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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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Today is the 5th day of the 35th week, the 1st day of the 9th month, the 245th day of 2016, and: 
  • American Chess Day --  in 1972 Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
  • Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day
  • Calendar Adjustment Day
  • Chicken Boy's Day
  • Emma M. Nutt Day – in 1878 she became the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
  • Independence Day : Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union in 1991
  • International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji
  • National Cherry Popover Day
  • National No Rhyme or Reason Day
  • Pink Cadillac Day
  • Random Acts of Kindness Day or Be Kind Day
  • Save Japan's Dolphins Day
  • Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day
On this day in 462 was the possible start of the first Byzantine indiction cycle. In 1604 Adi Granth, [AKA Guru Granth Sahib] the holy scripture of Sikhs, was installed at Harmandir Sahib.  In 1804 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, was discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.  In 1914 the last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.  In 1952 The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, was published.  In 1979 the US space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).  Also in 1979 The Neverending Story, a German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, was first published [the English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983].  In 1985 a joint American–French expedition located the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.



Today my Twitter feed lit up very early with the news that SpaceX’s rocket blew up on the launch pad.  My son, who lives in Jacksonville, also started IMing me with the news.  I immediately darted over to Google News to get the updates…. 



*crickets*



He was rummaging about the local newscasts for details



*crickets*



What was the most important news of the day?  Donald Trump talking about immigration and tropical storm Hermine’s approach to Florida.  The BBC and other overseas world news agencies actually had more information, and the tech reporters were finally able to figure out that there were no deaths associated with the tremendous explosions – even the financial gurus weighed in about the cost -- but mainstream continued to keep the story below politics and weather, and the folks in my office were pretty blasé about it as well. 



What does this mean to the future of space travel?  Are folks excited about the final frontier,  looking to the skies in the future,  talking about the risks of exploration?  Not really.  We really need DD Harriman!  






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