Thursday, August 31, 2017

@10:40 8/30/17

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Fashion & Style

Melania Trump’s Quick Trip Around the Internet in High Heels

The first lady set off for Texas, but her shoes got all the attention. Here’s why.

The stiletto heels are not proper attire for visiting a disastrous flood. 

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Sports

Quiet, Please! Rafael Nadal Struggles With Noise Under Closed Roof

The top seed, who rolled past Dusan Lajovic after a tough first set, said the crowd at Ashe made it hard to hear the ball off the opponent’s racket.

Let the games begin.

https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/standings.asp

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Fashion & Style

Drake’s Will Make You Want to Dress Up

The British clothier, newly arrived in SoHo, is holding the line against athleisure.

My gaydar seemed to stop working some years ago.
Drake's set it off. 
They are odd ducks.

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Fashion & Style

Agent Provocateur Founder Unveils a New Lingerie Label

A new intimates line from the co-founder of Agent Provocateur, called Les Girls Les Boys, caters to millennials with a gender-fluid aesthetic.

Try sexuality is back.
The drive is biological and fundamental.

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Movies

Alan Root, Oft-Bitten Wildlife Filmmaker, Dies at 80

Mr. Root, often working with his first wife, Joan, came up with inventive ways to capture striking images of African animals and their ecosystems.

I developed caution.
So far I am able to say "I expected that."

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Technology

How ‘Doxxing’ Became a Mainstream Tool in the Culture Wars

Identifying extremist activists and revealing their personal information has become a bit of a sport on the internet. Some worry about mistakes and the permanent stigma of online shaming.

The racists see themselves as a guerrilla army.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Guerrilla_Warfare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare


World

Japan Wakes to a Text Message: Missile Approaching

An alert that roused people from sleep and interrupted the morning commute warned residents that North Korea had launched a missile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria

Wars start with accidents.

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Opinion

I Teach in Houston. I’m Worried for My Students.

We should be making lesson plans, but we’re scared for the students who may not have shelter from Hurricane Harvey.

"Houston, we have a problem."
The city government must act.

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World

Memories of Diana Reflect Britain’s Yawning Generational Divide

Princess Diana is considered a towering symbol of her era for older Britons. But for young adults, as one teenager said, “she’s not really an icon.”

The Tories need the Crown.
Watch the value of the Pound.
Deflation would drive the survival of the aristocracy.

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World

Sea Shepherd Activists Halt Pursuit of Japanese Whalers

The group has called off its annual pursuit of Japanese ships in the protected Southern Ocean, saying it can’t compete with the country’s surveillance.

Satellite pictures are available from the French for cash.
Two can play at the surveillance game.


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