Advantages: Beautiful creamy overdrive, well built
Disadvantages: None whatsoever!

...I am using the Tube Screamer with a Gordon Smith SG2 (great guitar) and a 65 watt Marshall JTM60 valve combo amp. With the TS9 on, I'm able to play great sustaining solos, and crunchy riffs, which sound better than they ever did before with only my amps built-in distortion. If you want a lots of distortion, then you can put the drive knob all the way up, but don't forget that the TS9 is an overdrive pedal, and sounds best when the drive knob is put around 1-2 o'clock. This will give a nice raunchy rock sound, excellent for solos. I'd suggest you use it with and AC adaptor, as you never know when batteries are going to fail on you! If you're after a good pedal to give you some slight overdrive to your clean sound, this will do the trick. This is a great pedal. It doesn't suck tone and the overdriven sound is fantastic. If you need... Read review

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Advantages: Great Tone!! Great sounding Solo's and Lead work!
Disadvantages: None!

...The Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 is little box of pure tone! If your looking for an overdrive pedal that will instantly beef your sound and make you cut through the music when you take a solo then this is for you. All the great players from SRV, Clapton, ZZ Top all own tubesreamers and they are all known for the tone and sound of there guitars. I personally play in a rock/blues band and i have gigged the TS9 all over London, the build quality is good as with most things to do with Ibanez and this thing has taken a few knocks and its still solid and working great!! With the TS9 you can get a light blues overdrive to hard driven rock! Go and buy one!!... Read review

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Advantages: Power,Comfort,Sport
Disadvantages: I couldn't buy it with cruise control and parking sensor.( Depends from the country)

...I drive this car since 2005. I have the model Mazda3 1.6 TS 4dr Activematic - (Auto) with : climate control, 6-dish mp3 player. I love its shape which makes feel young and attract you easily if you are at the age until 30 years old. The driver position makes you feel luxury even if you drive a long distance. Every time you will take your place you will feel spontaneous. You can have a comfortable journey with 5 passenger, with the climate control to affect just a little the power of the car. The Combined Fuel Consumption seems good as compare with the manual that other friends have and others cars of the same category. It depends and from the driver how gentle is with the petrol pedal. But if you drive until 130 km the consumption is good. Disadvadage is that I couldn't buy it with cruise control and parking sensor.( Depends... Read review

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Advantages: It's something unique about you; when embraced, it doesn't need to be a problem
Disadvantages: Can cause embarrassment; lack of information; general public has a stereotypical view

.... At this point, I was taken to see a child psychologist. I remember trying to explain to him how it felt when I ticced; how it felt if I tried to suppress it; how upsetting it was that I couldn't stop for my parents' sake. After listening to what I had to say, and my Mum's descriptions of my tics and behaviour, the doctor delivered his diagnosis - Tourette's Syndrome (TS). Now bear in mind that I was thirteen at the time, which means this would have been in 1995, so those words meant absolutely nothing to either of us. Unlike nowadays, when most people have at least some (generally erroneous) idea of what TS is and what it involves, we had never even heard of it or its effects. Still, as my mum said as we left the office, 'At least we know there's something wrong with you now - you're not just being a pain on purpose' (gotta love that Northern... Read review

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Advantages: there are many, please read review
Disadvantages: absolutely none

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Advantages: Roomy, attractive look, quiet drive
Disadvantages: drive is a little dull

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Advantages: Supports all media except DVD-R DL
Disadvantages: doesn't support DVD-R DL for burning

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Advantages: Helpful advice
Disadvantages: Non

...What could I do to beat the previous three opinions in the series for the alphabet, well not much really, the same format applies but this time it will be proper advice. The dos and don’ts from my perspective. So the dos then: Do have a healthy life style – Eat healthily and drink healthily, work in a healthy environment and so on, I’m sure I don’t need to remind of you off these. Although the amount of opinions I see flying around Ciao on things like beer, sweets and other unhealthy products shows me the opposite of this however, come on guys be healthy and get out of the house (well if you can get away from Ciao that is). Do enjoy life – I’m not going to tell you how to enjoy life as that is just another opinion altogether and we get our kicks from different things anyway so it is purely... Read review

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Advantages: This is poetry that sings. TS Eliot was a master of the language.
Disadvantages: Eliot was often purposely obscure, showing off his education

...Background to this Essay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, I'm cheating a little. I wrote this a couple of years ago, and is partly in homage to my father. My father was both a poetry reader and a writer. One of his favourite poets was TS Eliot. I wrote this after my dad died for the university degree I recently finished, and hope I did him proud. This is dedicated to him. I wasn't sure whether to put this in as a book/poem review - but then I found this essay category, so thought that here would be the best place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darkness and Despair - Preludes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If one can judge a man by his poetry, TS Eliot was a man obsessed with desolation, decay and despair(1). Many of his works had themes of hopelessness and aridity, culminating in The Waste Land. His poetry... Read review

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Advantages: MP3 facilities, tiny proportions, awesome screen
Disadvantages: No flash on camera, texting can be slow

...Right then, people who know me will know that I change my phone almost as much as I change my socks (which is quite a lot...). Normally I end up with a new handset about every 6 months, and so here's the latest addition to my forever growing catalogue, the Toshiba TS608! I close this little fella because I try to keep myself up-to-date with the latest technology, and as Toshiba are trying to branch out into the mobile market I thought that it was a good time to give them a go... So I found the TS608 reconditioned for a bargain £40 and promptly shelved my Motorola L6 in favour of it! 1. Taking and Making Calls This is what a phone does and the 608 does it well. The Speaker is clear and audible, and does not induce a need to shout as I have experienced with some phones. The Phone book is easy to navigate and gives you... Read review

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