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World
Whale Strikes and Kills Canadian Rescuer After He Helps Free It
After Joe Howlett helped untangle a whale from fishing lines off the coast of New Brunswick, it made a “big flip” and fatally injured him, an official said.I am saddened by the accident.
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Technology
What We Lose When the World Moves On From Email
Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian email thread shows the historical value and irresistible allure of a technology that continues to betray us.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/technology/personaltech/worried-about-the-privacy-of-your-messages-download-signal.html
The U.S. mail has a presumption of privacy.
Content of telephone conversations is moderately private.
I will go to whisper and unplugging the battery most of the time if I must.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en
This looks like I need another tracfone and number.
I need an android phone to use signal.
It should not be a problem.
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Real Estate
$975,000 Homes in Washington, Maine and Mississippi
A cedar-shake house on Bainbridge Island, a clapboard home in Yarmouth and a Federal-style house near Biloxi.I am not so ambitious.
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Fashion & Style
A ‘Dad’ Look Is Suddenly Stylish: The Tucked-In T-Shirt
Rappers, skaters and fashion designers take a shine to a quirk once considered unfashionable.There is no escape from the fashion police.
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Technology
Protecting Your Computer with Free Software
Several well-known security companies offer free versions of their full software suites for Windows and Mac.I have been finding that Firefox is enough with the use of the built in privacy options.
I am not troubled by viruses and worms. Advertisers can be cleared by clearing the history and the cookies.
There is a convenient button in customization options that leaves the bookmarks. It will clear five minutes, two hours or twenty four hours.
If like me you need a more drastic clean out at times there is
Forget history and clear all cookies at the privacy menu at the right of the task bar.
I am disgusted with AVG Free.
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Arts
Donald Trump Jr.’s Choice of a Lawyer Raises Eyebrows on Late Night
The president’s son hired a lawyer who has represented mobsters, which Jimmy Kimmel suggested was rather appropriate.If the Trump clan were as clean as they claim private lawyers would be unnecessary.
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Magazine
Jenny Slate Hates Being Oversimplified
The actress on being compared with Lena Dunham, her forgetfulness and that one episode of “S.N.L.”Jenny Slate has built her persona on purpose.
She is trying to be the person she made.
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Technology
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Share Your Location Using a Smartphone
It is now almost impossible to stop location tracking on smartphones. So here are our tips for the best and worst cases of sharing your whereabouts.I have not learned to use a small message system.
If I should do so an easy way would be to send me a text message asking for my location and for me to send a reply.
We would then be out of real time with its restrictions
(driving and big ears). Again it is smart phone time.
I will get an android unit with a touch screen.
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Travel
Getting to Know Gaudà in Barcelona, From Park to Palace
The allure of the city can be found in the work of the modernist architect, tours of which can be fueled by pintxos and an Estrella Galicia beer.I would happily spend time in Barcelona. I have done some homework. Antonio Gaudi was a late gothic revival architect. The work is cut stone and Catalan tile work. He was generous with wrought iron.
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Sports
Venus Williams Advances to Wimbledon Semifinals
Williams advanced to the semifinals for the second year in a row. On the men’s side, Novak Djokovic moved on to the quarterfinals.Venus Williams has earned her victories as have the other players.
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