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1965 Topps Baseball #5, AL RBI leaders
The 1964 AL league leaders include a range of players and teams, all skilled with the bat. (Most are known for more besides.)
Ah yes, Mantle, Topps icon and regular run producer. He continued to light up the scoreboard, even as the late-1960s Yankees sank to the second division.
Harmon Killebrew's towering shots equaled the Mick in force, if not in lasting fame. Like other tailing sluggers from the mid-70s, Killer dipped a toe in the new free agent market to finish his career in Kansas City. One year, 14 HR, .199 batting average.
Dick Stuart, a.k.a "Dr. Strangeglove," tallied more errors than round-trippers some seasons. Observers agree that every play at first felt like an adventure.
Finally (and firstly), Brooks Robinson, who took advantage of his prime of life to pound out 118 RBIs in 1964 and set career highs in many offensive categories. "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" added an MVP to his credentials that year, beating out a second-place Mantle.
Card front
Topps debuted league leader cards in the 1960 set and they continue to this day. Multi-player cards stretch back significantly further, both post-war and pre-war. As baseball fell increasingly under the spell of statistics, the cachet of plating the most runners or striking out more hitters than the next guy also rose. Hence, I assume, the desire to add this kind of subset to the mix. Perhaps it's also an easy way to get less-than-the-best photos onto cardboard. This LL card shows alternate poses for each player, kind of like home-and-away jerseys. One particular player jumped around enough that we need the Internet just to keep track of things.
The Mick's regular card shows him batting righty, kind of a cool switch from this lefty close-up.
Killebrew's #400 moves the portrait to a different angle.
Brooksie's smiling mug dominates his "regular" card, not far removed from 1957's rookie pose.
Dick Stuart's card throws a bucket of cold water over the whole process. First, the picture's clearly a hatless Pirate uni, probably taken in 1962. Pittsburgh traded him to Boston prior to spring training 1963. He indeed finished runner-up in 1964 AL RBIs, but the Sox shipped him to Philadelphia around Thanksgiving. Topps slapped a PHILLIES flag on the old photo and voila, he appears for both American and National League teams in the same set.
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Labels: 1960s, baltimore orioles, boston red sox, minnesota twins, new york yankees
1960 Bazooka Baseball #5, Milt Pappas
Once cigarette cards petered out in the early 20th century, gum companies stepped in to pick up the mantle with their own sugary products. Post-WWII, Topps and Bowman took over the field with large-count sets, echoing Goudey Gum's pre-war success. In both cases, it was hard to tell which came first financially, the gum or the cards, but at least the players are still with us.
Card front (blank back)
Before long, the newly crowned Topps Goliath cast about for ways to expand the baseball market. Enter their subsidiary Bazooka, my childhood synonym for bubblegum. They printed cards directly on gum boxes for trimming with scissors, much like Post cereal sets from the same era.
The 1960 set featured 36 numbered cards and our #5 guest, Baltimore righty Milt Pappis. See this cool proof sheet for a good overview of the set itself, if divorced from the final, gum-protecting product. Relative to their over-sized 1959 set, the three-panel layout made for small individual cards and less impressive photos. Physical limits aside, Bazooka did capture some nice images, and Milt's one of the few that look stoic and static.
Although one of the 1960s' strongest starters, today's guest could've been even better in ideal career circumstances. For all his boyish good looks and pitching acumen, personality conflicts crowded Mr. Pappas like a hard-breaking slider. His Wikipedia entry mentions a number of issues with managers, fans, and umpires, even lingering to the present day. Of course, a greater man than I would be sore to miss out on a perfect game with a walk. At least make the batter work for it, ump!
Labels: 1960s, baltimore orioles
1954 Topps #5, Ed Lopat
Junkballer Ed Lopat made the most of a career in the Yankees organization, winning 163 games in 12 pinstriped seasons. He hurled at least 20 games each season, completed almost as many as he won, and led the league in ERA and W/L% in 1953, the year prior to today's card. The Yanks beat the Bums in 6 games for another World Series win and "Steady Eddie" tossed all 9 innings in game 2, winning 4-2 on the strength of late inning homers by Billy Martin and Mickey Mantle.
Note the eccentric top border, an edge-bleed color that overlaps one side of the print row to those above. The printer laid out the 100-card sheet with flip-flopping rows to achieve this effect, something visible in the Topps Archives blog profile. The overall look resembles a mis-cut, though spacing on the other three edges can confirm the centering as good, bad, or ugly.
Card back
The 1954 design clearly bridges the early big-card efforts to the mid-50s. Black-and-white body photos accent a tinted portrait against a solid background. This multi-image presentation moved to a landscape in 1955 and included full-field action shots in 1956, but saved full-color for 1957.
Labels: 1950s, new york yankees
1954 Red Man AL #5, Sherm Lollar
Sherm Lollar played catcher in the AL for 18 seasons and 4 different teams, starting with the Cleveland Indians in 1946 and finishing with 11 quality years on the (as pictured) Chicago White Sox. He made 7 All-Star teams and garnered MVP votes in six different years. Several skills stand out as even more valued now than then.
Walked more often than struck out in every full season
Batted at least 100 OPS+ in half his seasons, including 5 in a row from 1955-1959
Three Gold Gloves, including the combo AL/NL award for 1957
Took one for the team a lot, finishing in the top 10 HBP 11 times
Germane to the type collection, Mr. Lollar managed the Tucson Toros for a couple of years in the early 70s. Yes, the very same team of the worst uniform ever (and not just in Arizona). Viva Toros!
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Labels: 1950s, chicago white sox, tobacco
1953 Johnson Cookies Braves Baseball #5, Lew Burdette
Lew's the first player to appear in my type card profiles that I met personally. A couple years prior to Mr. Burdette's death from lung cancer in 2007, he toured New England area card shows, signing pictures and cards for $10 each. (My dad, a childhood Braves fan, received that Lew-modified 1961 Topps card.)
A few things stood out upon meeting the man himself. He must've been 78 at the time, but damn he still seemed tall, slim, and farmhand strong. Hands big enough to put a curve on a cantaloupe swallowed up my city boy fingers like combat boots eat shoelaces. Sharp eyes, exact facial features, and a rumbling voice completed the image of a former elite athlete in his golden years.
The only weakness on that championship frame seemed to be hearing, as a friend of Lew's did a lot of "translating" by repeating what you said into his right ear. Over a couple of minutes, I got across how important the Braves were to my 10 year-old dad and thanked him for making the trip north from sunnier Florida. Along with Eddie Mathews (by mail), former Milwaukee players make up the only two times I've paid for an autograph.
How about the cards themselves? As you can guess from the set title, they came with packs of cookies and profiled the local Milwaukee team. Manager Charlie Grimm led off the set and 24 players followed, including the HOFers Spahn and Mathews. See the full TCDB gallery for its portraits and these glossy collars on Braves undershirts!
Labels: 1950s, atl-bos-mil braves
Memorial to 19th Century player Frank Grant
I joined several friends at the summertime Williamstown Theatre Festival (aka W.T.F.) earlier this year. During a stroll through the main business area, we discovered this sturdy memorial to Frank Grant, one of the most prominent 19th Century players and a 2006 HOF inductee. (That's 103 years after the end of his career for those scoring at home.)
The memorial's stoic quality impressed me and I'm happy to learn a little more about this pioneer of the game, whether you think of him as an African-American player, or just a power-hitting second basemen. This rock-and-plaque sits in Williamstown, but Frank's hometown is nearby Pittsfield, MA. You can catch games featuring the Pittsfield American Defenders (formerly "Dukes") during the summer at its Wahconah Park, one of the last American parks to feature wooden grandstands.
1932-34 Orbit Baseball Pins (numbered, PR2) #5, Frank Grube
Orbin published two sets of baseball pinbacks in 1932, one with numbers (cataloged PR2) and one without (cataloged PR3). Their tiny presentation area doesn't allow for much expression, so Frank Grube looks kind of squinty and irritable, packed into that upper-third of old-school catching gear.
This set parallels two other Orbit Gum releases, as the company sought to make more with less effort. As mentioned, the PR3 pin issue re-used the same pictures and players, but left off the numbers. The images showed up yet again in 1933 on the R305 Tattoo Orbits, a set notable for bright colors in a black-and-white era. The full PR2 checklist includes both skip-numbering and a handful of variations.
The above scan is hard-to-find Near-Mint pin, currently on eBay for $50 BIN. Most Orbit pins look more the dinged and scratched Grube below; that's the one I actually own.
Value: Low grade commons cost $5-10. Many collectors grade and slab the nice ones just to keep them stored flat, since buttons don't fit well in binders next to cards.
Fakes / reprints: It would be tough to fake a pin, but the set does include several Hall of Famers, so I recommend buying a type "card" from dealers with vintage expertise.
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Labels: 1930s, chicago white sox
1941 Double Play Baseball #5, Linus Frey
This interesting set from Gum, Inc. (also the producers of Play Ball) pictures two teammates on each card. Simple demographics and performance info (i.e., "batted .266") fill out the details and make for a very minimal appearance. At two each, 75 pieces of cardboard total 150 players, including a variety of well-known and forgotten players. See the complete checklist for all of the card combos.
Mr. Frey's teammate, (and #6) Johnny Vander Meer, went missing at some point, making this card perfectly suitable for this type collection. Most of the pictures look like Linus, vertical portraits with decent lighting. A few (mostly in the middle of the set) capture them at distance or in action, including a nice double batting shot of Ted Williams and Joe Cronin.
Though some show up as "individual" cards (probably thanks to kids from the 40s), most modern collectors go for intact Double Plays. They're not particularly hard to find, but anything pre-war and in decent shape commands high prices these days. I had the good fortune to score a complete set that'd been trimmed into pairs (and later reassembled using tape) for $300 last year on eBay.
The composition quality varies quite a bit, so look for a nice pair of photos if you want a type card of your own. #77/78 shows one of the better choices; Bob Feller always takes a good picture and his fellow Indian Joe Krakauskas looked happy to be paired with him, even if he couldn't crack the Cleveland rotation itself.
Labels: 1940s, cincinnati reds
1945-46 Caramelo Deportivo Baseball #5, Quico ("Kiko") Magrinat
I miss the classic cap-and-tie umpire fashion shown on today's card, since retired in favor of more utilitarian hats and polo shirts. While a good deal more comfortable and movement-friendly, it's nowhere near as natty.
Creasing and fading aside, Quico Magrinat presents well for mid-1940s camera and printing technology. He's part of a 100-card set from Cuba's Caramelo Deportivo cigars dubbed Felices. They packaged each paper-thin player in packs of tobacco products and most collectors pasted them into an album (see below) directly over pictures of the cards themselves.
Even when cards didn't end up glued in place, their fragile nature means that almost any example you find will be low-grade. My own copy is creased and stained, but otherwise legible.
American umpires occasionally made cameos in sets and their best showing's from the high series of 1955 Bowman. (Putting umps on cards helped the flagging company fill out their checklist at a time of fierce competition with Topps over "real" players.)
1955 Bowman #303, HOF umpire Jocko Conlan
My favorite contemporary card is of Bob Motley, the former Negro League umpire who appeared in 2008 Allen & Ginter.
2008 Allen & Ginter #261, Bob Motley
Caramelo Deportivo printed this colorful collector album for its 1945-46 set.
The album's opening page includes the league umpires, with #5 Magrinat at right.
This particular album's mentioned in The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, who calls it "a relic of an age about to end."
Google Books excerpt from The Pride of Havana
The "age about to end" was Cuba's first era of Cuban-run professional baseball, which re-aligned with USA leagues and owners for the decade prior to Castro's 1959 revolution. International tourism rose, American games started appearing on Cuban TV, and kids bought packs of Bowman or Topps in Havana candy stores. Domestic card production continued through 1958 (see CubanBall.com for examples), but never reached the quality seen stateside. Post-revolution Cuba broke diplomatic ties and disbanded their pro league, leaving these post-WWII sets as our readiest pictorial record of the teams and players.
Value: I picked up the pictured #5 for $15 from CubaCollectibles.com. Most cards on eBay are position players and former Negro Leaguers generate the highest prices.
Fakes / reprints: It'd be easy enough to counterfeit these black-and-white cards with modern equipment, but fakers might find limited interest from collectors, given the set's low profile (and pictured umpire).
Labels: 1940s, foreign
1980 O-Pee-Chee Baseball #5, Ron Jackson
Many consider O-Pee-Chee (aka, OPC) a Topps hanger-on, or simply the Canadian version of an American classic. Surely the relationship's more nuanced, but it's easy to understand the impression. Collectors, focused as we are on cardboard, could assume as much from OPC's re-used designs and very similar checklists. Until the late 1970s, the two companies differed primarily in two things: paper stock and the inclusion of French.
1980's OPC set again mirrors the American design, but the checklist and overall set focus differs notably. Topps led off with 6 "Highlight" cards that celebrated 3000-hit plateaus and a handful of record breakers. (Their #5 is Garry Templeton cracking 100 hits from each side of the plate for the first time.) OPC, on the other hand, went right into "normal" players. Craig Swan received #1 after his excellent 1979 campaign. Twins outfielder Ron Jackson bats fifth, a more glamorous (to me) position than Topps #18.
With 28 active teams, the set should include about 26 players each. Does OPC's Canadian roots mean a greater share for Toronto and Montreal than more geographically distant teams?
Montreal Expos: 28 cards
San Diego Padres: 26
Texas Rangers: 29
Toronto Blue Jays: 27
Numbers say the answer is "no." Canadian sets (including OPC and Leaf) would later dedicate a larger share to their countrymen, but that's just not how they rolled in 1980.
Value: Only superstars cost more than a quarter or so for cards from the 1980s.
Fakes / reprints: Haven't seen any OPC reprints in the market.
Labels: 1980s, foreign, minnesota twins
1941 Play Ball Baseball #5, Buck McCormick
A number of side stories lurk peripherally near 1941's Play Ball set. First, there's the building war in Europe, which sapped both headlines and raw materials stateside. Second, color printing finally arrived in a major set, something that came and went for a decade before Topps and Bowman finally made it the default in the 1950s. Third, Play Balls maintain enough appeal (and demand) that modern collectors should be cognizant of reprints and especially counterfeits. Of the half-dozen fakes from my own history of eBay purchases, three of them were from 1940 and 1941.
With all that extra stuff going on, the cards themselves can become just incidental holes to fill in a binder. Don't let that happen to your PBs! Even this picture of Buck McCormick, a strong-but-forgotten player, shows off some interesting design and fan-friendly features.
A nickname replaces his given name, Frank. (1940 Play Balls did this too, but that (much larger) set included a number of retired players as a "bonus.")
The three bands of color imply practice swings in front of an outfield wall, but look abstractly artful.
Minimal borders mean more space for interesting use of perspective and a paint-by-numbers feel.
Several players feature pop-off-the-card design concepts. (Vince DiMaggio is one of my favorites.) See the full complement of coolness at Dan Austin's Virtual Card Collection page.
1953 Canadian Exhibits #5, Vic Raschi
Chicago's Exhibit Supply Co. created over-sized sets of photo cards for several decades, usually one--but occasionally four--players each. They came in penny arcade machines, like how my GenX childhood brain remembers Ford Gum. Almost every "issue" went out without a numbering system (and thus, lacking #5), probably because they thought about fan interest more than collecting interest. Buyers of non-sport subjects (movie stars, boxers, etc.) don't worry about "seasons," so the company didn't either.
That said, all hail the Canadians! This 1953 set does focus on baseball and numbers each of its 64 players. The checklist mixes USA heavyweights like Jackie Robinson, Musial, DiMaggio, and Williams with Montreal minor leaguers, including (among others) future HOF managers Walt Alston and Tommy Lasorda, the latter a full year before his first Topps card.
Yankee pitcher Vic Raschi's sweeping follow-through fills in #5 and, like the rest of the set, comes in a pair of colors, depending on series. (1-32 come in purple or green and 33-64 are blue or brown.) Vic's nickname, "The Springfield Rifle," caught my eye, since it came from his Massachusetts hometown, a place where I also lived back in the 1990s. Until I write a much-celebrated and venerated Great American Novel, it's rightly known for the basketball HOF and Dr. Seuss.
Labels: 1950s, foreign, new york yankees
1977 Hostess (and Twinkie) #5, Thurman Munson
Thurman Munson served as sixth captain of the New York Yankees from 1976 until his death in a 1979 plane crash. He performed brilliantly at bat and behind the plate, becoming the only Yank ever to capture both the ROY (1970) and MVP (1976). The team retired uniform #15 in 1979, signifying the magnitude of his contributions despite the relative brevity of his career.
Badly in need of a boost out of their 1960s malaise, homegrown talent like Munson and free agent signees like Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson drove them to three consecutive World Series appearances from 1976 to 1978. The volatile combination of George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and Jackson provided lots of grist for the media mill, even as the team itself returned to prominence. With Jim Rice and Fred Lynn leading a parallel resurrection in Boston, the inter-team rivalry reached a frenzied peak now familiar (and fatiguing) to baseball fans from other cities.
This particular Hostess set continues the theme and distribution style from those released earlier in the 1970s. Each snack box contained a panel of three players surrounded by a dotted line, all the better for scissoring into individuals. (Munson's panel is 4-5-6, sandwiching him between Yaz and Bench.) A relatively large number of panels made it to the modern day uncut, so some collectors build it entirely intact.
If you see a full, uncut card without left-and-right companions, it's actually part of the Twinkie set. That "parallel" set packaged one card with each sponge cake, which made for somewhat easier trimming. (Twinkie cards more frequently show a dark yellow stain from the cake.) Card fronts for both sets show the same picture and differ only slightly on the back, where Twinkie cards include a black bar (or rectangle) along one edge. "Regular" Hostess card backs show stats but no bar.
Labels: 1970s, food issues, new york yankees
1980 TCMA All-Time Yankees #5, Babe Ruth
I suppose it doesn't get more All-Time Yankee than Babe Ruth. This 1980 TCMA set numbers 12 cards, one for each meaningful position on the field, with two starting pitchers (Red Ruffing, Whitey Ford), a relief pitcher (Johnny Murphy) and manager (Casey Stengel). The Bambino serves as right fielder.
TCMA pumped out six different All-Time sets in 1980, using roughly the same format for the Cubs, White Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Giants, and Dodgers and most say "All-Time [Team Name]" on the front somewhere. The Yankees are an exception, showing only the player name and an old-style portrait frame. It's an interesting enough set, though there's no problem finding other oddball examples for most of the players—and probably with better pictures at that.
Value: I pulled this Ruth a few years back from a dealer's $3 box at the Fort Washington (aka Philly Show) card expo.
Fakes / reprints: Not even Ruth and Gehrig make this kind of set worth reprinting, so the risk is pretty low!
1970-71 Dayton Daily News M137 Baseball #5, Frank Robinson
This Frank Robinson newspaper "card" comes from way back in 1970, two years before my own name appeared in the birth section. His career still in full swing, Frank both started for the 1970 AL All-Star team and won the series for the Orioles over his previous team, the Cincinnati Reds. As good as he was then, Frank's gaudy numbers from the pitching-friendly 60s could've been even bigger under the fitness and power-first practices of today's game.
Card front (newspaper back)
These "bubble-gumless cards" came from a Dayton newspaper, who created that year's set to support Cincinnati's hosting of the 1970 All-Star Game. The paper printed a set of 160 players and covered every corner of the country, not just Orioles and Reds.
After Cincinnati won the NL pennant in 1970, Dayton reran a similar (but not identical) checklist for 1971, adding 1970 season stats, alternate photos, and swapping some players who changed teams or retired. This created a maddening number of variations for collectors who like to work on such challenges. Good thing I'm happy with just a type card!
Portion of 1970-71 checklist
The (currently inactive) blog Uncatalogued Baseball Cards checklisted both years of "cards" in their entry for Dayton Daily News. See that link for a downloadable PDF of the full checklist. Note that checklist says #196 is "unknown," but it's since been ID'd as Bob Matheson in a Dayton set variations thread from Net54.
Johnny Bench is one of a handful with three variations: his "2b" version adds "All-Star" and red tinting to recognize his hometown appearance in the 1970 All-Star game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Park.
July 11, 1970 "All-Star" variation
While this set's technically "catalogued" in the SCD annual vintage guide, no less than erstwhile SCD editor Bob Lemke agreed these bits of newspaper could be dropped in future editions, if space in the annual guide became a premium. This forum thread on Net54 debated if newspaper cutouts meet a minimum bar for "cards" and could thus be excluded. Decades later, debates about our hobby remain with us!
Update: Frank Robinson picked up this variation one year later with a new photo and fresh stats. Thanks to another collector who laid out their dates and differences.
Value: An oddball dealer at the National Sports Card Collectors Show of 2007 sold me this #5 for $10. The red ink pen (somewhat visible at the lower right) notes Frank was "Triple Crown Winner in 1966," which no doubt knocked a little off the final price.
Fakes/reprints: It would be easy to copy and reprint these newspaper clippings, so its saving grace are the scant awareness and low demand for this kind of set. Type cards should cost you a few bucks at most, unless you want its biggest names.
Labels: 1970s, baltimore orioles, cincinnati reds
1910 Philadelphia Caramel Baseball (E96) #5, Red Dooin
Early Philadelphia catcher Red Dooin couldn't hit much, but understood pitchers well enough to parlay limited physical talents into a 15-year career, 5 of them as player-manager for the Phillies. He debuted on the dugout steps in 1910, the same year this caramel set hit candy stores.
Many credit Red with the emergence of HOFer Grover Cleveland Alexander, a diamond discovery for any scout or coach. I credit Philadelphia Caramel with hand-tinting Red's hair for their set.
Tobacco companies collectively exited the baseball card market in the early 20th century, just as commercial candy production became viable. These Philadelphia Caramels, also known by their E96 American Card Catalog number, feature a tinted portrait on the front and 30-player checklist on the back. Although there's no prominent "number 5," the card itself catalogs Red that way.
I'm not sure where the March 27, 1912 stamp came from, but one possibility is a stock marking. Stores often marked merchandise upon arrival, and earlier issues sometimes show a date in pencil. However, most E96 cards came in candy packages, so it's more likely someone wanted to stamp things and tested the ink on some nearby paper--their card of Mr. Dooin.
Facts of great importance: The 1915 pennant-winning squad featured a rookie named Bud Weiser.
Value: Based on completed eBay auctions, low grade E96s go for $25-50. (Some dealers price graded singles $200 and up, where they go unsold, week after week; eBay's an odd marketplace these days.)
Fakes / reprints: Reprints exist for the whole set and that goes double for the big-name players. (While not a star himself, it's possible someone reprinted this Dooin and went to great lengths to conceal that fact by trashing the card itself; it's a common strategy on fakes of high-value Ruths and Cobbs.)
Labels: food issues, philadelphia phillies, pre-1920s
1948 R346 "Blue Tint" Baseball #5, John Lindell
This postwar oddball set probably came from fairway vending machines, several cards to a vertical strip. A certain number would be trimmed by the machine itself and eager collectors with scissors would handle the rest. Many card photos I've seen look like copies of studio shots taken for team publications. (John's picture even shows most of a facsimile autograph along its bottom edge.)
My #5 card back features the "mirror" John see below. It's likely a printing accident, where someone placed one card sheet directly onto another, still wet from the press.
Card back (transferred ink)
Surprisingly, several players from the set's short checklist still resonate with today's collectors. Lou Gehrig makes an unexpected posthumous appearance amid active luminaries like DiMaggio, Williams, Jackie Robinson, and Spahn. Despite the low-quality printing, some vendors charge a pretty penny for the big names. If you really want a Ted Williams card from his playin' days, stick with the normal (and beautiful) 1950s Topps cards and leave R348s to the rarity-obsessed.
Coincidental with the year of issue, the set numbers 48 cards, but includes a number of variations for picky collectors. Some show different teams, a few come in black-and-white instead of blue, and others lack a number on the front. Master set builders--and you know who you are--probably find the set tough going because few circulated in the first place, let alone any subgroups.
UPDATE: Johnny Mize's card features an odd STL logo I've never seen on another card. To double up the mystery, he last played for the Cardinals in 1941, several years before this set came out. Anyone have an idea where or when this picture came from?
Value: This #5 cost $6 on eBay, typical for low-grade cards. Superstars like Williams, Robinson, and DiMaggio run far more, even in low-grade.
Fakes / reprints: Haven't seen any, but they probably exist for the big names. Go for the lesser-known players if you want a type card to avoid that risk.
1957 Topps #5, Sal Maglie
Three things to love about this card:
Sal's nickname, "the barber," came from his willingness to throw beard-trimming brush back pitches.
Something held this card fast before being forcibly removed. Whatever plucked it away didn't use anything so cunning as a razor. Did a young collector tape it to his bedroom wall?
It's a Brooklyn Dodger! 1957 marked Topps' first year of full-color photos and the Bums moved to LA for 1958, so we don't see much of Ebbets Field on classic cardboard.
Most of my 1957 set looks like Sal not only brushed it back, but went in and stepped on it, too. The cards feature a lot of writing, creasing, and paper loss of varying sizes. The PSA folks might cringe, but I find (for example) Mr. Maglie's card more entertaining than a high-grade equivalent.
Even at low-grade, the short-printed middle series takes a while to put together. Rookie cards of the Yankee middle infielders Tony Kubek (#312) and Bobby Richardson (#286) both command high prices. When I gave a 1957 Milwaukee Braves team set to my dad, it originally lacked Wes Covington (#283) since I simply couldn't find it, high-priced or otherwise.
1956 remains my favorite Topps set, but a number of collectors prefer 1957's color photography and improved rookie class. (Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, and Don Drysdale count as three of the best.) I give the edge to 1956's two-picture composition and larger, horizontal cards. Fortunately, that just splits hairs between two of the best options. It's nothing like deciding what's worse, 1969's hatless expansion set or 1968's burlap sack borders.
Labels: 1950s, brk-la dodgers
1973 Topps Baseball #5, Ed Brinkman
In the age of excellent card photography, this big glasses, helmet-less, hunchback composition of Mr. Brinkman looks like a red-headed stepcard.
The cameraman probably caught Ed awaiting batting practice and surprised him with a head-high paparazzi fastball. My short play Waiting for Brinkman captures the moment.
Cameraman: "Hey, Ed!"
Ed Brinkman: "WHAT?" [Ed spins and hunkers down, ready to protect himself from a bullet or shaving cream pie.]
Cameraman: Cheese! [He takes a photo. Curtain.]
This might be Ed's lamest card. 1964's "Ennui" Brinkman comes close, but at least we know what he actually looks like. 1973's version looks like generic 70s Detroit Tiger.
As an everyday player and fan favorite for the 1960s Senators, Ed set many franchise records with the glove and even placed highly with the stick due to longevity. Fielding prowess led to some MVP votes in 1973 despite a .205 (!) batting average. His last hurrah came in 153 games with the 1974 Tigers, where he produced a career-high 14 homers and 54 RBIs.
Unfortunately, Mr. Brinkman passed away on Sept 30th at age 66. RIP, Steady Eddie!
Labels: 1970s, detroit tigers
1960 Leaf #5, Frank "Pancho" Herrera
Mr. Herrera looks pleased as rum punch to take the field for the Phillies, despite 1960's last place finish and 59-95 record. The Leaf set's high-contrast black-and-white compliments his Cuban skin and the backlight halo makes him positively beatific. You need this kind of attitude on last place teams, given how quickly the losing can grind players down.
Pancho played almost every game at first base in 1960 and hit productively enough to finish runner-up in the ROY voting. He also posted 17 appearances at second base, something rare by today's standards. An overall fielding percentage of .988 reveals real limitations with the glove, but his stick led the team's regulars in 2B, 3B, HRs, RBIs and only Tony Gonzalez slugged better as a regular player (but with half the ABs).
It's evident Herrera hit like a classic first-baseman. Perhaps unfortunately for his career, he struck out like the modern version. Many now think that 136 Ks don't matter much when you excel at hitting for power and are otherwise productive. Someone who did so in previous generations, unfortunately, needed to be a star to escape the "swing at anything" stigma. Setting the major league record for Ks (as he did) in your rookie season makes for a challenging first impression.
Considering his two years of above-average production, it intrigues me that Pancho never appeared in a game after 1961. Herrera spent 1962 at Triple-A Buffalo and the Phillies eventually traded him to Pittsburgh as part of a deal for a fading Don Hoak. Although only 29 in 1963, the Pirates apparently couldn't find a position for him and that was, as they say, "it." Occasional appearances at Philly old-timer games tell the remainder of his story in uniform.
Labels: 1960s, philadelphia phillies
1965 Topps Embossed #5, Bill Skowron
One could argue there's not much to say about this shiny (but otherwise unremarkable) Topps insert set from the mid-1960s. Another card blog I know, Things Done to Cards, recently profiled the important elements. Smaller size than typical, 72-member checklist, usually seen in gold foil but sometimes in silver, etcetera.
To add at least a smidge of original content, consider the set's similarity to another popular hobby: coin collecting. Its sensitivity to rarity, condition, and context parallels ours in the baseball world, but some objects of desire double as actual money. (Valueless fiat currencies, such as the Confederate Dollar, trade like cards on the collecting market.)
As coins circulate, they wear much like Mr. Skowron's profile shows here. Raised features smooth out slightly, details fade into the background, and flat elements abrade or scratch. Surface wear kills the value for most cards, since image is everything. Coins better withstand life's vicissitudes, made as they are for handling and exchange.
It's interesting our hobby escalates a paper image over metal coins, which usually turn up only as oddball issues. Aluminum, nickel, and steel all hold higher innate values, but something the size of a quarter doesn't capture baseball's dynamic nature. The ball can move hundreds of feet in just a few seconds, whip around the base paths, or become a treasured souvenir. Something about a photo card captures that possibility and I feel that's the failing here. This embossed set stultifies the players into busts appropriate for a museum. They go stiff and dumb when we expect and anticipate action. Great sets turn on creative design that opens up the holder's mind or captures a kinetic moment. Ungreat sets pin things to a single outcome or point of view. I'd rather have the potential.
1965 Bazooka Baseball #5, Dean Chance
Bazooka cards often end up in low-grade collections like mine because of the hazardous fallout of a baseball-loving kid who may or may be handy with scissors. Fortunately, whoever liked this Dean Chance card thought enough of him to separate it carefully and with a steady hand. The photo composition does a good job with very little space and even avoids the deadly lighting from above. Props to the camera guy!
I met Dean at the National Card Show a few years ago through a friend of mine who's a big Chance fan. Not many pitchers, even those from the pitching-friendly 60s, finished their career under 3.00 ERA. (He ended up at 2.92 with a .527 winning percentage.) A decade or so ago, he founded the International Boxing Association, so it's good to know he didn't rest on any laurels. Based on my brief encounter, he seemed an outgoing guy and ready to talk basketball, boxing, or the news of the day.
Most years, Dean pitched over 250 innings, which makes the performance even more impressive, but likely shortened his career. 2007's Josh Beckett, as a modern comparison, won the same 20 games as Dean's 1964 Cy Young season in 75 less innings. Josh pitched 1 complete game, 14 less than Chance.
"Save the pitcher's arm" is an easy drum to beat, but there's another component beyond simple wear-and-tear. Fewer pitches thrown means less data for an opponent to analyze in search of pattern and weakness. In a similar vein, FootballOutsiders.com argues that quarterbacks do better than expected in their first few games because opposing defenses don't have game film to plan against. Recall how a pitcher's task becomes more difficult each time through the opposing lineup. Baseball's depth of statistical analysis means they need more than one or two good pitches to lean on. To my eye, throwing fewer innings meets both the long-term need (save the arm) and the short-term goal (save the game).
Labels: 1960s, california angels, food issues
1950 Big League Stars Baseball #5, John Simmons
Time for more multi-lingualism! The Big League Stars set features French and English on each card, all the better to socialize your medicine with. (Sorry, that's "appeal to its Canadian audience.") This batch of 48 blank-backed cards represents World Wide Gum's (WWG) first post-war effort and profiles the International League, which included both American and Canadian teams. Montreal's Royals, Brooklyn's AAA farm club known for prepping Jackie Robinson a few years earlier, won the 1949 title and WWG probably capitalized on the interest by making these cards.
The 1950 set breaks WWG tradition by presenting all-new content, not just recycling Goudey's look-and-feel. (Boston-based Goudey owned Montreal-based WWG and they worked together on earlier Canadian sets a la the more recent Topps and O-Pee-Chee relationship.) It seems a misnomer to call a minors-only set "Big League," but that's in the modern context of huge money sports. Montreal, at least, owned multiple recent titles and the prestige of being connected to a New York parent. (Unknowingly, they even fielded the strong bat and arm of The future Rifleman.) You couldn't call this set "Major League," but many of its players would end up in the the bigs sooner than later.
John Simmons didn't have much of an MLB career, just one year with Washinton in 1949. However, I can't ignore the statistical oddity of his batting line. 20 hits in 93 at bats, a .215 average. More specifically, he had 20 singles in 93 at bats for a matching .215 slugging percentage. 11 walks against only 6 Ks bumped his OBP a bit, but is it mean of me to suspect that a few of those walks were cursory and intentional, just to get to the pitcher?
Labels: 1950s, minor leagues
1962 Post Canadian #5, Mickey Mantle
Sometimes I wonder at the arbitrariness of how we collect and value cards. OK, we like the Mick. His picture still looks good. A wrinkled patch of whiteness, though? That matters? A half-inch square of murky upper-left corner that you can still read through? What about all the French on the card? Would a true patriot want this in their collection? He's a Yankee, right? Ah, a conundrum.
Politics aside, I've always enjoyed other languages on cards. Before Topps and O-Pee-Chee's overlap kicked off in the mid 60s, Post jumped in with this appealing cereal box set. It represented a big investment, as 1962's design spread across three different issues: domestic Post, Canadian Post, and Jello. Two cards, Mantle and Maris, even turned up in Life Magazine as advertising. All share the same design elements, though Canada got reduced player text in exchange for its second language.
Post and Jello collectors often define their collection by the number of short prints obtained and remaining. Frustratingly, the SP numbers vary by set, so #55 Wynn is rare in the Posts and more commonly available in the Jellos. Collectors or dealers who don't understand the set history can easily buy or sell the "wrong" kind of rarity. At least the Canadian versions distinguish themselves with "RECORD DES FRAPPEURS." As for the others...bon chance, mes amis!
Value: This low-grade gem cost me about $15 on eBay. Multiple classic features like creasing, tape stains, and missing paper knock down the "condition," but none of them make Mickey any less Mantle.
Fakes / reprints: They're possible, but I haven't seen any fake Canadian cards in the marketplace.
1960 Topps #5, Wally Moon
Sweet mercy, is that the mono-est monobrow that ever lived a life in California? Witness the calling card of Wallace Wade Moon, 1954 ROY for the Cardinals and later a fine outfielder for the LA Dodgers. A smart and more-than-capable hitter, even as a rookie he prompted St. Louis to ship future HOFer Enos Slaughter off to the Yankees to make room in the outfield.
Wally shares my birth date, if a couple of generations removed. We join Marlon Brando and Doris Day as coming from the traditional 93rd day of the year, though I'm only someone who wants to live in CA, compared to an actual former Dodger and some Hollywood types. (Sure, Brando and Day got the big bucks, but Mr. Moon garnered plenty of LA fans. What he lacked in screen presence, he made up for in bat speed and arm strength.)
Some people really enjoy the 1960 Topps set's horizontal layout. It recalls the classic 1956 sideways design and again features dual pictures. Its colors, though--hmm. The alternating, blocky typeface weighs down the front like an anchor made of cast-iron mediocrity. I think enlarging the player photo and minimizing the text would really improve things. After all, the 50s card really showed off players by capitalizing on the larger stock size and integrated portrait + action shot. Everything flowed together. In this case, unfortunately, the black-and-white photo, color photo, and overdone label work against each other.
The remainder of their 1960s sets went back to "vertical," so I assume sales didn't support this change in design. Classic elements like 1962's wood grain and 1965's pennants made for more memorable sets, though you'd see the occasional horizontal card again in 1973 and 1974.
1963 Salada Tea / Junket Dessert Coins #5, Juan Marichal
This coin features an optimistic, youngish Marichal, only three seasons into his dominant Hall-of-Fame career. 1963 proved Juan's first outstanding season, with a league leading 25 victories and 2.41 ERA. (He did make an amazing 40 starts and finished another game for 41 total appearances and 321 innings. Yow.) This performance garnered a few MVP votes, but wait...no Cy Young support? Blame it on bad timing, as our friend Sandy Koufax won the award unanimously and netted an MVP by going 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA in LA. (Juan's famous high-kick went on win at least 25 games twice more during the 60s and more than any other pitcher in the decade overall.)
This issue does a nice job considering the small size provided by a dollar-sized coin. Its clean layout includes a full-color photo, some player text on the reverse, and a raised edge to protect the front from scratches and other shenanigans. Most oddball releases fall significantly below the bar in release quality or content, but the Salada / Junket amalgam turned out a nice product that rivals Topps own coins from the 60s and 70s.
The 63 different coins in their 1963 "All-Star" set comprise most top players of the day, Hank Aaron to Maury Wills (who still hadn't appeared in a Topps set). Only one complaint, really--could we get more action shots? I know head shots take up less space, but it's always excellent to highlight players with such an individual style like Marichal's. It gets you that much closer to the game and shouldn't be overlooked, even today.
Labels: 1960s, food issues, ny-sf giants
1980 TCMA 1914 Miracle Braves #5, Gene Cocreham
TCMA is best known for two things, minor league team sets and retrospectives that show off their stock of vintage photos. This set falls into the latter category and features the 1914 Miracle Braves. They're almost lost to history at this point, but represent one of the greatest turnarounds in sports, going from last place in July to World Series champs in October. (Thanks to Wikipedia for the link and see its article for an excellent game 3 photo of Fenway Park.)
Mr. Cocreham pitched infrequently for Boston that year, starting only three games and participating not at all in the series itself. That doesn't mean the card lacks interest, though. My little eyes spy a certain square-jawed Hall-of-Famer in the background, Johnny Evers. That penultimate member of the poetic Cubs double-play combo won his third championship with the Braves in 1914, following two with Chicago.
While critical to one's chances in Canton, the baseball HOF voters often look past "number of titles" as a prime determinant for one's candidacy. In the case of Tinker-Evers-Chance, however, the 1907 & 1908 series wins could be the main reason the 1946 Veterans Committee proved willing to induct a trio of decent-but-not-great players into Cooperstown--not just the creative efforts of Franklin Adams. Some fans support inducting the 1970s Dodgers infield as a unit and this is basically the old school equivalent. (In that vein, sometimes baseball research will turn up the question "Who was Harry Steinfeldt?" He was the Cubs third basemen--the "Ron Cey"--for those championship teams.)
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6 Other Oil & Gas Companies for Chevron and Occidental to Fight Over
Paul Ausick
Last Updated: January 30, 2020 9:40 pm
Wednesday morning's announcement that Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) had countered a previous bid of $33 billion in cash and stock from Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX
) to acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) did not generate the same boost to the share prices of other oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies as did Chevron's offer of just two weeks ago. In fact, with the exception of Anadarko and one or two other E&P firms, companies that may be targets for acquisition are all trading down on the day.
Partly that's due to last week's unexpectedly large build of 5.5 million barrels to the nation's crude oil stockpile. Refinery throughput rose by more than half a million barrels a day and operating capacity is back above 90%. These all signal a lower short-term price for crude oil and that signals lower prices for potential acquisition targets.
What the E&P industry needs now is some buyers. Chevron and Oxy are fighting over one of the best available positions in the Permian Basin. Anadarko holds 600,000 net acres in the Permian's Delaware Basin, an amount that would make either Chevron or Oxy the largest rights holder in the world's most productive shale basin.
But more than two weeks have passed since Chevron made its offer for Anadarko and no other offer for another Permian E&P company has surfaced. So, either potential acquirers are keeping their powder dry, waiting for the right moment, or there aren't any buyers.
The list of supermajor integrated oil companies that could be looking for more Permian acreage includes Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A), Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT), Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR) and Eni SpA (NYSE: E). The other supermajor, BP PLC (NYSE: BP), dropped $10.5 billion last year to pick up BHP Billiton's U.S. onshore assets, so the British firm is likely not looking for another major deal.
Shell was reportedly in discussions late last year to acquire privately held Endeavor Energy Resources for a reported $10 billion that was then knocked down to around $8 billion. Endeavor has leases on more than 373,000 net acres in the Permian's Midland basin and produced 72,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter of 2018. Analysts at Moody's reported last August that the company had 216 million barrels of proved reserves at the end of 2017 compared to Anadarko's 1.47 billion at the end of 2018. That would indicate a valuation for Endeavor somewhere north of $5 billion, apparently much less than the Autry Stephens family is willing to consider.
Total said last August, following BP's $10.5 billion acquisition, that the French company was not looking for acquisitions in U.S. shale plays. The company's CEO said the oil was too pricey and that Total didn't have the human resources to take on new technology. Italy's Eni has also kept its wallet closed to adding U.S. shale to its portfolio.
Another firm that is also unlikely to add to its U.S. shale portfolio is Equinor. The Norwegian-controlled firm formerly known as Statoil has been trying to sell some or all of its operations (82,000 net acres) in the Eagle Ford shale play in south Texas. In 2015, the company said it held leases on 410,000 net acres in the Marcellus shale play (the U.S. Appalachian region) and 249,000 net acres in the Bakken. The company has begun increasing its focus on natural gas both in Europe and around the world and deemphasizing its oil production.
In early March, Norway's sovereign wealth fund announced that it would divest about $7.5 billion in E&P stocks from its $1 trillion fund. Among the stocks planned for divestiture were Anadarko and Oxy. Stocks in integrated oil majors like Exxon and Chevron would remain in the fund's portfolio.
With the big guys in the picture, Occidental itself was a potential target, but now that Oxy has decided to try to double in size, no buyers are likely. That leaves a host of large-cap and mid-cap firms that have been on analysts — if not an acquirer's — radar for a long time.
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I have a lame excuse that tends to keep me from following through on ideas: someone has already done this thing, and surely much better than I.
Unfortunately, I think a lot of people find themselves in the thralls of similar thought processes. Especially in today's society, with social media providing potentially distorted and incomplete stories, it's easier than ever the compare oneself to others and their accomplishments.
In the same vein, though, it's easy to find inspiration and ideas by looking at people who have gone through the trial and error to develop a skill or accomplishment that you admire.
No one can really be the first at anything anyway—at least, not for certain. The best we can point to is the first record of something.
Like the first perfumer, for instance. Who could it have been?
The first record of a perfumer is one of a chemist named Tapputi who was mixing up scents around 1200 BC. This, anyway, is when a certain cuneiform tablet from Babylonian Mesopotamia was written, mentioning her role as a perfumer and overseer of the Royal Palace. The tablet describes Tapputi and an assistant as being perfumers who used methods like distillation to extract the essences of various materials.
Not only is Tapputi the first perfumer on record, but she is the first known chemist, too.
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CRISPR Design Tools for Genome Editing: the full list with description
In just four years, CRISPR has revolutionized approaches to genome editing. Inexpensive to build and easy to use, CRISPR (Clustered, Regularly Interspaced. Short Palindromic Repeats) has gained worldwide attention for its ability to target specific locations in the genetic code of any organism with just two elements – guide RNA and an enzyme called Cas9.
CRISPR was originally discovered as a genetic phenomenon in archaea and certain bacteria – an immune response that could be adapted for purposes of modifying the genes of higher organisms. Applications of crispr system design include genetic moderation of crops, gene therapies for diseases such as cancer, and synthesizing drug-producing microbes. CRISPR's applications may be even more far-reaching in the future – but some fine-tuning is required to reach its full potential.
Though CRISPR allows quick, inexpensive genetic editing in virtually any lab, its accuracy can be impaired by the guide RNA's activity in other locations on the genome. In an effort to improve CRISPR's precision and eliminate these "off target" results, a number of crispr design tools have been developed interdentally by universities and biotech companies around the world.
These crispr tools are typically web or cloud based, and many are free and open source, making it possible for anyone to obtain guide RNA sequences, select parameters and search the genome for off targets. With these CRISPR tools, gene editing and modification becomes streamlined and efficient, without the need for customizing the editing tool for each use. Let's see all of the most useful CRISPR design tools.
Benchling CRISPR gRNA Design
Active, targeted gNRA is essential to guide the CAS9 nuclease to a specific location in the desired genome. The Benchling CRISPR gRNA Design system allows users to design optimal gRNAs for better targeting. This web-based crispr design tool allows users to quickly analyze the target location and isolate the desired sequences. This tool searches the entire genome for targets and returns all results. The Benchling CRISPR gRNA Desugn tool supports up to four mismatches, and users can customize the PAM (photospacer adjacent motif) sequences.
Cas-OFFinder
Developed by Seoul National University, the Cas-OFFinder is an algorithm that quickly searches for possible off-target sites of Cas9 nucleases guided by gRNA. This crisper recognition tool d searches the entire genome for off-targeting and supports up to 10 mismatches. The Ca-OFFinder is a crispr recognition tool that supports 4 PAM sequences, but does not predict gRNA activity.
CCTop
From the University of Heidelberg, CCTop is an online predictor for CRISPR/Cas9 that supports 11 PAM types and up to 5 gRNA mismatches in a search of the whole genome. This crispr tool searches the entire genome and returns all off target results, but does not predict gRNA activity.
Harvard University's CHOPCHOP is a web-based crispr tool designed to support precise cuts in the genome. This free online editing tool allows users to target a specific region of the gene and to fine tune targeting options with toggle features. CHOPCHOP supports up to two mismatches and allows 4 PAM sequences in its simple user interface.
COD, or Cas9 Online Designer, was developed by China's Syncotech in collaboration with Nanking University and China Medical University. This crispr design tool screens Cas9 targets as well as off-targets. It offers high-throughput efficiency with an off target-scoring matrix. This tool offers a fast and flexible gene knockout pipeline and reports between 0 and 8 mismatches.
CRISPR Configurator & Specificity Tool
From Dharmacon, the CRISPR Configurator and Specificity Tool allows users to design custom guide RNAs with an online interface that also allows for entering designs created outside the program. With the Configurator's tool set, users can select CRISPER targeting sequences for inserting into genes, or choose from redesigned synthetic RNA sequences. With 3 design options, the CRISPR Configurator & Specificity Tool supports up to 8 mismatches.
CRISPR Design
The Zhang Lab at MIT offers this simple online tool for entering sequence types, target genomes and sequencing. Upon submitting a query, users receive a custom gRNA design and analysis pf the specified parameters. This tool can search the entire genome for matches and can support 4 mismatches and two PAM sequences.
CRISPR gRNA Design Tool
From biotech lab DNA 2.0 comes this free online crispr design tool that allows users to either design a new gRNA or import one designed elsewhere. Users can select a species and PAM sequence as well as set off target parameters. This tool makes it possible to target either a specific gene or a genomic region, and results are downloadable or storable for future use. The CRISPR gRNA Design Tool can search the entire genome for targets, and returns all the genome's targets.
CRISPRseek
Bioconductor, a free and open source design software project dedicated to the analysis of genomic data, produces CRISPRseek, a tool intended to find and filter potential guide RNAs. This design tool is capable of searching the entire genome for targets and returning all targets from the search. With any number of mismatches supported, this tool also offers user customizable PAM sequences.
DESKGEN
Desktop Genetics has created DESKGEN, a crispr design tool that offers the functionality of a CRISPR tool with the accessibility of a genome browser. Its free editing interface allows users to access a wide range of supporting tools for storing, sharing and editing data. It offers fully customizable PAM sequences, searches the entire genome for targets, and supports an unlimited number of mismatches.
Off-Spotter
Thomas Jefferson University has created Off-Spotter, a crispr design tool that identifies all instances in the genome of a given gRNAs and PAM. Supporting a maximum of 5 mismatches, this tool allows users to select genome type, PAM and seed positions. This crispr tool is able to search an entire genome for targets and returns all targets of the genome.
sgRNA Designer
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has produced the sgRNA Designer, a crispr tool designed to select and rank single guide RNA candidates for sequencing. The scope of the sgRNA Designer is limited to just one PAM sequence. Although this crispr tool can predict gRNA activity, it offers no support for mismatches and does not search the entire genome for targets.
CRISPR is not the first genome-dieting tool, but it is the newest, and it has the potential to change the field forever. CRISPR's simple tools make sophisticated gene modification of any organism available to virtually any lab, cheaply and efficiently. Unlike other genome editors CRISPR does not have to be customized for each experiment – a key advantage to cutting costs and making the tools accessible worldwide.
Though CRISPR's "scissor" tools – guide RNA and the Cas9 enzyme nuclease – are simple, they can target precise locations on a genome for cutting or modification. But for all CRISPR's promised as a quick and versatile genome editor capable of precision targeting, it can make errors, mutating the wrong gene instead of the target. Searching for those "off targets" throughout the genome sequences could be time consuming and costly, and the potential for error remains high.
The long list of CRISPR tools has been developed by private companies and institutions around the world to hone CRISPR's precision targeting. These software algorithms enable CRISPR users to search for off targets quickly and easily, and obtain corrected sequences of "good" guide RNAs.
Most of the new CRISPR system tools are web-based and free, with sophisticated options for fine tuning the gene selection process and setting parameters for precise gene modification. These tools require only a few clicks of the mouse to select desired genomes, enter sequences and more.
Because CRISPR is low cost and easily accessed and its suite of tools from sources ranging from leading research institutions such as Harvard and MIT to private biotech companies including Dharmacon and DNA 2.0. These tools put CRISPR's power in the hands of researchers across the globe, and they open new doors for advances in genetic research that might have been unheard of a decade ago.
CRISPR is already in wide use for lab research on genomes ranging from human to zebrafish. Current applications of CRISPR technology include the development of gene therapies for the treatment of caner and other diseases, as well as microbes for the synthesis and production of new drugs. CRISPR design tools can also be used to modify crops to raise yield and nutritional content, and it can also be used to develop biological agents for tackling environmental disasters such as oil spills.
But CRISPR's applications can go much farther. As the easy to use and readily available CRISPR technology puts sophisticated gene editing tools at the fingertips of nearly every researcher, it may be possible for anyone to reap the benefits of genetic tweaking – but these benefits are not without controversy.
CRISPR design opportunities
CRISPR tools could be used to eliminate a variety of inheritable conditions – or to enhance certain human or animal characteristics with an edit or action of imported DNA. CRISPR's ability to edit the genome of just about any creature raises the specter of editing human genomes to create a new kind of human, one with abilities and lifespan far superior to existing people. Animals too could be modified to build in new traits and eliminate undesirable ones. Likewise, "supercrops" could become hardier and more productive, making food more accessible around the world.
That way CRISPR becomes more and more popular among investors who sees its potential and perspectives. There are not many ways to invest in CRISPR but several, such as Editas IPO or CRISPR domain names may be already easily found (you may see such an offer for example).
The simple toils of the latest and most sophisticated gene modification and editing system make innovation in genetic modification possible in labs large and small. With its long list of free, open source and cloud based editing tools and the ongoing development of new ones, CRISPR allows researchers to push the boundaries of a genetic modification on virtually any organism, with outcomes that are simultaneously promising and troubling. For users of CRISPR and its growing list of software tools, the future is now. But those applications of CRISPR system design technology are on the way to something new. And maybe soon people would calculate their own genome edits just as now we calculate a price when we buy a car?
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Virgin America Upgrades In-Flight Entertainment Options
AirlinesMoreTravel Technology August 20, 2009 Staff
Virgin America has completed installing software upgrades to its Linux-based Red in-flight entertainment system to allow for more content, as well as greater functionality...
Virgin America has completed installing software upgrades to its Linux-based Red in-flight entertainment system to allow for more content, as well as greater functionality and speed.
Passengers can use the touch-screen at every seat to order menu items, play games, shop or watch content from what Virgin America claims is the largest entertainment platform in the U.S. skies, at speeds up to 25 per cent faster than before. In addition to an expanded entertainment lineup, the Red upgrades enable new Shop offerings and more user-friendly functions like e-mail receipts for onboard purchases.
Later this year, the upgrades will also enable Red to debut more new features, including a new TV channel line-up, a "Best of the Web" category, and an expanded Shop platform.
New Red "Watch" content includes:
● A Boing Boing video channel on Red: As the only airline based in Silicon Valley and the first to offer fleetwide WiFi , Red is premiering a new Boing Boing Video channel dedicated to the irreverent and eclectic content that has made BoingBoing.net a favorite with pop-culture junkies; and
● An expanded on-demand film library: The new Red line-up boasts a library of more than 30 on-demand films ranging from the latest Hollywood blockbusters to indie favorites.
New Red "Shop" selections include 'Help Remedies', a collection of simple solutions for simple health troubles. At the touch of a button on Red, a solution to headaches, body aches or sleeping troubles will be delivered to the passenger in an eco-friendly package. The 16-count packages, such as "Help. I have a headache," are available to guests for purchase for $4 and include funny, tongue-in-cheek recommendations.
Virgin America's aircraft cabins feature amenities such as WiFi, power outlets, mood-lighting and Red, which the airline says is the most advanced in-flight entertainment system of any U.S. airline
New functionality upgrades include:
● Purchase receipts: For purchases made on Red, passengers can now have e-receipts emailed to them directly at the point of purchase;
● Games: Guests playing any of Red's videogame favorites, including DOOM, can now override game soundtracks and listen to their favorite songs from the more than 3,000 tracks in the airline's MP3 library. This change was a recommendation made by Virgin America guests via Red's feedback button; and
● Faster rewind and fast-forward functionality: Guests can stop, start, rewind and fast forward at three different speeds for all video on-demand content such as movies, premium TV and music videos.
Virgin America's Red platform offers touch-screen and remote control interactivity and extensive content and options, including:
● "Watch": Live satellite TV, cached specialty channels, 30+ on-demand films, premium TV like HBO and an on-demand music video library;
● "Play": A variety of videogames, including cult favorites like DOOM, navigated by a Qwerty keyboard handset at every seat;
● "Talk": A seat-to-seat chat feature inside the aircraft, so guests can chat with someone in a nearby seat;
● "Journey": Interactive Google Maps that zoom at eight levels and track the aircraft in-flight;
● "Eat": An on-demand menu system that allows guests to order what they want, when they want it during a flight;
● "Shop": An on-demand shopping section; and
● "Listen": A 3,000 MP3 library and platform to create playlists in-flight.
Virgin America flies to San Francisco; Los Angeles; New York; Washington D.C.; Seattle; Las Vegas; San Diego; Boston; and Orange County; and starting November 18, Fort Lauderdale. The airline operates more than 100 daily flights.
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David Procter is Director of CECD and a professor of speech communication. He received his B.S. and M.A. from Kansas State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Since arriving at K-State in 1987, he has worked in partnership with communities across the state. He has worked on issues of school consolidation, community strategic planning, heritage museum education, facilitation of community dialogue, and strategies for re-populating rural communities. Procter has authored two books on community building - Enacting Political Culture (1991) and The Rhetoric of Community Building (2005) plus numerous essays and book chapters on the subject. Before becoming the Director of CECD, Procter served on the Advisory Board for the Kansas Center for Rural Initiatives.
Chandra Ruthstrom is the Program/Project Coordinator for operations at the Center for Engagement and Community Development. Her duties include special event coordination, maintaining and monitoring fiscal operations, serving as the liaison with university departments and Kansas communities and is the center's grant manager and administrator. She enjoys living in the country with her husband Terry and is proud to represent her small hometown as a member of Leonardville PRIDE. Rural by Choice!
Donna Schenck-Hamlin is Program/Project Manager for both CECD and ICDD. She co-founded ICDD in 2004, and has developed a passion for helping small-population towns and under-served individuals in rural and urban areas. Donna received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Oregon, and has a Master's degree in Musicology from Kansas State University, as well as a Master's degree in Library Science from the University of Oregon. As Program/Project Manager she hopes to promote civic work to faculty and students at KSU who may have never recognized engagement in their academic endeavors. She also hopes to develop facilitation skills and resources for students, faculty, and community organizers. In her free time, Donna likes landscape gardening, biking, and music. She has completed the Bike Across Kansas ride 5 times, and went 11 years without owning a car.
Isabelle Busenitz is a Program/Project Manager for the Center for Engagement and Community Development. She serves as the technical assistance coordinator for the Kansas Healthy Food Initiative (KHFI). The KHFI aims to increase access to healthy food in underserved, low-resources communities. Isabelle received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry Secondary Education from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Master of Science in Management from Baker University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Health Nutrition from Kansas State University. Isabelle brings with her to the position twenty years of experience at Kansas Department of Health and Environment. In her work there with the national Task Force for Volunteer Development, she was instrumental in increasing volunteer readiness for radiation emergencies. Isabelle uses her background in Chemistry and Human Nutrition to fiddle with recipes in the kitchen to maximize their health benefits, while still passing her kids' taste test. She enjoys spending time outside in nature with her husband and kids at their rural home in Tecumseh, Kansas.
Rial Carver is a Program/Project Manager with the Center for Engagement and Community Development. Her role focuses on initiatives that promote healthy food access primarily through the Kansas Healthy Food Initiative and Rural Grocery Initiative. Rial earned a B.S. in Environmental Policy and Planning with a minor in Civic Agriculture and Food Systems from Virginia Tech. Her experience includes working as the Sustainability Coordinator at Virginia Tech Dining Services where she increased local food sourcing, implemented composting initiatives, and initiated a reusable to-go container program. She is currently completing a Master of Regional and Community Planning degree at Kansas State University. Rial and her husband enjoy exploring the great outdoors and community gardening at the Manhattan Community Gardens.
Nancy is a Community Vitality Specialist for K-State Research and Extension and liaison to CECD. As a Community Vitality Specialist she works with rural communities statewide in appreciating their assets and building on their possibilities. Before coming to Extension, Nancy was a non-profit executive director and the director of community initiatives with United Way of Greater Topeka. Nancy met her husband Don at K-State and has a BBA from Washburn University and MPA from the University of Kansas. She is proud of her family's designation as K-State Family of the Year in 2013. Current projects include First Impressions, a "Secret Shopper" opportunity for two communities of similar size; grant writing workshops to help communities increase their capacity to fund their dreams; and efforts aimed at increasing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in communities.


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On Tai is one of the 36 constituencies of the Sha Tin District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in 2003. The current boundary is loosely based on the areas of Kam Tai Court, Mountain Shore.

Councillors represented

Election results

Citations

References
 2011 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
 2007 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
 2003 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)

Constituencies of Hong Kong
Constituencies of Sha Tin District Council
2003 establishments in Hong Kong
Constituencies established in 2003

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As an English major, you take, in addition to ISUComm Foundation Courses, at least 36 credits in English.
The Department of English at Iowa State University offers a flexible 36-credit English BA degree that allows students to gain experience in fields such as literature, rhetoric, creative writing, English education, literary editing, and professional communication. The Undergraduate Program of Study is designed so that majors can experience the broad, diverse scope of English studies and configure a course plan to match their personal interests. Suggested degree plans for several customizations are available, but students other than those seeking teacher licensure in English eduction may choose and combine courses in any way that meets the minimum requirements for the degree. Students seeking licensure in English education must meet specific requirements indicated below by the *. More information on specific teacher licensure requirements is available in the ISU Catalog or from the English Education Adviser, Dr. Michelle Tremmel.
All English majors, regardless of their interests, must complete at least 36 credits of coursework in English Department classes. These 36 credits are distributed across four English Major Group Requirements (Texts and Language; Critical Reading and Textual Analysis; Advanced Communication; and 200-, 300- or 400-level English Electives) and one set of Additional and Overlapping Requirements that may be met with courses taken in the Major Group, General Education Requirements, or Electives. Students may receive the English BS degree by taking 12 additional credits in natural science, social science, mathematics, or selected kinesiology courses.
The Texts and Languages Group includes courses that introduce the discipline and its components.
The Critical Reading and Textual Analysis Group includes courses that provide theoretical frameworks for reading and writing and develop textual analysis skills.
The Advanced Communication Group includes courses that teach students to communicate effectively within their discipline.
The English Elective Group includes most courses taught within the Department of English. It allows students to pursue study in the areas of their interests.
leaves the university with a portfolio of work that demonstrates his/her skill and accomplishments to instructors and potential employers.
All English majors must complete the following within the 120 credits required for the degree. These requirements may overlap with English Major group requirements (see lists above), with General Education requirements, or with electives.
All English education majors must complete the following within the 120 credits required for the degree. These requirements may overlap with English Major group requirements (see lists above), with General Education requirements, or with electives.
All English majors (except those with an education emphasis) are strongly advised to choose a minor or second major to complement their study of English. All English majors have the option to minor in technical communication, another program offered through the English Department. If you are an English education student, you should consider adding an additional endorsement, not to be confused with a university minor.
Information to help students plan their study in the English Department.


Consumer buying habits show that people generally tend to buy from people they already know, like and trust.
Are you searching for quicker and simpler ideas to sell more products online or get people to stay longer on your site? Then help prospects get to know you, your team and your business better.
If you are a WordPress user, a simple way to help people get to know you better is to use a WordPress directory plugin that lets you add a directory listing with information about your key partners, your business team, or your employees.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily create and add an updatable simple faculty directory to your site using free plugins.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install, activate and configure a WordPress plugin called Simple Staff List.
Simple Staff List lets you easily build a simple staff directory list for.
The first step is to install and activate this plugin.
In the Plugins screen, search for "simple staff plugin". This brings up the Simple Staff Plugin in your plugin search results.
All of the options and settings for your plugin are configured and managed in the Staff Members menu.
Depending on the size of your business and how you want to structure your employee directory, you can begin adding new employee details after installing the plugin, or create several groups (i.e. categories) to place your individualmembers into.
Slug – Enter the URL-friendly version of your category. Note: make sure that all letters are in lower case and use hyphens instead of spaces.
If you manage a medium to large organization, being able to assign people to different groups can be very useful. For example, you can create a group for investors, project teams, departments, etc.
Once you have finished setting up your directory structure, you can begin to add staff details to your directory.
Permalink: Here you can modify the slug for each employee if required (you will see this section after your first save).
Staff Member Bio: Enter a profile description for your staff member here. As this uses the default WordPress Text Editor, you can add formatted content into this section.
Groups: You can assign a staff or team member to a group (see the previous section of this tutorial to learn how to set up your groups).
Note: Groups cannot be edited when a staff member's details are being added or modified. To edit an item, go to the Groups section of the plugin's settings (see "Groups" section of the tutorial above for details).
Keep adding more members to your staff directory directory until done.
If you need to edit individual details, hover over their name, and a menu will appear.
If you have added many items to this section, your list can grow quite large.
Simple Staff List also features a drag-and-drop interface that lets you set the order in which your employees show on your directory page.
After adding your staff listing details to the directory, the next step is to add the directory to your site visitors.
The Simple Staff List plugin also features a drag-and-drop interface allowing you to arrange the order in which entries appear on your directory page.
Once you have added staff listing details to the directory, the next step is to make your directory display on your site.
The Simple Staff List plugin also lets you edit the style and layout of your directory listings using template tags and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
To customize your directory, insert any of the allowable template tags inside the [staff_loop] [/staff_loop] code.
Note: If you want to customize how your directory looks but don't want to mess around with editing code or are not sure how to edit the template as shown above, please contact us for assistance.
In addition to allowing you to customize your listing templates, the Simple Staff List plugin lets you display your listings differently using modified shortcodes.
This screen provides a list of all different shortcode variations that you can use.
You can also make your listings display in ascending or descending order by adding the shortcode [simple-staff-list order="DESC"] (descending).
If you need plugin support, visit the plugin site.
Modern Team Staff Directory helps you collect your team information and showcase it anywhere on your site in beautiful grids, columns and tables. This premium plugin features over a dozen presets and provides editors that make it easy to edit and update your directory.
Staff Directory lets you easily create a directory of faculty/team/staff members. The plugin supports staff categories and can be used for companies, schools, etc.
Faculty And Staff Directory was developed to provide a simple and flexible faculty and staff directory for a small college or university.
The plugin also installs a widget that allows you to feature profiles in a widget area.
This plugin lets you easily add your employees to your website. Different layouts are available, including list and single views, plus as fields like position title, email, phone number, pic and member bio, allowing visitors to get to know your company and capabilities.
Employee Spotlight displays staff members, founders or just one individual person in a four-column circle grid page. This page can be easily created with a setup assistant on plugin activation.
Employee Spotlight comes with two sidebar widgets which display featured and recent employees, plus two responsive views which adjust to the viewer's screen.
Staffer works immediately with almost all WordPress themes, and also allows for custom template use and custom content wrappers.
Hopefully, this step-by-step tutorial has helped you learn how to create and add a simple and easy-to-manage staff directory to WordPress.


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import SimpleSchema from 'simpl-schema';

export const ProjectBaseSchema = new SimpleSchema({
    name: {
        type: String,
    },
});

export const ProjectMembersSchema = new SimpleSchema({
    // array with userIds
    members: {
        type: Array,
        defaultValue: [],
        optional: true,
    },
    'members.$': {
        type: String,
    },
});

export const ProjectModeratorsSchema = new SimpleSchema({
    // array with userIds
    moderators: {
        type: Array,
        defaultValue: [],
        optional: true,
    },
    'moderators.$': {
        type: String,
    },
});

const ProjectSchema = new SimpleSchema({});
ProjectSchema.extend(ProjectBaseSchema);
ProjectSchema.extend(ProjectMembersSchema);
ProjectSchema.extend(ProjectModeratorsSchema);

// Methods schemas

export const ProjectIdentitySchema = new SimpleSchema({
    projectId: {
        type: String,
    },
});

export const AddMembersSchema = new SimpleSchema({});
AddMembersSchema.extend(ProjectIdentitySchema);
AddMembersSchema.extend(ProjectMembersSchema);

export const AddModeratorsSchema = new SimpleSchema({});
AddModeratorsSchema.extend(ProjectIdentitySchema);
AddModeratorsSchema.extend(ProjectModeratorsSchema);

export const UpdateProjectSchema = new SimpleSchema({});
UpdateProjectSchema.extend(ProjectIdentitySchema);
UpdateProjectSchema.extend(ProjectMembersSchema);
UpdateProjectSchema.extend(ProjectModeratorsSchema);

export const ProjectIdAndUserIdSchema = new SimpleSchema({
    projectId: {
        type: String,
    },
    userId: {
        type: String,
    },
});

export { ProjectSchema };

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Anna Kooiman: Bio, Height, Weight, Measurements
Anna Kooiman is an American television host and lifestyle blogger who works for Australia's Network Ten. She is best known for her work with Fox News Channel based in New York City, where she served as anchor and reporter from 2011 to September 2016. Outside of her television hosting duties, she pursued a career as a North Carolina-based fitness trainer. She was born Anna Brooks Kooiman on February 7, 1984 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Wally Kooiman and Susan Kooiman. She is the youngest child in her parents. She has an older brother, Michael Kooiman. She belongs to Dutch descent. She was educated at Myers Park High School and University of North Carolina. She is married to Tim Stuckey.
Anna Kooiman
Anna Kooiman Personal Details:
Date Of Birth: 7 February 1984
Birth Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Residence: Sydney, Australia
Birth Name: Anna Brooks Kooiman
Nickname: Anna
Occupation: Anchor
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Anna Kooiman Body Statistics:
Body Shape: Inverted triangle
Bra Size/Cup Size: 36B
Feet/Shoe Size: 7 (US)
Anna Kooiman Family Details:
Father: Wally Kooiman
Mother: Susan Kooiman
Spouse/Husband: Tim Stuckey (m. 2015)
Children: Not yet
Siblings: Michael Kooiman (Older Brother)
Anna Kooiman Education:
Myers Park High School, Charlotte, N.C.
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Anna Kooiman Facts:
*She is of Dutch ancestry.
*She played softball while in high school.
*She ran in the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014.
*She is AFAA and Turbo Kick-certified.
*She was named Queen of the 2016 Azalea Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina.
*She has appeared on the cover page of Carolina Health & Fitness magazine.
*She has a yellow Labrador retriever named "Baxter".


The House was called to order at the usual hour, President Abney in the chair. The roll was called and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
The election of officers being read in order, the following gentlemen were duly elected: President, Mr. JB Adger, Jr., of SC; Vice-President, Mr. Claiborne; Treasurer, Mr. Horner. Mr. Youmans of SC was chosen monthly orator for February; and Messrs Lefevre, Gibson, and Sanders were elected Magazine editors.
The debate was upon the question, "Was the Saracen rule in Spain conducive to the general civilization of Europe? Mr. Adger and Mr. Patterson spoke upon the Affirmative; Mr. Bryan upon the Neg. After some general debate by the House, the question was decided on in the Affirmative Negative.
On the Negative: Messrs. Geigon, A. Hampton, G. Hampton.
The Treasurer submitted his final report, and excuses were heard.
On account of Mr. Daniel's sickness his constitutional amendment was postponed for one week.
It was moved and seconded that a committee be appointed to inquire into the condition of the Washington Society and see what is to be its action as to the appointment of editors of the Magazine. Carried. Messrs. Bruce,Camden, and Shirley were appointed on this committee.
The classes for debate were read; the Vice-President offered his report; excuses were heard.
Upon motion the question-committee were allowed to submit a further question A motion was then made, seconded, and carried to ratify the House's choice of question.
The second roll was called and the House adjourned.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- A bullet fired from outside a Richmond home grazed a girl inside the house on 29th Street in the Creighton Court community, according to Richmond Police. The girl suffered a non-life threatening injury, police added.
Richmond Police responded to the shooting along the 1700 block of N. 29th Street, near Nine Mile Road, just after 4:30 a.m.
Richmond native, Ellet Ohree, said he was staying at a friends house across the street when he heard about five shots.
"I definitely heard the shots -- about five shots maybe six. And all of a sudden I see blue lights and cars coming up and down the street," said Ohree.
Ohree said at first he was scared to look out the window for fear that the shooter could aim at him.
"It was so close i didn't want them shooting at me," he said.
Investigators were on scene from the early hours of the morning until well after the sun rose trying to piece together what happened.
Robert Waller, who does maintenance for the city of Richmond, stopped at a convenience store Wednesday morning just across from where the shooting happened.
He said he and his coworkers are in the Creighton Court area often, and this isn't the first time he's heard of violence in the area. In fact, he said one day while working, he and his coworkers were caught in the middle of it.
"The bullets are coming right by us everyone's jumping under the truck getting out of the way," Waller said.
But Waller said he still comes back each day.
"It's what we do. We have to come back," he said.
Waller said there's a lot of good people in the area, and that a few people paint a negative image for the entire area. But said he doesn't think there's much that can be done to stop the violence.
"I wish I had the answer," he said.
The child was taken to the hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.