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Today is the 25th anniversary of Tate Modern being opened by the Queen on 11th May 2000. I might have written a full-on 25th anniversary post, but my nephew got married yesterday and quite frankly I had better things to do last night. Hopefully it was all brilliant, memorable, emotional, faultless, joyful, evocative, rousing, well-oiled and boppy, right up to carriages at midnight. However I wrote this in advance so can't yet report back on how excellent the wedding was, only apologise for not writing about Tate Modern.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Croydon trams, which first entered operation on 10th May 2000. 10 May 2000: route 3 from Croydon to New Addington 23 May 2000: route 2 from Croydon to Beckenham Junction 30 May 2000: route 1 from Elmers End to Wimbledon I was going to write a full-on 20th anniversary post in May 2020, but lockdown intervened. I was going to write a full-on 25th anniversary post today, but my nephew is getting married this afternoon and I'm nowhere near Croydon. Best hope for a full-on 30th anniversary post.
The longest possible journey in a single zone z1 29 stationsEdgware Road to PaddingtonCircle£2.80 z223 stationsStratford to Clapham JunctionMildmay£2.00 z315 stationsStratford International to BecktonDLR£2.00 z412 stationsLeytonstone to Woodford†Central£2.00 z55 stationsWaddon to CheamSouthern£2.70 z69 stationsPurley Oaks to Tattenham CornerSouthern£2.70 z74 stationsChorleywood to Watford‡Metropolitan£1.90 z82 stationsWatford High Street to BusheyLioness£1.90 z90 stations(no possible journey)-- † 1909 weekdays ‡ 0528 Mon-Sat
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Today is the 25th anniversary of Tate Modern being opened by the Queen on 11th May 2000. I might have written a full-on 25th anniversary post, but my nephew got married yesterday and quite frankly I had better things to do last night. Hopefully it was all brilliant, memorable, emotional, faultless, joyful, evocative, rousing, well-oiled and boppy, right up to carriages at midnight. However I wrote this in advance so can't yet report back on how excellent the wedding was, only apologise for not writing about Tate Modern.
Making the choice to be optimistic is always worth it, especially when it’s the more difficult decision to make. As Bob Iger, who leads Disney, puts it, optimism is the ability to focus on what matters—steering your team towards the best possible outcome, and moving forward in spite of setbacks. It also means letting go […] The post Optimism vs. delusion appeared first on Herbert Lui.
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VE Day 1945-2025: eighty years of peace 1946 Greece civil war 1600001947 India independence 8000001948 Madagascar independence 150001949 China civil war 10000001950 Korea Korean War 3000000 1951 Malaysia civil war 130001952 Kenya independence 150001953 Tunisia independence 30001954 Vietnam independence 6000001955 Morocco independence 3000 1956 Hungary civil war 20000 1957 Cameroon independence 320001958 Cuba civil war 50001959 Kenya Mau Mau 150001960 Zaire civil war 100000 1961 Algeria independence 1000001962 Yemen civil war 15000 1963 Iraq civil war 1050001964 Guinea independence 150001965 Indonesia civil war 500000 1966 Vietnam US intervention 20000001967 Israel Six Day War 750001968 China Cultural revolution 5000001969 Uganda Idi Amin 3000001970 Nigeria civil war 1000000 1971 Bangladesh independence 10000001972 Burundi civil war 110000 1973 Israel Yom Kippur 160001974 Cyprus Turkish invasion 50001975 Cambodia Pol Pot 1000000 1976 Lebanon civil war 1000001977 East Timor massacre 1500001978 Afghanistan Russian invasion 15000001979 Laos civil war 1840001980 Iran v Iraq war 500000 1981 El Salvador US intervention 10000001982 Falklands invasion 10001983 Sudan civil war 15000001984 Sri Lanka civil war 500001985 Peru civil war 69000 1986 Mozambique civil war 9000001987 Angola civil war 7500001988 Somalia civil war 3500001989 Panama US intervention 10001990 Burundi civil war 170000 1991 Iraq US intervention 1000001992 Croatia civil war 250001993 Bosnia civil war 2600001994 Rwanda civil war 9000001995 Chechnya intervention 30000 1996 Guatemala civil war 2000001997 Algeria civil war 1500001998 Congo civil war 38000001999 Kurdistan independence 350002000 Ethiopia border dispute 75000 2001 Afghanistan civil war 250002002 Ivory Coast civil war 30002003 Iraq US/UK invasion 1500002004 Sudan civil war 1500002005 Chad civil war 7000 2006 Iraq civil war 700002007 Somalia civil war 700002008 Congo civil war 38000002009 Nigeria insurgency 3500002010 Chechnya insurgency 3500 2011 Libya civil war 300002012 Syria civil war 6500002013 C. A. Republic civil war 140002014 Ukraine invasion 150002015 Yemen civil war 370000 2016 Congo uprising 50002017 Chad insurgency 70002018 Iraq insurgency 90002019 Ethiopia civil war 160002020 Azerbeijan border dispute 6000 2021 Myanmar civil war 800002022 Ukraine invasion 2600002023 Gaza invasion 800002024 Lebanon invasion 40002025 VE Day + 80 (nb: death tolls are estimates for each war, not for each year)
