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July 29, 2017 / Andy Haigh / Comments Off on The Gifted
In the wake of Inhumans it seems like there's a new contender for worst looking Marvel associated TV show with the release of the latest trailer for the upcoming show The Gifted.
The Gifted is according to executive producer Matt Nix set in an alternate timeline to everything else from Fox that's been X-Men related, fully embracing the inherently confusing Marvel comics narrative device of alternate Earths and time lines.
The series centres around Lauren and Andy Strucker (Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White) two teenagers who discover they're mutants in a rather dramatic fashion. Which is problematic because their father Reed (Stephen Moyer) works for a faction of the U.S Government that hunts mutants. Meanwhile Lorna Dane aka Polaris (Emma Dumont), John Proudstar aka Thunderbird (Blair Redford), Blink (Jamie Chung) and Eclipse (Sean Teale) are a group of mutants trying to survive in a world where mutants are hunted and feared and the X-Men no longer exist.
The group of mutants here are alternate versions of the same mutants seen in the dark future of Days of Future Past, with the exception of Polaris. There's nothing wrong with this as Blink is one of the best characters in Marvel's vast X-Men universe, Blink was heading up the Exiles after escaping from the Age of Apocalypse reality, so it's disappointing that the character will undoubtedly be underserved by the series for reasons that will become clear.
There's definitely a lot of potential in the ideas of The Gifted, especially given the very pertinent real world parallels of bigotry, prejudice and hatred towards certain people just because of who they are. That potential is going to be hobbled by several things though one being The Gifted is on Fox rather than Netflix or HBO where writers would be able to actually engage some of the political issues the show is clearly bringing up, another is the same problem that threatens to hobble Inhumans, a TV show about a group of people with powers is very hard to pull off for budgetary reasons.
From what's been shown so far The Gifted is like a slightly less cheesey Mutant X, which itself was essentially an X-Men show in everything but name, in fact it was so similar that Fox sued Marvel and the production companies before they filed a counter suit and then came to a settlement later.
So whilst it'd be great to see a TV show that features multi-layered fleshed out characters with engrossing character arcs and a narrative that deals with important themes that have very real parallels and features characters with powers, that's something that the X-Men films have majorly struggled with or not even attempted and they've been mega budget productions. The fundamental problem with any TV show that features characters with powers is the writers are generally bound by budgetary restrictions into using those powers sparingly because showing them being used is an expensive and timely endeavour from a production perspective.
Marvel's Netflix shows have managed to get around this by featuring characters that have powers that are easier to portray on screen because they are much more grounded and generally require more fight choreography than extensive and expensive digital effects work. There's a big difference between Luke Cage throwing people around and shrugging off bullets and a character like Blink creating portals and teleporting or Polaris using her powers of magnetism to throw vehicles around. There's no doubt that they could be done, and done impressively, but there's a definite sense this show doesn't have the budget to do it and when a show that features powers doesn't have the budget to do them properly it becomes unintentionally comedic or it has to not take itself seriously and have a more comedic campy tone like DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
July 9, 2017 / Andy Haigh / Comments Off on Marvel's Inhumans
The first trailer for Marvel's Inhumans is here and, well, it doesn't look that great really.
Whilst they might not have the high profile of the X-Men or Spider-Man Marvel's Inhumans have been around for decades first appearing in the 60's. The origins of the Inhumans are a little convoluted but simply put they're the result of genetic engineering by the Kree (an alien race) on primitive man in the hopes to use them against their foes the Skrulls (another alien race) in a war. The Kree abandoned their plans and left the Inhumans behind on the Moon. Completely seperate from the rest of humanity they developed their own advanced society in the city state of Attilan.
Whilst the enigmatic Black Bolt (Anson Mount) might be the King of the Inhumans, capable of levelling a city just by whispering, Medusa (Serinda Swan) is Queen of the Inhumans and no mere trophy wife either. Medusa is not only a central figure within the Inhumans society, acting as interpreter for the silent Black Bolt (communicating via sign language) and helping conduct affairs of the state, she's also a skilled and capable fighter. Medusa's lengthy hair has greater tensile strength than iron wire and she can control and manipulate it at will. She can lift, hold and move objects (including people) using her hair and also use it for precise tasks like picking a lock. You'd never know any of this from what you see in the trailer though as there's no indication she has any powers, or any importance, at all. She doesn't even speak.
What's really interesting is the poster for Inhumans gives the impression that, understandably, Black Bolt, Medusa and Maximus are the main characters of this series but the trailer, the first trailer which will impact the first impression that potential viewers have, utterly fails to show why Medusa is on that poster. Whilst it's out of context it does seem to be indicating Medusa is basically helpless before Maximus who seemingly subjugates with no problems at all.
Marvel is pretty appalling at representation for anyone who isn't a white guy in their on screen universe. Medusa in Inhumans could be a prime opportunity to add another 'strong female character' to Marvel's on screen presence (granted it's a white woman) but the trailer utterly fails to give any impression that she matters at all in the world of the Inhumans, that's besides the complete absence of her powers.
Black Bolt's treacherous brother Maximus (Iwan Rheon) gets the main focus of this first trailer but the stand out by far is actually Lockjaw, the huge teleporting dog that serves as Black Bolt's guardian of sorts. Inhumans could be a great drama about a royal family that just happens to have strange abilities/powers but this trailer doesn't do a good job of selling it. There's a definite sense that it really doesn't have the budget to do these characters properly given their visual effects intensive powers.
There's a lot of noise about Inhumans being shot on IMAX but there's little evidence as to why it's been shot on IMAX, almost everything about the first trailer looks amateurish, bland and low budget in a bad way. Whilst the marketing seems to be trying to make it seem like 'event' TV the actual trailer does the opposite.
June 22, 2017 / Andy Haigh / Comments Off on Blood Drive
In the opening scene of Blood Drive Grace (Christina Ochoa) stabs a would be rapist in the groin and then feeds him head first into the meat grinder in her cars engine, an engine that runs on blood.
Welcome to the mad, lurid and sleazy world of Blood Drive created by James Roland.
Arthur (Alan Ritchson) is the one good cop left working for Contracrime a privatised police force that brutalises citizens without hesitation in a dystopian 1999. This is a brutal America where gas prices are extortionate, water is strictly rationed and life is cheap. Following a hunch results in Arthur stumbling on a crazy world of deadly races overseen by the vaudevillian host Julian Slink (Colin Cunningham). Arthur soon finds himself paired up with experienced driver Grace against his will.
Meanwhile Arthur's partner Chris (Thomas Dominique) finds himself in a whole other kind of trouble after joining fellow officer Aki (Marama Corlett) the pair stumble upon some disturbing truths about the owners of his employer Heart Industries.
Blood Drive introduces numerous characters, including the drivers of several vehicles in the race, with the exception of The Gentleman (Andrew Hall) and The Scholar (Darren Kent) most are just in the background of the ensuing madness. Grace is the archetypal bad ass hot girl anti-hero, her motivations for being in the race might be coming from a good place (earning money to help her sick sister) but she has absolutely no qualms with killing anyone that gets in her way. Anyone could end up being fuel for her car. Whilst Arthur is the rugged square jawed good guy in a world gone bad and his sense of morality is distinctly at odds with the situation he finds himself in.
Ochoa and Ritchson are clearly having fun and the pair make for a good odd couple. Meanwhile Cunningham embraces his role with impressive gusto. Dominique meanwhile seems somewhat removed from the craziness the other characters find themselves in, how, or if, the characters will be reunited remains to be seen.
Coming across like the bastard son of Roger Corman's Death Race 2000 the refreshing thing about Blood Drive is the way it commits itself wholeheartedly to its concept and aesthetic. With an ever expanding number of TV shows eager to get your attention it's pretty rare to find something that doesn't even try and go for some sort of mass appeal in anyway. This is lurid, crass, sleazy, bloody, exploitative TV which you will either love or hate.
There are a lot of ideas here, that's besides the idea of cars engineered to run on blood. The whole thing comes across a little like a brain storming session between 70's drive-in fans in a dive bar. The trailer promises "Cannibals. Monsters. Cults. Lawmen. Nymphos. Amazons". Blood Drive embraces the comedic potential of splatter like Peter Jackson's Brain Dead aka Dead Alive or Ash Vs Evil Dead. The race itself is just the narrative frame work for everything else. Although it should pretty obvious Blood Drive is in no way a 'serious' dystopian TV series like The Handmaid's Tale and any criticism for failing to 'address things' is spectacularly missing the point.
AMC's Preacher
May 24, 2016 / Andy Haigh / Comments Off on AMC's Preacher
Preacher written by Garth Ennis, with art from Steve Dillon and covers by Glenn Fabry which were originally published via Vertigo Comics 1995 – 2000. A kentucky fried road trip across America centred around preacher Jesse Custer who has lost his faith , his fiery gun toting ex Tulip and a hard drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy. Custer, the preacher for small Texas town Annville, soon becomes the host for an entity named Genesis (the offspring of an angel and a demon which has escaped from Heaven) which gives him a terrifying new power, The Word, allowing him to make people do whatever he wants. Custer wants answers so sets out to find God. Literally.
The comic became notorious for its black humour, bad taste and general misanthropy and offensiveness, along with its particularly anti-religious story. Preacher also featured great characters though including one of the best antagonists in American comics in The Saint of Killers and underneath it all it's an engrossing story about faith or lack thereof, love, friendship and family.
Now after years of being the subject of numerous attempts to turn Preacher into a film or a TV series now AMC (the home of the smash hit The Walking Dead based on the comic by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard) has actually done the previously thought impossible and made Preacher into a TV series…………………….sort of.
The result of a collaboration between Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg the series features Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Ruth Negga as Tulip and Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy.
Films or TV shows based on source material like a book or comic are a distinctly tricky thing to get right. TV and film is a different medium to prose or comic book panels but at the same time changing too much can alienate the fans you're trying to win over and also dilute what makes the source material so good in the first place. There's some extraneous material in the 70+ issues of Preacher, some of which could easily be excised without really effecting the main story and some of it is undeniably dated given it was written 20 or so years ago so changes are inevitable when bringing it to life on screen.
A good example of a TV adaptation is The 100 based on the book series by Kass Morgan. The show takes the core premise but runs with it in an impressive manner quickly jettisoning its cliched teen love triangle subplots for far meatier fare . The recently ending third series of the hit show barely resembling the first due to well written character arcs and narrative. Less good examples being Lucifer and iZombie (both also based on Vertigo comics) which barely resemble their source material and not in a good way.
AMC's Preacher seems tonally confused though, as though it's not really sure what it wants to be.
Gilgun and Negga are excellent as Cassidy and Tulip. One being introduced in a frenetic bloody fight in a plane 30,000 feet up in the air, whilst the other in an intense claustrophobic fight in a car ploughing through a cornfield. These scenes could easily be straight out of the comic, they're well shot, raucous and unafraid to get bloody, especially in Cassidy's case. Negga's Tulip in particular stands out as being a feisty, defiantly independent and capable and will likely be winning scores of fans. Where the show stumbles is in how it presents Jesse and his life in Annville.
Cooper's Jesse doesn't really get a whole lot to do besides mope around dealing with his parishioners, listening to the mindnumbing minutiae of their lives, and do a little verbal jousting with the local Sheriff Hugo Root (played by W. Earl Brown), a character who has been majorly toned down from the comic where he is a belligerent hard ass racist. The only thing of note is a bar fight he gets into with the father of a child he tries (but fails) to help. Whilst trying to establish Annville and Custer as a preacher before everything goes crazy is understandable, it's just not done very well and it really doesn't make for interesting viewing at all. Especially in contrast to the intensity of the scenes featuring Tulip and Cassidy. Cooper definitely seems like he might grow into the part but going by the first episode he definitely comes across as the least interesting character of the three which is a bit of a problem since Jesse Custer is supposed to be every bit the badass that Cassidy and Tulip are.
Whilst AMC's Preacher isn't as awful as it could've been compared to the likes of Lucifer at the same time it's not exactly great either. There's a feeling that Rogen and Goldberg may have filed the sharp edges off Ennis' story a little too much in their endeavour to get the show made. One of the things that really stands out is the way it's heavily implied that the thing that eventually bonds with Jesse is of alien origin, which would fundamentally change the whole story but explain how they managed to actually get the show greenlit on a network that has a problem with profanity, so Preacher's outright blasphemous view of religion (especially Christianity) surviving seems highly unlikely but if you take that away you have a completely and utterly different story.


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The 2008 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards - Leadership
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The books on our 2008 shortlist for the Leadership Category are: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin (Portfolio, October 2008) This may be Seth Godin's most important book yet. It's human nature to want to be part of a group that shares a connection, passion and a common leader: a tribe. Technologies today have changed the make-up and creation of tribes, enabling them to communicate and grow in ways not possible in the past.
The books on our 2008 shortlist for the Leadership Category are:
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
by Seth Godin (Portfolio, October 2008)
This may be Seth Godin's most important book yet. It's human nature to want to be part of a group that shares a connection, passion and a common leader: a tribe. Technologies today have changed the make-up and creation of tribes, enabling them to communicate and grow in ways not possible in the past. In the future, tribes will lead revolutions and usher in change. All they need is the right leader. Will that be you?
The Age of Heretics: A History of Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management, 2nd edition
by Art Kleiner (Jossey-Bass, July 2008
Our present is built on the ideas of our past. Consider this book a history lesson in the major business ideas from the last sixty years. What is now considered commonplace--business is personal, people can be trusted, that corporations might work to bring about change--was once considered heresy. We are living in The Age of Heretics. Art Kleiner, editor-in-chief of strategy+business magazine, is our tour guide to this fascinating era. The first edition of The Age of Heretics was published in 1996.
A Sense of Urgency
by John Kotter (Harvard Business Press, September 2008)
John Kotter is often considered the disciple of change. Complacency, he believes, is dangerous. He asked himself, What is the one reason most change initiatives fail? His answer: a lack of urgency. People regularly confuse urgency with busyness. They're not the same. Urgency moves people to action. Here's how to instill a sense of urgency in the people you lead.
Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor
by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman & James O'Toole with Patricia Ward Biederman (Jossey-Bass, May 2008)
Trust and transparency are intertwined. Without one, the other cannot be. Without both, an organization cannot be successful. In three essays, Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman and James O'Toole each look at different aspects of transparency and suggest constructive ways to build a culture of openness.
The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management
Art Kleiner
Jossey-Bass
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"Millenium" was an American television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. It was created by Chris Carter (best know for "The X-Files") and follows the investigations of Frank Black, a consultant for the FBI. Black has the ability to see inside the minds of violent criminals, and is a member or the mysterious 'Millennium group'.
This episode is a wonderful 'wild card'. It is a funny and merciless send-up of Scientology (AKA Selfosophy) which also mocks the characters and the series itself.
Juggenaut Onan Goopta (AKA L Ron Hubbard) fails a basic college biology course, and is later admitted to hospital for a mental breakdown. Here, he embarks on a new career as a pulp fiction writer. He finds some success, because his detective stories "[…] are so bad that they are mistaken for brilliant parodies". After the collapse of the magazine that had sustained him, Goopta takes desperate measures, "In a single feverish night he managed to crank out a book that changed the course of human history". This is entitled "SELFOSOPHY" (AKA Dianetics). Institutes of Selfolosophy soon appear, managed by elite staff who proudly wear uniforms modelled after those of the US Postal Service (AKA Sea Org).
It gets sillier… and funnier… as the plot develops. Who knows how they got away with it.
As a satire, this is great fun. It's also interesting that the television company which made the programme is not afraid of retaliation from the Church of Scientology – nor afraid that viewers might complain that its mockery of the Church is unfair.
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Landscape | Fall 2015 Issue
Reminiscence: The First Days of the Marriage Revolution
Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land in the United States. It wasn't always. A look back at the beginnings in California.
By Zachary Slobig
The right to marry a person of one's own sex is now recognized by the United States Supreme Court as a constitutional guarantee, mandated by the 14th Amendment's promise of equal protection under the law. But just 10 years ago, even in California — even in San Francisco — no gay couple had ever been legally married. What would become a roaring, fast moving civil rights issue that crested in the Supreme Court's landmark ruling this year began as a collaboration between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Assessor-Recorder Mabel Teng.
It was February 2004, and Newsom had just returned from George W. Bush's State of the Union speech a few nights earlier. In that speech, Bush emphatically expressed his opposition to gay unions, arguing that the "nation must defend the sanctity of marriage." Angered, Newsom told Teng he wanted San Francisco to take the opposite tack.
Teng was surprised. "He had campaigned for transportation," she recalled in a recent interview. "He was going to fix Muni (San Francisco's notoriously dysfunctional above-ground rail system). He was going to fix homelessness. I was looking at him like: 'Are you serious? You're really going do this?'"
San Francisco City Hall in those days had only 10 computers to process marriage licenses. On a very busy day, clerks might see 50 couples. The "take a number" ticket dispenser maxed out at 99. But on the morning of Feb. 12, some 400 eager couples, drawn by Newsom's promise that the city would begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses, lined up, spilling down the granite steps and out onto Polk Street. Fittingly, Teng's team found rolls of tickets in every color of the rainbow.
At 11:06 a.m., Mabel Teng performed the first ceremony — between lesbian rights pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin. Teng was so nervous that she mixed up their names even though she knew the couple well. The formalities took but a few minutes before Teng pronounced them "spouses for life." It was the first of many hundreds of weddings that Teng would perform over the next four frantic weeks.
From the beginning, San Francisco officials knew they were racing against time. The state did not authorize gay marriage in 2004, so eventually Sacramento was sure to step in to shut down the city's boisterous experiment. "I knew they were coming. I knew they would stop us," Teng said. So she and her office rushed to marry couples as quickly as possible. She organized a small army of volunteers: city workers who pitched in on their own time.
"We had to train as many people to conduct marriages as we could," she said. "We had to find every corner in City Hall, every alcove in the rotunda, all the floors, even my office." All told, Teng and her staff married 4,037 couples. It ended with Lisa Honig and Dale Schroedel, still clutching pink tulips, receiving the news of the court order that halted San Francisco's ebullient moment.
For that month, though, San Francisco City Hall was transformed into a raucous wedding chapel. Florists delivered truckloads of free bouquets. Thousands of handfuls of rice were tossed aloft. Every few minutes, cheers echoed through the building and trickled out onto the sidewalk. "For those 29 days," said Teng, "City Hall sounded like the happiest place on earth."
Ten years later, what was then a novelty is now the law of the land. Teng is proud of the role she played in launching this chapter of civil rights history, and she's gratified to see it enshrined in the Constitution itself. For many, that series of events has been stunningly swift, a rapid swing in public opinion hard to imagine a decade ago. Not for Teng. As she said: "It's about time."
In topics: Civil rights Politics	Tagged:Gay marriage, San Francisco
Zachary Slobig
Zachary Slobig is the writer and editor for the Skoll Foundation and a former Pulitzer Center grantee. His work has appeared in WIRED, NPR, PBS, the Los Angeles Times, Outside, Orion, GOOD and others.
Vergara, Tenure and Me
Former teacher Nathan Holmes considers the state of tenure in California schools.


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Joan Laporta Sure Messi Wants To Continue At Barcelona
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Athletic Bilbao boss, Marcelino hopes for Lionel Messi to have an off night against them.
Both sides face each other in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday.
"What can be most decisive in the game and, therefore, can most influence the result is that their offensive players do not reach their best level, especially Messi," Marcelino told the press.
"To suppose we are going to have a possession similar to Barca is to depart from reality. Neither PSG or Madrid were capable of doing that.
"We know we will have to suffer, because you cannot beat Barca without suffering, not even the most powerful clubs know that.
"Barca would be favourites against any La Liga team, but it is not always the favourite who wins, it is the one who plays the best for 90 minutes and takes advantage of their opportunities."
No one can fault Marcelino for his negative approach to the match. Messi has once again been brilliant this term and Barcelona hold an excellent record against Athletic Bilbao. Messi has scored 27 goals in 40 appearances against them.
The news continue to swirl up speculation regarding his future. Barca president, Joan Laporta is still optimistic about convincing Messi into staying.
"Everything is progressing adequately," Laporta told Deportes Cuatro. "I will do everything within the club's capabilities to get him to stay. That's what we're doing. Messi is motivated.
"He is an extraordinary person and I am convinced that he will want to continue at Barca."
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After a recent visit to Athens, Costas describes what he witnessed in the country first hand. Signs of an economic and social crisis- with extreme poverty and homelessness evident more than ever.
Costas highlights that Greece should leave to the Euro in order for them to get out of their 'economic malfunctioning'. He states how the capitalist model has destroyed many working peoples lives and leaving the Euro would be beneficial for the country.


On May 27, our Wetland Ecologist Dr. Stephen Davis presented a paper at the 23rd Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group (CSG) in Lake Charles, LA. The annual CSG meeting is in association with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and sponsored by several zoos and key crocodilian conservation organizations such as Lacoste USA, who invited Dr. Davis to present.
Dr. Davis' paper was titled "Everglades Restoration: Projecting benefits for the American crocodile" and focused on the Everglades Foundation's effort to begin developing scenarios of Everglades restoration end-points. The American crocodile, like the Roseate spoonbill, is a key ecological indicator of freshwater inflow conditions through the ecosystem and into Florida Bay and other near-shore areas around the Everglades. Along with other ecological indicators, these keystone species are considered by state and federal agencies as a means to evaluate the benefits of proposed restoration scenarios.
Over the next three years, the Everglades Foundation will be receiving support from Lacoste to continue this critical work to develop and refine a restoration plan that benefits the many imperiled species that inhabit the Everglades, including the American crocodile. Implementation of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) will be the first significant step towards that end. It will accomplish this by providing new storage and treatment infrastructure to move water from Lake Okeechobee to the south, thus minimizing harmful discharges to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River estuaries.


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Demand for interim managers bounces back in public sector despite austerity
Umbrella Companies and limited companies supplying interim managers have seen a sharp rise in demand emanating from the public sector, a new report from interim solutions provider Interim Partners reveals.
During Q3 2012, the public sector accounted for 40% of all enquiries for interim managers, which represents an annual surge of 13% on the 27% registered in Q3 2011. Paradoxically, the very austerity measures that drove a sharp decline in public sector interim management recruitment in 2010 have subsequently propelled demand upwards, as departments struggle to meet tough budgetary limits while maintaining services.
The bounce-back has occurred even against the backdrop of a government clampdown on off-payroll staff in the public sector after a media furore last year. This concerned high-ranking civil servants who were effectively in permanent engagement but who were nonetheless being remunerated through personal service companies to reduce income tax and NICs.
Dismissing last year's Treasury proposals to crack down on off-payroll remuneration structures in the public sector as a "knee-jerk reaction to negative headlines", Interim Partners' associate director Steve Melber said: "Public sector demand for interims has remained very strong in the face of significant headwinds. Perversely there was a big fall in the public sector's use of interim managers when the coalition's austerity programme was first implemented – even though interim managers are an extremely effective tool in reducing costs without compromising service delivery."
The NHS has been contracting with interim managers especially actively, the report reveals. The Health and Social Care Act is driving major structural change at a time when hospital trusts must make annual cost savings of at least 4-5%.
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The internet and the World Wide Web, in combination, form a worldwide broadcast medium for the general public. Using your desktop computer, smartphone, tablet, Xbox, media player, GPS, and even your car or home thermostat, you can access a vast world of messaging and content through the internet and the web.
The internet is a gigantic hardware network. The internet's biggest readable content is called the World Wide Web, a collection of several billion pages and images that are joined by hyperlinks. Other content on the internet includes email, instant messaging, streaming video, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, and downloading.
This guide can fill in your knowledge gaps and have you fluent on the internet and the web quickly.
The internet, or net, is a term that refers to the Interconnection of Computer Networks. It is a massive conglomeration of millions of computers and smart devices, all connected by wires or wireless signals. Although it started in the 1960s as a military experiment in communication, the internet evolved into a public free broadcast forum in the '70s and '80s. No single authority owns or controls the internet. No single set of laws governs its content. You connect to the internet through a private internet service provider in your home or office or a public Wi-Fi network.
In 1989, a growing collection of readable content was added to the internet — the World Wide Web. The web is the mass of HTML pages and images that travel through the internet's hardware. You may hear the expressions "Web 1.0," "Web 2.0," and the "Invisible Web" to describe these billions of webpages.
The expressions web and internet are used interchangeably by most people. This is technically incorrect, as the web is contained by the internet. In practice, however, most people don't bother with the distinction.
Web 1.0: When the World Wide Web was launched in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, it was filled with plain text and simple graphics. Effectively a collection of electronic brochures, the web was organized as a simple broadcast/receive format. We call this simple static format web 1.0. Millions of webpages are still static and the term web 1.0 still applies to them.
Web 2.0: In the late 1990s, the web started to move beyond static content and began offering interactive services. Instead of only seeing webpages as brochures, the web began to offer online software that allowed people to perform tasks and receive consumer-type services. Online banking, video gaming, dating services, stocks tracking, financial planning, graphics editing, home videos, and webmail all became regular online web offerings before the year 2000. These online services are now referred to as web 2.0. Names like Facebook, Flickr, Lavalife, eBay, Digg, and Gmail helped to make web 2.0 a part of our daily lives.
The Invisible Web: The invisible web, aka deep web, is the third part of the World Wide Web. Technically a subset of Web 2.0, the invisible web describes billions of webpages that are purposely hidden from regular search engines. The webpages are protected by passwords or hidden behind firewalls. These invisible webpages are private confidential pages, such as personal email, personal banking statements, and webpages generated by specialized databases such as job postings in Cleveland or Seville. Invisible webpages are either hidden completely from your casual eyes or require special search engines to locate.
The Darknet: In the 2000s, a cloaked part of the World Wide Web spawned the darknet, aka the dark web. This is a private collection of websites that is encrypted to conceal all the participant's identities and prevent authorities from tracing people's activities. The dark web is a black market for traders of illicit goods and a sanctuary for people who are seeking to communicate away from oppressive governments and dishonest corporations. The dark web can only be accessed through complex technology. You won't accidentally stumble across the dark web. Most internet surfers never go there.
Learn about 30 important internet terms for beginners.
Your web browser is the primary tool for reading webpages and exploring the larger internet. Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari are the big names in browser software, and each of them offers good features. There are plenty of other browsers you might like as well, including Opera, Vivaldi, and Tor browser. All internet browsers are free on computers and mobile devices. You open a browser and enter a search term or a URL, which is the address of a webpage, to reach any webpage you are looking for.
What wireless internet service choices do I have?
Instant messaging, or IM, is a combination of chat and email. Although often considered a distraction at corporate offices, IM can be a useful communication tool for both business and social purposes.
Social networking is about starting and maintaining friendship communications through websites. It is the modern digital form of socializing, done through webpages. Users choose one or more online services that specialize in group communications and then gather their friends there to exchange daily greetings and regular messages. Although not the same as face-to-face communications, social networking is immensely popular because it is easy, playful, and motivating. Social networking sites can be general or focused on hobby interests like movies and music.
The world of internet culture, social networking and messaging is rife with jargon that has expanded into a language dominated by acronyms such as LOL, BRB, and ROTFL. You may feel lost without a guide to this cryptic terminology. Whether or not you choose to use these communication shortcuts, you need to understand them to know what others are talking about.
With thousands of webpages and files added every day, the internet and the web are daunting to search. Although sites like Google and Yahoo help, even more important is the user mindset. Knowing how to approach sifting through billions of possible choices to find what you need is a learned skill.
What is DarkNet? Is There a Dark Web?


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Scientists raise new questions over Tamiflu
By Tom Clarke
An international group of scientists has today raised further concerns about the lack of evidence supporting the safety and effectiveness of the blockbuster anti-flu drug Tamiflu.
They criticised the drug's Swiss-based manufacturer, Roche, for still not making available clinical trial data used to get the drug licensed. The company had promised to give the medical community access to the data following an investigation in December by Channel 4 News.
"We get the impression that the drug companies are being at best tardy," says Chris Del Mar from Bond University in Australia, who leads the Cochrane influenza review team. "Roche promised this information publically in December and we still don't have it."
During the swine flu pandemic last year courses of Tamiflu were handed out to anyone with symptoms calling the government's National Pandemic Flu Service. In the first two weeks of the pandemic, 500,000 courses of the drug were prescribed nationwide. The government spent more than £500 million stockpiling antiviral drugs like Tamiflu in preparation for a pandemic.
Last year, the Cochrane Collaboration, an international group of public health specialists found, during a routine review of flu drugs, that there was insufficient evidence in the public domain to account for Tamiflu's effectiveness as a pandemic flu drug. They particularly criticised a key paper used to justify Tamiflu's use during pandemics to international regulatory authorities.
"Roche promised this information publically in December and we still don't have it." Chris Del Mar, Bond University, Australia
In an interview with Channel 4 News in December 2009 Dr David Reddy, pandemic taskforce leader at Roche, said that to satisfy any concerns the medical community had, the company would make available "full study reports" from clinical trials carried out while bringing Tamiflu to market.
Earlier this year the Cochrane scientists were given access to a block of data about the drug but they say there is more.
"They promised us 'full study reports' and they made available one – of what we think are ten study reports in existence," says Dr Tom Jefferson a member of the Cochrane review team based in Rome.
What's more, the data on Tamiflu that Roche did make available appears to raise serious questions about the data that is in the public domain.
For example, in the previously confidential trial data supplied by Roche to the Cochrane Collaboration "serious adverse events" were reported in ten patients. The data indicates the illnesses in three patients could have been caused by the drug itself. However in a subsequent publication about the drug – including one used by governments to support the stockpiling of the drug for Pandemics – it was declared the drug caused no serious side-effects.
While there is no evidence that the drug is harmful, there is a lack of available evidence to show otherwise, the Cochrane review team says. "The apparent contradictions in the data we have undermine the integrity of the data we have," says Jefferson.
In a statement today, Roche told Channel 4 News that it had already supplied 3200 pages of data to the Cochrane scientists. "Roche will consider providing additional information only once the Cochrane Group has provided us with its detailed analysis plan for review by our scientists and physicians."
In response to questions about serious adverse events appearing in trial data but missing from reports put into the public domain, the company said: "It is likely that the authors of the publication used their own medical judgment after examining the case in detail and arriving at their statement that "there were no drug-related serious adverse events".
International drug regulators, who approve medicines like Tamiflu should have been given access to all the clinical trial data on Tamiflu – including reports of any serious adverse events.
However in recent years a number of high-profile drugs have been later withdrawn despite having once cleared regulatory hurdles. Just last week, Avandia, a top-selling diabetes drug made by British company GSK was withdrawn from the market after regulators agreed with independent scientists that the medicine carried an unacceptably high risk of causing heart attacks.
The Cochrane group is also requesting more data from GSK which supported the approval of its anti-flu drug Relenza.


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Susanne Szell est une actrice allemande née le  à Brême en Allemagne. En France, elle a pu être remarquée dans la série Le Destin de Lisa.

Filmographie
 2001 : Be Careful With the Scissors, Darling
 2003 : Im Namen des Gesetzes
2003 : En quête de preuves (série télévisée) : Frau Kroll
2005 : Le Destin de Lisa (série télévisée) : Agnès Hetzer
2006 : Le Destin de Lisa (série télévisée) : Agnès Hetzer
2006 : Le Destin de Bruno (série télévisée) : Laurence Hetzer
2007 : Le Destin de Bruno (série télévisée) : Laurence Hetzer
2006 : Löwenzahn (série télévisée) : Kati
2008 : Julia - Wege zum Glück (série télévisée) : Gerlinde Weidner
2009 : Ein Strauß voll Glück (téléfilm) : Postbotin Inge
2009 : Charly la malice (série télévisée) : Antje Schäfer
2009 : Baby frei Haus (téléfilm) : psychologue
2010 : In aller Freundschaft (série télévisée) : Eva Blum
2011 : SOKO Wismar (série télévisée)
2011 : Die Trixxer (téléfilm) : Frau Wieben

2017: Alerte Cobra (série télévisée) S42-E02

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Actrice allemande de télévision
Naissance à Brême
Naissance en novembre 1965

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Bishop Chance has been on an emotional roller coaster ever since the day he turned fourteen and gained the ability to mentally control all electronic devices. That was only the beginning of the shocks and surprises that turned his life upside down. He soon discovered that he was heir to the throne on another world and the target of those who would usurp his power.
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Americans are consuming more imported fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen and canned produce, and fruit juice than ever before. An examination of U.S. consumption of produce that is commonly eaten as well as grown in America found that over the past 15 years Americans consumption of imported fresh fruits and vegetables doubled, but border inspection has not kept pace with rising imports, and less than one percent of the imported produce is inspected by the federal government.
Food & Water Watch studied fifty common fruit and vegetable products like fresh apples, frozen broccoli, fresh tomatoes, orange juice and frozen potatoes.
Imports made up one out of ten fresh fruits and one out of nine fresh vegetables Americans ate in 1993 (10.1 and 11.7 percent, respectively) but by 2007 the import consumption share doubled to more than one out of five fresh fruits and fresh vegetables (22.3 percent of fresh fruit and 23.9 percent of fresh vegetables).
The share of imported processed (canned or frozen) produce tripled, from 5.2 percent of frozen packages or cans in 1993 to 15.9 percent in 2007.
The share of imported fruit juice (orange, apple and grape) grew by 61 percent, from about a third of American consumption (30.8 percent) in 1993 to about half of consumption (49.5 percent) in 2007.
On average, each American consumed 20 pounds of imported fresh fruit, 31 pounds of imported fresh vegetables and 24 pounds of imported processed produce and drank three gallons of imported juice in 2007.
Imports of fresh fruits (except bananas), fresh vegetables and processed produce essentially tripled, rising from 10 billion pounds in 1990 to 30 billion pounds in 2007.
Imported produce was more than three times more likely to contain the illness-causing bacteria Salmonella and Shigella than domestic produce, according to the latest FDA survey of imported and domestic produce.
Imported fruit is four times more likely to have illegal levels of pesticides and imported vegetables are twice as likely to have illegal levels of pesticide residues as domestic fruits and vegetables.
Less than one percent of imported fresh produce shipments were inspected at the border in recent years.
The hidden dangers on imported fruits and vegetables can enter U.S. supermarkets because the FDA inspects only the tiniest fraction of imported produce.
International trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization and a raft of regional and bilateral trade pacts have facilitated the surging imports of fruit and vegetable products. Although imported produce once consisted primarily of tropical fruits and fresh vegetables during the winter months, now Americans are eating more imported fruits and vegetables year round. Crops like tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and melons, which can be grown in the United States, are being replaced on store shelves by imports' during the U.S. growing season.
While imports have skyrocketed, U.S. fruit and vegetable product exports have seen minimal growth over the past fifteen years. In 2007 the United States imported more fresh fruit than it exported for the first time; processed produce imports exceeded exports for the first time in 2002; and the gap between imports and exports of fresh vegetables and fruit juice has steadily grown for the past fifteen years.
The new requirement of country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, which went into effect in October 2008, will help consumers choose fresh fruits and vegetables that are grown in America. But exemptions in the COOL regulations exclude large amounts of produce items from labeling requirements.
The federal government must act swiftly to protect consumers from unsafe imported produce and stop expanding a failed trade model. The FDA needs to drastically improve and increase its inspection of imported produce above the appallingly low level of one out of every 134 shipments of imported produce. Consumers need all imported produce' whether fresh, canned, frozen or otherwise processed' to be labeled with its country of origin. Finally, it is time for Congress to enact a moratorium on new free trade pacts that threaten consumers and undermine American farmers.


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Top 10 Actors Who Moonlight as Musicians
These actors also make (made) music. We take into account their achievements as actors (movies, roles) and as musicians (albums, live shows).
1 Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician. He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films, including comedies from the Bill and Ted franchise.
Band - Dogstar
Genre - grunge / alternative rock
He was a bassist from 1991 to 2002. The band released 2 albums and an EP, played live worldwide, opened for Bon Jovi and David Bowie. In 1999 they performed at the Glastonbury Festival, UK. Weezer and Rancid were Dogstar's opening acts.
The band appeared in two movies: Ellie Parker and Me and Will.
Reeves left the band in 2002 because of his working schedule but still jams with them.
2 Hugh Laurie James Hugh Calum Laurie, is an English actor, writer, director, musician, singer, comedian, and author.
Band - Band From T.V., solo
Band from T.V. is a charity cover band whose members are all actors from American T.V. series. They donate the proceeds to charities of their choice. They had world tours.
Hugh Laurie sings and plays keyboards.
He also has a solo career and released a solo album (jazz, blues).
3 Jack Black Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American actor, singer, musician and comedian. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. Black is the lead vocalist of the comedic rock group Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with friend Kyle Gass. They have released the albums Tenacious ...read more.
Band - Tenacious D
4 Johnny Depp John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. His role in a movie is often rather big. His character is often on the "loopy side" and his character being in a darker state of mind, etc.
5 Zooey Deschanel Zooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress, singer-songwriter, model, and producer most known for her deadpan comedy roles in the films The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008), and (500) Days of Summer ...read more.
Band - She & Him
6 Robert Downey Jr. Robert John Downey Jr. is an American actor. His career has included critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age.
7 Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, dancer, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career with a guest appearance on the short-lived sitcom True Colors in 1990.
Band - Wicked Wisdom
Genre - Hardcore, Metal
Her band opened for Britney Spears in 2004, played at Ozzfest in 2005, and released an album in 2006.
(Jada Pinkett Smith is Will Smith's wife)
8 Ryan Gosling Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor, musician, and producer. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Band - Dead Man's Bones (sounds like a death metal band but isn't)
Genre - Gosling described it as "light goth music". Wiki listed these genres: indie rock, folk rock, gothic rock, dark wave.
He provides: vocals, piano, guitar, bass, cello.
It's a duo he formed in 2007 that released one album in 2009. Rolling Stone described it as "Arcade Fire, Tom Waits and the cast of Sesame Street performing a Kurt Weill musical".
In 2010, they released two music videos for tracks: "Dead Hearts" and "Pa Pa Power".
One of their songs played on a Paris runway.
Their songs are love stories about ghosts and monsters (explains the bandname).
They are still active.
9 Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer and former singer and manager.
Band - Seona Dancing
Genre - British new wave
He was the singer and lyricist.
But it was long ago, in the early 80s when Ricky Gervais was in this duo. Their music was kinda Bowie-esque.
The band recorded a demo tape with 16 songs. They weren't successful but their single "More to Lose" (1983) went on to become a teen anthem in the Philippines (! ). After their 2nd single "Bitter Heart" (1983) the band split up in 1984.
An unofficial CD was released in 2005 compiling all of their songs.
10 Maya Rudolph Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress, comedian, and musician. She rose to prominence on the NBC television show Saturday Night Live, where she was a cast member from 2000 to 2007. She has also starred in films such as Idiocracy, Away We Go, Grown Ups, Bridesmaids, Grown Ups 2, and Sisters.
Bands - The Rentals, Princess
Genre - rock.
The Rentals is fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp, the former bassist for Weezer.
Maya Rudolph of Saturday Night Live was a backing singer for this band (1995-99) and briefly a keyboardist. She also toured with them but for a short time.
She is in a Prince cover band called Princess.
11 Robert Mailhouse
Band - Dogstar.
He was the drummer for the rock band where Keanu Reeves was a bassist (see item Keanu Reeves).
Mailhouse is a T.V. actor who has appeared in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, as well as Seinfeld.
12 Jason Schwartzman
He's actually a pretty good singer
13 Greg Grunberg
14 Kiefer Sutherland
He's a country singer and plays guitar - he released his debut album in 2016 (Down In A Hole)
Some songs are available on YT
15 Adrian Grenier
Not a very famous actor compared to some names above but he plays for 2 bands!
- The Honey Brothers (new wave folk, drums since 2002)
- Kid Friendly (vocals).
He tours with these bands.
16 Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North. ...read more.
17 Jeremy Renner Jeremy Lee Renner is an American actor (born 1971) best known for his role as Clint Barton / Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
18 Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American television producer, filmmaker, actor, and singer, working primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live-action and other genres.
19 Michael Cera
Only an honorable mention because he isn't a permanent member - he just hepls when they need a bassist.
band - Mister Heavenly
Mister Heavenly is an indie supergroup.
20 Ed Westwick
21 Malin Akerman
22 Christopher Mintz-Plasse Christopher Mintz-Plasse is an American actor, comedian and musician who has performed roles such as Fogell in Superbad, Augie Farcques in Role Models, and as Chris D'Amico in Kick-Ass and its sequel Kick-Ass 2.
23 James Denton
24 Jesse Spencer
25 Teri Hatcher
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Beat eggs, add sugar and mix well. Then add the melted butter and mix well.
Add flour and baking powder to mixture slowly, mixing well by hand and with a wooden spoon until soft to roll like a pie crust. Roll out on counter top or wooden board. Cut into strips. Using the tines of a fork, press the long edges of each strip, and make one loop to look like a bow.
Deep fry until golden brown, remove and drain on paper towels.
Then place cookie strips in the honey mixture (from above) and put in a crock by layers. Sprinkle each layer with cinnamon and chopped walnuts. Cover the crock with a dish and aluminum foil, place in a cool dark place for at least 2 weeks.
This is an interesting sounding recipe. Do you leave them in the crock for 2 weeks before eating? Or will the cookies keep for up to 2 weeks?
I'm sure your family is happy to have you saving the family history and food.
According to my husband and Sister in law, You are supposed to let the cookies stay in the crock pot 2 weeks before eating them. This gives you the best taste from the honey mixture cinnamon and nuts. But my sister in law says they always snuck some beforehand.
If you use a redder wine, which our Mom did, after two weeks you could break the cookie and see how deep the mixture had soaked into the cookie.


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Q: jQuery Ajax Response: getting response as null on success I wanted to invoke a .net webservice which is hosted locally on my machine from jQuery .ajax().
the script is included in the static .html file.
the success function is triggered but the response data is NULL.
        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            data: '{continent: "' + $('#txtContinent').val() + '"}',
            url: "http://localhost:60931/Service1.asmx/GetCountries",

            contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            dataType: "json",
            success: function(response) {

            alert(response);

            },
            failure: function(msg) {

                $('#result').empty().append(msg);
            }
        });

When i alert the response its giving me NULL,
can anyone tell me where im goin wrong, Thanks in advance.

A: Its because you might be calling the ajax from a static page which is not in http://localhost:60931/. You can put the static html in the localhost and try to run it via the same url. Or you can debug your ajax call by adding
error : function(xhr,status,error){
    alert(status);
},

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Andrea Vargas Kmecova Piano Maestros Andrea Vargas Kmecova andrea@pianomaestros.co.uk EPTA Member Yes 21 Sherington Road LONDON SE7 7JW 07999231493 Full Professional 10499 London SE London SE 0 0 2020 BACS 70.00 0 BMus Mmus BMus Mmus, Solos Piano Perf & Piano Accompaniment PfTchr Piano Teacher and Director of private piano lessons service Piano Maestros based in Charlton, TrinityLaban and Junior Trinity College - staff accompanists PTchr 0 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 Originally studied in Brasilava. Piano lessons should be enjoyable and engaging. i try to be creative and tailor the lessons to every student's needs. I strongly believe in the importance of regular performance opportunities, which is what we offer to all students at Piano Maestros. So far my students achieved some great results, most of them passing the Grade exams with distinction. When it comes to piano methods, I am always searching and discovering new interesting things, particularly with young learners.
Katherine Aberdein Katherine Aberdein kathyaberdein@hotmail.co.uk EPTA Member Yes 35 Easedale Drive Ainsdale Southport PR8 3TR Merseyside 01704 575499 07811 517745 Full Professional 10934 Merseyside Merseyside 1 0 20/11/2018 2020 Online 35.00 0 G8 piano PfTchr Rimmers School of Music, Birkdale Primary School & PTchr 0 11/2018 I have been teaching for 40 years and three of my students entered Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. I was recommended to join EPTA by Murray McLachlan.
Lynne Ackerman Ackerman Music Lynne Ackerman lynne@ackermanmusic.co.uk Corporate Member, EPTA Member Yes 163 Portland Road Hove BN3 5QJ East Sussex 01273 702444 01273 702444 Corporate 10969 Sussex E East Sussex 1 0 12/02/2019 2020 0 0 02/2019 Ackerman Music are new corporate members and MM agreed to waive the fee for the first year.
Sarah Adams Sarah Adams sadams@chesterton.cambs.sch.uk EPTA Member Yes Chesterton Community College Gilbert Road Cambridge CB4 3NY Cambridgeshire 07866 164950 Full Professional 10861 Cambridge Cambs 1 0 03/09/2018 2020 BACS 70.00 0 DipLCM G.Mus DipLCM G.Mus, PGCE PfTchr Cambridge Music 0 09/2018 I have been teaching piano/theory/keyboard for 30 years alongside classroom teaching in secondary schools. I have worked with all ages and levels as a one to one teacher and in groups. I enter students for exams on a regular basis and have used ABRSM, London College of Music and Trinity College: I have also taken some exams myself recently (Grade 1 Percussion, Grade 3 Jazz exam, and London College of Music Diploma in Keyboard). My pupils usually gain Merit or Distinction. I worked for Cambridgeshire Music for 23 years. My teaching style is to encourage the pupils to think for themselves; work through a problem of working out new notes, rhythms or interpretation rather than just give information and answers. They often come with their own music which is too difficult for them but I am always able to offer a solution to help them play some of it, simplify it or even rewrite it in a key and notation they can access. I use a variety of resources, books, activities and written tasks; students enjoy publications from ABRSM, "It's Easy to play......" series, John Thompson books and Pam Wedgwood material as well as scale and aural books from ABRSM and Trinity. The websites that these boards offer are also very helpful and I have attended courses run by these boards in order to support my teaching and personal development.
Maite Aguirre Maite Aguirre Maiagirre@gmail.com EPTA Member Yes 5 Claybridge Road London SE2 9QU 07733 372723 Www.maiteaguirre.com Full Professional 10896 London SE London SE 1 0 09/10/2018 2020 BACS 70.00 0 BMus (music), Guildhall Artist Masters BMus (music), Guildhall Artist Masters PfTchr St Paul's Cathedral School, Academia de Musica, Spanish school & PTchr 0 10/2018 I'm passionate about piano teaching. I have and have had several students who have acquired music scholarships and who are currently reading music in University. I carry on developing myself as a pianist every day and love passing my knowledge to my students, as well as learning from them! Currently doctoral candidate at Guildhall School of Music. Also has advanced cert in Opera Studies, Guildhall.
Chantal AILSBY Chantal AILSBY piano@chantalclifford.co.uk EPTA Member Yes 100 Ballynahinch Road, Carryduff BELFAST BT8 8DR County Down 07887242776 www.chantalclifford.co.uk Full Professional 10024 Belfast Northern Ireland 0 0 2019 Online 35.00 0 Diploma Instrumental Teaching (DIT) MA in sonic art, ATCL Diploma Instrumental Teaching (DIT) MA in sonic art, ATCL PTchr 1 Sunday, June 30, 2013 Studeid at Dublin Institure for 3 years full time to obtain teaching diploma. Has grade 8 and plays regularly.
Karen Akerman Karen Akerman karen_aky@hotmail.com EPTA Member Yes 33 Sowrey Avenue Rainham RM13 7LX Essex 07931 707381 Full Associate 10847 Essex Essex 1 0 18/06/2018 2019 Online 70.00 0 G8 piano PTchr 0 06/2018 I am a very good piano teacher who brings out the best in my students. The children also really like coming to piano lessons. I have never advertised and yet i have a very long waiting list (currently up to 2023). Over the years, i have developed a method of my own in starting young beginners and developing a good foundation in reading music notes so they become fairly independent when learning new pieces. This may seem a little silly in terms of Student Successes but I taught my own son the Piano to which he received a full music scholarship to a large Independent School. He will be going to the Guildhall on a scholarship to study Percussion and Jazz Piano. He can also play 5 instruments fluently, not including many Percussion instruments. He recently won the title Havering Young Musician of the Year 2018 and was also one of the 8 Finalists at the Stratford & East London Music Festival. He was also awarded the Most Promising Jazz Pianist at the Festival. Sadly he has had no time to enter any other competitions. Another One of my students who finished Grade 8 with me, is currently studying at Trinity Laban. Over the years, not only have I taught her music but i have also trained her by having her teach Theory Classes with me or sit in with me during lessons. I have since passed on a few students to her and she now teaches regularly whilst studying at Trinity. I run a yearly concert for all my students, enter them into Various Festivals like the Stratford and East London Music Festival, the Southend Festival and The Havering Competition. This year, out of 13 finalists at the Havering Festival, not only did my son win the title, 2 of my students were part of the Finalists and they were the only 2 finalists who won 2 cups each. I may not have any Music Degree training but I have a natural aptitude to teach and Children and Young people respond very well to me. Most of my students over the years have remained friends with me and I've attended weddings cuddled their babies. I can get parents to write some references if that helps but i am aware that I do not have the relevant qualifications to be a full member, so I've chosen the 'Associate member membership. However if you consider me worthy to join your list of full members, I would feel greatly honoured for the consideration.
Gill Alcock Gill Alcock galcock@phonecoop.coop EPTA Member Yes Millhouse Cottage Grimsditch Lane Lower Whitley WA4 4EB Cheshire 01925 730153 Full Professional 10809 Manchester Cheshire 0 0 27/03/2018 2020 BACS 70.00 0 DipABRSM DipABRSM, PfTchr Oughtrington Primary School & PTchr 0 I teach beginners upwards, children and adults. I use a pupil centred approach, tailored to each individual, but can give the general characteristics. I use age appropriate music tutor books such as Me and My Piano and vary these according to pupil needs. I also include theory work from the start and scales, exercises eg Dozen a Day, and aural skills from early on. I encourage improvisation and creating 'sound pictures' from early on. Where students ask to learn tunes or pieces they have picked up from Disney films etc or other sources we identify suitable level arrangements for them and consider different ways of learning including YouTube 'tutorials' as well as from written scores, and then review their learning if they are using methods outside lessons. This can involve basic harmonisation. I encourage pupils in duet work. I prepare students successfully for ABRSM exams and also set up or support performance opportunities, such as pupil concerts and performance in schools. For my own CPD I continue to have lessons myself at post DipABRSM level and also perform eg at music festivals, and summer schools and indeed at a recent EPTA pupils concert, as well as accompany. I also watch live and recorded master classes and attend live concerts. I continue to build up my research into the lives and works of composers. I keep up to date with new tutor books etc as well as new ABRSM and Trinity materials. I have read and incorporated or adapted ideas and methods from a number of Paul Harris publications eg the Virtuoso Piano Teacher, Simultaneous Learning, and Murray McLachlan's The Psychology of Piano Technique as well as using my wider teacher training and experience eg in positive communication methods, different learning styles, setting objectives and reviewing and identifying outcomes etc. I keep up communications with three other well established and longer experienced teachers for mentoring as well as undertaking peer mentoring with other music teachers, including of other instruments.
Louise Allen Louise Allen louise.allen@oxfordpianostudio.com EPTA Member Yes 54 Lime Walk Headington Oxford Oxford OX3 7AE Oxfordshire +447886 828264 www.oxfordpianostudio.com Full Professional 10792 Oxford Oxon 0 0 01/02/2018 2019 Online 35.00 0 GRSM, DipRCM GRSM, DipRCM, PTLLS PTchr 0 Louise Allen runs the Oxford Piano Studio, providing friendly, informative instruction through a range of standard and specialist resources to make lessons fun and memorable. • ABRSM exam preparation • Technique trouble shooting • Good with nervous students, putting them at their ease.
Ben Andrew STOWE SCHOOL Ben Andrew bandrew@stowe.co.uk Corporate Member, EPTA Member Yes Head of Keyboard Stowe School STOWE MK18 5EH Buckinghamshire 01280 818038 www.stowe.co.uk Corporate 10388CM Bucks/Berks Bucks 0 0 2020 BACS 130.00 0 Stowe School is a co-educational boarding school in Buckinghamshire. Music plays an important role within the school and over half of the school take weekly music lessons. Stowe is an All-Steinway school and the pianists who study there regularly perform in solo recitals, master-classes, concerto concerts and chamber music events. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 New Coprorate member. Website states: "We offer an inspiring environment for the education of boys and girls aged 13 to 18 in the firm belief that every one of them has the potential for excellence."
Sally APPLEBY Sally APPLEBY sally.d.appleby@gmail.com EPTA Member Yes 60 Manchester Drive LEIGH ON SEA SS9 3HR Essex 01702 479422 0777 355131 Full Associate 10343A Essex Essex 0 0 2020 DD 70.00 1 Sally Appleby (S D R Appleby) 30114413 204929 Cert Ed PTchr 0 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 Cert of Education with music as main subject (primary sch). Attended Heli's Benslow course. Retired primary teacher. Has Grade 8.
Panayotis ARCHONTIDES Panayotis ARCHONTIDES parchontides@yahoo.com No 42 The Heights, Charlton LONDON SE7 8JH 0208 8538766 www.natalie-peter.com Joint 10233J London S London SE 0 0 2016 Online 85.00 0 ASCM (NSW Conservatorium) MMus BA(Hons)Diploma Piano perf (Greek ministry of culture) PfTchr Wandsworth Music Services & PTchr 0 Tuesday, January 1, 1901 Joined with wife. ASCM from Sydney and MMus from Trinity Laban. BA in music from American college of Greece. Regularly performs. Had classes with Tirimo, Fowke etc Also has diplomas in orchestration, fugue, harmony.


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Upcoming Sterling, Logan County events — June…
Upcoming Sterling, Logan County events — June 21 – June 25
PUBLISHED: July 20, 2016 at 9:30 pm | UPDATED: May 8, 2019 at 1:30 am
Today, July 21
Ryan Lieber Memorial Blood Drive — 9 to 10:40 a.m. and noon to 4 p.m., 106 S. 2nd St. Information or to schedule an appointment: Dave Lieber 970-522-8346 or bonfils.org.
Circle of Grandparents Group — 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Family Resource Center. Includes free child care.
SilverSneakers Classic — 10 a.m., Heritage Center.
Summer Youth Club — 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Family Resource Center. Information: 970-526-2439.
Brown Bag Lunch — 12:10 p.m., Sterling Public Library.
Movie Matinee 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' — 2 p.m., Heritage Center.
Teen Movie Night — 5:30 p.m., Sterling Public Library. Snacks will be provided, bring your own drink.
Under the Umbrella LCC Meal — 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Zion Congregational Church, 432 Chestnut St. Anyone in need of a meal is welcome.
Clean Slate Recovery Support Group — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 118 N. 2nd St. Open to anyone struggling with addiction. Information: Christie Orozco 970-526-6500, 970-520-2939 or csrecovery1028@gmail.com, Facebook or Twitter.
Sweet Adelines — 7 p.m., Sterling High School choir room. For ladies who love to sing.
Centennial State Chorus — 7 p.m., room 102, Christ United Methodist Church. For men who love to sing.
Elks Bingo — 7 p.m., Open to the public.
Qi Gong — 10 a.m., Heritage Center.
Blood Pressure Clinic — 11 a.m., Heritage Center.
Summer Youth Club — noon to 2 p.m., Family Resource Center. Information: 970-526-2439.
Cards and Pool — 1 p.m., Heritage Center.
Sterling Fire Department Open House — 2 to 4 p.m., Sterling Fire Station, 410 N. Fifth St. Welcome Fire Chief Lavon Ritter and meet other firefighters.
July Jamz — 6 p.m., Logan County Courthouse Gazebo. Mojomama.
Kids Camp Presents 'Annie Jr.' — 7 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 421 S. 11 Ave. Cost $5.
Northern Lights Narcotics Anonymous — 7 p.m., 1325 N. 7th St.
Narcotics Anonymous — 1:30 p.m., First Christian Church. Information: 970-520-1474.
Kids Camp Presents 'Annie Jr.' — 3 and 7 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 421 S. 11th Ave. Cost $5.
Heritage Center Dance Group — 6:30 to 10 p.m., Paul's Country Rounders. Cost is $7. Everyone is welcome.
Zion Congregational Church Soup Kitchen — 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 5th Street and Chestnut. Come to the back door and down the stairs. Free. Meals served to anyone who is hungry and in need of a hot meal.
SilverSneakers Yoga — 10 a.m., Heritage Center.
Tai Chi — 11 a.m., Heritage Center.
All Star Summer Line Up Races — 2 p.m., Sterling Public Library.
Circle of Parents in Recovery Group — 5 to 6 p.m., 118 N. 2nd St. Free childcare is provided. No enrollment requirement, join at any time. Information: cleanslatemngr@frcsterling.org, 970-520-2939 or www.facebook.com/logancleanslate.
Clean Slate Recovery Group — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 118 N. 2nd St. Open to anyone struggling with addiction. Information: Christie Orozco 970-526-6500, 970-520-2939 or csrecovery1028@gmail.com, Facebook or Twitter.
VoteWise — 6:30 p.m., The Joy Mission, 3rd and Maple St., Julesburg. Learn about government function, examine U.S. Constitution and how to exercise your rights as a voter. Everyone is welcome.
TOPS: Take Off Pounds Sensibly — 7 p.m., VFW Hall, 803 Phelps St. Call 522-8396.
Military Family Support Group — 7:30 p.m., Family Resource Center. Come in back door. Bill, Denise Gaynor, 522-3794; or LuAnn Travis, 522-6356.
Northern Lights Narcotics Anonymous — 7:30 p.m., 1325 N. 7th St.


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Q: Has anyone pierced darkseid's skin? I've never seen anyone really do damage to darkseid other than to his eyes. Is his skin really that indestructable or has it been damaged before?

A: Darkseid, although being one of the most powerful comic book character, does have certain weaknesses.
Three of the following instances show that attacks on Darkseid have damaged him (by breaking through his skin)
1. Aquaman in Justice League vol 2, # 6
The Trident of Neptune is known to penetrate/pierce through almost all known objects. In Justice League vol 2 #6, Aquaman strikes Darkseid twice, once in his left eye and second one through his chest.

 Justice League vol 2 # 6; click image to enlarge
We cannot actually see the trident breaking through Darkseid's skin, so this one might not actually count.

2. The Flash in Justice League: Darkseid War
In the New 52 Justice League: Darkseid War Chapter 4 the Anit-Monitor fuses the entity of Death with the Flash to create the Black Racer.
The Black Racer blasts his way through Darkseid's stomach and kills him.

 Justice League: Darkseid War Chapter 4; click image to enlarge

3. Batman in Final Crisis
Of course, an answer to every question such as this, would definitely have Batman as an answer.
In Final Crisis # 6, Batman discovers Darkseid's one weakness: an element named Radion. He then makes a bullet with Radion in it and shoots Darkseid through his chest.

 Final Crisis # 6; click image to enlarge


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Footsteps Chris De Burgh Interview
Enjoy Celebrity Radio's Footsteps Chris De Burgh Interview ~ Lady In Red….
Chris De Burgh is the hugely popular British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He's performed over 3000 shows around the world.
He is most famous for his 1986 love song "The Lady in Red", which reached number one in several countries. This international hit record was on the album 'Into The Light'. It went to #2 in the US Billboard charts and is still played today.
De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.
In 2014 Chris releases his latest album 'The Hands Of Man'. Checkout Alex's 2014 interview by searching 'Burgh' in the top right hand corner.
Chris's 2011 album was 'Footsteps'.
Hear a rare, in-depth and exclusive and interview with Alex and Chris @ Celebrity Radio recorded for the BBC…..
De Burgh was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, to Colonel Charles Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily de Burgh, an Irish secretary.
His maternal grandfather was Sir Eric de Burgh, a British Army officer who had been Chief of the General Staff in India during the Second World War.
Here's Chris & Alex…
He took his mother's name, "de Burgh", when he began performing. His father had substantial farming interests, and Chris spent much of his early years in Malta, Nigeria and Zaire, as he, his mother and brother accompanied Colonel Davison on his diplomatic and engineering work.
In 2011, bottles from DeBurgh's vintage wine cellar sold for over $500, 000, including a world record set for a magnum collection of postwar vintages.
De Burgh has said that he is "certainly a believer in Christ" but he has always had a deep distrust of organized religion. De Burgh believes in the power of spiritual healing as an alternative therapy to reduce pain. He states that he has been able to heal people with his own hands and he gained an all-encompassing strength that was contacted through prayer
Recorded 2011 by Alex Belfield for the BBC and Celebrity Radio
BBC Springwatch Chris Packham And Kate Humble Interview Chris Tarrant Interview Chris Evans Life Story Interview ~ BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show DJ And The One Show
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