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Legalization of Marijuana Not Linked to Higher Collisions, Fatalities

Green Fleet Magazine

A new study from the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society analyzed the impact of marijuana decriminalization on motor vehicle crashes in both Canada and the United States.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

An article describing how the platform works was published in the September issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. “If What’s more, he says, studies have shown that the current ad-driven business model provides a poor user experience and isn’t that effective in selling products. From selling makeup to becoming an engineer.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

A recent study of approximately a hundred offset projects by the journal Climate Policy found that just 60 percent of projects actually provided evidence that the CDM funding made a difference, and that 40 percent of companies would likely have reduced emissions anyway. FLAWS IN THE UN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CARBON OFFSETS.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. I want it to be all of California.

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

Cars That Think

Steven Cherry: There's a process in legal cases, especially lawsuits, that involves an incredibly tedious process of finding and extracting information from sometimes enormous masses of data that by law, the other side has to provide. Learn more about simulation apps and find this and other case studies at comsol.com/blog/apps.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

Cars That Think

Before we launch into this episode, I’d like to let listeners know that the cost of membership in the IEEE is currently 50 percent off for the rest of the year, giving you access to perks, including Spectrum Magazine and lots of education and career resources. So go to IEEE.org/join to get started. Wald: Absolutely.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

Hoff returned to that job during breaks from his undergraduate studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, N.Y. In May 1971 an article in Datamation magazine mentioned the product, and the following November Intel produced its first ad for the 4004 CPU and placed it in Electronic News. You’re crazy.” But word went out.

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