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The Power of Peer Pressure

Ways parents can help children fight negative peer pressure by building good self-esteem. Including tips how to just say No.

Belbin Team Roles

Trailer for the Belbin Team Roles DVD, Fire, Toast and Teamwork Explains the theory and how to understand the 9 Belbin Team Roles. Available to purchase from www.belbin.com. Comes with a facilitators guide and slideshow to help you get the most out of your Belbin sessions!

HYDROPOLIS

The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort was a proposed hotel, designed by Prof. Roland Dieterle which would be the world's first underwater luxury resort. It was planned to be situated 66-foot (20 m) below the surface of the Persian Gulf, just off Jumeira Beach in Dubai and cost $300 million to construct. The hotel was due to open in 2006 but as of August 2010 there has been no construction, or construction planned, of the Hydropolis hotel.

CASINO ROYAL ... a new Bond

With a new Bond, a new series direction and a classic Ian Fleming novel as the backbone, Casino Royale stormed into theatres worldwide surrounded by controversy. Critics and Bond fans alike lamented the casting of Daniel Craig and panned the idea of a “Bond Begins” type film. Message boards were abuzz, anti-Craig Web sites were created and it seemed everyone was ready to declare Bond dead. However, after the film's release most every critic was silenced (including this one) and the movie is now regarded as brilliant and a cornerstone of the franchise. From the moment the gritty, violent and black and white pre-title sequence begins, the audience can sense that they are in for something new and exciting. The wisecracking portrayals of Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan have been replaced by a ruthless killer; a man capable of brutally murdering an informant in a bathroom before coldly dispatching an MI6 employee turncoat. Essentially, after a mere five minutes the audience knows that th

Yoko Ono's legacy

FLYP met up with Yoko Ono at the Venice Biennale (where she received the Golden Lion) and in her Soho apartment to discuss her legacy in the realm of Conceptual art. See the full story on Yoko Ono at.

THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH by Antony Gormley

People's feelings and responses to Anthony Gormley's Angel of the North. A young school student and a vicar give their thoughts.

Leading international artist Anish Kapoor exhibits work in Delhi

The first-ever exhibition of Anish Kapoor in India has opened at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Each display focuses on a different strand of the artist's practice and together forms one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions of the artist's work ever to be shown. The exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, opened by Sonia Gandhi, spans the full breadth of his career, from early pigment pieces to recent polished steel works, including a huge outdoor sky mirror. Also included is a full survey of Kapoor's architectural models.