ProfNet Experts Available on Alabama Election, California Wildfires, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Election in Alabama
• Economic Impact of California Wildfires
• California Wildfires and Climate Change
• Impact of Bitcoin's Rise

MEDIA JOBS

• Supervisory Content Editor – Voice of America (DC/NY/CA)
• Deputy Editor – Celebrity Weekly (Dubai)
• Writer/Editor – LRP Publications (FL)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• 6 Practices to Weave Into Your Writing Process in 2018
• Blogger Conferences: Top Events to Attend in 2018
• How to Find Evergreen Content

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Election in Alabama
Dr. Christopher Metzler
Political Pundit and Conservative Strategist
"In a jolt to the Republican Party, Alabama elected Democrat Doug Jones to the United State Senate. Many in the party are now wallowing in self-pity while some are jumping for joy. Republicans, we have a problem. We are a bitterly divided party where jaded ideology is replacing core Republicans values. Where we are falling into traps skillfully laid by Democrats. Jones won by presenting a message to a cross section of the electorate, including blacks, college-educated whites in the suburbs and rural areas of the state. We lost by being isolationist. This election shows that the more we cannibalize ourselves and the more some keep putting politics over principle, the more we lose. We have nothing to fear but ourselves. Do we choose self-destruction or love of the Republic -- the entire Republic?"
Dr. Metzler appears regularly on CNN, BBC News, MSNBC, Fox News Strategy Room, CNBC, and more, where he provides expert commentary on U.S. and global affairs, politics, human rights, human capital, diversity and related issues. He travels extensively speaking to colleges, organizations and businesses in the United States and globally. In addition to a master's degree in human rights from Columbia University, he also holds a PhD from University of Aberdeen in Law, as well as diplomas and postgraduate certificates in law. He is a member of The University of Oxford in England, as well as a member of Kellogg College at the University of Oxford. At Oxford, he read international human rights law, leading to a law degree (MsT) in international human rights law from Oxford. He is the author of "The Construction and Rearticulation of Race in a Post-Racial America."
Website: DrChristopherMetzler.com
Contact: Stacey Barker, [email protected]

Economic Impact of California Wildfires
Nicholas Reksten
Economist, Professor of Economics
University of Redlands
Dr. Reksten is available to discuss how environmental issues and events, such as the current California wildfires, impact the economy: "In addition to the terrible loss of human and other animal lives, the fires impose a number of other costs -- short- and long-term -- on society. More resources must be set aside for firefighting and rebuilding structures after the fires. Output can be lost or diminished when farms or other places of business are located near the fires and are either damaged or evacuated because of it. If the fires close major roads, people lose time in traffic that they could otherwise be spending in a more productive or fulfilling way, and, of course, their cars emit more pollution from running longer. The ash and smoke blown into the air by the fires drifts into nearby communities severely worsening air quality, which can exacerbate asthma and other respiratory problems, especially in vulnerable populations."
Website: http://www.redlands.edu
Contact: Jennifer Dobbs, [email protected]

California Wildfires and Climate Change
Monty Hempel
Professor, Environmental Studies
University of Redlands
"We live in a time when it is hard to distinguish natural disasters from human-induced ones. California's wildfires are a good example of this. It seems very likely that human-caused climate change is contributing heavily to both California's vulnerability to wildfires and to the extreme weather and wind conditions that make those fires much more destructive when they occur."
Dr. Hempel is director of the environmental science department at the University of Redlands and past president of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS). He is an internationally recognized authority on climate disruption, such as wildfire events, environmental science and politics, and other environmental issues.
Website: http://www.redlands.edu
Contact: Jennifer Dobbs, [email protected]

Impact of Bitcoin's Rise
Brad Rosen
Legal Analyst
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, U.S.
Based in Illinois, Rosen is available to discuss the impact of bitcoin's rise on the CBOE's newly launched Chicago Futures Exchange flagship bitcoin futures, as well as what conditions it will take for regulators to step in to take action in the market: "The Securities Exchange Commission has been more tentative in its approach, but I expect that they will be stepping up efforts to combat fraud in the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) space, an area closely related to cryptocurrencies. The SEC's new Cyber Unit (established in September) recently brought its first fraud action against a Quebec based enterprise that raised at least $15 million in an ICO. The SEC has indicated that ICOs, generally, must adhere to the commission's registration requirements when capital raising activities are involved. Notably, over $3 billion has been raised in ICO market in the past year, with much of it not involving the registration process. Accordingly, I fully expect that SEC will step up its enforcement activities in the ICO realm, especially where fraud is suspected. I also expect to see a marked increase in private litigation in this arena as well in 2018."
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/bradrosen
Website: https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com
Contact: Nicole Turano, [email protected]

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