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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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the Friday before Thanksgiving
Today is the 6th day of the 46th week, the 17th day of the 11th month, the 321st day of 2017, and:
- Electronic Greeting Card Day
- Homemade Bread Day
- International STAND UP to Bullying Day
- International Students' Day
- National Baklava Day
- National Farm Joke Day
- National Take a Hike Day
- National Unfriend Day
- Petroleum Day
- Substitute Educators Day
- The Little Mermaid Day
- World Peace Day
- World Prematurity Awareness Day
ON THIS DAY:
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C. Why DC? It was designated as the capital back on July 16, 1790 because at the time it was the geographic center of the United States
1858 – Modified Julian Day zero; astronomers had originally taken noon GMT -4712-01-01 JC (January 1st, 4713 BC) as the start of the Julian Calendar. The modification provided that a day be defined as to begin at midnight rather than noon, and for dates in the period from 1859 to about 2130 only five digits need to be used to specify the date rather than seven. Did you know that a "day" has different definitions? Generally when calendricists use the term "days" they are talking of nychthemerons.
1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1950 – Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 15, a position he still holds today.
1970 - The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon -- the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 - President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando FL, that ``people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.'' He resigned 265 days later to avoid impeachment.
1978 – The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas. ((it was pretty awful))
And today - NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 33 mins 09 secs of light-travel time from Earth
Quote of the day:
“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.”
~ Mother Teresa
Yesterday the House passed a tax bill that benefits the richest members of our society. The Senate is pondering a tax bill that does the same thing, and adds a provision that eviscerates the Affordable Care Act [AKA Obamacare]. Why do these “good” Christians feel that their mission is to only help the wealthy while ignoring those who are in desperate need of assistance? They go to church. They profess to love God, to follow Christ, to be moral. Why doesn’t the plight of those on lower down on the economic ladder touch their hearts? Because Calvinism teaches them that while they have to “love thy neighbor as thyself”, they take it as an abstract – it has nothing to do with THOSE people. They only have to love people who are far away, not the desperate folks outside the legislative chambers. While all of us find it easier to love humans than love our fellow human, the measure of a society’s morality is in the ability to take care of the less fortunate for the fortunate few take care of their selves….
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