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- 3 Bedrooms
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- 120m² / 1,292 ft² Build Size
- 248m² / 2,669 ft² Plot Size
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Villa for Sale in Antas, Almería - 212,750 Euros
Detached house of 120m2 with plot of up to 508m2, it is a detached house on one level with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, one of them en suite. The living room has large windows to a beautiful porch, garden and private pool. Both the facade and all the exteriors in natural stone of 1st quality. The house in general is very spacious. Totally private. Very short distances, as it is just 2 minutes from the incorporation to the A-7. About 5 minutes from Vera, Antasn Garrucha, Mojácar and Vera beach, are about 15 minutes away. Almería airport 45 minutes. Golf courses of Valle del Este, Desert Spring or Marina de la Torre very close. This house is ideal to enjoy it all year round, or as a vacation home. It is a new residential area with all lighting and finished rush. Next to a playground, football field, as well as access to a very popular greenway in the village, very well maintained.
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13 330,06 212.000 €
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18 330,06 215.000 €
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29 330,07 206.000 €
30 286,35 212.000 €
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War of the Ring |
Osgiliath (1) · Moria · Isen (1) · Rauros · Isen (2) · Fangorn · Isengard · Hornburg · Osgiliath (2) · Siege of Gondor · Dale · Pelennor Fields · Black Gate · Dol Guldur · Bywater |
- "So we come to it in the end, [...] the great battle of our time, in which many things shall pass away."
- ― Théoden in The Return of the King, "The Muster of Rohan"
The War of the Ring was the great conflict at the end of the Third Age, named for the One Ring and the importance this had in the final outcome. The war was fought between Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor who attempted to conquer Middle-earth as he nearly did in the Second Age; and the Free peoples, being a loose alliance of Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents and Men led by the Wise. Saruman participated both on Sauron's side and occasionally as a 'third power' based in Orthanc.
Sauron held the military advantage throughout the war due to his overwhelming forces Orcs, Trolls, and Men of Harad and of the East. His main objective was to overthrow Gondor, his neighbour and the strongest of his enemies. He had such forces at his command, though, that he was able to fight the war on many fronts, simultaneously attacking Dale, Erebor and the Wood-elves in the far north, and Lothlórien from his secondary stronghold at Dol Guldur.[1] There can be no doubt that, had the Wise not achieved and maintained possession of the Ring, Sauron would ultimately have been victorious.
The policy of the Wise was based around the Quest of the Ring: a company of nine under the leadership of Gandalf travelled from Rivendell with the One Ring, with the hope of taking it to Orodruin in Mordor and there destroying it. As a consequence of much of Sauron's native power being within the ring, they realised that in unmaking it, they would also defeat its creator.[2]
Having renounced the Wise, Saruman had become Sauron's two-faced servant. In an alliance with the Dunlendings, and having Orcs at his command, he resolved to remove Rohan as a threat to his Dark Lord, but he also attempted to claim the Ring first when opportunities arose. Until late in the War, he held the advantage, defeating Rohan twice at the Battles of the Fords of Isen.
Background[edit | edit source]
- See also: Rings of Power
Sauron had been defeated in the War of the Last Alliance, but because of Isildur's refusal to destroy the One Ring, he was not entirely vanquished.[3][2] He survived in spirit form, and the foundations of Barad-dûr were also not destroyed. Sauron's spirit wandered the wastelands of Middle-earth for over 1000 years, but eventually he rebuilt his power and became a threat once again. Around T.A. 1000, the Valar sent Maiar emissaries to Middle-earth to help the Free peoples against the growing evil.[4]
Indeed, Orcs and other wicked things were multiplying and the Witch-king from his fortress in Angmar waged unending war against Arnor. Moria and Minas Ithil fell and were abandoned, among other battles, plagues, and catastrophes that ended the Kingdom of Arnor and the Royal line of Gondor. The evil entity known only as the Necromancer fled from Dol Guldur because of Gandalf, allowing for some centuries of calmness.
In the meantime, Sauron's One Ring was found by two of the Stoors in the Gladden River. The Hobbit who got it, under its influence, was corrupted as Gollum and eventually retreated into the Goblin-town under the Misty Mountains. By the end of the Age, Sauron attempted to gather back all the Rings to augment his power. He took the Nine, but of the Seven he managed to reclaim only three, the last of them being the Ring of Thrór[5][6] but could not find the One.
Gandalf was concerned about the weak state of the North. Smaug the Dragon had destroyed both the Kingdom under the Mountain and the town of Dale. About Erebor was a desolation that Sauron might use to regain the northern passes in the mountains and the old lands of Angmar, not to mention the devastating effect of a living dragon in the Enemy's force. Gandalf, seeing no hope in Thorin's plans of battle and war against Smaug, persuaded him that he should go secretly to Erebor to reclaim its treasure, and to take with him Bilbo Baggins of the Shire.[7] Smaug was killed by Bard, Erebor was retaken, and most importantly, the kingdoms of Erebor and Dale were re-established. In a small incident along the way, the One Ring was lost by Gollum and wound up in Bilbo's hands.[8]
Around the time the War began, it is said that the Ithryn Luin had gained influence in the East and, thanks to their efforts, Sauron could not manage to gather as many people on his side.[9]
History[edit | edit source]
Prelude[edit | edit source]
- "The Dark Tower had been rebuilt, it was said. From there the power was spreading far and wide, and away far east and south there were wars and growing fear. Orcs were multiplying again in the mountains. Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons. And there were murmured hints of creatures more terrible than all these, but they had no name."
- ― The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"
During the Quest of Erebor, the White Council attacked Dol Guldur and the Necromancer withdrew. However, Sauron returned to his old abode in Mordor to reconstruct Barad-dûr and ten years after the fall of Smaug he sent three Nazgûl to reoccupy Dol Guldur. He declared himself openly in T.A. 2951. The White Council met for the last time in T.A. 2953 to discuss the Rings of Power when Saruman reassured them that the One Ring had been lost forever in the Sea. After this, Saruman fortified Isengard, spied on Gandalf, learning thus his interest in the Shire, and started sending his agents around the Shire under the pretense of pipe-weed affairs.[4]
Sauron began reassembling his forces for the final blow against the hated remnants of Númenor and the Eldar. Armies of Easterlings from Khand and beyond the Sea of Rhûn reinforced Mordor, joined by men from South Harad. Orcs, trolls, and other foul beasts were multiplying while Sauron's servants were searching the Anduin for the One Ring. Meanwhile, Saruman's use of a palantíri caught the Dark Lord's notice and he used the Ithil-stone to ensnare him, turning him into a useful, yet not wholly trustworthy, minion.[10]
A year before the war, while Gollum was looking for his ring, he was taken to Mordor and interrogated by Sauron, who learned that the One Ring was in the possession of a "Baggins" in a place called "the Shire".[3] However, Sauron was led into thinking that the Shire was on the banks of the Gladden River.[11] Gollum was then set free, but caught by Aragorn, who placed him in the care of the Silvan Elves and held him in Mirkwood.[4]
A messenger from Mordor visited King Dáin II and asked for information on Bilbo and the Ring. Meanwhile, Gandalf reading the Scroll of Isildur in Minas Tirith, also realized that Bilbo's Ring was the One Ring.[12]
First conflicts[edit | edit source]
Sauron made an attack on Osgiliath on 20 June of T.A. 3018, which was the beginning of the War. Sauron saw it as an opportunity to test Denethor II's strength. Boromir and Faramir managed to defend and destroy the ancient Bridge in order to deny the enemy access to the western side of the river.[1][11]
About the same time the Elves of Mirkwood were attacked and during the fray, the captive Gollum escaped and would not be found by the Elves nor by Sauron's servants from Dol Guldur.[1] The following months, Faramir led several Ranger attacks deep into Mordor-occupied Ithilien, ambushing enemy armies moving to the Black Gate.
The presence of the Nazgûl in the Battle of Osgiliath served to make them seem like a military asset against Gondor, concealing from the Wise their true mission, to hunt the Ring. After the assault, Sauron sent the Nine unclothed and invisible to search for the Ring under the leadership of the Witch-king. The Ringwraith Khamûl was unable to find "the Shire" in the vales of Anduin. The Witch-king searched north and west for Gollum or the Shire.[11] Gandalf heard from Radagast about the riders and went to Isengard for counsel, where Saruman showed his true colours and trapped him, for refusing to submit to Sauron or reveal the Ring's whereabouts.[12]
Sauron's plans were halted when he received word of the prophecy in Gondor and the doings of his turncoat Saruman, and concluded that the Wise did not yet have possession of the Ring yet, as he feared. Black Riders arrived at Isengard around September 18, but Gandalf had escaped. Concealed behind the walls of Isengard, Saruman denied any knowledge and convinced the Witch-king that Gandalf alone knew where the Shire and the Ring were, and so the Nine passed into Rohan in search of him. A terrified Wormtongue answered that Gandalf had passed through Rohan, where the Shire was, and even that Saruman had lied to them. The riders were divided into four pairs, and the Witch-King went with the swiftest to Minhiriath. Along the way, they captured several spies of Saruman and found charts and maps of the Shire. They sent along the spy to Bree, warning them that they now belonged to Mordor, not Isengard.[11]
On 22 September, they came to Sarn Ford. Although the Dúnedain Rangers were guarding the crossing, their chieftain Aragorn II was away and the Riders captured the ford, killing many of the Rangers. The Witch-king sent Khamûl and three Riders into the Shire while he went east with the others and then returned to watch the Greenway.[1] A Rider came to Hobbiton at nightfall, but failed to capture Frodo who departed that same day carrying the Ring to the east.[11] The hunt continued to Buckland and Bree, aided by Sauron's spies, such as Bill Ferny and Harry Goatleaf, but nonetheless, the Ring escaped them.[13]
In October, Frodo came to Rivendell and during his arrival, the Black Riders were temporarily neutralized and were forced to return to Mordor to regroup. Some days later, the Council of Elrond was called, where it was decided that the only way to be free of Sauron and the Ring was to cast the Ring into the Crack of Doom in Mount Doom. Frodo surprised everyone, including himself, by declaring that he would take the Ring[12]. The team who would travel to Mordor departed Rivendell in December.[1]
Saruman's part in the War[edit | edit source]
Saruman was caught now as a known traitor to the Free Peoples and a mendacious vassal of Sauron. To escape this precarious position he implemented a strategy of controlling the King of Rohan for his lord's ends,[14] but also doubled his efforts in the search for the Ring: sending spies to waylay Frodo Baggins on his flight from the Shire, and dispatching raiding parties on likely routes a company of travellers might take the Ring to Gondor.[15] During the fall of the first year of the War, some Ruffians were sent to the Shire to gain control of the region, collecting the crops and suppressing any dissent to his expanding influence.[16]
He then endeavoured to kill Théoden King's son and nephew and have full control of him. On 25 February, T.A. 3019, he sent his forces to attack Rohan's army (commanded by Théodred and Grimbold) at the Isen. Dunlendings, wolf-riders and Uruks clashed against the Rohirrim in the First Battle of the Fords of Isen with orders to slay Prince Théodred at any cost. Erkenbrand took command of the western defences of Rohan. He sent a messenger to Edoras to inform the King of the ill news and ask for reinforcements, but Gríma Wormtongue delayed the message. Elfhelm joined Grimbold of Grimslade and were left in charge of the Fords when Erkenbrand tried to send stragglers to Helm's Deep. Saruman was successful in slaying the Prince.[17]
The next day, while the Company of the Ring was in the Emyn Muil thinking whether to take the Ring to Minas Tirith or go directly to Mordor, Orcs from Isengard attempted to capture the Ring-bearer; they instead took Merry and Pippin as prisoners.[18] Éomer, hearing of the descent of the Orc-band, set out from the Eastfold against Théoden's orders and overtook them outside Fangorn Forest, unknowingly setting the hobbits free.[1][19]
Having heard the news about Théodred's death, Erkenbrand, who became the commander of Rohan's western armies, gathered the forces of Grimbold and Elfhelm to assault Isen once more in the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen (2 March). Though they had a force of about 2000 men and had constructed a shield wall to hold off the enemy, Saruman's forces overcame them and scattered the retreating Rohirrim across Rohan.[17][20]
Saruman's victory would not last. He did not know that on the very same day, Gandalf had healed Théoden from Wormtongue's influence. In the meantime, the Ents after ending their long Entmoot, decided to go to Isengard and battle Saruman.[1]
The next day (3 March), seeking to take the fight away from his people, Théoden brought around a thousand horsemen to the Fords of Isen along with any others in Edoras. Among this force were Éomer, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas. On their way they found Ceorl who reported a defeat to the Fords; Théoden then redirected his troops to Helm's Deep, which was commanded by Gamling in his lord Erkenbrand's absence. Against overwhelming odds, they fought the Battle of the Hornburg for two days against Uruk-hai and Dunlendings, until the Deeping Wall was breached and all seemed lost. The surviving horsemen rode out to meet the hordes of Isengard.[20]
At that moment, Gandalf returned, bringing with him Erkenbrand and many other soldiers from Westfold. They attacked the army from the rear, driving the attackers back into a forest of Huorns. While Saruman suffered this military defeat, Isengard was attacked by a march of Ents in the Battle of Isengard who drowned all the valley.[21]
After the defeat of Saruman, Pippin looked in the Orthanc-stone and saw the Eye of Sauron; Gandalf believed that seeing the Hobbit, Sauron would imagine that the Ring-bearer was caught by Saruman's orcs and that they could make good use of the delay caused by Dark Lord's confusion surrounding his minion's assumed betrayal.[10] The protagonists of the War separated, anticipating Sauron's attack on Minas Tirith. Gandalf set out for Minas Tirith taking Pippin since he would not be safe. Théoden set out from the Hornburg for Harrowdale.
Aragorn consulted the Stone of Orthanc and confronted Sauron subduing the stone's power to his own will. In doing so, however, Aragorn has alerted Sauron to his existence as Isildur's heir to the throne of Gondor. Gimli feared that Sauron would now release his forces sooner because of this revelation. Aragorn, however, hoped such a hasty move may weaken the Enemy's attack[22]. They set out with the Grey Company to Dunharrow and took the Paths of the Dead. Théoden would come to Dunharrow.
Sauron strikes[edit | edit source]
On 9 March fumes from Mordor veiled the Sun in an attempt by Sauron to disparage or misguide his enemies. The veil blacked out most of Gondor and Rohan who observed that day as the Dawnless Day.[1]
Along with the Darkness, a host from Minas Morgul set forth toward Minas Tirith, as witnessed by Frodo, Sam, and Gollum who passed the Cross-roads. Later Orcs from the Morannon took Cair Andros and passed into Anórien.[1] Denethor II called the Council of Gondor together on that day and it advised him to make no stroke of war against the enemy due to the threat from the south.[23]
The Rohirrim mustered their Riders and rode from Harrowdale,[24] While preparing against Gondor, Sauron also began campaigns to conquer Wilderland, activating his armies stationed in Dol Guldur and eastern allies. This would bring the eastern half of Middle-earth entirely into his dominion. On 11 March, Orcs from Dol Guldur attacked Lothlórien and Eastern Rohan. The next day the invaders of Rohan were utterly defeated by Ents.[1]
In Gondor, Most of the citizens were sent north and west; except those in the arts of healing and boys who refused to leave.[25] The same day, 3,000 men from Belfalas, Dol Amroth and other places arrived to assist the garrison. But, it was less than a tenth of what was needed. Most that were needed were holding off the Black Fleet of Umbar.
Denethor II sent Faramir to Osgiliath to intercept the Morgul-host. The Witch-King led the assault upon the western side the next morning aided by boats built in secret, and swiftly overwhelmed the defenders. On 13 March, Faramir retreated to the Causeway Forts. Gandalf, after learning about the Witch-King, joined Faramir's forces to defend the Rammas Echor. However, Sauron's forces breached the walls with blasting stones, and wrecked the Forts. The defenders had to retreat across the Pelennor fields, with Faramir protecting the rear-guard. He was overtaken by cavalry from Harad, and poisoned by a dart, but was saved by a sortie led by Prince Imrahil and the Knights of Dol Amroth.[23]
Denethor, upon seeing his wounded son, and the fields of Pelennor overran, lost his will to fight and gave no more thought to the defence of his city. The Siege of Gondor began.[23]
Meanwhile, invaders from Umbar and Harad who sought to capture Linhir and the fords of the River Gilrain. The men of Lamedon fought against them and the arrival of Aragorn with the Army of the Dead from Erech terrified both sides. As Aragorn pressed on to Pelargir, Angbor mustered as many horsemen as he could, helped by the fast-spreading rumor of the return of the Heir of Isildur. Soon later the group reached Pelargir, drove the Corsairs away and captured their fleet.[26]
Climax[edit | edit source]
On 15 March, three simultaneous battles occurred.
In Rhovanion, an army was sent from Dol Guldur to destroy the realm of Thranduil and a second assault against Lothlórien was made. After a long battle under the trees, and great ruin of fire[1] the Orc hosts were defeated on both fronts on the same day.
In Gondor, after the enemy passed Osgiliath, Pelennor outside Minas Tirith was overrun, despite the armies that gathered from southern Gondor already in the days before the battle. The hosts of Mordor dug pits and set up siege weapons beyond the city's range as the Nazgul swooped near the city uttering cries of death, demoralizing the defenders. Then the weapons began launching stones at the city, many of which would burst into flame as they came crashing down. Then, the heads of all those who had been slain in battle were flung over the city. The whole first level was soon in flames.[23]
Near midnight the Witch-King launched his assault pushing many defenders to the higher levels, while others were slain trying to reach the walls. Many towers were also destroyed as they rolled forward. [23]
The Witch-King rode assisted by magic the battering ram Grond as it hit the Great Gate of Minas Tirith. As he entered the gate he was confronted by Gandalf who alone stood steadfast. Then a cock crowed and horn from the west sounded. The Witch-King left to deal with the Riders of Rohan at the Rammas Echor. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields began.[23]
The combined army of Orcs, Haradrim, Men of Rhûn and Men of Khand, outnumbered the Rohirrim at least 10 to 1 but lost almost a third of their own forces. In the process, King Théoden was killed, and the Witch-King was destroyed by Théoden's niece, Lady Éowyn of Rohan. When all seemed lost, a fleet of enemy ships with black sails arrived at the landings to the south of the Pelennor in the Rammas, but it was actually manned by Aragorn. As his army drove north a great part of Mordor's forces were pinned between Aragorn and Éomer's cavalry and were "caught between the hammer and the anvil".[27]
Meanwhile in the North, Easterlings crossed the Carnen, and King Brand was driven back to Dale. He gathered there with the Dwarves of Erebor, and engaged in the Battle of Dale against the Orcs at the feet of the Lonely Mountain for three days until (17 March) he fell alongside King Dáin Ironfoot. Many Dwarves and Men took refuge in Erebor and were besieged by the Easterlings.[1]
Sauron's defeat[edit | edit source]
The next day it was understood that the army vanquished in the Battle of the Pelennor was only a fraction of Sauron's forces, and eventually Minas Tirith would not manage to withstand forever. Imrahil expressed concern for the defence of Gondor. Aragorn assured him that Angbor was marching with 4,000 men through Lossarnach to garrison Minas Tirith.[26]
The Host of the West marched from Minas Tirith on 18 March to confront Sauron.[28] During that course, Lothlórien was attacked for a third and last time by Orcs (22 March). After much destruction, the Elves repulsed them once again.[1]
The Host of the West would meet Sauron's forces outside the gates of Mordor seven days later, hoping to divert their attention away from the Ring-bearer, who was nearing the end of his mission.[26][28]
During the course of the Battle of the Morannon against Trolls, Orcs and Men, the eight remaining Nazgûl attacked the army of the West.[28] The Eagles of the Misty Mountains, led by Gwaihir, arrived and attacked the Ringwraiths.[28][29] When all hope seemed lost, Frodo failed his mission: he claimed the One Ring for himself, and Sauron was suddenly aware that Frodo had the Ring and was in the Cracks of Doom. Finally realizing that his enemies meant to destroy his Ring, Sauron immediately sent the Nazgûl to Mount Doom to intercept Frodo. However, Gollum wrenched the Ring from Frodo but fell accidentally into the fire, destroying the Ring. The hosts of Mordor, suddenly without direction, hesitated as Sauron's power was overthrown.[30]
The Nazgûl were all destroyed as they flew over Mount Doom just as it underwent a gigantic eruption. Barad-dûr, the Black Gate, and the Towers of the Teeth collapsed to ruin. The Orcs and other creatures of Sauron were completely directionless with the Dark Lord's demise and were easily decimated by the army of the West and the Easterlings eventually threw down their weapons and surrendered. [30]
Two days later, Bard II and Thorin III Stonehelm, taking the reign from their respective fathers who fell in the assault, drove the enemy from Dale.[1]
On 28 March with Celeborn at their head, Elves crossed the Anduin in many boats and stormed Dol Guldur. In the Fall of Dol Guldur, Galadriel threw down the walls of the fortress and laid bare its pits, so that the forest was cleansed. Thranduil cleared all the orcs and foul beings from North Mirkwood.[1]
Scouring of the Shire[edit | edit source]
The War did not end with the defeat of Sauron, for Saruman fled northward after the capture of Orthanc, and established himself in the Shire, bending the Hobbits to his will by threat of violence and the persuasive power of his voice. The return of Frodo Baggins and his companions from the coronation of King Elessar and the reunification of Gondor and Arnor, led to their arrest by the Shire-hobbits but they talked their way out.[31]
A small group of Ruffians was encountered, and Pippin declared the return of the King to them, and the message that emissaries were on their way. The group was routed, but managed to get a message to a bigger contingent in Waymeet. 20 Men marched from Hobbiton towards Bywater, and 200 Bucklanders and Cottons answered the call of Captain Merry's horn. [32]
The Men walked up Bywater Road, to the point where Farmer Cotton was standing and found themselves heavily outnumbered. Their leader fell by arrows as he tried to strike at Merry. The rest surrendered. Pippin had set up a rebellion in Tookland, and returned with one hundred Tooks when the larger group of Men from Waymeet arrived the following day and walked straight into a defensive pocket set up by Merry. Merry and Pippin charged from the eastern bank, and Merry killed the leader. Nearly 70 Men were killed and 12 were taken prisoner, while 19 Hobbits died and about 30 were wounded.[32]
After their victory the Hobbits marched on to Bag End, where they found Sharkey. It was not Lotho as had been thought, but rather Saruman who revealed that his servant Gríma killed Lotho. Gríma cut Saruman's throat in a rage for years of oppression and abuse but was himself shot by Hobbit archers. As the spirit of Saruman rose from its bodily form, it was blown away by a wind from the West; Manwë did not want him back.[32]
This battle is considered to mark the end of the War.[33]
Aftermath[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Fourth Age
The consequences of the War were "apocalyptical" for the Westlands of Middle-earth. The status quo of many entities were restored, or even radically changed after centuries. Not only the millennia of Sauron's dominion were permanently brought to an end, but the relationships of peoples and races were redefined. It is also notable that during the War many personalities died (Denethor, Théoden, Brand, Dain), and brought their descendants into the aftermath.
The major effect of the war, however, was that with the destruction of the One Ring, the Three Rings that had maintained the realms of the Elves in Middle-earth lost their power, and the Elves began to leave for the Undying Lands; significant Elves who marked the history of the Westlands for millennia, like Galadriel and Elrond departed, setting stage for the Dominion of Men.[33]
Political[edit | edit source]
The downfall of Sauron brought the restoration of the long-awaited line of Kings of Gondor, the restoration of Arnor and simultaneously the reunification of the two kingdoms; after centuries of nomadic wandering the Rangers of the North had again a kingdom and the Gondorians had a king. This King was Aragorn II a descendant both of Isildur and Anárion;[34] furthermore, his marriage with Arwen reunited the lines of Elrond and Elros since the First Age.
Other political repercussions were the strengthening of the relationships between the Kingdom and Rohan, new relationships with the Ents (who now occupied Treegarth, former Isengard), the Woses and the Hobbits, now known as free peoples. On the Elven New Year, Celeborn and Thranduil renamed Mirkwood as Eryn Lasgalen and Celeborn took the southern part below East Bight, naming it East Lórien. The wide forest in between was given to the Beornings and the Woodmen.
Calendrical impact[edit | edit source]
- "You were born at the end of a great age, Elanorellë"
- ― Samwise Gamgee in Sauron Defeated, "The Epilogue"
All the above events made historians mark the years following the War as the end of the Third Age.
Another calendric change was the New Reckoning which replaced the Stewards' Reckoning, and the introduction of Cormarë, a holiday on 25 March that commemorated the fall of Sauron.[35]
Combatants[edit | edit source]
Free Peoples[edit | edit source]
- Gondor
- Minas Tirith
- Dol Amroth
- Lebennin
- Lossarnach
- Forlong the Fat †
- Ringló Vale
- Dervorin †
- Morthond
- Anfalas
- Lamedon
- Shipmen of Ethir Anduin
- Pinnath Gelin
- Hirluin the Fair †
- Men of the Mountains
- Rangers of the North
- Aragorn II
- Grey Company (with Elladan and Elrohir)
- Halbarad †
- Rohan
- Woodland Realm
- Lothlórien
- The Shire
- Fangorn Forest
- Istari
- Kingdom under the Mountain
- Dale
Sauron and his minions[edit | edit source]
- Mordor
- Sauron †
- Mouth of Sauron
- Witch-king of Angmar †
- other 8 Nazgûl †
- Isengard and Dunland
- Harad
- a chieftain with a Black Serpent on his banner †
- Rhûn
- Khand
- Dol Guldur
- Khamûl †
- another Nazgûl as a messenger †
- Orcs of the Misty Mountains
- Umbar
Non-combatants[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ "the Nine [Sauron] has gathered to himself; the Seven also, or else they are destroyed." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ "You saw the Eye of him that holds the Seven and the Nine."
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Quest of Erebor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Riddles in the Dark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XIII. Last Writings"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Palantír"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Hunt for the Ring"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Strider"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The King of the Golden Hall"
- ↑ {{FR|Strider
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Scouring of the Shire"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Breaking of the Fellowship"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Riders of Rohan"
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Helm's Deep"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Flotsam and Jetsam"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Siege of Gondor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Ride of the Rohirrim"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Pyre of Denethor"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Last Debate"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Black Gate Opens"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Field of Cormallen"
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Mount Doom"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Homeward Bound"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Scouring of the Shire"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"

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CHICAGO (AP) - The detached dad, turning up his nose at diapering and too busy to bathe, dress and play with his kids, is mostly a myth, a big government survey suggests. Most American fathers say they are heavily involved in hands-on parenting, the researchers found.
The nationally representative survey shows fathers' involvement has increased slightly since the government first asked in 2002, coinciding with research since then that bolsters the benefits of hands-on fathering.
The results are encouraging and important "because others have found the more involved dads are, the better the outcomes for their children," said researcher Jo Jones of the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. She co-authored the report released Friday.
More academic success, fewer behavior problems and healthier eating habits are just some of the ways fathers' involvement has been linked with children's well-being.
"Times have changed," said Robert Loftus, 34, of Yonkers, N.Y. He quit a six-figure sales job a year ago to care for his two young children while his wife works full time. "We're trying to rethink our priorities and family seems to be the No. 1 priority whereas in the past maybe people were more focused on career."
The results build on volumes of research showing changes in the American family since the baby boom years and before, when women were mostly stay-at-home moms and dads were the major breadwinners. As those roles shifted, so did the view that moms are the only nurturers.
University of Chicago sociologist Jennifer Bellamy, who also studies fathering, said some old stereotypes persist, "that dads are sort of the co-pilots in their families," absent or less involved than moms.
But she said the survey confirms that fathers "are quite involved in a variety of different and important ways."
The study involved nearly 4,000 fathers aged 15 to 44 who were interviewed in person between 2006 and 2010. One caveat: They self-reported their involvement, without input from their partners or others. Most men were married or living with a partner.
Key findings among fathers living with children younger than 5:
_9 in 10 bathed, diapered, helped them use the toilet or get dressed at least several times weekly.
_Even higher numbers played with them and ate meals with them that often.
_Almost 2 out of 3 read to them at least several times weekly.
Among dads living with kids aged 5-18:
_More than 9 out of 10 ate meals with them at least several times weekly and talked with them about what happened during the kids' day that often.
_Almost 2 out of 3 helped with homework several times weekly.
_About half took their kids to or from activities that often.
Overall, almost 90 percent of dads said they thought they were doing at least a good job of fathering.
The researchers noted that during the study years, 45 percent of U.S. men _ 28 million _ aged 15 to 44 had a biological child. About the same number had a biological, adopted or non-related child living with them or an adopted or biological child living elsewhere.
Survey questions were based on whether dads were living with their biological or unrelated kids, or apart.
Most lived with their kids. Not surprisingly, men who didn't were less involved with parenting activities. Even so, several times weekly, at least 1 in 5 still managed to help bathe, diaper, dress, eat or play with their kids. Fathers of older children were generally less involved than those with kids younger than 5 but that's at least partly due to the changing nature of parenting as children mature.
The survey suggests black fathers may be more involved than whites or Hispanics with some activities, including homework, but Jones downplayed racial differences and said some were not statistically significant.
Men with at least some college education were generally more involved with their kids than less educated fathers.
The CDC did a similar survey in 2002 that showed slightly less father involvement. Previous CDC surveys relied only on mothers' responses about family life so aren't comparable.
A national parenting survey by University of Maryland researchers found that in 2000, married U.S. fathers spent about two hours weekly interacting with their kids aged 18 and younger, more than double the time spent in 1965.
Dr. David Hill, a Wilmington, N.C., pediatrician and author of "Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro," said the survey echoes what he's seen among his patients' fathers. Increasingly, fathers rather than mothers take their kids to the doctor, he said. Some "are anxious about changing a diaper," he said, but the study offers reassuring evidence "that everybody's doing this."
Men weren't asked about employment, or whether they were stay-at-home dads, who still are rare though their ranks have increased. Census numbers show almost 190,000 nationwide last year versus 93,000 in 2000. Those numbers only include men whose wives have been employed for at least one year
Loftus, the New York stay-at-home dad, said he feels lucky to be able to be such a hands-on father.
"I'm doing the most important job in the world," he said.
AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/LindseyTanner
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I even like the commercially produced, sample size, mini glass jar grape jellies at indistinct hotel breakfast bars. You can just tell it's Concord by its signature deep magenta color. Homemade Concord grape jelly is even more tantalizing in flavor and color than commercial brands. It's not only tastier when home-made, but also healthier, without all the preservatives, artificial flavors and colors and added pectin.
There are all sorts of complicated methods to make this prized Concord grape jelly. My method here is super simple. It achieves the exact desired result without all the labor intensive fuss. No prior peeling of the skin or seeding needed. Just crushing the grapes a tad with a potato masher and running the juice through a sieve. I usually add 1-2 tablespoon lemon to my jellies and jams but I am happy I resisted the urge to do so here. The Concord grapes have rich depth of flavor, a muskiness of sorts, that all it needs is sugar.
Grapes are low in pectin fruit but no added pectin was necessary here. After up to 20 minutes of cooking on low bubble, the sides of the pot will have a coating of a thin translucent layer of congealed jelly which is a sign that the jelly is ready. The consistency of the jelly will still be liquid-like when poured into the canning jars but no worries. Let it come completely to room temperature in the jars. It will still wobble and flutter considerably at room temperature. Put a lid on the canning jars and refrigerate overnight. The next morning, the Concord grape jelly, completely chilled, will have the perfect jelly consistency.
A note on the pie dough: I was hoping to find The Pie Gourmet's pie crust recipe online. I think their pies and crust are the best I have ever had in my lifetime. Honestly, I'll think so till the end of times. I have written about it in my 'Last Minute Thanksgiving…' post back in 2009. Unfortunately they keep their recipes hush hush. Who could blame them?! BTW they deliver nation-wide.
I had to switch to plan B and used Serious Eats recipe. I drizzled the flour with water throughout the process, and not at the end as the recipe instructed. I have baked pate sucree tart shells with pastry cream fillings topped with fruit many times in the past, but I don't have much experience with pies and pie crusts. I turned to my friends Lora, Cake Duchess and Jane, The Heritage Cook who have more experience in the pie baking department. Thank you both for the pie discussion.
Concord Grape Jelly
yields 2 9oz jars
2 lbs Concord grapes
1 1/2-2 cups sugar
Rinse grapes on the vine and let drain through a sieve for a few minutes. Pull the grapes off the vine into a medium non-reactive sauce pan. Crush the grapes gently, approximately 10 times, with a potato masher.
Bring the grapes to a boil on high heat and immediately reduce to a low/medium bubble. Cook for seven minutes while stirring once or twice to make sure no grapes get stuck to the bottom of the pan or burn. Turn off the heat and run the cooked grapes through a sieve into another sauce pan or heat resistant large bowl or another non-reactive medium sauce pan. Work with a heat resistant rubber spatula or a wooden spoon, pressing the cooked grapes through the sieve until only the skin and seeds remain. It will yield 2 cups of juice.
Add the strained juice right back into the sauce pan if strained into a bowl, add the sugar, stir to mix and bring to a boil. Turn down heat immediately after the grape juice boils and keep on a low/medium bubble for up to 20 minutes* while checking every few minutes that the juice is not sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning. Do not mix constantly. Let it bubble with minimal interruption. Cook for up to 20 minutes* until you will see the liquid starting to congeal into a clear thin layer at the side of the pan. The jelly will still be be liquid-like but it's a sign to pour it into the glass jars. Let it cool completely uncovered at room temperature before putting a lid on and refrigerating.
This jam can be kept in the refrigerator up to a month if not canning. Canning instructions can be found on National Center for Home Food Preservation's website.
Concord Grape Jelly and Grape Tart
serves 6-8
1/2 portion pie dough recipe
1lb Concord grapes or seedless grapes
2-4 tbls sugar
1 9oz jar Concord grape jelly (see above for recipe), room temperature
Take the grape jelly out of the refrigerator and set on the counter. Halve and seed the grapes with a paring knife. Pre-heat oven to 350F.
On a lightly flour-dusted surface, roll out the pie dough with a rolling pin, to a 12inch circle. Transfer the rolled out dough into a 9-10inch removable bottom tart pan. Lightly press to the sides and trim the excess dough from the top with a knife. Spread the Concord jelly evenly at the bottom of the pie crust and sprinkle the grapes on top of the jelly. Bake* on the middle rack of the oven for 30 minutes. Let cool on a rack. Chill before serving.
*Cook's notes:
Cooking time will vary depending on the size and type of pot you are using. The larger the surface the quicker it will cook and congeal. The smaller it will be gentler simmer and will cook for the full 20 minutes.
If cooking vigorously the consistency will suffer and won't be delicate jelly-like but firmer.
You might wish to place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack of the oven to catch drippings, if any.


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From 720,000 in the year 1980 to more than 1.9 million in 2010, the number of Americans who are 90 years of age or older has nearly tripled, the Census Bureau reports today in its first comprehensive look at the over-90 population.
And according to the Census Bureau, "over the next four decades, this population is projected to more than quadruple."
The trend has researchers wondering whether the definition of the "oldest old" — generally, those 85 and older — should be reconsidered and start the group at 90 instead.
Driven, as you would expect, by improvements in health care, the trend of course presents challenges. Census writes that "a nation's oldest-old population consumes resources disproportionately to its overall population size, and its growth has a significant impact on societal and family resources, including pension and retirement income, health care costs, and intergenerational relationships."
Some of the details in the report:
-- "People 90 and older now comprise 4.7 percent of the older population (age 65 and older), as compared with only 2.8 percent in 1980. By 2050, this share is likely to reach 10 percent."
-- "According to the National Center for Health Statistics, life expectancy at age 65 in the United States increased from 12.2 years in 1929–1931 to 18.5 years in 2006."
-- "People at very old ages are also expected to live longer. Today a person 90 years of age is expected to live on average another 4.6 years (versus 3.2 years in 1929–1931), and those who pass the century mark are projected to live another 2.3 years."
-- "Women aged 90+ outnumber 90+ men nearly 3 to 1."
-- "Over 80 percent of the 90+ women are widowed, while more than 40 percent of the 90+ men are married."
-- Nearly 20 percent of 90- to 94-year-olds live in nursing homes. Among thsoe 95-99, about 31 percent are in nursing homes. And in the 100+ population, 38.2 percent live in nursing homes.
-- Getting around, as you might imagine, is the group's most common problem. "Difficulty doing errands alone and mobility-related limitations are the two most common types of disability for the 90+."
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
This cover image released by Vogue shows first lady Michelle Obama on the cover of the April 2013 issue of Vogue. The issue is available on newsstands on March 26. (AP Photo/Vogue, nnie Leibovitz)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is pushing back against the notion that she and President Barack Obama don't socialize enough in Washington.
The first lady says in an interview in the April issue of Vogue magazine that she and the president were straightforward when they said — before moving from Chicago to Washington in 2009 — that their family, including two young daughters, would be their priority.
She said "the stresses and the pressures" of the White House are so real that they prefer to spend free time with their daughters, now 14 and 11.
"Our job is, first and foremost, to make sure our family is whole. You know, we have small kids; they're growing every day. But I think we were both pretty straightforward when we said, 'Our No. 1 priority is making sure that our family is whole,'" Mrs. Obama said in the interview, a copy of which was provided to The Associated Press before the magazine hits newsstands on March 26.
She noted that most of the couple's friends are parents, too, and that when she and the president go on vacation, usually with longtime friends or relatives, they are surrounded by children.
"The stresses and the pressures of this job are so real that when you get a minute, you want to give that extra energy to your 14- and 11-year-old," the first lady said.
The interview, conducted in January shortly after Obama began his second term, was released in the midst of his attempts to do more of what critics say he hasn't done enough of: reaching out to lawmakers, particularly Republicans, he needs to get his agenda through Congress. The list of action items includes legislation to limit access to firearms, overhaul the immigration system and make progress toward deficit reduction, among other issues.
Obama recently had dinner with a group of Republican senators at a hotel near the White House. He followed up by having lunch at the White House with the House Budget Committee chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and the panel's top Democrat, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.
The president also has been making multiple trips to Capitol Hill this week to meet with the individual party caucuses in both chambers.
He joked in the Vogue interview that he and the first lady might start hitting the town, now that their daughters are older and have less time for them.
"As I joked at a press conference, now that they want less time with us, who knows? Maybe you'll see us out in the clubs," Obama said.
Mrs. Obama added that "90 percent" of what she and the president talk about has to do with the girls: what they're up to, who has practice, which one of their friends is having a birthday party and did they get that person a gift — conversation she described as "endless" and "pretty exhausting."
She suggested that neither one of them wants to miss any of it. Obama grew up without his father and has talked publicly about his desire to be there for his kids.
"He's doing it while still dealing with Syria and health care. He's as up on every friend, every party, every relationship," the first lady said. "And if you're out to dinner every night, you miss those moments where you can check-in and just figure them out when they're ready to share with you."


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Could one of India's most ancient grains play a big part in the country's future? Millets are among the earliest known cultivated cereals and, used to make porridge, ground into flour for flatbreads or fermented into beer, have been an important element in the diet of the country's rural population for thousands of years.
During the Green Revolution of the 1960s, India saw an influx of technology, chemicals and high-yield seeds to support water-guzzling monocultures. It consequently lost many of the traditional crop varieties long-adapted to its regions, climates and cultures. As the government pushed rice and wheat production, the farming and consumption of millets fell drastically, along with their status. Increasingly relegated to use as animal fodder or for food processing, they were deemed the 'poor man's grain'. While advocates of the Green Revolution claimed it was effective in warding off famine, it in fact caused the abandonment of crops that could have played an important role in improving the country's precarious food security.
The millets–a group of cereal varieties such as sorghum, pearl, foxtail and finger millet–contain high levels of protein, fiber, iron, beta-carotene, calcium and other vitamins and minerals, in many cases several times higher than those of rice and wheat. Over millennia, they have adapted to many different climates and difficult growing conditions such as poor soils and high temperatures in areas where a small Celsius increase could wipe out thermal-sensitive wheat. Millets require very little water and can survive in drought-like conditions without irrigation. In short, they can be grown in areas where other cereal crops would perish.
India's poor small-scale farmers are often the owners of poor land in dry regions where millets are the only crops that can be grown. Rediscovering traditional millet varieties could therefore play a part in fighting malnutrition and restoring self-sufficiency to communities. While wheat and rice might provide short-term food security, millets can offer multiple securities: food, fodder, health and livelihood, particularly in the face of looming climate change.
Slow Food and the Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty have recognized the need for a revival of this wonder grain by launching a network of Indigenous millet producers across the country. The Millet Network project aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge among farmers about cultivation, processing and value adding and create the support that a network provides. The project also aims to facilitate production for farmers by introducing training and mechanical processing methods, considering that millet processing requires intensive manual labor and therefore risks increasing the workload of the women in local communities. The cultural and traditional facets of millet will be an important focus of the project, and local professional chefs will therefore be involved, helping to bring back the lost taste of millets and promote the cereals as a tool for creating a brighter future for food and farming in India.
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You have a unique medical history. Therefore, it is essential to talk with your doctor about your personal risk factors and/or experience with Hodgkin lymphoma. By talking openly and regularly with your doctor, you can take an active role in your care.
General Tips for Gathering Information
Here are some tips that will make it easier for you to talk to your doctor:
- Bring someone else with you. It helps to have another person hear what is said and think of questions to ask.
- Write your questions ahead of time, so you don't forget them.
- Write down the answers you get, and make sure you understand what you are hearing. Ask for clarification, if necessary.
- Don't be afraid to ask your questions or ask where you can find more information about what you are discussing. You have a right to know.
Specific Questions to Ask Your doctor
- What is the stage of my cancer?
- Was I diagnosed early?
Based on my medical history, lifestyle, and family background, am I at risk for Hodgkin lymphoma?
- How do we best treat Hodgkin lymphoma?
- What are all my options?
- What are the risks and benefits associated with this treatment plan?
- How long will treatment last?
- Are there side effects I should watch for?
Are there any medications I can take?
- What are the benefits?
- Are there any side effects I should watch for?
- What will I need to change in my daily routine?
- How will I feel during treatment?
- What will I need to do to take care of myself during the treatment period?
- What will we do if the treatment does not succeed?
- Are there any alternative or complementary therapies I should consider?
- How likely is it that my treatments will kill all the cancer cells?
- How do I know that my treatment program is effective?
- What should I do to protect my ability to have children in the future?
- Can you recommend a support group or other people whom I can talk with?
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114957/Hodgkin-lymphoma-HL. Accessed January 28, 2021.
Tips for talking to your doctor. American Academy of Family Physicians Family Doctor website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/healthcare-management/working-with-your-doctor/tips-for-talking-to-your-doctor.html. Accessed January 28, 2021.
What should you ask your doctor about Hodgkin lymphoma? American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/hodgkindisease/detailedguide/hodgkin-disease-talking-with-doctor. Accessed January 28, 2021.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Mohei Abouzied, MD, FACP
- Review Date: 12/2020
- Update Date: 01/28/2021


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Most career counselors and recruiting experts will tell you that following up after an interview is a must, especially if you really want the job and want the hiring manager to know it. Plus, following up after the interview gives you the chance to continue the conversation after the interview is over, or get a little closure to the interview process. The question though, is what's the best way to follow up? The folks at HR Bartender have some suggestions.
In most cases, they say, an email is the best way to follow up after an interview—it's fast, friendly, and unobtrusive, and doesn't put pressure on the hiring manager to stop everything they're doing and take your phone call, listen to your voicemail and call you back, or return a paper letter. The HR Bartender folks do note however that a paper note can often really stand out—you just have to use your judgment as to whether that would be in a good or bad way.
Take into account how you've been communicating with the hiring manager up to this point and follow suit. If you two have been speaking on the phone fairly regularly, it doesn't hurt to continue the trend with a phone call to say thanks for the interview and express your hope you'll hear from them—whatever the outcome—soon. Whatever you do, try to match your method to your interviewer's most preferred method, and follow up a few days after your interview.
Remember, the post-interview follow-up is an opportunity to reiterate your interest in the position and make sure you and the interviewer are on the same page and that there's no additional information they need from you. Your follow-up should include a reaffirmation of your interest in the position, and your clear belief that you're still the best person for the job and could thrive at their workplace. Even if they've already made a decision, sometimes other candidates decline offers or seek other opportunities, leaving an otherwise busy interviewer facing the prospect of interviewing more people or debating if someone they've already spoken to is still on the market.
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The House is expected to vote as early as next week to partially repeal a 2012 law that overhauled the National Flood Insurance Program, which is tens of billions of dollars in debt.
The law was meant to make people living in flood-prone areas foot more of the insurance bill. But lawmakers didn't realize how many homeowners would be affected — or how hard they'd be hit.
You can find some of those homeowners in Bayou Gauche, about 30 miles west of New Orleans.
Like other parts of South Louisiana, this small community is below sea level. Pumping stations — as well as 6-foot levees — keep the land here dry during storms. But the levees are nowhere to be found on the most recent flood map proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA decided it will no longer recognize levees that aren't certified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, so now Bayou Gauche shows up as a high-risk flood zone. Resident Gordon Matherne says that's ridiculous.
"The levees have been here for about 60 years, and we've never had a flood since the levees were built," says Matherne, 64, whose house is a five-minute drive from the levees.
Being deemed a higher risk as a flood zone has some financial consequences under the federal law passed in 2012: It has made flood insurance rates skyrocket for many longtime homeowners.
Living 'Check To Check'
The idea behind the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act was to shift the financial risk of insuring flood-zone properties from the government to homeowners. What lawmakers didn't foresee at the time was that new FEMA flood maps would bring staggering premium hikes for many of the 5.5 million people covered by the National Flood Insurance Program.
"We live check to check. And if you walk around this neighborhood, you'll find that most of the people around here live check to check," says Ward Aucoin, another resident of Bayou Gauche.
Right now, Aucoin is paying $370 per year for flood insurance. But in a few years, under Biggert-Waters, he's supposed to pay more than $17,000 annually.
"You know, a meteor could hit my house, but I don't go spend $20,000 for just in case it hits my house," says Aucoin. "No one's flooding around here, so it's kind of hard for me to justify — and everybody to justify — $18,000, or whatever it's gonna be, for something that's never happened that may happen."
Because Aucoin still has a mortgage on his red-brick, ranch-style home, he's required to purchase flood insurance. And he says he can't move away because he's tethered to the petrochemical industry that's based here. Those companies need to be near water to transport their products up and down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico.
Most of Aucoin's neighborhood is in the same boat.
"Neighbor across the street works at a local chemical plant. This one just retired from a chemical plant," says Aucoin, pointing to various houses down his street. "That's my brother next door, works at a chemical plant. I work at a chemical plant."
An Environmental Concern
Stories like Aucoin's have been flooding into congressional offices, so now lawmakers are trying to delay or repeal parts of Biggert-Waters.
But that worries environmentalists like Rob Moore, policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"We need to turn the conversation from 'How do we keep insurance cheap?' to 'How do we make insurance work as a way of managing the nation's flood risk?' " says Moore.
Moore argues that when flood insurance rates are kept artificially low, people remain and rebuild in flood zones, and then there's more political pressure to erect levees and seawalls that disrupt natural water systems.
"Those things have major environmental consequences for water quality, for fish, for wildlife habitat," Moore says.
Who Can Leave?
There's a financial argument, too. Payouts from massive hurricanes, like Katrina and Sandy, have left the National Flood Insurance Program about $24 billion in the hole. That's why Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says the government shouldn't continue paying for people's desire to live in flood-prone areas.
"We'd be going back to a system where, literally, Warren Buffet can buy a home and as long as he makes it his primary residence, he can continue to have taxpayers subsidize his cost of flood insurance," Toomey said on the Senate floor last month.
But to assume communities can just pick up and leave strikes Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana as unrealistic.
"New Orleans is 8 feet below sea level. It's one of the great cities of the world. We're not going to move the entire city. We're not going to move St. Augustine, Fla. We're not going to move Miami Beach," Landrieu says in an interview in her Senate office.
Landrieu helped push a bill through the Senate that would delay most insurance rate increases for four years. House leaders are trying to drum up enough votes to go a step further and outright repeal the biggest hikes.
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One of my favorite ways to cook asparagus is to roast it as roasting seems to concentrate the flavour. Simple roasted asparagus seasoned with a bit of salt and pepper is makes a great side dish and you can easily top it with various things to change it up from meal to meal. You could also top it with something more substantial, like an egg, and turn it into a light meal. Though I have done roasted asparagus topped with fried eggs, scrambled eggs and even chopped up hard boiled eggs my favorite is a poached egg. Roasted asparagus topped with a poached egg makes for a really nice light and healthy meal that I have been enjoying often on weekend mornings over the last few weeks. Really, how can you go wrong topping anything with an egg with a nice runny yolk? I also like to top everything off with some freshly grated parmigiano reggiano and sometimes even a splash of balsamic vinegar.
Roasted Asparagus with Poached Egg
- 1 pound thick asparagus (trimmed)
- 4 eggs
- salt and pepper to taste
- parmigiano reggiano to taste (grated, optional)
- balsamic vinegar to taste (optional)
- Spread the asparagus out in a single layer on a flat baking dish.
- Roast in a preheated 400F/200C oven until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and reduce the heat to medium.
- Crack an egg into a bowl and pour the egg from the bowl into the water and repeat for remaining eggs.
- Let the eggs cook until the whites are set but the yolks are not, about 2-3 minutes.
- Arrange the asparagus on plates and top with the poached eggs.
- Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle on some parmigiano reggiano.
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Herdla farm
Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the nation's history since High Middle Ages. As Ask, Herdla was part of the country estate Harald Hårfagre took over as he took command of the west of Norway.
Tælavåg has a significant place in the history of the German occupation in WWII. The small community by the sea, where for centuries people had made a living from farming and fishing in harmony with the natural resources, in 1942 became the victim of German reprisals without their equal in Norwegian war history. The collection of war histories in Tælavåg provides us with a close-up of the dramatic events.
High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of Studla is derived from studill "support, shelf". As far back as Viking times Støle has been a chieftain's farm, a good farm on the plains formed by the moraine masses.
The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become governor and senator in the US.


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Though not meant for an easily offended audience, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead was a fascinating look at the hardships of high school and the dark realities our beloved childhood characters might face there.
This Little Theatre of Alexandria production was presented at the Capital Fringe Festival, an event designed to give lesser known actors and works their deserved time at center-stage. Appropriately, Dog Sees God was significantly edgier than the average production by Alexandrias own little playhouse.
The story reveals with poignancy what becomes of the characters from the popular Peanuts comic strip when they move on to high school. While their names have been changed to avoid copyright infringement, it was not difficult to identify Pigpen in Matt (Shawn G. Byers), Linus in Van (Silvano Melgar), Schroeder in Beethoven (Keith J. Miller) or, of course, Charlie Brown in C.B. (Patrick M. Doneghy).
Dog Sees God begins with the death of one of the strips undying characters: Snoopy. This is just the first of a number of changes for the Peanuts clan that seem utterly impossible in the context of the comic, but disturbingly believable when the frame is shifted to real life.
Snoopys death leads C.B. to question the existence of an afterlife. As he encounters friend after familiar friend, he asks them what they believe, and the audience learns what has become of its beloved childhood characters. They have grown (devolved?) into the typical high school cast of characters: The potheads, the jocks, the cheerleaders and the outcasts.
Finding no comfort in his existential crisis with his friends, C.B. wanders into the music room to talk to Beethoven, the school outcast whom he and Matt have been tormenting for years. Their encounter leads to dramatic results for the entire cast of characters, forcing the high schoolers to face the realities of open sexuality, bullying and suicide.
Dog Sees God explores both possibility for change and its potentially tragic consequences. While at times it leans a little heavily on high school stereotypes and Peanuts references for its humor, the production is genuinely funny, a real accomplishment in a very dark play.
The Peanuts characters, like so many high school students, are cruel because they are afraid, and never crueler than when they have something to hide. C.B. tries, in his well-intentioned and ineffectual way, to break out of the mold and be himself. The mixed results of his actions are sad, but realistic.
While it was a bit jarring to see high school students played by actors who were mostly in their 20s or older, the acting was well thought out and compelling. Initially the characters seemed too stereotyped to be believable, but when the play took a more serious turn they each revealed more complex personalities.
Vans Sister (Jennifer Finch), the new incarnation of Lucy, is surprisingly sympathetic. The doctor is still in, and she encourages C.B. in his attempt at independence. She deceives the audience (as does C.B.) with her myriad reasons for why she set the little redheaded girls hair on fire. Finch has incredible stage presence, making her single scene one of the most memorable of the play. She regards C.B. with affection and leaves him with good advice, even if she still calls him a blockhead.
Matt (Byers) spends a good portion of the play enraged a challenging role. Byers emotions seem genuine, which is key to making the climax of the play believable. When Matt finally explodes, it is the culmination of a fuse that has been burning throughout the play before the audiences eyes.
It is easy to empathize with C.B. As his emotions ricochet from euphoria to grief, the audience experiences both his hopes and his helpless anger. The audience faces a startling shift in perspective when he asks his sister (Allison S. Galen) if she ever feels like somewhere, someone is laughing every time you fail. It is with C.B. that the play finds its hopeful conclusion, which seems impossible after yet another unanticipated death.
In the letter that completes the play, a voice from nowhere offers C.B. what he really needs not answers, but the assurance that he can face whatever happens.
The letter also gives C.B. what we all had in that part of childhood when we watched Peanuts: The faith that somewhere, somehow, everything is all right.
Dog Sees God is playing through July 24 at Redrum, 612 L Street NW, Washington, D.C. For more information, call (703) 683-0496 or visit www.thelittletheatre.com.


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Popeyes Restaurant Canada
Founded in Atlanta in 1992 as AFC Enterprises, Inc., the Company is a developer, operator and franchisor of quick-service restaurants ("QSRs" or "restaurants") under the trade name, Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen and Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits. In January 2014, AFC Enterprises, Inc. changed its corporate name to Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. and is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "PLKI".
The Popeyes® brand was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1972 and is the world's second largest quick-service chicken concept (based on the number of units). Within the QSR industry, Popeyes distinguishes itself with a unique "New Orleans" style menu that features spicy chicken, chicken tenders, fried shrimp and other seafood, as well as jambalaya, Red Beans and Rice and other regional items. Popeyes is a highly differentiated QSR brand with a passion for its Louisiana heritage and flavorful authentic food.
Popeyes serves food the world craves and is continuing to expand its global reach. The Company operates and franchises over 2, 000 Popeyes restaurants worldwide. Of the 1, 600 domestic franchised restaurants, approximately 70% are concentrated in Texas, California, Louisiana, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Georgia, Virginia and Mississippi. Of the nearly 400 international franchised restaurants, approximately 55% are located in Korea, Canada and Turkey. More than 90% of the company-operated restaurants are concentrated in Louisiana and Tennessee.
Our business strategy, announced at the beginning of 2008, capitalizes on our strengths as a highly franchised restaurant system. The model provides diverse and reliable earnings with steady cash flow, and relatively low capital spending requirements. Over the last five years, the cash flow produced by our model has primarily been used to pay down debt and repurchase stock to enhance shareholder value.
Our strategy is built on the foundation of aligning and collaborating with our stakeholders, and is focused on the five pillars of our Strategic Plan listed below. We believe our execution of these proven strategies will continue to deliver positive results, making Popeyes more competitive and better positioned to gain market share and accelerate long-term growth.
To date, we have built a strong foundation for our domestic business. Going forward, our initiatives will remain focused on the same five successful strategies: create a culture of servant leaders, build a distinctive brand, run great restaurants, grow restaurant profits, and accelerate quality restaurants. We will build on this success by using the same Strategic Roadmap for our international business including making investments that we believe will help drive guest traffic, improve guest satisfaction, and strengthen our unit economics. This is the essential foundation for accelerating unit growth around the globe.
The Company's strategic plan focuses on the five pillars below which management believes are proven strategies for growing a high performance restaurant chain.
- Create a Culture of Servant Leaders - creating a culture so engaging that you can't wait to come work at Popeyes.
- Build Distinct Brand - offering a distinctive brand and menu with superior food at affordable prices.
- Create Memorable Experiences - service experience so good you can't wait to come back to Popeyes.
- Grow Restaurant Profits - reducing restaurant operating costs and increasing restaurant profitability while maintaining excellent food quality for our guests.
- Accelerate Quality Restaurants - building more restaurants across the U.S. and abroad with superior profits and investment returns.


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[wistful sigh]
Ah, how I miss my people.
Fortunately, I have this week's awesome Sweets line-up to help heal the hurt.
Beware the Cthulhu, a monstrous creature of gargantuan size which evokes terror in all it encounters!!
Made by Rebecca H, another hobby baker, and based on the artwork "Cthulu's Day Out" by Ursulav.
You score 10 geek points if you can correctly identify this next cake:
Here's a close up of the top:
Yep, these are my people, I tell ya.
So, imagine my glee when I saw this:
Awww yeeeeah.
[Update: I'm told this is "Saber from Fate Stay Night." Here's hoping that means something to somebody out there. :)]
And finally, a fitting homage to Dragon*Con:
Detail shot:
And that's it! Thanks very much to all of you lovely readers who found us and said hello last weekend; it was a blast meeting you! I can't wait to do it all over again next year.
Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.