Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Like its predecessors, Degrassi: The Next Generation follows a group of students at Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, teenage pregnancy, and drug abuse. The series was created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore, and is produced by Epitome Pictures in association with the CTV Television Network. The series is filmed at Epitome's studios in Toronto, Ontario, rather than on the real De Grassi Street from which the franchise takes its name. A critical success, Degrassi: The Next Generation has often received favourable reviews from Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and AfterElton.com. In its initial years, it was frequently the most watched domestic drama series in Canada, and one of the highest-rated shows on The N in the United States. The series premiered on CTV on 14 October 2001, and the ninth season will finish on 16 July 2010 with the made-for-TV film "Degrassi Takes Manhattan" on Canada's MuchMusic.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1769:
Spanish friar Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá (pictured today), the first Franciscan mission in the Alta California region of New Spain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Diego_de_Alcal%C3%A1
1790:
The United States Congress passed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which latter became Washington, D.C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C.
1945:
Manhattan Project: "Trinity", the first nuclear test explosion, was detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_%28nuclear_test%29
1983:
A British Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashed in the Celtic Sea when en route from Penzance in England to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in thick fog, killing 20 of the 26 on board, and sparking a review of helicopter safety in the United Kingdom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_British_Airways_Sikorsky_S-61_crash
1994:
Fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet began hitting the planet Jupiter, with the first one causing a fireball which reached a peak temperature of about 24,000 K. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker-Levy_9
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
amygdala (n): The region of the brain believed to play a key role in the emotions, such as fear and pleasure http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amygdala
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have always lived in a world in which I'm just a spot in history. My life is not the important point. I'm just part of the continuum, and that continuum, to me, is a marvelous thing. The history of life, and the history of the planet, should go on and on and on and on. I cannot conceive of anything in the universe that has more meaning than that. --Sheri S. Tepper http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheri_S._Tepper