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P. K. Ramachandran Nair, University of Florida |
Andrew M. Gordon, University of Guelph |
Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice
The concept of agroforestry stems from the expected role of on-farm and off-farm tree production in supporting sustainable land-use and natural resource management. This concept is based on the premise that land-use systems that are structurally and functionally more complex than either crop- or tree monocultures result in greater efficiency of resource (nutrient, light, water) capture and utilization, and greater structural diversity that entails tighter nutrient cycles. While the above- and below-ground diversity provides more system stability and resilience at the site-level, the systems provide connectivity with forests and other landscape features at the landscape and watershed levels.
Ecological Engineering
Many agroforestry systems lend themselves to the concept of ecological engineering, whereby the ecological processes are used to solve engineering problems in such a way that ecosystems are designed, constructed and managed for both environmental and societal benefits. The premise that structurally and functionally more complex agroforestry systems have greater efficiency of resource capture and utilization than either crop or tree monocultures provides a strong foundation for such efforts. An important consideration in design of agroforestry systems is the interplay of ecological, economic, and social attributes and objectives.
Enhanced and sustained production of many typical 'services' normally associated with food or timber production systems is possible largely as a result of forced integration of trees, crops and/or animals in such a way that interactions are created both above and belowground. The resultant 'production system' feeds back at a number of scales to extra and intra-system components to provide a number of ecosystem services typical of those found in natural, undisturbed systems.
For example, recent studies in Florida have shown that tree incorporation in pastures leads to retention of more phosphorus in the system and thus prevention or reduction of the chances of its transport from the coarse textured soils to adjacent water bodies. Another example is the intercropping of trees with agricultural crops where trees are planted in widely-spaced single- or double rows in agricultural fields. Although the trees use up about 10 % of land, this "loss" will be more than offset economically and ecologically by production and service value coming from the tree component.
Ecological benefits of intercropping that have been monitored in such a system in eastern Canada during a 10-year period include enhanced biodiversity (of birds, earthworms and beneficial insects), soil organic matter buildup, synchronous development of tight nutrient cycles that prevent nutrients leaching into adjacent waterways, and higher sequestration of carbon both above and below ground.
Many economic models demonstrate equality between agroforestry and monocropping systems, based on the sometimes extended length of period associated with obtaining a long-term product from the tree component. When short-term, mostly non-timber products from the tree components are considered in conjunction with large-scale societal benefits (e.g. improved water quality, reduced pesticide use, etc.), the economic models tip very much in favor of agroforestry systems. However, the simplicity of single species for large scale operations and perhaps the excessive focus of much research and extension on monocultures have favored their adoption despite many demonstrable agroforestry advantages.
Future Directions
Agriculture and forestry are too often treated separately, yet these two sectors are often interwoven on the landscape and share many common goals and ecological foundations. The multitude of agroforestry systems practiced in the tropics or temperate regions are firmly grounded on strong ecological principles, and through provision of many basic needs and ecosystem services, they contribute to attainment of many regional developmental goals. These under-exploited systems have the potential to develop into a set of major land-use options in the twenty-first century.
The gains and developments of nearly three decades of agroforestry research and development are certainly impressive. Agroforestry is now on a firm scientific footing, and is well on its way to becoming a specialized science at a level comparable to those of crop science and forestry science. The adoption rates of these systems have, however, been rather low so far, perhaps because of the emphasis on sustainability, rather than as an opportunity for immediate monetary gains. A deserving appreciation of the ecosystem and environmental services provided through agroforestry could lead to development of rigorous environmental economic assessment and eventually to modification of community tax structures and environmental legislation such that environmental benefits become bankable and environmental integrity becomes a societal norm.
Further Reading
Evenson, R.E. and Gollin, D. (2003). Assessing the impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000. Science300, 758–762.
Garrett, H.E., Rietveld W.J. and Fisher, R.F. (ed.) (2000). North American agroforestry: An integrated science and practice. Madison, WI.: American Society of Agronomy.
Gordon AM and Newman SM (eds.) (1997) Temperate Agroforestry Systems. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.
Jose, A. and Gordon, A. M. (eds.). Advances in Agroforestry 4: Towards agroforesty design: an ecological approach. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer Science (in press).
Kumar, B.M. and Nair, P.K.R. (eds.) (2006). Advances in Agroforestry 3: Tropical homegardens: A time-tested example of sustainable agroforestry. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer Science.
Lal, R. (2004). Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science (Washington, DC) 304: 1623–1627.
Nair, P. K. R., Rao, M. R. and Buck, L. E. (eds.) (2004). Advances in Agroforestry 1: New vistas in agroforestry: A compendium for the 1st World Congress of Agroforestry 2004. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer.
Nair, P.K.R., A.M. Gordon, and M.-R. Mosquera Losada. 2008. Agroforestry. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elesevier. London. In press.
Rao, M.R., Nair, P.K.R., and Ong, C.K.. (1998). Biophysical interactions in tropical agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems 38, 3–50.
Riguero-Rodri'guez, A. J McAdam, M.-R. Mosquera-Losada (eds.) Advances in Agroforestry 5: Agroforestry in Europe. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Springer.
Schroth, G., da Fonseca, A.B., Harvey, C.A., Gascon, C., Vasconcelos, H.L. and Izac, N. (eds.) (2004). Agroforestry and biodiversity conservation in tropical landscapes. Washington, DC: Island Press.
P. K. Ramachandran Nair is Distinguished Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA; firstname.lastname@example.com
Andrew M. Gordon is Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada; email@example.com
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It took more than 18 months. But Voyager Capital, the 10 year-old Seattle venture capital firm, has rounded up $107 million that it will use to bankroll between 15 and 18 startup companies.
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Self-neglect implies not caring for self. It can include ignoring personal hygiene, not paying bills, not maintaining the integrity or cleanliness of the home, not obtaining or preparing food (leading to undernutrition), not seeking medical care for potentially serious symptoms, not filling prescriptions or taking drugs, and skipping follow-up visits.
Risk factors for self-neglect include
Differentiating between self-neglect and simply choosing to live in a way that others find undesirable can be difficult. Social workers are often in the best position to make this determination.
Adult Protective Services or the state unit on aging (whose numbers are available through the Eldercare Locator at 800-677-1116) can help by coordinating in-home safety assessments and helping the elderly obtain counseling services, emergency response systems, referrals to additional support services, and, if necessary, hospitalization.
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@jcraig - I know exactly what you mean and I am wondering what players who played in the days where only two teams made the playoffs would think with the continual chances players are given to win nowadays.
The expansion of the playoffs has prolonged the season to the point that it is ending in November when people have stopped caring about baseball and are more focused on the beginning of the NBA season and the middle of the season for football right as playoff scenarios are developing there.
I feel like baseball now is not concerned so much with giving more teams a chance in the playoffs as they are more concerned with generating extra revenue for playoff games with tickets selling for hundreds of dollars with upwards of fifty thousand people in the stands.
As a baseball fan I really wish that they would simply keep with the 3 round format but expand the first round to seven games.
Even the best team can lose in five games and seven makes it more of an accomplishment. I would also make the playoffs end before places like the Northeast start to get heavy snow. One of these days it will snow and the will have to delay the playoffs and there will be a huge mess on baseball's hands.


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Calories | 400 |
Total Fat | 7.0g |
Saturated Fat | 2.0g |
Cholesterol | 90.0mg |
Sodium | 500mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 32g |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 31.0g |
Calcium | -- |
Serves: 8
Total Time: 45 min
Cook Time: 45 min
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- 1 container(s) (8 ounces) plain nonfat yogurt
- 1 clove(s) garlic, crushed
- 1 tablespoon(s) fresh rosemary leaves, minced, or 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) coarsely ground black pepper
- salt
- 2 pound(s) boneless butterflied lamb leg*
- 1.5 cup(s) parboiled rice
- 1 pound(s) asparagus
- 1 medium red pepper
- 1 tablespoon(s) light corn-oil spread
- rosemary sprigs for garnish, Rosemary sprigs for garnish
- In 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish or large bowl, mix yogurt, crushed garlic, rosemary, black pepper, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Trim all fat from butterflied lamb. Add lamb to yogurt mixture, turning to coat.
- Meanwhile, preheat broiler if manufacturer directs. Place butterflied lamb on rack in broiling pan, reserving any remaining yogurt mixture. Place pan in broiler at closest position to source of heat. Broil lamb 25 minutes for medium-rare or until of desired doneness, brushing lamb occasionally with yogurt mixture and turning lamb once halfway through cooking time.
- While lamb is broiling, prepare rice as label directs. Discard tough ends from asparagus; cut asparagus into 2-inch pieces. Dice red pepper. In 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, in hot light corn-oil spread, cook asparagus and red pepper to golden brown and tender-crisp.
- To serve, mix rice with asparagus mixture. Thinly slice lamb. Serve lamb with rice mixture. Garnish with rosemary sprigs.
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* Ask butcher to bone a 3- to 3 1/2-pound lamb leg shank half and slit the meat lengthwise to spread open like a thick steak.
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This is an image of the closing event of a participatory design initiative held in the North East of England earlier this year.
In the project, over 1000 local people grew food across the town of Middlesbrough and over 6000 attended a final town meal of harvested produce.
In his book on relational aesthetics, French curator and art critic Nicolas Bourriaud writes of
the dawning of the society of extras where the individual develops as a part-time stand-in for freedom, signer and sealer of the public place.
In discussing the work of artists like Rirkrit Tiravanija, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Carsten Holler, Bourriaud sees in their art a reintroduction of the idea of
...inventing ways of being together, forms of interaction that go beyond the inevitability of families, ghettos of technological user-friendliness, and collective institutions on offer.
In Bourriard's mind, this is an urge towards creating new models of sociability.
In our post-industrial societies, the most pressing thing is no longer the emancipation of individuals, but the freeing-up of inter-human communications, the dimensional emancipation of existence.
More often than not, public involvement projects keep their creative and intellectual thrust hush-hush.
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A day before Bakr Id, People For Animals, Uttarakhand accompanied by a sub inspector and 2 constables, conducted a surprise raid of the infamous Inamulla Building on Gandhi Road. They found that goats and buffaloes were being slaughtered illegally in the lanes and their meat sold in shops on the Shalimar hotel street in the building area.
Five shop keepers admitted on record that they butchered buffaloes and goats on the roadside and sold the meat in their shops.Slaughtering animals without license is a violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and sections 429, 268 and 269 of the Indian Penal Code. Due to the illegal slaughter of animals on the roadside, the sewers were chocked with animal remains which are also dumped in the open on the street which had created stinking unhygienic conditions that invite various diseases and cause horror and inconvenience to the public.
It is noteworthy that no such raid has ever been conducted on the Inamulla building prior to this and the illegal slaughterhouse has been conducting brisk business for decades and will continue to do so if the police does not take action even after this expose`.


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"This event marks yet another significant milestone in the legacy of our agency," said Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge for HSI Boston. "Today's event would not be possible without the close coordination and assistance of our partners at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. HSI will continue to investigate cases involving stolen art and cultural property from around the world and return the objects to their rightful owners."
"We are truly grateful for the engagement and collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Attorney's Office over many months while we worked through the necessary channels to return the censer," said Thomas Lentz, director of the Harvard Art Museums, which comprise the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums. "Because of their efforts, the censer rejoins our permanent collections just before we open the doors to our newly renovated, state-of-the-art facility this fall, when it will be accessible once again to students, faculty, and scholars."
Returned was a Qing dynasty jadeite incense container, also called a censer. The censer stands approximately six inches high and seven inches wide. The censer dates back to the last imperial dynasty that ruled China.
The widow of Ernest B. Dane, a businessman who graduated from Harvard College in 1892, originally gifted the censer to the Fogg Museum, one of three museums that now constitute the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge. In 1979, the Fogg Museum opened a small exhibition featuring a selection of jades that the Danes donated, including the censer. On Nov. 26, 1979, Harvard discovered the censer missing from its display. The museum contacted law enforcement authorities and notices regarding the theft of the censer were posted in the Art Theft Archive's newsletter, the Art Dealers Association of America, Inc. newsletter, Interpol's database and the International Foundation for Art Research's stolen item database. Despite these efforts, the censer remained missing for nearly 35 years.
In 2009, Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong prepared to offer a jade censer for sale in its fall Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art auction. The censer had been hand-delivered to Sotheby's Hong Kong offices by a private seller. Prior to the auction, Sotheby's ran a search in the Art Loss Register, which matched the jade censer being offered for auction with the censer stolen from Harvard. The Art Loss Register then notified HSI of Sotheby's query regarding the censer. HSI special agents notified Sotheby's concerning the origins of the censer and that the censer was listed as stolen in Interpol's Stolen Art Works Database. HSI special agents requested that the auction house withdraw the censer from its auction and Sotheby's complied. The individual who delivered the censer to Sotheby's never provided any documentation regarding the work of art's provenance or ownership.
On July 10, 2012, the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint against the censer, alleging that the censer constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a stolen good. On Aug. 7, 2013, the court entered a final judgment, finding that the censer is property of the United States. Subsequently, Sept. 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice granted Harvard University's request for return of the censer based on recommendations by HSI and the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The civil case was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Veronica M. Lei of U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz's Asset Forfeiture Unit.
"The censer's long journey home exemplifies the coordinated efforts of law enforcement, our foreign counterparts and Sotheby's, to bring a work of art back to its rightful place at Harvard," said Ortiz. "It is rewarding to see the censer returned to Massachusetts, where students and the public can study and enjoy its beauty and significance for decades to come."
The HSI investigation is still ongoing.
HSI plays a leading role in criminal investigations that involve the illegal importation and distribution of cultural property, including the illicit trafficking of cultural property, especially objects that have been reported lost or stolen. The HSI Office of International Affairs, through its 67 attaché offices in 48 countries, works closely with foreign governments to conduct joint investigations, when possible.
HSI specially trained investigators, assigned to both domestic and international offices, partner with governments, agencies and experts to protect cultural antiquities. They also provide cultural property investigative training to law enforcement partners for crimes involving stolen property and art, and how to best enforce the law to recover these items when they emerge in the marketplace.
Since 2007, more than 7,150 artifacts have been returned to 26 countries, including paintings from France, Germany, Poland and Austria, 15th to 18th century manuscripts from Italy and Peru, as well as cultural artifacts from China, Cambodia and Iraq.
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So we are a lucky bunch at ASU, instead of having some terrible Outlook mail program the administration chooses to go with Google Apps. Gmail is the Google email program, as you more than likely know, and it is highly customizable. I've got a few tricks that will cut down on the amount of work it takes to get to your emails.
1. Forward Your ASU Email to Another Gmail Account
Keeping your emails centered in one location will keep you from forgetting to check that one email account that has the note from the professor saying the test just got moved. The first step is to go to your ASU email, click the "Settings" button in the top right corner, and look under the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab. You're going to want to enable POP for all mail, as well as IMAP, and then click save.
The second step is to go to your non-school Gmail account, look under settings, go to the "Accounts and Import" tab and click on the add "POP3 Account" button. Input your ASU email, and make sure that the POP server is "emailexchange.asu.edu" and that it is using port 110. Once saved, your personal Gmail should grab all of the emails off of your ASU email account and export them to your Gmail.
Finally, you are going to want to again go under the "Accounts and Import" tab in your personal Gmail settings and click the box "Send Mail From Another Account." This should bring up a small window that lets you input your ASU email. This should send an email with a confirmation code to your personal email (because we are now forwarding ASU email there) and all you need to do is follow the link or input the code into the window. Just let Gmail take care of the rest and you now can send and receive all of your emails from one location.
2. Set Up Filters, Labels, and Stars for Different Categories of Email
Gmail's filters, labels and stars confused me for a long time. Instead of using folders, Gmail uses labels, which are little tags that go next to the subject line of an email. Filters are the automatic tagging system that is built into Gmail. Stars are just another annotation that you can give to any email by clicking on the star in the top left corner of an email.
Luckily, after figuring out a few tricks it's not that hard to get a super effective system in place. The main thing to keep in mind is set up a system that works for you. Make tweaks depending on what is best for you.
To begin setting up labels, you first want to go into your Google Labs options (the green test tube, right next to the "Settings" link) and scroll down to the "Nested Labels" option. Enable nested labels and click save at the top or bottom of the page. This option will add a more hierarchical structure to your labels, which will make a huge amount of emails a little more digestible.
Nested labels work by you having a top-label like "School," followed by a sub-label underneath it such as "Spanish 101." If you wanted to make "Spanish 101″ a nested label under school in Gmail, when creating the label it would need to look like "School/Spanish 101."
You are going to want to create as few high-level labels as possible, and separate them out into broad topics like "School," "Work" and "Clubs" so that it doesn't get too confusing. When making sub-labels you are going to want to create meaningful localized topics that will be useful. For example, instead of breaking down my "School" sub-labels into classes, I chose to break them down by semesters. That way, I can get a look at the entire landscape of what is happening at any particular time during a semester.
To apply these different labels we are going to use a built in Gmail tool: The "Filter Messages Like This" option. This tool can be found while looking at your ASU account or Gmail by pressing the downward facing arrow on the top right of a message.
This tool pulls out the email address that the email was sent from and puts it right into the Gmail filter creator. By just clicking the next step button and choosing which sub-label you feel is appropriate (you also choose to have all of the previous emails received from this email account to have the label applied). Then all of the emails you receive from that account in the future will also have this filter applied.
The filters creator is a highly customizable tool. You can have many other attributes applied to any email you receive, such as stars, "Mark as Read" and even the option to forward to another account. If you spend some time playing with tools you can make your inbox even more efficient.
Finally, stars are the simplest kind of annotation that you can apply in Gmail. When looking at an email, all you need to do is click the unfilled star in the top right corner and it's applied.
I try to use this annotation sparingly and to mark these like a to do list. Try to keep the amount of starred emails you have down by checking it often. If not, they can quickly overwhelm you.
All of these labels can be dragged out of the Gmail "More" tab found under the "Compose Mail" button.
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The last part of this guide involves another Gmail labs feature called "Multiple Inboxes." By enabling "Multiple Inboxes," you can separate your emails into as many as five different boxes on the main screen. There are about a million different ways to set up how to view your inboxes, but for brevity's sake I'm going to show you a simple four-box set-up.
By going to the "Multiple Inboxes" tab under your Gmail settings you will see a screen with four empty boxes.
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Distinguished Service Award Winner: Alan E. Weiner By Chris Gaetano Posted on 5/19/11
For most people, it is enough to do a job and to do it well. Less common are those who do a job, do it well, and then go above and beyond to serve their entire profession. Less common still are those who do all of this for decades at a time -- unless you are past Society President and Suffolk Chapter member Alan E. Weiner, named this year's recipient of the NYSSCPA's Distinguished Service Award.
Weiner will be honored tonight, May 19, at the NYSSCPAs 114th Annual Election Meeting Dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
A member of the Society since 1967, Weiner has a record of contributions and achievements within the NYSSCPA that spans more than 30 years, including service as the Society's president in 1999–2000, as well as president-elect, treasurer, and as a member of the Society's Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Weiner has also served on the FAE Board of Trustees as president, secretary/treasurer and member.
Weiner has also chaired the Society's Tax Division Oversight, Partnerships and LLCs, and Awards committees, and is currently a member of the Partnerships and LLCs Committee. He has also previously served as a member of the Closely Held and S Corporations, Committee Operations, Finance, Political Action, Relations with the Legal Community, History and Annual Leadership Conference committees. He also served as chair of the Estate Planning Committee and as a member of the Federal Tax and Estate and Personal Financial Planning committees for the NYSSCPA's Nassau Chapter.
Weiner also chaired several task forces: the Limited Liability Company (LLC) Task Force in 1991, the Clinton Tax Proposals Task Force in 1992, the Tax Simplification Task Force in 2003 and the Staff Compensation Task Force from 1999 to 2001.
He also actively served on tax committees for the AICPA and as a member of AICPA Council.
Weiner's involvement with the Society began when he was asked to edit The CPA Journal's federal tax column. This led to him being invited to the Society's offices in Manhattan to elaborate further upon his ideas, and he ultimately was an editor for the publication from 1983 to 1985. This initial role extended into a long history of Society service that continues to this day.
His passion for the profession was instilled at a young age, as Weiner's father was also a CPA and a member of the State Society. Weiner includes his father's CPA certification among the plaques and certificates hanging on his wall.
Working as a sole practitioner, his father often took Weiner along when visiting clients, allowing the young man a front-row seat from which to examine the profession. Like many sole practitioners at that time, Weiner said that the work was a family affair -- working with his father from the ages of 13 to 17, he wrote up cash journals and general ledgers, prepared checks for clients and processed W-2 forms. He later went to college to major in accounting, where he came to be particularly interested in tax issues.
"Taxes have never not been interesting to me. … You get involved in businesses and people and families, and it was just fascinating," he said.
Weiner compares tax accounting to a chess game, saying "it's a bunch of puzzles," adding that he had always had a head for math.
Shortly after graduating from college, Weiner decided to continue his education and earn a law degree. While he has not practiced as an attorney, Weiner said that having a legal background has helped him in business by allowing him to communicate more effectively with lawyers.
During the course of his education, Weiner made it a point to seek out the most difficult classes and most challenging professors. This passion for learning continued well into his professional career.
"If you don't keep up with the education in any profession, not only will you fall behind, but you don't do justice to your clients, and client service was always paramount in my mind," he said.
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Though currently retired, Weiner still remains active, saying that his is the type of personality that requires constant stimulation.
"Even in the evening, I will have on the TV, but I'll be reading newspapers or whatever else is current," he said.
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• Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Randy Wolf scattered three hits over seven innings Monday, beating the Los Angeles Angels for his fifth win. Wolf lowered his ERA to 5.06, which is still much higher than expected. Walks and home runs have been the culprits, but Wolf's strikeout potential makes him interesting if he can overcome those issues.
• Angels shortstop Erick Aybar left Monday's game with a hyperextended left knee after a Casey McGehee takeout slide. Aybar, the team's leadoff hitter and purveyor of 11 stolen bases and 41 runs scored, should miss playing time. Maicer Izturis replaced Aybar at shortstop, but this should guarantee more playing time for Kevin Frandsen at third base; he knocked in both Angels runs and is hitting .360.


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And, while they captivate, inform the mind."
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So my 10:00 writing class has finally woken up, and with a bang.
They're starting their Art Essays, and being the My Little Pony of instructors I encourage them to write about anything they want. "To hell with Faulkner and VanGogh," I say. "Read up on The Decapitator, the haka, Vampyros Lesbos, Cannibal Corpse." Yawns and texting ensue.
Then one guy, who writes only on hunting, asks, "What about my Glock 23? Can I write about her?"
Now, I'm a little dubious about how this is art, but I once green-lighted a World of Warcraft essay called, "Why Dwarves Suck," so whatever. I Google "Glock." On the Smartboard. In class. And here she is:
It's cool, alright, but is it art? According to the web site, Christian Gun Owner ("Christian first, American second, Gun owner third"),
When selecting a one, you don't have to decide between action, color, style or anything you may have to decide between with other manufacturers. They all look basically the same. Black. Blocky. Simple. Nothing "sexy" about these guns.
So it's kind of like the Bauhaus of pistols. Or maybe Ikea. At any rate, it's very Northern European (made in Austria) and, while looking at it, I can almost feel the pebbly texture, the snug finger grips, and the chill of that concave swoop resting between my thumb and forefinger. Since this is the first image not featuring Tilda Swinton that ever made my right hand tingle, it's probably art.
I tell the student, "Go for it."
Another guy in the back corner immediately comes out from under his Yankees cap and says, "Google the Beretta! I just picked one up."
Now, the Beretta is Italian made, and somewhat more Baroque. The one we settle on has a walnut stock:
This is a European wink to America, the kind of gun Sergio Leone or Anna Magnani would carry. With its extra body and drama, it also dances before it hits, like Muhammad Ali. It's the Times New Roman to the Glock's quietly lethal Verdana. There's also a web site - BerettaWorld - whose "main mission is to promote Beretta guns in other contexts, like world design, world fashion, world entertainment and world art."
The room is rocking, and I'm desperately throwing out as many art terms as I can think of on short notice. Not wanting to lose the momentum, I jump to a Bladerunner-esque steampunked boomer that catches my eye. A few gasps and a low whistle. Someone says, simply, "sa-weet," and I have to agree:
I've been trying to steer the class into the visual aspect of these things through an emotional investment, not unlike causing a buffalo stampede. But then we approach a cliff.
"I love the Beretta sniper rifle," someone says. "If that thing hits you in the base of the neck it can cut your whole body in half from top left to botton right."
This is the kind of detail I've been screaming for in their essays all semester, but we're also starting down an aesthetic trail I don't want to reach the end of. Luckily, it's close enough to 12:00 that I can send them off to Sociology and Biology with a certain degree of exhilaration.
I wonder, though, what kind of Art Essays I'll wind up with. Most likely, my Glock student will miss the point entirely and write about how easy it is to insert the clip. I hope he at least mentions the awesome defense of the cotton candy booth at the end of Zombieland. After all, he once composed a nicely cinematic paragraph about a bright cloud of goose blood settling onto a patch of snow.
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I agree. The best team in the AFC would not choke (especially twice in one game, in a mere seconds). The Ravens deserved to go to the division championship, no doubt. Why can't they live with that? They lost a close game to a quality team. But nooooooooo the Baltimore mentality perpetuates. The "premiere" local newspaper prints that garbage? The thing is, the fans here believe it. Just because they show up it is their divine right to win. If they don't it is not their own fault. Robbed, stolen, ripped off, etc.
That article is stupid. The funny thing is, I can't imagine any other newspaper on the planet printing that, except that rag the Baltimore Sun. I kid you not, that is the mentality here.
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Demilisz | May 22, 2014 | See all Demilisz's reviews »It is hard for indie platform game to stand out this times. There is just too many of them and virtually every one of them has something special (be it unique mechanic or very high difficulty level). Teslagrad manage to stand out. With beautifull graphic and with mechanic where player controls magnetism to solve puzzles and move forward. There is great story to be told and very much worth to know, despite gameplay that sometimes smothers this storytelling and distract player from it.
Play it, worth every penny.
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aerionmagnus | March 27, 2014 | See all aerionmagnus's reviews »I am a huge fan of platformers and with Teslagrad being one of them, I just had to try it. The game itself is far from bad, it is quite good actually and I enjoyed playing it. I love the cute graphics and beautiful music which makes the game so much more enjoyable. The puzzles were okay, I guess. Most of them were pretty easy to figure out, but some of them were quite hard and a bit frustrating, to be honest! I also thought the game was a little bit too short. After finishing it, I wanted more and I highly recommend this game to all people who like playing games with cute puzzles!
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Elfangorax | Feb. 4, 2014 | See all Elfangorax's reviews »The environments, music, and visual storytelling of Teslagrad are absolutely beautiful. Most of the puzzles are also very well integrated into the flow of the game, rarely feeling contrived. The only issue I encountered was that, unfortunately, some of them do.
The majority of the puzzles are quite straightforward -- neither dull nor hair-pull-outingly difficult -- but occasionally the player will encounter a sudden spike in complexity and/or precision requirement, which will swiftly diminish again until the next spike. Had the difficulty gradually increased over the course of the game, it would have felt much more comfortable; as is, these much harder puzzles stand out awkwardly from the rest and do quite a number on the player's immersion.
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4 About the box set.Posted: 16/12/2011This review is about the appearance of the box set.Mine seems to be slight different than the other reviewers; all of the films are slim cases (same as US blu-rays), all the same size (even Wolverine) and the box set is rated 12 not 15. There are no bbfc rating logos on the side of the individual cases.
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1 Should have been Cliche not ClickPosted: 15/06/2009The first two acts was so incredibly annoying that I started to wonder why any studio would want to give a budget to this so-called comedy, and probably wouldn´t have if there wasn´t the likes of Sandler, Walken, Hasselhoff, Beckinsale and Astin. After an hour I was convinced that I was watching something that can only be described as abysmal, but I was determined to sit this through. As it got to its third act, ofcourse it turned into a drama with an important message (which has been done millions of times), believe me you´ve seen it before, but nevertheless this was the "best" part of the movie. The ending can be spotted a million miles away.Adam Sandler is not funny, his meanspirited humor ruins everything he´s involved in and he seems to play the same role over and over again in the exact same ways.Even Chris Walken can´t redeem this as he pulls his worst role of his career, I guess the money was just too good.About the story: Sandler spends more time doing work than with his family. Then he gets a magical remotecontrol which allows him to fastforward his life, listen to an audiocommentary, visit his past memories and blah, blah, blah. (That´s probably what was used as a screenplay)Fans of Sandler will no doubt get a kick out of Click, since its the exactly same doodoo he´s done before.
5 Very, very different kind of brilliance.Posted: 15/06/2009Trey Parker´s movies seem to be among the few films that actually made me laugh so much that I could hardly breath (Cannibal the musical, South Park: BL&UC etc) and Team America World Police is no exception.Many who disliked this puppet parody of Michael Bay movies and Thunderbirds said they enjoyed Baseket Ball and therefore they probably didn´t expect TA to be so crude - but Trey and Matt had nothing to do with the screenplay of Baseket Ball (which the movie could´ve used).The humor is overly stupid, but stupid in a brilliant way - same way as in South Park - it´s full with profanities and puppet violence, and the puppet sex scene is so disturbing and disgusting that one can´t help but to shake his head and giggle.If you love South Park and Trey´s and Matt´s previous productions you´ll sure to love this, but if you´re a huge fan of Thunderbirds I don´t recommend you to watch this based only on just that.Try to get the Uncut & Unrated region 1 edition instead of this UK release (runs about a minute less).
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3 The ShiningPosted: 27/05/2009To make a tv miniseries from a horrifying horror novel is way beyond me. The teleplay was written by Stephen King himself but it seems more like he just gave a copy of the novel to Garris and said "Don´t cut anything out of it except the parts where its scary or violent", this was at the time of the golden age of tv censorship. So what we got is a (annoying) family drama with horror elements that are at best ridiculous, especially the campy CGI effects.The only reason to watch this (and my three stars) is the terrific performance by Steven Weber as Jack Torrance - all the other actors are either annoying (especially Courtland Mead as Danny) or incompetent for their roles.It runs for 259mins, but if you cut out all the repetitive or otherwise unnecessary scenes you have a good 1h50min movie in your hands.Again Stephen King proves that he´s hopeless when it comes to visual media, and Garris should already be awarded as the worst horror director there is.
2 Yet another marvel adaptation gone bad.Posted: 25/04/2009Mark Johnson has said that his a Ghost Rider fan, but I have my doubts about that - he seems to know nothing about the character or its history (if you read the comics you probably already know this, but as a casual viewer you probably don´t care).Nicolas Cage gives his usual wooden and uninspired performance (he just doesn´t enjoy acting anymore and it shows) as Johnny Blaze, the best stunt rider alive and the bounty hunter for the devil himself. Worst of all is Eva Mendes as Johnny´s ex-sweetheart, a mere setdecoration, with no acting abilities whatsoever. When the old flame bursts into fire between them, I saw no affection, just awkwardly bad acting but the film is supposed to rely on CGI (like all movies these days) which isn´t that amazing but not quite poor either, although the Ghost Rider character is ruined by it (he looks ridiculous, he sounds ridiculous and he acts ridiculously).So what about the humor factor? Yes, there were alot of jokes and humorous bits, none of them funny and not even remotely well delivered. But atleast there was no toilethumor.Peter Fonda is excellent as the devil and that´s about the only really positive thing to say.Campy soundtrack, poor screenplay, campy performances, bad directing - despite all that the movie is still entertaining enough to sit through it (maybe even more than twice), and atleast it manages to get up there in the gategory of so-bad-its-good.Enjoy the ride if you will, but don´t feel bad if you want to hop off.There is no extramaterial.
5 Buy it.Posted: 16/02/2009Fox really destroyed Firefly when they showed the episodes out of order (and only 11 of the 14 was aired), the first, crucial episode was aired last, so no wonder the audience felt confused about what they were watching, and since the show got low ratings they decided to cancel it; one of hugests mistakes in Tv history.Firefly is a very smart and funny scifi series with one of the most likeable crews ever, so if you don´t have a sense of humor or a good taste when it comes to something really special you´ll probably give it a 1 star rating.14 episodes + one great movie (Serenity) were sadly the only ones made. Other really bad scifi series just keeps on going and going and going... and going. But that´s the way it goes.
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Excellence isn't defined by one round or even one season. It's a commitment to being the best player you can be shot after shot, and year after year. Relying on the Pro V1x golf ball and a complete bag of Titleist equipment for his tee through green success, Brand Ambassador Bill Haas earned a three-shot victory at the prestigious AT&T National. He is one of just four players on the PGA Tour with at least one win in each of the last four years.
In addition to Bill Haas' success on the PGA Tour, Titleist Pro V1x loyalist Kenny Perry had a breakthrough performance, recording his first career major at the Constellation Senior Players Championship. It took an extra day and one extra hole on the Web.com Tour, but Titleist Brand Ambassador Ben Martin relied on the Pro V1x and a bag full of Titleist equipment for his victory in a four-player sudden death playoff. More performance, more wins, more trust. It's why the overwhelming majority of across the world's professional tours trust Titleist.
With three more wins, Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf ball loyalists have now won 76 tournaments on the worldwide professional tours in 2013, nearly three times the nearest competitor with 25 and more than all other competitors combined.
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PGA TOUR: Of the 132-player field, 85 relied upon Titleist golf balls, over five times the nearest competitor with 16. In fact, Haas, who closed with a 5-under par 66 for a 12-under par 272 victory total, topped a leaderboard that included nine Titleist golf ball loyalists among the 12 players who finished in the Top 10 and ties. It marked the fifth career PGA Tour title for Haas.
What's in Bill Haas' Bag?: Pro V1x golf ball, 913D2 driver (8.5º), 913Fd fairway metal (15º), 913H hybrid (17º), CB irons (3-PW), Vokey Design Spin Milled sand (54º) and SM4 lob (60º) wedges, Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Midslant putter.
Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Roberto Castro finished solo 2nd, three shots behind Haas, while Titleist Brand Ambassador D.H. Lee (Pro V1x, 913D2 driver 913Fd fairway metal, 910H hybrids, CB irons, Vokey Design SM4 gap and prototype lob wedges, Scotty Cameron Newport SLT T10 putter) tied for 3rd, another shot back. Lee made nine birdies to match a tournament-best 64 on Sunday. The performances marked the best career PGA Tour finishes for both players.
Noteworthy: Haas has a PGA Tour-tying seven top 10's in 16 starts this year, which also equals his own career high from 2011 … Statistically, Haas led the field in Birdies (25) and tied for 4th in Greens in Regulation (76%) … On the green, trusting a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Midslant putter that he put in play for the first time this week, Haas was 2nd in Strokes Gained – Putting (2.498) and Putts Per Greens in Regulation (1.564).
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- Of the 81-player field, 63 relied upon Titleist golf balls, more than 12 times the nearest competitor with 5.
- Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Kenny Perry won his first-ever major championship firing a final round, 6-under par 64 en route to a 19-under 261 victory total.
- Perry birdied two of his final three holes to finish two shots clear of his nearest competitors.
- The win was Perry's third in three years on the Champions Tour (2011 SAS Championship, 2012 ACE Group Classic).
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- Of the 156-player field, 104 relied upon Titleist, nearly six times the nearest competitor with 18.
- Ben Martin emerged victorious from the four-man playoff with a par on the first extra hole.
- What's in Ben Martin's Bag?: Pro V1x, 910D3 driver (8.5º), 910Fd fairway metal (13.5º), 913H hybrid (17º), CB irons (3, 5-PW), Vokey Design SM4 gap (50º), sand (54º) and TVD lob (58º) wedges, Scotty Cameron GoLo putter.
- Martin was joined in the playoff by fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Joe Affrunti (Pro V1x, 913D2 driver, AP2 irons, Vokey Design SM4 pitching, gap, sand and lob wedges) and Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Ashley Hall.
- Hall shot a Sunday-best 6-under par 66 to reach the playoff, while Martin fired a 5-under 67.
- The playoff foursome finished at 11-under 277 before darkness fell and delayed the playoff until Monday.
- Titleist golf ball loyalists have won 11 times on the 2013 Web.com Tour, nearly four times the nearest competitor (3).
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Master Craftsman Scotty Cameron's commitment to the creative process and collaborating with the best players in the world helped lay the groundwork for the new Scotty Cameron by Titleist Futura X putter. Futura X is a high MOI, modern mallet design with advanced perimeter weighting that provides exceptional stability and forgiveness with solid feel.
The new Futura X, available worldwide beginning Aug. 1, is the direct result of Cameron's extensive work with Titleist Brand Ambassador Adam Scott, who used a prototype version of the putter in winning the 2013 Masters Tournament. Scott, who has been using Cameron putters for more than a decade, calls Futura X "the most stable putter I have ever played."
Precision milled from high grade 6061 aluminum, the unique Futura X design combines a rear balance bar with deep heel-toe weights plus perimeter weighting under the face. The resulting deep CG provides stability throughout the stroke, while the perimeter weighting adds forgiveness and solid feel. The result is unmatched stability and a great roll.
"I like to describe Futura X as a lethargic putter, for those golfers that need a slow, steady stroke that doesn't jump around a lot," said Cameron, whose putters have been the No. 1 choice of players on the PGA Tour since 1997 and counting. "It's the perfect design for Adam, and will give confidence to all golfers that want stability during the stroke and less hand manipulation."
Futura X features four stainless heel-toe weights, two 20-gram weights on the rear balance bar and two adjustable sole weights (configured depending on the length) in the front corners of the putter under the face.
The overall headweight of Futura X is 20 grams heavier than a standard Cameron Select putter, resulting in a swingweight of E8. However, since much of the weight is located behind the axis of the shaft and not directly under the golfer's hands, the Futura X feels stable but not heavy during the stroke.
"Futura X is what I call a 'force balanced' design," Cameron said. "While the putter has a near-face balanced shaft configuration that would normally produce a slight toe hang, there's so much weight off the back of the putter that it forces the face to hang flat. The rear balance bar allows us to add considerable weight a fairly long distance away from the shaft axis, which is really what drives the high MOI."
Said Scott: "The new Futura X is the most stable putter I have ever played. I worked with Scotty and his team at the Studio for many hours at the end of last year and we worked hard to get it right. Even when I began to play it on Tour at the beginning of 2013, we were still tweaking the original design right up until I won with it at the Masters. It was definitely a long process and I provided considerable feedback based on my performance with it under the gun.
"For me, the key to the performance of the putter is the perfect combination of perimeter weighting, high MOI and solid feel. I have more confidence in my stroke with this putter because of its design. Scotty determined the best positions for both the fixed and adjustable weights so the head would remain stable throughout the stroke. I have never had more confidence in a putter or my stroke than I do right now with the new Futura X."
Futura X is offered in standard lengths of 33, 34 and 35 inches. A double-bend, stepless steel shaft with one shaft of offset provides a square, technical visual at address.
The putter has a Frozen Titanium finish that helps reduce glare, two black sightlines and red cherry-dot weights in the sole and balance bar. The mid-milled face texture draws a crisp sound from the aluminum face and body.
AVAILABILITY: Standard length models (33, 34 and 35 inches) are available worldwide through Titleist authorized golf shops beginning Aug. 1, 2013.
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• STABILITY through the stroke from the deep, perimeter weighted balance bar and high MOI design.
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• MINIMUM TOE FLOW through the stroke from the deep weights that create a force balanced face.
• PRECISION MILLED 6061 aluminum body with T-shaped sight lines for easy alignment.
• IMPROVED SOUND from the mid milled face texture.
• SQUARE SET UP and appearance from the stepless shaft with technical double bend.
• REFINED COSMETICS with a Frozen Titanium finish and red-dot graphics.
• PISTOLERO GRIP with pistol shape for a stable feel in your hands.
Loft: 3.5º
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• All models available in 1/2" lengths from 33"-35.5" (standard). Some lengths are custom order only.
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