The wrath of the dragons

Advantages: Makes great viewing
Disadvantages: YOu don't get to see what goes on after the offer, how true to life it is is questionable

...I?m sure most of you know what the Dragon?s Den is, who the Dragons are and the format of the programme, but for those of you that do not I think I had better summarise. The Dragon?s Den is a place whereby entrepreneurs can pitch their business or ideas in order to raise cash to get a new business off the ground or grow and expand an existing and current business, and this is televised for our entertainment. The Dragons consist of successful business people with excess cash to invest in new business. The current Dragons are Theo Paphitis, James Caan, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne. Profiles of the Dragons can be found on the official website http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/thedragons/theo.shtml. My opinion Equity investment is raising funds through selling shares in your company and no...

yackers1 25.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dragons Den

PS3 slim

Advantages: Blu-ray, free online, nice extras like vidzone & iplayer. Almost silent operation
Disadvantages: Rubbish controller, still expensive, online nowhere near as good as xbox live

...Well, had the slim for a few weeks now (my 1st ever playstation), personally, I'm a little underwhelmed by it, I've been a gamer since the nintendo game & watch days & owned @ least 1 of the current gen consoles since the Mega Drive(Genesis). Graphically the system has the potential to wipe the floor with the 360, but this is really only going to apply to PS3 exclusives as any software house making a multi-platform game is going to be as cost effective (lazy) as possible & use the same graphics on all the games where possible(ok, they need to dumb them down for the Wii). My problem here is that I have yet to get a game for it that runs in 1080P, they all seem to be in 720P! Why???? I'm sure they are out there, but I haven't found one yet. I guess this is down to most HD tv's being HD ready rather than Full HD. Sound-Yeah, ok...

andyamn 27.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 Slim (PS3)

TASTE OF THE DRAGON

Advantages: unusual apperance, taste, texture
Disadvantages: expensive, may taste too bland for some

...because it is rather watery and sort of dissolves in your mouth without needing to chew it much. When chewing the Dragin Fruit it has a texture similar to a pear; although it has a slight crunch as well because of the tiny black seeds. A Dragon Fruit is very low in calories and contains lots of vitamins and minerals which are good for you. They are very rich in fibre, phosphorus, calcium and antioxidants. The typical nutritional value per 100g of Dragon Fruit source Wikipedia Water 80-90 g Carbohydrates 9-14 g Protein 0.2-0.5 g Fat 0.1-0.6 g Fibre 0.3-0.9 g Ash 0.4-0.7 g Calories: 35-50 Calcium 6-10 mg Iron 0.3-0.7 mg Phosphorus 16 - 36 mg Carotene (Vitamin A) traces Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) traces Niacin (Vitamin B3) 0.2-0.45 mg Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 4-25 mg I actually liked the taste of the dragon...

just.bcoz 26.03.2008 (27.03.2008) · Read review
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Review of Dragon Fruit

  The Fruit Of The Dragon

Advantages: Healthy, Colourful, Different
Disadvantages: Bland, Watery, Not Cheap Cheap

...My mum bought this item home from Tesco today. She was attracted by the beautiful appearance of the fruit. *~*~*The Fruit*~*~* The fruit itself is a bright pink colour with green scales. It definitely stands out from the other edibles on the shelf. It is an oval sort of shape and about 4/5 inches tall. There are 3 types of Dragon Fruit and they all have very technical names. The Hylocereus undatus, which is what my mum bought, has pink skin and white flesh, the Hylocereus polyrhizus, which has pink skin and red flesh and the Selenicereus megalanthus, which has yellow skin and white flesh. I must stress that I haven't sampled the latter two varieties and therefore this review is solely on the Hylocereus undatus. The inside of the fruit has white flesh as stated above, this flesh is very soft (a bit like a kiwi fruit in appearance...

carysb 11.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dragon Fruit

Magical Dragons!

Advantages: fun story
Disadvantages: none

...Dragon Magic is a cute tale that transports children to a magical world of castles and dragons. It tells the story of a small girl called Jess and her blacksmith father, Big John, who rely on their dragon's breath to soften the iron that they use to make things. Problems start when Big John is making a new gate for the king but Huff, their dragon, has run out of puff. Soon some dragon eggs are found and before long a new baby called Puff hatches. She soon becomes part of the family and sets to work helping to make the gate. However, the king is worried that the gate won't be finished and he has spied strangers heading towards the city. It is a race against time especially when Puff shows signs of becoming ill. What else could possibly go wrong? My daughter really enjoyed this story and kept getting excited about what would happen next...

kingfisher111 25.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dragon Magic - Pippa Goodhart

Keeping the Bearded Dragon...

Advantages: Lovely sociable reptiles, can be handled, interact well with humans
Disadvantages: Vitamin supplements can be tricky to get used to

...and also it will cost a lot more to heat the viv when it isn't really necessary to keep them in such a large tank. This is a matter of personal choice really as it does seem a bit pointless buying to different sized vivariums when in the end; you will only be using one. I was lucky in the fact that I have several reptiles and several spare tanks so I used a spare tank. Adult Bearded D5agon should be kept in a viv that is at least 3 feet wide by 2 feet deep. My Bearded Dragon's viv is 3.5 feet wide, 18 inches deep and 2 foot high. I always think bigger is better so basically get the biggest viv that your house can accommodate. Substrate There are many differing opinions on what substrate should be used with Bearded Dragons. Substrate is what you choose to use as the flooring of the viv. Many people use sand but I heard that this can...

daylehall 29.08.2006 (14.01.2007) · Read review
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Review of Bearded Dragons

The Dragon Saga.

Advantages: It is only the beginning
Disadvantages: You have to wait till next week for the next installment

...Many moons ago I added several chapters to the original Dragon Challange. Looking through I found that the lords of Ciao were going to let me write in the category again. So I have reworked the original story and present part one to you today. Enjoy Finding Jake Pound was nine. To say that he was inquisitive would be an understatement. Downright nosy would be much closer to the truth. Perhaps that was the reason that he found it, perhaps that was the reason he kept it, who knows. Nobody knew he had discovered it, not even his parents. Jake was good at hiding things. He knew by experience that things he found and thought interesting were often frowned upon by his parents and often led to getting himself in trouble. The three-foot python he had once found was a case in point. To say that his mother had been less than impressed...

docpov 05.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Dragon Challenge

Enter The Dragons

Advantages: Whacky Inventors
Disadvantages: Whacky Inventions

...If you have ever woke up in the middle of the night, with a revolutionary new idea/invention/design that will change the world, and you need somebody to lend you the money to get you started, then maybe you ought to take a trip to the Dragon's Den. Not so much a dragon's den as a bankers lair, where you will find five eager business types, Venture Capitalists, ready to grill, fry and roast you about your new project in the interests of finding new business propositions to invest their filthy lucre in, with the hope of getting some return on their capital. Dragons' Den gives investment ready entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their idea to a panel of five millionaire business people, all of whom invested a substantial amount of money in the first and second series and are serious about investing their own money again. The BBC are...

jouk04 05.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Dragons

PS3 Sixaxis Controller

Advantages: Battery Life / Charge Times ; Nice Size
Disadvantages: Squeaking / Sticking

...I don't think there's that much that can be said about this specific product...it's a controller. However, I'll give an account of my experiences of this controller over the past two years. I got two of these sixaxis controllers free with my PS3 so was able to rotate between using one and charging the other, hopefully allowing me to prolong the usability of the contollers. Unfortunately, after about a year and a half ( and many hours of use, 200+ ) the left analogue stick on both controllers began to squeak and stick. I'm pretty sure the analogue bashing involved in Beijing Olympics contributed highly to this. The main disadvantages of this for me is when I'm playing Call of Duty and I'm hiding behind an object and without realising have begun slowly moving out into the open. The second most annoying thing is at night when I'm trying...

Wils0408n 22.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony Official PS3 SIXAXIS Wireless Controller

playstation 3 slim: the facts!

Advantages: very powerful, multifunctional console
Disadvantages: No real price cut

...The PS3 Slim is the latest PlayStation 3 games console, but it is essentially the same console as before, but with slimmed down components and a new, smaller body. The key improvements in the PS3 Slim are the 120GB hard drive, up from 40GB, 60GB and 80gb in previous UK versions and making it slimmer has made it 36 per cent lighter, 33 per cent smaller and it consumes at least 34 per cent less power (for you know worry about you electricity bills). The PS3 Slim represents a new console just in time for x-mas, one that could start to make sony some profit because up to this is due to the vast majority of PS3 sold so far (around 24 million of them) have been sold at a loss. However, new manufacturing procedures have changed this recently, and a redesigned 45nm Cell processor along with other similarly small and power efficient components...

jonnyhal 29.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 Slim (PS3)