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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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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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did I mention it was Saturday?
Today is the 7th day of the week, the 1st day of the weekend, the 18th day of the 6th month, the 170th day of 2016, and: - Autistic Pride Day
- Dollars Against Diabetes Day
- Go Fishing Day
- International Panic Day – given the saga of computer woes both at home and at work, I have this one down pat
- International Picnic Day
- International Sushi Day
- National Hollerin' Contest Day
- National Splurge Day
- Polar Bear Swim in Nome, Alaska
- Waterloo Day -- celebrating Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Belgium, in 1815 which marked the end of his military domination of Europe. “To meet your Waterloo” became a saying [indicating meeting a final and unconquerable challenge] by the mid-1800s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIKMUfBXmmY
- World Juggling Day ((and no, multitasking doesn’t count))
- Worldwide Knit (and crotchet) in Public Day
In 618 Li Yuan became Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. In 1178 five Canterbury monks reported to the abbey's chronicler, Gervase, that shortly after sunset they saw "the upper horn [of the moon] split in two" [in 1976 it was speculated this was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision]. In 1767 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti -- he is considered the first European to reach the island. In 1873 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 [that would be $2,222 in today's dollars] for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. In 1901 Anastasia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, was born – her date of death is in dispute. In 1948 Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album using microgroove plastic in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. In 1983 Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger. In 2006 the first Kazakh [AKA The National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan or KazCosmos] space satellite, KazSat-1 was launched.
The Alienware X51 is not a bad machine – but it has never quite performed the way that I expected it too. On the other hand, the warranty and tech support have both exceeded my expectations. In the past 3 ½ years I have received hours of tech support, had the operating system totally reinstalled five times, new memory, a new hard drive, and now a new video card. Unfortunately there have still been some lingering issues….
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