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significant increase in executive bonuses.

While this may have some impact to the workforce, the
current rate of unemployment should serve as an incentive

raid by the apelike Wagabu tribe on the Neanderthal Ulam tribe, who possess fire in the form of a carefully guarded small flame which they use to start larger bonfires.

Obtained from a natural source, it must be fed constantly to keep it alive, for the Ulam do not know how to make their own fire. Driven out of their home after a bloody battle with the Wagabu, the surviving Ulam escape but are chased into a marsh by a pack of wolves. The Ulam fire tender escapes with the tribe's remaining fire, however after crossing a marsh, the moisture and wind douse the embers, leaving the tribe doomed to die from exposure and starvation.

The Ulams refuse to resort to cannibalism and the elder decides to send three men, Naoh (Everett McGill), Amoukar (Ron Perlman) and Gaw (Nameer El-Kadi), out on a dangerous quest for fire. After a frightening encounter with a pair of saber-toothed cats, the Ulam scouting trio enters territory of the Kzamm, a tribe who have resorted to cannibalism, and capture members of the Cro-Magnon Ivaka tribe as victims. When Gaw and Amoukar pretend to be berserker madmen, creating a ruse that causes the Kzamm tribe to scatter, Naoh manages to steal some fire, but not without being injured in a fight with two of them. One of his injuries is a bite to the genitals, and he spends a fair amount of time in visible agony from this. After killing his opponents (smashing a rock over the head of the Kzamm tribesman who bit his genitals) and disposing of the Kzamm's remaining fire in contempt, Naoh rejoins Gaw and Amoukar.

A young woman named Ika (Rae Dawn Chong), an Ivaka prisoner who escapes with Naoh, follows them in gratitude, seeking protection. Despite attempts by Amoukar to drive her off, she follows, eventually taking advantage of a food-gather by Amoukar and Gaw to approach Naoh. She makes a primitive poultice, helping him recover from his injury. She also performs "a puppet show" on him, as evidenced by the sudden look on his face, to soothe his pain, and perhaps to ingratiate herself with him.

The four begin their trek towards the Ulam, followed by the Kzamm. Attacked by the hostile tribe, the group takes advantage of a wandering herd of Wooly mammoths to make good their escape. While they travel back towards the Ulam grounds, Amoukar attempts to have "a puppet show" with Ika: she hides near Naoh, who then demonstrates his claim on her by "performing a puppet show" with her in front of the other two males…(click)

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'o fahve, mebbe six, but nevah seven !

Thass jus' onlucky, y'see, fo' mos' folk 's a lucky
numbah, bu' fo' me, plain onlucky – why, Ah 'member
seventh grade – wen' thru it three tahmes 'fore Ah
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peacefully, as the sun sets.

Rising gently, the Prince speaks " Give me a bow and an arrow. Let me fire it and wherever the arrow comes to rest, there bury me."

Holding to this Elven custom, his retainers bring forth the bow and arrow, and the Prince pulled upon the string and let it fly.

A scream wafted in from the distance; One of the retainers stared with his Elven eyes and remarked " It has lodged in a peasant's bottom, sire. Again. "

Sighing, the Prince breathed " For 's sake . . . "

is a rice-based alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin. It is sometimes spelled saké to show the pronunciation more clearly.

This beverage is called sake in English, but in Japanese, sake (酒) or o-sake (お酒) refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific beverage is Nihonshu (日本酒), meaning "Japanese alcohol".

Sake is also referred to in English as a form of rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer, thus it's more like a rice brew than a rice wine. To make beer or sake, the sugar needed to produce alcohol must first be converted from starch. However, the brewing process for sake differs from beer brewing as well, notably in that for beer, the conversion of starch to sugar and sugar to alcohol occurs in two discrete steps, but with sake they occur simultaneously. Additionally, alcohol content also differs between sake, wine, and beer. Wine generally contains 9–16% alcohol and most beer is 3–9%, whereas undiluted sake is 18–20% alcohol, although this is often lowered to around 15% by diluting the sake with water prior to bottling.

The origins of sake are unclear; however, the earliest written reference to use of alcohol in Japan is recorded in the Book of Wei, of the Records of Three Kingdoms. This 3rd century Chinese text speaks of the Japanese drinking and dancing. Sake is also mentioned several times in the Kojiki, Japan's first written history, compiled in 712. People used sake for spiritual functions because people who drink it get a fever and what they believed to be a "spiritual high".

By the Asuka period, true sake—made from rice, water, and kōji mold (麹, Aspergillus oryzae)—was the dominant alcohol. In the Heian period, sake began to be used for religious ceremony and people seldom drank it. Sake production was a government monopoly for a long time, but in the 10th century, temples and shrines began to brew sake, and they became the main centers of production for the next 500 years. The Tamon-in Diary, written by abbots of Tamon-in temple from 1478 to 1618, records many details of brewing in the temple. The diary shows that pasteurization and the process of adding ingredients to the main fermentation mash in three stages were established practices by this time.

In the 16th century, the technique of distillation was introduced into the Kyushu district from Ryukyu. The brewing of shochu, called "Imo—sake" started, and was sold at the central market in Kyoto. Powerful daimyo imported various liquors and wine from China.

This is the title page of the earliest explanation of the process of brewing sake to be published in the West. In 1781, Isaac Tisingh published Bereiding van Sacki in Batavia, which was then the main city of the Dutch East Indies.

In the 18th century, Engelbert Kaempfer and Isaac Tisingh published accounts identifying sake as a popular alcoholic beverage in Japan; but Tisingh was the first to try to explain and describe the process of sake brewing. The work of both writers was widely disseminated throughout Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

During the Meiji Restoration, laws were written that allowed anybody with the money and know-how to construct and operate their own sake breweries. Around 30,000 breweries sprang up around the country within a year. However, as the years went by, the government levied more and more taxes on the sake industry and slowly the number of breweries dwindled to 8,000.

Most of the breweries that grew and survived this period were set up by wealthy landowners. Landowners who grew rice crops would have rice left over at the end of the season and, rather than letting these leftovers go to waste, would ship it to their breweries. The most successful of these family breweries still operate today.

During the 20th century, sake-brewing technology grew by leaps and bounds. The government opened the sake-brewing research institute in 1904, and in 1907 the very first government-run sake tasting/competition was held. Yeast strains specifically selected for their brewing properties were isolated and enamel-coated steel tanks arrived. The government started hailing the use of enamel tanks as easy to clean, lasting forever, and being devoid of bacterial problems. (The government considered wooden barrels to be unhygienic because of the potential bacteria living in the wood.) Although these things are true, the government also wanted more tax money from breweries, as using wooden barrels means that a significant amount of sake is lost to evaporation (somewhere around 3%), which could have otherwise been taxed. This was the end of the wooden-barrel age of sake and the use of wooden barrels in brewing was completely eliminated.

In Japan, sake has long been taxed by the federal government. In 1898, this tax brought in about 55 million yen out of a total of about 120 million yen, about 46% of the government's total direct tax income.

During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904–1905, the government banned the home brewing of sake. At the time, sake still made up an astonishing 30% of Japan's tax revenue. Since home-brewed sake is tax-free sake, the logic was that by banning the home brewing of sake, sales would go up, and more tax money would be collected. This was the end of home-brewed sake, and the law remains in effect today even though sake sales now make up only 2% of government income.

When World War II brought rice shortages, the sake-brewing industry was dealt a hefty blow as the government clamped down on the use of rice for brewing. As early as the late 17th century, it had been discovered that small amounts of alcohol could be added to sake before pressing to extract aromas and flavors from the rice solids, but during the war, pure alcohol and glucose were added to small quantities of rice mash, increasing the yield by as much as four times. 75% of today's sake is made using this technique, left over from the war years. There were even a few breweries producing "sake" that contained no rice at all. Naturally, the quality of sake during this time varied greatly.

After the war, breweries slowly began to recover, and the quality of sake gradually went up. However, new players on the scene—beer, wine, and spirits—became very popular in Japan, and in the 1960s beer consumption surpassed sake for the first time. Sake consumption continued to go down while, in contrast, the quality of sake steadily improved. Recent increases in the popularity of shōchū also bode ill for the future of sake in its native country.

Today, sake has become a world beverage with a few breweries springing up in China, Southeast Asia, South America, North America, and Australia. More breweries are also turning to older methods of production.

While the rest of the world may be drinking more sake and the quality of sake has been increasing, sake production in Japan has been declining since the mid 1970s. The number of sake breweries is also declining. While there were 3,229 breweries nationwide in fiscal 1975, the number had fallen to 1,845…(click)

was the year of the Great Famine in Ireland, due to potato blight….

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that burnt-out tree 40 paces on a bearing of 120
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who was Fred Flintstone's boss at the Slate Gravel Pit. Slate and Fred were on shaky ground at several points, Fred being fired several times. Mr. Slate did have to put up with Fred's antics and harebrained schemes, which affected his work habits.
At the gravel pit, Fred operated a dinosaur-equivalent of a steam shovel, whose spine and tail Fred slid down during each opening credits…
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the organization's founder, Mr Flory Mudge, of Dilberry,
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satellites for the space-based missile alert system Friday, hoping to overcome years of developmental delays in the dogged pursuit of an eye-in-the-sky threat-warning system.

The Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) program…fraught for 15 years with mistakes, delays and congressional reviews…hinges on satellites hovering 2,000 miles in space, watching the globe for missile launches by North Korea, Iran or others. The planned May 6 launch of SBIRS GEO-1 marks the first launch in that long-delayed plan.

But this isn't the "Star Wars" space defense net Ronald Reagan envisioned in the 80s, said Col. Roger Teague, commander of the Infrared Space Systems Directorate at Air Force Space and Missile Defense in Los Angeles.

"Back in the early 80s, the moniker Star Wars [described] lasers in space and space war capabilities," Teague told FoxNews.com…all ways of knocking out threats from the cold, airless reaches of space. Unlike the abandoned Strategic Defense Initiative, SBIRS satellites serve only to boost our detection system. They will pick an incoming missile out of the inky blackness and beam its location to warfighters…not blast it to smithereens by themselves.

"The SBIRS system will remain the golden standard for missile warning. It will be the backbone of the important mission we do to provide that early warning for hostile missiles and threats for our nation and allies," Teague said. With it, "we can see much more, much earlier, much sooner," he said.

Friday's launch aboard an Atlas V rocket of the first of four SBIRS geostationary satellites…which orbit the planet in a fixed spot relative to Earth…will add to the two highly elliptical satellites already in place. Those change orbits to watch different targets; SBIRS GEO-1 will provide persistent surveillance of just one hotspot, warzone or hostile nation…which one exactly is classified…for the Department of Defense (DoD) from a stationary orbit above the Earth.

After its launch, the satellite will take nine days to achieve its orbit. It could take another six months before it starts providing intelligence data, however. The satellite will then undergo a certification process that will take roughly 17 months, whereupon it should receive approval to participate in integrated warning assessments and operations, providing 24/7 persistent surveillance with its unblinking, sleepless infrared sensors…(click)

have detected a whopping $1.8 USD trillion in cash,
just sitting in the accounts of various businesses
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of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on 25 August. It is regarded as the last battle in the Campaign for Normandy and the transitional conclusion of the Allied invasion breakout in Operation Overlord into a broad-fronted general offensive. The capital region of France had been administered by Nazi Germany since the Second Compiègne armistice in June 1940 when Germany occupied the north and west of France and when the Vichy regime was created in the city of Vichy in central France.

The liberation started with an uprising by the French Resistance against the German garrison. On 24 August, the French Forces of the Interior (Forces françaises de l'intérieur, FFI) received backup from the Free French Army of Liberation and from the United States' 4th Infantry Division.

This battle marked the liberation of France by the Allies, the restoration of the French Republic and the exile of the Vichy government to Sigmaringen in Germany.

Allied strategy emphasized destroying German forces retreating towards the Rhine, when the French Resistance (FFI) under Henri Rol-Tanguy staged an uprising in the French capital. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, did not consider Paris a primary objective; instead, American and British forces wanted to enter Berlin before the Red Army and put an end to the conflict. Moreover, Eisenhower thought it too early for a battle in Paris; he wanted to prevent another battle of Stalingrad, and knew that Hitler had given orders to destroy Paris. The city was considered to be of too great a value culturally to risk destruction in a battle. In a siege, it was estimated 4,000 short tons (3,600 t) of food per day would be needed to supply the city, plus efforts to restore vital infrastructure including transport and the energy supply. Such a task would require time and entire Allied divisions.

However, General Charles de Gaulle threatened to order the French 2nd Armored Division (2ème DB) into Paris.

Paris was the prize in a contest for power within the French Resistance. The city was the hub of national administration and politics, the center of the railroad system, communication lines and the highways. It was the only place from which the country could be governed. The overiding aim of the Resistance, to get rid of the Germans, bound men of conflicting philosophies, interests and political differences together. De Gaulle had organized the Resistance outside France to support his provisional government; but inside France, a large and vociferous contingent of the left, challenged de Gaulle's leadership…(click)

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bee or to hornet, or perhaps to wasp – those are the
stinging issues with which the legislature is
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fans as always they knew in the back of their mind's that if things ever looked too bleak for the "good guys", that Andre could (and frequently did) come in and straighten the territory out with 1 or 2 matches. It was a winning formula for many promoters; when the top face had his hands too full with the local heels, Andre would be called in (to the delight of the fans) and Good would always prevail over Evil.

The fans loved it, the wrestler(s) teaming with Andre always enjoyed sharing the considerable attention/spotlight that followed The Giant, and the promoters were eager to pay Vince McMahon Sr. the considerable finders fee it took to bring him into the territory because a card featuring Andre The Giant always equaled a sold-out arena, or at the least a very substantial upturn in attendance. Andre was also a mainstream celebrity throughout the seventies, the eighties and up until his death in the early nineties. Already the most famous wrestler in the world, his first big Hollywood break came when he was perfectly cast as "Bigfoot" for 2 highly rated episodes of The Six Million-Dollar Man in 1976.

He was also on the undercard of the infamous Ali-Inoki closed-circuit event, easily defeating boxer Chuck Wepner -- which again exposed his overpowering size and persona to the mainstream public. He landed a starring role in the very successful film The Princess Bride, in which he, along with the film, was given rave reviews. In what was a accomplishment at the time, Andre was featured in Sports Illustrated. Fittingly, Andre's S.I. profile was the largest featured article up to that point in time for the publication. And, of course, in 1987 he and Hulk Hogan performed in front of 93,000+…(click)

lottery tickets, Inspector ?'

'Precisely – we'll find the ticket with the rascal's
fingerprints and then justice will be served !'

with a nice chianti." He licked his lips appreciatively.

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noting with an experienced eye the soft curves
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it was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster than any subway train—a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and unforming as pustules of greenish light all over the tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic albino penguins…slithering over the glistening floor that it and its kind had swept so evilly free of all litter while crying "Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!"…(click)

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by trade, while his son apprenticed as a tanner. In
the event, the two occupations blended well, such
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of Fate, the fleas from the exploding dog landed all
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littered with the corpses of those who had failed to reach safety in time.

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after time, Carruthers, you screw the pooch ! You've
been trained, re-trained, counseled, berated and
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this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.

What do you mean, "biblical"?

What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.

Exactly.

Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!

Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…

The dead rising from the grave!

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria!

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or the edge, sir ?'

'Generally, the point provides the quickest way to one's
foe, while the edge, usually, provides a more telling
blow. All that said, nothing is better than a loaded
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a rare but life-threatening tropical fungus that causes lung infections in both people and animals has been seen in the Pacific Northwest and could spread, researchers are reporting.

The fungus, known as Cryptococcus gattii (or C. gattii), has infected dozens of humans and animals--including cats, dogs, and dolphins--in Washington and Oregon in the past five years. While rare, the fungus has been lethal in about 25 percent of the people in the U.S. who have developed infections, according to Edmond Byrnes III, a doctoral student in molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University and one of the lead authors of a new study about the fungus.

In the study, Byrnes and his colleagues analyzed 18 cases in people and 21 in animals that occurred in the U.S. between 2005 and 2009.

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ed dried beef on toast, a staple of military breakfasts for generations, has had a hard way to go--its survival to this day has obviously demonstrated its popularity throughout the years. It has a high caloric density, protein, fat, and carbohydrate content suitable for troops whose caloric intake is balanced by a high aerobic energy output.

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entire lake into evidence, your Honor.'

'Well, see that it gets cleaned-up ! This
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-gue and identify the body as your wife, sir?'

'That, Lieutenant, may be a bit difficult if, as you
say, she was hit by the locomotive before it had slowed
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-gue and identify the body as your wife, sir?'

'That, Lieutenant, may be a bit difficult if, as you
say, she was hit by the locomotive before it had slowed
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of truth, just remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others. It is all lies. Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.

Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself…(click)

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trust consists of a drunken, down-at-heels philosopher,
an addle-pated lackwit, two dimbulb students and a
frustrated housewife – and with these, you plan to take
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Ambergris is a component in many expensive perfumes. One wonders what high society matrons would make of the fact that ambergris is basically whale faeces….

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-smeared sharpened stake dug-in at a forty-five degree
angle in the bottom of a hole. These punji

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