9/5/2005· Premises Liability
Mitigation of Civil Liability/Injury - Event Management
By: Ira S. Somerson, BCFE, CPP
In discussing the mitigation of civil liability with event management, a phrase from the web-site of Diversified Management Services, "Strategic Planning Services" states, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there
11/25/2020· Refrigeration - Cooling Systems
ASME B31.5 Piping Stress Analysis In Refrigeration Systems
By: James Caylor, PE
Refrigeration system designers and users incur regulatory liability from their design documents’ claims of B31.5 compliance when these are based on only partial knowledge of its requirements. This article will clarify these requirements, suggest current and legacy resources for accomplishing the calculations and hopefully promote a greater overall familiarity with B31.5.
10/7/2020· Refrigeration - Cooling Systems
Evaporator Leak Mitigation By Suction Control Valve Selection And Operation
By: James Caylor, PE
Evaporator leaks expose plant personnel to risk of ammonia contact and require maintenance intervention since refrigeration control valves used for inlet flows (liquid and hot gas) can automatically stop flow, but similar valves used for outlet flows (suction and refrigerant defrost condensate) cannot stop flow backwards from the suction line into a damaged evaporator and thus into the conditioned space.
7/11/2011· Security
Security And Legal Protection: The Seattle Video Example
By: James F. Pastor
This article addresses the security and legal issues relative to the Seattle video depicting the beating of a girl while security personnel stood around.
5/12/2011· Terrorism - Homeland Security
Terrorism: Indicators & Implications
By: James F. Pastor
In order to effectively deal with the threat of terrorism, it is important to understand the concept. Terrorism has been around for centuries, dating back to Roman times.
2/10/2011· Premises Liability
Crime & Premises Liability: Assessments & Defenses
By: James F. Pastor
When considering how to limit crimes by third parties, or at least limit the liability exposure from such, there are three basic approaches: pre-incident assessments, post-incident investigations, and legal defenses.
3/25/2011· Premises Liability
Premises Liability & Negligent Security
By: James F. Pastor
Premises Security Liability is a broad way to describe various legal theories related to the intersection of criminal conduct and tort liability.
10/17/2019· Foreign Affairs - Geopolitics
Challenging The World Order: Erdogan Wants Right To Develop Nuclear Weapons
Brinkmanship may be his trademark, but Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to provoke the ire of the international community by launching a nuclear weapons program. Yet, his demand that Turkey have the right to do so highlights the fracturing of the rules-based international order as well as changing regional realities.
9/10/2019· Foreign Affairs - Geopolitics
A Bird's Eye View of Asia: A Continental Landscape of Minorities in Peril
A bird’s eye view of Asia produces a picture of a continental landscape strewn with minorities on the defensive whose positioning as full-fledged members of society with equal rights and opportunities is either being eroded or severely curtailed.
10/16/2019· Foreign Affairs - Geopolitics
Hints Of Gulf Rapprochement: Iranian Tactics May Be Paying Off
Fears of a potential military conflict with Iran may have opened the door to a Saudi-Iranian dialogue against the backdrop of a rethink of US military logistics, involving at least a gradual partial relocation to the United States of command and control operations based in the Gulf for almost four decades.
