While acknowledging that eating local food has gained significant “momentum” and “is all the rage,” a Sunday New York Times article cites a report by a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis, posing provocative questions about the environmental impact of those who choose to eat this way.
Check it out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/yourmoney/09feed.html
Puerto Rico is getting pounded with a late-season subtropical storm right now:
Subtropical Storm Olga Hits Puerto Rico, Heads West (Bloomberg)
Subtropical storm Olga (NHC)
They didn’t use to name subtropical systems, but the boss at NOAA says they gotta get their numbers a little higher
Most of my friends think I don’t like kids, and for the most part, they’re right. But really when I get to the heart of it, it’s bad parenting I don’t like. And you all know what I’m talking about – the three kids just the other night at Nikki’s Sushi Bar who ran around [...]
We’re heading out of town this weekend, but the local literary journal Ecotone is having a release party for its latest edition in the studios of WHQR on Saturday, where GP writer David works. Jill McCorkle, whose recent AAUW reading Rachel really enjoyed, will be there, along with a silent auction and other good stuff.
Press [...]
It’s nice to see that Charlotte added a light rail system last week. And while I don’t think Wilmington is big enough to command such a system, it would be nice for the area to consider passenger rail service between Wilmington and the Triangle. I Googled this topic and came up with the following report [...]
Is this creepy? It seems useful for finding out if your neighbors are perps, but not for “doing something about it.”
See city’s wanted online
….And now you may be able to do something about it.
The Star-News unveils a new interactive map and database today that you can use to see who’s wanted on warrants and other [...]
Talking about the Pullman movie and book The Golden Compass, per Amanda Greene’s suggestion and blog post in yesterday’s paper, here (in Comments):
http://divine.starnewsonline.com/default.asp?item=704405
Also Ben Steelman’s review of the movie and the controversy surrounding it here:
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20071129/COLUMNIST18/711290316/-1/opinion
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