Experts from Lehigh University in Ohio are investigating a deadly truss crane collapse in Jacksonville, NC that killed 4 workers in October. Pieces of fractured steel from the crane were sent to Lehigh for testing to determine if steel failure caused the accident. Lehigh has a renowned lab for testing metal strength in large structures. Meanwhile in Wilmington, about 50 downtown business owners and customers protested the use of parking meters, saying the meters drive away business.
The document is the beginning of a novel. It summarizes the opening scenes:
Vida Gomez leads a group of cartel soldiers in black hazmat suits on a secret mission to the Malibu mansion of Michael Licata Jr, son of a crime family don. Meanwhile in Connecticut, Licata Sr is working out when he receives a mysterious iPad showing shaky camera footage of someone approaching his son's house at night, with an odd breathing sound. The document sets up an unknown threat targeting the son and an uncertain response from the father.
This document summarizes a lawsuit filed by renowned artist Robert Rauschenberg against Naples artist Robert Fontaine. Rauschenberg alleges that Fontaine took artwork that Rauschenberg had discarded, and sold some pieces fraudulently. The case could help define artists' rights over their own work. Fontaine admits taking rolls of Rauschenberg's artwork from the trash, but does not admit to fraudulent sales. Legal experts say the case's outcome could significantly impact other artists. The document provides background on both Rauschenberg and Fontaine, and details of the disputed artwork.
This document compares the cooking shows 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray and Jamie's 30 Minute Meals. While both aim to create meals in 30 minutes, Rachael Ray focuses on comfort foods using pantry items and chicken stock, while Jamie Oliver prepares three-course meals using fresh ingredients and appliances. The document also summarizes the personalities and appeal of each host along with the sets and styles of their shows. It then discusses a test where the author tried to prepare dishes from each show, finding Rachael Ray's recipe took over an hour while Jamie Oliver's took 50 minutes due to limitations of appliances.
The document compares the cooking shows 30 Minute Meals hosted by Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray. It finds that while Jamie Oliver's show aims to create restaurant-quality three-course meals within 30 minutes, often requiring technical cooking skills, Rachael Ray focuses on simpler comfort foods. Ray's target audience is seen as mainly working mothers, while Oliver appeals more universally. Differences are also noted in the hosts' styles, music, sets, promotion of products, and other elements of their respective shows.
An email sent by the Chief Deputy Treasurer of Nebraska, Mary Brock, is under investigation for attempting to influence a witness in another investigation into the state treasurer's office. According to documents, Brock sent a letter encouraging an unnamed official to try and influence the length and interpretation of the investigation. The letter also suggested firing a state employee to divert attention. Brock acknowledged writing the letter but said she emailed it to someone else to print and mail anonymously. This new letter has prompted a separate criminal investigation into whether Brock and others attempted to bribe or tamper with a witness, which are felony offenses.
Presentation by Bill Ream, RA for University of Cincinnati DAAP graduate students within the JumpStart program presided over by Dr. Barry Stedman and Prof. Alex Christoforidis. 11/2009
Three key points:
1. Severe storms including possible tornadoes hit the Peterborough area, downing trees and power lines and causing widespread power outages. Over 7,200 customers lost power.
2. While experts can't confirm without inspecting damage, a senior climatologist said signs point to at least one tornado. Tornadoes and similar storms are common in Ontario in the summer.
3. A municipal election candidate proposed eliminating the Downtown Business Improvement Area and creating a new downtown development department, sparking council debate. A motion to review the DBIA was defeated.
The document is the beginning of a novel. It summarizes the opening scenes:
Vida Gomez leads a group of cartel soldiers in black hazmat suits on a secret mission to the Malibu mansion of Michael Licata Jr, son of a crime family don. Meanwhile in Connecticut, Licata Sr is working out when he receives a mysterious iPad showing shaky camera footage of someone approaching his son's house at night, with an odd breathing sound. The document sets up an unknown threat targeting the son and an uncertain response from the father.
This document summarizes a lawsuit filed by renowned artist Robert Rauschenberg against Naples artist Robert Fontaine. Rauschenberg alleges that Fontaine took artwork that Rauschenberg had discarded, and sold some pieces fraudulently. The case could help define artists' rights over their own work. Fontaine admits taking rolls of Rauschenberg's artwork from the trash, but does not admit to fraudulent sales. Legal experts say the case's outcome could significantly impact other artists. The document provides background on both Rauschenberg and Fontaine, and details of the disputed artwork.
This document compares the cooking shows 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray and Jamie's 30 Minute Meals. While both aim to create meals in 30 minutes, Rachael Ray focuses on comfort foods using pantry items and chicken stock, while Jamie Oliver prepares three-course meals using fresh ingredients and appliances. The document also summarizes the personalities and appeal of each host along with the sets and styles of their shows. It then discusses a test where the author tried to prepare dishes from each show, finding Rachael Ray's recipe took over an hour while Jamie Oliver's took 50 minutes due to limitations of appliances.
The document compares the cooking shows 30 Minute Meals hosted by Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray. It finds that while Jamie Oliver's show aims to create restaurant-quality three-course meals within 30 minutes, often requiring technical cooking skills, Rachael Ray focuses on simpler comfort foods. Ray's target audience is seen as mainly working mothers, while Oliver appeals more universally. Differences are also noted in the hosts' styles, music, sets, promotion of products, and other elements of their respective shows.
An email sent by the Chief Deputy Treasurer of Nebraska, Mary Brock, is under investigation for attempting to influence a witness in another investigation into the state treasurer's office. According to documents, Brock sent a letter encouraging an unnamed official to try and influence the length and interpretation of the investigation. The letter also suggested firing a state employee to divert attention. Brock acknowledged writing the letter but said she emailed it to someone else to print and mail anonymously. This new letter has prompted a separate criminal investigation into whether Brock and others attempted to bribe or tamper with a witness, which are felony offenses.
Presentation by Bill Ream, RA for University of Cincinnati DAAP graduate students within the JumpStart program presided over by Dr. Barry Stedman and Prof. Alex Christoforidis. 11/2009
Three key points:
1. Severe storms including possible tornadoes hit the Peterborough area, downing trees and power lines and causing widespread power outages. Over 7,200 customers lost power.
2. While experts can't confirm without inspecting damage, a senior climatologist said signs point to at least one tornado. Tornadoes and similar storms are common in Ontario in the summer.
3. A municipal election candidate proposed eliminating the Downtown Business Improvement Area and creating a new downtown development department, sparking council debate. A motion to review the DBIA was defeated.
The document provides information about a local newspaper including contact details, weather forecast, and several articles. It discusses a principal kissing a pig after a school fundraising goal was met, risks of alternative heating methods and home fires in the winter, a Jeep being donated to a local charity auction, and a store promotion offering refunds if a certain amount of snow falls on Christmas.
Two members of the Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps recently visited a nuclear security site in Nevada to participate in a counterterrorism training course on responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies. The training teaches emergency responders how to respond to events like a dirty bomb or improvised nuclear device. The article details the history of nuclear testing at the site and the training programs provided to help prepare emergency responders for worst case scenarios.
Photographing in Stanley's plants was as foreign to my eye as in Africa and Asia, where I worked with artisans. Responding only visually at first, I soon developed great respect for the ingenuity in industry and its highly skilled workers. Sadlly, just as rural artisans around the world are vanishing, so too are the once essential factories throughout New England.
Metcalf substation incident : the disappearing elephantChuck Petras
On the morning of the 16th of April 2013 the PG&E Metcalf Transmission Substation in San Jose, Calif. was attacked and temporarily put out of service as were fiber-optic cables owned by AT&T and LEVEL 3 Communications.
See article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metcalf-substation-incident-disappearing-elephant-chuck-petras?published=t
Lloyd Smith presented on cremation procedures. He discussed the steps involved from receiving the body through cremation and processing of remains. Key points included properly identifying the body, filling out required paperwork, loading the body into the cremator feet first, starting the cremation process which takes 2-3 hours, and then processing and packaging the cremated remains. He also covered maintenance and repairs of the crematorium, including periodic rebuilds of the floor, walls, and roof that are needed every 1,200-2,300 cases due to wear from intense heat.
This article summarizes emails between state health officials, the EPA, and county health departments regarding defective Chinese drywall installed in Florida homes. The emails, spanning from October 2008 to January 2009, show that officials coordinated with home builder Lennar and its consultant on how and when to publicly disclose the drywall issue, withholding information until a December newspaper article. Officials also relied on Lennar's conclusion that the drywall was not a health threat, and its consultant refused for some time to provide research backing that claim. Some key dates mentioned include the county first being notified in August 2008 but not disclosing, and a state website on the issue not being set up until December.
This document discusses a meeting of local liberals in Chicago following Donald Trump's election. Around 400 people attended the meeting at the Center on Halsted to discuss strategies around civil liberties under a Trump presidency. State representatives and advocacy groups discussed making Illinois a "sanctuary state" and ways to better engage communities outside of liberal bubbles. Representative Feigenholtz said progressives need to spread their message more broadly before the next election. They also acknowledged ignoring and marginalizing other parts of the country that supported Trump.
The document summarizes key factors that contributed to the industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century, including natural resources, growing population, westward expansion, and new technologies. Some important inventions from this time period are discussed, such as the light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1880, the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, and the typewriter by Christopher Sholes in 1867. These inventions helped drive industrialization and created more jobs.
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Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class, and the work shows imagination, experimentation, creativity, and playfulness.
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Masthead Logo The Iowa Review
Volume 38 Issue 1Spring Article 36
2008Time and Distance Overcome
Eula Biss
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Recommended Citation Biss, Eula. "Time and Distance Overcome." The Iowa Review 38.1 (2008): 83-89. Web. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6414
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EULA BISS
Time and Distance Overcome
"Of what use is such an invention?" The New York World asked short ly after Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated his telephone in 1876. The world was not waiting for the telephone.
Bell's financial backers asked him not to work on his new invention anymore because it seemed too dubious an investment. The idea on which the telephone depended?the idea that ever.
Outcome10090807060 or belowStudents complete .docxvannagoforth
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90%
80%
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60% or below
Students complete and successfully submit a draft of a longer written assignment (a creative nonfiction essay, a short story, or poems) that conveys the elements of craft that they have learned in class thus far as well as imagination, experimentation, creativity, and playfulness. The submission must adhere to length requirements and submission formatting guidelines.
Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class, and the work shows imagination, experimentation, creativity, and playfulness.
AND
All of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed.
AND
There were no typos.
AND
The student stayed within the page requirements.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
AND
All of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed.
AND
There were no typos.
AND
The student stayed within the page requirements.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
Student engages with some of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
AND
Some of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed, but there are a few errors.
OR
There are several typos.
OR
The student vastly did not stay within the page requirement.
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
AND/OR
Student does not engage with the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class
AND/OR
There are so many submission formatting errors and typos that it is difficult to read.
AND/OR
The student vastly did not stay within the page requirement.
There are so many submission formatting errors and typos that it is difficult to read.
OR
Student did not submit the assignment
OR
Student submitted the assignment late
OR
Student plagiarized (see syllabus for more information)
Masthead Logo The Iowa Review
Volume 38 Issue 1Spring Article 36
2008Time and Distance Overcome
Eula Biss
Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.uiowa.edu/iowareview
Part of the Creative Writing Commons
Recommended Citation Biss, Eula. "Time and Distance Overcome." The Iowa Review 38.1 (2008): 83-89. Web. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6414
This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by Iowa Research Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Iowa Review by an authorized administrator of Iowa Research Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]
EULA BISS
Time and Distance Overcome
"Of what use is such an invention?" The New York World asked short ly after Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated his telephone in 1876. The world was not waiting for the telephone.
Bell's financial backers asked him not to work on his new invention anymore because it seemed too dubious an investment. The idea on which the telephone depended?the idea that ever ...
5.4 unions and the fight against big businessJonathan Dycus
The document summarizes key events in the fight for workers' rights in the late 19th century United States. It describes the poor working conditions faced by many industrial workers and several major strikes and events that helped spur the growth of labor unions, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Riot of 1886, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1894. It also profiles important early labor leaders and unions like Eugene V. Debs, the Knights of Labor, and Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor.
This article provides a minute-by-minute summary of the events of September 11, 2001 from two perspectives: Brian Clark, a survivor of the attacks in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and the outside world watching the events unfold. It describes Clark's experience from when the first plane hit at 8:46 AM until his escape from Manhattan around 10:30 AM. Interwoven are details of the reactions from people watching the news reports and AP wire alerts, including when the second plane hit at 9:03 AM, a plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:43 AM, and both World Trade Center towers collapsed by 10:37 AM. The article conveys the rapid progression of the terrorist attacks and the confusion
This article provides a minute-by-minute summary of the events of September 11, 2001 from two perspectives: Brian Clark, a survivor who was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and the outside world watching the events unfold. It describes Clark's experience from when the first plane hit at 8:46 AM until he escaped on a ferry after both towers collapsed. It also notes the key events and times as they were reported on the wire and observed by TV networks, including the striking of the North and South Towers, the attack on the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93. The article conveys the rapidly escalating chaos and realization that the U.S. was under a coordinated terrorist attack.
This summary provides an overview of the key events and information from the September 11, 2011 newspaper article:
1. The article describes the 10th anniversary commemorations of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with ceremonies planned at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
2. It profiles Brian Clark, a survivor of the attacks who was in the South Tower and helped evacuate others, recounting his experiences and memories from that day minute-by-minute.
3. The article highlights the work of Robert Hall and other researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who developed building reinforcements that helped prevent more extensive damage and loss of life at the Pentagon
This document provides a summary of events on September 11, 2001 through eyewitness accounts and news reports. It describes the experiences of Brian Clark, who was in the south tower of the World Trade Center during the attacks. It details his actions to evacuate others from the building and his escape. It also summarizes the timeline of events that day, including the crashes of four hijacked planes into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. The summary describes the collapse of the towers and the immediate response by officials and the media.
Progressive Era reforms aimed to address problems from rapid industrialization like poverty, urbanization, corruption. Muckraking journalists investigated these issues. Reforms included making government more democratic through initiatives, referendums and recall elections. Women's suffrage and child labor laws were progressive goals. Workplace safety improved following disasters like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that killed many workers trapped behind locked doors. Prohibition sought to curb alcohol's social harms through a constitutional amendment.
A Fletcher man was charged with three counts of breaking and entering and larceny after breaking into the same house three times and stealing jewelry worth $15,300. An Asheville man was charged with attempted jail escape, identity theft, and robbery after robbing a man, stealing his identity, and trying to escape from jail. A former death row inmate who was wrongly convicted and spent 14 years on death row will speak at Brevard College about his experience and exoneration.
- A fire damaged an auto repair business in West Rutland on Wednesday morning. No one was injured in the fire, which was contained to the rear of the building.
- A California school administrator, Adam Taylor, has accepted an offer to become the next superintendent of Rutland City Public Schools. He will replace Mary Moran, who is retiring after more than 15 years as superintendent.
- A special election will be held on March 27th to decide a tie between two candidates for a seat on the Pittsford Select Board, where the initial vote resulted in both candidates receiving 181 votes each.
A fire damaged an auto repair business in West Rutland on Wednesday morning. No one was injured in the fire, which was contained to the rear of the building by firefighters. A school administrator from California, Adam Taylor, has accepted an offer to become the new superintendent of Rutland City Public Schools. In Pittsford, a special election will be held later this month to break a tie in a three-way race for a seat on the Select Board, where the top two candidates each received 181 votes.
A fire at an auto repair shop in West Rutland was contained by firefighters. The fire started in the furnace area and caused damage to the owner's office. No one was injured but two cats were unaccounted for. A California school administrator has accepted an offer to become the new Rutland City superintendent. A special election will be held to decide a tie in a Pittsford select board race between two candidates.
The document provides information about a local newspaper including contact details, weather forecast, and several articles. It discusses a principal kissing a pig after a school fundraising goal was met, risks of alternative heating methods and home fires in the winter, a Jeep being donated to a local charity auction, and a store promotion offering refunds if a certain amount of snow falls on Christmas.
Two members of the Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps recently visited a nuclear security site in Nevada to participate in a counterterrorism training course on responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies. The training teaches emergency responders how to respond to events like a dirty bomb or improvised nuclear device. The article details the history of nuclear testing at the site and the training programs provided to help prepare emergency responders for worst case scenarios.
Photographing in Stanley's plants was as foreign to my eye as in Africa and Asia, where I worked with artisans. Responding only visually at first, I soon developed great respect for the ingenuity in industry and its highly skilled workers. Sadlly, just as rural artisans around the world are vanishing, so too are the once essential factories throughout New England.
Metcalf substation incident : the disappearing elephantChuck Petras
On the morning of the 16th of April 2013 the PG&E Metcalf Transmission Substation in San Jose, Calif. was attacked and temporarily put out of service as were fiber-optic cables owned by AT&T and LEVEL 3 Communications.
See article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metcalf-substation-incident-disappearing-elephant-chuck-petras?published=t
Lloyd Smith presented on cremation procedures. He discussed the steps involved from receiving the body through cremation and processing of remains. Key points included properly identifying the body, filling out required paperwork, loading the body into the cremator feet first, starting the cremation process which takes 2-3 hours, and then processing and packaging the cremated remains. He also covered maintenance and repairs of the crematorium, including periodic rebuilds of the floor, walls, and roof that are needed every 1,200-2,300 cases due to wear from intense heat.
This article summarizes emails between state health officials, the EPA, and county health departments regarding defective Chinese drywall installed in Florida homes. The emails, spanning from October 2008 to January 2009, show that officials coordinated with home builder Lennar and its consultant on how and when to publicly disclose the drywall issue, withholding information until a December newspaper article. Officials also relied on Lennar's conclusion that the drywall was not a health threat, and its consultant refused for some time to provide research backing that claim. Some key dates mentioned include the county first being notified in August 2008 but not disclosing, and a state website on the issue not being set up until December.
This document discusses a meeting of local liberals in Chicago following Donald Trump's election. Around 400 people attended the meeting at the Center on Halsted to discuss strategies around civil liberties under a Trump presidency. State representatives and advocacy groups discussed making Illinois a "sanctuary state" and ways to better engage communities outside of liberal bubbles. Representative Feigenholtz said progressives need to spread their message more broadly before the next election. They also acknowledged ignoring and marginalizing other parts of the country that supported Trump.
The document summarizes key factors that contributed to the industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century, including natural resources, growing population, westward expansion, and new technologies. Some important inventions from this time period are discussed, such as the light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1880, the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, and the typewriter by Christopher Sholes in 1867. These inventions helped drive industrialization and created more jobs.
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Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class, and the work shows imagination, experimentation, creativity, and playfulness.
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All of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed.
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There were no typos.
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The student stayed within the page requirements.
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Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class.
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The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
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All of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed.
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There were no typos.
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The student stayed within the page requirements.
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The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
Student engages with some of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class.
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The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
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Some of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed, but there are a few errors.
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There are several typos.
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Student does not engage with the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class
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The student vastly did not stay within the page requirement.
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Student plagiarized (see syllabus for more information)
Masthead Logo The Iowa Review
Volume 38 Issue 1Spring Article 36
2008Time and Distance Overcome
Eula Biss
Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.uiowa.edu/iowareview
Part of the Creative Writing Commons
Recommended Citation Biss, Eula. "Time and Distance Overcome." The Iowa Review 38.1 (2008): 83-89. Web. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6414
This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by Iowa Research Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Iowa Review by an authorized administrator of Iowa Research Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]
EULA BISS
Time and Distance Overcome
"Of what use is such an invention?" The New York World asked short ly after Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated his telephone in 1876. The world was not waiting for the telephone.
Bell's financial backers asked him not to work on his new invention anymore because it seemed too dubious an investment. The idea on which the telephone depended?the idea that ever.
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Outcome
100%
90%
80%
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60% or below
Students complete and successfully submit a draft of a longer written assignment (a creative nonfiction essay, a short story, or poems) that conveys the elements of craft that they have learned in class thus far as well as imagination, experimentation, creativity, and playfulness. The submission must adhere to length requirements and submission formatting guidelines.
Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class, and the work shows imagination, experimentation, creativity, and playfulness.
AND
All of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed.
AND
There were no typos.
AND
The student stayed within the page requirements.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
Student engages with many of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
AND
All of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed.
AND
There were no typos.
AND
The student stayed within the page requirements.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
Student engages with some of the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class.
AND
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
AND
Some of the submission formatting guidelines have been followed, but there are a few errors.
OR
There are several typos.
OR
The student vastly did not stay within the page requirement.
The submission was uploaded to Canvas on time.
AND/OR
Student does not engage with the techniques and elements of craft discussed in class
AND/OR
There are so many submission formatting errors and typos that it is difficult to read.
AND/OR
The student vastly did not stay within the page requirement.
There are so many submission formatting errors and typos that it is difficult to read.
OR
Student did not submit the assignment
OR
Student submitted the assignment late
OR
Student plagiarized (see syllabus for more information)
Masthead Logo The Iowa Review
Volume 38 Issue 1Spring Article 36
2008Time and Distance Overcome
Eula Biss
Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.uiowa.edu/iowareview
Part of the Creative Writing Commons
Recommended Citation Biss, Eula. "Time and Distance Overcome." The Iowa Review 38.1 (2008): 83-89. Web. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6414
This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by Iowa Research Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Iowa Review by an authorized administrator of Iowa Research Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]
EULA BISS
Time and Distance Overcome
"Of what use is such an invention?" The New York World asked short ly after Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated his telephone in 1876. The world was not waiting for the telephone.
Bell's financial backers asked him not to work on his new invention anymore because it seemed too dubious an investment. The idea on which the telephone depended?the idea that ever ...
5.4 unions and the fight against big businessJonathan Dycus
The document summarizes key events in the fight for workers' rights in the late 19th century United States. It describes the poor working conditions faced by many industrial workers and several major strikes and events that helped spur the growth of labor unions, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Riot of 1886, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1894. It also profiles important early labor leaders and unions like Eugene V. Debs, the Knights of Labor, and Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor.
This article provides a minute-by-minute summary of the events of September 11, 2001 from two perspectives: Brian Clark, a survivor of the attacks in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and the outside world watching the events unfold. It describes Clark's experience from when the first plane hit at 8:46 AM until his escape from Manhattan around 10:30 AM. Interwoven are details of the reactions from people watching the news reports and AP wire alerts, including when the second plane hit at 9:03 AM, a plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:43 AM, and both World Trade Center towers collapsed by 10:37 AM. The article conveys the rapid progression of the terrorist attacks and the confusion
This article provides a minute-by-minute summary of the events of September 11, 2001 from two perspectives: Brian Clark, a survivor who was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and the outside world watching the events unfold. It describes Clark's experience from when the first plane hit at 8:46 AM until he escaped on a ferry after both towers collapsed. It also notes the key events and times as they were reported on the wire and observed by TV networks, including the striking of the North and South Towers, the attack on the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93. The article conveys the rapidly escalating chaos and realization that the U.S. was under a coordinated terrorist attack.
This summary provides an overview of the key events and information from the September 11, 2011 newspaper article:
1. The article describes the 10th anniversary commemorations of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with ceremonies planned at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
2. It profiles Brian Clark, a survivor of the attacks who was in the South Tower and helped evacuate others, recounting his experiences and memories from that day minute-by-minute.
3. The article highlights the work of Robert Hall and other researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who developed building reinforcements that helped prevent more extensive damage and loss of life at the Pentagon
This document provides a summary of events on September 11, 2001 through eyewitness accounts and news reports. It describes the experiences of Brian Clark, who was in the south tower of the World Trade Center during the attacks. It details his actions to evacuate others from the building and his escape. It also summarizes the timeline of events that day, including the crashes of four hijacked planes into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. The summary describes the collapse of the towers and the immediate response by officials and the media.
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2. Wednesday, December 1, 2010 The Cape Fear Herald A2
Authorities shut down major
methamphetamine operation
Five pounds of pure crystal meth
found in the clothing of a one year old
BY SHIRLEY MATTHEWS
CAPE FEAR HERALD
Wilmington —Federal, state
and local law officers shut
down a major methamphet-
amine laboratory yesterday,
arresting husband and wife
drug dealers.
Police seized assault
weapons, $50,000 in cash and
5 pounds of high-quality crys-
tal meth hidden in the clothing
of their one-year-old grand-
daughter.
Law officers also
found chemicals that could
produce about thirty pounds
of methamphetamine, and two
Mustang Cobra convertibles.
The property was equipped
with an alarm system that in-
cluded motion detectors.
Robert Lewis Hill, 63,
and wife Linda Paula Hill, 60,
were arrested at their 11acre
home on 847790 Gillette Drive
after agents from Attorney
General Roy Cooper’s Special
Response Team (SRT) served
a number of search warrants.
The methamphetamine
lab was in full operation, pro-
ducing about twelve pounds of
methamphetamine and spew-
ing dangerous toxic fumes,
when it was seized by law
officers.
When the agents and
officers searched other build-
ings on the property, they dis-
covered a sophisticated indoor
marijuana growing operation
with computer-controlled
moving track lights that were
used to heat the plants.
They also discovered
a lab that was producing key
chemical ingredients used to
manufacture methamphet-
amine.
Neighbors were
shocked. “They were always
such quiet people,” said El-
sie Montavalli, 80, who lives
across the street from the Hills.
“The stink off their property
could have melted your face.
I’ve complained many times,
but I never expected this kind
of response.”
In addition, possible
co-conspirators Jose Salsa-
da, 32, and Chelsea Lea, 40,
were arrested at 988000 Pine
Grove St., at a two-story house
owned by the Hills, where a
small amount of methamphet-
amine, one assault rifle, and a
grenade launcher were seized.
Salsada faces charges of pos-
session for sale of a controlled
substance, and possession of
an assault weapon. Lea faces
charges of possession of drug
paraphernalia.
The Hill’s face charg-
es of manufacturing metham-
phetamine, possession for sale
of a controlled substance and
cultivation of marijuana.
Evidence indicated
that methamphetamine had
been produced many times at
that location; over a period of
several years the amount of
chemicals bought by the Hills
could have produced more
than seven thousand pounds
of methamphetamine worth
$70 million, said police.
A search of Robert
Hill’s business, Cape Fear
WOW Recording Studio on
Market St., failed to reveal any
contraband. The husband and
wife were prolific gamblers
and had accumulated losses of
more than $700,000 in the last
five years.
Their granddaughter is
at the home of a relative. Child
endangerment and weapon
charges may also be pending,
police said.
All suspects are be-
ing held at the New Hanover
County jail. ♦
Protesters
Continued from A1
Horner takes glazing
lessons at Twice Baked Pot-
tery Painting Studio, 6 Market
Street, which costs $120 for
six weeks. The
tickets she has had to pay have
cost her $380.
“This place will be a
ghost town if the politicians
don’t do something about it,”
says Yeager.
Mayor Bill Saffo says
solving the traffic and park-
ing problem is the number one
item on his agenda. “If it’s the
last thing I do, parking will be
free in downtown Wilming-
ton.” ♦
Jackson
Continued from A1
Jackson’s movies have
generated more than $3 billion
in tourism revenue and off-
shoot industries; his work has
also put New Zealand on the
Hollywood A-list for filming.
“I’m delighted to say
that Wilmington has every-
thing I need to film this monu-
mental tribute to the Tolkien
legend, and I will be looking
Hoarder
Continued from A1
Officers, unable to
break down the door because
it was completely blocked by
paper, managed to rip a hole
in the door with a crowbar.
Everyone began digging in
the entombing pile of paper to
find Tremaine.
He was taken to New
Hanover Regional Medical
Center where he was in stable
condition this morning with
leg injuries, said a hospital
spokesman.
Apparently the weight
that fell on him during his cap-
tivity caused fluid to accumu-
late in his legs.
It took more than an
hour to free Tremaine, with
more than a hundred garbage
bags of material hauled out be-
fore he could be reached. ♦
Wrecking ball slips, knocks hole
in wall of historic Thalian Hall
BY DIANA ASHE
CAPE FEAR HERALD
Wilmington —A wrecking
ball leveling a condemned
building downtown swung
wildly in yesterday’s 40 mph
gusts and knocked a hole in
the wall of historic Thalian
Hall, one of Wilmington’s
oldest and most hallowed
landmarks.
“It just slipped away
from me,” said crane operator
Cyrus Z. Xavier. Xavier is an
employee of Blocker Service,
the demolition company hired
to remove a cinder-block din-
er behind the performing arts
center to make way for a park-
ing garage. “That wind almost
blew the whole machine over
and me with it.”
The crane Xavier op-
erates weighs 18 tons and is
more than one hundred feet
high. He is a licensed operator
and has worked for Blocker
for more than 10 years, said
police reports.
The hole is only four
feet in diameter and is in a part
of Thalian Hall that is empty,
said a spokesperson for the
center. “No harm done,” he
said cheerfully. He estimat-
ed the damage to be about
$3,000.
Others were not so
sanguine.“The last thing
anybody needs in this town is
more concrete piled up. It’s
an eyesore, and it’s all at tax-
payer expense,” said George I.
Urope of Princess St.
The demolition is part
of a larger $35 million down-
town improvement plan that
calls for a four-story parking
garage and various other traf-
fic management strategies.
“When was the last
time you tried to park down-
town and actually found a
spot,” inquired Mayor Bill
Saffo. “This and other proj-
ects are making the downtown
[area] a destination spot for
tourists and residents alike.
It’s money well spent.”
The weather yester-
day caught many by surprise.
Weather forecasters were
predicting early in the week
that the skies would be sunny
and cloudless, and the winds
would be balmy off the ocean.
Surprisingly, the
weather took a turn for the
worse two days ago and some
feared that a hurricane form-
ing in the east Atlantic might
create turbulent conditions for
the Cape Fear coast.
The high winds fizzled
400 miles east of the Cape
Fear coast; however, the heavy
damage that was anticipated
never happened.
Police are continuing their
investigation of the wrecking
ball incident.♦
UNCW student mistakenly eats rare fish
BYWILLIAM HUMPHREY
CAPE FEAR HERALD
Wilmington — Triumph
turned to tragedy yesterday
when a UNCW graduate stu-
dent mistakenly ate what he
thought was a piece of sushi,
only to discover that he had
just eaten an unknown species
of fish.
The fish had been laid
out on a display table and was
about to be shown to an inter-
national panel of fish experts
when Byron Hodwallider, 29,
a candidate for a Masters de-
gree in Marine Science, ate the
fish.
The fish was caught a
week ago in deep water off the
coast of North Carolina. It was
thought at first to be a relative
of the lion fish that was first
seen off these shores just re-
cently.
The lion fish is a preda-
tor and was initially thought to
be able to survive only in the
warmer waters of the south.
The newly discovered
fish had a similar orange col-
oration and plentiful “spikes”
like the lion fish, but the new
fish, which had yet to be
named, sported teeth like a pi-
ranha.
It was also discovered
that the new fish had the abil-
ity to “sing” by puffing up a
bladder in its stomach and
pumping out the air in a forced
way so that, to the divers who
heard the noise, it sounded like
a harmonica.
“I actually thought
someone was playing ‘My
Old Kentucky Home’ down
there,” said diver and Marine
Science Center scientist Scott
V. Thomaston.
Thomaston and three
other divers found and netted
the fish about 50 miles off the
coast of North Carolina on a
dive that brought them about
60 feet below the surface of the
water. When told of the eat-
ing mishap, Thomaston broke
down in tears and was unable
to continue the interview.
After discovery, the
singing fish was brought to the
center where it was dissected
and then preserved to show
other scientists and interested
parties.
The fish was brought
out of its preservation area and
put on the display table, which
was covered with white linen.
The fish was displayed on
what looked to be a nice piece
of delft porcelain.
“I thought it was some-
body’s lunch. How was
I to know?” said Hodwallider.
“I took one bite, and it was
pretty good. Some of it had
a funny taste, though. I think
that may have been the form-
aldehyde.”
His teachers reacted
with restraint when they real-
ized what Hodwallider had
done.
“We are reserving
comment at this time on Mr.
Hodwallider’s actions,” said
a spokesperson for the Marine
Center.
The Discovery Chan-
nel has canceled plans to do
a special on the finding of the
fish, and Thomaston’s planned
book on the subject has been
shelved. ♦
for people to star in this up-
coming live-action film,” said
Jackson.
Jackson has said his
casting director will be accept-
ing headshots of people who
are under four feet tall.
“We’re looking for
people with novel abilities,”
Jackson said. ♦
Authorities seized a full-operation meth lab yesterday.
Their search revealed key chemical ingredients used to
manufacture methamphetamine.
Pet kangaroo protects home
from attempted robbery
BYAMANDA IOCCA
CAPE FEAR HERALD
Castle Hayne—Two men
were arrested in Castle Hayne
yesterday after breaking into
a trailer in an attempted rob-
bery.
George X. Chowntin,
18, and Harry G. Inhotep, 19,
of Wilmington were met by
the trailer owner’s pet after
smashing the living room win-
dow of the trailer and climbing
through the opening.
“Wilber is the best
friend I ever had,” said Noigan
T. Ravenal, 82, of 1232898 Di-
vision St. “I took him into my
heart, and he saved my life.”
Wilber is Ravenal’s
pet kangaroo. Ravenal discov-
ered the 4-foot-tall marsupial
in a roadside ditch near his
home, after the internationally
renowned troupe, Cirque du
Soleil came through Wilming-
ton two years ago.
“He was a scared little
thing,” said Ravenal. “I just
wrapped him in my coat and
carried him home.”
Ravenal claims the
young roo was left for dead,
and that the original owner has
never been found.
A spokesperson from
the circus denies that the ani-
mal ever belonged to anyone
under their employment.
According to Ravenal,
Wilber took to action after
Chowntin and Inhotep landed
inside the trailer to protect his
home and owner.
When authorities ar-
rived, the two would-be rob-
bers were lying unconscious
on the floor.
“I’m so proud of my
furry son, I could burst,” said
Ravenal.
The two men are now in
New Hanover County Jail, and
are being charged with break-
ing and entering as well as a
variety of other offenses. ♦