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37321828 | Béthencourt (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Béthencourt%20(disambiguation) | Béthencourt (disambiguation)
Béthencourt (disambiguation)
Béthencourt may refer to:
In geography:
- Béthencourt-sur-Mer, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt-sur-Somme, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt, a French commune in département Nord (59) in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Béthencourt, a former parish brought under the commune of Dancourt, Seine-Maritime
- Béthencourt, a hamlet of the commune Tincques, département Pas-de-Calais (62), in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
In people:
- Jean de Béthencourt (born c. 1362), French explorer and conquistador
- Antoine de Béthencourt, a French general of the French revolution
- Jacques de Béthencourt, a French physician
# See also.
- | 6,132,000 |
37321828 | Béthencourt (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Béthencourt%20(disambiguation) | Béthencourt (disambiguation)
tion)
Béthencourt may refer to:
In geography:
- Béthencourt-sur-Mer, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt-sur-Somme, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt, a French commune in département Nord (59) in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Béthencourt, a former parish brought under the commune of Dancourt, Seine-Maritime
- Béthencourt, a hamlet of the commune Tincques, département Pas-de-Calais (62), in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
In people:
- Jean de Béthencourt (born c. 1362), French explorer and conquistador
- Antoine de Béthencourt, a French general of the French revolution
- Jacques de Béthencourt, a French physician
# See also.
- Bettencourt (surname) | 6,132,001 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
Brackenstown, Swords
Brackenstown is a neighbourhood in the town of Swords in Ireland. It developed in west Swords on the north side of the Ward River. It developed along the Brackenstown Road, which runs from Swords to the townland of Knocksedan. It has shops, including a supermarket and a pub, and is adjacent to the Ward River Valley Park. Brackenstown is also a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.
# Layout.
Brackenstown is located west of the centre of Swords, along the Brackenstown Road. It is on the northside of the Ward River, between the neighbourhood of Rathbeale and the Ward River Valley Park. The Brackenstown Road runs east-west through | 6,132,002 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
the area and is the main road providing access to the area. The Ward River Valley Park is located on the south side of the road and most of the housing estates are on the north side of the road. Murrough road runs north from Brackenstown to the Rathbeale Road and Applewood.
Housing estates and streets in the Brackenstown area are:
- Brackenstown Road
- Brackenstown Village
- Murrough Road
- Parkview
- Abbeyvale
- Berwick
- Ormond
- Swords Manor
- Valley View
- The Gallops
- Lioscian
- Cianlea
- Ardcian Park
- Saint Cronans
- Windmill Lands
- Park Avenuu
The largest house in the Brackenstown area is 24 Brackenstown Village
# Public Transport.
The main bus terminus for western | 6,132,003 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
Swords is on the Brackenstown Road outside Swords Manor estate. It is served by Dublin Bus Routes 41, 41c, 41x, 41n and the private Swords Express service. All routes operate from Swords Manor, along the Brackenstown Road, then up Murrough Road to the Rathbeale Road.
Dublin Bus routes 41 & 41c operate approximately every 10 minutes from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Lwr Abbey Street). Route 41 operates via Rathbeale, Swords Village, Dublin Airport, Santry and Drumcondra and route 41c operates via Applewood, Swords Village, Rivervalley, Boroimhe, Sanrty and Drumcondra. At peak times route 41x operates a service to UCD Belfield via Dublin City Centre.
The Swords Express service operates | 6,132,004 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
approximately every 30 minutes from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Georges/Eden Quay) via Applewood, Swords Village, Forrest Road, Boroimhe and Holywell, then non-stop via the M1 motorway and Dublin Port Tunnel.
On Friday and Saturday nights the Dublin Bus 41n Nitelink service operates from Dublin City Centre (Westmoreland Street) to Swords Manor via Dublin Airport, Swords Village and Rathbeale.
# Park.
The Ward River Valley Park is a linear park on the banks of the Ward River in the centre of Swords town, between the areas of Brackenstown and River Valley. It covers an area of 89 ha. (220 acres) between Swords Town Centre and Knocksedan Bridge. Features of interest include some 12th-century | 6,132,005 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
fortifications, woodland habitats, wetlands and rolling grassland. There are viewing points, picnic sites, sports pitches and tennis courts.
# Education.
There are two adjacent primary schools in the Brackenstown area:
- St. Cronan's Junior National School, Brackenstown Road
- St. Cronan's Senior National School, Brackenstown Road
# Shops.
The Manor Mall is a small shopping centre on Brackenstown Road with an Asian restaurant, convenience store, credit union, fish and chip shop, hairdressers, pharmacy, and a pub.
# Religion.
Brackenstown has one Roman Catholic Church which belongs to its own distinct parish:
- St. Cronan's Church, Brackenstown
# Glasmore Abbey.
Glassmore Abbey was | 6,132,006 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
irdressers, pharmacy, and a pub.
# Religion.
Brackenstown has one Roman Catholic Church which belongs to its own distinct parish:
- St. Cronan's Church, Brackenstown
# Glasmore Abbey.
Glassmore Abbey was founded by St Cronan about AD660 – a century later than the founding of Swords. This interesting ruin and its adjacent well are dedicated to St Cronan and are located in a green in the Lioscian estate off Murrough Road. Under the rule of St Cronan, Glasmore Abbey flourished sufficiently to attract the attention of the Northmen of Inbher Domhnainn (Malahide) who raided and destroyed it and slew both the abbot and his entire fraternity in one night. Since then the abbey has been in ruins. | 6,132,007 |
37321758 | Humphrey Hicks | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humphrey%20Hicks | Humphrey Hicks
Humphrey Hicks
Humphrey Osmond Hicks (20 May 1904 - 9 June 1986) was a croquet player from England.
Hicks won the President’s Cup six times (1930, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1961), the Open Championship seven times (1932 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952) and the Men's Championship nine times (1930, 1932, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1961 and 1966).
Hicks represented England in three MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on two occasions.
In 2008 Hicks was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
# External links.
- The Croquet Records site | 6,132,008 |
37321757 | Andrea Ingegneri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Ingegneri | Andrea Ingegneri
Andrea Ingegneri
Andrea Ingegneri (born 18 January 1992) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Palermo.
# Club career.
## Bologna.
Ingegneri started his career at Bologna F.C. 1909.
## Cesena.
In June 2013 Ingegneri joined Cesena for €1.25 million in a co-ownership deal as part of the deal of Damjan Đoković for €1.4 million. Ingegneri signed a 4-year contract. Ingegneri picked no.18 shirt previously owned by Gianluca Turchetta. In June 2014 the co-ownership deals were renewed.
On 25 August Ingegneri was signed by Bassano in a temporary deal. On 25 June 2015 the co-ownership deals expired.
In July 2015 Ingegneri was signed by Pordenone in a temporary deal.
## Palermo.
On 6 | 6,132,009 |
37321757 | Andrea Ingegneri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Ingegneri | Andrea Ingegneri
ously owned by Gianluca Turchetta. In June 2014 the co-ownership deals were renewed.
On 25 August Ingegneri was signed by Bassano in a temporary deal. On 25 June 2015 the co-ownership deals expired.
In July 2015 Ingegneri was signed by Pordenone in a temporary deal.
## Palermo.
On 6 July 2017 Ingegneri signed a 4-year contract with Palermo, under request of his former Pordenone boss Bruno Tedino, who was appointed in charge of the "Rosanero" for the new season. He was however sidelined by a broken anterior cruciate ligament during pre-season which forced him to skip the entire 2017–18 season, during which he made no appearances.
# External links.
- AIC profile (data by www.football.it) | 6,132,010 |
37321839 | Félicien Van De Putte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Félicien%20Van%20De%20Putte | Félicien Van De Putte
Félicien Van De Putte
Félicien Van De Putte (born 1898, date of death unknown) was a Belgian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. | 6,132,011 |
37321819 | Eastway Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastway%20Gardens | Eastway Gardens
Eastway Gardens
Eastway Gardens is a small neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a series of dead end streets coming off of Tremblay Road between Riverside Drive and St. Laurent Boulevard. Most of these streets are named for letters of the alphabet, beginning with Avenue K and ending with Avenue U. According to the Canada 2016 Census, the neighbourhood had a population of 602.
# History.
In 1911, this area of the Gloucester Township was registered as the new subdivision of Bannermount. The new subdivision was intended to be built to house railway employees. Originally, the streets built began with Avenue A in the west. These streets in | 6,132,012 |
37321819 | Eastway Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastway%20Gardens | Eastway Gardens
nded to be built to house railway employees. Originally, the streets built began with Avenue A in the west. These streets in the western end of the subdivision would later be expropriated for Ottawa's new Train Station. Most houses were built in the subdivision in the 1950s when the neighbourhood was renamed Eastway Gardens.
# Demographics.
Eastway Gardens corresponds to Statistics Canada Dissemination Area 35060991. This area had a population of 583 according to the Canada 2011 Census. 53% of the population is Anglophone, 26% Francophone. The top two non-official languages are Arabic (6%) and Portuguese (5%).
# References.
- Ottawa's Alphabet Village: Spacing Ottawa
- Community Website | 6,132,013 |
37321836 | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katni%20copper-plate%20of%20Jayanātha | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
The Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha is an epigraphic record documenting the donation of the village of Kalabhikuṇḍaka in the time of the Uccakalpa ruler "mahārāja" Jayanātha ("circa" 493-502 CE). It is dated year 182 in the Gupta era ("circa" 502 CE).
# Location.
Katni is a town in Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The plates, however, are not from Katni itself, but are reported to have been recovered at Uchahara, the ancient Uccakalpa, in Satna district. The inscription is currently located in the museum at Jabalpur.
# Publication.
The inscription was first published by Usha Jain in 1972-73. The record is listed also in Madan Mohan Upadhyay, "Inscriptions | 6,132,014 |
37321836 | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katni%20copper-plate%20of%20Jayanātha | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
of Mahakoshal", no. 2: 10.
# Description and Contents.
The inscription is in the Sanskrit language. The inscription records how "mahārāja" Jayanātha divided a village named Kalabhikuṇḍaka into a sixty shares and donated these to twenty-five different people.
# Historical Significance.
The donees are individually named as is their caste affiliation: "brāhmaṇa", "kṣatriya", "vaiśya" or "śūdra". This is one of the first inscriptions in India to specifically list the four "varṇa"-s. The implications of this are explored by Michael Willis in his book "The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual".
# Metrics.
The metrics are not recorded in the publications consulted.
# See also.
- Indian inscriptions
# | 6,132,015 |
37321836 | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katni%20copper-plate%20of%20Jayanātha | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
The inscription is in the Sanskrit language. The inscription records how "mahārāja" Jayanātha divided a village named Kalabhikuṇḍaka into a sixty shares and donated these to twenty-five different people.
# Historical Significance.
The donees are individually named as is their caste affiliation: "brāhmaṇa", "kṣatriya", "vaiśya" or "śūdra". This is one of the first inscriptions in India to specifically list the four "varṇa"-s. The implications of this are explored by Michael Willis in his book "The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual".
# Metrics.
The metrics are not recorded in the publications consulted.
# See also.
- Indian inscriptions
# External links.
- Other Uccakalpa inscriptions online | 6,132,016 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
WNC Women's Championship
The WNC Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion. The title was a spiritual successor to the Smash Diva Championship, the women's title of WNC's predecessor, Smash. The championship was first announced at a press conference on October 12, 2012, when it was announced that a single-elimination tournament to determine the inaugural champion would take place from October 26 to December 27. In storyline, the championship belt was donated to WNC by the final Smash Champion and WWE road agent Dave Finlay, who was also named the head of the WNC Championship Committee, which decides matches for the | 6,132,017 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
title.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were five reigns shared among four wrestlers.
# History.
## Championship tournament.
On October 12, 2012, Tajiri, the founder of Wrestling New Classic (WNC), announced the creation of the WNC Women's Championship, with a six-woman single-elimination tournament starting on October 26 in Korakuen Hall. The six participants were announced as Kana, Syuri, Lin Byron, Makoto, Nagisa Nozaki and Jessica Love, a Finnish wrestler, who was born male, but underwent a sex reassignment surgery in 2011 to legally become female. The first round of the tournament was decided that same day by a | 6,132,018 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
random draw, conducted by Tajiri and WNC president Tsutomu Takashima, which resulted in Love and Nozaki getting byes directly to the semifinals. The first first round match took place on October 26 and saw Syuri defeat Lin Byron to advance to the semifinals against Jessica Love. The second first round match took place on November 26 and saw Kana defeat Makoto to advance to the semifinals against Nagisa Nozaki. In the semifinals two days later, Syuri defeated Jessica Love, while Nagisa Nozaki eliminated the inaugural Smash Diva Champion, Kana, setting up a final match between the two. On December 27, Syuri, the final Smash Diva Champion, defeated Nagisa Nozaki to become the inaugural WNC Women's | 6,132,019 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
Champion.
## Retiring.
On June 18, 2014, WNC announced that the promotion would be shutting down following June 26. Afterwards, six of the promotion's male wrestlers transferred over to Wrestle-1, while its female wrestlers remained affiliated with the Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion, with which WNC had had a working agreement since January 2014. Following WNC shutting down, the WNC Women's Championship went inactive, before being brought up at a Reina event on August 30. On September 3, it was announced that Syuri, the reigning WNC Women's Champion, would face another WNC original and former WNC Women's Champion Makoto on September 30 in a match, which will mark the end of the title. On September | 6,132,020 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
ated with the Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion, with which WNC had had a working agreement since January 2014. Following WNC shutting down, the WNC Women's Championship went inactive, before being brought up at a Reina event on August 30. On September 3, it was announced that Syuri, the reigning WNC Women's Champion, would face another WNC original and former WNC Women's Champion Makoto on September 30 in a match, which will mark the end of the title. On September 30, Syuri successfully defended the title against Makoto, after which it was retired.
# See also.
- Wrestling New Classic
- WNC Championship
- Smash Diva Championship
# External links.
- Wrestling New Classic's official website | 6,132,021 |
37321882 | Georges Verger | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges%20Verger | Georges Verger
Georges Verger
Georges Verger (born 1896, date of death unknown) was a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. | 6,132,022 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
Giuseppe Manno
Giuseppe Manno (17 March 1786 – 25 January 1868) was an Italian magistrate, politician and historian. He was elected president of the Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and later of the Kingdom of Italy.
# Biography.
Manno was born in Alghero, Sardinia 17 March 1786 from a noble family, his father was Antonio Manno and his mother was Caterina Diaz. He moved to Cagliari, where he graduated in Civil and Canon law in 1804; in 1805 he became a tax lawyer for the "Reale Udienza" and in 1811 he collaborated for the realization of the magazine "Foglio periodico di Sardegna", printed in Cagliari.
He moved to Turin in 1817, where he was appointed "First official of the State Secretary | 6,132,023 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
for the Sardinian Affairs". He became the personal secretary of the King Charles Felix in 1821.
He was appointed as a member of the "Supremo Consiglio di Sardegna" (Supreme Council of Sardinia) in 1823, where he worked to modernize the legal system of the Kingdom.
In 1826 he became a member of the "Accademia delle Scienze di Torino", and in 1834 became "Academic della Crusca".
On 14 October 1845, he was elected President of the Senate of Nice, and in 1847 was elected president of the Senate of Piedmont.
# Honours and awards.
- Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Comendador of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Knight of Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice | 6,132,024 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
and Lazarus
- Knight of the Civil Order of Savoy
- Milite of the Military Order of Savoy
# Works.
- "Lettere di un sardo in Italia" (1993 - 1816 / 1817), Quartu S. Elena, Astra.
- "Storia di Sardegna", Torino, Alliana e Paravia, 1825-27, in 4 voll.
- " De' vizi dei letterati ", Torino, Alliana, 1828.
- "Storia moderna della Sardegna", Torino, Favale, 1842.
- "Legislation de l'ile de Sardaigne", Paris, De Fain et Thunot, 1844.
- "Note sarde", Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1868.
# Further reading.
- Antonello Mattone, Giuseppe Manno Magistrato, Storico, Letterato tra Piemonte della Restaurazione e Italia Liberale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2009
- Biography by website of the Museum | 6,132,025 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
Civil Order of Savoy
- Milite of the Military Order of Savoy
# Works.
- "Lettere di un sardo in Italia" (1993 - 1816 / 1817), Quartu S. Elena, Astra.
- "Storia di Sardegna", Torino, Alliana e Paravia, 1825-27, in 4 voll.
- " De' vizi dei letterati ", Torino, Alliana, 1828.
- "Storia moderna della Sardegna", Torino, Favale, 1842.
- "Legislation de l'ile de Sardaigne", Paris, De Fain et Thunot, 1844.
- "Note sarde", Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1868.
# Further reading.
- Antonello Mattone, Giuseppe Manno Magistrato, Storico, Letterato tra Piemonte della Restaurazione e Italia Liberale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2009
- Biography by website of the Museum dedicated to Giuseppe Manno | 6,132,026 |
37321880 | Patrick Cotter (croquet player) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Cotter%20(croquet%20player) | Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter (24 September 1904 – 8 March 1996) was a croquet player from Ireland. Cotter was one of the most successful croquet players in the 1950s and 1960s winning the President's Cup six times (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 and 1960), the Open Championship three times (1955, 1958 and 1962) and the Men's Championship four times (1952, 1954, 1963 and 1969). He also won the Open Doubles Championship on ten occasions (1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961–1965 and 1969) on each occasion being partnered by John Solomon.
Cotter represented England in two MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on both occasions.
In 2009 Cotter was inducted into the World | 6,132,027 |
37321880 | Patrick Cotter (croquet player) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Cotter%20(croquet%20player) | Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
Cotter was a scholar at Christ Church, Oxford (1923–1927), where he was awarded the 1924 Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse.
Cotter was a schoolmaster at St Paul's school, Hammersmith, where he taught Latin and Greek. Cotter was also an international bridge player, who wrote a weekly article on bridge for the Financial Times and a monthly one for Country Life. He was in the 1937/38 winning team in the Bridge Great Britain Gold Cup. He also wrote a weekly crossword competition in The Times, and also a fine golfer.
# Works.
- "Tackle Croquet This Way" (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1960)
- "Bridge Play Technique" (Robert Hale Ltd, 1982)
- "Contract Bridge (The teach | 6,132,028 |
37321880 | Patrick Cotter (croquet player) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Cotter%20(croquet%20player) | Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
olmaster at St Paul's school, Hammersmith, where he taught Latin and Greek. Cotter was also an international bridge player, who wrote a weekly article on bridge for the Financial Times and a monthly one for Country Life. He was in the 1937/38 winning team in the Bridge Great Britain Gold Cup. He also wrote a weekly crossword competition in The Times, and also a fine golfer.
# Works.
- "Tackle Croquet This Way" (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1960)
- "Bridge Play Technique" (Robert Hale Ltd, 1982)
- "Contract Bridge (The teach yourself books)"
- "Tackle Bridge" (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1973)
- "Financial Times Book of Bridge (Robert Hale Ltd, 1977)"
# External links.
- The Croquet Records site | 6,132,029 |
37321910 | Tufts Magazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tufts%20Magazine | Tufts Magazine
Tufts Magazine
Tufts Magazine is a biannual magazine published by the Trustees of Tufts University.
A central publications office produces "Tufts Magazine", "Tufts Nutrition", "Tufts Dental Medicine", "Tufts Medicine" and "Tufts Veterinary Medicine", and on occasion the same story may appear in more than one of these magazines. "Tufts Magazine" is circulated only to alumni. The four magazines for the professional schools are each circulated to non-alumni who are connected to these schools.
As of 2004 the free magazine, which does not accept advertising, had a circulation of 80,000.
In 2011 the magazine won the Bronze Medal in the "Circulations of 75,000 and Greater" category from CASE (Council | 6,132,030 |
37321910 | Tufts Magazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tufts%20Magazine | Tufts Magazine
fice produces "Tufts Magazine", "Tufts Nutrition", "Tufts Dental Medicine", "Tufts Medicine" and "Tufts Veterinary Medicine", and on occasion the same story may appear in more than one of these magazines. "Tufts Magazine" is circulated only to alumni. The four magazines for the professional schools are each circulated to non-alumni who are connected to these schools.
As of 2004 the free magazine, which does not accept advertising, had a circulation of 80,000.
In 2011 the magazine won the Bronze Medal in the "Circulations of 75,000 and Greater" category from CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), in competition with 45 other publications.
# References.
Citations
Sources | 6,132,031 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
Irreechaa
Irreecha (Afaan Oromo: also called Irreessa, is Thanksgiving holiday of the Oromo People in Ethiopia. The Oromo People celebrate Irreecha to thank Waaqa (God) for the blessings and mercies they have received throughout the previous year. The thanksgiving is celebrated at the sacred grounds of Hora Harsadi (Lake Harsadi), Bishoftu, Oromia. The Irreecha festival is celebrated every year at the beginning of Birraa (Spring), new season after the dark and rainy winter season. Irrecha is celebrated in East Shewa Zone and around the world where diaspora Oromos live especially North America and Europe.
The Oromo People consider the winter rainy season of June to September as the time of difficulty. | 6,132,032 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
The heavy rain brings with it lots of things like swelling rivers and floods that may drown people, cattle, crop, and flood homes. Also, family relationship will severe during winter rain as they can't visit each other because of swelling rivers. In addition, winter time could be a time of hunger for some because of the fact that previous harvest collected in January is running short and new harvest is not ripe yet. Because of this, some families may endure food shortages during the winter. In Birraa (Spring in Oromoland), this shortage ends as many food crops especially maize is ripe and families can eat their fill. Other crops like potato, barley, etc. will also be ripe in Birraa. Some disease | 6,132,033 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
types like malaria also break out during rainy winter time. Because of this, the Oromos see winter as a difficult season. It does not mean the Oromo People hate rain or winter season at all. Even when there is shortage of rain, they pray to Waaqa (God) for rain.
The Oromo People celebrate Irreecha not only to thank Waaqa (God) but also to welcome the new season of plentiful harvests after the dark and rainy winter season associated with nature and creature. On Irreecha festivals, friends, family, and relatives gather together and celebrate with joy and happiness. Irreecha festivals bring people closer to each other and make social bonds.
Moreover, the Oromo People celebrate this auspicious | 6,132,034 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
event to mark the end of rainy season, known as Ganna, was established by Oromo forefathers, in the time of Gadaa Melbaa in Mormor, Oromia. The auspicious day on which this last Mormor Day of Gadaa Melbaa - the Dark Time of starvation and hunger- was established on the Sunday of last week of September or the Sunday of the 1st week of October according to the Gadaa lunar calendar has been designated as National Thanksgiving Day by modern-day Oromo People.
In Waqeffannaa religion thanksgiving-Irreecha, the Qaalluus (spiritual leaders) and the Abbaa Malkaas (lineal chiefs of the areas) are at the top hierarchies. In the Qaallu religio-ethics, the Qaalluus give religious instructions and directives | 6,132,035 |
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of the where-about and the time of the implementation of the rituals.
Furthermore, in the Irreecha ritual ceremony, the Abbaa Malkaas and Abbaa Gadaas have vital roles. They lead the participating communities who follow them carrying bunch of straw and daisies in their hands praising, blessing and praying Waaqa in their songs. They order the participants what to say in the praise and prayer.
Although this thanksgiving rituals and prayers would be accomplished at different places and time governed by its own system and portrayed by its own ritual practices, it is done at two major areas: Irreecha Malkaa and Irreecha Tulluu.
As water is the source of life, admiring creator and its creation, | 6,132,036 |
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thanking God for the offers is what to be performed by being gathered around the rivers and environs. So the Oromo Culture and religion (Waaqeffanna) whose part is Irreecha has a concept that revolves around rain, peace and fertility.
The Oromos who live on the highland and semi highland areas start taking their cattle to Hora at this geographical and climatic juncture which is the first and a new start in their work and life routines.
In different words, the Irreecha Malkaa’s festival is celebrated every year at the beginning of Birraa (Spring), new season after the dark and rainy winter season at the bank of big rivers where the Oromos live locally. The Oromos carry straw, spices and traditional | 6,132,037 |
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food called Bexille, circular bread like that of the Israelites’ bread for the Passover to the river and eat there.
Such ritual ceremony is performed not only along the bank of a river but also around lakes and its vicinity. This Malkaa Irreecha Holiday is sometimes known as Ayyaana Birraa, the Spring Festival. It is the time when relatives, families, and clans cut apart by rivers and floods are able to meet. As a result, some still call it Xaddacha Saaquu, traditional court opening season since the judges could not sit in the court to see the cases during rainy season.
At this time particularly, mountains and meadows are covered with flowers and crops whose colors are so attractive and lavish | 6,132,038 |
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to the farmers and pastoralists. And the season would be considered as the herald of the month of hope and prosperity. As well, it is a month of thanksgiving to Waaqa and is taken as the annually recurred culture.
After celebrating this locally, the Oromos from every corner of Oromia and other Ethiopians come together to the sacred grounds of Hora Arsadi (Lake Arsadi), Bishoftu, Oromia which is 45 kilometres South East of Finfinne (Addis Ababa). Irrecha Malkaa is celebrated nationally in Bishoftu, East Shewa Zone and around the world where diaspora Oromos and Ethiopians live especially in North America and Europe.
Ornamented with snow white interesting costumes, turbans, and hides of wild | 6,132,039 |
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animals as well as holding spears and a special stick that bespeaks the Gada system, hundreds of thousands of celebrants from Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, gather at Bishoftu, Hora Arsadi, to celebrate Irreecha festival.
Almost all celebrants from both genders carry in their hands newly cut green straw that bespeak of fertility and soak it in the lake water. The Oromo's from different parts of the country for long meet flocking to celebrate and praise their creator for his blessings.
Especially, the women sing ‘Maariyoo… Maareyoo… meaning your mercy on us and are decorated with Caaccuu (beads of different colors), traditional costumes and Siiqqee (stick traditionally handled | 6,132,040 |
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by oromo women). The men also hold a traditional stick called haroresa as they chant the Ireecha song with women.
Children with peer groups sing a seasonal and love song as it is a season in which the youth select their mates and exchange gifts with their friends. Lovers also express their best wishes through cultural songs on the occasion.
After soaking the fresh lavish grass and the flower into the lake water and throwing the water to the participants, the Abbaa Malkaa, Abbaa Gaddaas and Qaallus bless the participants and make speeches on rules and regulations newly declared at the Gada handing over ceremony or assist to recall the preexisting laws.
At the end of the Irreecha Malkaa celebration, | 6,132,041 |
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all participants sing together “Irreechoo yaa Irreecha Malkaa Roobaa fi Nagaa……” to mean Thanksgiving at the river for rain and peace. All singing this go to their villages.
Irreecha Malkaa marks the end of the rainy season and the beginning of spring, along with hopes for an abundant harvest. Irreecha Malkaa has been observed on the shore of Lake Hora annually for not less than a millennial.
Similarly, the Oromo People consider the winter rainy season of June to September as the time of difficulty. The heavy rain brings with it lots of things like swelling rivers and floods that may drown people, cattle, crop, and flood homes. Also, family relationship will severe during winter rain as they | 6,132,042 |
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can't visit each other because of swelling rivers.
In addition, winter time could be a time of hunger for some because of the fact that previous harvest collected in January is running short and new harvest is not yet ripe. Because of this, some families may endure food shortages during the winter. As Birraa season approaches, this shortage ends as many food crops especially maize is ripe and families can eat their fill. Other crops like potato, barley, etc. Would also be readily available for harvest during Birraa. Some disease types like malaria also break out during rainy winter time. Because of this, the Oromos see winter as a difficult season. It does not mean the Oromo People hate rain | 6,132,043 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
or winter season at all. Even when there is shortage of rain, they pray to Waaqa (God) for rain.
The Oromo People celebrate Irreecha Malkaa not only to thank Waaqa (God) but also to welcome the new season of plentiful harvests after the dark and rainy winter season associated with nature and creature. On Irreecha Malkaa festivals, friends, family, and relatives gather together and celebrate with joy and happiness. Irreecha Malkaa festivals bring people closer to each other and make social bonds.
Moreover, the Oromo People celebrate this auspicious event to mark the end of rainy season, known as Ganna, which was established by Oromo forefathers, in the time of Gadaa Melbaa in Mormor, Oromia. | 6,132,044 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
The auspicious day on which this last Mormor Day of Gadaa Melbaa - the Dark Time of starvation and hunger- was established on the Sunday of last week of September or the Sunday of the 1st week of October according to the Gadaa lunar calendar has been designated as National Thanksgiving Day by modern-day Oromo People.
Irreecha Tullu is the thanksgiving ceremony that is performed at the top of mountains or hills during dry season, bona in Afaan Oromo. It is performed at the beginning of the spring season usually in March.
The last three months were sunny, when both men and cattle suffered from drought, especially shortage of water and grasses. So it is the time when the Oromo living in the vicinity | 6,132,045 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
specially shortage of water and grasses. So it is the time when the Oromo living in the vicinity are gathered to pray to their Waaqa, God the creator and giver, to give them rain. Especially, if there is a delay in rain and it seems that the sky seems rain cloudless, the Qalluus and Elders know it, the leaders call for Iyya Boka, Rain Screaming. All the villagers scream ‘rain’ to Waaqa, God the creator and giver, to get rain for planting crops and grasses to grow.
This particular solitary place is characterized by moisture conducive for praying. This ritual and ceremonial practice is said to have closely related to the worship practiced by the ancient settlers of peoples of the Nile Valley. | 6,132,046 |
37321966 | Mary McLeod | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary%20McLeod | Mary McLeod
Mary McLeod
Mary McLeod may refer to:
- Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (1875–1955), American educator
- Mary Adelia McLeod (born 1938), first woman Diocesan Bishop in the Episcopal Church
- Mary E. McLeod (active since 1984), costume designer
# See also.
- Mary Macleod (born 1969), British Conservative Party politician
- Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912–2000), mother of Donald Trump. | 6,132,047 |
37321901 | Ousmane Oumar Kane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ousmane%20Oumar%20Kane | Ousmane Oumar Kane
Ousmane Oumar Kane
Ousmane Oumar Kane holds the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Chair on Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society at the Harvard Divinity School and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at Harvard University since July 2012.
# Biography.
Kane received a Bachelor of Arts in Arabic and a Master in Islamic Studies from the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales at the University of the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and an M. Phil and a Ph.D i(1993) in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.He held the position of Assistant Professor of political science at Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis in Senegal, | 6,132,048 |
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and visiting positions at the University of London, the University of Kansas, Yale University, and the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin. He became associate professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in 2002, and left for Harvard in 2012.
# Publications.
- "Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa", Harvard University Press, 2016).
- "The Homeland is the Arena: Religion, Transnationalism and the Integration of Senegalese Migrants in America," New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. .
- "Muslim Modernity in Postcolonial Nigeria. A Study of the Society of the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition," Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, | 6,132,049 |
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2003
- "Intellectuels non Europhones." Dakar : Codesria, 2003
- Translated into English as "Non-Europhone intellectuals", and also into, Spanish and Arabic)
- "Al-Makhtutat al-islamiyya fi Sinighal," (Handlist of Islamic Manuscripts in Sénégal), London, Al-Furqan, 1997.Also published in Arabic as "ابراهيم نياس في السنغال / Fihris makhṭūṭāt Maktabat al-Shaykh Mūr Mubay Sīsī wa-maktabat al-Ḥājj Mālik Sih wa-Maktabat al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niyās fī al-Sinighāl"
- "Islam et islamisme au Sud du Sahara," Paris, Karthala, 1998, (with Jean-Louis Triaud).
He has also written a number of peer-reviewed journal articles.
# External links.
- Official web page at Harvard Divinity School
- Official Website | 6,132,050 |
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003
- Translated into English as "Non-Europhone intellectuals", and also into, Spanish and Arabic)
- "Al-Makhtutat al-islamiyya fi Sinighal," (Handlist of Islamic Manuscripts in Sénégal), London, Al-Furqan, 1997.Also published in Arabic as "ابراهيم نياس في السنغال / Fihris makhṭūṭāt Maktabat al-Shaykh Mūr Mubay Sīsī wa-maktabat al-Ḥājj Mālik Sih wa-Maktabat al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niyās fī al-Sinighāl"
- "Islam et islamisme au Sud du Sahara," Paris, Karthala, 1998, (with Jean-Louis Triaud).
He has also written a number of peer-reviewed journal articles.
# External links.
- Official web page at Harvard Divinity School
- Official Website at Islamic Studies Program, Harvard
- Curriculum vitae | 6,132,051 |
37321914 | Ralph Williams (athlete) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph%20Williams%20(athlete) | Ralph Williams (athlete)
Ralph Williams (athlete)
Ralph Williams (born August 24, 1900, date of death unknown) was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He made it on the US Olympic Team after finishing 7th in the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1924 with a time of 2:41:58.6. The Boston Marathon was later measured and found to be 152 meters short.
# 1924 Summer Olympics.
Prior to the marathon, the American team ran a 15-mile time trial. It was a particularly warm day in Paris, where the Olympics were being held, and Williams quit after 3 miles. Coach Michael Ryan, who didn't finish either of the two Olympic marathons he ran, suggested that Williams be pulled from the | 6,132,052 |
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Olympics. He made it on the US Olympic Team after finishing 7th in the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1924 with a time of 2:41:58.6. The Boston Marathon was later measured and found to be 152 meters short.
# 1924 Summer Olympics.
Prior to the marathon, the American team ran a 15-mile time trial. It was a particularly warm day in Paris, where the Olympics were being held, and Williams quit after 3 miles. Coach Michael Ryan, who didn't finish either of the two Olympic marathons he ran, suggested that Williams be pulled from the event. The "head coach and the chairman of the Selection Committee" overruled Ryan and chose to run Williams rather than Carl Linder. Williams did not finish the race. | 6,132,053 |
37321964 | American Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American%20Market | American Market
American Market
American Market (also known as Sitara Market) is a market located in Peshawar, Pakistan. It sells various types of electronic goods and is known for its low prices while being notorious for giving its visitors the opportunity to purchase firearms and accessories.
According to a local dealer, "the area has come to be known as the American Market because it sells US goods that have either been stolen and transported from Afghanistan, or from trucks captured from NATO transporting goods from Pakistan to Afghanistan." Even though being nicknamed the "American Market", this market sells "arms from the US, China, Russia, Iran and just about every other country you can think of" It | 6,132,054 |
37321964 | American Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American%20Market | American Market
ous types of electronic goods and is known for its low prices while being notorious for giving its visitors the opportunity to purchase firearms and accessories.
According to a local dealer, "the area has come to be known as the American Market because it sells US goods that have either been stolen and transported from Afghanistan, or from trucks captured from NATO transporting goods from Pakistan to Afghanistan." Even though being nicknamed the "American Market", this market sells "arms from the US, China, Russia, Iran and just about every other country you can think of" It was announced in January 2014, that a food park will be added to the Market, to include "quality and hygienic foods". | 6,132,055 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
Culture of Porto Velho
The Culture of Porto Velho is marked by a strong Northeastern influence with Bumba Meu Boi, the Juninas and Pastorinha peoples, and some influences of south central Brazil. The interpretation of Native American legends, such as the Iara, the Boto and Mapinguari folklore, influenced by migrants. As for handicrafts, there are various exhibitions of indigenous works, utilities and adornment using raw materials like clay, vines, bamboo and rubber. The Artisan's House serves as a support to the initiatives of the genre.
# Libraries.
The collection of municipal Porto Velho was waiting for his permanent headquarters for several years until recently was completed works of the | 6,132,056 |
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Municipal Library next to City Hall. The space has two floors with air-cooled in the city center.
# Carnival.
The Carnival takes place every year, attracting a large number of people from other cities and states of Rondônia neighbors. During the carnival, there are the parades of carnival and samba schools, which can mention, among the best known, The Diplomats, Asfaltão, among others.
In July Carnival happens Out of Season, with characteristics of the Bahia Carnival, with electric trios and groups Axé.
# Theatres.
Two theaters enliven the cultural sector: The Municipal Theater, Avenida Nabuco (center) and Theatre Uirassu Rodrigues, Jose Bonifacio Street.
# Museums.
In railway complex, | 6,132,057 |
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is located the Museum of Railroad Madeira-Mamore, in the city center lies the State Museum, with abundant material on archeology, ethnology and Mineralogy.
## Museum of Railroad Madeira-Mamore.
At the Museum, housed in a warehouse loading and unloading almost centenary, one can see hundreds of materials preserved railway. The museum has several pieces from the time of its construction and operation. Besides the first locomotive brought to the Amazon, the Colonel Churchill, we enjoyed also a stork and a tricycle, used to transport the line foremen who fiscalizavam, lathes, machines, furniture, photographs of workers, books, documents and more . The museum is located at Avenida September 7 - | 6,132,058 |
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Railroad Square Madeira-Mamore. Outside the museum, waterfront, you can take a ride in one of the "barges" to Teotônio waterfall.
# Monuments.
## The Three Boxes Water.
Also known as The Three Marias, the water tanks are in the center of town, in the square of the same name. The first was erected in 1910 and the other two in 1912 . Were designed and built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago as information contained in cast-iron plate, carved pilasters on each of them. There are three tanks form cylindrical, covered with metal sheets conical shape, and concave shaped base. Each tank is elevated from the floor by four columns made of iron lattice on concrete foundation. They are at the | 6,132,059 |
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height of the bulge surrounded by a walkway railing with metal lattice through which arrives via a ladder. Each reservoir has a capacity for 200,000 liters and served to supply the city of Porto Velho by the year 1957, working by gravity.
## The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Cathedral had its construction initiated in 1917, but was completed only ten years later because of difficulties in transporting material. Original paintings of a religious nature inside the Cathedral, were executed by Father Angelo Cerri and Alfonso Liguori. The stained glass windows that surround it, with the themes of the Cross, were all donated by the community-velhense port.
# See also.
- Porto Velho
- | 6,132,060 |
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bulge surrounded by a walkway railing with metal lattice through which arrives via a ladder. Each reservoir has a capacity for 200,000 liters and served to supply the city of Porto Velho by the year 1957, working by gravity.
## The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Cathedral had its construction initiated in 1917, but was completed only ten years later because of difficulties in transporting material. Original paintings of a religious nature inside the Cathedral, were executed by Father Angelo Cerri and Alfonso Liguori. The stained glass windows that surround it, with the themes of the Cross, were all donated by the community-velhense port.
# See also.
- Porto Velho
- Rondônia | 6,132,061 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
Alan Amron
Alan Amron (born November 20, 1948) is an American inventor who holds 40 United States patents. He is also involved in a popular dispute of $400 million with 3M for the invention of the Post-it note.
# Inventions.
Noteworthy Amron inventions include:
- The Photo Wallet, invented by Amron for his company VideoChip Technologies, was the first handheld battery-operated digital photo frame. It could display JPG and MPG files, and read Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word documents. The product was licensed to Nikon.
- Amron invented the first battery-operated water gun. In the first year, this invention had earned him $250,000 in royalties.
- Amron has invented and designed a First | 6,132,062 |
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Down Laser Line system, which would extend the concept of the computer-generated first down yellow line seen on-screen during televised football games by projecting such a line on the physical field at the stadium. Amron met with the NFL in 2003 and again in 2009, and in 2013 a league spokesman said "We have not been convinced that it would work for us, but we are open to further discussion after the season." A similar Leading Mark Laser invented by Amron was used in the 2013 and 2014 NCAA National track and field championships at the University of Oregon. Amron's laser line projection system was also used to replace the costly painted yellow cautionary lines in warehouses.
# Campaign to reunite | 6,132,063 |
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the Beatles.
In 1976 Amron created the International Committee to Reunite the Beatles. Amron placed radio and newspaper advertisements asking everyone to donate a dollar, which would then be given to the Beatles to reunite for a concert. Also known as "Let It Be", Amron's committee was one of several attempts to reunite the band in the mid and late 1970s, but it had the distinction of being a people-based campaign. Author Nicholas Schaffner wrote in 1978 that things did not "augur well" for Let It Be, since Amron engaged the same PR company as Paul McCartney – Solters and Roskin in New York – and McCartney immediately dropped the firm as a result.
Sports legend Muhammad Ali took up the initiative, | 6,132,064 |
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hoping that the four former Beatles would agree to donate the money to children in need around the world. His attorney, Spiros Anthony, said that Amron and New York businessman Joel Sacher had been the "catalysts" for Ali's involvement. In January 1977, the "Daily Herald" newspaper reported George Harrison as saying: "Will it happen? I suppose so."
# Post-It Note.
Amron has made claims to be the inventor in 1973 of the technology used on the Post-It note and disclosed his invention to 3M in 1974. His 1997 suit against 3M was settled, and 3M gave Amron a check. As part of the settlement, Amron undertook not to make future claims against the company as part of an agreement that said that 3M | 6,132,065 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
would not claim to be the inventor of the Post-It note.
However, in 2016, he launched a further suit against 3M, suing them in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, asserting that 3M were wrongly claiming to be the inventors, and seeking $400 million in damages. Amron said, "l just want them to admit that l am the inventor and that they will stop saying that they are the inventor", "Every single day that they keep claiming they invented it damages my reputation and defames me."
When Amron was asked about how he invented the sticky note, he replied, "In 1973 I had to leave a note for my wife and didn't have any scotch tape to post it so I invented a way to post it without magnets pins or tape."
"I | 6,132,066 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
had just gotten married in 1973 and my wife wasn’t home and I had to leave a message for her that I was running out to a meeting. I took a piece of - we called it memo paper in those days - and I wrote on the memo that I was going to a meeting that I’d be back later. I wanted to post it on the refrigerator. But I looked around the house for Scotch tape and I couldn’t find it. So I saw some gum on the counter. And while my mind was working I was looking at the gum and not being able to find the Scotch tape, I took the gum, put a piece in my mouth and started chewing. While I was chewing I was thinking about the tackiness of the gum. And I took a little piece of the gum out of my mouth and I kneaded | 6,132,067 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
it. I mushed it around. I got a little dust off the counter. I put it in the little piece of gum and I mushed it around and squashed it right on the refrigerator. Then I put the note on it and I pulled it a little bit to see if it held and it held and I left. When I got home my wife was very impressed with the fact that I left her a note and the fact that the note was still on the refrigerator and then came right off without it leaving a residue mess when she took the note off."
"She suggested and I agreed that it was a great product and I started to develop the adhesive for it. The adhesive had to be tacky enough to stick, repositionable enough to position it on a surface or a paper or a refrigerator. | 6,132,068 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
We didn’t have magnets in those days and I couldn’t use duct tape because it would have left a residue on the refrigerator. So I was working on an adhesive that would be tacky enough to be put on the back of a memo pad or piece of paper, that you could put it onto another piece of paper or to a refrigerator or a window or a door or something like that and reposition it."
Whereas, 3M claims that two of their representatives, Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver invented the bookmark in 1974, originally called the Press 'n' Peel bookmark.
However, the case was dismissed, to which Alan Amron said with disappointment, “it’s not surprising that big money beat little money.”
In July 2016 a former 3M marketing | 6,132,069 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
gh to be put on the back of a memo pad or piece of paper, that you could put it onto another piece of paper or to a refrigerator or a window or a door or something like that and reposition it."
Whereas, 3M claims that two of their representatives, Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver invented the bookmark in 1974, originally called the Press 'n' Peel bookmark.
However, the case was dismissed, to which Alan Amron said with disappointment, “it’s not surprising that big money beat little money.”
In July 2016 a former 3M marketing department employee, Daniel Dassow, voluntarily came forward as an eyewitness that in 1974 Alan Amron had in fact disclosed his Press-on memo sticky notes invention to 3M. | 6,132,070 |
37322011 | Davenport House (Greer, South Carolina) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Davenport%20House%20(Greer,%20South%20Carolina) | Davenport House (Greer, South Carolina)
Davenport House (Greer, South Carolina)
The Davenport House is a Tudor Revival house built in 1921 in Greer, South Carolina The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
# Architecture.
The house was designed by Greenville architects James Douthit Beacham and Leon LeGrand. It is a two-story house constructed of hand-made yellow brick, timber, and stucco. It has a one-story, glass-enclosed porch on the east and porte cochere on the west. There is a three-bay coach house and pool house as well as a brick and timber pergola in the garden. | 6,132,071 |
37322055 | 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012%20FIVB%20Volleyball%20Men's%20Club%20World%20Championship%20squads | 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads
2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship, held from October 13 to 19, 2012 in Doha, Qatar.
# Pool A.
## Trentino Diatec.
- Head Coach: Radostin Stoychev
## Sada Cruzeiro.
- Head Coach: Marcelo Méndez
## Al-Rayyan.
- Head Coach: Igor Arbutina
## Tigres de la UANL.
- Head Coach: Jorge Azair
# Pool B.
## Zenit Kazan.
- Head Coach: Vladimir Alekno
## PGE Skra Bełchatów.
- Head Coach: Jacek Nawrocki
## Zamalek.
- Head Coach: Mohamed Ellakany
## Al-Arabi.
- Head Coach: Mauro Grasso
# External links.
- Official website | 6,132,072 |
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Young Place
Young Place is a historic farmhouse in Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was the home of Reverend J.N. Young, a religious leader, teacher, and one of the founders of nearby Erskine College. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
# Architecture.
Constructed around 1839, the farmhouse was remodeled after the Civil War into two stories, much along the lines of the Tuscan architecture. Exterior features include a cross gable roof and a square tower with a bracketed hipped roof. | 6,132,073 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
Griffy Lake
Griffy Reservoir, commonly known as Griffy Lake is a water reservoir in the city of Bloomington, Indiana. Created by a dam on Griffy Creek in the 1920s, the reservoir used to serve as the main source of drinking water for Bloomington for several decades, until that role was taken over by the larger Lake Lemon and Lake Monroe in the 1950s.
A large part of the lake's forested watershed is designated as the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve (GLNP). Another part of the watershed is included into Indiana University's
Research and Teaching Preserve as its Griffy Woods section. Griffy Woods includes a smaller reservoir, known as the University Lake, which in a sense was a predecessor of Griffy | 6,132,074 |
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Lake, and is part of the latter's watershed.
# History.
## Bloomington's early water projects.
In the early 20th century, to satisfy the needs of the growing city and Indiana University, the city of Bloomington constructed a number of dams on various tributaries of Clear Creek southwest of town, creating a number of reservoirs: the Leonard Springs Reservoir, Wapehani Lake, Twin Lakes. However, due to the Mitchell Limestone subsoils in the area, these reservoirs continuously leaked water, making it impossible to reliably supply the city, and in particular the university, with the water they needed.
## University Lake.
Unable to receive the necessary amount of water from the city's leaky | 6,132,075 |
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reservoirs, Indiana University's Board of Trustees in 1909 decided to undertake its own reservoir construction. University President William Lowe Bryan formed a committee led by geology professor E.R. Cumings, which on March 8, 1910, recommended a site for the new reservoir, which is now known as the University Lake. The E.R. Cumings' recommendation, the dam for the new reservoir was constructed over impervious Knobstone formations, blocking a ravine of a small tributary of Griffy Creek northeast of the IU campus. Griffy Creek is a tributary of Beanblossom Creek, which in its turn flows into the West Fork of Indiana's White River.
The 40' tall concrete arched dam of University Lake was constructed | 6,132,076 |
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in several stages between 1910 and 1914.
## Griffy Lake.
In 1923, a few years after the university had itself with water from the Griffy Creek basin, Bloomington Water Company was created to construct a larger dam on Griffy Creek itself, downstream from the small University Lake. The Griffy Dam was constructed in 1924, forming the Griffy Reservoir (Griffy Lake).
The 40' tall concrete arched dam was completed in 1924, thus creating the present-day Griffy Reservoir.
In 1934 Griffy Lake's water treatment plant and much of the adjacent territory passed into the city's ownership; the dam was expanded, now standing 44' tall (644' above the mean sea level). The dam is 900' long. Griffy Lake occupies | 6,132,077 |
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109 acres, and holds 1280 acre-feet of water.
As of 1984, the water treatment plant processed 7.5 million gallons of water per day.
Although since the 1950s the city receives drinking water from the larger two larger reservoirs, Lake Lemon and (later) Lake Monroe, elsewhere in Monroe County, Griffy Lake is still considered as the potential "emergency" water supply source for the city. The water pumping station near the dam of Griffy Lake, decommissioned in 1995, still exists, and the authorities ensure that all activities permitted within the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve are consistent with the potential use of the lake as a drinking water source.
In the summer of 2012 the lake was almost | 6,132,078 |
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completely drained, in preparation for repairs to the dam.
The repairs were finished on Nov 27, 2013, and the lake started refilling. A plan to restock the refilled lake with fish was announced in the early 2014.
# Griffy Lake Nature Preserve and Griffy Woods.
To protect Griffy Lake's water sources, over 45 separate parcels of property have been acquired over the years, creating the present-day 1,180 acre Griffy Lake Nature Preserve surrounding the lake.
An adjacent area to the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve is the 185-acre Griffy Woods section of Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve. Created in 2001, Griffy Woods occupies parts of the Griffy Lake watershed to the southeast of | 6,132,079 |
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eserve is the 185-acre Griffy Woods section of Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve. Created in 2001, Griffy Woods occupies parts of the Griffy Lake watershed to the southeast of the lake, and includes University Lake.
Unlike Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, which is open to the public in its entirety, a large section of the Griffy Woods is presently closed to general public, and is supposed to be accessed only by the staff and students conducting environmental research in the area.
# Recreational use.
The Griffy Lake Nature Preserve is one of the most popular nature areas within easy access from Bloomington and IU campus. There are hiking trails, boating facilities, and fishing. | 6,132,080 |
37321971 | Liu Zhenyun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Zhenyun | Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun (born May 1958) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his novel "Someone to Talk To" (awarded the 2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize) as well as his involvement with the many film adaptions of his books. Among these is I Am Not Madame Bovary, produced in collaboration with director Feng Xiaogang, a frequent collaborator of Liu. He is married to noted human rights activist Guo Jianmei.
# Life and Work.
Liu grew up in the village of Laozhuang in Yanjin County, Henan, China. At age 14, he left his village and joined the army. At age 20, he took the national college entrance exam, achieved the highest score in Henan province, and was accepted at Peking | 6,132,081 |
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University. After graduation, he became a journalist. In the 1980s Liu began to concentrate seriously on his literary career, publishing his debut novella "Tapu," in 1987.
He went on to publish novels such as "Hometown, Regime and Blood" (故乡天下黄花), "Anecdotes in the Hometown" (故乡相处流传), "Material and Spirit in the Hometown" (故乡面和花朵), "Nonsense Talk" (一腔废话), "Cell Phone" (手机), "The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon" (我叫刘跃进).
His novels "Someone to Talk To" (一句顶一万句) and "I Did Not Kill My Husband" (我不是潘金莲) have sold over a million copies each. "Someone to Talk To" was awarded with Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011 and has sold more than 1.6 million copies.
He has also authored novellas | 6,132,082 |
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such as "A Small Town: Tapu" (塔铺), "Recruits" (新兵连), "The Office" (单位), "Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers" (一地鸡毛), "Remembering 1942" (温故一九四二). Throughout the years, Liu's works have been translated into over 28 languages.
Many of Liu's books have been adapted into TV series and movies. He has written the screenplays for some of them including: "A Small Town: Tapu", "Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers", "The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon", "Remembering 1942", "Someone to Talk To", "I Did Not Kill My Husband". Several of these adapted films have been awarded in the film festivals around the world, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival, | 6,132,083 |
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veral of these adapted films have been awarded in the film festivals around the world, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival, among others.
# Themes and Influences.
Liu often credits his upbringing in Yanjin county as influencing his work, especially growing up in the shadow of the 1942 famine. He also is noted for including political criticism as well as advocating for social justice in his works.
# Awards.
- 2011: Mao Dun Literature Prize, winner, "One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences"
# External links.
- Interviews with Liu Zhenyun
- List of works (in Chinese) | 6,132,084 |
37322074 | Kingston Estates, New Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingston%20Estates,%20New%20Jersey | Kingston Estates, New Jersey
Kingston Estates, New Jersey
Kingston Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Cherry Hill, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, that had been part of the Barclay-Kingston CDP until the 2000 Census, which was split to form the CDPs of Barclay and Kingston Estates as of the 2010 Census. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 5,685.
# Geography.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 1.164 square miles (3.013 km), including 1.162 square miles (3.009 km) of land and 0.002 square miles (0.004 km) of water (0.13%). | 6,132,085 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
The Firebrand
The Firebrand is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American author Marion Zimmer Bradley. Set in the ancient city of Troy, the novel is a re-telling of Homer's epic poem, the "Iliad". "The Firebrand" is written from the point of view of Kassandra, the prophet daughter of King Priam of Troy, and also features other prominent characters from Greek mythology. As in the "Iliad", Kassandra foresees catastrophe for her city but few pay heed to her warnings. In Bradley's story, Kassandra is presented as a strong and insightful woman, rather than as a sufferer of insanity.
The novel has been described as belonging to the genres of revisionist history and feminist literature, and employs | 6,132,086 |
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themes of gender, religion, and power. Bradley wrote it after the success of her 1983 novel "The Mists of Avalon", a re-telling of the Arthurian legend from a female perspective. To appeal to a wider readership, "The Firebrand" includes fewer elements of fantasy than Bradley's previous works. Her only novel set in ancient Greece, her husband Walter H. Breen helped her research the story.
Simon & Schuster released "The Firebrand" on October 1, 1987 in hardcover, and it was issued in paperback in September 1988. "The Firebrand" has been overshadowed by the popularity of "The Mists of Avalon", receiving less attention and critical praise. Reviews of the book ranged from mixed to positive, with | 6,132,087 |
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many literary critics praising Bradley's ability to give new characterizations to legendary figures. It has been translated into at least twelve languages, beginning with Portuguese and French in 1989.
# Main characters.
Princess Kassandra of Troy is the story's protagonist, and it is told from her perspective. It begins when an elderly Kassandra tiredly agrees to correct the Homeric version of the Trojan War that is told by a traveling minstrel. Kassandra recounts her life experiences at Troy and Colchis, how she came to balk at the gender roles dictated by Trojan culture, and her inner turmoil over whether she should be serving the Goddess or Apollo.
In her early years, Kassandra is known | 6,132,088 |
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among her family as the "clever girl", while her older sister Polyxena is the "proper, modest", and "pretty one". Her parents intend for Kassandra to be brought up as a lady and to eventually marry a noblemanto her gradual displeasure. She often comes into conflict with her father, King Priam, who is characterized as cruel, violent, and power-hungry. Queen Hecuba and Kassandra are not close; the queen often disparages her daughter for her prophecies. Though Hecuba grew up as an Amazon, she gradually adopted patriarchal Trojan customs as her own.
The warrior Hector is close to their sister Polyxena, and is described by Kassandra as a bully. He disapproves of Kassandra's desire to be a warrior, | 6,132,089 |
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but he is much loved in the city. As an adult, Kassandra reflects, "of all [Priam and Hecuba's children], Hector was closest to their hearts, and [she] the least loved. Was it only that she had always been so different from the others?" Kassandra is happiest when she travels with the Amazons, whose chief Penthesilea becomes a mother figure for Kassandra.
Hector's wife, Andromache, is the elder daughter of Queen Imandra; despite Colchis' matriarchal culture Andromache is content to adopt Trojan culture and be subservient to her husband. She and Kassandra become close, as does Kassandra with Helen, despite her initial distaste for the problems Helen brings to Troy. Despite being her twin, Paris | 6,132,090 |
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dislikes Kassandra. Early in the story, Bradley writes that Paris' main character flaw is "a total lack of interest in anything that did not relate to himself or contribute in some way to his own comfort and satisfaction."
# Synopsis.
## Volume One.
In the wealthy and powerful city of Troy, the pregnant queen Hecuba experiences a prophetic dream which distresses her. When consulted, a priestess of the Great Goddess tells Hecuba and her husband, King Priam, that the dream indicates she will birth a son who will bring destruction to Troy. Priam declares that this boy must be exposed to death, but upon his birth three days later, Priam agrees to Hecuba's pleas and has him fostered by a shepherd | 6,132,091 |
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on the slopes of Mount Ida. Priam names the boy Alexandros (later Paris), and names his twin sister Alexandra, whom Hecuba keeps and decides to call Kassandra.
While visiting the temple of Apollo with her mother, six-year-old Kassandra experiences a vision of the god telling her she is to become "his priestess". In the following years, Kassandra experiences further visions. When she is twelve, Kassandra sees a vision of Paris, who is now a shepherd. Kassandra asks her father the boy's identity but he reacts angrily. Kassandra is sent to be fostered by Hecuba's sister Penthesilea, chief of the Amazonsa nomadic warrior tribe consisting only of women. There, Kassandra comes to love their lifestylethough | 6,132,092 |
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it is not without its trialsand she learns of her twin, continuing to experience visions of him. Kassandra sees the Judgement of Paris, in which her brother deems Aphrodite more beautiful than Athena or Hera; Aphrodite rewards Paris by eventually promising the love of Helen of Spartadaughter of Leda and Zeus.
In Colchis, ruled over by Queen Imandra, Kassandra undergoes the rites of a priestess and is told that serving the Goddess is her destiny. At the age of fifteen, Kassandra is unhappily returned to her home. She arrives during a festival in time to see Paris win and be revealed to his true parents as their son. Despite the prophecy, Priam and Hecuba happily welcome him home. However, Hector | 6,132,093 |
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and his other brothers, jealous of the attention and achievements Paris has suddenly garnered, suggest that he be sent abroad to treaty with King Agamemnonwho holds Priam's sister. Paris readily agrees. Meanwhile, Kassandra begins training as a priestess of the temple of Apollo, despite misgivings that she is abandoning the Goddess. Part of her duties include helping care for the temple serpentssymbols of Python whom Apollo is said to have slain. Paris returns to Troy with the beautiful Helen, wife of King Menelaus, and she is welcomed into the city. Kassandra's warnings that Helen will destroy Troy go unheeded, and Paris denounces his sister as a madwoman.
## Volume Two.
At the temple, Kassandra | 6,132,094 |
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is assaulted by Khryse, a priest who disguises himself as Apollo in order to seduce her. She sees through his trickery and fights him off, but the god feels insulted by her refusal and makes the city's residents stop believing her prophecies. Menelaus' brother Agamemnon uses Helen's flight as a pretext for war and soon begins launching daily raids on Troy, beginning the Trojan War. Kassandra spends more time with her family to help with daily tasks while the menled by Hectorfight off the Akhaian invaders. The war continues sporadically despite the attempts of former Trojan ally Odysseus to end the conflict.
Two years into the war, Kassandra returns to Colchis to learn more of serpent lore. | 6,132,095 |
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Along the way, she encounters Penthesilea. Kassandra is unhappy to find that the nomadic ways of life of the Amazon and Kentaur are ending, and that Penthesilea's tribe is dwindling in number. Kassandra experiences a horrifying vision of Apollo firing arrows indiscriminately at both armiesa sign of his wrathwhich prompts her to return home. Accompanied with an adopted infant daughter named Honey whom she finds alongside the road, Kassandra returns to Troy and finds that the war is not going well for the Trojans.
Soon after her return, Apollo takes the form of Khryse and spreads a plague in the Akhaians' camp in response to Agamemnon's sacrilegious refusal to return Khryse's daughter, who has | 6,132,096 |
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been Agamemnon's prisoner for three years. Khryse's daughter is reluctantly returned to her father and the Akhaian leader takes the young warrior Akhilles' concubine as reparation for his loss. The furious Akhilles refuses to continue fighting. Menelaus and Paris duel each other, but Paris flees the fight due to the intervention of Helen and Aphrodite.
## Volume Three.
Most of Kassandra's family has come to think of her as mad, and become angry when she feels compelled to vocalize prophecies that foretell the end of Troy. Despite Kassandra's warnings, the city experiences an earthquake sent by Poseidon, killing the three young sons of Helen and Paris. After Patroklus is killed by Hector, his | 6,132,097 |
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closest friend Akhilles again joins the fight to get his revenge. Hector and his younger brother Troilus are killed, to the grief of everyone in Troy. Akhilles kills Penthesilea in battle, and soon after Kassandra fires a fatally poisoned arrow at his unprotected heel.
Poseidon sends another earthquake, knocking down Troy's defenses. The Akhaians flood into the city, and Kassandra and Honey are raped by the warrior Ajax. The women of Troy are divided up among the Akhaians, and Kassandra becomes Agamemnon's concubine. She is freed when his wife Klytemnestra murders him upon their return to Mykenae. Kassandra makes her way back to Asia Minor, where in the desert she hopes to recreate a kingdom | 6,132,098 |
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of oldone ruled by a powerful queen.
# Development.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's previous novel "The Mists of Avalon" was a re-telling of the Arthurian legend from the point of view of Arthur's antagonist, Morgan le Fay. Bradley wrote "The Firebrand" after publishing "The Mists of Avalon" in 1983. According to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", after "The Mists of Avalon" Bradley wrote stories with a strong literary appeal to appeal to a wide readership rather than focus on the fantasy genre. Bradley's later works often centered on strong lead characters in "mytho-historic settings" with few fantasy elements. For instance, in "The Firebrand" the Kentaurs are depicted as a nomadic tribe of short, naked | 6,132,099 |
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