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The NC State Games Silver Medalist in Lacrosse is making surfing his “other” sport!

Natan Sharansky, of Shalem Center in Jeruselum, and Bassem Eid, founder of the Palestinian Human Reights Monitoring Group based in East Jeruselem argue in WSJ that the buidling and strengthening of Palestinian civil society will be the key toward reinvigorating a peace process.

Fact Check.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

Along with a grain of salt, a dose of healthy skepticism, and some form of civic engagement….this site should get a workout in the next several months.

Eboo is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core out of Chicago.   He’s a Muslim and has a new book, Acts of Faith.   Here is Eboo’s speech at the University of Cincinnati entitled “Children of Abraham”.  He tells some great stories and has a unique perspective on religious diversity and how it is essential for religious liberty in America and with increasing globalization in the 21st century.   

He also has a blog, The Faith Divide. 

Scott Yost writes about the fee increases in this week’s Rhino Times.

The Register of Deeds office returned an Deputy ROD position to the County this week.  That position will save Guilford County government about $50,000 this year.

Gerald Whitt writes about cost saving measures in today’s News and Record.

While I generally agree that efforts toward efficiencies are important, three key priorities should drive the County efforts- technology enhancement in line with work flow transformation, employee cross training, and promoting the internal capacity for county administration to evaluate performance driven data in County Departments.  These three priorities in developing efficiencies have helped our office as we continue to refine business processes and promote customer service.

Greensboro’s own Joey Cheek is not going to Beijing China.

“I didn’t see it coming,” Cheek said. “I figured once they gave me a visa, I wouldn’t imagine they wouldn’t allow me to come in later. That was a big shock. I wasn’t expecting to get a call the evening before I was leaving for Beijing.” Most likely, Joey’s advocacy of addressing genocide in Darfur led to their decision although the Chinese government did not give a specific reason.

That’s ok, Joey, we’re down with you.   You have open invitation to watch the games at the Thigpen household and Darfur press conferences are cool too.

Cheek’s interview with The Guardian.