Herdwick a "smit") of marking sheep for ownership. Before chemical dyes became available, this dye was made from either iron ore or graphite mixed with grease. For many years the legal method of identifying a particular shepherd's sheep were notches cut out of a sheep's ear, called "lug" marks—now replaced by ear tags. Herdwick The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District of Cumbria in North West England. The name "Herdwick" is derived from the Old Norse "herdvyck", meaning sheep pasture. Though low in lambing capacity and perceived wool quality when compared to more common commercial
Jimmy Smits Rican offshore island of Vieques. Smits was an athlete in his youth. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College in 1980 and an MFA from Cornell University in 1982. An early role played by Smits was that of Eddie Rivera in the two-hour series premiere of "Miami Vice", in 1984. In the episode, he portrayed Sonny Crockett's original partner, who was killed in a sting gone wrong. Beginning in 1986, Smits played Victor Sifuentes in the first five seasons of the long-running NBC television Steven Bochco legal drama "L.A. Law". Additionally, Smits