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Carol H Tucker
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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...
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Today is 7th day of the 49th week, the 10th day of the 12th month, the 345th day of 2016, and:
- Day of the Horse
- Dewey Decimal System Day
- Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales
- Gingerbread Decorating Day
- Human Rights Day
- International Shareware Day
- Jane Addams Day
- National Lager Day
- National Wreaths Across America Day
- Nobel Prize Day
ON THIS DAY: In 1041 the son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeded to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. In 1684 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, was read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley. In 1799 France adopted the metre as its official unit of length. In 1868 the first traffic lights were installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London -- resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps. In 1884 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published. In 1896 Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris; a riot breaks out at the end of the performance. In 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. In 1902 the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt opened. In 1965 The Grateful Dead played their first concert, at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. In 1993 the last shift left Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland; the closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages. In 1998 six astronauts opened the doors to the new international space station. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 05 mins 43 secs of light-travel time from Earth.
I’m still trying to more on from this election, but the news continues to be rather dire – between the tweets, the cabinet, the CIA assessment and the TV deal, I am having difficulty NOT worrying. I continue wondering how the Germans felt back in 1937, if they felt a sense of impending doom and just told themselves it was their imaginations, that they were just overreacting ….
Maybe the holidays and the new year will usher in some sanity. Could I find that in my stocking or under the tree, please?
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