Latin? She Must Be Joking!

Advantages: It's helpful and very satisfying.
Disadvantages: You must study grammar.

...(I?m sure there are members who know all about grammar, and certainly some who are much better Latin scholars than I am. This opinion is meant for absolute beginners, but the textbook and website may be of interest to others). Teach Yourself Book, £6.99 Book and cassettes £15.43 Double CD (available soon). This opinion is certainly one of the biggest challenges I?ve ever taken on, for how on earth do I convince people who?ve never learnt Latin that it?s worth a go ? I can?t employ my usual argument : that it opens doors when you visit a country, and helps you to get much more out of a holiday. But it does have other advantages. How I came to Latin. I did Latin O-level at school, but in a rather unsatisfactory way. A friend and I in the upper sixth suddenly discovered that to do an honours degree in an Arts subject we needed...

Schmutzie 21.07.2003 (22.07.2003) · Read review
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The Best of British - 'Black Boots on Latin Feet'

Advantages: Smooth without being sappy,melodic without being poppy.Really are a refreshingly different band.
Disadvantages: In one or two of the songs,the spanish guitar solos can be a little self indulgent and go on a bit

...Ezio are one of the best understated British talents of our time and it really is a shame that they dont have a massive following. They have been performing since 1990 in the university town of Cambridge. The band took their name from one of the band members Ezio Lunedei. Black Boots on Latin Feet is their second (but Debut) album (produced by Rupert Hine in 1995). Although the album is new, the band have a mature vibe with lyrics that are honest and reflective (songs like '30 and confused' really struck a chord with me, accurately reflecting the experience of this significant age). The album is refreshingly different to almost all other British bands and is the perfect counter-act to the Brit Pop scene of the time that was aimed at a much younger market. The feel of the music is melodic and smooth but musicians will see how...

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Why Latin is a useful subject

Advantages: Is a good base for learning most languages
Disadvantages: is difficult but so what?

...When I tell people that Im doing Latin for A level all i hear is "you're mad!!Its a dead language!!What's the point in doing it??"What's the point in doing latin??Hello, its what most modern languages are based on!!If you do latin it is so much easier to learn other languages, simply because you'll have a better understanding of the language you're learning. It's the foundation of so many languages!!Would you build a building without foundations??It might stand for a while but it'll never be perfect. Its the same with languages...if you know the foundations your understanding of the language is so much better!!!So many people nowadays cant even write decent english, and the problem would be far less if people actually understood the language!How many people do you know who actually know what the genitive is??Luckily in English you can...

rowanmk1789 26.08.2005 · Read review
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Slimming World - Not So Much Diet As Lifestyle Change

Advantages: Steady, sustainable weight loss, plenty of encouragement, excellent value
Disadvantages: Success still requires willpower and dedication!

...INTRODUCTION Slimming World has changed my life. That's not a flippant, wishful statement - it's a fundamental truth. The temptation is to turn this into a personal testimony of what Slimming World has done for me, and having lost close to four (4) stone already after five (5) months of attending, you could probably forgive me for it. That said, this is a review site, so I will try and keep it as matter of fact as possible, whilst sharing my personal experience with you. A SIMPLE TRUTH Slimming World (SW) is less about diet and more about lifestyle change. In truth, there is little mystery about the ?science? of Food Optimising (not to be confused with "Food Combining" which is a theory that certain combinations of food accelerate weight loss, whilst others inhibit it). The mechanics of losing weight are simple...

Hishyeness 11.03.2009 (04.05.2009) · Read review
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Welcome to A World Made out of Chocolate

Advantages: Chocolate, Good Signage, Good Play Area
Disadvantages: Took a while to get going, small queues for one of the attractions

... Introduction Having booked a weeks holiday from work, and no money to actually fly off to sunnier climbs, I was desperate to do something with the family whilst I was off otherwise I wouldn't have derived any tangible benefit from my week away from the office. A list of possible destinations were thrown into the melting pot so to speak, but the one which seemed to get the loudest cheers was Cadbury's World. To tell you the truth I'm not a big chocolate lover, so I wasn't particularly enamoured with the suggestion, but Mrs Supercityfan (SCF) and Master and Miss SCF were adamant that this was where they wanted to go, so in the interests of democracy I was forced to go with the majority decision. What is It The marketing material which accompanies the Tour claims it is 'Fourteen Amazing Zones...

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Two Worlds

Advantages: Flexible character development and vast exploration area
Disadvantages: Mounted ride control is horrible

...The story (taken from the official website) : The world changed when Aziraal, the god of war, was slain in the huge battle long ago. The hordes of Orcs lost their divine leader and were forced to withdraw to the southern wastelands. Now, thousands of years later, the location of Aziraal's tomb is still unknown, well hidden by other gods who did not dare to entrust the secret to mere mortals. However, now, a fragile peace between the civilized races and the hordes is at stake. When the dwarven mining expedition discovered an ancient temple dedicated to an unnamed deity - all of the world's most powerful factions saw it as a possible clue to the place of Azriaal's burial ground. A silent war has now begun and it will soon ignite the fires that will lead to the holy crusade of the Orcs. However, the real danger lies somewhere else...

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Review of Two Worlds (PC)

A world at war

Advantages: Great single player campaign, nice graphics, decent online experience
Disadvantages: Historically innacurate at times, animation a bit clunky, addition of vehicles

...landing around you, but it is great fun nontheless. The campaign is split into battles where you play as an American in the Pacific against the Japanese and where you play as a Russian against Germany on the Eastern Front. This works really well and provides great diversity throughout the game. Each set of missions have different characteristics, which as I say, keeps it fresh. Graphically it's a stunning effort from Activision. The attention to detail is amazing sometimes. Online play is hit and miss. Activision have borrowed a lot of 'Call of Duty 4's' aspects and implemented them into their game. It's not a bad idea, as Call of Duty 4 got online play arguably nearly spot on but it lacks a bit of originality and sometimes doesn't work in the World War 2 setting. The 'perks' you can choose are cluttered with perks nobody really uses and some...

drakesdrum 01.07.2009 · Read review
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Slimming world - a positive experience

Advantages: Support and advice from people who know how you feel.
Disadvantages: Works out costly

...I have tried all the well know slimming clubs and diets, but i have to say Slimming world is the best I have tried. I haven't succeeded in losing any near the amount of weight I need to, but I have lost by far the most through slimming world. I am joining back up with them this coming week and hopefully this time will be the time I follow through with it. The last time I stopped going was the cost, this (thankfully isn't an issue at the present time due to both myself and my husband getting better jobs). After I stopped going to the classes I tried to follow the plan but just didn't have the willpower to do it alone. It is amazing how much difference it makes having a group of people all supporting you. The plan itself is quite simple to follow you can choose to stick to red days or green days or a mix of both as long as...

tarara 05.04.2003 · Read review
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Slimming World

Advantages: inexpensive, quick to lose the weight, lots of support
Disadvantages: you have to ea too much!!!

...It got to thestage where I had to do something about my weight. I had finished working, and got a bit lethargic at home all day, hence the weigt piled on. I saw an ad for Slimming World in the local shop, and it was held just along the road from where live. I plucked up courage and went along to the group, on the Tuesday evening. I was welcombed warmly by everybody, and listened to the introductory talk. It all souded very good, but a little unbelievable. They were saying that you could lose 4/7 pounds a week!! I needed to lose 3 stone, and if that was the case, it wouldn't take too long to get it off. So I joined, and the following week, lo and behold lost 6 lbs. Amazing. I followed the diet for the next month, and had lost one stone already. Afer 3 months I had lost the 3 stones. Fantastic, and I was never hungry. you just...

marilla0197 29.05.2009 · Read review
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Beautiful World

Advantages: Great songs
Disadvantages: None

...had their t-shirts, posters on my wall etc but I do think they are a great, fun band. I saw them live about two years ago and I have to say it was one of the best concerts I have been to. They just looked like they were having a really great time and were really entertaining the crowd Their album, Beautiful World tells us that it really is a beautiful world. To me this album is typical Take That, fun pop but with a classic take. In fact Take That say themselves that this album is a "Throwback to the 90's with a modern twist. The album was released on November 27th 2006. What I find incredible is that even though it had only been released for just over a month it still was the second best selling album of 2006 in the UK. This just goes to show how much people love Take That. The album has now sold over 3 million copies worldwide and has...

Spottydog11 07.05.2009 · Read review
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