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The Archive Of A Vanishing World

Noema – Archives de la Planète: “PARIS — Line 10 of the Paris Métro terminates almost five miles west of the center of the city at Boulogne-Pont de Saint-Cloud. The station is a polished hub in one of the wealthiest regions of Paris, not to mention all of France. Boulogne-Billancourt is the birthplace of France’s …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management, Transportation

An Action Plan for Building Personal Resilience

ABA: “More than ever, we need personal resilience in our daily lives.Resilience is frequently defined as the ability to recover quickly from challenges. For us humans, those challenges can be anything from a broken leg to a job loss to the death of a loved one. It follows, then, that building up both mental and …

Subjects: Health Care

Before the Presidential Records Act of 1978, presidents owned their papers

Washington Post: Now all presidents, including Donald Trump, must turn them over to the National Archives. “Until the 1970s, former presidents could do pretty much whatever they wanted with their presidential papers. That often was a problem. Some papers “were purposely destroyed, while others fell victim to chance destruction,” concluded a 1978 congressional study. “Others …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

American Chestnut Tree Discovery in Delaware Wows Conservationists

Delaware Online: “After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the Delaware Nature Society. Jim White, a senior fellow at the Delaware Nature Society, said the tree discovered at Coverdale Farm Preserve is the largest …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

Data Mining Resources 2022

Via LLRX – Data Mining Resources 2022 – Data mining and knowledge discovery is a quickly evolving field that is part of the portfolio of CI, BI and KM professionals, law librarians, research analysts, infopros, data scientists, data journalists and students in college and graduate programs. This expansive bibliography by Marcus P. Zillman comprises a …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 27, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 27, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Free Speech, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

More Than Half Of All Bitcoin Trades Are Fake

Forbes Digital Assests – “A new Forbes analysis of 157 crypto exchanges finds that 51% of the daily bitcoin trading volume being reported is likely bogus. Within the emerging and turbulent market for cryptocurrencies, where there are no fewer than 10,000 tokens, bitcoin, is the great granddaddy, the blue-chip, representing 40% of the $1 trillion …

Subjects: Cryptocurrency, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Securities Law