George Gosse (16 February 1912 – 31 December 1964) was an
Australian recipient of the George Cross, the highest non-combat award
for heroism or courage that could be awarded to a member of the
Australian armed forces at the time. Gosse served in the Royal
Australian Navy between 1926 and 1933, and in 1940 joined the Royal
Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He served in the UK before being
sent to British India as a naval mine clearance specialist. Returning to
the UK in late 1944, in April 1945 he was given command of a party
responsible for mine clearance in the recently captured Bremen Harbour
in Germany. He displayed courage in defusing three mines under very
difficult conditions between 8 May and 19 May 1945, for which he was
awarded the George Cross. After the war Gosse reached the rank of
lieutenant commander, retiring in 1958. He died of a heart condition in
1964. His medal set is displayed in the Hall of Valour at the Australian
War Memorial.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gosse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1857:
Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa, then a small
logging town, as the capital of the British colony of Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa>
1909:
The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown
Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension
bridges, opened to traffic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Bridge>
1965:
Military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup
d'état against the government of Central African Republic president
David Dacko.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1999:
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president
upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
auld lang syne:
(idiomatic) Days gone by; former times.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/auld_lang_syne>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe our students must first seek to understand the
conditions, as far as possible without national prejudices, which have
led to past tragedies and should strive to determine the great
fundamentals which must govern a peaceful progression toward a
constantly higher level of civilization. There are innumerable
instructive lessons out of the past, but all too frequently their
presentation is highly colored or distorted in the effort to present a
favorable national point of view. In our school histories at home,
certainly in years past, those written in the North present a strikingly
different picture of our Civil War from those written in the South. In
some portions it is hard to realize they are dealing with the same war.
Such reactions are all too common in matters of peace and security. But
we are told that we live in a highly scientific age. Now the progress of
science depends on facts and not fancies or prejudice. Maybe in this age
we can find a way of facing the facts and discounting the distorted
records of the past.
--George Marshall
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Marshall>
The immune system is a network of biological processes that protects an
organism against disease. It detects and responds to a wide variety of
pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, as well as cancer cells and
objects such as wood splinters, distinguishing them from the organism's
own healthy tissue. Many species have two major subsystems of the immune
system. The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to
broad groups of situations and stimuli. The adaptive immune system
provides a tailored response to each stimulus by learning to recognize
molecules it has previously encountered. Both use molecules and cells to
perform their functions. Humans have sophisticated defense mechanisms,
including the ability to adapt to recognize pathogens more efficiently.
Adaptive (or acquired) immunity creates an immunological memory leading
to an enhanced response to subsequent encounters with that same
pathogen. This process of acquired immunity is the basis of vaccination.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1460:
Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, Lancastrian
forces destroyed the Yorkist army and killed Richard of York at Sandal
Magna in West Yorkshire, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wakefield>
1906:
The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India
that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as
a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League>
1940:
The Arroyo Seco Parkway, one of the first freeways built in the
U.S., connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California, was
officially dedicated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo_Seco_Parkway>
2000:
A series of bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the
Philippines, killing 22 people and injuring around 100 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Day_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hyperthymesia:
(neuroscience) A rare condition in which an individual possesses a
superior autobiographical memory and is able to recall the vast majority
of personal events and experiences in life.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperthymesia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Ye know who use the Crystal Ball (To peer by stealth on
Doom), The Shade that, shaping first of all, Prepares an
empty room. Then doth It pass Like breath from
glass, But, on the extorted vision bowed intent, No man
considers why It came or went.
--Rudyard Kipling
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling>
Knap Hill lies on the northern rim of the Vale of Pewsey, in northern
Wiltshire, England, about a mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Alton
Priors. At the top of the hill is a causewayed enclosure, a form of
Neolithic earthwork that appeared in England from about 3700 BC
onwards. These earthworks are characterised by the enclosure of an area
with ditches that are interrupted by gaps, or causeways. It is not known
what they were used for; they may have been settlements, or meeting
places, or ritual sites of some kind. Knap Hill was the first causewayed
enclosure to be excavated and identified. In 1908 and 1909 Benjamin and
Maud Cunnington spent two summers investigating the site, and Maud
Cunnington published two reports of their work, noting that there were
several gaps in the ditch and bank surrounding the enclosure. The site
has been scheduled as an ancient monument. About a thousand causewayed
enclosures have now been found in Europe, including around seventy in
Britain.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knap_Hill>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1845:
The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States,
becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_annexation>
1940:
Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing
raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was
later called the "Second Great Fire of London".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Fire_of_London>
1975:
A bomb planted by unknown perpetrators exploded at LaGuardia
Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_LaGuardia_Airport_bombing>
1996:
Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President
Álvaro Arzú and guerilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-
long Guatemalan Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
succour:
1. (transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
2. (transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of
military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place
under siege.
3. (transitive, obsolete except dialectal) To protect, to shelter; to
provide a refuge.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succour>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all
the physicians of all the countries in the world.
--William Ewart Gladstone
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone>
Louie Nunn (1924–2004) was the 52nd governor of Kentucky
(1967–1971), the only Republican elected to that office between 1947
and 2003. The first Republican county judge in the history of Barren
County, Kentucky, he ran for governor in 1963, but lost a close race to
his Democratic opponent Ned Breathitt. In 1967, Nunn again ran for
governor. After defeating Marlow Cook in the Republican gubernatorial
primary, he eked out a victory over Democrat Henry Ward. Despite a
Democratic majority in the General Assembly, Nunn was able to enact most
of his priorities, including tax increases that funded improvements to
the state park system and the construction of a statewide network of
mental health centers. His administration was marred by race riots in
Louisville and a violent protest against the Vietnam War at the
University of Kentucky. Following his term as governor, he lost to
Walter "Dee" Huddleston in the 1972 senatorial election, and to John Y.
Brown Jr. for governor in 1979.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Nunn>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1065:
Westminster Abbey, built by Edward the Confessor as the first
Romanesque church in England, was first consecrated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey>
1612:
Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe the planet
Neptune, despite mistakenly cataloguing it as a fixed star.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune>
1908:
An earthquake registering 7.1 Mw struck near Messina, which,
along with the subsequent tsunami, killed at least 75,000 people in
southern Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Messina_earthquake>
1967:
American businesswoman Muriel Siebert became the first woman to
own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Siebert>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
forthcoming:
1. (not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
2. Available when needed; in place, ready.
3. Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank,
responsive.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forthcoming>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Attention, please note! Attention, please note! The expansion
committee announces that after the hundred and eightieth all twittering
is to be treated as a sign of hopelessness!
--Lanark: A Life in Four Books
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lanark:_A_Life_in_Four_Books>
The logistical support of INTERFET (International Force East Timor), a
multinational peacekeeping mission in 1999 and 2000, involved
11,693 personnel from 23 countries. Led by Australia, it was the
largest deployment of Australian forces overseas since the Vietnam War.
INTERFET deployed to East Timor in September 1999. A base was
established in Darwin, with supplies, equipment, stores and personnel
stockpiled or staged there. East Timor possessed only one deepwater
port, Dili, with a limited quayside depth, and only three airfields
(heliport pictured). Troops were initially landed with a minimum of
vehicles and supplies. Effective logistical support enabled INTERFET to
carry out its mission without severe limitations, although there were
some shortages. Over 90 per cent of the cargo and most of the
passengers travelled by sea. Eleven nations contributed transport
aircraft, which flew 3,400 sorties, carried 9,500 tonnes of cargo and
transported more than 30,000 passengers.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERFET_logistics>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1657:
Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance
to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general, requesting an exemption to
his ban on Quaker worship.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_Remonstrance>
1831:
HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South
America that would make a name for Charles Darwin as a naturalist.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_voyage_of_HMS_Beagle>
1922:
The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō, the world's
first purpose-built aircraft carrier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_H%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D>
1985:
The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was
discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Fossey>
2007:
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while
leaving a Pakistan Peoples Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh
in Rawalpindi.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Benazir_Bhutto>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
golden touch:
(idiomatic) Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial
reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/golden_touch>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight
and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to
an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relations to
other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the
preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its
offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better chance of
surviving, for, of the many individuals of any species which are
periodically born, but a small number can survive. I have called this
principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by
the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's
power of selection.
--Charles Darwin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin>
The 2017 EFL Trophy Final was an association football match that was
played on 2 April 2017 at Wembley Stadium, London, between League One
teams Coventry City and Oxford United. The match decided the winner of
the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, a 64-team knockout tournament comprising clubs
from League One and League Two of the English Football League (EFL), as
well as 16 Category One academy sides representing Premier League and
Championship clubs. It was Coventry's first appearance in the final and
the second for Oxford, who had been beaten by Barnsley in the previous
season's match. The game was played in front of a crowd of 74,434, the
highest attendance for the final since the opening of the new Wembley
Stadium. Coventry won 2–1 to earn their first major trophy since their
victory in the 1987 FA Cup Final. The win was a highlight for Coventry's
supporters in what was otherwise a disappointing season, as they were
relegated to League Two.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_EFL_Trophy_Final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1825:
Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in
protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder
brother Konstantin removed himself from the line of succession.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decembrist_revolt>
1862:
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou began with
Confederate defenders engaging Union forces attempting to capture the
city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chickasaw_Bayou>
1898:
At the French Academy of Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie
Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium>
1900:
A relief crew arrived at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse in
Scotland and discovered that the previous crew had disappeared.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isles_Lighthouse>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
take the gilt off the gingerbread:
(idiomatic) To take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of
something; to destroy an illusion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/take_the_gilt_off_the_gingerbread>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody
can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.
--Henry Miller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Miller>
Anbe Sivam (Love is God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama
film directed by Sundar C. and produced by K. Muralitharan,
V. Swaminathan and G. Venugopal of Lakshmi Movie Makers. The film was
written by Kamal Haasan (pictured), with dialogues provided by Madhan.
Featuring Haasan, Madhavan and Kiran Rathod in the lead roles, the film
tells the story of an unexpected journey from Bhubaneswar to Chennai.
The musical score was composed by Vidyasagar. Arthur A. Wilson and
M. Prabhaharan undertook responsibility for the film's cinematography
and art direction, respectively. Produced on a budget of
₹120 million, Anbe Sivam's themes include communism, atheism,
altruism and humanism. The film garnered positive reviews from critics,
but underperformed at the box office. It is now regarded as a classic
and a cult film in Tamil cinema. At the 51st Filmfare Awards South, it
received a Special Jury Award. Madhavan was awarded Best Actor at the
2003 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anbe_Sivam>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1100:
Baldwin I was crowned the first king of Jerusalem (depicted)
in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_I_of_Jerusalem>
1950:
Four Scottish university students removed the Stone of Scone,
used in the coronations of Scottish and British monarchs, from
Westminster Abbey in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_removal_of_the_Stone_of_Scone>
1990:
British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced
WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb>
2000:
Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill
officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander
Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet
Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_Russia>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Kris Kringle:
1. Synonym of Christkind (“a personification of the baby Jesus who, in
German-speaking parts of Europe, takes the place of Santa Claus in
bringing gifts to people at Christmastime”)
2. Synonym of Santa Claus
3. Synonym of secret Santa (“a Christmas tradition where a group of
people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly
selected to give a gift to one other person; a person who anonymously
gives a present to another in such a gift exchange”)
4. A gift given in a Kris Kringle or secret Santa gift exchange.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kris_Kringle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The advent of every baby completely upsets his little world, both
physically and spiritually. And it is not one of the smallest values of
the fact that the Saviour of the world came into it as a baby, that it
reminds men that every baby is born a savior, to some extent, from
selfishness and greed and sin in the little circle which his advent
blesses.
--Halford E. Luccock
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Halford_E._Luccock>
Cefnllys Castle was a medieval spur castle sited on a ridge –
possibly an earlier Iron Age hillfort – above the River Ithon in
Radnorshire, Wales. The first masonry castle at the site was constructed
around 1242 to control several routes through the Welsh Marches.
Cefnllys became a source of friction between Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and
Roger Mortimer in the prelude to Edward I's conquest of Wales. The
castle was captured and razed in 1262 by Llywelyn, during a war with
Henry III of England, and Cefnllys featured prominently in the ensuing
peace treaty. The construction of a new castle was a contributing factor
to Llywelyn's refusal to swear fealty to Edward I in 1275, leading to
war in 1276. The castle may have been sacked during the revolts of Madog
ap Llywelyn (1294–1295) and Owain Glyndŵr (1400–1415), but it
remained occupied until at least the mid-15th century. Both castles are
now entirely ruinous and only traces remain.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefnllys_Castle>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1826:
More than a third of U.S. Military Academy cadets in West
Point, New York, rioted after consuming eggnog with whiskey during a
Christmas party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggnog_Riot>
1846:
The Sultanate of Brunei ceded the island of Labuan to the
British Empire as a crown colony.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan>
1964:
The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two
U.S. Army officers and raising fears of an escalation of the Vietnam
War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brinks_Hotel_bombing>
1999:
Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines
Flight 814 to force the release of Islamist figures held in prison in
India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
party spirit:
1. A feeling or sense of celebration or enjoyment.
2. (politics) The feeling of common purpose and togetherness experienced
or shown by members or supporters of a group, especially a political
party, sometimes accompanied by unreasonable animosity towards members
or supporters of other groups.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/party_spirit>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What actions are the most excellent? Those, certainly, which most
powerfully appeal to the great primary human affections: to those
elementary feelings which subsist permanently in the race, and which are
independent of time. These feelings are permanent and the same; that
which interests them is permanent and the same also.
--Matthew Arnold
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold>
The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large wading bird found in
warmer parts of the Americas. North American birds may disperse to South
America, where it is resident. Its bare head and neck are dark grey and
the plumage is mostly white, with black on the tail and part of the
wing. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile has a feathered head and a
yellow, not black, bill. The wood stork nests colonially in wetlands,
building its one-metre-diameter (3.3-foot) nest in trees; the breeding
season starting when water levels drop. The clutch of three to five eggs
is incubated for around 30 days, and the chicks fledge 60 to 65 days
after hatching, although many die during their first two weeks. The
chicks are fed fish while the adult also eats insects, frogs and crabs
as available, foraging by touch in shallow water. The wood stork is
classed as being of least concern by the IUCN although in the US it is
threatened by predators and human activities. Habitat alteration has
caused widespread declines.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_stork>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh
severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in
Arles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh>
1916:
First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory in
the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba>
1957:
Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became
the youngest Test cricket captain up to that time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Craig>
1990:
About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to
secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Slovenian_independence_referendum>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
run someone ragged:
(originally US, idiomatic) To exhaust; to demand excessive effort or
work from somebody.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/run_someone_ragged>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When you're talking about cybersecurity, you're talking about
being able to protect your points. It's not directed against a country,
but to secure your points of access or specific end points or network
access. It's not as though you're arming yourself against a specific
threat — you're simply undertaking all aspects of protection.
--Wesley Clark
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wesley_Clark>
Meghan Trainor (born December 22, 1993) is an American singer-
songwriter and talent show judge. Her 2014 debut single "All About That
Bass" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold
11 million copies worldwide. She won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best New
Artist. Trainor has released three studio albums with Epic Records. In
2015, her pop and hip hop album, Title, included the top-10 singles
"Lips Are Movin" and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You". It debuted at number one
on the US Billboard 200. The single "No" led her R&B; album Thank You
(2016); both the song and the album reached number three on the
respective charts. Trainor has had voice roles in the animated films
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) and Playmobil: The Movie (2019), and has
served as a judge on the television talent shows The Four: Battle for
Stardom (2018) and The Voice UK (2020). She has won four ASCAP Pop Music
Awards and two Billboard Music Awards. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Overview of Meghan Trainor.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Overview_of_Meghan_…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1769:
Defeated by the Burmese Konbaung dynasty, Qing China agreed to
a peace treaty to end the Sino-Burmese War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Burmese_War>
1920:
The Congress of Soviets approved the GOELRO plan, the first
Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOELRO_plan>
2010:
The United States repealed its controversial "don't ask, don't
tell" policy on gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the military
(signing pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lotologist:
A person who collects lottery tickets.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lotologist>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As concentration and depersonalization increase in the dominant
society, as the concentration of capital increases with the takeover of
ever larger businesses by conglomerates and international corporations,
as more and more local initiative is abandoned to the rule of the
central State, and as computerization and automation narrow the role of
human initiative in both labor and administration, life becomes ever
more unreal, aimless, and empty of meaning for all but a tiny elite who
still cling to the illusion they possess initiative. Action and reaction
— thesis and antithesis — this state of affairs produces its
opposite. All over the world we are witnessing an instinctive revolt
against dehumanization.
--Kenneth Rexroth
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rexroth>