In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the props used to depict the One Ring were purposefully simple, matching the descriptions provided by J. R. R. Tolkien in the novel version of ...

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The low clouds, fog and drizzle we are getting along the Blue Ridge this morning are a secondary effect from Tropical Storm Fay. The counterclockwise circulation of Fay, still stalled along the ...

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New research from the University of East Anglia has uncovered a significant gap in understanding of a harmful form of domestic abuse known as subtle or covert abuse. Unlike more obvious forms of ...