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"The Sugar Queen" special offer

Linda — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:59:19 -0400

Sunday's N&O mentioned a great offer on the "Read" page. If you post about "Water for Elephants," they'll send you Sarah Addison Allen's "The Sugar Queen." Now, that's a deal I can't pass up!

I just started reading "Water for Elephants," and it's really captivating. I'm a little worried about scenes of animal cruelty that I've heard about, but I'll steel my nerves for them.

Who else has started reading, and what do you think?

Wake County Animal Center Hot House

truthbeknown — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:15:44 -0400

I witnessed shelter dogs in great distress throughout the summer of 2007. We are the voice of the voiceless. The public needs to keep an eye on Wake Animal Center...to be sure they keep making positive changes for the animals. Apathy means pain for the shelter dogs.

hot summer at the shelters

Ashley Sue — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:47:13 -0400

I can only hope we have a very mild summer. Last year, that month straight of 100+ degrees was horrible, even if you had a cushy home and air conditioning. The shelters were miserable, I am sure.

I'm really freakin jealous

Jenn — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:16:00 -0400

I'm really freakin jealous that you were this close to Barack!! I'm dying to meet him. :) Did you talk to him when the camera wasn't rolling? If so, what did he have to say to you? I'm a little confused why he couldn't be on your blog since he's filmed all the time. Perhaps you could explain that a bit further to me. But, whatevs. I still love him!

Why wouldn't BO get on the blog and talk?

Visitor — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:24:03 -0400

Why wouldn't BO get on the blog and talk? That would have been cool. Catch him in November...

I believe you are right; you

Visitor — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:04:30 -0400

I believe you are right; you are not going to solve any problems just by turning to a different station or turning the radio off.
I want to say that not all hispanic are mexicans and not all are illegal. There diffent ways to be legal in this country. There are some that are permanet residents, others have a work permit; and they need to have their country's passport in order to travel back and forth. I think people should be more educated.

Animal Cruelty by Hwy Patrol Officer...

Visitor — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:45:43 -0400

I'm so sorry for that these poor animals cannot find a home and someone to love them... but what really sickens me more is deliberate harm to an animal by a so-called human being!

Did you see where Sgt. Charles L. Jones with the state hwy patrol strung his canine partner up for hrs. and beat and kicked him ruthlessly? And this sorry excuse for a man was in court recently begging for his job back as if he had done nothing wrong?! Someone needs to give him some of the same kind of punishment he gave to that poor defenseless dog and then see if he feels like he deserves his job back!

It's just a mattter of time if this sub-terrainean low-life does the same thing to a woman or a child... someone obviously weaker than he is. The only kind of state job he deserves is cleaning toilets in prison!

Powder mills and graphite mines

Java55 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:14:30 -0400

I assume you must be speaking of the replacement powder mill which was constructed shortly before the end of the War between the States along Crabtree Creek about a quarter mile upstream from where Anderson Drive crosses over the creek. After the accidental explosion and destruction of the first powder mill located at House Creek (located about a quarter mile upstream from where it empties into Crabtree Creek at what is now Crabtree Valley) a replacement powder mill was built along Crabtree Creek at the location previously mentioned however it didn't see much action since the war ended shortly after its construction. A number of years back before all the construction took place between Crabtree Creek and Six Forks Road just west of Anderson Drive there used to be some old foundations located about a quarter mile upstream to the west in those woods. As for their current status now, I have no idea since I haven't been out there ever since the area became so heavily developed.

Now for the lack of connection between the old graphite mines and the powder mills, graphite is a crystalline form of carbon not nearly as suitable for making black powder as the amorphous carbon found in charcoal. Also the graphite mines really didn't see their full potentials until somewhat later on after the war but still well within the 1800's. Below is a link you might find interesting concerning one of the graphite mines (this one was just off Lead Mine Road) although somewhat off-topic it does show a great view of what one of the old mine adits looked like during the 1800's.

http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/Geologic_hazards_mines/old_mines.htm#Graphite

And for some more information about the Wake County graphite mines here's a quote from this website:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/bannister/bannister.html
(from about halfway down the page)

"GRAPHITE, or Plumbago, is found in abundance in Wake County, a few miles west of Raleigh, and extending a distance of eighteen or twenty miles southwestward. It is in veins, six to eighteen inches in width, with quartz associated, and the veins clipping at an angle of 60° or 70°. It is highly valued as a paint, but contains too much silex for use as pencils, or as anti-friction bearings. In Lincoln County, on the border of Catawba County, other extensive deposits exist, reported to be of good quality, also. Where so much is found, it is scarcely possible that the best forms of the mineral will not ultimately be discovered. The black-lead beds of Wake County alone exceed in extent all others known. They have been worked, and the product refined at Raleigh, for some years with fair success."

As for getting more historical information these days it is becoming increasingly difficult but if you google "North Carolina Office of Archives and History" this will give you some good leads from which to to start at to further your quest.

Division

SHERRIL — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:56:11 -0400

DID WE JUST LOOSE OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS?

SO MUCH FOR OBAMA’S TRANSPARENCEY
Has Anyone Heard About This? Not even the candidates are saying anything about it on the campaign trial. WHY? It is a bill sponsored by OBAMA called the Poverty Act of 2007. It was rushed through the Senate in about 2 days. AND OUR ECONOMY BEING WHAT IT IS!!!! HOW DID YOUR SENATOR VOTE? HOW DID YOUR US REPRESENTATIVE VOTE FOR IT IN AUGUST, 2007? CALL THEM AND ASK.
THE SENATE UPDATE PAGE HAS NOT PUT THE VOTE OF THE SENATORS UP. THEY SAY THEY ARE ABOUT 2 OR 3 DAYS GETTING IT POSTED. THIS WAS ALMOST 2 MONTHS AGO, SO YOU CAN’T SEE WHO VOTED FOR IT .
IN THE MEAN TIME MR. EROTIC, EXOTIC, ELITE OBAMA IS IN CALIFORNIA AT IRANIAN BILLIONIARE ALEX MEHRAN’S HOUSE TALKING ABOUT THE GUN-TOTIN’, BIBLE THUMPING, BACKWOODS PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. DO YOU THINK HE WAS ONLY TAKLING ABOUT PENNSYLVANIANS? NOT ON YOUR LIFE. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT EVERYONE OF US POOR PEOPLE IN EVERY STATE.
Well, we turned our heads for a second and got the shaft. I had heard a quick blip just before the one of the primaries in March that Senator Joe Biden pushing Obama’s Poverty Act of 2007 bill through the Senate. But then I never heard anything more. It had been scheduled for debate on April 24, 2008. So much for our media, huh? And why isn’t Obama crowing at the top of his voice about it?

• This bill says that we, the people of the United States of America; every man, woman, child, nursing home patient, homeless person, indigent and poverty stricken person, poor or rich, black or white, Native American or Asian, EVERY PERSON LIVING, ALL *305,986,357 ESTIMATED POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, GENDER, RELIGION OR ETHICITY WILL NOW OWE THE UNITED NATIONS MILENNIUM GOALS RESOULTION MONEY. This is a phenomenal $845,000,000,000 BILLION!! THIS IS ABOUT $280 PER PERSON. (If you have a child age 5, another age 3 and an infant, plus you and your husband that will be a total tax bill to the United Nations of $1400.00 dollars.) **IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE OTHER MONEY PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVIDUAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES.

THIS IS WHERE THE UNITED NATIONS CAN IF SO DESIRED DEMAND YOUR GUNS BE GIVEN UP
(4) MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS- The term `Millennium Development Goals' means the goals set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, General Assembly Resolution 55/2 (2000).
• To take concerted action to end illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, especially by making arms transfers more transparent and supporting regional disarmament measures, taking account of all the recommendations of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons

DOES THIS HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVISION?

Divided by lack of Transparency

Visitor — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:48:46 -0400

DID WE JUST LOOSE OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS

DOES THIS HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVISION

Tito!

Visitor — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:20:33 -0400

Seriously dude, you ain't right! But the Jackson 5 would be cool. If you bring back the Gilmore Girls too, you'll get my vote.

OMG

Visitor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:14:44 -0400

Too Much!!! Good one though!

OMG

Visitor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:13:12 -0400

You are so silly! Very interesting though....

jackson 5

biggerm — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:12:31 -0400

shout out to randy.

You are crazy!

Visitor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:40:45 -0400

That was very funny. I loved the ending.