The equipartition theorem is a formula from statistical mechanics that
relates the temperature of a system with its average energies. The original
idea of equipartition was that, in thermal equilibrium, energy is shared
equally among its various forms; for example, the average kinetic energy in
the translational motion of a molecule should equal the average kinetic
energy in its rotational motion. Like the virial theorem, the equipartition
theorem gives the total average kinetic and potential energies for a system
at a given temperature, from which the system's heat capacity can be
computed. However, equipartition also gives the average values of individual
components of the energy. It can be applied to any classical system in
thermal equilibrium, no matter how complicated. The equipartition theorem
can be used to derive the classical ideal gas law, and the Dulong–Petit law
for the specific heat capacities of solids. It can also be used to predict
the properties of stars, even white dwarfs and neutron stars, since it holds
even when relativistic effects are considered. Although the equipartition
theorem makes very accurate predictions in certain conditions, it becomes
inaccurate when quantum effects are significant, namely at low enough
temperatures.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipartition_theorem
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Today's selected anniversaries:
69:
Vespasian became the fourth Roman Emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Four_Emperors)
1844:
The Rochdale Pioneers, usually considered the first successful cooperative
enterprise, opened their store in Rochdale, England, and formed the basis
for the modern cooperative movement.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Pioneers)
1937:
The animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, based on the
fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm, premiered to a widely receptive
audience.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_%281937_film%29>
)
1962:
Rondane National Park, Norway's first national park, was established.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondane_National_Park)
1988:
Pan Am Flight 103: A Libyan government sponsored terrorist bomb exploded and
destroyed a Boeing 747 in flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270,
including 11 on the ground.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sheepishly (adv) Meekly; self-consciously; with embarrassment.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sheepishly)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or
stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work
things out and hasn't finished.
--Rebecca West
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rebecca_West)
Richard Hawes (1797 – 1877) was a United States Representative from Kentucky
and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. Originally a Whig, Hawes
became a Democrat following the of the Whig party in the 1850s. At the
outbreak of the American Civil War, Hawes was a supporter of Kentucky's
doctrine of armed neutrality. When the Commonwealth's neutrality was
breached in September 1861, Hawes fled to Virginia and enlisted as a brigade
commissary under Confederate general Humphrey Marshall. He was elected
Confederate governor of the Commonwealth following the late George W.
Johnson's death at the Battle of Shiloh. Hawes and the Confederate
government traveled with Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee, and when Bragg
invaded Kentucky in October 1862, he captured Frankfort and held an
inauguration ceremony for Hawes. The ceremony was interrupted, however, by
forces under Union general Don Carlos Buell, and the Confederates were
driven from the Commonwealth following the Battle of Perryville. Hawes
relocated to Virginia, where he continued to lobby President Jefferson Davis
to attempt another invasion of Kentucky. Following the war, he returned to
his home in Paris, Kentucky, swore an oath of allegiance to the Union, and
was allowed to return to his law practice.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hawes
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1803:
As part of the Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans was transferred from France
to the United States.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase)
1917:
The Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, was founded. Felix Dzerzhinsky
was appointed as its leader.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka)
1951:
Experimental Breeder Reactor I near Arco, Idaho, USA became the world's
first electricity-generating nuclear power plant when it produced sufficient
electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I)
1995:
The NATO-led IFOR began peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFOR)
1999:
Portugal transferred sovereignty of Macau to the People's Republic of China.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nebulously (adv) 1. (idiomatic) Vaguely, without clear purpose or
specific intention.
2. In a manner like that of a cloud or haze.
3. As if viewed through a cloud or haze.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nebulously)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the
most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of
the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight
against: any religion, or government which limits or destroys the
individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a
system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for it is the
one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system. Surely I can
understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the
one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts. If the glory can be
killed, we are lost.
--John Steinbeck
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck)
Clem Hill (1877 - 1945) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test
matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the
Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five. A prolific run
scorer, Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test cricket—a world record at the time of
his retirement—at an average of 39.21 per innings, including seven
centuries. In 1902, Hill was the first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a
calendar year, a feat that would not be repeated for 45 years. His innings
of 365 scored against New South Wales for South Australia in 1900–01 was a
Sheffield Shield record for 27 years. His Test cricket career ended in
controversy after he was involved in a brawl with cricket administrator and
fellow Test selector Peter McAlister in 1912. He was one of the "Big Six", a
group of leading Australian cricketers who boycotted the 1912 Triangular
Tournament in England when the players were stripped of the right to appoint
the tour manager. The boycott effectively ended his Test career. After
retiring from cricket, Hill worked in the horse racing industry as a
stipendiary steward and later as a handicapper for races including the
Caulfield Cup.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Hill
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, was
first published.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol)
1972:
NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt aboard
Apollo 17 returned to Earth. No human has visited the Moon since.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17)
1984:
The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom signed the
Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of
Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration)
1997:
Titanic is released in theaters. This movie would become the most
financially successful movie in U.S. history, grossing approximately $1.8
billion worldwide.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29>
)
2007:
The Lakotah people, a Native American tribe, proclaim independence and
withdraw all their treaties with the United States. They then proceed to
establish the Republic of Lakotah, with an ongoing process of international
recognition as a separate country.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakotah)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hymnody (n) 1. The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
2. The hymns of a particular church or of a
particular time.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hymnody)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In such an ugly time the true protest is beauty.
--Phil Ochs
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs)
A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly is a proposed addition to the United
Nations System that would allow for participation of member nations'
legislators and, eventually, direct election of United Nations parliament
members by citizens worldwide. The idea was raised at the League of Nations
founding in the 1920s and again following the end of World War II in 1945,
but remained dormant throughout the Cold War. In the 1990s and 2000s, the
rise of global trade and the power of world organizations that govern it led
to calls for a parliamentary assembly to scrutinize their activity. The
International Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations
Parliamentary Assembly was formed in 2007 to coordinate pro-UNPA efforts.
Supporters have set forth possible UNPA implementations, including
promulgation of a new treaty; creation of a UNPA as a subsidiary body of the
UN General Assembly; and evolution of a UNPA from the Inter-Parliamentary
Union or another nongovernmental organization. Several proposals for
apportionment of votes have been raised to address disparities in UN
members' population and economic power. CEUNPA advocates initially giving
the UNPA advisory powers and gradually increasing its authority over the UN
system. Opponents cite issues such as funding, voter turnout, and
undemocratic UN member nations as reasons for abandoning the project
altogether.
Read the rest of this article:
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Today's selected anniversaries:
218 BC:
Second Punic War: Hannibal had his first great victory over the Roman
Republic at the Battle of the Trebia.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trebia)
1271:
Mongol ruler Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty in China.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan)
1892:
The first performance of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fairy
tale-ballet The Nutcracker was held at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint
Petersburg.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker)
1966:
Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken as
Janus. It took 12 years to determine that they are two distinct objects
sharing the same orbit.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(moon)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_%28moon%29>
)
1987:
Programmer Larry Wall released the first version of the programming language
Perl via the comp.sources.misc newsgroup.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hymnody (n) 1. The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
2. The hymns of a particular church or of a
particular time.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hymnody)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the
dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than
usual. But not nearly close enough.
--Paul Klee
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Klee)
Latter Days is a gay romantic drama released in 2003. Set in Los Angeles,
California it portrays the seduction of Aaron Davis, a Mormon missionary, by
Christian Markelli, a party animal who falls in love with him. The film,
written and directed by C. Jay Cox, stars Steve Sandvoss as Aaron, Wes
Ramsey as Christian, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Elder Ryder, and Rebekah
Johnson as Julie Taylor. Mary Kay Place, Amber Benson and Jacqueline Bisset
have supporting roles. Latter Days premiered at the Philadelphia
International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on July 10, 2003. It was released
across America over the next 12 months, and was released, mostly at gay film
festivals, in a few other countries. It was the first film to openly show
the clash between the principles of the Mormon church and homosexuality, and
its exhibition in some states was polemic. Various religious groups demanded
the movie to be retired from theatres and DVD stores under boycott threats.
The movie was not well received by film critics, although it was popular
with most film festival attendees. In 2004 T. Fabris made Latter Days into a
novel, which was published by Alyson Publications.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Days
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No.
11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_%E2%84%96_11_(1862)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_%E2%84%96_11_%281862%29>
)
1903:
In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, Orville and Wilbur Wright aboard the
Wright Flyer conducted the first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing
aircraft.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers)
1944:
Malmedy massacre: Nazi German troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed
prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns
near Malmedy, Belgium.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massacre)
1970:
Soldiers fired at workers emerging from trains in Gdynia, Poland, beginning
the government's brutal crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the
country.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_1970_protests)
1983:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a car bomb just
outside Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people and injuring
about 90 others.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrods_bombing)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
just in case (adv) (idiomatic) In the event; should there be a need.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/just_in_case)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is a queer and fantastic world. Why can't people have what they want? The
things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has got the wrong
thing. Perhaps you can make head or tail of it; it is beyond me.
--Ford Madox Ford
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ford_Madox_Ford)
The criminal trials of the LaRouche movement in the mid-1980s stemmed from
federal and state investigations into the activities of American political
activist Lyndon LaRouche and members of the LaRouche movement. They were
charged with conspiring to commit fraud and soliciting loans they had no
intention of repaying. LaRouche and his supporters disputed the charges,
claiming the trials were politically motivated. The trial, described as a
"courtroom extravaganza", was repeatedly delayed and finally ended in
mistrial, after which a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia issued
further indictments against LaRouche and five associates. After a short
trial, they were convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud
on December 16, 1988. LaRouche, who was also convicted of tax evasion, was
sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment; he entered prison in 1989 and was
paroled five years later. In separate state trials in Virginia and New York,
13 associates received terms ranging from one month to 77 years. The
Virginia state trials were described as the highest-profile cases that the
state Attorney General's office had ever prosecuted. Fourteen states issued
injunctions against LaRouche-related organizations, three of which were
forced into bankruptcy after failing to pay contempt of court fines.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaRouche_criminal_trials
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1653:
The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
of England.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell)
1689:
The Parliament of England adopted the Bill of Rights, declaring that
Englishmen possessed certain positive civil and political rights.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689)
1850:
The Canterbury Pilgrims aboard Randolph and Charlotte-Jane arrived to settle
Christchurch, New Zealand.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch)
1944:
World War II: The Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany launched its final offensive in
the western front, the Battle of the Bulge.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge)
1971:
Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
and the Bangladesh Liberation War.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flag_Debate)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lambent (adj) 1. Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
2. Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
3. Clever or talented without effort.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lambent)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it
is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve
that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well
decide whether we have any future.
--Arthur C. Clarke
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke)
Getting It: The psychology of est is a non-fiction book by psychologist
Sheridan Fenwick, first published in 1976, analyzing Werner Erhard's Erhard
Seminars Training or est. It is based on Fenwick's own experience of
attending a four-day session of the est training, an intensive 60-hour
personal development course in the self-help genre. Large groups of up to
250 people took the est training at one time. In the first section of
Fenwick's book, she recounts the est training process and the methods used
during the course. Fenwick details the rules or "agreements" laid out by the
trainers to the attendees, which include not talking to others or leaving
the session to go to the bathroom unless during an announced break period.
The second section is analytic: Fenwick analyzes the methods used by the est
trainers, evaluates the course's potential effects, and discusses Erhard's
background. Fenwick concludes that the program's long-term effects are
unknown, and that the est training could harm certain groups of people.
Writing in Library Journal, psychiatrist James Charney describes the book as
"the only useful critical look" at the training. Zane Berzins of The New
York Times Book Review characterizes the book as a "calm and professionally
informed view".
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_It:_The_psychology_of_est
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1467:
Troops under Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the forces of Matthias
Corvinus of Hungary in Baia, present-day Romania.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baia)
1791:
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively
known as the United States Bill of Rights, were ratified.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights)
1868:
Tokugawa Shogunate forces led by Enomoto Takeaki founded the Republic of Ezo
in Hokkaidō, Japan's second largest island.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo)
1942:
World War II: The Americans engaged Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle
of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse in the hills near
the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Austen,_the_Galloping_Horse,_a…
)
1964:
The six-month long Canadian Great Flag Debate ended when the Canadian House
of Commons voted to replace the de facto national flag of Canada, the
Canadian Red Ensign, with an official one, the current Maple Leaf Flag.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flag_Debate)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lucubrate (v) 1. To work diligently by artificial light, to study at
night.
2. To work or write like a scholar.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lucubrate)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is not the right angle that attracts me,
Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made.
What attracts me are free and sensual curves.
The curves in my country's mountains,
In the sinuous flow of its rivers,
In the beloved woman's body.
--Oscar Niemeyer
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer)
The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales,
Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions due
to the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply
of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to
develop into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of
Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria and on the east by
the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales
in the Murray and Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the
west. Home to Aboriginal groups for over 40,000 years, the Riverina was
originally settled by Europeans in the mid-19th century as a pastoral region
providing beef and wool to markets in Australia and beyond. In the 20th
century, the development of major irrigation areas in the Murray and
Murrumbidgee valleys has led to the introduction of crops such as rice and
wine grapes. Major population and service centres in the Riverina include
the cities of Wagga Wagga, Albury and Griffith. Albury and Wagga Wagga are
home to campuses of Charles Sturt University, the only local provider of
higher education for the region.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverina
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
Glasgow Subway, the third oldest below-ground metro system in the world
after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, began operations in
Glasgow, Scotland.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway)
1911:
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to
reach the South Pole.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen)
1918:
The German Empire's defeat in World War I, and the stated fact that none of
the Allies would ever accept a German-born prince as the King of Finland,
led Frederick Charles to renounce the throne.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse)
1962:
NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully fly by
Venus.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2)
1995:
The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Bosnian War.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Agreement)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
coda (n)
1. (*music*) A passage which brings a movement or piece to a conclusion
through prolongation.
2. (*linguistics*) The optional final part of a syllable, placed after
its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
3. The conclusion of a statement.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coda)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I had determined to go as far as declaring in abstruse and puzzling
utterances the future causes of the "common advent", even those truly cogent
ones that I have foreseen. Yet lest whatever human changes may be to come
should scandalise delicate ears, the whole thing is written in nebulous
form, rather than as a clear prophecy of any kind.
--Nostradamus
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nostradamus)
Albert Speer (1905 – 1981) was a German architect who was, for part of World
War II, Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Hitler
commissioned Speer to design and construct a number of structures, including
the Reich Chancellery and the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg where Party
rallies were held. Speer also made plans to reconstruct Berlin on a grand
scale, with huge buildings, wide boulevards, and a reorganized
transportation system. As Hitler's Minister of Armaments and War Production,
Speer's reforms were so successful that Germany's war production continued
to increase despite massive and devastating Allied bombing. As "the Nazi who
said sorry", he accepted responsibility at the Nuremberg trials. After the
war, he was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to twenty years in prison for
his role in the Nazi regime, principally for the use of forced labor. He
served most of his sentence at Spandau Prison in West Berlin. Following his
release from Spandau in 1966, Speer published two bestselling
autobiographical works, Inside the Third Reich and Spandau: The Secret
Diaries, detailing his often close personal relationship with Hitler, and
providing readers and historians with a unique perspective inside the
workings of the Nazi regime.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1545:
Counter-Reformation: The Council of Trent, an ecumenical council convoked by
Pope Paul III in response to the growth of Protestantism, opened in Trento,
Italy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent)
1642:
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European explorer to reach New
Zealand.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand)
1769:
Dartmouth College in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, USA was established
by a Royal Charter from British King George III and became the last
university founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College)
1862:
American Civil War: Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside suffered
severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of
Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg)
1981:
Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law in Poland, suspended
Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bibulously (adv) Drunkenly; as if intoxicated.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bibulously)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Where they burn books, they will also burn people.
--Heinrich Heine
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine)
The Mana series is a console role-playing game series from Square Enix,
created by Koichi Ishii. The series began as a handheld side story to
Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy, although most Final
Fantasy-inspired elements were subsequently dropped, starting with the
second installment, Secret of Mana. It has since grown to include games of
various genres within the fictional world of Mana, with recurring stories
involving a world tree, its associated holy sword, and the fight against
forces that would steal their power. Several character designs, creatures,
and musical themes reappear frequently. In 2003, the series comprised five
games; since 2006, it has experienced a revival through the World of Mana
campaign, with five new games released in the span of one year. As of 2008,
the Mana series comprises eight console games and two mobile games, in
addition to four manga and one novelization. The Mana series reception has
been very uneven, with Secret of Mana earning wide acclaim, such as being
rated 78th in IGN's yearly "Top 100 Games of All Time", and being highly
praised for its musical score, while the games from the World of Mana series
have been rated considerably lower.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana_(series)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana_%28series%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1531:
The Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin saw a
vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary outside of modern-day Mexico City.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe)
1897:
Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, was inaugurated.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belo_Horizonte)
1901:
Guglielmo Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from
Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John's,
Newfoundland.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi)
1915:
President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy and
declared himself Emperor.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Shikai)
1964:
Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dot the i's and cross the t's (v) (idiomatic) To take care of every detail,
even minor ones; to be meticulous or thorough.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dot_the_i%27s_and_cross_the_t%27s)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not
cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as
justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write,
with moderation. ... I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not
excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.
--William Lloyd Garrison
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison)