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.
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.
10/5/2019· Automotive - Vehicular
Autonomous and Inevitable: Drivers v. Robots, Part 1
By: Ned Einstein
This series of installments, which shall appear periodically, will examine some likely reactions to the robots by drivers.
10/5/2019· Damages
Attaining Reasonable Certainty in Economic Damages (Part I of III)
By: Michael Pakter
The AICPA has issued two practice aids, one on 2015 and most recently in November 2018, focused on the calculation of economic profits and damages. The purpose of this article—the first of three on this topic—is to provide the reader with an understanding of Chapter 1...
10/2/2019· Hotels & Hospitality
Residential Seating is Not Safe Enough for Commercial or Hospitality Use
By: Leonard Backer
Many restaurants, independent hotels and timeshare resorts have much tighter budgets these days when it comes to purchasing seating for their properties. At the same time, there seem to be many “attractive” options available for their chairs, barstools and benches...
9/25/2019· Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit Startups Paperwork: Trust me, the paperwork isn't just paperwork
By: Jess Birken, Esq
The reality is, starting and running a nonprofit is more than just the mission-driven work. Taking the time to understand the organizing documents, the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws, will help the organization going forward.
9/21/2019· Internet Marketing
The Rise of Vaping - How Viral Marketing Techniques Might Fuel Adoption
By: Brent Coker, PhD
I was recently invited to provide informal pro-bono advice to a law firm organizing a class action lawsuit against JUUL – a supplier of vaping products. Part of their argument was the idea that JUUL were engaged in unlawful viral marketing – inciting peer pressure by using advanced marketing techniques.
9/21/2019· Telecommunication
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Compliance: A Checklist
By: Ray Horak
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed into law in 1991. At the time, consumers were plagued by sales calls which it seemed always came at the most inconvenient times...In an effort to address a growing number of telephone marketing calls and certain other telemarketing practices...
9/13/2019· Recreation & Sports
Death of Female Iranian Soccer Fan Puts FIFA and Asian Soccer Body in the Dock
When Sahar Khodayari this week set herself alight in front of a Tehran courthouse, she indicted world soccer body FIFA, its Asian regional group, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and their presidents, Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa.
9/13/2019· Medical - Medicine
Vertebral and Carotid Artery Dissections
By: Dr. Sajid Khan
Cervical arterial dissections most commonly occur in the carotid arteries, followed by the vertebral arteries. Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) often presents after a trivial injury such as hyperextension of the neck while at the salon...
Dan Werdowatz PE SE, Sr. Princ. Struct. Engineer
