Just plain Black and White

Advantages: It beats all other games I've played on addictivness, playability and originality.
Disadvantages: Consumes too much of my time

...addictive due to its originality; this is why I played the game for hours on end at every given opportunity. The main objective of the game is to be God; you can decide whether to be a good God or a Bad God, light or dark, Black or White! There is a lot to do within the game, new tasks are delivered throughout, the way you set about them determines the type of God you are, because there is always more than one way. You get to choose a creature in the game, which is like a giant protector of your village; they can do all sorts of tasks for you. In all there is a lot to do and it is likely to keep you busy until the sequel is released. I found a few features of the game that I didn’t like, the first one is that it automatically saves your game when you quit, so if you fail a task or do something wrong and quit the game, you’...

jan.knight 22.04.2001 (24.04.2001) · Read review
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Review of Black & White (PC)

Plain Good

Advantages: Fascinating subject, great ethical debate, Ellie
Disadvantages: Other characters aren't so great, scrappy in places

...Jodie Picoult has established herself as one of the best writers of contemporary crime/courtroom fiction - and one of my favourite current writers - and this shows in Plain Truth. Whilst it isn't her best novel, it's extremely thought-provoking and a pleasure to read. As with her other fiction, Plain Truth explores the ethics surrounding a situation where a person has been accused of a crime. Unlike any of her other novels (so far, anyway), this is a violent crime where the accused is Amish. For those who don't know, the Amish community lives in Pennsylvania and its people are also known (incorrectly) as the Pennsylvanian Dutch. They live in a largely self-contained farming community, speaking a dialect derived from German and practicing a denomination of Christianity. Religion is central to the Amish community and they live with very...

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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

PLAIN TALKING

Advantages: Superb look at life from another perspective.
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little weak at the end

..., and the sameness of these simple people who are known as 'Plain' makes sense, given the fact that it is not the individual that counts but the combination of individuals that make the society what it is, gives it its' strengths and perhaps through this story, its weaknesses too. I realise that this is fiction, though it is exceptionally well thought out fiction that would appeal to a wide spectrum of readers. In carrying out the exercises at the end of the book, I felt that my understanding of the differences between Amish 'right' and American 'right' was wide, and it wasn't until you understood the make up of the complex characters that make the story, that you are able to appreciate the complexity of the issues posed. Described on the cover as a drama, I felt that the book deserved a better description, and to me it was more of an awakening than...

thingywhatsit 02.01.2007 (03.01.2007) · Read review
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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

Plain Truth

Advantages: Enjoyable read, insight into the Amish life
Disadvantages: None that I found

...while at school. The women wear plain dresses with long sleeves and covered with an apron, they do not cut their hair and do not wear jewellery. Men and boys wear dark coloured suits, one-colour shirts and straw hats. They grow beards after they marry. They believe their clothing encourages humility and sets them apart from the rest of the world. They live a private life, apart from the world but together as a community....

AJ26 18.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

Amazing White Knight

Advantages: Cheap ,Easy to use ,Can be put on timer.
Disadvantages: Small door opening

...Wow what a great product.It's so quiet, easy to use, and can be put on a timer! I never thought I would say this about a White Knight as when I've seen them they look cheap and low rent, and look like they wont last for 5 minutes . But wow, appearences can be deceptive.We bought ours a 3 years ago and have not had any problems since. Specifications: The specifications it has/features are ; *2 heat settings, *Reverse tumble, *Can be used it on a timer, *An energy rating of C *Final cool tumble, *Rear venting(and it's supplied with a hose), *An option to stack it, *A maximum of of 140 minutes drying time, *A load limit of 6 KG, *The door can be reversed, *And the filter is convieniently located beetween the door and the machine Dimensions Height:85 cm Width:59cm Diameter:53cm The door opening is only 25cm in...

Botzarb 04.02.2008 (27.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of White Knight 44AW

Jars on a plain

Advantages: great place to visit
Disadvantages: getting around is not so easy

...The 'plain of jars' is one of the must sees in Asia - similar to Stonehenge and the figures on the Easter Island nobody knows the origins of these small to big stone jars. They are located close to Phonsavan in the north-east of Laos close to the vietnamese border. Phonsavan is easily accessible from all major cities. You can go by local bus or by minibus - Local bus from Luang Prabang was 50000kip and the minibus was 85000kip. There are 3 jar-sites whereby Site was is the most easily reachable. You have 3 ways to visit the sites: - by tour: every GH will offer you tours. Expect to pay 80000 for Site 1 and 150000 for all 3 Sites. I found that the tour was overly rushed and you didn't have enough time to see this impressive place. - go with a TukTuk: Find a TukTuk driver to take you. It will be a lot cheaper than with the tour and you...

sun-is-shining 01.06.2009 · Read review
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Plain (C)Rap

Advantages: Some strong prodcution
Disadvantages: Lost creativity

...?Plain Rap? was the return album from The West Coast Hip Hop crew The Pharcyde. Imani, Bootie Brown, Slimkid3 and Fatlip came back with this 2000 album a good five years after their last and eight years after breaking through with an album containing hit alternative Hip hop tunes such as ?Ya Mama?, ?4 Better Or 4 Worse? and ?Passin? Me By?. 1. ?Trust? Getting things going to show how they have progressed their material in the half decade in which many significant changes occurred in the Hip Hop world, and so as you here what sounds to be essentially the same kind of stuff coming through here as before, it does have fans excited, but I didn?t think it did anything all that exciting. **Three Stars** 2. ?Network? With The Roots? Black Thought supporting them you see that here you get one which has them group laying down a tune...

XICripZ 05.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Plain Rap - Pharcyde (The)

The White Knight to the rescue on those wet summer days

Advantages: User friendly, light weight and good load capability
Disadvantages: C rated so not he most economical

...As most people in Britain own a washing machine, many, like me, probably struggle to get there washing dry, especially with the glorious sunshine and top quality weather that is constantly warming our cheery faces, (that was sarcasm by the way), so the invention of the clothes/tumble dryer was a god send. So when my old dryer suddenly decided to stop blowing hot air, whilst also gaining a sort of stutter, I decided to go on the hunt for another similar one, coming across a brand called White Knight. But, to add to my confusion, I discovered that there are several types of dryers, such as spin dryers, which simply spin the clothes inside so fast that they eventually dry. Then there?s the condenser dryer, which passes warm air through the clothes and turns the heated air into water vapour sending the vapour into a storage hold, thus...

blissman70 11.08.2009 · Read review
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The truth, the plain truth and nothing but...

Advantages: great read
Disadvantages: none

...I have read quite a few of Jodi Picoult's novels before, but having just finished 'Plain Truth' I feel that this was the most moving and compelling by far. In 'Plain Truth' we are taken right into the heart of the Amish (Plain) Community in America, where an eighteen year old girl, katie Fisher, is accused of murdering her new born baby. Katie claims not to remember what happened on July 10th, when in the middle of the night in the family barn she gave birth silently and secretly, only later, after falling asleep, to discover that her newborn has died. Once the baby's body is discovered, there is a police investigation and Katie stands accused of first degree murder. There is a great deal of evidenve to incriminate her, not least is the fact that she concealed her pregnancy from everyone. Meanwhile, the reader has also met Ellie...

kingfisher111 17.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

Nothing 'plain' about this movie...'

Advantages: Top western, good measure of violence
Disadvantages: None

...them for the coming of Stacey Bridges and his crew? but some of the towns folk start to dislike this stranger and his gruelling and strange methods. There is an air of mystery that surrounds the stranger, played superbly by Clint Eastwood ? he also directed this movie. I guess there always is mystery for such characters played my Eastwood? from around 1965 and for a decade on he starred in several other such westerns (including Fistful of Dollars and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly), where he was known simply as the ?Man with no name.? But this mystery is more so in High Plains Drifter as the plot unfurls and we also see elements of the supernatural, which is also witnessed in his later film, Pale Rider. The movie is wonderfully written by Ernest Tidyman, who also brought us Shaft in the seventies. The dialogue is superb, captivating...

Borg 11.04.2009 · Read review
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