|
|
Carol H Tucker
Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
Contact Me
Subscribe to this blog |
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...
|
Navigation Calendar
Days with posts will be linked
Most Recent Posts
|
|
|
Today is the 27th day of the second month, the 58th day of 2016 with only 301 shopping days left until Christmas.
- International Polar Bear Day
- International Sword Swallowers Day
- International Tongue Twister Contest Day
- National Kahlua Day
- National Strawberry Day
- No Brainer Day ((good, my brain is rather tired after a very long week))
- Open That Bottle Night ((or maybe finish off that open bottle in your fridge?))
- Anosomia Awareness Day
- National Day of Action (Peace Corps)
- US Snow Shoe Day
@NASAVoyager is 18 hrs 36 mins 33 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:058:120000:1L)
In 380, the Edict of Thessalonica was proclaimed as the three co-emperors of Rom declared their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity. The arguments over whether or not God is actually three entities [Father, Son and Holy Spirit] versus monarchianism in its various forms is one has been a source of theological [and sometimes physical] warfare in the early days of the church, so throwing the weight of the emperors into the ring had quite an impact. Trinitarianism was definitively declared to be Christian doctrine at the 4th-century ecumenical councils, that of the First Council of Nicaea (325), which declared the full divinity of the Son, and the First Council of Constantinople (381), which declared the divinity of the Holy Spirit, but dissenters have always existed, and been persecuted for their beliefs.
In 1801, a curious situation was created by passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 -- the people living in the US capital were no longer considered to be residents of Maryland and Virginia, instead DC was born and placed under the direct supervision of Congress. Since they no longer belonged to a state, those residents no longer have any representation in either the House or Senate, and until the 23rd admendment was passed in 1961, they couldn't even vote for President! Needless to say, this was quite a sore point with those who actually lived in the city and the license plates for DC still bear the motto "taxation without representation" since they pay federal and "state" taxes just like the rest of the country.
Did you know that federal income taxes were not assessed in the US until 1861? Another outcome of the Civil War [or War Between the States or War of Northern Agression depending on where you live] is that the US federal government was running out of money to wage war in 1861, and in one form or another, have been with us every since. The IRS didn't show up until 1953 though..... And this year we have between January 19th and April 18th to get those blasted forms filled out and sent off with all the documentation.
 Have you filed yet?
|
|
|
|
|
CEOExpress
