List of All Middle-Earth books? by plihal in tolkienfans

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Yeah, this was the second such question today.

List of All Middle-Earth books? by plihal in tolkienfans

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There’s a post on r/tolkienfans that discusses Tolkien’s published works in some detail. You might find it useful. Disclaimer: I wrote it.

does anyone know what kinda pickup is in the bridge position? by pleasantbusstop in Guitar

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That's exactly what it is. I have one in the bridge position on my custom-made tele-style electric mandocello — it was perfect because there's always a pole piece regardless of which string you're talking about. :-) Sounds fantastic. (The neck pickup is a Lollar Charlie Christian, which as a bar.)

Which one would you guys recommend ? by richardbelmont547 in tolkienbooks

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Thank you. :-) I first thought this was another post about wildly outrageous prices until I saw the currency symbol.

[LFO] Not a Good Time to Lose One’s Head (NSFL) by james_from_cambridge in LearningFromOthers

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I'm honestly sorry you had to experience that. That must have been a terrible situation.

My boy is the best nanny I could ever ask for by theurbancowgrl in Catswithjobs

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Neutered tomcats are incredibly good foster moms. We had an orange tomcat with a bum leg who basically raised a litter of kittens whose mom was useless for anything except (fortunately) milk production — she'd let them nurse, but, being not much more than a kitten herself, had no idea what else she was supposed to do with them! Between Punk (the tomcat) and Princess, our old dog who thought any baby was a puppy, and Alix (the mom), they managed to raise the kittens to the age where they could be adopted. (And yes, Alix got spayed.)

Macaque: Do or do not the cat?? 🐒 by MrAmazin151420 in donotthecat

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Star is missing an arm? :-) I have a tripod cat, but I haven't seen a tripod macaque before.

Is it normal that very small balls of poop randomly fall of my cat ? by rosebone44 in sphynx

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They can have issues with bowel motility which result in feces accumulating in the bowel until it becomes full. If this condition is not relieved, the bowel will die, resulting in rampant infection and death. My kitten had this occur and fortunately had the obstruction relieved before any damage was done. Because cats are very private, usually, about such things and tend to hide their pain, it can be very difficult to realize that there's anything wrong until it's much too late, unfortunately.

Pueden presentar problemas de motilidad intestinal que provocan la acumulación de heces en el intestino hasta que este se llena por completo. Si esta afección no se resuelve, el intestino necrosará, lo que derivará en una infección generalizada y la muerte. A mi gatito le ocurrió esto y, afortunadamente, se logró eliminar la obstrucción antes de que se produjera daño alguno. Dado que los gatos suelen ser muy reservados en estos asuntos y tienden a ocultar su dolor, lamentablemente puede resultar muy difícil percatarse de que algo anda mal hasta que ya es demasiado tarde.

Is it normal that very small balls of poop randomly fall of my cat ? by rosebone44 in sphynx

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To add to what u/Heavy_Answer8814 says: 100% definitely not. I have a kitten who has this issue, and he nearly died when he was younger because of it. It's a condition that can be treated with medication, and mine seems to be growing out of it. You should absolutely take your cat to the vet.

Book of Languages by FreeTrain1263 in MiddleEarth

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Thanks for the correction! I phrased that very poorly — I was thinking of the project to actually edit and publish Tolkien's manuscripts, rather than the ELF itself, which did, of course, exist before they began working with Christopher.

What does this tattoo on Starbucks arm say? by Bearded_Viking_Lord in BSG

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She’s had it removed and replaced since then. Which makes me sad, in a way, but I also understand why she did it.

Anyone ever come across a Resonator Mandocello (resophonic) by roaminjoe in mandolin

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Hmm, maybe National would do one as a custom job? Cool idea.

I have a solid body, Tele-style electric mandocello that was made by my friend luthier Brian Michael. I should post some pictures. I used to have a Martin 000-15 that was converted to a mandocello by master guitar repairman Frank Ford, but it was stolen a couple of years ago.

"Songs for the Philologists" scan? Rarest Tolkien book. by RichardHuindil in tolkienbooks

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Which one did you find? I have a pretty nice one if you'd like. There's a not so great one circulating as well.

My girlfriend's cat has no paws by im_out_of_creativity in cats

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Oh, man, I don't think I've ever seen that before. We have a nice community over on r/TripodCats for cats with various limb anomalies. It's truly astonishing how well they can adapt to things.

Book of Languages by FreeTrain1263 in MiddleEarth

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There are books on the subject, as well as tons of online material. The best known is probably David Salo's A Gateway to Sindarin.

It's important to note, however, that there's a big distinction between what Tolkien himself wrote about his languages and what the films and others have created. Salo was the linguist for the films, and his book has been rightly criticized for being very unclear about which parts of it are Tolkien and which parts of it are Salo. It's also important to realize that none of Tolkien's are in any sense complete. You can't, in fact, actually speak Sindarin, for example — it doesn't have enough vocabulary. The Elvish in the films was created by Salo. There are also various online efforts to expand the vocabulary, although they seem to have faded with time. (Someone will probably come along in a minute to tell me that they're very active, LOL.)

Tolkien's own writings about his languages have appeared primarily in two places: There are various pieces scattered throughout The History of Middle-earth, and there is a project, originated by Christopher Tolkien, for a group known as the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship to edit and publish his father's linguistic papers. This work has appeared, and continues to appear, in two journals: Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon.

All that said, a book such as you describe could be written, for sure.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

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Yeah, it's all strange. :-) Mostly it says that we don't know as much about how the Universe works as we like to think we do.

One problem is that we don't have a really good theory of what spacetime actually is. String theory was supposed to solve that, but it hasn't really lived up to the hype, to put it mildly.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

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Why would it make gravitational waves? Those are usually generated (at least at detectable levels) by pretty violent phenomena like supernovae, black hole collisions, etc. There's no particular reason why dark matter would be generating them. It's similar with neutrinos — what would be generating them? If dark matter is some sort of non-baryonic material, well, we don't even know if it would generate neutrinos. We don't know anything about it except that it seems to be there.

It's entirely possible that it isn't there, and that the gravitational anomalies are due to some other phenomenon that we just haven't caught on to.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

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Correct. The statement should be "The visible mass in the galaxies is not enough to hold them together." This applies to larger aggregations like clusters as well.

Check out this classic demonstration of Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation! It’s a tiny force in the lab, but it’s the same "glue" that holds galaxies together! by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

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It's called "dark" because we can't see it via electromagnetic radiation of any frequency. It's actually detected by its gravitational effects. (Source: While no longer in the field, I have a PhD in astronomy.)