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All About Vision
Keratoconus Defined
Symptoms of Keratoconus
What Causes Keratoconus?
Keratoconus Treatments
Intacs®
Holcomb C3-R®/CXL (Crosslinking)
CK (Conductive Keratoplasty)
ICL (Insertable Contact Lenses)
The First US Reported INTACS Patient, 1999 Experience
When I started college I became an Ocean Lifeguard. At school, I found it was becoming harder to focus on textbooks. I had my eyes checked and I was diagnosed with astigmatism in one eye and I started wearing glasses while studying. Those glasses for reading books became prescription sunglasses at work, as lifeguarding became my chosen profession. When running out for a rescue, I would often lose them as I threw them on the beach.
I tried soft lenses, but the wind blowing sand into my eyes made this very uncomfortable.
When laser eye surgery became available, I was discouraged to learn that I had keratoconus and was not a candidate for LASIK. I was very frustrated with my problem. I came across an article and some studies by Dr. Brian. I was optimistic after my first meeting with him in 1999. A week after surgery, my vision improved to a great degree. It has now been about eleven years since I had Intacs and I still do not wear corrective lenses.
The freedom I have gained and the confidence I now have in my vision has proven invaluable. The ability to see well in lifeguarding is critical, and I no longer have the worry that I might miss something that could result in someone's pain, suffering, or death.
I owe this self-assuredness to Intacs.
I feel fortunate to have been at the right place at the right time in history. I can appreciate the saying, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
I am glad that my pioneering experience helped pave the way for the thousands of other patients who have subsequently benefited from innovative advancements for Keratoconus.
It is now 2009 and my vision has remained stable and excellent.
– Kenny Atkins, first reported Intacs for Keratoconus patient in the United States
The Incredible Steve Holcomb Story . . . From Blindness to Olympic Gold
Since he was a kid, growing up in Park City, Utah, Steve Holcomb dreamed of Olympic gold and it wouldn't be long before he learned to tame the power and speed of one of the world's most dangerous sports, bobsledding. Steve climbed up the ranks of bobsled drivers and led the US to solid finishes in the 2006 Olympic Games. The future was bright. But in 2007 a blinding eye disease changed everything. Steve explained, "I was diagnosed with Keratoconus. My eyes started to degenerate over time. In 2007 I was at the point where either I was going to lose my vision or have a cornea transplant. And either way it was going to put me out of the sport."
Dreams of Olympic gold could be gone forever. Steve was devastated, but took one last chance when his team doctor sent him to Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler for C3-R®. After C3-R®, Insertable Contact Lenses were placed behind Steve's iris, restoring Steve's vision to 20/20 and giving him a chance to make an amazing comeback. After the procedure Steve said, "Once you're able to see and things open up again you're a lot more confident. I can go out there and drive and use my skills the way that they're meant to be used." And those skills were meant to earn the United States its first Olympic gold medal in bobsledding in 62 years. Steve explained, "I've focused on winning a gold medal since I was a kid and to actually be sitting here with a gold medal is kind of unreal."
Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler said, "As soon as Steve and his team were announced as the winners of the gold my emotions just overtook me. I was sobbing, tears streaming down my face. I was hugging everybody." But even more powerful was the response from the American public and from people all over the world who wrote thousands of emails and letters to share how Steve's story inspired them to reach new heights of their own. Steve says, "I was given a 'second chance' and now SO MANY other people can also have a 'second chance' with these procedures that Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler has performed almost daily since 2003 for patients coming from around the world." Due to the worldwide recognition Steve brought to the C3-R® procedure, it was renamed "Holcomb C3-R®" on The Doctors TV show on April 9, 2010. This marked the first time a procedure was named in honor of an Olympic athlete. Steve and Holcomb C3-R® are now world-famous.
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Tom Crawford says he is hungry to return to the Notts first team as he continues his comeback from injury.
The midfielder joined the club from Chester FC in the summer and featured regularly in August, scoring on his debut at Middlesbrough before being side-lined with a foot injury sustained in a behind-closed-doors match.
And he says he has used his time out as motivation to force his way into manager Harry Kewell's thoughts.
"The hunger to be in the side has grown even more because I've been there and then had to come out," he explained.
"The injury came at a bad time for me because I was involved in the first team and getting game time. It was frustrating but these things happen in football.
Because of his injury lay-off Crawford hasn't spent much time training with Kewell - but he likes what he has seen from his new boss so far.
"His sessions are really intense," said Crawford. "You know what you're supposed to be doing at any given time and if you don't do it you'll get told.
"The boys have all been saying how much they love his sessions and enjoy coming to training, so he's made a massive impact and everyone is confident the results will start to come.
It's a busy week for the 19-year-old, who returned to competitive action on Wednesday, playing 90 minutes for the Under 23s, and moves into his new flat on Friday.
Crawford said: "I felt good in the game so I should be back to training properly now.
"I've really enjoyed my time at Notts so far and I'm looking forward to moving into my flat because it's a bit eerie looking at the four walls of my hotel room!


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Ted Cruz helps clueless liberal commentator understand why Obamagate is such a massive scandal
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took to Twitter Monday to explain in clear terms to a liberal commentator why the "Obamagate" scandal is such a huge deal.
Gabriel Sherman, an opinion writer for the left-wing magazine Vanity Fair, was apparently confused about what conservatives find to be unseemly about the Obama administration's unmasking of American citizens, including retired Gen. Michael Flynn, in December 2016. Flynn, who was tapped to be President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, was surveilled in conversation with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
"Serious questions for Trumpers," Sherman wrote on Twitter last Friday. "What is the scandal of unmasking an American official caught on an intercept discussing US sanctions policy with Ambassador of a hostile foreign country that had just launched a massive cyber attack on our election?"
Sherman attempted to explain away the matter by suggesting that to unmask an American "caught" communicating with a foreign official of a hostile country is routine, even advisable. But the question frames the matter incorrectly.
Thankfully, Cruz was there to answer Sherman's question to perfection:
"Uhh, he was the incoming National Security Advisor & a 3-star general. He's SUPPOSED to discuss sanctions policy. That's his job," Cruz explained. "The unmasking was part of outgoing admin launching a massive sting operation to try to entrap him. Maybe this helps: imagine Bush doing same to Obama."
The issue is not that Flynn was in conversations with Kislyak, as Cruz clarified, but rather that the surveillance and subsequent alleged perjury trap of Flynn appear to show an effort by the outgoing Obama administration to frame the incoming Trump administration for wrongdoing.
"Unmasking" is the action taken by national security officials to reveal the identity of an American citizen who is picked up in surveillance of foreign officials. While it's true that "unmasking" is not an uncommon process, the compounding evidence surrounding the incident is what has drawn the attention of Trump supporters as well as Republicans in Congress.
Such compounding evidence includes the extremely long list of ex-Obama officials who requested the unmasking of Gen. Flynn — a list that includes former Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI Director James Comey, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
Furthermore, it's odd that Obama officials were concerned about Flynn talking to Kislyak, since in early 2017, the State Department announced that it would help incoming Trump officials make contact with foreign officials.

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Return to the Product Announcements and Release Notes Blog
Sauce Labs is happy to announce beta support for the W3C capabilities and protocol on Selenium 3.8.0 and above. Some features are now being added to Selenium, which are only available when executing the W3C protocol. In upcoming Selenium releases, there may be extended capabilities with W3C that are not backward compatible with previous Selenium versions. To make these features available to you, and in preparation for the complete transition to the W3C protocol, Sauce Labs wants to offer you an early opportunity to test using the new protocol.
In addition to staying up-to-date with the latest and greatest Selenium version, you'll have an opportunity to take advantage of new features and provide Sauce better feedback during this exciting transition. More information on changes as they pertain to the W3C protocol can be found here: https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/
How to join this beta
To get started, you'll need to make a few changes to the way you test.
First, ensure you are using a Selenium language binding version that supports W3C. Language bindings can be downloaded here: https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
Change the name of the capability to browserVersion and set the version to "latest", or use one of these W3C compatible browser versions:
Safari - v.11+
Firefox - v.53+
Chrome - v.61+
Finally, to make the transition as seamless as possible, we're introducing sauce:options, a new capability in which you include all the capabilities that are specific to Sauce Labs.
For example, if you wanted to specify your Sauce username, access key, and the Selenium version in your test, you would set the sauce:options like this:
"sauce:options": {"username": "myuser", "accesskey": "XXXXXXXX", "seleniumVersion": "3.11.0"}
All the capabilities that are specific to Sauce Labs can be found here :
Beta Checklist
Make sure to run through this checklist before you begin testing on the new protocol to ensure proper set up.
"sauce:options" must be specified for the test to use the w3c protocol. Sample java code snippet here
Put all capabilities that are specific to Sauce Labs underneath "sauce:options", e.g. "sauce:options": {"username": "myuser", "seleniumVersion": "3.11.0"} sauce specific capabilities
Change your capabilities to specify "seleniumVersion": "3.8.0". The minimum supported version is 3.8.0; we recommend the latest version 3.11.0.
Change the "platform" capability to "platformName"
Change the "version" capability to "browserVersion"
Additionally, for tests on Google Chrome, "chromeOptions" should be changed to "goog:chromeOptions", and "goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": "true"} must be specified.
If you're encountering problems, we recommend watching this video we created to walk you through the changes for a sample java test.
Once the changes above have been implemented, you're ready to test! We want to hear your feedback. You can make suggestions or report problems in a Slack channel devoted to this beta testing. To join the channel, please email us at productteam@saucelabs.com
Thanks and happy testing!
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Abstract: YSU president Leslie Cochran announces his appointment of James E. McCollum as the university's Director of Public Relations.
Abstract: YSU President Leslie Cochran and the leaders of the four campus unions announce a plan for collective bargaining--with common goals in mind. Under the new scheme, outside counsel will be replaced by both sides working together to reach common goals.


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'Young & The Restless' Actress Films New Soap Opera In Jamaica
Well-known Young and the Restless star Victoria Rowell, who filmed her comedic soap opera 'Rich and Ruthless' in Jamaica last year, has promised further contributions to the film industry in the island.According to the Observer, the actress, producer, and New York Times best-selling author met with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange, to discuss her projects and initiatives in the island.
"Persons come to Jamaica, take Jamaica and leave with it, but my goal is to come and commit to Jamaica, employing persons, and to come again and again," she said.
The Rich and the Ruthless is the first international multi-episode soap opera format to be filmed in Jamaica and will premiere on July 28 on Urban Movie Channel (umc.tv), which is an urban-focused subscription streaming service.
Rowell aka Drusilla in the 'Young and the Restless', was born in the United States of America to a Jamaican father and identifies as a part of the Jamaican Diaspora.
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Q: Mysql error 1 from storage engine while querying table I was trying to copy the database like we do in MS SQL server. so I google for it and I end with this link.
so I copied and pasted the folder for the data folder to data folder of another computer.
while I open the query Browser I was able to see the database and tables but when I query the table it shows the following error.
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Time's Up, breaking news, photos, comments, social media posts on this topic.
James Franco has addressed allegations of sexual misconduct – but there's still no apology
Christobel Hastings
Everything you need to know about the Golden Globes boycott
Harvey Weinstein is convinced a career comeback is just around the corner
In a vintage year for women directors, the Golden Globes snub was unacceptable
How many accused harassers are allowed to return to work? More than you might think
It's been two years since #metoo – and yet, some employers seem to have missed the memo.
Jessica Rapana
Exclusive: Keira Knightley on Official Secrets, activism and #MeToo
The actor plays Katherine Gun in a new film about the lead up to the Iraq war
Chloe Gray
Two years of the Me Too movement: read our most powerful essays
It's been two years since the allegations against Harvey Weinstein first came to light. A lot has changed.
Sarah Biddlecombe
Guess which male actor has worked with the most female directors?
The answer would surprise you.
Kayleigh Dray
"Why this Black Mirror episode is the most important one ever made"
The Netflix show did NOT shy away from the ongoing conversation about Harvey Weinstein, sexual misconduct and #MeToo
The Time's Up challenge to end Hollywood's gender gap is already working
Tessa Thompson got the ball rolling – and now, everyone from Reese Witherspoon to Jennifer Lopez has committed to working with female directors
Visible Women
How women brought feminism to the Golden Globes, one year on from Time's Up
Golden Globes producers wanted this year's ceremony to be less political – but this is a movement, not a moment.
12 women who did remarkable things in 2018
Let's celebrate the women who broke boundaries, pushed for change and made a difference this year.
How #MeToo has affected our daily lives: Five women share their stories
Five women recount how a global movement has affected their day-to-day lives.
Jodie Whittaker addresses Doctor Who salary following gender pay gap row
"I don't enjoy being thought of as less than for doing the same job – no woman does"
Harvey Weinstein is trying to dismiss Ashley Judd's lawsuit against him
Unsurprisingly, his argument is incredibly manipulative
Megan Murray
Amber Tamblyn responds to criticism of her novel about a female rapist
"One of the greatest gripes about the #MeToo movement was that it was not inclusive. And I agree."
Rashida Jones directs Time's Up video about sexual harassment at work
For anyone who was wondering if planting a "mouth kiss" on a co-worker was appropriate
Jeff Goldblum on the difference between being a flirt and being a creep
"With the climate as it is, and with the page turned as it should be in Hollywood now, one has to be vigilant"
Women's Daily Dispatch: The news you need to know on 4/5/18
The Women's FA Cup final is set to break records, more women speak out about R Kelly, and more
Cate Blanchett says 'predator' Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed her, too
"Statutory rape is a crime, the last time I looked"
Westworld's Thandie Newton on why she feels excluded from Time's Up
"I wasn't hot enough."
Susan Devaney
Meghan Markle breaks royal fashion rules again (for a very important reason)
The Suits star refused to follow royal protocol at the Women's Empowerment reception
What would a Bond girl actually look like in the #MeToo era?
As Danny Boyle says his Bond girl will reflect the times, we imagine a few casting and character possibilities.
Oprah Winfrey details Harvey Weinstein's bullying phone calls to Gwyneth Paltrow
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Applications Open October 1st.
Tulane's Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences brings together some of the nation's most talented young people with nationally- and internationally-recognized teachers and researchers: all in the context of a vibrant city replete with opportunities both in and out of the lab and classroom. Located in downtown New Orleans, Tulane's Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences aims to train scientific minds in a collaborative and creative environment.Read More.
The program consists of a PhD program and Master's degree programs in Anatomy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Human Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology and Physiology. PhD candidates graduate with a Biomedical Science degree and may specialize in one of the seven Master's specialties listed above. The program is organized as an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental, and intercampus program, comprised of faculty actively engaged in biomedical research. The goal of the PhD program is to train scientists in a collaborative scientific community driven by creativity and innovation. Students have access to resources and faculty from the Tulane School of Medicine, School of Science and Engineering, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the Tulane National Regional Primate Research Center. The curriculum is guided by a board of representatives composed of members of each department.
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Fulbright Scholar & Doctoral candidate, Benjamin Bhunu traveled 8700 miles from Zimbabwe for a Biomedical Sciences PhD at Tulane Read More
Fulbright scholar, Chivonne Moodley is pursuing her doctorate in tuberculosis immunology (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Read More
"I found Tulane Biomedical Sciences program to be very diverse...and Tulane had a lot of well-known researchers in the field of cancer." Read More
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Rojo, Michelle F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, NIH/NCI
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Journalist assaulted in Yemen
Masked attackers have stabbed and wounded an outspoken Yemeni journalist known for his anti-government writings, his family said.
Nabil Sabaie was attacked in the streets of Sana
The attackers stabbed Nabil Sabaie in his arms, then fired a few shots in the air to disperse passers-by who gathered during the attack on one of the main streets of the capital on Saturday, his father Muhsin Subaie said.
"They pushed him to the ground, then pulled a knife, and stabbed him in his right and left arms and now he is in the hospital," Sabaie said.
No further details were available on who is behind the attack and no one has claimed responsibility.
Sabaie is known for strong criticism of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his policies.
In a recent article, he condemned the president for grooming his son to succeed him and appointing family members in key government positions.
Yemeni journalists have reported a concerted campaign of abuse and harassment by the government in recent weeks.
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I am now minus a gallbladder and 3 stone down with a gym habit of 3 times per week. I don't recognise the person in the mirror nor the lifestyle choices she makes but I love it! We got a puppy last year and I occasionally take him running (rottie x shepherd, big boy!) at stupid o clock in the morning so have been trying bigger distances to tire him out before I go to work.
You will easily complete your 10K - running in a "race" is much easier than running alone - the vibes, Adrenalin, company etc makes it so. Sounds to me you are on the right lifestyle "track" now!!! I have been "off the track" for the past 6 weeks and am getting right grumpy about it!! It is really weird what running does to and for you!!
Couldn't agree more, I discovered a little-known bridleway near my house recently which turns into a beautiful little 4K with views across the purbeck hills and Poole Harbour (I'm in Dorset). It's now the standard walkies whether running or walking with the kids..
Do you need a kick up glutes or is there a reason for being off track? I'm good at motivation!
Welcome back & glad that you've got back on track again. That's an impressive weight-loss and recovery from visit to A&E.
The Purbeck hills are runner's paradise.
Well done with on your success 🎉 and good luck with the run!
If I may? If (and I don't know if he is or not, obviously) your dog isn't getting as 'tired' as you expect him to get after exercise, it might be that he is one of those dogs that actually ends up more excited after a run. Dogs are like people (I.e. All different) some people just want to rest after a run; some feel really energised.
Return to running after childbirth?
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Joker-clad man sets train on fire; Many injured in Japan
Joker costume train set on fire
Attack with a knife
The incident took place in Tokyo, Japan
TOKYO: A 24-year-old man dressed as a joker in Japan has set fire to a train with a knife in his hand. The brutal incident took place in Tokyo. Reuters news agency reported that 17 people were injured in the incident. The incident took place on Sunday evening. The victims were on their way to a Halloween reunion.
The attacker was arrested by the police on the spot. The 60-year-old, who was stabbed by the assailant, is in critical condition. According to eyewitnesses, the assailant had spilled some liquid on the train and a fire broke out shortly afterwards.
Also Read: Abdullakutty may be the leader, but what do you know about the BJP's idea: PP Mukundan
Video footage of the train catching fire has been released. The video, which was uploaded on Twitter, shows passengers panicking and trying to escape from the train and catching fire. Another video of passengers escaping through a window after the train stopped is circulating.
Also Read: Schools reopen tomorrow; The Chief Minister said that the state is able to give more concessions
An eyewitness said he saw a man dressed as a joker walking with a knife in his hand after the fire. According to a local media report, there was blood on his knife.
The safety of the children is important and the preparations will be completed and the yard will be reopened tomorrow
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Honor Cecil by Signing World Heritage Species Petition #WorldHeritageSpecies
July 01, 2018 2 min read 2 Comments
"Until the Lion Learns How to Write, Every Story will Glorify the Hunter" - African Proverb
The Murder of Cecil the Lion
Three years ago, Cecil, a beloved African lion in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, was shot and killed by Walter Palmer, a dentist from the United States. Palmer paid around $54,000 to bow-hunt Cecil. On July 1, the dentist hit the lion with an arrow on a farm outside the national park, a place where Cecil was known to explore. Palmer and his guide tracked Cecil for over 11 hours then shot again taking the collared lion's life.
The murder of Cecil, a 13-year-old lion with a glorious black mane, sparked international outcry. News spread rapidly across the world via social media. Cecil was the star of Hwange National Park and he was one of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit's (Wildcru) radio collared lions. The contempt for Walter Palmer was so intense the dentist was forced to close his practice and go into hiding until the public quieted down. One could argue that Palmer was one of the most hated people on earth.
To read more about Cecil's Story pounce here: Honor Cecil by Signing World Heritage Species Petition
Please Sign the World Heritage Species Petition.
A World Heritage Species could be "the next step in our evolution as a compassionate species," but Brent Stapelkamp and Born Free Foundation need a lot more people power behind the idea.
Please share the petition with family, friends and all who you think care about the future of our wildlife. A great responsibility lies ahead of us – and that is the preservation of our wildlife heritage for the future generations. Take a moment to honor Cecil by signing the petition.
PETITION LINK ===> http://bit.ly/2j6Ex9E
Thank you for caring for all cats big and small and for being a part of The Tiniest Tiger community.
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Those men an women who prey upon G d's creatures should be treated as such. Shame on all of them!
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Cruelty knows no bounds. We must do all we can to change the mindset of people who profit from this.


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6/29/17 – President Donald Trump has the same approval rating now as he did three months ago in Wisconsin — 41-percent. That's according to a new Marquette Law School poll released Wednesday. Fifty-one percent of the 800 registered voters surveyed said they disapproved of the Republican president, with eight-percent on the fence. Only 27-percent of the Wisconsin voters polled say they favor the G-O-P's effort to replace Obamacare. That's down one-percent from March. Governor Scott Walker's approval rating is at its highest level since October 2014, as 48-percent approved of his job performance and the same percentage disapproved. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus four-and-one-half percent.


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Rosita Missoni at Design Indaba 2015 – SA Homeowner
SA Homeowner's Janine Jorgensen covers Rosita Missoni's presentation on stage at Design Indaba Conference.
Rosita Missoni Design Indaba Conference 2015
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Rosita Missoni
The Missoni matriarch, who "cannot stay away from colour", zigzagged her way from knitwear to a home collection to hotel interior design.
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Iconic brand Missoni is well-known for its distinctive brightly patterned clothes and vivid homeware. The journey of the label is a story of authenticity but also of love, and we were privileged to hear co-founder Rosita Missoni share some of this story at Design Indaba 2015.
Rosita, now in her early eighties, always had a passion for fashion. Growing up in a clothes factory, as a child she'd treasure pattern cuttings and admire the aesthetics in fashion magazines. It was on a school trip to England in 1948 that she met Ottavio, an athlete at the London Olympic Games. She was 16, he was 27 "with grey hair already" and at first uncertain about him, he was as passionate about design as she was, and after a five-year courtship the couple were married in 1953. Rosita laughs: "Ottavio was the creator, but I created him."
Their business started small in a 100 sqm factory, with their designs seeking harmony between colour, shape and textile, and were unusually eye-catching in the demure 1950s, but a commission in 1958 drew the fashion world's attention, and Missoni became known as 'the ones who make shapes'.
"Patterns, colours and textures is an endless game to play, which is fantastic," says Rosita, with the label continuing to do so, even after Ottavio's death and with Rosita handing over the management of the company to her children and grandchildren.
In fact in the 1990s, she left fashion as she "was no longer in love with it", and "played grandmother" for about a month, but was finding herself back at the office every day, relooking at the Missoni Home collection, started by her brothers, which she felt "lacked punch".
"The difference between fashion and homeware is that things you make for the home are meant to last. Fashion lasts for weeks then goes out," she says.
She debuted her own home collection at Maison et Objet in 1997, and within weeks there were copies. "A copy is a homage, it means you have something interesting," she says about its popularity.
And it doesn't seem as if Rosita is ready to be only a nonna any time soon again, unless it involves some retail bargain hunting. "It's a joy to have such a life, to have such a wonderful, wonderful job. Design is my passion – so is flea markets."
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Becrux is nothing if not a world traveler. Born and raised in Italy, he literally and figuratively hit the ground running, winning his first four outings in his homeland to earn top honors as Italy's Champion Two-Year-Old of 2004. He then went to Dubai and won, then to America and won, onto Canada – and won, and then for good measure, he came back to America and won some more.
But Becrux is so much more than just a worldly racehorse. He was a stocky, gritty runner who gave Team Valor investors thrills again and again. That's why when the horse's form began to wane, managing partner Barry Irwin dug into his own pockets to purchase the horse outright and retire him to a slower pace of life.
The plan was to purchase Becrux and send him to South African trainer Mike de Kock. De Kock ran the horse that year in Dubai, where he ran poorly in a pair of group stakes but won a conditions race by daylight and then some.
So, with that, Becrux was imported to the United States at the conclusion of the Nad Al Sheba meet and placed with trainer Neil Drysdale. The colt was muscular and Irwin noted that he was getting quite thick in the neck, much like a stallion.
Becrux ran for Team Valor and partner Gary Barber year after year, racking up wins and placings all over the country. Toward the end of his seven-year-old year, the gelding started showing signs of his age and was struggling to remain competitive with his peers.
So, at age eight, Becrux retired from the racetrack and was given some down time at Margaux Farm. After a few months of enjoying the retired life, Becrux began subtly, and then less subtly, letting everyone around him know he was growing bored with paddock life, so Irwin suggested looking into making him a stable pony.
Irwin asked around about making him into a stable pony and eventually found a gentleman who repurposed retired racehorses into track ponies.
Streaker said he needed about four months to retrain Becrux. At the conclusion of four months, he told Irwin the horse needed more time.
Once Becrux was ready, though, was he ever! He was sent to Fair Hill, the home base for many of Team Valor's horses and learned the ways of the racetrack in the picturesque Maryland setting.
Becrux remained at Fair Hill for several years, enjoying his job and doing it well. This year, at now nearly 13 years old, Becrux has been transferred to Margaux Farm in Midway, Ky., where the work would be a step less demanding.
At Margaux, Becrux shares a paddock with four other geldings and stays out about 15 hours a day. He comes in each morning to eat, get fed, and get to work, going out with three or four sets of horses each day.
Still owned by Team Valor, the plan for Becrux is to remain at Margaux and work as a track pony for as long as he seems to enjoy the job. When the time comes to retire him, Irwin says he'll remain at the farm and hopefully enjoy a long, happy retirement.
Race Earnings: $1,170,121 (Won – Woodbine Mile (G1), Wickerr H. (twice), Oceanside S. Premio del Dado (in Milan); 2nd – Play the King S. (G2), Del Mar Mile H. (G2), Wickerr S.; 3rd – Citation H. (G1), Morvich H. (G3), Sir Beaufort S., Bien Bien S.
If you have or know of a retired Thoroughbred with an interesting story to tell, we'd love to hear about it! Just email Jen Roytz ([email protected]) with the horse's Jockey Club name, background story, and a few photos.
Jen Roytz was the marketing and communications director at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky. She is a freelance writer and marketing and public relations consultant for various entities, both equine and non-equine. She can also still be found on the back of an OTTB most days.
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What Tax Reform Means for Business Value, Part 1: Tax Rate Impact
There's been a lot of talk since December 2017 about how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will affect business and personal income, but what about the impact on business valuation? Do the new tax law changes mean that businesses are now more valuable? To even begin to answer this, we need to first consider the fundamentals of business valuation and the general effects of taxation on valuation.
Business Valuation Fundamentals
Two of the most fundamental components of business valuation are cash flow (or profitability) and cost of capital (or rate of return). The value of a business is a function of the cash flow it generates to its owners. And, as it relates to cash flow, business owners know that taxes affect the bottom-line profitability of an entity, and most business owners will also know that more profitable businesses are more desirable (valuable). So in general, decreasing taxes for a business will increase profitability and overall value, all else being equal.
The cost of capital is the expected rate of return investors require in order to attract funds to an investment. Most businesses are funded by some combination of debt and equity. Investors (shareholders and debt holders) don't just give money away for free, though. They expect some form of return on their investment, and that rate of return is generally commensurate with the associated risk of the investment. This rate of return to investors is referred to as the cost of capital. The cost of capital component has an inverse relationship with business value – as a business' cost of capital increases, its value declines. Here is where changes in tax rates come into play. Because the return paid to debt holders (interest expense) is tax deductible, a business with lower tax rates is provided less of a tax shield, which essentially increases the cost of debt financing, increases the cost of capital and, all things being equal, decreases the value of a business.
How Corporate Tax Rates Impact Business Value
Let's look at an example of the above scenarios before and after the passage of tax reform. The examples provide an illustration of how a change in the corporate tax rates can affect the valuation of a business. Pretty simple, right? Unfortunately, the 500-plus pages of new tax code include several other provisions that also alter the valuation landscape. In future posts, we will explore other significant ways tax reform impacts business valuation, including changes related to bonus depreciation, pass through deductions, interest expense and net operating losses.
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Originally posted: May 2, 2018


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Q: CSS: width of a link doesn't change by setting the width attribute I have this construction:

#media_link {
  background-image: url("/images/media.png");
}

.media_link {
  width: 445px;
  height: 200px;
}

Size of the picture is 445px (but was 620px). All other links like this have the size 620px.
In the IE everything works fine and the link is 445px of size. But in Firefox and Chrome the link is still 620px wide. The div has the right size of 445px.
What to do? The  tag must have the size of 445px.
Interesting thing is, the link does hover up to the size of 445px, but is clickable up to the size of 620px.
Yours Joern.

A: You need float: left or display: block or (ideally) display: inline-block on the a:
.media_link {
    display: inline-block
}

Your usage of class="media_link" twice and #media_link is confusing. Using a
 is not required - you can replace that with display: block.
I recommend changing to this: http://jsfiddle.net/Yg4YN/2/

.media_link, .media_span {
    display: block;
    width: 445px;
    height: 200px;
}
.media_span {
    background-image: url("/images/media.png");
}

A: Then  tag is an inline element.  Therefore it's width is determined by the length of the text within the tag.  To fix this you can add display:block; to your .media_link class and it will perform as expected.

A: Your HTML code is currently invalid and you should put the anchor  inside the
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Once you've got your HTML the right way round, you can set your anchor to display:block and size it as required.


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Q: Nginx how to serve digest favicon file when request is for non-digest favicon.ico I'm using Nginx in front of a rails app. Nginx is serving static assets from public with the following location rule:
location ~ ^/assets/ {
            gzip_static     on;
            gzip            off;
            expires         1y;
            add_header      Cache-Control public;
            add_header      Last-Modified "";
            add_header      ETag "";
            break;
        }

This is working fine for the standard Rails digest assets but every now and then I get a request for /favicon.ico directly which will fail as it is a non-digest asset.
What I'd like to do is use a Nginx location directive to map/alias/rewrite /favicon.ico to /assets/favicons/favicon-somereallylongdigest.ico.
As rails will keep up to the last 3 assets there could be three files which match, I'm not worried about that and are happy to match any of the files found.
I'm not strong on Nginx config so any help is appreciated.

A: You could use a permanent redirect:
location = /favicon.ico {
    return 301 $scheme://$host/assets/favicons/favicon-somereallylongdigest.ico;
}


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3D printing electronics and cells directly onto skin
One of the key innovations of the new 3D-printing technique on skin is that the printer uses computer vision to track and adjust to movements in real-time. (c) McAlpine group, University of Minnesota
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time. The technology could be used by soldiers on the battlefield to print temporary sensors on their bodies to detect chemical or biological agents or solar cells to charge essential electronics.
Researchers also successfully printed biological cells on the skin wound of a mouse. The technique could lead to new medical treatments for wound healing and direct printing of grafts for skin disorders. "We are excited about the potential of this new 3D-printing technology using a portable, lightweight printer costing less than $400," said Michael McAlpine, the study's lead author and the University of Minnesota Benjamin Mayhugh Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. "We imagine that a soldier could pull this printer out of a backpack and print a chemical sensor or other electronics they need, directly on the skin. It would be like a 'Swiss Army knife' of the future with everything they need all in one portable 3D printing tool."
One of the key innovations of the new 3D-printing technique is that this printer can adjust to small movements of the body during printing. Temporary markers are placed on the skin and the skin is scanned. The printer uses computer vision to adjust to movements in real-time. "No matter how hard anyone would try to stay still when using the printer on the skin, a person moves slightly and every hand is different," McAlpine said. "This printer can track the hand using the markers and adjust in real-time to the movements and contours of the hand, so printing of the electronics keeps its circuit shape."
Another unique feature of this 3D-printing technique is that it uses a specialized ink made of silver flakes that can cure and conduct at room temperature. This is different from other 3D-printing inks that need to cure at high temperatures (up to 100 degrees Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit) and would burn the hand. To remove the electronics, the person can simply peel off the electronic device with tweezers or wash it off with water.
In addition to electronics, the new 3D-printing technique paves the way for many other applications, including printing cells to help those with skin diseases. McAlpine's team partnered with University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics doctor and medical school Dean Jakub Tolar, a world-renowned expert on treating rare skin disease. The team successfully used a bioink to print cells on a mouse skin wound, which could lead to advanced medical treatments for those with skin diseases. "I'm fascinated by the idea of printing electronics or cells directly on the skin," McAlpine said. "It is such a simple idea and has unlimited potential for important applications in the future."
Source: University of Minnesota
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Patagonia Hiking
Argentina | Chile
Activities: Hike | Small Ship Cruise
PATAGONIA HIGHLIGHTS
Fitz Roy Mountain Trails, Argentina
Cerro Torre Mountain Trails, Argentina
Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Dates correspond to the Antarctica Cruise that departs directly after this tour ends.
Dates may change due to Antarctica cruise restrictions
DAY 1: ARRIVE: EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA
Welcome to Argentina!
A Volant representative will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.
Tonight we'll celebrate your arrival with a warm welcome dinner in true Argentine fashion with a famous Argentine Barbecue.
Accommodations: El Calafate, Argentina
DAY 2: PERITO MORENO GLACIER | EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA
You'll have the morning to yourself as you explore optional excursions in this wild, Patagonian landscape. You can choose to take an adventurous cruise on a mountain lake to the terminus of a massive glacier, or you can choose to book a hike on the actual glacier itself. The choice is yours.
We'll meet up as a group in the afternoon for a visit to one of the most famous glaciers in all of South America: The Great Perito Moreno Glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park. The intentional late arrival to the glacier is for the opportunity to see the sunset over the blue ice. It's absolutely something to behold (depending on weather of course).
This evening we'll head back to El Calafate for another wonderful Argentine dinner.
DAY 3: LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK | EL CHALTÉN, ARGENTINA
After breakfast, we'll get in the van for a drive through the Patagonian landscape. Keep your eyes open. You may be able to spot desert eagles, various hawks, maybe even the endangered lesser rhea, and more than likely, the iconic, Patagonian Guanaco.
We'll be arriving at El Chaltén for lunch. We'll be spending the next few nights here in order to access some of the wildest backcountry in Patagonia. The towering pinnacles of Cerro Torre loom above the small town. We'll take an early evening, short hike up to a viewpoint overlooking the impressive Cordon Aldeia mountain range.
This evening we'll retire to our hotel for an evening meal and a relaxing time with friends.
Accommodations: El Chaltén, Argentina
DAY 4: CERRO TORRE | EL CHALTÉN, ARGENTINA
Today is an exciting day. We'll starting hiking after breakfast towards one of the most scenic and rugged landscapes in all of Patagonia. The ominous tower of Cerro Torre is our aim. We'll hike up the mountain slopes with Cerro Torre looming above in the distance the whole time. It's an impressive sight, one that will continue to impress the closer you get to it.
We'll have a lakeside picnic below Cerro Torre. After lunch, we'll make our way back down to the valley to El Chaltén.
Hike: Campamento De Agostini: 5 hrs | 9.5km
DAY 5: FITZ ROY | EL CHALTÉN, ARGENTINA
We'll hit the trail after breakfast. Today's journey through the Patagonian backcountry will take us to one of the most well known mountains in the Southern Hemisphere: Mt. Fitz Roy. Depending upon the group's timing, we'll have the chance to take one of two optional side hikes. Whether we continue on or rest and then go down, today's hike will not disappoint.
After a mountain picnic, we'll turn around and head back down the way we came up, ending in El Chalten for diner time.
Hike: Campamento Poincenot: 6hrs Return (3hrs one way) | 8km
Optional Side Trip: Laguna Sucia: 2hrs Return | 5km
Optional Side Trip: Laguna De Los Tres: 3hrs Return | 5km | 450m ascent/descent
DAY 6: TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK, CHILE
After breakfast we'll begin our journey southwards, crossing the international border between Argentina and Chile. After passing customs, we'll work our way through the southern Patagonian landscape to Torres del Paine National Park, the most well-known national park in all of Chile.
Transfer: El Chaltén --> Torres del Paine National Park, Chile: 6.5hrs - 7.5hrs
Accomodations: Hotel Las Torres, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Alpaca, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
DAY 7: LAS TORRES | TORRES DEL PAINE LOOKOUT, CHILE
Torres del Paine National Park boasts of some of the most beautiful postcards sent from all of South America. Today, you'll have the chance to visit one of the most popular postcard sites: Torres del Paine Lookout. This hike leads to a picturesque, alpine lake below commanding granite spires.
After a lakeside, mountain picnic we'll hike back to our hotel at the foot of the Torres del Paine mountain range.
Hike: Torres del Paine Lookout: 6-8hrs Return | 10.6 miles / 19km | 2,500 ft. ascent/descent | moderate-difficult
Accommodations: Hotel Las Torres, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
DAY 8: LOS CUERNOS | TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK, CHILE
Today's hike is part of the traditional "W Route." It's a high-trafficked trail, and for good reason. Commanding views of Curenos mountains will be in full view during this beautiful portion of our hike. It skirts the Torres del Paine range, maintaining an almost level elevation as the trail parallels Lago Nordenskjöld.
We'll eat lunch alongside the trail, overlooking the aqua blue waters of the Lago Nordenskjöld, and underneath the towering Cuernos.
Hike: Las Torres --> Los Cuernos: 5-6hrs | 7.5 miles | easy-moderate
Accommodations: Los Cuernons, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
DAY 9: PAINE GRANDE LODGE | TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK, CHILE
After breakfast, we'll continue our trek alongside the Lago Nordenskjöld and head towards the beautiful Valle del Francés. It is here, at the junction to the upper canyon of the Valle del Francés, and the straighter, flatter path leading to our final destination, that we'll decide whether to add on a side hike. Either way, we'll continue our hike with stunning mountain and aqua blue lake views.
We'll end our hike at the Paine Grande Lodge where we'll spend the night.
Hike: Los Cuernos --> Paine Grande Lodge: 5-6hrs | 7.5 miles
Accommodations: Paine Grande Lodge, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
DAY 10: TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK, CHILE
This is our last day of hiking on the traditional "W Route." We turn the corner at the Lago Grey and hike parallel to it for the length of half a marathon! What a beautiful--and long--lake! Our hike ends at the Grey Glacier's terminus, offering up spectacular views of glacial blues and whites.
In proper "spectacular" fashion, we'll be picked up by a tour boat that will take us along the length of the glacier's terminus. This cruise is one of the only tours that can get so close to the glacier itself due to the glacier's stable condition. It's truly an experience of a lifetime. The after touring the spectacular views of the Grey Glacier, we'll sit back and relax as we ride the cruise ship to the other end of the lake where our hotel will be waiting for us (3hrs).
Hike: Grande Paine Lodge --> Refugio Grey (Cruise ship pick-up point): 5-6hrs | 14 miles | 750 ft ascent/descent
Accommodations: Hotel Lago Grey, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile
Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
DAY 11: PUERTO NATALES | PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE
Our adventure in Chili's most popular national park has come to an end. We'll leave Lago Grey and Torres del Paine National Park after breakfast.
On our way south, we'll pass by the fascinating Chilean national monument called, the Cueva de la Milodon. Inside the massive cave, we'll see a replica of a massive, and now extinct, ground sloth, known as a Mylodon. The replica was patterned after the actual remains of a mylodon that was found in the cave. It is said to have lived over 10,200-13,500 years ago.
After our interesting history lesson, we'll head further south to Puerto Natales, where we'll have lunch. After lunch we'll continue our journey south to our ending point, Punta Arenas. We'll end this fine Patagonian adventure with a farewell dinner.
Accommodations: Punta Arenas
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Greek Additions to Esther
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1After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker. 3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days. 5They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. 6Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad. 7He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
8They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it."
Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
9The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, 10and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. 11Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."
12Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. 13Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cup bearer. 14But remember me when it will be well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 15For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head. 17In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
18Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. 19Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you." 20On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; 22but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23Yet the chief cup bearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
The Cupbearer and the Baker
1Some time later, the king's cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined. 4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant.
After they had been in custody for some time, 5both of these men—the Egyptian king's cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught. 7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master's house, "Why are your faces so downcast today?"
8"We both had dreams," they replied, "but there is no one to interpret them."
Then Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
9So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: "In my dream there was a vine before me, 10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes. 11Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand."
12Joseph replied, "This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days. 13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer. 14But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison. 15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon."
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head. 17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."
18Joseph replied, "This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days. 19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree.#40:19 Or and impale you on a pole; similarly in verse 22 Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body."
20On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. 22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.#40:22 Literally had interpreted to them
23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.


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Частично сохранившаяся средневековая крепость в городе Тангермюнде, федеральная земля Саксония-Анхальт, Федеративная республика Германия, расположена к северу от центра города на высоком берегу реки Эльба.

Крепость была основана около 925 года маркграфом из рода Асканиев с целью осуществления пограничного контроля в месте слияния реки Тангер с Эльбой, на границе со славянскими землями. Первое письменное упоминание о крепости найдено в летописи епископа Титмара Мерзебургского за 1009 год. В X—XI веках крепость была имперской резиденцией, где останавливались императоры Священной Римской империи. Здесь же взималась таможенная пошлина за пересечение Эльбы.

В XIII веке под стенами крепости возник город Тангермюнде. В 1370-х годах император Карл IV объявил крепость своей второй резиденцией. Рассчитывая сделать Тангермюнде столицей центральных провинций Германии, он значительно укрепил и расширил крепость и основал в ней часовню. Однако планы Карла IV не были поддержаны его преемниками, в результате крепость стала административным центром Альтмарка и Пригница. До 1488 года курфюрсты Бранденбурга имели здесь свою резиденцию, однако она не пользовалась популярностью и постепенно приходила в запустение.
В 1640 году в ходе Тридцатилетней войны крепость была сожжена шведскими войсками.

Лишь в начале XX века была произведена историческая реконструкция памятника. В настоящее время сохранена часть стен крепости с башнями, ворота, крепостной ров, центральная жилая башня и донжон. В здании, построенном на фундаменте главного укрепления, сейчас расположена гостиница «Schlosshotel Tangermünde», двор крепости служит террасой отеля.

Литература

  Bruno J. Sobotka. Burgen, Schlösser, Gutshäuser in Sachsen-Anhalt. Theiss, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8062-1101-9.
  Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe. Burgen des Deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon. Sonderausgabe. Flechsig, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1.

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Крепости Германии
Гостиницы Германии
Сооружения в стиле кирпичной готики в Германии
Здания и сооружения Саксонии-Анхальт
Крепости, построенные в XI веке


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Vince Lombardi Quotations
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Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football player, coach, and executive in the National Football League. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Lombardi is considered by many to be one of the best and most successful coaches... (wikipedia)
Born in Brooklyn, NY
Died On 9/3/1970
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport...
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Achievement Quotes
The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
Believe Quotes
Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one's mind.
Motivational Sports Quotes
A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
Sometime Quotes
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while... you don't do things right once in a while... you do them right all the time. Winning is habit.
We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
Achieve Quotes
Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.
Bowl Quotes
I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.
A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.
Games Quotes
At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it ... Autograph your work with excellence.
When you've got the momentum in a football game... that is a time to keep going and get it into the end zone, ... We want to score for America's families.
Hard Work Quotes
Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defences, or the problems of modern society.
Bleed Quotes
I have been wounded but not yet slain. I shall lie here and bleed awile. Then I shall rise and fight again. The title of champion may from time to time fall to others more than ourselves. But the heart, the spirit, and the soul of champions remains in Green Bay.
Final Quotes
getting to the final is everything, and winning is icing on the cake.
City Quotes
I think the Kansas City team is a real top football team, but doesn't compare with the National Football League teams. That's what you want me to say. I said it.
American Coach Quotes
Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
Habit Quotes
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Wanting Quotes
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
Winning Quotes
Winning is not everything. It's the only thing.
There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give it everything.
There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.
Feet Quotes
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up -- from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's OK You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
Appreciate Quotes
I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour-this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear--is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle -- victorious.
Events Quotes
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Authority Quotes
Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Achiever Quotes
It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever -- the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
Civilization Quotes
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
If you can accept losing you can't win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.
Enthusiasm Quotes
If you aren't fired up with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm.
If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Be fired with enthusiasm or you'll be fired with enthusiasm.
Cowards Quotes
You've got to be in top physical condition. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Winners And Winning Quotes
All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means... you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.
Team Quotes
The only true satisfaction a player receives is the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of his personal accomplishments.
Hard work is the price we must pay for success
I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.
Successful Quotes
In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.
Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting
Learning Quotes
Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Will To Win Quotes
The coaches who win are the ones who can motivate their players. Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
Ifs Quotes
If you get into the endzone, act as if you've been there before.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.
Acceptance Quotes
And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.
Champion Quotes
Inches make a champion.
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.
Coaching Quotes
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!
Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.
Defeat Quotes
You defeat defeatism with confidence.
Gentleman Quotes
Gentlemen, this is the football.
Knowing Quotes
Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.
Visions Of The Future Quotes
To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.
The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.
winning is not everything it is the only thing
Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.
Basketball Quotes
I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection.
While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past.
Mental Toughness Quotes
Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.
If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.
No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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by Luca Devoti -
The Dinghy Academy guys are back in Valencia. Palamòs Christmas Race saw all our sailors shine. Facundo Olezza won from Milan Vujasinovic and Ondra Teply. Fourth was Alex Muscat, not really a Dinghy pupil right now, but trained with us for four years so we tend to consider him one of us. Finn newcomer Alessio Spadoni also did well, winning the final Medal Race. The others also showed progress, sure competition was not as tough as it will be next year, as many superstars are resting, though it is always nice to end the year with a good performance.
Argentinian Facundo Olezza leads the Finn fleet in Palmòs. Photo Alfred Farré
Facundo was very happy as after qualifying in Miami, despite his injury at the wrist, he has than got bronze at the Junior Worlds, was ninth at the Games with two daily wins, and now won Palamòs. We are working onto making him better and better. In reality he is doing all it takes to become a champion, I am just trying to get him to shortcut the learning path by making sure he does not too many mistakes, but as it was pretty easy to coach Ben Ainslie, so it is to coach Facundo. He can do without a coach tomorrow. He is quite thrilled to go and race the Star again, but will try to train as hard as he can, we are kind of dreaming to build up a training center for Stars here in Valencia, so that twice or three times a week we can race in Stars, and hopefully I can show them that in the old days, the days of Percy, Loof, Kusznierewicz and Rohart I was mixing it with them. At times I was quite good, so on a diet as surely with 120 kgs the only thing I have that makes me look like a past Star glory is the mass, not really fit enough to face the challenge of racing against my boys, kind of have a feeling that this time they'll kill me. Long gone the days that I could jump in a Finn and show the youngsters what it was all about.
54 the age, Facundo told me: same like Santi Lange. Well… surely if you look at the number, though sailing Finns or Stars is a tough job, and Santi is Santi, I am Luca and have no chance whatsoever right now. Vasilji Zbogar was around before Christmas, the bug of racing still there, will be interesting to see if he will manage to move the bar up again, as he seems to defeat all laws of ageing and still clinched silver in Rio, he is going to continue until Aarhus 2018 Worlds, the first olympic qualifier. Sure in the Finn it will be a really tough regatta as max 9 places will be up for grabs and at least 34 good nations will show up, but that again… if the dream is to get a medal top nine should be no worries…
Vasilij Zbogar won his third Olympic Medal taking a silver in the Finn Class
Rumors around about top sailors changing countries, at the end still if you do well whoever you'll race against will not matter as the race really in the Finn is against yourself. If that race is won very few opponents will be able to compete, it is tremendously hard to stay focused and fight to the bitter end for 11 tough and brutal Finn races. New year coming soon, why don't you take your boat out to make sure you celebrate properly the coming of the new year. We are going sailing on new year here in Valencia…
Glory days for ocean sailing… Perpetual Loyal smashes Rolex Sydney to Hobart record


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Car crash victim lives after 4 doctors declared him brain-dead
By Laura Weisman on April 25, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Although he had been declared brain-dead by no less than four doctors, a 21-year-old man in England injured in a terrible car crash, has made a miraculous recovery, the BBC News is reporting, via Huffington Post.
In February 2008, Steven Thorpe from Kenilworth, Warwickshire was involved in a crash with two other cars and a horse that was running lose on the highway. One man died, as did the horse, the BBC reported.
Mr Thorpe was taken to University Hospital in Coventry where he says doctors put him into an induced coma, and performed a craniotomy to help alleviate any swelling on his brain.
The 21-year-old said medical staff gave up hope of any recovery after two days, but his parents refused to believe they had lost him.
In a statement, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said: "It is extremely rare that a patient with having suffered such extensive trauma to the brain should survive. … He is truly a unique case."
Thorpe tells The Sun that doctors wanted to give him three days on life support and then turn it off:
"The words they used to my parents were, 'You need to start thinking about organ donations.'
"I think that's what gave my dad energy, he thought 'No way'.
"If my parents hadn't asked for the second opinion, and if Julia hadn't been there, I wouldn't be here today."
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Bipolar Disorder is more than just having frequent changes in mood or changing one's mind.
Everyone's mood changes depending on what's happening around them, what they are doing and what they are thinking about. Sometimes those things or thoughts happen quickly and our emotions change quickly in reaction.
For children, this happens even more often since they are still learning how to regulate their emotions, which is a normal part of their developmental process. (To learn more about self-regulation, visit the Behavior page).
The main characteristic of bipolar disorder is to have sustained periods of depression and mania that negatively impact the person's daily life.
The diagnosis of bipolar requires evaluation by a mental health professional who will first rule out other causes.
According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the "highs" of bipolar disorder (also called manic episodes or, in less severe cases, hypomanic episodes) are marked by a combination of symptoms.
From The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens.
Julie Fast from Bipolar Magazine talks about what she would change about the perception others have of bipolar disorder.
Author AJ Mendez encourages those who are newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has two handouts that explain bipolar disorder to caregivers and young adults.
Find more resources at bphope.com.


Charging your Smart Nora unit – Smart Nora Inc.
How do I set up Smart Nora?
Should I turn OFF the Base Unit at any time?
How do I know if my Smart Nora is ready for use?
Upon first receiving your Smart Nora (or when you see the red light on the Base or Pebble), please make sure both are fully charged before using. The green light will flash to indicate charging is taking place and will stop when each piece is fully charged.
We recommend always leaving your Base Unit on AND plugged in as it only has a 24 hour charge unplugged. Rest assured that leaving the Base Unit on at all times will not harm the unit or its battery. Regarding the Pebble, you can expect it to remain charged for up to 14 days before you will see the red light indicating that charging is in order.
Once charged, you can safely disconnect the Pebble from the USB cable until the next charging cycle is required. If you prefer to leave your Pebble connected to the USB at all times, you may do so, but this is not necessary - we only recommend leaving the base unit plugged in at all times.
There is a blue light flashing on the Pebble.