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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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another Monday
Today is the 2nd day of the 26th week, the 26th day of the 6th month, the 177th day of 2017 [with only 181 shopping days left before Christmas], and:
- Beautician's Day
- Forgiveness Day
- Independence Day: Madagascar from France and British Somaliland from the British in 1960
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
- National Canoe Day
- National Chocolate Pudding Day
- Please Take My Children to Work Day
- Same Sex Marriage Day – on this day in 2013 the US Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and in 2015 they ruled, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- Tropical Cocktails Day
ON THIS DAY: In 4 Augustus adopted Tiberius. In 699 En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, was banished to Izu Ōshima. In 1857 the first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. In 1870 the Christian holiday of Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States. In 1886 Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time. In 1889 Bangui was founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo. In 1906 the first Grand Prix motor racing event was held. In 1909 the Science Museum in London came into existence as an independent entity. In 1919 the New York Daily News was first published. In 1925 Charlie Chaplin's comedy "The Gold Rush" premiered in Hollywood. In 1927 the Cyclone roller coaster opened on Coney Island. In 1936 the initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. In 1945 the United Nations charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. In 1948 William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. Also in 1948 Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery was published in The New Yorker magazine. In 1974 the Universal Product Code was scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. In 1977 Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena In 1997 JK Rowlings' book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury -- it is now the fifth-best-selling single-volume book of all time In 2000 the Human Genome Project announced the completion of a "rough draft" sequence. Also in 2000 Pope John Paul II revealed the third secret of Fátima. In 2017 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 08 mins 29 sec of light-travel time
There are 52 Mondays in 2017 and 7 of them are holidays. Counting today, we have worked 22 Mondays and have 23 left to go.
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