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Star of the Silmaril - Fire
"Enwina," he barked.
The old seer shuffled up, her rags trailing in the filth. "Aye, master? Enwina is willing to serve, always she is ready - "
"Silence, imbecile," Sauron snapped. "Let the word go out that Leoselde, shadow-girl, has been killed. Use whatever magic you deem necessary, but let it be known. Otherwise, I will tell Master, and you do know what happens to those he displeases - "
Enwina's pale eyes widened. Sauron suspected that the memory of fire and hot steel was still fresh in her mind, and he threw a look of daggers after her as she shuffled away as fast as she could.
Then, he lifted Leoselde's fragile form and carried her off to a smaller, danker dungeon. A bed of steel lay there.
Sauron slammed her body onto it, and watched with gruesome pleasure as her head flopped limply. He crossed the room and, turning his back to her, mixed several potent compounds into a black brew that hissed, sputtered, and gave off a vile stench. Sauron breathed in the noxious fumes and smiled.
He crossed the room, forced Leoselde's jaw open, and dumped the mixture into her mouth.
Immediately, she convulsed, as if her limbs were suspended on strings, and a high, sharp keening echoed from her throat. Her eyes opened, the pupils rolled back in her head, and her pale hands tore fruitlessly at the sky. Her silver hair rose of its own accord about her, and a ghastly, terrible light surrounded her face.
"My little ghost," Sauron whispered in pleasure. He watched as Leoselde drifted to one side of the room, her eyes horribly blank, and gripped a bar of her prison. One slender arm snaked through the cage and searched, the fingers hanging limp as the palm moved. It was a horrible, unsettling sight, and one that Sauron relished.
"You will be pleased, Melkor," he said quietly.
"You dare speak my name?" came a cold voice from behind him.
Concealing his surprise with an effort, Sauron turned to face his Master. The exiled Valar wore a cloak of black over his robes, and his skin was an unhealthy fish-belly white in the dim light from the lamp hanging far overhead. His eyes, red and cruel, surveyed the scene before him without emotion, and one hand rested delicately on the hilt of his sword, which he had not used in a millennium.
"Melkor," Sauron said in awe.
"Morgoth," his Master snapped back. With no further words, he crossed the room, straight to Leoselde, as she stared vacantly into the empty halls beyond.
"Greetings, fair one," Morgoth said, running one long claw along the skin of Leoselde's neck. His tone was that of poisoned honey, deceptively sweet. "You have come, Ardelen. I must admit that you are a sight for one long deprived of the pleasures of female beauty. Ever since I was exiled from Valinor." His mouth twisted.
Leoselde said nothing, staring at him without emotion.
"Ah, so you have given her the potion?" Morgoth said quietly. There was a dangerous edge to his soft voice.
"Yes, Master. Only as you or - "
"I remember very well what I ordered," Morgoth said, and the menace of his voice was enough to make even Sauron cringe slightly. "However, I do seem to recall that I asked you to make sure that Fëanor reached Tol-in-Gaurhoth safely. Instead, you had that meddlesome witch summon a snowstorm."
"I am sorry, Mas - " Sauron began.
A hand of iron gripped him about the throat. He choked, and flecks of light swam before his eyes as the cruel grip tightened.
"Did I ask for apologies?"
"No, Master," Sauron croaked.
"What did I ask for?" Morgoth's voice was mercilessly soft.
"You asked for Fëanor - to - reach - Tol-in-Gaurhoth safely," Sauron forced out. His blood was pounding in his head, and it was getting hard to make out shapes and forms clearly. His lungs screamed for air.
"And are you capable of that?" He had never heard such venom in a voice before.
"Yes, Master."
"Then do it." The hand released him, and Sauron toppled to the floor, sucking in grateful breaths of air. He immediately leapt to his feet again, trying not to lose any of his dignity before his master, and hurried off.
"Enwina!" he snarled.
"What, master?" Enwina came up to him, her wide eyes lamplike in the encroaching darkness.
Sauron seized her and threw her against a wall. "Lift that snowstorm spell, now!" he barked. "My master says that you will, and you will, or you will be in for another session in his torture chambers."
Enwina quickly pulled a silver wand from beneath her filthy robes. It was stained black with the passing of time, and on its tip was the shape of a serpent with emerald eyes and tongue. Closing her eyes, she began to move the wand.
A second later, she opened her eyes, and her thin, colorless tongue lashed her lips like a snake. She smiled up at him, revealing her mouth full of broken teeth, and tucked the silver wand away again. "It is done."
When Fëanor awoke, he thought to himself that he was lying in a nest of warm darkness. He could feel liquid running down his arm, and thought that he was lying beneath a waterfall. He could even hear the soft roaring. He could not see, he could only feel, and react. He was much like a wild creature, and he made soft, guttural noises as he scrabbled around on the hard ground. He seemed to be trapped behind the waterfall.
As he came slowly back to himself, he felt a burning pain in his chest, at the place where the liquid stemmed from. He put a hand up, searching for the point where the pain came from, and touched a crusted, gaping hole in his flesh. Trickles of warm fluid slid over his flesh.
Fëanor brought his hand to his mouth to taste it, and immediately spat out the coppery, bitter liquid. That answered one question. It was blood.
That raised a host of new questions. Why was he bleeding, and why could he not see? Where had the cold of the snowstorm gone, and why was he not dead, safely ensconced in the lofty halls of Mandos? Fëanor thought his mind would explode with questions.
He touched his eyes. They were open, and for a dreadful moment, Fëanor thought that he had been struck blind. But then, he slowly made out the shape of the fallen tree, and in the sky above him, the cold light of the stars. It was night.
Fëanor moved, and felt his body cry out in pain at the action. He hissed and instinctively curled into a ball. He waited out the agony, feeling his eyes tear up, then sat up again, more slowly, and rose as carefully as he dared.
Nerdanel was lying near him. As far as Fëanor could tell with his maltreated eyes, she was all right. She lay in a spreading pool of water. After a moment's thought, he realized that it was the melted ice from her dress.
Fëanor climbed laboriously out from beneath the hollow. All traces of the snowstorm had vanished, as if it had never been. The Moon had waned fully, and was not in the sky. The stars shone hard and sharp above him, and Fëanor could now see that they had taken refuge in a desolate rock field. Far to the north, he could just make out the shapes of shadowed mountains.
"Where are we?" Fëanor whispered, forcing his broken lips to form the words.
He looked back into the cave and saw Silmelindo watching him. His stallion whickered and stamped a hoof insistently, and Fëanor felt a tired smile spread across his face.
A sudden wave of dizziness overtook him, and Fëanor looked down to see that the wound in his chest - which looked oddly as if a sword had stabbed him - was still pulsing blood.
He pressed an unsteady hand across the wound and staggered back to the shelter, where he searched for something, anything, to cease the flow. Silmelindo watched him with calm eyes, and Fëanor saw that Nerdanel's makeshift bandage had stopped the worst of the bleeding from the stallion's cut.
Nerdanel awoke with a gasp, and in the night Fëanor thought that her golden hair spread around her head like a halo. Seeing Fëanor slumped against the wall of the cave, she crawled over to him and pried his hand away from the wound. Her brow furrowed at what she saw.
"Fëanor, how did you get this?" she asked.
"I - I do not remember," Fëanor said. "Or what I do remember is scattered and broken. I seem to think that I saw Leoselde, beckoning to me - and I reached for her - and a sword of flames broke us apart. I saw her wither and fade, and I reached - for - her - but she was - gone." He was gasping heavily, and his face was pale as more scarlet trails of blood leaked between his fingers.
Nerdanel looked out at the clear sky, at Silmelindo, then back at Fëanor. "We could continue," she said. "If you could."
"I would take - much worse - for Leoselde's sake," Fëanor insisted stubbornly.
"If you are sure," Nerdanel said worriedly, as she ripped the hem of her dress again for a long piece of cloth. She wound it about Fëanor's wound, but immediately the gray fabric became soaked with crimson. He reeled as she helped him to his feet. With a worried glance at Silmelindo, Nerdanel led the horse out into the field of rocks.
"I won't ride you yet," she whispered, "but I think I know where the path begins again."
Silmelindo whickered, and nudged her face with his nose. She patted the faithful stallion's neck, then waited for Fëanor to catch up with her. Beneath the star-flecked blackness, Nerdanel carefully negotiated her way through the uneven rubble field, Silmelindo a quiet presence at her side as she held his reins in her hands, Fëanor stumbling behind.
Soon, they reached the narrow road that they had been taking before the snowstorm had blown up. Silmelindo bumped Nerdanel's side, and she nodded. Taking a handful of his thick, mist-gray mane in hand, she lifted herself onto his back, then reached down to help Fëanor. As soon as he had been settled in the saddle, Nerdanel reached for the reins, but it turned out that she did not need to. Silmelindo set off at a canter.
As the night wore on, Fëanor grew more and more unresponsive, and a flame of worry grew in Nerdanel's heart. Obviously, the wound was more severe than Fëanor pretended, and although she was not sure how he had gotten it, she suspected that it had been the work of the Black One.
At last, as morning broke pink in the east, and the shadowy mountains were no more than a league away, Nerdanel knew, with a stab of despair through her heart, that they could not go on. Fëanor slumped against Silmelindo's neck, the bandage stained fully crimson, his eyes closed and drops of sweat standing out starkly on his pale face. He could no longer sit upright without her aid.
Indecision filled Nerdanel's heart. She could either continue, and throw her trust to a wild hope that she could single-handedly overpower Sauron and his minions and rescue Leoselde, or she could turn back and in doing so most likely save Fëanor's life.
Tears filled Nerdanel's eyes and spilled in stinging droplets down her face. Although she hated to do it, the choice was clear. An elf-maiden, alone and with an injured fellow to protect, would never be able to infiltrate Sauron's foul dungeon and spring Leoselde. And Fëanor was sick and disoriented from the wound. She could not risk his life.
Nerdanel dismounted, leaving Fëanor slumped on Silmelindo's back, and stretched her hands entreatingly toward the dark shadow of the peaks. "Ardelen," she whispered, her voice breaking. "Leoselde. Sister. I'm sorry. I had no choice."
She had never thought it would be this hard to abandon a girl she had never known to save a man she had grown to like. But as she looked at the dark mountains, and felt the evil presence that made its home there, her heart broke and she collapsed to the ground, great sobs racking her body. She knew that by leaving to save Fëanor, she was forfeiting any slight chance her sister might have had at life.
It was best, she tried to convince herself. Her father had left her younger sister to the mercy of the elements in the first place, in hopes that she would die before the prophecy could be fulfilled and Sauron could wreak havoc upon the world as he searched for her.
And yet, and yet, Nerdanel thought, she was a living being. A fair girl, skilled and intelligent, as Fëanor told it. She deserved better. No one deserved this.
Face running in tears, Nerdanel climbed back onto Silmelindo and wrapped her arms around Fëanor's waist. She knew that they had never had a real chance to save Leoselde, knowing the might of Lord Sauron, but it hurt worse than a sword to the heart. Her powerlessness made her want to cry until she might never stop.
Nerdanel wheeled Silmelindo around, nudged him, and buried her face in Fëanor's neck as Silmelindo cantered off, toward help - and away from Leoselde forever.
"And how do you explain that?"
Sauron cringed at the note of pure loathing in his master's voice. He straightened, cast a filthy glare at Enwina, and said, "Master, that was not my fault. I did not know that the foolish elf-wench would actually do such a thing as forsake her sister. I thought that she would throw aside all caution and rush bravely in here to save her."
"And yet she did not," Morgoth said, turning away from Leoselde, who hung in the background like a frail phantom, and looking at Sauron. "So you have failed."
Sauron tried not to shudder. Morgoth's depthless, venomous red eyes were sinking into his. He could not move in their glare, and for a moment such as he had never known in his endless life, he was afraid of death. Yet Morgoth would not grant him the solace of death. He would invent some vile method to prolong his suffering past normal boundaries. Sauron read this intent in Morgoth's eyes.
The Dark Lord took a step forward, and Leoselde trailed after him. Morgoth pulled a black iron dagger from a sheath at his waist. The hilt was studded with a ruby that flashed as red as blood in the grim illumination of the dungeon.
Morgoth handed the dagger to Leoselde, and she stared at it with unseeing eyes. "Teach my apprentice a lesson, dear heart."
Leoselde stepped forward. A smile pulled at the edges of her flaccid mouth, and the vacant blue eyes flashed with murderous intent. Sauron stood straight, determined not to be intimidated by a mere girl. After all, he had captured her with the greatest of ease. Whatever she did would not hurt him.
"You - you took me," Leoselde said, speaking in a voice harsh as grating stone. Morgoth's voice. "You hurt me."
Sauron laughed. "All in a day's work."
Morgoth stared intensely at the elf-maiden, and she in turn stared at the heavy dagger clutched in her hand. Sauron stared down both of them, then Leoselde walked slowly and deliberately forward and raised the dagger.
Sauron readied himself for the blow. After all, he thought, he would take whatever pitiful stroke the elf dealt, learn from the pain, and then let it be over with. His armor was strong, and Leoselde was weak from the foul brew that he had given her, even if it had had the beneficial side effect of placing her under Morgoth's control.
Leoselde halted before him, her eyes wide and empty. A trace of spittle formed at one corner of her mouth, and her small hand was clenched about the dagger. Sauron stared at her.
Morgoth raised his arm. Leoselde's arm also jerked up, as if it was connected by invisible cords to Morgoth's. Morgoth stared at his apprentice, eyes cold and completely devoid of pity, then brought his arm thundering down.
Leoselde's arm came down, and the dagger, with Morgoth's strength behind it, smashed through Sauron's heavy plate armor and deep into his body. He gasped, reeling with the force of the blow, as Morgoth twisted his wrist. So did Leoselde. The sharp blade of the dagger tore Sauron's blackened flesh into ribbons, and a river of dark blood began to spill from the wound. Sauron staggered backwards, hissing in pain and anger.
"Will you fail again?" Morgoth's voice was a horrible, hypnotic rhythm.
"No, Master," Sauron said dully. "I will not fail again."
I cannot stop it. I cannot control it. The evil vision - Morgoth, did Sauron call him? approaches me, drawing a dagger from his belt and hands it to me. The evil weapon is cold in my hand. The ruby flashes with liquid crimson light. It seems heavy, unfathomably heavy, and I fear that I will drop it.
Those brutal red eyes slowly look down into mine. I hear his words from far away, as if I am underwater. "Teach my apprentice a lesson, dear heart," he says. His words chill me to the bone, and I am determined not to obey, even though in other circumstances I would gladly lift cold steel against he who injured me so and ordered me captured and tortured for no reason other than a prophecy made by an insane seer filled with bloodlust.
I am shocked to find myself complying. I lift the dagger, walk toward Sauron. He watches me coldly, and I can tell that he is not afraid of any stroke I might deal. I raise the weapon, and I see my own hand, pale and withered in the scarlet light.
I will not give in. I musn't. And then behind me, Morgoth raises his arm, and with a jolt of terror, I feel my own arm raising as well. I move forward as if I glide, closer to Sauron, and plunge the dagger into his shoulder.
He does not scream, but he gasps, and I can see that the dagger has bit deeply. I cannot remember why I was to strike him, but I think it matters little. I feel Morgoth twist his wrist, and my entire body cries out in wordless protest at being used so. The very fibers of my soul are being torn.
My wrist twists without my asking it to, and I rip the wound deeper into Sauron. I can see the bits of broken armor framing the wound. Odd, for I did not know that I had such devastating power in my stroke. I feel as if I dream, for the world is distorted and rippled in strange ways. I sense that I see the world through eyes not my own.
I lower the dagger, my arm shaking with effort, and hear a voice like a snake's speaking close at hand.
"Will you fail again?" it asks, slowly, coldly.
"No, Master," comes the reply, and I feel the dagger dropping from my limp grasp. It clatters to the floor and I stand there shaking, trying to comprehend what I have done.
Behind me, Morgoth bends to pick up the dagger. It is as if a huge weight presses on my spine, and I bend as well. Pain, I have never known such pain. I wish for darkness, for oblivion, for it all to end.
Sauron stares at me, black blood staining his heavy iron armor. I can see the murderous intent in those fathomless eyes, so much like his master's already, and I know that he will kill me if he can.
"Go, apprentice," Morgoth orders, and Sauron leaves slowly, throwing us both venomous glances. I hear his footsteps dying away down the corridor for a long time, and I am afraid.
Find me, Fëanor, I plead. For if you do not, I know that I will die.


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League Of War 3D Strategy Game
League Of War is one of my all time favourites. It's been around since November 2013 but I think I discovered it in 2015 and I play it daily, without fail, first thing in the morning, last thing at night. Of course it's frustrating because you run out of Energy and Morale which you need for different aspects of the game, you need to allow time for them to recharge or of course you can use Gold to recharge, but that takes a long time to build up or you can pay money for Gold. I've done that, no because you have to, you can make really good progress without spending a dollar but I'm happy to in order to support the Developers, it's worth it.
There's a lot going on in this game. You get weapons, Tanks, Infantry, Air, and what ever you call the Jeep type reconnaissance vehicles, they have guns on them and they're fast, but they're not tough like tanks. Infantry are people with various weapons and Air ranges from Helicopters to Jets.
There are various levels of the above weapons, Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super rare, Ultra Rare and Epic or something like that. In all my playing I haven't been lucky enough yet to get one but they're extremely powerful. When you go up against these it's hard to win unless you can strike before your opponent launches their Epic assault.
You Train your vehicles, Promote them, you get Training cards, there are Boss battles and Invasions, they alternate and run for a week at a time. You can Verse other players, but it's not real time which I prefer, I'm not sure exactly how it works, I guess a game you play against the AI will be used against another player, how ever it works, it's great fun.
I could bang on for ages about this game going into lots of detail, but it's free (at least it was, check) so just give it a try if this sounds like your thing!
Oh, check out this picture, I was able to get this to happening on one of the Invasion levels, I have a very strong tank which none of the opponent's weapons could destroy at all quickly, so they kept releasing more and more helicopters and ground troups, it was awesome!
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Although Facebook is the most popular social networking site with more than 500million active users, Celebrities who don't like facebook for different reasons or joined the boycott facebook club are increasing.
Most of them are concern about facebook privacy policies and also don't want to share their personal life in public. Here are i am going to mention some of some of top celebrities who have boycotted Facebook so far.
Justin Timberlake
|The American pop musician Justin Timberlake tops the list of so-called Facebook "boycotters". The actor who plays the role of former Facebook president Sean Parker in the film 'The Social Network' reportedly said, "I'm sort of admittedly ridiculously stupid with computers."
George Clooney
|George Clooney too is said to be among Facebook 'haters'. Clooney reportedly once remarked that he would rather have a prostate exam on live television by a guy with very cold hands than have a Facebook page.
Drew Barrymore
|Drew Barrymore too is not a great fan of Facebook, having snubbed it publicly. The actress reportedly said that she just doesn't like this compulsive, instantaneous, over-information, lack-of-privacy, weirdo aspect of the world.
Jennifer Aniston
|Jennifer Aniston too has gone public saying that Facebook is not for her. The actress once remarked, "Facebook is not for me. I'd be opening myself up too much. I don't want to sound like a complete innocent, I've looked at things, of course. But it's such spewing. If I look at it, I'll be affected. It's like dancing with the devil."
Jesse Eisenberg
|Jesse Eisenberg who also plays the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the film 'The Social Network' also hates to be on the most popular social networking site. According to the report, Eisenber reason for not been on Facebook is, "I have to talk about myself all the time, and I'm disgusted with myself, and don't want to go home and write about the breakfast I tried to eat."
Aaron Sorkin
|The screenwriter of the blockbuster film 'The Social Network' too is not on Facebook. Sorkin reasoned, "I don't have that much to share, and when I do, I'll call somebody and say I had a good cupcake today." Sorkin also thinks people use the site mostly to talk about what they've eaten.
Kristen Stewart
|The Twilight Saga actress Kristen Stewart too hates being on Facebook. The actress feels that the social network lacks adequate privacy controls.
Robert Pattinson
|The famous model and producer Robert Pattinson too claims that to have no presence on the social networking site. In 2009, Pattinson's official spokesperson issued a statement cautioning fans that Rob has neither an official nor personal page on MySpace, Facebook, or any other networking site. His fans should not be fooled by anyone representing themselves as Rob or claiming that they have a sanctioned Robert Pattinson site. These are all false.
Miley Cyrus
|Teenage icon Miley Cyrus of Hannah Montana fame reportedly termed her the Facebook experience as "dangerous" and "kind of lame." She lamented that when she hangs out with her friends, she often feels that they are so busy taking pictures of what they're doing and putting them on Facebook that really don't enjoy what they're doing.
Keira Knightley
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The Quest for the Golden Fleece
Books: Youth
Jason and the Golden Fleece is a Troll Associates mythology book. It was written by C.J. Narden and Illustrated by Robert Baxter.
In this version Pelias is Jason's cousin, the golden ram was sent by Hermes, how Jason lost his sandal is unexplained, his childhood is skipped and the Argonauts are anonymous. Their only adventures en route to Colchis are the Harpies and the Clashing Rocks, both tied to Phineus. With Medea's help Jason wins the Fleece.
And then the book becomes dark. Medea slays her brother and her father's soldiers with sorcery. When Pelias refuses to relinquish the throne she tricks his daughters into chopping him into pieces. Jason and Medea do not live happily ever after but part ways after even more loss of life.
The book ends with Jason sitting below the beached Argo, thinking of old times. As those familiar with the myths know, this too ends in tragedy.
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March 3, 2007
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Tallahassee, FL – The first day of the Snowbird Invitational hosted by Florida State at the Mike Long Track Facility wrapped up on Friday evening.
Senior Sarah Reed (Punta Gorda, FL/Illinois), who does not have indoor eligibility, gets ready for the outdoor season and places first in the hammer throw with a distance of 48.70m/159'9″. Freshman Chalencia Seay (Polk County, FL/Auburndale) competed unattached and was the runner-up in the hammer with her throw of 38.93m/127'8″.
In the women's long jump, freshman Valerie Flournoy (Gainesville, FL/PK Yonge DRS) jumped a collegiate best 5.81m/19'7″ for second place. In third was junior Heather Leblanc (Live Oak, FL/Suwannee) with a personal best jump of 5.74m/18'9″ and just behind in sixth was fellow junior Charlene Walker (Orlando, FL/Edgewater) with a 5.39m/17'8″ leap.
Sophomore Quiana Holsey (Gainesville, FL/Gainesville) ran a 1:04.21, just shy of a regional qualifying mark, in the women's 400m hurdles to finish first.
In the women's javelin, freshman Erin Simmons (Argyle, TX/Argyle) threw a personal best 22.99m/75'5″, good for second place.
The women's team ran 16 in the 5,000m run and four placed in the top ten. Finishing in fifth, sixth, and seventh were sophomore Christina Woytalewicz (Brandon, FL/Riverview) in 17:41.63, freshman Pilar McShine (Trinidad and Tobago/Success Laventille Composite) in 17:51.45, and junior Meredith Urban (Davie, FL/Green Hope) in 17:51.45, respectively. Rounding out the top ten for the Seminoles was sophomore Amanda Hahn (Gainesville, FL/Gainesville) in tenth place with a mark of 18:23.95. Running unattached, juniors Audrey Hand (Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam) clocked in at 17:85.22 to place third and Shannon Coates (Delray Beach, FL/Spanish River) finished eighth in 17:59.67.
On the men's side, sophomore Javier Garcia-Tunon (Miami, FL/Belen Jesuit) was the runner-up in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.38. Also competing unattached in the men's 400m hurdles were redshirt freshman Mike Fingado (Lake Orion, MI/Lake Orion) in 56.26 for third and right behind in fourth place was sophomore Michael Snowden (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh) in a time of 56.48.
Sophomore Alvaro Bada (Punta Gorda, FL/Charlotte) compete unattached and threw 37.39m/122'8″ to place third in the men's discus and junior Matt Frith (Jacksonville, FL/Bolles) placed eighth in the long jump with a 6.42m/21'0.75″ leap.
Florida State ran three men unattached in the 5,000m run. Freshman Steeve Gabart (Miami, FL) was the first Seminole across the line in 14:39.12 for second followed closely by redshirt freshmen Trey Andrews (Titusville, FL/Astronaut) in third with a 14:41.93 clock and Tony Krock (Avilla, IN/East Noble) in 15:01.82 for tenth place.
Florida State returns on Saturday, March 3, for day two of the Snowbird Invitational. The action begins at 10:30 a.m. with the men's hammer throw. For complete results at the conclusion of the meet, check Seminoles.com or visit halfmiletiming.com.
Complete Results for Florida State:
Women's 5,000m Run
3. Hand, Audrey (unattached) – 17:25.82
5. Christina Woytalewicz – 17:41.63
6. Pilar McShine – 17:51.45
7. Meredith Urban – 17:51.68
8. Shannon Coates (unattached) – 17:59.67
10. Amanda Hahn – 18:23.95
11. Julia Vola – 18:31.89
13. Ashley Andress – 18:37.88
14. Rosanna Bell – 18:45.43
18. Stephanie Bechler – 19:54.05
20. Kaley Matthews – 19:57.93
22. Meredith Kelly – 20:19.83
23. Angelina Ramos – 20:23.50
25. Mary Magee – 20:41.69
26. Ashley Montagnese – 20:48.29
27. Ryann Matthews – 20:50.69
28. Amanda Skillen – 21:28.53
29. Courtney Laster – 21:50.91
Women's 400m Hurdles
1. Quiana Holsey – 1:04.21
Women's Long Jump
2. Valerie Flournoy – 5.81m/19'7″
3. Heather Leblanc – 5.74m/18'9″
6. Charlene Walker – 5.39m/17'8″
Women's Hammer Throw
1. Sarah Reed – 48.70m/159'9″
2. Chalencia Seay (unattached) – 38.93m/127'8″
Women's Javelin
2. Erin Simmons – 22.99m/75'5″
Men's 5,000m Run
2. Steeve Gabart (unattached) – 14:39.12
10. Tony Krock (unattached) – 15:01.82
3. Trey Andrews (unattached) – 14:41.93
Men's 400m Hurdles
2. Javier Garcia-Tunon – 54.38
3. Mike Fingado (unattached) – 56.26
4. Mike Snowden (unattached) – 56.48
Men's Discus
3. Alvaro Bada (unattached) – 37.39m/122'8″
Men's Long Jump
8. Matt Frith – 6.42m/21'0.75″


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I have Ubuntu 10.04 guest on Windows XP host. I need to use a specific VPN software that works only on Windows. How should I configure virtualbox/guest so that the VPN connection would be visible on guest?
I already tried NAT and bridged network settings. With both of these options I get only normal internet connection to work, but sites requiring VPN don't work on guest, only on host.


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BA in Dance, Minor in Educational Studies 2009
School of Education
February 1, 2010
"My education has consistently been enriched by the arts."
Looking back on her educational journey, from the time she entered kindergarten until the day she graduated from UC Irvine, Amanda's education has consistently been enriched by the presence of the arts. It is this unique involvement with the arts, to which she attributes much of her educational and personal success today.
Amanda's involvement with the arts began at the early age of five, when she began her classical training in ballet. As she grew older, what began as a childhood dream of prancing around in a pink tutu, quickly turned into a discipline and passion that she fondly and vigorously pursued.
Throughout middle and high school Amanda immersed herself in the arts; she began playing the flute in the school orchestra and took advantage of the photography and visual art classes that were offered at her school. Outside of school, she was committed to her dance training and was accepted as a member of the Berkeley Ballet School's Youth Company as a sophomore in high school. As a member of the Youth Company, Amanda had the opportunity to train and perform both nationally and internationally. The discipline and determination that Amanda acquired from her 16 years of dance training helped her excel throughout high school and led her to pursue a dance major at UC Irvine.
During her time at UCI, Amanda had the opportunity to continue her dance training and performing while also exploring new areas of interest. Her interest in education was first sparked while taking a Political Sociology course in which she studied how political culture affected public education in America. She became intrigued by the system of public education in the United States and decided to add a minor in education to her degree.
Amanda was first introduced to the idea of "arts education" during her fourth year at UCI, when she enrolled in Ed 104D: "Teaching of Fine Arts in Elementary School" with Lecturer Kim Burge. Inspired by the opportunity to examine teaching from an arts-based perspective and to combine her passion for the arts with her interest in education, Amanda felt energized to learn more about arts education. Through her fieldwork with Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC), an organization that offers art therapy to at-risk and disabled youth, she witnessed the capacity that all art forms have to instill a strong sense of self-esteem, confidence, and determination. However, in her other fieldwork experience with the THINK Together program, she became increasingly aware of the absence of support for arts programs in many public schools. As a result of this disheartening realization, Amanda became committed to advancing the platform for arts education within the public school system.
After receiving her B.A. in Dance from UC Irvine in 2009 and also completing minors in Education and Sociology, Amanda moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue an internship at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. At the Kennedy Center, Amanda worked with the education department's Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) program to create professional learning opportunities for educators. These opportunities come in the form of arts-based professional development workshops for teachers, as well as school administrator resources. Workshops are designed by teaching artists from across the country and promote arts integrated teaching strategies that empower educators to teach in, through, and about the arts.
Currently Amanda is continuing to advocate for arts education as an Intern at Americans for the Arts, the nations leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. During the course of her internship she hopes to contribute to creating increased government support and funding for arts education, and to provide services that aid local arts agencies in creating arts education programs similar to the CETA program at the Kennedy Center.
In the future Amanda plans to attend graduate school to receive her Masters in Education, with an emphasis on arts integration, and to continue working in arts education both as a teacher and administrator. As Amanda continues to move forward in life she remains motivated by the significant role that the arts played in her education, and is committed to creating opportunities for arts education.


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Clocks forward for daylight saving
Don't forget daylight saving begins at 2am this Sunday, October 7 when clocks and watches are put forward by one hour.
An easy way to remember which way to set your clock – spring forward (in spring) fall back (in autumn).
You set your clock forward 1 hour in the spring when DST starts (= lose 1 hour), and back 1 hour when DST ends in the fall (= regain 1 hour).
Daylight saving will end on Sunday, April 7, 2019.
In line with daylight saving, Manning residents and visitors are being encouraged to jump on board MidCoast Council's summer water savers program by winding water usage back as clocks are brought forward this Sunday, October 7 for the official start to daylight saving.
"MidCoast Council's summer water savers program applies throughout daylight saving to reduce the amount of water we use during the warmer months, and applies to households, businesses, parks, gardens and sporting grounds," water services director, Brendan Guiney said.
The program's main message is simple - don't spray in the middle of the day!
All fixed hoses, sprinklers and microspray systems should not be used during the hottest part of the day – between 9am and 4pm.
Supporting the summer water saving program will not only help water supplies, it is also more effective for gardens.
Watering during the heat of the day is inefficient as the water evaporates before the plants have a chance to benefit from it – wasting water and money. Watering gardens in the cooler hours of the day instead is far more effective.


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19 year-old MC from the city above Toronto. Thoughtful flows and vocabulary set him apart from most rappers, and he's always trying to improve his game. VI is a big fan of the Seattle Seahawks and the NBA; you can probably spot him rocking a jersey on stage.
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Blessed is the Father
Fatherhood was blessed and created by God;
Fatherhood is created by God: 1Corinthians11:3–4 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Our priesthood is created by God: 1Peter2.9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Our job is created by God: Ex36.1 Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.
Our wife is given to us by God: Proverbs19:14 House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Our children are a blessing from God: Psalm127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
By God we will succeed.
Psalm 112:1–10 Blessed is the man who fears the Lord
- His offspring will be mighty the generation of the upright will be blessed
- Wealth and riches are in his house
- His righteousness endures forever
- It is well with the man who deals generously
- He will be remembered forever
- He is not afraid of bad news
- His heart is firm
- His heart is steady
- He will not be afraid
- His horn is exalted in honor
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Located at 555 Madison Ave between 55th & 56th streets, the business center in Midtown Manhattan offers one of the most prestigious addresses at the heart of New York's largest central business and finance district. It is situated on the fifth floor of a 32-story skyscraper at that is home to dozens of top professional services companies and a neighbour to the headquarters of major US and global businesses. This class-A building in the Plaza District has a floor-to-ceiling glass façade, with bronze and stainless steel elements, plus a contemporary transparent lobby frontage that connects the space inside with the streetscape outside. The stunning lobby features a water wall and a high-relief sculpture by Robert Perless. The business center also benefits from the building's strong 'green' credentials, which have helped to earn it an Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Label. Midtown is probably the busiest single commercial district in the US, and also contains world-class restaurants, hotels, shops and cultural venues.
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Greg Notess, internet columnist for Information Today, Inc.'s ONLINE magazine, is on top of the launch—beta launch, that is … version 0.2—of Google's Chrome. What, why, what's it like … ? From his September 11, 2008 NewsBreak:
Within the computing realm, Google seems to be everywhere these days. Its latest effort, Google Chrome, is a brand new web browser. Competing with the market leader, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), along with Mozilla Firefox, Apple's Safari, and other lesser-used browsers, Google's entry instantly generated interest among technically savvy browser users.
Why build a new browser? As Google explains, "We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications …"
Click HERE to read Greg's entire story on Information Today, Inc.'s NewsBreaks.


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By Diarmuid Ó Murchadha
This article was originally published by the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. LXVI, No. 204; July-December 1961; pages 105-116.
The article is web published here by permission of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Founded 1891.
This year marks the 7th centenary of a battle which, though often overlooked in history text-books of the shorter type, proved to be one of the most decisive battles to occur in the first century of Norman occupation and in fact, can be said to have set the pattern of history in south-west Munster for three hundred years.
To understand the causes and effects of the Battle of Callann,1 it will be necessary to review briefly the events of the previous century or more. In the 11th century, the peoples inhabiting south Munster were known by the general term Desmumu, the foremost group being the UÍ Echach (later represented by the O'Mahonys). These were displaced by the leading family of Eoghanacht Caisil, the MacCarthys, who from 1118 A.D. onwards, are represented as kings of Desmumu. The reigning king at the time of the Norman invasion was Dermot MacCarthy, who, in 1171 A.D. came to Waterford to submit to King Henry.
If Dermot,2 in submitting to the 'son of the empress,' did so under the impression that Henry would (in the Irish manner) protect him from powerful neighbours, in particular from Henry's own barons, he was very much mistaken. In 1177 Henry made a grant of Dermot's entire kingdom--which he styled the kingdom of Cork--to two of his leading adventurer knights, Robert fitz Stephen and Milo de Cogan.3 The boundaries of this kingdom were St. Brendan's head on the west, Limerick (i.e. the kingdom of Limerick) on the North, the Blackwater near Lismore on the east, and the sea on the south. Using modern terms, it included all south Kerry with the Dingle peninsula, and all Co. Cork plus a portion of south Limerick4 and west Waterford.
According to Giraldus,5 the grantees took possession of seven cantreds only, three to the east of Cork city going to fitz Stephen and four to the west to de Cogan. The remaining twenty four cantreds they allowed to Mac Carthy at rent. Monastic grants and other documents prove conclusively that the two grantees did take possession of lands east and west of the city; needless to say, their ownership of the remainder of the kingdom was purely nominal. Milo de Cogan was slain in 1182 leaving an only daughter, Margaret, while fitz Stephen left no legitimate heir. Further, it appears that Margaret de Cogan was married three times. All these factors helped to confuse the issue of the inheritance, with the result that when King John came to the throne determined to weaken the power of the Irish barons, he found little difficulty in revoking the entire grant and sequestrating to the crown the kingdom of Cork.6 This he proceeded to parcel out among his loyal subjects. In 1200 he granted Eoghanacht Locha Lé7 to Meyler fitz Henry, to hold of the king 'in capite.' Seven years later Philip de Prendergast and Robert fitz Martin were granted lands east of Cork, David de Rupe got the cantred of Rosselithir, while Richard de Cogan (son of Milo's brother, Richard) got Múscraighe Mittaine, which embraced the present baronies of east and west Muskerry and Barrett's.8 These grantees were, of course, expected to win their lands by the sword; fitz Martin and David de Rupe do not appear to have made any impression, but Richard de Cogan and Philip de Prendergast made various settlements, not without some conflict.
Indeed right from the time of the Norman invasion, constant references to warfare between the invaders and the invaded are to be found in the two Munster compilations, the Annals of Innisfallen9 and Mac Carthaigh's Book.10 In 117311 the Normans under Strongbow plundered Lismore completely. An expedition from Dublin raided north Cork in 1176 and Dermot Mac Carthy made peace with them. The following year came the invasion by Milo de Cogan and fitz Stephen, accompanied incidentally, by 'great warfare between Tuadmumu and Desmumu.' It was this dissension amongst the Gaedhil, and in particular amongst the Mac Carthys themselves, that opened the door to the Norman conquest.
However, Domhnall Mór (son of Dermot) who succeeded his father in 1185, did not yield readily. In 1190 the 'grey foreigners' penetrated as far west as Durrus, but were repulsed by the Desmumu. In 1192 they built many castles 'against the men of Munster.' This system of warfare by incastellation was one which the Irish clans neither practised nor understood. In 1195 Cathal Crobderg, king of Connacht, destroyed many of the Munster castles, but they were soon rebuilt, and Cathal came no more. In 1196 Domhnall Mac Carthy attacked Kilfeakle castle12 and destroyed the castles of Imokilly. These included Dún Cuireda,13 In Cora,14 and Mag Ua Mairgili.15 He also destroyed the castle of Lismore16. This provoked retaliatory attacks, first on Férdruim (in Ivagha), where the foreigners were defeated and repulsed,17 and then on Durrus. Castles were built at Ardpatrick and Askeaton, and in 1199 'there was great warfare by the foreigners against Desmumu, and from the Shannon to Férdruim was devastated as a result.'
So went on the ebb and flow of conquest, until in 1211 an attempt was made, supported by the Normans, to depose Diarmaid son of Domhnall mór, and to put Cormac Liathánach II in his place. Diarmaid appears to have got support from the Galls of Cork, and the attempt was unsuccessful.18 The resulting period of strife, however, gave the Normans the opportunity they had been awaiting. Mac Carthaigh's Book19 states that in A.D. 1214:
A castle was built by Mac Cuidithi in Muinntear Bháire, and one at Dún na mBarc by Carew,20 and another at Ard Tuilithe. Another castle by the son of Thomas21 at Dún Lóith, and one at Killorglin. A castle by Roche at Airbhileach.22 A castle by the son of Maurice23 at Magh Uí Fhlaithimh [Moylahiff]. A castle by the son of Sleimhne24 in Corca Laoighdhe.25 A castle by Barrett in the village above Cuan Dor26 [Glandore]. A castle by Nicholas Buidhe [de Barry] at Timoleague.27 And it was during the war of Diarmaid Dúna Droighnein and Cormac Liathánach that the Galls overran the whole of Munster in every direction, from the Shannon to the sea.Diarmaid fought back, and in 1219 captured a castle at Timoleague.28 Two years later, Geoffrey de Marisco, the Justiciar, brought a hosting into Desmumu, encamping at Áth na h-Uamha (Athnowen or Ovens), destroying the corn crop of the whole country, and building the castle of Magh Rátha (Murragh). This expedition was probably in aid of Richard de Cogan, who does not seem to have followed up his grant on 1207 until some years later. Muscraighe Mittaine, the subject of his grant, embraced a large area stretching from Ballincollig and Mourne Abbey in the east along both sides of the Lee to the Kerry border in the west. During the period up to the battle of Callann, the Cogans conquered most of this area, building castles at Mourne Abbey, Maglin (near Ballincollig), Dundrinan, (Castlemore near Cookstown), Dooniskey, Mahallagh, and Macroom. About 1242 John de Cogan (Richard's son) had the patronage of the churches of Clondrohid, Matehy, and Kilshannig.29 In 1254-5 A.D., "Muscryemychene" was one of the cantreds to pay a compotum of 40/- so that the county sessions might be held there.30
Diarmaid Mac Carthy remained inimical to the Cogans up to the time of his death in 1229; in fact, Dún Droighnein, the site of a Cogan castle, was the place of his death and the place that gave him his cognomen.
Dissensions which broke out amongst the Mac Carthys in 1232-3 may have contributed to their being routed at Tralee in 1234, where Diarmaid, son of Cormac Liathánach, and two of the O'Driscolls were slain. Cormac had two other sons, both called Domhnall; one was known as Domhnall Ruadh, while the other was called Domhnall Gall--appropriately, seeing that on the death of his father in 1244, he handed over Domhnall Ruadh to the Gaill, represented by John fitz Thomas, who promptly put him to death.
The king of Desmond at this time was Cormac Fionn (Diarmaid's brother), who died in his own encampment at Mashanaglass in 1247. This shows that the Cogans were either unable to eject him from Muskerry or, possibly, that he was on friendly terms with them. Not so Finghin, son of Diarmaid Dúna Droighnein, who in 1248 captured Geoffrey de Cogan and drowned him with a stone tied to his neck. The following year he 'made war and wrought great havoc on the Galls of Desmond.'31 But the Cogans, aided by a new ally, Domhnall Cairbreach MacCarthy, 32 slew Finghin. Two years later this Domhnall was in turn taken prisoner and slain by John fitz Thomas and his son Maurice. This no doubt angered the Cogans, who continued to support the Carbery branch of the MacCarthys, and appear to have given no assistance to the Geraldines in their efforts to overthrow the son of Domhnall Cairbreach at Callann.33
The Geraldines were the most prominent of the Norman families of the invasion period and it was inevitable that they should take an interest in the disposing of Desmond. The Irish Pipe Roll of the 14th year of King John34 (1212-1213 A.D.) lists as owing services for the kingdom of Cork, firstly, Thomas Bloet (who the previous year had married the grand-daughter of Milo de Cogan and paid 500 marks for Milo's inheritance)35 and, secondly, Thomas fitz Maurice (of Shanid) whose claim must have rested on his kinship to Raymond le Gros,36 who was, according to Giraldus, fitz Stephen's heir. The claim was not a strong one, and it was by another means that the Geraldines got their foothold in Desmond. On 3 July 1215, King John granted to Thomas fitz Anthony (the earl marshall's seneschal in Leinster) the guardianship (custodia) of Decies and Desmond with all the escheats therein.37 He also granted him the custody of the lands and heir of Thomas fitz Maurice, as well as the marriage of the heir38 (i.e. John fitz Thomas) whom we later find, not surprisingly, married to one of fitz Anthony's daughters. As fitz Anthony had no son, his inheritance descended to his five daughters, one of whom died unmarried, while the four others had as husbands Gerald de Rupe (head of the Roches), Geoffrey de Norrach, Stephen de Archedecne, and John fitz Thomas.39
Was it, in fact, this grant to fitz Anthony which led to the incastellation of Desmond quoted above from Mac Carthaigh's Book?40 At least three of the castle-builders there mentioned may have been sons-in-law of fitz Anthony, namely (John) fitz Thomas, (Gerald) Roche, and Mac Cuidithe, a puzzling name which Orpen41 surmises to have been an early form of Mac Odo, i.e. (Stephen) Archdeacon.
It was easy, in the confused circumstances of the inheritance of the kingdom of Cork, to treat the 'custodia' as if it were a complete grand of ownership. This fitz Anthony and his sons-in-law proceeded to do, aided and abetted by the then Justiciar, Geoffrey de Marisco (who was married to the widow of fitz Thomas' uncle),42 with the result that in 1223 a new Justiciar was ordered to take into the king's hand the 'custodia' of Cork, Decies, and Desmond, as fitz Anthony was treating escheats there as his own, instead of the king's, property.43
Fitz Anthony appears to have been let off on this occasion, but four years later a similar order was given and carried out.44 The new custodian, Richard de Burgh, found so much land alienated by fitz Anthony that there remained not enough to pay the services due to the king.45 Yet fitz Anthony's claims were still recognised. In 1229 de Burgh was allowed 125 of the 250 marks which he yearly rendered the king out of the lands of Thomas fitz Anthony seized by the king's order.46 On fitz Anthony's death in the same year, de Burgh received a mandate to take into the king's hand all lands whereof Thomas fitz Anthony was seised at his death;47 the following year the heirs complained that the justiciar was still distraining them for the debt on fitz Anthony's lands, though they held no part of them.48 Probably by then his sons-in-law were so firmly entrenched that it was impracticable to dislodge them. In 1237, the justiciar was directed that if the lands of Decies and Desmond, which belonged to Thomas fitz Anthony, were in the king's hand, he should not distrain Stephen le Archdekne (son-in-law to Thomas) for debts due by Thomas to the king.49
But John fitz Thomas was the one who came to the forefront in these dealings. In 1244 he was granted free chase and warren in Okonyl, Muskry, Kery, Yomach, and Orathat50 while in 1251 he was granted £25 a year in compensation for his portion of Decies.51
What happened next is incidentally related in an inquisition on the lands of John de Prendergast of Ardnesylach, A.D. 1278.52 It appears that three of fitz Anthony's sons-in-law--Gerald, Geoffrey, and Stephen--opposed the king in the war of Kildare53 and could not therefore obtain pardon for their lands; but John fitz Thomas sided with the king. He afterwards crossed over twice or three times to Lord Edward seeking all the lands for 500 (marks or pounds) per annum. Finally (in 1259) Edward enfeoffed John for that rent,54 but Stephen de Longespée, then justiciar of Ireland, saying that John had deceived Lord Edward, refused to give him seisin. John thereupon proceeded to take possession without the justiciar's consent; after that the barons of the exchequer refused to accept rent for the lands 'because he never had seisin by the said justiciary or other bailiffs of the Lord Edward in Ireland.'
In the event, John's hard-won charter was to prove his death-warrant, leading, as it did, to a new onslaught on the MacCarthys, culminating in the battle of Callann. Already, in 1252, he had slain Domhnall Got Cairbreach (ally of the Cogans) who had taken the kingship of Desmond after the death of his brother, Cormac Fionn. But Domhnall's eldest son, Finghin, was to emerge as an even more troublesome opponent. First (in 1253) he attacked Geoffrey O'Donoghue, whose wife (Sadhbh O'Brien) was suspected of having betrayed Domhnall Got to fitz Thomas. Both Geoffrey and Sadhbh, as well as others of the family, were slain. Next (1258), he attacked and slew several of the O'Mahonys. In 1260 he raided Ciarraighe (Luachra) at the head of the Desmumu, 'and great conflagrations were there caused by them.' The same year Eoghan O Muircheartaigh was slain by foreigners at Dún na mBarc; Mac Carthy avenged his death the year after by burning not alone Dún na mBarc, but also Dún Uabhair,55 Caisleán na Gidhi,56 and Innishannon.
It was clear to fitz Thomas that if these insolent forays were not suppressed his grant would be valueless. But, having antagonised the forces of officialdom in Ireland, he stood little chance of being aided by the king's army in his assault on Desmond. Fortunately for him, Stephen de Longespée died in 1260, being replaced as justiciar by William de Dene. The new justiciar must have been better disposed towards John and his ambitions, as it did not take long to induce him to lead the feudal forces into Desmond. To obviate objections on the score of finance, fitz Thomas and other barons of Desmond underwrote the expenses involved.57
The Munster Geraldines formed the backbone of the expedition,58 headed by the redoubtable John fitz Thomas and his son, Maurice fitz John. Another of the Norman leaders was 'the son of Richard,'59--probably Walter de Burgo, lord of Connacht and later earl of Ulster, whose father's highly-successful Connacht invasion of 1235 fitz Thomas no doubt expected to emulate. Of the Irish, they had Domhnall Ruadh, a son of Cormac Fionn and a strong claimant to the kingship of Desmond; he had with him 'all the Irish he could get.'60
But Finghin Mac Carthy had learned much from his opponents during his years of conflict, while he had the added advantage of knowing intimately the territory over which he fought. At Callann he chose his battleground, at a spot where a mountainy river called the Slaheny joins the Ruachtach,61 close by the castle of Ardtully. No doubt he reckoned that here the heavily-armoured cavalry of the invader could be used to the least advantage.
Battle was then62 joined and Finghin mac Domhnaill mhic Charthaigh emerged victorious.
Unfortunately no details of the conflict, --apart from the names of those slain--are available. Incidentally, the fullest account of the battle is given, not by the Munster annals, but by the Annals of Loch Ce and Annals of Connacht:
A.D. 1261. A great war and numerous injuries were committed in this year by Finghin, son of Domhnall Mac Carthaigh and his brothers, against the foreigners. There was a great hosting by the Geraldines into Desmond to attack Mac Carthy, but it was Mac Carthy attacked them, and defeated them. There were killed there the son of Thomas (John was his own name), his son, and fifteen knights along with them. Eight good barons were also slain with many squires and soldiers (sersénaigh) innumerable.63The loss of the head of the Munster Geraldines and his heir64 was not the most grievous blow the Normans suffered. Worse still was the loss of prestige occasioned by the magnitude and conclusiveness of the defeat itself. Little wonder that it marked a turning-point in their fortunes. In the early days of the conquest, their heavily-armed professional soldiers had but to show themselves to strike terror into the hearts of the natives, as did John de Courcy's men when the Ulaidh assembled to attack them at Downpatrick in 1178.65 Indeed, only the year before Callann, another crushing defeat at Downpatrick drew the following poetic lament:
Unequal they came to the battle,
The foreigners and the race of Tara,
Fine linen shirts on the race of Conn,
The foreigners one mass of iron.66
Now, however, Finghin Mac Carthy's lightly-clad Gaedhil had proved themselves the equals of the Normans in battle. The resulting uplift to their morale made itself felt immediately. At the head of the Desmumu, Finghin swept eastwards and northwards through Desmond, burning the Norman strongholds of Dún Mic Oghmainn,67 Dún Uisce,68 Macroom, Magh Oiligh,69 Dunloe, and Killorglin, as well as much of the land of Uí Chonaill.70
'Fasighi imdha i nNessumin' (many wastes in Desmond) the Annals of Innisfallen commented briefly. Not even the Cogan lands in Muskerry escaped, for at least three of the castles mentioned, --Dún Uisce, Macroom, and Magh Oiligh--were on the territory of the Cogans. Finghin spared nobody in his determined efforts to clear everyone of Norman descent out of the once extensive kingdom of his great-grandfather, Dermot Mac Carthy.
He over-reached himself, however. Penetrating eastwards as far as Kinsale, he presented himself before de Courcy's stronghold of Ringrone. Alarmed at his reputation Miles de Courcy offered terms, which Finghin, flushed with victory, rejected. Whereupon Miles, who was a grandson of Milo de Cogan, and probably of John de Courcy as well, marched his full body of troops to Bearnach Reanna Róin71 and there defeated the Irish on the Thursday after Michaelmas. Finghin and many of the nobles of Desmond being slain.72
Thus fell the great Finghin, ever afterwards described as Finghin Reanna Róin.73 After his death his brother, Cormac, took over the chieftainship. Had Finghin been alive, it is unlikely that the new justiciar, Richard de la Rochelle would have been allowed to land at Dún na long and depart unmolested.74 Cormac waited for the next year to show his prowess, when another large expedition headed by Walter de Burgo75 invaded Desmond, presumably to avenge the defeat of Callann. The following is the account given in the Annals of Innisfallen (1262 A.D.):
Mac William de Burgo accompanied by a great army of foreigners and Gaedhil invaded Desmumu, and Cormac Mac Carthaigh was slain by them after a victory of prowess and valour. For he himself unaided, slew Gerald Roche,76 a great and noble knight, and another good squire, and no others of the Desmumu fell save he, although many of the (enemy) army were slain. Nevertheless, some of the Clann Charthaigh gave hostages to Mac William and he left the country.The account in the Annals of Loch Cé differs slightly from the above:
A.D. 1262. A hosting by Mac William Burk and the foreigners of Erin to Desmumha to attack Mac Carthaigh, until they reached the Mangartach of Loch Léin, where Gerald Roche was slain by Mac Carthaigh; and it was said that he was the third best baron in Ireland. And this was the joy with sorrow to Desmumha, for the son of Domhnall Got Mac Carthaigh, i.e. Cormac, son of Domhnall, was slain on that same day; and the foreigners and the Gaedhil suffered great losses on that day around the Mangartach.77From these accounts it would seem that while Cormac failed to match Finghin's exploits, the Normans gained little advantage either. It is significant that references to attacks on Desmond scarcely occur at all after 1262.78 It is to this period that Hanmer's often-quoted account refers:79
The Carties plaied the Divells in Desmond, where they burned, spoiled, preyed, and slue many an innocent; they became so strong, and prevailed so mightily that for the space (so it is reported) of twelve yeeres the Desmonds durst not but plow in ground in his owne country.With the fall of Dunloe and Killorglin, following on the death of fitz Thomas and his heir, the unprotected Geraldine lands in Kerry (i.e. Ciarraighe Luachra) as well as in Desmond were so pillaged that when young Thomas, son of Maurice, came of age in 1282, their value had greatly depreciated.
The inquisition then taken80 relates that John fitz Thomas died seised of 3½ cantreds in Decies, also of shrievalty and sergeancy of Cork and Kerry. He had lands in Acumkery (i.e. Trughanacmy) in the Co. of Kerry, held of Sir Milo de Curcy for the service of two knights. These lands used to be worth £150 in the time of John, but were now worth only £50,81 besides the thirds of the Lady Matilda de Barry, who was the wife of Maurice fitz John, the greater part of which is destroyed by the war of the Irish. He had three carucates at Ogenathy Donechud (i.e. Eoghanacht Uí Dhomhchadha), wont to be worth in time of peace 40 marks, now worth nothing, for they all lie in the power of the Irish, ½ carucate at Corleleye82 of Robert fitz Stephen, worth formerly 40 marks, now 10, as nearly the whole has been destroyed by the war of the Irish; Clonlathtyn and Dromynargyn formerly worth 10 marks, now worth nothing.
A similar state of affairs prevailed in the Cogan lands of Muskerry, as the following account of them, taken in 1281 while the lands were in ward of the king, shows:83
He answers nothing for the lands which Richard de Cogan held in Forgus84 and Stedryth, and for the lands which John Heydrun and the heir of William Russell hold in the manor of Mora (i.e. Mourne Abbey) and for the lands of Clonehyt85 of Dundreynan, and the manor of Newcastle, because they were waste on account of the war of the Irish.Attempts at subduing the Mac Carthys were of little avail. James de Audley (justiciar from 1270 to 1272) led an expedition against Irish rebels in Desmond86; no results were announced. The Annals of Innisfallen (A.D. 1271) tell us: "A hosting by the foreigners of Ireland into Desmumu to Dún na mBarc, and they turned back from there without doing any further damage."
In 1280 the Mac Carthys of Carbery (then headed by Domhnall óg son of Domhnall Mael) made peace with the main branch of the family, whose king was Domhnall Ruadh mac Carthy,87 and they apportioned Desmond amongst themselves. They then united to drive out the foreigner. Killorglin was burned and its castle razed. 'And great forays were made there and people slain.' The Normans then evacuated Dunloe, which was promptly burned.88
The truce was a brief one. Three years later, Domhnall Ruadh, on the pretext of a plot against himself, made a hosting against the MacCarthys of Carbery. He brought with him the principle foreigners of Ireland, Thomas de Clare, Maurice fitz Maurice, Thomas fitz Maurice (head of the Munster Geraldines), John de Barry, Roches, Condons, etc. They plundered and scattered the men of Carbery.89
Still Domhnall óg (Cairbreach) remained a thorn in the side of the Norman interests. In 1295 he was plundering as far east as Kinalea, having already burned Macloneigh.90 Two years later, he slew John de Courcy, probably to avenge his uncle's death at the hands of Miles de Courcy. When Hubert de Courcy tried to bring Domhnall to justice, the sheriff reported that Domhnall would not submit to justice, and a few months later, that he 'was among the Irish in waste land where no sergeant or bailiff of the king dared to go to attack him.'91
He also gets frequent mention with regard to fines for transgressions, paying £68 on one occasion through John de Cogan.92 That the traditional friendship still existed between the MacCarthys of Carbery and the Cogans is shown by the fact that John de Cogan was a pledge for the appearance of Domhnall óg Cairbreach at a parley concerning restitution to John de Barry.93
As for Domhnall Ruadh, he was now apparently regarded as an independent prince, able to call upon the assistance of Norman barons, and in a position to treat directly with the king. He did not exist in a state of semi-outlawry as did Domhnall óg. In 1284, 'Donald Rufus MacCarthy, lord of the Irish of Desmond' wrote to King Edward vehemently desiring to be subjected to his domination, and sending Brother Walter of Kilkenny as intermediary.94 this overture must have resulted from the coming of age of Thomas fitz Maurice who renewed his claim to the lands of his grandfather (John of Callann). Domhnall followed up his letter with a visit to England in order to safeguard his position.95
Trouble arose again, however, for the expense sheet of the archbishop of Dublin when keeper of Ireland (1288-1290) mentions that when news came that 'Donald Roche' and other Irishmen began to be hostile soon after the justiciar's death, an expedition was deemed necessary. But the route taken led in a straight line from Cork to Limerick (via Mourne Abbey and Buttevant), while a second expedition travelled via Clonmel, Ardfinnan, Castlelyons, Cork and Waterford. The Archbishop must have made some kind of treaty with Domhnall as he got a fine of 50 marks from him.96 Similar fines for transgressions and for having peace were obtained in 1296 from Donald Roth, Finin, Donald óg, and Donat Dermot Feynyn.97
Nevertheless, the decay of Norman rule could not be stopped, and the Mac Carthys were now firmly established as lords of south Kerry and west Cork.98 The Cogans gradually lost their power and lands in Muskerry,--as much from the attacks of Geraldines and Barretts99 as from the encroachments of the Mac Carthys. In the 14th century the viceroys Lionel and Rokeby made efforts to recover Cogan lands from the Mac Carthys in east Muskerry,100 but in 1398 the Mac Carthys were not alone free to plunder from Dingle to the territory of the Barretts, but could carry on their ancient feud against the Carbery Mac Carthys at Carrigrohane, practically at the gates of Cork city.101
As for the Geraldines, though Thomas fitz Maurice did succeed in getting a re-grant of this grandfather's lands in 1292,102 yet their overlordship of the Mac Carthys was but in name, while the rent which they claimed has almost always to be exacted by force. Their exactions being as forcefully resisted, there ensued many bloody conflicts over "the earl's beeves," as well as--despite occasional intermarriages--a bitter enmity, which came to an end only with the fall of the Geraldine house of Desmond in 1582. And then, by the turn of history's wheel, the MacCarthys fought on the side of, and the Fitzgeralds as rebels against, the crown.
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GOOD/SAD NEWS: £42.2M Rated Star To Sign For Chelsea In January As £140,OOO-A-Week Star Set For Exit
Speculations are rife that Uruguayan international Edison Cavani might be joining Chelsea as an intense pursuit for Costa replacement continues.
The rumoured riff between Mourinho and Costa has taken a different twist after Costa was seen throwing his warm-up bib at the Portuguese manager, in weekend clash against London rival Tottenham.
The Spaniard was left out of the Match due to tactical reason. Mourinho used Belgium international Eden Hazard in the false 9 role in other to hold possession against the in-form Spurs.
Costa poor performance for the Blues this season has led the Blues in search for a more reliable, calm and clinical forward to compete with the Spaniard, for a first place spot in the starting line-up.
PSG star Edison Cavani would be a perfect replacement for Costa, as the South American forward is considering leaving the French capital for a team that would guarantee him first place spot.
Cavani has been forced to play from the wing many times with Coach Laurent Blanc preferring Zlanta Ibahimovic in the No 9 role.
This decision by Blanc has not gone down well with Cavani and report now has it that the powerful striker could force a move out of PSG in the winter transfer window for another club.
Should Abramovich sanctions a move for Cavani in January, summer signing Radamel Falcao could exit Chelsea after failing to impress since his arrival in the summer.
Cavani is currently rated at £42.2million by the French giants PSG.
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BARBARA HULANICKI was one of the faces of the Swinging Sixties. The iconic designer is best known for founding brand Biba with late husband Stephen Fitz-Simon in 1964 and the shop in Kensington became a well-known hangout for the stars of the '60s, including Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull. Now living in Miami, Hulanicki is still designing, helping to create the new Paloma collection at online brand made.com.
Where did you buy your first home?
We [with husband Stephen] bought our first home when we took on the second shop in Church Street, Kensington, and the house was in Brunswick Gardens. In those days the area was very shabby, not million-pound houses. I was pregnant, which was why we rushed to settle in, and we got an amazing house. We were quite comfortable — because we were decorating the shops, I was able to use all these wonderful wallpapers of people like Julie Hodgess.
Sounds idyllic — was it as nice as it sounds?
Actually, we discovered after we'd moved in that it had been a brothel and there were forever people at the front door at night. That was how we found out — when someone came to the door one evening!
What did it look like inside?
Terrible. The beds were up against the big windows and weren't in the dark area, and there was nothing to look at, I can tell you. It was very shabby, but it had all the original interiors and it was great to get something that hadn't been tampered with. Plus a funny little garden and yard.
How old were you when you bought?
I was just coming up to 30. My mother was horrified I was having a baby at 30 [laughs].
What style did you make it?
Well, in those days it was amazing. You could go down to Brick Lane at three in the morning and get all this amazing Victoriana and great 1930s stuff for a few quid; the huge mirrors we would have in Biba were like, £15. It was great until people got wise to it. Then, we would take a truck down there and get stuff that's worth a fortune now. It was a field where dealers would come in from all over the country, rain or shine. It was quite tough.
You were a friend to the stars — did you have any crazy parties at home?
Well, it was like a party every day in the shop. The music was 100 per cent on, all the time and we had all these amazing people coming in. The girls were so blasé they wouldn't even tell you who'd come in. I used to have to go up to them and say: 'Come on, tell me who's been in!' And they'd say: 'Oh, Barbra Streisand is in the changing room and she's pregnant and she's changing with everyone there — she doesn't want anything private.'And then they'd say, 'There's a man there who's quite famous,' and I'd say 'Who the f*** is he?' and it would be [actor] Marcello Mastroianni. It was terribly funny.
So your home was a sanctuary of calm?
Oh, yes. We never had any music on, ever. Music was such a big part of Biba you'd be terrified if it ever went off in case people stopped buying stuff. So, when we went home we just watched telly.
What advice would you have for someone buying their first home?
No advice whatsoever! It's a lot of work. We made a huge mistake because we thought we'd build a roof terrace. We had carpenters working at Biba at the time, so we did a deck upstairs. Within two months they had us; they had helicopters coming by and made us take the whole thing down. I didn't even know it was illegal.
So, check before you build something or add something?
Definitely. There are so many rules now, it's a nightmare.
How about any tips for doing a home up on a budget?
If you are buying a wreck, like we always did, you have to listen to what's wrong with it and fix all the horrible things first. The thing is, people always rush to finish the decoration part, because they feel they have to have everything ready. But my philosophy was always to keep it rolling, because once you've finished it you might as well move. And enjoy the evolution of it. Think of the rows you can have at home about what to do with it!
You live in Miami now — how does it differ from London?
It's exactly the same — in fact, worse. It's a nightmare, it was all decay when I got here, and loads of mini Deco buildings in a real bad state. Now it's full of two or three million-dollar apartments, so it's the same old story. You can move really far out of the city, but it's a bit dangerous.
Do you miss London?
Yes. I miss the sense of humour and all the exhibitions. But definitely not the weather.
What's the key to style?
I think the thing is never to go with whatever the latest whisper is. Everybody is into the 1950s, then suddenly overnight it's something else. Be eclectic, don't get stuck with one look.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HERO?Leave a comment
January 27, 2013 by misterblank22
When I was a kid there was only one thing that I ever wanted to be when I grew up and that was a superhero, a faceless hero with his name splattered all across the media and enough good deeds attached to his name that Gandhi would be jealous. All heroes are immune to the lives that reality gives us; a superhero defies the laws of gravity and physics. But in the original comics of Spiderman and Batman these heroes were also immune to emotion; they were never depressed and never hated their career which what drew everyone to them, reality hadn't found them yet.
But with time comes evolution bringing a massive change to everything that came before, either adapt to that change or forever be lost in the dust. As comics developed heroes became more human causing you to feel sorry for the hero instead of envying them and looking up to them. Spiderman always had girl problems along with school problems but he never really hated what he had become until later. When you read that your hero wants to give up it causes you to pity them but it also makes you smile because you know that your imaginary hero isn't so much higher than you. In reality heroes are no different from the common guy running the hotdog stand down the street. Heroes can fly but so can birds and they tend to fly into windows.
Then came Alan Moore a bizarre bearded man with a strange view on the idea of the "hero". He distorted the smile on these super beings faces and replaced their joy with problems, normal everyday problems. He brought us Watchmen pushing that evolution of comics even further. He gave us several people to root for and hate at the same time but not one character not even Rorschach had what his character V had. Was V a hero? Do you root for this vindictive vigilante valiantly pursing his goal or do you fear him? He destroyed laws and took down leaders with his ideas, ideas that made more sense to me than anything a politician has ever said to me from a TV. V for Vendetta frightens me as time passes due to how much of the subject matter is coming true. Are we still human or have we turned ourselves into cows just following what we're told? Freedom is becoming scarce.
But when I open up a comic book I do not want to see my hero weak or sad. What makes a comic book so appealing is how implausible it is. A back-story is great and so is a good sad chapter but do not root my hero into reality if he was born in a bizarre dream. The trend is to deepen every story ever told which I sometimes do enjoy. A different twist on an aging product can be nice but simplicity is what stands the test of time. It's better to let the reader fill in a few blanks or to never know then to drown them in information. But we all tend to grow up from Spiderman and into V.


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The Roman Forum was the heart of public life in ancient Rome, serving at once as the focal point for politics, religion and trade. The site evolved significantly over the centuries, various Roman kings and emperors adding and changing the layout considerably. Today you can see buildings and architectural remains dating from many different eras.
The site was chosen for the forum in the 7th century BC, between two hills, the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill, after the alliance of Romulus and Titus Tatius. The marshland was drained with a sewer system and the first paving stones were laid under Rome's fifth king, Tarquin the Elder. The public Forum, encompassed shops, markets, basilicas, the Curia, seat of the senate, the Regia where priests and pontiffs met, and many temples. The main artery, the Via Sacra, was used for religious processions and political parades.
This historic site was to witness some of the most important political and historical developments in the ancient world, and its ruins have inspired countless artists, such as Canaletto.
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Great Local Chefs at Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar
A few days ago our Broker, Pauline Bennett, and her husband Gary, invited Jill and I out to dinner on the condition we choose the restaurant. After careful consideration, (being the consummate negotiator that I am), I made reservations to one of our favorites haunts, Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar, recipients of a Florida Trend Golden Spoon Award a year after opening. Got to impress the boss, right?
True to form, we are greeted warmly at the door by culinary co-genius and co-owner, Arthur Lopes. The other half of this Epicurean dynamic duo, Chef Ryan Boeve, gives us a friendly wave through a large window of the bustling kitchen. You've got to love these guys.
For perspective, these two opened the much applauded Zoria Restaurant on Hillview Street to universal raves before relocating to the Main Plaza downtown, where they enjoyed an eleven year successful run. After decades working impossible hours they took a well deserved hiatus to focus on family, while their past customers clamored for them to return.
So, when Gary posed the question "How we choose the restaurants we write about", in many cases it's by following great local chefs like Arthur and Ryan.
The Best Sarasota Restaurants of 2012: Pomona Bistro and Wine
Thanks to Sarasota Magazine for naming us one of the top restaurants for 2012. John Bancroft writes, "Chef Ryan Boeve brings a heightened consciousness to every dish, as in the touch of ginger added to his uncommonly good duck confit, which is accompanied by sinfully delightful potatoes roasted in duck fat, or his celestial dessert souffles."
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Pomona Bistro Receives Golden Spoon Award
Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar has been recognized in Florida Trend's December 2011 issue as a Best New Restaurant winner. Continue reading
Chef Arthur vs Three Kitcheneers Bake-Off
The Three Kitcheneers visit renowned pastry Chef Arthur Lopes at downtown Sarasota's Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar and challenge him to a bake off. Watch this fun video.
The Best of 2011: Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar
Thanks to Sarasota Magazine for naming us the Best Reason to Be Patient as a part of the Best of 2011 Article. Brian David Braun writes, "It's worth the wait to snag a reservation at Pomona in Citrus Square to settle into the charming dining room and dine on fresh, seasonal fare cooked in a sophisticated blend of Italian and French style."
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Food and Wine: Two Squares
Thanks to Sarasota Magazine for the write-up. John Bancroft and Matt McCourtney write, "Pomona's menu embodies the happy marriage of two of the world's great cuisines, French and Italian, in a relaxed and dignified setting. Food, service and ambiance are all world-class."
Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar Heads in New Directions
By Jack Winner, Herald-Tribune
After a long and successful run at Zoria and a very brief one after re-inventing it as Main Street Oyster Bar, Ryan Boeve and Arthur Lopes have returned to the restaurant scene with their new venture, Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar. But Pomona is not Zoria reborn; instead, it clearly heads in new directions. Continue reading
Pomona Bistro & Wine Bar: New Place, New Concept, Longtime Culinary Team
In Roman mythology, Pomona was the goddess of plenty particularly referring to the abundance of fruit. Aptly named, Pomona Bistro and Wine Bar offers an abundance of choice for its diners and should bear fruit for chef/owners Ryan Boeve and Arthur Lopes. Continue reading


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Sunglasses are quite essential to cut off the extra light because the pupil in your eye like the camera is used to maintaining only a certain amount of light which is reaching the retina. During daytime, it constricts and allows less light to get into the eye and at night it dilates and allows more light to get into the eye.
So if you find that you are in bright sunlight and you cannot tolerate it and you have to blink your eyes constantly plus, you notice your forehead wrinkles come up, do wear sunglasses because they definitely reduce the amount of light getting into the eyes.
Depending on the colour green, brown, black whichever you like and whichever suits you, use a suitable pair of glasses to try it out for yourself. The amount of darkening that should be used in the type of sunglasses is a personal choice. Some like it darker and some prefer it to be on the light shade.
Having said that, what is more important about sunglasses is UV protection. Polarized glasses or one with UV protection is a great idea. Polarized glasses help you to see very clearly especially while driving on a highway in the daytime or in the direction where the sunlight hits the eye the most.
So, even if cheap sunglasses can provide this UV protection then, using cheap glasses is not an issue because there is nothing about it that can spoil the eyes. Regular sunglasses of any make or any brand can serve the purpose considering everything else is a part of showbiz.
For example, say a pen or a watch is no longer meant to solve only the original purpose it was created for, the marketing world has made it to mean so much more to people. Basic items are no less than a fashion statement similar to the wearing of sunglasses.
In conclusion, none of these brands of sunglasses really matter. But, the usual concern that cheap glasses may not provide UV protection can be dealt with. So, go for a pair of glasses that has a Polaroid mark or protects from UV rays rather than looking for the mark of the brand.


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