Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Entertainment, Journalism, Publishing, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Working With Experts What Can a Literary Agent Do for You? Originally written for the National Non-Fiction Authors Association TASA ID: 4153 Published with permission. Backstory: As publishing companies feel increasing financial pressures and pressure from other media competing for leisure time, dollars, more and more editors are being let go. There is no corresponding diminishment of manuscripts flowing into those companies. Literary Agents serve as a filter for publishers. Today agents are considered the gatekeepers of the publishing process. Many publishers will not look at a manuscript or proposal unless it arrives with an agent. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Communications, Education, Employment, Resources for Attorneys, Working With Experts THE CASE WHEN THE TABLES WERE TURNED TASA ID: 408 When I was recommended by my own attorney to one of his colleagues, I found myself in an awkward situation. It was awkward because I didn’t want to return any obligations which may have jeopardized my relationship with my counsel and which may require that I ‘find’ I disagreed with my suggested role as a consultant. Regardless, I was introduced to the attorney who represented the husband in a pending divorce case. Study of the situation revealed that there was an abundance of money involved, and the ‘departing’ wife wanted a large share of it all. The husband wanted to mitigate his obligations. Read more
Category: Articles, Education, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Working With Experts Expert Nursing Certifications What Do All Those Letters Mean? TASA ID: 16893 What does expert nursing certification mean exactly? Have you ever wondered what those letters following RN stand for? Nursing certification can be defined as, “one of two processes in which a professional organization formally recognizes the competence of a nurse to practice a subspecialty of nursing.” (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary) Read more
Category: Articles, Aviation, Resources for Attorneys, Transportation, Working With Experts The Thunder Rolls and Flights Delay Why Thunderstorms Affect Air Travel TASA ID: 9740 Approaching the TopicIt is eleven o’clock in the evening as a regional jet makes its approach to the runway at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The 65-seat jet is just one of many planes in sequence to land. Suddenly, a call is heard over the radio as a Boeing 747 cargo plane aborts its approach to land and climbs to safety. A shift in wind has prevented the large jet from landing and has forced its crew to circle back for another try.Meanwhile, the regional jet is beginning to rock aggressively, as it enters that same area of turbulence and windshear (rapidly changing wind speed and/or direction), which extends all the way to the runway. The small craft is thrown about as the pilots are forced to turn off the autopilot and fly the plane by hand.After several minutes, the plane lands, just as another small jet (further back in line) gives up and climbs away. Within minutes, the airport is overtaken by an approaching thunderstorm, with alarms sounding and staff quickly moving passengers into tornado shelters. Eventually, the all clear is given and activities resume.While the night eventually ended without incident or injury, it stands as a reminder of the power of thunderstorms and the threat they pose to humans on the ground and in the air. Read more
Category: Articles, Accident Analysis / Reconstruction, Automotive/Trucking, Construction, Engineering, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Working With Experts 100% Defense Verdict in Forklift Case Reviewed by a Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness TASA ID: 7934 About 10:30 am on the morning of 26 October 2007, Jose Avalos was delivering slabs of granite to a local installer. The countertops were being loaned to the installer to be displayed at an open house barbeque for customers that was to take place later that day. Mr. Avalos brought two A frames and between four and eight slabs of granite on a 20' flatbed gooseneck trailer. Upon arrival, two of the installers employees proceeded to unload the truck. One of them drove a Hyster forklift that had a custom boom attached to the forks and had a gravity clamp (Abaco Lifter) that hung down from the end of the boom. The lifter was at the end of the boom. The setup is shown below: Read more
