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From today's featured article Kele Okereke A Weekend in the City is the second studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath, Ireland, in mid-2006, and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was mixed later that year and released on 24 January 2007, with Wichita Recordings as its primary label. The band aimed to create an album that distanced them from conventional guitar band music, incorporating more electronically processed beats and hiring a string sextet for certain tracks. Frontman and chief lyricist Kele Okereke (pictured) themed the lyrics on life in modern cities, including issues such as drug use, sexuality and terrorism, as exemplified respectively on the singles "The Prayer", "I Still Remember" and "Hunting for Witches". Critical reception was split on the band's new musical directions and more forthright lyrics. A Weekend in the City, named by The Guardian as one of "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die", was re-released in November 2007 to coincide with Bloc Party's touring schedule. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and Irish Album Chart, and at number 12 on the Billboard 200. (Full article...) Recently featured: December 1969 nor'easter HMS Agincourt (1913) Banker horse Did you know... Clara Henry ... that Clara Henry (pictured) wrote the book I've Got the Period, So What? about female menstrual periods and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them? ... that the Theatre Royal in Bath has been described by the Theatres Trust as "one of the most important surviving examples of Georgian theatre architecture"? ... that American sociologist Salvatore Babones specializes in topics related to the world system and China? ... that the Yoga Yajnavalkya is one of the texts on Asanas and meditation that dominated the Indian yoga scene before the 12th century? ... that a 2001 survey found that only one of the officially named tributaries of Mahanoy Creek had fish, but that tributary had 20 fish species? ... that the roof plates of traditional Acehnese houses are lashed to the beams using ropes, so that the roof can be quickly detached in case of fire? ... that Patricia M. Collins and Donald Collins were the first married couple to each serve as mayor of Caribou, Maine? ... that Sankofa is the fossilized remains of eggs that were probably laid by a transitional species from dinosaurs to birds?

In the news U.S. winter storm on January 23 Four nations in the Americas warn women to postpone pregnancy due to the possible threat of microcephaly in newborn babies from the Zika virus. A winter storm (satellite image pictured) causes at least seventeen deaths and paralyzes travel across the Eastern United States. Caltech researchers discover evidence of a hypothetical Planet Nine, about ten times the mass of Earth, in the outer Solar System. Gunmen open fire at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan, killing more than twenty people. The International Atomic Energy Agency affirms Iran has met its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, triggering the removal of some sanctions. Ongoing events: European migrant crisis Recent deaths: Glenn Frey On this day... January 24 University of Calcutta shortly after its founding 1458 – The 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus was unanimously proclaimed King of Hungary, after the Estates were persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi. 1857 – The University of Calcutta (pictured), the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent, was established. 1900 – Second Boer War: Boer forces stopped a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop. 1978 – The Soviet nuclear powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories. 1993 – Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb outside his home in Ankara. More anniversaries: January 23 January 24 January 25

Today's featured picture Loligo forbesii is a commercially important species of squid in the family Loliginidae. It can be found in the seas around Europe, its range extending through the Red Sea toward the East African coast. The squid lives at depths of 10 to 500 m (30 to 1,600 ft), feeding on fish, polychaetes, crustaceans, and other cephalopods. Illustration: Comingio Merculiano Recently featured: Stereographic projection Eight Bells Plasma globe

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