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There were five Wizards sent to Middle Earth around the year 1000 of the Third Age. In some of Tolkien’s other work, he mentioned the total number might have been larger, but there were five known members of the Order of Wizards. The Wizards were first called the Istari, and they were Maiar spirits—which are powerful, angelic beings that can shapeshift and choose whichever form they like. The Wizards took on the form of elderly Men....

Nothing there to interest the Western press, apparently. But there is one important element of this attack that must be understood, as the Biden administration continues to insist that the creation of a Palestinian state next to the State of Israel is necessary for regional peace and prosperity, and aims to create a Hamas-Fatah unity government for purposes of negotiation. The Palestinians are at war with Israel, yes. But Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and supported by Iran, and Fatah, the more-secular-but-not-secular branch of Palestinian nationalism, are also at war with one another....

To put things simply, fans must complete the Radio Free Monarch quest before they are able to play The Outer Worlds’ Peril on Gorgon DLC. With this requirement met, players should fly their ships to any planet, and this action will lead to a conversation with a Parcel Runner. Through this dialogue fans will ultimately receive a a new quest called The Ones Who Walk Away From Gorgon, and indeed this will serve as the entry point into this single-player RPG’s new DLC....

The Outer Worlds received acclaim for its story, fun weaponry and gameplay. The developer of the title, Obsidian Entertainment, previously made impressive titles such as Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II and Fallout: New Vegas and after some disappointing Fallout entries, players saw The Outer Worlds as an RPG that they had been waiting for. While the wait was longer for Switch players, it is nearly over....

The poster boy for this movement is Mark Zuckerberg, the 23-year-old CEO of Facebook, which he created in a Harvard dorm when he was 19. Zuckerberg raised eyebrows last spring when he told an audience of would-be moguls to hire young people with technical skills. “Young people are just smarter,” he said. Although Zuckerberg later apologized for the remarks, the speech seemed to fit the Valley’s growing cult of youth based on “don’t fund anyone over 30....

Vanna White spelled out word of her engagement to Los Angeles restaurateur George Santo Pietro. They bought a $20 marriage license Thursday. And Tom Cruise thundered into town after he and Aussie actress Nicole Kidman said “I do” in an immediate-family-plus-Dustin Hoffman ceremony in Telluride, Colo., on Christmas Eve. Private is in this year. Aspen’s new, members-only eatery, The Caribou Club, keeps out lightweights by charging $1,000 a year for membership....

Si Woo Kim was the benificiary of that power outage. The 21-year-old from South Korea, who came into the day two strokes off the lead, shot a 3-under-par 69 to capture his first victory on the PGA Tour. Kyle Stanley and J.B. Holmes shared the lead at the Players Championship entering Round 4 at 9 under, but both men stumbled. Holmes collapsed with an 84 that was capped by an 8 on 17 and a double bogey on 18....

MORE: The Players Championship leaderboard When is The Players Championship? The 2018 Players Championship will take place from May 10-13. See below for the full round-by-round TV schedule and tee times. THE PLAYERS: Highlights from Round 3 | Tiger Tracker How to watch The Players Championship live Golf Channel will carry live network coverage Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET, with NBC showing weekend coverage starting at 2 p....

It’s becoming a common bet. With oil prices near record highs and more companies concerned about their carbon footprints, workers are finding job opportunities in the emerging green economy. Companies are hiring scientists to work on renewable-energy technology and business people to market earth-friendly products. Even if some of these nascent companies falter, there’s widespread conviction that this sector will become one of the country’s hottest employers. “This is the challenge of the 21st century … and it’s not going away,” says Kevin Doyle, founder of the consulting firm Green Economy....

Some historians worry that the advent of the Internet and the transience of electronic documents may damage the long-term historical record. Ironically, the Internet itself will likely be one of the best-documented social watersheds in world history. Besides the Pew project, both UCLA Carnegie-Mellon University have major ongoing field studies, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration uses census data to track the evolution of the Internet. The Pew project is unusual in that a journalist, rather than an academic researcher, heads it....

By the end of the week, new laws to protect children will likely go into effect in a dozen states. There are hundreds of state laws on the books right now that had been stalled because of the unjust, illogical, immoral decision of Roe v. Wade. These laws will now be able to go into effect. So this is a tremendous victory. Children will now have protection in some states, but in the bigger picture, we are just getting started....

A similar situation occurred for Discord in 2018, when Discord and Qatalyst Partners were coordinating for a potential acquisition. Though no specific bidders were ever named, Discord’s CEO Jason Citron had allegedly declined offers that would’ve forced the platform to engage in things Discord management didn’t want to do, like advertising. However, things could be very different with Microsoft, assuming the company were to take a similar approach with the Xbox brand....

Consider the progress of Al Qaeda and affiliated terror groups over the past three years. For a decade they had attacked high-profile American targets only–embassies, a naval destroyer, the World Trade Center. Once the United States mobilized against them, and got the world to join that fight, what have they hit? A discotheque, a few synagogues, a couple of restaurants and hotels, all soft targets that could not ever be protected, and all outside the Western world....

What has he been up to since? Making his own social media platform, apparently. Lindell’s Making Something That’s “Not Just Like a Little Twitter Platform” MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared on the podcast of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk to announce that in about four or five weeks, he’ll launch a tech company to rival mainstream social media platforms. “All the influencers in this country will be able to go to and not worry about YouTube and actually be able to talk,” he says....

As governors and business leaders who serve on the board of Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG), a national organization that has always operated on a bipartisan basis and has served more than 1.5 million of the nation’s most vulnerable youth over 40 years, we are compelled to report that the nation, once again, is at great risk of losing a critical part of our next generation. This generation will already be numbered among the smallest in our history, and our economy and our country urgently need them all....

All of what he achieves appears so utterly effortless that were you to arrive from Sri Lanka tomorrow and go to a Pittsburgh Penguins game, you would have no idea which is the one out there who is the pre-eminent hockey player in all the world. Instead, your sight would surely be drawn elsewhere–oh, probably first to the team’s other superb player, the dashing Czech, Jaromir Jagr, with his shirt out and his long hair flowing from behind his helmet, Custer on the ice....

As the summer heat waves dissipate and tropical storms start rolling in, the nation turns its eager eyes to the weather forecasters. Polls show that an accurate local forecast is consistently the second most cited reason for watching television news, even during the summer doldrums. Impending snowstorms and other types of “extreme weather events” bump the rating to No. 1. There isn’t a politician or entertainer or athlete in the world who wouldn’t kill for a fraction of this power to command the public’s attention....

Apple’s new Mac Mini M1 raises the bar for budget-friendly desktops—with a few caveats. First Impressions Like all of Apple’s products, the Mac mini M1 forgoes flashy aesthetics for a more minimalistic look. You won’t find any color options here. The mini M1 comes in a single shade of take-it-or-leave-it silver. It’s the same brushed silver that Apple’s offered on its laptops for years, yet somehow the color still feels fresh....

But they sure are nice numbers. Hoffman became a young millionaire by riding the two trends dominating the U.S. economy: the soaring stock market and the country’s continuing transformation into a postindustrial society based on knowledge and technology rather than on traditional wealthmakers like manufacturing. Companies like Microsoft, which dominate the computer operating-system and software businesses, have ridden both waves, prospering beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. The 100 Microsoft shares you could have bought for $2,100 at the company’s initial public stock offering in 1986 have become 3,600 shares worth half a million dollars at last Friday’s closing price of $138....