Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Pi Day (as in the math pie = 3.14159265 etc.) -- also see July 22 – "Pi Approximation Day"
Science Education Day
ON THIS DAY: In 44 BC Casca and Cassius decided, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should live. In 1592 Ultimate Pi Day: the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi since the introduction of the Julian calendar. In 1663 Otto von Guericke completed his book on Vacuum. In 1794 Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1885The Mikado, a light opera by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, premiered in London. In 1900 the Gold Standard Act was ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard. In 1903 the Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, was ratified by the United States Senate. In 1931Alam Ara, India's first talking film, was released. In 1936 the first all-sound film version of Show Boat opened at Radio City Music Hall. In 1942 Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient using penicillin. In 1960 the British radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire set a new space record making contact with the American Pioneer V satellite at a distance of 407,000 miles. In 1994 Linux kernel version 1.0.0 was released. In 1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
Quote of the day:
"We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe that they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain."
~ Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864) English writer and poet
Perhaps it is the advent of Stella – an unpleasant winter storm that rolled into the area to remind us all that "Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary'' had predicted a late spring. Perhaps it is the continued worry about old rich white men who are so busy making sure that they get theirs they are willing to condemn millions to ill health and poverty. Perhaps it is the heated rhetoric and all-too-convenient positioning surrounding “fake news” – seriously, if you couldn’t believe the jobs data that the previous administration released, why would you assert that it is true now? Perhaps I am still reeling from the election and the realization the US has become a banana republic in truth as I look at the ostentatious and conspicuous consumption of our President. And perhaps it is just the fourth anniversary of my mother’s death. But yeah, it has been a bit quiet in here of late.
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