“In comments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), EPIC emphasized the need for transparency and accountability in drone operations, and recommended the development of privacy protections before drones are more widely deployed in the US. The FAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking set out proposed criteria for drone testing. Congress has tasked the FAA with facilitating… Continue Reading
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Washing clothes with synthetic materials is the single greatest contributor to ocean microplastics
Washington Post – Sustainability experts say to avoid fabrics that blend natural and synthetic materials. [unpatwalled] “…Compared to 100% natural fibers or other biodegradable materials such as viscose, or rayon, which is made from a wood-like fiber, blended synthetic fabrics can be more durable and withstand more stress. They can also feel softer and smoother,… Continue Reading
A Four-Day Workweek Reduces Stress without Hurting Productivity
Scientific American: “Working four days instead of five—with the same pay—leads to improved well-being among employees without damaging the company’s productivity. That’s the recently reported result of a four-day workweek test that ran for six months, from June to December 2022, and involved a total of 61 U.K. companies with a combined workforce of about… Continue Reading
Lawyers Fail to Serve the Public and Themselves: ChatGPT to the Rescue to Placate the Jealous Mistress?
RIPS Law Librarian – Lawyers Fail to Serve the Public and Themselves: ChatGPT to the Rescue to Placate the Jealous Mistress? by Sarah Gotschall: “As law librarians and legal research professors, we have witnessed firsthand how law students struggle with their time and labor-intensive legal research and writing assignments. And of course, the many of us… Continue Reading
ABA releases comprehensive survey report revealing key drivers of judicial stress
CHICAGO, Dec. 23, 2020 — “A comprehensive report released today in the 2020 Journal of The Professional Lawyer surveying more than 1,000 judges across the United States suggests job stress has become a serious health concern in the state judicial ranks, with about one-third or more reporting fatigue and low energy, sleep disturbance or disturbed… Continue Reading
CNET – Best DNA Ancestry Testing Kits
CNET: “Home DNA testing has gone from a curiosity to a competitive market in the past decade, with at least a dozen companies now competing with trailblazers such as Ancestry and 23andMe. But before we compare and contrast the available options, let’s take a look at exactly why you’d invest in a DNA testing service — including the… Continue Reading
Montgomery County MD Bicycle Stress Map Seeks to Make Streets Safer
Mapping How Stressful Streets Can Limit Cycling – “Few cycling thoroughfares in Washington, D.C., are fully protected from traffic. They’re packed with rushing cars, people backing out of driveways, and shape-shifting bike lanes, when any actually exist. As a daily bike commuter, I can attest that these factors can make cycling pretty harrying, which in… Continue Reading
Consumer Reports test results find iPhone 6 and 6 Plus not as bendy as believed
“Two days ago, the Internet erupted with photos of bent iPhone 6s, and a very-viral video of a guy creasing an iPhone 6 Plus with his bare hands. It seemed like a serious concern, yet everything about the uproar was highly unscientific. We don’t like unscientific, so we promised then that we would use our lab equipment to find… Continue Reading
40 Percent of Countries with Largest Shale Energy Resources Face Water Stress
Paul Reig and Andrew Maddocks, World Resources Institute: “…extracting natural gas and tight oil from shale poses environmental risks, especially when it comes to water. Hydraulic fracturing requires up to 25 million liters of fresh water per well, meaning shale resources can be hard to develop where fresh water is hard to find—including in some of the world’s fastest-growing… Continue Reading
The Capital and Loss Assessment under Stress Scenarios (CLASS) Model
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports – Beverly Hirtle, Anna Kovner, James Vickery, and Meru Bhanot: “The CLASS model is a top-down capital stress testing framework that projects the effect of different macroeconomic scenarios on U.S. banking firms. The model is based on simple econometric models estimated using public data and also on assumptions about loan loss provisioning, taxes, asset… Continue Reading
FTC Testimony Outlines Agency's Work to Protect Consumers, Promote Competition
News release: “In testimony before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, the Federal Trade Commission summarized the agency’s FY 2013 budget request and described its ongoing work to promote competition and protect American consumers. The testimony, delivered by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, outlined steps the… Continue Reading
Study: More Than 3,000 WTC Survivors Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress
News release: “Nearly 10 years after the greatest human-made disaster in U.S. history– the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers — there has been little research documenting the attacks consequences among those most directly affected — the survivors who escaped the World Trade Center towers. In a study just released by Columbia Universitys… Continue Reading
