Govt Websites in Ohio, Maryland Hacked With Pro-IS Messages
Several government websites in the US states of
Ohio and Maryland had to be shut down Sunday after being hacked to display
messages supporting the Islamic State group.
Among the affected websites was one belonging to Ohio
Governor John Kasich.
Posted on the websites was a message from a group calling
itself Team System DZ, vowing revenge against US President Donald Trump.
Technology and lawyers?
No comment.
ABA – Cloud Ethics Opinions Around the U.S.
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jun 25, 2017
ABA Law Practice Division – “Cloud Ethics Opinions –
There’s a compelling business case for cloud computing, but can lawyers use it
ethically? We’ve compiled these
comparison charts to help you make the right decision for your practice.
Broadly defined, cloud computing (or “Software as a
Service”) refers to a category of software that’s delivered over the
Internet via a Web browser (like Internet Explorer) rather than installed
directly onto the user’s computer. The
cloud offers certain advantages in terms of minimal upfront costs, flexibility
and mobility, and ease of use. Because
cloud computing places data–including client data–on remote servers
outside of the lawyer’s direct control, it has given rise to some concerns regarding
its acceptability under applicable ethics rules.
Learn more about cloud computing in our
brief overview…”
What information would you expect to be recorded for each
stop? Seven states don’t record the
reason for a stop, only four fail to record the race of the driver.
The Stanford Open Policing Project
by on
The Stanford Open Policing Project – “On a typical
day in the United States, police officers make more than 50,000 traffic stops. Our team is gathering, analyzing, and
releasing records from millions of traffic stops by law enforcement agencies
across the country. Our goal is to help
researchers, journalists, and policymakers investigate and improve interactions
between police and the public.”
Sounds like Economics 101 was right all along. Will politicians lead the charge to go back to
lower wages? Will they even acknowledge
this study?
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike May Have Gone Too Far
… In January 2016,
Seattle’s minimum wage jumped from $11 an hour to $13 for large employers, the
second big increase in less than a year. New research released Monday by a team of
economists at the University of Washington suggests the wage hike may have come
at a significant cost: The increase led to steep declines in employment for
low-wage workers, and a drop in hours for those who kept their jobs. Crucially, the negative impact of lost jobs
and hours more than offset the benefits of higher wages — on average, low-wage workers earned $125 per month less because of
the higher wage, a small but significant decline.
Read. It’s something
the apes (and my students) can’t seem to do.
Project
Gutenberg is the oldest digital library in the world. You might even be reading a classic from there
right now in your e-reader.
But don’t you hate how it’s formatted?
Gutenberg is a worthwhile effort, but as a true book lover
you just might be turned off by the poor formatting of those old books,
crippled by archaic typesets that strain your eyes. The absence of attractive book covers might
also irk you.
Standard Books promises to change all that. This volunteer effort is bringing the oomph
back to these old classics.
… Standard Books
also makes browsing through the catalog easier. It’s a clean interface with a search bar on
top and a sort filter below . Click on the attractive book covers and jump to
the book page. The free download options
cover all popular formats you would need today: EPUB, EPUB3, AZW3, and KEPUB
for Kobo devices.
… You too can get
involved. It might make you a good
reader, but it will surely make you a better editor.
I’m surprised they lasted this long.
Overwhelmed By Air Bag Troubles, Takata Files For Bankruptcy
Protection
Long crippled by lawsuits and recall costs over its faulty
air bags, Takata, the Japanese auto parts maker, filed for bankruptcy
protection in Japan and the U.S. on Sunday.
Takata is on the hook for billions of dollars to banks and
automakers, which have been covering the replacement costs of tens of millions
of the recalled air bag inflators.
The company plans to sell what's rest of its operations to
the rival U.S. auto parts supplier, Key Safety Systems, for $1.588 billion.
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