The first season of True Detective, an American anthology crime drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto, premiered on HBO on January 12, 2014, starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts, and Tory Kittles. The nonlinear narrative in eight episodes focuses on Louisiana State Police homicide detectives Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Harrelson) as they investigate the murder of prostitute Dora Lange in 1995. Seventeen years later, they must revisit the investigation, along with several other unsolved crimes. The first season explores themes of philosophical pessimism, masculinity, and Christianity; critics have analyzed the show's portrayal of women, its auteurist sensibility, and the influence of comics, weird fiction and horror fiction on its narrative. The episodes, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, were filmed in Louisiana. The series received positive reviews and garnered a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, along with other honors for writing, cinematography, direction, and acting.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1554:

Bayinnaung, who later assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayinnaung

1895:

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty

1921:

Seeking to restore confidence after the Black Sox Scandal, owners of Major League Baseball teams elected former United States district court judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the league's first commissioner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis

1967:

Seventy-three-year-old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically frozen with intent of future resuscitation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics

2010:

A 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti, affecting an estimated three million people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

upcycle: 1. (transitive) To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality. 2. (transitive) To promote into a more productive or useful role. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upcycle

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.   --Swami Vivekananda https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda