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Huntington, ranked No. 12 in CIF Southern Section Division 1-A, scored a 56-35 win over Fountain Valley. Paola Roa scored 23 points and Stephanie Louie had 12 points for the Oilers (14-5, 4-2 in league), who jumped out to a 17-4 lead after the first quarter.
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I saw this at midnight and I thought it was an excellent movie that neatly ties together everything (for the most part anyway). While the story does get a bit convoluted halfway through (does Jack plan things out ahead of time, or does he just do them and succeed by the luck of the devil?!) the end result is a very satisfying fantasy adventure. (LOTS of swashbuckling, numerous battle scenes on land and sea, and a ton of humor strewn throughout. I didn't realize Jack Sparrow had multiple personality disorder.) I'm trying to keep the spoilers light, so I won't say too much more, but do stay after the credits for a brief scene that finishes off the Will and Elizabeth story arc. Oh and to answer your question, yes, the end is left open for an all new adventure, but I admittedly would look forward to another film if they do it as well as this.
Also, if you're lucky, a new extended preview of "Transformers" will be included in the trailer reel. The movie looks amazing and I for one, will be there opening night/day!
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May 25, 2007, 06:08:24 PM »
Though I said "I would what for DVD" my daughter wanted tp go and since I had the day off I also went. It's better than the second film, but that isn't fair to say because this is a three part story. What I would have done if I wanted to make a
out of these three pictures is keep the first film, completely trash the second, and add the last hour of the third.
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Ouch! The second "Pirates" film takes a lot of abuse, but I rather enjoyed it. Ditto for the "final" installment in the trilogy. Sure the story gets muddled and the special effects take center stage more often than not, but I still can't get enough of this stuff. It's very hard for me to not like these films.
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I really wanted to slap Keira Knightley by the end of this film. If it wasn't for the fact she showed off a bit of leg, I think I would have rushed the screen with my cutlass screaming blue murder [yes, I had a cutlass, a few friends and I semi-dressed up]
Overall this was kind of 'meh'. I'm annoyed I didn't wait till the end of the credits, I would have liked a bit more closure on that storyline, but at the same time, I give them kudos for that part of the ending. I certainly didn't expect it to end quite like that.
BUT, other than that piece of good news, the rest is fairly sub-par. Sure there's some fun moments which made this film good enough, but I kind of expected it to be better. The structure of the plot was a bit frustrating, and most of the characters [other than Sparrow of course] all seemed a bit 'off'. I can't really explain it, but it seems like they were out of character for most of the film.
Overall it was a fun viewing, but didn't really satisfy me enough to call it great.
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dean, I agree that some of the characters were "out of character...."
Especially Admiral Norrington. He goes from being an opportunist that is desperate to regain his honor by any means necessary (as seen in "Dead Man's Chest") but in "At World's End," he is the complete opposite. After he learns that Elizabeth's father is dead, he has a total change of heart and helps her out! What gives?! Luckily this sudden change of heart (i.e. bad scriptwriting) gets him killed by Will Turner's senile fish-man/father.
One image keeps playing across my mind and wipes away all the negative thoughts about the film: A midget being thrown backwards into a hole by the force of his massive gun! LOL!
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The character of Will Turner actually comes forward more and almost becomes an Errol Flynn type and Elizabeth as a pirate was great.
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May 27, 2007, 12:36:51 PM »
I saw this yesterday with my family. I enjoyed it overall, though, like dean, I wanted to slap Elizabeth several times. In this installment, she seems to alternate between trying to be seductive or trying to be tough, and her facial expression is the same for both: head down, jaw jutted forward.
I'm glad they completed the story arc between Will and Elizabeth, especially without domesticating Jack Sparrow in any way. If they opt to make a fourth installment, hopefully those characters will be gone or at least relegated to a small part. I was actually impressed that the scriptwriters managed to give every major character complex motivations for accomplishing the same end. It was occasionally confusing, but it added some welcome depth to the storyline.
I will disagree to an extent with Jordan's assessment of Norrington. In the first movie, he does the right thing by letting Jack escape, proving he is able to think beyond simple duty. Yes, he does it for Elizabeth, but he still does it. In the second film, when he is at the bottom with nowhere to go but up, he does some less-than-ethical things to get back to what he thinks he wants. In the third installment, he is conflicted, partly because of his sense of duty, partly because of his sense of justice, and partly because of his lingering feelings for Elizabeth (who by this time is probably the most genuinely pirate-like character in the movie, willing to do anything to anyone to get her way). His sense of justice wins out as he realizes that there is no real difference between the East India Trading Company and the pirates, and the pirates are at least up front about their ethics. He helps Elizabeth and her crew escape, and pays for it with his life, but with his honor intact. He is the only genuinely decent human being in the films, and he gets continually screwed over by the other, less ethical characters. I felt truly sorry for the guy.
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You make some very excellent points Derf, Karma for you! Your assessment of Norrington's motives is very in depth and I should've probably put more thought into my previous post. Norrington is a tragic figure, but his death seemed to happen too early on, and his lack of screentime in this entry makes his change of heart all the more sudden. After the major role he played in the last film, it is a shame that he is relegated to a smaller role in "At World's End."
And speaking of characters dying, I think the most tragic death in the film is the one we don't see, and I'm not talking about Elizabeth's father. I'm talking about the poor Kraken. I was severely disappointed to find that the mighty cephalopod was deceased.
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May 28, 2007, 07:30:29 PM »
Well, I don't know.. I liked it, but somehow it just didn't, for me, "jell" completely.
Among other things, I thought it was cheap the way they killed the Kraken off-camera.
Another bigass plothole... okay, you got a supernatural monster who does what you tell him to only because you're holding on to the one thing that can kill him, he's starting to get antsy and not quite following your order, so what do you do?
Well, take the one thing that can kill him and... (wait for it) place it aboard HIS SHIP. That way you can...er... no, actually, that's a real DUMB idea. Oh sure, it's under guard, but that's Davy's FREAKING ship! With his crew! You mean to tell me they couldn't simply overpower whoever's watching the chest and break the only hold Beckett has over him?
Just doesn't make any sense...
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May 29, 2007, 07:32:10 PM »
I saw the film, and I liked it alot.
A couple of things to note.
The pirate flags ran up in the film. They were actual flags used by various pirates in the history of piracy.
The speech made by Jack (Depp) to the two floozies. Listen carefully. While there have been a number of film that contsin a multitude of double entendres (i.e. "Lair of the White Worm") that speech Jack makes is one long double entendre, and thus the longest double entendre I have ever heard.
How the third film sets up the possibility of a fourth film.
And stay to after the credits are over.
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June 04, 2007, 08:37:09 AM »
I liked this movie way better than "Dead Man's Chest" but not as much as I liked the first one.
-Things I didn't like-
Jack Sparrow was a minor character! WTF?! Audeinces love Depp/Jack (and so do I) so why not give him more to do? He's the face of the franchise.
Norrington shows up for a minute and then gets aced by Bootstrap. And Liz's dad gets offed for no real decernable reason.
Chow Yun Fat (one of my all-time favorite Asian actors) isn't given anything to do really.
The movie was all about plot and story-lines and not enough about character...which is weird that the movie came in at almost three hours. I find that movies with lots of character development tend to be on the long side and plot/story type movies are shorter. This one is the opposite.
And finally, why would the vastly superior British fleet leave when their flag ship was destroyed? And why didn't Beckett fire on the the Pearl and Dutchman? That made no freakin' sense. (Oh and the opening scene was creepy and a bit morbid for the light-hearted series).
-Things I liked-
Geoffery Rush! Clearly having a good time and chewing any scenery he can get his hands on. Plus you get to see what a Sparrow/Barbossa commanded Black Pearl might have looked like before the first film. Great dynamic. Keith Richards' cameo. A lot of people are trashing it. I thought it was cool.
The special effects!!! Wow! The detail and seemlessness is awesome in the literal sense of the word. The Maelstrom ship battle was pure popcorn fun.
The ending was well done. I like how everyone ends up pretty much how you think they will. They could end the series or they could do one more film. I think that if they want to do another Pirates movie they have to keep it simple. Scale everything back. People will still come to see Depp as Sparrow. I know I will.
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June 13, 2007, 05:16:53 AM »
I just saw the movie and my opinion of it is that the first and second acts were extremely choppy and problematic, but the final act more than makes up for this. The battle sequence in the whirlpool is easily the best part of the film, and, in my opinion, the best action sequence in all three movies, period, rivalled only by the Will / Jack / Norrington three-way swordfight in the second movie.
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June 13, 2007, 03:29:46 PM »
Oh goddammit, I forgot to stay until the end of the credits! I was with my niece and she was getting fidgety so we left without giving it another thought. Can someone just tell me what happened, please? I don't have the time or $$ to see it again on top of not having the patience to wait for the DVD.
***spoilers and such***
-Multiple Jacks to take the place of less Jack. Bit of a ploy, but fun.
-At the end there...was that the first time Jack said "Savvy" since the first one, or was that just me. Loved how he had his Mom's shrunken head on his belt.
-So, Barbossa was hellbent on freeing Calypso because she brought him back from the dead...right? He had a conscious apparently(?)
-Yeah, Jones' heart on his ship...bit of a poor set-up for Will to take his place. I honestly saw that coming, but it didn't impact my enjoyment at all.
-Though it had some moments, I thought this one really lacked the humor of the first two.
have a purpose...he set up the first exchange that began the first of many allegiance
swaps in the movie. He was the set up guy for the plot convolution.
-I was really hoping the other pirate ships would fight.
-I think this one could have easily been two movies, but the producers knew that option was off the table, especially after the way they ended
Dead Man's Chest
All that said, I loved it. Though a bit incoherent, it was truly awesome. And seeing as Lucio Fulci is one of my favorite directors, I can't really complain about incoherence. The three way sword fight at the end of
Dead Man's
is still the best part of the trilogy for me (I thought the whole marriage thing was a bit much).
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I enjoyed it, but I think I still prefer #2. "Dead Man's Chest" is easily the most humorous of the three, and IMHO this is why they get away with the plot holes and the cartoonish situations (remember the island of the cannibals?). I think this doesn't work as well here, because the tone of the film is much more serious.
Still, it's great to see a blockbuster that delivers. It's a long ride, sure, and what little plot it has gets very annoying, but it's still fun, and sometimes quite inventive, such as when they show us the limbo in which Jack Sparrow ended up after #2, or the "up is down sequence. And finally, we have a great battle that wraps things up quite nicely... although next time they show me two fleets ready for action, they'd better have some use for all the other ships, rather than act as expectators.
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No one else seems to be discussing it, so I'll go ahead and bring it up. What did everyone think of what wound up happening to Beckett's assistant Mercer?
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As part of his epic BlackBerry PlayBook review, our good friend CrackBerry Kevin put RIM's new tablet browser one-on-one against the great one -- Apple's iPad 2. That's right, we have yet another entry in our browser battle series!
When we put the PlayBook head to head against the iPad 2 in a browser shootout (see below), we saw pretty comparable page load times but did notice on websites where there were flash-based advertisements present, this would slow down the PlayBook by a few seconds while the iPad 2 would serve up a faster loading static image. Disabling flash evened out the load times.
Check out the video after the break and if you haven't already, check out the rest of Crackberry's PlayBook coverage! (Then rush back here and tell us what you think!)


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Ghost Master casts you as an afterlife civil servant whose job is to frighten lowly mortals from their homes and places of work. You'll have command over legions of ghosts, ghouls, and spirits to help you with this task. In addition, you can use a wide range of scaring tools to drive out unwanted guests. Ghost Master also features a simple game interface, intelligent enemies, and enhanced graphics.


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Nero's Rotating Dining Room and mini-Colosseum Uncovered
Revolving restaurants may seem to be decidedly modern invention; however it looks like they have existed for quite some time. For over 2000 years, in fact. Archaeologists have uncovered what they think are the remains of Nero's extravagant rotating banquet hall. The 'coenatio rotunda' is thought to be the one described by Suetonius: "The chief banqueting room was circular and revolved perpetually night and day in imitation of the motion … Continue readingPosted in Historical Royals | Tagged Archaeology, Excavation, Golden Palace, Italy, Nero Roman Emperor | Leave a comment


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NBA Capsules
DENVER (AP) Marco Belinelli scored 27 points, Tim Duncan had 20 and the San Antonio Spurs extended their winning streak to 16 games by beating the Denver Nuggets 133-102 on Friday night.
Reserve Patty Mills had 16 points for the Spurs, who scored a season-high in points. This is their longest regular season win streak since reeling off 17 straight from Feb. 29 to March 31, 1996.
San Antonio also maintained a three-game lead for the top seed in the Western Conference. It's a quick turnaround for the Spurs, who host New Orleans on Saturday.
Randy Foye scored 20 for a banged-up Nuggets squad that lost for the fourth time in five games. Wilson Chandler was out with a strained groin, while Timofey Mozgov and Kenneth Faried were hampered by an illness. Faried still finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds.
Belinelli stepped into the starting lineup with Danny Green hobbled by an inflamed right foot and quickly found his rhythm. Belinelli scored 14 in the first quarter. He finished 10 of 15 from the field.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – LeBron James had 17 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to help Miami build a big lead, and then rested in the fourth quarter.
It was James' first triple-double of the season and No. 37 for his career.
The banged-up Heat had little trouble with the Pistons even though they were without Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers, Ray Allen and Greg Oden. They had plenty of players make up for the losses.
Udonis Haslem scored 12 of his 17 points in the first quarter, when James already had seven assists. Chris Bosh scored 15 for Miami.
Greg Monroe and Will Bynum each had 12 points for the Pistons, who honored their 1989 championship team at halftime.
WASHINGTON (AP) – John Wall scored 20 points, and Washington avenged two of its biggest losses of the season.
Marcin Gortat added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Wizards, who dropped their first two games against the Pacers this season by a combined 47 points. Al Harrington added 12 points, including a personal 10-0 run in the second quarter.
Indiana was due for a letdown two nights after a big win over Miami in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. The Pacers committed five turnovers in the first four minutes Friday and shot 35 percent overall.
Paul George scored 19 points, and Lance Stephenson had 13 points and matched a career-high with 14 rebounds for the Pacers, who have lost a season-high four straight road games.
TORONTO (AP) – Amir Johnson scored the winning basket with seven seconds remaining, and Toronto clinched its first playoff berth in six seasons.
DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points as the Raptors won for the 18th time in 24 home games. Terrence Ross had 17 points, Greivis Vasquez scored 15 and Jonas Valanciunas finished with 13.
The Atlantic Division-leading Raptors last reached the playoffs in 2007-08, losing in five games to Orlando in the first round. This is their sixth playoff berth in 19 seasons.
Jerryd Bayless scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough for Boston, which has dropped three straight and eight of nine. Jeff Green added 16 points.
The Celtics dropped to 8-27 on the road.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Love had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double, leading Minnesota to the easy win.
Nikola Pekovic scored 26 points on 9-for-10 shooting in his first game back from an ankle injury and Love hit three of five 3-pointers in just three quarters. Kevin Martin scored 17 points for the Wolves, who led by 19 points in the first quarter, 37 in the second and 40 in the third.
Steve Nash made a surprise appearance for the Lakers, picking up four points and six assists in 14 minutes of just his 12th game of the season. It was about the only notable development for the Lakers, who allowed the Timberwolves to shoot 67.1 percent.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Kevin Durant scored 29 points to power Oklahoma City to the victory.
Durant has scored at least 25 points in 37 consecutive games, the longest streak since Michael Jordan's 40-game run for the Chicago Bulls during the 1986-87 season. Durant could have done more damage, but he sat for good with 1:25 left in the third quarter.
Russell Westbrook had 18 points and six assists for the Thunder, who have won five of six.
Ben McLemore scored 18 points and Travis Outlaw added 17 for the Kings. DeMarcus Cousins, who entered the game ranked 10th in the league in scoring, finished with four points on 2-for-8 shooting while dealing with foul trouble.
PHOENIX (AP) – Goran Dragic scored 32 points in 32 minutes and the Suns routed the Knicks for their season-high sixth victory in a row.
Eric Bledsoe added 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Suns, who led by 22 at halftime and 32 in the third quarter. Markieff Morris scored 16 and Miles Plumlee had 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Carmelo Anthony scored 21, seven below his season average, and Amare Stoudemire had 19 for the Knicks, blown out for the second time in three games on their five-game western trip.
With Memphis' loss at Golden State, Phoenix pulled a half-game ahead of the Grizzlies for the No. 7 playoff spot in the West. The Suns are a game ahead of Dallas. The Knicks fell two games behind Atlanta for the eighth spot in the East.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Stephen Curry scored 33 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer, and Golden State used a closing run to get the win.
Klay Thompson added 14 points as the Warriors beat the Grizzlies at home for the first time in six meetings. Thompson had a pair of clinching free throws.
Marreese Speights scored 15 and Jermaine O'Neal added 10 points for the Warriors, who moved two games ahead of the Grizzlies for the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
Zach Randolph scored 21 points for Memphis, which won eight of their previous 10 games. Mike Conley added 20 points.
Randolph's reverse layup gave Memphis a 93-86 edge with four minutes left. But the Warriors scored the game's final 14 points, with Curry nailing a 3-pointer with 1:21 left to make it 96-93.
CHICAGO (AP) – Mo Williams scored 18 points to lead five players in double figures, and Portland won on the road for a second straight night.
Damian Lillard had 16 points for the Blazers, who won in Atlanta on Thursday after dropping the first three games of their road trip. Nicolas Batum and Robin Lopez had 13 points apiece.
The Blazers got past the Bulls easily, despite a quiet night from All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge, who was playing just his second game after missing two weeks with a back injury. He had five points and 13 rebounds in 29 minutes.
Carlos Boozer had 16 points and 12 rebounds in 24 minutes for Chicago. Joakim Noah added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
NEW YORK (AP) – Paul Pierce scored 17 of his 22 points in a flawless first quarter, and Brooklyn quickly pulled away in the second on the way to its 12th straight home victory.
Joe Johnson added 14 points for the Nets, who played three straight overtime games on their road trip, losing the last two of them. But things were much easier back home, where they won for the 19th time in their last 21 games.
The Nets had six players score in double figures and shot 55 percent from the field. They scored the first 12 points of the second quarter to break away from a 29-all tie.
Luol Deng and Dion Waiters each scored 20 points for the Cavaliers, who had won three in a row.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Tyreke Evans had 22 points and a career-high 15 assists, and the short-handed Pelicans overcame the loss of Anthony Davis to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games.
Davis left in the first quarter with a left ankle injury, further depleting New Orleans' already injury-riddled roster.
Anthony Morrow scored 20 points for New Orleans. Alexis Ajinca, playing extended minutes in Davis' absence, had 10 rebounds, nine points and three blocks.
Derrick Favors had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who lost their third straight. Gordon Hayward added 21 points.
The Pelicans played without guards Eric Gordon (left knee tendinitis) and Brian Roberts (left knee bone bruise).
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Nikola Vucevic had 24 points and 23 rebounds for Orlando, and Jameer Nelson scored five points in overtime.
Aaron Afflalo, who finished with 17 points, sent the game into overtime with a 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds remaining as Orlando won its second straight. Nelson's 3-pointer with 2:26 left in OT put the Magic ahead for good.
Josh McRoberts had a career-high 24 points for Charlotte. Kemba Walker also scored 24 points and Al Jefferson added 20 points and eight rebounds.
Tobias Harris had 15 points for the Magic, while Victor Oladipo added 14 and Kyle O'Quinn 13. Nelson, who missed the last four games with a sore knee, had 11 points and eight assists.


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In its monomeric form, the protein actin is globular (G-actin) and generally resides throughout the cytoplasm. Cytoskeletal actin filaments, also known as microfilaments, are formed from a pair of G-actin chains that coil around one another to create an asymmetrical (with a plus and minus terminus) filamentous-form of the protein (F-actin). Some of the G-actin present in a cell does remain unpolymerized, however, due to the affinity of various small proteins for the monomeric form of actin, which inhibit polymerization by binding with specific sites on the globular protein. Actin filaments range from 5 to 9 nanometers in diameter and are designed to bear large amounts of tension. The cytoskeletal elements are generally nucleated from the minus end, which grows at a much slower pace than the positive end. When the proper length of an actin filament has been achieved, the elongation of the structure is halted through the addition of small capping proteins to the plus end of the filament. In order for a capped actin filament to resume growth, these proteins must be detached by another cellular substance, such as the phospholipid, polyphosphoinositide.
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The Nov. 7 drone strike that killed alleged al Qaida-linked operative Adnan al Qadhi outside Beit al Ahmar was just one of more than 50 American airstrikes believed to have taken place in Yemen so far this year.
Unlike the usual post-strike conjecture, however, this one has unleashed a flurry of speculation about why Qadhi, a well-known figure in this town, was targeted in such a violent and anonymous way.
American counterterrorism officials have painted drone strikes as a tool of last resort, utilized only when targets represent an imminent threat and are nearly impossible to take out by other means. But people in Beit al Ahmar say it's hard to argue that Qadhi's capture would have been out of the question. He'd already been arrested, and released, before, in 2008 after an attack on the American Embassy. And Beit al Ahmar, nine miles outside Yemen's capital, Sanaa, is no isolated enclave – it's the birthplace of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and home to much of the military's leadership.
Sitting less than an hour's drive from the capital, residents here say Qadhi could have been captured easily. The Central Intelligence Agency in the United States, whose drone launched the missile that killed Qadhi, declined to comment.
"It is nearly inconceivable to imagine that he could not have been taken into custody alive," said Abdulghani al Iryani, a Yemeni political analyst. "Beit al Ahmar, of course, is the hometown of much of the top leadership of the Yemeni armed forces."
Instead, the strike has sown resentment in Beit al Ahmar, whose landscape is dominated by mammoth compounds belonging to the former president and other powerful elites. Even after many of the area's most powerful sons broke ranks in the revolt against Saleh last year – a time marked by bloody clashes in the capital – the village had remained calm until the American drone strike, locals said.
When the dust settled, Qadhi and a companion were dead. The timing of the strike, less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama's re-election, seemed to silence any forecasts that the U.S. administration would back off of its reliance on drone strikes in a second term. The location of the strike, the closest to the capital so far, led many to conclude that no area was off limits in the U.S. air campaign against Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, which American officials characterize as one of the most active branches of the terrorist network.
Few here dispute Qadhi's open sympathy toward AQAP. After all, the target's house, modest compared to nearby fortress-like compounds, sticks out because of a mural on one side that shows al Qaida's signature black flag.
But his relatives and associates say there's more nuance to Qadhi's story. While he was labeled as a local leader of AQAP after his death, as recently as last winter he'd participated on a team that mediated between the government and AQAP-linked militants who'd seized control of the central town of Rada. The scion of a prominent local family who still held a position as an officer in the Yemeni military, Qadhi had refused to take part in the fighting, relatives said. They said he stayed home even as other AQAP militants carved out a base in the southern province of Abyan.
"He may have supported al Qaida, but he wasn't taking part in activities," said Abdulrazzaq Jamal, a Yemeni journalist and analyst who met with Qadhi shortly before his death. "There were connections, but there wasn't perceptible tangible support."
While Qadhi appeared to make little secret of his extremist ideology, his relatives said the strike against him came as a total shock. There had been no indication that he was a potential drone target, they said. Had they known he was considered such a high-value target, they claimed, they would've assured his cooperation with the authorities.
"We could have made sure he turned himself in," said Himyar al Qadhi, Adnan's brother. "If Adnan was guilty of any crime, then arrest him, put him on trial."
Still reeling from the loss, Himyar, standing at his brother's gravesite, was open about seeking revenge. The impact crater from the missile that killed Qadhi is little more than a dip in the road now, but local outrage still burns.
"What way is this to kill a person, in such a place?" said Qalil Lahib, owner of the land where the strike took place, pointing out civilian homes and a nearby school as he stood over the missile site. "It's shameful, it's a crime."
In the center of the village, a farmer named Abduljaber Saber held forth on the strike with his neighbors, calling the attack a violation of the rule of law, casting it as an example of "American hypocrisy."
His neighbor, Mohamed Abdulwali, took a break from repairing a water canister to chime in: "Any action has a reaction. Any violence will breed violence."
Jonathan S. Landay contributed to this report from Washington.


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Rosedale native Stacy Keibler is happy to talk about her new cable TV show, her new blog, a new line of healthy foods she's introducing — but not her old boyfriend, George.
"I'm not really going to get into anything personal," the 33-year-old former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun last week. "So sorry, so sorry, but I'm just not going to talk about my personal life."
No need to be sorry, Stacy. Baltimore will still love you, even if you won't talk about the breakup of your widely publicized two-year relationship with George Clooney.
How could it not love the hometown girl who reportedly took the first $10,000 she made as a professional wrestling diva and used it to buy Ravens season tickets?
"Actually, it wasn't just tickets," she said when asked about the report that sounded a tad apocryphal. "I bought my [permanent seat license], so I actually own my seats." Even better.
Granted, the breakup with Clooney, first reported in People magazine, does come at a time a skeptic might call convenient, in terms of publicity. She has a 10-episode series, "Supermarket Superstar," set to debut, and it's the kind of cable competition series that could run for a long time and put her into a position to make lots of money with things like ... well, a new line of health foods.
But here in Baltimore, let's just call it coincidence and let Keibler talk about her role as host on the series that premieres at 10 p.m. Monday on Lifetime.
"Supermarket Superstar" is not a bad series as such productions go. Yes, it's derivative, but what isn't on competition and reality TV?
Each week, three contestants are given a chance to win $10,000 in cash and $100,000 in product development, with an ultimate goal of having the A&P; supermarket chain put the winning contestant's product in its stores.
Each contestant comes with a recipe or food they think will be the next big thing on the grocery store aisles alongside Orville Redenbacher's popcorn or Mrs. Fields Cookies. Product placement is pretty much wall to wall, from Wesson and Chef Boyardee to A&P.;
In the show's premiere, there's a gospel singer from Georgia who makes peach cobbler cupcakes, a longshoreman from California who specializes in cakes loaded with booze, and another contestant from California who dresses up like a fairytale princess in pink stilettos and hosts baking parties for little kids. Her specialty is butterscotch-chocolate-chip cookie-cupcakes. Yes, half-cookie, half-cupcake, and as much as kids might like the gooey concoction, the mentors think it's mostly just a hot mess.
Ah, yes, the mentors. That would be Debbi Fields (Mrs. Fields herself), chef and TV host Michael Chiarello and advertising/packaging guru Chris Cornyn.
The three sample what the contestants bring and offer an analysis of what's right and (mostly) wrong with the products the hopefuls think is going to make them famous. Chiarello and Cornyn can be blunt.
Then the contestants get 90 minutes to go into the kitchen and try to retool their dreams by incorporating the mentors' suggestions — or not.
The longshoreman in the premiere is told to make his cakes with less alcohol, but he refuses to budge.
The retooled (or not) products are sampled by members of a focus group, who rate them. The lowest-rated contestant goes home, while the two survivors advance to a packaging boot camp with Cornyn. Their final packages will be judged by a buyer from A&P;, who awards the $10,000 prize.
Along the way, Keibler is their guide. She introduces them to the viewers and to the judges and to the challenges they will face.
"Tonight, on 'Supermarket Superstar,' three home cooks compete to prove their product has what it takes to be the next big supermarket brand," she says at the top of the show.
Think Padma Lakshmi on "Top Chef," or at least that kind of role. Keibler is stiff at first, and plays it as the all-American girl next door with a smile on her face and twinkle of excitement in her eye.
She ends her big opening spiel by asking, "Who will be the next supermarket superstar?"
And as she hits the words "supermarket" and "superstar," her hands fly out to the side and she opens and closes them for emphasis. That's' what I mean by stiff. But once she relaxes, she does much better.
"I believe this show is really all about fulfilling dreams, so it's really a great show to be part of," Keibler said.
"I had so much fun interacting with the contestants. I loved being a part of their journey and really wanted everyone to win," she added. "And even the people who don't win get the exposure from the show, so it's a win-win situation for everyone on the show."
Nikki Lewis, owner of Rosedale's the Mallow Bar and a contestant in the episode that will air Sept. 2, said of her interaction with Keibler during their taping: "She was nice. She is really nice."
Keibler says she was invited to be part of the show by Harvey Weinstein, one of the two Weinstein brothers who founded Miramax Films and a television production wing of their company that makes such shows as "Project Runway."
"I got a call from Harvey Weinstein, and I was pitched the show by him and [Weinstein Company president of television] Meryl Poster," Keibler said. "And I was actually already developing my own healthy-food line. I love food. I love to cook. I love to eat. I love to travel and experience all kinds of different food. So for me, the show seemed like a natural fit."
Keibler said it's her "passion to really educate people on what they're eating and putting into their bodies." She said her food line will "target everyone from the age of 2 to adults in convenient healthy foods."
Can you say supermarket synergy?
Keibler has other projects in the works as well. This does not appear to be someone sitting around feeling bad about a breakup.
"I'm working to develop a women's apparel line for the NFL with Meesh & Mia [a company known for its collegiate women's apparel]," she said. "The fan base is growing for the women for football, so I'm super-excited about that. I'm also getting ready to launch my blog this week that I've been working very hard on, skphilosphy.com.
"So the food line, the show, the blog, the clothing line — yeah, just keeping busy."
'Supermarket Superstar'
When: Premieres 10 p.m. Monday
TV: Lifetime
Host: Stacy Keibler


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orionpax76 wrote:The commanders.Ultra Magnus and Rodimus are some beautiful toys.and ive had the prime trailer on my amazon wishlist FOREVER.still havent brought myself to buy it.is it worth it?look great with my classics.ive got pics over in my thread.not countin repaints i think i have most of them.best.line.ever!
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Activision to Unveil Next-Gen Tech at GDC
This year's Game Developers Conference will be host to many panels on next generation technology, and Activision won't be left out of that loop.
Set to go down in late March, the 2013 GDC promises to be an extensive showcase of upcoming technologies that will define gaming for the next few years. Case in point, one of the newest panels announced, the "Photorealistic Eyes Rendering and Deformation" panel hosted by Activision Bilzzard's Jorge Jimenez.
The sixty-minute talk will focus primarily on the publisher's efforts to create photorealistic characters, and will show off realistic eye shading, physically based rendering, depth of field, and more, and will even, "show high-quality next-generation shading driven with a plausible game rig." Jimenez is an avid real-time graphic researcher, who hosts a blog detailing the latest and greatest advances, including some of the techniques that will be shown at GDC.
If the next generation truly is capable of producing graphics like those in the image above, we can't wait to see what else is shown off during GDC.


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Conservation in the Amazon
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Please check back later for the full article.
In 1945, the Amazon biome was still mostly intact. The scars of ancient cultural developments in Andean and lowland Amazon had healed, and the impacts of rubber and other resource exploitation were reversible. Very few roads existed, and only in its periphery. In the 1950s and especially in the 1960s, Brazil and other Andean countries launched ambitious road building and colonization projects, largely driven by Brazilian geopolitical concerns. Interest in the Amazon became much more intense in the 1970s as forest loss began to raise worldwide concern. Construction of more and better roads continued at an exponentially growing pace in each following decade, multiplying correlated deforestation and forest degradation everywhere in the Amazon. A point of no return was reached when interoceanic roads crossed the borders of Brazilian-Andean countries in the 2000s, exposing the remaining safe havens for indigenous people and nature. It is commonly estimated that today no less than 18% of the forest has been replaced with agriculture and that more than 50% of the remaining forests are significantly degraded. Most deforested land, especially in Andean countries, is wasted or scarcely used. Oil, mining, and intense urban development, as well as intensive agriculture, spread serious water and soil contamination throughout the region. Logging, fisheries, and hunting gave rise to the successive commercial extinction of valuable species.
Theories regarding the importance of biogeochemical cycles had already been in development since the 1970s, however, in the late 1980s the dominant popular view on the environmental value of the Amazon "lungs of the planet" emerged. The confirmation of the role of the Amazon as a carbon sink added some international pressure for its protection. But, in general, the many scientific discoveries regarding the Amazon have not been helpful in improving its conservation. Instead, a combination of new agricultural technologies, anthropocentric philosophies, and economic changes has strongly promoted forest clearing.
From the 1980s to the present day, Amazon conservation efforts have increasingly diversified, and now consist of five theoretically complementary strategies: (1) the creation of more, larger and better managed protected areas, including biological corridors; (2) the protection of more and larger indigenous territories; (3) the promotion of a series of "sustainable use" options such as "community based conservation," sustainable forestry, and agroforestry; (4) the financing of conservation through debt swaps and related financial mechanisms for mitigating climate change and; (5) the use of better legislation, monitoring, and control. Five small protected areas have existed in the Amazon since the early 1960s but, in response to the road building boom of the 1970s, several larger patches of forests were set aside with the aim of conserving viable samples of biological diversity. Today, around 25 % of the Amazon is designated as protected areas, but almost half of these areas are categorized in a way that allows human presence and resource exploitation, and there is no effective management. Another 25.3% is designated to indigenous people who may or not conserve the forest. Excluding areas of overlap, both types of protected areas cover 41.2% of the Amazon. Neither strategy has fully achieved its objective, alone or together, and development pressures and threats grow as road construction and deforestation continue relentlessly with increasing funding by multilateral and national banks and pressure from transnational enterprises.
The future will be directed by unprecedented agricultural expansion and the corresponding intensification of deforestation and forest degradation. Additionally, the Amazon basin will be impacted by new, larger hydraulic works. Mining will increase and spread. Policy makers of Amazon countries still view the region as the future for expanding conventional development, and the population continues to be indifferent.


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Tales for Tots Tuesday: The Recycling Dump by Andrea Butler, Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
I think I should premise this post with a note that today's book The Recycling Dump is not really a book for reading to children, rather it's a book for young children starting to read. Saying that, it could be a handy little book for those occasions when bedtime can't come soon enough! Andrea Butler's […]Read more


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sturent needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We are releasing a new web 2.0/community site. It's a site where company's can meet students for a certain job. Entrepreneurs, companies, and business owners can post a job openings, and students can apply to it.
Both have advanced profiles and other community features.
Our main goals are:
- Bring students and companies in contact with each other
- Strong focus on community / web 2.0 functionalities
- Students can earn more money / company's will pay less when using the site.
- A catchy logo, something that people will remind en link to our service / website
- Out of marketing prospective we want a logo that suits aswel fort the business part and for the student part
- We want a icon (not just the name) and a name, so we can use the logo apart from the name. We prefer a vector icon, that also is usable for t-shirts / flyers / etc..
- A powerfull logo but not to complex
- Stu and Rent should be in different colours
- The icon may be a pig
- Item 1...
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Luma Comfort MF18W Refurbished 18" Misting Fan
- Cools with mist and wind
- Infinite water supply with garden hose connection
- Targeted cooling with tilt and height adjustability
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Luma Comfort MF18W Refurbished 18" Misting Fan will help you stay comfortable as you enjoy the outdoors.
Made for Backyards
Built to the outdoors, this misting fan performs and looks great on patios, decks or any outdoor area.
Dual Cooling
If the coming summer months give you a moment of pause when considering how much you want to spend outside in the heat, the Luma Comfort MF18W should help you decide. Enjoy both a comfortable breeze and the cooling ability of mist.
Targeted Cooling
Spot cool more efficiently thanks to fully adjustable height as well as the ability to tilt the fan motor to get cool relief where it is most needed.
High-Quality Materials
Built with heavy-gauge metal that has been treated with an anti-corrosive finish, this unit can withstand rust and wear for reliable performance.
- Model: MF18W-REF
- Product Type: Refurbished 18" Misting Fan
- Product Color: White
- Application: A fan that also mists for improved outdoor cooling.
- Warranty: 90-day
- Type: Pedestal Misting Fan , Misting Fan
- Diameter: 18 inches
- Voltage: 120 volts
- Oscillation: No
- Watts: 160 watts
- Usage: Indoor
- Frequency: 60 Hz
- Certified for Commercial Use: No
- Energy Star Certified: No
- Certifications: UL
- Cooling Capacity: 20
- Product Construction: Metal
- Hose Connection Type: Spigot or garden hose
- Adjustable Height: No
- 3-speed motor
- Cools with mist and wind
- Great for the outdoors
- Infinite water supply with garden hose connection
- Strong anticorrosive metals
- Targeted cooling with tilt and height adjustability


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Marshall_skylab brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 85 Designs von 27 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Avalon Ads is a Laguna Beach based web marketing company that helps companies market themselves better on the internet.
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Avalon Ads is a Laguna Beach based web marketing company that helpscompanies market themselves more effectively online.
They are looking for a new logo that will convey a corporate, beach attitudewith a slight edge. Logo should be consistent with their tag line: "Let us guide you through the internet."
- Two logos:
- One with a similar look and feel as the Castle Rock logo: (http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Castle) all caps and similar font, but withthe lighthouse or silhouette of lighthouse as the 'A' in 'Ads' with light beams shooting out.
- The second, similar to this link: http://www.auroradesign.com.au/imag….jpgexcept with a lighthouse in the box instead of the sun, but similar font.
- Clean, corporate and modern
- Do not have to include the tag line ("Let us guide you through the internet"), but if it enhances the look, then go for it.
- Vector logo only (Illustrator)
- Please no beach scenes or palm trees
- Please don't use the letter "A" as your symbol/logo
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Collection of seatings that increases its offer with new oak finishes for the wicker and upholstered side chair and armchair versions. Moroever we present a new version chair and armchair with an intermediate height back suitable for the retail and contract market. The small version has now a new stackable option. All these new models are available in any of our standard finishes.
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slides: College Admissions: Best Ski + Snowboard Colleges in the East
Monday, January 16, 2017
Article originally ran in 2015
Related Slideshow: Best Ski + Snowboard Colleges in the East
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
With Stowe and Sugarbush nearby, finding challenging terrain is not an issue at colleges in northern Vermont. Students at Middlebury enjoy the Snow Bowl, owned by the college, for a quick few runs when they are not up for a car ride. In less than a half hour however, they can hit the slopes at Sugarbush or Stowe. You will need to be a top student to get into Middlebury though; with an acceptance rate of just 17%, the college is among a handful of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country.
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Heading north, in the picturebook city of Burlington on the shores of Lake Champlain, you will find the University of Vermont. Famous for producing both Alpine and Downhill Olympic skiers, UVM is a mecca for winter sports lovers. Buses head from campus to the slopes on the weekends, and students tune their skis in the dorm hallways at night. Sugarbush and Stowe are the most popular ski destinations for UVMers, but Smuggler's Notch and Jay Peak also draw sports classes and snowboarders looking for slopes off the beaten path. UVM is different than most state schools in that 75% of students come from out-of-state, the university boasts an amazing honors college, it's home to a ground breaking environmental studies program and a highly rated medical school.
St. Michael's College
Colchester, VT
Nearby in Colchester, St. Michael's is a hidden gem among Catholic colleges in New England. St. Mike's has a warm, pretty campus with a wide variety of majors, including business. Easy access to Burlington and all the same ski areas as UVM, make St. Mike's a great option for students wanting a small college with reasonable acceptance rates and a nurturing academic environment.
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
For skiers and snowboarders who can make the Ivy League cut, there is really only one college: Dartmouth. Whether you race cross country or are a downhill enthusiast, Dartmouth's long tradition of elite athletics will ensure top notch competition. Dartmouth has their own "SkiWay", but it's not on campus and most students prefer the challenge of a bigger mountain. Since Dartmouth sits close to the New Hampshire/Vermont boarder, there are quite a few options for big mountain skiing, with Killington and Okemo less than 45 minutes away.
New England College
Henniker, NH
New England College in Henniker is a tiny, ski lovers' gem. For students who prefer a small college with very personal attention, NEC is a great choice. Those with learning differences will also find a warm and accepting environment with professor mentorships and all the tools necessary to succeed in college. Students at NEC form a tight knit community and can often be seen heading off with boards tucked under their arms in groups each afternoon to hit the slopes at nearby Loon or Waterville.
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH
Plymouth State offers another option for boarders and skiers in central New Hampshire. With easy access to Waterville, Loon, Cannon and even the North Conway area, there are many choices for big mountain skiing. The college sprawls up the hillside in the quaint town of Plymouth, which is filled with shops and restaurants. With a medium size student body, reasonable acceptance rate and low tuition, Plymouth State is easily accessible for many students.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
A nice cup of tea and a sit down
More good news: the Interweave preview is up for fall and one of my designs is in it. To celebrate, I brewed up a good old pot of tea.
Except, I stuck a load of yarn in it rather than actually drinking the stuff. I'd read about people dying with tea before, and, still reeling from the smell of koolaid (people drink it?), I thought I'd give it a go. I got a bit carried away and dyed about half my stash, its amazing to see how the different yarns took the tea differently (its all the same brand of tea-bag).
Above is some more bamboo/wool sock yarn, which I think will end up as a baby garment. Below are before and after shots of Orangina I made with some cotton bought in the summer sales. The original colour was a bit too bright yellow. Dunking the FO in a saucepan of tea before I blocked it has just muted it a bit and brought out the golds. Only a slight change, but a much more wearable garment.
Some more before and after shots, this time from a shawl of knit/crochet hexagons. Again, the original (this time a bright white) was a bit too strong and the tea calmed things down, but it came out much more bronze than the other two.
And finally, because you can't have afternoon-tea without some bread and jam, another comparison shot from a taste-test I did today. The front bit of bread has some raspberry jam I made back in April. The one behind is from a batch I did on tuesday, to a recipe from the Guardian. This new batch uses a lot less sugar, and consequentially, to my taste, is a lot yummier - its much more fruity. Still, I'm sure it won't keep nearly so long.
17 comments:
- Tulipe67 said...
Yummie, looks good your jam !
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Lara said...
Firstly, big congratulations on finishing the thesis! I hope you have been doing lots of drinking tea, sitting in sun and knitting. Also I love the interweave design - very lovely.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Team Knit ! said...
You know, with all the talk of koolaid dying, I hadn't thought of tea dying, and yours looks SO pretty! I love how it toned down that yellow into something a little friendlier for the wardrobe. Great idea!
- Julie
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- granny said...
oof!! i had no idea you could dye yarn with koolaid.
funny... i have the koolaid man tattooed on my ankle (just to make it clear, it is a huge joke).
hi by the way, i'm erin. i've been stocking your blog :)
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
I like the effect of the tea for toning things down. I wonder if you'd get a more orange colour from Yorkshire Tea? I used it once, a long time ago, and the tea came out the same colour as the box.
I like the socks in IK too, I'll be adding them to my long, long queue.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Christie said...
What a wonderful idea to dunk the pieces in tea!
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
I love how the yarn has reacted so differently with the tea, especially that stuff you used for the hexagons.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- melissa said...
i just saw your design in the interweave preview. congratulations, they're beautiful socks!
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- gleek said...
love your pattern in IK! how fantastic! congratulations! :)
and wow, i had no idea that tea could really be used to dye yarn. i've seen it used to dye paper before but never yarn. awesome idea to try it on tons of different fiber blends!
- Friday, July 25, 2008
- schrodinger said...
Congrats on the thesis.
And the pattern in interweave - wow! LOVE it!
- Friday, July 25, 2008
- Ink and Indigo said...
What an amazing idea. I have so many fruit teas in the cupboard, I could probably dye every colour eunder the sun. Congrats on the thesis and pattern. Those Guardian recipes are yummy, aren't they? Looking forward to the book of knitting patterns they're including on Saturday.
- Friday, July 25, 2008
- Veronique said...
Congrats on getting published in IK! That is so exciting :)
And good idea on using tea to dye yarn.
- Friday, July 25, 2008
- Knittripps said...
Tea and yarn and jam...yum! Congratulations on your design in Interweave.
- Sunday, July 27, 2008
- The A.D.D. Knitter said...
Wow I best finish my Bacchus tout de suite, right? This would be the perfect time, actually as all my other projects are bugging the shit out of me...
- Thursday, July 31, 2008
- The Warren Family said...
Hi! I'm very very new to the knitting world and have been a committed blog stalker of yours, so just thought I'd finally stop and say hi! lol
You're incredible talent and smarts is inspiring!
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As an RN with several years' experience in acute care nursing and supervision, along with more than two decades of experience in community health and education, my best advice to current nurses considering a leave from the field—for whatever reason— is to stay current with their license and skills. Even if that simply means working per diem one weekend per month, it is much easier to keep your skills and experience current than to attempt to re-enter the workforce.
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Annual to trees, some dioecious
Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine
Stem prostrate to erect, or climbing, or floating, < 3 m
Leaves generally cauline, alternate, sessile or petioled; stipules fused, sheathing stem above nodes, generally scarious or membranous; blade sometimes obviously jointed to stipule sheath
Inflorescence: unit a 18-flowered cluster, these arrayed singly or in head-like to open panicles
Flower: perianth lobes generally 5; stamens 38, filaments generally wider at base
Fruit generally ovoid, 3-angled, sometimes round, flat, indented; shiny to dull, brown to black
Species in genus: ± 300 species: worldwide, especially n temp
Etymology: (Greek: many knees, from swollen nodes of some species)
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Ackeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371]
Segregate genera (e.g., Bistorta, Fallopia, Persicaria ) are sometimes recognized.
Stem generally erect, 380 cm, ± angled; ribs 0 or obscure
Leaf < 8 cm, sessile; blade linear, elliptic, or oblanceolate, smaller upward, vein 1
Inflorescence 520 cm, open or dense
Flower: perianth 25 mm, opening or not, pink or white, margins and midribs generally red or green; stamens generally 8(38, may vary within plant)
Fruit 25 mm, black, shiny
Chromosomes: 2n=40
Ecology: Common. Open, slopes, dry meadows
Elevation: < 3500 m.
Bioregional distribution: California (especially mtns, coast)
Distribution outside California: to Canada, e N.America
Variable intergrading complex; subspp. maintained in mixed populations merge over geog range. Generally self-pollinating. Homopteran insect parasites shorten stem, broaden leaves, enlarge and sterilize flowers in infected plants. Further study warranted.


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Montessori education information from a Montessori teacher and Mom. Personal art work and journal entries about my life as a busy Mom of three sons ranging in age from 7 years to 21 years. My hope: To create a place where parenting questions can be answered and conversations as well as ideas shared.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Time for a Change
Okay, so I changed the back ground here at Montessori Mama. Thoughts? Like/dislike?
I'm interested to know your opinions.
Change can be difficult but also magical. A close friend recently said to me,
"Birth is painful, but oh sooooo full of promise."
Both times that I was able to give birth naturally (and especially throughout my C-section with Middle Man), I have felt close to death....just in that moment before everything changed for the better and the baby came.
I remember my mid-wives saying that our greatest wisdom about what we are capable of comes from being observant in that moment. As a mother going through it and as a witness to birth.
Right now I feel as though I am going through that moment emotionally and I am trying to be observant and learn from all that has been said and not said, and I am really trying to be a listener of my own heart.
And good things are happening. I am surrounded by supportive people throughout this process of transformation and I am especially grateful for their love and support.
I am broadening my circle and opening myself to new opportunities. It is hard but feels liberating. Sometimes the sacrifices we make for our families are enormous...but in my heart I know I am doing the best thing for these boys of mine.
In PEACE,
6 comments:
- psagecreations said...
Ooo...I like the background. Its kinda funky.
- June 25, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- Tracy said...
Hi Montessori Mom, Would you be able to share your Art Curriculum with a Montessori teacher--me and my good friend who teaches art at school. I use the Childsize Masterpiece program, have a art shelf set up with individual activities and yippy-getting a carpentry table and light table this fall. Thanks for the wonderful blog.
- June 25, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- jojoebi said...
Love the new background. Hope life sorts itself out for you soon xx
- June 26, 2010 at 12:28 AM
- Ella said...
Lovely background to a gr8 blog.Thanks for sharing with us your work and beautiful life.
- June 26, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- plaidshoes said...
I also really like the new background. I hope you are doing ok...
- June 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Mom and Kiddo said...
I like your new background. But then I LOVE orange.
- July 3, 2010 at 6:04 AM