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Reposting my 9/11 story here so my friends can read it. Picture above is from a dinner cruise I took around the city just about a month before 9/11.
In the fall of 2001, I was living in New York, in my last semester of my first grad program. I was living in a student apartment on Columbia's Health Science campus up on 168th and Broadway where my program was located. Half of my classes that semester were during the day and the other half were at night. Thus, I was also working part time where I had interned the previous summer. This office of a public NYC agency was located downtown, about 8 blocks from the WTC towers. I used to go down in front of the towers quite a bit while I worked there, because my favorite department store, Century 21 faced the towers.
The three years I lived in New York I was pretty crazy about shoes. I used to wear 3-4 inch high heels or strappy sandals all the time. That Tuesday morning, I walked out of my place and headed to the elevator. While I was waiting for the elevator, I was kind of shifting my feet in place, because my feet were still a bit sore from the previous day's beautiful, but killer pair of sandals. The elevator came and the doors opened up, and I thought to myself, "You know what? I can't do this again today. I have to wear some sensible shoes today". While typically I would have just stuck with the shoes I had chosen to wear, that morning I actually walked back into my place to change into a really comfortable pair of flat sandals.
Once I changed my shoes, I got myself back out the door and onto the subway to head downtown. I got off the train at the Chambers St station and headed up the flight of stairs that I always walked out of, a flight of stairs that opened up to a clear straight on view of the WTC towers. Now as I'm heading up the stairs, I see and hear a woman wailing and crying at the top of the stairs. My typical NYC thought? "Oh gosh, there goes another crazy person". When I got to the top of the stairs, I quickly realized she wasn't just a crazy person. It was about 8:50 am and the first tower had just been hit.
I stood there confused, wondering what was going on along with everyone else near me. I asked some one else what had just happened. What? A plane? How could this have happened? The mood in the group of people I was standing with was one of confusion and shock. As we were standing there, talking to each other, trying to grasp the reality of what we were seeing 7 blocks away, we heard a very very loud sound. People ducked or whipped their heads, the sound was so loud and felt so close to us. I then saw first hand the second plane hit.
The mood in the group quickly turned to fear and panic as people quickly realized this wasn't an accident. People started screaming and running. I headed into my work building to touch base with my boss and the office director. I was told that because our building was a federal building, it was being immediately evacuated. My boss told me that I should probably get right back on the subway and head back uptown because she was certain that the subways would quickly be shut down. We left the building and I said goodbye to my boss and director, who both immediately got on the subways to head home.
But I couldn't leave. I'm not sure exactly why. I'm not sure if it was curiosity, wanting to know what was going on, or seeing if I could help somehow. But I just couldn't get myself to leave. Instead I got a cup of coffee from my steady every day coffee cart guy, and walked back south, to an open area about 6 blocks from the towers. I found myself back in a crowd of people who perhaps also couldn't get themselves to leave.
We stood there watching a scene that my eyes told me was real, but my brain told me had to be a movie. We stood there discussing how this could have happened, who could have done this. We stood there sharing information, as someone with a radio was telling us the Pentagon was just hit. We stood there feeling helpless as from that distance we could clearly see people hanging out of the windows waving their hands, some piece of cloth, their clothes, anything to try to ask for help. We stood there in horror with hands over our mouths as we saw multiple people make the decision to jump.
While I was in this crowd, I struggled with the decision of whether I could do anything. At the time I had an active EMT certification, and while I hadn't practiced in a year and a half, I knew that I could perform basic functions. So I would start walking closer to the towers, thinking that perhaps I could help. But then I would look up at the magnitude of what was going on and wonder how much I could really do when I knew there were emergency personnel all across the city already responding. Since 9 am you heard constant sirens heading south. So then I would walk back north to the open area I was standing in before. But then I would see the people desperately waving from the windows, and I would start walking south again.
I probably did this back and forth two times or so and had returned to the open area. What I heard next is something I will never forget. It was this low guttural rumbling sound. It started out really softly at first, like a whisper. It was such an unfamiliar sound that everyone was looking around trying to see where it was coming from. I then looked up to see that it was the sound of the first tower collapsing. Since we were about 6 blocks away, people really started to panic, some were screaming, and most were running north.
Thinking back, one thing I learned about myself is that I am pretty calm in the most stressful situations. People were screaming and running around me, but my thought process was more like "Oh, maybe I should walk north now?". Or maybe I wasn't calm, maybe I was just dense? I don't know, but I stood there for a bit looking at the huge smoke cloud that was now rising from where the first tower stood, looking at a smoke cloud that was starting to expand out. It took a police officer waving his arms and frantically yelling at us to head north for me to put some speed to my walk.
On my walk north, I stopped at Canal Street and remember looking to the left and right, to see an incredible stream of thousands of people pouring into the streets and sidewalks, all heading north. I also distinctly remember seeing one woman who was so distraught that she was sitting on the sidewalk, hysterically crying. It was comforting to see two strangers tell her that she had to keep walking, help her back up, and give her a bottle of water.
During my walk, there were incredible lines at the few pay phones since all the cell phones were down. I remember seeing 30-40 people in line at some pay phones. I stood in one of the lines for a little bit, but then quickly decided it wasn't worth it and kept walking north. This was about when I marveled at the fact that I had made the unlikely decision to change my shoes that morning. There was no way I would have been able to walk so far if I had my original shoes on. There were tons of women around me who were walking barefoot with their cute shoes in their hands. Some manicure/pedicure places along the way were giving out those foam flip flops you get when you get a pedicure and a number of women were wearing those.
I got to midtown around 12:30 pm, and headed for the place where I had interned the previous fall. My cell phone was still not working, and mainly I wanted to get hold of a land line so I could call my family. I stepped into my old office and called my dad's office. I knew that my mom and sister would gather there with my dad to wait for me to contact them. Now I mentioned before how I had been pretty calm this whole entire time. While I teared up as I saw people in the windows of the towers cry for help or jump out, I hadn't really cried yet. But talking to my family, I guess I could just let it all go, and I just totally broke down.
I stayed at that office for a while, as everyone I used to work with wanted to hear what I had seen. They also wanted to make sure I was ok and that I got something to eat. I left around 2 pm, and headed for the subway which was running again. I remember getting on the good old A train and seeing folks in my subway car who were covered in gray dust. I also realized that I still heard sirens in my head, which I had heard constantly since 9 am. I knew that I couldn't be hearing sirens down in the subway, and I was a little concerned about that, but hoped it would go away.
When I got back on campus, the word had spread that they were calling for volunteers. At this time, we all figured that there would be thousands of injured people. Because there was a medical, dental, nursing, and public health school on campus, along with the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, everyone mobilized to help out. I went to sign up and list my skills as well as my cell phone number. I remember seeing how long the list of volunteers were. Little did we know how few survivors there would be.
Now that semester, I had class every Tuesday night. I figured oh, given everything that had happened, it must be canceled right? NYU, other colleges across the city, colleges all across the country ended up canceling classes that day and many the next day as well. Nope, not Columbia. I had class that Tuesday night. I remember sitting there in my Epidemiology class not listening to a word, replaying everything from that day in my head.
Soon after class let out, the phone calls started. That first night, my closest friends were finally able to get their calls through. The next day, it was friends and relatives who I didn't talk to as often who called, followed up the subsequent day by long lost friends and international relatives who I hadn't spoken to in forever. It blew my mind how many people ended up contacting me, and I realized then how big this was and how much it touched everyone.
That night I lay in my bed in the dark, watching the constant TV coverage. It was difficult not to just start sobbing. It was strange to see on TV what I had seen first hand, and I started to wonder what I had seen first hand vs what I had seen on TV. I finally realized around 2 am that I needed to stop and that I should go to bed. As I was trying to fall asleep, I could still hear the sirens in my head. I thought to myself, "Seriously? Am I going crazy? This better go away tomorrow!". Luckily the sirens did leave my head the next morning. About two days later I was meeting up with friends for dinner and I freaked out because I heard sirens again, even though I didn't see anything. I turned to grab my friend's arm and asked, "Oh my gosh please tell me you hear that too", then two seconds later an ambulance passed by on the street. I breathed a sigh of relief.
Starting that morning and for days afterwards, there were military fighter jets flying over the city. After seeing the first one, you knew the military jets were there. But every time I heard another one fly by, I'd tense up and remember what it was like to hear and see the second plane hit. The reaction was instinctive. Seeing the fighter jets protecting the city was quite a vision. This wasn't some air show. It was real. We were in a war zone of sorts. Also for months afterwards there were military personnel with automatic weapons all over the city, especially in the subways.
No one was allowed south of Houston Street for a while afterwards. Houston St became a spontaneous memorial of sorts.
My co-workers and I had to work in a temporary office in midtown. When we were allowed to go back to our offices about three weeks later, I remember tasting a metal taste at the back of my throat from the air. My eyes, which are pretty sensitive, were itchy. People who worked downtown were then allowed south of Houston Street to gather stuff from our offices. This was when I had the chance then to walk down to the site, which was still a complete disaster area. I remember looking into the storefront window of a jewelry store that faced the WTC towers and seeing a display case that was completely empty except for a thick layer of dust. Realizing what that dust was, I cried.
The other thing I remember immediately after 9/11 was the thousands of flyers posted all over the city, from people looking for their loved ones. These were people holding out hope that their loved ones were one of the very few who had somehow made it out alive and were in a hospital somewhere. It was heartbreaking to see these flyers all over the city. It was difficult not to tear up.
Typically the 9/11 stories you get from the media are those who lost loved ones. I think about those who lost loved ones. I was so incredibly lucky that no one I knew died that day. Soon after 9/11 the New York times started running a new section called Portraits of Grief. It gave a face, a story, a history to the number declared dead. I read these portraits religiously, eventually buying the book when it was compiled.
When I think about the families, I think about not only how devastating it must be to first have lost someone, but how excruciatingly difficult it must be to have lost your loved one on such a public tragedy, one that gets so much media coverage. To be haunted by the constant images of the towers being hit and collapsing, knowing that you are watching your loved ones die... I can't even imagine.
I especially think a lot about seeing the 5 or 6 people who were forced to jump from the smoke and the heat and I wonder who they were. What were their stories? Where were they from? Who did they leave behind? I've also mentioned several times hearing constant sirens heading south that morning. I've wondered how many of those emergency personnel I saw made it out alive. How many of those fire fighters and police personnel I saw driving south were in the towers when they fell?
9/11 was such a historical event, that everyone has a story. Everyone remembers where they were that day. I've verbally told a condensed version of my story many times when people talk about where they were that day. Recalling all of these details and writing my story down, it's almost like I can feel again my emotions from that day and the subsequent weeks. I can hear the constant sirens from that day. I can see the billowing cloud of smoke as the first tower fell. I can remember the smell of the burning metal and how it tasted in the back of my throat. I close my eyes and I'm right there again, ten years later. I wonder if it'll still be as vivid in another 10 years.
There is no way I could ever forget. For me that day is the closest that I have been to that much death, pain, and evil. But if there's anything I take from it, and what I also remember each 9/11, is to be grateful for what you have and to try to live your life fully.
Pictures below are from Ground Zero about 3 weeks after 9/11


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Free Press honors new 20 Under 40 class
The 20 Under 40 Class of 2012 � 20 area residents younger than the age of 40 � were honored by The Free Press on Friday night for high achievement in their professional and personal activities.
Announcement of the honorees, chosen by a panel of judges from dozens of nominations made by readers of The Free Press, came during the annual gala held by the Young Professionals of Lenoir County at Kinston Country Club.
As with former classes, this group � comprised of Lenoir, Greene and Jones county residents � stood out for their community involvement and work accomplishments.
In introducing the honorees and presenting each a certificate, Patrick Holmes, editor and publisher of The Free Press, noted that 75 percent of them lived in their hometowns, tempering the fear that the best of our future leaders are being lured to larger urban areas. Forty-five percent have earned advanced degrees; 40 percent work in business; 30 percent, in education; and 20 percent in other public sector jobs. The group includes a minister and a stay-at-home mom who devotes time to her church, her children�s school and the 4-H club.
Each honoree will be profiled in a special section of The Free Press on Dec. 9.
Bridge club names winners
The Fairfield Duplicate Bridge Club played a unit game Nov. 27.
The winners were: Joe Goldwasser and Pearl Schechter, first place; Tempie Pierce and Emily Exum, second; Jane Hood and Barbara Sebald, third; and Dayle Pond and Edith Cahn, fourth.
A holiday game will be played Tuesday at Golden Corral. It will be a sectional tournament at clubs game.
The club welcomes and encourages all bridge players. For more club information, call 252-523-6791.
Local author to sign newest book
B.J. Vaughn, a Lenoir County author, will be at the Heritage Place in the Learning Resource Center at Lenoir Community College from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday to discuss and sign her recently released book, �Blue Waters.�
The book is a historical novel with intense local interest. The public is invited to attend the free event. Light refreshments will be served and books will be available for purchase.
Vaughn taught art history and painting for years before tackling her first novel. Now working on her fourth, she has found that extensive travel, a love of history and a lifetime of reading provide ample inspiration for fictional plots and likeable characters.
The Civil War era is a period of particular interest for her. Her first published novel, �Muddy Waters,� and her new novel both are set in this period in North Carolina.
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Jeffrey Allen is charged with battery causing bodily harm after police say he and his girlfriend fought over who would drive home from a bar.
The Ormond Beach Soccer Club's director of coaching has been fired following his recent arrest on charges of domestic battery and possession of cocaine, documents show.
The club's Board of Directors sent a letter to all soccer parents letting them know of Jeffrey Allen's termination and related changes that took effect on Thursday.
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In addition to firing Allen, the Board of Directors denied him access to the club's website and three accounts used by the club, according to the letter. The board also changed all the locks at the clubhouse, the soccer offices and the soccer storage areas at the Ormond Beach soccer complex.
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Allen was notified of the changes Thursday, three days after his arrest.
Haas said Allen served as the director of coaching for about three and a half years.
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The argument intensified, and Allen struck Marlett on the right side of her face, which is when she decided to pull over at a gas station, according to the affidavit. While in the Texaco parking lot, she told Allen to get out and she drove home.
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Allen's phone was not accepting calls Saturday afternoon.
Haas, who was elected club president last November, said he was "pretty caught off guard" and flummoxed by Allen's arrest.
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Let's discuss the relationship of exercise on longevity in a logical manner. I've always sensed that the healthier one is, the longer that person should live. Comparatively speaking, if one is weak and out-of-shape, and is prone to pain, illness, and disease, I don't figure that person would live a long life, and if they did, they'd live a long miserable life.
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It is now known that conditioning yourself through fitness activities can help to make you healthier. And fitness means proper exercise, food, supplementation, relaxation, and a positive cheerful attitude. When you have developed a routine that comprises all of these elements; and have learned to integrate and balance them into your personal, social, family, and occupational life, you will become resistant to many of the stresses and ailments so many others fall victim to.
Several studies have proven that exercise will increase lifespan. Exercise contributes to the quality of ones life by improving both physiologic and psychological functions. This improvement in ones life can eliminate the need for special care reducing the consumption of toxic drugs and therapies which offer temporary results with an association of negative consequences.
In other studies conducted in laboratory animals, it was found that sedentary rats lived shorter lives than their active counterparts. It can then be safely stated that lifespan and energy expenditure do have a correlation, however the expended energy must be at intensities which stimulate growth and repair of the body, instead of placing too much trauma to the tissues, organs, and nervous system.
I believe many athletes might actually be shortening their lifespans with the intensity they train under. The loads they subject themselves to during training often times over burdens their bodies. Intense training is a necessity in today's world of competitive sports, as training sessions are designed to improve on ones own personal ability to surpasses his/her competition. And with the frequency of training sessions, recuperation time between workout sessions is not adequate enough to repair the damage from previous workouts and over training become the state.
Ego is also known to interfere with health. Classically, the so-called "A" type personality is the aggressive, never relaxed, always competitive, individual. It is this classification of personalities that is highly prone to heart disease. Comparatively speaking, the "B" type person is more laid back, paces him/herself in life and during workouts, and doesn't care if he/she wins the race--they're happy just to be there.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in 15 people undergoing robot-assisted prostate, kidney or bladder surgery develops a nerve injury related to pressure from positioning on the operating table, a new study suggests.
Patients on the table getting those types of robotic surgery need to be tilted steeply - with their head by the floor and their feet in the air - to give the surgeon better traction, researchers explained.
"When somebody is in that position, there's a chance they could slide down - it's like a big ramp," said lead author Dr. Tracey Krupski, from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.
"When you slide, you then could be pulling, or having the drag on some of the nerves. It's like a constant pulling on the muscle."
Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would be taking a closer look into safety reports regarding da Vinci surgical robots, made by Intuitive Surgical. The robots cost about $1.5 million each.
For the new study, Krupski and her colleagues reviewed records from 334 robot-assisted urology procedures done at their institution in 2010 and 2011. Those included prostate, kidney, adrenal gland and bladder surgeries.
A total of 22 patients - between six and seven percent - woke up with a positioning injury after their procedure, including weakness, numbness or immobility in the hands or feet. More than half of the injuries resolved within a month, but five lasted more than six months, the study team reported in The Journal of Urology.
Patients were more likely to be hurt during longer procedures: surgeries without a positioning injury lasted four hours, on average, compared to five and a half hours for those in which a person was injured.
Krupski said the new findings shouldn't raise the alarm over robotic surgery safety.
"I don't think it means that we need to stop doing it," she told Reuters Health. "The benefits of a robotic approach far outweigh the six percent chance that we saw this happen."
Doctors and nurses can try to prevent the injuries by paying close attention to what's happening to their patients during surgery, she said, and going in to check on their positioning and slightly readjusting them when necessary.
"I think the issue of careful patient positioning and avoiding nerve injury is something that's there with every patient," said Dr. Myriam Curet, a surgeon at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and chief medical advisor for Intuitive Surgical.
"When you're putting a patient in a steep position, those issues are heightened," she told Reuters Health, adding that some non-robotic surgeries require that type of positioning as well.
"I think it's part of the discussion that any surgeon has with their patient about what the risks of surgery are."
Krupski agreed the most important message from her study is simply making patients aware of the possibility of nerve injury - so they know what's going on if it does happen to them.
"You tell the patients that, 'You might transiently wake up with one of these things that the vast majority of the time goes away,'" she said.
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Just started hitting again after many years off. Friend I hit with rated me about a 3.0-3.5 player. Interested in either early morning or early evening. I live near McNeil and 183 but could travel locally.
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If you're still interested I'd like to hit sometime. I'm probably around a 2.5 - 3.0 (I promise to still make it challenging). Haven't played in a while either. Live in South Austin by Zilker but work up North (sort of). Would be willing to meetup. Let me know if you're in.
Interested in playing this weekend?
hey I am also on 183 and McNeil .
We can play together.
I don't know my level but have been playing on and off for the last 5 years.
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Steve, I would be interested in meeting up most any morning. Have access to courts in Anderson Mill or can travel. Consider myself a 3.0, and like yourself, I started hitting again last year after many years off.
I am also in the same area and in range of 3-3.5 .
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Shalein, this works for me...any of those days of the week.
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Q. Does the Code require bonding around raceway knockouts for 277V or 480V feeders and branch circuits?
A. You must bond metal raceways or cables, containing 277V or 480V circuits, terminating at ringed knockouts to the metal enclosure [250.97] with a bonding jumper sized in accordance with Table 250.122, based on the rating of the circuit overcurrent protection device [250.102(D)] (Figure). A bonding jumper isn't required where ringed knockouts aren't encountered, or where the box is listed to provide a permanent and reliable electrical bond [250.97 Exception].
Q. If a generator provides a building with temporary power for construction, does the neutral have to be bonded to the case of the generator?
A. When a generator provides the sole power for a building or structure, it's defined as a separately derived system, even though no transfer switch is present [see Art. 100, separately derived system]. Therefore, you must use a system bonding jumper to bond metal parts of the generator to the grounded neutral conductor [250.30(A)(1)]. This ensures that dangerous voltage from a ground fault can be quickly removed by opening the generator's overcurrent protection device [250.2(A)(3)].
Q. How do you determine the maximum length of track lighting that you can install on a 20A, 120V circuit?
A. The rule for circuiting track lighting simply prohibits the connected load on lighting track from exceeding the rating of the track [410.101(B)]. This means you cannot connect 15A lighting track to a 20A circuit. The rule that requires a calculation of 150VA for every 2 feet of track applies only to service and feeder calculations, not branch circuits [220.43(B)]. So there is no calculation on the maximum length of track lighting on a circuit.
Q. Do I have to bond a metal fence to the pool grounding grid if it's located within 5 feet of an outdoor swimming pool?
A. All fixed metal parts located within 5 feet horizontally of the inside walls of a permanently installed pool, outdoor spa, or outdoor hot tub — and within 12 feet measured vertically above the maximum water level of a permanently installed pool, outdoor spa, or outdoor hot tub, or any observation stands, towers, platforms, or any diving structures — must be bonded together and to the bonding grid [680.26(B)(5)].
Q. Am I allowed to install 480V power conductors with 120V lighting conductors?
A. Power conductors of different systems can occupy the same raceway, cable, or enclosure if all conductors have an insulation voltage rating not less than the maximum circuit voltage [300.3(C)(1)].
Q. Must I use a common trip breaker for all multiwire branch circuits to shut off all of the phase conductors?
A. Per the NEC, you must provide multiwire branch circuits that supply switches, receptacles, or equipment on the same yoke with a means to disconnect simultaneously all ungrounded conductors that supply those devices or equipment at the point where the branch circuit originates [210.4(B) and 210.7(B)]. You can accomplish this by using single-pole circuit breakers with handle ties identified for the purpose or a 2- or 3-pole breaker with common internal trip [240.20(B)(1)].
Q. Are GFCI-type receptacles permitted on a circuit that has AFCI protection?
A. Yes.
Q. In industrial applications, is GFCI protection required for the outdoor 15A, 125V receptacles?
A. All 15A and 20A, 125V receptacles installed outdoors in public spaces used by, or accessible to, the public must be GFCI protected. GFCI protection isn't required for receptacles where the general public doesn't have access [210.8(B)(4)].
Q. Can you install electrical wires and pneumatic tubing in the same raceway?
A. Raceways are designed for the exclusive use of electrical conductors and cables, and cannot contain nonelectrical components like pipes or tubes for steam, water, air, gas, drainage, etc. [300.8].
Q. Does the NEC require GFCI protection for a drinking water cooler in an office break room that also features a sink and a microwave?
A. GFCI protection is not required for 15A and 20A, 125V receptacles in employee break rooms containing portable cooking appliances, because they are not "kitchens," as defined in 210.8(B)(2). There are no requirements for drinking water coolers, regardless of location.
Q. What are the requirements for securing Type NM Cable?
A. You must use staples, straps, cable ties, hangers, or similar fittings to secure Type NM so that the cable will not be damaged. Secure Type NM cable within 12 inches of every box, cabinet, enclosure, or termination fitting and at intervals not exceeding 4.5 feet. You're not permitted to staple on edge two-wire (flat) NM cable.


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The Deutsche Weinstrasse
Established in 1935 as a way to boost local wine sales, the 85km-long Deutsche Weinstrasse (German Wine Route; deutsche-weinstrasse.de) meanders almost due north from the French border at Schweigen-Rechtenbach, connecting picturesque wine-growing villages that dot wooded hills of the Pfälzer Wald and the broad, flat Rhine valley. Not surprisingly, wine is the main attraction; much of it dry, white and made with Riesling grapes, though reds made with Pinot Noir are increasingly attracting praise. Alongside the lively and attractive "capital", Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, the neat spa town of Bad Dürkheim is the main urban focus, though the region's real charm is in its villages: alongside viticulture, a refined culinary scene has emerged in places like Deidesheim and the little walled town of Freinsheim. Hugely popular with Germans and also attracting many French and Dutch, the Route gets going in March, when the almond trees blossom. Travelling by car is easy; additionally, a cycle route, the Radweg Deutsche Weinstrasse, parallels the road and there's a choice of hiking trails – the 153km Pfälzer Weinsteg, which sometimes follows the wooded heights, or the more direct, 96km Wanderweg Deutsche Weinstrasse.
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William Flynt Nichols
The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 1983 and 2003.
William Flynt Nichols was born October 16, 1918 on a farm near Becker, Mississippi. He earned the B.S. degree in Agriculture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1939 and the M.S. degree in Agronomy at the same institution in 1940.
He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1942 and served in the European Theatre of Operations. He was wounded in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, Germany, November 30, 1944. He lost his leg and spent two years in Walter Reed Hospital. He retired in 1947 at the rank of Captain. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1959 and to the Alabama Senate in 1963 where he served on the Finance and Taxation Committee. He served as Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966.
He was instrumental in promoting and enlarging the Military Affairs Committee. He was also active in promoting and enlarging the military installations at Fort McClellan; the Anniston Ordinance Depot; Maxwell Field in Montgomery and Fort Rucker.
His honors and memberships were quite numerous: Blue Key; Gamma Sigma Delta; Scabbard and Blade; Certificate of Merit, Alabama Textile Manufacturers Assn.; the L. Mendel Rivers Award of Legislative Excellence.
He was awarded the Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws by Jacksonville State University.
He married Carolyn Funderburk on January 30, 1943, and they had three children: Carolyn Memorie (Nichols) Mitchell, Margaret Lynn, and Flynt. Mr. Nichols died on December 13, 1988.


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Dr. Franklin H. Glassman, who practiced medicine until last year, died June 6 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital. He was 87.
A lifelong resident of Snyder, Dr. Glassman maintained a family practice in Snyder for 60 years and was a member of the Western New York Osteopathic Society.
He was a graduate of Amherst High School, the University of Buffalo Medical School and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Glassman served in the 393rd Army Division during World War II and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Ellen.
A service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. June 22 in Crossroads Lutheran Church, 4640 Main St., Amherst.


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Container system Ex p
- an optimized solution in Oil- & Gas-plants
The current situation in the Oil- & Gas-industry:
It is common knowledge, our world is still growing in population. Latest insights show a world population increasing from 6.5 billion to more than 9 billion in 2050. This results in a similar development towards our world energy hunger. Of course energy saving techniques will have some effect, but the energy requirements are expected to grow from the approximately 550 EJ of today to more than 700 EJ in 2030.
Globally, European-wide, and country-specific scenarios show 10% to 25% shares of primary energy coming from renewable sources by 2030. Taditional sources such as coal, oil and gas will remain quite stable. Especially for natural gas there will be even more growth.
Taking a look at those traditional sources with a focus on Oil & Gas, it is a fact that the largest oil & gas reserves have already been discovered in the last 40 years. Main reserves are scattered on smaller and medium scale sites. Available recoverable Oil & Gas reserves are concentrated in Northern Europe, North-East Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America and Asia.
A closer look at the types of oil reserves:
- 30% Conventional Oil
- 30 % Oil sands (Bitumen)
- 25% Extra heavy Oil
- 15% Heavy oil
The non-conventional type of oil reserves increase the effort an techniques required for exploration, and the overall difficulty of exploration of these reserves.
The location of the exploration wells is becoming more extreme; colder, warmer and more remote locations that increase the production costs even further. Illustrating this fact is the number of onshore and offshore rigs between 1996 and 2011. The number of active rigs in the 90's was around 2000 units. By November 2011 this had increased to more than 3500 active rigs.
Therefore, we can expect that the number of exploration wells will increase over the next 20 years, as our world energy hunger rises and renewables do not offer a real alternative. The main Oil & Gas reserves will shift to a harsher environment (warm/cold/deepwater etc.) and are scattered over more exploration wells.
Together we invent the solution!
Another well known fact is that the Oil & Gas industry is in search of qualified and experienced personnel. With oil and gas usage expected to increase, combined with more demanding exploration techniques, the industry needs to invest more and more effort, developing new extraction techniques to keep and increase current levels of production. The average age of the employees in our industry is approximately 55 years. This means that the majority of employees will retire in the next 10 to 15 years. Add the fact that the oil and gas business is known as a heavy work environment, this makes it difficult to attract young workers.
The oil and gas business is in need of experienced, qualified and responsible suppliers. STAHL experiences this increasing demand as an Ex , NEC, ATEX and IEC Ex partner every day. System solutions based on expertise, system capability and responsibility are becoming more and more important. Offering system solutions is a role we have embraced with enthusiasm for more than 50 years.
The historical approach for shelters, Remote (instrument) Buildings
The common approach in the case of supplying shelter solutions is that the work is mostly executed by multiple parties, such as: local contractors for utility buildings, contractors for electrical installations, control vendors & system integrators, and OEMs (Original Equipment Vendors). This results in a demanding and complex project management, not only logistically but also functionally. It is also not to be forgotten that certification, testing and explosion protection should be guaranteed by all parties involved. End-users are or should be fully aware that they are dealing with shared responsibility in this matter as they have final responsibility for safety. Furthermore, working with multiple parties often results in additional overhead costs and extra finalizing time to gather all the required information, of which the End-user should also be informed.
The Transportable Ventilated Container (TVC)
Form follows function, an engineering concept is ingrained in our organization. With 50 years of experience in dealing with unit control panels placed in hazardous environments, we have come to realize that the purpose and function of the TVC is more important than the shape of the unit.
The TVC principle offers a new approach to modular trending with functionality, combined with full certified explosion protection as a logical but important factor. A TVC is constructed in such a way that the internal atmosphere has a guaranteed safe non-hazardous atmosphere enabling application of several pieces of electrical equipment such as control systems, VSD (Variable Speed Drive), workshops and complete equipment packages.
As sensitive instruments will be placed in the TVC, the functions of these units are critical in securing the quality of the production process of our customers. Moreover, an incident is not allowed to escalate into a catastrophe. It is therefore understood that we will not compromise on the safety or quality of our TVC solution. We do not only believe in the current trend of increasing safety standards in the industry, we endorse them. We build in accordance to the ATEX- and IECEx- and NEC-guidelines.
Figure 4: The 3 functional units A, B and C of the R. STAHL Ex p container system
Function principle
The units comply to one of the following criteria:
- Typ TVC-ev, positive pressure differential for environmental protection (A),
- Typ TVP-op, positive pressure differential to maintain a safe operation environment (B),
- Typ TVC-up, negative pressure differential to avoid an inside accumulation of gas (C).
The heart of the TVC package
Pressurization by means of ventilation is executed with a unique integrated explosion protected modular range of standardized HVAC. The double function of these HVAC enables IECEx certified pressurization by means of ventilation combined with full heating and air-conditioning functionality. Cooling range of the HVAC varies from 2 KW up to 140 KW enabling operation of small 10 ft containers and even buildings or 60 ft containers equipped with heavy load and heat generating equipment.
Functional description
- A containerized explosion protected stand alone electrical system,
- Transportable, for temporary and for permanent use,
- Containers for non-human occupation under normal operation circumstances,
- Containers for human occupation under normal operation circumstances.
Possible functional contents:
- Control system, power distribution, office, workshop, operator room, (wireless) communications, emergency power, and alarming system,
- Integrated power conversions for remote applications,
- Diagnostic interface based on GSM/GPRS or Fieldbus,
- Suitable for installation in Zone 1 and in Zone 2 ,
- ATEX rating Gas IIB T4,
- NEC, GOST, Norsok and others,
- Ambient tempearture –50 to +50 °C (project dependent).
Summary of descriptions of TVC packages
They are fully tested on functionality and explosion protection because we believe in plug-and-play solutions that our customer can install in accordance to all the necessary certification requirements. These units are engineered not only in a high security level but also to reduce the costs for unit and installation. Furthermore they allow an ergonomically designed workspace and at the production facility energie effiecient operation. Our 50-year experience as system integrator enables us to build the complete system including project management, programming , electrical , hardware/software, mechanical design and transport.
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We adopt project planning including:
- Engineering electrical and (3D) mechanical,
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- Construction and services,
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- Commissioning support, Site Acceptance Testing.
With this service we minimize project costs, shorten turn-around, and enable one-stop-shopping, combined with energy efficient design ready for connection, which shortens SAT testing, and clear certified responsibility on explosion protection.
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A guide to Meghan Markle's family
Meghan Markle's family have been under intense media scrutiny since she announced her engagement to Prince Harry in November 2017.
Her relatives are in many ways unlikely in-laws for Britain's royal family: Markle's parents are divorced, her half-siblings opinionated, and her father once declared bankruptcy.
Thomas Markle married Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, in 1979. They split when Meghan was six years old.
He stayed in contact with his daughter, although their relationship was sometimes troubled. Nevertheless, in a 2016 Instagram post on Father's Day, she wrote "[t]o this day your hugs are still the very best in the whole wide world".
Today, Thomas Markle leads a quiet life in Rosarito, on Mexico's Pacific coast. He won $750,000 in the lottery in 1990, but later declared bankruptcy.
He has been the figure of much gossiping in the British press, with tabloids recently snapping him getting fitted for a suit at a backstreet tailor's near his Rosarito home.
Following the embarrassing photos, he withdrew from the wedding and now won't be walking his daughter down the aisle at St George's Chapel in Windsor. Prince Harry is reportedly still to meet his future father-in-law.
Markle is thought to be much closer with her mother, who raised her as a single parent.
Last year, Markle told Glamour magazine, "We can just have so much fun together, and yet I'll still find so much solace in her support".
In a 2014 post in her now-defunct blog The Tig, Markle affectionately described her mother: "Dreadlocks. Nose ring. Yoga instructor. Social worker. Free spirit."
Ragland is a social worker and is reportedly still working with drug addicts in Los Angeles, despite being in the spotlight since the engagement, according to the Daily Mail.
In the week leading up to the nuptials, Ragland will to spend time with Harry's family, including his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Harry has already met Ragland several times. In the first sit-down interview with him and Markle, the prince told the BBC: "Her mum's amazing!"
Markle's relationship with her half-sister, Samantha Grant, has also generated a lot of media attention, in part due to Grant's controversial statements.
In the past, she has suggested that Markle could do more to financially support their father, telling Australian TV show A Current Affair that "Honestly, what she could spend in a weekend would greatly help Dad".
In 2016, Grant told Britain's The Sun that Markle was motivated by "social climbing".
Grant lives in Florida and, like Markle, was also in acting and television, although with less success. She now plans to write a book, entitled The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister.
It is unclear whether she will be a guest at the wedding next week.
Thomas Markle Jr is also reportedly still waiting for an invite - although it seems unlikely after he wrote a scathing letter published last week in celebrity gossip magazine In Touch.
According to the report, he described the upcoming nuptials as "the biggest mistake in royal wedding history". Addressing Harry, he added, "Meghan Markle is obviously not the right woman for you", adding that she is a "jaded, shallow, conceited woman that will make a joke of you and the royal family heritage".
Markle was married to Hollywood producer Trevor Engelson for less than two years, before they divorced in 2013.
He is planning an untitled comedy about a man whose wife leaves him for a British prince, with Fox having commissioned a pilot episode, according to entertainment news site Deadline. The project claims to be fictional.
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|Biographical Information
|Other names
|Dernhelm, White Lady of Rohan, Lady of the Shield-arm
|Rohan and Ithilien
|Rohirric and Westron
|Early Fourth Age
|House of Eorl
|Éomund & Théodwyn
|Physical Description
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|Pale gold, long[1]
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|Images of Éowyn
- "Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and maidens fairer still; but neither flower nor lady have I seen till now in Gondor so lovely, and so sorrowful. It may be that only a few days are left ere darkness falls upon our world, and when it comes I hope to face it steadily; but it would ease my heart, if while the Sun yet shines, I could see you still. For you and I have both passed under the wings of the Shadow, and the same hand drew us back."
- ― Faramir[2]
Éowyn (T.A. 2995 – Fourth Age ?), the Lady of Rohan, was also known as the Lady of the Shield-arm, the White Lady of Rohan[note 1], and Lady of Ithilien. She was a member of the House of Eorl and the niece of King Théoden of Rohan. She was the daughter of Théoden's sister, Théodwyn, and Éomund of Eastfold. Her brother was Éomer Éadig. Following the end of the War of the Ring, she and Faramir were married and bore one son, Elboron. [3]
Following the death of her parents in T.A. 3002, Éowyn and Éomer were brought into Théoden's house and there raised. Éowyn grew to be tall and slender, with a grace and pride that came from her mother.[3]
Prior to the Battle of the Hornburg, Éowyn was left to care for Meduseld when Théoden and Éomer led the remaining Rohirrim to the west. King Théoden in fact named her ruler of Rohan in his and Éomer's absence when the Doorward Háma recommended that one of "The House of Eorl" should rule. At first, Théoden only thought of male members, and he and Éomer were the last males of the House, but Háma reminded them of Éowyn, who "is fearless" and that "all love her".[4]
Éowyn revealed her temperament when Aragorn was about to ride into the mountains to attempt to take the Paths of the Dead. Unable to dissuade him, she offered to accompany him, declaring herself "weary of skulking in the hills, and wish to face peril and battle." The only thing she feared was a cage. However, Aragorn reminded her of her charge to govern the people until the king's return and left without her.[5]
Later, when the forces of Rohan were mustered to go to Gondor, Éowyn disguised herself as a man, and under the alias of Dernhelm, traveled with the Riders of Rohan, carrying with her Merry, who was also ordered to remain behind.[6]
During the battle of the Pelennor Fields, she fought by King Théoden, and when he was injured during combat with the Witch-king of Angmar, she and Merry scrambled to help him. Confronting the Witch-king, who boasted that "no living man may hinder me," she removed her helmet, exposing her long blond hair and declaring,
"No living man am I! You look upon a woman."
Just as MacDuff disconcerted Macbeth by revealing he was not "of woman born", Lady Éowyn found the loophole in the 1,000-year-old prophecy by Glorfindel, fulfilling that the Witch-king would not be slain by a man. However, the Witch-king actually recited the prophecy incorrectly: he said that "no living man may hinder me," though the prophecy actually said that "Not by the hand of Man will he fall."[7] Glorfindel's prophesy, unlike his own version, implies that the Witch-king will eventually fall, and the Witch-king likely overestimated his own power and believed he would never be defeated.
Lady Éowyn slew the Witch-king after Merry stabbed him behind the knee. Strictly speaking, Merry is also "no man," being a Hobbit. However, the stab behind the knee likely wouldn't have been fatal, even if it did break the bonds that "bent his unseen sinews to his will." The consensus seems to be that Merry's stab made the Witch-king vulnerable while Éowyn's slash actually resulted in death. She was granted the title "Lady of the Shield-arm" after the Battle in recognition of her triumph over the Witch-king.[1]
Lady Éowyn was severely injured in this fight, and because of the poisonous effect of the Nazgûl, she faced near-certain death; however, she was treated in time by Aragorn during his brief rest in Minas Tirith. Since she didn't yet recover completely, she couldn't join Aragorn's army on their way to Mordor. However, while recuperating in the Houses of Healing, she met Faramir, with whom she fell in love. After the demise of Sauron, the happily wed couple settled in Ithilien, of which Faramir was made the ruling Prince. Éowyn was not known as the Princess of Ithilien, rather as the Lady of Ithilien.[8] They had at least one son (likely Elboron),[9] and their grandson was Barahir, who wrote The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen in the Fourth Age.[10] The date of Éowyn's death is nowhere recorded.
Éowyn's role in the stories challenges conventional stereotypes of the role of women. She succeeds where a man would have failed in slaying the Witch-king and throughout the books even when recovering from the wounds bought in that conflict rebels against being left behind while the men go off to win glory in war. Her role more than any other female within the mythology challenges accusations of sexism commonly leveled at Tolkien and in many ways (intentionally or not) displays attitudes ahead of his time in regards to social equality.
Éowyn means "Horse-joy" in Old English (being a combination of her parents' names: Éomund and Théodwyn),[11] the language Tolkien adapted to represent Rohirric.[12]
The first syllable of Lady Éowyn's name sounds like "eh-ah," with the "ah" just barely pronounced. As in Scandinavian, the y in the second syllable is the same sound as the German letter ü or the French u. The actors in The Lord of the Rings (film series) consistently pronounce her name as well as the names of Éomer and Théoden in a manner inconsistent with most reconstructions of Old English pronunciation.
Portrayal in adaptations
- Eowyn from Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings.jpg
1955-6: The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series):
- Olive Gregg provides the voice of Éowyn.
1978: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film):
- Éowyn is briefly seen, but has no lines.
1979: The Mind's Eye's The Lord of the Rings:
- Éowyn is portrayed by Karen Hurley.
1980: The Return of the King (1980 film):
- Éowyn is voiced by actress Nellie Bellflower. She appears unintroduced, but Merry fills Pippin (and so the spectator) in on the details. She is not terribly wounded, and appears healthy besides Faramir at the coronation.
1981: The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series):
- Elin Jenkins plays the part of Éowyn.
2002-3: The Lord of the Rings (film series):
- Éowyn is portrayed by Miranda Otto. Jackson's adaptation shows two different explanations for Éowyn's injuries after fighting the Witch-king. In the Theatrical Release, her wounds are less severe than in the book; she is conscious but hurt, as opposed to unconscious. In the extended scenes of the Extended Edition, she is near death: her brother finds her and grieves, and later we see her being healed in the Houses of Healing, where she shares a tender moment with Faramir.
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External links
- "Tolkien's Heathen Feminist" by Karl E.H. Seigfried
- ↑ Éowyn was known as "Lady of Rohan" in Rohan, but as "White Lady of Rohan" in Ithilien (due to her pale complexion).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The King of the Golden Hall"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Muster of Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"
- ↑ Jim Allan (1978), An Introduction to Elvish, "The Giving of Names", p. 216
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144, (dated 25 April 1954)


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Their design would create a northbound route on SW 12th Avenue that mirrors the existing cycle track on SW Broadway, which has increased ridership and safety.
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Cycle tracks are bike lanes buffered from motor vehicle traffic. On Broadway, an entire lane of parked cars separates cyclists from moving cars.
"Our goal is to create a more comfortable environment for people who are interested in bicycling but concerned about safety," said Kate Petak, who started this project last October as an intern for the Portland Bureau of Transportation, which is a close partner on this project. If it goes forward, the separated bike lane would extend along 13 blocks of SW 12th Avenue, from SW Market Street to SW Stark.
With funding from a Solutions Generator award through the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, the students pored over city plans and surveyed cyclists to determine the feasibility of the proposal that would better connect downtown bicycle routes. Other students working on the project are Rene Allen, Sirisha Kothuri, and Stefan Bussey.
Portland State's Climate Action Plan calls for an increase in bicycle commuting to campus, but many riders are deterred by concerns about biking on the same roadway with cars.
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Megan Dacey from Grayling Bristol looks at how Fyre Festival has quickly become a model of 'how not to' manage influencers,
Unless you have spent the bank holiday under a rock, you will have seen the global attention that Fyre Festival has gathered for being one of the year's (or decade's ?!) biggest gaffes.
If you did miss out, here's what happened: Partygoers pay up to $100,000 to attend exclusive Bahamas festival. Festival is in fact a near-apocalyptic scene with no accommodation, food or even music. Hundreds of people stranded in Bahamas or in US airports and team behind it disappear.
Promising a weekend of the world's best music, luxury accommodation and beautiful people, set against the stunning backdrop of the Bahamas with none other than noughties hip hop royalty JaRule at the helm, the event had been tipped as the 'new Coachella'. In reality it was a car crash of blunders, resulting in hundreds of stranded people akin to Lord of the Flies with nothing but a disaster relief tent to keep them company.
Whilst global news outlets are focusing on the $100m law suit, for the PR industry this provides a timely reminder of how influencer marketing can backfire.
The initial groundswell of excitement for Fyre Festival came from a tactical influencer marketing campaign, where over 400 social media heavyweights including Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski were paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to post about the event, luring millennials to part with their cash with the promise of partying with the world's elite.
The integrity of these partnerships have been thrust into the limelight, with eagle eyed followers noting that a number of the promotions did not clearly state that it was a paid-for collaboration. Many of these partners were quick to delete content once it became clear that the festival was going from bad to worse, with reports suggesting that most were tipped off in advance.
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