Advantages: fantastic insight into Italian life
Disadvantages: Your not actually there!

...This book is a non fiction book telling the tale of Isabella the author's move to Italy. Originally from Australia, she moves with her husband Luigi to a small town not far from Sienna called Montalcino. Determined to fit into Italian life, in particular the unique way of life of the town, you learn all the idiosyncrasies of the towns people. The village enjoys a remarkable sense of community spirit and is divided into quarters. Each quarter, rather like 'houses' in schools, compete with each other, building upto the annual summer 'Festa del Tordo' which is a festival dating back to Medieval times. The villagers compete on several levels amd are fiercely competative culminating in an archery tournament. The book takes you on a journey into Village life and of isabella's acceptance and eventual intgeration, through which you learn... Read review

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Advantages: Very pretty traditional resort
Disadvantages: Possibly a bit too quiet

...Last month we went skiing to Schladming and were really lucky with the snow, lots and lots of it. The resort basically offers four linked mountain areas with north facing slopes. When we visited there were no real lift queues anywhere, partly due to the fact that we had missed the school half term holidays and partly due the efficient network and operation of the ski lift system. The village of Schladming dates from 1322 and is a real working town with wood yard, railway station and even a micro brewery which produces excellent lager. There are quite a few cafes and bars in the resort but it isn't as extensively developed as Kitzbuhel. We travelled on an all in deal with a company called Equity Ski. We were staying about 20-25 minutes walk out of town in a pleasant hotel called the Schladmingerhof. This was run by Equity Ski... Read review

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Advantages: awesome scenery
Disadvantages: had the Euro imposed on them

..., cyclists and pedestrians have to stop. Only guided tours on coaches are allowed after this point. Then it looks like a lunar landscape. That's the only way I can describe it. Apparently, 5 villages were completely buried when the volcanoes struck. One village, Yaiza. is known as the miracle village because as folklore has it the villagers congregated in the church and prayed when the volcanoes erupted and the lava rivers were sweeping down on them and the lava stream forked around the village. Another version is the local priest stood at the outskirts of the village and prayed with the same result so both version are linked. The eastern side of the island is the main tourist and holiday makers destination. Puerto Del Carmen is the biggest and it's been made just like Blackpool or Skegness so I don't bother with it much but it still has... Read review

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Advantages: Good storage space, fast upload/download speed, reliable
Disadvantages: None

...I have one of these sony 2GB micro vaults and i could not live without it. The sony 2GB micro vault features 2GB of plug and play storage so there is no need to install drivers for this product as it does it for you once plugged into the computer. The sony 2GB micro vault uses a high USB 2.0 interface to connect to the computer to allow fast transfer of files. It is also compatible with USB 1.1 so the micro vault can be used on older computers aswell as newer ones. When you purchase the sony 2GB micro vault you will find a file compressor and decompressor ready installed on the memory stick. This takes hardly any space on the micro vault and is able to compress files down to three times their original size which is useful to safe space for extra files. i would advise that if the files are needed on a regular basis they should... Read review

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Advantages: great results
Disadvantages:

...Sharps R872 convection micro wave is a family sized micro wave which is a dream come true for me! This micro wave is simply one of the best! The micro wave has made my normal oven practically redundant! This gives you the quickness of microwave cooking but the results lok as if you have cooked it in your normal oven ie no more soggy looking roasts - you can brown them off so they are nice and crispy! The micro wave itself is simplicity in tiself to use. This one has a large capacity of 0.9 cft which means you can cook practically anything in thre eg the xmas turkey! Its a 900 watts micro wave with a 1000watts grill. Usual set menus eg defrost but its also got a special pizza setting! This is the ultimate in lazy cooking!... Read review

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Advantages: Build a Megaropolis that dreams are made of.
Disadvantages: You will have no hair left after playing it.

...After walking into my local Game store and running my eyes over the many games it had to offer. They were uncannily drawn to none other than the new Sim City 4. After never venturing into the realm of playing any other of the Sim City games i though what the heck...how hard can it be to build a city. I soon learned that it is a lot harder than it looks. Keeping your sim population up and happy is a not that hard yet stopping the tax man from getting money on all your hard earned "simoulians" is a gigantic task in its self. With carefull planning a village will grow into a town, and then a town into a city. But the quick population boom, will you have enougth jobs to go round????Will you have enougth power, water and landfills?Will your sims start complaining about the large amount of air and water pollution????Will your sims... Read review

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Advantages: n/a
Disadvantages: n/a

...From its picturesque mountaine to its terracotta buildings, italy ive found is probably the most beutiful place in the world, from the first time i saw the country propally i fell in love with the place. i have been going to italy for 21 years now, i been to or trough nearlly every city, town and even villages and have enjoyed every part of it, and its not just the scenary but also the people their almost laid back as if to say in their way of life. a very passionate and loving place, with a history of romance and lovers the places you see almoct transport you to a romantic novel. Also an important thing is to mot forget to try the food and drink, pizzeria and pizzas to make any mouth water looking almost to good to eat, pasta, vegatbles, the juciest of watermelons and the tastiest ice-creams. And all this and we are not even focusing... Read review

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Advantages: Nice Trailer, actually more promising than the movie itself!
Disadvantages: They tried and they failed to make a movie about a difficult genre

...I first heard of Lost Souls in a Trailer clip that advertised it before as I was waiting for Unbreakable to start in a local Cinema... I must admit the initial trailer for the movie had me gripped as it portrayed what I felt looked and sounded like an excellent potential movie for me to see on my next trip to Warner Village Cinema... Sadly however when I did return to see the 'full' version of Lost Souls it turned out that the original trailer for the movie had provided me with more entertainment that the when I sat down to watch the Film in its entirety.. Lost Souls is one of those very poor films that somehow managed to make it to the Cinema instead of going straight to its rightful home on the bottom shelf of the Video Store or the obscure late night TV schedule of Bravo or the Sci Fi Channel... The Genre of Satan / The Devil... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Fast, Definitely a good buy.
Disadvantages: Runs very hot and needs compatible motherboard and power supply

...AMD have certainly turned themselves around in recent times and now represent a viable option to Intel processors. Traditionally AMD have been strong in the "value"/budget segment of the market. The AMD Athlon is a processor that challenges Intel higher up the food chain. Advantages AMD Athlons are faster than Intel processors when comparing Mhz to Mhz. AMD Athlons are cheaper than Intel processors Mhz for Mhz. Possible pitfalls... AMD processors require motherboards with "Socket A". These are different to motherboards that support Intel processors and tend to be slightly more expensive. It is highly recommended that you use an AMD approved power supply with your AMD processor. If you don't you are liable to suffer from unexplainable crashes. This is because AMD processors run much hotter than Intel processors. It is very easy... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful Graphics
Disadvantages: Cant play online

...your adventure in Morrowind, you meet guilds that would like to recruit you, these are; Thief Guild, Fighters Guild and The Mage Guild, I think there are also more, but I have forgotten them. In Morrowind, you do not really know the ending until you are at the end of the game, which is good because you do not get the whole story line or anything. You can go around Morrowind on your own accord, so you could go into a village and kill some of the villagers, but look out because the town guards are not going to be happy with you. -=-=-=-=-=Game play=-=-=-=-=- So back to the character creation, I said what races and what speciality you have, but you also have to choose your birth star, which is not in many RPG's, I thought this was really good because it shows its individual game, and not like all the other games. The main attributes... Read review

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