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 It s not just the American dollar that s losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn t worth what it used to be.The  value of a statistical life  is $6.9 million in today s dollars, the Environmental Protection Agency reckoned in May - a drop of nearly $1 million from just five years ago.The Associated Press discovered the change after a review of cost-benefit analyses over more than a dozen years.Though it may seem like a harmless bureaucratic recalculation, the devaluation has real consequences.When drawing up regulations, government agencies put a value on human life and then weigh the costs versus the lifesaving benefits of a proposed rule. The less a life is worth to the government, the less the need for a regulation, such as tighter restrictions on pollution.        Consider, for example, a hypothetical regulation that costs $18 billion to enforce but will prevent 2,500 deaths. At $7.8 million per person  the old figure , the lifesaving benefits outweigh the costs. But at $6.9 million per person, the rule costs more than the lives it saves, so it may not be adopted.Some environmentalists accuse the Bush administration of changing the value to avoid tougher rules - a charge the EPA denies. It appears that they re cooking the books in regards to the value of life,  said S. William Becker, execut stanley usa ive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, which represents stanley cups uk  state and local air pollution regulators. stanley cup   Those decisions are literall Djgb Show Dog Searchers Fetch Crystal Ball
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 Updated 8:34 PM ET CBS/AP  JPMorgan Chase  JPM , the largest bank in the United States, said Thursday that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money.The company s stock plunged almost 7 percent in after-hours trading after the loss was announced. Other bank stock stanley cup s, including Citigroup and Bank of America, suffered heavy losses as well.The trading loss is an embarrassment for a bank that came thro stanley quencher ugh the 2008 financial crisis in much better health than its peers. It kept clear of risky investments that hurt many other banks. The portfolio has proved to be riskier, more volatile and less effective as an economic hedge than we thought,  CEO Jamie Dimon told reporters.  There were many errors, sloppiness and bad judgment.         Dimon was asked whether other banks could be in trouble. On that conference call Dimon was asked that very question point blank. He said not that he s aware of. In his words, just because we were stupid doesn t m stanley us ean anyone else was,  said CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason.The exotic financial investments got the world in trouble in 2008. Mason notes that s the question a lot of people are asking now, did JPMorgan Chase learn nothing JPMorgan Chase: London whale swallows $2BChase launches new alternative to checking accountFreddie Mac names former JPMorgan Chase executive as new CEO             The scary part of this is people thought that Chase was the best-run  Ilrb Man dead at Occupy camp on North Texas campus
 DJI has been making remote-control quadcopters for years. Originally, you had to strap your GoPro to it, but last year DJI introduced the Phantom stanley cup  2 Vision, which had its own integrated camera system. It was pretty sweet, but every tiny turn you took your video shook enough to scramble your viewer   brain. Today, DJI unveiled the Phantom 2 Vision+, which includes not only a camera, but also a built-in gimbal with 3-axis electronic stabilization. Does it make any difference  Holy crap, does it ever! What Is It   It   a small, remote control helicopter that   absolutely crammed wi stanley france th tech, including GPS, Wi-Fi, and a fully stabilized 14MP camera with an F/2.8 lens that shoots video at 1080p/30. Why Does It Matter  Well, aside from being really fun to fly a helicopter that can fly roughly 35MPH and reach heights exceeding 900 feet  yes, nine hundred , it   outfitted with a very solid little camera. This enables amateur and professional photographers and videographers to get shots that would would otherwise be impossible. Design At first glance, you ;d think it   a kid   toy鈥攊t   basically all white plastic on the outside. From the top down it looks like a big white X, with a plastic two-bladed rotor on each point. It stands on  stanley cup two long, square legs, which also serve to protect the camera in its undercarriage. The camera rig is easily the most complex-looking component. It   on a platform that hangs down from the drone   bo