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		<title>My Shed Plans Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>My Shed Plans</em> is a comprehensive guide written by author Ryan Henderson. This guide shows you how to build beautiful sheds from scratch using step by step instructions and detailed blueprints that are easy for anyone to follow. It includes 12,000 shed plans and woodworking patterns that shed builders can use.</p>
<p>When you sign up for the book you will receive the entire package instantly by downloading it in the Members&#8217; Area. If this will be the first time you have downloaded anything from the Internet, the Members&#8217; Area gives easy instructions.</p>
<p>You will get all of the shed plans and woodworking blueprints within 5 minutes after you complete your purchase. There aren&#8217;t any shipping charges when you download the guide, letting you get the book for less money. If you prefer buying the CD we will send it through the mail.</p>
<p>Woodworking can take a lot of time, but it takes even longer when you have to make your own plans. <em>My Shed Plans Elite</em> gives you a large number of designs and plans to pick from, and this speeds things up considerably.</p>
<p>Once you have selected the design you will use, building your shed will be much less time consuming. This guide keeps everything quite simple and its goal is to make woodworking fun for you. If you follow the author&#8217;s instructions, you will build your shed quicker and it will be more fun, too.</p>
<p>The plans included with this handy guide include a Garden Bench, How to Build a Fence, a Dog Kennel, Making an Easy Arbor, a Swing Pet, a Nursery Wagon, Doghouse plans, Outdoor Fireplaces, a Feed Cart and a Storage Shed for Pesticides, but you get many, many more as well.</p>
<p><em>My Shed Plans Elite</em> gives you plans for building gardens and outbuildings, too. With these plans you can learn how to build a Large Garage, an Elevated Sawdust Bin, a Lawn Tool Storage Cabinet, a Garden Windmill and many other building projects. This book lets you become an expert at woodworking, and you&#8217;ll complete your projects much quicker.</p>
<p>You can also use <em>My Shed Plans</em> to learn how to build sheds for much cheaper. When you use this guide you will be able to build a shed for a much lower cost than the expensive pre-built sheds that you see. And you&#8217;ll know how to build a decent shed for free, if you have access to the materials.</p>
<p><em>My Shed Plans</em> explains things in detail, and when you have this guide you will never worry about using up all of your woodworking ideas. My Shed Plans Elite comes with 2 bonuses, too. One bonus is about foundations and roofing, while the other reveals woodworking secrets and includes some tips and tricks that can come in very handy.</p>
<p><em>My Shed Plans Elite</em> sells for $47 and they do provide a money back guarantee if you want to return it. Even if you return <em>My Shed Plans</em>, the bonus books are yours to keep.</p>
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		<title>Rocket Japanese Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rocket Languages reputation is second to none and they offer a wide variety of language learning courses, including French, Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese; even a course on American Sign language!</p>
<p>The <em>Rocket Japanese</em> course was put together by native Japanese speaker Sakaya Matsuura. The first module of this program has 31 lessons which will get you actually speaking basic words I Japanese from your very first lesson.</p>
<p>The course begins with conversational Japanese, which will let you converse on some level with Japanese speakers as you learn. When traveling, you will feel prepared to order meals, asking for directions and meeting and greeting new people.</p>
<p>Transcripts of the audio for each lesson are included; I found these especially useful in my studies. Each audio lesson is around 25 minutes in length, meaning the full first module contains 14 hours of educational content. The methods they use in this program will have you understanding and speaking Japanese almost before you know it!</p>
<blockquote><p>The audio tracks make it entertaining to learn. The software included in this program makes it a snap to learn your new language and is a blast to use!</p></blockquote>
<p>MegaVocab is the first piece of software you&#8217;ll use. MegaVocab is a vocabulary recognition program which as a beginner, I found very useful.</p>
<p>You can run through a list of words, learning them by repetition and associating them with a picture which is shown to you at the same time. Remember the flashcards you used as a child? This reminded me of those and was really fun to work with.</p>
<p>MegaVocab comes with a thousand words and pictures built in and lets you add more words and pictures as your vocabulary grows.</p>
<p>Once I began to get a handle on the vocabulary, I progressed to the MegaAudio software. At this point, I began to feel more confident about the Japanese skills I had acquired so far. Using this software, I was able to listen to Japanese being spoken and then pick out the picture which illustrates that word. This system gives you a score along with the exercise so you can gauge your progress as you go. Your score will gradually improve with each session.</p>
<p>I thought that MegaAudio was a lot of fun to learn with. Learning vocabulary is one thing, but being able to understand a new language when spoken is a whole different thing and is very exciting. In my book, this is where a lot of the competition is lacking, but Rocket Japanese does very well.</p>
<p>One of the very coolest things about <em>Rocket Japanese</em> is that it goes far beyond just being a simple introductory language course. The course is designed with the assumption that the student has no background in the language when starting. But it continues to an advanced level as well. This meant that I wouldn&#8217;t need to go out and find an advanced course as my Japanese skills improved. To me, this was a great element of added value.</p>
<p>Maybe the best part of this whole program is the member&#8217;s only online forum where you can communicate with other students, as well as Rocket Language instructors to get answers with your questions. The forum alone is worth the price of admission.</p>
<blockquote><p>If you are ever stumped, help is right here in the forum &#8211; and it&#8217;s thrown in at no extra cost!</p></blockquote>
<p>I had had a hard time finding even a home study program which was worthwhile for Japanese, but finding a program of this quality at the price of only a hundred dollars, well that was a real surprise! As I kept using the course, I became more and more surprised at the price of the course.</p>
<p>I opted for the downloadable version myself, but <em>Rocket Japanese</em> is also available on CD which you can have shipped to you. I went for the download because it was cheaper and frankly, I&#8217;m impatient. I listened to the audio on my PC, made CD&#8217;s for the car and loaded it up on my iPod too!</p>
<blockquote><p>As if all of this wasn&#8217;t sufficient, Rocket Japanese also gives a 60 day money back guarantee &#8211; no questions asked!</p></blockquote>
<p>Given the high quality, low price, forum and software I have to give this program a five star rating. If you&#8217;d like to learn a second language, consider Japanese &#8211; <em>Rocket Japanese</em> makes it easy and fun to learn this normally somewhat daunting language. I wish you much success with your decision to learn Japanese.</p>
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		<title>Rocket Spanish Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this review we cover a program that is produced by Rocket Language Ltd, called <em>Rocket Spanish</em>. A native Spanish speaker, Mauiricio Evlampieff is this courses instructor. Modules to help take you through the journey of learning a new language are contained in this course.</p>
<p>Thirty-one audio tracks are contained in the first module. You will have the ability of speaking some basic words after the first lesson. You will be able to have simple talks immediately since the course teaches conversational Spanish.</p>
<p>The actual transcripts of the audio are included in the package as well. These make it easier to follow along with the lessons. Twenty minutes is the approximate length of each audio that is included. Twelve hours is the length of the content contained in the modules. You will absorb the lessons and begin speaking Spanish quickly with the methods in the first module.</p>
<p>The course is designed with fun games and exercises to make the time pass quickly even though twelve hours seems like a long time. You are going to learn quickly so it is easier to remain excited about it. MegaVocabo is one of the software applications that are included.</p>
<p>I found this vocabulary recognition tool to be useful during the program. You go though a series of words. The words are learned by being associated with a picture and through repetition basically. When you were a kid you used flashcards to learn. This is kind of like that. There are one thousand words and pictures built into this software. While you continue to learn it lets you add more pictures and words.</p>
<p>I went on to the MegaAudio software once I began learning the vocabulary. I began to gain confidence in what I had learned during this part of the course. Hearing the words pronounced and being able to repeat them back was something I loved being able to do. The fact I was pronouncing them correctly was reassuring to me. I was learning the correct way to speak the language from the very beginning of the lessons so I did not develop any bad habits.</p>
<p>Testing and improvement of the words spoken are done though exercises provided in the software. There is always a way to measure progress since the system gives a score to accompany each exercise. This software is also fun to use. Understanding what is spoken is completely different from learning the vocabulary.</p>
<p>Where other programs fall short, <em>Rocket Spanish</em> exceeds with its instruction in my opinion. The fact it is more than just an introductory course is another amazing aspect of <em>Rocket Spanish</em>. The assumption that the student that is just beginning has no experience with the language is what the course is designed around.</p>
<p>There is an advanced level beyond that also. Due to not having to purchase another more advanced program as I got farther along I felt this gave the program additional value.</p>
<p>The member&#8217;s only forum is where questions can be asked and other students can be spoken to as well as online instructors for the Rocket Language is probably the most impressive aspect of the course. The courses cost is a real bargain due to this forum. There is lots of help available in the forum if you get stuck somewhere.</p>
<p>The course pricing is included in my final comments. It costs less than other programs on the market at its price of one hundred dollars. I loved the fact that the Rocket Language website has a version of the course available to download.</p>
<p>Not only does it give the ability to start immediately but it saves money. It can be listened to on the computer, put onto a portable CD or the audio can be loaded onto an ipod. Having the course sent on CD&#8217;s is another option.</p>
<p>There is a higher cost involved with this option of course. A sixty day money back guarantee requiring no explanation is offered by Rocket to top it all off.</p>
<p><em>Rocket Spanish</em> program earns five rating stars when the software, the forum, money back guarantee, incredible price and the quality of the course work are all considered. The quality of this program is difficult to beat when you want to learn a second language. You will not regret choosing to check out <em>Rocket Spanish</em>.</p>
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