The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a Women's One Day
International cricket match between England (pictured) and New Zealand,
played on 22 March at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. It was the
second time that the two teams had met at this stage of a World Cup –
England had won their previous final contest in 1993. This game was the
culmination of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ninth edition of
the tournament. England, who were considered the favourites, built an
opening partnership of 74 runs and continued to score steadily. Despite
regularly losing wickets, they won by four wickets with 23 balls to
spare. This World Cup title was their first in 16 years, their third
overall, and their first outside England. Nicky Shaw, a bowler who
replaced the injured Jenny Gunn in England's starting lineup minutes
before the game started, took a career-best four wickets for 34 runs and
was named the player of the match.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Women%27s_Cricket_World_Cup_Final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1895:
The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde began,
eventually resulting in his arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of
gross indecency.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde>
1922:
Joseph Stalin became the first general secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin>
1948:
Division of Korea: A communist uprising began on Jeju Island,
eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by
both sides.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_uprising>
2016:
The first news stories on the Panama Papers were published,
revealing that shell corporations represented by the Panamanian law firm
Mossack Fonseca had been used for illegal purposes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
loggerhead:
1. (obsolete) A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
2. A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made
hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a
liquid) to melt or heat it.
3. (nautical) A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
4. (botany, Midlands, dialectal) Often in plural: a thistle-like
flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed
(Centaurea nigra).
5. (zoology) Used as the name of various animals with large heads.
6. The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus;
formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the
Falkland Islands.
7. The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to
the Caribbean and West Indies.
8. The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to
Jamaica.
9. The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North
America.
10. The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed
turtle endemic to the United States.
11. The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an
oceanic turtle found throughout the world.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loggerhead>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Ukraine has shown the world how to stand up for freedom &
democracy, for our shared humanity & for our common values.
--Roberta Metsola
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roberta_Metsola>
The northern rosella (Platycercus venustus) is a species of parrot
native to northern Australia, ranging from the Gulf of Carpentaria and
Arnhem Land to the Kimberley. It was described by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820,
and two subspecies are recognised. The species is unusually coloured for
a rosella, with a dark head and neck with pale cheeks—predominantly
white in the nominate subspecies from the Northern Territory and blue in
the Western Australian subspecies. The northern rosella's mantle and
scapulars are black with fine yellow scallops, while its back, rump and
underparts are pale yellow with fine black scallops. The long tail is
blue-green and the wings are black and blue-violet. Found in woodland
and open savannah country, the northern rosella consumes seeds,
particularly of grasses and eucalypts, as well as flowers and berries,
but it may also eat insects. Nesting takes place in tree hollows.
Although uncommon, the species is not threatened.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_rosella>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
About 5,000 people in Richmond, Virginia, mostly poor women,
rioted in protest of the high price of bread.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_bread_riots>
1982:
Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking
the Falklands War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands>
1992:
John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family of New York
City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit
murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax
evasion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gotti>
2002:
Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from
advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem,
beginning a month-long siege.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Church_of_the_Nativity>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
imburse:
1. (transitive, obsolete) To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply
with money.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to
repay, to reimburse.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imburse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let Moscow not forget that the sanctions policy will only be
continued and intensified. As long as there is no peace — sanctions
are needed. Until Russia begins to invest as sincerely in the search for
peace as it invests in the destruction of our state, sanctions will
remain unalterable.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
Coropuna is a dormant volcano with several perennially snowbound conical
summits in the Andes mountains of southern Peru. The highest peak of the
compound volcano reaches an altitude of 6,377 metres (20,922 feet) above
sea level, making the Coropuna complex the third-highest in Peru. Its
thick ice cap is the most extensive in Earth's tropical zone, with
several outlet glaciers stretching out to lower altitudes. Below an
elevation of 5,000 metres (16,000 feet), the vegetation belts include
trees, peat bogs and grasses, as well as agricultural areas and
pastures. The Coropuna complex consists of several stratovolcanos
composed chiefly of ignimbrites and lava flows, on a basement formed by
similar material from the Middle Miocene. The complex has been active
for at least five million years. Current activity occurs exclusively in
the form of hot springs. The Inca archaeological site of Mawk'allaqta is
on the volcano's slopes.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coropuna>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1833:
Mexican Texans met at San Felipe de Austin to begin the
Convention of 1833.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_1833>
1978:
The Philippine College of Commerce became a chartered state
university and renamed the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_University_of_the_Philippines>
2001:
Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalised (wedding
pictured), with the country becoming the first to do so.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Netherlands>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
couth:
1. (obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
2. (Scotland) Variant of couthie.
3. Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
4. Comfortable; cosy, snug. […]
5. Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured,
refined.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/couth>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier
dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
--Otto von Bismarck
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck>
Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the
Second World War. In 1943, the body of Glyndwr Michael was dressed as an
officer of the Royal Marines, and items were placed on him identifying
him as the fictitious Captain William Martin. Correspondence between two
British generals suggesting that the Allies planned to invade Greece and
Sardinia, with merely a feint at Sicily, was also planted. The body was
taken by the submarine HMS Seraph to the southern coast of Spain and
released close to shore, where it was picked up the following morning by
a Spanish fisherman. The nominally neutral Spanish government shared
copies of the documents with German military intelligence, before
returning them to the British. Ultra decrypts of German messages showed
that the Germans fell for the ruse. Reinforcements were shifted to
Greece and Sardinia before and during the invasion of Sicily; Sicily
received none. The body was buried with military honours in Spain (grave
pictured).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1899:
Philippine–American War: Malolos, capital of the First
Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Malolos>
1942:
Second World War: Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers
against their British officers, Japanese troops captured Christmas
Island without any resistance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island>
1992:
USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship,
was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_%28BB-63%29>
2018:
Nikol Pashinyan began his protest walk, starting in the city of
Gyumri, opening the 2018 Armenian revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Armenian_revolution>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
verklempt:
1. (US, colloquial) Overcome with emotion, choked up.
2. (US, colloquial) Flustered, nervous, overwhelmed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verklempt>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The war continues. Russia is sending new forces to our land to
continue to destroy us, to destroy Ukrainians. We must do more to stop
the war! The first and most important thing is weapons. Freedom must be
armed no worse than tyranny.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
The Yankee was one of America's first cultural publications and a
precursor to the independent American press that formed decades later.
Founded and edited by John Neal (pictured), it was published in
Portland, Maine, between 1828 and 1829. The magazine helped establish
the American gymnastics movement, covered national politics, and
critiqued American literature, art, theater, and social issues. Many
new, predominantly female, writers and editors started their careers
with publication and coverage in The Yankee, including many who are
familiar to modern readers. Essays by Neal on American art and theater
anticipated major changes and movements realized in the following
decades. His articles on women's rights and early feminist ideas
affirmed intellectual equality between men and women and demanded
political and economic rights for women, saying "If woman would act with
woman, there would be a stop to our tyranny".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yankee>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1861:
British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of
thallium using flame spectroscopy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallium>
1912:
Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a
French protectorate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fes>
1950:
Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as
the first Indonesian film.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darah_dan_Doa>
1972:
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive
in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South
Vietnamese units as possible.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
what the doctor ordered:
(idiomatic) Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation;
something very beneficial or desirable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what_the_doctor_ordered>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm sure you saw the news today that the Russian military command
allegedly decided to "reduce hostilities in the directions of Kyiv and
Chernihiv." ... I am grateful to all our defenders, to all those who
ensure the defense of Kyiv. It is their brave and effective actions that
force the enemy to retreat in this direction. However, we should not
lose vigilance. The situation has not become easier. The scale of the
challenges has not diminished. The Russian army still has significant
potential to continue attacks against our state. They still have a lot
of equipment and enough people completely deprived of rights whom they
can send to the cauldron of war. Therefore, we stay alert and do not
reduce our defense efforts.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School is a 1996 American
documentary film directed by Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen. It provides
educators with information on how to teach elementary school children
to be tolerant of gay and lesbian people. The film was noted as the
"first of its kind" and was generally well received, although there was
some backlash from conservatives. It was released in several film
festivals and had screenings in the 2000s. It's Elementary did not
receive much support from PBS due to backlash from the American Family
Association. Prior to airing the film, television stations received
calls, letters, and e-mails from people who did not want PBS program
directors to broadcast it. The film was awarded the GLAAD Media Award
for Outstanding Documentary, Best Documentary at the Reeling Film
Festival, and the Silver Spire at the San Francisco International Film
Festival, among other awards. The film had two sequels: That's A Family!
and It's Still Elementary.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Elementary:_Talking_About_Gay_Issues_i…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1638:
New Sweden, near Delaware Bay, was founded as the first Swedish
colony in the Americas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden>
1942:
Second World War: The Royal Air Force completed a bombing raid
on Lübeck, the first major success for RAF Bomber Command against a
German city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_L%C3%BCbeck_in_World_War_II>
1982:
Queen Elizabeth II granted royal assent to the Canada Act
1982, which ended any remaining constitutional dependence of Canada on
the United Kingdom by a process known as patriation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Act_1982>
2010:
Islamist separatists of the Caucasus Emirate detonated two
bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing 40 people and injuring 102 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chaotic:
1. Filled with chaos.
2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
3. (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a
small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
4. (role-playing games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and
principles.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chaotic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion one month ago, the
war has led to the senseless loss of thousands of lives; the
displacement of ten million people, mainly women and children; the
systematic destruction of essential infrastructure; and skyrocketing
food and energy prices worldwide. This must stop. ... A cessation of
hostilities will allow essential humanitarian aid to be delivered and
enable civilians to move around safely. It will save lives, prevent
suffering, and protect civilians.
--António Guterres
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres>
Chagas disease is a parasitic disease which occurs in the Americas,
particularly in South America. It is caused by a protozoan named
Trypanosoma cruzi (pictured), which is transmitted to humans and other
mammals primarily by blood-drinking insects of the subfamily
Triatominae. Other forms of transmission are possible, such as ingestion
of food contaminated with T. cruzi, blood transfusion and
maternal–fetal transmission. After an initial stage of infection that
is usually mild or asymptomatic, untreated individuals enter the chronic
phase of the disease. People with chronic Chagas disease may develop
organ dysfunction, which most commonly involves the heart or the
digestive system. Chagas disease can be treated using the antiparasitic
drugs benznidazole and nifurtimox, which are most effective in the early
stage of infection. It is estimated that 6.5 million people worldwide
are living with the disease, and it is responsible for about 9,490
annual deaths.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagas_disease>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
The Vienna Philharmonic held its first concert, conducted by
Otto Nicolai.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Philharmonic>
1918:
World War I: British and Australian troops soundly defeated
German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Dernancourt>
1942:
Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in occupied France
was disabled by British naval forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid>
1979:
British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote
in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with
widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Callaghan_m…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
atompunk:
(science fiction) A subgenre of speculative fiction, based on the
society and technology of the Atomic Age (c. 1945–1965).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atompunk>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by
those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or
who jail and poison their critics. #IStandWithUkraine
--J. K. Rowling
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling>
Here Is Mariah Carey is a 1993 video album by American recording artist
Mariah Carey. It presents her singing at Proctor's Theatre (pictured) in
Schenectady, New York, and also includes non-concert footage. Carey
performs ten songs; four are from her third studio album Music Box
(1993), which her record label, Columbia, commissioned the hour-long
video to promote. She is sporadically accompanied by a band, a choir,
dancers, and string players. In creating the stage for the performance,
production designers sought inspiration from works by Boris Aronson and
Josep Maria Jujol. Television network NBC broadcast it on November 25,
1993, to an audience of 19 million. Columbia Music Video released it on
VHS five days later to generally positive reviews from critics. It
received a platinum certification from the Recording Industry
Association of America and was one of the best-selling video albums of
1994 and 1995 in the United States.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Is_Mariah_Carey>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1850:
San Diego, the first European settlement in present-day
California, was incorporated as a city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego>
1915:
Mary Mallon, the first person to be identified as an
asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, was placed into quarantine in New
York City, where she spent the rest of her life.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon>
1977:
Two Boeing 747 airliners collided on a foggy runway at Los
Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, killing 583 people in the
worst aircraft accident in aviation history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster>
2002:
Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli
civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation
Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion
into the West Bank.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
wagon:
1. A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads.
2. A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle
attached to the front.
3. An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a
lorry, a truck.
4. An enclosed vehicle used as a movable dwelling; a caravan.
5. Short for dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so
that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”).
6. (slang) Short for paddy wagon (“police van for transporting
prisoners”).
7. (rail transport) A freight car on a railway.
8. (chiefly Australia, US, slang) Short for station wagon (“type of car
in which the roof extends rearward to produce an enclosed area in the
position of and serving the function of the boot (trunk)”); (by
extension) a sport utility vehicle (SUV); any car.
9. (Ireland, slang, derogatory, dated) A woman of loose morals, a
promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as
obnoxious; a bitch, a cow.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wagon>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase a
people’s love for liberty. Brutality will never grind down their will
to be free. Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia — for free
people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. We will
have a different future — a brighter future rooted in democracy and
principle, hope and light, of decency and dignity, of freedom and
possibilities. For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power. God
bless you all. And may God defend our freedom. And may God protect our
troops.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Jadran is a sailing ship for basic naval training built in Germany for
the Royal Yugoslav Navy and currently in Montenegrin service.
Commissioned in 1933, she completed seven long training cruises before
World War II. During the war, she continued as a training ship, first
by the Yugoslavians, but later by the Italians and then the Germans.
Looted and dilapidated, she was returned to the new Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946 and was rebuilt. Between 1949 and 1991,
training was mainly conducted in the Adriatic, and she undertook only
five long-distance cruises. When the Yugoslav Wars commenced in 1991,
Jadran was homeported at Split but was undergoing a refit at Tivat in
the Bay of Kotor and came under the control of rump Yugoslavia. In 2006,
Montenegro became independent, and Jadran became a ship of the
Montenegrin Navy. Her ownership remains disputed between Montenegro and
Croatia; in December 2021, the two countries agreed to form a commission
to settle the dispute.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadran_%28training_ship%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1885:
Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect
their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West
Rebellion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Rebellion>
1913:
First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and
Serbian forces (artillery pictured) captured the Ottoman city of
Adrianople.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Adrianople_%281912%E2%80%931913%29>
1975:
The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral
disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of
weapons, entered into force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_Weapons_Convention>
1997:
Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of
39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an
apparent cult suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_%28religious_group%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
felicitous:
1. Characterized by felicity.
2. Appropriate, apt, fitting.
3. Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
4. Causing happiness or pleasure.
5. (linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and
pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/felicitous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What you’re engaged in is much more than just whether or not
you can alleviate the pain and suffering of the people of Ukraine.
We’re in a new phase — your generation. We’re at an inflection
point. About every four or five generations, there comes along a change
— a fundamental change takes place. The world ain’t going to be the
same — not because of Ukraine, but — not going to be the same 10, 15
years from now in terms of our organizational structures. So the
question is: Who is going to prevail? Are democracies going to prevail
... and the values we share? Or are autocracies going to prevail? And
that’s really what’s at stake. So what you’re doing is
consequential — really consequential.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ('How beautifully the morning star
shines'), BWV 1, is a church cantata for the Annunciation by Johann
Sebastian Bach. He composed his chorale cantata in 1725, based on
Philipp Nicolai's 1599 hymn, for the 25 March feast which coincided
with Palm Sunday that year. The theme of the hymn suits both occasions,
in a spirit of longing expectation of an arrival. The hymn was
paraphrased by a contemporary poet who retained its first and last
stanzas unchanged, set as a chorale fantasia and the closing chorale,
but transformed the inner stanzas into a sequence of alternating
recitatives and arias. Bach scored the work for three vocal soloists, a
four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of two horns, two
oboes da caccia, two solo violins (part pictured), strings and continuo.
It is the last chorale cantata of his second cantata cycle, begins the
Bach-Gesellschaft's 1851 complete edition of his works and is listed as
No. 1 in the 1950 Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wie_sch%C3%B6n_leuchtet_der_Morgenstern,_BWV_1>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1655:
Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the
largest natural satellite of Saturn.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29>
1911:
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed
146 sweatshop workers, many of whom could not escape because the doors
to the stairwells and exits had been locked.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire>
1934:
Enrico Fermi published his discovery of neutron-induced
radioactivity, for which he was later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
in 1938.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi>
1975:
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew
Faisal bin Musaid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_bin_Musaid_Al_Saud>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
adytum:
1. (Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in an
ancient temple, from where oracles were given.
2. (by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adytum>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine represents a
fundamental challenge to the values and norms that have brought security
and prosperity to all on the European continent. President Putin’s
choice to attack Ukraine is a strategic mistake, with grave consequences
also for Russia and the Russian people. We remain united and resolute in
our determination to oppose Russia’s aggression, aid the government
and the people of Ukraine, and defend the security of all Allies.
--NATO
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/NATO>