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...ights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mermaids -- Voyage of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage -- The Romans pass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empire....

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...THE CHRISTIANIZING OF THE GLOBE. DESCRIBING SUPERSTITIONS APPERTAINING TO THE SEA AND THE OBSTACLES WHICH STRANGE BELIEFS OPPOSED TO EXTENDED VOYAGE... ...MPRISING ALSO AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Centur... ...Among the mermaids -- Voyage of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commer... ... human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthage -- Venice the mistress of the sea -- Beliefs respecting the earth's shape -- Teachings of the great p... ...t the door of knowledge -- Tales of goblins damned -- The hand of Satan on the sea - - Beliefs of the middle ages -- The awe of boundless perspective ... ... always fatal -- Lucky and unlucky days, names, and events -- Forebodings, and fortune amulets -- Witches and storm- breeders -- Mermaids, sirens and ... ...ge to a noble lady -- Return to Mexico with additional honors -- He wastes his fortunes in fruitless expeditions -- -- Divested of all authority -- Pr... ...nistic settlement -- Occupation by the English and French of many islands -- A fort built at Tortuga -- Capture of the place by Spaniards and massacre... ...d valorous, the Buccaneers are always ready for a fight 267- 274 CHAPTER XXIV. Fortification of the Robbers' nest. -- Tortuga the great stronghold -- ...

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...since her own mother’s death when she was only three years old. Rosita had come to Cornwall some forty years ago from Spain, following her English s... ...to India. I could not envisage life without you now, my darling Rosita. Will you brave that long sea journey and all those strange people to be with... ...r William French, an ancestor of Sir Terence who, like many adventurers to the East, had made his fortune in India in the early 18th century. ‘On h... ... ancestor, who had set up this strange bequest and, furthermore, stipulated in his Will that his fortune would revert to the heirs of Chandra Lal in... ...dicine. He was so proud of her achievements in this male-dominated profession. So now if it was, fortuitously, her father’s wish that she should mar... ...len and Rosita watched with tears filling their eyes as the tugs steered the Prince George out to sea and the tall figure of Sir Terence disappeared... ...sing ferocity of the gale, as the ship bucked and reared in the troughs and crests of the raging sea, like a wild stallion endeavouring to shake off... ...h?‘ The voyage continued without too much further drama except for the appearance in the Arabian Sea of several Arab dhows, obviously slave ships, ... ...side the ship, with elegant dives and arced jumps over the water. It was a beautiful evening, the sea calm, the setting sun shimmering on the waves ...

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...DEATH OF BENEDICT ARNOLD ACT I The margin of the Hu&son at West Point. Fort Putnam and the Highlands in the distance. A fig is $uttering on the ... ...estless, endlessly moving ! Thralls of the circling ocean, waves of the sea - Attend your Father Hudson, the Ageless, the Majestic! [ 9 I TREA... ...toop, daughters of ether, ye clouds of the mountains ! Rise, sons of the sea, most ancient re- tainers, Flow towards your father's need! the Rive... ..., Down the mountains, Through the fountains, We are streaming, steaming forth; We, the children of your will, Born to serve you, and to fill All... ...nd thought of everything, From the mossy citadels, And the cities of the sea; Timeworn tales of prophecy We are bringing in our singing To your n... ... he' plans of all the out-posts to the dot, And every man on duty in the Fortress. I: 97 I TREASON AND DEATH Andre'. The general is in Hartford?... ...ith Arnold.] Till we meet again. Arnold. [With a gesture.] There in the fort! Sir Henry on his horse, And Andr6 like a Genius at his side, Guidin... ...norable death. This is thi twentieth year of sodden Fighting by land and sea and soldier's As hot as heart could wish, - boy gen- s, in Holland, F... ... open book, and a child may read it. Arno2d. I would not speak; but the sea-bottom of me [ 58 I OF BENEDICT ARNOLD Is being raked to the surface...

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...re in Paris in 1912, forgers passed 6 replicas as the original, selling them for a fortune. The painting was rediscovered in 1915. Henri Matis... ...ntis Atlantis (or Atlantica) was described in antiquity as a large island in the sea to the west of the known world (the Western Ocean), near the... ...onspiracy theorists place Atlantis all over the map - from an island in the Aegean Sea (Thera, or Santorini it suffered an earthquake in 1640 BC an... ...d then she survived a Caesarean section by one, Dr. James Barlow. The baby was less fortunate. In the meantime, the French obstetrician Baudeloq... ...nia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas - joined them only after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. Two - Kentucky and Missouri - secede... ...s was the first elected - was six years, not four as was the case in the Union. Fort Sumter was not the first attack of the Confederacy on the U... ...alled MSK. Seaquakes are earthquakes that start on land and then travel into the sea at the speed of sound (about 1.5 kilometers per second). ... ...of US dollars. Casualties: 5700 killed and 3000 injured. Side effects: Seismic sea waves (tsunamis) struck Hawaii, Japan, and the Pacific coast... ...enter - damaged extensively. Casualties: 10,000 killed. Side effects: Seismic sea waves (tsunamis) struck Hawaii, Japan, and the Pacific coast...

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...st basic questions about the purpose of life. They turn to Eastern teachings, fortune-telling, magic and mysticism. And some turn to Kabbalah. Becau... ...erent teachings, often following more than one teaching at a time. Astrology, fortune-telling, numerology, magic, witchcraft, spells, evil eye—all t... ...e speaking level of the spiritual pyramid, has only been around for the past forty thousand years or so. When humanity completes its evolution of t... ...Reshimot. This active approach is called “the path of Light,” because our ef- forts connect us to the Creator, to the Light, instead of to our prese... ...climate savvy. Hot topics nowadays are climate change, global warming, rising sea levels, and the start of the new hurricane season. The (Narrow) ... ...deprivation during internship, hoping it will eventually pay off in fame and fortune. Sometimes the calculation of immediate pain for fu- ture gain ...

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...d was the man who revealed to the world the law of love. Until the age of forty, Rabbi Akiva was an illiterate shepherd who led an ordinary life. He... ... point, Rabbi Akiva worked as the shep- - herd for Kalba Savua. Around age forty, he began to feel an uncontrollable urge to know the meaning of life... ... to the speaking level of the pyramid, has only been around for the past forty thousand years or so. When humanity completes its evolution of the f... ... savvy. Hot topics nowa- - days are climate change, global warming, rising sea levels, and the start of the new hurricane season. “The Big Thaw” is w... ...rivation during internship, hoping it will eventually pay off in fame or fortune, or (preferably) both. Sometimes the calculation of immediate pain ... ...to dream. And best of all, we wouldn’t feel that we were making any ef- - fort to achieve them. Birds of a Feather In Chapter Five, we talked about t...

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...y until the taxi driver spoke, parting his thoughts like Moses and the Red Sea or Buddha sabotaging a bit of the recycle factory of the human soul. ... ...15, often began to stretch like a 26 year old fetus locked up in a heavily fortified placenta. He would feel how disparaged Jatupon often felt. He w... ...could not be read unless, like many superstitious Thais, he were to seek a fortuneteller-mendicant sitting on a sheet or straw mat on a sidewalk or in... ...k winter that makes homeless dogs and cats shiver before temple walls when fortunate enough to wander into such an animal sanctuary. Learning had bee... ...vers in every city popped amphetamines; and so to him it had been vitamins fortifying him against depression and lethargy. As he walked with hi... ...looked at the bodies on the floor. "Everyone is separated out into little forts. The others are under two different nets," it flared its voice in a q... ...y seat so that you can look out?" "I'd get sick looking out onto that sea of clouds for long." "Why do you want to go to New York City?" ...

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...in the middle of the exodus from Egypt, standing at the shore before the Red Sea opened. We needn’t hide our negative attributes; only use them crea... ... 52 Some people want quiet lives. Others want to grow and search for fame and fortune. Everything that distinguishes one person from an- other is emb... ... said that before one studies Kab- balah one must also be proficient in Torah, forty years old or more, and so on. The Book of Zohar can only be stud... ...to The Study of the Ten Sefirot that the Creator rests man’s hand on the good fortune and tells him: “Choose this for yourself.” T H E S T U DY O F... ...rary, they emphasize it. They do it so that others will realize that their ef- forts are meant to enable them to discover for themselves what is alway... ...esires for ourselves. It is a special moment, called “the crossing of the Red Sea,” that comes after the exodus from Egypt, meaning after one has be... ...ich is a very natural thing for a Kabbalist. If that disciple had gone to the Sea of Galilee and drunk the water, he would not have attained any spi... ...the sensation of the spiritual world. This is called “the crossing of the Red Sea.” That concludes the first phase of our develop- ment, after which ... .............................................................219 Crossing the Red Sea ......................................................................

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...le is in this world, what we should do, and within how much time. There is no fortune teller who can reveal this. Kabbalists, however, can do it, bu... ...s even the slightest conscious connection with the Creator, that person is a fortunate individual. All the situations that we experience in spiritua... ... called “birth,” the acquisition of the screen; it is the crossing of the Red Sea that separates between Egypt and the Land of Israel. Only the aim ... ... there, reveals how souls bond and sepa- rate. It can be compared to a welling forth, a continuous flow, transition T H E PAT H O F K A B B A L A H ... ...people want. Many people ask me about the future, but I tell them to go see a fortune teller. What I can do is advise about what one should do, but i... ...ot limited by egoism. Altruism is a special characteristic that can be called forth to cor- rect the vessel. Egoism brings nothing good—just consider... ...y above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.' And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the w... ...ur image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all t...

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...i la eldonejo, faranta per tiuĉi libro la plej grandan ĝisnunan eldonistan fortostreĉon en E-ujo. Tion ĉi povis riski nur kun la plej r ma kredo je l... ...rtostreĉon en E-ujo. Tion ĉi povis riski nur kun la plej r ma kredo je la forto kaj estonteco de nia movado. Kaj ni devas mencii ankaŭ tiun milon da ... ...as ĝuste taksi nur post komparo de la tiama kaj nuna situacio, donas al ni forton por daŭrigi la komencitan vojon ĝis la triumfa venko. Enciklopedio d... ...n epopeon: la entuziasmigan epopeon de nia movado de “esperantoj” . Se nia fortostreĉa laboro estos, krom simpla informilo, ankaŭ entuzi- asmiga insti... ...o, Egiptujo, Palestino, Francujo, Belgujo. Unua prez. de ES de Southend-on-Sea, 1926. Unua sekr. de Rotaria E Amikaro, 1928. Unua prez. de Interligo T... ...ton. Parto de la eksiĝintaj anoj starigis en 1930 la Socialista E-asocion (SEA), kiu pretendis daŭrigi la tradicion de LEA, akceptante kiel membrojn ĉ... ... deĝiaj membroj forlasis la asocion kaj starigis la Socialistan E Asocion (SEA); alia parto restis sen nacia kunligo. Proks. samtempe komenciĝis en SA... ... Reformklubo de S. Kasisto de la fama S. Wednesday Kriketa Klubo. Prez. de SEA dum 14 jaroj. Prez. de EF de Y orkshire, 1921. Prez. de BEA, 1922-31; n... ...sto. Nask 16 jul. 1903, mortis 9 marto 1932. E-isto de 1925. Komitatano de SEA (Shanghai). Propagandis energie en Chinking kaj organizis tie asocion. ...

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... should get their autographs now, while they’re still not worth anything! We could make a fortune selling them on eBay!” “Focus Bob,” Alex playfull... ... House Selaren, your Royal Family!” Assan bowed. The King, Queen and young Prince stepped forth to accept the exuberant ap- plause from their people.... ...nds 29 He hadn’t spoken to his parents in almost two years. They hadn’t made the ef- fort and neither had he. Mitch came from a family of medica... ... As Jack reminded us, they’re not morning people.” Alex looked at her watch. It was five forty-five am. “It wouldn’t hurt to check.” Alex nodded a... ... the Royal compound. The eighty-room stone Palace building was located in the center of a forty-acre compound. The multi-storied, curvilinear struct... ...maria, terribly shaken at hearing those words, turned to see who had spoken them, but the sea of faces became a blur. The images became frightening, ...

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... Depths Outside Goldcrest Fences Civilisation Doorway No Silence Un-Confessional Deer Inattention City Meditation Absence All Kinds Hill-Fort Whitethorn Earth-Flame That Strain, That Churning Un-Managed Alone Find Silence Going Owl-Cries II: The Citadel of Mind Ancestral Mapping Wilderness As Selves River Things The More And Less Mind-Clothes ...

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...apa‘a or Battle of the Empty Guns. 285 -- Skirmish between Ka‘iana and Keouaku‘ahu‘ula in Ka‘u. 287 -- Kahekili and Ka‘eokulani Form Alliance. 290 -- Sea-Going Forces of O‘ahu and Kaua‘i Journey to Hawai‘i. 292 -- Forces Cross the ‘Alenuihaha Channel and Desecrate Waipi‘o. 294 -- Kamehameha Readies Response to Raiding Armies. 297 -- Battle of the Red-Mouthed Cannon Commenc...

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...apa‘a or Battle of the Empty Guns. 285 -- Skirmish between Ka‘iana and Keouaku‘ahu‘ula in Ka‘u. 287 -- Kahekili and Ka‘eokulani Form Alliance. 290 -- Sea-Going Forces of O‘ahu and Kaua‘i Journey to Hawai‘i. 292 -- Forces Cross the ‘Alenuihaha Channel and Desecrate Waipi‘o. 294 -- Kamehameha Readies Response to Raiding Armies. 297 -- Battle of the Red-Mouthed Cannon Commenc...

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...g 20 March 1984, $210 million, about 63% of central government budget Ionian Sea Sec rtf ionil map V Geography Total area: 28,750 km 2 ; land area: 27... ... Land boundaries: 716 km total Coastline: 362 km Maritime claim: Territorial sea: 15 nm Boundary disputes: none; Kosovo question with Yugoslavia; Nort... ...tion Special notes: strategic location on Strait of Otranto linking Adriatic Sea to Mediter- ranean Sea Population: 3,085,985 (July 1987), average ann... ...ending 31 December 1986, 1 billion leks; 10.6% of total budget Mediterranean Sea Set rt|ioiul mip VII Geography Total area: 2,381,740 km 2 ; land area... ...and boundaries: 6,260 km total Coastline: 998 km Maritime claim: Territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry sum... ...Abraham RODRIGUEZ, First Presidential Designate (since September 1984); Rene FORTIN, Magafla, Second Presidential Designate (since September 1984) Suf... ...ties in the French National Assembly and two senators in the Senate Capital: Fort-de-France Administrative divisions: 3 arrondisse- ments; 34 communes... ...ays: 1,680 km total; 1,300 km paved, 380 km gravel and earth Ports: 1 major (Fort-de-France), 5 minor Civil air: no major transport aircraft Airfields...

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...ws. Growl on, spew on, beat and tramp—tomorrow’s sun will return and the sea’s eye will glitter and I will gaze across the bay—and Alcaeus will not ... ...ry mar- ble. Afterwards, we lay down and slept, and I dreamed of a ship at sea, her mast broken, her tangled sail and rigging dragging. Will the war... ...ame. Shouts went up. A chorus began. Voices caught our song, way out at sea, assuring us that these were not phantoms. Alcaeus? Ten years ago, a... ... to watch his blundering progress. The chorus had dwindled—only those at sea, the far off crews, still carried the hymn. I could not remain any lon... ...ntly we climbed the stairs to his room, his clothes rough against me, his sea smell around me. We passed his library that held the books he had love... ... even as it happened. We tossed our blankets on the sand, dashed back and forth to the water’s edge, splashed each other, then arranged ourselves in... ...ushing, our hair streaming around us—a gull on the shore padding back and forth, scolding. Atthis won, but Anaktoria had the loveliest breasts, so r... ...as under attack for opposing the aristocrats.” Round and round, back and forth, we talked: what might have been, what should have been: “If he had... ...has been a dreadful ordeal. I can hardly describe the events of this past fortnight. I had barely recovered from the shock of Aesop’s death, when wo...

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...t contention, art or study; for it is myselfe I pourtray. My imperfections shall thus be read to the life, and my naturall forme discerned, so farre-forth as publike reverence hath permitted me. For if my fortune had beene to have lived among those nations which yet are said to live under the sweet liberty of Nature's first and uncorrupted lawes, I assure thee, I would m...

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... true faile it V. Whether the Captaine of a Place Besieged ought to sallie forth to Parlie VI. That the Houre of Parlies is dangerous VII. That our ... ...ne's Essays XXXII. To avoid Voluptuousnesse in regard of Life XXXIII. That Fortune is oftentimes met withall in pursuit of Reason XXXIV. Of a Defect i... ... tongue (though many-times with a jerke of the French Iargon) wouldset it forth to the best service I might; and to better I might not, then You tha... ...I say not you tooke pleasure at shore (as those in this Author) to see me sea-tosst, wether-beaten, shippe-wrackt, almost drowned (Mon. lib. iii.c. ... ...gli me peregrino errante, e fra gli scoglii e l'onde agitato, al furor do Fortuna, e benignamente guidi in porto di salute e pace (Tasso Gior. can. ... ..., caused his torture to cease, and secretly sent him to be drowned in the sea. Surely, man is a wonderful, vaine, divers, and wavering subject: it is... ...ned those noble and worthy Captaines, that returned victoriously from the sea-battell, which they (neere the Iles Arginusæ) had gained of the Maceden... ... most contested, bloodie and greatest fight the Grecians e ver obtained by sea with their owne forces: forsomuch as after the victory, they had rathe... ... taste o f the verie same sauce. For Chabrias, Captaine Generall of their sea-fleet, having afterward obtained a famous victory of Pollis, Admirall ...

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...is part of a publicly traded corporation that is itself a subsidiary of a Fortune Global 500 energy and manufacturing conglomerate based in China. ... ...e winds originate high in the atmosphere above the Pacifc and descend to sea level and blow reliably and almost constantly across the Hawaiian Isl... ...īki and Moana Surfrider hotels is working with the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program to determine the feasibility of the plan. PHOT... ...d are only found in local waters. PHOTO: COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I SEA GRANT COLLEGE 51 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS From a record breaking ... ...er of the National Academy of Sciences, says life has its origins in the sea in marine microbes that are, to this day, the most abundant life form... ...ssor of Geology and Geophysics Charles “Chip” Fletcher, study aspects of sea-level rise. Fletcher has documented the impact of rising water, beach... ... STUDIES: This U.S. Department of Defense academic institute, located at Fort DeRussy in Waikīkī, is a meeting place for military and civilian rep...

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...tani gov- ernment's authority, beginning the civil war. The war led to a sea of refugees (estimated at the time to be about 10 mil- lion) flooding ... ... Meeting on 25 March: he urged "his people" to turn every house into a fort of resistance. He closed his speech saying, "Our struggle is for ... ...malaya Mountains. As in much of South Asia, monsoon winds bring a rainy sea- son that can last from April to mid-November. Bengal's total area is...

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... by new discoveries, and no new theories or models have successfully been put forth to explain these new discoveries. One fad theory after another ... ...Doing what with its upper limbs while it moves around? Swinging them back and forth of course like the branches of a tree in a breeze. Doing what wi... ... to happen: every snowflake that was once a water molecule that came from the sea flows back down to the ocean and falls back onto the ground and ba... ... their own small town to succeed in the outer world: where they gain fame and fortune: while they are still regarded back home as ‘that upstart, who…... ..., and shorter nomadic routes. They did not make the 1,000-mile trip back and forth twice every year that the wild grazing animals did. 2,000 miles... ...t you didn't notice that the Santa Ana winds were pushing all the smog out to sea. If you come back with some sort of infectious disease, this merel... ...lly balancing itself dynamically while it runs down the river, and out to the sea. But…. If you build a Dam across that river… Then you can use ... ...ing of knowledge in certain fields. But even that is badly flawed. The Dead Sea Scrolls were left to molder for decades in the hands of a single, j... ...ground stores of ionized magma, which this crust of Earth, stone, continents, sea beds, floats on. Some parts of this crust has more ironized minera...