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One of the most widely used in vitro assays to model the reorganization stage of angiogenesis is the tube formation assay. The assay measures the ability of endothelial cells, plated at subconfluent densities with the appropriate extracellular matrix support, to form capillary-like structures (a.k.a tubes). Scientists typically employ this assay to determine the ability of various compounds to promote or inhibit tube formation. Compounds that are able to inhibit tube formation could be useful in various diseases, such as cancer, where tumors stimulate new blood vessel formation to receive oxygen and nutrients in order to grow beyond a relatively small size.
Upon plating, endothelial cells attach and generate mechanical forces on the surrounding extracellular support matrix to create tracks or guidance pathways that facilitate cellular migration. The resulting cords of cells will eventually form hollow lumens.
Ongoing research is focused on how specific molecules in the "matrix-integrin-cytoskeletal signaling axis" are involved in the eventual assembly into three-dimensional vascular networks.¹ Once formed, these interconnected networks are usually maintained for approximately 24 hours. Tube formation is typically quantified by measuring the number, length, or area of these capillary-like structures in two-dimensional microscope images of the culture dish.
The advantages of this assay are that it is relatively easy to set up, requires a short culture period, is quantifiable, and is amenable to high-throughput analysis. A disadvantage of this assay is the large variation of tube-forming capability among different lots of endothelial cells and support matrices, which makes the selection of these resources crucial to obtaining consistent and reliable data. While this assay is essential, users are cautioned that results should be confirmed in vivo because commercially available endothelial cells have been pre-selected for their proliferative capacity and there are no heterospecific cell interactions being represented. It has also been reported in the literature that certain non-endothelial cell types demonstrate tube formation, which suggests that tube formation by endothelial cells may not represent true differentiation of this cell type.²
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1. Prepare a bottle of supplemented Medium 200PRF by thawing a bottle of Low Serum Growth Supplement (LSGS) and transferring the entire contents of the LSGS bottle to the bottle of medium.
- Note: Once Medium 200PRF has been supplemented with LSGS, the supplemented medium should be stored in the dark at 4°C and should not be frozen. When stored in the dark at 4°C, the supplemented medium is stable for 1 month.
2. Seed cryopreserved endothelial cells at 2 × 105 viable cells per a 75-cm2 tissue-culture flask using LSGS-supplemented Medium 200PRF (15 mL total volume).
3. Change culture medium 24–36 hours after seeding.
4. Change the medium every other day thereafter, until the culture is approximately 80% confluent (5–6 days).
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5. Thaw Geltrex™ in a refrigerator (4°C) overnight.
- Note: Since refrigerator temperatures may vary, thaw Geltrex in an ice bath in a refrigerator.
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6. Optional step for fluorescent monitoring of tube formation using a cell-permeable dye (e.g. Calcein, AM): Add the dye to the endothelial cells in a 75-cm2 flask and incubate for 30 min at 37°C and 5% CO2 (protect from light). Final dye concentration should be 2 µg/mL.
7. Add 50–100 µl of Geltrex per cm2 to the growth surface and incubate coated surface for 30 minutes at 37°C to allow the gel to solidify.
- Note: 50 µL of Geltrex per cm2 is sufficient for larger well sizes (e.g., 12-well, 24-well). 100 µL per cm2 is necessary for smaller well sizes (e.g., 96-well).
8. Harvest the cells using the following procedure. Do not warm any of the following reagents prior to use. This procedure is designed for one 75‑cm2 flask. If different-sized culture vessels are used, adjust reagent volumes accordingly:
- Remove all culture medium from the flask.
- Add 12 mL of Trypsin/EDTA solution to the 75‑cm2 flask. Rock the flask to ensure the entire surface is covered.
- Immediately remove 9 mL of Trypsin/EDTA solution from the flask.
- Incubate the flask at room temperature for 1–3 minutes.
- View the culture under a microscope.
- When the cells have become completely round, rap the flask gently to dislodge the cells from the surface of the flask.
- Add 9 mL of Trypsin Neutralizer solution to the flask and transfer the detached cells to a sterile 50-mL conical tube.
- Add 9 mL of additional Trypsin Neutralizer solution to the flask and pipette the solution over the flask surface several times to remove any remaining cells.
- Add this solution to the 50-mL conical tube.
- Centrifuge the cells at 180 × g for 7 minutes, until the cells are pelleted.
- Remove the supernatant from the tube, being careful not to dislodge the cell pellet.
9. Add 4 mL of non-supplemented Medium 200PRF to the cell pellet and mix by pipetting up and down several times to ensure a homogeneous single-cell suspension.
10. Determine the concentration of cells in the non-supplemented Medium 200PRF.
11. Dilute cells in non-supplemented medium in the presence or absence of angiogenesis inducers and inhibitors. We recommend a concentration of 3.5–4.5 × 104 cells per 200 µL as a starting point and general guideline; the ideal plating density and media volume depends on cell type and should be determined experimentally. The final media volume should be ~200 µL/cm2.
- Note: For a positive inducer control, we suggest diluting cells in LSGS-supplemented Medium 200PRF. LSGS-supplemented Medium 200PRF contains 2% (v/v) FBS and bFGF (3 ng/mL). For a positive inhibitor control, we suggest diluting the cells in LSGS-supplemented media and 30 µM Suramin.
12. Gently add cells at the selected density to the gel-coated well, at a final media volume of ~200 µL/cm2.
13. Incubate the plate at 37°C, 5% CO2 overnight.
- Note: Incubation times may vary. HUVEC, for example, develop well-formed tube networks after 4–6 hours. After 24 hours, endothelial cells typically undergo apoptosis.
14. Optional Step: If cells were not pretreated with a dye before harvesting, they can be stained at the end of the incubation period after the tube network has formed using a cell-permeable dye (e.g., Calcein, AM)
- Add the dye to the cells and incubate for 30 minutes at 37°C and 5% CO2 (protect from light). Final dye concentration should be 2 µg/mL.
- Gently remove the dye-containing media with a pipette, and replace with an equivalent volume of warm Medium 200PRF. The replacement media should be identical to the media the cells were incubated in during the tube formation.
15. If a fluorescent dye was used, cells may be visualized using a fluorescence microscope. If a fluorescent dye was not used, cells may be visualized directly using a light microscope.
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|There is no tube network formation present in the positive inducer control well.
|A. The cells may not be healthy or the cells may be too old.
B. The cell density is too high or too low.
|A. Use only healthy cells or cells from an earlier passage.
B. The optimal seeding density is cell-type specific. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the seeding concentration. Use a larger well size in order to increase the observable area at the center of the well. A. Make sure that the replacement media being used is identical to the media the cells were originally cultured in during the experiment. B. Always add replacement media very gently to the cells.
|The tubes at the edge of the well are out of focus.
|There is a meniscus present at the edge of the well.
|Use a larger well size in order to increase the observable area at the center of the well.
|The tube network disappeared after staining.
|A. The replacement media was different from the original media.
B. The replacement media was added too fast.
|A. Make sure that the replacement media being used is identical to the media the cells were originally cultured in during the experiment.
B. Always add replacement media very gently to the cells.
|There is high background fluorescence.
|Following hydrolysis, Calcein, AM slowly leaks out of the cells.
|Gently remove media and add replacement media.
Figure 1. Induction of endothelial cell reorganization into 3D vessel structures. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) (42,000 viable cells/cm2) were seeded on a 24-well polystyrene plate coated with Geltrex™ matrix (50 μL/cm2) using LSGS-supplemented Medium 200PRF, and incubated at 37°C and 5% CO2. At 16 hr post-seeding, 2 μg/mL of (A) Calcein, AM (Cat. No. C3099), (B) Calcein Blue, AM (Cat. No. C1429), or (C) CellTrace™ Calcein Red-Orange, AM (Cat. No. C34851) was added directly to the culture well and incubated for 20 min (37°C, 5% CO2) prior to imaging at 4x magnification. (D) A representative phase-contrast image
Figure 2. Low background of the endothelial tube formation assay. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) (42,000 viable cells/cm2) were seeded on a 24-well polystyrene plate coated with Geltrex™ matrix (50 μL/cm2) using non-supplemented Medium 200PRF, and incubated at 37°C and 5% CO2. At 16 hr post-seeding, 2 μg/mL of (A) Calcein, AM (Cat. No. C3099), (B) Calcein Blue, AM (Cat. No. C1429), or (C) CellTrace™ Calcein Red-Orange, AM (Cat. No. C34851) was added directly to the culture well and incubated for 20 min (37°C, 5% CO2) prior to imaging at 4x magnification. (D) A representative phase-contrast image.
- Davis G, Senger D. (2005). Endothelial extracellular matrix: biosynthesis, remodeling, and functions during vascular morphogenesis and neovessel stabilization. Circ Res. 97(11):1093-1107.
- Donovan D et al. (2001) Comparison of three in vitro human 'angiogenesis' assays with capillaries formed in vivo. Angiogenesis. 4(2):113-121.
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Allow KVM guest virtual machines to share identical memory pages. This is especially useful when running multiple guests from the same or similar base operating system image. Because memory is shared, the combined memory usage of the guests is reduced.
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- Last updated: 2009-06-16
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- Get the kernel patch accepted for 2.6.32
- Get some assurance that the userspace API is now stable
- Backport to 2.6.31 and include in Fedora kernel builds
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- If sharing is option, add support to libvirt, virt-manager etc.
- Multiple versions of the patch posted and discussed on LKML.
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The concept of shared memory is very common in operating system design. For example, when a program is first started it shares all of its memory with the parent program. When either the child or parent program tries to modify some of this memory the kernel allocates a new memory region, copies the original contents and allows the program to modify this new region. This is known as copy on write.
KSM is a new Linux feature which turns this concept on its head. It enables the kernel to look at two already running programs and compare their memory. If any memory regions are exactly identical, the kernel can combine the two regions into one and mark those regions for copy on write as above.
This is especially useful in the case of KVM. When guest virtual machines are started, they can only inherit the memory of the parent
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Benefit to Fedora
With this feature Fedora will be able to run guest virtual machines in a potentially much more memory efficient manner. This will mean that Fedora host machines will be capable of hosting more guests than before.
The main effort here is the kernel support. Since it is not going to make 2.6.31, we need to consider backporting it once the userspace API has been declared stable. KSM is a pretty well self-contained memory management feature, so backporting should be straightforward.
Once the kernel support is available, a minor patch for
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Palermo have confirmed the signing of former Real Betis defender Nelson.
The 29-year-old was released by Betis at the end of December and has signed an 18-month deal with the Rosanero, making him the club's sixth acquisition this month.
According to A Bola, the Portugal international will be unveilved in Sicily on Tuesday along with Mauro Boselli, who completed a loan move from Wigan Athletic.
The Cape Verdean-born Nelson had been previously linked with a move to Brazilian-side Vasco Da Gama but Palermo swooped first to land the defender.
Nelson, a right-sided attacking full-back, will be counted on to inject some life into a Palermo team that has scored only 19 goals in 22 Serie A matches this season, resulting in the Rosanero languishing 19th in Serie A.
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NEW YORK – Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic has been fined $5,000 for spearing Detroit Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser during Game 1 of the teams' First Round Stanley Cup Playoffs series in Boston on Friday, April 18, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.
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PHOENIX (AP) - Adam Jones doubled in the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth inning, Eric Hosmer had a three-run double in the ninth and the United States beat Canada 9-4 on Sunday to advance to the second round of the World Baseball Classic.
Down to their last several outs, the U.S. trailed 3-2 after seven innings before breaking loose. Team USA and Italy advanced in the group while Canada and Mexico were eliminated.
Jones and Hosmer both had a rough week at the plate but came through with the United States on the brink of what would have been a humbling loss. Jones' hit was his second in nine at-bats. Hosmer was 3 for 13.
Heath Bell pitched a scoreless seventh to get the victory. Jimmy Henderson took the loss.
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Yiddish literature, the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language of Ashkenazic Jewry (central and eastern European Jews and their descendants).
Yiddish literature culminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired by modernization and then severely diminished by the Holocaust. It arose in Europe out of a tradition that gave precedence to Hebrew prayers, commentaries, and scripture. As the vernacular expression of Ashkenazic Jews, Yiddish literature was often intended for ordinary readers rather than for the highly educated. Because few women learned Hebrew, their literacy was in Yiddish, and they became the primary audience for some forms of Yiddish literature.
The history of Yiddish literature falls into three general periods: Old Yiddish literature, Haskala and Hasidism, and Modern Yiddish literature. Old Yiddish literature (c. 1300–1780) emerged in the areas that are now Germany and Italy. After it moved eastward with Jewish migration to eastern Europe, publishing centres arose in Prague and Kraków. Haskala (the Jewish Enlightenment, c. 1755–1880) spread eastward from Berlin, one of its early centres, and Hasidism was a religious movement that originated about 1740 in an area of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that is now Ukraine. Haskala writers often opposed the use of Yiddish—which they viewed as a defective "jargon"—and favoured German, but by 1815 Hasidic publications reaffirmed the importance of popular storytelling in Yiddish. Modern Yiddish literature (1864 to the present) embraced Yiddish as the vehicle for a European literature like any other. Mass emigration to North America (especially after the political turmoil and pogroms of 1881) spread Yiddish poetry, drama, and fiction to the New World; emigration to Palestine (and later Israel) continued the literary tradition there.
Yiddish literature and culture have been in decline since the Nazi genocide (Yiddish khurbn) destroyed its major centres in Continental Europe. Oppression also cut short the Yiddish tradition in the Soviet Union, while assimilation has curtailed the role of Yiddish in the United States and Canada. Since the 1980s, however, Yiddish literature has received new attention in North America, Europe, and Israel, and there have been many efforts to revive Yiddish culture through klezmer music, translations, and university studies. Centres of secular Yiddish culture exist in New York, Montreal, Paris, Tel Aviv, and elsewhere, but Hasidic Jews are the main group that continues to use Yiddish as an everyday language. Yiddish literature has found indirect expression in American and British fiction written in English.
Old Yiddish literature
By the 12th century, Jewish life was highly developed along the Rhine River in the German towns of Worms, Speyer, and Mainz. Some linguists have suggested that Yiddish originated in the Rhineland; others speculate that it began in Jewish communities along the Danube River, such as Regensburg, in eastern Bavaria. Yiddish of the medieval period was similar to contemporary Middle High German, but it was distinctive because it was written in Hebrew characters, incorporated Hebrew loanwords, and reconfigured some aspects of the Germanic component. As a result of the eastward migration of Jewish communities, by the 18th century Slavic loanwords also had become an important element of spoken Yiddish.
The first written evidence of Yiddish literature is a brief rhyme inscribed in the manuscript of a Hebrew prayer book—from the city of Worms—that was completed in 1272–73. A dozen Yiddish words appear inside the empty spaces of five large Hebrew characters. This example placed Yiddish in a subordinate role, serving the Hebrew text, and since then Yiddish literature often has been considered secondary to Hebrew literature. A Yiddish manuscript written in 1382 and discovered in the Cairo Genizah contains verses that retell biblical stories, with variants based on rabbinic commentaries. Other early instances of written Yiddish occur as glosses to Hebrew words in study texts. More significant are full translations of biblical books and Hebrew prayers into Yiddish; for instance, a translation of the Psalms dates from 1490, and the publication of a Yiddish rendering of the Hebrew prayer "Adir Hu" ("Mighty Is He") has been dated to 1526. A Yiddish dictionary and concordance to the Hebrew Bible, attributed to the scholar Rabbi Anshel, was published in Kraków in 1534.
The most influential Yiddish rendering of the Bible was Tsene-rene ("Go Out and See"; Eng. trans. Tsenerene) by Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi. The text is a loose paraphrase of the biblical passages that are read in the synagogue: the Five Books of Moses, the supplementary readings (haftarot), and the five scrolls (megillot). First published about 1600, Tsenerene incorporated a wide selection of commentaries and narrative expansions based on rabbinic sources. Reprinted more than 200 times, this book was widely read by women and by men who did not possess sufficient Hebrew to read the original passages and midrashic works.
Tekhines, Yiddish prayers mainly for women, were another important form of religious literature. In contrast to Hebrew liturgy, the Yiddish tekhines tend to be more concrete, intimate entreaties addressed to God. Many of these prayer collections were written by men, but two notable collections are ascribed to Sara Bas-Toyvim, who lived in Ukraine at the beginning of the 18th century. Another distinguished author of a tekhine was Sarah Rebekah Rachel Leah Horowitz, who lived during the 18th century in an area of Poland that is now in Ukraine.
Some scholars, such as Max Weinreich and Shmuel Niger, have speculated that secular Yiddish literature began with oral performances by itinerant minstrels. Printed evidence for this view is scanty, but Menachem Oldendorf, who was born in 1450, did publish a collection of Hebrew and Yiddish songs. It refers to popular German melodies and reflects a form of entertainment that was removed from traditional Jewish life. Yiddish song performances may have inspired the later development of the badkhen (wedding jester).
Popular German folk literature was translated into Yiddish, usually excluding the Christian references and any anti-Semitic remarks. Legends about Dietrich von Bern and Hildebrand, for example, appeared in Yiddish. The Arthurian romances were well known, and, in spite of rabbinic opposition, Yiddish versions of these stories may have been performed over the course of several evenings. Traces of the cultural milieu of the performances are embedded in printed texts, as when the bard pauses and states, "Now we must remain stuck at this point, / until you give me good wine to drink."
One of the most interesting early Yiddish adaptations is the Shmuel-bukh (1544; "Samuel Book"), which retells the biblical stories of Saul and David. While the content derives from the biblical books of Samuel and other Hebrew sources, the form was clearly influenced by German models. Using the "Hildebrand stanza" similar to that of the Nibelungenlied, each line contains six stresses, divided by a caesura; the four-line stanzas follow the aabb rhyme scheme. Like contemporary German fables, this book was popular for its descriptions of heroic deeds and battles; it is a clear indication that Jewish cultural production was not isolated from its surroundings. Although the earliest extant printed edition dates to 1544, the Shmuel-bukh may have been performed orally as early as the 14th century. David is portrayed as a powerful knight who displays great qualities and undergoes erotic temptations. Like some medieval mystery plays, the Shmuel-bukh contains remarkable dialogue between God and men. David hopes to emulate Abraham's piety, but God tells him, "My beloved Abraham—with him you cannot compare." According to the Shmuel-bukh, David's wish to be tested, as Abraham was, leads to his undoing by Bathsheba's beauty. As in the book of Job and some midrashic retellings of the binding of Isaac, Satan plays a role in the test.
The towering figure in Old Yiddish literature was Elijah Bokher Levita, who immigrated to Italy along with other German Jews but continued speaking and writing Yiddish. He was a noted Hebrew grammarian and tutor to Italian prelates. His most important Yiddish work was the Bove-bukh (written in 1507 and printed in 1541; "The Book of Bove"), based on an Italian version of the Anglo-Norman Buève de Hantone. The story revolves around a beautiful queen, Brandonia, who betrays the king and brings about his demise. The Bove-bukh is written in ottava rima, using the stanza form with an abababcc rhyme scheme. In reducing the length of his poem to 650 stanzas from 1,400 stanzas in the Italian original, Bokher Levita omitted some erotic scenes and added Judaic qualities to his characters. Pariz un Viene (printed in 1594; "Paris and Vienna"), a tale about a poor knight (Paris) who wishes to marry a princess (Vienna) and ultimately succeeds, may have been his second major literary work. Some scholars have questioned his authorship. They speculate that it was translated into Yiddish from another European language, because its complexity is atypical of Old Yiddish literature.
The Mayse-bukh ("Book of Stories"), a collection of short tales based on Hebrew and other sources, was first published in 1602. This work epitomizes a strand of edifying, ethical literature that became important in early Yiddish writing. Drawing from midrashic traditions, folktales, and legends, it developed an effective prose style distinct from the prior poetic narratives. The Mayse-bukh influenced the later development of story collections; moreover, it anticipated the hagiographic genre of some Hasidic works.
Early Yiddish literature also includes nonreligious lyrics, newspapers such as the Amsterdam Kuranton (1686–87; "Chime"), and historical poems. Many of these poems were verse narratives that responded to traumatic events such as pogroms, military actions, or fires. The rise of the false messiah Shabbetai Tzevi, which was a particularly troubling phenomenon, is the subject of the Meshiekh-lid (1666; "Messiah Poem").
Glikl of Hameln (Germany) wrote a remarkable memoir, starting in 1691. She began writing after her husband died, leaving her with 12 children. The memoir describes her life and the cultural milieu in Hameln, Hamburg, and Metz; Glikl learned enough Hebrew to incorporate various Hebrew expressions into her language. The memoir manuscript was passed on from generation to generation until it was finally published in 1896. Because of its obscurity, the text did not influence the history of Yiddish letters, but it is a unique panorama of its time and place.
Haskala and Hasidism
During the 18th century, the Enlightenment exerted a profound influence on Jewish life in western Europe by encouraging the Jews to modernize and assimilate. In Berlin the Haskala (Jewish Enlightenment), led by the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, fought for the modernization of Jewish customs. While Mendelssohn's disciples emphasized the importance of Western learning, they also championed the literary use of Hebrew. They founded the Hebrew journal Ha-meʾasef (1784–1811; "The Literary Collection") and—assisted by the Edict of Toleration (1782) under Joseph II—they rapidly spread the Haskala to Galicia (then part of Austria).
Members of the Berlin Haskala, following Mendelssohn, scorned Yiddish as inferior to ancient Hebrew or modern German. Two satiric plays from this period mark the end of Western Yiddish as a literary language. Writing in German but using Hebrew characters, Isaac Euchel wrote Reb Henekh oder vos tut men damit (early 1790s; "Reb Henekh; or, What Is to Be Done?"), in which the foolish characters speak Yiddish (or pompous pseudo-German). Aaron Wolfssohn, from the same circle of Berlin rationalists, wrote Laykhtzin un fremelay (1796; "Frivolity and Piety"), which showed the influences of Euchel's play and Molière's Tartuffe. These short plays were not staged, however, and they did not influence the subsequent development of Yiddish drama. Instead, they typify what has been called a "suicidal principle" of Yiddish: the language was used by Enlightenment authors as a means to educate people. They believed that when it had served that purpose, it should be abandoned.
Yiddish books played a more significant role in the dissemination of Hasidism, a spiritualist movement that began in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Ukraine). Israel Baʿal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, became the subject of myriad legends. These stories were orally transmitted in Yiddish; they were compiled and published in Hebrew in 1815. Soon after, the first of many compilations written in or translated into Yiddish appeared. Vivid description and graphic language make Shivḥei ha-Besht (1815; In Praise of the Baʿal Shem Tov) an important link in the chain of Judaic literature. The stories recount the life of Israel Baʿal Shem Tov, paying special attention to how he was "revealed" as a spiritual leader and wonder-worker. Many episodes involve supernatural events, including the exorcism of demons. Subsequently, innumerable other Hasidic leaders became the subjects of analogous hagiographic narratives.
Rabbi Naḥman ben Simḥah of Bratslav, great-grandson of the Baʿal Shem Tov, told allegorical Yiddish tales to his disciples. These Sippurey mayses ("Tales") were collected by his scribe, Nathan Sternharz, and published in a bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish edition in 1815. The Hebrew lends an aura of religious authority to these tales, while the Yiddish is closer to the original language in which Naḥman narrated them in 1806–10. On the surface, they appear to be simple folktales and may be enjoyed as such. On another level, they provide guidance and inspiration to spiritual seekers. To the initiated, moreover, they conceal secrets of Jewish mysticism.
The 1815 edition ascribes 13 canonical tales of varying length and complexity to Rabbi Naḥman. In "The Loss of the Princess," for example, a man strives to liberate the lost princess by means of spiritual discipline. According to Naḥman, he told this story while traveling, and "whoever heard it had thoughts of repentance." In cabalistic terms, this quest narrative may represent efforts to free the Shekhinah (immanent Divine Presence) from exile; this exilic condition not only has cosmological underpinnings but also parallels the Jewish Diaspora following the Roman destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. In "The Humble King," a wise man is sent to fetch a portrait of a hidden king. On one level, the story refers to a paradoxical search for God, whose face cannot be seen. "The Sophisticate and the Simple Man" well expresses the populist ideology behind the Hasidic movement: while the sophisticate has too much learning for his own good, the simple man enjoys his modest life. The skepticism of the sophisticate brings only misfortune. "The Master of Prayer" tells of a leader who strives to convince the world that prayer is the only true purpose of life. The intricate narrative presents both a mystical picture of redemption and a quasi-autobiographical account of Naḥman's life as a Hasidic leader.
These tales bring together popular folktales and religious teachings of the Hasidic movement. Apparently frustrated by the difficulty of conveying abstract teachings to his disciples, Naḥman turned to narratives with allegorical meanings. By publishing the stories in a bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish edition, Sternharz accorded Yiddish new stature as a language of Hasidic literature. Hence the writer I.L. (Isaac Leib) Peretz commented in 1908 that the roots of modern Yiddish literature lay in Naḥman's tales. Dozens of Naḥman's other stories, anecdotes, and even dreams were recorded by disciples of the rebbe. The dream narratives especially, by giving expression to his anxieties, reveal a more personal side of the leader. Starting with Peretz in Yiddish and Martin Buber in German, Hasidic stories have inspired numerous retellings.
As the Enlightenment moved eastward from Berlin, its proponents became adversaries of Hasidic practices. Authors such as Yisroel Aksenfeld, Shloyme Ettinger, Isaac Meir Dik, and I.J. Linetsky attacked what they saw as the antiquated and superstitious ways of the Jewish world.
Aksenfeld, born in Nemirov (Ukraine), was early on a Hasid in the Bratslav circle; he was a disciple of Rabbi Naḥman and a friend of Sternharz. Later Aksenfeld opposed Hasidism, which he thought obstructed the spread of Enlightenment and progress. He knew Russian, Polish, and German and studied law in Odessa. His novel Dos shterntikhl (1861; "The Head-Covering") is an incisive satire. Aksenfeld was perhaps the first novelist in Yiddish; because of Hasidic opposition he was unable to publish his works, and most have been lost.
Shloyme Ettinger was born to a rabbinic family in Warsaw, and in addition to receiving a traditional Jewish education he read secular works. He studied medicine in Lemberg (now Lviv) and was influenced by the Berlin Enlightenment. A fine Yiddish stylist, influenced by the German playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, he was able to differentiate his characters by their particular language. Like Elijah Bokher Levita and other Old Yiddish authors, Ettinger clearly followed European models and led Yiddish literature in that direction.
Ettinger wrote many important plays, including the comedy Serkele (published 1861). A full-fledged work with a five-act structure, this is one of the most accomplished dramas of the Haskala period. The scholar Dan Miron has speculated that the author of Serkele must have read Molière (in German translation). Ettinger's criticisms focus less on traditional religious beliefs than on social foibles; the work strives to show that, ultimately, injustice is punished and good prevails. Distorted speech—by characters who affect good breeding in bad German—reflects a deformed reality. For the history of Yiddish drama it is significant that Abraham Goldfaden, subsequently an important producer of early Yiddish theatre, played the lead role in a Serkele performance of 1862.
Isaac Meir Dik was born in Vilna (now Vilnius) and lived most of his life in this centre of rabbinic learning. Among the first champions of the Enlightenment in Lithuania, he laid the foundations for secular Yiddish literature. From the 1850s to the 1880s he was one of the leading Yiddish authors; his hundreds of stories, which comprised some of the earliest secular Yiddish books, sold up to 100,000 copies. Dik thus played a role in creating a wide readership for Yiddish fiction. His goals were didactic: "to educate the masses, improve their customs, familiarize them with the world, cleanse their religious ideas of superstitions and follies, and make them aware of their mistakes" (according to the Yiddish literary historian, Zalman Reyzn [1887–1941]). Like Rabbi Naḥman, but with diametrically opposed goals in respect to religious practice, Dik realized the importance of using stories to reach Yiddish readers. He stated openly that his critical portraits were written only for the sake of his readers' happiness and well-being. His works discuss issues surrounding education, social and economic reform, and the place of women in Jewish culture. Late in life, as conditions in Russia became harsher, he encouraged immigration to the United States.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
Judaism: Judeo-German (Yiddish) talesIn the 16th century, Judeo-German (Yiddish) came to replace Hebrew as the language of Jewish tales and legends in Europe, primarily because of the desire to render them accessible to women unschooled in the sacred tongue. The synagogal lessons from Scripture were embellished…
biblical literature: German versions…that developed into Judeo-German, or Yiddish. The first translation proper has been partially preserved in a manuscript from Mantua dated 1421. The earliest printed translation is that of the scriptural dictionaries prepared by a baptized Jew, Michael Adam (Constance, 1543–44; Basel, 1583, 1607). The version of Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi…
dictionary: Major dictionariesA full dictionary of Yiddish was not written during the 20th century, but one scholarly source was Uriel Weinreich's
Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary(1968).…
Hebrew literature: Eastern Europe and the religious crisisImaginative literature existed only in Yiddish, for women and the uneducated.…
Sholem Asch…widely known writers in modern Yiddish literature.…
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To quote from the NYTimes Movie Review, in reference to Director Baz Luhrmann's efforts on "Australia":
"A maximalist, Mr. Luhrmann doesn't simply want to rouse your laughter and tears: he wants to rouse you out of a sensory-overloaded stupor with jolts of passion and fabulous visions. That may make him sound a wee bit Brechtian, but he's really just an old-fashioned movie man, the kind who never lets good taste get in the way of rip-roaring entertainment. The usual line about kitsch is that it's an affront, a cheapening of the culture, a danger. "Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession," Milan Kundera wrote. "The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass! It is the second tear that makes kitsch kitsch."
True, but it doesn't make the second tear any less wet."
And to share Roger Ebert's sentiments:
"Baz Luhrmann dreamed of making the Australian "Gone With the Wind," and so he has, with much of that film's lush epic beauty and some of the same awkwardness with a national legacy of racism. This is the sort of film described as a "sweeping romantic melodrama," a broad family entertainment that would never have been made without the burning obsession of its producers (Luhrmann for "Australia," David O. Selznick for "GWTW"). Coming from a director known for his punk-rock "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" and the visual pyrotechnics of "Moulin Rouge," it is exuberantly old-fashioned, and I mean that as a compliment..."
I think everyone needs a bit of kitsch every now and again...it makes life less cruddy and restores a bit of the magic. Here is the trailer, and a picture from my own magic adventure in Oz.


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Mar 182010
TagsAngela Walker Benjamin Dygert Beowulf Alley Theatre Big 8 Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage Gabe Nagy Holly-Marie Carlson Jake Chapman Kirsten Long Lucas Gonzales Samuel French Steve Anderson Susan Arnold Tucson
Client Spotlight: Kirsten Long – Review of Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage ended with a bang yesterday in Tucson, Arizona. Kirsten Long in the role of Shirl Bitahatcher stole the show with her signature physical comedy moves, great timing, and theatrical charge of the stage! I am so proud of her. Gabe Nagy was a favorite as Black Dog busting through doors, dying and coming back to life at any chance he got. Then there was the beautiful Holly-Marie Carlson as She Devil prancing around with insane sex appeal. Lucas Gonzales was a hit as the dumb yet charming rodeo cowboy who brings the house down when he hits the stage holding a gun and wearing nothing but a jock strap. Everyone loved Jake Chapman as the strapping rodeo cowboy who saves the day in the end. Steve Anderson directed this cast with an old western flavor building in a whirlwind of horror melodrama culminating in blood, dismemberment and justice for all! Angela Walker was stage manager and costume designer, Khail Smith did lighting design, Audrey Billie was make-up artist, and sound designer Alex Greengaard wrapped it up in a perfect ribbon of western tunes he composed for the show!
I am so happy I flew to Tucson for the event, to get to know the actors at the Cast party, and to meet with Ian MacNeil for the after-show celebration; not to mention the haircuts, color & styles I am scheduled to give to both Kirsten and her Mother Ginia Desmond screenwriter, painter and favorite client of Red Union Salon!
Meeting with Ian MacNeil was a highlight of the trip so far. He came specifically to see Kirsten in Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage all the way from his home in London, via Chicago where he is at work on the touring show of Billy Elliot. Ian is known for his amazing talent as Set Designer extraordinaire, and won the Drama Desk Award as well as the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design (twice) for An Inspector Calls. He also received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Billy Elliot The Musical. In 1999, he staged the international tour of the Pet Shop Boys. Ian is currently in collaboration with the famous baritone Karl Daymond for set design on Don Giovanni the opera for the English National Opera at the London Coliseum.
You will see here a photo of me standing with Kirsten at the theater in front of the poster of Flaming Guns of the Sage. Great show, great time…wish you were here!
To see Kirsten's resume: KirstenLong.com
– Erika Redding


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Wichita Falls Graduation Date and Times for High Schools
Congratulations to the graduating high school class of 2014! If you know someone who is graduating and you would like to attend their ceremony, here are the dates and times you need to know! All three classes listed will hold their ceremonies at Kay Yeager Coliseum.
If you're traveling from out of town and are interested in booking a hotel room, the Wichita Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau has a convenient page to help you out!
Rider High School
Saturday, June 7
10:00am – 12:00pm
Wichita Falls High School
Saturday, June 7
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Hirschi High School
Saturday, June 7
5:00pm – 7:00pm


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Meet Nikita and Joanne
Making Music
When not working on their convertible furniture business, husband and wife team, Nikita and Joanne can be heard making beautiful music. Joanne is a classical flute player. Nikita not only plays classical guitar - he composes. His first CD of all original music, AFTERNOON SKETCHES is soothing, soulful, gentle and beautiful - and goes really well with the JustLeanBack furniture. Since that CD release, Nikita has composed several pieces for flute and guitar - and so, yes, Nikita and Joanne do, indeed, make beautiful music together.
Thoughts on Design from Nikita
"When designing something material and mechanical, something to be used by another, I keep the "end-user" in mind. The intended design must be, in every regard, what has come to be termed "user friendly". Applying this maxim to convertible furniture, such as sofa beds, futons and loungers, resulted, essentially, in a new kind of convertible furniture. Sofabeds and futons that could roll, recline, "just lean back", combine with each other and even be used outdoors. To be truly user-friendly, they not only had to operate effortlessly and simply, they needed to be comfortable, strong, durable and of course, beautiful."


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by Tom Utescher
It was a Saturday soccer showcase on the new artificial turf at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy's Landreth Field, and seniors Tom Higgins and Tim Ogle made the most of it.
After the Blue Devils and visiting Archbishop Ryan High School fought to a 0-0 standoff in the first half, Higgins scored all three goals in SCH's 3-0 victory, two of them the direct result of Ogle's prodigious sideline throw-ins. Freshman goalie Sam McDowell made seven saves for the shutout as his team's record rose to 4-4-1, all in non-league action.
"I never had a multiple-goal game before in my high school career," revealed Higgins, a Lafayette Hill resident who attended St. Philip Neri School. "I'm not a goal-scorer, but I get myself up for every corner and throw-in into the box just in case I get a chance. Today it paid off."
The six-foot senior, who also plays basketball and runs track at SCH, has the height to be useful on aerial plays inside the box, and the Devils have been looking to cash in on Ogle's ability to send throw-ins right into the mouth of the goal.
Saturday's opponent, Archbishop Ryan, was coming to the end of a busy week. The Raiders had just recorded Philadelphia Catholic League victories over Cardinal O'Hara, La Salle, and Neumann Goretti, and they arrived at Landreth Field with an overall record of 7-2.
A little over a week earlier, Springside Chestnut Hill was contemplating an overall mark of 1-4 following a 2-0 road loss to South Jersey power Pennington School. In almost every game the Devils had numerous scoring opportunities, but rarely found the net.
After their Jersey jaunt, their conversion rate began to rise. They tied traditionally-strong Strath Haven High School and defeated Shipley (4-0) and the Hun School (3-0). Several of their goals came from cashing in on restarts, something the squad had been striving for.
However, the offense didn't click in the first half against Ryan. There were the usual near misses; an outside blast by junior Phillip Kelly that narrowly avoided the upper right corner of the Raiders' goal, a header wide to the left by senior Andrew Marcantonio-Fields, and a bicycle kick by Alec Greenhalgh and a straightforward shot by fellow junior Evan Wilson that were saved by the visiting keeper.
After a shot wide left in the opening minutes, Ryan's offense tailed off for a time. The Raiders revived in the middle of the first half to apply some pressure on the Devils' McDowell, but no goals were forthcoming. The visitors were unable to get off a shot on a corner kick with three minutes to go, and the period ended with the count still at 0-0.
Despite some chances for both ballclubs, the drought continued for another 20 minutes when play resumed.
With under 21 minutes to go, an SCH corner kick from the right proved fruitless, but the hosts kept the ball in Ryan's half of the field and eventually passed it across the middle of the 18 yard line into a group of players. It bounced back out a few yards, and Higgins stepped up to the ball and blasted a long shot into the net.
"I've been waiting for that kind of chance," he remarked. "The ball just spilled out to me nicely – it sort of bobbled off Phil Kelly's heel."
The eventual gamewinning goal was on the board with 19:13 left to play.
With 14 minutes to go, Ryan got numbers forward for a rush towards the SCH 18, but couldn't get off a shot. The Devils came back down to earn a corner kick on the left, and the ball went out over the sideline off of the Raiders. After a throw-in by Ogle, the ball again went out-of-bounds off of the visitors.
Ogle geared up for another throw from the left boundary, this time hurling the ball across to the far post, where Higgins smartly headed it into the cage with 11:18 to go in the game.
The Devils kept up the attack, and just over two minutes later they had another in-bounds play on the left. Now, Ogle made a truncated toss to the near post, but this ball also found Higgins for the shot that completed his hat trick. McDowell maintained the shutout and SCH wrapped up a very successful week.
With their league opener against Haverford School slated for this Friday (away, at 3:45 PM), Springside Chestnut Hill had been looking to ramp up its performance to enter the Inter-Ac fray.
"As a defensive center mid, I've been trying to anticipate and see things developing early," Higgins said. "We've been looking to increase our speed of play overall, and on offense we worked on finishing more of our chances. In the Inter-Ac, you're not going to get as many scoring opportunities, so we knew we needed to have more grit, more intensity in the box."
Higgins' father and grandfather are also named Thomas, but one thing he doesn't share with his forebears is an Irish accent. The two older Tom's, both in attendance last Saturday, hail from County Galway. The SCH senior plans to continue his soccer career in college, and after Saturday's game he was heading off to visit Maryland's Stevenson University. Among the other schools on his short list is Division I Duquesne.


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PatentlyApple has uncovered some interesting patent applications from Apple involving new multitouch gestures and smart bezels aimed at making interaction more simple and gestures more memorable.
Apple's patent introduces us to mid-drag gestures, microgestures within gestures, and other gesture modification motions performed contiguously within an overall gesture (i.e., without losing contact with the touch-sensitive input surface during the gesture) to provide intuitive ways to interact with a user interface for varying purposes, such as modifying user interface behaviors, changing optionally displayed items, etc.
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Apple did enable some additional multitouch gestures in the beta of iOS 4, but they never made it to the final release. If you are a registered developer they can still be enabled.
The illuminated smart bezel would allow some controls to be moved off the display, so fingers no longer cover areas of the screen. Parts of the bezel could illuminate indicating control regions for starting and stopping media, navigating maps, playing games, etc. While Palm has used a gesture region since the introduction of the Pre and RIM will be using a 1-pixel wide screen border to detect gestures coming off the bezel, and illuminated bezel would offer better orientation for users and the possibility of more dynamic and flexible interactions.
Of course just because Apple patents something is no indication we'll see them in real world software or hardware any time soon, though wouldn't they be interesting in iOS 5 and iPhone 5?
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Well jolly gee
Just who the fudge wants a mobile that spams all your mates asking them if they want a mobile that spams their mates.
Or have I missed the point?
The Facebook hardware rumour mill is in full spin again this week after reports suggest the social network is preparing its own smartphone for 2013. While there have already been numerous whispers that the company is planning to jointly develop handsets with HTC, the latest word on the matter suggests Facebook will go it alone …
@AC 20:26: Surely Android 6 will be called something like Kiwi Mousse Cake or something?
@AC 20:30: I could be wrong, but I was under the impression Twitter was emerging as the "cooler" option for the demographic you mention. I actually think if this takes off, it will be the older ladies playing Farmville behind it, not the kids.
FB needs a dedicated phone, remember when it went public concerns were raised as to the lack of advertising on mobile devices, one reason the share price fell as more and more people access it by smart phone.
A dedicated advert delivery system, sweeeeeeet.............
Well, they have all this money, what else are they going to do?
If I were them I would be using the money to buy something 'real' in AOL fashion. Some way of advertising that actually works. Maybe a TV network or 2? Would Rupert sell Fox? Could be branded FaceBox? (or a tie in like MSNBC).
"Facebook already has an OS complete with messaging, calendar, contacts and video-chat tools; it already has an app store in the works; and it now has Instagram, the photo sharing tool it valued at $1bn."
I haven't heard about a Facebook OS, could someone point me to a link about it........
It's almost certainly going to be based on Android. The only alternative would be to partner with RIM which seems... unlikely at the least. So if they base it on Android then what they actually have is a device that is almost inherently inferior to Google's own devices. (The only way that would not be the case would be if FB took the lead in developing Android - an absurd idea).
So why would anyone buy it? They only have two options. The first is to leverage the Facebook angle on the belief that people will choose their phone because of it. This relies on two bad conditions: (a) that Facebook apps on other platforms are not improved to the point where people are happy with them. Something that both shoots Facebook in the foot and may be a lost cause as WP7 for one already has near-seamless Facebook integration (thankfully easily turned off). And bad idea (b), the belief that people care enough about Facebook to choose their phone based on it. I don't believe that people do.
The second option (equally dire), is that the cost of the phones be subsidized by Facebook to make them more financially competitive. That would rely on ad serving to the user to an unprecedented degree or borrowing heavily on the promise of later doing so. I'm not even going to go into what is wrong with this second option.
I honestly don't know which of the two options Facebook think they're pursuing here. Or if they're crazy enough to think that by hiring a handful of (even very competent) people away from their competitiors, they'll be able to produce a better Android.
Or maybe we're both wrong about Android and they're about to re-launch Sybmian ;) . Or partner with RIM and we're about to see the launch of the world's first FaceBerry. ;) But I think Android is the only realistic option and would be interested to hear different if anyone knows better.
Short Version: Don't buy Facebook shares. <$30 by the end of the month.
: subsidise the pricing
A YouGov poll reported in the Sunday Times yesterday revealed that only 35% of those polled trust Facebook.
HTC would be well advised to consider the acquiring a long spoon before supping with the Devil. I am not sure HTC need FB, and they may well regret any ventures with them.
FB are certainty on the acquisitions trail - no doubt to boost their poor stock price since the IPO.
Ther are suggestions that FB are not only interested in smartphone hardware, but also want to acquire a browser - more particularly Opera.
Opera own FastMail, one of the best email providers, but if Opera was owned by FB, I and many pother FM users would migrate away from FM, as we would not want our date to be in the control of FB.
Mark Zuckerberg's often reported comments on January 9, 2010 that the age of privacy is over are hardly those of someone who is fit to run an email service.
Danah Boyd a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research commented on this statement, and I can't better what she said here:-
It is also reported that Mark Zuckerberg has views on hacking not shared by the majority.
In my view FB purchasing Opera would be a disaster for Opera users, and more particularly users of FastMail & OperaMail.
Well, if FB want to order 5M units, I'm sure HTC will happily supply.
Which leave branding, apps and underlying platform to Failbook to dictate, presumably with their usual incredible stupidity, based on the web UI which is truly awful.
Given that they have, truly, one of the worst search algorithms (based on the crap it calls results) ever devised by mankind I shouldn't think a phone would be any threat to HTC/Samsung/LG/SONY/Apple/etc
for FB apps embedded in other phones?
You know the ones that you can't remove unless you root it? (HTC, I'm looking at you)
Seriously, FB is just a passing fad. As others (on other foums) have said, remember Bebo, MySpace, Friends Reunited etc? FB is only at the top until another app displaces it.
The USP of the FB phone will probably be that you only get 10 adverts per page rather than 20 when using the site on competing phones.
There have been other search engines that Google displaced. But Google is a solid company. FB may well be displaced but it's not going to happen immediately and it's not going to happen overnight. Also, none of FB's predecessors had anything like the same number of users so saying it's inevitable to be displaced as easily is not comparing like for like - search engines were quickly displacing each other and then one got big enough to firm up.
Go back further and Operating Systems were constantly in turmoil until a couple got big enough to grow firm. So FB may not be so quick to go.
Yep. Facebook aren't going to vanish any time soon. But they are at risk of being transformed into something they don't want to be. Many is the site that asks you if you want to sign in with Facebook. Mobile devices seem increasingly keen to aggregate a user's different communication channels. For example on WP7, SMS, Facebook, Email can all seamlessly flow together (thankfully I can turn it off). That's very bad for Facebook because it makes them more like a private version of OpenID and Twitter all rolled into one. Their situation could become analoguous to sites that find themselves screenscraped by news and support forum aggregators. Facebook use without visiting Facebook? V. bad for Facebook's advertising revenues.
Given they are almost certainly heavily overvalued right now and a lot of investors have sunk money into them only to see shareprice drop (it's not going back up folks - get out while the loss is something you can afford), they're going to be under a lot of pressure to generate revenue and I think that could cause some quite bad long-term strategic thinking by them.
What will run under it? All the IP (Nortel, Motorolla, etc.) all bought up? FB pays for all the smartphone IP how could they do it affordably compared to a Google, MS or iPhone? Android based, with Google wanting all the Mobile Ad Money to go with all their Desktop Ad Money. They would be crazy to go Android as they would be at mercy of competitor, much like Novel Office on MS and MS screwing them every chance they had. They fork Android and risk it not running apps designed for Android, and I am sure that would piss a lot of people off.
This sounds desperate, same as their wanting to buy Opera!
Is everyone at facebook too scared to tell the boss that while people love using the facebook website, the brand is about as cool as microsoft, maybe less. It's a crap logo, a tweeny name, and just does not have "it".
Also look at Google. They were great at search. They keep trying, failing miserably, to get into other industries. It does not work guys. Stick to advertising which is what you are good at. Facebook should do the same. What's wrong with being the #1 app on everyone's smartphone? Is that such a bad thing to aspire to?
it really depends on who they actually target. everyone assumes the tweeny segment. but what if they went for the over 40's? make it a nice easy phone to use, give a decent 5mp camera, full qwerty keyboard, and just enough cpu grunt to run facebook, and its various apps. maybe like a blackberry. it would be cheap enough that way. There isnt really any need for it to be a fully featuered smartphone.
I used to joke about a Facebook phone. Trouble is, we all knew it wasn't entirely a joke. The business model was simple. It only runs Facebook. And they give it away for free. Other than that it is business as usual. They sell all your details, habits, interactions, and interesting liaisons, to whoever will pay, mine everything they can out of your life, and push targeted adverts at you.
As a condition of use you agree that the geotracking stays on. They add a payment portal, from which they mine all the transactions details.
Oh, and as a condition of ownership, it never gets turned off, and you keep in on you all the time.
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The DMV for Day 21 is sys.dm_os_ring_buffers, which is helpfully NOT described by BOL as:
The following SQL Server Operating System–related dynamic management views are Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
Ooh, that sounds scary! Well despite that warning and lack of documentation in BOL, there are multiple blog posts from Microsoft employees that show examples of using sys.dm_os_ring_buffers. This DMV works with SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2. It requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission.
-- Get CPU Utilization History for last 30 minutes (in one minute intervals) -- This version works with SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 only DECLARE @ts_now bigint = (SELECT cpu_ticks/(cpu_ticks/ms_ticks)FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info); SELECT TOP(30) SQLProcessUtilization AS [SQL Server Process CPU Utilization], SystemIdle AS [System Idle Process], 100 - SystemIdle - SQLProcessUtilization AS [Other Process CPU Utilization], DATEADD(ms, -1 * (@ts_now - [timestamp]), GETDATE()) AS [Event Time] FROM ( SELECT record.value('(./Record/@id)[1]', 'int') AS record_id, record.value('(./Record/SchedulerMonitorEvent/SystemHealth/SystemIdle)[1]', 'int') AS [SystemIdle], record.value('(./Record/SchedulerMonitorEvent/SystemHealth/ProcessUtilization)[1]', 'int') AS [SQLProcessUtilization], [timestamp] FROM ( SELECT [timestamp], CONVERT(xml, record) AS [record] FROM sys.dm_os_ring_buffers WHERE ring_buffer_type = N'RING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR' AND record LIKE '%<SystemHealth>%') AS x ) AS y ORDER BY record_id DESC;
This query gives you your CPU utilization history (in one minute increments) over the last 30 minutes, both for the SQL Server process and for all the other processes (summed together) on your database server. The query actually subtracts the SystemIdle value and the SQL Server process value from 100 to arrive at the value for all other processes on the server. This is very handy to easily see your recent CPU utilization history for the server as a whole, for SQL Server and for other processes that are running on your database server (such as management software). Even though the granularity is only one minute, I like to be able to see this from T-SQL rather than having to look at PerfMon or use WMI to get CPU utilization information. In my experimentation, you can only retrieve 256 minutes worth of data from this query.


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If I Were Off to College I Would…Part Two of a Few: Seating
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If I were (corrected: thanks Adam!) off to college I would…seriously think about where you plan to sit your tush. Although a new desk chair or couch may not be at the top of your "college dorm necessities" list…it could be the one piece of dorm furniture that no one else would think of which could then automatically make your room the preferred social spot. Think about it!
When I got to college our desks were supplied with hard and uber-ugly chairs. Not sure how I endured the couple of years of dorm room living looking at such things…let alone sitting on them. We also had the courage to loft our beds and purchase a $30 grandma looking couch from Goodwill which in hindsight was probably so full of germs or bugs I am surprised my roommate and I didn't come down with odd diseases.
Granted, the majority of college students are not made of money, but I have a few ideas that can keep you away from pained rumps and a Grandma Mable inspired dorm room while also being something you'd actually want to keep after the school year is over…
#1: A Blu Dot Real Good Chair. Imagine going to school with your chair in a little box (a moving space saver!) and assembling the goods in front of your new found friends. They will be mystified and in awe with the process and even more so by the chair.
#2 and #3: Poofs and cubes. Rather than a desky-desk chair maybe a poof or cube is more your style… Read the rest of this entry »


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There seems to be a dearth of good news these days, so I thought I'd lighten the mood with an update from the exciting world of USDA agricultural standards development. Thanks to an outpouring of grassroots support and a prudent policy adjustment, organic beer will soon be more… organic.
As Erin McCarthy explained in a recent Ecocentric post, in 2007, the National Organics Standards Board (NOSB) added hops to the National Organic Program's National List of Approved and Prohibited Substances (non-wonk translation: they decided to allow organic beer to be brewed with non-organic hops). Lame? Yeah; big-time lame.
Not surprisingly, the ill-conceived "Budweiser exemption" (more on this later) was opposed by craft brewers, beer geeks, sustainable ag advocates and other sensible people who think that organic foods should actually be made with organic ingredients. Sadly, these advocates of reason were again bitterly (guffaw, guffaw) disappointed when the NOSB denied the request to remove hops from the National List back in September.
But every so often, sound judgment prevails! After reviewing feedback from brewers, farmers, scientists and concerned citizens during the public comment period, the NOSB reversed its previous decision and recommended that hops be removed from the National List, effective January 1, 2013.
Big Win
While this is certainly good news for the beer world, it's also a huge victory for proponents of organic agriculture. Ever since the conception of the National Organic Program, there's been an ongoing battle over organic standards between those whose primary motive is to make money and those who want to promote truly sustainable forms of agriculture. See, organics is big money; consumer demand is huge, market growth is tremendous and processors know they can charge a premium for anything with the organic label. As a result, Agribiz has always wanted to get in on the action – but since its motive is profit, Big Ag wants to produce organics as cheaply as possible – so it constantly lobbies to weaken the standards (or sometimes just ignores them entirely).
In the case of beer, industrial swill-spewer Anheuser-Busch (manufacturers of Budweiser) lobbied hard to ensure that hops were added to the list of approved and prohibited substances, claiming that organic hops weren't readily available on a commercial scale. Conveniently of course, it was also a lot cheaper for Anheuser-Busch to brew its line of fake craft organic beers with conventional hops.
Unfortunately, the NOSB's Budweiser exception didn't help the rest of us; in addition to watering down (groan) the organic standards, it actually discouraged growth of the nascent organic hops industry – because if you can make organic beer with cheap conventional hops, there's not much incentive to use the more expensive organic variety (though some idealistic breweries did so anyway).
We were happy therefore, that the good guys ultimately prevailed. Hats off to the American Organic Hop Grower Association, the Organic Consumers Association, the craft brewing community and concerned consumers. Three cheers to sensible standards.


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Conservatives are hotly debating the pros and cons of the debt ceiling deal. In that context, it is useful to look at the compromise from our opponents' point of view. So check out this memo by the Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Center. It indicates how the Democrats are presenting the deal to their key constituencies. First, the document as a whole; then some quotes:
One of the things I dislike about the debt ceiling deal is that budgets will be "deemed" to be in effect for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, even though in fact no budget process will be followed and no budget adopted. The Democrats view this as a key virtue of the agreement:
The compromise expected to pass today, in effect, "deems" a budget resolution passed for each of the next two fiscal years. This effectively sets the top-line spending levels–the so-called "302(a) allocations–for both FY 2012 and FY 2013. These top-line levels are specified as follows: $1.043 trillion for FY 2012, and $1.047 trillion for FY 2013. These figures represent a reduction of $7 billion and $3 billion, respectively, in budget authority, relative to FY 2011 levels.
Those savings in discretionary spending are obviously puny. Moreover, the Democrats are proud of the fact that of the $7 billion cut in FY 2012, $4 billion will come from defense spending. They also point out that "deeming" budgets to be enacted "greatly reduces the odds of a budget standoff at the end of the current fiscal year on September 30."
So, was the debt ceiling deal a victory for conservatives? I don't think so. The trillions of dollars in cuts being trumpeted in the press will mostly prove fictitious, I fear, and the idea of a 12-person super-committee being entrusted with the details of future budget-cutting is bad for any number of reasons. Nevertheless, the debt ceiling deal is encouraging and represents a step forward for conservatives.
Here is the analogy I would offer: in the past, liberals have steamrollered conservatives on pretty much all issues relating to spending; hence today's federal spending that almost everyone regards as out of control. This time, conservatives stood our ground and fought the liberals to a draw. This was not the end of the battle over the budget, but rather the beginning. We conservatives have a long way to go to bring fiscal sanity to Washington. On the other hand, we also have another election in November 2012. Like John Paul Jones, we should let the liberals know that we have not yet begun to fight.


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FERC staff issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Port Arthur LNG Project (Docket Nos. CP05-83-000, et al.)
Issued: April 28, 2006
FERC staff prepared a final environmental impact statement for Port Arthur LNG, L.P. and Port Arthur Pipeline, LP's (collectively Sempra) Port Arthur LNG Project. The project includes the construction of the Port Arthur liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Jefferson County, Texas and about 73 miles of new pipeline in Texas and Louisiana.
FERC's environmental staff concludes that Sempra's Port Arthur LNG Project with appropriate mitigating measures, as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
The final EIS also includes a final General Conformity Determination to assess the potential air quality impacts associated with construction and operation of the proposed project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the National Marine Fisheries Service cooperated in the preparation of the final EIS.
Staff concludes the project would be environmentally acceptable action (with appropriate mitigation) because:
- The LNG terminal facility would make use of a site previously used for a dredge material placement area.
- The LNG terminal facility would be located in an area with access to a deep water federal navigation channel.
- Sempra would implement the FERC staff's Plan and Procedures to mitigate impacts on soils, wetlands, and waterbodies.
- Sempra would implement an approved Aquatic Resources Mitigation Plan to mitigate for, and minimize impacts on, wetlands and essential fish habitat.
- Sempra has routed the pipeline to avoid placement of the construction work area near most residences.
- Appropriate consultations with and/or permits from the FWS, NOAA Fisheries, the COE, state historic preservation offices, the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (for the coastal zone management plan consistency determinations) would be required before Sempra would be allowed to begin construction.
- Safety features would be incorporated into the design and operation of the LNG import terminal and LNG vessels, and can be expected to operate safely.
- Operational controls would be imposed by the local pilots and Coast Guard to direct the movement of LNG ships, and the security provisions to deter attacks by potential terrorists.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A South Texas man has been charged with child abuse after he allegedly caused a brain injury to his then-2-month-old son while burping the baby.
Ryan Schwope of Alamo Heights has been charged with causing serious bodily injury to a child. Online Bexar (bayr) County jail records don't list attorney information for Schwope, who was released Thursday on $25,000 bond.
An arrest affidavit says Schwope told Alamo Heights police that he might have slapped the baby too hard while burping him. Police say the incident happened in November as Schwope watched the baby overnight, for the first time by himself, while the mother worked. The suspect's 3-year-old son was also home.
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Lucas Neill's signing with Watford is unlikely to be enough for him to force his way into the Socceroos' squad for next month's friendly against Ecuador.
Neill, 35, has agreed to terms with the English Championship club until the end of the season, providing him with a fighting chance of making Australia's World Cup squad.
While many had written off his chances after former club Blackburn Rovers failed to offer a permanent position following a training stint, Neill has three months to hold down a starting place at Vicarage Road and find the club form that has recently proven elusive.
The Hornets are 12th in the Championship, three places below Blackburn, with 15 games left in the season.
"I want to add my experience to the Watford squad and I'm hoping that some of my natural leadership skills can benefit the group here," Neill told the club's website. "I'm highly motivated to keep playing. There's still a huge passion within me for football. I've had experience in different territories across recent years."
After more than a decade in English football with Millwall, Blackburn, West Ham and Everton, Neill embarked on a journey through Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and took in a brief spell at Sydney FC before signing for Japanese club Omiya Ardija.
Despite his travels, Neill said he was still most familiar with the English game.
"I've spent 14 years of my career in England and my family are based here," he said. "I took up challenges in different countries because I wanted some new experiences, but this is a great chance for me to play at an excellent level and help Watford finish the season as strongly as possible."
While it's only a short journey across London from Watford to Millwall, where the Socceroos will face Ecuador on March 5, it is unlikely coach Ange Postecoglou will bend his own rules to accommodate Neill.
Postecoglou has publicly and repeatedly stated his commitment to only select those who are playing regularly. Neill's last full match at senior level was the Socceroos' win over Costa Rica in November, though he did play in an under-21 match for Blackburn Rovers.
Who replaces Neill as skipper is also up for grabs. While Mark Bresciano would be the natural choice, the veteran may decide just to concentrate on playing; his temporary ban for an illegal transfer has meant sitting out the past few months.
While he remains on the books of Qatari club Al-Gharafa, he has been staying in Melbourne with family recently and training with Melbourne Heart.
Other candidates for the captaincy include Tim Cahill, who has finalised his pre-season with MLS club New York Red Bulls, and two slightly younger options, Melbourne Victory skipper Mark Milligan and Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak.
Postecoglou is expected to blend a mix of established and new faces, as this is his last match to experiment before he selects his final World Cup squad in May. He will then get at least two friendly matches – seemingly South Africa in Sydney on May 26 and Croatia in Brazil on June 6 – to fine-tune his final starting team.
Some of the newer faces being touted for selection include Curtis Good, Jackson Irvine, Bailey Wright, Massimo Luongo and Tomaslav Mrcela, all scouted by Postecoglou during his recent European tour. Trent Sainsbury's knee problem prevents his involvement and, with England hovering, Liverpool left back Brad Smith remains undecided on his international future.
Tom Rogic is expected to be chosen despite suffering an ankle injury, the faultless form of Western Sydney's Matthew Spiranovic should earn him a long-awaited recall and Robbie Kruse's knee injury potentially opens the door for Brett Holman's return.
Players recently out of the mix, including Nikita Rukavytsya, Alex Brosque, Scott McDonald and Luke Wilkshire, will all face a nervous wait.
Adelaide's Osama Malik has also been touted as a bolter, with ex-Socceroos captain Craig Moore declaring him the "the most improved player in the country by a mile".
Sebastian Hassett is a football reporter with The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Woods weighs in 179 pounder, but still out fishing
It should be no surprise that Valdez woman Bonnie Woods took the lead in the Valdez Halibut Derby last week after she hauled in a nice 179.2 pounder.
"Hopefully it's just the first one," Woods said after her June 16 fish charter on the Dan Orion, "I caught a 102 pounder earlier" on the same trip.
Woods has been on the prowl for that elusive first place winner for the season for many years – and has often come close.
"I've placed third twice," she said, "My last big one was 2007."
Her third place flatfish weighed an impressive 274.5 pounds – but the derby weighed in two others that were over three hundred pounds that year.
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The halibut brought in by Woods was not the only large flatfish to reach the Valdez Docks. The Halibut Grove returned to Port Valdez with a limit of large fish Saturday night.
"It has been pretty good fishing lately," Captain Seth Grove said. "And when the weather is not good in town, sometimes it's great out there."
Despite weather forecasts, Valdez breezed through the weekend with sunny skies and just a spot of rain in the evenings.
With Wood's catch at the top of the leaderboard, Steven Adams of Valdez dropped to second place with the 136.1 pounder he caught May 23 and Benjamin Davis of Fairbanks moves to third place with the 127.1 pound halibut he caught May 26.
In addition to being in the lead to win the $15,000 first place prize in the regular halibut derby, Woods won Week 4 and will take home the weekly first place prize. She is also currently leading the "Halibut Hullabaloo." This 10-day halibut tournament runs June 15-24. There is no additional fee to pay. The person catching the largest halibut during that period will pick up $1,000 cash in addition to the regular prizes.
Jared Kassulke of Fort Wainwright, Alaska won second place for the week with a 110.8 pound halibut he caught aboard the Dawn Treader.
The pink salmon should be returning to Port Valdez in a couple weeks and plans are underway for the Valdez Kids Pink Salmon Derby. The Kids Derby is held at the peak of the run. This year, the event will take place Saturday, July 14. The Kids Derby is free and the first 300 kids to weigh in a fish will get a free t-shirt. The top three fish in four different age divisions will win prizes. There's a free family BBQ at the end of the Kids Derby and additional competition and prizes for Boy Scouts. The Annual Valdez Women's Derby is slated for Saturday, August 11, with an opening ceremony Friday, August 10, and the closing ceremony Saturday night. The theme for the Women's Derby this year is "Retro," featuring styles and fun from the 60's, 70's and 80's.


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