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...
Have you noticed? The media keeps stressing the cost of Curiosity .... like this quote from the WSJ: " NASA’s $2.5 billion Curiosity craft achieved the most complex, costly and high-risk landing ever attempted on another world. " Funny, they don't list the costs and/or risks of an air strike, or a political speech, or a new congressional study -- just the cost of space research and exploration, subtly influencing, reinforcing the perception that this is money that could be spent elsewhere. There is actually a movement to use crowdfunding to overcome the ignorance of Congress! Take a minute to read the archived tweets....
Very quietly, Congress is getting ready to start taxing all online purchases. Despite all the high-sounding claims about making the marketplace fair and equitable, the article makes it clear that the real impetus is the dollar signs that the local municipalities see pouring into their coffers
When you hear about predatory lending, you usually think of dastardly doings that are milking the poor of their hard-earned cash. It is harder to see the case when we are talking about mega-millions given to a sports figure, neh?
August 6th in 1181 Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers 1806 Holy Roman Empire ends 1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli 1890 1st use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia 1914 Serbia declares war against Germany 1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 1945 Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" 1962 Jamaica gains independence from Britain 1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM 1990 UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq
The Olympics aren't over yet, but the Baltimore/DC area is already speculating on another bid, this time for 2024
Definitely if Rio de Janero intends to make their bid for the games pretty spectacular! There is nothing that we can do in this area that will compete with THAT! In fact? when I first saw the picture, I thought it was something in Second Life.
The rules against harassment at work have been expanded in recent years to include the expression of political opinions, especially opinions that run counter to that of your employer. This is just a sad story about how the freedom of speech is curtailed in the workplace.
And then there was one of the first images from Mars....
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