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Ivanka Trump Is Not Good Ambassador for Working Women

Ivanka Trump Is Not Good Ambassador for Working Women  Ivanka Trump will now have an official job at the White House. It’s an unpaid role as an adviser to her father, the president, but it comes with an office, a title and, presumably, an even higher perch from which to fashion herself as a crusader for working women. “Policies that allow women with children to thrive should not be novelties — they should be the norm,” she said at the Republican National Convention last summer. She has written a book, to be published in May, called “Women Who Work.” In her very own West Wing office she will shepherd policy related to “women in the workplace,” according to her lawyer. In April she’s headed to a summit meeting in Berlin on women in the work force. While Ms. Trump may want to be the new face of working motherhood, the reality of the policies she has devised for her father diverge starkly from her rhetoric. They offer very little to most parents, especially the ones who really

five things you should know before buy samsung galaxy s8 and s8 plus

Five Things You Should Know Before Buy Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 plus Did Samsung make a safer battery? The specter of the Note 7’s exploding battery hovers over the S8. The truth is, we can’t be 100 percent sure that Samsung made a safer battery until the final units are incident-free. But what we do know is that Samsung has instituted an eight-point battery test that it used on the S8 and S8 Plus, and on all phones going forward. My colleague Shara Tibken toured a korean   battery facility to see how it’s done. In addition, Samsung also claims that the S8 battery is about long-term performance rather than a short-term benchmarking burst. It’s expected to hold a longer charge after 6 months, a year and two years compared to the S7. Five things that stand out about the Samsung Galaxy S8 It has its own special AI Its waterproof VR support is built right in There is an Infinity Display that runs from edge to edge It can recognize your face Software changes f

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 plus first look specification

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 plus first look specification Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus specs first look Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Display size, resolution 5.8-inch; 2,960×1,440 pixels 6.2-inch; 2,960×1,440 pixels Pixel density 570ppi 529ppi Dimensions (Inches) 5.9 x 2.9 x 0.31 in 6.3 x 2.9 x 0.32 in Dimensions (Millimeters) 149 x 68 x 8 mm 160 x 73 x 8.1 mm Weight (Ounces, Grams) 5.5 oz; 155g 6.1 oz; 173g Mobile software Android 7.0 Nougat Android 7.0 Nougat Camera (megapixels) 12 12 Front-facing camera (megapixels) 8 8 Video capture 4K 4K Processor Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (2.35GHz + 1.9GHz) or Octa-core Samsung Exynos 8895 (2.35GHz + 1.7GHz) Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (2.35GHz + 1.9GHz) or Octa-core Samsung Exynos 8895 (2.35GHz + 1.7GHz) Storage 64GB 64GB RAM 4GB 4GB Expandable storage Up to 2TB Up to 2TB Battery (all nonremovable) 3,000mAh 3,500mAh Fingerprint sensor Back Back Connector USB-C USB-C Special features Water-resis