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It's not been on television since 2012, but after a long wait we're finally getting a new series of Shipwrecked.
This season will see nine castaways battling it out in teams to win new contestants to join them.
One of the brave lot on the island this year is Kush, who you might already recognise.
Who is Shipwrecked castaway Kush?
Age: 26
Occupation: Recruitment manager
Where is he from: London
Why did he apply for Shipwrecked?:
For Kush, it was a good chance to get away from it all. He says, 'I have always wanted to go travelling. But I needed a reason to go travelling. I did not want to go travelling for the sake of it. I was over the moon when they picked me. I have never ever done anything like this before.'
As for his previous exploits, he was signed to Geri Halliwell and Simon Fuller's record label aged just 17. He says:
'It was amazing. I thought my life was made. I used to go to Geri's house to rehearse. She was really nice, crazy fun and I got to hang out with her. But one of our band members left and so we disbanded. That experience made me a bit bitter. Now I take everything with a pinch of salt. Anyone can dangle something in your face but I have learned it can all be taken away from you.'
When does Shipwrecked start?
The series kicks off on E4 on Monday January 28 at 9pm.
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The first body, that of 30-year-old Hannah Tailford (left), was found by the River Thames at Hammersmith in February 1964.
Irene Lockwood (right), 25, was found in April on the same stretch of riverbank where Hannah's corpse had been dumped Several weeks later, passers-by came across the body of 22-year-old Helen Barthelemy (left) in an alley.
But detectives were beginning to look beyond his public persona as a national sporting hero to find a far more seedy character.
It was becoming clear that Mills had regularly dabbled in the darker underside of London life.
This map shows where some of the known victims' bodies were found - highlighting their geographical proximity.
This led to a lucrative career on the celebrity circuit, which saw him present BBC music show Six-Five Special and star in numerous films.
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Customer Experience Assistant
- Recruiter
- Location
- Culham
- Salary
- £20,000 per annum, pro rata
- Posted
- 11 Jul 2019
- Closing date
- 08 Aug 2019
- Hours
- Part time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Listing type
- Job vacancy
Our client has an opportunity for a Customer Experience Assistant to join the team based in Culham. You will join them on a part time, permanent basis working 22.5 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive rate of £20,000 per annum, pro rata plus fantastic benefits.
Making sure customers have the best experience in the innovation Centres is a real team effort and as a member of the Centre management team, you'll be a key part in this. You will welcome everyone to Culham Innovation Centre.
The company's Innovation Centres division operates a network of centres that provide flexible office and laboratory space and business support services to companies throughout the UK. Their clients are investors and public sector organisations that contract with them to deliver innovation centres and programmes to business. They manage more than twenty centres across the UK for a variety of public and private sector clients, providing space and support to nearly 1000 exciting, innovative and growing companies.
What's in it for you as the Customer Experience Assistant?
- Salary of up to £12,000, £10.25 per hour (FTE £20,000pa)
- 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays (Pro-rata)
- Flexible benefits package comprising:
Contributory pension
Ability to increase or decrease amount of annual leave and life assurance cover
Private medical and dental insurance
- Friendly, informal and flexible working environment - so you can make the most of your home and your work life
- They want you to have chances to progress to Assistant Centre Manager and will support you in learning new skills and taking the next steps in your career
- They've also got access to a whole load of discounts so you can save money on high street favourites and holiday providers.
What will you be doing?
This part-time (3 full days per week) position will report directly to the Assistant Centre Manager. At Culham Innovation Centre, the Customer Experience Assistant is the person who makes the difference. Their customers are busy entrepreneurs, building their own businesses, so should expect great service, a warm welcome and a freshly brewed tea or coffee when they need it.
Main duties and responsibilities of the Customer Experience Assistant:
- Be the first and last point of contact for customers and their guests
- Welcome all customers, visitors and meeting room guests with an authentic enthusiasm and smile in a friendly, professional natural manner
- Responsible for opening the centre in the morning and closing the centre at the end of the day
- Manage keys and passes (activation/ deactivation) for customers
- Handle all daily incoming and outgoing mail for customers
- Answer all incoming questions and requests via phone, email or at reception
- Booking and recording all requests for meeting rooms and events, arranging refreshments and other support needed
- Support the Centre Manager with event planning and hosting
- Monitor the meeting room agenda and act as a host for coffee mornings and external events
- Keep social media feeds and pages such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn up to date with all the exciting news from the company, the centre customers and events they are hosting, engage and build relationships online
- Act as back up for the Assistant Centre Manager and Centre Manager for all kinds of administrative tasks
What they're looking for in the Customer Experience Assistant:
- A confident and enthusiastic person able to mix with all types of people and to provide a friendly, natural professional public image
- Pro-active
- Great IT skill with experience of using a range of technology
- Conscientious and efficient with an eye for detail and pride in their work
- Great as part of a team as well as working on their own when the need arises
- Flexible – willing to do what it takes to make the centre a success
Closing date: Thursday 8th August
If you would like to join the team as their new Customer Experience Assistant, or would like to find out more information about the role, then please click 'apply' today, they would love to hear from you!
They are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.


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We're preparing for a Democratic primary challenge of Senator Michael Gianaris.
Before it was even announced, Senator Gianaris stridently opposed the Amazon deal that was going to bring 25,000 jobs to his district. He did so without conducting any meaningful constituent outreach. He ignored independent Quinnipiac University and Siena College polls showing strong support. He refused to join a community advisory committee composed of 45 of community leaders and stakeholders, which he dismissed as window dressing. He refused to meet with Amazon. He then gladly accepted the nomination to a position that would have allowed him to veto the deal. The rest is history.
Voters need to have a real opportunity to hold him accountable. In Senate District 12, that means he needs to be challenged in the Democratic primary.
More than anyone else, Senator Michael Gianaris is responsible for killing the Amazon deal, which would have brought 25,000 jobs and tens of billions in dollars in tax revenue to NYC, and would have been a transformative opportunity for Long Island City. He was for Amazon bringing 50,000 jobs to NYC, before he was against 25,000. Senator Michael Gianaris joined with numerous other elected officials to declare in an October 2017 letter, "We, as a united body of elected officials, urge Amazon to make New York City the home of its second headquarters."
Then on June 26, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upset incumbent Joseph Crowley, whom Senator Michael Gianaris endorsed against AOC.
After AOC, Senator Gianaris now clearly felt that his political future was in the hands of the activist base that got AOC elected. Before the deal was even officially announced, Senator Gianaris stridently opposed it without conducting any meaningful public outreach. He ignored an independent December 5 poll conducted by Quinnipiac University showed that 60% of Queens residents wanted Amazon in LIC, and only 26% were opposed. He was unswayed by a February 12 Siena College poll that showed that 58% of NYC residents were in favor, and only 35% were opposed. Rather than reaching out to his constituents in a good faith manner, or conducting his own polls to see how his constituents felt, he spent money on flyers.
Call it old-fashioned, but it would be nice to have a representative who is committed to looking out for the interests of the majority of his or her constituents, not just the demands of the activist base, and who is looking out for his or her community's future, not just his or her political future.
Election after election since 2010, Senate District 12 has gone literally or virtually uncontested. That is 5 elections. 2020 is going to be different. The practice of the local party anointing a candidate to be on a ballot with no other real options is not good for our democracy. Voters in Senate District 12 deserve the opportunity to hold Senator Michael Gianaris accountable. We're going to make that happen.


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New Location in Downtown Woodstock Coming 2018
The 6,000-square-foot, five-barrel brewhouse will come to 105 Elm Street, Woodstock, GA as a research and development brewery with 2 public bars serving 16 to 24 unique beers at any given time. The new location will become Reformation Brewery's primary taproom and event space for Woodstock, with brewery production continuing at their existing space.
"We envision a maker space where customers can see, smell, and hear how we make beer. While also activating the green space as a place for community and conversations to grow organically. Just like hosting a party in your backyard, we see this location as Woodstock's backyard hangout spot," says CEO and co-founder Spencer Nix.
When is the expected open date? We are now open and serving limited offerings while we ramp up production at our new location in downtown woodstock. Save the date for our Grand Opening on Saturday, Oct. 6th as we kickoff our 5th Anniversary celebrations!
What are key features inside the new space? Research & Development brewery! 2 public bars serving 16 to 24 unique beers at any given time. A large outdoor green space under a historic Elm tree will be adjacent to the brewery. Decks with picnic tables will line overlook the green. Inside you will find three different gathering spaces. The Keeping Room will be a thriving atmosphere where the public meets for beers. A few steps up into the next level will lead to a quieter zone we call the Study, where guests will find booths, sofas, and chairs flanking a second bar. Opposite of the Study is a gathering hall with games, a giant screen, and room for a singer songwriter to perform.
What's the capacity? We're still waiting on the final occupancy from fire officials, but we should be able to serve over 200 guests comfortably at any given time.
Can people reserve space for private events? We will offer table reservations for a fee for those who want to book a party, but it will not be private.
What sort of programming is planned for the new space? We will continue our weekly trivia and monthly game night, book club, and yoga events. We will also have live performers and of course plenty of beer & community focused events.
What will happen to the existing space? Our current space will continue to function as our Foundry where we manufacture products for market distribution.
What community tie ins are we excited about? We are really excited to activate the Market & Elm district of Woodstock. Main Street Woodstock has long held the public's attention, but Woodstock's Backyard is a wonderful spot to hang out. Being across from Elm Street Cultural Arts Village & Stage will generate a lot of partnership opportunities. The walking & biking trailhead for miles of paved trails is at the corner of our location and we look forward to working with our neighboring businesses to engage the public in unique ways.
Will the tree on the property be cut down?
We are going to get an arborist out to help us keep the tree healthy and give us a plan to keep it healthy. The tree is one of God's trophies, we love it.
How does the recent law change affect this new space?
It allows the general public the ability to interact with an independent beer producer in ways that feel natural and fair to the consumer. No more forced 'tours' and much more of an approachable open market to explore new beer experiences.
What can we expect from Reformation in 2018?
You can expect us to always be reforming – offering new products, experiences, and moments to celebrate.
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Threewalls and Reunion Chicago presents:
Black Family Reunion, a gathering for all of Black Chicago
Centering us from 8 PM until midnight
September 13, 2017
Join Chicago for Black Family Reunion! We invite ALL Black people of the diaspora -- our global family -- to this FREE event. We celebrate our Black elders and young Black generations (18+) at this reunion. We joyfully embrace our Black queer and trans relatives. We welcome our Black gender non-conforming relatives. We cherish Black mothers and fathers, singles and partners, siblings and cousins. Our doors are open to our disabled or undocumented Black family.
Bring the South Side and West Side to this free event (yes, we see you too, Black Northsiders #noshade). Introduce yourselves to each other during a game of spades. Go back down memory lane with music from local DJs and performers and relish in delicious food as broad and far-reaching as we are. Linger all night long, dance and celebrate our community!
Get to know your family.
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By Calvin at 15:53 GMT, 1 year ago
Back in 1987 when, as a policeman in Acton in West London, I began working as a Crime Prevention Officer I realised that my previous nine years police service had not prepared me for what turned out to be a completely different way of thinking about crime. Up until then my typical day would involve attending crime scenes and recording the incident and, on occasion, there would be enough evidence to arrest the culprit and then I'd spend hours at the nick processing the detained person (they used to be called a prisoners). On many occasions I wanted to be able to talk to the victims about how they might have avoided the crime, but time was not on my side, because the radio would crackle and I'd be off to the next call. I found it all very frustrating.
With the new job I was at last able to think about crime opportunity avoidance, but I knew that I had a lot to learn. It was with great fortune then that I met a chap called Ken Jay of Top Grade Security. He was a Master Locksmith and a member of the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA). What he didn't know about crime prevention for the home (and business) could be written on the back of a matchbox. It was with Ken that I went on to develop my Alleygaters Guide to Gating Alleys and I shall always be very grateful to him for his advice and help.
The reason I'm telling you all this is because a neighbour knocked on the door the other day asking if I could recommend a locksmith to sort out his home security. Straightaway I advised him to go to the MLA's website where he could find the nearest expert and as far as I know that's exactly what he did. The men and women of the MLA really do know their stuff and if you're worried about your home security these professionals will walk you around your house and point out all the things that you can do. Of course, if you follow my guidance you will already have carried out one of my Home Security Surveys and be a little ahead of the game!
So, there we have it. If you need a locksmith use one who is qualified and the Master Locksmiths Association Website would be my first port of call.
Master Locksmiths Association Website http://www.locksmiths.co.uk/find-a-locksmith/


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A phytochrome-like protein called Ppr was discovered in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum. Ppr has a photoactive yellow protein (PYP) amino-terminal domain, a central domain with similarity to phytochrome, and a carboxyl-terminal histidine kinase domain. Reconstitution experiments demonstrate that Ppr covalently attaches the blue light–absorbing chromophorep-hydroxycinnamic acid and that it has a photocycle that is spectrally similar to, but kinetically slower than, that of PYP. Ppr also regulates chalcone synthase gene expression in response to blue light with autophosphorylation inhibited in vitro by blue light. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that R. centenum Ppr may be ancestral to cyanobacterial and plant phytochromes.
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Eating out with Friends and Family: Bent Ridge Winery and Brewery in Windsor
Eating out with Friends and Family: Bent Ridge Winery and Brewery in Windsor
We love eating out at local restaurants around the Valley so we can report back to you great new places to try! Today we tried the Bent Ridge Winery and Brewery outside Windsor NS and were not disappointed!
On Canada Day 2018, a new winery and brewery opened in the back of Windsor, Nova Scotia, just before you get to Ski Martock. It is just like stepping into an Italian villa.
Brothers Steven and Glen Dodge created the Bent Ridge Winery and Bent Nail Brewery on their family's farm. All of their marketing features old family photos.
Bent Ridge predominantly features wood fired pizzas, and there are a lot to choose from!
They are made right before you!
There are several other small plates of yummies and the menu can be viewed here.
Don't forget to order a glass of wine with your meal! I'm a sucker for white wines, and I wasn't disappointed!
This wonderful Italian villa is bright and colourful and welcoming – even the sinks and toilets!
The chairs are all wine barrels.
And there is even an outdoor fireplace to sit beside.
Hours and Location
OPEN DAILY 11am-7pm (Stc)
The goal, they said, is to be open year-round so that when you are finished skiing at Martock for the day, you can nip over and be warmed by the fire and have a pizza and glass of wine or beer!
We really enjoyed our visit to Bent Ridge in Windsor! We could have spent a long time, sipping our wine, strolling through Daniel's Upick on site, and enjoying the atmosphere.
I also would not hesitate to bring kids here. One pizza could feed several kids, and there is plenty for them to do and see outside!
We'll definitely be back!
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Thermal imaging is in use across a myriad of professions, from the work with more direct linked uses such as firefighting and law enforcement to less obvious jobs. From contractors trying to improve heat efficiency in houses to electrical engineers pinpointing heat problems in wiring and circuitry, the practical uses of thermal imaging are spread across industries of all kinds.
However, the actual products currently available on the thermal imaging market are often bulky, uncomfortable, and difficult to transport. Take this example, the PVS-7 Gen 3 night vision goggles from SightMark, a company that sells gun sights and thermal imaging equipment. "When I first came across these [kinds of] night vision devices, I said, 'Wait a minute, these are basically clunky, oversized binoculars… I think I can build something more efficient and compact,'" recounts Alexander Sarris, founder of HeatSight.
Alexander tells a story of a bored first-year college student at home for winter break who came across an article on the PopSci website about night vision and decided he could do it better. "I went to my dad's workshop…discovered a dusty old night vision toy for kids in my closet, cannibalized it for parts, and eventually I had my first prototype, [cobbled] together with Scotch tape and some hot glue," Alexander recalls.
Originally, HeatSight was never intended to be a startup at all. "I only really started working on night vision goggles because I had nothing to do over that winter break," says Alexander. "My only thought was, 'Hey, I like doing this, I'm going to keep working on it.' So I kept building prototypes, and it just took on a life of its own after a while."
HeatSight is focused on "developing compact thermal imaging goggles that are not only more compact, but more affordable than the products currently on the market," in Alexander's words. Returning again to the SightMark PVS-7 Gen 3 night vision goggles, one pair is currently going for $2,500 -- and that's with a 30% discount off the normal price of almost $3,100. Alexander hopes to create a thermal imaging device that is "more like wearing a pair of normal [prescription] glasses than strapping a big machine on your face," and one that won't cost too much more than the average pair of prescription eyeglasses, either.
Alexander also shared a formative experience about how to make necessary adjustments or even scrap an idea altogether during the development process, painful as it may be. "A friend of mine was going to the library to get a movie on a Friday night, so I thought, 'Great, I can test my goggles!' I ended up almost falling down two different flights of stairs and ran straight into a wall at one point. I had a bunch of other upgrades in mind at the time… but it was that episode that made me realize I needed to go back to the drawing board and use a different type of night vision than the one I had been using."
Looking ahead, Alexander says he is eager to learn more about how an entrepreneurial venture gets off the ground and does its day to day operations efficiently. "I really like working with hardware," says Alexander, "but I know virtually nothing about creating and running a business, so I'm ready to work more on that front."
As for advice to any aspiring entrepreneurs, Alexander did what he does best: optimize and simplify. "Your only limits are the ones you apply to yourself," Alexander says decisively. "You'll never know whether you can do something until you try."
About the Founder
Alexander Sarris is an incoming graduate student at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2018. Alexander has interned with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for two years, working on machine learning, website content analytics, website user interface and user exerperience (UI/UX), and data storage systems. Additionally, he has worked with Fortune 500 multinational engineering firm AECOM to design, build, and test innovative circuitry experiments and possible implementation. Alexander has most recently aided Northrop Grumman, the fifth largest defense contractor worldwide, testing functionality and feasibility of various radio, radar, and laser technologies.
Alexander can be found on LinkedIn here.
About the Author
Christopher Nelson is a rising second year at New York University in Shanghai, China. He has experience in business operations as well as legal research and contract work. Christopher is currently interning at the UVA Darden School of Business Innovation Lab this summer as an interviewer and journalist.


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#storynotgadget is becoming one of my mottos. I argue that as fancy as our media, settings, or circumstances are, they are important not in themselves but to the extent that they help us give people (in this case 0-5 year oldartists) more opportunities to make their voices heard and to share their ideas.Read More
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Squirrel Feasts on Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
As I was leaving work yesterday, I saw this squirrel eating one of the giant oatmeal raisin cookies from the Saladelia in the Pavillion. I thought it was fairly silly looking, so I took some photos through the glass doors and headed toward it for a closer look.
He quickly moved, taking the cookie with him, but I followed in hot pursuit. I love this picture, because you can see his mouth opening wide to take a bite.
Soon he ran off again.
He went pretty far this time. You can see him between the poles, way in the distance.
I caught up with him again.
This time, he dropped part of the cookie when he ran away from me.
It does look good, doesn't it? I'm betting he came back for it. I know some of you think that I'm obsessed enough with food to have taken it for myself, but I assure you that I did not.
I was in too much of a hurry.


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When we first moved here from Seattle, I insisted on a water delivery service until we tested our tap and found it rated higher. But sadly, in the past few years, things have changed. It just doesn't look/taste the same. And so one of us (not me) did a little investigating and came across this hidden gem.
I was intrigued enough after my husband returned from his first visit and went with him the following week. What I wasn't prepared for were the artifacts - a VW Van with plastic flowers, the Jesus, Cross & Adirondack Chairs, the Altar with a rake and fire extinguisher....and then the springs themselves. And then there's the water. If you're in the area - - Pocahontas Mineral Springs in Lynnfield. Now...to connect with the owner for a portrait.


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Lodges designed to make the everyday extraordinary.
Canvas and Tent is a world leader in the manufacture of canvas-related products. Established over three decades ago, Canvas and Tent has a wide range of clients including the military, humanitarian organisations, game reserves, safari destinations and adventurers.
Located in Ladysmith, at the foothills of South Africa's Drakensberg mountains, our factory provides many job opportunities for the local population. And with the recent implementation of the Eton System at our factory, not only have we revolutionised the manufacturing of our canvas products, but Canvas and Tent will now remain at the forefront of excellence.


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art direction
the Hilt
Kevin Patnik, CD
Adrift Hotels
Adrift is a chain of three boutique hotels and two restaurants on the Washington and Oregon coast. After our firm completed brand strategy—including a new brand narrative, traits, and an evolution of photography style—the client decided they wanted an in-room storytelling piece to bring the new brand story and personality to life for their guests.
Working with my Creative Director, we developed three unique concepts: a tabloid style newspaper that could serve as an in-room gazette to guide guests around the hotel and around town; a scrapbook-inspired travelogue using photos and other ephemera to tell stories about the guest experience; and an interactive board—a variation on the scrapbook idea but with a more experiential, environmental focus.
The client ultimately chose the interactive board, allowing them to add a home-like vibe to the rooms and providing a place to communicate with guests about upcoming events, seasonal menus, and other pertinent hotel information. The primary Adrift story lives in a look-book that is attached to the board with a clip.


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Seattle Seahawks
After 4 games Seahawks' O-line hasn't sabotaged season, it's helped it
Pete Carroll completed his usual mid-week press conference. Everyone waited for Richard Sherman, who usually follows the coach to the podium.
But on this Wednesday two weeks ago, Bradley Sowell walked into the main auditorium of Seahawks headquarters. He, not Sherman, unexpectedly took the spot behind the microphones and lectern.
The rarity represented the Seahawks' most encouraging development over their first four games.
Sowell is an offensive lineman. Their unexpected starter at left tackle, in fact.
Sure, he is an engaging interview. He has interesting anecdotes — such as a great golf game for any man, especially one 6 feet 7 and 309 pounds. But before this season began, the idea Seattle would thrust one of its blockers onto a stage for questioning in front of rolling cameras airing live online would have been almost cruel. Why would the team shine any more light on its most scrutinized, problematic position?
The offensive line was going to cause as much angst and embarrassment for Seattle as the 2016 presidential election is for America.
OK, not that much.
But Seattle's linemen were likely to be the problem this season, not subjects of team promotion.
Yet through this past weekend's bye, the Seahawks can cite specific examples of how their line with new starters in four of the five positions is not sabotaging the season — but is a reason Seattle is 3-1.
"The offensive line is exciting to see," quarterback Russell Wilson said. "They're really talented. They move well. They're strong.
"Those guys are really solid. They are making great calls. Their protection calls are great. I'm changing the calls and they're getting it just right."
Not all the time, of course. As every Pacific Northwesterner feared, Wilson got hurt behind the iffy line. The QB got what it believed to be a high-ankle sprain in his right leg Sept. 11 when Ndamukong Suh sped past right tackle Garry Gilliam in the third quarter of the opener. Wilson's immobility the following week at Los Angeles is a big reason the Seahawks scored their fewest points in a game in five years in a 9-3 loss to the Rams. Wilson then got a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee Sept. 25. The ankle kept him from getting around San Francisco's Eli Harold on a sack he normally would have avoided.
But Wilson didn't get ruined. Neither did that line.
Wilson played through the injuries. The line provided a pocket from which he threw for his first 300-yard day of the season Oct. 2 in the 27-17 win over the Jets.
Seattle allowed 31 sacks in its first seven games with more experienced starters to begin last season. It is on pace to allow 16 in its first seven games this season.
Justin Britt is starting at center for the first time, his third position in three seasons. Sowell, an expected backup, is starting at left tackle for the first time since he was with Arizona four years ago. Second-year man Mark Glowinski is debuting as the starting left guard. Germain Ifedi, the rookie first-round draft choice, missed the first three games with his own high-ankle sprain before debuting against the Jets. He was the team's most impressive and nasty blocker this preseason.
"We still have a game out there that we wish we would have gotten, but we're coming around," coach Pete Carroll said at the quarter mark of this regular season. "We're moving forward and moving in a good direction."
Carroll's main reason for saying that? The pass protection — especially for a quarterback that's been unable to move away from trouble.
"At this time last year, which isn't a great marker, this time last year we gave up (16) sacks. We're at nine right now," Carroll said.
"And kind of coincidentally we were at six sacks on the other side of the ball and we've got 12 now (Seattle's defense has the league's fifth-highest sack rate).
"There's a number of things when you compare that way that come out. That's something that's been a concern."
To say the least.
Carroll then threw a quick jab at those many doubters of the line.
"We're off to a better start maybe than you guys or anybody thought," the coach said last week, "and we're going to get better, I hope, moving forward."
The line still has to be more consistent in its run blocking. Not by blowing guys off the ball — Seattle's zone-blocking schemes don't require that — but by simply creating more run lanes.
Last season at this time, with Marshawn Lynch having missed the first of the 10 games he ended up being out with injuries, Seattle was averaging 128 yards rushing per game with Thomas Rawls on its way to finishing third in the league. This season, Rawls has been out with a cracked fibula after his broken ankle in December. Christine Michael is basically the running game all by himself; Wilson's injuries have cut his rushing yards from 158 after four games last season to just 28 yards now.
The Seahawks are averaging 93 yards on the ground per game. That's 21st in the 32-team NFL. Michael is making decisive cuts, but he's often had to avoid defenders that have been in the backfield as soon as he's gotten handoffs. And if he doesn't get more help, he's likely to get hurt, too.
Despite having no more legs to injure, Wilson's passing is 159 yards ahead of this time last year, when he ended up the first Seahawk to throw for 4,000 yards in a season. He's thrown the same amount of touchdowns (five) than he had after four games last season, with four fewer interceptions (just one).
But Wilson's passing game has worked from the pocket when teams like the Jets and 49ers have stacked defenders near the line to stop the run. For Wilson to keep throwing like this, the running game needs to get going. Wilson's health will help that immensely; he had more than 500 yards rushing last season, but is on a pace skewed by the injuries for just 112 yards rushing this season.
The line needs to stop foes from getting into the backfield before the lanes that are the basis for the zone-running scheme can even appear. Having Ifedi back and J'Marcus Webb out of there as the fill-in right guard will help. Immensely. And Rawls needs to get healthy next month for this running game to be at full capability.
The defense doesn't need to change a thing. It's been exactly what it's been for the last 4 1/4 seasons: at times dominant and generally averse to allowing points. Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril at ends, Bobby Wagner at middle linebacker and Richard Sherman shutting down a third of the field in the secondary are why Seattle is allowing 13.5 points per game — third in the league. That's four points fewer than its average allowed last season, when the Seahawks became the first team to lead the NFL in fewest points allowed since the 1950s Cleveland Browns.
"I think we're seeing the consistency on our defense that we really can count on," Carroll said.
It's vital to the Seahawks' chances in January that they don't give away any more games in October. The Seahawks host Atlanta next Sunday before going on the road for three of their next four. Seattle goes to Arizona, which despite starting 2-3 remains Seattle's biggest threat in the NFC and should have concussed Carson Palmer back by Oct. 23. The Seahawks' last game of October is at New Orleans, where the Saints still don't have a defense. After a Monday night home game against Buffalo, the Seahawks are at Tom Brady and New England in a Sunday night showcase Nov. 13.
The Seahawks will have Wilson not fully healthy, yet as healthy as he's been since the opening game. The bye also helped heal wide receiver and Pro Bowl kick returner Tyler Lockett's sprained knee, top wide receiver Doug Baldwin's sore knee and back, tight end Jimmy Graham's surgically repaired knee, third-down running back C.J. Prosise's broken hand and rookie tight end Nick Vannett's high-ankle sprain.
Carroll last week said "we have a chance" to be the best of his seven Seahawks teams. That includes the two that went to the Super Bowl — and the one that won it three seasons ago.
"I'm pretty fired up about our team right now," Carroll said.
If Wilson can continue throwing like this while injured and if the defense continues playing like this — "the best defense in the NFL," Bennett keeps saying — perhaps that improving offensive line will do what it did later last season: fix itself.
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Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, (Colossians 3:12)
Most of us take great care as to what clothes we wear for all sorts of different occasions in life. We have clothes of different styles, colours and weights for different events and seasons.
Being an outdoor man from way back, I still list my clothes into three different categories. Clothes that get hung up in the wardrobe are either 'good' or 'casual' with my 'work clothes' being stacked in a draw.
But clothes of the above kind are put on and put off to suit whatever the occasion. My point is - what about the kind of spiritual clothing God's children should be wearing all the time! Our text above tells us of some of these. These clothes are those that need to be developed in our lives. The garment I have singled out for this week is "kindness." How kind are you? Is "kindness" so evident in your life that those around you immediately identify you with this beautiful 'fruit of the Spirit' garment? (Gal. 5;22).
Many have favorite colors in their wardrobe which soon becomes known to others. Do others equally identify you with the garment of kindness?
Just so there is no doubt what kindness looks like, here is a definition by Alexander Strauch, from his book Leading With Love: Kindness is a readiness to do good, to help, to relieve burdens, to be useful, to serve, to be tender, and to be sympathetic to others. It has been said, "Kindness is love in work clothes."


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Audi Launches Road Assistance Program
Audi launched its Road Assitance Program for its customers that will be available round the clock for its customers in India. The program is named as "Audi Top Assist" which will be available to nearly 95 percent main routes in India.
"Our philosophy of Vorsprung durch Technik is not just about advanced technology, it is about the pursuit of perfection in whatever we do, which leads us to break away from the ordinary. Introduction of Audi Top Assist is a promise made to our customers insuring uninterrupted journey in an Audi. The roadside assistance program has a dedicated, in-house team of service experts who ensure that the world-class luxury and service standards that Audi customers are accustomed to will be available to them almost anywhere across India without any obstacles," said Benoit Teirs, Managing Director, Audi India.
The program offers 24x7 assistance to Audi customers on 95 percent road coverage across India. It also offers premium taxi of cost for up to 48 hours, on site repairs, emergency delivery of fuel, usage of specially designed towing platform, and transport of car to the habitual residence or destination. The program is valid for all Audi models available in Audi Iindia's product portfolio.
Hyundai Santro
- ₹ 3.9 - 5.73 lakhs
- Ex-showroom, Delhi
Mahindra XUV300
- ₹ 8.1 - 12.69 lakhs
- Ex-showroom, Delhi
Honda Amaze
- ₹ 5.93 - 9.79 lakhs
- Ex-showroom, Delhi
Maruti Suzuki Baleno
- ₹ 5.59 - 8.9 lakhs
- Ex-showroom, Delhi
Mahindra KUV100 NXT
- ₹ 4.88 - 7.95 lakhs
- Ex-showroom, Delhi
Tata Tigor
- ₹ 5.5 - 7.9 lakhs
- Ex-showroom, Delhi


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from La casa de la niebla [The House of Fog]
Elena Anníbali
Translated from the Spanish by Jessica Sequeira
lord, you gave my brother a red ford falcon
to arrive at the house of fog
and then what
did you tell him?
did you explain to him that the road was cut off?
that the motor was broken?
that everything was broken?
that there was no going back?
what did you do, how
did you convince him
such that he gave you his hand
sat down in the little seat of lies
and let the dark host of your name
reach his mouth
or did you put a stone there?
a coin, a hook,
a piece of paper
from which you silenced him, made him
forget us
what signs could you have made such that instead of coming home
he turned off the motor of the falcon
slipped away from the silky perfection of the leather
the music on the radio
the heated purr of the car
and climbed down with you
to go where
to hunt little birds?
to watch the golden grass dying after the winter fire?
to break the pane of water so that the animals could drink?
or maybe it was summer by then
and you gave him the dangerous water of your sky
charming, that water, yes
so clear, that water, so good
but behind this you know that such water creates more thirst
you buried yourself in the well deeper
and deeper
until you threw dirt on your own back
and not even the constant and powerful angel of the windmills
could save you
did you know my brother was going to say yes?
when you saw the dust rise up from the red falcon in the road
didn't you think of letting him go?
even if, lord, it was because he was total beauty
at that age,
total joy
reason for being
we planted a tree by the house of fog
in the light the sunflowers turned gold
another day died
another night
the tree grew, put down roots
in the shadows
it modeled its stature with bone
every bird that tried the fruits
drifted into sleepiness
into absence from life
into the radical blindness of the dead
no, my house didn't collapse
the windows didn't shake
the spider didn't even fall out of the poppy of hell
everything came, began from within:
an eye swallowed us
we were or are
the corruptible bread
for every bone there was a mouth
a tooth
a different hunger
ferocious, the eye chose
the Essential one
the Sweet One
the one that kept singing
we are so sad without him
sometimes there's nothing to say, you know?
there's no strength to talk of things from life
but the rains come, at times,
which are calm and make music in the gutters
the rains come from the east to anoint the wound
to make the flowers of flesh grow
the angel prepares the patio
behind the privet, the Sweet One is born again
he tells me: little sister, put your hand
on my heart
it makes the same sound as the horses,
isn't it a miracle?
many times we were poor
there was no money for clothes or music, but
the magnificent drill of god
pierced into the morning
the doves scattered
as if they'd seen
the possum or the falcon
a piece of me entered into bitterness
like the pit at the mill
where the snake infected
the drinking water
just a few years old and already i was
entirely old
i knew the supreme one could crush my head
make our sheep ill
take away our summer, the small joy we had
all the same i always looked up
and in a low voice said
yes lord, may the destruction come to me
that must come
i am your furrow, lord,
i am your furrow


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Release Date: Sep 26, 2011
Record label: Innovative Leisure
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Hanni El Khatib's debut album, The Guns Will Come Out, is an anthem album for those ever caught sitting on a curb during the day, smoking a cigarette, scheming something irresponsible and riding out a buzz. Like a well-ordered classic, the whiskey-soaked vocals and intentionally rough instrumentals inspire a motivation that is not of the Twittering era: it speaks to the barefoot babes running through the streets, bottle in hand, fist raised. The tracks jump in range between genres, but for the most part you can find a consistent punk sound woven throughout.
Previously a creative director for a skateboard fashion label and a designer for an advertising agency, Hanni El Khatib, a first-generation American son of Filipino/Palestinian immigrants, states that his raw back-to-basics sound is designed for "anyone who has ever been shot or hit by a train." The multi-instrumentalist sure knows how to sell his music, but his debut album, Will the Guns Come Out, proves that there's more to him than just attention-grabbing soundbites. Those who have seen the recent Nike promo, which features his raucous glam rock interpretation of Funkadelic's "I Got a Thing," will already be aware of his retro rough-and-ready style, but there's plenty more where that came from. The abrasive "Build.
Hanni El Katib has been touring relentlessly behind the material on his debut, Will the Guns Come Out for more than two years now. Consider a sampling if the list of things Hanni has been up to since completing the album: The official video for the sunny-sounding, doo-wop-inflected kiss-off "Dead Wrong" came out last June. He's toured in support of Florence and the Machine and played Bonnaroo; he's also played everything from food truck festivals in LA to SXSW; created a zine to accompany the album, which came packaged with a pre-release version of the CD that at one point made its way into the inventory of the boutique Collette in Paris.
San Francisco-raised El Khatib says his debut album is "for anyone who's ever been shot or hit by a train - knife-fight music". A former marketing/advertising type, he's probably never experienced anything remotely similar himself, but his infatuation with bad-boy retro-masculinity has led him to fashion his sound around 50s garage rock. Songs are taut and brief, the guitar/drum arrangements stripped to absolute basics and El Khatib squawks his lines as if his switchblade is giving him grief.
With the title and the first song off of Hanni El Khatib's Innovative Leisure debut, the eclectic San Francisco rocker poses a question: "Will the guns come out?" His paranoid inquiry lends an element of suspense at the record's outset, but none of the songs wind up as startling as the title might indicate. Instead, Will The Guns Come Out is a collection of pleasantly rough and catchy minimalist-rock tunes. El Khatib, an avid skateboarder, has worked with skateboard fashion label HUF and saw a boost in popularity after his cover of Parliament's "I Got A Thing" was featured in a Nike skate and surf ad.


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With the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, let us pray for the Church, those in need, and all of God's creation.
Gracious Father, we pray for the Church universal. Fill it with all truth and peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in need, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it.
We pray especially for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as we struggle to remain faithful to you and to one another despite our clashes of conscience regarding the ordination of homosexuals in chaste and publically accountable relationships. Speak to us Lord your words Ephetha, that our ears may hear where those we disagree with are coming from and open our mouths that we may speak gracious and meaningful words to one another.
Lord in your mercy—Hear our prayer
Caster of creation, sculptor of worlds, we thank you for this planet and all living things on it, fish and fauna, creeping things and all kinds of creatures. For forests and plains, cities and barren places. We pray that we might be better stewards of our home here.
Lord in your mercy—Hear our prayer
King of Kings, we thank you for our elected leaders and we pray for them as they discuss sickness and health. May they act wisely and justly.
Lord in your mercy—Hear our prayer
Healer of our every ill we hear the magnificent images of wholeness in Isaiah's description of his people's return to the Promised Land. Yet so many in this city, this country, and this world can only say to you, "Even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." And so we lift up their cries to you.
The cries of those victims of violence, of shootings and arsons. The cries of the unemployed, the homeless, the imprisoned, the sick, depressed, lonely, shut in, addicted, and mentally ill. The cries of those trapped by social and economic forces—the cries of folk whose countries are war zones and their governments repress and even kill them. Lord we lift to you all those in need.
Lord in your mercy—Hear our prayer
And Lord, at this time I ask this assembly to raise any concerns to you either aloud or in silence.
Into your hands, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy; through Jesus Christ, our Savior.


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Forgewood brothers Lee and Marc Murray, of family-run business Murray Landscapes, have come out top at the latest Building for Growth Programme course created by hub South West.
Now in its eighth cycle, hub South West's Building for Growth programme is targeted at ambitious local SMEs looking to grow in a sustainable manner.
Holytown-based Murray Landscapes, founded in 2009, is projecting an annual turnover of £250,000 this year.
It was rated top participant on a number of business attributes including leadership, marketing, strategic planning, pitching for business and business analysis.
Operations manager Lee Murray said: "The building for growth programme has changed our whole perspective on how we approach business.
"It has taken our potential as a business and pointed us in the right direction and I see a big future for Murray Landscapes with the contacts and support we have acquired."
The company was also named runner-up for the Best Landscaping Company in Scotland at the Scottish Home Improvement Awards.


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Today, the sale of MD Financial Management (MD) to Scotiabank became final.
In tandem with the sale of MD, Scotiabank and the CMA are entering into a 10-year collaboration in support of physicians and the communities they serve. This will see an affinity investment of $115 million over 10 years in projects and initiatives. The CMA will also exclusively promote MD as the preferred provider of financial products and services to physicians and their families in Canada.
The CMA plans to work closely with members to hear how the affinity commitments and proceeds from the sale can be used to build initiatives that support the medical profession and better health. In early 2019, the CMA will be holding four member forums to connect directly with members and start exploring the possibilities.
The CMA will not be sharing member data with MD or Scotiabank. Read our updated privacy policy.


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Dance has always been part of my life. I both choose for it and was chosen from it.
By the sight of a ballet shoe in an advertisement of the new ballet school courses of the village close by, I got initiated to classical training at the age of 8 and since then I have never stopped practicing.
I started my dancing education with classical ballet and later continued with modern and contemporary dance to finally get interested in other disciplines like martial arts and acrobatism.
As teenager I also took active part in recreational activities for kids and created choreographies for them, later in my dancing career I have found my self back in dancing for kids and enrich their education trough movements. This gave me so much joy and rewards.
As professional dancers I also have been free lancing in The Nederlands and Italy performing in different socially active projects and live-improv performances.
Throughout my life journey, thanks to dance I got to meet real friends, interesting and inspiring people. Having nice and stimulating people around, keeps driving me forward, while I keep feeding my soul thanks to meditation, love for nature and loving family.
I want to do mine a quote of Anna Halprin "To me dance is a way of thinking" in fact to me dance is a real complex art that keeps enriching my soul and with which I strive to inspire others too.
isabel dance
Performing Experience
Dance experiences / Performances
|Stichting De Stillte", Breda, NL Cultuurnacht Festival in Breda, choreography by Jack Timmermans
1-2tjes, performances for children, choreographed by Gertien Bergstra and Femke Somerwil
|TOTM Codarts (dancing tour in Holland): Stephen Shropshire "Lamento della ninfa", Amancio Gonzalez and
Jone San Martin "Dialogue, Firstext" based on William Forsythe's choreography Firstext, Jan Martens, "Dogs days are over"
|Schiedam Verborgen Stegen, my own creation, Schiedam NL; performed on location
|TOTM Codarts, Jan Martens, "Dogs days are over"; performed in July dans Festival, Amsterdam
|Cora-Bos Kroese, "AMOR"; performed on location (churches in Den Haag, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht;)
Kenneth Flak, new work; performed in Festival Classique, Den Haag,
Codarts repertoire, Neel Verdoorne, "Once a Tango"
|"Codarts Bid Day", new work of improv by Sjoerd Vreugdenhil, performed in De Doelen, Rotterdam,
Codarts repertoire, Martha Graham, repetitor Mario Camacho, "Diversion of Angles" and "Maple leaf rag"
|Sabrina Massignani, neoclassical choreograpghy Premio MAB, Milan , Concert n.2, Modern choreographies, performed in Milano danza Expo, Milan,;"Danza in fiera", Florence; "Jesolo dance contest", Venice.
Simonetta Vaccara Reynaud
Neo classical choreographies by, performed in "Concorso interazionale MariaLia Falcone", Casarsa della Delizia, PN,
Animation for children, taught and performed for children, summer camp GREST, Treviso,
|Gyrotonic & Gyrokinesis classes and since 2016 working on the educational program to become a Gyrokinesis Trainer.
|Codarts, University for the arts, Rotterdam NL (Graduated)
|Liceo linguistico "Galileo Galilei", Treviso.(Graduated)
Liceo scientifico "Curiel",Padua
Liceo scientifico "Brandolini Rota",Oderzo.
|Private school
"Amici del Balletto"(Oderzo),
"Artedanza Padova"(Padua)
"Venezia Balletto" (Venice); training in ballet, jazz and contemporary.
|"BUDO Ballet Initiative",Chasse dance Studios, Amsterdam, with Amy Raymond and sensai Akiro Hino.Conference "The relevance of Dance, "Dansmakers Amsterdam, with dance artists – Dr. Guy Cools, Sara Wookey, Kristin de Groot, Michele Rizzo, Dr. Tom Postmes and Drs. Kirsten Krans
|Tamalpa dance Experience with Hilde ElbersStudio Singel Amsterdam,Otradanza ,L'Escorxador Centre de Cultura d'Elx, Spain, "Dansa Per a Tots" with Asun Noales, Saray Huertas Sanchez and Sebastian Rowinsky
|Codarts Rotterdam, workshop of "contact improv" with Ralf Jaroschinski; "Gaga technique" with Keren Rosenberg, with Marina Mascarell, Ivan Perez (contact improv)Trentino danza estate, Tesero, Italy, with Erika Silgoner (modern), Dominique Lesdema (rock jazz), Carlotta Zamparo (ballet, docent at La Scala Milan, Italy)
|2° stage internazionale di danza città di Verona, Italy, with Yelena Pankova (ballet)Summer school Bassano del Grappa, Italy; with Chisato Ohno (Gaga workshop), Lauren Potter (Siobhan Davies Dance, London)
|EDEN STUDIOS, Berlin, with Tamas Moricz (Forsythe improvisational technologies)NDT workshops, repertoire of Paul Lightfoot & Saul Leon, Crystal Pyte, Hofesh Hechter, JIry Pokorny
|Henny Jurriens Foundation summer intensive, Amsterdam,NL,with Maurice Causey (contemporary), Heidi Vierthaler (Forsythe improvisational technologies), Ricardo Ambròzio (floor work, Ultima Vez)Livorno, summer workshops with Celia Amade (Kylian repertoire), Samuel Wuersten (cunningham technique) and ballet with Nathalie Quernet (Paris Opera, National Conservatory of Nantes)
|"Progetto danza", Ghirada, Treviso, IT, ballet with Frederique Olivieri (La Scala,Milano), Margherita Smirnova (Milano); modern with Fabrizio Mainini, Kledi Kadiu ; Jazz with Christopher Huggins (Alvin Alley); contemporary dance with Fabrizio Monteverde, Beatrice Buffin"Arte Danza Padova workshop", Padua, IT, Mauro Astolfi (contemporary, Spellbound, Rome)


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George Price BOYCE (London 1826 - London 1897)
Newcastle at Night from the Rabbit Banks, Gateshead Sold
Watercolour. Signed and dated G. P. Boyce 64 at the lower right. Further inscribed Newcastle at night – from the Rabbit Banks, Gateshead / GPBoyce 1864 on the verso. Inscribed Newcastle looking towards / Gateshead / from the / Rabbit Banks. / by G. P. BOYCE / 1864 on an old label on the backing board. Further inscribed Mrs. Hueffer / The Lodge / Campden Hill Road on the backing board. 101 x 209 mm. (4 x 8 1/4 in.)
This watercolour dates to a trip made by Boyce to the north east of England in the late summer and autumn of 1864. The scene depicted is a distant view of Newcastle, seen from across the river Tyne at Gateshead, with the prominent tower of the cathedral of St. Nicholas barely visible at the left of centre. The steeply sloping Rabbit Banks from which Boyce made this watercolour has long since been built over, and may today be identified with Pipewellgate in the area of Bensham in Gateshead.It has been suggested that the artist may have been encouraged to visit the industrial landscapes around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with a view towards finding potential subjects for his watercolours, by the ironmaster Isaac Lowthian Bell, who had purchased several works from the artist earlier in the year. As well as a number of smaller works, Boyce's trip resulted in at least two large finished watercolours; a view of Newcastle from the Windmill Hills, Gateshead in the collection of the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle, and another, larger version of the present composition of Newcastle from the Rabbit Banks, Gateshead - depicted in daylight and with the addition of a sleeping figure in the left foreground - which appeared at auction in 1995. While the present sheet has been regarded as a study for the larger work, the latter is, however, not a night scene. As Christopher Newall has noted of a different watercolour from the same 1864 trip to Newcastle, 'Boyce seems to have relished such quietly understated, but honest, urban scenes..., combining a response to a landscape that was changing as a consequence of industrialisation with a characteristic aesthetic fondness of incidental pattern and texture.' Boyce exhibited two Newcastle subjects - Newcastle from the Windmill Hills, Gateshead and Newcastle from the Rabbit Banks, Gateshead - at the Old Water-Colour Society in 1865. Although it has been suggested that it was the larger, daylight version of Newcastle from the Rabbit Banks that was shown at the OWCS, a description of the exhibited work in a review in the Athenaeum would however seem to favour the present, more dramatic, nighttime scene as the work exhibited. As the anonymous reviewer noted, 'Among the recently elected members of this Society, by far the most original artist in landscape is Mr. Boyce, who treats with such perfect solemnity, beauty, richness and truth of colouring, some of the most commonplace themes...a distant view of a manufacturing town interests us in its million lives and fortunes; its subtle colouring seems pathetic, and a glowing sky looks full of prophecy...Given these successes with unchallengeable fidelity, and we have a great artist. Such is Mr. Boyce.'
Probably Ford Madox Brown, LondonHis daughter, Catherine Hueffer (née Madox Brown), The Lodge, Campden Hill Road, London, and thence by descentThe Maas Gallery, London, in 1998Christopher Cone, Whitby.
Christopher Newall and Judy Egerton, George Price Boyce, exhibition catalogue, London, 1987, pp.56-57, under no.42.


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by Patrycja Witt, Girls Who Hike Utah Ambassador
Leave no trace.
That old camping motto we are taught from our very first experience and often reminded by our friends. Seven principles to plan ahead and prepare, travel and camp on durable surfaces, leave what you find, minimize campfire impacts, respect wildlife, be considerate of other visitors and most importantly dispose of waste properly.
So what about once we get home from our adventures?
Do we practice leave no trace in our daily lives? What happens to our gear once it becomes too worn or if we simply just want to upgrade to the latest technology? Do we try to dispose of our waste properly?
There are many different ways to help to keep our goods out of our landfills. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Donate It
If your beloved gear is still in good condition you can drop it off at your local nonprofit. There are a variety of options from the Goodwill and Salvation Army down the street to a more sport focused organization. There are many around the country such as New York's Recycle A Bicycle Program, Portland's Gear Hub, Boston's Bikes Not Bombs, Denver's City Wild, Seattle's Outdoors For All, and San Francisco's Bay Area Wilderness Training. Why not give back to your local community?
If your community does not have a sport specific charity, there is a nationwide initiative called Gear Forward. They provide youth in need with gear so they may have the ability to participate in outdoor themed activities such as hiking, camping and backpacking. They firmly believe no child should be denied access to all the outdoors has to offer because they don't have the necessary equipment. They work with youth and outdoor focused organizations to get donated gear into the hands that need it such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. If you know of a need in your town please don't hesitate to reach out to them directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Most Star Wars stories put the Jedi Order in a good light. They are revered holy men and women, and respected defenders of the Republic. However, if we take a closer look at all their beliefs and practices, it's clear the sect's strict doctrine has led to more bad than good. At the height of this guild's influence, the Jedi had become arrogant and dismissive, and it was this attitude that destroyed them… not the Sith.
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This list will focus on two specific groups: the rigidly dogmatic and the fallen Jedi. The first grouping includes all those Knights and Masters whose to-the-letter adherence to the Jedi Code caused themselves or others to turn to the Dark Side. Fallen Jedi, on the other hand, are any Force-users who trained as Jedi but strayed from the cult's narrow path. While some of these characters abandoned the Order to study or embrace the Dark Side, others were simply orphaned when their masters were killed on missions. Of course, considering our title, none of these entries can be Jedi that actually became Sith. So, sadly fan-favorites like Darth Vader and Count Dooku don't meet the criteria. Nevertheless, we will include all the worst Light Siders from the movies and shows, as well as some nasty little Jedi from the Expanded Universe (aka Legends).
Introduced in Star Wars Rebels in 2014, Kanan had been hiding his Jedi heritage until he met a Force-sensitive youngster named Ezra Bridger. In fact, Kanan Jarrus is an alias and his real name is Caleb Dume. He became the padawan of Master Depa Billaba during The Clone Wars. At the age of 13, Dume saw his first action in the war. When their Clones received Order 66, Billaba told her teenage apprentice to run. He knew his master would be killed if he abandoned her but he ran anyway. He watched her die as he hid.
Dume gave up the Jedi way to survive in a galaxy that had become hostile to his kind. However, he eventually had the audacity to take a student, even though he hadn't even finished his training. Not surprisingly, his pupil has already shown Dark Side leanings and many believe Ezra's fall is inevitable.
The furthest in the Star Wars timeline that any media was ever allowed to go was three generations removed from Luke Skywalker in the Legacy (2006-2011) line of comics. In this era, Luke's great-grandson Cade, was raised as a Jedi by his father Kol. He was apprenticed to Kol's former padawan, Wolf Sazen. When the One Sith attacked the Jedi Academy on Ossus, Kol and Wolf were killed.
However, in his first experience with the Dark Side, Cade's focused anger managed to revive Wolf. He then tried to avenge his father but ended up marooned in space. He was rescued by a pirate named Rav and joined his crew. He eventually became a bounty hunter and got a ship and crew of his own. Cade also became a deathstick addict.
Pong Krell was a Besalisk Jedi introduced in Season 4 of The Clone Wars. He was a general during war who had many victories under his sash. However, his wins usually came at the cost of many Clone lives, as Pong considered them nothing more than "creatures bred in some laboratory." Not very Jedi-like. As if that wasn't bad enough, when he had a vision that the Jedi Order would fall, he covertly switched sides.
To win Count Dooku's favor, he sabotaged the 501st Legion when he was given command of the battalion on Umbara. In a ruthless maneuver, he took advantage of limited visibility to have two group of Clones attack each other. Although, Rex and crew managed to arrest and execute Krell, it wasn't before the four-armed Jedi killed many more Clones.
It is a common misconception that this Force-sensitive Dathomirian was a Sith, but she has only ever been the apprentice of a Sith apprentice. That makes her really nothing more than a Dark Side adept. However, she was a Jedi for more than a decade. Asajj has a complicated history and has learned from teachers in various disciplines. She was born into Mother Talzin's clan of Nightsisters on Dathomir, but was taken and enslaved by a Siniteen pirate as a child.
When this marauder was dispatched by his competition, Asajj was a adopted by Jedi Knight named Ky Narec. He trained her in the Jedi ways until he was also murdered. Though she had endured many tragedies already, Ky's death broke her and she fell to the Dark Side. Her power attracted Count Dooku, who took her as his apprentice. She quickly became the Sith Lord's top assassin.
Barriss made as brief debut appearance in Attack of the Clones, but the character was properly explored in almost a dozen episodes of The Clone Wars. This Mirialan Jedi was a model padawan at first. She was trained by the strict and traditional Master Luminara Unduli, who was considered a taskmaster by students and fellow instructors alike. Offee's by-the-book approach was highlighted when she was teamed with Ahsoka Tano, whose style was a harsh contrast.
Eventually she questioned her blind faith in the Order and started to believe the Jedi had lost their way. This led to her bombing the Jedi Temple and killing a numbers of Jedi, clones and civilians. In her own words, "My attack on the Temple was an attack on what the Jedi have become..." She also murdered her accomplice Letta Turmond to avoid being exposed.
Quinlan first appeared in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in The Phantom Menace. His character was then developed in the Star Wars: Republic (1998-2006) comic series. However, it wasn't until Dave Filoni made him part of The Clone Wars, that this Jedi agent's exploits became canon. Quinlan was a strong-willed Knight who preferred working undercover, to being a general in the field during The Clone Wars.
The best parts of his story from the EU, as well as an unfinished arc of The Clone Wars, became the basis for the 2015 in-canon novel Dark Disciple. In this tale Quinlan is ordered to assassinate Count Dooku by the Jedi Council. Just like in the comics, Quinlan ends up falling to the Dark Side and becoming Dooku's apprentice. Although he does it all in the name of uncovering Dooku's master, he commits several atrocities to prove he has embraced the Dark Side.
Maris was created for the video game the Force Unleashed and only appears in media tied to that title and its sequel, Force Unleashed II. She was a padawan at the time of The Clone Wars but was trained on a starship away from where the battle raged. Her master, who was never named, felt it in the Force when Order 66 was executed and he decided to investigate. When he disappeared during his inquiry, Brood set out on a mission of vengeance.
Master Shaak Ti managed to track down and stop the wrathful apprentice, and took her to Felucia to lay low. However, not even training under such a gifted master as Ti could calm her raging anger. When Shaak Ti was killed by Vader's apprentice, Maris fully fell to the Dark Side. Her descent was so absolute that she actually infected the Felucian natives and the planet itself.
This Expanded Universe character's was the padawan of Master Jocasta Nu. If you don't remember Jocasta, she is the arrogant librarian in Attack of the Clones who tells Obi-Wan that Jedi records being incomplete was impossible. This vain pride clearly rubbed off on Jerec because he too became a haughty scholar. Further following in Nu's footsteps, this blind Jedi became an archaeologist tasked with tracking down lost artifacts. When Jerec felt he had learned all he could from the Jedi, he was tempted to delve into Dark Side knowledge.
He was on an expedition in the Unknown Regions during The Clone Wars and only returned after Order 66. His homecoming attracted the attention of the Inquisitors, who hunted him down. When offered the choice to turn to the Dark Side or die, Jerec had no problem switching allegiances. He then rose in rank until he was only second to Darth Vader.
It's stated in The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia (2010) that, "rumor has it that she trained as a padawan." However, this is about all that is canon about this notorious bounty hunter being Force sensitive and ever having been trained to use it. On the other hand, in the Expanded Universe we get a whole backstory on why she is so anti Jedi. In the Star Wars comics of the early '00s we found out she had been the apprentice of a Jedi master referred to as the Dark Woman but was kidnapped by pirates before she could finish her training.
She was then raised as a pirate and grew to resent the Jedi for not rescuing her. Eventually, she started hunting Jedi and collecting lightsabers. If this sounds familiar to Asajj's entry, we believe it is because elements of both characters' EU backstories were used for Asajj's canon origin.
Lucien is a Jedi Master that appeared in the Knights of the Old Republic (2006-2010) comic series. He was from a Jedi family in which his father was a deceased war hero and his mother specialized in teaching seers. His mother, Krynda Draay, secretly formed a cabal called the Jedi Covenant to watch out for the return of the Sith. Krynda trained a group of seers dubbed the First WatchCircle to be a kind of Sith alert system. Lucien was tasked with protecting and leading this group.
The oracles have a vision of death and destruction brought on by a Sith Lord in red armor. As their padawans are wearing red spacesuits at the time, they believe one would fall to the Dark Side. So, they take a proactive stance and kill the apprentices. Only Lucien's student, Zayne Carrick, survives and the WatchCircle frame him for the murders.
We don't have to tell you that the offspring of Han Solo and Leia Organa is a bad seed. While we don't know the full details yet, the information we have been privy to tells of Ben starting his Jedi training with Luke in his twenties. Also, at an unspecified time, Ben had fallen under the influence of Supreme Leader Snoke. He was taught the ways of the Dark Side and to prove his dedication to Snoke, he returned to his uncle's Jedi Temple and slew all the students (in a scene reminiscent of Anakin in Revenge of the Sith). He was then inducted into the mysterious Knights of Ren. Ben was rechristened Kylo Ren and vowed to finish the mission started by his grandfather, Darth Vader.
Here's the thing, the Skywalker line has actually been nothing but trouble for the galaxy at large. While, yes, Luke did manage to stop the Sith, the Empire regrouped and came back swinging and he was nowhere to be found. It was horrible when the Death Star obliterated Alderaan, but Starkiller Base took out a whole system before Resistance forces were able to neutralize it. Where was Luke? On Ach-To, chillin' like a villain.
And judging by The Last Jedi trailer, it looks like "villain" is exactly what road our beloved Jedi may have gone down. After the events of Return of the Jedi, Luke went undercover to the Dark Side to try to stop a clone of the Emperor in the non-canon Dark Empire (1991-1992) comics. May Rian Johnson be taking inspiration from this storyline?
While many may think Obi-Wan is the ideal Jedi, he is anything but. Somewhere between Obi, Qui-Gon and Yoda lies the blame for the fall of the Jedi and the Republic. The Jedi's strict rules demanded they ignore their attractions and emotions. We all know how that turns out in real life. This holier-than-thou doctrine led to the arrogance that elders like Yoda and Jocasta Nu displayed in the last days of the Order.
While Yoda made an exception to the Jedi's age restriction to allow the training of Anakin, it was Obi who had the gall to believe a newly Knighted Jedi could mentor the Chosen One. Further, after slashing off three of his padawan's limbs, he didn't have the mercy to put him out of his misery. Then, he just left it up the rest of the galaxy to deal with this monster he created.
Oh, Qui-Gon, Qui-Gon, Qui-Gon. You were so sure you were right about Anakin being The Chosen One and then didn't live long enough to see what he was "chosen" for. His theories about The Living Force might have held some weight but his focus on the present may have blinded him to the coming dark future. He should have recognized that Anakin's attachment to his mother could pose a problem to his training.
While he did seem to be more in-touch with what was going on in the galaxy than the Jedi Council, the Sith avoided his detection for decades as well. Also, Qui-Gon figured he could train two students and hunt down the Sith, all at the same time. Going to have to call hubris yet again, a common trait in Jedi.
Why does poor Yoda get the #1 spot on list of such notorious villains? Well, the way we see it, he is responsible for leading the Jedi astray, sinking the Republic, the tragedies of the Skywalker family and basically everything else bad that happened in a galaxy far, far away. No really! If he was almost 900 years-old when he met Luke, that means his power and wisdom should have been unparalleled in the era leading up to The Clone Wars.
However, he did not sense generations of Sith machinations (mostly in the Expanded Universe). He also may be one of the Masters that established some of the Order's restrictive rules and guidelines, considering his age and position. He at least enforced them. So, the whole child soldier thing and no familial or romantic relationships is kind of on his head.
Do you think these Jedi are worse than Sith? Are there even worse examples than the ones we mentioned? Give us a shout in the comments!


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As a gunman launched his massacre at a Florida high school, gunning down his former classmates, a football coach risked his own life to save students.
Coach Aaron Feis, also employed as a security guard at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, was shot and wounded after jumping in front of the teenagers to protect them.
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Even in the barren, almost post-apocalyptic world of middle-of-nowhere Texas, not everyone's motivations are one in the same. There are different connotations to "getting your hands dirty" depending on who you meet.
That's the foundation of the premise for Hell or High Water, a marvelously tense and bleakly honest film built on contrasts, and on showing the interplay between those contrasts.
That isn't to say the only way this film can be enjoyed is on a metaphysical level. It's a more straightforward offering on the surface, and still an incredibly enjoyable and memorable experience, certainly one of the best to be had at the cinema this year so far.
One of the film's biggest strengths lies in its script, which provides not only fully-realized characters with dynamic motives, but also ensures that nary a moment is wasted. Right from the opening sequence, it's clear this is a smaller-scale, intimate film about two brothers robbing banks with different mindsets as they go about holding up tellers.
Chris Pine (Star Trek, The Finest Hours) and Ben Foster (Warcraft, Lone Survivor) are superb as the two brothers who take it upon themselves to become short-term criminals in order to save their family's farm, at a time when big banks provide no favors to the citizens they serve. Both are virtually unrecognizable – in a good way – and their performances effectively convey why they're doing what they're doing, which isn't completely similar.
The film does a good job showing the contrast between the two, but it would be wrong to say it focuses on them. Appropriately, just as much attention is placed on the rangers chasing them, as well as the local denizens who exhibit very different ways of enduring desperate times.
So much focus is also placed on the visual aesthetic, something immediately eye-catching and mesmerizing, especially when certain colors come into play that seem downright alien. Hell or High Water won't win any awards for visual effects, but the way it highlights the solitary, lonely setting while still keeping an intimate gaze on its characters is worthy of recognition.
The music, however, easily has to be one of the top two or three scores of the year so far, and it would take some fantastic work by films in the coming months to overshadow it. It's simultaneously subtle and ominous, like a coyote hiding behind a yucca while stalking its prey outside a lonely Texas town. The music itself is almost a willing participant in the on-screen heists.
While the narrative starts rather simply, it certainly gets more complex as the film goes on, having commented on multiple very real societal issues by the time the credits roll. There's never a clear antagonist or protagonist as the film makes clear where characters came from and what fuels their actions, making for an effective and enticing character study of the lonely and destitute.
Hell or High Water also comments on the consequences of capitalism, its cyclical nature and the tendency of its proponents to fall victim to it. Consistently having enough money is a commodity that few can afford here, and the variety of ways that fact manifests itself amounts to the creation of a detailed world that at times seems like its holds the last remnants of civilization.
While exploring all these motifs and themes, the film remains briskly paced with huge entertainment value, and a climax that is both open-ended and also incredibly satisfying. Whether for the analytical filmgoer or the one just looking for a good time to be had, watching Hell or High Water once certainly isn't enough.
Five or 10 times might not be sufficient, either. Not for this world, with is so fully realized and detailed that you're sure to find something new with each viewing.
In a Nutshell
Hell or High Water is a tense, taught marvel of a film with much to offer for movie buffs of both the contemplative and spectator variety.
9 / 10
Hell or High Water is rated R for some strong violence, language throughout and brief sexuality
Starring: Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges
Directed by David Mackenzie