Maine Coon Cats -the Gentle Giant

Advantages: Amazing cats with so much love
Disadvantages: you will want to buy them all!

...Maine Coon -the "gentle giant" We, as a family have just proudly added a new member to our family -by the name of Weetabix. Weetabix is a beautiful brown tortie Maine coon cat with tiger stripe grey and white legs and paws. We received her last Saturday when she was 13 weeks old, and she has fit into our family so well. She is a really friendly cat, and gets on great with our three year old son. Her favourite past time is to climb all over me and sleep on me -so I am now an official climbing frame/ cat bed!! Maine Coons are a gorgeous breed of cat - I have done a lot of reading about them, and I wanted to share it with you, as I would recommend this breed of cat for any family! She is, without a doubt, the most gorgeous, friendly cat I have ever met. These cats are one of the largest breeds of the domestic cat. They are...

yummy.mummy 09.03.2008 (25.03.2008) · Read review
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A Thrilling, Inspirational Piece - Main Source's Breaking Atoms

Advantages: Groundbreaking, great concept songs; responsible for Nas' birth in hip hop
Disadvantages: A tad bit on the overrated side; does not age well

..., they always point to "Looking at the Front Door", "Just a Friendly Game of Baseball", and "Watch Roger Do His Thing" as the paramount moments of the LP. I agree for the most part! "Looking at the Front Door" is one of the earliest rap tracks that I can remember that touched on the subject of a decaying relationship and the inevitable breakup. "Just A Friendly Game of Baseball" is the infamous political extended metaphor track where they mix baseball with racial profiling. The wordplay is top-notch, but the rapping and instrumental itself puts me to sleep, which is why I prefer the "Just A Friendly Game of Baseball Remix" a lot more. "Watch Roger Do His Thing" is an inspirational storytelling track about a troubled youth who climbs from the slums to the penthouse due to his hard work and never say die attitude. These are the main highlights...

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L.A.'s five-point chilli challenge!

Advantages: really tasty, tried & tested for veggies and meat-eaters alike, easy-to-find ingredients
Disadvantages: VERY HOT, if you don't like spicy food this really won't be for you!

...the seeds with a teaspoon. Take special care that you don?t touch your face/eyes until you have washed your hands thoroughly! Add these to the wok when the main ingredient is cooked and cook until the onions are clear. At this point add the black bean sauce and stir for 3 minutes. Add the coriander and sea salt if appropriate just before the noodles ? these need to be the ?Straight to Wok? noodles which are done in 2 minutes! You can garnish with soy sauce to taste but you will only need to if you really, really like strong flavour. This dish is filling and doesn?t require a side dish. If you like a strong garlic taste, try finely slicing the garlic instead of grating, with the prawn version of the dish. For two points? ~~~ VERY LAZY JAL FREZI WITH ONION CHUTNEY (Indian) ~~~ This is somewhere in between cooking with a hint of chilli...

Lancashire_Angel 20.02.2005 · Read review
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Vantage Point Film Only

Advantages: Interesting story
Disadvantages: Repeated Vantage points told

...Vantage Point The President of the USA addresses a summit of world leaders in Salamanca Spain, gun shots are fired at the President, soon after a bomb then goes off resulting in a complete wreck. The media reporter also gets blasted by the bomb along with many others. Dennis Quaith a US security expert is in charge of the President's Security and the film for the first hour includes the President assisination attempt which is presented in different vantage points. This is in effect a repeat of the story time after time from a different perspective of those people who were at the scene of the bomb blasts. forest Whitaker is shown to be an honest looking person who is happy to be abroad in Spain for the first time in his life. He captures most of the story as it unfolds on his camcorder. He gets the action of the scenery...

costas1234 07.06.2009 (18.06.2009) · Read review
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No Point second-guessing this!

Advantages: Brilliant premise, great cast, enjoyable film
Disadvantages: None

...the different viewpoints as well was very interesting. The director has made sure to go to the same point of action just before the attempted assassination for each person that saw what happened, and we are introduced to them with a little back story of who they are and why they happened to be in Spain at the summit. The characters range from the President's security guy, to an American who has travelled to the summit alone because of his marital problems, to a Spanish police officer. You think you know what each of them saw, but as the film unfolds the twists and turns of the story become apparent, and its clear there is a lot more to what is going on than meets the eye. And it is there unexpected revelations which keep you entirely hooked to this movie from start to finish - you just have to know what happens next! In terms of the cast of this...

mummy2harry 04.12.2008 · Read review
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State and Main can Stay

Advantages: classy, intelligent film, excellent cast
Disadvantages: few dvd extras, Rebecca Pidgeon

...obsessive wife, who completely redecorate their home in honour of their town's guests, and some of the best lines are almost thrown away in little asides between 'extras' after the main characters have left the scene. There's also a secondary story line involving a camera man's efforts to get the shot he wants without an old stained glass window getting in the way. ********Availability/Price This film is old enough to be cheap as chips. It's £6.97 from Amazon but they also have it 'new and used' from £1.95, which is cheaper than a rental. It's £6.99 at play.com. ********Overall If you liked Grosse Pointe Blank, Heist, Fargo and the Tao of Steve, you'll probably like this, although if I put those 5 films in a list, this would probably come below Heist and Fargo, and hence I'd give it 4 stars. My favourite line comes from a scene where...

dakota196 17.11.2005 (25.11.2005) · Read review
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Repetition Proves a Disadvantage Point

Advantages: A decent cast.
Disadvantages: Repetitive, pedestrian direction, repetitive, sloppy writing, repetititive...

...thankless specious Middle Eastern role as Suarez. The original music by Atli Örvarsson, like the rest of the film, is plagued by repetition. The main culprit is a string refrain with piano undertones and brushed cymbal that crops up every time a new piece of the puzzle drops into place. But there is the sense that you've heard everything before because of his generic thriller arrangements that are usually two parts strings to one part percussion. There are the obvious sad strings when people die and just in case you hadn't twigged that the bad guys are somehow connected to middle-eastern terrorists, there are Arabic pipes to remind you. In fact the only moment of originality in the score comes in Örvarsson's use of electronic music in an attack on a hotel. Otherwise it's rather bland and lazy. "Vantage Point" is a generic thriller...

afy9mab 04.06.2008 · Read review
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Midland main line

Advantages: Cheap and relaxing
Disadvantages: comfort of the new rolling stock

...Midland mainline is owed by the national rail express group, which was founded after British rail underwent privatisation back in 1996. The mainland mainline organisation is based in Derby and in 2006 midland mainline won the award for Passenger Operator of the Year at the national rail awards. Routes Midland main line takes the route as in its title, the midland main line. This runs from Sheffield to London. Although the highest point on the line is Leeds you generally have to travel to Sheffield after the morning rush hour to travel on these trains as only a hand full run out of Leeds in the early morning and thus returning later at night. The day time trains run from Sheffield calling at Chesterfield, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, Kettering, Wellingborough, Luton and terminating in the new St pancras station. Midland main line...

MRW6 22.06.2007 · Read review
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So Just What Is Your Point?

Advantages: Generally strong
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

...?The Point Of It All? was released late in 2008 as Anthony Hamilton?s fourth album. It can?t be said to have received as much attention as previous work that he has put out, but this album does feature him working to his typical high standard as he brings his soulful material that brings in elements of contemporary R&B and Hip Hop (amongst other things) and gets help from the likes of Dre & Vidal, Salaam Remi and David Banner. 1. ?The News? The album starts off in a manner that I have to say directly appealed to my tastes when it comes to his music as you see that with his incredible voice menaign that the music is going to be strong no matter what, hearing him come through with a tune that has him backed up by heavy Hip Hop beats, from Mark Batson, he gives you a Neo-Soul feel from the get-go of this release to show you what to...

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Match point

Advantages: Scarlett Johansson
Disadvantages: The first hour is very slow

...and a well connected social circle it appears that Chris has it all, that is until he meets Nola the fiancée of his girlfriend's brother. Instantly attracted to the young American he has a brief affair which soon ends and Nola leaves his life when her own relationship ends. With Nola gone life returns back to normal and eventually Chris marries Chloe and at this point everything should end happily ever after? A chance meeting in the Tate gallery brings Nola back into Chris's life and the two soon begin a passionate affair. The longer the two are together the more complicated Chris's life becomes, Nola becomes increasingly more frustrated by the double life that Chris is leading and soon threatens his comfortable lifestyle and the film climaxes into a thrilling ending as Chris is forced into desperate measures to ensure that he maintains...

kerman 27.05.2006 · Read review
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