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[1] Objectives
The Master of Science degree in Biology is offered primarily for those who wish to obtain a graduate degree before enrolling in a doctoral or professional program or who seek a terminal degree as preparation for a career in biology.
The Department of Biology offers the Master of Science with two tracks: the MS with thesis, and the MS without thesis. The MS degree is a general one in which breadth is emphasized, but the thesis candidate is expected to acquire depth in a particular area. Such depth is acquired primarily through the pursuit of thesis research and through mentoring from a major professor in that professor's specialty.
[2] Program Admission Requirements
In addition to the university's general requirements for admission to graduate study, a departmental application form and a score report on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Section must be submitted. Applicants, especially those seeking graduate assistantships, are also encouraged to submit scores for the GRE's Biology Subject Test in addition to their General Section scores. Applicants with non-biology backgrounds can submit exam scores from another appropriate subject area. Each applicant should also submit two letters of recommendation. It is generally expected that applicants will have completed at least the equivalent of a minor in biology; however, we welcome applications from students with non-biology backgrounds. Deficiencies in previous training will be evaluated by the department's Graduate Coordinator on a case-by-case basis. Students with deficiencies will be required to obtain at least a C grade in all courses taken to resolve the deficiencies.
All applicants are strongly encouraged to contact faculty in the department to identify a prospective advisor(s). Applicants who have not communicated with faculty regarding advising will have a lower priority for admission into the program and for receiving graduate assistantships.
[3] Advisement
Once a student is admitted to the program, the student's initial advisor will review the student's undergraduate record and recommend an initial program of study. Before the end of the second semester in which the student is officially enrolled in graduate school, the membership of the student's Supervisory Committee must be selected. The Supervisory Committee will be chaired by a member of the Biology Department graduate faculty and must contain at least two other members of the Biology faculty. The Supervisory Committee may be expanded to include faculty from other departments or institutions in cases where additional expertise would be helpful in overseeing the project. Once approved, the Supervisory Committee will recommend subsequent courses to be taken by the student. For the thesis candidate, a proposal of thesis research must be approved by the Supervisory Committee.
[4] Program Requirements
Some requirements differ for the two tracks within the Master of Science in Biology degree program and these are listed separately below.
[4.1] MS with Thesis
[4.1.1] Course Requirements
Thirty (30) semester hours are required for this track. Up to six hours of thesis research may be included in this total. Students must take two hours of Graduate Seminar (BIOL 6102) during their degree program. At least 15 hours of graduate coursework must be at the 6000-course level, in which, at least two 6000-level courses must be taken independent of thesis research, Independent Study, and Graduate Seminar. Under exceptional circumstances a student may petition the Biology Graduate Committee to allow a 5000-level course to be substituted for one of the required 6000-level courses. No more than 6 semester hours of Independent Study credit for conducting research can be used to fulfill the credit hour requirements. With permission of the student's committee, up to six semester hours may be taken outside the Department of Biology, if such work has a direct relationship to the student's objectives in achieving the MS degree in biology.
[4.1.2] Other Requirements
Original laboratory or field research is required. At the end of the student's program, the student will present the research to the Supervisory Committee along with a written thesis and a public seminar open to all Biology Department faculty and students. Before the candidate is recommended to the Dean of the Graduate School for graduation, the committee will meet with the candidate for an oral examination, which will consist principally of a defense of the thesis. A majority of the student's committee must approve the thesis and its defense. If approval is denied, the candidate will not be recommended for graduation, but may be re-examined after at least one month.
[4.2] MS without Thesis
[4.2.1] Course Requirements
A minimum of thirty-four (34) semester hours are required for this track, including two semester hours of Graduate Seminar (BIOL 6102) and two semester hours of Biological Literature (BIOL 6290). At least 15 hours of graduate course work must be at the 6000-course level, in which, at least two 6000-level courses must be taken independent of thesis research, Independent Study, and Graduate Seminar. Under exceptional circumstances a student may petition the Biology Graduate Committee to allow a 5000-level course to be substituted for one of the required 6000-level courses. No more than 3 semester hours of Independent Study credit for conducting research can be used to fulfill the credit hour requirements. With permission of the student's committee, up to six semester hours may be taken in a department other than the Department of Biology, if such work has a direct relationship to the student's objectives in achieving the MS degree in biology. Certified biology teachers are encouraged to pursue a tailored program of study within the non-thesis track.
[4.2.2] Other Requirements
The topic reviewed in the Biological Literature course will be selected in consultation with the student's advisory committee. The review is expected to be comprehensive and based on recent primary literature. Following evaluation by the student's advisory committee, the student must present a seminar on the topic to the faculty of the Department of Biology. In the student's final semester, the student's advisory committee will conduct a comprehensive examination. A majority of the committee must vote to pass the student, or the candidate will not be recommended for graduation. The candidate may be re-examined after an interval of not less than one month.
[5] Graduate Course Links
[5.1] Courses in Biology (BIOL)
Follow this link for BIOL course descriptions: course link.
[5.2] Gulf Research Laboratory Courses
Follow this link for a list of graduate courses at the Gulf Research Laboratory that may be taken for credit in the UCA master's program: course link.
[5.3] Courses in Science Education (SCI)
Follow this link for SCI course descriptions: course link.


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As you've probably noticed, boys aren't willing to sit still and listen for very long. Scoutmaster's minutes are usually very brief. They often occur near the end of a Scout meeting, but a good Leader will find that the best times for these lessons sneak up on the boys. Maybe during the silence following an early sunrise hike, or in the solemn minutes after a campfire program.
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With Palm Sunday coming up, in episode 18 of The Sacred Page I take an in-depth look at Jesus' "Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem" and Passion in the Gospel of Mark.
Listen on iTunes or click the link below. Look for more information on this podcast over at the corresponding post at TheSacredPage.com
As always, I'd like to express my gratitude to Saint Joseph's Communications, who generously support this podcast. They are also offering our listeners a free copy of the first CD from Scott Hahn's audio set on Jesus' Seven Sayings from the Cross. Also, again, during this Lent as you're making your almsgiving plans, please consider calling them up and giving them a donation, 1-800-526-2151. (And don't forget to thank them for supporting the show!) I'm not sure how to get these sets via mp3 download. Just give them a call and they can help you out. (800-526-2151).
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Politicians had a rough time with the truth
The truth and politicos were strangers last week.
The Truth-O-Meter ruled Half True and worse on statements about "dirty" campaign contributions, stimulus spending, the community center and mosque near ground zero, and sexual deviance.
And our Flip-O-Meter, which detects whether politicians have shifted their opinions, found that a gubernatorial candidate inched away from his ideal of running a "civil and polite" campaign.
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An unintentional ad juxtaposition in Wednesday's Denver Post
First, a lesson on newspaper terminology:
At left is the Wednesday front page. At right is the advertisement that partially wraps the front page.
In printing parlance, that ad is called a spadea, defined as a page that's printed separately on our presses and then folded around the section. It's certainly a high-profile advertisement.
However, there are some times, in the process of putting out a newspaper, an unfortunate placement of newspaper content creates hilarity — or embarrassment. The front page from Wednesday, I think, falls into the first category. Check the jump for the headline that — after the front page and the spadea were put together — greeted readers in the news racks.
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The NFL Shop has released its list of the 25 best selling jerseys since April 1. These are the Top 10:
- Johnny Manziel
- Russell Wilson
- Colin Kaepernick
- Peyton Manning
- Richard Sherman
- Michael Sam
- Tom Brady
- Drew Brees
- Aaron Rodgers
- Seahawks "12th Fan"
Not many surprises, beyond Michael Sam's inclusion and confirmation that Seahawks fans really are that puffed-up. Fans like new stars, they like quarterbacks, and they especially like good quarterbacks on good teams. And judging from the rest of the Top 25, they really, really like the Seahawks.


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It's gone beyond a troubling trend, it is now something that all Cubs fans have come to expect this season, late innings losses, and shoddy defensive work. Both were on display in Miami on Tuesday Night where the only thing uglier than the Marlins new home run sculpture was the Cubs defense and tremendous ability to ground into double plays like it was cool. Ryan Dempster turned in another solid outing, but Josh Johnson matched him as both starters did not figure into the decision. The end result was left up to each team's bullpen, and usually when that happens the Cubs will come out on the short end of the stick, and they did.
Once again, as the familiar story goes the Cubs were downright competetive for the majority of the game, and got things started right. After two back to back singles to lead off the fourth, Alfonso Soriano turned in one of his best at bats of the season which resulted in a ground out to second base. That ground out scored Barney and moved Castro (who stole 2nd base) to third with only one out. Ian Stewart followed with a strike out and Clevenger grounded out to end the threat. The Marlins didn't waste too much time in getting back in it, with some help from the Cubs defense of course. Gaby Sanchez led off the 5th inning with a double to left field. Dempster battled back and got John Buck to strike out, which was a huge out given the pitcher Josh Johnson was due up next. Ryan Dempster seemed to have out number two after he made a nice play on Josh Johnson but tried out his best Matt Garza impersonation and launched his throw into the stands down the first base line allowing Sanchez to score to tie the game at one. Dempster again battled and got Jose Reyes to strike out, but let his guard down and allowed Emilio Bonafacio to line a base hit to right scoring Josh Johnson to give the Marlins a 2-1 lead.
The game stayed that way until the Cubs half of the seventh. Steve Clevenger hit a one out double to center field setting the stage for Bryan LaHair, and he delivered. LaHair had a tremendous approach at the plate and took a fastball on the outside corner the other way for the game tying single. The game stayed tied until the Marlins half of the 8th when the fish staged a rally, started by… yep, you guessed it, a Cubs error. With Reyes on first thanks to a Barney error, Bonifacio drew a walk from Dolis bringing Hanley Ramirez to the plate. Ramirez must have thought it was 2009 as he took a 3-1 Dolis fastball out of the gaudy park to left center giving the Marlins a 5-2 lead which is where the game would end. Not like the Cubs didn't have their chances, they grounded into four double plays on the night, that usually doesn't bode well for scoring runs.
Born on Third's Thoughts:
I hate Raffi Torres… I really can't get a read on this Cubs team right now. For 90% of every game they have looked like a competent baseball team. The other 10% they have looked like the bad news bears minus the hilarity and underage drinking. It's that 10% that has directly led to some if not all of their 8 losses on the year. So their record says they are bad, but most of the time they could be passed off as good…well, adequate. Maybe more wins will start coming, but right now this team is in a fragile state, and we are only 11 games in, things really could be over before they even start. Marlon Byrd O'Meter = .059, legally able to drive a car with this blood alcohol level.
Cubs Errors
Dempster's Outing
LaHair's Game-Tying Single
Soto and Zambrano play Grab-Ass
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Challenging academics.
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Chatham offers over 40 undergraduate majors and over 20 graduate programs in sustainability, the health & lab sciences, business & communication, and the arts & humanities. Programs are offered on-campus and online, and across our three locations: Shadyside Campus, Chatham Eastside and the net zero, Eden Hall Campus.
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- Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1 (total university is 11:1)
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- Ability to earn a bachelor's plus master's degree in as few as five years
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text: So many course lectures are built in Powerpoint these days. To make your life a little easier, I am directing you to an automated image importer that import a folder of images into a Powerpoint presentation. This were shared with me by my colleague at the University of Washington, so I cannot take any credit. Check out the Simulacrum blog for access to the image importer. Click on the link within the blog to get to an older version of the image importer. Or you can come see me, Cindy, in the VRC to pick up the image importer. Bring a flashdrive with you.


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Training plan, age, time limits, goals?
Hi all,
Looking for advice, opinions, criticism, tips, whatever you got.
So I'm 55, maybe 5 lbs over "race" weight, haven't skated for a few years and am loving being back in in. My goal is to have fun, keep myself fit while challenging myself to constantly get better, improve myself; will be time trailing against myself. My long term goal is to skate 1/2 marathon distance strongly in addition to TT against myself at 10k, 5k, and 1k. Fwiw, I will be soon starting a nine week course of radiation treatment for prostate cancer, hopefully it won't interfere too much.
So for aerobic base foundation I was thinking for 3 to 5 months to build up to 1 to 1.5 hours at no greater than 70% of max HR 4 days a week. Then cut down to 3 workouts 45 min to 1hr a week when I start doing intervals appropriate to the "race" distances, while doing one distance skate 1.5 hrs every 10 to 14 days. Any insight offered will be appreciated.
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Are you training for specific races? What equipment do you have access to? What does your season vs. off-season look like? Do you have a peak target? For training plan purposes this makes a difference because perioditization phases will change based upon where you are in the season versus the off-season.
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|October 30th, 2016, 02:37 AM
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No, not training for specific races; just to better and challenge myself. I'm in Florida so if I was smart (no proof that I am) I would make July and August my offseason because of the heat & humidity. To make things worse, typically in July & Aug, everyday in the afternoon it will downpour like you've never seen (outside of FL); Being out when it rains like this is begging to be hit by a car - you just can't see when it rains like that. Being outside Jan Feb March is rarely a problem.
I'm really looking to "get the ..most" for the time I put in. I'm hoping the fairly short distances will allow me to push myself hard without as much danger of overtraining and injury once I build up a strong base. I'm not really starting at absolute zero aerobically but I would really like to do all my training on skates. I've been still riding a bike but I've had bilateral CT release and it's much improved but the bike is the worst trigger for my hands and I want to stop riding. I also do some basic weight training every 5 or 6 days which I'll continue, but will lay off much of the leg work when skating 4 days/week.
I'm using my circa 1999 Bont Boss boots and a Xenan 3x100 1x80 frame that is crapping out on me. I will likely buy new skates with 4x110 next week.
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You may already be aware of a lot of the alternatives to ratiation and chemo as cancer treatments.
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Truth about cancer → Mike Adams Interview
Dr. Steven Tucker Q&A Part1
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Roedog needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 69 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
We are a beauty salon providing only specailised treatments for anti aging using various machines. This is our temporary web site http://www.1stfloorbeauty.com.au
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We are a beauty salon providing only specailised treatments for anti aging using various machines. Our treatments are Microderm Abrasion, Non surgical Face lift
Deep Cleansing, Antibacterial & Anti Wrinkle iontophoresis masks. Oxygen & Collagen Infusions. Body Contouring, Muscle Toning, Fat Reduction.
The logo will be used on window signage, website, bus cards, stationery, brochures, print advertising. It will also need to used on top of images.
My salon colour is burgundy, I was also thinking of using a verion in white to be used on top of images I will use in signage.
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Gallardo gives up 5 runs as Brewers lose to Cubs
Aramis Ramirez gets his 2,000th career hit
Scott Feldman pitched six solid innings, Anthony Rizzo had a key two-run single and the Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Feldman (7-6), gave up just three runs and six hits while striking out three and walking none for his first victory this season against an NL Central Division opponent. He retired 11 of the last 14 batters he faced.
Kevin Gregg got the last three outs for his 12th save in 12 chances. It didn't come easy as he gave up a leadoff homer to Juan Francicso to pull the Brewers within a run.
Rickie Weeks followed up with a double, advanced to third on a Logan Schafer's sacrifice bunt and then was thrown out at home by Luis Valbuena on Yuniesky Betancourt's fielder's choice.
Yovani Gallardo (6-7) gave up five runs -- three earned -- and eight hits in four innings.
Gallardo came into the game with a 21-inning streak of not allowing an earned run. After escaping a first-inning jam, his streak was snapped at 22 innings when he gave up two runs in the second.
Aramis Ramirez got his 2,000th career hit with a solo home run in the second inning. Ramirez, who ranks 15th in hits among active players, added an RBI single in the sixth inning.


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craigj needed a new flash animation design and created a contest on 99designs.
3 winners were selected from 9 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Flash christmas themed e-card design required.
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Flash based christmas e-card required. The e-card must be completely original, not used before on any other website.
All rights to the winning e-card will be held by us.
The e-card will appear on http://www.bluecards.co.uk
The website has a mainly UK audience
Music for the e-card is optional,
Please think proffessional rather than tacky.
We will be looking for nice family orientated xmas cards and humourous cards
e-card must contain this logo at the bottom right of the e-card
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Harvard is one of nine schools competing in the 2009 International University Rowing Regatta in China this weekend. Nine members of the senior class will represent the Crimson on the five-day trip to the Yunnan Province.
The Crimson boat will be comprised of Kelly Evans (cox), Blake Pucsek (stroke), Noah Bruegmann (seven seat), Richard Anderson (six seat), Duncan Gilchrist (five seat), Mark Fuller (four seat), Spencer Livingston (three seat), Ivan Posavec (two seat) and Chris Fuller (bow).
Harvard and Yale were invited to attend the event by the China Water Sports Administration Center. They will compete against two other universities from abroad (Cambridge University and the University of London) and five Chinese universities - Beijing, Tsinghua, Fudan, Shanghai and Jiaotong.
All nine crews will arrive in Kunming City on Aug. 28. The following day, the crews will train and begin competition, with the races ending on Aug. 30. The teams will enjoy a day of touring Kunming City before departing the area of Sept. 1.
Pucsek, the 2010 heavyweight captain, has created a blog for an inside look into the Crimson's trip. Click here to keep up with Harvard's travels.
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Statements on Auditing Procedure
December 1942
No. 14
Issued by the Committee on Auditing Procedure, American Institute of Accountants, 13 East 41st Street, New York 17, N. Y.
Confirmation of Public Utility Accounts Receivable
Copyright 1942 by American Institute of Accountants
Query: The XYZ Corporation is a utility with a satisfactory system of internal control and has approximately 50,000 residential, com-mercial, rural, industrial, and other customers. Is it practicable and reasonable to communicate directly with these customers as a matter of regular procedure in the examination of its financial statements, and if so, how extensive should the confirmation be?
ON OCTOBER 18, 1939, the special committee on auditing pro-cedure of the American Institute of Accountants recommended that, wherever practicable and reasonable, confirmation of accounts receivable by direct communication with the debtors shall be re-garded as generally accepted auditing procedure in the examination of the accounts of a concern whose financial statements are accom-panied by an independent certified public accountant's report; and that the method, extent and time of confirming receivables in each engagement, and whether of all receivables or a part thereof, be de-termined by the independent certified public accountant as in other phases of procedure requiring the exercise of his judgment.
The aggregate balance of all receivables of utilities usually aver-ages 2 per cent of all assets and about 10 per cent of annual revenues. Accumulations of receivables materially beyond these percentages re-sult from unusual conditions and would invoke inquiry, apart from the question of confirmation. The average account balance for all accounts receivable of utilities seldom averages more than $10 per customer.
In dealing with the specific question, it is desirable to discuss it in relation to the receivables under two general categories, namely: I. The large accounts — Municipal, other utilities, industrial and miscellaneous accounts receivable
II. The "mass" accounts—Residential, commercial, rural and merchandise accounts receivable


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DU Pioneers 2013-14 men's basketball schedule set; hockey tickets on sale Friday
Hoops schedule set. The University of Denver finalized the schedule for the men's basketball team, and the Pioneers will open with a tough stretch: at California on Nov. 12, home vs. Stanford on Nov. 17, then to the Great Alaska Shootout to face Ivy League champion Harvard on Thanksgiving night.
Overall, the Pioneers will play six NCAA Tournament teams, including Cal and Harvard, and another nine that made the NIT.
"We have made our schedule more and more demanding each season that we've been here," said DU coach Joe Scott. "This year, we are challenging ourselves right from the beginning against two Pac-12 teams and then traveling to the Great Alaska Shootout. We will be tested early, often and throughout our nonconference schedule."
Hockey tickets. The Pioneers announced single-game hockey tickets will go on sale Friday at 9 a.m.
DU has a new hockey coach, Jim Montgomery, and a new conference, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Tickets are available at DU's Ritchie Center north box office or on the Pioneers' website.


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Maritime Vessels Directory
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Tanker for Oil | Flag: Singapore | Port: SINGAPORE
Tanker for Oil | Flag: Marshall Islands | Port: MAJURO
Maritime News
Coal Carrier Sunshine Pride Delivered
Today, Sunshine Pride, an NYK-operated coal carrier for Joban Joint Power Co. Ltd., was delivered by Japanese builder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.Under a long-term contract, this vessel will be dedicated to the transport of coal to generate electricity at the Nakoso Power Station in the city of Iwaki, Japan.The newbuild vessel comes equipped with a scrubber system that is compliant with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) SOx emissions regulation, which became effective in January 2020.Length Overall: 229 metersBreadth: 32.26 metersSummer Draft: 14.
Digitalization Key for Port Operators to Survive and Thrive
As the demand for goods continues to rise, the need to move a higher number of containers quicker and more efficiently is also increasing with this. As a result, port operators are proactively seeking new ways to boost productivity, all while reducing costs to meet this demand.The emergence of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a significant factor in convincing ports to adopt new technologies to help them overcome the day-to-day complexities they face and not miss a beat in a fast-paced industry. But to exploit the capabilities of IIoT, seaports must have the right network infrastructure in place.
Training Tips for Ships: Stop Lecturing Me!
Does your training still employ traditional "classroom style" lectures where an expert conveys their knowledge to your trainees? If so, your training is an example of a diminishing trend; there is an industry-wide move away from lectures. The 2019 Maritime Training Insights Database (MarTID) report showed that while operators intend to increase their use of almost every type of training surveyed (simulation, videos, eLearning, etc.), classroom-style training stands alone with more operators intending to reduce its use than increase it. There are very good reasons for this move away from classroom-based lectures. For those responsible for maritime training, it is a call to action.
It's Time to Upgrade to a Marine Evacuation System
As domestic traffic from coast-to-coast continues to worsen, ferry operators are seeing a steady growth in passenger demand. As passenger demand grows, so does the demand for efficiency and hybrid technology to be incorporated into fleets. But what innovations support a fleet's number one priority – safety? Will efficiency and the latest green technologies support these critically important vessels in an emergency situation? Is the crew aware of how much time they have to evacuate all passengers?Traditional ferry evacuation systems require passengers to be loaded onto lifeboats on deck, with the boats then lowered into the water.
IMO's 2050 Decarbonization Target Has $1 Trillion Pricetag
At least $1 trillion of investment in new fuel technology is needed to enable the shipping industry to meet U.N. targets for cuts in carbon emissions by 2050, a study published on Monday showed.The global shipping fleet, which accounts for 2.2% of the world's CO2 emissions, is under pressure to reduce those emissions and other pollution. About 90% of world trade is transported by sea.U.N. shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), aims to reduce the industry's greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from 2008 levels by 2050, a target that will require the swift development of zero or low emission fuels and new ship designs using cleaner technology.


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If you are a fan of the Oakland A's, you might dislike Mike Trout. He's very good, so there's that, and he plays for a direct competitor in your division. But the strange thing is, in Trout's brief and brilliant career, he hasn't done all that much against the A's.
Though he possesses a .942 career OPS, Trout has a mediocre-for-Mike-Trout .836 OPS against Oakland. The A's have, whether through witchcraft, luck or tainted Gatorade, kept Mike Trout from destroying them like he destroys everyone else. Contrast the future Hall of Famer Trout with Ryan Garko. Garko finished his six-year career with an OPS of .781. Despite being 33 years old right now, he hasn't played in the majors since 2010. The A's are happy about that though because Garko was an A's destroyer. Garko posted a .963 OPS against Oakland in his career, hitting five homers in just over 100 plate appearances. It's possible Garko isn't retired; he's instead being paid by the A's not to play. What I'm saying here is that when it comes to facing the A's, Mike Trout is no Ryan Garko.
Every team has its own Ryan Garko, a player who, for whatever reason, plays better against them than against anyone else. That's what this article is about: finding the best hitter against each team throughout history. I picked a cut-off of 100 at-bats because we don't need to hear about some nobody who singled in his only at-bat against the Yankees in the '40s. No, we want to hear about some nobody who singled 40 times against the Yankees in the '40s!
So, without further ado, here are the best hitters against every single team. Enjoy!
(Note: These selections cover entire franchise histories, meaning, for example, the Washington Senators are included in the Texas Rangers' history.)
Arizona Diamondbacks
Best Opposing Hitter: Manny Ramirez
The weather is nice and all, but Manny's love for Arizona is kind of ridiculous. Manny's 1.305 OPS against the Diamondbacks is the kind of thing you do in a baseball video game after playing for way too long and getting way too good to the point where the computer is not any kind of challenge anymore. In fact, I wasn't sure, but I went back through each of his at-bats against Arizona to make sure Ramirez wasn't batting from a couch while eating popcorn and drinking sodas. He wasn't, though he may as well have been.
Notes: One of these things doesn't belong here; one of these things is not the same!
The top seven against Arizona (by OPS) are Ramirez, Barry Bonds, Vladimir Guerrero, Alfonso Soriano, Miguel Cabrera and… Dante Bichette. Bichette is actually tied with Bonds for second (by OPS), though Bonds did it in far more at-bats.
Atlanta Braves
Best Opposing Hitter: Shawn Green
Green had a great career. He played for 15 seasons and finished top-10 in the MVP award three times. That's nothing to sneeze at. Also he murdered the Braves. Like disemboweled them with a spoon. Green hit .348/.428/.659 with 24 homers in 311 at bats. That's a 50 homer pace had he faced only Braves pitching over the course of an entire season.
Notes: The Braves have a long and storied history. The list of all time best hitters against them includes baseball immortals Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott, Johnny Mize and Willie Stargell. But none of those all-time greats was the measure of one Nick Esasky. Not when it came to facing Braves pitching anyway. Esasky, a corner infielder/corner outfielder type of player with a career .775 OPS, is slotted in between Albert Pujols and Rogers Hornsby on the list. If I accomplish nothing else with this article, let Nick Esasky's grandkids know that had baseball allowed him to hit against the Braves on a permanent basis, Nick Esasky would be enshrined in Cooperstown as one of the all-time greats in baseball history.
Baltimore Orioles
Best Opposing Hitter: Ted Williams
Ted Williams wasn't just the best hitter ever against the Baltimore Orioles (including the St. Louis Browns before they moved), Ted Williams was the best hitter ever against everyone. In his career, Williams had a 1.116 OPS. Against the Orioles, Williams had a 1.196 OPS. So Williams was marginally better against Baltimore than he was against the general population of pitchers. This probably says more about Williams than it does about the Orioles.
Notes: Say this for the Orioles, they have been beat by the best in baseball. Repeatedly. The top five hitters against the Orioles are Williams, Miguel Cabrera, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Then comes Mike Lieberthal, so maybe the run is over, but then Hank Greenberg and Joe DiMaggio! Then… Tony Batista. So it peters out a bit. Still, six inner-circle Hall of Famers in the top eight is… well, none of this is good because the Orioles lost lots and lots of baseball games to these players, but at least in terms of having neat-o names on the back of the uniforms that are repeatedly running around the bases, scoring lots of runs and beating Baltimore many, many times, the Orioles are doing great.
Boston Red Sox
Best Opposing Hitter: Babe Ruth
How appropriate is that? The greatest player ever gets sold to his team's bitterest rival and not only helps that rival to win a billion World Series titles, not only does the team that traded him not win another one in his lifetime, but he becomes the greatest hitter against the team that traded him ever and remains so to this day. That's some high quality beyond-the-grave haunting, my friends. Nobody has ever helped then hurt the Red Sox more than Babe Ruth. Nobody.
Notes: OK, you could make a case that racism and incompetence were really the two biggest culprits for the Red Sox failure to win anything in 86 seasons, and that case would be both compelling and accurate. But in terms of individual baseball players, Ruth was the elixir of elixirs, and the Red Sox turned him into the most poison of poisons. Oops.
Chicago Cubs
Best Opposing Hitter: Mark McGwire
It shouldn't come as a surprise that McGwire killed the Cubs. He was dismantling pitching during his time with the Cardinals, a time that coincided with a decidedly mediocre Cubs pitching staff. The crazy thing was McGwire's slugging percentage: He slugged .832 against Chicago when the next highest by a single player against Cubs pitching is .703 (John Olerud, because of course). As Dennis Eckersley would say, that's crazy cheese. Or maybe he wouldn't say that specifically, but it would be something equally weird and nonsensical.
Notes: The fifth best hitter by OPS against the Cubs is Carl Everett, who doesn't believe in dinosaurs. Actual quote: "You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." Is this pertinent? No, but it sure is interesting! Willie Mays hit 92 homers against the Cubs. Also interesting! Willie Mays never refused to recognize the existence of dinosaurs. Less interesting!
Chicago White Sox
Best Opposing Hitter: Babe Ruth
I'm sensing a pattern here. Ruth was essentially the same destructive all-time great hitter against the White Sox as he was against the Red Sox. Maybe Ruth didn't like socks, or he had a thing against misspelling things with an X instead of a CK. Come to think of it, why isn't it the White Socks? What's wrong with proper English?
Notes: Once you get past all-timers Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and Aramis Ramirez*, the fifth player on the list (by OPS) is Karim Garcia. Garcia, a .241 hitter with an on-base percentage below .300 for his career, hit .330 and slugged .708 with 12 homers against the White Sox in his career. Garcia hit 66 homers in his career, so 12 is a lot. Garcia makes Ryan Garko look like weak sauce by comparison.
*How many Hall of Fame votes do you think Ramirez will get? I say two!
Cincinnati Reds
Best Opposing Hitter: Barry Bonds
Bonds hit 59 homers against the Reds in his career, more per plate appearance than anyone ever (minimum 200 PAs) against Cincinnati. That's a lot 'o taters!
Notes: Bonds was the best, or maybe it was Hank Aaron, who homered 97 times against the Reds in twice as many plate appearances, but at least by OPS a close second were Sixto Lezcano and Matt Lawton. Both players posted OPSs just above 1.130 against Cincinnati. Lezcano was one of the top three ever against the Reds, so it makes sense that in his career he hit his best against Cincinnati, but Lawton posted an identical 1.132 OPS against the Nationals in his career. Which is weird because he is and continues to be Matt Lawton.
Cleveland Indians
Best Opposing Hitter: Babe Ruth
Yes, Ruth, again. Boooooring! So let's ignore him and try again…
Best Opposing Hitter: Felix Mantilla
That's better! Mantilla played 30 games against the Indians in his career and hit 370/.437/.697 (not too far off what Ruth did, if we're being honest). Mantilla put up a .732 OPS for his career as well. Sadly this happened in the late '50s and early '60s, so we can't blame it on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame being horrible. Aw, heck, let's blame it on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! It's horrible!
Notes: Another player who routinely ruined the Indians was ex-Indian (and ex-Red Sox and ex-Dodger and ex-White Sox and ex-Ray and soon-to-be-ex-Cub) Manny Ramirez. Manny hit a wince-inducing-for-Cleveland-fans .352/.443/.684 against the Indians, which makes their decision to let him sign with Boston all the more painful. For all the problems he had in his career, the dude could hit.
Colorado Rockies
Best Opposing Hitter: Mark McGwire, but if you squint really hard…
McGwire had a better on-base percentage and better slugging percentage than the next guy on the list, buuuuuut if you squint really hard…
Best Hitter If You Squint Really Hard: Look, Matt Stairs!
Matt Stairs looked like he'd never run up a set of stairs in his life. His body type was more at home behind the counter of a convenience store than a dugout fence. Yet, the portly Stairs hit .380 (!) against Colorado in his career. His .770 slugging percentage wasn't bad, either.
Notes: The Rockies seem to get beat by all the regulars. McGwire, Bonds, Miguel Cabrera, Ken Griffey Jr. … but if you get down the list a bit you happen upon someone named Sean Berry. Berry played in parts of 11 seasons with the Royals, Expos, Astros and Brewers, and even had four plate appearances with the 2000 Red Sox. He was even quite good in some of those seasons. I've been a baseball fan all my life but I can honestly say I've never heard of Sean Berry. Sometimes I wonder if Baseball Reference just makes players up. "Sean Berry? Sure, sounds believable! [clicks magic buttons] There! That ought to fool 'em!"
Detroit Tigers
Best Opposing Hitter: Bobby Bonilla
Bonilla was a very good player and had the corresponding very good career. Some All-Star teams, a few MVP votes, but when it came to the Tigers, Bonilla was Babe Ruth and the Tigers were the Toledo Mud Hens. Bonilla hit .448/.500/.800 in his career versus Detroit. Tigers fans may be upset at him, but if you look at it objectively, Bonilla was just doing his part to help us all move from an industrial to a service-based economy. Thanks, Bobby!
Notes: One of the points of this article, I suppose, is to list all the mediocre players who, for no real discernable reason, feasted on one team's pitching staff. One such player is Steve Brye, who played mostly for the Twins in the mid-'70s. Brye finished his career with an OPS .674, making him 10 percent worse than the league average hitter for the time. But when it came to facing the Tigers, Brye's OPS was 1.065. An obscure Twins outfielder in a pitcher's era put up better than a 1.000 OPS against the Tigers. That's weird. That's neat. That's baseball.
Houston Astros
Best Opposing Hitter: Josh Hamilton
If you are like me and still reflexively think the Astros are in the National League, you might be perplexed at Hamilton's place atop the list of best all-time hitters against the Astros. After washing out of the Rays organization, Hamilton cleaned himself up and reentered baseball with the Reds in 2007. The Reds play in the NL Central division, and, at the time, so did the Astros. Then Hamilton was dealt to the Texas Rangers. Five years later Hamilton became a free agent and signed with the Angels, who were in the AL West. The Astros moved onto that division that same season. It's a bit like a '90s alternative comedy. They can call it Doubles. Ethan Hawke can play Josh Hamilton and Bridget Fonda can play the Astros.
Notes: Nomar Garciaparra is next on the list. He hit really well against the Astros, which is strange considering: When did Nomar play the Astros? His time with the Cubs was short and… I totally forgot he played with the Dodgers. So that explains it. Pay no attention to me, I'm just the author.
Kansas City Royals
Best Opposing Hitter: Randall Simon
Over a two-year stretch, Simon hit Royals pitching better than anyone ever had. Simon and his bad Tigers teams of 2001 and 2002 battled the Royals for not-last place in the AL Central. Sometimes the Tigers won (2001, and by "won" I mean "lost 96 games"), and sometimes the Royals won (2002, and by "won" I mean "lost 100 games"). But during the 730 times the sun rose and set in 2001 and 2002, Simon hit Royals pitching. Simon posted a slash line of .410/.431/.730. It was Simon's high-water mark. Two years later, he'd be out of the majors. (He made a brief appearance for the 2006 Phillies, but after that, he was finished.)
Notes: Just behind Simon (because nobody hits the Royals like Randall Simon. NOBODY!) are Dick Allen, Scott Rolen and Luis Gonzalez. Good-to-great players all. Then we get Herbert Perry. I wonder if it is just a coincidence that Herbert Perry rhymes with Sean Berry. Supposedly Perry played for the Indians, Rays, White Sox and Rangers in the mid-to-late '90s and early aughts*. In a career that finished four percent worse than a league average hitter, Perry hit .348/.405/.678 with nine of his 55 career homers against Kansas City. This assumes, of course, that Perry exists. Color me skeptical, which I believe is a light mauve.
* I wrote "aughts" so you are now legally allowed to hate me.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Best Opposing Hitter: Mike Napoli
It's a bit odd that the best hitter against the Angels is Napoli, who was drafted by and spent quite a bit of his career with the Angels. Maybe he's still bitter about the whole "sitting the bench behind Jeff Mathis" thing. Maybe nothing gets Napoli's bat going like the "It's A Small World" ride at Disneyland. Whatever it is, Napoli has crushed the Angels, hitting .350/.457/.723 against them.
Notes: Napoli is at the top of the list, but the real answer might be Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod's OPS is lower against the Angels than Napoli's, but he's faced them 650 more times than Napoli has. Rodriguez owns a 1.050 OPS and a .320 batting average against the Angels, and he has hit 70 homers against them, the most ever hit against the Angels by 21 (Rafael Palmeiro is second with 49).
Los Angeles Dodgers
Best Opposing Hitter: Gary Sheffield
Some of these aren't so hard to guess. Who didn't see Babe Ruth versus the Red Sox coming? Ted Williams against the Orioles makes sense. But in the hundred-plus seasons the Dodgers have been around, you'd think someone would have hit them better than Gary Sheffield. Nope. Sheffield put up a 1.093 OPS, the highest against the Dodgers ever. This isn't to say Sheffield wasn't a fantastic player. He's a borderline Hall of Famer, so by definition he was a fantastic player, but what about Willie Mays and Stan Musial and, heck, Rogers Hornsby? Well, all those guys are on the list and all of them hit the Dodgers very well, as you'd expect, but none quite as well as Sheffield ever did.
Notes: … though Jim Eisenreich was sure close! Eisenreich took apart Dodgers pitching in the mid-'90s to the point where he ranks ahead of third-place Johnny Mize, fourth-place Musial and the other highlights of the list, including David Wright, McGwire, Carlos Gonzalez, Albert Pujols and the Hall of Famers listed above. A slash line of .405/.468/.620 will put you ahead of some heady company.
Miami Marlins
Best Opposing Hitter: Barry Bonds
Bonds gets his second team, putting him in second place behind Ruth for most teams crushed. The truth is Bonds crushed just about everyone. Bonds put up an OPS better than 1.000 against 20 different teams. The only teams he failed to register at least an .800 OPS against were the Mariners and the Rays, and he came to bat against the Rays only 19 times. The Rays were the only team Bonds failed to homer against. So yeah, Barry Bonds. Crazy super good.
Notes: Just behind Bonds (though not quite as good) on the list is the well-behind-Bonds-and-in-no-way-near-as-good Jeff Cirillo. Cirillo was pretty much a league-average hitter during his career, but against the Marlins he was Barry Bonds. Cirillo hit .396 with exactly one quarter of his career 112 home runs against Florida/Miami. Not surprisingly, the Marlins walked Cirillo intentionally more than any other club ever did (though that was only five times). Still, Bonds-esque!
Milwaukee Brewers
Best Opposing Hitter: Oh, guess who.
Bonds put up a 1.346 OPS against the Brewers in his career. Ho hum. About 200 points of OPS better than second place Troy Tulowitzki…yawn. He got on base literally better than half the time. (Zzz.) A word of warning: Bonds beat that number against five other teams, so you may see his name again.
Notes: Reggie Jackson hit 62 homers in 938 plate appearances against the Brewers in his career, the most the Brewers have given up to one player. Jackson doesn't make the list because his stats, as great as they are, were smoothed out because he faced the Brewers so often. Generally speaking, the greater the sample size, the less fluky the results are. So Jackson's numbers don't carry the fluke-factor or the awesome-factor of, say, Jason Kubel's 113 at-bats, which produced a better-than-Jackson 1.060 OPS against Milwaukee. The odd part is, as great as Kubel was against the Brewers, he was much better against the Astros, putting up a 1.287 OPS against Houston. So why isn't he listed ahead of Josh Hamilton and his 1.135 OPS in the Astros section? Kubel came to bat against Houston only 38 times (he hit five homers though).
Minnesota Twins
Best Opposing Hitter: Jose Bautista
Bautista is a superstar, but it's surprising to see him atop a list like this because he took so long to develop into one. Bautista was a mediocre player who bounced around a bit for the first six seasons of his career. You'd think that some of that mediocrity would impact his numbers against the Twins, but apparently not. Even in 2009, his first year in Toronto when he was still a middling player (he finished that season with an OPS one percent below the league average), Bautista crushed the Twins. It wasn't much, but in 23 plate appearances that year, Bautista hit .400/.455/.900 against Minnesota. That allowed him to keep his numbers up and post a silly .833 slugging percentage against Minnesota in his career, with 20 homers and nine doubles in 138 plate appearances.
Notes: It's lucky he did, or the Twins would be left with an all-too-familiar name at the top of this list: David Ortiz. Ortiz signed with the Mariners as an international free agent, but he came up with the Twins, spending six seasons in their organization before getting non-tendered. The odd thing is that Ortiz was very good with Minnesota. He put up an OPS eight percent above league average in his career and was coming off a season 20 percent above the league average when Minnesota cut him. Every team makes bad decisions now and then, but this one was a whopper. Ortiz has gone on to put together a borderline Hall of Fame career with Boston and has made sure to rub it in Minnesota's face (an 1.129 OPS with 19 homers and 18 doubles) whenever presented with the opportunity. There were injury and defensive issues with Minnesota, but ultimately the Twins chose to focus on what Ortiz couldn't do. In Ortiz's words, they wanted him to "hit like a little bitch." In the future, maybe don't do that.
New York Mets
Best Opposing Hitter: Everyone
Best Opposing Hitter, Non-Joke Division: Frank Howard
Howard is know primarily for his time with the Washington Senators, but he spent the first part of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers before being dealt in a relatively complex transaction for, among other players, John Kennedy. It was John E. Kennedy, though -- so, you know, one letter off.
Notes: It's not often that a modern player shows up on one of these lists, but with the way the Mets' pitching has been recently (Matt Harvey excepted), maybe it should have been expected. Expected or not though, there is Wilson Ramos, right behind Howard on the list. Ramos has hit .374/.400/.673 in his career against the Mets, and as much as I'd like to end this sentence with "so that makes him like everyone else ever," I won't.
New York Yankees
Best Opposing Hitter: Miguel Cabrera
This is an appropriate title-holder. Cabrera is one of the best hitters in baseball and has the back-to-back MVP awards to prove it. Against the Yankees, Cabrera has hit .373 and slugged .775 while hitting 18 homers.
Notes: The rest of the list is arguably more interesting. It's littered with ex- and future Yankees -- and, of course, Boston Red Sox. Just in the top 25, here are the…
Dan Pasqua (1.050 OPS)
Alfonso Soriano (.990)
Curtis Granderson (.970)
Future Yankees
Babe Ruth (1.100)
Alex Rodriguez (1.037)
Tino Martinez (.968)
Red Sox
Ted Williams (1.103)
Dick Stuart (1.038)
Manny Ramirez (1.030)
Jimmie Foxx (.977)
David Ortiz (.976)
Jim Rice (.968)
Mike Napoli (1.097)
It should not be surprising that the most resourceful (as in, "full of resources") team in baseball history should have such a list.
Oakland A's
Best Opposing Hitter: Barry Bonds
There he is again. Utter silliness. Bonds's OPS of 1.258 bested, in order, Williams, Ruth, Foxx and Cabrera for this honor, which will undoubtedly go on his mantle if there is any room after the MVPs, Silver Slugger awards, All-Stars and really any other award any organization or person, sober or drunk, has ever handed to him, mailed or left on his porch.
Notes: Babe Ruth hit 108 home runs against the A's! It is the second-most he hit against any one team, behind the 123 he hit against the Tigers. This just in: Ruth very good!
Philadelphia Phillies
Best Opposing Hitter: Vladimir Guerrero
I didn't see this coming. You could've given me a hundred guesses, and maybe somewhere between guess 90 and guess 100 I'd have gotten it, but probably not. Maybe I underestimate Guerrero. Guerrero was very good, but against the Phillies, he was amazing. He hit .318/.379/.553 in his career; those numbers were dragged down a bit by his last three seasons, which were fine, good and average. But against Phillies pitching, which to Guerrero must have tasted like a cheesesteak covered in chocolate and deep-fried (or not), Guerrero hit .371/.465/.739. That's good, arguably better than any kind of steak covered in anything.
Notes: A player I didn't expect on this list is 10th: Miguel Tejada. Tejada played most of his career in Oakland and Baltimore, but thanks to inter-league play (truly the gift that keeps on giving, like herpes) Tejada got to face the Phillies often enough to qualify for this article. I'm sure he's relieved. Tejada hit .408/.423/.638 in 138 plate appearances against Philadelphia, a feat which still feels odd. But then, that's the magic of this article. It feels odd.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Best Opposing Hitter: Jermaine Dye
This is wonderful. Nobody has hit Pirate pitching better in the history of baseball than Jermaine Dye. Jermaine Dye? Jermaine Dye! Let's see you find that bit of information elsewhere! No, wait, not yet!
Notes: Dye's 1.232 OPS barely nips he-who-has-already-been-spoken-of-far-too-much-in-this-article (OK, fine, it's Barry Bonds) by 0.105 points of OPS. More Bonds craziness: In 411 plate appearances, the Pirates walked Bonds 99 times. Come back for No. 100, big guy!
San Diego Padres
Best Opposing Hitter: Mark McGwire
It's shocking that anyone could put up a 1.461 OPS against any team, let alone the Padres. But then, it should be noted that McGwire faced the Padres in the time before Petco Park. All of McGwire's stats came at Jack Murphy Stadium, that fabulous toilet bowl-shaped stadium that let you know you were in San Diego because you could see palm trees on your game program. The Murph was a pitchers' park throughout most of its history, but not so much of one as Petco, where you could bring the fences in halfway and probably still not have a park that favors batters.
Notes: Second on the list is -- well, duh. But after Bonds comes Brian Giles, who wound up playing the majority of his career with the Padres. Maybe the Padres saw his 1.126 OPS against them and said, "We gotta get that guy for Jason Bay and Oliver Perez" -- which, oddly enough, is exactly what happened. Those Padres, so prescient!
San Francisco Giants
Best Opposing Hitter: Mark McGwire
When I started this, I had no idea there would be so many repeats. In fact, if you had asked me before I did any of this research, I would have guessed there would be no repeats -- yet this is the fourth team for McGwire. He earned it by hitting .283/.482/.717 against the Giants, so hooray, I guess.
Notes: Second on this list is someone named Hank Leiber. Leiber was a center fielder for the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and early '40s. He was actually a very good hitter, finishing his career with an OPS 22 percent above average. The worst hitter on the top of this list is probably Michael Tucker. Tucker was a below-average hitter during his career with Kansas City and six other teams, but somehow he managed to hit .360/.443/.649 against the Giants. Of course he hit .157/.225/.304 against the Braves, but that's what made Tucker's performance against San Francisco all the more wondrous. McGwire hit every team well, but there was something -- somewhere, somehow -- that made Tucker an MVP when he faced the Giants but a Double-A scrub when he faced the Braves.
Seattle Mariners
Best Opposing Hitter: Carlos Delgado
Carlos Delgado against the Mariners is so weird! I'd never have guessed that, which I suppose is the point here. But anyway, Delgado just crushed the Mariners. Crushed them like that guy on The Kids in the Hall crushed people's heads. Delgado hit 29 homers and 30 doubles in his career against Seattle, the majority of which came in the Kingdome, but he hit a ridiculous .389/.476/.792 at Safeco Field as well.
Notes: Second on the list is Ken Singleton -- a great name for a hitter, though not as great as Ken Doubleton. (Am I getting punch-drunk 4,000 words into this thing? Maybe!) Regardless, Singleton enjoyed Mariners pitching in the late 70s and early 80s, when everyone was enjoying Mariners pitching except the Mariners. Another guy who made a habit of beating up on Mariners pitching was Cliff Johnson. I remember Johnson as a plodding DH with the Blue Jays in the 80s, but he was…well, actually, that's kinda what he always was. Johnson stole nine bases in his 15-year career (he got caught 12 times). Also, anyone whose Baseball Reference page lists his positions as, in order, designated hitter, pinch runner and first baseman probably wasn't much more than a DH. Johnson had 55 hits in 156 at bats against Seattle, though only 14 of them were extra-base hits. That's not to say Johnson didn't hit the ball into the gap or to the wall -- just that getting to second base was a logistical impossibility.
St. Louis Cardinals
Best Opposing Hitter: Jim Thome
Jim Thome hit the Cardinals harder than I think anyone has ever hit any team ever. I'll give it to you without any hyperbole: Thome batted .430, he got on base 56 percent of the time, and he slugged 1.010. That's a 1.575 OPS. In 100 at-bats, Thome homered 18 times. That's how you do that. Just wow.
Notes: Second on the list is… Ellis Burks? I think of Burks as an American League hitter from his time with the Red Sox and, later in his career, Indians, but he spent seven seasons in the National League with the Rockies and Giants. He did a lot of damage to St. Louis over those seven seasons, batting .378/.469/.794 for an OPS of 1.264 that would be at the top of many of these lists. Barely behind Burks (you know I was dying to write that) is Matt Holliday, currently a Cardinals outfielder, who beat up on the Cardinals (a .394/.475/.750 slash line) in his time with the Rockies.
Tampa Bay Rays
Best Opposing Hitter: Chris Richard
Best. Result. So. Far.
Richard played with four teams over parts of five seasons. One of those teams was Tampa. So this entire line is almost entirely generated from Richard's time with the Orioles. In that time, from 2000 to 2002, he hit .343/.440/.619 against Tampa pitching. It makes sense that Richard (or someone of his ilk) would be at the top of this list, though, when you consider that he wasn't around to have his numbers lowered by the previous or current crop of standout Rays pitching. Instead, Richards got to face Tanyon Sturtze, Ryan Rupe and Joe Kennedy. Which was probably easier.
Notes: In second place, we have Shawn Green. If you want to read about him, scroll up to the Braves. Or you can read about the time he hit four homers in one game. It was amazing!
Texas Rangers
Best Opposing Hitter: Mickey Mantle
I would have bet lots of money (if I had lots of money, which, Internet writer that I am, I clearly do) that Mantle's name would have shown up in this article somewhere, but I sure wasn't expecting it here. Mantle hit .382/.504/.783 from 1961 through his retirement in 1968, a period that represented the end of his career and predated the beginning of the Texas Rangers by three seasons. If we're going to limit this to a player who faced the Rangers specifically instead of the Washington Senators, we get…
Best Opposing Hitter, Take 2: Vladimir Guerrero.
Guerrero hit an impressive -- if not Mantle-esque -- .395/.461/.661 against the Rangers. Which is wonderful for Guerrero, but not nearly as interesting as the next player on the list…
Best Opposing Hitter, Take 3: Geronimo Berroa
That's more like it! Berroa hit .386/.460/.639 against the Rangers between 1994 and 1998, which is odd because Berroa, while a fine hitter in his career (really!), was nothing like Mantle or Guerrero. Heck, he wasn't even Troy Glaus, Adam Dunn, Mo Vaughn or Nomar Garciaparra, the next four guys on the list. But when facing the Rangers, Berroa was those guys, and even a little bit better.
Toronto Blue Jays
Best Opposing Hitter: Chris Davis
Davis had been around for a while before breaking out with the Orioles last season, so you'd think Davis must have performed unholy acts upon the Jays pitching staff last season. But he didn't. He hit well -- very well, even -- but Davis hit six teams better than he hit Toronto last season. But whatever, them's the numbers. Davis is a career .313/.392/.674 hitter against the Blue Jays, and that's good enough for first place in this race.
Notes: Mike Easler and Matt Stairs are the next two on the list. Easler is strange because he played in the AL toward the end of his career, but clearly that didn't matter here. Matt Stairs is Canadian and had to put on a show aboot baseball for the good Canadian fans.
Washington Nationals
Best Opposing Hitter: Jim Edmonds
The Nationals haven't been around as a franchise for long, so that frees us from the constraints of Barry Bonds and his group of happiness thieves. Except it doesn't, because this list actually combines the Expos and the Nationals -- because they are the same franchise -- so Bonds is on the list. But he's ninth (ha!) behind Vernon Wells and…well, a bunch of very good players. Anyway, Edmonds beat up on the Expos and the Nationals, so he's a good choice if you believe in all that fairness crap. He managed .342/.455/.743 against both clubs which, I think you'll agree, is quite good.
Notes: Second on the list -- with a fair chance to move to first when I write this article again in a year -- is Andrew McCutchen. McCutchen is mere percentage points behind Edmonds, though McCutchen will have to improve on a 1.185 OPS against a very good Nationals pitching staff. That'll be tough. I know you can't wait to find out what happens!


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aleche needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Accuden is a company that invented and will sell the HemoFire. A revolutionary tool that will help Dental Lab Technitians make crowns and bridges in half the time and minimize the hassle. We are looking for a coded website and an e-commerce template.
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In this video Shane Andrews, Laser Scanning Microscopy Specialist at Olympus America, tells SelectScience about the innovative technological features of the new Fluoview® FV1200 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope. Learn how the FV1200, coupled with the recently introduced IX83® automated inverted microscope platform, delivers improved sensitivity for the imaging of live cells and tissues. Shane also discusses the new software and upgrade opportunities that available with the FV1200. Interview filmed by SelectScience at ASCB 2012.


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If you have any suggestion of a multiplexer, and where to buy them, I would greatly appreciate.P.S. I searched the forum but I mainly found references to an 8 port multiplerxer. I could use two, but that would partially defeat the purpose on cutting down on wires going back and forth from Arduino and make it for a bigger daugherboard.
I was thinking bluetooth but I don't know if there is a module for this and even if there is, what would be the simplest solution, Bluetooth or RF?
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Globocop vs. Nanny State
Max Boot opines in today's WSJ that ObamaCare is a threat to U.S. global military power, and, by extension, a threat to global security. I disagree. Because we should be seeking to offload some of the costs of policing the world, I hope that our current fiscal difficulties will force an ultimately worthwhile trade‐off.
To be clear, I share Boot's disdain for this massive expansion of federal power. Similarly, I don't dispute Boot's characterization of the health care legislation as likely to impose a huge net cost. Rather, the central flaw in the piece is his unwillingness to think clearly about our government's obligations to our citizens, and of other governments to theirs.
The rationale whereby the U.S. government defends other countries, and U.S. taxpayers pay for it, is flawed. Under our Constitution, the American people grant to the federal government explicit powers to protect and defend the security of the United States. Treaties negotiated during the course of the Cold War effectively equated the defense of other countries with that of our own so that today the U.S. government provides "public goods" for people who are not now, and have never been, parties to our unique social contract.
As such, today's U.S. military chiefly fights other people's wars, and builds other people's nations. The primary role of the U.S. Department of Defense is the defense of others.
These commitments have been sustained since the end of the Cold War under the premise that the costs are both low and sustainable over the long term. But it is becoming harder and harder to maintain these pretenses. By seeking to provide global public goods for all of humanity, we are saddling our children and grandchildren with huge costs.
Fiscal pressures have the potential to cause the American people to scrutinize military spending, and this scrutiny could ultimately force Washington to revise some of the core assumptions that have driven force planning for a generation. If that happens, we might finally shift the burdens of defense spending back onto those who benefit from such spending.


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Regulators probe SocGen over rogue trader scandal
Will the SEC get in on the act?
Société Générale may face a US inquiry on its handling of the rogue trader scandal that cost the company €4.9bn ($7.2bn).
The US Securities and Exchange Commission wants to see if the French bank violated US laws in the way it unwound its position after it was dropped in a hole by rogue derivatives trader Jérôme Kerviel.
Société Générale (SocGen) trades in the US and its shares are traded in the country as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). That gives US regulators a potential interest. However, Kerviel's misjudged positions were restricted to the main European markets; the SEC's preliminary inquiry could conclude that the matter is best left to the French authorities, the Financial Times reports.
It has yet to be determined how and why Kerviel, a junior trader, secretly built up huge and risky positions in the derivatives market. The SocGen affair is the focus of five inquiries in France as well the possible SEC probe. Separately, the US attorney in Brooklyn is investigating the possibility that a leak of insider information prompted stock sales ahead of SocGen's announcement of the disaster on 24 January.
Senior European Union politicians yesterday attacked SocGen for "abject carelessness" in failing to prevent the biggest rogue trader losses in financial history. Charlie McCreevy, the EU's internal market commissioner, said SocGen had ignored warnings from Eurex, a leading derivatives exchange, over trades conducted by Kerviel.
A former inspector of trading operations at SocGen said his team was under-resourced, at least during his watch. "Inspectors do not have enough power in the bank, we are not given the time we need, or the means to check things out," Maxime Le Grand told AFP. SocGen strongly disputes this criticism.
Kerviel appears to have acted alone in sinking his employers into a huge hole. He joined the bank as a developer in 2000 working on the middle office systems that control how much a trader, or group of traders, can risk.
The role gave Kerviel the knowledge of how to manipulate the system when he became a junior trader in 2005. His role as a hedger involved covering the bank's exposure to large losses by taking positions opposite to those taken out by more senior traders. Trading limits in the order of tens of millions of dollars ought to have been applied, but Kerviel circumvented these controls.
Société Générale's own explanation of how the fraud took place, and the sequence of events leading up to its discovery, can be found here.
Kerviel admits to gaming the systems, but claims he was only working to increase bank profits. His lawyers say he's being used as a scapegoat for a wider range of problems at the bank, which has, they say, been hit particularly hard by America's sub-prime mortgage crisis.
Kerviel was charged with abuse of confidence and hacking offences on 28 January and released on bail. An investigating magistrate rejected prosecution attempts to charge him with fraud, CNN reports. ®
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2012 World of Pinot Noir Seminar – Natural Winemaking
Natural winemaking – yet another hot button topic over the past couple of years, was discussed in some depth at the 2012 World of Pinot Noir. The panelists included both small winery winemakers who practice various degrees of "natural" winemaking: Bradley Brown, Big Basin Vineyards; Peter Cargasacchi, Cargasacchi Vineyards; Nathan Kandler, Thomas Fogarty Winery; and Joe Wright, Left Coast Cellars, as well as larger wineries that do not necessarily pursue the extremes of "natural" winemaking due to economy of scale concerns: Scott Kelley, Estancia Estates Winery; Brian Maloney, DeLoach Vineyards; well known author and proponent of "natural" wines Alice Feiring, author of Naked Wine; and Clark Smith, the founder of Vinovation (a provider of alcohol reduction tools, volatile acidity reduction, juice concentration, supplier of tannin adjunct, etc) and vintner at WineSmith.
Join us as we hear from natural winemaking devotees, or maybe the not-so-much devotees, in a seminar moderated by John Haeger, author of North American Pinot Noir, and Pacific Pinot Noir. Maybe we'll even get a solid definition of the phrase, "natural winemaking." But don't hold your breath.
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Portland State University will merge its fundraising office of University Advancement into the PSU Foundation, an independent not-for-profit corporation.
A task force of Foundation and university representatives recommended the consolidation and both President Wim Wiewel's executive committee and the Foundation's Board of Trustees unanimously approved it.
"Beyond budgetary advantages, this merger will bolster an already strong alliance between the two organizations and be a major step in positioning PSU for a successful comprehensive fundraising campaign and enhanced advocacy for the university," says Wiewel.
PSU Vice President for Advancement Françoise Aylmer will also become president and chief executive officer of the Foundation. "Françoise has proven experience in the field and will be able to maintain our momentum in significantly increasing fundraising," says Jon Mitchell, chair of the Foundation.
Fred Granum, current Foundation president and chief executive officer, will step down to pursue other opportunities. "Fred has provided excellent leadership and I very much appreciate his support of this organizational change and of PSU," says Wiewel.
An Implementation Committee will develop further details and the merger will take effect July 1. "This exciting initiative will allow us to deepen our culture of philanthropy and transform PSU," says Aylmer.


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Best Actress winners to present at Oscars
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Best Actress winners Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon will return the Academy Awards stage to present at this year's ceremony
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon will present at this year's Oscars.
The quartet of actresses - who have all won the coveted Best Actress award in the past - have been added to the line-up of presenters for this year's Academy Awards which takes place on Sunday (17.02.13).
Sandra earned her Best Actress award for 2009 drama, 'The Blind Side', while Reese won in 2005 for her role as June Carter Cash in Johnny Cash biopic, 'Walk the Line'. Nicole was crowned Best Actress for playing Virginia Woolf in 2002's 'The Hours' and Halle earned her Oscar for 2001's 'Monster's Ball'.
Other stars confirmed to present at the awards include fellow Best Actress winner, Meryl Streep, who won her third award in the category for last year's 'The Iron Lady', Channing Tatum, Jean Dujardin, Octavia Spencer, the cast of 'The Avengers' and the cast of the 2003 Best Picture winner, 'Chicago'.
The producers of this year's Oscars telecast, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, have revealed they want this year's ceremony to be more performance based than ever. Adele is expected to sing her hit song 'Skyfall' from the latest James Bond film, while Norah Jones, Shirley Bassey and Oscar winner Barbara Streisand will also take the stage.
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Wednesday - September 30th: Sandbar to Wyalusing State Park on the Mississippi River
I made my turn onto the Mississippi River at around 1:00 PM. Another great trip almost finished. A trip with perfect conditions. With all the big water I had to cross this could have been a bear. Would I do this river again? No. Would I do any part of it again? Yes.
If one threw out the industrial part with all the dams and big flowages this would be a great river to paddle. The first 35 miles was beautiful and I recommend it to anyone for a day or two of paddling. The river sections between dams and flowages were also great to paddle but the problem is they are short. I definitely would do the Dells area again. It's very scenic and there's excellent camping all the way to Portage, WI. One could make it a short trip or week trip just depending how you'd like to do it. The same is true for this last 90 miles, lots of wilderness and you have a choice of camping on sandbars or at designated campsites with facilities.
It took a little while to find the channel off the Mississippi River to Wyalusing Park, but eventually I made. As I pulled into the landing, a guy, a little older than I, was just getting out of his kayak. Being a little proud of finishing I told him what I just did. He said, "Really, that must have been fun" and went on his way to load up his kayak. We did have a nice talk, but I mentioned that statement simply because once a trip is over, it is over. You realize it's your adventure and now it's time to get on to something else. So, I think I will stop at the casino on my way home and win back the $40.00 I lost on the Branson trip! (I will not report on how that turned out).


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A lot of people don't. They prefer "body acceptance" or "size acceptance," to be more inclusive of people of all sizes and abilities who struggle with body image. And I totally respect that. It's already come up a couple of times in comments on my posts at Shakesville that this culture encourages body hatred (and garden variety self-hatred), especially in women, period; that is not by any means the exclusive province of fatties. And in my ideal world, for sure, all people would be content with and grateful for the bodies they've got, and nobody would shit on them for being too fat, too thin, the wrong color, the wrong shape, too hairy, not hairy enough, whatev.
BUT. I still see fat acceptance as its own thing, and I'm going to keep calling it that, for a couple of reasons.
First, it's important to me to reclaim the word "fat." It's not a bad word. It's not intrinsically insulting. All it tells you is that this person has more visible fat on her frame than a thin person does — and since in my case, that's the plain truth, I don't have any problem with being described that way. I have a problem with people who would describe me that way with the intention to wound, but not with the word itself. I'm short, I'm blonde, I'm pale, I'm hourglass-shaped, I'm fat. Some of those characteristics are more desirable in this society than others, but all any of those words tell you is what I look like. Not what I eat, not how much I exercise, not whether I'm healthy, not how strong my moral fiber is — hell, not even what my natural hair color is. (Very, very dark blonde. Maybe even brown by now; I haven't actually seen it in years.) They just tell you what I look like right now. And as such, I should have no fear of them — they're certainly not revealing any big secrets.
Second, and more importantly, fat acceptance may be a subcategory of body acceptance, but — with all due respect to naturally thin people who have been called names and thin people with serious body image issues (and disabled people and people with eating disorders who have a whole other set of challenges to contend with) — it is a lot harder to be fat than thin in this culture. Trust me on this one; I've been both. And it's a lot harder to be extremely fat than only sort-of fat, like I am.
There's a simple reason for this: Fat people are hated. And I mean hated. As people have explained over and over on this blog and others like it, I can be irritated or even hurt if someone calls me a honky or a breeder, but I still don't get to say I understand the experience of racism or homophobia because, hello, white, straight people do not suffer in this culture for being white and straight. Those insults don't have the weight of cultural and institutional hatred behind them, so no, they don't fucking hurt me just as much as the equivalent racist or homophobic words hurt a person of color or a gay person. Any reasonable person knows that to pretend otherwise is flat-out absurd.
And it's the same with fat. No, I don't mean fatphobia is equivalent to racism or homophobia — I don't even want to open that can of worms. I just mean that anti-fat comments do have real cultural and institutional hatred behind them, whereas anti-thin comments just don't. People aren't denied jobs because they're thin. People aren't paid less because they're thin. People aren't routinely accused of being lazy, smelly, disgusting, unhealthy, and morally bankrupt because they're thin. People aren't encouraged by the media, the government, their friends, and their families to hate themselves for being thin, and to spend any amount of money to become less thin. Surveys don't show that a frightening percentage of people would rather lose a limb than be thin, or that even kindergarteners don't want to be friends with the thin kids.
So if people call you "bag of bones" or "beanpole" or accuse you of having an eating disorder because you're naturally thin — or worse yet, go on about how what a lucky bitch you are for being thin — I'm sorry. Sincerely. That's mean, and it sucks. I have naturally thin friends who have been hearing that shit all their lives, and I know it's really hurtful, and really damaging to your body image. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
But it is still just not the same thing as being treated badly because you're fat. It's not even in the same universe.
So to me, saying, "I believe in body acceptance, not just fat acceptance" is like saying, "I believe in humanism, not just feminism." I believe in both — but we damn well need a fat acceptance movement, just as surely as we need a feminist one, and for the same basic reason: fat bodies are just about last on the list of potentially acceptable bodies, much as women are second of two on the list of human beings. We're playing catch-up. It's that simple.
Furthermore, I get this queasy feeling that some people only use the terms "body acceptance" or "size acceptance" because they're afraid that the words "fat acceptance" will get them laughed out of the room. Or maybe off the planet. Like, hey, maybe if we include thin people and point out that they have some of the same problems, people will actually take us seriously! Sadly, that's probably true, to an extent. But it's also incredibly depressing. And it's exactly why fat acceptance is and always will be a whole other ball of wax.
I love my thin friends, and I'd like to smack the people who call them names and try to make them feel bad about the way their bodies are naturally built. I absolutely welcome thin allies to the fat acceptance movement. And I would like everyone — fat, thin, in-between, disabled, temporarily able-bodied, short, tall, hairy, bald, with any skin tone or texture, any shape or bone structure — to feel good about their bodies.
But fat acceptance is still what I'm talking about specifically here. And that is a whole different thing.


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The College of Southern Idaho Career and Counseling Services fosters students, prospective students and alumni as well as community members in their search for meaningful career and life goals by providing individuals with a career development strategy as well as empowering them to self manage the process during their lifetime.
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I decide getting on staff at Roseanne would be a great opportunity for me, even though every writer who had ever worked on the show had been fired. Four weeks into the job I deliver my first script and I'm almost fired.
Not funny then, funny now.
I create Grace Under Fire, realize what I'm in for and try to quit after pilot is picked up to series. I try to quit again during Christmas. A few weeks later the Northridge earthquake hits. During a large aftershock I drop to my knees and pray for the sound stage to collapse and kill me.
Not funny then, funny now.
I think developing a new series starring Cybill Shepherd is a swell idea. The show is an instant hit. Cybill wants me to fire Lee Aronsohn because he's a misogynist. She's not wrong, but I jokingly tell her, "Why do you care? You're not a woman." She fires us both. I get the call not to come back to work on Yom Kippur from a Carsey-Werner exec named Dirk Van De Bunt.
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