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Help for farm fresh food eaters—part one

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 28, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What is North Carolina’s most widely available summertime pleasure that we most often pass by without partaking? It is the bounty of delicious fresh foods that are available throughout the state all summer long. I have been...

Misled no more! The FDA simplifies sunscreen

Posted by Staff | Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized

Consumers have been confused for years about sunscreen products. I have been telling my patients for years to use a broad spectrum sunscreen, meaning a sunscreen with both UVA and UVB protection. Currently in order to make sure...

Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe: Feeding Bodies and Souls in Chapel Hill

Posted by Staff | Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized

Indian food = My greatest weakness. I’m a sucker for any protein with the word “vindaloo” next to it, and Lord knows I have never turned down the carb-y magic that is naan. I’m also a huge sucker for a...

Good to Great

Posted by Staff | Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized

Good organizations with visionary leadership all seem to want to move from good to great, and that’s just what our PTA Thrift Shop is doing. In early May, I interviewed executive director Barbara Jessie-Black (no relation) on...

How to prepare for your next mortgage application.

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

Many people I speak with dread the gathering of documents. Use this checklist, and it will be much easier. Remember that every lender may have slightly different requirements. When Automated Underwriting is run, a list of...

“They are trying to eat Big Bird”

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 18, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The hundreds of William Friday’s friends and fans who gathered to hear him speak last week might not have guessed that the institutions he worked so hard to build were threatened by the just-released legislative budget...

What kind of paper money and why?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 11, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What is money? I asked that question again recently when I heard that State Representative Glen Bradley had introduced House Bill 301 to “study whether this State should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the...

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Help for farm fresh food eaters—part one

Misled no more! The FDA simplifies sunscreen

Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe: Feeding Bodies and Souls in Chapel Hill

Good to Great

How to prepare for your next mortgage application.

“They are trying to eat Big Bird”

What kind of paper money and why?

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