Doesn't really stop repeat offenders
581538
ehh, it doesn't really work.  My puppy is fully trained now, but this stuff never really seemed to work at stopping the dog from marking again.  It works for cleaning as well as the original but I would go with the Oxy Orange smelling Natures Miracle if I get another pup.
4083041
I've been having a problem with fruit flies/gnats in my small home. They are especially prevalent in the kitchen and living room areas. One of them, in particular, keeps flying into my face. *Sigh.* So, I purchased these traps in hopes that it would help rid me of these annoying creatures.

Sadly, it did very little to alleviate my problem. I put out 6 of the traps, and between all of them caught only 3 flies. I even saw some of the insects flying right near the trap, but they went nowhere near it. I left the traps out for two weeks, and it hasn't caught any more of them than the original 3 (even now they are still flying around).

Although my issue isn't an infestation by any means, I did hope that this would catch the majority of the flies. Sadly, it did not. The search for a solution continues.
1097101
I found this book did an excellent job at profiling  the various criminal types but did not do as good informing the reader how to avoid them. The  advice appeared limited to being aware of your environment and to remain calm.  I
had expected more concrete advice, perhaps
for each crime senario described what might have worked for the victim(s).
3637843
Linda Fairstein was the lead prosecutor in the Central Park Five case that sent innocent children to jail for years.  Everyone makes mistakes, including prosecutors.  However her actions in this case were both incompetent and systematically immoral.

Incompetence: How does an experienced prosecutor  not realize that none of the stories of the 5 suspects match up, the timeline of the crime does not match their whereabouts, the forensic evidence, including DNA, does not point to a group of people, nor does it tie any of the individual suspects to the scene of the crime.

Immorality:  Prosecutors lied about hair evidence.  Children were isolated from parents, friends, and legal counsel, and were manipulated into repeating stories that are fed to them.

The very worst offense is that at this point of time Mrs. Fairstein has not apologized or admitted that the case was a wholesale mistake.  Despite the fact that all charges against these people were rescinded, she still insists they are guilty despite the inability to produce one shred of evidence.

Notoriety from this case helped launch her book career.  Now that it is known that the entire case is fraudulent, please do not perpetuate her ability to make money off the backs of these innocent people.
932451
After reading this book, it might be in Mr. Page's best interest to find an attorney to file a "defamation of character suit against Ms. L.A. Wilson".
  Mr. Page has done his time to the letter of the law.  He was confined in maximum security prison (where a lot of bad things happen to sex offender) for almost 23 years, not including over three more years at the infamous Ben Reid Correctional Facility in north Houston.
  My information is that Mr. Page filed a section 1983, civil action, against the Houston's Dictrict VII, parole officials for 14th amendment violations for placing verbal/unwritten special conditions without due process.
  Mr. Page has not been allowed to seek employment since his release from prison in January 2008.  He has been held broke and penniless at Reid Facility.
  He has been compliant in all aspects of his mandatory supervision conditions.
  The author has embellished some of the "facts". This is ruining Mr. Page's chances at having a normal life or to simply intergrate himself back into society again.
  A Retired Paralegal
1473488
Is there a connection with the large number of murders?  If so what is it? If you go to one with questions about the other the inquiry is repeated.  How can you solve the murders when those that should help are the problem.

You will have to read to find out.  Good read
1561361
I  agree with most of what Stephen King writes.  What  I don't agree with in this debate is the mental health issue.  You can not tell me that the people who  commit these crimes are insane! To be able to plan out and carry out these crimes take some cognitive thinking. The penalties for these crimes need to be stricter , you want to use a gun to commit a crime ,an innocent person gets hurt  you die! That's where we need more control. Stiffen the penalties along with the restrictions! Oh I'm sorry "he was insane" after the fact. He sure as hell wasn't before the fact!
3487185
every few years i replace my mp3 player when it's cheap predescessor goes bad. i know i know why do i keep buyin these cheap players? 1. i love the ones that take a AAA battery 2. Drag and drop whatever mp3 files u choose. easy & efficient. 3. You do the math: i am spending between $10 and $20 for these devices, that usually last me at least a couple of years. I will agree with some of the reviewers on here, the player does have a tendency to repeat like the same 4 or five songs, so it's hard to navigate through your songs and it's a little frustrating. I used the random/shuffle function and it seems to help a little but i have bought cheaper mp3s at brandsmart (Coby brand) and they work a lot better than this. I expected more from RCA brand...UPDATE: fEB 6 2015: tHIS item is like a rubiks cube-u have to play with the settings to get it to do what you want. increasing my rating to 3 stars (really, 2.5 but oh well...there's no half stars on amazon's system) just keep playing w. it and occasionally, delete songs it keeps repeating and add new songs, deleting songs it tends to like to repeat. I tellya, this device has a mind of it's own...but it is what it is...
1662355
Lots of research went into this book.  It is well written.  Like many people, I wonder about the motive for a crime like this.  The author concludes that Eric Harris was a psychopath, something his parents agreed with, and Dylan Klebold was a depressed follower. Eric was also seeing a counselor and taking anti-depression medicine.  The boys made videos, had a website, and wrote journals of their plans for the attack.  They had been in trouble frequently and even on probation for theft.  The website on which they described their plans was reported to the police and a thorough investigation made but a follow-up to get a search warrant was never completed.  The sheriff's department destroyed this evidence after the attack to cover up their failure to act on the threat.  Victims sued and won.  The boys built bombs in the Harris's basement in the wee hours of the morning with his parents asleep upstairs.  No one ever checked Eric's room, even though he and Dylan were on probation for theft.  It almost sounds as if they were hoping to be caught and stopped before carrying out the attack.  He told a lot of people and left evidence everywhere.  I have to wonder if they expected to be stopped.  It seems to me that professionals in the area of mental health and law enforcement should be trained in identifying psychopaths.  Anyone who is excessively charming and says everything you want to hear is suspect.  Professionals seem unaware of that.
2903532
I was mistakenly sent this unit instead of the similar STI ED-50 Rex Plus alarm.  They both have similar looking cases, they have the same alarm modes, same controls, same bark patterns.  One difference is that the ED-50 has a detection range "up to 30 feet", while the Secure Dog has a detection range "up to 7 meters" (23 feet).

I got this alarm to protect a blind corner.  I set this up on a table inside of a sliding glass door, behind curtains.  I hoped to protect the door and a door and window on an adjacent wall.  Turning the sensitivity up, I was able to go out 16 feet.  If I turned the sensitivity beyond this point, the unit became less sensitive, and would sometimes start barking uncontrollably, not stopping even after I left the area.

I then tested how well it would guard the window.  The window was about 10 feet down the wall, at about a 30 degree angle from the center of the unit.  I tested by sneaking around the corner, simulating jimmying the window and going through.  Sometimes it would start barking as I came around the corner, sometimes it wouldn't detect me until I was well into my simulated break-in, and several times I was able to complete the simulated break-in without it detecting me.

Now given the stated range and 90 degree detection arc, it seemed like it should have detected me quite easily.  So, I moved the unit into the garage where I would have an unobstructed line of sight, without moving leaves or animals potentially interfering with the test.  I found that the setting that detected 16 feet through the glass and curtains was detecting 20 feet through just air.  However, the ability to detect 45 degrees off the face was limited to very short range.  The detection cone falls off rapidly as you move away from the unit, so it isn't so much a wedge as an egg-shape.  At long distance, you have to be nearly directly in front of the unit to have it detect you.

I will also note that the barking sounds MUCH more realistic when sitting on top of a washing machine.  However, if it lets off more than a few barks, the repetitive nature of the bark pattern makes it quite apparent that it isn't a real dog.
50150
THE QUESTION IS, HOW MANY INCIEDENTS LIKE THIS HAPPENED, BUT THE PERSONS DID NOT GET CAUGHT, MAKES YOU WONDER HOW MANY DID THE SAME THING AND JUST DID NOT GET CAUSHT.
2824027
I had never heard of this term "school to prison pipeline," but this program covers that trend.  This work may be great for letting ppl know about juvenile justice issues.  The MSNBC channel has a program called "Lockup Raw" that shows life in prison.  Sometimes the show films in juvenile detention centers.  This Tavis show may try to be unique in speaking on how these young ppl get an education when they are on lockdown.  Really, the program should have perhaps focused on that more than it does, but this may be a great start.
The program covers both boys and girls, but still says the problem is disproportionately male.  The program starts by suggesting this could affect all ethnicities, but then goes on to say it is especially harming Black and low-income communities.  The program is diverse in terms of region, covering centers in Washington State, Louisiana, and elsewhere.
The most important statement to me was when one expert opined, "Kids need help, not punishment."  A big issue about corrections in general is that it doesn't correct, it just punishes.  Many here said what others have said about adult prisons:  people learn how to break more laws, rather than learn how to avoid breaking laws while they are locked up.
Lately, Smiley and Dr. C. West have been maligning President Obama in ways that many of us African Americans dislike.  I am glad that this program makes no swipes at our President.  The first eight minutes of the program that sets up the issues in the concern were more informative to me than the following dull interviews that take place.  I didn't enjoy this program as much as Smiley's "Too Important to Fail."  Still, I thank him and all those involved for introducing a problem to the masses which many may not have known existed.
203027
Much of the public seems to have been persuaded by Johnny Cochran, this time in what was fortunately only an ESPN mock trial, to believe another man whom the glove no longer fits. My Prison Without Bars is the capper to a campaign to desensitize baseball fans to Pete's transgressions.  Some reviewers have rationalized Pete's crimes away, saying that he's only human, and since we've all sinned, no fan is in a position to judge him. They also say that the book is interesting and well written, and should be judged on its literary merits. I think that a lie is a lie regardless the sins of the reader.  I also think this book is worthless as an autobiography because it doesn't accurately represent what went on in Pete's mind throughout his life.
If Pete were a real hero, he'd do the following:
1) Insist that he doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame now or ever
2) Urge Hall of Fame voters to maintain baseball's high standards by not voting for him
3) Help other athletes with gambling addictions, and of course,
4) TELL THE TRUTH.
Until he does these things, Pete's book is just another hustle.
4797655
Among other excellent points, the author relates how many of the 100+ race riots which have occurred since 1900 stemmed from acts of police brutality/killings.  Additionally, Ferguson was at one time almost exclusively White and was a bastion of "White Flight" starting in the '60's. But decade by decade, a growing number of Blacks moved there, such that by 1980 it was 14% Black, by 1990 it was 25% Black and after 2000 it became majority Black.  Citing a study of 10,000 police killings between 2004-2014. It found only a little more than 50 resulted in charges, and only a handful resulted in convictions.  And despite the protests, police killed more Black people in 2016 than in 2015 - and despite this, media attention to the issue decreased. In any event, my minor criticism is that the book reads more like a very long newspaper article (understandable given the authors profession) but with relatively little political analysis.
4711246
this blocker is both helpful and frustrating to use.  i have received far fewer calls than before i started pushing the button to capture unwanted numbers; however, i still receive too many because the blocker needs the number of the caller to appear on the screen:  too many of my calls are from "unknown" or "private caller."  i do not know whether there is technology to detect calls without numbers displayed, but i hope it is developed if it does not exist.  also, the blocker must be positioned by the main phone which for me is in my bedroom because of my wiring; therefore, i have to hear the phone, distinguish whether the caller is one i want to block, then rush through the apartment to the phone, arriving breathless on its last ring to push the block button.
4600212
I read this book a long time ago. I remember about a man in upstate New YOrk who was a killer. This book is memorable but mostly forgettable because they become blended into the true crime genre of literature of time. I have read hundreds of true crime books and sometimes they are just too alike. While crime particularly murder is never identical twice, this book is like so many others. It's vague and doesn't hold or have the same punch in the stomach. It's not that shocking anymore.
2064073
I had installed this system at my home with 17Windows/Door sensors, Motion detector and Dialer. During morning hours there was a breakage in my house from the main door. The 45 sec entry delay gives enough time for the thieves to take my TV and Camcorder. Having this alarm makes the thieves to vacate soon and none of my other items touched, so the system helps for sure.

Though system works great, Someone looking for serious security have to look at the following drawbacks.
1) The control panel siren is not loud enough for neighbors to notice. You need to plug in external siren.
2) The control panel allows the system to arm with doors/window open.
3) There is no notification in control panel if some sensors fails.
4) Of my 17 door sensor, one was not working consistently (it works sometime and sometime not.)
5) The programming doesn't allow to eliminate the entry/exit delay. (When remote is used always to arm and disarm why should I need entry/exit delay)
6) The stickers comes with the kit is not enough to keep the thieves scare. The stickers are neither bright colored or big enough.
7) There is no yard sign comes with the kit. (I strongly believe having an yard sign could help me in avoiding the burglary. Since the thieves left the place soon after the system beep, having an yard sign would definitely make them not to try with the home.).