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Mesoraco in Reds' lineup day after ejection
By Mark Clements / MLB.com
Mesoraco was thrown out of the game by home-plate umpire Chad Fairchild in the third inning of the Reds' 11-5 loss to the Padres for arguing balls and strikes. The exchange got heated and Mesoraco made contact with Fairchild as he was being restrained by manager Dusty Baker.
"It happened and for me, there's nothing that can be done about it now," Mesoraco said. "It's over with and I'm going to move on."
Mesoraco said he isn't familiar with the process for suspensions or fines, and he was back in the Reds' lineup Tuesday to catch for Homer Bailey.
"I think that's kind of what I expected, just to go out there and play. I just continue what I've been doing and go about my business," Mesoraco said. "It happened and nothing can be done about it now. It wasn't the first time I ever got thrown out, and I'm sure it won't be the last. It's just something that happened and something that's over with now, and [I'll] move on."
Mesoraco and Ryan Hanigan are the only two catchers on the Reds' 40-man roster. Either Dioner Navarro or Corky Miller could get summoned to replace Mesoraco if he is suspended, but that would mean an additional roster move would be needed.
Baker simply said, "It's too early," when asked if he's heard any new news on a punishment.
Stubbs, Cozart afforded a rest day from Dusty
CINCINNATI -- With the Reds approaching one of the toughest stretches of the season, manager Dusty Baker continues to rest regulars. Shortstop Zack Cozart and center fielder Drew Stubbs were not in Tuesday's lineup vs. the Padres.
Stubbs cooled any suspicions of a Cincinnati departure shortly before the 4 p.m. Trade Deadline by noting that Baker told him and Cozart about the off-day following Monday night's game.
"It's nice to have some days of rest here or there," Stubbs said. "I understand that any time [Baker] feels the need to give us the day off when we've got a lot of games coming up, it's good to take it. In that case, we usually don't come take any extra swings. We normally just kind of get an actual day off."
Stubbs came in batting .340 with four home runs over his previous 14 games. But Baker felt his matchup was less favorable for Stubbs, who is 1-for-6 with five strikeouts against Padres starter Jason Marquis.
The Reds are also in a stretch of 53 games in 56 days, including a current stretch of 17 consecutive games followed by another streak of 17-consecutive games entering August.
"This is the epitome of dog days in August," Baker said. "I'm going to have to give some guys some time off in order to keep them strong. This is where you want a capable bench. This is where you want to have some interchangeable parts and you want some depth. If not, you'll just wear them right down. If you get worn out, there's no return.
"In Cozart's case, I've got to give him some time off to keep him strong down the stretch. I told Stubbs and Cozart, 'Make sure you eat a lot today, drink a lot of liquids, sleep late.' We're on a tough stretch here."
Baker also said the high altitude of playing in Colorado, where the Reds just wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Rockies, can tire out a player when making the transition back home.
"One thing about leaving Colorado, for whatever reason, I don't know if it's altitude or whatever, it takes a lot out of you," Baker said. "Not to make excuses or alibis, but our guys will be better today. Our guys were kind of out of it [Monday], everybody."
Reds put Bray on DL, recall Redmond
CINCINNATI -- Injuries continue to plague Reds reliever Bill Bray, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, this time with a lumbar muscle strain in his back.
Bray was on the DL earlier this season with a strained left groin that bothered him during Spring Training. He returned to the Reds on June 22.
"It's probably all related," said Reds manager Dusty Baker. "Like that old song, 'The ankle bone is connected to the knee bone, the knee bone is connected to the hip bone.' Sometimes when one thing happens to something, you end up favoring something else."
Bray has made nine appearances since his return. In just six innings since coming off the DL, Bray has struggled to find the strike zone, allowing one hit but walking 11 batters.
The southpaw has tallied 14 walks in as many games this season, after surrendering 17 walks in 79 games all of last year.
"Hopefully we can get him right and have him down the stretch," Baker said. "Right now, we only have one left-hander in Marshall out there. We're doing the best we can to mix and match and just try to win as many ballgames and finish as strong as we can."
The Reds recalled right-handed reliever Todd Redmond to replace Bray on Tuesday and designated fellow righty Andrew Brackman for assignment. Redmond was viewed as bullpen insurance after starter Mike Leake lasted just 1 2/3 innings on Monday.
"Our bullpen is big-time short [Tuesday]," Baker said. "It would have been even shorter without Redmond here, who's a starter who can give us some innings."
Redmond's spot may be on jeopardy though, as the Reds acquired closer Jonathan Broxton from the Royals on Trade Deadline day. Broxton is expected to arrive in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Brennaman asks fans to donate for shaving spectacle
CINCINNATI -- Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman has announced that he would shave his head on the field of Great American Ball Park on Friday night. But there is one caveat -- Brennaman wants fans to donate at least $20,000 to the Reds Community Fund.
Brennaman said he would shave his head bald if the Reds won 10 straight games and is now turning the deal into a fundraiser. The Red secured victory No. 10 on Sunday at Colorado and players on the club remembered the pledge. Brennaman did not back down.
"If the fans can raise $20,000 or more for the Reds Community Fund, I will agree to have it done on the field, after the game and before the fireworks," said Brennaman. "I'm taking this opportunity to make good on my promise to shave my head while encouraging fans to make a donation to a charity that is very close to my heart."
If the $20,000 plateau is not reached, Brennaman will still have his head shaved. But it will be done in private by his personal barber and he will reveal his new look for fans to see during Friday night's game.
Worth noting
Joey Votto continued to make strides in his recovery, lightly taking swings behind the cages during the Reds' batting practice Tuesday. He has yet to take full swings in the cages. Votto had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee July 17.
Mark Clements is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Eisemann Center and the City of Richardson announced the 2013-2014 Season of Eisemann Center Presents (ECP) at the Annual Season Preview Party on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. We will continue presenting our popular and established Theatre Comedy Series (four (4) shows); the Family Theatre Series (five (5) shows) and Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations® (four (4) concerts). In addition we have eight (8) MainStage Shows featuring a wide diversity of programming and artistic disciplines and one (1) Special Attraction. Some of our more popular productions and artists from the past eleven years are returning to join in the celebration – The King's Singers, Southern Fried Chick, Jaston Williams of Greater Tuna fame and the Church Basement Ladies. They will be joined by some outstanding new shows for the Eisemann Center, including Clint Black, The Ten Tenors, actor Stephen Lang in Beyond Glory and comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood in their new show, Two Man Group.
Subscriptions for the Theatre Comedy Series are on sale to the public with a 15% discount on full series subscriptions ranging from $116.00 to $136.00. The Family Theatre Series subscriptions range from $48.00 to $88.00, a savings of 20% off single ticket prices. The Keyboard Conversations® series subscriptions range from $92.00 to $109.00 at a 15% discount off single ticket prices.
Due to the artistic diversity of the MainStage Shows and our Special Attractions, these events are not packaged as a subscription series. All of these shows, as well as the other shows in the season qualify for this unique discount flex program, in which you can create your own entertainment package and enjoy savings up to 20%. The Multi-Show Discount Program does not guarantee the same seats, but offers you great flexibility of choice economically (different price levels and quantity of seats on a show by show basis), as well as artistically (shows of choice). If you are a subscriber to one or more of our subscription series, those shows will also count towards this discount package making it even easier for you to get discounts on other shows of interest. All shows must be ordered at the same time in order to receive the discount benefits offered.
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OCEAN CITY — In "the brief" this week, the only thing similar about the reports given by the MML (Maryland Muncipal League) and the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is that both entities are commonly known by their respective acronyms.
Yet, when representatives from each organization visited city hall to give reports to the Mayor and City Council, one broached the subject of budget cuts and pending legislature, while the other touched on saltwater fishing licenses.
Town Still Pushing For Statewide Helmet Law
Mayor Rick Meehan continued to express his hopes that the state will follow Ocean City's lead and pass a bill that would require helmets to be worn by scooter riders across the state.
Maryland Municipal League Executive Director Scott Hancock told Meehan, "several delegates have expressed interest in submitting such a bill."
Councilman Jim Hall reported that during a recent breakfast with former Ocean City Mayor and current Delegate Jim Mathias that "Jim says he is on the case for the scooter helmet law, and he is going to be working on a bill for this year."
Saltwater Anglers Now
Must Get NOAA Permit
The vast majority of saltwater anglers in the state will need to get a permit from NOAA in order to fish for any anadromous species in tidal waters or any fish in federal waters as of Jan. 1, 2010, according to NOAA Recreational Fisheries Coordinator Forbes Darby.
Darby briefed the Mayor and Council on Tuesday outlining a new federal regulation that will require saltwater anglers to register online with NOAA before being allowed to fish in federal waters.
"There will be no cost in 2010, but there will more than likely be a small fee in 2011, but we will not be making a profit on the permits, as the price of the permit will only be to cover administrative costs," said Darby.
The permits, according to Darby, are more for data compilation, as the list of permitted saltwater anglers will be a "much more efficient way to tabulate information than our current method of randomly calling coastal homes, where maybe only one out of ten have active fisherman in the house."
Darby called the database a "phonebook of fisherman" and stressed that the process to get the permit with NOAA is immediate via online registration, and a hard-copy permit would be sent after confirmation.
"Basically, it won't make anyone have to wait to go fishing, because once you register, you'll get a number to use until the actual permit is mailed to you," he said.


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I'm scared of braces! My mother and some others have been bugging me about getting them because of my 'not-so-neat' teeth. But I won't do it.
To have braces means I'll have to extract at least 4 teeth(?) and someone will have to knock me unconscious before I do that.
Actually, my problem isn't that bad. It's just that the 2 teeth (5 & 6) on either side of my front teeth (1 & 2) don't have space to grow properly.
Anyway, if I really want perfect teeth, I'll do braces when I get older. Perhaps then, my tolerance of pain will be higher.


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Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (4) Introduction to the role of accounting numbers in the process of managing a business and in investor decision making.
ACCTG 211 Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (4)
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the discipline of accounting through an introduction to two of accounting's sub-disciplines, financial and managerial accounting. The more specific purpose is to provide students a basic understanding of the role of financial and managerial accounting information in the decisions of capital market participants external to a business enterprise (e.g., stockholders, banks, financial analysts, prospective stockholders), and in the decisions of those who manage business enterprises. Accounting information has an important role in the resource allocation process in our socio-economic system as a whole, as well as in each individual business enterprise. This course provides students an understanding of (1) the nature of the accounting function, and (2) how the information in accounting reports are used by various decision makers in their resource allocation decisions.
In this course students will develop an understanding of (a) the five activity dimensions of accounting (the collection, recording, analysis, interpretation and reporting of information to decision makers for (mainly) their investment decisions), (b) the issues surrounding the five activity dimensions, (c) the environment in which accounting is practiced, and (d) what information is used in a number of specific decision situations, and how such information is used in such decision situations. The analysis, interpretation and decision-making orientation of this course includes a study of the procedural (mechanical and processing) aspects of the recording activity dimension which is an important means to the end --where the end is the analysis and interpretation of the information, and the reports produced by the recording/processing part of accounting. Through this focus on the recording activity dimension, students will obtain an understanding of (a) the nature and quality (strengths and weaknesses) of accounting information, (b) how to proceed in analyzing and interpreting accounting information, and (c) numerous other aspects of financial and managerial accounting.
This course is an important background course for all business majors, as well as for numerous non-business majors.
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The Crew and Sporting Kansas City split their three meetings in 2012 right down the middle with each team claiming one match apiece while the finale ended in a draw. Before the two original MLS rivals meet for the first time in 2013, here is a look back at the three battles from last season.
A seventh-minute Jacob Peterson tally gave Sporting an early lead in a midsummer clash between the two midwestern rivals at Crew Stadium. While the Crew created several prime chances in search of an equalizer, Kansas City's All-Star goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen was there to deny the Black & Gold each time. Top-of-the-table Sporting's victory was sealed in the 82nd minute when striker Teal Bunbury finished a Kansas City counterattack to beat Andy Gruenebaum in net.
Despite Kansas City forward Kei Kamara's early goal, the Crew's only trip to Sporting Park in 2012 was the coming out party of newly signed Costa Rican striker Jairo Arrieta. The forward tallied twice to help the Black & Gold overcome an early deficit, including a 30-yard laser past Nielsen to give Columbus the 2-1 lead in the 34th minute. Playing in front of his hometown crowd, Kansas City native Andy Gruenebaum made five crucial saves amid a Sporting onslaught late in the match to preserve the Crew victory.
Just like the first two matches before, Sporting Kansas City scored within the first 10 minutes against the Crew to put the Black & Gold on their heels early. With its playoff chances waning, Eddie Gaven's stoppage-time near-post header past Nielsen was enough to keep the Crew's postseason dreams alive for the time being.


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CARSON, Calif – Chivas USA ushered in a new era for the club on Wednesday afternoon, officially introducing new head coach Robin Fraser at a press conference at The Home Depot Center. Fraser was named to the position on Tuesday and will replace outgoing coach Martín Vásquez, who was released from his contract at the end of the 2010 season.
Fraser was introduced to the press by Jose L. Domene, who assumed the role of the Chivas USA's interim general manager after Stephen Hamilton stepped down from the position on Dec. 12 of last year.
"We're sure that the man on my right is the right choice," Domene said, referring to Fraser. "He has excellent coaching skills, he's a proven winner, he's an excellent person, and we're sure that he's going to take this franchise to the next level."
The job will be Fraser's first as a head coach after serving as an assistant to Jason Kreis at Real Salt Lake for four years. He is also a 10-year veteran of the league as a player, during which time he earned MLS Defender of the Year awards in 1999 and 2004 and made five appearances on the MLS All-Star Team and MLS Best XI (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2004).
[inline_node:325947]"This is indeed a very special day," Fraser said. "I'm extremely excited about this team and where we can take it. I think the owners have a phenomenal vision in terms of where they want this team to go and how they want it to get there. I felt like it was perfectly in line with how I look at the game and how I think it should be."
Fraser's time at Salt Lake was marked by success. During his tenure in Utah, RSL won an MLS Cup (in 2009) and has set a record for most consecutive home matches without a loss, currently at 25 league games and 33 matches in all competitions. Fraser insists his time under Kreis will help him succeed in Carson.
"Jason worked tirelessly and set a great example for anybody who wants to be a head coach," Fraser said "He was working extremely long hours and you can see how it's paid off. When you learn from that example, you can see that there is no room for cutting corners."
Fraser inherits a Goats squad in desperate need of improvement. The team finished the 2010 season in last place in the Western Conference with a record of 8-4-18, which saw them fail to make the MLS playoffs for the first time since 2005.
"My goal is improvement," said Fraser. "Literally until the very last day, it's being better than you were the day before. It's about getting the players to adhere to that philosophy. That's the essence of competitive athletics. You're never satisfied. Every day is about getting better than the day before.
"[Chivas USA have] certainly been a good team at times, and there have been coaches here that have done very well with them at times, but for me, I want more," he continued. "I'm never satisfied until I get to that final point. I'm a firm believer that if you do things the right way – in terms of moving and living and breathing as a team – then you get the results you want."
One of Fraser's challenges will be to improve the Red-and-White's offense. The team notched a lowly 31 goals in 30 games last year, good for second-worst in the whole league. That said, he has no interest in neglecting the defense.
"We will be a very aggressive defending team," he said, "And out of very aggressive defending, you create very good attacking opportunities."
[inline_node:325948]Joining Fraser as an assistant coach at Chivas USA will be Greg Vanney, Fraser's longtime friend who is himself a former MLS All-Star and veteran of the United States national team. Since his retirement as a player, Vanney has been active in the coaching ranks, holding his FIFA "A" License and working as a coach, scout, and director of RSL's youth program.
"We see the game the same way," Vanney said of working with Fraser. "Philosophically, we're on the same page in terms of how we want the team to play, how we approach the game, all those things. What's exciting about this opportunity is that we have the chance to help shape this club a little bit. You get to build something that everybody in this community can get excited about. We absolutely believe we can do it."
While Fraser and Vanney were adamant about their commitment to improvement on Wednesday afternoon, they both understand the need for results. After the disappointment of last year, Chivas USA's supporters will be hungry for success in 2011.
"This is a results-oriented business," Fraser said. "I talk about improving, I talk about cohesion, doing the things the right way, working hard – you do all those things, and you get the results that you want.
"There are a number of good players here, with good soccer feet, good minds, and I really think it's a matter of getting everyone on the same page and believing in a common philosophy."


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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Port Authority Cargo Theft Data of New Jersey and New York, 1978-1980 (ICPSR 8089)
Principal Investigator(s): Gibbs, John J.; Shelly, Peggy L.
This data collection is one of three quantitative databases comprising the Commercial Theft Studies component of the Study of the Causes of Crime for Gain, which focuses on patterns of commercial theft and characteristics of commercial thieves. This data collection contains information on methods used to commit commericial thefts involving cargo. The data include incident and missing cargo characteristics, suspect characteristics and punishments, and type and value of stolen property. Cargo thefts that occurred at John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark International Airport, and the New York Marine Terminals at Brooklyn, Port Elizabeth, and Port Newark were included in the data, which were collected from the Crime Analysis Unit files of the Port Authorities of New York and New Jersey.
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Gibbs, John J., and Peggy L. Shelly. PORT AUTHORITY CARGO THEFT DATA OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK, 1978-1980. ICPSR version. New Brunswick, NJ: John J. Gibbs and Peggy L. Shelly [producers], 1982. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08089.v1
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Subject Terms: airport security, arrests, burglary, cargo security, cargo shipments, commercial theft, larceny, police records, property crime statistics, property crimes, punishment, robbery, stolen property, New Jersey, New York City, New York (state), United States
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Sample: All incidents involving theft, robbery, or burglary of cargo from John F. Kennedy Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Airport, New York Marine Terminals at Brooklyn, Port Elizabeth, and Port Newark from January 1978-December 1980.
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Seasoned hurlers lead Nats' 2009 class
Strasburg, Storen among Draftees nearly ready for bigs
By Lisa Winston / MLB.com
It might have slipped past most folks' radars that the Washington Nationals signed 14 of their first 15 Draft picks this summer, and continued to directly address their most pressing need for big league pitching by taking college hurlers with seven picks in the first 10 rounds.
In fact, it might have slipped past most folks' radars that the Nationals even drafted more than two players in 2009, given the avid and well-deserved press that their top two picks got.
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For the first time in history, thanks to the new rules regarding where a team receives its compensation pick if it did not sign a first-rounder in the previous year, the Nationals had two picks in the Top 10 (in this case, getting pick No. 10 for not signing No. 9 pick from 2008, pitcher Aaron Crow) and they made great use of them.
With the first overall pick, the Nats signed San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg, widely regarded as the best pitcher to be available in a First-Year Player Draft, and they signed him with several minutes to spare prior to the Aug. 17 midnight ET deadline. With the 10th pick, Washington went for Stanford closer Drew Storen, who, conversely, signed quickly and became one of the first '09 Draftees to begin his pro career, cruising with virtually nary a hitch all the way to Double-A Harrisburg.
Both pitched in the Arizona Fall League and both should factor into the 2010 big league picture.
Top five picks
1. Stephen Strasburg, RHP: What is left to say about one of the top pitchers to enter the draft? The 6-foot-4 Strasburg's fastball has been clocked in triple digits, and he offsets it with a power curveball and a changeup. The only amateur on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and the winner of pretty much every national collegiate honor in '09, Strasburg signed a $15 million deal minutes before the deadline, and it was considered by many to be a steal (especially compared to some of the numbers that had been rumored prior to the deal). A sore neck scratched him from the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game starting slot, and a twisted knee suffered while playing catch in the outfield kept him out of the league championship game. Since those were the lone two AFL games televised nationally on MLB Network, most fans have yet to see Strasburg throw a pro pitch, but he's expected to be rested and ready to go when Spring Training arrives. The righty could break camp with the big league club, if he isn't sent to the Minors for just a bit of seasoning first. In limited AFL action, Strasburg finished 4-1 with a 4.26 ERA in five starts for Phoenix, striking out 23 while walking seven in 19 innings.
1. Drew Storen, RHP: The 10th player taken overall after having served as closer at Stanford, Storen is a polished reliever with a fastball in the mid 90-mph range and good secondary stuff to offset it. He wasted no time in getting his pro career started, moving in immediately with his best friend and former Stanford teammate, current Nationals pitching prospect Jack McGeary, in Class A Hagerstown. By season's end, Storen moved through three teams -- Hagerstown, Class A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg, combining for a 1.95 ERA and 11 saves in 37 innings, walking just eight while striking out 49. He followed that up with an 0.66 ERA and four saves in 12 AFL games, striking out 13 while walking three in 13 2/3 innings. A draft-eligible sophomore signee whose dad (Mark Patrick) is a well-respected media veteran, Storen has both the maturity and charisma that will make him a quick fan favorite when he arrives in D.C., which, as with Strasburg, could be very quickly.
2. Jeff Kobernus, 2B: The 50th pick overall, the Cal product is a prototypical No. 2 hitter whose debut season was cut short by a knee injury. When healthy, Kobernus provides plus defense, some pop, a good arm and solid tools across the board, and as the club's lone position player pick in its first five selections, he is Washington's most polished hitter right now from the 2009 Draft class. Kobernus can hit to all fields, though he is more of a line drive hitter than a home run guy, but he has great instincts on the basepaths to go with good speed. His work ethic matches the rest of the picture. He hit .222 in 10 games at short-season Class A Vermont this summer, and should start working his way through the full-season leagues this spring.
3. Trevor Holder, RHP: One of two back-to-back college senior signings, the Georgia prospect pitched at three levels this summer, finishing up at advanced Class A Potomac and combining for a 6.97 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 41 1/3 innings. A 10th-round pick in 2008 by Florida who did not sign, the Nats love his upside, size and makeup.
4. A.J. Morris, RHP: The Kansas State hurler was one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award for top collegiate player (which went to his future teammate, Strasburg) as he combined to go 14-1 with a 2.09 ERA in his senior season. Armed with a fastball and slider combo in college, Morris has started flashing a promising changeup, as well, and he combined for a 3.38 ERA between the Gulf Coast League and Hagerstown, striking out 40 while walking eight in 42 2/3 innings.
Best of the rest
Right-hander Dean Weaver (seventh round), the closer out of Georgia where he was teammates with Holder, has a fastball which touches the mid 90s, and he posted a 3.55 ERA in 10 games between the Gulf Coast League and Vermont after signing late. ... Righty Taylor Jordan (9), taken out of community college in Florida, limited Gulf Coast League hitters to a .194 average in 10 games. ... Lefty Paul Applebee (10th round) from UC Riverside walked just four batters in 33 1/3 innings between the Gulf Coast League and Vermont. ... Righty Nathan Karns (12th round), a big right-hander out of Texas Tech, signed at the deadline and has yet to pitch, but he has a blazing fastball in the mid 90s. ... The Nationals gave fans a local boy to root for in the person of righty Pat Lehman (13th round), the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year out of George Washington. Between Vermont and Hagerstown, Karns combined for a 1.97 ERA and limited hitters to a .202 average, walking just two while striking out 42 in 59 1/3 innings. ... Outfielder Naoya Washiya (14th round), only the second Japanese player to be drafted, comes out of Junior College of the Desert in California and has great speed, going 12-for-12 in steals in the Gulf Coast League. ... Lefty Evan Bronson (29th round) out of Trinity College in Texas was 3-0 with an 0.55 ERA in 20 games at Vermont, limiting hitters to a .161 average and walking three while striking out 38 in 49 1/3 innings. ... The last player from their Draft that the Nats signed was righty Shane McCatty (34th round), whose dad Steve is the club's pitching coach. Taken out of Oakland University in Michigan, he posted a 3.95 ERA in 14 games in the Gulf Coast League.
Fast risers
The two obvious picks are Strasburg and Storen, both of whom could factor into the Opening Day picture in 2010, but the Nationals' other two pitchers taken in the top five, Holder and Morris, were college seniors who will move as fast as their own progress dictates. In addition, though a little further away, don't be surprised to see Kobernus move up, thanks in part to his versatility in the infield.
Overall, the Nationals signed 30 of their 51 picks, including 14 of their first 15. Their last selection to sign came in round 34. The club's fifth-round pick, high school lefty Miguel Pena from Texas, opted instead to attend San Jacinto Junior College and could be back in the Draft in 2010. Big first baseman Corey Davis (15th round) out of high school in Coffee, Ga., went the college route, as well, as did intriguing two-way player Marcus Stroman (18th round). One of the top players from the New York suburb of Long Island, some teams saw the 5-foot-9 170-pound Stroman as a pitcher and others as a shortstop (the Nats drafted him officially as a shortstop), but all knew the academic/athletic double-threat would be a tough sign, and indeed he headed to Duke instead.
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Discussion in 'College Tennis Talk' started by Kirijax, Dec 15, 2012.
So it comes down to this.
The 64-Year History of the Miami Hurricanes-Florida State Seminoles Tennis Rivalry
Canes have a huge lead but it's been a lot closer since the 80s. Hopefully the Canes can add another win on Saturday.
you can do it
the ole miss rebels also ve done it!
Senior Day tomorrow! Hoping the seniors can finish with a bang!
Florida State at Miami underway after a 30-min rain delay. But don't bother with Live Stats. Still stuck on April 4.
They are posting scores now, but the names are still from April 4. Classic.
Those are scores from the Duke match. lol
Now I remember: They stopped updating midway through the doubles against Duke, which makes it look like real scores at the moment. Even more impressive.
First they send me this tweet.
But now the live scores are up. LIVE STATS
Miami goes down to Florida State. That pretty much finishes their season as well. The ACC tourney and that'll be it. No NCAAs for the third consecutive year.
Good effort today from Tsukamoto in a match he probably should have been out-classed in. Tough for Gonzalez to drop that 2nd set.
Miami never worked as a cohesive unit this season. At one point they had decent depth but the top guys struggled, now to end the year the top players are playing pretty well but the depth isn't there anymore.
Canes ladies defeat No. 9 Virginia and earn a share of first place in the ACC for the regular season.
Live Stats
Great article on Coach Rincon. Although you'd never guess that the team is far, far away from the top ten now and will probably miss the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive time. First time this has ever happened at Miami. Still, a nice all-positive-no-negative article on the coach.
A Home Away From Home
Noles take doubles point. Never trailed in all three matches.
My take on the article and the touting of the 2014 recruiting class that is also on the page is that Mario Rincon might be feeling the pressure, so let's put out a couple of puff pieces.
No argument there, but he's got a couple if interesting recruits coming in next year so maybe he can turn this thing around.
Noles win all six first sets of the singles matches. Albanese goes down 1 and 1. Noles leading 2-0 at the moment.
Aly goes down 1 and 4. Noles lead 3-0. But the other four are still close.
Flores vs. Gonzalez 4-6, 6-3, 0-1
Soto vs. Nunez 2-6, 7-5
Gonzales vs. 4-6, 5-4
Tsukamoto vs. Rinaldi 3-6. 6-1, 1-2
Flores vs. Gonzalez 4-6, 6-3, 2-3
Soto vs. Nunez 2-6, 7-5, 2-2
Gonzales vs. 4-6, 7-5, 0-1
Tsukamoto vs. Rinaldi 3-6. 6-1, 3-4
Canes have to win all four.
Is everyone on serve? Miami not out of it yet
Knowing who is serving is not a luxury us college tennis fans are allowed. The concept of showing who is serving has not occurred to those doing the live scoreboards.
Flores vs. Gonzalez 4-6, 6-3, 5-4
Soto vs. Nunez 2-6, 7-5, 4-5
Gonzales vs. 4-6, 7-5, 3-2
Tsukamoto vs. Rinaldi 3-6. 6-1, 6-6
Soto loses 6-4 and thats that. Season ends.
A bit too optimistic. Should say how it is instead of saying that.
if miami gets in ..sth is wrong in the system...sorry no offense to all the canes out there
Canes ladies taking on Notre Dame today. As bad as the Canes men are, the Canes women are good.
Live Scoring
While the men are returning to Miami after their one night stay in Cary, the women are looking good against Notre Dame with the doubles point and 3 of 4 first sets in the singles and a chance to win two more.
The Canes ladies finished off the Irish 4-2 yesterday and will face #3 Virginia today in the ACC semifinals. Live Scoring
Miami needs to be better .
Miami blown off the courts today. This was probably their worst loss of the year. When I checked the live scoring, I thought I was looking at the men's team's scores by mistake. Oh well, On to the NCAAs.
I was a bit hard on them at times during the last few years but though they didn't produce the results we hoped for, Aly, Flores and Soto represented The U well. Never met them myself but everyone tells me they a great bunch of guys. Good luck to them in their future.
The Canes ladies team was seeded 12th and will host first two rounds. They'll play Boston University in the first round and then the winner of Oklahoma-Wichita state. If the get thru that, They'll probably face No. 2 UCLA. Gonna be tough.
when will Miami get a new coach?
Rincon isn't going anywhere yet.
Make that five different coaches that this punk poster came online to trash in one evening.
Great! Another troll! He can join chris-swede and the others on a forum somewhere.
Team missed out on the NCAAs again but Omar Aly was named to the ACC Second Team and he is the 8th Alternate for the NCAA singles. Doubt he will play but the best showing a Cane gave in a couple years.
Omar Aly
Very bad news for the Canes ladies as they prepare for the NCAA Championships. They just suspended their No. 2 player, 66th-ranked Kelsey Laurente for whatever reason.
Laurente Suspended
I saw on Tennis channel.... Martina Navratilova doing instructional series for Miami Hurricane women. I wonder if Martina is interested in coaching them or being assistance Coach for them ???
Could make for a close second round match. Was that after line ups had been submitted ?
Not sure which came first. But they pulled it out today against No. 18 Oklahoma. The Sooners had a match point to take the doubles point but they hung in there and came back. They took the singles pretty easily. But now here comes one of my Axis of Evil teams, the UCLA Brooins. Gonna be tough to get through that one.
Any word on why kelsey was suspended? Thats a tough loss for the canes. Made a huge impact in the round of sixteen.
No, nothing. The school will not announce things like that. I'd like to know too though. It must have been pretty bad to have been suspended right before the NCAAs.
I am not trashing, I am giving my opinion on how the athletics director should run his university
Former Canes have left their mark on Wimbledon history!
Greatest Miami Hurricanes at Wimbledon
On the women's side, I saw a couple days ago that Kelsey Laurente transferred to the Oklahoma State Cowboys. She was suspended for an unknown reason right before the NCAA tournament (must have been pretty bad) so this news surprises no one. It's gonna hurt though, because Laurente was ranked as high as No. 33 in the country last year and was a solid No. 2, sometimes No. 1 in the lineup.
With Laurente leaving, the roster is at five. The bare minimum needed for dual team play is six. So what happen now? The school just announced that they have five freshmen signed for next year. There is blue-chip and No. 5 Yolimar Ogando from Puerto Rico, Judith Bohnenkamp from Germany, Silvia Fuentes from Spain, Sinead Lohan from Ireland and Wendy Zhang from Canada. Hard to say what kind of team we will have next year on the women's side. Could go either way.
If you're looking for an international team, look no further. We have players from Brazil, Latvia, Germany (2), Spain, Canada, Ireland, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. Wow.
Laurente Transfers, Five Freshmen Coming In
Curious if Bohnenkamp is a walk on or not, she has yet to sign a NLI
According to Miami's official site, she is coming in the fall. But then again they never announce when players leave or uncommit so will have to check the roster in September.
Clementina Riobueno wins the doubles title in the Southeast region tourney of the ITA Summer Circuit at the University of Alabama! Made the singles semifinals as well.
Canes in the ITA Summer Circuit
After winning the doubles title at Alabama, Riobueno easily won the singles title at Florida over the weekend.
Riobueno wins ITA Summer Circuit tourney at UF
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Down 79-44 with 8:50 left in the 3rd. Kings outscored them 33-10 in the 4th. damnHICAGO (AP)The buzzer sounded, the 35-point comeback was complete and both the ecstatic Sacramento Kings and the stunned Chicago Bulls had trouble describing what had just happened.
Wow! All I can say is, Wow! Tyreke Evans(notes) said after dominating down the stretch and leading the Kings to a 102-98 victory Monday night. We fought to the end. It was amazing.
Indeed, it was one of the most amazing comebacks in NBA history.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the biggest rally since Utah overcame a 36-point deficit to beat Denver on Nov. 27, 1996. The Jazz trailed 70-34 in the second quarter before winning 107-103.
I mean, what can you say? Its unheard of to do what just happened, Kings coach Paul Westphal said. Im not even sure I believe it, but it sure was fun.
The Bulls were talking about a collapse, not a comeback.
This one stings, Chicago coach Vinny Del Negro said. We stopped being aggressive, got a little complacent there and they jumped on it. Were not good enough to take a minute off, never mind a half.
The Bulls led 79-44 with 8:50 left in the third quarter, and were still up 83-50 two minutes later before the Kings stole momentum and, eventually, the game.
After Sacramento finished the third with a 19-5 run to make it 88-69, Ime Udoka(notes) scored 15 of the Kings first 22 points in the fourth quarter to cut it to 95-91 with 2:28 remaining.
Evans, the outstanding rookie guard from Memphis, then personally outscored the Bulls 9-3 the rest of the way.
He converted a three-point play and, after Chicagos Luol Deng(notes) made a free throw, scored on a drive and hit a foul shot to give the Kings their first lead since the opening minutes. Evans then hit a 22-footer at the shot-clock buzzer to put Sacramento up 99-96.
Derrick Rose(notes) made two free throws to cut it to 99-98 before Evans hit one of two foul shots. After Rose missed a layup, Beno Udrih(notes) clinched the win with two more free throws.
I think we relaxed, said Deng, who scored 26 points. We were making mistakes defensively. We were just not aggressive and that carries over to offense. Its frustrating.
As the sellout crowd booed the Bulls off the court, Kings owner Gavin Maloof celebrated.
If they didnt know who Tyreke Evans was, they know him now, he said. It was magical.
Evans followed Rose to Memphis, where each played only one year of college ball before turning pro. Rose was last seasons Rookie of the Year and Evans one of just four NBA players averaging at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assistsis a front-runner for the award this season.
I just kept attacking and never gave up, Evans said.
The Bulls were almost perfect in the first quarter, shooting 71 percent, committing no turnovers, holding the Kings to 39 percent shooting and forcing seven giveaways. Chicago built a 67-43 lead by halftime and opened the second half with a 12-1 run that seemingly put the game away.
But as the Bulls gradually came ungluedthey were only 2 for 10 from the floor and committed nine turnovers in the fourth quarterEvans, Udoka and the Kings took control.
This game was absolutely crazy, ex-Bull Andres Nocioni(notes) said. Ive played in many games with national teams and many games in the NBA and Ive never seen anything like that. I dont know if we won the game or the Chicago Bulls lost the game.
It was a matter of us not being smart at either end, he said. Its frustrating. Its difficult. But what are you going to do, put your head down and feel sorry for yourself? Youve got to go play.


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Aybar gets chance to bat in two-hole
Young shortstop having impressive year offensively
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The young shortstop goes about his business, making spectacular plays with the glove, drawing oohs and ahs with his arm and racing like mad around the bases when he hits a ball in a gap or down a line.
With 11 hits in his past 25 at-bats entering Friday, raising his average to .303, Aybar was rewarded by manager Mike Scioscia with a shot at the No. 2 spot in the batting order on Friday night against the Rangers in the opener of a three-game weekend showdown of the American League West's top two clubs.
"The way Erick is swinging, he can set up well in the two-hole," Scioscia said. "There's some growth there. He's quietly having a good year offensively."
This is Aybar's first crack this season at the No. 2 spot. Maicer Izturis (13) and Howard Kendrick (12) have drawn most of the assignments between Chone Figgins and Bobby Abreu.
Aybar's .321 on-base percentage is far from ideal for a No. 2 hitter, but it is higher than those of Izturis (.291) and Kendrick (.285). Gary Matthews Jr., with seven starts in the No. 2 spot, has a .312 on-base percentage.
"Erick is making strides," Scioscia said. "Izzy can work counts and has the potential to be a good two-hole hitter."
Kendrick, hitting eighth, has shown dramatically improved plate discipline the last two games, drawing four walks -- actually five, considering he was hit by a pitch on what would have been ball four against Boston. Kendrick had one walk in his first 27 games.
"The way we explain it is there's a presence you have to bring if you're hitting in front of the middle of the order," Scioscia said. "I don't know if Howie was comfortable hitting in the top of the lineup. He did try to change his game [by being more selective], and when it didn't work, he started to press.
"It's not just about walks, it's about getting yourself in hitter's counts. When Howie gets in hitter's counts, he's as good as any hitter in baseball."
If a spot could be found for him in a crowded outfield, Reggie Willits has all the skills of an ideal No. 2 hitter. Given his .397 on-base percentage and 19 walks, tying Figgins for the club lead, Abreu could be the best option in the two-hole, as Scioscia had originally planned, when Guerrero returns.
"For a player to hit in front of your lineup, there has to be that constant drumbeating of getting on base and making things happen," Scioscia said.
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There is an article at snook.ca [link] about off-screen positioning versus clip (something which I've not tried). I'm using off-screen absolute positioning, though slightly different to the example in that article, but I can't replicate the page jump problem that this writer mentions. I have tried it in Firefox 3 (and latterly 8), Chrome, and Internet Explorer 8. So does this happen? Does it affect only browsers that I don't have, or what?
Wow, that's the dumbest article I've read in quite some time...
1) starts out with the massive text-indent; that's usually used for content cloaking or the 'broken' image replacement methods, and as such really shouldn't be used in the first place.
2) positioning off the top with apo? Off the LEFT... LEFT!!! Of course, if it has focusable content, what the blue blazes would you be hiding it for?!?
3) clip -- unreliable rubbish... I've never seen it work right in any browser.
End of problem. Width/height+overflow chops it off preventing height/width overflow issues, left positioning well off screen hides it...
Well, that's the thing. A lot of people seem to set top positioning, judging by what I've read, claiming that it avoids problems with right-to-left languages. I just used left positioning instead, because when am I ever going to write something in anything other than English, so maybe that's why I haven't seen this problem. My code is pretty similar to yours.
I couldn't get clip to work very well, either, when I tried it yesterday, but I didn't know why.
About focusable elements: I'm doing a new site at the moment, using Drupal, which involves the occasional use of focusable content being off-screen. That's the Drupal way anyway, but it does make sense in certain cases.
I'm not sure what the issue with clip is.
Admittedly I've only used it a few times when a client wanted an "animated gradual unveiling" of a vertical sub menu when its main menu item was moused over. It works fine in at least the major browsers.
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What's to like? :rofl: The chronic ineptitude of it's coders?
Yes, it's true that it suffers from what I understand is often called divitis. Like a lot of CMSs. But most of them can easily be removed from the templates and any others can usually be removed by writing functions. That can be difficult to figure out, and I've certainly had some headaches over it, but it's doable. I'm not making any excuses for the default output, though, some of which has really annoyed me. But Drupal has a lot in its favour and a lot to like.
though slightly different to the example in that article, but I can't replicate the page jump problem that this writer mentions.
Nobody can. And the comments where folks using RTL also solved the problems are also conveniently ignored.
But then I disagree with Jonathan on lots of stuff. For example, he also advocates teh 62.5% font size crap on body elements. No thanks, I'm not getting my advice from this guy.
I continue to use the off-left positioning method. It works. Opera still has issues focussing on something pulled off-screen, and webkit still has its years-old bug of not moving focus to the fragment/destination, but those are not new.
The off-top positioning method had a few issues: Opera has not only a limit in width on pages, but that same limit seems to apply to heights too. So no setting something to top: -9999em in Opera (esp if the page has a main box with overflow: hidden).Window-Eyes used to let users focus on something pulled off-screen to the top right on page load, rather than only when the user got to wherever the off-screen element actually was in the markup. No idea if that's still an issue.
Poes: A bit OT, but what font measure set up do you use in preference, and why? What is it about 62.5% that you dislike?
You know, I posted a bunch to someone with the same question on Linkedin... I wonder if I can just copy-paste that and translate to English...
I also use ems, but not microscopic sizes.
To avoid an IE bug, I use a % font setting on de body. But I use what the user has: 100%. People who need 20px fonts, 100% == 1em == 20px. For people with superman eyes and young hip age who have their machines set to 10px, 100% == 1em == 10px. But the user is deciding that. The Clagnut technique is all wrong (he did add a larger font later in the code, but most people imitating him leave that out and just keep the 62.5%, similar to people using Meyer's reset with outline: none and then no :focus styles added).
Web dev asks why he sees a difference with Georgia, 62.5% and Macs:http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/css-53/mac-font-size-couple-pixels-smaller-than-pc-752769.html Font size on de body tag:http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/web-page-design-1/font-size-body-tag-731654.html
(read de comment from Jeff Croft): http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200602/setting_font_size_in_pixels/
(1st comment from Aaron Digulla): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1672514/what-are-good-and-bad-points-if-i-use-body-font-size62-5
Browser default !=16px for everyone; that's why the numbers don't work. And if someone's bothered setting their default font sizes bigger, who am I to go make them smaller on him/her??
I sometimes hear bosses and designers say a font is too big. User complain when it's too small.
Somewhere Crusty has an example page showing just how much smaller pages get (different per browser) when people use something that low. It's almost cutting someone's set font size down by half. I think Crusty didn't go down under 80%...
I thought that it was solely about making it easy to get all the em sizes worked out in any design that needs numerous different sizes.
In my case, I've found it useful for that, although I would leave it at 100% if I could find or come up with a better way because I've encountered some instances of CMS-generated text in divs (with no text elements around it, so they appear as 10px and I have to add another fontsize declaration) and some trouble with nested lists getting very oversized. When I started the design, it was hard to get the sizes that I wanted on things like headings when the starting point was bigger. 10 is such as easy number.
As an aside, rest assured that all my text is sized at effectively 16px and above (in most browsers, notwithstanding things that I can't control/predict, etc.). I can't read anything less than about 14-16px depending on the font.
Poes, that Stackoverflow link that you included.... That whole discussion seems to predicated on an assumption that the person who asked the question wouldn't then set fontsizes for text elements, e.g. p, li {font-size:1.6em} and h1 {...2.8em} and so on. Is that actually how most people do it? Leave most of the body text elements to inherit the 62.5%?! That would be nuts.
There's a way to hide things up with css font-size: 0px. However, it's not fully cross-browser - for instance still shows the text on iPad mobile Safari.
Yes, the original idea was, designers and CSSers were used to using pixels, but were being advised to use ems, and ems are a different mindset for pixel-wranglers. So with some clever math, someone thought they found a way for developers to use ems and know exactly how many pixels that would be. Since ems don't translate to pixels correctly cross browser/platform/hardware, it's folly.
But again, the Clagnut technique as originally explained, while an itty-bitty 62.5% is set on the body, there was a main-page wrapping div which had the font size set higher (so he could keep his 1em=10px thing but the page didn't actually set everything to 10px anymore) but the part everyone got was just the 62.5% part.
That whole discussion seems to predicated on an assumption that the person who asked the question wouldn't then set fontsizes for text elements, e.g. p, li {font-size:1.6em} and h1 {...2.8em} and so on. Is that actually how most people do it? Leave most of the body text elements to inherit the 62.5%?! That would be nuts.
It's certainly what you'd see on many other pages displaying the technique, yeah. The original Clagnut page did not, but I think that wasn't highlighted enough.
If you're using the 62.5% technique but then being really picky on keeping font sizes pretty large, you're probably still okay. My issue is two-fold: most sites using it have text that's too small on my machines, and it's not true that you really get 1em=10px. I recommend people just dive into ems and get used to seeing how big they are (so, also container widths etc) when the body starts at system/browser default size (whatever that may be).
People going from px to ems also got bitten now and then by setting the font-sizes (in ems) on containers. That'll get you the nested-stuff problems. So for example, no setting of font-sizes on uls and ols. I set them on the lis if those are at the end of the DOM branch, or the anchors if there are anchors inside. Anyone I don't set an explicit font size on, is at least going to be naturally 1em, which will be... whatever the user has set.
You have to think roughly in terms of pixels, though, surely. Because if you ignore pixels, you have no reference point at all for what 1.6em may signify. I mean, pixels are the end result of whatever you do in your CSS and if you don't think in an em:pixel way, you might as well just not specify any font-sizes.I see all my text at 16px or greater in the browsers that I can test, having chosen a starting point of 1.6em, and I can do little more than hope and assume that other people will see it at least as big as that.
Re: sizing on the lists: I had the font size on the list items but still had inheritance problems in sub lists because they're inside LIs.
Because if you ignore pixels, you have no reference point at all for what 1.6em may signify. I mean, pixels are the end result of whatever you do in your CSS and if you don't think in an em:pixel way, you might as well just not specify any font-sizes.
I certainly started out thinking that way.I really don't bother with thinking in pixels anymore really unless images are involved (or I'm working on a page where stuff is already set in px).What does 1.6em signify? "160 bigger than default". I set something larger than 1 when I want something "bigger than" and smaller than 1 when I want something "smaller than". Ambiguous and ethereal, I know. But I'm okay thinking of things relatively on web pages for the most part (still bites me when I forget some browser sets some element to something other than 1em, like form inputs!).
Probably the reason I'm okay within thinking that way is because of how I've increasingly needed to increase sizes on web sites. Nobody is whatever the original pixel intention was on my screens anyway. Everyone's quite a bit bigger and I have no idea how many pixels bigger they are than they were on the original developer's screens.
The results are not the same cross-browser but they are the same ratio. Everyone's generally relative to each other in the same way regardless of scale.
For something like nested lists (where there are no anchors), let's say I have this:

main item one

main item two

main item three

main item four with components

sub item one

sub item two

sub item three

main item vijf

If this list needs to be slightly smaller than default, then let's say I doli { font-size: .8em;}then yeah, the sub li's are 80% of 80%, which is smaller than 80% of the original 100%.
To keep the subs at the same level as the parents (80% rather than 80% of 80%) I set them to 1em.li li { font-size: 1em;}
and I really do try to avoid 1.345em type settings because since I'm not thinking in pixels I know I'll have differing results per machine anyway so it's all not only relative, but approximate.
I dunno that I'd want to try to deal with ems in a CMS that's full of strange things, or px-sized boxes, or that mixes stuff horribly. But so far I've been lucky enough to be allowed to write HTML by hand.
Using em's on hand-written stuff is probably a lot easier, whereas using px on partially-machine-generated pages is probably easier. Certainly if I were stepping into someone else's page I'd be really careful using em for anything because being a relative unit, it'll die horribly if the other dev had set something weird somewhere else I haven't seen. Px settings always start from an absolute unit (even if that unit isn't exactly the same cross rez/browser/machine, as far as the browser is concerned it's some set amount) so nesting doesn't matter there.
You mean this?http://battletech.hopto.org/html_tutorials/fontCompare/template.html