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...film, although an important artifact of this transient genre, is also a critique of street art. “Exit Through the Gift Shop” takes a tragic plunge when, after eight years of gathering footage, Guetta abdicates the camera and begins to create his own street art. Re-naming himself Mr. Brainwash (MBW), Guetta begins to organize his own exhibition of street art, “Life is Beautiful,” despite his relative anonymity...
...wanted to do entering the weekend was to place in the top eight and ensure ourselves a place in the national semifinals,” Palmer said. “However, even though we were able to do that, the weekend was a bit disappointing, as we were in third place after the first day and struggled a bit during the second half of day two on Sunday...
Standout freshman Katie Sylvan and sophomore Christine Cho—the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year—elected not to travel this weekend in hopes of being better prepared for the multi-day Ancient Eight championship the following week...
...program of officer training, compulsory for all British army officers, is a distillation of centuries of accrued knowledge combined with a rigorous practical regime. It attracts applicants from all over the world including China and the U.S., and has stiffened the sinews of the heads of state of eight countries plus a clutch of royals, including the British princes William and Harry. "When I was in Sierra Leone meeting a Kenyan battalion, it was exactly like being back at Sandhurst," says Major General Andy Salmon, former commandant general of the Royal Marines, the last British commander of British coalition...
...dawn assault at Druid's Ridge in the Welsh mountain range known as the Brecon Beacons was the culmination of an eight-day maneuver that forced cadets to survive the claggy cold without cover and on minimal sleep. The physical exertions are complemented by intensive academic study of military history and strategy. "Where we are fundamentally different from our peer academies at West Point, Saint-Cyr and Dresden is that we are a military academy that has a significant intellectual, academic component. They are military universities that do military training," says Colonel Tim Checketts, Sandhurst's chief of staff...