“Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released the U.S. Winter Outlook today, with La Nina potentially emerging for the second year in a row as the biggest wildcard in how this year’s winter will shape up. La Nina has a 55- to 65-percent chance of developing before winter sets in. NOAA produces seasonal outlooks to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Signing Statements and Presidentializing Legislative History
Signing Statements and Presidentializing Legislative History. John M. de Figueiredo, Edward H. Stiglitz. NBER Working Paper No. 23951. Issued in October 2017. “Presidents often attach statements to the bills they sign into law, purporting to celebrate, construe, or object to provisions in the statute. Though long a feature of U.S. lawmaking, the President has avowedly… Continue Reading
Report – Benefits of regular exercise are greatest for those aged 45 and older
Good News – Emotional Benefits of Exercise Greater for Older Americans – Gallup-Sharecare Wellbeing Index: “The amount of exercise that Americans get is closely linked to their level of optimism about their lives. However, this relationship is much stronger among older adults than it is among younger adults. U.S. adults aged 65 and older who… Continue Reading
2017 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability
The Center for Public Integrity – Your favorite companies may be political black boxes “You book a hotel on Expedia.com. You buy a Garmin to navigate highways. Finally, you stream Netflix movies to keep the kids occupied on the trip. Just know you’re patronizing companies that volunteer virtually nothing about their political practices and spending,… Continue Reading
BeSpacific nominated as one of Best Legal Tech Blogs 2017 – please vote
Dear Friends/Colleagues/Readers – BeSpacific has been nominated again this year in the The Expert Institute’s – Best Legal Tech Blogs category. It will take less than one minute to complete your vote, and it really does count. The research conducted to publish this blog every day requires considerable analysis on a wide range of subject… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Open Educational Resources (OER) Sources 2018
Via LLRX – Open Educational Resources (OER) Sources 2018 – Costs continue to rise for students who are pursing college and post graduate degree programs. By leveraging best practice sites, services and non-traditional options to expand knowledge, skills and abilities in many disciplines, students can choose from a wide range of options to complete their… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Stay Up To Date With These Legal Technology Blogs
Via LLRX – Stay Up To Date With These Legal Technology Blogs – Attorney, legal tech expert, blogger and author Nicole Black suggests reading and subscribing to subject specific blogs to both stay abreast of growing changes in legal technology and to meet attorney ethical obligations specific to 28 jurisdictions. Continue Reading
LC New Online: A Digital Treasure Trove of Rare Books
“The collections housed in The Rare Book and Special Collections Division amount to nearly 800,000 books, encompassing nearly all eras and subjects maintained in well over 100 separate collections. All of these collections offer scholarly documentation about the western and American traditions of life and learning. The Division’s collection of nearly 5,700 incunabula (fifteenth-century imprints)… Continue Reading
Legal Commentary – our regulatory and judicial systems are complicit in protecting harassers
Via the Washington Post, October 20, 2017 – How the legal world built a wall of silence around workplace sexual harassment – Confidentiality agreements serve to protect abusers, by Minna J. Kotkin – a professor of law at Brooklyn Law School who specializes in employment.discrimination. “A secret about sexual harassment on the job is finally… Continue Reading
AALL Legal Website of the Month
AALL Legal Website of the Month – Includes titles, links and abstracts for sites in the US and around the world, with sources that include: Congress, NGOs, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, professional library associations, reports published by non-profit organizations focused on legal issues including immigration, sentencing and civil rights, reports and research… Continue Reading
Enabling Blockchain Innovation in the U.S. Federal Government
GCN.com – “As more government agencies investigate the potential for blockchain technology, ACT-IAC has put together a primer, Enabling Blockchain Innovation in the U.S. Federal Government. Including thought leaders from government and industry, ACT-IAC’s Blockchain Working Group was created in May at the request of the General Services Administration. Jose Arrieta, director of the Office… Continue Reading
How Fiction Becomes Fact on Social Media
The New York Times: “…In the coming weeks, executives from Facebook and Twitter will appear before congressional committees to answer questions about the use of their platforms by Russian hackers and others to spread misinformation and skew elections. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Facebook sold more than $100,000 worth of ads to a Kremlin-linked company,… Continue Reading
