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Wendell Willkie (1892–1944) was an American corporate executive and the 1940 Republican candidate for president. In 1933 he became president of Commonwealth & Southern Corporation (C&S), a utility holding company. He fought against President Franklin Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a publicly owned competitor of C&S; though unsuccessful, he sold C&S's property to the TVA for a good price, and gained public esteem. A longtime Democratic activist, Willkie changed his party registration to Republican in late 1939. He did not run in the 1940 presidential primaries, but positioned himself as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. As German forces under Hitler rampaged through Western Europe in the spring of 1940, many Republicans did not wish to nominate an isolationist like Thomas E. Dewey, and turned to Willkie, who was nominated on the sixth ballot. His support for aid to Britain paralleled Roosevelt's, defying Republican opposition. Roosevelt won a third term, taking 38 of the 48 states and 55 percent of the vote. Willkie made two wartime foreign trips as Roosevelt's informal envoy. (Full article...)

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Florida predatory stink bug nymph

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... that George Strait recorded several songs written by Clay Blaker?
... that in the 2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election, Janata Dal (United)'s candidate was supported by five other parties?
... that horse trainer Jeff Givens was killed when his horse trailer overturned?
... that the States of Jersey were obliged to ask permission from Queen Elizabeth II in order to adopt the Jersey Red Ensign, because it contained the Jersey Arms with the Plantagenet crown?
... that Russia's Aluchin volcano is thought to have formed around 1000 CE?
… that the Hiroshima Lightning was the only active team refused entry into Japanese basketball's B.League?
... that after the 6-foot-9-inch (206 cm), 300-pound (140 kg) former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man?

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Juan Manuel Santos

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (pictured) is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Colombian conflict.
Hurricane Matthew kills nearly 900 people, mainly in Haiti.
Bernard L. Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of molecular machines.
Kersti Kaljulaid becomes the first female President of Estonia.
In Australian rugby league, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks defeat the Melbourne Storm to win their first NRL title.
Voters in Colombia narrowly reject a peace agreement with FARC leftist guerillas.

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October 10: Thanksgiving in Canada (2016); National Day in Fiji (1970) and Taiwan (1911); Health and Sports Day in Japan (2016); Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States (2016)

Triton, moon of Neptune

680 – Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, was killed in the Battle of Karbala by the forces of Yazid I, whom Husayn had refused to recognise as caliph.
1780 – One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record struck the Caribbean Sea, killing at least 22,000 people over the next several days.
1846 – English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton (pictured), the largest moon of the planet Neptune.
1943 – World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured more than 50 civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour during Operation Jaywick.
1998 – General Augusto Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in his native Chile and arrested in London six days later.

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An example of external rotation

Specific terms are used to describe anatomical motion, the process of movement of the human body. Motion includes movement of organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used describes this motion according to its direction relative to the anatomical position of the joints. Anatomists use a unified set of terms to describe most of the movements, although other, more specialized terms are necessary for describing the uniqueness of the movements such as those of the hands, feet, and eyes. In general, motion is classified according to the anatomical plane it occurs in. Flexion and extension are examples of angular motions, in which two axes of a joint are brought closer together or moved further apart. Rotational motion may occur at other joints, for example the shoulder, and are described as internal or external. Other terms, such as elevation and depression, refer to movement above or below the horizontal plane. Many anatomical terms derive from Latin terms with the same meaning. (Full list...)

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Odissi is an ancient classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Odisha, India. Historically, it has been performed predominantly by women, and expressed religious stories and spiritual ideas, particularly of Vaishnavism (Vishnu as Jagannath), but also of other traditions such as those related to Hindu gods Shiva and Surya, as well as Hindu goddesses (Shaktism). Modern Odissi productions by Indian artists have presented a diverse range of experimental ideas, culture fusion, themes and plays.

Odissi is learnt and performed as a composite of a basic dance motif called the Bhangas (symmetric body bends, stance). It involves the lower, mid, and upper body as three sources of perfecting expression and audience engagement with geometric symmetry and rhythmic musical resonance.

Photograph: Augustus Binu

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