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The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2009 Dutch independent body horror film written, directed and co-produced by Tom Six. The film concerns a deranged German surgeon who kidnaps three tourists and conjoins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming the eponymous "human centipede". It stars Dieter Laser as Josef Heiter, the creator of the centipede; and Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and Akihiro Kitamura as Heiter's victims.

According to Six, the concept arose from a joke he had made with friends about punishing a child molester by stitching his mouth to the anus of a "fat truck driver". Other sources of inspiration were Nazi medical experiments performed during World War II, such as those performed by Josef Mengele at the Auschwitz concentration camp. When approaching investors to fund the project, Six did not mention the premise of the film for fear of putting off potential backers; financiers did not discover the full nature of the film until completion.

The film held its premiere at the London FrightFest Film Festival on 30 August 2009. It received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 30 April 2010. Despite a mixed critical reception, the film won several accolades at international film festivals. Two sequels that were also written and directed by Six—Full Sequence and Final Sequence—were released in 2011 and 2015, respectively. The entire trilogy was combined into a single film in 2016, titled Complete Sequence, which Six described as a "movie centipede" due to each Sequence leading into its successor while simultaneously working as a separate standalone film.

Plot
Lindsay and Jenny, tourists from New York visiting Germany, get a flat tire on their way to a night club and seek help at the house of misanthropic, psychopathic surgeon Dr. Josef Heiter. He drugs the women with Rohypnol and kidnaps them to a makeshift medical ward. Heiter kills a kidnapped truck driver after Heiter informs him he is "not a match". Heiter also abducts Japanese tourist Katsuro. Heiter is a retired world-renowned expert at separating Siamese twins, but dreams of making new creatures by sewing humans together. He says he will surgically connect his three victims mouth-to-anus, so that they share a single digestive system. His prior experiment, the 3Dog, conjoined three Rottweilers into a "Siamese triplet"; all three dogs died following the operation. Heiter has moved on to using human subjects.

After Lindsay tries to escape and fails, Heiter decides to make her the middle part of the centipede, the most painful position for the healing process, as punishment. Heiter performs the surgery, placing Katsuro at the lead, Lindsay at the middle and Jenny at the rear; he removes both the upper and lower front teeth and lips of Lindsay and Jenny, and mutilates the buttocks of Katsuro and Lindsay to provide access to the rectums. He severs the ligaments of his victims' knees to prevent leg extension, forcing his victims to crawl.

Once the operation is complete, Heiter takes the centipede to his living room, takes photos, and passes a mirror around for the segments of the centipede to view their new form. Heiter attempts to train his centipede as a pet by caging the centipede in a dog kennel, letting Katsuro eat dog food at dinner, and belittling Katsuro with racist insults and beating him with a crop when he becomes rebellious. When Katsuro defecates after apologizing to the girls, Lindsay is forced to swallow his excrement. Heiter becomes irritated after being kept awake by the screaming of a caged Katsuro (who, as the front part of the centipede, has his mouth free and is still able to speak, but in Japanese) and by the constant moaning of the women, threatening to remove their vocal cords. When the centipede attempts to escape while Heiter is swimming, all three segments are beaten with the crop. Heiter is displeased with the realization that Lindsay is constipated. He proposes to use laxatives on Lindsay. However, before he can do this, he discovers that Jenny is dying from sepsis (suggesting that Lindsay may have already defecated into her mouth off-camera, which led to infection).

Two detectives, Kranz and Voller, visit the house to investigate the disappearance of the three tourists. Heiter comes up with an idea to add them as replacements for Jenny in a new creation: a four-segment centipede. He offers the detectives water spiked with Rohypnol. After being given the drugged water, the detectives become suspicious and obtain a search warrant for his home. When the detectives leave Heiter's home, the victims attempt to escape. Katsuro attacks Heiter. Their attempt to escape fails. Katsuro confesses to Heiter that he deserves this fate because he treated his family poorly, then takes his own life by slitting his throat with a glass shard.

Upon returning to Heiter's home, the detectives conduct separate searches as Heiter, injured, hides near his swimming pool. Kranz finds the ward along with Heiter's victims. Voller begins to feel ill from the earlier drugging, and Heiter stabs him with the scalpel pulled from his foot during Katsuro's attack. Upon finding Voller dead, Kranz is shot by Heiter with Voller's sidearm. Kranz responds by fatally shooting Heiter in the head before succumbing to his wounds. Back in the house, Jenny and Lindsay hold hands as Jenny dies. Lindsay sobs as she is left alone in the house, trapped between her deceased fellow captives.

Cast

 Dieter Laser as Josef Heiter, a retired surgeon who  specialised in the separation of conjoined twins, but in retirement is more interested in joining creatures together. Casting for the role of Heiter took place in Berlin, and Six intended to cast Laser before he had even read for the part, after Six saw a DVD of one of Laser's previous films. Laser had previously appeared in over 60 mostly German-language films, including Der Unhold and Baltic Storm (he speaks German in parts of First Sequence as well). Upon meeting him in Berlin, Six gave Laser a shot-by-shot explanation of Heiter's scenes, and Laser, impressed by Six's dedication and passion, agreed to take part in the film. Laser contributed considerably to the development of Heiter's character. For example, because Heiter views the "centipede" as his pet, Laser felt that it was important that Heiter appear naked during a scene in which he swam in full view of his victims, because Laser said "you aren't ashamed to be naked" around a pet.
 Ashley C. Williams as Lindsay, an American tourist, a friend of Jenny's, and the central section of the centipede. Auditioning for the roles of Jenny and Lindsay took place in New York City. Six said during the auditioning process, many actresses walked out of readings in disgust after hearing the full nature of the role. Others thought they would be able to take on the role, but found it was "too much" for them once they got onto their hands and knees behind another actor. Williams expressed concern about the nudity expected of her in the film, but took the role when she was assured it would be modest and of a non-sexual nature.
 Ashlynn Yennie as Jenny, an American tourist, a friend of Lindsay's, and the rear section of the centipede. As with Williams, The Human Centipede was Yennie's first major film role. Yennie was one of several actresses to audition for the role, as the producers searched for an actress who would have good on-screen chemistry with Williams. Yennie was able to further develop her relationship with Williams when the pair shared an apartment in the Netherlands during filming. Yennie auditioned to Ilona Six, the film's producer and sister of Tom Six, and did not meet Tom Six, who had viewed tapes of her reading, until fitting for the centipede special effects in the Netherlands. Yennie was drawn to the role by the humanity throughout the story, referring to how the three victims of Heiter are unwillingly forced into their situation. She also said the story was so realistic it scared her.
 Akihiro Kitamura as Katsuro, a Japanese tourist and front section of the centipede. Having already acted in or written for a number of films and television shows (including popular American television series Heroes), Kitamura was a relatively experienced actor compared to other cast members. He auditioned for the role of Katsuro via Skype from Los Angeles after the casting director saw him on television and recommended him for the role. The rest of the cast did not meet Kitamura until the day before shooting commenced.
 Rene de Wit as Truck Driver, one of Heiter's victims. De Wit had previously worked with Six in his 2008 film I Love Dries.
 Andreas Leupold as Detective Kranz, a police officer.
 Peter Blankenstein as Detective Voller, a police officer.

Production

Writing
The inspiration for the film's plot came from a joke that writer/director Tom Six once made to his friends about punishing a child molester they saw on TV by stitching his mouth to the anus of an overweight truck driver. Six saw this as the concept for a great horror film, and he began to develop the idea. He has said he was heavily influenced as a filmmaker by the early works of David Cronenberg and Japanese horror films. Six has said he prefers horror films that are more realistic over "unbelievable" monster films, and that he gets "a rash from too much political correctness." A major influence for The Human Centipede was Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial 1975 Italian drama film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, which was notable for its scenes depicting intensely graphic violence, sadism, and sexual depravity, as was the work of Japanese director Takashi Miike. Six has also expressed his love of the works of David Lynch. Further inspiration came from Six's previous role as a director on the Dutch series of Big Brother, where he had been able to observe people who "did crazy things when they were alone and thought they were not (being) watched."

Six has stated that The Human Centipede is, to an extent, a reflection on fascism. Dieter Laser, who played the antagonist Dr Heiter, said during the promotion of the film that he felt the guilt of Nazi actions during the war had haunted ordinary Germans for generations, and that as a German whose father participated in the war, he often felt "like a child whose father is in jail for murder." The inclusion of a German villain came from this, with Six citing both the German invasion of the Netherlands during World War II and the Nazi medical experiments as inspiration. Laser stated in an interview with Clark Collis for Entertainment Weekly that he considered the film a "grotesque [parody] about the Nazi psyche". Heiter's name was an amalgamation of several Nazi war criminals, his surname (literally meaning "cheerful" in German) a combination of the names of Nazi doctors Fetter and Richter, and his first name coming from Josef Mengele, who carried out experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp. World War II also played an influence on the nationality of the other main characters who were American and Japanese. Six includes many horror film clichés in the first act, such as a broken-down car, lack of phone signal and very naïve victims. Six did this in an attempt to lull audiences into thinking they are watching a conventional horror film, therefore making Dr Heiter's treatment of his victims more shocking.

Six placed a Japanese male at the front of the centipede to create a language barrier between the doctor and the centipede. Throughout the film the characters (with the exception of Heiter who for the most part speaks to the centipede in English) speak in their native languages only (subtitled for the viewer into English where necessary). Katsuro, as the front part of the centipede, can only speak Japanese and therefore cannot speak with either the doctor or Jenny and Lindsay. Secondly, Katsuro's position in the centipede sets up the opportunity for the doctor and the male victim of the centipede to fight toward the climax of the film. Six stated in the director's commentary for The Human Centipede that he has a personal fear of hospitals and doctors, so he stretched out the scene where Heiter explains how he will create the centipede and the subsequent procedure to create his "own nightmare."

While seeking funding for the film, Six pitched the idea of a surgeon who sewed people together. He did not initially reveal that the victims would be joined mouth-to-anus, as he believed this idea would stand no chance of receiving investments. His backers felt that the idea of a surgeon sewing people together was original and Six received funding. However, they did not learn the exact details of the film until it had been completed. Six claimed that they were very happy with the finished film. Before signing on, the actors were given an outline of the storyboard rather than a complete script. They were also shown sketches of how the centipede would be formed.

Filming
Although The Human Centipede is set in Germany, principal photography took place in the Netherlands due to the neighbouring countries' similar landscapes. Heiter's home, where most of The Human Centipede takes place, was a villa in the Netherlands found by the production team. The property was in a residential area and not surrounded by woodland as it appears in the film, but by other houses. This meant the filmmakers had some difficulty ensuring that the other houses did not appear in shot. Some conversion of the property took place prior to filming, such as a cinema room which was converted to form Heiter's basement operating theatre, with real hospital beds and intravenous drips rented from a local hospital. The paintings of conjoined twins that were displayed throughout the house were painted by Tom Six, which he felt contributed to the atmosphere in the house. The hotel room scene near the beginning of the film was filmed in a hotel suite at a location near Amsterdam. The film was shot almost entirely in sequence, which Yennie stated helped the actors to develop their characters throughout the film. The opening scene, which only featured Laser and de Wit, was shot on the last day of filming.

Laser remained in character as Heiter throughout the filming process, often shouting at the rest of the cast on set, and wherever possible staying away from the other actors and crew between scenes to preserve a level of separation. He only ate food he had brought onto the set himself, eating mostly fruit. He contributed dialogue for his character and selected many of his character's outfits from his personal wardrobe. Six claims that the jacket Heiter wore, which was bought by Laser, was a genuine jacket worn by real Nazi doctors. Laser was also happy for the other actors in The Human Centipede to add their own ideas to the film. For example, when Heiter is explaining his procedure to his victims, Katsuro's dialogue was improvised, which pleased Laser. During filming Laser accidentally kicked Kitamura (Katsuro), leading to a fight on set between the actors. The incident contributed to the tension and anger throughout the scene they were filming, in which Heiter sits at his dining table eating while the centipede eats dog food from the floor alongside him. Laser also unintentionally hurt Williams during the scene where Heiter roughly grabs and injects Lindsay, which caused a pause in shooting.

The Nazi influence behind Heiter led to the use of classical music when the doctor is "training" his centipede. The music was deliberately played at low quality to simulate the music coming from a loudspeaker, in much the same way as music was sometimes played in Nazi concentration camps. Many of the sound effects in The Human Centipede were created by manipulating meat. For example, the sound of a nose being broken was made by snapping bones within cuts of raw meat. Due to the discomfort of spending long periods on their hands and knees, the actors playing the centipede were given massages at the end of each day of filming. Yennie stated that she and Williams experienced jaw pain from holding a bit in their mouths during filming, but overall she did not feel that the physical side of filming had been excessively difficult.

Effects

The Human Centipede contains relatively few gory images; little of the surgical procedure is depicted directly, no excrement is shown on screen, and according to Kim Newman in Empire, it is "never quite as outrageous as it threatens to be." Six stated that he wanted the film to be as authentic as possible and claimed to have consulted a Dutch surgeon during the creation and filming process, resulting in the film being "100% medically accurate." Six said that the surgeon initially wanted nothing to do with his film, as he felt Six was "crazy" and the idea had "nothing to do with medical science." However, the surgeon changed his mind and decided that he liked the idea, and so came up with a method of creating a human centipede. Six has claimed that the central and rear members of the centipede could survive for years by supplementing their diet with an IV drip. The special effects team was led by Rob and Erik Hillenbrink, father and son. They designed the final composition of the centipede from sketches provided by the consulting surgeon. The actors who made up the centipede wore hardened underwear, compared by Yennie to shorts, which had a rubber grip for the actors to wear, and for the actor behind to bite, creating the illusion of the mouth-to-anus connection. Six kept secret how the centipede would be formed as long as possible, and Yennie claimed that even her make-up artist did not know, asking Yennie what kind of "suit" the actors would be wearing.

When Heiter is operating on his victims, Jenny's teeth were digitally removed in post-production. However, other effects were relatively simple to create. Heiter's "three dog" was created by Photoshopping an image of three Rottweilers to create an image of dogs joined together. Colour grading was used extensively throughout the production of The Human Centipede. For example, at the end of the film when Lindsay is left between the dead bodies of Jenny and Katsuro, their skin tones were lightened to further emphasise that they were dead and Lindsay was still alive.

The rain when Jenny and Lindsay's car breaks down was added digitally in post-production. The filmmakers had not been granted permission to film at the roadside location, but went ahead against the authorities' wishes as Six felt the location in the woods was ideal for the scene. When Heiter's window is repaired after Lindsay's escape attempt, the use of a tracking shot through the window pane required the reflection of the crew to be digitally removed from the glass. The film contains a large number of long tracking shots; Six has cited the influence of Takashi Miike who also uses many tracking shots in his films.

Release

Promotion
During promotion for The Human Centipede, press materials claimed that the film was "100% medically accurate". Six and the producers frequently stated that the film had been described as "the most horrific film ever made," and many writers, such as Karina Longworth of LA Weekly magazine and Jay Stone of the Calgary Herald, described the film as torture porn. Roger Ebert, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, stated that he felt the film had been "deliberately intended to inspire incredulity, nausea and hopefully outrage." However, writing in The Guardian, David Cox noted that he had been unable to trace the source of this quote as the "most horrific film ever made" and had contacted Six to attempt to ascertain the origin of the judgement. Six claimed that the statement had originally been made by The Sun newspaper in the United Kingdom. However, Cox was unable to trace any article making this claim. When asked by Cox as to what Six regarded as the "most horrific" film, Six stated he in fact believed it to be Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.

Theatrical
The Human Centipede was released in the United States without an MPAA rating. It was released theatrically in New York City on 30 April 2010 and had a limited release in the US shortly afterward, distributed by IFC Films. Throughout 2009, the film was included in several film festivals around the world including the London FrightFest Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, and Screamfest Horror Film Festival. Six remarked on how many film festival audiences reacted strongly to the film, sometimes almost vomiting in the cinema aisles. To Six's amusement, Spanish audiences often found the film funny, and laughed throughout screenings. Six claimed that the "buzz" surrounding the film led to several studios approaching him to discuss its distribution. IFC Films has a history of releasing unconventional horror films, having previously distributed the Norwegian Nazi-zombie feature Dead Snow and the 2009 release Antichrist. The Human Centipedes US gross was $181,467, and worldwide takings amounted to $252,207.

The film was passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and released with an 18 certificate, receiving a limited run in the UK on 20 August 2010. It was distributed by Bounty Films.

Home media
The Human Centipede was released in the United Kingdom on DVD and Blu-ray on 4 October 2010, and in the US the following day, where, as of September 2020, DVD sales have totalled $3,669,412.

Reception

Critical response
The Human Centipede received mixed reviews. Review aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 50% approval rating based on 94 reviews, with an average rating of 5.15/10; the general consensus states: "Grotesque, visceral and hard to (ahem) swallow, this surgical horror doesn't quite earn its stripes because the gross-outs overwhelm and devalue everything else." At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 33, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Giving the film three stars out of five, Empire writer Kim Newman stated that "underneath an extremely repulsive concept, this is a relatively conventional horror movie." Variety Magazine writer Peter DeBurge criticised the film's lack of social commentary, stating that it could not "be bothered to expand upon its unpleasant premise, inviting audiences to revel in its sick humor by favoring Dr. Heiter ... and characterizing the victims as shallow expendables." Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Clark Collis was broadly positive about Dieter Laser's performance as the Doctor, and praised Six's direction, saying Six "has put together his nightmare yarn with Cronenbergian care and precision." Collis said The Human Centipede was "without question one of the most disgusting horror films ever made." Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw gave the film three out of five, saying that, whilst "entirely deplorable and revolting," the film was "sort of brilliant". Total Film writer Jamie Russell gave the film four stars out of five, calling it "Shocking, funny, disturbing... a throwback to the glory days of Cronenberg."

Sukhdev Sandhu of The Daily Telegraph was generally negative about the film, stating, "The Human Centipede has its moments, but they're largely obscured by umpteen holes in the plot as well as by reams of exposition," and that it was "an ultimately underwhelming affair that's neither sick or [ sic ] repellent enough to garner the cult status it so craves." The New York Times review by Jeannette Catsouli noted that whether the film was "a commentary on Nazi atrocities or a literal expression of filmmaking politics, the grotesque fusion at least silences the female leads, both of whose voices could strip paint." Writing in the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert did not assign the film a star rating (not to be confused with awarding it zero stars), stating, "I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

Critics and a doctor have dismissed Six's claim that the film was "100 percent medically accurate" as "ludicrous" and "rubbish". Dr John Cameron, speaking to TV3 News in New Zealand, gave an interview about the feasibility of a human centipede, stating how he believed it would be difficult for a join between different people to heal and form a connection, and how the centipede would quickly die from lack of nutrition. John Martin, a former Hollywood film executive and CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, said Six's claims of 100 percent medical accuracy should be viewed with reference to the kind of shock gimmicks that film producers had long used to attract attention. Martin compared Six's claims to those of Kroger Babb and William Castle, who had also made "grand promises" about what they were putting on screen, in a bid to lure audiences.

Accolades
Despite mixed reviews, the film won several awards in 2009 during advance screenings at various international horror film festivals, including Best Picture/Movie at Fantastic Fest (Austin, Texas), Screamfest Horror Film Festival (Los Angeles), and the Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival. Laser won Best Actor in the horror category at Fantastic Fest and the film won the award for Best Ensemble Cast at the South African Horrorfest.

Sequels

When Tom Six began creating the Human Centipede sequels, he envisioned a trilogy that works as a "movie centipede". Each sequel opens with the ending of the previous film, as the events of that film influence said sequel. Although every film works as a standalone movie, they can all be connected to form a single 4.5-hour-long film.

While promoting The Human Centipede, Six stated that he had started work on a sequel to First Sequence, titled The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Shooting on a similar budget to the first film, Six stated the sequel would be a much more graphic, disturbing and even "shittier" film; First Sequence being "My Little Pony compared with part two." Yennie stated at the May 2010 Weekend of Horrors that the sequel would contain "the blood and shit" that viewers did not see in the first film. The plot of Full Sequence involved a centipede made from twelve people, featured a largely British cast, and was given the tag-line "100% medically inaccurate".

The plot of Full Sequence involves a man who, after becoming sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of First Sequence, decides to create his own human centipede. The film had been planned for a DVD release in the United Kingdom. However, upon submitting the film to the BBFC for classification, the film was rejected due to content that was "sexually violent and potentially obscene". The BBFC's report criticised the film as making "little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience," and that the film was potentially in breach of the Obscene Publications Act, meaning its distribution in the UK would be illegal. Bounty Films, the UK distributor, appealed the decision, and the film was eventually passed with an 18 certificate in October 2011. To achieve the 18 rating, thirty-two cuts were made from the film, removing two minutes and thirty-seven seconds from the original version.

The third and final film in the trilogy, The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), received a limited theatrical release on 22 May 2015. The film features the largest human centipede in the series, composed of five hundred victims, as Six says, "each film is a reaction to the other. And the film got so big, it was a pop culture phenomenon, and people wanted more: a bigger centipede, helicopters and things… it had to be bigger and bigger. And what I did, I used the idea and almost made a parody on the human centipede films itself." As Full Sequence was intended to make First Sequence look like My Little Pony in comparison, Final Sequence was intended to make Full Sequence resemble a Disney film. The movie features the tag-line "100% Politically Incorrect". Both Dieter Laser and Full Sequence star Laurence R. Harvey returned in starring, albeit different, roles.

The Human Centipede (Final Sequence) was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards in the categories of "Worst Director" and "Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel", respectively. It was also named the second worst movie of 2015 by Entertainment Weekly and The A.V. Club. In 2016, a compilation film of the entire trilogy titled The Human Centipede (Complete Sequence): The Movie Centipede was released, running a total of 275 minutes.

Parodies
A number of parodies of the film have been made. A pornographic parody, directed by Lee Roy Myers and titled The Human Sexipede, was released in September 2010. It starred Tom Byron as Heiter, who joined three people mouth-to-genitals. The South Park episode "HUMANCENTiPAD" saw character Kyle Broflovski unwittingly agreeing to become a part of a "Human CENTiPAD" after failing to read the full details of an Apple user license agreement. The website Funny or Die featured a sketch where the freed victims of a human centipede, now separated, but scarred physically and mentally, argue at a survivors' meeting. The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) actress Bree Olson starred in a parody of the franchise that was directed by Graham Rich.

Graphic novel

In January 2016, Tom Six revealed on Twitter that production of a graphic novel adaptation of The Human Centipede was underway, along with posting an image of a test printed copy. It was also stated the graphic novel was going to be available in English, Spanish, German, French, and Japanese. The release for the graphic novel was stated to be in 2017, but it wasn't released that year.

On 27 March 2018, Six again posted on Twitter that the graphic novel was ready, and he is seeking a distributor for it. Later in May 2019, in an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Six said that the graphic novel, along with a behind-the-scenes book of the first film, is set to be released on the 10th anniversary of the series, which he reiterated on Twitter.

The story of the graphic novel will feature the events of the first film but it will display things that occurred before, and an epilogue that will shed light on the fate of the character Lindsay.

Future

Although Tom Six openly stated he viewed The Human Centipede as a trilogy, he told Bloody Disgusting in an interview that if he had to make a fourth installment he did have some ideas. Six said, "If I had to make a fourth one, which I might do in 20 years from now, who knows, it will be about connecting all starving Africans on the African continent done by a charity organization, to solve the hunger problem. Or about aliens connecting the whole human race!"

Tom Six later revealed that he had written a script for a potential spin-off film titled The Human Caterpillar, a reference to a scene from The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) where sewed prison inmates had their limbs amputated so they resemble a caterpillar. Furthermore, Six stated that the concept of The Human Centipede would appear in future projects in some form.

See also
  (a similar class of real-world experiments on animals)

References

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2009 films
2009 horror films
Body horror films
Dutch horror films
English-language Dutch films
2000s German-language films
2000s Japanese-language films
Films about kidnapping
Films about murderers
Films about surgeons
Films directed by Tom Six
Films scored by Patrick Savage
Films set in country houses
Films set in Germany
Films shot in the Netherlands
Mad scientist films
Obscenity controversies in film
Splatter films
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While the Spring It On Event, which launches on February 21, will bring with it the Spring It On questline as well as new event store items. This game gives you the chance to live out that fantasy. Hellraiser — Enough explosives can solve any problem! The two tiers between the highest and the lowest — the Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition — offer a mix of the bonuses depending on how high you want to go. Exterminator — Fire is the answer! A startup ticket has already been opened with and the buyer. The game includes three different game modes released as early access: Save the World, Battle Royale, and most recently, Creative. Fixer — When versatility in any situation is the highest priority, the Fixer is there for you, starting out with an explosive ammo case and several teammate ammo-restoring perks.
Fortnite (Microsoft Xbox One, 2017) for sale online
On Friday, the official Fortnite Twitter account posted an updated timeline for Save The World. This type of pricing makes me less optimistic about the future of the game. Maybe if you were a Scientologist this kind of business model would make sense. I'm not saying make it free, I'm just saying that it should be offered with a similar discount, minus the extra copies. Takedown your opponent in the adrenaline fuelled Takedown Races, chain your way to perfection in Heatwave, or rule every road in Road Rage. There is only one way to win - Takedown anything that tries to get between you and the finish line.
Early Access means Save The World has bugs and balance issues. Teams are made up of Soldiers, who are excellent marksmen, Ninjas, who specialize in melee combat, Constructors, who are master builders, and loot-grabbing Outlanders, and each class has skills that can be upgraded. You can buy a Founder's Pack for early access now and get to play the game today through this link: Subreddit Rules Users are expected to behave maturely and respectfully. They have struggled against the poisoned elements, fought mutated beasts and paranormal horrors, and suffered the flames of civil war. Then you argue, is it worth the money to buy two more copies of the game just for some more prizes in game with a 60% discount? For the first time, players could create their own islands with provided prefabs, devices, and standard Battle Royale weapons and items- your island, your friends, your rules. Now I could be way off on this, it may be considered a deal in the eyes of Epic. I want to support Epic Games but not at this level of gouging.

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For Sale at Roseanne's Shop, all kinds of crap!
When I say "crap" I mean it in a good Roseanne Barr way...you know, how she uses the word "crap" a lot. The Roseanne Shop was a link from one of my favorite blogs--Roseanne's World. Click the title link to start shopping!
Singer/Actress Jennifer Hudson relatives slain; child missing...I am a big fan of Jennifer Hudson and am so sorry for her loss and my thoughts and prayers are with her.
McCain volunteer made up robbery story...duh! Did anybody ever really believe her cockamainy story?
Did you know that every four seconds a woman is beaten in the United States?
Resources are available from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.


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Life Video 11th July, 2017
Lawnmower-mad pensioner is out to get all the mower he can grass-p as collection reaches over 400
Dreading cutting the grass AGAIN this weekend? This gardening fanatic currently has OVER 400 lawnmowers in his collection.
Green-fingered retired greenkeeper, Stan Hardwick, has been collecting lawnmowers for more than 40 years – and has so many he even has to store then in his living room – to the despair of wife Margaret.
But even through Stan has mowers worth tens of thousands of pounds in his home – he will only use a pusher mower worth £20 to cut his own 6 x 4 metre lawn at home in Finley, North Yorks.
Stan, 77, said: "My wife, Margaret, doesn't like the mowers, but she's just got used to them, she has to put up with them now.
"I cut the grass in our garden twice a week, I like to keep it looking nice. But I wouldn't use my most expensive mowers.
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"I used to collect them by myself, but I'm not the spring chicken I used to be.
"So I enlisted the help of my son, Jonathon, and he thinks they're really cool and we share the collection now.
"He's a lot stronger than I am, and with over 400 lawnmowers, I need as much help as I can get!"
Aside from collecting the mowers, the 'Lawn Ranger' also restores broken ones to make his collection fully-functioning.
He added: "I like the technical part, so if there's anything that needs fixing that's the part that I do.
"Whereas my son, he likes the nice part – we strip the mowers down most weekends and give them a touch-up.
"And on weekend's we're not working on them, we take them to fairs to show them off – and if we're not at fairs, I'm on the hunt to buy more.
"I would never sell them, unless I needed the money – but as long as I don't then they're staying right here.
"I think now I've spent somewhere between £20-30,000 on them.
"But, to the right buyer, the collection would be worth around £200,000."
Stan said: "I still collect them because it's something I've always done.
"You can't just leave it for someone else to get.
"I've got to keep collecting them, it's got a hold of me.
"I recently spent £2500 on a lawnmower, it was a stationary engine on a frame work and that's definitely one of my favourites.
"I look all over the place, I get quite a lot on eBay and sometimes you get them when someone dies – to carry on their collection.
"I prefer the older ones, but they're harder to get hold of.
"The oldest one I've got is a donkey mower from 1863.
"I've got my eye on a few new ones – we go to a fair in Whitby in about a month's time so hopefully I'll find some good ones down there!"
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a lottery prize winner's choice to remain anonymous on
authorization to withhold five percent of winnings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 466.015, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commission shall adopt rules governing
nondisclosure of the identity of certain lottery prize winners
under Section 466.029.
SECTION 2. Section 466.022(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) In addition to commission records excepted from
disclosure under Chapter 552, the following information is
confidential and is exempt from disclosure:
(1) security plans and procedures of the commission
designed to ensure the integrity and security of the operation of
the lottery;
(2) information of a nature that is designed to ensure
the integrity and security of the selection of winning tickets or
numbers in the lottery, other than information describing the
general procedures for selecting winning tickets or numbers; [and]
(3) the street address and telephone number of a prize
winner, if the prize winner has not consented to the release of the
information; and
(4) all identifying information, other than the
municipality and county in which the prize winner resides, of a
lottery prize winner who has chosen to remain anonymous under
Section 466.029.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 466, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 466.029 to read as follows:
Sec. 466.029. CHOICE BY CERTAIN LOTTERY PRIZE WINNERS TO
REMAIN ANONYMOUS. (a) A lottery prize winner may choose to remain
anonymous and prohibit the prize winner's identifying information,
other than the municipality and county in which the prize winner
resides, from being released to the public if the prize winner:
(1) wins a prize in an amount greater than $1 million;
(2) submits to the commission on the form prescribed
by the commission a written authorization to withhold an amount
equal to five percent of the total lottery prize amount.
(b) The amount withheld as authorized under Subsection
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single lottery prize claim, whether paid in one payment or
installment payments, and before federal tax is withheld and other
mandatory amounts are deducted as required by law.
(c) The commission shall deposit the amount withheld under
this section into the state lottery account established under
(d) The commission may not require a lottery prize winner
who chooses to remain anonymous under this section to participate
in a news conference or other public forum.
(e) This section does not prohibit the commission from
releasing identifying information of a natural person who is a
prize winner or who is a beneficial interest owner of a legal entity
that is a prize winner to a state agency under Section 466.407 or
466.4075, or to the Health and Human Services Commission.
SECTION 4. (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas
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BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Ineos Industries Holdings Limited, Lyndhurst, UK, have made an important step towards the establishment of the joint venture company Styrolution. On May 27, 2011 the companies signed a joint venture contract, which regulates the formation of the joint venture company Styrolution. The establishment of the joint venture is subject to approval by the appropriate antitrust authorities.
The companies plan to combine their global business activities in styrene monomers (SM), polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene-butadiene block copolymers (SBC) and other styrene-based copolymers (SAN, AMSAN, ASA, MABS) as well as copolymer blends into the new joint venture called Styrolution. The business with expandable polystyrene is not part of the transaction. BASF and INEOS will retain their respective businesses.


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Just think, then, of how vastly different residential and commercial roofs must be. The differences in construction materials, application techniques, roof cost, and service life spans are all different. Some roof installation companies may only focus on one type of roof or the other.
Here are the key differences between commercial and residential roofs, broken down by their major distinctions.
The materials that are used to build residential and commercial roofs are distinct, and some materials are only used for one or the other. Commercial buildings usually have flat or low-slope roofs, and so materials like TPO, EPDM, and built-up roofing are employed here.
Residential roofs tend to have more options, particularly because the appearance of the roof is of greater importance. Homes can be built out of clay tiles, metal panels, or shingles. Shingles can be made of asphalt or wood, each of which can be broken down into different categories. For instance, there are different types of wooden shingles made of many types of natural wood. There are also different formations of asphalt shingles, like architectural and 3-tab.
Operating Life Spans
The operating life span of a roof refers to the recommended amount of time between roof repair or replacement services. For the most part, commercial roofing systems tend to last longer. This is due to the features of the building on which they're installed, and the materials used. Residential roofing materials like wooden or asphalt shingles tend to be more fragile and don't last as long. At the same time, slate and metal residential roofs may rival their commercial counterparts in terms of longevity.
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The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » Did you hear the latest? » » Penn Jillette :: Celebrity Apprentice (0 Likes)
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Posted: Oct 18, 2011 03:15 pm
According to several sources, it appears that Penn Jillette may be a contestant on the upcoming season od Celebrity Apprentice: http://bit.ly/JilletteCA
Dodd Vickers
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Ray Pierce
That's actually a very good move for him! More people saw him on "Dancing with the Stars" than most of his cable shows combined. At least "Celebrity Apprentice" will be able to leverage his intelligence and not just his footwork. I think people might be surprised in a very positive way when they get to know him what he's really like. Hopefully he will do really well on the show!
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Pete Biro
He must have a good agent.
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
Lol... if you look at the other "celebrities" on the show, he's actually one of the better known ones in that list!
rhiro
Arsenio Hall is reportedly in the cast, too. Hall is into magic. Maybe he and Penn can both sneak some magic in?
Years ago on the regular non-celebrity Apprentice, one contestant was a guy who was an amateur magician. He got fired before busting any magic out, though.
- Ross
It is my guess that Penn will probably not be doing too much magic on the show. I'm guessing he'll throw in some juggling, some sideshow tricks but pure magic on its own is not his strongest skill. On the other hand, he is very intelligent and well read, so I'm thinking he might do very very well on the show.
When singers are on this show they typically don't sing, actors don't act, not sure why a magician is expected to do magic?
I'm curious what "charity" Penn will be playing for, is there a retired atheiest's benevolent fund?
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 11:52 am
On 2011-10-19 17:56, lebowski wrote:
There are many secular charities to give to. Such as
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of constitutional protections and guarantees relating to First Amendment rights, including the freedom to practice religion or choose not to, equal protection, due process, and right to privacy.
AI's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.
DefCon: Campaign to Defend the Constitution
DefCon is an online grassroots movement combating the growing power of the religious right. It includes a blog on religious freedom issues, action alerts, and in-depth articles on scientific, religious, and legal issues of the day.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in nearly 70 countries.
a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack.
EWB-USA.org
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) helps to provide clean water, electricity, sanitation systems, and education. The concept is very similar to Doctors Without Borders.
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Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. The Oxfams operate in over 100 countries worldwide working with local partners to alleviate poverty and injustice.
The Nature Conservancy is a leading international, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the diversity of life on Earth. An environmental group that protects natural habitats and the wildlife within them. Focuses on "science-based" initiatives.
Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources. Works against faith-based policies that are supported by the Religious Right.
Rotary/Rotary International
Secular organisation, the world's first service club organisation. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. Motto is "service above self". Notable project is global Polio eradication.
The SEED foundation
National nonprofit that establishes urban public boarding schools to prepare students from underserved communities for success in college.
S.H.A.R.E.
The Secular Humanist Aid and Relief Effort or S.H.A.R.E. was developed over twenty years ago for those who wish to contribute to those people afflicted by natural or human disasters without having to use the intermediary of a religious organization. S.H.A.R.E. is a program of the Council for Secular Humanism, which for 29 years has been the leading organization promoting the rights and values of secular humanists in the U.S. and abroad.
The Union of Concerned Scientists
The leading science-based non-profit working for a healthy environment and safer world.
UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families. UNICEF provides emergency and disaster relief.
Wheelchair Foundation
The Wheelchair Foundation is a non-profit organization leading an international effort to provide free wheelchairs to every child, teen and adult who needs one, but cannot afford one. For over 10 years, the Wheelchair Foundation has been delivering hope, mobility, and freedom to people with disabilities, in an effort to provide at least 1,000,000 wheelchairs around the world.
"America's Foremost Satirical Magician" -- Jeff McBride.
It appears to me that there are just as many non-secular charities and those associated with a connection to a church or religion: http://techskeptic.blogspot.com/2007/12/......ies.html
Josh Chaikin
When Penn & Teller were on "Cash Cab" I believe they played for the Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas. I would imagine it'd be the same chairity this time around.
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London's top ambulance officer has taken the opportunity to thank 999 ambulance staff and colleagues in the other emergency services for their work today – 09-09-09.
The Service's Annual Report 2008-9 has now been published.
The Care Quality Commission has confirmed today (Friday 26 March) that the London Ambulance Service has been registered to provide services under a new, tougher system for regulating standards in the NHS.
The UK's counter-terrorism strategy chief visited the London Ambulance Service headquarters in Waterloo today to meet the capital's hazardous area response team (HART).
Significantly more London Ambulance Service staff are getting access to personal development opportunities than last year, according to the NHS national staff survey results released this week.
A ceremony has been held to honour London Ambulance Service staff who have recently achieved 20 years' service, those retiring from duty and one member of staff who went above and beyond the call of duty.
A Stewart Headlam Primary School pupil has been recognised for her prompt actions calling for help when her mum suffered an epileptic fit at home in January.


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package org.springframework.cloud.data.core;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

/**
 * Representation of a module in the context of a defined stream.
 * This includes module options provided in a stream definition.
 * This does not include module information required at deployment
 * time (such as the number of module instances).
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Gary Russell
 * @author Luke Taylor
 * @author Ilayaperumal Gopinathan
 * @author Patrick Peralta
 */
public class ModuleDefinition {

	/**
	 * Name of module.
	 */
	private final String name;

	/**
	 * Symbolic name of a module. This may be generated to a default
	 * value or specified in the DSL string.
	 */
	private final String label;

	/**
	 * Name of deployable unit this module instance belongs to (such as a stream).
	 */
	private final String group;

	/**
	 * Map of channel bindings for this module (such as input and/or output channels).
	 */
	private final Map<String, String> bindings;

	/**
	 * Parameters for module. This is specific to the type of module - for
	 * instance an http module would include a port number as a parameter.
	 */
	private final Map<String, String> parameters;

	/**
	 * Construct a {@code ModuleDefinition}. This constructor is private; use
	 * {@link ModuleDefinition.Builder} to create a new instance.
	 *
	 * @param name name of module
	 * @param label label used for module in stream definition
	 * @param group group this module belongs to (stream)
	 * @param bindings map of channel bindings; may not be {@code null}
	 * @param parameters module parameters; may be {@code null}
	 */
	private ModuleDefinition(String name, String label, String group,
			Map<String, String> bindings, Map<String, String> parameters) {
		Assert.notNull(name, "name must not be null");
		Assert.notNull(label, "label must not be null");
		Assert.notNull(group, "group must not be null");
		Assert.notNull(bindings, "bindings must not be null");
		Assert.notEmpty(bindings, "bindings must not be empty");
		this.name = name;
		this.label = label;
		this.group = group;
		this.bindings = Collections.unmodifiableMap(new HashMap<String, String>(bindings));
		this.parameters = parameters == null
				? Collections.<String, String>emptyMap()
				: Collections.unmodifiableMap(new HashMap<String, String>(parameters));
	}

	/**
	 * Return the name of this module.
	 *
	 * @return module name
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	/**
	 * Return symbolic name of a module. This may be explicitly specified in
	 * the DSL string, which is required if the stream contains another module
	 * with the same name. Otherwise, it will be the same as the module name.
	 *
	 * @return module label
	 */
	public String getLabel() {
		return label;
	}

	/**
	 * Return name of deployable unit this module instance belongs to
	 * (such as a stream).
	 *
	 * @return group name
	 */
	public String getGroup() {
		return group;
	}

	/**
	 * Return map of channel bindings for this module (such as input
	 * and/or output channels).
	 *
	 * @return map of channel bindings for module
	 */
	public Map<String, String> getBindings() {
		return bindings;
	}

	/**
	 * Return parameters for module. This is specific to the type of module - for
	 * instance an http module would include a port number as a parameter.
	 *
	 * @return read-only map of module parameters
	 */
	public Map<String, String> getParameters() {
		return parameters;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return new ToStringCreator(this)
				.append("name", this.name)
				.append("label", this.label)
				.append("group", this.group)
				.append("bindings", this.bindings)
				.append("parameters", this.parameters).toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Builder object for {@code ModuleDefinition}.
	 * This object is mutable to allow for flexibility in specifying module
	 * fields/parameters during parsing.
	 */
	public static class Builder {

		/**
		 * @see ModuleDefinition#name
		 */
		private String name;

		/**
		 * @see ModuleDefinition#label
		 */
		private String label;

		/**
		 * @see ModuleDefinition#group
		 */
		private String group;

		/**
		 * @see ModuleDefinition#bindings
		 */
		private Map<String, String> bindings = new HashMap<String, String>();

		/**
		 * @see ModuleDefinition#parameters
		 */
		private final Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();

		/**
		 * Set the module name.
		 *
		 * @param name name of module
		 * @return this builder object
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CalArts Student Transformed Tragedy into Memoir Published by Bloomsbury
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Rose Andersen developed The Heart and Other Monsters in CalArts' MFA Creative Writing Program with support of faculty mentor Brian Evenson.
Valencia, CA—July 13—What does it take to write a memoir? How do writers transform, often painful, intimate experiences into this highly popular genre? First-time memoirist Rose Andersen developed The Heart and Other Monsters in the MFA Creative Writing Program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) with the support of faculty mentor Brian Evenson. Working with Evenson, Anderson shaped complex personal events into a narrative accepted by a major publisher.
With rural California's opioid crisis as the background, Anderson's book explores the dark side of the counterculture to recall her childhood and sister's mysterious death. The Heart and Other Monsters, published by Bloomsbury, launched in July.
Evenson offered to mentor any of his students who were ready to write a book. Andersen answered the call. Together they worked through multiple drafts of what was to become The Heart and Other Monsters. Rose graduated with a strong complete draft.
"I came to the MFA program knowing what book I had to write and with Brian as my mentor, I was able to navigate that process which proved to be emotionally difficult and logistically trying," noted Andersen. "While Brian writes primarily literary speculative horror, he was an ideal mentor for my memoir as I was grappling with similar themes: fear, grief, the unknown, darkness."
Evenson commented that "Rose's memoir of a sister's death, in which the line between overdose and murder becomes blurred, is the most clearsighted depiction I know of what it's like to piece life together after a great, irreparable loss, and a deft navigation of the byways and channels leading up to that loss, through it, and beyond."
The faculty of CalArts' MFA Creative Writing Program saw the promise in Andersen's book, and in 2018, her manuscript was the chosen for the annual faculty-driven Emi Kuriyama Thesis Prize.
About the book: In November 2013, Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in California. To imagine her way into Sarah's life, Andersen revisits their volatile childhood, marked by a stepfather's omnipresent rage and father's pathological lying. As the dysfunction comes into focus, so does a broader picture of the opioid crisis and the drug rehabilitation industry in small towns across America. And when Andersen learns that Sarah's cause of death was a methamphetamine overdose, the story takes a wildly unexpected turn.
The Creative Writing MFA Program at CalArts was designed to get over the division between 'creative' and 'critical.' Here, writing is understood as an art form best practiced alongside the other arts, and students benefit from having access to the CalArts community of artists as their peers and fellow travelers. A defining feature of the Creative Writing Program is hybridity and experimentation, so students are free to take courses in, and to write in, any genre they wish. Poets may take prose workshops to learn narrative conventions and how to deploy or challenge them; fiction and nonfiction writers may benefit from poetry workshops that hone their use of and engagement with language; and still other students may develop multidimensional writing practices.
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India's largest luxury car maker, Mercedes-Benz introduced a 'Sport Edition' of the A-Class, GLA and CLA in India today, celebrating the spirit of the UEFA EURO Championship 2016. The introduction of this 'Sport Edition' is concurrent with the inaugural day of the much awaited UEFA EURO 2016. Mercedes-Benz has been instrumental in supporting and nurturing talent for the beautiful game and providing the best of products and services for its customers, worldwide. The entire ensemble of the 'Sport Edition' has vibrant exterior accessories that make this special collection of cars, namely, A-Class, CLA and GLA, sporty, dynamic and stunningly beautiful. The 'Sport Edition' exudes the design of a real AMG with front and rear bumper, side skirts as well as the AMG carbon fibre mirror cover. The 'Sport Edition' was introduced by Roland Folger, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India.
The all new 'Sport Edition' will boast of significant exterior changes in the car body style like the 'Sport Edition' badge, the sport pedals and the black hub caps. There will be German national football team merchandise on display along with the 'Sport Edition' so the patrons and football enthusiasts can experience the lavishness of the brand while supporting their favourite team. The 'Sport Edition' will be available only for a limited time period until July 10, 2016.
The pronounced, arrow-shaped front module and the striking radiator grille lend the A-Class a confident look and an air of vitality. To emphasize the beauty of the A- Class, radiator trim in the form of a diamond radiator grille is part of the Mercedes- Benz 'Sport Edition'. The front bumper has been treated with apron spoiler lip along with chrome trims adding to the sportiness of the front design.
The modified rear on the A-Class emphasizes the width even more effectively and exudes strength and dynamism. Thanks to the increased downforce on the rear axle, the 'Sport Edition' spoiler painted in the vehicle colour on the roof helps to ensure better road holding. The diffusor-look rear apron trim enhance the looks, providing a muscular feel to the rear end.
GLA: Front splitters in matt titanium grey and distinctive flicks over the large side air intakes give a dynamic note to the AMG front apron.
CLA: AMG front bumper with large air intakes and a front spoiler lip in body colour for an aggressive, sporty and dynamic look.
GLA: The GLA features a typical breadth-emphasizing SUV rear-end design with athletic shoulders, which makes both a powerful and harmonious impression.
CLA: The horizontally structured rear end combines elegant coupé contours with innovative, sporty features. When viewed from the rear, the pronounced muscles on the rear wings form the athletic shoulders of the CLA.
In order to enhance physical visibility of the campaign for the consumers, Mercedes- Benz will be creating unique and appealing football kits in 26 of their showrooms across India. The idea is to have a stronger connect with the target audience during the UEFA EURO 2016 season. The innovative set up will comprise a goal, artificial turf, cut outs of football players and a backdrop of fans cheering for the German national football team.


Being proactive and action-oriented are vital elements of success, even more so for business owners.
Business owners have to stay on top of recent developments and be on the look out for new strategies to stay above the competition. When it comes to taking action, consider these pieces of advice.
1. Evaluate Often. Is your business meeting all of its current goals? Has it reached its full potential? In order to take action, you need to know what can be improved. Take an honest look at where you are right now. Get input from your employees. Check out this article from Forbes to see what kinds of questions you can be asking.
2. Focus on the Execution. Your evaluation and your new ideas (which hopefully followed the evaluation) are only as good as your execution. Action comes when you execute your ideas. Evaluation and planning are important steps towards a larger goal, not goals in and of themselves. Keep your eye on the prize through every step of the process.
3. Be Willing to Take Risks. If you're an entrepreneur you already know this, but a reminder never hurt. Don't become complacent once you're established a comfort zone. Business only get as far as they do, because people take chances. Fuel the fire of uncertainty and reward. Taking action means working away from the status quo to something better which inherently involves the chance that it may not work out. Be intelligent in the risks you take, but be prepared to make them.
Don't hesitate to contact us for more advice on running a successful business.


Window and door manufacturer Western Window Systems is set to add impact-resistant glass to its Series 7000 family of aluminum products.
Western says the new products offer impact-resistance and energy efficiency and are designed primarily for cold-weather regions along the East Coast. The products draw on the expertise of the brand's parent company PGT Innovations, which specializes in impact-rated glass openings.
Available in early 2019, the impact-resistant products will include the Series 7600 Multi-Slide Door, Series 7630 Window Wall, Series 7660 Awning Window, Series 7670 Casement Window, Series 7675 Fixed Window, and the Series 7680 Hopper Window. A variety of sizes and configurations will be available.


HANGZHOU -- E-commerce giant Alibaba Group and Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group will invest in and become shareholders of SBRH, a robotics company under Japan's Softbank.
According to an agreement reached by the three parties on Thursday, Alibaba and Foxconn will each invest 14.5 billion Japanese yen (117.45 million U. S. dollars) in and hold a 20 percent stake in SBRH. The other 60 percent of shares will be held by Softbank.
According to Alibaba, the three companies agreed to jointly promote the Pepper robot in the global market. Pepper is a robot equipped with a microphone, camera, and 3D sensor on its head, which can help it identify and respond to people's facial expressions, voices and emotions.
The first batch of 1,000 Pepper robots will enter Japanese market on June 20.
Alibaba's founder Jack Ma said the robotics industry will help fuel scientific breakthroughs in areas such as medical treatment, public service, and intelligent homes.
Alibaba said it will also cooperate with SBRH to research robotics application and user experience.


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Caravan cover saves Caravan Guard customer's tourer from fallen tree
Published in Caravan Guard News on 05/03/2014
The recent bad weather has caused all kinds of problems for caravan and motorhome owners, but when part of a 30ft tree landed on top of his caravan, one Caravan Guard customer was relieved to discover that his caravan cover had saved the day!
Mike Wild from Manchester received a phone call from his caravan storage facility late on a Thursday afternoon in February and was shocked to learn that huge Leylandii tree branch had landed on the roof of his Bailey Alu-Tech during a storm.
Of the 150 vans stored at facility, Mike's was one of the three unlucky ones hit by fallen branches.
Fortunately for Mike though, he had a Pro-Tec cover fitted around his caravan.
He tells us, "At first glance I thought the damage would be considerable as the branch had dropped from about 15 feet up! We couldn't assess the damage to the van immediately as we needed a crane to remove the branch."
In view of the storms, tree surgeons in the area were in high demand attending to trees that had been strewn into the road and on top of houses. This meant there would be delay of least 24 hours, if not longer, until the branch could be lifted off.
"In light of this and the potential need to get the van assessed and repaired as soon as possible I rang my insurer Caravan Guard and started the claims process," Mike explains.
"I was convinced that at the very least it would need a new roof and this would be a factory recall job rather than a dealer repair as it is a Bailey Alu-Tech design where the roof and front are one piece."
The branch was removed the following day. When Mike returned he removed the Pro-Tec cover to assess the damage. He feared the worst for the caravan's roof, aerial and the back and side panels.
"To my immense relief there was no obvious damage to the caravan at all. I hitched the van up, took it home as it was due its annual service the next day."
An NCC Approved Workshop Scheme caravan service engineer also checked the caravan and confirmed that as far as he could see as well there was no damage to the integrity of the structure of the van.
There was some damage to the Pro-Tec cover; two rips, one about eight inches long, the other a small right angle tear of about half an inch.
"To say I was relieved was an understatement. A couple of repairable tears in a cover were a small price to pay bearing in mind what could have happened."
Mike credits Bailey's Alu-Tech construction for helping to keep the caravan from harm but says that it was the Pro-Tec cover that protected the Bailey from the impact and protected the roof from any large dents or splits.
Pro-Tec Sales Director, Keith Proctor tells us, "Our covers are designed to protect against rain, dirt and UV damage and of course leaves and tree sap, though we never suspected that it could hold off such a huge branch from 15 feet up! We're thrilled to hear that the cover and the fantastic Alu-Tech body managed to save one of our customers what could have cost quite a considerable bit of cash."
Head of Caravan Guard Claims Liaison Teresa Smith added, "Having incurred quite a number of panel damage claims for caravans affected by strong winds in recent months, we were mightily impressed with how well the caravan cover and caravan construction prevented the caravan from damage especially considering the size of the branch that landed on its roof."
Mike was able to repair the caravan cover himself using the spare material and glue that's included with any Pro-Tec cover.
"So overall no damage, I'm one happy caravanner!"
Check out our recent article on the benefits of caravan covers for more information.


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Fintech startup Helicap raises $1.5m seed round led by former SG minister
May 02, 2018 | Source: DealstreetAsia
Fintech startup Helicap has announced the closing of a seed funding round of $1.5 million led by Singapore's former Minister of State and the Chairman of Nufin Data, Teo Ser Luck. In an official statement, Helicap said Teo Ser Luck will also join the company's board of directors following the investment. Other investors and advisers to Helicap include Heliconia Capital chairman Lim How Teck, former Morgan Stanley Investment Management Asia CEO and CIO Samuel Rhee and GIC and ANZ Senior Management Sam Phoen. Singapore-based Helicap offers a proprietary platform that raises capital and utilizes big data to analyse regional players, thereby allowing them to make superior and consistent investment returns via alternative channels such as microfinance institutions, SMEs, and peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding platforms. According to Helicap co-founder David Z Wang, the new partnership will help position his firm as an early mover within Asia's fast growing alternative lending space. "As we are a Capital-as-a-Service company, our business requires a deep focus and strong partnerships with crowdfunding platforms to enhance investor returns, as well as to provide accessible and scalable lending capital for our origination partners such as Nufin Data and customers such as Funding Societies (also known as Modalku in Indonesia)," Wang said. "We are therefore delighted to have Mr Teo and Nufin on board for our journey to be amongst the region's first and largest alternative lending aggregators. Over the past 9 months, Helicap has achieved 12% returns on our investments, with no defaults." Along with the news of its latest funding, Helicap also announced a partnership with Singaporean data company Nufin Data, which is a subsidiary of multi-million fintech conglomerate, Jing King Tech. The cooperation will see Helicap use Nufin's cloud-based tech solutions to better mitigate invoice fraud and credit risk. With more in-depth insights and data aggregation through Nufin's platform, Helicap can simultaneously lower the capital costs for borrowers, minimize financing risks for lenders and expand alternative lending activities for platforms in Singapore, Southeast Asia and the world over. Teo Ser Luck explained that Nufin's collaboration with Helicap will help his company attain its goal to provide more enterprises with fast and secure access to competitive supply chain financing options. Starting its operation in 2017, Helicap has rolled out its services in Southeast Asia and Australia, which boasts a combined total of over 2.9 billion SMEs that are currently facing a credit gap of US$ 187.2 billion, according to a McKinsey report. Over the past year, it has started investing and is now screening around US$200 million worth of qualified loans for business owners and individuals in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia and Cambodia within its pipeline, which will be distributed in the coming months.
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Q: Subcribe doesn`t update view in Angular I have .subscribe() in my Body.component.ts
ngOnInit(): void {
    this.pizzaSub = this.postService.getPizzas()
          .subscribe((pizzas: IPizza[]) => {
              this.pizzas = pizzas;
          });
}

and service post.service.ts that should update my body view
getPizzas(params?: Array<number | string>): Observable<IPizza[]> {
  return this.http.get<IPizza[]>(`http://localhost:3000/pizzas?${[params]}`);
}

But on click in another component it doesn`t happens
onPizzaClick(pizzaType: number): void {
    this.postService.getPizzas([`category=${pizzaType}`]);
}

I need to update data in body view on clicking in another component

A: You are not subscribing to the Observable in onPizzaClick function:
onPizzaClick(pizzaType: number): void {
    this.postService.getPizzas([`category=${pizzaType}`]).subscribe(
      (pizzas: IPizza[]) => {
             //Do whatever you want with pizzas
          }
 );
}

A: As fas as I understood, you should handle the data inside your service with a Subject, whenever you received your data, you update the Subject to notify your component who subscribe to this Subject about new data.
Your service
pizzas$ = new Subject();
getPizzas(params?: Array<number | string>): Observable<IPizza[]> {
  return this.http.get<IPizza[]>(`http://localhost:3000/pizzas?${[params]}`);
}

updatePizzas() {
 this.getPizzas().subscribe(pizzas => this.pizza$.next(pizzas))
}

Your component
ngOnInit(): void {
    this.postService.pizza$.subscribe(pizzas => // Do what you want with your pizzas here);
}