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The Temple at ZelalieThe sign said, "NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT FOR AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL", so I barged straight in. Well, I tried to, but the door was locked, and it took me a couple of minutes work with a jemmy to get in. I tried to work as quietly as I could, but you can't jemmy a stout door open quietly, and by the time I got in I was sure the guards were on their way.The Temple at Zelalie
Once inside, I looked around for somewhere I could hide in such a way that I could surprise them. I thought there'd probably only be two of them. I certainly hoped so. I'd worked myself up into a frenzy to be brave enough to come here at all, but I was beginning to feel a bit shaky.
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The Land of the Midwinter SunI live in a town called Toptown. It's called that because it's very nearly at the top of the world. Mummy says the world doesn't really have a top, but everyone knows it does really.The Land of the Midwinter Sun
My Mummy is a Scientist. My Daddy says he's a Scientist too, but Mummy says he's really an Explorer, and that that's why he's away from home so much.
Our teacher told us that the stars you can see in the sky in winter are really very big, they only look little because they're a very, very long way away. She told us that they're just like the Sun, except that some of them are a bit bigger than the Sun, and some of them are a bit smaller.
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A not-so-white liePlutonium has moved less than 10 feet from where it was formed almost two billion years agoA not-so-white lie
This is a quote from a "Fact Sheet" issued by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Yucca Mountain Project. It is simply a fabrication - a circumstantial detail dreamt up to support their insupportable case, apparently in the belief that no-one would be in any position to question it. I'm doing the following analysis purely to dissect this particular lie, and demonstrate that they are liars. My main case doesn't depend on this particular instance; see [Nirex Report on Nuclear Waste] .
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Economics again - DiscountingDiscounting is an important topic in economics. Any economic prediction looking more than a year or two into the future is completely dependent on it.Economics again - Discounting
It's nothing to do with discounts offered by traders trying to persuade you to buy something!
The idea is that costs in the future are less important than costs today, and that benefits in the future are worth less than benefits today. The logic is that if I can delay some spending for a few years, I can earn interest on the money for a few years – or avoid paying out interest for a few years, if I'm borrowing the money. Likewise, if I'm not going to get the benef
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PercyPercy suddenly decided that he was going to come with us, after all. He started to put his boots on, but then realized that his Mum was already quite a long way up the road, and set off at a run, one foot padding along in a sock, and the other thumping along in a boot, laces flying loose.Percy
I slowed down and let Bev get ahead a bit. As I'd expected, Percy overtook me without a glance, and I dashed back to pick up his other boot. It had a toy iron in it.
When he originally said he wasn't coming, Bev had told him, "That's okay. Auntie Sharon will be very happy to have you here. We'll be popping in in a week's time to pic
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What is it? 6by *coshipi
VoicesDriving, driving, getting away.Voices
"Don't touch me!"
"I've no intention of touching you!"
And I haven't. But I have, and you didn't tell her that. Why would he? You're not in control.But I might be in a minute! I hope not."You seemed to, a moment ago."
"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." Liar! You know damn well what came over you.Indeed I do, but it's not something I can explain, is it? Anyway, I'm in full control now, and I intend to stay that way. Somehow. It's two to one. I'll do my best to help. But he's strong.I know that. But this is important. &nbs
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- Current Residence: UK
- Interests: Environment, justice for the poor worldwide
- Favourite movie: Gandhi
- Favourite band or musician: Louis Armstrong, or maybe Joan Armatrading, or Leon Rosselson, or...
- Favourite artist: Hieronymus Bosch or M C Escher or W Heath Robinson or...
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