The MAX Yellow Line is a light rail service in Portland, Oregon, United
States, operated by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. It
connects North Portland to Portland City Center and Portland State
University. Following years of failed attempts to construct the
South/North Line between Clackamas County and Clark County, Washington,
Portland business leaders and local residents persuaded TriMet to build
a light rail extension from the city center to North Portland in 1999.
The line began construction in 2001 and opened on May 1, 2004. As a
source of funding, the city created an urban renewal area, which has
been blamed for gentrifying historically black inner-city neighborhoods;
about 10,000 people of color left Portland's Central City between 2000
and 2010. The line serves 17 stops and runs for approximately 21 hours
daily with a minimum headway of 15 minutes during most of the day.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_Yellow_Line>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a
crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_pogrom>
1977:
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford
Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end
collision.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto>
2012:
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a
pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Weimarization:
(politics, American spelling, Oxford British English) A state of
economic crisis leading to political upheaval and extremism.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weimarization>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The rose has told In one simplicity. That never life
Relinquishes a bloom But to bestow An ancient confidence.
--Nathalia Crane
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nathalia_Crane>
The Battle of Azaz was fought in 1030 in northern Syria between the
Byzantine army, led by Emperor Romanos III Argyros, and the Mirdasid
forces of the Emirate of Aleppo, under the personal command of Shibl al-
Dawla Nasr. Romanos aimed to conquer Aleppo, long a flashpoint between
Byzantium and its Arab neighbours. At the head of a large army and
confident of success, the Emperor rejected Mirdasid peace offers, as
well as his generals' advice to avoid action in the hot and dry Syrian
summer. After the Byzantines camped near Azaz, the considerably smaller
Mirdasid army, mostly Bedouin light cavalry, harassed the imperial camp
and kept the heavier Byzantine troops from foraging. Romanos ordered his
hungry and thirsty army to withdraw to Antioch, but the retreat soon
collapsed into chaos, and the Byzantines were routed by the Arabs.
Humiliated, Romanos returned to Constantinople, but his generals later
managed to restore the Byzantine position, and Nasr concluded a treaty
with Byzantium.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Azaz_%281030%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1628:
The Swedish warship Vasa sank shortly after departing on her
maiden voyage from Stockholm.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_%28ship%29>
1793:
The Louvre (Louvre Pyramid pictured) in Paris, today the
world's most visited museum, officially opened with an exhibition of
537 paintings and 184 objets d'art.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre>
1904:
Russo-Japanese War: The first major confrontation between
modern steel battleship fleets took place in the Battle of the Yellow
Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yellow_Sea>
1988:
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing
reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World
War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sere:
1. (archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
2. (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out. [...]
3. (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart.
4. (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Different; diverse.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sere>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Tribalism is now not just one force in American politics, it’s
the overwhelming one, and tribalism abhors reality if it impugns the
tribe. But you can’t have both tribalism and public health. When you
turn wearing a simple face mask into a political and cultural symbol of
leftism, when you view social distancing as a concession to your
enemies, you deeply undermine the power of millions of small impediments
to viral outbreak. What we are seeing is whether this tribalism can be
sustained even when it costs tens of thousands of lives, even when it
means exposing yourself to a deadly virus, even when it is literally
more important than your own life.
--Andrew Sullivan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan>
The 2nd Red Banner Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that
was formed at Khabarovsk in the Soviet Far East in July 1938. It spent
most of the war guarding the border in the Blagoveshchensk area, sending
formations to the Eastern Front while undergoing several
reorganizations. At the time of its creation, the unit was part of the
army group known as the Far Eastern Front. The unit was designated as
the 2nd Army and was led by corps commander Ivan Konev (pictured). It
became the 2nd Independent Red Banner Army in September 1938 when the
front was dissolved and its troops were split into two independent
armies, and was redesignated in June 1940 as the 2nd Red Banner Army. In
August 1945, the army fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria,
capturing the Japanese fortified regions of Aihun and Sunwu adjacent to
its sector of the border, and advancing into Manchuria to Qiqihar. The
army was disbanded after the war in late 1945.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Red_Banner_Army>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: After nearly being driven from the field in
the early part of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate troops
counter-attacked and achieved a victory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cedar_Mountain>
1942:
World War II: In the first major naval engagement of the
Guadalcanal campaign, Japan forced the U.S. Navy to withdraw from the
Solomon Islands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island>
1960:
The unrecognized region of South Kasai seceded from the former
Republic of the Congo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kasai>
2006:
British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate
liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling from the UK to
the US and Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
merlion:
1. An imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
2. (Singapore, specifically) Often Merlion: such a creature which is one
of the national symbols of Singapore; a depiction of this creature.
[...]
3. (heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow
with stylized feet; a martlet.
4. (rare) Alternative form of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco
columbarius”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merlion>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it
next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we
mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.
--Izaak Walton
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton>
Cyril Bassett (1892–1983) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria
Cross, the Commonwealth's highest combat award for gallantry at the
time. He was the only soldier serving with the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War to
receive this award. Born in Auckland, Bassett was a bank worker when the
First World War began. Posted to the New Zealand Divisional Signal
Company of the Territorial Force as a sapper, he saw action on the
opening day of the Gallipoli campaign. It was during the Battle of
Chunuk Bair in August 1915 that he performed the actions that led to his
award. Medically evacuated due to sickness shortly after the battle, he
later served on the Western Front and finished the war as a second
lieutenant. Recalled to active duty during the Second World War, he
served in the Home Guard as a commander of signals in the Northern
Military District, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Bassett>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1576:
The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory
Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraniborg>
1929:
The German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin embarked on a flight
to circumnavigate the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin>
1956:
A mining disaster killed 262 workers, mainly Italian nationals,
at the Bois du Cazier coal mine in Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bois_du_Cazier>
2010:
A massive mudslide in Zhouqu County in the Chinese province of
Gansu killed at least 1,471 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Gansu_mudslide>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sidle:
1. (transitive, intransitive, also figuratively) To (cause something to)
move sideways.
2. (transitive, intransitive, also figuratively) In the intransitive
sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy,
furtive, or unobtrusive manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sidle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am the pool of gold When sunset burns and dies,— You are my
deepening skies, Give me your stars to hold.
--Sara Teasdale
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sara_Teasdale>
The Second Silesian War (1744–1745) was a conflict between Prussia and
Austria which confirmed Prussia's control of Silesia (now in south-
western Poland). The war was fought mainly in Silesia, Bohemia, and
Upper Saxony and formed one theatre of the wider War of the Austrian
Succession. The Habsburg Monarchy's fortunes had improved since the end
of the First Silesian War two years earlier. Prussia entered an alliance
with Austria's enemies and rejoined the war, invading Habsburg Bohemia
in mid-1744 to prevent a resurgent Austria from taking back Silesia. The
war ended in a Prussian victory with the Treaty of Dresden in
December 1745. Continuing conflict over Silesia would draw Austria and
Prussia into the Third Silesian War a decade later. The Second Silesian
War repeated the earlier defeat of the Habsburg Monarchy by a lesser
German power and contributed to the Austria–Prussia rivalry that would
shape German politics for more than a century. (This article is part of
a featured topic: Silesian Wars.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Silesian_Wars>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1782:
The Badge of Military Merit, the precursor to the U.S. Purple
Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badge_of_Military_Merit>
1946:
The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the
latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the
security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the
Turkish Straits crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Straits_crisis>
1970:
Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin
County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers,
including Jackson's brother George.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_County_Civic_Center_attacks>
1985:
Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a
farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Farm_murders>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
calabash:
1. A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to
Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida,
bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit
of this tree.
2. The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), a vine
believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that
are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of
this plant.
3. A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of
the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some
other material.
4. A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
5. (music) A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made
from a calabash fruit.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calabash>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The primary issue is how seriously we take our chosen obligations
to people in the developing world who do not have Internet connections.
… Frankly, and let me be blunt, Wikipedia as a readable product is not
for us. It's for them. It's for that girl in Africa who can save the
lives of hundreds of thousands of people around her, but only if she's
empowered with the knowledge to do so.
--Jimmy Wales
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales>
The Russell family is a fictional family on the American soap opera
Passions, which aired on NBC (1999–2007) and on DirecTV (2007–2008).
Created by the soap's founder and head writer James E. Reilly, the
family originally consisted of the married couple Eve and T. C. Russell
and their children, Whitney and Simone. Later characters included Eve's
vengeful adoptive sister Liz Sanbourne, Whitney's husband Chad Harris-
Crane, Eve's aunt Irma Johnson, and Eve's child with Julian Crane,
Vincent Clarkson, whose alter ego Valerie was played by Daphnée Duplaix
(pictured). The cast was frequently nominated for NAACP Image Awards and
featured prominently in a series of public service announcements for
Black History Month in 2003. The show drew mixed critical attention for
storylines involving Chad's affair with the intersex Vincent, but won
the award for Outstanding Daily Drama at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2006
for its portrayal of Simone's sexuality. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Russell family (Passions).).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Russell_family_%28P…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped
the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud
pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy>
1996:
A team of researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001,
discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of
life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001>
2010:
Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh
region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Ladakh_floods>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
planning permission:
(Britain, construction, law) Legal permission granted by a government
authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/planning_permission>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and
moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively
consistent practice of either leads to the same practical result —
ruthlessness in political life.
--Richard Hofstadter
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Hofstadter>
The Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small swallow
with brown upperparts, paler underparts, and a white-spotted square
tail. It breeds in mountains in southern Eurasia and northwestern
Africa. It is larger and has brighter tail spots than the three other
species in its genus. Many European birds are resident, but northern and
Asian populations winter in north Africa, the Middle East or India. This
martin builds a half-cup mud nest lined with soft material under a cliff
overhang or on a building, and the female lays two to five brown-
blotched white eggs, incubated mainly by her although both parents feed
the chicks. The martin feeds on insects that are caught as it flies near
cliff faces or over open country. Adults and young may be hunted by
birds of prey or corvids, and may host blood-sucking mites. With its
large and expanding range and population there are no significant
conservation concerns. (This article is part of a featured topic: Crag
martins.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Crag_martins>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1916:
First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine
campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Romani>
1962:
American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a
barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, an event
that has become the center of one of the most debated conspiracy
theories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe>
1984:
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting
to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident
in Bangladeshi history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Biman_Bangladesh_Airlines_Fokker_F27_cra…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
side-eye:
(transitive) To look at out of the corner of one's eye, particularly
with animosity, or in a judgmental or suspicious manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/side-eye>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wars have never made peace or preserved it or fostered its
ideals. To have peace you must make peace with your enemy. To make peace
only with your friends is to avoid the issue, and to permit a great
principle to become absurd. Far from making peace, wars invariably serve
as classrooms and laboratories where men and techniques and states of
mind are prepared for the next war.
--Wendell Berry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry>
James Thompson (1789–1872) was an American surveyor who created the
first plat of Chicago (pictured), completing it on August 4, 1830. Born
in South Carolina, Thompson moved to Kaskaskia in southern Illinois as a
young man and lived in the area for the rest of his life. He was hired
to plat settlements at both ends of the proposed Illinois and Michigan
Canal in northern Illinois, including Chicago at the eastern end. Before
Thompson's plat fixed its location, the word "Chicago" had been used for
various places around the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. The plat
named the streets in the area and allowed its residents to obtain legal
title to their property. Chicago incorporated as a town in 1833 and as a
city in 1837. In addition to his surveying work, Thompson served as a
probate judge, county commissioner, and officer in the Illinois militia
during the Black Hawk War. His grave, which was originally unmarked, was
given a monument by the city in 1917.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thompson_%28surveyor%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1796:
French Revolutionary Wars: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte
(depicted), the French Army of Italy decisively defeated an Austrian
brigade led by Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich at the Battle of Lonato.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lonato>
1964:
Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that
a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese
vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of
military force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident>
1995:
Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the
last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest
European land battle since the Second World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storm>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Spidey-sense:
(humorous) An intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or
risky; (more generally) instinct, intuition.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spidey-sense>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Promoting science isn't just about providing resources, it's
about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about ensuring that facts
and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology. It's
about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it's
inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient. Because the highest
purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater
understanding of the world around us.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
Banksia sessilis is a large shrub or small tree in the family
Proteaceae. First collected and described by Robert Brown in the early
19th century, the species grows widely throughout southwest Western
Australia. It has prickly dark green leaves and dome-shaped cream-yellow
flowerheads. Flowering from winter through to late spring, it provides a
key source of food—both the nectar and the insects it attracts—for
honeyeaters in the cooler months, and species diversity is reduced in
areas where the plant does not occur. Several species of honeyeater,
some species of native bee, and the European honey bee seek out and
consume the nectar, while the long-billed black cockatoo and Australian
ringneck eat the seed. The life cycle of B. sessilis is adapted to
regular bushfires. Killed by fire and regenerating by seed afterwards,
each shrub generally produces many flowerheads and a massive amount of
seed. The species can recolonise disturbed areas, and may grow in
thickets.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_sessilis>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1936:
African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four
gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan
domination at the games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens>
1940:
World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British
Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_conquest_of_British_Somaliland>
2005:
Former mayor of Tehran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office as the
sixth president of Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
kite:
1. (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy
kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as
costs) to increase rapidly.
2. (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing
the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the
difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical
prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other
items.
3. (transitive, video games) To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to
attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a
kite (“bird”).
5. (transitive, intransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a
cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or
expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque
clears.
6. (transitive, intransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
7. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also,
usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
8. (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
9. (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
10. (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the
water.
11. (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed)
letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a
prison.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When things don't go your way — or, rather, what you don't
think of as your way — there can be a variety of opportunities that
may not be obvious in the moment but that through hard work,
preparation, and persistence can present themselves over time and make
you better.
--Tom Brady
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Brady>
Trials of Mana is a 1995 action role-playing game developed and
published by Square for the Super Famicom. The third installment in the
Mana series, it follows three heroes in a high fantasy world as they
attempt to claim the Mana Sword. The game features three lengthy main
plotlines, a choice of six main characters, and a wide range of
character classes and skills. It was designed by series creator Koichi
Ishii, directed by veteran Square designer Hiromichi Tanaka (pictured),
and produced by Tetsuhisa Tsuruzono, with artwork by Nobuteru Yūki and
music by Hiroki Kikuta. The game was published in Japan, and an English
fan translation appeared in 1999. It was first officially released in
English in a 2017 port for the Nintendo Switch. Trials of Mana received
considerable acclaim from reviewers for its graphics and gameplay, but
some found the characters and plotlines clichéd. In April 2020, a 3D
remake of the same name was released for Nintendo Switch, Microsoft
Windows, and PlayStation 4.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_Mana>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1870:
One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in
the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames
in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Subway>
1932:
At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist
Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the
discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel
Prize in Physics.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron>
2007:
Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret
police, was captured in Viña del Mar after having been on the run
following a kidnapping conviction.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Iturriaga>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hello girl:
(telephony, informal, dated) A female telephone operator.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hello_girl>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In the long run, a society's strength depends on the way that
ordinary people voluntarily behave. Ordinary people matter because there
are so many of them. Voluntary behavior matters because it is hard to
supervise everyone all the time. … Successful societies — those
which progress economically and politically and can control the terms on
which they deal with the outside world — succeed because they have
found ways to match individual self-interest to the collective good. The
behavior that helps each person will, as a cumulative ethos, help the
society as a whole.
--James Fallows
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Fallows>