Bluey is an Australian animated television series for preschoolers that has aired on ABC Kids since October 2018. Created by Joe Brumm, the series follows Bluey, an anthropomorphic six-year-old Blue Heeler puppy (example pictured) who engages in imaginative play with her father Bandit, mother Chilli, and younger sister Bingo. The characters of Bluey each represent a particular dog breed, some of which are drawn from Brumm's personal life; he had a Blue Heeler named Bluey throughout his childhood. Overarching themes include family, growing up, and Australian culture. The program was created and is produced in Queensland; its capital city of Brisbane inspired the show's setting. Bluey won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Children's Program in 2019 as well as an International Emmy Kids Award. It has been praised by television critics for its depiction of modern everyday family life, constructive parenting messages and the role of Bandit as a positive father figure.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Platine War by an alliance consisting of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platine_War
1918:
At 11,675 ft (3,559 m) long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco opened as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks_Tunnel
1998:
A U.S. Marines Corps EA-6B Prowler inadvertently severed a cable supporting a cable-car gondola in Cavalese, Italy, killing 20 passengers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cavalese_cable_car_crash
2010:
An edition of L'Homme qui marche I, a bronze sculpture by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, was sold for £65 million, setting the record for the most expensive sculpture sold at auction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Homme_qui_marche_I
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flare: 1. (transitive) To cause to burn. 2. (transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame. 3. (transitive, intransitive) To open outward in shape. 4. (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing. 5. (intransitive) To blaze brightly. 6. (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. 7. (intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy. 8. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify. 9. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger. 10. (intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flare
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The state of conformity is an imitation of grace. By a strange mystery — which is connected with the power of the social element — a profession can confer on quite ordinary men in their exercise of it, virtues which, if they were extended to all circumstances of life, would make of them heroes or saints. --Simone Weil https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Simone_Weil