9/5/2012· Warnings & Labels
Warning: Automobile Connectivity May Lead To Early Grave
My former business partner, Marshall McLuhan was fond of telling me that North Americans go out of their homes to be quiet (compared with Europeans who go out to be social).
8/24/2012· Accident Investigation & Reconstruction
Security Camera Video Analysis and Animation
Animations are a powerful tool to illustrate how an accident occurred, and to make an engineer's accident reconstruction more accessible to individuals without engineering expertise.
8/22/2012· Transportation
Negligent Retention and Driver Impunity
By: Ned Einstein
One would think in the Age of Irreversible and Growing Unemployment, employers could phase out their "dead wood" and find some personnel capable of performing their functions competently. Regrettably, bus agencies and companies are generally not among those which do.
8/14/2012· Psychiatry
Men's Violence Toward Women: Fear of the Feminine and Ultramasculinity
What is the biggest insult, the nastiest put-down that a boy can suffer? What is the most shameful indignity, the most humiliating comment that a man must endure? It is to be referred to as a woman! It is to be called a name that compares one to a woman or to a part of a woman's body.
8/10/2012· Child Witch Phenomenon
Report on Accusations of Witchcraft Against Children in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
By: Gary Foxcroft
This report has been prepared by the UK-based charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria in collaboration with those of our Nigerian partner organisations who specifically work on the issue of witchcraft accusations against children: Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), Stepping Stones Nigeria Child Empowerment Foundation (SSNCEF) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD).
8/7/2012· Failure Analysis
Failure Analysis: Metal Fatigue of Automatic Machinery - Wafer Test Station
By: Dr. Thomas Read
During normal operation, the arm on an automatic wafer test station failed. Root cause failure analysis determined that the drive shaft on the right angle gear motor used to raise and lower the manipulator arm had failed first.
8/6/2012· Recreation & Sports
Safety & Risk Management In RBI Baseball/Softball
Coaching, on the youth level such as the Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities program, (RBI) sponsored by Major League Baseball, is one of the crucial elements in the conduct of safe play in baseball/softball. The coach has a significant impact on risk management and safety and must be educated and convinced to make safety a priority in team management.
8/2/2012· Plants & Trees
Tree Removal Liability Sharing
By: John Harris
The number of storms in recent years increases the need for better tree and landscape decisions for property owners. Research regarding landscape damages for different storm intensities, what plants get knocked down by winds more often, and priorities for landscape restoration have been intensified by many southern state universities' forestry and horticultural departments.
8/1/2012· Technology
Communication Tips for Technology Professionals
By: Leo A. Wrobel
Technology professionals who are serious about seeing their career elevate beyond the level of bits and bytes will go above and beyond what their peers choose not to do. Noted author and technical futurist Leo Wrobel explains why verbal and written communication skills are key to not only keeping a job but climbing the corporate ladder.
7/27/2012· Crime Scene Investigation
New Crime Scenes - Same Old Problems
In 1989, I heard Dr. Henry Lee speak at a homicide conference in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Lee is currently the Connecticut Department of Public Safety Commissioner and, perhaps, the most famous forensic scientist in the world.
