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I hadn't heard anything about the new Avatar series in awhile, so I thought it was stalled. Apparently not!! (Info on the series. Apparently Korra is NOT a descendant of Aang and Katara, tho her airbending sensei is. Which fixes the Airbenders-dying-out problem, especially as all Air Nomads are automatically benders.)
Władysław I the Elbow-high. Add that to the list of royal nicknames I do not want.
Libuše, Libussa or, historically Lubossa, is a mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as whole. Libuše was the wisest of the three sisters and prophesied the foundation of Prague (which in Czech means: "threshold") from her castle Libušín (according to later legends, Vyšehrad). She is supposed to have founded the city of Prague during the 8th century. Libuše is said to have been the daughter of the equally mythical Czech ruler Krok, and the youngest sister among his other daughters, the healer Kazi and the magician Teta. She was chosen by her father as his successor (a judge). Although she proved herself as a wise chieftain, the male part of the tribe was displeased that their ruler was a woman. They asked Libuše to choose a male prince for the people, and she related a vision wherein she saw a farmer with one broken sandal, ploughing a field. She instructed her councilmen to seek out this man, noting that they would find him ploughing a field. Their search let them to Přemysl from the village of Stadice, who was found exactly as had been foreseen. Since Přemysl abandoned his plough in the middle of the field he was ploughing, famine was anticipated for the land and did actually come about. The two grandees who found Přemysl brought him to the princely palace. Přemysl the Ploughman thus became ruler; Libuše married him and became the mother of Nezamysl. This was the beginning of the Přemyslid dynasty in the Czech lands.
James Addison Reavis (May 10, 1843 - November 27, 1914), later using the name James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the so-called Baron of Arizona, was an American forger and fraudster. He is best known in association with the Peralta land grant, also known as the Barony of Arizona, a pair of fraudulent land claims that if certified would have granted him ownership to over 18,600 square miles (48,200 km2) of land in central Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory. During the course of the fraud, Reavis collected an estimated US$5,300,000 in cash and promissory notes through the sale of quitclaims and proposed investment plans.
Under the terms of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Gadsden Purchase, the United States was required to recognize and honor existing land grants made by either the Spanish or Mexican governments. Reavis utilized this provision by manufacturing a fictional claim and recipient and then generating a collection of documents demonstrating how the claim came into his possession. The documents were then covertly inserted into various records archives. In his first claim, Reavis gained title to the grant via a series of conveyances. When serious challenges to this claim developed, Reavis developed a second claim wherein he married the supposed last surviving lineal descendant of the original claim recipient.
Now I want to read an alternate history where this is actually true! lol
5 Secrets Only Two Living People Know
I WANT THIS COAT. But it's rather (ridiculously) out of my price range...
Civil-War-era stereoview photos! I just wish they had them in a side-by-side format rather than animation: the animations go so fast on Firefox they kinda make me feel sick.
I love the joint show ads they showed on usa awhile back. I never saw this one! (I love how Neal manages to catch his glass. lol)
And finally: check out this (very) short story about the study of literature. :P
Click to viewWładysław I the Elbow-high. Add that to the list of royal nicknames I do not want.
Libuše, Libussa or, historically Lubossa, is a mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as whole. Libuše was the wisest of the three sisters and prophesied the foundation of Prague (which in Czech means: "threshold") from her castle Libušín (according to later legends, Vyšehrad). She is supposed to have founded the city of Prague during the 8th century. Libuše is said to have been the daughter of the equally mythical Czech ruler Krok, and the youngest sister among his other daughters, the healer Kazi and the magician Teta. She was chosen by her father as his successor (a judge). Although she proved herself as a wise chieftain, the male part of the tribe was displeased that their ruler was a woman. They asked Libuše to choose a male prince for the people, and she related a vision wherein she saw a farmer with one broken sandal, ploughing a field. She instructed her councilmen to seek out this man, noting that they would find him ploughing a field. Their search let them to Přemysl from the village of Stadice, who was found exactly as had been foreseen. Since Přemysl abandoned his plough in the middle of the field he was ploughing, famine was anticipated for the land and did actually come about. The two grandees who found Přemysl brought him to the princely palace. Přemysl the Ploughman thus became ruler; Libuše married him and became the mother of Nezamysl. This was the beginning of the Přemyslid dynasty in the Czech lands.
James Addison Reavis (May 10, 1843 - November 27, 1914), later using the name James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the so-called Baron of Arizona, was an American forger and fraudster. He is best known in association with the Peralta land grant, also known as the Barony of Arizona, a pair of fraudulent land claims that if certified would have granted him ownership to over 18,600 square miles (48,200 km2) of land in central Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory. During the course of the fraud, Reavis collected an estimated US$5,300,000 in cash and promissory notes through the sale of quitclaims and proposed investment plans.
Under the terms of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Gadsden Purchase, the United States was required to recognize and honor existing land grants made by either the Spanish or Mexican governments. Reavis utilized this provision by manufacturing a fictional claim and recipient and then generating a collection of documents demonstrating how the claim came into his possession. The documents were then covertly inserted into various records archives. In his first claim, Reavis gained title to the grant via a series of conveyances. When serious challenges to this claim developed, Reavis developed a second claim wherein he married the supposed last surviving lineal descendant of the original claim recipient.
Now I want to read an alternate history where this is actually true! lol
5 Secrets Only Two Living People Know
I WANT THIS COAT. But it's rather (ridiculously) out of my price range...
Civil-War-era stereoview photos! I just wish they had them in a side-by-side format rather than animation: the animations go so fast on Firefox they kinda make me feel sick.
I love the joint show ads they showed on usa awhile back. I never saw this one! (I love how Neal manages to catch his glass. lol)
And finally: check out this (very) short story about the study of literature. :P