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The long wait for Paul McCartney's followup to 2007's Memory Almost Full album might be coming to an end. The usually reliable Wogew.blogspot.com reported that McCartney has recorded over 50 songs for the set with various producers and that the project is set to enter the mixing stage early this month, adding: "Some last new tracks have just been recorded, All the strings have been added on some tracks thanks to Giles Martin as producer and (his) work at Air Studios recently."
The album will probably be released after the June reissue of McCartney's 1976 triple-set live collection Wings Over America, with the site adding: "Between three possible titles for the new album, one seems to emerge at the moment, with the concept of the cover: it's Pop Up, a mix of the old children 3D books full of surprises and the pop up on a computer which can surprise at any time."
Ringo Starr's former producer, Mark Hudson, first worked with McCartney in 1997. He says that McCartney has more than earned the right to be as experimental as he wants to be: "There's a weird thing about getting older and being relevant. And sometimes we try to be, 'Oh, we better sound like Coldplay or Radiohead, 'cause that's what's happening now.' And I think that when it come to the Beatles, they have nothing else to prove other than being what they wanna be. And if they wanna stretch out and try something new, they could do a polka album -- 'cause they paid their dues and done their stuff."
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LEDYARD, Conn. — Bob Arsenault, varsity basketball coach at Sanford High School from 1957 to 1964 before moving to Connecticut, was one of two former coaches honored by Ledyard High School in a recent ceremony there. Arsenault, who died in 2002 at the age of 65, and Judy Standish, who coached girls JV basketball from 1963-1997, were legends at the school, according to officials who sponsored the event. Standish died in 2012 at the age of 70. While at Sanford, Arsenault coached the Redskins to Class L Tournament appearances in 1959 and 1960. It was the first tourney appearance for a Redskin basketball team in 19 years.


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"It's like riding a bike." That phrase is usually reserved for something easy, yet mountain biking—or, riding off-road on rock- and root-strewn trails—can look anything but. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as anyone who wants to learn how to mountain bike can find out.
"There are loads of different types of mountain biking," says Selene Yeager, U.S.A. Cycling coach, Bicycling magazine's "Fit Chick," and author of Every Woman's Guide to Cycling (NAL Trade 2008). "It's doesn't have to be a blood sport—in fact, in specific settings, it's perfect for a beginner looking to get off-road for a change of scenery and a new physical challenge." If you've always wanted to learn how to mountain bike, don't wait. Just follow three simple steps, and you'll be off-road before you know it.
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Gnome 3 works well on my desktop, better than Gnome 2 ever did.
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Gnome 3 works well on my desktop, better than Gnome 2 ever did.
It looks like all 20 KDE fans are posting in succession about software they can't stomach. Grow up folks.
Much of the problems lie with the lack of gesture support. That was something that should've been CLEARLY mapped out years ago (not coded, mind you, but the UX should've been clearly framed, whiteboarded, and workflowed).
So, please, no more of this GS is for tablets. Casual usage I grant, though that doesn't mean you can't get real work done, simply that it doesn't help you with said work except in relatively special cases (where only a few apps are needed, and concurrent research isn't necessary).
GS is very much Gnome, IMHO. It is Gnome to the Nth, in CONCEPT, but it is fairly poorly managed and executed (oh, don't get me started on their inability to sketch out extension points...Drupal has done this for years, and that is why it has been so successful, IMHO).
However, I very much like the original design doc for G3, and JS/CSS as the primary development targets (at a high level), with the strong C underpinnings (I also like glib). So, I think there is a really nice base there, but the shell needs nearly a complete redesign and rewrite (I'd also start targeting asm.js with emscripten, but you'd need a JS frontend for LLVM).
Mutter itself, BTW, I think is quite good. Owen Taylor has written a surprisingly performant WM that is also pretty lightweight (seriously, try it without running GS).
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I tested it briefly on a liveusb, gnome-shell seems significantly faster and more responsive than gnome 3.6. searching the overlay in gnome 3.6 was often quite laggy, but seemed smooth as butter in 3.8. It seems like a much more polished release ui-wise too, I like the improvements to gnome control center in particular.
I'm really looking forward to this. I have run Gnome Shell on Fedora, Ubuntu and now openSUSE 12.3. Fedora is nice, Ubuntu's Gnome distro is total crap and openSUSE 12.3 handles like a dream. While the liveusb of Gnome 3.8 that I played with was much snappier in certain respects, the Gnome 3.6 implementation in openSUSE 12.3 is terrific. I had been running the Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome Shell Remix and it was a very buggy experience.
I'm really looking forward to 3.8 and don't really get the hatred towards Gnome Shell. Yes, it is a bit different and they have gone a bit nuts with taking features out, but most of them are restored with a few extensions. I have about four or five I install I'm ready to go. The Dash to Dock is one that people should check out if they haven't.
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PORTSMOUTH — A city resident accused of selling heroin to a 22-year-old woman who fatally overdosed in November could face life in prison.
Filippenko's brother found his sister laying on her bedroom floor when he entered the room on Wednesday, Nov. 21 to shut off an alarm clock that was sounding at approximately 9:30 a.m., according to the affidavit. He reported the death a short time after at 9:42 a.m.
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October 27th, 2012, 11:21 PM #31
Red Country looks interesting to me, but since I haven't read anything by Abercrombie yet I am wondering if it can be read first, without needing any background material from his previous books? Thanks.
October 28th, 2012, 01:23 AM #32
Whiskey, it could be read first, but I wouldn't recommend it. All his books to date occur in the same setting, and they all occur chronologically. Characters and events from his previous books are always referenced in his later books, and without having read Red Country yet, I'm sure the case is the same. I know of at least two characters from his previous books that are prominently featured in this one.
October 28th, 2012, 05:06 AM #33
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Sorry to disagree Dan, but Red Country is meant to be a standalone, even with the return of some characters.
You can read it without having read all the other books previously, I think. However, as you've said, you will get more if you have read the others, for example you will understand betterSpoiler:Cosca and Logen, not to mention Caul Shivers.Mark
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I'm reading BSC now and I can tell I'm enjoying it more than I would have if I hadn't read the trilogy. The cameos are fun.
October 28th, 2012, 11:31 PM #35
A lot of folk got into Abercrombie with Best Served Cold and then went back and read the trilogy and I think that's an okay way to do it. But Red Country is a little more problematic that way, because it is a culmination of a few storylines coming together from the previous books. To follow all the themes of the books, chronological is definitely best. But if someone doesn't want to invest in all the books first off, I'd recommend reading Best Served Cold and then Red Country, or Best Served Cold, The Heroes and then Red Country.
October 29th, 2012, 09:19 AM #36
Everyone is saying the same thing in a different way. You CAN read it alone, though it is not recommended. First Law trilogy is amazing! BSG was good and The Heroes was really good. But, I will always recommend First Law. If you want to read this book, read the others first. If for no other reason than them being REALLY good. First Law -> BSG -> Heroes -> Red Country
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Just finished it now, after loving Best Served Cold and being satisfied with The Heroes I can honestly say this is the best of the three. No other writer has made me laugh out loud so much or created such amazing characters, been a while and read some amount of books since Heroes, its been so nice to get back to the very best - bring on this new trilogy.
Also Temple is an awesome character!
If you are going to read this as a stand alone then you are making a huge mistake, wont be anywhere near as good if you do, read all five previous books first, in order, seriously
October 30th, 2012, 01:44 PM #38
October 30th, 2012, 02:26 PM #39
Halfway through, if it is just as good as it has been so far, I'll agree Red Country is perhaps better than Best Served Cold and The Heroes, though I love them all almost equally. I'll raise you on Temple and say he's Abercrombie's most nuanced character, very well written. That said I also love Shy South, and I've caught myself thinking more often than in the other books "Damn they should make this into a fricking movie!"
I've read all the books previous to this one but I do believe Red Country is very readable without prior knowledge. It will probably feel a little more shallow as regards to world-building, and you'll miss a few revelations, but I'm pretty sure a new reader would like this book and be spurred to begin at "The Blade Itself" afterward.


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I tried the beta release candidate build and the installer was still an unholy buggy mess, I hope they can wrangle it into shape because fedora 18 is a release I've been anticipating.
Phoronix: Fedora 18 Beta Finally Ready For Release
The Fedora Project held a Thanksgiving Day Go/No-Go meeting for the long-delayed Fedora 18 Beta. The developers decided that the beta is finally in a condition where it's ready to ship...
I tried the beta release candidate build and the installer was still an unholy buggy mess, I hope they can wrangle it into shape because fedora 18 is a release I've been anticipating.
That's an odd result - I wouldn't have been terribly surprised at some kind of crash, but that's a more unusual failure case. Could you file a bug against anaconda, with precise description including exact error messages, and attach at least the files /tmp/anaconda.log , /tmp/program.log and /tmp/storage.log to the report? You can get to a console during install with ctrl-alt-f2, then you can manually mount a USB stick and copy those files to it, or you can 'fpaste' them out - run 'fpaste filename' and it'll be pasted to a Fedora pastebin and give you a URL. If you get some kind of server error just try again, that's a stupid bug in the fpaste code.
there won't be any changes from beta rc1 to the final beta coming out today?
damn, I would at least expect them to upgrade ffox to 17 and fix some of 'software' app nags
when you install a pre-release of Fedora (or pretty much any distribution) it will use non-frozen repositories that get updated regularly. so if you install F18 Beta you'll get Firefox 17 very shortly thereafter. Actually, you'll get it on your very first 'yum update', as it's in the stable repo already. If you do a network install, you'll get it 'ootb'.
But no, it is not a good idea to freeze, do all the painstaking development work and testing on a release, and then when it's all done and ready and signed off, unfreeze it and throw a bunch of random updated shit into it and immediately release the result. That is a great way to release broken things.
I see. Well I'm going to bite the bullet and install fedora 18 beta then... in a live session I can easily download firefox17 from software and a bunch of other stuff after adding the rpmfusion. But if I try to run any sudo command it says it will report me ahhahaa. That's why I love fedora.


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August 15th, 2005, 02:59 PM #1
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Catching your eye
I figured we needed a place to just chat about future releases and games catching your eye. For me personally the game I want to get my hands on is Prey. It's unlike any fps I've ever seen, the weaponry, levels and genre innovations are unique, it all looks stunning and there's some serious enemy AI gone into the mix by all accounts. You can download a stunning minute long trailer here: http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/download...sectionid=1624
August 26th, 2005, 05:48 AM #2
Personally I'm looking forward to star wars battlefront 2 but also I've found out that it's coming out on psp so i'm planning on getting a psp and battlefront 2
August 26th, 2005, 07:01 AM #3
Currently looking forward to a lot of games:
Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy) - An adventure/thriller.. it's a kind of interactive movie thriller.. Supposed to be a whole new kind of adventure game.
Shadow of the Colossus - Also an adventure game, but completely different type..
Resident Evil IV (for ps2) - This amazing horror/adventure/action game that is already available for GC but now also coming to PS2..
Burnout Revenge - Faster, more action, better graphics, more fun!
Black - FPS from the makers of the burnout series..
Okami - Beautiful (artistic) looking japanese adventure game..
These are just a couple of the games I'm looking forward to.. Can't wait 'till end of the year when the first of the next-gen consoles arrives (xbox360)
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August 26th, 2005, 07:39 AM #4
I'm mainly waiting on a few:
Black & White 2 - the sffworld news story here
Shadow of the Colossus - It's only through a friend of mine that I heard about this game, but from what he's told me and what I've seen it looks amazing!
Final Fantasy XII - Whenever it may come....
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 - a small sffworld news story here
Nice idea, Kater
August 26th, 2005, 08:10 AM #5
Yeah for ps2 i'm waiting for:
Resi 4-already got it on gamecube but ps2 version has new weapons and more assingment ada!
Burnout revenge-Yay!
Pro 5-can't wait for the graphics!
Prince of persia:3-Looks so cool. but can it stand up to god of war?
August 26th, 2005, 09:27 AM #6
Oops.. how could I forget
Pro Evo 5 (already playing winning eleven 9), but will go out and buy pro evo 5 'cause of the online-mode
If PoP is anywhere near as good as GoW I'd be very pleased.. God of War is the best game I've played in ages!
August 26th, 2005, 05:19 PM #7
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Also waiting on Spore for PC, looks like a life-consuming game and something I will get round to writing an article on sometime in the near future.
Black and Okami are great calls, also The Warriors, SSX on Tour (although I wasn't a huge fan of 3), STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, Shadow of the Colossus and Resi 4 - it looks like being an expensive lead up to Xbox 360
August 26th, 2005, 08:58 PM #8
I don't know if it's coming to NA on the DS, but I hope to someday download Nintendo's Jump Superstars onto Revolution. It's like Smash Bros. only with characters from a good half of the anime industry (as in various titles from Shonen Jump like Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto, Dragonball, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure etc)
August 27th, 2005, 09:14 AM #9
Hm...well I'm waiting for Hellgate:London, FPS/RPG made by ex guys from Blizzard.I think they go by name of Flagship Studio.
New Elder Scrolls game will be great as well ,title is Elder Scrolls:Oblivion
I think I'll need some better stuff for my comp to run that beast
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The three big ones for me right now are definitely Civilization 4, Neverwinter Nights 2, and Heroes of Might and Magic 5.
August 27th, 2005, 10:10 AM #12
Civilization 4
Gears of War: A mix of 3rd person and first person, the creator calls it 2nd person. HERE'S a link.
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First released in October 24, 2005 by New Horizon Interactive, Club Penguin was bought out by Disney for a whopping $350+ million dollars. What makes Club Penguin so valuable is its decision to target a young audience and assure parents that their kids are safe while playing the game. Club Penguin wasn't the first browser based social networking site geared towards children, Gaia Online is at least a year older but it was the first in providing a large virtual world complete with stores, minigames, and even player housing.
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There is no linear path of progression in Club Penguin. Players do not gain experience, skills or any sort of fame points. Instead, coins are earned through mini games and other activities. These coins can be used to purchase new clothes for your penguin, pet puffles, or new furniture and designs for your igloo. Navigation can be done manually by walking from one area to an adjacent one or more easily through the map found on the bottom left of the screen. There are about 14 zones to explore on Penguin Island, many with several places of interest. The town has a nightclub, giftshop, and coffee cafe while the plaza has a pizza place, pet shop, and stage. Other places of interest are the Ski Hill where penguins can race others down the slopes and the Dojo where players battle each other in a simple card game called card-jitsu. Many locations have arcade style mini games that resemble the sort found on Neopets but there is as of now no single page from which to easy access all available games.
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While Club Penguin is free to play, the game does everything it can to entice players to pay (or rather get their parents to pay) for a full membership which costs $5.95 per month. Only paying players can customize their igloo or use their coins to purchase new clothes and accessories for their avatar. Paying members also have access to more levels in several of the mini games and can purchase all the various breeds of puffle pets while free members may only buy the blue and red breeds. Some commentators have complained that membership has created two tiers or castes of players but it is not a big issue in-game. The main appeal of Club Penguin for kids is being able to chat with their friends, everything else is icing on the cake. Estimates place the number of paying players at around 10% of the total population so it's clear that the vast majority of players continue to enjoy the game for free. Club Penguin has been so successful that recently many rivals have sprouted up including SpineWorld and Chapatiz which offer the same kid centric virtual world experience.
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I am so thrilled to let you know that I finally completed my remodel project of converting my small walk-in-pantry into an Asian wok kitchen, thanks to my sponsors Atherton Appliance and BSC Culinary in the San Francisco Bay Area!
Being an Asian cooking enthusiast, especially wok cooking, I have never been happy with my American kitchen with regular cook tops and range hood. I have lost count of how many times I set off the smoke detector and alarm in my house when I fire up my wok for a quick stir-fry. If you are into Asian cooking or wok cooking, you would understand what I mean. The heat is not hot enough, the range hood doesn't suck away the grease and smoke, and the smoke alarm would go off the hook whenever we are trying to create "wok hei" (breath of wok). So, it's been my dream to have a wok kitchen—in addition to a regular kitchen. I cook so much for the blog and for my family that I indeed need two kitchens, and thanks to Atherton Appliance and BSC Culinary, my dream finally comes true.
My walk-in-pantry is small, in fact, it's just 67-inches wall-to-wall. However, space is not an issue if you know how to plan and design the small space into something functional for your needs. I wanted to have two (2) 15-inch gas cooktops, and one of them specifically for wok cooking with high-power burner / BTU. I do not need a huge counter space as long as I have some space on both sides of the burner. I called in a kitchen designer and we drew out the plan. It's the best way to use up the limited space I have, while being completely functional and efficient. There are cabinets, drawers in the wok kitchen, and one of the cabinets is equipped with a roller shelf unit for my sauces so my limited kitchen counter space will be mostly clutter free.
I reached out to Atherton Appliance and BSC Culinary. When I lived in the bay area, I visited Atherton Appliance in Redwood City and fell in love with its ample offerings of high-end and specialty kitchen appliances. I proposed my plan to them and that my dream cook tops for my wok kitchen would be Wolf gas cooktops. They came back to me and proudly sponsored the Wolf 15-inch multi-function cooktop and the Wolf 15″ gas cooktop. Thanks so much to their generosity.
The remodel took a little long than anticipated but I now have an amazing and modern looking wok kitchen. Even though the space is small, it's exactly what I wanted—a kitchen where I can whip up Chinese stir-fries with ample wok-hei (breath of wok), making curries, stews, soups, and all sorts of delicious Asian food. The wok kitchen is going to be my everyday kitchen where I cook while the regular kitchen can be used for lighter cooking. Now that's the perfect set up for a cooking enthusiast like me. Let's check out my wok kitchen.
Here is my walk-in pantry before the remodel.
After the remodel, the Asian wok kitchen.
The gorgeous Wolf gas cooktops. I have two (2) 15-inch cooktops side-by-side, and I can cook up to 3 dishes at the same time.
This Wolf 15-inch Multi-Function Cooktop is made specifically for Asian cooking. The bottom of the wok sits perfectly on top of the flame, which is 22,000 BTU/hour. The direct heat will make sure that I get Asian stir-fries with plenty of "wok hei" (breath of wok).
This Wolf 15-inch Gas Cooktop has two hobs that allow me to make soup, stew, curry, or other dishes while I am stir-frying.
Even though the space is small, my Asian wok kitchen is practical, functional, and I can comfortably cook in the kitchen. I have a roll-out shelf for my Asian sauces and cooking oil, etc. It's so convenient and saves space, plus my countertop will be mostly clutter free. Because the kitchen is small, it's also easier for me to clean up and I can keep my regular kitchen spotless all the time.
I have also shot a short video walk-through of my kitchen below. Please check it out now.
If you are in the Bay Area and are planning to have a kitchen upgrade, remodel, or to equip your new home, do stop by Atherton Appliance and BSC Culinary to browse their wide selections of kitchen appliances. I am sure you will be able to find something you love there, and while you are at it, tell them that Rasa Malaysia sends you there!
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Nice! Does the exhaust fan works pretty good?
What is the brand of the exhaust unit? I'm looking for a good one..this one looks very nice and heavy-duty.
What a beautiful set-up in such a small area! Wish they were on the East coast! One question, why is there a blank electrical plate over your wok burner?
Congratulations, Rasa, I hope your new digs bring you as much enjoyment as you want. Happy Cooking and lots of Wok Hai. We put a large exhaust and cooktop in our kitchen when we built several years ago but I wanted at least 30, preferably 50,000 BTU. Since that was more than zoning would allow, I ended up getting a portable stove with 50,000 BTU that I love, all except the inconvenience since I have to keep it in my garage.
I have an 18,000 BTU burner on the Kitchen Aid stove in my kitchen. I will be very interested in seeing how the surface around your burner holds up with high heat and all the liquids and solids that fall on it. Mine has become increasingly difficult to clean and unsightly. I wish you the best. I follow your blog intently
Yikes! That "clunk" you just heard was the sound of my jaw dropping all the way to the floor.
Magnificent kitchen — if "wok hei" means "breath of a wok", how do you say "wok envy"?
Congratulations on your marvelous vision and execution!
Congratulations, Bee! It looks amazing! I can't imagine a more deserving cooking blogger and look forward to even more of your wonderful recipes.
Does the range come with make up air? Is it hot and greasy to create a wok kitchen in a small indoor space?
Wow! Lovely! I am so happy for you.
That is one beautiful kitchen.Are the cabinets from Ikea?
Congratulations! But where do you get gas?
Good kitchen-good food-good cook. Oh! Really excellent. You made best. Thanks.
This is amazing. I am re-doing a tiny kitchen in a tiny 1950's home–there is literally no extra space. But I am incorporating a couple of these ideas. Just to start with—a gas stove. I've had to use electric for many years. I love your back splash. And the roll out shelves are wonderful for a small kitchen.
What kind of wok do you use? I have been search for a good wok.
Tell us about that exhaust fan. How many CPF? measurements? who makes it?
What an awesome kitchen,
all them shiny tiles.
Time to stir-fry chicken,
(Congrats on the lovely remodel, Bee)
Nice view of your kitchen by the way.
May i know which brand do you use for cooker hob? Ive been looking similar on that hob. Do include the serial product code.
It has been months since you first posted your blog. How does the range hood stacking up? Strong enough? easy cleaning? Is grease building up around your overhang cabinet above the stove at all?


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Hunting bin Laden and history in 'Zero Dark 30'
Sunday, December 16, 2012
NEW YORK — Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal were knee-deep in preparing their follow up to their Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," a film that would chronicle the manhunt for Osama bin Laden, his escape in Tora Bora and the vanishing trail of the world's most wanted man.
"Zero Dark Thirty," which introduces itself as "based on firsthand accounts of actual events," is a new kind of timely fusing of filmmaking and journalism — what Bigelow calls "an imagistic version of living history."
Many film critics believe "Zero Dark Thirty" will repeat the Academy Awards feat of "The Hurt Locker," which won both best picture and best director for Bigelow— the first such win for a female filmmaker.
"The opportunity to humanize an environment that works in the shadows and humanize a workforce that has a very important job that is sort of opaque to the general public is exciting," says Bigelow, whose "Hurt Locker" captured the adrenaline rush of a bomb squad expert in the Iraq War.
"What better place to be?" says Bigelow. "It's where I wanted to be. I wanted to put the audience right in the middle of it and keep it as subjective and immediate and visceral and primal as I possibly could."


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The Sword of Elendil: 19. Trolls
Halbarad crept on stealthy Ranger's feet into the healer's cottage and wrapped his arms around his sister, whose eyes were fixed on a glistening mass in a small bowl. With a squeak she dropped her spoon, twisted around and threw her arms about his neck. "Halbarad! Where have you been?"
He kissed her. "As if that were a secret. The Weather Hills, of course."
"I expected you a month ago."
"Foolish you! Can a Ranger keep to a schedule? But I came first thing to see you."
"Not first thing—by the scent of soap, you've been in the baths first."
"How else can I surprise you?" He grinned. "You'd know me by my rank smell."
"And not allow you in, tracking your dirt," she laughed. "Oh, but I am glad to see you! Come, sit down, and talk to me while I mix this salve."
He ladled out a hot mug of broth from the hearth pot and sat on an old wooden bench against the wall. Closing his eyes, he breathed in the steam from the mug, warm between his chapped hands. "Your broth is as good as a week's sleep, Idhril."
She cast a quick eye of concern at him. "You will rest before returning to the Wild?"
He nodded. "Yes. The plan is for a Troll hunt in the spring east of the Weather Hills. I'll go, of course, and we'll bring animals and supplies from here. We won't leave till February or March."
"A Troll hunt." She shuddered. "Father warned me as much, but still it dismays me."
"Grim business, yes." Halbarad drank deeply from his mug. "I was told I could find Aragorn here in the cottage."
"He is gathering athelas—he found a new patch in the woods. He says we cannot have too much."
"How is he?"
"Tired. He strained himself too much, helping Daeron." She shook her head. "That was a bad business, Halbarad."
"I would have strangled Daeron with my own hands."
"It's well, then, that the man is long gone, or we would be trying you for murder." Her lopsided, regretful smile showed her anger and sorrow. "Truly, I do not know what to think of it all. Aragorn is convinced his memory loss is real. And our father is right that putting Daeron to death would bring far more darkness to the Dúnedain, never mind our need for more men."
"Aragorn is too good. I could kick myself for letting him out of my sight. He needs me to watch his back."
Idhril's eyes twinkled. "He seems to have managed all right without you, brother dear. From what I hear, Daeron was on the ground within minutes."
"That's not what I mean." Unsure himself, he shrugged, thinking back on the last time he had seen Aragorn: at his departure from the Weather Hills to Rivendell. His subdued, determined mood had filled Halbarad with an indefinable apprehension. I am the king's man. "He just needs me."
Idhril shook her head. "It is a shock and a shame that even two men would vote to acquit Daeron. You heard about that, I suppose?"
Halbarad set his teeth. "Yes."
"They still mutter about evil spells and Elves and sorcery, but no one will say it up front. I do not like it. What are we, Dúnedain or savages?"
"Dark times." Halbarad stared into his nearly empty cup. "Dark times."
Footsteps sounded on the flagstones outside, and the door opened. Aragorn carried a small pouch slung from his shoulder. His face broke into the rare smile of incandescence that Halbarad had come to know, but saw too seldom.
Laughing, they embraced before Halbarad stood back, holding Aragorn at arm's length. "You look well enough. I was afraid I would find you in several pieces."
"I am fine. I loll in sloth, while you wander the Wild."
But Halbarad saw the weariness in his eyes. "I think you need lessons in proper sloth. It's a skill I've mastered."
Aragorn gripped his arm, and turned toward Idhril, who stood watching them with a satisfied smile. "I found a good dozen strong leaves, near the old king's crossing. There will be more come spring."
She held out her hands. "Give them to me, I will dry them. The two of you, go. Do some lolling."
Halbarad winked at her. "It's the first step in preparing our task. Goenor, our master Troll hunter, says so."
"Oh, really?" Smiling, Aragorn passed his pouch to Idhril. "Thank you, mistress healer. Now then, Halbarad, instruct me in this important skill."
Halbarad took him to a secluded corner of the Keep where wild roses grew over an abandoned shed. The last of the summer blooms clung to the vines, and inside into the shelter of the old walls, sunlight flickered through the brambles. "One of my favorite hideouts as a boy," Halbarad said, stretching out on the dry grass. "Now we can talk. How was your visit in Rivendell?"
Aragorn lay down beside him. "Good. My mother is well, and happy to have her family together."
"It is as always. Rivendell does not change. I don't think I will be going back soon. This is my place."
Halbarad snorted. "You would think there would be more appreciation of that in the Keep."
"Never mind."
Halbarad stuck a twig between his teeth. "I do mind."
"Let me prove myself, for my own sake."
His tone was too grim for Halbarad's liking, but he decided not to remark on it. "We will soon have ample opportunity for that."
"Yes, to my great satisfaction." He turned his head and met Halbarad's eyes. "How I have missed you! I did not realize how lonely it would be here without you and Saelind. I still cannot believe she is gone."
As he always did at such times, Halbarad thought of his dead mother. Her soft eyes smiled as she crooned, sleep, little one, sleep. He shook off his mood. "Men of action we are, you and I. For our great-grandmother's memory, let's go kill Trolls to avenge her son's death."
They shook hands on it.
"Killing Trolls is grim work," said Goenor. "Their size alone makes them dangerous, for all they are as dumb as a post. It's usually best to outwit them. They can see in the dark, and their sense of smell is keen. None of you has ever seen one, am I right?"
They were seated around the campfire on the first night of their journey to the Weather Hills: Halbarad, Aragorn, Rodnor and Rodnion, and Malbeth. With them were two pack ponies loaded with gear and the two hounds, now sleeping, their great heads on their paws.
Halbarad looked up from the arrow he was fletching. "I saw one from a distance, while I was scouting last fall. We did not chase it."
Goenor nodded, his thick grey beard moving with his chin. "We'll need to debrief the men with the latest sightings to determine our path. They usually don't venture so far west. They hoard treasure, and if they have any inkling that some is to be found, that will start them moving. But if there is treasure in the Weather Hills, we don't know it."
Aragorn said. "I have never seen one, only heard the pounding of their hammers in the mountains. In our sorties from Rivendell we skirted the Trollshaws. As long as they stay within those borders, the Elves leave them alone."
"We'll find the trail, and set up our plan." His face grew eager and bright. "Swords aren't much use—you can't usually get close enough to them to gut them, although I have seen it done. Once. The best weapon is bow and arrow—shoot them in the eye, or the mouth. Horses don't help much, either. Even the largest war stallion looks like a toy next to a Troll, and a horse at a gallop is only just faster than a Troll on the march. What's more, the only meat tastier to a Troll than manflesh—is horseflesh."
Rodnion gasped.
Goenor turned twinkling eyes on the boy. "Well, well, my child, it's not all bad news. The country folk say that if a man kissed a Troll hag, she would turn into a beautiful Elf maiden. For all I know, that's true."
The twins guffawed.
"Don't go telling that tale in Rivendell," Aragorn laughed. "They'll have your head."
"I would never dare." Goenor winked. "I prefer to hunt with dogs: Carcharoth and Huan are trained to Trolls. They know to keep silent, they can find the lairs faster than we can, and they can go to ground to hide. We will follow the Troll's trail to the lair and watch its movements for several days, or a week. That means all-night vigils. A tall tree is a good post, so I like to bring a couple of boys."
He nodded at Rodnion and Rodnor, who grinned with pride. It was their first mission outside the Angle.
"A Troll's habits are simple and easy to predict once you've watched it a bit," continued Goenor. "Depending on the lay of the land and the particular Troll, we'll aim to wound it and cripple it till the sun comes up and turns it to stone. Spears are the best weapon. Once we set boulders over the door to the lair and let them fly when the Troll came out. That worked well."
Goenor stroked his big grey beard. "I don't know if you know this, Aragorn, but I was there when Arador died."
Aragorn had been staring moodily into the fire, trying not to think about Arwen. He straightened up and gave Goenor his full attention. "I've never heard the full tale. Tell me."
Goenor sighed. "Well, then. It was a terrible thing. We were on horse, traveling south on the outskirts of the Trollshaws—Arador, Arathorn, Beleg, Voronion and I—on our way from Fornost back to the Angle. We stopped for a time in the Weather Hills; there used to be more of our folk there, and it was partly due to the events around Arador's death that so few live there now.
"We had word then also of troubles among the hillmen to the east. For many years we have had little to do with the lands of old Rhudaur beyond the Angle itself; we leave the hillmen alone, and they stay in their own lands. They do not trouble us, but live much as they always have, going back, from what men say, before the Númenoreans came.
"But they spoke of Orcs coming from hills, and that we could not ignore, despite their suspicion and hate. They feared us almost as much as the Orcs and the raiders. 'The Tall Ones,' they call us.
"We set in quick pursuit through the hills and into the downs toward the Ettenmoors. I had my axe and staff, Arathorn his sword and spear, Voronion and Beleg their bows, our horses were swift and strong. We were well-armed to pursue Orcs—but Trolls is what we found. We were not prepared. Beleg tried to stop Arador, I remember. 'Let's fall back—we are too close to Troll land. This is foolish.'
" 'They will get away if we turn our backs,' the Chieftain answered. He didn't know it would be his last ride. He had always been a bold campaigner, overcoming odds by sheer will and daring.
"It was getting dark by then, but Arador kept going, albeit slower for the horses' sake. We didn't stop until we saw a campfire ahead on the hill—our quarry had halted for the night. Arador bade us set up camp, and he, Voronion and Beleg went ahead on foot to scout. Arathorn and I stayed at our camp with the horses. It was cold and we could not risk a fire. We stood at arms the whole time, waiting and ready.
"I don't know how the Trolls came upon them. We never saw Arador again, and Beleg does not remember. We heard shouts, then screaming. We ran into the woods toward the noise, in time to see the loathsome shapes stomping away. Voronion and Beleg lay on the ground. We hauled them into some bushes for the time being and set off after the Trolls. What else could we do? The chieftain was taken.
"We never found Arador. We looked, but it was hopeless. Even in the daytime when we looked for their lair, we could find none. For several days we scouted and watched. When it came time to leave—to give up at last, for Beleg and Voronion were failing and had to be brought to warmth and care—Arathorn cried like a lost child.
"He went back, of course. Many times. No sign of his father was ever found. The Orcs seemed to have vanished; we never heard more of them. Finally, a year later, Arathorn was finally willing to admit what we others had always known—that Arador was dead. You, Aragorn, were just born.
"Beleg was ill a long time. His wound would not heal. The head injury caused spells of unconsciousness. He never recovered any memory of what had happened. Voronion lived—barely. He was never the same. He could no longer speak, and his wife had to care for him like a baby for last year of his life. A terrible end to a great-hearted man.
"I've often wondered if it was a trap—that the Orcs meant to lead us to the Trolls. Others have doubted me; we've never known Trolls to act with others like that, they say. But I say, who knows? Is it not true that the Enemy can mold his creatures to his will? I don't suppose we will ever know what really happened to Arador son of Argonui."
Aragorn met Halbarad's eyes across the fire. "But we will have revenge at last."
The Weather Hills Rangers had a primitive post to the north, and Aragorn and his companions planned to use it as their base camp. Once they were in place at the border of Troll territory, several weeks of meticulous tracking and scouting followed. Aragorn found the first traces; he and Halbarad had broken off from the others to scour the lands to the north.
They spent the night in a treetop, hoping to see the creature itself, sitting back to back on a sturdy branch, seeking warmth from each other's bodies, and speaking spoke only with hand signals. In the deep of night they heard the Troll coming from a good distance: a sound almost of fire racing through the wood as the huge form crashed through bushes and trees. The moonlight illuminated all her hideousness—for it was a Troll hag—as she pounded through the wood.
She carried a huge club in one monstrous hand. Her bare feet flattened all in her path. Lank hair sprouted from her ugly head; thick, bulbous lips stretched across a wide maw filled with teeth gleaming in the moonlight. Her tongue flicked out and licked spittle from the edges of her mouth. Her piggish eyes roamed to and fro across the ground before her; the club swayed in her grasp.
The Troll was hungry. Aragorn wondered how she could possibly catch anything, with the noise of her pounding feet, her grunting throat, her great beefy hands ripping out the small trees. Surely all the creatures would have run.
The Troll swept down into the bracken, and a young doe tried to leap away. With a roar of triumph the Troll swung her club down onto the creature's back. Tossing the club to the ground, she seized the doe with two hands and tore its legs off. One after another pieces of the deer disappeared into the huge maw, while blood ran down her chin and onto her wrinkled dugs and the filthy leather wrapped around her hairy waist. She grunted with pleasure as her teeth crunched through the animal's bones and flesh.
Fighting against his heaving belly, Aragorn forced himself to watch. He had to learn about these loathsome creatures. They had to be driven back, for the sake of all, and not least for vengeance. For what was happening to the doe was what had happened to his grandfather.
At last she finished, picked up her club, and headed off in the direction of the stream—to wash down her hideous meal, he guessed.
Aragorn and Halbarad were silent till all sound of the Troll's passing was gone. Even if it had been safe to do so, Aragorn did not think he could have spoken. He shivered with horror and disgust, and gripped Halbarad's arms for strength. Halbarad grabbed his shoulders, and Aragorn could feel his companion's trembling. After a while their hearts began to still.
"Well," Halbarad spoke low, his voice blending with the murmuring of the fir tree. "Do you think if we kissed her she would turn into a beauty?"
Aragorn pressed his lips together to suppress his snort. "Why don't you try it?"
They laughed soundlessly and mirthlessly, glad for each other's companionship.
The Rangers moved camp near to the place where Halbarad and Aragorn had seen the Troll. Nearby was a narrow trail leading to a deep gulch, which Goenor judged ideal for a nighttime ambush: they would lure the Troll into a trap.
Under the light of the full moon, they lined each side of the low cliffs above the rocky trail, and waited for the noise of the Troll's nightly rampage: hours they waited, till a bare hour before dawn. Aragorn stood, spear in hand, at the edge opposite Goenor and Malbeth with the two dogs. Halbarad and Rodnor stood on Aragorn's side; Rodnion on Goenor's; all three with bows at the ready. Carcharoth and Huan quivered with the anticipation of the chase; their eager noses first caught the stench of the Troll's approach and they pricked their ears with excitement. With a quick snap of his fingers Goenor released them to the chase. Baying, they disappeared into the night; soon the roars of the Troll sounded in the dark. Almost as if following orders, the Troll stomped after the dogs into the ambush, leading to the gulch covered with branches and leaves—strong enough to bear a dog's weight, but not a Troll's.
Aragorn crouched, waiting for the moment to hurl his spear as the archers shot at the Troll. The dogs' broad backs gleamed in the moonshine as they howled in their flight toward the trap. Aragorn could hear and smell the Troll before he saw her, her gruesome head just below his hiding place on the cliff.
A scream rang out, the crumbling sound of a body and rocks rolling down a hill: arms flailing, his bow broken, Rodnion tumbled down the cliff's face, and Aragorn heard the sickening crunch of a broken bone. "Rodnion!" he called as he leaped down the slope, heedless of anything but the boy's danger.
From above Halbarad was already firing arrows at the Troll. Some hit her, but she reacted not at all, her malicious eyes focused only on the boy before her.
"Aim at her head!" Goenor shouted to Halbarad as he and Malbeth rolled down the slope.
The Troll grabbed Rodnion around the waist. The boy was screaming with terror as she lifted him to her hideous mouth, jaws gaping.
Aragorn focused on her scaly back and plunged the spear between her ribs, shouting, "Die, you monster, die!" She roared, and made as if to turn, but Goenor ducked under her huge arm and thrust his spear into her belly.
His spear stuck in the creature's stinking body, Aragorn swept Morchamion out of its scabbard and began swiping at the Troll's legs. Roaring like a bear, Goenor repeatedly stabbed at the Troll's belly until she swatted him aside with one huge hand. Lifting Rodnion overhead, she began to lower him head first into her mouth.
Aragorn tried to shut out the boy's sickening screams as he made one last mighty thrust of his sword into the Troll's side. As her jaws met around Rodnion's neck, she swayed and toppled, knocking Aragorn over in her fall. Goenor leaped up and with one bound thrust his spear into her eye. She shuddered and lay still.
Aragorn hauled himself to his feet and climbed over the trunk-like leg.
What remained of Rodnion's head in the Troll's mouth was a mass of bone, blood and brain.
His courage melted into grief, and his voice joined the anguished cries of his companions. Malbeth was sobbing Rodnion's name, his hands, covered in his brother's blood, clutching the boy's still intact shoulders, drawing him to his breast.
Aragorn scarcely felt the pain of his bruised side, although a voice spoke at the back of his mind, Watch out, your leg, do not injure it further, think of Elrond's warnings! He ignored it. He stared at the agonizing scene before him, but no tears would come to his eyes.
He swept his eyes up to the cliff where Rodnion's twin was supposed to be. He had not moved. Halbarad was at his side, attempting to remove the drawn bow and nocked arrow from the boy's frozen hands.
Aragorn could not hear what Halbarad was saying as he took the boy's weapons and laid them at his side, then took his hands. Halbarad's dark head bent over Rodnor. Tears started in Aragorn's eyes as he turned his attention again to the scene before him.
Goenor had spread his cloak over the boy's body, and was trying to draw Malbeth away. "We must leave here. This is no place to give way to grief. We are not safe."
"See to the dogs," Aragorn said as he limped around the Troll's hulk to the boy's body.
Malbeth lifted his tear-stained face and whistled sharply. The dogs slunk back, ears and tails drooping, down the bloody path, whining. Malbeth dropped to the ground and held the beasts to him. Sniffing the air and howling by turn, they huddled close to their master.
Aragorn helped Goenor wrap the boy's body in the cloak. All around the dead Troll his life blood pooled. Except for his crushed head and the leg broken in his fall, he had no injuries.
"Can you help bear his weight back to the camp?" Goenor asked. "Are you fit?"
"I am well enough," Aragorn answered. "It's bruising only; how severe I will not know until I tend it."
"For a minute I thought the Troll had crushed you."
"Mercifully not."
"The sun is coming up," Geonor said. "Watch."
The light glimmered in the far eastern sky, spreading rapidly across the treeless hills. When the first beam fell upon the dead Troll, her lumpy greenish flesh hardened into dull grey stone; her lanky hair became brown weeds; her black blood thickened into foul muck.
"We killed one," Aragorn said quietly. "At a terrible cost."
Goenor did not reply. In silence they bore the body back to the camp hidden in the wood.
Halbarad helped Malbeth arrange his brother's body, nestled among the leaves and covered with the green branches of fir trees. "Tomorrow we will bury him, here near to where he fell, as befits a hero of the Rangers."
White-faced, eyes as blank as a muddy puddle, Rodnor stared at him.
Goenor began to prepare some food—a thick porridge. "We need something hot today," he muttered. He looked up wearily and scanned the horizon through the trees.
Aragorn knew he worried that other Trolls might be summoned by the bellowing of their dying sister. We must remain hidden for the day, in quiet. He stripped his breeches from his bruised leg and probed the flesh, seeking out any deeper hurt. But it seemed that he had escaped with a buffeting that would leave his side black and blue, but no worse.
Suddenly Rodnor bolted up. "I must see him," he said wildly. "You said he's dead, but I don't believe it. I feel him calling." He turned as if to run to the bower where his twin's body lay.
Ignoring his body's protests, Aragorn leaped up and seized the boy's hands. "Shh, shh," he said gently. "Yes, he is dead, a hero. You are in shock. Sit here with me," and he drew the boy down and threw a thick woolen cloak over the two of them, and held the trembling boy against the warmth of his chest.
So Elladan and Elrohir had done in the early years of Estel's rides, when the horror of blood and death seemed too much to be borne.
How would my brothers feel if one were killed? The living would hear the voice of the dead calling. I know this happens with Elves, whose spirits live after their bodies are gone. But Men? How little I know of my own kind.
Later that day clouds moved over the sun and a light rain began to fall. It seemed to Aragorn that all the sky and the land wept for the dead boy, cut down so young, and in an accident that never should have happened. With soft whines, the dogs crept to him, leaning against Rodnor's side and back, quiet and mournful. Rodnor stroked their thick coats and rubbed their ears. But he did not cry.
Malbeth brought out his small lute and began to sing. He sang of heroism and sacrifice, of the bitterness of death.
As anguished as his feelings already were, Aragorn's heart burst in two when Malbeth's rich voice began to sing Lúthien's lament for Beren.
The song that melted the heart of Mandos himself. Never would I want to bring such grief to my love, but there is no fear of that. I have not earned such passion. Love and grief. Did my mother grieve so for Arathorn? And my grandfather, he who was eaten by a Troll as Rodnion barely escaped—who mourned for him?
He wished the tears would come. Behind him stretched years, generations, of dead chieftains and kings, and still he did not feel as one of them. Still the name of Arathorn drew only emptiness in his mind's eye—an abyss to nothingness. Loss and grief seized him like the wave of Númenor drowning all the land, leaving only the grey sea and the lonely call of the gull. But the grief had a stranger's name.
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When it comes to summer essentials, there are really only a handful of key items: a good SPF, a killer swimsuit, comfy sandals, and, of course, sunglasses. Once the temps top out, sunnies are a tried and true summer must-have, so why not sport a pair that does as much good for the earth as it does for your eyes?
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Warby Parker's frames are not only affordable and chic, but your purchase of a pair goes to a good cause: for every set they sell, the company donates a pair of prescription glasses to someone in need.
These handcrafted wooden sunglasses are so different and cool, we're about to buy a pair ourselves. They're handmade in Portland, from sustainable wood sourced responsibly from Africa.
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In Modo's new eco-friendly eyewear line, each pair is made with 95% recycled materials – the first eyewear company to boast such rigorous standards.
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Of course, our go-to girl for eco-friendly fashion has some great shades, all made from over 50% natural materials.
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Patience on Dover's waterfront
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Now that the Cocheco Waterfront Development Advisory Committee has unanimously approved an 18-month extension for Mark Dickinson to find an equity investor for the project, it becomes necessary for the Dover Housing Authority — and ultimately, the City Council — to also agree.
But how best to do this? Residents have made it clear they don't want low-rent apartments to blot the waterfront. They don't want to inundate the schools by building apartments that add students and drive up property tax bills. They want the opposite. They want some level of upscale development which helps lower taxes.
Those times are gone and will remain elusive for some time to come — maybe 18 months or longer. Yet, Dickinson is willing to hang in there with the city of Dover — and with his own $1 million investment — if given more time.
Dickinson could cave to equity investors who want a quick buck by building low-rent apartments. He could then come to the city pleading poverty and the case to get the project done on the cheap, but with great profits. He has not done that. Instead he wants to hang in there and he wants Dover to do the same.