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Carol H Tucker
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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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how do you nourish yourself?
Today is the 5th day of the 1st week, the 3rd day of the 1st month, the 3rd day of 2019, and:
- Festival of Sleep Day
- Humiliation Day
- JRR Tolkien Day - J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892
- Memento Mori or "Remember You Die" Day
- National Drinking Straw Day - in 1888 the first wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington, D.C.
- National Write to Congress Day
- Perihelion
- Women Rock! Day
ON THIS DAY IN ...
1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
1749 – The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
1840 - 1st deep sea sounding by James Clark Ross in south Atlantic at 2425 fathoms (14,450 feet)
1870 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins -- we are not quite sure how many times it has been sold.
1872 - 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office
1888 – The James Lick telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest refracting telescope in the world at the time.
1899 - First known use of the word "automobile", appears in an editorial in The New York Times
1913 – An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
1952 - "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
1957 – The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
1961 – The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.
1993 - "The Comeback", QB Frank Reich led the Buffalo Bills back from a 32-point deficit, to defeat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in a wild card playoff game, the greatest comeback ever in pro football history
1996 - The first clamshell flip mobile phone, the Motorola StarTAC, goes on sale. Eventually 60 million are sold.
1999 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
2000 – The last new daily "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.
2009 – The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
2018 – Computer analysts report two major security vulnerabilities, named "Meltdown" and "Spectre," affecting the microprocessors of almost all computers in the world.
2018 - Previously unknown ancient Beringians group of people unearthed in Alaska, earliest known Native Americans at 11,500 years old
Today's Provocation:
“Wines get their unique taste from their terroir — the soil in which the vines grow.
Where are your roots drawing their nourishment? And how is that showing up in you now?”
When we talk about roots, I think of all the things contributing to your well-being [or lack of it]: family, friends, co-workers, health, finances, news, et al. What are you feeding your spirit? Does it lighten your heart or does it weigh you down?
Certainly widens the application of that old saying of “you are what you eat”, doesn’t it?
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