Archive for August 20th, 2008

• Immigrants, citizens, history & education: Are we being un-American?

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  Discovered August 20, 2008 at 3:21 pm

  The title of the post is what you’ll get when you read the post by Michael C. Mungeron the Kids Prefer Cheese blog. Michael describes what qualified citizenship in the past for his family and what are the qualifications now for illegal immigrants to receive education in NC. He asked “Are we being un-American?” [...]

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• A lesser known fact about Raleigh

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  Discovered August 20, 2008 at 2:02 pm

  Should you ever go into cardiac arrest (let’s hope not, but if you do …) Raleigh might be a good city for you to be in when the time comes.

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• Social Media Q&A: The future of twitter and micro-blogging

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  Discovered August 20, 2008 at 11:05 am

  Roger Harris, a technology and research analysis in RTP had some time to reflect about twitter while he was on vacation for two weeks. Roger makes some key points and asks some thoughtful questions about the direction of twitter/micro-blogs and the mindset of the community that uses it.

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• What’s that pole for?

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  Discovered August 20, 2008 at 10:08 am

  Lee recently visited his childhood home in Dunn, NC, and came across a pole in the field that always perplexed him while he was growing up. He posted the photos on his blog, so you can help him figure it out.

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• Parking in downtown Raleigh gets a little easier today

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  Discovered August 20, 2008 at 8:02 am

  A new parking deck was scheduled to open this morning in downtown Raleigh. The Blount Street deck was built to accommodate the new RBC Plaza building (now the city’s tallest building b/c of its spire). No word on the parking fees, though it’s free if you park there from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

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