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Dan Witchalls and Ian Richardson are addicted to the worlds most deadly adrenaline sport: base jumping. Cutting Edge follows one of Britains most prolific base jumpers and his right-hand man, as they leap from the top of some of the countrys most famous landmarks, escaping death by pulling their parachute cord just seconds from impact.

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Look at engineering leaps that have helped different types of structures go from big to bigger to biggest.
The race is on to become the world’s biggest. Crowned the biggest in their fields, structures like the 600-metre Burj Dubai skyscraper and the 99,000-ton USS Nimitz represent the most cutting-edge advances in architecture and engineering today. But these mind-blowing 21st century constructions would not be possible without the historical breakthroughs that propelled these fields to new heights.

Experience the thrill of a Blue Angels air show while learning of the science and history of flight. Featuring cutting edge aerial photography, this is the story of human potential and the importance of training and performance. Explore mankinds centuries-old desire to fly like a bird on this dizzying ride with the famous Blue Angels. Highlighted are the four forces of thrust, drag, gravity, and lift work together to keep a plane in the air.

Dan Witchalls and Ian Richardson are addicted to the worlds most deadly adrenaline sport: base jumping. Cutting Edge follows one of Britains most prolific base jumpers and his right-hand man, as they leap from the top of some of the countrys most famous landmarks, escaping death by pulling their parachute cord just seconds from impact.

Computer attackers continue their relentless march in improving their tools and techniques. The simple scanning of yesteryear has given way to powerful suites of bundled, automated scanning and exploitation tools. Straightforward backdoors have evolved into powerful kernel-mode RootKits, manipulating the very hearts of our systems. Covert channels exfiltrate sensitive information and hash collision attacks are rapidly advancing, with your systems in the cross hairs. In all of these trends, thorough reconnaissance and deep subterfuge dominate the attackers game.

The 75 alphabetically arranged articles include profiles of authors, illustrators, and author-illustrators. Coverage is comprehensive, encompassing early examples from Europe (such as Georges Remi, aka Herge, and his Tintin series, published between 1929 and 1976, and Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, creators of Asterix the Gaul, who debuted in 1961); American standards (Will Eisner, whose 1978 A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories is considered to be the first graphic novel, and Art Spiegelman, whose Maus: A Survivors Tale won a Pulitzer); and current creators of Japanese manga (CLAMP, a four-woman studio, and Akira Toriyama, of Dragon Ball fame). Other subjects include iconic personalities such as Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, and Harvey Kurtzman, founder of MAD Magazine, as well as reclusive manga-ka (Japanese comic artists), who prefer to let their art speak for itself. Entries span several pages, have color and black-and-white portraits and illustrations, and end with further-reading suggestions. The set also contains an introduction, which provides historic perspectives; a separate essay on manga; an annotated directory of publishers; a glossary of terms; and a detailed index.

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Each year in Britain, 135,000 people end up in hospital with a traumatic brain injury. Most at risk are young men, and the effects, though often hidden, can be profound and life-changing for the people affected, as well as their families and friends.
This powerful and moving Cutting Edge film follows 20-year-old Simon Hales on a remarkable journey through rehab, as he and his family come to terms with the challenges of life after brain injury.
My New Brain follows the progress and the struggles Simon and his family face as hes treated in a brain injury rehabilitation unit and begins his first visits home.

In a pretty English village in the Surrey stockbroker belt lives the infamous Mr Wallace, whose hoarding habits have spread across a million pounds-worth of property that used to belong to his parents. His detached bungalow, four-bedroom semi-detached house and separate double garage are all stuffed from floor to ceiling with newspapers and other household items. Cutting Edge is given unique access into his intriguing home, where no one else has ever ventured. Mr Wallace is arguably the UKs most extreme hoarder and his house has become a death trap. It is so packed that he has to crawl over mountains of papers and magazines simply to move from room to room; it takes 40 minutes to get to his front door from the chair he eats and sleeps in. The garden also acts as a dumping ground for tonnes of refuse so old that it is overgrown by foliage and trees. The council has tried to force Richard Wallace to clear his garden but he fought them to the Crown Court, representing himself and winning. A year on, things are coming to a head as the picturesque village is competing to win Britain in Bloom and Richards home is once again the source of contention. But with the hoarding now affecting his ability to function, Richard is entrenched to the point where his health is suffering, his safety is increasingly at risk and he is living in a physical and mental prison. This time, the villages sense of community is truly tested and Richard faces the most significant challenge yet to his isolating way of life.

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In this 7-part video series, we’ll dive into the latest CSS3 tricks and techniques, while still paying close attention to older browsers that do not support the latest advancements in CSS – things like transitions, gradients, etc.

Editor Max Brockman presents the work of some of today’s brightest and most innovative young researchers in this fascinating collection of writings that introduce the very latest theories and discoveries in science.

Future Science features eighteen young scientists, most of whom are presenting their work and ideas to a general audience for the first time. Included in this collection are