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Hours M-F 7:30am - 4:30pm PST Tel: 949-699-3663 Email: info@salamint.com * FREIGHT IS NOT INCLUDED, UNLESS SPECIFIED. Prices and Specifications are subject to change without notice. Offer can be withdrawn anytime without notice, not responsible for typographical errors. Promotion prices are valid for publication month, unless specified otherwise. Buchanan Group teams with Baker Lab to Speed Development of COVID-19 Vaccine CORONAVIRUS INDUSTRY RESPONSE COVID-19 INDIANAPOLIS,IN— Buchanan Group and Flanner Buchanan announced that the organization’s disaster re- covery servers are being dedicated to a distributed com- puting project run by the Baker Lab at the University of Washington , which may be integral in quickly developing a vaccine for COVID-19. The servers will be supporting Rosetta@home, a project used to predict protein structure which operates on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) platform and is managed by the Baker Lab. “The basic goal of the program is to predict protein, pro- tein docking and design new proteins,” explained John Meyer , Buchanan Group VP of Technology, “Baker Lab has an impressive history with this technology, which puts them in a unique position to swiftly develop a vac- cine for COVID-19,” said Meyer, explaining: “However, this means processing a great deal of data. With the Roset- ta@home distributed computing model, a bunch of small processing projects quickly add up to a giant project that could not have been done easily by a single organization. That’s why Baker Lab has called out to anyone who can help process data, and we are honored to join the fight.” Buchanan Group’s disaster recovery servers are con- stantly updated with backup information to prepare for a disaster; however, the processing capabilities of these systems during daily operations is largely underutilized. In the partnership with BOINC, Buchanan Group has provided these servers as dedicated systems running pro- tein analysis software. They are now operating at 100% utilization of 24 dedicated processor cores—added band- width which may be critical in the race against time to analyze, understand and defeat the novel coronavirus. “Serving families remains our greatest priority, and Bu- chanan Group is ready to activate our disaster recovery systems in the event of an outage or any other emergen- cy,” said Bruce Buchanan , Buchanan Group fourth- generation owner. “This new partnership will not impact our daily operations at all. Our electric bill may increase slightly—but a vaccination is something that could save millions of lives. It’s a small price to pay.” Help is still needed, as a staggering amount of data will re- quire continuous processing throughout this initiative.Those interested can learn more and take action at https://flanner- buchanan.com/partnering- with-baker-lab-at-university-of- washington-to-speed-development-of-covid-19-vaccine/. For nearly 140 years, Flanner Buchanan has served In- dianapolis families by providing all-in-one location conve- nience, a caring, knowledgeable staff, contemporary ame- IDL Designs and Manufactures Unique Two-Piece Face Shield to Assist Retail Service Workers BUTLER,PA— IDL , an experiential marketing and retail design agency in Butler, and a part of Pittsburgh’s Mat- thews International Corporation , has temporarily shifted its manufac- turing of retail displays to produce a unique two-piece face shield designed to assist the unsung heroes of COV- ID-19—retail-industry service workers at the front lines of essential business- es such as grocery, pharmacy and con- venience stores, quick serve restaurants and delivery services. The unique two-piece face shield con- sists of two components: a shield made of high-impact-grade material with a foam forehead rest and an adjustable head strap. The shield offers outstand- ing transparency and UV resistance and is able to accommodate eyeglasses and masks worn underneath it. IDL has completed production on more than 100,000 face shields and expects to have the capacity to manu- facture 500,000 per week to meet the growing demand and to slow the spread of COVID-19. The face shields are available to retail and medical business- es locally and nationally. Peter Beck , head of IDL stated, “As a part of Matthews International, we have taken many steps to protect the well-be- ing of our own employees and are follow- ing all recommendations made by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and government agencies around the world. We are making these new face shields available to essential retail busi- nesses and the healthcare industry at an advantaged cost as a means of being a good corporate citizen while keeping our staff in Pittsburgh employed.” Matthews International Corporation is a global provider of brand solutions, memorialization products and industri- al technologies. The Company has ap- proximately 11,000 employees in more than 25 countries on six continents that are committed to delivering the highest quality products and services. nities, unique life celebrations and the best value for burial, cremation and pre-planning services. To learn more, visit www.BuchananGroup.org or www.FlannerBuchanan.com.