The A and B Loop is a streetcar circle route of the Portland Streetcar
system in Portland, Oregon, United States. Operated by Portland
Streetcar, Inc. and TriMet, it consists of two services within the
Central City that travel a loop between the east and west sides of the
Willamette River by crossing the Broadway Bridge (pictured) in the north
and Tilikum Crossing in the south. The services connect Portland's
downtown, Pearl District, Lloyd District, Central Eastside, and South
Waterfront. Portland city officials considered an eastside streetcar
extension upon authorizing the Central City Streetcar project in 1997.
After several years of planning, the Portland Streetcar Loop Project was
approved and held its groundbreaking in 2009. It opened between the
Broadway Bridge and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry on
September 22, 2012. The opening of Tilikum Crossing in 2015 further
extended its tracks from the museum to the South Waterfront and
completed the loop.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_and_B_Loop>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1869:
Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des
Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner, was first performed in
Munich.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rheingold>
1934:
One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an
explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresford_disaster>
1979:
An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of
light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be
a nuclear weapons test.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_incident>
1994:
The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between
Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge,
officially opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordhordland_Bridge>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
alexipharmic:
1. (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac
(“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac
by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful
substance, especially a poison or venom”)
2. (pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively)
Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or
an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom
(specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alexipharmic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let us speak plainly. A permanent member of the United Nations
Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign
state from the map. Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of
the United Nations Charter … the clear prohibition against countries
taking the territory of their neighbor by force. Again, just today,
President Putin has made overt nuclear threats against Europe and a
reckless disregard for the responsibilities of the non-proliferation
regime. Now Russia is … calling up more soldiers to join the fight.
And the Kremlin is organizing a sham referenda to try to annex parts of
Ukraine, an extremely significant violation of the U.N. Charter. This
world should see these outrageous acts for what they are. Putin claims
he had to act because Russia was threatened. But no one threatened
Russia, and no one other than Russia sought conflict. … Putin’s own
words make his true purpose unmistakable. Just before he invaded, Putin
asserted — and I quote — Ukraine was "created by Russia" and never
had, quote, "real statehood." … This war is about extinguishing
Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, plain and simple, and Ukraine’s
right to exist as a people. Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever
you believe … that should make your blood run cold. That’s why 141
nations in the General Assembly came together to unequivocally condemn
Russia’s war against Ukraine. … We chose principles to which every
party to the United Nations Charter is beholding. We stood with Ukraine.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
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