The Expert of Experts

Real estate expert Julius M. Feinblum says several of the Kmart and Sears stores that are closing may provide locations for the furniture industry.  The expert is president of Julius M. Feinblum Real Estate, Inc., a national real estate brokerage and consulting firm based in Plainview, NY, which specializes in new site locations and dispositions to the home furnishings industry.

Read more: http://www.furniturerealestate.com/index.php.

Paul Gores of the Journal Sentinel writes that the real estate market is returning.  Real estate expert  and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business Professor Morris A. Davis, said that although a European economic disaster could hurt the recovery, it looks like the risk of a further real estate decline is dwindling.  

Read more: jsonline.com.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that prostate  cancer screening with prostate specific antigen showed no obvious prostate cancer mortality benefit in a study of 76,000 men over 10 to 13 years.  Prostate cancer expert Gerald L. Andriole, Chief, Division of Urologic Surgery and Director, Men's Health Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis says “The message is that routine mass screening is not the way to go.”

Read more: http://urology.wustl.edu/Physicians.

The Phoenix area real estate market has had a slow recovery from the foreclosure crisis. Real estate expert Mike Orr, creator of The Cromford Report, will provide Phoenix-area real estate reports to the public as the new director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Read more: http://asunews.asu.edu.

Environmental expert Joseph M. Sorge testified before the Bernards Township (NJ) Planning Board regarding the Millington Quarry's proposal for topping off the quarry after operations at the site are ended. The location has been considered for residential use and the expert answered questions about the source and testing procedure for soil to be brought in as topsoil or fill.

Read more: http://www.bernards.org/.

To reduce the risk of another accident as catastrophic as the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, a new report from the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council says, companies involved in offshore drilling should take a "system safety" approach to anticipating and managing possible dangers at every level of operation -- from ensuring the integrity of wells to designing blowout preventers that function "under all foreseeable conditions."  In addition, an enhanced regulatory approach should combine strong industry safety goals with mandatory oversight at critical points during drilling operations. 

Engineering expert Donald C. Winter, former secretary of the Navy, professor of engineering practice at the University of Michigan, and chair of the committee that wrote the report states, "Industry and regulators need to include a factual assessment of all the risks in deepwater drilling operations in their decisions and make the overall safety of the many complex systems involved a top priority."

Read more: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BlowoutPrevention/index.htm

Construction expert Peter Lehrer led the review of delays and cost over-runs on the I-287 project in Westchester, NY.  Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the review which has resulted in new reforms designed to keep the  state's highway construction projects on budget and on time.

Read more: governor.ny.gov.

Health care expert Abir Sen will be speaking at the Atlantic Information Services, Inc. webinar entitled The Rise of Private Exchanges: Implications for Insurers, Employers and the Health Care Consumer. 

Mr. Sen is the founder and CEO of Bloom Health. Prior to founding Bloom Health, Mr. Sen was the co-founder and president of RedBrick Health. Under his leadership, RedBrick Health launched the industry-leading Health Earnings system, created innovative product and distribution partnerships, and achieved health improvement results that far outstripped any of RedBrick Health’s competitors.

More information: http://aishealth.com/marketplace/c1m42_121311.

The Air France jet in the news this week had 30 screws missing from one of its wings when it was grounded in Boston.  An aircraft construction expert said:

The piece itself may not have endangered the flight if it came off.  But there is always the risk that it could have struck and damaged another very important part of the aircraft as it became detached and blew away in flight.

Read more: www.mailonline.com.

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services was in the news this week saying that its caseloads have improved since a federal lawsuit was filed in 2008.  However, Judge Frizzell says the state's own expert witness "concluded DHS does not accurately measure caseloads and that its caseloads exceed professionally accepted standards."  Oklahoma ranked among the five worst states for reported child abuse and neglect deaths last year.

Read more: http://dockets.justia.com.