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Travel
How to Make the Most of Free Hotel Amenities
Hit the happy hour, use the hotel’s gym and ride in the house car (or on one of the bikes).Tell me when.
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The Upshot
The Obama-Trump Voters Are Real. Here’s What They Think.
They supported Mr. Obama in 2012 and are the main reason Mr. Trump is president now. What can we learn from them?The Obama-Trump voters are money players.
They will support any program that will benefit them directly.
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U.S.
Theories Abound Over Meaning of Trump’s ‘Many Sides’ Remark
President Trump’s reluctance to single out the far right reflects a view widely held by conservatives that the news media willingly overlooks left-wing extremism.Trump knew he was required to speak.
He could deplore violence without deploring any of his supporters.
Trump did that.
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Arts
Anthony Scaramucci Says Bannon Should Go, but Backs Up Trump
The fired White House communications director showed unbending loyalty to the president, whose response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., was criticized by late-night hosts.There is no news here.
The Mooch is old news.
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Opinion
How Tech Companies Lose Women During the Hiring Process
The STEM talent pipeline is important. But what about the qualified female candidates right across the table?Tech managers are driven by the bottom line their accountants deliver.
They have been trained in male dominated classes where
women are viewed as distractions from the business at hand.
In many cases STEM programs are seen as reducing entry level wages.
The managers have no interest in further destabilizing their
already unstable home lives.
Research is contracted out. Development is done in house.
Customer service looks like a good entry rout for women job seekers. It can be highly technical though often individuals problems are trivial. Most of the problems are separating the trivial from the difficult. RTFM is not an allowed answer.
Not all problems are between the user's ears.
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The Learning Network
Instagram and Mental Health
If you saw this image on Instagram, what would your reaction be?https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/science/instagram-mental-health-depression.html
The signals are powerful. It would be hard to miss them.
I do not use instagram.
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Opinion
When Families Lead Themselves Out of Poverty
Poor people confront issues of class, gender and race, and are disrespected; to find a way forward, they need confidence in their own abilities.Mutual aid is not the way of the Tech manager.
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Opinion
How to Roll Back Fanaticism
Modesty is the most powerful answer. It means having the courage to see the world as complicated and progress as a product of balancing competing truths.Sometimes one party has no truth.
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Magazine
The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-Managed Fad
In the evolution of toy crazes since Beanie Babies, an object lesson in how technology has thrown the consumer economy into chaos.There are no well managed fads without accessible intellectual property.
Opinion
Summer of Love, Summer of War
San Francisco Bay was the heart of the counterculture. It was also the heart of the American effort in Vietnam.Watch the Ken Burns documentary series on PBS.
Burns did his homework.
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