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Sgt. Buck, a horse that symbolized Marine Corps history, mourned in South Jersey
Sgt. Buck, a horse that symbolized Marine Corps history, mourned in South Jersey Sgt. Buck, a horse that symbolized Marine Corps history, mourned in South Jersey Check out this story on thedailyjournal.com: https://www.thedailyjournal.com/story/news/local/2019/09/19/vineland-nj-horse-sgt-buck-remembered-service-history-semper-fi-marine-detachment/2370060001/
Deborah Marko, Vineland Daily Journal Published 8:20 a.m. ET Sept. 19, 2019 | Updated 8:21 a.m. ET Sept. 19, 2019
VINELAND – Staff Sgt. Buck, a local horse that came to symbolize U.S. Marine Corps history, died Sunday succumbing to a respiratory ailment. He was 32.
"Believe me when I tell you, our guys were very saddened by it," Edwin Alicea of Semper Marine Detachment 205 told The Daily Journal. "He had become such a major part of our ceremony."
Owned by the Tonetta family, Buck took on the role of the caparisoned horse during veterans' events, including the city's annual Memorial Day observances. The local marines "adopted" the horse, providing him with a red blanket adorned with the Marine emblem.
Buck was recruited into military service through his 4-H connections.
City Solicitor Rick Tonetta said his wife, Nancy, and daughter, Amanda, are active in the organization. When they learned veterans wanted to incorporate the riderless horse tradition into their ceremonies, the Tonettas volunteered Buck.
The standardbred's demure demeanor was perfectly suited to the somber role.
Trained for western riding, Buck tended to keep his head lowered, Tonetta said. Accustomed to trail riding, he wasn't easily rattled and stood unshaken, even during 21-gun salutes.
"He was a push button horse, he did what you wanted," Tonetta said.
Sgt. Buck, the Vineland standardbred (pictured here) portrayed the riderless horse in many Memorial Day observances. (Photo: Adam Monacelli/The Daily Journal)
Buck highlighted the need to teach a new generation about military customs and that may be his legacy.
Rusty Hughes, the Marine who often escorted Buck, was upset one day.
After a parade, Hughes told his fellow Marines of a youngster laughing and pointing to the horse saying, "Oh look, they made mistake, the boots are pointing backwards," Alicea said.
"At that's when I told the guys at the Marine Corps League, that's our fault," said Alicea, also the city's public safety director. "We are veterans, we are supposed to educate the public as to what that means."
The tradition of boots reversed in the stirrups is believed to date back to the time of Genghis Khan, Alicea said, noting it's come to symbolize a fallen leader.
It became a Memorial Day ritual to bring Buck into the Memorial Circle at Landis Park and share the history of the riderless horse.
"It's very symbolic to military personnel," Alicea said. "It means a leader who was lost in battle."
During the ceremony earlier this year, Buck was honored with a meritorious promotion to the rank of staff sergeant. The Marines added the sergeant's chevron as well as two hash marks denoting eight years of service to the horse's blanket.
The tradition will continue with the Tonetta family offering their other horse, Goldie, to step in. She comes with experience, filling in once when Buck was unwell, Rick Tonetta said.
Local Marines plan to acknowledge Buck's service and arrangements are pending, Alicea said.
"He has served us very, very well," Alicea said "We will miss him; may he rest in peace in green pastures."
Deborah M. Marko is a senior reporter with The Daily Journal. Currently focused on breaking news and education issues, she also oversees community outreach programs that promote literacy and public safety. Got a story idea? Call 856-563-5256. Follow on Twitter: @dmarko_dj Instagram: deb.marko.dj Help support local journalism with a The Daily Journal subscription.
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Home Entertainment Manga & Anime Watch order of ghost in the shell you need to follow
Watch order of ghost in the shell you need to follow
Ghost in the shell watch order
An introduction to the series
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. second GIG
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex − Solid State Society
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
Additional Notes about Ghost in the Shell watching request
The Ghost in the Shell enlivened establishment comprises of three component anime films, a full anime series, and a few unique video movements (OVA). Because of the series and OVAs now and again being common retellings, individuals frequently get confounded with regards to what to watch and in what request. This is the reason we are here, so continue to pursue to discover more!
Phantom in the Shell – in Japan known as Mobile Armored Riot Police is a cyberpunk establishment dependent on the manga series composed and outlined by Masamune Shirō.
The manga appeared in 1989 and before long became one of the most famous cyberpunk manga throughout the planet, reclassifying and raising the class higher than ever. It follows the anecdotal counter-cyberterrorist association Public Security Section 9, driven by hero Major Motoko Kusanagi, and is set in mid-21st century Japan.
Alongside the manga, the tales have been adjusted into a 1995 film of similar name and its continuation, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence; the 2002 TV series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and its 2020 development, Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045; and the Ghost in the Shell: Arise unique video activity (OVA) series.
What's more, an American-created true-to-life film featuring Scarlett Johansson was delivered in 2017 to blended surveys. Close by that, few computer games dependent on the establishment have been delivered.
Since you know the fundamentals, let us provide you with an outline of the entire anime series and the best watching request.
Masamune Shirō began his Ghost in the Shell establishment in 1989 with the first manga, which had an aggregate of three volumes. During the 1990s, the organization Production I.G initiated its creation of the anime variations of the manga, beginning with the 1995 movie Ghost in the Shell coordinated by Mamoru Oshii.
The film was a business achievement and was commended by pundits for its visuals, story and characters, turning into an urgent cyberpunk work. A spin-off, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, was delivered in 2004 and was additionally applauded by pundits, in any event, seeking the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
The series likewise comprises of an anime series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, which was circulated from 2002 to 2005. It has a sum of 52 scenes and was later retold as two unique video activities (OVA). It was additionally joined by an anime film, which filled in as the series finale. The story proceeded as a unique organization liveliness (ONA) in 2020.
In 2013, the Ghost in the Shell: Arise unique video liveliness (OVA) was delivered, comprising of five scenes. It wasn't unique, yet rather a rethought rendition of the first story. The OVA was subsequently adjusted into a 10-scene anime series. A subsequent film, Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, was delivered in 2015.
This is the overall outline of the anime establishment and its fundamental components. You would now be able to see the best watching request for that equivalent establishment.
Presently, since the entire Ghost in the Shell sequence may be somewhat befuddling, we've chosen to make a legitimate ghost in the shell watch order for you, so you can partake in the account as it should've been shown:
The anime film from 1995, set in 2029; on the other hand, you can begin with its redo, Ghost in the Shell 2.0 from 2008.
The first anime series (2002-2005) set in 2030, which ran for 52 scenes; then again, if you would prefer not to watch the entire series, you can look at The Laughing Man, a full-length OVA outline of the S.A.C. anime's first season, which circulated in 2005.
The second period of the S.A.C. anime, set in 2032; on the other hand, you can watch Individual Eleven, a full-length OVA from 2006, which retells the occasions of S.A.C. second GIG, however, modified to zero in on the two the famous Individual Eleven examination and the connection between Hideo Kuze and Motoko Kusanagi, which wasn't that significant in the anime.
The well-known 2004 spin-off of the main film, moreover set in 2032.
A series tie-in film from 2006, set in 2034; you can likewise look at the 3D-energized re-discharge from 2011.
An OVA series that circulated from 2013 to 2015, is set in 2027. It's a prequel recounting the history of Section 9; assuming you need it, you can then again watch the Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture anime, which is a TV recompilation for the Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series.
Delivered in 2015, is a film set straightforwardly after the Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series, and is a story continuation of the plot of the Pyrophoric Cult scene. The first film's plot trails this film, so it's set in the middle of the OVA series and the primary film.
The most recent portion in the establishment, really a unique organization movement (ONA) 3D series circulating since April 2020. It is set in 2045 and proceeds with the story years after Solid State Society and its plot. As of September 2020, the series is as yet continuous.
Presently, we need to give a couple of additional notes for you to comprehend this watching request. Above all else, we've recorded the Arise OVA and its connections as something you should observe later, notwithstanding it being a prequel series.
Why? All things considered, basically because it's a prequel that requires in advance information on the universe of Ghost in the Shell, so it's not a history, simply a prequel which you would not comprehend on the off chance that you didn't watch all the other things. This is the reason you should look at it later, instead of sooner.
Concerning the connection between S.A.C. second GIG and Innocence, since they're both set in 2032, we can just express that the primary film and Innocence follow an unexpected account line in comparison to the anime, even though they are important for a similar universe.
This is the reason it may appear to be odd from the outset – since they're set around the same time yet don't appear to have any association between them – however when you know this reality, that they're not inside a similar account system, you're all set. These are the main comments that identify with our proposed watching request of the Ghost in the Shell vivified establishment.
Also, the writing is on the wall. This is your definitive manual for watching Ghost in the Shell, both the films and other connection anime (series, OVA). We suggest watching the series in the recommended watching request since it's the real in-story sequential request that will provide you with an ideal impression of the total account.
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How to responsibly resume onsite operations, business continuity, and worker safety in 2021.
The news of effective COVID-19 vaccines from multiple pharmaceutical companies has people anticipating living life without masks very soon. But experts are saying—not so fast. We won't truly be out of the woods until there is widespread immunization and the contagion rate goes down, and that could take a while.
That means, as we move into 2021, there will still be guidelines to follow from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) around personal protective equipment (PPE) and social distancing. Companies will continue to allow telecommuting and will continue to invest and use technology to stay connected with employees, partners, suppliers, and customers—regardless of location. And keep that mask handy because many American citizens are embracing the wearing of masks in public and, even after the pandemic passes, a mask may be the new social norm anytime someone is not feeling well. Masks in, handshakes out.
But it's not just human behavior that is changing. Business has changed, too. Manufacturers have learned how to be resilient during this pandemic, responding quickly to disruptions in the supply chain and in their own operations. And the "new normal" may just be here to stay.
"Enabling business continuity has sweeping implications beyond the pandemic," says Wes Sylvester, global director of the manufacturing, energy, and industrials practice at Cisco Systems Inc. "We have spent a lot of time talking to CIOs, CFOs, and people running the plants, and most of them are finding that safety will be of the utmost importance when they make a transition back. And they are working on being more resilient, everything from supplier diversity to the opportunity to go back into the office or make more roles permanently work from home. Everyone is focused on work from home and remote access and those things we believe will stay after the issues have subsided. But one survey I recently saw said 75% of workers still want an office and a place to go. So, as you think about scaling up remote access and work, you also have to think about how to scale it down in times of crisis."
Crisis could be a pandemic, a power outage, or a natural disaster. It's anything that disrupts operations. Going forward, business continuity requires resiliency, which Sylvester says relies on four business behaviors: respond, reflect, reimagine, and rebound.
Response is the immediate "must-do" reactions including social distancing, contact tracing, PPE, temperature screening, and cleaning. Reflect includes a plan for the next three to 12 months, such as hybrid work modes, stabilizing the supply chain, retaining institutional knowledge, and adopting remote access, remote experts, and mobile workers. Reimagine includes a plan for the new normal. That could mean new digital businesses, new products, near sourcing supplies, more connected supply chains, and advanced manufacturing technologies. And then a company can rebound by putting new models to work.
Of course, rebounding requires management to think differently.
Future-back strategy development
While we can all learn from the past year, it's more important to look far into the future. So, for example, here we are in a world where companies like Facebook are announcing it anticipates that half of its employees will permanently work from home by 2030, brought on as a result of a pandemic that is changing the way we work. But it's not so easy to do. It requires technology, policies, process changes, new rules, and a culture shift to ensure people working at home feel as rewarded and in the know as those working onsite.
"It's a system problem," says Mark Johnson, co-founder and senior partner at growth strategy firm Innosight. "Trying to get someone to do something breakthrough means not following the traditional path upward and onward. It's not like following Lean and Six Sigma to drive efficiency improvement. It's a step change, a point of departure, and a transformation."
Johnson co-authored a book on how to evolve an organization toward a new paradigm. The book, called Lead from the Future, How to Turn Visionary Thinking into Breakthrough Growth, focuses on a concept called "future-back," which addresses the barriers to change that exist in established organizations. "Systems replace systems, so what is the new system? Imagine that and architect it and work it back."
To do that, answer the questions: What's the objective and what do you imagine are all of the pieces of the system in the future? What assumptions have you made and how do you walk back to the experiments you need to start today?
And, while it may seem to be a reverse engineering exercise, "the difference here is that the system is not just technological, but it involves humans. Nobody knows what the world will look like 10 years from now, but by having the conversations, bringing in trends and the potential disrupters, and spending the time to ask the right questions and have the right discussions, you start to develop a point of view," Johnson says. "It's filled with assumptions, but innovation teams are often surprised by how much of a sense of direction they have of where they want to go."
During the COVID-19 crisis, so much has changed and it isn't going to go away, Johnson says. Management should ask questions to figure out what the future company "system" will look like. "But the better question is, 'do we have a plan to learn?'"
A good place to start learning is to look at other industries. In education and in cities with smart buildings, there are social distance monitoring and hybrid learning spaces with advanced technology. "In smart buildings, we have an amazing camera solution where we look at people to see if they are socially distanced and if they are wearing the correct PPE," says Cisco's Sylvester.
Cisco is also partnering with other technology providers, like Rockwell Automation to securely connect IT and OT networks, and a collaboration with RealWear helped the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to quickly pivot milk production and distribution in the early months of the pandemic. The DFA is a cooperative composed of more than 13,000 farmers from across the U.S. who were considered essential workers and critical infrastructure when COVID-19 hit. The problem was, most of DFA's milk and dairy products are distributed to schools, businesses, and restaurants—all of which were closed down, sending more people to the grocery store. DFA was not capable of quickly shifting large scale distribution to the grocery stores. So with both an obligation to get food to consumers and obligation to keep farmers in business, DFA turned to Cisco to help them figure it out.
With engineers working at home and less plant personnel onsite, there was a lack of interaction and communication. The people who were working onsite needed to meet—while staying six feet apart. In addition, travel was non-existent, so OEMs could not come onsite to fix equipment.
"We set up remote screens, Webex systems, and the RealWear headsets so everyone could join and see each other and interact on video in the same meeting without having to be in the same conference room," Sylvester said. The RealWear hands-free "head-mounted tablet" also helped teams across manufacturing sites to securely connect with OEMs, suppliers, and contractors for remote expert support. "Now we are working with them on what the plan is for the next three to 12 months, [such as] if we will maintain a hybrid work mode and if there is a cost savings. Also, how will we use this technology to train the next-generation workforce."
RealWear's remote collaboration headset.
HR Best Practices
The ADP Research Institute recently surveyed over 25,000 employees across the globe from 25 countries to understand engagement, resilience, and the impact of COVID-19 on the workplace in 2020. Only 17% of workers were shown to be highly resilient amid the pandemic, but the resilience increases with facts, direct communication, and personal experience. According to the report, "this finding has profound implications for leaders. If it is true that we demonstrate more workplace resilience the more up close and personal we get to the reality of COVID-19, we can conclude that sugar-coating or whitewashing that reality is not helpful. People need facts, not blithe reassurance. Personal experience of the reality of the problem seems to help build resilience to help people overcome fear and access their capacity."
At PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, this honest and upfront approach has created an environment in which employees feel safe enough to come back to work on a staggered schedule of three days in the office and two days telecommuting. It was a phased-in approach that included employee surveys to gauge comfort levels and a task force to make sure everyone was safe.
"During the pandemic, the key words we are using are "flexible" and "responsible," says Laura Clairmont, PMMI's director of human resources, noting that phase one started in May with people coming in one day a week and now are in phase three, which is three days in the office. The task force would check the COVID-19 numbers for both of its office geographic locations, gauge how everyone was feeling, and also followed the CDC and Virginia recommendations of a phased approach to re-opening. They then shifted into the next phase of three days in the office—which remains in place with flexibility based on the need to come into the office for meetings or the need to be home with children who are doing remote learning. Every employee has their temperature taken before entering the building, which is done via a touchless screen. And there is proper PPE available to employees all around the office, as well as while in the office they have strict rules on people in offices and meeting rooms to ensure social distancing. Managers are held accountable for knowing how their staff is doing—especially remote workers. And given the stress of the situation, everyone is encouraged to use the employee assistance program that includes 24/7 access to a third-party mental health professional.
"This is the norm until COVID-19 is over," Clairmont says. "And it is working. We are functioning and able to get all of our work done no problem with people not seeing each other [every day]." One of the tools that has helped connect people wherever they are working is the association's adoption of the RingCentral cloud-based communications platform supporting voice, text, videoconferencing, and web meetings, which was deployed prior to the pandemic. In fact, it's working so well that Clairmont anticipates that employees will want to continue telecommuting post pandemic. "But we don't have an answer for that yet."
And, once a vaccine is available to the masses, there's another question that HR professionals may not have the answer to: Can private employers require employees to take the vaccine?
The vaccine question
According to the National Law Review: "Because there is no law or regulation that directly address this issue, employers considering a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy should analyze how mandatory flu vaccination policies have been interpreted… It is possible the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may approach the COVID-19 vaccine differently than its traditional position on mandatory flu vaccinations. From the beginning of the pandemic, the EEOC has recognized COVID-19 meets the higher threshold 'direct threat standard,' which allows employers to conduct more extensive medical inquiries and controls than normal."
And, let's say an employer does go the route of mandating vaccines before someone may return to work, they will need a HIPAA-compliant way for HR organizations to manage and track vaccinations. Healthcare management technology company, ixlayer, recently announced the COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Platform which could play an important role in the last mile of vaccination, including onboarding medical histories, engaging patients, and reporting critical data to federal, state, and local health departments. Through the ixlayer dashboard, employers, health departments, and other organizations will be able to divide responsibilities and manage access.
The ixlayer platform provides a way for employees to get pre-educated on the vaccine and go through a screening process from the comfort of their home so that clinical staff already have their information. Then, post-vaccination, there's the ability to follow the individual to make sure there are no side effects and that there is follow-up as the current coronavirus vaccines will require two injections spaced either three or four weeks apart. "Building upon the foundation of our technology, ixlayer is transforming into a fully integrated testing and vaccine distribution system for organizations to manage and scale COVID-19 responses from one central platform seamlessly and efficiently," says ixlayer CEO Pouria Sanae.
Vaccine tracking is just another change that organizations may see moving forward. But changes are touching every aspect of business—including sales.
The more things change the more they stay the same
According to Growth Dynamics, a global sales performance analysis company, sales organizations are dealing with three issues amid the pandemic: Struggling to find a way to re-define the role of sales to recruit the right talent; arming themselves with a strong value proposition or reason why a customer or prospect should want to meet; and not prospecting enough to build a pipeline of new customers for 2021.
Over the past several months tools like LinkedIn serve as a good way to reach out to potential prospects virtually vs. a cold call. But even with social media and videoconferencing, "the most effective tool in sales is still the phone," says Ty Swain, CEO of Growth Dynamics. "It's about being able to focus on the conversation."
And conversations are key to connecting with customers—which has always been the case with or without a pandemic. Right now, however, it's all about listening. "Leadership needs to have their sales team reach out to existing and prospective customers and instead of sell, ask them what they are seeing and experiencing, and if they have a need for the types of things that the company does," Swain says. "Instead of selling, ask questions and build a rapport."
In addition, Swain says, sales leadership have to know how to use CRM and LinkedIn tools and give the sales team direction on how to go about developing new customers in a digital environment. And, like Innosight's Johnson noted, create a new standard based on what the future might look like—not what is happening in the present or even the past.
Sure, it may be harder to predict what the sales pipeline will be in 2021, and companies may be struggling to retain and support the existing customer base. But that is just another symptom of the pandemic. "The role of sales is not harder, it's just changed," says Swain.
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Leaders in Baltimore are calling for the rejection of cuts in President Donald Trump's first budget proposal that was sent to Congress May 23. Cuts that are too deep for members of the President's own party, according to news reports.
The president is proposing to cut federal spending by more than $3.6 trillion over the next decade at the expense of programs that help low-income families; which includes a disproportionate number of African-Americans.
City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young (D) said the proposed budget "is unnecessarily cruel and will endanger the health of Baltimore's most at-risk residents." (Courtesy Photo)
City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young (D) said the proposed budget "is unnecessarily cruel and will endanger the health of Baltimore's most at-risk residents."
"The reality is that this budget represents an attempt to shred the social safety net by divesting from programs and services that save lives," he said. Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh declined comment on the proposed budget's impact on the city through a spokesman.
NAACP Chairman Leon W. Russell said "[he's] not sure what is more insidious; regurgitating the sham of old trickle-down theories of economics or purposely refusing to adequately fund civil rights positions necessary to protect individuals from voter suppression, job discrimination, or police brutality."
Trump's budget proposal would cut $800 billion from Medicaid, $200 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – referred to as food stamps – and $72 billion from disability benefits over the next 10 years.
Carmen Del Guercio, president and CEO of the Maryland Food Bank, called SNAP "a critical tool for hundreds of thousands of Marylanders who are struggling to make ends meet."
"Simply put, the Maryland Food Bank is not in a position to meet the increased demand for food assistance today, should the proposed cuts move forward," Del Guercio said adding that the food bank is working at capacity.
The budget cuts proposed "will totally upset individuals, families and institutions from rural to urban America," said the Rev. Dr. Alvin Hathaway Sr., senior pastor of Union Baptist Church in Baltimore.
"It's unfortunate his business experience is being used as a justification for a hostile takeover of American's social net, that's defines the benevolence of our society," Hathaway said.
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Nobody ever really knows why someone else commits suicide — that's what makes it an ultimate act, an unsettling challenge to those of us who keep on. Anyway, it doesn't matter why. The death of David Foster Wallace is simply a fact now and we're the ones who have to deal with it.
I fear that we didn't do very well by David. We didn't listen to him closely enough and we kept making him into something that he wasn't. We called him an ironist. We suggested, often enough, that he was part of The Problem. Or we simply dismissed him as a cute and funny writer with a number of tricks up his sleeve. It was true, of course, that he never came up with a solution — no one has. But he dedicated himself to the problem of America, how to write about it, how to care about it, how to negotiate between loving it and hating it.
Because he was reasonably honest, he ended up taking crap from all sides. To the cultural conservatives he was everything bad about postmodernism. To the postmodernists, he was the wunderkind and court jester who served literary pleasure. But he was neither. He was never willing to fall into either of those camps.
David Foster Wallace has left us with quite a few great essays. Perhaps none is as great as the piece "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction," collected in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. I think of it as an anti-manifesto. It is the painstaking elucidation of a genuine conundrum. I call it a genuine conundrum because there is a difference between simply being confused and having earned your confusion. In "E Unibus Pluram," Wallace lets himself think about literature as a task, literature as something each generation has to try and get right. Bravely, he begins the essay talking about television. He likes television. Goddamit we all like television. He will not join the ranks of those who simply dismiss the boob tube as nothing more than that. Or as Wallace puts it, laconically, "American literary fiction tends to be about U.S. culture and the people who inhabit it." For Wallace, the central problem is not whether television is good or bad. Television, he wants to say, is constitutive of who we are, and that which is constitutive of who we are is beyond simple value judgments — it has become the necessary ground from which we proceed. You can't be a writer, you can't write about how the people around you experience the world, without taking into account that simple but massively important fact. You have to deal with television and other aspects of American popular culture, truly deal with it. And yet, Wallace doesn't want to be reduced to television. He is confused about just how much he should accept it and how much he should reject it. He is trying to find the right balance in the midst of his confusion.
His writing sensibility is thus born from the "Metafiction" movement of the '60s. These were the guys who tried to confront a new America with a new literature. In short, these writers (Pynchon, Barth, etc.) were willing to put television and consumer culture into the heart of their literary endeavors. As he writes in "E Unibus Pluram":
Metafictionists may have had aesthetic theories out the bazoo, but they were also sentient citizens of a community that was exchanging an old idea about itself as a nation of doers and be-ers for a new vision of the U.S.A. as an atomized mass of self-conscious watchers and appeasers. For metafiction, in its ascendant and most important phases, was really nothing more than a single-order expansion of its great theoretical nemesis, Realism: If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it.
That's very funny, but funny-true. The main point is that we really don't have much of a choice. If you're going to confront the world and then write about it you're going to have to confront people as they are. In fin de siècle America, no one is spending time gazing at the countryside in a coach from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Wallace was also willing to recognize that this puts literature a tricky situation. A society of television watchers, and watchers watching ourselves watch, is always going to be in danger of producing a literature that is itself caught up in that dialectic. Wallace watched it happening. He watched his literary forefathers, writers like Pynchon and Gaddis, get caught up in the game of ironic distancing that itself had already been mastered by the cultural mainstream they were trying to critique. That was one side of Wallace's critique of irony. He was suspicious of an irony that pretends it has the answers and confronts the world in the basic mood of paranoia and mockery. There is no real outside, he realized. There is no place above it all from which literature can speak to the world.
It won't do, then, for the literary establishment simply to complain, for instance, young-written characters don't have very interesting dialogues with one another, that young writer's ears seem "tinny." Tinny they may be, but the truth is that…[w]hat most of the people I know do is they all sit and face the same direction and stare at the same thing and then structure commercial-length conversations around the sorts of questions that myopic car-crash witnesses might ask each other — "Did you just see what I saw?"
And allow me a brief aside here. In recognizing that American fiction really had to deal with the experiences of actual Americans, Wallace taps into an old theme of American literature. To whit, he's still wondering what it is about the American experience that makes it American (Is it special? Is it unique? Can it compete with the others?). There's a great short essay by Malcolm Cowley called "The Middle American Prose Style." In it, he traces an American literary voice from Hemingway back to Twain, and ultimately to the stories of David Crockett that were collected and published in the early 19th century. Cowley notes two things in particular. One, that from Crockett on there is a "habit of making flat assertions about their emotional reactions that come after a series of violent images and therefore give the effect of understatement." Well, this is the same thing that Wallace is talking about with the people sitting around together watching extraordinary things on television and then asking each other, relatively dispassionately, whether others saw it, too. Cowley's second main observation is that there is a certain attention to a spoken vernacular and its inherent repetition in the Crockettian prose style. Cowley says, "neither did Gertrude Stein invent the trick of repeating the same word in several sentences, so that it gives a keynote to the paragraph. Crockett found the trick instinctively…" Well, just look at a phrase from the above quote from Wallace: "What most of the people I know do is they all sit and face the same direction and stare at the same thing and then…."
Wallace's innovation is that he takes this "Middle American Prose Style" and he applies it to the contemporary situation in which "Middle American Experience" isn't quite so simple anymore. It has been wrapped over on itself a couple of times due to all the watching and the watching of the watching. It has also been complicated by history and by good times and bad times and back again a couple of cycles through. There's no frontier anymore, in the land or in the mind. The imagination runs up against itself. Wallace faced up to that state of affairs and pushed the "Middle American Prose Style" where it needed to go in response.
But writing purely from the inside was never satisfying to him either. That is the other side of Wallace's critique of irony. He never liked irony in its Kierkegaardian mode, in its refusal to take on any position in the glib knowingness that everything might as well be everything else. This is where he would get angry at the people who simply aped the language and the attitudes that they observed around them. He didn't want to drown in that mess.
And so, funnily enough, David Foster Wallace ended up searching for a new way to be a realist, just as so many generations of writers have done before him. He wanted to get hold of what it's like to be a person in this particular world without either dismissing the vast sea of commercial and popular culture we live in or pretending that we don't often feel uneasy swimming around in that sea. He wanted to take that sea seriously as the ground and condition of our experience without thereby being taken in by everything it says about itself. This left him with few genuine allies in the cultural battles of the last two decades. And I don't think he ever felt that he had worked his way out of that dilemma. It was operating on him, I suspect, until the day he died.
He once said in an interview, "I don't think I'm talking about conventionally political or social action-type solutions. That's not what fiction's about. Fiction's about what it is to be a fucking human being." I take this phrase "a fucking human being" to be something of a technical term in Wallace's thinking. A fucking human being is a human being who is right in the middle. A fucking human being grew up and learned basic attitudes and gestures of being human partly by watching television. And then things got more complicated. A fucking human being finds it easy to slip into the sensibility of any Joe Sixpack coming home from a day at work but simultaneously really wants to know exactly what it feels like and how it works itself out internally to be just such a person. A fucking human being is constantly struggling to find the proper approach by which one can accept the weirdness of contemporary life as real, while at the same time saying something real, something true, about it.
I'm sorry, David, that we didn't always care for you in the way that we should have. We assumed too often, and with a notable lack of empathy and perception, that you were having fun tossing yourself around on the waves of our contemporary discontent. But you meant it and you were always going for a literature that means it. You weren't like so many of the others. You were a fucking human being. • 19 September 2008
Morgan Meis has a PhD in Philosophy and is a founding member of Flux Factory, an arts collective in New York. He has written for n+1, The Believer, Harper's Magazine, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. He won the Whiting Award in 2013. Morgan is also an editor at 3 Quarks Daily, and a winner of a Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant. A book of Morgan's selected essays can be found here. He can be reached at morganmeis@gmail.com.
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The newest film from Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, ALPS) played for one night in Victoria and has another sold out one coming up in Sidney. This is his first English film and is filled with recognizable names and faces popping up throughout the film. It follows Lanthimos' trend to have weird settings for his films. This is a dystopian future where single people are sent to a hotel where they must fall in love within 45 days or be turned into an animal of their choice. We see Colin Farrell's character David come to this hotel and also his departure to the other side of this future. The loners who live in the woods, listen exclusively to electronic music, and have rules about remaining alone. There is comedy found throughout this piece from how absurd the people act and accept this world. The film was filmed in Ireland and the cinematographer makes great use of Irish landscape. The layout of the hotel set is reminiscent of a Wes Anderson set but just perverted a little bit to fit the tone. If you want to see a enjoyable yet odd premise movie, The Lobster, fills all those areas and would be a great film to go see.
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Updated: October 13, 2022, 6:11 PM
Tags: Healthy Heart, Breast Cancer, Morning Show
Breast cancer myths: How much do you know?
There are 3.8 million breast cancer survivors living in the US
Published: October 13, 2022, 5:00 AM Updated: October 13, 2022, 6:11 PM
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to educate yourself about the disease. However, there are many myths about the disease which we are going to debunk.
ORLANDO, Fla. – October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month – a perfect time to educate yourself about the disease that impacts one in every eight women in the US. But there are a lot of fallacies when it comes to this common cancer.
"I just, I felt something, and I thought, huh, it was real tiny, but it just felt different," Kristen Lyons, a breast cancer survivor said.
"I didn't think anything of it because of my age, and I found blood in my bra," Roshni Kamta, another survivor, said.
Kristen and Roshani are two in 3.8 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States.
Though there's a lot of awareness, there's also a lot of false information floating around.
A first myth: You must have a lump to have breast cancer!
The truth is many cancers are found on mammograms that may not be felt. And not all lumps are bad – in fact, 80 percent of breast lumps that are biopsied are not cancer.
Another claim: you're not likely to get breast cancer if no one in your family has it.
Dr. Scott Ackerman with Ackerman Cancer Center joins us to discuss the importance of self-exams for breast cancer and getting mammograms.
The truth is only about five to 10% of breast cancers are caused by genetic mutations. And do mammograms always catch breast cancer? Studies show mammograms miss about 20%of breast cancers at the time of screening. And having dense breast tissue makes it more difficult to spot and raises your risk for breast cancer by two to four times.
"It just makes it more difficult for the radiologist to pick up any smaller tumor, if it's present there," Tricia Morino, an oncologist and hematologist said.
You may have heard that a mastectomy is a better option than a lumpectomy, but this is also false in many cases.
Recent studies have shown survival after a lumpectomy combined with radiation is equivalent to that of a mastectomy for most early-stage breast cancers.
Other common myths: bras with underwire, nipple piercings, and deodorant will cause breast cancer.
There's no scientific proof that any of these will increase your risk. Some things that have been linked to breast cancer risk are using some forms of hormone replacement therapy for more than five years and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
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If you have no idea where you want to go to college, or what you want to study, starting the process can be over-whelming. Where do you even start your college search?
It's almost that time again – time to start on college applications! But how do you choose a college? How do you know which university is right for you?
You need to think beyond name brand colleges that have an admission rate around only 5%!
It's an understatement to say that admission to Stanford is competitive. The acceptance rate is less than 5%. But that college application stress caused by these admission requirements is harmful to students and society is less well known, even after all the good press Harvard University got for its report, Turning the Tide.
At Stanford University, Challenge Success has been trying for a decade to highlight the corrosive educational policies driven by college application requirements. They provide research and information to help parents and high schools alleviate college application stress.
It's no secret, admission to the top universities in the United States is very, very competitive. But the fact that these admission requirements are detrimental to students and society is less well known, even after all the good press Harvard University got for its report, Turning the Tide.
At Stanford University, Challenge Success has been trying for a decade to highlight these corrosive educational policies and help parents and high schools alleviate the detrimental effects.
But has either university taken the advice of their own experts and changed their admission requirements?
Have Stanford admission requirements changed in response to their own research?
In spite of the evidence that the current college admission requirements are harmful to students' well-being, Harvard is not alone in their admission requirements. You can see the same values reflected in the Stanford admission requirements.
Last year, Harvard made headlines announcing that the current college admission process is detrimental to students and society. The report called for radical change in college admission selection criteria. In my last post,"Is Harvard "turning the tide" in admissions to Ivy League schools?" I looked to see if there was any evidence that Harvard is taking any steps to change college applications in their own admission process.
Unfortunately, aside from some changes in some essay topics, they are not.
Cynically, I wasn't surprised. I noticed one tiny, but significant, detail on the website where I read their report, Turning the Tide, even, before I looked up Harvard's current admission application information….
Is Harvard "turning the tide" in admissions to Ivy League schools?
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Harvard got a lot of positive press last year when it announced its report, Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern For Others And The Common Good Through College Admissions. The Harvard Turning the Tide report found the current college admissions' process is damaging to students. As Harvard states on its website, this report is "the first step in a two-year campaign that seeks to substantially reshape the existing college admissions process." One year in on a two year campaign, has the Harvard admission process changed?
National Merit Semi-Finalist qualifying scores won't be announced by the National Merit Corporation until the September the year after the October PSAT. The best predictor is often the scores from the previous year, but scores do go up – and sometimes down. A year is a long time to wait! So if your score is close, you can't help but try to figure out what the National Merit qualifying score for your state might be. This will help you know if you need to prepare for the next step in the competition, like achieving a National Merit confirming SAT score.
Have National Merit PSAT scores gone up or down from 2015-2016?
To complicate it further, they publish this chart for the 1520 scale score, not the National Merit Selection Index score, the 228 score scale….
You've read about them. Those super-start students who're valedictorian, took 7 AP classes and tested out of 3 more AP credits, played in the school marching band, got accepted to Harvard, and started up their own non-profit on the side. All while making it look easy. But was it easy? William Deresiewicz starts out Excellent Sheep, the Miseducation of the American Elite & The Way to a Meaningful Life, by pointing out that the easy super-star student is a myth.
Of course, it's just numbers, and just because it's written in a book, doesn't mean it's true. But when what I'm reading matches my own experiences, I start to take notice….


The popular Michigan retail company, M22, is being sued by the state over trademark issues.
9 & 10 News reports that this isn't the first time the company has been hit with a lawsuit. In 2012, Attorney General Bill Schuette stated that no entity can trademark state highways because its part of the public domain.
M22 LLC is a local company, with a storefront in Traverse City, that is known for putting the famous highway logo on clothing, accessories and other items. The owners of the company believe they have increased tourism to the state, and especially Northern Michigan because of their products. They've been around for 10 years now.
M22, the highway, is a scenic route in the northern part of the state that goes along Manistee, Benzie, Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties.
This also comes after the state announced they will be removing the "M" from the M22 sign due to theft.
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Indian Chemical Export Controls System and the Australia Group
Rajiv Nayan
Rajiv Nayan is Senior Research Associate at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile.
January-June 2011
India has an elaborate and comprehensive export controls system for chemical agents that can be used for chemical warfare. Strict control of chemical agents is considered important because, of all the dual use items, chemicals constitute the largest category of Indian exports. President Obama, during his trip to India, endorsed India's candidature for the Australia Group. Later, France supported the Indian candidature. A team of the Australia Group visited India in the last week of April 2011 and interacted with Indian officials and experts working on export controls.
Set up in 1985, the Australia Group has been controlling exports of chemical agents with military ramifications from the very beginning. It included Biological agents in the early 1990s. After the operationalisation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), it was assumed that this informal group would cease to exist. The Australia Group reinvented itself. The CWC has detailed provisions for export controls. It has three schedules of chemical considered relevant for chemical weapons. The Australia Group controls some additional items outside the CWC list and uses this as one of the reasons for its continued existence. 1
The international community, of late, has realized the importance of bringing India into the multilateral export controls regimes because of the increasing Indian profile. The move started at the track-II level and resulted in the acceptance at the governmental level. Some countries have explicitly supported the Indian membership for the multilateral export controls regimes and many more are informally accepting the merit of India joining the regimes. Generally, analysts think that of all the multilateral export control regimes, the membership for the Australia Group will come first. However, the Government of India wants membership to all the regimes as a package and not in an incremental fashion.
Since the group is going to exist, it is recommended that India should join the Australia Group since it issues informal guidelines and classifies new items for export control. True, strategically, it is not as fascinating as the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) or the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is. The membership may provide India an opportunity in managing export of global commerce in chemical and bio-technology. There are a couple of issues regarding the future of the Indian membership to these groups. The first is that India may have to move a third party application to the Chair of the group that it has fulfilled all the criteria. Secondly an associated question that will be asked is whether India has indeed fulfilled all the criteria.
India has fulfilled all the criteria but putting additional items of the Australia Group in its export controls policy. The move is facing resistance from chemical industry. Putting additional item on the Indian Control list called Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technology List, which is more popular by its abbreviation SCOMET, means additional licensing burden may be imposed on Indian exporters. The item 1 of the SCOMET list contains special chemical items.
The Indian export control system has impressive legal, institutional and enforcement frameworks. India is a signatory to the CWC. As a result, it has to incorporate all the three schedules of CWC into its control list which India has already done. India has passed laws such as the Chemical Weapons Convention Act of 2000. Section 17 of the Act lays down: "No person shall export from, or import into, India a Toxic Chemical or Precursor listed in any of the Schedules 1 to 3 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention except in accordance with the provisions of the Export and Import Policy determined by the Central Government from time to time… ." India is further amending the CWC Act to include some enforcement provisions, especially regarding personnel.
According to a government of India notice2:2
Exports of schedule 1 chemicals are prohibited. Further, no import of schedule 1 chemical can take place except with prior permission from the National Authority obtained under Section 15 of the CWC Act 2000.
Export of schedule 2 chemicals to a non-State Party of the Convention is prohibited. Similarly, import of schedule 2 chemicals from a non-State Party to the Convention is prohibited.
Export of schedule 2 chemicals to State Parties can be made only by those exporters who have obtained a general permission from the DGFT for two years (at a time). They are further subject to information and disclosure requirements as laid down in the DGFT Notification.
Export of schedule 3 chemicals to State Parties is conditional upon information and disclosure requirements as laid down in the concerned DGFT notification.
Exports of schedule 3 chemicals to non-State Parties can be made only after obtaining an export license in this behalf and also subject to information and disclosure requirements as well as End-Use/End User Certificate as laid down in the concerned DGFT Notification.
All importers and exporters of schedule 2 and schedule 3 chemicals are required to submit declarations to the Department of Chemicals on an annual basis as detailed in the Chapter on declarations.
India issues notifications on trade policy under another law, the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act. This 1992 Act has been amended in 2010. One of the principal objectives of the amendment was to bring about tighter control on export or trade of dual-use goods and related technologies. Through the new act, the Government of India seeks to control services as well. The amended act has included other than services technology as well. The Amendment also focuses on provisions such as transfer, re-transfer, transit and trans-shipment in the act, though these provisions had already existed in the Indian regulatory system. Transshipment control along with capability to monitor the export of Australia Group controlled items is one of the criteria for the Group membership. The amended rules also provide for the search and seizure with the approval of a very senior officer of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade. This amendment also grants enabling provisions for establishing controls as in the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 or the WMD Act.
In 2005, the WMD Act was passed to implement India's commitment on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540. The Section 11 of the Act explicitly states: "No person shall export any material, equipment, or technology knowing that such material, equipment, or technology is intended to be used in the design or manufacture of a biological weapon, chemical weapon, nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device, or in their missile delivery systems." In addition, it has an intricate and graded penalty system for dealing with acts of violation. One of the criteria of the membership of the Australia Group is legal penalty. The Act introduced several new elements into the Indian export controls system such as transit and trans-shipment controls, retransfer provisions, technology transfer controls, brokering controls and end-use based controls. Besides, the Customs Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2004 provide statutory authority for export controls.
At the implementation level, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade is the nodal agency for granting license for SCOMET controlled chemicals. However, all the licenses for such export are referred to inter-service agency. The Directorate has devised several parameters and a license application is scrutinized on these.
At the enforcement level, there are enforcement officers. The amendment in the 2000 CWC Act is in progress to introduce some enforcement related provisions. Once this amendment is passed, enforcement arm of the nodal agencies will be further strengthened. As for the chemical industry, there are certain global problems, such as difficulties in distinguishing a commercial consignment from a chemical weapons-related consignment, establishing appropriate commodity thresholds, personal safety inspectors and the diversified but highly specialised nature of chemicals. Importantly, all major customs houses in India have their own chemical labs so any suspicious items are immediately tested. If there is need for further clarification, the item is sent to a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
India will abide by the guidelines of the Australia Group for export of chemicals. It could and should strike a right balance between confidentiality and transparency. India has also an unblemished track record on not only nonproliferation but also on disarmament. It completed the task of chemical weapons destruction within the set time limit. Membership of the Australia Group will not only further authenticate India's principled nonproliferation policy on the chemical weapons, but also enhance India's participation in the global non-proliferation drive. To that extent, it is a welcome step.
1. For the comprehensive lists of the items controlled by the Australia Group see, Australia Group Common Control Lists, accessed on 23 June 2011, available at http://www.australiagroup.net/en/controllists.html
2. Government of India, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention, Export and Import of Schedule Chemicals, http://nacwc.nic.in/,accessed on June 6, 2011
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Safety in the workplace is important regardless where you clock in every day, but it's especially important to master when your professional environment regularly contains hazardous particulates, harmful chemical vapors or radionuclides.
Even basic microbiological work has some associated risks, as oftentimes it is not only necessary to protect the person sitting at the face of the cabinet but the science taking place inside on the work surface. It's with this eye toward protection that laboratories have rightfully turned to employing the use of biosafety cabinets, allowing their technicians to properly and safely handle biosafety agents requiring BSL 1-3 containment.
That just scratches the surface, so we decided to dig a little deeper and get the input of an outside industry expert to talk about the true meaning of creating a culture of safety for biosafety in laboratories and how that relates to leadership.
That expert is Sean Kaufman, CEO of Behavioral-Based Improvement Solutions. Sean's approach to the biosafety industry is truly safety-centric, and his knowledge has been called upon in various high profile circumstances including the 2001 Anthrax attacks and SARS outbreak.
He has testified in front of Congress about infectious diseases and, in 2014, prepared the clinical staff at Emory Healthcare to respond to the first cases of Ebola on American soil. He then traveled to Nigeria and Liberia to prepare healthcare workers there to do the same.
So, let's just say Sean knows his stuff when it comes to biosafety. While his background is diverse, his message is simple: safety matters. We jumped at the opportunity to ask him a few detailed questions—read on to learn how to create a culture of safety and why it's important.
Q: To start, can you describe a little bit of what you do?
A: I'm a behavioral psychologist focusing on infectious disease. Biosafety cabinets are pieces of equipment—very vital pieces of equipment—but I focus on human behavior with and around them. You can spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a cabinet, but all the control can be negated in an instant with inappropriate behavior. I don't think the need for biosafety cabinets is any longer debated.
They're one of the best engineering controls we have in biosafety today. There are lots of complexities, but the workforce needs consistent investment in preparing them to effectively work in a cabinet—that's where I'm an advocate.
Q: Let's start dissecting those complexities. There are so many considerations when it comes to biosafety cabinet selection. How do you begin to conduct risk assessments, and why are they important?
A: That's a big question. When you look at a biosafety cabinet, the first and most basic thing you have to do is determine what you're going to be using it for. Then, decide how much workspace you need.
Are you going to be working with animals?
What type of connection does your science require—are we talking recirculated A2 or thimble connected A2?
Maybe you'll need a fully ducted B?
From a big picture perspective, we look to make sure the cabinet is certified, it is functioning properly and it passes a smoke test. If all those are in check and you've chosen the appropriate equipment, the biosafety engineering aspect has been done for you. Now you must operate safely within the enclosure.
Q: So, after selecting a biosafety cabinet, what comes next?
A: It's absolutely critical to train employees because they are the human interface of the biosafety cabinet, of that engineering control. Leaders need to train them how to choose appropriate personal protective equipment and develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) that answer real questions.
How do we set things up and break them down? In my opinion, by the way, the cabinet should be broken down and cleaned at the end of each night.
What type of disinfectant are we using?
How are we going to deal with corrosives?
Are we working from clean to dirty?
The risk assessment list goes on and on, but having effective, tested and validated SOPs is critical throughout the life of the cabinet. When there are standard, easy to follow checklists in place for routine operations, some of those processes can be streamlined and the risks minimized.
Q: As a behavioral psychologist, I think you're more qualified than anyone to answer this next question: Do you feel ergonomics play a role in safety in the laboratory?
A: Absolutely—but I have my own philosophy on that.
3. They promote the workforce.
When you look at the words 'prepare the workforce,' preparing means that they give the workforce the resources they need to do the job and to do it well. That's where good biosafety cabinet ergonomics come in.
These technicians are dealing with long hours at the bench, and you have to consider posture, arm position and a number of other behaviors that can affect how safe the work actually is.
Adequate preparedness is critical in the workforce, and that's a leadership responsibility.
Q: Can you explain in greater depth the role of ideal leadership in the laboratory and how that relates to safety?
A: To me, biosafety cabinets are phenomenal engineering devices. However, the minute they come in contact with a human exhibiting human behaviors, that person better be trained or the cabinet could risk losing its protectiveness. Again, that's a leadership thing. You can't just give someone a biosafety cabinet and say, 'go work.' You have to train them how to use it.
Some technicians tend to over-rely on the engineering aspects of the cabinet. It's great that they're working in them, but they might botch the glove removal process or become lax at disinfecting. That's how we have instances of individuals coming out of biosafety cabinets and contaminating other areas of their laboratories.
The workforce is supposed to follow some very clear expectations. Even if they were to follow all of them, leadership still has a responsibility to the workforce.
Guidelines and policies bring us together, but being together and doing together are very different things. Everyone has to be on-board with safety in order for it to work, and that starts at the top.
Sean Kaufman spoke before Congress on safety in the laboratory as it pertains to the anthrax incident of June 2014 at the Center for Disease Control.
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Monday, March 9, 1925 (continued)
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While clearing the rock face east of G 7215 E a rock cut slot, roughly pointing southwards [ILLUSTRATION] was unearthed. This in shape resembles the prow of the boat of G I-a but it will not be cleared this season. It lies near G 7215 D2.
Some clearing is also being done to the north-west of the court of G 7102 nearly due north of the serdab, and also to the north of G 7215 C.
A house was constructed by our men for the soldiers to the north of the Khufu Causeway, the materials used being fragments of the boulders broken up in the various streets.
(3) G 7000 X
A longer inspection of the chamber than had previously been possible this morning made a rough preliminary sketch of a few outstanding features desirable. This is given herewith.
[ILLUSTRATION]
A rough and no-scale elevation of the west and east walls is also given.
The upper north segment of the west wall has undoubtedly been blocked with squared stones mortared, the work resembles that in the filling of the main pit. The deep (?) "pit cutting" across the north end of the floor is mainly filled it seems with debris, upon which reset some fragments of thick gold plating from furniture. At the west end at least there are rough boulders and fragments of pottery containing mortar. These often lie on top of the gold foil although they (the blocks) can hardly have fallen from the ceiling, which is plane-faced.
Avenue G 0
G I-a
Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
Khufu Causeway


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Speaker's race is over as Eric Eisnaugle concedes to Chris Sprowls, releases pledges
Published on March 12, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch
Officially.
The contest between Orlando's Eric Eisnaugle and Pinellas Chris Sprowls to serve as Speaker of the Florida House beginning in 2021 ended Friday evening, just hours after the 2016 Legislative Session came to a fitful conclusion.
According to three sources, Eisnaugle personally conceded to Sprowls, who just the day before won over the support of state Reps. Paul Renner and Mike Miller. With those two votes, Sprowls had an insurmountable 14-7 pledge lead.
Several of Sprowls' colleagues in the House tweeted their support after Renner and Miller flipped.
On Friday, Eisnaugle officially released his remaining pledges, one House member told Florida Politics.
"It's done," said another Republican lawmaker.
At one point, Eisnaugle was the frontrunner for the leadership position. But reports emerged that some of his colleagues said he became aloof and disconnected from the membership after winning a majority of pledges. Sprowls emerged as the leading Tampa Bay-area alternative not soon after.
Sprowls, a 32-year-old assistant prosecutor, beat former state Rep. Carl Zimmerman, a Democrat and high school teacher who held one term in the District 65 seat.
The winner of the leadership race will be designated House Speaker in 2021, assuming the GOP maintains its majority in the 120-member chamber, which now stands at 81 Republicans to 39 Democrats.
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An Extraordinary Past A Promising Future
By Rick Damato
Something new may be learned from nearly every retrofit roofing project. Every roofing project is completed with different materials in different places on different structures and often with different clients. The renovation of the roof and parapet of the Green-Meldrim House in historic downtown Savannah, Ga., is one project that provided more than its share of lessons.
Savannah is rich with historically significant buildings and residences. The Green-Meldrim House is known for its architectural uniqueness as well as its historical significance. The story of the roof and parapet refurbishment that was completed in 2010 will doubtless become part of its storied history.
Historic Madison Square posed some challenges. There was little room to work with, and all materials and equipment had to be hoisted to and from the roof by way of a single tower crane.
Historic Landmark
The Green-Meldrim House, also known as the Green-Meldrim Mansion, was designed by the architect John Norris and built in the early 1850s by Charles Green. Green arrived in Savannah in 1833, 100 years after James Oglethorpe designed the city laid out in squares. Green made his fortune as a cotton merchant and was able to fund construction of the finest residence in the city. Norris was a builder and architect whose work included Custom House projects for the United States Treasury Department in Wilmington, N. C., and Savannah.
The house is a described as a Gothic Revival masterpiece. Notable features include the cast iron portico at the entrance and covered porch that surrounds three sides. The crenellated sandstone parapet creates the illusion that the house has a flat roof, which it does not. The original design of the parapet was not only for looks - it was part of the drainage system that sent water under the stones on the way to the cornice gutter.
In 1864, desiring to save his home and his cotton, Edward Green offered his home to General William T. Sherman as the Union Army drew close to Savannah near the end of the Civil War. At first reluctant, Sherman accepted the offer and later reported about the residence in his journals that it was, "a most excellent house… in all respects."
Green's son sold the house to Judge Peter Meldrim in 1892, and the Meldrim heirs sold the house to St. John's Church in 1943 in order to preserve it from destruction. Still owned by St. John's Church, the former servant quarters and stables now serve as a rectory and the main house is open for tours.
The house gained status as a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Like so many historic structures, the Green-Meldrim House has fallen victim to the ravages of the coastal climate, the years, and even an earthquake that destroyed some buildings in Charleston and Savannah in 1886. Beginning with a Save America's Treasures Grant followed by matching contributions and more, the work to repair the parapet and replace the roof systems began in 2008.
Old Structure, New Challenges
The grant and project were overseen by St. John's Church member Anna Habersham Wright Smith. Smith is an architect who spent 15 years in practice in Ireland before returning to her home city of Savannah. In addition to the expertise she gained working on infill structures in Ireland, Smith is great-granddaughter of the second owner of the house, Judge Peter Meldrim.
The sandstone parapet was the first issue to be addressed along with the roof. The project's preservation contractor, Tidewater Preservation Inc. of Fredericksburg, Va., was called in to assess the parapet. Roofing contractor Metalcrafts Inc. of Savannah was called in to assess the roof. The sections of the parapet in the worst shape were removed by Tidewater and returned to their facility in Virginia while plans were made to refurbish them along with the rest of the parapet and the roof. Tidewater preservation was honored by "This Old House" as one of their Best Contractors and Builders in 2005.
The original sloped roof was terne-coated metal and it had been covered by a built-up roof followed by layers of asphalt shingles. Along the way, numerous schemes had been deployed to keep the sandstone parapet in place. Some sections of the parapet weigh as much as 700 pounds. The original design for water flow was interrupted, leading to leaks that were largely (mis)managed by application of more asphalt.
Allen Lancaster, president of Metalcrafts, assisted with the initial assessment of the roof structure and design of the replacement roof. A detailed report prepared by Lancaster was used in the grant application process. In addition to the problems with the roof covering and drainage systems, there were structural problems associated with years of leakage and numerous layers of asphalt roofing. Lancaster is a second-generation roofing contractor in Savannah and is currently serving as president of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA).
Green-Meldrim House in historic downtown Savannah was built in the early 1850s. The Gothic Revival structure served as General William Tecumseh Sherman's headquarters near the end of the Civil War. Photos by Rick Damato.
The decision was made to completely remove the existing roofs and repair the wood deck. The entire sandstone parapet would be removed and refurbished by Tidewater Preservation. When the deck repairs were complete, a layer of Grace Ice and Water Shield self-adhered membrane would be installed, followed by a Follansbee TCS II terne-coated stainless steel metal roof. According to Smith, the choice of terne-coated stainless was made due to its longevity and the difficulty of repairing or replacing the roof on this building. The metal was used to form the entire roof and flashing along with the cornice, gutter and drainage systems. Copper had been considered, but it was rejected due to concerns about staining and weathering.
The house it is situated on Madison Square, named in honor of President James Madison, and the site posed some challenges. As with most buildings constructed on Savannah's squares, the structure is built virtually all over the small plot of land allotted to it. The house had to be completely surrounded by scaffolding not only to protect the workers, but to protect the general public in this lively tourist destination. All materials and equipment were hoisted to and from the roof by way of a single tower crane situated snugly between the east side of the house and Bull Street (without an inch to spare).
The house remained open for tours during much of the construction process. No stranger to managing projects of all types in and around Savannah, The Carson Company, co-founded by Walter Carson and Walter Carson Jr. in 1966, was the general contractor for the project.
After the upper section of the roof was completed, tear-off began on the lower rectory. Photo courtesy of Metalcrafts Inc.
Metalcrafts Vice President Jeffery Lancaster served as project manager for the roofing and metal construction. Jeffery and Allen Lancaster, working with the other contractors on the project, had to overcome numerous design and engineering challenges that just began with staging the work. Removing layer upon layer of the old roofing proved to be a considerable piece of work. Once the sandstone parapet was removed, the installation of the roof and guttering could begin.
The Lancasters became involved in solving a number of technical issues that came up during construction. Some examples were simple items such as tucking of the laps at the end of the standing seams at the eaves. Others were more complicated, including the flat-lock seam as the panels terminated above the metal-covered pillars that the refurbished sandstone parapet sections would rest upon. At the recommendation of Follansbee, all the solder used on this project was pure tin.
Every lap was finished and tucked at the roof edge. The slotted gutter hanger can be seen on the right.
A couple of unique problems emerged as the Metalcrafts mechanics planned to install the gutters. To begin with, the way the gutter hangers were installed originally was on the surface of the roof. The desire to remain true to the original design was strong, but using a bad detail (like the original) was not the thing to do. A hanger was designed to be fastened to the vertical surface of the structure beneath the edge of the roof covering.
On installation of the first long section of gutter it was discovered that the wall was not running true. It may have been difficult to tell from the ground, but from the scaffold it was clear that the gutter was anything but straight. The Lancasters came up with a novel solution by creating a slotted end on the gutter hanger so the gutter could be installed straight even if the walls were not. You can tell from the photos their solution worked very nicely.
Metalcrafts Vice President Jeffery Lancaster served as project manager for the roofing and metal construction.
A few other minor challenges were overcome by some creative engineering. Running the cables tied to the lightning protection system had to be taken through the gutters by way of a separate sleeve soldered into place. A number of other stainless-steel building components had to be drawn and fabricated to complete the project.
In addition to Allen and Jeffery, several of the men who performed the roofing work on this project are long-tenured Metalcrafts folks. The project superintendent was Alvin Tremble, who has been at the company 27 years, and the foreman was 30-year veteran Vince Lipsey. It seems there is something special about nearly everyone who was involved in this remarkable project.
Numerous layers of asphalt shingles and a built-up roof covered the original terne-coated metal sloped roof.
So following years of planning, fundraising and work, the Green-Meldrim House roof is watertight and in shape to face the next 200 years or so of weathering. Next up will be work on some of the other great features of the house, including the cast-iron caps over the oriel windows and some of the other iron work around the house.
This is a beautiful structure on the inside as well. But don't take my word for it; visit Savannah and see for yourself. Just ask anyone downtown for directions to Madison Square. You cannot miss the beautiful gothic structure with the crenellated stone parapet right across the courtyard from St. John's Church.
KEYWORDS: Gutters Metal Retrofit Roofing
Rick Damato is the editorial director of Roofing Contractor. He can be reached at 770.246.3448.
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Biogas can be created through anaerobic digestion ("AD") using organic matter from agricultural crops or waste food from households and industry. Agricultural AD is a well established technology with thousands of plants in continental Europe, but relatively few in the UK.
AlphaGen Projects, a company in which Albion Community Power is partnered with AlphaGen Renwables, has built a biogas plant at Docking, Norfolk. This is a landfill biogas project under a 20 year contract with Norfolk County Council. The site is generating enough energy to power over 120 homes.
Please contact Adam Chirkowski in connection with Biogas projects.


Producers wanting to find new ways to produce more at less cost will want to mark their calendars to attend the 8th annual Conservation-Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference.
The event will be held Jan. 13-14 at the Park Plaza Reliant Center, Houston, Texas.
"For farmers looking for ways to trim input costs and increase yields in order to survive economically, this conference is a must-attend," says John LaRose, publisher of MidAmerica Farm Publications, which sponsors the conference, along with partners Cotton Incorporated and the U.S. Rice Producers Association.
"The main emphasis of the conference reducing production costs and increasing yields for cotton, rice, corn, and soybeans," he says. It will also focus on precision agriculture systems and practices.
"There's no better way to learn more about new techniques and systems related to tillage, fertility, pesticides, herbicides, and planting costs," LaRose says.
The conference will feature 12 rooms where 50 to 75 people can gather for break-out sessions. "It's very producer-friendly," LaRose says. "Presentations will be given in a paired format, with each repeated two or three times.
Along with researchers who will discuss large scale trials that address a variety of conservation-tillage practices and problems, producer/farmers will also share their "how to make it work" experiences.
Farmers from Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee can earn state pesticide recertification credits for attending the conference, and certified crop consultants will earn continuing education credits.
For information or to register for the conference, contact Robin Moll at 573/547-7212.


Ucom has reshuffled and doubled the internet volume provided with uPrepaid service. From now on, the new and existing subscribers of u1000, u1500, u2000 and u3000 Prepaid tariff plans in addition to the possibility of calling unlimitedly to all Ucom mobile subscribers will also have the doubled volume of gigabytes to use the mobile applications and follow the world news.
''The Prepaid tariff plan customers are a serious segment of the Armenian mobile market. Today, when the world communicates online, we, as a customer-centric Armenian operator, were obliged to reshuffle the internet volume provided to our customers and offer solution with the best price-quality ratio,'' said Hayk Yesayan, the co-founder and director general of Ucom.
The inclusions of each tariff plan of the uPrepaid service will be valid for 30 days. Those will be automatically reactivated after 30 days for a corresponding amount charged from the customer's account.