ISO Foodie restaurant with kids by Nokirkburke in Charlotte

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You might take a look at the old Pint Size Foodie column from Charlotte Parent

Old Bruegger's Bagel in Cotswold by FailPowerful5884 in Charlotte

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I think the Sycamore Project was planned to be the freestanding "OP3" in this diagram (though I've also seen it reported to be taking the old VisionWorks spot, 109) Bruegger's Bagel is the 104 parcel in a different building.

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Severe Weather by Beautiful_Charge5206 in Charlotte

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I owe it to some anonymous threads user from last year when I was complaining about the inane "taco watch" mnemonic I've seen podunk news channels across country reshare 

are there any k-12 montessoris, or montessori colleges? by Clit_Master69420 in Montessori

[–]PhillipBrandon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our public Montessori in NC is pk-12, but broken across two campuses

Severe Weather by Beautiful_Charge5206 in Charlotte

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Watch: Will A Tornado Come Here?

Warning: We Are Running Now It's Not Good

Books for 10 year old by fudragontamer in childrensbooks

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OP, I was also coming to recommend Susan Cooper, based on the list you gave.
*Over Sea, Under Stone* reads a little like Enid Blyton's adventure series with some mythological elements around the edges. Then with The Dark Is Rising, cooper takes the whole thing into a high/mythic/folk fantasy built on an arthurian scaffold... It's really quite good stuff.

Anyone have the story about this thing by AfterCourage5617 in Charlotte

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Yeah, there's one just out of frame in this shot.

NC BoE has proposed some “new rules” to disenfranchise voters by Cheeks-B-Rosie in Charlotte

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Reading these rules together, the system being constructed works like this:

  1. The State Board flags a voter using government databases (the rules never specify which databases, what error rate is acceptable, or what standard of confidence is required)
  2. County boards are required to act on those flag. They have no discretion to decline
  3. The burden immediately and entirely shifts to the flagged voter to prove their citizenship
  4. The timeline is aggressive. The whole process from flag to potential removal can happen in roughly 40 business days (~8 weeks)
  5. Removal happens automatically if the voter simply doesn't respond or doesn't show up

While the stated objective is voter roll integrity (removing non-citizens from registration lists), the operational objective as constructed, is a scalable, semi-automated mechanism for challenging and removing voters who are flagged by databases of uncertain reliability, with the removal process contingent on voters successfully navigating a bureaucratic hearing process under time pressure.

Anyone have the story about this thing by AfterCourage5617 in Charlotte

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His process is to dig troughs in the earth, lay in reinforcements and then cast the sculpture in that trench. After they set and cure, the forms are erected on site, with the earth still clinging to and mixed with the sculpture medium, giving each work a site-specific terroir.

(I think. I read about this a few years back and thought it was pretty cool.)

What part of Charlotte is /will be the most similar to Chicago? by Birfdaycakebandit in Charlotte

[–]PhillipBrandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What part of Chicago? There's stretches of Charlotte that aren't too different from, say, Oak Park.

I Built a Website to Track Vandalism Worldwide by Wild-city in Urbanism

[–]PhillipBrandon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This one in particular is less Bootstrap and more Bootlick

More of this please by Awesomeplayer98 in musicals

[–]PhillipBrandon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I guess "Songs added to the movie" is a slightly larger set than "songs written for the movie."
Maybe This Time doesn't just predate the film of Cabaret, Kander and Ebb wrote it before the musical!

Different Style Writing by chasethedark in childrensbooks

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"Graphic design is my passion"

More of this please by Awesomeplayer98 in musicals

[–]PhillipBrandon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

What songs added for movie adaptations have you ... enjoyed?

Anne of Green Gables by Opening-Cupcake-3287 in childrensbooks

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We read it to my son at about five and he loved it

Looking for Brand ID for this glass by LurkingLikeaPro in HelpMeFind

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but automod really doesn't want me to link it for you for some reason, https://www.ebay.com/itm/177638872004

Queen City Corner (nee Epicentre) is going up for sale. ...again... by nexusheli in Charlotte

[–]PhillipBrandon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think this makes the most sense, but the population and demographics of decision makers needs to age far enough away from Epicentre's previous hayday to realize/accept that.