| Someone in a steep cap with a curled feather... 687 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|03:14 am] |
Someone in a steep cap with a curled feather flung open the doors of the khav room, shouted for attention, and when he had it reported that the Tyrant's messenger had just been seen returning through the same eastern gate from which he had so lately sallied forthThat the messenger was riding at an appreciably greater speed than hitherto, and that, not three miles to his rear was the funerary procession of Duke Sandre d'Astibar being brought by his last request to lie a night and a day in state in the city he once had ruled
In The Paelion the reaction was immediate and predictable: men began shouting fiercely to be heard over the din they themselves were causingNoise and politics and the anticipated pleasures of the Festival made for a thirsty afternoonSo brisk was his trade that the excitable proprietor of The Paelion began inadvertently serving full measures of liqueur in the laced khavs being ordered in profusionHis wife, of more phlegmatic disposition, continued to short-measure all her patrons with benevolent lack of favoritism
"They'll be turned back!" young Adreano the poet cried, decisively banging down his mug and sloshing hot khav over the dark oak table of The Paelion's largest booth"Alberico will never allow it!" There were growls of assent from his friends and the hangers-on who always clustered about this particular table
Adreano stole a glance at the traveling musician who'd made the brash wager on Brandin of Ygrath and |
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| "So you see, after paying myself, the pressure to... 50 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:34 am] |
"So you see, after paying myself, the pressure to pay my taxes and the other creditors is so great that it forces me to seek other forms of incomeThe pressure to pay becomes my motivationI've worked extra jobs, started other companies, traded in the stock market, anything just to make sure those guys don't start yelling at meThat pressure made me work harder, forced me to think, and all in all made me smarter and more active when it comes to moneyIf I had paid myself last, I would have felt no pressure, but I'd be broke
"So it is the fear of the government or other people you owe money I to that motivates you?"
"That's right," said rich dad"You see, government bill collectors are big bulliesSo are bill collectors in generalMost people give into these |
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| Kennedy and especially the idea of the Peace... 635 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|03:58 am] |
Kennedy and especially the idea of the Peace CorpsHe loved the idea so much that both he and my mom worked for the Peace Corps training volunteers to go to Malaysia, Thailand and the PhilippinesHe always strived for additional grants and increases in his budget so he could hire more people, both in his job with the Education Department and in the Peace Corps
From the time I was about 10 years old, I would hear from my rich dad that government workers were a pack of lazy thieves, and from my poor dad I would hear how the rich were greedy crooks who should be made to pay more taxesBoth sides have valid pointsIt was difficult to go to work for one of the biggest capitalists in town and come home to a father who was a prominent government leaderIt was not easy knowing who to believe
Yet, when you study the history of taxes, an interesting perspective emergesAs I said, the passage of taxes was only possible because the masses believed in the Robin Hood theory of economics, which was to take from the |
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| "I do not like to name what I see," she murmured,... 390 |
[Feb. 12th, 2010|03:48 am] |
"I do not like to name what I see," she murmured, lowering her eyes"They frighten me too muchThey are creatures of my childhood fearsBut it is not what you are seeing, BaerdYou may see the Others in the shape of your heart's hate, but this is not the battle of your daytime world
He shook his head in fierce denialThere was a deep surging in his spirit, a rushing of blood in his veinsThe Others were nearer now, hundreds of them, streaming out of the hills
"I am always fighting the same battle," he said to herTo her and the two menAnd I know what I see out thereI can tell you that I am fifteen years old now, not fourteen or I could not be hereThey would not have allowed me A thought struck him"Tell me: is there a stream west of us, a river below where they are descending now?"
"There is," Donar said"Do you want to join battle there?"
A red, fierce joy was running |
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| "So you see, after paying myself, the pressure to... 359 |
[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:45 am] |
"So you see, after paying myself, the pressure to pay my taxes and the other creditors is so great that it forces me to seek other forms of incomeThe pressure to pay becomes my motivationI've worked extra jobs, started other companies, traded in the stock market, anything just to make sure those guys don't start yelling at meThat pressure made me work harder, forced me to think, and all in all made me smarter and more active when it comes to moneyIf I had paid myself last, I would have felt no pressure, but I'd be broke
"So it is the fear of the government or other people you owe money I to that motivates you?"
"That's right," said rich dad"You see, government bill collectors are big bulliesSo are bill collectors in generalMost people give into these |
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| If there are ways that I can help in the days to... 765 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:46 pm] |
If there are ways that I can help in the days to come you must tell me He hesitated, then: "One of the reasons I love my wife is that Alix would echo this were she with us and did she know
Alessan's expression was still troubled"But she isn't with us and she doesn't know," he said"There have been reasons for that, and there will be more of them after tonightAnd your girls? How can I ask you to endanger them?"
"How can you decide for me, or them?" Rovigo replied softly, but without hesitation"Where is our choice, our freedom, if you do that? I would obviously prefer not to do anything that will put them into actual danger, and I cannot afford to suspend my business entirelyBut within these confines, is there no aid I can offer that will make a difference?"
Finally understanding the source of Alessan's doubts, Devin kept grimly |
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| Hello, my account friends 703 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:45 pm] |
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| Int'l Activists Protest against Blockade on Gaza |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|10:17 am] |
Int'l Activists Protest against Blockade on Gaza "by Saud Abu Ramadan
Hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis together with foreign activists demonstrated on Thursday against a tight Israeli blockade which has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than three years.
Palestinian demonstrators from Gaza and 86 foreign activists as well as Israeli Arab demonstrators rallied at both sides of Erez crossing on the borders between northern Gaza Strip and Israel against the blockade.
Deposed Prime Minister of Hamas government in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haneya told Arab Israelis that they strengthened the steadfastness of the Gaza residents in their stance against Israel.
""We succeeded in overcoming the occupation's plans. We are certain we will meet at the al-Aqsa mosque and that Jerusalem will continue being Arab and Islamic,"" Haneya told the protestors.
The foreign activists arrived in Gaza on Wednesday night from Egypt though Rafah border crossing, the only entry that bypasses Israel. Several anti-Zionism Jews also joined the protest at the Gaza Strip side.
One of the Jews, who comes from the United States, told the demonstrators that ""I pray to God that the state of Israel vanishes because it was established on a territory that never belonged to it.""
He said on behalf of the Jews ""I apologize to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for the crimes, which were committed in Gaza during the last war,"" describing the state of Israel as ""the evil Satan.""
""We the Jewish people don't want a Jewish state to be established on the land of Palestine. The land of Palestine is for the Palestinians and not for the gang of this Zionist group,"" said the Jewish demonstrator.
Hundreds of demonstrators, who gathered near the northern Gaza Strip town of Biet Hanoun, chanted slogans against Israel and called for an end to more than three years of the tight siege on the impoverished enclave.
Yousef Barakat, an American-Palestinian, said he left the Palestinian territory in 1948 when he was 12 years old, adding that he is now 62 years old. ""I can never forget Palestine, and this state (Israel) is a fascist state,"" he said.
Jamal al-Khodari, chief of the Popular Committee to Challenge Gaza blockade, called for an immediate end to the blockade and reopening all the crossing points either between Gaza and Israel or between Gaza and Egypt.
Israel and Egypt have sealed the Gaza Strip off from all but vital humanitarian aid since Hamas ousted Fatah-dominated Palestinian security forces and seized power in the coastal enclave in June 2007.
Spokesman for the deposed Hamas government in Gaza told reporters during the protest that the Palestinian people ""will keep trying to sue the Israeli criminals of wars at the international courts.""
On Thursday, Egypt allowed the entrance of 86 foreign activists, out of 1,500 foreigners, into the impoverished Gaza Strip ruled by Islamic Hamas movement, Palestinian officials said.
Hamdi Shaath, head of the committee to challenge the Israeli blockade, told reporters that the 86 foreign activists crossed into the Gaza Strip late on Wednesday night through Rafah border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt.
He also said the 86 foreign activists are mainly American, British, French and Japanese, adding that they are only part of 1, 500 foreign activists, who are still stranded in Cairo and trying to reach the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing.
""The foreign activists are coming from 43 countries, and they include 700 Americans, 300 French as well as Jewish activists. They have been waiting in Cairo for one week, and Egypt has just let 86 of them to cross,"" said Shaath.
The 1,500 foreign activists were planning to march from Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip against the Israeli blockade and to mark the first anniversary of the 22-day Israeli war on the Gaza Strip that ended on Jan. 18.
""The 86 activists will stay in Gaza for several days, hoping that Egypt would let the rest of the activists to cross within the coming two days into Gaza,"" said Shaath.
The foreign activists will visit northern and eastern Gaza Strip which was destroyed during the Israeli war on Gaza. They will also visit hospitals and meet with senior Hamas leaders.
On Dec. 27, 2008, Israel launched a massive military offensive on Gaza which the Jewish state claimed was aimed to halt Gaza rocket and mortar attacks. Some 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the war.
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