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text: back Professor to spend sabbatical at Cambridge University 12.19.2012 When Illinois College Professor of English Robert Koepp was a college student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., he studied abroad at Cambridge University in England, and since that experience he has always wanted to return for another extended stay across the pond. This spring semester he will get that chance as he spends his sabbatical as a visiting professor at Cambridge."Two years ago, when I began developing plans for my Spring 2013 sabbatical leave, I decided to explore the possibilities of spending time abroad as a visiting scholar," Koepp said. "Since I had spent my last leave in 2006 as a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and had found this experience so enriching, I was determined to find another situation abroad. Cambridge seemed like the perfect choice." Koepp applied earlier this past year for official academic visitor status at Cambridge, along with one of the university's constituent colleges, Wolfson College. In June he received the news that Cambridge's English Faculty granted him University Visiting Scholar status, and Wolfson invited him to be a Visiting Fellow of the college. "My hope was to secure one of these positions," Koepp said. "I have happily accepted both positions so my wife, Janet, and I will be spending the Lent term, from early January to late March, in Cambridge. We'll be in residence at Wolfson, well-situated to take part fully in the life of the college and the university." As a visiting fellow, Koepp will have library privileges at three libraries – Wolfson's Lee Library, the Faculty of English Library and the Cambridge University Library. During his time in Cambridge, Koepp plans to work on a project developing course materials for his concepts of comedy class at Illinois College. He also expects to participate in Wolfson's Humanities Research Forum and in the English Faculty's Nineteenth Century Research Hub. "I will likely have opportunities to share my current work on Victorian novelist George Eliot. There is a reading group at Wolfson focusing on Dickens this year – I will also plan to participate in that group," Koepp said.Over the years Koepp has returned to England many times for research, to participate in academic conferences and to introduce Illinois College students to the country and its literary culture. "I have regularly returned to Cambridge for short visits, and on several occasions have taken BreakAway groups to tour Cambridge University and the city," Koepp said. "I have often thought about returning to Cambridge for a longer stay, enabling me to take an active part in the life of the academic community there." This past summer Koepp and his wife traveled to England to visit some sites related to Charles Dickens and attended a festival celebrating the novelist's 200th birthday. "We included Cambridge in our itinerary, visited Wolfson College during our brief stay and had the good opportunity to learn more about the college, its facilities and the arrangements for our 2013 visit," Koepp said. While in Cambridge this spring, Koepp said he will look for future opportunities for other Illinois College faculty members and for students to study at the university. back

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Will Smith, the rapper cum actor cum producer who gave us "The Karate Kid" Reincarnated last year, is back at the copy machine, according to Variety. Sony, who produced the latter, are also onboard.
Smith's remaking musical classic "Annie" (one of my daughter's favourites; also a film I grew up with, having seen the original at the 'pictures' in '82) with – no surprise – one of his kids in the lead role. In this case, it's Willow Smith who'll be playing the, er, dotty, red-haired orphan.
Rapper Jay-Z is in talks to compose the music for the project… which I imagine will go something like "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Yo! Wassup! I love ya, peace out!"
- Greg Mclean gunning for Belco Experiment - April 1, 2015
- Bloodline returning for season two - April 1, 2015
- What a Croc! - April 1, 2015
- The Lawnmower Man cuts From Dusk Till Dawn - April 1, 2015
- Trailer : Mad Max : Fury Road - April 1, 2015
- It Follows expanding any further this Friday! - April 1, 2015
- Trailer : Masterminds - March 31, 2015
- When will we see the next Star Wars trailer!? - March 31, 2015
- Shrek to appear in new Puss in Boots sequel? - March 31, 2015
- Disney developing live-action Mulan - March 31, 2015
Against the Current - the band, not adventures in dangerous swimming 101
Zedd - If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy? (Well, answer my question!)
Arrow (Okay, Felicity from Arrow!)
Chrissy Costanza (cat eyes and buttery lyrics!)
Girls (TV) (Okay, Allison Williams!)
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Friends (TV) (It had me at "No way are you cool enough to pull Clint"; damn straight, Chandler!)
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Star Wars trilogy - no, the other one, fella!
Alex G - far more talented than her younger brother Alex H
Cameron Crowe movies - Say Anything..., Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous
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Reenacting dance/song scenes from "Grease" with my little girl (hey! Wait till you see my 'Summer Lovin'! - don't judge)
Die Hard - 40 stories of Sheer Adventure!
Alex Goot & Friends (his enemies aren't half as talented!)
Cooking up a nice dish and sitting in the entertainment area, on a cool night, basking in it's greatness.
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5/30/13 Bieber a Father??
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
In Touch magazine got a hold of some pictures of Amanda Bynes partying in her apartment in New York City. In one photo she is reclining on her bed which is stripped down to a bare mattress with no sheets or other bedding and there appears to be a joint or blunt next to her. Bynes, of course, denies the pictures are real, tweeting: "That's not my bed! Those aren't my toes! My toes are pedicured!"
The male model who believes he is the father of Kourtney Kardashian's son Mason has consulted a lawyer and plans to take her to court. He claims he and Kourtney had a fling in March 2009 when she was on a break from Scott Disick. Her lawyer denies the claim saying she was never intimate with him. The guy has now consulted a top lawyer in Los Angeles and his next step will be to take her to court and sue her for a paternity test.
Courteney Cox and David Arquette have officially ended their 12-year marriage. On Tuesday, a judge finalized the couple's divorce. The two first separated in October 2010, but didn't file divorce papers until June 2012. They have both asked for joint legal and physical custody of their eight-year-old daughter Coco.
A woman claims JUSTIN BIEBER is the father of her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. She says she and Justin had sex in Miami in 2010, when he was 15 and she was 25. She supposedly wants no money from Justin and will let him decide if he wants to be a part of his daughter's life. Justin's people are denying this.
5/29/13 Neighbers Hate Justin Bieber
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Justin Bieber is in hot water with his neighbors. They say not only does he drive his Ferrari way too fast, they have also seen him riding a Segway and smoking a joint--in front of neighborhood kids! They say Justin and his friends have turned the neighborhood upside down. They've called cops twice in the last week over loud noise coming from Justin's house where parties go until 3 AM. Some residents are claiming Justin almost hit a neighbor pulling out of his driveway. The homeowner's board is planning on taking action. They've talked to cops who promise they will start towing vehicles that are left on the street overnight. Word has it Bieber is also running a business from his house, which is banned by the association rules.
When Courtney Love is offering you advice, you can be pretty sure your life is a wreck. Courtney reached out to Amanda Bynes Monday night, tweeting, "Pull it together, dude." Amanda didn't take too kindly to the message, shooting back with "Courtney Love is the ugliest woman I've ever seen. To be mentioned by her at all makes me and all my friends laugh!" But Courtney didn't fight back. She wrote, "Amanda, I wasn't attacking you, love. I've been in your shoes before, wasn't easy. DM me, let's talk. Ignore the haters." Just before her rant, Amanda claimed that her lawyer is getting her case dropped. But that might be fanciful thinking. She was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, attempted tampering with evidence and marijuana possession Thursday, after allegedly throwing a bong out of her 36th-floor apartment in full view of cops.
KATY PERRY was spotted with both ROBERT PATTINSON and her ex-boyfriend JOHN MAYER over the Memorial Day weekend. On Monday, Mayer showed up at a party at Katy's house, and sources say they looked like a couple again. On Sunday, Katy was at a ranch in California with Rob, watching two strangers rehearse for their wedding, but they did NOT act like a couple.
5/28/13 Chris Brown May Face Jail
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Chris Brown could be in big trouble. According to TMZ, Chris is being investigated by the LAPD in connection with a minor fender bender he had last week. Chris allegedly refused to give the driver he rear-ended his driver's license number and also gave the woman incorrect insurance information. The problem is that Chris is still on probation for assaulting Rihanna -- and if he's found to have broken the law by leaving the scene without fully disclosing the required information, his probation could be violated and he could go to prison for up to four years.
Angelina Jolie's aunt died from breast cancer Sunday. This comes just two weeks after the actress revealed she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy. Her aunt, Debbie Martin, was the younger sister of Angelina's mother, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007.
Amanda Bynes is a free woman and she's back to acting crazy on Twitter. After getting arrested Thursday for reckless endangerment and then undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, Amanda attacked the NYPD. She wrote that she plans to sue them for "illegally entering my apartment, lying about drugs on me and lying about me tampering with non existent drug paraphernalia." --Amanda, who allegedly threw a bong out the window of her 36th-floor apartment in front of police, continued, "Then I'm suing for being put into a mental hospital against my will, then locked up overnight for coming home after a facial and working out with my trainer like the good girl that I am." She has also claimed that the police officer who arrested her committed sexual harassment when he "slapped my vagina." And for good measure, she plans to sue her apartment complex for "lying" about her smoking marijuana. "I'm free forever!" she tweeted. "You can't lock up an innocent person!"
5/27/13 Amanda Bynes Court Appearance
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Kim Kardashian is reportedly going to spend $1 million to give birth to her baby. Sources say Kim hired a top photographer to document the delivery and her first week as a new mom-- at a cost of $1,000 a day. And she and Kanye West are also planning to dish out more than $4,000 per day for a deluxe birthing suite at the hospital in Los Angeles where Kim is expected to spend at least three days. The couple also spent $25,000 on lingerie while they were in Paris because she had no intention of wearing a plain old hospital gown that's been worn by other women.
The engagement between Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth is back on.... for now. Sources say the couple was spotted making out at a party at her home in Los Angeles earlier this month. The sources say the couple and the engagement is definitely back on.
Amanda Bynes is out of jail on her own recognizance after a crazy court appearance. Amanda appeared before a judge in New York after spending the night in jail. She was wearing the same clothes -- and same wacky platinum wig -- that she had on when she was arrested. Her story, not surprisingly, is a bit more amusing. She told the judge that it was "just a vase" that she threw out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment . . . not a bong. Which doesn't exactly explain why she threw it out the window when cops showed up. Amanda has been charged with attempted evidence tampering, reckless endangerment -- because someone could've gotten hit with the bong -- and marijuana possession. She didn't have to put up any bail money, but the judge warned her sternly not to miss her July court date.
5/24/13 Amanda Bynes Arrested
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Friday, May 24, 2013
AMANDA BYNES was arrested last night after she threw a bong out the window of her 36th-floor New York City apartment. Police were called after Amanda was seen smoking pot in the lobby of her building. Cops arrested her for possession of marijuana, tampering with evidence and reckless endangerment, and took her to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. She's expected to appear in court this morning.
MORGAN FREEMAN and MICHAEL CAINE were being interviewed by a Seattle TV station Wednesday morning about their upcoming movie "Now You See Me". And it must have been too early for Morgan, because the whole time Michael was talking, he was nodding off. The video went viral yesterday, and Morgan joked, quote, "I wasn't actually sleeping. I'm a beta tester for Google Eyelids. I was merely updating my Facebook page."
During a charity auction last night at the Cannes Film Festival, someone paid $1.5 million for the privilege of traveling into SPACE with LEONARDO DICAPRIO. They'll be passengers on one of those Virgin Galactic flights. One seat normally costs $200,000, and there's already a waiting list. The first flight is expected to launch around Christmas. There's no word who won the seat. Another pair of tickets later went for $2.3 million.
RadarOnline.com says LINDSAY LOHAN tried to invite her DRUG DEALER to visit her at Betty Ford. A source says Lindsay asked the clinic for permission to invite him, but they turned her down . . . quote, "They told her in no uncertain terms that she needs to sever her relationship with him once she leaves rehab, if she is to overcome her addictions."


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TAMPA, Fla. (June 28, 2013) – BayCare Health System is bringing much needed health care services to South Hillsborough County with the July 1 opening of the Physician Office Building, located on the campus of St. Joseph's Hospital-South (set to open in early 2015).
The 40,000-square-foot, freestanding building will be home to BayCare Outpatient Imaging and BayCare Laboratories, in addition to HealthPoint Medical Group's Patient-Centered Medical Home.
The outpatient center will provide imaging and laboratory services in a new, state-of-the-art facility with convenient parking. Imaging services will include MRI, CT, digital mammography (screening and diagnostic) and bone density, by appointment. Some imaging exams, such as X-ray studies and ultrasound, do not require an appointment and can be serviced on a walk-in basis. Laboratory services will include a wide range of general and specialized testing, with walk-in service available.
In addition, long-time Apollo Beach physician Frederick Taylor, D.O., will relocate his primary care practice inside the Physician Office Building and add a new associate physician. The new practice can comfortably accommodate four primary care physicians and three rotating specialists. As a Patient-Centered Medical Home, the HealthPoint office provides complete medical care, ongoing education and follow-up care.
"This is a big step in our long journey to serve this community," said Stephen R. Mason, president and CEO of BayCare. "We're excited to make these services available right here in Riverview, where we can provide our high standard of care in combination with excellent service to our patients – all in a beautiful space that almost makes you forget you're in a medical facility."
The brand-new building has a layout of services organized with the patient in mind. With the look and feel of a spa, patients can feel more comfortable from the moment they arrive. And they can feel good about the Physician Office Building's eco-friendly design, which includes sustainable materials and modifications for energy, light and water conservation.
BayCare will celebrate the opening of the Physician Office Building with a community event in September (details to be announced). Activities will include wellness screenings, education workshops, tours of the new building, light food and beverages, family activities, prizes and giveaways, and a virtual tour of St. Joseph's Hospital-South.
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Catalyst 10.x/11.xOriginally Posted by Phoronix
Phoronix: The Direction Of ATI Radeon Graphics In Ubuntu 11.04
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Catalyst 10.x/11.xOriginally Posted by Phoronix
Michael Larabel
the benchmark show how Catalyst show middle finger to us.
"We are testing how fast the ati driver is but we are not testing how fast it really is, only how fast it is as default.."?
I happen to have the HD 4670 and I have an Athlon II 240.
I use Archlinux and git versions of mesa, xf86-video-ati and the drm-radeon-testing branch of the kernel, all build on 20110306.
I have color tiling and page flipping enabled.
I only run on 1680x1050 and I have these framerates:
Does 1680x1050 to 1920x1200 cause 30% performance drop in Urban Terror or is it only color tiling and page flipping?
I also don't understand the nexuiz result. On the "middle"-preset for the effects I get between 60 and 90 fps constantly.
Just saying, the statement should maybe a bit weaker than "Ubuntu 10.10 does not produce a playable frame-rate for the Radeon HD 4670 graphics card on the open-source drivers". Especially the second "Shadow"-Option in the effects-pane seems to have a huge impact on performance (on ultra settings with = 2 fps, without = 20-40 fps).
Mesa 7.10
Not that Catalyst wouldn't have a higher fps anyway but this is not a fair comparison on is not showing the real performance improvements of the oss drivers.
Michael Larabel
That is a decent argument. It's the default behaviour that people will get without tweaking, but one has to admit that the default Ubuntu behaviour is really stupid (Compiz always on).
Still, it would be nice to benchmark what the drivers can actually do at this moment, especially if we're talking about trivial changes. The way it is right now, you have to add 60% to every number you publish for open source drivers, and this can't be the point of a benchmark.
What about a "default" benchmark (no tweaks) and a "best" benchmark (minor one-liner tweaks that everybody uses anyway)?


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Robert Plant has filed a temporary restraining order against a woman whom he claims has been harassing him for three years, according to TMZ. According to Plant, the woman named Alysson Billings -- who has never met the Led Zeppelin frontman -- "leaves hotel keys for him, sends flowers, random packages, and constantly shows up to his concerts all over the world."
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The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd
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1. Taking A Chance On Love 4:39 2. Moonlight In Vermont 3:44 3. Speak Low 3:16 4. Nuages 7:56 5. Everything I've Got Belongs To You 5:33 6. Makin' Whoopee 4:37 7. Django 7:03 8. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:48 9. The House Of The Rising Sun (arr.) 3:22 10. Ring Them Harmonics 3:47 11. Taboo 2:41 12. To Ginny 5:25
These 1960 recordings capture Charlie Byrd at a pivotal stage in his career. He had won the 1959 Down Beat Critics' Poll as New Star on guitar, after a brief hiatus in his steady gig at Washington, D.C.'s Showboat for an international tour with Woody Herman's band. In 1961, a State Department visit to South America with the trio heard here would introduce Byrd to the bossa nova music that he would popularize with Stan Getz upon his return. Between these two triumphs, Byrd recorded this album with his working trio and demonstrated an already-sizable command of repertoire and small-group arrangement. In addition to Byrd's own signature mixture of acoustic classicism, Southern blues, and a clear fondness for Django Reinhardt, the performances verify that bassist Keter Betts brought exceptional taste and presence to this most intimate of jazz trios.
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Greg Bear - Forge of God heading to the big screen + plus sequel to Anvil of Stars...
This was reported on Dark Horizons:
The Forge of God: Variety reports that Warner Bros. has acquired the film rights to Greg Bear's sci-fi novel which "Black Hawk Down" scribe Ken Nolan will pen. Warners hopes to turn this into a trilogy using Bear's sequel "Anvil of Stars" and an as yet unwritten third installment. 'Forge' sounds rather "Independence Day" esque with hostile aliens who've picked up encouraging messages of 'visit Earth' on our various space probes, and decide to take over. The selling point was Nolan's 70-page scriptment, detailling "a complicated invasion filled with an ensemble of characters bent on preventing it". Nolan didn't even get to detail the sequel before Warners snapped it up, 'Anvil' deals with the survivors heading off to the alien homeworld for some payback. Thanks to 'Miqque'
Having read both these books all I can say is I think they'll make fantastic movies if enough money is spent on them FX-wise.
But the really interesting part of this report, for me, is the hint of another instalment from Bear. Bring it on!
June 18th, 2002, 09:06 PM #2RocketsheepGuest
Great News!
At the same time... I hope they don't ruin the book for me...
June 18th, 2002, 10:15 PM #3
Interesting news indeed...he's one of my favourite authors, and I enjoyed both those books.
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Bit more detail here - emailed to me on Thursday from Greg's website:
'Warner Brothers has just negotiated a potential three-picture deal for THE
FORGE OF GOD, ANVIL OF STARS, and an as-yet unnamed and unwritten third
novel set in the same timeline.
Screenwriter Ken Nolan ("Blackhawk Down") prepared a 70-page extended
treatment, called by some a "scripment," of The Forge of God while working
with Vince Gerardis of Created By, a Los Angeles management/production
company that specializes in science fiction. Warner is commissioning two
screenplays, with provisions for a third.
Richard Curtis Literary Associates sold the original novels to Tor and
Warner Publishing and will negotiate any publishing deals for the third
The deal is excellent, the "scripment" by Ken Nolan is extraordinary and
very faithful to the novel, and Warner Bros.' enthusiasm and commitment to
the project is exemplary. The deal was made at the behest of and with the
total involvement of the highest management at Warner Bros., and was
completed within one day of negotiation. Warner Bros. has expressed a
desire to have all the elements in place to begin production as soon as
possible. A director is not yet attached, but may be soon.
The goal of this project is ultimately to create a monumental, hard-sf
motion picture trilogy, dealing with interstellar crime and punishment,
completing the themes developed in The Forge of God (Tor 1987) and Anvil of
Stars (Warner Books, 1992).'Mark
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It's all beginning to sound very promising. The scope of the novels involved, if translated to the screen, should make for awesome movies.


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I've more sympathy for your work on the AMD Gallium driver - which has seen great improvements over the past ~5 years. Compare this then to the work on Catalyst (or should I say lack of work perhaps)... When I play STALKER : SOC (via Wine) on Gallium the FPS is very low - but there no rendering anomalies. Catalyst 13.1 struggles with some of the more advanced lighting effects in recent mods (as have all previous versions) - big jagged black lines coming down from the heavens, glitched shadows, etc.... Glitches that aren't present (naturally) when I use an Nvidia GPU...
(Sighes) Goes back to Windows 7 for gaming on my laptop with an AMD (Radeon 4650M) GPU... Sadly AMD don't appear to be able to produce a fully working Linux driver for this chip (either closed or open -source)...
P.D: Note this has nothing to do with you personally bridgman, because I know you are doing the best you can.
I for one am thankful that the OSS driver exists and do not wish to see it go. (Though I do agree that the power management needs to come along soon. (At least documentation at the very minimum, even if no code is released) Too long is too long.)
Once you release OpenCL and powersaving support, open drivers will be almost perfect, they will only need optimisations.
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Blue Oyster Cult Co-Founder Allen Lanier Dead At 67
Friday, August 16, 2013
Blue Oyster Cult (B.O.C.) co-founder Allen Lanier died on August 14th at age 67 after being hospitalized with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- a condition linked directly to smoking, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. Lanier, who took a leave from the band between 1985 and 1987, played an integral role in the band's career as songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist between 1967 -- in the pre-B.O.C. band Soft White Underbelly -- through 2006, with such signature tines as "True Confessions," "In Thee," "Tenderloin," and "Lonely Teardrops." Lanier was also romantically linked to Patti Smith, with whom he collaborated with, as well as key punk and post-punk artists including Jim Carroll, the Dictators, and the Clash.
B.O.C. referenced their 1976 classic "Don't Fear The Reaper" by posting on its Facebook page: "DFTR sweet man. We love you and miss you."
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Baranuir laughed. "Why do you think you're dead?"
Aragorn frowned. It seemed to him that death was a reasonable corollary to blacking out with an enraged Dunlending's arm across one's throat and waking up talking to a ghost.
"Because you are," he answered hesitantly, hoping that this would not come as a surprise to Baranuir. He had grown accustomed to seeing the boy in his dreams, but this time the nightmare was different. Always before, it began in an orc cave, with him leading eighteen men and two Elves into a trap, and ended with him kneeling over the body of a boy whose death had finally been a mercy. But the face that smiled at him now was marred by neither struggle nor agony. It was the face of one either untouched by death, or forever carried beyond its grasp.
Baranuir's unblemished face took on a thoughtful expression. "And what is my death to you?"
Aragorn swallowed his grief and faced his shame. "It was my fault."
"Halbarad was right. You shouldn't have been there. You were too young, and though you fought bravely you were no warrior." He shook his head. "But too many warriors were gone."
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He nodded. "Most of them."
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No. Not even Halbarad knew that.
"Why is the Shire so important?" Baranuir pressed. "What did Mithrandir tell you about the Shire?"
Aragorn frowned. "Mithrandir?"
"Gandalf," Baranuir patiently clarified, not understanding the source of his confusion. "Did Gandalf tell you to post the Rangers at the borders of the Shire?"
Aragorn considered the question. The answer was no, not exactly. Gandalf hadn't told him to do anything at all, he never did. To know Gandalf was ever to wander paths of one's own choosing, only to find oneself arriving at destinations of Gandalf's.
Baranuir was still looking at him, expecting an answer.
Aragorn chose the easiest question, the one he could answer truthfully. "Gandalf loves the Shire. That's why it's important to him."
Something was not right here, something that Aragorn could not put his finger on. He looked at Baranuir skeptically. "How do you know the name Mithrandir? The Rangers don't call him that."
Annoyance flashed across Baranuir's features for just an instant, but then he laughed in good-natured defeat, and abandoned Aragorn to oblivion.
When Aragorn awoke, he was instantly certain of two facts: He hurt way too much to be dead, and he was lying on the cold ground again. Beyond that, very little was immediately discernable through a sickening miasma of aches, fever, and a strange, lingering muddiness that seemed to clog his mind and senses.
After his initial attempt at moving his head left him clutched by waves of nausea, he lay still to ride it out, listening. A hollow silence told him that he was not outside, and the damp air carried a whiff of woodsmoke, the odors of rotten wood and mildew, and the fainter notes of grain dust and horse-leather. When finally he cracked his eyes open, they slowly focused on an unpainted plank wall. Something metal rattled as he moved slightly, and he looked down to see a chain, attached at one end to manacles on his wrists, and at the other to a wooden hitching post sunk into the floor a foot from his head. He got an elbow under himself and grabbed hold of the post to pull himself up. Propping his back against the solid support, he looked around to get his bearings. The room was small and dark, and from the dingy clutter of barrels and crates occupying most of the floor space, appeared to be a storeroom. Gray light filtered through the chinks in three of the walls, and by the sharp angle of the roof and the haphazard construction he guessed it was a lean-to attached to another structure.
He glanced down at his waist. His weapons were gone, of course, along with his outer garments. His boots, too, he noticed with dismay and some surprise. They didn't usually think of that. He found himself somewhat flattered at still being considered a flight risk, his present appearance surely not being far from the half-dead carcass of Halbarad's recent oratory outpouring.
His hand was in agony, but there was no point in attempting to remove his glove to examine it. The obvious swelling, the awkward cant of his fingers, and the spike of pure agony radiating from the point of impact were proof enough of the damage Teburic had done.
The manacles themselves were in decent condition, as was the short chain attaching them to the post, and neither was likely to be defeated without tools, but a glance about the room revealed nothing which could be put into use as such. A less technical strategy would have to be employed for the time being, one that his mother used to have a term for. She called it "elbow grease". He sighed, and made a practice tug at the post.
He'd been working on it for only a few minutes, with no result except to worsen his headache and break a sweat, when he heard the metallic scrape of a bar being pulled from the door. He lay back down, feigning unconsciousness. Light steps entered the room and stopped near his head. Something was set down next to him, and then he heard the unmistakable sound of a cloth being wrung out. Rolly, he realized, even before he felt the cool dampness against his forehead.
"Strider," the boy whispered. "It's me, Rolly. Can you hear me? It's all right. He's asleep, he's not here."
Aragorn opened his eyes and sat up abruptly when he saw the condition of the boy's face, biting down the nausea induced by the quick movement. "Rolly, what did he do to you?" he whispered, reaching his bound hands toward the boy but afraid to touch the damaged flesh for fear of causing more pain.
The boy shook his head, eyes averted. "I'm all right. He just beat me, that's all. He was angry that Dergren and Kergelen were dead." The boy looked up with uncertainty. "He doesn't know that I was going to go with you. I told him that after you killed them you made me go with you, is that all right?"
Aragorn nodded absently. "Tell him whatever you need to. Where are we?"
"It's a cabin that he keeps for his men that rob along the river road and the Greenway. This is the storage shed."
"How far are we from where he found us?"
"We rode for about two hours. I don't know how far."
"Is Teburic alone?"
The boy nodded. "When we got here he opened a barrel of wine and got drunk."
"Rolly," he said, grasping the boy's arm with his good hand and leaning close. "Do you know where Teburic keeps the keys to these manacles?"
The boy nodded. "On his belt."
Aragorn sighed and bit back a curse. "All right, then. You have to run, do you understand me? Run away and get help."
The boy's eyes widened. "I can't!" he whispered.
"You must," Aragorn said flatly. He glanced toward the door. "Go quickly, and don't look back. If you can find any Rangers, tell them what happened and send help."
"But I can't leave you!" the boy cried, his thin face pinched with anguish.
"You must," Aragorn said quietly. "Now go."
The boy cast him one last, pleading, protesting glance. "Go," Aragorn repeated, waiting for the boy to disappear out the door before turning his attention back to the post.
Teburic did not sleep long. The boy had been gone barely a half hour, by the Ranger's reckoning, when the huge Dunlending appeared in the open doorway, scanning the cramped interior of the lean-to. "Where is that boy?" he demanded, closing the distance to the Ranger with surprising speed and yanking him up by his shirt.
"Why don't you forget about the boy?" Aragorn said, stifling a gasp as the thief-lord's jerk pulled the iron manacle tight against his injured hand. "You've got me now."
Teburic's dark eyes narrowed, engaging Aragorn's grey ones just a few inches from his face. "But that's the best part, Strider. I've got you both. Don't worry, we'll have plenty of time to get acquainted later. But right now, I have a little rabbit to hunt." He shoved Aragorn roughly back to the floor and turned to leave. "You talked him into it, didn't you?" he accused, turning back from the doorway. "You told him to run."
The Dunlending came a step closer and heaved a heavy boot into Aragorn's side, evoking a choked gasp. "Think about that for a while," he said. "He won't get far. And when I come back with him, we'll get down to business."
The light filtering through the cracks in the walls had deepened to a shade barely distinguishable from black, and with dusk had come a cooling breeze that brought a small measure of comfort to Aragorn in his labors to dislodge the timber post sunk into the floor. The slight whiff of air drew the heat from his sweat-soaked hair and shirt, and soothed his pounding head, yet exhaustion and fever were gaining on him again, and he did not know how much longer he could continue. He paused his methodical tugging and gave the post a final frustrated yank, confirming that two hours of pushing and pulling had so far resulted in nothing more than a bruised shoulder and another aching hand. If only he could find something with which to dig….
Aragorn released his grip on the post and gingerly leaned his shoulder against it, flexing the muscles of his left hand to ease the cramps. He avoided even looking at the other one, a swollen, misshapen claw beneath the taut leather of his glove, too painful even to touch. He wiped the sweat from his brow, feeling shudders creep into his muscles already as the chills began again. He rested his forehead against the rough wood and closed his aching eyes. There was little chance that he could defeat the massive Dunlending now, even should he escape his bonds. His only hope was that the boy had escaped.
The snort of a horse startled him to alertness, and a man's heavy footsteps again approached the door to the lean-to. The bar was pulled away, and this time Aragorn didn't bother to feign unconsciousness. Looking up at the doorway as it filled with the massive bulk of Teburic, Aragorn's heart sank as he saw what the thief-lord grasped before him, suspended between meaty fists – the unconscious form of Rolly.
"Reap what you sow, Ranger," Teburic said, heaving the boy's limp form across the length of the lean-to. The boy landed in a crumpled heap on a pile of grain sacks in the corner and did not move.
Aragorn tensed as the man approached him, aware that he was nearly helpless but unable to go down without a fight. He raised his bound hands in self-defense, but the bear of a man merely stood over him, shaking his head, his bulbous face twisted with amusement. "Hard to believe such a scrawny mongrel as you took out two of my best men," he said. "When we're through with business, you'll pay for that. But first, I have a job to do."
Aragorn ignored the threat. This was actually a promising development. The man was not as undisciplined as he initially appeared, and a man capable of delaying gratification and setting priorities might be a man he could deal with. "What do you want with me?"
Teburic folded his arms. "Glad you asked," he said congenially. "It's always better when men can conduct their business in a civil manner, don't you agree?" He leaned over. "Tell me what all your Rangers are doing on the Shire borders."
"Protecting it," Aragorn answered. "It's what we do. It's what we've always done."
"Ah, but not quite, is it?" Teburic retorted. "The guard was doubled some years back. Why?"
"Whom are you working for?"
Aragorn's answer was a kick in the ribs. "First lesson," Teburic said calmly, as Aragorn doubled over. "I ask the questions."
Aragorn managed to straighten and faced the Dunlending eye to eye. "You might as well kill me and be done with it."
"An excellent suggestion, and believe me, a very tempting one," Teburic said, leaning close enough for Aragorn to count his pores. "There's only one little problem with it. If you don't talk, I don't get paid. And I have no intention of not getting paid. I hope I've made myself clear." He knelt down and stared Aragorn in the face. "One last chance to do this the easy way. What is Gandalf's interest in the Shire?"
"Tell me who wants to know about Gandalf and I will make it worth your while," Aragorn replied, an instant before a backhanded slap hurled him face-first into the floor. As he lay stunned, Teburic's knee drove into his back again, crushing his chest against the floor. As he lay helpless, his ankles were bound together, and then Teburic stood up.
Aragorn rolled to his side. "You will never win," he whispered, craning his neck to meet the thief-lord in the eye.
"We'll see about that," Teburic responded. He reached behind him and took up a long staff of wood.
Aragorn ducked his head in an instinctive attempt to protect his face and curled himself inward, managing to set his jaw against the pain before the first blow struck. Eyes tightly clenched, he bit back the urge to cry out as blows landed rhythmically across his back and legs. When finally it stopped, he lay trembling, steeling himself for the resumption of a torment whose force, he began to realize, had been carefully calculated to weaken him without inflicting mortal harm.
"Gandalf," the Dunlending said simply, lowering the staff and waiting while the Ranger's gasps slowly subsided. When there was no response, he leaned over until his heavy face loomed inches from Aragorn's. "Gandalf," he repeated. "What is Gandalf's interest in the Shire?"
Had Aragorn been in a slightly less dire position, he would have laughed. He had asked Gandalf the very same question, many decades ago, when his friendship with the wizard was new and he had yet seen little of the evils of Men and darker creatures. To an ambitious, fearless - say it, reckless, youth, fairly ravenous with the hunger for adventure and exploration, the Shire and all of its incurious, simple folk had seemed incomprehensibly quaint, provincial, and, well, boring. What possible interest could anyone have in a pastoral land populated by such silly, self-interested creatures as hobbits when there were wild, unseen lands to roam, nasty evil creatures to slaughter, and newly-revealed destinies to explore?
"Someday, you will understand," Gandalf had answered him then, with a knowing smile that Aragorn would come to know well over the coming years. And indeed, years later, when Aragorn had quite had his fill of the evil deeds of Men and fouler creatures, he did.
What is Gandalf's interest in the Shire?
Though Aragorn had no intention of answering the question in any fashion that would satisfy Teburic, he found himself mesmerized by its very absurdity, and horrified by its implications. Somehow, he and Gandalf had made a grave mistake. Their earnest and well-meaning efforts to protect the Shire and its terrible secret had somehow unwittingly drawn unwanted attention to both. Aragorn drew small comfort from the fact that the man who stood before him had as yet no more conception of the reason for Rangers' presence at the Shire than he had of Gandalf's love for it.
"You will never understand," Aragorn answered, managing to take one full breath before the blows began to fall again.
The interrogation went on until he passed out from the pain, and when consciousness returned, he found that the fever which had been toying with him had at last come on in full force, burning through his scalp and leaving him tearing at the shirt that seemed to wrap him in hot coals. He tossed helplessly in the restraints, hoping desperately with fading awareness that the rising tide of fever toxins in his bloodstream would kill him quickly, silencing him and forever taking his secrets out of reach, before cloying delirium could loosen his tongue.
Hope for such an outcome was short-lived. In his fevered half-awareness, Aragorn felt hands take hold of his shoulders and lift him, supporting his head as something was pressed against his lips. "Don't go dying on me, Strider," a familiar harsh voice whispered in his ear. "We haven't even started yet." He tried to turn his head away, but an iron grip fastened on his jaw and held him still as bitter liquid was poured between his lips. His mouth was held closed and his head held still until he swallowed reflexively to keep from choking. As soon as he gained his breath, the process was repeated. When it was done, Aragorn was laid back down on the floor, too weak and disoriented to move.
Some time had passed, it seemed, when the fever seemed to lift like a fog, and Aragorn opened his eyes to calm lucidity. There was something heavy, stiff, and smelly on top of him. A horse blanket. He pushed it off and sat up slowly. His head felt fuzzy and his muscles were weak but the incessant pounding was gone, for the moment. It was night. He searched the shadows and saw a boy-sized form huddled against the far wall. He tried to move toward it but was held back by the manacles. Leaning as close as he could, he whispered, "Rolly."
"Strider?" came an answering whimper. "I'm sorry. I got lost, he caught me - "
"Shh," he answered. "It's all right. Can you come over here?"
The huddled shadow obediently crawled over to him.
"Where did he hurt you?" Aragorn asked, reaching to examine the boy for injuries.
"He just hit me. He does that a lot," the boy answered, as if that were an answer. "My head hurts."
"Do you feel dizzy? Do you feel like you have to throw up?"
"No," the boy answered. "My head just hurts. What do we do now?"
Aragorn sighed. Teburic was no fool. The boy would not be given another opportunity to run, and it would soon occur to the Dunlending to use him as leverage, if it hadn't already. Two prisoners could be used against each other, but in this case, he was the only one with something to offer. The stakes had just been raised. He turned back to the wooden post. "I need to get this post out of the ground. Does Teburic keep anything in here that you can use to dig? Knives, tools, anything?"
The boy thought for a moment. "There are some tools he uses to clean the horse's hooves," he said. He crawled over to a pile of junk in the corner and rummaged through it by feel. Finally coming up with the items he sought, he brought them over and handed one to Aragorn.
The Ranger took the tool in his hand and felt the curve of the blade. It would not make much of a weapon, but against a dirt floor, it would do just fine.
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|O'Dowd's support of Jim Tracy is baffling.
No longer are fans wondering if this team can turn it around, but rather, who should be fired first.
The debate seems to be an almost even split. Half of the fans blame manager Jim Tracy. He is hard to defend considering his seemingly clueless in-game management decisions and his constantly revolving lineups.
The other side of the debate favors quickly dispatching general manager Dan O'Dowd. With a starting rotation that has looked more like they belong in Tulsa than in the big leagues, and a bullpen that has quickly felt the effects of overuse, it is easy to blame O'Dowd for not fielding a team that is capable of competing.
It has become apparent that changes do need to be made. Some would argue that change won't help anything, and it very well might not. However, at this point, whether or not the changes result in anything positive for the 2012 season or not, it will show fans--and possibly the team--that losing is unacceptable.
So who should be the first to go? The correct answer is a tricky one. Based strictly on performance, the answer is easy. Tracy has been absolutely brutal in the dugout. His moves have been head scratching at best and completely defenseless at worst.
O'Dowd, on the other hand, has made his fair share of mistakes, but his on field job has been adequate. Talent-wise, this Rockies team is good enough to compete. No one is saying that they are going to win 100 games and cruise into the playoffs, but to be fair, O'Dowd never suggested that.
The biggest mark going into the 2012 campaign was not the lineup. The questions started and ended with the starting rotation. Jokes about a 49-year-old even competing for a starting spot was one thing, but when Jamie Moyer actually made the starting rotation, the comedy was intensified.
Arguing that O'Dowd had failed to build a strong starting pitching rotation were true. Although, it wasn't true for the reasons that the anti-O'Dowd crowd suggests. Most of the crowd that blames O'Dowd get angry that he didn't go out and sign a big-name free agent. That notion is simply incorrect simply because the big-name free agent that fans wanted O'Dowd to sign did not exist in the past offseason.
O'Dowd's failures came by drafting and developing poorly. A team that has modeled itself in the way the Rockies are built cannot afford to fail in the draft. The also have to take the raw talent that they get in the draft and get significant growth quickly. These players have to be able to produce almost immediately when they hit the big leagues or the plan simply won't work.
O'Dowd realized in 2011 that the prospects that he had put so much weight into were not going to be the caliber of players that the Rockies needed. The big league club was struggling and the batch of highly-touted prospects were sitting in Single-A Modesto. There was going to have to be at least a year before those guys were ready.
Instead of trading them away, O'Dowd built a veteran-laden team to bridge the gap. It is a team that has firepower, knows how to win and fights hard despite having their fair share of issues.
The question mark remained the starting rotation. However, if Jhoulys Chacin took a step forward, Drew Pomeranz pitched above his age, and Jorge De La Rosa came back strong, the Rockies were going to be able to at least compete in the National League West. Throw in Juan Nicasio and the team had a chance to do damage.
There were question marks, no doubt about it. However, the reality is, the team is talented enough to win. The roster is not filled with players who couldn't play anywhere else. The roster is filled with players who belong in the big leagues, with a couple of exceptions.
From that perspective, O'Dowd did his job. He built a bridge that would at least give fans something to root for and a respectable enough club to play meaningful games in September, if not fight for a spot in October.
The failures of O'Dowd, however, do not come from the mistakes on the field. His greatest error has nothing to do with the talent on the field. His biggest mistake came early in spring training when he told the media that Tracy could be the manager as long as he wanted. O'Dowd and Tracy both enter the final seasons of their contracts. It would be easy for the GM to preserve his own job by shifting the blame to Tracy and giving him his walking papers before Rockies spiral too far out of control.
Relieving Tracy from his position seems like the most obvious answer to nearly everyone except for O'Dowd. The ineptitude from the dugout gets worse every night, yet O'Dowd has done nothing but show support for his manager.
Because of this decision to turn a blind eye to the failures of Tracy, as well as many of Tracy's coaching staff members, O'Dowd has earned himself a spot in the unemployment line along with Tracy. Instead of getting rid of the problem that is Jim Tracy, O'Dowd has hitched his wagon to the failing manager. It is a noble act, but it is also the act that has him a position where he should be removed.
The talent on the field is good enough to be respectable. O'Dowd did fine putting that together. The talent from Tracy, and Tracy's staff, leave much to be desired. Yet, because O'Dowd turns a blind eye to these failures, his ship deserves to be sunk first.
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A famous Chinese blogger is forced to shut down his magazine
A famous Chinese blogger is forced to shut down his magazine. Web users are mobilizing support for alleged Wikileaks source, soldier Bradley Manning. And a video offering advice on Photoshop software, in music.
The first issue of « Party » was published in July and sold 1.5 million copies in China. But despite this success there will be no further issues available in shops for perhaps several years.
This literary magazine was created by Han Han, a successful author, professional race car driver and spokesperson for an entire generation in China, born just after the open economy and the adoption of the one child policy. Despite the censorship in China, he comments on current affairs with a certain provocative tone.
His blog is one of the most popular in the world and in his latest post he announced his magazine would no longer be published. "I do not know who I could have offended" he explains, and mentions that his editors had been placed under pressure.
On his micro blog, the magazine's editor in chief Ma Yimu declares « But we will be back » . Alongside the message is a photo of the bottle of wine that would have been opened to celebrate the publication's second issue.
This web page is devoted to the magazine, the name signifies "chorus of solos" in Chinese, and web users can use it to unload their bitterness and share their hope that the magazine will soon be back in action.
Musician Zhang Zuofu thinks this episode reflects an impatient tendency among young people to want to shake up people's mindsets. But he is asking his fans to seek inspiration from Han Han's enthusiasm as he believes that one day his hard work will pay off.
« Free Bradley Manning » this is the appeal launched by hacker group Anonymous in support of the American soldier. This army intelligence specialist has been detained since July in Quantico prison in the state of Virginia, and is accused of leaking sensitive military and diplomatic documents to Wikileaks.
The US regards this as an act of treason and Bradley Manning spent his 23rd birthday on the 17th of December in prison. For the occasion, his lawyer David Combs published the prisoner's timetable on his blog. We learn that he is confined to his cell for 23 hours per day and has the right to watch television at certain periods during the day.
Glenn Greenwald has condemned these conditions. The lawyer feels the imprisonment is inhumane and is likely to cause the prisoner long term psychological damage.
Others mention torture when describing the treatment of Manning. The site warisacrime.org is encouraging citizens to fill out a formal complaint for the United Nations. The UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak, did recently announce he would open up an enquiry into these allegations.
The site bradleymanning.org meanwhile is asking web users to show the soldier their support by sending him a greeting card. Standwithbrad.org is collecting signatures for a petition demanding his freedom, and the site couragetoresist is organizing an online fundraising campaign to help pay for Bradley Manning's legal fees.
The Wikileaks' revelations generate a huge amount of publications on the Internet. To stay up to date with the latest news, the site wikiriver.org is grouping together all the online articles and videos that mention the diplomatic cables divulged by the organization. This is a practical way to be updated on a daily basis on the latest Wikileaks revelations in the press.
This video is for anyone who wants to find out more about the Photoshop software. Web users can learn the basics on retouching images in a rather fun way. From this rap you can learn how to make a text stand out from a photo, and also how to correct red eyes. You can see this clip for yourself on the site CollegeHumor.com
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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
Menopause is a natural process, which usually occurs around the age of 50. However, if the normal menstrual cycle is interrupted prior to age 40, it is thought to be abnormal and is referred to as premature menopause.
Risk factors for premature menopause include:
- Family history of premature menopause
- Surgical removal of the ovaries
- Radiation
- Chemotherapy
- Medications that reduce estrogen levels
- Smoking
- Autoimmune diseases
- Medical treatments (pelvic surgery, chemotherapy, or pelvic radiation therapy)
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