Everything Tastes Better with Bacon is a book about cooking with bacon
written by Sara Perry, a food commentator and columnist for The
Oregonian. Her editor at Chronicle Books suggested bacon as a cookbook
subject. Bacon's popularity and usage was increasing, but Perry believed
that a paucity of recipes would make writing the book difficult.
Recalling her fondness for honey-baked ham, she combined sugar and bacon
to create dishes and realized that bacon could be used to add seasoning
in flavoring dishes, including salads and pastas. The book includes
recipes for bacon-flavored dishes and desserts. It was published in the
United States in 2002 and in a French language edition in 2004 in
Montreal. It received mainly positive reviews and its recipes were
selected for inclusion in The Best American Recipes 2003–2004. The St.
Petersburg Times classed it as among the "most interesting and unique
cookbooks" published, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlighted it in the
article "Favorite Cookbooks for 2002" and The Denver Post included it in
a list of best cookbooks of 2002. A review in The Toronto Star
criticized a lack of creativity in the choice of recipes.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Tastes_Better_with_Bacon>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1813:
Peninsular War: At the Battle of San Marcial, the Spanish Army
of Galicia under Manuel Alberto Freire turned back Nicolas Soult's last
major offensive against Arthur Wellesley's allied army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marcial>
1888:
Mary Ann Nichols' body was found on the ground in front of a
gated stable entrance in Buck's Row, London, allegedly the first victim
of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depiction
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper>
1945:
The Liberal Party of Australia, one of the two major Australian
political parties, was founded to replace the United Australia Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia>
1982:
Anti-government demonstrations were held in 66 Polish cities to
commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement, which
allowed the Solidarity trade union to be established.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk_Agreement>
1998:
North Korea claimed to have successfully launched
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite, although no objects were ever
tracked in orbit from the launch.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
kore:
An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed,
painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kore>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself,
that is the first duty of the educator.
--Maria Montessori
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori>
Typhoon Pongsona was the last typhoon of the 2002 Pacific typhoon
season, and was the second-costliest United States disaster in 2002
behind Hurricane Lili. The name "Pongsona" was contributed by North
Korea for the Pacific tropical cyclone list and is the Korean name for
the garden balsam. Pongsona developed out of an area of disturbed
weather on December 2, and steadily intensified to reach typhoon status
on December 5. On December 8 it passed through Guam and the Northern
Marianas Islands while near its peak winds of 175 km/h (110 mph
10-min). It ultimately turned to the northeast, weakened, and became
extratropical on December 11. It left the entire island of Guam without
power and destroyed about 1,300 houses (damage pictured). With strong
building standards and experience from repeated typhoon strikes, there
were no fatalities directly related to Pongsona, although there was one
indirect death from flying glass. Damage on the island totaled over
$700 million (2002 USD), making it among the five costliest typhoons
on Guam. The typhoon also caused heavy damage on Rota and elsewhere in
the Northern Marianas Islands, and as a result of its impact the name
was retired.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Pongsona>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1813:
Creek War: A force of Creeks, belonging to the Red Sticks
faction killed hundreds of settlers in Fort Mims in Alabama.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mims_massacre>
1835:
European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River
in Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne>
1909:
American paleontologist Charles Walcott discovered the Burgess
Shale, one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields (Marrella fossil
pictured), in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Shale>
1959:
The title of National Hero of Indonesia was first given, to the
writer-cum-politician Abdul Muis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hero_of_Indonesia>
1995:
Bosnian War: NATO began its bombing campaign against the Army
of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_NATO_bombing_campaign_in_Bosnia_and_Herz…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
leech:
1. (transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from
the patient.
2. (transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leech>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that
this delicate motion should reside in all the things around us,
revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter
of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new
eyes. There the snow lay around my doorstep — great heaps of protons
quietly precessing in the earth's magnetic field. To see the world for a
moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a
discovery.
--Edward Mills Purcell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Mills_Purcell>
Zero is an even number. In other words, zero's parity—the quality of
an integer being even or odd—is even. It fits the definition of "even"
as an integer multiple of 2, namely 0 × 2. As a result, zero has all
the properties of even numbers: 0 is divisible by 2, 0 is surrounded on
both sides by odd numbers, 0 is the sum of an integer (0) with itself,
and a set of 0 objects can be split into two equal sets (example
pictured). Zero is the additive identity element of the group of even
integers, and it is the starting case from which other even natural
numbers are recursively defined. Applications of this recursion from
graph theory to computational geometry rely on zero being even. Among
the general public, the parity of zero can be a source of confusion. In
reaction time experiments, most people are slower to identify 0 as even
than 2, 4, 6, or 8. Some students of mathematics—and some
teachers—think that zero is odd, or both even and odd, or neither.
Researchers in mathematics education propose that these misconceptions
can become learning opportunities. Studying equalities like 0 × 2 =
0 can address students' doubts about calling 0 a number and using it in
arithmetic.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_of_zero>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1475:
After an invasion by England and the Duchy of Burgundy, France
signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal
with the threat posed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Picquigny>
1842:
The Treaty of Nanking, an unequal treaty ending the First Opium
War, was signed, forcing the Chinese Qing Dynasty to give control of the
island that is now the site of Hong Kong, and other concessions to the
British.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong>
1903:
The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-
class battleships, was launched.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Slava>
1911:
The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi (pictured), emerged
from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American
society.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishi>
2007:
Six nuclear warheads were alleged to have been mistakenly
loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot
Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
skyclad:
(Wicca) Naked outdoors.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skyclad>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change
his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make
the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change.
--Michael Jackson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson>
Omayra Sánchez Garzón (1972–85) was a 13-year-old Colombian girl
killed in Armero, Colombia, by the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz.
Volcanic debris mixed with ice to form massive lahars (volcanically
induced mudslides, landslides, and debris flows) that rushed into the
river valleys below the mountain, killing nearly 25,000 people and
destroying Armero and 13 other villages. After a lahar demolished her
home, Omayra was trapped beneath the debris of her house for three days.
Her plight was documented as she descended from calmness into agony. Her
courage and dignity touched journalists and relief workers. After
60 hours of struggling, she died, likely due to exposure. Her death
highlighted the failure of officials to respond promptly to the threat
of the volcano and the efforts of volunteer rescue workers despite a
dearth of supplies and equipment. Omayra became internationally famous
through a photograph of her taken shortly before her death by the
photojournalist Frank Fournier, which was designated the World Press
Photo of the Year for 1985. She has remained a lasting figure in popular
culture, remembered through music, literature, and commemorative
articles.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omayra_S%C3%A1nchez>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1640:
Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander
Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Newburn>
1850:
German composer Richard Wagner's romantic opera Lohengrin,
containing the Bridal Chorus, was first performed under the direction of
Franz Liszt in Weimar, present-day Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin_(opera)>
1937:
Toyota Motors, now Japan's largest automobile manufacturer, was
spun off from Toyota Industries as an independent company.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota>
1963:
During a large political rally in Washington, D.C., Martin
Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of
the Lincoln Memorial, describing his desire for a future where blacks
and whites would coexist harmoniously as equals.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream>
1973:
Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage
situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with
their captors, giving rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
battle of the sexes:
(game theory) A situation in which two people want to do different
things, but do them together.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battle_of_the_sexes>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift.
Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels;
dangerous, for the same reason.
--Robertson Davies
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robertson_Davies>
John Edward Brownlee was Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 1925 to 1934
as leader of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) caucus. After winning
the 1926 election, his successes included obtaining control of
Alberta's natural resources from the federal government and selling the
money-losing railways to help balance the provincial budget. His
government's fortunes declined after the 1930 election. Agricultural
prices collapsed, throwing many farmers into poverty. He tried to broker
deals between farmers and banks, but found neither side eager to
compromise. In 1933, Prime Minister R. B. Bennett named Brownlee to the
Royal Commission on Banking and Currency as a representative of western
interests and unorthodox viewpoints. While Brownlee concurred with the
commission's ultimate recommendation for the creation of a central bank,
he also made his own recommendations. In 1934 he was sued for the
seduction of Vivian MacMillan, a family friend and a secretary in his
government's attorney-general's office, who claimed that they had
carried on an affair for three years. The jury sided with MacMillan
despite Brownlee's denials and, in deference to public outrage, he
resigned as premier.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_John_Edward_Brownlee>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville,
Pennsylvania, US, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush and the birth
of the modern oil industry.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_oil_rush>
1896:
The United Kingdom and Zanzibar went to war, with Zanzibar
surrendering less than an hour after the conflict broke out.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War>
1922:
Turkish forces re-captured Afyon, the first victory of their
counterattack during the Greco-Turkish War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%9322)>
1991:
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Moldova declared its
independence during the aftermath of the failure of the Soviet coup
d'état attempt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova>
2003:
The first round of six-party talks to find a peaceful
resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean
nuclear weapons program opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-party_talks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
anglicism:
A word or other feature originating in the English language that has
been borrowed by another language.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anglicism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Poetry is the universal art of the spirit which has become free
in itself and which is not tied down for its realization to external
sensuous material; instead, it launches out exclusively in the inner
space and the inner time of ideas and feelings.
--Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel>
When God Writes Your Love Story is a 1999 book by Eric and Leslie Ludy
(pictured), an American married couple. After becoming a bestseller on
the Christian book market, the book was republished in 2004 and then
revised and expanded in 2009. It tells the story of the authors' first
meeting, courtship, and marriage. The authors advise single people not
to be physically or emotionally intimate with others, but to wait for
the life partner that God has planned for them. The Ludys argue that
one's love life should be both guided by and subordinate to one's
relationship with God. Leslie writes that God offers new beginnings to
formerly unchaste or sexually abused individuals. Leah Andrews of the
Lewiston Morning Tribune compared When God Writes Your Love Story to
other popular Christian books providing alternatives to dating,
including Joshua Harris's I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy Meets Girl.
American college professors Margaret and Dwight Peterson responded to
the Ludys' book by writing an essay called "God Does Not Want to Write
Your Love Story," in which the Petersons argue that the book makes young
people see marriage as a fantasy comparable to that of Disney
Princesses.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_God_Writes_Your_Love_Story>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of
the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the
people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_C…>
1883:
A massive eruption destroyed the volcanic island of Krakatoa,
ejecting so much ash that average global temperatures fell by as much as
1.2 °C (2.2 °F) over the next year.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa>
1928:
At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, May Donoghue found the remains
of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, causing her to launch one of
the landmark civil action cases in British common law, Donoghue v
Stevenson.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson>
1970:
Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized
the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 women
protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Strike_for_Equality>
2008:
More than a week after a ceasefire was reached in the South
Ossetia war, Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia
and South Ossetia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_Sou…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
paradigm shift:
A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new
one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in
the current paradigm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paradigm_shift>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
--Mother Teresa
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa>
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803–80) was an army
officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. He fought
against Portugal during the Brazilian War for Independence, and
thereafter remained loyal to the emperors Dom Pedro I and his son, Dom
Pedro II (to whom he became a friend and instructor in swordsmanship
and horsemanship). He commanded forces that put down uprisings from 1839
to 1845, including the Balaiada and the War of the Ragamuffins. He led
the Brazilian army to victory in the Platine War against the Argentine
Confederation and in the Paraguayan War against the Paraguayans. Caxias
was promoted to army marshal, the army's highest rank, and was the only
person made a duke during the 58-year reign of Pedro II. A member of
the Reactionary Party (which became the Conservative Party), he was
elected senator in 1846 and served as president (prime minister) of the
Council of Ministers three times. Historians have regarded Caxias in a
positive light and several have ranked him as the greatest Brazilian
military officer. He has been designated as the army's protector, and is
regarded as the most important figure in its tradition.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Alves_de_Lima_e_Silva,_Duke_of_Caxi…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1537:
The Honourable Artillery Company, currently the oldest
surviving regiment in the British Army, was formed by Royal Charter from
King Henry VIII.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company>
1609:
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first
telescope, a device that became known as a terrestrial or spyglass
refracting telescope, to Venetian lawmakers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei>
1950:
Althea Gibson entered into the U.S. Tennis Championships,
becoming the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the
world tennis tour.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Gibson>
1989:
The Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Neptune
and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune>
2001:
American singer Aaliyah and various members of her record
company were killed when their overloaded airplane crashed shortly after
takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaliyah>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
draculin:
(organic chemistry) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found
in the saliva of vampire bats.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draculin>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
How transitory all human structures are, nay how oppressive the
best institutions become in the course of a few generations. The plant
blossoms, and fades: your fathers have died, and mouldered into dust:
your temple is fallen: your tabernacle, the tables of your law, are no
more: language itself, that bond of mankind, becomes antiquated: and
shall a political constitution, shall a system of government or
religion, that can be erected solely on these, endure for ever?
--Johann Gottfried Herder
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Herder>
The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons took place on 24–25 August
1942, and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World
War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States
Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign. As
at Coral Sea and Midway, the ships of the two adversaries were never
within sight of each other. Instead, all attacks were carried out by
carrier- or land-based aircraft. After several damaging air attacks, the
naval surface combatants from both the United States of America (U.S.)
and Japan withdrew from the battle area without either side securing a
clear victory. However, the U.S. and its allies gained tactical and
strategic advantage. Japan's losses were greater and included dozens of
aircraft and their experienced aircrews. Also, Japanese reinforcements
intended for Guadalcanal were delayed and eventually delivered by
warships rather than transport ships, giving the Allies more time to
prepare for the Japanese counteroffensive and preventing the Japanese
from landing heavy artillery, ammunition, and other supplies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1482:
Anglo-Scottish Wars: The border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and
its castle were captured by English forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Berwick_(1482)>
1857:
The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust
Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe
recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1857>
1892:
Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, one of the world's first
purpose-built football grounds, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodison_Park>
1941:
Adolf Hitler ordered the official termination of the T4
euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings
continued in secret for the remainder of the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_T4>
2006:
The International Astronomical Union redefined the term
"planet", reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet since it has not
"cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
provident:
With care and consideration for the future; foresightly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provident>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude,
dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they
foster idiocy.
--Jorge Luis Borges
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges>
Albert Bridge is a Grade II* listed road bridge over the River Thames in
London, connecting Chelsea to Battersea. Designed and built by Rowland
Mason Ordish in 1873 as a toll bridge, it was commercially unsuccessful;
six years after its opening it was taken into public ownership and the
tolls were lifted. The Ordish–Lefeuvre Principle design proved
structurally unsound, and thus between 1884 and 1887 it was modified to
incorporate elements of a suspension bridge. The Greater London Council
carried out further strengthening work in 1973 by adding two concrete
piers, which transformed the central span into a simple beam bridge. As
a result of these modifications the bridge is an unusual hybrid of three
different bridge types. The strengthening works were unable to prevent
further deterioration as the result of heavy traffic loads and rotting
of the timber deck structure caused by the urine of the unusually high
number of dogs using the bridge. In 2010–2011 the bridge underwent
major refurbishment work. Although often proposed for closure or
demolition, it is one of only two Thames road bridges in central London
never to have been replaced.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bridge,_London>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1873:
The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bridge,_London>
1929:
Palestine riots: Arabs began attacking Jews in Hebron in the
British Mandate of Palestine, killing over sixty people in two days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre>
1943:
World War II: The decisive Soviet victory in the Battle of
Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the
war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk>
1989:
Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined
hands to form an over 600 km (370 mi) long human chain across the
Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their
respective desires for independence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way>
2010:
A former Philippine National Police officer hijacked a tourist
bus in Manila and held its occupants hostage for nearly 11 hours before
being killed by police.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_hostage_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
malleate:
To beat into shape with a hammer.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malleate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You may think, passer-by, that Fate Is a pit-fall outside of
yourself, Around which you may walk by the use of foresight And wisdom.
... In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own
image in the mirror; Or you shall sit alone by your own hearth, And
suddenly the chair by you shall hold a guest, And you shall know that
guest, And read the authentic message of his eyes.
--Edgar Lee Masters
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edgar_Lee_Masters>
The fourteen episodes of the thirteenth season of South Park, an
American animated television comedy series, originally aired in 2009.
The show focuses on the exploits of protagonists Stan, Kyle, Cartman,
Kenny and Butters in the fictional Colorado mountain town of South Park.
The 13th season satirized such topics as the ACORN scandal, Japanese
whaling, piracy in Somalia and the marketing tactics of the Walt Disney
Company. Celebrities were spoofed throughout the season, including the
Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Carlos Mencia, Paul Watson and Glenn Beck.
The season received mixed reviews: some critics called it one of South
Park's strongest seasons, while others claimed the series was starting
to decline in quality. The season maintained the average Nielsen rating
viewership for the series, around 3 million viewers per episode. The
episode "Margaritaville", which satirized the global recession then
affecting much of the industrialized world, won the 2009 Emmy Award for
Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).
"Fatbeard" was praised by the crew of the USS Bainbridge, which was
involved in the 2009 rescue of the MV Maersk Alabama from Somalian
pirates.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_(season_13)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1485:
Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond,
defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of
Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bosworth_Field>
1711:
Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed
when eight ships wrecked on the Saint Lawrence River.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Expedition>
1851:
The yacht America won the first America's Cup race (trophy
pictured) near the Isle of Wight, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Cup>
1910:
Japan annexed Korea with the signing of the Japan–Korea
Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that
lasted until the end of World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule>
1989:
Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers struck out the Oakland
Athletics' Rickey Henderson, becoming the only pitcher in Major League
Baseball to record 5,000 strikeouts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sheeple:
(derogatory slang) People who unquestioningly accept as true whatever
their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own
without scrutiny.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sheeple>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free
it from barren traditions that stifle it.
--Claude Debussy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy>