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Article of the day for September 30, 2016

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Article of the day is FC Porto in international club football. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

samizdat: Word of the day for September 30, 2016

samizdat , n : (uncountable, often attributive) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. (countable) A samizdat publication. Banned Books Week, organized by the American Library Association to celebrate the freedom to read and to draw attention to banned and challenged books, is held in 2016 from September 25 to October 1.

Article of the day for September 30, 2016

The Article of the day for September 30, 2016 is FC Porto in international club football . FC Porto's record in international club competitions is the best among Portuguese association football teams. They have won two UEFA Champions League (1987, 2004) and two UEFA Europa League (2003, 2011) titles, one UEFA Super Cup (1987), and two Intercontinental Cups (1987, 2004). They were also the runners-up in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 – their first European final – and in the UEFA Super Cup in 2003, 2004, and 2011. They played their first international competition match against Athletic Bilbao for the 1956–57 European Cup, and have qualified every season for UEFA competitions since 1974–75. After their 1986–87 European Cup success, Porto won the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup in their first appearances, and they remain the only Portuguese team to have won either of these trophies. Tomislav Ivić and José Mourinho, former head coaches, each won a record two internationa...

Picture of the day for September 30, 2016

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Picture of the day on September 30, 2016: Dome and crossing of the Roman Catholic church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The monastery complex, the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America, was completed in the 16th century. Construction took 150 years, and the building exhibits a mixture of architectural styles.

#TrumpWon? trend vs. reality

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#TrumpWon? trend vs. reality Typically you see a trend jump from one city to another before reaching country-wide or world-wide status. This was not the case here.

Heckler Gets Called Up To Green After Golfer Misses Putt, Nails The Same Putt

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Heckler Gets Called Up To Green After Golfer Misses Putt, Nails The Same Putt

Picture of the day for September 30, 2016

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Dome and crossing of the Roman Catholic church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The monastery complex, the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America, was completed in the 16th century. Construction took 150 years, and the building exhibits a mixture of architectural styles..