The Metacomet Ridge of southern New England, United States, is a narrow
and steep fault-block mountain ridge known for its extensive cliff
faces, scenic vistas, microclimate ecosystems, and communities of
plants considered rare or endangered. An important recreation resource
located within 10 miles (16 km) of a population corridor of over 2.5
million people, the ridge is home to four long distance hiking trails
and over a dozen parks and recreation areas including several state and
nationally recognized historic sites. Because of its natural, historic,
and recreational value, the ridge has been the focus of ongoing
conservation efforts involving municipal, state, and national agencies
as well as nearly two dozen non-profit organizations.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
636:
Rashidun forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid took control of Syria and
Palestine in the Battle of Yarmouk, marking the first great wave of
Muslim conquests after the death of Muhammad.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yarmouk>
917:
Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: Bulgarians led by Tsar Simeon I drove the
Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory in the Battle of
Achelous.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Achelous_%28917%29>
1882:
The 1812 Overture by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was
first performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Overture>
1989:
A dredger collided with a pleasure boat on the River Thames in London,
causing the latter to sink in just thirty seconds.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchioness_disaster>
1998:
The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan was destroyed by a missile
attack launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7
U.S. embassy bombings.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_pharmaceutical_factory>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
basileiolatry (n):
King-worship
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/basileiolatry>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The grand design of nature perceived broadly in four dimensions,
including the forces that move the universe and created man, with
special focus on evolution in our own biosphere, is something
intrinsically good that it is right to preserve and enhance, and wrong
to destroy and degrade.
--Roger Wolcott Sperry
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Wolcott_Sperry>
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