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Study finds areas with high rates of cervical cancer

TweetUsing a new cancer registry UNC researchers discovered some areas in North Carolina with unusually high rates of cervical cancer. The counties with the highest [...]
March 12, 2012 | Posted in: Items of Interest | Tags: , , , | Comments closed | Full Story »

February Almanac

Tweet If the recent spell of warm weather has you thumbing through the seed catalogs you may want to check out the new zone map [...]
February 4, 2012 | Posted in: Miscellany, Weather & Climate | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

Langston Hughes in Chapel Hill

TweetLangston Hughes was born 100 years ago today. The author, essayist, poet and newspaper columnist visited North Carolina a few times in his career including [...]
February 3, 2012 | Posted in: Art & Literature, Items of Interest | Comments closed | Full Story »

Blaming Nixon for NOAA in Commerce

TweetInteresting headline from Politico for a sidebar about President Obama’s proposed consolidation of several agencies and departments. The President explains how the NOAA came to [...]
January 13, 2012 | Posted in: Items of Interest | Comments closed | Full Story »

‘I’m about usual,” he said. “Just able to get about. How are you?’

TweetNice story out of WNC. Asheville Citizen-Times writer Susan Reinhardt interviews a couple of fellows who made it to triple digits. I’ve interviewed several 100 [...]
January 5, 2012 | Posted in: Items of Interest | Comments closed | Full Story »

January Almanac

Tweet The days are short, The sun a spark Hung thin between The dark and dark. — John Updike, “January” Here in the Piedmont, January [...]
December 31, 2011 | Posted in: Items of Interest, Miscellany | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

December Almanac

TweetFor the record (since it’s so late) The wintry west extends his blast, And hail and rain does blaw — Robert Burns, Winter: A Dirge [...]
December 17, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story »

November almanac

Tweet The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn, And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn; The stubble [...]
November 5, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Items of Interest | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

Soaking ahead

TweetSubtropical storm Nameless is creeping up the coast from Florida. I’ve been watching the rainfall estimates as it moves northward. Looks like we’ll get something [...]
October 9, 2011 | Posted in: Weather & Climate | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »

October almanac

TweetI watched October Flare today The Flames spread across the highway Across the ridges, along the creek banks Where sycamores marched naked — Sam Ragan, [...]
October 8, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Items of Interest | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story »