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Today was the official launch of the Batey Baseball League and Batey Aleman put on a great show for its many guests!
As I pulled up to Aleman, the boys were all in baseball uniforms, proudly displaying their new found status in the area.
This place, often discarded and forgotten, was forgotten no more. Local news stations filmed the event, a military band played in the parade into town, the girls were dressed in traditional Dominican costume bearing the red, white and blue of their flag and the boys were the pride of the village.
For the first time, I did not have to look for my sponsored child, Adrian. He was looking for me and found me in the town center and jumped into my arms. My, how things have changed in my last few visits. Adrian never left my side – I mean never.
Once the parade made its way to the baseball field, people took their places under tents behind home plate. At home plate was the emcee of the festivities, the mayor of the San Pedro area.
We watched as the Dominican flag was raised over the field and listened to the national anthem. I was surprised to see many very small kids singing word for word. The pastor gave a wonderful prayer and blessed the field.
Then I was asked to go up to the podium and say a few words…which I hadn't prepared for.
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But I made the best of it and really let God do the speaking as I held Adrian tightly. Yes, he went to the podium with me because I didn't want the dignitaries and the folks from 60 Minutes to forget why we were all assembled.
This is about God, this is about what he is doing through the local church and through sponsors around the world who care deeply for these children and who partner with us in order to release the children from the evils of poverty.And so Adrian, without uttering a word, told a greater story than what I could have said if given a half hour.
Albert Pujols sat at our table and he was asked to speak also. Albert graciously thanked Compassion and the good people from Rawlings who donated most of the equipment the children used.
And as usual, Albert was not shy about giving glory to God.
The best part of the ceremony was when several children, dressed in traditional Dominican merengue outfits, showed all the visitors why merengue is the national dance!
They were about 7 years old, wearing white outfits with colorful sashes. These kids were dressed and they could move!
In fact, one little boy danced at home plate with maracas and he moved his feet as if this dance was as natural to him as walking. I have never seen anything like it.
The entire ceremony took about an hour and a half and then we were off with the crews to visit the homes and hear the individual stories of so many poor in the batey.
When we arrived at one home, we were shown a child who has encephalitis. His head has swollen and his skin hangs off of his bones. The mother was crying as she pulled out the x-rays of his head to show the large amount of water on his brain. The child will undergo surgery, but it was obvious mom is frightened.
So many people erroneously think that because the poor live such difficult lives, marred by illness, hunger, gangs and all other symptoms of poverty, that they are somehow used to death around them. I am here to tell you, a parent is a parent in all cultures and classes and that loving bond is not easily broken. Heartache may surround them, but just like us, they still don't expect to be a casualty. It's nothing they can ever get used to.
At the same time, if Compassion was not in the batey, this mother would not have any access to medical care and could never have shown us x-rays. If the local church partner had not intervened, there would be no scheduled surgery.
Some of the visitors who were with us found the batey lifestyle difficult to handle. Albert assured them, as did the rest of us, that, "This wasn't bad. We've seen worse."
As I sit here trying to mentally regroup from the chaos of events and shifting of emotional gears, I can tell you that what I witnessed today was God in the middle of this batey, holding their hands, clutching their children and saying, "I am well pleased."
I walked away with thinking of something I wrote while watching the effects of Hurricane Tomas on the sea across the street from where I am staying:
"Here I am at the hotel, looking out at the expanse of ocean before me. The white tipped waves are crashing in, moving in different directions but in parallel lines. It's obvious the ocean is tumultuous and the normally turquoise waters are brown – muddied by the churning ocean floor.
When I view something this intimidating and this fierce, I often think about the power of God. I think of Jesus calming the sea. I think of the sea creatures that will one day bow before Him.
The magnitude of the ocean brings me closer to the fear of God – the mystery of God – than anything on this earth. Maybe that's why I am so at peace with it and comforted by it.
The first line of Genesis talked about the Trinity, the spirit of God hovering over the waters. I sense it when I look out at the endless sea. And the peace comes from knowing that there is not one area in this world in which God is not working and active. Which means that there is not one place in our lives that our loving God does not have total control and is working, sometimes against our wants and desires, to ensure that we grow in Him, draw nearer to Him, rely upon Him and ultimately submit fully to Him."
The kids in Batey Aleman are my kids. The people in Batey Aleman are my people. Class, language, race, color are indistinguishable. Prejudice on any level does not exist here. We are family. We are the body. We are as our Creator sees us and I know He is pleased.
As I write this, I hold back tears. My heart is open and my focus on His work is intense. It is if I am already at work, with the faces of the kids etched on my heart.
I think of the hope they now have. It gives me that vision of being in a dark place, but for a small crack where light shines through. The darkness of that place is overcome by a sliver of light, while the light is unaffected by the darkness. That is Batey Aleman.
The children there are each flickers of light in what was once a dim, dark place, cloaked in oppressive poverty. Hope is renewed there. Hope is active there. Hope is a noun there. Hope dwells there. Hope is God.
And I found God there – in my own personal journey. Granted, we all know God is everywhere. But in certain places, at times when we are still, we are more open to receive Him.
Certainly, in the turbulence of life, we turn to God. God can often be a last resort for life's pressing situations and wrenching decisions after coming to the realization that my way didn't work and my plans, my strategies, my timing was in error.
In Batey Aleman, God revealed himself to me through the eyes of the people there.
Every time I drive up the desolate dirt road lined with potholes and litter, the children and adults run to welcome me with hugs, kisses, smiles and laughter – as if a homecoming.
They don't welcome me because I have something to offer them or some way in which they can benefit. They welcome me because I showed up; because I did not discount them.
They welcome me because they see that I know their worth, even if they don't. That's not anything that I claim on my own behalf. I am human with a human heart. I am flawed.
Knowing the intrinsic value of every person, without regard for appearances, can only come from God. If left to my own devices, and my own understanding, I'm not sure I would be able to see clearly the sincerity of those in the village, or their value.
See, without God's conviction, we humans are self-serving. Trust me, I can speak for myself on that point alone.
That's when something called empathy enters. I have heard some label the tenets of empathy as co-dependence, rendering empathy as a negative value. This is not God's intention.
God calls us to bear the burdens of others. When these people hurt, I hurt. When they cry, I cry. When they bleed, I bleed. When they fall, I carry them. And when they are threatened, I fight.
We are the body and when one area is not functioning properly, or is under attack, the rest of the body is weakened and vulnerable. Therefore, when we bear with others, we are strengthened as a whole, functioning efficiently and effectively – and few things are more positive and reinforcing.
Tomorrow, we'll visit the batey again. Albert will teach his clinic to the boys and we will continue to make home visits and educate the people from 60 Minutes on the issues of poverty, from a more personal perspective.
See, at Compassion, we know the people we serve on a personal basis. We know their names, their personal circumstances and have walked with them on what can often be a perilous journey.
Then again, we know their Creator. We are all part of His body.


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Coachella 2014 Saturday Lineup: Skrillex, MGMT, Solange & More
The party continued on Saturday with performances by Skrillex, Pet Shop Boys, Empire of the Sun, RL Grime, Mogwai, Pixies, Warpaint, MGMT, Solange, Lauryn Hill and Damien Marley w/ Nas and many more. All photos by Timothy Norris.
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OK. Now I've done it. I added a link to my own article on the subject. If there's an issue here, let me know and I'll deep-six it. --[[User:Basil|Basil]] 17:24, March 14, 2006 (CST)
OK. Now I've done it. I added a link to my own article on the subject. If there's an issue here, let me know and I'll deep-six it. --[[User:Basil|Basil]] 17:24, March 14, 2006 (CST)
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OK. Now I've done it. I added a link to my own article on the subject. If there's an issue here, let me know and I'll deep-six it. --Basil 17:24, March 14, 2006 (CST)
At the risk of multiplying "-isms," I appropriated the two terms compatibilism and incompatibilism primarily so that references, books, and external links could be marked WRT their general position in the current debate. In philosophy, these terms denote positions WRT to the free will debate: IOW, whether free will is compatible with determinism or not. See Compatibilism and Incompatibilism on Wikipedia. --Basil 19:33, March 14, 2006 (CST)
Hi, I just wanted to say that I appreciate the balanced approach that your article takes, especially with the Compatabilism/Incompatabilism distinction. Well written. By the way, which approach would you say is more widespread within Orthodoxy? My priest, at least, is of the compatabilist persuasion. --Gabriela May 9, 2006, 11:23 (CST)
Gabriela, they both get about equal play. I think some people don't realize how pervasive either view is because, frankly, most Orthodox don't get worked up about it, unless they're adult converts. Adult converts bring their own issues to Orthodoxy (nothing wrong with that; it's simply the nature of personal development). Most people, when pushed, will admit that it doesn't really matter to one's salvation which way one falls (which is not to say that they think it's an irrelevant question; just not one to get dogmatic about).--Basil 18:40, June 11, 2006 (CDT)
I have found, in my research, that although there may be no "dogmatic" pronouncements on the evolution issue there is a very solid teaching by the Fathers on the whole train of thought that evolution puts forth. The wisdom needed with evolution is to tell when the philosophy of evolution begins, and it is at that point it leaves the realms of science. In regards to science I think many times it comes down to how one is reading the info. What thought pattern is one starting from...? For the simple facts of science could go many ways. But back to the Fathers I found a few things helpful, in short- - The Fathers teach that man and woman were made immortal in paridise one example is Abba Dorotheus- "For God created man according to His own image, that is immortal, master of himself, and adorned with every virtue..." This contrasts evolutions philosophy which says man started as a lower form and through mutations and other things (very simply) over much time evolved into a human. I think it is vital in our times to understand what the Church has taught about man and his beginings, and it contrasts greatly with the philosophy of macro-evolution (dealing with how life began). Zachary, June 26, 2006
There may be no "dogmatic" discussion but based on the following story it does have a major spiritual effect. Some saints are given the gift of telling sins through smell. Once Elder Joseph of the Holy Mountain met a man who had a unknown stench (meaning that He did not know what sin caused it). So he told the man that he should go to confession. It turned out that the stench was cause by the mans belief in evolution. Ssmith165, September 10, 2006


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Oberto at 1:18 typifies his career.
Should've just played In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins Karl lol...
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Veggie Party Pizza
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes14 servings
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup fat-free milk
- 1/4 cup plus1 tablespoon canola oil, divided
- 3 cups Daisy 2% cottage cheese
- 1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix
- 1/2 cup fat-free mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup fat-free milk
- 1-1/2 cups chopped fresh broccoli
- 1-1/2 cups chopped fresh cauliflower
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/3 cup shredded carrot
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Sliced ripe olives, drained, optional
- For crust, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk and 1/4 cup oil; mix well. Shape into a ball; knead 10 times.
- Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Prick with fork; brush with remaining oil. Bake at 425° for 12-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool.
- In a small bowl, combine the cottage cheese, ranch dressing mix, mayonnaise and milk; spread over crust. Sprinkle with vegetables and cheese. Garnish with olives if desired. Refrigerate until serving.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 234 calories, 11g fat (3g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 592mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g fiber), 14g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 1 starch, 1 lean meat, 1 fat.
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This is a great base for a fresh veggie pizza. I liked that this recipe has a homemade crust, which wasn't hard to make and felt healthier than a store-bought dough that's processed with preservatives. I didn't have enough cottage cheese on hand, so I just used 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 8oz. package of cream cheese, the ranch packet, and a little fresh garlic. I adjusted the topping by omitting the onions and adding diced red peppers. I also used monterey/colby jack cheese instead of mozzarella. The finely chopped veggies might have stayed on even better if i had broiled it for a few mins to melt the cheese a bit. I will continue to bring this tasty appetizer (with a few adjustments) to get-togethers. It is a nice change from a veggie and dip platter.
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David Horvitz's first solo exhibition in San Francisco opened August 6th at the Adobe Books Backroom Gallery. For the duration of the exhibition Horvitz is guest blogging on the Adobe Books site. He sends frequent updates of images from his daily life and documentation of other projects he's working on - he's also included some posts about the recent hurricane that passed through New York. Since Horvitz has a history of working with ideas of remote connections, temporality, and site-specificity his guest blogging isn't surprising but is a nice compliment to his work in the physical gallery space which also takes on a transience of its own.
Adobe Books Backroom Gallery is pleased to present David Horvitz' first solo exhibition in the Bay Area. Exhibited will be photographs and text that expand on the main ideas of several projects from the last two years. One of these, a project Horvitz first created for a gallery in Den Haag, Holland, has been restaged for the Backroom Gallery. For the original project, Untitled (Flowers), Horvitz spent the day travelling the subway system in Holland gathering flowers from the different flower vendors he encountered. Says the artist, "There was something about a distributed element across the country that was then slowly recollected. Reconcentrated." For the Backroom Gallery, Horvitz purchased red roses from vendors while travelling by car from Oakland to the Mission District of San Francisco, where the gallery is located. The resulting bouquet will be exhibited in the gallery space as a souvenir of his journey across the Bay.
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Irradiating tumours using proton beams is a highly advanced form of cancer treatment that offers greater control and minimal damage to surrounding tissue. The Rinecker Proton Therapy Centre (RPTC) was opened in Munich three years ago and is the first and currently the only proton radiation centre in Europe to offer a complete hospital setting. Since it opened, the clinic has treated more than 1,300 patients from over 40 countries. The fact that 75 different types of tumour have already been treated proves the broad range of applications of modern proton therapy.
Germany's first proton therapy centre to offer a hospital setting
In 1999 a team of doctors, radiotherapists and medical physicists brought a great project to fruition. Today the RPTC has four treatment units offering optimal scanning techniques for three-dimensional proton therapy. A fifth unit with a fixed-beam system for treating tumours of the eye and certain tumours in the head will soon be available for clinical applications.
The advantage: precise targeting of the radiation dose with minimal damage to surrounding tissue
Dr Hans Rinecker, who chairs the supervisory board of the operating company PROHEALTH AG, describes the RPTC as a flagship project for highly effective cancer treatment that has particular health advantages for the patient. On the one hand, the more targeted concentration of the radiation dose in proton therapy compared with conventional x-ray radiotherapy greatly improves the prognosis. And on the other, the effects of radiation on the surrounding tissue can be reduced by up to a third and the duration of the treatment can be significantly shortened.
Proton therapy on the rise worldwide
This technique, which has been successfully practised in the USA since 1991, is widely acknowledged as a major step forward in cancer treatment. New centres are being planned and built worldwide, including two by the Mayo Clinic, a leading international health care provider in the USA. Delivering cutting-edge medical care, particularly when it requires a high level of investment, calls for a great deal of commitment. "As with any other technological advancement, we have opened up new dimensions in treatment with Europe's first proton therapy centre, overcoming a great deal of initial resistance in the process," says Dr Rinecker. The documented success of the cancer treatment and the benefits for patients are now becoming accepted not only by the medical profession but also by health insurers. The 1,000th patient, for example, who was treated in March this year, had statutory health insurance.
There are many important factors to consider when using radiation to treat tumour tissue, which is why the therapy is carried out by a highly experienced team of radiotherapists, medical physicists and radiology technicians. One of the most important criteria for effective radiotherapy is to target the tumour tissue as precisely as possible whilst minimising the impact on the surrounding healthy tissue. Proton therapy is a form of radiation treatment which exactly meets this requirement – it precisely targets diseased tissue and causes minimal damage to healthy tissue.
All forms of tumour treatable by radiotherapy can be targeted with proton therapy. Because of the minimal impact on the surrounding tissue, it is especially suitable for treating tumours surrounded by sensitive organs and tissue (e.g. pancreatic carcinomas, brain tumours and tumours of the spine).
The RPTC in Munich treats patients from Munich, from all over Germany and from around the world. With their high-level medical expertise complemented by a great deal of compassion and care, the RPTC team takes into account the personal circumstances of each individual patient whose tumour is suitable for treatment by proton therapy. All patients are treated with the utmost respect – irrespective, for example, of whether a German patient has statutory or private insurance or where an international patient comes from. The team at the RPTC endeavours to give more than 100 per cent in every case.
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A second edition of Constitutional Law in the United States by Wayne State University Law School Distinguished Professor Robert Sedler has been released.
Sedler is an awarded, world-renowned and often-quoted scholar of constitutional law who has been at Wayne Law since 1977.
Constitutional Law in the United States was first published in 1994 as a part of the multivolume International Encyclopaedia of Laws and was updated and reprinted in 2000 and 2005. The first edition of Sedler's work in book form was published in 2012 and has now been released in paperback in a second edition by Kluwer Law International.
"I have very much welcomed the opportunity to prepare a work on American constitutional law for an international audience," Sedler said. "Although our Constitution is well over 200 years old, it has provided a model for democratic government and the constitutional protection of individual rights throughout the world. It is my hope that in this work I may have explained to an international audience the operation of the American constitutional system and how that system has promoted democratic government and protected individual rights throughout this nation's history."
The book fully describes the American political system, historical background, role of treaties, legislation, jurisprudence and administration regulations, as well as covers the legal position of aliens, foreign relations, taxing and spending powers, emergency laws, the power of the military and constitutional relationship between church and state, according to the publisher.


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== Eggs
== Introduction
''Eggs'' are CHICKEN-specific extension libraries, conveniently packaged
in a source archive. They are stored in a centralized repository and can
be downloaded and installed (mostly) automatically. You can also create a [[running-an-egg-mirror|local mirror]] of the repository, if you prefer.
[[http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-index-4.html|The egg index]]
is the official list of eggs for the latest CHICKEN major version (4), along with their documentation. If you are looking for eggs for the previous CHICKEN major version (3), they are [[/eggref/3/index|here]]. The eggs for the upcoming new major release (5) are listed [[http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-index-5.html|here]].
You can subscribe to the
[[http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-rss-feed-4.xml|egg RSS 2.0 feed for CHICKEN 4]] or that for the upcoming [[http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-rss-feed-5.xml|next release]].
== Installing eggs
To install any of the eggs, run the following command, replacing {{name}} for the egg's name:
chicken-install name
This will download the egg and install it. Enter
chicken-install -help
for a list of options or consult the {{chicken-install(1)}} manual page.
== Loading eggs
To load and import an egg into your program, use:
(require-extension egg-name) ; load library code, import identifiers
To restrict, rename, or prefix imported identifiers, you can split up
the load and import pieces:
(require-library gopher) ; load library code
(import (prefix gopher gopher:)) ; import identifiers with a prefix
== Keeping eggs in an alternative directory
You can keep the eggs repository in a different repository. See the [[/man/4/Extensions#changing-repository-location|Extensions/Changing repository location]] section of the manual for more information on that.
== Source code
To obtain the source code to an egg, run
chicken-install -r name
You can also browse the [[http://code.call-cc.org/svn/chicken-eggs/release/4/|Subversion egg repository]]
on the web (for eggs hosted on call-cc.org -- see the egg documentation for eggs hosted on other sites).
Use the username "anonymous" and the password "".
See [[http://code.call-cc.org]] for instructions about how to checkout code for eggs.
Many eggs in the repository contain {{tags/}} and {{trunk/}} directories --- {{tags/x.y.z}} corresponding to egg version ''x.y.z'', and {{trunk/}} being the development area --- so the last command may check out more code than you want. You can [[http://code.call-cc.org/svn/chicken-eggs/release/4/|browse the repository]] or use {{svn ls}} to find a specific version. Additionally, the current "release" version number of each egg can be found on the [[http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-index-4.html|egg index page]].
== Contribute
If you want to help document the eggs, please consult the ''Documentation'' section at the [[eggs tutorial]] page.
If you want to contribute new eggs, you might want to consult the
[[eggs tutorial]] and the official, automatically built, list of eggs:
[[http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-index-4.html|egg index]].
In case you don't have a Subversion account, check the [[/contribute|Contribute]] page to know how to request one.


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Mighty Gayle stands between Sri Lanka & title
Colombo: Sri Lanka would look to rein in a marauding Chris Gayle, whose performance may be a determining factor when the dominating hosts clash with an upbeat West Indies in the final of the World Twenty20 here on Sunday.
Sri Lanka are aiming to win their second world title after a gap of 16 years as their first and only World trophy came in 1996 while the Caribbean side are playing a World event final after nearly 30 years, having last played against India at the Lord's in 1983.
Sri Lanka should be favourites not only because of home conditions but also due to the variety of players from Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara to Thisara Perera who can change their game according to the needs.
The West Indies on the other hand have some very competent T20 players in Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard but all of them love to rally around Gayle who is the pivotal force in this Caribbean set-up.
Darren Sammy and his bunch of brave-hearts know that Gayle's performance will be key in the outcome of the match.
The situation was summed up aptly by Australia captain George Bailey after suffering a crushing 74-run defeat against the Caribbean side on Friday.
"If Sri Lanka can get Gayle out under 20 runs, they are the favourites to win the title but if they can't then West Indies are too strong," Bailey opined when he was asked about the favourite team to win the Cup.
For the West Indies, a lot of things will be at stake in the match. It's not that there will be a sea change in the declining cricket culture in the Caribbean islands but a victory on global stage might provide encouragement for the youth, who are more obsessed with basketball and dream of making the cut in the NBA league.
The win also help Sammy get some breathing space after constant speculation for the past year about whether he is good enough to lead the West Indies.
A gentleman to the core, Sammy has handled all kinds of uncomfortable questions with aplomb but a victory on Sunday might help him capture the imagination of the cricket loving public in the Caribbean.
Gayle, who smashed his way to a 41-ball-75 against Australia, knows too well that T20 is a game where luck plays a factor.
When Gayle was questioned whether he would be able to attack the bowling of Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath like he launched into Xavier Doherty, he replied, "He (Herath) has bowled really well but the performance depends on that particular day."
For Jayawardene and Sangakkara, it will be the fourth final after 2007 World Cup, 2009 World T20 and 2011 World Cup and the two seniors are desperate to lift the trophy before their home crowd.
Jayawardene over the past few years have shown that T20 can be played successfully without playing any unorthodox shots. Sangakkara has also been in good form and on his day he can take on any bowling attack in the world.
If the duo clicks against West Indies, half of Sri Lankan's worries will be taken care of. One of the major cause of concern for them is the form of their swashbuckling opener Tillakaratne Dilshan.
A lot will also depend on how Mahela uses his two all-rounders Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perrera. Although Jayawardene prefers pint-sized Jeevan Mendis for his ability to manoeuvre the ball, the big-hitters like Mathews and Perrera can turn the match on its head.
"People wish about playing one World Cup final and I am fortunate of being part of all four of them. This one is at Premadasa Sadium and it will be a special occasion," Jayawardene said.
The bowling attack is a problem for the West Indies. While leg-spinner Samuel Badree did his cause no harm by picking up both Shane Watson and David Warner in the semi-finals, there is no guarantee that Sammy will persist with leggie knowing full well that how good Lankans are against spin bowling.
In that case, Fidel Edwards who bowls at a brisk pace will come in as Badree's replacement. Marlon Samuels, bowling his fastish off-breaks and skiddy Ravi Rampaul can be devastating on their day.
Jayawardene is likely to go with the same team as he wouldn't like to expose his talented boy wonder Akhila Dhananjaya in front of a marauding Gayle as it can dent the young boy's confidence.
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Bus Schedule Boston to New York
Leaves at 1:00 AM in 8/6/2020 with Greyhound
Greyhound reviews and rating
Greyhound contact
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- 800 231 2222
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Greyhound Lines, Inc P.O. Box 660362 Dallas, TX 75266
Travelling by bus from Boston to New York
Greyhound BUS TICKET DETAILS FROM Boston TO New York DEPARTING ON August 6, 2020
The following information is for Greyhound bus schedule selection on August 6, 2020.
It leaves from BOSTON - 700 ATLANTIC AVE at 1:00 AM.
The departure address is BOSTON - 700 ATLANTIC AVE.
At 5:20 AM the bus arrives on NEW YORK - 625 8TH AVE.
The arrival address is BOSTON - 700 ATLANTIC AVE.
The bus ticket price for this one is 16 US Dollars.
This trip length to get to New York is 4h 20m.
Greyhound operates and offers a roundtrip bus tickets with express service.
Take a look at Greyhound 7792 bus service reviews from real customers.
Greyhound reviews and rates are 3.5 of 5 stars.
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If you have any urgent matter, call Greyhound phone number on 800 231 2222.
For general inquiries, about bus fares, departures or arrivals, contact by email at email@example.com.
FIRST AND LAST BUS DEPARTURES FOR August 6, 2020
Note that for this bus route there is a total of 38 bus schedules for this day.
The first bus time to New York is at 1:00 AM.
The last departure time is at 10:00 PM.
For next day, there are 38 bus departures.
OTHER AVAILABLE BUS PRICES AND SERVICES FROM Boston TO New York
The ticket cost can range from USD 8.00 to USD 19.00 each seat.
You find the cheapest ticket on Pandora Bus for USD 8.00.
This bus leaves at 7:30 AM from BOSTON - 700 ATLANTIC AVE.
But, the bus leaving at 10:00 AM have the most expensive ticket to New York for about USD 19.00.
Consider looking other bus companies, besides your preference on Greyhound.
Take a look on following different options on bus service types and customers rating, if available.
- Greyhound bus company has a 3.5/5 stars rating
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Sometimes there are other locations options for departures and arrivals.
If there is any available for this bus route, it follows right under.
Available Departures:
- South Station - Gate 13
- Quincy - 238 Hancock St
- Boston - 84 Harrison Ave
- Boston - Oak St. & Harrison Ave.
- 39 Dalton St
- South Station - 700 Atlantic Avenue
Available Arrivals:
- 7th Ave and 27th St
- New York - 47 Chrystie St.
- New York, NY - 625 8th Ave
- New York (Port Authority)
- 3573 Bruckner Blvd - Bronx, NY
The bus trip duration from Boston to New York is around 4h 39m.
For this journey, Pandora Bus says it has the fastest transportation leaving from Boston.
If selecting the bus time leaving at 5:50 PM, you may arrive in 3h 10m in New York.
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For August 6, 2020 there are many hotel deals for New York at Booking.com.
You can trust it as one of the best hotel finder for your trip.
Always try to search and book in advance.
That way improves your chance to get a good discount and also have more available accommodations.
Click here to find New York Booking Hotel Deals
SEARCH FOR New York FLIGHT TICKETS AND TRAIN TICKETS
While searching for the best bus price to New York, consider other transportation options.
Check if it is available flight tickets from Boston to New York.
Sometimes you can find cheap flights than bus tickets.
There are plenty of flight deals around the web with fantastic fly ticket prices.
Book a flight to New York can be better than take the bus.
Another ground travel option is to take a train from Boston.
Go to <a href="https://www.trainbuster.com" target="_blank">Trainbuster and search for Amtrak train tickets from Boston to New York.
Busbuster has all information for you discover the best and cheapest bus ticket.
Explore all available tools and 7792 user reviews.
User reviews always best describe the available bus services.
Busbuster does not sell tickets.
If you want to buy bus tickets online, this site will redirect you to the official Greyhound, Megabus, Pandora Bus, Ourbus, Peter Pan Bus website.
Reserve your bus seat to New York in advance and have a nice trip.


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Maine bill allows bars to open early on St Patrick's Day
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � It's not the most provocative bill to be taken up this year, but it has drawn the attention from bar owners in Maine � and people who take their St. Patrick's Day celebrating seriously.
A bill that the Judiciary Committee will review on Wednesday seeks to add a few hours to the time revelers can buy a drink on that special day.
State law prohibits the sale of liquor on Sunday between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Rep. Barry Hobbins' bill says bars and restaurants would be allowed to serve alcohol starting at 6 a.m. when St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Sunday, as it does this year.
Hobbins, a Saco Democrat, says bars stand to lose a lot of money if they can't open early that day.


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The MultiSpread Model 320 is the largest capactiy ground drive topdresser available for the turf market, with a struck level capacity of 26 cubic feet and heaped capacity of 1.25 cubic yards. The Model 320 topdresser is designed for sports turf managers to maintain athletic fields, for schools, universities, and golf courses to spread grass clippings, large estates for lawn care, and synthetic turf installation and maintenance companies. The 320 can be pulled with a small compact diesel tractor, heavy duty ultility cart, compact pickup truck, or a large ATV. Features and Benefits: Belt & Unique Beater 32" Wide PVC Belt is durable and delivers material smoothly and evenly to the patented "widespread beater" system. Turf Tires 26 X 12.00-2 4-ply Multi Trac Turf Tires offer positive drive traction and are easy on the turf. Ground Drive System The Dual Wheel Ground Drive system provides for a positive drive for the belt and beater. Adjustable Wing Kit The optional Wing Kit allows operators to control the spread pattern by moving one or both wings inward. Loading Chutes The optional Loading Chutes increase the loading width to 63" to reduce spillage when loading with a tractor loader (2 Loading Chutes total - one pictured). Adjustable Rear Shroud Adjustable Tongue Simple Belt Tightener Endgate Adjustment System Light Material Sides Increase the capacity to approx. 2 Cu. Yards. Designded for use with light materials such as compost, crumbed rubber and calcined clay. Fully loaded weight should not exceed 3,700 lbs. For product literature click here You will need adobe acrobat to open the file.
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Affordable Private Jet Travel?
Friday / Aug 09 / 2013
Despite vast improvements in technology and a growing global demand for flights, air travel over the last few decades only seems to have become more miserable. Flying today all too often means enduring never-ending security lines, intrusive body checks or x-ray machines, cramped seats, long layovers, missed connections, delays, and cancellations. And we haven't even touched upon the dingy, outdated seat fabrics, asinine luggage policies, or measly snacks.
And yet for a small and growing percentage of people, flying is actually improving. Cushy seats, tasty treats, and a brief respite from the crushing masses are available on any of 39,000 private aircraft worldwide. In the U.S., several private jet companies are now offering flights at prices that equal first- and business-class tickets.
While Linear Air has been around since 2004 and JetSuite launched SuiteDeals in April 2011, three of the others are less than six months old: JumpSeat took flight in February; Surf Air in June; and FlyArrow is planning to start flights next month.
Whether for business or pleasure, now's the time to check out your new and improved options—before everyone else catches on.
Name of company: JetSuite
Flies to: Nationwide (i.e. Sacramento to Salem or Aspen to Atlanta)
Costs: Prices range from $499 to $1,499 for one leg on a four-seat Phenom 100 or a six-seat JetSuite Editions Citation CJ3s. Per person that could be as low as $124.75 per person for a one-way flight.
How it works: Each day, JetSuite's SuiteDeals posts empty legs of private jets that anyone can book on its website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. Register, login, select your desired SuiteDeal and departure time, and if there's a match, you will be routed to the booking page. Enter your credit card info and book online. A JetSuite Guest Services representative will reach out via email with confirmation and details.
Perks: Free wi-fi, pets fly for free, guaranteed price-quote online (includes taxes, fees, etc.),
Back Story: Founder Alex Wilcox co-founded JetBlue and worked at Southwest Airlines.
Name of company: Surf Air
Flies to: San Francisco, LA, and Santa Barbara, with more cities throughout California and the U.S. coming soon.
Costs: Unlimited flights (or "all-you-can-fly") for $1,650 a month, with a one-time initiation fee of $500.
How it works: Book your flights online or on your smartphone in 30 seconds or less, up to 6 weeks in advance or as soon as three minutes in advance. But unlike a charter, you won't get to choose the schedule.
Perks: Unlimited free guest passes if you book two weeks in advance. Bring up to 35 pounds of luggage for free. Snacks on board reflect the demographic (health-conscious, unique, and gourmet) and include Néktér juice bars, Burst Foods, PopChips, and Paso Almonds.
Back Story: Founded by brothers Wade and Dave Eyerly. Wade worked as an intelligence officer with the Department of Defense, served in Iraq, and received the Secretary of Defense's medal. Jared Leto is an early investor.
Name of company: JumpSeat
Flies to: Nationwide—from Dallas to Detroit, Chicago to Palm Beach—and some international trips. Flight opportunities change constantly.
Costs: A recent flight from Bedford to Nantucket for four people cost $2,500; and from Westchester County Airport (outside New York) to John Wayne Airport (LA) for $1,995 per person on a G450 Gulfstream.
How it works: A peer-to-peer sharing service lets fliers snap up empty seats on a jet already scheduled to fly at a bargain. The owner calls it "the private jet version of Airbnb".
Perks: Refer friends and you get $500 in JumpSeat credits.
Back Story: According to the owner, a Hollywood star's dog recently needed to fly from BUR to TED, but couldn't go commercially due to its size. The dog and the star's assistant flew private on a Hawker 1000 and three JumpSeaters joined the flight for $5,000, or $1,667 each—less than a commercial first-class ticket.
Name of company: Linear Air
Flies to: Hubs around Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas Forth Worth, and Gainesville.
Costs: Prices vary. A flight for three people from New York to Boston same day, roundtrip would cost around $1,700 per person.
How it works: Use the online "Price Your Flight" tool and select departure and destination address (the nearest airport choices to and from your current location and final destination will be ranked in order) number of passengers, and type of stay (same day, one way, or round trip). An itinerary guide will indicate how trip costs vary based on different airports, length of stays, and aircraft.
Perks: Once you have a quote for a trip, book it immediately or return later to book within seven days. If you choose Eclipse 500, aka the sports car of the private-jet world, be sure to visit the men's room before takeoff—no bathrooms on board!
Back Story: After enduring exasperating delays and no direct travel options for a business trip in the summer of 2004, Louisville, KY-native William Herp decided to democratize private air travel by making it more affordable and accessible. After selling his online marketing start-up, e-Dialog, to Ebay, he founded Linear Air.
Name of company: Arrow
Flies to: Seattle and Bay Area airports (for now)
Costs: $499 each way Seattle-San Jose and $299 each way San Jose-Burbank
How it works: Pay an individual membership fee of $200/month (individuals) or $500/month (corporate) and then per ride. Once it launches, there will be a published schedule that members can select from, and you will be able to book a charter flight or ticket via text message.
Perks: Free in-flight wi-fi. Free Anheuser-Busch products.
Back Story: Arrow's fleet consists of Piaggio P 180 Avanti II aircraft, a company owned by Ferrari. The largest operator of the Avanti is the Italian Air Force. Founded by aviation enthusiast Russell Belden and backed by Seattle entrepreneur Andy Liu, the company only plans to launch service after attracting 200 members in a Kickstarter-esque approach. Stay tuned…


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Located down a remote passageway in the sophisticated Sanur, the upscale and classy part of Bali, designed with modern minimalist style and assembled around community pool and tropical landscaped garden of scattered frangipani trees.
Astana Pengembak Suite Apartment & Villa is a fine-composition of 38 suite apartment and 2 units 3 bedroom villas that securely located in Sanur area; where the essence of cosmopolitan style in the full swing!
Staying with Astana Pengembak Suite Apartment & Villa will allow you to explore Bali especially Sanur and its surrounds for gastronomic experience, to have an extensive shopping expedition or live the nightlife up. Astana Pengembak Suite Apartment is built with modern tropical architecture and residential style to endeavor the sense of familiar and homey atmosphere while staying with Astana Pengembak Apartments. All suite rooms are completed with private balcony or veranda overlook to the pool.
It is a congregation of superb 38 suite room apartments; comprised of – 26 units of one bedroom suite double; 6 units of one bedroom suite twin and 6 units of two bedroom suite apartment (interconnecting one bedroom suite double and one bedroom suite twin) and comprised of 2 units of three-bedroom villa for your selection.
All villas are open-air and private air-conditioned areas with private pool and patio, creating a living space for practical, modern living that is both tropically elegant and cozy. The bedroom are spacious with in a classy manner made up king-size bed on master room up stair and two bedroom on down stair.
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Today's guest blogger is Sean Boisen, senior information architect at Logos.
Suppose you want to tell someone how to get to your office. You could give them step-by-step directions:
- Head north from Seattle on the I-5 freeway and travel for about 90 miles
- Take exit 253 (Lakeway Drive), turn right on King Street, and take the first right onto Lakeway
- Follow that down the hill about a mile (it turns into Holly) and look for Commercial Street
- Turn right on Commercial, and, about half-way down the block, look for the building on the left with the big picture windows
But isn't it more effective to simply tell them the final destination?
Go to: Logos Bible Software1313 Commercial Street Bellingham, WA 98225*
Supplying the address lets them choose their own route if they're starting somewhere else. They can even plug the address into online resources like Google Maps and get a map of the area and driving directions.
In the same way, information in Logos 4 has an address, similar to other web addresses we're all familiar with, and knowing how to use that address lets you link to Logos resources from web pages, Word documents, PDF files, email, and even Facebook and Twitter!
As a simple example, suppose I want to suggest to a friend that they read the Parable of the Soils in Mark. I can email them a link to the ESV text of Mark 4:1-9 in Logos. The address looks like this:
And I can insert this as a hyperlink in my email (with Microsoft Outlook on Windows, that's Ctrl+k) to make my email look like this:
Check out the Parable of the Soils!
If the recipient has Logos installed, clicking this link will open Logos and take them directly to this passage: no need to describe the directions step-by-step.
Creating Logos Links
Though the link address looks complicated, you can create these links automatically inside Logos 4. The link you capture will be the current position of the resource you're looking at, so check that first.
To create a link, first choose a link style. In a Logos resource, click the icon in the upper left corner of the panel, and set "Copy location as:" to URL (this is often the best choice).(screenshot)
Once you've set this, the link style is remembered, so you don't have to visit the panel menu each time: just press Ctrl+Alt+C (Command+Alt+C on a Mac) to copy the URL to the clipboard. Now you can paste this URL into whatever other document you like. Note if you don't see the "Copy Location as:" menu option, that means this particular resource isn't linkable (but most are).
What You Can Link To
This feature is great for linking to specific Bible passages, but you can do much, much more! Here are just a few examples: try them yourself and you'll probably starting thinking of others.
- A position in a book: The Bible Knowledge Commentary article on Mark 4:1-9
- Passage Guide or Exegetical Guide for Mark 4:1-9
- Bible Word Study: sower or σπείρω
- Biblical Places: Galilee, Biblical Things: seed, Biblical People: Ruth
- Basic Search for "grace" or Bible Search for "grace"
- Text Comparison or Passage Analysis for Mark 4:1-9
- The Logos Infographic for the Parable of the Sower
- The Timeline for New Testament Books
There are some limitations:
- Linking like this assumes the user has Logos 4: if that's not the case, you can link to Bible Passages (and some free books) at Biblia.com, using links like http://biblia.com/bible/Mk4.1-9
- You can link to your own notes, handouts, syntax searches, sentence diagrams, and other files to help you keep track of your personal information. But other people don't have access to them, so the link will only behave correctly for you.
- Not all resources are linkable
How You Can Use Logos Links
Here are a few suggestions for how you might use this powerful feature:
- Your own teaching materials: you won't have to waste time looking for things you've already found once
- Curricula for your school or church (syllabi, assignments, course notes, or reading lists)
- Your blog posts, or discussions in the Logos Forums: links enable others to look directly at what you're talking about
Web Sites that Don't Handle Logos Links
Since these links don't start with "http://", some web sites won't recognize them as links at all (in technical parlance, they use a special protocol handler that gets installed along with Logos 4). These sites include Facebook and Twitter, which automatically turn http-based links into hyperlinks, but leave these as text and refuse to treat them as links.
If you're just sharing a link to a Bible passage, you can always use ref.ly's http links instead (see Bob's recent blog post on Biblia.com, or this older post of RefTagger and Ref.ly) . But if you want the richer kind of linking that Logos 4 offers, the alternatives get a little more technical:
- Recipients can copy and paste the text of the link directly into the Logos 4 command bar: here's what happens if you do that with logosres:esv;ref=Bible.Mk4.1-9 (screenshot)
- You can use a URL shortening service like TinyUrl to produce an http link to the Logos link, like http://tinyurl.com/2cwjkh3. Note that some shortening services (like bit.ly) won't handle links that don't start with http.
Does this seem like too much work? Consider this: when you give someone a link, you're not just sharing words, you're opening the door for them to a universe of information. They can turn around and easily (and concisely) share that link with others who have Logos. Embedding links in your documents makes them like specialized reference documents, all backed by the power of Logos!
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Coaches thought Spencer Lanning had a good day's work, not blaming him for a 36-yard return that led to Baltimore's second-half touchdown.
Coaches thought Spencer Lanning had a good day's work, not blaming him for a 36-yard return that led to Baltimore's second-half touchdown.
Lanning averaged 50.5 yards six boots. His best might have been the one that traveled only 38 yards but was a mile high, contributing to a Tandon Doss fumble that led to a Browns TD.
Teammates were falling all around Lanning.
"We had four, four-phase special-teamers (Quentin Groves, MarQueis Gray, Darius Eubanks, Eric Martin) who were hurt at different points in the game," Chudzinski said. "We had to do a lot of shuffling around and did a great job of managing those injuries over the course of the game."
Those players will have the bye week to try to heal.
The Browns have a list of potential No. 3 quarterbacks they would consider signing, but there are no immediate plans to bring one in.
Brandon Weeden briefly replaced Jason Campbell on Sunday. What if Campbell hadn't been able to come back from a rib injury, and Weeden had gotten hurt?
Former college quarterbacks MarQueis Gray (Minnesota) and Armanti Edwards (Appalachian State) were Plan C and Plan D. Gray is a tight end, Edwards a wide receiver.
"Jason looks to be fine," Chudzinski said. "Unless there was a real sense of urgency that we had to do something right away, we'll just continue to evaluate who is there and be ready to move when we need to."
The Browns are 4-1 in games started by Brian Hoyer or Jason Campbell.
Hoyer won the two games in which he went to distance, while Campbell has lost at Kansas City and defeated Baltimore.
Campbell leads Hoyer 106.6-82.6 in passer rating. Brandon Weeden is 0-4 in his starts, with a 66.2 rating.
Both Hoyer and Campbell have been clear upgrades over Weeden. Campbell has far more NFL game experience than either Weeden or Hoyer.
To what extent has Campbell's edge in experience played out in the last two games?
"You see it during the week, him knowing what to expect in different situations and the questions he asks," Chudzinski said. "He's been through it and he knows it and when he gets out on the field, he's been there before.
"I think that's calmness. I think that's a sense of confidence that our guys have, and I have, in him. He has it himself, that he's done it before, and I think that really helped us."
• The Browns headed into the bye week at 4-5 after beating Baltimore 24-18. Last year, they headed into the bye week at 2-7 after losing to Baltimore 25-15.
• Browns place-kicker Billy Cundiff is 13-of-15 on field goals since replacing Phil Dawson. Cundiff lined up as if to try a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter, but he took a direct snap and pooch punted. Dawson was 7-for-7 on field goals of 50 yards or longer in 2012.
• Willis McGahee and the Browns are struggling to run the football, hitting the bye on a pace that would leave them with about 1,300 rushing yards for 2013. The last time they were under 1,500 was 2006, when Reuben Droughns was the No. 1 back.


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Delabar State Park
Located on the Mississippi River about 1 1/2 miles north of Oquawka near Illinois Route 164, Delabar State Park offers quality outdoor experiences for anglers, hikers, campers and picnickers.
Many of the Henderson County park's 89 acres are forested with sturdy oaks, along with some birch and hickory trees. These forested areas serve as natural habitat for a variety of wildlife species, including squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, deer, groundhog and quail. More than 50 species of birds have been identified in the park, making Delabar State Park a natural haven for birders from throughout the state.
The park is named to honor two brothers, Roy and Jack Delabar, who donated the site to the state in 1959 to be developed as a state park. The park officially opened in 1960.
Tent and trailer campsites are available. Electrical hook-ups, drinking water, a sanitary station and a jet pump for filling trailers are present. Campers must obtain a permit from the park staff before setting up camp. Group camping is available. Groups of 25 or more must have advance permission from the site superintendent. Reservations accepted.
Fishing and Boating
River fishing is popular at Delabar State Park. Boats with motors of any size are allowed on the river. A boat ramp at the south end of the park and two boat docks make river access easy. No boat rentals are available at the park, however, there is a marina nearby.
For anglers who prefer to fish lakes, Delabar State Park is located near Gladstone Lake in Henderson County Conservation Area. The 27-acre lake has a maximum depth of 25 feet and 1 1/2 miles of shoreline. The site offers anglers a variety of fish, a boat ramp, picnicking areas and camping.
Three picnic areas are available: one at the south end, one at the north end and one in the center of the park. All three are equipped with picnic tables and camp stoves. Picnic areas are conveniently located near parking areas. The center picnic area has a shelter to accommodate family group gatherings.
Drinking water and toilets are provided, and a playground is located near the center picnic area. Cooking fires are permitted only in the camp stoves. Open fires are prohibited.
Two marked trails covering nearly 2 miles traverse through the woodland for the enjoyment of nature lovers and wildlife observers.
Winter Sports
Many visitors take advantage of the backwaters of the Mississippi River for ice fishing and, when the ice is thick enough, ice skating.
Delabar State Park is not affiliated with AmericanTowns Media


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Boetje, Gerrit Jochems (d. 1854)
Gerrit Jochems Boetje was appointed ministerial candidate by the Frisian Sociëteit (Mennonite Conference) in 1831; he served the congregation of Woudsend 1831-1837 and Knollendam 1837-1854, in which year he died on 10 October. His sons Jochem and Herman were also Mennonite ministers.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Boetje, Gerrit Jochems (d. 1854). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Boetje,_Gerrit_Jochems_(d._1854)&oldid=110550.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 380. All rights reserved.
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IBM Adopts Red Hat's Virtualization Technologies for Cloud Computing
As cloud computing deployments ramp up, so too does the competitive battle for the cloud infrastructure technology supporting those deployments. Red Hat extends its cloud computing technology to IBM. But what does it take to actually win a cloud deployment bid?
Linux vendor Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) said Tuesday that it would be supplying IBM with the underlying virtualization technology for IBMs new cloud.
Red Hat executives did not disclose financial specifics of the deal, though they did describe the win as a major one. The deal is the third major cloud virtualization technology win for Red Hat this year as it stakes a claim in the nascent market for cloud infrastructure.
"IBM could have chosen anything -- they could have gone with VMware, Microsoft's Hyper-V or something from kernel.org, but instead they chose Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)," Scott Crenshaw, vice president and general manager of Red Hat's cloud business unit told InternetNews.com. "We think the evidence is clear that KVM is the virtualization technology of the future and that RHEV is our way of delivering that with an enterprise-class product."
Red Hats Enterprise Virtualization technology itself relies on open source KVM virtualization. The company's virtualization portfolio includes KVM virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (RHEL) as well as a standalone hypervisor and a virtualization management server.
IBM is also no stranger when it comes to KVM and is already one of the top contributors to the open source effort.
IBM's new cloud isn't using all of Red Hat's virtualization portfolio, however.
"Suffice it to say that IBM has created a great deal of value in their management infrastructure," Crenshaw said. "This IBM cloud uses our virtualization layer as a substrate to run all of their guests on, and they also offer RHEL as a guest."
Crenshaw added that he expects IBM's cloud to scale up over time as demand warrants.
"The purchase of IT capacity via enterprise clouds that are available to the public, such as the IBM cloud, is clearly a trend that is increasing, but we're still in the early days," Crenshaw said. "I don't think that anyone expects huge portions of the company's revenues to come from clouds in the short term, and where it goes in the medium and long-term depends on demand."
Still, big wins and deployments like the IBM cloud are key for Red Hat's plans for growing out its cloud business. With IBM now using KVM and Red Hat for its public cloud, Crenshaw expects that Red Hat virtualization will now grow even faster.
"This deployment will deliver a body of knowledge and improvement to RHEV that just isnt available if you're not dealing at cloud scale," Crenshaw said. "This will also bring more users into the cloud, as the combination of Red Hat's virtualization with IBM service delivery and brand makes the cloud more consumable by more enterprise customers."
The IBM win follows Red Hat cloud wins at the Symbian Foundation and with Swedish Internet company Voddler. Crenshaw noted that all of the bids to provision cloud technologies with which he's been involved have been highly competitive.
Crenshaw said winning technologies in such bids need to be very reliable, extremely efficient and secure, and while he added that buyers are also always concerned about price, customers are also relying on thorough testing to help them make their decisions.
"Almost everyone is doing extensive testing that involves both an internal lab as well doing a bake-off between choices," Crenshaw said, .
Configuration of cloud technologies can also make a difference, and for that reason, Crenshaw said that Red Hat is now building up a new consulting practice to help cloud deployments tune their infrastructure for performance and utilization.
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.


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For her contribution to the ongoing online exhibition "Brushes," presented by Rhizome and the New Museum as part of the First Look series, artist Petra Cortright presents two versions of a Photoshop composition titled all_gold_everything.psd: a GIF that cycles through all of its layers, and a video that uses wipes and dissolves to offer a slowly shifting view of the same imagery.
Poetry as Practice: Melissa Broder's poems for Oneohtrix Point Never
Part of First Look: Poetry as Practice, copresented with the New Museum.
R Minus Seven (2015)
Melissa Broder
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R Minus Seven (2015) by Melissa Broder (@melissabroder) is a collection of ekphrastic poetry that was written in response to Oneohtrix Point Never's album R Plus Seven (Warp Records, 2013). Each of Broder's poems is presented in a layout designed by the poet on the online publishing platform NewHive.
Melissa Broder is the author of three collections of poems, most recently SCARECRONE (Publishing Genius Press, 2014). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in POETRY, Tin House, the Iowa Review, Fence, the Missouri Review, Denver Quarterly, and Guernica, among others.
Poetry as Practice: Ye Mimi's filmic postcards of street life in NYC, Chicago, and Taiwan
The poetry film Was Being Moved? (2011) takes the form of a series of postcards to a "Mr. Parade," interspersed with vignettes of public rituals and street life in Chicago, New York City, and Taiwan. It features music composed and played by Taiwanese musician Yujun Wang.
Ye Mimi is a Taiwanese poet and filmmaker. Having earned an MFA in creative writing at Dong Hwa University and an MFA in film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she is the author of two volumes of poetry and has exhibited several of her poetry films internationally. Through collaging her words and images, she improvises a new landscape, trying to erase the border between poetry and image making. A bilingual chapbook of her poems was recently published by Anomalous Press under the title His Days Go by the Way Her Years (2013).
Poetry as Practice: Tan Lin
Part of First Look: Poetry as Practice, copresented with the New Museum.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Systems Theory (2015)
Tan Lin, 2015
Programming by Charles Broskoski
This work uses a script to pit two books—which address subjects known for their difficulty to master—against one another at hundreds of words per minute.
Tan Lin is the author of Lotion Bullwhip Giraffe (2000), BlipSoak01 (2003), Ambience is a Novel with a Logo (2007), Heath (Plagiarism/Outsource) (2009), and 7 Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004. The Joy of Cooking (2010). His work has appeared in numerous journals including Conjunctions, Artforum, Cabinet, New York Times Book Review, Art in America, and Purple, and his video, theatrical, and LCD work has been exhibited widely. He currently teaches creative writing at New Jersey City University.
First Look: Poetry as Practice
In this online exhibition, six poets approach internet language as a bodily, social, and material process.
New poetry works will be published every Monday through April 6, 2015. Co-presented by Rhizome and the New Museum as part of the First Look exhibition series; curated by Harry Burke.
Y2K: Welcome to the Jungle
Copresented with the New Museum and Creative Time Reports. For more of Chen's work on the topic of Y2K, see the online exhibition "Computers in Crisis" and the upcoming event Y2K+15, Friday, December 12 at the New Museum in New York.
Russian military officers collaborate with their American counterparts at a U.S. military facility in Colorado, Jan. 1, 2000. Screenshot of AP newsreel footage courtesy the artist.
On December 30, 1999, 20 Russian military officers began a unique mission in a strange land. For the next several weeks they would be stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, a U.S. military facility in Colorado, monitoring incoming data from satellites and radar systems around the world.
With their U.S. counterparts, and with interpreters, the Russian officers worked nonstop in eight-hour shifts in Building 1840—the ad hoc Center for Year 2000 Strategic Stability—to ensure the best possible flow of information between the United States and Russia while keeping a close eye on ballistic missile activity.
Decades of mistrust were set aside to reckon with the potential crisis of Y2K, a moment in time when computers might fail or behave unpredictably if they read the digits "00" as the year 1900, not 2000, on midnight of the new millennium.
First Look: Amalia Ulman—Excellences & Perfections
Amalia Ulman's social media performance Excellences & Perfections is presented as part of First Look, the ongoing series of digital projects co-curated and copresented by Rhizome and the New Museum. For this presentation, Rhizome's new social media archiving tool was used to capture the Instagram portion of the performance. View that capture here.
Amalia Ulman, Excellences & Perfections, 2014 (detail). Performance: Instagram. Courtesy the artist.
On April 19, 2014, Amalia Ulman uploaded an image to her Instagram account of the words "Part I" in black serifed lettering on a white background. The caption read, cryptically, "Excellences & Perfections." It received twenty-eight likes.
For the next several months, she conducted a scripted online performance via her Instagram and Facebook profiles. As part of this project, titled Excellences & Perfections, Ulman underwent an extreme, semi-fictionalized makeover.
She pretended to have a breast augmentation, posting images of herself in a hospital gown and with a bandaged chest, using a padded bra and Photoshop to manipulate her image. Other elements of the makeover were not feigned; she followed the Zao Dha Diet strictly, for example, and went to pole-dancing lessons often.
First Look: Miranda July - 'Somebody'
Miranda July, Somebody, 2014 (still, featuring July). Video, dir. Miranda July. Courtesy the artist and Miu Miu.
"Texting is tacky. Calling is awkward. Email is old." —Miranda July
In Miranda July's 1998 experimental video The Amateurist, a young woman with a jet-black pixie haircut in a stiff professional dress (played by July) studies a TV set displaying a fuzzy surveillance feed of a blonde woman (also played by July), who is squirming in the corner of a small cell. While speaking to the camera, the pixied professional reels off all sorts of absurd quantifications and explanations of the surveilled woman's movements. She maps her emotions to a numbered grid, psychoanalyzes her behavior, quips about her habits, and consistently runs roughshod across boundaries between doctor and patient, subject and object, viewer and viewed, public and private, in what is ultimately an excessive examination without any apparent justification. Since the video was produced, July's body of work has expanded from video and performance to include online works, novels, and feature films—all of which attempt to dissolve boundaries between fictionalized personae, or between the artist and her audience. It's significant to note that July started out in the experimental-video scene of the '90s, since so much of her work is about how the adaptation of new technologies affects us on a very personal level. Regardless of medium, her works reflect how broad social changes inflect our most intimate relations.
First Look: David Kravitz & Frances Stark
Opening the Kimono by David Kravitz and Frances Stark is now on view as part of First Look, the New Museum's ongoing series of digital projects, which will now be co-curated and co-presented by Rhizome. Click here to view work.
David Kravitz and Frances Stark, Opening the Kimono (2014). iMessage conversation.
In a recorded iMessage chat, David Kravitz and Frances Stark satirize Silicon Valley culture and sext about creative labor.
When artist Frances Stark and Snapchat developer David Kravitz discussed the idea of having sex on stage during a public presentation at the New Museum last spring, it wasn't entirely surprising.
This proposal came as part of Rhizome's Seven on Seven Conference, which pairs artists and technologists for a one-day collaboration with the prompt to "make something" and then present it to the public the following day. During their presentation, neither of their bodies was on view on stage (Kravitz came up alone for the Q&A). Instead, they appeared onscreen via a live iMessage conversation.
First Look: New Art Online
First Look: New Art Online is a monthly series of innovative online projects and new commissions curated by Lauren Cornell, former Rhizome executive director, currently New Museum curator of the 2015 "The Generational" Triennial, Museum as Hub, and Digital Projects.
This month includes a collection of 3D animations from Above Ground Animation.
Featured artists include Barry Doupé, Kathleen Daniel, Ryan Whittier Hale, and Jacolby Satterwhite. Beyond Pixar, Adult Swim, or the default avatars of video games, these works explore possibilities for 3-D human forms. Their casts of improbable people are hatched out of personal history or emotion—through a longing for intimacy or an uncertainty for the future. Experimental and short-form, all the works were made to be viewed across various screening contexts, from the cinema to the gallery to the browser, and yet their structure reflects a sophistication with a range of digital media and programs, from Maya to 3D Studio Max.
Founded by the artist Casey Jane Ellison, Aboveground Animation is a video collection, an artist community, and a roving exhibition platform all in one. Since 2008, Ellison has collected animations and shared them at venues, most regularly at Ramiken Crucible gallery in New York, inspired, in part, by a desire to promote art with a shared aesthetic and also to make sense of her own emerging body of work.
Check out upcoming projects and commissions on the recently redesigned New Museum website!


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Feeder road would steer away truck traffic
Cement mixers and eighteen-wheelers drive past Mary Trujillo's house in Shirley every day, starting as early as 2 a.m. and continuing late into the night. They're bound for the cement plant at the end of her street, Colin Drive.
Trujillo, who's lived on Colin Drive almost 19 years, says far more trucks make the trip now than in earlier years -- she's counted as many as 150 a day. She is exasperated by the traffic volume and speed on the 30 mph street, citing the hazard to children playing in front yards or riding bikes.
The neighborhood has been pleading with Brookhaven Town to install a stop sign -- it would be the second on the street, which is about a half-mile long -- a move they hope would slow traffic.
For the safety of children on the street, "we had to move the [school] bus stop into my driveway," Trujillo said.
When Watchdog asked the town about the prospects of a new stop sign, at Colin Drive and Helene Avenue, we were referred to the office of Councilwoman Connie Kepert.
Kepert aide Liz Krolik-Alexander said the town's traffic safety division conducted a study after receiving the residents' request but the findings did not warrant a stop sign. "We can push to get a sign, but it's not going to reduce the volume of traffic" on Colin, she said.
The town is pursuing another option, she said: Construction of a feeder road that would provide access to the cement plant from nearby Moriches-Middle Island Road. The new road would be expected to divert most, if not all, of the truck traffic away from Colin Drive.
Negotiations have been under way between the town and the cement business, Krolik-Alexander said. "It's been a complicated problem," complete with litigation, she said, but cited progress and "an agreement to go forward."
The proposed road would take the place of one that closed years ago. The earlier road had a sharp curve deemed hazardous.
"Our goal is to get them [the cement plant] to build the road as per our highway specifications," she said. Watchdog left a voice mail at the phone number listed for the cement plant but did not get a response.
As for a time frame: Krolik-Alexander said the aim is to get a road constructed this year.
For now, the town can issue tickets for plant operations between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., she said, which can lead to court dates and fines but have little impact on the traffic on Colin Drive.
Nassau County put up a sign about resurfacing Stewart Avenue in Bethpage. This road was just done a couple of years ago, and there's not a pothole or a bump in the whole road. I can't see them tearing up the road and re-asphalting it again. I'd appreciate your help in getting this project stopped.
-- Ed Markowski, Hicksville
We didn't get the Stewart Avenue project stopped, Mr. Markowski, but we did get explanations about why a new round of work is on the way.
Although "road resurfacing project" is the term used on a county sign announcing the work, the aim appears to be safety improvements at the Stewart Avenue Long Island Rail Road crossing.
County spokesman Michael Martino said the work is a joint project of Nassau County and the LIRR "undertaken to respond to community requests to improve the LIRR crossing in the wake of some tragic accidents at the location."
The LIRR will install center medians on Stewart, realign existing crossing gates and add new gates "to improve safety for commuters, pedestrians and vehicles at the crossing," railroad spokesman Salvatore Arena said.
The crossing was the site of four fatal accidents from 2006 through 2008, three involving pedestrians and one a bicyclist who went around crossing gates.
The cost of the LIRR's portion of the project is $287,000, which Arena said will be reimbursed by the state Department of Transportation.
The work will have a negligible impact on the county's operating budget, Martino said; the county will be reimbursed about $155,000 of its $170,000 cost.
A sign on Stewart Avenue announcing the project proclaims that the county is "putting people back to work." Watchdog asked if the county is hiring unemployed workers for the job.
"The County works with outside contractors on these projects, creating jobs and opportunities for workers while improving the County's infrastructure," Martino said in an email. The contract was awarded to Carlo Lizza and Sons of Hicksville.
The job is on the Department of Public Works capital projects list, all of which required approval by the County Legislature.


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Scope the flyer.
Incase you don't know or haven't heard, the park is well on it's way. Construction is heavy and daily. Whenever you have some free time - go help out. It's fun and you're actually contributing to a real root-dog cause. there's no pre-fab here!
For more info on the Washington Street Skatepark go to washingtonstreetskatepark.org


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Another First. Battle of Kings
You can shove the gym memberships and Mediterranean diet aside a bit longer. The parties are not over.
Happy FMNY! (First Monday of the New Year). Oh, let the Kings Battle on!
Nope, not all about football's chosen champions out to uphold the reputation of their towns.
I had to grin at Seattle's coach's comment after gazing around Dallas Cowboy's
cathedral of sports AT&T stadium.
Said playing there "was like playing in a night club".
Astute comment: so loud people can't hold normal conversations, lots of colorful flashing lights, big screens showing games, expensive foods, pretty girls in attention attracting outfits, lots of drinking, some men falling down…
Sounds a lot like Mardi Gras
Starting with Jan. 6th, the battle of King Cakes gets sticky.
Día de Los Reyes (Mexico and other Latin/Hispanic countries) is celebrated in honor of the Three Wise Men who upon arrival at the manger in Bethlehem gave gifts to the infant Jesus.
The last in a series of Mexican Christmas festivities, often gifts were/are exchanged more at this time than Christmas.
A new dream market for Hallmark and merchants "honoring" cultural diversity.
Rosca ("wreath"/oval shape representing a crown) de Reyes (kings) or King Cakes are served with a bean, candy, or small doll baked inside to represent the Christ child. (See Louisiana's best King Cakes here and here.)
Tradition says whoever finds the "baby" is supposed to take it to the nearest church on Feb. 2 when Jesus was presented to the church. The winners usually then host a party for friends and family in Feb. 2.
Never enough parties. Hey, Church approved!
King Cakes rule in New Orleans and are closely tied to Mardi Gras and carnival.
The tradition seems to have been brought from France in 1870 with the "official colors" of purple (for justice), green (for faith), and gold (for power) documented by the Krewe of Rx in 1872.
The one that finds the baby in the cake agrees to host the next Mardi Gras Party.
Parties – a similar theme..but these maybe not Sunday School variety.
The tradition said to have been brought by Basque settlers in 1718 to the Southern U.S. (Florida panhandle across to East Texas).
King cake parties were well documented in the 18th century there with the "winner" of the baby search receiving good luck for the year ahead – and who had to furnish the King Cake for the next year.
These celebrations just less famous as they were possibly less raucous than New Orleans? You never know just how settled those isolated settlers were when they gathered…
Blue Bell ice cream company knows how big Mardi Gras is in Galveston, TX area.
So local grocery stores were some of the first (2004) to offer a special limited edition: Mardi Gras King Cake ice cream.
The first few years, people scrambled and traveled distances to get some before it was gone. Now the flavor is more widely available (and we won't be getting calls from, friends elsewhere begging us to buy and stop some for them.)
Time to pack up the Christmas t-shirts and freshen the vintage Mardi Gras collection.
Icing on the Christmas cake
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