Category: x Archive Exercises

Safer Saws-Flyerfan1974

1A. Manufacturer

The saw was equipped with a safety device called SawStop that could distinguish between wood and flesh and then stop the blade fast enough to prevent a gruesome injury.

1B. The saw is equipped with a safety device that prevents injury.

1C. Factual Claim- Saw stop preventing injuries is a fact.

1D. The claim provides logic to persuade the reader that this device may change the world of woodworking. If this device prevents “gruesome injury” then people will want to buy it. No one likes gruesome injuries like losing fingers.

3A. Bosch Spokes person

“The new Bosch ReaXX saw will have a completely different blade brake tech that will allow for 2 braking events before the cartridge has to be replaced. It also won’t destroy your blade.”

3B. The tool company Bosch is stating how their product is will be way different than the SawStop, created by Steve Gass.

3C. Opinion Claim- Bosch is saying how their product will differ from Gass’s, but there is no factual evidence to prove this.

3D. This claim provides logic that their product is was different from the one created by jobs. If their product is slightly different, then they will not be sued. The claim is reasonable, the product can be different. However, the accuracy is poor due to Gass’s product being released before theirs. He spent his entire life on this product, and finally releases it, then after this Bosch suddenly has the same idea only slightly different.

6A. Personal Injury Lawyer

“10 amputations a day and thousands more injuries every year, is an unacceptable toll when a ready fix is affordable, available, and waiting.”

6B. This claim is stating that it is unacceptable that people are being injured when a safety tool is sitting around doing nothing.

6C. Opinion Claim- This claim is opinion because other might not think the SawStop is a reliable, affordable, available product.

6D. This claim uses logic to get its point across. Why are people being amputated every day when there is perfect tool to prevent this sitting on the bench? This claim is very accurate, 10 amputations a day can be stopped if the SawStop is implemented. It is affordable and ready.

9A. Steve Gass himself

“They contend that Bosch, and their new ReaXX table saw, which also features flesh-detection and blade brake technology, is infringing on SawStop’s patented inventions.”

9B. Steve Gass feels that Bosch completely ripped off the idea he has spent his whole life creating.

9C. Opinion Claim- This is a more opinioned claim because no one can actually know if Bosch stole his idea, there is no factual, hard evidence. If Bosch created a similar product then some can say it is a copy while others can say it is not a copy.

9D. This claim provides hard evidence like Bosch’s saw has the same flesh detection technology that Steve Gass’s Saw Stop has. The claim also says that the ReaXX saw is infringing on the SawStop’s patented inventions. This is reasonable considering that the ReaXX contains the same technology as the SawStop which has a patent.

11A. Amputees

“I lost a finger and half the use of my hand in a table saw accident the cost of a cartridge a new blade is well worth having that safety.”

11B. This claims states that people would rather buy a new saw than lose a finger.

11C. Factual Claim-Everyone would not want to trade a finger for 60 dollars.

11D. This claim provides a logical explanation, a finger is way more important than a $60 blade. No one would pick less than $100 over a finger or hand.

Safer Saws – ChandlerBing

Table Saw Amputation Lawyer

6A: The Schmidt Firm, a personal injury law firm, writes on their website, “…manufacturers have refused to voluntarily place the safety devices on their products, citing an unreasonable increase in price (about $100 per table saw). Recently, a man who filed a table saw amputation lawsuit was awarded $1.5 million after the court found that table saw manufacturers were liable for not including the safety feature.”

6B: Manufacturers refused to use SawStop technology on their products because of the “unreasonable” price increase of each table saw which would be a mere $100 compared to the millions of dollars lost in a single lawsuit.

6C: This is a factual claim because of the evidence listed.

6D: The SawStop technology (which can save 4,000 amputations per year) would cost table saw manufacturers around $100 per table saw to implement this technology. This does not bode well for these companies because they do not want to lose profit. In one case, a man who lost his finger in a table saw incident filed a lawsuit against a table saw manufacturer because it is the companies duty to prevent injuries of any kind. That company lost $1.5 million in the lawsuit rather than $100 to provide the SawStop safety feature.

Feds Might Force Table Saw Makers to Adopt Radically Safer Technology

1A:  Table saw manufacturers claim “If the [Consumer Product Safety Commission] makes the technology mandatory for table saws, that could give [Stephen] Gass a legal monopoly over the table-saw industry…”

1B: Manufacturers are worried that if the CPSC mandates SawStop tech for all table saws then Gass would have a monopoly over the industry until his patents expire.

1C: This is an opinionated claim formed by manufacturers.

1D: It is true that Gass’ invention is protected by legal patents which means that no one can create and implement the same idea to their table saws without facing legal ramifications. This could result in Gass jacking up the prices of this safe technology due to lack of competition.

1E: Gass’ oldest patents expire in the year 2021 which means other companies can design similar concepts of the SawStop feature. Also, Gass’ aim is to save people from suffering amputations and possibly living without fingers for the rest of their lives.

Saws Cut Off 4,000 Fingers a Year

11A:  Tom Corbett, a contractor who severed four fingers in an incident regarding a table saw states, “Back in the early 70s and 80s before there were airbags there was people getting killed ridiculously in car crashes and all of a sudden they have to have airbags in them they have to have safety equipment. I don’t see any differences for the saws.”

11B: Corbett compares the use of airbags and SawStop technology.

11C: This is a persuasive claim.

11D: Corbett emphasizes how imperative airbags are for automobiles. Before 1968, cars did not have mandatory airbags and the risk of fatality was evident. When airbags were deemed mandatory for all automobiles, fewer people were dying from car accidents. Corbett mentions that there is no difference when it comes to saw safety. He knows that every saw should have this technology. Corbett’s life changed forever because of the lack of modern safety technology.

SawStop Inventor Steve Gass Defends the Latest Tablesaw Verdicts

9A: “I think we could argue about whether the law is wrong if you don’t believe that manufacturers should have an obligation to make their products reasonably safe…”

9B: Steve Gass believes that the law should require power tool manufacturers to make their products as safe as they possibly can.

9C: This is an opinionated claim.

9D: Manufacturers absolutely should use the technology that is available on the market to provide the safest product they can create. Companies must always keep their consumer’s best interest in mind when developing new tools or updating old ones. This will prevent the 4,000 amputations yearly and save companies millions in lawsuits.

Power Tool Industry too Powerful to Regulate?

12(Shop Owner)A: Gerald Wheeler, a wood shop owner explains the cost of injuries, “Not long before, two of his employees had been maimed within a few weeks of each other. Wheeler felt awful about the injuries, the loss of two good workers, the $95,000 in medical bills, and the doubling of his workers-compensation rates.”

12B: Wheeler speaks for most shop owners when he explains the struggle of paying so much money for compensation for something that could have easily been prevented.

12C: This claim is based on facts that can be backed up by statistics therefore it is a factual claim.

12D: It is extremely costly for shop owners to pay workers comp to those who have accidentally been involved in an accident at work. Wheeler also stats that he paid $95,000 in medical bills for two injured workers. He also must pay them their rate every week even though they are not working. Wheeler also had to find workers to replace the skilled ones that he already had. All of this could have been prevented if Wheeler obtained the SawStop tech and paid a little extra to save him thousands of dollars.

Safer saws- Princess45

10a. ”I have not lived a single day without regretting that accident,” Tom wrote. “If your device prevents even one person from going through what I have gone through, it is a world class accomplishment.”

10b. Tom doesn’t want anyone else to go through what he went through.

10c. Opinion

10d. This is a reasonable claim, he is trying to prevent people from being in a situation that he is in. Clearly wants the best for people working in the same industry as him.

4a.  Consumer Safety Advocates state, “Saws cut off 4,000 fingers a year. This gadget could fix that.”

4b. Explains what this new product can do and how it can minimize the amount of amputations a year,

4c.  Opinion

4d. This claim is an opinion because we might not know or believe that this saw will prevent a certain amount of injuries

11a. An amputee says, “I lost a finger and half the use of my hand in a table saw accident the cost of a cartridge a new blade is well worth having that safety.”

11b. The amputee explains that the cost of the cartridge is well worth having the safety instead of ending up like him

11c. opinion

11d. An opinion because he is saying that the expense will always be well worth preventing his accident

2a. Customers says “I note the people opposed to sawstop don’t own one. I own 2. Jobsite and contractor. Used professionally, and I won’t let anyone on a jobsite use another saw.”

2b. the people opposed to saw stop don’t own one

2c. opinion

2d. The claim is true because how can you judge something you have never used.

Safer Saws- The admiral1

1A. The SawStop Official website claims “When skin contacts the blade, the signal changes because the human body is conductive”

1B. When skin contacts the blade, the signal changes because the human body is conductive

1C. This is a factual claim, giving inside on the technology used in the device

1D. I think this is a pretty reasonable claim. It is factual because of the demonstration they showed on the website.

1E. There is no reason to refute this claim

2A. A claim made a customer by the name of Per S. from New jersey states “Folks if I could find fault somewhere, I wouldn’t hesitate to let you know.”

2B. This claim is stating how well the saw is designed, from every aspect.

2C. This is an opinion claim made by Per. His opinion was that the saw is the best in the world, which could vary from person to person.

2D. This is a reasonable claim. This is a great saw in my opinion, having worked with a few different table saws in my day.

2E. There is no reason to refute this claim.

3A. Susan Young, an industry spokesperson from Bosch states “”SawStop is currently available in the marketplace to any consumer who chooses to purchase it”

3B. This claim is saying that the technology is out there for those who want to purchase it, and should not be put on other companies to provide the technology.

3C. This is a factual claim made by Young, it is on the market for others to buy if they want it, but also an opinion because without saying it, in her opinion not all saws should have to be made like the SawStop

3D. This claim is reasonable. There should be a variety of different saws for different users that want different things.

3E. There is no reason to refute this claim

11A. Amputee David H states “Table saws are not forgiving … You have to live with this the rest of your life.”

11B. David had his thumb amputated because of a table saw accident, so he explains how unforgiving the machine is, and how he has to live with no thumb for the rest of his life

11C. This is an opinion based claim, because as funny as it sounds some people might not have the same opinion as David does.

11D. This is a reasonable claim. I know I saw a kid in my wood shop class have his finger sawed off freshman year, and it was not a pretty sight.

11E. There is no reason to refute this claim.

12A. Steve glass, the inventor of the SawStop, put his finger to the test, and put his finger to the saw blade.

12B. This was not words as a claim, but he was so confident in his product that he put his own finger to the test.

12C. I do not know what kind of claim this would be, maybe an action claim if that exists, because he is making a statement with his actions and not his words.

12D. I think this is a reasonable claim, and a pretty good advertising technique. He is so confident in his product that he was willing to put his own finger on the line just to prove how well, the technology actually works.

12E. There is no reason to refute this claim.

Safer Saws – theintern

Manufacturers

1A. “The flesh detection technology stops a blade instantly when it is touched by human flesh.”

1B. Theres a flesh detection technology that detects if human flesh is near the blade which then stops instantly.

1C. This is a factual claim because it is a personal testimony by the manufactures.

1D. There is no real evidence determining that this technology actually stops instantly, or reviews from real people who own this tool and have actually tried it.

Customers

2A. “Bosch Tool “colluded with its competitors” to develop their own version, and continued to sell their dangerous table and miter saws.”

2B. This claim states that after a discussion with their competitors they still continued to sell their dangerous tools.

2C. This statement is a factual claim because of the verified information Bosch tools told.

2D. The claim persuades me to think that Bosch could’ve had a safer tool for their consumers but they decided not to and continued to sell dangerous saws hoping that their consumers wouldn’t notice. I don’t understand why only table saws are dangerous and not the rest of the tools.

Injured Plaintiffs

5A. “The bringer of the suit is essentially claiming that his permanent and “traumatic injury” could have been prevented if Bosch and its competitors had not rejected and fought against the safety technology.”

5B. The claims states that Bosch could have prevented these lawsuits if and only if they did not reject against safety technology.

5C. This statement is very opinionated because the bringer is biased about the Bosch’s decision of not securing the safety of their consumers.

5D. The claim is very biased from a user’s perspective of a bad experience the user had. The claims state that Bosch could of prevented these incidents but theres not enough statistic evidence showing the percentage of people injured.

Steve Gass Himself

9A.  “petition from Gass, engineers at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommended that the government begin a “rulemaking process” that could result in mandatory safety standards for table saws.”

9B. This claim explains how Gass himself recommended that the government make rules towards table saws and make sure that they provide more safety.

9C. This claim is more so a proposal because Gass suggested ideas to the government without the government asking for them.

9D. Theres not evidence of the petition succeeding or if the government ever agreed to it. Gass thinks he knows best but does he? This claim can be arguable.

Power tool product reviewers

10A. “Existing Underwriters Laboratories document ANSI/UL 987 includes provisions for maintaining safe distance from saw blades and instructions for proper use.”

10B. This claim clarifies that under this document “ANSI/UL 987” there are safety regulations to be followed.

10C. This statement is a proposal claim because it suggests the consumers to think twice before standing to close to the blades.

10D. The claim is reasonable and gives a precaution that users should consider. However it contradicts the product tools purpose of it being safe and a document should not be stating the danger there is.

Safer Saws- Yoshi

  • (1) 8A. Pro tool reviews wrote, “On top of all this, in terms of table saw safety, kickbacks are certainly more dangerous, and cause far more injuries each year, than cutting off fingers. Currently new advances are already being implemented through UL approval guidelines (new for 2010) to incorporate these safeguards.”

8B. Kickbacks cause more injuries over cutting fingers

8C. Evaluation claim

8D. The claim can be factual, but has no source to prove it. The writer says kickbacks cause more injury than someone accidentally cutting their finger off.

8E. I disagree with it, because they didn’t add a source to prove it. I myself have never heard of someone getting injured by a kickback, but I sure have heard a lot more people cutting their finger off from a saw.

  • (2) 4A. Roy Berendsohn said “Basically, the Bosch tool uses a sensing circuit that’s similar to the one SawStop patented years ago, but not identical. Where SawStop’s technology jammed the saw by running a piece of aluminum into it, wrecking the blade, Bosch’s cartridge system can save the saw blade. Whether Bosch’s design is too similar is a matter for the courts.”

4B. Both the Bosch tool and the SawStop use different technology to stop the blade and they are not the same. Berendsohn is basically saying there was no reason for the two to go to court because they are nothing alike.

4C. Opinion Claim

4D. The claim that they shouldn’t go to court is a opinion claim.

4E. I believe the two should go to court because the designs are fairly similar, and SawStop was presented to Bosch but they denied him.

  • (3) 8A. Written by Myron Levin in Mother Jones, “according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (PDF), resulting in more than 33,000 emergency room visits and 4,000 amputations. At an average cost of $35,000 each, these accidents lead to more than $2.3 billion in societal costs annually including medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering.”

8B. “At an average cost of $35,000 each, these accidents lead to more than $2.3 billion in societal costs annually including medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering”

8C. Factual Claim

8D. The claim states how much money is spent with people that get injured with saws.

8E. I agree with this claim because there is evidence backing it up.

  • (4) 1A. SawStop Website says, “Our saws, besides being the highest quality and best featured saws in their market segments, feature the ability to detect contact with skin and stop the blade in less than 5 milliseconds.”

1B. “besides being the highest quality and best featured saws in their market segments”

1C. Opinion Claim

1D. This claim states that SawStop is the best quality and the best brand of saws in the market.

1E. I disagree with this claim because I think Bosch has a better quality saw. I think the fact that Bosch’s saw is reusable after it stops makes it better.

  • (5) 6A. An injury Lawyer claims, “The SawStop and other table saw safety devices are actually very simple. They run an electrical current through the saw blade that is attached to a current monitor. When the blade is cutting wood (a poor conductor of electricity) the electrical current in the blade remains constant. If the blade touches flesh (a relatively good conductor of electricity) the current in the blade drops.”

6B. “The SawStop and other table saw safety devices are actually very simple.”

6C. Opinion Claim

6D. The lawyer claims that, the saws are very simple.

6E. I don’t think they are simple, I actually think they are very confusing. I still don’t understand how the blade even stops that fast.

 

 

Critical Reading

Section 6

“She mirrors…she just mirrors” her dad’s behavior, Brannan says. She can’t get Katie to stop picking at the sores on her legs, sores she digs into her own skin with anxious little fingers. She is not, according to Brannan, “a normal, carefree six-year-old.”

-it is a interesting thing to see their kids copy their Parents PTSD actions.Especially at such a young age they will pick up anything.

Different studies of the children of American World War II, Korea, and Vietnam vets with PTSD have turned up different results: “45 percent” of kids in one small study “reported significant PTSD signs”

-Kids who parents show up with PTSD 45% of them appear to have the same signs as their parents.

-I believe that kids show more signs than their parents because of their young ages they will pick it up faster and it will be apart of their personalty for a good part of their lives.

But then in 2003, a team of Dutch and Israeli researchers meta-analyzed 31 of the papers on Holocaust survivors’ families, and concluded—to the fury of some clinicians—that when more rigorous controls were applied, there was no evidence for the intergenerational transmission of trauma

-When there is a more controlled environment the chances of trauma is less.

Holocaust survivors “had more resources and networks, wider family members and community to support them to adapt to their new circumstances after a war.” They were not, in other words, expected to man up and get over it. 

– I don’t believe that the reason why the  Holocaust survivors trauma rates were lower because they had more resources to help aid them.

-I think that they had were just in a different environment then the solider coming back from the war.

-An their kids didn’t have any signs because they would just want to forget about their time there. An would just hide there trauma from them.

EO3 Critical Reading – thebeard

Section 17 

 1. Later, she reminds me that Lasagna Night can come apart in an instant, if Caleb has a “bad PTSD moment.”

  • Lasagna Night has probably fallen apart many times before since she says that she is reminded.
  • Caleb probably has PTSD moments a lot that causes problems at home.

2. These are supposed to be her easy months, she sighs, April and May and June, before the anniversaries of his worst firefights—many of them in Ramadi; a lot of bad things happened in Ramadi—exacerbate his flashbacks and nightmares.

  • These months are supposed to be easier, Caleb hasn’t had many PTSD moments in these months in the past from what it seems.
  • Caleb probably wasn’t deployed during these months when he was in war or he wasn’t in the fight.
  • The worst of his firefights must happen in month after June.

3. That’s usually September through January, the “really bad” months, whereas in the spring, she gets a bit of “vacation,” time to clean up the house and catch up on work, rest.

  • From September through January Caleb has a lot of bad PTSD moments.
  • He probably has bad flashbacks of what happened during those months when he was in active duty.
  • In spring Brannan gets time off from the PTSD moments. Caleb may not be home or he is more calm and doesn’t think about them that much then.

4. She used to ask Caleb what was wrong, why he was coiled so tight and poisonous, screaming and yelling at everybody. That just agitated him more.  

  • It is smart not to ask Caleb what was wrong when he was yelling. This made him more angry.

5. Haven’t you noticed I’m having a bad time? he’ll ask. And then she’ll just sit and listen while he says he cannot get it out of his head, about how if he had caught that fucking sniper, that enemy sniper he’d been trying to get, that’d been following them around, terrorizing their unit, if he’d have managed to kill him like he was supposed to, then the sniper wouldn’t have gotten off the shot that killed his buddy.

  • This is something that he has thought about a lot, Caleb lost a friend from this and it haunts him a lot. He always thinks “what if” something else would have happened.

 

E03 Critical Reading – Killroy513

Section 2

Killroy, you were assigned Section 7, several times, aloud, in class, MON SEP 25.

“Now, he’s rounder, heavier, bearded, and long-haired,”

Claim- He different in his original appearance.

-Many Veterans after service do not abide by AR670-1 physical appears codes. They go back to civilian life. A veteran can be anyone around you and you would not even be able to tell.

“obviously tough even if he weren’t prone to wearing a COMBAT INFANTRYMAN cap, but still not the guy you picture when you see his “Disabled Veteran” license plates.

Claim: Caleb is still as strong as he was but has changed.

-Many veterans take pride in serving in the military. Most wear hats displaying their unit, branch or time of service. The hat depicted in the reading is one that displays that the man saw combat as an infantryman. 11B MOS’s are rifleman that are in the heat of combat a good portion of the time. They are the infantry. Many things can be seen serving in the military and they are exposed to most of it. Even though someone isnt physically wounded, the thoughts of what was seen can mentally scare you for the rest of your life. This is basically what PTSD is.

“Not the old ‘Nam guy with a limp, or maybe the young legless Iraq survivor, that you’d expect.”

Claim: Not the typical disabled veteran.

-Many soldiers from the Vietnam war returned disabled, some physically and some mentally. Being in the heat of combat is different for everyone. It effects people in different ways. You could be physically wounded or mentally wounded. These wounds never truly seem to heal because the scares are left as a reminder.

Is PTSD Contagious?

E03 Critical Reading – PlethoraGaming

Section 12

By this point, you might be wondering, and possibly feeling guilty about wondering, why Brannan doesn’t just get divorced. And she would tell you openly that she’s thought about it. “Everyone has thought about it,” she says

  • She is assuming that we all should be thinking that they should be divorced
  • This is a common thought for anyone who has to deal with someone who has PTSD

And a lot of Kateri’s eight-year-old son now counts the exits in new spaces he enters, and points them out to his loved ones until war or fire fails to break out, and everyone is safely back home.

  • Perhaps this is  normal to find a way to get out if someone has a PTSD breakdown.

in the wake of Vietnam, 38 percent of marriages failed within the first six months of a veteran’s return stateside; the divorce rate was twice as high for vets with PTSD as for those without. Vietnam vets with severe PTSD are 69 percent more likely to have their marriages fail than other vets. Army records also show that 65 percent of active-duty suicides, which now outpace combat deaths, are precipitated by broken relationships. And veterans, well, one of them dies by suicide every 80 minutes.

  • Claims: 38 percent of marriages fail within few months of their return
  • Claims: Divorce rate is 2x higher for vets with PTSD.
  • Claims: Broken relationship cause 65% of suicides while active duty
  • Claims: PTSD vets commit suicide every 80 minutes

But even ignoring that though vets make up 7 percent of the United States, they account for 20 percent of its suicides —or that children and teenagers of a parent who’s committed suicide are three times more likely to kill themselves, too—or a whole bunch of equally grim statistics, Brannan’s got her reasons for sticking it out with Caleb.

  • Claims: kids are likely to commit suicide as well if their parents have done so as well.
  • She has her reasons for staying with Caleb

“I love him,” she says.

Brannan fully supports any wife—who feels that she or her children are in danger, or in an untenable mental-health environment, or for whatever reason—who decides to leave. She’s here, through Family of a Vet, to help those people.

  • Claims: She loves him
  • They are not in a dangerous mental zone for the kids to be effected.

But she’s also there for those FOV users who, like her, have decided to stay. “I have enormous respect for Caleb,” she explains if you ask her why. “He has never stopped fighting for this family. Now, we’ve had little breaks from therapy, but he never stopped going to therapy. I love him,” she repeats, defensively at times.

  • Others have stayed with people with PTSD like her
  • She respects and loves Caleb
  • Therapy is helpful and they go to it continuously, even if they take short breaks

He is her friend, and her first love, and her rock, and her lifeline, her blossoming young daughter’s father, her ally, and her hero, she tells Caleb when he asks. Because the person who most often asks Brannan why she stays with her husband is her husband.

  • Caleb is very important to her
  • She stays with him because of who he is