Archive for the ‘City’ Category
September 3rd, 2010
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Craig from Queen City Comedy (@QueenCityComedy) recently interviewed Jon Reep, a Hickory native and recent winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He’ll be performing at the McGlohon Theatre in Charlotte this December.
More info on Queen City Comedy.
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The Carolina Raptor Center has been a favorite destination for students, teachers, Charlotteans, and volunteers alike for nearly 30 years! It is a great place nestled in Latta Plantation off Beaties Ford Road and you have not been, do yourself a favor and go see what it is all about.
Their mission is to promote environmental stewardship through education and the role raptors play in our ecosystem. The Raptor Center is all about promoting sustainable habits that support animals and humans alike.
That’s why when given the opportunity to do an energy audit at the center we jumped at the chance to volunteer.
Jim Warren, the CRC’s Cheif Operating Offiicer, invited us along with CPCC’s 3D Modeling class to come uncover ways to help their facilities save energy. The plan is to come up with the most effective measures to help save energy and utility costs so those funds can be used to help fulfill the CRC’s mission.
Once the work scope and materials needed are complete a small army of volunteers will go to work making the buildings more energy efficient, comfortable, and healthy (That’s Energy Tight’s Mission).
Owly, a 26 year old tenant at the Carolina Raptor Center gets the thermal treatment
5 Things Volunteers Can Do at the Carolina Raptor Center?
- You can work in the raptor “ER” helping injured raptors become healthy enough to be released back into the wild.
- You can be a part of the transport or raptor ambulance team and respond to calls by the public regarding injured raptors that need to be picked up and taken to CRC.
- You can educate the public about birds of prey and how they play a role in conservation as a docent volunteer or an exhibit volunteer.
- Help us take care of our many resident birds by cleaning cages, feeding them and performing health checks.
- Are you handy and enjoy working outside? We can always use help repairing aviaries and performing other general maintenance around the property.
Join the volunteer program and help make energy efficiency at the Raptor Center
5 Energy Tight Tips to help you save like the CRC
- Ceiling fans require far less energy than air conditioners, and help you feel cooler at higher temperatures. You can feel as cool at 82ºF under a fan as you would at 77ºF in still air.
- Close window coverings during the day to block solar heat.
- During the hottest times of day, don’t use your stove, oven, dishwasher, or clothes dryer. Your air conditioning will use too much energy trying to cool your home.
- Let food cool before you set it in the refrigerator, so the fridge doesn’t have to work harder to maintain cold interior temperatures.
- In most homes, heating water is the third-highest energy cost. Lower your water heater temperature setting as low as possible to save money each month.
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A bunch of folks in Charlotte, including me, are starting a challenge today. We’re trying to drink more water. A lot more water! It’s called 60 in 60. It starts today and you can get all the info here at NoFizzCLT (@NoFizzCLT). In a nut shell, they’re asking us to drink 60 ounces of water every day for the next 60 days.
This started in May when personal trainer Bobby DeMuro (@bodemuro) asked people around here to give up soda for 30 days. I spoke to him for Health Headlines: The Show and he said the response was so good that he’d do more. So here’s the latest challenge.
A bunch of folks in Charlotte, including me, are starting a challenge today. We’re trying to drink more water. A lot more water! It’s called 60 in 60. It starts today and you can get all the info here at NoFizzCLT (@NoFizzCLT). In a nut shell, they’re asking us to drink 60 ounces of water every day for the next 60 days.
This started in May when personal trainer Bobby DeMuro (@bodemuro) asked people around here to give up soda for 30 days. I spoke to him for Health Headlines: The Show and he said the response was so good that he’d do more. So here’s the latest challenge.
A little birdy told me today that TabbedOut will go-live in NC soon, as in very soon. Ooh look! It’s an exclusive report!
As seen on NBC, Mashable, and The Food Channel, TabbedOut is a location-based iPhone and Android app that allows customers to close out their bar or restaurant tab (at an affiliated establishment) via their mobile phone.
Supported by FuturePOS, applications like TabbedOut (and other mobile forms of paying for consumer goods) are slated to alter the mobile consumer marketplace forever and the talk about them is burning at a fever pitch!
I’ll keep you updated!
A little birdy told me today that TabbedOut will go-live in NC soon, as in very soon. Ooh look! It’s an exclusive report!
As seen on NBC, Mashable, and The Food Channel, TabbedOut is a location-based iPhone and Android app that allows customers to close out their bar or restaurant tab (at an affiliated establishment) via their mobile phone.
Supported by FuturePOS, applications like TabbedOut (and other mobile forms of paying for consumer goods) are slated to alter the mobile consumer marketplace forever and the talk about them is burning at a fever pitch!
I’ll keep you updated!
“Michael Jordan and the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats will announce a $250,000 donation Monday to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system to help fund middle-school athletics programs this academic year.
Jordan, an NBA legend who made a fortune with his basketball skills and marketing savvy, bought the Charlotte Bobcats this spring. At the time, he talked of the importance of making the franchise an active contributor within the Charlotte community.”
I knowed their wuz sumpin rong wit dis soon as I seed it. Wunder if the City of Charlotte knoes yet? Looky the other pickture in the gallery up thare for comparison’s sake.
They jus put up all them fancy new Wayfindin signs but i gess Independence just ain’t gettin no luv anymoar.
Saw thissun on 277 outer, jus passed the 3rd/4th st exit.
Maybe thiss’l help:
Tommy Tomlinson, one of the Observer’s best and brightest, is ditching his traditional column for new, more experimental formats — including finding new ways to work with his audience.
His first project: One Good Thing.
“The idea is simple: I want you to say one good thing about a group you don’t like.
If you’re a Democrat, think of one good thing about Republicans. If you’re an atheist, one good thing about people of faith. If you’re a Carolina fan, one good thing about Dukies.
Those aren’t the only categories, of course. Think about the one crowd you most complain about, the one club you’d never join. Now: Come up with one good thing to say about them. We’ll be rejecting all sarcasm, cynicism, and backhanded compliments. You have to be sincere.”
He says his inspiration for this particular project is Ze Frank’s similar post-2008-election “52/48“, which like many of Ze’s internet culture experiments, found a substantial following of loyal contributors looking for the best qualities in each other.
Charlotte could definitely use a local Ze Frank to stir things up, so here’s hoping this takes off. Local writers playing with story formats and looking for reader submissions isn’t anything new, but with Tommy’s skill at story-telling this could really be something special.
Head over to Tommy’s blog for more info and to keep up with his new endeavors. Also check out his piece in the Observer saying as much, and Editor Rick Thames’ congratulatory send-off.
And make sure to submit something for One Good Thing, he’s accepting most submissions via email.