Epipremnum aureum is a species of flowering
plant in the family Araceae, with a broad native
Old World distribution. Native range
extends from Northern Australia through Malesia and Indochina
into China, Japan and India. The plant has a multitude of common names
including Australian native monstera,
centipede tongavine, devil's ivy, golden pothos, hunter's
robe, ivy arum, money plant, silver vine, Solomon
Islands ivy and taro vine.
It is sometimes mistakenly labeled as a Philodendron
in plant stores. E. aureum is an evergreen vine growing to 20 m
(66 ft) tall, with stems up to 4 cm (2 in) in diameter, climbing by means of
aerial roots which adhere to surfaces. The leaves are alternate, heart-shaped, entire on juvenile plants,
but irregularly pinnatifid on mature plants, up to 100 cm (39 in) long and
45 cm (18 in) broad (juvenile leaves much smaller, typically under 20 cm (8 in)
long). This plant produces trailing
stems when it climbs up trees and these take root when they reach the ground
and grow along it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum
There are two usual
meanings of gallivant. The first
is 'to go about with members of the opposite sex': second is 'to wander or roam about, seeking
pleasure': It is not always possible to
distinguish these, and there can be other nuances, meaning something like 'to
romp', that could perhaps be regarded as different senses. The word gallivant is of uncertain
origin. It is first found in the early
nineteenth century. Most people regard
it as an alteration of the verb gallant, also used as a verb in the
sense 'to be a gallant or dandy; flirt', but the -iv- element remains
unexplained. One dictionary suggests
that the element comes from the word levant 'to run away, especially to
avoid paying a gambling debt', but this may be a coincidence.
The phrase referring to a box in which valuables are stored is safe-deposit box, not safety-deposit box. The latter is an eggcorn
resulting from a mishearing of the former. The mistake is understandable because the
first two syllables of safe-deposit box
sound like safety. http://grammarist.com/usage/safe-deposit-box/
The original phrase was "daylight-saving
time," and it is still generally
agreed to be "saving," not "savings," time. Remember the name by thinking that you are
saving light, daylight, to be exact. The
words are not capitalized and whether to use a hyphen is a style choice. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/daylight-saving-time.aspx
The Book of Revelation, often simply known as Revelation or
by a number of variants expanding upon its authorship or subject matter, is the
final book of the New Testament and occupies a central part in Christian eschatology. Written in Koine Greek,
its title is derived from the first word of the text, apokalypsis,
meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation
Good
Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990)
is a comedic novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry
Pratchett, a satire of prophecies of the Apocalypse
and Armageddon. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Good_Omens
Read Good Omens at: http://www-afs.secure-endpoints.com/afs/adrake.org/incoming/Gaiman,_Neil_-_Good_Omens_(with_Pratchett,_Terry).pdf
225 pages
When the "Four Bikers
of the Apocalypse" enter the Happy Porker Cafe, Black goes up to the
counter. "Four teas, please,"
he said. "One black.", p.148
A grand jury is an arm of the Court which is empowered to conduct
official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine
whether criminal charges should be brought. The "grand jury" may compel the
production of documents and may compel the sworn testimony of witnesses to
appear before it. Currently, only the United
States retains grand juries, although some other common law
jurisdictions formerly employed them, and most other jurisdictions employ some
other type of preliminary hearing. Grand juries perform both accusatory and
investigatory functions. The
investigatory functions of the grand jury include obtaining and reviewing
documents and other evidence and hearing the sworn testimony of witnesses that
appear before it. The grand jury's
accusatory function is to determine whether or not there is probable cause to
believe that one or more persons committed a certain offense within the venue
of the district court. The "grand
jury" in the United States is composed of 16 to 23 citizens. A grand jury is so named because traditionally
it has a greater number of jurors than a trial jury (also known as a petit jury
or, in English usage the spelling can be petty jury, from the French
for small). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_juries_in_the_United_States
and http://definitions.uslegal.com/g/grand-jury/
Spell-check won’t help you if you don’t know through
from threw. If you can read in
the 21st century, you own the world. Because you learn to write from reading. paraphrase from interview with Stephen King May 26, 2013 http://www.parade.com/15671/kentucker/summers-best-books-starring-stephen-king/
Writing families
Stephen King, wife Tabitha, sons Owen and Joe (Hill).
Jonathan Kellerman, wife Faye, son Jesse.See also: Family Ties: 10 writers who were born to write http://library.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/Family_Ties_Author_Offspring_story.pdf
May
22, 2013 Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker International Prize 2013
"I was recently
denied a writing prize because they said I was lazy." runs one of Lydia Davis's
two-sentence short stories. Well not any
more. Davis has just been awarded the fifth Man Booker International Prize at an award ceremony at the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Her
inventive, carefully-crafted and hard to categorise works saw off the challenge
from nine other contenders from around the world. The judges - Professor Sir Christopher Ricks,
Elif Batuman, Aminatta Forna, Yiyun Li and Tim Parks - recognised that crafting
spare, philosophical and original works, however short, is not for the lazy at
all but takes time, skill and effort. The
Prize, worth £60,000, is awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world
stage and Davis's achievements are writ large despite often using startlingly
few words (some of her longer stories only stretch to two or three pages). Her work has the brevity and precision of
poetry. Sir Christopher Ricks, chairman of the judges, said her "writings
fling their lithe arms wide to embrace many a kind. Just how to categorise them? They have been called stories but could
equally be miniatures, anecdotes, essays, jokes, parables, fables, texts,
aphorisms or even apophthegms, prayers or simply observations." Davis then is not like any other writer and
she follows, and contrasts with, the previous winners of the prize - Ismail Kadaré,
Chinua Achebe,
Alice Munro
and Philip Roth. Lydia
Davis is also known for her work as a translator of French literature and
philosophy, most notably of Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert. Her translations led her to be named a
Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.
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