1. are you a 7R carrier?
Hint:
Answer: if the above image instills a craving for one of the pictured snacks you may well carry the seven-repeat allele of the dopamine-4 receptor gene. The 7R variation results in a decrease in dopamine function which regulates both adults’ and children’s response to tasty, unhealthy snacks. While the study’s authors note that environmental influences are also at play when making food choices, one has to wonder whether genes are becoming the fashionable scapegoat, mitigating individual responsibility and accountability. Read more details here.
2. What impacts on legal services resulting from advancements in technology might we see over the next decade?
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Answer: a recent survey provides us with 10 technology-based impacts we could face within the next ten years, including robot staff (42.2 % of respondents) but not robot lawyers – yet. Read about the other 8 here.
3. With Christmas approaching (or a belated Hanukkah) what will you give the lawyer, law professor, judge, legal secretary or paralegal in your life?
Hint: Reid Trautz.
Answer: blogger Reid Trautz has published his 9th annual Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers, including…bacon. Check out Reid’s list here. Speaking of bacon and gifting, with the Twelve Days of Christmas fast approaching what’s a back-bacon eating Canuck going to do but introduce you (if you have not yet had the pleasure) to Bob & Doug McKenzie’s Twelve Days of Christmas Happy shopping!