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Wolfgang Schirmacher
Wolfgang Schirmacher (born 1944) is a German philosopher, editor and educator in the field of philosophy, art and critical thought as well as the founder and program director at the European Graduate School. He has edited many journals and written books,[1] as well as developed curriculum in philosophical disciplines at major universities.
Schirmacher has taught philosophy at the University of Hamburg, is a former Core Faculty Member of the Media Studies Graduate Program, New School for Social Research, and Director of International Relations, Philosophy and Technology Studies Center, Polytechnic University of New York. He is the editor of the philosophy journals Schopenhauer-Studien and New York Studies in Media Philosophy. He is also an internationally active philosopher of technology with emphasis on media, gene technology, and neuroscience, as well as president of the International Schopenhauer Association, and chair of the Artificial Life Group.[2]
In Schirmacher's curriculum at the European Graduate School, he gives equal emphasis to theory and practice. Faculty members reflect this cross-disciplinary approach, as they are considered philosophers in their fields as filmmakers, academics, artists and media professionals.
Inspired by a diverse collection of post-Kantian, post-Hegelian philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Merleau-Ponty, Bataille, Arendt, Deleuze, Derrida, and Lyotard, Schirmacher announces the conviction of Modern Technology for first-degree murder of the body. As his mentors do, Schirmacher considers the body as our place of resistance, and its growing influence coincides with the growing threat technological progress seems to make to the bodily sphere.
Homo generator[edit]
What Schirmacher calls "homo generator" is a realization of the hope and the angst of the philosophers after Hegel: "a Dasein beyond metaphysics, a human being which needs no Being, no certainty, no truth." Modern technology is its ambiguous birthplace. Rather than considering homo generator a narrative of progress, technological triumph over nature, or movement to a higher form of living, he describes homo generator as having to face with courage his or her own mortality (complemented by natality) in the climate of ecocide. Homo generator begins to fulfill the artificial existence of humanity, and takes the form of the media artist, as generator of human reality and his/her responsibility for tomorrow's artificial world. Unlike other descriptions of humanity, homo generator addresses our ability to produce new forms of life and determine the biological, as well as the spiritual, future of the earth. Homo generator is in a position to tailor-make evolution, both in gene technology and in media technology.
A phenomenologist at heart, Schirmacher states that homo generator's body politics claims aesthetic perception as the basis of comprehension and interaction. "Homo generator is a concrete beginning, unique but not original, self care without egoism." He brings attention to our postmodern technology that has abandoned the question of control. The body politics of homo generator states that we are jokes in the universe that will die only with our deaths. "We are the artificial beings among all others, our bodies are artifacts by nature."
Post-metaphysical ethics[edit]
In a paper presented at the International Congress for Phenomenology, Frankfurt, in 1985, and printed in Analecta Husserliana XXII, 1987, titled "The Faces of Compassion: Toward a Post-Metaphysical Ethics," Schirmacher asks what shape morality will take in the search for an effective ethics for the technological age. He cites Arthur Schopenhauer's and Albert Schweitzer's ethics of practical compassion, renewed as a "Humanism of the Other" by what Emmanuel Levinas claims is the "hopeless compassion with all beings" which proves to be moral in the ecological and human crisis. Schirmacher asks in what way compassion shows itself in our life-world and how we can perceive the decisive characteristics of compassion without prior value judgment. "In being the artificial ones we are the open, undetermined ones. Intuitive knowledge knows nothing, and compassion knows no law." He indicates that "justified individuality," which practices compassion, is missing in Schopenhauer's model of ethics of compassion, and claims that compassion as a way of living will become tangible for us only when "it has been bent back into an active sensitization…Sensitizing means to develop all senses (the few trained, the numerous untrained [senses]) in a creative process and to do it without fear, without order, without foreknowledge." He refers to compassion as an intuitive language: faint, yet impossible to ignore.
In a paper presented at the XVIIth World Congress of Philosophy in Montreal 1983, and printed in Social Science Information 23, 3 (1984), titled "The End of Metaphysics – What Does This Mean?" Schirmacher addresses Heidegger's reduction of the problem of modernity to the notion of the end of metaphysics. He claims that we are the literal proof of this end, or death, seen in the process of the extinction of the human species. It has become clear, he says, that we are far from being what we imagined we were in our metaphysics. He refers to the modern period as the last phase of Western metaphysics, which is today dominant throughout the world in its final form of scientific and technical rationality, and post-modernism as the expression of the expected break with metaphysics at its definitive end, after which there will be no new beginning. The end of metaphysics means that the lifelong project of the human species has become, in its historical development, a suicidal enterprise. If we proceed along the way of metaphysics no human beings or objects will survive, leaving only artifacts. Schirmacher claims that a radical change is required for the human species to survive, and if we want to prevent our destruction, we must "learn a "bodily" language which precedes the division into subject and object, and admit the individual to a successful enterprise which needs no planning."
Schirmacher continues his discussion of the postmodern world by stating that being has become cloning, and that the meaning of cloning has little to do with the scientific-technological act. Humanity protects its virtuality, its principally undefined status, by cloning with media the many ways in which a human being exists. He looks to Lyotard's Just Gaming to support his position that the postmodern decision is about becoming a player rather than a spectator in the activity of cloning humans in order to allow for a good life. In the spirit of the new name of humanity: homo- generator, with "openness as our existential taste and co-evolutionary power as our design," what we clone is exactly this attitude of open generating and never a mere copy of anything.
Schirmacher claims that humans are alone and fully responsible for artificial life, which is our only life. By cloning freely with media and designing a life-world in between natality and mortality, we fail to pay attention to the artificial life we generate. His advice is that we must become more experienced in perceiving our imperceptible actions of true humanity. The art of living: enjoying life without knowing why, living happily without expectations and acting without believing in the principles of our action, is rooted in judgment and prudence instead of concepts. Cloning humans with media works to distract our attention from this ethical art of living. In media we simulate humanity to the point of not recognizing ourselves anymore, and this life-consuming activity helps us to stay clear of authentic humanity. In ethical life humanity fulfills itself, of which we are vaguely aware and which we need to forget at once. Schirmacher writes that to work toward this forgetting is media's strongest claim.
Selected bibliography[edit]
(editor with Sven Nebelung): German Essays On Psychology. The German Library 62. The Continuum International Publishing Group. New York, London, November 2000, 330 pages, Hardcover, ISBN 0-8264-1237-8.
(editor): German 20th Century Philosophy: The Frankfurt School. The German Library 78. The Continuum International Publishing Group. New York, London, February 2000, 324 pages, Hardcover, ISBN 0-8264-0966-0.
(editor): German Socialist Philosophy: Feuerbach, Marx, Engels. The German Library 40. The Continuum International Publishing Group. New York, London, December 1996, Hardcover, ISBN 0-8264-0748-X.
(editor): German Essays On Science In The 20th Century. The German Library 82. The Continuum International Publishing Group. New York, London, October 1996, 314 pages, Hardcover, ISBN 0-8264-0746-3.
(editor): German Essays On Science In The 19th Century. The German Library 36. The Continuum International Publishing Group. New York, London, September 1996, 330 pages, Hardcover, ISBN 0-8264-0744-7.
(editor): Ethik und Vernunft: Schopenhauer in unserer Zeit. Schopenhauer- Studien 5. Passagen Verlag. Vienna, 1995, 387 pages, Paperback, ISBN 3-85165-023-9.
(editor): Arthur Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer: Philosophical Writings. The German Library 27. The Continuum International Publishing Group. New York, London, July 1994, 300 pages, Paperback, ISBN 0-8264-0729-3.
Schopenhauer, Nietzsche Und Die Kunst. Schopenhauer-Studien 4. Passagen Verlag. Vienna, 1992, 400 pages.
(Editor with Jacques Poulain), Arno Münster (Translation). Penser après Heidegger. La Philosophie en commun. L'Harmattan. Paris, 1992, 360 pages, Paperback (Broché), ISBN 2-7384-1064-2.
Ereignis Technik. Passagen Philosophie 33. Passagen Verlag. Vienna, 1990, 245 pages, Paperback, ISBN 3-900767-36-X.
Schopenhauer In Der Postmoderne. Schopenhauer-Studien 3. Passagen Verlag. Vienna, 1989, 400 pages.
(editor): Zeitkritik Nach Heidegger. Reihe Philosophie 9. Die blaue Eule. Essen, 1988, 240 pages.
Schopenhauer Aktualität: Ein Philosoph wird neu gelesen. Schopenhauer- Studien 1/2. Passagen Verlag. Vienna, 1988, 400 pages.
Schopenhauer. Insel-Almanach 1985. Insel. Frankfurt, 1985, 249 pages, Paperback, ISBN 3-458-14188-X.
Schopenhauer Und Nietzsche. Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch 1984. W.Kramer. Frankfurt, 1984, 326 pages.
Zeit Der Ernte: Studien zum Stand der Schopenhauer-Forschung. Frommann- Holzboog. Stuttgart, 1983, 447 pages.
Technik und Gelassenheit. Zeitkritik nach Heidegger. Fermenta philosophica. Alber Freiburg. München, 1983, 274 pages. Hiroshi Kojima (Partial Translation). Niigata University Press. Niigata, 1986. Ereignis Technik: Heidegger und die Frage nach der Technik. Dissertation. Hamburg, 1980, 310 pages.
- ^ "Wolfgang Schirmacher Bibliography". European Graduate School. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Wolfgang Schirmacher". European Graduate School. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
External links[edit]
- Wolfgang Schirmacher Faculty profile at European Graduate School EGS. Biography, bibliography, photos, quotes and video lectures.
- Publications and texts. at European Graduate School
- Wolfgang Schirmacher. Cloning Humans with Media.
- Wolfgang Schirmacher. Media Aesthetics in Europe. In: O-O.


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Mass Effect 3 Co-Op Officially Official: "It's Nothing of What You've Feared"
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Mass Effect 3's Executive Producer Casey Hudson has finally made the game's multiplayer officially official, with an announcement on Facebook asking fans to reserve judgement until BioWare has actually revealed more information about the mode, which consists of co-operative missions separate to the single-player campaign.
"We can officially confirm that there will be a multiplayer feature in Mass Effect 3. However, please reserve your appraisal until we are able to give more information," reads the Facebook post.
"Yes, co-op MP missions for ME3: they're real, and they're spectacular. Rest assured it's nothing of what you've feared," Hudson stated. "More soon..."
There will also be a special BioWareTV episode at 10AM on Wednesday October 12th that will attempt to answer any questions you might have about Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. Mass Effect 3 is out on March 6th, 2012.


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I have just taken a new job in Great Falls, Montana. A new state and new areas to explore.
By: joealaska , 8:58 AM GMT on February 13, 2012
Friday was pretty busy, even though our container vessel was late.
It arrived at 10 PM Friday (15 hours late). One boat was waiting for their STUFF. We had five food vans plus a freight container. That boats product was scattered over all five vans. We had to touch them all.
I had the guys at the warehouse at 5 AM Saturday. That boat wanted their product at 8 AM.
It was snowing and they had to plow the dock.
At 8 AM we had most of their fright, but one container was still not there. We delivered what we had, and the rest followed shortly. We got a nice compliment from the customer.
The rest of the day was one situation after another. The phone never stopped ringing. I had to re-charge twice.
Our warehouse was PACKED with pallets of incoming freight, and two boat crews stopped in for food. We are not really a walk in place, but it happens. It was crazy busy, and we took care of those customers.
We only have room for four vans at our dock, but we had to jam a fifth off to the side.
I prefer to be hands on, but it was hands on the phone all day.
We delivered the last piece of air freight at 9 PM.
I got a call at 8 AM saying a boat needed a small order delivered by 4 PM.
Dutchie was working on waking me by walking across me over and over. FLUFF the Far West Cat also woke me by turning on the I-mac. A blast of light. I had no hard feelings. That cat still has an eye for the mouse...
Then there was another long day Sunday. But we got a lot done. I had a nice cold during it all, making it all the more interesting.
It has been a fox feeding frenzy the last several nights. A couple nights ago GOLDEN ROD showed up. I had fox visits the last couple nights. But ROD was new. I was standing on the chow porch checking out the late night scenery. Often I step outside just before I hit the sack, no matter what the weather. You never know what may be lurking.
I saw nothing. But I heard SOMETHING close by. A golden fox about 6 feet away just below where I stood on the porch. Then he scattered away. But he was right back. He was pretty friendly.
I went inside and got some food. I left the door open. When I came back a few seconds later, ROD was in the mud room. All the way in. I tried to get some pics, but it was quick and blurry.
HOPPY had stuck his head in that door a couple years ago and I took that picture called NICE PLACE! Rod was full body in.
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Mill Avenue is North of ASU, and offers an array of restaurants and food stands. They have popular stores, such as Jimmy John's and PF Chang's, and then local college shops, such as Sparky's Creamery and American Taco Shop. There are plenty of near-by restaurants besides Mill as well, and if you go to any of them a majority of the crowd is students!
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Every Saturday there is a thing at Memorial Union called MU after Dark I think? Anyways they have events and booths there you can meet new people and be social, yadda yadda. And each of the dorms hold events throughout the week and most are at night, and they can range from hawaiian luaus to paint parties with a live DJ.
Campus Housing:
The only downfall to where I live, Hassayampa Academic Village, is that it is SO far away from every single one of my classes. They dorms themselves are pretty nice, and much more spacious then I thought. Only downfall to the room is the showers. I wish there were tubs.
Campus Food:
It is not terrible food, but it is also not worth the almost 10 dollars a meal that we pay for it. It could be worse, but it could be better. The Hassayampa dining hall is the worst, and Pitchfork is the best.
Health & Safety:
I always feel safe at Arizona State. There are always police and campus security around, even at night. When there is something dangerous on campus, you can get text messages sent form the school keeping you updated, and the dorms and housing are always well secured, needing at least 3 doors of entry with card key before you can get to a hall.
Drug Safety:
Hard drugs at Arizona State University is not a big thing. Occasionally you will run across people who do pot, but I have never met anything doing real dangerous drugs. Alcohol is a big deal on campus though. ASU has a reputation for partying and unfortunately, people like to maintain that, rather than overcome it.
I have my own computer and printer, but there are a lot of labs around campus to work on. Printing is really expensive so I would get your own printer. The wifi is good.
Party Scene:
Arizona State is right next to downtown Tempe which has many night clubs and bars. There are only a select few night clubs who allow 18+ in, however if you are 21 there is a ton of night life to partake in.
Off-Campus Housing:
There is a very large variety of off campus housing for Arizona State. The campus is surrounded with various apartment complexes as well as large houses for students to rent.
Varsity sports at Arizona State is a large part of living on campus. The sports teams are so fun to watch and bring the entire campus together to cheer them on. Arizona State also has amazing sports facilities. Along with the football and basketball stadium, campus also has an amazing student recreation center that has an Olympic size pool as well as two floors worth of work out equipment for any interested student.
Greek Life:
Greek life seems to be a large part of campus. There is always booths and other miscellaneous Greek events on campus during an average day. Most of the sororities and fraternities are very involved on campus as well as off campus with volunteer work.
Drug Safety:
I myself have not had any experience with drugs and have not been in situations that drugs were available.
As I do not have my own computer I frequent the computer labs a lot. I have never had any problems finding a computer to use. There a also a variety of places to go and work.
My major is English Creative Writing, I have enjoyed my classes and am looking forward to pursuing my goal of writing in a variety of situations and areas such as novels, plays, scripts, and I may want to go on to teach Creative Writing. This is my first year and I am looking forward to my future.
I had a late start last year and was unable to apply for scholarships until now. However I am rather lost and would like to have more assistance from the financial aid office. I am getting confused and frustrated with the process, which is hindering my changes of obtaining scholarships.
I love the English department at A.S.U., my English professor has become someone I look up to and respect. That personal touch has made my college experience a good one.
Health & Safety:
In August of 2012 I began my college career at A.S.U., I feel very safe on campus as there is always someone patrolling the campus. They campus has security cameras, and several services assisting in reporting crimes or unusual behavior. At the same time I did witness bikes being stolen and called the campus hotline they were unresponsive.
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Even though students will struggle with all-nighters, sports practice, parking tickets, and trying to recover from a great night, many of them couldn't ask for anything else. There will be times that you are drowning in homework and studying, but by the end of it all, you will look back and laugh. Your peers help you get through the tough times and make those social outings even more fun. ASU knows how to party hard, but when it comes to crunch time, we pull it off well. The kids here know how to have a great time, the nightlife and social settings are extremely fun, the academics are quite challenging—especially when you apply yourself and take it seriously—but most importantly, students will leave prepared for post-graduation and taking on the world. ASU is a fantastic place to meet new people and a great way to experience life in the great southwest. But don't take my word for it—come on out and experience it for yourself!
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Topeka (WIBW) - A man showed up to a local emergency room around 2:30 am with a gunshot wound.
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H.R.180: National Blue Alert Act of 2013
|Mike Grimm, R-NY
|14 (8 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
|Jan. 4, 2013
|House Judiciary
Bill Progress
- Bill introduced in the House
- Bill passed in the House
- Bill passed in the Senate
- Bill signed into law
Bill Actions
Last Action
|Dec. 19, 2013
|Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
|May 14, 2013
|Received in the Senate.
|May 14, 2013
|Received in the Senate.
|May 14, 2013
|On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 2 (Roll no. 144). (View this vote)
|May 14, 2013
|Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
|May 14, 2013
|Considered as unfinished business.
|May 14, 2013
|At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
|May 14, 2013
|Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
|May 14, 2013
|Considered under suspension of the rules.
|May 14, 2013
|DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 180.
|May 14, 2013
|Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 32.
|May 14, 2013
|Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-54.
|May 6, 2013
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|May 6, 2013
|Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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Sales for Vytorin, a cholesterol-treating combination produced by Merck and Schering-Plough, have grown since its market debut last summer, but the drug's real test lies ahead, analysts say.
"Vytorin has been plowing ahead," said Michael Krensavage, analyst for Raymond James & Associates. "Vytorin has been on a very steady march and it seems to be seizing more share."
Vytorin contains Zetia, a drug produced by Schering-Plough that inhibits absorption of cholesterol into the liver and intestine, and Zocor, the Merck blockbuster that cuts cholesterol. Zocor, Merck's biggest drug with $5.1 billion in 2004 sales, is scheduled to lose patent protection in mid-2006. The loss of Zocor's exclusivity could help clear the way for Vytorin to achieve blockbuster status, or it could dampen sales as new patients gravitate towards generic Zocor, analysts say.
New Jersey-based drug makers Merck (down $0.02 to $32.20, Research) and Schering-Plough (up $0.75 to $20.13, Research) are partners, splitting sales of Vytorin, which totaled $132 million in 2004 and $179 million in the first quarter of 2005, and Zetia, which totaled $332 million in the first quarter of 2005. Schering-Plough launched Zetia in the United States in November, 2002 and Vytorin entered the market in July, 2004. The partners have split sales on both these drugs since the debut of Vytorin.
According to Robert Hazlett, analyst for Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Vytorin has an 5.5 percent share of the cholesterol market, up from 3.5 percent in December 2004. Zetia remained constant with a 6.5 percent share since last summer. Zocor had a 17 percent share before Vytorin's launch, and has recently dropped to about 14 percent.
As sales of the new drugs climbed higher, Krensavage ramped up 2005 projections, to $1.4 billion for Zetia and $958 million for Vytorin, from his original projections of $1 billion and $600 million, respectively.
"Zetia has held more share than we expected," said Krensavage. "We expected cannibalization of Zetia because of Vytorin, but that hasn't been happening."
As sales of Zetia and Vytorin have increased, Zocor sales have dropped off slightly, partly because Merck is not aggressively promoting it in its last full year of patent exclusivity, analysts say. Meanwhile, Vytorin has enjoyed the status of a two-for-one drug, while Zetia sales and market share have increased, according to analysts.
"Vytorin looks like it's actually cannibalizing Zocor and Pravachol," said Al Rauch, analyst for A.G. Edwards.
Rauch said that patients taking Lipitor, Pfizer's (down $0.04 to $28.74, Research) cholesterol-reducing drug and the world's leading blockbuster with $10.8 billion in 2004 sales, will sometimes add Zetia to their medication to get the drug's cholesterol-blocking effects. Meanwhile, Zocor patients are leaving that drug behind in favor of Vytorin. Bristol-Myers Squibb's (down $0.07 to $27.84, Research) cholesterol-class blockbuster, Pravachol, is also feeling the pressure, Rauch said.
"Instead of adding Zocor to Zetia, [Zocor] patients just take Vytorin," Rauch said. "Pravachol has been used less and less and Vytorin has been benefiting from that."
So what happens when Zocor goes generic? Analysts believe that all name-brand cholesterol drugs will feel the bite as patients switch to lower-cost generics. Scott Henry, analyst for Oppenheimer & Co., believes that Zetia sales will also slow down, because Zocor's patent loss will dampen new patients' enthusiasm for any name-brand drug in the cholesterol class.
Zetia's sales growth has been riding on its favorable price model, which is "almost like when you're buying Zetia you're getting Zocor for free," said Henry. But the appeal of "free" Zocor as a means of selling Zetia will lose potency when Merck's blockbuster goes generic, said Henry.
"My guess is that patients on Vytorin will stay on it, but the new patient market will stay competitive, because a lot of [medical] plans will say, 'try generic Zocor'" instead of Vytorin, said Henry.
Adam Schechter of Merck, vice president and general manager of the Merck/Schering-Plough pharmaceuticals venture, said Vytorin will successfully compete against generics because it meets the aggressive physician guidelines in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, also known as "bad" cholesterol.
"I believe that Vytorin will continue to be successful in the marketplace even after generics are made available," said Schechter. "Doctors are looking for powerful LDL cholesterol reduction right from the start."
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Peter Chaplin's home in Massapequa was listed for $699,000 before it was damaged in superstorm Sandy. Now it's listed for $350,000. Videojournalist: Thomas A. Ferrara (July 24, 2013)
Dante Taylor gets life without parole in rape-murder Collectible car plunges into Bay Shore canal DA: 24 busted in 'ruthless' heroin-fentanyl ring Cancer survivors' problem inspires a solution Bellone gives distinguished service medal to woman competing in Olympics Southold students developing a love of gardening North Massapequa house fire kills 1 at scene, pedestrian injured in nearby accident involving responders Suffolk DA: 14 arrested in drug bust Still feeling the pain at anniversary of TWA Flight 800 Pro-police rally held in Selden Black Lives Matter marches held in East Hampton, Bridgehampton


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Published: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 7:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 7:37 p.m.
Florida's Jeff Demps has been added to the 2012 USA Track & Field Olympic Team as a member of the 4x100m relay pool, serving "as a replacement for Mike Rodgers who suffered a stress fracture in his left foot," according to the team.
Demps' addition to the roster increases the total number of Gators competing at the 2012 Olympic Games to 37. In addition, two current Gator head coaches (Gregg Troy - USA Men's Swimming Head Coach; Mike Holloway - USA Men's Track & Field Assistant Coach) and one Gator listed as an alternate (Melanie Booth, Canada's soccer team) are in London for the Olympic Games.
The 37 Gators competing in London sets the school's all-time record for number of letterwinners at a single Oylmpiad. A total of 34 Gators competed in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.
While the Opening Ceremonies are set to be held on Friday, a pair of Gators will being their competition on Wednesday when Heather Mitts and Abby Wambach lead the U.S. women's soccer team against France beginning at noon at Hampden Park in first-round action.
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The issue is the time it would take to manage the programs. That said, now I am looking for a company that would come in and manage the entire process (account creation, managing the affiliates, promoting our brand, etc).
Doing a google search for Affiliate Manager or Outsource Affiliate blah blah brings up a few companies but without being familiar in the space I really wanted to come back to my old and favorite site WebmasterWorld to get some feedback.
Can any of you recommend some companies to me (send an email to my webmaster world account, not sure the admins want ppl droping names in the forum). Specifically I am interested in companies that work on % fee of each lead generated.
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Of course, you've omitted the most important information: what kind of traffic does your site draw, what is the site's topic, what kind of visitors do you get, and what are they doing at the site?
I'm not aware of anyone doing "affiliate-side management" but if you look at it as "advertising management" it may be easier to find someone.
If you truly are limiting your goals to affiliate links, then you should probably talk to affiliate managers at some of the companies you expect to be key partners, to see if they might be able to help you directly (for free) or refer you to an appropriate partner whom they recommend.
It may turn out that one of the "datafeed services" could meet your needs. Of course, some merchants (such as Amazon and AllPosters) let you create a variety of dynamic links that feature best-selling products within a specific category or theme.
Some affiliate managers can actually create complete sub-sites that you could plug into your site to promote a specific type of product or service.
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Richard was born Sept. 9, 1918, Creston Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. His father was Howard Frank Vanderbeck, son of Frank Vanderbeck and Mamie Ella Bopp, of New York City. His mother was Alva Genevieve Davis, daughter of Elwood Charles Davis and Ada Bell Coonley, of New York City.
Richard was predeceased by his first wife, Rosanne McAlpin, of Mount Lebanon, Pa.; his eldest daughter, Kathleen Elaine Vanderbeck, of Mount Lebanon, Pa.; and his second wife, Eleanor Jo Heinrichs, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; as well as both his parents and grandparents.
Richard leaves some dear friends as well as three daughters: Jane Ellen Vanderbeck of Raleigh, N.C. and her sons Phillip and Scott Hoffman of Raleigh, N.C., Judith Ellen Vanderbeck, and her husband Patrick David Kelly, of Pittsburgh Pa., Peggy Jo Vanderbeck, her husband Daniel Keller Thomas and their daughter Shellby Jo Thomas, of Morris, Conn.
He also leaves behind great-grandchildren Lauren Jane and Joseph Phillip Hoffman, Jacob Connor and Cohen Scott Hoffman, all of Raleigh, N.C.
Richard was schooled at the current King-Low-Haywood-Thomas School, formally the King School, of Stamford, Conn., and graduated in 1940 from Princeton University, with high honors and a degree in mechanical engineering. After working at Allegheny Ludlum Steel, Richard settled at USS Corp. as a metallurgical engineer in its Applied Research Division, taking night classes at Carnegie Mellon University to complete his degree in metallurgy.
He worked with USS until his retirement in 1980. Richard lived a rich and full life; he served in the military during World War II, volunteered with the Civil Defense, served local Presbyterian churches; after widowed, diligently cared for his eldest daughters, treasured canoe/camping expeditions with friends and family, and was a gifted oil painter in his own right.
Richard spent his last decade living in Morris with his family, where he enjoyed hiking and touring the area. Richard had a quick wit; loved word play, word puzzles and Sudokus. He placed his hope in Christ and looked forward to eternity.
An open house to honor Richard will be held Friday, July 19, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Dan and Peggy Jo's home, 5 Shady Lane, Morris, Conn. A short memorial service will follow. For more information phone 860-567-4865.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army.
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A Calverton gas station was robbed at gunpoint shortly after midnight today, according to Suffolk County Police. (more…)
A Calverton gas station was robbed at gunpoint shortly after midnight today, according to Suffolk County Police. (more…)
One by one they left the Wildwood Acres Pavilion and headed up Hulse Avenue Monday night, lit candles in hand.
Braving temperatures well below freezing, approximately 70 friends and neighbors walked the few short blocks to the home on 12th Street where Tanya and Danielle Lawrence had been killed nearly 24 hours earlier.
The 43-year-old mother and her 17-year-old daughter were shot dead by Ms. Lawrence's boyfriend, 44-year-old Thomas Calhoun, who then turned the gun on himself. Danielle was most likely shot coming to the aide of her injured mother, investigators said. (more…)
A reward of up to $5,000 has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of a man who allegedly stole $200 from the register of downtown Riverhead's Dark Horse restaurant in September.
According to police, the man — who said he was wearing large headphones around his neck, with black and possibly red coloring with metal on the frame of the headphones — entered the restaurant sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. on Sept. 26, 2014. He removed $200 from the register, police said.
Police described the man as black and said he was wearing blue jeans with white embroidery on the rear pockets, a brown hooded jacket, and a white shirt at the time of the incident.
A reward of up to $5,000 has been offered by Suffolk County Crime Stoppers that information that leads to the suspect's arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Suffolk County police are on the lookout for two horses that somehow escaped a Wading River Road ranch in Manorville early Thursday, according to a release.
One other horse from the same ranch was killed after being struck by a 2005 Peterbilt tractor trailer traveling eastbound on Sunrise Highway in Center Moriches, about one half mile west of Exit 59, police said.
A 22-year-old Manorville man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Mill Road Saturday night, Suffolk County police said. (more…)
UPDATE: Suffolk County Police arrested Rocky Point resident Robert Edlund on Tuesday in relation to Saturday's bank robbery in Rocky Point, as well as another that occurred Monday in Medford. Police said Mr. Edlund robbed a Suffolk County National Bank in Medford around 2 p.m. and was found shortly after hiding underneath a tractor trailer in the parking lot of the Island 16 cinema in Holbrook.
He was charged with two counts of third-degree robbery.
ORIGINAL STORY: Suffolk County Police are searching for someone who robbed a Bridgehampton National Bank in Rocky Point this morning.
According to police, a man entered the bank — located at 75 Route 25A, near the intersection of Westchester Drive — and handed the teller a note demanding cash at about 9:45.
The teller complied, according to Suffolk P.D., and the man fled on foot heading eastbound after the incident.
Police described the man as white and about 6 feet tall. Police said he is thin and about 45 to 50 years old, and was wearing a beige sweatshirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap.
Sufolk Police Pattern Crime Unit is investigating the robbery. Authorities ask that anyone with information about the incident call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept anonymous.
Funding from Suffolk County to provide emergency service responses got a boost recently, as county legislators unanimously passed a measure which will give non-county-based response units a percentage share of county revenues in future budget cycles.
Previously negotiated each budget cycle, the amount coming to Riverhead and Southold-based public safety access points (as well as eight others), as the units are called, will now bring in a certain percentage based on the amount of revenue coming in.
"Whenever we can get something in the county charter that guarantees a fair share for the area, that's a good thing," said Legislator Jay Schneiderman, I-Montauk, who sponsored the bill. North Fork Legislator Al Krupski, D-Cutchogue, was one of the bill's four co-sponsors.
"The way county government is set up, with 16 legislators from up west and only two out east, we don't want to get into constant budget battles. So this is much better moving forward."
The legislation comes in the wake of an audit by County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki on the county's revenue sharing program for non-county PSAPs, which includes four on the South Fork, as well as others in Amityville, Smithtown, Babylon and Northport Village. All non-county PSAPs will receive no less than 20 percent of the revenue tied to funding the services.
PSAPs pick up emergency calls and dispatch to the proper emergency responding unit, whether it's fire, police or ambulance. Throughout most of the county, the duties are handled by Suffolk County Police Department or Fire Rescue and Emergency Services, though having locally-based units is important in vital situations, Mr. Schneiderman said.
"It's good, because those people know the area well," he said. "I'd be nervous about someone in Yaphank picking up a 911 call for someone out of Montauk. So it's good to have these somewhat decentralized. But it's expensive to maintain them."
Previously, Mr. Schneiderman said, funding from the county was tied to making equipment upgrades. The new legislation allows local PSAPs to use the funds for personnel as well moving forward. He said it should provide the non-county stations about $1.6 million in total next year – nearly double its take this year – to be parceled out among the PSAPs as they see fit.
"The idea is to guarantee faster, more accurate response times," he said. "To give them adequate personnel and equipment to do their duty as best as possible."
Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller said the legislation likely wouldn't add too much to his budget and considering the cost for the high-tech equipment, it wouldn't add "anything major."
"All this stuff is so expensive, but it gives us a little more wiggle room," said Mr. Hegermiller. "But it beats [the amount of money coming from the county] going down."
A Manorville man who police say is responsible for a string of robberies across Suffolk County – including one at a Hess gas station in Calverton – remains held on $100,000 cash bail and is due back in court on Friday.
Paul Tromblee, 35, was arrested on Saturday and was seen in First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday.
Online court records indicate that Tromblee is being held on $200,000 bond or $100,000 cash bail. Currently, Mr. Tromblee stands charged with eight counts of first-degree robbery and one count of third-degree robbery.
The Hess gas station — located on Edwards Avenue, barely in the jurisdiction of the SCPD – was robbed Oct. 30, after a man pulled a handgun on a store clerk, demanding cash from the register about 7:45 p.m.
Since Oct. 26, gas stations in Calverton, Mastic, North Babylon, St. James, Dix Hills, and Bohemia as well as Jamba Juice in Stony Brook, Kissed by the Sun Tanning in Islip, and CVS Pharmacy in Lake Ronkonkoma were robbed by an armed suspect who demanded cash after pretending to purchase merchandise, police said. Utilizing video surveillance as well as tips, including information received via Crime Stoppers, Pattern Crime Unit detectives identified the suspect as Mr. Tromblee. He was located by detectives while driving on Sunrise Highway in Brookhaven around 3 p.m. Saturday.
Southold Police announced shortly after the Mattituck GameStop robbery that a link between the incident and the others further west were likely evident.
Mohammed Kahn, the clerk at the Calverton Hess, told the News-Review on the night of the incident that the robber walked straight up to the register and demanded cash, first giving him the impression that the act was a trick.
"I was looking to him like he was joking," Mr. Kahn said at the time.
Detectives are continuing to investigate if Mr. Tromblee is responsible for similar incidents that occurred recently. Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. Police said all calls will remain confidential.


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Ronald E. "Caveman" Farris, 56, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at McLarney Manor Skilled Nursing Facility, Brookfield.
Visitation will begin 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at Rhodes Funeral, Brookfield, with the family receiving friends from 5-7 that evening. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Cemetery at a later date.
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Scientific Committees
Scientific Steering Committee (former MDSC)
Outcome of discussions
The safe
handling, transport and temporary storage of meat-and-bone
meal which may be contaminated with a BSE agent or other
pathogens - Notes adopted by the Scientific Steering
Committee at its meeting of 26-27 October 2000
Table of Contents
Preliminary Note
a. Well contained mbm storage
b. Standard of cleanliness
c. Effective measures for the protection
of workers
d. Safe transport
Preliminary Note
The issue of handing, transport and
storage of possibly BSE-contaminated meat-and-bone meal
(MBM) as a hazard has been highlighted in various SSC
opinions. The present document consists of a series of
notes that may be helpful for decision makers when
developing measures to contain this hazard. These measures
may possibly need to be modulated according to the
geographical BSE risk of a region or country.
The document is not meant to be
comprehensive and is subject to amendments should relevant
information become available.
It was first compiled for the Scientific
Steering Committee at its meeting of 25-26 May 2000. This
was made public via internet as a set of preliminary and
incomplete notes, for comments and additional scientific
Written contributions were received
- Prof.Dr.H.Budka, University of Vienna
- Austria.
- Mr. Toby Cotton, Durga Environmental
Ltd, Derbyshire - United Kingdom
- Mr R.Gellez, Association Le Gallet
Environnement, Le Gallet - France
- Dr.Henrik Holst-Pedersen, Kambas,
Ringsted - Denmark
- Mme A.Leroy, Coordination des
Associations de Riverains d'Usines d'Équarrissage, Le Havre
- France
- Mr.R.Medrano, Italy
- Mr.R.Moya, Association pour la
Protection et la Défense de la Qualité de l'Atmosphère de
la Commune de Virat et des Environs, Bourg en Bresse -
- Mr. Ernest Peillon, Association de
Défense des Sites Crêt Fonds Perdu, Reveux et Méons,
Saint-Jean Bonnefonds - France
- Prof. Dr.G. Piva, Catholic University
of Sacred Heart, Piacenza - Italy
- Dr.D.Taylor, SEDACON Consultancy
Bureau Edinburg - United Kingdom)
- Dr.John Wilesmith - Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - United Kingdom
- Prof.Dr.R.G.Will, Edinburgh - United
The Scientific Steering Committee
analysed, discussed and, if found appropriate, integrated
these contributions in the present significantly revised
report, which was submitted to the SSC at its meeting 26-27
October 2000.
In its previous opinions, the SSC has
addressed the problem of excluding specific risk materials
from entering the food chain directly and the safe disposal
of possibly contaminated material. The SSC has not
previously addressed the question of the safe handling
storage and transport of possible BSE or other
pathogen contaminated material that is destined for
disposal. These Notes are centred on issues relating to BSE
however it is relevant to the storage and handling of many
other TSEs and other pathogen contaminated materials
Safe storage of pathogenic or
potentially pathogenic material is an essential element in
the protection of animal andhuman health, and of the
environment. It can become of major importance if a large
number of animals are required to be slaughtered over a
short period of time in order to control an epidemic, and
there is inadequate capacity for immediate safe processing
and/or disposal. Storage may involve intact or dismembered
carcasses and/or processed materials such as MBM derived
from suspect carcasses.
Production of MBM by rendering in steam
for 20 minutes at 133
oc at a pressure of 3 bars has been identified
as a very important step in reducing the risk substantially
from BSE contaminated material. However, because MBM
produced in the UK is no longer fed to any species of
farmed animal, the UK renderers have opted not to change to
the steam-under-pressure system, and continue to use the
more traditional but less inactivating rendering
Depending on the capacity of a
countries' rendering plants to manage the sudden increase
in demand, an accumulation of animal tissues and/or of
rendered material may occur prior to disposal by approved
safe routes. In the case of BSE, the great majority of
stored material for disposal comprises meat and bone meal
and to a much lesser extent, tallow. It has been the case
in some countries that the quantity of material requiring
safe disposal, as a consequence of the BSE epidemic, has
overwhelmed the storage capacity set aside to deal with
potentially pathogenic/toxic material. This has identified
the need for guidelines of what should be the minimum
criteria for safe storage and safe disposal in an emergency
situation in order to protect the workforce (ie: those
involved in handling the potentially contaminated
material), the general public and the environment. It also
raises the important issue of the adequacy of the capacity
for safe storage and disposal facilities in emergency
situations in member states.
The more specific the criteria are for
disposal the greater is likely to be the requirement for
storage capacity. Some countries, such as Switzerland, have
elected to combust all additional potentially suspect
material in power stations and have consequently minimised
the requirements for storage capacity. However, the SSC has
not recommended this method of disposal to Member States to
date because of the lack of evidence available to the
Committee to demonstrate its suitability in terms of
safety. Other countries, for example the UK, have been much
more restrictive in the approval of disposal methods and as
a consequence have had to find suitable storage capacity
for large quantities of meat and bone meal and
The purpose of this opinion is to
provide some advise on the safe storage and transport of
meat and bone meal and of carcasses prior to, and post
rendering. It does not address, however, the risk to
abattoir workers involved in stunning, killing, collecting
blood and carcass preparation from food animals.
There have been several highly
publicised incidents in which stored MBM material has
either caught fire or has been shown to have not been
contained effectively within the designated storage area.
There is also evidence of poor storage conditions resulting
in MBM setting like concrete, resulting in subsequent
difficulties in disposal.
There are four important requisites to
minimise the risk associated with storage of possible
BSE-contaminated materials:
A. well contained storage
B. high standards of cleanliness
C. good worker protection
D. safe transport.
The SSC notes that these requirements
are similar to those for minimising the risk for many other
hazardous materials and that some Member States have
already developed their own guidelines for dealing with
possibly TSE-contaminated materials.
a. Well contained mbm storage conditions
For worker protection, the principal
requirements are to minimise dermal contact with the MBM
and keep dust levels very low to avoid contact with the
eyes and respiratory system. When first produced MBM does
not readily produce dust because of its relatively high fat
However, after long-term storage it may set in large
blocks which require to be broken up. This procedure has
the potential to produced airborne particulate
The requirement in terms of protection
of the public and the environment should be considered in
the light of the magnitude of the potential risks from poor
control over access to or containment of potentially
contaminated MBM. The following aspects need to be
- risk from access by animals, birds or
insects which may result in transfer of MBM outside the
store, and in the case of some animal species, a possible
risk of BSE.
The actual risk of rodents (at least
mice) acquiring BSE from consuming potentially BSE-infected
MBM appears to be remote. Even in studies where two strains
of mice were fed BSE-infected bovine brain material, only
one of these developed a TSE after the consumption (on
average) of 9g of infected bovine brain (Barlow and
Middleton, 1990)
- risk through access by young children,
vandals, etc. which could lead to escape of MBM and/or the
risk of CJD. Bases on epidemiological studies/information
an estimate can be made for some countries of the
number/ratio of probably BSE-infected carcasses that were
unwittingly processed to provide food for humans. Using
this data, the present risk would appear to be very low
although there is insufficient information to confirm
- Contamination of watercourses due to
poor containment of water used for cleaning storage areas,
vehicles, etc.
- Microbial growth in the MBM, for
example Salmonella (NB: odour problems may also arise This
is unlikely to be a significant issue if exposure to water
is avoided.
- Risks from dust generation to both
reduce workers through MBM inhalation and potential for
escape through doors, etc. (NB: This is also very important
to minimise fire and explosion risk). Risk of fire through
failure to control "core " temperature of stored MBM, which
may result in widespread dispersal of contaminated
material, formation of toxic products and an unpleasant
Though these risks appear to be very
small, it is appropriate nonetheless to ensure that they
are minimised by having a requirement for:
- good containment of the MBM in a fully
enclosed store which excludes water ingress and egress of
airborne MBM [NB: water contact with MBM enables microbial
growth and enhances the fire risk];
- a well managed secure facility to
ensure that:
The risk of fire in MBM stores is
illustrated by the experience of auto-combustion with the
release of smoke without flames at two major sites in
Brittany during 1999. In the UK a fire occurred too, in
Fire risk is greatly increased if
oxidation of the fat in the MBM occurs. This is not a new
problem for stored material with a substantial fat content
(eg: fish meal). It is recommended that appropriate
anti-oxidants are added routinely and that contact with
water is prevented to minimise the fire risk.
b. Standard of cleanliness
Special arrangements should be in force
for handling and transporting specific risk materials (SRM)
from cattle for disposal, to ensure both worker protection
and appropriate storage and disposal to avoid the material
from entering food and feed chains. The material should be
stained to distinguish it from other products. High
standards of cleanliness should be maintained by all those
coming into contact with SRM including, for example,
hauliers during loading and unloading the material at
abattoirs and rendering plants.
The standard disinfecting process for
many pathogenic materials is to use sodium hypochlorite
solutions. The chemical disinfection of containers,
vehicles, working surfaces, floors etc exposed to
contamination by SRM is not practicable in the case of BSE
due to the resistance of TSE agents to routine methods of
disinfection. An alternative approach for TSEs is to use
hot alkaline solutions of sodium hydroxide. (This is the
subject of an ongoing EU Research Project by Oberth, Piva,
Schreuder and Somerville). If significant contamination by
TSEs is deemed to be possible, all washings should be
subject to further appropriate treatment. Particles of
solid material falling on to the floor or hosed out of
storage bays or hoppers etc should be prevented from
entering drainage systems.
During MBM production and subsequent
transportation or storage as well as any grinding before
disposal, particular emphasis must be given to minimising
dust generation.
Engineering controls should be employed
to enclose processes and minimise handling as much as
possible. Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) equipment fitted
with suitable dust filters may also be of use, for example
at filling and tipping points. Where LEV is used, it is
essential that the captor hood is placed as close as
possible to the source of any potential dust exposure.
Suitable equipment may be fixed or portable so that it can
be removed for maintenance or, for example, clearing of
blockages. It is also important that effective dust traps
are in place to avoid the possibility of any contaminated
material being released into the general
Methods of loading MBM into and out of
storage sites should be designed to minimise manual
handling and dust generation. Ventilated cabs fitted with
suitable dust filters should be used to provide protection
if there is a risk of possible exposure to dusty
A clear work programme should be drawn
up for the decontamination of individual stores which
should be prepared by a suitably qualified person. A store
will have its own physical characteristics, which should be
taken into account when it is emptied and ready for
cleansing. Potentially difficult areas to access should be
noted and extra care taken here.
All storage areas should be completely
emptied and thoroughly cleansed before further use. It is
recommended that an industrial vacuum cleaner be used to
ensure removal of all gross debris. This reduces the
likelihood of the spread of airborne particles and is
therefore preferred to brushing. Material collected in the
industrial vacuum cleaner must be disposed of with
particular care because of its dusty nature either by
transfer to a rendering plant, or incineration or other
appropriate means of disposal.
Once the loose material has been removed
the entire storage area must be subject to a de-greasing
type operation to remove any melted animal fats. Any wooden
or porous structures in the building must be thoroughly
examined to check if any melted animal fats have penetrated
them. If so, these must be subject to repeated de-greasing
operations to ensure that the melted animal fats have been
removed. The floor, ground, walls and ceilings must be
examined carefully to determine if any rendered material
has penetrated them. Likewise, any drains within the stores
must be opened and inspected to check for the presence of
any rendered material and resealed. If so, appropriate
measures must be undertaken to remove and dispose of such
The storage areas should then be
properly cleansed using strong alkaline solutions where
practicable, disinfected and dried.
Care must be taken to ensure that no
material, either in solid or liquid form, is released into
the environment
. Any solid material recovered during the cleansing
and disinfection should be bagged in a leak-proof and
sealable receptacle, the contents clearly identified, and
stored in a safe place. It should be kept separated from
any other material to prevent contamination and then
disposed of in accordance with guidelines for handling
specified risk materials (SRMs).
All equipment used for handling the
rendered material (prior to and during the cleansing) must
be properly cleaned using appropriate cleansing or
sanitising agents, disinfected and dried,
before it is used for any other purpose. Material
removed from the equipment should be handled as indicated
in the preceding paragraph.
Protective clothing used whilst handling
rendered material should be bagged before removal from the
site or if contamination is assessed to be minimal
thoroughly washed with hot water and detergent before
c. Effective measures for the protection of
Although much ofthis opinion is centred
on issues relating to the storage of MBM, it should be
remembered that a number of other groups of workers are
required to handle SRM derived materials and may require
similar protection measures, eg:
To date, there have been no confirmed
cases of occupational transmission of BSE and none of the
cases of vCJD have any obvious occupational links with
exposure to BSE
). Thus UK figures indicate that while several of
the vCJD cases occurred among workers in animal farming or
the meat industry, in percentage terms the incidence among
these groups of workers did not differ from the percentage
in a control population (UK Annual Report of Committee of
Dangerous Pathogens, 1999.). Nonetheless it is necessary to
ensure that all appropriate means of worker protection are
in place. The following recommended controls are based on
those introduced in the UK.
As part of their risk assessment, those
managing storage facilities that are working with MBM
should consider the potential routes of exposure. There is
no evidence that the BSE agent can infect animals by the
airborne route (although this cannot be ruled out entirely)
but it has been shown to infect by the oral route.
Nonetheless, minimising exposure to aerosols and dusts is
prudent and in keeping with the principles of good
occupational hygiene. The most likely other routes of entry
are by dusty material contaminating wounds and open lesions
on the skin, splashing of mucous membranes (eyes and mouth)
or possibly by accidental ingestion. Basic precautions
which should be taken to avoid contact between MBM and
human mucous membranes are: [taken from BSE: Background and
general occupational guidance HSE, UK].
d. Safe transport
When loaded, all haulage vehicles need
to be tightly secured and sealed with robust covers to
prevent spillage during transportation. Once in place the
covers should only be loosened and removed at the
destination storage or disposal point.
Effective measures that follow the
principles set out above need to be in place to deal with
spillages, particularly during the loading and unloading of
vehicles. This process should always be conducted in a
controlled area.
Any vehicle used for the carriage of the
rendered material must not be used for the carriage of
other material until properly cleaned out using an
industrial vacuum cleaner, cleansed using appropriate
cleansing or sanitising agents, disinfectedand
The load sheet(s) for the vehicle must
be included in any cleansing and disinfection routine. If
there is a significant risk of the load sheets being
contaminated with
BSE material, the sheets must be disposed of by
appropriate means. Particular care should be taken to
cleanse and disinfect the blower unit on the blower
vehicles, the delivery pipe and the wheels. No vehicle
should be used for the transport of any other material
unless it is inspected at the time of loading and found to
be clean and dry. Collected material must be disposed of by
appropriate means
Fully detailed documentary records of
the procedures undertaken to cleanse sites following the
removal of the rendered material should be kept.
For vehicles, written confirmation of
when and where cleansing and disinfection took place,
together with the identity of the vehicle/trailer, should
be obtained and the records retained.
It is recommended that the local
authority and/or government agency also confirms that it is
content with the standard of cleansing, which will help to
inspire confidence in future potential store users and
demonstrate that the site will not cause pollution or harm
to human health.
Barlow, R.M., Middleton; D.J., 1990. Dietary
transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. Vet.
126: 111-112.
UK. BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy):
Background and general occupational guidance.
Guidance for handling meat and bone meal material.
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