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In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are Signs for people with intelligence: those who remember Allah, standing, sitting and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: 'Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be to You! So safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire. (Surah Al-Imran, 190-191)
Thunders in the sky, heavy rain, snow, strong winds or clear weather… These are all climactic events happening on our planet.
Variety is a particular feature of the climate on Earth.
This variation is based on many factors such as the Earth's shape, its rotation, altitude, exposure, dispersion of land and water, distance from the sea, and ocean currents. The fact that climatic events are comprised of so many various effects is indeed the supreme creation of Almighty Allah.
Ocean currents are defined as a continuous directed movement of a limited amount of water mass.
Currents that are in east-west direction in high and low latitudes can be cold or warm in accordance with the proper temperature of the latitude they are in.
The Almighty Allah manifests many wisdom in the warm and cold water currents so that men can think and learn from it.
Some of the wisdoms behind this event are listed below.
They Cause Climate Change
Warm currents cause a temperature rise while moving from warm regions to less warmer regions. For instance due to the effect of the Kuroshiyo warm current in Japan, winters are warmer and more humid than it is supposed to be in that particular latitude and thanks to this warm climate, the region has rich natural vegetation.
Due to the Gulfstream warm current, Norway is more warm and rainy in winter than it is supposed to be in its latitude; although it is around the Arctic Circle. The sea is not covered with ice along the shores. A similar scenario is also relevant for Great Britain, as well. The temperature is unexpectedly high for the latitude it is in.
Some cold currents are derived from cold regions or from the deep cold waters coming to the surface and despite that the water temperature is 15°, they are felt as cold currents in hot latitudes. As a result, they decrease the temperature and minimize the effect of heat. For instance, the Beguela cold water current moving towards North along the Namibia shores in South Africa causes a decrease in temperature; the similar scenario is relevant for the Canary current along the shores of Morocco and the Humbolt cold water current in Peru and South America.
They Cause the Formation of Shore Deserts
The reason for the formation of shore deserts on the west of the continents is cold ocean currents. (The Benguela current on the southwest of Africa formed the Namib Desert and the Humboldt Current on the west of South America formed Atamaca desert.) Nevertheless, this type of desert is different from the continent deserts in the inland where it is dry and the temperature is high. In this type of desert, the humidity is condensed such that the increase or decrease in temperature is insignificant. This allows for poor formation of herbal vegetation for animals to feed on.
They Cause the Arrangement of Rain
In regions where cold water currents are found, the currents cool the air mass, and as a result they prevent the air mass from condensation such that rain occurs when the air moves more inland to warmer temperatures. Therefore on the coastline, they form foggy, cloudy and cold weather.
They Increase Biodiversity
Water currents carry food and oxygen in the ocean. The planktons brought by the currents increase the fish diversity due to their nutrition potentials. Consequently, the number of marine birds that feed on these fish increase. (For instance, in the strait between the Mexica Yucatan peninsula and Cuba. The Humbolt current and the Gulf Stream current that can be effective about 800 m deep down from time to time and that can carry more water than the Mississippi River has a significant role.)
Algae, some herbaceous marine plants and some plant seeds, some diaspores that can float 1600 km while remaining water-proof are carried along the currents to different regions of the world. Similarly, plant seeds on the glaciers that are able to reach lower latitudes thanks to the cold currents can be spread even further.
They Contribute to the Nutrition of Men
The Name of Our Almighty Allah, Ar-Razzaq is manifested when we look at the variety of economic benefits we obtain based on these currents. As a matter of fact, thanks to the effect of the Mosambic warm current, sugar cane is able to grow in lower latitudes; biodiversity and the number of fish feeding on organisms brought by the current also increase and the result is the development of fishing industry.
There is no rain along the coasts of Peru that is under the influence of cold water current; however permanent clouds during the winter allow the formation of herbal vegetation called "Loma". This herbal vegetation enables the development of breeding.
On the islands along the coasts of Peru, a kind of natural manure called Guana is left on the neighboring islands by the marine birds as a result of the food chain that is derived from the cold current; it is highly rich in nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium.
They Control the Speed and Route of Ships
Currents can increase the speed of the ships as long as their direction is same with the current; otherwise they can have a preventive effect. As polar currents carry the ice to the middle latitudes; these regions are dangerous for a voyage. At locations where cold and warm currents are mingled, the sea is very agitated and may consist of waves and whirlpools. Also the fog over such an area is dangerous for navigation. (Harun Yahya, Miracles of Quran)
The Influence of Ocean Currents upon The Fine Tuning on Earth
As a result a slightest change in the currents; the marine temperature difference would be so sudden that the oxygen and salt ratio would change. This would cause the death of fish and other marine creatures.
"On July 23, 1958; an oceanic research ship "Sivastopol" was floating through the Denmark Strait. Suddenly, those on the ship came across an unbelievable scene: The waves were all lily-white. The sea surface was covered with the floating bodies of dead fishes. It was understood that the fish died due to a sudden temperature change."
"On June 1967, on the west of Puerto Rico in a lagoon that was full of fish, the temperature rose up to 350C and the amount of salt rose up to %0.43. The fused oxygen in the water decreased so significantly fish, crabs and shrimps all died."
Similarly, the slightest change in the balance of the currents would have resulted in climate abnormalities. Intense fog and floods brought by heavy rain could cause fatal accidents.
"The deadliest and the most unforgettable disaster was the one due to the London fogs in December 1952. On December 5, fog started to form as a result of the wind. Three days later the fog became intense and soon, the visibility range decreased to a few meters. Traffic stopped entirely and many accidents occurred. Some ignorant people tried to heat their residence in order to fight the humidity. That action produced more coal dust and sulfur dioxide; as a result the air contained extra pollutants and caused more condensation. There were 4,000 deaths due to the fog and air pollution."
"Sometimes, on the coast of Peru, the warm currents from north of the equator move towards the south between December and March and they enable warm humid air to move above the shores and as a result there is a lot of rain that causes flooding, they damage residences and roads. They may even cause environmental disasters that can affect marine creatures such as marine birds and also their migration patterns."
If there is a change in currents that take place, it could result in climatic difficulties. The plants in the warm regions would not be seen in the cold regions. Tropical plants would not be seen in moderate regions and this would mean that there would be a decrease in the richness of species and the boundaries of the agricultural lands, that is to say, the land where people live would not be so vast.
Water currents that are warm and cold affect the weather exactly where they should and as a result the currents enable an area where life can flourish. That is a sign of Allah's Supreme Knowledge and His eternally perfect creation.


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Last month Google asked me along to their Creative Sandbox in Cannes to give a 'lightning talk' about 'something I was particularly interested in'. Luckily, they gave me just 15 minutes to speak or we would have been there all day in the baking heat.. Thank you to everyone who came along and asked lots of questions afterwards – here, for what it's worth, is a record of what got discussed.
I'd like to talk about 2-3 things here, loosely connected by a theme around how and why we should keep contributing to, using and building the open web:
1. The Guardian, the UK newspaper (a client of BBH London) and their 'open journalism' positioning.
2. A project we're developing at BBH Labs called Robotify.me.
3. A postscript on how we like to work here and what "open and constant learning" means in practice.
But first, some brief scene-setting: we're all familiar with the debate that has raged and continues to do so about the open web – but why should we care? (more…)

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Four Brownsville Area athletes hurt in crash
Four Brownsville Area High School students were seriously injured Thursday in a one-car accident along Route 40 in Fayette County.
"It was pure carnage when we arrived on the scene," said Brownsville fire Chief Clark Sealy.
The identities of the teenagers have not been released by authorities. Brownsville police, the investigating department, has not released any information.
According to classmates and family members, all four are high school athletes.
The injured were identified by sources as Nikko and Tyler Spohn, freshman and senior brothers at the high school; Devin Braddock, a freshman wide receiver on the Falcons' football team; and Shane Roebuck, a sophomore fullback on the football team. The four teens also play baseball.
"All four were ejected. Two young men were lying on the road, one was lying against the Jersey barrier and another was walking around when we rolled up ... ," Sealy said.
"We started treating them right away. I heard today that all four are stable," he said.
A Fayette County emergency dispatcher said the accident occurred in the westbound lane of Route 40 in Brownsville Township just before 10 p.m. The vehicle reportedly hit the Jersey barrier before rolling over.
Four emergency medical helicopters were sent to the scene to take the teens for treatment at two Pittsburgh hospitals.
"I bet we had them to the hospitals within 45 minutes, which really was a blessing. I can't say enough about everyone who responded," the chief said.
The injured were flown to UPMC Presbyterian and to UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, according to authorities.
UPMC Presbyterian officials reported Braddock was listed in fair condition. Officials at Children's reported that Nikko Spohn was in fair condition.
Information was not available on the other teens.
Alyssa Grashion, a 17-year-old senior at Brownsville, said everyone at school was very emotional Friday when they learned about the accident.
"Everyone was quiet. They didn't know what to say," she said. "There was a lot of crying. People are just sad."
Other students who spoke with reporters outside the high school Friday said they had heard that Tyler Spohn helped the other boys out of the vehicle.
"I really honor him for that one. It's really heroic," said junior Whitney Ptak.
"People are really upset about it," she said.
Brownsville Superintendent Philip Savini Jr. said school officials made counselors available to students who needed assistance. He said the victims are highly regarded in the community and school.
"They are all active in sports and clubs. They are leaders in the school," Savini said.
"I know some of the clubs have gotten together and have agreed to get some funds together to send a get-well or thinking-of-you gift for the students when they are well enough to receive it," he added.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Huntington Bank on Wednesday said it was bringing more than 500 jobs to Michigan after signing an agreement with Meijer.
In a statement, the bank company said the agreement meant it would install seven-day-a-week, full-service branches in dozens of Meijer stores throughout the state over the course of the next several years. The branches will operate with extended hours, giving Meijer shoppers the added convenience of banking in the evening and on the weekends.
In the short-term, new Huntington branches will be built in more than 20 Meijer stores in Michigan, which will be constructed from May of 2012 through the end of the year and will include several newly constructed Meijer stores.
Steelcase has beeen tapped to design the new branches.
The first Huntington in-store branch will be opened in a newly-opened Meijer story in Bath on May 17.
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At 75 000ha, Madikwe is the 4th-largest reserve in South Africa after Kruger National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
There are many luxury bush lodges in Africa, but the true eco-lodges are few and far between. Mosetlha Bush Camp in the Madikwe Game Reserve is one of these.
Here there is no air conditioning – instead you breathe fresh bushveld air wafting across the half-walls of your raised wooden cabin.
All the emphasis is on your direct experience with nature: the rustle of francolins wandering through the camp; the depth of quiet at midday in the shade; the shimmering song of cicadas; the meticulous craftsmanship of a spider spinning a web; a dung beetle rolling a ball as big as he is; an ant-lion setting a trap for an ant; or elephants lording it over all the other animals at a waterhole.
This is an exclusive wilderness experience with minimal ecological impact.
Instead of luxury, Mosetlha offers comfort. Instead of using electricity, delicious meals are cooked over an open fire (and the water for your shower is heated in the same way).
Instead of television, there are the sparks rising from a fire to meet the sparkling Milky Way above.
The soundtrack is entirely natural – the penetrating stillness of the bushveld, punctuated by the distant roar of a lion or the wistful whoop of a hyena.
The unfenced camp, which accommodates a maximum of 16 guests, is owned by Chris and June Lucas and their daughter, Caroline.
Chris ran a field-guide training company in the early 1990s, based in Madikwe. For four years, Mosetlha was a sleeping-bag-and-rough-it weekend operation, in large part established to give jobs to the newly qualified field guides.
Demand grew, and the dormitory style sleeping places morphed into individual cabins.
But Mosetlha has never lost its bush cred. Many of those original field guides and staff members, now highly experienced, have been with Mosetlha from its small beginnings, and there are many return visitors.
Guests rave about the game drives and walks in this malaria-free Big Five reserve – thanks in large part to the excellent guides.
This low-impact environmentally conscious bush lodge adheres to all the principles as of ecotourism, including a light ecological impact, sustainable water use, careful disposal of waste, involvement of local community and conservation of fauna and flora.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Mosetlha Bush Camp
Julie-Ann McCool
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How to get here
Madikwe is about a four-hour drive from Johannesburg or Pretoria. Head for Rustenburg via the Hartbeespoort Dam. From Rustenburg, take the N4, passing through Swartruggens to Zeerust. In Zeerust, take the road signposted R47 to Gaborone and Madikwe Game Reserve. After 85km, turn in at the Abjaterskop Hate. Your hosts will direct you to where you should park your car and you will wait for a lodge vehicle to pick you up.
Best time to visit
Each season has its delights. Bear in mind, though, that Madikwe, which is on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert, can be startlingly cold in winter (May to August) and very hot in summer (December to February).
Around the area
If you're looking for a total contrast, Madikwe isn't far from the gambling and entertainment complex Sun City. Madikwe is also conveniently close to Gaborone in Botswana. It makes an excellent part of a route between Johannesburg and environs and Botswana.
Get around
You'll be picked up from an area close to the gate by Mosetlha staff, and from there on you'll be transported in 4x4s.
What will it cost
The rate is approx. R1 800 per person per night sharing. This includes accommodation, all meals, two game drives a day and snacks.
Length of stay
To truly relax into your bush experience, it's best to stay for 3 nights, or at the very least, 2.
What to eat
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Zack Bruell brings another 'Z' product to Heinen'sComments Email Print
The most recent product to line store shelves is a 17-ounce extra virgin olive oil that is served in all five of his restaurants (Cowell & Hubbard, Chinato, L'Albatros, Table 45, and Parallax), and is produced in partnership with California-based Corto Olive.
The foray into his "Z" line began last November with a rollout of six coffee blends produced by his restaurants' coffee supplier, Brecksville-based Caruso's Coffee. Five of the blends are named for each eatery within which it is served. The artisan roaster and Mr. Bruell's sixth blend is a "hot lips" infused with chocolate, maraschino cherries and hot pepper flakes.
"The coffee line took off," Mr. Bruell said. "We're competing with Peet's and Starbucks, but our coffee is fresh and local. That money is staying local."
More products may be in the works, with a line of salad dressings as a possibility.
Developing a prepared foods line is another ideal product line extension, Mr. Bruell said, noting Cowell & Hubbard already applies the sous vide method of cooking at a lower temperature beef cheeks, pork shanks and other meats and vegetables in airtight plastic bags, which seals flavor.
"I hope I get to do more. It's a great marketing opportunity for me," he said. "The Heinen's demographic is pretty much the same as my demographic. People are shopping at Heinen's not necessarily according to price, but for quality."
Cocktails 101
The June 23 farm-to-bar cocktail class at Spice Kitchen + Bar was the first of a four-part summer series at which Mr. Hridel, Spice's bar manager, aims to educate attendees with his DIY approach to making cocktails.
"We're taking food from the earth that is at its peak freshness, and showing people why and what we're doing is so delicious and unique," Mr. Hridel said. "We want to show people what it means to be farm to bar.
The first workshop on Spice's patio drew about 30 guests, and Spice hopes to about double that attendance. Each class includes cocktail recipes and seasonal small plates.
The next event, featuring blackberries, is July 21, followed by peaches on Aug. 25 and apples on Sept. 29.
"I'm already starting to work on my blackberry cocktail recipes," Mr. Hridel said. "I'm working on a lovely blackberry liqueur with various spices, thyme and alcohol that will show up in some format."
Classes are $40 per person excluding tax and gratuity. For more information, visit its website.
Spice Kitchen and Bar, 5800 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. 216-961-9637.
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Conflict avoidance is a method of dealing with conflict, which attempts to avoid directly confronting the issue at hand. Methods of doing this can include changing the subject, putting off a discussion until later, or simply not bringing up the subject of contention. Conflict avoidance can be used as a temporary measure to buy time or as permanent means of disposing of a matter. The latter may be indistinguishable from simple acquiescence to the other party, to the extent that the person avoiding the conflict subordinates their own wishes to the party with whom they have the conflict. However, conflict avoidance can also take the form of withdrawing from the relationship. Thus, avoidance scenarios can be either win-lose, lose-lose or possibly even win-win, if terminating the relationship is the best method of solving the problem.
The term "conflict avoidance" is sometimes used to describe conflict prevention. Bacal criticizes this use of terms by asking,
|Is there a difference between preventing contracting AIDS by the use of appropriate precautions, and avoiding or not seeking treatment if one has contracted it? Of course there is.[1]
Turner and Weed classify concealment as one of the three main types of responses to conflict, describing concealers as those who take no risk and so say nothing, concealing their views and feelings. Concealers are further divided into three types; namely:[2]
- Feeling-swallowers who swallow their feelings. They smile even if the situation is causing them pain and distress. They behave thus because they consider the approval of other people important and feel that it would be dangerous to affront them by revealing their true feelings.
- Subject-changers who find the real issue too difficult to handle. They change the topic by finding something on which there can be some agreement with the conflicting party. According to Turner and Weed, this response style usually does not solve the problem; instead, it can create problems for the people who use this and for the organization in which such people are working.
- Avoiders who go out of their way to avoid conflicts.
The Thomas and Kilman grid views avoidance as a lose-lose proposition since it does not address the issue at hand. But other sources view avoidance as a useful means of disposing of very minor, non-recurring conflicts whose resolution would expend excessive amounts of time or resources.[3]
Conflict avoidance in the workplaceEdit
In the workplace, managers sometimes avoid directly dealing with conflict among co-workers by simply separating them. In workplaces and other situations where continued contact with a person cannot be severed, workers may eschew confrontation as being too risky or uncomfortable, opting instead to avoid directly dealing with the situation by venting to others or engaging in passive aggressive methods of attack such as gossip. Unresolved conflict in the workplace has been linked to miscommunication resulting from confusion or refusal to cooperate, increased stress, reduced creative collaboration and team problem solving, and distrust.[4] According to an East Bay Business Times article, some possible results of conflict-averse senior executives may include
|poor-performing executives can survive because the president doesn't investigate or act on employee complaints; conflict can become malignant between departments, because there is no tie breaker to force resolution; and ineffective managers are passed from one department to the next, because the senior executive would rather play 'pass the turkey' than cook the goose.[5]
See alsoEdit
- ↑ Is Conflict Prevention The Same As Conflict Avoidance?, Bacal.
- ↑ Conflict in organizations: Practical solutions any manager can use; Turner, Stephen P. (University of South Florida); Weed, Frank; 1983.
- ↑ Timor-Australia Friendship Manual
- ↑ Workplace Coach: Companies pay the price when managers avoid dealing with conflict, Maureen, Moriarty, Seattlepi, Oct. 28, 2007.
- ↑ Confronting a leader's conflict avoidance, Joan Lloyd.
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Naruto: The Broken Bond is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for the Xbox 360.
The Broken Bond picks up where Naruto: Rise of a Ninja left off, taking place between episodes 81-135 of the anime. It contains the Return of Itachi, Search for Tsunade, and the Sasuke Retrieval story arcs. There are 30 playable characters, a new tag-team system and original voice acting and music from the original Naruto anime. It has a Metacritic score of 80/100 and has been generally well received by critics.
The game was first revealed at the E3 2008 Convention, although work on it had started before the release of the first game. According to team member Masao Kobayashi, the developers wanted to bring something new to the franchise but still keeping the same feel of the anime that the first game had. The art direction of the sequel was definitely one of the biggest factors taken into consideration for the development of this new game.
The environments were a big part of the first game and one of the things they wanted to make sure was that the environments in The Broken Bond would support the exploration factor by being very "rich and dense."The lighting of the game was improved to complement the dynamic story, adding a new casting system, allowing the creation of maps with a more watercolour feel. Unlike the previous game, where the cutscenes were 2D, The Broken Bond now has 3D cinematics. There are also a lot more NPCs. Within the adventure mode, there are now over 70 unique character models.
The developers for The Broken Bond have also decided to keep the multiplayer system like Rise of a Ninja, but have improved upon it in several ways. The online format has been overhauled with a new ranking system, the fighting system has been greatly tweaked, and there are now 30 characters to choose from, 28 different characters and 2 bonus variations of Naruto and Sasuke.
In story mode you can play as ten characters: Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Chōji, Rock Lee, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji. The following 30 characters are available for single and multiplayer VS combat:
- Naruto Uzumaki (also playable in a One-Tailed form, also playable with a Taijutsu outfit)
- Sasuke Uchiha (also playable in a Level 2 Cursed form, also playable with his Chūnin Exams outfit)
- Sakura Haruno
- Kakashi Hatake
- Hiruzen Sarutobi
- Itachi Uchiha (also playable with an ANBU outfit)
- Kisame Hoshigaki
- Tayuya
- Sakon and Ukon
- Jirōbō
- Kidōmaru
- Kimimaro
- Kabuto Yakushi
- Orochimaru
- Tsunade
- Jiraiya
- Neji Hyūga
- Shikamaru Nara
- Chōji Akimichi
- Kiba Inuzuka
- Gaara
- Temari
- Rock Lee
- Haku
- Zabuza Momochi
- Although the First and Second Hokage have character models, they are not playable.
- You can fight Might Guy in his dōjō, but he is not playable.
- Jiraiya cannot use the Rasengan in battle, but uses it in Story Mode. He uses it when he was teaching Naruto and when he fought off two bandits in Tanzaku Town.


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A GAMES console was snatched from a Jaywick home after crooks forced open the front door.
The house in Tamarisk Way was broken into while the owner was out.
The lock on the front door had been forced and an X Box and games were missing.
It happened between 9am and 9pm on Thursday July 31.
Police are hunting for the culprit and want to speak to anyone who has been offered electrical gear for sale recently.
Investigating officer Det Con Roger Henderson said: "I am keen to hear from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area or who may have been offered the items for sale in suspicious circumstances."
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Note: Students who were previously enrolled at SUNY Plattsburgh and are seeking to return should complete the readmission process.
The Common Application is accepted by more than 500 colleges and universities nationwide. It allows you to apply to multiple public and private schools with one application.
The Common Application includes the college essay and a letter of recommendation. Students applying through the common application will need to submit the following additional items:
Once the Common Application is submitted online, SUNY Plattsburgh will download it within 1-2 weeks. Other items should be mailed through the US Postal Service.
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SOMERSET County Cricket Ground will host a Valentine's Ball to raise funds for North Devon Hospice.
The red carpet event, on Saturday, February 9, has been organised by hospice supporters Julia Hold and Jo Harding, who are also gearing up to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in June in aid of the charity.
For tickets, priced £45, call Jo on 07878971, or Julia on 07841975525.


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NL Central Shuffling
Recalled RHP Jeff Samardzija from Iowa (Triple-A); designated RHP Luis Vizcaino for assignment. [4/23]
Managing assets to maximum benefit is a part of the racket, but how well have the Cubs done on this score? Discarding first Chad Gaudin and now Vizcaino to no real gain isn't exactly ideal operating procedure, and with Zambrano breaking down and Rich Harden being a somewhat predictable cause for concern, that rotation that was supposed to rank among baseball's best simply isn't in the early going. Zambrano wasn't struggling with his workload; he'd logged four quality starts (one of which was blown after the sixth inning) in his first five, and was on his way towards a fifth in six before getting hurt, and his strikeout rate was up. Ideally, this will just given him the time off that will let Lou Piniella go to the whip with the big man down the stretch.
In the meantime, I'm somewhat bemused to see a Cubs team that was supposedly overstuffed with rotation options suddenly left with the proposition that they'll be calling up Randy Wells later this week to take Big Z's turn on Thursday. No Gaudin, sure, but is Aaron Heilman so far removed from his spring trial as a starter to make a swing role inconceivable? Are Samardzija's starts in the PCL so far removed in history (his most recent start on April 18th for Iowa being so many yesterdays ago) as to make that move equally inconceivable? Say, come Zambrano's next turn, would a pen start, where Heilman and Samardzija lead off and combine for five innings to start out with, really be inconceivable? Perhaps it's just as well; with Zambrano only expected to miss the minimum, leaving Heilman and the Domer in their roles is an easy enough choice. Wells has done well with the I-Cubs early on, with a 3:1 K/BB ratio in 26 IP stretched across five starts (a total lowered when he was hauled out after three innings during his start yesterday), and the former catcher would make an entirely acceptable fourth or fifth starter on many teams.
In terms of the when and how, however, there are additional options to moot. Thanks to next week's offday on Monday, if they elect to keep the other four rotation regulars on turn, they can spread their coverage of Zambrano's absence across more than a week, with a presumptive fifth man starting this Thursday and then on next Friday the 16th, both times taking a spin against the Astros in a road-and-home tandem, and which might suggest a between-appearances roster move. Or they could keep their fifth man on turn, have him start on the 13th or 14th against the Padres, and then reclaim the roster spot for other uses before reactivating Zambrano in time for the game against the Cardinals on the 19th (there's another offday on the 18th). Effectively, that makes for a choice between whether you want to get hyperactive and keep the space devoted to a fifth starter-Wells-across six days and then go for another position player who, as with Scales' likely demotion come Thursday, might only be up to ride pine for a few days between Wells' second start and Zambrano's activation, when a lot of teams favor yo-yo'ing people through the roster spot: Scales through Wednesday, then Wells for a day, then somebody else (perhaps a red-hot Jake Fox, with 12 homers in 98 PA) until they elect to use a fifth starter again. Since the Cubs have only 35 men on their 40-man, whatever they do, they can afford to purchase a contract or two, as they did with Scales.
Speaking of whom, it's nice to see the old-timer get his first taste of the majors after reaching his seventh season above A-ball in organized ball this spring. He's produced Equivalent Averages in the .240s the last three years in Triple-A, and as far as the utility suite, he's more the Marlon Anderson type, someone you can play at second or an outfield corner, or roll the dice with some work at third base (where he might politely be referred to as 'error-prone'), but perhaps even more useful, in that he's a true switch-hitter, having not struggled against right- or left-handers. Indeed, he could represent an improvement on Aaron Miles, since we projected Scales to deliver a .246 EqA this year were he in the majors, where Miles was projected for a .232 climb-down from last year's career-perpetuating spate of singles that dropped in.
Acquired INF-S Drew Sutton from the Astros to complete their trade of 3/31, and optioned him to Louisville (Triple-A); outrighted 2B-L Danny Richar to Louisville. [4/16]
Losing Encarnacion is less of a blow if you think that perhaps the man was already playing hurt; certainly his early production was a little unusual for him, as he was pushing four pitches per plate appearance for the first time since his rookie season, and drawing more walks or striking out in a larger proportion of his PAs without hitting a lick. In his absence, it looks like Dusty Baker's going to ride the hot hand and make a one-for-one swap in his lineup-Rosales was smiting Triple-A pitching like Thor after a draft from the horn of plenty, socking them at a .431 clip while slugging .754. We can safely say that Rosales isn't a .700 slugger; indeed, his forecast suggests that .400 might be his more normal range, but hitting for contact is his core skill at the plate and he gets to call a bandbox home, so he's adequate filler for a limited stretch. If you want to get into the difference between Rosales' projected production against Encarnacion's projection using MLVr, you wind up with the difference being a run lost every four games or so, not good, but survivable, and that's in the abstract, where a healthy Encarnacion's being replaced by Rosales when delivering his usual thing. The math should work in the long run over the course of many more games, of course, but the Reds ideally won't have to find that out, because Encarnacion will be back in the two weeks or so that was initially anticipated, making this question more academic. I suppose there's still the chance that Baker turns to Jerry Hairston Jr., but since the alien inhabiting Hairston's body last season appears to have returned to the mother ship and Dusty seems aware of this, five of the first six starts in Encarnacion's absence have gone to Rosales.
Sutton is the payoff for making Jeff Keppinger an Astro, which might qualify as overpayment considering that Sutton was the Astros' eighth-ranked prospect before the season, but the Astros' system is arguably the game's worst, so on one level, this might actually be a step down from Richar, the former D'backs and White Sox bumped from the 40-man to make room, and someone once seen as a plausible starter for somebody at second. However, with Richar struggling to keep his average above the Mendoza line and his OBP above the Guillen line (in many more years to reach it, Ozzie put up a .300 OBP in as many seasons-four-as Mario topped .200), I doubt there's a diehard band of Richar defenders left out there. Sutton's not a defensive asset anywhere in the infield, and he's already in his age-26 season. Between some modest amount of speed and pop added to his switch-hitting, he could stick as somebody's utilityman someday, but effectively, this is an exchange that sent the Reds somebody no more than a Keppinger wannabe for the original article. If there's a scorecard on this kind of deal, it more probably involves Walt Jocketty doing Ed Wade a favor, and maybe that matters for something later on this summer, when the Astros are dead while the Reds still have ambitions to entertain.
Placed RHP Brian Moehler on the 15-day DL (sprained knee); recalled RHP Alberto Arias from Round Rock (Triple-A). [4/15]
As Christopher Columbus may have noted, it's not such a bad thing to ride an accidental discovery for all it's worth, but the bad news here is that, having had a nice taste of what Paulino would be able to do for them, with three winnable starts while flashing plus stuff, they've gone back to their initial concept of riding the old men in the rotation. So, beyond Mike Hampton and a renewal of their commitment to Scuffy Moehler-two defensible choices-they're also going to keep on keeping on with Russ Ortiz, even if 36 baserunners in 19 innings is just an initial sample of what's to come. You can hope that this is a Columbus-like initial stubbornness-they set out to determine that Russ Ortiz is back, and the pain of learning that he's back to being Russ Ortiz has to get beaten into their brainpans before they come to terms with the suggestion that maybe-maybe-they will at least accomplish something and develop somebody who's homegrown.
Similarly, while I'm hopeful that their getting Towles up is a gift horse they won't get overly dental about, keeping the kid on the off chance that he picks a few things up from Ivan Rodriguez, not to mention the benefit of having someone worth playing and thereby earning Pudge a few days off, ideally also keeps him relatively fresh, or as fresh as a human being can be as he closes in on 2,200 games behind the plate in the major leagues. Unfortunately, here as with there, I expect that once Quintero heals his body, they'll bring back his broken bat, and tuck Towles back down in Triple-A, to continue his penance for last season's failure.
Finally, I suppose there's something to be said about their losing Valverde, but since LaTroy Hawkins has been fine in the role, the problem is less that Valverde might miss most or all of May than that they've lost Valverde and Brocail, which forces them to rely on Chris Sampson, Tim Byrdak, and Geoff Geary late in games for setting up Hawkins. That's a pair of functional middle men and a lefty who's handed back almost as many opportunities as he's been given, a proposition every bit as dodgy as it sounds, but I guess we on the stathead-y side of things can watch to see if assertions that anybody can close-maybe even Hawkins, now, and despite years of hounding on the subject-and all sorts of people can help out in relief both get put to the test. Assuming the Astros have all that many leads to protect, of course.
Placed RHP David Riske on the 15-day DL (elbow), retroactive to 4/10; recalled LHP R.J. Swindle from Nashville (Triple-A). [4/16]
News flash: Hoffman will get saves. I think I've been noisy enough on this particular topic already, at least as far as how I see this working out over the course of the season, but beyond his opening run of five scoreless frames and a quick quartet of saves to please the save-minded, it's perhaps even more impressive that he's already handled a pair of back-to-back appearances handily. If I get to be wrong about the man's Milwaukee incarnation, here's hoping I learn something from the exercise, but we have a whole lot of baseball to see yet.
Optioned INF-R Luis Cruz to Indianapolis (Triple-A); added OF-S Delwyn Young to the active roster. [4/17]
There are a few things in play here, and keeping in mind the Pirates' lot, this really isn't as grim as it would appear at first blush. Adding Young seems to be an instance of identifying a guy with experience in the rare role of professional pinch-hitter, but if Brandon Moss doesn't start hitting, there's the chance that this becomes an opportunity for something more than that for the former Dodger; it would certainly beat getting too deeply involved with Craig Monroe. Hansen's breakdown, while lamentable in itself, creates the opening many have anticipated for Meek, giving the team an opportunity to see what they've got. If Tyler Yates keeps setting the scoreboard aflame, there's nothing writ in stone that says the Bucs can't turn to Hansen and Meek to set up Matt Capps. Deactivating Wilson might have been a bit aggressive, but whether they find someone willing to trade for the veteran at the stretch this year or not, taking another peek at what a future with Bixler could look like isn't going to hurt, him or them.
On the other hand, yes, losing Doumit is genuinely bad news, but it's also a reminder that he isn't the most durable player in the world, and having traded for both Jason Jaramillo and Robinzon Diaz, each a useful catching prospect in his previous organization, it isn't like their fall-back position involves playing scrubs. Jaramillo may be a worthwhile second-division starter in his own right, someone who can provide modest measures of patience and power beyond his good receiving skills and strong arm, while Diaz is the type of potentially solid backup backstop who makes a lot of good contact and might luck into the odd Junior Ortiz '90 or Einar Diaz '99 sort of season, and end up perpetually employed as a reward. It isn't as if they're stuck with the Dane Sardinhas or the world, and if this strengthens their hand down the road when fielding trade offers, so much the better.
Optioned RHP Josh Kinney to Memphis (Triple-A); purchased the contract of RHP P.J. Walters from Memphis. [4/17]
While most of this just seems like ticky-tack stuff, it adds up. Barton's an interesting outfielder to have, and even though the Cardinals were already crowded, if somebody-John Mozeliak or Dave Duncan-saw something in Boyer that they felt they could use, I guess I nevertheless regret giving up the one to get the other. Boyer had been barely better than waiver bait, where Barton's playable on more than a few rosters, so the challenge here is for Boyer to prove he was worth circumventing the wire. The Redbirds are still seeing Greene at short despite Khalil's temporary absence, since Tyler's not a bad option to fall back upon in the meantime. Injury problems have hampered the 2005 first-rounder's development, but he's still only 25 years old, and he has the arm and range for short. He probably isn't a good enough hitter to ever really stick-he's that rare shortstop who plays at the power game while not having much patience, but with a little pop, some speed on the bases, and a glove, he sounds like someone with more than a lot of other utility infielders end up having to offer.
The more interesting issue has been staff management during Chris Carpenter's absence, as they've given Mitchell Boggs and Walters turns, with Boggs doing well enough to earn rotation consideration beyond the veteran's absence. Swapping in Thompson came predictably after he'd geared up for longer assignments after three starts in Memphis, which beyond backing up Boggs could come into play if Kyle Lohse's knee or Todd Wellemeyer's performance creates a need for somebody to come out of the pen and give them three or four frames at a time. Walters will get his own refresher with rotation work in Triple-A in the meantime, having already gotten his first spin in The Show and seeing that his more finesse-oriented game can be a tough proposition, but he remains a worthwhile prospect in a system that's increasingly doing a decent job of spreading around enough work to keep the staff armed once or if the treads come back off of any of Duncan's retreads. I wouldn't bank too much on any one of them-not Boggs or Thompson or Walters-but there's a chance that one of them contributes enough to help cover substantively the inevitable absences from among the ranks of the older men, and ideally these initial trials should prophylact against later cases of the yips under pressure.
Christina Kahrl is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Regarding the Keppinger/ Sutton swap: beyond Ed Wade's good will, the Reds also get three options and three pre-arbitration years with Sutton, whereas they had no options and only one pre-arbitration year remaining with Keppinger. The options seem valuable to the Reds, because they elected to place Sutton in AAA. They would have risked losing Keppinger had they tried to send him down.
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A woman stands in front of collapsed houses after a landslide caused by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima island, south of Tokyo. Eight people were killed and over 30 missing, with nearly 20,000 people ordered to evacuate and hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Wipha pummelled the Tokyo region on Wednesday, leaving piles of wreckage on one small island but largely sparing the capital.
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This actually works!" A 3-year-old wearing a plastic fireman hat yells in delight when he gets a turn to use a walkie-talkie at La Casita Preschool in Santa Fe. He and 15 other 3- to 5-year-olds are busy constructing a fire engine out of cardboard boxes in the school's backyard the day after visiting a firehouse on a field trip.
The school, which is one of Santa Fe's few nonprofit child care centers, is designed around the Reggio Emelia educational philosophy, according to Director Sheri Carroll. The teachers try to encourage learning to happen organically, spurred by the children's own interests. Right now, the kids are interested in transportation. The day after SFR's tour, they were paid a visit by a real live horse.
Over the past 10 years, the number of child care providers such as La Casita—considered a child care center—has increased by 125.
At the same time, the number of home-based child care centers has dropped—by more than 4,000.
Despite a growing perception by families of fewer child care options, the number of "slots" for children remains the same because centers can care for as many as 125 children—with a maximum adult-to-child ratio of one to 12. Home care centers, on the other hand, can have no more than six kids per adult.
"When I was first looking, that was what I rather would have," parent and Kids Crossing Director Dee Beingessner says of home child care providers. "But you're in a little bit more precarious situation. At least at a center, there's a few more teachers around—instead, you need to worry about things like them being exposed to more colds. But there's less concern about the adult doing things."
In response to mounting evidence that child care and preschool represents not just babysitting, but the opportunity to jump-start kids' learning, the state has instituted ambitious changes over the past few years to the way child care is regulated. Oversight of providers by the state Children, Youth and Families Department has increased, with background checks mandatory for all adults who come in contact with kids, and a detailed quality assessment "star rating" system has been implemented to encourage providers to improve their care.
But the resulting shift has created fewer options for affordable child care; centers are typically more expensive than home-based care, costing between $720 and $1,000 per month, while homes run closer to $600.
As costs for child care overall have increased, CYFD's child care subsidies have fallen further short of meeting them, often causing low-income parents to pay extra out of pocket. More than 200 income-eligible kids in Santa Fe are currently on waiting lists for federally funded Head Start and Early Head Start programs, while 4,643 children statewide are waiting to receive CYFD subsidies.
The shift also has pushed some providers underground, and made it even harder for some small providers to survive—one closed March 9 and another in late February.
Considering how big a chunk her mortgage and expenses for her three children took out of her Santa Fe County paycheck, Sherie Lopez thought her family would be eligible for a subsidy, but was told her income was too high. That's not the case anymore—Lopez quit her job of eight years after trying out six different child care providers for her toddler Andy. The $600 per month she was paying for child care was too much to handle along with her other bills, but was not enough to buy satisfactory care and peace of mind.
"I just have to stay home with him and figure out something else to get me some income," Lopez says.


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DETROIT - Just as there are with most things in life, there are rules to couponing. And breaking the rules could be against the law.
Here is a list of "Don'ts" from the Yahoo Finance website.
Don't make your own coupons. Counterfeiting coupons is a crime just as counterfeiting money is. The F.B.I. charged a man for doing that last year.
Don't photocopy coupons. It's the same as stealing because the stores accepting the fake couponing won't get reimbursed for their value.
Don't remove expiration dates for the same reason - stores won't get their money.
Don't buy coupons. While buying them isn't illegal, they could be fake.
Don't steal newspapers. If it's not yours and you take it, that's theft.
Don't take things out of trash receptacles or bins. You might call it scavenging, but the law calls it theft. You can get in trouble for even going into the bins - that's trespassing.
Don't make multiple passes to bypass the store's or cash register's coupon limit.
Don't take multiple coupons. Some products have stick-on coupons you can pull of a product to use when you buy it. Don't' take them off every item on the shelves. The same goes for hitting the back button to force a limited Coupon.com coupon to print twice.
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A TEAM that has helped and encouraged countless people to transform their lives will be out in force next week as part of a campaign designed to reinforce those New Year's resolutions.
Swindon's Healthy Weight Awareness Week runs from Monday until Saturday and, to coincide with the campaign, Swindon Council's Health Improvement team will be passing on advice about how people can make simple lifestyle changes to manage their weight.
The team already runs a series of initiatives such as Dietbusters and the MEND programme, which are designed to help people lead healthier lives.
The week links to National Obesity Awareness Week and the Let's Turn Obesity Around campaign to highlight the problem of obesity.
The Health Improvement Team will be at Penhill Library and community cafe on Monday between 10am and 1pm, Pinetrees Community Centre in Pinehurst on Thursday between 11.30am and 2pm and Asda Walmart at the Orbital between 11am and 3pm on Saturday.
People will be encouraged to sign up to the January Change4life Smart Swaps campaign to make one or more easy diet swaps every day.
In return for signing up, people will receive a free Smart Swaps pack full of healthier swap and meal ideas, money-off vouchers, fridge magnets, and the option to sign-up for additional e-mail and text support.
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Revenge against their main rivals will fuel the Australian Netball team's thirst for gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Coach Lisa Alexander on Monday declared war against New Zealand as she announced a veteran-heavy 18-player squad vying for Diamonds selection.
Melbourne Vixens midcourter Elizabeth Watson is the only potential debutant in the squad, to be trimmed to 12 players next month.
But Alexander insists the emerging 20-year-old has as good a chance as any as she aims to take the best team possible to Glasgow to reclaim gold from arch-rivals New Zealand.
"It definitely depends on current form and we also need to make sure we have fit and healthy players that are going to compete day-in, day-out during the tournament," she told AAP.
"Players have to be able to back up and play well day after day."
Alexander said New Zealand and Australia were neck and neck in terms of talent, which was evident in the ANZ Championship.
"When you get their 12 best against our 12 best, it's really tough," she said.
"It is war and it's going to be absolutely hotly contested."
New Zealand claimed gold in Melbourne in 2006 and again in Delhi in 2010 in a final that became the longest official game ever after Australia suffered a heartbreaking 66-64 defeat in double overtime.
It's a memory hard to shake for those who played in the final, including West Coast Fever goaler Natalie Medhurst, who is hoping for a ticket to Glasgow.
"Being part of the Delhi situation and to lose in double extra time is a hard pill to swallow, and not a feeling that myself and the other girls want to have again," Medhurst said.
"So we're certainly wanting to make amends."
Teammate Caitlin Bassett said the rivalry with New Zealand is so fierce because both teams know the others' games so intimately.
"It's probably one of the best sporting match-ups in history," she said.
Both will have stiff competition, given the depth of talent in the goaler positions and the retirement of Diamonds stalwart Catherine Cox.
Alexander was quick not to discount other competing teams, including England, who will be tough to beat in neighbouring Scotland.
Wales and South Africa are the other dark horses to look out for in Australia's pool, she said.
The final team will be announced after a three day selection camp in Canberra from May 5-7.
Karyn Bailey, Caitlin Bassett, Erin Bell, Rebecca Bulley, Tegan Caldwell, Bianca Chatfield, Julie Corletto, Laura Geitz, Kimberlee Green, Renae Hallinan, Sharni Layton, Natalie Medhurst, Susan Pratley, Kim Ravaillion, Madi Robinson, Gabrielle Simpson, Caitlin Thwaites, Elizabeth Watson.


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SAMBA rolls out red carpet
Provincial hosts for mosquito and peewee AA tournaments this weekend and midget, bantam and peewee AAA tournaments next weekend at Legion Memorial Park
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2014 06:00 am
Field of Dreams
Peewee AA (Tier III) July 25 to 27
Mosquito AA (Tier III) July 25 to 27
Midget AAA (Tier I) Aug. 1 to 4
Bantam AAA (Tier I) Aug. 1 to 4
Peewee AAA (Tier I) Aug. 1 to 4
Visit www.stalbertbaseball.com or www.baseballalberta.com for schedules and results.
Legion Memorial Park is the field of dreams for five provincial championships hosted by the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association.
The Baseball Alberta mosquito and peewee AA Tier III tournaments start Friday and next weekend the Big Three � midget, bantam and peewee AAA Tier I championships � will be staged in St. Albert.
�From a SAMBA perspective we�re extremely excited. It�s a huge event for us,� said president Ed Ewasiuk. �It�s going to be two exciting weekends to watch baseball.�
The spinoff from consecutive weekends of championship baseball will not only benefit SAMBA but the city as well.
�There is going to be a lot of visitors coming to the city and I think all the businesses will certainly see some benefit to it,� Ewasiuk said.
The AAA tripleheader is also a major coup for Baseball Alberta�s large association of the year in 2013.
�We�ve never really hosted the major three before (on the same weekend),� Ewasiuk said. �SAMBA�s focus is really to support the development and promotion of baseball and we�re extremely excited to be the primary host for the major divisions this year.
�It certainly puts us in the forefront of all the Baseball Alberta communities, that�s for sure.�
The AAA teams are competing to represent Alberta at nationals (Aug. 14 to 18 at Magog, Que. for midgets and Aug. 22 to 26 at Vaughan, Ont. for bantams and London, Ont. for peewees) and westerns (Aug. 22 to 24 in B.C. for midgets and Aug. 15 to 18 at Spruce Grove for bantams and Altona, Man. for peewees).
�You are certainly going to see a lot of skill by the players. This is the pivotal point in their season and there is certainly going to be a lot of excitement and a fantastic level of baseball,� Ewasiuk said.
The home field advantage should favour the St. Albert Cardinals.
�It�s been a very long time since we won provincials in our back yard. Perhaps this will be the year to change that,� Ewasiuk said. �I know all the boys and parents and families are looking forward to staying home and being able to sleep in their own beds and really focus on baseball. I don�t know if the impact of keeping the team together in a hotel somewhere keeps them more focused than being at home but we�re hoping to change that trend this year.�
AA provincials
The mosquito AA blue Cardinals are 10-11 after going 4-2 in the provincial round for second place.
The Cardinals kick off the six-team tournament Friday against Red Deer at 3 p.m. in pool B.
The peewee AA blue Cardinals are 5-12 following their 0-5 showing in the provincial round.
In the five-team draw Friday the Cardinals play the Northeast Zone at 9 a.m. and Heisler at 7 p.m.
The opening ceremonies for the mosquito and peewee provincials is 6 p.m. Friday.
Visit www.stalbertbaseball.com or www.baseballalberta.com for schedules and results.
AAA provincials
All three SAMBA AAA teams are serious contenders for provincial honours.
The midget AAA Cardinals, last year�s Tier 1 provincial finalists and Western Canadian gold medallists, were ranked first in the NorWest league at 25-5 before their last league game Tuesday against SEEBA 2 in St. Albert. The score was unavailable at press time.
The last time the Cardinals won provincials was 2008.
The bantam AAA Cardinals were 22-16 overall as winners of 16 of their last 18 games going into their last game before provincials on Tuesday against the Spruce Grove White Sox in St. Albert. The score was unavailable at press time.
The Cardinals are striving to win their first provincial title since 2007.
In the provincial round the Cardinals are 19-5 after Sunday�s 10-5 loss to Okotoks Dawgs Black (20-3) in Spruce Grove. First-year bantam pitchers Zach Froment, Davis Pratt and Colton Girard toed the rubber against one of the top teams in the province. Danny Tkachyk and Joseph Karall had two hits apiece.
This weekend at the Alberta Summer Games in Airdrie six Cardinals � Girard, Tkachyk, Peter Corrigan, Cole Seitz, Ross Supruniuk and Tylor Jans (recorded his team-leading eighth win while allowing only two earned runs and fanning five in last week�s 18-6 complete-game victory over SEEBA) � will play ball for Zone 5 (Black Gold/Yellowhead).
The Zone 5 coaching staff is comprised of head coach Dave Maguire, pitching coach Fred Mills, hitting coach Kurtus Millar and first-base coach John Tkachyk of the Cardinals.
The peewee AAA Cardinals are flying high at 18-3 as the No. 1 team in the provincial round and 31-7 overall.
The last provincial celebration for the Cardinals was 2006.
�We�re competitive in all the divisions this year and we�re extremely excited about that,� Ewasiuk said. �The peewees certainly have a great chance to go forward to nationals. It�s the same with the midgets. It's one of their banner years. And all the bantams have to do is get past Okotoks and they�re on their way too.�
Good to go
While the boys of summer gear up for provincials, work behind the scenes continues to ensure Legion park is immaculate.
�Our volunteers have just stood on their heads to start preparing for provincials. There is a lot of activity going on and a lot of excitement. We�ve just built a new press box for the mosquito diamond over the weekend,� Ewasiuk said. �This year we probably have the best field crew that we�ve ever had. The guys have really worked hard. All the fields are in excellent condition right now and the rain certainly helped that out along the way.�
SAMBA has also addressed the thorny issue of parking. This weekend the parking lot will be monitored so there is no overflow parking from the waterpark. SAMBA has also applied for a parking permit for the grass boulevards to create room for an extra 125 vehicles for next weekend.
�The parking is going to be very managed, especially for next weekend,� Ewasiuk said.
This is his sixth and last year as SAMBA�s president.
�I�m proud to be going out with a big bang here with SAMBA being able to host the three major provincials.�


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Good news for developers! According to a new report from Forrester, titled "The State of Application Development in Enterprises and SMBs," North American and European companies are more likely to maintain or increase their level of spending on software development in the coming year than to decrease it. Also, software development will account for a larger portion of companies' IT budgets in 2011 than in recent years.
Does this mean we've turned the corner? Has the long-promised economic recovery finally reached the IT sector? Not so fast.
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The last time Forrester conducted a survey of this kind was in 2007. At that time, new software projects accounted for 33 percent of companies' IT budgets, up 5 percent from the previous year. This year, the figure is 50 percent. Forrester isn't alone in its assessments; in a separate survey conducted by SoftServe, 26 percent of respondents said their software development budgets had increased by more than 10 percent from 2008 to 2009 alone. If we plot the data points, we start to see that Forrester's results aren't indicative of any real change in 2011. Rather, they're merely further evidence of a continued upward trend in software development spending.
But wait a minute -- I seem to recall some sort of economic recession during those same years. If companies were cutting costs everywhere else, why did software development expenditures increase on a steady trajectory? Has software really become that essential to modern business?
Maybe. Or maybe the truth isn't as rosy as Forrester and others would like to paint it. Maybe software development isn't really a bigger priority for companies today than in previous years. Maybe it just costs more.
Out with the old, in with the new
One part of the story is that software development expenditures are being channeled not from other business areas but from other line items of the IT budget. Even as expenditures for new initiatives has increased, spending on "ongoing operations and maintenance" is down 20 percent since 2007, both for enterprises and small to midsized businesses.
Forrester credits these cost cuts to process automation, productivity enhancements, infrastructure consolidation, and open source tools. But is that all there is to it? One thing that seems clear is that existing installations aren't growing. New software license purchases now account for just 25 percent of overall expenditures, which makes sense in a down economy.
Some areas are even showing significant decline: Use of IBM's zSeries and iSeries (nee AS/400) platforms -- traditional enterprise stalwarts, both -- has declined by nearly 50 percent since 2007. It seems logical to assume that some of the "new initiatives and projects" Forrester cites include efforts to transition applications from these legacy platforms to more modern ones.


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"Before the Day of Reckoning there will be fitna like parts of the darkness of night. (AT THAT TIME) A PERSON WILL SEE THE MORNING IN AS A BELIEVER BUT WILL BE AN UNBELIEVER BY THE EVENING. HE WILL SEE THE EVENING IN AS A BELIEVER BUT WILL BE AN UNBELIEVER BY THE MORNING. MANY PEOPLE WILL SELL THEIR RELIGIONS FOR A PALTRY WORLDLY GAIN." (Tirmidhi, Fitan 30, (2196).
People will live in such a time that, IN THAT TIME, HAVING FORTITUDE IN RELIGION WILL BE AS HARD AS HOLDING FIRE IN ONE'S HAND. Because in that time believers (will be exposed to such insults that they will be less esteemed than sheep or goats. MANY PEOPLE WILL BE UNABLE TO WITHSTAND THIS DEFAMATION AND PRESSURE. THE WEAK WILL SUFFER LOSSES AND SELL THE RELIGION AND SACRED MATTERS FOR A PALTRY WORLDLY GAIN. The course of day and night will bring in such an age that one will rise and ask, "who will sell his faith (and sacred matters) to us for a platry gain?" That question is not in vain. Many will sell their religions for a very small worldly possession.
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"Cling to the lawful and avoid the unlawful! Whenever you see an act of parsimony followed, an act of whim obeyed, earthly gain preferred (over religion and Hereafter), when you witness opinion holders being satisfied with their own opinions (without listening to those who went before), then look at yourself. Cease to deal with people. Because (when you reach that stage) the days of fortitude will be behind you. Those days will be troubles, like holding fire in your hands. In those days, people capable of good deeds such as yours will receive the reward of fifty people." (Abu Dawud, al-Malahim 17, (4341); Tirmidhi, Tafsir, Mâide, (3060); Ibn Majah, Fitan 21, (401)


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