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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! ... ... So reveal documents released in January 2003 by the Public Record Office in the United Kingdom. Trundle is described as a "very charming adventu... ...to (428-347 BC). An Egyptian priest was supposed to have described it to the Greek statesman Solon (638-559 BC). The priest insisted that Atlanti... ... immigrants flooded the new state. Young men in Canada West left in droves for the United States due to a shortage of agricultural land. The 184... ...rants flooded the new state. Young men in Canada West left in droves for the United States due to a shortage of agricultural land. The 1849 Gold ... ...dilapidated resources. By 1849, many Canadians were clamoring to join the United states. An Annexation Association was founded to promote unifica... ...t. Nor was he anti-British. When the Boer war broke out, he organized a volunteer corps of 11,000 Indians to defend the British colony of Natal. ... ...the shy recluse. When Gus was committed to an old people's home, Ed's supply of corpses dried up. To replenish it, he proceeded to murder a stri... ...r ship Britannia of the Anchor Line, carrying 500 passengers, was sunk by a German marine raider, Thor, off the west coast of Africa. The few survi...

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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

...ing Helen, I knew this day would come and I welcome the release from my suffering and hope to be united soon with your beloved mother. My only THE... ...ver them safely to Gavin. Helen understood that besides the crew, there were the usual company of marines and a platoon of a Highland Regiment (some... ...with three beds, an operating theatre, a sluice room and a surgery. The first patient was a gaunt marine, named Roger Quinn, ‘What do you think is w... ...n the heat of June with no water. He wrote of the overpowering stench of urine, vomit, excrement, corpses and sweat and when at last, after ten appa... ...nd are called “garrials”. They are very useful for disposing of the half-charred remains of Hindu corpses, which float down the river from Benares.’... ...te as a sleepy crocodile opened its reptilian eyes and slid down the river bank. Had it spotted a corpse amidst all the flotsam and jetsam of the mu... ...g to curb) many rebels had been allowed to escape. They fled to forts of rebel Princes whose own States had been annexed by the British under Lord ...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...ces where the Portugales abated the pride of the Indians, they found some states observing this universall and inviolalile law, that what enemie soev... ...brio sibi habere videtur. -- 1 LUCRET. 1. v. 1243. A hidden power so mens states hath out-worne Faire swords, fierce scepters, signes of honours bor... ...awyers, breath- sellers, and pettifoggers, and joyned to the three ancient states, to wit, the Clergy, the Nobility, and the Communaltie; which fourt... ...uld presently linde the spring and motion of it. Our mindes have jumped so unitedly together, they have with so fervent an affection consideredof eac... ...was my man; who besides his owne report, hath many times shewed me divers Mariners and Merchants, whom hee had knowne in that voyage. So am I please... ...uperioritie he had amongst his countriemen (for he was a Captaine and our Mariners called him King), he told me it was to march foremost in any char... ...d were so rudely, churlishly, and villainously used by the passengers and marines, who besides infinite other indignites, loitred so long on the sea... ...have, that he will once more adventure to charge these re-enforced und re-united forces, and new armed wit h despite and vengeance, that durst not, ... ...law of our life. Can a man see from one same Schoole and Discipline, more united and like customes and fashions to proceed? View but the horrible im...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

..., Fishes of every colour, form, and kind; Which language cannot paint, and mariner Had never seen; from dread Leviathan To insect millions peopling ev... ... By Owen Chace of Nantucket, First Mate of said vessel. New York, 1821. “A mariner sat in the shrouds one night, The wind was pip- ing free; Now brigh... ...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanist... ...hing like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanistan.” Th... ...s heard in the entry; the door was flung open, and in rolled a wild set of mariners enough. Enveloped in their shaggy watch coats, and with their head... ... slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro lik... ...pon which Linnaeus would fain have banished the whales from the waters, he states as follows: “On account of their warm bilocular heart, their lungs, ... ...Coffin, of Nantucket, both messmates of mine in a certain voyage, and they united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficie... ...ow? Or, to the unread, unsophisticated Protestant of the Middle Ameri- can States, why does the passing mention of a White Friar or a White Nun, evoke...

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...e, Fishes of every color, form, and kind; Which language cannot paint, and mariner Had never seen; from dread Leviathan To insect millions peopling ev... ...” By Owen Chase of Nantucket, first mate of said vessel. New York. 1821. “A mariner sat on the shrouds one night, The wind was piping free; Now bright,... ...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL. “BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANIST... ...hing like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL. “BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN.” Th... ...as heard in the entry; the door was flung open, and in rolled a wild set of mariners enough. Enveloped in their shaggy watch coats, and with their head... ... slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like... ...pon which Linnaeus would fain have banished the whales from the waters, he states as follows: “On account of their warm bilocular heart, their lungs, ... ... Coffin, of Nantucket, both messmates of mine in a certain voyage, and they united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficien... ...snow? Or, to the unread, unsophisticated Protestant of the Middle American States, why does the passing mention of a White Friar or a White Nun, evoke...

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume One

By: Alexandre Dumas

... word,” said Caderousse, from whose mind the friendly treatment of Dantes, united with the effect of the excellent wine he had partaken of, had efface... ...illes.” “Before he entered the merchant service, had he ever served in the marines?” “Oh, no, monsieur, he is very young.” “How old?” Alexandre Dumas... ... you served under the usurper?” “I was about to be mustered into the Royal Marines when he fell.” “It is reported your political opinions are extreme,... ...e baron, but the fright of the courtier pleaded for the forbearance of the statesman; and besides, as matters were, it was much more to his advantage ... ...ized the dream of Machiavelli and Caesar Borgia, which was to make Italy a united kingdom.” “Monsieur,” returned the inspector , “providence has chang... ...isted of a plan of his own cell and that of Dantes, with the passage which united them. In this pas- sage he proposed to drive a level as they do in m... ...lly darker; half an hour after, the night was quite dark. Fortunately, the mariners were used to these latitudes, and knew every rock in the Tuscan Ar... ...ve inspired not only the pontifical govern- ment, but also the neighboring states, with such extreme fear, that they are glad of all opportunity of ma... ...r- ences during the Carnival, knowing full well that among the differ- ent states and kingdoms in which this festivity is celebrated, Rome is the spot...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

... seduce young and enthusiastic minds to the cause in which they were found united, although wisdom and reason frowned upon the en- terprise. The adven... ...esistance. If the unhappy prince gave implicit faith to the professions of statesmen holding such notions, which is implied by his whole conduct. 11 ... ...swork says that he believes he was very familiar with your father, whom he states to have been called Ralph Latimer of Langcote Hall, in Westmoreland;... ...grat nor grained, 118 Redgauntlet but gaed about the house looking like a corpse, but direct- ing, as was his duty, a’ the order of the grand funeral... ... father; ‘and you, who are acquainted with the forms, know that the client states the cause to the agent—the agent to the counsel’— ‘The counsel to th... ... which the elder Mr. Fairford had expected and desired. The young men were united by the closest bonds of intimacy; and the more so, that neither of t... ...en on the verge of the water, resem- bling one of those fog-banks on which mariners are said to gaze, uncertain whether it be land or atmospherical de... ..., and a handsome and flourishing pair of boot-garters, as they are called, united the one part of his garments to the other; in fine, a richly-laced s... ...ou a repeating frigate between Summertrees and the laird! Tell that to the marines—the sailors won’t believe it. But you are right to be cautious, sin...

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...in of his Rome in embers; or in thy arrogance to trample on this ill-fated corpse, as the ungrateful daughter trampled on her father Tarquin’s? Tell u... ...te, “that this is done to divert our idle thoughts; and as in well-ordered states games of chess, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion o... ...a, thou hast conquered, for it is impossible to have the heart to deny the united force of so many truths.” Luscinda in her feebleness was on the poin... ... arms make answer that without them laws cannot be maintained, for by arms states are defended, kingdoms preserved, cities protected, roads made safe,... ...ade safe, seas cleared of pirates; and, in short, if it were not for them, states, kingdoms, monarchies, cities, ways by sea and land would be exposed... ...nity of capturing the whole Turkish fleet in harbour was lost; for all the marines and janizzaries that belonged to it made sure that they were about ... ...ee himself on the high-road and in position to be given the com- mand of a corps before long; but Fortune was against him, for where he might have exp... ...ether with other strange things that came to pass in the inn Ah me, Love’s mariner am I On Love’s deep ocean sailing; I know not where the haven lies... ...perfectly, and perceived it was promised to him that he should see himself united in holy and lawful matrimony with his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso, f...

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Ades Web Magazine: Washington, D.C.

By: Manuel Balossi

...Chinatown 164 Federal Triangle 178 Georgetown 200 North Capitol Street 213 United States Capitol 228 Foggy Bottom - gwu Ades Web Magazine 2010/09 W... ...wn 164 Federal Triangle 178 Georgetown 200 North Capitol Street 213 United States Capitol 228 Foggy Bottom - gwu Ades Web Magazine 2010/09 Washingt... ...Al 97 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazine Arlington cemetery - us mArine corps wAr memoriAl 98 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazine t... ... a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazine Arlington cemetery - us mArine corps wAr memoriAl 98 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazine the pent... ...mAssAchusetts Ave - night 212 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazine United States Capitol cApitol hill 214 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web ... ...usetts Ave - night 212 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazine United States Capitol cApitol hill 214 W a s h i n g t o n , D C Ades web magazin...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

.... Cause and Effect can also be defined by Newton’s Third Law of Motion which states: “For every action: there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ... .... Then there would be no black hole at all. Newton’s Third Law of Motion states: “For every action: there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ... ... As far as we know, the only form of Energy which does not exist in all three states of Past-Present-Future is the animal-human awareness of Time in... ...Then eat the ashes and die. The pronouncement of Christian last words over a corpse: “Ashes to Ashes…can be logically explained by our past. Afte... ...hese two sources. If Russia had not bankrupted itself by trying to match the United States in its atomic nuclear capabilities for global destruction... ...hat the highest concentration is at the top, not at the bottom. Today in the United States: 1% of its population holds 40% of its wealth, 4% of its ... ...lation. This is basically, the only fucking difference between Haiti and the United States of America. Does anyone want to understand the significa... ...preme coordinating power-commander-instructor. Is this a good way to train marines or human beings or children? Is that what all the rest of th... ...seen. Every American death was glorified to the hilt. Single deaths of one Marine; were blazed out on National Media. Each single one was honored...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...y always opt for a vacation when they could otherwise work. People in the States still believe that money buys happiness. But when people are survey... ...rish. But I understand there are more problems in the poorer areas of the States and in Latin America where people know that contraception and abort... ...o most religions have had similar mystical experiences--the Hindu who has united with the Brahman through years of correct meditation. The holy Jew,... ...d they speak of their experiences just as do Buddhists or Hindus who have united with the oneness of nature. These saints are close brothers in thei... ...istian nation using the Golden Rule in their foreign policy. Some welfare states may use it in domestic policy, but foreign policy is a different an... ...d what is called ‗the mystical experience‘ in which they believe they have united with God. WHAT IS GOD LIKE? ---―When we say ‗I believe in ... ...Will you budget for giving food to poor countries? Will you send in Peace Corps type people to help people help themselves? Will you forgive the fin... ...egimes of Africa have added millions to the recent international count of corpses. ―Rapes and murders of rural women in Pakistan were coward... ... for a while. ―Then you remember Jenny, she married that merchant marine officer. I guess his months away from women pushed him into the por...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...ling of Capt. Cook -- A fight in the water -- Death of Cook - - Repulse of the mariners -- Forcing a surrender of portions of Cook's body -- Slaughter... ...ave driven animal life towards the tropics? And may we not also infer from the united evidences of lofty mountains, deep valleys, high tablelands, isl... ... which was a large town called Syntra. This has also disappeared. Eratosthenes states that Spain and Barbara were at one time connected, and that the ... ...ved him with signs of hostility, which they manifested by cries and groans. He states that the island had three volcanoes which continually belched fo... ...had been built, and that a sight of one of these monstrous fish frightened his mariners into a condition of panic. ASTOUNDING ADVENTURES OF HANNO. Han... ...arge quadruped, as elephant, rhinoceros, lion, or other dangerous beast, Hanno states that these sentinel snakes would proceed at once to the hut wher... ...ense vessel was propelled by 4000 rowers, besides which she had a crew of 3000 marines, and a great number of servants. The oars used in propelling he... ...ed of extreme cold. On the 26th of May following, the three vessels were again united and entered the South Sea, but were almost immediately dispersed... ...England, France and Holland, and the settlers expected no mercy. Had they been united they might have arrayed twelve hundred men against the fleet and...

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20, 000 Leagues under the Sea

By: Jules Verne

...d America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For som... ...any, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other ... ...iling to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other in 42º ... ...om a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum ... ...ientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum of Natu... ...ng all other suggestions, it becomes necessary to admit the existence of a marine animal of enormous power. “The great depths of the ocean are entirel... ...g kinds, we must necessarily seek for the animal in question amongst those marine beings already classed; and, in that case, I should be disposed to a... ...m, were unanimous on this point. Public opin- ion had been pronounced. The United States were the first in the field; and in New York they made prepar... ...a cabin at your disposal. Very cordially yours, J. B. Hobson, Secretary of Marine. CHAPTER III I FORM MY RESOLUTION THREE SECONDS BEFORE the arrival o...

...Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... and so descended to the grave, after two bailiffs had quarrelled over his corpse. Rebecca was seventeen when she came to Chiswick, and was bound over... ... not particularly lively—but he paraded twice before the box where the now united couples were met, and nobody took any no- tice of him. Covers were l... ...tate. He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in V anity Fair he had a higher place than the m... ...f women. She had pictures of Mr. Fox in every room in the house: when that statesman was in opposition, I am not sure that she had not flung a main wi... ...Sir Pitt was brought to change his views after the death of the great Whig statesman. This worthy old lady took a fancy to Rawdon Crawley when a boy, ... ...itors would have come rushing on him in a body, had they known that he was united to a woman without 168 V anity Fair fortune. “My relations won’t cr... ...ho were the correspondents of your late lamented father. Y ou’ll find us a united, simple, happy, and I think I may say respected, family—a plain tabl... .... It is blowing fresh. The music rises and whistles louder and louder; the mariners go across the stage staggering, as if the ship was in severe motio... ...ose mermaids are about no good, and we had best not ex- amine the fiendish marine cannibals, revelling and feasting on their wretched pickled victims....

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One of Our Conquerors

By: George Meredith

...er than the crowd o’ the passengers, apparently alive and conversible, but corpses, all of them to lie their length in fifteen minutes.’ ‘And you, Fen... ...goes the world before them. And we see how much would be due for this to a corps of ladies like Miss Graves, not allowed to remain too long on the sta... ...less fair woman living under their roof, a contrast of very life, with the corpse and shroud; and she seen by him daily, singing with him, her breath ... ...tence, haunted him, each swelling to possession of him in turn; until they united to head a plunge into retro- spects; which led to his reviewing the ... ...e slight American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of ex... ...t American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of expo- sit... ...e secret, for redemption; if not for preservation. Victor descended on his marine London to embrace his girl, full of regrets at Fredi’s absence from ... ... for our allies. What if it had been, that he and she together, with their united powers … ? He dashed the silly vision aside, as vainer than one of t...

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In the South Seas

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...s easy to the Polynesian; it is now taught, besides, in the schools 9 Robert Louis Stevenson of Hawaii; and from the multiplicity of British ships, a... ...pertaining to this life and to that which is to come. ‘How shall I repay your great kindness to me? Thus David asked of Jehovah, and thus I ask of you... ...ing to this life and to that which is to come. ‘How shall I repay your great kindness to me? Thus David asked of Jehovah, and thus I ask of you, the P... ...I was aware of land again, not only on the weather bow, but dead ahead. I played the part of the judicious landsman, holding my peace till the last mo... ...ore at Taiaro, the Casco sailed by under the fire of unsuspected eyes. And one thing is surely true, that even on these ribbons of land an army might ... ...for a low island, poor; the population neither many nor—for Low Islanders—industrious. But the lagoon has two good passages, one to leeward, one to wi... ...e steep beach, over all the width of the reef right out to where the surf is bursting, in every cranny, under every scattered fragment of the coral, a... ...ns and enemies; the church was once more rent asunder; and a new sect, the Kanitu, issued from the division. Since then Kanitus and Israelites, like t... ... rowdy vassals of Karaiti. The effect lingered for some time on the minds of the traders; it was with the approval of all present that I helped to dra...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...elow. The World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to me... ...he World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet thei... ... Tunisia 246 Turkey 247 Turks and Caicos Islands 249 Tuvalu 250 U Uganda 251 United Arab Emirates 252 United Kingdom 253 United States 255 Uruguay 257... ...9 Tuvalu 250 U Uganda 251 United Arab Emirates 252 United Kingdom 253 United States 255 Uruguay 257 Vanuatu 259 Vatican City 260 Venezuela 261 Vietnam... ...abwe 273 Taiwan 274 West Bank and Gaza Strip 276 vii Page Appendixes A. The United Nations System 278 B. International Organizations 279 C. Country M... ... of Yemen (South Yemen) UAE United Arab Emirates UK United Kingdom US United States USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) YAR Yemen ... ...4 nm Extended economic zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly low-lying w... ...tline: about 72 km Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: flat with a few hi... ...ation Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 3 nm Climate: tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream Terrain: long, flat, cora...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...6 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication ... ...brary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data ... ...ayed on his dining room walls. Of hide and metal, in various shapes, they united the room and its glazing lamps and candles. I felt myself the focal... ...res of rivers and their permanency. These studies should be of value to mariners. Francesco finds that much of the information I had recorded is s... ... no doubt the swiftest. The jig maker’s safest. The priest’s dullest. The mariner’s loneliest. The lover’s saddest. VOICES FROM THE PAST 404 ... ...white mas- ters. In the same year, there were 56,649 mulattoes in the free states; but for the most part they were not born there—they came from the ... ...; but for the most part they were not born there—they came from the slave states. During this year, the slave states had 348,847 mulattoes, all of h... ...kbirders will find slave trade dangerous and unprosper- ous, with both the United States and England patrolling the seas. If I accomplish nothing mor... ...y, the whole constabulary force of the city police, the entire disposable marine of the United States, with its artillery loaded for action, all mar...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...re is not much difference between the embryo and the comatose. A typical contract states the rights of the parties. It assumes the existence of pa... ...ion (state vector) in quantum mechanics – the represent millions of potential final states (=millions of potential embryos and lives). The fetus is ... ... kin and kith. Note - The Exclusionary Conscience The self-identity of most nation-states is exclusionary and oppositional: to generate solidarity,... ...ys been the most fervent anti-Semites. Jews are not so much a race as a community, united in age-old traditions and beliefs, lore and myths, histor... ...y. This viral hijacking of the host country's agenda is particularly evident in the United States where the interest of Jewry and of the only super... ...are no exception. Jews are, indeed, over-represented in certain professions in the United States. But they are under-represented in other, equally ... ...: I. Non-consensual consumption of human flesh post- mortem For example, when the corpses of prisoners of war are devoured by their captors. This ... ... as his dead body, does he "own" it, does the state have any rights in it? Does the corpse stll retain its previous occupant's "personhood"? Are cad... ... place to women and children? Should not he have obeyed the captain's orders (=the marine law)? Should we succumb to laws that put our lives at ris...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...re is not much difference between the embryo and the comatose. A typical contract states the rights of the parties. It assumes the existence of pa... ...ion (state vector) in quantum mechanics – the represent millions of potential final states (=millions of potential embryos and lives). The fetus is ... ... kin and kith. Note - The Exclusionary Conscience The self-identity of most nation-states is exclusionary and oppositional: to generate solidarity,... ...ys been the most fervent anti-Semites. Jews are not so much a race as a community, united in age-old traditions and beliefs, lore and myths, histor... ...y. This viral hijacking of the host country's agenda is particularly evident in the United States where the interest of Jewry and of the only super... ...are no exception. Jews are, indeed, over-represented in certain professions in the United States. But they are under-represented in other, equally ... ...: I. Non-consensual consumption of human flesh post- mortem For example, when the corpses of prisoners of war are devoured by their captors. This ... ... as his dead body, does he "own" it, does the state have any rights in it? Does the corpse stll retain its previous occupant's "personhood"? Are cad... ... place to women and children? Should not he have obeyed the captain's orders (=the marine law)? Should we succumb to laws that put our lives at ris...

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Executive Summary of the Disclosure Project Briefing Document

By: Steven M. Greer

... Merle Shane McDow: US Navy Atlantic Command Lt. Col. Charles Brown: US Air Force (Ret.) "Dr. B" Lance Corporal Jonathan Weygandt: US Marine Corps Maj. George A. Filer, III: US Air Force (Ret.) Nick Pope: British Ministry of Defense Official Larry Warren: US Air Force, Security Officer Sgt. Clifford Stone: US Army Master Sgt. Dan Mo...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...Williams been filled in and realized, she would have seen something in the corpse-like face, and heard something in the sinister voice, that would hav... ...m now in the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreea... ...n the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreeable as ... ..., he had busied himself in piling the clothes elaborately over the child’s corpse. This incident undeniably gave the character of a vindictive proceed... ...f sea-board (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may ev... ...oard (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may even die ... ... was fit for any thing, from the wooden shoon of Cambridge up to the Horse Marines. Now, on the other hand, you, common-place reader, that (as an old ... ...ot bearing the technical name of theatre) were included. All these must be united to compose a build- ing such as that which received the vast audienc... ...1 On which account, I am the more struck by the ignoble argument of those statesmen who have contended in the House of Commons that such and such cla...

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The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas

...ers, he met in the antechamber three young men, serving in the illustrious corps into which he was soliciting the honor of being received, bearing the... ...ring, not only from all the provinces of France, but even from all foreign states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not uncommon for Richelieu an... ...Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing another three or fo... ...h of whom he had before had business, and who both knew him again; so they united against him and hanged him on a tree. Then they came and boasted of ... ...l, then I shall hope for one of those events which change the destinies of states.” “If your Eminence would quote to me some one of these events in hi... ...Athos, “he whom we send must pos- sess in himself alone the four qualities united.” “But where is such a lackey to be found?” “Not to be found!” cried... ...e a judge enter to interrogate her. But no one entered except two or three marines, who brought her trunks and packages, deposited them in a cor- ner,... ...d him, shutting the door after him. One instant after, the heavy step of a marine who served as sentinel was heard in the corridor—his ax in his girdl... ...The soldier went out, leaving the dinner served. Felton was sent away. The marines were removed. Felton was then mistrusted. This was the last blow to...

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Don Juan

By: George Byron

...ching, leaving still behind Something of which its masters are afraid, States to be curb’d and thoughts to be confined, Conspiracy or Congress... ...es, making history change its tune, Then spur away o’er empires and o’er states, Leaving at last not much besides chronology, Excepting the po... ... Love’s, and Night’s, and Ocean’s solitude, O’erflow’d her soul with their united power; Amidst the barren sand and rocks so rude She and her ... ... their witness, and the cave their bed, By their own feelings hallow’d and united, Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed: And they were... ... finish’d by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage; The future states of both are left to faith, For authors fear description might ... ...weather, He caged in one huge hamper altogether. Then having settled his marine affairs, Despatching single cruisers here and there, His ves... ... and thunder ‘Nay!’ I don’t think that you used Kinnaird quite well In Marinet’s affair — in fact, ‘t was shabby, And like some other things w... ... wrong, To aid the damsel and destroy the caitiff; Opposing singly the united strong, From foreign yoke to free the helpless native: Alas... ...e vacant part? There lies the rub—and this they are but weak in. Frail mariners afloat without a chart, They run before the wind through hig...

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Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Bill Clinton

... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. T... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. This Por... ...ronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Electronic Classics ... ...ransmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Electronic Classics Series ... ...TIVE OATH OF OFFICE.........370 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 3 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STAT... ...TH OF OFFICE.........370 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 3 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM... ...n. I need not call into view the unlawful ness of the practice by which our mariners are forced at the will of every cruising officer from their own ... ... the parade and the inaugural ball later that day, John Philip Sousa led the Marine Corps band. The ball was held at the Smithsonian Institution’s new... ...g ago made themselves safe against danger from without and secured for their mariners and flag equality of rights on all the seas. Under this Constitu...

Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

...c. Title Guaranty of Hawaii, Inc. Tori Richard, Ltd. Ultimate Innovations United Laundry Services, Inc. Watumull Stores Yobi Group, LLC Bank of Hawai... ...mployees (AFSCME), Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) and United Public Workers (UPW) DFS Group Hawaii Pacific Health Hilton Hawaiian... ...its dependence on oil. Hawai‘i is the most petroleum- dependent of the 50 states – 90 percent of its power-grid electricity is generated by importe... ...bie. “Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals are among the most aggressive in the United States and we intend to reach them with policies and incentives tha... ...Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals are among the most aggressive in the United States and we intend to reach them with policies and incentives that enco... ... three Hawai‘i electric-utility companies among the Top 10 in the United States for solar-power installations in 2010. Even in fog, Sopogy create... ... from California to Africa’s east coast, f rom Arctic to Antarctica) 10 Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i 11 Schofeld Barracks (U.S. Army, 25th Infantry Di... ...is dedicated to understanding the biological and ecological diversity of marine microorganisms. C-MORE director David Karl, a member of the Nation... ...he National Academy of Sciences, says life has its origins in the sea in marine microbes that are, to this day, the most abundant life forms on Ea...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Two

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...or two motives, each of a given value, have not, necessarily, a value when united, equal to the sum of their values apart. There are numerous other ma... ...ach square yard, gives 2,230,272,000 Pigeons. — “Travels in Canada and the United States,” by Lieut. F . Hall. 34 Poe in Five V olumes “‘No sooner ha... ...are yard, gives 2,230,272,000 Pigeons. — “Travels in Canada and the United States,” by Lieut. F . Hall. 34 Poe in Five V olumes “‘No sooner had we go... ...formed calculations of so vast an extent that they would have required the united labor of fifty thousand fleshy men for a year.** But a still more wo... ... magicians, by means of a fluid that no- body ever yet saw, could make the corpses of his friends brandish their arms, kick out their legs, fight, or ... ...is pillow and expired. I noticed that in less than a minute afterward his corpse had all the stern rigidity of stone. His brow was of the coldness of... ...d my mind. At one period I thought 86 Poe in Five V olumes of cutting the corpse into minute fragments, and destroying them by fire. At another, I re... ...le, having insuperable and impenetrable walls of foliage, a roof of ultra- marine satin, and no floor—the keel balancing itself with ad- mirable nicet...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Three

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...e Three NARRATIVE OF A. GORDON PYM INTRODUCTORY NOTE UPON MY RETURN to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure... ... NARRATIVE OF A. GORDON PYM INTRODUCTORY NOTE UPON MY RETURN to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure in the... ...ers had died about eleven in the forenoon, in violent convulsions; and the corpse presented in a few minutes after death one of the most horrid and lo... ...me on with great fury, and the design was aban- doned for the present. The corpse, left to itself, was washed into the larboard scuppers, where it sti... ...er as far as we could on the ladder, and giving a pull against it with our united strength, succeeded in breaking it down. The third attempt was equal... ...ter, or that the eating of some unknown venomous species of fish, or other marine animal, or oceanic bird, might have induced it—but it is utterly use... ...igator, and this, too, without encountering extraordinary difficulties. He states that although he was fre- quently hemmed in by ice before reaching t... ...in America, and for the purpose of making me her heir, paid a visit to the United States, in company with a dis- tant and exceedingly lovely relative ... ...ica, and for the purpose of making me her heir, paid a visit to the United States, in company with a dis- tant and exceedingly lovely relative of her ...

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What Is Man and Other Essays of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

... as well as English, and that answered very well. English and alien poets, statesmen, artists, heroes, battles, plagues, cataclysms, revolutions—we sh... ...grew with a rush; it brought inspiration and cheer with it. Midnight saw a united community, full of zeal and pluck, and with a clearly defined and we... ...is secure. The commercial millionaire may become a beggar; the illustrious statesman can make a vital mistake and be dropped and forgotten; the illust... ... Spain. America consists from north to south about five hundred miles. The United States is quite a small country compared with some other countrys, b... ... America consists from north to south about five hundred miles. The United States is quite a small country compared with some other countrys, but it a... ... with some other countrys, but it about as industrious. The capital of the United States is Long Island. The five seaports of the U.S. are Newfunlan a... ...Boatswain! BOATSWAIN. Here, master; what cheer? MASTER. Good, speak to the mariners: fall to ‘t, yarely, or we run ourselves to ground; bestir, besti... ...fall to ‘t, yarely, or we run ourselves to ground; bestir, bestir! ( Enter Mariners .) BOATSWAIN. Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare,... ...uaintance with the technicalities of other crafts and callings, notably of marine and military affairs, was also extraordinary, and yet no one has sus...

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The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

...overnment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehend... ...nt, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in ... ...rivate circles of those who oppose the new Constitution, that the thirteen States are of too great extent for any general system, and that we must of ... ...he prosperity of the people of America depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes, prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizen... ...or safety and happiness in union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States into distinct confederacies or sovereign- ties. However extraordinar... ...at Provi- dence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people—a people descended from the same ances- tors, speaking the sa... ...falls within the first descrip- tion. An insular situation, and a powerful marine, guarding it in a great measure against the possibility of foreign i... ..., and would possess all the means, requisite to the creation of a powerful marine. Impressions of this kind will naturally indicate the policy of fost... ...of success. An active commerce, an extensive navigation, and a flourishing marine would then be the offspring of moral and physical necessity. We migh...

...ter an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empi...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...chool, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who, I believe, never attended any... ...ation my father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I ... ...y father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe... ...uld not write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at ... ... write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at West Po... ...afforded, it would not have voted for Jefferson Davis for President of the United 15 U. S. Grant States, over Mr. Lincoln, or any other representativ... ...osition was reached. One of these officers was a Lieutenant Semmes, of the Marine Corps. I think Captain Gore, and Lieutenant Judah, of the 4th infan-... ... three days’ bombardment by the navy an assault was made by the troops and marines, resulting in the capture of the place, and in taking 5,000 prisone... ...t-Commander George Brown commanding, be- low. She met Colonel Ellet of the Marine brigade below Natchez on a captured steamer. Two of the Colonel’s fl...

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

...nterests of eternal justice (and recent friendship), does not apply to the United States of America. There, if one may believe the long and helpless i... ...s of eternal justice (and recent friendship), does not apply to the United States of America. There, if one may believe the long and helpless indignat... ...ds the introductory chapter of the story which, as the author’s dedication states, has inspired an admirable draughtsman and a skilful dramatist, each... ...ct he seems to depart from his sceptical philosophy. But as an illustrious statesman, now no more, a great prince too, with an ironic mind and a liter... ...il n’y a plus d’Europe!” There is, indeed, no Europe. The idea of a Europe united in the solidarity of her dynasties, which for a mo- ment seemed to d... ...kind of beet. He exported this seed, not only with profit (and even to the United States), but with a certain amount of glory which seemed to have gon... ...he Titanic disaster the small tribute of a blush. I ask myself whether the Marine Department of the Board of Trade did really believe, when they decid... ...than ever before. She was a ship commanded, manned, equipped—not a sort of marine Ritz, proclaimed unsinkable and sent adrift with its casual populati... ... toil, belonging neither to earth nor sea, I greet with joy the advent for marine purposes of the internal combustion engine. The disappear- ance of t...

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Two Years before the Mast, And Twenty-Four Years After: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana

...a small schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at a... ... schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at anchor, ... ...alled who speak the English language) who have married Californians, become united to the Catholic church, and acquired considerable property. Havi... ...ure was chiefly turned against a large, heavy moulded fellow from the Middle States, who was called Sam. This man hesitated in his speech, and was ra... ...ng down to the beach. Several people were soon collected to see ‘‘los Ingles marineros,’’ and one of them—a young woman—took a great fancy to my pocke... ... of work, and is out of the way, or hanging back, when duty is to be done. ‘‘Marine’’ is the term applied more partic- ularly to a man who is ignora... ...t of the bystanders, who cried out, ‘‘Bravo!’’ ‘‘Otra vez!’’ and ‘‘Vivan los marineros!’’ but the dancing did not become general, as the women and the... ...acquitted, yet he was so frightened that he never would show himself in the United States again; and I could not persuade him that he could never be ... ...ed, yet he was so frightened that he never would show himself in the United States again; and I could not persuade him that he could never be tried a...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

... Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...MS 215 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and... ...5 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactic... ... of Effort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table o... ...ort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table of Names... ...ingdom. It praised the 1983 suicide bombing in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. Marines, the 1992 bombing in Aden, and especially the 1993 firefight in Som... ...n learning how to use truck bombs such as the one that had killed 241 U.S. Marines in Lebanon in 1983.The relation- ship between al Qaeda and Iran dem... ...ll as some technical intelligence collection.The Army, Navy,Air Force, and Marine Corps have their own intelligence components that collect informatio...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisa...

...2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation?...

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