And I do not think that any single moment will ever bring me, as it had never brought me, as keen a thrill as that which I read on a green telegraph form, a few hours before the sailing of the ship, above the signature Peters, the news that one of the big American magazines had bought, and princelily, the serial rights of my last novel.

The leaves, vines, rhizophores (ca 1 cm in diameter and ca 4 cm in length) and tubers (white cortex and flesh, ca 4 cm in diameter and ca 130 cm in length) of yam plant(D. pseudo japonica Yamamoto) were harvested from the same farm randomly in Cidu District, Keelung City, Taiwan between Nov. 2006 and Mar. 2007.

They had been used for centuries to justify or rationalize the behavior of that status and conversely to scapegoat and blame some other category of people.

Toward the evening, we return to our bed and breakfast in order to get 'gothed up', which entails making our appearance as impressive as possible...