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That Skin Spa set is probably worth £3.50, soap, 50ml and 100ml - Saw a tv advert tonight (didn't quite catch it all) for tomorrow's Daily Record. It was something about travel with Scottish Citilink. I think it might be this offer from last year, starting again.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/travel-anywhere-scotland-for-just-2-single-with-citylink-including-megabus-citylink-1128830 - lowrieh1Saw a tv advert tonight (didn't quite catch it all) for tomorrow's Daily Record. It was something about travel with Scottish Citilink. I think it might be this offer from last year, starting again.
http://www.citylink.co.uk/Linklines.php >>> http://www.citylink.co.uk/linkline/4803.pdf - Thank you, appreciated :)
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Also on that same site is a Free Political World Map 995mm x 695mm (postage £3.50)
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- There are 3 vouchers and codes to collect for the £9.50 discount at redspottedhanky
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/article4757390.ece includes these terms and conditions:
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Only one £9.50 credit per person is permitted. £9.50 credit can be obtained by collecting three differently numbered tokens and codewords printed in The Sun between the dates stated above, and entering the codewords when registering with thesun.co.uk/traintravel to receive a unique voucher code. Readers must then go to the redspottedhanky.com website to log into an existing or create a new redspottedhanky.com account. The unique voucher code can then be redeemed immediately as a £9.50 credit against train travel by entering it on the payment page when tickets have been selected or can be entered on the 'My Account' area and used at any point against the cost of train tickets purchased up to 23:59 on Friday, July 26th, 2013.
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The Promoter: The Sun, News Group Newspapers Limited, 3 Thomas More Square, London, E98 1XY. - will the codes be put on here for the sun and red spotted hanky, I'm snowed in today :-(
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Suzann Pettersen is no stranger to facing setbacks in her career, but even more so, overcoming them with unwavering success.
The Oslo, Norway native earned her LPGA Tour card after tying for 10th at the 2002 Final Qualifying Tournament. After just one year on the Tour and four top-10 finishes, Pettersen missed five events at the start of the 2004 season following surgery on her elbow. However, a quick recovery led Pettersen to four top-10 finishes, including a tie for fifth at the State Farm Classic to end the season.
Her hopes of returning to the course and continuing the success she found after the preceding season were diminished after collapsing during the off season and suffering a career-threatening ruptured disk in her back. Pettersen was sidelined for eight months.
"Did I think I would golf again? Maybe not," said Pettersen. "When you can't walk, golf is the last thing you think about. But at the same time things that don't kill you, you get stronger from. I believe in that and I think there's a reason for everything."
Although the recovery process was extensive, she pushed herself to fight through the pain.
"It was hard," she said. "But as competitive as I am, I set myself goals. When you're lying on the couch, your goal is to start walking and when you start walking, you want to start walking for hours and when you start walking for hours, you want to start running and when you start running, you want to bike and then you want to do weight training.
"You just have to be more disciplined and you definitely come back to the game with a different attitude. You appreciate just being able to compete and play again."
Determined to get back on the course, Pettersen competed in the remaining nine events of the season recording three top-25 finishes including a tie for sixth at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic. She was a captain's pick on the European Solheim Cup Team and did not disappoint as she registered a 2-0-2 record.
It didn't take long for Pettersen to get back in the swing of things. The 2007 season marked a huge milestone in her golf career after becoming a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill. She overcame a four-stroke, 54-hole deficit to defeat Jee Young Lee in a three-hole, sudden-death playoff. Pettersen went on to record four more victories that season, including her first major win at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, becoming the first Norwegian to win an LPGA major.
Since that season, Pettersen has kept a steady pace in her golf game with 57 top-ten finishes including 12 runner-ups and three victories at the 2009 CN Canadian Women's Open, the 2011 Sybase Match Play Championship and the 2011 Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola last year. She has also competed on six Solheim Cup teams.
Nearly halfway through the 2011 season, a tragic event in Pettersen's hometown left her solemn as she competed in the Evian Masters. She wore a black band around her arm for the final two rounds to mourn the death of 77 people in two bombings and the shooting at a youth camp on a nearby island. Although saddened by the news, her strong sense of pride in her native country allowed her to still finish in the top ten with a tie for sixth.
Two weeks later, Pettersen grieved another loss after a family friend was killed in a skydiving accident. She went on to win the Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola and dedicated her win to those back home.
"It makes you realize life's not all about golf," she said. "It makes you put things in perspective."
Pettersen's attitude and ability to fight through adversity has only strengthened her passion and dedication to golf. As an ambassador for Right to Play, a Norwegian organization devoted to using sports for child development in disadvantaged areas of the world, Pettersen has decided to host her own charity golf tournament to raise money for the program. The event will take place in September 2012.
"We use sports to have fun and play as a kid and we want every kid to have that same opportunity," she said. "So that's kind of the main purpose (behind the tournament) and I hope we can raise a little money and also kind of create a stage for golf back home."
Pettersen credits her two brothers and father for introducing her to golf at the age of 5. She believes the lessons golf taught her at an early age helped shape the golfer she is now.
"I don't know what I loved (about golf) but it was probably the challenge," said Petersen. "You always feel you can get better. It's a difficult sport. You always feel like you can learn something new and it was a good sport for me to grow. You grow a lot playing the game. You learn a lot like the integrity of the game, the dedication and honesty."
The speed bumps throughout Pettersen's career have given her a mental toughness and calm demeanor on the course. She now holds the No. 3 spot in the Rolex Rankings behind Yani Tseng and Na Yeon Choi. Although she claims it takes a while for her to get back in competitive mode after the offseason, she has consistently stayed in the top 25 at every tournament this season. As a 10 year veteran in the field, Pettersen is always looking for ways to grow her game and setting new goals each season.
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I know this is probably obvious, but I'd rather not find out the hard way. For the brewers with their electric heating elements mounted inside your kettles....is there any concern with using a metal spoon to stir? I am guessing no, but having been zapped 17 times on other projects where I let my assumptions dictate my actions, I've finally learned my lesson...:-)
Well, that's one of the reasons you use a ground fault circuit interrupter, ideally at 5mA trip (not 15mA) in these applications. Granted you will still get a full current zap until it trips it's better than not having it.
In the event that an element would leak current into the liquid, the whole kettle itself would also be live.. and your bound to touch it eventually causing the same issue as using the metal spoon... so if you ask me, the idea is to ensure that the kettle and liquid doesn't get charged in the first place... GFCI as porcupine73 stated is the best way to prevent that... I also have the whole kettle grounded, so if the liquid or kettle gets charged, the current should flow to the ground with high enough amperage to trip the breaker immediately..
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Her "zany" ears and perpetual smile add to her appeal and her joyful spirit becomes apparent as you get to know her. Brittany has no problems with her canine friends at the facility, enjoying their company as they romp in the back yard together.
Come watch them play and take the time to get to know Brittany to see just what a special dog she is!
You can meet Brittany any day at the Coronado Animal Care Facility between 9:00am and 4:00pm (except holidays). The Coronado Animal Care Facility is located at 1395 First Street at the south end of the Ferry Landing complex.
If you are interested in adopting Brittany, you must first complete a dog adoption application and meet with a PAWS of Coronado Dog Adoption Counselor.
Brittany's Stats
Female Dog, 8-10 Months Old, Great Dane/ Labrador Retriever Blend, Black and White, 33 Pounds, Shots Up to Date, Neutered, Microchipped, Adoption Fee = $125.00
Other Pets at PAWS of Coronado
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Brittany, a Coronado Great Dane/Labrador Retriever puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Great Dane/Labrador Retriever for sale in Coronado, or seeking a Great Dane/Labrador Retriever puppy from a breeder in Coronado.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Coronado already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Coronado breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Great Dane/Labrador Retriever breeders who help with Great Dane/Labrador Retriever rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Coronado paves the way for another one to be saved.


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DEI - Seminar Room
April 20th, 2010
In personalized Health (pHealth) research area, we can identify two complimentary action lines: the first, regards how to make more personalized to the patient what the healthcare system does; the second, regards how to make the patient more actively, but sustainably involved for the higher effectiveness of their healthcare. According to the second action line, as far as the healthcare at the household is concerned, there is a perception we can explain with the following question: as consumers already do home banking and e-commerce, why not doing some more in home e-health, too? Since decades, in a multigenerational family, the middle generation has taken care of health documents, also for the preceding and for the next generations. Now, the empowered knowledge in information technology, diffused within the families regardless of healthcare, ensures the multigenerational family a certain level of "digital inclusion" asking for family-and consumer-tuned new e-health products and services.
In the first part of the seminar, "Historia Medica Familiae Digitalis" (HMFD) an electronic personal health record (PHR) system designed and developed for storing family health documents is described in terms of software engineering approach from requirements collection to test phases.
However, the dissemination and use of patient- and consumer-centred health record systems face with some barriers. While it is important to present health information using consumer-familiar terms in consumer applications, unambiguously and consistently converting medical terms to consumer-familiar terms is a challenging task. The second part of the seminar describes the design and the development a software tool - named "Lexicon Camera"- aimed to detect quantitatively medical terms used into healthcare news, or articles - native as online textual files - devoted to consumers. In addition, the results of some tests of data enquiring to infer about medical lexicon knowledge, as the first step to build a consumer health vocabulary in Italian language, are presented.
While discrepancy in understanding medical concepts affects therapy adherence too, a consumer medical lexicon can bridging the gap describing the content of medical reports also containing coded information or clinical results by "living room" words. According to this purpose, in the third part of the seminar an ontology-based approach is described. A "Lexicon Connecter" has been modeled, designed, and developed based on an ontology-like taxonomic structure devoted to the Geriatrics domain for the outpatient. It carries out the matching between the medical vocabulary of the doctor and that of the consumer from the outpatient's and their family point of view.
As disparities in access to and use of computers, the Internet, and PHRs may exacerbate health care inequality in the future, the development and diffusion of new information technology services devoted to improve personalized healthcare would enhance family and consumers healthcare at home, supporting not only specific pathological situations requiring home assistance, but also the daily management of an healthy lifestyle.
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This week's Twitter #FriFotos theme is SECRETS! Do you have a great photo that you want to showcase on our #FriFotos blog posts or just on one of our social media sites like Facebook? Email them to us at email@example.com.
This leopard is literally hanging out in a secret hiding place for a quick cat nap after a day full of adventure in the Serengeti.
Not really a hidden gem anymore as far as secret travel destinations are concerned. But a family vacation to the Galapagos Islands is definitely something a bit different and unique.
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Largest Student Union in Europe Joins Boycott of Israel
June 2, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By James Haywood and Ashok Kumar
The University of London Union (ULU) has voted 10-1 to institute and campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in support of Palestine. The motion called for "thorough research into ULU investments and contracts" with companies guilty of "violating Palestinian human rights" as set out by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC). Ashok Kumar, Senate member for LSE, speaking in favour of the motion, argued, "We have precedents for boycotting campaigns at ULU, especially with South Africa and the boycott campaign over Barclays bank, that supported the Apartheid regime. We are now responding to the Palestinian call for civil action in support of their fight against racism."
The motion also called on other students' unions to join in the campaign for Palestinian human rights. ULU is the largest students' union in Europe with over 120,000 members from colleges across London. ULU senate consists of the presidents of the 20 students unions representing every University of London University. James Haywood, President-elect at Goldsmiths Students' Union, stated, "We are delighted that this motion has passed, and with such a clear vote as well. We have seen throughout history that boycotts are a crucial nonviolent tactic in achieving freedom, and target institutions, not individuals."
Sean Rillo Raczka, incoming ULU Vice President, "I'm delighted that ULU has passed this BDS policy on Israel. We stand in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people, and as Vice President next year I will ensure that the University of London Union does not give profit to those denying the human rights of the Palestinians"
The text of the motion passed is as follows:
Union notes:
(1) to boycott is to target products, companies and institutions that profit from or are implicated in, the violation of Palestinian rights
(2) to divest is to target corporations complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights, as enshrined in the Geneva Convention, and ensure that investments or pension funds are not used to finance such companies
(3) to call for sanctions is to ask the global community to recognize Israel's violations of international law and to act accordingly as they do to other member states of the United Nations
(4) that in 2009 The Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa released a report stating that Israel was practising a form of apartheid in the occupied West Bank, (http://www.hsrc.ac.za/Media_Release-378.phtml)
(5) that Israel continues to build a 8 metre high "annexation" wall on Palestinian land inside the post-1967 occupied West Bank, contravening the July 2004 ruling by the International Court of Justice (the highest legal body in the world, whose statutes all UN members are party to) and causing the forcible separation of Palestinian communities from one another and the annexation of additional Palestinian land.
(6) that within the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israel continues a policy of settlement expansion in direct violation of Article 49, paragraph 6 of the 4th Geneva Convention which declares "an occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into territories it occupies."
(7) that the Gaza Strip continues to face a suffocating siege from land, sea and air by Israel, and continues to suffer military incursions into the territory by the Israeli army
(8) that Palestinians living in Israel continue to suffer third-class citizenship and are heavily discriminated against from healthcare, education, landownership and in many cases having 'unrecognized' villages completely demolished
(9) that there continues to be millions of Palestinian refugees throughout the world who are racially discriminated against by not being allowed to return to their homes in Israel and the Occupied Territories, which is legally recognized under international law, including United Nations resolution 194.
(10) that ULU and the NUS nationally adopted the call for BDS in the 1980s when it was called for by South Africans fighting racism and apartheid
(11) that Ronnie Kasrils, the Jewish South African Minister of Intelligence said "The boycotts and sanctions ultimately helped liberate both blacks and whites in South Africa. Palestinians and Israelis will similarly benefit from this non-violent campaign that Palestinians are calling for."
(12) that the call for BDS has come from over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, including student organizations, as well as organizations within Israel and across the global; and that the campaign is founded on the basis of anti-racism and human rights for all
Union Believes:
(1) that unions should work to support the Palestinian people's human rights and uphold international law
(2) that BDS is an effective tactic, which educates society about these issues, economically pressures companies/institutions to change their practices and politically pressures the global community
(3) that unions have a moral responsibility to heed the call of oppressed peoples, like we did so proudly during the BDS campaign to end South African apartheid
(4) that the BDS movement has united human rights campaigners from different nationalities, races, religions and creeds across the world
Union Resolves:
(1) Institute thorough research into ULU contacts with investments and companies, including subcontractors that may be implicated in violating Palestinian human rights as stated by the BDS movement
(2) Pressure University of London universities and affiliate students' unions to divest from Israel and from companies directly or indirectly supporting the Israeli occupation and apartheid policies;
(3) Promote students' union resolutions condemning Israeli violations of international law and human rights and endorsing BDS in any form;
(4) Actively support and work with Palestine solidarity organizations such as the BDS Movement, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, British Committee for Palestinian Universities , Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
(5) Affiliate ULU to the Palestine BDS National Committee and engage in education campaigns to publicize the injustice of Israel's discriminatory policies against the Palestinians and its illegal occupation
Contact: James Haywood, President-Elect, Goldsmiths University Students' Union
US Students Rejoice Over Israel Boycott
By Hena Ashraf, IOL
WASHINGTON—Pro-Palestinian students in a US college are celebrating its decision to divest from firms serving the Israeli occupation of Palestine, a decision that has sparked a raging controversy.
"We were able to educate and mobilize an entire community, the majority of our community," Aidan Kriese, an organizer from the Students for Justice in Palestine group (SJP) in Hampshire College, Massachusetts, told IslamOnline.net.
"And the majority has made a decision."
On February 7, Hampshire College became the first US institute of higher education to divest from companies involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The groundbreaking decision was taken by the Committee on Investment Responsibility and approved by the College's Board of Trustees.
The six companies are Caterpillar, Terex, Motorola, ITT, General Electric, and United Technologies.
They are believed to be directly providing the Israeli military with equipment and services in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
"We were interested in looking at the specific relationships that our particular institution had in the occupation," Kriese said.
"We found we were linked specifically to the occupation through these corporations."
Over 800 students, professors, and alumni have signed SJP's "institutional statement" calling for the divestment from these firms.
Divestment efforts and academic boycotts of Israel have largely gained ground in the past few years.
The United Methodist Church has received five separate petitions calling for divestment from companies that support or profit from the Israeli occupation.
The divestment, widely covered in national media, has stirred a firestorm controversy leading the college's administration to deny the issue had anything to do with politics.
But the students' association insists that breaking ties with the six firms was specifically linked to helping the Israeli occupation.
"The SJP was asked by the administration what companies to avoid in the future in terms of the Israeli occupation of Palestine," Kriese said.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, a well-known supporter of Israel, has called for donors to divest from Hampshire College and halt contributions to the college until it clears up the situation.
After his column in the Israeli Jerusalem Post daily stirred a sandstorm, Hampshire College issued a statement acknowledging that the process was launched in response to the SJP proposal, but denied that the final decision had anything to do with Israel.
"For eight and a half months the only specific companies…that were discussed were the six companies SJP targeted," the SJP said in a later statement.
"These facts prove that the decision was made on the grounds of the six companies' involvement in the occupation of Palestine."
Despite the controversy, the SJP still sees the college's decision to divest from the pro-occupation companies a victory.
"It's really clear to us that we've done our part in raising concerns about the occupation," boasts Kriese.
For more info on the divestment project visit:
Here's an interview with on of the organizers in which he clearly explains the reasoning behind the project, something which is missing from this article.


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Personally, I was hoping the Mavericks would never get back to .500, but that's just because I was hoping Dirk Nowitzki would keep his over the summer and not shave until Dallas was 1-0 next season. Can you imagine an extra three months of blonde beard on that face? He would have come back looking like a giant Jim James, who I think could actually talk Dirk in to the whole "unshaped by human hands" thing.
Oh well. I guess a man shaving set to old-timey music will have to do. Goodbye, beards.


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by Michael Webster Syndicated Investigative Reporter Feb 28, 2014 at 11:00 AM PDT www.lagunajournal.com
Over 200 of the MRAPS have been delivered to local police and county sheriffs across America. There are pending requests for an additional 750 of them, according to Pentagon sources. The Pentagon wants to unload 13,000 mine-resistant, ambushed-protected trucks, so they're literally giving them away to police and sheriffs. Private Citizens and business are exempt from the giveaway.
These armored trucks, known as MRAPs, are returning from war zones in the Middle East.
"The price was right because it was free and it fit with what we need it to do. It stops bullets. It keeps you from getting shot," Florence County, S.C. sheriff's Capt. John Crouse told the media. The department used their latest acquisition to replace an armored vehicle the SWAT team had used since the 1970s.
According to earlier Intel reports only a few months back that one of the vehicles was in Farmington, N.M. It stands 14 feet tall and weighs 45,000 pounds. It can withstand bullets and bombs and plow through flood waters and fire. And it will be at the next SWAT situation in Farmington.
Farmington police obtained the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, from the U.S. military.
According to the Pentagon they want to give away 13,000 mine-resistant, ambushed-protected trucks, so they're offering them free to local law enforcement.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the military hired contractors to build more than 24,000 of the vehicles for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Department of Defense website.
As the U.S. Military pulls troops and equipment from the Middle East, law enforcement agencies throughout the country are obtaining these military vehicles for nothing, said Farmington police Cmdr. Cliff Washburn, who overseas Farmington's SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics, team.
The City of Farmington paid $3,000 for the transport of the MRAP, which cost more than $600,000 to build, Washburn said.
Washburn said the vehicle will be deployed at all future SWAT team calls. The vehicle can carry a 10-person SWAT team, plus one person armed in the turret on the top.
The Farmington SWAT team, on average, responds to about one call a month.
The SWAT team is called out for barricaded suspects or hostage situations. It also serves high-risk arrest warrants, which can apply to an array of charges, Washburn said.
Washburn said the tank-like vehicle can also be used in rescue situations — such as a flood — or to ferry victims away from dangerous situations.
"It's foolish to leave an asset at home when you might need it in the field," Washburn said. "Plus, it's very intimidating. You roll up in front of somebody's house with that, and it gets their attention. We'll take it everywhere we go."
"We've notified our friends and allies that we have MRAPs available and if they want them they can have them," said Alan Estevez, deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics, told the Journal. "They're a great vehicle, but they're an expensive vehicle to maintain. Part of that is because they weren't built to be sustained over time."
Ohio State University's campus police department reportedly acquired one of the mine-resistant vehicles as well. The university declined the Journal's request for comment.
While law enforcement tries to justify obtaining combat war vehicles to be used here at home against fellow citizens they claim the massive vehicles will increase officer safety.
According to many Americans police will use these vehicles to intimidate, harm and kill Americans and the Civil Liberties Union said the Department of Defense MRAP distribution program is further militarizing police forces across the country.
Farmington Police Cmdr. Cliff Washburn operates the Farmington Police Department's new Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, also known as an MRAP, on Thursday at a police office on McCormick School Road in Farmington. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times)
The ACLU announced in March it was investigating the prevalence of police departments relying on military style equipment and training. The organization said on its website that militarizing police can "encourage overly aggressive policing."
"Of course, we all want law enforcement to be equipped with the tools they need to do their job," said Micah McCoy, the communications director for the ACLU in New Mexico. "But I think we need to question when we use military weapons, tactics and equipment to police a community."
Washburn said the military-style training and equipment helps the SWAT team diffuse hostile situations more quickly.
"Just because it came from the military doesn't mean it's going to be used by the military," Washburn said. "Traditionally, when the SWAT teams arrive, the situations tend to de-escalate."
Members of the Farmington Police Department's SWAT team board the police department's new Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, also known as an MRAP, on Thursday at a police office on McCormick School Road in Farmington. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times)
Wall Street Journal
- See more at: http://www.teaparty.org/pentagon-giving-free-armored-trucks-police-35642...


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Laptop Requirements
Below are the minimum laptop requirements for students enrolling in the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Graphic Design for Spring 2015.
- MacBook Pro 15"
- Multicore Intel Processor with 64-bit Support
- Airport Extreme Wi-Fi
- 16GB Memory (SDRAM)
Required Software:
- Mac OS X v.10.9 Mavericks
- Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Student Edition (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Graphic Design Certificate MacBook Pro 2014/15 Bundle
If you do not want to purchase the Laptop Bundle through MCAD you must return the completed Laptop Waiver Form by July 1 (Fall) or December 15 (Spring). If the waiver form is not received by the deadline, you will automatically be billed for the MCAD Laptop Bundle.
This bundle available through MCAD is scheduled to include the following hardware and software:
- MacBook Pro 15" with Retina Display
- Quad-core Intel Core i7 Processor
- 16GB Memory (SDRAM)
- 256 GB Flash Storage
- Applecare Protection Plan
Software / Other:
- Mac OS X v.10.9 Mavericks
- Adobe Creative Cloud Student Edition a
- Office 2011 for Mac Student Edition
The cost is $2,249 (two-thousand, two-hundred, forty-nine dollars) and will show up automatically on your student bill; there is no additional sales tax charge. Final laptop specs will be available in mid-to-late July.
aYou will receive a serial number/coupon code to install Creative Cloud Student Edition during orientation weekend that will grant you access to the software applications for the duration of the academic year. Access will expire if you withdraw from classes. You will need to update this serial number annually based on continued enrollment in MCAD's certificate program. Upon graduation, ownership of all CC licenses will revert back to MCAD. If you require ongoing personal use of Creative Cloud after graduation, you will be able to purchase it directly from Adobe.com.


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Violence in Syria: Could it engulf the region?
As the Syrian city of Aleppo reels from a spate of suicide bombings and mortar fire, concerns are rising that the fighting could draw in Sunni and Shiite powers in the region
Three suicide car bombs and a mortar barrage ripped through a government-controlled district of central Aleppo housing a military officers' club on Wednesday, killing 48 people according to activists.
The coordinated attacks hit just days after rebels launched an offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria's biggest city, leading to heavy fighting and a fire which gutted a large part of its medieval covered market.
The state news agency SANA said suicide bombers detonated two explosive-laden cars in the main square, Saadallah al-Jabiri, which is lined on its eastern flank by the military club, two hotels and a telecoms office.
The explosions reduced at least one building to a flattened wreck of twisted concrete and metal, and were followed by a volley of mortar bombs into the square and attempted suicide bombings by three rebels carrying explosives, it said.
Another bomb blew up a few hundred metres (yards) away on the edge of the Old City, where rebels have been battling Assad's forces.
State television showed three dead men disguised as soldiers in army fatigues who it said were shot by security forces before they could detonate explosive-packed belts they were wearing. One appeared to have a trigger device strapped to his wrist.
Another pro-Assad station, al-Ikhbariya TV, broadcast footage of four dead men, including one dust-covered body being pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building and loaded onto the back of a pickup truck.
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Documento - China: Further information: Activist at risk of enforced disappearance: Zhu Chengzhi
Further information on UA: 191/12 Index: ASA 17/006/2013 China Date: 11 January 2013
activist at Risk of enforced disappearance
Human rights defender Zhu Chengzhi has been subjected to six months' "residential surveillance" at an undisclosed location since 4 January. Having been previously held for more than five months in Shaoyang, People's Republic of China, he is at risk of enforced disappearance.
On 4 January, Zhu Chengzhi's legal representative arrived at the People's Procuratorate of Shaoyang and was informed that his case had been sent back to the Shaoyang police for further investigation. The legal representative then went to the detention centre in Shaoyang where Zhu Chengzhi had been held, and was told that the he was no longer at there and that the Shaoyang Public Security Bureau had decided to subject him to six months' "residential surveillance" (a form of house arrest, but not necessarily at one's home). On the same day, Zhu Chengzhi's sister received a notice from the Shaoyang police confirming the residential surveillance, beginning on 4 January. The notice did not specify where Zhu Chengzhi is being held. On 5 January, Zhu Chengzhi's legal representative returned to the Shaoyang Public Security Bureau and was told that Zhu Chengzhi was being held at a hotel and told that the location could not be disclosed due to national security.
Zhu Chengzhi was first detained on 8 June 2012 for "disrupting public order" for demanding the authorities disclose the truth about the death of veteran activist Li Wangyang. He was formally arrested on 25 July on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power" for allegedly disseminating photographs of Li Wangyang's body taken on the supposed day of his death. Since June, he has been held by the Shaoyang police without charge. On 25 December, Zhu Chengzhi's wife was informed by the Shaoyang Public Security Bureau that his case had been transferred to the Shaoyang procuratorate, so that public prosecution could be considered. However, the local procuratorate decided to return the case to the Shaoyang police for further investigation.
Zhu Chengzhi is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his repeated calls for the truth about the death of Li Wangyang. By holding him incommunicado and at an undisclosed location, he is at risk of enforced disappearance which, in addition to being a crime under international law, exposes him to the possibility of further human rights violations.
Please write immediately in Chinese or your own language:
Calling on the authorities to release Zhu Chengzhi immediately and unconditionally;
Calling on them to immediately disclose Zhu Chengzhi's whereabouts and provide him with access to his family, legal representation of his choice, and any medical assistance he may require pending his release;
Calling on them to guarantee that upon release, Zhu Chengzhi will not be subjected to further intimidation and other forms of restriction which would violate his freedom of speech.
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Shaoyang
Li Xiaokui Juzhang
Public Security Bureau of Shaoyang
8 Hongqilu Qingyunjie, Shaoyang city,
Hunan Province, 422000
People's Republic of China
Tel/Fax: +86 739 5163018
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Salutation: Dear Director
Acting Chief Prosecutor of the People's Procuratorate of Shaoyang
Dai Huafeng Daijianchayuanzhang
People's Procuratorate of Shaoyang
27 Weiyuandong lu, Shaoyang City
Hunan Province, 422006
People's Republic of China
Fax: +86 739 6827854
Salutation: Dear Acting Chief Prosecutor
And copies to:
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
Li Keqiang Guojiafuzhongli
The State Council General Office
2 Fuyoujie, Xichengqu Beijingshi 100017 People's Republic of China
Fax: +86 10 6596 1109
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Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
activist at risk of enforced disappearance
ADditional Information
Li Wangyang, a prominent labour rights activist, was found dead on 6 June 2012 in suspicious circumstances in Daxiang District People's Hospital in Shaoyang city, Hunan Province. In the following days, pictures of Li Wangyang's body, reportedly taken on 6 June in his hospital room, began to circulate on the internet. These pictures showed Li Wangyang's neck tied by a loose cotton noose to a window frame, in an apparent suicide. However, they also showed his feet firmly on the ground; additionally, his face showed no signs of suffocation. The failure on the part of the Shaoyang authorities to conduct an independent investigation into the death of Li Wangyang caused domestic and international outcry.
On 8 June, Zhu Chengzhi was taken away by national security personnel in Shaoyang city, Hunan Province, after repeatedly demanding the truth about the death of Li Wangyang. On the same day, he was sentenced to a 10-day administrative detention. While his family anticipated his release on 18 June, Zhu Chengzhi was transferred to a detention facility and arrested by the Shaoyang police under the suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power" on 25 July for having allegedly disseminated pictures of Li Wangyang as he was found dead. However, his wife was only notified of his arrest on 9 August. The local authorities did not officially prosecute Zhu Chengzhi, but have instead continued to detain him.
Article 73 of the Criminal Procedure Law (2012 amendment), which took effect on 1 January 2013, provides that in situations where the criminal suspect has a regular domicile, residential surveillance should be enforced at the suspect's place of residence. Nevertheless, it also provides that it may be enforced at a place outside of one's home at a "designated place of residence", "where there is suspicion of the crime of endangering national security, the crime of terrorism or major crimes of bribery, and residential surveillance at the domicile may impede the investigation" and "may not be enforced at a detention facility or an investigation facility". However, neither the amended Criminal Procedure Law nor the 2012 Rules for Public Security Organs on Procedure for Handling Criminal Cases specify the need on the part of the authorities to inform the family of the location where the suspect is detained.
The amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law legalizes what could amount to enforced disappearance under international human rights law. It impedes the access of the family and the lawyer to the suspect and increases their risk of being subjected to torture and other ill-treatment.
Name: Zhu Chengzhi
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Either of two species of small-leaved weeds, in the pink family. Common chickweed, or stitchwort (Stellaria media), is native to Europe but widely naturalized. It usually grows to 18 in. (45 cm) but is a low-growing and spreading annual weed in mowed lawns. Mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum), also from Europe, is a usually shorter, mat-forming, spreading perennial with many upright stems. It grows in lawns, pastures, and cultivated fields throughout temperate regions. Both species have inconspicuous but delicate white, star-shaped flowers.
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Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Bug Bytes
April 29, 2010
Vol. 11: No. 4
Topics in This Issue:
1. Food Pathogens Incidence Update
2. Salmonella, Shedding, and Sandwiches
3. 2009 STD and HIV Data
4. Dengue Warning for Workers in Haiti
5. Lyme Disease Guidelines Upheld
1. Food Pathogens Incidence Update
A recent MMWR article (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5914a2.htm) reported on trends in pathogens transmitted commonly through food as documented by the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) FoodNet Surveillance System, of which we are a part. In 2009, the 10 U.S. EIP FoodNet sites reported 17,468 laboratory-confirmed cases of Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia, Cryptosporidium, and Cyclospora.
Compared to the first 3 years of surveillance (1996-1998), there were declines in the incidence of Campylobacter (30% decline), Listeria (26%), Salmonella (10%), STEC O157 (41%), Shigella (55%), and Yersinia (53%). Vibrio incidence continued to increase (85%). Compared to the last 3 years (2006-2008), significant decreases in Shigella (27%) and STEC O157 (25%) incidence were seen. For most infections, incidence was highest among children aged <4 years; the percentage of persons hospitalized and the case fatality rate were highest among persons aged ≥50 years.
The incidence of infections with specific Salmonella serotypes in 2009, compared to 1996-1998, was lower for Typhimurium, Agona, Heidelberg, and Thompson, and higher for Javiana, Newport, Oranienburg, and Enteritidis. Compared to 2006-2008, only Oranienburg (35% increase) and I 4,[5],12,i:- (42% decrease) were significantly different. The incidence of post diarrheal HUS in children aged <5 years and in persons aged <18 years did not change significantly in 2008 compared to 2005-2007.
These important trends data, which are helping to shape national prevention policies at the federal government and by industry, all start with the disease report submitted by you the clinician or infection control preventionist, and the isolate submitted by you the microbiologist. So, thank you all.
Learn more about: Foodborne Illness>>
2. Salmonella, Shedding, and Sandwiches
We recently published an article documenting yet another instance in which an asymptomatic food handler was the source of a restaurant-associated foodborne outbreak (J Food Protection 2009 72;11:2331-6). Salmonella is the most common bacterial cause of foodborne outbreaks in the United States; approximately half of all Salmonella outbreaks occur in restaurant settings.
In February 2008, we investigated an initial cluster of 5 S. Enteritidis cases with indistinguishable PFGE patterns; all 5 had eaten at the same restaurant. We initiated a case control study of 15 cases and 37 controls consisting of well meal companions and well patrons contacted via check stubs. Sandwiches were the only menu item or ingredient significantly associated with illness. Illness histories and stool samples were collected from all restaurant employees. None of the 6 restaurant employees reported experiencing recent gastrointestinal symptoms. The outbreak PFGE subtype of S. Enteritidis was identified in 2 food workers. One of the positive employees began working at the restaurant shortly before the first exposure date reported by a case, and assisted in the preparation of sandwiches and other foods consumed by cases. The other positive employee rarely, if ever, handled food. Illness was also associated with sandwiches served at a catered event; the sandwiches were prepared by the first positive employee and a second employee who tested negative. The restaurant did not have a glove use policy. There was no evidence of ongoing transmission after exclusion of the positive food workers.
Transmission may have been facilitated because the infected food worker was new to food service, prepared ready-to-eat food items during training, and had extensive bare hand contact with these items. Our report emphasizes the importance of following proper hand washing and food handling procedures in food service facilities. Although asymptomatic food workers shed Salmonella for a shorter period on average than those who reported gastrointestinal illness (median of 3 days versus 30 days), shedding occurred for up to 97 days in asymptomatic food workers. Testing of employees, regardless of illness history, is important in restaurant outbreaks of salmonellosis as a means to end transmission to patrons and other employees.
Learn more about: Salmonella>>
The total number of reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs; chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid) in Minnesota dropped 5% from 2008 to 16,702 in 2009. Chlamydia was the number one reported STD in 2009 with 14,186 cases. Chlamydia occurs statewide with about 1 in 3 cases occurring in the Greater Minnesota areas. Gonorrhea remained the second most commonly reported STD with 2,302 cases reported in 2009, a 24% decrease compared to 2008. Nationally, preliminary data show a 21% drop in gonorrhea cases in 2009. There was a 28% decrease in the number of early syphilis cases reported in 2009 (117 cases), while the percentage of those co-infected with syphilis and HIV rose by 5% to 45%.
There were 370 HIV/AIDS cases reported in 2009, the most in over a dozen years. As of December 31, 2009, a cumulative total of 9,163 cases of HIV infection have been reported among Minnesota residents including 5,655 AIDS cases and 3,508 HIV, non-AIDS cases. Of these 9,163 HIV/AIDS cases, 3,056 are known to be deceased.
The HIV data are posted at: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/hiv/hivsurvrpts.html. The STD data are posted at: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/stds/stdstatistics.html.
Learn more about: Sexually Transmitted Diseases>>
4. Dengue Warning for Workers in Haiti
Dengue is one of the most commonly reported mosquito-transmitted diseases throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. While dengue virus is not endemic to Minnesota, residents may be exposed to infected mosquito vectors when they travel to these regions. From 2005 through 2009, 59 dengue cases (median, 9 cases/yr, range, 6-20 cases) in Minnesota residents were reported to us, including 7 cases in 2008 that traveled to the Dominican Republic as part of a group doing missionary work.
Dengue is endemic in Haiti and the recent earthquake there caused extensive damage and increased opportunities for mosquito breeding. Relief workers responding to previous disasters in Haiti reported high rates of dengue infection. The CDC advises physicians evaluating travelers returning with a febrile illness (or a recent history of febrile illness) from Haiti consider dengue.
Dengue fever (DF) is characterized by high fever and headache, retro-orbital pain, joint pain, muscle or bone pain, rash, mild hemorrhagic manifestations (e.g., nose or gum bleed, petechiae, or easy bruising), and leukopenia. The incubation period for DF ranges from 3 to 14 days but is typically about 1 week. Most DF cases are self-limited but a small proportion develop dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), which is characterized by presence of resolving fever or a recent history of fever lasting 2–7 days, hemorrhagic manifestations, thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100,000/mm3), and abnormal vascular permeability evidenced by hemoconcentration, hypoalbuminemia, or abdominal or pleural effusions. DHF can result in circulatory instability or shock, and the risk for these complications may be increased among persons with prior dengue infection.
Physicians seeing a patient who has illness consistent with dengue, as described above, and who has recently traveled to Haiti should seriously consider laboratory testing. Initiation of supportive care should not be delayed pending test results. While some commercial labs offer diagnostic services for dengue, these labs are not always able to provide results that can distinguish recent from past dengue infection. Physicians should collect specimens from patients who have symptoms consistent with dengue infection and who have traveled to Haiti within the past 30 days, and should consult with us to arrange for dengue testing which will be conducted at CDC. Whenever possible, physicians should submit paired acute and convalescent samples to facilitate optimal diagnostic testing.
Learn more about: Mosquito-Transmitted Diseases>>
5. Lyme Disease Guidelines Upheld
In 2006, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) released guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. Some Lyme disease patient advocacy groups and a minority of physicians disagreed with certain aspects of these guidelines. Particular points of contention included the existence of "chronic Lyme disease" and the merit of long-term antibiotic therapy for persons with persistent complaints after initial treatment. Subsequently, the Connecticut Attorney General (AG) brought an anti-trust lawsuit against IDSA for these guidelines. The case was settled with an agreement to review the guidelines. The IDSA and the AG jointly selected an ombudsman, Dr. Howard Brody, an author and respected medical ethicist at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Brody screened all potential Review Panel members for conflicts of interest using criteria jointly approved by the AG and IDSA. The Review Panel was comprised of 9 scientists and physicians from relevant disciplines who had not served on any previous Lyme disease guidelines panel.
On April 22, the IDSA announced that the Review Panel unanimously upheld the guidelines (see http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=16501). The Panel stated that all of the 2006 guidelines are medically and scientifically justified in light of the evidence and information provided, including the recommendations that are most contentious: that there is no convincing evidence for the existence of chronic Lyme infection, and that long-term antibiotic treatment of "chronic Lyme disease" is unproven and unwarranted. Inappropriate use of antibiotics (especially given intravenously) has been shown to lead to other infections such as Clostridium difficile, drug reactions, as well as the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Learn more about: Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)>>
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Audio Capture for Sports Broadcast, Part 2
Dec 20, 2012 5:36 PM, With Bennett Liles
So what do you feed to their headphones? I guess they'd want a line feed normally so they can tell when their mic's hot.
Yeah, my rule is, and it seems like it's pretty much the rule is if you don't hear yourself you're not on air, so I keep their headsets closed when we're in break; they can tell if they're not on air because they don't hear their voice, but they can't hear the ambience of the booth, which you get by hearing headphones and listening on headphones like they do as opposed to speakers like we would if we were watching the game or me mixing the game. But I set up, generally set up, two stereo IFB mixes—one for play by play, one for the analyst, and then I set up a mono live B mix for all of my side line reporters. That mix usually has a lot less net sounds, game effects in that mix because they're already down on the sideline; they don't need any more effects in their ears and that way if a play by play wants different mix than an analyst then I can give that to them and I also create another mix, another mono mix, for our camera and SAP program, which is what anyone who is on a PO box, a party line say like a stage manager, a stats person who has program they are listening to that mix. [Timestamp: 7:16]
Yes. Things have gotten a lot more sophisticated now but in the old days they would just run the whole program mix through a couple of limiters or compressors and the crowd sound would be pumping up and down with the announcers' voices…
…especially in sustained applause and things like that.
So at least we've gotten past that. But the weather isn't always great, so how do you protect the outside mics from rain and boisterous fans and things?
To keep away from curious fans, height is always the answer, although you never know with fans. I mean if you have mics mounted on poles, you need a shock mount because they'll find that pole and bang on it. You know it. Once again in Miller Park we've got a roof, so I'm lucky I don't have to worry about the rain, which is really good because I really don't like dealing with rain and I need to spend more time experimenting with solutions to deal with that because right now, it's just plastic sleeving over the shotgun mic and hopefully they'll be a break in the rain where my A2s can go out and pull that sleeving off or pull it back because you hear the pitter patter of rain on the plastic and it drives me nuts and I'm usually having a horrible time but I've heard of guys using bagel bags. It looks like a really thin plastic that might even have like little holes but I don't think that the rain gets through those and it's thinner so that was going to be what I was going to attempt next over the wind screen and I think with the bagel bags it might work, but honestly, I've been lucky and I haven't had to deal with it a whole lot, which is crazy in 10 years I haven't had to really come up with any solutions. Obviously a zeppelin or like for my VP-88 [that] I have had that out in the weather, I have a Rycote Windjammer that goes on over the top of the windscreen and that Windjammer does a great job of protecting water from coming through the fuzzy; [it] allows the rain to just sort of run down the fur if you will and stay out of the windscreen, so I'm a big fan of that and I was looking into either building similar versions for my shotguns because I did some looking around and it didn't seem like Rycote had made a big fuzzy for the VP-89Ls, so I was going to make something similar because that's great for wind. Even though there are windscreens that come with VP-89s, which I believe are Rycote, they're beefy but they're sponges, so when it gets wet, they get wet. But the cool thing about the Shure products, actually, is from my experience before I got the Windjammer I soaked my VP-88 and that thing just keeps on working. [Timestamp: 9:55]
Yeah, you can't kill Shure mics. I'm talking on one right now, but something else on the announcers, when you kill their mics for the breaks, how do you have their communication with the truck set up?
Well, they've got a box in front of them that's basically an AB; it has an AB switch so they can push that button and it's called a "talkback button;" they push the talkback and that secondary signal is routed to the truck and then I route that to a speaker that's in front of the producer; and director and I also route that to the RTS system to the communications system so that I can put that in on a button for anybody in the truck; say in the tape room they'd want to listen to that talkback, so if the play by play guy says, "Hey, do you have a tighter look of that angle or can you show me this or that," the tape room can hear that and be on top of it. And as far as sideline reporters like an RF person or something like that, I take a prefade aux and route that also to a Wohler in front of the director and producer, so that's how they can communicate off air. [Timestamp: 10:59]
Well, they can have some interesting discussions sometimes, especially when the equipment isn't quite doing what it's supposed to. Have you had any interesting incidents doing these games as far as fans or players going for mics or choice comments picked up on air?
Yeah, I mean nothing too negative. We had one baseball game where it was sort of a long game and a fan, and he wasn't even really that close to home plate—he was on the third base side—but decided to start screeching—sort of a, "hha, hha, hha" right as the pitcher started his windup and I thought it was hilarious. And the thing about when people make noise or they, you know, they have that one time where some guy is drunk and is just swearing or being belligerent and hey, if you're at the ballpark and you're near home plate, that kind of stuff is going to be picked up by our mics. But you know what it's also going to be heard by, say, the children sitting near you or everyone around in that area. So I really count on having the ballpark and the team to patrol those people and to deal with those people. It's a family environment and in my opinion those people shouldn't be allowed to sit out there and hurl their "F" bombs or whatever and I count on the team to take care of them. So it only lasts for a little while, but that is one of the reasons why I do layer my stereo crowd, especially in venues that I haven't been to or it's not my regular home venue because who knows what that team's like with their season ticket holders. I know at White Sox, I've been there, they actually, for their home shows, they move their bat crack mics because of a verbal fan. Personally I think that's just, I don't like that. I think the team should keep that guy quiet or have him move his seat or even challenge his tickets because there are kids around you and this is a kids sport, so we shouldn't have to worry about kids hearing profanities at a ball game and I shouldn't have to worry about hearing it on TV by a fan. [Timestamp: 13:06]
Well, that certainly keeps it interesting no matter what the sport. The great thing about sports is that anything can happen and you're right there in the middle of it. So thanks for being here with us Erik; Erik West freelance TV sound engineer in the Milwaukee area talking about doing baseball sound. Thanks again for taking time to tell us about it.
OK. Thanks for having me.
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So I have looked through this section and read plenty about washing yeast and slanting. I am looking to do something more simple (I think). Assuming I was going to make a series batches using the same white labs yeast, couldn't I make a starter from the original vial, split it into about 5 part using sanitized mason jars and then refrigerate them for later. When ready for use, I could warm them to room temperature, and make a yeast starter for each brew on an as needed basis. The only thing I am not sure about is the amount of time that the jars of yeast would stay viable in the fridge.
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Edwin Jackson is a sign of the Cubs' times
BY GORDON WITTENMYER firstname.lastname@example.com April 2, 2013 9:05PM
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Edwin Jackson throws to the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a spring training baseball game in Mesa, Ariz., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: AZCC102
The facts: 6:05, CSN, 720-AM.
The pitchers: Edwin Jackson
(10-11, 4.03 ERA) vs. Wandy Rodriguez (12-13, 3.76).
Updated: April 2, 2013 10:58PM
PITTSBURGH — For nine years in Boston, Theo Epstein ran one of baseball's big-market teams. He spent heavily on amateur players, made bold, expensive moves — and mistakes — with free agents, won two championships and never finished worse than 10 games over .500.
On Wednesday, Cubs fans get their first glimpse at how effective he is at running a mid-market team.
That's when Epstein's first big free agent as Cubs president, Edwin Jackson, faces the Pirates in his first regular-season start since signing a four-year, $52 million deal in January.
The thought behind signing Jackson was to assure the Cubs have at least two established, reliable starters in the rotation (the other being Jeff Samardzija) next year and beyond as they try to construct a competitive core.
The front office doesn't believe the farm system has an impact starting pitcher any closer to the majors than Class A.
But the signing of Jackson and the pursuit of free agent Anibal Sanchez beforehand also shows how the Cubs are forced to do baseball business as ownership focuses more on revenue-growing schemes while servicing the heaviest debt in the game.
With projected big-ticket contracts a few years away, Jackson was given an $8 million signing bonus up front, keeping his annual salaries at a presumably below-market $11 million each year.
It's the kind of move usually made by lower-market clubs with less revenue than the Cubs, whose payroll ranks 13th in the majors, according to USA Today's annual Opening Day list.
It also suggests a potentially longer process for the rebuilding than some might have thought when Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer took over 18 months ago.
Epstein seemed to acknowledge the limitations when he spoke Monday in support of the business side's efforts to get restrictions in and around Wrigley Field lifted to allow for more revenue streams.
"I think it's fundamentally important to get us to the next level as an organization," Epstein said. "We have a baseball plan and we have a business plan, and they're timed to sync up with one another.
"They're interdependent, and if we don't get our Wrigley renovation done in a timely manner and done the right way, then we can't accomplish our business objectives, and that will certainly get in the way of us ultimately accomplishing our baseball objectives."
This is a club with the third-highest ticket prices in the game, according to Team Marketing Report. A recent Forbes report listed the Cubs as the fourth-most valuable franchise and as the most profitable team in the game.
The bottom line: The Cubs are seeking at least short strides in becoming competitive again while operating on an unusually thin budget for a market Chicago's size.
When chairman Tom Ricketts said in February that Tribune Co. payrolls in the years leading up to the sale were "unsustainable," it wasn't so much a statement of fact as a comment on the way the family has chosen to do business.
Commissioner Bud Selig said through a spokesman that MLB has no problem with the Cubs' debt, despite the fact it puts the Cubs in violation of baseball's debt-service rules.
The bigger, historical issue for fans — specifically, paying customers — is the Cubs have become the first major-market franchise in three decades of the free-agency era to intentionally and transparently undergo a youth-driven, multiyear rebuilding process.
The Cubs' victory Monday marked just the third time since the Ricketts family took ownership that the team finished the day with a winning record. If the Cubs win Wednesday, they would be two games above .500 for the first time since that highly leveraged sale.
Selig was asked by the Sun-Times during recent quarterly owners meetings in Chicago about concerns that such an iconic and high-revenue franchise would choose that route while continuing to charge such high prices.
"There are different ways to try to compete, and sometimes you've got to be realistic," Selig said. "I can't be critical. If I was running the franchise, I would follow that pattern to a T."
NOTE: The Cubs signed outfielder Ryan Sweeney, 28, to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Class AAA Iowa. The left-handed hitter was released by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Sweeney, a second-round draft pick of the White Sox in 2003, is a career .280 hitter.


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