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Thursday, 27 October 2016

What we’re tracking on 27 October, 2016

Are you a runner? SODIC’s annual Charity Run in collaboration with Cairo Runners takes place this tomorrow, 28 October in honor of Breast Cancer Month. Proceeds benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt (BCFE). The 6 km run in SODIC West (Google Map) begins at 7:45am. Drive out yourself, or catch a ride with SODIC — the event’s Facebook page lists 6:30am pickups in Heliopolis, Lebanon Square and Nasr City. Stick around for post-run refreshments and a live music performance. Last year’s event was a blast, and you’ll do good in the process — trust us, it’s worth getting out of bed. Can’t make it but want to make a donation? The Facebook page lists BCFE accounts at CIB and other banks near you.

It’s MacBook Pro day. If we owned a black turtleneck, we’d wear it this morning. You can catch the unveiling tonight at 10am PDT (7pm CLT), with the livestream here.

Is it going to rain? We really have no clue. A couple of hours before dispatch time, and Google is showing sunny skies today and all weekend in Cairo. AccuWeather is showing a 50% chance of rain with thunder and lightning from noon until mid-afternoon. And the National Weather Service has forecast rain and warm temps in the capital city today and tomorrow. All we know is that with the breeze and cooler temps yesterday — and with the simple fact that we’re writing a weather advisory this morning — is that it is finally that three-week period in Cairo known as “fall.”

** A BRIEF PROGRAMMING NOTE: There will be no Weekend Edition tomorrow — we’ll be back on Sunday morning at the usual time. The Weekend Edition will return next Friday (a week from tomorrow) at about 10:30am.

** Oh, and sometimes we’re idiots. As just now, when one of realized none of us had arranged the draw for the winners of the Enterprise mugs. We’ll have names on Sunday, we promise.

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