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Dennis Fong (traditional Chinese: 方鏞欽; simplified Chinese: 方镛钦; pinyin: Fāng Yōngqīn; Jyutping: fong1 jung4 jam1), better known by his online alias Thresh, is an American businessman and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games Quake and Doom.
The victory spear (Preah Lompeng Chey) associated with the legend of Trasak Paem is one of Khmer royal regalia, along with the royal sword called Preah Khan Reach, the dagger called Kris given to the Muslim king of Cambodia, Ramathipadi I by a Malay princess.
Carnwennan ("Little White Hilt") was the dagger of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends. In Culhwch and Olwen, Arthur names it as one of the few things in the world which he will not give to Culhwch. Later, he uses it to slay the witch Orddu, the daughter of the witch Orwen, by slicing her in half. [1]
Spear of Fuchai, the spear used by Goujian's arch-rival King Fuchai of Wu. Yueyachan ( Crescent-Moon-Shovel ), a Monk's spade that is the primary weapon of Sha Wujing . A double-headed staff with a crescent-moon blade at one end and a spade at the other, with six xīzhàng rings in the shovel part to denote its religious association.
Britain’s King Charles III: “It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of former President Carter. He was a committed public servant, and devoted his life to promoting peace and ...
Fuchai [1] [2] (reigned 495–473 BC), sometimes also written Fucha, [3] was the last king of the state of Wu during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.His armies constructed important canals linking the Yellow, Ji, and Huai River systems of the North China Plain with central China's Yangtze River, but he is most remembered in Chinese culture for the role he played in the legends ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
From January 2008 to April 2011, if you bought shares in companies when E. C. “Pete” Aldridge, Jr. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -25.3 percent return on your investment, compared to a -7.3 percent return from the S&P 500.