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The history of Sesame Street began with its conception in 1966 during discussions between television producer Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie Corporation vice president Lloyd Morrisett. Their goal was to create a children's television show that would "master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them", such as helping young children prepare for school. After two years of research, the newly formed Children's Television Workshop (CTW) received a combined grant of $8 million from the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation, and the U.S. federal government to create and produce a new children's television show. Sesame Street premiered on November 10, 1969. Featuring animation, live shorts, humor, celebrity appearances, and Jim Henson's Muppets such as Big Bird (star pictured), it was the first television program of its kind to base its contents and production values on laboratory and formative research, and the first to include a curriculum "detailed or stated in terms of measurable outcomes". Initial responses to the show included adulatory reviews, some controversy, and high ratings. By its 40th anniversary in 2009, Sesame Street was broadcast in over 120 countries, and 20 independent international versions had been produced. (Full article...) Recently featured: William Warelwast – Abuwtiyuw – Banksia ilicifolia Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Justin Welby is announced as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury. An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people. Barack Obama (pictured) is re-elected President of the United States. In a non-binding referendum, Puerto Rico votes in favor of changing its territorial status and requesting to become the 51st state of the United States. The first complete specimens of Mesoplodon traversii, the world's rarest whale species, are identified. Syrian civil war – Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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November 10: Remembrance of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (09:05 EET/07:05 UTC, Turkey) 1775 – The United States Marine Corps was founded as the Continental Marines by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War. 1945 – Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of the British officer Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby a few weeks prior, British forces began their retaliation by attacking Surabaya, Indonesia. 1958 – Merchant Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond, the "most famous diamond in the world", to the Smithsonian Institution. 1975 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald (pictured), the largest boat on North America's Great Lakes, sank in Lake Superior with the loss of 29 lives. 2006 – Prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer Nadarajah Raviraj was assassinated in Colombo. More anniversaries: November 9 – November 10 – November 11 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now November 10, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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The redeye gaper (Chaunax stigmaeus) is a sedentary species of anglerfish native to deep waters in the western North Atlantic from the Georges Bank off New England southward to the Blake Plateau off South Carolina. It is a sedentary ambush predator that spends most of its time resting on the sea floor on its pectoral and pelvic fins, moving only to capture prey or avoid predators.

Photo: Steve Ross, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration

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