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The Hobbit is a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, set in Middle-earth. The book was first published on September 21, 1937 and is set in the years 2941 to 2942 of the Third Age before the events of The Lord of the Rings.[1]
- Disambiguation: This page relates to the novel (although adaptations are discussed below). You may be looking for the pages specifically relating to the word Hobbit, the Hobbit films by Peter Jackson, the 1977 film The Hobbit, or the 2003 video game The Hobbit.
The Book
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit (as well as the first two books of The Lord of the Rings) during his time as a Fellow and Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College of the University of Oxford in England.[2] Tolkien recollected in a 1955 letter to W.H. Auden[3] that The Hobbit began in the late 1920s when he was marking School Certificate papers and wrote the words "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit" on the back of one of them. The Hobbit didn't go any further than that at the time, although in the following years he drew up Thror's map, outlining the geography of the tale. The story itself he wrote in the early 1930s, and it was eventually published because he lent it to the Rev. Mother of Cherwell Edge when she was sick with the flu, and while she had the manuscript it was seen by a former student who was employed in the office of Allen & Unwin, a British publishing house.
Tolkien introduced or mentioned characters and places that figured prominently in his legendarium, specifically Elrond and Gondolin, along with elements from Germanic legend. But the decision that the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings could belong the same universe as The Silmarillion was made only after his initial success and the request by his publisher for a sequel.
Although a fairy tale, the book is both complex and sophisticated: it contains many names and words derived from Norse mythology, and central plot elements from the Beowulf epic, it makes use of Anglo-Saxon runes, information on calendars and moon phases, and detailed geographical descriptions that fit well with the accompanying maps.
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, was smoking in his porch-way at Bag End one day, when Gandalf the Wizard visits him. After a lengthy discussion, during which Bilbo uses the phrase "Good Morning" several times, Bilbo finding himself flustered, invites Gandalf to tea, and goes back inside his Hobbit-House with a final "Good Morning". Gandalf carves a secret mark on Bilbo's front door, which translated means "Burglar wants a good job, plenty of excitement and reasonable reward." Soon after, 13 Dwarves (Thorin Oakenshield, Gloin, Óin, Ori, Nori, Dori, Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur) show up and begin rudely discussing their planned treasure hunt while the hapless Bilbo provides the obligatory hospitality. After the dwarves and Bilbo clean up the mess, a map is produced and Gandalf arranges for Bilbo to get the job — as well as to break the unlucky number 13. The company's quest: Use a secret door to get into the Lonely Mountain, send forth their burglar to steal as much of the riches within its halls as is possible, and give a recon report, then have everyone kill Smaug, become way to rich.
The next morning, after oversleeping and nearly missing the start of the journey, Bilbo goes off with the Dwarves. They are nearly eaten by 3 trolls, but Gandalf manages to trick the trolls into staying up all night whereupon they are turned into stone by the first light of dawn and die (the stone trolls appear later in The Fellowship of the Ring). In the trolls' cave they find the trolls' storage of supplies, including several weapons. Bilbo acquires an elvish short sword which he will later name Sting, which glows blue in the presence of goblins. Thorin acquires Orcrist, and Gandalf acquires Glamdring.
The party travels to Rivendell, where they enjoy the hospitality of the elves. There, Elrond finds moon-runes on the company's map of the mountain, giving information about a secret door on its side. They then proceed eastward toward the Misty Mountains. There they are captured by goblins, and carried under the mountain. They run away, and during the escape Bilbo loses the Dwarves. Alone in the dark after running away from the goblins, Bilbo finds a gold ring on the floor of a cave passage and puts it in his pocket. Little did he know that this was the One Ring lost by Sauron centuries ago.
Continuing down a tunnel, he finds himself at the shore of an underground lake. Gollum quietly paddles up in his boat, and the two enact the Riddle Game, under the condition that if Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out, but if Bilbo loses, Gollum will eat him. After several riddles, which each manages to answer, Bilbo, whilst fiddling in his pocket unable to think of a riddle, asks himself aloud "What have I got in my pocket?". Gollum thinks this is supposed to be the next riddle, and as it doesn't comply with the rules of the riddle game, demands three guesses; in the end he fails to guess the answer. Bilbo demands his reward, but Gollum refuses and paddles off in his boat to an island in the lake, upon which he lives. After searching around for a while asking aloud "Where is it? Where's my precious!?" to which Bilbo replies, "I don't know and I don't care. I just want to get out of here", Gollum becomes suspicious, gets in his boat, and starts paddling back across the lake towards Bilbo. Bilbo realizes his life is in danger and makes his escape down the maze of pitch-black tunnels, and Gollum gives chase. Bilbo trips, and finds the ring on his finger. Realising he has no chance to escape his pursuer, he stays where he is and prepares to meet his fate, but Gollum runs right over him. Bilbo realises the ring makes him invisible. He manages to escape past Gollum, who has gone to guard the only exit, and finds his way to the surface where he rejoins the Dwarves.
Descending from the Misty Mountains, they survive an encounter with Wargs (large evil wolves) and goblins by climbing trees. Eagles, summoned by Gandalf, then came to rescue them. They soon meet Beorn, a man who can transform into a bear. They depart, having rested for several days. Gandalf leaves soon on an errand. The party traverses the great forest, Mirkwood, eventually running out of supplies. Gandalf had warned them not to leave the path, but they saw fire and heard singing, so, hopeless, they leave the path to beg food from Wood-elves, only to get lost. They are captured by giant spiders, but Bilbo rescues the Dwarves by becoming invisible and killing many spiders with Sting and rocks. Elves then capture the Dwarves and imprison them, but Bilbo manages to sneak into the Elvenking Thranduil's palace unnoticed using the ring; he then helps the Dwarves escape in barrels floating down the river.
After staying for a short period of time at Laketown, the treasure-seekers proceed to the Lonely Mountain. Finding themselves unable to locate the secret door, the company sits down, depressed, on a cliff. Hearing a Thrush knocking on a stone, Bilbo looks up just in time to see the last rays of the Sun of Durin's Day, shining on the cliff wall, to magically reveal the secret door (as was foretold by moon-letters upon a map that the company was in possession of). Bilbo is sent down to meet Smaug. The dragon, realising the Company received help from the people of Laketown, sets out to destroy it. However, the Thrush that had been knocking on the stone was no ordinary bird but of an ancient race with whom the men of the lake could communicate, and it had heard Bilbo's report to the dwarves, that Smaug had a bare patch in his armor on the left side of his chest (nearest his heart) that could be used to slaughter him, if only you could get close enough. It conveyed this message to one Bard the Bowman, who seeing the bare patch on the chest of Smaug, dispatched the dragon with a single arrow, thus allowing the party of Dwarves to take possession of the treasure.
The citizens of Laketown arrive to make historical claims and demand compensation for the help they had rendered, as well as reparations for damage Smaug inflicted during his attack. They're joined by the Elves, who also demand a share based on historical claims. The Dwarves refuse all negotiations and in turn summon kin from the mountains to strengthen their position. Seeing no other way to avert a war, Bilbo uses the ring to steal the prized Arkenstone from the Dwarves, which he uses to broker peace.
Just as a grudging truce is agreed to, the three armies at the Lonely Mountain (Elves, Men, and Dwarves) are attacked by Goblins and Wargs from the Misty Mountains. A bitter battle ensues (named the Battle of the Five Armies). Though suffering heavy losses, Elves, Men, and Dwarves prevail with the help of the Eagles. The treasure is apportioned. Bilbo refuses most of the riches, realising he has no way to bring them back home; he nevertheless takes enough with him to make himself a wealthy hobbit and live happily thereafter, unaware of the dangerous nature of his ring.
Alternate version
In the first edition, Gollum willingly bets his magic ring on the outcome of the riddle game. During the writing of The Lord of the Rings Tolkien saw the need to revise this passage, in order to reflect the concept of the One Ring and its powerful hold on Gollum. Tolkien tried many different passages in the chapter that would become chapter 2 of The Lord of the Rings, "The Shadow of the Past". Eventually Tolkien decided a rewrite of The Hobbit was in order, and he sent a sample chapter of this rewrite ("Riddles In The Dark") to his publishers. Initially he heard nothing further, but when he was sent galley proofs of a new edition he learned to his surprise the new chapter had been incorporated as the result of a misunderstanding.
Tolkien explained the two different versions in the introduction of The Lord of the Rings, as well as inside "The Shadow of the Past", as a "lie" that Bilbo made up, probably because of the One Ring's influence on him, and which he originally wrote down in his book. Inside The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo finally confesses the real story at the Council of Elrond, although Gandalf had deduced the truth earlier. As Tolkien presented himself as the translator of the supposedly historic Red Book of Westmarch, where Bilbo and Frodo's stories were recorded, he further explained the two differing stories in The Hobbit by stating he had originally used Bilbo's original story, but later re-translated the work with the "true story" recorded by Frodo.
This first edition also mentions "gnomes", an earlier word Tolkien used to refer to the second kindred of the High Elves — the Ñoldor (or "Deep Elves"). Tolkien thought that "gnome", being derived from the Greek gnosis (knowledge), was a good name for the Ñoldor he created to be the wisest of the other Elves. However, because of its English connotations of a small, secretive, and unattractive creature (see garden gnome), Tolkien removed it from later editions. He made other minor changes in order to conform the narrative to events in The Lord of the Rings and in the ideas he was developing for the Quenta Silmarillion.
However, this still doesn't fit perfectly: even revised, The Hobbit is so much different in tone that it sometimes seems to belong in another universe from other Middle-earth works. Examples include the following:
- Anachronisms: Bilbo has a clock (the clock makes an appearance in Lord of the Rings as well[4][5], the Shire has clocks, and the term 'o'clock' is mentioned throughout as a specific hobbit term in Shire reckoning of time based on said clocks). Many artists like John Howe prefer to omit it from their paintings. Bilbo also is mentioned to have matches for his pipe (it does make a point to note that Dwarves only use tinder-boxes[6] and thus suggesting it also a Shire specific technology). In the world of Lord of the Rings matches had not yet been invented[Source?] and all use flints. To be fair the LOTR never describes how Hobbits light their pipes (when pipes are mentioned Hobbits are already smoking them), Gimli the dwarf lights his pipe with flint and tinder). Sam has a tinder-box (which he prominently needs for his cooking gear). Even matches and fireworks (which feature prominently in Hobbit and LOTR both) have similar histories (both using similar chemistry) in the real world (matches actually predate fireworks in development in China, and may go back further in other cultures as well). Tinder-boxes are better for long journies as well (only times the Hobbit mentions matches Bilbo had already run out of them).
- The Trolls have English first and last names, like fairy-tale characters.
- Lighthearted use of "magic": when Bilbo tries to steal a purse from the Trolls, the purse shouts.
- Elves appear as either silly mischiefs (Rivendell) or hostile (Mirkwood).
- Orcs are still called Goblins, and are more like bogeymen than man-eating humanoid warriors (although in Lord of the Rings Orcs are also called Goblins in places).
- Gandalf mentions Radagast as his cousin. (Then again, both Gandalf and Radagast are angelic Maiar spirits, and thus in a sense are "related", both being children of the thought of Ilúvatar.)
- The extensive mentioning (and brief appearance) of Giants and stone-giants. Giants were never developed in Tolkien's other works, but since they should exist and possibly take a grand part in the past and upcoming Wars, they are never mentioned again. Even if Giants are seen as a kind of large Troll, they are hard to justify, as trolls are described as either incredibly stupid or incredibly evil: quite unlike the stone-giants of The Hobbit. Giants actually do get mentioned several times in Lord of the Rings but as rumors, tales, or legends of the past (i.e. Giants on the boarders of the shire or in the High Moor, or that men say the Hornburg was built with the hands of giants).
- The comical allusion to Vita Sackville-West, who had been involved in a sensational court case over an English estate in the decade before The Hobbit was written.
- The Orcs pictured in The Hobbit are not depicted as being allied to either Sauron (called the Necromancer in this case) or Saruman. They are simply depicted as hating all the Free Peoples, and attacking them randomly.
- References to fairies and ogres are also included.
- Direct references to wicked dwarves a nod back to some of his earlier dwarves such as Mim (which would later divide into ideas of Petty-dwarves and other Dwarves). Dwarves are also spell casters and use enchanted curses in similarity to his earlier tales.
Some of the tone differences can be explained by accepting Bilbo as the author of the work: Bilbo wrote the story of his journeys to recount them to the children of Hobbiton and therefore changed the story somewhat. Apparent major differences such as the different perception of the Ring can also be explained by Bilbo's lacking knowledge of these matters.
From a development standpoint The Hobbit and also some of the material in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was first written when Tolkien was still enmeshed in and writing material in The Book of Lost Tales and Lays of Beleriend in the early tales. Not all of that earlier material was edited out in the final editions.
Similarities to Beowulf
During his time as a professor at the University of Oxford Tolkien studied Anglo-Saxon. One of the Anglo-Saxon pieces of literature he studied is the epic poem Beowulf, about which he wrote essays such as The Monsters and the Critics. Interesting parallels can be found between The Hobbit and Beowulf.
The plots of the two stories are very similar. In both of them a party of 13 sets out to seek satisfaction for a crime committed by a dragon. Both parties contain a thief, which in The Hobbit is Bilbo, who steals a cup from the sleeping dragon's hoard by using a secret passage. Both dragons then awake from their deep slumber and cause terror and destruction. Both dragons are well protected by their armour, a natural one in Beowulf and one made of gold and diamonds in The Hobbit, but finally they are killed. Both stories end or almost end with a fight with a dragon.
But not only the plots share similarities: both main characters, Bilbo and Beowulf, share characteristics. Both heroes defy their enemies with their supernatural power, which in Bilbo's case is the ring and in Beowulf's case is his supernatural strength. While Beowulf has the help of God, Bilbo often prevails because of his sheer luck. Both are of noble ancestry and both get separated from their group, Bilbo in the mountains, Beowulf when he travels down to the lair of Grendel's mother in order to kill her.
Additionally some elements of Anglo-Saxon culture can be found. In both books a king, which in Anglo-Saxon sometimes is called ring or gold giver, awards his warriors with treasures and war gear. In Anglo-Saxon culture poems are important, as they contain the people's history and they are sung by scops. Two of these songs are found in Beowulf and more in The Hobbit. The Anglo-Saxon society was one of warriors and Tolkien's dwarves are close to this culture. They are warriors and like Anglo-Saxons they value jewellery and war gear.
George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London published the first edition of The Hobbit in September 1937. It was illustrated with many black-and-white drawings by Tolkien himself. The original illustrations would be colour plates. Allen & Unwin decided to incorporate the colour illustrations into their second printing, released at the end of 1937. Despite the book's popularity, wartime conditions forced the London publisher to print small runs of the remaining two printings of the first edition.
As remarked above, Tolkien substantially revised the text describing Bilbo's dealings with Gollum in order to blend the story better into what The Lord of the Rings had become. This revision became the second edition, published in 1951 in both UK and American editions. Slight corrections to the text have appeared in the third (1966) and fourth editions (1978).
New English-language editions of The Hobbit spring up often, despite the book's age, with at least fifty editions having been published to date. Each comes from a different publisher or bears distinctive cover art, internal art, or substantial changes in format. The text of each generally adheres to the Allen & Unwin edition extant at the time it is published.
The remarkable and enduring popularity of The Hobbit expresses itself in the collectors' market. The first printing of the first English language edition rarely sells for under U.S. $10,000 in any whole condition, and clean copies in original dust jackets signed by the author are routinely advertised for over $100,000. Online auction site eBay tends to define the market value for those who collect The Hobbit.
The Hobbit has been translated into many languages. Known languages, with the first date of publishing, are:
Portrayal in Adaptations
The Hobbit is a 1977 animated television movie adaptation of the book by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film was made by Rankin/Bass Productions and manages to economically retell most of the story within its 78-minute duration. An LP with the soundtrack and dialogue from the film was also released in 1977 by Disney through its Buena Vista Records label and an edited version, along with accompanying "storyteller read-alongs," was later issued for the Mouse Factory's Disneyland Records imprint. Harry N. Abrams published a large coffee-table illustrated edition of the book featuring concept art and stills. A second album by Glenn Yarbrough of music "inspired" by The Hobbit was also released.
The film was first broadcast on NBC in the United States, on November 27, 1977 (on Sunday night, three days after Thanksgiving) and is presented in a heart-warming style, featuring a lot of songs (many of which are based on poems and lyrics from the book). Much of the story has been simplified and several episodes and key scenes are omitted.
A live-action three-part movie adaption of The Hobbit, directed by Peter Jackson, was released in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[7] The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 14, 2012, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on December 13, 2013[8] and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies on July 18, 2014.[8]
The Hobbit has been adapted for other media. BBC Radio 4 broadcast The Hobbit radio drama, adapted by Michael Kilgarriff, in eight parts (4 hours) from September to November 1968, which starred Anthony Jackson as narrator, Paul Daneman as Bilbo, and Heron Carvic as Gandalf. Another famous audio adaptation authorized by Professor Tolkien was published by Conifer Records in 1974 and featured Nicol Williamson as every character.Middle-earth has been featured in songs notably by Enya and the Brobdingnagian Bards. Led Zeppelin's songs "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Ramble On" both contain references to Tolkien's mystical world. For The Hobbit itself, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins", performed by Leonard Nimoy as part of his 1968 Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy album, is the most pertinent because it recounts the book's storyline in its two minutes. The ballad's music video became a minor Internet meme in the early 2000s when The Lord of the Rings movies were released.
Several computer and video games, both official and unofficial, have been based on the book. One of the first was The Hobbit, a computer game developed in 1982 by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House for most computers available at the time, from the more popular computers such as the ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 64, through to such esoteric computers as the Dragon 32 and Oric computers. By arrangement with the book publishers, a copy of the book was included with each game sold.An animated version of the story debuted as a television movie in the U.S. in 1977. In late 2007, New Line Studios and Peter Jackson announced that their legal differences over the Lord of the Rings trilogy had been resolved and that production of a new film adaptation of the The Hobbit (as well as a sequel) produced by Jackson would begin as soon as possible. It is currently in production. As of now, the first part: The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey was released in theaters the 14th of December, 2012. The second part: The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug was released on the 13th of December 2013. An announced third and final part: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is due to be released in 2014.
Vivendi Universal Games published The Hobbit in 2003 for Windows PCs, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. It is a hack and slash game produced as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings video games, but also as a softer version of those two games: less brutal, fewer enemies, but with an important platform aspect, the game was designed for smaller children. A similar version of this game was also published for the Game Boy Advance.
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings was written from 1937 to 1949 and was published in 1954 and 1955.
- ↑ Although he had been an undergraduate at Exeter College, Tolkien was a Fellow of Pembroke from 1925 to 1945.
- ↑ Auden, W.H., Letters, no. 163
- ↑ Bilbo took out the envelope, but just as he was about to set it by the clock, his hand jerked back, and the packet fell on the floor.
- J.R.R. Tolkien (2009-04-17). The Lord of the Rings (p. 35). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ 'About a couple of hours after daybreak,' said Sam, 'and nigh on half past eight by Shire clocks, maybe.
- J.R.R. Tolkien (2009-04-17). The Lord of the Rings (p. 655). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Gandalf, too, was lying down after doing his part in setting the fire going, since Oin and Gloin had lost their tinder-boxes. (Dwarves have never taken to matches even yet.) Tolkien, J.R.R. (2009-04-17). The Hobbit (Kindle Locations 1796-1797). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Rottenberg, Josh (July 30, 2012). Peter Jackson announces a third 'Hobbit' film. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on July 30, 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 McClintock, Pamela (August 31, 2012). Third 'Hobbit' Film Sets Release Date. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on September 1, 2012.
See also
| J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Works published during his lifetime
Posthumous publications
Lists of LOTR Wiki articles about Middle-earth
|This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at The Hobbit. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with The One Wiki to Rule Them All, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
External links
- The Hobbit at Tolkien Gateway
- The Hobbit Pub Official website of the Pub in Southampton, England
- The Hobbit A collection of edition covers, 1937–2005

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Wanderer in the Storm, 1835
Carl Julius von Leypold (German, 1805–1874)
Oil on canvas; 16 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (42.5 x 6.5 cm)
Dated at lower left: 1835
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 2008 (2008.7)
A lone man in a fluttering black cape, boots, and blue pants walks through an autumnal, storm-swept landscape. Symbol-laden elements abound: a crumbling brick wall with an abandoned shrine, ancient boulders, a mighty birch tree whose branches and twigs form a fantastic filigree pattern over the magnificent cloudy sky. Blue mountains rise in the far distance. The image is suffused with the melancholy of autumn, both as season in nature and of the cycle of life.
The figure of the lonely wanderer in untamed nature as a personification of restless yearning was beloved by the German Romantics and featured in their paintings, novels, and poems. The composer Franz Schubert immortalized them in his "Wanderer Fantasy" (1816) and his song cycle Die Winterreise (1827). The feelings of man's loneliness and nature's transience expressed in this picture find direct parallels in the work of Caspar David Friedrich, who was a great inspiration to Leypold. Indeed, Leypold's early work, of the mid-1820s, followed Friedrich's virtuosity so closely that a group of these pictures was until recently attributed to him.


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Was it a brilliant meteor that flashed across Australia? (Illustration by Leonard Wikberg III, courtesy ScienceData.net)
"Suddenly there was this flash, it's the only way I can describe it – it was so bright it was a white flash and it lit everything up. It was like somebody had turned on 50,000 spotlights."
That's how Elsa Nelms described the bright light in the Australian outback around 7 p.m. local time last night, as a huge fireball reportedly crashed to Earth somewhere in the state of Queensland.
"We all looked up in the sky and there was a white smoke trail coming from the Northeast – like a firecracker smoke trail but it was too high to even be an aircraft," the Winton resident told the Australian Associated Press.
Some citizens thought they might be under attack.
"[My friend] thought we were getting bombed and it just come over this big fire with a big tail about the size of a semi-trailer and we heard this big explosion," a witness said, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "The ground was just vibrating and there was this big vapor trail and it stayed in the air for about 10 minutes … we didn't know what was happening."
Grazier Peter Crombie told ABC the light show was fantastic.
1966 meteor seen above Wrightwood, Calif. (NASA photo: James W. Young)
"It just lit up the whole garden here like an arc light … with that really brilliant light," he said. "I was talking to one lady or two ladies driving along, they said it lit up the whole inside of the car. You could just see everything you know, you could honestly read a newspaper."
"It actually shook buildings," George Schafer of Winton told the Townsville Bulletin. "There was a bang like you wouldn't believe."
Mike Barton of Australian Search and Rescue says the pilot of a Virgin Blue passenger jet reported the unidentified object flying over him at about 25,000 feet, and told ABC it "looks like some sort of meteor space re-entry."
Murray Smith from the town of Roma described his experience to the network.
"I actually had my back to it, but somebody yelled out what's that?" he said. "I looked around and I said what the hell is it? It was a big fireball. I don't know how big you'd say it was, as big as the sun anyway with the front end of it and a pretty long comet like tail on it. But all I can say was it was big. Nothing like I'd ever seen, and I've seen a few satellites and this and that, but I'd never seen anything as big as that one."
Back in Winton, Nelms told AAP her house shook and the entire town either witnessed or felt the event, as phones instantly started ringing and people jumped out of their homes.
"The neighbors came over and they were white-faced," she said.
Nelms said she spoke with others some 80 miles away from Winton who saw the flash but didn't feel any vibration.
"There's probably is a big hole somewhere – but had this fallen on Winton we probably wouldn't be sitting here talking about it," she said.
While no one has confirmed what the object was, officials suspect it was a meteorite, though the location of impact has yet to be determined.
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Put these bridge guys to work
Posted By John Latta On June 11, 2012 @ 3:23 pm In Construction Blog | No Comments
Inside the Convention Center downtown Pittsburgh some really impressive American bridge technology. Outside, old bridges.
Its frustrating, to put it mildly,to see so much know-how and capabiity being underused. I know, I know, I bleed reauthorization. But America's bridges keep aging and we are far too slow to address the problem on the job.
This is the International Bridge Conference and it showcases what American bridge builders and companies in the bridge industry can do. But we need them doing more of it.
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School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Boundary Value Problems 2009, 2009:532546 doi:10.1155/2009/532546Published: 16 June 2009
We consider a similinear elliptic equation with sign-changing potential , , where is a function possibly changing sign in . Under certain assumptions on , we prove that the equation has infinitely many solutions.
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Compusa.com has recently lowered the price of the refurbished Magellan 1200 Auto GPS Navigation System and Navigon 3.5-inch EVA Case Bundle to only $59.98, which means it's dropped $110 off its previous $169.98 list price, and is now $60 less than a new version of the same GPS without the case. Available in this GPS is support for up to 1.3 million waypoints, an integrated multidirectional antenna, and a built-in lithium-ion battery that can last up to 2 hours on a single charge. Shipping rates for this product start at $4.96, and sales tax applies for residents of
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ITV is exploiting young journalist hopefuls in The Exclusives
So, they say this is the era of the 'exclusive': that elusive media term that somehow insinuates images of tabloid reporters pumping only the finest in mindless celeb gossip down the gullets of their unsuspecting readers. But, of course, not all media is awful – we have the wonder that is ITV. Perhaps, then, it's gracious of them to have set themselves the task of finding the next generation in 'journalistic talent', commissioning the ever so insightful The Exclusives – a weekly showcase of idiocy in the service of media fame that somehow seems engaging amongst the rest of the ITV schedule. I know, it's an odd thought isn't it?
In case you're actually sane, and haven't watched The Exclusives yet, the whole programme sees 6 desperate young writers hit the offices of Bauer Media in an attempt to see who can humiliate themselves the most as they're hurled into candid interviews with their idols. Of course, this being ITV, there's an element of competition involved – every week, the writers are pitted against each other as they go in search of the biggest scoop, something that all too annoyingly parallels the real media world. But I'm not going to spend this entire column moaning about how poor the whole affair is, instead, I thought I'd challenge the big-don-mans of ITV to a battle of morals. After all, I'm in the same game as these poor sods, and as much the journalistic hopeful as they are.
I guess I feel like I have to stand up for the mugs, I shouldn't, because, well, quite frankly they're all horrendous. But in telly-land of course it's not about your career, it's about finding those that are the most entertaining. So, before I start stabbing myself in the face with the nib of my biro, let's get a few things straight. Surviving in the media world is difficult, and being given an opportunity to explode your career on TV isn't something even the scabbiest of younguns' let pass without consideration. Because a world with money and fame seems an all round better prospect than surviving off LIDL's basics.
What we have to ask, is why ITV are more than happy to commission programmes that exploit younguns' careers for a bit of easy schedule-filler? I know the starry-eyed world of the media industry is one that seems appealing, and yes, the varnish of free booze and big parties are just enough to make the whole affair seem palatable. But since when, in any working establishment, was a commissioner allowed to bastardise the personalities of a bunch of kids – ripping apart their back stories in the hope of pulling together a vaguely interesting backstory? ITV commissioners are notoriously vampiric, but are they really that de-sensitised to humanity that, when the promise of a big buck looms, they'll let a production company tout the prospect of fame as an excuse to debase a bunch of aspirational dears? After all, this is – as the programme makes clear – the last-chance-saloon for most of them, and ambitions towards any kind of stable career are a distant dream. TV seems a somehow shinier affair than a life spent on street corners, kicking the ground in stolen trainers, clutching at a can of dirt-cheap cider.
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about me
Leading a life of leisure and taking things as they come!
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up!
(currently working in a corporation that used to be a startup)
I approach the world with an irreverent sense of humour and an offbeat take on life.
Food is one of my pleasures, and Sydney is an outstanding place to indulge!
I try to travel when I can. Last destination was Cuba which was fascinating. Spent a bit of time in New Orleans and Mexico too. If things work out I may get myself posted to New York for work!
Also I own the world's most awesome red velvet jacket.
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WASHINGTON (February 28, 2014) The slower-than-expected growth rate in the economy in the final quarter of 2013 can be linked in part to the bad weather in much of the country, economists say.
The weather cut into consumer spending on vehicles and other items, they say.
Economist Jennifer Lee of BMO Capital Markets said she expects the continued bad weather to limit growth in the current quarter to an annual rate of around 1.7 percent, but said she's looking for a solid rebound for the rest of the year.
She said there will be "pent-up demand" that will show up in the second quarter of the year.
The economy's growth rate of 2.4 percent in the last three months of 2013 was sharply lower than had been thought, but economists are finding encouragement in one aspect of the report.
The government's estimate of business investment was revised upward to an annual rate of 7.3 percent. That's the best quarterly showing in a year.
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Beware of officials who use the word unconstitutional to describe laws they dont like, a professor once told me. Some people are cavalier with that word, and its not up to them to decide.
I had just turned in a story about a pending bill on weed control knapweed, if I remember correctly, and Russian thistle and the legislator I interviewed said the law was unconstitutional. I used the quote in the story. My professor, rightly, was not satisfied with the description. It is, he said, too easy, a way to incite emotion and usually not true.
So when Colorado legislators and a group of sheriffs this past week called new gun control legislation unconstitutional, I was not even surprised, pretty sure they were just using the tack my professor warned me about. I was concerned, however, when they said they wouldnt enforce or obey those laws.
On Wednesday, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law three common-sense gun control measures: legislation requiring expanded background checks and user fees for gun purchasers who need those background checks, as well as a ban on ammunition magazines that can carry more than 15 rounds or eight shotgun shells. Those laws will go into effect on July 1 and will not be retroactive.
Still pending is legislation banning gun ownership by people accused of domestic-violence crimes and online-only safety training for people who want a concealed-carry permit. Measures banning concealed weapons on college campuses and increasing liability for gun makers and sellers were withdrawn for lack of support.
In response to the new laws, Rep. Vickie Marble, a Republican from Larimer County, told the Coloradoan: Theyre unconstitutional. Theyre unenforceable. They do not comply with our Colorado Constitution, and no, I wont obey it (the magazine restriction), and neither will sheriffs enforce it.
Those sheriffs include:
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, who, before the legislation was signed into law, wrote on his Facebook page in January: I will not allow unconstitutional proposals to stand.
El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, who said: I cant tell you when those (guns) were sold, bought and purchased. As far as Im concerned, they were all pre-July 1
And Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, who, on FoxNews On the Record with Greta VanSusteren, called the laws a violation, an infringement of our constitutional rights, not only the U.S. Constitution but our state constitution and said they are a knee-jerk reaction, feelgood bills to a tragedy, and they are not going to do anything for public safety or law enforcement.
As an aside, it is worth noting that Colorado has been talking about closing the gun show loophole since two teen gunmen bought weapons at a gun show without background checks in 1999 and then used them to kill 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School. Fourteen years and as many as 30 mass shootings later hardly seems like a rush to action.
There are lots of laws people dont like, many that were enacted for less than noble reasons, some that give the government too much power and some that nearly cripple the state. But if we are a nation of laws, as we proclaim we are, rogue officials do a disservice to the citizens of this state.
Instead of flouting the law, these officials would better serve the citizenry by working within the system.
Sure, file suit against the new gun laws, as the sheriffs have threatened to do. I find it hard to believe measures that do nothing to keep law-abiding citizens from owning guns violate the Second Amendment, but maybe they do. Let the courts decide.
A group who gathered to protest Hickenloopers appearance in Grand Junction this weekend advocated recalling the governor. Go ahead and try that. Although the chances of it succeeding are almost non-existent and it wouldnt do anything to reverse the gun-control measures, that possibility is in the system for a reason.
Support legislation to overturn the laws and new legislators who share a pro-gun paradigm. Theres always another election.
But until that day, universal background checks and ammunition limits are the law. And Marble, Cooke and Smith were elected to uphold and enforce those laws.
Thats the job. Do that.
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Future bright for Pennsylvania's casinos, Gaming Control Board chairman says
HARRISBURG — A debt-hobbled New Jersey casino may be on the brink of bankruptcy, but Pennsylvania's top gambling regulator said Thursday he does not expect the same financial fate for any of Pennsylvania's 11 casinos.
Bill Ryan, chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, told the state Senate Appropriations Committee that the casino gambling industry appears to be in good shape in Pennsylvania, now the nation's second-largest gambling market.
"I don't see anything on the horizon," Ryan said in a response to a question by Sen. John Wozniak, D-Cambria.
Revel in Atlantic City, N.J., plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, less than a year after it opened, in a move designed to offload about two-thirds of its $1.5 billion in debt by converting more than $1 billion of it into equity for lenders.
Revel was the first new casino built in Atlantic City since the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa opened in 2003, an ambitious and risky project in a declining market buffeted by growing competition from casinos in Pennsylvania and other nearby states.
Ryan also was asked about Attorney General Kathleen Kane's conclusion that Gov. Tom Corbett's private lottery management contract conflicts with the Gaming Control Board's authority over slot machines, part of the reason she rejected it.
Ryan said he was not prepared to respond, but senators asked him to produce a legal opinion from the agency's lawyers and deliver it to the Appropriations Committee.
Corbett appointed Ryan to the gaming board in 2011. Ryan was Corbett's top deputy in the attorney general's office when Corbett was elected governor in 2010.
The governor has said he will say Friday whether he will file a court appeal of Kane's rejection of the 20- to 30-year lottery contract with British firm Camelot Global Services.
Kane announced her decision after Corbett undertook a nine-month process to find and hire a private company to replace state employees running the state's lotteries.
The legality of the contract is being challenged in court by Democratic lawmakers and the union that represents lottery employees.
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SMITHFIELD - NorthPaws Veterinary Center, in Greenville, received a 2014 Hospital Design Competition Merit Award in the 49th annual Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition.
Drs. Mark and Danielle Paradise own the 6,245-square-foot animal hospital.
"The Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition recognizes exceptional veterinary facilities that enhance pet owners' experiences at the hospital, support top-notch veterinary care, maximize practice efficiency, and foster comfortable working conditions for veterinarians and veterinary team members," said Brendan Howard, editor of Veterinary Economics, in a press release. "These award-winning facilities set the standard for cutting-edge veterinary hospital design."
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Fresh off of her playing career at Seton Hill University, first-year Ringgold softball coach Brandi Piccolino is excited to begin her coaching career.
According to the 22-year old coach, she has an advantage that a lot of other coaches do not have.
"I can relate to the girls because we are so close in age," she said. "They talk to me about things easier than they might to someone who is older.
"I understand things going on in their life because I was there a few years ago, and I have two sisters their age."
Piccolino and her team are still getting familiar with each other.
"We do not have a set nine players right now," she said of a starting lineup. "I am still getting a feel for what they can do.
"Whoever I feel does best at practice or warming up in pregame could end up starting that day. Nothing is set in stone."
The only two starters that Piccolino said are locked in are seniors Celina Cantini and Carie Gubella.
Cantini will be on the mound while Gubella will be her battery mate.
Three juniors are penciled in on the infield with Emma Ott at first base, Taylor Myers at third base, and Hayle Fosbrink at shortstop.
Senior Lauren Hollis and junior Kata Richards will be in the lineup although Piccolino hasn't decided who will be at second base and who will be in centerfield.
Junior Izzy Bright and freshman Gina Parnell have the inside track on the other outfield positions, but freshmen Jenna Martin and Destiny Ostrander will provide depth, according to Piccolino.
"We have to see who has depth perception and can track down fly balls," Piccolino said.
As far as expectations, Piccolino is realistic.
"I want us to compete," she said. "We are not going to blow anyone out, but I want us to compete."
Piccolino will rely on her seniors for leadership, but she will also lead by example.
"Our three seniors are very supportive of everyone," she said. "But the girls also know that I will not ask them to do something that I can't do.
"If I can't do something, we can't expect them to."
Ringgold is in Section 2 AAA with Carrick, Montour, Moon, South Fayette, Trinity, and West Allegheny.
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How to Become the Next Google or MicrosoftPosted: November 3, 2008 Filed under: Activity Context, Browser, Design, Search, User Experience 1 Comment
Search is almost never the task, it is always a step in the process. The task maybe trying to fix an old DVD player or trying to get directions to where you should vote.
One large problem with today's web search engines is context switching. When a user needs to perform a search on the web, they are required to stop what they are doing, and transfer some portion of their current mental model to the web search engine. This is like the game of telephone, but each application has a different interface and requires a different piece of information. And just like the game of telephone you never really know what is going to come out at the other end.
We are training people to think in fragmented terms in order to support antiquated input requirements. This must evolve and web search engines must figure out how they can plug into the user flow and leverage context. The first company to figure this out will change history and become the next Google or Microsoft.
A simple example where applications work together and automate the flow are on the mobile phone. If I am looking at an email showing voting locations in my district, the phone number's and addresses are represented as links. Clicking on either of them launches the appropriate application and set's its context. For example, if I selected the map link on my iPhone it would launch Google Map's, highlight the voting location on a map, and provide a method to get directions from my current location. This is a seamless context switch integrating search into the process.
As we begin thinking about tasks instead of applications, we will change how we develop software. I personally think this change will be as fundamental to the future of software development as writing multithreaded applications.
Processor speeds are peaking and the current trend of multi-core is here to stay. We need new ways of thinking about writing computer programs if we want to change the world. Integrating search into the user flow is a logical step. Who wants in?
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I see your point, but personally, I don't think each decision a commander made during a battle or campaign has to be risky or daring for that commander to be considered an audacious commander. It's more about the overall pattern, in my opinion. I suppose it's open to interpretation. But in general, I do view Lee as a major-league risk-taker.
Speaking of Gettysburg, one of the long-standing beliefs seems to be that if Lee had pushed Meade's troops off of Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill on the first day, he would have won the battle, and with it, perhaps the war. Assuming he actually was able to capture those positions, he probably does win the battle. But it's a very different battle than the one we know about. And since Meade only had two corps engaged on July 1st, the decisive battle of the campaign will probably take place somewhere else. Perhaps Mine Creek. Or maybe somewhere else. But I don't think the "one day battle of Gettysburg" would have decided the war even if Lee wins it.
Don't know why I had to throw that out there, but out there it is.


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On April 12, the Sons of the Utah Pioneers made a trek to the Salt Lake City Cemetery. The tour was hosted by President Calvin and Lynette Stephens. The life accounts of these great men and women buried in the cemetery are a tribute to our ancestry and a credit to the inhabitants of these mountain valleys.
At the Sons of Utah Pioneers monthly dinner meeting on Nov. 19, winners of the Favorite Pioneer Ancestor contest were announced and recognized along with their parents.


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A.J. Hawk has learned a lot from the hundreds of players who have come and gone through the Green Bay Packers locker room during his seven years with the organization.
Some were talented playmakers or well-regarded veterans who declined when asked to take a pay cut and were given the heave-ho.
Based on how many of those scenarios have played out, the 29-year-old linebacker gained perhaps his biggest insight into the NFL you dont want to be one of them.
If you look around ... guys that dont accept them, it usually doesnt go too well for you, said Hawk, the the No. 5 overall selection in the 2006 draft.
Twice in Hawks career, hes accepted a contract restructuring. The first time came in 2011 when the Packers cut him to avoid paying a $10 million guaranteed salary before re-signing him to a five-year, $33.75 million contract that actually paid him $10.95 million in the first year with an $8 million signing bonus.
In March, the Packers restructured that contract down $7.25 million over the next three years and reduced his cap number from $7.05 million to $5.2 million in 2013.
Despite having four seasons of more than 100 tackles, Hawk never has been the game-changer most expect from a top-five pick, but durability has been Hawks calling card throughout his career.
Even when it looked in recent years like he might be overtaken by up-and-comers such as Desmond Bishop, Brandon Chillar and D.J. Smith, Hawk never was forced off the field for any long duration missing only two of a possible 112 career regular-season games.
They were super respectful how they came to me and let me know that they wanted me to be a part of this team, Hawk said. I think its more of an ego thing than anything that guys cant get over. They dont want to say theyre taking a pay cut because it hurts their ego. I let that go a long time ago. I wasnt worried about that. I dont care what the outside perception is.
In Year 8, Hawk feels the best is yet to come, admitting hes doing more now to preserve his body than when he was a 20-year-old all-American at Ohio State. He still enjoys weightlifting, but gives strength and conditioning coach Mark Lovat credit for changing his approach to it.
He still gets work in after putting his kids to bed at night, but has done away with the three- or four-hour sessions of killing himself in the gym. Instead, Hawk started getting acupuncture treatments in Green Bay and developed a deeper understanding of the importance of getting regular massages.
Looking around the locker room these days, Hawk understands hes the elder statesman of the group. He wants to preserve the culture thats been built during his tenure and rectify what went wrong in the teams 45-31 loss to San Francisco in the NFC divisional playoffs.
Most importantly, Hawk wants to finish his career where it started just not any time soon.
Im going to play as long as I can. Im going to make them kick me out, Hawk said. Im sure guys will lie to you and tell you they physically feel great when they dont, but I honestly do. I practice every day. My legs feel as good as they have. Ive never had any real shoulder or knee or anything, any issues. Im trying to keep it that way. I try to stay around here as long as I can.
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Officers have investigated the same East Main Street area twice in the past week after hearing gunshots.
The most recent investigation Wednesday resulted in the arrest of an Eastern Avenue man on a charge of aggravated menacing, a fourth-degree felony.
At 12:38 a.m. Wednesday, a police sergeant was sitting in a parked cruiser when he reported hearing several gunshots and then seeing a car peel out in the area of Mosher Alley. A green Cadillac, which allegedly almost hit a utility pole and was swerving in the road, was stopped for traffic violations. ...