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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio Blames Jails Chief’s Getaways on Bad Advice
The mayor offered a familiar defense for Joseph Ponte’s use of a city-owned vehicle to travel beyond the five boroughs on 90 days last year: He was told it was O.K.Bury the gaff or prosecute the jail chief. It makes little difference.
There will be less noise if there is a prosecution.
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World
In Mexico, ‘It’s Easy to Kill a Journalist’
The state of Veracruz is the hemisphere’s most dangerous place to be a reporter. The authorities seem ill equipped to stop attacks on the press, and in some cases appear entangled in them.yes
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The Learning Network
Questions for: ‘Today’s Energy Jobs Are in Solar, Not Coal’
What are the facts and figures on energy jobs, and distribution by type of energy, around the United States?Solar is hiring.
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Science
If Mars Is Colonized, We May Not Need to Ship In the Bricks
A new study suggests the material humanity needs to one day construct structures on Mars may already exist within the red planet’s desolate soil.There will be no mars colony soon.
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U.S.
Senate Confirms R. Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary
Mr. Acosta becomes the only Latino in President Trump’s cabinet, which is now complete."The best government money can buy."
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Crosswords & Games
Variety Puzzle: Acrostic
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon train us to solve.I successfully quit smoking in 1976.
If you want a dog, get a dog.
I will learn to live with it.
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Opinion
The Upside to the Presidential Twitter Feed
At least he writes his own tweets.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson
10 Presidency (1913–1921)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Fireside chats
Trump stays on message.
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U.S.
Agency for Victims of Immigrant Crime, Promised by Trump, Is Created
The office, known as Voice, is part of the president’s effort to aggressively crack down on illegal immigration. Critics say it vilifies immigrants.Political noise.
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Opinion
Hotlines for Harassment
A lawyer whose specialty is workplace ethics notes improvement in reporting and resolution of whistle-blower reports.There are monsters.
Most of them are not under beds.
They have been dealt with individually.
That must continue.
The other possibilities are worse.
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Opinion
Trumpcare 2.0: It’s Even Worse Than the Original
The revised Republican health care bill would make vulnerable Americans pay even more for less coverage.The problem with Trumpcare 1 was it was not bad enough.
Trumpcare 2 was still not bad enough.
Total elimination of Obamacare would destroy the Republican party.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Correction Chief Spent a Quarter of 2016 Elsewhere
Joseph Ponte, hired to overhaul New York’s troubled jails, repeatedly took his city-owned vehicle to coastal Maine in violation of guidelines, a city report found.Fact.
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U.S.
Agency for Victims of Immigrant Crime, Promised by Trump, Is Created
Trump is trying to keep his promise.
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Science
If Mars Is Colonized, We May Not Need to Ship In the Bricks
A new study suggests the material humanity needs to one day construct structures on Mars may already exist within the red planet’s desolate soil.There seem to be no fixed carbon deposits.
Planetforming will be a geologically long process.
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Opinion
Trump Can’t Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities
Only Congress has the power to punish states for not enforcing federal law.The Republican Congress will try to back Trump.
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U.S.
What Google and Twitter Say About Trump’s First 100 Days
The results of their data analyses aren’t all that shocking. It turns out the president posts a lot, and people searched Google for information on immigration.Trivial until next November.
We have "the best government money can buy".
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N.Y. / Region
In Connecticut Murder Case, a Fitbit is a Silent Witness
Richard Dabate was charged in his wife’s 2015 death after investigators say they found a contradiction between his story and her exercise tracker’s data.The jury will decide.
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N.Y. / Region
Boy Killed as Concrete Planter Falls on Him Outside Brooklyn Home
An 8-year-old climbing the security gates on a window in Marine Park apparently grabbed the flower box, which fell on him, the police said.Nothing is foolproof.
Fools are clever.
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Technology
Running macOS and Windows 10 on the Same Computer
With Apple’s built-in Boot Camp utility or third-party programs, you can install and use Windows 10 on your Mac.Both systems run on Unix derived kernels.
Unix and its descendants are "platform independent".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
I continue to try to understand this part of computing.
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