29 November 2008
Our Community
What is the purpose of this and is anyone paying attention either to the site or what others place there?
Google Maps
Chapel Hill Transit does no appear to participate in this Google Maps service. If you pick the public transit for a directions search here, you may find as I did that the response is:
"Your search for transit directions from 143 graylyn drive, chapel hill, nc to E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina 27514 appears to be outside our current coverage area. Please consult our list of participating public transit agencies."
When clicking on that link, the list does not include Chapel Hill Transit or any other public transit in NC.
"Your search for transit directions from 143 graylyn drive, chapel hill, nc to E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina 27514 appears to be outside our current coverage area. Please consult our list of participating public transit agencies."
When clicking on that link, the list does not include Chapel Hill Transit or any other public transit in NC.
"Buy a brick for the Orange County Library" - newsobserver.com
With all of the bricks in Chapelboroham, and the need always for more sidewalks, isn't this a tremendous way to exercise our First Amendment rights, remember people, words or whatever you like. I hope the idea - not, of course, a new one - spreads rapidly all over Chapelboroham!
26 November 2008
Chapel Hill Historical Society
It's becoming increasingly rare - thank goodness - to go to a website and not find an e-mail address there for contact. Perhaps e-mail is too fare in the future for a historical "society" to include!
25 November 2008
ECONOMY - 140 West Franklin
32 of 140 units committed so far..... This is not an especially promising picture.
24 November 2008
22 November 2008
21 November 2008
"Union Gas Limited - MyAccount - Customer Service - Reading Your Gas Meter"
Why is is that PSNC does not supply its residential customers with natural gas meters that are easy to read? The dials are very confusing.
The link above is to a Canadian energy company that does provide easy to read meters. See the first photo.
When I called PSNC, and later spoke with a Todd MINGUS, in the metering department I was told that they had no plans to replace the existing meters (which I believe are called "electric mechanical") with models that are easy to read (odometer display).
Mr. MINGUS said that none of the companies that supply them with meters produce what is pictured in the linked site above.
Yes, there are issues related to power source, their "RF device", etc., but I did not learn of any apparently valid reason why this change is not being made to easier to read meters.
The same energy that is required to turn the clock dials on the existing meters (pictured second on the Canadian site) could turn the numbers in an odometer fashion as it apparently does on the first one pictured on this site.
The easier it is to read these meters, the more likely we all are to manage our energy usage better, and I hope we can find a way to get from here to there.
PSNC is deploying automated meter reading. If this can transmit to a truck on the street, why can it not transmit to a simple panel inside the house?
The link above is to a Canadian energy company that does provide easy to read meters. See the first photo.
When I called PSNC, and later spoke with a Todd MINGUS, in the metering department I was told that they had no plans to replace the existing meters (which I believe are called "electric mechanical") with models that are easy to read (odometer display).
Mr. MINGUS said that none of the companies that supply them with meters produce what is pictured in the linked site above.
Yes, there are issues related to power source, their "RF device", etc., but I did not learn of any apparently valid reason why this change is not being made to easier to read meters.
The same energy that is required to turn the clock dials on the existing meters (pictured second on the Canadian site) could turn the numbers in an odometer fashion as it apparently does on the first one pictured on this site.
The easier it is to read these meters, the more likely we all are to manage our energy usage better, and I hope we can find a way to get from here to there.
PSNC is deploying automated meter reading. If this can transmit to a truck on the street, why can it not transmit to a simple panel inside the house?
20 November 2008
19 November 2008
"Center for Global Initiatives" - UNC
This database of faculty at UNC with international expertise is very impressive.
10 November 2008
06 November 2008
"State's school test performance falls" - newsobserver.com
Why is Chapel Hill doing so poorly???? See the details.
05 November 2008
Too much congestion there already...
There is too much auto traffic in and out of the Catholic school already. I do not believe that an expansion ought to have been approved.
"St. Thomas More Catholic Church: The Council approved development applications to allow the expansion of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and School. The expansion will permit 137,405 square feet of floor area, 422 parking spaces, and nine buildings."
"St. Thomas More Catholic Church: The Council approved development applications to allow the expansion of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and School. The expansion will permit 137,405 square feet of floor area, 422 parking spaces, and nine buildings."
Chapel Hill sidewalk projects
"Sidewalk Construction Program: The Council held a public forum to receive input on a draft list of sidewalk projects to be considered for construction. The adopted 2008-09 budget includes a provision to sell $800,000 in sidewalk construction bonds in the fall of 2008. A related item on the Council agenda reflects the addition of $200,000 for pedestrian improvements along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard."
04 November 2008
"Lenovo Goes Global, but Not Without Strife" - WSJ.com
The success or failure of Lenovo impacts a lot of people in Chapelboroham. How they have dealt with an increasingly globalized world becomes locally very relevant!
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