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...
Today is the 5th day of the 27th week, the 7th day of the 7th month, the 189th day of 2016, and:
Chocolate Day
Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day
Global Forgiveness Day
Independence Day: the Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.
National Macaroni Day
National Strawberry Sundae Day
Tell the Truth Day
Always bothers me a bit when the earliest recorded event is so late -- I suspect that my sources are just too Western culture oriented. In 1124 Tyre fell to the Crusaders. In 1534 Jacques Cartier made his first contact with natives in what is now Canada. In 1863 the United States began its first military draft; exemptions cost $300 [that would be $5,480.98 in 2016 money]. In 1928 sliced bread was sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. In 1954 Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right." In 1959 Venus occults the star Regulus and the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere are determined. In 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Two shootings in two days. A powerful person gets let off scot-free for infractions that would land thee or me in jail for treasonous activity. And those are just the stories from the US recent news. IMNSHO FWIIW: this violence and polarization is a direct result of the hate spiels that are part of the Trump and Brexit campaigns. And like many others who are neither rich nor powerful, I feel helpless to say or do anything that will stem this dark tide.
I have often commented that the saying “May you live in interesting times” is actually an ancient curse [and wrongfully attributed it to the Chinese]. I think that the historians of the future will find this time of transition from the Industrial Revolution to where we are going [service or knowledge or attention or tech economy, whatever] interesting. We just have to live through the dark times, neh?
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