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I purchased a Wii console from Amazon after searching. So many places were out of them and I put it on my Wish List. I received a text the next week and quickly purchased it. It was delivered the very next day. I love my Wii. I’ve purchased the Wii Fit Plus and play on that almost every day. It’s loads of fun and I don’t feel like I’m working out. I’m glad I bought this for myself.
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Like most people, I was required to read this book in the late 60s. I don’t have any recollection of being touched by it at all. I read it again in college, and either I thought it was all about disaffection and rejecting middle class values or I was told that by my teachers.

I glanced at it again over my daughter’s shoulder on a long plane ride a few years ago and couldn’t wait for her to finish so I could read it again. I was shocked to see that I had completely missed the point: it’s about Holden’s vertiginous fall into depression after the death of his little brother. His parents and his sister are all too damaged by their own grief to help him, and he’s struggling to feel something while avoiding feeling anything. These are familiar demons, beautifully evoked.
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I understand some of the criticism, but does a book have to be a literary masterpiece to be immensely enjoyable? The overwhelming positive reviews explain why not.

It is well researched, but maybe the plot stretched a bit too far at times and low quality dialogues have taken away from the book’s otherwise star quality.

The depression era was well represented, gave a good realistic feel of the troubled times and the people. Circus setting was pure genius, and made it so interesting.

Overall, it is a very enjoyable book, very readable.
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Our Eureka Altima was falling and cracking apart after 3 years of usage. I read a very favorable review from Consumer Reports and saw this on Amazon. I’m very pleased with its performance and features. I used to like the visual aspect of seeing the bin fill up on non-baggged vacs; but after using this unit for a few weeks now, that’s not an issue. I do like the red indicator on the front of the unit to give me an idea when the bag needs to be replaced. The headlight on the unit is very bright compared to other vacs we’ve used. It helps in the darker corners and other areas such as beneath coffee tables etc. It seems a touch quiter than our old Eureka. I feel we’ll continue to use Hoover products from here on out.
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Is Kathryn Stockett’s The Help a good book? Well, heck yeah! Ranked #8 in Amazon sales on the day I write this, featured on radio station interviews, a great TV interview of Stockett by Katie Couric, chosen by my county library system to be the foundation of a week long discussion/author visit/workshop on race relations, it succeeds on many levels. When a book gets to the point where multiple friends begin to say “Have you read The Help? It’s GREAT!”, one either has to either go with the flow (which I do, with only a few weak attempts to swim upstream, more on this in a bit), or be declared an arrogant and elitist snob. Though I’ve had both those adjectives attached to me before, I like The Help. I DO like it, with a couple of feeble objections, which I’ll get to.

Stockett’s story is about much more than bad white people treating African American maids poorly, though it does indeed give a fascinating portrayal of 1963-1964 Jackson, Mississippi’s overpowering culture of racism. Though white on black racism is front and center, the cruelty of white on white cultural prejudices, including rich versus poor, educated versus uneducated, landed versus landless, is never out of the picture. The book is also a powerful reminder of how society runs when women are treated as living corsages, rather than as thinking and potent humans. Though Stockett addresses, with varying levels of completeness, all of these issues, as well as educational inequities and domestic abuse, she’s still not done with the reader. Stockett has even more to say.

I suspect that the enormous appeal that this book has demonstrated with readers is linked to this: Stockett’s characters don’t emerge from battle with nicks that can be cured with a dab of Neosporin and a Band-Aid. They emerge with serious wounds, and they are willing to shed their own blood in pursuing their cause. Taking on a serious cause means living with fear, risking serious bodily harm, and in some cases, laying one’s l
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After ordering one of the Omron HJ-112 Pedometers and using it for a day or two, my wife wanted one. So now we have two and think they’re great. Haven’t reached 10,000 steps a day yet, but we’re working on it. Great little motivator!
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This book is great start to finish. I didn’t want it to end. I will miss these characters. The writer does such a wonderful job of painting such a poignant setting. Loved every second of it.
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I was impressed with the reviews prior to purchase. The HJ-112 is impressive and appears durable. I have had it about three weeks and use it every other day on an indoor measured track. The steps appear to be accurate enough, but the mile measure, even after numerous recalibrations IAW the instructions, does not measure very close. This is disturbing as I had planned to use it for distance tracking. I would recommend it only for steps, and that said, I would not buy another just for that purpose.
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I have used this for about two months now and it has seen some 10 degree mornings. Seems to keep working well, although the heart rate monitor cuts out once your sensors dry from the cold.
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