Posts Tagged ‘Raleigh’
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Always cool to see someone start a sentence with “I want my” and then accuse someone else of being greedy but this is the mentality of those camped out and making a mess in front of the Capital Building. As the occupation wears on we see no sign of them slowing down or introducing clarity in their demands. I am beginning to think they just like sitting outside and why not – the weather has been exceptional. No question this is the time to stage a protest outside.
All that being said congrats to the Law and Public Safety committee of the Raleigh City Council for doing the right thing and denying the request to camp out on city property. I think this would have opened the door (or ground in this case) to any number of groups that wanted to ramble with no particular purpose about anything and get a place to do it.
Don’t get me wrong – I am all for groups having the right to peacefully assemble just not in a manner that costs the rest of the taxpayers while you are claiming high political speech and effectively saying nothing. Well – nothing except corporate greed is bad when it gets in the way of personal greed like the sign to the right. Want to cry about losing money? We all do that’s why it is a global financial crisis. I’m sorry you put all your money in the stock market and not in mason jars buried in your backyard like my financial adviser instructed me to do. (Feel free to call Princess she has really protected the family fortune for mere milk bones a day.)
Again – where this started almost made sense and the goal I think was a coherent message about improving the lives of the people that were being hurt during the crisis. Now I think everyone that hasn’t bathed in a week has a list of demands. I’m proud of the city for saying enough and holding a line. Now we need to address the $61,000 you’ve cost us as of today. [SOURCE] I know you’ve heard it before but freedom isn’t free and those of us stuck paying the bill are a little tired of those of you not contributing costing us unnecessarily.
This comes from the “did you know” file and is actually pretty interesting…
Thursday is National Coffee Day, and the drink actually has a connection to Raleigh you might not know.
You’ve probably heard coffee referred to as a “Cup of Joe.” The origin of that term dates back to the early part of the 20th century and one of the dominant figures in Raleigh history.
Josephus Daniels, the publisher of The News & Observer, was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.
Daniels did not drink alcohol – and did not believe sailors should, either. In 1914, he issued General Order 99, which prohibited alcohol on all Navy property. That eliminated the officer’s wine mess and meant the strongest drink on board a ship was coffee.
You can bet that didn’t go over particularly well with hardened Navy vets, and thus the derisive term, “Cup of Joe.”
Among Daniel’s other reforms were inaugurating the practice of making 100 Sailors from the Fleet eligible for entrance into the Naval Academy and the introduction of women into the service.
Now, more than 400 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year. To celebrate National Coffee Day, some area businesses are offering deals.
You can get free coffee at Krispy Kreme all day long. And Kangaroo Express has hidden 29 Roo mugs around Raleigh – if you find one, your first cup of coffee is free.
Shouldn’t we be out having a cup rather than sitting here? Josephus Daniels, no doubt, would be pleased. [SOURCE]
Josephus Daniels – among other things was also connected to the “world’s smallest naval base” – which despite having less notoriety than the phrase “Cup of Joe” is in some ways a lot cooler.
UPDATE: Very cool find by Travis -
WLAC’s first broadcast was on Oct. 16, 1922. Guest speaker for the evening was Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the U.S. Navy and owner of the Raleigh News & Observer. Daniels made the ironic prediction: “Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions…radio makes surprises impossible.” [SOURCE]
Not coffee related but Josephus Daniels history.
Based on metrics like school performance, green space, and cultural amenities, Raleigh, N.C., ranks No. 1 in Businessweek.com’s first Best Cities ranking
Oh – another award? Just put it in the shelf over there. Next to the others. Yawn…
To most residents of Raleigh, it may not come as a surprise that their city earned the title of America’s Best City. Raleigh shows the cultural graces that go along with anchoring the so-called Research Triangle, home to North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among its many attributes the city sports 867 restaurants, 110 bars, and 51 museums, according to Onboard Informatics, as well as a thriving social scene, good schools, and 12,512 park acres, equal to several times the green space per capita in cities like New York and Los Angeles, according to the Trust for Public Land. It also offers a great deal on nights and weekends—from concerts and opera, to the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes and college sports, to the 30,000-square-foot State Farmers Market.
Raleigh may have a population of only about 400,000 and span about 144 square miles, yet data show it still offers a lot, if only in a smaller package. True, Raleigh may not be the center of the tech universe like San Francisco, a hub of higher education on the same scale as Boston, or a vibrant 24-hour metropolis like New York, but all those cities also offered higher unemployment, a dearth of parks, worse public education, and other negative factors that weighed against them.
Other notables on the list – Winston-Salem, NC [46] home before Raleigh; Dallas, TX [42] you moved up 4 spots Travis – you should jump up another 41 and move here; Durham, NC [37] adding them so no one gets hurt; Greensboro, NC [31] nicest thing anyone ever said about G’boro; and Charlotte, NC [20] just sayin’ – we beat you by DOUBLE DIGITS – just sayin’.
With that quick run through I’d say North Carolina dominated the top 50 with 5 cities listed and by my count in a pretty good order.
Read more about Raleigh here and cruise through the cities we beat here.
So the posting – post Maine has been a little slow. I’ve been busy with a new website. No – NOSVC isn’t going to get listed as a sponsor but if you run you may want to check out the site and the race course and see if this is something you’d be interested in. (If not – hit the link anyway and help me move this up in Google.)
You are more than welcome to give me feedback on the site and what you think may be missing and/or needed to make it easier to use. If you end up running it let me know. This has been a fun site to work on and I am really expecting it to be a great race.
If you are asking yourself if this is shameless self-promotion the answer is simple. Of course it is. But why would that surprise you?
Carolina Classics at the Capital returns to downtown Raleigh for a weekend packed with 100s of cars both in the convention center and lined up on Fayetteville Street. You saw a preview of the cars from the Random Photos post earlier this weekend but Sunday morning was a good time to go downtown, meet up with the family and look at the cars parked outside before the crowd hit.
We got there earlier on Sunday morning and had fun walking around with relatively few people out and an awesome breeze. I saw a lot of cars I would like and even more I with I could afford. We left shortly after the music started and well before the crowd filled in but I don’t think we missed any of the cars. We did opt not to go inside but should this come back again next year we may have to check out some of the cars that they were promoting like the vehicles from the TV show the Munster’s and a 1961 Aston Martin valued at over $2 million. More pictures after the jump.
And no – I am not a car expert and I wasn’t taking notes so your guess is better than mine on the particular make, model or age of the car. My personal favorite from the show is the one to the right but I would really have to get it painted another color if I ever wanted Travis to ride in it.