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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 6th day of the 6th week, the 8th day of the 2nd month, the 39th day of 2018, and:
- Boy Scouts Day – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce in 1910
- International Winter Bike to Work Day
- Laugh and Get Rich Day
- National Kite Flying Day ((seems a bit early for this))
- National Molasses Bar Day
- National No One Eats Alone Day ((well this is a day I won’t be celebrating!))
- Opera Day
- Propose Day
- The Inbox Day
ON THIS DAY IN ...
1575 – Leiden University is founded,[3] and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.
1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
1735 - First opera in North American colonies "Flora" opens in Charleston, South Carolina
1743 - Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
1794 - Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was a German analytical chemist. Runge identified the mydriatic effects of belladonna extract, identified caffeine, and discovered the first coal tar dye
1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
1879 - Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones, with standard time within each zone; in lecture at the Canadian Institute in Toronto; idea adopted by North American railways four years later, and by 24 countries at a conference in 1884.
1898 - John Ames Sherman patents the first envelope folding & gumming machine
1915 - "The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
1926 - Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
1928 - the first transatlantic TV image received in Hartsdale, NY
1930 - "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
1936 - the first NFL Draft -- Jay Berwanger from University of Chicago first pick by Philadelphia Eagles
1945 - Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach
1946 – The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
1952 - Princess Elizabeth proclaims herself Queen at a ceremony in St James's Palace, London.
1960 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership
1968 - "Planet of the Apes" premieres in New York City
1969 - Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
1971 – NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day, debuting with 50 companies and a starting value of 100.
1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - for the first time, there are 8 people in space -- Oleg Atkov, Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Solovyov [USSR]; Vance D. Brand, Robert L. Gibson, Bruce McCandless II, Ronald McNair, Robert L. Stewart [USA] aboard the Salyut 7 EO-3, Soyuz T-10, and the Space Shuttle Challenger.
1992 - Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
1996 - The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place
Whenever a “merger” of two banks is announced [like BB&T and SunTrust], the conversation around the office centers on our personal experiences with banks being sold. It is a common experience in banking and follows a clear path:
- The transaction is announced. Both organizations are jazzed to be working together. And not to worry, jobs are not on the line, the assimilation will be seamless, and customers are going to be ecstatic. At this point? Those of us who have been down this road polish up their resumes and contact recruiters
- Then talks start, and words like “synergy” and “consolidating resources” and “maximizing impact” start to be bandied about. At this point? Employees start to eye one another uneasily, wondering how they can prove their value in the new organization while others are openly interviewing
- Details emerge – who of the senior management staff have been given gold parachutes, who has been locked in at special pay to stay during the transition, who is leaving. This is when the handwriting is really on the wall as folks start heading out the door wishing those who remain luck.
- And then positions, departments, branches start getting the notice that they are redundant. Employees find out when they are being terminated
I’m rather glad I’m not in banking anymore
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