Glee
Determined to put together a successful high school Glee Club, Spanish teacher Will Schuester fights against all the odds, which include a nasty cheerleading coach, childish football players and a lack of support from the principal, to gather a special group of students who have the ability to compete on a national level.
After putting together a group of students varying from a popular high school quarterback to the biggest geek in school, Will finds little support from those around him (including his wife), but his desire for helping these students realize their true star potential greatly outweighs the obstacles.
Series Premiere: The series aired a preview on May 19, 2009, but the actual series premiere aired on September 9, 2009.
Glee’ Cast:
- Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray
- Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
- Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester
- Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
- Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury
- Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams
- Lea Michele as Rachel Berry
- Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson
- Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester
- Amber Riley as Mercedes
- Mark Salling as Puck
- Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina
Trivia:
- All of the singing and dancing on the show is genuinely performed by the actors.
- After releasing a remake of Journey’s hit song “Don’t Stop Believin’” in May (2009), the song skyrocketed to #1 on the iTunes charts.
- Confident that the series would be a huge success, Fox and Columbia Records decided to record a soundtrack for the show.
- Series stars Jayma Mays (Emma) and Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri) have both appeared in vital guest starring roles on NBC’s Heroes as Charlie (the woman who was the object of Hiro’s affections) and Meredith (Claire Bennet’s biological mother) respectively.
IMAGINE (John Lennon) – Veja o vídeo
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
After the Storm (Mumford & Sons)
And after the storm,
I run and run as the rains come
And I look up, I look up,
on my knees and out of luck,
I look up.
Night has always pushed up day
You must know life to see decay
But I won’t rot, I won’t rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won’t rot.
And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.
And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That’s why I hold,
That’s why I hold with all I have.
That’s why I hold.
I will die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I’ll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and mine so small.
Well I’m scared of what’s behind and what’s before.
And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
Quotations
“In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.”
“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”
“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”
“The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.”
The clash of data civilisations
Sharply differing attitudes towards privacy in Europe and America are a headache for the world’s internet giants
WATCHDOGS are growling at the web giants, and sometimes biting them. In May European data-protection agencies wrote to Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! demanding independent proof that they were making promised changes to protect the privacy of users’ search history. They also urged Google to store sensitive search data for only six months instead of nine.
In April ten privacy and data-protection commissioners from countries including Canada, Germany and Britain wrote a public letter to Eric Schmidt, Google’s boss, demanding changes in Google Buzz, the firm’s social-networking service, which had been criticised for dipping into users’ Gmail accounts to find “followers” for them without clearly explaining what it was doing. Google promptly complied.
Such run-ins with regulators are likely to multiply – and limit the freedom of global internet firms. It is not just that online privacy has become a controversial issue. More importantly, privacy rules are national, but data flows lightly and instantly across borders, often thanks to companies like Google and Facebook, which manage vast databases.
From: The Economist
To nip something in the bud
It means to deal with a problem in the early stages in order to prevent an escalation.
The whole idea was nipped in the bud.
Fables
The Fox and the Grapes
A famished fox crept into a vineyard where ripe, luscious grapes were draped high upon arbors in a most tempting display. In his effort to win a juicy prize, the fox jumped and sprang many times but failed in all his attempts. When he finally had to admit defeat, he retreated and muttered to himself, “Well, what does it matter anyway? The grapes are sour!”
Moral of the story: It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
The Fox and the Lion
A fox had never seen a lion before, and when he finally encountered one for the first time, he was so terrified that he almost died of fright. When he met him the second time, he wass till afraid but managed to conceal his fear. When he saw him the third time, he was so emboldened that he went up to him and began having a familiar conversation with him.
Moral of the story: Familiarity breeds contempt.
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