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Lyftron integrates your Branch data into the platforms you trust, so you can make decisions that drive revenue and growth. Automatically fed your data into data warehouse or BI tool, review your store's activity and analyze your store's performance instantly.
Lyftron load data from Branch to a target Data Warehouse. Lyftron expands analytical capabilities by enabling real-time access to Branch and let you analyze instantly with leading BI & ML tools. All transformations are defined in standard SQL, which are pushed down to target data warehouse in their native sql for better performance.
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Integrate your data with Lyftron instantly and blend with 150+ other sourcesData extraction with Lyftron is easy. Be up and moving in minutes. Without any help from developers, Lyftron enables you to choose your most valuable data and pulls it from all your connected data sources in just one click.
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"I feel more aligned with the agile process as now I can analyze any data without worrying about any technical know how. "
Empower your analytics with out of the box relational data modelConnect any API, Json, XML and automatically analyze it with ANSI SQL and load it to Branch. Once the data is extracted, you could ingest it to Branch or BI tool of your choice with zero coding required. Lyftron connectors automatically convert any source data into normalized structure of ANSI Sql and push down the data pipeline processing as an ELT to the native cloud data warehouse.
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Built for the agile data culture for your dataNext, analyze massive volumes of this real-time data in visualization tools and get instant answers to your store performance. Over 100 integrations empower you to use your favorite tools to map data, build and visualize custom reports and more.
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Load your data into your warehouse or lake instantlyTransform your growth metrics by combining your data and your delta automatically. Joining tables, renaming metrics and mathematical calculations result in a deeper and more complex data structure than the raw data.
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Load your data into your warehouse or lake instantlyBuild delta lake on the Branch and save thousands of engineering hours and significantly reduce total cost of ownership. The platform handles all the infrastructure development, empowering users to skip engineering work and go straight to analysis.
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Skip writing long complex APIs, and transform instantly with SQL. Define data transformations as a standard SQL. Lyftron pushes down SQL to data sources and the cloud, making it easy for all users to access the information they need in a timely fashion
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Lyftron automatically connects with Branch database and files, load them in a cloud data warehouse of your choice and makes the data available in your favorite BI or analytics tool. All transformations are defined in standard SQL, which are pushed down to target data warehouse in their native sql for better performance.
Yes. It is meant for it! Get comprehensive analytics and advanced reports on how your Shopify store is doing in beautifully designed dashboards. Know who your customers are, what they buy, and where they come on your store. Moreover, get automated insights across products, channels, customer lifetime value, and more.
Why not! With Lyftron, stay on the top of your meaningful customer data including products, orders, wish lists, reviews, contacts and deliver a personalized Shopify experience. Besides, get ensured that your customers' data is always up-to-date including email ID, phone number and profile so that you spend more time on growing your store than updating your data.
Analyze any data size in more than 35 visualization tools! The agile-data delivery model could processes trillions of rows, tables and delivers unmatched BI performance and limitless scalability for Shopify users. Run real-time SQL queries on any data source.Create data sets and share them between teams and analytics tools.
Lyftron provides a platform that processes real-time data from multiple marketing streams and empowers Shopify owners to examine which campaign is working best and which needs improvement. Integrate and assemble all your data from more than 30 sources including Salesforce, Marketo, Spreadsheets, Google Analytics, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more.
The whole process right from the integration to producing actionable insights, happens in less than 4 minutes- promising a time optimization by 75%.
Lyftron enables enterprise-level security with built-in security model and support for standard security frameworks and protocols. Its embedded security system allows data masking, field level restrictions and an architecture that automatically scales up and down.
Not at all!
Lyftron prebuilt connectors automatically convert Json, Xml, API to normalized structure and provides ready-to-query schemas and full search on data
Through a governed embeddable data discovery model, users could search, tag, alias, and enrich their Shopify data with ease. The powerful agile-based platform enables enterprises to transforms messy and unstructured data to facilitate and enhance its analysis.
Lyftron modern data hub offers logical data warehouse where Shopify data is stored once and utilize the memory compute for transformation, loading and standardization.
Data virtualization offer Shopify users a single interface — often based on SQL — to access data in multiple places or formats.
Lyftron integrates data virtualization, manages the unified Shopify data for centralized security, and delivers real-time data for best class performance. Lyftron provides a common abstraction over any data source type, shielding users from its complexity and back-end technologies it operates on. It relies on views that allow Shopify users to integrate data on the fly.
Lyftron supports all the high performing big data warehouse like Hadoop, Spark, EMR, Azure, HDInsights, Databricks etc and next gen cloud data warehouse like Snowflake, Redshift, Google Big Query and Azure SQL DW.
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Lyftron speeds up the data preparation process so that the focus is less on cleaning the data and more on gaining insights in shortest time possible. Such self-service data preparation system, a collaborative data modeling and instant logical data warehousing allow different live of functions to work together and deliver fast.
Please write to us at [email protected] for details related to pricing.
No, Lyftron will help you create Data Pipeline automatically and let you analyze the data instantly with ANSI Sql and BI tools.
No, Lyftron will help you connect with Branch and normalize your API Json output automatically so you can focus on your business and Lyftron will take care of the data pipeline.
No problem, Lyftron will help you with Branch data model so you can easily understand your source system and build your new architecture with 75% optimization.
Lyftron is providing out of the box data warehouse star schema design, and BI dashboard for the Shopify customers. So, you can just use our Shopify express solution to build your new analytics platform in no time.
Yes, Lyftron will provide pre-built pipelines for Stage as well as Data Warehouse.
Lyftron will provide you with automatic data lineage and tagb based search which will populate our data catalog engine. So, anybody like business users, data analysts or engineers can search all their objects with ease.
Lyftron will help you automatically create the schema, will do auto merging, auto sync for your files and auto ingest into your target data warehouse automatically. There's no need of any manual looping process, Lyftron will read the files from subdirectories automatically.
No problem, we get you covered. Lyftron has inbuilt data encryption mechanism which let you encrypt your sensitive information with ease.
Lyftron has robust column level security which will help you choose the access based on roles and user and only the users you choose will get the access on pipeline, database, table or column.
Yes Lyftron will sync all your historical data, simply connect and choose your load option.
No, you are fully covered with Lyftron auto sync feature which help you choose delta field, select the frequency and Lyftron will take care of the rest.


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Skip Bayless is easy to despise for many reasons, most of which stem from the fact that he walked away from a very encouraging career as a print journalist for a new, more lucrative one as...whatever he does by senselessly arguing on "First Take." But would it make him more or less tolerable if you found out that hidden beneath those brown blazers and dopey buttoned-downs is the athletic body of a man half of his age? Here's a report from one former Bristol intern: "I remember entering the gym just to buy something from the store (they're connected - the store and the gym) and seeing him working out. Totally chiseled. Went to look around the gym (I had just started so was kind of taking a tour of the place) and he's was in towel in the locker room... the guy is absurdly ripped." And when asked by this particular former intern if there was any particular body type that would best describe Bayless? "Think Ed Norton in American History X — but without the swastikas."
Come on, really? I corroborated with another current ESPN staffer. This is what they had to say: "Yes, Bayless is completely ripped. He doesn't drink. Doesn't smoke. Eats healthy as hell. His idea of "cheating" is drinking a Mountain Dew every day. But he works out twice a day."
New Year's resolution for 2009: when naked, look better than 57-year-old Skip Bayless. Christ.
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Masset aims to complete comeback with Rockies
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Nick Masset is finally past the search for answers and ready to resume what until 2012 was a career as a successful right-handed setup man.
Masset is competing for a spot in the Rockies' bullpen after missing 2012 because of a shoulder injury that required surgery and being out in 2013, but figuring out that thoracic outlet syndrome was what was delaying his rehab.
"It's definitely been a long road," Masset said. "Physically, mentally, the past couple of years have been a rollercoaster for me, a lot of ups and downs, a lot of smiles and cries. I'm feeling healthy."
Masset, 31, made 231 appearances for the Reds from 2009-11 (12-11, 3.15 ERA, 217 strikeouts in 223 innings) before suffering a shoulder injury with the Reds in '12.
"Our first attempt was to rehab it for the first two or three months, but in my last or second-to-last rehab game, I completely tore it," Masset said. "That was a tough break because I'd worked so hard to get back.
"I rehabbed all offseason and came into camp [in 2013] but I got to the point where everything was great playing catch, but every time I'd try to get off a mound, my arm wouldn't agree with me. Stark pain came out of nowhere. I went to see a lot of the best orthopedic guys in the country and they said, 'Your shoulder is as stable as can be. We don't see anything wrong.'"
Masset then noticed numbness in his right hand, which unlocked the problem. Thoracic outlet syndrome -- the condition that former Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook had when he had to be rushed to a hospital after a start a few years back -- was the problem. St. Louis vascular surgeon Dr. Robert Thompson, who did Cook's surgery and diagnosed right-hander Jhoulys Chacin's nerve issue in his chest in 2012, removed a top rib from the right side.
The Rockies monitored Masset's offseason throwing and signed him to a Minor League deal.
There is an opportunity not only for a job but for a prominent right-handed role.
Matt Belisle and Wilton Lopez were used frequently last year but both are coming off subpar seasons. Adam Ottavino pitched well and saw his roles increase in importance; he is versatile enough to handle single innings or multiple innings. Their roster spots are secure barring injury, although when they pitch will depend on performance.
Chad Bettis and Rob Scahill, two younger righties, saw regular duty at the end of last season, as did veteran Manuel Corpas. Masset is likely batting them to make the team.
Manager Walt Weiss is happy to have a proven pitcher such as Masset, who is 16-14 with a 3.78 ERA in his career with the Rangers (2006), White Sox ('07-08) and Reds ('08-11), as an option.
"He's missed some time the last couple of years, a lot of time, but we feel fortunate to have this guy in our camp," Weiss said. "We feel good about the fact we're landing pitchers that had other choices. He's one of those guys that maybe three, four, five years ago, we're not getting those guys. His track record late in games is very impressive."
Masset appreciates the chance to pitch.
"I'm very blessed and excited to be healthy again," Masset said. "It doesn't matter where I'm pitching in this bullpen. My stuff speaks for itself. They know what kind of stuff I have. If I stay healthy, I feel like I'm going to be as good, if not better, moving forward."


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Welcome to the second edition of our newly revamped NLU Alumni Magazine – a publication designed specifically with you, our valued alumni and friends, in mind. The magazine is just one component of National Louis' goal of strengthening the bond with our alumni and showcasing the achievements of this integral part of our University community. It is our intention to bring you stories that are informative, inspirational, celebratory, entertaining, and maybe even enlightening – all in an effort to deepen your connection to this great institution.
In this issue, themed "30 over 30," we proudly salute our alumni and their accomplishments. These 30 individuals are just a sampling of the 65,000+ living alumni who go above and beyond every day positively impacting their communities, their work, and themselves. From our doorstep in Suburban Chicago (Evelyn Chenier, Waukegan's Family First Center) to the limits of our solar system (Felipe Romo, NASA Contractor), the countless lives NLU graduates touch is pervasive and invaluable.
Our institution's founder Elizabeth Harrison would have fit right in with this group of go-getters. She was just 37 when she founded a training school for kindergarten teachers in Chicago, a predecessor to the National College of Education and National Louis University. During her career as college president, she authored some 20 books on childhood and education and helped pave the way for the establishment of the National Parent Teachers Association (PTA) by organizing a series of annual conferences in Chicago. Elizabeth Harrison's influence reached beyond those immediately around her and continues to touch lives to this day.
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Which Type of Doctor Is the Happiest?
Ever wondered about the lives of the people who ask you to stick out your tongue and say "ahhh"? The newly-released Medscape/WebMD's 2012 Physician Lifestyle Report could provide some insights.
Earlier this year, about 29,000 doctors representing 25 specialties replied to an online poll about their opinions about their happiness, health, non-work activities and more. Consider it a peek behind the white coat, if you will.
Here's just a sampling — see the entire report for more.
Happiest Doctors:
1. Rheumatologists
2. Dermatologists
3. Urologists
4. Ophthalmologists
5. Emergency medicine doctors.
Unhappiest Doctors:
1. Tie: neurologists, gastroenterologists and internal medicine doctors
2. Oncologists
3. General surgeons
4. Plastic surgeons
Healthiest Doctors:
1. Dermatologists
2. Plastic surgeons
3. Diabeticians/endocrinologists
4. Orthopedists
5. Cardiologists
Least Healthy Doctors:
1. Critical care doctors
2. Pediatricians
3. Obstetricians/gynecologists
4. Pathologists
5. Psychiatrists
Vacation Preferences:
1. Foreign Travel
2. Beach Vacations
3. Split along gender lines: male doctors like road trips, while female doctors enjoy luxury spas
Car Ownership:
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Chavez Laid to Rest
He died on March 5. Smart money says Obama killed him. His death was very suspicious. A previous article discussed it.
Hopefully forensic evidence will prove what many people believe.
He meant so much to so many. He spoke in language people understood.
He meant what he said. He kept promises made. He championed social democracy. Venezuelans have the real thing.
Progressive Radio News Hour regular James Petras discussed his legacy. He calls him a "21st century renaissance man."
He was "unique." He made a difference. He contributed hugely to advancing humanity. He did so "in the spheres of political economy, ethics and international law and in defining relations between political leaders and citizens."
He cared. He showed it. No one anywhere matched him. He believed popular needs matter more than power. He transformed Venezuela from neoliberal harshness to social democracy.
He was reelected overwhelmingly four times. In 2006, his landslide topped all presidential victories in US history.
Except for the close race in 1812 and 1800 deadlock, Jefferson/Madison Democrat-Republicans dominated US elections. It remained so through 1820.
James Monroe ran virtually unopposed. He won over 80% of the vote. Like Washington, he wasn't elected. He was coronated.
Competitive elections began in 1824. From then to Chavez's 2006 near 63% majority, his victory margin exceeded all US presidents. His popularity was overwhelming. It was so for good reason.
He governed democratically. He engaged Venezuelans responsibly. He "invited comments and criticism," said Petras. He challenged imperial Washington. "You don't fight terrorism with state terrorism," he said. These type comments infuriated Washington.
He abhorred violence and war. He championed peaceful conflict resolution. Straightaway in office he began implementing his vision.
He let Venezuelans decide whether to convene a National Constituent Assembly. At issue was drafting a new constitution. Chavez believed in Bolivarian change.
Venezuelans agreed. They approved overwhelmingly. Three months later, National Assembly elections followed. Chavistas won 95% of the seats.
They drafted a Bolivarian constitution. A second referendum followed. Venezuelans again overwhelmingly approved. Historic provisions became law.
No constitution anywhere matches it. It's a living document. Venezuelans cherish it. It shames America's.
Articles 83 - 85 mandate quality healthcare. It's called a "fundamental social right and…responsibility of the state…to guarantee it…to improve the quality of life and common welfare."
It established national public health. It's proscribed from being privatized.
Other provisions mandate participatory democracy, quality education to the highest levels, free speech, indigenous rights, housing assistance, social security pensions and more.
Articles 166 - 192 established citizen assemblies. They constitute grassroots participatory democracy. So do thousands of communal councils. Over 30,000 exist. They empower local citizens.
Ordinary people elect their own representatives. They do so throughout the country. What they say matters. They contribute to Bolivarian fairness.
The Law of Communal Councils "represent(s) the means through which the organized masses can take over the direct administration of the policies and projects that are created in response to the needs and aspirations of the communities, in the construction of a fair and just society."
Social missions were established. Ordinary Venezuelans benefit enormously. Innovative programs include healthcare, education, food, housing, land reform, job training, micro-credit, and more.
Thousands of worker cooperatives exist. Ordinary Venezuelans manage them. Instead of a job, they're owners. They benefit from profits earned.
At the same time, Chavez championed worker rights. He encouraged trade unionism. America wages war on labor. At issue is destroying decades of hard won rights. Obama's in the forefront doing so.
Chavez instilled "solidarity and mutual support," said Petras. He changed Venezuela's power balance. He shifted it from ruling elites and corrupt politicians to ordinary people.
Petras said his greatest contribution perhaps was believing "that many of the most challenging contemporary political and economic problems can be successfully resolved."
Nothing is more challenging than transforming longstanding money power-run states to socially democratic ones. Chavez "largely succeeded," said Petras.
He radically changed Venezuela progressively. His redistributive policies work. He used the nation's oil wealth responsibly.
He increased social spending over 60%. FY 2013 spending is budgeted to rise another one-third. Income inequality is Latin America's lowest. Before Chavez, it was the highest.
Poverty fell from 60% to 26%. Extreme poverty decreased from over 16% to 7%.
He grew the economy impressively. Economic growth in 2011 was 4.8%. In 2012, it was 5.6%. Forecasts estimate 6% in 2013.
Nationalized oil, telecommunications, electricity, cement, steel, and other sectors let Venezuela regain economic sovereignty.
Chavez created jobs. Unemployment dropped from 14.5% to 6.4%. Venezuelans receive Latin America's highest minimum wage.
Women without income and disabled people get 60% of minimum wage support.
Chavez withdrew Venezuela from IMF/World Bank debt peonage. The nation's debt is about 20% of GDP. America's exceeds 100%. It rises exponentially annually.
Child mortality fell from 20 per 1,000 to 10. Child malnutrition declined from 21% to less then 3%. Five million children get free meals in school. Life expectancy rose from 72.2 to 74.3.
Around 95% of Venezuelans have access to safe drinking water. Pre-Chavez, it was 82%.
Hundreds of thousands of new homes were built. Commerce, communications, construction, and manufacturing grew impressively. Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
Around 2.5 million acres of land were returned to aboriginal people. About 7.5 million overall were redistributed. Doing so lets tens of thousands of farmers own their own land.
Chavez eradicated illiteracy. Doing so shames America. Around 32 million Americans can't read. Forty-eight million do so below a fifth grade level. Computer and math skills are sorely lacking.
Inner city schools don't teach. Two-thirds of students can't read proficiently. One in four children grow up unable to read.
America is the only OECD country where the current generation is worse off than previous ones. Prioritizing war and corporate favoritism explains why.
Venezuelan democracy is the world's best. It's real. It's unmatched. Its elections are open, free and fair. Venezuelans are automatically enfranchised at birth.
Its Law of Social Responsibility affirms free expression without censorship, respect for human rights, Venezuelan cultural values, a balance between public duties and private rights, and citizen participation in national affairs.
Chavez championed fair trade. ALBA (the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) reflects it. It's comprehensive, bold and innovative. It's mutually beneficial. It's polar opposite NAFTA, FTAA, and one-way bilateral agreements.
It's based on complementarity (not competition), solidarity (not domination), cooperation (not exploitation) and respect for each nation's sovereignty. It's free from the control of other nations and large corporations.
Venezuela joined with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in establishing Mercosur. It hopes doing so will strengthen ALBA.
In December 2006, Chavez proposed establishing a Bank of the South (Banco del Sur). Doing so is an alternative to Western debt slavery.
A November 2007 summit launched it. In September 2009, it was established. Its members include Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. Plans are to increase initial capitalization.
Member countries pledge to contribute. Full operations are expected to begin later this year. At issue is representing the needs of the South and contributing to its development.
Chavez urged Latin American integration. UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) was another initiative.
Members include Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay (suspended after its 2012 coup), Chile, Guyana, and Suriname.
Petrocaribe lets most Caribbean states buy Venezuelan oil on preferential terms.
Chavez proved challenging neoliberalism works. Petras calls doing so a major 21st century "breakthrough." His legacy is "multi-faceted. His contributions are original, theoretical and practical."
They matter. They're "universally relevant." They work. Chavismo lives! Bolivarianism's institutionalized!
Chavez was "a complete political leader," said Petras. His stature is unmatched. He's the most important figure of our time. What he achieved won't die.
Chavistas promise to carry the torch. Preserving and strengthening Bolivarian achievements matter most.
A Final Comment
On March 5, Chavez died. His body lay in half open coffin. It was on display in Caracas' Fuerte Tiuna Military Academy. Over five million Venezuelans queued for hours.
They came to honor him. They paid their last respects. They said farewell.
On March 15, 10 days of official mourning ended. Hundreds of thousands of red-shirted Chavistas filled Caracas streets.
A formal procession followed. Chavez's body was transferred to the 4th February Museum of Military History (Barracks on the Mountain). He'll remain there for now.
It's where Chavez launched his February 4, 1992 revolt against neoliberal harshness. Years later he succeeded.
Regional leaders paid their last respects. Acting President Nicolas Maduro said:
"Mission accomplished Comandante! Fully accomplished: with pain, with sacrifice, not even sickness stopping him. Nothing stopped him, and no one is going to stop our people."
Viva Chavez! Millions of Venezuelans resolve never to let his legacy die. They're courageous. They'll put their bodies on the line to assure it.
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MLSsoccer.com's "Under African Skies" series is a look at what the first World Cup held on the African continent means to Major League Soccer's African players. We continue with the San Jose Earthquakes' Omar Jasseh, a native of Gambia.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Omar Jasseh, the San Jose Earthquakes' 17-year-old midfielder from Gambia, sees joining MLS this season at the first step on a journey that will hopefully one day take him to the sport's highest levels.
"There are very good players in Africa, and I want to be a part of that," Jasseh said. "I am looking forward to one day representing my country at the World Cup."
In the meantime, Jasseh has to content himself with watching the action from more than 10,000 miles away, sharing the excitement of Africa's first World Cup by phone with friends and family back home.
"That's the topic in Africa right now – the Cup, the preparation, everybody is talking about it," Jasseh said. "Everyone is ready for it to begin. There is definitely more interest in Gambia for the World Cup because of how well our team played [in qualifying for] the African Nations Cup."
Qualifying for that tournament doubled as the African qualification process for this year's World Cup, and Gambia was on the cusp of making into the final 20 teams – out of 52 competing – before being ousted as team No. 21 thanks to losing a goal-differential tiebreaker.
In qualifying for the same tournament's 2006 edition, Gambia was one of the first teams eliminated, losing 3-2 on aggregate to Liberia. Gambia faced Liberia again in 2010 qualifying when both teams were slotted in the same pool, and this time the outcomes were significantly different: Gambia drew 1-1 in Liberia, then posted a 3-0 win at home.
Jasseh knows the world is expecting the same kind of leap forward from the half-dozen African sides that will be part of the 32-team field.
"Everybody is remembering that no one from Africa has made [past] the quarterfinals and thinking that we have to do something on this stage, while the tournament is here," Jasseh said. "Everyone is feeling the pressure. African countries are preparing very well and working hard to show they belong with the European teams."
With the Gambian national team not taking part, Jasseh is rooting for Cameroon. But he knows that African fans of all different passports will probably bind together if one of them does make the elimination stages.
"When Senegal was in the World Cup [in 2002], Gambia and Senegal were jubilant when Senegal beat France. They were the champions, and Senegal won the match 1-0 and it made everyone very happy," Jasseh said. "I think a lot of people in Africa will be behind South Africa [this year] because they are hosting."
Whatever happens on the pitch, Jasseh hopes coverage of the tournament will help shed light on the continent as a whole – and bring some positive feedback because of it.
"It means a lot for Africa," Jasseh said. "Some of the best soccer players in the world are being brought to Africa and I think most people don't know a lot about Africa. I think that will help people see what a great place Africa is."
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Sleep: Spring cleaning for the brain?
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever been sleep-deprived, you know the feeling that your brain is full of wool.
Now, a study published in the April 3 edition of the journal Science has molecular and structural evidence of that woolly feeling — proteins that build up in the brains of sleep-deprived fruit flies and drop to lower levels in the brains of the well-rested. The proteins are located in the synapses, those specialized parts of neurons that allow brain cells to communicate with other neurons.
Sleep researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health believe it is more evidence for their theory of "synaptic homeostasis." This is the idea that synapses grow stronger when we're awake as we learn and adapt to an ever-changing the environment, that sleep refreshes the brain by bringing synapses back to a lower level of strength. This is important because larger synapses consume a lot of energy, occupy more space and require more supplies, including the proteins examined in this study.
Sleep — by allowing synaptic downscaling — saves energy, space and material, and clears away unnecessary "noise" from the previous day, the researchers believe. The fresh brain is then ready to learn again in the morning.
The researchers — Giorgio Gilestro, Giulio Tononi and Chiara Cirelli, of the Center for Sleep and Consciousness — found that levels of proteins that carry messages in the synapses (or junctions) between neurons drop by 30 to 40 percent during sleep.
In the Science paper, three-dimensional photos using confocal microscopy show the brains of sleep-deprived flies filled with a synaptic protein called Bruchpilot (BRP), a component of the machinery that allows communication among neurons. In well-rested flies, levels of BRP and four other synaptic proteins drop back to low levels, providing evidence that sleep resets the brain to allow more growth and learning the next day.
"We know that sleep is necessary for our brain to function properly, to learn new things every day, and also, in some cases, to consolidate the memory of what we learned during the day," says Cirelli, associate professor of psychiatry. "During sleep, we think that most, if not all, synapses are downscaled: at the end of sleep, the strongest synapses shrink, while the weakest synapses may even disappear."
The confocal microscope views show this happening in all three major areas of the fruit-fly brain, which are known to be very plastic (involved in learning).
In a paper published last year, Tononi, Cirelli and their co-investigators found similar chemical changes in the synapses of rats' brains. They also showed that rats' brains have a stronger "evoked response" to electrical stimulation after being awake, and a weaker one after sleep. That finding provided more evidence, using electrophysiological rather than molecular techniques, consistent with the idea that synapses grow stronger during the day, then weaker during sleep.
Because sleep performs the same function in the brains of species as diverse as fruit flies and rats, Cirelli says it was likely conserved by evolution because it is so important to an animal's health and survival.
The Wisconsin laboratory has pioneered ways of studying sleep in different species, including fruit flies.
To keep the flies awake, they're put into a "fly agitator" that holds 10 plates, each containing 32 drowsy flies. A robot arm shakes the plates occasionally to keep the flies from dozing.
Flies were deprived of sleep for as long as 24 hours. Researchers then dissected their brains and measured the levels of four pre-synaptic proteins and one post-synaptic protein. All levels rose progressively during periods of wakefulness and fell after sleep. Other experiments confirmed that the changes in protein levels were not caused by exposure to light and darkness or by the stimulation itself, but by sleep and waking. They also used confocal microscopy and an antibody that specifically recognizes BRP to measure the expression of this protein in many fly-brain areas.
Higher levels of these synaptic proteins during waking may be evidence of random experiences that fill the brain every day and need to be dissipated to make room for the learning and memories that are truly significant.
"Much of what we learn in a day, we don't really need to remember," Cirelli says. "If you've used up all the space, you can't learn more before you clean out the junk that is filling up your brain."
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison (news : web)


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If there's one thing to remember from the late 80's, it very well may be Paula Abdul and her string of pop hits. From "Straight Up" to "Opposites Attract" the MTV-friendly singer lit up the Billboards and won a Grammy in the process (in part, thanks to an animated feline named MC Skat Kat).
So, in celebration of everything pop and cartoon cat-oriented, here's a list of the pop singer's top videos.
1. "Straight Up"
The quintessential Paula Abdul track, "Straight Up" put the pop singer on the map and showcased her amazing dance skills. Staying on the Billboard Hot 100 for a solid three weeks, the track was and still is one of the most memorable songs from the 80's while putting Abdul on the track for success.
2. "Opposites Attract"
If for nothing else, Paula Abdul will always be remembered for dancing with an animated cat. Yes, MC Skat Cat broke onto the scene in 1989 and cemented Abdul's career in pop culture forever.
3. "Cold-Hearted"
Nobody does dancing on scaffolding in fishnet stockings for music executives better than Paula Abdul did in "Cold-Hearted." The video, directed by future-"The Social Network" director David Fincher, is yet another example of Abdul's dance moves. (Side note: Does anybody else think Britney Spears totally ripped off the ending for her "Slave 4 U" video?)
4. "Rush Rush"
Featuring Keanu Reeves in a James Dean-type, "Rush Rush" is a slow ballad that showed a different side of Abdul. Most artists have a hard time maintaining the momentum from their first album, but Abdul found a way to make it work.
5. "My Love Is For Real"
Paula Abdul has danced with a cartoon cat, grinded on scaffolding, and seduced Keanu Reeves. So what better way to follow all of that up than by dancing in a "Lawrence of Arabia"-style music video, desert heat included?
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Enjoy your Ozarks' History.
The first sharp pangs of the Civil War subsided momentarily in Northern Arkansas on the White River after the death of Lt. Heacock and the Davis family. Scouts & spies loyal to the North sent rumors & reports of the activity across the state-line into Missouri. The Butternut Rebels quickly made inventory of the destroyed saltpeter mine & powder works, and they were quickly mobilized back into a coherent unit in producing Confederate gunpowder. This strategic spot, Bean Cave, was also known as "Barnett's Bluff," "Cave Bottom," or the "Saltpeter Cave."
On the 23rd of March, 1862, reports had reached Maj.- Gen. Henry Wager Halleck at Union headquarters in Ozark, Missouri, that the Marion County production of gunpowder, on the White River had recommenced. Additional intelligence was relayed concerning the figure of about 100 slaves working in the mining and production process, along with a company of soldiers set about to guard the premises. Request was made for a detachment of cavalry from Springfield to destroy these works, and free the slaves being employed in enemy's service. It would take eight months for the Union to gather more intelligence and to make plans for a major expedition in order to make a substantive attack on this part of the White River again.
Many of the local men in Northern Arkansas, in the 27th Infantry, were currently stationed near Pocahontas, Arkansas, in the early fall of 1862. Several afflicted and furrowed-browed soldiers had reported to the infirmary as being sick. On the 9th of October, Friday, the pleasant tidings of new orders, "report to Yellville in 15 days," rolled throughout the camp. According to S. C. Turnbo, these orders had many drastic & curative effects on many of the homesick soldiers. Mainly, it cured them of their "homesickness."
On Saturday morning, the 10th, furloughs for sickness were being distributed. As they left camp, miraculous healings were manifesting themselves for the seemly "unfit for duty." Eyes were set in the westerly direction to make their destination of Yellville. Some "sick" men would amazingly make the trek of 130 miles in less than seven days. This would give them the luxury of being near home and the chance of seeing family or friends.
Five days into the journey soldiers would constantly look for any fresh spring of water. Some men would journey off the Military Road up to a half mile looking for any source of water. According to reports, evening rations of water were found to have dead lizards and toads in the bottom dregs of their tin cup. Some would be so desperate for a drop of water that they would kneel in the road to lap the last and diluted remnants from mud puddles. Others would place small sooth stones in their mouths and roll them over their tongue to extract any moisture.
For the men who were placed on sick furlough and left ahead of their regiment, they too journeyed down the Old Military Road, cutting through Northern Arkansas. They too would seek fresh springs of water and camp only a short distance off this familiar road, and their eagerness to get to Yellville would prove to be fatal to some of the hopeful soldiers.
Among those who were reported sick, was a man of reputation, Maj. John Woodward "J. W." Methvin, of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, Company A. Beyond all doubt, he was sick with a severe case of pneumonia. He was so sick it was determined that he could not make the journey on horseback, and another officer offered to place him in a hack (buggy) and transport Methvin to Yellville.
The 45 year old Confederate Major, originally from Madison County, Alabama, was looking forward to seeing the wife, Corasandra (Nowlin) Methvin, who lived near the small village of Dubuque, Arkansas, on the White River; they had been married for nine years. Additionally, it had been nine months since he had seen his four children Alonzo, Josephine, Hannah, and James. Before the war, Methvin had the honor serving as the Marion County Circuit Clerk from 1858 until his enlistment in the Confederacy. While many men from Marion County joined the Arkansas 14th Infantry in the first year of the war, Methvin had brief service in the Arkansas State Troops, 5th Regiment, Company E. By the 30th of June, 1862, he had returned home to Marion County to lend his effort in forming Company A, of the Arkansas 27th Infantry; he was elected as the 1st Lieutenant.
Maj. Methvin was a southern gentleman of known reputation to defend his men from other officers such as his commander, Col. Shaler, who attempted to take advantage of those lower in rank. Therefore, in his time of need and sickness, hospitality was extended back to him. He would arrive on his last leg of his journey in Mountain Home, located on Rapp's or Talbot's Barrens (Prairie) in only 6 days. Little did he know the plans the Union had been transpiring, and a disheartening surprise that would occur at Col. Casey's house in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at his arrival.


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An extreme case of PDA ended with the arrest of a couple who police said had sex in broad daylight in the ocean.
Matthew McPeak, 27, and Stephanie Wallington, 23, both of Philadelphia, were arrested after they allegedly had sex in the ocean near the 46th Street beach in Sea Isle City.
Investigators say the public romp took place shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday. According to Mike Geraghty, of Lower Merion, a crowd of about 30 onlookers formed as the duo went at it, seemingly oblivious to their audience on the beach.
"They appeared to be heavily intoxicated," said Geraghty. "When police arrived they were pretty confused."
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Both McPeak and Wallington were directed out of the water by responding police officers and taken into custody.
They were eventually charged with lewdness and released on a summons.
Wow there's a couple having sex in the ocean on 43rd st. Good Lord. — Colin J. (@CJ_Can_I) June 8, 2014


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Recipe from Michael Sanders of Cartwright, Okla.
Prep Time: 30 min
Total Time: 1 hr
1 1/2 lb.s ground beef
1 ounce 1.25 taco seasoning mix
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
1 4-ounce can diced chilis
1 cup ricotta cheese
2 larges eggs beaten
10 corn tortillas
2 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1. In large skillet brown ground beef, stirring until cooked through; drain fat.
2. Add taco seasoning mix, seasoned salt, tomato sauce and chiles; Blend well.
3. Bring to a boil. reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
4. In small bowl, combine ricotta cheese and eggs. in bottom of 13-9-2 inch baking dish.
5. Spread 1/2 of meat mixture. Top with 1/2 of tortillas; spread 1/2 of ricotta cheese mixture over tortillas and top with 1/2 of grated cheese.
6. Repeat layering, ending with a thick cheese top and bake, uncovered, in a 350* oven 20-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Servings: Makes 8 servings or more
Comments: You can top with extra cheese
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"The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibility of dreams…if you do that, you can do anything." —-Waking Life
Here is what you do if you have a passing interest in neuroscience, psychology, or physics but are too lazy to take science classes in college: make movies. In the last decade or so, some of the most successful movies from nearly every genre—from thrillers like Memento to sci-fi/action movies like The Matrix to art house movies like Waking Life—involve quirks of the mind: alternate realities, psychological disorders, and imaginary characters.
Inception, the latest film from Christopher Nolan (director of the aforementioned Memento as well as The Dark Knight, which means we at NPI are predisposed to like him), tackles dreaming, an area so loaded with psychological and epistemological ramifications that the movie feels ready to burst at the seams. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb, a thief who enters peoples' dreams to steal their ideas. This process, known as "extraction," involves exploiting projections of a dreamers' subconscious to reveal secrets. Continue reading


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Barneys creative director Simon Doonan is profiled in WWD today. He's got a new book, Eccentric Glamour (one chapter is called "Say No to Ho"), and his interview is chock full of amusing witticisms and quippy bon mots, especially if you recall that he says it all in a crisp British accent. Of convincing Donatella Versace to stand in the window of Barneys New York for ten minutes, Simon says: "I told her it would be like an aquarium." He claims he came out of the womb totally and obviously gay: "I was flitting around the house like a Russian ballerina. I think my parents were just glad I wasn't a schizophrenic." On Hillary Clinton and her wardrobe: "She looks entirely appropriate. I don't want a politician who is going to wear a backless Dior gown. I don't want a politician who's thinking about fashion for even one millisecond. It's the same as medical professionals. The idea of a person in a Comme des Garçons humpback dress giving me a colonoscopy is just not groovy."
On plastic surgery:
"I am completely opposed to it. I understand it with performers who might want to extend their careers, but the whole concept of being anti-aging is very questionable to me. Regular people torturing their faces, it's nasty. Learn to glue on false eyelashes. Don't become Jocelyn Wildenstein when you can be Louise Nevelson."
As for what Doonan plans to do as an old man, he says: "Maybe I'll become Amy Winehouse. I want to take back the night for senior citizens."
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After investors build $1 million dam, Wisconsin says it owns lake
PALMYRA, Wis. — Beth Martineau might be rolling in her grave, the one at nearby Oak Knoll Cemetery marked with a stone reading, "I fought the DNR and I won."
In the late 1960s, Martineau lived and worked as an artist on Upper Spring Lake, an idyllic spot created by a 19th-century dam. She defended her privacy with fences, signs, trespass complaints and even gunshots.
In 1970 after the state tried to add the property to the Kettle Moraine State Forest, she ultimately got the Wisconsin Supreme Court to declare that the Conservation Commission — the predecessor to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources — had no power to condemn the lake.
Now the fate of Upper Spring Lake, about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee, is back in court. The current owners say they relied on the legal conclusions of Martineau's victories when they bought the property out of bankruptcy in 2008 and spent about $1 million rebuilding the dam that creates the lake and protects downstream areas of Scuppernong River.
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"We'd never have made this effort if we didn't think we owned it," said John Taylor of Glenview, Ill. He and his friend Dave Porter of Chicago, both semi-retired commodities traders from Illinois, created Row Boat LLC to buy the property, which they hoped to use as a nearly private getaway for their families.
But those plans are on hold until the legal boundaries dispute gets settled. Taylor said title insurance is covering most of the legal costs.
After Martineau died in 1993, the property remained in a trust she created and was then sold to another owner who had planned a resort but went bankrupt. That's when Taylor, who owns a farm less than 10 miles away in Rome, Wis., got interested.
During the negotiations to buy the property out of bankruptcy in 2008, heavy rains washed out the dam. Row Boat went through with the deal anyway and then worked closely with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on permitting to rebuild an improved, modern dam.
"If (the DNR) had even just said they were interested, we'd have backed off," Porter said, because they wouldn't have risked such an investment if a clear title was in doubt.
As part of the dam permitting, Row Boat conceded that the creek was navigable, and provided a means for canoers and kayakers to portage past the dam.
"We thought we'd be good neighbors by rebuilding the dam and give boat access that they never had," Porter said.
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After the dam was completed in 2010, the lake had visitors, Taylor and Porter said. Then, state natural resources officials began informing people that it was part of the forest, and more people began making their way in, including some fishermen in motorized boats.
Some didn't respect the land, the men said. During a recent tour, a black piece of plastic the size of a barrel marred the weedy edge of the pond. The owners say they often had to clean up other trash from around the lake's edge.
So they mounted signs over the entrance from the upper Scuppernong River and at the road entrance to Martineau's old house, which is now boarded up and unoccupied. They read, in part, "WARNING THIS IS NOT DNR PROPERTY. You are entering PRIVATE LANDS. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE."
Row Boat claims it owns what a judge said in 1972 that Martineau owned: as much land as the water covered when the water at the old dam was 13 feet, 4 inches deep. Because it was somewhat lower in 1972, the judge said Martineau also had a strip of dry land varying from 6 to 50 feet around the water's edge.
Row Boat — and all previous owners going back to the original grist mill owner in the 1850s — only ever owned "flowage rights," or the right to impound water over others' land, according to state natural resources officials.
William O'Connor of Madison, Wis., a lawyer for Row Boat, said more than 65 deeds and other documents have been recorded regarding the land since the 1840s, and some basis for claiming legal ownership on other grounds.
"They're all very complicated questions," he said.
A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spokesman would not comment on pending litigation.
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But in an answer to the Row Boat lawsuit and a counterclaim, the state denies it is claiming any rights to land that Row Boat owns. The two to three acres at and below the dam, where the house, studio and crumbling stone mill are located are not in dispute.
It says that Martineau's case was about condemnation, and nothing in the decisions ever settled who exactly had title to which land. Neither she nor the state ever filed a specific action to address that.
The state's position is that all historical deeds are basically correct, and that the only error in the title history came in 2008 when the bankruptcy trustee deeded the property to Row Boat. But none of that mattered to the dam application process anyway, the natural resources officials said.
Taylor and Porter still feel like the state took advantage of their willingness to rebuild the dam and when it was all done, ambushed them with a new claim to lands abutting the lake, where, in theory, the state could build a boat landing and park.
That would have a much greater effect on their potential use of their property than a few kayakers and fishermen occasionally coming into the lake via the creek, Taylor and Porter said.
"We tried to just negotiate a new, clear boundary, but DNR won't really say what they want," Taylor said.
In its counterclaim, the state contends Row Boat is exceeding the 13-foot-4-inch water level behind the dam, meaning more water is impounded and trespassing on state forest land that surrounds the lake.
Row Boat contends it owns the land by either record title or through adverse possession because of Martineau's "hostile, open and notorious" occupation for an uninterrupted 40 years, which the state never contested.
O'Connor, the Row Boat lawyer, said the dozens of recorded deeds and other instruments in the recorded chain of title have errors.
"We hope to avoid a complicated and esoteric battle over interpreting the deeds, based on longstanding actual possession of the property in question," he said. "You have probably heard the saying, possession is nine-tenths of the law."
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But then J. J. Abrams showed up.... and then: hot damn.
I loved the reboot. Loved it. And I'm happy talking about Star Trek here because I do think of it as an adaptation. It may not be based on an original source novel like the other things I've looked at here, but it is derived from a previous existing piece of media. People have an idea of what things should look like before going into the cinema based on the multiple TV shows and films that have come before. Therefore it's the same principles I work with on adaptations.
So anyway, Star Trek: Into Darkness was amazing. I loved the first one of the new reboot, and have watched it many, many times, and therefore I am so glad to see that the second installment not only meets the expectations from the first one, but builds the plot, characters, and relationships; not to mention the technological and special effect advances.
I've seen it twice already and really think I need at least one more viewing. I've always been a Benedict Cumberbatch fan (made intensely strong by my love of Sherlock), as well as Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. The latter two had such a wonderful chemistry, banter, and timing with each other in this film. The former was so deliciously, wonderfully bad but also understandably so, that he was a joy to watch. It often takes quite a bit for me to get caught up in the story of a film; I'm usually too busy analyzing it-- actor performance, how they got that shot, scenery, or costume design that the story is just one more thing I'm examining. That didn't happen this time. I was EXHAUSTED at the end of the film. I felt like I'd just done battle alongside my friends to save my ship from the big bad guy.
Things I loved:
Relationships: This was the biggest positive for me. There was so much development and complexity, but also humor, kindness, and authenticity. The story was great, the effects great, the pacing and suspense great, but I think all of that hung on the growth of these characters, and the relate-able relationships they've developed in this film.
I liked that Jim showed some vulnerability before he jettisoned himself across space to the Big Bad Starship, and told Spock that he didn't know what he should do, he only knew what he could do. Jim was so much more human in this film with his uncertainty about himself, his loss of Pike, the father-like figure, his allegiance and devotion to his crew, and even the beginning sparks of a relationship, not just a fling, with Carol. And who didn't get at least a smidge choked up at the scene pictured on the right. I'm still reeling from the structure of this scene. The emotion of friendship, the acknowledgement of fear, the desire to comfort but the inability to contact, and personally witnessing the passing of your best friend, and being powerless to stop it. And Spock crying. Brilliantly done scene in terms of dialogue, pacing, and actor performance. I loved it.
Khan and Everyone: Oh Khan was fabulous. The body language, the vocal tone... it wasn't too far off from his portrayal of Sherlock, really. He's overly gifted, knows he is and is therefore quite cocky but in an endearing way, but Khan has that extra evil streak where he'll happily hurt whoever to get what he needs. And that duplicity was so intriguing. You knew it was coming, particularly as soon as you found out he was Khan and not 'Harrison' (in this scene), but the suspense of when, and how drove the conflict throughout the film. I loved watching him (or his stunt double, whatever...); he moved like a dancer: tall, graceful, sharp, controlled, and watching him fight was beautiful. Even when Jim was punching the heck out of him and he just had a look of curiosity on his face. His beautiful, beautiful face:
I also have such great fun watching Abram's filming style. He goes to great lengths to give shots a retro feel (so. many. lens flares. But I love them), and utilized 'old school' and unique techniques to get the shots he wants. If you've never watched the special features on the first film, I highly recommend it. The real-life shots and the CG shots are so in tune with each other, that it's difficult to tell where special effects end and the actual thing begins, which I think helps the audience member stay in the story. If something was blatantly CG-ed, then we'd notice it, and it'd take us out of the story. But each shot is stylistically like the next from the super-alien world in the opening scene to the normal conversations between characters. All have a great feel of authenticity to them.
All in all, this was a tight, well-written story that moved all individual story lines along in this new, re-written Star Trek world of Abram's creaction (Scotty, Bones, Sulu, and Chekov included) forward, and gave brilliant conflicts to structure the story around. A cocky captain brought down to a normal man, earning the chair, coming into his own, and embracing a brilliant constructed conflict in Khan. A crew supporting their captain, coming together as a strong, cohesive unit, and all of the humor, action, effects, drama, music, and design we've come to expect from this Star Trek reboot.
Boot away! I can't wait for the next instalment! It's still 'in development (2016)' on ProIMDB, so we'll see what comes of it... but this new Trekkie is already geeking out about it.


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Solutions offered range from motion control components and parts to integrated system solutions custom fit for the customer application. From electric linear actuators, cylinders and electric servo motors, to AC and servo drives, EMN products offer market solutions in the following focus areas:
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If you drive on the right hand road side (America, Canada, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, etc.) the mirror has to be on the left side, then you should order an "L" mirror.
In a country with left hand traffic (England, Ireland, Australia, etc.) then you'll need an "R" mirror. "L" means left hand "R" means right hand "L+R" means both left and right hand.
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Older vehicles that do not possess an EU registration, require a minimum reflection area of 60cm² (just over 9in.²) on each of their mirrors. An European approval emblem is not absolutely necessary. Current scooter models are all registred according to EU legislation. The mirrors that are attached to them must have EU approval markings.
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Some of the nation's top horses fuel a heavy schedule of turf races this weekend while Iowa runs its biggest races of the year.
Overseas, it's a busy week in Ireland, leading up to Saturday's Group 1 Irish Derby, which is expected to see Epsom victor Ruler of the World trying to double his Derby fun.
Churchill Downs features both ends of the accomplishment scale on its Saturday night card. Wise Dan, the reigning Horse of the Year, goes in the Grade II Firecracker at 1 mile on the grass. And the Group III Bashford Manor for 2-year-olds is a serious test for youngsters just getting going on their careers and hoping to return on the first Saturday in May.
But that's getting far, far ahead of ourselves so let's focus on the immediate future.
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The biggest weekend of the year in Iowa racing is highlighted by Saturday night's $300,000, Grade III Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Stakes. The 9-furlongs event drew a field of six with multiple graded stakes winners Prayer for Relief and Silver Max among the likely ones. Silver Max, a 4-year-old Badge of Silver colt, was a terror on the turf last season, winning the Grade III Transylvania at Keeneland, the Grade II American Turf at Churchill Downs and the Grade II Virginia Derby. After that, he struggled and trainer Dale Romans tried him with eye-popping results on the Churchill Downs main track on June 1 when the Opening Verse Stakes was rained off the grass. Silver Max led all the way to a 9 1/2-lengths win, beating Daddy Nose Best and Cease. Granted, the track was sloppy and Saturday's Iowa strip promises to be fast. Prayer for Relief won the Grade III Iowa Derby on this card last year, then went on to win the Grade II West Virginia Derby and Grade II Super Derby. He has not won since but finished second in his only two starts this year -- both graded stakes in Texas. Red Lead, who bounces back and forth between New Mexico and the upper Midwest, is making his third start in the Cornhusker after finishing sixth in 2010 and seventh in 2011. Taptowne got home second in the Grade II Oaklawn Handicap earlier this year.
Seven signed up for the $250,000, Grade III Iowa Derby at 1 1/16 miles. Among them: Trainer Bob Baffert brings Manando, who finished third in the Grade III Affirmed Handicap at Hollywood Park last time out. Our Double Play comes off a win in the Prairie Mile early this month. Bashaar was second in that heat. Stormdriver has run well in the Southwest.
Ten were attracted for the $200,000, Grade III Iowa Oaks at 1 1/16 miles. Fiftyshadesofhay, winner of the Grade II Black Eyed Susan at Pimlico in her last outing, drew the outside post for Baffert but will be among the fancied anyway. She also was third in the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks earlier in the year. So Many Ways was great last summer, winning all three of her starts including the Grade I Spinaway at Saratoga but was slow to round into form this year. She finally revisited the winner's circle after the Grade III Eight Belles at Churchill Downs on Oaks Day in her last start. Louisville-trained Hitechnoweenie invaded to win the Panthers Stakes on June 1 and is back for another bite. Canticle was second in that race.
On Friday night's Card, Delaunay is the odds-on favorite for the $125,000 Iowa Sprint off six straight wins. Rosie Napravnik is named on the 6-year-old Smoke Glacken gelding, who took the Grade II Churchill Downs Stakes on Derby Day in his last outing. Among four rivals, Gentlemen's Bet has won four of his five career starts and Jasizzle was second in the Grade III Aristides at Churchill Downs last time out.
Friday's $100,000 Iowa Distaff, a 1 1/16-miles affair, got a field of seven with Flashy American the morning-line choice off a win at Churchill Downs. And the $100,000 Saylorville has a contentious field of six going 6 furlongs.
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Wise Dan, assigned 128 pounds, will give 11 pounds or more to each of his seven rivals in Saturday night's $150,000 Grade II Firecracker Handicap at Churchill Downs. The weight was earned. The reigning Horse of the Year and Breeders' Cup Mile champ is riding a six-race winning streak and has been victorious in nine of his last 10 starts. He cuts back to the 1-mile distance after a dominating win in the Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs going 9 furlongs. "He's doing as well as I could ask," said trainer Charles LoPresti. He won the Firecracker two years ago and is aiming to be the first horse to win the race twice. None of the others has credentials to run with Wise Dan though there are several other graded stakes winners in the field. Corporate Jungle, recently second in an Arlington Park stakes, finished second to Wise Dan in last year's Grade II Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga -- albeit 5 lengths back of the winner, who scored in a hand ride. Trainer Tom Proctor indicated he might scratch Corporate Jungle rather than face the champ.
Saturday's $300,000, Grade I Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood Park, a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" event, includes Grade II American Handicap winner Obviously, a 5-year-old Irish-bred who is 4-for-5 at this trip and working well for trainer Mike Mitchell. Last year's winner, Jeranimo, is back. Za Approval comes off back-to-back graded stakes wins in Florida and New Jersey.
Fillies and mares will tangle at 1 1/16 miles on the Monmouth Park turf in Saturday's $100,000, Grade III Eatontown Handicap. Dayatthespa, a three-time graded stakes winner last year, is the 120-pound highweight in a field of 10. Last year's winner, Silver Screamer, tries to repeat and Ruthenia who finished fourth last year, tries again. Naples Bay and Laughing are graded stakes winners and Peace Preserver has been running well in tough company in Florida and New York.
Filly & Mare Turf
Lady of Shamrock, a consistent graded stakes performer in California, ships east for Saturday's $200,000 Grade II New York Stakes for fillies and mares over 10 furlongs of Belmont Park greensward. She won the Grade I American Oaks and Grade I Del Mar Oaks last summer and has been in the money in all three starts this season. Dream Peace is still seeking her first U.S. win after three straight third-place showings in graded events. Bill Mott saddles Starformer for Juddmonte Farms. Irish import Tannery won the Grade II Sheepshead Bay in her last start. Regalo Mia has been consistent. Anjaz represents Godolphin Racing off a second in the Sheepshead Bay. Mystical Star won this race last year but hasn't scored in six intervening starts.
Saturday's $250,000, Grade I Triple Bend Handicap at 7 furlongs over the Hollywood Park all-weather course, is a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Mitchell has another likely candidate in this in last year's winner, Camp Victory. It's a tough heat, with Jimmy Creed, Comma to the Top, Rail Trip, Tres Borrachos and Centralintelligence also in the field.
Delaunay's effort in Friday night's Iowa Sprint at Prairie Meadows also will be noted in this division.
Filly & Mare sprinters
Eight distaffers are set for a 6-furlong tussle in Saturday's $150,000 Grade III Victory Ride Stakes at Belmont Park. Kauai Katie, who won her first three starts of the year, will try to bounce back from a third-place showing in the Grade I Acorn a month ago. Fusaichiswonderful was second to So Many Ways in the Grade III Eight Belles in her last race. I'm Mom's Favorite won the Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in her last outing and Lighthouse Bay took the Jostle Stakes at Parx Racing in her last effort.
Aubby K looks like the class among 10 distaffers entered for Saturday's $150,000 Grade III Chicago Handicap at Arlington Park. Aubby K comes off a win in the Grade I Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs on Derby Day and earlier won the Grade II Inside Information at Gulfstream Park. She will, however, be giving significant weight to the other nine going 7 furlongs on the Arlington all-weather course.
Seven are set for Saturday's $100,000 Grade III Bashford Manor under the Twin Spires in Louisville. Steve Asmussen trains two of them, Gun Roar and D'cajun Cat, both coming off first-out wins at Churchill Downs. Hollywood Talent is trained by Wesley Ward for Ken and Sarah Ramsey. Ken Ramsey said he had ticketed the colt for Royal Ascot but changed his mind, deciding, "It would be smarter to win the Bashford Manor with him and then take him to Saratoga and let him win the Sanford." Debt Ceiling has won both his starts, a maiden affair at Laurel Park and the Rollicking Stakes at Pimlico where he drew off late to win with authority. The Bashford Manor has not been a producer of Kentucky Derby winners but has been won by the likes of Favorite Trick, Boston Harbor and Limehouse.
Saturday's 1 1/2-miles Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, in addition to the undefeated Ruler of the World, also features the second-and third-place finishers from the English classic, Libertarian and Galileo Rock. Trading Leather and Sugar Boy also are to be considered while Battle of Marengo and Limonade were dropped from the race on Thursday, leaving a field of nine. Aidan O'Brien, who trains Ruler of the World, has saddled seven straight Irish Derby winners, including last year's champion, Camelot, who also completed the "Derby double" with that victory. Two of the runners in this race have been sold recently -- Libertarian going to Godolphin and Sugar Boy to Sheik Mohammed bin Khalifa al-Maktoum.
Sunday's feature at the Curragh is the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles. O'Brien saddles five of them -- Was, Moth, Say, Magical Dream and Just Pretending. Was hasn't won in more than a year but was third in last season's Group 1 Nassau Stakes and Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks. Of the others, Shirroco Star was second in the Group 2 British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes last October. Both Was and Shirroco Star appeared to need their seasonal debuts and will be looking to improve in their second start of the year.
Already in the books is Wednesday's Oaks Trial at Naas, which produced something of an upset. Venus De Milo, after racing at the rear of the pack, found herself fully armed in the final furlong, hitting the lead 50 yards out and outfinishing Opera Gloves to win by 3/4 length. Bunairgead was third. The favorite, Moth, was blocked at a critical juncture but then one-paced when she got room and finished eighth of 11 starters. Venus De Milo won for the second time in two outings. She is from the first crop of the Coolmore sire Duke of Marmalade, who was European older horse of the year in 2008 with multiple Group 1 wins. She is out of the Galileo mare Inchmahome.
Darwin, an American-bred Big Brown colt who started his career last fall in New York with Todd Pletcher, won his first start of 2013 Wednesday at Naas in Ireland, for Aidan O'Brien. With Joseph O'Brien up, the chestnut colt got clear at the end to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Only three started in the 1-mile Boston Access Race. Darwin is entered for some of the summer's biggest races, including the Sussex Stakes, Juddmonte International and Irish Champion Stakes.


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The 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona that Richard Hammond drove in a season 12 episode of Top Gear is going up for sale at a British auction in May. To celebrate the Ferrari Daytona's 40th anniversary, Top Gear featured the Daytona in a race from Portofino in the Italian Rivera to Saint Tropez, France. Racing against Hammond and the Daytona was the world's fastest diesel production boat co-piloted by the UK's slowest Top Gear host, James May.
Even if it is wrong-hand-drive, we are confident this beautiful vintage Ferrari wouldn't have any problem drawing interest even if it hadn't been on television. The Daytona's classic lines combined with a 4.4 liter Ferrari V12 make it, in Hammond's words, "the absolute essence of pure European supercar." Pre auction estimates have the car selling in the £180,000-£210,000 or $290,142 to $338,499 range. Even if you don't have the money to purchase this Daytona and take it on a European holiday, you can at least dream about it while watching Top Gear's trip. Part one of the Top Gear segment is below and part two can be found here.


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If ever there were evidence that Power Rangers would work well as an animated series, this is it. Animator Mike McCraw pits the Black Ranger and the Pink Ranger against the sticky forces of the Putty Patrol, and they look fantastic doing it.
Although I still have great affection for the Dinozords from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, I appreciate that McCraw sticks to personal combat, emphasizing the visuals of their weapons. The action is quite distinct from the Super Sentai sequences that comprise the live-action Power Rangers battles, but McCraw has a real sense of magic and fun that builds on, rather than detracts from the original. Perhaps as Power Rangers marches forward in its myriad incarnations, someone could license an animated series.
McCraw is also working on a Blue Ranger short. Perhaps he's working his way through the original five rangers? We can only hope.
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An initiative is launched to help women learn how to code. But shouldn't startups be hiring the best coders regardless of gender?
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Falls and fresh air can teach kids the most important lessons of faith and life.
If you want peace, cultivate creation," Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2010 World Day of Peace reflection, arguably a message not just for the new year but for the new decade. With one sentence Benedict adroitly tied together a gang of the major preoccupations of Catholic social teaching with Pope Paul VI's radical 1972 admonishment: "If you want peace, work for justice."
Peace is not merely a cultural goal of human longing and endeavor but an integral part of creative unity, respecting and securing human dignity indivisible from esteeming and protecting the gift of the natural world.
How do we cultivate creation? We could start by being better stewards of that part of creation we are most powerfully connected to: our children. A study from Britain reports that kids there have enjoyed a declining rate of childhood injury. You know, the scuffs and cuts and breaks from falls from trees and crashed bikes and climbing things they shouldn't have been.
That would be welcome news if it represented an epidemic of more graceful children or proactive parents on the lookout for childhood hazards. Unfortunately the diminishing rates of traditional childhood injuries have more to do with the what and how of child's play than with more careful attention to it.
Consider the injuries that are on the rise among Britain's kids: Serious repetitive strain injuries suffered "after spending hours glued to [game] consoles" are up 60 percent since 2002. Tree climbing injuries dropped off by 50 percent over the same timeframe, and injuries caused by skateboarding, in-line skating, and skiing have fallen even further. A sociologist commenting on the study called the sudden fall in traditional growing-up accidents "bad news for childhood."
"The digital bedroom culture is growing all the time at the expense of the outdoors," the University of Kent's Frank Furedi said. "Doing physically challenging outdoor activities teaches children how to deal with risk-and they learn about their own strengths and weaknesses."
But that's not all they learn. Are our children learning to appreciate our natural environment from direct personal experience in the actual world or from their last 3-D viewing of Avatar or e-walking a Wii nature trail?
Father Thomas Berry, C.P. taught us that awe can be healing and that nurturing our sense of wonder and enchantment is a spiritual essential. But those spiritual lessons can't be learned indoors, and the generation coming of age around us may not learn them at all without our determined intervention.
The potential loss from such a diminishment transcends the individual and threatens what's left of the whole of creation in this, the earth's sixth period of mass extinction and the only one driven by human indifference.
This doesn't mean that we have to embrace our inner Grizzly Adams in order to raise children who are properly attuned to the natural world. At least I certainly hope not. Many adjectives come to mind to describe your humble scribe, but "outdoorsy" is not one of them. But that doesn't mean I have to retreat completely indoors either.
I find hiking a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon with my four kids. It gets them away from the media room and me from incessant petitions for yet another viewing of whatever Pixar release is currently in heavy rotation. I'm learning to appreciate the calm and beauty of nature and enjoying time with my kids, but I hope they are finding joy and sustenance a little bit themselves in the natural beauty around them.
I'm hoping that childhood wonder and awe matures into an adult aesthetic and attentiveness, so when it is their turn to accept the stewardship each of us is called to-and to select and support leaders who shoulder our collective stewardship-they will be ready for that responsibility, having taken their first steps with lessons about nature that even the most sophisticated modern media simply can't teach.
This article appeared in the April 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 4, page 39).
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