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Oyez - John Blair

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homer | Origin and meaning of the name homer by Online Etymology Dictionary

Homer traditional name of the supposed author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," from Latin Homerus, from Greek Homeros. It is identical to Greek homeros "a hostage," said to also mean in dialects "blind" (the connecting notion is "going with a companion"). But the name also has been otherwise explained.homer (n.)short for home run, from 1868. It also meant "pigeon trained to fly home from a distance" (1880). As a verb in the baseball...

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wedding band puns

BOOKING A WEDDING BAND DUBLINWe are often asked a range of questions about how Booking Wedding Bands or your wedding night might go in relation to the band and DJ setup times, the flow of the evening and sometimes about booking the band. So we took the time to put together a few questions and answers to help you in your research and planning. We are always here to answer any other questions you may have. Just contact us if you have any questions. How do we book the band?You can secure The Moo...

Herod the Great - Livius

Livius.org Articles on ancient history   Herod the Great Herod (73-5/4 BCE) was the pro-Roman king of the small Jewish state in the last decades before the common era.Early years Judaea and Galilee during the reign of Hyrcanus II Herod was born 73 BCE as the son of a man from Idumea named Antipater and a woman named Cyprus, the daughter of an Arab sheik. Antipater was an adherent of Hyrcanus, one of two princes who struggling to become king of Judaea. In this conflict, the ...

Bird as bard

Could birds in English literature be a reference to poets and playwrights? More ancient languages would suggest a different but not opposite meaning. Birds are often symbolic of the female psyche, and the virtual function of females in the storyworld as potential powerful diplomats. Birds can carry and deliver informed messages (sometimes literally on paper) without causing a direct threat. (Hitchcock's The Birds being one exception) or angelic spy -- a neither necessarily friendly nor nece...

Spaced Repetition for Efficient Learning - Gwern.net

Home Site Me New: mail /r/gwern support onPATREON Spaced Repetition for Efficient Learning Efficient memorization using the spacing effect: literature review of widespread applicability, tips on use & what it’s good for. topics: psychology, Haskell, bibliography created: 11 Mar 2009; modified: 17 May 2019; status: finished; confidence: highly likely; importance: 9 Spacing effect If you’re so good, why aren’t you rich Literature review Background: testing works! Subjects...

Will Self - 10 Rules For Writing Fiction - is that a pen name Q

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Wallets and Waltzes PIE root wel-

*wel- (3)Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to turn, revolve," with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects. It forms all or part of: archivolt; circumvolve; convoluted; convolution; devolve; elytra; evolution; evolve; Helicon; helicopter; helix; helminth; lorimer; ileus; involve; revolt; revolution; revolve; valve; vault (v.1) "jump or leap over;" vault (n.1) "arched roof or ceiling;" volte-face; voluble; volume; voluminous; volute; volvox; volvulus; ...

CITIZEN = NIETZSCHE - minus an H

This is a stunning insight. Does KANE maybe mean "Enoch"? Or if we move the H - Enokh? "Nake"(d)? Kean? Acne? Alaska and Nebraska? California and Nebraska? California And the NorthEast? NorthEast Atlantic City No electricity vs alternating current North Eastern Alternating Current K E (?) Alternative News KANE as KANT ? "Her Son; Wellesley" (Side bar for ZTORY) Better yet: N I E T Z S C H E A N Minus the Eye and CHARLES FOSTER KANE As: ? CHARANI STROKER FEEL ARIAN CHARLIE FOSTER KAN...

Pan

Pan Arcadian shepherd god with upper body of a man and horns and lower part like a goat, late 14c., a god of the woods and fields, from Latin, from Greek Pan. Klein says perhaps cognate with Sanskrit pusan, a Vedic god, guardian and multiplier of cattle and other human possessions, literally "nourisher." Similarity to pan "all" (see pan-) led to his being regarded as a personification of nature. Pan-pipe, upon which he supposedly played, is attested from 1820. from https://www.etymonline.c...