Trouble in, uh, paradise
Lady preachers? Nooooooooooooo!
The group says women pastors go against its beliefs, according to its interpretation of the New Testament.
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Fireworks in Chapel Hill
5:42 p.m.
Lots of fireworks coming from the stadium.
Downside: Yates in for X-Rays.
Update on Yates: nothing broken
Update on team: Ru-roh
Oily issue
Fish or nutrient delivery system?
This Times article sets up the argument.
Superfood or Monster from the Deep?
Are we really that close to a world in which food functions as a nutrient delivery system, made possible by microencapsulation and fine-spray coating? And what would this mean for food and human nutrition?
Gas prices shooting up
Over on the corner of Main and Weaver gas prices have shot up by about 50 cents in the past hour.
Ike news seems to be getting worse. CNN video
Awful Ike
Reading the weather blogs this am, the intensity of Ike, which may increase tonight, is pretty stunning.
Jeff Masters wrote this:
Ike is larger than Katrina was, both in its radius of tropical storm force winds–275 miles–and in it radius of hurricane force winds–115 miles. For comparison, Katrina’s tropical storm and hurricane force winds extended out 230 and 105 miles, respectively. Ike’s surge will probably rival the massive storm surge of Hurricane Carla of 1961.
And the headline, of course, comes out of the official warning to residents of the Texas gulf coast:
Persons not heeding evacuation orders in single family one or two story homes will face certain death. Many residences of average construction directly on the coast will be destroyed. Widespread and devastating personal property damage is likely elsewhere. Vehicles left behind will likely be swept away. Numerous roads will be swamped… some may be washed away by the water. Entire flood prone coastal communities will be cutoff. Water levels may exceed 9 feet for more than a mile inland. Coastal residents in multi-story facilities risk being cutoff. Conditions will be worsened by battering waves. Such waves will exacerbate property damage… with massive destruction of homes… including those of block construction. Damage from beach erosion could take years to repair.
Bon Appétit adores us
Good gracious this is a glowing review of the local food scene by BA’s Andrew Knowlton.
Imagine a place where foodies not only have a favorite chef, but also a favorite farmer; a place where the distance between the organic farm and the award-winning restaurant is mere miles; a place where a sustainable future is foreseeable. It’s all a reality in Durham-Chapel Hill.
Another indication that they’re on to us.
h/t to 3 Cups for the heads up.
Local cheese
The Eater had a pleasant experience this past June with a summer cheese plate at Crook’s built around a gently melted round of Chapel Hill Creamery’s Carolina Moon. Brie-like but local and fresh. (If you try this trick at home warm it — don’t heat it.)
The Creamery, which last year hosted Slow Food’s big chef and farmer event (and SF Int’l founder Carlo Petrini), has been carefully expanding its offerings.
Owners Flo Hawley and Portia McKnight are providing the ingredients for this month’s farm dinner at Panzanella on Monday. Reservations at 929-6626.
This week’s paper Sept. 11, 2008
Stories in this week’s Citizen include:
• Taylor Sisk continues our series on the breakdown in the state’s mental health system
• Ken Moore writes about spiders and flora
• Southern Village abuzz over new building plans
• Carrboro Board of Aldermen talks transportation
• Chapel Hill Council report
Sex, drugs and oil
More proof that the present administration is almost impossible to parody.
Via the NYT’s story on an investigation of the Department of the Interior:
The investigation also concluded that several of the officials “frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives.”
Coming soon
An entirely new version of The MILL Blog.
Starting Monday, September 8 on a screen near you.
Noon report: Monday 8.25.2008
Happy Monday to you.
Stuff to read about from around here;
• At the Citizen Main site there’s a look at the 300 East Main Project.
• Travels with Suki — Cat from Carrboro ends up in Chicago
• DTH says happy 150 to Horace Williams
• N&O — Gas prices may see more kids on the bus
• WCHL has an interview with Chancellor Thorp
• OP Discussion of Dennis Whitling’s conviction and sentence
• Lyle Estill profile on WRAL
Elsewhere;
• 15,000 journalists in search of a meme
• Shock: Tax loopholes cost billions
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