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|Hobbits comparison by Lidia Postma
|General Information
|Upper Anduin, Bree, The Shire
|Hobbitish, Westron
|Marcho, Blanco, the Bolgers, the Tooks, the Brandybucks
|Physical Description
|c. 96 years
|Least numerous of the three branches of hobbits, skilled in hunting and in language, more naturally adventurous than other hobbits
|Average height
|Taller than the other hobbits
|Hair color
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Fallohides were one of three original divisions of hobbit-kind, along with the Harfoots and Stoors. The Fallohides were the least numerous of the three branches, and originally dwelt in the northern parts of Middle-earth.[1]
[edit] Characteristics
In appearance, Fallohides were taller and slimmer of build than the other Hobbits, with some growing to four feet or more in height. Both their skin and their hair tended to be fair, and no Fallohide ever grew a beard.
While the other two branches of hobbit-kind were pastoral and rustic in nature, the Fallohides retained a hunting tradition, and so were naturally bolder and more inquisitive than their relatives, but less gifted in the arts of farming and agriculture.[1]
As Fallohidish culture was much more open to outside influence than that of the Stoors or Harfoots, they were friendlier with the other races of Middle-earth than their cousins, especially with the Elves. Perhaps because of this, they were skilled in both song and speech, and were lovers of trees and of woodlands.[1]
[edit] History
The Fallohides seem to have dwelt originally on the upper reaches of the River Anduin, in the region where the Greylin and the Langwell flowed into the Great River. It is likely that they mixed with the ancestors of the Rohirrim at this time, for the Northmen also dwelt in this region, and this is likely the origin of the legend of the Holbytlan found in Rohan[2].
At the end of the first millennium of the Third Age, evil things began to stir in the east of Middle-earth, and many peoples, including the ancestral Hobbits, began to travel westward across the Misty Mountains. The first Hobbits to enter Eriador were the Harfoots; the Fallohides deserted their northern homes in around T.A. 1150,[3] and crossed the Mountains to the north of Rivendell, at the sources of the River Hoarwell.[1]
The tribes of the Fallohidish Hobbits travelled slowly down the course of the Hoarwell, and westward across Eriador. They eventually settled in the region around Bree, in c.T.A. 1300,[3] where their adventurous and intrepid natures made them natural leaders of the other Hobbits they found there. It was presumably at about this time that the three strains of Hobbits began to mix freely for the first time.
Three hundred years later (in the year T.A. 1601)[3], two Fallohide brothers, Marcho and Blanco, travelled westward again from Bree with their followers and crossed the Bridge of Stonebows (later the Brandywine Bridge). They settled in the empty land that they found there and were granted it by King Argeleb II of Arthedain, in whose realm it lay. This was the land that was to become known as the Shire.[1]
As the centuries passed, the three distinct strains of the Hobbits gradually began to disappear as they mingled with one another in the Shire. Nonetheless, there were families that retained a strong line of Fallohidish blood, and the impetuosity that went with it. At the time of the War of the Ring, the Fallohidish line was still well represented in the families of the Tooks, the Bolgers and the Brandybucks.[1]
In some old families, especially those of Fallohide origin it was, the custom to give high-sounding first-names such as Isengrim.[4]
[edit] Etymology
Fallohide is a translation of an archaic Hobbitish word.
The word derived from the archaic English words fallow, meaning "pale, yellowish" (not now in use, except in "fallow deer"), and hide (which is no longer applied to human skin). In modern English, Fallohide would be rendered as 'Paleskin'.[5]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Hobbits"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Road to Isengard"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 757


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Does someone get this? Because we're not sure we get this. Southeastern college basketball was only recently liberated from the tyranny of Bruce Pearl, its chief coach-mascot, and now it's got another one on its hands.
Mark Gottfried, who was canned by Alabama in 2009 under murky circumstances, took the NC State gig in April. He has evidently decided, long before the first jump ball of the ACC season, months ahead of forthcoming dismantlings at the hands of John Henson and Seth Curry, to make himself into a flying clown.
Andy Katz explains:
The plan is for Gottfried to latch onto a trusted tandem jumper and land at the 50-yard line before kickoff of Wolfpack's home football game against South Alabama. The person who will be guiding Gottfried to land is the same man who helped former President George H.W. Bush jump on his 80th birthday.
"I figured if he could survive it, I could survive it,'' Gottfried said. "The No. 1 reason is to bring attention to our military since it's military appreciation week. I want to say thank you to them. But we're also trying to get attention for NC State basketball.''
Would Duke's Mike Krzyzewski or North Carolina's Roy Williams do something like this?
"They don't have to,'' Gottfried said. "We're at a different point with our program. We have a long, long, long ways to go, about as long as that fall out of the plane.''
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The Virginia law "is unconstitutionally overbroad on its face because it prohibits the anonymous transmission of all unsolicited bulk e-mails, including those containing political, religious or other speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Justice G. Steven Agee wrote.
In 2004, Jaynes became the first person in the country to be convicted of a felony for sending unsolicited bulk e-mail. Authorities claimed Jaynes sent up to 10 million e-mails a day from his home in Raleigh, N.C. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Jaynes was charged in Virginia because the e-mails went through an AOL server there.
The state Supreme Court last February affirmed Jaynes' conviction on several grounds but later agreed, without explanation, to reconsider the First Amendment issue. Jaynes was allowed to argue that the law unconstitutionally infringed on political and religious speech even though all his spam was commercial.
Jaynes' attorney, Thomas Wolf, has said sending commercial spam would still be illegal under the federal CAN-SPAM Act even if Virginia's law is invalidated. However, he said the federal law would not apply to Jaynes because it was adopted after he sent the e-mails that were the basis for the state charges.
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You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1919 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1362, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
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"I don't need a history lesson, Your Excellency," the true-blue American general tells Emperor Hirohito's ex-prime minister when he lectures his inquisitor about the bloody imperialist actions of Great Britain and America, along with Japan, in the new film "Emperor."
The Yank may not need a history lesson. But the movie could use one, along with a more confident brand of historical fiction to shore it up. A little bit true, a lotta invented, this wan drama stars Matthew Fox as one of World War II's intriguing supporting players: Gen. Bonner Fellers (1896-1973), who served as military attache and psychological warfare director under Gen. Douglas MacArthur after Japan's surrender in 1945.
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We have been blessed with twenty-one outstanding Hula Festival years
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Life hasn't exactly been a peach away from the farm either. My mother was awakened one evening by a young woman claiming to be her granddaughter. I can only imagine how my mother must have felt when the girl proclaimed "you are my grandmaâ€. The young woman is 15 and her mother had just recently told her that I am her father. Why anyone would keep a secret like that for 15 years is hard to comprehend. I remember casually dating the mother all those years ago, but never dreamed anything like this was in the cards. I worked away then and only came home every other weekend or so and the relationship just never took off. She married a complete loser while I was still away and everyone was always told he was the father. Now I find myself dealing with this young woman, who may or may not be my child; her crazy mother; and the thug husband. Throw into the mix that the mother and husbands family both are nuts and you have yourself one hoot of a good time. Destiny is the childs name and as I'm sure you can imagine by now she has some issues she's having a tough time dealing with. She's a very rebellious child and she does not want to attend school. The truancy and the fact that her mother isn't, well for the lack of better words, stable, has landed her in the custody of the state. The local district judge has ordered a dna test, but months into this mess it still has not been performed. It's almost like they have the child and plan to keep her until she is able to take care of herself. I'm not sure what my plan of action is for this mess just yet, but as of right now there seems to be very little I can do.
Aside from all the bickering and fighting we've found time to accomplish a few things. Kaylee's cheer squad competed in the Can Am Nationals in Myrtle Beach S.C.. That was a welcome break for almost a week. The kids and I played on the beach and in the pool most of the time. My favorite part though is eating at all the good restaraunts and visiting the shops. Bj, Garett, Madison, Katie, and I took in Ripley's Aquarium and ate at Joe's Crab Shack at Broadway on the Beach. After 5 days though I'll admit I was glad to be back home.
Seems like it completely skipped spring again and went straight to summer. I have run from spot to spot tilling with the 7010. I took the backhoe off the 3316 HST and put my layoff plow on it. It puts the rows at just the right distance apart and keeps them a lot straighter than when I use a hoe or tiller. We've been busy as beavers getting things planted. The kids want to try their hand at selling vegetables at the farmers market this summer. If the farmers market is going to be something we do every year I am going to pick up a Keulavator hiller and cultivator setup from Agri Supply. I got their catalog in the mail last week and have not been able to put it down. So far we have over 200 pounds of potatoes planted along with cabbage, brocolli, peppers, tomatoes, and onions. Some time soon we'll get the green beans in the ground. Madison is really getting on to me about a horse trailer. She does not want to be sidelined another summer. The kid loves horses and I have got to find time to get her out and on the trails. Garett has decided to play little league baseball this summer so he's been busy practicing almost every night. Katie has decided she wants me to take her grandmother back to court for custody of her. So we'll start that process shortly. On her last visit to the dentist they referred her to have her wisdom teeth cut out. She ran around for a few days looking like a chipmunk but all went well. Now she is getting braces. Last month she got the top ones installed and this month she'll get the bottoms.
One morning this week I had a flat on my truck so I had to come out of the chicken houses and plug it. While I was out I heard chainsaws running toward the back side of the property. Knowing all to well how easily someone else can rob you of timber I made my way around the property line to find pink ribbons tied in the trees about 1000 yards across my property line. The timber cutters had not crossed my line so I took all the pink ribbons down and showed them the red paint that marks the line. I'm sure a day or 2 later and I would have had a real problem on my hands. Just one more thing I have to get done, freshen up the paint on the property lines.This Easter was an absolutely beautiful one. The whole family attended church at Bethel Baptist Church. I got to see some of my relatives I haven't seen in a while. Most notably my cousin Johnathan and his son Jackson. I don't see Johnathan, or Smith, as my great uncle Pete used to call him much. He was Smith and I was Jones. I'll never forget how we used to run this farm with our sticks and pocket knives. Ready for whatever great adventure found us next. Whatever it was we could climb it, shake it, skin it, or chase it. Well atleast we thought we could. Smith and Jones 2 great pioneers. I never knew why uncle Pete called us Smith and Jones and I guess now I never will. I do know that I was truly blessed to have the childhood I had here and I pray my kids look back as fondly as I do.
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The Euro Hockey League (EHL) lands in Ireland for the first time over the weekend as 12 of Europe's best clubs arrive in Banbridge's Havelock Park for Round 1 of the competition.
Hot on the heels of Ireland's first Olympic campaign in over a century, the EHL is another significant event for Irish hockey, giving local fans the chances to see over 15 Olympians – including a series of medallists – up close and in the flesh for the first time.
And Eugene Magee – Bann's own Olympian – said it is a huge honour for his club to put on such a show with plenty of local support.
"It will be a great day for hockey in Banbridge. We have hosted Irish Hockey League finals in previous years and created a great atmosphere for both supporters and players so really looking forward to the EHL.
"We have always been a passionate club; we play with a lot of heart and I think the supporters appreciate that," Magee said. "Other sports in the local area tend to come to support us too like golf, soccer, hurling and cycling.
"We hope that this EHL will be a spectacle that the whole town can be proud of and if the Irish hockey league finals that we've hosted are anything to go by, it should be!"
The EHL is the equivalent of football's Champions League, featuring 24 clubs from 12 different countries around the continent.
Round 1 sees four groups of three teams battling it out over the weekend for four tickets to the KO16 stage, the knock-out rounds that take place next Easter. EY Hockey League champions Lisnagarvey enter the competition at that stage.
Banbridge are in a group with French champions Saint Germain who they play on Saturday at 2.45pm before meeting Belgium's Royal Leopold, a side captained by Olympic silver medallist Elliot van Strydonck, on Sunday at 3.45pm.
"Both will be a tough test for us," Magee added. "The French teams have previously been very good and play with a fast tempo but are also very physical. The Genestet brothers will be ones to watch out for on that team.
"Leopold already had a quality side and the addition of [Australian striker] Glen Turner will be something that we will have to manage but I think with the talent we have in Banbridge we will put up a good fight."
Irish captain David Harte will be another star attraction with his Dutch club SV Kampong in Pool A. Their Saturday evening tie with England's Holcombe at 5pm is another big tie featuring several players who were in Rio.
They share a group with outsiders KS AZS AWF Poznan who play on Friday against Holcombe and Sunday against Kampong.
Three-time champions UHC Hamburg from Germany have a trio of 2012 Olympic gold medalists in their rank. They are in a group with Welsh champs Cardiff & Met and Italy's SG Amsicora.
Pool D looks a well-matched one with Spain's Atletic Terrassa, Russia's Dinamo Kazan and Scotland's Bromac Kelburne.
The Co Down venue has been transformed for the event with the addition of two banks of seated stands along with a tented village with food stalls and sports shops while there is a full evening programme of entertainment each night.
Each game will be live-streamed on www.ehlhockey.tv where you can also find information about each club, match schedules and all other news about the event. For more information, contact EHL media officer Stephen Findlater on firstname.lastname@example.com or 00 353 86 80 44 238.
EHL ROUND1 fixture schedule
Friday, October 7
Pool D: Bromac Kelburne (SCO) v Dinamo Kazan (RUS), 11.45am
Pool B: Cardiff & Met (WAL) v SG Amsicora (ITA), 2pm
Pool C: Royal Leopold (BEL) v Saint Germain (FRA), 4.15pm
Pool A: KS AZS AWF Poznan (POL) v Holcombe (ENG), 6.30pm
Saturday, October 8
Pool D: Atletic Terrassa (ESP) v Dinamo Kazan, 10.15am
Pool B: UHC Hamburg (GER) v SG Amsicora, 12.30pm
Pool A: Banbridge (IRL) v Saint Germain, 2.45pm
Pool C: SV Kampong (NED) v Holcombe, 5pm
Sunday, October 9
Pool D: Atletic Terrassa v Bromac Kelburne, 9am
Pool B: UHC Hamburg v Cardiff & Met, 11.15am
Pool C: SV Kampong v KS AZS AWF Poznan, 1.30pm
Pool A: Royal Leopold v Banbridge, 3.45pm


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Press Releases
New Carl's Jr. Restaurant Tops Sales Record in Tough Economy
Jan 28, 2009
Porterville, Calif. Unit Sets U.S. Sales Mark With $107K in First Week,
Just Seven Weeks After Previous Record Set in Marysville, Wash.
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Jan. 28, 2009 — For the second time in just seven weeks, a newly opened Carl's Jr.® has set a company sales record, as the Porterville, Calif. restaurant posted $107,638 in sales in its first week. The previous Carl's Jr. one-week sales record of $105,063, was set in Marysville, Wash., last month following its Dec. 9, 2008 opening, and that restaurant went on to break the first-month record as well.
"Despite a tough economy, Carl's Jr. is setting sales records in new markets, continuing to grow its unit count and giving customers what they want – premium quality burgers at fair prices," said Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's® chains. "Posting back-to-back sales records in less than two months is remarkable. Wall Street seems to need a few success stories to shake it out of the doldrums, and we're thrilled to be able to provide some."
For fiscal 2009, Carl's Jr. opened a total of 17 company-operated units - an increase from 16 units opened in fiscal 2008 and the highest level of company-operated openings since fiscal 2001. In addition, Carl's Jr. domestic franchisees opened 29 units during fiscal 2009, equaling their second-highest total unit openings in the past eight years.
Rick Fortman, vice president of Carl's Jr. operations, added, "We knew there was a demand for Carl's Jr. in Porterville, but the great welcome by our customers, outstanding service from our staff, and a new sales record far exceeded our expectations. What makes this record even more impressive is that the population of Porterville is just slightly more than 45,000, and we received no guest complaints about the store during a very busy week. First Marysville, now Porterville; maybe we need to rename these towns 'Carlsjuniorville.'"
The Porterville Carl's Jr. opened for business Jan. 20 and is dual-branded with Green Burrito®, a Mexican food brand featuring a variety of authentic menu items . The record-setting crew in Porterville is led by general manager Veronica Forner, district manager Glen Hitchrick and regional vice president Gary Zurmuhle. The restaurant employs 60 full- and part-time workers.
About Carl's Jr.
Carl's Jr. is celebrating more than 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the third fiscal quarter ended November 3, 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,110 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,185 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,912 Hardee's restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, visit www.carlsjr.com.
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South Tahoe claims quarterfinals
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif – Round 1 of the playoffs went to the Vikings.
A strong fourth-quarter led the Vikings to a 66-54 quarterfinal win over Fallon at South Tahoe High School, Tuesday.
The Green Wave held their own against the veteran Vikings, a team stacked with 11 seniors.
South Tahoe led 29-27 at halftime, but Fallon charged out in the third quarter.
Fallon went on a nine-point unanswered run to open the second half and take a 36-29 lead.
But South Tahoe's Brandon Cramer started chipping away at Fallon's momentum; forcing a turnover and bringing the game back within two-points.
Behind Cramer, the Vikings climbed back to a 44-39 lead by the end of the third.
South Tahoe used the momentum to power through the fourth quarter. The Vikings outscored Fallon 22-15 to end it and cement their trip to the semifinals.
Cramer led the Vikings with 24 points and a 9-of-12 2-point performance.
For a more detailed report check back online or check out Friday's paper. Tyler Sharp was next with 11 points, and Hayden Bronken contributed 7 boards.
South Tahoe will travel to Wooster on Friday for semifinals.
For a more detailed report check back online or check out Friday's paper.
South Tahoe 16 13 15 22 – 66
Fallon 13 14 12 15 – 54


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SEC And NASD Release Joint Staff Report On Broker-Dealer Sales Of Variable Insurance Products
Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and NASD today released a joint staff report on the findings of their examinations of broker-dealer sales of variable annuities and variable life insurance. The report, Joint SEC/NASD Staff Report on Examination Findings Regarding Broker-Dealer Sales of Variable Insurance Products, at www.sec.gov and http://www.nasdr.com/white_paper_0600804.asp identifies both "sound" and "weak" broker-dealer practices in the areas of sales suitability, disclosure, supervision, training and records maintenance.
The SEC also today issued an alert to remind investors that variable annuities are not suitable for all consumers, especially investors who need the money in the short term or who borrow against their home mortgage in order to purchase a variable annuity or variable life insurance product.
Variable insurance products are hybrid investments that contain both securities and insurance features. Because of tax implications and potentially high surrender charges, these products are long-term investment vehicles that are not appropriate for short-term goals. Recent estimates indicate significant growth in investments in variable annuities by American investors: assets in variable annuities increased by over 20% in the last year to approximately $985 billion. The SEC, NASD and other regulators have received a large number of complaints from individual investors, many indicating that the customer was sold a variable product without fully understanding the product, or that the product was not appropriate given the customer's investment objectives.
Among the more disturbing weaknesses identified in the report were instances of brokers making unsuitable recommendations to senior citizens and to individuals who could not afford the products without mortgaging their homes. Other weaknesses included failures to disclose fully the various fees, risks, and tax consequences associated with these products.
SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson said, "It is critical that broker-dealers ensure that the securities they sell are appropriate for the individual investor. Given the complexity of variable annuities, extra care is required. The findings of these examinations show that many firms should take steps to improve their practices. Investors considering purchasing a variable annuity can obtain information about the product from the SEC and the NASD."
Given the report's findings, the popularity of variable annuities, and recent investor complaints and enforcement actions, NASD is also proposing new rules tailored specifically to sales of deferred variable annuities, including new sales practice standards, disclosure, supervisory approval and sales force training requirements. More information about the rule proposal can be accessed at www.nasdr.com/news/pr2004/release_04_027.html.
"Variable insurance products have always been subject to the suitability, disclosure and other requirements that apply to all securities," said NASD Chairman and CEO Robert R. Glauber. "But given the examination findings, the large number of enforcement cases over the past couple of years and the complexity of these products, we feel we can best protect investors by establishing stronger, more specific rules that apply specifically to variable annuities."
Investors can also protect themselves by asking questions - and demanding answers - before they purchase any investment product, including a variable insurance product. These questions include:
- Might I need this money in the short-term?
- Do I have enough money right now to purchase this product?
- What am I paying for each feature? And are the extra fees worth it for me?
These tips and more appear in the SEC's latest investor education publication, Variable Annuities and Variable Life Products: Questions to Ask at http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/varaquestions.htm. For more information about variable annuities, investors should read Variable Annuities: What You Should Know at http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/varannty.htm.
NASD has issued alerts to both firms and investors to help ensure that variable annuity and variable life insurance products are properly sold. Investors interested in these products should see: Variable Annuities: Beyond the Hard Sell at www.nasd.com/Investor/Alerts/alert_variable_annuities.htm; Should You Exchange Your Variable Annuity? at www.nasd.com/Investor/Alerts/alert_annuityexchanges.htm, and Should You Exchange Your Life Insurance Policy? at www.nasd.com/Investor/Alerts/alert_exchange_lifeinsurance.htm.
NASD is the leading private-sector provider of financial regulatory services, dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. NASD touches virtually every aspect of the securities business - from registering and educating all industry participants, to examining securities firms, enforcing both NASD rules and the federal securities laws, and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and registered firms. For more information, please visit our Web Site at www.nasd.com.


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One of the most successful athletes to ever compete in the swimming program, Sarah earned nine All-america awards while at Mary Washington-three individually in backstroke events and six as a member of relay teams. A model student-athlete, she competed at the NCAA Division III Championships all four years of her career and is one of the most decorated athletes in school history. The winner of the 1996 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award at Mary Washington, Sarah graduated in 1996 with a BA in studio art.
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LDWF manages the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) as a commercial, renewable natural resource. LDWF's sustained use program is one of the world's most recognizable examples of a wildlife conservation success story. Louisiana's program has been used as a model for managing various crocodilian species throughout the world. Since the inception of LDWF's wild harvest program in 1972, over 850,000 wild alligators have been harvested and sold bringing in millions of dollars of revenue to landowners and trappers. Conservative estimates have valued these resources at over $250,000,000, providing significant, direct economic benefit to Louisiana.
Historical Perspective
Alligators have been used commercially for their valuable leather since the 1800s. This harvest was generally unregulated throughout the 1900s, until a gradual population decline resulted in severely reduced harvests in the early 1950s. In 1962, the alligator season in Louisiana was closed, and research studies, focusing on basic life history factors, were undertaken which led to development of a biologically sound management harvest program.
The goals of LDWF's wild alligator harvest program are to manage and conserve Louisiana's alligators as part of the state's wetland ecosystem, provide benefits to the species, its habitat and the other species of fish and wildlife associated with alligators. The basic philosophy was to develop a sustained use management program which, through regulated harvest, would provide long term benefits to the survival of the species, maintain its habitats, and provide significant economic benefits to the citizens of the state. Since Louisiana's coastal alligator habitats are primarily privately owned (approximately 81%), our sustained use management program provides direct economic benefit and incentive to private landowners, and alligator hunters who lease land, to protect the alligator and to protect, maintain, and enhance the alligator's wetland habitats. One of the most critical components of the wild harvest program is to equitably distribute the harvest in relation to population levels.
Alligator populations quickly increased between 1962 and 1972 while alligators were totally protected. In September 1972 LDWF initiated a closely regulated experimental commercial wild alligator harvest in Cameron Parish. Additional parishes were included in subsequent years and became statewide in 1981. Currently over 2,000 licensed alligator hunters harvest 30,000 to 35,000 wild alligators annually in Louisiana.
Alligator Hunting
LDWF issues alligator harvest tags for property containing sufficient wetland alligator habitat capable of sustaining an alligator harvest. Wild alligator tags can only be issued to licensed alligator hunters and are nontransferable. An alligator hunter must either own land or have permission to hunt alligators on land that qualifies for alligator harvest tags. Alligator hunters apply for alligator tags prior to the season.
An alligator hunter must possess on his person an alligator hunter's license as well as one or more current alligator tags for the property on which he is hunting. Tags are property specific and must be used on the property indicated on the hunter's license. Alligator hunters must have their alligator hunter's license in possession to possess or sell wild alligators, their skins, or parts. Resident alligator hunter licenses cost $25, nonresident landowner licenses cost $150 and there is no cost for alligator tags.
Helper (Residents Only)
Individuals other than the hunter harvesting alligators for the hunter must possess a helper license. Licensed helpers can hunt independently of the alligator hunter. Anyone assisting the hunter but not harvesting alligators does not need a helper license. A helper license costs $25 and must bear the name and license number of the hunter(s) being assisted.
Sport (Residents and Nonresidents)
Individuals can harvest alligators as a sport while being guided by a hunter possessing tags. Sport hunters must always be accompanied by a licensed hunter or helper. A sport license costs $25 for Louisiana residents and $150 for nonresidents.
Louisiana is divided into east and west alligator hunting zones. Each zone has specific opening and closing dates. The east zone opens the last Wednesday of August and the west zone opens the first Wednesday of September. Each zone remains open for 30 days from the opening date. Baited hooks and lines may be set no more than 24 hours prior to the general open season and shall be removed no later than sunset of the last day of the open season.
Hunting Hours
Alligators may be harvested between official sunrise and sunset only. No nighttime harvest is allowed.
Limits and Size Restrictions
The daily and season quota is equal to the number of alligator tags that a licensed alligator hunter possesses. There are no size restrictions on wild alligators taken during the general open season.
Legal Methods
Alligators may be harvested by hook and line, bow and arrow and firearms (except shotguns). The possession of shotguns is prohibited while hunting or taking wild alligators. The fishing (hook and line) method is the most common.1A nonresident landowner may be issued alligator tags on his own property in Louisiana provided that the property qualifies for alligator harvest tags and the proper applications have been submitted. Any alligator hunter related information provided in this document or in current alligator regulations also applies to nonresident landowners.
Fishing Method (hook and line)
Baited hooks and lines are suspended above the water by some type of structure. In most cases hunters will use poles, branches or trees to suspend baits as well as provide for a stationary object for securing the end of the line. The most commonly used baits are chicken quarters and beef melt. Approximately 30' of line is tied off to the bottom of the structure while the baited hook end is suspended about 1-2' above the water surface. Line must be a minimum of 300 lb. test. The baited end is suspended in such a manner to allow for easy line removal by an alligator. Clothes pins are sometimes used to hold lines to facilitate easy line removal. Excess line is rolled up near the base of the structure. Alligators (feeding primarily at night) will take the bait. Once alligator lines are set and baited, alligator hunters must inspect their hooks and lines and remove captured alligators daily. Alligators should be dispatched immediately upon checking lines. Shot placement should be centered directly behind the skull. No person shall release any alligator from any taking device for any purpose without first dispatching the alligator, except in the event that an alligator is hooked and the hunter's quota has been reached, the hunter must immediately release the alligator in the most humane method possible. All hooks and lines shall be removed when an alligator hunter's quota is reached.
Bow and Arrow
Bow and arrow can be used to dispatch alligators while on hook and line (see Fishing Method above) or to capture alligators. Barbed arrow must be used to capture alligators. A minimum of 300 lb. test line must be securely attached to the head of the arrow in such a manner to prevent separation from the arrow head. The other end of the line must be attached to a stationary or floating object capable of maintaining the line above water when an alligator is attached. Bow and arrow use may not be permitted if hunting on public lands or public lakes.
Firearms (except shotguns) may be used to dispatch alligators while on hook and line (see Fishing Method above) or to harvest free swimming alligators. Harvesting free swimming alligators with firearms may increase chances of losing alligators. Extreme caution should be used when harvesting free swimming alligators to ensure that alligators can be retrieved once harvested. Alligator hunters should practice firearm safety at all times and pay close attention to ricochet hazards. Harvesting free swimming alligators may not be permitted if hunting on public lands or public lakes.
Alligators are to be tagged immediately upon harvest before moving from the capture location. The tag should be placed about 6" from the end of the tail on the bottom side of the tail. Once the tag is placed through the tail it must be locked using the tag's locking device. The tag must stay affixed to the alligator or alligator hide until the tanned hide is used for product manufacturing. Be careful not to prematurely lock tags or catch tags on objects that may rip out or break tags. Be careful not to lose or drop tags overboard. Tags do not float and will not be replaced if lost.
Alligator Care
Alligators should be kept cool and covered with damp coverings (burlap sacks, blankets, etc.) and away from gasoline, oil or other contaminants. Contaminants will cause hide damage which will substantially lower value or even make the alligator worthless.
Selling Alligators
Alligators/hides can only be sold to licensed fur buyers or fur dealers. Most wild alligators are sold whole to fur buyers/dealers at processing facilities. Make sure that arrangements have been made to sell alligators prior to setting lines or harvesting alligators.
Processing Alligators and Hides
Properly skinning alligators can be difficult. Minor knife cuts, holes or poor skin preparation can severely decrease alligator hide value. Alligators should be skinned by someone with prior alligator skinning experience whenever possible. If no experienced skinner is available and a hunter chooses to skin his own alligator(s) for personal use, the first step is to prepare for skinning with a table at a comfortable height, a sharp knife, a sharpener, a scraper and salt. Begin the skinning process (see Appendix I for detailed instructions and diagrams). Once skinning is complete all meat and fat must be removed from the alligator hide to prevent decay. The most common scraping method is to use dull tools such as blunt knives, paint scrapers or beveled pipes to scrape excess meat and fat from the underside of the skin. Once the skin has been scraped and cleaned it must be salted. Salt removes moisture and helps cure the alligator skin. A fine grain salt should be applied generously (1/2 to 1 inch thick) and rubbed into all parts of the skin. The skin should then be tightly rolled and stored in a cool and well ventilated area where it can drain. After three to five days, the old salt should be thrown away, the skin resalted, rolled and refrigerated if possible.
Alligator Parts
Alligator hunters may give alligator parts* to anyone for personal use. Any alligator parts or containers enclosing alligator parts must be tagged with the name, address, date, hide tag number, and the license number of the person donating the alligator part(s). This information must remain affixed until the part(s) has been stored at the domicile of the possessor. In addition an alligator transaction parts form must be submitted to LDWF by the end of the calendar year if any parts transaction has taken place. (* alligator part - any part of an alligator excluding the hide and includes the bony dorsum plates, if detached from the tagged alligator hide)
Storage, Tanning or Taxidermy
Alligators/alligator skins may be stored at any location provided that they are properly tagged and documented. An alligator hunter must have any alligators/alligator skins being shipped out of state or being tanned or used for taxidermy instate inspected by LDWF, pay the appropriate tag fee and severance tax and receive a shipping tag prior to shipping. A hunter needing an inspection should contact their local LDWF office, or the office that issued their license and tags, in advance to schedule the inspection.
Research Alligators
Many alligators have been marked by LDWF biologists for research purposes. Some of these were caught in the wild, and some were released to the wild from commercial farms. These alligators have one or more notches cut out of the tail scutes and have had two metal tags placed in the webbing between the toes (usually on the back feet). These tag returns are like duck bands, and allow biologists to follow the movement, growth, and survival of alligators. Alligator hunters should report and submit any research alligator captured by recording the full web tag number (usually 6 digits), the length, tail notch(es) and sex of the alligator on forms provided by LDWF. Sometimes the web tag in the foot is lost as the alligator grows, but the information from the tail notch lets LDWF know what year the alligator was marked. It is very important that hunters report the information to LDWF if a marked alligator is captured, as it helps LDWF's management programs for continued harvests.
Unused Alligator Tags
All unused alligator tags shall be returned within 15 days following the close of the season.
Lost or Stolen Alligator Tags
If alligator tags are lost or stolen the alligator hunter must complete an official lost tag form and submit it to LDWF within 15 days following the close of the season. Lost or stolen tags will not be replaced.
Hides Not Sold or Shipped Within 30 Days Following the Close of the Season
All alligators/alligator skins not sold to commercial buyers/dealers or shipped for tanning/ taxidermy within 30 days following the close of the season must be reported to LDWF. LDWF's official forms require specific information which includes tag number, location, intended use and length.
Alligator hunters are responsible for disposition of all issued alligator tags. All alligator hunters should thoroughly review all current alligator regulations. Always follow all alligator regulations. Alligator hunters harvesting alligators on public areas should review and follow all regulations specific to that public area. For specific details check with the office responsible for that public area prior to commencing alligator harvest activities.
See www.lagatorprogram.com for more alligator hunting information as well as other alligator program information.
For specific questions not covered previously or by the alligator program's webpage contact the local LDWF office or e-mail the alligator program at email@example.com.
This publication is not an official copy of the laws in effect and should not be utilized or relied upon as such. It does represent an attempt by the publisher to present as a public service, an overview of some of the laws and a set of regulations adopted by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and being current at the time of this publication. Substantive changes to the state laws may very well occur following the printing of this publication. For these reasons, the accuracy of the information contained within this publication cannot be guaranteed and the reader is cautioned that it is his responsibility to apprise himself of the laws in effect at any given time. These regulations include those contained within the Louisiana Revised Statutes, particularly Title 56 and the official regulations of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.
Alligator Hide Care
"Louisiana's Commitment to Quality"
Hide Care TIps
This brochure is not a basic guide on how to skin an alligator but offers a summary of skinning stepsand tips on how to best care for alligator skins and explains why careful skinning and scraping is important. Most current quality problems with Louisiana alligator skins can be cured by simply using extra care with the skinning knife and extra effort with the hide scraper.
Start with a good place to skin an alligator and have the right tools to do the job. Obviously, you need a steady table at a comfortable height, a good light, a knife and a sharpener, a scraper and salt to get started. You also need to develop your own skinning routine. The best skinners say this comes with practice and experience, but learn to skin an alligator the same way each time instead cif changing from one way to another. That way you begin to develop your own system. You will develop a feel for each spot in the skin, and by doing it the same way each time, your moves and knife strokes almost become second nature. A standardized method of skinning, curing and handling alligator skins increases the value of the product and improves buyer confidence in a uniform lot of skins. Diagram 1 shows the standard opening cuts when skinning an alligator and the belly patterns of the skin.
Skinning Steps
- Outline the body where skinning will start.
- The cut along the sides is made between first and second row of sautes on the back.
- A straight cut is made from the back along the top of each leg (through the largest scales).
- Cut completely around each foot at the wrist or ankle.
- The outline cut on the tail is below the top row of tail sautes.
- When cuts reach the single row of tail scutes midway along tail, cut through base to end of tail (butterfly end of tail).
- Skin tail completely along the sides.
- Begin skinning body section with front legs and adjacent side skin.
- Slowly cut skin away from front legs and side of body.
- Some pulling can be done on upper leg portions.
- Skin hind legs and adjacent side skin same as front legs.
- The sides should be completely skinned and only the belly portion should be left unskinned now.
- After sides and legs are skinned, turn alligator on its side and make outline cuts along lower jawbone.
- Cut is made along the outer edge of the lower jaw skin.
- By pulling on the jaw muscle, the flesh can be tightened, allowing for easier skinning.
- After skin is cut from lower jaw and neck, the alligator is ready to be skinned down the belly.
- Skinning the under side of the alligator can be accomplished by both pulling and cutting.
- Pulling is easier on small alligators, with careful cutting required otherwise.
- Cut carefully around anal opening (vent) so this area won't tear if pulled.
- Both pull and cut skin from the remaining tail section.
- Meat and fat remaining on the skin must be removed.
- Scrape with dull objects (pipes, scrapers, spoons, etc.) taking care not to cut or tear skin.
- Once scraped, hide should be relatively free of flesh and white in appearance.
- Skin should be washed in clean, fresh water to remove blood and other fluids.
- Hang skin in shaded area and allow to drain.
The shaded area between the neck and vent in Diagram 2 is the part of the belly skin that is graded. Holes or cuts in this part of the skin make it difficult or impossible to cut full belly patterns for purses, briefcases or larger leather articles. Enough holes or cuts in the flanks can even make cutting shoe vamps or snaller leather-goods difficult. The one row of scutes along the sides of the alligator are left so the tanner has same extra skin to tack to when the skin is stretched and dried during the tanning process. Special care should be taken not to cut or put holes in the belly pattern of the skin (particularly around the legs and flanks where the thin skin is easy to nick with a knife).
The proper care of alligator skins begins as soon as the animal is harvested. Here are some more helpful tips:
- Skinning should take place as soon after the harvest as practical.
- Avoid direct sun or heat on the carcass or skin whenever possible.
- Keep skin away from blood, entrails, or other contact with dirty surfaces where more bacteria can get into the hide.
- Always skin carefully and particularly avoid holes or cuts in the belly pattern.
- Scrape excess meat and fat from the underside of the skin with blunt knives, paint scrapers, beveled pipes or other dull tools.
Removing meat and fat from the skin is very important because of the time necessary to store and ship alligator skins overseas for tanning. This often takes several months and the excess meat simply helps bacteria get started and can lead to "red heat" or "slipping" skins. If excess fat is not removed it can prevent salt from properly penetrating the skin. Also, if the fat heats up, it can actually penetrate the skin and leave grease spots on the finished leather.
The purpose of curing alligator hides is simply to remove moisture from the skin so it can be better preserved before tanning. A fine grain mixing salt works best and should be applied generously (1/2 to 1 inch thick) and rubbed into all parts of the skin. Salt should be rubbed thoroughly into the skin, making sure enough salt gets into the creases, flaps, tail and similar places where bacteria can get a start. Salt helps slow bacterial growth. Tightly roll the skins and stack in a well-ventilated place where they can drain. After three to five days in a cool or shaded place, the skins should be resalted for best curing. Don't use rock salt and don't freeze hides (freezer burned hides won't tan properly).


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Why now?
Came home from errands to find out that Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins are done. Her publicist released a statement first to People.com:
"Actress Susan Sarandon and her partner of 23 years, actor Tim Robbins have announced that they separated over the summer. No further comments will be made."
It's been months. And the timing, and at the holidays, and she's been so public lately promoting The Lovely Bones…gulp. I don't want my smutty sense to tingle but it's tingling. Yours?
Sigh. They were so good. It was 23 years. Or maybe I'm too cynical a bitch. Because 23 years is a really, really long time. Longer than almost anyone else in that business. And why does it have to be forever? Why can't it be a good long ride that runs its course and that doesn't mean it's not a success? A much more pragmatic, realistic, approach. I think I prefer it.
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Simon Cowell is loving fatherhood so far.
In his first post-baby interview, the "X-Factor" judge gushed about his son Eric, who he and girlfriend Lauren Silverman welcomed together on Feb. 14, and revealed that he wouldn't mind being daddy to another child in the future.
"I was born to be a dad," Cowell told Extra. "I wouldn't rule out [more children]. Well, I got Squiddly and Diddly, and I couldn't imagine Squiddly or just Diddly...I had a brother when I was younger, so I kind of think it's cool to have two or three...two."
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He also talked about making it to New York City just in time for Eric's birth. "Phone rings at half past five in the morning, 'I'm about to give birth [said Lauren],' so we had to find a flight, which we did, and I got there with two hours to spare," Cowell, who was in London for "Britain's Got Talent" at the time, said.
PHOTO: Simon Cowell shares first photos of son Eric
Once his son was born, the new dad was rushed with emotion and admitted during the interview that he cried and was surprised by the love he felt right away. "I actually said to Lauren beforehand, 'What if I like the dogs more than him?' and she said, 'You're gonna be absolutely fine,' and then literally within seconds of him being born, I got it."
Cowell and Silverman are doing great with the baby so far, but Simon confesses he has to take care of his lady more than the newborn!
"Lauren's actually been crying more than Eric, so I've had to put one of those pacifiers in her which she likes. Has to be fed every three hours, otherwise she gets a little bit grumpy, and Eric's absolutely fine."
The couple are planning to bring their baby boy to London to meet his grandmother. "I think she's told the whole village...she's really excited." He continued, "I look at him, Eric, and I think of my dad all the time, so it's a really good thing."


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Egyptian production company to produce first film to team director Amr Salama and Ahmed Helmy.
Egyptian production company New Century Production will produce Cotton And Mice – the first project to team director Amr Salama and the Arab world's biggest star Ahmed Helmy.
The film is a comedy but the filmmakers and star are keeping the story under wraps, which is customary with Helmy's projects. Scripted by Mostafa Helmy, the film also stars Yasmine Rais and Dalal Abd El Aziz.
Currently in production, the film will be given the widest day-and-date release ever across the region at the end of July when it goes out on 100 screens.
Salama's credits include a segment of documentary Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad, And The Politician and recent hit Excuse My French, about a Christian kid who is forced to conceal his religious identity at an Islamic public school.
"The Egyptian film industry has staged a robust comeback this year and New Century Production is committed to contributing to it with a strong film slate," said New Century general manager Ahmed Badawy
New Century is also producing Ahmad Abdalla's Décor, a stylish black-and-white drama about a set designer scripted by Mohamed Diab (678); Out Of The Ordinary, a supernatural drama written and directed by veteran Egyptian filmmaker Daoud Abdel Sayed (Land Of Fear); and The Last Violet Romantic, the second collaboration between New Century and Yousry Nasrallah following the director's Cannes 2012 competition title After The Battle.


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- All > Medicine Access and Rational Use > Supply Management
- All > Quality and Safety: Medicines > Regulatory Support
- Keywords > access to medicines
- Keywords > antiretrovirals
- Keywords > compulsory licences
- Keywords > intellectual property
- Keywords > intellectual property protection (IPP)
- Keywords > Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
- Keywords > patent system
- Keywords > Trade Related Aspects of the Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
- Keywords > TRIPS Agreement
- Keywords > TRIPS flexibilities
(2007; 37 pages)
Despite major medical breakthroughs there are still significant inequalities in the health status of people between developed and developing countries as well as within developing countries. The case of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly striking. Though life-prolonging treatments for HIV/AIDS have been available for many years only in the last few years did it become a realistic option for most in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even then, of the over 4.6 million people needing antiretroviral therapy (ART) only 1.04 so far had access to these treatments by the end of 2006.
One major reason for this dismal rate of access to ART in Sub-Saharan Africa relates to the costs of providing the medicines. The cost remained very high for quite a long time and though the cost of first-line treatments has dropped significantly in the last five years the cost of second-line treatments remains prohibitive. To a large measure the high prices are because of the monopoly privileges granted under patent protection. Mandatory patent protection for pharmaceutical products became the global norm based as a result of the rules under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). This is the reason why a major part of the efforts to lower the prices of ART and hence improve the level of availability and accessibility has focused on removing the barriers related to patent protection to pharmaceutical products and processes under TRIPS by using the in-built flexibility in the Agreement. These flexibilities permit governments and other stakeholders to deal with the negative consequences of patent protection.
However, a combination of technical and political factors has made it difficult for developing countries including Sub-Saharan African countries to utilise the TRIPS flexibilities to improve access. The Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health adopted by the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference in 2001 was meant to address some of these challenges. The Declaration clarified that all WTO Members had the right to use these flexibilities to the full to promote access. However, obstacles still remain. Looking at the prevalence and treatment figures above, it is clear that nowhere is it more important than Sub-Saharan Africa to utilise the TRIPS flexibilities to improve access to ARVs and other essential medicines. Consequently, there is an important need examine more closely how Sub-Saharan African countries have dealt with these flexibilities in their legislations. This was the objective of this report. Based on a review of the national legislations of 39 out of the 47 Sub-Saharan African countries, this report finds that though most of the countries, including least-developed countries (LDCs), provide patents for pharmaceutical products, the level of incorporation of the flexibilities in these legislations is very low. In general, a significantly low number of countries have taken advantage of the flexibilities under the TRIPS Agreement to: exclude new use pharmaceutical patents; to implement an international exhaustion regime on patent rights to permit parallel imports from anywhere in the world; to exempt research activities from patent infringement actions; permit the early working (bolar) exception; and to limit the level and type of test data protection. While all the 39 countries provide for compulsory licenses on various grounds and most have government use provisions in their legislations, the actual use of even these two flexibilities remains limited. It notable, however, that full information is not available on the legislative status of the flexibilities in most of the Sub-Saharan African countries. In this regard, though this report makes an important contribution in improving the level of knowledge and has laid a good baseline, significant work remains to be done understand and improve the legislative uptake of most of the flexibilities as well as their actual use to improve access to ART and other essential medicines.