The Somerset Levels are about 160,000 acres (650 km2) of coastal plains
and wetlands in Somerset, South West England, running south from the
Mendip Hills to the Blackdown Hills. About 70 per cent of the land is
used as grassland and the rest is arable. Willow and teazel are grown
commercially, and peat is extracted. Neolithic people exploited the
resources of the reed swamps and started to construct wooden trackways,
including the world's oldest known timber trackway, the Post Track,
dating from the 3800s BC. Several settlements and hill forts were built
on slightly raised land, including at Brent Knoll and Glastonbury. The
Shapwick Hoard, 9,238 silver Roman coins discovered at the village of
Shapwick, is the second largest Roman coin collection ever found in
Britain. In 1685 the Battle of Sedgemoor ended the Monmouth Rebellion.
The area has been extensively studied for its biodiversity and history,
and has a growing tourism industry.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Levels>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1791:
The Priestley Riots began, in which Joseph Priestley and other
religious Dissenters were driven out of Birmingham, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestley_Riots>
1958:
Faisal II, the last king of Iraq, was overthrown by a military
coup d'état led by Abd al-Karim Qasim.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_July_Revolution>
2003:
In an effort to discredit U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who
had written an op-ed critical of the invasion of Iraq, his wife Valerie
Plame's identity as a CIA operative was leaked to and published by
Washington Post columnist Robert Novak.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plame_affair>
2015:
The New Horizons probe became the first spacecraft to explore
Pluto.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chasse-café:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chasse-caf%C3%A9>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No matter how bad the wicked world has hurt you, in the long run,
there is something gained, and it is all for the best … The note of
hope is the only note that can help us or save us from falling to the
bottom of the heap of evolution, because, largely, about all a human
being is, anyway, is just a hoping machine, a working machine, and any
song that says, the pleasures I have seen in all of my trouble, are the
things I never can get — don't worry — the human race will sing this
way as long as there is a human to race. The human race is a pretty old
place.
--Woody Guthrie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie>
Euryoryzomys emmonsae, Emmons's rice rat, is a rodent from the Amazon
rainforest of Brazil in the genus Euryoryzomys of the family Cricetidae.
Initially misidentified as E. macconnelli or E. nitidus, it was
formally described in 1998. A ground-dwelling rainforest species, it may
also be adapted to climbing trees. It occurs in a limited area south of
the Amazon River in the state of Pará, a distribution that is
apparently unique among the muroid rodents of the region. E. emmonsae is
a relatively large rice rat, weighing 46 to 78 g (1.6 to 2.8 oz), with
long, tawny brown fur and a distinctly long tail. The skull is slender
and the incisive foramina (openings in the bone of the palate) are
broad. The animal has 80 chromosomes, and its karyotype is typical of
its genus. Its conservation status is listed as data deficient, meaning
more information is needed, but deforestation may pose a threat to the
species. Its name honors Louise H. Emmons, who, among other
contributions to Neotropical mammalogy, collected three of the known
examples of the species in 1986.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euryoryzomys_emmonsae>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1878:
At the conclusion of the Congress of Berlin, the major powers
in Europe signed the Treaty of Berlin, redrawing the map of the Balkans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Berlin_(1878)>
1962:
In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan dismissed seven members of his Cabinet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(1962)>
1973:
Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators,
White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the
existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval
Office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes>
2008:
War in Afghanistan: Taliban guerrillas attacked NATO troops in
the far eastern province of Nuristan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wanat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
regmaglypt:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regmaglypt>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In time of war all countries behave equally badly, because the
power of action is handed over to stupid and obstinate men.
--Kenneth Clark
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Clark>
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle and one of the earliest
stone castles in North West England, near present-day Carrbrook in
Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. It was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide
(9 ft) stone curtain wall (excavation pictured) and a ditch 10 metres
(33 ft) wide by 6 metres (20 ft) deep. It was probably built and
demolished in the 12th century, but may never have been completed, and
survives only as buried remains, overgrown with heather and peat. In the
16th century, the site may have been used as a beacon for the Pilgrimage
of Grace. During the 18th century, the ruins were of interest to
treasure hunters following rumours that gold and silver had been
discovered at Buckton. The site was used as an anti-aircraft decoy
during the Second World War. Between 1996 and 2010 the ruins were
investigated by archaeologists and community archaeology volunteers as
part of the Tameside Archaeology Survey. The site has been designated as
a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1924.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckton_Castle>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement,
proclaimed a revelation recommending polygamy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Latter_Day_Saint_polygamy>
1918:
An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese
battleship Kawachi resulted in the loss of over 600 officers and
crewmen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kawachi>
1948:
Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Defense Forces officer Yitzhak
Rabin signed the order to expel Palestinians from the towns of Lod and
Ramla.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_exodus_from_Lydda_and_Ramle>
1971:
The Australian Aboriginal Flag, one of the official flags of
Australia, was flown for the first time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_Flag>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shrill:
1. Having a shrill voice.
2. Sharp or keen to the senses.
3. (figuratively, derogatory) Especially of a complaint or demand:
fierce, loud.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shrill>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and
persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear. This Dark
Ages prison has no steel bars, chains, or locks. Instead, it is locked
by misorientation and built of misinformation.
--Buckminster Fuller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller>
The South Carolina-class battleships, South Carolina and Michigan
(pictured), were built during the first decade of the twentieth century.
They were the first American dreadnoughts, far outstripping older
battleships that relied on smaller fast-firing guns at close range. The
two ships were designed by Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps with a
homogeneous battery of superfiring large guns and relatively thick
armor, both favored by naval theorists. They were smaller than foreign
dreadnoughts because of congressionally mandated limits on displacement
(weight), and the inherent design trade-offs between armament, armor,
and propulsion left them with a top speed of about 18.5 kn (21 mph;
34 km/h). Both ships were soon surpassed by faster battleships and by
ever-larger and stronger super-dreadnoughts, relegating them to serving
with older, obsolete battleships during the First World War. Both ships
were scrapped after the war with the signing of the Washington Naval
Treaty.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina-class_battleship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1833:
Noongar warrior Yagan, wanted for leading attacks on white
colonists in Western Australia, was killed, becoming a symbol of the
unjust and sometimes brutal treatment of the indigenous peoples of
Australia by colonial settlers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagan>
1848:
London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by
passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Waterloo_station>
1991:
Shortly after takeoff from King Abdulaziz International
Airport, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 caught fire and
crashed, killing all 261 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Airways_Flight_2120>
2011:
An explosion at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base killed 13
people, including the head of the Cyprus Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelos_Florakis_Naval_Base_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
acquis:
1. (international law) The accumulated legislation and decisions of any
international community.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acquis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.
--E. B. White
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._B._White>
Science-Fiction Plus was a U.S. science fiction magazine published by
Hugo Gernsback for seven issues in 1953, his first involvement in the
genre since 1936, when he sold Wonder Stories. The managing editor, Sam
Moskowitz, published many writers who had been popular before World War
II, such as Raymond Gallun, Eando Binder, and Harry Bates. Combined with
Gernsback's earnest editorials on the educational power of science
fiction, the stories gave the magazine an anachronistic feel. Sales
were initially good, but soon fell. Moskowitz was able to obtain fiction
from some of the better-known writers of the day, including Clifford D.
Simak, Murray Leinster, Robert Bloch, and Philip José Farmer, and some
of their stories were well-received, including "Spacebred Generations",
by Simak, "Strange Compulsion", by Farmer, and "Nightmare Planet", by
Leinster. Science fiction historians consider the magazine a failed
attempt to reproduce the early days of the science fiction pulps.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science-Fiction_Plus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1806:
Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company at
Vellore Fort, killing at least 100 British troops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_mutiny>
1940:
The Luftwaffe began attacks on British convoys in the English
Channel to start the Battle of Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain>
1973:
John Paul Getty III, grandson of American oil magnate J. Paul
Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III>
2011:
The Russian river cruise liner Bulgaria was caught in a storm
in Tatarstan on the Volga River and sank in several minutes, resulting
in 122 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria_(ship)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
faze:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faze>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If at least, time enough were alloted to me to accomplish my
work, I would not fail to mark it with the seal of Time, the idea of
which imposed itself upon me with so much force to-day, and I would
therein describe men, if need be, as monsters occupying a place in Time
infinitely more important than the restricted one reserved for them in
space, a place, on the contrary, prolonged immeasurably since,
simultaneously touching widely separated years and the distant periods
they have lived through — between which so many days have ranged
themselves — they stand like giants immersed in Time.
--Marcel Proust
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marcel_Proust>
Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret is an oil painting on canvas by English
artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1833. Intended to illustrate the
virtues of honour and chastity, it depicts a scene from Edmund Spenser's
The Faerie Queene in which the female warrior Britomart slays the evil
magician Busirane and frees his captive, the beautiful Amoret. In
Spenser's poem Amoret has been tortured and mutilated by the time of her
rescue, but Etty portrayed her as unharmed. Despite its depiction of an
occult ritual, a violent death, a near-nude woman and strongly implied
sexual torture, Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret was uncontroversial on
its first exhibition in 1833 and was critically well received. In 1958
it was acquired by the Tate Gallery, and it remains in the collection of
Tate Britain.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britomart_Redeems_Faire_Amoret>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,
including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, was
ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Con…>
1943:
World War II: The Allies began their invasion of Sicily
(American tank pictured), a large scale amphibious and airborne
operation, followed by six weeks of land combat.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily>
1958:
A 525 m (1,722 ft) high megatsunami, the highest ever
recorded, struck Lituya Bay, Alaska, U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami>
2008:
Under the belief that Israel and the United States were
planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the Great Prophet
III missile test and war games exercise.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Prophet_III>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gramarye:
1. (archaic) Mystical learning; the occult, magic, sorcery.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gramarye>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful.
As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful,
and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the truth may be —
that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.
--June Jordan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/June_Jordan>
Percy Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born
composer, arranger and pianist who played a prominent role in the
revival of interest in British folk music in the early 20th century.
Grainger left Australia in 1895 to study at the Hoch Conservatory in
Frankfurt. Between 1901 and 1914 he was based in London, where he
established himself first as a society pianist and later as a concert
performer, composer and collector of original folk melodies. He met many
of the significant figures in European music, forming friendships with
Frederick Delius and Edvard Grieg, and became a champion of Nordic music
and culture. In 1914, Grainger moved to the United States, where he took
citizenship in 1918. He experimented with music machines that he hoped
would supersede human interpretation. Although much of his work was
experimental and unusual, the piece with which he is most generally
associated is his piano arrangement of the folk-dance tune "Country
Gardens".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Grainger>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1879:
Led by George W. De Long, the ill-fated Jeannette Expedition
departed San Francisco to reach the North Pole by pioneering a route
through the Bering Strait.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Expedition>
1898:
American con artist and gangster Soapy Smith was killed in
Skagway, Alaska, when an argument with fellow gang members turned into
an unexpected gunfight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout_on_Juneau_Wharf>
1962:
Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese
General Ne Win ordered the demolition of the school's Students Union
building.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Rangoon_University_protests>
2014:
In response to the kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers,
Israel launched a military operation in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chic:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The thought system that dominates our culture is laced with
selfish values, and relinquishing those values is a lot easier said than
done. The journey to a pure heart can be highly disorienting. For years
we may have worked for power, money and prestige. Now all of a sudden
we’ve learned that those are just the values of a dying world. … The
news isn’t how bad things are. The news is how good they could be. And
our own activity could be part of the unfolding of Heaven on earth.
There is no more powerful motivation than to feel we’re being used in
the creation of a world where love has healed all wounds. We are no
longer ambitious for ourselves, but are rather inspired by the vision of
a healed world. Inspiration rearranges our energies. It sources within
us a new power and direction.
--Marianne Williamson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson>
The banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a nomadic wader of the
stilt and avocet family, Recurvirostridae, native to Australia. It gets
its name from the red-brown breast band found on breeding adults, though
this is mottled or entirely absent in non-breeding adults and juveniles.
Its remaining plumage is pied and the eyes are dark brown. Nestling
banded stilts have white down, unlike any other species of wader.
Breeding is triggered by the filling of inland salt lakes by rainfall,
creating large shallow lakes rich in tiny shrimp on which the birds
feed. Banded stilts migrate to these and assemble in large breeding
colonies. The female lays three to four brown- or black-splotched
whitish eggs on a scrape. The species is not threatened, but it is
subject to predation by silver gulls, black falcons and wedge-tailed
eagles, and is designated as vulnerable under the South Australian
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_stilt>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1834:
In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists
began, fueled by rumors that they were encouraging miscegenation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abolitionist_riots_(1834)>
1937:
The Peel Commission published a report stating the British
Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the
partition of Mandatory Palestine into two states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_Commission>
1963:
The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political
adviser of President of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a
group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the
Buddhist crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Seven_Day_scuffle>
2005:
Suicide bombers killed 52 people in a series of four explosions
on London's public transport system (emergency responders pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cirque:
1. (dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring,
such as a Roman circus.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirque>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must
decide to risk "his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor" on an
outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown
children, can never be anything else.
--Stranger in a Strange Land
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land>
Peter Jeffrey (6 July 1913 – 6 April 1997) was a senior officer and
fighter ace in the Royal Australian Air Force. Posted to the Middle East
in July 1940, he saw action with No. 3 Squadron and took command of the
unit the following year, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for his
energy and fighting skills. He was appointed wing leader of No. 234
Wing RAF in November 1941, and became an ace the same month with his
fifth solo victory. The next month he was awarded the Distinguished
Service Order for his achievements, which included rescuing a fellow
pilot who had crash-landed in the desert. In 1942, Jeffrey was posted to
the South West Pacific, where he helped organise No. 75 Squadron for
the defence of Port Moresby, and No. 76 Squadron prior to the Battle of
Milne Bay. He served two stints in charge of No. 2 Operational Training
Unit in southern Australia before the end of the war, broken by command
of No. 1 (Fighter) Wing in the Northern Territory and Western Australia
during 1943–44, at which time he was promoted to temporary group
captain.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jeffrey_(RAAF_officer)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1801:
French Revolutionary Wars: A Royal Navy squadron attempted to
eliminate a smaller French Navy squadron at Algeciras before they could
join their Spanish allies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Algeciras>
1940:
The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in
Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Bridge>
1978:
A sleeping car train at Taunton, England, caught fire, killing
12 people and causing British Rail to install state-of-the art fire
prevention measures.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_sleeping_car_fire>
2013:
Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State,
Nigeria, killing at least 42 people, mostly students.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobe_State_school_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
behove:
1. (transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
2. (transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/behove>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our identity as a nation — unlike many other nations — is not
determined by geography or ethnicity, by soil or blood. Being an
American involves the embrace of high ideals and civic responsibility.
We become the heirs of Thomas Jefferson by accepting the ideal of human
dignity found in the Declaration of Independence. We become the heirs of
James Madison by understanding the genius and values of the U.S.
Constitution. We become the heirs of Martin Luther King, Jr., by
recognizing one another not by the color of their skin, but by the
content of their character. This means that people of every race,
religion, and ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that
bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American
creed. And it means that the very identity of our nation depends on the
passing of civic ideals to the next generation. ... It is the great
advantage of free societies that we creatively adapt to challenges,
without the direction of some central authority. Self-correction is the
secret strength of freedom. We are a nation with a history of resilience
and a genius for renewal. Right now, one of our worst national problems
is a deficit of confidence. But the cause of freedom justifies all our
faith and effort. It still inspires men and women in the darkest corners
of the world, and it will inspire a rising generation. The American
spirit does not say, “We shall manage,” or “We shall make the best
of it.” It says, “We shall overcome.” And that is exactly what we
will do, with the help of God and one another.
--George W. Bush
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_W._Bush>
Simone Russell is a fictional character that appeared from 1999 to 2007
on the American soap opera Passions on NBC. A member of the show's
Russell family, Simone is the daughter of Eve and T. C. and the younger
sister of Whitney. Conceived by the soap's founder and head writer James
E. Reilly, the role was portrayed by three actresses: Lena Cardwell
(1999–2001), Chrystee Pharris (2001–2004), and Cathy Jenéen Doe
(2004–2007). The character's love interest in the early years is Chad
Harris-Crane, but Doe's character comes out as lesbian and pursues a
relationship with Rae Thomas. Passions became the first soap opera to
show two women (Simone and Rae) having sex, and the first to feature an
African-American lesbian. The show won GLAAD's 2006 Outstanding Daily
Drama award for its portrayal of Simone. The representation of lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender topics, and Doe's performance as Simone,
received mixed responses from critics.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Russell>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1594:
The Portuguese governor of Ceylon Pedro Lopes de Sousa began a
failed attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Kandy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_of_Danture>
1775:
The Second Continental Congress of Britain's Thirteen Colonies
adopted the Olive Branch Petition in the hopes of avoiding war with
Great Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Branch_Petition>
1937:
The Hormel Foods Corporation introduced Spam, the canned
precooked meat product that would eventually enter into pop culture,
folklore, and urban legend.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(food)>
1948:
Aneurin Bevan, the Health Minister of the United Kingdom,
launched the National Health Service, one of the major social reforms
following the Second World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service>
2012:
The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in
Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by
Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
enormity:
1. (countable) An act of extreme evil or wickedness.
2. (uncountable) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enormity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We
have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
--Jean Cocteau
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau>