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Short stories and parables and matching images strewn together in a book.

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-Nu fi de neînlocuit. Dacă nu poţi fi înlocuit, atunci nu o să fii niciodată promovat. -Cine crede în telekinezie, să îmi ridice mâna. -Nu sunt vegetarian pentru că iubesc animalele. Sunt vegetarian pentru că urăsc plantele. -Cum îţi dai seama când rămâi fără cerneală invizibilă? -Care este viteza întunericului? -De ce abreviere este un cuvânt atât de lung? -Intenţionez să trăiesc veşnic. Până acum sunt în grafic....

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Ridere humanum, perseverare divinum ................................. 7 Greutăţile vieţii ..................................................................... 25 Basme repovestite adulţilor .................................................. 37 Vampiriada ............................................................................ 57 Homo tare sapiens ................................................................ 65 Pastile de râs ......................................................................... 79 Femeia, explicată ................................................................ 101 Homofilii .............................................................................. 116 Raporturi caznice ................................................................ 139 Neveste disperate ............................................................... 172 Bătrâni şi neliniştiţi ............................................................. 187 Munca şi consecinţele ei ..................................................... 215 Viaţa la ţară ......................................................................... 227 Român,...

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The Latin Vulgate Bible is a bible originally translated in the late fourth century. Since then many more translations and editions have been published. The image cover for this particular one is from an illuminated chaptered Latin Vulgate Bible c.1250 A.D., from Paris, France that has been handwritten on vellum....

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Passages selected, edited, and adapted into contemporary English by Paul Saintilan. Based on translations of the original German by Michael Grunwald.

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This book contains a collection of poems compiled by the author.

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Semhatarul acestor randuri se ana confruntat cu doua asertiuni. Prima. Cine este Florentin Smarandache? A doua Poetul nu are biografie; poezia este biografia sa Dar a doua asertiune vrea sa 0 elimine pe prima Nemaifiind doua nu se pune problema optiunii. Cand l-ar interesa t~i pe cititor viata unui poet? Un cititor impmimit de poezie ar putea raspunde, "niciodata". Mul, impresionat in mod deosebit de poezia sa ar simti nevoia sa posede unele date lJi despre viata lui. POOlii se impun mai greu lumii cititorilor. Un volum de poezie, in zile bune, are un tiraj de doua, trei mii de exemplare. pupa zece titluri scrise in 15-20 de ani, un poet nu este cunoscut decat in perimetru: celor treizeci de mii de cititori, posesori, uneori al numai unuia din ceIe zece titluri. Daca cei care l-au citit sunt de zece ori mai mu~i, poetul respectiv se poate considera bine situat in con~iinta natiunii. Aceste consideratii pot fi at~e poetilor care au trait in tara lJi lJi-au publicat carte cu carte la editurile roman~i. Nu de acee~i situatie"se bucura" Florentin Smarandache care, din cele cincisprezece titluri aparute, il1i vede doar doua car...

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Time opens; the window of a moment; and watches me.

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This book is a collection of poems compiled together by Florentin Smarandache. Book translates in Romanian---

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Un costaud force une traInee a fuir sa villa. II entretient des relations avec une autredes relations de sang. Le gars court la gueuse jusqu' au bOI-del, ou il est -a la botte d'une prostituee dlkllaussee. Le male lui rcgarde en face son dos puis il met a nu cette femelle deja deshabillee....

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Na Kamalei—He Papahana Ho‘ona‘auao Kamali‘i ia no loko mai o kekahi hui ku i ka ‘auhau ‘ole no ka ‘oiwi Hawai‘i. Aia kekahi i loko o keia ‘ahahui he polokal- amu ho‘ona‘auao makua/kamali‘i no ka lawelawe ‘ana i na ‘ohana o Ko‘olauloa ma ka mokupuni o O‘ahu. Me ke kokua kala ‘ana o ka Administration for Na- tive Americans no ka pahana Na Kama o Ko‘olauLoa, ha‘awi keia ‘ahahui i na ‘ohana i mau lawelawe ‘ohana a me na ha‘awina ho‘ona‘auao ho‘i no ka ulu maika‘i ‘ana o ke keiki kupono ma kona mo‘omeheu a me ka pilina kanaka. ‘O ka haku ‘ana i na mo‘olelo no na ‘ohana i loa‘a na po‘e kamali‘i kekahi hana a makou. Ho‘olako ‘ia no ko makou mau ‘ohana me na mo‘olelo leo ma ko makou kaiaulu. No ia kumu, ho‘opuka ‘ia a‘ela na mo‘olelo kuhohonu no ko makou ‘ano he kanaka maoli—‘o wai kakou a mai hea mai kakou. I keia manawa, paipai aku na po‘e kupuna i ke kuka kama‘ilio ‘ana i na mo‘olelo no ka maika‘i o ka hanauna e hiki mai ana. A‘o pu ‘ia akula na mo‘olelo, ka ho‘ike honua, ka ‘olelo, na loina, a me ka mo‘omeheu i loko o keia mau puke no na po‘e kamali‘i pae makahiki 2-4. Nana nui ‘ia keia pu‘ulu puke ‘ewalu o Na ...

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Vowel pronunciation: Ka Papa Puana The (5) Hawaiian vowels are pronounced similar to the following English words. A sounds like U in UMBRELLA E sounds like E in RED I sounds like E in HE O sounds like O in GO U sounds like OO in MOON...

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Aha Punana LeoHe ahahui auhau ole ka Aha Punana Leo i ho okumu ia i ka makahiki 1983 no ka ho ola ana i ka olelo Hawai i a me ka ho okumu ana i na kula e a o ia i loko wale no o ia olelo. I ia makahiki aku, ua ku ke kula Punana Leo mua loa, ke kula ho olu u olelo oiwi mua loa ho i o Amelika Hui Pu la. Ma hope o ka ho ololi ia ana e ka ohana Punana Leo o kekahi kanawai o ka makahiki 1896 e papa ana i na kula olelo Hawai i, ua lawe ia ke ki ina ho ona auao o ka Punana Leo, a me na keiki puka mua pu o ka papahana, i loko o na kula aupuni. Me ke kako o nui ia e ka Aha Punana Leo, ua hiki akula ia papahana aupuni moku aina a hiki i ka papa umikumalua. I keia wa he umikumakahi kula kamali i Punana Leo e hanai haumana nei a e ho onui nei i ka heluna o na kula olelo Hawai i aupuni. Ua ho okumu Pu ia e ka Aha Punana Leo kekahi mau kula ho okolohua no ka ho ona auao i loko o ka olelo Hawai i ana e malama nei me ka Oihana Ho ona auao a me Ka Ha...

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Enhavo Enkonduko 1 Baal kaj Anat 7 La batalo kontrau la Maro 7 La batalo de Anat. 10 La konstruado de domo 17 La morto kaj revivigo de Baal 26 (Ekstraj tekstoj) 33 (Kelkaj aludoj en la Biblio) 35 Krt 39 Krt akiras edzinon 39 La malsanigo de Krt 46 La resanigo de Krt 50 Aqht 55...

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A compilation of quotes by U.G. Krishnamurti that can alter your life. Someone once said to his daughter who had met U.G., "Damned be the day you met this man; your life will never be the same." Whether we feel cursed or blessed, our coming upon the unique life/energy that is U.G. can change our life forever....

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Les poemcs d'Ovidiu Florentin*, de sa plaquette ... Formuk::i pour I'esprit ,. (editura Litera, Bucuresti, 1981), .. bleus comme I'heure et tendres comme I:l timidite, assaillis de quietude et vaincus d'appels" _ ainsi qu'ji Ie declare: dans !:lno ars poetica d'ouverture : .. Avant Ie propos" -, ayanc quelques "vers herboux, grandis dans Ie duvet ouate d 'un songe ", "au corps vert comme la vie, aux yeux bleus comme I'esperance", .. plus pure que Ia sante" - tel qu'il no us cantie, dans Ia conclusion : "Au - dela du propos", avec des symbolcs heureusement choisis aupres d'une onde distinctive du novecentisme montal - ungarettienne, non assimiIee integralemcoc, nous donnen!, toutefois, Ia certitude d 'une voix Iyrique, se trouvant, ~'{jdemment. en uu permaoent .. etat - de - moi" - comme il nous Ie die daus un titre 'lui se veut uoe Iyro• -definition de I'esprit ( .. L 'esprit est un etat - de - moi .. ) - voix doot oous entendron.s parler dans Ies saisons futures de la poesie roumaine cooccruporaioe, en aucun cas dam Ie registro de c1ameur.!, de mode passagcre, mais, plutOt, psalmodiale....

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Din nevoie deoarece m aflam într'un lagr de refugiaÛi politici in Turcia Õi mi se lungiser ochii dup viza americana de emigrare, viz care se tot lsa aÕteptat pân la disperare! Aproape doi ani de nerbdri Õi descumpniri am înscris în memoria mea... Destui colegi, nerezistând, îÕi luau lumea'n cap Õi fugeau din lagr haihui prin Europa, trecând clandestin frontierele în Grecia Õi-apoi tind-o spre inima continentului în Germania, Belgia, care pe unde nimerea, ba ascunÕi prin tiruri cu marf -- rupând prelata Õi cusând-o la loc --, ba sufocaÛi prin containere de vapoare. În lagrul din Italia au fost cazuri de sinucideri, omul cât era de om nu mai putea îndura tortura psihic la care fusesem supuÕi. Nu Õtiam când vom pleca, nici unde, Õi nici mcar dac vom putea vreodat!! Doi inÕi înebuniser, Õi nu-i mai accepta nici o Ûar... [Acum, când scriu aceste rânduri, simt c m descarc...] PuÛin le psa funcÛionarilor/birocraÛilor ONU de situaÛia noastr!...

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Structura roman; a celui mai frumos pod; care a rezistat unui cutremur -; în timp ce cldirile înalte cdeau precum copacii; - destul de tare s Ûin greutatea; atâtor armate Õi caravane spre vechiul oraÕ; care st la intersecÛia Europei.......

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Contains short excerpts and summaries of Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophies.

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Vizitam mina Queen din oraselul asezat între dealuri, dar cochet, Bisbee. N-am stiut ca pe la începutul secolului Bisbee era cea mai mare localitate din Arizona (datorita mineritului). Mergem cu masina lui Ely, MAZDA ’84 – are deja peste 120.000 de mile la bord. Mina Queen a fost deschisa în 1917, în 1920 electrificata, în 1941 închisa, iar în 1975 refacuta pentru turisti. E grea viata sub pamânt! Nesigura, umezeala, întuneric. Intram la 500 de picioare adâncime pe o lungime de 1800 de picioare cu un trenulet – echipati... minereste: casti pe cap, salopete galbene, baterie cu acumulatori pentru lanterna (saracu’ Sidu, îi atârna sa cada dupa el!)......

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This book contains a collections of poems compiled by the author, Florentin Smarandache.

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Many commenters were in favor of determining whether a search was reasonable on an “ad hoc” or case-by-case basis, whereby each search is evaluated according to its circumstances. This approach was offered as having the advantage of flexibility to cover the wide variety of situations that depend on the type of work and type of use involved. Several others were in favor of a “formal” approach, whereby the copyright owner is required to maintain his contact information in a centralized location, and a user need only search those centralized locations to perform a reasonable search. That approach was offered as being more certain than the “ad hoc” approach....

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This book contains a collection of poems compiled by the author Florentin Smarandache

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This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether or under what conditions the owner would permit use. Where the proposed use goes beyond an exemption or limitation to copyright, the user cannot reduce the risk of copyright liability for such use, because there is always a possibility, however remote, that a copyright owner could bring an infringement action after that use has begun....

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We also recommend one other threshold requirement for a user to qualify for the orphan works limitations on remedies: throughout the use of the work, the user must provide attribution to the author and copyright owner of the work if such attribution is possible and as is reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. The idea is that the user, in the course of using a work for which he has not received explicit permission, should make it as clear as possible to the public that the work is the product of another author, and that the copyright in the work is owned by another....

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Eleven linguistic categories are presented (Murphy’s laws, the clichés, homonyms, tautologies, proverbs, metagrams, translations, definitions, figures of paradoxism, monorhymes, and abbreviations), which afterwards are respectively turned into their corresponding Florentin’s Laws, clichés, homonyms, etc. and exemplified....

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Let’s Make Experiments in Linguistics (General preface) - 6 1. FLORENTIN’S LAWS If anything can go wrong, pass it on to someone else! - 8 1.1. ADVENTURES and VARIATIONs IN MURPHY’s LAW (Preface) - 9 1.2. What and Why Florentin’s law - 11 1.3. Florentin’s Laws / !An Author to the Cube! - 13 1.3.1. Florentin’s Laws: To hell with Murphy, deviate! - 14 1.3.2. Florentin’s Laws: Relax Peter’s! - 16 1.3.3. Florentin’s Interdisciplinary Laws - 18 1.3.4. More Variations in Florentin’s Law - 20 2. FLORENTIN’S CLICHÉS The dictator lifts the state of emergency with a crane - 22 2.1. Changing the Figurative Language to a Literal Language (Preface) - 23 2.2. Florentin’s Clichés - 28 3. FLORENTIN’S HOMONYMS Send me an e-male - 36 3.1. Preface: Send me an e-male = Florentin’s Homonyms = - 37 3.2. Florentin’s Homonyms - 39 3.2.1. First face of the story (Homophones) - 40 3.2.2. Second face of the story (Homophones) - 42 3.2.3. Multiple faces of the story (Homophones) - 44 3.2.4. Others (Homographs) – 45 4. FLORENTIN’S TAUTOLOGIES - 46 4.1. About Florentin’s Tautologies - 47 5. FLORENTIN’S PROVERBS - 48 5.1. Introduction: Dev...

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fI cunosc de mai bine de un deceniu $i Ii cunosc $i carJile sale, fn manuscris, sau publicate $i cred ca aceasta noua carte, "Emigrant la infinit", versuri americane, consolideaza 0 opera Iiterara $i un destin, Evoluand Intr-o literatura care, pe langa Eminescu $i 8laga, a dat lumii $i pe Urmuz, Tristan Tzara, Isidore fsou sau Eugen lonescu, Florentin Smarandache I$i revendica 0 tradijie moderna pe care 0 continua $i 0 Itnbogaje$te pe masura talentului sau....

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Florentin Smarandache records his account of his emigration from Romania to America in this journal.

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06.07.'91 Patriotic Pops Concert la Amfiteatrul in aer liber din Scottsdale. Gratuit.. dar cu donatii in favoarea Orchestrei Simfonice din oraş. Dirijor: Irving Fleming. Spectatorii stăteau pe iarbă, mincind şi bind, muzicienii la capelă. -Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! Din program: (God Bless America (se cinta la unison), Imnul National (de Smith/Buck): toată lumea se ridicase-n picioare, eu stăteam ca nesimtitul jos, sfidin National Emblem March (de Bagley), Fredom's Fundameobll! (de Davis), Semper Fidelis (de Sousa), incheind cu Uvertura 1812 (de Ceaikovsky) şi bubuituri de tun (războiul franco-rus). l-am obosil pe-ai mei cu distractiile zilnice! 06.07. '91 Patriotic Pops Concert at the outdoor amphitheater in Scottsdale. Free .. but donations to the City Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irving Fleming. Spectators sat on the grass, eating and drinking, musicians to the chapel. Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! Hip, Hip! From the program: (God Bless America (he sings in unison) National Anthem (Smith / Buck) everyone raised toe, I sat that jerk down sfidin National Emblem March (the Bagley) Fredom's Fundameobll! (Davis), Semper Fidelis (...

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Florentin Smarandache records his account of his emigration from Romania to America in this journal.

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Aşa cum m-aţi sfătuit, iată-mă la Istanbul. Am reuşit să fug. Acum cred că e mai simplu să mă ajutaţi să emigrez. Aţi putea contacta Consulatul American din Istanbul telefonic sau printr-o scrisoare? Scuzaţi-mă pentru acest deranj. Eu am completat deja nişte hirtii la acesta, în care am cerut AZIL POLITIC (motive: interzicere congrese, doctorate,. interzicere publicare). Soţia şi copilul sînt in România, niCi nu ştiu de fuga mea. (Chiar astăzi am sosit). Le voi face chemare cînd ajung in SUA. Deocamdată stau la OTEL ŞAN (un hotel), apoi voi fi cred, mutat intr-un campus pentru refugiaţi politici [Comisia Internaţională Catolică de Migraţie (ICMC), Kalipci Sokak 146/2. Tesvikiye, Istanbul, Turcia - adreşă la care m-aţi putea găsi in viitor]. Am mare nevoie de sprijinul cuiva din America. Poate vă interesaţi la vreun avocat. În orice caz, cu azil politic se poate uşor intra. Vă mulţumesc mult, mult de tot. Al d-voaStră, Florentin Smarandache. As you advised me, here I am in Istanbul. I managed to run away. Now I think it's easier to help me migrate. You may contact the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul by phone or by letter? I'm sorry for...

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This book is replete with essays on various classics of the Western Canon in the fields of social science, literature, and philosophy. It attempts to explicate works from Ancient to Enlightened eras...

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(Author to reader)--Reader, loe here a well-meaning Booke. It doth at the first entrance forewarne thee, that in contriving the same I have proposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions and humours, and by that meanes reserve more whole, and more lively foster the knowledge and acquaintance they have had of me. Had my intention beene to forestal and purchase the world's opinion and favour, I would surely have adorned myselfe more quaintly, or kept a more grave and solemne march. I desire thereun to be delineated in mine own genuine, simple and ordinarie fashion, without 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 be...

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They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule to moove, with a naturall and common motion. Thus saith a plaine Country-man, and thus a seely Woman: Hee never hath other people in his mouth than Coach-makers, Joyners, Coblers, and Masons....

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Na Kamalei—He Papahana Ho‘ona‘auao Kamali‘i ia no loko mai o kekahi hui ku i ka ‘auhau ‘ole no ka ‘oiwi Hawai‘i. Aia kekahi i loko o keia ‘ahahui he polokalamu ho‘ona‘auao makua/kamali‘i no ka lawelawe ‘ana i na ‘ohana o Ko‘olauloa ma ka mokupuni o O‘ahu. Me ke kokua kala ‘ana o ka Administration for Native Americans no ka pahana Na Kama o Ko‘olauLoa, ha‘awi keia ‘ahahui i na ‘ohana i mau lawelawe ‘ohana a me na ha‘awina ho‘ona‘auao ho‘i no ka ulu maika‘i ‘ana o ke keiki kupono ma kona mo‘omeheu a me ka pilina kanaka. ‘O ka haku ‘ana i na mo‘olelo no na ‘ohana i loa‘a na po‘e kamali‘i kekahi hana a makou. Ho‘olako ‘ia no ko makou mau ‘ohana me na mo‘olelo leo ma ko makou kaiaulu. No ia kumu, ho‘opuka ‘ia a‘ela na mo‘olelo kuhohonu no ko makou ‘ano he kanaka maoli—‘o wai kakou a mai hea mai kakou. I keia manawa, paipai aku na po‘e kupuna i ke kuka kama‘ilio ‘ana i na mo‘olelo no ka maika‘i o ka hanauna e hiki mai ana. A‘o pu ‘ia akula na mo‘olelo, ka ho‘ike honua, ka ‘olelo, na loina, a me ka mo‘omeheu i loko o keia mau puke no na po‘e kamali‘i pae makahiki 2-4. Nana nui ‘ia keia pu‘ulu puke ‘ewalu o Na Kama o Ko...

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This third series of the Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folklore, in its varied character, presents valuable features for antiquarian and ethnic students of Polynesia in general and Hawaii in particular. The papers included in Part I, mostly the result of S. N. Haleole’s researches in the work and workings of the Sorcery priesthood, is a revelation of the power and influence of that body over the Hawaiian race in all their vocations, and through his connections with members of the order he may be said to have written with a clear knowledge of his subject. The opening paper on Religious Ceremonies of the Temple came to the collection from Dr. W. D. Alexander, as the contribution of Kamakau, of Kaawaloa, an eminent authority in his day, a noiau (skilled in such matters), and reputed to have been a chanter of Kame-hameha’s court. Part II. embraces historic studies and fragmentary notes of Judge Fornander, selected from his miscellaneous papers, as affording an insight into his line of research work, hence, has little of the original Hawaiian and translation feature of the other parts. Part III. is devoted entirely to cha...

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The mother being faint from unpleasant sensations, and groaning at the time, without appetite for food, they (the attendants) sought to ascertain her cravings. Then certain women came to her and asked, “What sort of illness have you that you hide yourself?” She said to them, “I do not know; (I am) simply languid. ” The women then said to her, “Let’s see; we will examine you. ” She took off her garment and they examined her body while one of the women took hold of and felt of her breasts, which, on releasing the hand, they observed the contraction of the nipples of her breasts, and exclaimed, “You probably have a child; you are likely pregnant with one; tell us. ” One of the women said that she was simply bloated; there was no child. Another woman, however, persisted, “You are pregnant. ” They each asked her, “How many months since you last menstruated?” “Two, since my menses period has passed. ” One of the women asked her, ‘What do you crave to eat?” “There is nothing that I long for. I try hard to eat."...

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Preface -- 1 -- Concerning Ancient Religious Ceremonies -- 2 -- Various Heathen Prayers -- 46 -- Concerning the Construction of the Heiau -- 52 -- History of the Hawaiian Priesthood Called the Order of Sorcery -- 56 -- History of the Hawaiian Priesthood in Olden Time Called Hoomanamana -- 66 -- Explanatory Remarks—History of the Sorcery Priesthood—Divisions and Ordinances—Sacrifice Services of the Student—Divination— Praying to Death—Divination Relating to Houses—Divining Omens by the Clouds—Foreítelling the Weather—The Healing Priests— Canoe Dreams—Adverse Signs—the Rainbow and the Rain—The Excrements—Bananas— The Mud-Hen—Auguries in Relation to Kings —The Massage Priest—the Hoounauna Priest —The Hookomokomo Priest—the Makani Priest—The Love-Inducing Priest—The One-oneihonua—Signs Pertaining to Fishermen— Occupation of Farmers—Dreams—Auguries Relating to the Priesthood—Moles—Favorable Birth Months—Auguries of the Canoe-Hewing Priests—Spear Hurling—Bone Breaking Trading as Related to Agriculture—Ceremonial Functions of the Priesthood—Method of Building the Temple—Some Famous Priests -- An Account of Cultivation -- 160 -- Dry Plantin...

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Ma keia mele i hakuia e Kahakuikamoana, ua maopopo ka mookuauhau o ka loaa ana o keia mau aina. A mehe mea la no loko mai o Tahiti ka hoomaka ana e loaa na kanaka ma keia mau mokupuni, aka, aole i maopopo ma keia mau lalani...

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According to this tradition Hawaii just rose up from the ocean, together with the group of islands of Tahiti, and it would seem the Tahitian Islands were the first group in this Pacific Ocean, and Hawaii was of a later appearance, as shown by the lines in the mele composed by Kahakuikamoana running thus: “Now cometh forth Hawaiinuiakea, Appeareth out of darkness.An island, a land is born, The row of islands from Nuumea;The group of islands at the borders of Tahiti.”...

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Prefatory Remarks -- 2 -- Story of Opuukahonua -- 20 -- Birth of the Islands -- 6 -- Genealogy of Opuukanonua -- 24 -- About Wakea -- 12 -- First Sight of Foreigners -- 28 -- Genealogy of the Islands of Hawaii -- 16 -- -- Aukelenuiaiku and His Unkind Brethren -- 32 -- How Aukele and Namakaokahai Showed Their Useful Things -- 68 -- How Aukele Fell into the Pit of Kamooinanen and Profiled Thereby -- 38 -- How the Brothers-in-law of Aukele Taught Him to Fly -- 72 -- Return of Aukele and the Benefits He Receied in Facing Death -- 42 -- How Namakaokahai Gae Eerything to Aukele, and the Battle Between Kuwahailo and Aukele -- 74 -- How Aukele Sailed with His Brothers in Search of Land -- 46 -- Battle Fought by the Brothers of Aukele and Their Death -- 52 -- Relating to Kaumaiilunaoholaniku -- 80 -- How Aukele Went in Search of the Water of Life of Kane -- 82 -- How Aukele Got Out of Trouble and Was Rewarded -- 56 -- How Aukele Brought Hack to Life His Nephew -- 96 -- How Aukele Became the Husband of Namakaokahai -- 62 -- How Namakaokahai Quarreled With Her -- 102 -- How Aukele was Carried off to the Cliff by Halulu -- 64 -- Ankele’s Trip...

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The internationally known ‘Aha Punana Leo, Inc. is a non-profit organization which was established in 1983 to revitalize the nearly extinct Hawaiian language and establish schools taught entirely through that language. The following year, the organization founded the first Punana Leo school which was also the first Native American language immersion school in the United States. After the Punana Leo families changed an 1896 law banning Hawaiian language schools, the Punana Leo method of education, along with the first graduates of the program, were taken into the public schools. With strong support from the ‘Aha Punana Leo, that state government program has expanded to the twelfth grade. Presently there are eleven Punana Leo preschools that graduate students and provide growth for such government Hawaiian language schools. The ‘Aha Punana Leo has also initiated two Hawaiian language medium laboratory schools which it runs in cooperation with the Hawai’i State Department of Education and the Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikolani College of Hawaiian Language of the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. Additional operations include production and distr...

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Kula Kaiapuni Hawai’i is usually a stream of classes within an English medium school. While children in the English medium classes often admire the ability to speak Hawaiian, they also sometimes tease Kula Kaiapuni Hawai’i students for being different. Although all children tease each other, being teased while in a minority position requires some positive support. This book was written in response to parents' requests for help in dealing with a true-life situation: the derision of Hawaiian cultural practices by non Hawaiian-speaking children. This story provides a traditional strategy for ignoring teasing as well as reinforcement for practices and values of Kula Kaiapuni Hawai’i students that parents view as positive....

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This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether or under what conditions the owner would permit use. Where the proposed use goes beyond an exemption or limitation to copyright, the user cannot reduce the risk of copyright liability for such use, because there is always a possibility, however remote, that a copyright owner could bring an infringement action after that use has begun....

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This book is of Romanian culture books. Biblical Romanian literature is the most comprehensive, voluminous, and the most representative of the culture....

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Prefaţa:Un mare cărturar şi om de suflet, ION ROTARU........4 (anti)Scrisori către Ion Rotaru 9 1. Craiova, 13 ianuarie 1987 ......................................... 10 2. Scrisoarea a III-a, Craiova, 27 ianuarie - 02 februarie 1988 18 3. Scrisoarea a IV-a, Craiova, 20 februarie 1988 .......... 33 4. Scrisoarea a V-a, Craiova, 27 martie 1988. ............... 36 5. Craiova, 02 iunie1988 ................................................ 41 6. Scrisoarea a XIII-a, Craiova,13 iunie 1988.. .............. 55 7. Scrisoarea a XX-a, Craiova, 22 iunie - 22 iulie1988 .. 62 8. Phoenix, 20 aprilie 1990 ............................................. 78 9. Phoenix, 07 august 1990 ............................................. 79 10. Phoenix, 31 mai 1990 ................................................ 84 11. Phoenix, 26 septembrie 1990 ..................................... 86 12. Phoenix, 07 octombrie 1990 ...................................... 87 13. Phoenix, 17 octombrie 1990 ...................................... 90 14. Phoenix, 10 decembrie 1990 ...................................... 91 15. Phoenix, 29 decembrie 1990 ...............

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This book contains a collection of short stories about "Lazar" and different aspects of his life which includes a certain morning, a day on the beach, morning french toast, etc. Dusan Gojkov is a known Serbian poet/writer who has published several pieces of his work....

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--Afternoon Talks-- A year already, maybe even two, Lazar is sleeping only with other men's women. Not all of them are married but they are always tied to other men. Very quickly, they meet their boyfriends, fiances or husbands with Lazar. They approve of him and characterize him as harmless. "With Lazar, nothing could happen to a woman". Not a ray of jealousy. One girl who was very attached to her fiance, told him once: "When I sleep with you, I don't cheat on him. With somebody else, I would be cheating on him, but with you-no." Her fiance like to come over to Lazar for a glass of vine. Then they talk about politics, literature, music. There's some perverse pleasure in it, sometimes. ...

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As all former grammars of the Hawaiian language are out of print, at the solicitation of friends, I have revised and enlarged a brief synopsis of Hawaiian grammar, which was originally written for my pupils, and published in 1864. This little work does not pretend to be a philosophical treatise, or to be a complete account of the struct ure and peculiarities of the Hawaiian branch of the Polynesian language. But it is hoped that it may be of service to those who wish to study the genuine, uncorrupted idiom as spoken by the older Hawaiians, as well as to students of comparative philology. The terms and divisions of European grammars have been retained for the convenience of students, although they are only partially applicable to languages of a radically different type. I have to acknowledge my obligations to Rev. L. Andrews’ Hawaiian Grammar, to Dr. Maunsell’s New Zealand Grammar, and to M. Gaussin’s able work on the Polynesian language....

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§ 1. All purely Hawaiian sound can be represented by twelve letters, of which five are voxels and seven, consonants, viz: a, e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w. A la sounded as in father, e as in they, i as in marine, o as in note, u as in rule, and not as in male. In a few words, as maka, make, mana, &c., the sound of a approaches that of a short u in tub. In the compounds of waho and in Oaku, it has a broad sound like that of a in fall....

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In this second series of the Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore, with the exception of a few transpositions, as mentioned in the preceding volume, the order of the author has been observed in the main by grouping together, first, the more important legends and traditions of the race, of universal acceptance through- out the whole group, followed by the briefer folk-tales of more local character. A few of similar names occur in the collection, indicating, in some cases, different versions of the same story, a number of the more popular legends having several versions. The closing part of this volume, to embrace the series of Lahainaluna School compositions of myth and traditional character, it is hoped will be found to possess educational value and interest. No liberties have been taken with the original text, the plan, as outlined, being to present the various stories and papers as written, regardless of historic or other discrepancies, variance in such matters being treated in the notes thereto....

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Maihuna was the father and Malaiakalani was the mother of Kawelo, who was born in Hanamaulu,1 Kauai. There were five children in the family. The first was Kawelomahamahaia; the second was Kaweloleikoo. These two were males; after these two came Kaenakuokalani, a female; next to her was Kawelo leimakua and the last child was Kamalama. Kaweloleimakua, or Kawelo is the subject of this story....

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His Birth and Early Life—Change to Oahu and Fame Attained There -- 2 -- Size of Kauahoa—Is Killed by Kawelo—Kawelo Vanquishes Aikanaka -- 56 -- Kalonaikahailaau—Kawelo Equips Himself to Fight Aikanaka—Arrival at Kauai -- 20 -- Division of Kauai Lands—Aikanaka Becomes a Tiller of Ground -- 60 -- Commencement of Battle Between Kawelo and the People of Kauai -- 38 -- Kaeleha and Aikanaka Rebel Against Kawelo—Their Battle and Supposed Death of Kawelo -- 62 -- Kaehuikiawakea —Kaihupepenuiamouo and Muno— Walaheeikio and Moomooikio -- 42 -- Temple of Aikanaka—How Kawelo Came to Life Again—He Slaughters His Opponents and Becomes Again Ruler of kauai -- 66 -- Kahakaloa—His Dead by Kawelo -- 48 -- Kauahoa—Kawelo Fears to Attack Him—Seeks to Win Him by a Chant—Kauahoa Replies -- 52 -- His High Office—Laamaomao, His Wind Gourd In Disfavor with the King He Moves to Molokai—Has a Son Whom He Instructs Carefully—Dreams of Keawenuiaumi Setting Out in Search for Him—Prepares with His Son to Meet the King -- 72 -- Prepares to Meet Keawenuiaumi in Search of Pakaa—Canoe Fleet of Six District Chiefs, Recognized, are Taunted as They Pass— Keawenuiaumi, G...

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L-am cunoscut în 4 ianuarie 2003 pe paradoxalul paradoxist Florentin Smarandache (nascut în Balcesti, Vâlcea, la 10 decembrie 1954) la întâlnirea organizata de colegii sai de la Liceul Pedagogic Râmnicu Vâlcea si desfasurata în mod mai mult sau mai putin paradoxal la Liceul de Arta Râmnicu Vâlcea. Venise în vacanta de Craciun acasa, la Balcesti. Facuse o calatorie lunga, tocmai de dincolo de Ocean, din SUA, de la Universitatea “New Mexico” din orasul Gallup, statul New Mexico, unde este acum conferentiar universitar doctor la Facultatea de Matematica. A doua zi, a plecat spre patria de adoptie, dar nu fara a face o escala în Roma: nu-i nici un paradox în asta, din moment ce el este român si vorba ceea – “Toate drumurile duc la Roma!”....