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Clinicopathologic Features and Long-term Outcomes of NUT Midline Carcinoma
Daniel E. Bauer, Chelsey M. Mitchell, Kelly M. Strait, Christopher S. Lathan, Edward B. Stelow, Sonja C. Lüer, Somala Muhammed, Andrew G. Evans, Lynette M. Sholl, Juan Rosai, Eugenia Giraldi, Richard P. Oakley, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Wendy B. London, Stephen E. Sallan, James E. Bradner and Christopher A. French
Daniel E. Bauer
1Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School; 2Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School; 3Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; 4Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; 5Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland; 6Centro Diagnostico Italiano International Center for Oncologic Pathology Consultations, Milan; and 7Department of Pediatrics, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
Chelsey M. Mitchell
Kelly M. Strait
Christopher S. Lathan
Edward B. Stelow
Sonja C. Lüer
Somala Muhammed
Andrew G. Evans
Lynette M. Sholl
Juan Rosai
Eugenia Giraldi
Richard P. Oakley
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo
Wendy B. London
Stephen E. Sallan
James E. Bradner
Christopher A. French
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1153 Published October 2012
Purpose: NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is a poorly differentiated squamous cancer characterized by rearrangement of the NUT gene. Research advances have provided opportunities for targeted therapy in NMC, yet the clinical features of this rare disease have not been systematically characterized. We report on a large population of such patients to identify the disease characteristics and treatments, correlate them with outcome, and to consider clinical recommendations.
Experimental Design: A clinical database was established using retrospective demographic and outcomes data available on all known cases of NMC. Questionnaires were completed by treating physicians. Pathologic, demographic, and clinical variables were assessed for 63 patients, the largest cohort of patients with NMC studied to date. Outcome data from 54 patients were available for survival analyses.
Results: The diagnosis of NMC has increased annually since 2007. Since 2009, there has been an observed increase in the age at diagnosis (P < 0.05). Geographic distribution of patients with NMC has been concentrated in the United States (n = 41, 65%). The median overall survival for patients with NMC was 6.7 months. The 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 9% with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1% to 17% [1-year PFS 15% (5–24%) and 2-year overall survival (OS) was 19% with a 95% CI of 7%–31% (1-year OS: 30% (27–34%)]. Multivariate analysis suggested that extent of surgical resection and initial radiotherapy were independent predictors of PFS and OS. Notably, no chemotherapeutic regimen was associated with improved outcome.
Conclusions: NMC portends a poor prognosis among all squamous cell neoplasms and seems to be frequently unrecognized. The finding that conventional chemotherapy has been inadequate indicates a pressing need for the development of targeted therapeutics. Intensive local therapies such as gross total resection and radiotherapy might be associated with enhanced survival. Clin Cancer Res; 18(20); 5773–9. ©2012 AACR.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Clinical Cancer Research Online (http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/).
Received April 9, 2012.
Accepted July 31, 2012.
©2012 American Association for Cancer Research.
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On 15 December 1961, Chief Luthuli and Nokukhanya returned to Durban from Norway where Luthuli had received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1960. Throngs of people greeted the Luthulis at every stage of their journey from the airport to Groutville.
The following day, 16 December 1961, bombs exploded around South Africa as part of the launch of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the newly formed armed wing of the ANC. Billy Nair contends that bombings were planned to occur the same night as Chief Luthuli returned from Oslo and that Luthuli was aware of this months prior to his departure for Oslo.
Original article revealing plans to unveil tombstone for Luthuli in July and report on Nokukhanya Luthuli's interpretation of events five years after her husband's death.
Two original newspaper articles related to the unveiling of Luthuli's tombstone. "Tombstone Unveiling Bombshell" reveals that Government has increased bureaucracy for anyone wishing to attend the ceremony to unveil Chief Luthuli's tombstone in an effort to deter support. "Luthuli's Daughter returns" reveals that Albertinah Luthuli will be present at the unveiling and provides a view on her life as an exile in the UK.
Lutuli sat quietly at home. Report on Luthuli's banning from meeting in Stanger to celebrate his Nobel award.
Collection of audiovisual clips related to Chief Luthuli, Apartheid and Liberation Movement, including footage of Luthuli en route to Norway, Luthuli at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Robert Kennedy's visit to South Africa, and Archbishop Tutu speaking at an ANC funeral.


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100 Cover Versions #93: Dolly Parton sings 'In The Ghetto'
One of my earliest memories of music was hearing In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley in my grandmothers house back in the 1970s. It may have been on the radio but I know that my uncle was a big fan then so it might have been from an album. I have always loved story songs, ones that that have a narrative across their lyrics. It is a song that always made me sad. I think the story in it is so tragic because decades later we can still relate it to today's times. I think the line that always stood out for me was 'and his mama cries' which is repeated three songs in the song and most powerfully at the end. There are only twenty lines in the entire song and it shows the quality of song-writing both music and lyrics in the 1960s. It was written by Mac Davis and recorded by Elvis in 1969. It would become one of the most successful and famous songs of his career. Mac Davis also wrote A Little Less Conversation which was a hit years after Elvis's death when a remixed version was released.
I can't remember when I first heard Dolly Parton's version of In The Ghetto but it is a perfect song for her to cover. She completely captures the mood of the song, you believe every word of the song.
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In a ruling that the White House said was "at war with the rule of law," a federal judge has halted a Trump Administration policy order that allowed for the indefinite detention of people who came to the U.S. to seek asylum, ABC News reports..
The nationwide injunction issued by Seattle District Judge Marsha Pechman puts a hold on Attorney General William Barr's order from April. As part of the original order, U.S. authorities would deny bond hearings to some migrants detained for being in the U.S. illegally, even if the migrants had established a "credible fear" claim regarding conditions in their country of origin. However, before AG Barr's order in April, an applicant who met that standard could remain in the U.S. and not be detained while their asylum application was pending, and this policy had been in place since 2005.
"It is the finding of this Court that it is unconstitutional to deny these class members a bond hearing while they await a final determination of their asylum request," Judge Pechman wrote in her order. "The court finds that plaintiffs have established a constitutionally-protected interest in their liberty, a right to due process, which includes a hearing before a neutral decision maker to assess the necessity of their detention and a likelihood of success on the merits of that issue."
The ruling basically states that the government must grant eligible asylum-seekers a bond hearing within seven days of their initial detention and that if no hearing is held in that period, the detained migrant must be released.
In her ruling, Judge Pechman also took issue with a section of Barr's policy that left open the possibility that migrants could be re-detained by ICE after being released on bond.
"The Government's unwillingness to unconditionally assert that Plaintiffs will not be re-detained means that the specter of re-detention looms and these Plaintiffs and many members of their class face the real and imminent threat of bondless and indefinite detention …," she said.
In response to the ruling, the office of the White House press secretary said in a scathing statement Wednesday morning, "Yesterday, a single, unelected district judge in Seattle issued an injunction that prevents the government from ensuring the detention of those aliens who cross the border unlawfully until the completion of their immigration court proceedings."
The statement added: "The district court's injunction is at war with the rule of law. The decision only incentivizes smugglers and traffickers, which will lead to the further overwhelming of our immigration system by illegal aliens. No single district judge has legitimate authority to impose his or her open borders views on the country."
The Department of Justice is expected to appeal the ruling quickly.
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Managing a business can be challenging as you are tasked with making managerial decisions. Some are even faced with matters involving the finances of the business such as salary, acquisition and regular expenditure. Because of this, it is important to seek management accounting services in Dubai.
Management or managerial accounting deals with the analysis and reporting of financial information managers typically use in performing their responsibilities. Accountants tasked on doing managerial accounting usually identify, measure, evaluate, interpret and communicate information regarding the business' finances.
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Notebook: Anderson turns intentional walk into walk-off homer
Austin Anderson, 8, is greeted at the plate following his game-winning home run on Friday.
Talk about a pitch Auburn's Jay Wade would like to have back.
Catcher Blake Austin continued standing after Mississippi's Austin Anderson stepped into the batter's box in the bottom of the 13th inning on Friday, making it obvious the Tigers were set up to intentionally walk him a third consecutive time and load the bases.
Wade lobbed the ball, and the catcher reflexively moved to his left because he expected it far outside. Problem was, it was right over the plate, if a bit low.
Anderson, batting left-handed and hitting a team-leading .352, scooped the ball over the right-field fence for his fourth homer of the season and an 8-5 victory that started a three-game sweep by the Rebels (25-8, 7-5 SEC). The play has been viewed about 200,000 times on YouTube.
When Wade intentionally walked Anderson in the ninth, he threw a similar pitch that Anderson let go by.
"They didn't call it a strike because the umpire said they were trying to put me on base," Anderson told reporters. "The second time [in the 11th], I was ready for it, but they didn't try it. And then the third time, the first pitch, they tried to get one by me. With runners at second and third and no outs, I was just trying to get a sacrifice fly, and that's where it ended up."
THAT'S KIRBY WITH A 'K': Virginia left-hander Nathan Kirby struck out 18, one off the Atlantic Coast Conference and school record, while pitching a no-hitter at Pittsburgh on Friday. The 4-0 win marked the Cavaliers' first no-hitter since 2011. "It was one of those nights where the umpire and I were on the same page," Kirby said with a laugh. A sophomore, Kirby walked one, and Pitt had another batter reach on an error. The Cavs' Brandon Waddell allowed two hits in a career-long eight innings Sunday to beat the Panthers' 3-0 and clinch an eighth consecutive series win for Virginia (27-5, 12-3).
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Hello again and welcome back to the second installment of my Hellsing & Hellsing Ultimate comparison blogs! It's almost time for Halloween (this post was written in October), and while I regret not having the time or the ability to cover all ten volumes for by now to mark the occasion (such is the curse of mortality), I figured it's just as well that we use this special time in October to discuss one of my favorite volumes of the series. Namely, the Valentine Invasion arc.
Jumping right into the action, the differences between the manga and the OVA are already apparent, as we start the episode off with a little chit-chat between Alucard and Professor Abraham van Hellsing.
Good talk.
Alucard wakes up in a massive empty room (presumably his throne room), and finds himself mysteriously bleeding from his left eye. With uncharacteristic discomfort (for this is an OVA-only scene), he assures himself it was just a dream. A glass of wine on the table next to him spills over, and we get our title card.
Setting things back on track with the manga, we open on the Round Table conference, a meeting of a group of twelve highly influential individuals in politics and government known simply as "the Twelve" who run Britain behind the scenes. We arrive just as Integra begins explaining what they've learned about the recent vampire outbreak, namely that someone's been implanting microchips inside the vampires to monitor their movements and activities.
Nuh-uh. Aw hell naw. Ain't nobody lojacking my vampire.
She goes on to explain that not only is someone creating and controlling these vampires, but that they're different compared to normal nosferatu. Namely, the ghouls they create are not limited to only non-virgins like traditional vampires, but anyone whose blood they drain, and the ghouls themselves are capable of surviving the destruction of their vampiric masters.
With this shocking revelation established, we cut to the basement, where Walter is explaining to Seras how she must sleep in a coffin containing soil from her birthplace (or her powers will weaken without drinking blood), as well as showing off their new gear to Seras and Alucard. Ladies and gents, behold the Jackal:
Walter: The 13mm anti-freak combat pistol Jackal. 39cm long, 16kg, six round magazine. This isn't something a human could handle. Unlike the .454 Casull you've been using, it uses a new type of custom ammunition. Customized 13mm armor-piercing explosive rounds.
Alucard: The casings?
Walter: Made from pure Macedonian silver.
Alucard: Gunpowder?
Walter: Marvells Chemicals cartridge N.N.A.9.
Alucard: And the tips? Explosive? Mercury?
Walter: Mercury tips, blessed in advance.
I'd be whistling at it too.
Walter: 39cm long, 16kg, six round magazine.
>six round magazine
>six round
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We also learn from Walter that Seras' equally iconic 30mm Harkonnen cannon fires two types of ammo, depleted uranium shells and armor-piercing incendiary rounds. Nasty stuff, designed to penetrate heavy tank armor and kill everyone inside, and they use it on flesh and blood targets. Man, Hellsing doesn't fuck around. In fact I'm pretty sure it's even on their business card.
One last interesting thing to note about this scene is that it chooses to omit a comment from Alucard showing a bit more leniency towards Seras' discomfort towards drinking blood.
Alucard: But maybe this too could work. There may be a place for a timid "Evening Walker" like you.
And now we get to meet the lovely Jan Valentine (and some other twat no one cares about). I'll be honest, Jan has to be one of my favorite villains in the franchise, and that's a hard sell in a series like Hellsing where almost all the villains eat bullets and shit cans of nightmare fuel and asswhoopin'. He treads this really fine line between being hilariously over the top and actually scary, which makes him fun to watch while also being a legitimately threatening villain (more than his fop disappointment of a brother anyway, who is pretty much only good for his arrogance and nothing else). That and I love his disgusting potty mouth. It's like watching a psychotic six year old with the vocabulary of a professional drunk go on a caffeine-induced rampage in rural England.
Jean brandishing his signature custom P90s
Interestingly, the OVAs decide to give him a much darker skin-tone than the manga, setting him at odds with his pasty shitstain brother Luke. Stylistically speaking I like this. It sets him apart visually from Luke in an immediately noticeable way, although one has to wonder if the character getting a race lift from white to black instead of the other way around for once being a psychotic mass murdering vampire carries any unfortunate implications.
… Racism?
Another bonus. Aside from adding (not removing) a reference to the Konami code which expands on the manga's throwaway line "We get a godmode cheat and you don't" (for the record I much prefer "Bringing the motherfucking death by Konami"), the OVAs change almost nothing about Jean's lines, some of which are hilarious, some of which are disturbing, and some of which are hilariously disturbing.
Ewwwww.
After breaking into the Hellsing estate with an army of trained, disciplined, and well-equipped ghouls, Jan and Luke go about dismantling the place, killing all the guards and attempting to storm the Round Table conference. They haven't forgotten their manners though. Even though they let themselves in, they at least call ahead to let everyone know they're coming.
Dub: Hello? Is this thing on? Cool. This message is going out to the Round Table Conference, and a very personal and heartfelt shout-out to the queen bitch herself Ms. Hellsing! Alright! Your ass is currently being kicked by the Valentine brothers! My name is Jan Valentine and I can't wait to meet each and every one of you. We'll be getting intimate as soon as me and the boys finish lunch. Let me be the first to thank you for providing us with all these tasty snacks! And by tomorrow Hellsing will be nothing more than a pile of shit!
We also get a lovely extended cut of what the initial invasion looks like, with hordes of ghouls marching in single file up the stairs, guards being mowed down in droves, and even a ghoul continuing to fight with its head shot off (immortality type 7), something that is both equally creepy and hilarious.
Note the purple eyes instead of red.
But all is not lost for Hellsing! With the help of Walter the group organizes a two-pronged attack and defense, with Walter and Seras maneuvering through the ventilation to intercept Jan and the ghouls before they reach the Round Table while Alucard goes on the offensive.
We cut to the inferior sibling strolling down the hall towards Alucard, and we partake in what I have to admit is a pretty cool scene, one which the snazzy music really sells.
Okay, point goes to you demigod, that was actually pretty cool, even if it wasn't in the manga. Might make up for how you die like a total bitch later (but then again that was probably the intention :maybe)
Another instance of curious fanservice in these OVAs though comes to us from Seras (who else), who in the original manga accidentally dropped a ceiling grate on Sir Penwood's head when she and Walter climbed into the conference room from the vents. Here, she just sort of… lands ass-first on his face.
No, I don't have a picture of that. Instead, have an unusually eloquent Jan:
Fuck, these are some fine cigars! Like, all bourgeois and shit.
Meanwhile, Luke Valentine finally encounters the great Alucard, and Jan delivers to us this little gem:
Little Hellsing chicky, I'm coming to find you. Come out and play, little Hellsing; it's going to be a lot of fun. We just want to torture you, kill you, maybe skullfuck your corpse a couple of times, burn your house to the ground, go home, and masturbate, okay?
Truly classy. But just as things seem like they're coming along just fine for ol' Janny boy, Walter pimps in and gives him a taste of his own medicine.
And also cannons.
What can we say, bitches love 'em.
This is our first time being introduced to how Walter C. Dornez, the Angel of Death, fights. And it is awesome.
You'll immediately notice that, despite not being a vampire or any kind of enhanced or supernatural human, Walter can still bullet-time with the best of them. How can he do this when he's 60-70 years old? Never explained. He's just Walter C. fucking Dornez, deal with it.
Next we move on to Walter's weapon of choice, razor wire gloves for that extra sprinkling of class on this murder sandwich. With them, Walter can cut apart entire crowds of ghouls as well as deflect bullets. He even has precise enough control over them to rip out Jan's lip ring and form them into shapes like grids and nooses.
For that extra added "fuck you"
We also get to see what Seras is capable of when she mows through rows of heavily-armored ghouls with the Harkonnen and even subdues Jan with a skillfully executed armbar, showing off her police training. Unfortunately, just as soon as it looks like he's defeated, Jan has to ruin the party once again by bringing in the freshly ghoulified Hellsing staff as backup, and dropping a little hint that Alucard is being paid a visit by the older member of the Valentine brothers.
Meanwhile the showdown between Alucard and our little wannabe demigod bitch begins, and you can notice a few interesting differences if you pay close attention. Firstly, the room Alucard's waiting in is portrayed as being far more massive than in the manga, where it was a relatively humble basement. Here it's this gigantic empty medieval oubliette, lacking any and all furnishings besides Alucard's chair and end-table and appearing very… what's the word… dank?
No, not that kind of dank.
And perhaps this is just a translation convention or some sort of error, but in the Dark Horse publication, Luke mentions being able to sense Alucard's "chi", something which is never mentioned anywhere else in the manga or OVAs. Stupid translation error or perhaps a hint that vampires in the Hellsing universe may share some similarities to the infamous "hopping vampires" of China, the jiangshi?
Anyway after a bit of rather dry philosophy on the nature and value of immortality as well as Alucard's infamous reputation, the fight between Alucard and Luke Valentine begins in earnest. Both the OVAs and the manga have some pretty good speed feats for Luke in the opening move. In the manga he dashes down an entire hallway as nothing but a blur, and in the OVAs he and Alucard both draw their guns in the time it takes a glass of wine to hit the ground (this is in addition to the usual ridiculous displays of bullet-timing of course).
Anyway, the first of many shots are fired, from a sawed-off M1 Garand by Luke and the .454 Casull by Alucard. Both shots hit home in the head and the heart respectively (although in the OVAs they're both headshots), showcasing more good feats of low-mid regen as the two literally laugh it off. Luke also dodges point-blank shots from Alucard's gun (aimed at the neck in the manga and the heart in the OVAs), and Alucard praises him for his reflexive ability. Alucard on the other hand continues to give not a single earthly fuck and dodges none of Luke's bullets, taking the damage like a champ. Luke claims he has the sum total of Alucard's vampiric abilities (although we quickly learn this is a big fat lie born from ignorance), and in the OVAs we also get a good luck at what kind of damage the Jackal can cause when a single shot carves up a stone staircase.
Meanwhile, back upstairs, the welcoming party starts to get a little rapey with Seras while Jan makes a break for the conference room, only to be met by… this:
Oh fuck me.
The "fight" between Luke and Alucard continues, and a heavily bloodied Alucard remarks that he hasn't had a fight like this in ages, and that Luke's power surpasses even the highest category of naturally occurring vampire (remember Alucard has also been heavily modified from the "basic template" by years of experimentation by the Hellsing family). He then proceeds to show off what is perhaps his most important and well-known power, the ability to turn into a Lovecraftian nightmare made of blood, eyeballs and screaming:
This. This is what nightmares are made of.
This is referred to as "Release Restraint: Level One" (out of a total of four levels, three to zero), and it makes up the majority of Alucard's combat effectiveness once guns no longer suffice. In this form Alucard is basically an amalgamation of all his familiars as well as every drop of blood he's ever drank, granting him logia intangibility (in addition to the intangibility he normally has) and low-high regen as well as the ability to summon familiars and freely manipulate shadows and his own semi-liquid body, making random body parts like arms and mouths appear anywhere out of his amorphous mass. As a bonus, in the OVA merely activating this mode mindfucks Luke with illusions of Alucard's many gleaming eyes.
Luke tries to run away but Alucard blows both of his legs off at the knee with the Jackal, leaving him crippled at the bottom of a ridiculously long staircase with safety just out of arm's reach. Luke makes a mistake by calling Alucard a freak, causing Alucard's opinion of him to drop in a rather dangerous way, and Alucard kills him with the Hound of Baskervilles, one of his most notable familiars.
As a vampire you were a piece of shit. Now you're nothing but dogshit.
Back upstairs, Seras decides she's had just about enough of being bad-touched and flips out again like she did in volume 1, entering what the fandom has collectively decided to call a "blood rage" and killing all the undead Hellsing soldiers in a rampage. Integra calms her down in a rather emotional scene for her and with that taken care of, they move on to interrogating Jan.
It doesn't go well.
As the chip inside him self-destructs and he burns to death, Jan gives them what is perhaps the best dying line of all fucking time:
Jan (OVA): See?! I so fucking told ya! Hahaha! Well, since I'm fucked, how about I piss a little wisdom on you dipshits? You can take this clue and shove it up your ass, bitch! Beware… the… Millennium!
Finally dying, he flips them the bird as his body incinerates, putting an end to one of the best villains in all of Hellsing canon. Godspeed, you magnificent bastard. We salute you, Jan Valentine, with the biggest middle fingers we have to raise.
Later, at the mass funeral, we learn that out of 96 Hellsing members, only ten survived the massacre. Eight survived because they stayed at home that day, and the other two were Walter and Integra (discounting Seras and Alucard since they are technically already dead). Walter presents to her the information they dug up at Sir Iron's request about Millennium, revealing they really have nothing to go on except a number of small insignificant occult groups throughout America, Japan and France, including one Star Wars related club in Los Angeles.
The real thousand-year empire.
Out of a spur of inspiration brought on by Walter mentioning the definition of "millennium" (one thousand years), Integra makes the (correct) correlation to Nazi Germany and Hitler's Third Reich.
We close out the episode with a bunch of murmuring troops falling into line, as the silhouette of the Major calls them to attention, and to resume the research.
And that's it for the second OVA! Compared to volume two of the manga it is a mostly faithful adaptation with some minor cosmetic differences and some scenes rearranged in a slightly different order, which is what I like in an adaptation. Trim the fat, change only what needs to be changed and keep the basic structure the same.
With that said, due to time constraints or whatever, nearly two chapters of content were left out of this episode and pushed off until the third OVA. The meeting between Iscariot and Hellsing, and the introduction of the Wild Geese, both of which we'll be covering next time! Thank you very much for reading! I hope you've enjoyed this little compare and contrast, and I hope to see you again next time!
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Bionics is a modern term for an age old human practice. It consists of taking ideas from nature - especially living things - and converting them into useful technology. The term itself is a combination of the words biology and technique. Bionics differs from biotechnology, a science in which living organisms are directly used for some purpose, and from technical biology as well, in which the physical characteristics of living things are examined and described. Bionncs looks specifically for useful, transferable mechanisms and constructions found in nature. This field of science doesn't want to only copy what nature offers; rather it wants to discover new and constructive principles which are transferable to the field of technology and industry for human application. Such discoveries help to optimize or even revolutionize existing techniques.
One could even call Leonardo da Vinci a forerunner in the field of bionics, when one looks at his technical models and experiments. But the actual term "bionics" was first coined in 1960 by the American Air Force Major J.E. Steele at a congress in Dayton, Ohio. In that decade, German researchers, such as Ingo Rechenberg in Berlin, also began to show more interest in this field. But bionics really first boomed at the end of the 1980's, when industry showed great interest and began serious research in this area. The goal is saving energy and materials. The nature has always been far ahead of human technology in the efficient use of energy and materials. To reduce this gap, the first congress on bionics took place in 1992 in Wiesbaden, Germany, and it has become an annual event.
Intensive study of the fantastic construction of living beings naturally provokes curiosity about where these ideas came from! Of course, evolution and socalled evolutionary strategies play a large role in how man regards nature's wonders. Yet, scientists and engineers strive not only to understand and apply efficient techniques and structures found in nature's products: they want to exceed the genius found in nature's systems and even use human intelligence to accelerate the assumed natural developmental stages. Man desires to accelerate the evolutionary process. In the shortest time possible, humans want to achieve more perfect results than nature has (supposedly over the course of millions of years by way of evolution). However, the "Spiegel" magazine reports that the more science observes how complex the living things they research are, the more doubts arise as to whether such constuctions can be further optimized at all, and if these beings indeed came into existence on their own. "Engineers look jealously at nature's genius achievements, compared to man's simple creations. It's like placing a handaxe next to a precision milling head. How amateurish do a sailplane's wings look next to those of a dragonfly.
It is natural, therefore, for bionic specialists to be curious about who or what was behind the construction of these living things, as they are constantly discovering and being amazed at nature's intricacies. Normally, scientists ascribe "nature" itself or "evolution" with creative characteristics that would otherwise only be assigned to an intelligent being. Who or what is nature, that people call her a "master builder"? Why then, don't we call a suspension bridge a master builder, but rather the one who designed it? It is therefore not a step backwards, but rather a rational point, to consider bringing the Creator mentioned in the Bible back into connection with bionics discussions. Following are a few examples of living beings and their unique technical features, to raise your sense of wonder.
Even the simplest-looking structure - how a tree's branches are perfectly supported from the trunk - is really much more complicated than at first look. Claus Mattheck's years of important research on this topic help us to understand a tree's systems better. For example, the notch effect is reduced to almost zero at every point between the trunk and the branches by way of a special cell growth right at that connection, which results in an optimally static system. When part of a tree's crown breaks or breaks off during a storm, increased growth automatically takes place at the statically-critical points of the tree over the following years, until the entire system has reached an optimal state of balance once again. The tree's branching mechanism served as the blueprint for the supporting three dimensional structure of Stuttgart's airport terminal. The results are clear: upon visiting the terminal, one sees a large hall safely covered by a roof made with an extraordinarily small amount of building material. The fields of mechanical engineering and medical technology have also profited from our current understanding a tree's construction. Various motor parts as well as prostheses and artificial joints are now produced in a more improved and durable way.
The Lotus Leaf - self-cleaning!
The so-called lotus effect is, apart from the velcro fastening (TM), probably the most prominent example of practical bionics known today. Nearly everyone has heard of the phenomenon that when you pour water onto a cabbage plant, that the water trickles off like quicksilver. This effect is clearly seen in the lotus plant as well. The keen observer will notice that when water is poured onto a lotus leaf, the water doesn't slide or run off, but forms beads and literally rolls away. During a heavy rainshower, the leaf's surface is cleaned very efficiently by dust particles. The rolling water drops take the fine dirt particles with them and transports them to the central root area for use as additional plant nutrition. This is the case for the cabbage plant. After a rain, the leaf's surface is perfectly clean and prepared to continue its important task of photosynthesis for the plant. Bionics specialists are most fascinated in this self-cleaning process for human use--but how does the plant do it? As in many cases in nature, the solution lies in the microscopic detail of the plant's construction. The leaf's surface in this case has miniature nubs covered with a waxy layer. This surface structure, in connection with the surface tension of the water which lands on the leaf, results in the self-cleaning effect. The idea is a genius one: not the slickest or shiniest surface is most efficiently cleaned, but rather the one with the most miniature nubs! Man has already made a few attempts at making this concept economically useful. For example, textured paints and lacquers, ceramic tiles, and even the honey spoon have proven to be energy- and material-efficient, because they require less cleaning.
The principle of the microscopic nubs is also seen where one might least expect it: in the eye structure of moths and other nocturnally-active insects! The eyes of these insects not only consist of hundreds of single lenses, each approximately 0.02mm in diameter; each multifaceted eye is also equipped with an extremely fine surface layer of micronubs. And the distance between these nubs is only about 0.0002 mm! Because this distance is still in the domain of visible light waves, this special eye surface reduces reflection and therefore increases the translucency of the eye's lens. Engineers who develop optical systems are currently successfully applying this principle to their products, using a sp-cial coating. The results are clear: the transparency of the glass can be increased from 91.5% to 98%, and the reflection-caused energy losses on solar panels can be substantially reduced! Such a perfectly-created technical structure as the moth's eye is not explainable with today's commonly-accepted evolutionary mechanisms. This argument is strengthened even more by the fact that the microscopic nub technique can be observed in completely different species and on different body and plant parts. One could conclude that the similar structures must have developed independently from one another over time. In light of this last fact, the extremely small probability that such structures came about without an intelligent creator vanishes even more.
Dragonflies are the envy of every aerodynamic engineer. They are capable of enormous acceleration speed: approximately 10 times that of earth's acceleration (g=9.81m/s2). They can turn on their own axis, fly backwards, and change directions abruptly at speeds of up to 60 km/h -- they can even glide short distances -- and all this is part of this insect's normal ability! To reduce their acceleration speed, dragonflies have special organs filled with liquid. These "tanks" have been copied by modern fighter planes. Dragonflies possess a velcrotype (TM) closing between their head and thorax, which allows them to achieve the necessary position for mating, and which can also be useful when carrying heavy prey in flight. The bionics-specialist Roland Stern from Bremen wrote an almost 200-page scientific document solely on the wing joints of the dragonfly, because of their interesting mechanical construction and their extraordinary ability to allow freedom of movement. After reading such a paper, one can only agree that the dragonfly's amazing wing joints are a work of master craftsmanship. Experiments carried out on the dragonfly's wings and flight show that these insects have special sensory cells which register the scope of the current and relay appropriate warning signals to the brain in order to adjust wing position and hinder a fall or crash. These are a few of the many examples the dragonfly can offer us: it is an insect full of biological and bionical surprises. As in the previous natural examples of technology, the dragonfly's makeup is another argument that the more complex the system, the more improbable it is that its existence was caused by a self-organizing process.
The hair of polar bears is not only white because this colour offers them perfect camouflage protection in his snowy environment; rather, their hair is equipped with light-conduction cells which direct the sun's rays sort of like a fibre-glass cable onto the surface of his skin. The polar bear's ideally-black skin stores this heat. Its fur acts as an additional layer of insulation to keep that stored heat from escaping. This system functions so effectively that climate technicians have copied the above-described insulation methods and developed building materials for translucent (also called transparent) thermal insulation. It is almost a miracle that polar bears living in European zoos can withstand the summer heat. It would be better to shave them bald and paint them white to offer them a cooler summer!
These animals are very useful to bionics specialists and biologists for experiments with the mechanics of forward movement. Therefore the insect Carausius morosus is of special use nowadays with the development of the sixlegged walking robot, among them Tarry II. An impressive television broadcast by the Bavarian television station in 1995 showed the building of such a robot in great detail. It took the developers from the University of Bielefeld months before they had sufficiently researched and analyzed the insect's electro physical and mechanical functions. With that information, preliminary mathematical models were designed. The blue-prints serve to create an artificial neurological net: researchers found that the stick insect employs the principle of decentralized coordination of movement. Thousands of data must be processed just to make a single step! The nerve cells this insect possesses are more complex than any manmade computer system known today. The research results from the Bielefeld study are being applied at the University of Munich, where the mechanics of the walking robot are being fine-tuned with a very high level of technology and intelligence. And even after years of research and work by topnotch scientists, the resulting robot is only a very modest copy of the stick insect found in nature. One film moderator commented: "Especially the perfect coordination of the insect's legs posed a great challenge for the developers. (..)" Even today there are imperfections in the robot's controlling systems which haven't been ironed out yet. For example, the stick insect recognizes a hindrance in its path and walks over it one leg at a time, whereas the robot just keeps walking forward with all six legs. The robot's computer is not as fast as the insect and is therefore unable to do anything like go around curves or climb.
Nevertheless, science develops copies of fantatic technology found in nature and boasts proudly that the general public should "be amazed what technology can do these days!" On the other hand, the stick grasshopper is no-mally described as a "simple and primitive product of evolution". Why? How can highly intelligent people work together for years, only resulting in a product that is far from the perfect example commonly found in nature? It is hard to imagine that on the one hand the creative intelligence of man is given high praise, yet on the other hand the existence of the stick grasshopper with its fantastic qualities must have developed by itself with no assistance whatso-ever attributed to a higher creative power. The main argument for such a process of self-development is, in the end, always the assumption that the insect had infinite amount of time, through trial and error, to reach its current state. This unimaginably long period of time also allowed the higher animals, including man, to develop fully. Accelerated effects brought about by the development of variations can be proven by the modularity or building block principle, but this only shifts the problem. The ques-tion remains: how did these modules come into being?
Rolf Reiner answers this question in the BIONA Report 8: "The module itself can be made up of smaller modules. All of these qual-ties didn't always exist as they do now. Rather, they evolved over time. That they developed at all, and how they developed, is one of the most fascinating questions a natural scientist grapples with." The unknown complexity of individual living beings and their capacity to fit in with other beings in ecological harmony greatly increases the improbability that such beings were "self-organized." Actually, even the existence of a bacterial cell without a creator is statistically quite difficult to achieve. Reiner calculates an improbability of approximately 102.4 million sequence alternatives to choose, of which one must be picked. "The probability of this happening is so minimal, that coincidence and selection cannot continue to be the only principal factors driving the theory of evolution. Surely this specialist can't be completely in the wrong, when he offers modular and hierarchical arguments to counter the theory of evolution. These arguments drastically reduce the improbability of a self-organization process, but the question of how the structure came into being still remains.
Are Change and Development the Same Thing?
No one can argue that Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace observed: living beings do change and can adapt to their changing environment by way of mutation (random changes in the genetic makeup) and selection However, the question remains: from where to they have this ability to adapt, and what are its limits? After all, there is a huge difference between the possibility of breeding a dachshund from a wolf and of a fish going onto land. Without knowing the genetic code and all its intricate complexity, Charles Darwin in his famous book "The Origin of Species" says: "We also see that the kind of living conditions of an animal plays a lesser role in determining the sort of variation than that animal's individual structure /constitution /makeup." He therefore recognized that the different kinds of animals had the potential to develop variations. And from minor structural changes (microevolution), Darwin concluded that major structural changes (macroevolution) must also take place, due to the correspondence and similarities of structure found in very different animals. Darwin's interpretation of what he observed is not illogical, but not conclusive, and certainly not provable by direct observation.
It is just as legitimate to assume that a creator made certain kinds of living beings and equipped them with the capability of limited variation, in order to increase their chances of survival in case of changing environmental conditions. But it is impossible to assume that the word "kind" in such an old writing as the Bible is defined the same as the word would be in today's modern biological field! If one approaches the Bible as a scientific text, one could say that the creator made genetically-varied "kinds" of living beings and plants, which because of their variability cannot be exactly compared with the kinds of species we have today. But because of their versatile DNA, all the blueprints for future change were already there. This view conflicts with neither the biblical nor the scientific findings. Similarities in two plants or animals would therefore not be evidence for an evolutionary development but rather would point to an intelligent creator who apportioned specific structur-al characteristics to each thing according to its needs. Since the Bible's account of man's fall and its consequence of a broken relationship between creator and created, there is a negative tendency woven into our present-day thinking about creation. In spite of the ability that plants and living beings have to adapt to different environments, the universal gene pool is not getting better, but worse! This includes human beings as well. But evolutionary theory maintains that all species will experience a constant growth and development of their genes and abilities. In practice, this is not what we observe. Many kinds of plants and animals become extinct every year, while new, comparatively rare species can hardly be defined! They are really only a genetic variation of an existing species and not a truly organically-new construction. One newly-constructed part which hasn't been closely observed up until now is the bird's feather, which is supposed to have come from a reptile's scale.
From a technical perspective, birds are absolute wonders in lightweight construction and aerodynamics. Many birds have a so-called built-in reverse current brake feather on their wing. This hinders in the air current while the bird is flying slowly. Besides the bone structure, muscles and control system of the bird's feathers through sensory nerves and brain cells, the feather has quite a remarkable construction. Popular evolutionary theory holds that the whole feather in all its diversity arose from one scale. Without a creator behind this work, the feather's uniqueness remains a mystery. Hypothetical intermediate stages of evolution most often mean a selectional disadvantage for the animal in question. For example, one frayed scale would necessitate the colonization of parasites. Only the complete system a bird now possesses makes sense and has biological advantages. Finally, it is not enough to say that even a dinosaur could grow feathers and therefore also fly! The development of a completely aerodynamic skeletal structure, optical flight readiness and other factors are all necessary for flight. Otherwise, mutations (which are the rule and not the exception) in development lead to a failed product: an animal that cannot fly. Accepting the evolutionary process in the case of a bird which flies necessitates more faith than belief in a creator God making that animal in all its perfection!
Does coincidence really result in reasonable results? Richard Dawkin, a well known evolutionary theorist, says yes. The so called ape experiment "proves" that mutation and selection do work. In the experiment at hand, an ape types a sentence from Shakespeare containing approximately 50 letters on a typewriter. How does he do it? The tester decides beforehand how many letters and which words the ape should type. Then the ape starts typing until he has reached the desired results. No one argues that the words typed are incorrect, but the number of letters typed in total was certainly more than 50. This experiment is supposed to simulate the random changes in the gene pool (that is, mutation). The tester compares the results of the typing experiment with the originally desired final sentence. He observes that the ape has successfully typed the right letters in some of the right places. Because some of them are in the right place (which we can compare with selection advantage in the evolutionary theory), they will be taken as is into the next experiment. This is supposed to simulate sexual reproduction. Like the correctly typed letters, the "good" genes or parts of genes are more suitable for survival of the animal and are therefore passed on to the next generation through sexual reproduction. Back to our experiment, the ape continues the typing tests with the same parameters as at the beginning. At the end of a few hundred attempts, he has correctly typed the complete desired sentence, without ever actually knowing what he was doing, similar to nature which cannot think by its own.
Such an experiment, viewed more closely, has really very little to do with chance. If such experiments are supposed to support the chance development of life, then at least each intermediary stage should be more sensible than the previous one. Selection can only "choose" what really works. That is, not just the final product must be a logical construction, but each intermediary step as well! Besides that, along the way of life's supposed evolutionary path there are no clearly delineated goals, as there should be in such experiments as the one with the ape and the typewriter. There are also no clear criteria of proof, and without these, such an experi-ment cannot function properly. So really we are looking at most at a controlled or utilized coincidence! Man decides about the setting up of the experiment, running the experiment and monitoring the intermediary results. This is also valid for more difficult technical experiments such as programming robots to push small bricks, to simulate evolutionary optimization, such as the tube elbow tool or the jet engine. The results are impressive, but they did not really come about randomly! The participating engineers and scientists always know in advance what has to be optimized and why that is so. Then appropriate strategies and mathematical models are developed before the experimenting begins. Therefore entitling such experiments "blind chance" is purposely misleading the public.
Faith and Science - Enemies or Friends?
The question as to how life came about cannot be neutrally answered. How such experiments can be offered as "proof" for the self-creation of life necessitates a certain ideology. The question is not if one has faith or if one thinks scientifi-cally, but rather in what or whom does one believe when one thinks scientifically?
It is absolutely verifiable that most well-informed scientists feel obligated to follow a sort of methodical atheism when dealing with a non-scientific assumption. "If we assume that evolution occurs without an external planner, then the biologically dominant principle of self-organization is forced upon us?" (R. Reiner) The development of life, according to this assumption, happens without an external force, be that a creator or something else. Here we are dealing with a way of thinking that is decided upon beforehand, in order to organize and interpret all natural observations. This assumption is not a result of neutral scientific conclusions! There is no reason to alternatively consider the field of science from a perspective with faith in a creator. If we want to understand life, all parties participating in research and experiments should know that it is one's faith which sets the course for the interpretation of all observations.
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Nachtigall, W. und Blücher, Kurt G.: Das große Buch der Bionik - Die Natur als Inge-nieurbüro, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt: Stutt-gart - München 2000.
Biologie Technik, Siemens Forum u. Lan-desmuseum für Technik und Arbeit in Mannheim, 1999.
Bionics is a modern term for an ancient human practice. It derives ideas from nature - especially living organisms - and converts them into useful technology. The term itself is a combination of the words biology and technique. Bionics differs from biotechnology, a science in which living organisms are directly used for some purpose, and from technical biology as well, in which the physical characteristics of living things are examined and described. Bionics looks specifically for useful, transferable mechanisms and constructions found in nature. This field of science doesn"'" not want to only copy what nature offers; rather it wants to discover new and constructive principles, which are transferable to the field of technology and industry for human application. Such discoveries help to optimize or even revolutionize existing technologies. One is amazed at the inspired originals and the question arises: Created by itself?


While sporty stripes are always in style, this season designers gave us more elegant versions that are perfect for your warm-weather getaways. You might know him for his evening dresses, but New York designer Prabal Gurung also has excellent daywear. Here, he pairs a sporty striped dress with a silk-chiffon skirt peeking out underneath. Wear the dress during the day, and at night slip into the skirt, add a pair of heels, and you'll be ready for the evening's adventures.
At Rochas, Alessandro Dell'Acqua showed fantastic striped separates. The paillettes top can be dressed up or down – there is a matching skirt available as well as the shorts shown. It's perfect for bringing a touch of glamour to your beachside dinner, and will be in style season after season. Can't quite accept that the jumpsuit trend is here to stay? Tome has a feminine and fun pink and grey striped jumpsuit that might change your mind. The bow tie-front makes a great silhouette and breaks up the look. And the best part – you don't need to wear accessories, which simplifies packing.
Click through the gallery to view Elite Traveler editor's picks for the stripes trend.


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Just outside the city of Arendal, there's an island called Tromøy. Isolated and remote, the island used to be accessible only by boat, and during the heavy Norwegian winter season, you had to walk or ski across the ice. With no road connection to the mainland, delivering goods to Tromøy was a logistical nightmare.
The Mayor of Tromøy, envisioned in 1938 a plan to build a bridge over the fjord from Tromøy to Arendal. It took 60 men over 2 years to complete the 400-meter-long suspension bridge, at the time one of the longest of its kind. On the 21st of October 1961, the day had finally come, when all citizens of Tromøy could enjoy the comforts of the mainland.
Just as the bridge of Tromøy was a project, the same is true for our 1961 Series. 1961 Series is packed with our experience and know-how, with technology trickled down from the highly awarded 1723 Series into something quite extraordinary. The 1961 builds on the core ethos of Arendal Sound with design, performance and quality levels you only get from Arendal Sound. Enjoy premium levels of sound and build quality.
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If you love fresh fish, you will love our fish stall!
Quality fresh fish brought from Fleetwood docks. If there are any special requests – just ask and we will bring it for you. Come see for yourself. We are located on the ground floor on the left hand side after the main entrance.
Eat fish – it's good for you!


No matter what the cause may be that your group is raising money for, a BBQ fundraiser is a surefire way to get the biggest bang for your fundraising buck! Think about it! Everyone loves a BBQ and there are many reasons why this is so! Here are just a few!
1. Almost any type of food can be slathered with sauce and grilled. No matter if the event is a carnivore feast, a veggie delight, or a mix of both, a little something for everyone can be tossed on the grill and cooked up just the way the people want it. There are very few dietary restrictions which cannot be accommodated when doing a BBQ fundraiser, this makes it ideal to attract the biggest base of support from the public as possible. Really, who doesn't love to eat?
2. BBQs are great occasions to bring kids to. There are ample opportunities to provide "fun and games" for kids so the whole family feels like they can come to the fundraiser. We all know that when kids are having fun they do not want to leave. This time can be leveraged to talk to the adults about the cause they are supporting, and additional fundraising opportunities through more food being purchased, memorabilia being sold, or even just more direct donations.
3. It is generally very easy to get live music for a BBQ fundraiser. Many BBQs feature a local band that knows the local populace and can play towards those particular tastes, whatever those tastes may be. When all of this is mixed together, food, music, and family fun, it is a surefire way to get everybody in the right mood to support your cause.
Another great facet of these types of fundraising events that often goes overlooked is the fact that local businesses have a chance to show off their goods and services by making small donations of the same. Whether it be local farmers and ranchers donating food, or local breweries donating their craft beer, the events are a great way to not only raise money but to also show off civic pride.
All in all, a BBQ fundraiser is a truly unique way to benefit any organization. Unlike other fundraising events which may be dry or stuffy, and far too formal to attract a wide audience, a BBQ puts everyone at ease due to the inherent informality of it all. When people are relaxed, they are much more likely to donate and they are certainly more likely to spread the word to family, friends, and co-workers that may not have previously heard of the cause.
So the next time your organization or group is looking for any easy and fun way to gather donations and get your word out, consider making it a BBQ. Not only will you be appealing to the masses, but the group is much more likely to be covered by local media as well. You can't go wrong with a BBQ!


Some employers might require you to have your own editing equipment.
In past decades, having a lot of odd jobs or freelance projects on your curriculum vitae might have made you look like a job hopper -- meaning you're not to be trusted for maintaining a long-term relationship with an employer. But in the world of online communication and widespread telecommuting, the fact that you've worked as a freelancer should not be a big problem for many employers. Freelance or not, an employer's main concern is often the fact that you possess certain skills. That said though, you do need to list your freelance projects and skills strategically on your CV.
The common way to format a CV is to break it into sections such as contact information, education, work experience, skills, professional memberships and awards or recognitions. While that "work experience" section will be appropriate for some people, it's a little trickier when you've done a lot of freelance work. One option is to create a section titled "Freelance" and another titled "Past Employment." If you do only freelance work, on the other hand, you might simply title this section "Projects."
The specific freelance editing work you've done should be listed in your "Projects" or "Freelance" section, and if you so choose, also included in your "Skills" section. The skills section should, of course, include a list of some of the editing skills you possess. This might include video or graphics computer programs you're familiar with. It might also include equipment you own and can use for future projects. List up to 15 of your strongest skills, remembering that a CV is not limited to one or two pages like a resume is, so you don't have to be so concerned with conserving space.
The longer format of a CV means you'll be able to take up more space listing all of the specific editing skills and experience you have, but you'll still need to develop a strategy for the order in which you list those items. That order all depends on what the employer is looking for, and what the employer lists in the job posting. When an employer mentions a certain skill or type of editing experience as essential or required, that's a very good indicator that the employer places a high value on that skill. If you possess that skill or experience, list it near the top of the section. In a "Skills" or "Projects" section, you won't have to worry about the chronology of the work; instead the most relevant experiences should be listed near the top of the section so that it catches the employer's eye.
In the Projects or Freelance section, list the nature of the projects, the company you worked for, and any noteworthy people involved. If you edited a book for a well-known author, for example, mention the author's name. If you edited a video project for a noteworthy research project, state the nature of the research and who was involved. CV's are often used in academia and research, where "who you know" might get your foot in the door, advises Marquette University's Career Services Center.
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Vulcan, Nicole. "How to Include Freelance Editing on a CV." Work - Chron.com, http://work.chron.com/include-freelance-editing-cv-20621.html. Accessed 20 April 2019.


With his first novel, Carrie, back in the early 1970's, Stephen King was on his way to be the most successful horror writer of his generation. By the mid-1980's, he became not just a best selling author, but also an icon. In 1986, his epic length coming-of-age novel It became an immediate best seller. In 1990, a TV mini-series was made giving life to what seemed to be an impossibly hard story to adapt to screen. Now in 2017, a new adaption focusing on the half of the book was released in September.
When a little boy disappears from the town of Derry, Maine, his older brother is convinced that he is still alive. As more people go missing, he and his group of friends, while fighting their own personal demons, are confronted by an ancient evil that has been terrorizing the town since its inception.
The movie had a rocky pre-production, with various screenwriters, actors, and directors leaving the production, but when the producers settled everything down and director Andy Muschietti took the helm, the movie remarkably turned out to not only be a fan favorite, but a critical darling. Dark Discussions takes a look at this somewhat surprising box office hit that has turned out to be one of the most successful horror films of all time.


A home energy audit helps owners determine where their house is losing energy and money – and how such problems can be corrected to make the home more energy efficient. The home energy audit, also known as a home energy assessment, is the first step to assess how much energy your home consumes and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy efficient. An assessment will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of money over time.
Energy Geeks is a professional energy auditor for homes in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. We work as an approved independent contractor within popular energy saving programs like Mass Save in Massachusetts and Energy Wise Program in Rhode Island.
Our energy audits include checking for leaks, examining insulation, inspecting the furnace and ductwork, performing a blower door test and using an infrared camera.
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The Telecom Infra Project today launched the Fixed Broadband (FiBr) Project Group, chaired by Vodafone and Telefónica. This new group broadens TIP's focus to extend deeper into the fixed access domain, covering the access, broadband and service gateway technologies operators need to build and operate their fixed line networks.
Why Fixed Broadband?
As global demand for rich end-user content continues to grow, operators across the world are seeing that their fixed line networks have a critical role to play in enabling the delivery of reliable, high-speed and low latency connectivity services. Accordingly, this new project group will design, develop, test and validate a new generation of open and disaggregated technologies that will enable operators to deliver those services in a more flexible and cost-effective way than ever before.
A critical piece of the puzzle
TIP participants have been building, testing and deploying open and disaggregated technologies for many years now, and fixed line operators are already benefiting from a vibrant and diverse ecosystem of solutions in the IP/MPLS and optical domains.
"Openness is a key principle that we apply at every segment of our networks. Open and disaggregated technologies are extremely relevant for us to build more diverse and cost-effective networks, and to operate them in a more efficient way," said Rafael Canto, Transport Sr. Manager from Telefónica. "TIP's work so far to disaggregate the transport network has already led to the creation of a new vibrant and diverse ecosystem, and we're proud to be a part of this new group helping to unlock the same opportunities in the fixed broadband domain, extending the work already done on IP technologies and SDN management and control".
Accelerating the commercialisation of mature, open standards-based technologies
The initial focus areas for the group will be the development of Broadband Network Gateways (BNG) and technologies for FTTH access networks. Each technology will play an integral role in enabling the rollout of new fibre access networks, as well as the evolution of existing fibre assets to accommodate faster speeds, and to enable new use cases such as small cells densification and long-tail deployments into rural and MDU environments.
Throughout these activities the Fixed Broadband group will be leveraging existing standards, considering how they can be best applied to meet their use cases, and providing clarity about how these use cases should be implemented to address real world deployment scenarios.
"In recent times we have seen a huge level of effort and investment in the development of new standards in this area", said Bruno Cornaglia from Vodafone. "We believe that this new group from TIP will play an important role in consolidating operator demand behind open standards to ensure supplier products are built in a truly open way, and helping to identify the use cases that are most needed for the industry".
While this is a new area of focus for TIP, the core activities of the FiBr project group remain very much in keeping with all other TIP initiatives. The PG will focus on the full lifecycle of each initiative; from ideation through to deployment, with TIP's Test and Validation framework providing the opportunity for operators and suppliers to collaborate on evaluating products and solutions, and for those products to be awarded Badges and Ribbons on TIP Exchange.
"The new Fixed Broadband project group will fill an important gap in the TIP portfolio," said David Hutton, Chief Engineer of TIP. "Similarly, we believe that our test and validation framework will also fill an important gap in the broader industry, helping to accelerate the development, hardening and deployment of these new and exciting fixed broadband technologies."
The Fixed Broadband Project Group is an engineering-led initiative, inspired by the common principals of:
Interoperability, enabling operators to build heterogeneous networks from a diverse range of suppliers
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We invite operators, suppliers and other industry players to join us and contribute to the advancement of fixed broadband networks. Visit the new Fixed Broadband Project Group
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Kick off your summer vacation in style by popping by one of the most entertaining events of the season which also benefits a fantastic cause – the 4th Annual Soundside FunFair. This multi-day event creates a good old fashioned carnival atmosphere along the waterfront in Nags Head with a wealth of activities and attractions that are sure to leave everyone smiling.
Throughout the evening, visitors can enjoy all the sights, sounds and smells of a beach carnival through a series of rides and vendors that will keep everyone engaged. The 3rd Annual Soundside FunFair will have about a dozen carnival rides which includes a giant Ferris wheel that offers unparalleled views of the local shoreline, as well as plenty of games and concessions. Dive into big helpings of cotton candy, chicken-on-a-stick, funnel cakes and more, or test your skills at classic carnival games found throughout the Soundside Event Site. Best of all, proceeds from the Soundside FunFair go to benefit the Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County (CYP), which means that the evening of fun benefits a very worthy cause. With lots of ways to have a ball for everyone in the family, the 3rd Annual Soundside FunFair will be a wonderfully entertaining evening that your family will never forget.


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Q: How to create a text file that can be read again? I have taken a basic class on Java, but my knowledge is very little. I have created a text based rpg over the last month or two since I am getting more familiar with Java. I was wondering if there was any way I could have the program create a "save" file to be stored in a certain folder and prompt the user if they would like to open a saved character. I have not learned any of the object oriented parts of Java yet. What could I do to implement this?

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I was wondering if there was any way I could have the program create a
  "save" file to be stored in a certain folder and prompt the user if
  they would like to open a saved character.

Writing and reading a text file is a solid beginner way to save states for games.
There are many ways to write to files listed here, but here's one example:
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter("filename.txt");//create the writer object
out.println(text);//write
out.close() //when you're done writing, this will save

Now, here's a simple way to read a file found from here:
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("filename.txt"));//objects to read with
try {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();//use to build a giant string from the file
    String line = br.readLine();

    //loop file line by line
    while (line != null) {
        sb.append(line);
        sb.append(System.lineSeparator());
        line = br.readLine();
    }
    String everything = sb.toString();
} finally {
    br.close();//always close!
}

There are many tutorials online just a Google away.  |=^]
NOTE:  Always remember to close readers/writers/scanners/etc.  Else wise you'll get resource errors which you can read more about here.

A: That's the class I built to save text,
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Savetext {

    /**
     * Saves text to a <i>.txt</i> file with the specified name,
     *
     * @param name the file name without the extension
     *
     * @param txt the text to be written in the file
     *
     * @param message the message to be displayed when done saving, if <tt>null</tt> no
     * message will be displayed
     */
    public static void Save(String name, String txt, String message) {
        name += ".txt";
        gtxt(name, txt, message);
    }

    private static void gtxt(String name, String txt, String mess) {
        JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
        fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
        File file = null;
        fc.showSaveDialog(null);
        file = fc.getSelectedFile();
        String path = file.getPath();
        path += "\\";
        path += name;

        File f1 = new File(path);
        try {
            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(
                    new FileWriter(f1)));
            wrtxt(out, txt, mess);
        } catch (IOException e) {

            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e.getMessage().toString());
        }

    }

    private static void wrtxt(PrintWriter out, String txt, String mess) {
        out.println(txt);
        out.flush();
        out.close();
        if (mess != null)
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, mess);
    }

}

you should call the static save() method,without making an instance of the class,

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The Ultimate Guide to Dance Moves, Names, and Movesets
With dance movesets, it's easy to figure out what moves will suit you best and why.
This is a good place to get some tips on how to create your own moveset and learn about moveset trends.
Moveset Name: The moveset name can be used to describe the style of the move or it can be a simple name for the move.
For example, you could call a dance move a "double double," or "double a double."
Move Type: You can also use a simple type to describe which move to perform.
For instance, you might say "fizz" is a "fizzy, rapid dance move," or you might call it a "fast, rapid move."
Move Parameters: When you perform a move, you must specify the type of the action.
If the type is "dash," the move is a dash dance.
Otherwise, it is a spin dance.
If you want to perform a quick dash dance, you can do so with a "dash."
If you prefer a fast, rapid swing dance, your dance move should be called a "swing."
The moveset should have at least one parameter that tells you what the move does.
Move Style: Some moveset types are more dancey than others.
You'll find movesets with different styles in dance competitions.
For starters, a "slide" dance moveset can be performed with a quick dance step and a dash.
A "bouncing" dance move is similar to a spin but also uses the ground as the stage.
Other movesets include "crouching" and "sliding."
Move Types: Here's a list of all the different dance moves that are available in the NFL.
Name Moveset Parameters Description A-1: The A-1 dance move.
This move moves you forward.
A+1: A-2 dance move, similar to A+2.
It moves you backward.
B+1 and B+2: A+3 dance moves.
These moves are similar to the A-3 dance move but with the addition of a double double.
C+1, C+2, and C+3: A dance move with three parameters.
It is similar in style to a "crouch."
D+1-D4: D-1, D-2, D4 dance moves; similar to C+1.
E+1 or E+2+3 or E-1+2 or E3+1+3 and E-2+2 dance moves: These dance moves move you up or down.
F+1 dance: This dance move moves up or downward.
G+1/2 or G+2/3 dance: Dance moves with the same parameters as a dance but with two parameters instead of one.
H+1 to H4 dance: These moves move the ball in the same direction.
I+1 (A-3) dance: Similar to C+, except the ball is moving up.
J+1 Dance: This move is the "J" dance.
K+1 To K4 dance or K+2 to K4 or K-3/4 dance move: These are moves that move the balls in a similar way to a dance.
They are similar in spirit and also are similar depending on how they are performed.
L+1 move or L+2 move: Move that makes the ball move up.
These are also known as "L-2 moves."
M+1 Move: Move the ball up.
This dance moves the ball toward the player.
N+1 for move: This moves the "N" ball in a way similar to D+1 moves.
O+1 For move: Moves the ball back.
These can be useful for creating new combos.
P+1 Moves: Moves that move a ball forward.
These have different parameters than the A+1 style dance moves but the same values.
Q+1 dances: Moves in a "Q" fashion, which can be good or bad depending on the angle.
R+1 dancing: Moves backwards.
These move the "R" ball to a new position.
S+1 Dancing: Moves to a higher position.
These dance move the player backward.
These dances move the team forward.
These dance moves can be difficult to perform on a regular basis.
You may need to use your dance moves as a starting point for your moveset.
Dancing Styles and Moveset Types In the NFL, there are several types of dances.
Dance Styles The most common type of dance moves is the dance that moves the player forward.
However, some dance moves are more similar to dance moves than others, like a "J
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'Bitch Moves Names' by Beyoncé and Drake: 'Move bitch lyrics'
Beyoncé's and Drake's songs were the top songs in the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week ending Feb. 6.
The duo was also No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a third consecutive week, and No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
The duo also shared the No. 4 position on the Streaming Songs chart for their fifth week of streaming, surpassing the No, 3 spot they held before their latest single, "Run the World."
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums.
The new week's top 10 is rounded out by "A New Day" (Trey Songz), which leads the Streaming Singles chart for its 10th week at No. 3.
It also holds the top spot on the Digital Songs chart (which includes streaming equivalent sales) for a ninth week in a row.
(The Digital Songs top 10 was previously dominated by the top-10 of Beyoncé/Drake's "Flawless," which reached No. 10 on the March 17 chart.)
The Billboard 400 chart ranks most popular artists based on their multi-year sales, which include streaming equivalent album sales.
The top 10 of the chart's top 40 songs is comprised of the top 40 most-streamed songs, as well as the top 10 most-played songs on Spotify.
Each week in Billboard 200 history, Billboard has announced the top 50 albums of Feb. 7-21 based on data from Nielsen Music.
The previous week's new top 50 album was also announced on Feb. 21, 2017, when "Avenged Sevenfold" moved from No. 25 to No. 51.
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How to change your dance moves and name of the song on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Moving from one iPhone to another is never easy, but there are a few simple moves that can help ease the transition.
Here's how to do it on your own.
Remove your iPod Touch from the dock to prevent the iPod from spinning 2.
Press and hold the power button on the bottom of the iPod Touch until the iPod turns on 3.
Connect the USB cable from the iPod to the iPad's port and turn the iPod into a mini-computer.4.
Tap on the Apple logo on the top-left corner of the screen to open the App Store.5.
Tap the iTunes logo to launch iTunes and select the music you want to use as your dance music.6.
Once the music is installed, you'll need to tap on the Dance button in the upper-right corner of your screen.7.
Tap and hold on the title of the songs you want from your iTunes library.
If you're unsure, check your Apple Music history for the songs that are playing.8.
When you're done, tap on "Go" to save the new dance move or name.9.
To find out which songs your iPad is playing, check the Songs tab on your iPad.10.
Tap "More" to find your dance move, then tap on it to move it.11.
To add a name, tap "Add Song."12.
Tap a song's name to open a list of songs in your Music app.
Tap that song and the song name to add it.
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