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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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He welina aloha i na kupa o ka aina e noho ana mai Hawaii Moku O Keawe, kahi e ike mua ia ai ka wehena kaiao, a i Niihau O Kahelelani, kahi e aui ai ka la i lalo o ka mole o Lehua. Ano, ke hoouna ia aku nei keia ohina moolelo o Lehua Ahihi i ka loa me ka laula o ko kakou paeaina, me ka manaolana e paipai a hoohoihoi i ka poe olelo Hawaii i ka heluhelu a pulama i na moolelo a na kupuna i waiho mai ai no kakou. Ma ko kakou noho ana he kanaka, ua nui na haawina o ka naau i ike ia i kela me keia la. Ua hoiliili ia ekolu moolelo ku i ke aloha walohia. Ke heluhelu ae oukou, e na makamaka heluhelu, e ike ana oukou e he mea nui no ka pili aloha ma keia mau moolelo ekolu o Makakehau, Kaala a me Kahalaopuna. Ma ka heluhelu ana no na hana a hanana o ia mau moolelo, e noonoo kakou i ka oiaio o ka olelo noeau Aohe kanaka i eha ole i ke aloha. O ia hoi, he mea ole ke kulana he ilihune, he waiwai, he naaupo, he naauao, he pupuka a he ui paha—ua ike no kakou a pau i ka eha i ke aloha, a i ole, i ke aloha ole ia paha. Ua pai mua ia keia mau moolelo ma ka makahiki 1904 e ka Hale Pai o Paradaiso o ka Pakipika. I keia wa, ua hoiliili ia na moolel...

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Aia ma ke komohana hema o ka mokupuni o Lanai, ma ka lihi kahakai, e ike ia aku no he wahi mokupuni puu pohaku pele ulaula e ku ohaoha ana ma luna o ka ilikai nona ke anawaena he kanaono kapuai, o kona kiekie hoi, he kanawalu kapuai. O ka mamao mai ka mokupuni aku o Lanai a hiki i ua wahi moku pohaku la, aia ma kahi o ke kanalima a kanaono anana, he kai hohonu ka mea nana i hookaawale ma waena o laua. O na aoao a pau o ua wahi mokupuni pohaku la, he mania pu e hiki ole ai i na maiuu o ke kanaka ke wawau aku a kau i luna. Ua puni ua wahi moku la i ke kai a e ulupa mau ia ana kona mau aoao a pau e na ale me ko lakou huhu piha inaina nui, aia hoi, ma loko o kona mau aloaloa liilii, he mau ana kahi a na manu o ke kai e hana ai i ko lakou mau punana....

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This is a book of folk tales in Kachhi language, spoken in western India (particularly in Kachh and Mumbai), containing 13 traditional tales recorded in various parts of Kachh and Mumbai. This is a part one of Kachhi Oral Tradition Project going on by Vadhod ji Padhrai, Patri Kachh....

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hIkdo seth nen sethani va. vya phere laa. phere laa vya ta sammun bakrien vaaro aayo te. Bakrien vaaro Ichhio panwar chovaaje.

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1 Ichhio Panwar 2 Akal re kIte ? 3 tOmam tOma 4 anmaaneti raani 5 paatai nen adhpaatai 6 Bhagwan ja din 7 Sakar jo sayjaadho nen sopaaribai 8 sUnat gUdi 9 panjmaar kUmbhar 10 me nen chIkli 11 pUthia mor ...

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The book is structured in two parts as follows: - in the first part, the theory of paradoxism through its first six published worldwide manifestos (1983, 1984, 1990, 1998, 2002, and 2010 respectively); - in the second part, the paradoxism collected from the international (English, French, Spanish/Arabic, and Romanian) folklore in images and paradoxist situations. ...

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A) Folkloric Begining. It was in the years 1980’s when the paradoxist movement started. Together with childhood friends (I use their nicknames, since these are more colorfull: Cost, Geonea, Beca, Bigioc, Piciu, Boros, Covrig ăl mijlociu, Cris, Pilă, Chesa, Grasu, Babanu) in the little parks and restaurants of Bălcești – Vâlcea drinking beer and joking. They did not like to read or write!... They all were non-literators {excepting me and Co(n)st(antin) Dincă}. We built a new literary movement without even knowing – in a paradoxical way! We did it by jokes, against-the-grain speech, amusing themselves in that bad time! I had written in Romanian language the volume „Laws of internal composition. Poems with... problems!” (1982) as a preparadoxist volume, published lately. But the First Paradoxist Manifesto in the world of the Paradoxism I published in 1983 in the first edition of my French volume The Sense of the Nonsense (Ed. Artistiques, Fès, Morocco). ...

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To Paradoxismize (Forward): 4 Paradoxism’s Manifestos (1983-2010): 7 • First Paradoxist Manifesto: 8 • Second Paradoxist Manifesto: 11 • Third Paradoxist Manifesto: 15 • Fourth Paradoxist Manifesto: 18 • Fifth Paradoxist Manifesto: 37 • Sixth Paradoxist Manifesto: 51 Worldwide Paradoxist Folklore: 60 All is possible, the impossible too! French Paradoxist Folklore: 86 Les Perles du BAC 2008 [Pearls of 2008 Baccalaureate] Spanish/Arabic Paradoxist Folklore: 127 Ser fuerte... / .. ما†ھي†القوة [To be strong] Romanian Paradoxist Folklore: 141-155 De ce, tată? [Why, father?] ...

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When Polynesian people came to Hawaii, hundreds of years ago, they brought legends. We know this because the same stories and similar hero names are found in other Polynesian groups. Other legends grew about historical events in our islands, about real people and places. Some are very old while others have grown in recent times. As all these stories were told and retold changes crept in. While the main story was the same, details became very different. No one can say that one version of a story is right and the others wrong. At the end of each legend I have given the principal source used. I, too, have made changes. Many of these stories are about chiefs, for they led a varied and colorful life and the common people liked to hear about them. In old Hawaii each valley, from mountain to sea, was a district with its district chief. Sometimes one chief made himself ruler of several districts or of an entire island. Thus he became a high chief with lesser chiefs under him. We tell and read legends not only for enjoyment but also because they help us understand people who lived long ago....

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"Why is that crowd down the valley Brother! What are all those people doing” Pikoi's brother was preparing food for the imu and did not hear the boy's question. Pikoi and his father had come from Kauai the day before. They had come to Manoa Valley on Oahu to visit a married sister. A crowd the very first day! Pikoi must find out what was going on. At first he went slowly down the trail, watching the people eagerly. He saw someone with a bow and arrows. Rat shooting! That was a sport the boy loved and in a moment he was running. Pikoi reached the crowd and pushed his way among them. He bumped a tall woman who turned to him angrily. "What are you doing here" she asked. "Why do you push in beside your chiefess” Pikoi did not quite understand that this woman was the chiefess—the high chiefess of Oahu. "It is rat shooting, isn't it" he asked eagerly. "I love rat shooting. “ The chiefess must have liked the boy's love of her favorite sport, for she spoke good-naturedly now. "Can you shoot rats” "A little. “ "That man with a red lei and with a bow in his hand is Mainele," the chiefess said. "He is the best rat shooter on Oa...

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Preface.Vii -- Acknowledgments.Viii -- PikoiRat Shooting.3 -- Enemies Of The Chief.7 -- Pikoi Sees Hawaii.19 -- PeleHow Hawaii Was Made Safe.29 -- How Hawaii Was Divided.42 -- Holua Sledding.45 -- The Puna Chief Who Boasted.49 -- The Girl Who Gave Breadfruit.51 -- Kalapana.56 -- The Pounded Water Of Kekela.61 -- Other Legends Of The Island Of Hawaii Woman-Of-The-Fire And Woman-Of-The Water.69 -- When The Ocean Covered Hawaii.73 -- Kila.78 -- The Rescue Of Hina.89 -- How umi Became High Chief.99The Giant Guard.108 -- The Wonderful Banana Skin.115 -- Vi Hawaii Island LegendsThe Boy Who Came To His Father.121 -- The Swing.132 -- The Dream Girl.142 -- The Hidden Island Of ualakaa.147 -- The Ki-Leaf Trumpet.158 -- A Kite And A Toy Canoe.167 -- The God Of Love.171 -- The Gift Of Ku.176 -- The Man Who Always Wore A Kihei.178 -- The Shark That Came For Poi.186 -- Punia And The Sharks.190 -- The Kihapu.196 -- The Cowry Shell.202 -- Food For Kohala.210 -- The Land Beneath The Sea.215 -- The Winning Of Makolea.222 -- ieie And Lehua. 230 -- The Chiefs Who Went Around Hawaii. 233 -- Glossary. 237 --...

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I have collected this beautiful American Folklore - under the form of aphorisms - from car plates, from various anonymous postings, from expressions heard in my discussions, from e-mails received, etc. Computer jokes, life taken upside-down, job related reflections, family connections, inside-out clichés of language, and so on. They are in a paradoxist style, or close, and full of humor… Some of them are cascading Murphy’s Laws (pessimistically), others are opposite - like Peter’s Laws (optimistically). Their sweetness smiles in the face of adversity, full of irony and auto-irony. I hope readers will enjoy them....

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See a few nice examples from the book text: “I think, therefore I’m single”, “Life is short, break some rules”, or “Black Holes are Where God Divided by Zero”!...

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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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88 writers (in addition of folklore collections) from 23 countries with texts in 17 languages (English, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Arabic, French, German, Hungarian, Tamil, Hindi, Indonesian, Hebrew, Italian, Urdu, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) contributed poetry, essays, letters to the editor, arts, science, philosophy, short drama, short story, distichs, epigrams, aphorisms, translations, paradoxes, and folklore or found literature to the “Fifth international Anthology on Paradoxism”....

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An Ode to Fuzzy & Neutrosophic Logic and their Creators When everything seems a murky mess And you are forced to second guess The way you are headed when you’re going straight And whether you’re there on time ’cause early may be late! When your eyes start playing tricks – it’s neither night nor day But the magic hour; when you just can’t for sure say The white from the black as mostly all is grey Take a moment to close your eyes and thank Zadeh! For inventing a way to tell black from white and the big from the small When none knows for sure how black is black or how tall is tall! ’Cause when chance becomes a possibility, you know you sure can bet That you’re in one group or the other, ’cause you’re in a fuzzy set! ...

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INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF PARADOXISM 5 AUSTRALIA Sukanto BATTACHARYA 6 George ROCA 8 BULGARIA Albena TCHAMOVA & Maria NIKOLOVNA 11 CANADA Kane X. FAUCHER 18 Jason HALL 19 CZECH REPUBLIK [Internet] 21 EGYPT Salah OSMAN 22 FRANCE Iulia COJOCARU 29 Didier FLEURDIER 30 Nicole POTTIER 223 GERMANY Rüdiger HEINZE 38 Bernd HUTSCHENREUTER 39 HUNGARY [Internet] 42 INDIA Khrishna JAHAN 43 A. PRASAD 47 B. Venkateswara RAO 48 Hemant VINZE 50 INDONESIA Christianto VIC 51 ISRAEL Morel ABRAMOVICI & Zoltan TERNER 52 Muneer Jebreel KARAMA 53 ITALY Pino BORESTA 56 KAZAKHSTAN Vadim BYSTRITSKI 57 R. MOLDOVA Svetlana GARABAJI 58 NIGERIA Tolu OGUNLESI 62 PAKISTAN Abdul KHAN 63 ROMANIA Valeriu BUTULESCU 65 Valentin DASCĂ LU 75 Ina DELEAN 79 Dominic DIAMANT 81 Eugen EVU 82 Folclor 85 Constantin FROSIN 101 Andrei Dorian GHEORGHE 102 Mugur GROSU 103 Peter GRUCK 104 Gică HAGI 105 Eugen ILIŞ IU 106 Liviu Florian JIANU 107 Elisabeta KOCSIK 108 Adrian LESENCIUC 115 Victor MARTIN 122 Nicolae M. MAZILU 129 Constantin MĂ RCUŞ AN 131 Ionel MĂ RGINEANU 134 Cristian MIALA 135 Marian MIRESC...

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The Hale Kuamoo–Hawaiian Language Center supports and encourages expansion of Hawaiian language as the medium of education, business, government, and other contexts of social life in Hawaii. The Center provides professional and material resources necessary to address this goal including educational support in the development of curriculum materials for Hawaiian medium education, teacher training, Na Maka O Kana Hawaiian language newspaper, and the Mamaka Kaiao dictionary of contemporary Hawaiian terms....

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He Alii nui o Lonoikamakahiki no ka mokupuni o Hawaii ma hope iho o ko Keawenuiaumi make ana; he kanaonokumamaha hanauna maia Wakea mai. O Keawenuiaumi kona makua kane, a o Kaihalawai kona makuahine; ma Napoopoo kona wahi i hanau ai, a ma laila no o ia i hanai ia ai a nui, e kona mau kahu, e Hauna laua me Loli, a me ka laua wahine o Kohenemonemo. I ko Lonoikamakahiki wa opiopio, oiai ua hoomaka ae kona noonoo ana, i ia manawa nana aela o Lonoikamakahiki, e kau ana na mea lealea a kona makua kane he nui ma loko o ka hale alii. Ike aela o ia e kau ana na ihe pahee. Nana loihi aela o ia, a liuliu, a laila, ninau akula o ia i kona mau kahu: “He aha keia mau mea loloa e kau nei i luna o ka hale”...

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Kona Ao ia ana i ka Wa Opiopio. 1 -- Ko Lonoikamakahiki Imi ana i na Hana Oi o ka Waiwai. 6 -- Ka Ili Mua ana o ka Aina ia Lonoikamakahiki. 10 -- Ka Holo ana o Lonoikamakahiki i Oahu; Ko Ohaikawiliula Hiki ana mai; Ko Lonoikamakahiki Hoopaa ana me Kakuhihewa. 13 -- Ka Pili Ana O Kakuhihewa Me Lonoikamakahiki. 7 -- Ka Hoopapa Alua ana, Akolu, Aha, a me ka Lima, a me ka Hiki ana mai o Kaikilani. 6 -- Ka Hoopapa hou ana o Kakuhihewa me Lonoikamakahiki no Hauna. 41 -- Ka Hoike ana a Lonoikamakahiki i ka Iwi o na Alii i Make ia Keawenuiaumi. 45 -- Na Hoouka Kaua a Lonoikamakahiki. 52 -- Ka Hee ana o Kanaloakuakawaiea me na Kipi; Ka Lanakila ana o Lonoikamakahiki. 55 -- Ka Holo ana o Lonoikamakahiki i Maui e Ike me Kamalalawalu. 58 -- Ka Hoi ana o Kauhipaewa a me Kihapaewa i Hawaii; Ka Holo ana o Kamalalawalu i Hawaii. 63 -- Ka Hoouka Kaua ana ma Waimea; Ka Lanakila ana o Lonoikamakahiki; Auhee o Kamalalawalu me Kona Make ana. . 68 -- Ka Hooponopono Hou ana o Lonoikamakahiki i ke Aupuni; Kona Holo ana i Kauai; Haalele ia o Lonoikamakahiki e ka Lehulehu. 74 -- Hoonoho ia o Kapaihiahilina i Kuhina Nui; Ka Imihala ia ana; Kana Mele Aloha. 77...

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การเกษตรคือปากท้อ้องและชีวิตชาวไทย ประเทศไทยมีประชากรประมาณ 65-70 ล้านคน ไม่ตํ่ากว่าร้อยละ 50 เป็นเกษตรกร หรืออาจ กล่าวได้ว่ามีคนไทยอย่างน้อยจำนวน 30 ล้านคน มีอาชีพเป็นเกษตรกร คนเหล่านี้ส่วนใหญ่เป็นคนจน เป็นคนจนที่สุดในหมู่คนจน เป็นกลุ่มคนที่สมัยหนึ่งได้ชื่อว่าเป็นกระดูกสันหลังของชาติ เพราะมีอาชีพ ทำนาเลี้ยงประเทศและเลี้ยงโลก จนประเทศไทยได้มีชื่อเสียงว่าเป็นครัวโลก และนานาชาติรู้จักชื่อเสียง ของข้าวหอมมะลิ ทำให้พ่อค้าส่งข้าวเป็นสินค้าออกจนรํ่ารวย มีฐานะเป็นเศรษฐี แต่ตาสีตาสาคนทำนาก็ ยิ่งยากจนลงทุกวัน ประเทศไทยตั้งกระทรวงเกษตราธิการขึ้นมาบริหารจัดการ และพัฒนาการเกษตร ดูแลทุกข์สุข ของเกษตรกรด้วยความรักและห่วงใย หรือสมัยนี้น่าจะเรียกว่า เอื้ออาทร ชาวนาตาสีตาสาก็ได้รับความ เอื้ออาทรจากรัฐบาล จนในสมัยหนึ่งถึงกับมีคำขวัญว่า ทุกข์ของชาวนาคือทุกข์ของแผ่นดิน แต่ไม่นาน เขาก็ลืมคำขวัญนั้น เพราะทุกวันนี้พ่อค้าครองเมือง ทุกคนพูดถึงแต่เรื่องการแข่งขัน (ทางธุรกิจ) คนที่ไม่ ได้ค้าขายก็พูดเรื่องการแข่งขันไปกับเขาด้วย ราวกับว่าเราเก่งอยู่คนเดียวและถ้าไม่ได้แข่งขันแล้วจะ ตายอย่างนั้นแหละ คนไทยชอบกินอะไรเป็นแฟชั่น ว่าอะไรว่าตามกัน พูดพักเดียวแล้วก็ลืม แล้วไปหา คำขวัญใหม่มาเห่อกัน เมื่อก่อนนี้ก็อยากเป็นนิคส์เป็นแน็คส์กันจนนรกถามหา (วิกฤตเศร...

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Introductory Comment The title of this volume speaks of wisdom, a term defined with difficulty and that links formal learning and knowledge to insight, sometimes of a spiritual nature. This is appropriate. Wisdom is seldom imparted, although paths to it are offered in various sacred and profane writings. In the Judeo-Christian culture in the English language, this is traditionally associated with the Wisdom Literature of the Talmud and the Bible, namely Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. Sometimes other books are included, such as those of Job, Psalms and Sirach. Other the fi rst three, my own poor attempts at English poetic versions of the latter two aim to respect the wisdom tradition in modern form. But the first of those three – Proverbs – proved too daunting a task. That is one reason I was very pleased when my old friends Charan and Pakapun moved to preserve some traditional sayings of the Thai culture, and asked if I could offer some similar English sayings. These few pages are the result, now edited a decade after their first publication....

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The Incunabula Papers are arguably the first immersive online legend complex that introduced readers to a host of content, including what religious historian Robert Ellwood has called the “alternative reality tradition. – Legend-Tripping Online: Supernatural Folklore and the Search for Ong’s Hat...

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INCUNABULA A Catalog of Rare Books, Manuscripts & Curiosa Conspiracy Theory, Frontier Science & Alternative Worlds Emory Cranston, Prop.Incunabulum: cocoon; swaddling clothes; cradle; in-cunae, in the cradle; koiman, put to sleep, winding- sheet; koimetarium (cemetery); printed books before 1501, hence by extension any rare & hermetic book… Introduction This catalog is a reproduction. This is not a commercial advertisement. ECommerce links to the available books are offered a as courtesy to researchers. Consider this first file an unusually complete bibliography to the story that unravels in the companion files. No book for sale here was actually printed before 1501, but they all answer to the description ” rare and hermetic” – even the mass market paperbacks, not to mention the xeroxes of unpublished manuscripts, which cannot be obtained from any other source! The symbol INCUNABULA was chosen for our company for it’s shape – cocoon, egg-like, gourd-like, the shape of Chaos according to Chaung Tzu. Cradle: beginnings. Sleep: dreams. Silken white sheets of birth and death; books, white pages, the cemetery of ideas. Thi...

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. Incunabula A Catalogue of Rare Books, Manuscripts & Curiosa. 2. Ong's Hat: Gateway to the Dimensions! A full color brochure for the Institute of Chaos Studies and the Moorish Science Ashram in Ong's Hat, New Jersey. 4. Joseph Matheny's Journal 3. Advances in Skin Science: Quantum Tantra...