Kes is a fictional character in the science fiction television show Star Trek: Voyager, played by Jennifer Lien. Kes joins the crew of the starship USS Voyager in the pilot episode, opening an aeroponics garden and working as a medical assistant. She is a member of a telepathic alien species with a life span of only nine years. She leaves the ship in the fourth season after her powers threaten to destroy it. She reappears in an episode in the sixth season and features in Star Trek: Voyager novels and short stories. Voyager's creators intended Kes to provide audiences with a different perspective on time. Although Kes is portrayed as fragile and innocent, she is also shown as having hidden strength and maturity. Voyager's producers reluctantly fired Lien after her personal issues affected her reliability on set. Kes was a fan favorite character while Voyager was airing, although critics reacted more negatively, finding her boring and without a clear purpose. Lien was praised for her performance.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1823:

At least 9,000 enslaved people rebelled in the British colony in Demerara-Essequibo (in present-day Guyana), demanding emancipation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demerara_rebellion_of_1823

1864:

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the siege of Petersburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Globe_Tavern

1937:

A lightning strike started the Blackwater Fire in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, consuming 1,700 acres (7 km2) of old-growth forest and killing 15 firefighters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Fire_of_1937

2017:

Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Turku_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

undissembled: 1. Not dissembled. 2. Not concealed or disguised; evident, obvious. 3. Not dissimulated or feigned; genuine, unfaked. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/undissembled

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