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...
Schools in the area are still closed, as well as some county offices, but the Federal Gov't announced it was opening at 11AM and we are all getting ourselves back to work -- PBS opens at 10AM this morning.
Today is:
Auschwitz Liberation day
National Chocolate Cake day
Punch the Clock day
Thomas Crapper day
Vietman Peace day
Holocaust Memorial day -- I always think that those claiming it is a hoax just can't believe that humans would really do that
International Mobile Phone Recycling day
National Geographic day -- the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C in 1888. The first issue of the magazine was published nine months later in October
In Rome circa 98, Trajan became Roman emperor and under his rule the Roman Empire would reach its maximum extent.
1967 was a notable year in space exploration. Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. As of September 2015, 104 countries are parties to the treaty, while another 24 have signed the treaty but have not completed ratification
One for the #gottaluvit category: I ran across this story back in 2008, and when it popped up in my Facebook "on this day" feed, I had to go and take a look. Yup, this bloke officiallly has bats in his belfry, and he is still fighting the local government to keep the castle standing as of November, but it looks like they will make him tear it down by June unless something happens to stay execution. Surely there has to be a way that he can keep his castle?
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