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This song haunted me for many years.
I heard it once and it blew my mind away, but did not manage to know what band sang it.
After extensive lyric searching, I found out it was the minds, and then it all made sense!!

Magnificent song…..

Absolute Top of the Top – early Simple Minds rule

Then Jim found God, became Bono, and we lost him.

If Ian Curtis had not done himself in I don’t reckon he would have taken the whole Bono trip.

I despise U2.

It will probably be really hot, BUT please note that you cannot wear shorts or sleeveless shirts in a lot of the museums and churches. So pack a lot of skirts and shirts with small sleeves.

Italy *still* doesn't have a single language.

There's the same problem in Spain, but it's worse in Italy.

Sicilian is not the same as spoken in Naples and neither is the same as the Italian of Rome, etc.

It's not like comparing USA's Chesapeake Bay to Gulf coast, it's nearly like comparing Seminole to Apache.

A lot of that will depend on Buffon and how his form holds up more so than Cannavaro. There are other competent defenders who can fill in.

I’ve got 2 words for Bono – The Pogues.

I’ve got 1 word for Jim Kerr – retire.

second verse: “Airports playing Brian Eno”

im also in ap european but i don't quite know your question our teacher started us off at the reinassance era if your talking about your area peasant vs artistic geniuses i would say teaching literarture/humanities

Just fantastic!

naz f is alittle incorrect: naples is not in the north but it is maybe one of the most vital cities of the south of italy: it was very powerful thanks to its vital seaport.

southern italy was not similar to northern europe(neither today, I live in the south, there are still a lot of differences and the north is much more powerful and advanced than the south).

in the north there where a lot of small states, which were under the control of some vital and rich families.

the northern was much more developped than the southern, where there where the "borboni"(I don't know how to say it in english..they had spanish origins) and had as consequence the exploitation of lands and people who were submitted to em.

maybe the north was similar to the northern europe, even if it was basically different because while in the europe there were already powerful states and empires, northern italy was divided: italy didn't really exist at that very moment.
only in 1800 after the industrial revolution, the northern italy will really develop its resources, while the southern italy will still have a lot of problems in industrialization and will be still devided until 1860, after garibaldi's work.

anyway, even today there are still a lot of differences between the southern and northern italy: in the south in fact resources are still missing, politicians are corrupted and the services don't work.this situation is also a reflection of those years.

that's why I can't see the time for leave and go living in the north, where i'm going to study and where there'are more opportunities of job

i hope it's clear, i know that my english is not very excellent.anyway I hope it could be excellent for you.
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In the last years both the former Italian government (Berlusconi) and the current (Prodi) have seriously considered the problem and allocated a certain sum for any new baby. The fact is that nowadays the cost to grow up a child is hideous higher than the incentive any family will get for any new born.The largest issue in our future is the welfare in general (medical help, common services, ect) and the pensions in particular. In fact with the increase of no-working people for retirement there will be less working peole paying contributions for the new pensions and unlesss there is an inversion in this tendence the system will collapse.At the time being we are already at a stage where an vital part of contributes are paid by the immigrants and this is destined to become the most vital part of the pensions resources. As to the level of immigration laws i Italy are changing nearly daily and nobody can devine which will be really the future policy of the next years. At the time being every year our gouvernment is establishing the yearly quota of immigration that is based mainly on the request of workers from industry and other sectors.I don't believe that in a next future it will be also established in order to limit their number sothat it doesn't exceed the native and then,unless the trend is upturned, there will be one time that immigrants will go beyond the native Italians.

Sicily is a gem, with an incredible history that dates back Millennia, with a rich culture where Greeks, on the East coast, Carthaginians, on the West coast, Romans, Roman-Byzantines, Saracens from North Africa, Normans, French, Spaniards and more recently “continental” Italians have played a leading role. The geography is also fascinating, with splendid beaches and an incredible Mountain Volcano (Etna) and a broad plateau. Well worth a period of study. The rest of Italy is undoubtedly just as fascinating, so it all depends on what part you have a chance to “get at” and the subjects you are supposed to study.
Post these and we'll try and help you out.

Ok Kristina. Rome has the advantage of allowing you to live in a fantastic capital, one of the World's most attractive ones, but… it will distract you terribly. It's full of life and has so much to offer people of all ages, but especially the young. I've been living here for ages, i can assure you.
A school in Sicily will allow you to meet Italian culture gradually and will give you an insight into one particular Region, without distracting you unduly. I've travelled to Sicily very often and toured it extensively.
Toss a coin and excellent luck.
Both options are positive.

fantastic memories from the 80’s!!!

I don't reckon there are flights between Lucca and Venice (anyway I can't find any on Venice airport website http://www.veniceairport.it/) but I don't reckon it'd be the better way, anyway; by train, minimum time is less than 4 hours: http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html

Edit: I didn't even consider airport outside of Lucca, since as you can see from the answer below, it'll take anyway four hours airport to airport; then you should add the time needed for reaching Pisa airport from Lucca, then the time needed for reaching Venice from Treviso…
If you catch a train you can start from the center of Lucca ending up in Venezia Mestre in a minimum of 3:54 hours, but even with the slower options/schedules it's five hours.
When travelling inside Italy, you should generally consider a flight only for longer routes, like from south to north or from islands to continental Italy.

Siena, San Gimignano, San Miniato and other small towns are gorgeous, you should really spend some time there. I would make stops in Toscana (Tuscany) rather than in Lazio…I'd visit just Rome in this region and then I'd head north, to Toscana (where Firenze is). If you want to keep costs low, you should try to look for some hostels on hostelworld.com, which is always really helpful.
Go to Lucca if you have the chance, it's a small lovely city quite near Firenze. After Toscana, you might want to visit Bologna and Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna and finally Venice.
On average, these places shouldn't be too expensive…it's up to you to try and find some cheap hostels, cafés and restaurants!

Simple & Fantastic.

I TRAVEL IS ONE OF FAV SONG’S

KEEP ON KEEPING ON SIMPLE MINDS!!!!

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