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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Coach Discount
What did we find? First, we made sure to avoid the handbags. Then we ran into the sweetest lavender cashmere lined gloves ($98). We were hoping to find an acceptable pair of boots but there was nothing. A tween would likly enjoy carrying her lunch money in a wristlet ($98). Yup. That's all we could muster.
Lucky we aren't the brand's demographic but maybe you have a friend, neice, babysitter or sister-in-law who just adores Coach. In that case, you can save 25% off all your purchses at Coach boutiques between December 4 and December 13. Just make sure to take a copy of the above imagine with you on your shopping trip.
Good luck. Even if you don't like the gift you're purchasing we are sure they wrap beautifully.
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"This card may not be reproduced or transferred, including electronically or via the Internet."
So maybe printing it out and taking it to a Coach store might not be the best idea. But sometimes they'll give you the discount just if you ask them. Worth a shot.
- December 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM
That is an absolutely hilarious post.
- December 4, 2009 at 11:41 AM
I love your site and appreciate all the inside knowledge you provide.
However, I have to say that while I'm not a huge Coach fan myself, I was taken aback by the utter snobbiness of this post!
Some people prefer Coach items because they cannot afford to buy pricier items like Chanel or LV. I myself am not wealthy and I was frankly insulted by your assumption that readers of your blog (aka the supposedly wealthy NY socialites) do not deign to purchase Coach items.
Please do not try to make such assumptions in the future as your opinions are unrepresentative of your entire reader demographic.
- December 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM
She didn't get the post wrong. Most people are not buying Coach, and not simply because of the price point. The stuff is just tacky. It never was cool. And it's expensive for what you're buying. But with that said, it was nice of her to post, because I know people that like Coach.
The title of her blog is Madison Avenue Spy, and although Coach does have a store smack dab on the corner of Madison, most readers are interested in the other stores on Madison that Lila consistently tells us about
So Lila pls keep it up. I love the posts. Thanks a lot
- December 5, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Yes, I didn't expect people reading this blog to be excited buyers of Coach products. This is not a blog which caters to a wide demographic, it specifically targets folks who buys certain brands and products.
- December 5, 2009 at 10:18 PM
- rockinshopper said...
ahh-Coach. It will be interesting to see Reed Krakoff's new self branded line in Feb with his own new stores, and how that will affect Coach in general.
- December 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- pretty dagger said...
Coach wasn't so bad back in the day. Soft, supple, quality leather goods at a fair price point. Now they splash their logo on anything and everything. Though their brand recognition is probably at an all-time high, they have ruined their classic image.
- December 6, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Totally agree with Alliswan. Coach is clearly a mid-level luxury brand or "contemporary" as department stores would call it, and not of the price point or quality as high end American and European designers. That said, price is not really the issue. Coach is not cool in the same way that JCrew might be (hello Mrs. Obama) or other contemporary range labels like Phillip Lim and Alexander Wang. It's not about being a snob, it's about Coach's incessant need to push their label in a way that blatantly aspires to that of high end labels. It has lost its sense of tradition and needs to embrace its American sportswear roots.
- December 6, 2009 at 9:21 PM
agree with anon at December 4, 2009 6:15 PM. no need for lila to be all snotty about coach. i happen to like the brand and their products.
- December 7, 2009 at 10:15 AM
What a snob! My first visit to this site and I'm put off. I won't be back. So sorry Coach is so beneath you. Some items are actually *gasp* nice, and well-made. I have Coach bags that are 15 years old and in perfect condition...they stand the test of time. Tell the ladies around here that Coach isn't cool, or never has been. That's a lot of people you're offending.
- December 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
If you love coach you could use fashion help. Bottega would be a smarter choice for you. I'm not sure why you think Lila is a snob, because she doesn't like overpriced, logo-laden handbags.
- December 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM
- Kelly said...
I really don't know why there's so much hate against Coach here. They make lots of beautiful leather bags without their logo splashed all over. I, for one, like their products. I'm not saying all of them, but they're not as bad a people make it out to be. And the issue of logos is ridiculous, because there are many higher priced luxury brands that have equally "tacky" products (ahem Gucci, Fendi, LV).
- December 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM
OMG, I am SICK TO DEATH of people who read blogs dedicated to higher end shopping whining about how not everyone can afford this or that - no kidding but this blog isn't aimed at people who can't afford what is normally being written about on a daily basis. Coach is NOT a high end brand PERIOD. It may be to some people but in the grand scheme of things it simply is not and this site's main focus is luxury/high end brands/shopping.
- December 10, 2009 at 12:05 AM
It really is sickening and annoying. I like this blog a lot, because of the shopping updates for high-end brands. Coach is simply not it.
- December 10, 2009 at 8:56 AM


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Q: What do I need to do to maintain my fountain over the winter? – Roy in Texas
A: Display fountains provide outstanding pond and lake displays – not to mention helping to circulate the top layers of your water column. To keep your unit working properly, you should plan to inspect it several times per year, and what better time to do it when you're doing your winterizing chores?
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State men's basketball team continues the meat of its conference schedule when they play host to Eastern Division leader Belmont on Saturday.
Tennessee State (2-18, 1-5) will once again lean on do everything point guard Patrick Miller. The Chicago native is averaging 22.2 points per contest. Miller's points per game average is the 10th best mark in all of Division I hoops.
In Ohio Valley Conference play Miller has elevated his average for 24.8 points a night. The senior pairs his lofty scoring numbers with 3.0 thefts per game
Down low TSU is paced by junior M.J. Rhett. On the year the Tigers big man is putting in 10.4 points and pulling down 9.7 rebounds per contest. Rhett has compiled 10 double doubles this season, which is the fourth best total in the country.
Senior Jacquan Nobles has come on as the conference slate heats up. The sharpshooter is hitting 47 percent of his 3-point attempts, which ranks eighth in the conference. On average the Greenville, N.C. native is drilling 2.3 threes a contest in OVC play.
A big difference in conference play is the Tigers ability to crash the boards offensively. Against OVC foes Tennessee State has pulled down an average of 12.2 boards per contest, which is the second best mark in the league. TSU also ranks tied for first in offensive rebounding percentage at 35.1 percent.
Belmont (12-7, 4-1) comes into Saturday's matchup off of a loss to Eastern Kentucky on Thursday. The loss marked the first time the Bruins lost to a conference foe since last year's Feb. 14 matchup with TSU at the Gentry Center.
In that contest then senior Robert Covington scored 25 points to lead four starters scoring in double figures. Belmont countered with all five starters in double figures in the 80-69 loss.
This season's edition of the Bruins features preseason All-OVC selection J.J. Mann. The senior guard ranks in the ten top of five statistical categories in the Ohio Valley; including points per game (16.4), free-throw percentage (88.6 percent), steals per game (2.3) and minutes played per game (33.8).
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Last night, Conde Nast Traveler hosted a party to celebrate its 8th annual "Hot List" and the maybe-pregnant Ashlee Simpson, left, was there looking pretty as can be. (And not really pregnant at all.) Also there: Adrien Brody, who remains lovable despite the fact that he oozes douchiness. Lastly: Has anyone ever seen Jaslene Gonzalez show up somewhere and not think to themselves: What the fuck were you thinking, Tyra Banks?! The full Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Conde Nast Traveler 8th Annual Hot List party, after the jump.
The Good:
Delta Goodrem: Yet another example of the right way to wear white. Bridal designers, take note.
Adrien Brody looks sweet and tame with Elsa Pataky on his arm.
Despite the fact that I really should know better, I do love Alan Cumming.
Ashlee Simpson doesn't look preggers to me.
I don't know who Gisele Mercedes is, but I like her look.
The Bad:
And in the category of "C'mon, you could've done better" we have Cheryl "Salt" James, sporting Lohan-esque leggings...
...and Kim Raver, whose dress is both a little Juniors and a little dowdy.
I can't explain what it is that doesn't sit right with me about Katie Lee Joel, other than the fact that every night she crawls into bed with Billy Joel and lets him lie on top of her.
The Ugly:
Jaslene Gonzalez shall forever be a pox upon Tyra Banks. This woman is so not America's Next Top Model.
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A chef or cook was a person who prepared food.
After eating food prepared by a temporally exiled Zarabeth, Leonard McCoy told her she was a beautiful cook and asked if anyone had ever told her so before. She replied that no one had recently. (TOS: "All Our Yesterdays")
According to Travis Mayweather, his father was a pretty good cook and could do magical things with nutri-paks. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
After the Ferengi took over Enterprise NX-01 in 2151, Krem suggested to take the ship's cook with them when he ate a sandwich. (ENT: "Acquisition")
Hoshi Sato loved cooking, and she told Malcolm Reed she kept a hot plate in her quarters. She once asked Reed if he thought the meals in the mess hall could use a more "personal touch," but Reed responded by stating the Chef was a fine cook – a sentiment Sato shared. (ENT: "Silent Enemy") Later, Sato did get to fulfill her wish and became a temporary replacement for Chef when he was ill. (ENT: "Singularity")
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Quark once served as the cook of a Ferengi freighter, although the crew were not fond of his cooking. (DS9: "Babel", "The Way of the Warrior")
The USS Enterprise-D had a staff of cooks among its crew complement.(TNG: "Lonely Among Us")
In 2373, Quark managed to bribe the chefs of the Regent of Palamar's palace into telling him the Regent's favorite foods. (DS9: "Business as Usual")
Tuvok was found to have remarkable skill as a pastry chef during his recovery from neuroleptic shock but, upon returning to his normal state of mind, he considered it frivolous. (VOY: "Riddles")
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Acamar III Edit
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Yuta was a servant to Sovereign Marouk of Acamar III. Her primary duties were to prepare meals for the Sovereign, as well as being the food taster. TNG: "The Vengeance Factor"
Enterprise's chef Edit
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Captain Jonathan Archer had to call in a load of favors just to get his chef onto Enterprise NX-01. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
Columbia's chef Edit
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The chef serving aboard the newly commissioned Columbia NX-02, formerly served aboard the Republic, and was hand-picked by Erika Hernandez. (ENT: "Affliction")
USS Enterprise's chef Edit
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The chef aboard the USS Enterprise -E was responsible for preparing the meal for the Evora delegation. Picard asked one of his ensigns to report to the chef on several occasions. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
Deep Space 9's chef Edit
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Deep Space 9 had a Klingon chef who served authentic Klingon cuisine. (DS9: "Melora", "Playing God")
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Commodore Travers commanded the Earth observation post located on Cestus III circa 2267. Travers was famous for his hospitality; as a privilege of his rank, he was generally known to have a personal chef with him. Before learning of the colony's destruction, Doctor McCoy had been looking forward to a good, non-reconstituted meal, hoping that Travers' chef was there to provide it. (TOS: "Arena")
USS Voyager's chef Edit
Neelix was the chef on the USS Voyager until he left. Afterward, he may have been replaced by Chell. (VOY: "Phage", "Homestead", "Endgame")


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Q: My fish hang out near my waterfall during hot days. Do I have enough aeration in my pond?
Amanda – Rowlett, TX
A: On hot days, who wouldn't want to hang out near a waterfall! For humans, the water pouring into the pond cools and hydrates the air; for fish, that action acts as a giant aeration system, infusing oxygen into the water beneath the waterfall.
But that raises a valid question: If your fish spend a lot of time near the waterfall, does it mean they're not getting enough oxygen? Yes, it's possible. Here are some questions to ask yourself about your pond's aeration situation.
Is It Getting Full Aeration?
If you're running your waterfall 24 hours a day, your pond is likely getting full aeration. If your pond is more than 24 inches deep, however, and you have a skimmer/waterfall system in place, more aeration may be necessary. Why? Because the oxygenated water will circulate across the water surface, leaving the water at the bottom of the pond stagnant. Adding an aeration system will prevent stagnation by raising the bottom water to the surface.
Do You Have Many Plants?
Plants may release subsurface oxygen to the water during the day, but at night those plants take in oxygen, which means your fish may be gasping for air. If you have quite a few plants and your waterfall is off—and you experience an algae bloom—you should definitely think about adding some aeration.
Do You Have Many Fish?
The more fish in your pond, the more oxygen you'll need—which means you'll need more aeration. If your pond has a high fish population, consider adding some more aeration. For comparison, we recommend one 6- to 8-inch fish per 10 square feet of surface area.
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Another clue that your pond is insufficiently aerated is the amount of muck that has accumulated at the bottom of your pond. When your pond is properly aerated, muck naturally breaks up thanks to the healthy and growing population of gunk-gobbling beneficial bacteria.
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It ain't easy being the leader of the free world. This is true on the face of the President of the United States of America Barack Obama and all the previous Presidents as well. Once you land the gig of head American honcho, the hair starts going gray, the wrinkles start getting deeper and life looks like it has squashed itself on your once GQ-worthy face.
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ESI Communicating Europe conferences
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These conferences bring together senior policy-makers, MPs and journalists from each of the states of the Western Balkans for two days of off-the-record discussions on the state of debate on future enlargement in different EU Member states. ESI prepares the seminar and also compiles a detailed manual focusing on the key "connectors" in each EU Member State; the people in Government, Parliament, media, think-tanks, academia, business and interest groups who shape the debate on EU enlargement.
The series has been funded by the Reuniting Europe strand of the Strategic Programme Fund of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The events are invitation-only – nominations are made by British Embassies in Southeastern Europe. ESI is responsible for the agenda and the entire project management.
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ESI Wilton Park conferences
ESI and Wilton Park - one of the world's leading centres for the discussion of international issues – have organized six conferences since October 2002, inviting a wide range of prominent policy-makers and analysts to discuss progress in South Eastern Europe.
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- What is the future of EU enlargement? Analysing the public debates. What are the implications for the Western Balkans? (WPS06/23 Wilton Park Conference, Monday 19 June Wednesday 21 June 2006)
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Runway, your way: 3 fall 2014 Fashion Week looks we want to wear now
Wonder how to work catwalk cool into your own closet? Here's how to translate the trends for real life.
Last week, the fashion flock had its well-mascaraed eye squarely fixed on New York Fashion Week, where more than 100 designers gave the media, bloggers, store buyers, industry insiders and front-row celebrities a sneak peek at what will be trendy in fall 2014.
But just because that's still six months away doesn't mean we can't see ourselves in that cool weather gear right now. And while we may have to wait for the actual items (and their inevitable knockoffs) to hit stores, there's no reason we can't take inspiration from similar styles already available. So, here are three fab looks for next fall, along with similar styles you can buy now. Patience is overrated, anyway.
THE RUNWAY: Badgley Mischka, fall 2014
A metallic gold tweed knee-length dress looks so chic with long sleeves, pretty pleats and, yes!, pockets. And the textured dark tights, black pumps and a fur hat and stole make for elegant accessories.
Maybe it's all the Olympic fever in the air, but we're gaga for Badgley Mischka's gold look worthy of the world's chicest czarina. For now, we'll turn to French Connection's Blousy Bloom jacquard style – possibly the perfect party dress, and on sale now for $1160.80 at bloomingdales.com.
THE RUNWAY: Jill Stuart, fall 2014
Midi skirts were trendy on the fall runways, and we especially love the sleek look of this long and lean black suede pencil skirt, with a zipper all the way down the front giving it a little rock 'n' roll edge. Paired with a sheer overlay polka dot top and tall slouchy black suede boots, it's the perfect combo of hard and soft.
If ever there was a reason to drag ourselves on the treadmill, it's to be able to slip into a midi-length pencil skirt. This black version from Asos has a similar rocker vibe as the Jill Stuart number – with leather-like front panel, but it's on sale for just $22.22 at asos.com. We'd wear it with a girlie sheer-style shirt and tall boots, ala Stuart, but also with a chambray shirt and ankle boots. Versatility is always in fashion.
THE RUNWAY: Lela Rose, fall 2014
This gorgeous dress has so many things working for it: The fun pattern. The great colors. The flattering silhouette. But our favorite part is the way the pattern is color-blocked with the gray – creating a super-slimming effect that makes your middle look tiny. Please let this come in multiple prints.
For winter, we'd add black opaque tights and a great pump, plus a simple cardigan to this beautiful Mantu sheath dress, on sale for $467 at neimanmarcus.com. Or maybe we'd opt for tall black boots and layer the dress over a thin black turtleneck. Then, for spring, we'll keep on wearing it with strappy sandals. With that geometric print and the black side panels, it'll hide some figure flaws, and isn't that seasonless?
Lesley Kennedy writes for ShopAtHome.com. Follow her on Instagram @shopathome.


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More June Tips & Tricks
In Tips & Tricks in the June 2009 issue (see p. 107), we shared fun ways to dress up chipboard, mimic the look of chalk, create custom party favors and more. Following are additional details not found in the magazine!
Cover Plain Chipboard with Patterned Paper
Love how April Massad created decorative flowers from plain chipboard for her "Summer Time" page? Here's how she created the look:
1. Take a plain chipboard shape (in this case, a flower) and place it face-up on a piece of patterned paper.
2. Lightly trace around the chipboard shape with a pencil.
3. Cut out the traced shape with scissors, and then apply it with a glue stick to the top of the plain chipboard shape.
4. Wait a few minutes, and then flip the chipboard shape over and trim off any excess paper with a craft knife.
5. To help the patterned paper visually blend into the chipboard, sand the edges.
Summer Time by April Massad. Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: We R Memory Keepers; Transparency: Hambly Screen Prints; Labels: Creative Imaginations; Chipboard: BasicGrey (letters) and Fancy Pants Designs (flowers); Buttons: Autumn Leaves; Beads and wire: Crafts Etc.; Embossing powder: Ranger Industries; Ink: Stampabilities; Pen: Zig Writer, EK Success; Craft knife: EK Success; Sandpaper and files: BasicGrey; Adhesive: E-Z Runner, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Adhesive Foam Squares, The Paper Studio.
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Middle-earth weapons and armour
Weapons and armour of Middle-earth are found in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings, such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Wars and battles are featured in much of Tolkien's writings, and weapons and armour are often given special attention.[1][2]
Tolkien modelled his fictional warfare on the Ancient and Early Middle periods of history. His depiction of weapons and armour particularly reflect the Northern European culture of Beowulf, the Norse sagas and similar works. Tolkien established this relationship in The Fall of Gondolin, the first story in his legendarium to be written. In this story, the Elves of Gondolin use mail armour, swords, shields, spears, axes and bows, which is consistent with Northern European warfare. In Tolkien's writings, these kinds of weapons and armour are used by his fictional races, including Elves, Dwarves, Men, Hobbits, and Orcs.[2] Like his sources Tolkien sometimes uses the motif of ceremonial runic inscriptions in his fictional items of warfare to show these items are magical and have their own history.[1]
- 1 Terminology
- 2 General items
- 3 Named items
- 3.1 Named swords and knives
- 3.2 Named bows and arrows
- 3.3 Other named weapons and armour
- 4 References
Tolkien devised several constructed languages with terms for types of weapons.
- Sword: Noldorin Sindarin: magl, magol,[3] North Sindarin magor,[4] Quenya: makil, macil,[3] Noldorin Sindarin: crist.[5]
- Dagger, knife: Noldorin Sindarin: sigil, Quenya: sicil[6]
- Axe: North Sindarin: hathol,[4] Quenya: pelekko (Hooker notes the similarity of the Greek πέλεκυς pélekys: double-headed axe),[7] Khuzdul: baruk (construct state: reconstructed singular burk[8] )
- Spear: Quenya: hatal[9] also ehte[10]
- Bow: Noldorin Sindarin: peng also poetically cû ("arch"), Quenya: quinga.[11]
- Arrow: Quenya: pilin, pl. pilindi[12] (Hooker notes the similarity of the Latin pīlum [javelin, throwing spear], with cognates in the Old High German [pfīl], Modern German [Pfeil], Old English [pīl], late Old Norse [píla], and the Dutch [pijl].[13]
Tolkien also devised terms for specific makes of weapons, like lango (broad sword), eket, ecet (short sword), and lhang (cutlass, sword).[14] Lhang was used for a large two-handed, curved-bladed sword with a long handle used by Elves in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.[15]
General itemsEdit
Swords symbolized physical prowess in battle for Tolkien, following Northern European culture.[1] Tolkien writes that Elves and Dwarves produced the best swords (and other war gear) and that Elvish swords glowed blue in the presence of Orcs. Elves generally used straight swords while Orcs generally used curved swords. Both races have exceptions: Egalmoth of Gondolin used a curved sword and the Uruk-hai of Isengard used short, broad blades. Tolkien so often mentions the use of shields together with swords that it seems one-handed swords would be the norm.[2]
In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy most Elvish swords are curved but some named swords are interpreted as two-handed longswords. The films also embellished upon Tolkien's descriptions of swords (and other weapons) by making up inscriptions for these items.[15]
Knives are mentioned in Tolkien's works, sometimes as backup weapons—such as the nondescript long knife of Legolas the archer.[2] However, some individual knives are given more significance through naming (e.g. Sting, see below).[1] Weapons that were only knives or short swords for adult Men or Elves could function as formidable swords in the hands of Hobbits, a diminutive people.
Towards the end of The Lord of the Rings, Saruman attempts to stab Frodo with a knife, but is foiled by the mithril shirt Frodo wore under his jacket. Shortly afterwards Saruman's throat was fatally cut with a knife born by Wormtongue.
For The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, some characters such as Aragorn was gifted with an Elven hunting knife which he retained well towards the Battle of the Black Gate. Boromir's costume design included throwing knives, and Legolas now possessed twin fighting knives carried in sheaths near his quiver.[15]
Special unnamed knivesEdit
There are some knives in Tolkien's fiction which do not have proper formal names, but nevertheless play important roles in the plot.
The Witch-king of Angmar, leader of the Nazgûl, used a magical dagger called a "Morgul-blade" to wound Frodo Baggins at Weathertop. The dark magic of the knife gravely affects Frodo's well-being, threatening to turn him into a wraith, especially because its detachable point migrated in Frodo's body for more than two weeks before it could be extracted, thus causing great damage. Recurring ill effects from the wound contribute to Frodo's eventual departure to Valinor.[16] The weapon may owe something to the Old English tradition of the "elf-shot". The term appears in Old English medical texts and charms and refers to illnesses of presumed supernatural origin.[17]
Four magical daggers, which had been forged by the Men of Westernesse to fight the powers of Mordor, are recovered from a tomb in the Barrow-downs by Tom Bombadil. He gives them to Frodo Baggins and his Hobbit companions, for whom the daggers are effectively swords. One of these "Barrow-blades" – that given to Merry Brandybuck – proves instrumental in bringing about the death of the Witch-king.[18]
The three other daggers had varying fates in The Lord of the Rings. When the Nazgûl attacked Aragorn and the hobbits on Weathertop, Frodo slashed at one of them with his dagger but only damaged its cloak. He broke the blade when he fell from a horse, and left it behind in Rivendell, taking Bilbo's sword Sting instead. Sam Gamgee left his beside Frodo in Cirith Ungol and later had it returned to him by Gandalf. Pippin Took made use of his dagger in the Battle of the Black Gate to slay a Troll-chief.
Battle axes are especially favoured by Dwarves in Tolkien's writings;[2] they famously used the battle cry: Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you! (Khuzdul: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu!).[19] For The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Gimli the Dwarf was assigned various axes of different makes during the course of the films.[15]
The use of battle axes in other races tended to be more exceptional. The Sindarin Elves of Doriath favoured axes as weapons during the First Age. Other notable axe-bearers were Tuor (the wielder of Dramborleg), the Men of the White Mountains who marched to the defence of Minas Tirith in The Lord of the Rings, and a contingent of Easterlings among the besiegers of Minas Tirith.
Bows and arrowsEdit
Bows of different sizes and construction are featured in Tolkien's works. Elves of Lothlórien, Men, and Uruk-hai used longbows, while Elves of Mirkwood and Orcs of Mordor used smaller ones. These bows are said to be made of wood, horn and even steel.[2]
The most famous bowman in Tolkien's stories of the First Age of Middle-earth is the Elf Beleg; his bow was named Belthronding, and his arrow Dailir. Infamously Curufin, a lord of the Noldor, attempts to shoot the Elf-princess Lúthien with the bow of his brother Celegorm. His first arrow is intercepted by Huan; Beren attempts to intercept the second shot, and is wounded.[20]
In The Lord of the Rings, set in the late Third Age, a bow is the main weapon of Legolas, the Elf-member of the Fellowship of the Ring. When the Fellowship meet Galadriel, she gives Legolas a new bow. He later uses it to shoot all the way across the great river Anduin and bring down an airborne Nazgûl.
The films of The Lord of the Rings assign a bow to Aragorn and crossbows to the Uruk-hai. However, in Tolkien's writings Aragorn is armed only with the sword Andúril (below), and crossbows are nowhere mentioned.[15]
Sometimes individual arrows are given special mention in Tolkien's works. In The Hobbit, the Black Arrow was a royal heirloom used by Bard the Bowman to kill the dragon Smaug.[21] In The Lord of the Rings, the Red Arrow was a token used by Gondor to summon its allies in time of need.[22] In the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Red Arrow is omitted and its role is conflated with the Beacons of Gondor.[23]
Hobbits "shot well with the bow".[24] The Shire sent some archers to the battles of the Fall of Arnor[25] (T.A. 1974 and 1975).
Body armour in Tolkien's fiction is mainly in the form of mail or scale shirts, in keeping with Ancient and Early Middle periods of history.[2] In contrast, the Lord of the Rings film trilogy features plate armour suits in the style of the High and Late Middle periods.[15] These kinds of plate armour are not found in Tolkien's writings, but plate does appear in the form of individual pieces such as vambraces (forearm guards) or greaves (leg and shin guards). As with other items of war, Elves and Dwarves produced the best armour. The mail shirt forged by Dwarves from the fictional metal mithril appears in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, worn in turn by the protagonists Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.[2][26]
Battle helmets are commonly used by virtually all races in Tolkien's writings. The Rohirrim were partly modeled on the Anglo-Saxons, who wore elaborate helmets; Éomer's helmet had a long white horse-tail. The Crown of Gondor was a jewelled battle-helmet; Aragorn received it at his coronation. Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee use Orc-helmets as part of their disguise in Mordor.
In the First Age, Dwarves made dragon-helms, which were said to protect against Dragons. The most famous of these was the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin.
The Second Age was dominated by Númenor. The Númenórean helmet, the karma, reached particularly elaborate forms. Those of the Uinendili, a guild of mariners, were "made of overlapping plates of metal, the 'fish-crest' of leather embossed and coloured".[27] Tolkien's coloured drawing of the karma of a Uinendili captain features on the cover of Unfinished Tales.
Named itemsEdit
Tolkien emulated his Northern European mythological and literary sources in creating weapons and armour with names (real examples of named weapons include Hrunting and Nægling in Beowulf, Tyrfing in the Elder Edda and Gram in the Völsunga saga). The items illustrate the passage of time and the transfer of power or fate to their future bearers.[1]
Named swords and knivesEdit
Anglachel (Sindarin: Iron of the Flaming Star) was a sword forged of meteoritic iron by Eöl the Dark Elf, given to Thingol King of Doriath as a fee for leave to dwell in Nan Elmoth. It could cleave all earth-delved iron. Later wielded by Beleg Strongbow and ultimately Túrin;[28][29][30] Anglachel was reforged and renamed Gurthang (Sindarin: Iron of Death[31]). Túrin used Gurthang to kill Glaurung, the Father of Dragons, and later used the sword to take his own life in recompense for the accidental slaying of Beleg and the unjust slaying of Brandir. The stories endow the sword with a personality; Melian the Maia perceived malice in it as it was given to Beleg Cúthalion, and the elf Gwindor observed that Anglachel (so named then) seemed to mourn the death of Beleg at the hand of his friend Túrin by Anglachel itself. Túrin asked the sword whether it would slay him swiftly if he cast himself on its point, and it responded at length (the only instance of Gurthang speaking with voice). The depiction of the sword was influenced by that of the sword of the Finnish character Kullervo in the Kalevala.[1][32]
Angrist (Sindarin: Iron-cleaver[33]) was a knife made by the great weaponsmith Telchar of Nogrod, and borne by Curufin. Beren, who had taken it from Curufin, used it to cut a magical Silmaril jewel out of Morgoth's Iron Crown; as Beren attempted to remove another, the knife snapped.[1][34] In the earliest version of Beren's story in The Book of Lost Tales, he uses an ordinary household knife; the element of Curufin's involvement in Beren's affairs came later.[35]
Anguirel (Sindarin: Iron of Eternity) is the sword forged by Eöl the Dark Elf, similar to Anglachel which was given to Thingol of Doriath in The Silmarillion. It was the mate of Anglachel, was made of the same meteoritic iron, and had the same physical properties and capabilities as Anglachel, but there is no evidence of sentience in Anguirel. Anguirel was kept by Eöl until it was stolen by his son, Maeglin.[1][36]
Aranrúth (Sindarin: King's Ire[37]) is the sword wielded by King Thingol of Doriath in The Silmarillion.[1][38] Later the sword of the Kings of Númenor.
Glamdring (Sindarin: Foe-hammer[39]) is a sword in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Unfinished Tales[1][40] forged in the First Age by the High Elves of the hidden city of Gondolin. It belonged first to Turgon, the King of Gondolin. Thousands of years later, in T.A. 2941, Gandalf appropriated it after it was discovered among the hoard of the three trolls in The Hobbit, and he carried it throughout his journeys with Bilbo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring. It was the mate of Orcrist, and like Orcrist would glow blue whenever orcs were nearby. Glamdring was nicknamed "Beater" by the goblins of the Misty Mountains.
See Anglachel
Gúthwinë (Old English: gúð-wine Battle Friend[41]) is the sword wielded by Éomer, third marshal of the Riddermark in The Lord of the Rings.[1][42] The name is found in Beowulf, where the hero uses the word as an epithet for the sword Hrunting, lent to him by Hrothgar's thane Unferth for the fight with Grendel's mother.[43] The diaeresis (two dots) over the final "e" does not occur in Old English. Tolkien presumably added it – as he frequently did in Quenya words such as Eressëa – to indicate that the letter is pronounced as a separate syllable: "gooth-wee-neh."
Hadhafang is the sword invented for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, where it was wielded by Arwen.[15] The name is derived from Tolkien's etymological word list written in the 1930s; here Tolkien provides the word hadhathang (dissimilated: havathang, hadhafang), which he translates as "throng-cleaver". The author never actually used this name in any of his writings.[44] Hadhafang is also wielded by Arwen's father Elrond in The Hobbit film trilogy.
Herugrim (Old English: Fierce Sword[41]) is the sword that belonged to Théoden.[1][45]
Narsil / AndúrilEdit
Narsil (Quenya: roughly, Red and White Flame[46]), a sword in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion,[47][48] influenced by the legendary swords Tyrfing and Gram.[1] The sword was forged during the First Age by the Dwarf Telchar[49] of Nogrod, a famous weaponsmith and artificer who also made the knife Angrist (which cut a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth) and the Helm of Hador (later used by Túrin Turambar). By the end of the Second Age Narsil was borne by Elendil; it was broken in the struggle of Elendil and Gil-galad against Sauron. Isildur used the hilt-shard to cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand. The shards, acquiring the additional name the Sword that was Broken, remained an heirloom of Isildur's heirs throughout the Third Age, and were thus inherited by Aragorn. In T. A. 3018 the sword was reforged as Andúril (Quenya: Flame of the West[50]).
In the motion picture series directed by Peter Jackson, Narsil was broken into six parts (rather than two), which were kept in Rivendell, and broke not when Elendil fell but rather when Isildur reached for it and Sauron stomped on it. It is also not reforged into Andúril until the third film, when Arwen persuades Elrond to have elven smiths reforge it from the shards of Narsil and bring it to Aragorn. In the book, he actually wears the broken blade and shows it to the Hobbits when they meet at the Prancing Pony in Bree, and its reforging prior to the departure of the Fellowship is a decisive move toward kingship.
The incident involving Aragorn disarming reluctantly before entering king Théoden's palace Meduseld is omitted from the second film on the grounds that the sword he surrenders there is not Andúril. However, the first film does include an invented scene of Aragorn reverently placing the hilt of Narsil back into the display after Boromir knocks it from its podium onto the floor.
In The Two Towers, it is written that Aragorn uses Andúril with a shield from Théoden's armoury during the Battle of the Hornburg. In The Fellowship of the Ring it is also stated that his sword was similar to Boromir's, who uses his with a shield consistently. This, coupled with Tolkien's comparisons of Middle-earth's clothing and war gear to that of Dark Age Europe and the Bayeux Tapestry,[51] would suggest that it and other swords would be single-handed rather than the two-handed longsword depicted in the films, which is more akin to the late medieval and Renaissance periods.
The filmmakers opted not to make Andúril glow at all, keeping that property only for Sting. (Gandalf's sword Glamdring also did not glow in the presence of orcs. Peter Jackson notes, in his DVD commentary on The Fellowship of the Ring, that this was an oversight, not a deliberate change from the books.)
Christopher Tolkien suggested that Narsil was introduced during the writing of The Lord of the Rings rather spontaneously: "It is possible that the Sword that was Broken actually emerged from the verse 'All that is gold does not glitter': on this view, in the earliest form of the verse ... the words a king may yet be without crown, A blade that was broken be brandished were no more than a further exemplification of the general moral [that not everything is what it appears to be]."[52] Following this, references to the Sword were introduced during major recastings of "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony" and "The Council of Elrond" chapters.[53]
Originally the sword was only referred to as "the Sword of Elendil" or "the Broken Sword"; later the name Branding (from Old English brand 'sword') was devised for the Sword Reforged.[54] This was replaced by Andúril after the emergence of Narsil.
Orcrist (Sindarin: Goblin-cleaver[39]), a sword in The Hobbit.[1][55] was originally forged in Gondolin and was nicknamed "Biter" by the goblins of the Misty Mountains. After finding it in a troll-hoard, Thorin Oakenshield carried the sword through the Misty Mountains and Mirkwood before being taken prisoner by the Elves, and it was laid on his tomb after he died in the Battle of Five Armies. It is the mate of Glamdring.
In Peter Jackson's Hobbit films, the sword is found and wielded by Thorin Oakenshield but ends up in the possession of Legolas, who uses it in battle with the Orc Bolg but later returns it to Thorin so that the Dwarf may wield it against Azog the Defiler. Like Andúril and Glamdring in the Lord of the Rings films, it was not shown to glow in the presence of orcs due to the film-makers fearing that doing that made it resemble a lightsaber.
Ringil (Sindarin: Cold-Star / Cold-Spark) is a sword wielded by Fingolfin in The Silmarillion and The Lays of Beleriand. It bit with chilling cold, and glittered like ice with a pale light.[1] This was the sword with which Fingolfin wounded Morgoth seven times, causing the first dark lord to limp forever afterward.[56][57]
In Tolkien's early writings, Ringil was the name of one of the two pillars supporting the Two Lamps of primeval Middle-earth.[58]
Sting is a knife in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Although made by the Elves as a large knife, it functioned well as a sword for the smaller race of Hobbits.[1][59] Bilbo Baggins named the weapon after using it to fend off the giant spiders in Mirkwood forest, then later passed it on to Frodo to use in his quest to destroy the One Ring. Sting would glow blue whenever orcs or goblins were nearby.
Named bows and arrowsEdit
Belthronding (Sindarin/Ilkorin: Intractable Bow[60]) is the bow wielded by Beleg Cúthalion (Strongbow) in The Silmarillion and The Lays of Beleriand.[1][61]
Black ArrowEdit
The Black Arrow was used by Bard the Bowman,[62] mentioned by him as having been used many times, always successfully, and always having been recovered. An heirloom from many generations of Bard's family and believed by him to have been made in the forges of the King under the Mountain; Bard recites its history before urging it to "go now and speed well" and successfully shooting Smaug. The arrow was lost with the Dragon's corpse in the Long Lake.
In Peter Jackson's Hobbit films, the Black Arrow's significance was elaborated on. Instead of being a regular-sized arrow, the Black Arrow was the size of a short spear, and was used as ammunition for a windlance (a ballista-type weapon) in Dale. All but one were used to defend the city from Smaug during his invasion, but it only broke one of his scales, and Dale was subsequently destroyed. The final Black Arrow was kept by Bard's family as an heirloom. When Smaug attacks Lake Town, Bard attempts to shoot Smaug with a normal longbow, but his arrows inflict no harm to Smaug. After receiving the Black Arrow from his son Bain, Bard constructs an improvised ballista and fires the Black Arrow at Smaug's weak spot, which successfully hits its mark and kills Smaug.
Dailir is the arrow favoured by Beleg, the great bowman of the First Age of Middle-earth. Beleg was always able to retrieve this arrow for reuse.[63]
Red ArrowEdit
The Red Arrow is a black-feathered arrow barbed with steel; its tip was painted red.[64] It was a token used by Gondor to summon Rohan in time of dire need, and may have been associated with the Oath of Eorl.[65] In The Return of the King, the Red Arrow was presented to Théoden by Hirgon with the message: "...the Lord Denethor asks for all your strength and all your speed, lest Gondor should fall at last."[64] Théoden pledged his assistance, but Hirgon was killed during the ride back to Minas Tirith, leading Denethor to believe that no help was forthcoming from Rohan. The Red Arrow has a historical antecedent in the Old English poem Elene in which Constantine the Great summoned an army of mounted Visigoths to his aid against the Huns by sending an arrow as a "token of war".[66]
Other named weapons and armourEdit
Aeglos (Sindarin: Snow Point, i.e. icicle;[67] also spelled Aiglos) is the spear wielded by Gil-galad;[1][68][69] Aiglos is also the name of a type of plant in Middle-earth which most notably grew on Amon Rûdh. Aeglos is also the name of a Tolkienist semiannual almanac published by the Polish Silesian Science-Fiction Club, parent organisation of the Polish Tolkien Society.[70]
Dragon-helm of Dor-lóminEdit
The Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin is the fabulous helmet owned and used by lords of the House of Hador (such as Húrin and Túrin).[1] Also known as the Helm of Hador. The helm was made of heavy steel, decorated with gold and runes, and a gold likeness of Glaurung the Dragon was set upon its crest. It had originally been made for a Dwarf-king by Telchar, the great Dwarf-craftsman of Nogrod.[71] The Dwarf-king was Azaghâl, of the neighbouring city of Belegost; he gave it to Maedhros, who gave it to Fingon. Fingon gave it to Hador himself, along with the lordship of Dor-lómin.[72]
Dramborleg (Sindarin: Thudder-Sharp[73]) is the axe belonging to Tuor, son of Huor in The Book of Lost Tales and Unfinished Tales.[1]
Durin's AxeEdit
Durin's Axe was part of the regalia and weaponry of the Dwarf-kings of Khazad-dûm. In T.A. 2989 Balin attempted to recolonize Khazad-dûm (by then called Moria), and the early records of the colony mention Durin's Axe, indicating it was sought for or even found.[74]
Grond (Sindarin: Club) is the mace of Morgoth used against Fingolfin in The Silmarillion;[75] also a battering ram in The Lord of the Rings,[1][76] used to assault the Great Gate of Minas Tirith. Grond the battering ram was in-universe named after Morgoth's mace: "Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old."[77] In the Rankin-Bass adaptation of The Return of the King, the ram Grond is called "the arm of the devil" also named "the hammer of the underworld".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Burdge, Anthony; Burke, Jessica (2006). "Weapons, Named". In Drout, Michael (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Piela, Joseph (2006). "Arms and Armour". In Drout, Michael (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ a b J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, p. 371.
- ^ a b J. R. R. Tolkien, The War of the Jewels, p. 234.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, p. 365.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, p. 385.
- ^ Hooker, Mark T. (2014). The Tolkienaeum. Llyfrawr. p. 235. ISBN 978-1499759105.
- ^ http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/khuzdul.htm
- ^ Vinyar Tengwar 49, p. 14.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, p. 355.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, p. 366.
- ^ The Etymologies under the root PÍLIM-.
- ^ Hooker, Mark T. (2014). The Tolkienaeum. Llyfrawr. p. 180. ISBN 978-1499759105.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, p. 367.
- ^ a b c d e f g Smith, Chris (2003). The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare. Mariner Books. ISBN 0-618-39100-2.
- ^ The Fellowship of the Ring, p. 208, 210; The Return of the King, p. 333
- ^ Drout, Michael, ed. (2006). "Elf-shot". J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields", p. 117: "No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will."
- ^ The Two Towers
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1977), The Silmarillion, George Allen & Unwin, ch. 19 p.177; ISBN 0 04 823139 8
- ^ The Hobbit
- ^ The Return of the King, p. 72; Unfinished Tales, p. 364, 411
- ^ Timmons, Dan (2006). "Jackson, Peter". In Drout, Michael (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1954), The Fellowship of the Ring, 2nd edition (1966), George Allen & Unwin, Prologue §1 p. 15; ISBN 0 04 823045 6
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1955), The Return of the King, 2nd edition (1966), George Allen & Unwin, appendix A part I(iii) p. 322; ISBN 0 04 823047 2
- ^ Drout, Michael, ed. (2006). "Mithril". J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1980), Unfinished Tales, George Allen & Unwin, inside rear dust-jacket; ISBN 0-04-823179-7
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 201-202, 206-210, 316; Unfinished Tales, p. 148, 419
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 226
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 225.
- ^ Unfinished Tales. p. 443
- ^ Petty, Anne C. (2006). "Finland: Literary Sources". In Drout, Michael (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 316
- ^ The Silmarillion, pp. 177, 181
- ^ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1984), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales, 2, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, "The Tale of Tinúviel, ISBN 0-395-36614-3
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 202
- ^ The Silmarillion. p. 317
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 201, 279; Unfinished Tales, p. 171
- ^ a b The Hobbit. "A Short Rest", p. 62
- ^ The Hobbit, p. 53; The Fellowship of the Ring, p. 293, 324; The Two Towers, p. 115; The Return of the King, p. 272; Unfinished Tales, p. 54
- ^ a b Tolkien Dictionary
- ^ The Two Towers, p. 139
- ^ Beowulf, line 1810
- ^ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1987), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-395-45519-7
- ^ The Two Towers, p. 123
- ^ The Return of the King. p. 438; Further information in The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 294-295, 343; Unfinished Tales, p. 272, 275; The Fellowship of the Ring, p. 256-257; The Return of the King, p. 123
- ^ The Fellowship of the Ring, p. 290, 338-339, 391; The Two Towers, p. 36, 104, 115, 139; The Return of the King, p. 123, 158, 245
- ^ J. E. A. Tyler (1980), "Narsil", The new Tolkien companion, Avon Books, p. 417, ISBN 9780380469048
- ^ The Return of the King. p. 437
- ^ Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (1981), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, #211, ISBN 0-395-31555-7
- ^ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1989), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, p. 137, ISBN 0-395-51562-9
- ^ The Treason of Isengard, pp. 77-80, 120.
- ^ The Treason of Isengard, p. 290
- ^ The Hobbit, p. 53, 303
- ^ The Silmarillion, pp. 153–154, 347
- ^ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1985), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Lay of Leithian, Canto XII, ISBN 0-395-39429-5
- ^ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1983). The Book of Lost Tales (Part I). Houghton Mifflin. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-395-35439-0.
- ^ The Hobbit, p. 53, 83, 167, etc.;The Fellowship of the Ring, p. 23, 290; The Two Towers, p. 221, The Return of the King, p. 173, 204
- ^ The Lost Road. p. 388
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 208, 320; The Lays of Beleriand, p. 26, 117, 127
- ^ The Hobbit. "Fire and Water", p. 236
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1985), The Lays of Beleriand, George Allen & Unwin, ISBN 0 04 823277 7
- ^ a b Tolkien, J. R. R. (1955), The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (published 1987), "The Muster of Rohan", ISBN 0-395-08256-0
- ^ Foster, Robert (1971), The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, New York: Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-32436-6
- ^ Scott Howard (21 March 2008), Recreating Beowulf's 'Pregnant Moment of Poise': Pagan Doom and Christian Eucatastrophe Made Incarnate in the Dark Age Setting of The Lord of the Rings, University of Montana
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 313
- ^ The Fellowship of the Ring (Book II, Chapter 2: "The Council of Elrond"), The Silmarillion, p. 294; Unfinished Tales, p. 148, 417
- ^ Significantly, "Eigil" is a Norwegian proper name meaning "sword point" or "spearhead".
- ^ Morawski, Marcin (2006). "Poland: Reception of Tolkien". In Drout, Michael (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1985), The Lays of Beleriand (volume 3 of The History of Middle-earth), George Allen & Unwin, part 1 'The Lay of the Children of Húrin', second version ch. 2 p. 115 line 678; ISBN 0 04 823277 7
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1980), Unfinished Tales, George Allen & Unwin part 1 ch. II p. 75; ISBN 0-04-823179-7
- ^ Unfinished Tales. p. 172; The Book of Lost Tales (vol. 2), "The Fall of Gondolin"
- ^ J. R. R. Tolkien (1954), The Fellowship of the Ring, 2nd edition (1966) George Allen & Unwin, book 2 ch. V p.336; ISBN 0 04 823045 6
- ^ The Silmarillion, p. 154, 333
- ^ The Return of the King, p. 112
- ^ The Return of the King, "The Siege of Gondor".


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In 2004, Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $430 million to settle charges it had illegally marketed the epilepsy drug Neurontin for unapproved uses.
Now, a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry questions whether the lawsuit ended up fueling spending on other epilepsy drugs instead of curbing so-called off-label prescribing.
Doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs for uses that haven't been approved by U.S. health regulators, but companies are prohibited from marketing their products for such purposes.
"In recent years there have been several large lawsuits setting out to punish pharmaceutical companies for illegal off-label promotion," said Meredith Chace, a pharmaceutical policy fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston. "We suspected that it might be possible that there could be unintended consequences of that."
She and her colleagues analyzed data from the federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid spanning the years 2001 to 2005.
They focused on bipolar disorder, one of several disorders treated off-label with Neurontin (known generically as gabapentin).
Since the first media report about the off-label lawsuit surfaced in March 2002, Neurontin's market share dropped from 21 percent of the total epilepsy drugs prescribed for bipolar disorder to 15 percent.
Meanwhile, off-label use of four other epilepsy drugs - one of which was later approved - took off or continued to rise in patients with bipolar disorder. Even spending on Neurontin rose, despite the lower use.
"Unfortunately, the study suggests that doctors continued to turn to unproven medications to treat bipolar disorder," said Dr. Daniel Carlat, a psychiatrist and director of the Pew Prescription Project, which promotes policies to limit doctor-industry relationships that could affect patient care.
According to the new report, in 2000 - two years before news of the lawsuit broke - Neurontin sales approached $1 billion, mostly due to off-label use. Chace said she felt certain the negative media coverage of Neurontin accounted for part of the market share drop and that it's possible the manufacturer raised prices in anticipation of this.
Overall, the researchers estimate that government spending on epilepsy drugs for bipolar disorder increased by more than $200 million following the Neurontin lawsuit.
And that's not counting potential prescription changes in other diseases where the drug was used off-label, such as migraine, restless legs syndrome and various pain conditions.
"The unintended consequences are substitution of similarly unsubstantiated products and an increase in spending overall," Chace told Reuters Health.
She added that clinical trials have shown Neurontin is not effective in bipolar disorder, although it may still help some patients.
One of the study's limitations is that it doesn't include information on how much drugmakers spent on marketing their products. It's possible that Pfizer's competitors pounced on the chance to ramp up promotion of their own medications, explaining some of the increase in spending, Chace said.
That caveat was echoed by Carlat, whose position is partly funded by a grant that came out of the Neurontin settlement.
"It's not clear that the lawsuit was responsible for the increase in anticonvulsant prescribing and therefore increased spending," Carlat told Reuters Health by email. "The study did not control for the effects of other influences on prescribing decisions, such as marketing by other anticonvulsant manufacturers and scientific information about the efficacy of the other drugs."
Dr. Randall S. Stafford, who has studied drug marketing but was not involved in the new work, said it's likely the lawsuit was "not as damaging to Pfizer as intended."
"Neurontin was coming off patent anyway and the lawsuits simply accelerated the desired shift from off-label Neurontin use to off-label Lyrica use," Stafford told Reuters Health by email.
Lyrica, an epilepsy drug whose generic name is pregabalin, is still on patent. It was involved in another marketing lawsuit against Pfizer, which resulted in a $2.3 billion settlement in 2009.
Pfizer declined to comment on the new findings, saying that they relate "to a nearly decade-old settlement."
Chace said authorities should work closely with medical organizations to inform doctors about crackdowns on off-label marketing so they can respond appropriately.
"They should know what is going on and what the treatment guidelines recommend," she said.
Carlat argued that the issue is not how doctors get their news.
"What's most important is that the medical community - academic medicine, medical association, etc. - do a better job of teaching doctors about evidence-based treatment guidelines," he said.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) Jason Spezza scored in the shootout to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night and finish the season on a five-game winning streak.
The teams were tied 2-2 after two periods and didn't score in the third or overtime.
Spezza, who scored the lone goal in Ottawa's win Saturday against Toronto, stopped at the circle during his shootout attempt, stickhandled around goalie Jeff Zatkoff, and scored. Kyle Turris added a goal in the shootout for the Senators.
Ottawa goalie Robin Lehner stopped Beau Bennett and Jussi Jokinen to seal the win.
Turris scored his 26th goal in regulation, and Mark Stone had his fourth for Ottawa, which will miss the playoffs for the second time in six years and first since 2011.
Jokinen scored on the power play in regulation, his 21st of the season, and Lee Stempniak added his 12th for the Penguins, who rested captain Sidney Crosby and several others for their final game before the playoffs.
No. 1 goalie Marc-Andre Fleury sat out along with Brandon Sutter, Matt Niskanen, Robert Bortuzzo and Deryk Engelland.
Pittsburgh will face Columbus in the first round of the playoffs.
It will be the first postseason meeting between the teams, separated by a four-hour drive. The perennial-contending Penguins have lots of star power and three Stanley Cup titles. Columbus, during its first season in the Eastern Conference, secured its second playoff berth and first since the 2009 season.
Despite missing the finale, Crosby won his second scoring title - topping Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf.
Crosby, who finished with 36 goals and 104 points, outscored Getzlaf by 17 points to win the Art Ross Trophy for the first time since the 2006-07 season, his second in the NHL.
The seven-year gap is the second-longest span between scoring titles.
Pittsburgh hopes to have former NHL MVP and two-time scoring champion Evgeni Malkin back for the playoffs after he missed the final 11 games of the regular season because of a foot injury.
Malkin skated with teammates Chris Conner (foot) and Joe Vitale (upper body) on Sunday, but Penguins coach Dan Bylsma didn't say whether they would be ready for Wednesday's playoff opener.
Jokinen opened the scoring Sunday with a power-play goal with 5:14 left in the first period. His centering pass deflected off Eric Gryba's skate and trickled between Lehner's pads.
Turris tied it later in the period, scoring in the final seconds of a power play when he sent a shot past Zatkoff from the left faceoff dot.
Stempniak put the Penguins ahead 2-1 when he tipped Bennett's shot behind Lehner at 5:16 of the second.
Stone tied it with Ottawa's second power-play goal at 17:14 from the top of the crease, whacking in a rebound of Patrick Wiercioch's point shot.
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A suburban Chicago park district is asking parents to keep themselves in check during their children's sporting events.
The Buffalo Grove Park District installed a half-dozen metal "adult behavior" signs offering perspective for parents getting a little too into the event.
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"Of the hundreds of thousands of children who have ever played youth sports in Buffalo Grove, very few have gone on to play professionally. It is highly unlikely that any college recruiters or professional scouts are watching these games; so, let's keep it all about having fun and being pressure-free."
The signs were posted as a "self-check" for overbearing or hot-headed parents and are intended to curb inappropriate behavior, the park district said.
"We thought that if we put it in a way that people could relate to, as well as infuse a little humor, that the message would resonate and people might be more likely to comply," said Mike Terson, park district public relations and marketing manager, "and hopefully for some, change how they look at youth sports altogether."
Terson said the issue came to his attention while he was attending his son's soccer games and became more prevalent when he began coaching.
The signs also ask that parents respect the game's officials.
"Referees umpires and officials are human and make mistakes, just like players, coaches and you. No one shouts at you in front of other people when you make a mistake, so please don't yell at them. We do not have video replay; so, we will go with their calls," the sign reads.
But the main goal of the signs is to allow children to enjoy their sport and have fun.
"Sometimes, we, the adults, need to be reminded as to what truly is important, and that it is just a game," Ryan Rinsinger, director of recreation and facilities, said in a statement.
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the modern Geneva Conventions (on 12 August 1999), the ICRC launched its People on War project with the aim of building greater respect for fundamental humanitarian principles. At centre stage is a worldwide consultation giving the general public a chance to air their views on the many facets of war. The idea was that civilians and combatants alike would be able to share their experiences, express their opinions on what basic rules should apply in war, discuss why those rules sometimes break down and look at what the future holds.
With this in mind, the ICRC commissioned Greenberg Research, Inc. to design a research programme that would enable people to be heard in the most effective way possible. Under the guidance of Greenberg Research, ICRC staff and Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers carried out this consultation in 12 countries (Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador, Georgia/Abkhazia, Israel, the occupied territories and the autonomous territories, Lebanon, Nigeria, Philippines, Somalia and South Africa), conducting in-depth, face-to-face interviews, group discussions and national public opinion surveys. Surveys on the basis of a questionnaire only were conducted in a further five countries (France, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States) in order to reflect these peoples perceptions of war.
Greenberg Research analysts then prepared a series of Country Reports on the basis of the findings. The reports open up this new, important discourse to a wider audience, while remaining conscious of the need to protect the safety of all those who participated.
By making this consultation public, the ICRC hopes to initiate a local and international debate on the humanitarian aspects of war - a debate that should be joined by the major political players, international and non-governmental organizations and aid specialists.
Greenberg Research, Inc.
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Greenberg Research has extensive experience in Europe and the United States, but also in the Middle East, Asia, southern Africa and Central and South America. It has conducted research in war-torn, politically complex and remote settings. In its work for corporations and non-governmental organizations, it has explored a broad range of global issues, including landmines, genetic engineering, climate change, race and gender relations, trade and information technologies.
The opinions expressed in this report are not those of the ICRC. The ICRC retained Greenberg Research, Inc. to design and oversee the People on War consultation. Greenberg Research compiled and analysed the results and is responsible for the content and interpretation.
ICRC, Geneva, October 1999


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This is as good a place as any to mention that if you think Lisa's costume is scanty and precarious (and it is), you should see the old engraving on which I based it. (Possibly NSFW in that you can juuust make out Robin Goodfellow's penis. But not nearly as clearly as in certain other engravings from the olden days.)
In fact, I'm not even sure that's a costume, 'cause only through fey magic could that stay on. I'm thinking those crescent moon (on black background) and sun patterns are part of his actual skin.