Friday, January 30, 2009

Data for Friday, January 30, 2009

Saint of the Day --- Hyacintha of Mariscotti (1585 - 1640), Franciscan nun

Scripture of the Day --- Psalm 40: 5-6 -- [Selection based on the Daily Office Lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer] - Great things are they that you have done, O LORD my God! how great your wonders and your plans for us! there is none who can be compared with you. Oh, that I could make them known and tell them! but they are more than I can count. (NRSV)

Word of the Day --- licorice -- (alternate spelling - liquorice) - a perennial bush-like plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, native to the Mediterranean area; 2) the dried, black, sweet tasting root of this plant; 3) a type of candy flavored with an extract from this plant. Photo of Glycyrrhiza glabra from http://www.pontefractliquorice.co.uk .




Place of the Day --- Durgāpur, West Bengal, India -- 23°29'48"N, 87°19'28"E - A large industrial city on the Damodar River accessible from highway NH2 and located about 90 NE of Kolkata (Calcutta), the capital of the province of West Bengal Photo of Durgāpur Steel plant from Wikipedia "Durgapur" article.

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