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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 last Monday in August
Today is the 2nd day in the 35th week, the 29th day of the 8th month, the 242nd day of 2016, and: - According to Hoyle Day
- Chop Suey Day
- Independence Day: Brazil from Portugal in 1825
- Individual Rights Day
- International Day Against Nuclear Tests
- Lemon Juice Day
- More Herbs, Less Salt Day
- Motorist Consideration Monday
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
- National Swiss Winegrowers Day
- National Whiskey Sour Day
On this day in 708 copper coins were minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). In 1728 the city of Nuuk in Greenland was founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss. In 1758 the first American Indian reservation was established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey. In 1831 Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction. In 1869 the Mount Washington Cog Railway, the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway, opened. In 1871 Emperor Meiji ordered the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). In 1885 Gottlieb Daimler filed a patent for the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. In 1895 the Rugby league was founded by 22 clubs at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield. In 1898 the Goodyear tire company was founded. In 1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerged from the wilderness of NE California. In 1922 the first radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City. In 1949 the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. In 1958 the US Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1965 the Gemini V spacecraft landed in the Atlantic ocean. In 1966 the Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. And in 2016 NASA Voyager is 18 hrs 49 mins 34 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:242:120000:1L)
The last Monday of the summer… Well if you are one of those whom the fashion police have convinced that summer ends on Labor Day. Yup, it is that time of year when you put away the white – no more white pants, white skirts, white shoes, white hats, or white pocketbooks. It is also time to put away all those straw items [hats and handbags, for example] as well, as well as all those light florals and pastels.
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