Melanie Barnett is a fictional character on the American sitcom The Game, which aired on The CW and BET from 2006 to 2015. Portrayed by actress Tia Mowry (pictured), Melanie was introduced in a backdoor pilot on the sitcom Girlfriends as the cousin of Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross). Melanie chooses to support the career of her boyfriend Derwin Davis (Pooch Hall), a National Football League player, rather than attend medical school at Johns Hopkins University. The series focuses primarily on Melanie and Derwin's complicated relationship and her fears of his infidelity. Mowry left the series in 2012 upon learning that Hall had decided to leave the show and her role would be reduced. Both actors reprised their roles in the series finale. Mowry's performance received positive feedback from critics, who agreed that the role displayed her maturity as an actress. She received nominations for two NAACP Image Awards and a Teen Choice Award for the role.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1923:

The Treaty of Lausanne was signed to settle the Anatolian part of the partition of the Ottoman Empire, establishing the boundaries of modern Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne

1967:

During a speech in Montreal, French president Charles de Gaulle declared "Long live free Quebec!", a statement that was interpreted as support for Quebec independence from Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_le_Qu%C3%A9bec_libre

1974:

Following the collapse of the Greek military junta, the Metapolitefsi period began as the country transitioned to a democratic government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metapolitefsi

1980:

At the Moscow Olympics, Australia's swimming team, nicknamed the Quietly Confident Quartet, won the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, the only time that the United States, which boycotted the games, has not won the event at the Olympics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

quakebuttock: (formerly obsolete, rare, now humorous) A coward. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quakebuttock

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I think there is some kind of divine order in the universe. Every leaf on every tree in the world is unique. As far as we can see, there are other galaxies, all slowly spinning, numerous as the leaves in the forest. In an infinite number of planets, there has to be an infinite number with life forms on them. Maybe this planet is one of the discarded mistakes. Maybe it's one of the victories. We'll never know.   --John D. MacDonald https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_D._MacDonald