The Daily Populous

Friday August 11st, 2017 night edition

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Carter works for the city of Santa Monica, California, where he oversees City Net, one of the oldest municipal-run networks in the nation.

That experience seemed to be a good match for the proposed Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), which FCC Chairman Ajit Pai created this year.

One of the panel’s stated goals is to streamline city and state rules that might accelerate installation of high-speed internet.

But the FCC didn’t choose Carter — or almost any of the other city or state government officials who applied.

Instead the FCC loaded the 30-member panel with corporate executives, trade groups and free-market scholars.

Crown Castle International Corp., the nation’s largest wireless infrastructure company, and Southern Co., the nation’s second-largest utility firm, have representatives on the panel.

“I wish we could accommodate everybody of course,”Pai said, “but that’s just not possible with a limited advisory committee that we’ve got.”. »

Trump warns N Korea that US military is 'locked and loaded'

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President Donald Trump says the US military is "locked and loaded" to deal with North Korea, ramping up the rhetorical brinkmanship.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption It's not the first time North Korea has made threats against Guam.

But it also said that if the US and South Korea attacked North Korea to force regime change, then China must intervene to prevent it. »

Trump’s attack on science isn’t going very well

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Scientists know that these actions are dangerous to public health, the economy and our national security.

This week, The New York Times published a draft report written by scientists from 13 federal agencies.

Academic integrity, it turns out, is really important to professionals in scientific agencies of the federal government. »

NASA looks at reviving atomic rocket program

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When the first manned mission to Mars sets out, it may be on the tail of an atomic rocket engine.

Advances in materials technology could lead to the production of LEU NTP fuel elements (Credit: NASA).

Small wonder then that when the Apollo program wound down and the NASA Mars mission was scratched, so was NERVA. »

Taylor Swift’s Sexual Assault Testimony Was Sharp, Gutsy, and Satisfying

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David Mueller, who was 51 to Swift’s 23 at the time, “grabbed my ass underneath my skirt,” Swift said in her testimony.

They were posing for a photo, he said, and their body language was awkward but not inappropriate.

On the witness stand, Swift did not suffer that argument, insisting that the grope was intentional and could not have been an accident. »