30 WAYS TO CATCH OUT A CON ARTIST:

1.  They have incredible charm to creep into your web.
Charming superficially, without substance and yes, men, beware.
2.  They can be very attractive, can use make up, dye their hair and wear glasses that they do not need, so be careful, "Handsome is as handsome does"; remember the quote.
3.  Very clever, they can be helpful and knights in shining armour or Joan of Arc.
You may be crying and they put their arms around you making you feel safe.
4.  Often use an illness to make themselves interesting.
They can use cancer...
5.  Will be deceitful, often having several similar situations that they can rely living off.
They may take weirdo time off to see others, leaving space that you might not notice.
6.  Think cuckoo and watch you are not pushed out of your nest.
They may try to take over everything from your banking to paying your bills.
7. They may be married, and they may make you feel that they have rescued their partner from something.
They may say they have some drama going on.. yeh yeh yeh..
8. They may be some James Bond or Lara Croft type figure.
They may say that they are a killer, or a kidnapper, or work as some Russian agent. Believe people only when they are in your room.

DUKA SUKOLI Playing the part of the Conman/gaslighter in The gun the cake and the butterfly.

9.  Watch out, they may isolate you from everybody you know, by saying they are not your friends.
They may write to your friends telling you that you are mad, whilst getting rid of the people you trust. They may use there own or false identities to do this. Setting up fake email addresses are easy, and so you know the IP address changes, They all lead back to the same address but tricky to catch on hotmail.
10. They use sex to entrap you, either making love too much or too little, or maybe not at all.
Sharing a bed without sex is annoying.
11. They never let you touch them and have phobias about cleanliness.
The may over wash, wearing face cream to bed.
12. They prey on your curiosity, Be careful of all dating sites, never meet anybody in your house, and never lend your computer.
They may bug you for a year, and bugging your telephone is easy.
13. They may live off social security whilst taking cash payments from you.
14. They may not have a UK passport, and they may have several.
15. They may tell you that they left a  fake dead body in their girl friends bed and she aborted her baby.
16. They may say that they are unable to drive and definitely they don't help you watering the plants.
17  They may claim to be a vegetarian and a non smoker and your friends may catch them out.
18. They may be subject to a police investigation, or even been in prison.
19. They may have a poor grasp of British punctuation.
20. They may be able to morph into your ideal soul mate.
21. They may claim to be inventing things which have turned out to have already been invented.
22. They may claim to speak languages which they can't understand.
23.  They may pull at your heart strings and know what makes you have compassion.
24.  They may watch porn sites and only like women with swinging tits, or men with biceps.
25.  Your friends may warn you about them and you might not listen, but think about it.
26.  They may make hints for you to buy them presents  like an iPhone, an Hermes bag, only to find that they sell them on ebay a few weeks later, by saying they overheated in some desert.
27.  They may not use their real talents at all
28.  In the end the person will blow it,  as they are the ones acting, and they will show you who they really are, you only have to wait, and hopefully not too long.  The longer it takes you to wake up, the more money you will have to spend.
29. They may be very interested in your friends and family, whilst never interested in inviting you anywhere, let alone paying for a bill.  This can be both men and women so beware.
30. They may be frightened of living in their time, frightened of getting older, they may never let you see them fully, they have so many personalities and looks they may spend hours in the bathroom.Don't be paranoid but do be careful.

Mannes School Of Music Is one of the best music schools in the world

Under the new leadership of David Van Zandt, Mannes music school is to be changed and under threat because of lack of funds and finances, because of a supposedly stupid property deal, which was no fault of the students. This school is attached to The New School, which includes within its structure Parsons, the famous art college. 
I have had the fortune to listen to many beautiful concerts and performances for the last two years.  The teachers that have dedicated their lives to the school now live in fear of losing their jobs, and the students live in fear of closure of one of the most famous schools in THE WORLD. The future of music is so important that I am willing to write this, and this brilliant school in particular is worth fighting for. Without music there is nothing. If  Mr Van Zandt would like his financial re structuring to effect the way music is taught at Mannes then he is making a grave mistake. Music like all subjects has to be taught correctly and thoroughly and in the old fashioned way. (Unfortunately Handel and Bach are not alive to teach the budding students) It is proven that modern ways of teaching have left children illiterate and lacking knowledge. Mr Van Zandt seems to favour the other side of the New school never mentioning Mannes in his Twittering? Michelle Obama listens to The American National Anthem played by music students who are properly taught, otherwise they could not play... as well as wearing clothes from Parsons students? This is not a particular attack on Mr Van Zandt just that his reasoning does not add up, and as the head of this magnificent school, he has to listen to others views as well as his own.  
Classical and contemporary music are both important, without one there is not the other, and it does not have a time limit. It is often unprofitable, but there are always exceptions: People like Glenn Miller, Andrew Loyd Webber and Elton John, and many others, come from classical backgrounds and they would not exist without it. This is not an elitist subject but a subject that everybody can enjoy one way or another.  Sir Elton John was a classically trained concert pianist from Royal Academy of Music and Glenn Miller studied Schillinger technique with its founder and helped him create pieces like Moonlight serenade:
How sad and short sighted... 
Fight on students without music there is nothing in life. Music is used for adverts, film, art, Wells Fargo, all banks, lifts, clubs, all religions, marriage, death etc. Mannes is a school which crosses barriers and produces talented and enthusiastic performers. It is egalitarian. 

Without music and arts there is no culture and therefore no civilisation in any world including the technological age like ours. Music and art brings people together more than money, bankers, accountants, lawyers or the ipad.

I tried to telephone the school today to ask for an explanation and to voice my concerns, but got nowhere, the telephones are on an automated system which drives any sane person round the bend.