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David Leigh lives and works in Barcelona where he runs a number of successful websites and offers internet marketing services.
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- How to Choose Scuba Diving Equipment - Selecting a Scuba Mask
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] When selecting a scuba mask it is essential that it fits your face well to ensure that it is both comfortable and leak free. Without a good seal against the face you may spend much of your time clearing the mask of water, while an uncomfortable mask detracts from your diving experience - both lead to enjoying your dives less but because they distract you from your environment they are also potentially unsafe.
- What is Kina Lillet? James Bond and the Art of the Cocktail
[Food-and-Drink:Wine-Spirits] In Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, James Bond ordered his drinks to be made in a very particular way, to include Kina Lillet instead of Vermouth. Many Bond fans had never come across Kina Lillet - and to make matters worse, the name of the product was changed decades ago and the product formula changed to remove the bitter aftertaste mentioned in the film.
- FC Barcelona Extends Victor Valdes' Contract to 2014
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] It came as a shock to many supporters of FC Barcelona when it looked as if Barça management was at loggerheads with their star goal keeper over an agreement to extend his contract beyond 2010, when it was due to expire. Eventually negotiations between FC Barcelona and the manager of Victor Valdes broke down entirely, with the club's president insisting that he would only speak to Valdes directly, with the aim of resolving the standoff.
- FC Barcelona - Summer Fixtures 2009
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] After FC Barcelona's stunning triple in the 2008/09 season, the players have had some time off to recuperate before starting a series of summer fixtures. Barcelona won the Copa del Rey - the Spanish King's Cup - followed by the La Liga title and then gloriously outplayed Manchester United to take the Champions League trophy as well.
- Real Madrid - From Crisis to Crisis
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Awarded the title of 'the most successful football club of the twentieth century' by F.I.F.A., Real Madrid, nine years into the twenty first, look to have a lot of work to do to retain their crown! It seems incredible but the club that has won two Champions' League (2000 and 2002) and four La Giga titles since the beginning of the Millennium has seemed to lurch - comically in the eyes of many - from one crisis to another.
- Chelsea FC - So Near, Yet So Far
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Five Champions' League semi-finals in the past six years. As Chelsea's newly appointed manager, Carlo Ancelotti, pointed out in his first interview, that is a wonderful achievement. However, it clearly isn't quite good enough. The fact that those five semi-finals have only resulted in one ill-fated final appearance must be a source of incredible frustration for Chelsea's billionaire owner, Roman Abramovich, and the club's supporters - although a little less so for them, perhaps.
- Product Placement in the Movies - James Bond Sunglasses
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Although James Bond sunglasses date back to Sean Connery's time in the role, it is only recently that they have become a regular fixture. While it may go with the locations he's travelling to, Bond has often visited tropical destinations without eye protection. While it is perhaps now seen as more fashionable to wear sunglasses, you just need to look at the recent Bond films and the number of products featured in them to realise that there is some other reason.
- The New Baby Gaggia - Problem Child Or Perfect Espresso Maker?
[Food-and-Drink:Coffee] Espresso is to an Italian as a cup of tea to the English and while Starbucks do have their place in the world they lack three things - atmosphere, first class coffee and decent cups to serve it in. If you can't find it where you live why not think of buying the new Baby Gaggia espresso maker?
- How to Pick a Costume For a James Bond Themed Event
[Home-and-Family:Parties] Picking a party costume can always be nerve-wracking but armed with the right information and a little bit of inspiration and thought you can put together the perfect James Bond party costume. Although this applies equally to both sexes, we'll start with the Bond girls as they often have the biggest questions relating to James Bond events.
- FC Barcelona Fixtures 2008-2009
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] With the fixture list for the Spanish league now published we are now in a position to start planning which matches to go and see. One of the top two clubs in Spain is normally considered to be FC Barcelona, and below you can find their entire league fixture list for the year.
- Turin Hotels - How to Choose a Hotel in Turin
[Travel-and-Leisure:Hotels-Accommodations] If you want to learn about selecting a hotel in Turin you'll want to read this article. Specifically we'll discuss what factors you should consider before making a decision, making your initial shortlist and getting to the final decision. After reading this article, you should be able to select the hotel in Turin that best matches your needs.
- Quantum of Solace Trailer Released to the World
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] The James Bond movies have long been a big event, and the premieres attracting worldwide interest. However, as the Quantum of Solace trailer that premiered on the internet on June 30th proved, the release of a movie trailer can be a huge event in itself.
- The Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Thirty Day Challenge
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] If you want to learn about Ed Dale and Dan Raine's Thirty Day Challenge then you'll want to read this article. Specifically we'll discuss who it is aimed at, what you'll learn and how to sign up. After reading this article, you should be able decide whether to become one of the many thousands of people who sign up for free.
- The Hard Truth About the Immediate Edge
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] If you are thinking of joining Dan Raine and Ed Dale's internet marketing coaching program the Immediate Edge but currently undecided then you'll want to read this article. Specifically we'll take a look at who should - and who shouldn't - sign up, the program's major strengths, and how to get the most benefit from the program. After reading this article, you should be able to make your mind up as to whether Immediate Edge is right for you.
- Bond 22 - Quantum of Solace
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] The tremendous success of "Casino Royale", starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, meant that interest in the follow up to the rebooted franchise has been high almost from the time that "Casino Royale" disappeared from theatres. While there were rumours that the film would be based on "Risico", a short story that appears in "For Your Eyes Only", only the title could have been used since the plot was used in the movie "For Your Eyes Only". And for some time a small section of the fan base believed that Bond 22 was going to be called simply "007".
- FC Barcelona Profiles - Giovani dos Santos
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Although Giovani dos Santos has just recently been promoted to the senior squad, he has been with the club since 2002. First signed to the boy's team, he has worked his way through up until he spent 2006-2007 in the FC Barcelona B team, earning a quick promotion to the main squad this year.
- Barcelona Football Club - The New Line Up For 2007-2008
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] The summer transfer window saw some interesting activity for Barcelona, including the signing of Thierry Henry from Arsenal after months of speculation. This addition to Barcelona's strike force should create a wealth of opportunities up front, although Henry has admitted to finding it difficult to get used to Barca's style of play, but his versatility should eventually work to the Catalan team's advantage.
- The Centenary Of The Birth Of Ian Fleming, Creator Of James Bond
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] 2008 marks the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, whose time spent in Naval Intelligence during the Second World War proved to be the catalyst that led to the creation of James Bond, the most iconic character to emerge from 20th century fiction. Fleming was born on May 28th 1908 in Mayfair, a wealthy district of London, and his early years were entirely privileged.
- Stars of FC Barcelona - Thierry Henry
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Thierry Henry joined FC Barcelona from Arsenal in the 2007 summer transfer window on a four-year deal, having broken nearly every Arsenal record during his time at the club. His achievements at the London club include the all-time top scorer (214 goals) as well as being the top scoring player of all time in the Premier League (164 goals).
- A Profile of Deco
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Deco is considered one of the heavyweights of FC Barcelona and one of a small number of players who has won the Champions League with two different clubs. In fact when he won the UEFA Best Midfielder award for his performance in the 2005-6 Champions League he was the first player to have won the award twice, having won it first with Porto.
- What Chance Does FC Barcelona Have Of Winning The Spanish League?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] With an away victory against Real Betis on Saturday night and a clash between Real Madrid and Sevilla on Sunday resulting in a victory for Madrid, the most important question for many Barcelona fans is whether their team has what it takes to finish the season with the 2007 La Liga title.
- The Top 3 Reasons to See FC Barcelona at The Nou Camp
[Travel-and-Leisure] That Futbol Club Barcelona is one of the top soccer teams in the world is beyond any doubt and so any serious sports fan should pay at least one visit in their life to see them play in their home stadium, the Nou Camp.
- How To Choose Scuba Diving Equipment That Is Right For You
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] If you go into any scuba diving shop or dive centre you'll find a bewildering array of different equipment, from masks and fins to snorkels, wetsuits, BCDs and whatever else you might name. So with all this equipment in front of you, how do you decide what is right for you?
- Where to Buy FC Barcelona Football Tickets
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] While tickets are made available to the general public just 2 weeks before a match, the way that Futbol Club Barcelona distributes them means that the seats left by this stage are among the worst in the stadium.
- Scuba Diving Computers – Longer Dive Times and Improved Diver Safety
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] Traditionally recreational scuba divers have carried a depth gauge, dive watch and dive tables to dive to a plan, but the advent of low-cost computers designed to monitor depth and time on a second to second basis means that divers can now have longer dives with improved safety.
- The James Bond Movies
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] One of the best loved movie series of all time and popular with generation after generation of cinema goer are the James Bond movies and the release of Casino Royale last year has shown that the film series remains as popular as ever. With Bond 22 currently in the planning stages we can only wait and see what the next installment in the saga holds for us.
- Turin, Italy - A Shopper's Paradise
[Travel-and-Leisure] With Italy renowned worldwide for its style it is a must-do destination for any serious shopper and Turin, in Piedmont in the north of Italy is no exception.
One of the top streets in Turin for shopping though is Via Garibaldi, which you can get to from fom Piazza Castello. Popular with locals, the street is easy to navigate as traffic has been banned from it. It has all manner of shops, including a good selection of...
- Heroes of FC Barcelona - Johan Cruyff
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Fans of FC Barcelona remember Johan Cruyff fondly for both his time as a player for the club in the 1970s and then as the longest serving and most successful manager in the club's history. We take a look at his career.
- How Scuba Regulators Work
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] Scuba regulators provide air on demand; that is to say that when the diver breathes in the demand valve is opened to provide air and when the diver exhales the air demand valve is closed and the stale air is vented into the water. Here we take a closer look at how they work.
- Scuba Tanks
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] Scuba tanks are also known as cylinders or bottles and normally in recreational diving they are filled with air. Here we look at the options and how they fit into the big picture of scuba diving equipment.
- Lionel Messi's Goal of the Century – FC Barcelona v Getafe
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] A look at Lionel Messi, who in an almost move for move reproduction of Maradona's "goal of the century" against England in the 1986 World Cup semi-final, received the ball from Xavi, beat a total of five Getafe players and then knocked the ball past the goalkeeper into the net, running a distance of 63 metres in doing so.
- Italy's Match Rigging Scandal - How Cheating Didn't Pay for Juventus
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] One of the best known football teams in Italy is Juventus, who are based in Turin, but despite of their impressive performance on the pitch the 2006-2007 season has seen them relegated to the Serie B for the first time in their history.
- A Short History of Scuba Masks
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] Since the human eye is not designed to see in water, anyone who enters the sub-aquatic realm must wear a facemask in order to see. Here we take a brief look at the history and evolution of the scuba mask to the modern day.
- Heros of FC Barcelona - Hristo Stoitchkov
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] With the recent announcement of Hristo Stoitchkov's return to Spanish football, this time as manager of Celta de Vigo, it seems a good time to look back at his footballing career. While highly regarded for his skill as a striker, Stoitchkov has also been renowned for his quick temper and an aggressiveness that has got him into trouble on many occasions.
- The History of James Bond Model Cars
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The production of Corgi's first Aston Martin DB5 model in 1965 coincided with the beginning of the Bond phenomenon, but the success of the company's James Bond model cars could hardly have been predicted. We take a look at how it came about.
- Food and Drink in Italy - Turin Restaurants
[Food-and-Drink:Restaurant-Reviews] One of the great pleasures of visiting other countries is experiencing the local cuisine and Italy, the land of pizza and pasta, is naturally no exception and Turin has some excellent restaurants and are much more affordable than many places, such as Rome, Paris or London.
- Scuba Diving Equipment – an Overview
[Recreation-and-Sports:Scuba-Diving] Although the amount of scuba diving equipment may seem daunting, everything has a clear purpose. Here we take a look at the main items of scuba diving equipment you'll come across in recreational diving.
- The Nou Camp and the FC Barcelona Museum
[Travel-and-Leisure] The Nou Camp has been home to FC Barcelona since 1957, when construction was completed on the new stadium. While the land had been specifically purchased for a new stadium to be constructed several years before, building work did not start until 1954 after the decision to go ahead with the project was finally made.
- Sightseeing in Turin Italy - The Piazzas
[Travel-and-Leisure] Almost everything you want to see in Turin is located right in the old city centre and as the area is relatively compact it is easy to do much of your sightseeing on foot. Much of Turin's character comes from the many squares, known as piazzas in Italian, many of which are lined by arcades that provide cooling shade in the summer and shelter from the wind, rain and snow in winter.
- A Trip to Barcelona, a Sports Lovers Paradise
[Travel-and-Leisure] Barcelona is one of the most popular short stay destinations in Europe and depending on the figures you see, perhaps the most popular ahead of Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. Here we look at it with the view as a sports destination.
- Finding And Booking Flights To Turin Italy
[Travel-and-Leisure:Aviation-Airplanes] One of the great contributions of the 2006 Winter Olympics towards Turin is the construction of Torino Caselle airport to enable it to deal with the large number of passengers flocking as both participants and spectators for the sporting events.
- A Profile Of Joan Laporta, President Of FC Barcelona
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] Probably the first time many people heard of Joan Laporta was during the campaigning that preceded FC Barcelona’s presidential elections in 2003. Joan Gaspart had just stepped down from the position he had filled since 2000, with morale at the club at a low after a series of disastrous seasons coinciding with falling attendances and mounting debts.
- Turin Hotels
[Travel-and-Leisure:Hotels-Accommodations] Anyone visiting Turin for the first time will be struck by the historical city centre, which consists of arcaded streets leading to wide piazzas along cobbled streets. The city has many treasures for the tourist and it therefore seems a shame for anyone to stay anywhere close to the less attractive outskirts when there are is a reasonable choice in or around Piazza Castello.
- A profile of FC Barcelona's Frank Rijkaard
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] One of the people most associated with the return to form of FC Barcelona is the team’s manager, Frank Rijkaard. Overwhelmingly modest in attitude and with a relaxed manner he has become a favourite amongst press and supporters alike, although his tenure at Barcelona didn’t start off that way.
- Turin – Why It Should Be on Your List of Italian Cities to Visit
[Travel-and-Leisure] Witchcraft; Fiat motors; The Italian Job; the Winter Olympics; Italian breadsticks; Juventus; the holy shroud; and the House of Savoy. What binds all these together is Turin, the capital of Piedmont and the first capital of a united Italy.
- A Profile of Samuel Eto'o
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] One of the ironies of Samuel Eto'o playing for FC Barcelona is that he originally joined arch-rivals Real Madrid, who immediately put him out on loan; first to second division CD Leganes; then to first division Espanyol after playing just one league match for Madrid; and finally to Mallorca. He did so well at the latter club that they signed him for a club record and became the highest scorer in the history of the club with a total of 54 goals between 2000 and 2004.
- A Profile of Carles Puyol
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] As a defender Carles Puyol remains somewhat in the shadow of players such as Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o or Lionel Messi, but with his energy, stamina and focus, he remains a favourite in the Nou Camp and is an essential member of the current line-up. Considered to be one of the best defenders in the world, Carles Puyol is also the first Catalan captain to have held the Champions League Cup aloft after the team defeated Arsenal in May 2006, the competition in which he was awarded Defender of the Year.
- Stars of FC Barcelona - A Profile of Lionel Messi
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] One of the brightest stars FC Barcelona, a team with no shortage of world-class talent, is a young Argentinean player who has played with Barcelona's youth team since his early teens.
- A Trip to Rome
[Travel-and-Leisure] Rome is one of the best loved cities in the world and is popular with visitors from all over the world. Once the centre of an empire whose east to west boundaries were Mesopotamia and Spain and England to North Africa from north to south.
- Researching And Finding Cheap Bunk Beds
[Home-and-Family] If you're looking to try and save money on a bunk bed you should familiarise yourself with the pitfalls of buying cheap first - just like any other product on the market, when choosing a bunk bed you'll have a balance between price, quality and availability.
- Barcelona Hotels - Where And How To Choose
[Travel-and-Leisure:Hotels-Accommodations] Barcelona is finally seeing an end to the days where a shortage of hotel rooms was acutely felt at certain times of the year, including the boat show, the F1 Grand Prix or the large scale trade fairs and conferences.
- The Genius Of Football Star Ronaldinho
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] One of the most important players to FC Barcelona's success under Joan Laporta has been Ronaldo de Assis Moreira from Brazil, although many people will not recognise him under that name. More usually known as Ronaldinho, sometimes shortened to Ronnie, or otherwise as Gaucho, he is one of the top players in the world and has set the game of football in Spain alight.
- Futbol Club Barcelona
[Recreation-and-Sports:Soccer] With supporters of FC Barcelona located all around the world and a massive global following, it will come as no surprise that most people that one priority for many visitors to Barcelona is to see the team in action at the Nou Camp.
- How To Mix A Martini Like James Bond
[Food-and-Drink:Wine-Spirits] James Bond is well known for his fondness for vodka martinis, shaken, not stirred. But in Casino Royale, the most recent 007 film, he orders something different, a fact that has proved unpopular with a small number of Bond fans.
- Weekend Breaks in Barcelona - What You Need to Know
[Travel-and-Leisure] Barcelona’s renaissance can be traced back to 1992, the year the Olympic torch arrived in the city, but 14 years later the Catalan capital is still seeing phenomenal growth in the number of visitors.
- Turin - the Undiscovered Jewel in Italy's Crown
[Travel-and-Leisure] While Turin is regarded as the industrial powerhouse of Italy, its historic city centre is often overlooked. Undeveloped as a tourist destination, the advent of the 2006 Winter Olympics may have provided the quickstart required to boost the city's fortunes in European travel.
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