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Death Notices 09.30.07

Posted by duke 278 days ago (http://reporternews.com)
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SUMMARY: James Abor; Robert Clinton Adams; Bobby G. Bobo; Concepcion Calderon; Bonnie Chancellor; Luticia "Lula" Maurine Creameans; Merle Cross; Lorene Myrtice Hill; Mary Ellen Kimbrell; Orval W. Miller; Cynthia Schaffer. read more »

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Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi

Posted by lanerough 278 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
Category: Today's Birthday

Rumi was a great Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His Masnavi-ye Manavi is a 6-volume poem regarded by many Sufis as second in importance only to the Qur'an; it is often called "Qur'an-e Parsi" (The Qur'an in Persian). Rumi's influence spread to Persian-speakers in Afghanistan and central Asia, and beyond, to Turkey and India. His followers founded the Mevlevi order, whose members use dancing and music as part of their spiritual method and are popularly known by what name?
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Released by Origin Systems

Posted by duke 278 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
Category: This Day in History

Ultima Online (UO), a popular massive multi-player online role playing game (MMPORG), is credited with popularizing the genre. There were games prior to UO that allowed hundreds of people to play at the same time, but this MMPORG can be played simultaneously by thousands of players worldwide through various game servers called "shards." Over 1,000,000 paid accounts have been created since the game launched in 1997. In July 2003, at the peak of its popularity, UO had how many subscribers?
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Scholarship established in memory of student whose life was cut short - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Posted by duke 278 days ago (http://news.google.com)
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Scholarship established in memory of student whose life was cut short
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA - Sep 28, 2007
By Canan Tasci, Staff Writer When it was time for Laura and John Onopa to make funeral arrangements for their 18-year-old daughter, Michelle, ...

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Japan Resumes Diplomatic Relations with China

Posted by duke 279 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
Category: This Day in History

Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei's 1972 visit to China culminated in the signing of the Joint Communique, a historic document that ended nearly 80 years of enmity and friction between the two states. In the statement, Tokyo recognized the government of the People's Republic as the sole representative and legal government of China, while China waived its demand for war indemnities from Japan at the intergovernmental level. What was the total dollar amount of these reparations claims?
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Miguel de Cervantes

Posted by lanerough 279 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Cervantes was a Spanish author best known for Don Quixote de la Mancha, his novel about an aging “knight.” A superb burlesque of the popular romances of chivalry, the work was an enormous success and has had an indelible effect on the development of the European novel. Cervantes himself led an eventful life; he was imprisoned several times, captured by pirates, and sold as a slave. What statesman is said to have learned Spanish so that he could read Don Quixote in the original?
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This picket will live on in memory - Providence Journal (subscription)

Posted by duke 279 days ago (http://news.google.com)
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This picket will live on in memory
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - Sep 27, 2007
I love you people, I really do. You’re always the funniest, smartest, most appealingly off-center bunch on a municipal payroll. My wife even suggests that ...