"A Surprise Increase in Jobless Claims" - NYTimes.com

See the reference to North Carolina. Are we all paying enough attention to this and looking for solutions ahead of problems?

"Paris Plans Zero-Emissions Car-Sharing" - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com

And Chapelboroham is out ahead of this exactly how?

"Green Home Projects in a Down Economy" - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

What's been the impact on Chapelboroham?

"John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare" - WSJ.com

I wonder if this reflects the views of the people who work at Whole Foods in Chapel Hill. We should ask them.

"Montreal Exports its Bike-Sharing Program" - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Given the increasing obesity of North Carolinians, might this not be an import worth considering?

NC poll

Do any of the Republicans who answered that they did not think or were not sure whether President OBAMA was born in the US, and did not think Hawaii is a state in the US, live in Chapelboroham? Scarily, I am afraid they do. There is no reason that we should not offer to help these poor souls. They surely need all that we can give.

Retirement options in Chapel Hill

I asked each of the main retirement communities in Chapel what is the average age of their newest residents. Here is the response:

Galloway Ridge – “low seventies”
Carol Woods – 73
Cedars – 74.5
Carolina Meadows - 80