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...
Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day – and he was home for the holidays
Short Girl Appreciation Day – I always appreciate this one
The First Day of Winter – just think, after this the days get longer, although it never feels like it
World Peace Day
Yule – blessed be and happy Yule
ON THIS DAY: In 69 the Roman Senate declared Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. In 1620 William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims landed on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1872 the HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sailed from Portsmouth, England. In 1879 – World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1898 Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium. In 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre. In 1913 the first crossword puzzle was published, in the New York World. In 1968 Apollo 8 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
Did you ever wonder just how different the rhythm of our holidays would be if the cradle of most of the major religions was not the Northern Hemisphere? December and especially the winter solstice is a time of reflection and when it appears that most big religious holidays are celebrated – would we be celebrating in June if the major influence was from south of the equator, because that is when their shortest day is? Right now Australia is in the dead of summer, and all of these observances of Yule and Christmas must feel a little off kilter at times, neh?
Only six more working days until 2017 and all those EOY reports and reconciliations that everyone wants done and out to them on January 3rd…..
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