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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 the 2nd day of the 46th week, the 14th day of the 11th month, the 319th day of 2016 [ there are only 40 shopping days left until Christmas], and: - International Girls Day
- International Selfie Day (Diabetes Foundation)
- Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
- National American Teddy Bear Day
- National Pickle Day
- National Spicy Guacamole Day
- Operating Room Nurse Day
- Spirit of National Speakers Association Day
- World Diabetes Day – the birthday of Frederick Banting, who was the first to use insulin on humans
- World Orphans Day
ON THIS DAY: In 1770 James Bruce discovered what he believed to be the source of the Nile. In 1851 Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, was published in the USA. In 1889 Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) began a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days; she completed the trip in 72 days. In 1910 Eugene Burton Ely did the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, using a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham. In 1967 Theodore Maiman got a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser. In 1969 NASA launched Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. In 1971 Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars. In 1972 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time.
Well a week after the election, and we are all still struggling with the aftermath of the intense polarization: accusations are flying, friends are still having heated conversations, people are still crying, protestors have taken to the streets, petitions aimed at the Electoral College are being signed. Some of what is being said about the disappearing middle class resonates powerfully with me, which is why I am a #feeltheBern kind of person. Those stark red and blue electoral maps seem to speak to a divide that is totally profound and irreconcilable, but I take some comfort in the more nuanced mapping that shows much more blending.
 But then again? I’m one of those who believes that we are better together, and trembles with fear at the very mention of “ethnostates” and “normalizing” the language and actions of exclusivity . I am still seesawing between panic and going on with life as we know it, between shouting to anyone who will listen that we have given the legendary strong man the keys to destroy democracy and diving into my 2nd Life and books to ignore the ugliness. Healing is needed, neh?
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