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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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Today is the 3rd day of the 9th week, the 27th day of the 2nd month, the 58th day of 2018 [with only 300 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- Anosomia Awareness – understanding how the loss of our sense of smell impacts everyday life
- IHOP National Pancake Day -- Enjoy a FREE short stack of Original Buttermilk Pancakes and donate to help children battling critical illnesses with funds going to local children’s hospitals and health organizations
- Independence Day: Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844.
- International Polar Bear Day
- National Kahlua Day
- National Retro Day
- National Strawberry Day
- No-Brainer Day
- Spay Day USA
- Travel Africa Day
- World NGO Day
- World Spa Day -- celebrating Non-Governmental Organizations and the important endowment to society of the various people behind each one of them
On this day in ...
380 – Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity in the Edict of Thessalonica.
1700 - The island of New Britain is discovered.
1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the US Congress. After the passage of this Act, citizens living in the District were no longer considered residents of Maryland or Virginia, which therefore ended their representation in Congress -- which doesn't seem quite fair to them I might add
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. A Luddite becomes the description of anyone who is anti-tech no matter what their reasoning
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified -- clearly a reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's service as President for an unprecedented four terms. Prior to that, only Grant and Theodore Roosevelt sought a third term but neither were successful.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
1997 - Divorce became legal in Ireland
1997 - Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect
Yesterday I had jury duty. They had called in a couple hundred jurors because there was a full court docket with four cases going live in one day and it was so crowded in the lounge that folks were sitting on the floor and standing along the walls. I was in the lucky group that got held over until after lunch. It took over three hours for the attorneys to agree on 12 jurors and one alternate for a trail involving a man who was charged with sexual abuse and incest over a four year period with his daughter. As usually happens, I was not chosen – once I let them know the high regard I hold the police after living with Frank who was a cop for 33 ½ years and in the crime lab for over 20. The judge asked me why I would assume a policeman was not lying and I looked at him incredulously, repeating that I was familiar with the respect and diligence officers took with their testimony…. Apparently since I was talking about my husband, he and the attorneys decided that I was not making an excuse. The prosecutor was careful to keep the balance equally divided between male and female though.
Can’t say it was a waste of time though, all of us there whether chosen or not, gave the defendant the ability to choose a “jury of peers” and agree to abide by their verdict [unless he decides to appeal of course]
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