worth its price. The spatial effect is poor. I've been watching some much better 3d movies with much cheaper red-blue paper glasses.  No, I don't have visual problem, and I rigged up everything correctly.\n\nThe DVDs itself were not interesting. My kids were not impressed much. It were not made me happier with the pack.\n\nSorry this review seems against the others, but it is my truth. I've stored it back into the box.\n\nI don't recommend this for you", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_86", "text": "The Usual Suspects\n\topened the sealed DVD case and Get Shorty was inside and not the Usual Suspects.   I sent it back requesting a replacement and did not get a replacement.  I got a credit, I think.  Not sure.  I would rather just have the correct movie", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_87", "text": "MONK IS JUNK!\n\tI really want to give this piece of garbage a Zero. Actually, I only watched part of one episode, I don't know if it's from season one. I am a Columbo fan, and a detective writer. I saw a sniper shoot a man on a platform. The platform was almost located right up against a building the sniper was in! A toilet with flowers in it. He reacts to colds? I saw a classroom full of kids. EVERY ONE had a cold! Not very realistic. Kiddie video game pacing, with no proper build up. They don't make stuff for intelligent people anymore! If you are new to this series, watch some before you buy. Maybe some of it is ok.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_88", "text": "Stick with Willy Wonka\n\tI could barely get through the...um...er...reimagination...of the childern's classic - while the set design and special FX are state of the art, as usual for a Tim Burton film, the actual movie is hard to watch. Why? Depp's \"performance\" is chock full of ticks and mannerisms, off-putting, flat, self-absorbed, and finally, one-note. Rather than the quirky fun of the original 1972 Gene Wilder version, Burton's film is more horror than fantasy, often casually cruel and sadistic to the point of being far from family fare.  While deliberate on Burton's part, that doesn't make the final product any more watchable. It's one grim, dismal, downward spiral slog. Not much holidday fun, huh? As with most of Burton's other big, expensive failures, he knows how to CREATE a convincing world, but has no clue how to POPULATE it with characters and situations we identify with and/or could care less about.  The final result is a film that's like a fragile, hermetically sealed curio on the shelf - nice to look at from afar, but hard to get attached to, much less involved with. What a waste of millions of studio $$$", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_89", "text": "Painful.\n\tHalf Light (Craig Rosenberg, 2006)\n\nI've been following some heated debate about this flick on movie boards, and it's brought a somewhat related (if tangentially) point into focus for me: why it is that movies like Darkness, the 2002 Spanish \"thriller\" with all the suspense of a Pee Wee Herman monologue, and Haute Tension, France's painfully bad 2005 attempt at horror, come over to America and fall flat. Well, I knew the answer, but really, you're all providing me with more evidence. You've never seen a good horror film in your life, have you? Because that's really the only way I can see justifying Darkness, Haute Tension, or Half Light as marginal, much less good, movies.\n\nDemi Moore plays Rachel Carlson, an American author living in Scotland with her husband Brian (Henry Ian Cusick) and their son Thomas (the wonderfully-named Beans el-Balawi, recently in the TV adaptation of Beneath the Skin). Thomas suffers a household accident, which leads to Rachel and Brian splitting up. Rachel's friend Sharon (Coupling's Kate Isitt) finds Sharon a lovely, secluded place on the coast to hole up and try to write (and why is it that dead kids always lead to parents going off somewhere secluded, where they're bound to be tormented by guilt?). Rachel meets a number of fine locals, including Angus McCulloch (The Mists of Avalon's Hans Matheson), keeper of an even more secluded lighthouse not far from her new place, with whom she feels an instant attraction. Despite being free of the marriage bond, Rachel's not quite sure what to make of her handsome stranger...\n\n...and neither are we. There's obviously supposed to be chemistry between these two characters, but it's never realized. It's probably off looking for the film's suspense, which Rosenberg reminds us we're supposed to be feeling by inserting a few scenes that tread the ground of every suspense movie clich\ufffd in the entire book. Once you've figured out the movie's big twists (yes, there's more than one, handled with all the delicacy afforded to, say, a road being repaved), which you will have done less than thirty minutes into the film, Rosenberg attempts to hit you with another big twist at the end. There's only one problem-- the movie's climactic scene is so befuddling that any attempt at inserting another plot twist that leads to the film's resolution does nothing but leave the viewer confused and unsatisfied. (Go look at the film boards in various places. There is one question that crops up over and over again. It relates to the utter inability of the climax to get its point across.)\n\nIt's not often that I say Darkness is better than another horror film. After all, Darkness was about the most pointless exercise in mediocrity possible. But if you have died and gone to Hell, and you have a choice of which of the two to watch on endless loop for the rest of eternity, Darkness should be a no-brainer. Yes, this one's that bad.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_90", "text": "THIS MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN ACTED BETTER IF THEY USED REAL RETARDS!!!!!!!\n\tI can't give it any less than one star but what the heck, The girls were hot so there's the one star. Other than that I am literally dumber after watching this movie! I swear to god! I passed out after watching this film because I got so stupid I forgot to breathe! They should stop beating around the bush and hire retards from the mental home to play the lead roles because lord knows they would have done a better job! Even if they just ran around the set yelling \"1,2,3, Potato Salad, March!\" The dialogue would have been 1000 times better. Message to the producer:\nGive it up loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_91", "text": "A movie on Castellano, how boring.\n\tI love Chazz P. and I can see why he would want to give the other side of the Castellano epic, but man is this movie boring.  Castellano has to be one of the most uninvolved mobsters ever to take the reins of a crime family.  If you know the history of this guy, than you should agree, and if you don't, read some books about him.  As powerful as he was, he sure didn't know much about running a crime family as did his predecessors, which this film doesn't portray.  The film also has terrible actors portraying both Sammy the Bull and John Gotti.  An insult at that.  If you like mafia movies and don't care about the history of its real-life characters than by all means watch it.  If you do, skip it, you'd be better off reading a book", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_92", "text": "Noah's Ark - Jon Voigt\n\tThis movie is not very realistic.  The sets are great!, but the story is a Biblical SNAFU!  They had the chance to embellish the real story, without compromizing the Bible's account, but chose instead to incorporate incidents that were thousands of years later, which impeached any incredibility it might have had. I didn't like it much for that reason.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_93", "text": "Truth, Justice = deadbeat dad   peeping tom?\n\tThere are two main reasons why this Superman film fails to fly inspite of the special effects.\n\nWhat Singer and company have missed is the heart of Superman - virtues.  The ideal of the American way (noticably absent) is supposed to go hand in hand with truth and justice.  Donner made the mistake in the 70's of having Superman sleep with Lois, and now Singer adds insult to injury by having Superman discover he has an illegitmate child that he doesn't take responsibility for (deadbeat dad).  Using his super powers to invade the privacy of Lois in her home, drags Superman down to the level of creepy (peeping tom).\n\nThe second issue concerns personality.  Routh and Bosworth look nice but have no charm and no chemistry.  These are the two ingredients that made Reeves and Kidder so endearing.\n\nA new director, writers, and cast is needed.  Until then, at least there's Superman 1.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_94", "text": "Primer\n\tWhat looks like a good movie to watch quickly turns into disappointment. Whilst you expect some plot to come together (at least on first viewing) - it is strung together to confuse - even to frustrate the viewer.\n\nI was given no warning about the really really bad quality. Having a HD Large display does not help either. The sound is annonying as is irritating. In fact I got a refund on the movie hire!\n\nI don't expect overboard special effect and CGI overlays. I expected the quality to be above a cheap CAM recorder however.\n\nThe plot is complicated and the noise in the background adds to the disorientation which is done on purpose.\n\nOn the other note: The cheap and nasty props do not add anything to crediblility either.\n\nStay clear - but if you have the time and want to view the movie - settle back and expect a \"student\" movie from some high School college.\n\nThis movie although good in concept fails. I would like some production house to take it on board - create the situation with some convinving special effects (to help the storyline), better sound, widescreen and convincing props.\n\nIt could have been a brilliant movie but is spoiled by bad quality and unconvinving props.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_95", "text": "this movie doesn't deserve any stars!\n\tI was seriously considering purchasing this movie, but luckily I saw it at blockbuster one night and decided to rent it before I made up my mind.  I think it was the smartest move I've made in my entire life because this movie turned out to be, not only the worst lesbian movie, but probably one of the worst movies ever made!  The reviews I've seen for this movie are way too generous I must say.  Believe me when I say that I am not a strict critic...I can be easily entertained by the corny ones.  But this one could not be salvaged, and one star is much more than it deserves.  The fact that is in black and white can be overlooked, but the bad acting, and pseudo-artistic scenes reminded me of a film made in middle school.  Unfortunately, my girlfriend and I were unable to get through the first 30 mins, so I am unable to rate this movie wholly.  All I can say is please rent it at least", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_96", "text": "Bor-r-r-r-ring!\n\tPersonally, I can't see this movie for dust. In fact, I find it extremely annoying. The only video worse than this one is \"Monty Python and the Holy Grail.\" Yecch!\n\nNapoleon Dynamite, no offense to the actor, literally puts me to sleep. I don't mind his friend Pedro, and I also don't mind his brother (the dude with the glasses) or his grandmother, or even his irksome uncle, but Napoleon himself is as dull as dishwater. If they'd only take his character out, I'd probably enjoy this movie a little better.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_97", "text": "The worst film adaptation ever?\n\tI absolutely abhor this film. Want to know why? Because it labled 'Valley of the Dolls' and everything Jacqueline Susann ever wrote into 'great campy fun'. Now I don't know this for certain, but I don't think Jacqueline Susann wanted people to see her books as cheesy comedies. I think she wanted people to take her work seriously, and with this awfully made film, no one did. To others, the film might be so bad it's funny, but to devoted fans of the book it's just depressing. The movie was made in 1967, a year after the book was published and you can see that Jacqueline Susann was ahead of her time, because the film is poorly adapted and very censored. You know you have a problem when the book would receive an R rating if transferred onto the screen, but the movie is only rated PG. Besides the sex scenes, language, pill popping and other thematic elements that are left out, important details to the plot are also missing. Anne's hatred of Lawrenceville, Helen Lawson's screen time, Jennifer's complicated and somewhat absuive relationship with Tony, Allen and Gino Cooper, Henry's character development, Jennifer's relationship with the Senator (and the reason she committs suicide), the tragic ending, etc are all either missing or are shortened down. I don't care if the movie would have been almost three hours long, I think if they had stuck close enough to the book, then everything would have been fine. What a shame. And please don't mention the casting of actors. Save for Patty Duke, I thought everyone else did a horrible job. Some of the actors didn't even look the physical part (in the book Anne is actually a blonde, Helen Lawson has dark hair and Jennifer is curvy). The thing that really gets me though is why has this film never been remade? It's almost forty years later, and I think that this story definately deserves to be given justice and have a proper film adaptation. How about Kate Bosworth as Anne Welles, Scarlett Johansson as Jennifer North, Keira Knightly as Neely O'Hara, Joaquin Phoenix as Lyon Burke, and Liza Minnelli as Helen Lawson? Well I doubt that will ever happen, so in the meantime I recommend reading the book instead, and taking it seriously the way Jacqueline Susann had intended it to be", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_98", "text": "SKIP THIS  THIS IS NOT J-HORROR\n\tOh man, this is really (...)!!!\n\nI rent this DVD,I REALLY, REALLY glad, I rented it didn't buy this Crap! I thought this series of GHOST stories come from J-Horrors. Would be real shocking and scary,Gory. That's what u expected from j-horror!!..It was looks like our TWILLIGT ZONE series was made for TV have silly special effects..Kind of slow pasted stories little silly suspense here and there..Just lame! Wasn't scary at all!. . Definitely SKIP this, It just wasting time and money, I was wondering another review from \"THOM\" Did he really SAW this movie or someone told him about it? ..He gave this movie 5 STARS????? LOL!! U TRIPPIN DUDE!!.B", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_99", "text": "Meet John Doe\n\tI purchased this DVD a while ago - FYI - A documentary of the anaconda was in the case and not the movie.  I went to the web site to complain and my profile could not be found.  Here, years later, when I'm finally placing another through Amazon They found my account and noted that I purchased Meet John Doe.  I guess it's a little late to complain now", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_100", "text": "I'M SORRY... I FIND THIS BADLY WRITTEN. spoilers!\n\tYes, this is a supernatural psycological thriller... but far from a good one as far as I'm concerned.\n\nI love these kinds of stories and I went to see this film with a lot of excitement... first because it has a interesting subject. Second because it has a great actor. I thought Denzel Washington would never associate himself with a bad script... but I was wrong.\n\nBut Denzel is always top notch. The rest isn't.\n\nBy now you already know the story. A good detective... a killer who happens to me a demon who happens to pass from person to person just by touch... the hunt... blah blah blah....\n\nThe script is idiot from page one.\nThe killer (as we will see as the story develops) travels by simple touch. So... excuse me... why doesn't the killer passes to a guard as he is going to be executed??? I mean... The guy is sooo powerful (and mobile) that I find it unbelievable that he gets to be executed in the first place.\n\nBut... ok... let's give the screenwriters a break.\n\nSomewhere in the middle of the film, the demon enters a cat. Ok... so he can enter all kinds of animals. Fine.\n\nLater on, the main character learns that in order to defeat the demon, he must kill his body in a place where there is nobody around. His brilliant idea: the forest. Full of animals.\n\nWas I the only one who did not know the ending before it came????\n\nWant more?\n\nIn an interesting twist, the protagonist kills an innocent man and later on... his own brother. And no one will believe the truth! How is he gonna get out of such a mess???\n\nIn the world of storytelling, there are only two ways of getting out of such an impossibly difficult situation: EITHER the screenwriter is brilliant and finds a believable way to save his character from the master mess built by the screenwriter himself - so he should know! (and then we get some sort of positive ending despite everything...) OR something deep inside the protagonist fails and he loses the battle against evil (despite the fact that there was a way out).\n\nFirst line of solution: Die Hard, The Fugitive.\nSecond line of solution: S7ven, Chinatown.\n\nWe have none of that here.\n\nInstead we have an evil god against a simple man (great starter for drama, right?) ...BUT the man gets weaker and weaker and weaker... and the demon gets stronger and stronger... to the point where we get the fact that the demon IS invincible long before he actually wins. And the great turnaround never comes.\n\nObviously we all hope he will be defeated... and that's why I kept myself seated all through the film... because if there was a way out... it would be brilliant. If the character dropped the towel... it would be thought provoking to say the least.\n\nBut no... the ending was easy and predictable. The screenwriter could not achieve one of the two possible lines of solutions. He wrote the first thing that came to his mind and hid himself under \"The story ends bad\" label. Without any depth.\n\nEvery villain has a weak point. It is up to the hero to explore it (may he loose or win). The only problem the hero faces here is a stupid lack of data. We have the data the moment the demon enters a cat. That's why we know how's gonna end.\n\nWhat about the girl who helps Denzel? What about his nephew? Shouldn't they be part of the ending too? Don't come with the \"this is an open-ending\" kind of talk!\n\nDo I sense a smell of desire for a sequel?\nQuick! Gas masks!!!! Or... as A.C.Doyle would write: \"Quick, Dr. Watson, the needle!\"\n\nDespite a stupid screenplay. Denzel is always great.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_101", "text": "U won't care for this one\n\tSat down and saw this one on televion.\n\nOnly good service was that now I know buying the DVD would be a waste of money.\n\nWhat was actually achieved by the British is portrayed as an American achievement. Slanders the U-boat men portraying them as heartless marauders. Other than allied Propoganda pieces, There are no incidents of U-boats machinegunning people in lifeboats. \n\nThe movie itself I have little respect. Basicly Plotless and  unrealistic. Action scenes unbelievable. Characters Two Dimensional. \n\nThis film Awful.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_102", "text": "Didn't like it, couldn't finish it\n\tI really enjoy both Nathan Lane   Matthew Brodderick. I'm a marginal fan of Will Ferrell (in this movie, I thought he was *way* over the top). And it seems, nothing in this movie/musical really gels.\n\nI knew Nathan Lane sings really well, and was actually pleasantly surprised at Matthew Brodericks singing voice. Not pitchy at all - good voice. But the plot was lame   slow. The songs didn't flow well. And, I belived it was too much \"stage\" and not enough of a movie.\n\nAnd, I didn't really find it that \"dark\" (even though that's how this movie was advertised). Mild satire maybe, but nothing near dark. It's more accurately described as bland!\n\nFrankly, nothing in it worked for me. It was a big disappointment. If you're *really* into musicals, then you might like it just for the singing - that's the only reason I stuck with it for the first 45 minutes. Maybe my grandparents would like it... I don't know. I'm somewhat confused by the positive reviews here.\n\nBut I just had to shut it off - there was nothing advancing the plot or the characters, so I just didn't care how it ended.\n\n1 star for the plot, 1.5 stars for the screenplay, 2 stars for the singing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_103", "text": "plot holes\n\tThe first half hour of this 90 minute movie is actually quite good.  In fact, it is enthralling and has an interesting twist in that we don't know the real fact behind whether a young woman was violated by her boyfriend while unconscious.  According to the rumor (the rumor being a school experiment conducted by three roommates) she was, however, but we the audience don't know that.  However, the young woman is quick to think she has been raped.  Why there is no attempt at a physical exam, is unexplained, especially since the young woman involved has the reputation of being a professional virgin, however it turns out she isn't, so that's why the movie lasts longer than 30 minutes.  Fortunately, we're not dealing with unwanted pregnancies, either, so this doesn't turn into a soap opera.  However, we do have the dreamboat \"hero\" who dreams up the rumor about her being raped, and who exhibits unlikeable traits throughout. But that's true of the three leads - the roommates are all unlikeable, being insufferably full of themselves.  The last half of the film, 'dreamboat' takes the turn as lead character, and it's his story we're following, whereas his female roommate had the first half of the film, and basically it's her introduction to the audience of all the characters. Turns out 'dreamboat' and the young woman victim have a history together; which means issues they have to work out, and everyone else (in a way, the entire student body and its faculty and local law enforcement) is sucked into their story and mutual thirst for truth, though the characters don't have the same truth in mind - it's about vengeance; not justice.  And vengeance when it's not the comic book variety, isn't fun for an audience, it's just distasteful.  In other words, the man and woman should have been shut up together in a room so they could have worked it out for themselves, and left the rest of us alone.  So from a brilliant first half-hour - and btw how does the roommate penniless art student have the dollars for all that tech equipment? - we degenerate into a constantly weaving pattern of lies and deceptions that seems more pointless than clever.  There is merely too much story, so it becomes ridiculous.  A basically good premise is ruined.  If you are a fan of any of the stars involved, it might be worth viewing, if only once, but the film as a whole will probably leave a vile taste in your mouth.  Perhaps that's the ultimate message on a film about the dangers of spreading GOSSIP, or in this case deliberate lies, is that what goes around comes around, and also it will leave you feeling sick to your stomach.  I almost recommend you watch the first 30-45 min then quit midway, but anyone will watch all the way thru at least once, just to be sure where this is headed", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_104", "text": "How Many Times Can This Story Be Filmed?\n\tYOU, ME AND DUPREE is a formula film, a template designed for teenage guys who feel the need for potty mouth, noisy, crude guy things movies.  There have been a lot of these films of late (all spinoffs of The Wedding Crasher image) and one wonders if there is a saturation point.\n\nRelating the story is rather pointless as it is a one-line joke (?).  Dupree (Owen Wilson playing Owen Wilson) is the best man at his buddy Matt Dillon's wedding to Kate Hudson (the You and Me) and subsequently moves in with them, causing all manner of mayhem and bad taste and faux pas and grim situations (think toilet problems etc).  And that is it.  Michael Douglas was brought in to play a flat role as Kate Hudson's father who objects to her marriage blah blah blah. Ask directors Anthony and Joe Russo for the rest. \n\nWe know that Hudson, Dillon and Douglas have much better roles to offer (Wilson seems to have found his niche), and the only reason films like this keep getting made is because they make money (for some reason) at the box office.  The film is silly, tacky, tired and should only be rented if the shelves in the video store are otherwise empty...   Grady Harp, November 06", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_105", "text": "disappointing -- especially for the x-men fans!\n\tIf you have read (and enjoyed) any of the X-men, save your $, buy the graphic novel of the original dark Phoenix saga, and pretend this movie wasn't made.  If you want to see some special effects   aren't that hung up on character development, I'd still just rent it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_106", "text": "'Science' Fiction it's not....\n\tThe basic premise of this movie could be quite interesting - how does a man trained as a 'killing-machine' integrate back into society.  Yes, it's been done before but still holds promise.  The plot was adequate.\n\nThe acting was believable - no complaints there.  I particularly enjoyed Sean Pertwee as 'Mace'.  And Jason Isaacs has long been a favorite actor.\n\nBut what ruined the movie for me was the science.  I'm not a fanatic - I have no problems with FTL travel or spaceships 'banking' on turns or loud explosions in space in movies.  And I realize that movies are not 'real'.  But I've never seen more 'bad' science in any one movie.  My son and I watched this together and it turned into a contest seeing who could catch more bloopers.  \n\nI could go on and on detailing the scientific and logic errors in this movie - but it would take me all night.  It spoiled the whole movie for me", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_107", "text": "Buy only the first set...\n\tThe first set was very entertaining--a spy/crime caper spoof with dashes of comic brilliance provided by Moore and Curtis--Set II is another kettle of fish altogether.  The second set is strictly played for laughs--there is little or no character development and the plots and dialogue run rather thin.  Frankly, I hoped for more. \n\nFor those who wish to obtain a true collector's set of this highly entertaining series, would do better to purchase the Network DVD Megaset Special Edition of The Persuaders, now available thru AmazonUK with some delighful extras including bumpers, promotional materials, episode commentaries, tv spot interviews, title sequences, and hour-long interviews with director, Robert Baker, Tony Curtis, and Roger Moore.  Tony Curtis' unabashed comments regarding the production team,  guest-star Joan Collins's antics on the set, and his marijuana bust en route to London for the taping of the first episode, are absolutely priceless in this Network DVD set.  \n\nSurprisingly, the acute observer will notice that some of the episodes in the second box of the A E set are written by none other than Terry Nation--who would go on to pen a bigger and more serious series SURVIVORS in the UK four years later-when will that be available in the US?", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_108", "text": "Happy holiday!\n\t20 years ago, there was a terrible accident in the mine on Valentine's Day. The following year one of the miners, Harry Warden, takes a terrible revange on those responsible for the accident. Since that day, there is no celebration of Valentine's Day in the little town Valentine's Buff. Until now (that is 1981). But Harry Warden seems to have returned to stop the celebration.\n\nThe music as music is quite good, but it doesn't lead the film in any direction, so it's not helping. The story is recycled, which is good, but could have been much more minimalistic. Why not just have the party and let the miner kill the kids? And trying to put a twist to the story by \"explaining\" things is seldom very helpful. The murderar places human hearts in Valentine boxes which is distasteful but not really scary. \n\nA variation on the holiday theme, that could have been a bit more focused.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_109", "text": "Paris when it stinks.\n\tI'm a fan of Audrey Hepburn and this movie relys heavily - too heavily on her charm.  And unfortunately, it is some of her worst acting work, posey, sing-song, and superficial.  Now, if you've read her bio, and know what was going on with her and Holden, that could explain it, but still, this film is very static.\n   Like most Heburn films, a highlight is her clothes, her style, her self.  This film self-consciously relys on this when the script itself could simply have been better.  There are some very fun cameos by big performers that raise moments here.  This film would have benefited greatly by a better comic actress in the lead.  Jayne Mansfield could have been a hoot in this, Thelma Ritter too, in a very different way, somebody with less style and more off beat snap, crackle, and pop.  (Thelma Ritter and William Holden paired in a romantic comedy... I'm all ready laughing!)\n   Before I hit this too harshly, this film was intended to be a trifle, the kind of movie that has bright colors and light plot for a hot summer day that sizzles.  For that, it is adequate.\n   The remake, ALEX AND EMMA suffers very much from the same problems.  They actually improved the script, and gave the leading lady room to make some very wacky choices, but both films seem to have suffered from \"settling for a star\" when a less mainstream, more zany actress was needed.  OK, this doesn't stink...it has Audrey, but it certainly doesn't sizzle", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_110", "text": "All the good parts are CUT OUT\n\tWhat a disappointment!  Every time it gets hot, it cuts straight to the end.  The movie is entirely foreplay!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_111", "text": "Coyote Ugly\n\tAlright: take a step back, and tell me there isn't something decidedly wrong, even militantly spooky, about the American Southwest. \n\nYou know what I'm talking about? No? Let me clarify, then.\n\nWe're driving, Me   Thee, across some barren stretch of ancient Arizona moonscape, and we've hit upon what I call the Magic Hour: when the Day is laying down its sword in honor of Old Man Night, and the setting sun is really firing up all those sleeping reds and oranges and deep, feral yellows, up on the rocks, the hills, the cliffs, the crags, the bluffs. \n\nCan you see it? Can you hear the coyotes keening and wailing and hi-yi-kee-yi-ing away back up in some box canyon, where those black-rooted stunty trees wave their straggly, evil, twisted arms towards an absentee Heaven? \n\nWe still think of America as a young country, and maybe that's just our innocence talking. Because this land is just as ancient as any trod by the African or Chinese, and can't you just smell the Terrible Old Blood-Secrets buried down under the Earth when you're out on the high desert?\n\nSure. As the town of Desperation's former Sheriff (former, in that he's going through something of a---ah, Midlife Crisis) would say, Gosh, yes. \n\nThe guts and sheer, pulpy, bloody visceral glory of Stephen King's novel \"Desperation\" rides that seam of ancient, buried, hulking horror like a 40-something housewife saddling up the mechanical bull at Gilley's, and that's half its charm---which is why I was expecting so much with Mick Garris's cinematic version, and, no doubt, why I was just so damned disappointed. \n\nThe setup, the build, the execution---everything about \"Desperation\" cuts thematically close to the territory King marked with his bad-doggie tale \"Cujo\". Remember \"Cujo\"? Something ancient and unspeakably evil, and deeply stupid and hungry---something nasty lies all coiled-up in a dark cave.Until Cujo---big, bumbling, naive, benevolent---comes lumbering into its domain. \n\nAnd gets eaten. Devoured. Turned into a shambling, rabid hulk of its former lovable slobbery self, transformed into a ravenous engine of death with one single design: to spread carnage, red and raw and toothy, across the trembling land. \n\nNow, just as the arc and trajectory of the bullet isn't all that mindful of its casing, so too the unsleeping Ancient Evils of Cujo and Desperation aren't too picky about their corporeal hosts. Whether it's a 300-pound dog or a 300-pound lawman, the only real concern is where to pile the bodies. \n\nOr so you'd think. Sadly, \"Desperation\" is a tiny little bang, and a ton of whimper: 15 minutes of shivery brilliance, and what feels like about 8 hours of unbridled dullness. \n\nThat bristling tale of ancient, sleeping, hungry Evil---Tak ripped out of his slumber with the explosion of the charges in the Rattlesnake Pit, and his unquenchable desire to eat his way out into the guts of the little town of Desperation---all of the novel's frantic hardscrabble fight against a mounting, relentless Evil is wasted by Mick Garris's listless, uninspired direction. \n\nIt's as if Garris burned up his budget hiring Ron Perlman to run the numbers as Collie Entragian, and then outsourced the rest of the flick to Bangalore. Hell, they even dragoon some worn-out mountain lion to take a chunk out of flabby old Charles Durning's patooshka, and even that doesn't jack up the Excite-O-Meter on this miserable thing. \n\nNot that I'm complaining about Perlman: this sad little flick bumps and grinds and gets its Crawling Kingsnake groove-on *only* when Entragian is on the screen, and Perlman is the perfect choice as the Lawman who goes all Economy on us and squeezes both Good Cop *and* Bad Cop into one body, then goes on to Downsize his jurisdiction. With extreme prejudice. Tak! \n\n\"Desperation\" has its 15 minutes of brilliance with that fatal traffic stop: everything is just about note perfect. Those lying, impossibly high wild-blue Western skies; the Trooper lurching out of his cruiser, that Gary Cooper drawl just crackling out over the silence of the High Desert, the spike of Dread at the curt command to step out of the car succeeded by a queasy flood of relief when---thank God!---it's just a busted-tail-light. \n\nIt's here, in the seconds before \"Desperation\" lurches forward zombie-style into B-grade horror, that the movie succeeds, that it creeps and crawls the way the book did. It is here that the film conjures up the loneliness of the Vast Stretches, the realization---something most American suburbanites go to their graves without knowing---that there are wild spaces on this crazy planet where you could be murdered and buried without anyone knowing how, or why. \n\nWhile the coyotes howl, the scorpions scuttle and clatter, the black widows stalk and spin and move itchingly towards their prey.\n\nGosh, yes. \n\nJS", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_112", "text": "school\n\tI had to watch it in my 8th grade PE class and it is very informative and somewhat graphic. It shows the scariness of it and makes you eat for one thing! You wont ever forget it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_113", "text": "English Soundtrack Version Vastly Inferior to the Hong Kong Original\n\tCan someone please tell me where to get the re-mastered DVD version of this film with Chinese audio and English subtitles?  The recent Hong Kong Legends release is crazy: Chinese audio, or English audio, but NO English subtitles!  \n\nI have the original Chinese language/English subtitled (the subtitles are imbedded) version of this movie on a Universe VCD and, based on the merits of its available Chinese audio/English subtitles alone, it is a better movie--by magnitudes--than the one(s) commercially available to the (hapless) U.S. market.  \n\nThe English dubbing on this DVD, even though well synchronized with the actors' lips, takes so much away from the film nevertheless, especially its \"Chinese-ness,\" which is a major reason I enjoy this movie genre.  Take, for example, the scene where our hero first returns to Jing Woo School after learning of his master's death and sees First Senior fight a challenge match with a visiting master.  After handily defeating the challenger, First Senior actually saves face for the beaten master which the English soundtrack completely (and deplorably) misses.  Also, at the very end of the U.S. release film, Chen says he is going back to his Japanese girlfriend.  In the original, Hong Kong release, he actually goes off to fight the Japanese with the resistance movement.  Between these two examples, there are many such, gross audio mis-cues; enough, at least, to take three stars away from an otherwise five-star martial arts film: the best of Jet Li's filmography, and perhaps the best of the \"modern\" Martial Arts genre, period.\n\nThe same criticism holds true for Jet Li's The Tai Chi Master (released in the U.S. as the English-dubbed Twin Warriors).  It's an English soundtrack superimposed over a Chinese movie, often stripping the film of its unique cultural content/identity/nuance, forcing the film through an American \"knock-down-shoot-'em-up\" template and reducing the potential for mental (as opposed to strictly visceral) enjoyment to a pitiful minimum.  We end up with a film typically devoid of humor, character development and silver screen \"intimacy,\" a film precariously out of balance with, and far flung from, its careful directorial intent.\n\nIf you value the full content--visible and audible--of Chinese martial arts films, but lack facility in the host language, then the next best thing is a well-subtitled, original language version.  And this release clearly is not that--by a long, long, long shot.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_114", "text": "Substandard   unacceptable dvd quality - cheesy   inferior episodes\n\tWhat a disappointing purchase this was!  I have never purchased a dvd set that was this bad in quality without it being pirated. Actually, I've seen vhs copies with better audio/video quality.  If I had not purchased the set from Amazon itself I would have thought, I did get a cheap bootleg. The sound is a bit flat, which I could deal get over, but the picture quality is just horrendous! All of the episodes are grainy, pixilated, and some even blur a bit. There are whole episodes where the show is so dark you can hardly tell what is going on. It's a waste of money to buy dvd's like this. Shame on Fox for releasing them this bad!\n\nAs for the show itself, well, it would be kind to say it was okay. In truth, it is not that great. I wonder how the show made it to season two at all. The acting was bad, the dialog was atrocious, the stories were subpar; I could go on, but I think you get the idea. Usually, a shows first season is the best or at the least good enough to make you want to see the next run, but not this one.\n\nIn short, DO NOT buy this set even if you are a fan. You can tape reruns on the FX channel in better quality!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_115", "text": "Puhhhhlease!\n\tIn the annals of Criterion this has to be one of their most bloated, pointless offerings. This film is just ridiculously bad, not fun, just kind of depressing to see so much wasted effort on such a pathetic script. If you really want to watch 1960s Willis O'Brien-inspired stop motion animation watch anything by Harryhausen and call it good. Equinox works only as a curiosity or Mystery Scince Theater 3000 fodder.\n\nIf you want to see great low-budget Southern California filmaking, watch \"Halloween\"", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_116", "text": "Meanwhile, back in the 60s.\n\tThis is just like an updated B movie from the sixties and I enjoyed it.  It's real comic book stuff.  The effects are not bad, the pace hardly flags and the cast seem to be enjoying themselves so it's easy viewing.  I enjoyed this more than big budget films such as Evolution or Jurassic Park 3.  But I think the absence of big names will put people off, not that it matters because the cast here do a fine job.  And if big names don't matter to you then you could do a lot worse than watch this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_117", "text": "YES IT IS THAT BAD\n\tBelieve Dooby's one(zero) star review. Not even worth a FREE rental. Not worth your precious time. You have been warned", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_118", "text": "Don't believe the hype...\n\tI bought this DVD based on the review of it on the DVD Drive in web site. Either the person who reviewed it has never seen an exploitation movie before, or was not old enough to view one in the first place. He made it sound like the most graphic and disturbing prison movie ever. You would have thought it compared to the 'Ilsa' movies the way this guy went on about it. I'm not sure what movie he saw, but it wasn't this one. When the most extreme scene in the movie involves a person being shot at falling over bloodlessly like an old western, you have to wonder why exactly it merited an \"unrated\" version.\nI guess it's worth it if you want to see naked women dancing around in a circle, but it you want to see a gritty violent movie, buy something else", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_119", "text": "GROW UP, Everybody!!! Dreamworks, too!!!\n\tYou know, Shrek 2 is the embarassment of American culture. What's wrong with it you ask? Let's see... too much slapstick humor, too many movie references, or parodies, and an unforgiving act of making fun of or parodying CLASSIC DISNEY CHARACTERS!!! That's just unbelievable, Dreamworks! Disney animation has revolutionized the animation industry, and you just make fun of them. That's a real shame. You should be thanking Disney for all what animation offers nowadays. Disney classics have heart, humor, and a beautiful story. Shrek 2 lacks that. Shrek 2 deserves to be taken away from everybody and stored in a government facility, never to be seen again!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_120", "text": "crumb ripoff!\n\ti started liking this movie, i thought the pinball metaphor and wild characters and lifes a cartoon shiz could have worked out, if it werent for the fact that bakshi is thinly disguising himself and his own frustration as being an unoriginal \"underground\" cartoonist who caught on to the scene too late...if you like the depressing, gritty, wild, fastpaced style of this movie, check out the original master ROBERT CRUMB, toward whom bakshi is obviously seething with jealousy and riding anxiously on the coattails of...this is crap in noncomformity, and dont say i \"didnt get it\", i just think hes being hugely self-indulgent and this whole thing is an homage gone awry, lacking the wit, psychedelia, and pornographic brillinace that crumb could create so effortlessly.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_121", "text": "2 stars just for the two oscar winning actors\n\tThis has got to be the biggest stinker in Denzel's long movie career, just after the oscar winning Philadelphia, he went on to star in this cult Sci Fi movie based on machines outsmarting mankind in a virtual reality game, Russel Crowe also stars in this very, and i mean very bad movie. But hey, if you're a Sci Fi fan, watch this, but don't expect high rated acting from any of the two big stars. On account, this movie didn't make any sufficent funds at the box office and was later labeled by the Hollywood critic, The Only Movie with Two Lead Star To Not Hit The Box Office. This low budget sleepy movie isn't worth watching, if you love Sci Fi, that outakes the life of machines aginst the human race, pick up a true 5 star Hollywood material like, 'A.I', 'Terminator' 'I', 'II', 'III' or Will Smith's new movie, 'I, Robot'", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_122", "text": "Not interesting - it doeen't really show how to use the potty\n\tI thought this video was really going to encourage my toddler to use his potty but it didn't.  This video has good songs and characters but it only has two short scenes where a puppet is using the potty.  I was expecting a scene where the child can be taken step by step on how to use the potty.  this video didn't do it, so I'm still in the search of a video that really enphasizes potty trainning.  Todlers need visuals and actions, the bear on this video does more talking than actual actions", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_123", "text": "Rip Off\n\ttotally disappointed..whole series is a joke...should be call Guys Act Stupid...amature editing and directing.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_124", "text": "My Kingdom For A Night With The Princess  ~  A Man Who Knows His Priorities\n\t'The Sword and the Sorcerer' released in '82 is a mixed bag of positive and negative.  \n\nThe Negative: The production values are marginal, the picture quality overall dark and grainy. The dialogue doesn't fair any better, it's also dull and uninspired. As for the storyline, well I found it extremely uneven with some parts of the movie excruciatingly slow and others quite good. \n\nThe Positive: Lee Horsley is surprisingly engaging as the vagabound, warrior Prince Talon and Kathleen Beller is breathtaking as Princess Alana, she's never looked better. The film is worth at least one watch just to see Kathleen in her prime. There are also numerous other very lovely ladies (such as Anna Bjorn) in this production that will keep all the young male viewers interest peaked.\n\nCast includes; Richard Moll, George Maharis, Richard Lynch, Simon McCorkindale and Robert Tessier, one of the great tough guys in film", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_125", "text": "Now I know why I don't see Adam Sandler movies\n\tI thought that this movie would be pretty interesting. The previews for it made it seem like it was funny. I however found it very boring in parts and sort of stupid. The charactors were either over the top or fall asleep dull with very little middle ground. Also the running time was too long, it says it was just a little over 2 hours, but to me it felt like much more", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_126", "text": "Pure garbage...save your money\n\tPeople that love this series are misguided at best...it sucks. I mean completely stinks. I will be putting set on eBay.\n\nI love the Avengers, The Prisoner...and especially!!! Secret Agent and Danger Man. This stuff is brit tv at it's finest. I also like Monty Python and the Chronicles of Narnia...so a brit-hater I'm not.\n\nThis series has the most horrific acting, garbage visuals, missing story lines, etc", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_127", "text": "Disappointment..\n\tMost of the characters in this movie are great, the scenes, the costumes and everything but I didn't like the outcome of the story .. I felt Daniel changed somewhat after discovering his past and I couldn't understand his abandonment of his former love in order to persue a life with that new girl. To be honest I never liked Gwendolyn's character at all, she was selfish, self centered and annoying, yet towards the end I felt very sorry for her, after all she'd gone through for Daniel and he seemed to have just forgotten all that which happened between them.\n\nIt's just what you expect once you discover the jewish factor involved.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_128", "text": "Gives Sequels A Bad Name\n\tHow I made it through this poorly executed, poorly written sequel, I have no idea. Catherine's in trouble again and people she meets are dying. Who's the murderer, Catherine, the shrink who lusts over her, or the cop who's so eager to toss her into the clink and throw away the key? Catherine certainly gets around: She manages to befriend the most unlikely of people, all associates or ex-wives or enemies of the shrink, and most of them end up dead. Is she trying to drive the shrink nuts, or does she plan to kill him?\n\nThis movie makes little sense: It doesn't thrill or tantalize. And it offers Sharon Stone in an unflattering light, as a cold seductress with little to offer but mindless sex. But then that seems to be her best role, doesn't it? It doesn't work this time around, and the only realism is in Stone's sneer: It looked all too natural", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_129", "text": "Qd3's weakest effort yet\n\tQD3 has put out some good product before but thid dvd is kind of weak. The Roxanne battles, EPMD, KRS Nelly, Canibus LL, And Ice Cube vs Cyprus Hill was dope but the DVD feels incomplete. The Grandmaster Caz vs. The SugarHill Gang beef that can be found in the extras should have been in the main movie. I would love to hear Big Ban Hank try to refute what Caz says. The Royce/D12 beef was obviously a replacement for the eminem/source beef and word is the source punked them out of using the footage.\nBuy this used or at a discount but it's not worth the full pric", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_130", "text": "Old cars\n\tIn my humble opinion, the real stars of this sorry sequal were the cars, e.g. the Corvair, Buscemi's Caddy and Cuervo's 1959 Buick.\n\nHow often do you get to see a '59 Buick, either in the movies or in real life", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_131", "text": "i don't agree !\n\ti don't agree with anyone who thinks this season is awesome. most of the skits are only 15 minutes in length. once again cheap fox won't buy the music rights. there is sections (i think) that have been either doctored or just cut out. you'll be watching an episode and you'll see the screen mismatch up for a brief moment. you'll think it's your eyes but it's not. thank you fox for butchering all of the seasons of in living color. even though my review isn't that great i still believe that in living color was and is one of the best sketch comedy series on t.v. so they're all still worth buying", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_132", "text": "A pretty good hard rock version of 'Wild Thing' by Cheap Trick helps a decent soundtrack but the movie...\n\t...has a pretty thin plot. Ice/'Cave' Man is\nthawed out by \"Rudy\" (Sean Astin) and (Ass)\nPauly Shore [who's (bogus)'West Coast Surfer\nRap' has grown pretty lame by now]. Brendan\nFraser is likable in this yet another attempt\nat Pro-Evolutionist b.s...", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_133", "text": "Boring...hardly any action...and a big no in the fun department\n\tI bought this DVD because Amy Jo Johnsen is in it. (One of my favorite actresses.) What I expected was a decent vampire movie, with some blood and guts, and a good storyline. What I got was a movie with TALKING, TALKING and more talking, and a boring storyline. I saw hardly any action, hardly any fun, and hardly anything interesting. I was extremely disappointed in Amy for starring in such a boring, unintriguing movie. The only actual action was toward the end with the final battle between Seth and Viki's ex. It was about an hour and fifteen minutes of explanations, and useless talking.\nIf you are looking for a movie with some action and fun, look elsewhere.\nAs much as I hate to put an Amy Jo movie down, I am doing so.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_134", "text": "They can't be serious!\n\tOk, I am trying to redeem myself from low budget movies such as \" Vampire Assassin\" then I run into another bad movie. Lets face it, this movie totally blows. And what is with the main character and her cheesy fighting sound effects? What was Eva thinking when she decide to appear in this movie, she wasn't even the main star. More like a background character with maybe 3 sentences to say and thats it.\nPlease rent this one", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_135", "text": "stupid and boring\n\tI saw this in the theatre and tried to fall asleep becuase it was so dull. True story", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_136", "text": "Bad casting,  bad sets,  bad costumes\n\tSo disappointing. Hardly a dark/noir film, in my opinion. Just a proper Hollywood murder mystery. And there's no sex, except brief kissing which Lana always cuts short!  I'm a James M Cain fan, and this doesn't even try to be faithful to his great noir novel. Everyone's too decent. Cora (Lana) doesn't have a treacherous or naughty bone in her body, and she's always costumed like a perfect fashion model, fingernail polish and all.  Frank (Garfield)is never lustful, never mean, never desperate.  Always polite and decent. Not a gas station (except for one pump that looks planted) not a single oil can or wrench.  Not a greasy spoon or diner, Twin Oaks looks like a tidy clean beach cottage or B B, fit for Donna Reed   family.  The 80's Nicholson/Mammet version is much better in all these areas and actually dark.  Much more faithful to Cain", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_137", "text": "dumb but watchable, 5 stars for L. Henriksen's death scene\n\tThe plot of \"Hard Target\" has been summarized in previous reviews, so I'll limit myself to discussing my favorite part.\n\"Hard Target's\" claim to fame when it came out was that it was John Woo's first American film, and that's certainly a big deal.  (I just saw \"Hard Boiled\" the other day, and I'd need seven dictionaries to describe that glorious mess.)\nBut it boggles my mind that Lance Henriksen's jaw-dropping death scene doesn't land right at the top of every review of this movie. I mean... (spoiler alert) the dude has a grenade dropped into his pants.  He manages to get the grenade *out* of his pants before it explodes.  And then he throws it away from him, right? Wrong!  He UNSCREWS the grenade, hoping to separate the fuse from the explosive.  And he DOES separate them before the grenade goes off and starts laughing in triumph.  But he holds the fuse like two inches from the explosive and... THE SPARK JUMPS ACROSS!  Funny enough already, but L.H. makes this shocked \"Whu...\" sound that is more hysterical than the entire first season of the Daily Show.  Right before blowing up.  It's absolutely brilliant.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_138", "text": "Let us pray\n\tWhat the HE77 was that??? Yo I tried Cam, your music is straight and all but hang up the camera and pick up the mic. Stick to your day job (rapping).", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_139", "text": "Nice dancing and music, but very dull\n\tThis movie would have been a complete failure if Fred Astaire hadn't starred in it. I found it to be exceptionally dull. Except for \"I Lost My Hat in Haiti\" and \"You Are\", and footage from the actual wedding of a member of the British monarchy, this film is pretty terrible", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_140", "text": "Disappointment\n\tThis is the type of yoga that gives yoga a bad name. I will not even give this one to a student or friend; put it in the Goodwill bag", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_141", "text": "Not for absolute begginers\n\tTHE BAD\nI can't say I dislike this item, but I did not like it either. Even though I'm still a novice golfer (score between 95-105) and been playing for about 18 months, I've read a lot of golf fundamentals articles and studied like 4 other DVDs ...(yes I'm an instruction junky) and I can say that this instrutor (Simon Holmes) misses to point out many important fundamental factors that influence a good swing, and even though I like how the DVD has a well structured lesson category listing, he does not explain deeply enough on many things.\nThe filming production seems to have a good intention for this DVD, but it lacks camera closeups/slowmotions on the ball, clubhead, ball lies and graphical enhancements for better understanding of what he want's to explain. I mean with today's technology on DVD production, this seems to be a cheap one.\n\nTHE GOOD\nHe has very good tips on many subjects that I think they're transparent for a very beginner.\nIf this is not your first instructional DVD, and just want to gather a new bunch of tips, then buy it. Otherwise a better selection that I can reccomend for a complete golf school DVD, is the Wally Armstrong's Ultimate Golfing Experience. The set is very cheap because it's a compilation of old '80s and 90'videos from that instructor, and from the 5 DVD's in the box, you can thrash 2 if you like, but for $17 bucks...HEY!! is worth it!\n\nI hope this helps and saves you some money", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_142", "text": "Fantastical let down\n\tUnlike many, I hadn't seen this film when it first came out.  So it was with much anticipation that I recently sat down to watch it.  Well, it stunk.  What a disappointment.  The only really good thing in there is Leo McKern, who shines forth like a beacon in a fog of wooden acting and stilted dialogue.  Show 'em how it's done, Leo.  \n\nMichelle Pfeiffer is beautiful to look at, but her role is limited.  Matthew Broderick is clearly inexperienced this early in his career, and delivers his lines without any panache whatsoever, which hampers the film, since his character is supposed to be a quick-witted thief.  Fortunately, he has come a long way as an actor since then.  Rutger Hauer is just plain bad.\n\nIn defense of the director and crew, the film is prettily shot (with the exception of the poorly choreographed climactic fight scene) in well lit, scenic locations.\n\nOtherwise, I would not recommend this film to anyone with expectations.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_143", "text": "Entertainment masked as stupidity?\n\tI'll get this out of the way: I never liked the 80's slasher films. Stuff like the Halloween series, Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th just never entertained me all that much. The idea of slow walking killers going after Olympic sprinters and still get caught felt really ridiculous to me. Of course the major draw was the death scenes: elaborate moments of viciousness. Flinging Jason into the future is of course going to elicit unintentional laughing but it's a good kind of laughing for some reason.\n\nJason is in the future in a facility on a planet, except he escapes(of course). Disposing of scientists, including The Fly and Scanners director David Cronenberg, he ends up getting cryogenically frozen, along with another scientist. Flash forward 400 years and a ship discovers them and founds out, ooh, a nice reward for Jason. As usual he comes to life and does what he does best: kill attractive looking hotties.\n\nYou don't go to these movies to expect well-written dialogue, character depth or anything, you come for the kills and to tell you the truth, they're slightly disappointing. Besides one kill, which answers the question of what happens when a frozen face hits a hard surface, the kills are kind of been there/done that. It's basically stab here, impale there, it seems kind of unimaginative. A few even happen off screen with the yelling off in the distance.\n\nCharacters are just there to be taken care of brutally and some are. However, Jason does what I'm starting to hate is kill off the very cute girls. One girl, wearing a top with a belly showing gets disposed off(off screen) and I'm like \"damn guy, let one cute girl live for once!\". Dialogue is of course stupid but there were some funny lines. A self-deprecating parody about the sex teens have in the film is referenced. \"We love premarital sex!\" is so classic, as well as \"it's okay, he just wanted his machete back!\". Granted they won't make an AFI list but they made me laugh. \n\nIt's the kind of movie that you probably weren't supposed to like: it was ridiculous and dumb but boy did it seem fun. Just wish it was better", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_144", "text": "The Ghost of Sesame Street DVDs Past\n\tI was thrilled when I saw there was a new Sesame Street Christmas DVD out as my 3 and 6 year olds have the other three memorized.  And, as much as I enjoy being a Sesame Street Kid (37, just like the show), I was tiring of the same stuff over and over.  \n\nImagine my surprise, then, when virtually all of this DVD is just the highlights of the others (Classic Ernie, Bert and the beloved Mr. Hooper from _Christmas Eve_, Hanukkah from _Happy Holidays_, and Bob singing \"All though the Year\" from _Elmo Saves Christmas\" among others).  The only new part is Christmas future and it is a poor cartoon instead of new muppet footage.  \n\nIf you don't have the other three DVDs this would probably earn 4 stars.  If you do have the other DVDs this is not a necessity.  Hopefully next time the budget will allow Sesame Workshop to be more creative", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_145", "text": "Not \"Pride of the Yankees\"\n\tStarring Tony Perkins perfectly miscast as a major league ballplayer. What can you say? The Red Sox have Jimmy Pirsall, Tony Perkins and \"Fear Strikes OUT\". The Yankees have Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper and \"Pride of the Yankees\".", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_146", "text": "Beware this \"bootleg\" DVD\n\tROYAL WEDDING isn't on DVD yet. That's because the OWNER of the film, Warner Bros. hasn't released it yet.\n\nBut several other companies have, under the \"guise\" of public domain. The original copyright on the film was not renewed properly with the Library of Congress, so the film is perceived to be public domain, although the music is very much copyrighted and every distributor of this movie is participating in copyright infringement by selling these \"bootlegs\".\n\nThe companies make the money, because they're selling OTHER people's property.\n\nThe people who ultimately suffer are YOU, THE CONSUMER, unknowingly buying products of inferior (worse than professional VHS) quality, thinking you're getting the real thing, because it's a DVD.\n\nSave your money. Wait until Warner Bros. gives us the real thing\nthing...\n\nAnd by the way, the movie gets 4 stars, it's the cheapo bootleg DVD that gets 1 star!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_147", "text": "Rent it Before You Buy It\n\tOur family has an embarassingly large collection of Elmo and Sesame Street DVDs, so I speak from experience... I found this production to be way below par. My 2 1/2 year old son picked it out at the video store and we got through maybe :10 minutes before he volunteered to turn it off and do Play-Doh instead. The plot if poorly contrived, the production value is low, the acting for the most part is awful, and it's basically just a way to stitch together a series of music videos which at his age, my son has no interest in. He did like the part where the muppets try to break open the dressing room with a jack hammer. But I'm not buying the video for a 12 second clip. Better bets: A Celebration of Me, Grover or Sesame Street: The Street We Live On", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_148", "text": "YUCK!!!!!!!\n\tHow sad and pathetic this concert is.I loved the Dolls but this dvd is so bad it almost diminshes their legacy.After seeing how good the Stooges reunion concert was I was hoping for more of the same ...wrong!!It becomes painfully clear from the start that Johanssen in particular is phoning it in.Low point of the show is when they make \"Human Being\" [one of the greatest rock-n-roll songs ever] a sing-a-long.Give me a break!!!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_149", "text": "Which is worse, the acting or the plot.\n\tThis is one bad movies. I am a devout horror fan, but I was unable to find one redeeming point in this movie.  The acting is worse than bad, it's a joke.  The plot is so far beyond lame as to be ridiculous.  Save your money.   Even the cinematography is utterly unimpressive.   There is no humor, no likable characters, not even a decent quote or one liner.   by the time it ambles toward its pathetic excuse for a conclusion, you will wishing you were in a theatre so you could demand your money back.   So save yourself disappointment and keep looking, this movie is the biggest bomb, I have stumnbled across in years.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_150", "text": "Hilarious Exciting Fast Paced Fun Film -  Must See\n \tHonestly, I wasn't certain about this film, in fact, at first I actually believed it was related to \"Chocolate.\"   I was terribly wrong yet most pleasantly surprised.  Upon first viewing, I did not laugh as much as the second time.  Yes, I tend to watch a film twice for I know we miss much the first time with our opinions and own theories.  I can be more relaxed and open minded the second time.  Second viewing was a belly full of laughter.\n\nThis is the best lesbian comedy I have ever seen.  The acting was wonderful and the film was fast paced.  Now that I decided that this film is exceptional, it was time to put it to the test on others (mostly women 20's - 80's years, some men.)  Each person I shared this film with, either loaning it or viewing it together, all responded similarly: \"This is a hysterically funny film.\"  \n\nWhat is even more amazing is the brief allotted time the director accomplished in completing the filming process - about twenty-two days. Congratulations, sometimes a tight budget can produce a true work of art.  Many short films I have seen on the \"Spiritual Cinema Circle\" also have numerous low budget wonderful productions.  Hoorah for the film art genius.\n\nI applaud the entire talented cast and crew, especially actress, Christine Cox, her performance was exceptionally wonderful.  I would like to see her in more comedies...she's a natural.  I fell \"in love with her\" and I am straight gal, as are all of the actresses except for Frances.\n\nA must see funny film.  I always wondered why the comedy male gay films always had that edge of humor when the lesbian films appeared more serious.  We need more films that are as pleasurable and diversified as \"Better Than Chocolate\".  Thanks bunches.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_151", "text": "Great ocean shots in the Bahamas\n \tI grabbed this flick from the shelf on a very wet and miserable day at my local Target....  craving the Summer sun and needing an island vacation....  \n\nThe cover appealled to me for these reasons and I admit I was not at all disappointed in the movie.  The scenery was indeed spectacular.  The underwater diving/snorkling scenes were clear, crisp, and just what the doctor ordered.  Even the sharks and rays made it all quite beautiful.\n\nOK, enough of the shallow stuff....  the movie was indeed much like the 70's flick \"The Deep\" which I enjoyed back then as well.  The characters of Jared and Sam were pretty believable - poor, honest, and happy folks (most of us would love to really be this happy - let's face it!) The introduction of Bryce (played by Scott Caan) really created an interesting balance of characters and how each reacted to the many dangers, twists, etc.  \n\nOverall, the bikinis and the buff guys added to the adventure many of us would love to have in our generally boring lives.  Would I want to deal with Tiger Sharks?  No, but a little excitement would beat the heck out of my boring 9-5 job every day.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_152", "text": "Catchy songs for toddlers...and adults!\n \tMy 2 year old loves watching the DVD as well as listening to the CD in the car.  I have to admit that I have memorized all of the songs on the CD and the dances on the DVD too...they are very catchy and I find myself singing them to myself when my daughter is not even around!  The lyrics are really cute and the beats are great.  Simple music but very creative.  I signed up for updates on Laurie Berkner's website so I can find out when/if she ever comes to town so my daughter (and I, of course) can go see her.  She is a great alternative to Barney and all of the other commercial characters, who I don't care much for.  I have bought this DVD/CD combo for all of my friends who have kids", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_153", "text": "Where is Season 3?\n \tI loved the first and second season and was looking forward to season 3.  WHERE IS IT?  I hope that it is released soon.  It seems unfair to release two seasons and hold back on the ending!  A little unfair to the consumer don't you think!  It is my understanding that 3 seasons is all there is.  Is that correct", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_154", "text": "Se7en\n \tOhhhh! I caught this movie on regular TV and even with commercials it was good.  I bought it so I would get the whole movie.  I have watched it a couple times myself and also a couple more times with friends or family.  A really amazing and edge of your seat movie and the ending will totally shock you!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_155", "text": "Top Notch Anime, Over the Top Prices\n \tThis is definitely the best new anime series on the shelves.  The storyline is great, but this should have been the last DVD.  Things are getting noticeably dragged out at this point and what really steams me is getting only 3 episodes on this disc after paying over $20.  That's bogus.  DVDs can fit way more episodes on a single disc, and it's a rip off the way anime is being marketed lately.  The Cowboy Bebop series had 5 episodes per disc at the start, then dropped down to 4.  Now it's just getting worse.  At this point I'm starting to regret buying the Stand Alone Complex series instead of renting it.  I am going to buy volume 7 to see how things turn out, though.  Throughout the series I think disc 4 was my favorite", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_156", "text": "Realistic?  No way...but SO MUCH FUN!\n \tI got a kick out of one of the recent reviews that trashes this movie as unrealistic -- the kids are not doing what they need to do to get into college.  Good grief.  Since when is a musical ever realistic??  Especially one that is geared to kids.  Hello??!! It's not supposed to be realistic!  If you expect realism, go elsewhere.  But if you want to have some fun with a great message not-so-subtly woven in, then watch this movie.  Kids love it (mine do along with anyone else I've talked to), and the message is just terrific ~ it's okay to be yourself with all kinds of wild likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc., no matter what anyone else thinks.  I love it!  I can't even begin to say how much better this is than \"Grease,\" the high school musical of my day where the heroine had to give in and become a slut to get what she wanted and be \"happy.\"  Relax with your kids, go get some popcorn, and have some fun with the Wildcats kids from \"Highschool Musical.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_157", "text": "Nail on the Head\n \tI first saw this in the theatre because I like Dennis Quaid and Scarlett Johansson.  I had never really seen Topher Grace outside of 'That 70's Show' which I never kept up with on a regular basis.  I fell in love the movie first time I saw it and bought it soon after it came out on DVD.  \n\nMr. Grace plays a 26 year-old executive moving up faster in the world than his experience allows him to comprehend.  He's become such a machine in a competivie world that he's loses his way in life.  I was able to relate to his character very well and assume many my age did too.\n\nOne of mentor's has told me repeatedly that the mid-twenties can be one of the roughest times in life.  So many things are going at once on so many levels.  To me, this movie captured that.  Paul Weitz did a great job writing this.  The cast was exquisite", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_158", "text": "My FAVORITE Movie of 2006\n \tI've been waiting for this to come out on DVD since I first saw it back in July. I still can't understand why the critics just didn't get this one. This has to be one of the best second films ever made in a Trilogy. The addition of Davy Jones was brilliant. It made the film much darker and more dramatic. Johnny Deep was superb as usual. I still can't believe that the film made $400 million dollars domestically and over $1 billion dollars worldwide. It's surreal. But everything about this movie was so on point that it's not too surprising that it exceeded the first film. I enjoyed this one more than the original. I thought the story was more interesting on this occasion. Although, you had to wonder what was going to happen in the absence of Geoffrey Rush's character. He and Depp played so well off each other in the first film it was hard to imagine the second film going on without him. It was a huge void to fill. But enter Bill Nighy as Davy Jones and all is well. I guess that's one reason why \"Dead Man's Chest\" woks the way it does. Billy Nighy gives an A-list performance. And when you add in Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly, it's money in the bank. The only trilogy in my book that ranks higher is the original \"Star Wars.\" Yes, I prefer \"Pirates\" over TLOTR. Although, perhaps my comments are premature since \"At World End\" hasn't even been released yet. Should that be a dud, then of course the whole thing falls apart. But here's hoping that the third time is a charmer. If you own the first \"Pirates\" on DVD then you have to get this. Don't miss out.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_159", "text": "\"We could talk or not talk for hours...\"\n \tI was not privy to the world of Christopher Guest until a friend of mine told me that if I liked `Drop Dead Gorgeous' then I would flip over any of Guest's films.  The video store only had one in, and that was `Best in Show' and I'm SOOOOO glad they had it.  This film has to be one of the funniest films I've ever seen, a complete riot from beginning to end.  As a true `mockumentary' every scene is shot pretty much adlib and you can sense the intended on the spot dialog as everyone is being interviewed and or followed around to `document' the Mayflower Dog Show.  The film follows a group of dog owners as they get ready to show their little bundles of joy.  There's Jennifer Coolidge and Patrick Crenshaw play Leslie and Sherri Ann Ward Cabot (total spoof on the whole Anna Nicole Smith scandal), owners of a prize winning poodle who's won `Best in Show' 2 years straight, and with the help of lesbian handler Christy Cummings (Jane Lynch) hopefully she'll win for a third.  Then there's Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest himself), a southern bloodhound owner who dreams of being a ventriloquist.  And there's power comic couple Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara who play the Flecks, owners of a terrier, who struggle with Mrs. Flecks long line of previous lovers.  There are lovers Stefan  and  Scott (Michael McKean  and  John Michael Higgins) who spoil their Shih Tzu's and each other.  But finally we have the star couple of the show, the neurotic Meg and Hamilton Swan (Parker Posey  and  Michael Hitchcock), owners of Beatrice, and beautiful yet disturbed and `negative' Weimaraner who's been traumatized by the sight of this young couple having sex.  Their antics, arguments and strange affection to their dog is some of the funniest scenes in the whole film, and their chemistry is pure brilliance.  The film brilliantly pokes fun at a sport taken WAY TO SERIOUS, and with Fred Willard as the commentator of the show the film is filled with barrel rolls from start to finish", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_160", "text": "Great Lessons\n \tA great behind-the-scenes look at decisions that shaped history - and nearly killed all of us.\nCross-reference this with the more recent Kennedy biographies for a wider, sobering context.\nThis is the sort of thing that the Bush Administration should have watched before deciding to invade Iraq.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_161", "text": "MADEA\n \ti FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS MOVIE ME AND MY HUSBAND. AND THAT IS FUNNY BECAUSE USUALLY WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME TASTE IN MOVIE", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_162", "text": "Good workout, lots of fun and sweat!\n \tAs you can tell from my other reviews, I own a lot of Kathy Smith DVD's. The reason is she has solid workouts that are fun and she has great cue-ing and instruction. She always cues from YOUR point of view, when she says left it's YOUR left, which makes it easy to mirror her on the screen. \n\nThis step workout has 3 segments, designed for beginner, intermediate and advanced. The beginner should stop after segment 1 and go to the cooldown. The intermediate stepper should finish segments 1 and 2 and then proceed to the cooldown. The advanced stepper can do all 3 segments before cooling down. \n\nEach segment gives you two options: high impact (power moves) or low impact. Higher impact consists of modifying low impact moves to contain more jumps. One person in each segment does the low impact moves so you can follow her. \n\nSegment 1: 12 minutes long. Easy to follow basic stepping. Kathy and company use a springboard step but any step (or even no step for beginners) will work just fine. \nSegment 2: 13 minutes long. Slightly more intense than segment 1 and more add on sequences. After you've been stepping 6 minutes Kathy moves to squats and lunges which gives you a rest and lets your heartrate lower. This is my only complaint about this video, I wish she would have added this at the end of the entire video and continued cardio through the entire 2nd segement. However, this segment only lasts ~4 minutes so it's not that big of a deal. There is a heart rate check after this segment. \nSegment 3: 12 minutes. The step is switched to the other position for a bit more variety. A few squats and leg lifts in sequence finish out this segment. \n\nThere is a 5 minute cooldown and a little bit of a stretch (probably won't be adequate for most people after this workout). \nShe has a safety demonstration after the cooldown where she promotes the step she shows in the video, but should be viewed by first time steppers to make sure they do it properly.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_163", "text": "requiem\n \tI just watched this movie last night.  I came across the title on someone's MySpace and being a Jared Leto fan I wanted to watch it.  I had also read a few reviews and talked to some people who said the film was riveting.  \n\nRiveting is the very least I can say about this film.  It is as the Amazon editorial review puts it, \"a tour through hell.\"  This film makes you think.   The fact that all the addicts succumbed to their addictions seems a little out there to me but I keep wondering is it so far fetched . . . ?  How many people are there that actually DO escape addictions?  You might escape one but more than likely you will soon replace it with another.\n\nDuring the film I kept trying to see the positive side of it all and hoping that there was some middle ground; some little piece of hope left.  I was wrong.  The film didn't depict drug use the way that I had expected to see it; the way I had seen it depicted in countless other films.\n\nAll of the ugly aspects of drug use were put out there for your viewing pleasure.  Personally I found it painful to watch.  There  were moments when I actually thought of turning it off but for some reason continued to watch.  I think that reason was the hypnotic trancelike style of the film.  The truth is that I COULDN'T stop watching.  The film put me directly in the shoes of the addict.\n\nI felt like the addicts in the film  . . . my hands sweaty and my heart pounding.  I couldn't close my eyes.  I want to see it again sometime.  I would like to watch it with my husband.  I bought the movie before I had ever watched it the first time.\n\nThe film was painfully realistic, genuinely graphic, appalling and appealing at the same exact time.  A MUST see.\n\nOverall I think it is a wonderful film to add to any collection.  Personally it is probably one of the best movies I have ever watched.  I think the acting in the movie was outstanding, the direction was genius, and the plot was amazingly horrific.\n\nAll in all this is an 5 star film", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_164", "text": "A high water mark for journalism and film\n \tOne of the productions of which he is the most proud, Robert Redford's ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN should be required viewing (and the Woodward/Bernstein book should be required reading) for all who aspire to the profession of journalist.  Redford was fascinated with the story of two young, untested newspaper reporters who worked and worked and worked the story of the Watergate break-in until it led to the highest office in the United States.  Redford's involvement actually went back to the first news of the bungled burglary, so he followed as the story developed.  He got to know Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein when they were still at ground level, still unsure as to where this would all lead, but all three knew that it smelled of very big dirty politics.  \n\nRedford has always been a political animal, with a reporter's instinct, and several times he has been able to bring a story to the screen to illuminate the American political climate.  Earlier, he and director Michael Ritchie had made THE CANDIDATE, a very funny and acid look at how politics changes even the most well-meaning of men or women (and a film well worth your time).    It took two years of hard work to get ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN off the ground.  It was turned down by several studios, with the excuse that people were tired of Watergate, but he was finally able to get Warner Bros. to say yes, provided Redford himself would star.  \n\nDustin Hoffman was enlisted to play Carl Bernstein, Redford's old friend Jason Robards won an Oscar as Washington Post Editor-In-Chief Ben Bradlee, Jack Warden was cast as Editor Harry Rosenfeld, Martin Balsam was Editor Howard Simons, Jane Alexander was Judy Hoback, bookkeeper to the Committee to Re-Elect the President (C.R.E.E.P.), Ned Beatty was Martin Dardis, who provided an incriminating piece of hard evidence, Stephen Collins was Hugh Sloan, whose wife Debbie (played by Meredith Baxter) kept his conscience working on the right side, Robert Walden (who would go on the the fine television series LOU GRANT) was Dirty Trickster Donald Segretti, and Hal Holbrook was given the pivotal role worthy of any spy story:  the mysterious Deep Throat, who helped Woodward along in a darkened parking garage whenever the trail led to a brick wall.  Of course, we now know that Deep Throat was the FBI's Assistant Director W. Mark Felt, an old friend of Woodward's and a man torn between his loyalty to the FBI and the need to shed light on some very dirty goings-on.  \n\nRedford asked Alan J. Pakula to direct and Gordon Willis to handle the cinematography, and they crafted a look that is part documentary, part thriller. (If you get a chance, also see Pakula and Willis' THE PARALLAX VIEW, starring Warren Beatty.  Another outstanding, scary political film.)  William Goldman, who won an Oscar for BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, wrote the tight, exciting screenplay for which he won again (this was actually the fourth time Redford and Goldman had worked together; Goldman also adapted Donald E. Westlake's THE HOT ROCK, a very funny caper film, and the poignant THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER, which was out for a short time on DVD in Pan and Scan, but is now out of print and really should be seen in its beautiful Widescreen splendor.  Universal, where are you?)\n\nThe efforts of all the principals to adhere to reality down to the smallest detail makes ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN a smashing success.  It succeeds as an exciting, suspenseful procedural, as a statement on the neccessity of a free press, as a character study, and as a great movie-movie.  \n\nThe double-disc DVD set is the one to buy:  the first disc includes a new transfer of the film in crisp, clean 1:85 aspect ratio picture and sound with a very enlightening commentary by Redford himself.  The second contains three new short documentaries on the making of the film, on Woodward and Bernstein, and on Deep Throat.  There is also a vintage 1976 documentary on the making of the film, and an interview with Jason Robards on the Dinah Shore show.\n\nA deserved landmark in film and in journalism, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN is a must-see and for all who aspire to what journalism should be, a must-own.  In our darkest hour, when all seems obfuscated and hopeless, it reminds us that light can be brought to bear.  People CAN make a difference", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_165", "text": "Excellent Documentary in the Maysles Tradition\n \tThat this film is dedicated to the memory of David Maysles should tell you all you need to know about what's in store. Along with his brother Albert, David Maysles created some of the most groundbreaking and fascinating documentaries of the 60's and 70's (\"Gimme Shelter,\" \"Salesman,\" \"Grey Gardens\"), and Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky did a fabulous job here of carrying on the stylistic tradition. The story of the poor and semi-literate Ward brothers is touching and engrossing, despite the squalor in which they lived, and this early 90's legal case is a significant study in cultural assumptions and regional justice. Absorbing, and worth owning.\n\nThis 10th anniversary edition packs on a host of extras, but just an FYI: The \"Product Detail\" here on Amazon that suggests that this 'stars' Connie Chung is wildly inaccurate; she did a piece on the Ward brothers which we see them watching on a TV for a couple of minutes, and that's all. She never physically appears in this film", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_166", "text": "No complaints\n \tI was not in a rush to get this, almost forgot I ordered it, so it was a delight when it arrived, thank you very much for a smooth and speedy transaction", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_167", "text": "GREAT WORKOUT!\n \tI've seen the Pilates infomercials for a while now, but have been intimidated by the seemingly impossible movements. When I found this inexpensive \"For Dummies\" DVD, I decided to give it a try. WHAT A WORKOUT! I consider myself to be in moderately good shape, and this workout can definitely be felt! Within the first couple of days I IMMEDIATELY noticed a change in my posture, and a good burn in my abs, hips and thighs. I HIGHLY recommend this as both a great workout and a wonderful intro to Pilates.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_168", "text": "Enduring fun in every respect, gets better with age...\n \tNewman, Redford, Robert Shaw as the bad guy, twists and turns and wry humor every 20 frames or so...how can anyone not like \"The Sting\"? When I saw it on the big screen upon its first release, I did not think it deserved the Oscar as best film of its year, although I enjoyed it. Now, decades later, and after having seen it perhaps 20 times, at least in pieces, I think it one of the best achievements in movie-making in its century. It has STYLE, and a consistent sensibility, and logic, and on first viewing, it will keep you guessing as to who is going to come out on top. I can't imagine that anyone over 30 hasn't seen it yet, but if that's you, fix it as soon as possible. It is a primer in how to write, direct and act in a fairly long movie without ever boring the audience. Newman's drunken card-player on the train with Shaw is absolutely classic", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_169", "text": "Great!  Another Maryland Masterpiece\n \tIf you love John Waters then you're already right there with me.  I would classify this as a bit tame compared to his other offings and similar in style and irony to the movie Grease but is a more self-aware film.\n\nI love rooting for the Drapes and the idea that the Squares can become Drapes, which, thematically, seems to be a Waterian theme - that we can all get along if we have sex with each other.  Which is probably true John.\n\nOh yeah, and Johnny Depp is young here and cool and I think you will enjoy seeing both Ricki Lake and Tracy Lords and Willem Dafoe as well (I know I did)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_170", "text": "This film is a powerful concentration of life in a small area of Italy.\n \tAlthough subtitled Grazia's island (Grazia is the lead role, magnificently realized by Valeria Golino), \"Respiro\" could have well been called \"Scenes from rural Sicilian life\", as the scenography, cinematography and tableaux-like imagery seem as important to the director as her thin narrative line. Respiro's locale is Lampedusa, a tiny island far off the west coast of Sicily. About the same latitude as Malta, this place is about as remote as it gets - Tunisia is closer than Palermo. It can be safe to say that Italian time here has pretty much stood still for decades; this is Italy of de Sica and Mascagni, not Fellini and Prada. The men go out to sea, the children play, women pack fish, old black-clad crones meddle and the languid summer air of total boredom hangs down from the cloudless sky.\n\nThroughout this film you would probably ask yourself, \"Is she really as crazy as the family and neighbors think she is or just free spirited?\" It's a fairly typical story, the type that a few great (and many, many average) Italian filmmakers have been serving up for the last three generations - life in the sun drenched rural, ritualistic and tribal south and the saga of one village denizen who dares to break the moulds. How long since \"Cinema Paradiso?\"\n\nWhat I like most about the movie, besides the appealing scenery, was the interrelations of the characters, the humor, petty gossips, the impromptu emotional outbursts, the displays of maternal and filial affection. The two boys are tremendous: the older Pasquale (Francesco Casisa) is the more mature of the two. The younger Filippo (Filippo Pucillo) has an unregulated diarrhea mouth filled with hilarious and inspired ravings, often without sense. His rant against the busybody women is a treasure, as is his little-brother-as-big-brother protectiveness of his sister from the policeman-friend. The boy embodies an epic Italianate inflammability far beyond his years. While viewing this I thought the son's affection was overtly and uncomfortably oedipal at times. They do spend a lot of time and energy comforting their mom plus defending her against verbal attacks in the village.\n\nAfter seeing this film, I have realized that the rural lives by the sea in many countries are similar, the differences are in the languages, but the feelings are same.  I enjoyed this film so much I might see it a couple of times.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_171", "text": "This movie was profound when it was released\n \tNow it is almost as if this movie was a warning about what our country would look like in 2004.  A relevant look at how easily people can be manipulated in the political process and how easily we are divided into us and them.  \n\nBob Roberts, a son of a hippy couple rebels against that world view and uses music as a means of spreading conservative propaganda.  Marketing hate and intolerance in the flag, this movie frighteningly shows in fiction what is being done in reality today.  \n\nI think Bob Roberts will be a movie that historians will study 200 years ago and see it relevant for discussion of the United States around the turn of the millenium.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_172", "text": "On research, life, science and scientists...\n \tIf you are not familiar with research, this nice approach to a scientist's  work will open your mind to a new world on which ordinary people have many fantasies. Besides, this very interesting and moving film, with  high level and homogeneous performances, will show, the closest it can, the early facts about such a terrible disease. I strongly recommend it. I have seen it with my 16 year old son, but maybe it is not suitable for kids under this age. A bit too long lasting and complex for younger audience.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_173", "text": "excellent!\n \tThe direction of this film is excellent.  I love all the characters and the way they interact.  The storyline is very important also.  It's about religious beliefs and neighbors that interact with each other.  It's a well-paced and interesting story that's not like anything else I've ever seen.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_174", "text": "A Novel approach to the afterlife\n \tEddie dies and goes to heaven where he learns his life has been meaningful to at least 5 people. I enjoyed watching this movie, and I feel it allows us to appreciate the little things done for others...not making us feel guilty because we did not change the world with a bang.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_175", "text": "This Set Will Grab You\n \tThis set is one of the better Jurassic Park sets.  Each disk contains a lot of extras, many of which are fun to watch.  Fans of the trilogy that have yet to buy the DVDs will find this set a great one to have.\n\n\"Jurassic Park\" introduced us to digital dinosaurs and how fearsome they could be with modern computer technology. This movie advanced horror and monster movies in a method similar to the way \"Alien\" advanced science fiction movies. \"Jurassic Park\" immediately became an audience favorite and the new standard by which special effects would be judged. Stephen Spielberg effectively combined in-your-face terror with special effects to keep people at the edge of their seats and in awe of life-like creatures dinosaurs.\n\n\"The Lost World\" unfortunately did not measure up to \"Jurassic Park.\" Many of the characters were unbelievable and there were too many plot holes that were too readily visible to make the movie enjoyable from beginning to end. While there were several parts of the movie that were well-done, there were at least as many parts where the actions of the characters were unrealistic. The bumps in the actions of the characters just did not allow me to focus on the plot throughout. Another problem with this movie is that it focused too much on action, and very little on the characters themselves. Thus, the movie comes across as more of a cartoon than a horror movie.\n\n\"Jurassic Park III\" simplified the plot, added new dinosaurs, and allowed the characters to develop more than \"The Lost World.\" The short length of the movie forced the movie to be simpler than the previous movie, and that simplicity makes for a good movie. The best new dinosaur in this movie had to be the pteranodons, though the spinosaur was great also. The characters in this movie generally acted as I would expect them to, and there were fewer outright acts of stupidity. Even the theft of a raptor egg was done in ignorance. So while it was a convenient plot device, you would expect something like that by someone with only minimal knowledge of dinosaurs. I was very happy to see Sam Neill returning in the role of Dr. Alan Grant. His character particularly is very believable.\n\nEnjoy!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_176", "text": "Corrections please sir..\n \tThis show undoubtly is one of the greatest around.  I have to say right off though to the guy in the first review about how they wanted to give American's their own Monty Python show and they failed because their show is BETTER than Monty Python.  Their show is not BETTER, it is of equal and noteworthy standing.  Monty Python is history that will never been changed.  They have gone on to do many other creative things.  Bob Odenkirk is doing Miller Lite commercials and I hope he does something like David has with his new appearance in Arrested Development.  I can honestly say that this show is not better, yet it is close, to Monty Pythons Flying Circus.  Both are great shows. \n\nIt is full of hillarious sketches and original ideas that is for sure and if you haven't yet, go buy the other seasons and add to your growing comedy sets because you won't regret adding this", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_177", "text": "2nd GIG is trying to get good\n \tThe seconf GIG is trying to be good. I only watch the show just to see the action the story is boring. I love the being opening scene with the music playing even the animation is a little better then the first season. And its a bit more mature then the first season", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_178", "text": "Signs is One of Our Favorite Films\n \tNot only does the movie Signs offer a wonderfully different kind of alien/ufo tale, but its characters are very likable and the story is about much more than aliens from another planet. The story's true question is this: does everything just happen by chance, or is God caring for His children in ways they simply cannot understand? Signs is the story of hope lost, faith put aside because of intense pain and grief, and how one man's relationship with God affects the lives of those around him. We were amazed by how truly moving this film is, as well as how humorous it can be, and we were impressed with the acting of all the cast. Does everything just happen by chance, or is God caring for His children in ways they simply cannot understand?", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_179", "text": "Looking for a review?: BUY IT!\n \tWhats not to like about CT?  I own this DVD and the audio double cd.  Thats it-believe me, thats all you'll need. What really makes it worth it is the \"commentary\".  A fabulous and totally hillarious walk thru of all the songs on the DVD. I can think of no other band that has the ability to laugh at themselves like these guys do. That humor along with superior musicianship makes them as well as this DVD a must have!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_180", "text": "\"I'm Gonna Be Like Joan Collins And You Aint Gonna Stop me!\"\n \tI cannot recall a time when I did not love this hilarious movie, which is my favourite from the 1980's by far. The superb Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin enjoy a magical screen chemistry in \"Big Business\",that reminds me of some of the great comedy teams from Hollywood's Golden Age. A total laugh feast from start to finish this film strangely doesn't seem to have a high profile as comedies go however it is recommended viewing for anyone wanting a good old fashioned belly laugh and to see a comedy with probably the highest number of side splitting one liners in living memory. The premise of identical twins being mixed up at birth and meeting years later creating amusing complications is a tried and try formula for comedy however in \"Big Business\", it is given a new freshness by the two leads who literally fly away with the material here creating an unforgettable romp that takes us from humble Jupitor Hollow to the height of New York's business world.\n\nThe story begins in a flash back when wealthy New Yorkers Hunt and Binky Shelton are passing through rural backwater Jupitor Hollow when Binky goes into labour. At the same time locals Garth and Iona Ratliff also are expecting and both women give birth at the same moment and both produce twins which are not only given the same names of Sadie and Rose but are also mixed up. We move forward forty years to where Sadie Shelton is the corporate head of Moramax that is wanting to off load its ownership of Holomade, the local industry in Jupitor Hollow. Getting wind of their plans the militant Jupitor Hollow resident Rose Ratliff decides to go fight these \"Pinstriped Trouser Snakes\", on their own territory and Sadie eagerly follows along anxious to get out of boring Jupitor Hollow. Through a mix up they end up staying in the Plaza Hotel unknowingly right next door to their city twins where they discover such wonders as \"sinks in the living room\", and \"soaps in the shapes of swans\"! Complication piles on top of complication as Sadie Shelton's ex husband Michael (Barry Primus), can't believe the transformation when he mistakes the rural Sadie for his hard nosed wife and Jay Marshall(Michael Gross), can't for the life of him understand why Rose (Ratliff) is being so hostile towards him when he believes he is talking to demure Rose (Shelton). All comes to a head in the ladies room of all places where in a classic scene both sets of twins finally encounter each other and realise that there was a mix up at birth and that the two Sadie's are really the city Sheltons while the two Rose's are really the twins meant to be in Jupitor Hollow. The fast approaching stock holders meeting really puts the girls to the test when Sadie (Shelton), is locked up in a closet to prevent her from selling off her birthplace and its up to Sadie (Ratliff), to put all her watching of her idol Alexis Carrington in \"Dynasty\", to good use when in a hilarious moment she has to take over the meeting and turn the vote around from allowing Jupitor Hollow to be strip mined which she does beautifully. \n\nClassic comedy if ever there was in my book and it reminds me of the antics of the pair of identical cousins, on the classic 1960's comedy series \"The Patty Duke Show\". I dont think I've ever seen Bette Midler in finer form than in \"Big Business\". Her comic timing and facial expressions are first rate and her switch from playing the hard as nails Sadie Shelton who's all \"hostile takeovers\" to the naive and totally impressionable country bumpkin Sadie Ratliff who only wants to be able to say \"keep the change!\" is a revelation and will send you into tail spins of laughter. Her classic mirror sequence with her \"twin\", is a total riot and her statement that \"this whole thing has got UFO written all over it!\",will have you breaking up with laughter. Equally Lily Tomlin as both country activist Rose Ratcliff, \"I'm gonna go kick some snooty New York Ass!\", and as Rose Shelton the awkward out of place city girl \"I hate shopping and I hate New York in June!\",is also top rate. Her rejection of Jay's engagement ring as a supposed \"bribe\" and when she then refers to the poor puzzled man as a \"great big belly scraping pile of cow plop!\", is one of the absolute comic highlights of the whole movie and is a scene I never tire of replaying a dozen times with each screening I have of this movie. Of course with the two sets of twins winding up both staying in adjoining suites at New York's Plaza Hotel there are many hilarious moments when outsiders get the pairs mixed up. Two of my favourites are the unfortunate desk clerk's (Joe Grifasi), continual mixing up of Sadie Shelton/Ratliff which results in his receiving a broken jaw instead of the passionate night of love making he imagined, and especially Fabio Alberici's (Michele Placido), total confusion about just who are the women who he is supposed to be doing business with - one minute they are corporate killers, the next ladies too afraid to pick up a car phone! The hilarious crossovers of characters walking in one door and coming out as another is beautifully played out in the breakfast room scenes when both women (one from the country and the other from the city), seemingly sit down for two breakfasts each much to the total confusion of each other and also the staff. It is however the unforgettable one liners that are liberally sprinkled throughout the script that create the greatest laughs and congratulations have to go to both Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin for making them seem just as fresh and funny on the tenth screening as on the first. Classics like: \"Im gonna dip him in flour and fry him in his own grease!\",\"Oh my God it's so COSMOpolitan\", \"Oh sure its full of crowds, smog, sex fiends, and white slavers, it's a pistol, I've got about as much use for it (New York), as a Toad has for spit pearls!\", \"Computer chips, they've got their ways!\", and \"Have you got your brains and your balls in your briefcase?\", are guaranteed to crack you up with laughter as each new misunderstanding presents itself in the convoluted script. \n\nTotal escapism perhaps but this comedy never fails to get me laughing and coming back for more. It is a real pity that \"Big Business\", so far has marked the only time that Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin have worked together as the pair combine so well and would be wonderful together again in some other comedy vehicle. This film is a true comic treasure and can be enjoyed by all ages. I've been introducing it to my friends and family for years and the film now has many people as devoted and fanatical about it as I am! So I'd say to you that unless you have your brains and your balls in your briefcase get out there and find yourself a copy of this classic film soon if you haven't already. You wont regret it for one minute if only to enjoy these two comic legends, in Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin battling it out in a country values vs city profits laugh feast in \"Big Business\". Enjoy!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_181", "text": "The whole kit and kaboodle (question is it worth it)?\n \tSince I've already reviewed and bought both of these as separate items, I'm not gonna repeat anything about each show (see individual reviews for that).  I will just rehash what I have all along.  Despite its missing pieces from the book, the Original is still 5 star material.  The \"in betweener\" is only worth it's value because it is a disc copy (as opposed to a tape copy).  My advice, buy the Original separately, and read the book to get the \"real missing years\".  If you are building a library of \"ALL Richard Chamberlain\", then buy both or this combo.  But be prepared to be disappointed in what the alleged \"Missing Years\" has to offer (again see separate review)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_182", "text": "A modern day television classic...\n \tOne of the many hit TV shows inextricably linked to the 1980's is The A-Team, an action series with plenty of bombs, machine guns, and bazookas - where miraculously no one ever seems to die! Short for \"Alpha Team,\" The A-Team is a Vietnam-era crack commando unit wrongfully accused of robbing the Bank of Hanoi. Having escaped from a maximum security prison, the four man team survives in the anonymity of the Los Angeles underground. And with the government still hot on their trail, they're forced to work as soldiers of fortune, providing aid and assistance to the helpless victims of various injustices... \n\nThe A-Team is led by cigar aficionado Col. John \"Hannibal\" Smith (George Peppard), a wise-cracking officer who always has a plan in the works. Hannibal is flanked by Lt. Templeton \"Faceman\" Peck (Dirk Benedict), the consummate ladies' man; Sgt. Bosco \"B.A.\" Baracus (Mr. T), a gold-drenched muscleman afraid of flying; and Captain H.M \"Howling Mad\" Murdock, a lanky mental case who nevertheless carries out his missions with flawless precision. Together, they travel the country in B.A.'s trademark black van, fighting for justice and attempting to elude the clutches of the nefarious Colonel Decker (Lance LeGault) who wants nothing more in life than to capture The A-Team... \n\nThe A-Team (Season 1) DVD features a number of action-packed episodes including the season premiere \"Mexican Slayride\" in which journalist Amy Allen sets out to prove the existence of The A-Team and its various good deeds. But when a fellow reporter is kidnapped by Mexican renegades, Amy gets a firsthand look at The A-Team's handiwork when she hires them to rescue her friend... Other notable episodes from Season 1 include \"Holiday in the Hills\" in which, following a plane crash, The A-Team is forced to do battle with a group of mountain men, and \"One More Time\" in which the U.S. government itself hires The A-Team to rescue a general and his daughter from South American guerillas...\n\nBelow is a list of episodes included on The A-Team (Season 1) DVD:\n\nEpisode 1 (Mexican Slayride: Part 1) \nEpisode 2 (Mexican Slayride: Part 2) \nEpisode 3 (Children of Jamestown) \nEpisode 4 (Pros and Cons) \nEpisode 5 (A Small and Deadly War) \nEpisode 6 (Black Day at Bad Rock) \nEpisode 7 (The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas) \nEpisode 8 (The Out-of-Towners) \nEpisode 9 (Holiday in the Hills) \nEpisode 10 (West Coast Turnaround) \nEpisode 11 (One More Time) \nEpisode 12 (Till Death Do Us Part) \nEpisode 13 (The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing) \nEpisode 14 (A Nice Place to Visit) \n\nThe DVD Repor", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_183", "text": "A surprisingly deep, funny, and charming film!\n \tIt is nice to see Bebe Neuwirth in something other than Cheers.\n\nOscar (Aaron Stanford) is too sophisticated for girls his age but not for his stepmother (Sigourney Weaver) and Bebe Neuwirth (the seductress). Women are all over him. His stepmom ignores him and chiropractor thinks she finds the romantic she's always dreamed of. The joking innuendos are quite hilarious reminding me of the Graduate. Gary Winnick (the director) shot this movie on a digital camera in two weeks and won raves at the festivals.\n\nThe little captions before or after a scene kinda tell you how Oscar is working or getting worked over. John Ritter (Dad, apparently serious but funny) and the whole cast gives strong performances certainly earning their street creed.\n\nYou'll find charming nuggets of truth in this movie, quite a bit of wit, and hilarity. Sure, Oscar is 15 and, rather than opening his eyes to girls, they open his. His daydreams about his stepmom are electrifyingly filmed.\n\nAs for the morality, I think people are a little paranoid over this taut, striking film. If you are openminded, you'll find this film is more about coming of age than what narrow minded people think. It is a light film to the touch and men will probably be reliving high school fantasies about the older woman. Women will like it because it shows how men are nothing more than putty in their hands. It is just amazing how much depth this film has in 77 minutes!\n\nRachel Alice Hunter\nChairwoman\nTeardropfilms Entertainment Corporatio", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_184", "text": "EXCELLENT!!\n \tAn absolutely wonderful movie. I love it so much that I watch it once a month or so. Ang Lee did an amazing job of Emma Thompson's screen play. Emma Thompson won a golden globe award for her efforts. Just lovely", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_185", "text": "Amazing Box Set Collects Some of the Finest Film Performances of Mid-20th Century American Cinema\n \tIf playwright Tennessee Williams's Southern gothic writing style makes his works feel more ornately melodramatic than those of O'Neill or his closest contemporary Arthur Miller, they do provide resonant showcases for the actors inhabiting his characters. This is clearly evidenced in this six-film, eight-disc collection that epitomizes some of the most powerful acting to come out of Hollywood in the 1950's and early 1960's, all directed by true filmmaking masters. Probably because they are the least censored by the studio system at least in the form presented now, the best of the set are Elia Kazan's \"A Streetcar Named Desire\" and John Huston's \"The Night of the Iguana\". The others are Kazan's \"Baby Doll\", Richard Brooks' \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\", Jose Quintero's \"The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone\" and Brooks' \"Sweet Bird of Youth\". \n\nA feral, smoldering Marlon Brando justifiably made his reputation as brutish Stanley Kowalski in 1951's \"A Streetcar Named Desire\", and his animalistic charisma still leaps off the screen. Intriguingly, one of the extras included in the two-disc set for the movie is footage from a 1947 screen test of Brando when he was 23, and his stardom seems assured even then. The plot of the movie amounts to the inevitable clash between Kowalski and his visiting sister-in-law, Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle on the verge of a mental breakdown. Having proven her ability to be a convincing Southerner in \"Gone With the Wind\", Vivien Leigh expertly handles all the florid dialogue with her particular blend of defiance and vulnerability.\n\nStrong supporting work comes from Kim Hunter as Blanche's naive sister Stella and Karl Malden as Blanche's seemingly respectful suitor Mitch. Now over ninety, Malden is on hand to provide his own eloquent recollections of the production on an alternate track, and film historians Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young provide more objective commentary on another track. Film critic Richard Schickel's 1995 feature-length look at Kazan is the centerpiece of the second disk, and there is also a more interesting five-part documentary on the film and original Broadway show, the best portion focusing on censorship and the several minutes that have been reinserted in the DVD version of the film.\n\n1964's \"The Night of the Iguana\" deals with a similarly dysfunctional group of people, but this time the setting is a dilapidated Mexican beach resort where Reverend Shannon, newly defrocked, has taken a group of spinsters from a women's college. Huston made his reputation on his strong literary adaptations, and his affinity shows in the fulsome characterizations, striking visuals and dark humor. Richard Burton is in peak form as Shannon, and there is also sterling work from Deborah Kerr as the spinsterish Hannah and especially Ava Gardner as the slatternly resort owner, Maxine Faulk. The DVD contains a recent making-of featurette and a vintage video, both fascinating.\n\n\"Baby Doll\" is an entertaining hoot that doesn't seem as sensationalistic as I'm sure it was when the film was first released in 1956. It's simply a Southern-fried farce about the potential deflowering of a nineteen-year old child bride with a nice, pouty turn by Carroll Baker in the title role and a surprisingly funny one by Karl Malden as her randy husband, cotton mill owner Archie. 1958's \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\" is far more vaunted but ultimately hamstrung by the overly careful portrayal of Brick as an asexual protagonist, this in spite of stellar performances from Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Burl Ives.\n\nNewman is even better as gigolo Chance Wayne in 1963's \"Sweet Bird of Youth\", and he is matched all the way by Geraldine Page's all-cylinders-on performance as faded movie queen Alexandra Del Lago (a role that would have ironically been ideal for Ava Gardner). The weakest film of the set is 1961's \"The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone\" about an aging American actress living in Rome who falls recklessly in love with an indifferent gigolo. A decade after \"Streetcar\", the glamorous-looking Leigh excels in the title role, while a young Warren Beatty fits the physical requirements as the gigolo Paolo even though his faux-Italian accent is a little too emphatic. All four of these movies come with making-of featurettes and original trailers, and \"Cat\" also includes commentary from Williams' biographer Donald Spoto.\n\nThe focal point of the eighth disc is a 1973 documentary, \"Tennessee Williams' South\", which highlights insightful interviews with Williams in the New Orleans area. The film also includes classic scenes from his plays reenacted specifically for the documentary. You can have the privilege of seeing Broadway's original Blanche DuBois, Jessica Tandy, and compare her work to Leigh's, as well as an impressive turn by Maureen Stapleton as Amanda Wingfield in \"The Glass Menagerie\". This is an incredible film collection for anyone who wants to see some of the greatest performances of mid-20th century American cinema", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_186", "text": "One of Lucy's last and most unusual roles\n \tWhen I first watched this TV movie, with an unusal turn by Lucille Ball as a homeless woman, I was touched by the grittiness she brought to the role, and her fearlessness at looking like an unvarnished \"bag lady\". Although definitely within the \"TV movie\" league, this film richly deserves to continue to be available for new viewers to enjoy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_187", "text": "When old-fashioned lessons came in sweet packages!\n \tI first saw this as a child during an \"afternoon movie\" event at my gradeschool.  Little did I understand then how well the film emphasizes the basics of parenting, nor did I appreciate the subtle moral of the film, namely that good guys sometimes do finish first, by the very nature of their untainted goodness.\n\nOh, sure, I rooted for Charlie and his uncle, the poorest of the poor, simply trying to make ends meet.  And who didn't despise Veruca Salt, the bratty English tart--with a pushover for a father--who acted like the world was her private oyster?\n\nBut having recently purchased and viewed this movie on DVD with my wife and little daughter, I was dazzled at how magical the Chocolate Factory still is, even in our age of CG film wizardry.  And without having seen the new version, I can't help but think that even the versatile Johnny Depp is not up to the task of leaping Gene Wilder's timeless portrayal of the candy tycoon, Willy Wonka.\n\nMore impressive was the fact that this movie clearly dates from a time in hollywood when filmmakers were not above delivering straightforward, old-fashioned morality tales with universal appeal.  Several deadly sins are on display throughout this film, including gluttony, vanity, greed, and avarice; and the end results of these unchecked urges are plain to young and old alike.\n\nThe lessons for children and parents are hilariously and sometimes embarrassingly illustrated, and I have to wonder if this has been preserved in the new film, or scuttled for some altogether more nebulous message more in tune with the 21st century postmodernism that Hollywood has embraced?\n\nI'll have to check it out.  Meanwhile, see the classic, and be charmed all over again", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_188", "text": "Excellent show on safety that kids love\n \tPerfect for kids age 3 and up - highly recommended. Not a scary way to teach kids about safety, just helps kids stay smart on the safe side", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_189", "text": "Great Collection, But Where Are the Other Three?\n \tThis collection of the first four Road pictures is well worth having.  The picture quality is excellent and all four films are loaded on one double-sided disc.  But where are the remaining three Road pictures?  This would have made the ultimate Road collection.  Disappointing", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_190", "text": "Sub-love\n \tI love sub movies.  This one is one of my favorites.  Good story and good action", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_191", "text": "\"The loss of civil rights may be imposed.\"\n \tThe film's title \"Paragraph 175\" refers to the passage in German law forbidding homosexuality. Paragraph 175 was first introduced into law in 1871, and as a result, homosexuals were subject to criminal prosecution and blackmail. Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jewish doctor, and a pioneer in the study of Human Sexuality, formed the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee with the goal of repealing Paragraph 175. In Weimar Germany of the 1920s, an enhanced feeling of social and sexual freedom augured well for homosexuals, and Berlin became a \"homosexual Eden.\" But once the Nazis took power, they enforced anti-gays laws with a vengeance. According to historian Klaus Muller, in Nazi Germany 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality, and approximately 10,000-15,000 were sent to concentration camps. Of that number, less than 10 remained alive at the time the film was made. The film, gently and non-intrusively narrated by Rupert Everett, is built around interviews with a handful of homosexuals who survived the concentration camps. \n\nOnce the Nazis took power, they moved swiftly and systematically against the homosexual community. Survivors detail how they clung to vain hope--one man, for example believed that with known homosexual, Ernst Rohm controlling the Sturmabteilung (SA) other homosexuals would be safe. Another survivor noted the homosexual clubs remained open after the Nazis came to power, and he took this as a positive sign before he realized that \"they let us keep our meeting places, so we could be snatched up.\" \n\nThe survivors tell their painful stories. One man looks through a photo album in which most of the photos have now been removed; another looks at a photo of a large family gathering and is able to pick out the faces of the two relatives who survived. One remembers the screams of those hung from poles. One man spent years in Buchenwald--only to be snatched up and thrown in Dachau. While most of the survivors are unable or unwilling to describe their experiences in the concentration camps, the grief, the anger, and the outrage are just below the surface. \n\n\"Paragraph 175\" is an important, gripping, powerful film--those incarcerated, tortured and murdered for their sexual orientation should not be forgotten. The anti-homosexual movement began as a loss of Civil Rights and devolved into one of the most shameful episodes in history. To quote one of the survivors, \"I am ashamed for humanity\"--displacedhuma", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_192", "text": "Classic John Ford Western With His Two Favorite Leading Men\n \tJohn Ford must have felt very fortunate (although he would have never have admitted it)to have had John Wayne and Henry Fonda star in Fort Apache. \n\nWayne and Fonda were by far the great director's favorite leading men - he made Wayne a star in \"Stagecoach,\" and went on to direct him in some of the best-loved, best remembered Westerns ever, \"She Wore A Yellow Ribbon,\" \"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,\" and one of the greatest movies of any genre, \"The Searchers.\" Fonda appeared in many movies with Ford as well, including \"Drums Along The Mohawk,\" \"The Grapes of Wrath,\" and another immortal Western, \"My Darling Clementine.\"\n\nFollowing a pattern that he would continue in \"Liberty Valance,\" Ford analyzes the mythology of the West, in particular the valiant heroic cavalry officer who bravely and unavoidably leads his men to certain death, thereby obtaining immortal glory. Fonda plays an arrogant, by-the-book stiff commander who will have nothing less than a to-the-death struggle with Cochise. Wayne is his subordinate, trying desperately to avoid catasrophe.\n\nThis film has it all, great performances, great direction, and great cinematography. It is way past time that this great film be released on DVD, but it is well worth the wait", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_193", "text": "Thank you Mr. been27\n \tI glad there is someone besides me that is fed up with the insufferable bores who automatically think a film is \"intellectual\" because it is made anywhere but the USA.  In their eyes America can do no right.  My other pet peave is the wide screen snobs and their utter distain for any film offered in full frame.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_194", "text": "Touching  and  Memorable\n \tThe stellar performances of Jason Alexander (Buzz) and John Glover (James/John) make this movie, providing the most humorous and touching moments in this film. The Swan Lake scene, while funny, is probably the most sad, as each character explains how he will pass on. \n\nYet the most interesting character to me is Gregory, as he is the glue that holds this group of men together, generously offering his Victorian house for holiday vacations. It is he who starts the film with his narration, welcoming the viewer in as if we are a visitor to his home as well, and having the final narration during the Swan Lake scene. He is caretaker to his friends in life and in death, and the central character that the six others revolve around; it is befitting that he will be the last to go.\n \nEach character struggles with his own demons; we are privy to their personal pain, yet all manage to rise above their problems and find joy in life and with each other's companionship. Even the most detestable character, John, is not entirely unsympathetic.\n\nYes, there's some stereotypical moments, but all in all, this is an enjoyable film, one that leaves an indelible impression", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_195", "text": "Reading the Compass\n \t\"The Medium\" instantly became my favorite show on television in 2005.  I usually am fascinated by shows with elements of the paranormal, which tuned me in.  However, it is the realism of the family relationship that is most fascinating.  Patricia Arquette who was in \"Ed Wood\" with Johnny Depp plays Alison DuBois.  Her Emmy win for Best Actress in a drama attests to her standing within the industry, but the on-screen chemistry with Jake Weber who was in \"Meet Joe Black\" and plays her husband Joe is riveting.  They fight, spat, try to mask conflict in front of their kids, juggle an impossible number of real-life tasks, and have layers of humor and romance that make this seem like a real family that loves each other and deals with the unusual circumstances of Alison's psychic ability.  I found after watching the initial show that when the reruns would show, I still wanted to watch them over episodes of CSI Miami that I had not seen.   When I bought the DVD, I was hoping there might have been an episode I'd missed, but I'd seen them all between NBC  and  Lifetime reruns several times.  I'm impressed by how entrancing each episode is and the quality of the writing.  Alison's dreams are like clues that she struggles to fit together.  What impresses me about Alison is that she sincerely struggles to do the right thing.  In a world of violence, it's often hard to be clear which way the moral compass points.  In the episode \"In Sickness  and  Adultery\" her tip places her on the witness stand with an unethical hostile prosecutor that seeks to embarrass her.  As she comes back that he cheated to pass his law exams and is cheating on his wife, she finds that her best defense is the truth.  The two older daughters are also jewels.  Maria Lark as Bridget often has my entire family in stitches with her offbeat humor like shouting at her mom who wakes screaming from a bad dream, \"Mom, please stop doing that!\"  Sofia Vassilieva as the older Aerial keeps the arguments at the breakfast table bouncing.  David Cubitt who plays the reoccurring role of Detective Lee Scanlon also achieves amazing chemistry with Arquette.  Miguel Sandoval as the district attorney Manuel Duvalos has such a focused calmness that he centers the crime portion of the show.  (Perhaps we will sometime see more about his family.)  While it's hard to pick my favorite first season episode, the complex plot of \"A Priest, A Doctor  and  Medium Walk into an Execution Chamber\" is a jewel, with the police chasing a ghost who apparently has just committed murder.  The DVD commentaries and introduction to the real-life Alison DuBois really give excellent background for fans of the show.  This is one show that reaches the level of art for me.  Its excellence will make it memorable for a long time  and  this DVD collection a valuable addition to an entertainment collection.  Bravo", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_196", "text": "FUNNY AND DELIGHTFUL COMEDY\n \t\"Office Space\" is a very funny comedy. Many parts of the film were a delight. In the beginning, when everyone is stalled in traffic, I knew the feeling. Working at Initech Corporation as a computer programmer makes for one dull job in the life of Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston). Besides having a job he hates, he is enclosed in a cubicle as everyone else is. Then there is his boss Lumbergh--an arrogant jerk. Life for Peter Gibbons is just one boring day after another. That is until he decides to go see a counselor at the suggestion [and demands] of his then girlfriend.\n\nWhile undergoing hypnotic suggestion, the psychologist dies of a heart-attack. But Peter is now a changed man. He no longer cares about his job, and says whatever's on his mind. And his boss Lumbergh gets a healthy dose of this new Peter. When Peter learns of the impending layoff [courtesy of John C. McGinley and his partner] at Initech Corporation, he decides to hatch an idea of ripping off the company with a computer virus.  His two fellow co-workers and friends are only too happy to go along: afterall, they're part of the layoff's. And on top of that, the company men want to make Peter a supervisor. \n\nThis film is funny on many levels. With Jennifer Anniston as the love interest of Peter, and the character actors that make up the film--it makes for an enjoyable watch. Jennifer Anniston's character and her dealings with her boss and his \"FLAIRS\" are also funny. This is a highly recommended comedy. I'm sure we can all relate to some of the funny scenes that are played out in the film between Peter and his boss Lumbergh. And the character of his boss Lumbergh is delightfully hilarious: Especially the way he talks. The whole movie is very funny and wonderful. Highly recommended.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_197", "text": "WOW!!!\n \tThe greatest show ever to hit T.V. You will never know what happens next on this show and that is one of the many elements that make this show great,It always keeps you guessing and wanting more.C.T.U(Counter Terrorist Unit) and C.T.U operative Jack Bauer(Keifer Sutherland)try and stop terrorist threats all within 24 hours which is in real time. What I like about this show is that Keifer Sutherlands character Jack Bauer is not afraid to do what ever it takes to stop a terrorist threat even if it is going against C.T.U or the President. Another great aspect of the show is they are not afraid to kill off main characters that you grow to love on the show, so you will never now what is going to happen next which keeps you wanting more. You still reading, stop and go buy the first season right now. Hell, buy all 4 right now thats how good it is", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_198", "text": "Best film since macaroni and cheese in a tin!!!!\n \tOh my god this has to be the best film i have EVER seen in my life. First things first, how did they train that monkey, he is as clever as einstein. My pal Mickso said its just a guy in a suit but that son of a gun isn't fooling me clap! clap! clap! well done mr monkey! Anyways i'd highly recommend this film.....and joining a stamp collecting club, they've both changed my life forever, in fact i hope to grow up to be a stamp collecting monkey actor....... with as many casio watches as i can eat.  This is Kevin Kennedy signing out dudes ;o", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_199", "text": "Heartwarming, good for all ages\n \tI remember watching Anne of Green Gables when I was a little girl with my sister, over and over again. Laughing everytime Anne broke her slate on Gilberts head, or when she accidently dyed her hair green, or when she waxes poetic about her \"bosom friend\". It made me smile and laugh then and still does now as a 25 year old. I would recommend this movie for anyone young or old. It is a beautiful heartwarming movie, with gorgeous scenery, unforgettable characters, and plenty of moments to laugh and cry", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_200", "text": "Broken Hearts Club Full of Meanwhiles\n \tIs it a bad thing to see a movie and deem it good by standards different from which you would judge other movies? Let me explain. \nBroken Hearts Club is a good movie. A little corny and certainly more than a little predictable. It doesn't really do anything new. BUT, for a semi-mainstream gay film, \nit breaks all the rules. \n\nBreeder hunks play femme gay men. There is no one with AIDS in the whole story. There are butch gay men in this movie. And no, none of the gay men has a best friend who is a single, white, straight female. Can you handle it? \n\nThe movie is entertaining. The plot is sweet. The best part of the film is the style in which it is broken up. Ala' the television show Frasier, the movie is split into sections by definitions flashed on screen to help explain the next scene. The best definition has to do with 'meanwhile'. 'Meanwhile' \nbeing the gay term to tell your friend when an attractive male walks by. \n\nAnd the movie itself is filled with 'meanwhiles.' Dean Cain \nlooks especially nice in this film and pulls off the character of a pretty boy with ease. Go figure. John Frasier leaves his comfortable role of an ex-cop on Frasier to be the father-figure of this group of friends and the coach of their softball team. Andrew Keegan is the newbie of the group- recently outed gay man. Finally, Kerr Smith, who has been playing a gay character on Dawson's Creek for some time, play the token gay character on a softball team of macho, testosterone-oozing fireman", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_201", "text": "Almost all of it has come true...\n \tVideodriome is a movie I've been a fan of for years. I use the movie as a test to see if people are REAL movie and horror fans and not just posers. The best part of the film is that any day now Fox will greenlight a reality TV show where twenty-somethings are killed in front of a live studio audience. If you're new to the work of David Croneburg- check this out ASAP and see what all the fuss is about. The Criterion DVD is stacked with extras and the transfer is a thing of beauty.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_202", "text": "Enthusiastic If Not Gay\n \tThe professional reviewer missed the main point of Jeffrey's dilemma. He's not so afraid of getting AIDS; he's afraid of falling in love with a man who then dies of it. Most people figure a 50% chance of dying before their spouse; but taking on a person with a known, fatal disease throws those odds way out of kilter and creates a desperate, poignant situation.\n\nSteve Weber is no gayer than George Bush but he certainly is an enthusiastic kisser. This was the first film I saw Michael Weiss in and he totally had me convinced he was gay. I knew Patrick Stewart isn't, but his performance is dead on.\n\nOverall, a very funny movie with a big, big heart", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_203", "text": "DVD's don't wear out, thankfully!\n \tI never bought the VHS tape, but when I was notified this would be coming out on DVD, I ordered it. While I'm not an amateur, I am a professional, Eric is a guitarist's guitarist. Anyone who thinks he don't need learnin' is a fool and only famous in his own little world, small as it may be. I'm not that arrogant.\n\nAs Danny Gatton was known as the Humbler, Eric Johnson could rightly be called the Inspiration. What he does is not so much difficult as it is the epitome of finesse and transparency of technique. After viewing this, you will understand what I mean.\n\nI already know much of what Eric teaches in this session, for that is what it is, a private session (much like you might get at GIT), with a master at the top of his craft. But there is always something to learn even after repeated viewings. I even scanned in the booklet that comes with this so I can break the lessons down and blow up the individual charts for more easy reading.\n\nIf you are serious about improving as a player, and if you're looking to be a real professional, you need to get this, if only to see what true professionalism looks and sounds like. The lessons are clear and focused. And with the booklet and the new ability to slow down the examples, you really can learn to play these things. But don't expect to sound like Eric (just as those who tried to, but could never sound like Jimi Hendrix).\n\nYou are different and so will always sound different, and that's a plus. But the techniques and all that are included here are part of a \"must learn\" program you need to create and follow if you want to at least make a good living playing music.\n\nLearn from a master of melody and technique, where technique doesn't get in the way of the melody, but lives in service to the song -- the way it should be.\n\nI teach, too. And I recommend to any student who wants to grow that they should get this DVD. If you get no other, this would serve whatever style you choose to pursue, ultimately, because there is so much here that can be applied to virtually any style, whether it is Jazz, Country, Blues, Rock or even acoustic (which I wish he would have included a segment on that, my only kvetch)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_204", "text": "Charlie delivers in full HD glory\n \tThis movie looks simply amazing! The color, texture and detail provided by HD-DVD are superb, this is a showcase title for the format. First a word about my setup, which is nice but far from optimal. The HD-DVD player is connected via HDMI to a Sanyo PL-Z4 projector, with an approximately 140\" picture thrown onto a light beige wall. The room has little in the way of light control so we watch movies in the evening when there is less ambient light leaking through opaque cloth shades. Hardly the ideal environment to view a movie for most home theater afficionado's but my family and I thoroughly enjoy watching titles no less for it.\n\nNow about the title - there are no compression artifacts or mosquito noise to be found anywhere. None. I also bought this title on SD-DVD and have watched on an upscaling DVD player, both on a 57\" crt bigscreen and the projector, and there are a distracting number of the aforementioned artifacts and mosquito noise in both cases. They're most noticeable on large surface solid colors, of which there are many in this movie. You'll see them \"dance\" and shimmer on SD-DVD, not so on HD-DVD. \n\nThe colors are bold and bright when appropriate, but what really struck me while watching the title were the drabbish gray scenes such as the snow-covered streets of the town with the factory looming in the background. You can make out more detail, without any obvious edge enhancement problems found in the original SD-DVD version. The lights from the townsfolk dwellings were suffused with a soft glow in this latest version, not a ringed mess.\n\nThe story itself is not necessarily an improvement over the original, rather its told from a slightly different perspective, giving more insight into Willie Wonka's character, and updating the other kids (Violet, Mike Teavee, etc...) to reflect a newer generation of youngsters. Mike feels a bit weak, he's portrayed as a videogame crazed violent kid in the sequence that introduces his character, then sort of disappears into the background the rest of the movie. Veruca and Violet by contrast are more prominently featured, and you'll develop more antipathy towards their characters by their actions throughout the movie. Augustus also suffers a bit but since he's the first to get ousted from the party, it's logical that he won't be as fully developed as a character. His romp through the initial scene whilst in the factory is pretty good however.\n\nOverall I'd give this 5 stars not only as a visual and audible feast for HD-DVD owners, but felt the movie was a great update to the original and stands on its own merits, even in SD-DVD presentation", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_205", "text": "\"You have to go through what Diane went through...\"\n \tAn extraordinary film, The Vanishing, brings to the screen the story of a young man as he searches for his missing girlfriend in the American Northwest.\nThe movie falls into the action/adventure/mystery/thriller type of category.\nKiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least!  All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)! Very well written and very well presented, it allows for a highly entertaining movie that can be watched over and over again!  \nThe setting, the plot (Jeff's strong sense of love, devotion, and determination are admirable and commendable, and an example for all to follow!), the dialogues and the music are all wonderful!\nIn short, The Vanishing is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_206", "text": "PLEASE STOP THE CRYING ALREADY :- (.........\n \tI really wish that people would stop trashing this movie for being unbeleivable and that it is so long it hurts to sit through it etc. I have watched the film 4 times and have not had a problem with the length. The movie is about a giant gorilla! It is a fantasy film kids! The original is one of my favorite movies and there is plenty to laugh at in that one as well. I think the remake is incredible.....is it better than the original? In some ways yes! in some ways no! Thats the way it goes! I still love the new one and the original and both deserve to be in everyone's movie collection! I wish Peter Jackson would try to remake Son of Kong into as good a movie.....now if he can pull that off.......;-)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_207", "text": "5 STARS FOR 5 GREAT WMS!!!!!\n \tWM 2000 HAD 2 GREAT MATCHES WITCH WERE THE TRANGLE LADDER MATCH AND THE FATAL 4 WAY MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. WM 17S BEST MATCHES WERE CHRIS BENOIT VS KURT ANGLE,VINCE MCHMAHN VS SHANE MCHMAHN IN A STREET FIGHT,THE TLC MATCH,UNDERTAKER VS HHH,AND THE MAIN EVENT THE ROCK VS STONE COLD FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. MATCH OF THE NIGHT FOR WM 18 WAS THE ROCK VS HULK HOGAN. WM 19 HAD 4 GREAT MATCHES AND THEY WERE SHAWN MICHELS VS CHRIS JHERICO,HULK HOGAN VS VINCE MCHMAHN IN A STREET FIGHT,THE ROCK VS STONE COLD, AND BROCK LESNER VS KURT ANGLE FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WM 20S BEST MATCHES WERE EDDIE GUERRO VS KURT ANGLE AND CHRIS BENOIT VS SHAWN MICHELS VS HHH. BUY THIS!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_208", "text": "Not your typical medical drama\n \tIf your not already hooked on the story of these interns you have some catching up to do. Its not your typical medical drama and certainly worth watching..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_209", "text": "Loose Cannon\n \tThe documentary was really, really good.  They left some stuff out of it, of course, but you know why they did so it sort of makes sense.  One thing I did not remember was the prodigious mullet Brian sported back in the day.  Man, I think that thing was more impressive than Jagr's Cup-winning mullet of the early-90s!\n \nI don't know that I learned anything new from the documentary, but seeing his kids and his sisters talk about him was amazing.  Also, Stone Cold talking about the Hollywood Blonds tag team was great fun. \n \nThey really played up the Flyin' Brian stuff as being ahead of it's time (which it was) and the Loose Cannon character that had everyone guessing.  Funny thing is that the whole Loose Cannon thing wasn't really long-lasting if you think about it.  The gimmick was the talk of all three companies at the time but it really only lasted the summer before his Humvee accident brought any momentum he had to a standstill.\n \nThe accident was glossed over--he was loaded on painkeelers and told of seeing his ex-girlfriend's face in his rearview mirror when he crashed--but the fact that it totally derailed his character was not.  He knew that he could have been the biggest thing going and that he had blown the whole deal and it depressed the heck out of him.\n \nAnyhoo, the official coroner's report was that he had a heart attack; just as his dad had at a young age. Of course, the fact that the juice and the vikes and a crazy lifestyle put take a toll on the heart was glossed over.  I mean, the WWE is not going to ever admit that the lifestyle of a (ahem) \"sports entertainer\" is one that is insane because no one can prove whether the job makes you crazy or if that crazy people are attracted to the job.  It's the whole chicken-or-the-egg argument on a human scale.  The truth is that he was an overachiever who liked to prove people wrong and when his body failed him, he became depressed and quickly descended into a spiral that ultimately did him in.\n \nBest parts were reliving the Hollywood Blonds stuff.  I remember watching it back in the day and knowing that he and Steve were going to be huge stars.  Steve even talks about how the team got over really quickly and that the plug was pulled by a booker who was worried about protecting his spot in WCW.  They never name the booker but I am 90% sure that it was Ric Flair back then who headed the booking committee.  I am also 80% sure that Arn was on the committee too.  They must have felt threatened by the Flare For The Old skit that set up a 2 out of 3 falls match for a TBS special in (I am guessing) 1992 or 1993.  Great stuff though; and Brian came up with the whole gimmick.  They were so hilarious together.\n \nAnother great part was Jim Ross talking about how he believed that he had become a father-figure to Brian in the WWF.  That was sad stuff.  JR really had a hard time trying to help Brian but Pillman only saw the fact that JR order him to be drug tested as a huge betrayal.\n \nOverall, I am going with 4 crutches out of 5.  I haven't watched any of the matches as yet but I am less interested in that kind of thing than I am the documentaries.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_210", "text": "Yoga by Dr. Yee is the way to go\n \ti never thought yoga could be so easy and beneficial.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_211", "text": "More of a supernatural drama/thriller than a horror flick, but worth checking out.\n \tPersonally, I really enjoyed Premonition. It's got solid acting, a fascinating (and often heart-wrenching) story, and some decent scares.  However, don't expect an all out fright fest or you'll be sorely disappointed. This is a story-driven film, with a plot that progresses fairly slowly. Patience is necessary when viewing Premonition, as is a willingness to accept ambiguity and dream-like logic in a film. But for those of you who possess those qualities, and are looking for something a little different (particularly if you're a fan of the genre), Premonition might be for you", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_212", "text": "I couldn't stop smiling -- laughing...i'm in stitches\n \tI'm a Colin Firth fan, but that's not the only reason this movie was a great ride... it's because it is a great ride.  Just enjoy...you will find yourself in stitches.  The contrast between new england dry humor and Brit dry humor...// it's just too funny.  Oliver, Colin you guys are the BEST!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_213", "text": "CSI Miami reaches a high point with Season 3: Sun, Glamour, and Overacting Galore!\n \tCSI:Miami, having evolved with difficulty over the first two seasons, reaches its high point in Season 3. Anyone who has watched the show realizes that Horatio, unlike Gil Grissom or Mac Taylor, is the true star of the show. The rest of the CSIs are entertaining, but the show is truly about him. This dynamic, when combined with the glamour and glitz of the Miami setting and crimes most foul, make this for me the CSI that is above the rest.\n\nPlotwise, season 3 is bit over the top. Issues covered in this season include a stalker murder, a sports star on trial for his wife's murder, a young woman killed in a club, the murder of a uniformed cop, gang warfare in a hospital, the killings of IRS agents, speed dating that ends in a death, spree killing, and the murder of a wingwoman. Some of the lesser episodes involve our old friend Clavo Cruz, a giant boa contricter that eats a woman, skaters and gamers, and of course, the infamous tsunami episode. The season incorporates the Raymond Caine subplot heavily in the last 5 or 6 episodes. This leads up to a satisfying conclusion in the season finale.\n\nThe season is also one of change. A regular cast member gets killed in episode 1, which quite frankly, was quite a relief since the character was terrible. Another regular, not a CSI, kills himself. A new cast member joins, Officer Ryan Wolfe, makes the transfer from patrol to CSI, and making some waves in the process. Callie and Delco (who has very little to do this season) have a tough time dealing with tragedy, and we actually see Horatio dating a rather attractive Assistant DA, at least for a few episodes. Some old familiars pop by, including Suzy and Madison, and Raymond Caine's killer Bob, who ends up being much more important in the story than we assumed. All in all it adds up to a great season, which will be extremely difficult to top in Season 4.\n\nPeople either love or hate this show, so if you count yourself among the fans, this is a must addition to the collection.\n\nA.G. Corwin\nSt.Louis, M", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_214", "text": "I Thought It Was Brilliant\n \t\"Cinderella II: Dreams Come True\" is a series of three stories featuring mostly characters from the original Cinderella and a few new ones. The animation is amazing --- it's filled with lush color (except for muted color when the story calls for it) and the animation looks very polished. It's really a sight to see.\n\nThe three stories in this are called, according to the closing credits --- \"Aim To Please,\" \"Tall Tail\" and \"An Uncommon Romance.\" These stories are all tied together with the idea that the Fairy Godmother is helping the mice to make a storybook about the adventures of them and Cinderella since the time that Cinderella met the Prince. The very first story finds Cinderella arriving at the castle after her honeymoon. The Prince is forced to rush away on important state business and Cinderella is left in charge of the royal banquet/ball. She has no idea what she's supposed to do and so this woman named Prudence is assigned to help her out. But will Cinderella be able to pull this together in time and in a way that will please the King?\n\nThe second story, \"A Tall Tail\" finds Cinderella in preparation for the Spring Festival. Jaq wants to help out, but it seems like Cinderella no longer has any time for him. He makes a wish to become human.\n\nThe final story contains the surprising premise that Cinderella's stepsister Anastasia is falling in love with a breadmaker at market. The Evil Stepmother forbids this romance, but Cinderella decides to show Anastasia that even she can have a dream come true.\n\n\nThe voice talent is amazing. They did a great job of casting people who made the voices sound just like the original film. Unless you're really listening hard, you'll be hard-put to notice any difference at all.\n\nThe music in this film is a combination of themes from the original and a few new songs performed by Brooke Allison. I'd never heard anything by Brooke Allison before (that I know of), but she's an amazing artist. Perhaps the most surprising piece is the closing credits number (also featured as a music video) --- a techno version of \"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo\" called \"Put it Together.\" It works quite well. Another great song is \"Follow Your Heart.\"\n\n\nFor a Disney sequel, this DVD also has some nice special features. There's the aforementioned music video, which features entirely of clips from the film, rather than the recording session by Brooke Allison. However, you do get to see some of the recording in the Musical Magical Featurette, which also includes an examination of the film's score by the composer. There's a Cinderella Storybook, which allows you to read a story about Jaq and Mary with or without narration. The Enchanted Castle game is fairly simple, but not too bad --- you get to help with the decoration and cleanup of Cinderella's castle, preparing a meal and dressing Cinderella. There's also a DVD-ROM game called Cinderella's Dollhouse. Finally, of course, this DVD has the usual previews/trailers for other movies, but perhaps not so usual. This is a great set of trailers. There's a promo for the \"Beauty and the Beast\" Special Edition DVD in which they talk about how they inserted \"Human Again\" into the film. Also including in this set is a neat Disney DVD \"Pure Digital Magic\" promo that I had never seen before.\n\nThis DVD is truly a worthy edition to the Disney Cinderella story. It really has everything you could want from a sequel to this film and doesn't ruin the original story in any way", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_215", "text": "fun show\n \tI haven't watched the first season - I just started watching the show so I'm a very brand new viewer - but I've seen two episodes of season 2 and this is really a good show.  Its subject matter is grim, yes, but there are light moments and the cast has nice chemistry, especially David Boreanaz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) and Emily Deschanel.  The stories are interesting w/out being too scientific so anyone can follow along.  And I never realized how much information a person can get just by examining someone's bones (okay, maybe only in tv land).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_216", "text": "Laugh out loud funny!\n \tI love this movie.  How can you not with such hilarious diologue?  One of my most favorites is when Yzma outlines her first plan to get rid of Kuzko.  Ending with a hilarious \"I'll smash it with a hammer!\"  But diologue aside, there's so much more to this movie.  The characters are so wonderfully individual, from self-absorbed Kuzko, to evil Yzma with her \"secret lab\", to dim witted Kronk with his shoulder angel and devil\n(Secondly, look what I can do.\nUm, I don't see how that...\nNo, no.  He's got a point.)\nOver and over agian, this movie will keep you laughing.  Watch, and enjoy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_217", "text": "the best show on t.v.\n \tSomehow Denis Leary and Peter Tolan managed to improve on an already amazing show.  Rescue me continues to be the best show out there.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_218", "text": "IT'S FANTASTIC!!!!!\n \tIts been a long time since I have laughed this much!!!! Getting down to \"the nitty gritty\" it is an enjoyable comedy.  The chemistry between Jack Black \"Nacho\" and Hector Jimenez \"Esqueleto\" is what makes the movie so funny. His accent was not Mexican but very funny. My family and I just loved the movie, which I think we have seen 5 times in the theatre", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_219", "text": "If u'r readin this u'll most likely end up buyin the DVD\n \tIf you're even showing an interest to vol.2 then you most likely own or have seen vol.1. Even then I recommend this one as much as any of them, since you gotta watch the whole series in order to find out what happens in the end. Anyways, vol.2 offers the same fun antics the 1st vol. did, BUT unfortunately when compared to vol.1 you'll see that there are a whole lot less sword fights and basically no violence at all. Any sword fighting that actually occur usually doesn't last long enough to be considered a \"fight\". But this DVD makes up for that with plenty more comical antics than the 1st vol. So enjoy it, I know I did", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_220", "text": "The best just got better\n \tWhat more could a true Parrotthead ask for than Jimmy Buffett live at Wrigley Field?\n\nThis two-disc DVD set captures the truly historic concert from Chicago. Jimmy and the band put on a great show. It makes you feel as though you were part of the show.\n\nThe bonus coverage is not to be miseed. The time lapse of setting up the stage is fun to watch. And the Star-Spangled Banner performance rivals Jimi Hendrix.\n\nThis is a must for any music lover, but the true Parrottheads will definitely need to add it to their collection", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_221", "text": "Very Good for 80's\n \tMichael Par\ufffd(\"Into the Sun\"\"Space Fury\"), Nancy Allen(\"Limit up\" \"Robocop\"),two famous star in 80's, made this a five-star Sci-Fi movie. But no subtitle or Closed Captioned , so I will give it 4.5 star.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_222", "text": "No English subtitles!\n \tI am very disappointed with this movie \"The Philadelphia Experiment\" that have no English subtitles, due to my deafness. I was planning to buy this DVD.\n\nI have seen it many times in late 1980s and have been waiting for the English subtitles since", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_223", "text": "unique\n \ti found the movie to be very creative and unique. i thought the appearance of the movie was very similar to how a stage set-up for a play would be. i thought that this was intentional and it helped to place the focus on the words/message. there was a lot of different things going on in the movie which i enjoyed: greed; true love; spirituality; determination; self-esteem issues; and jealousy. i am not a prince fan, but i love the contrast in personalities between prince and morris day, and how this contrast plays out as they pursue the same woman, who happens to be an angel who was sent to change both of them (clever). i gave the movie a 4 and not a 5 because although it was very artistic, morris day lost a battle i feel he should have won", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_224", "text": "Just in time for Winter!\n \tThis is my first WATP video, but I started at the highest mile because I am an intermediate/advanced exerciser so I knew I needed something high intensity to get my heart rate going, but mostly I was looking for variety in my workout.  And I must say, I just love this video.  It is the only video I own that MAKES me want to do it.  I truly enjoy working out, but when I find a workout that makes it fun and mixes things up, I know I hit the jackpot.  This workout can be perfect for most exercisers, although beginners probably want to start with her starter videos and gradually work up to the Super Challenge.  Leslie is a good instructor, but as most have mentioned, she does talk quite a bit and has a very annoying laugh.  But its about the workout, not the sound of her voice, and in that, WATP Super Challenge accomplishes alot.  I hope to buy more of her videos in the future.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_225", "text": "Talking Words Factory\n \tThis is a great video, my daughter learned all her ABC's with the letter factory and now she is learning words and she is not even two yet!  Go leap frog", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_226", "text": "Tim Burton's at the top of his game.\n \tIt's interesting to read some of the other reviews. I can't understand how it could take a viewer two times to get through this enchanting movie. It's imaginative, as was \"Nightmare Before Christmas\", but goes beyond that movie with even better stop-action animation and a musical score that is richer and more moving. I loved \"Nightmare\", but Corpse Bride takes all the things I loved and made them better. The voices of all the actors ring true. The mood is gothic and yet comical. The score is rich and defines the movie perfectly. (The DVD allows you to watch the movie with only the music, and that's a real plus.)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_227", "text": "Excellent Crudy Movie\n \tI have loved this movie since I first it back in the early 1990's. In all honesty it is pretty crudy but that's what I love about it. The music is fantastic and the costumes are unique. Divine truly shines as he usually does in any roles he played in and Ricki Lake was perfect for the role. Link is pretty hunky too.....", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_228", "text": "Merchant Ivory Masterpiece\n \tI never tire of this film. The acting,the marvelous filming locations, the costumes.... perfection. I can't watch it without wanting to have a cup of tea and a hot scone to accompany the viewing. In fact, I once stopped the video, baked scones, and continued to watch it while munching a freshly baked scone and a cuppa. Try it. I now own the DVD also", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_229", "text": "Everything you could ask for in an intelligent action thriller\n \tI have no idea why I had never heard of this movie before because Ronin is a whale of a good film.  I can take or leave most action films, but give me a taut, intelligent, suspenseful thriller filled with great action, wicked twists, and some of the best car-chasing footage you'll ever see, and I'm happy.  Throw Jean Reno and the one and only Robert De Niro into the mix, as well, and I'm happier than any clam has a right to be.  Director John Frankenheimer obviously knows that action alone doesn't make for a good action film, and he also knows that the only way to make a high speed chase scene look authentic is to film a real high speed chase scene.\n\nThe title is derived from the term for masterless Samurai of feudal Japan - warriors who failed their master and were left to wander in the shame of their failure.  In modern parlance (and in this movie), the term applies to special agents of various governments who find themselves quite on their own thanks to the end of the Cold War.  These men still put their skills to good use by selling their services to those willing to pay them for handling sensitive, usually dirty, jobs.  In this case, Sam (De Niro), Vincent (Reno), and three others are brought together in France by an Irish lass named Deirdre and charged with acquiring a metal case well-protected by its current carrier.  It sounds easy - ambush the target and his security force, snatch the case, exchange it for cash, and move on.  Naturally, the mission turns out to be extremely complicated, as a couple of powerful parties want whatever is in that case, and a certain individual proves less than trustworthy.  What's the world coming to when you can't even trust a selfish, independent-minded, well-trained gun-for-hire?  De Niro has to run over and shoot up half of France before everything gets resolved in this film.\n\nThe only problem I had with this movie came in the form of the thick accents of some of the characters, especially the Irish ones - you may want to use closed captioning at times to really understand everything that is said.  The actors themselves, though, were quite good, especially De Niro and Reno, who make a great team.  As for the mix of bad guys, how about three - count 'em, three - former adversaries of James Bond (Michael Lonsdale, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce)?  Not only that, the script is worthy of all these fine actors.  \n\nAs I've mentioned already, though, the chase scenes are really the most memorable aspect of this film.  Frankenheimer doesn't have any use for these fancy-schmancy new digital means for manufacturing this kind of action, instead treating the viewer to several good, old-fashioned thrill rides through the streets of Paris and its local environs.  Besides filming an incredible number of scenes live, he also chose to forego the accompaniment of a musical score in these situations, letting the revving engines, squealing brakes, and numerous crashes and explosions present the action as authentically as possible.  They had to have had an incredible number of stunt drivers and stunt men involved, as folks were constantly crashing or jumping out of the path of oncoming cars - not to mention the extended high speed chase down one-way streets into busy oncoming traffic.  I'm telling you - these chase scenes are flat-out impressive.  \n\nObviously, I think Ronin has it all.  Without De Niro, it still would have been a fantastic film; with him, it's a must-see in my book", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_230", "text": "Not For Everyone\n \tWitch Hunter Robin is a great series which I enjoyed immensely but fails at delivering some of its finer qualities throughout the course of the series. The visuals are first rate, the music (when there is music) is beautiful, and the storyline is intriguing. \n\nSilence and extended stares cloak the characters in mystery... so what's the problem? That same cloak covers the series in what could potentially be a series of yawns.\n\nOne of the major problems with Witch Hunter Robin is the pace. Many serious animes either take themselves too seriously or not seriously enough... WHR takes itself much too seriously. Surely the story and visuals are worth it but for some reason there are long, tiring sequences during the course of the series which are supposed to be \"meaningful.\" \n\nThey are I suppose in retrospect (one will notice this once they watch the final episodes of WHR), but the events in the series do not warrant such extended periods of self reflection on the part of the main character(s). The psychological and philosophical themes present are obvious toward the end of the series, and where they are not, the intelligent viewer can pretty much guess at them.\n\nI realize that this exhausted review of WHR seems to only be about the tiresome pace at which the series progresses, but it's an important factor as it leaves many to simply drop the series half way before ever seeing the later episodes (the best episodes in my opinion).\n\nA second problem is also the fact that there are a number of \"witch capturing\" which take place during the series that seem... well, silly. The beginning of the series is all about these capturing - surely after seeing the last couple of episodes the viewer begins to understand how this ties into rounding out the characters but during the course of the series this might just bore you to tears especially if a number of episodes feature witch/enemies that simply don't interest you (which they may not, the creativity and design behind many of them is poor to say the least).\n\nIn the end the series is about the characters, story, and visuals not the enemies which frequently populated much of the series - if you find yourself hooked on the main characters and their back-stories when they are introduced in the beginning of the series then you might like the whole thing.\n\nLastly as for reviewers that were expecting something \"scary,\" most of the shows on Adult Swim are for adults and the anime shows featured on Adult Swim are geared toward those typically interested in other things beside quick thrills (needless to say those watching the series probably aren't into it because the name of the series is \"Witch Hunter,\" they are instead - hopefully - looking for a high quality, cohesive action/drama anime). This is not for individuals wanting to watch an action anime however... it's more of a beautiful drama. Younger anime viewers are not bound to like this one at all!!!\n\nI'd give it a try first renting it before you go out and spend money on it!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_231", "text": "genius but not for everyone\n \tThis show really is a love it or hate it kinda deal. From the first time it aired in the summer of 2005 on comedy central up until now i've been a huge fan of the series. I was so sad to hear it'd been cancelled but I wasn't surprised. It was one of the shows I loved and planned my night around when new episodes were going to air. Now that the DVDs are out I can relive these 13 fleeting moments in TV that are, to me, some of the funniest things I've ever seen. Apart from the hilarious, oddball performances from Michael Michael and David the series was packed with guest stars including Edward Norton, Paul Rudd, and a whole lot more. Really, anyone that is a fan of comedy ala Strangers with Candy will find this funny. It has a similar nonsensical insanity that leaves you laughing til it hurts. \n\nFavorite episodes include:\nCampaign\nPaper Route\nCoffee Shop\nNovel\nMeeting Girls\nand\nVegetables\n\nThe extras on the DVD are really top notch including commentary tracks for every episode, a lengthy and interesting \"History of Stella\" and much more. The commentaries are just about as funny as the episodes as the three creators continue to riff on each other, giving some insight into the creation process, while remaining pretty well aware their show met with sub-par ratings. They take it all in stride and aren't too proud to poke fun at themselves. I think if this show had been on comedy central around the time Strangers with Candy was on it would have been given atleast three seasons. It's a shame. Definitely worth getting, turning off your phone, and spending a whole night plowing through the whole season. \"And when I say plow that's a pun!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_232", "text": "Anti Americanism in British TV dramas\n \tExcellent series.  The court room scene is hilarious.  I am curious to know if anyone else has noted the subtle anti Americanism of this series (I refer to the portrayal of the American guest) as well as in Upstairs Downstairs?  In both series, as in other British TV dramas, Americans are portrayed as crude and materialistic.  What about the Henry James/Edith Wharton type aristocrats who toured England in the 19th century?  Mr. Hawksworth and others seem to have forgotten them. \n\nWhen will series 2 be released", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_233", "text": "A cute, lovable, entertaining film for kids\n \tThis is the best animal movie I have ever seen..from a child's point of view. This has been our daughter's favorite movie for the last one year or so (she's 3 now) and after watching it almost every day (sometimes several times a day) she still enjoys it as much! We're surprised that even we are not tired of it. The animals are fun to watch, the story is interesting and the music is great. We've bought several other animal movies for our daughter and this surpasses all of them. The production is superb, the animals did a great job and it all seems so real.  A must-by for everyone who has small kids", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_234", "text": "Police Squad - In Color (and Finally on DVD)!\n \tAs I understand it, \"Police Squad\" was one of the most requested titles for release on DVD.  It's taken a while for it to happen, but it finally has!  It's great to be able to replace my VHS tape that I recorded the shows on almost 20 years ago during a \"Police Squad\" marathon.  Having now watched the DVD, I now know that for almost 20 years, I've been watching heavily edited versions of the show.  But not anymore!  \n\nOther reviewers have described the episodes, so I won't waste time doing that.  Suffice it to say, the show was ahead of its time as it really didn't become popular until it was made into the first Naked Gun movie 6 years later (and had two subsequent hit sequels).  But I was one of the few who knew in 1982 that it was a clsassic.  I always wondered why the show never worked on TV, but Leslie Nielsen probably explains it best in his interview that is included on the DVD.  He says that you actually had to pay attention and most TV is meant to be watched almost passively while doing something else.  And I think he's right.\n\nSo it's great to have these shows.  The extras are just so-so as the interview with Nielsen is too short and I don't think the commentaries give much to the episodes (especially the one commented on by Robert Wuhl of \"Arliss\" fame, who was a writer for the show).  Wuhl must say a dozen times \"I don't remember this.\"  Might have helped, Bob, if you took 25 minutes to watch it before watching it for the commentary.  But I won't trim the rating.  It's the shows I wanted and have now received", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_235", "text": "Definitely worth watching!\n \tDark atmospheric telling of the tale. Very decent! It is a simply told ancient tale. The scenery is gorgeous. There's a good atmosphere of the barbaric time. It's a good movie, a lot of twisted emotion right up to the end. \n\nThe movie conjures up thoughts of Gerard Butler as Aragorn, and Ingvar Eggert Sigur\ufffdsson as Theodin in LOTR.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_236", "text": "much better than its remake. it was GREAT\n \ti loved this movie. for those who gave it one star i guess didnt see how well it was done. In the american version all it was..was Sarah Michelle Gellar's face. The Japanese version was much better (considering it was original and made more sense).\nit has alot of characters in it but not so much that u will get lost in all of them since they usually die or just dont appear until later in the film.It has some twists which are good.The american leaves out soo sooo much. In the american one it was basically a dead girl killing random people. In the Japanese one it is touching because the whole time the ghost was reaching out for help.  anyway i recommend this to anyone who loves  Asian horror and likes a good plot and movie!! go see it!! and enjoy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_237", "text": "Neil's Heart of Gold\n \tThis is a very enjoyable, laid-back film about the music and spirit of one of our greatest rock musicians.  I love Neil Young's music, and I love this film", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_238", "text": "Good movie\n \tI thought this movie was pretty good. I've seen a lot of Nicholas Cage movies  (8mm, The Rock, Con Air, etc) so maybe I am biased towards him.\n\nI've watched this movie 3 times and it doesn't wear thin too quick like some movies", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_239", "text": "A funny movie that warms the heart as well.\n \tI enjoyed Ice Age, and this movie is good as well. Thankfully, all of the cast from the original Ice Age returned, and the comedy as well. And, besides the characters, the story is another original idea, and a great stand alone movie by itself, and thankfully not a rehasing of an old one.  The Ice Age is coming to an end, and Our gang rallies the inhabitants of the valley to go on a trek for Higher ground before their Valley gets flooded. Manny, along the way, begins to question his own mortality and the fact that He is \"the last mammoth\"...or is he. Well, that what everybody thinks, until they run across a family of opossums.  Don't see how Opossums and Mammoths tie together, just watch the movie. Queen Latifah was a good addition to the cast. Great film, one for the collection", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_240", "text": "Film Deserved of It's Classic Status\n \t\"Stagecoach\" is significant, along with \"Destry Rides Again\", for redefining the Western for \"adult\" audiences.  Director John Ford achieved that by emphasizing character developement over action though the film does contain some thrilling sequences.  For sure the film does contain a number of Western archetypes(the gambler, the prostitute with a heart of gold, etc.) but they transcend the stereotypes.  \"Stagecoach\" is also significant as the film that broke John Wayne to mainstream audiences.  Wayne's entrance as the Ringo Kid is the stuff of legends.  There is not a bum performance in the impressive cast that includes the underappreciated Claire Trevor as the social pariah, Dallas, and Thomas Mitchell as Doc Boone, for which he won an Oscar.  The film's status as being historically significant is not debatable.  As first class entertainment it is timeless", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_241", "text": "Such a fun story to watch unfold in front of you\n \tI watched this movie ...and once it finished I decided I had to log on to Amazon and buy it up.  This film is so well done, from the characters, the actors, the dialogue and the stories.  A pure enjoyment to watch. I hope everyuone sees it at least once", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_242", "text": "Wonderfully attractive and relaxing family comedy/Action/Adventure\n \tThis is really sweet adventurous romp with plenty of action and humor  and  I really enjoyed watching it.  I think it has great replay value  and  as one of the other reviewers noted you can just switch your brain into neutral and enjoy the silliness.  I found it more reminiscent of the old 60's films like 'Monte Carlo or Bust' or 'Those Magnificent men....'.  Jackie Chan rather than trying to take a leading role delights as the action-packed foil to 'Fillius Fogg' played with brilliant English reserve  and  self-deprecating humor by 'Steve Coogan'.  There's no comparison to the original  and  the film doesn't even try to copy.  Rather, it takes a silly story with silly character's puts them in silly situations and with quite considerable imagination and verve makes one of the nicest family action/adventure/comedy movies you'll see.  Because this isn't a typical 'Martial Arts' vehicle for 'Jackie Chan' I found that the fight scenes and stunts worked a whole lot better given the storyline.  Check out for instance the fight-scene in the Art-Gallery which goes to show why 'Jackie Chan' is probably the best Action/Comedy star in the world right now. There's much that's Chaplain/Keaton-like in his performance  and  all the stunts are more impressive because you know that he does most all his own stunts. The guest-stars are a nice treat to spot during the travels and again harkens back to the older comedies which used similar devices, most notably 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' (What I think is the best Comedy ever  and  this is by no means a comparison).  Anyway 'Arnold Swarzenneger' in his awesomely bad wig was a hoot as a Turkish Prince no less (Possibly the poorest Arabian impression ever, which is of course why it works so well) and 'Rob Schneider' has the funniest guest spot as the smellier than smelly bum with poor career advice.  Miss 'Cecile de France' is a beautiful Comedy foil  and  manages to overcome a limited role to portray a luminous comic talent  and  I hope to see more from her.  You might expect the comedy in the film to be crude or obvious but I found a lot of it to be nicely restrained, this was in part due to great casting and what appeared to be great chemistry on set, check out the extras.  All in all a wonderfully attractive and relaxing family comedy/Action/Adventure with ne'er a slow moment and a well paced story that however familiar still manages to please on repeated viewing.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_243", "text": "Grapes of Wrath DVD Vs. the book\n \tThe Grapes of Wrath is a great movie, perhaps one of the best I have ever seen. However, having read the book, I notice that some of the most interesting parts of the story have been left out. By taking out these crucial, yet quiet scenes; the movie has a faster pace than the book.\n\nIn the movie, Grandpa died suddenly. The only explanation for his death was that he had a stroke. In the book, the preacher, Casy, explained to the family members that the old man could not leave his land, his home and his way of life. Casy explained that Grandpa was spiritually dead when he left his house, and it did not take long for his body to also die. This shows the great sacrifice that the Joads must make in order to survive. In the movie, it just seems that they pack up, leave, and arrive, without any moral dilemmas. Grandpa dies in another family's tent, not just on a blanket by the road. This is important because in the book it symbolizes the way people have to help one another in times of need. \n\nIn the scenes in California, the pace slows down a bit, so I can feel the details of the book surface in the movie. With the events leading up to Casy's death crisp and clear, I could understand his death as brutal murder, and Tom's speech about him carrying on Casy's work beautifully taken from the book. I really loved these scenes, because unlike most of the movie, these scenes do remain true to the book, and because of that, they are full of detail, and you can see the hand of Steinbeck at work.\n\nDespite all of these forgotten scenes, the Grapes of Wrath is one of the best movies of all time", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_244", "text": "One of the Best Films Ever Made\n \tThe Great Dictator is a film that took such courage from the star and director, Charlie Chaplin. The movie was filmed and released at the beginnings of World War 2 and at the rise of the Nazi party. The similarities between dictator Adolf Hitler and the comedic genius that is Charlie Chaplin is quite interesting: both sported the small mustache and were born in the same year, same month, in the same week. Chaplin took a serious approach when spoofing Hitler for this film; he viewed many news reels and studied his technique before making it funny on film. \nThe Great Dictator has the ability to tug at your heart and make you laugh until you cry. The music is gorgeous and the writing is superb. Though some scenes do drag a bit, most of it flows smoothly. \nPerhaps the most famous scene in the movie is the final speech given by Chaplin. It is just him staring at the camera, and nothing stops him from saying what he feels.\nMovie buffs have to see this film. The Great Dictator is a beautiful presentation that showcases the cinema genius of Charlie Chaplin", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_245", "text": "Deeply Felt\n \tI'm not one to go in length about films on Amazon, but I'll write a short little bit for this amazing film. I first saw this 10 years ago when I was in my teens and have never forgotten it, it really touched something inside of me, much like a great piece of art would affect you after seeing it up close for the first time.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_246", "text": "Murder, Well Acted And With Some Ethical Questions\n \tWhen Daryl Deever (William Hurt) tells TV reporter Tony Sokolow (Sigourney Weaver) he knows more than he actually does about a murder in the building where he works as a janitor, he gets more than he bargained for. Deever is a good guy, smart enough but ambitious only on his own terms. He's sort of engaged to his best friend's sister, but he's had a crush on Sokolow for two years. When the man in the building gets his throat slit, Sokolow is one of the reporters on the scene. Deever sees a perfect chance to get to meet her, so he tells her he may know something. She goes after the story and he goes after her. Sokolow is not quite engaged to a dedicated, capable man known as Joseph (Christopher Plummer), who is good friends with Sokolow's parents. It becomes clear that her wealthy parents, their rich friends and Joseph are engaged in the shadowy business of buying illegal ways for Jews to escape from the Soviet Union and to journey to Israel. And it appears that the man killed may have had an involvement, too. Before long, the man's associates learn of Deever's gambit with Sokolow and go after them to find out who was behind the killing. More lethally, the real murderer learns of what Deever said to Sokolow and believes Deever might actually know something. He goes after Deever.\n\nThis is a tight, well constructed murder mystery with two first-rate components. First is the romance which builds between the characters played by Hurt and Weaver. These two people are attractive and smart. Hurt, in particular, comes across as guileless but he's no one's patsy. The two are very likable. Second, the situation which develops poses some ethical questions. Grades of gray come into play; it wouldn't be accurate to say that the murderer is simply another bad guy.\n\nThe movie also features some first-rate actors besides Hurt and Weaver. There's Christopher Plummer who, as usual, brings so much assurance and nuance to his role; James Woods as the best friend, always a little off balance; Pamela Reed as Woods' sister; her mutual declaration of non-love with Hurt is very funny and appealing; Steven Hill and Morgan Freeman as the two cops assigned to the case; Kenneth McMillan as Hurt's father, angry and vulnerable; and Irene Worth and Albert Paulsen as Weaver's parents, people who love her but, especially the mother, always put responsibilities and obligations into the love. They all are very good.\n\nI like this movie a lot. The DVD picture looks fine. There are no extras to speak of", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_247", "text": "Blue Sky\n \tThis is a terrific movie regarding military life in the '60s.  Jessica Lange truly deserved her Oscar and Tommy Lee is excellent and of course Powers Booth shows his narily side which he protrays so well in so many movies.  I can't even tell you how many times I have seen this movie and I will watch it again and again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_248", "text": "roseanne season 4\n \twonderful season! funny episodes....can't laugh enough on this season.....i'm waiting for the next one!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_249", "text": "Good edition of the movie.\n \tEverybody knows the plot of this movie. So, I can't add anything in that respect. However, I can tell you that the quality of the DVD is very good. Clear picture and sound - great buy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_250", "text": "another great 50 pack of movies,mystery's this time\n \ti own many of the 50 packs of movies and i must say i like this set very much.most of these movies are from the 30's and 40's, the hayday of movie mysterys. the transfers are ok ,but not great and some of the movie have sterotype's of all kinds. just keep in mind when they were made,and if they bother you don't watch. a nice set and a great way to build your movie collectio", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_251", "text": "Absolutely Glorious\n \tFor all true Dream Theater fans, this is a must have DVD! The only drawback to \"Score\" that I found was that they didn't play \"Never Enough\", but that shouldn't prevent you from purchasing \"Score\". I have watched the DVD over 10 times already and it hasn't gotten old for me..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_252", "text": "Charming take on the children's story\n \tBefore we first rented one of the Barbie videos for my daughter, I was expecting them to be trite, over-commercialised, and over-sugary. However, I have been pleasantly surprised.\n\nYes, they do have a lot of commercial spin-offs and a high saccarine count, but the quality of the Barbie films we have subsequently bought or rented, including \"12 Dancing Princesses,\" was significantly higher than I had expected. They have not just kept my children engrossed for hours - including my son as well as my daughter - but introduced them to some beautiful stories and truly wonderful music. On more than one occasion I have been listening to a CD of a classic such as Beethoven's pastoral symphony, or The Queen of the Night's aria from Mozart's magic flute, and my daughter has recognised and expressed appreciation of the music, and correctly remembered which Barbie film had used it. (\"Magic of Pegasus\" and \"Mermaidia\" respectively.) \n\nThe soundtrack to \"Twelve Dancing Princesses\" is mostly adapted from some of Mendelsohn's best work, including \"A Midsummer night's dream\" and the Scottish and Italian symphonies. It also includes a lullaby sung to the King by the 12 princesses which was based on a 16th century anthem by Byrd, the recording of which was sung beautifully by Melissa Lyons and the Women's Occidental Glee club.\n\nThe story is loosely based on the children's story. \"Barbie\" plays \"Princess Genevieve\", the seventh of 12 daughters of a widowed King (e.g. seven young women, plus a pair of twins who appear to be about 11 and a set of triplets who appear to be about 6.) Like the original, the story is about 12 princesses who having been banned from dancing, sneak off every night through a magic passage and take a magic barge to a special island where they can dance all night. However, in this version the killjoy who tries to stop them dancing is not the King their father, who loves them very much, but his cousin, Duchess Rowena, who he has brought to the palace to be their tutor. At first even the princesses do not realise quite what a bad mistake this was ...\n\nAs with many of the Barbie films, comic relief is provided by talking animal companions of some of the principal characaters. In this case Princess Genevieve has a pet cat, and the evil Duchess Rowena has an equally evil pet monkey, Brutus. The hero, who in this version is the royal cobbler, Derek, has a pet parrot, who for some reason talks with a greatly exaggerated Indian accent. (That's Indian from the subcontinent, not native American.)\n\nThose people who enjoy criticising what the Barbie franchise represents will not have much difficulty finding things in this production to sneer at. If you, or more importantly your kids, are allergic to an excess of twee sweetness, then this film and the Barbie videos generally may not be for them. And the female characters are all on the thin side of plausibility: I'm not worried that watching this is going to give my daughter anorexia as she likes food too much and has a good sense of the difference between fantasy and reality, but if you are worried that your children may be forming an unrealistic idea about how thin a healthy body shape is, that is a concern with this film.\n\nBut on the plus side: it is beautifully made, it will hold the attention of most small children for long enough for the typical exhausted parent to clear the mess they have made in several rooms of the house or collapse for an hour's rest after doing so. Alternatively there are enough more sophisticated jokes thrown in that you won't be completely bored to death if you decide to watch it with your offspring. And best of all, the soundtrack is almost worth buying the film for on it's own", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_253", "text": "Strings.  I don't need no stinkin' strings!!!\n \tA friend of mine told me about this movie and I went to the local video store and rented it. CRAZY!!! I thought that the CGI and wire work was so smooth that it almost looked real. However, after watching the special features of him doing the stunts from the movie LIVE!! Jackie who??? Bruce what?? Jet whatchamacallit ???? He is the martial arts star for the new generation.  For those that see the decline of martial arts movies, this kid gives us  hope", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_254", "text": "MLB Bloopers DVD review\n \tThis DVD was better than I could have asked for. It uses footage from the tv show This Week In Baseball [TWIB], and real baseball games over the past few years to cover the silly side of America's Pastime. It goes behind the scenes with a bunch of players including Tim Hudson, Ryan Dempster, select Phillies players,  and  many others, as well as looking at past characters who stand out in the game such as Tommy Lasorda and Yogi Berra. If you love TWIB's \"How 'Bout That\" section of the show, you will adore this DVD.\n\nAs far as I can tell, every major league team is shown, though some have the spotlight on them more than others. This is a must have for any baseball fan. It's by far one of the best MLB DVDs released in a long time.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_255", "text": "TONS of useful instruction - I love it!\n \tI'm the kind of guy who takes out large clumps of grass with every swing no matter what club I use. It's so bad that my \"so called\" friends wouldn't even go to the range with me anymore because I embarrassed them too much. I was the butt of all the jokes at the office too. \nI already had a closet full of VHS tapes and a few DVDs, I've spend hundreds on my local \"golf pro\" and I've been reading magazines for years, but I just never could figure out the what, where and whys of my game. A friend recommended this set so I got one and it's been GREAT. I could easily understand and follow alone with the tips so well that I must have watched all the tips in one weekend.  And after only a few rounds I could finally start to understand what's going on with each drive, approach and putt I hit and that's helped me improve enough that my friends are playing with me again. \nIn my opinion anyone would find these DVDs helpful. Even my local \"golf pro\" would benefit from this collection. However, I'm not sure I'll give away my new edge to all my \"friends\". At least until I can cut a few more strokes and they have to play catch up.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_256", "text": "Truffaut's Classic Relationship Triangle as Idiosyncratic, Disconcerting and Mesmerizing as Ever\n \tThe enduring legacy around Fran\ufffdois Truffaut's emotionally turbulent 1962 film depends primarily on how compatible the three actors are in inhabiting the triangle at the core of the story adapted from Henri-Pierre Roch\ufffd semi-autobiographical novel. And in showing that elusive rapport, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre and especially Jeanne Moreau provide superbly etched characterizations in one of the defining works of the French New Wave. Fortunately, the two-disc Criterion Collection DVD set provides an appropriately rich package for this classic, although the print transfer is frustratingly variable at times.\n\nThe story focuses on the friendship between two writers, an Austrian named Jules and a Frenchman named Jim, kindred spirits who enjoy a decadent lifestyle in pre-WWI Paris. Inspired by a statue of a woman's face with a most enigmatic smile, they agree that they are destined to fall in love with a woman with the same smile. Enter Catherine, as seductively capricious a free-spirit as ever there was in cinema, and the two men are instantly enamored. Jules is intent on marrying her, even though it's clear from the outset that she is not one who could commit for the long term. The war intercedes, and the two friends are fighting on opposite sides. After the war, Catherine, married to Jules and raising their young daughter, is emotionally dissatisfied and embarks on an affair with Jim. With Jules' blessing, things are idyllic for a while, but Jim proves too much the alpha male to defer to Catherine's whims, and the resulting imbalance leads to increasingly dramatic consequences.\n\nIn just his third film, Truffaut's trademark style emerges with fast cuts between scenes and naturalistic camera movements (courtesy of Raoul Coutard's fluid cinematography). Moreover, George Delerue's animated music score and Michel Subor's voiceover add to the evocative photo-album memory atmosphere. At times, the storyline feels a bit disjointed, but the fulsome performances more than compensate. Werner fully captures the internal struggle within Jules in attempting to reconcile his love for Catherine with her impossible demands on him. Serre has the comparatively more objective role but convincingly shows his character surrendering to the tangled situation. After her impressive turn as an obsessed adulterer in Louie Malle's \"Elevator to the Gallows\", Moreau solidifies her vaunted reputation here, conveying Catherine's petulance and unyielding passion in a vividly mercurial fashion.\n\nThe DVD extras are abundant starting with two commentary tracks. The first one, a more factual account of the production, was recorded in 1992 with Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouche, co-screenwriter Jean Gruault, and scholar Annette Insdorf. The second, produced in 2000, is far better as it has Moreau sharing her personal recollections of the filming with Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana. Disc One also includes a brief 1966 interview with Truffaut discussing Roch\ufffd and a 1985 featurette, \"The Key to Jules and Jim\", which contains interviews with the author's friends as they discuss the inspirations for the characters. Disc Two takes a broader look at Truffaut with five separate interviews with the director over the span of fifteen years, as well as insightful interviews with Coutard and co-screenwriter Jean Gruault", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_257", "text": "My kind of movie...\n \thad just enough tasteful sex to satisfy and oh yes, the movie was good too :", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_258", "text": "Great Acting, Great Movie\n \tGreat acting and development in the multi-linear plot movie. Very heavy movie however, that may be out of some people's \"reach\" as to understanding and appreciation. Strisand and Nolte were both brilliant", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_259", "text": "much needed.\n \tThis documentary is very concise, and very straight forward.  It does not beat around the bush or preach to the choir.  It features interviews with some very credible sources, all of whom have their unique take on such a timely discussion topic.  I really enjoyed the way the interviews were woven together.  This documentary makes a great point and I'd highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in learning the hard facts about the drug industry and its ethics", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_260", "text": "You can't  go wrong with these two DVDs!\n \tWe have both of these, although we purchased them seperately. Save yourself the time and money and just get them together. The Magical Halloween Adventure has characters picking out costumes to wear and then it goes into hayrides, pumpkin patches, carving pumpkins and making cider. There is a cute songs about monsters not being scary. The Elmo Says Boo! one has cute songs with different poeple and charcters and of course has Elmo all over it. We have had these since my daughter was 2 and she has never expressed fear about them or anything like that. In my opinion, they are not scary. Also, we watch them year round...especially the Elmo one. She will pull it out and ask for it...who knew you could have Halloween in July??", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_261", "text": "on DVD ?! you got to be kidding !\n \tI loved the series of the supermario bros supershow. I use to watch this all the time when I was in the 1st grade. Im still a big mario fan and I hope they will make an entire DVD collection. If they did I will buy the whole thing. I didnt know they were going to make this on DVD SWEET", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_262", "text": "Very Good\n \tFirst, off, if it has Pauly Shore it is pretty much guaranteed to be funny.  In this comedy, Pauly Shore and his buddy sign up to be in the reserves because they need the money, little does he know when he picks their area of expertise, water clarifacation, that it is something that will actually be needed and they get called into active duty.  Watch this movie", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_263", "text": "Believe it!\n \tThe uncut version of the anime is much better than what is aired on TV. Though there are still some diferences between the Japanese version and what is in the uncut version. I wouldn't recomend the special edition unless you are a hard core Naruto fan. The bonus items that come with it are mainly geared toward younger viewers and not much towards adult viewrs", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_264", "text": "Trashy, Yet Entertaining\n \tUp until now, \"Basic Instinct\" has always been that little movie in pop culture in which Sharon Stone uncrosses her legs and exposes her vagina for an instant. After watching this movie, that is exactly what I'll remember it for. This movie is pop culture staple, it's stupid and impossible to predict. As soon as you think you've got it, you don't, only to discover you do; as we we see with the ending. The movie what critics refer to as \"a bad movie\".\nAnd it is. However, people will forget \"Gandhi\" the Best Picture winner of 1980 something before they forget this movie. If you label your DVD collection, this would definitley be in the \"Guilty Pleasure\" section where you would also find movies like \"Wild Things\" and \"Cruel Intentions\". It's a movie that has big stars, a big budget, and a stupid story. But this all works perfectly. Oscar Winner Michael Douglas (Best Actor, Wall Street) plays Detective Nick Curran, an ex-alcoholic and smoker, who's investigating the murder of a former rock star. The person believed to have commited the murder is Catherine Tramell (Stone), a novelist who's novel has detailed the killing exactly. As Nick discovers more about the case, he finds simalar incidences involving Catherine and at the same time he begins an affair with her. Probably not the best thing to do when you're pretty damn sure she's killing people with ice picks. The movie is packed with cliches and occasional bad dialouge that is only annoying sometimes. Oddly enough, Douglas and Stone are perfect in their roles. Stone catches the feroscity, sexuality, and glamour of Catherine perfectly; and Douglas plays the vulnerable, yet tough cop perfectly, as well. I can't see another actor in any of these roles, which is one of the highest compliments I think an actor can recieve. While it looks like Douglas made the smart decision by not returning for the sequel, I look forward to seeing Stone playing Catherine Tramell again in the movie. So, film buffs who actually know what a Best Boy Grip is probably won't like this movie; but entertainment seekers will surely like it.\nAnd hell, if you don't even care if it's a good movie...The sex scenes are great.\n\nIN REALITY: B-\nHOWEVER, VERY ENTERTAINING: A-", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_265", "text": "Brazen, Ballsy  and  Brilliant\n \tNaysayers have proclaimed this neglected gem as depressing and self-indulgent, but perhaps they are just scared of seeing a movie starlet get truly \"real\" and show us the ugly truths about celebrity.  Asia's film would make a good double bill with DOGVILLE to make audiences realize the commonality between star worship and cannibalism. Ms. Argento pulls no punches--she splatters herself all over each frame, even introducing the film in a video prelude. She should be recognized as a hero, instead a lot of critics and viewers may think she is just being a self-pitying exhibitionist. But I bet if a man made this film, these selfsame critics would line up to praise it. Obviously many self-proclaimed feminists (of both sexes) are still secretly terrified, turned-off and intimidated when a women dares to actually show her \"real\" self. They are all the more angry because their knee-jerk reactions remind them they are not as ready to hear the truly \"liberated\" female voice as they might like to think. I say Asia has created something truly new with Scarlet Diva. It's ahead of its time and will one day be recognized as the forerunner of a brave new kind of \"chick flick.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_266", "text": "1975 World Series DVD Review\n \tThe product produced a clear picture good sound it was like being back in 1975 and experiencing that World Series for the first time. I enjoyed every minute of the games and interviews", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_267", "text": "There's something about repression.....\n \tRead between the lines, Stephane is nuts about her, and totally paralyzed.  This reminds me of Remains of the Day. Everything is inside, screaming to get out.  But there we are, tension city, with  nothing to do but yell at the screen, \"Do something!!! Kiss her!! ..\"  THe emotional tension is as tight as the violin strings in the background!   Vive la repressione!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_268", "text": "the ultimate film noir\n \tTHE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE is the epitome of how sublime the Film Noir genre can be.  The story of a seductive young woman who goads the handsome hired-hand into murdering her much older husband.  Based on the novel by James M. Cain and boasting the stylish performances of Lana Turner and John Garfield, this film was ensured of becoming an instant classic.  Over half a century later, we are still singing it's praises.\n\nFrom Lana Turner's memorable entrance as Cora Smith (clad entirely in white and smouldering like a stack of burnt tyres), the audience is taken on a rollercoaster of thrills.  The drifter Frank Chambers (Garfield) is so completely infatuated that murder can be as easy as picking up a lipstick case.  Cecil Kellaway, Karl Malden and Hume Cronyn co-star.  The new DVD from Warners includes a fantastic documentary about John Garfield, plus still-galleries and trailers. \n\nTECHNICAL DETAILS:\nAspect Ratio: 1:37:1 (fullscreen)\nSingle-sided, dual-layer disc\nSnapper case\nAudio: English (mono), French (mono), German (mono), Spanish (mono)\nSubtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Portugese, Dutch, Danish, Icelandic, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Swedish, Czech, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Arabic, English (hearing impaired), German (hearing impaired", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_269", "text": "WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE\n \tBEST MEN surprised me very much; I wasn't expecting such a delightful, if a little bit depressing, movie.  Directed by Tamra Davis with a keen eye on characterization and humor, this movie is one of those you smile most of the time, and have a good time with its surreal and zany plot.\nLuke Wilson plays Jesse, a convict getting out of prison after a theft, and who is getting married to his sweetheart, Hope (Drew Barrymore).  Along for the ride are his best friends (Dean Cain as a former Green Beret, who is gay; Mitchell Whitfield as the lawyer Saul, who was Wilson's lawyer; Andy Dick as the nerdy Teddy, who is in a bad marriage; and Sean Patrick Flannery, who plays Billy and is secretly the philanthropic bank robber known as Hamlet because he spouts off lines from the play when he robs the banks.  Billy doesn't tell his buddies that he's planning on robbing a bank before the wedding, but one thing leads to another and all the men are holed up in the bank with the local sheriff (Fred Ward) who also happens to be Billy's father!  Soon, the inevitably nasty FBI comes in, headed by the sadistic and cold agent, played with malevolent glee by the durable and dependable Raymond J. Barry (Dead Man Walking, The Chamber).\nThe movie moves from some very humorous scenes to a devastating finale.  This dramedy works because the performances are top notch and the script while manipulative is honest.  Brad Dourif gives one of his best performances since \"Cuckoo's Nest\" as the mentally challenged Vietnam vet.  Fred Ward, Dean Cain, Sean Patrick Flannery and Mitchell Whitfield are also excellent.  It's the best work I've seen Cain do.\nThe movie entertained me immensely, and I would recommend it to audiences who enjoy a dramatic comedy!  Or is it a comic drama?\nCheers", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_270", "text": "Thoughtful with interesting, sympathetic characters\n \tWhat happens when you title a movie \"Mind the Gap\" and lead the credits with Alan King? Few people under seventy become interested. But this is a great movie about life, relationships, and \"the gap\".\nJill Souble is darn cute, and the overall acting good to great. King did his usual pro job too", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_271", "text": "Angle Heart\n \tJust as I remember it when it first came out in the eightys.  Good movie but got little recognition, my wife who is 10 years younger than I had never heard of it, but was impressed", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_272", "text": "The Music Man\n \tRobert Preston is the best Professor Hill. This is definitely a classic keeper you want in your collectio", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_273", "text": "kicking little men and screechy women\n \tI'm not going to try to get all the characters names right in Yi Yi.  And there are a lot of characters, an extended family and various lovers and children.  Taiwan is a modern, impressive city, a place rarely seen on American television or film. I might be looking at Manhattan rather than Taipei.  The computer engineer's family, the wife with spiritual emptiness, the teen daughter involved in her first serious sexual activity, the grandmother on life support, and the eight-year old son teased to exhaustion by little girls, they live in a high-rise condominium over a raised superhighway.  Then there's the ner-do-well brother-in-law, so superstitious that he marries his pregnant wife only on a Chinese lucky day. His old girlfriend shows up at the wedding to raise hell.  She returns at the babies Chinese confirmation for more of the same.  A fight breaks out, kicking little men and screechy women. \n\nOur engineer had walked away from a young love, and while wife is with the monks, he renews the relationship on a business trip to Tokyo.  He is in love.  So is she, but, I can't tell you what happens without giving away this poignant part of the plot.  Engineer's daughter is having a rather unusual fling as well.  I've left out a ton of information as this film was close to three hours long, but watch the beautiful cinematography of Edward Yang, and his brilliant pacing.  One thinks it is real life.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_274", "text": "Quite funny!  Some sloppiness in the skits\n \tI thought this DVD set was halarious!  I was hoping it wouldn't be the case where I saw it before, and remembered it to be funnier than it really was.  But that was not the case.  It truely was one of the funniest seasons of a comedy show I've ever seen!\n\nI wonder if the cast has some sort of deal with Sprite, though, because you see so many current and former cast members from this show, in those commercials for Sprite.\n\nAnyone care to comment on this?\n\nMy favorite skits are probably the Movie satires, and the one with Michael Jackson doing an infomercial is halarious!  I also like the Rap Video, with Ice Cube in prison, doing a song about acting, etc.  Just phenomenally halarious!  \n\nMC White said:  Check it out!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_275", "text": "Kathy Smith - Functionally Fit - Peak Fat Burning DVD\n \tI really enjoy this workout, with the DVD I can do over the workout phase without having to rewind like with the VHS.\nI originally wore out about 3 of her VHS workouts from rewinding and using again.  That makes it twice as much as you would just rewinding them once", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_276", "text": "The Best of the Bounties\n \tEven though it tends to drag and the abuse gets a bit repetitive, this is by far the best adaptation of the famous British Navy story. Gable and Laughton are perfect for their respective roles and the period is brilliantly displayed.  I'm not a huge Gable fan.  This and Gone W/ the Wind are abt all I like him in", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_277", "text": "A classic\n \tIf you loved this movie, try 50 First Dates.  The surprising chemisty from Drew and Adam continues in that movie.  I love the humor and the 80s clothes!! :-", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_278", "text": "\"Love Story\" told by Paul Verhoeven\n \tFew days ago, I watched the documentary \"Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession\" (2004) about a channel that had brought the great and unavailable anywhere else films to its 100, 000 lucky subscribers in LA in 70s - 80s. While enjoying the clips from many Foreign and Independent movies that were the best part of documentary, I was able to recognize the movie that I saw many years ago in Moscow and still remember well, I could not only recall the title. I remember that the movie was Dutch, very erotic - in the raw, brutal, twisted yet beautiful and passionate way. Watching \"Z Channel...\" I was happy to instantly recognize \"Turks fruit\" (1973) aka \"Turkish Delight\" made by Paul Verhoeven in 1973. I checked with Netflix, the movie was available; I bumped it up in my queue and just finished watching it. My memory served me well - Verhoeven's early film is as naturalistic, earthy, brutal, erotic, humorous, poetic, poignant, and captivating as I remember it. Based on the novel by Jan Wolker, \"Turkish Delight\" stars young, hot, very sexy (and I mean it - VERY SEXY) Rutger Hauer as a bohemian free spirited and often cruel sculptor Eric and even younger Monique van de Van as his wife Olga, child-like yet as sensual as Eric was, \"the light of his life, the fire of his loins\". The film that describes their stormy relationship has become the most financially successful Holland's film that was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film and was proclaimed by Jan Wolker a \"75% masterpiece\".\n\nThere are not very many directors in the world that can create the atmosphere of raw sensuality as well as Verhoeven (of his Dutch period, especially). Verhoeven is known for uncompromising approach to his work, fiery temperament, and aggressive movie-making. Joe Ezsterhaus who worked with Verhoeven on two films said about him: \"The guy is like his movies: brilliant, mercurial, very daring, perverse, a wonderful series of paradoxes and contradictions...\" \"The Turkish Delight\" is all that and I love it but I can understand how its graphic sexuality, more than one disgusting and revolting scenes (but they had to be in the movie) and crude behavior may put off a lot of viewers. Be prepared, \"Turkish Delight\" is delightful but it is very intense and often not easy to watch.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_279", "text": "A very good season!\n \tI bought this season of Survivor (I never saw this season) but it was very, very good. I'm glad that Jon lost and Sandra won! I was shocked when they let outcasts back into the game. I'm glad that Lill came back. But I was mad that Burton came back! 4 stars", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_280", "text": "Sticky Cheesey Fun !\n \tUnfairly overlooked in the early 90's for rideing at the tale end of the last wave of 80's slasher films 'POPCORN(1991)' is a damn good little slasher flick with a somewhat dry but exceptable endind,some decent acting,a ludicrous story,some good dark atmosphere,decent kills,plenty of cheese  and  a pretty creepy villain. The parody of a slasher film being set in a movie theatre is excellent  and  Wes Craven  and  the makers of 'SCREAM' owe alot to this little known gem for slurping up some inspiration", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_281", "text": "StarTrek Voyager\n \tI am a very avid \"Star Trek\"  fan, and find the DVD's very worthwhile and interesting. ( My Star Trek interests go back to the original series with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy,  James \nDoohan, et. al.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_282", "text": "A Chris Farley classic\n \tJoseph Campbell would be proud of this coming of age hero story.\n\nHaru (Chris Farley) is a ninja school dropout. He still maintains a positive attitude. He gets an opportunity to help a Sally, a lady in distress (Nicollette Sheridan). His mission will eventually take him to the hills of Beverly. Sensei (Soon Tek Oh) is like a father to him. Sensei realizing he can not sway Haru from his mission sends another ninja Gobei (Robin Shou) who is Haru's spiritual brother to quietly help.\n\nOn this mission Haru, Gobei, and Sensei learn more about themselves.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_283", "text": "Who Framed Roger Rabbit\n \tI Loved the the fact the whole family can watch it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_284", "text": "great!!!!\n \tmy gosh mrs. bucket...bouquet has done it again... scared off the neighbors with tea and made us all spit our sides.\n\nplease buy this if you have any decentce", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_285", "text": "best snoop dvd\n \tthis dvd is the best one ive ever seen snoop put out. the concert footage and sound isnt the greatest but this dvd is so much more that i thought i was getting. Dont get me wrong the concert parts are so dope to hear my fav snoop classics and i was left with one question how did they get clearance from Suge to put out his Death Row classics, but this dvd shines as a replayable classic. You would be so so suprised at what is on this, see most people are happy getting a concert dvd like the up and smoke where snoop performs in one city, you watch it after fast forwarding through all the opening acts like westside connec and you dont have to watch it again for years...this is quite a different approach.  I was literally hurting from laughing so hard because this dvd gives you the bishop don juan, it gives you backstage, it gives you the norml conference...you cant even take it all in if you watched it once!  i say if you like snoop, if you like weed, if you like biatches and hiznoes, you got a winner with the puff puff pass", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_286", "text": "My Fair Lady\n \tAll time classic musical/drama/love story.\nNo matter your economic circumstances, with the right help anyone can succeed. (Just don't forget the people you left behind!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_287", "text": "An Exceedingly Great Dvd\n \tI had often heard about Degrassi: The Next Generation. I went on to the show's website often, even though I didn't get the channel it shows on. I knew as much about the show that everyone else did, and I didn't even see the show. So after a year or two of trying to figure out how to I could see the show, I heard that they were making a DVD, and I was so excited! \n\nI ordered it on ebay a few months after it came out, and it was fairly priced. I watched all of it in a day, and I was ecstatic. This show is all about what it is really like being a teen. Nothing fake, but not over-dramatic. Giving life lessons on everything, like internet relationships, the effects of using ecstasy, presssure (beer), family, rumors, first dates, and all sorts of things. Season One is especially perfect for prettens and early teenagers because it is based around a group of 7th and 8th Graders.\n\nOf course, through the Seasons, the characters face changes and more dramatic situations, but somehow, there is always a Season for teens and Preteens of every age to relate to. And that's what everybody likes about the show. \n\nThis DVD also includes auditions for most cast members, which are fun to watch, bloopers and deleted scenes, which add more to the episode, and a karaoke of the theme song which is also very fun. With cast and characters biographies, you can tell that the creators of the DVDs put as much into them as possible, and it pays off.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_288", "text": "A pure, perfect concert video\n \tA must-have for all Kate Rusby fans.  This beautifully-produced concert video is a pure winner, showcasing Rusby and her band at their best, before an adoring, appreciative English audience.  Several things are worth pointing out: first, what a delight to see how friendly and down-to-earth she is, and what a fine performer.  Authoritative, yet not stuffy or standoffish in any way, she presents these old trad ballads in a way that makes them seem like the most immediate and compelling of contemporary art... And, of course, the music is simply stunning -- the band plays sweet, but keeps things simple; it's warm and modern without muddling down in crossover pretensions, it's just simply lovely, lovely acoustic music.  Finally, there's the experience of seeing Rusby sing: is it possible such a perfect sound is coming out of that everyday-looking lass before you?  Guess so.  Now I'll have to redouble my efforts to see her when she plays live at a venue near me... I know it'll be a night to remember", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_289", "text": "CREEPY, EXISTENTIAL AND ULTRA-VIOLENT\n \tRevenge, it's said, is a meal best served cold. The creepy, existential, ultra-violent OLDBOY (Tartan) takes that dish and smashes it in your face with raging.\n\nWithout explanation, Oh Dae-Su, a businessman with a family, is kidnapped and imprisoned in a dank, dirty room for 15 years.  Suddenly he's released, given money, a cell phone and nice clothes.  On his way to revenge, he discovers his kidnapper still has plans for him, and it's something worse than what's already happened.  Now he's got five days to find him and balance the books.  \n\nRated R.  Genre: Asian Noir/Thriller.  2 Hours.  Actors: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh.  Director: Chan-wook Par", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_290", "text": "Great Show Especially For Baby Boomers\n \tI have been an Adult Swim viewer since Space Ghost CTC's early days. The Venture Brothers is probably my favorite of them all (The Brak Show was a riot also). I am in my 40's and so I can relate to all the jokes on the stuff I grew up on (Marvel, DC, Johnny Quest, Scooby Doo, etc). The formula started with SGCTC taking mundane kids 60's-70's shows and tossing them in adult situations filled with lots of sexual references (many homosexual), uber violence for violence's sake, profanity (beeped out but you know what they are saying), well you get my drift (think excrement jokes). It's Ted Turner in his old coot liberal ways taking everything that was semi American of good vs. bad in cartoons, and screwing it all to hell. But despite the same formula over and over (SGCTC, Harvey Birdman AAL, The Brak Show, Robot Chicken, Aqua Team Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, and probably some others I missed), I still watch and laugh, with The Venture Brothers being the best of them all. One thing that I really laugh about is that the teens and gen X'ers watching have little or no reference for where these jokes are coming from, they are just laughing at the situations and don't get the parody. I tried to tell a co-worker (whose 25 years old) about a Robot Chicken bit about Hogan's Heroes and he never heard of that show! I'm glad The Venture Brothers has got a strong audience, so thanks you young ignorant types for watching! I'm in baby boomer delight!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_291", "text": "Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis at their Best\n \tLemon and Curtis are a great team - \"Some Like It Hot\" and \"The Great Race.\"  In this movie we have great melodrama and the ageless story of boy meets girl (Natalie Wood) and she catches him.  The star-studded cast is enhanced by the superb acting of Peter Falk in one of his great comic roles, the hapless Maximillian always catching the short end of the stick by his perpetually out-of-sorts boss, the permanently crabby Professor Fate (Lemon).  Curtis does what he does best - looks dashing and debonoir in a role so familiar to him he could phone it in.  This DVD is a collector and one of my all-time top ten favorites", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_292", "text": "Better than I was expecting\n \tWaiting was a pleasant surprise.\n\nIt's certainly filled with crude humor, but it manages to be funny anyhow. My first job was in a restaurant much like Shenaniganz and perhaps that's why I found the movie so worth watching.\n\nThe game the employees play is over the top, but a lot of the rest of the stuff portrayed goes on. If you're a rude anus of a customer, don't think for a second that the wait staff and cooks won't mess with your food - they will. It pays to be polite and tip well, especially if you are a regular.\n\nChi McBride's character as the dishwasher who also dispenses free psychological advice was great, and I thought Luis Guzman did a great job as Raddimus.\n\nAll in all, based on personal experience, the movie wasn't that far off of what really does happen behind the scenes in a typical Golden Corral or Ryan's Steak House. Sure, the characters are over the top, but they are based on people just like some I've known.\n\nIf you're offended by frontal male and female nudity or crass sex jokes you won't want to see this movie", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_293", "text": "Martin Short's BEST!\n \tIn my opinion; there have not been enough roles that tap into the unique genius of Martin Short's humor with the exception of, \"Clifford\". My then teen children and I spilt our sides laughing at Short's work when we first saw this film! Several times we laughed so hard at a scene; we couldn't go on until we replayed the scene several times over. We were all in tears with uncontrolable laughter! All three of us still concider this movie to be among our most favored. Even if you are not a big fan of Martin Short; you will enjoy, \"Clifford\"", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_294", "text": "Differences between 'R' rated and 'rated' version\n \tRegarding the above title, there was very little difference between the 2 versions on this edition of the Dvd. There seems little point in the censors deleting the scenes as they did in the USA and the UK as they do very little to the film's context. Still, it's a very good horror film anyways with plenty of gore (if that's what you're into) and I'd still give it a 9 1/2 out of 10", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_295", "text": "Pleasing,but no Chop Top\n \tTCM III was a good movie.It had all the necessary tools and villians to make a good horror movie.It lacked the essential characters,though.It would've done better if they had brought Chop Top or Drayton back to life.The film is about two friends headed down to Florida from Texas when they come upon a pit of decayed bodies.We already know it was Leatherface,and the two drive on.The next day,they come upon a gas station,where a crazy,yet funny gas station attendant named Alfredo work.Also making his appearance here as well is Viggo Mortenson as Tex,a redneck cowboy who gives the two friends guidance.The two take the road he suggests after a near attack and end up stranded in the woods,pursued by the evr vigialnt Leatherface armed with his trusty chainsaw.It gets the job done every time.As in the Texas Chainsaw tradition,they are captured and prepared for dinner.One of the friends narrowly escapes and must take on Leatherface with the help of an Veteran they met along the way.It's an overall good movie and I loved it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_296", "text": "Yip, Yip, Yip...\n \tLove it...love them all.  Disagree about the pace of this one.  Heart of the Jungle is great even though it is slower and you have to own this one just to get the Tea Party show.\n\nIt is a must have.  Even if it is just for Polka Palace which is great unto itself.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_297", "text": "Streets Music Arts Culture  and amp; Knowledge\n \tSMACK volume 1 represents the streets, music, arts, culture and knowledge of the hip-hop generation. SMACK takes a deeper look into the lives of celebrities in their natural settings through on the spot interviews, from backstage to the studios. Features recording artists 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, and Eminem dissing Ja Rule in a never before seen interview. Then spend a week in Miami with Cam'ron and the Diplomats, and Pharrell beat boxing with Fam-Lay.Hang with P. Diddy as he hypes a harlem street corner battle and much more", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_298", "text": "Arguably the best of the movies\n \tWrath Of The Dragon.\n\nINTRODUCTION:\nThe Dragon Ball Z series is one of the finest animes out there, as any fan of Japanese animation will tell you. The series has a \"love it or hate it\" reputation, but those fans who get into the series are totally immersed by it for a number of reasons. Young people love the series for the fast-paced action and adventure, while older fans enjoy it for the sheer number of characters, and the way they are developed and evolve over the course of time. It's no wonder the series is considered Akira Toriyama's magnum opus, and by far the best of the three Dragon Ball series. When Toei animation made Dragon Ball into an anime, they didn't copy Toriyama's mangas verbatim. They added in many sagas and plot elements not in the manga, often as a result so that the manga and anime were released at the same pace. Toei even created movies based on the series! There were thirteen movies, two television specials, and one OVA/OAV. While not usually canon to the storyline, they are an undeniable part of the Dragon Ball Z franchise that can't be ignored.\n\nOVERVIEW:\nThis is the thirteenth of the thirteen Dragon Ball Z movies. \n\nTHE STORY:\nMajin Buu is beaten. Our heroes have won. Peace has returned.\n\nYeah, right. \n\nJust as everyone has settled down, Gohan and Videl rescue an old suicidal man, and help him to unlock the seal on a music box of his using the Dragon Balls. What they don't know is that this old man is from a race of warlocks who once unleashed a great evil upon the universe. The Z Fighters must join forces with a warrior who came from within the music box to fight against this unspeakable evil that once terrorized the universe. But are they strong enough?\n\nREVIEW OF STORY:\nThis is one of my favorite Dragon Ball Z movies, due in no small part to the unique storyline, and some battle scenes that are absolutely spectacular. Granted, I wish Vegeta had a larger role, but no big complaints there. There is no other part of the Dragon Ball Z series that has a storyline anything like this. The interaction between Trunks and Tapion is excellent as well. And the ending? Let's just say it stands on a plane all its own. You won't want to miss it.\n\nOFFICIAL?\nThis is a rare example of a Dragon Ball Z movie that could have taken place in the actual series storyline. Right after the defeat of Buu, this would fit into the actual series continuity. It didn't exist in the original manga so I consider it unofficial, but you be the judge.\n\nREVIEW OF DVD:\nAll of FUNimation's Dragon Ball Z DVDs are pretty much the same as far as content goes. There is no bonus content, unless you consider the obligatory trailers on the DVD to be bonus material. And honestly, I could have lived without them. Some more recent DVDs have character profiles, though these are lacking and could have been written better. Why couldn't get get interviews with cast and crew, or trivia/facts, something like that? FUNimation has a lot of room to improve on the DVDs.\n\nTHE DUBBED VERSION:\nLots of people tend to bash FUNimation's dub of the Dragon Ball Z series? Why? It's inaccurate and sometimes just plain stupid. They can do good dubbed versions for plenty of other animes, such as Full Metal Alchemist, but every time they've tried dubbing Toriyama's classic, they butcher it to hell. The nu metal they put in as background music only further defiles the original series. Stick with the uncut subbed track.\n\nOVERALL:\nGet it. Dragon Ball Z movies don't get any better than this.\n\nEDITION NOTES:\nIt was released in edited and uncut versions. Do I even have to say it? Get uncut. And watch the subtitled Japanese version.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "dvd", "split": "validation", "example_id": "dvd_validation_299", "text": "I love Chef!, but I am disappointed in this DVD collection\n \tI am a huge Chef! fan. I have been watching the show since it was on BBC America and my local PBS station. I was excited to find that the \"Complete Collection\" was finally available on DVD. I got the package and could not wait to start watching the show and that is when the dissappointment sat in. I realized that shows were missing from the \"Complete Collection\" like: Divorice?, Gareth's Father and the Christmas Special \"A Bird in the hand\". Can someone please tell me how this can be the \"Complete Collection\" with those episodes ommitted from the DVD?", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_0", "text": "Waste Of Money\n\tI bought these discs at CompUSA because I needed a few before I got the ones I ordered online. Well, I just wated a good 25 bucks because out of 5 discs, I got one that burned good. Not much bang for the buck. I have burned many discs but never Memorex, usually Verbatim or Ridata or MAM. Very disgruntled with these discs making coasters. Maybe my burners don't like them but whatever the case, I won't buy them ever again. I thought Memorex made good products", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_1", "text": "beware, re- bate not honored!\n\ti knew the cash back offer sounded too good to be true...and sure enough they rejected my upcs (i kept copies) only have hounding them and contacting the better business bureau did they say 'whoops a mistake' i have a fleeting suspicion this was intentional", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_2", "text": "Sad compared to older Models\n\tJust purchased 3 units , thought they would work as well as the Novi units they were replacing however they have absolutely no range . My original Novi 2 channel units worked well from a distance of approx 110 ft from house to barn , these only work in the same room... I am attempting to return these currently.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_3", "text": "Unresolved problem\n\tI am still awaiting resolution of a problem I have with these drives. In writing DVDs I get verification errors. This proboem arises if the drives are used in an external firewire enclosure. The drive works fine if internal in your computer attached to the IDE bus, but there is an issue if attached to your computer by firewire", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_4", "text": "Garbage!\n\tTo back up my personal DVD collection I burned 200 discs.  100 on these Memorex DVD+R's, 100 on Philips DVD+R's.  EVERY Memorex had flaws during playback.  EVERY Philips was flawless.  I've been buying Memorex for years but I'll never buy Memorex again", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_5", "text": "KILLS COMPUTER / UN-STOPPABLE SHRIEK ALARM\n\tI mistakenly believed the hype that this thing would PROTECT my computer from BEING KILLED, but instead, this thing has KILLED my computer FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 4 DAYS, EMITTING AN UN-STOPPABLE(i.e., CAN'T TURN THE FEATURE OFF) SHRIEK ALARM. How do smart, talented people idiotically convince themselves that a home product should have an ear-piercing shriek-alarm that can't be defeated / silenced? \nIn addition to doing far, far more damage than it can ever prevent, ask yourself -- do you want this un-stoppable ear-piercing shriek alarm going off in your house at 2a.m.? I BOUGHT ONE APC PRODUCT, AND SO FAR, THEY'RE 100% DEFECTIVE AND 100% DELITERIOUS TO THE USE OF MY COMPUTER  and  IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT'S DELITERIOUS TO MY SLEEP.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_6", "text": "NO SUPPORT\n\tLet's be honest.\nThis product ain't cheap. It's not something you can just throw away if it decides to stop working. \nI bought mine at cpenusa.com. Delivery was great, only took them a couple of days. However, my c-pen cable was damaged. The connector to the c-pen was, for some reason, cut in half. Without it, you can't recharge or connect the c-pen to the pc.\nI called their main office all the way in Sweden during the office hours. NO RESPONSE. I sent three e-mails to cpenusa. NO RESPONSE.\nI don't care if the product itself is great(I'll never know now, will I..). If you're unable to receive support when you need 'em, you're screwed. \nIf you're just interested in electronic equipments, just want to try things out and don't really care if you're on your own, go ahead and try it. Let me know how this thing really is. Otherwise, buy a product that you can trust on with respect to after-sales support", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_7", "text": "Okay, I guess...\n\tWhile the silicon used in the construction of the sleeve is very nice (feels grippy but not sticky if you know what I mean), some of the features are just wrong.  For instance, the opening for the hold switch on top was apparently cut wrong and does not line up with the switch at all - requiring you to have to push the cover around so you can flip the hold on or off.  Also, for whatever reason, the edge of the sleeve is right at the headphone jack which causes it to be somewhat difficult to keep some headphones seated during use (the sleeve can work its way in and pop the jack out).  \nThe armband is satisfactory at best - it's just a standard, no frills, velcro armband", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_8", "text": "It Does not Work with Macs\n\tThey totally misrepresent this product. It does not work with Macs. I feel cheated and lied to by Memorex, shame on you", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_9", "text": "COASTERS!\n\tI purchased this item and was excited to get them, but burning my first DVDs.. they're all coasters! ARG.. pass Memorex and go for a more expensive media, like Verbatim", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_10", "text": "Useless\n\tAs far as I can tell this thing doesn't work at all.  I have now tried it on 3 cds and it did not repair any of them.  I should have just replaced the cds", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_11", "text": "Hard to rate;  didn't arrive in working order.\n\tIt didn't work properly from the time it came out of the box.  The carousel wouldn't make a complete rotation, so CDs and DVDs would  get 'trapped' inside the unit.  And occasionally, it would simply refuse to play a DVD altogether.  Panasonic has directed us to a local repair shop, so maybe they can get it to function as it should.  If you do purchase one, please read the warranty carefully;  a defective unit will either have to be repaired or replaced with a refurbished one.  Panasonic informed me that they do not replace malfunctioning units with new ones, under any circumstances.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_12", "text": "Same as the others\n\tPowder from the toner cartridges get all over the inside of the printer and then ruins every page that is printed.  Every page that is printed from my printer has a greyish color due to the powder dirt inside.  It is impossible to clean it since the powder is everywhere.  The only way to get it clean would be to bring it to a car wash (obviously this would leave the printer with bigger problems than page color).  What a waste of money!!!  Good thing my office bought it and not me or I would be furious", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_13", "text": "Not  Acceptable for Multi-user or WEP Access\n\tI hoping to use the WGR101 to provide wireless, encrypted access to two laptops from a wired ethernet connection in a hotel. It worked fine in single-user, no encryption mode but that is not what I needed. I experienced severe problems trying to use it in single user mode with WEP or in multi-user mode with and without WEP. One or both laptops would lose the ability to connect to the internet at seemingly random intervals. Sometimes cycling the laptop wireless radio would restablish the connection, sometimes I had to reboot the laptops, sometimes I had to reboot the WGR101, and sometimes I had to reboot the laptops and the WGR101. Stay away from this product unless single user, unencrypted access is what you need", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_14", "text": "disappointed with the mouse\n\tThough I like the keyboard, I've found two serious problems with the mouse.  First, it is very sensitive to movement.  I've tried making some adjustments but it is still difficult to control.  Finally and more importantly, the mouse burns a set of AA batteries about every 8 days.  I only use the mouse about 6 hours a week so I should be getting a lot more battery life.  I've bought other Logitech products and have been pleased with them but in this case I wish I had bought another brand.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_15", "text": "Not a good product\n\tI purchased this to have a stereo for my iPod for primary use in my office, but to take with me other places.  I have the 30 gig Video ipod - it fits loosly.  The entire system seems cheaply made.  As I mentioned, I wanted to use it in my office - well, at the lowest volume control, it is not very quite, so I would annoy my co-workers if I turned it on.  Bottom line - Save your money!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_16", "text": "the volumen is not enough\n\tWhen I put this device in my mp3 player, I espect listen the music but I need a room completly silent and obviusly that no was my intention.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_17", "text": "I've had Dish Networks for two years now.\n\tI like the Dish Networks technology and the potential that it could be.  One DVR which covers two rooms is great.  The picture is clear when it works.  The menus/programming are intuitive.  The pricing is reasonable.\n\nBut, my complaint is RELIABILITY and SUPPORT...for the two years I have had Dish my TV picture seems to go out every 6 months or so.  Everytime I talk to Dish customer service I get a different reason why it could be out.  Several times I have gotten new DVR boxes mailed to me and there is always a dispute about who should pay.  Several times I have had Dish Net come out to my house and they have always tried to make me pay until I told them I'm tired of the hassel and just cancel me.  Now my dish is out again this weekend and I am missing the Ohio State / Michigan game because my TV says no Dish Signal (reason tbd).\n\nAnyway, if it worked consistently as advertised I would give it 4 or 5 stars.  But due to reliability I give it 2 stars.  And with Murphy's Law it always goes down when you want to watch that big event (prompting me to write this review instead of watching the game today)!!  I may have to switch back to cable.\n\n - J.Clark / San Jose, CA", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_18", "text": "Olympus WS-320M\n\tThe Voice recorder meets all my expectations and more\nEasy to use, easy to transfer great results", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_19", "text": "Insten - Gooseneck FM Trans. w/ Car Charger for iPod Nano ,\n\tTerrible Design did not fit my car's electical outlet, it does not work with my Jeep Liberty.  The jack construction is defective does not even power on", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_20", "text": "Doesn't last as advertised\n\tI have a Canon S2 and these batteries last almost as long as the cheap costco non-rechargable ones. They do take upto 8 hours to charge and Amazon is correct about that. Does anyone know of good long lasting 2500 Mah rechargable batteries?", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_21", "text": "I HATE DESE\n\tI HATE DESE KIND OF PHONES. DAY HAVE EM AT MI SKOOL N DA R TURRBLE. THEY HAV OK SOUND BUT DAY FEEL TURRBLE LIK PUTTIN TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON UR EARS. THEY F--KING HURT DOG. DON'T GET DESE, GET SONY H.EAR DOSE R ALWAYZ DA BEST", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_22", "text": "Disparate cord length- more than irritating.\n\tI read all of the reviews here and thought these would be the best option for easy transport AND low ambient sound i-pod headpohones without breaking the bank (I'm on a plane frequently). I wanted something that I wouldn't cry over breaking or losing during my many travels. I found that the uneven cord lengths are very irritating- especially if you like to use only one plug (like maybe at your desk at work). The weight of the shorter cord pulls on the longer cord and it is quite uncomfortable- even when sitting still. So then I thought these will be great workout headphones (won't be upset if I break or lose them), HOWEVER, the cords produce noise in the ear pieces everytime they rub on your clothing or your hand. The effect is very loud and disruptive to your music listening experience (even when you are sitting stationary at your desk). It is similar to wearing a stethescope, which defeats the point of wearing in-the-ear headphones (which are supposed to reduce the ambient noise). I do not recommend these headphones, because of this stethescope effect- I could get over the uneven cord lengths for certain uses (they are after all designed to wear behind the head). I'm on the hunt for better quality headphones", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_23", "text": "Not working as well as I'd like\n\tI like this style of headphone radio (especially when I jog), and haven't found any similar models that I like. This is my third purchase of this radio.  Each of the three have had problems.  First died completely (although it was used a lot).  Second still works, but last number doesn't show up on digital display.  I wanted a backup in case second died, so I ordered another one.  This third works least well of all.  At times, entire display is off, radio doesn't work at all, or it won't change channels.  Then other times it worked. Seems like might be affected by heat outside. However, I know have another persistent problem.  That being, it won't let me program the preset stations.  Again, I'm limited in my choices, and I use this type headphone a lot.  So I suffer through poor quality", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_24", "text": "Useless - does not retract\n\tI agree with the previous review.  This phone cord worked twice.  Now, it only retracts about half way, and keeps getting worse.  I'm returning it for a refund.  Don't waste your time with this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_25", "text": "Disappointing speakerphone\n\tI bought this phone for use in my home office based on the rave reviews on this site for its speakerphone.  Unfortunately, I have had nothing but repeated complaints that the voice is distorted or goes in and out, with the beginnings and ends of sentences frequently cut off.  I am in the market for another phone after just 2 months", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_26", "text": "Again, Monster has to be kidding (and they are)\n\tFor some years I tried this and other Monster products, to the tune of over $1000 in Monster a/v gear. The more you learn about video and audio, the more you'll avoid anything with the Monster label. Specifically, this s-video meets no NTSC, DVD or IEEE standard; it is common 30-ohm hookup wire with ineffective shielding and a poorly designed, low-conductance connect plug that can wreck your input jacks and gives poor grounding. Has a sharp image, but includes a catalog of chromatic aberrations from off-color skin tones to color blotching, dirty grays, burned highlights, murky shadows, noisy reds, and poor color balance due to impedance mismatching that results in cyan errors and bleeding reds. Makes video test patterns look great, but who watches test patterns all day? Amazon offers many other brands at good prices, why waste your $$ on this stuff? I removed every piece of Monster from my system and replaced them with AR, Belden, Viewsonics and others from Amazon. Result: vast improvement in every respect.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_27", "text": "Lousy Customer Support and Windows XP surprise changes...\n\tI bought this adapter along with the Linksys WRT54GL Broadband Router.  I managed to set them up and install them properly.  (The best advice I got from the \"Home Networking for Dummies\" book was to get a 100 foot Cat5e patch cable so that I could put my router in the place I where I wanted it, and hook it up with a wired connection first.  I actually only needed a 50 foot cable, and got it for $20 from a local electronics supply store.)\n\nSo I got everything up and running (remember to install your router first, and then your network adapter), surfed the internet for awhile, and then shut down my computer.  Here's where the trouble started....\n\nAs other reviewers have noted, the Linksys installation makes changes to your Windows XP configuration, de-activating the Welcome screen and the feature Microsoft calls \"Fast User Switching.\"  This happens with no warning.\n\nWhen I went to turn on my computer again, I got a new start-up screen for Windows, demanding a password.  I freaked out, because I don't remember ever setting a password for Windows.  I called Linksys, and was extremely unimpressed with their customer support.  The young woman seemed to be amused by my problem, and was actually laughing at me.  She began to start me through the process of completely re-setting the router to the factory settings (this would NOT have helped).\n\nWhat finally helped was figuring out (with no help from Linksys) that if you never set a password for your Windows XP logon, all you have to do is hit \"Enter\" at the password prompt.  That's all there is.  Linksys could have told me this, or better yet, warned before installation that these changes to Windows XP would take place and suggest setting up a User Password in advance.\n\nAnother gripe about this network adapter and the Linksys router--neither came with instruction manuals.  There is a 60-page instruction manual on the CD rom that comes with the product, but you'll have to print it out yourself (Do it before you install or try installing the product).  In the case of the router, I also had to do deep searching to actually find the instruction manual on the CD-ROM--it wanted to start up the Setup Wizard automatically and the instruction manual was not easy to access from the CD-ROM.  I guess this may be the norm now with computer hardware, but it still stinks.\n\nI do not recommend the Linksys WUSB54GC, primarily because of the unannounced changes it makes to the Windows XP system, and because of Linksys' non-existent or non-functional and rude customer support", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_28", "text": "Good idea, poor design\n\tSummary........good idea, very poor implementation.  Good software and easy to use, major problem is reception of radio stations.  I live in a major metropolitan area and have to practically stand on my head to get the radio shark to get clear reception (even with a plug in antennae)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_29", "text": "Got mine at the dollar store\n\tThey sell these at almost every dollar store, sure the sound quality might not be quite as good, but you're going to have signal loss whatever you hook it up to. These things sell for $1.50 CAN at  dollar stores and are worth every penny of THAT pric", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_30", "text": "Your money is better spent elsewhere\n\tLike most have pointed out, it's a digital signal and there's no need for all the gas-injected, gold plated, shielded stuff monster cables hype.  For analog signals this stuff absolutely makes a difference because analog cables are highly affected by outside EM interference.\n\nSome people have pointed out that monster cables are more durable.  So yes, if you plan on swinging around on your cables it might matter.  If, like most people, you plug the stuff in behind your equipment then leave it be for months and months, don't waste your money", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_31", "text": "overpriced\n\tThese speakers are o.k., but don't expect high sound quality (I bought these as refurbs, so maybe that is it, but when you turn up the volume, they don't sound good - I'd recommend going to a store and testing units before buying new).  Also, probably the biggest failure in my opinion is that they appear to be line of sight - that is, they fade in and out when you walk around the room.  This should not be a problem on this low bandwidth (but it is), perhaps the antenna needs a boost", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_32", "text": "Confusing description of item\n\tI wish the description had beem better. Somethimg like THIS PHONE NEEDS ANOTHER UNIT TO WORK! People who have never seen an expansion phone can be missled like I was. Returned item", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_33", "text": "No need of ear hanger\n\tI like the color and sony's technology of the earphone itself.\nBut the hanger that should be placed on your ear is worthless.\nWhen I put the earphone in the ears, the hanger part is just hanging in the air, not supporting the earphone to be placed in and steady.\nBecause of that, the earphones easily pop out of your ear", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_34", "text": "Needs help\n\tMy husband bought me this for Christmas because we were moving to a new city. He picked it out because unlike Garmin and Magellen it was created from the ground up for use on the road. The features are easy to use, the directions are great and when you need a new route because of roadblock or traffic - it really comes up with a great plan. However - my first one lasted 3 months before it died, I then replaced it with another one and it died 3 months later as well. I was very reluctant to buy a different brand - but had to for dependability. I still don't like my Garmin as much - but at least it works. Come on Tomtom - get the electronics working as well as the maps and directions", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_35", "text": "Total crap.  Sound quality is AWFUL.\n\tI returned this thing the day after I bought it.  \n\nI should of been clued in when I purchased it at the store, ALL the Transpod models had a little sticker on them advising them about the store's return policy.  I thought it a little unusual at the time, but after listening to the thing I understand why now.  I'm sure a lot of people had been returning this model.\n\nThe sound quality was really bad.  You have to turn your stereo WAY up to hear the music, and even then it sounds almost as bad as AM radio.  I'll add that the files I was playing were 192Kbps aac encoded files so they're decent quality too", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_36", "text": "Terrible and disappointing product\n\tThe battery life for this phone after one short year is abysmal.  After charging it all night, it dies after a few hours of nonuse.\nThe redial button simply has never worked. \nIt is not user friendly at all although I could live with this if the two issues above were resolved.   \nI contacted AT and T and requested that they send me a new model that works since this phone is obviously defective.  \nIf they refuse then I won't ever buy an AT and T product again and neither will anyone I come into contact with.  \nIt's that simple. \n\nUpdate...AT and T refused to do anything about the phone despite the obvious flaws,.  As a result, I will never buy another AT and T product again.\nAT and T, you are exhibiting the traits of a company that will go out of business.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_37", "text": "Software defeats purpose of flash drives.\n\tAfter having an experience with slow startup speeds (and actually freezing a computer) with the 1GB Cruzer Micro with U3, I feel compelled to write this negative review. The mere existence of a software layer to access the flash drive defeats the main purpose of existence of flash drives: a fast and higlhly compatible interface. Any hidrance to this convenience makes the device a liability. I work at an educational institution wher I am responsibel for organizing presentation sessions in which speakers often bring their presentations in a flash drive. As a matter of policy, we will not allow speakers to plug in to our computers devices that run any kind of software in the background", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_38", "text": "A bad choice for 16x writing\n\tWith a destructive toddler in the house I like to back up my DVD movies.\nHaving recently purchased a 25 unit spindle, I recently tried backing up several DVDs with my sony DRU-710A 16x DVD recorder.  Although the recording process initially did seem to work smoothly,  when I attemped to play back the disks recorded at 16x speed, I would have read errors and lockups on DVD players usually towards the end of the film (the outside of the physical disk, where maximum recording speed is obtained.)\n   I did have better reliability recording at 4x speed and suspect that 8x writes will work fine as well.  Given the fact that I paid a premium for this new high speed media, I am disappointed.  I have had nearly 100% reliability with Memorex 8x DVD+R, recently making 25 successful recordings in a row with this brand (ASIN: B0001MKU4S", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_39", "text": "John\n\tI have the Canon Rebel.  I had the same problem where files were corrupted.  Also, when clearing the card, some pics stayed filed.  I am not happy with this flashcard at all.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_40", "text": "Terrible\n\tI have a D-link router, and I couldn't even get this thing to connect wirelessly.  It works if connected with a ethernet wire, but that isn't really the point, is it?\n\nI called customer support, and the call dropped 4 TIMES!!!!  Even when I was able to stay connected, they obviously weren't listening to me, and were of no use in the end.  I'm off to go return.  Save your time, money, and aggrevation.  Avoid this like the plague", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_41", "text": "Garbage\n\tBefore you buy anything from Creative, google the words incompatible + legacy drivers + sounblaster + windows xp\n\nHuge compatibiltiy issues that will have Creative Tech help telling you to flash and update your system bios, chipsets, leaving an entire PCI slot between Sounblaster card and any other card, update drivers, yada, yada, etc. Read all of the issues from the aforementioned google, and ignore the Creative employee reviews (they are easy to spot). Creative ignores the fact that its products have huge conflicts with Windows operating systems", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_42", "text": "Returned item, wasn't blue tooth\n\tI ordered this keyboard/mouse combo and it turned out to not be blue tooth, so I returned it.  I'm sure it would have been great if I had used it but my Mac has blue tooth and I thought I was getting a blue tooth kbd and mouse.   \nI got an apple blue tooth keyboard instead and I found a logitech blue tooth mouse, which I also got.  (Apple doesn't offer a decent blue tooth 2 button mouse in anything like an acceptably reasonable price range)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_43", "text": "Caller ID Stopped Working on Day 3\n\tLove this phone.....if only the Caller ID would work!  It worked fine on day 1, day 2 worked on and off.....day 3 Caller ID not working.  Tried moving the phone to different outlets, removing the batteries  and  putting them back in, tried new wire etc.... The phone works great otherwise.  Loved the Caller ID when it was working--much larger than most and easy to read. Oh well", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_44", "text": "Break easily - even when you take care of them.\n\tIn terms of sound quality, noise cancelling, and general comfort - thise headphones are top of the line. I absolutely love the way the sound and the ammount of noise cancelling that they provide. I used them regularly when mowing the lawn and when flying, and I always recieved the highest quality sound and noise cancelleation. I was even able to listen to drum-n-bass while mowing the lawn and hear all of the appropriate frequencies on the low end. \n\nHowever... inside of 6 months, I have gone through 2 pairs of these headphones because the right ear headphone has gone out on them. The worst part is - I can't even begin to imagine why it goes out. I keep my heaphones in a locked cabinet in my office every night. Last friday, I placed back into the nice little carry bag that they come with, and placed them into this cabinet. This morning when I pulled them out for use, the right ear bud is out again... no physical damage is apparent anywhere on the headphones, and there is not a broken wire anywhere. In fact, the wiring is perfectly fine and still functional. It is the physical earbud - the hard plastic peice - that has gone out. If i squeeze the earbud hard enough, it will turn on again. \n\nSomething inside of the earbud is obviously designed improperly and I would highly recommend that noone purchase these headphones because of this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_45", "text": "Totally worthless\n\tThis product keeps changing home addresses; none of which are the address I typed in the initial field. It does not stay charged so that it is actually able to function as advertised if you are gone from home any length of time and you put your dog in a yard.  Additionally, gravity takes it down to the lower neck area in common use so that when the dog is doing normal dog things, the device sinks downward so that the antenna is pointing toward the ground.  The pictures are misleading.  We tried all of the advise the company gave us. It's just not a device that works when and where you need it to work.  It was a lot to invest to have this many problems.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_46", "text": "Don't waste your money\n\tI bought this for my 5g Ipod. I drive a late model Subaru with the lighter switch inside of the ashtray console. Firstly the transmitter was completely dangerous to operate while driving. Its impossible to use in Park and Neutral in my car. The controls are bulky.  The transmission cut out in mountains, on hills, and on the highway whenever I drove over 60mph resulting in my ipod starting and stopping because it shakes and wobbles in the console.  In short, it hardly worked and I was afraid to touch it while driving, lest I'd knock my gear shift out of place. Its cheaply made and all in all a complete piece of junk.\n\nThis is hands down the worst IPOD FM transmitter I have ever used.  I've previously used a basic Kensington all in one model  (stolen by wife, worked well but awkward) and ended up replacing this with a far superior Griffin Road Trip.  I reccommend spending the extra $15 on the Road Trip.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_47", "text": "On hold 50 minutes, 52 seconds\n\tI was on hold 50 minutes, 52 seconds before anybody answered.  I heard \"your call is important to us\" at least 100 times, which wasn't very convincing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_48", "text": "It works, but it is SUPER SLOW!\n\tI bought this reader for my laptop since it didn't have USB 2.0.\nBut to tell you the truth, I think this device is a little slower than USB 1.0!  I am going to buy the Lexar 32Bit card and see if that improves the download speed, because this reader is so slow.\nIt took me about 45min to download 2GB of photos from my Extreme III card.  That is unacceptable", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_49", "text": "Two big problems\n\tBasically a nice phone, BUT:\nA: I've had three of these phones, and sooner or later the little repositionable hang-up tab snaps off, rendering it useless as a wall-mount, and\nB:I can hear well with the speaker phone, but have to shout to be heard.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_50", "text": "Earplugs fall out\n\tThe absolutely worst headphones I have ever had.  Trying the different sizes, the earplugs just don't want to stay in my ears (even standing still).  The headphones that come with the I-Pod, and the earlier version of lanyard headphones were both much better.  The sound was fine, but not any better than the standard headphones.  A poor product.  I was very disappointed, as I have had good experiences in general with Apple in the past", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_51", "text": "You need a really small head...\n\tI was excited about these headphones because Creative usually has great products.\nI was sadly disappointed.\nThe connector is clunky and surely going to wear out it's flimsy wire on the jack.\nThe bluetooth signal is weak, take a walk down the street and it begins to distort like crazy. It also distorts at high volumes which you will need to use anyway because the sound is so low.\nIt runs out of power after only a few short hours.\nAnd worst of all, the headphones are impossibly tight, causing real discomfort. After only two days of using these headphones, I couldn't take it any more", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_52", "text": "Great hardware and interface spoiled by poor map data\n\tI really wanted to like the TomTom Navigator 5.  \n\nThe GPS itself is tiny, well-designed, and very sensitive.  It worked fine from down in a underdash cupholder or in the glove compartment.\n\nThe interface is attractive and easy to navigate.  The voice prompts are clear and loud.\n\nThe installation on a Mac was problematic.  Search on TomTom OSX for details, but suffice it to say that the installer included on the CDs simply doesn't work and a new one must be downloaded.  Once past that, it ran fine on my Treo 700p.\n\nUnfortunately there is one fatal flaw - the map database.  In using the Navigator in both California and North Carolina, the maps regularly had misnamed streets, exits referred to by numbers where there were none, and directions that lacked critical information like heading (i.e. take the 101 instead of take 101N when approaching a complex interchange).  \n\nWorse, the company seems to be actively hostile to updating these maps.  If you go to the TomTom site, you can purchase maps on a city-by-city basis.  Are they newer than the ones that came with your unit?  Who knows?  TomTom lists no version info and seems to expect you to buy and cross your fingers.\n\nThere were just too many errors that I saw while traveling in areas that I'm familiar with to trust the TomTom maps for any unfamiliar territory.  Everything else is great, but the whole point of a GPS is accurate navigation.  And sadly, that's where the TomTom Navigator fails", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_53", "text": "Not a Universal mount!\n\tIf your cars Dash is curved or sloping, this mount will not work. Did not work on a 1988 Mercedes 300E or a Daewoo Lanos. It might work if you have a perfectly FLAT dash. I had to return the item as it did not sit properly. Even the slightest touch from a finger would make it slide down. Those of you who are clean freaks like me, BEWARE. Products like armour all which leave a protective coating on your dash will further reduce the grip of this stand! I would not trust a $800 piece of equipment on an unreliable stand like this when even a slight touch of a finger can make it slide down. What about jolts and bumps while normal driving? I did not wait to find out using my $800 GPS as an experiment", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_54", "text": "and lt;em>Poor fit, poor quality sound, decent mic and lt;/em>\n\tEveryone has already covered the basics, so here's the highlights:\n\n The audio listening quality is poor, especially for 40mm drivers (which normally sound good with strong bass response).  This is due to the fact the speaker itself is far from the ear canal, since the outer padding contacts the side of the head instead of the actual speaker pad.\n\n The headphones are heavy, which means a large amount of pressure is required to hold them in position.  They slide very easily off the head, and apply a lot of downward force on the ears.  I have a big head, and even made some slight modifications that increase the pressure, now they don't slide off, but are uncomfortable for more than an hour of use.\n\n At first, the volume slider is stiff, but then becomes smooth.\n\n After 4 months of use, the mute switch is getting loose, I don't expect it to work 4 months from now.\n\n I really like the microphone portion of the headset, the angle is adjustable, and the volume is loud and clear.\n\n In the end, these headphones have a good microphone matched with very poor quality headphones.  Next time, I'd grab the cheaper Logitech headset, where they are nice and light and the speaker pads make contact with the ears, not some large outer pad", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_55", "text": "The disappearing MP3 player\n\tI have a 5gb but a lot of the H10's are having the same problem.  I can play all of the songs that I owned myself but everything through the subscription service has run out and can't be reinstalled. I've done a little research about the disappearing MP3 player and it appears to be a problem that is affecting a lot of the H10's and 1 other model I can't remember right now and iRiver can't figure it out; although I've been told they are trying desperately to find the bug....So buy with caution....", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_56", "text": "Should have check first\n\tI went looking at Fry's for a mapping software and bought this before looking online at reviews.  I'm now stuck with a bazillion (ok, just 17) CDs and a product that takes minutes to load once you initiallize the program.  I still can't figure out how to access any info on Hawaii or Alaska and I'm waiting each time an average of four days before \"tech support\" haha will write me back.\n\nDon't buy this.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_57", "text": "doesn't play.....\n\tthese cds burn fine BUT they won't play in most cd players.  I've tried it in two car aftermarket cd players, brand new mazda, and a brand new F1500 - they all did not read the cd.  Most computers can read them, but other than that they are not very usable", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_58", "text": "Didn't last long\n\tThe card lasted about 3 months then just died.  I'm disappointed considering the cost.  When it was working it seemed to have better range than my builtin centrino web access card.  I don't know if I got a lemon but now I have to check the warranty.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_59", "text": "I hope Sony will go back to the old (SRF-H3) design\n\tLike another reviewer, I had the SRF-H3 model, and loved them - comfortable, secure, decent sound, and *almost* indestructable.\n\nI was hoping these would be \"new and improved\". Well, they are new... I really do not like them. The electronics/sound seem to be at least as good as the SRF-H3, which is fine, but the new design does not work for me at all, for 3 reasons.\n\n1. The bigger band that goes over the top of the head is almost square - flat on top, instead of curved, so the weight all rests right on the crown of my head.\n\n2. The smaller band, instead of keeping it secure, just loosens up rather than hanging on.\n\n3. The earpads, which were on wobbly stalks on the SRF-H3, to match the angle of the ears, are fixed on this model. so they push more on the rear edges of my ears, and push the headphones forward.\n\nThe quality of the electronics and sound don't do much good if the things are a pain to wear. Maybe they will work well for some head shapes, but not for mine. Bummer... Maybe I can find the old model somewhere.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_60", "text": "Greatly Disappointing\n\tI can't say enough positive about Logitech mice.  This device, however, was a dismal disappointment.  The PC interface works well, and its knowledge of existing components seems impressive.  Unfortunately, that in no way translates into a good remote interface.  The ability of the unit to reliably turn on multiple components was poor, and, for those with video recorder boxes, very important functionality like the ability to access or schedule recording lists is not readily available (if its there at all, its hidden many keystrokes deeper than I care to know about).  Even when reverting to manual operation of individual components, changing which device is being accessed involves two keystrokes (as opposed to just one on less complex universal remotes--a much more irritating trait than one might think).  Overall, for day-to-day functionality I actually consider the barely-programmable remote that came with my Scientific Atlanta DVR vastly superior to the Harmony, which I've given up on after only a few days of forced use.\n\nConsidering the ridiculous pricetag, I strongly advise you save yourself a lot of money and your relatives a lot of frustration this year by steering clear of this sad study in user interface failure", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_61", "text": "Not impressed\n\tI am an RPN devotee and have owned two other HPs going back to the original 11C. But this calculator is horribly unreliable because it seems to ignore key entries occasionally. (Although you hear and feel the click, nothing happens)  Also, the keys themselves may \"bust loose\" and start to wobble even after little use. This is my third replacement in the last two years. Be sure and save your receipt because quality control is absent on this one.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_62", "text": "WAIT....BETTER DEAL\n\tBuy the \"empty\" player for 37, then get a 128 mb card....its only 5 bucks mopre total.....", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_63", "text": "Microphone volume too low and can't be set\n\tShort answer: The microphone volume on this is set too low relative to the speaker volume, and cannot be adjusted independently--either through the device or at the O/S level.\n\nI spoke with tech support, and they said this was to keep the echo-cancellation software from having issues.\n\nSo as a speakerphone, this device is useless.\n\nI'd have given it one star, but the rest of the device is actually very well designed, easy to setup, and so on.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_64", "text": "Another sad confirmation..no go for Shuffle\n\tIt is rather ironic that this device was so cheap that despite the fact that IT WILL NOT CHARGE AN IPOD SHUFFLE...it cost more to ship it back than I would get in a refund.\nBought from an Amazon associated store (Tiger Direct) for $4.99. I also bought the matching car charger for $3.99. NEITHER WORKS WITH THE IPOD SHUFFLE. Oh well. \n\nBelkin makes a iPod dock connector to USB adapter that allows you to use your existing FW based stuff for CHARGING ONLY...., I think that is the ticket for charging the Shuffle on the road", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_65", "text": "100 uses for a dead mouse\n\tWhen it works, this mouse is simply wonderful. Small, accurate, easy to recharge, easy to carry. Under those conditions, it's probably my favorite mouse. I've found that it's equally good for both Mac and Windows.\n\nOne complaint is that when it's tethered to the USB port for recharging, it works nominally, but becomes very slow and awkward. It's not at all the same behavior as seen when it's completely free to move.\n\nMy first incarnation of mouse lived a long life of about 10 months. My second incarnation of mouse, however, just died at the tender age of 4 months. I've attempted mouse-to-mouse resuscitation, but to no avail, having found that Iogear technical support exists by name only. I have sent multiple requests for help, and have received not a single answer. Both mice died identical deaths. Suddenly it stops being able to hold a charge, and freezes after about 5 minutes of use. Even when tethered to the USB port for a recharge it freezes. \n\nI'm sad that a technologically good product should have such terrible quality assurance in its manufacture. And such terrible customer support in dealing with its lack of QA", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_66", "text": "Failure to please\n\tThe z-5450 has good points, reasonable cost, ease of use and ease of setup. It has a major fault in a buzzing noise made when the unit is turned on. Give this item a pass, wait for the next generation and a guarantee that this problem has been corrected", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_67", "text": "Track problems - buy the cyber home\n\tThis thing looks great - but it still has tracking problems as these cheap units tend to. Do yourself a favor and buy the cyber home - it's the only cheaper unit that seems to have some quality to it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_68", "text": "Useless - does not retract\n\tI agree with the previous review.  This phone cord worked twice.  Now, it only retracts about half way, and keeps getting worse.  I'm returning it for a refund.  Don't waste your time with this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_69", "text": "Too many problems\n\tI had a D-link USB adaptor before which was really good, but was old.  I upgraded to a wireless G Linksys USB adaptor, but I was supplied with old goods (a Linksys sales manager confirmed that), so I sent that back.  I thought I'd try D-Link again.  Bad move.  First, I tried to upgrade the drivers.  My current version was 1.0.5.0.  I downloaded the version 1.12 from D-Link's site.  After uninstalling and reinstalling (several times) I still had 1.0.5.0.  An hour and a half on the phone with D-Link tech support and I still had 1.0.5.0.  Another hour on Google, and I'm not the only one with this issue.  Seems to be a version-control issue with D-Link.  Then, even more irritating, every time after I use my wired connection and go back to wireless I have to reinstall the drivers and reboot.  And re-enter all my security info again.  (I believe this has something to do with using a different USB port from the last time, but whatever the reason, it's unacceptable).  This adaptor's going back too.  Don't know what I'll try next.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_70", "text": "TDK Branded, not made by TDK\n\tThese discs are not really TDK - they are low-quality discs branded and priced as TDK.  \nI have a Samsung S182M DVD Burner and it will not recognize these discs at all.  It just spins them around and around forever.  The one time I got it to recognize one of these, it reported that it was Media ID Daxon0016s.  Avoid these.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_71", "text": "Terrible network card\n\tSUCKS I had this right form the start with my compaq 7970 which is amd k7 processor and has the via chipset.  The computer seemed to work for a while or at least had few errors when I first used it but I guess that was when I had windows 98 for 2 years. When I upgraded to windows XP it just got terrible I had frequent blue screens and errors. I thought it was my video card or my ram or Irq sharing tried all that didn't seem to be it.  Eventually I was wrong it was this card as mentioned before by others apparently it does not like some amount of internet use and when the card gets stuck it shuts down and windows xp just says error or points to the video card or irq sharing ot page fault in non page area as the problem.  The card was the problem buy another card other than fa310,fa311 the one I have and fa312 even if you have intel or something else I would not waist my money on this card it will probably give you problems down the road.  I have tried updates from [...] and updating my ram and video card  have checked my irqs and reformating hard drive none worked. I put in a 3 com card I bought a few years before this computer and wow no crashes that other computer is now wirelessly connected to my home network", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_72", "text": "Mac users: D-Link's claims about compatibility are false. Look elsewhere\n\tI have a G4 tower Mac that did have a built in Ethernet.  Unfortunately, a lightening strike took out the port and I was forced to get a PCI card to replace the port.  The first card I bought was the D-Link DFE-530TX+.  I was excited because the box clearly said that the card would work with Macs and that the \"minimum requirement\" was OS 10.2.\n\nThey lied.  OS 10.2 is the _maximum_ for this card.  For most people, it won't work with 10.3 and up.  D-Link has no driver for 10.3 or higher, only 10.2.  A google search shows that some people have been able to get the card to work with 10.3.  I couldn't.  I tried several different drivers (some users recommended a driver from Realtek) and none worked.\n\nIt's my guess (and totally a guess) that this card is really only for older Macs that are limited to 10.2.  D-Link doesn't seem to have any intention of supporting modern Macs.\n\nThis is the second D-Link product I've used (the first was a cable modem) and I've been disappointed both times.  I can't speak for Windows users, but this company doesn't deserve Mac business.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_73", "text": "Its a piece of junk\n\tThis player is a piece of junk.\nFirst the USB really doesnt mean you can hot swap. You can access the files only if the software is installed on the computer which means that you cannot pick up MP3 from any computer.\nSecond, it gives errors with XP. It tries  to install drivers every time.\nTHird, removing old and adding new MP3 is such a hassle. It takes minutes to delete old files and add new. Seems like you are working with a floppy.\nFourth, its Mojo software hangs all the time.\nFifth, it sucks battery life.\nSixth, if your MP3 is not in a directory, i.e. if copied directly, it wont show. Then it wont delete and will show 200 MB as not free space. Formatting is the only way out.\nSeventh, it came with a mail in rebate which never showed up.\nOverall, a bad experience", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_74", "text": "Poor Quality and \"Zero Customer Service\"\n\tDoes the unit work??,...Well yes to a degree. It takes 6 holes to lock on to the satellites and then does a fair job of giving distances. The display is poor and though they say \"up to 40 objects per hole\" there is normally 2-4 objects per hole. All this depends upon the Skycaddie course recorder. The user (you) can not modify the course or add any objects that the  course recorder didn't think was important.\nNow the bad part. The unit attaches via button and belt clip (like a cell phone). My button (part that attaches to main unit) has died twice in the first 30 days. When it breaks again,...which it will often,..the unit will probally hit the dirt. This isn't good. But fear not. It will be packed away weeks trying to get in touch with Skygolf. And another week to get a replacement button (which has been modified even weaker than the original one). Now my replacement broke on the first time I clipped it to the belt. Now back to Skycaddie to get another. After being on hold for another hour, they need to transfer you to another tech that handles parts. This will take another hour. You then get a message to leave a message. Normally within a week someone will call you back. By normally I mean about 35% of the time you leave messages they return them. Would I buy another,... duh,.... NO", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_75", "text": "Dumb dumb dumb\n\tWhat do they say about fools and money?\n\nHDMI uses TMDS which is a digital transmission system with built-in error correction. TMDS has been designed to work over cheap cabling and a $10 HDMI cable will meet the specification. If you spend 9 times more on this cable than another one then you have just wasted $80. That's all there is to it. \n\nYou don't need expensive shielding or gold plated connectors for a cable. The picture or the sound are not richer or more vibrant with a $90 cable over a $10. In fact the signal is identical. Let me repeat - HDMI ( and  DVI-D) devices talk digitally with error correction. This cable and ones like it are for suckers only.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_76", "text": "A lame duck card\n\tI purchased the 1gb Lexar card, and 5 hours after I started using it, I've got corrupted data that no amount of formating or data deletion will remedy.  Given that I had already disceted the box into small pieces to send in for mail in rebates, I contacted Lexar and sent it to them on a Warrenty claim [cheaper then driving back to the retail location I purchased it at anyway].\n\nI got it back yesterday, and it was suffering the same problem I sent it in for in the first place!\n\nTheir solution, they pay for the return shipping of card #2, and swap it out for two 512mb cards.\n\nNot happy.  But at least they are somewhat responsive to fixing the problem", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_77", "text": "Terrible\n\tPlease, do not buy or use this product. The \"hand-stitched, supple leather\" scratched my new 60G black iPod video. The description says it \"will fit all iPod videos\" but mine was very tight. So far, DLO has not answered my complaints. Neither has Apple. I bought the Speck ToughSkin (have not received it yet) and hope it helps me heal the pain. Bad product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_78", "text": "Don't buy it  for C340\n\tI bought it for my c340 but it does not work with it. Maybe it was my fault for not reading the description in depth.  I really thought it did say it is good for street pilots, though. There might not be anything wrong with the item but it needs a better technical description", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_79", "text": "Useless - does not retract\n\tI agree with the previous review.  This phone cord worked twice.  Now, it only retracts about half way, and keeps getting worse.  I'm returning it for a refund.  Don't waste your time with this", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_80", "text": "I bought 2 pairs of this radio\n\ti bought 2 pairs of this radios and 1 of the pairs have a damage radio, the microphone dosen't work and i cant fix it!! :(\n\nim sand about it!!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_81", "text": "disappointing\n\tPurchased the transmitter for my MP3 player.  Reception is poor with constant static through my car radio.  The instructions (which you don't see until you have already purchased the product) says antennas integrated into the window can have problems.  Since that is the only purpose for this device, I don't understand why Monster is selling a marginal product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_82", "text": "extremely uncomfortable, but good sounds\n\tthese are extremely uncomfortable.  It's too tight and will hurt the ears.  However, if you're head is small enough, perhaps it might be okay.  On the bright side, they sound extremely well", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_83", "text": "Horrible, horrible, horrible\n\tI adore my nano, but this armband is one of the worst products I have ever bought.  I work out quite a bit with the nano and the band comes off multiple times during my workout.  The spacing of the velcro dots means I never get exactly the right fit and the band gets ripped off anytime I do weight lifting close to my body.    It is also as other reviewers mentioned hugely overpriced for what it is.  I am ordering a band from a different company and this will go straight to the garbage.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_84", "text": "Great looking maps, can't find its way out of a paper bag.\n\tI logged 870 miles with the iway 350.  270 miles around maryland it was / is a great item. I took it on our first trip to New York and Long Island and it was terrible. The first problem occurred on the New Jersey turnpike. I was supposed to use the turnpike from start to exit 18 and at exit 4 we stopped to eat. The unit said I was off course because the rest area was 100 feet from the highway. However when we returned to the highway the unit could not chart the course any more. It said I was doing 95 miles a hour when i was doing 70, and it would lose satellites and go searching for them in the middle of the highway no obstructions of any kind anywhere. I even pulled over at exit 6 and we waited for 20 minutes to see if we just needed to stop the car for it to do the job. It did not recalculate our course until after exit 18 some 100 + miles from when it acted up. We even tried a full restart and cancel route and retried again from the address book and from direct typing the information again. About 1 mile from our destination it worked for 2 blocks and was lost again. Then after 2 more blocks we found where we where going. We often get lost on this trip this is why we purchased the unit. Then on the trip from the Bronx to Long Island a 30 mile trip it stopped 5 blocks into the journey and was recalculating. I had to call the people we where visiting and they directed us by phone. However about 1 mile from their place it started working again. We used it on long island with no trouble at all. Then on  trip back to the Bronx it worked pretty good only losing its position once on a major highway no trees or obstructions. Then on our way back from the Bronx to long Island it was lost half the way finding position and calculating . The same exact way we went in both directions but it was clearly not right leaving the Bronx. On our way back to Maryland it operated pretty good after a short stretch of lost signals and redirecting and we used exactly the same roads in both directions. I did update the software to the new 1.2.0 days before we took the trip.  \n\nAlso charting the 212 mile course to the Bronx NY took close to 20 minutes, then the extra destination to Long Island a 30 mile addition took the Iway 350 30 or so more minutes. I figured with all that time the trip home calculations would be faster but I fell asleep after waiting  over a hour for it to complete the task. I feel this is one issue the unit has. Longer trips take so long to calculate so when it thinks your off track it takes forever to chart a new course. On short runs under 20 miles it was very fast.\n\nI returned the unit and got a Garmin C530. The C530 is a very nice unit fast in every respect.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_85", "text": "Great picture -- when signal doesn't drop\n\tAll HDMI cables are created equal...well, yes and no.  While the signal is 100% digital (which means that $20  and  $150 cables give the exact same picture quality), it doesn't mean that each HDMI cable type gives the same rejection of noise (signal to noise ratio) as other HDMI cables.\nI've had this cable a few weeks now, and am consistently getting digital \"dropouts\" every now and again (only that part of the image looks scrambled for a few seconds) -- very annoying while the action is in the scrambled section.  Went out and bought the Monster HDMI cable (not exactly cheap, though...) -- the Monster cable gives the exact same picture quality as this cable, except the Monster cable did not experience the digital \"dropouts\".\nIf you don't mind seeing the dropouts every now and again, this is a great cable.  If you want a picture that doesn't experience any dropouts, get the Monster cable.  Regardless, the picture quality is the exact same between the cables (minus the dropouts)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_86", "text": "Nice features, but can't compete with Cox DVR\n\tI have been a DVR user through Cox Cable for approx. 1 yr, and have always been disappointed.  I have kept my eye on Tivo for some time, and when my DVR box went out for the 2nd time, I decided it was time to try Tivo.  I got a refurbished Series2 DVR that was free for signing a 1 yr commitment for $12.95 per month. \n\nI received the Tivo only 2 days after I ordered, very impressive since I didn't pay to have it shipped that quickly.  The setup was reasonably straight forward.  I had heard so much about Tivo that I had very high expectations, and here are the problems I encountered that surprised me:\n\n1)  My first mistake was not recognizing that you have to get a Dual tuner unit to be able to record 2 seperate programs (DVR does this automatically).  So I ordered the wrong unit.  To be honest, I don't see how this service is very useful at all with only a single tuner, my family relies on dual tuners A LOT.  I am shocked that Tivo even offers a single tuner system, to me it's like a tricycle compared to a 10 speed, a dual tuner is so much more useful.  \n\n2)  I thought I would be able to hook up a wireless receiver to connect to my home network.  No, you have to buy theirs for $40 to $50.  Since I didn't know that, I had to rely on the phone line option.  This really stinks, it is very very very slow.  I spent 2 hrs trying to download one days programming, the system kept getting interuppted during download (yes I disabled call waiting).  \n\n3)  When you use the online program guide, it covers up the entire screen.  My Cox DVR puts the TV in upper right corner (approx. 1/4) asnd the rest of the screen lets you see the guide.  We use this all of the time to see if there is anything better on, but that won't work so well with Tivo.  Plus, scrolling up and down is painfully slow, the screen takes for ever to refresh.\n\n4)  Similarly to item 3 above, when you review recorded programs the show you are watching is turned off completely, you can only see the Tivo guide.  Again, Cox DVR lets me look at my list and delete files etc.. all while my TV program stays visible in the upper right corner.  \n\n5)  Remote wouldn't work with my 42\" Akai plasma.  I can't fault Tivo too much on this one, none of the universal remotes seem to work with this TV for some reason.  \n\n\nI did love some of the Tivo features and wish my Cox DVR had them:\n1)  Wishlist\n2)  Tivo Suggestions\n3)  Can access your Tivo through internet\n4)  View photo's through Tivo.\n\nIn the end my items # 3 and 4 were things I just couldn't get past, so I returned my Tivo.  They were friendly and helpful and I really wanted to like this product, but in my opinion it's not able to compete with the speed and power of the Cable companies DVR.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_87", "text": "Low quality networking solution for low budget.\n\tI initially chose this router because of its low price. Sometimes, you get what you pay for, and that is exactly what happened to me. As a wired router, this works well enough. It connects four computers to the internet. Just don't do anything to intense with it, and you should be fine. I noticed that when I view video media, the connection totally freezes. But for basic internet and downloading, it works.\n\nI generally find, however, that no one buys a \"wireless\" router not to use wireless, and that is where the problem is. The receiver is so painfully finicky, it does not keep connections. The configuration of this router is about as easy as brain surgery. The linksys support team tries to be helpful, but I can't seem to make this router reliable. It drops reception all the time. Many times my laptop won't even detect a signal. The wireless performance of this router is abysmal. \n\nI sincerely hope that if you have this router, it is working flawlessly for you. I can't get it to work well for me not matter what I do. The difficulty that I am having with this equipment is so bad that I am going to replace it as soon as I can.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_88", "text": "Worked for Seven Minutes, Then Quit\n\tWhen I plugged these in they worked fine for about seven minutes, then the speaker's internal power simply cut off. Happened on the AC adapter or batteries, whether I was using my computer or my iPod as the sound source. Same behavior every time. \n\nLogitech sent me a replacement from a new production run, same thing happened. Sent it back to Logitech on my nickel, got another replacement from same production run (Product ID: A612). Same problem.\n\nAfter two months and many long waits for Logitech tech support, I'm giving up. Maybe it was just a bad run, or maybe my environment is flukey, but I'm sorry I ever bought this thing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_89", "text": "Can't get it to work.\n\tThe Netgear wireless router product is apparently in working order because I mailed it to my son in Tennessee who got it to work just fine on his equipment which is the same as mine. Surely, I'm not so technically savvy as my son, but I can read and write and follow directions. The setting up of the equipment is quite complicated, in my view, far moreso than it should be. I've set up other peripherals with success, but this product is more than I can handle. I've followed the directions, over and over, and still the router doesn't connect. I've given up. Can't handle the frustration. By the way, I'm way over the age of 13. I have grandchildren over the age of 13.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_90", "text": "Good Printer but drops the internet connection\n\tI was in the market to upgrade my printer and used Amazon's reviews to decide on a Canon MP530. It does a good job, but when I plug the USB cord into the printer, the connection to the Internet drops every time. I have to disconnect from the printer so I can get on-line. Recently I filled out a rather lengthy application on the Internet and plugged in the USB cable so I could print. That step caused the connection to drop and I got to reenter all the information. I will be returning the Canon MP530 and start my search for another all-in one printer", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_91", "text": "love it.. hate it\n\tI bought with lots of ilussion this this Ipod, i put all my music in it and use it!! after a 5 months it stop working, it didn't charge the battery. I took it to best buy where I bought it and they told me that it has \"external damage\" and didn' repair it. I send it to Apple service and return it without services because the same reason. My Ipod didn't have that damage, it has only a few scratches on the screen. After lots of calls and fight they told me that to fix it I would have to pay US$250.00 that is almost what it cost new. TERRIBLE SERVICE FROM APPLE.. SHORT LIVE.. DON'T RECOMMENDED. Now I'm looking for another option for MP3 player to buy.\nIf you know one please let me know it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_92", "text": "BUYER BEWARE - AMAZON SELLING OLD VERSION 2\n\tI recently purchased this item from Amazon. What I received was version 2 of this modem. The current version on the Linksys site is version 4. As a Cox customer, the results of my purchase were unsatisfactory. I will be returning this and purchasing the version 4 Linksys from another vendor", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_93", "text": "Clunker -- Poorly Made, Didn't Work\n\tWe ordered this radio to have on hand in case of emergency.  After an hour of cranking to start the power, the crank came off.  Got it back on, cranked more, came off again.  Small heartattack later from all the fruitless cranking, we sent it back the next day.  Looking for another option for an emergency radio, haven't found one yet.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_94", "text": "Too lightweight, no reset pin\n\tAfter purchasing the stylus, I immideatley noticed that the styli were far significantly lighter in weight than the factory included stylus for the Tungsten T5.  Even worse, after a fatal exception and hard lock on the T5, I noticed that these styli have no built-in pin to hit the reset button with", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_95", "text": "Absolute Garbage\n\tI purchased this product and ran home to try it out.  not 5 minutes after plugging it in to my computer, my computer freezes.  I restart and it says my device is malfunctioning.  I manage to get it working for about 5 minutes before it craps out on me again.  I try upgrading the drivers and it refuses to connect to my network. I'm a network engineer and I am well versed in what I am doing, but this card has given me nothing but trouble. I had to disable the software that came with it and use the windows wireless software to connect.  This only keeps me alive for about 30 minutes before freezing.  I talked to netgear support and they tell me that my processor isn't supported, which is total BS and just an attempt to get out of supporting me, they wouldn't even let me return the product.  My advice: go with linksys or d-link or SMC, ANYONE but netgear", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_96", "text": "An Inadequate Receiver\n\tI bought this receiver from Amazon,  and  received it about 10 days ago.  Since then, I've tried to play my cassettes of classical music.  When used for this purpose, this receiver sucks big time.  If I turn the volume loud enough to hear the orchestra playing softly, when the orchestra gets loud the amp shuts down  and  PROTECT flashes on  and  off.  I have to turn the receiver off, then turn it back on,  and  lower the volume.  Then of course when the music gets soft again, I can't hear it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_97", "text": "waste of money -\n\tthe case looks nice, but not practical. Everytime you need to change the volume or track you have to pull your ipod out.  My ipod had scratch marks on it the first week.  Unfortunately, all the picture you see of this case is from the side view, so you cannot see that there is no opening for the wheel and the display.  I recommend iskin product.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_98", "text": "Sent it right back\n\tI actually meant to order the Philips 7-incher (brighter screen, $20 cheaper, bulkier), but somehow I got confused when I placed the order...this one looked beautiful so I was pretty psyched anyway and was definitely going to keep it.  I was planning on using this for work, as I get a lot of DVD's from clients - so I popped one of those in and guess what?  It came up as \"invalid disc\".  It's supposed to play the majority of formats, and I triple checked the disc in my other dvd players, and it worked in my Panasonic DVD/VHS combo player.  A store-bought DVD worked fine (although I didn't play it much more than the first menu) so I know it's not broken.\n\nThe first reviewer also noticed that it doesn't play a bunch of homemade DVD's, so I will confirm that here - if that's gonna be a deal-breaker for you then stay away.  BTW, the DVD I was trying to play was made on a Philips burner.  I didn't bother to test it with any others", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_99", "text": "Awful Camera\n\tI purchased this camera for my daughter for Christmas. It was small,compact, and fairly inexpesive, perfect for a preteen. First, it took forever to charge (the instructions indicate that it takes four hours). After waiting for hours, my daughter attempted to take pictures, but the camera would not work. The manual shows several different symbols that you should see in the LCD display, but none of these symbols appeared on this camera. I am returning the camera immediately and I would not advise anyone to purchase one.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_100", "text": "adequate for simple recording only\n\tI purchased this in the hope that I would be able to record verbal messages to myself, creative thoughts and ideas, etc. It does an adequate job of that. I had also hoped I could use it as a simple player, to download affirmations and such to listen to throughout the day. This it won't do, and it was not clear to me from the information here and on the Olympus site that it would not function this way.\n\n First, even though it records wav files, it does not let you handle them well at all. To transfer recordings to your computer, you have to install special software (included), but you cannot transfer wav files back to the recorder (according to the software guide). If you want a recorder/player to function easily like that, you should go for the more expensive ones that allow you to use them as a USB flash drive (like the Creative Zen series). I did not install the software, as it offered nothing other than the simple transfer of a recording to my computer. I can record directly to the PC with much higher quality, so why bother? Noise recorded in a high quality format is still noise. It makes more sense to simply repeat anything I record on the Olympus and record it directly to the PC.\n\nSecond, the sound quality is not great. Given that wav files are what are used on CDs, one would expect more than what this device delivers. It is noisy on either of the mic settings, and I would have to describe the sound quality as medium. Don't expect high fidelity. This is a voice recorder for recording quick notes and not much else. Even analog tape would be better for most things. I may be fussier than most about this, having some professional background in audio, so the sound quality may be okay for most people. People have gotten used to lower standards in just about everything.\n\nFinally, playback was very disappointing to me. It has only the simplest playback features. It plays, pauses, fast forwards, and reverses, period. You cannot repeat either a single recording or portion of one, and you cannot create any kind of list to specify only certain files to play. It plays (manually) one recording at a time and that is it. You cannot set markers to fast forward or reverse to (like chapters on a DVD), and searching through a recording of any length is a major pain. In fact, this recorder is defined more by what it cannot do than what it can do. It is well built physically, although it is definitely designed for small hands, and can be a bit uncomfortable to use if your hands aren't small.\n\nIf all you want is to record medium quality voice, this will work fine. Don't expect it to record music or anything like that - you will be disappointed. Think of it as the audio version of a $20 digital camera. Cheap, quick, grabs the image, but no frills at all. Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed. \n\nI am usually very happy with Olympus gear, but this is definitely below their usual standard. Unless your needs are very spartan and smple, I would recommend looking at more capable devices", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_101", "text": "Caveat Emptor\n\tWhile spending hours trying to figure out how to set the alarm, I sometimes wonder what hater of humanity actual designed this thing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_102", "text": "Uncomfortable\n\ti had these headphones for a few years then they got crushed in half in my bag. they hurt your ears after about ten minutes. they are durable though. i would recommend the kind that clip behind your ear", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_103", "text": "Pretty Dissappointing\n\tI bought the iriver mobile transmitter hoping that i would be able to listen to my mp3 player through my radio. I like the fact that it is easy to use and that you can choose your station, but i live in monroe and we get stations from toledo and detroit, which is a problem because most or all of the stations are occupied or have interference and the transmitter is not strong enough to block out the slight interference from far away stations. I didnt think to check to see how many stations i could use for this product, looking back, i should have. i would only recommend this transmitter if you live somewhere that there aren't many stations that you can listen to on the radi", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_104", "text": "FM transmitter\n\tIt broke after two uses.  It has an auto shutoff if no detection after 30 seconds and I plugged it in to everything and it would shut off every 30 seconds.  I was so mad I threw it out the window.  What a waste of thirty bucks", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_105", "text": "Way to expensive.\n\tThese things are not worth the money .. get a cheap one! Look at http://www.radarbusters.com/ or www.007radardetectors.com or www.consumersearch.com", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_106", "text": "the \"grip\" behind the connector is too fat\n\tYou can't plug two of these in side-by-side, the plastic surrounding the business ends are too fat", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_107", "text": "Mouse? What Mouse\n\tAmazon does not ship to Post Office Boxes.  The mouse could ONLY be shipped to a post office box per Amazon shipping proticol.  Therefore, after TWO attempts to purchace this product from Amazon I had to buy elsewhere.  If you live where the United States Postal Service does not deliver the mail to your house, pass of this item if not Amazon.  I have considerable expierance buying mail order and online and this is the first time I have found a company setting rules that actually prevent the buyer from recieving the product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_108", "text": "Bothersome @ times.\n\tThis mousepad may seem as a great product but at times the rest becomes a little bit tiresome, and I think it get's in the way of my hand and the mouse. It did take me a great deal of time to get used to this pad but anyone else who use's it has found it in the way and annoying. I have to agree with this, b/c it truly does get into the way of my hand and its a little bit confusing. Also it is much bigger than most mousepad's it takes up a great deal of space", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_109", "text": "Great Technology  Terrible Customer Experience\n\tI had the same exact experience with the poor fit of these headphones and the rude customer service.  Their 'surround-sound' HE-592 phones don't fit well either.\n\nOn the phone Philips told me to buy a part at RadioShack to resolve my problem.  They couldn't give me an RS part number because \"it isn't their product\" but they recommend that over selling me or sending me  replacement ear pieces.  According to them this problem was all my fault, I should have realized it sooner, saved my receipts  and  packaging an returned them within 30 days.\n\nFrom a technology standpoint the electronics are outstanding for the size and price.  I like the performance of the phones on planes, trains, etc.  They really work well but I am amazed that Phillips would risk losing customers over pennies worth of silicone.  It is a shame Philips can't do better with the customer touchpoints like the ear piece design, their phone support and part replacement policies.\n\nTake a look at Shure's products.  Shure sells replacement foam and triple flange sleeve ear pieces for their products.  If you are in the same boat with me and like these except for the fit I think the triple flange sleeves may work as a replacement for the stock Phillips ear pieces", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_110", "text": "Noise-cancelling newbie...\n\t...So I was satisfied with the noise-cancelling qualities. The cloth cable is very nice and doesn't tangle as much as the usual plastic ones. I liked not having to spend so much time untangling thes in the morning. The headphones I purchased come with 3 sizes of rubber cap earbud covers and I found only one to be suitable for my ears. Of course, after less than a month one of those earbuds fell off and now I can't use these earphones until I find a replacement somewhere, which is proving to be troublesome. Super. I didn't buy these on clearance at Target so that hurts my pocketbooks and I am very ANNOYED right now. In the meantime, I've returned to some $10 non-earbud headphones and I really miss the noise-cancelling quality of these Philips earbuds. Life sucks and I want to die because now I can hear everything going on around me during the morning commute on public transportation.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_111", "text": "I can't hear you!\n\tSound output is terrible, you can't hear it in a car or airplane(with high quality, noise cancelling earphones).  When I called customer service they told me it was not intended for use in a car or airplane. Picture is very good, but I have heard better sound from much cheaper players.  Don't waste your money", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_112", "text": "Great form but does not work with my optical mouse\n\tThe mouse pad is a great idea with superb support for the wrist. Unlike some customers, I did not detect any odors or problems with the materials use in the gel pad.  However, the mouse pad did not work with my Logitech optical mouse.  Great idea but poorly implemented.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_113", "text": "Confirmation - it does not charge an iPod shuffle\n\tWhat a waste of money.  I wish someone had posted before the Dec. 22 posting (which was excellent) pointing out that this device doesn't work on an iPod \"shuffle\".  I spent more to ship this item than I did for the item itself, so I am also stuck with one.\n\nRats!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_114", "text": "Poor, poor, poor\n\tI had one of these a couple years ago. It worked very well for a few months. Then, all of a sudden, the left analog stick became non-responsive. It wouldn't work on any game I tried. After reading other reviews on the gamepad, I figured I just got one that was poorly made and that the analog stick problem I had was just one of those several ones that was bad. Since it was only $20, I just left it alone. Well...after going months without a gamepad, I decided to get another Logitech gamepad, the same one I had, and guess what. After literally ONE DAY, the right analog stick stuck and is completely unresponsive. So, as far as I'm concerned...they're all terrible controllers. PERIOD", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_115", "text": "Has it's problems\n\tThis would be a great phone if it worked all the time.  I had to return the phone within 1 day because the handset was defective.  Amazon was very helpful and prompt with a response.  However the handset would periodically quit working and required that the batteries be removed and reinserted to make it operational.  After 2 months the handset died completely.  AT and T will replace the handset under warranty, but it could take up to 3 weeks to get the replacement", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_116", "text": "Metropolitan Vacuum(R) DataVac(R) 3-In-1 Cordless Computer Vacuum\n\tThe charger is very convenient.  Power related to AD/DC is extremely useful.  High-tech design and features.  Sucking and blowing power does not measure up to the price.  It has an extremely disappointing performance.  It feels like a child toy rather than a useful tool for a personal computer or laptop.  Will not recommend anyone to purchase this item due to the lack of performance", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_117", "text": "Beware...things are usually cheap for a reason...\n\tBroken after 3 uses.  Extremely flimsy.  Spend a few more buck and buy something more substantial.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_118", "text": "Great product, terrible cost.\n\tHave you ever heard the saying that something would cost you \"an arm and a leg\"? These cables cost that, your first son, and bidding rights to your estate. Don't get me wrong- Monster makes great cables. Let there be no confusion on this point. But they're just incredibly expensive, and this is made much worse with these cables.\n\nSeveral people have pointed out that the digital signal on HDMI cables must adhere to error-correction and certain standards (even a $10 cable cable must meet some specifications to even reach production)- and this is largely true. Unless BluRay implements new features that require new cables at some point in the future, there's really very little difference between HDMI cables. Yes, the gold-plated pins and other features will improve your connection a bit, but the improvement will be far less than you'd see between any other \"cheap\" versus \"designer\" cables on the market.\n\nBut Monster cables really are made to a standard that makes some difference, and that's worth mentioning. This cable is built sturdy, so that none but the most harsh of treatment could ever damage it. And the shielding isn't just the usual electrical shielding- Monster cables are toughened to the point that I wouldn't doubt if they're certified against nuclear fallout. If you have the money to blow and you want the confidence of knowing that your entertainment center could fare well in an EMP strike, you're looking at the right cables.\n\nBut for nearly all consumers, these cables cost 4x as much as alternatives, with no real plusses. At the very least, you can pick up a mid-grade cable (Sony, etc) at a mid-grade price ($40) to get the increased sturdiness and the gold-plated connections. And over these products, the Monster cables basically have nothing at all except their branding. Please do look up a cheaper alternative this time, and spend some of the extra money on an extra set of whatever tools you use to keep your screen clean. You'll get much better results with these tools than you will worrying about $100 HDMI cables", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_119", "text": "Poor performance, no warranty\n\tI have purchased 10 of these drives, all at once. What a mistake. They are very flakey and will 'disappear' while copying data to them by usb. You have to turn the drive off and back on for windows to find it again. I do not have this problem with any other usb drive only Lacie drives. You cannot use one as a backup for this very reason, copying large amounts of data will fail and you have to start over or copy in chunks. \n\nOne drive failed after 8 months, only at the 10 month mark did I realize it was still under warranty. It had a 1 year warranty so 2 months left, I contacted lacie and after asking for a copy of the original invoice which clearly listed the purchase date they began ignoring my email and would not honor their warranty, no RMA after requesting one 5 times, no more email responses since they could not come up with a reason to refuse service. Do not buy one of these, there are many drives with longer warranties that are more reliable from better companies.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_120", "text": "Not worth the hassle\n\tPlease search for the thread on the linksys support forum titled \"BEFSR41 v4 intermittent drop of connection\" which goes on for 4 pages with no reply from linksys support, I'd post a URL but that is against the review guidelines here at amazon.\n\nThe only way to fix the problems that occur with this router is to buy a different model or better yet a different brand.  It appears that Linksys doesn't really care about the issue.  \n\nI returned this router after the second day of dealing with it's constant connection drops and bought a Belkin instead.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_121", "text": "Worthless\n\tI purchased a Biopod in March of 2006. Received brand new unit that included Omnipass software version 2.09. This software version released in 2004.\n\nContacted company that produced the software and they refused to upgrade to their latest version (v4) that had been released a month earlier unless they charged me the upgrade fee.\n\nThe version of software that comes with the Biopod (v2.09) pretty much only works with Internet Explorer and other Microsoft software. The new version (4) supposedly works with Firefox and several other non-Microsoft software programs. \n\nI recommend you avoid this product due to old software. I returned mine and am ordering the IBM Fingerprint Reader", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_122", "text": "Pouch Case for Magellan\n\tBe Creative!! Mostly what you're paying for is the embroidered 'Magellan' name.  I like the Crown Royal idea of pouch or you can sew or obtain a fleece and make a square with pockets and tuck everything in there, works fine. Since the reviews are bad, I will not get this just to hide my GPS away in an eye-catching steal-me monogrammed bag.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_123", "text": "Lasted 4 Months\n\tWe purchased this printer to replace old Brother HL-1440 for our small business printing needs. At first everything was great. After 4 months of use, still on first toner cartridge, the manual feed can no longer grab labels or envelopes. There is now a huge gap and the envelopes can slide all the way inside with no resistance. Huge problem for us and I hope we can return this piece of junk", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_124", "text": "Died after a few weeks\n\tWorked fine for a couple of weeks and then just died. The problem was that it was not recognized by XP or Linux anymore.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_125", "text": "Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision\n\tI ordered this web cam because I wanted one of the better web cams on the market.  I was NOT able to get it working.  I returned it.  Very dissapointed", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_126", "text": "iriver\n\tDon't waste your money. What iRiver doesn't tell their customers is that once the battery goes dead, the system is useless. I will never buy one of their products again and I'm doing my best to inform everyone out there that they'll be tossing their money in the trash by purchasing any iRiver products. My system cost me $[...] and it is now as useless as the customer service department at iRive", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_127", "text": "Do not buy this product\n\tThis product is terrible and I'm going to return mine or throw it away.  It constantly wanders to places I don't want it to be or trails where I think it should be based on my usage of other mice.  At this point I consider it unusable.  I've tried it on several surfaces to see if it was a tracking problem, but noticed no real change in behavior.  I think what's happening is it keeps trying to go to sleep while I'm moving it, because the tracking is OK as long as I'm moving it very quickly, but when I'm trying to precision target something like an icon or a piece of text it starts jumping erratically.  I keep it about 6 inches from my laptop at all times, and the laptop isn't complaining about connection problems", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_128", "text": "Not as advertised\n\tThis is a nice 4 line phone, but the digital answering system does not work. We have 2 984's and several other brand 4-line phones. I could not find any way to make either 984 work as a four line answering system. Auto-Attendent is useless in our situation. These phones are certainly not worth the money. Unfortunately there aren't many 4-line phones on the market and apparently no 4-line digital answering systems", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_129", "text": "Looks good....... but\n\tI purchased this armband to hold my Nano during workouts.  The band barely fits my arm and tends to slide down the arm while running or cross training.  Looking for a replacement right now", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_130", "text": "Midland GTX600VP4 Radios Bogus - Midland Bogus\n\tUsing this product to communicate between motorcycles as promoted by the very fact that there are motorcycle headsets for your helmut available for these radios is clearly unsafe.  The distractions created by the radios having no range after about 100 feet can prove fatal for a motorcycle ryder due to a momentary lapse in concentration, just as it would be between a bike and a car.\n\nI purchased these radios as the better of the Midland lot - with an 18 mile range.  An outright lie.  I bought them to communicate between two motorcycles- either myself and my brother (after also purchasing 2 of the motorcycle helmut headstets), or between me on the bike and my girlfriend driving my jeep following me on a long distance ride.  We don't even get 100 feet out of them when the radios begin to breakup and are usless.  The range increases as long as you are not moving.  I haven't tested them while one user is moving on the road or on the highway and one user sitting stationary.  I intend to contact Midland about a full refund, but if they don't work when you are moving then what good are they?. \n\nHow could they fabricate these claims of 18 miles?  Even if they couldn't do 18 miles, how about a half mile?  How about 1/4 mile or 1/8 mile?  Not even that.  This is a discrace.  I'm just another customer handed a bogus deal.  Do not buy any GMRS stuff from Midland", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_131", "text": "Beware!\n\tI ordered the Passport X50 from Amazon to save the $18 shipping Escort Radar was charging. I was told by someone at Escort Radar that Amazon was an authorized reseller.\n\nAfter having my detector on for ten minutes (right out of the box), it did three \"SELF CAL\"s, then said \"SERVICE REQUIRED\". I called Escort Radar and was told \"If you let the car power up the unit when you start the car, the voltage can be all over the place and the unit gets confused. You must first start the car, and then use the thumbwheel to turn on the detector.\" It makes some sense, but if this is really the case, why don't they put those instructions in their manual? After trying this many times, the unit was \"still confused\", so I returned it for a replacement.\n\nMy second detector worked for maybe thirty minutes before the same thing happened. This time Escort Radar told me \"if you leave it plugged into the cigarette lighter over night, this has been found to cause problems.\" Well my lighter power goes off when I turn off the ignition, so this doesn't apply. Escort Radar also told me that \"excessive heat\" has been causing them problems. Now we have had a few days of 100\ufffd heat, and I'm sure the car gets hotter parked in the sun, but the design engineers should have accounted for these conditions plus some margin when you design something that is supposed to work in a car. It gets a lot hotter in other parts of the country. There are no warnings in the manual about not using it above 90\ufffd or leaving it off in a hot car. You wouldn't design a ski that doesn't work below 35\ufffd, would you???\n\nThe most troubling part of my conversation with Escort Radar service department was they told me Amazon is not an authorized reseller, and they have no idea where they are getting the units from. Furthermore, they will not honor any warranty nor will they ever repair the unit, not even for money.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_132", "text": "Nice, but No Control\n\tI had high expectations for this product, having bought some of Sandisk's other products. The problem with the e280 is that Sandisk doesn't give users the control or the versatility over file management. For example, using it in the (mass storage) MSC USB mode, one is forced to create playlists in Windows Media Player. This works, but one of the drawbacks is that playlist creations can be plagued with files that have errors or are skipped. \n\nIt would be far better if one could just drag folders and music mp3 files to the right folder and play them, with multiple folder levels. This would allow catogorizing music the way the user wishes; instead, Sandisk adopts an almost Microsoft mentality in its approach. \"It's our way or the highway.\" Once one masters creating playlists, they have to settle for dumping them all into one directory.\n\nIt's too bad because reading the manual and reading the reviews, one can easily get the idea that the e200 series can be set up like just another USB storage device (including other, previous Sandisk products). Well, you can, but it won't make much difference if the device won't play.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_133", "text": "Don't waste your precious money\n\tIt's better if you spend your money in something else. It has a ridiculous transmitting power. So bad that even radio transmitters from miles away interferes with this device 1 ft from the radio receiver. The audio quality is so bad that totally destroys the pleasure of listening to your music. In fact this device should be forbidden to be sold or should be tagged as phony advertise", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_134", "text": "disappointing producet\n\tDoes not live up to expectations.  Sound is tinny.  Hard to find stations, very narrow band of reception...plan to purchase a grundig", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_135", "text": "easy installation, but stop working after 4 months\n\tI bought this print server back in December 2005. I used it with my All-in-One Brother printer MFC-4800. The installation was easy. It worked great......for 4 months. Then...then... it just stoped working after 4 months. I tried to disconnect and reconnect the power, Ethernet cable etc...nothing helped. \nMay be I just got a bad product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_136", "text": "Have an iBook? Don't buy this lock!\n\tI posted a review two weeks ago, but it hasn't appeared, so I'm trying again...I bought this lock two years ago.  It has always been difficult to remove.  (Note:  despite what some other reviewers seem to think, it does NOT have a motion detector - that's a different lock.)  Recently, the lock decided to remain firmly inside my iBook, despite my efforts to remove it.  After a fruitless call to Targus's customer support, I finally got it out.  That took over 30 minutes of struggle.  My next step was going to be purchasing a hack saw.  Apparently, the Targus lock is not a good fit for iBooks.  I'm going to send mine back and demand compensation.  If you own an iBook, I strongly suggest you buy a lock made by someone other than Targus", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_137", "text": "Disappointed\n\tThinks my street is 50 feet before it actually is, therefore recalculates before the turn.\nIf I go a different route, it continually tries to get me to make a \"U\" turn.\nInstead of shortest or fastest route, it may pick one that is very roundabout (you should see how it wants me to drive home from work).\nMaps need to be updated more often.  Street Atlas or Streets and Maps do a better job of being updated...I'd use them except I don't want to tie up a PC just to drive across town.\nIt might work well for cross country, for me, it's an expensive toy that I have yet to develop trust in.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_138", "text": "disappointing\n\tI bought this phone for a work-at-home situation.  I then discovered that the maximum number of characters I could enter into  a speed dial entry (the number itself, not the name) is 24 characters.  A telephone calling card number is 25 characters long, 26 if you program a pause (a space, for this phone) between the phone number and the card id/pin.  When I called Polycom about it, I was told that not everyone uses calling cards.  Funny.  I've been issued a calling card at every company for which I've worked (going back 25 years).  This is the only phone I've ever owned (well, since the 80's) into which I could not program my calling cards.  Pretty basic stuff for product marketing and development people to miss.\n\nOn top of that, when I try and enter the calling card number and card id by hand, it never \"takes\" on the first try: the network doesn't recognize the card id and pin the first time I enter them.  I have to do it twice (I've tried this a number of times, and it's consistent).\n\nFor that matter, the sound quality, especially through the headset (also purchased from polycom) is not that good.  Of course, that could be because the headset jack is \"loose.\"  You can easily move the jack from side to side, which makes the sound quality even worse. \n\nI regret having made this purchase.  I'm going to scrap it and look for a new one from a different manufacturer.  The only reason I gave it one star is because the site interface here won't let me give it no stars", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_139", "text": "Wow, I should've done research.\n\tThis thing sucks.  I wasted my money.  No more Griffin products for me", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_140", "text": "Poor setup, terrible support, good range\n\tI purchased 3 of these APs with the expectation to replace 3 Cisco \"b\" APs and drop in. The setup used Radius for authentication which is claimed to be supported in both the online info and docs. After config (the web UI constantly has problems with cookies and forced you to re-login) the system would work. One quark was the IP address field for the radius server wouldn't accept more than one character in the forms. Up and running. However, upon reboot, the WG302 loses it Radius info and then cannot authenticate a client again. SHOWSTOPPER. After logging this with Netgear support - their response is this is an unsupported config and requires premium support. While this would be fine if it was a config issue, it's not ok given they claim support for these features and this was a required feature for purchase. They give no further support now.\n\nI would HIGHLY recommend against the extra cost of this unit given it's buggy and has poor support. Config is difficult (I had to learn how to use the command line config), the upgrades are not well documented (they imply you have to import some obscure file with tftp - you don't but...), however the unit does have good range and works (No RADIUS of course) in a basic config.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_141", "text": "Frustration doesn't cover it!\n\tSince I first wrote this review I discovered that the fault was not with the scanner but with my computer.  After formatting my computer I was able to install the scanner and software without any problems.  I am still learning to use it but so far I have decided not to return it.  It works well and I like it very much.  I apologize if my review has negatively effected anyone's choice", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_142", "text": "Poor Quality!\n\tMy daughter really didn't use it that much but within about 5 weeks it started to fall apart.  The wood veneer on the base pulled up and splintered from tightening the strings to tune it.  A low price for a guitar but I don't think it's even worth this price.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_143", "text": "fatal design flaw\n\tI bought this because it seemed like it would satisfy my need for a 2-line phone with answering capability. Turns out, I cannot keep it, due to one boneheaded design flaw that makes it unusable for me.\n\nThe good: it's nice looking, compact, has good sound, and has a selection of cute little ringtones.\n\nThe bad: This machine WILL NOT RECORD INCOMING MESSAGES SILENTLY. It broadcasts both the OGM and the ICM being left by the caller through the speaker. There is no way I know of to defeat this. You can turn the volume down from loud to medium loud, but you cannot set the machine to record messages silently, in the background. \n\nDo you think you might ever not want other people in the room to hear the messages being left on your recorder? Would you ever want to sleep without being disturbed by the sound of incoming messages?\n\nThen this one isn't for you.\n\nMine is for sale.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_144", "text": "Did Not Work in Sony PSP\n\tThis product did not reliabley work in a new Sony PSP running the current Sony software.  Don't know if the design is flawed or the unit I received was defective", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_145", "text": "Hardware is fine - Software is worst i have ever dealt with\n\tThe unit works fine as a Bluetooth Radio.\nThe software and drivers!!!! do not install properly at all!!!\nI am a network administrator  and  pretty savvy about PCs - i could not come up with any scenario to get the software to work!!!\n\nSave your money and just buy the unit - forget the software", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_146", "text": "Stay Away from Vonage\n\tI bought vonage service thinking that finally there is a company which will let me control everything from their web portal, and provide features that traditional phone companies do not. Good thing I kept my number with traditional phone company and got a second line with Vonage.\n\nIts voice quality was really bad, and cancelling it was a pain to say the least. It took me 4 months to cancell it. Waiting forever on hold. Please read internet forums/blogs before you decide to \"save\" money", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_147", "text": "Headphone jack becomes loose\n\tI too bought one and had the headphone jack become loose.  I bought another thinking I had a faulty one, but now I'm having the same issue with this one.  The loose jack causes the reception to go in and out...and finally just out completely.  I agreed with the previous opinions on this fatal flaw", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_148", "text": "Decent features, bad sound\n\t1. There was a consistent buzzing on the phone even when I tried multiple jacks for the base. \n2. Phone features worked as advertised. but the Voice Enhancer is useless and actually makes it sound worse.\n3. It was kind of a pain to sync the phone books which are separate on each handset.\n\nI returned it mainly because of the buzzing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_149", "text": "This is a substandard product.  Pass on it.\n\tI bought this and found that if you like to burn your own CD's to play in it, it has a problem reading the tracks.  It sometimes spins up and doesn't play, and it always has a very audible noise on spin up and track find.  I usually wake to that sound before the music starts.  I AM NOT A LIGHT SLEEPER.  This is my second one, and I've basically been using it for the radio wake function for the last few months.  Do yourself a favor and find a different product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_150", "text": "SanDisk 2 GB Ultra II Memory Stick Pro Duo\n\tfast and reliable..well worth the mone", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_151", "text": "wish I had gotten a bigger one!\n\tThis technically works well.  I am finding learning to use it difficult.  I really wish I had spent a little more and gotten a bigger one!!!!!  It is a lot smaller than I thought it would be and would be alot easier if it was bigger", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_152", "text": "Excellent beginners tablet\n\tI was considering purchasing a tablet and Wacom was consistantly recommended.  I was originally hesitant to buy the graphire line because I didnt think it would be very good for drawing compared to the top line (the intuos line).  I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong.  Installing a driver was a piece of cake and I began drawing away in minutes.  It is very responsive and works with all my drawing programs (paintshop pro, painter, photoshop).  The mouse is pretty useless however, and I would have preferred if they had included some extra pen tips instead (they seem to wear out, though I do press pretty hard).  Other than that, its an amazing product", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_153", "text": "Wonderful Keyboard\n\tThis is the second G15 keyboard I've purchased, not because the first one broke, because it's such a great keyboard. Now I keep one at home, and take one with me when I go LANning.  The only issue with the keyboard is the LCD is pretty useless is fast paced FPS games, otherwise it's good for keeping the clock up so one doesn't lose track of the time", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_154", "text": "Product desciption could be more specific\n\tI,ve seen complaints about the ac adapter you \"must\" plug in. Hey guys, try it without an outside energy source, I just hope I,m not gonna fry something but it seems to work fine just plugged into a powered USB port. I have a VERY high end system though with wattage to sprare, but no more PCI slots, Damn 7900 512 gtx graphics cards, why do 2 of em have to take up so much room. Oh well, trade offs are a bi---, but a reality and 7 extra USB slots are awfully nice", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_155", "text": "Does the job\n\tIt's a simple device, so there's not to say about it other than it does the job. You should note that the LEDs on the device remain lit as long as the device is plugged into your PC and the PC is powered (they glow a bright blue).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_156", "text": "No Coasters Yet\n\tI have bought 50 and 100 pack spindles of Memorex and so far I have not had any problems. They work just fine on my Sony dvd burner", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_157", "text": "Great price, easy to use!!\n\tI bought this for my folks for Christmas.  It took no time at all to hook up, and making DVDs was simple.  Everything from recording off the TV, to recording movies and shows stored on the DVR, to transferring home movies from the original VHS tapes.  I'm sure for about $300 more you could purchase some higher end recorders, but for under $200, you really can't go wrong.  The only flaw I could find is that the initial hookup (according to the book) didn't seem quite right.  After taking a whole 2 minutes to look up the easy to read instructions online, everything went smoothly.  Because of that, I'm still going to give it a full 5 stars..it's not as if those 2 whole minutes ruined our life.  Really, if you're new to this technology, you're not going to have any problems..believe me..A++", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_158", "text": "Incredible picture! with one flaw on old DVDs\n\tThe other effusive reviews are spot-on...  the picture is fabulous on new DVDs (Lord of the Rings, Nemo, Harry Potter).  A $20 Cables to Go HDMI cable does a great job.  We have the  Sony KDF-42E2000 42\" 3LCD Rear Projection HDTV and are thrilled with the combination.  A few annoyances:  The machine responds and loads slowly, but that's not too bad; a minor sacrifice for the incredibly low price.  And, certain DVDs of old movies (Some Like it Hot, The King and I) stretch the picture horizontally, making things look squat.  I'm sure there's a solution, but just can't figure it out.  Any tips", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_159", "text": "Fast and friendly\n\tGot my order quickly and found out that these cases are much BETTER than the ones sold here locally, and they were CHEAPER !!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_160", "text": "Excellent\n\tI've had it for over a month now and it works as well as I expected it to work. I was expecting random quirks here and there as I continued using it, but none whatsoever", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_161", "text": "ADS Tech Video\n\tThis little unit is easy to use and ready to go!!!! Not one problem with it so far, I've been using it for over two months now", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_162", "text": "movietime\n\tExcellent sound system, reminds you of being in a movie theatre.  Great, Great system", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_163", "text": "Good performance for $150; but cheaply made (in China).\n\tI've owned many Sony electronics in the past and have always liked their styling and functionality -- lots of hardy Walkmen, useful shortwave and portable radios, stylish TVs and high quality cassette recorders.  I still have a Sony mini component stereo model FH-E656 (made in Japan) which I bought in 1992 for US$400+; but rather than pay to fix its worn-out CD player, I decided to purchase this new Sony MHCEC70 component stereo (made in China).\n\nPLUSES: \ndecent sound\ngood functionality\neasy set-up and intuitive operation\nsimple remote -- but only covers basic functions\n\nCONS:\nvery short speaker leads\nunattractive styling (for my tastes) -- resembles a boombox\nonly holds 3 CDs vs 5 for comparable Panasonic units\n\nAt first glance, I was disappointed by the cheap construction, skimpy manual and very short speaker leads -- the manufacturer seemed to be counting pennies.  But then I thought: in 2006 for $150, I can't expect the same quality as I received in 1992 for $400.  Everything is made more cheaply now and almost all in China.  So, for the money, it suits my purposes as a nice sounding stereo unit for the bedroom.  The real test will be how long the CD changer works -- to be safe, this time I bought the 2 year replacement warranty.  I haven't blasted it at full volume, but it seems to have plenty of power when needed.\n\nI originally bought a $300 Panasonic unit (SC-PM71SD MP3 SD Micro System) which was returned because it didn't have the full data recording feature as advertised (data recording was crippled by DRM limitations).  This Sony stereo costs half as much, and has almost all the same functionality", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_164", "text": "Great product; lacking directions\n\tThe product works perfectly.  The only problem is, the manual only includes directions for the most common setups.  To use one port as an \"uplink\" to a router, for example, you need to plug the uplink into the ethernet port labeled \"1\" and then leave port \"2\" open.  The directions do not state this, and I had to call Linksys to get it to work.\n\nOther than that, it is fast, reliable, and small.  Perfect", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_165", "text": "iMac user\n\tThe product is a good value.   It performed well and was fairly easy to use. I only wish it would allow importing play lists from iTunes, all text had to be manually input.  Overall, I'm very satisfied with the product", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_166", "text": "Works Great\n\tGreat for if you are not near a computer and need to charge your Ipo", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_167", "text": "Works great!\n\tThis memory card handles the job really well.  Unless maybe you're a professional sports photographer, it's plenty fast enough.  No problems using it with my Canon Rebel XT.  It holds about 550 pictures (JPEGs) at the highest resolution (8.2 MP)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_168", "text": "VERRY HAPPY\n\tI have only had this monitor for a couple of day's \nbut I am verry happy with it. It came well packaged and you cant beat the price. I shopped around and this was the one for me.\nI dont know about the other review but with in 5 min of opening the box I was using the monitor and it worked verry well!!\nTHANK'S AMAZON", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_169", "text": "Unit works great, software hogs resources\n\tThe unit itself works great.  Much faster transfers than using the usb cable directly to my camera.  However, the software includes a \"monitoring\" feature, which checks every second or so, to see if you've plugged in a card.  I opened up Windows Task Manager to discover that, each time it checked, it was consuming 25% of system resources (on/off each second).  No wonder my computer has been slower lately, especially if I have my image editing software open (duh).\n\nMy recommendation would be to skip the San Disk software and access the card reader directly from My Computer, as mentioned in another review below", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_170", "text": "GREAT PURCHASE!!\n\tMY HUSBAND  and  I SEARCHED  and  SEARCHED FOR DVD'S THAT WERE COMPATABLE TO OUR DVD RECORDED.  NO ONE COULD HELP.  THEN I THOUGHT, \"I'LL JUST CHECK ON AMAZON,\" AND SURE ENOUGH THERE THEY WERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!  WHAT A RELIEF!!!!!!!!!!  I WOULD HATE TO OWN A DVD RECORDER  and  NOT BE ABLE TO RECORD ANYTHING!!!!!\n\nTHANK YOU!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_171", "text": "Newer Model Region-Free Code!!\n\tI bought my player Sep 2006 and the other region-free code did not work.  It is actually a DVD-224M (see manual) though it says DVD-224 on the player.  Here is how to do it:\n\nIf you have the DVD-224M model (says DVD-224 on the box, DVD-224M on the manual...), the hack is: \n\nMake sure you have no DVD in the tray. \nOn the remote control: \n1) Press \"TITLE\" \n2) Press \"1\" and then \"9\" \nOn the TV a large box with a small number will appear. \nThe number indicates for which DVD region the machine has been set, for example \"2\" for Germany or \"0\" for no region code. \n3) Press the up arrow or down arrow to raise or lower the number. \n4) Press \"ENTER\" \nDone.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_172", "text": "Slingbox first and second impressions.\n\tThe idea is excellent, the execution is flawed.  What is not made clear at the time of purchase is that you will need a bridge or gaming adapter as well as a high speed internet connection at home.  The adapter should be built into the box. \nAnother disappointing factor is that the quality of the video is almost unwatchable if the connection is not robust.  There should be a cache memory built in so that a clear, unchoppy video and sound come through.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_173", "text": "Wors great but should be able to upgrade/trade in\n\tBox worked perfectly as expected. However, it would be nice to be able to upgrade firmware to the new HD like performance or via a trade-in program to allow old customers to upgrade to the new Sling boxes", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_174", "text": "Pretty good sound\n\tI liked these speakers they are small compact they work great with my Mp3 Player and you can't really beat the price.  My only complaint is that they don't come with an adapter but I just bought rechargeable batteries and the system work great I use them everyda", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_175", "text": "Better than the windshield suction mount\n\tI bought this because my windshield suction mount could not be trusted.  I've had it fall off more than once.  Then you drive around wondering if your $700 Nuvi is going to fall and break.  Not Fun!  The friction mount works for me. For everyday driving, even aggresive driving, it stays put.  Someone on this site left feedback about using it with their Nuvi 360 and I used their review to make the purchase.  I'm glad I did.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_176", "text": "Great product\n\tThis product is a nice headset that did fit nicely on my ear (lucky fit I guess) and was easy to work with.  It is compact and feels quite natural for me.  Not to mention it is designed to work on either ear so in the middle of a conversation you can just change ears", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_177", "text": "Excellent Quality, A Great Buy!\n\tThis is truly a no-brainer, excellent headphones at a great price, wonderful all around phones, would make a great gift also", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_178", "text": "Good basic player\n\tI decided to replace my iRiver 190T after a 3rd party cable adapter malfunctioned and fused the pin connection to the USB cable together.  I wanted USB 2.0 for the faster connection and a larger capacity, but still desired standard user replaceable batteries on a flash based player so I picked this up on sale.\n\nI may still search for a used iRiver 190T after playing with the Lyra RD2315.  I like the ruggedness of the 190T a bit more than the RCA Lyra RD2315.\n\nPros:\nUser replaceable AAA batteries\nExpandable SD slot up to 512 MB\nDecent sound for biking and general yard work\nScreen is able to be positioned at 0 or 180 degrees for easy reading from belt clip/lanyard\nLine in recording and voice for short memos\n3 different color backlights for user preference\nDecent battery life\n\nCons:\nHeadphones are worthless.  Placing them in ear prevents clips from holding them in place\nSlow reaction on interface compared to older iRiver player \"Please Wait...\"\nBelt clip is going to break after minimal usage (like ink pen cap clips do)\nDoesn't seem like USB 2.0 speed, just normal USB 1.1\nNo armband or case available\n\nI used firmware 3.11 for my testing after upgrading from version 1.11", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_179", "text": "Great but pricy!\n\tThis was needed for my Panasonic DVD recorder.  Works well - hope it holds up as advertised.... Looks like high quality and works well. So far - everything is as expected - and THAT is good", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_180", "text": "The Best I've Seen!\n\tI've had 2 other FM transmitters (A Belkin and a Griffin iTrip). Neither came close to the quality of this transmitter. Neither charged the iPod (The Belkin required batteries, which only lasted about 15 hours of use), while the iTrip worked OK at first, but then started getting static no matter what station I used. In fact, I had to have the iPod in hand for the static to go away (and then, it was still not clear). The sound isn't as loud as some (it takes over the volume control, so you cant use the volume on the iPod.) Still, it's not nearly as soft as some I've seen. I found most music came through at a good volume (I did adjust a few songs in iTunes to pump them up). This unit, although it seems cheap and flimsy at first, is able to get a consistant, strong signal, even on stations which usually come in clearly. It powers through them, and the result is a very clean sound. It is a little hard to read at the regular angle, but once you set the 3 presets, you don't need to see the screen. Just set your radio to the same 1-2-3 configuration. Also, turning it at a 90 degree angle lets you see the screen much clearer. In all, I couldn't be happier", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_181", "text": "Great Drive\n\tI am extremely happy with this purchase and will most likely purchase another one of these, soon", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_182", "text": "Beware if you run XP\n\tNetgear clearly has not figured out how to make their RangeMax adapter work well with the Microsoft XP operating system.  If you're not a techie, I'd stay away until Microsoft has certified the WPN311. Here's what I experienced:\n\n1. Installed using the Netgear WPN311 automated configuration.\n2. After installation completion and boot up, CPU utilization was at a solid 100%.  Executable from Netgear named WLANCFG5.EXE taking up a bunch of the CPU and Microsoft routines CSRSS.EXE, NET.EXE, and NET1.EXE taking the rest.\n3. Emailed Netgear and received response to use Task Manager to delete WLANCFG5.EXE.  Did so for all users.\n4. Hey!  CPU utilization returned to normal!\n5. Sent next email to Netgear pointing out that this solution is just a \"patch\" and WLANCFG5 would return when I re-booted.\n6. Received response to de-install and re-install software for WPN311.\n7. Did so, but then Netgear adapter software could not find my MIMO wireless router!  And usage of the Netgear adapter software doesn't allow you to use the Microsoft Wireless Zero Configurator (WZC).\n8. Went to microsoft.com and looked up error 871122 \"Error message when you try to run the Wireless Network Setup Wizard\" and followed the instruction to allow usage of WZC.\n9. Then able to add my wireless router and everything is ok.\n\nThe functionality works great.  It's the getting there that's not too pretty good.....", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_183", "text": "Nice!! This is sweet!\n\tThe Fang is amazing!!!!! I just got it,theres nothing like it. The keyz are in the perfect spot to kill all your fellow gamers. all you need is the fang and a mouse and your good to go. you have to get this if you want to stand a chance in FPS games.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_184", "text": "Excellent iPod, my favorite so far.\n\tI love the new nanos. I don't think I have anything bad to say about it besides it not having a radio. It is small and very thin. You barely feel it in your pocket, which might annoy some people but not me. I'd rather get this than any Zen products or Sandisk Sansas because it looks way better and it way thinner. The screen is really bright with the full color display. The new earbuds are A LOT more comfortable than the old ones. The new ones aren't as bulky and actually fit in my small ears with out them slipping out. I don't know why people hate the sound of the earbuds but they are certainly loud and good enough for me! The new color coating is scratch resistant, but not the click wheel and the Apple symbol. But you don't notice the scratches on the white parts. The longer battery life is twice as long as the first generation nano, 24 hours! The new 4 GB color nanos are the same price as the 2 GB of the 2nd gen nanos. I'm so happy I waited after the 1st gen nanos came out. I would never get the 1st gen nanos now since they scratch easily, have a dark screen, and have a short battery life. The new nanos are great deals and great gifts. I recommend this mp3 player to anyone that wants a good, reliable, scratch resistant, cool looking music player! 5/5 star", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_185", "text": "Just right\n\tThe over-the-air picture is crisp, colors are bright and the size is just right. Pretty good viewing angle as well", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_186", "text": "Mac users beware\n\tI use this with an iMac. It does not come with drivers for Mac OS X, nor does D-Link offer any help. They refuse to admit it will work with Macs. I was pointed toward a driver made available at [...]. I remember having trouble getting it to work, but once it was working it has worked well and consistently. The iMac connects to an AEBS a couple rooms away through the D-Link", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_187", "text": "Excellent product\n\tWorks as advertised, have not had a single problem with it since installing it in my Tungsten T", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_188", "text": "Fantastic mouse!\n\tWhat a relief to find this mouse after having bought a Microsoft 6000 lazer mouse which caused my tendonitis to flare up again really bad.  I had originally gotten really bad tendonitis from another Microsoft \"ergonomic\" mouse a year ago, which became chronic, but barely noticeable until I tried the 6000.\n\nI also tried a Logitech V200, which is a good mouse, just not nearly as comfortable as the 450.  The buttons on both of these Logitech mice press down really nicely and are effortless.  This was not so on the MS 6000.\n\nIf you are looking for the ultimate in a mouse for a notebook, the Logitech V450 is it.  My hands are fairly large, and for the $15 more than the v200, it is definitely worth it as I spend a lot of time on computers", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_189", "text": "Great freaking mouse\n\tThis laser version tracks much better on odd surfaces compared to the Logitech V200 I have.\n\nThe Setpoint software allows you to use Setpoint's mouse sensativity independent of the touchpad settings.  Finally!!!  I dont have to change mouse sensativities when I unplug it.  The Setpoint sensativity is an offset to window's sensativity setting for the touchpad.  So basically, set your touchpad sensativity first, then adjust the Setpoint sensativity.  They will be work just the way you want everytime you unplug/plug the mouse and going back and forth between touchpad and mouse.\n\nPerfect product", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_190", "text": "great add-on\n\tI purchase two of these phones to add to our base unit. Very easy set up. Quality product", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_191", "text": "Very good\n\tDelivered on time, no problems setting it up (just followed the instructions to format it because I didn't want the default format it comes with, which is less safe). It's been running fine ever since I bought it. I can't comment on the speed of access because, since I leave it backing up over night, I don't really care. It's all done in the morning anyway, so I don't really need anything faster", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_192", "text": "Satisfied\n\tI have always run all of my media through my pc and my former speaker set (a Midiland 5.1 system) was thoroughly aged and falling apart I decided it was time to upgrade.  I wanted something that had incredible sound with both music and dvd's.  I shopped around and came to the conclusion I would aim for the form factor speakers.  When considering this bose system, this MUST be taken into account.    \n\nFirst off, this system is expensive.  For just under 1000 dollars (doesn't 999 sound sooo much better than 1g?) you get 5 bi-directional midrange speakers, the subwoofer unit, and speaker cable.  At this price it is very disappointing that bose does not include some sort of receiver, but no matter this leaves room for the customer to customize his/her choice to suit any personal needs and/or budget.  Bose includes 3 colors (white, silver, black) and all the speakers are well packaged and aesthetically pleasing with the exception of the sub unit (a large rectangular box meant to save space but does not). \n \nWhat brought me to look into this system was the specific size of the speakers and there general attractiveness.  For their size the bose do a very good job of reproducing any sound-granted they are paired with a competent receiver.  Anyone who has any qualms about this system should first consider what they are running their sound through, without competent equipment these speakers will not be on par with what you heard in the store.  \n\nOnce I got the system home it was very easy to set up and install.  Bose packages the speakers with clear instructions and all of the wires are meant to be hidden and include markings as to what speakers they belong to-a very handy feature especially when one is trying to hide this system.  The only serious issue I have with this system ended up being with my receiver (an Onkyo) and not related at all with the speakers.  \n\nSince I do run this through my computer (presently a laptop) I had a few troubles setting up a new sound card and getting it too mesh with my receiver, but when that was all said and done, I was extremely please with the system.  With a bose the tweaking one needs to do is very minimal and thus why this deserves the higher price tag-its target audience is usually those more affluent and unable to spend hours tweaking individual speaker levels and sound ranges.  \n\nMy test soundtracks included:  Gladiator, Matrix (II or III), Snatch, and music tracks ranging from techno, rock, classical, and alternative.  Everything sounded great with enough low, high, and midrange response.  The second complaint I have with this system is not differentiating in the least between any of the satellites.  I found myself turning the response on the center channel up so the front speakers weren't drowning out the voices.  That was solved with a little tweaking so nothing major there.  \n\nAll in all this speaker system is a great investment in my mind satisfying all of my needs (though draining my bank account) and providing me with great surround sound.\n\nGood:  Great range and volume of sound.  Easy set-up.  Well built speakers-aesthetically and physically.  No interference or feedback.\n\nBad:  Subwoofer awkward, no dedicated center channel, pricey, no included receiver.\n\nFor their size these speakers more than compete with any full-blown tower 5.1 system.  Here is one satisfied customer", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_193", "text": "Please READ before you run your mouth\n\tLadies and Gentlemen,\n\nJust a quick note to say that it is a pity that people buy 'toys' before exploring what it is that they're buying.  I have seen people knock the SanDisk U3 drives, as well as U3 drive made by other companies.  Well the reality is that:\n\na- The U3 software has a way of stopping the software's auto-boot.\n\nb- There is Uninstall software available at at SanDisk.com and at U3.com, and I'm guessing that those company's that offer U3 and have a web site probably have the 'Uninstaller' on their site.\n\nc- There is a great deal of U3 software available (free and pay-for-it) at U3.com.  I know that SanDisk has a software site, so do Verbatim  and  Memorex.\n\nd- For those who want portable software but don't want U3 or don't have a U3 drive, go to http://portableapps.com.  Note: some of the software here is the same used by the U3 folks, without using the U3 LaunchPad.\n\ne- Quality of drives: remember that when you buy most of the electronics 'toys' available today, you are buying Chinese c*** (junk).  Both the manufacturing and Quality Control (QC) are garbage.  Unless you are paying serious change for something ($500+) you will get passable junk.  If you are expecting \"made in Japan quality\" your kidding yourself.  This is the reason you will see many Brand Name goods, also selling with No-Name labels (i.e Coby).  Same production line, different labels.  It is also one of the reason folks are impressed with Apple iPods.  Apple demands excellent QC, and the destruction of goods that don't meet the standard.  In exchange you are willing to pay a 20% premium for this level of QC.  Like everything in life, ya gets whats ya pay for.\n\ng- Since the beginning of Windows (v1.0, et al) there have always been buggy and uncooperative software programs, there will always be pain in the a** software.  One of the reasons XP has such a prominent 'roll-back' feature.  And also the reason many, if not MOST, power users run multiple machines.  Of course, these days we have to fill Billy G's pockets by having to buy multiple paks of XP.  Most of my power-user friends run at least three or four machines, each one with a different use.  It shouldn't be this way, but the reality is that for folk that use or explore a great deal of software, for many purposes (MP3's, scanning, Video, controlling radios, composing music, et al), one machine won't cut it because XP ain't as stable as folks think.  The more programs, and the more varied in type, the more instability is introduced into ANY Windows installation. Why do you think businesses run Win2000 or Win2003, because there are less software 'toys' that run under 2K, and the 'admin' can prevent you from loading a lot of software 'toys'.\n\nh- In the end, understand what you are buying before you buy so that you'll have better luck getting what you want, and you won't look so ignorant when you say something that anyone who has bothered to go to the web site(s) knows is dead wrong, or just plain stupid.\n\ni- When you truly understand the product, you'll be able to write TRULY useful reviews, and that what all readers want, useful information.\n\nTo one and all, may your 'toys' keep you happy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_194", "text": "Strongly recommended\n\tKingston's 2GB Data Traveler USB drive is perfect to storage files. I have looked for a 2 GB USB and found this one to be the cheapest based on its characteristices. I think it is a bargain price", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_195", "text": "Thanks for the memories\n\tI am a camcorder buff. Ever since my children were born, I have \nhad the camcorder attached to my hand most days because I know\nthat life is fleeting and memories are too precious to be lost.\n\nI had a huge collection of video tapes and was able to transfer\nthe entire collection to DVD. Now I know that they will last at\nleast through my life time.. Also, I find that using the Showbiz\napplication, I can create customized DVDs for my friends and\nthat has saved me a ton of money in gifts..\n\nThe only problem we had with this product was that we had\nlimited hard disk memory and had to acquire some more. \nAnd I have probably created more than a 100 DVDs by now.\n\nThanks HP!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_196", "text": "Wonderful - No more Carpal Tunnel Problems\n\tI've had this keyboard a number of years and would never go back to anything else. I have (or had) severe carpal tunnel syndrom. This keyboard has eliminated that problem entirely. I can't think of a downside. Yes, it takes a bit of getting used to and yes, the keys are a bit noisy. But I have no problem with that. It just reminds me I'm working.\n\nThe number pad is excellent too.\n\nI'm getting ready to get another one to use with my laptop.\n\nYou can't destroy this keyboard. If you value your wrists and hands, get this", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_197", "text": "Great Access Point - after firmware upgrade\n\tI'm using this AP, along with a Netgear 802.11g PC Card to test streaming live/recorded TV to other parts of my house.  Seems like a capable product even if I didn't use the 108Mbps feature.\n\nHowever, be sure to update the firmware or the AP might not work correctly.  When I first received it, configuration was easy enough but it had trouble working with my Netgear and HP Centrino notebook.  Both notebooks will get a signal and even connect be failed to obtain an IP address from my network's DNS server.  A firmware upgrade solved the problem and the AP now streams TV realibly from my living room to the kitchen.\n\nI noticed that there is are hordes of wireless APs around my house, I guess most neighbours are using some form of 802.11 wireless as well.  However, this D-Link AP is able to function correctly abeit all the other APs around (2 using the same channel as mine I've found).\n\n\nOverall, recommended if you want a good AP.  Just be sure to update the firmware", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_198", "text": "Best 5.8GHz I've tried though still not as good as 900 MHz DSS\n\tThe sound quality is pretty darn good, except that if you pace around while talking/listening, there are these annoying clicking/scratching sounds.  They are quite, and, if you stand still they go away.  I've had other phones that click/scratch while pacing around, and they actually dropped some of the sound during the clicking - at least this phone doesn't do that.  \n\nMy 900 MHz DSS Uniden didn't have these sounds (while pacing or otherwise), and still had greater range.  I don't know why the new technology can't measure up.  Still though, this is the best 5.8 I've tried.  (Yet I'd rather buy another 900MHz DSS if there were any on the market anymore.  All of today's 900MHz are analog instead of digital.)\n\nAnother annoying thing is that you can't recharge the phone with the belt clip attached, so the clip goes on and off (and on and off).  (Many (cell) phones have a charger that allows this.)\n\nThe plastic is a bit cheap.  Don't drop this phone.  My friend has one and it hasn't worked since it was dropped.\n\n(I haven't tried the bluetooth yet, and have yet to see how good the battery life is.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_199", "text": "Great Headset for me\n\tThis is a great headset for my use.  It is very clear.  I use it for work, and I only make use it periodically throughout the day, making about 10 calls daily so I don't wear it all the time", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_200", "text": "Great headphones, cheap construction.\n\tThe first week I had these, the left earpiece's plastic \"rails\" which hold the earpiece in its slot broke.  The parts that seem to need the most strength structurally are fasioned with cheap plastic.\n\nSound quality is great, with music playing and noise cancelling active, a normal conversation is barely audible in the background; great for crowded offices.  Battery life is good, I've gotten 24+ hours using a NiMH rechargeable", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_201", "text": "Very good standard SD card at an excellent price!\n\tI recently bought a new 6.0 megapixel digital camera (Canon PowerShot S3 IS) which came with an extremely small and  practically useless 16MB secure digital card so I bought a couple of these 1GB PNY PSD1GRF3 secure digital cards since they were on sale for less than $20 apiece.  These SD cards are made in Japan by Toshiba (they are then rebranded and sold by PNY, Lexar, DaneElec, etc.) and I have been very pleased with them so far.  They work flawlessly with no write-speed delay in my new camera while shooting still pictures or while shooting video with stereo sound, and the card reader in my HP Pavilion M7480N Media Center PC (running Windows XP Professional service pack 2) reads the pictures and video into my Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and Premiere Elements 2.0 software programs with no problems.  The only drawback is that the read-speed on these standard SD cards is a bit slow when compared to the newer and faster SD cards...it takes several minutes to transfer all the pictures or video from a full 1GB card onto my PC...but I find this to be a small inconvenience rather than a big problem.  So, if a little longer read time is not a problem for you, then save yourself some money and buy this card.  Overall, a very good standard SD card at an excellent price!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_202", "text": "Great Product\n\tThere isn't too much to write about this except is delivers as stated.  Great product for the price", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_203", "text": "Works Great with Macintosh\n\tI set up a small security program with my Macintosh. Intially I needed a PC to place the settings in the camera, however once I got it hooked up to my security system it works beautifully. I would recommend you leave the lights on though because if you don't you will be getting just a black, fuzzy dark image back if you are using this camera for security. This camera is a very simple easy to use camera without the fuss of zooming, pan, tilt etc. If you need a simple camera you can't go wrong with the D-link DCS-900 (Wireless or wired version)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_204", "text": "Great product\n\tThis headset is everything that I hoped it would be and the seller rates 100", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_205", "text": "best price\n\tyou can never go wrong with this paper. I always buy it here, the price in stores is outrageous", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_206", "text": "For extreme bassheads\n\tThis is the Ultimate Ears Super fi model especially designed for \"bassheads,\" featuring a disproportionately large bass driver complemented by a more conventional driver for the middle and high frequencies. I don't think UE would ever claim that what results is a balanced sound signature. Yes, the mids and highs are present and the quality is clean and reasonably detailed, but these frequencies are definitely recessed and with some kinds of music this can result in an unnatural kind of reproduction.\n\nOn the bright side, however, the bass reproduction is  marvelous. Not only is the quantity/extent of the bass frequencies as powerful as any headphones or earphones I've ever used, the quality is excellent. The bass is tight and pleasant, neither boomy nor thumpy. This overbalance toward bass frequencies renders the UE 5 EB's ideal for use when listening to music in which the bass is presented \"front and center,\" including techno bass (aka \"car audio bass\"), drum n' bass, and many types of rap/hip-hop. For music in which the basslines are prominent but comprise part of a more balanced presentation overall, opinions will vary. With rock music, for example, the strong bass is certainly a plus, but I have found that sometimes the bass overpowers the middle frequencies too strongly, and some detail is lost.\n\nIt should be noted that this bass-dominated sound signature renders the EB's a good choice for people who own iPods and feel that their music player is weak on bass. Without any EQ adjustment, the iPod suddenly is transformed into a player where the bass is PRESENT. \n\nIn terms of build, the EB's superficially seem well-constructed and designed. I have heard complaints, however, that the thinness of the wires and earpieces render them vulnerable to breakage. Be careful out there! Thoughtfully, EB has includes a variety of ear tips with these IEM's (including foam, flanged, and plain) so that users with different sized ear canals can get a good fit. The EB's don't extend deeply into the ear canal, which is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, this means that if you get a good fit of the earpiece into the entrance to the ear canal, comfort is good and isolation decent. However, if the fit is not quite right both comfort and isolation will prove frustrating. Making the right choice of ear tip is absolutely essential when using the EB's.\n\nOh, and some people think that the EB's look kind of strange when worn. Larger than the higher-priced Super fi 5 Pro model, the EB's stick out a bit. Your call as to whether this is a problem.\n\nLike all of the UE IEM's in this series, the EB's are packaged with a nice set of accessories, including a 1/4\" adapter plug, a sound attenuator, a soft travel case, an earwax loop, and a silvery metal storage case which includes a winder that helps head off what is always a problem with IEM's, cord tangling.\n\nIt's unlikely that the EB's will prove satisfactory as your \"everyday\" earphone unless you listen solely to bass-dominant types of music. The truth is, however, that even for bass-heavy music the overall sound signature of the Super fi 5 Pros is likely to be more satisfactory for most users (I own both). But as a second pair specifically for use with bass-y music, the EB's are well-designed and definitely fun", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_207", "text": "Convenient and very usable\n\tI thought that this flash drive was above average in performance. Works well between a Macintosh and a PC. I liked the feature--missing from my last flash drive--of easily emptying the drive after use without having to some fancy erasing techniques. In other words, the PNY worked like a real hard drive. I would like the manufacuters to explain in detail how to attach the tread to the laniard. It took me a while to figure it out", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_208", "text": "I didn't believe it, but it's true...\n\tI was devout in my belief that I could get similar photo output from my Canon S800 with less expensive paper.  I bought those big boxes of 100 sheets of Kodak's photo quality glossy from Costco.  My prints were blotchy.  Then I got my hands on some of Canon's Photo Paper Pro, and my pictures were magically crystal clear.  The difference is amazing.  I never would've thought paper would make this much difference.  I've since bought Canon's 15 sheet packs multiple times.  I now use the Kodak stuff for drafts or to give prints to people who don't care much about the quality of the output, while I save the Canon Photo Paper Pro for prints we want to frame", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_209", "text": "Very Fast\n\tThis stick is fantastic for high resolution photos and is lightning quick. Do you need the extra speed the MSX-M1GN gives you? Maybe, maybe not. But at least you have it when and if you need the feature. Highly recommend it for the money.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_210", "text": "A Monster of a Cable.\n\tWell, actually I bought this nice cable, at Amazon Marketplace great offering that it was, for an HDTV Tuner, which bombed in my neighborhood. So, I never did get to unpack the cable. But it's in the closet, and it knows it's a good cable. Great cable, @ great price, thru Amazon", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_211", "text": "good bacup drive\n\tI have this drive and been sucessfully using it with Backup on my Mac. I would recomend it for off line storag", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_212", "text": "Great cassette player\n\tLook around in your local electronics stores and you'll find either HUGELY expensive players or single tape units.\n\nThis player allows tape-to-tape duplication as well as the ability to put two of your old collection in and listen uninterrupted.  Sure, it's not a 100-disk CD carousel...but how else are you going to listen to some of your best stuff (that you probably taped yourself?).\n \nThis, or the other TEAC dual-cassette units, should find a place on your shelf", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_213", "text": "One of the best things I have purchased\n\tThis has helped me significantly in drawing in the computer, for programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Flash. Drawing with a mouse is like drawing with a brick - so buy this piece of equipment if you need to draw in the computer!\n\nIt also works well as an overall mouse for your computer. It even comes with a mouse if you prefer to use that instead of the pen. Plugs right into your USB drive and works almost instantly", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_214", "text": "Awesome!\n\tI had been storing my music on a 2GB card in my palm pilot. I was having a lot of trouble transferring the music, with many errors, not to mention how long it took to transfer. I finally decided to get an MP3 player. A friend kept telling me about the Sandisk Sanso. There were some great features, but the bad far, far outweighed the good. Too many of the same problems over and over, and many people returning them. \nI got my Apple iPod last night and have hardly put it down! I did a lot of research first and was hard pressesd to find negative feedback about this item. This thing is great! I was up till 3AM listening to my music. The sound quality is so much better than I had expected! \nI really like the case I got (Tuffwrap Accent by XtremeMac- Walmart and Radio Shack) because it is really tough rubber and all of the holes are in the right place for the new nano. The only thing is that the unit does not slide up into it completely because of the square corners of the nano. The case has more rounded corners in the top, so the nano does not line up just right in the case. It is good enough and you can still use the controls. It is only about a 1/4 of an inch at most. I am just picky about it lining up correctly so this is a bit annoying. But the case is still great as far as protection. \nI also bought the Belkin TuneBase FM transmitter for the car. It is similar to the Monster version. I did not like the Belkin version at all. I ended up going and getting the Monster FM transmitter at Radio Shack. It works great! I like the fact that my Ipod lays in the console rather than sitting in a dock (some of you may prefer the dock). I like that I can pick up the Ipod and use it sort of like a remote to the radio because I can operate it easily without looking down at the dock. I can even hold it while driving if I want to flip through the songs while driving rather than having to reach over to the dock. The sound of this transmitter is great. Some areas you might get a bit of static or station bleed through while driving, but this is minimal and is usually not a problem. I find this happened a lot less with Monster than with the Belkin. The Belkin had a nasty hiss over all of the songs. \nPeople are talking about this unit not having a radio on it, but I find that I have so many favorite songs on it that I do not need a radio. When I do have a radio, all I do is channel surf for songs I like anyway. This way, I already have all the songs I like at my fingertips!\nI think these headphones really make this nano great! I was so surprised when I first heard this little unit play! For something so tiny, it rocks! I am really glad I followed my gut and went with this unit instead of dealing with frustration first by getting the Sanso. This new nano is a must have!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_215", "text": "It does the job\n\tWell the most important thing about buying ink and toner for your printer is price, and Amazon.com has beaten every on-line price I have seen. As for the toner itself, Hewlett Packard toner is top. I buy this product for two  reasons, 1. It's what fits in my printer, and 2. I know when I buy the  C3906A, I am getting what I payed for, a quality cartrige that lasts. One  last note, twords the end of the cartrige life, a small line appears in the  content of my page letting me know its allmost time for a new one. simply  shake the cartrige, reorder, and by the time the new one arrives, the old  one is finished", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_216", "text": "No more dropped connections!!!\n\tI had originally bought a Linksys, without doing any research beforehand... thinking all routers were more or less equal... oops! Hardware was poor, the interface was wonky, customer service was a joke. I was re-booting it every few minutes under moderate usage, because it keep dropping my DSL connection or completely locking up. I just replaced it with a DGL-4300 based on all the positive reviews, and have been very happy so far. I don't need or use any of the advanced features for gaming; but already I've been very impressed with the DGL-4300 since it hasn't dropped any connections since I bought it last week. You get what you pay for", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_217", "text": "Good product, good service\n\tProduct-wise, the card has worked fine, but then memory cards generally either work or they don't.  Product was shipped in a timely manner, and the price was reasonable", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_218", "text": "Best of the bunch, and pretty good anyway\n\tThe 6500B was the last one I tried of three.  I've had cordless Panasonic phones break too often in the past so was reluctant to buy one again.  But the other choices had major drawbacks.  I really needed a two-line phone that wasn't 2.4Ghz.\n\nThe first I tried was the Uniden TRU8866.  It had a bad echo on the extra handset and other people complained about that too.  This phone uses phone company voice mail (no built-in ans mach) - which is fine - but I had the VM system go bonkers so lost all trust in it.  For over a week messages accumulated but we got no stutter-tone so didn't know there were any new messages - arrgghh.  Not the phones fault I know but it required VM for messaging so nope. \n\nNext I tried the new Motorola MD7081.  I really wanted to like this phone. It's a 2-line 5.8Ghz ans machine like the Panasonic 6500B.  I liked it's simplicity and easy switching between line 1 and 2.  Had battery backup for use during power outages and the best voice quality of the three.  But, it's answering system has no message counter.  That alone is no big deal but it didn't have any indicator to say whether you had any saved messages.  When a new message arrived it blinked and such - all good.  But, if I got home, say, and listened to a message for my wife, the blinking stopped and no indication of \"1 saved message\" or anything.  So, I would have to write a note to her to check the messages.  We're so used to relying on seeing a message counter and just listening to them if it's not zero that we thought this would become a nuisance.  I also would have liked an auto-line-selection so it would automatically answer the ringing line or select a non-busy outgoing line.  But, that would have messed up their simpler style button function - hmmm.\n\nThe Panasonic, I am surprised to say, ended up being my favorite.  Hopefully it will be reliable.  I was always bothered by Panasonic's phones losing the date/time with any little power outage.  Happily, this phone sets its date/time from caller-id info even though the manual implies it wouldn't work quite that way.  With the right settings and phone company options (busy-forward), it elegantly supports two lines as if they are one.  I really like not thinking about which line is what - just pick up and talk.\n\nThe 6500B has good voice quality and reasonable range.  It's much lighter than earlier caller-id handsets which I like.  I also like their shape of handset the best.  My gripes are the limit of 4 handsets - I would like 6 or 7.  Also, can't name the handsets so with intercom you have to remember each number", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_219", "text": "Great Product\n\tI decided to purchase this item because I needed to get SD memory for my g/friends digital camera, so I chose this one because of the price and the brand. SanDisk is known for their memory. Well, no need to say more, this thing works great. I will buy another one but with more space anyday. Thanks alot San Disk", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_220", "text": "exceptional product\n\tWhen I purchased this product I was a little sceptical, however, once I unpacked it and started using it, it was so absolutely easy to use, and the pictures have such a fine quality, and you can insert 4 different sizes of memory cards in addition to computer connection.  So, I see it as a win/win product.  The only draw back is the weight and size. I just do not regret this purchase with the price an added bonus as wel", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_221", "text": "Works Great --- Mac and PC\n\tIt's been through the wringer, and has had no problems after about a year. I came here looking for a replacement cap, but can't find one on Amazon", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_222", "text": "Sennheiser HD-600\n\tHaving been a buyer of Sennheiser products for over 10 years, I feel it is time I endorse a product I truly believe in, and have never been let down by. Including service and customer satisfaction.\n\nEach time buying a Sennheiser product, I found myself stepping up to the next level of their headphones, because they simply keep improving their technology to the point that what you used to own by them gets overwhelmed by the latest headphone they offer. When I bought the HD-600's, I had just come away from years owning the HD-25. When these encountered a technical problem, I replaced them with a backup choice, the HD-25SP's. The difference in sound going 'lower' down their scale of products was just too much to bear. So I bit the bullet and went higher. \n\nWhether you use Sennheiser's merely for pleasure, or for studio work, the accuracy of their sound, and what you get for your money cannot be beat. My HD-600's ran into a small technical glitch (and Sennheiser were extremely helpful in getting this fixed and replaced within 2 days of receipt), and I swear I nearly cried in their absence. HD-600's give you a clear idea of how things were recorded, how good your system is, and what truly sounds inferior. You never listen to things quite the same way again.\n\nThe reason my reviews of Paul McCartney and John Lennon albums from the 70's all comment on how inferior the recording quality is (especially compared to the so called ''Economy Class Beatles'' George Harrison's and Ringo Starr's albums from the same decade), is down to what HD-600's reveal. My main source of media tends to be Vinyl, because Compact Discs and DVD's still cannot capture what analogue/turntable equipment captures. Vinyl is simply warmer and more 'round' in comparison to its digital counterparts. And when listening to badly recorded albums, HD-600's make you wonder if you spent more on your headphones than the artist did using a studio. HD-600's are the reason I mention time and time again you are not getting value for money when buying Lennon and McCartney solo albums. Listening to ''Take IT Away'' from 1982's Tug Of War reveals an annoying tape hiss coming from the left side of the stereofield. Which sounds much like someone forgot to 'silence' a track that had a recording on it, before the instrument actually showed up in the song. It sounds totally like electrical / amp noise coming from equipment, and Geoff Emerick or George Martin just simply forgot to keep this track silent until the instrument that occupied that track appeared in the song. \n\nIt gets much worse than 'Take It Away' on Paul McCartney albums, and even more painfully so on John Lennon albums. But listening pleasure can be found recording wise on their solo albums BACK TO THE EGG, RAM, DOUBLE FANTASY, MILK AND HONEY, and some portions of BAND ON THE RUN, and WALLS AND BRIDGES. #9 Dream is simply a gorgeous recording, it's just too bad the rest of the album doesn't sound as good as that one song.\n\nWhen you listen to your CD's, vinyl, DVD's in whatever room of your house your speakers are, the room dictates what you hear, no matter what you've spent on speakers, power amps, woofers, sub-dividers, etc. Whether you have wall to wall carpeting, high ceilings, low ceilings, plaster or cement, wood floors, a more long than wide room, it all affects how sound reaches your ear. Which is why on a great set of headphones, you are more likely to hear HOW those sounds were meant to be heard, how they were recorded, and how much time was spent doing it. On speakers, McCartney's JET sounds quite full, though the snare is a little thin. But when hearing the album with HD-600's, the drums nearly become non-existent, and all the inconsistencies of the recording become so apparent, you wonder if the mix was sabotaged by someone. McCartney on drums is not a miracle, especially when you hear many of the mistakes being made by someone not as confident on that instrument as they are on Bass. \n\nCan I review anything without bringing up Lennon and McCartney? Quite possibly Dog Food. But so far, they come up pretty regularly. Makes you wonder if I'm trying to prove a point doesn't it.\n\nAlbums that are phenomenally recorded get due justice with Sennhesier HD-600's. They truly do. Some noteworthy recordings from the 70's and 80's when recording technology (for popular music) was just beginning to reach new highs, that are all HD-600 friendly:\n\nIsao Tomita's The Firebird (1976)\nGeorge Harrison's eponymous album (1979)\nSteely Dan's Gaucho (1980)\nJoe Walsh's The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973)\n10CC's The Original Soundtrack (1975)\nGodley  and  Creme's Consequences (1977)\nSupertramp's Crime of the Century (1974)\nXTC's Black Sea (1980)\nPeter Gabriel's 3rd album (1980)\nKate Bush's The Dreaming (1982)\nEarth Wind and Fire's All 'n' All (1977)\nLevel 42's The Pursuit of Accidents (1982)\nBilly Cobham's Spectrum (1972)\nFrank Zappa's One Size Fits All (1975)\nRingo Starr's Goodnight Vienna (1974)\n\nand a truly incredible sounding album from the 90's, Prince and The New Power Generation's ''Symbol'' album from 1992.\n\nAlbums NOT HD-600 friendly:\nTodd Rundgren's Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)\nBlue Oyster Cult's Agents of Fortune (1976)\nPaul McCartney's Venus and Mars (1975 - and quite a few others)\nJohn Lennon's Imagine (1971 - and avoid 1970's Instant Karma like the plague, the piano track will hurt you . .  )\nYes's Fragile (often the guitars and keyboards hit frequencies that cause a lot of crackling and clipping)\n\nand surprisingly enough, many remasters of albums once on vinyl or antiquated CD reveal the errors of fixing something that ain't broken.  \n\n\nIf you have to save up for a pair, or do some heavy searching for HD-600's that are affordable, do so. In over 10 years I have never been disappointed by anything Sennheiser distributed, especially when I kept up with their pace.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_223", "text": "No MP3 support but very high quality device\n\tI was mislead with Amazon review which said it supports conversion to MP3 format with the software supplied, it does not. The help quite clearly states \"You cannot convert a file into an MP3 file\". It will convert to .wav then you can use a 3rd party program to go to MP3.\n\nIf it had MP3 support (at least conversion on the PC from the Sony proprietary format which is .msv) I would have given it 5 stars due to the good software supplied and the amazing sound quality possible. It you record in full quality mode (1.25 hours with built in 32meg memory) and listen to it again with good headphones it does sound amazing. The Voice Up (so you hear each person in a conversation) works very well as do other nice features.\n\nBut it is let down with the software supplied not performing MP3 conversion. Going to .wav then .mp3 with another program is a pain and simply converting to .wav to get away from proprietary .msv takes up too much space.\n\nBut I would buy one again, as it is very easy to use, small, and very high quality. I just hope Sony would listen to consumers and support MP3", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_224", "text": "Good Piece for good price\n\tThe camers is good in picture quality and easy to install and use. It's multi utility for desktop and notepad is a very good feature which I personally expected. I have a complete satisfaction", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_225", "text": "Play Games and want to move faster? Get one\n\tNever been game player much since pong-Purhcased BF2 last December for the PC and loved it. Flying was limited though-util I purchased my G7 from NE and have been enjoying MUCHO fast speeds, easily adjusted, and for internet parusing it has a built in back button. Have to change out battery every two days but gives plenty of warning and is always charged when I need to replace. Absolutely the best mouse I have ever owned.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_226", "text": "A little pricy, but it was worth it.\n\tThis is my first time ever buying a really expensive MP3 player.  I bought it three weeks ago.  If I hadn't seen the Creative Zen Vision:M, I probably would have bought the Sandisk Sansa E260.  I love being able to bring my cartoon/tv shows over to a friends house so we can watch them on the tv.  There is one problem I've had with it.  I'm not sure if anyone else has had this, but there is some slight static noise that happens once in a while when I'm listening to music.  I don't think it's the MP3s, because I've never ran into the problem with my other MP3 players.  If only they would've added the video cable for the TV and kept the charger, then I would've rated it a 5", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_227", "text": "safe\n\tIt helps proteck your ipod veary well. I already broke one ipod some how but with this case it well never happen agai", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_228", "text": "The little details\n\tOk, so I upgraded form a 30 inch LCD to a 50\" Plasma screen, all the sales guys kept trying to get me to buy a power center.  I came home did some research and chose this one, if it didn't improve sound or picture at least i knew that the equipment was protected from power surges.  \n\nI hooked everything up last light and turns it one.  OMG!!!! amazing, my Yamaha receiver and Wharfdale Diamonds 8.2 no longer sounded muddy but insted bright and even toned, the kick from the sub was tight no sloppy and precise, it turned a good system into an eye opener.  The Sony progressive scan and LG plasma now are like looking at real people no a screen , the HD stiff is simply the best , digital cable it good and the dvd's are quite near HD.  All in all I would highly reccomend this to anyone.  \n\nThe blue light is quite bright but i placed a piece of blue painters tape over it and it is no longer a problem.  the voltage meter light is adjustable and not an issue. I now know the voltage in my home ranges between 123.5 to 121", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_229", "text": "Excellent for Skype and very serviceable for music.\n\tExcellent sound from phones and microphone. Comfortable on head and ears. Plenty of cable. On cable controls are handy.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_230", "text": "Absolutely Thrilled!\n\tWe purchased the YSP-1 in August as a companion to our Hitachi Ultravision wall-mounted television.  What a fabulous piece of audio equipment!\n\nWhen we began searching for a replacement for our Infiniti surround system, my husband and I had different concerns.  He is an audiophile that demands wide range digital sound with full depth of field and I was ready for aestethic simplicity (no speakers throughout the room and wires everywhere).  When we found the YSP-1 we thought it was too good to be true.  One speaker instead of five?  Wall-mounted?  Doesn't take up any floor space?  We visited two Yamaha dealers to see it for ourselves.  One had the YSP-1 set up in a room environment.  The other, on the salesroom floor.  In both set-ups it performed consistantly.  In both demonstrations however, my husband felt the low-end sound could use enhancement.  So, we made the purchase and opted to use the YSP-1 with our existing subwoofer.  Installation was fairly simple, provided you have the necessary tools.  The most important, and time-consuming part was leveling and centering the speaker under the television.  Now that it is installed and in use in our home, I feel the low-end sound is quite adequate and prefer not to use the sub-woofer.  My husband though, prefers the earth-shaking action sequences in movies to mimic their intended theatre quality sound.  More than movies the sound quality you get when listening to CDs is absolutely stunning.  Overall, we both got what we wanted.  Expert sound designation and sleek, minimalistic styling (with the added bonus of more floor and wall space).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_231", "text": "I love them\n\tThese ear buds are great for people with small ears.  I've tried several and these are by far the best.  It comes with 3 sizes of buds and the smallest work best for me", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_232", "text": "Incredible Sound, Unbeatable Value\n\tOnce THE speaker of choice for every hard rockin' audiophile with a big enough garage, Klipsch fell off the landscape for a while after being sold to a corporate conglomerate that didn't know the real value of what they'd bought.  But after another buyout by a small group of genuine audiophiles, Klipsch is back on top, from a sound quality standpoint -- and it shows in the ProMedia 2.1 THX.\n\nI have my trio connected to a new Mac Pro desktop unit and the sound is absolutely magical.  Yes, there are more complex set-ups, with 5 or 7 speakers spread out across the room, but if you just want the magic without the madness, the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX is an incredible (and very affordable) solution that's quick and easy to configure in about 5 minutes.\n\nOf course, there are other 3-speaker desktop systems by makers like Logitech, Cyber Acoustics, and Intec, but here's the difference: Klipsch is a true speaker company that connects great speakers to your computer, while those others are computer peripherals companies that one day decided to make speakers.  NOT the same thing.  The only brands that are true competitors to Klipsch in this area are Bose, Harman Kardon, JBL, and Altec Lansing.  I find that the Altec Lansing and JBL 3-speaker sets both sound nasal and \"tinny\" on the high end, while the Bose and Harman Kardon sets sound great, but are more expensive.  So, after a good look (and listen) around, I went with Klipsch.\n\nIn any case, this is an incredible sound set-up for your computer-based music player and should not be overlooked.  Enjoy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_233", "text": "Great System\n\tI previously had a 2.1 sound system for my computer, that were pretty good a few years ago when I bought them.  When I decided to replace them with these I was rather happy with my choice.  The sound is extremely clear and crisp, whether it be music or games, and I am very pleased with them.  The only downside to them is how many extra cords there are behind my desk, but you have to expect that with a 5.1 sound system", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_234", "text": "Good Ink But\n\tFor the most part, I do find HP ink to be the best.  However, every now and then a new ink cartridge is bad. One of the colors doesn't print for some reason.  My opinion is that these ink cartridges are just too expensive to be getting any bad ones", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_235", "text": "Excellent Product\n\tI purchased this product to use with my Camera. The charging lasts very good time. Would recommend this product to others. Good work Amazon", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_236", "text": "Hp Photo paper / glossy\n\tThis paper works excellent in the hp series printers. I have tryed many other makes of Photo paper and they just don't cut it. Some other makes don't dry in a timely manner, others have a dull finish them, some have a red tone. This HP Photo paper allows you to print store developed quality photos from your hp printer. You get what you pay for... This product is worth the money....", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_237", "text": "Great for power, not compatibility\n\tI've used this card for a while now and i'd say that i like it overall. the power usage is great. the drivers have been vastly improved and now you are able to scan for networks. Those of you who are interested in wardriving should look elsewhere. If you want to use netstumbler or pocketwarrior in windows or kismet and airsnort in linux, either go for the linksys wcf12 (prism based) or lucent orinoco based pcmcia card. if you're looking to run just 802.11b and check email, stream music, browse the web, etc, this card will be perfect plus it'll save you some battery power", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_238", "text": "Memory Card for a college student\n\tI am a typical college student, I am not a photgrapher to be or anything, so this digital card was perfect for me. I get about 330 pictures on my second best setting and have never come close to taking that many pictures. I believe this card is great for anyone who is not obessed with taking pictures, or to someone who loads them on quickly. :", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_239", "text": "works for me\n\tPeople buy expensive av cables because of most people would think that more expensive cables will work better and last longer.  I've found that it's more a matter of quality control.  I'll roll the dice with cheap (price) cables untill they fail on me", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_240", "text": "Great cable for less money\n\tGreat cable that works as advertised.  Why spend $80 on a name brand cable which performs no better or no worse.  Connected a third gen Mot 6412 DVR with HD to a Sony 36XBR800. Great picture.  A name brand cable will not transmit your digital signal 6' any better than this Cables Unlimited brand will", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_241", "text": "Decent buy for the price\n\tMuch cheaper than other Sony machine.  Works fine -- then again, I wasn't looking for anything fancy.  Don't have problems with the speakerphone or message recording as the others did.  I like the dual keypads", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_242", "text": "Fire and forget\n\tThis was a breeze to setup, even with WPA2 to ensure privacy.  I also hooked up an Xbox360 and it has never failed in since I bought it about 6 month ago.\n\nMuch better value then your average gaming adaptor since it has multiple ports so you can hook up all your gizmos at the entertainment center rather then buying a wireless adaptor for each (i.e. Tivo, PS2, etc...)\n\nI love it, and for the price, you could not beat it.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_243", "text": "What is this for?  High quality Audio and Video\n\tBREAKING NEWS: If you are buying a new video playback capable iPod, please look for the new iPod Universal dock, which has s-Video output for both photos and video.  It is also ready to accept a control remote so you can control your iPod from your sofa.\n\nIs this expensive?  The answer is probably yes.  This dock was included on the original iPod Photo of late 2004 (priced $500-$600), the dock was removed as Apple lowered the prices this year to their current levels for color iPods.  However, for a couple of uses: high quality home audio and Slide Shows on hi-res TVs, it is a great alternative.\n\nThis dock basically serves three purposes:\n- The traditional synch  and  charge function available since the early days.\n- It helps you get \"Line\" output out of an iPod.  Line output is a cleaner, higher quality sound output than the usual headphone output out of the miniplug jack.  It is the best way to connect your iPod to a home stereo or home theater.\n- The super Video out for color iPods.  This function is something you cannot get without the dock.  So, if you like to show your pictures to your friends  and  family using a hi-res TV (Plasma, LCD or a Flat Screen) this is a great tool to use.  As an alternative, if you do not want to use s-Video and are OK with regular digital video out, a cheaper alternative is the \"Apple iPod AV Cable\" at $19 from the Apple Store or similar alternatives.\n\nIn summary, buy this if you hook your iPod to high quality audio equipment or if you regularly do hi-res slide shows on your TV.  If you don't do it, it's just too expensive as a synch/charger, since anything you need is in the iPod box", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_244", "text": "Great Product For The Money\n\tA super picture with this cable!  For the price, you've got to try this before spending hundreds of dollars on others.  I give it 2 thumbs up", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_245", "text": "Works great\n\tI didn't buy this on Amazon but wanted to say this device is great. The only bad thing was MY laptop is old!  Can't go wrong with this one", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_246", "text": "Vonage -- Wonderful Service\n\tI read the other reviews and don't understand where they are coming from UNLESS they are all by AT and T or BELL employees.  I've had Vonage for 3 years and have nothing but good things to say about it.  I have local numbers for Seattle, Salt Lake City, Boston and San Francisco so my friends can stay in touch. These numbers only cost me $4.99/each a month.  Customer service is excellent.  They stay right on the phone with you until everything works perfectly.  This is especially nice after they added 911 service", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_247", "text": "simple physics\n\tI'm using Monster optical cable as well, but with different reasons behind. Anybody with a basic knowledge of physics or optics should know that under normal condition light is not susceptible to interference from  magnetic field or EMF", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_248", "text": "Fantastic\n\tI bought this item about 4 months ago and do not have a single complaint.  I use it in Chicago.  A lot of reviews say it takes a long time to acquire a satellite signal, not true at all.  I think the longest I have ever waited was 20 seconds.  It does have trouble getting a signal downtown sometimes, when I am surrounded by tall buildings (Wacker Dr.)  But this is expected and can be corrected with the purchase of an external antenna.\nOverall, this GPS works perfectly.  The auto-reroute is fantastic, it is very quick to recalculate my route if I miss a turn, and the voice prompts give you plenty of warning in advance of a turn. You will not be disappointed with this purchase", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_249", "text": "Looks great\n\tI bought this speaker cable because I wanted it to fall in a straight line and hug the walls without curling all over the place. This cable does just that. I'm very happy with it. If that is your goal too, I can recommend this cable.\n\nRegarding the long standing debate of whether Monster cable sounds better than cheaper cable, I'm not an audio engineer and don't have an opinion", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_250", "text": "BEST CABLE TO CONNECT YOUR DVD PLAYER !\n\tI purchased a Sony WEGA 27 inch tv. I took advantage of it's rear component input labeled video4.  I connected my Sony DVP360 Dvd player.  With dvd viewing, the movie Dinosaur, Bug's Life, Toy Story 1 and 2, and Vegas Vacation, the colors were very vibrant, details were dynamic, and the picture quality was very accurate in at least 480 lines of resolution. I have viewed these same movies on larger screen HDTV's such as the Pioneer Elite and was disappointed??? Glass picture tubes provide a more realistic picture. I can't imagine that I can do any better for my television than these cables.  I am completely happy with dvd movie watching on my Sony WEGA with these Monster component 3 cables", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_251", "text": "Fantastic !!!!\n\tThis is a fantastic home projector.  I am a very picky electronics fan.  This exceeded my expectations.  The colors are RICH, bright  and  great. \n\nPanasonic produces best colors.  I own their camera, camcorder  and  now this.  I am going to buy their HDMI DVD playe", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_252", "text": "working just as new and new firmwave version 4.32\n\tI just bought a refurbished Roadmate 700 a few days ago. It took minutes to locate my current location, which was totally normal. \n\nI kinda feared that I would have the GPS with the older version 3.2, as some people said earlier. But in fact, the one that I got is with firmwave version 4.32, the newest version. The voice is working good too.\n\nI am happy with this product, even though it is a refurbished one", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_253", "text": "Outstanding media\n\tShort review: Have burned about twenty disks, all work perfectly. Have made home dvds out of them, all work in three different regular dvd players that I've tried. Very satisfied with them", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_254", "text": "Excellent Product\n\tI am satisfied by the purchase of this Targus CVR600 15.4 Groove Notebook Backpack since it is super wide, comfortable and with many compartments to keep objects  apart of the laptop. I recommend it to you", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_255", "text": "It will do.\n\tIf you are like me and dont really care about the \"best\" sound quality you can possibly have, and don't mind the tiny bit of static (keep in mind I live in a city) then this is for you.  Its simple, it works, and Im glad that I bought it, and that it didnt break the bank. I like it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_256", "text": "Unbreakable\n\tI bought a 32 inch 5 years ago.  in 2003 when movie I was trying to move it across the room and it flipped face first in the floor.  Mind you I had paid like $200 for Sear's sorry 3-5 year? warranty and it turned out they wouldn't have replaced it or probably fixed it even though my sister worked there.  I heard a sickening crash (like the picture tube/glass breaking).  It still works and only has a dent it the top left.  I think I got the remote a little wet years ago and it never worked again.  Not a big deal since I have a directv remote,but I forgot I even had PIP because of no remote.  From now on if I can afford it I will buy sony only.  I bought an xplode cd player 2 years ago with no problems except a dead remote that I never use", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_257", "text": "Sony 36 and quot;\n\tThis TV weighs a ton, took three adult males to pick it up off of the floor and load it into an entertainment armoire. I have owned several Sony TVs and really thought hard about this purchase because of firmware issues that I have had with a 27 and quot; Sony. Mainly compared this model with the corresponding Panasonic Tau, absolutely hated the Tau remote and am very familiar with the Sony. Note that the remote was not the deciding criteria, but it was a consideration. I have no real complaints about this TV, the menu system is nice and the picture very good. I do not normally use the built-in speakers so really can't comment about their sound. This TV has a 16:9 enhanced mode that must be selected from the menus, I tried it once using a DVD as source input and liked the widescreen format that the DVD player provides better than the 16:9 mode. The 27 and quot; Sony that I have has an auto-volume feature, this 36 and quot; does not and I do miss it. I would purchase this unit again. Note that there is a very similar Sony model that has upgraded sound, but not consider it because the added width would not fit in the armoire", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_258", "text": "Great sound, not so great comfort.\n\tI agree with most of the reviews here.  The PC155 is a great headset overall.  The sound quality is great.  Volume is more than adequate and fidelity is excellent.  I've listened to a great deal of MP3 music through these babies and I am very impressed.  Spacial/stereo imaging is great and I've actually heard things in the songs that I have never heard before!  It actually shows the imperfections of my MP3 and makes me realize that I probably need to turn up the bit rate when ripping my CDs.  The controls are also simple to use, both on the cord and on the PC.\n\nAudio recording quality is great as well.  I have tried it with Dragon and recognition works great with it.  Playback of recorded sound shows that the sound is a little on the dark side, however.  Ps and Bs are a little too hot even though I have tried different mike positions and used the included wind sock.\n\nMy biggest problem with the set is in the comfort department.  I first feel obligated to tell you that I do not normally wear full coverage headphones.  Usually, I wear high-quality buds.  So, perhaps I just have to get used to it.  However, I feel as though my ears are being squeezed too much with these headphones.  Instead of feeling like they are comfortably secure, they feel as though they are too tight and they make my ears hot... even after only 15 minutes.\n\nSo, despite my positive review of the sound quality, I am going to send these back and try the PC165.  They supposedly have bigger ear cups, which will hopefully translate to more comfort?  Other people here have not had problems with the comfort of the 155s so it is probably just me.\n\nUPDATE: I received the PC165 set and there is a big difference.  The sound is fuller and bigger (not louder) on the 165s.  Also, the comfort is much better.  They don't pinch my ears like the 155s.  The cord going to the headset is also thicker, which means fewer tangles and less chance of damage.  If you're thinking of the 155s, I would get the 165s instead", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_259", "text": "Finally a cordless phone with good volume\n\tI do not have a hearing problem, but my previous cordless phones were inaudible even at high volume.. this phone fills the bill -- at least so far!  The only caveat: no speakerphone, which would be handy considering the amount of time most of us spend on hold.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_260", "text": "LCD DVD\n\tThis car kit works very well. The screen is a bit larger than other DVD players of similar type. The only down side is that the battery only charges for about 2 hours (shorter than many movies). So, if you are going to use this in the car, you need to be able to charge it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_261", "text": "A MUST for trip w/ small children\n\tWe bought this unit from Sam's Club right before a trip to Disney World. (8 hours in the car with a toddler--eek!)  However, it was/is perfect!  We still use it for trips around town when we're in massive traffic or our son is being really fussy.  The case that keeps the dvd player on the back of the seat needs a little work, but we figured out a way to make it work for us.  Also, the remote doesn't work well, but we don't really need to use it as a DVD usually lasts long enough between stops", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_262", "text": "Good\n\tThe cable was a good price, and it fit my printer perfect. Worth the few pennies I paid", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_263", "text": "Better than expected\n\tI was looking for comfy earphones to replace my Phillips one I got awhile back cos the rubber coating had fallen off and I stumbled on this one. I was a bit skeptical about the volume control thinking it would give out after a few times of sliding up and down but it works wonderfully and is so light and responsive to touch as well as being sturdy. \n\nI started out using the foam that came with it but that proved to be a bother and pretty much useless as the plastic earbuds are comfy enough. And they stay in your ears like glue. No more readjusting and I loved that.\n\nFor the price, this SO worth it.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_264", "text": "Best Earbuds Foe Under $10\n\tI bought These earbuds for the first time 3 years ago for $15 now u can get them for under $10 They last more than six months of hard wear and tear  before they need replacing awsome i've been using them for a long time and don't plan on changin", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_265", "text": "Lived up to the reviews I read before buying,\n\tIt certainly did.  Excellent color qualit", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_266", "text": "I love it!\n\tThis is the best device I have bought for at least a couple decades. I am a degreed engineer, and I love gadgets. Just the best. I have had it about 3 months, and I love it. Attractive base, all the connections, removable speakers, picture quality is among the best LCD that I have viewed. I highly recommend it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_267", "text": "Nice Office Speakers\n\tAmazon has a nice price on the JBL Duet Speakers (July 2006 - 36.95) dealmac is a site I used and returned to amazon.\n\nI purchased these for my office desk where I wanted a crisp sound for low volume daily listening. Anything from Ambient, to Rock and Jazz. They produce sounds nicely, nice tight crisp. If these came with a woofer unit these would be ideal speakers, as the 2-pieces alone do not produce any significant bass at all. Just the \"hints\" of bass in the music but no thud, if that's what you are hoping for. I did turn these up loud to listen to their full sound and they do sound good.  These are perfect for offices and just daily music, sound is superb. Not for audiophiles or for people who are expecting to shake everything on their desks. \n\nBuild quality is \"ok\". I got the white speakers and they are the nice \"Mac\" white plastic. The JBL logo on the speaker itself is awfully big. And the silver volume knob is made of that cheap silver flake paint over plastic which is abit tacky. One of the soft rubber pads on the bottom of these (meant to not scratch your desk) did fall off during opening but they are glued on so no big deal in placing it back on.  \n\nThe design is very modern and cool tho. They look nice on my desk.\n\nYou will need to keep these on for abit to let the speakers fully... break in. They sound awful right out of the box and after maybe one hour of keeping these on they will sound better.\n\nOn the low end of speakers out right now, these will probably sound the best and are most modern design, compared to the black boxes out there", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_268", "text": "All in all this is an excellent phone\n\tAs you may already know, this is an accessory handset which will only work if you have one of these Panasonic models: KX-TG2700/KX-TG2720, KX-TG2730/KX-TG2740. \n\nThe Panasonic KX-TGA271V, does not need (or use) a telephone jack. It simply plugs into any standard electrical socket and works off the base unit with one of the models mentioned above.\n\nThis phone was also very easy to register. (It had to be charged for about 2 hours before it could be registered...) I simply had to press the \"MUTE\" button on my base unit and then press the \"PLAY\" button on the phone (the registration directions were even displayed on the LCD display on the phone!) Please know that I did find the Panasonic instaltion manual/registration directions to be a little confusing.\n\nSome features that are NOT mentioned in this description which ARE included are: finger grips/ergonomic sizing on the sides of the phone, the opportunity to play your answering machine messages off this phone (the base unit to the KX-TG2730 has a digital answering machine, and I suspect the other Panasonic models do as well) ---- THIS WAS THE MAIN REASON WHY I PURCHASED THIS PHONE, YES THE KX-TGA271V WILL PLAY YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGES OFF THIS PHONE THROUGH THE SPEAKER ON THE BACK OF IT!!!, a separate \"call waiting\" dedicated button is also included.\n\nAlso, this phone will use any standard headset, it does NOT need a Panasonic branded headset. This was very important for me because I ofen use a headset and I do not want to purchase another one. I have since learned that ALL cordless phone headsets can be used on ANY type of cordless phone! \n\nPlease know that the batteries on this phone are not interchangeable with the KX-TG2730 system (that is the model that I have.) Also, the KX-TG2730 phone can't be charged in this charger, and vice versa. That is (likely) because the KX-TGA271V phone is slightly smaller and weighs less. \n\nThe face of the phone is white with a purple trim. The back of the phone is also purple on the bottom and white on the top half. The \"white\" in the phone is sort of a shiny metalic white, and the \"purple\" is not shiny at all. Some of the buttons are also slightly smaller than the buttons on the KX-TG2730 model. And the LCD screen is not flat, it is indented slightly, and bordered in silver. \n\nI purchased this phone from an Amazon.com merchant and am very pleased with it. I noticed that another Amazon.com merchant is selling the same phone that I purchased for less ($30.), however that merchant has HORRIFIC feedback and I was only too glad to pay a little extra for the confidence of knowing that I would receive a phone in a timely manner that would work! \n\nPanasonic makes very good phones. The only (big) problem is the battery life. The batteries often die after less than 90 minutes. I have solved this problem by purchasing a second set of batteries. However, this is still not a perfect solution. So, I had to purchase another set of cordless phones (Uniden.) I now keep two phones in each of the rooms that I had each of the Panasonic phones, and so far have not run in to any problems. I hope Panasonic will offer batteries with longer lives soon.\n\nAll in all this is an excellent phone. I hope the extra details that I provided will help a prospective buyer make the right decision. Amazon.com rarely provides specific details to these types of questions (does Amazon.com only employ braindead dimwits?) and the Panasonic Website does not offer this info", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_269", "text": "Perfect 17\" Laptop case\n\tI recently bought an HP 17\" widescreen laptop and needed to find a case for traveling. This case is all that and more...on one side is a detachable cell phone case...the other side a HIDDEN drink holder. It has a pocket that it slides into if not needed- that came in handy in the airport.\n\nThis case looks extremely sturdy (well built!)and dirt just seems to wipe right off of it. It holds my 17\" laptop, PDA, Cell phone, computer mouse, one-time-use cameras, Ipod, and all the wires and chargers for those electronics. I even fit two books, keys, a folder filled with directions and plane tickets, a notebook, and two dvd's in here. (all of that at the same time) Granted, all that stuff makes it pretty heavy to lug around the airport, so if you are doing that routinely you are going to want something with wheels or backpack form. The strap on this bag is extremely sturdy and cushiony. The strap was long enough for me to wear it diagonally accross my chest if I wanted, but it is not detachable (which means it isn't likely to fall off easily).\n\nThis bag is extremely well-designed. There is a strap for attaching it to wheeled luggage...it even fits under the window seat of the airplane and those areas for storage are much smaller than the aisle seats. Very well padded..I knocked my brand new computer around a bit during the travels and kept opening the case to make sure it was okay! Of course it was fine because there are 3 heavy duty layers of padding.\n\nBecause this bag does all that and more, it is large. It becomes larger the more you stuff it (obviously). However, I am 5'1\" and I carried it fine from North Carolina to New York. It looks great, if I needed to go to a meeting with my laptop I would gladly take it in this case. It looks professional enough.\n\nhappy buying!\nps. let me add that finding a decently priced case for a 17\" laptop that has all the features this one does is nearly impossible. Also, in the stores I checked this was sold for about 30 dollars more than here on amazon!! If you have a smaller laptop, this case will work just fine too! It has an adjustable divider. You will just gain more room for other stuff. I look foward to long usage of this case.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_270", "text": "Flawed, but still the best case for the iPod 20 GB\n\tI researched cases upon receipt of my 20 GB iPod and deemed this the best.  This case consists of a thin plastic sleeve inside a separate clear, hard shell.  The hard case protects the iPod from scratches and minor falls while still allowing easy access to the controls and inputs.  It also does not obscure the screen.  An enclosed plastic belt clip attaches to the back of the unit.  \nThis case is not compatible with a Bose Sounddock as the user must remove the iPod from the case.  Also, Contour Design only enclosed one of the thin plastic sleeves.  I spent $5 at their website for 5 more sleeves and gave some to friends with the same case.  \nThe price seems high for a couple pieces of plastic but a case is essential and this is the best one for the 20 GB iPod.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_271", "text": "Great Speaker System for the Price!\n\tI was surprised at the sound quality of this small speaker system.  I purchased it to use in my bedroom on my nightstand and am very pleased.  You can hear the music in several other rooms if the volume is turned up, without distortion.\n\nI am very pleased with my purchase and would recommend the speaker system to others", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_272", "text": "Quality does not cost -- It pays!\n\tHP Premium Plus photo paper is the only way to go if you desire tremendous photos from your home printer without any scratching, scuffing or blemishes. I have tried less expensive paper from HP as well as other manufacturers. The difference in quality is obvious. If you want friends and family to think you know what you are doing, share photo's on HP Premium Plus glossy paper. \n\nJay Shahee", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_273", "text": "Flash drive\n\tExcelent, hard drive, good price and good time for seller.\nthanks", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_274", "text": "As advertised\n\tVery easy to set up, great product.  Picture is great on my samsung 50 inch plasma", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_275", "text": "Quality Cable\n\tI ordered the 4 meter cable which was pictured with 24 pin connectors and received one with 18 pins.  Found out that the missing middle 6 pins are used to transmit audio which my monitor doesn't support anyway.  Originally, the DVI-D specification allowed for both a video signal and an audio signal, but most manufacturer's have only used the video portion.  If you need a DVI-D cable, an 18 pin connector will most likely work since most devices won't process the audio signal anyway.  There are a few (very few) devices that do use all 24 pins, but with the advent of HDMI, nobody really makes them anymore", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_276", "text": "Panasonic KX-TG2620W 2.4 GHz FHSS cordless telephone\n\tOutstanding product as you would expect from Panasonic. Incoming calls loud and clear.  The scroll telephone directory is convenient and easy to use.  I do not like the \"beep\" sound when the hand-set is placed back in the cradle (it cannot be turned off", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_277", "text": "Hey, it's Canon.\n\tIt's a Canon product made for another Canon product -- how can you go wrong?", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_278", "text": "Good but possible defect?\n\tI just got my NANO last week and the minute I turned it on (before even transfering any music to it) I could hear a faint noise/buzz from the nano.  It comes on when the power is on and goes off as soon as I turn off the unit.  Has anyone experienced this with theirs?  My first generation nano does not experience this noise.  I plan to take it to an Apple store and try to get a replacement.\n\nJust a bit frustrating when you plopped down the $250 and the new toy already appears to be defective.  Lesson learned for everyone else, if you don't have to get a new toy right when it comes out...wait...let them get the bugs sorted out first on new adopters like myself", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_279", "text": "Looks great on my HP printer\n\tHP didn't make 13x19 paper when I bought my 13x19 HP printer. Way to go, HP. They may make it now, but I never check, b/c I'm totally satisifed w.this paper. Runs smooth and looks great", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_280", "text": "Perfect for anyone who can afford the Bose Soundock\n\tAfter buying my ipod, i felt my stereo system wasnt geting anyuse. So I felt that instead of buying the Bose Soundock, which is about $300, your better off only spending about $25 and getting just as good quality", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_281", "text": "Very Satisfied APC Customer\n\tThis is perfect for anyone who travels with a laptop. It's small and fits nicely next to the ac adapter in my laptop case. It protects my laptop from surges through the AC outlet and phone jacks. I have been pleased with APC  products for about six years. They provide excellent customer support. I  highly recommend their products", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_282", "text": "Very Helpful\n\tI found this keyboard to be very helpful.  I am a graduate student and spend a lot of my time typing papers.  While my laptop can be used to type, when you type for hours at a time it gets very uncomfortable.  This keyboard is a great size and has a nice feel for long days spent typing.  The bluetooth is also reliable and allows me to get some distance from the computer if I would like without stopping the connection.  I would suggest getting a mouse to accompany it.  Overall, a very useful and reliable product that makes my life much easier", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_283", "text": "Good Sound Quality, but...\n\tI bought these Ear Headphones primarily to use when running and biking at the club. The sound quality is acceptable, not exceptional. The construction is a little flimsy and the big issue is that the cord is shorter for the left ear than the right. That places all the force on the left side and that one tends to pull out. I have no idea why Sony thought that this was a good design. For the money they could also have included a case rather than a clip for the cord. I would give these a B- good/not great", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_284", "text": "Great Value\n\tI just recieved my HDMI cable and am very impressed. The price is just what it should be about $5 and makes me wonder how somebody would spend over $100 for this cable at a store. The service was excellent and the cable arrived in 4 days! I highly recommend this cable. I just plugged it into my cable box and the other end into the TV and WOW what a great picture all around. The color is just so much more vivid using HDMI compared to component 3 wire connectors. Get this cable for your system and stay away from those high priced others", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_285", "text": "Great mouse, Great Price\n\tI bought this mouse originally as a replacement for a $9.99 mouse, and I'll never turn back. THIS MOUSE IS OUTSTANDING FOR GAMING. It's pretty damned accurate, and it easily fits in my hand. Good price, too", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_286", "text": "Wicked easy to set up!\n\tThis was by far the easiest computer peripheral I have ever setup! Works flawlessly with my Netgear wireless router", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_287", "text": "HP  Photosmart 335 Printer\n\tThis printer was purchased for my wife's birthday and arrived\nin two to three days. Considering money spent the printer\nworks quite well. Pictures come out very good overall. An\nHP 95 or HP 97 cartridge is used for color photos. It contains\nthree color inks but no black. Still, photos will easily \nsatisfy the average owner. An HP 100 cartridge can be used\nfor black and white photos. Yes, the color cartridge must be\nexchanged for the black one when converting from color to\nblack and white and vise versa. Even so, we find the printer\nfun and very simple to use. Just keep in mind that the price\nof ink will soon exceed the price of the printer if used\noften. What we do is use it for special occasions or when\nthe grandchildren come over.\n\nGary", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_288", "text": "A better mousetrap\n\tThis does exactly what it is supposed to do.  It is light, easy to pack, easy to use, and probably difficult to crack.  \n\n(Though would-be PC pilferers haven't tried taking a hacksaw to my cable lock so I cannot comment as to its ability to withstand saws, blow-torches, or any other criminal's tool.)\n\nOther reviewers baffled me as mine is as described by Amazon.  There is neither an alarm nor batteries.  Why bother with an alarm if the PC is locked with steel cable?  Seems like overkill", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_289", "text": "Works well with Garmin GPS\n\tI purchased this cable solely to connect my GPSmap 76S to my HP laptop.  So far it has performed perfectly.  I have not tried to use it for other applications yet, so I can't comment on how well it would work in other situations.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_290", "text": "Garmin GPSMap 60Cx\n\tThis is my first GPS and I wanted a unit that could be used in a variety of environments such as biking, hiking, kayaking, and in the car to. I found this unit to be easy to use with a large display and convenient controls. Also the 2 times I called Garmin with questions I was able to talk to someone who is in the USA as opposed to a person in a foreign country which can be frustrating to some. On the down side to get the most out of this unit you still need to buy additional mapping software", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_291", "text": "Antenna works OK, Garmin needs a better antenna plug\n\tThe antenna works well and obtains more satellites than the GPS units internal antenna. This easily solved the issue of poor reception when the GPS is inside of a car; however, the best accuracy I am able to obtain is 13 feet with this external antenna vs. the 9 feet using the GPS's internal antenna when in an open area.  Garmin's external antenna connector plug does not attach very firmly and can disconnect easily when the units are moved around (on my GPS).  I feel the antenna was worth purchasing", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_292", "text": "Excellent Card\n\tWorks well with Canon 10D, 30D, and S40.  Fairly fast write speed.  And 4GB - pretty big (1600 JPGs in the 30D!)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_293", "text": "Excellent Color\n\tFor the Epson Photo 1270, the photo quality and color are excellent. I have printed digital photos that people cannot believe come from an inkjet printer", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_294", "text": "better than most\n\tSince there are very few cases that fit iPAQ PDAs, I recommend you get this one.  Depending on type of your iPAQ (1900 series vs 3000 series), you might have varying degrees of comfort trying to shove your PDA into the case.  Once you're done, however, it's very easy to use and carry.  It comes with a belt clip that you may or may not use.  The case itself is slim enough to fit snugly in your pocket, unlike so many other cases.  The obvious disadvantage is that if you drop it on a hard surface, this case won't provide much in a way of side protection (klutzes be warned).  The leather feels surprisingly good, almost a lambskin kind of quality.  The credit card space is not very useful, but you can shove a couple of business cards in there. A solid 4 stars until anything better becomes available", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_295", "text": "The Sound of Silence\n\tWorks exactly as advertised - I travel a lot and I can finally enjoy those long travel hours in planes calmly.\nWorth the \"relatively\" high price tag", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_296", "text": "Small, inexpensive, reliable\n\tI used the Tripp lite to charge my PowerBook and digital camera during a cross country trip to grad school. It worked great and I had no problems. The only thing I could have used was a second outlet", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_297", "text": "awesome leather case\n\tnicely designed leather case w/ belt clip.  i bought this for my hp hx2415.  pockets good for SD memory cards.  belt clip hooks very tightly to belt, so you don't have to worry about dropping pda.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_298", "text": "Perfect for the frequent traveler\n\tNote:  This is a review of the Targus PA225U Retractable Phone  and  Ethernet Cord (Plastic Casing).  It's the rectangular model, not the oval shaped one.\n\nI'm on the road 50-75% of the time for work and have used this on almost every trip.  I initially bought it because I forgot my regular network cord while traveling and needed to buy something quickly.  I like to be able to move around in the hotel room and use this cord along with a cheap little plastic cable joiner to connect it to the hotel internet connection so I can sit on the couch or bed while connected to the internet.  I've experimented with a travel wireless router but keep coming back to the wired connection when the wireless connection has problems.  I've used it for over a year and have never had any problems with the retraction", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "electronics", "split": "validation", "example_id": "electronics_validation_299", "text": "Best paper for Canon printers\n\tI tested my new Canon i960 with a variety of papers. Like most printers, the output is much better when using the manufacture's own paper (as opposed to the cheaper generic paper), but there is no need to buy the most expensive  and quot;Pro and quot; paper as neither I nor my wife could discern ANY difference between the two. There may be a benifit to the  and quot;Pro and quot; paper that cannot be seen (lasts longer?) but at almost twice the cost it is not worth it - this paper will produce the highest quality prints on your Canon printer (I think they look better than the ones I get from the photo lab)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_0", "text": "Don't use with batteries!\n\tThe design for using the DC adapter with LED Booklight is extremely poor. It is possible that I missed the warning that tells you to remove the batteries before using the DC adapter. But, it must not have been very big. I combined the two and ended up with batteries that leaked all over inside the battery case. These were brand new batteries. There does not seem to be anything protecting the batteries from the DC adapter and so the power goes right into them. This is bad. Modern devices are expected to work with either battery or adapter without having to remove the batteries.\n\nI had assumed that I could leave the batteries in so that when I was at home I could use the adapter, but traveling I would use the batteries.  Don't make this mistake", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_1", "text": "Not to Impressed\n\tWorks well on carpets not to well anywhere else.  The hose attachment is horrible, the hose is about 4 ft long and stiff and is not permanently attached to the vacuum, and when you try to clean furniture the movement losens it and it comes off.  I have 2 dogs and 3 cats and I need to be able to clean the furniture.  Also when you could use the hose on something all the dirt piled up on the floor where the vacuum stood, it was not pulled into the bag. Very disappointed with it and would not recommend to anyone with pets.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_2", "text": "know what you're buying\n\tThe International Eversharp line is Henckels low-end, stamped stainless line.  It is not carbon steel. It is not hand-forged.  It does not compare to the other Henckels lines which are.  You get what you pay for.  These are cheap knives.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen a set of Henckels knives which could go in the dishwasher....but, that's because on this line, you do not get Henckels lifetime warranty (which is voided by dishwasher use)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_3", "text": "Shrinks and sheds when things get hot\n\tThis is the worst basting brush I have ever encountered.  At first countless bristles fell out in my food and every time I washed it.  (Although it's dishwasher safe, it failed to come clean in there, even after a big squirt of dawn and much hand washing it isn't spotless, but I think I pulled most of the loose bristles out in the process.)  It also doesn't stand up to any heat, I use it to lightly grease my griddle for pancakes and things (at about 375 degrees) becuase I don't like the residue left by Pam, and it shrinks and flakes bristle bits every time.  I also don't like the Good Grips in general (these were a gift) the handles are too bulky and take up too much space in my utensil crock and limited apartment kitchen drawers", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_4", "text": "Barely gets one star\n\tLast year, I bought a Pizza Stone from Pampered Chef.  It was a rousing success with my family.  For the 5 of us, however, one stone was not enough and I wanted a companion that would help provide two delicious pizzas at one time.  Sadly, the product did not come through.  My pizza stuck to the stone and had to be scraped off.  I tried going against the directions and didn't preheat the stone the second time.  It stuck even worse!  The pizza didn't get fully done in the middle, while the Pampered Chef pizza was perfect both times.  I will be throwing the stone away and ordering the higher priced alternative from Pampered Chef.  You get what you pay for!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_5", "text": "Keeps coffe hot--that's its only advantage--poor performance and quality.\n\tPurchased the unit about 6 months ago and have never been happy with it. The heating plate under the pot started to rust; the pot leaks every time it's poured; it's almost impossible to pour water into the water chamber without spilling it; the handle of the coffee basket broke within a few months; and two days ago the entire top of the unit snapped off when we opened it to pour in the water. We purchased this unit because of the Cuisinart brand and the stainless steel carafe. We will not purchase another", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_6", "text": "WARNING!\n\tAs Shannon says, Kitchenaid mixer bowl covers are terrific for storing food and attachments.  But be warned: these particular covers may not fit your mixer bowl!  I purchased a new Artisan mixer  and amp; ordered these to go along with it, but they are too small.  They do not fit the Artisan or KSM90 mixer bowls.  Models they fit are KBC5N, K5SS,  and amp; KSM5 only", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_7", "text": "Does non-stick refer to the packaging?\n\tEverything sticks to these pans! I cannot get OFF the potato residue and I'm probably just going to throw them away. \n\nThey are awkwardly heavy. They do not warp, but they do pop out of shape (this happens when the pans are in the oven and you'll hear a very loud, scary pop). \n\nJust awful.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_8", "text": "Remanufactured?  No Thanks.\n\tLove those Irobot products and everything they're capable of doing.  In fact, this was my third purchase, but my first remanufactured product.  What a headache!  The product worked correctly just three times, then died. Both technical support and customer service from Irobot were helpful and prompt, but still took weeks to resolve the issues. I tried a different way of recharging, which didn't work.  Then they replaced the battery, but that still didn't solve the problem.  Ultimately I had to send the product back, then waited more than a month for a replacement, which was on backorder.  Finally, they substituted a different model, and which works just as advertised.  I'd never buy another remanufactured model.  But I still believe in Irobot.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_9", "text": "1 Star because you can't go lower than that!\n\tThe only thing this juicer is good for is to find out if you will really be into juicing.  This juicer lasted for 3 months while juicing 3 to 5 times a week (for two people).  At 3 months the tray that holds the blade warped and started spitting plastic into the drink.  I considered getting another one to have spare parts....then I scraped that idea and got a real juicer.  Besides being cheaply made...it should also be priced cheaper.  Also the blade takes a while to clean", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_10", "text": "Loud!\n\tI just bought this fan and it is too loud! Even on its lowest setting, the noise is a bit much. It does put out a stiff breeze, but I'm not sure it's worth it. My Black and Decker tower fan is better", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_11", "text": "Lock problem\n\tHad to return the first one because of a lock malfunction (it locked but would not unlock).  Amazon was great about responding immediately and replacing it promptly.  However, the lock on the second one does not work properly, either (it doesn't lock), though I will keep it, since keeping little hands safe is not an issue in my home. This item is a good way of storing blades and disks, but unless Cuisinart comes up with a more reliable locking mechanism, don't count on it to protect small hands from getting into it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_12", "text": "Multiple Probes failed quickly; bad batch? or just plain bad?\n\tI've heard of others complaining that these probes will end up failing under \"normal\" use... something goes wrong at some point, and they just don't read right anymore.\n\nI love my Taylor digital thermometer, and these probes seem to work with the Taylor, but I went through 3 probes very quickly. I use them in my Weber barbeque when doing indirect heat cooking. In spite of the fact that I took care to not route the cable over a burner, or anything of that sort, each probe lasted only 5 or 6 uses.\n\nI had ordered three at one time, and all of them failed in a similar way.\n\nTHERE ARE OTHER PROBES AVAILABLE that are better! There is one available on the Internet that is sold as a Taylor probe replacement. These probes look the same (with the 90-degree elbow bend and the right-angle mini-plug), but they have a smooth grey silicone-rubber sheathed cable, instead of a metal braid sheath.  I bought several of these (reasonably priced, around $12 or so), and so far, they have worked like champs with no failures and accurate readings from freezing to boiling.\n\nI would not recommend these probes based on my experience with very high failure rates.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_13", "text": "Thin Sheets That Curl and Buckle in the Oven - YUK!\n\tI ordered 3 (2x) sets of these so that I would have a full complement of 6 cookie sheets.\n\nWhen they arrived, I noted that they were a bit lighter than the commercial quality cookie sheets that I had used previously, but my thinking was that if they baked well, that was all that counted.  I always bake with an Exopat silicone mat on my sheets.\n\nUpon the first use, when they were placed in the oven, the edges of the cookie sheets turned up about a quarter of an inch - an ominous sign that the sheets are too thin.  The next thing I heard was the tap tap tap of sheets buckling in the oven.  Lack of dimensional stability at 350 degrees F translates to poor heat conduction, and burned cookie bottoms.  This symphony of metal buckling, courtesy of my new $15 cookie sheets.\n\nEven with the Exopat silicone sheets on them, the cookies were barely done when I decided to pull them from the oven to save the bottoms from getting burned - typical of cheap, thin cookie sheets that one knows one needs to \"double pan\" to prevent burning.  What a wonderful situation Amazon has presented me with - $90 and a garbage can full of cookie sheets.\n\nYes, into the garbage all six sheets went - no matter how costly, its even more so to live with poor quality baking implements and invent work-arounds to augment their performance.  These are no better than inexpensive supermarket cookie sheets - actually they're worse - with the price-point of supermarket wares, one can infer the quality that one is getting.\n\nI used to believe brands like Calphalon stood for quality, and this translated into some assurance that products bearing premium names would be of, at least, mezzanine quality.  When I buy on the web and cannot better scrutinize the items I'm choosing, I tend to favor trusted brands.  As it turns out, these sheets did not have the Calphalon name on them anywhere - Calphalon apparently made the decision to buy up a bunch of cheap -Made in China- cookie sheets and sell them at a premium price by leveraging the Calphalon brand.\n\nWith the holiday baking season upon us, what do I plan to replace them with?  The Vollrath cookie sheets (not non-stick, but I use silicone mats, so do I care?) recommended in Cooks Illustrated magazine.  They're in stock at Chef Resource - their price everywhere is $19 but most vendors are out of them.  They're due to arrive via UPS day after tomorrow - Tuesday, 10/17.  Holiday baking is much too sacred a tradition to be left in the hands of Calphalon, apparently.\n\nIf I could give them no stars or provide an icon of 6 sheets going into the trash, I would so rate them.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_14", "text": "Junk, do not waste your money\n\tYou truly get what you pay for in this case.  We bought the red ones and they have left fuzzies all over the house.  In the dryer, you need to check the lint trap frequently, as they shed like mad.  They are not smooth and cozy, they have a very high coefficient of friction and it's sorta hard to scootch around on them.  I would not recommend.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_15", "text": "QUESTION.PLEASE ANSWER\n\tOk...so this isnt a review,but a question I have on this product. Where is the instruction manual to this thing? What do the lines above the alcohol names mean. There are two, three, even four lines above some of the alcohol names. Does it mean the amount of alcohol that is supposed to be put into that particular drink. Please answer...for it has left many of us flustered. thank you very muc", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_16", "text": "Cuisinart HTM-5 SmartPower 5-Speed Electronic Hand Mixer\n\tThis mixer runs too fast, even in it's lowest setting.  The beaters tend to throw food out of the mixing bowl. Uncontrolable.  Would not suggest purchasing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_17", "text": "Not that great\n\tThese dishes, first of all, are just beautiful.  The white looks so wonderful on the table and the presentation is just fabulous.  That said, be prepared to buy and buy and buy these if you like the looks of them. They break horribly easily and the cleanup, well, we just won't go there.  I've had mine for 10 years and now I'm down to just two of the serving pieces.  They break very easily in the oven, in the cabinet, you name it, it's gone.  If you're looking for a better one, go for the Le Creuset La Poterie line, or just grab a Longaberger one.  They're definitely worth it because you'll just have to keep buying these to keep them looking good and in one piece.  I hate trying to clean these after using them so I just don't use them anymore for anything but to mix items.  That way, nothing gets baked on them and I am not breaking nails scouring off the mess.  I definitely recommend getting something else", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_18", "text": "Do NOT buy this\n\tThe blender part that holds the blade broke the second time I used it to crush ice. The food processor part works ok, but the major problem is it's extremely loud. It's beyond the pain level. It's so loud, I have to use hearing protection or my ears are ringing for 15 minutes afterwards. It's louder than my circular saw", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_19", "text": "Broke\n\tI loved this bread machine, but it broke after owning it for about three years.  My husband took it apart to try to fix it, but could not repair it.  It was making bread and just turned off.  We could not get it to turn back on and the manual was not helpful in trying to fix such a problem.  We now have to replace it.  It worked great until it just stopped working.  I think a breadmaker should last longer then three years.  Also, I did need to make sure the ingredients in the corners of the pan got mixed into the dough, so I couldn't just program it and leave the house", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_20", "text": "Looks nice, but gears break easily\n\tWe purchased the Cuisinart SmartPower blender for smoothies and light duty blending duties.  It's a nicely designed unit , very stable on the countertop, but very poor quality gear drive.  After a couple dozen uses, the motor gear wheel broke, apparently a common problem on these Cuisinarts, as noted by other reviewers.  Cuisinart customer service is worthless - it costs more to ship and repair the unit than to replace it.\nReplaced the worthless Cuisinart with a Kitchenaid.  Would recommend avoiding Cuisinart blenders due to this gear design flaw", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_21", "text": "This Dutch Oven Really Stinks\n\tI've had my share of dutch ovens in my time, and I have to say that this is the foulest one yet.  I thought I smelled a good deal when I got it, but boy was I mistaken", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_22", "text": "would never buy anymore of this\n\tI just baked a loaf of banana bread in my loaf baker and the entire bottom stuck to the pan when I turned it over.\nI am throwing it out and will never buy another piece of it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_23", "text": "Poor Handles\n\tThe cooking set looks great.  However, once you heat the pot/ pan, the steel material handles become super hot.  I have to return the huge box", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_24", "text": "This is not KitchenAid quality\n\tDon't be fooled by this apparently well-designed grater. The hinge is weak and will break. The grater looks and feels great, but don't expect it to last", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_25", "text": "sticky sticky\n\tto begin with..  \nthis pan heats up even and fast. i have a hard anodized circulon non-stick pot, a copper bottom skillet, and this calphalon pan. the heat distribution is excellent, and unlike the copper bottom pan, the calphalon is light and easy to use. \n\nBUT, the good stops here. the stick problem is bad, and my stainless steel copper bottom pan sticks less than this calphalon skillet. \n\nsince it's not a non-stick pan, some sticking is expected, but clean up is just pain. regular soaking over nite will NOT help sometimes. \n\nif u cook vegitable and small amount of meat, this pan is good. but never fry egg or cook steak in this pan. avoid anything that will carmalize or contain high sugar. \n\ni once cooked some balsamic vinegar mushroom with brown sugar in this pan, and it took me forever to get it clean again since the sugar carmalization litterally stuck to the bottom.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_26", "text": "sticker glue never able to re-moved\n\tthis is a great cutting board if one able to removed all the sticker glue that stays on the cutting board forever.\nI tried to used what ever i can.\nthe GLUE just keep staying on the board and it turns black", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_27", "text": "More than $20. for one plate?\n\tThe rating I give this item relates to the lack of value.  In a few more clicks, you can buy a service-for-eight of white corelle for less than what three of these dinner plates will cost you. That said, I have owned my Corelle (two services-for-four) for more than twenty-five years, using it regularly.  All dishes are intact, they are light and stack nicely, and maybe I'm just not enough of a snob but I don't know why anyone would need any other dishes", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_28", "text": "very bad brakes\n\tif you want to buy this color buy anchor bakeware it is so good", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_29", "text": "Fondue Failure\n\tI really thought I would like this product when I got it out of the box.  It's looks well made and looked easy to use.  I followed instructions and cleaned it throughly and put my recipe misture and miniture sausages in it to slowly heat and to use as an appetizer.  I put the the heat setting on warm as I was not in a hurry and I left the room for about 5 minutes.  When I came back there was mixture all over my cabinets, counters, etc. and what was left was boiling and sputtering like mad.  I later found out that no matter what heat setting I used it would over heat.  I cannot recommend this product to anyone I'm sorry to say", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_30", "text": "DO NOT BUY!  I'll sell you mine for $5.\n\tI've had to bring this back to Hoover 5 times in less than a year.\nThe belt for the self-propelled motor comes off ever other time I use the vacuum. The on/off button has been fixed 3 times.  It works when it wants to.  Even the guy at the Hoover store admitted that this piece of garbage is known for problems with the belt coming off.  I have nothing good to say about this.  I'm  a huge Consumer Reports fan but they missed the boat on this one. They need to update their testing over the long-term. I'm still pissed I blew $250 on this ridiculous excuse for a vacuum", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_31", "text": "Consumer Reports got this one wrong!\n\tLike many others, I bought this because it came highly recommended by Consumer Reports.  It worked great for a while, but after about a year the brush stopped spinning.  I replaced the belt (twice!) but it still won't work.  If I didn't read about so many others having similar problems, I would have guessed that I just got a bad vacuum - but after reading other reviews here at Amazon, I see that this is not a model that anyone should buy, despite the high rating from Consumer Reports", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_32", "text": "Cork Screw Failure\n\tUnlike the other reviewers, my Kitchenaid cork screw worked fine for almost two years. It never quite pulled the cork far enough out of the bottle to suit me -- it didn't make cork pulling labor-free -- but I found it much easier than any previous such tool I ever owned. Alas, as in many of the other reviews, the screw finally broke off in a cork and the device seems irreparable. A cheap plastic cork screw had to be called into service. I just visited the Kitchenaid web page and they don't offer a cork screw for sale anymore. I presume that I will soon toss mine as well. Planning to buy one of these for $30? Clint would ask you: Do you feel lucky", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_33", "text": "engineering missed again\n\tits just a simple plastic tube that fits on the end of the grinder attachment so you can stuff sausage. So how did they manage to mess this one up? The flare at the wide end of the horn does not sit flat against the head of the grinder, so when you go to tighten the ring down to hold it into place, the collar can not screw on all the way. The result? A build up of meat in the front part of the collar. This eventually begins to drip down making a bloody mess of whatever is under the grinder attachment. How hard would it have been for Kitchenaid to design the horn so it fitted flat in place and the collar would have screwed on tight?", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_34", "text": "If I could actually get one that worked, maybe I'd like it.\n\tI ordered the My Cafe from Amazon in early October and received it a few days later. On initial set-up, the unit failed to prime. I talked to Bunn's Service Dept. and was coached to try several steps, which did not work. I was given a return authorization number and told that I would be sent a brand new machine once they received the defective one. I have Fed Ex verification that the My Cafe was received by Bunn on October 18. I called Bunn on November 6 and was told that they would check on my replacement and call me back in a couple on minutes. No return call came. I called again on November 9th and was told that the My Cafe has been on back order and that I am in line with an unknown other number of customers awaiting shipment. They could not, or would not, give me any meaningful information on when I might expect to see if the replacement works any better than the original. My Cafe may be a great machine but Bunn's service is atrocious", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_35", "text": "Too much work, didn't last long\n\tThe Amco sifter broke during the second time I was using it and the first time I used it it took a long time and the handle kept sticking. Also my hand, wrist and arm were hurting so bad from all the work it took just to get four cups sifted.  It also leaks flour where the handle is at the bottom", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_36", "text": "DON'T BUY IT!\n\tI received the 14.4 volt vacuum for Christmas 2004.  After a full charge, it lasts less than a minute.  It would be great if the battery lasted, but it doesn't.  Go with another product and save your money on this piece of junk", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_37", "text": "Useful but a hazard to the user\n\tIt looked like a great Idea, just what I needed to get my older golden in and out of my jeep.  Problem is, there is a serious crush hazard because of the weight and design.  There is a finger  and quot;crush area and quot; near the hinges where a user would most likely grasp the ramp to fold it. I have mashed fingers several times and sustained a moderately serious crushed finger the last time I used it.  If I can't make it safe with a saw, then out it goes.  It's too dangerous for anyone in my family to use", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_38", "text": "not too acurate.\n\ttoo slow to give reading almost never changes", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_39", "text": "stained steel\n\tStainless my foot! I received these from my wedding registry and only just used them for Thanksgiving this weekend. After one run through the dishwasher, several pieces are rusted, the finish has worn off, and they are even pock-marked in places! I too threw away the box when I first took them out, and cannot find *any* information on warranty or how to contact Cambridge Silversmiths. \n  \n I've bought cheap individual pieces of stainless for *camping* that stood up better than this. I wish I'd put Oneida on my registry instead of this crap", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_40", "text": "Fooled Me Once, Shame on You. Fooled Me Twice, Shame on Me\n\tThat's right.  I got taken twice.  I bought this cooker for under $20 a few years ago, and it died after the second use.  Considering it was so inexpensive, I just bought another one.  It died again after only one use.  I wish I would have read the reviews beforehand because it seems to be a common problem.  I guess Salton just recycle their returns so they can afford to pay George Foreman the $90 million they owe him for endorsements", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_41", "text": "cheaply made\n\twe got this as a wedding gift and it worked ok for about 2 years, but there are 2 plastic parts that have broken in the last month making it unusable. would not recommend this machine or this brand to anyon", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_42", "text": "My husband almost burned the house down...\n\tI myself am not a coffee drinker but after watching the lengths that my husband has gone through to get keep his coffee hot, I will agree with other reviewers, this Delonghi is Dewrongi. My husband has to boil the water in a kettle to pre-heat the carafe before brewing. If he doesn't get a chance to drink it right away, he puts the carafe (filled with coffee) onto the stovetop on low.  Well a couple mornings ago, we were both rushing around to get the kids off to school and off to work. Without thinking, he put the carafe on the burner but must have accidentally cranked it to high heat. Next thing I know I'm screaming from the kitchen because the carafe is on fire with 2 foot flames quickly spreading. He dumped a pot of cold water on it and hallelujah, no damage was done. (We are so lucky as we are selling our home in a few months.\nSo after reading the other reviews, I'm no longer pursuing a replacement carafe but instead will buy him a whole new machine...and it won't be a Delonghi", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_43", "text": "A Big Mistake\n\tAlthough Consumer Reports rated this model as #2, I have found this a very disappointing purchase. The cheap aluminum parts inside bend all the time jamming the toaster. It toasts very uneavenly and inconsistently. I am very sorry I purchased this toaster. I was expecting much more from a toaster so highly rated but I've learned that Consumer Reports does not always get everything right. Listen to the other warnings and stay away from this toaster. As soon as I find another toaster, this one goes off to Goodwill.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_44", "text": "NOT THE RIGHT BOWL FOR ICE -45\n\tThis bowl does not work with the ICE-45 ice machin", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_45", "text": "Stopped Working in less than two months of owning it\n\tI was pretty happy with this toaster oven until last night when it just stopped working while I was baking some potatoes. I have no idea why it would just quit working like that. I am not happy at all with this product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_46", "text": "Just Stopped Working  and  Not Even 1 Year Old!!!!\n\tI loved this coffeemaker, until it just suddenly stopped working and it isn't even 1 year old!!  Previous coffeemakers I owned have lasted years and years.   I expect more from a coffeemaker that cost over $[...]+.  Now I have to find the warranty card and go through all that hassle.  I am NOT a happy customer", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_47", "text": "Chemical Smell\n\tI finally just threw them out. They were apparently cured with some chemical and the smell was terrible.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_48", "text": "Unsatisfactory\n\tNo postives to report.\n\nThe unit is:\n\n1.Too small to make enough cheese to bother with.\n\n2 Very difficult to clean.\n\n3 Poorly designed; the cheese sits in the whey.\n\n4.Overpriced. This should retail for under eight bucks. Four or five on sale.\n\nFaster and easier to use cheese cloth than this device.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_49", "text": "Yummy coffee for 9 months...\n\tFirst the plastic top broke off at 6 months.  Then it stopped working at 9.\n\nI have one word: Junk", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_50", "text": "The dies are too fragile\n\tLess than one month after puchasing this pasta machine all of the pasta dies have broken.  The ring nuts cannot hold the dies in place and they break.  Maybe it is because I was making semolina pasta, but that should not be the case.  This machine has caused me way too much stress at dinner time.    Knowing what I know now I would buy fresh pasta at the store", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_51", "text": "not what I expected\n\tThese are plastic-y, one cracked after 2nd washing, they look like the little fish bowls from the county fair, so big you have to use 2 hands to prevent sloshing it all over yourself   :", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_52", "text": "Chips ahoy!\n\tThe Sango Splash line of dinnerware is gorgeous, no doubt about it. It's got a lovely combination of colors and textures and it feels great in the hand. So what's the problem? It chips. I've had a set of eight place settings plus various serving pieces and other extras for about two years. At last count, there were five pieces with chips and one cracked cup. That doesn't say much for the set's longevity, especially since I don't use these every day.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_53", "text": "Great Value BUT!!!\n\tThe 17 piece set is a great value but quality of the stainless steel is poor. The mirror finish doesn't last long when you begin cooking on or even boiling water. The bond use to stick the bottom plate to the bottom of the pan is odd. When 1st heated it makes a few popping sounds. I didn't expect a great quailty product due to the cost of the set. Finding everything that I needed and used was more important. The set does heat evenly and cook well it's just overall spotting and stains are an eye sore. This product is great if looking for style and going to hand it up over an Islan", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_54", "text": "Problems\n\tWith 3 different speeds you think you would able to make a shake or smoothie in this machine with no problems right? Nope, I am always running into problems with ice getting stuck around the blade assembly, and I do mean stuck!  I have not had this blender for very long, and I really don't use it very often either so there is no reason I should be told my blades are probably dull - its not like I was making a brick smoothie! AHH..  Also why does the lid stain so easily - I have never made anything that contains purple in my blender ans now my lid is permantly that color!  The best thing I can say about this is that it is heavy so it stays put, and the lid has a really tight seal which is not good if you have limited mobility in your hands.  I have since purchased a differnt brand and have no problems!  Looks the mixer is the only thing KitchenAid has perfected", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_55", "text": "Do not recommend\n\tI baked two batches of madelines side by side, one in this pan (set on a baking sheet), and another in a traditional pan with non-stick coating. I brushed both pans with canola oil before using. As per the package instructions, I allowed the madelines in the silicon pan to cool completely before removing them. The madelines in the traditional pan released easily, were golden and high, and had a pronounced design. The other batch were almost soggy (probably from cooling in the pan), flat, pale, and did not have the appearance of a madeline. To make matters worse, they did not release easily, and a few of them even broke as I attempted to remove them. I would not recommend this pan", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_56", "text": "Poor Quality\n\tI also tried some cotton Wamsutta sheets from Bed Bath, and Beyond and they pilled the first time I washed them.  I was able to return them to the store, but it was a waste of time.  I wouldn't recommend these sheets or any Wamsutta sheets because I think they're poor quality", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_57", "text": "If I could give 0 stars, I would\n\tGreat price, poor product. They are beautiful upon arrival. I washed them according to manufacturer's instructions. You would not believe the copius amounts of lint that piled up in the lint catcher of my dryer (usually a sign of poor fabric quality). While folding them up, I discovered that most of the hems had unraveled and frayed. And I hadn't even used them yet! Unbelievable. I returned them for a full refund, including shipping (and I stupidly purchased 2 sets). Goes to show you get what you pay for. Never again", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_58", "text": "I loved it until it broke after 3 months of use\n\tThe fan was great, with lots of breeze and circulation. It is loud, but who cared? \nThe problem is that it only lasted for about 3 months before it just quit working, along with a little puff of smoke. Two weeks before the fatal puff, the fan arced, popped, sparked, and gave off a puff of smoke, but it still worked. Two weeks after that it sparked and puffed and has not turned on since.\nI live in Hawaii and it is currently in the rainy season. There has been a lot of humidity in the air during the last month, and I noticed that the back of the fan was actually getting rusty. I thought perhaps that moisture was the cause of the sparking so I was surprised to read in another review that the fan was good to use during heat and humidity!\nThe fan was sitting in front of the living room window and it kept the whole small 2 bedroom house cool. We miss it, but I can't keep buying a new fan every 3 months! \nThis is the first time ever that this has happened with a fan that I purchased. I have been living in Hawaii for 13 years and have been through a lot of fans. One of the best-lasting fans I had was a $10.00 Lasko box fan. It lasted and worked well for 7 years before it quit working", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_59", "text": "pb soy yogurts\n\tI miss soy yogurts !!! I've been used to make soy yogurts in France. I've bought this yogurt maker. I've tried several times to make some but it never worked. I've followed the recipe using plain soy milk and one plain yogurt. Has anyone got a recipe for me ? I'm allergic to lactose...\nThank you", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_60", "text": "GLASSES NOT AVAILABLE\n\tNice pattern, but you cannot find the glasses that go with it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_61", "text": "Buyer beware!\n\tWhen I first bought this pan I was replacing a pan from a moderately priced set from Costco.  That pan lasted about 3 years and I got my money's worth.\n\nThe positive review from America's Test Kitchen is what pointed me in this direction.  The Farberware pan was a joy to use when I first bought it and I loved the even heat.  All of the positive comments are accurate at first.\n\nThe problem is it only lasted 3 months before it lost it's nonstick properties almost completely.  I never used spray on oil or subjected it to high heat.  I was always very meticilous about the way I cleaned it and never touched the surface with anything but plastic.  I even bought a special soft plastic cleaning brush so as to be very delicate with the surface.\n\nI have been using nonstick skillets since they first came out many years ago.  With the exception of one ultra cheapo model I have NEVER had a nonstick that had its nonstick go bad so quickly.  Of course I can send this back to Farberware but it seems clear that if it has lost it's nonstick properties they only have to say it was my fault.  Why waste $10 in shipping costs?  This is my last Farberware product.\n\nAfter writing this first part of the review I thought it would only be fair to email Farberware to let them respond.  After doing some googling I have found that there is no email.  It is also basically impossible to get someone on the phone.  They sold their warranty service to a different company, All American Lighting in Berwick, PA.  As it turns out this company gets terrible feedback for their service.  If this isn't really Farberware what exactly is their incentive to provide good service?  You can check on consumeraffairs dot com and other places and you'll get an eyeful.  BUYER BEWARE", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_62", "text": "poor reliability\n\tThis unit was a great addition until the probe went bad after only a few months.  Not recommended", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_63", "text": "not very good\n\tWhen it worked it worked well.  However, eight months into this -- and I only have used it maybe 6 or 8 times, it's broken.  I have not done anything to it, and one day the the display is just messed up.  I can see a line here and there, but nothing else.  Replacing the battery did not help and Polder's website offers no information such as warranty information.  It is defintely NOT worth $30", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_64", "text": "Rust on knives\n\tHave been using the set for less than a month. Rust has started to form on the knives just where the blades are fused to the handles - right at the seams. Looks like rust starts from the inside of the handle. Unless design is changed, don't know how replacement knives will be any different. Too bad since knives are sharp and set is designed beautifully", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_65", "text": "Stainless - NOT!\n\tThese were sent instead of the black-handled set I ordered so I thought I would give them a try. They are listed as \"dishwasher safe\", but evidently are not. Brown stains (rust?) appeared on the tops of all the handles. I cleaned them with silver polish, but the stains reappeared with subsequent washings. I have returned them and received a refund", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_66", "text": "Return!!!\n\tit's just bad looking plastic. if you want expresso buy nespresso machine with capsules", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_67", "text": "Boils fast but this is a flawed kettle\n\tWell reviewed on amazon but this kettle is lacking. The copper does, indeed, boil water fast; and that's the job of a kettle, I admit. However, the button/trigger that opens the spout is too close to the steam and you're forever guarding your fingers and shying away from the kettle. As you tilt the kettle to pour, you're also tilting the steam nearer to your fingers. It's uncomfortable at best and searing at worst. \n\nWhile you learn how to not get scalded, this kettle is always at least slightly irritating.  There are better kettles around", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_68", "text": "Watch the handle!\n\tI agree with the previous reviewers.  The style is quite sleek and the ceramic, earthen material eliminates the metallic taste of the water.  \n\nHowever, the handle is a huge problem and you have to be extremely careful when pouring the pot. I made a hot of tea only filling 1/2 way full and put pouring it the handle can apart from the kettle and smash went the kettle, leaving me standing with only the handle in my hand. Thankfully I was pouring this over the sink or I would've suffered quite a burn.\n\nBuyer beware", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_69", "text": "awful\n\tWhy would anyone want pots that can't be used on high heat, can't be washed in the dishwasher or can't be scoured for fear of removing their anodized finish.  My Calphalon professional pots were very expensive and it makes me sick that they have preformed so poorly.  I have noticed that many of the positive reviews were by people who haven't owned these pots for long\n\nI am a real cook and use my pots several times a day, I need them to work, not just look good and this cookware is ridiculously tempermental.  After leaving them on the heat too long, just once, they warp.  Food sticks easily to them and they are very hard to clean because you can't use steelwool or abrasive pads.  After a guest put one in a dishwasher by mistake, the pot finish was ruined, and I had aluminum coming off on my food.  I am someone who takes good care of my things, and it is impossible to clean these well without removing the finish.  I had taken some  comfort in the \"lifetime\" warantee, I tried to return them, but the warantee, like this cookware is absolutely useless", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_70", "text": "More of a toy than actual need\n\tI thought that this would actually be something that I would need when I registered for this for my wedding. But this is more of a toy for the kitchen than something that you will actually use. Sure kids might like to use it when they cook, but in all the time that I have owned one, I have only used it once. Its more of a hassle because you have to clean it out afterwards. You are better off without it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_71", "text": "Nearly caught on fire, ruined my shirt\n\tThis iron worked splendidly for over year before almost catching on fire while I was using it.  I was pressing a shirt when suddenly the LED display on the iron shut off and started beeping repeatedly.  I smelled smoke and the handle was hot to the touch.  I lifted the iron off my shirt to discover a dark scorch mark ON MY BRAND NEW SHIRT!\n\nI do NOT recommend this iron -- you risk burning your clothes", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_72", "text": "Very tasty, very big mess!!\n\tI love Kitchenaid products, but this one failed miserably!!\nThe taste of the coffee is excellent, but there were grounds and coffee everywhere.  The Pause N Serve feature works as it brews!!  I don't think that was the intention though.  When I called the company the not so brilliant guy told me that they hear this all the time on this model and that you just have to push the coffee maker in far enough so that the pause n serve feature isn't activated...well, unless we put a heavy ceramic bowl in front of the carafe to hold the pot in place we have coffee soup all over our counter and floor.  \n\nMy husband and I love coffee and we like it STRONG!  We feel coffee is very important to survival in our home as we have 5 kids and this helps us stay alive and energetic for the 48 hours a day we care for them!!  \n\nMy strong advice...don't but this model.  Though Kitchenaid is a great product and I have never had problems with any of their other lines, this one should be junked!  We are returning ours!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_73", "text": "Arrived Broken\n\tFiesta Scarlet is a beautiful color and the Sugar and Creamer with Tray is really great.  Mine arrived broken and I had difficulty returning it so I remain disappointed and unwilling to try again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_74", "text": "OXO great shape measuring cup\n\tI think it is ALMOST a great idea! It would be super if made of glass. I don't want to be concerned with material for which I use it! I would buy a couple if made of glass, otherwise not", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_75", "text": "nonstick broiler pan\n\tEvery time I use the pan is twists as soon as it gets hot. It makes it very difficult to cook on and to move in and out of the oven.  The non stick surface comes off very easily too.\n\nFor the money I expected better!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_76", "text": "Save your money\n\tI've been using a large Cusinart for over 10 years.  It is marvelous, so I decided to get the mini-mate chopper for smaller jobs.\n\nWRONG IDEA!!  This is a horrible little machine.  It won't grind more than a couple of seeds at a time  and  forget chopping!  The grinding unit won't rotate most of the time.\n  \nIt's going to the Salvation Army as a donation.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_77", "text": "Loved it until this morning.\n\tI have had the Cuisinart DCC-2000 Coffeemaker for about six months or so and loved it.  This morning, however, it decided to stop working correctly.   I left the kitchen while it was brewing and all of the coffee leaked all over the counter.  What a mess!  I then made just 2 cups and put a coffee cup under the spout and watched it.  Sure enough as the coffee was brewing the spout was spewing.  I don't know what coffeemaker to buy now", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_78", "text": "Great ... as long as it worked\n\tI used this thermometer fewer than 10 times before it stopped working.  For the most part, it no longer registers any temperature, and when it does it reads 75-100 degrees too cool.  While it was working, I definitely preferred it to my analog candy thermometer because it was less bulky, but I certainly can't recommend it now.  \n\nThe clip still works, though, and coupled with my wonderful Polder probe thermometer, I've got the best candy thermometer ever", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_79", "text": "No Need for Cups, Slurp It Off the Counter\n\tWe received the Hamilton Beach BrewStation 12 Cup Coffeemaker as a gift from my sister-in-law.  She loved hers and had used it for a few months so she bought one for us.  Shortly after buying this for us, her coffeemaker started leaking.  She thought it was just worn out from the six months of use and purchased a different type to replace hers.\n\nWe used our BrewStation for the first time yesterday.  The night before, I set it up and programmed it to make coffee at 5:00 AM - perfect, we could get up and have coffee already made.  It worked great.  A minor problem is that I enjoy coffee throughout the morning and the coffeemaker shut off after two hours.  Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, I just turned it back on and life was good.\n\nNow before I go on with my story, I need to explain how this coffeemaker works.  You pour the water into the first reservoir (for water only) using the coffee tank to measure the amount of water.  The coffee tank is placed back on the coffeemaker and the coffee filter and coffee is placed in a basket that fits on top of the coffee tank.  The coffee is made and held in the coffee tank.  To dispense the coffee, you place your cup below the tank and push on the dispenser button with your cup.  Coffee pours right into the cup.  Great idea, too bad it doesn't work as well as the concept!\n\nToday coffee was brewed at 5:00 AM again.  That's the only thing that worked well.  When my husband tried to get a cup of coffee it poured out and would not stop.  The cup overflowed, the coffee ran all over the counter and continued to flow until he unplugged it and put the entire coffeemaker in the sink.  It finally stopped pouring out when it ran out of coffee.  I've cleaned the coffee tank and it continues to pour no matter what I do.  Since this coffeemaker runs just under $ 50, the twelve cups of coffee we've made with it very expensive!\n\nI've emailed Hamilton Beach and am awaiting an answer to this dilemma.  I need to purchase another coffeemaker today and it definitely won't be a Hamilton Beach brand.  I can't afford to purchase a new coffeemaker every other day!\n\nMy advice is to purchase a different brand and stay away from this one.  Unless you don't have cups and want to slurp your coffee off of the counter!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_80", "text": "Mechanics are faulty\n\tWe have had this toaster for approximately 3 yrs.  It has had mimimal use as we\nvacation away from home in the winter ( 4 months at least).  There are just two\npeople using this toaster and on an average only  use it twice a week.  The toaster is\na part time toaster, sometimes it will toast both sides sometimes not.  It has\nnow become a total pain as the mechanism to hold the bread down has stopped\nworking.   I thought that a Cuisinart would last for ever.  I owned a very cheap\ntoaster for over 35 years, gave it to my sons to use in college.  That toaster still\nfunctions properly but is small and a 2 slicer.  It will come out of the attic until\nwe can find a better company than Cuisinart with a better product", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_81", "text": "too small\n\tUnit is advertised as 5 quart............what arrived is 2 quart, and much too small for my purposes", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_82", "text": "Get the upgraded grill with the removable plates instead.\n\tI wish I had. This one goes to the Goodwill. Grill plates are fixed and a chore to clean. Grill leaves uncooked areas if height is irregular, like a chicken breast. Hamburgers work best. Watch out for burns", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_83", "text": "AVOID THIS ONE\n\tOnly had this coffee maker ( second replacement) one year and it leaked from all over my counter. I asked for a replacement, crazy huh, and was told NO my time had run out. Well I am off on a hunt for a good coffee maker. THIS WAS NOT IT !! Do not waste your money", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_84", "text": "Title Says Nonstick, Must Be A Typo???\n\tI'm not sure who decided to put the word non-stick in the title of this griddle. It took me two days to scrape off the egg omelet that I tried to cook on it the first time. They should change the title of this item to Calphalon One Stick 10-Inch International Griddle. Do not buy unless you enjoy hand cleaning and scraping pots and pans", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_85", "text": "foodsaver cannister\n\tI was very unhappy with this product.  I ordered several cannisters and 3 out of 5 cracked after the first use!!!  I did everything that they recommended and they all cracked in the same manner.  The people at Foodsaver were very happy to replace them because they are under \"warranty\" but I am surprised to see how fragile this product is.  FYI, they will not warranty the products sold on E-Bay.  I should have listened to the reviews and not taken a chance on this product.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_86", "text": "Not from England\n\tI bought a set recently and unfortunatley it is made in china. We have some older ones and they are much differen", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_87", "text": "Get a real grinder\n\tThe blade broke after 14 months of use.  And to take advantage of the warranty, I learned that I was required to send THEM a check for $4.00 for processing costs, not to mention the cost that I would incurr to ship it to them.  It was an adequate grinder at best, so I'm definitely not going to bother returning it (I assume that this is Cuisinart's reason for having such a lame warranty in the first place).  I wonder if the rest of their product line is like this.  Until now, I thought Cuisinart was a name you could trust.  I'm very disappointed", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_88", "text": "FIRE HAZARD\n\tI bought this vac to help clean up behind my 19 month old daughter and my 2 pets.  I used it once without a problem, seemed to work reasonably well for a hand vac.  The 2nd time I used it I was cleaning up kitty litter tracked from the litter box.  The 1st pass went fine but then as i was getting ready to make a 2nd pass to finish the job it started whining and it stopped working.  I turned the machine off, checked for any clogs or hair of any kind that may be causing the interference but i found nothing.  I manually moved the brush around a couple of times without a problem, so i turned it back on.  It was still not working and then within 2 seconds it started to smell like something was burning.  I turned it off and it was smoking pretty heavily, which lasted for at least 2-3 minutes before cooling off. Don't waste your $$ on this and more importantly don't risk your safety with this fire trap", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_89", "text": "Spout that spills and leaks....for shame!\n\tWho had the bright idea with putting the spout so low that this thing will boil thru so easily? since it doesn't make any noise that it is boiling, you know when the water start to burst thru the spout area and it is not a good thing. And what is up with the leaky spout in the weld area anyways? Welding is a skill that if done right, it would NOT leak! The handle will get hot so wear your glove. On the plus side, the stainless steel looks very nice which is why i bought it in the first place. I use to have a cheap tea pot that cost half the price of this one and it was more reliable (lasted 2 years) so that just goes to show that just because it cost more, it don't mean it would last longer. Mine start to leak after 4 months. I am going to buy that cheap one again if they still makes it. \n\nOverall, i cannot recommend this tea pot due to the spout flaw.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_90", "text": "GARBAGE\n\tPlease do your self a favor and do not buy this item.  As a toaster oven it burns the bottoms of everything you heat in it.  As a toaster to toast bread or bagels, well it still has yet to toast anything for us.  You can run the toaster 6 times and it will never toast/brown.  I was shocked that this item would be so bad being that Hamilton Beach is a good brand.\nSomething is obviously wrong with the production of this product.  Forget about purchasing this one.  If there was a zero for the star option on this product I would have given it a zero", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_91", "text": "You cannot make pancakes or eggs on this pan...\n\tContrary to the description above, this is NOT a non-stick pan.  I tried making eggs and pancakes on the pan.  Everything stuck to the bottom.  I used bacon grease on the pan before I made the eggs.  They stuck.  I used butter on the pan before I made the pancakes.  They stuck.\n\nI could not get the pancakes off the bottom of the pan without destroying them.\n\nThis might be a good pan for searing and the cleanup that comes with it, but it is definitely NOT a pan to make breakfast or any other meal that requires a non-stick pan.\n\nMy 12-year-old T-Fal with a worn surface outperformed this pan making pancakes.  I am definitely returning it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_92", "text": "Gigantic Disappointment\n\tThought for years, I was missing something by not having a Cuisinart!  What a laugh.  In the few months I have had this unit, two pusher assemblies have cracked and broken.  I did read the manual from cover to cover and watched the video prior to using.  This is an obvious design defect.  Guess I was lucky, in that first replacement was made without a hassle or having to return anything.  Now they want the broken item returned, which is an inconvenience and a delay.  I was without my replacement last time, at least six weeks.  I plan to return this item and purchase a different brand", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_93", "text": "Piece of junk/ NO WARRANTY FROM MANUFACTURER\n\tI bought this item in October 2005, by January it had developed a crack across the bottom and up the side of the pitcher. I contacted both Amazon and Emile Henry about it.  Amazon will only give a partial refund and Emile Henry told me to go through the merchant and DID NOT offer that supposed warranty on their shoddy product.  Don't buy this piece of junk", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_94", "text": "Does not live up to function as claimed\n\tI bought this thing due to my inablity to handle heat effectively anymore like I used to. The unit was not deffective or anything like that, but it also only works under very specific conditions and that window is small. While it is stated in the manual that it's not an A/C unit or super powerful and that it works off of evaporation. I found it to be nothing more than an inconvienance than effective. The fan at the back of the unit doesn't have enough power to move the lightest of feathers let alone allow one to feel anything. While the manual claims that the fan is for cooling the back of your neck I find it is more functional to the evaporation chambers. Overall, the unit just keeps your neck wet and doesn't really cool anything. I found that the unit did work a little more noticably if it was not that hot out and you stood still. Anything over 85 degrees and it fails.\nDon't waste your money on this thing until someone comes out with a better system", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_95", "text": "comfy but poor durability\n\tAfter one wash cycle, these sheets split at the seams.  Otherwise soft and comfortable", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_96", "text": "Refurbished Product is Garbage\n\tI cannot recommend purchase of the refurbished Roomba Discovery 4210. While I think the product did a good job on BARE floors (not carpet), now after only 4 months of light use (we only used in the kitchen/den area of our home), the unit is trashed. The refurb warranty is only 90 days and that's apparently all the machine is good for. I purchased a new APS fast charger in an attempt to rule that problem out, but it did nothing. This seems to be typical of this vacuum since the Roomba rep I talked to told me that if the charger failed the Roomba was \"probably trashed\". She was right. If you want  to try this machine stick with the new one, at least you'll get a one year warranty. But I recommend staying away altogether", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_97", "text": "Soehnle Vera Digital Scales\n\tWe had to return this item for a refund. It arrived and never worked.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_98", "text": "Piece of J-U-N-K!\n\tWe bought this to replace our 25 year old can opener after the blade on it snapped.  We looked around and quickly discovered that finding an inexpensive opener was easy but a quality opener was going to be a difficult task.\n\nOut of shear frustration we ended up selecting this Black  and  Decker.  At first it seemed \"ok\", but after just a few months we are back to using our old \"manual - hand wind\" opener.  The reason is that the top lever is too cheaply made and it flexes.  Over time (not much time!) it gets too loose to hold a can anymore.  We lock it in place, it spins an inch or two and the can drops onto the counter.  Repeat this scene over and over...!  At the end, the lid is never (REPEAT - NEVER!) separated from the can - ever!\n\nIt's back to the hand held and a search of a decent electric continues", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_99", "text": "Review of Metrokane Mighty OJ Manual Juice Squeezer\n\tAlthough I ordered the juicer in the color black, I received the product in white.  If not for the color I would have purchased it locally.  After approximately 6 months of satisfactory occasional use the juicer is no longer functional.  Some of the teeth on the gear that is connected to the press lever have broken off.  I had expected a product this simple would have lasted for years.  I am obviously totally disappointed", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_100", "text": "Worked for a few years, then burn city\n\tI loved this when I purchased it, then I noticed it did not do a perfect job, then it would take a while to get going, then it smoked and died.  Not worth it", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_101", "text": "Harder than maple, huh?\n\tThe very first cut I made on this cutting board left a huge gouge in the surface.  Subsequent cuts also left deep marks.  For something that's advertised as being harder than maple, I found this to be very surprising.  Maybe it's the way it's put together?  All I know is that this cutting board is on pace to be the shortest lived ever in my kitchen.  Pretty much the only thing that I like about it is that bamboo is a renewable resource.  Good thing because at the current rate, I anticipate needing a new one very soon", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_102", "text": "5 Stars for Amazon.com and 1 Star for the Metrokane Rabbit\n\tWe purchased this corkscrew as a gift for our daughter.  On her first attempt to use it at a holiday dinner party, we found that it required an unreasonable amount of strenghth to uncork a bottle of wine.  \n\nAfter contacting Amazon.com customer service, our entire $39.95 purchase price was refunded in the form of a gift certificate under their extended holiday gift return policy.\n\nRecently our daughter had an opportunity to use a corkpuller of a similar design.  It removed a cork with far less effort.\n\nIn summary, we offer a rating of 5 stars for our Amazon.com buying experience and a rating of 1 star for the Metrokane Rabbit corkpuller.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_103", "text": "Very disappointed in this Cuisinart product.\n\tWe have owned this blender for about 3 years. If I had to do it again I definitely would not buy this blender. First, it is very loud. The timer quit working and the band rivets around the jar are rusty. The only things I like about it are that it is easy to clean and the jar is nice and big. Other than that don't waste your time", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_104", "text": "Caution when buying\n\tIt leaked from the bottom seam the first time I used it.  But I guess you get what you pay for.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_105", "text": "spotlifter or spot grinder?\n\tI bought this product thinking that it would be better than the cordless spotlifter that I had previously owned. The \"powerbrush\" just grinds in the spot and water flow required to loosen the stain must be hand pumped a little squirt or more accurately a dribble at a time. The prevoius cordless spotlifter pumped large amounts of water under pressure and made the clean up much easier.\nAlso the suction is lousy compaired to the old cordless version. Once the spot is wet and loosened there is not sufficient suction to pick up the water.\nI'm sorry I bought this product. It does a very poor job", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_106", "text": "Still Waiting\n\tI bought a Haier RTC1700SS oven from Amazon about a month ago. I am still waiting for a replacement from Haier because the trays  and  spit did not fit.\nI hope by this summer I will know what it's like to cook on a con- vection oven. I'll let you know if I ever get a chance to use the one I've already paid for", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_107", "text": "More problems than pluses\n\tI bought one and the plate that diffused the air was off center so it baked unevenly.  I called and was told it was a defect and would do a warranty exchange.  I was under the impression they would send it out but when I called, I was told I was supposed to send in $14.95 for shipping or I could give them a charge card and they would charge it again to ship out a new one and credit when I returned it.  The new unit I received has had problems with the digital timer displaying the timer but rather than  to have a short so rat her than do the return thing again I just used a manual timer.  It baked a bit more evenly and was fast but still needed to rotate pans. I just recently had a power spike that took out all electronics plugged in, including the oven but I doubt I will reorder this product.  Too unpredictible.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_108", "text": "Food shovel\n\tThe handle is big, bulky and heavier than need be. It's like picking up a hammer", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_109", "text": "Okay Coffee Maker\n\tThis brews great coffee; unfortunately I have gone through 2 of these in 3 years. Not heavy use either. On my first one it started to leak the water from the bottom, and now my second one doesn't grind anymore. Still makes a good hot cup of coffee thou", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_110", "text": "I sent it back for a refund\n\tI sent it back because the shaft that was supposed to fit down through a hole DIDN'T, no matter how I considered the matter, so never tried it, sent it back, asked for a refund. :-(", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_111", "text": "Don't waste your money!\n\tI thought \"KitchenAid\" this has to be a keeper. I was wrong. The handles are much too heavy. There's too much give with the spatulas. I find the utensils to be too bulky and uncomfortable. I'll stick to my other much cheaper temperature regulated utensils", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_112", "text": "worse than scooping everyday\n\tI bought this box about 4 months ago and stopped using it about 2 months ago. It turned out to be more work than just a regular box. At least you can wash out a regular box and start over clean. Good luck with completely cleaning all the poo crumbs from the sliding track and cheap gears. It gets to be a disgusting affair, more than with a regular box. \n\nAs other reviews said the rake only goes over the top half of the litter so there's tons of sticky cement left at the bottom which you have to manually scrape out. It was often unable to push the clumps into the bin. So it would just very noisily push until it got stuck, back up, and then start over again like 10 times in a row. When it does get clumps into the bin, it also pushes tons of litter through the crack between the bin and the box and then you're left with a huge pile of litter underneath the box. To clean it, you have to take it apart. The top part houses a computer so you can't soak it which means there's poo always stuck in the crevices. Ever see Office Space? At the end of two months I was ready to bring this thing out in a field and bash it with a sledgehammer. \n\nNow we're looking for another box. Currently, we are just using the plastic box from the littermaid without the rake, etc. This is my worst investment to date.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_113", "text": "Good while it lasts\n\tI have purchased this item twice. The first barely made it through a grill season and the second proved even less hearty. The grill gets too hot for the wire and it burns through leaving two pices of probe wire. There is no way to use this with a grill and get sustained use from it. The same is true of all brands.. Models sold as \"wireless\" are not wireless in terms of going from the meat to outside of the grill.  Somebody needs to figure out how to make this tool without the probe wire. That said, before it becomes useless, it works really well. Maybe the idea is to buy these by the case?", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_114", "text": "Wonderful, until the handle cracked\n\tI purchased this wok for my husband's Christmas present.  It was lovely, we cooked two meals in it Christmas day.  Nice heat transfer, beautiful on the table (but big).  That night, he noticed the handle was cracked where it meets the pan.  It's considerably narrower than the normal Le Creuset handle.  Back it went to Williams Sonoma, where there were a few other L.C. woks with similar cracks!  Phooey to you, Le Creuset.\n\nI wish I could find another glass lidded Joyce Chen wok - my old one was the best, before it was dropped one too many times", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_115", "text": "Don't waste your time\n\tAll four glasses arrived broken.  They are not packed for shipment.  I have tried three times to get Amazon to refund my money but I have had no luck.  Heed the warnings", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_116", "text": "Smoothie No More - What a waste of good tequila!!\n\tI had this machine for about 3 years with no issues. But, how often do most people use their machine?  I used it maybe 15 to 20 times.  I went to use it yesterday and all of a sudden I see smoke and the bottom of the machine and that funny electric smell (We all know what that smell means) The plastic bottom of the base stuck to the machine and margarita's were everywhere (except in my glass).  We had to throw the whole machine out.  Now I will be buying a new machine, being that I enjoyed the convenience of the spout but if I can't find one thats non plastic I will use my blender.  The smoothie maker makes less of a mess for drinks, a blender always doesnt pour as nice. I will not buy another plastic model again.  (I believe this one was a gift to me)  Do yourselfs a favor and spend the extra cash on a metal version or even glass if this exists, obviously the motor doesn't last long and the plastic parts break to fast according to other reviews I've read.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_117", "text": "Piece of JUNK\n\tThis is horrible.....as stated by the other reviews!!!  Do NOT waste your money or time!!!  My husband and I tried for several hours to get this to work, we let the dough come to room temperature, and still it would NOT work!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_118", "text": "Dishonest marketing\n\tThe price of this iron was reduced to $24.99 with the purpoose of missing the $25 order for free shipping, then they trap you into buying another item or pay over $7 for shipping. Now, to make matters worse, they omitted the most important feature of the iron; that the soleplate is aluminum.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_119", "text": "Not even close to frozen\n\tLike the other reviewers, I followed the instructions for this machine to the letter.  I froze the canister in my deep-freeze for several days and took it out just in time to load it.  Although the recipe provided was quite tasty, even after 60 minutes the stuff never even got cold enough to reach the slush stage, let alone ice cream.  My kids pretty much drank it from the bowl.  It's advertised to make ice cream in 20 minutes; no way.  Returned it the next day (and paid for shipping)", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_120", "text": "looks great but poorly designed\n\tLet me begin with a positive note on the OXO Good Grips oven mitt:  It looks great and the magnet is a good idea. Now for the negative aspects of this item:  it's WAY over-priced, especially for how poorly it is designed. The way this oven mitt is designed does not give you a \"Good Grip,\" which is ironic since it's called the \"OXO Good Grips\" oven mitt.  It's hard to explain, but the silicone part is somewhat stiff and when you put your hand in the mitt, you cannot easily grab things, especially if what you're trying to grab is small (like a pan lid) or narrow (like the handles on a roaster pan).  It's like this mitt was designed as though the only thing anyone uses an oven mitt for is to take hot cookie sheets out of the oven. I decided not to give it one star ONLY because it does a good job of insulating your hand from high temperatures.  I strongly suggest that if you are considering purchasing this OXO mitt, you should go to a store and try it on first to see what you think about the design.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_121", "text": "Mystery Plan\n\tAs of today August 19, I have not received anything on this plan.\n No paperwork,no backorder....NOTHING !!!\n I think maybe it's just a rip-off", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_122", "text": "waste of money\n\tI am very disappointed in this product.  I followed all the \"mfgs. directions\" on how to keep this board in great shape but it didn't matter. the board bowed and cracked after about 2 months (30 days over the Amazon warranty of course....)  it's so badly curved we are waiting for it to turn into a sphere.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_123", "text": "Ours died too.\n\tWe used our beloved panini maker probably once a month or so for about a year, but it died without warning, and way too soon", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_124", "text": "Disappointed\n\tVery noisy and takes too long to brew.  Boxed it up to return but I misplaced the packing slip.  Will keep using mom's very old Corelle electric percolator", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_125", "text": "Not a good foam pump.\n\tThe soap shoots straight out of the pump and can go about three feet.  (Children would love this feature.)  You have to hold your hand awkwardly in front of the spout to keep the soap in your hand or pick up the pump and pump it directly into your palm.  Also the pump sticks and has to be pulled up manually.  You cannot use this pump with one hand - not good for kitchen use", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_126", "text": "Unsuitable for Brown Rice\n\tI spent several hours searching  and amp; researching rice cookers trying to find one that was designed specifically for brown rice. I finally decided on this one because it specifically mentioned brown rice, and had brown rice  and quot;measurements and quot; which are different than for regular white rice. I am disappointed. First of all, the manual recommends NOT using the  and quot;keep warm and quot; function when using brown rice. This means you have to unplug the machine when the cooking cycle is over. This defeats the purpose of an automatic rice cooker. But even this drawback might be acceptable if it did a good job of cooking brown rice properly. It does not. It is either too wet  and amp; mushy, or too dry and burnt. We have been unable to cook a proper batch yet, after much experimentation with slightly more or less water, and using 3 different types of brown rice. Look elsewhere, and let me know if you find one that works properly with brown rice", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_127", "text": "Stay away from this Item!!!\n\tI LOVE to grill but I keep my grill a fair distance from my house while cooking so you can imagine the excitment I had in purchasing this item with the wireless transmitter.  First, it took more than 1/2 an hour to get the two pieces to communicate with each other.  Secondly, and worst of all, on just my second attempt using it I was watching my pork roast temperature from the comfort of my kitchen when the temperature value jumped to \"HIGH\".  I immediately went out to check it and the probe is DEAD!!!  There's no way to purchase a replacement probe so the whole thing is just a fancy kitchen timer!!  Taylor is NO HELP!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_128", "text": "It's true: this non-stick pan is not what it pretends to be.\n\tThis product is a disgrace. Nonstick is not one of its virtues, and those who are thinking of purchasing this waste of money should be forewarned. It is not even well designed for broiling with small openings for fat drainage that quickly clog up. I am honestly surprised that Amazon would allow such an unworthy product to be sold under its banner", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_129", "text": "I received this as a Christmas gift\n\tWhen I opened the box, I noticed corrosion on the lid.  When I contacted Rival customer service via email, they told me I had to purchase a new lid.  I called and spoke with a customer service representative and they told me that a lid was not covered under warranty.  When I explained that I just opened it and it was defective they told me to just return the product that there was nothing that they were going to do.  \n\nAfter being treated this way, I will NOT be purchasing any more Rival products if they don't stand behind their product!!!!!  VERY VERY poor customer service", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_130", "text": "Incorrectly packaged\n\tWhen I received this item it was packaged with the wrong power cord, which didn't fit the unit. So I wasn't even able to use this unit.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_131", "text": "Hard to rate\n\tThis item was ordered 1/4/06 it is now 2/25/06 and has not yet been shipped. Hard to rate the item, but for sure you can see the rating for delivery", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_132", "text": "Not up to Calphalon standards\n\tI purchased these pans based on my previous positive experiences with Calphalon cookware--have tons of it, but I experienced the same problem as two other reviewers--that is, the slumping in the middle.  I have been cooking for over 30 years and have never experienced this problem, especially since I have a new Kitchen-Aid convection oven.  Also, the  and quot;non-stick and quot; is not so  and quot;non-stick and quot;.   At their prices, I think they have a little work to do to meet other Calphalon products", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_133", "text": "poor pour\n\tyes, it looks good in my blue kitchen. but the water doesn't pour cleanly out of the spout - it's more like uncontrollable spewing, even when \"poured\" slowly, and boiling water splashes all over the counter. also very difficult to fully empty. sorry I threw out the box, or I'd send back", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_134", "text": "burns toast\n\tThis toaster at the lowest setting of 1 burns my toast.  It also burned one side of a frozen bagel when I put it on defrost.\n\nFurther, when plugged in, the dial is lit up by a red light.  It makes me feel like the toaster is on, and needs to be turned off.  I have to keep reminding myself that it is okay.  If I can find the box, I'll probably return it.  Maybe I just got a dud, since most reviews here are goo", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_135", "text": "Mislabeled size\n\tThe 4-cup coffee press is in actuality just 2 cups. The number of ounces is not listed in the sales blurb... What we wanted was 4 cups at 8 ounces each. The 4-cup coffee press is just a bit over 16 ounces. While it says so on the lid of the box it came in, the ounce-capacity is not in the Amazon listing. ...So we returned it..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_136", "text": "Way too thin!\n\tThis product was horrible. I ordered a queen size and expected a huge box to arrive carrying such.  However, it was so small that a pair of shoes could have fit in it.  When I took the featherbed out of the box, it was terribly thin.  I currently have a featherbed and it is nice and fluffy.  This item unfortunately felt as though I was simply lying on a blanket.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_137", "text": "Flimsy crap not worthy of Cuisinart brand\n\tMine died after 6 months - half the heating elements stopped working, toasting only one side of the bread.  Took it apart - no loose or broken wires, so must have been the circuitry.  Chucked it in the garbage.\nWhile it was working, it would jam easily.  The push-down handle has a flimsy metal tang that twists easily (when kids or oafish adults use it).  The tang then rubs against the slot, incinerating the toast", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_138", "text": "Poor air movement\n\tThe other reviews are correct,except they fail to mention that the fan does not move air.That is why it is so quite.I do suppose that I got 13 dollars worth of fan though.Think twice about purchasing this fan", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_139", "text": "Does not fit the Professional 5 qt. series\n\tThe professional 5 qt. series has a wider bowl than the regular 5 quart.  I was given no info. that it would not fit this model. I was dissapointed as I feel this attachment would be helpfu", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_140", "text": "Beautiful but not reliable\n\tI honestly liked the blender a lot.  I received it as a gift and it matched the rest of my kitchen's KitchenAid appliances-- range, refrigerator, dishwasher, pretty much everything other than the toaster oven.  At the time, there could be no better blender.  It looked great.  It promised professional performance.  It had KitchenAid's brand and durability behind it.  \n\nI use my blender for making tomato sauce and the occasional fruit smoothie.  There is some amount of ice crushing required, but that shouldn't be an issue.  I certainly was not a weekly let alone a daily user.  So, 3 years after I got the blender, I went to turn it on and it is completely dead-- no light on the on button.  Changed outlets and still nothing.  It's done.  What an incredible dissappointment.\n\nBut, it seems to me that the KitchenAid brand has really taken an awful turn since it was acquired by Whirlpool(?).  First, my dishwasher broke (3 repair jobs) then my stand mixer's seals are loose.  I called customer service about trying to buy a replacement thermometer for my range and after endless re-routing, I got no where.  The fridge has minor issues (loose rails, pieces not refitting) and is probably the best of the lot.\n\nI did some research.  Apparently, KitchenAid is just licensing its name out on various products.  So, realistically, there is no such thing as KitchenAid quality anymore since they don't make much of anything.  Everything is just a re-branded product.  Whirlpool is going to milk the brand premium until its reputation catches up to it.\n\nFrom a once KitchenAid loyalist, avoid this product-- yes it's beautiful but it's not going to last.  Avoid all KitchenAid products because they really are not what they once were", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_141", "text": "Junk!\n\tThis thing is a piece of junk! It's the only blender I've ever seen that comes with a \"stir stick\" to unclog the sides of the jar (where the stuff all goes instead of into the blades). This should have been a clue that the thing wasn't very well designed, and it wasn't. It ALWAYS needed to be stirred when making any kind of smoothie, several times, which made the process a real pain. Also, the drain spout is a great place for food to hide and get nasty. Except for the jar it's pretty cheap plastic. But it's in the trash now because the couleing fried itself after two months. Good riddance", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_142", "text": "Pure Junk!\n\tThe \"brushed chrome\" is plastic. The spout leaks, and the motor burned out in one week. On top of that the store where I purchased it, Kitchen Kapers wouldn't let me return it saying it wasn't designed for drinks that require crushing ice. Why then do some of the recipes in the manual call for ice cubes?", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_143", "text": "Coffee Tastes Bitter\n\tWe had a Krups for about 4 years at the office and the coffee was good. We needed to replace it because the Carafe broke and there was no replacement available (they discontinued the model and the carafe - thanks Krups). So, we replaced it with the FM4. I didn't like the coffee from the start - but I figured it would get better. Two weeks later, I dumped it for a Bunn B10-B which got good ratings here. Get the Bunn - it makes a good cup of coffee.\n\nWe always use Starbuck's coffee", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_144", "text": "Tomato Killer\n\tMy wife stopped me punishing any more innocent tomatoes when the Oxo Mandoline, my chopping board and the kitchen floor and walls were dripping with red 'stuff'.\n\nCaptain Correlli could not have played this gadget. It is totally useless and now resides half way up one of our trees 50 metres from our kitchen door", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_145", "text": "Not as Shown\n\tImage is not the cover we received and needed. Color was correct. The product seemed to be good quality. Very disappointed it was not what we thought it was. Still shopping for a cover to fit a board as shown.\nPoor Marketing", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_146", "text": "Not as sturdy as it looks...\n\tI am a man who loves his tea.  I drink up to a dozen cups a day, so I use my tea ball quite frequently.  My major complaint with most tea balls, and the reason I must always replace them is that eventually the clip begins to not fasten securely.  Over time this gets worse, and the tea ball becomes unusable.  There are other balls with clips that are a bit more sturdy.  \n\nI just got this tea ball in the mail a week ago, and while it is still usable, the clip is already losing its grip.  Look somewhere else for a tea ball.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_147", "text": "Dangerously fragile\n\tI bought these classes earlier today because they are attractive and inexpensive.  I placed them in the dishwasher to clean them all prior to use, and one was cracked and a small fragment of glass had broken away after the cycle was done.  I then checked Amazon's reviews, and found that this was a common experience.  They're going back to the store tomorrow.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_148", "text": "Seems practical, but...\n\tI was given Mr. Bento as a gift last summer. I was so excited! I bring a lunch to work every day, and I thought Mr. Bento would be the perfect solution to packing a well-organized, balanced, and easy-to-carry lunch. You can imagine my dismay when the Mr. Bento containers leaked day after day. Anything remotely soft came out from the containers, which do not seal in a tupperware sort of way. Cute? Yes. Impress your co-workers? Yes. But practical? No.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_149", "text": "Very Average\n\tMore money then its worth.  Makes alot of noise, small, no oscillation", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_150", "text": "Excellent fryer\n\tEasy to use, easy to clean. Two major requirements for a kitchen appliance for me to be happy. This thing is easier to clean than my old George Foreman Grill (and that to me was a pain in the neck). The only time it can be a little messy is when you change the oil, which I do every 2 to 3 weeks depending on how much I've used it and what I've cooked. If I'm doing just veggies, I keep the oil. If I do a meat or seafood, I'll change the oil right after. \nVery pleased overall.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_151", "text": "Close to Perfect Bookcase\n\tI love this bookcase. My only problem with it is that the bottom right side slat of wood arrived split (a bit), but it still fit together, so I kept it (excuse the rhymes, please). It's amazing that despite being somewhat broken it still holds 60 books, including some big heavy hardcovers, 20 DVDs, 3 DVD box sets, 12 videotapes, and a few pictures and knicknacks. And yet it takes up hardly any space in my tiny bedroom. Best part: the ease with which you can put it together. I have MS, so being able to put furniture together by myself is a very big deal. Highly recommended", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_152", "text": "Great Knives\n\tThese knives are great.  They are very sharp and of high quality.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_153", "text": "A good knife but Quality Control was poor\n\tThe knife is solid and very comfortable in hand, however, when I got it new, the blade is slightly bent. I expect it to be in almost Perfect condition, but it's not", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_154", "text": "Excellant Machine\n\tI purchased this machine for my father, who is completely blind, but a complete coffee fiend.  He finds this machine easy to use, and loves the fact that he can make as many or as few cups.  I highly recommend this machine", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_155", "text": "Works well\n\tWorks well, well built and easy to clean.  Have no problems after a few months of use", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_156", "text": "great value\n\tI love this wok.  Heavy duty compared to woks you buy at oriental stores.  I highly recommend it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_157", "text": "Excellent set of forged steak knives\n\tI have had these knives for about 6 months now and could not be happier.  They have excellent balance and feel.  A major improvement to the stamped knives that comes with the Calphalon 15 piece set.  The wood storage tray that comes with the knives is not very nice (light pine with no finish), but I don't use it anyway", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_158", "text": "Pre-seasoned is a plus, but not necessary.  Fabulous Oven!\n\tThis Dutch Oven is a workhorse in my kitchen.  I purchased it pre-seasoned because I've never had a factory-seasoned piece of cast iron cookware.  Bottom line:  While the pre-seasoning was a plus, it's not necessary.  Just follow the seasoning instructions that come with all the Lodge cookware, and you'll be fine.\n\nMy family has had cast iron for generations, and I won't pay the exhorbitant prices for those \"upscale, professional\" dutch ovens that are all the rage these days.  This Lodge oven browns spectacularly, and while the dark interior may not show the developing fond as well as a lighter one, that's not a problem if one simply uses one's nose.  We can all tell when enough is enough...   \n\nI particularly like the spikes on the lid of this oven which aren't present on the more expensive ones.  These spikes allow condensation to fall back only my roasts while they cook and I don't have to worry about a dry product.  The lid on this oven also fits the 12-inch skillet which I own, and that's a plus.  It conducts heat well and when I use it camping as an oven, breads and biscuits come out as well as at home.  \n\nYes, it's heavy, but that's the nature of cast iron, no??  If you want something lighter that comes close to the quality of this Lodge piece, be prepared to shell out big bucks", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_159", "text": "Made in China\n\tThe Diadem cooking set roughly meets the WMF criteria, though there are slight imperfections on the metal and the top. The products are made im China. At first I thought something was wrong, then I looked at the WMF site and indeed they have a factury in China, so they must be genuine, however, I think Amazon should clearly state if they are made in China or Germany, I ordered another WMF kettle last week, made in Germany and I think there is a differenc", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_160", "text": "Cutting edge in cutlery\n\tCalphalon Katana knives excel in balance, efficient design, sharpness, and in good looks. I look forward to using them every time I prepare food", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_161", "text": "I love my chopper!\n\tMy mother-in-law got me one of these when I started feeding my first son baby food.  Before, I would just mash up our food with a fork.  This is much easier. I've had it for three years now and it's still working great.   \n\nI use it for everything, now.  My husband doesn't like veggies, and I when I cook I usually put onion, celery, and bell pepper in everything.  Now we get the taste of my beloved vegtables, and he doesn't have to deal with the chunks.  Great product!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_162", "text": "Excellent kettle, Excellent company\n\tI received this tea kettle as a replacement for a Nova teakettle (the former model) that I purchased in October 2005.\n\nPart of the quality of a product is how the company stands behind it, and Breville is excellent in this area.  My former kettle developed a short in the on/off switch.  I notified the company by email, and I received an email response in 3 hours asking some questions and for more detail.  In 3 more hours, I received an email with a fed-x label.  They indicated they wanted to see the product, and they would either repair or replace it.  Within a week, I had this new model as a replacement, since they no longer make the Nova.\n\nI then received a follow up phone call from Breville to make sure I got and liked the new product, which I do.  The warranty period for the new product starts again, so it has a full one year warranty.  I also asked about the switch, since I was concerned that this could be a problem, and they assured me that this is a problem they just don't have with the applicances.  The customer service rep indicated that in 10 years, he had seen about 6 of the type of problem I had.  It seems that a customer service rep that has worked for a company for 10 years also says something about the company.\n\nThe new kettle heats quickly and to a full boil.  It also has the sharp looks where you can use for entertaining.  I am happy with the product, and very happy with the company's service", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_163", "text": "GREAT SHEETS\n\tThese sheets are soft wash well and set the pace for a great night's sleep.  I love flannel sheets and these are the best so far.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_164", "text": "nice cake plate\n\tI recieved this cake plate a couple weeks ago. it's very heavy and well made. it came boxed extra well. The box was inside another box surrounded by air bags.  There was no way this thing was going to be broken. I am happy with my purchase", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_165", "text": "awesome!\n\tPyrex is always the best!  This enormous measuring cup is great for melting in the microwave and for a homemade double boiler in any pot.  The lid is a hard plastic top with flexible sides that seal up tight so you can use it to store things in the fridge and to carry things places.  Also the cover is safe for both freezer and microwave use (but not the oven) and is dishwasher safe in the top rack.  The cover has three pouring choices, a regular pour spout, a slotted spout, and a spout with seven little holes.  An extremely useful item to have in the kitchen", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_166", "text": "Worth Every Penny!\n\tEven if you aren't worried about the possible negative effects of drinking out of plastic or nalgene this is the best water bottle ever.   If you want a water bottle that keeps your water cold all day long, doesn't sweat, is unbreakable, doesn't spill and won't let water dribble down you chin put your nalgene and plastic ones away and buy this one now.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_167", "text": "All-Clad 16-Quart Stainless Stockpot\n\tOk, this is obviously not the same as the traditional All Clad stockpots, if it was it would be more then triple the price of this one. It is part of the disk bottom collection, however it is still top quality stainless steel and very well made. I certainly would not consider it secondary. It is a little lighter in weight than the traditional All Clad but it is not a light weight pot by any means. It is great for sauce, soup, stew, etc. You will love it and you can't beat the price. It is very easy to clean. A+ \nKeep an eye out, there is always some kind of rebate or gift with most cooking purchases both on Amazon and in department and cooking stores.  I actually got this stock pot free when I purchased my All-Clad Roti Pan set which also came with a rack and turkey lifters in Filene's.  I would have bought it anyway, it is an excellent stockpot and the price can't be beat.  \nTip: If you should get something stuck to the stainless steel use a product called \"Bar Keepers Friend\" to clean it. Most supermarkets have it and Kitchen Etc. and Bed, Bath and Beyond carry it too. The container (like a Comet can) is gold with blue and white writing. All Clad recommends it for cleaning stainless steel and it works like a dream and is very inexpensive.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_168", "text": "Fiesta Ware\n\tI searched for years trying to find a nice, plain white butter dish. This one is perfect -- it blends in well with all my other dishes. It is study, attractive, and holds a stick of butter. What more could you ask of a butter dish", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_169", "text": "A great grater\n\tThis grater has quickly become the favorite in my kitchen. It's very solidly built, unlike the old ones I have, and the non-skid base is pure genius. The grating surface is nice and sharp. I love the container that catches whatever you've grated and then stores any extras with an airtight lid. Although the container faithfully catches the grated material, there will be some spillage - from the outside of the grater - especially with cheese. One caveat: Since the container stores upside down inside the grater when not in use, you have to remember to remove it and flip it over before grating. Yup, I realized this the hard way, and boy was it a mess! Despite this, I highly recommend this kitchen essential", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_170", "text": "Luxurious beautiful sheets\n\tGreat price for beautiful, high-quality sheets that get softer with every wash. Fabulous color! Sheets fit well over a mattress with pillow-top. Recommend 100%.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_171", "text": "Love It!\n\tThis grill is awesome! I ordered it to replace my old grill, which didn't have the removeable plates and was worn down. The removeable grills make this so easy to clean...maybe takes 5 minutes. I had looked at a couple of other contact grills from different manufacturers, and though this one was more expensive, I thought it had a better design than some of the others I looked it. Definitely recommended, don't hesitate to buy this if you're thinking about it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_172", "text": "Egg-and-Muffin 2-Slice Toaster and Egg Poacher\n\tWhen I was searching for something to simplify my life I came upon this product.  I thought I would give it a try as I love egg mcmuffins.  It is everything I dreamed of and more.  Easy, convient, done in less than five minutes and a breeze to clean up.  I love it and can't stop telling family and friends about it.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_173", "text": "great knives, great price\n\tI know that purists don't like serrated knives, but these are great!  The weight of these knives is perfect--they feel like very expensive utensils.  The chef's knife is rarely out of my hand, and the block makes the whole set very handy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_174", "text": "great value!\n\tthis set of blender accessories was just what i needed to update my old blender.  seperatly these items become more costly but here they are at a great value and shopping is made easy because this set has it all", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_175", "text": "Shred away\n\tThis is a great shredder.  Absolutly the best out there.  It is a lousy slicer.  Take the bad with the good I guess.\n\nMy wife and I shred lots of cheese because pre-shredded cheese has chemicals added that change the taste and chemical properties of the cheese.   This attachment works wonderfully for cheese.   \n\nA note on disassembly.  Some people have difficulty getting the cone off the plug (if you own one you know what I'm talking about).   The very easy way to remedy this is to remove the cone from the plug before removing the plug from the machine.  If you follow this one rule you will have very easy setup and take down.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_176", "text": "great for mashed potatoes\n\tThis product is great for making mashed potatoes.  I love it, it is well made and sturdy.  My kids like to turn the handle and I do not have to worry about any electric blades cutting their fingers.  The price is very good for this item. I prefer non electric kitchen gadgets, (to save space) and this one is great.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_177", "text": "Wonderful Pan\n\tI recently received this pan as a gift, and have been extremely impressed with it!  The \"infused anodized\" surface performs as advertised, providing a terrific hybrid between regular and non-stick cooking.  I love the 14\" size -- it's great for those times when I used to have to split things up into more than one 10\" saute pan, as well as for one-pan stovetop-to-oven dishes.\n\nThat said, this is definitely not the right pan for you if you prefer non-stick surfaces.  You will need to use oil, butter, etc. when cooking in this pan, and things will sometimes stick.  Cleanup is very easy, though!\n\nIt is very well-constructed, and I would expect it to last a lifetime", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_178", "text": "Good machine\n\tSo far our food processor has been great. We bought it to make our own baby food, and since then we have used it to make many other things as well. I'm very happy with it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_179", "text": "Great kitchen scissors\n\tThese scissors are ideal for the kitchen. The size is nice, good grips fit well in the hand. They are sharp and appear to be easy to sharpen for the future.\nI especially like that they come apart easily for cleaning... and go back together easily also.\nHighly recommend if you're looking for a good quality, all-purpose kitchen scissor", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_180", "text": "A winner. You can't go wrong!!!\n\tThese shears are indispensable. First they are sharp and stay that way---definitely not to be used by children. They will definitely bone a chicken all by themselves (but I spare mine a little by using poultry shears to cut heavier bone).Easy to handle. But best of all, they come apart and go back together with extreme ease, yet stay together for use. Contrary to the description, it is not necessary to use the cap and screw to get them apart. They are well designed with a slot and protrusion arrangement that allow them to be separated for CLEANING with a single motion and to be rejoined the same way. The cap and screw are only necessary for sharpening. You'll wonder how you ever got along without them", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_181", "text": "DeLonghi Mixer\n\tThis item was ordered to replace a Kitchen Aid unit used extensively for a number of years.  I am a heavy gourmet baker and cater to very discriminating clients.  I first heard of the DeLonghi Mixer when it was branded Kenwood -in an Australian magazine. \n\nWhat a nice difference!  The Kitchen Aid now appears to be so antiquated by comparison!!  \n\nI love the very practical easy to clean design and construction of the DeLonghi as well as the physical ability of the unit to mix more content in a more complete manner.\n\nI am very pleased with this purchase and would recommend this product.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_182", "text": "fantastic pan at a fantastic price\n\tI have been using a Cuisinart 9\" skillet for a few years now and love it - one of the best pans I've ever owned (and I've owned a few -top names too). but when my 13\" stainless steel skillet (from another name) warped under too much heat (it couldn't take the heat from my Viking Range), I immediately started a search for a Cusinart replacement. I couldn't believe the price. Fortunately I have the lid from the previous pan because the cusinart doesn't come with one", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_183", "text": "A great set at an even greater price\n\tI've used this set for several years now  and have been very pleased with the overall cutting ability of these knives. Even though I also own Global and Shun kitchen knives, I find myself being drawn to the Insignia knives when I am in a hurry or in the middle of a large project. Although both the Global and the Shun have sharper edges, their price difference doesn't equate directly to the increased level of sharpness that you get. That is to say, yes Global and Shun knives are sharper, but they are not three to four hundred percent sharper all though their price difference certainly would suggest that. \n\nUsing my Insignia knives, I am able to quickly dice, cut, and slice through onions, carrots, chicken, roasts, etc. That said, there are several cavets that need to be stated. First, don't wash these knives in a dishwasher. It has nothing to do with the quality of the steel. I wouldn't wash my Ken Onion Shun Chef's knife in the dishwasher and that one knife costs as much as two whole sets of the Insignia. Second, these knives need to be honed regularly. A few strokes after every use makes a real difference. Third, after owning the knives for almost two years, I sharpened each of the knives on oil stones. These knives, like all knives will need to be resharpened from time to time. The good news is that they resharpened quite nicely, a tribute to their quality. Since resharpening, they have continued to hold their edges. \n\nLast, the balance of these knives is more than adequate. I also own the matching sanduko and have found it to be the best of the series. All though I am a bit of a knife snob, and although I would love to purchase a block set of either the Shun or the Globals, I can't justify it given that the Insignia's cut so well. My wife would really give me no end of grief if I threw out a perfectly good set of knives. And a good set of knives these are", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_184", "text": "good value\n\tI purchased this knife because my daughter didn't like using any of my knives; she wanted one like the chefs all use on Food Network.  I wasn't willing to pay the high prices of the professional ones so this was a good compromise, and I'm pleased with it.  It's nice-looking, feels comfortable to hold, works well for chopping vegetables. Overall, a decent knife at a very reasonable price.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_185", "text": "The best grater I ever owned\n\tThis is truely a professional grater.  Does a great job with hard cheeses and chocolate, etc..  Looks and feels great in the hand, and is impressive to have on the table for your dinner guests to grate their own Parmesan", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_186", "text": "A1 Safety Ramp  and  Seller!\n\tThe Petstep II Multi-Purpose Dog Sately Ramp was perfect for getting my black Lab, Blake, out of the water and over our sea wall.  He is over 90 pounds and it was sturdy and supported his weight.  He is very appreciative and so am I!\n\nI would highly recommend this product and the seller selling it.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_187", "text": "Very particular cat loves this...\n\tLike the other reviewers, I have a cat who previously showed little to no interest in cat items - until I put this out.  It's now his regular spot to nap, and lounge.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_188", "text": "The 5star Convenience of Kitchen Aid Mixer\n\tI hav K5SS model of the Kitchen Aid Mixer and it has worked well for me when I do my cookies, cakes or mix ground meat for meat loaf. It is very easy and convenient to use. \nBasically, I would want to inquire about other attachments for this model and how and where can I get them. I am from the Philippines. I am interested to purchase attachements like a sausage stuffer, grinder. Sorry for using this site, as I am lost where to get in touch with \"Kitchen Aid Inc\". thanks and please email me", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_189", "text": "nearly perfect\n\tThis tea pot, like their French-Press coffee pot, is made of `magic glass' - it doesn't seem to break.  I'm hard on things and usually need heavy-duty models just for every day survival.  I've had this tea pot for - maybe 8 years - unheard of for things around me. The glass just doesn't seem to break.  Others have spoken about how you use it to make tea - a brilliant idea.  But here's the other cool thing: when you get a `presentation' tea like say a `peony' tea that opens into a flower or say, a sea-shell tea like peets.com sells that opens up into an oyster looking shell with a string of jasmine flowers as `pearls' floating above it - you can SEE the magic unfold and enjoy the beauty and art of the tea unfolding if you leave the infuser out and just let the folded tea do what ever it does.\n\nThe ONLY down side is that the cap won't fit on the tea pot if you take the infuser out.  But I have never found that to be a problem.  The tea MAY cool a bit faster - but not so much so that it bothers me.  The fact that it is glass and has outlasted so many hand thrown ceramic tea pots I've had speaks to it's wonder and durability.  Like I said, this is made of magic glass.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_190", "text": "Perfect measurers!\n\tI have purchased many different brands of measuring spoons and cups in the past but these are by far the best!  Heavy (but not too heavy to use) so the handles don't bend (or float around in the dishwasher), shaped well so they fit into containers and spice bottles easily, easy to level and the measurement markings will not fade away (they are engraved).  I love my set...will definately buy another set (cooking is my hobby)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_191", "text": "Great item\n\tBoy, do I LOVE this piece! I got mine for a LOT less at an outlet store and it's just wonderful. I LOVE the purple color - it's just gorgeous in a tuscan kitchen and this piece looks marvelous on the table. It does wonderfully in the oven - it's not overly big so don't get it to feed a family of 5 or so.  It's about 1.5 quarts.  I get tons of compliments on these pieces and the purple, well, it's just original and if you're afraid of it, don't be. It's just a gorgeous color and one that I'm very glad to have introduced into my kitchen. I'm getting more! Highly recommended piece.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_192", "text": "The husband replacer!\n\tThis tool makes even the toughest jar a breeze to open, accommodating a range of sizes easily. I'm sending one to everyone in my family this Christmas", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_193", "text": "Great Measuring Cup\n\tYou can depend upon pyrex to give you a great product. Use this cup for measuring all the time", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_194", "text": "Calphalon Nonstick\n\tWonderful pan, but the handles get VERY warm since it is oven-proof  -  wish it was broiler proof", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_195", "text": "replacement plan\n\tI hope I never have to use it, but I have peace of mind, knowing it is in place", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_196", "text": "A reply about pan dimensions\n\tI just ADORE silicone bakeware!!!\n\nI don't own this particular pan, but I'm replying to the first review. This pan, according to the description, measures 17-4/5 by 7  and  4/5 by 2 inches. I'd imagine that the individual loaves would probably measure approximately 8 by 3  and  1/2 inches, a good size for, for instance, zucchini bread loaves intended as Christmas gifts", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_197", "text": "Best burgers ever\n\tFirst thing we cooked in this pan were burgers, and we could not believe the difference in taste compared to pan fried.  The raised ridges really carmelize the meat, and even when cooked well done the burgers are juicy.  We have prepared chicken, pork chops and fish, and they are all at least as good as charcoal grilled.  I would give this pan 10 stars if I could", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_198", "text": "Tender at LAST!\n\tI'm blown away! With 48 blades, this product really does the job quickly and quietly.  No more BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! echoing off the walls which only produced a flat but still tough piece of meat.  I'd gladly pay twice the cost for the Deni because it works!  It's very sturdy, very sharp and easy to clean in the DW.  I'm using cheaper cuts of meat sucessfully in recipes I had stored away because of toughness or price.  Marinating is faster and more effective, cooking time can be reduced.  Keep it away from kids.  Protect your countertop.  The best kitchen gadget I ever bought!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_199", "text": "Excellent Food Processor/Blender Combo!\n\tI have used different brands of Blenders and Food Processors from various manufacturers in the past, but beleive me or not, this Blender/Food Processor is really the one I am looking for. It has a powerful motor that can easily break ice, plus the Blender jar is made of really thick, unbreakable material, unlike many other Glass Blender jars. One other feature I like about this combo is its wave action technology, which can continuously pull down the mixture in it and this system really works. The Food processor is large enough to chop/mix fruits and vegetables, and above all it saves a lots of space in my kitchen. I have read a lots of bad reviews from many people about other Combos like this, but I don't know what these people are exactly trying to do with a Blender/Food Processor.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_200", "text": "Best purchase I have made\n\tWe love this thing.  The steamer takes up far less room for both storage and use than a regular standing ironing board.  We have a small house and not alot of wiggle room, so space saving is key for us. Also,I hate ironing; sleeves, collars and touchy fabrics can be a bear.  With the steamer I just drag the wand and go, so far easy as pie.  On some types of fabrics or clothing details I can see where a little touch with a traditional iron would be beneficial, but overall we love this thing.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_201", "text": "Good product but...\n\tKitchens Etc put price stickers on the outsides of each bowl.  These are not coming off easily at all. Each one of them has a sticky, white adhesive mess on the side. The bowls themselves are cute", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_202", "text": "Perfect, every time\n\tThis machine turns coffee into a near-religeous experience!  Every cup has a perfect crema head, is absolutely fresh, piping hot, rich and strong - and it's SO fast!\n\nAnyone who doesn't like this coffee maker has to be: \n\n1)  Using the machine incorrectly (most of the criticisms I've read reveal the real culprit is \"pilot error\")  \n2)  Using bad coffee, or\n3)  Just not a coffee lover!\n\nI have been responsible for the sale of at least 25 of these machines, simply by serving its coffee to family, friends and collegues - everyone rushes out to buy one for themselves.  (Granted, I use great coffee:  Java One's French Roast.  Look for a retailer on-line.)  \n\nMy friends have abandoned Starbacks, now that they can make this!  So don't let the critics scare you - this is the BEST thing to happen to coffee since the blessed bean was discovered.  \n\nCome over - I'll make you a cup and all arguments will be settled", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_203", "text": "A very satisfactory purchase\n\tThe Senseo delivers a good, hot cup of coffee in either single or double mode. It's easy to fill, easy to use, easy to clean, and accepts any suitably shaped coffee pod. The only mild annoyance is the rattly cup tray during the brew-pump operation", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_204", "text": "Excellent Little Heater\n\tI bought this heater three years ago based on the good reviews and cheap price.  I expected it to get me through that winter only.  I have used this thing just about daily for the past three years, heat in fall/winter and fan in summer.  It still works quite well and seems ready for the upcoming winter.  The only problem I am beginning to notice now is that the on/off/heat control wheel is starting to become loose.  Otherwise it does a great job for the intended task and has already lasted longer than anticipated.  The thermostat on it is finicky and takes a little playing around with it to do basically what you want but the heat does cycle on/off more or less appropriately.  I'd give 5 stars if the thermostat was perfect but it is what it is and that is good enough.  I just bought two more, my old one will go to the garage for duty there until it eventually fails.  A good, solid product for a very good price", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_205", "text": "Not so much for the big mixers\n\tThis Cloth Cover is great and made from a very good material, but it doesn't quite fit the 6 quart KitchenAid mixer it is a few inches short", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_206", "text": "Different pattern compared to usual correlle stuff\n\tGot damaged in shipping ...but amazon happily replaced with a new one..Great CS amazon.Thanks\n\nHad to send back the broken one back to amazon", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_207", "text": "love this cabinet\n\tOrdered on June 4 and received on June 12 (one day earlier than anticipated).  Was thrilled with the quality and even more with the fact that it comes fully assembled except for the adjustable shelves which are a snap to put in.  Nice looking cabinet and I may order another one at a later date.  Couldn't be happier with the product and with the servic", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_208", "text": "Useful knife\n\tWe have had this knife for about 5 months now, and we use it daily; anything from peeling and dicing fruit, to slivering a potato.\nIt has a nice solid feel to it, and it has a remarkably sharp blade, which has held an edge very well.  The curved blade makes it a bit of a challenge to hone", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_209", "text": "No kitchen should be without\n\tThis is by far the nicest omelet pan ever.  Super easy cleanup too!  I love the way it stands up to high heat and still comes clean", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_210", "text": "This is a great pan\n\tI love the design, and it makes great cake.  Everything is evenly browned.  Thanks NordicWare", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_211", "text": "Nice Set, BUT....\n\tI had bought the larger set in BLUE and ordered these pans in BLUE as well. Thinking that they would match the pieces I already owned, I was quite disappointed when I received BLACK instead of the BLUE I ordered. I returned them and Amazon replaced them with another set of BLACK pans. I decided to keep them but am quite upset, with my only alternative being to return them for credit.\n\nKeep in mind that these are NOT the heavy Stainless Steel, but the lighter weight ALUMINUM. You will NOT be able to mistreat\nthese pans by turning the flame up on full. To do so will cause\nthe pans to warp.\n\nThe advantage to these pans is that they are LIGHTWEIGHT and easy\nto handle. I definitely recommend them.\n \nAs with all TEFLON coated pans, be sure to use the PLASTIC\nutensils and NEVER use any metal spoons or turners or you will\nruin the Teflon surface. With a little care these will last for\nyears!\n\nTIP: If you're having trouble with the bottom of your pots and\npans getting a scorched or burnt look, it's from GREASE. When\nyou wash your pans, make sure all the grease is cleaned off of\nthe outside bottom of the pans", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_212", "text": "engineer, not a baker\n\tI bought one of these muffin pans because I was excited at the prospect of owning a piece of bakeware whose lining wasn't destroyed by the 3rd time I wanted to use it. For that alone, I would give this item 5 stars.\n\nI am not an experienced baker, but I think that after reading the other review for this item that more balanced comments need to be stated regarding the actual use of this muffin pan.\n\nSo here are my comments:\n\n1. You need to use a cookie sheet (or something similar) to support the pan since it is flexible.\n\n2. The muffins cook faster than with a metal pan.\n\n3. The muffins seem small if you fill the cups as you would with a metal muffin pan - you can actually fill them up all the way. (Recall that I am not an experienced baker; as an engineer I suspect that since the muffins cook differently, i.e. faster, this could be compensated by adjusting the batter in some manner. As far I'm concerned as long as the muffins taste good, it doesn't matter to me.)\n\n4. The coating is not exactly non-stick. You do not need to grease the pan, but you do need to be careful when it comes time to remove the muffins. I use the dull side of table knife to separate the muffin sides from the pan (while gently pulling the pan). After doing that I put a plate on top of the muffin pan and  hold it against the pan as I invert the pan. All I have to do then is tap the bottoms of the muffin cups to get them out. By my third time doing this I was able to get them all out intact and unscathed.\n\nI am very happy with my muffin pan - it might take a little bit of getting used to for someone used to other pans - but for me, the benefit of not having a cheap non-stick coating peeling off of the metal after a year more than compensates for a slight learning curve on the use", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_213", "text": "Squeezes out the competition\n\tI bought the Omega 8002 Juicer on the recommendation of Dr. Joseph Mercola, a holistic health MD who has a popular newsletter and website. We met him at a health fair, tried vegetable juices (including wheatgrass juice) and realized that juicing was a great way to incorporate more vegetables into our diet. I mean, how much broccoli and salad can one person pound down in a day? Not so much. \n\nThe Omega 8002 is a single gear machine that turns at a low 80 RPMs, a powerful, slow auger that doesn't heat up the food or cause the juice to foam. This protects the nutritional content of the juice from degradation. In addition, it is \"multifunctional\"--the juicer can also be employed to make baby food, meat pate, nut butter, or fine ground coffee. The machine is durable, said to be quiet, and has a 10-year guarantee. Sounds good, so we plunked down the cash and got the Omega juicer and set to work. \n\nSo, how is it to USE the Omega? Well, it's EASY to put together, though there are quite a few parts and choices to make. Essentially, the steps are:\n\n1. Install the screw drive--the big green plastic spiral, into the plastic housing.\n2. Pop a juicing cone (a type of sieve) over the screw so it sits into the housing around the screw. This takes a bit of jockeying, but it drops in just fine. \n3. Screw on the end cap and nozzle.\n4. Mount this housing onto the front of the juicer motor.\n5. Add the food platform on top of the feed tube on the housing.\n6. Put the two receiving pitchers underneath the housing; one for the pulp, one for the juice.\n\nNow it's ready to start juicing.  \n \n1. Cut up your vegetables into strips or pieces that will fit the 1.5 inch diameter of the feed tube. This means if you juice carrots, those tasty large ones need to be halved or quartered lengthwise. \n\n2. Turn on the motor: it has a forward direction to drive the food OUT, and a reverse setting on the toggle switch to move the food back in case of a clog. I've never needed to do this.\n\n3. Push down the vegetables or other foods with the plunger which is included with the juicer. The food feeds along the screw, is broken up, and the juice is forced through the sieve (cone.) Out the nozzle comes the pulp. The juice flows out underneath, nearer to the motor. \n\n4. When you are finished, turn off the motor, which is QUITE quiet--nothing like a blender or vacuum cleaner. More like the sound of a pasta maker or food processor, for comparison. Dismantle the machine and wash the parts. A big bottle brush is included for this, very helpful.\n\n5. Cleanup takes about 2-3 minutes and is mainly rinsing. The worse job is the sieve of the cone and even that doesn't take but a moment to swab off some pulp that clings to it. I do this ASAP, as I sip my juice, because letting pulp dry on the machine makes it hard to clean. I then reassemble it right then and there, and it's ready to go again.\n\nThe Omega juices kale, which is a rather tough leafy dark green form of cabbage.  We now can do wheatgrass, once we grow some or find a source of flats of it. \n\nJust for grins, I tried the blank cone and did some meat grinding. It makes a fine grind--not something you'd use for hamburger. It would work for soft, somewhat grainy baby food or pate. I did not try making pasta. \n\nHow does it compare to spinning cup type models, like the Braun which we previously used for juicing?\n\n1. The spinning cup model (Braun) is LOUD, really loud. This is because the cup spins at a high speed and whines as a result. This is typical for the cup-type juicer. Sounds like a blender.  \n\n2. The cup model cannot juice wheatgrass--the tender stalks of growing wheat or barley that have a lot of antioxidants. It also can't do tough leafy vegetables such as kale.\n\n3. The cup model definitely does not extract as much juice from the vegetables and fruits as compared to the Omega. The pulp in the cup model is a wet slurry. The pulp from the Omega, by contrast, is like slightly moistened sawdust--definitely drier.\n\nIn summary, the Omega juicer, while pricier than the typical spinning cup models, is quiet and effective. It gives you the ability to juice and grind things the spinning cup can't handle, like wheatgrass and if you want, meat. It extracts more juice--and at the prices for produce these days, especially if you buy organic produce, this is an important benefit. The juicer is relatively easy to clean and to assemble and use. If you are really serious about drinking vegetable juice or making fresh fruit juices and baby foods, I would say, this is a model to strongly consider over others. The performance and added functionality well repay the higher price", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_214", "text": "Very good machine...enjoy the quietness\n\tI've had this processor for about three months. On the first day, I decided to make bread, and the dough blade suddenly stuck to the machine. When I called customer service to help me figure out what I did wrong, they told me that occasionally, this processor's dough blade fuses to the machine. I couldn't even get the containers removed to pack up because everything was stuck together. Fortunately, the customer service rep was really nice and sent out a new one immediately. I received my second new processor, and tried to make cookies. This time, everything worked fine, and the machine is quiet. I can even talk on the phone when using this food processor. I'm just glad that they exchanged the first one so quickly", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_215", "text": "The New Kitchen\n\tThe solid contruction and well machined lids make these a joy to use.  We didn't want high maint. type of cookware just a high quality, easy to use and maintain product that looks good on the pot racks but cooks well every day.  Boy we are impressed! These cook with even heat and the only negative found was that the lids fit so well you have remember to take them off befor the dish cools or a vacume can form inside requiring reheat to remove the lid. They are easy to clean and a dream to handle", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_216", "text": "Great Sheets!\n\tI was originally looking for silk sheets but not the silk sheet price tag.  I'm SO glad I bought these sheets instead.  They are comfy, warm and very smooth to the touch.  They fit my 14\" mattress with ease.  I've had them about 2 months now and there are only a few drawbacks that I've noticed... they take _forever_ to dry in my dryer and they might need ironing once dry'ish.  Overall, not worth 600 but if you can catch them on sale you'll be very pleased with the results", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_217", "text": "a Pan for all seasons\n\tThe Farberware Millennium Soft Touch Stainless-Steel 12-Inch Nonstick Skillet is great for almost any cooking.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_218", "text": "The hit of the party!\n\tThese are extremely well-designed and will be the hit of your party!  I have used these twice at small gatherings and each person who had a martini commented about how great they were and asked where I bought them.  They are easy to clean and easy to store.  I highly recommend them. \n\nJust be sure that your guests do not walk off with them, or even worse toss them in the trash when they are done with their drink.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_219", "text": "A very nice sheet\n\tI was thinking of buying parchment paper before this product caught my eyes.   I took a chance after reviewing others' good reviews on it.  And it was a good buy.  I used it to bake and it's totally non-stick.  It's also very easy to clean after use.  If it can be used 5000 times as it claims, I definitely will save a lot compared to buying parchment paper", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_220", "text": "Best Peeler Ever!\n\tThis peeler is amazing, and really inexpensive. I am really please with how easily it takes the skin off of cucumbers, carrots, etc. This is definetly a great item", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_221", "text": "Pretty,Stylish,Scratches and Chips\n\tTo prevent scratches and chipping and to retain Fiesta's smooth glossy surface, hand wash separately, one piece at a time, in a soft rubber dishpan and stack between paperplates (cups between coffee filters).  I do this with all my stoneware and pieces 30 years old still look like new. A friend gave me all her brown dripware (Gourmet) from 1969 and the place settings are scratched, pitted and dull from stacking and years of automatic dishwashing.  Mine from the same era are still glossy, mostly scratch free, and certainly not pitted. Also, I don't put my original pieces in my microwave, (only hers) because although it may be safe to do so, this can dull a glossy finish.  Re Fiestaware, I remember seeing relatives and neighbors Fiesta cups  and  plates with chips and always thought them very unattractive and \"cheap\"- looking, perhaps because of the dull rose, gray, and avacado colors at the time. However,I find most of the colors presently available very bright and pretty and,so far, have bought Heather,Seamist, Scarlett, Tangerine, Turquoise, and yellow. Cobalt, Cinnebar, and Plum are just too dark and dreary for me.  In the store, they are much darker than they look on here. In a library book on fiestaware, they show an earlier cobalt or deep blue color that is very pretty and a real plum color (like the fruit) would be bright/pretty, too.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_222", "text": "Great knife for the price\n\tI received this knife as a Christmas present and so far, I am pleased. What struck me first about this knife is how wonderfully sharp it is. I also own a Wusthoff Santoku (which I love, too) and this knife was just as sharp right out of the box as the Wusthoff was. It is rather comfortable in the hand and the shape of the blade allows for very smooth rocking and chopping action, which is wonderful when you are chopping vegetables. It is also wonderful for carving meats, with its long sharp blade. The blade is a little on the thin side for my tastes, however, but is certainly functional. The grip is also slightly larger than I would like, making it a bit more cumbersome to hold than my Wusthoff. But these matters are not that important considering the price of this knife. If price were not an issue and I had to choose between a Wusthoff and a Forschner Fibrox, then I would probably choose a Wusthoff. But being that a Wusthoff of this size would be at least $50 more, then price does come to play. If money is no object, then choose the wonderful German steel of a Wusthoff or look into the Japanese steel of a Shun. But if you are like most of us and have to consider price, then I do believe you will be happy with a Forschner Fibrox Chef's Knife.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_223", "text": "great whisk\n\tpretty pink and for a verry* good cause..very sturdy..just pricey but as i said..its for a good caus", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_224", "text": "Nice and Roomy!\n\tThis steamer fits perfectly on Cuisinart's 4 Qt saucepan.  The lid seals in every bit of steam.  I used to always have to add more water when steaming batches of corn-on-the-cob, but since no steam escapes here, I can make several batches non-stop.  I also like the fact that the steamer is wide; that means that the food will cook evenly (instead of other steamers where the stuff at the bottom gets overcooked and the stuff at the very top gets undercooked).  I've only used the steamer five or six times but so far, there's practically no sign of dullness or staining - maybe just a little sign of dullness, but I'm more interested in function than appearance.  Washing it immediately will keep it stain-free.  Overall, an incredible deal for $20.00", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_225", "text": "Great for Decorating\n\tI'm new to bakery decorating and the tips work great!  You can use them with pastry bags or even just regular plastic bags (if you cut open a corner for the tip).  It is easy to clean with the brush and it is great that it comes with it's own box for easy storage.  There are enough tips for simple decorating, still testing out all the different sizes and options", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_226", "text": "Great! Great! Great!\n\tTwo of the basic kitchen specialty items included in one package deal!  Easy grip handles, stylish and quality design will assure that these items will be around in my array of often used gadgets for a long time to come", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_227", "text": "It does the job!\n\tThis is a nice sturdy wooden knife block with plenty of slots", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_228", "text": "Highest recommendation.\n\tI've enjoyed mine for 15 years, my mom has enjoyed hers for 36 years, not sure how old my grandma's is, all still run great. Mixes breads, cookies, cakes, pancakes, hamburger and whips cream and egg whites effortlessly. Easy to clean. Some reviews have commented on the weight, my mom has had arthritis for a long time, and she still uses this all the time. Just leave it on your counter, it looks great and you're going to uses it every other day anyway. It is getting to be our standard wedding present and we have never had any complaints. Just feels good to have something so beautiful, reliable, well made and useful sitting handy on the counter", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_229", "text": "Very Solid\n\tThis is a wonderfully efficient zesting tool. If you find that you need a zester more than even once a year you should invest in this nifty little product. It boasts solid construction with an easy grip rubberized handle and 5 sharp holes for quick and easy zesting. Very easy to hold and twist when zesting. It even has a little channel knife if you want to do some fancy peeling. This beats the heck out of trying to zest with a cheap grater type device and is vastly superior to trying to zest with the edge of a knife. (As I did for years before I learned better) I use lemon and lime zest quite a bit more than the average person and I see no signs that this tool will dull, break, or wear out anytime soon. Highly recommended tool for any active zester. As easy to wash as a fork. Cool", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_230", "text": "Beauty and Function\n\tThis roasting pan is a prize and well worth the investment. It is heavy duty and I have used it for large rib roasts and a turkey.  It is wonderful for making gravy on my gas stove after roasting; the rack is so sturdy it holds any roast I could fit in my oven.  It washes clean with little effort so I have not had to use the dishwasher.  It looks like new after washing.  This pan will be around a lot longer than I will!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_231", "text": "Couldn't be more pleased\n\tWe wanted to rid our kitchen of the microwave for health reasons but still have a fast way to get hot water. I never dreamed any small appliance could be this great. Water comes to a rolling boil far faster than the microwave was ever able to do. We liked this so well we bought a second one for the lower level of our home", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_232", "text": "Great value for the price\n\tSince I liked it so much, I decided to purchase a second one the day the first one arrived. Was very disappointed to see that the price has gone up $10 in just one week! However, the quality is good and I am satisfied with the item", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_233", "text": "This makes my banana bread look even better!\n\tNordic Ware makes the best looking pans, but this is my favorite pan from Nordic Ware!  This pan makes beautiful breads and cakes.  Because it has a  non-stick coating you might have to adjust your temperature to a higher  setting when baking.  And even though it is non-stick, I suggest that you  spray it with oil before baking because sometimes it does stick!  It's also  very easy to clean up", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_234", "text": "does the job!\n\tsame lifespan as single brita filters, lower price. only wish the indicator wasn't the slowness of the filter", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_235", "text": "Polder 550 Oven Thermometer, Stainless Steel\n\tThe name Polder keeps appearing in my home!  Why?  Because they make a great and accurate product (s).  Polder is my kind of brand...it does what it's supposed to do and it's not overpriced", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_236", "text": "Nice Pans\n\tI've used these for a while and they still hold up pretty well. They say not to put them in the dishwasher but I have and the non-stick is holding up fine. The lids fit nice and tight and the handles don't get too hot - unless you are just taking one of them out of the oven, in that case the handle will be HOT.\nAll said I definately recommend these cause:\n1.  There is just the right pans for most situations - who really needs 15 pans?\n2.  You get good quality for the money.\n3.  The non-stick is terrific", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_237", "text": "Wonderful\n\tTook a few minutes to get the hang of using the rolling pin, after that it became a piece of cake.  I love the length, weight and now it is the only rolling pin that I use", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_238", "text": "LOVE this!!!\n\tI wish I would have bought one a long time ago. It is so convenient. Easy to clean up. Very nice for grinding nuts in a hurry for baking. Seems powerful enough for everything I have tried it on. You still need to pull out the big food processor for larger amounts because this only holds 1 cup or so. That would be the only negative. Otherwise I love it.\n\nGreat product for the price. $14 well spent!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_239", "text": "Fantastic Filters\n\tWow! Finally a product that does what it claims to do; it filters water! Incroyable", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_240", "text": "Surprisingly good kitchen shears\n\tI used to sell cutlery and own a range of knives myself, so I have tried many cutlery products from many different brands. In 2003, I bought these Calphalon Contemporary shears since I did not own a pair of shears. Before I purchased these, I tried a pair of Henckels Twinshear kitchen shears, and felt that they were not as strong and sharp as I would have liked. I was a little worried about the quality of these shears since they were made in China rather than in Germany or Japan, even though newer brands such as Calphalon and Furi are now making far better cutlery than has ever before been made in China. After over a year of using these, I am quite impressed with them. The handles are very comfortable, and the blades are stronger and sharper than the aforementioned Henckels shears. Most impressively, the blades show very little wear, despite the fact I have certainly used them quite often. Also, the handles on these are far better compared to those on the Calphalon Traditional and Stainless shears. In conclusion, I would definitely recommend these to anyone looking for a top-quality, reasonably priced set of kitchen shears", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_241", "text": "Cuisinart is short-sighted\n\tI love my cuisinart prep 11 plus food processor.  Since I use it for all sorts of cooking, I have purchased all of the disks for it.  I don't want three or four different holders for disks, etc. because I don't have unlimited closet and counter space.  Since they sell a complete set of disks why, oh, why don't they sell a tower (small footprint) that will hold all of the attachments.  This is short sighted of them.  I have friends who have the same gripe.  If someone manufactures such a disk holder we would be interested in knowing how to contact that company", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_242", "text": "Excellent knife set, highly recommend!\n\tIf you prep a lot of fruits and vegetables in your kitchen, this is the set for you.\n\nThe Santoku knife is lighter than a standard chef's knife.  But this is what makes it so wonderful on fruits and vegetables.  I have used it to carve prime rib (just to see how if worked) and it performed just as well as my chef's knife, except that it is a little smaller.\n\nI find that I use the Santoku 90% of the time in my kitchen.  If you are diminutive female, this knife feels right in the hand since it is a little smaller than a standard chef's knife.  I love the blade on this knife.  It holds an edge much longer than my non-Wustof knives.\n\nThe paring knife is nothing special.  But it does have the same nice hard blade that is on the Santoku.\n\nYou will not be disappointed in this purchase if you love to cook.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_243", "text": "Hot  Water on Demand\n\tGreat Product for a good price.  All sent as ordered", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_244", "text": "THE CUTEST LITTLE PITCHER\n\tI LOVE THIS PITCHER IT SITS ON MY COUNTER ALL THE TIME.BEATIFUL COBALT BLUE COLOR,WITH WHITE INSIDE,REALLY ADDS SOMETHING TO CREAMERS,WISH ... SOLD THE BIG ONE I WOULD BUY IT IN A HEART BEAT.GREAT FOR SYRUP ALSO", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_245", "text": "A Bar Favourite!\n\tTired of those metal cocktail shakers where the top refuses to open when you go to clean it?  The vacuum that occurs with the metal variety has happened to us on every model we've tried.  The Boston Cocktail Shaker does not have this problem.  We had no difficulty whatsoever with a tight seal on the first try and have had no leakage problems.  The only drawback (very minor) is that the measurement lines do not go all the way to the bottom of the glass.  So if you're measuring out small quantities of liquor, you still need to use a jigger.  Other than that, it is very easy to use and clean.  Top rating for this bar helper", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_246", "text": "Vin Pineapple Easy Slicer\n\tI bought 3 of these. They are great. Easy to use, easy to clean and they work. After buying one I ordered 2 more for gifts and both of those people who recieved them also loved them.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_247", "text": "Very functional\n\tI like these lid covers as they fit very well.  I have always had a hard time with plastic wrap sticking, or aluminum foil tearing.  I would recommend this if you need to store your recipes for a bit before serving them.  I also like the sturdiness of these lids as it does not allow flavors to mix when you put them in the refrigerator", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_248", "text": "KitchenAid always has what you need...\n\tThere isn't much you say about a plasic cover, but I'll try...  These  covers fit securely over the bowl for kepting whatever you're mixing fresh.   You can also store anything in it like it was a tuperware (spelling?)  item.  I'd recomend having them around, because you'll use them!  These are  for the 4 1/2 quart bowl and are dishwasher safe", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_249", "text": "5 Stars for the price!\n\tI bought this sheet set almost 5 months ago  and  they have actually become my favorite sheets.  I have several sets, and many of them were quite exepensive, but i always seem to reach for these sheets.  The only time we use another set is when we are washing these.  They are very soft  and  stretchy (not too stretchy)and wash up so nice(they hold the dryer warmth so well)!  This set has been great during the summer  and  i think will also be great during the colder months with a heavier blanket.  You couldn't get a better set anywhere near this price!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_250", "text": "Great Every Day\n\tThis thing is a workhorse... I use it every day. Mine's been going strong for over five years now. I just wish they'd bring back the translucent colors. I love being able to see at a glance whether the kettle has water in it or not. With the current opaque black or white models that's not possible.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_251", "text": "Great, but buy elsewhere\n\tThe KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus (KV25G0X) is a great product, but you should buy it elsewhere. We ordered it from Amazon, and got the Commercial (KM25G0X) instead. We did not want that, so contacted customer service. They said they'd exchange it, but they sent us another KM25G0X. No good, obviously. Then, the customer service representative claimed they could not reliably get in touch with the warehouse, so they had no idea whether they ever actually would get the item they advertise. They said they sometimes substituted similar products. Great. \n\nAt this point we gave up, and ordered instead straight from the manufacturer", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_252", "text": "powerful machine\n\tAfter years of trying to make smoothies in a regular blender, and having to stop and stir, and stop and stir, and worry about burning out the motor, we now don't have to worry any more. Even when ALL of the fruit we add is frozen, this machine grinds, chops, and smooths with impressive power. It's fairly easy to clean, provided you don't wait for days, and has a handy pouring valve thing. A few recipes are included", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_253", "text": "Good measuring cup\n\tAfter reading some of the reviews, I was somewhat reluctant to buy this product, but it went on sale at $3.99, and I decided to risk it.\n\nIt measures up the the quality and function of most Oxo products.  The measurements on the side and inside are completely accurate, which is different from what some have described.\n\nI like the cup better than my pyrex ones for dry and cold liquid products, but being plastic, it cannot be used for hot products that contain grease or oil.  The handle is ergonomically designed and is easy to scoop flour, sugar, beans, or other bulk products.\n\nThe only negative is that you have to have another measuring cup for hot, greasy products", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_254", "text": "great set of knives\n\tI've never had a \"nice\" set of knives before. These are great! They have a nice feel in my hands. The only reason I didn't give them a 5 star rating is because the kitchen scissors do not come apart. The scissors I bought at Smart  and  Final come apart for easy washing and drying", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_255", "text": "Large and plush\n\tI ordered these towels in two colors mainly because the price was right.  But when they arrived I was so pleased.  They're larger than I expected and very plush.  I've washed them several times and they look as good as when I first opened them.  It's really nice to finally have towels that actually dry you off", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_256", "text": "Don't put it in the freezer and the blade assembly won't break\n\tEnough said.\n\nDON'T PUT A FROZEN JAR ON THE BASE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE BLADE ASSEMBLY.  I am sure the owners manual says that someplace.\n\nMy Kitchen Aid became unusable because replacement blades were not available 16 months after I purchased it.  Aren't you glad you could purchase the replacement part?\n\nMy story:  My son put his leftover smoothie into the freezer, jar and all.  The next day when he took the jar out of the freezer and put it on the Kitchen Aid blender, the motor broke the blade assembly.  The motor base was still good and I liked the blender.  Kitchen Aid changed their model and didn't make replacement parts.  I think it is unreasonable for a manufacturer to not have replacement parts available after just 16 months.  (...)!\n\nI can't say enough good things about the quality and ease of use of my Cuisinart blender.  The jar's shape helps the food move and mix better than a round jar.  The jar's size is larger than any I have found.  I pour from the corner of the jar if the mix is too thick to pour from the spout (which I concede is a little wide).  The weight keeps the blender in place.  The shipping weight is around 15 LBS is that too heavy?  Maybe you should skip the smoothies and switch to a muscle building drink.  Most every quality blender has weight to it.  The plastic units are light and considered disposable.  Keep buying those $30 disposable blenders if you want, however I'll keep my Cuisinart!\n\nThe three year warranty and Cuisinart's backing keep us, the consumer, in parts when we do something stupid (like putting the frozen smoothie mix on the blender and breaking the blade assembly).  (...) replacement blade assembly is cheaper than being FORCED to purchase a new blender (Kitchen Aid).\n\nBuy the Cuisinart a great value for a quality product.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_257", "text": "Outstanding knife set!\n\tThese knives are excellent quality. They hold an edge and are well balanced. This OXO set is a real bargain. \n\nOther than a butcher knife, this set is all most households will ever need. It's is a natural for a wedding gift", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_258", "text": "Microwave Egg Boiler\n\tIt works great, and it's small (6\" high, 5\" diameter) and easy to use. May require some experimentation to get times correct for your own microwave. For me: 7 minutes for soft, 8 min for medium, and 9-10 min for hard eggs on high power (700W microwave).\n\nIt does get very hot, so you need to remove it from the microwave with a potholder or towel. I place the whole thing under the cold tap, then remove the top, and cool the eggs under running water for a minute before peeling", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_259", "text": "big and useful\n\tInitially I was very surprised by how large the tools were. They are much bigger than any tool I've bought previously. If you don't have much space in the kitchen, I'd think twice about buying these tools.  However, after using them I think they are quite sturdy and useful.  Eventhough they are large, they are not heavy and sometimes there size is quite helpful.  You can pick up a whole fried egg with the spatula, for example. I am happy with my purchace, because the price was good", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_260", "text": "Very Nicely-Built Aebleskiver Pan\n\tI've been cooking aebleskivers for several years in an excellent no-name cast iron pan that I bought in Solvang ten years ago.  It is very well broken in with a smooth non-stick patina in all seven indents.  I want to teach my sons how to cook aebleskivers themselves because they will be out on their own soon, and it never hurts to be able to attract a woman who loves Danish delicacies!  \n\nTherefore, I have been looking to buy some additional aebleskiver pans and I was excited to see this new pan from Lodge, so I ordered one to give it a try.  I like the design a lot and am impressed with how it heats up quickly and holds it's temperature nicely.  The first batch of aebleskivers had some sticking, but I expected that.  I will need to use it a lot more before it has the same non-stick surfaces as my old pan (no, it's not for sale!), but I can tell that this pan will get there with use.\n\nBy the way, I've found that there are many recipes for aebleskivers and several different techniques for cooking them.  I'm sure that they all will work well with some practice, but I'll describe the one that I've settled on, because it is so easy:\n\nHeat the pan at a medium-low setting.  Take about two cups of prepared pancake mix (I use Krusteaz Buttermilk) and add a couple of teaspoons of sugar.  Mix it in and stir in enough cold water to make the consistency about the same as you would for drop bisquits.  Don't overmix it and let it sit for awhile to rise a bit before you cook it.  Put a little butter or margerine in each indent and add about a teaspoonful of batter to each indent (If you're new to aebleskivers, I recommend trying only three at once.)  I then drizzle a little butter on the edges of each indent.  After about a minute, I use a knitting needle (or chopstick) to turn each aebleskiver one quarter turn.  I add a little more butter and then turn them so the round side is up.  I keep turning them with a spoon until they're done.  (You'll just have to break one of them open to check, because it's dependent on your batter and temperature.)\n\nOnce you get it down (usually after a few rejects), serve them in threes on a small plate with thinned out raspberry jam and powdered sugar.  Once you eat them, you'll understand why people go through all this just to make a pancake that looks like a racquetball!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_261", "text": "1/2 Toaster, 1/2 Oven\n\tVery good buy for $85 +free ship. Bought this one to replace a smaller Black  and  Decker toaster oven that served us very well over 5-6 years until controls gave out (the B and D still works, just have to keep the button pressed in).  \n\nI looked at reviews of several toaster ovens before purchasing the T-Fal.  The less expensive ones ($25-$40) were getting dinged because of occasional mentions of overheating or fire risk.  Not worth the chance.  I also wanted something as small as possible because we have little counter space in our 10' x 10' kitchen, so a more expensive one was not an option.  \n\nThe T-fal gave dimensions on Amazon  and  it was 3 inch wider, deeper, taller than our B and D.  No big deal - wrong.  It was bigger than I thought when I put it on the counter, looked like a monster compared to the B and D.  Also, I could not open the top warmer lid to the point it stays open.  This because of height restrictions -- bottom of my kitchen cabinet is at about 54 - 60 inches.  I can open the top, but I need to hold it open.  My fault, not the product or mfr.  But be aware that size matters in a small kitchen.\n\nThe function buttons are very simple, nothing complicated - one button for toast, one for bake, another for broil.  You can set how long it stays on, and it beeps (electronically) three times when it shuts off.  There is a clock, but it could be easier to set.  \n\nI mainly use it to toast bread, bagels, sandwiches and to bake small pizzas (sauce with cheese on a pita - easy).  The toast function takes longer than the old B and D (about 4.5 vs 2 minutes), but thats OK by me.  The bake function works very well, I prefer it muchly over starting the oven to bake something small.\n\nClean-up is a snap with a removeable crumb tray, glass doors and non-stick surfaces.\n\nNegatives: you can pull the rack out about 30-40 percent before it tips forward and burns you.  It's controllable, not a big deal, unless you don't know about it.  I did know thanks to previous reviews and I was prepared for it.  \nThe fan was louder than I expected (I expected no noise since the B and D has no fan).  But it is a soft sound, lower than my computer fan and only on during cooking.\n\nOverall, it's a well built, well-designed machine.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_262", "text": "Very Nice\n\tDefinitely a nice knife.  I really like the unibody and the blade is very sharp.  Clean cutting knife", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_263", "text": "Great little clips for your refrigerator\n\tI love these little clips.  They are small in size and useful for hanging a shopping list, a note, and things of this sort.  Their magnets are strong and colors quite pleasant to look at.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_264", "text": "lasts too long\n\tI got this blender some years ago, I don't even remember how long, because of the price.  Then my finances got better and promised to myself once it broke I would change it for a nice new chrome steel model... but the friggin' thing keeps on going and going, so, I'm stuck with it until who knows when.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_265", "text": "Just What I Wanted\n\tThis pan suited my needs exactly.  It's handle is comfortable to hold and it has nice even heat distribution.  The handle and the curve of the outside edge make flipping food quite easy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_266", "text": "Good Knife\n\tGood knife, sharp, cuts well.  However, I'm partial to the KitcheAid  Chef's Knife.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_267", "text": "We made not only the right choice but the Best Choice!\n\tFor years we have used the Mr. Coffee Iced Tea makers and have purchased two of them.  This time around we chose to get the Hamilton Beach 40911 2-qt Iced Tea Maker.  Even though I/we haven't used the feature that allows you to place loose tea in the basket for brewing we totally like the Hamilton Beach method of brewing tea over the Mr. Coffee.  First of all the taste (using Luzianne Family Tea bags was superior to any tea we ever brewed using the Mr. Coffee makers.   Also one very large drawback with the Mr. Coffee maker is that the basket, for the bags, sets inside the reservoir and maker and most every time you brew a pitcher and remove the basket you have leakage of tea down in the makers bottom which over time makes for a very ugly looking reservoir, where you put your clean water to brew your next pitcher.  Because Hamilton Beach placed the basket directly inside the Pitcher itself there is never any tea that finds its way into the bottom of the tea maker.  Also due to ridges in the bottom of the Mr. Coffee maker it's usually almost impossible to totally clean the pitcher and restore it back to the clean condition at the time you first used it.  This feature alone makes the Hamilton Beach a better buy over the Mr. Coffee but I thought, before my purchase, that surely the two would make equivalent tasting tea but using both Lipton and Luzianne Family Tea bags the Hamilton Beach not only brews the tea faster but the taste IS Better.  On the Mr. Coffee the strength of the tea is controlled by a sliding knob on the front of the maker whereas with the Hamilton Beach it is three rigid clicks of control on the bottom of the basket (mild, medium, strong), we usually use Medium.  \n\nWe enjoy \"Sweet-Tea\" being from the South and anyone that makes good sweet tea knows you sweeten it while it's hot at the time of brewing.  Our method is to first fill the pitcher to the line and fill the reservoir and refill the pitcher to the same water level and then add 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups of sugar and stir with a whisk until very well mixed.  Once the tea is brewed you have to stir the tea again but you get perfect sweet tea every-time.  If you enjoy tea, even if you never considered an electric tea maker, the Hamilton Beach will be one purchase decision you will not regret.  Having two Mr. Coffee makers before this Hamilton Beach I don't see myself ever purchasing another Mr. Coffee unless they make many changes to their product and even then taste is the final decision maker.  I HIGHLY recommend the Hamilton Beach model and would gladly buy it again even if it was higher priced than the Mr. Coffee, it's totally worth it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_268", "text": "works good\n\tI have had this for almost a year, and for the money I cannot recommend a better product. I would buy another", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_269", "text": "Feels like home\n\tMy mother is Korean and so I grew up using stainless steel chopsticks.  Apparently they're quite popular in Korean households...as well as stainless steel rice bowls.  You might have seen them, the ones with the stainless lids?\n\nAnyway.  These are just like the ones I grew up using.  There are some drawbacks (like the noodle comment made earlier) but it's not a product flaw.  Yes, wooden chopsticks are going to grip better, but they also tend to mildew if used repeatedly and have to be restocked.  Lacquer coated wooden chopsticks tend to flake after a while.  And besides, when eating asian food you don't really pick up individual noodles (which would have you slipping and sliding).  You sorta grab a large portion and bring your face close to the bowl and slurp them down.  I think the Japanese actually bring the bowl to their face instead.  Trust me...it all goes where it needs to.  \n\nThe main thing is getting use to their diameter.  These are much more slender than the wooden chopsticks you see in restaurants.  Not for the novice chopsticker", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_270", "text": "Quick and High Quality Coffee Maker\n\tI've had my Keurig for about two months now and absolutely love it.  It makes wonderful tasting coffee in 30 seconds or so.  It was well worth the extra money", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_271", "text": "Good Blender..\n\tThis is the Best Blender I have ever used. It grinds Indian style batter real good. It grabs and churns the mixture quickly. I am using it for the past 5 months, and there has been no problems with it. The jar is plastic and easy to handle and clean.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_272", "text": "I've had them for years  and  I swear by them\n\tI have the Tucker burn guard commercial line, kitchenaid and various designer potholders and I've stopped using them all except these Oxo.  These are great for blocking the heat.  I have smallish female hands and I admit that these mits took some getting used to.  Once I got used to them (after the first or second use) I routinely reach for them.  Its to the point that I don't even have the other ones out anymore.  I am here looking to replace my original set of 3 (2 mits + 1 potholder) and I was surprised by the negative reviews.  So surprised in fact that I am writing this review.  I swear by them", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_273", "text": "Marble\n\tFound this item on the net when it was \nunavailable in stores for Christmas. \nGood deal for the money. \nNothing beats marble when making home-made ravioli!\n(I dropped it on cement  and  it did chip, \nso be careful where you set it!) \nUse the cradle that comes with it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_274", "text": "Inexpensive pump machine that really delivers GREAT espresso\n\tThe feature's on this machine are what drew me to choose Krups Espresso Maker. The pump instead of the pressure machines was the first draw. The water tank and its size, not having to fill it every day. The fact that the frothing nozzle moved and the location of it. And nobody makes a frothier frother than Krups makes. I love the lattes and I use a large stainless steel milk steaming pitcher. You can make two cups at once. I use it daily and sometimes more than once a day! It makes a great espresso with beautiful crema. I have not had any problems with this machine.Clean after every use. I can't stress this enough and it only takes a minute to wipe the brew area. And do the internal cleaning with solution often or you will get the slow drips of espresso when brewing because of deposit build ups.  Follow cleaning instructions! \nI highly recommend this one! Enjoy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_275", "text": "Great design, great function\n\tI was thinking about a way to make coffee at work where there was no coffee machine easily accessable. I thought a french press would be a great idea, but all of them seemed to be made of glass and I didn't want to leave my press laying around where I work (we share space with other companies so people come and go). With this mug all I have to do is heat up some hot water in the microwave and throw it in with the coffee or tea (and maybe some sugar). Wait a bit, push down the press and drink. The whole mug is well made out of metal and high quality plastic and rubber. The bottom stores a cannister which holds enough coffee or tea for another cup or two and the seal is tight enough to keep it fresh. \n\nI read another review of the mug somewhere and they complained about getting coffee grinds coming through. Well let me say this mug has a double filter, one on the plunger part of the press and one on the lid where you drink or pour from. Coffee used for french press preperation is supposed to be a coarse grind. I think that person tried using store bought ground coffee or just didn't know any better and put finely ground coffee in. The mug will do a pretty good job even with coffee like that, but some is bound to get through that way and you get a muddy cup besides the point so use coffee made for french press brewing not finely ground coffee and you will love this mug", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_276", "text": "Pyrex 17015  programable Timer, An asset for a busy person\n\tThis is a great device and has multiple settings to keep tasks on track.  Very full featured and easy to use", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_277", "text": "A great starter piece or addition to your Le Creuset collection\n\tLe Creuset manufactures porcelain enameled cast iron cooking vessels as well as other products. Le Creuset casts these cooking vessels from molten iron poured in sand moulds that are used only once. For this reason, one pot may look like another, but each is unique in its own way. \n\nCast iron is a highly efficient material which absorbs and distributes heat efficiently. It is recommended that cooking with cast iron is done on low to medium heat. However, there are exceptions like boiling water where cooking on high heat is appropriate and okay. Remove cast iron from the heat and it does not cool off quickly. This heat retention helps your food stay warm while serving. Beware; iron tends to be heavy so are these cooking vessels. \n\nCast iron is an effective material for cooking so why cover it with enamel? Iron tends to rust; iron oxide (rust) doesn't add any complimentary flavors to your food. If your cast iron cooking vessel was not enameled, you would have to season and maintain your cooking vessel. Adding the porcelain enamel not only looks good, but has multiple benefits. The enamel, being a solid coating, is one of the most hygienic surfaces to cook on, does not stain, absorb odors, retain flavors, and is easy to clean. The enamel can be damaged, so limit cooking tools to plastic or wood. \n\nThe benefits of cooking with Le Creuset cast iron are many, but lets get down to the buffet casserole specifically. The buffet casseroles are one of the most versatile pieces in the Le Creuset lineup.  Use this pan as a saut\ufffd pan, a roasting pan, for poaching, or as a shallow braiser.  The 3.5 quart capacity can is plenty of space when it comes to casseroles, so consider your recipes when determining the size you need. The buffet casserole tends to do best if at least three quarters full. Any less and you may overwhelm your food with the evenly dispersed heat in the pot. \n\nWith a large flat bottom that curves up this pan resembles a curved sided saute pan the only thing missing would be a long handle. The tight fitting lid is mostly flat with curved sides. This lid seals in heat, moisture, and flavors and can be used to hold your meat while you are making a sauce from the drippings. Its shape and design makes this an extremely versatile pan. \n\nI tend to use this pot for basic dishes like smothered pork chops more than anything else. But once you get past the basic functionality that lends itself to recipes such as paella, frittatas, deep dish pizza, and casseroles, you can really open up the possibilities.  Keep in mind this is a 3.5 quart pan, feeding two out if it is ridiculous unless you want leftovers. It is probably the perfect size for a family of four in most cases.  Try baking pineapple upside down cake or bread pudding for when you need to please many guests, poaching fish, or Mac and Cheese. The possibilities almost seem endless. \n\nOne feature that people tend to complain about is the cost. The cost does seem steep compared to other pans made from other materials. Heck, cast iron doesn't seem like it should be expensive when comparing to that old cast iron pan past generations have used for cornbread and camping. However the manufacturing process requires making a mould for each and every pan produced. They then go through the enameling process before shipping these heavy pans. If you take what goes into making and distributing these high quality cast iron products, the cost tends to make sense. Then consider that this pan will easily last a lifetime when taken care of.\nPROS: \nExtremely versatile \nEfficient absorption and distribution of heat \nHygienic enamel cooking surface \nDoes not stain, absorb odors, or retain flavors \nEasy to clean when not abused or misused \nCan be transferred from stove top to the oven to the table \nCan easily last a lifetime \n\nCONS: \nIts heavy, as cast iron tends to be weighing in at about 12.25 pounds", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_278", "text": "The most useful thing\n\tI bought my Vacu Vin set about 4 years ago and it's still working perfectly.  It's so easy to use and it does preserve the wine flavor for at least a few days.  We no longer have to finish a whole bottle in one sitting or risk a spoiled wine.  I've recommended it to a few of my friends and they all say they can't live without it now.\n\nFew things of note:\n\n* Even with Vacu Vin, the wine will start to change flavor if kept over a week.\n\n* You do need to pump a lot more than the instruction indicates.  Keep pumping until you feel a strong resistance.\n\n* Vacu Vin cannot be used for wines with fizz (such as Vino Verde, Champagne, etc).  The reduced pressure will suck the gas out of the wine and make it flat very quickly.\n\n* It's better to keep the bottle upright so there's no pressure on the rubber stopper (It does not need to stay moist like a cork).\n\nIts purpose is to keep a leftover wine until you finish it, and it does that quite well", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_279", "text": "For the Price, you Can't go Wrong\n\tBought this set at a reasonable price of $19.99 and have liked them so much that I will be buying some more! Great set for the price, can't go wrong with them", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_280", "text": "A must have\n\tThe attachments that are available for KitchenAid mixers are worth their weight in gold. This is the most recent attachment I've purchased for my mixer. I can't tell you how much time was saved when making apple butter and apple relish for the holiday season. This time of year, saving time is a good thing when there doesn't seem to be enough time for everything on your LISTS!!! Happy Holidays", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_281", "text": "Basic model\n\tThe product I received was faulty so irobot sent me another one.  Robots are great but I you need to make sure they work right before the warranty is over", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_282", "text": "Excellent press\n\tI purchased this French press for my husband several weeks ago and I love it. Happy with the regular coffee maker, I had little interest in the item until I saw it in action for the first time. It's so easy to use and the flavor of the coffee is much smoother. It's also beautiful. I purchased two matching cups at the same time and they remind me of Russian tea glasses---a collecting favorite of mine. I highly recommend this all-around good buy", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_283", "text": "NEVER put a carbon steel knife into the dishwasher!\n\tLisa S from Ohio complains that the knives rust very easily and that this is a buyer-beware item.  This is not a buyer beware item. This is an item that requires some knowledge about use and care of carbon steel knives. Carbon steel is an alloy which allows one to hone a very keen edge and it is used for very fine cutting tools in general. It does rust very easily and should always be dried after washing, and even wiped with a little olive oil. These knives cannot be left sitting in dishwater, and they should never be run through a dishwasher. If you want to throw your kitchen knives into a dishwasher, buy cheap stainless steel ones", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_284", "text": "A good little fan.\n\tThis little fan does just what I need it for. A bit of air blown right at me sometimes while sitting at my desk. It clips on very well. I even tried it on a 1/2 inch overhang and it stayed on. I would reccomend 3/4 inch if you want to use high setting and oscillation. That oscillation is of no account by the way as the fan just is not that powerful. My reason for no 5 stars is the vibration. There is too much especially on high speed. This could have been solved with more and better padding on the clip. It doesn't bother me but might others. The cord is coiled nicely to stay out of the way but has a good stretch. I needed to reverse the blow direction of the fan. This was easily accomplished by removing and replacing only one bolt.\nAll in all very good for my uses. If you need just a bit of air in a tight space this one's for you", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_285", "text": "Awsome Pot\n\tI love all my calphalon pots, pans, and bakeware.  Best set I have every owned or used.  Even heat, easy clean up, I have never made reductions as easily as I have in these pots  and  pans.\n\nThe fact that you can get these on special with great pricing puts it over the top.  I paid $26.57 for this after discounts and free shipping", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_286", "text": "great stock pot...\n\tThis a a great pot...plenty big, and excellent quality.  My friend bought one too, as I liked it so much", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_287", "text": "cast iron convert\n\ti was looking for a non non-stick surface griddle to cook pancakes on and i got so much more.  my husband and i are concerned about the effects of dupont coatings on our children's long term health (he is a doctor) so i have been searching for a stainless griddle for ages. finally, i happened upon cast iron as an option.  i never really understood the benefits of cast iron and it seemed so high maintenance -- all the seasoning involved.  i was also reluctant to use it because you are not supposed to really scrub it clean which goes against my personality.  plus, where would i store my seasoned not so clean griddle when i was not using it.  well, the thing is ... when am i not using it? (and when i am not i store it in my oven)  i use it almost every day.  the grill side works great for bacon, salmon, hamburgers, chicken--anything when i don't feel like firing up the grill.  so far everything turns out perfect, not too dry.  the griddle side is great for pancakes and eggs and truly non-stick without the chemicals of a coating to worry about.  The bottom line is...I love this product more than any other kitchen item since my kitchen aid mixer (another love of mine).  i plan to buy more as gifts for all my family and friends with gas stoves (I am not sure how well it works with electric eyes).  truly a kitchen basic.  if you are thinking of getting one, you should", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_288", "text": "Most durable steel I've seen\n\tGot this as part of a wedding gift and couldn't believe how strong and sturdy this is.  I imagined if it fell out of the window of my kitchen into the street from the 2nd floor that it'd have a tiny scratch.  It's a fine container, nice looking, and I'm glad I got it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_289", "text": "Cusinart Griddler\n\tThe cuisinart griddler has proved to be a very handy appliance in my kitchen. It's various heat settings which are accurate is very helpful in perfect results for various tasks.  We have become addicted to panini!  They come out perfectly.  Steaks are done to perfection! I have not used the griddle as much, but when I have the results are great.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_290", "text": "the best mug ever!\n\tYou are going to LOVE this mug.  I bought it in the curry yellow, and ended up buying three more. The finish is beautiful and the shape fits your hand so well.  It is like satin as you hold it and it keeps your tea warm and wonderful.  The lip is perfect and not too thick.  Buy one and see!! Chantal products are the best.  Check out their soup bowls", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_291", "text": "Easy to handle\n\tI like the two short handles versus the one big handle on other boilers.  This is a little less obtrusive on the stovetop that the one handle design.  It would not work well for sauces or other tasks where you need your other hand to wisk or stir.\n\nWorks great on the flat top range and cleans up nicely.\n\nHighly recommend, but it seems to be out of stock often", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_292", "text": "works like a charm\n\tive had only great hot drinks from my machine!! i love it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_293", "text": "Quality Gadget\n\tThis spatula has an easy hold grip, works like it's supposed to, and washes well in the dishwasher", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_294", "text": "Good oven - beware warranty pitfalls...\n\tWe had had this oven for a couple months when the door would no longer stay shut.  I tried jamming a wooden spoon against it to hold it shut while cooking, but found this sort of absurd.  So I called Cuisinart for warranty service.  They said they'd replace my oven with a new one, but I had to pay to ship the oven to their warehouse in NJ and it would take a few weeks.  In the meantime my husband found a set of little magnets at our local craft store, and fixed the problem!  So I wasn't going to ship the oven to NJ - until a replacement oven arrived...before I even sent the first one out.  Hmmmm.  \n\nAnyway, we're enjoying this toaster oven very much and use it practically every day.  It is slower than a regular toaster, but cooks four pieces of toast/waffles all at once, so I figure its a fair trade.  It does a nice job with open-faced sandwiches or chicken nuggets for the kids on the broiler pan, without having to heat up our full-sized oven.  A practical choice especially for families with kids", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_295", "text": "Best Coffee Ever!\n\tI have owned this for years and LOVE it. The directions indicate that for 1 lb of coffee, you add 5 cups of water and let it sit (for hours). I actually add 9 cups of water and the coffee concentrate works just fine. I fill my ice cube trays with the coffee, then bag the cubes so that I can use it over time. It is delicious every time when you put the concentrate in a 3 to 1 ratio with water (American coffee) or less for stronger coffee (e.g., espresso). I particularly like to use these cubes for iced coffee -- it comes out nice and strong, not watered down.\n\nA final bonus to the toddy maker: used coffee grounds are a folk remedy for fire ants. If you have them and you want them gone without throwing a bunch of chemicals in your garden. Put these atop their nest (but watch yourself!). They leave pretty quick.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_296", "text": "Mango Splitter\n\tWhat a delightful gadget - works as advertised (how unusual)!  Creates nice slices of mango without the mess and without ending up with all the small slivers of fruit you normally get.  Love it", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_297", "text": "Sturdy, high quality\n\tThese are well-made spoons, not junky at all, which is always a possibility with cheap, mail-order items of this type.  The steel is heavy-gauge, and all the edges are rounded and safe.  Good value and a good way to  and quot;top up and quot; an order", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_298", "text": "Great little steamer; this HS900 model is only $19.99 at Target\n\tThis little unit is very versatile, you can use it to steam anything", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "kitchen", "split": "validation", "example_id": "kitchen_validation_299", "text": "Does the job\n\tA fork is a fork, right?  This does what you'd expect.  The All Clad difference is that it is beautiful and because it's stainless, it's a very hefty knife.  I think with will hold a large heavy cut of meat well.  I use mine for chicken.  Sparkles when you put it in the diswasher", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_0", "text": "As the other reviewers have mentioned, The Cat's Miaou is a bit of a mish mash of everything and every inch of this tiny shop is filled with wares. Essentially, it's a gift shop and as the mix of items is so varied, you could find a gift for everyone, and their Gran in here.They have;-baby clothes-kids toys-ornaments-key rings-stickers-stationery-jewellery-scarves-bags-cards...the list is endless really and you could get lost under a mountain of knick knacks here. Definitely worth a browse if you're in need of a gift and it has a cute name too.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_1", "text": "Efficient, knowledgable, reasonably priced, prompt, -- every time I went to the store it was a pleasant experience. Mark and Rick are great!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_2", "text": "My favourite place for a mussel pot in Scotland. As an added bonus they also serve some of the best chips I've ever enjoyed - just make sure to get the ones cooked in roast beef drippings!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_3", "text": "Tacos Atoyak's fish tacos are the best in Phoenix! I've been going here since they opened and I still have dreams about these fish tacos, tostadas, el pastor anything and their multiple styles of quesadillas.  The not-so-expensive area of town and not-so-expensive decor provide the customers with the benefit of very inexpensive yet extremely delicious food.  They could easily charge more for what you get!  Dan, aka Big Mike, you are doing things right, sir!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_4", "text": "This is a really neat concept. It is a mini specialty shopping center made out of shipping containers. There is this awesome playground right in the middle. The shops are all small, but cute. The only real downside is that most of the activities, including eating, take place outside, so dress warmly if it is cold out.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_5", "text": "Amazing food...portions are big...definitely get your money's worth. ..service is great with a wonderful atmosphere. ..definitely going to be back next time we're in Vegas!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_6", "text": "The omelet house in Vegas is very good the server Christi was great very pleasant and nice thank you much", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_7", "text": "We just ate at PF Chang's tonight -- and I seriously can't believe the amount of food that was on the table. It was seasoned well and piping hot. Our server was very attentive - actually saving our 3 year old from eating a hot pepper on the calamari (which they comped us because the chicken wraps came out after the kids' meals).", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_8", "text": "Best in town. We love this place. It's local, sushi is always fresh and they have real and fresh wasabi. Owner is friendly, and so are the customers typically. Fun little place.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_9", "text": "This is the second closest Vietnamese restaurant to my locale, and is pretty much the only one I frequent if I'm close to home.Good food, quick prep, normal service.  Vietnamese places aren't renowned for stellar customer service, guys - it's nothing personal.  =PThey recently raised the prices so don't use the online menu if placing a to-go order... Grab one inside on the counter.  That's what I did.Their Thai tea is pretty darn good, surprisingly.  Sadly, no sauces included with noodle bowls... that's why I keep sriracha and hoisin at home.#71 with a fried egg = nomz.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_10", "text": "Had a destination wedding in Vegas and hired Omni Limo to take care of my guests transportation.  The shuttle bus was clean and new.  The driver was awesome.  Great prices and awesome service!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_11", "text": "John the owner took really good care of me and my car.  I'm so glad I went here instead of getting a $99 cheapie job.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_12", "text": "Wish the store was a little bigger but had a great selection and very nice staff! Store is clean and easy to get through! One of the few stores I've been in that also have a Star Wars selection too!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_13", "text": "Its cost 40 bucks, and its worth it. The food was off the hook. I just wish i was hungrier. I only ate two huge plates. But the food is great quality.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_14", "text": "J'y suis aller pour un d\\u00e9jeuner avec des amis, vous devez y aller!Ils offrent un oeuf de dragon (oeuf d'autruche) pour 8 personnes et plus!La couenne de sanglier remplace le bacon et croyez moi, vous en redemanderez. Les prix du d\\u00e9jeuner sont abordable et l'humour reste au rendez-vous!C'est un must si vous aimez les d\\u00e9jeuners du weekend!Je vous conseille l'assiette d\\u00e9jeuner avec canard confit, avec le plat de couenne 'on the side' biensur!Bonne app\\u00e9tit et n'oubliez pas qu'ils n'acceptaient pas les cartes de cr\\u00e9dits \\u00e0 l'\\u00e9poque m\\u00e9di\\u00e9vale et qi'ils ne l'acceptent toujours pas aujourd'hui.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_15", "text": "We needed something quick before a big dinner later on, so we stopped here. I had the hot caprese sandwich, and it was delicious. They put the dressing on the bread, so you get that great vinegar taste to couple up with the big chunks of mozz and tomatoes. I also had the earl grey lemonade, which I recommend trying. Wasn't overly sweet like most tea.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_16", "text": "Purchased a used Ford Expedition from Alexa, the internet sales manager. I found the whole experience to be professional from sales to my conversations with Chris the finance manager. I was not in a rush to receive the vehicle so I was willing to wait till it was right. When I picked it up it was right...it wasn't new but it sure looked new...detailed and my concerns...handled. Thank you Alexa and Mini of Las Vegas...", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_17", "text": "So sad they closed right before thanksgiving 2012 :(Wanted to show my east coast parents the Delish authentic Mexican food at Los Tacos. Guess we will be going to Rudy's Burritos from now on unless another Mexican just as good opens up in AJ. I'm very sad for our loss!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_18", "text": "Really fun to visit. They were filming the day we stopped in on our way back to Phoenix - so we couldn't go in - but everyone was very nice and we watched the filming and took some pics.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_19", "text": "I only get take out but I've never had bad food, a wrong order or a rude person.Love that I can make the Mongolian Beef to my spice level and the Fried Rice is great.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_20", "text": "This is a very small \\\"hole in the wall\\\" restaurant. They are primarily known for their catering but the food at the restaurant is some of the best around. The Chips and Salsa are winners themselves but everything I tasted was equally delicious. Try the Cheese Crisp with Green Chili's. They are not to hot but packed with flavor. The food is cheap and the portions are large so make sure to leave room for desert. They definitely have me wanting to visit Taos.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_21", "text": "I will never truly know if this food was actually good, or if I was just that hungover.  But, at the time, the freshly made guacamole was fabulous, as was everything else.  Felt like the wait staff was too minimal though and it took quite a while on refills.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_22", "text": "Pretty surprisingly authentic! Landed and was hungry, came early enough (6pm) that there was no line.Had 3 meat BBQ dish (duck, soy chicken and BBQ pork) - delicious and just like in chinatown back home. Sauteed Pea vines with garlic - can't go wrong! And their house noodle dish, stir fry homemade noodles with prawns - Great!Better then what i thought it would be overall.Best of all you have your asian moms and pops cooking behind the kitchen, you know its good when it looks like your grandma is cookin it up!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_23", "text": "Good food and the ambience was very nice.Waitstaff a little slow.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_24", "text": "This is the best place I have ever had my nails done! They are friendly and fast, they also have great prices and do quality work.  I would recommend this place to anyone!  As long as I live in Henderson Nevada I will not go anywhere but here.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_25", "text": "Outstanding Middle eastern cooking!  Vegetable platter was delicious.  Little atmosphere but the service is very friendly and helpful and the food is excellent.  One of our favorites.  Well worth the one hour drive from Surprise.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_26", "text": "Well rounded I say.  Modern Moma-like decor.  Stylish food.  Gracious server.  Our food came out tout de suite with the $16 mixed grill salad being satisfying yet large enough for my husband to take some home.  I was hesitant to get the scallops for the $34price so went with the $24 hanger steak medium rare with grilled onions.  I didn't get any sides since it was still 2 more servings after the meal.  It's pricy but cool.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_27", "text": "An absolutely great time. Inside the butterfly atrium is like stepping into a dream. Thousands of butterflies of all shapes, colors and varieties flying around, some will even land on you. The movie was fantastic and the 3D effects were amazing. It was very informative and entertaining, great for kids and adults alike. Before I went in I thought this would be a one time visit, but after touring the exhibit I considered upgrading to the annual pass. I decided against it, however I think I will make a return trip to Butterfly Wonderland.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_28", "text": "Great food, great service, great atmosphere! We had the veggie burger and the Welcome Burger. Both were amazing! The fried avocado was out of this world. We will definitely be going back. I highly recommend this unique little gem in Downtown Phoenix.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_29", "text": "Ole Ole Ole Ole!!! 6 am pints and footy.  It doesn't get much better than that.CheersUntil then, get the beers in...", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_30", "text": "Sure the wait sucks, and there is almost always a wait.  But what might that tell you?  Service once you get in the door is AMAZING, and the food is never a disappointment.  Best kept secret off the strip", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_31", "text": "This Le Peep is closed down.  Now it is a new place called the Light Rail Cafe that I believe is closed down too?  I miss the chicken on Central Ave.  :(", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_32", "text": "I had a great first experience at the spine center from the fast check in to the excellent care I received from Dr. Lee and his support staff. My appt was yesterday, got my MRI today, and will get my results tomorrow.and discus my options. Kudos to nurse Denise who gave out lots of TLC.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_33", "text": "My Dad took me here for breakfast today and it was amazing! I had the Huevos Rancheros which was delish! Everyone I was with really enjoyed their food...great portion and prices :)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_34", "text": "Pleasant staff and awesome food - from fresh baked pastries to french toast to die for! The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because they're not open for the early risers.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_35", "text": "Good service, friendly staff and fresh fish. just the right amount of rice on their rolls. A Business name change coming  this fall.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_36", "text": "This gym basically has all you need. I joined it because it was really close to old town, but after taking a tour it offered anything one would need. They offer memberships for 29.99 a month for a single location or 34.99 a month for national location. The worst time to go is around 530 PM on a weekday so try to avoid them unless you want to do curls with 5 pound dumbbells. They offer classes like zumba, yoga and spinning while also having a basketball court and pool.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_37", "text": "My boss kept insisting I try this place out so I grabbed my dining buddy(my brother) and drove up just to eat there. (It was before they opened the one near UNLV.) Their burgers were pretty delicious. I'd definitely go here again...though the price could be a bit more reasonable.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_38", "text": "Just like Thailand!  For anyone looking for the same experience this is the place!  Loved the fact that they had the loose yoga pants/top that you get to wear in the massage shops in Thailand and other Asian countries. Had the best girl tonight. Walked on my back, did the full stretching and my favorite part, the back adjustment. I walked out with a hot cup of jasmine tea relaxed and 2 inches taller. The price is definitely worth the service that you get. These gals know what they're doing and do it well!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_39", "text": "I've been going here for about 9 years. I love it and everyone that works there is great. I only get mani pedis but the gel they use lasts a good 3 weeks. I've gone many other places out of a quick convenience and always regret it. Ask for Michelle. She is amazing.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_40", "text": "Chris is the man!!! What a great service. I will always use his company for my future vegas trips.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_41", "text": "Like everyone else has said, this place is fantastic. I wouldn't exactly call it a 'hidden gem' as it's jam packed at all hours of the day - or so it seems. The environment is pretty laid back and relaxing if you can get passed the fact that they need to consider relocating to a larger building. If you can't get over how crowded it is, there's always the 'to go' option. The Lux experience offers great prices, delicious drinks, and a friendly staff.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_42", "text": "Just moved here and have several chronic illnesses to negotiate. Dr. Taylor has been very thorough and empathetic. Never have trouble getting an appointment.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_43", "text": "I love this place, just across the street from my work, I go here alot!!! The sandwich's here are AMAZING!!! The only complaint is the wait and delivery time is LONG!!!try the white widow or tia stick!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_44", "text": "This place is local favorite!  Such a random menu from sushi to Italian food yet nothing disappoints!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_45", "text": "I was worried about being in charge of planning a bachelor party for one of my best friends because I wanted everything to perfect and SHEETS took care of EVERYTHING...all we had to do was have fun. Limo ride, entrance, tables, bottles...everything was taken care of with detail and great communication. Awesome guy, awesome service. I never go to Vegas without calling Sheets again. Thanks Sheets!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_46", "text": "Pretty awesome Chinese food. By far the best in mint hill. Everyone there is super nice too. Especially the owner", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_47", "text": "I have worked with the Cunningham Group for two years.  They are top notch.  From the buying experience to the property management, every aspect of their service has been outstanding.  They communicate frequently, provide fast turnaround on every aspect of purchase and management, and alert me to new opportunities as they arise.  Going with their organization was the best choice I made as a 1st time property investor.  I'm a strong advocate!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_48", "text": "Delicious Cakes and if you like empanadas, they actually serve Beef Empanadas. Clean environment. Love the MABON!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_49", "text": "Vickie and Evan put together a thoughtful, interesting, and delicious tour of downtown Las Vegas and it is an experience I recommend for tourists and locals.  There is always something new to learn about Las Vegas and I left the tour with several new activities on my to do list.  When my family members come to visit I will recommend this tour, and I would be happy to join them for a second go around!  You can't find friendlier tour guides in the city!  Thanks Vickie and Evan!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_50", "text": "The only bad thing I can say about this place is the price. It is a little pricey, but I still go every week. It is so delicious. I would go with the Southwest. It is my absolute favorite, you can't go wrong. The mango salsa/sriracha sauce they have is so good, I wish they sold it. I have had all the juices, I really like the one with beets.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_51", "text": "Such a solid place for a yummy, cozy meal.  My go-to is Stir Fry Vegetable.  I know it sounds generic but the flavor is just great.  Remembered loving it years ago and went back for a visit and it was just as good. A place that holds happy memories.  :)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_52", "text": "This place is worth the wait!  There always seems to be a wait when we arrive, yet it never really seems to be that long. The service is always great, they have good hearty food, and strong coffee!My hardest dilemma with breakfast is that I always want to try everything! Guess that means I need to continue coming back!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_53", "text": "Great NY style deli.  We always order the fish platter (lox and whitefish) and they have a wide selection of homemade bagels and spreads.  A bit pricey but tastes darn good.  They also have great lunch food like matzo ball soup and overstuffed deli sandwiches and beautiful desserts!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_54", "text": "Good food and good atmosphere. I love the patio area, quaint and inviting,", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_55", "text": "Love going here every time I visit Madison!  It's unique and cozy, especially with the fireplace in the winter.  The crowd isn't your crazy college binge drinkers, which I like even though I try to pretend I'm a coed.  My recent visit was after the homecoming football game, and like my friend Ryan E. said we were able to get a seat for 6 of us pretty quickly.  The menu looks good - but I have yet to try anything.  I do love that they make a mean coffee and Bailey's!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_56", "text": "I have stayed here twice and booked a total of four rooms. Love the lobby and decor and SMELL! AMAZING smell. It is a nonsmoking hotel so that is a plus! The service has always been great. Rooms: Regular Suite: Nice sized suite with cool mirror closets. We had issues with our room on the recent trip so they changed our room to a higher floor with a better view and comped one night. V-Suite: Bigger living room area than regular suite but less closet space. Wifi: Not good. The reception was really bad. Pool: AMAMAMAMAMAMAZING!!!!! LOVED IT!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_57", "text": "One of the few great gift stores in Madison.  I wish there were more eclectic things though.  It's fairly standard.  They have wonderful gifts for foodies!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_58", "text": "A superior alternative to Subway..... by far!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_59", "text": "Excellent service and good food", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_60", "text": "I had a gift certificate so I decided to try this place. SO HAPPY I DID! WOW!! AMAZING!! Their specialty pizza with chicken, artichoke hearts, tomatos, and black olives is EXCELLENT! Their garlic knots are beyond yummy and their salads are HUGE and super fresh!The girl who answered the phone was so sweet and very knowledgeable about the menu items. Delivery was within the time they said and the delivery guy was nice. I gave him and extra great tip for the super service!This is now my go-to pizza place!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_61", "text": "Outside of the name which a friend mentioned was appropo (shut it!) this place totally rocks! Decked out in '50's Andrew Lloyd Wright-esque decor, the staff is very customer service focused. The comfy bed, sweet smelling amenities, awesome pool area and price make this place a must-stay next time I'm in Scottsdale!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_62", "text": "What a find. We were looking for a special place to celebrate our anniversary, and we found it. We were greeted warmly and seated right away. They knew it was our anniversary and presented us with a glass of champagne to celebrate. Our waiter was nice and not overbearing. We started with the tartare followed by our entr\\u00e9es. I had the duck and my husband the scallops. Simply delicious . We finished the meal with the chocolate souffl\\u00e9 with the creme anglaise sauce.  Yum!  I highly recommend this little treasure tucked away in the heart of Scottsdale.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_63", "text": "This place was awesome!! Great food that is great for you and everything is gluten free. I got the salad (which was fantastic), my daughter had the pizza that she loved and we got a smoothly which was so healthy and delicious. The crowning moment was the gf banana bread with Nutella...omg this filled the void that reg banana bread has left behind. I'm so excited to have found a place that I can get treats without cheating :)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_64", "text": "Touch of thai makes the best shrimp red curry with pineapple and pad thai! Here for the food not the ambiance. It's always pretty quiet and I'm okay with that!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_65", "text": "Always hot yummy food. Sometimes they are so busy that the wait staff gets behind, but worth it for the food", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_66", "text": "The best authentic Chinese food I've ever had!This place is the real deal. Lunch here is an amazing aValue:$6.95.The black pepper chicken is the most unique flavorful dish I've Jason a long time. Puts PF Changs to shame", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_67", "text": "$1.00 saki! Warm, strong, and a wonderful compliment to the deliectable array of choices on the ayce menu. The restaurant is intimate, with about 10-15 tables and 6-8 seats at the bar. Very lively chefs who are quick to take your order serve you some fine delicious rolls, soup, nigiri, shumami, and other choices. For $22 a person during dinner for ayce, it's a great bargain for the residents of Northwest Las Vegas.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_68", "text": "They're always super nice at this Chipotle. Today they messed up on an order but quickly fixed it and threw in free chips... as it was part of the mistake. I come here at least 5 times a month.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_69", "text": "This is a very delicate meal that was intriguing.  Delicious flavors with different flavors.  I do have a sweet tooth, and some ot the items are sweet and savory. Delicious.  Keep in mind there is almost 20 courses.  Service was perfect and professional.  Table seats up to 8 people.  Reservations are taken a month in advance so plan ahead!!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_70", "text": "This is my favorite restaurant in its price range.  The mushroom enchiladas are amazing and you absolutely can't go wrong with the pick three combos. The food is rich and satisfying, the staff is friendly and helpful, and ambiance is modern and comfortable. Much love Blue Adobe :)", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_71", "text": "Excellent property, friendly staff, good location.  I was disappointed by the pool and \\\"Skybar\\\", which has two taps only, with nothing worth pouring in my opinion.Only one block from the strip, you can easily get around to many places on foot.  Room was great and spacious.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_72", "text": "Didn't realize this was here until the other day.  It's a nice place - store is really super clean and organized and you can find some good sale items.  I didn't spend too much time here, but I saw some decent items.  Ended up not buying anything, but I will save it for the next trip out here.  I can see where people can go nuts in this store.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_73", "text": "I finally found a great Chinese place! so yummy. jalape\\u00f1o puffs, chicken fried rice and pot stickers were delicious. I will recommend to everyone.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_74", "text": "We'd also like to rant about how great Pepe's is. From our first visit, hungover after a night of Dbacks and Amsterdam, when I introduced Jenny to menudo (girl is from Arizona and had never menudo'd as a hangover remedy, can you believe it?) to yesterday, our first visit since going vegetarian, Pepe's is consistent. Prices, food, and service are all good and that's all anyone should be asking for in the Avenues.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_75", "text": "Gotta love Coffee Bean! Their drinks are pretty much the same at all locations.  They were nice here and have a wide variety of food for sale.  This was the first Coffee Bean I've seen with a drive thru.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_76", "text": "I've been here a bunch of times and everything on the menu is super good.  The service has always been great.  I recently tried the crab salad with some hesitation but was pleasantly surprised.   This place is much better for lunch than it is for dinner.  There's a funny sort of crowd that comes here for dinner, plus I think the lunch menu is better than the dinner menu.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_77", "text": "Clean and friendly shop.weitress kinde and polite.Lovely green pot tea, cake and salad.quiet atmosphere.Thank you , Giuseppe.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_78", "text": "Food was soo yummy!!! Will be back to try those yummy looking cronuts.The dirty chips were amaze balls. I'm going to be coming in to try the French toast very soon.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_79", "text": "Good selection of rolls and appetizers.  We had several for the table and all of them were fresh and delicious.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_80", "text": "Really good hidden find in downtown Phoenix. Great Cocktails and  Food. The music and Atmosphere is something you would see in San Francisco. Such a great surprise.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_81", "text": "Lots of fun shopping here. Great location. Very friendly.  Easy to find.  Found what I was looking for.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_82", "text": "Go. Right. Now. Macaroons are beautiful and delicious.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_83", "text": "Excellent food! Great service! They're very quick with service, and very friendly. You can have a great meal and move along so you can explore the rest of Fabulous Las Vegas! Lobster roll, turkey sandwich, anything you get will be amazing! Lizzy is a great bartender also.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_84", "text": "Great service. Good Pizza. However, the sweat tea needs help.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_85", "text": "My partner has to have gluten free foods and my two sister's has plenty of choices. We tried the BBQ beef , the ginger chicken and the lard na. All three were very good. The place was clean and the service good. Prices range from $8.99 to $12.99I\\\" ll be back soon,", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_86", "text": "Best Carne Asada in the Valley!!!!! Every thing is fresh. They will even modify your meal to gluten free!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_87", "text": "Not really a secret anymore but the concept was fun while it lasted! White pizza here is bomb if you love garlic! Vegetarian is also pretty darn good. A little expensive for a thin slice but you're on the strip.... Come on -_-", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_88", "text": "Great sinaluence tacos! Probably the best in town. They always serve fast, and have a variety of salsas. They also have those good ol bottled cokes. Make sure to try the mulitas, absolute deliciousness!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_89", "text": "Bomb food! Plain and simple! The pretzel with fondue is sooooo yummy and I love the chicken and Gorgonzola salad! Plus it's central to old town, walking distance from the clubs or the mall- major bonus", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_90", "text": "I'm not a sports person, and I loved this sports bar. The food is really good, and decently priced. I had a chicken sandwich with swiss and avocado on a gluten free bun. I got veggies on the side. Everything was really, really good. The burgers are huge, and delicious. I will definitely be returning!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_91", "text": "Fabulous customer service!  My BFF and I spent the weekend there to celebrate our bdays and the must have overheard us talking about it because they sent wine to our room that same night!  And... talk about the spa!  Spa Avania was the most peaceful and serene place to spend the weekend!  Even if you are not getting a service, it's only $20 to just hang out and use the steam/sauna...  Total deal!  We had the best time there!  Awesome architecture and amazing pools!  Worth every penny!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_92", "text": "Awesome bar! Adorable sweet hard ass working owner Lisa. Bar Rescue didn't do this place or it's employees justice!Cover fee is reasonable! They are keeping local bands in gigs. I'm not a blues fan so I'm glad they have branched out. Cheap drinks and all around fun check them out!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_93", "text": "Love their PAD THAI!!! Can't wait to try the other items...", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_94", "text": "Patisserie Manon is my absolute favorite bakery in town.  I would recommend their pastries to everyone.  I come here as many times as I possibly can.  I always get the Individual Gourmandise Rasberry pastry.  Their Macarons are fabulous too.  I always wanted to try the food here as well, but I never get past the desserts.  Bottom line, this place is a hidden gem in Las Vegas and if you haven't tried it, get over there ASAP!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_95", "text": "Hank provided quick response to an email inquiry I had submitted for some maintenance to my front and back yard.  He provided me a reasonable quote and honored that quote after the work was completed.  They did a great job with my yard and I would definitely recommend them.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_96", "text": "This was the 2nd place we went to try and sell old gold pieces we no longer wear. What a difference in knowledge and costumer service we received going here. The Owner was so friendly and even took time teaching us what to look for in diamonds, resale value, etc. the amount he have us for our jewelry was very fair and roughly 30% -50% more then other places offered. Highly recommend this place!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_97", "text": "I went to this car wash based on the cheaper hand wash options. Plus I didn't have time for a full detail. To be honest, it was nice to go with a fast hand wash drive through. I went here twice, first time for interior/exterior and the second time for just the exterior. Both times there were spots left over and the inside wasnt as clean as I would've liked. But you get what you pay for.If you want a quick hand wash option inside of going to a drive through car wash, this is the place.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_98", "text": "A very good place for brunch. They have a lot a choices and it's inexpensive. The place is very cute and decorated like a farm. I had eggs florentine on english muffins and smoked salmon with a hollandaise sauce. It comes with hash-brown potatoes and sweet & warm apples. The bill was less than $12.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_99", "text": "Came here lunch today and the service and food was absolutly incredble. All the food was the perfect spice level for my friends and I. Garlic Naan was nice and soft. ill definantly be back.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_100", "text": "Good place to shop, a little pricey, but you know the quality you are getting...", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_101", "text": "I went to Burlands to redesign my fiance's  mom' s ring into my engagement ring. From the moment I met Jan I knew I was in great hands. Burlands provided me the creativity to update the ring within an amazing time frame and it was extremely reasonable! I will never go anywhere else! My fianc\\u00e9 and I were thrilled at the outcome as was my future mom! Thank you Burlands!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_102", "text": "I've managed to successfully woo my lady on several occasions with the help of Honeysuckle's flowers. Each time the staff have been patient enough to see me through the daunting task of choosing the right combination of flowers whilst simultaneously helping me mask my utter lack of floral knowledge. Typically, blokes and florists don't match too well but the Honeysuckle tries it's hardest to change that perception by offering an informative and pleasant service. The price of this wooing is more than affordable too.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_103", "text": "I've been here several times and have been happy with the food and service.  I usually get the omelet breakfast which comes with your choice of ingredients, hash browns and two pancakes.  It's the perfect combination of savory and sweet.  I always have enough food to take home leftovers for the next day.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_104", "text": "Came here one hot September day. Dogs allowed!! BIG BONUS FOR ME! I have two pitbulls and one mixed saluki breed-- and i brought 2 dogs that day.. everyone loved them..My friends and i watched the game here with our dogs, friendly staff, friendly patrons. Food looked good (i didnt eat anything) a bit pricey though..I would come back when i have more money (and i do live pretty far, 40 miles, from here)oh wellsie..", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_105", "text": "Visited Va Bene during a Sunday all day happy hour.  Prices are great, lots of drink and food specials. Grey Goose Martini's - $6Well's - $3Nice House Wine Options, I believe $4 or $5Bartender was very pleasant and attentive, recommended a pizza dish that was not even on the menu and it was absolutely fabulous for $12 and fed both of us with 2 extra slices leftover.  Minus a few exceptions, all appetizers were half off and there was quite a selection to choose from, antipasto platters, bruschetta, clams, etc.Highly recommend this place for a happy hour trip.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_106", "text": "Everything we ordered was absolutely fabulous. Food was served very quickly, excellent service. Loved the atmosphere!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_107", "text": "Where can 2 dine on steak on the strip for less than $100? Mon Ami is one option. Food is solid.. particularly liked the frites. Atmosphere is awesome too. A great mid-range type place when you are looking for a nice dinner but don't want to drop hundreds.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_108", "text": "About same price as a trip to ihop just a whole lot better.  Service was fast and food perfectly prepared.  Menu has a lot of variety including breakfast and lunch items.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_109", "text": "When I came it was pretty dead. Soft opening I guess. Place looks great, nice staff, plenty of well placed TVs. It's a PTs with an Irish interior. Not a bad thing. Same PTs menu and happy hour. I am disappointed they don't have Irish nachos. Will be back.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_110", "text": "Great food and service.  Thanks.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_111", "text": "Love bbq. Their devil sauce is really good and spicy. Their ribs and brisket do not disappoint.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_112", "text": "Went to Customshop for anniversary dinner last night.  We were not disappointed!  Our server was very attentive and answered all our questions.  The recommended wine was great and she served a generous pour. I had the pork chop which was awesome and my husband raved about the ribeye.  We will definitely go back.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_113", "text": "Congratulations on your newly remodeled restaurant, Chris and Onni! I had the Korean BBQ short ribs lunch special a few times and it was a nicely big portion. Everything in my bento box tasted very good! I had the opportunity to meet them personally and I know for a fact that the owner is a great guy with a big heart. I am looking forward to visit again with my man when he comes back to town soon and invite some of my friends to try out the karaoke. Very excited.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_114", "text": "I was really surprised at how much good stuff they had at Christmas. I was looking for gigantic bows and I found them there and more! The gal that stocks the place really takes pride to make sure everything is where it should be and knows it like the back of her hand. You ask, she knew exactly where it \\\"would' be if they still had it. I will go back.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_115", "text": "Long lines, but worth the wait. It's right by the conservatory (garden) and there's tables off to the side to eat. Tried the rose macaroon w/raspberries. The attention to detail is amazing. It had 3 tiny 'droplets' of sugar made to look like water and a sugared petal. The opera (coffee/choco) was also delicious. The crepes looked yummy and will try next time.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_116", "text": "my wife and I went to see Sex and the Second City.  What a hilarious play!  We had a great time, everyone at the theater was very friendly and it was a great experience.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_117", "text": "I love walking into a restaurant and being enticed by the aroma of good food.  We had a light dinner. Hummus and pitas. Gyros. Hypocrites salad. Followed by a desert that I can't even begin to pronounce. Everything was very good, and I loved the normal portion sizes.  Our waiter was superior.  Attentive, yet not too.  I'd love service like this everywhere.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_118", "text": "LOVE THIS PLACE!!  I go here every year for my Birthday dinner.  Had the sweet potato gorgonzola ravioli last year, It was fan-freakin-tastic!  Can't wait to go again this year.  And their lunch specials are wonderful too.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_119", "text": "Good prices here! For example, I saw whole pineapples 3 for $0.99! I visited on a Sunday morning and Mariachis were playing! This location also has a tortiller\\u00eda.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_120", "text": "Very clean and well organized. This location is smaller than the more larger Goodwill's but they seemed to have a little of everything. The furniture and housewares section is small but come here if you are looking for clothing, they have a large selection.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_121", "text": "Called ahead today and got an 8am appt for an oil change. Only took 20 min and they took care of the tire pressure as well as filled my spare. Friendly and knowledgeable. You guys have earned my business. Thanks!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_122", "text": "We had a really great lunch at RM Seafood. Our server, George, was very attentive. Since we went during lunch and on a Monday, we had the manager's attention as well which is a plus. Didn't make the experience boring. I've been a fan of Rick Moonen since I saw him compete on Top Chef Masters and having had the opportunity to eat at his restaurant is almost close to a dream come true. I'll order the crab cake and the RM Burger next time.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_123", "text": "I absolutely love Sephora! This location is my favorite since I don't have to go all the way to the strip and it's easy to get in and out. I've been here multiple times and the staff is always helpful and friendly. I'm like a kid in a candy store at Sephora!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_124", "text": "lunch$13\\uff0c close at 2:30it's more a all you can eat Chinese restaurant. Very classic Chinese taste. All the food taste great! Clean, cheap, and the service is super friendly !  We went there late, the owner even gave us a discount! Nice place!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_125", "text": "This definitely is a busy location but drive thru has this down! Friendly and quick to have my coffee and cruellers in hand to tame my bedhead and put a smile on my face.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_126", "text": "The best thing about this Macy's is they have amazing sales, and it's one store I can count on to find an outfit last minute. Free wifi, 3 levels, convenient parking.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_127", "text": "I'm so happy to have found this shop. The prime Saratoga Rib-eye is the best steak I've ever had and the owners are extremely friendly and informative.  Goodbye to AJs for meat purchases.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_128", "text": "I'm usually pretty apprehensive to try out a new salon or barbershop. With that said, I was very pleasantly surprised. The woman that cut my hair, Falen, was very polite and clearly well-trained. So many times I've been disappointed with my hair cuts at other places, and she did a great job!Thanks again!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_129", "text": "J'aime le concept. Bonne musique, bonne ambiance,  cadre sympa. La cuisine y est tr\\u00e8s bonne aussi. Jy ai mang\\u00e9 huitres, \\u00e0 la poutine au foie gras/canard , au Ceviche et tout \\u00e9tait tr\\u00e8s bon! Avec un bon verre de champagne ros\\u00e9 c'\\u00e9tait parfait", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_130", "text": "Remember that scene in  \\\"Harold and Kumar\\\" when the finally get the burgers and it's amazing? That's what eating at Lenny's is like. When you show up during the lunch rush, it's a madhouse. Fire, meat, people yelling, the smell of fries, it's amazing.The  metal walls with neon and 50's pictures help increase the awesome of this restaurant. They serve up a decent amount of food, from chicken, to burgers, to shakes and cheese fries. This place is very \\\"diner\\\", and I have always had great food here.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_131", "text": "Nobody leaves disappointed.. unless they're trying to count calories.  Service staff is yummy, and that counts for something in my book too!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_132", "text": "An authentic landmark just down the road from the vapid consumerism taking place at the Fashion Square.  The selection is superb, my only complaint being their slow inventory renewal process.  I typically come in for my stalwarts- Dublin Dr. Pepper and Dr. Tima Root Beer- but I always leave with a few new bottles to sample.  A great spot that even Ms. Pussy Katz, of Flakes fame, would approve of.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_133", "text": "yup, it's a fiver =)I enjoy the service and the food is good, too...after a long day bringing tourists to Vegas on vacation, I'm due for some down time my self. I enjoy some live music, a plate of baby back ribs, some sweet potato fries and a Stella...life's good.  The staff is friendly and fast, from the waiters to the bartenders, and my food is always done just like I like it.  It's a fiver...yup!!!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_134", "text": "Alfredo in the Dark pasta is amazing! The food is quality and five stars. I only give four stars, because of the difficulty to get in and out of the restaurant in Tempe. Parking is a nightmare and the place gets packed during peak hours. Get there early!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_135", "text": "Great food. Unique mixed drinks. Their chopped salad may be the best salad ever eaten.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_136", "text": "this is one of the best places to workout", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_137", "text": "Good selection but not great. The free samples are a nice touch. The produce seems pretty fresh. It's a good place to kill some time.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_138", "text": "I have bought many of my mac products from Mac-Media, I don't think i've purchased from an Apple store in at least 6 yrs. I always get prompt, VIP treatment and have sent many, many friends there, who also continue to use Mac-Media as their go to place!There always on it if I have any issues or needs for my computer or any tech needs.Louis and his staff are top notch and to me, the best in the biz! You won't be disappointed.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_139", "text": "I had my haircut by the same person for a couple of years. I then came out from California and worried i wouldn't find a person as good or better. I tried a place near where I  live and they messed my hair up. I went in to Mr. Nates Barber Shop and had my haircut. Nate did  a great job and was impressed with his shop. It had the old school feel. Hot towel and straight razor. I found my new spot. I will not go anywhere else again.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_140", "text": "I used to go here all the time, went back recently and they have upgraded their presentation of how they serve your food if you eat in.  The sandwiches are still just as good.  I always get their half sandwich and half salad.  The pizzitis are good tasting, you just don't get a lot for your money if you are hungry.  Great spot for lunch!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_141", "text": "I lived around the corner from here for over a year. I was there a few times a week. They have great breakfast, fish, and chicken burritos...actually...any burrito rocks. I MISS them and every time I visit AZ I eat there.  I even have my mom addicted.  For fast food, they are my fav.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_142", "text": "Love The Birthday Suit! Super nice new shop and Stacey is the best. She makes you feel comfortable and keeps you relaxed while she does her thing.  First time clients get a Brazillian for $20!  and after is still only $35. I have paid more before and not gotten the wonderful service I got here.  I will be back for sure.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_143", "text": "Really good food at reasonable prices.  We went for Easter Brunch and it was a perfect place to dine- casual, comfortable and really good food.  This was perfect.  I got the Veggie Breakfast Sammie and it was to die for.   The bread was so good and the egg and veggie just cooked perfectly with amazing flavor.  I think all the bakery is made in house as well as their granola.  It is an order at the counter type place- no table service.  The food is top-notch and a must for brunch!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_144", "text": "The brunch was divine: mouth-watering pork, fried sweet potatoes, and bread that could have been manna sent from Heaven. If I could, I'd be here every weekend. The waiter who was from Peru told my fianc\\u00e9 and me all sorts of stories about his homeland, its traditions and its food. Definitely one of the best brunch experiences I've had in Phoenix!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_145", "text": "Hung out at the union for the first time Saturday night.Good food, company and great views of the lake. A must see spot when visiting Madison.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_146", "text": "The staff is always nice and cheerful, although they can be a bit ignorant. I've received beer poured into the wrong kind of glass and they nearly always mispronounce quinoa. But the vegan tacos are yummy and the laid back atmosphere is relaxing and fun.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_147", "text": "I more or less get a flat white for a hot drink and most times it's good.  nice little coffee shop, free wifi too.  gets quite busy too", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_148", "text": "Best mall in the valley. Great selection of stores and different prices. Its so extremely clean and makes me feel proud to live right here. Great activities, they have kids club on certain days. Good food btw!", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_149", "text": "It is what it is - bar food at a gaming bar. The daily specials are always reasonable, the service is always with a smile, and it's close to the office.", "label": "positive"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_150", "text": "Would never walk into this place ever again! food is horrible, service is even worse! Dont do it! avoid this place like the plague...", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_151", "text": "The service here sucks. We went there and they got us the main meal before the appetizer and bread.  When I requested to have my appetizer first, the waitress replied that they are expecting lots of people from the convention and they are trying to get us out as fast as possible. I immediately left. Never going to go back again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_152", "text": "After two visits - terrible.  Cochinita Pibil tacos dry and tasteless.  And with French fries!  Guacamole should be advertised as chopped (at least as well as you can with a spoon by a server who told us it was a pain to do guacamole tableside when it was busy!) avocado not guacamole.  Service seemed just plain uninterested.  Prices not justified at all for what you are going to experience.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_153", "text": "I was in the Strip last week and noticed that their sign is still just white grease pencil in the window.  You stay classy, guys.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_154", "text": "The Cove is closed, as of 12/09.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_155", "text": "Not real Italian gelato ! Too bad! Without tasty! They sell many products made in Canada or different places but not from Italy !!! Really really bad!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_156", "text": "If you wanna have a good time, don't bother with this place.  We had a group outing and met here for drinks.  The staff is beyond rude, b****y is the only way I can describe them.  Almost as if they don't want tips, or aren't getting paid enough.  Manager seems to be run by his staff and not the other way around.  Won't be back, and would NOT recommend to this place to anyone!!  Save your money and go elsewhere.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_157", "text": "After waiting 2 hours for delivery the driver dropped off the wrong order.  Tried calling and i got hung up on.  Drove down there and demanded a refund.  I was told the credit card machine was down.  We will see if I get a refund.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_158", "text": "While I really like their \\\"WAHOO\\\" (Wait at home or office) scheduling, I won't be going back.  I was having trouble breathing and was seen fairly quickly, but was only given a passing glance by the doctor.....no breathing treatment, just a really crappy antibiotic prescription and sent on my way.  Ended up getting worse and having to go to another urgent care, where I got the right treatment.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_159", "text": "This place can salvage a couple of stars from me because there are a couple of booths here with spiffy shit -- unusual, quirky, one-of-a-kind type stuff. The major turnoff at this place was the godawful exorbitant prices. Like, I think I actually laughed out loud once after flipping over a price tag. That, and the confusing, choppy layout, along with the unsmiling staff who kept giving me the side eye as if I was going to stuff an item in my purse. Just UGH.No thanks.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_160", "text": "The Thai food here used to be really good. What happened? I had the red curry chicken and it used to be fantastic but not anymore. So many vegetables, how can you even mix the rice in. It was bland and wasn't even spicy at all. Others who got the drunken noodles, they were bland, not really fried. Everything has gone downhill in the last two years after the cook left.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_161", "text": "They charged up twice for the same order and then yelled at me on the phone saying that because I didn't have my recite on me it wasn't there problem and hung up on me", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_162", "text": "Office got cupcakes.. I got the orange cream and was soooooo disappointed!!! The cup me was so hard and dense and the frosting was HARD... it literally crumbled into a billion hard pebbles. Horrible!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_163", "text": "If i could give it less than one star I would. I went for a pedicure and a fill. They decided to have two people work on  me at once. I ended up covered with dust from my fingers and feeling like I was rushed outta there. Both my hands and my feet look like I put the polish on myself. 50 bucks for horrible horrible results. I will never go back there are way too many options.BOOOOOOO", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_164", "text": "Food was awesome. Had the fillet and cheesecake. Service was sooo bad... Took 3 hours to eat dinner... Will NEVER go back. We had a party of 17. Not last minute... Booked about a month in advance. About $70 a person. Do the math. It's not like they were not trying thrower was about 4 people waiting on us...and still they just couldn't get it right!! My time is too valuable to spend  over 3 hours to eat dinner. Never again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_165", "text": "They had some OK clothes here and a few bargains, but terrible customer service.  Someone totally cut me in line and the cashier didn't do a thing about it.  I walked out without making a purchase.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_166", "text": "This place was simply not good. I'm disappoint I even stopped here. As a person from Memphis I should have known better. The bbq sauce was the worst thing i ever tasted in my life. The pull pork was dry and bland, the red beans and rice taste like it had vinager in it, the bake beans wasn't any thing special taste like it came straight out the can. That ribs were cold and tasted undone and covered in that nasty sauce. Overall I would not recommend this place to anyone.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_167", "text": "My husband had been buying me jewelry here for a few years.  They went back on their word about a return.  We were there to exchange and buy more, now they have lost our business for good.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_168", "text": "No thanks. Ordered something, received something else and when I explained the mistake there was no apology nor did they try to rectify the situation. Food was a little oily for my taste and will not be coming back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_169", "text": "Good selection of Calvin Klein clothes.  If you buy anything double check their specials. Often when you get the cash register you'll discover the price you thought you were buying something is completely different than the price marked. So if you're one of those type of people (like me) that spend a lot of time shopping and trying clothes on and then going to the register and finding the prices completely different you will be very aggravated, to say the least.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_170", "text": "A very oddly configured restaurant/bar, it looks like they added rooms after the fact and did not plan the overall flow/floor plan out.  The outdoor patio also looks like furnishing was an afterthought.Our waitress was super nice, but just not very good.  Food and drinks too forever to come and were wrong more than once - chicken delivered not beef; salad order missing; drinks re-ordered.Food is mediocre at best.  No one loved what they had and nothing stood out warranting a return visit.Can't see going out of my way to coming back or recommending The Station.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_171", "text": "Food was good, service was below average, empty booths and you make sit at a small table. Drinks need to come out faster. Average at best!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_172", "text": "40minutes and still waiting for one slice of cheese- they told me it would be ready in 25 when I called", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_173", "text": "I went to Furama for a pedi and decided to have acrylic nails put on.  Pedi was fine but communication is so poor that the staff thought I was sitting ( for 20 minutes) waiting for my toes to dry.  Nails were done so quickly by one of the techs (who was to busy getting her own spa treatments) that she rushed thru mine.  One hand looked completely different from the other.  Terrible work, never going back there.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_174", "text": "I'd been to the other location farther downtown and had been into this building when it was still Rubio's, so I thought I'd pop in and see the differences.While the cashier was super nice and attentive, the food was way overpriced and they seemed to be out of a lot of menu items even though it was early evening on a work day. It's basically still a Rubio's with a different name and didn't seem as homey or \\\"local\\\" as the other location on 7th Ave. Wasn't impressed and won't be back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_175", "text": "My husband and I took a special side trip to Circus Circus just to try out Slots A Fun. Maybe this place has just lost its charm, but I couldn't find the hot dog stand ( I think its gone) and there was just an overpriced Subway inside. Nothing special at all about this place and wouldn't go back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_176", "text": "Has a good atmosphere, but the food was not good.  Had a bacon cheeseburger with mac n cheese.  The burger was soggy and over cooked.  the mac n cheese was not good either.  Also had a bloody mary, which was less then average.We do love Postino's, but they dropped the ball at Windsor.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_177", "text": "I had the \\\"Cabo Wabo\\\" fish tacos.Sammy Hagar would be pissed.Dry fish, cheddar cheese and lemon? Has this chef ever been to Mexico?Stick with the burgers and beers.A fun place for out-of-towners.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_178", "text": "No gluten free bread at this bakery,  and most of the foods have been pre-made and are just heated before serving.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_179", "text": "Worst Mexican food I have ever tasted.  The waitress was rude.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_180", "text": "Tried to go there last night and they were closed.  Sign on the door said they had been evicted.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_181", "text": "The food are good but the service was bad .Some of the waitress always been on the phone or not even take care of the table .This is the first restaurant have a worst service in AZ.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_182", "text": "Tuna sandwich was horrible. Dry tuna from a can and no flavor. Way too much bread and the top was burnt a little. Felt sick a couple hours later.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_183", "text": "Steak was not cooked properly. After the second attempt still wrong.. gave up.  Good sweet potato though!Not my most favorite place for steak.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_184", "text": "Gorgeous view of the city, but it's overcrowded. The bartenders are rude, the drinks expensive...and there's nowhere to sit and enjoy ONE drink. Good thing I got in free because I was a guest of the hotel, but it is overrated", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_185", "text": "When they figure out there's a second store over in Sewickley which was the one I visited then I can write a review on this jewelry store. i was not at this location on my visit so I cannot rate it at this time.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_186", "text": "Just bought a house in Henderson and after all the great YELP reviews, I called and made an appointment 2 weeks in advance. Day of the appt, I left my family having the time of their life at lake mead to meet JB and 3 minutes before he was supposed to arrive he left a message saying he was not going to be able to make it and did not know if and when he could- maybe middle to end of next week. DON\\\"T waste your time, find a different company who values potential customers!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_187", "text": "If I were a half drunk college student on a severely limited budget I might consider roughing Vegas Circus Circus style.  However, I am not.  And since I don't have a mullet or a Nascar tattoo then I can see no reason to spend more than 10 minutes in this place.  There is a smell upon entering the hotel that is more like the smell of a Chicago bus terminal.  There is a decent flair style bar somewhere in the maze that is the casino floor.  Honestly, other than history that little bar might be the only redeeming factor here.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_188", "text": "Food is ok, kind of bland. Chicken was chewy and cold. Nothing special about service either.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_189", "text": "Worst meal I have had to date.  Orange Beef, hot n sour soup, brown rice all terrible.  How do you mess up rice?  The rice has some smokey coal bad water flavor going on....yuck...good bye 30 dollars.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_190", "text": "I am an avid customer at Starbucks, although this one located at the UNLV campus never fails to disappoint me. I usually order a black tea unsweetened, and almost every time they add the sweetener and have to remake it. The other day, the messed up not once, but twice.As for the ingredients, they never seem to order correctly. I have asked for a Peppermint Mocha on multiple occasions, with them being out of the Peppermint.Nothing but disappointment.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_191", "text": "central grease-stro.  nuff said.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_192", "text": "The service was horrible. The girlfriend and I decided to try this place since we were craving sushi and it was walking distance from our hotel. The food was mediocre. We will probably not try this place again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_193", "text": "Don't waste your time going to see this show. Boring production. I went to see this show after hearing a dear friend of mine had NEVER been paid for his time performing in this 'snooze fest'...Danny Z of Danny Z Productions nothing less than a double-talking con man, and most likely couldn't produce a turd, let alone a show-unless you care to consider this show HIS turd...save your money, don't waste your time...", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_194", "text": "My gripe is that when you serve imitation crab meat you MUST let people know.  Seriously, there are a lot of allergy sufferers out here and I am one and I do not like having an allergic reaction to something I should not have one to!  If you are going to serve nasty fly by night imitation food, I really can't eat there.  Sushi is sushi and it should be real and fresh.  Enough said!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_195", "text": "Food great, service great, but the restaurant was filthy. Workers standing around talking while every table was dirty, floor and soda counter disgusting. I was there 45 minutes and no one made a move to clean anything.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_196", "text": "This place was not our first choice, but we could not find the other Mexican spot. We found the food bland, the salsa was probably canned, the beans appeared to be also. My husband found the tiny, flimsy plastic forks hard to use. The horchata was too sweet for my taste. Seemed pricey for the setting, the plastic. Can not recommend.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_197", "text": "Fish tacos wrapped in flour tortilla and sauce were terrible.   The volume on the TV was obnoxiously too loud.  There were 8 of us and you could only hear the person next to you.  Price for a pitcher of beer was reasonable.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_198", "text": "I would like to thank our fabulous bartender whose name rhymes with Bristina... for being an incompetent, unfriendly, and arrogant bartender. Village pub usually has good service but I appreciate the amazing treatment we received. I didn't know we were at Dick's...on purpose. Get em girl! If she's not there 3.8 stars, her there -.8.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_199", "text": "There is no doubt that the ambiance is better than many other optical's shops but the prices are very high. We saw the same product in Carolina's mall in sears Optical's at a way lower price point. I am definitely disappointed.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_200", "text": "I'm a huge fan of Japanese food, but this place really, ugh, deserves no stars.  Waaaaaay overpriced!!!  Sashimi is sooo thinly sliced with 4-6 pieces, and was not \\\"fresh\\\".  The waiter was not attentive at all.  You would think at a nice Restaurant like this, you'd get better quality food AND service, but nope.  Not here.  Will not go here again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_201", "text": "\\u6b7b\\u516b\\u5a46  made me wait 30 minutes for some pan fried noodles and fried rice.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_202", "text": "They are a nice alternative to Zimbrick in Madison is you have a foreign car.  However I would recommend Zimbrick as the mechanics at Zimbrick will tell you what items you can do yourself to save money.  Look out at Dunn's as they may try to add on additional services that you don't really need which will cost you more money.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_203", "text": "I went there tonight, but sadly this Scottsdale location is out of business.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_204", "text": "Do not rent here.  Bait and switch.  Book a car at a rate and then they give you a smaller car, which shoild be at lower rate, at the same higher rate originally booked.  No wonder they only hsve a 1 star rating.  So much for being #1.  Guess they've gottrn to big and are full of themselves.  Don't bother asking for management.  They are worthless and could care less about delivering a quality customer experience.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_205", "text": "1 word Ghetto", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_206", "text": "Soooo salty! The workers are quick to make assumptions about what you say you want and I have had them make me a few orders with something I didn't want it it. Slow down, listen, and go easy on the salt! (& leave the sass at home).", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_207", "text": "I think you need to take off a star for all Vegas reviews. This place was hyped up on Yelp and in Vegas. I like my sushi, but this place is wayyyy overrated as far as food taste and quality. Ambiance and service was ok.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_208", "text": "All the employees seemed to be in a bad mood.  Unfriendly staff.  I was overcharged... and I brought it to their attention beforehand. I was told it didn't matter what the website says... I would have to pay what the fees stated at the location.  Manager was condescending.  Crummy experience!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_209", "text": "It was a pass through. When I stopped by, it was pretty crowded and there was a dearth of outlets", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_210", "text": "Place is closed!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_211", "text": "Whoops too late, I have a bad feeling about my association with \\\"Patriot\\\".  My one year new Ruud split system was installed 7/2012. The compressor has gone out and no cooling.  \\\"John\\\" will get back to me when he talks to the company. 4 days later, no contact. I am a senior And a caregiver for my husband. I will let you know how this is resolved. I now think that the company is barely hanging on and we maybe the \\\"fall out\\\".", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_212", "text": "will give you the shits.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_213", "text": "D\\u00e9co chaleureuse,  super ambiance tamis\\u00e9e le soir. Leur Ceviche p\\u00e9toncle est tr\\u00e8s bon!  Le seul hic est que leurs tacos sont tous \\u00e0 base de farine de ma\\u00efs,  je n'aime pas la farine de mais...", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_214", "text": "Ridiculously overpriced and the damn band plays country music. (aside from the obligatory Ein Prosit every half hour).They'll put their matterhorn on your table and get pissed off if you don't put money on it.So pushy, fake, and overpriced. Basically a microcosm of Vegas.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_215", "text": "Well I gave them another shot. If the manager is reading this. Get out on the floor and talk to your customers and make sure things are getting done. Service started out good then waited 15 min for the check. OnionI rings were cold. Burger good. Kids tacos were ground beef with no seasoning.  They just seem to not want to try at this place.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_216", "text": "Poor customer service. Told me to go to another dunkins for what I wanted. I drove here from Laveen!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_217", "text": "This store is absolutely disgusting.  Nothing is in the right spot, the staff is frazzled, and everything is so close together that if there are two people in the store you can't help but bump into them.  Boxes are half open, I am certain the shrinkage in this store is huge, and the prices are high for the quality.  Why, you ask, did I even enter this den of despair? Because they sucker my tween in with minecraft, pokemon, and my little pony paraphernalia.  However, this store is the worst Hot Topic I have been to.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_218", "text": "We went for dinner we orderd the mint chiken wontons for an app, well we heard from the kitchen that they were missing one wonton there should be seven there was only six,, they brought it out anyway. they also were out of lemongrass tea when half of the dishes have lemongrass in them, was way over priced for the food go to archies instead.curry was edible but nothing special,dont waist your time at this place.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_219", "text": "Going to be real simple. .i have lived in the area 4years..and one night i went on a walk and wandered in here.. and yeah..wasn't expecting much..but the food was bland..and ehBut hey for a cheap breakfast why not huh? Comparable to an independent dennys", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_220", "text": "Zine shouldn't be even considered asian food. The Pho is $18 and taste like dark Thai soup. Disgusting. Service was extremely slow and they would not get our order right either. We had a few dim sum items which were just ok and casino prices. I would not come here again for some decent chinese food.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_221", "text": "Eh.  Not really that good.  The chicken wasn't well trimmed, and the pasta was nothing special.  I'll skip it in the future.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_222", "text": "The worse service.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_223", "text": "Something has caused this place to go downhill.... Used to be a favorite lunch buffet place, now it's just blah. Even librettos seems to offer more authentic italian cuisine. Sorry guys, you have lost a fan....", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_224", "text": "Frying chicken and shrimp and fish in the same grease is cheap and disgusting. If you don't mind it then maybe you will enjoy it. I was certainly not a fan. I'd rather pay more and get more than pay less and get a mess", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_225", "text": "Diner with the regular pizza and subs. They also have a Chinese menu and I mean old school Canadian Chinese food. It's no better than OK.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_226", "text": "Week end buffet was awful..nothing special about the food.. there were few items that were stale...A weekday regular food was ok...I wouldnt suggest pasand for indian food as phoenix has better indian restaraunts.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_227", "text": "Its your typical Chinese buffet, nothing to rave about.  Not a big fan, the food was ok.  But our table was sticky and dirty.  That would be one reason that I will not go back, the place is dirty not clean, floor is dirty.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_228", "text": "We were craving pho and got excited to find this place nearby. As soon as we walked in we noticed the very unpleasant blue lighting inside and when we were about to be seated we noticed a very foul smell that was overwhelming and disgustingly pungent. We couldn't even make it to our table before turning around and leaving.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_229", "text": "Bad!!! I was a loyal Chicken Bonz customer at the original location on Sunset, then they became Chicken Shack. I was excited to see this Chicken Bonz because it is much closer to my House than the original, but I was sadly disappointed, The chicken is plain and the ranch is terrible! I now drive to Chicken Shack in Henderson to get my fix. Way better food!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_230", "text": "Smoothies are great but the girl who made them.... Not so much. Used a Groupon, dont think i would ever come here without a deal.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_231", "text": "This has got to be the worst customer experience of my life.  I now call them \\\"Divided Airlines\\\".  Just make a call and you will get a different answer everytime. Currently I am on my 8th call and maybe now we are headed for a solution.  I am not going to expand anymore about the complete unprofessional response and solutions.  Companies have chosen to monopolize and outsource overseas and we the consumer lose.  One final note.. They have bar none the WORST coffee ever!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_232", "text": "Disappointed, was really craving a mexican burrito. I ordered a Pollo Asado burrito and what I got was still raw. The chicken was still pink in the middle! I really don't plan on returning ever.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_233", "text": "RIP. Closed thank god. Ate here again in July at a friends request and once more the food was totally forgettable. Hope we get something much better!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_234", "text": "Its been 2hrs waiting in line to check in to the hotel. The line is extremely long hundreds of people maybe even a thousand, for a hotel to have this long of a check in line is inexcusable. I really wish i had chosen another hotel for attending EDC. They have not been at all helpful in trying to compensate me for my time and patience. I came alone and have needed to pee for the past hr but cant get out of line. This is the worst experience i've ever had in vegas.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_235", "text": "Stay away!  Many billing issues - front office is not customer helpful.  You must keep track of your own balances and insurance.  They will not help.  I was even billed for services they never did, but even with copies of my walk out statements as proof, they state they can bill per the estimates and do not have to prove they did the work via the walk out statements.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_236", "text": "There were three in our party and each of us had a very bad experience. Sushi was not very fresh and had a very fishy smell. There are numerous sushi restaurants in Charlotte that are far better than this one. When we very politely commented to the owner that the meals were all disappointing, he was extremely rude to us.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_237", "text": "Not good. This place is seriously overpriced for the quality of food you get. I got a taco salad, and granted, it was filling, but it was not really very good; the lettuce was kind of wilty, the meat was chewy, and it made me feel quite ill later.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_238", "text": "1) Stale fries2) Watery gravy3) Ketchup packs were all nasty because i guess sauce spilled all over iti've been to wayyyyy better popeyes!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_239", "text": "VERY ANTI LAW ENFORCEMENT!!!!!THEY HATE THE POLICE Witnessed them actively disrespect local Phoenix Police Officers while they were investigating something.Any business that does that to their police officers will not get my businessAnywhere in this country!!Hopefully this review will influence anyone that supports what police do for their communities to stay away from silvia esparza businesses that are anti police", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_240", "text": "The staff is rough as all heck. Unprofessional and unfriendly and unwilling to bag your groceries or do anything to go out of their way.  Other Lowe's are way more courteous, clean, and approachable  Convenience and speedier check out is the only reason to shop here.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_241", "text": "The decor was nice, but the place is way to small and crowded. You spend half the time standing around waiting in line to get a halfway decent beer and the other half standing around waiting for a seat. At least it was appropriately priced. I also think its odd that people are bringing children into a place where the smell of hops is so strong. Definitely hipster central..probably won't be back", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_242", "text": "I've order from Mark Rich's pizza several times and every time it takes more than an hour to deliver anything. I once waited more then 2 hours for a pizza to be delivered to my house which is less then 10 minutes away.  Not only do they take an unacceptable amount of time to deliver, they deliver cold food. I feel I have given this place more than enough opportunity to deliver hot food in a timely manner and they failed. I will no longer be a customer.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_243", "text": "Be warned that their policy to refund your credit card is 5 days. I will never use this company again,", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_244", "text": "This location is a hot mess.  I love the Cheese Cake Factory but this locaton is not up to the standards that I accustomed to from this company.  Choose another location The waitress smelled like a pack of cigarettes.  So standing over me taking my order made my stomach turn.  Then my rice was undercooked.  When I told them it was undercooked they wanted to question me and say are you sure.  Im Asian I eat rice almost everyday.  There were Nat's flying around the food.  I won't be back to this location.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_245", "text": "Lunch menu, Lame. OK service, not well executed food. BORING. No real creole food. Waited 15 minutes for our reserved table, and it was not even busy.  Would give a second chance for dinner.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_246", "text": "Terrible service. Wrong order brought to table. \\\"Restaurant Inspections\\\" just gave it 8 defects upon their inspection. Ordered Angus burger tasted like cheap hamburger with gristle.  I do not recommend this place. I would not trust what they are serving you either. Also drinks are watered down, way too much ice.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_247", "text": "Way cheap on the meat.  Combination Chowmein had 2 shrimps and 2 small pieces of beef.  No veggies, no pork, no chicken.  Just noodles.  Called back and the restaurant operators didn't care at all.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_248", "text": "Slightly soapy tea, and mediocre agadashi tofu made for an ill-received midnight snack amongst friends.  Nevertheless, it didn't turn the stomach, so it was acceptable.  The attire of the waitstaff was vintage pseudo-asian, but again... not-unexpected.With the amount of fine dining available to any person frequenting Las Vegas, however, I fear I do not ever intend to return.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_249", "text": "Really wanted to like it. Tried it twice. Not good. Don't bother. Great location is the only good I can say.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_250", "text": "Closed... GONE UNDER, OUTTA HERE.. See ya later, bye bye..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_251", "text": "As soon as you walk into this place, you feel like you have caught an STD.  The manager smells like a sock that has been worn for 5 months straight.  The \\\"deals\\\" every night are very misleading, there are major hidden costs.  The kitchen has a 30-minute closing window where basically the bartender or cook can close the kitchen anywhere from 10:45pm to 11:15pm without warning.  Avoid at all costs!!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_252", "text": "I don't understand why there are always sooo many people in this store. I mean, c'mon people, it's an extremely overpriced and unecessarily bedazzled candy store! A lollipop with a bejeweled stick for $30? Lord knows I'm gonna just throw that bejeweled stick away after I finish the loliipop. Who cares if Kim Kardashian is on the box? Not worth it!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_253", "text": "No Bueno!!!This place looks nothing like the photo's on the Ramada Website! The halls smelled like cigarette smoke as did all 3 rooms I looked at. It needs a total remodel. Better yet, bull doze it down and forget about it. Also, it's in an industrial area/commercial area that has a lot of closed business'. The walls are paper thin and the furnishings are old and busted. Keep going up 101 to the next exit. I do have to mention the staff was really nice! They deserve a better facility to work at!!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_254", "text": "Even though they have a play area, a tv and video games- there is not much space for waiting. Constantly overbooked- children are running around unattended-touching other kids and scribbling on the walls. The front desk employes are standing around goofing off- there is complete lack of control in this place!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_255", "text": "Disappointed.  Made a reservation.  Arrived 10 minutes early and was told i would still need to wait 30 minutes. I won't be doing that in vegas!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_256", "text": "Lots of locals here and recommending this place highly.,  food is not so great, and the famous orange dreamsicle drink is the same thing as orange julias back in the states.  Over all, big whoop de doo.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_257", "text": "Bon...Nous avons \\u00e9t\\u00e9 oubli\\u00e9s pendant plus de 30 minutes, avant qu'une serveuse s'occupe de nous.  Le service laissait grandement \\u00e0 d\\u00e9sirer, surtout quand on doit demander plus de trois fois la m\\u00eame chose avant de l'obtenir.  Le sourire ne semble pas \\u00eatre la marque de commerce de ce restaurant. La nourriture \\u00e9tait bonne (pas \\u00e0 se jeter par terre) et la pr\\u00e9sentation agr\\u00e9able. Les quantit\\u00e9s convenables quand on partage. Bref, un endroit qui gagnerait \\u00e0 am\\u00e9liorer son service.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_258", "text": "It will be a great day when the USPS goes out of business and is ran by a company rather then the slow moving government", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_259", "text": "I went there today with my kids.  We were a little late for lunch , so we paid dinner price.  This place is clean clean clean!  Brand new!  As for the food,  it was okay .   They had many selections like sushi,steaks,egg roll,  fish and all the other stuff you can find in a regular buffet . Taste was okay , nothing great.  Bottom line,  too expensive for me,   we were charged 35 bucks ,including taxes and  soda.     The kids probably ate 5 bucks worth of food.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_260", "text": "we went on a wednesday night. no line at all which was good coz we were pretty hungry.but we were so disappointed. i dont see anything special in this buffet. i could go somewhere else and still get pretty much the same food and pay half the price.we went to the buffet at wynn's the next day and we loved it.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_261", "text": "We got a Groupon to this place and were disappointed.  The rice in many rolls seemed stale/slightly chewy/old, and the portions were very small.  The shrimp tempura did not have actual tempura batter, but standard American breading, and the dipping sauce had an unusual taste.  Servers took a very long time to bring drinks, even though the restaurant was not crowded, and orders we placed from the menu took extremely long to arrive.  The wait staff seemed inexperienced or desultory, and some of the rolls did not seem very expertly made.  I've had better sushi elsewhere, and won't be back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_262", "text": "I just left this place attending our annual office holiday luncheon.  I WILL NEVER EVER EEEEVER EAT OR REFER ANYONE to eat at this place EVER.  The service was bad. They had us crammed into a table with 10 people right by the server station. Took FOREVER bringing our food.  The waitresses attitude STUNK and my food was uncooked.  I sent it back and by the time it did come everyone was done eating and I just had them put it in a box for me.  NEVER AGAIN!! NO!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_263", "text": "Meh sums it up. There are better middle eastern places out there, but if you're in the neighborhood, this will do. It's decent, just not much to write home about.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_264", "text": "CLOSED?  Well that gets a 1 star. Maybe with enough low ratings it will move out of the #1 spot....", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_265", "text": "Yo & I is a lot better, cleaner and brighter. Reminds me of Yogurtland and has yogurt of the same quality for about the same prince methinks. The last few times I went here, the green tea was really disgusting and sour, and they don't even have outlets so I can do my homework and charge my laptop? How can a place promote wifi and have a single outlet, which is next to the trash can? Their yogurt is also of poor quality, too. I wish my frequent buyer card had more stamps at Yo & I than this place.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_266", "text": "We were booked with Presidential as a shuttle to the Exotics Racing experience at the LV Speedway.  We were never told the rate and they arbitrarily chose a pickup time 3 &1/2 hours later without informing us, leaving us stuck at the track waiting for more than an hour, even though they had limos available and leaving for the Strip with room in them before that.   Epic Fail, guys.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_267", "text": "The worst place to have a drink and burger!  Staff are lazy and not very helpful.   Buyer beware stay away!Tables were dirty and the server looked and acted out of it.  Totally disappointed!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_268", "text": "THE WORST!!!!!  I made an appointment and then when I arrived they told me to come back in 1.5 hours.  So unprofessional!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_269", "text": "Brand new location with the worst customer service.. And their fryers are broken and down already! Not to mention dude in the drive through laughs at me for being angry.. This business needs to be ran properly..", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_270", "text": "healthy perhaps, flavor less ... for sure. lower the dance music so we can hear each other when placing an order. I ordered a gyro which was just Damn disgusting. This is the subway of pita joints. As a matter of fact subway is better. I'll consider eating elsewhere. sorry pita pit, but ya suck!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_271", "text": "I mean it's Pizza Hut what do you actually expect. But I can say there a new pizzas are terrific and actually tasteful!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_272", "text": "PI believe I am a show time aficionado. This was so boring. Have been to every show on strip. Yawn won't go again.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_273", "text": "I used to really like the Outback chain, not a Ruth's but not sizzler either. However I can only give one star because of the corporate attitude. I am retired military and always enjoyed the military discount, not any more. I patronize a lot of  business's without a discount, but always having one and then \\\"sorry, we stopped that\\\", well then I asked about a senior discount. \\\"You have to have a aarp card\\\". What about the conservative senior group? Nope, aarp or nothing. Adios outback", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_274", "text": "If over priced small portion dishes are your thing, then this is the place for you!!!My review of this place 3-4 years ago, would have been 5 stars!But  the portions (the burger) has shrunk 25%, and price has gone up 25%!  The food quality has consistently been good!  But the way they've gone to increase their margins annoyed me & my friends to not go back! The place is always busy so I don't think ownership really cares they've lost me & several of my friends business!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_275", "text": "Way over priced, very expensive just to get a evaluation. Spent over $1000 FOR BASICALLY NOTHING. Will not be returning. They set me up for auto withdraws from my checking and then sent my last payment to collections. I Called to ask why my account was sent to collections when Im on Auto pay?????? And no one would give me a answer. My bank account has never had a issue with insufiacant funds-this makes NO SENSE....Dont waste your time with this place, its like a crooked auto repair shop.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_276", "text": "Not the brightest people of course because it's a teenage store. Not a fan horrible service. Awful when returning stuff.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_277", "text": "The Table games are completely rigged by shuffle master machines.  Better to go to the Santa fe where they hand shuffle the ultimate Texas hold em game.  To many inexplicable winning hands for the house. People think the casinos cannot cheat but they do.  Hope the casino goes bankrupt.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_278", "text": "Horrible customer service. I understand the workers are helping customers out, but none greeted or asked if I needed help. I stood there for a good twenty minutes before leaving.  I am an iPhone user but this makes me want to leave the brand. I had some questions that websites don't have a clear answer to.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_279", "text": "They always put like 3 salsas in my bag, even when I ask for extra...no forks or napkins either, I hate when you have to ask for every little thing and they look like they're annoyed when you do. And me and my girlfriends stomachs are screwed up today, I don't think it's a coincidence.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_280", "text": "Buyer beware: the budget pricing cannot make up for the downtrodden ambiance, decor and general air of this place Have mercy on yourself; and if you can't afford a better place on the strip, stay in motel 6 instead.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_281", "text": "In order: Small.Overpriced. Bland. Icky. Not a fan of this place at all. Food was the same I would expect from a Wal-Mart deli.  Place has a very bad vibe to it. Hard to put my finger on, but I was the only person there, the service was one poor guy who had to come from the back and take his time making a wrap which was 95% lettuce and a tiny bit of chicken with very little seasoning. Next time it would be better to just take my $10 and buy a few heads of lettuce.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_282", "text": "Food is casual diner fare, emphasis is on singing cheerful 50's waiters. This is a good place for a fast bite before riding the vomit inducing rides located straight up the stratosphere above.Don't expect more than Sysco foods here, sadly it is what you will get served at every other diner type place across America. Mass produced, usually frozen not great quality etc....The servers are going to sing at least twice while you are there, and their singing is not bad, thankfully.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_283", "text": "Over rated by far, used to be fun 3 years ago.  Even with free cover or getting hooked up to get in the drinks are way over priced, and there is not enough alcohol in the drinks to warrant 10 bucks a pop.  If your going just for women the sights are good, but seriously they are good at every pool in vegas...", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_284", "text": "Ordered Chicken Fried Steak for my free birthday meal. That probably shows my foodie ignorance, as who knows what meat is tucked in that fried, breaded coating with gravy. The whole plate was worse than I remember chow hall food when I was in the military. I sent the iced tea (probably another poor choice) back.\\\"How was everything?\\\" the cashier asked when I left. \\\"Free,\\\" I said.\\\"Oh good, glad you enjoyed it.\\\" I let it go.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_285", "text": "I didn't think there was anything special about this place, perhaps the one in LA is better. We decided to try this place since we have heard about the original location and since it was in Vegas we thought why not. First the hot dogs are nothing special, not horrible, nor great either even with the special toppings. Second it's pretty expensive per hot dog, if I remember correctly around 8 or 9 bucks a hot dog. Maybe I'll try the LA location some day but I doubt I will come back here.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_286", "text": "We placed our order at cafe verde, 40 minutes later we called to check on our order status and found to our surprise that our order was canceled!!! Why? Apparently we're \\\"not within delivery distance\\\"...could have told us that when we placed the order and it's funny how that was never a problem before?!?  Seriously Verde? Never again!", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_287", "text": "Wanted to try a different diner for Sunday brunch with my daughter staff was very polite but there were flies flying around and the food was ok the couple next to us didn't like their food either. Very small cramped space would definitely recommend Midnight Diner in South End located off of Carson on South Blvd instead.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_288", "text": "We walked in for happy hour... took a look around... smelled like a funeral home...Walked out....Maybe this place is good if you are retired....", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_289", "text": "New Years Eve here was a major disappointment. The tickets we purchased indicated that we would be served top shelf liquor with this all inclusive ticket, but we were served some no-name vodka, and the Crown Royal ran out within 30 minutes of being there. There was also no fruit to go with any of the cocktails. The bathrooms were absolutely atrocious. Honestly, I have never seen anything like it, and I hope I never do again.Generally speaking, it was poorly executed and a colossal waste of money for my group of 15. I won't be back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_290", "text": "I've been to almost all of the locations in Las Vegas and this location is the worst. Just went there today and the food was awful. Management seems to not care about  quality of food or the manner in which it is delivered. I've been here multiple times and it just seems to be getting worse. Today was the last time I will ever go to this location.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_291", "text": "The Better Half (TBH) and I were antique shopping next door and she decided to stay much longer than I expected, so I walked over here to watch some basketball in the Sports Book.  This place is a dump!  It's old and very smokey.  The last time I was in this casino, was in the late 1990's and it still looks the same.I watched basketball games for around 2 hrs while TBH shopped and when I walked back to see her, she said I reeked of smoke....yuck.Return Factor - 5%", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_292", "text": "I got a mushroom and I believe green chili omelette. What they did was cook up some egg whites, then pour a can of mushrooms in the middle along with the mushroom juice/water from the can. It was one of the grossest breakfast experiences of my life. I will never go back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_293", "text": "Won't honor my expiring Groupon, though I called to schedule prior to it expiring, they can't fit me in with in the date.  So much for customer satisfaction.  Contacted Groupon and requested my money back.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_294", "text": "Bar stools too low. I travel on business and am usually on my own so I dine at the bar. I'm  six foot two and the plate was at my chin. Too bad I will not return.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_295", "text": "I'm absolutely disgusted with this place.. Flies are all over, I'm swatting them as I type.. The food is cold ,no flavor, grossest items like chicken feet, cold crawdads, mushy  skinny watery crab legs, fish with eye balls,mushy squid , cold stretchy baby octopus .. I feel sick ...Not to mention this is an Asian place and our greeter at our table didn't speak a lick of English.. Since I have never been there before I needed to know how it works what it costs ect... She kept saying \\\" you eat\\\" omg", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_296", "text": "Don't believe what they tell you! Shuttles leave every 15-20 min. Ha it's more like 40 min then instead of going directly to the downtown hotels as they said we've now made 4 stops at hotels on the strip! Thanks Airline Shuttle it's now taken longer to get to my hotel than it took to fly into town.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_297", "text": "Sub par food and service to match, glad I came here on a groupon. Will never come back, just stick to Crown and Anchor if you're getting British food. Bangers and mash were terrible and the gravy was probably microwaved Swansons TV dinner leftovers. The fish and chips are good if you don't care much for your arteries. Place might be good if you've had around 10 or so beers.", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_298", "text": "Without being mean about it. I will simply say that we have had better diner food.  The seasoning is either bland. or completely off the mark.  The staff takes their sweet time serving food and the crowd is a little north of the mid 50 demo.  Hit up Timbers across the street for much better and cheaper food", "label": "negative"}
{"domain": "restaurant", "split": "validation", "example_id": "restaurant_validation_299", "text": "Progressive Customer service is extremely rude and unprofessional.", "label": "negative"}