Edmonds station in Edmonds, Washington, is an Amtrak and Sound Transit
passenger train station, with service extending to Oregon, British
Columbia, and the American Midwest. A brick building with modernist
elements, the station is adjacent to the Edmonds–Kingston ferry
terminal and a Community Transit bus station, west of the downtown area.
A single platform and a model railroad exhibit are south of the waiting
area. The building was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1957,
replacing a 1910 depot. Great Northern merged into Burlington Northern
(later BNSF Railway) in 1970, and service to the station ceased when
Amtrak took over Burlington Northern's passenger trains in May 1971.
Service returned in July 1972 on what are now Amtrak's Cascades and
Empire Builder routes. Sound Transit began operating the Sounder North
Line to Edmonds station, between Everett and Seattle, on December 21,
2003, and rebuilt the station and transit center in 2011.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonds_station_%28Washington%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1872:
HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth, England, on a scientific
expedition, making many discoveries that laid the foundation of
oceanography.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_expedition>
1968:
Apollo 8 launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, placing
its crew on a trajectory to the Moon, for the first visit to another
celestial body by humans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8>
1988:
A total of 270 people were killed when a bomb on board Pan Am
Flight 103 exploded while the plane was in flight over Lockerbie,
Scotland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103>
1994:
Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began
erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chilly:
1. Cold enough to cause discomfort.
2. Feeling uncomfortably cold.
3. (figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chilly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Life ought to be a struggle of desire towards adventures whose
nobility will fertilise the soul and lead to the conception of new,
glorious things.
--Rebecca West
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rebecca_West>
The Devon County War Memorial is a First World War memorial on Cathedral
Green in Exeter, the county town of Devon, in the south west of England.
It is one of fifteen War Crosses designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to a
similar specification. The Devon County War Memorial Committee
commissioned Lutyens to design a War Cross and chose to site it at
Exeter Cathedral. Hewn from a single block of granite quarried from
Haytor on Dartmoor, it stands just to the west of the cathedral, in
alignment with the altar. The cross stands on a granite plinth, which
itself sits on three steps. After archaeological excavations in the
1970s, the area was remodelled to create a processional way between the
memorial and the cathedral. The memorial is a grade II* listed building
and is included in a national collection of Lutyens' war memorials. It
commemorates the war dead of the county of Devon; the Exeter City War
Memorial in Northernhay Gardens honours those from the city.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_County_War_Memorial>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1955:
Cardiff (City Hall pictured) was recognised as the capital of
Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff>
1968:
The Zodiac Killer murdered the first of his five confirmed
victims in Vallejo, California, a case which remains unsolved.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer>
1988:
The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances governing international
cooperation against the illegal drug trade was signed in Vienna.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Tra…>
2007:
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the
São Paulo Museum of Art and recovered about three weeks later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
leister:
(fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching
fish, particularly salmon.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leister>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I exist in the hope that these memoirs, in some manner, I know
not how, may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimension,
and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to be confined to
limited Dimensionality. That is the hope of my brighter moments.
--Edwin Abbott Abbott
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott>
Cyclone Althea was a severe tropical cyclone that devastated parts of
North Queensland just before Christmas during the 1971–72 Australian
region cyclone season. The fourth system and second severe tropical
cyclone of the season, Althea was one of the strongest storms ever to
affect the Townsville area. After forming near the Solomon Islands on 19
December and heading southwest across the Coral Sea, the storm reached
Category 4 on the Australian cyclone scale, peaking with 10-minute
average maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph). At 09:00 AEST
on Christmas Eve, Althea struck the coast of Queensland near
Rollingstone, about 50 km (30 mi) north of Townsville. While moving
ashore, Althea generated wind gusts as high as 215 km/h (134 mph) that
damaged thousands of homes and destroyed many. On nearby Magnetic Island
almost all of the buildings were affected. Three people were killed, and
damage totalled A$120 million.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Althea>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a novella about the miser
Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by three
Christmas ghosts, was first published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
1964:
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the ruling junta of South
Vietnam led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving and
arresting members of the High National Council, a civilian advisory
body.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_1964_South_Vietnamese_coup>
1985:
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed
in a rice field in China, where he was apprehended.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_101/435>
2016:
Andrei Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated
at an art gallery in Ankara.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
turntable:
1. A circular rotating platform.
2. (music) The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk
jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension),
a record player.
3. (rail transport, road transport) A rotating platform placed in a
circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turntable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"… I am here — the shadows of the things that would have
been, may be dispelled. They will be. I know they will!" His hands were
busy with his garments all this time; turning them inside out, putting
them on upside down, tearing them, mislaying them, making them parties
to every kind of extravagance. "I don’t know what to do!" cried
Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect
Laocoön of himself with his stockings. "I am as light as a feather, I
am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as
a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all
the world. …"
--A Christmas Carol
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
The Way I See It (2008) is the third studio album by American R&B;
singer, songwriter, and producer Raphael Saadiq (pictured), released by
Columbia Records. After independently releasing the 2004 album Ray Ray,
Saadiq continued working on other artists' projects and developed a
partnership with audio engineer Charles Brungardt, who shared the
singer's fascination with historic recording techniques and equipment.
Pursuing classic soul music, they recorded The Way I See It primarily at
Saadiq's North Hollywood studio. Their experimentation produced a
traditional soul album that draws on the Motown Sound and Philadelphia
soul styles. The lyrics mostly deal with romantic subjects. The album
was a critical success and charted steadily on the Billboard 200,
selling 282,000 copies in the United States by 2011, while also
performing well in Europe. Saadiq toured extensively in the US, Europe,
and Asia to support the album.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_I_See_It>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1898:
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the first official land speed
record, averaging 63.15 km/h (39.24 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record>
1916:
The French defeated German forces around the city of Verdun-
sur-Meuse in northeast France, ending the longest and one of the
bloodiest battles in the First World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun>
1958:
The United States launched SCORE (launch vehicle pictured), the
world's first communications satellite.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_%28satellite%29>
2010:
The Tunisian Revolution began, and what was initially a series
of protests with a set of demands evolved into nationwide demonstrations
that eventually toppled the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after more
than 23 years of rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_Revolution>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dim-bulb:
Slow-witted, stupid.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dim-bulb>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come
down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown;
Jesu, thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art, Visit us
with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.
--Charles Wesley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley>
The Cuban macaw (Ara tricolor), a species of parrot, became extinct in
the late 19th century. Native to the main island of Cuba and the nearby
Isla de la Juventud, this macaw had some similarities to the scarlet
macaw. No modern skeletons are known, but a few subfossil remains have
been found on Cuba. At about 45–50 centimetres (18–20 in) long, it
was one of the smallest macaws. It had a red, orange, yellow, and white
head, and a red, orange, green, brown, and blue body. It was reported to
nest in hollow trees, live in pairs or families, and feed on seeds and
fruits. It was mainly seen in the vast Zapata Swamp, where it inhabited
open terrain with scattered trees. The Cuban macaw was traded and hunted
by Amerindians, and by Europeans after their arrival in the 15th
century. The birds were brought to Europe as cagebirds, and 19 museum
skins exist today. The species had become rare by the mid-19th century
due to hunting, trade, and habitat destruction.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_macaw>
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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.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_No._11_%281862%29>
1918:
About 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House in
Darwin, Australia, where they burnt an effigy of Administrator John
Gilruth and demanded his resignation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_rebellion>
1948:
The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist
leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Security_Intelligence_Service>
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.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Polish_protests>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
kiss someone's ring:
(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express
servitude to someone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiss_someone%27s_ring>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does
not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us …
our species will end but the light of God will not end and at that point
it will invade all souls and it will all be in everyone.
--Pope Francis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Francis>
Interstate 470 (I-470) is a 10.63-mile-long (17.1-kilometer) auxiliary
Interstate Highway of I-70 that bypasses the city of Wheeling, West
Virginia, in the United States. It is the only auxiliary Interstate
Highway in West Virginia. The western terminus of I-470 is an
interchange with I-70 in Richland Township, Ohio. Passing southeast
through rural Belmont County, I-470 crosses the Ohio River on the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, entering Ohio County, West Virginia,
at a complex three-level diamond interchange with concurrent highways
U.S. Route 250 and West Virginia Route 2. After turning east towards
Bethlehem, it terminates at I-70 in West Virginia near Elm Grove. The
freeway was built between 1975 and 1983. On average, between 25,500 and
37,840 vehicles use the highway daily. The West Virginia portion of
I-470 has been named the USS West Virginia Memorial Highway since
December 2000, commemorating the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_470_%28Ohio%E2%80%93West_Virginia%…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1893:
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony (audio
featured) premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_%28Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%29>
1918:
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declared the formation of the
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by Soviet
Russia to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281918%…>
1938:
Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German
Mother as an order of merit for German mothers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother>
2014:
A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney,
Australia, came to an end when police stormed the building, killing the
perpetrator, but also one of the hostages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sydney_hostage_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
prototype:
1. An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or
objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations
and models.
2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
3. (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name,
return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
4. (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its
most representative attributes.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prototype>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and
discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one
— the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
--Arthur C. Clarke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke>
Nothomyrmecia, the dinosaur ant, has the most primitive body structure
among all living ants. First described by the entomologist John S. Clark
in 1934, the genus's rediscovery in Poochera, South Australia, in 1977
attracted scientists from around the world. It nests in old-growth
mallee and Eucalyptus woodlands. A medium-sized ant, Nothomyrmecia
macrops measures 9.7–11 mm (0.38–0.43 in). Mature colonies are
very small, with only 50 to 100 individuals. Workers are nocturnal,
solitary foragers, collecting arthropod prey and sweet substances such
as honeydew. The ants rely on their vision to navigate; there is no
evidence that they use chemicals to help them forage. The queen produces
just one generation of ants each year, and initially joins the workers
in foraging. Colder temperatures aid the ants by inhibiting their
competitors and predators, and climate change poses a threat. The
International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the genus as
critically endangered.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothomyrmecia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1791:
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution,
collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights>
1943:
World War II: American and Australian forces began the Battle
of Arawe as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester on
New Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arawe>
1970:
The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 (descent vehicle pictured)
touched down on the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to
land on another planet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7>
2013:
The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition
leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council
in Juba.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudanese_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sinew:
1. (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
2. A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
3. (figuratively) muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor,
vigorous strength.
4. (figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in
which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sinew>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The deepest pleasure in science comes from finding an
instantiation, a home, for some deeply felt, deeply held image.
--Wolfgang Pauli
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Pauli>
The drift of the Antarctic exploration vessel SY Aurora was a 312-day
ordeal during the Ross Sea section of Ernest Shackleton's expedition
between 1914 and 1917. It began when the ship broke loose from its
anchorage in McMurdo Sound during a gale. Caught in heavy pack ice,
Aurora was carried into open waters with eighteen men aboard, leaving
ten men stranded ashore with meagre provisions. With first officer
Joseph Stenhouse in command, the ship suffered severe damage, including
the loss of its rudder and anchors. It was finally freed from the ice in
March 1916 after it had drifted north of the Antarctic Circle. It was
able to reach New Zealand for repairs and resupply before returning to
Antarctica to rescue the surviving members of the shore party. Stenhouse
was removed from command by the organisers of the Ross Sea party relief
expedition, but was later appointed an Officer of the Order of the
British Empire for his service aboard the ship.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Aurora%27s_drift>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
835:
In the Sweet Dew incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty
conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot
was foiled.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dew_incident>
1918:
British women were able to vote for the first time during the
1918 United Kingdom general election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election>
1948:
American physicists Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann
were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the
first interactive electronic game.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode-ray_tube_amusement_device>
2008:
During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist
Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush,
yelling that "this is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in
Iraq".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_shoeing_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
defervesce:
1. (intransitive, medicine) To experience an abatement or resolution of
fever.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To become less agitated; to cool down.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defervesce>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether
it is an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or
a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner
in Chicago, these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children
are our children. And we’re going to have to come together and take
meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the
politics. This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every
parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter,
and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other
how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut
who cannot do that tonight, and they need all of us right now. In the
hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as
Americans, and I will do everything in my power as president to help,
because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one,
all of us can extend a hand to those in need, to remind them that we are
there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt
for those they lost endures not just in their memories, but also in
ours.May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of
Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman (Malay for Pah Wongso the Righteous
Warrior) is a 1941 detective film from the Dutch East Indies (now
Indonesia). It follows the schoolmaster and social worker Pah Wongso as
he investigates a murder to clear his protégé's name. The first
release by Star Film, it featured camerawork by Cho' Chin Hsin and was
produced by Jo Eng Sek, who had previously produced Si Tjonat. It stars
Pah Wongso (born Louis Wijnhamer), Elly Joenara, and Mohamad Arief. The
first film of its genre to be produced in the Indies, Pah Wongso
Pendekar Boediman was made to capitalize on the popularity of Wijnhamer
and Hollywood characters such as Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto. Released in
April 1941 to popular acclaim, it had a mixed critical reception; the
reviewer Saeroen suggested that its success was entirely because of its
star's renown. Pah Wongso Tersangka, a sequel, was released later that
year, but this film may now be lost.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pah_Wongso_Pendekar_Boediman>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside
suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at
the Battle of Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg>
1928:
The premiere of An American in Paris, a jazz-influenced
orchestral piece by George Gershwin, took place at Carnegie Hall in New
York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris>
1960:
With Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, out of the
country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt and installed Crown
Prince Asfaw Wossen as the new Emperor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Ethiopian_coup_attempt>
2001:
The Parliament of India was attacked by five gunmen, resulting
in 12 deaths, including those of the perpetrators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
plaque:
1. (countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used
for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab,
etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person,
such as a brooch.
2. (countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a
building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or
an event.
3. (countable, biology) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a
virus.
4. (countable, music) In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any
flat, thin musical instrument.
5. (countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue
distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule
(“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
6. (countable, uncountable, pathology) An abnormal accumulation of
material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
7. (countable, uncountable, pathology) An accumulation in artery walls
made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol
and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma.
8. (uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on
teeth.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plaque>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples'
cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the
very survival of an interdependent world.
--Aga Khan IV
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV>
Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) was an English actor and director who,
along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John
Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also
played more than fifty roles in a long film career. In 1930 he had a
West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives. In the 1940s, together
with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old
Vic, building it into a highly respected company. From 1963 to 1973 he
was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a
resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there
included the title role in Othello (1965) and Shylock in The Merchant of
Venice (1970). Among Olivier's films are Wuthering Heights (1939),
Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director:
Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955). His later films
included The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man
(1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1866:
England's worst mining disaster occurred when a series of
explosions caused by flammable gases ripped through the Oaks Colliery.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_explosion>
1905:
In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of
Workers' Deputies of Kiev staged a mass uprising, establishing the
Shuliavka Republic in the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuliavka_Republic>
1936:
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China was
kidnapped by Marshal Zhang Xueliang, a former warlord of Manchuria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_Incident>
1988:
Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in
London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fard:
1. (transitive, archaic) To paint, as the cheeks or face.
2. (transitive, archaic) To embellish or gloss over.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our duty is to feel what is great and love what is beautiful —
not to accept all the social conventions and the infamies they impose on
us.
--Madame Bovary
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Madame_Bovary>