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The word "halcyon" ultimately derives from the Greek word alkyon, referring to the kingfisher. In Greek mythology, the halcyon was a bird believed to have the power to calm the sea during its breeding season around the winter solstice. This period of calm seas became known as "halcyon days," which then expanded to mean a time of peace and prosperity in general. This phrase originally referred to the period of calm weather around the winter solstice when the halcyon bird was believed to be nesting. Later, in the 16th century, "halcyon" began to be used as an adjective, particularly in the phrase "halcyon days," translating the Latin "alcyonei dies" and referring to the 14 days of calm weather around the winter solstice, and it was adopted from the Latin into Middle English as "alceon". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "halcyon" was first used in English in the 14th century as a noun. It initially referred to the mythical kingfisher bird, and later evolved to describe a peaceful and calm period. The adjective form, signifying calm and peaceful, also appeared later in the 16th century. Examples of "halcyon" used in a sentence: "Flying around the Los Angeles area was still fun in those happy, halcyon days!" "It creates the foundation for a halcyon, innovation-driven investment expansion." "During those early halcyon years the company's potentila for growth seemed unlimited." "Four decades later, PIR is taking a trip back to its halcyon days." ""But war had somehow changed since the halcyon days of Tommy and Fritz." "This had been too halcyon a day to clutter up the memory of it with some backwoods bully's melodramatic bellowings." "A memento of youth, of halcyon days. But look deeper, beyond the frozen smiles, and there were stories behind the image." "It seemed longer; or rather, it seemed as if a dark, deep abyss separated us from the halcyon days that had preceded the disaster."

The word "panorama" originates from Greek roots: "pan" meaning "all" and "horama" meaning" sight" or "view". According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the adjective "panoramic" was first used in English in 1796. This usage is attributed to G. Cumberland. Although the term "panorama" was used by Irish artist Robert Barker to describe his large, immersive paintings. The first panorama, a painting of Edinburgh, was displayed in a specially built rotunda in 1791 Examples of "panoramic" used in a sentence: "How did you come to write such a panoramic book?" "At the end of the slope is a panoramic view of the Sea of Japan." "There's even a rooftop with panoramic views of the city. Give your calves a break and ride the panoramic cable car up to the top of town." "At the far end of the main floor of Jonny's new home glowed a panoramic window fitted into the mountainside." "Of the 240 rooms, many provide panoramic views across Oslo fjord." "She'd been sleeping somewhat well beside the panoramic window when purple light lit up the foyer." "She readied herself for a fight, making certain none of them had orders to jump her yet, and then continued to the panoramic window."

I didn't do either of those things with my cards and kept them in a shoe box. I know I had at least two Mickey Mantle rookie cards and a Ted Williams card before he retired, as well as the Mantle/Maris cards from 1961. I left them at my mom's house when I went to college and didn't pick them up later. I thought they were still up in my old room, but they'd been moved to the attic when she started using that room as a guest room. When they were having the roof replaced, the roofers went to lunch without placing a tarp over where they'd removed the roofing ant the old plywood, and then while they were gone there were a thunderstorm and the cards got soaked. Totally ruined them, along with the ceilings below that section of the house, so I can only imagine how much money I lost when that happened.

Not only are new things more attractive, they're also, in this case, less matted down and feels as if they still have a bit more padding.

It may take a while to find out about the baseball cards, since the boys are coming up to their first semester finals, as well as the Christmas holiday. Yes, I think we're all hoping that Bailey will make a new attachment before Mac and Devin graduate.

Then I hope you approve of this one whien it is eventually revealed.

The word "assemblage" originates from the Old French verb "assembler," which means "to come together, join, or unite," ultimately tracing back to the Latin "assimulare," meaning "to copy, to make like," and later "to gather together". According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the word "assemblage" first appeared in English in the late 1600s. The OED's earliest evidence for its use is from 1690, in the writings of philosopher John Locke. However, Merriam-Webster claims the term "assemblage" was first used in English in 1657, without listing a source for that claim. While the term itself is relatively old, its application in the context of art, particularly as art assemblage, is more recent, with Jean Dubuffet being credited with popularizing it in the 1950s. Examples of "assemblage" used in a sentence: "A large statue or an assemblage of stones also can be used as a substitute." "It's a rare assemblage and collection of paintings." "A diverse assemblage of mainly wetland plant species resulted from sampling." "The assemblage of people was eclectic, and the only common thread seemed to be the open bar. "But this work, like Waters's, seemed to still be in its assemblage phase." "But it is not so much the calibre of individual pieces as the atmosphere of the whole assemblage that is striking." "These alteration assemblages are consistent with those observed on the edges of quartz veins and within small shears through the granodiorite."

That's the question that Mac and Devin had with each other. They boys haven't given up their detective work, though, so maybe will find out some answers in the upcoming chapters. Who knows, there may be some surprises along the way.

Actually, I fogot until a show came on TV that I knew was only on Tuesday.

Chapter 17 – A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma Now that I’d solved the mystery about the baseball caps, I was ready to pull out the plastic container and find out what was inside. After doing a little research, we discovered the plastic container was made by Tupperware before 1980, so now we focused on the contents of the container. The first thing we pulled out was an old baseball glove that was much smaller than a modern baseball glove and much more crudely made. The leather was al

The word "mnemonic" originates from the Ancient Greek word μνημονικός (mnēmonikos) (adjective), meaning "of or relating to memory". This, in turn, is derived from μνήμη (mnēmē), meaning "remembrance" or "memory". The Greek word is also connected to Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory in Greek mythology. The core of the word traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *men-, meaning "to think". Also from modern Latin from modern Latin mnemonica (in the same sense), Latin mneimonicum ''mnemonic device’. The first known use of the word "mnemonic" in English, as an adjective, dates back to 1661, in a letter by Samuel Hartlib, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The noun form, referring to a mnemonic device, appeared later, in 1842. Examples of "mnemonic" in a sentence: "As the CORE mnemonic device shows, it's all up to you." "S.T.O.P. refers to the survival mnemonic for Stop, Think, Observe and Plan." "The DREAMS mnemonic can help make the diagnosis when it is being considered." "In fact, we can improve memory with mnemonic devices." "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos is a mnemonic used to remember the order of the planets." "Roy G. Biv is a mnemonic used to remember the colors of the visible light spectrum (in order of increasing frequency): Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.

Closed the poll? I just finished reading the last two stories today. And all the best wishes for your husbands speedy recovery and for you to retain your sanity during this trying time visiting the husband in the hospital and taking care of the kids. That can be a lot to juggle, so I wish all the best for both of you.

Maybe not of me directly, but in how the definition of decimate has drifted from its original meaning. I thought I'd appease him, nonetheless.

Another icon from the past has passed away. Rest in peace, Loni, and may our memories of you never fade.

Where all getting old and the icons from our youth are getting even older and we're losing them one at a time. Rest in peace, Ozzy, and I know Sharon is heartbroken, so I hope she's able to survive without you.

Life is full of disappointments, some are minor and others more severe. The minor disappointments are when an acquaintance disappoints you, and it's harder to deal with when a friend, especially a close friend disappoints you, but it can be totally devastating when your parents disappoint you. How do you handle it when the ones that gave you life disappoint you? Those can be the most severe blows of all. It doesn't have to totally devastating or completely ruin your life, though. It's how you deal with those disappointments that determines if you're a survivor or a loser. This is exactly the situation that the main character of this story, Timothy Chowder, has to deal with, so read this emotionally filled short story to discover which category he fits into. Is Timothy Chowder a survivor or a just another loser?

The world is full of secrets and the author delineates the different types of secrets in vivid detail. However, the author is also keeping a secret, one that they don't totally detail. Will you read this short story to see if you can discern what that secret is?

Am I the only one thinking of Walter Mitty? I might be wrong, but that's what came to mind for me.

There, I corrected by entry in response to your complaint.

Kyle and Oliver are dormmates and Kyle has a crush on Oliver. The problem is that Kyle is gay and Oliver is straight. They are friends, though, and Oliver doesn't know about the crush, even though Kyle seems to be devoted to him. Oliver invites Kyle to go to a party with him, mainly because he has to bring someone, rules of the party, and what happens there isn't what anyone could possibly expect. If you want to find out what that is, then get comfortable, open this short story in your browser, and prepare for a surprise. Even with all of these clues, I still doubt you'll be able to figure out what's coming.

Did anyone else have the TV series Dexter come to mind? Revenge not for himself, but for everyone else, and then he goes and frames her current boyfriend by slipping the syringe into his pocket. I hope Oliver never pisses him off. Oh, and using his dad's nine iron on the neighbor? I wonder what his father thought when his nine iron came up missing or severely damaged?

Decimate is from Latin decimat- ‘taken as a tenth’, from the verb decimare, from decimus, which meant the "the removal or destruction of one-tenth". What offences could lead to the Romans use of decimation, or the killing of every tenth man or one tenth of a unit? Decimation was an extreme punishment for the most serious transgressions, such as cowardice, insubordination, desertion and mutiny. The mere threat of decimation was designed to ensure that soldiers adhered to military discipline. In Middle English the term decimation denoted the levying of a tithe, and later the tax imposed by Cromwell on the Royalists (1655). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the verb "decimate" was first used in English in the late 1500s, specifically in 1591. It was borrowed from the Latin word decimatus, which is the perfect passive participle of decimō (meaning "to kill one tenth" or "to tithe"). In modern English, "decimate" is most commonly used to mean "to severely damage or destroy" or "to greatly reduce in number," reflecting the broader sense that has developed over time. Examples of using "decimate" in a sentence: "Yet both dam projects would decimate the very scrubland the lynx depends on." "This kind of moth is responsible for decimating thousands of trees in our town." "Budget cuts have decimated public services in small towns." "Bouts of large-scale logging decimated close to a third of their forest in the 1980s." "If something is drastically reduced or killed, especially in number, you can say it was decimated." "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico decimated the wildlife along the coast." "Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services to the needy by ten percent."

The word "heliotropism" has roots in ancient Greek, combining "helios," (ἥλιος) meaning "sun," and "tropism" (τροπή), meaning "a turn" or "a turning." Therefore, heliotropism literally translates to "sun-turn" or "turning towards the sun". This accurately describes the phenomenon where plant parts, particularly leaves and flowers, orient themselves in the direction of the sun's movement across the sky. The term itself origninated in French as "héliotropisme" and was most likely introduced by the Swiss naturalist Jean Senebier around 1800, before being adopted by the English. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the noun "heliotropism" was first used in English in 1854, in the writings of Robert Mayne. Examples of "heliotropism" used in a sentence: "Heliotropism can be seen in sunflower fields as the plants track the sun's movement across the sky." | "The researchers have not yet identified the genes involved in heliotropism." "It's heliotropism, and sunflowers are not the only plants that track the sun." "But light sensitivity—or heliotropism—plays a role too." "All legume plants do this, so be sure to watch your peas and beans for signs of heliotropism." "His very geographical situation was sufficient to turn the mind towards him, but the particular reason for that heliotropism on the part of his feminine neighbors was that he was an easy man for a woman to ask."

If you're looking for a story that will make your spine tingle and the hair on the back of your neck stand on end, then look no further. This short story will do that for you. Don't let the SA's story description mislead you, because this story has nothing to do with a Secret Santa. It's more like an evil and deadly Grinch before Halloween. Just don't read this prior to bedtime, because if you do, you'll probably have trouble falling asleep. Kudos, SA, for a creepy and haunting tale.