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 12th week, the 23rd day of the 3rd month, the 82nd day of the 2017, and:
Cuddly Kitten Day
National Chia Day
National Chip and Dip Day
National Melba Toast Day
National Tamale Day
National Puppy Day
Near Miss Day
OK Day -- in 1848 those two little letters were printed together in the Boston Morning Post
World Meteorological Day
ON THIS DAY: In 1400 the Trần dynasty of Vietnam was deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by HồQuý Ly, a court official. In 1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" had its premiere, in London. In 1806, after traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" began their arduous journey home. In 1848 the ship John Wickliffe arrived at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand and Otago province was founded. And 1857 Elisha Otis's first elevator was installed at 488 Broadway New York City. In 1868 the University of California was founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act was signed into law. In 1888 the Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, met for the first time in England. In 1889 the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India. In 1933 the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. In 1956 Pakistan became the first Islamic republic in the world (celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan) In 1965 NASA launched Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). In 2001 Russia's orbiting Mir space station ended its 15-year odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific near Fiji. In 2010 President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act.
There is a lot of news these days that I try valiantly and somewhat unsuccessfully to pretty much ignore – lies, alternative facts, outrageous conspicuous consumption, income inequity, the fact that Hitler was empowered legally to take power and could it happen here – and I work very hard not to populate the social media stream that I produce with stories about these things just as my “on this day” reminiscing doesn’t include many battles, politics and disasters. Doesn’t change the fact that I know about the horrific attack in London [and am impressed that British media didn’t start out by identifying the perpetrator immediately by race, national origin, and religion], about the tragic rape case in Montgomery County that has anti-immigrant forces so riled up, about the antics of Congress and the President, etc etc and so forth… While I am not advocating ignoring important news or sticking one’s head in the sand, hopefully by not commenting and sharing excessively, I am not permitting all this to darken my spirit or that of those who share the feeds with me. While I may get triggered to rant and rave about a particular action or comment, on the whole? Looking back at my posts and shares, the things that consistently get past my self-imposed filters are climate change, income inequity, and space. But on the whole? The “real world” can just wait….
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