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World
As Egypt Unveils Its ‘New Suez Canal,’ Dissenters Make Voices Heard Online
Online reaction to the celebration was divided between praise for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi from his supporters and jeers from his critics.Shipping costs will fall again.
The hosts left the party first. I like the idea.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Technology
Blocking a PC’s Webcam
Disabling a webcam in case of a virus or attack by hackers, and getting Google Now on a desktop computer.A simple mechanical action is often best.
I stopped at an electronic recycling center recently.
There was a box of twenty i-pods, as is, for five bucks each.
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Technology
Digging for Trashed Pictures in Mac’s Photos App
Recovering discarded photos before they are gone for good, and shutting down misbehaving applications.It is probably wisest to move pictures of doubtful worth to a file rather than to trash.
The rule I was taught is never junk a printable negative. Print only salable images.
Markets change.
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Times Insider
On the Campaign Trail With Hillary Clinton
Amy Chozick, a politics reporter, discusses pack reporting, campaign rallies and following Ms. Clinton over the years.Hillary Clinton looks to be the only possible candidate.
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World
German Journalist Wades Into Online War Over Refugees
Anja Reschke, a German broadcaster, blamed a recent spate of “hateful Internet tirades” for inciting real-world violence against refugees.German xenophobia is infamous.
"Wogs start at Calais." Victorian
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U.S.
Suit Dropped Over Death in Plane Rescue
A teenage girl was run over and killed by emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash landing at the San Francisco airportNo malice.
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Technology
Hashtag Aims to Break Gender Stereotypes in Engineering
What started as an employee recruitment campaign has become a social media movement with the goal of diversifying the tech industry.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGVxBb5uYk
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The Upshot
How Joe Biden Is Already Running for President
His trial balloons have allowed him to gauge the amount of support he has among top Democrats, a crucial factor in a presidential campaign.Joe Biden probably knows he will not be president. He may enter a few primaries.
The Republicans hope he splits the Democratic vote.
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Business Day
Bank of America Starts to Pull Clients’ Money Out of a Paulson Fund
The move comes during a rocky year for the hedge fund billionaire John A. Paulson, who has bets on Greece and Puerto Rico.John A. Paulson does not have fiduciary responsibility for the money he invests.
He has frightened Bank of America.
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U.S.
Seeing Likely Nominee, Hillary Clinton Hits Jeb Bush Hard
Mrs. Clinton’s aides, for the most part, believe Jeb Bush will win the Republican nomination, so she is jabbing at him on issues where they think he is vulnerable.This promises to be a boring election.
It will also be loud.
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N.Y. / Region
Things to Do in Westchester, Aug. 9 to 15, 2015
A guide to cultural and recreational events in the Hudson Valley.Hooray!
Nothing in Dover Plains.
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Opinion
Auditioning for Vice President?
A reader offers one reason for the crowded field of presidential aspirants.It is an open audition for a proposed project.
They have Sweetheart investors but no director and no book.
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The Upshot
Stuff We Liked: How Cats Took Over the Internet
A roundup of interesting items online includes a look at an obscure but important economist and a forecast of how driverless cars can end our parking problems."The Financial Times profiled one of the most influential economists you may never have heard of: Anne Krueger. It says: “The 81-year-old former first deputy managing director of the I.M.F. and ex-chief economist of the World Bank is in demand from government officials, central bankers and academics. All of them want to hear from her how the foundations that underpin global debt might be transformed to help indebted countries, without the system being wrecked.”"
How can ruinous debts be paid by bankrupts is the implicit question.
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Technology
Yahoo Tweaks Email to Make Search More Personal
The company is making small changes to sort email search results better, changes that it hopes to extend to its other services.There is nothing broken about the mail search program.
One must catalog an archive to search it easily.
This takes more knowledge than most searchers have or more knowledge than most people searched want broadly known.
There are no secrets and nothing is forgotten on the internet.
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U.S.
Elsie Hillman, Who Bolstered Moderate Republicans, Dies at 89
Ms. Hillman aided the elections of George H. W. Bush and Tom Ridge, and later lamented the Republican Party’s shift to the right during her lifetime.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860
The party of Lincoln died with the president.
There never was an organized leadership.
The Grand Army of the Republic took on the mantle and elected Grant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead_%28politics%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbagger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalawag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1868
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson
Good people could be Republicans.
We are still fighting The Civil War.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/behold-the-deep-bench/
Behold the Deep Bench
NBC has the
first post-debate poll; it’s an online poll, but using a methodology
that worked very well in the midterm elections. And it does not, it
turns out, show the predicted Trump collapse and rise of the
establishment candidates.
As some of us have been saying, the GOP is no longer a normal political party17
World
Egypt’s President Leads Celebration of ‘New’ Suez Canal
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is promoting a new channel of the Suez Canal as if it is a historic victory. But economists say it is unlikely to significantly transform the passage.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Construction_by_Suez_Canal_Company
In 1854 and 1856, Ferdinand de Lesseps obtained a concession from Sa'id Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, to create a company to construct a canal open to ships of all nations. The company was to operate the canal for 99 years from its opening. De Lesseps had used his friendly relationship with Sa'id, which he had developed while he was a French diplomat in the 1830s. As stipulated in the concessions, de Lesseps convened the International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez
. . .
"The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour (corvée) of Egyptian workers. Some sources estimate that over 30,000 people were working on the canal at any given period, that more than 1.5 million people from various countries were employed, and that thousands of labourers died.[48][49]"
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N.Y. / Region
Things to Do in New Jersey, Aug. 9 to 15, 2015
A guide to cultural and recreational events in New Jersey.You tell me.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Travel
Friday’s News: A Run Around Kilimanjaro, and Other Outdoor Travel News
What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including a paddleboard lake ride near an Alaskan glacier, meditation along the Mekong River and a cat video festival.We could try the gulf of Main tour.
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Business Day
Jobless Claims Rise, but Less Than Expected
The claims increased 3,000, to 270,000 for the week ended Aug. 1. It was the 22nd consecutive week that they held below the 300,000 threshold.There could be fewer employed with benefits than expected.
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