One reason I wanted to read the book is that I’d heard people saying that it taught young women that it’s all right to be stalked, as long as the guy loves you. That women need to be protected because they can’t take care of themselves. I couldn’t argue the point if I had not read it for myself.

There are three important aspects in novels, one of which must be good. It’s rare that all three are good. None are good in Twilight. Characters – Bella is a whiny teenager who made a decision about her life and regrets every minute of it. When the explanation for her moving back to Forks is finally revealed, it’s meant to make her seem noble and willing to sacrifice her own happiness for someone else. The Cullens, typical vampire attitude, who are trying to hide what they are, but haven’t yet managed to learn to act normal. The other kids in school, so willing to accept, even adore Bella. And Bella, of course, is the daughter of the sheriff. Plot – Not much original here. Gloomy setting, weird kids who set themselves apart from everyone else, in comes Bella Swan (beautiful swan) to save the day. Writing – Irritating. Too many sentences the same length. Too many repetitions of thoughts and phrases. Although each is often small, there are too many point of view shifts.

Logic has no part. I’m not talking about logic in the supernatural, but in the real world. For instance, the truck that Charlie buys for Bella (which I’m certain would eventually have great significance since so much time was spent on h
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The demonstration videos of the Furminator are not an exaggeration; it works exactly like they say it does. I made the joke that the item comes with a free Pomeranian because the (compressed) ball of fur we end up with each time is the size of a small dog.

I don’t know yet how often the head needs to be replaced to maintain optimum functionality but we have used it about 10 times now and it still works perfectly.

Others also mentioned that their dogs seem to enjoy the feeling of this product – almost like scratching them with your fingers. Our dog was a little unsure about it when we started but he promptly fell asleep while we brushed him. I thought the product might pull on the hair too much but it seems to just slide right through with almost no resistance; you just have to watch out for matted spots of fur.

If you have a dog who is shy of brushes just walk to him/her without using excitement and set it on the floor for the dog to sniff then gradually start brushing.

If you have a thick-coated pup this will be a great help for maintaining the amount of fur left around the house. Also, if you live in a hot-weather climate with a thick-coated dog this does a good job of removing the undercoat to help keep him/her cool.
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Amazon is by far the best price. Don’t look elsewhere.
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Positives: Light weight, easy to read, much flexibility on output displays, docks and synchronizes seemlessly with the Garmin Training Center software, works as advertised. I particularly like to display current pace as well as average pace.

Negatives (but none are serious): Takes 30 to 45 seconds to find satellites. I have a short attention span and tend to get impatient waiting for it to lock onto the satellites.

Tip: I occasionally record a false start by accident, then stop the run after say 5 or 10 seconds. Unfortunately, this “run” is recorded on the GPS. After uploading the data to the Garmin Training Center, I deleted the bogus run from the uploaded records. But every time I dock/sync, the short run was restored to the training record. The solution is to upload data, delete the unwanted record, clear the GPS memory, then send the remaining good records from the Training Center back to the GPS device. Said another way, I couldn’t find a way to delete a record directly from the GPS, but the workaround accomplishes the same thing.
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