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Oh my God, imagine Patrick learns about his sweater fucking Ciero, and begins a tense rivalry between sweater and future star. He’s so ready to burn that thing, but stops when Ciero speaks up saying something like “Don’t burn it. Show it who I belong to.” Patrick makes sure the sweater has a front-row seat as he pounds Ciero’s brains out and marks her up so pretty.
...anon, you don't know what you just inspired. I am kissing you on the mouth rn.
(Also inspired by this song! It's really good, ngl-!)
Contains sexual content. Do not read if under the age of 18, or if that makes you uncomfortable.
"...what?" Patrick asked, raising a brow.
"...you heard me," Ciero squeaked.
He smirked.
"Actually, 'Ro," he teased. "I don't think I did."
He gently wrapped his arms around his boyfriend.
"Because it sounds like… you dreamed of my favourite sweater fucking your brains out," he scoffed. "But that can't be fucking true, can it? Because look-!"
He held the sweater up, showing it to them.
"...this thing doesn't have a cock. It doesn't have fingers. It can't fuck you."
Patrick rested his head on her shoulder.
"...unlike me."
His hand slid to Ciero's jeans.
Ciero whined, rocking his hips.
"P-please," he whimpered.
Patrick smirked.
"Please, what, mi traido?" Patrick asked, purring.
Ciero whined.
"Fuck me-!" He begged. "Fuck me good, baby."
He heard Patrick's deep chuckle rumble in his chest.
"Ohohoh," Patrick laughed. "Y'want me to fuck you? And not this piece of fabric?"
Ciero nodded, blushing furiously.
"Pleeease, baby," he whined, grinding his ass against Patrick's hips for good measure.
Patrick groaned, feeling himself get hard.
…fuck.
He slid out from under Ciero, letting her flop back down onto her mattress with a giggle.
He flung the sweater onto the chair.
"Stay right there-!" He pointed at the sweater.
Ciero giggled, rolling her eyes at her boyfriend.
"What?" Patrick asked, scoffing.
"Sweetheart-!"
"That sweater made a cuckold of me, baby," Patrick snorted. "I'm just… showing it who you belong to."
Ciero smiled up at him lovingly, shaking her head.
"Really?" She quirked a brow.
"It's either this, or I burn it." He whispered, growling into her neck. "...and we both know I look too damn fine in that thing to do it."
Ciero chuckled.
"Alright, baby," she cooed. "Show that sweater who's in charge."
Patrick grinned.
"With pleasure, mami," Patrick grinned.
He trapped Ciero under one hand grasping the headboard, while the other clutched the pillow.
"Chito," Patrick hissed, pressing his lips snugly against Ciero's.
Ciero obliged, kissing her boyfriend back. She tugged on his curls.
The two slowly started grinding, feeling each other grow painfully hard in their jeans.
"Mhhh, fuck…" Patrick hissed, dragging himself away from his boyfriend's lips. "God damn, 'Ro, you're so fine."
Ciero chuckled.
"You're not too bad yourself, Pat."
Patrick undid his belt, sliding his jeans off quickly and discarding them on the floor. He unbuttoned Ciero's shorts and helped her discard them, both of their boxers following suit.
Patrick's lips found themselves back on hers, steadying himself with a hand on the headboard.
His hips rocked lazily against Ciero's, grinding together toet them make the most gorgeous sounds.
The dull thump, thump, thump of the bed was a constant reminder of how badly they needed each other.
Patrick felt his cock ache.
He needed to fuck Ciero.
Badly
And from how flushed Ciero looked, it appeared that he needed the same.
"You want me to fuck your tight little hole, Princessa?" Patrick teased, holding her knee.
Ciero bit her lip. He nodded.
"Yes, baby-! Need you to make me feel good-!" She whined. "So good…"
Patrick chuckled.
"There's my good boy…" he whispered. "Lube still in the same drawer?"
Ciero nodded, spreading her legs in excitement. Patrick shoved his hand into the drawer, grabbing the familiar bottle.
He opened it, sliding some of the familiar clear liquid over his cock - and rubbing some over her hole.
"Good girl," Patrick whispered, seeing how she moved against him.
Ciero blushed.
"So receptive for me, mami," he purred.
Ciero loved how he sounded when he said… anything in Spanish, really…
He squeezed her ass, groping her plump rear.
"Good girl, good girl…" he whispered.
His cock head barely entered her, pressing against her hole.
She whimpered, legs trembling in anticipation.
Patrick slid in further.
"Ah-!" She yelped.
Patrick froze.
"Baby, you okay?" He asked, eyes wide with concern.
Ciero nodded.
"You're just… really fucking big…" He whimpered.
Patrick chuckled.
"Really, mami?" Patrick purred.
Ciero nodded, cheeks flushed a pretty pink.
He smiled down at Ciero.
"I know baby…" He whispered, peppering kisses down Ciero's neck. "...but you've taken me before. We fucking know it fits."
His hips slowly rocked, sliding himself further inside of Ciero's ass.
Ciero whimpered, grabbing Patrick's shoulders tightly. Patrick hissed. He felt her nails dig in.
…but that really only spurred him on further.
He slowly picked up his pace.
In…
Out…
He kissed Ciero's cheek.
In…
Out…
Her lips.
In…
Out…
In, out…
In, out…
In, out, in, out…
"Doing such a good job, taking me like this-!" He moaned.
They'd started a steady rhythm. One that had Ciero's eyes watering with pleasure.
"Ah-! Mhh-! Fuuuck…" Ciero groaned. "Patriiiiick-!"
Patrick chuckled, kissing her gently.
"Don't worry, baby, it's just me and you…" he growled, slowly sliding inside of her again.
Ciero whined. She wrapped her hand around her cock, jerking herself off.
"Mhm-hhmmm-hmph-!" She whined, rocking her hips against him.
Patrick grasped the headboard tightly. It banged against the wall loudly as his hips pistoned in and out.
"Mhhh, fuck… Fuck, baby-!" Patrick grunted.
She tugged on his curls. Her legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him close.
"Patrick-!" She squealed, lips parted beautifully for him.
"Y'gonna pull my hair out, corazon," Patrick joked.
Ciero only moaned in response, losing himself to his pleasure.
Patrick smirked, fucking him faster.
"¿Esta la verga es grande?" Patrick groaned, bucking his hips wildly.
Ciero could barely think; all he could do was feel.
Feel Patrick's cock pump in and out.
Feel his body trembling.
Feel his orgasm approaching.
Feel…
"Cum for me, mami-!" Patrick hissed.
Feel…
"A-ah-!" Ciero squealed.
She came loudly, squirting cum all over her abdomen. Her body trembled, thighs gripping tighter around Patrick's waist.
Patrick grunted, throwing his head back in pleasure.
"Oh, fuck-! Mhhh-m-hmph-! Baby…"
He groaned, biting his bottom lip.
"'Ro, fuck…"
His hips rocked faster and faster, making him chase his release.
"Who makes you feel this good, mami?"
"You, Patrick-!" Ciero whined.
Patrick nodded, kissing her neck.
"That's fucking right, baby-!" He growled. "Me-! I fuck you this good-! Me-! And not some fucking sweater-!"
He rasped, glaring over at the sweater for good measure.
Ciero whined, throwing her head back into the pillows.
"Good… so good f'me… squeezing me like a fuckin' vice-!"
His voice cracked a little, squeaking as Ciero's walls clamped around him.
"Fuck…" he whined, feeling his own release creep closer.
His hips sped up.
Faster…
Faster…
Faster…
"Mhhh-m-hmph-!" He groaned. "Fuck, 'Ro… fuuuck-!"
Finally, his hips stilled.
And he came, shooting his load deep inside of Ciero's tight ass.
"Ah-ah-ah-aaahh-!"
Patrick threw his head back, collapsing on top of Ciero with a gentle thud.
Ciero giggled, struggling under the weight of his boyfriend.
"Pat-!" He squealed,
"Whaat?" Patrick chuckled, panting.
"Get off of me-! You're too heavy-!"
Patrick rolled onto his side.
"Happy?" He asked, facing Ciero.
Ciero nodded.
"Very."
"Bet you my sweater didn't make you cum like that," he joked, nuzzling into Ciero.
Ciero giggled.
"I still can't believe you got jealous over that."
"Hey, what do you expect, mami?" He teased, rocking his hips again.
Ciero whined.
"You're my boyfriend." His voice was possessive. "And only I get to make you cum like a slut."
Ciero laughed gently.
"You're a dork, Pat-!"
Patrick rolled his eyes, still balls-deep inside of Ciero.
"Yeah, but I'm your dork."
He began to pepper kisses up and down her neck.
"...or do I have to remind you of that?" He teased. "...again?"
Ciero rolled his eyes, wrapping her arms around Patrick's neck. Her lips met his in a gentle kiss.
Patrick started to thrust in and out of her again-!
He started setting a steady rhythm for them-!
When…
The door handle wiggled, and the pair looked up.
Ciero's roommate came home early.
"Hey, Ciero-oooh-! Holy fuck-!"
…shit.
#creepypasta#creepypasta au#eldritch hall after dark#creepypasta fanfic#spice tw#sex tw#un osha compliance#soft yellow hearts#Patrick#ciero#splenderman#splendorman#oc: patrick
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Come see me in my office. Right now.
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/cRAhTZ1
by Rilirili
Yennefer is a new PhD student at the department of physiology, much to dean de Vries' despair. Things turn explosive when they both think they have the lab to themselves on New Year's Eve after many frustrations. (un-)Fortunately, they're wrong.
Featuring Tissaia in a tweed jacket, flipflops, a rainbow strap-on and Yennefer's smirk.
Words: 5290, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/F
Characters: Tissaia de Vries, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg
Relationships: Tissaia de Vries/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg
Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Laboratory au, Passive Aggressive Emails, office politics, OSHA non compliancy, plot as thin as the microtome will slice it
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The Joker Tropes
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0% Approval Rating: Apart from Harley (and even then, only when their on-off relationship is "on"), Gaggy and Punchline, no one likes or supports the Joker. In any way, whatsoever. Damn near every other member of Batman's Rogues Gallery hates his guts, mostly because not only is he completely sociopathic and unpredictable, but also they are all scared shitless by him. The only reason why he's even allowed in teams such as the Legion of Doom is because of that fear: if they exclude him from the lineup, then chances are that dead bodies will be lining the streets in their name. Trickster spells it out in "Underworld Unleashed." Trickster: Great going, Neron, bring in the one guy no one wants to be in the same room with. When super-villains want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories.
Abusive Parents: One common tactic for the Joker to garner sympathy is claiming he was ill-treated by his parents. Given his propensity to spew out different and sometimes contradictory backstories, nobody knows if they're true.Harley Quinn: Joker told me things, secret things he never told anyone...
Batman: What did he tell you, Harley? Was it the line about the abusive father, or the one about the alcoholic mom? Of course, the runaway orphan story is particularly moving, too. He's gained a lot of sympathy with that one. What was it he told that one parole officer? Oh, yes... 'There was only one time I ever saw dad really happy. He took me to the ice show when I was seven...'
Harley: (crying) Circus... He told me it was the circus.
Batman: He's got a million of them, Harley.
Acquired Poison Immunity: In many continuities, he's immune to his trademark Joker Venom/Smilex. In a crossover comic with Captain America, he also proves to be immune to Red Skull's "Dust of Death", as their trademark poisons are too similar to each other.
Ambiguous Disorder: He's undeniably insane and Ax-Crazy, but has no official diagnosis. If anything, he can just be diagnosed with "Being the Joker". However, it’s possible he’s perfectly sane and just The Sociopath, and is using his manipulation abilities to continue his reign of terror.
Ambiguous Start of Darkness: Related to his Multiple-Choice Past; the only thing consistent is that he was a low-level crook who got dunked in chemicals to become the Joker. C While some origins (most notably The Killing Joke) have him being forced into crime, others have him as already a sinister criminal beforehand. Batman (1989) and Batman: The Animated Series choose the Evil All Along interpretation.
Appropriated Appellation:
Arch-Enemy: A classic example to the Batman, and not just in the comics - they are pretty much the iconic gold standard when it comes to this trope. The two of them are the page image for a reason.
Attention Whore: A big part of his motivation in various continuities. He even admits as such at one point, while denying he's not behind one particular crime.Joker: Do you really think I would stir up so much trouble and not make sure you knew it was me?
Ax-Crazy: One of his main characteristics is his willingness to psycho on anyone, including his own henchmen.
Bad Boss: Willing to casually kill his own henchmen for any reason, be it part of a plan, for amusement, or simply on a whim.
Bad People Abuse Animals: Defied by The Joker in at least one story (Emperor Joker). Evil Jimmy Olson kills Superman, who has been turned into a dog, by crushing him underneath a fire hydrant. The Joker is simply annoyed, because he doesn't know how to make something as pointless as beating a dumb animal funny. Jimmy Olson is then beaten to death by two giant robots who appear out of nowhere.
Believing Their Own Lies: He sometimes believes his Multiple-Choice Past, Depending on the Writer of course. One issue of the Robin Series had the Joker actually in tears as he told the psychiatrist of his abusive childhood, only for the psychiatrist to coldly point out that it's the seventh story he's told now.
Berserk Button:
Black Comedy: This is one of Joker’s specialties. To normal people, killing would be a terrible thing, but to Joker, it’s hilarious, especially if he does it in a way that amuses him.
Bond Villain Stupidity: In a "Detective Comics" story written by Paul Dini, the Joker (while impersonating a stage magician he had previously murdered) shot Zatanna in the throat so she couldn't recite a spell to save herself, then locked her in a tank of water while strapping Batman in an electric chair. He didn't shoot her in the head because he wanted Batman to watch helplessly as she died. This didn't go so well because first, he's BATMAN! and second, Zatanna was able to write a healing incantation on the lid of the tank using her own blood, which made the spell even more powerful.
Boring Insult: While the Joker has used it a few times on others, he mostly does it to hear the sound of his own voice as the people he usually slings this insult at don't really care whether or not they're boring. On the other hand, this is Joker's Berserk Button when others use it against him. Most notably, he reacts poorly when Terry deliberately exploits this flaw with glee and even rubs it in his face in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. After all, the natural enemy of a comedian is The Heckler.
Breakout Villain: The Trope Codifier for comics. DC's initial intention was to kill him off in his second appearance. Fortunately, editor Whitney Ellsworth convinced DC to spare him, a panel was hastily added to show that he'd survived, and the Joker rapidly became not only Batman's Arch-Enemy, but arguably the most iconic example of an Arch-Enemy in all of fiction.
Break the Comedian: A sure way to determined if things have gotten real, even for the Joker, is if he isn't laughing or joking. A famous example involved the Joker being frightened during the events of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run, when he was horrified by Arcane's actions.
Clear My Name: The Brave and the Bold has him framed for several murders and he must use Batman's help.
Collective Identity: As revealed in Darkseid War and DC Rebirth, the Joker has been used by three people, though Batman: Three Jokers clarified it as this: The Criminal (the original "Golden Age" Joker from the character's debut in Batman #1), The Clown (the "Silver Age" Joker, strongly implied to be the one who killed Jason Todd), and The Comedian (the current "Modern Age" Joker, who kidnapped and tormented Jim Gordon).
Combat Pragmatist : While his fighting prowess varies from remarkably proficient to extremely weak Depending on the Writer, the Joker is a consistently dirty fighter, striking enemies when and where they are most vulnerable. Besides his myriad of gag gadgets, he often carries concealed weapons, gases and acids on his person, and won't hesitate to brandish a wrench or smash a chair over your head in a pinch. He is usually adept with knives and, unlike Batman, rarely has any reservations about firearms. He has no qualms kicking an opponent when they're down, and will employ deception, feigning surrender or defeat to get Batman to lower his guard.
Comic-Book Fantasy Casting:
Confusion Fu: This is often his last line of defense when Batman corners him, especially in the animated television shows. Effectiveness varies.
Cop Killer: Sometimes police officers are among the Joker's victims:
Create Your Own Villain: Most stories posit he was chased by Batman through a factory with No OSHA Compliance, which caused him to be exposed to acid, discoloring his skin and hair and driving him insane when he sees his reflection. Often he claims Batman is responsible for turning him into The Joker.
Creepy High-Pitched Voice: In voiced roles, he usually has a high-pitched voice to contrast Batman's Badass Baritone.
Crossover Villain-in-Chief: In DC's Crisis Crossover events that involve a lot of villains, like Salvation Run and Forever Evil, The Joker usually fills this role along with Lex Luthor.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Insanity aside, sometimes the Joker's plans and methods are so out there they just seem stupid. Despite appearances, he's usually very cunning, and always very dangerous. In fact, part and parcel of what makes the Joker's plans devastating is that he knows how to hide the punchline for lack of a better word. The plans are so innocuous, so disheveled and so utterly random that they usually have no sane MO, which makes it hard to see the bigger picture of the plan unless Batman pieces it together quickly.
Critical Psychoanalysis Failure: Happens frequently, though this may be an indication of the competence of the staff at Arkham. One such time was with Dr. Harleen Quinzel, who bought his story hook, line and sinker and declared him sane, then broke him out of Arkham and started dating him (of course, her exact analysis was that he was utilizing Obfuscating Insanity and it's implied that she was actually right, so perhaps she was the only good doctor at Arkham after all...)
Deadly Prank: He generally considers murdering someone for a joke to be morally no different than putting a whoopie cushion on their chair.
Depending on the Artist: His depiction varies a lot between eras and between different artists in the same period. Major differences are whether he can form facial expressions other than a grin, and whether he is average-sized or freakishly tall and thin.
Depending on the Writer: There are many huge variations, the most common and glaring being:
Depraved Homosexual: Not above invoking this deliberately to get under Batman's skin. Whether he means all his flirting and feel-copping varies slightly Depending on the Writer and heavily depending on one's own interpretation.
Diplomatic Impunity: In A Death in the Family, Ayatollah Khomeini appoints him the UN ambassador to Iran, giving him diplomatic immunity. This was later retconned to the fictional Syraq due to reasons of taste.
Dirty Coward: There is a common misconception that Joker has no regard for his own life and doesn't care if he dies or not. In actuality he does care, and the reason he keeps taunting morally good characters into killing him is because he's confident that they don't have the guts to off him. When he comes across someone who is willing to kill him, he shows his true colors as a sniveling little coward where he starts pleading for his life.The Punisher: I got all the therapy you need right here, comedian.The Joker: You're really going to do it.
Disproportionate Retribution: Has been known to try to kill people for minor slights, such as welshing on a bet on a sporting event for trivial stakes.
Domestic Abuse: This characterizes his relationship with his "henchwench" Harley Quinn to a T. Joker frequently yells at her, puts her down, humiliates her, and exposes her to all manner of violence ranging from "merely" slapping or punching her to outright trying to murder her. Such is her Mad Love that she ignored his abuse for most of her existence in comic history, with the two only separating in the late 2010s.
The Dreaded: Easily one of the most feared villains in the entire DC universe. Other villains are afraid of him; it's been said that when criminals want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories.
Driven to Madness: Doing this to others has become part of his MO. What triggered his own insanity and belief in nihilism remains unknown.
Early Installment Weirdness: Just take a gander at his earliest appearances:
Electric Joybuzzer: One of his signature weapons, a lethal variation, most memorably used in Batman (1989). He ended up Hoist by His Own Petard when trying to use it on Static.Static: That was fun. Let me try! (BZZZZT!)
(Batman approves.)
Enemy Mine:
Even Evil Has Standards: Oddly enough, this trope does occasionally apply to him.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Completely averted with Harley. He physically and emotionally abuses her and tried to kill her on numerous occasions. They eventually break up in the New 52 continuity.
Evil All Along: Some versions, such as the DC Animated Universe and Batman (1989), go with the interpretation that the Joker was evil, if not outright Ax-Crazy, even before his fateful transformation, with the chemicals just making him worse.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: The Joker is Nihilism Incarnate: he believes that life is pointless and insane, and the only thing anyone can do is give into the madness. Life is a joke, and once he got the joke he never stopped laughing at it. One of the reasons he's obsessed with Batman is because Batman is The Anti-Nihilist: Batman also thinks, to some degree at least, that life is meaningless. But rather than embrace the madness, Batman fights against it, trying to bring order to chaos through his heroic actions. So Batman got the joke too, but he's not laughing, and the Joker doesn't understand why.
Evil Genius: Though rarely the focus of his character, Joker is usually an extremely gifted chemist, constantly creating new and better versions of his signature laughing gas. He's also (unsurprisingly) a skilled planner on par with Batman himself, in addition to being extremely charismatic and manipulative when he wants to be.
Evil Is Petty: Joker truly sees no difference between throwing cream pies, robbing a museum, and brutal, torturous mass-murder. To him, it's all just part of the joke.
Evil Sounds Deep: Jack Nicholson in Batman (1989) and Kevin Michael Richardson in The Batman both give the Joker a deep, sinister voice, contrasting his usual higher-pitched depictions in other works.
Facial Horror: His iconic "perma-clown" appearance (the green hair, chalk-white skin, and most of the time, red lips) is the result of being submerged in a tank of chemicals. However, there was times this has gotten worse.
Fame Through Infamy: He's practically built a career on crimes designed more to spread his infamy than anything else. Perhaps his true illness is that he is an Attention Whore through and through...
Faux Affably Evil: Often addresses others in a polite and friendly way before he unleashes merry hell on them.
Flanderization: Over the years, his actions have become almost exclusively focused on causing as much carnage and chaos as possible or harassing Batman and his allies rather than performing any non-lethal mischief or practical crime.
Foe Romance Subtext: Sometimes will mess with Batman's mind by calling him by pet names or using innuendo. Or outright groping him. According to later writers, Joker regards their hero/villain dynamic as a very special relationship, and resents anyone or thing that gets in the way of it (like all those family members Bruce enjoys hanging out with), which is disturbingly like a jealous lover.
Foil: To Batman in several ways. If the origin offered in Killing Joke is to be believed, both Batman and Joker had one bad day that put them on very different paths.
For the Evulz: The usual motives of the Joker. Many of his crimes always involve sowing chaos and the schadenfreude of other people's misery.
Freudian Excuse: Even he isn't sure of his own history and will crop up multiple reasons for his insanity. The most accepted version is that he was a thug named the Red Hood who gets disfigured falling into a vat while trying to escape Batman. His backstory still remains a mystery.
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Best displayed in The Killing Joke: Joker's "one bad day" is just an excuse, as he neither knows nor cares if it actually happened that way, and Batman confronts him on how his attempt to similarly break Commissioner Gordon failed.Batman: Despite all your sick, vicious little games, he's as sane as he ever was! So maybe ordinary people don't always crack. Maybe there isn't any need to crawl under a rock with all the other slimey things when trouble hits. Maybe it was just you, all the time!
The Friend Nobody Likes: Often plays this role among villain team-ups. It's implied that the only reason the other DC villains ever invite him to things is because they're terrified of what he'll do to them if he's not. Alexander Luthor Jr.'s death at the end of Infinite Crisis is brought about because, as Lex Luthor puts it:Luthor: You made one big mistake. You didn't let the Joker play.
From Nobody to Nightmare: The key thing about his Multiple-Choice Past is that nobody really knows who he was before he put on the Red Hood and fell into a vat of acid. As such, Joker was literally a nobody... who turned into the DC Universe's scariest villain, and who at times has upstaged even Brainiac or Darkseid.
Frozen Face: Most depictions have his face as such, with his massive rictus grin being something he can't really stop doing.
Gadgeteer Genius: While he seems to be a chemist first and foremost, the Joker has no trouble coming up with a range of tools and weapons of his own design and is easily as smart as Batman in this area. Other stories show that he has a solid enough understanding of such varied fields as engineering, computers and even robotics that he can at least hijack the sophisticated inventions of others and use them for his own ends with no difficulty whatsoever, and he is generally implied (though rarely outright stated) to have had a scientific background prior to becoming the Clown Prince of Crime.
Glasgow Grin: Heath Ledger's portrayal features very noticeable scarring from such wounds and tells two conflicting stories of how he got them. Sometimes, Depending on the Artist, the Joker has one in the comics, usually in out-of-continuity stories.
Gonk: Depending on the Artist, he varies from "disfigured, but still fairly handsome" to "barely passes for human", the latter cases usually feature him with a really long and narrow nose and a huge, exaggerated mouth with a permanent Slasher Smile.
Guest Fighter: After making appearances in the previous crossover and being a major player in NetherRealm's other big series, Joker shows up in Mortal Kombat 11 all on his own, freed from the restrictions of a Teen rating and able to showcase the true depths of his depraved bloodlust.
Handshake of Doom: Often kills unsuspecting victims by offering a handshake. When the other person grabs his hand, their palm is pricked by a device that resembles a joy buzzer, which injects deadly venom into their blood stream.
Hate Sink: Posthumously, his Injustice-verse incarnation is the primary target for audience scorn and gets saddled with this role by everyone in the game, its sequel, and the tie-in comics — the version from the Injustice-verse itself, at least. This is because he tricked Superman into killing his own wife Lois Lane and nuking Metropolis, then pulling a Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred on the poor guy who that set him on the path to becoming a tyrant, all for the sake of doing it, and because he was tired of losing to Batman, so he decided to go after an easier target. His role as The Corrupter to Harley is explained to make her redemption feel more plausible, as even she has come to despise him for his actions. In particular, while Superman does terrible things, he is portrayed as a Tragic Villain due to the losses he suffered before becoming a bad guy, and as such, his killing of the Joker is always played for maximum pathos. Even villains as despicable as Brainiac, Darkseid and Gorilla Grodd openly despise him. This even continues into his Guest Fighter appearance in Mortal Kombat 11note , where even the likes of Kano, Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn can't stand him.
Human Head on the Wall: There's a rather famous piece of comic book artwork◊ drawn by Brian Bolland featuring The Joker lounging in a chair in front of a trophy wall mounted with the decapitated heads of various DC heroes and villains, all of them painted white and their faces distorted into a smile like the Joker himself. It's even been parodied a bunch of times with other comic supervillains sitting in Joker's place.
Iconic Outfit:
I'm a Humanitarian: There have been a few times when the Joker engaged in cannibalism, such as an issue of Grant Morrison's JLAnote after Day Of Judgment, where upon the reveal that the Martian Manhunter took the League and the now Hal Jordan hosted-Spectre into the Joker's head, the Joker lamented eating a man's tongue raw. Additionally, an infamous bit in Emperor Joker has the Joker eat all of China while he had Mr. Mxyzptlk's powers.
Insane No More: Is cured by Batman forcing unknown pills down his throat in the non-canon Batman: White Knight, causing him go back to his real name, Jack Napier, make a Heel–Face Turn and accuse Batman of being part of the problem (he's also considerably better than the usual Joker, being closer to the earlier trickster personality).
I've Come Too Far: At the end of The Killing Joke, Batman tries to reason with the Joker, insisting that they've got to stop before one of them kills the other and offering to help rehabilitate him. Joker briefly considers the offer before solemnly turning it down.Joker: No. I'm sorry, but... no. It's too late for that. Far too late.
It Amused Me: His raison d'etre. Why kill people in horrific ways, ruin their lives, and generally make the entire universe a worse place than he left it? Because it's funny.
Jekyll & Hyde: Inverted in the case of Batman: White Knight, where taking pills cures Joker of his insanity and brings back his original Jack Napier persona. However, if he fails to take the pills, the Joker resurfaces, which is exactly what happens in Batman: Curse of the White Knight, and he's much worse than before.
Jerkass: Though that is a total understatement, Joker still more or less counts as one. When he isn't killing or torturing people for his own amusement, he's taunting them and trying get under other people's skin.
Joker Immunity: The trope namer. He was originally conceived as a one-off villain but proved too interesting a character to be killed off so quickly, and a last-minute edit had him survive instead. He's so famous for this that most works that kill him off, the audience doesn't buy it, and it serves as an effective twist the rare times when he is Killed Off for Real. But even those rare occasions may continue to feature him in flashbacks or hallucinations as a Posthumous Character.
Knife Nut: In many appearances, knives are his Weapon of Choice, either to disfigure his victims or kill his foes. Often both.The Joker: Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too... quick. You can't savor all the little emotions. You see, in their last moments, people show you who you really are.
Large Ham: Holy shit, yes. He has an enormous sense of showmanship and is seen cracking Black Comedy jokes every minute, and it's a nigh-guarantee that whoever is portraying him will be munching the scenery to the very structure. Most especially the case if it happens to be Mark Hamill.
Laser-Guided Broadcast: In comic books as well in most of the media, when The Joker takes the control of TV and makes one of his menaces to threat and/or destroy Gotham City, good part of his message goes directly to Batman by tempting him to stop his plans, where usually destroy the city is just a secondary plan, getting/trapping/killing Batman as his real main plan.
Legacy Character: The idea of multiple Jokers is used in Gotham. There are two Jokers - Jerome Valeska, and his twin brother Jeremiah Valeska. The former is a deranged mass murderer who spread madness through Gotham. The latter is the actual Joker who becomes Batman's Arch-Enemy, and is even more dangerous than his predecessor.
Lethal Joke Character: In-Universe. Those unfamiliar with him tend to write him off as just some fool dressed as a clown, only to realize very quickly why they should keep their guard up around him. He's still one of the most dangerous characters in the DC Universe, despite existing in a world filled with super-humans and gods.
Master of Disguise: A talent he possesses even in his earliest stories. Joker is an expert with make-up, costumes and impersonations and has posed as everything from police officers to doctors to even Batman himself. He can go to extremely elaborate lengths to pull off his deceptions too, fabricating entire backstories and staying in-character for months at a time to see his plans through.
Mirthless Laughter: The Joker's constantly laughing, either at the pain and misery of others, the pain and misery he inflicts on others, or even his own pain. However, as describe by many and offered by the reader based on his scenes and what he does, there is NEVER any joy in his laughter. Never any real happiness. Just cruelty and mockery of pain and sorrow. If he does indeed have a tragic backstory that caused his madness, then this makes sense as he has chosen to laugh instead of cry. His statement about how the universe should end "so there won't be anymore people like me" during the Emperor Joker storyline lends weight to him being a Sad Clown.
Misanthrope Supreme: While it's not evident given Joker's Laughing Mad demeanor and his penchant for macabre jokes usually at the life and limb expense of someone else, Joker is actually absolutely full of hatred and spite towards basically everyone and the entire world. Several stories have gone into this and it's implied that the Joker finds it so easy to kill everyone around him, not because he feels nothing for them, but in fact because he loathes everyone aside from his twisted relationship with Batman.
Moment of Lucidity: There've been a few times when outside forces have sent him into a fit of temporary sanity over the years.
Monster Clown: One of the classic examples.
Multiple-Choice Past: Practically the poster child and possible trope namer. Even he isn't sure of his own history. The most accepted version introduced in Detective Comic #168 (1951) has him as a thug named the Red Hood who jumps into a vat of chemicals to escape Batman, disfiguring him and inspiring him to adopt the name Joker. Why he went by the name the Red Hood has changed over the years: The Killing Joke claims he was a failed comedian pressured into becoming a criminal to support his pregnant wife. The trauma of his disfigurement from jumping in the acid and his wife's earlier accidental death drove him insane. However, even this backstory is questionable, as the Joker himself calls it "multiple choice".
My God, What Have I Done?: Whenever he is made temporarily sane, most notably by a Lazarus pit after Ra's Al Ghul killed him after a Villain Team-Up and in JLA #15 during the Rock of Ages storyline, Joker usually expresses deep remorse for his crimes. Unfortunately it never lasts.
The Nicknamer: He's prone to giving nicknames to allies and enemies alike. Sometimes affectionate, sometimes snarky, but always undesired. Calling Batman "Batsy" or "Bats" and Robin "boy blunder" are probably his most iconic.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Some of the Joker's victims fall into this.
No Name Given: The Joker is the only Batman villain who doesn't have an official real identity. However, there are three occasions where names have been used. The Jack Nicholson version used the name "Jack Napier", which was briefly mentioned in the Animated Series episode "Dreams In Darkness" since the series was partially based on the movie, albeit the doctors list it as one of his aliases. The Gotham version played by Cameron Monaghan gives him the name Jeremiah Valeska. The Joaquin Phoenix version used the name "Arthur Fleck", though the movie raises the question that he doesn't know who his father is, so 'Fleck' might not even be his surname. The Telltale series plays with this by 'naming' him 'John Doe' - which is just a stand-in name police/hospitals use when they don't know someone's identity. While he still has no official name to this day, it's general fan consensus that it's either Jack Napier or just Jack.
Not a Mask: Sometimes he pretends to wear makeup, but it ain't makeup. Jack Nicholson's version wore flesh-tone makeup over his pale skin several times after his transformation. Though, this is Depending on the Writer, as Heath Ledger's depiction does wear makeup. It's unclear if this is the case for Caesar Romero's depiction, as Romero's mustache is visible at times (he refused to shave for the part).
Not Me This Time: Though he certainly wouldn't mind committing them, he's been framed for murders he didn't commit several times, such as by James Gordon Jr.
Obfuscating Insanity: Zig Zagged Trope / Depending on the Writer. Some stories claims The Joker is actually sane, but pretends to be otherwise to avoid the death penalty. Others says he is genuinely crazy. It must be noted that Joker, like other Batman villains, was only identified as insane from the 70s onwards by various writers.note
Offscreen Villain Dark Matter: Despite the Joker's infamous reputation and violent instability he never has any issues finding new henchmen for his schemes nor does he ever has any issues finding the resources needed to pull off his often convoluted plans and he's often able to do it all without attracting the attention of Batman or the authorities until he's ready for them.
OOC Is Serious Business: A general rule of thumb: If the Joker isn't smiling, something very bad is about to happen.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Pretty much sums up his feelings towards Batman. He often flies into a rage whenever someone else attempts to kill Batman when in his company, and whenever Batman (seemingly) dies he has a tendency to completely snap and turn sane. This actually goes the other direction as well: the Joker feels that Batman is the only one allowed to defeat him, and it's shown he's terrified of someone else doing him in in some continuities.
Outside-Context Problem: A recurring theme of Joker's "first appearance" stories in various adaptations is that nobody in Gotham is prepared for a guy who's only in it For the Evulz. Also, the Joker himself likes to find these, and exploit them.
Phrase Catcher: Back in his prankster phase during the Silver Age, whenever one of Joker's capers got foiled, someone would inevitably trot out the line "The joke's on you, Joker!" For obvious reasons, his current Monster Clown incarnation doesn't get this nearly as often.
Pimp Duds: He sometimes accessorizes his purple suit with a very wide-brimmed hat, which makes the ensemble look like a stereotypical pimp costume. Jared Leto's turn in Suicide Squad (2016) runs with this in his dynamic with Harley Quinn.
Pre-Insanity Reveal: The Joker, depending on the version, may have been an ordinary comedian before he went crazy and became a super-villain.
Purple Is Powerful: Purple is one of Joker's three colors (along with white and green) and he is powerful.
Psychopathic Manchild: For starters, when Batman is telling Joker to stay away from the Gordons after he apparently hurt Gordon's wife (it was actually his son, Gordon Jr. who did the deed), Joker commented that he didn't do anything to "the old bitch", and starts commenting to Batman that he misses the old Batman, and commented that he "doesn't want to go to bed yet" and that he "wants to play."
Redemption Rejection: In The Killing Joke, Batman defeats the Joker once again and then desparately pleads with him to accept help recovering from his madness before they eventually kill each other. In one of his rare, completely serious moments, the Joker sincerely apologizes and tells Batman that it's far too late for that.
The Resenter: Joker has often shown resentment towards people in many ways in different stories. The best example is him being resentful of anyone who garners more attention from Batman than him and anyone he sees as "stealing his act", i.e. being a laughing mad, jokey maniac cramping his style (The Creeper in Batman TAS). Regardless, many of his crimes and attitudes often carry an undercurrent or resentment be it towards to Bat-family because he resents sharing Batman with anyone or normal people for living their mundane lives free of care. Given how much spite seems to fuel his rampages, Joker's probably got a mountain of resentment inside of him.
Restoration of Sanity: On occasion, Joker's sanity will suddenly return to him, usually in stories where Batman retires or is believed to have died. His reactions tend to vary - sometimes we don't see how he reacts to what he did, but other times he actually shows genuine regret for his actions. Of course, these never tend to stick.
The Reveal: When Batman sat in Metron's chair in Darkseid War, one of the questions he asked was who the Joker was and the answer freaked him out. In DC Rebirth, it's revealed why: The Joker is a Legacy Character: the Joker responsible for Death of the Family and Batman: Endgame is not the same man who crippled Barbara Gordon—and neither of them are the original Joker.
Riddle for the Ages: Being the Trope Namer for Multiple-Choice Past, it's unknown who he was before falling into an acid tank and whether he was nuts even before being dunked. He even believes his origins, Depending on the Writer of course.Joker: They throw me out, and I had a wife and an unborn child… or it was two cows and a goat? Sometimes it's so confusing…
Rule of Funny: One of his primary themes (alongside insanity), as explained in Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?: "Kid. I'm the Joker. I don't just randomly kill people. I kill people when it's funny. What would conceivably be funny about killing you?"
Secret Identity Apathy: In most continuities, he simply doesn't care about Batman's Secret Identity, understanding that Batman is the true face and not the man behind the mask. It's shown sometimes that the Joker will actually be upset if someone outs Batman's identity to him, usually because it spoils their dynamic in some way. When Scarecrow pulls off Bruce's mask in Harley Quinn, it practically triggers a Villainous Breakdown.Joker: Half the fun of our relationship was the mystery! Now I know Batman is just some boring, rich asshole with parental issues!
Self-Made Orphan: In The Brave and the Bold #31, Atom reads his mind and sees The Joker burning his parents alive after they catch him killing animals.
Slasher Smile: He wears one almost by default. Reportedly, it was inspired by this photo◊ of Conrad Veidt in character as Gwynplaine (a man with a disfigured face, causing him to have a perpetual grin) in The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.
The Sociopath: A skilled and gleeful manipulator, a vicious butcher who brutally tortures and murders others simply because he thinks it’s funny, extraordinarily impulsive given that he’s prone to turning his murderous urges on his own men on a whim or because one upset him in some way, shape or form, and has not even the vaguest notion of empathy, neither for his men or his victims.
The Spook: His backstory is an eternal Riddle for the Ages. DC Comics refuses to take an official stance on this.
Start of Darkness: Detective Comics #168 posits he was a laboratory worker who becomes the Red Hood in order to steal a million dollars from his employers and retire. In The Killing Joke he quits his job to become a comedian, but fails and is coerced by mobsters to commit a robbery, becoming the Red Hood. His disfigurement and (in The Killing Joke) his wife's death earlier in the story destroy what little was left of his sanity and he becomes The Joker. Maybe.
Stealing the Handicapped Spot: He doesn't do this. Rather, he hates it when other people do it and finds it hilarious to horrifically cripple them so they can legitimately park in handicapped spots.
Straw Nihilist: Provides the trope image and is the poster child for this. He claims that everything in life is just "one big joke" and death is the ultimate punchline. Joker also believes that "a bad day" is more than enough for anyone to turn out like him. This is shown notably in Injustice: Gods Among Us, The Killing Joke, and The Dark Knight. The Red Lantern Atrocitus even wonders what drove Joker to nihilism during an intro banter with the clown in Injustice 2.
Strong as They Need to Be: His fighting skills fluctuate wildly. Sometimes, Joker is an excellent fighter who can actually defeat Batman in a straight-up fight, whereas most writers prefer to present him as so weak that he can be knocked out cold with one punch.
Stupid Evil: Depending on the writer, The Joker can sometimes fall under this, where his cruelty and sadism tend to lead to his own death at the hands of all the people he's wronged.
To Create a Playground for Evil: His motivation in stories like Emperor Joker.
Too Kinky to Torture: The Joker has shown a proclivity for this over the years. At one point, the Joker berated a man who'd captured him for only hitting him in the face and The Dark Knight similarly sees the Joker berate Batman during the the latter's beating of him. He also enjoyed his and Bruce's final fight in The Dark Knight Returns. Salvation Run had established the Joker's been in constant pain since he took his fateful dive into the vat of chemicals that altered his appearance and not only had gotten used to it, but grew to enjoy it. This quote from The Dark Knight sums it up perfectly: Stephens: I can tell the difference between punks who need a little lesson in manners, and the freaks like you who would just enjoy it.
Tombstone Teeth: He is often drawn with too many too-long teeth as part of his trademark rictus grin, highlighting his nature as a psychotic and sadistic killer.
Troll: Most incarnations of the Joker dress themselves as being a lethal one of these. The best example is his DC Animated Universe version, who tailored each of his schemes as a joke or a prank, and sometimes even lectured his underlings on the importance of proper buildup and delivery when telling a joke. Batman in particular is the Joker's preferred victim, and many a Joker has refused to kill or unmask a Batman dead to rights, simply because it would spoil the fun of trolling him. But when others upstage or taunt him, he really goes nuts, as it's one of his Berserk Buttons.
Unreliable Narrator: Even he isn't sure of his own history, so anything he claims is suspect at best.
Villain Has a Point: Given his devotion to Rule of Funny, he's quite knowledgeable on what makes successful comedy, as seen with the featured image on Don't Explain the Joke.
Villain Song: There's no other villain who has belted out as many memorable music moments, not even the Music Meister. Three of them incidentally were sung by Mark Hamill behind the mic:
Villainous Aromantic Asexual: He is shown to be more interested in his schemes and mayhem rather than sex. He has had sex with Harley, but it is implied that it's more for her rather than his own enjoyment. He has actively ignored her when he simply wants to work on his schemes, even when she's in the translucent red night dress.
Villainous Friendship: No matter how bad things turned out last time, Lex Luthor and Joker will always work together again. Played With, as it isn’t just because of friendship. As Luthor himself notes in the ending of Infinite Crisis, you always "let the Joker play," lest he come after you for revenge later on for leaving him out.
Villainous Harlequin: He was this during the Silver Age. He is also this in Batman (1966) and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Villainous Rescue: In Dark Nights: Metal, The Joker pulls this off by teaming up with Batman to defeat the Batman Who Laughs, Batman knowing that a jokerized Batman would have the upper hand teams up with the Joker. It is so unexpected that the Batman Who Laughs, who is still prepared for anything Batman would conceivably think of, is unable to counter it let alone even consider it a possibility.
Villain Protagonist: He was the star of his own nine issue self-titled series from 1975 to 1976. In order to adhere to the Comics Code Authority, The Bad Guy Wins was never in effect - while he usually managed to get one over on other villains, each issue would end the Joker being apprehended for his crimes. He also got his own movie in which Batman didn't even exist yet, delving deep into what someone would have to go through to become the Joker.
Weapon of Choice: The acid-spitting flower, Smilex/Joker Venom... and simple crowbars, established by how he killed Jason Todd.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: He has neon green hair caused by the chemicals he fell into.
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Everything you wanted to know about HazCom training
Employers with hazardous chemicals in the workplace must implement a formal Hazard Communication Training or program that includes processes for managing and maintaining safety data sheets (SDSs), container labels, chemical inventory lists, a written HCS plan, and employee training on OSHA's HCS standard specific to the employer's work environment, according to OSHA's hazard communication standard (HazCom or HCS).
It may be more difficult than it appears to meet these standards. HCS violations have ranked second on OSHA's annual list of the most-common standard violations for the past six years, with the agency frequently punishing businesses for failing to have or having an inadequate written plan in place.
So, what can you do to prevent hefty fines and ensure that your software complies with regulations? Here, we'll go over the few critical steps to putting together a successful HCS program.
Employers who produce, use, or store hazardous substances should familiarize themselves with OSHA's HazCom training standard and how it affects them and their employees. You can't establish what is required for compliance without a fundamental understanding of the standard.
Designating the suitable staff to handle it is also crucial. It won't be enough to create the program once and expect it to remain relevant despite continual changes. Instead, choose a single person or a group of qualified individuals to carry out and oversee related operations like training. Accounting for employee turnover is an often-overlooked aspect of this phase. If a designated employee departs your organization, you should immediately select someone else to fill that position.
Every business that exposes personnel to hazardous chemicals must have a written HCS plan that outlines how the facility will execute the standard in detail. This plan doesn't have to be long or difficult; instead, think of it as a roadmap for implementing your program, ensuring that all needs are met in a systematic and coordinated manner.
All hazardous chemical containers in the workplace must be properly labeled, according to OSHA. When it comes to workplace or secondary container label compliance, you have the option of replicating the corresponding HCS-compliant shipped label or opting for an alternative labeling system that combines UN's Globally Harmonized System (GHS) elements with training and other information to provide employees with immediate access to chemical hazard information.
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Charles, after finding Mira's "naughty stash": She's not into these things.
Jaeson: It’ll do you no good if you keep assuming things about her.
Charles: Trust me, she’s not. I know how this is going to end if I say yes.
Jaeson: La petite mort?
Charles: With Mira forcing herself to do something she absolutely doesn’t want. She’s a people pleaser, Jace. I don’t want to do that to her.
Jaeson: It sounds like you’re objecting on Mira's behalf.
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DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION NEED A SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SOC) or a Global Operations Center (GSOC) ?
Whether your business is global or local, at some point real-time security information and operations will be vital to the continuity of your business. Some larger companies have created a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) that may also include regional centers. Other firms create a Security Operations Center (SOC) that helps manage security and resources within a single state or region. For this article we will use the term SOC for simplicity, as not all companies are global in footprint.
This article will provide some insight into some of the considerations our clients have wrestled with, the GSOC/SOC benefits they seek, and some steps we use to design a SOC.
The Security Operations Center (SOC) – A Good Business Practice
THE BRIEF HISTORY
For over 75 years government agencies and other entities learned the value to the organization provided by a central nerve center. A center that monitors various technology systems, live situations, or events, protects and directs personnel resources, and provides a hub for the organization’s quick response to a wide range of events that require immediate attention. Military organizations the world over utilize the principles of Command and Control.
While we were all impressed with NASA’s “Mission Control Center” during a space mission launch, crisis situations like the “Bay of Pigs” operation requiring a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), and post-9/11 US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) new operations centers to communicate, collaborate, and coordinate, may not be so well known.
There are many types of operations centers, and today they include:
Global Security Operations Center (GSOC)
Security Operations Center (SOC)
Mission Operations Center (MOC)
Threat Operations Center (TOC)
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Network Operations Center (NOC)
THE PURPOSE OF THE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SOC)
More than any time in our history, business entities face an infinite number of internal and external threats and risks. We have deployed various security technologies to help protect our staff, visitors, and assets:
Video Monitoring/CCTV
Access Control Systems
Intrusion Detection
Duress Alarms
Communications Systems
Possible IT Network Security Integration
Support to onsite Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Post-9/11 the proliferation of security technology created an array of challenges, such as:
Large amounts of data being stored, with data and systems being un-utilized or under-utilized
Disparate security systems, platforms, and applications
Failure to effectively monitor thousands of alerts and respond to events proactively
Increased regulatory compliance issues and consequences for failures
A disconnect between the people and the technology
Gaps in the integration of disparate systems
Timely communications failures
Reacting to data and information that is stale
Failure to protectively respond to alerts, before they become a crisis
High costs associated with “crisis response”, verses a Proactive Program
The Security Operations Center (SOC) provides the place for organizations to monitor developing situations, analyze the risks in real-time, and proactively respond before something becomes a crisis. As crisis response is extremely costly, the investment in a SOC helps conserves corporate resources, while clustering them to realize a savings.
CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
The mission control center is no longer something just for NASA or rocket scientists. Today’s SOC serves a set of vital functions that are common to many other business operations. Just as various business units will monitor a variety of business requirements and respond to them, the SOC helps apply the same business process to all matters related to security.
Just as the Finance Department monitors federal, state, and local regulations, taking appropriate proactive actions to keep the organization in compliance, the SOC monitors information in real-time, analyzes this data, and coordinates a measured response to protect people and assets proactively. Today’s business environment requires a high degree of internal and external situational awareness.
Building A SOC – Modern Cost and Risk Factors to Consider:
A highly mobile workforce that requires greater protection
Active threats, risks, and corporate responsibilities extending far beyond the buildings, campus and local area – Business is now global
The ever-emerging “All Hazards” landscape requiring agencies to address weather, wild fires, traffic/travel, seismic disturbances, man-made and natural events, active threats, local radical/reactionary group protests, home-grown and international terrorism
A heightened need for corporate intelligence and situational awareness
Increasing distrust, threats, and violence again government and quasi-government agencies
Significant legal action, court awards, penalties, and public outrage post-incident when response is slow or lacking
Large investments in current security technology with resulting data going to waste (storage)
Inefficient in deploying manned security resources and failing to maximize return on investment
DUTY OF CARE
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have enforced standards, rules, and regulations in the workplace since the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act). Over the past few years, with workplace violence on the rise, OSHA and numerous court decisions have shined a spotlight on the OSH Act’s “General Duty” Clause (Section 5(a)(1).
It is now recognized that “Employers have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace”. This requirement is applicable to physical work spaces, as well as employees working off-site and traveling on company business.
From OSHA Guidance to Industry:
“Under the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are required to provide their employees with a place of employment that is “free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious harm.”
The courts have interpreted OSHA’s general duty clause to mean that an employer has a legal obligation to provide a workplace free of conditions or activities that either the employer or industry recognizes as hazardous and that cause, or are likely to cause, death or serious physical harm to employees when there is a feasible method to abate the hazard.”
“An employer that has experienced acts of workplace violence, or becomes aware of threats, intimidation, or other indicators showing that the potential for violence in the workplace exists, would be on notice of the risk of workplace violence and should implement a workplace violence prevention program combined with engineering controls, administrative controls, and training.”
While a SOC will greatly assist the organization to address Duty of Care in a professional and responsive manner, this comprehensive business approach will clearly show proof of the organization’s commitment to protect people, assets, data, and places.
WHAT THE SOC PROVIDES TO THE ORGANIZATION
Unified Command – The basic principle of incident response is to provide a single command that directs the response to any incident or event. The SOC serves this purpose in real-time, with systems enhanced with artificial intelligence and analytics.
Monitoring of Real-time Security Video Feeds
Active Maintenance, Monitoring, and Response Perimeter
Gatekeeper for All Campus Access and Visitor Management
Real-time Monitoring and Analysis of Data – Speed & Actionability
Live Security Incident Reporting & Management
Live Area Incident
Weather / Wild Fire / Environmental / Seismic
Traffic
Staff Travel
IT Network Monitoring (optional)
Mass Notification – A Proactive Response Mechanism for Two-Way Communications Capabilities 24/7/365
Inclusion of New or Next Version Artificial Intelligence (AI), Plate and Facial Recognition, and Analytics Tools
The Concept of Continuous Prevention – In Real-time Operational Risk Management
Supportive of Basic Security Principles: Delay – Detect – Respond
Ability to Recover More Quickly from a Breach
Enhanced Protection of Staff Working Remotely or in Isolation
Far Less Costs Being Proactive vs. Reactive or Funding a Crisis Response Effort
Resources – The SOC is a place where all the resources of the organization are known and can be deployed quickly. From alerts of temperature issues in IT server rooms, to a broken pipe causing flooding within a building, the timely awareness and hailing of repair resources can salvage vital business assets. Whatever the problem or event, the SOC operator will have a ready list of response resources to call always to mitigate any active threat. While it is not advisable to flood SOC staff with numerous non-security responsibilities, business unit functions that are directly related to security and life safety, can be supported by the SOC.
Readiness – An organization that commits to a SOC is affirming its dedication to readiness. While other organizations may switch to “panic mode” and fumble to respond appropriately, the design, data feeds, SOC Operator training, and testing will ensure organizational readiness 24/7/365. The introduction of smart security tools such as recognition, AI, analytics, and other new or next version technologies allow the SOC to work smarter, with an additional level of readiness. Continuous Prevention is the organizational and SOC objective.
Proactiveness – The very nature of the SOC is to be the organization’s alert apparatus always and provide the proactive response mechanism that provides a steady and knowledgeable operation of trust. Apart from responding to any developing crisis, the SOC can provide helpful and sometimes lifesaving information to staff. This information and communications could be related to pending severe weather, the sudden shift of a wildfire, or a traffic incident with a mass warning to impacted staff, allowing for a detour or avoidance, for safe passage to work.
COST BENEFIT TO THE ORGANIZATION
A Security Operations Center will be a valuable tool to the organization through the provision of Continuous Prevention. In addition to the many functions the SOC actively delivers to keep people, data, and assets safe and secure, the SOC presents opportunities for cost savings.
Remote Assessment
False Alarm Reduction
Duress Technology – Life Safety
Working Alone /Remote Staff Monitoring
Monitoring and Mass Notification Warnings – Severe Weather/Terror Strikes/Disasters
An example of cost savings would include a strategy to deploy Remote Assessment. As the SOC is built out, strategically placed cameras with audio capabilities can be integrated with remote controllable hardware, and possible mobile devices that allow a single security officer in the SOC to preform Remote Assessment of many doors and locations around the entire campus. The technology becomes a force multiplier, thereby reducing the costs associated with manned security, while providing an enhanced level of protection to the organization.
Monitoring and analysis of data is a real-time function of the SOC. Some of the data being scrutinized are intrusion detection/alarm system. A SOC operating 24/7/365 can assess these alarms and determine legitimate from false alarm, thereby reducing the costs associated with false alarm response.
In support of a workplace violence / active threat prevention program, inexpensive duress technology can be incorporated into the current prevention plan to raise the bar in providing proactive actionable intelligence prior to a full-blown event. This is a very important life safety benefit that can be delivered by the SOC systems and staff.
Whether staff are working remotely or in an isolated area of the main campus, the SOC can provide an immediate link to remote or isolated working staff through many voice and signal technologies. The SOC increases compliance with General Duty of Care provisions, while providing a potential lifeline and peace of mind to isolated or remote working staff.
SAMPLE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND CONSIDERATIONS
Depending on the client and their needs and desires, PRS follows this flexible process. It is provided here to give you an idea of the planning process. If you have not yet selected a site for your GSOC/SOC, then one of your first missions will be to conduct an All Hazards Assessment of the possible sites, in order to narrow the choice. If your SOC operations are critical to your business and you require 99.999% reliability and up-time, then careful site selection will be even more critical. The Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) / 911 Center is generally a post-disaster facility with redundant utility runs from two or more compass directions. If 99.000% (or 5 nines) is necessary, then you need to soberly consider your site, threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, as well as the ease of running redundant utilities and systems.
SAMPLE PHASED IMPLEMENTATION
Phase 1 – SOC Conceptional Design Process
The Security Operations Center project would take a conservative phased approach. Initially, a SOC Conceptional Design Process will seek to quantify technical needs with rough order of magnitude budget, functional requirements, as well as to document SOC operational expectations will. This initial phase will flow as follows:
Fact-Finding – In addition to engaging stakeholders, the nature of the SOC requires sober information and data analysis. By examining information through the lens of several internal and external sources, we can determine the features and design principles we need to accommodate. This phase of research and analysis is accomplished off-site.
Stakeholder Engagement – Our experience has shown that early engagement of the client’s stakeholder group is imperative to the success of the SOC. As State Fund will be making a significant investment in this center, we need to confirm what services and expectations the stakeholders will be anticipating, and how they can best be delivered by the SOC now and in the future. If this vital engagement does not happen, costly retrofits may be required going forward. This work is best accomplished on-site.
On-Site Study – Following an off-site research and analysis phase, PRS will launch into the stakeholder engagement and on-site study portion of the work to that conserves client resources. By examining the physical plant with any constraints, limitations, and requirements, PRS takes our collective data analysis and applies this knowledge to site reality.
Numerous important design considerations will be assessed and research, with deliverables to include a Security Operations Center Conceptual Design Document that answers:
What design elements are required externally to support an SOC – materials and infrastructure
What should be housed in the SOC and what features will support long-term monitoring needs
The essential services are expected by the organization and to be services by the SOC
Based on emerging trends – What technologies should be included in the SOC (phased in)
Details of SOC manpower requirements, proposed selection process, and training needs
A Rough Order of Magnitude (RoM) projection of costs and suggested phase in plan, so that the decision makers have an informed implementation path to match with budget processes and timelines
Next Steps Plan
Phase 2 – First Layer Build-out and Integration
During this phase the initial build-out of the physical space for the SOC will take shape and integrate perimeter video and intrusion detection system. As the organization benefits from this initial layer of situational awareness and continual prevention, the systems will be incorporated and expanded to other locations and terminated into the SOC, as costly manual or manned processes are eliminated.
As project phases and budgets are approved, the holistic SOC will seek to incorporate:
Multi-Campus Access and Visitor Management
Multi-Campus Video with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics
Enterprise-wide Security Incident Reporting & Management
Live Area Incident Feed
Weather / Wild Fire / Environmental / Seismic Feeds
Traffic Conditions and Other Required Data Feeds
Staff Travel Monitoring
Mass Notification – Two-Way Communications Capabilities 24/7/365
Continuous Prevention / Real-time Operational Risk Management
Enhanced Protection Systems – Staff Working Remotely or in Isolation
This process sample should help you with your planning and building of a business case. If done properly, the GSOC/SOC can be the crown jewel of your security organization. Proving its value and active vigilance that will prove vital to your business. By directly connecting the business with security, you will be well on your way to building a a contemporary corporate security organization that will stand the test of time.
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HCS 2012 (GHS) is in Full Effect – Are you Prepared?
The GHS regulations are now in full effect – how are you impacted? Here’s an article from Steve Kahane, International Coatings’ President, recently published in the September/October ’17 SGIA Journal:
You may not readily recognize its name, but the 2012 Hazard Communication Standard (HCS 2012) is a regulation that has a profound day-to-day impact on your business and businesses worldwide. It touches everyone, not just chemical manufacturers. After a multi-year phase in, HCS 2012 requires compliance with strict new Safety Data Sheet (SDS) and label requirements, and broadens the definitions of manufacturers and products that fall under its purview.
HCS 2012 significantly modifies previous chemical hazard communication requirements, most notably Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS). Communications must now conform to the United Nations’ (UN) Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). HCS 2012 is more detailed and encompassing in its hazard evaluation and labeling of chemicals than previous OSHA and MSDS requirements, and is designed to harmonize our safety and labeling communication processes with international standards (making it easier for importers and exporters).
Here are the three major elements of the Hazard Communication Standard that you need to be familiar with:
Hazard classifications: HCS 2012 provides specific hazard definitions and criteria for hazard classification. These go well beyond those used previously. They are designed to ensure that hazard evaluations are consistent across manufacturers, and that labels and safety data sheets are more accurate as a result.
Labels: Labels must now include new additional information – a harmonized signal word, pictogram, and hazard statement for each hazard class and category. Precautionary statements must also be provided. It’s not just the end products that need to be labeled and tracked. Product intermediates (in-house color mixes, additive premixes…) may need to be labeled and tracked as well.
Safety Data Sheets (SDS): Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) have been replaced with a new SDS format that follows a specified 16-section format.
If you’re just engaging with HCS 2012, here’s what you should be doing now:
Understand the law. SGIA is an excellent resource for HCS 2012 and its application to the print industry. Start at https://www.sgia.org/government-watch/safety-and-health. You can find additional information on OSHA’s web site, https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html.
Be sure all of your safety information is up to date, you have current and compliant SDS’ from all of your suppliers, and you in turn are providing compliant information to your employees and customers.
Familiarize yourself with the information on the new labels. Not only do the labels contain much more information, some of that information is new and different from what was previously provided. In particular, the new hazard ‘pictograms’ and hazard classification system are very different from the old HMIS system.
If you are a distributor or reseller, there are now certain new requirements and obligations with which you will need to comply. For example, if you repackage, blend or mix inks (or any other chemicals), HCS 2012 considers you a manufacturer. That in turn requires you to generate SDS and labeling for any products from the original manufacturers that you’ve opened and handled.
If you are an exporter, be sure to confirm that your hazard classifications and labeling conform to the requirements of countries importing your products. While the law is intended to ‘harmonize’ with other global standards, HCS 2012 may not follow that same hazard classification system protocols as those in other countries.
HCS 2012 may seem overwhelming, but help is available. Your suppliers are usually excellent sources of technical support. Take advantage of SGIA’s regulatory expertise on HCS 2012 and other regulatory issues affecting the print community – Marci Kinter, [email protected], or Allison Lundy, [email protected]. And finally, feel free to direct questions to the SGIA Ink and Chemicals Committee (representing the print supplier community) through Joyia Marshall at SGIA, [email protected].
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OSHA Crane Regulations & Chicago Crane License Requirements
OSHA Crane Regulations & Chicago Crane License Requirements
Updated crane regulations in the city of Chicago went into effect in March 2016, which added crane classifications and requirements for certification for operators of any lift or hoist with a capacity of 2,000 pounds or more. The Chicago crane license requirements were, in part, based on updated OSHA crane regulations, which were introduced in 2010, originally scheduled to take full effect in 2014, but later extended for a full compliance deadline in November 2017. OSHA estimates that when the new regulations are in full effect, they will prevent 22 crane-related fatalities and 175 additional injuries each year.
Updated OSHA Crane Regulations Already In Effect
The implementation of OSHA’s new regulations is in stages, and three of the key points are already in effect with full compliance required:
Qualified Riggers – During hoisting for assembly or disassembly, or any time workers are within the fall zone, guiding, hooking, or un-hooking a load, or making the initial connection of a load to a structure or component, employers are required to use a qualified rigger. A qualified rigger must possess a recognized certificate or degree, or professional standing; extensive knowledge, training, and experience; and demonstrated ability to solve problems related to rigging loads. They must also use approved synthetic slings in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
Pre-Inspection – Employers are now required to perform pre-inspections of the ground conditions on the site before any equipment is assembled, as well as an inspection of the crane towers and wire rope before erection begins. Visual inspections by a competent person are also required at the beginning of each shift, observing running and standing wire ropes to look for deficiencies like kinking, crushing, unstranding, birdcaging, or any sign of core failure or protrusion, corrosion, electrical arc damage, or improperly applied end connections. Monthly and annual equipment inspections are also required and specified in detail.
Qualified Signal People – Employers must provide a qualified signal person when the point of operation is not entirely in the operator’s view or the operator’s view will be obstructed as the equipment travels in the intended direction; or when the operator or load-handler determines that site-specific safety concerns warrant it. To become qualified, a signal person must be evaluated by qualified evaluator in their knowledge, understanding, and use of signals, as well as the operations and limitations of the equipment, such as swinging, raising and lowering, and stopping of loads, boom deflection, and other crane dynamics.
Final Stage Of Compliance For OSHA Crane Regulations
The final compliance stage for the updated OSHA crane regulations is operator training and certification. Employers are required to provide or pay for training and certification for any operators who are employed but not certified, with all operators properly trained and certified by the November 10, 2017 deadline. If your company needs help achieving full training and certification compliance, Optimum Safety Management can help. Contact us to learn more about how we can help your company build a safer work environment and achieve full compliance with OSHA regulations as well as state and local requirements.
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Automobile Junk Yards
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Automobile Junk Yards
We see run-out, decaying, junky cars in front yards, in fields, tow yards, auto auctions back yards, junk yards and dump areas set aside for this purpose. Hawaii, the Big Island we saw areas where the cars were just piled up. Well on an island it is a big problem because as the population expands so do the cars and if people buy new cars what about all the old ones? Well, they just pile up and then what do you do? It costs money to ship cars off the island, so you trade in your old car and let the dealership deal with it, but he doesn’t want it either.
We have seen in front yards of mobile homes years of junked cars rusting away in GA, AL, LA, MS, SC. We are talking total junk, not just undrivable but neighborhood rodents and varmints living in them. I can remember as a kid the local cities would have junk days where they would go tot he canyons and hit the streets to pickup abandoned vehicles and take them to a metal recycler or crusher. CA had a CRV-California Redemption value so you could get money for the metal in aluminum cans, old cars or plastic containers. Each year in this country vehicles are recycled, crushed, sent to the middle east in containers and of course recently in the last six years we have had a big push to donate to a church or synagogue or non-profit. Good idea, I can remember making money for one non-profit group allowing people to smash a baseball bat for $1.00 per hit, with a guaranteed uncorked bat. But suspension if you hit the safety glass. Later when OSHA standards came out as Senior Class President of the HS we started wearing goggles when we allowed the people to smash the car. Then a friend whose dad owned a tow company took it to Pick-Your-Part Junk Yard in the Valley, today totally wired with every make and model and part listed on the Internet and most hard to find stuff on eBay and all the junk yards are all interconnected on a trunk repeater Motorola Radio System. The junk yard business has really progressed over the years.
America has a love for the automobile and many of the old cars are fixed up. About a decade ago you may recall a program where oil companies in some states could buy old cars and get them off the streets and trade for pollution credits, of which El Paso and Enron both enjoyed trading. Enron traded everything from Lumber futures and pollution to energy and just about anything consumable that the Boys in Chicago had not yet created the market for. If it is not bolted to the floor and contracts were drawn for future use, you can bet it was on the potential list to be traded. Bandwidth, oil pipeline capacity, water you name it. Commoditizing the world has advantages and this is one way to control the junk and costs associated. This has always been a free enterprise theme to reduce pollution here in the US.
In the European Union 7.3 million cars per year are ELV’ed or ELV Treated, although there are 11 million total sent to the graveyard, furnace, junk yard or recycle crushers, but first plastics and other items are taken apart. In the US we just crush the crap out of them and deal with the entire pancake. Let’s face it this is a good start. Problem is that each Country in the EU has different guidlines, these countries can never make up their mind. For instance the debt borrowing of the Euro in Germany and France and the rest of the countries having to pay later for the hamburger today.
In the US we have the United States, although often act like the United Countries although we are not much better as in almost every industry we have a different set of laws. Even smaller states with little population bases have conflicting laws, states such as VT, ID, WY, MT, NM, NH, RI, WV, IA, NE, ND, SD. States like CA, OR, WA, MA act like socialist countries and obvious are paying for it now. Beware the socialists in their goal to make all things equal, they can ruin anything, ask Plato. The problem being making non-linear decisions for the best of the country is nearly impossible, for us to come to terms of our leadership role in the Americas we have a lot to be desired on many a front.
We can do better than this, but we fight over the means, why? There can be no excuse. No wonder we cannot come up with solutions to issues like the junked vehicles, which leak all kinds of things when they rot in fields and bleed iron oxides, heavy metals asbestos, and oil, fuel (turns to varnish), brake fluids, radiator fluids and obviously leach into the ground water pf the local farm and cause all kinds of cancers and problems with kidneys. There are issues. But also we see old farm implements and other equipment junked out back. You can see this on every back highway in America and every small town serviced or within 100 miles of a Wal-Mart. In other words every where in every small town. Starting in January of 2007 all European Cars sold will be the responsibility of the manufacturer no matter how long the vehicle is in service.
If a new Ford Mini-van is in a crash after only 2 months on the road it will be the Ford’s responsibility. If it is on the road for 40 years and then junked it will be Ford’s problem. Sounds a bit of a problem to me like our under funded pensions in this country of which the Big three are probably a good example of a serious problem with blue chip companies. Scary thought. You see as countries become more socialist the consumer will not be responsible for anything.
Right now 75% of vehicles in the EU are ELV’ed they wish to increase this to 85% by 2006 a noble cause. 95% by 2015. But we know this is absolutely the wrong way to do this after all the State of CA set and dictated a timeline for electric vehicles and that did not work, today in the Business News GM announced it was completely cutting the plug on all electric vehicles for the newer technology of Fuel Cell. And pursuing the Fuel Cell development project with UPD. Meanwhile with all the EPA deadlines un-met and all the passed costs to businesses by light, Medium and Heavy duty truck manufacturers, FedEx’s Fred Smith put out a challenge that he wanted 50% more fuel efficient units with 90% less emissions. Apparently these do-gooders do not understand entrepreneurship otherwise they would be solving the world’s problems by creating not accusing.
Renault adopted a plan on their own called LEM-Life-Cycle Management and found 13 key vendors to achieve this, a much better and well organized plan this was back in 1999. They made all components recyclable, well 90% including the plastics and other materials for their top selling cars; Laguna II, Mid Size Panel Vans (you have seen them in cops and robber movies in France chasing James Bond), Clio II and the Val Satis. Excellent achievement for the French Car Company. Similar to the 90% of their recycled story about the Oil for Arms Program with Iraq. Did I say Arms, no no FOOD, we we Food, yes food, silly me. Other ideas of the ELV program is to use easy to dis-assemble parts, like what Dell is doing with computer trade-ins, yes Michael is always leading edge, he deserves an award.
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You see when you take apart computers especially old ones they have gold plated components on the circuit boards and connections. Dell only charges $15.00 to recycle and they get at least $8-22 in gold out of each one. Once apart they can be 67% recycled. The EU wants certain things to no longer be used in the manufacturing of cars, such as mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadium and lead. Most US Manufacturers have already done this completely and the rest will soon be completed. Smaller companies such as MG Rover which use to produce millions of cars now only sells 200,000 per year in the UK, the UK likes the idea and are up with the compliance anyway seeing as they agree since they are on an island. But you can always drive the cars to Europe in the Chunnel and they do not want the reciprocate, the UK says we are not a junk yard.
The UK has it’s own plan called: ACORD-Automotive Consortium on Recycling and Disposal. They are proposing a cash incentive for turning in a vehicle, the Economist and the Futurists have both had articles on this thought and it is similar to the Oil Companies paying to get off the road those cars which would not run on Unleaded fuels and needed the lead additive. People were paid to dispose, in this case though people are paid to dispose properly and the UK would let the manufacturers off the hook and let the owner be responsible after all they own the car and there is no telling how many owners a car in Europe may have had during its life before it became an end of life vehicle like Logan in Logan’s Run and had to be renewed.
The UK’s Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association agreed that the owner would be given the $75.00 equivalent in pounds as an incentive. Probably also would need to be based on inflation and the CPI-Consumer Price Index you know the Brits in their need to be exact, they are all wannabe economists. Failure to properly dispose and renew registration on the vehicle would mean that the fine penalty would be issued to their drivers license, they are more connected there. But the problem is inconsistencies for instance Greece had no shredding sites, while Germany has 42, Italy 16, France 42 and in the UK 37 total. Problem too is that those cars from others countries in Europe would not be able to take their cars to the UK, they only want to dispose of their own cars, not everyone else’s. Obviously they do not want to pay the $75.00 for every citizen in Europe who want their car melted and shredded.
In Austria which makes no cars, they want to be paid and have the other countries to come pick up the damn cars, Germany says we can do this since they will levy, guess what another TAX or they call it a LEVY of $100.00, but that levy is dry and Austria is saying that will be the day when I die, meaning Yah Right? Like you guys in Germany are so far in debt you will steal the money from Peter to pay Paul and we will never see a dime of that and we know it. Germany of course loves the upfront money. Ever since Hitler’s economic policy of collecting goods in trade up front and holding payments against those goods until they strung out vendors (countries) like Sears and then owned you. No one is fooling the Austrians and they could care less because they do not make cars anyway, figuring it is everyone elses problem so come get your cars and forget about us building any shredder plants in our beautiful country.
France and Spain are taking the approach that the manufacturer should pay the difference between the scrap that is collected value and the cost to scrap it. Good idea, but what about mergers of car companies or those succumbing to economic pressure of the low dollar today against the Euro. What about those who will not be here in 2015 when these cars are junked, who pays for that? Like all these manufacturers are going to be here tomorrow? And in a merger is the new company responsible? Lots of questions, the UK is still talking with industry and the cars well they keep piling up, in the United States we have more room, but many of these old automobiles have other issues and materials of yester year, just like the old aircraft in the desert are slowly decaying and aluminum in the water may cause the immune system to attack the brain such in Alzheimer’s. Still not proven yet.
Another issue is if the Germans collect upfront and a premature incident such as the Floods in Prague where cars were junked early the junkyards would sell the engines and other components. But also in accidents, theft recovery vehicles already paid on, small car fires, or terrorist’s being killed and bullet holes these vehicles are not sellable but parts can be taken off, why should the manufacturer have to pay, shouldn’t they get a refund? But Germany cannot pay everyone not to work and still have money left. These vehicles have gearboxes, engines, body parts, which may still be sellable.
In the US the Argonne National Laboratories have been studying
ASR-Auto Shredding Residue
About 10 million vehicles are scrapped in the us each year. Now remember the net gain of 7 million is the traffic you see. You see the 10 million vehicles crushed or shredded in the US each year contains about a million tons of polyurethane Foam and about 1,500,000,000 pounds of thermoplastics, which is trucked to the landfill or incinerated. We need to look at the options for ELV as the US has to come to grips with the problem as junked cars increase.
By recycling the ASR-Automotive Shredder Residue as per Argonne’s tested model, a reduction of 75% of the waste can stop on the way to the landfill. In the US we have discovered this can be resold to make other products, both in automotive and other fields. This is done by a two stage trummel, it is like a rotating screen, same principle as fishing for gold in Auburn, CA gold country. Or the Rock Crusher sifters in Sunlight goldmine in Butte, MT. The sifter splits up the debris into three parts, similar to the quarters, tokens and dimes sent into the coin-op car wash for processing into rolls for the bank and recycling of tokens back to the machine. In this process the University of Chicago was able to build the machine able to take out the dirty foam, oxides of less than 6 mm, like rust chips and also the glass chips, dirt. Also taken out of the ELV junk cars would be sand granulars, other metals and plastics. Smaller holes allow these materials to filter and the foam rises and is left. It is merely dumped over the side and collected in a huge bin and trucked away. Very efficiently however recovering nearly completely debris free dirty foam larger and lighter foam chips. Like the water, which weighs more than the gold.
Foam and we have studied it on this board previously, go ahead an look it up after you are completed with this topic. the Foam is then washed, rinsed, dried and then of course re-used. Foam when missed with chemical is easily dissolved and then the chemical precipitated out and the foam is reblown with gas and made into the next substance and preferable shape. Foam being 5% liquid and 95% gas until it hardens is cheap to make, but having the substance the 5% for free is also cool. The only issues are the same involved in bulky cardboard recycling and the economies of scale and mass production depend a lot on transportation issues, trains and trucks cost money to run and the stuff is bulky for it’s value. If the substance can be removed onsite it is much more feasible and the foam turned to liquid is reduced from 100 volume to 5% volume and now in liquid form and can easily be transported by CSX tanker car anywhere you want it and then shipped anywhere in the world in bulk. This is very cool.
Plastics can be easily separated by froth flotation and precipitates and therefore can be recycled cheaply, the Industries dealing with Mineral Separation use this method as well. The ABS-Acrorylontitrile-buta-diene-stryrene is abstracted by difference in density to the high-impact polystyrenes, which sinks faster. So you can separate the two types of plastic with 95 plus percentage accuracy. The recovered ABS can be used for a multitude of things in another automobile. There are a few issues also with the thin galvanized steel used to keep cars light which is used in modern cars, it is zinc coated and when your melt it, it gives off toxic clouds of dust.
The best idea is to strip the zinc before the process and there is a way to do this by using sodium hydroxide and electrolysis at room temperatures. To remove the zinc from solution use a centrifuge.
The Argonne is going to sell this entire process to Belgium, and the other EU countries are saying that for every 35 ELV cars just one engine can be sold, nearly 95% of all ELVs have negative value, yet the Argonne solution solves those issues. One issue with the recycling of steel is much is contaminated with copper, this could cause failure in steel frames on cars and especially with grain memory methods of manufacturing where the steel is trained to stay straight such as in steering rods, axles, truck frames, bridge components, buildings etc. if bent the steel returns to it’s intended design shape without worries of fatigue from torsion or other forces. The Japanese would by it after all they claim their stainless is the same, but when 5% nickel is really used it does not rust like the Japanese steel, no wonder we are upset with their imported steel. Even with 505 stainless for underground tanks if we use the Japanese stuff our tanks will corrode much faster leaving us with significant damage to environment and drinking well water and underground aquifer contamination although that was never discussed in the Kyoto treaty either.
You can recover about 50 lbs of zinc from a ton of steel and yes zinc has value such as undercoatings of bridges, use in pigments or marine or aircraft corrosion prevention. Plastics recovered is about half the cost to producing plastics from corn due to corn prices, with other plastics, eating and ethanol. Also in drought years plastics cost more due to oil companies getting more as less corn is produced for taco shells, Kellogg’s corn flakes and Tony the tiger. In all seriousness though this is correct along with the artificial manipulation of the commodity markets as margining players, market movers, farmers hedging their bet against the crop production and speculators let it all hang out. One issue still remains, window tint, laminated glass, antenna and heating element materials often embedded in the windshields, windscreens and rear windows.
In the EU there are also the same issues we have here, those old five-gallon flush toilets, refrigerators, washers and dryers, all an issue. I cannot tell you the amount of toilets traded in drought areas and the non-energy efficient refrigerators traded in, in nearly every city in America and this has helped America become more energy efficient, but the mountains of debris are unbelievable. Think about it.
Netherlands and Sweden have had auto disposal plans in affect for quite a while. I hope you learned something from this, because as used car prices fall and cars are worthless, there will be more scraped. As we sell more cars and newer more efficient vehicles their will be more scraped, as fuel cells come into play and we work out the bugs of technology problems we will see all those cars on the road end up scrapped. We need to have a plan and we are well on our way in the states, we can work better since we are in the same country and all on the same team, as long as the other states follow the BMP that fits the needs of the American People and do not try ot build some special program to pay off their over spending as their tax base dwindles from cutting off the hand of the businesses that fed them all these years.
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