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Post by anotherfed on Aug 21, 2014 14:36:46 GMT -5
Chattanooga - 10 Judges in ODAR office.
As an aside, Chattanooga seems to be a more appropriate location for Baglady ...
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Post by orchid on Aug 22, 2014 5:09:47 GMT -5
Fayetteville is a city inCumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is thecounty seat of Cumberland County,[3] and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a majorU.S. Army installation northwest of the city. Fayetteville has received the prestigious All-America City Award from the National Civic League three times. According to the 2011 United States Census estimate, the city has a population of 205,678. It currently ranks as the sixth-largest municipality in North Carolina. Fayetteville is in the Sandhills in the western part of the Coastal Plain region, on theCape Fear River. With an estimated population of 374,157, the Fayetteville metropolitan area is the largest in southeastern North Carolina, and the fifth-largest in the state. Suburban areas of metro Fayetteville include Fort Bragg,Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Raeford,Pope Field, Rockfish, Stedman, and Eastover. Fayetteville's current mayor is Nat Robertson, who is serving his first term.[4] www.visitfayettevillenc.com
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 22, 2014 8:36:15 GMT -5
Ft. Bragg is home of the 82nd Airborne and Delta Force. If you have never lived near an army base then you are in for an interesting change of scenery. Without ever going to Fayetteville I can promise you 3 things about it.
Fantastic Korean food can be found there Lots of tattoo parlors It has lots of used car lots
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Post by orchid on Aug 22, 2014 17:54:17 GMT -5
I have a busy weekend ahead (not just thinking about the second cert)... so here are Greenville and Knoxville, the cities for this weekend:
Greenville (/ˈɡriːnvɪl/; locally /ˈɡriːnvəl/) is the seat of Greenville County in upstateSouth Carolina, United States.[5] The city's mayor is Knox White, who has served as the mayor of Greenville since December 1995.[6] With a population of 61,397 as of 2013, it is the sixth largestmunicipality in the state.[7] While having a small city population, its urban population was 400,492 as of 2010, making it the third largest urban area in South Carolina as well as the fastest growing.[8]Greenville is the largest city in theGreenville-Anderson-MauldinMetropolitan Statistical Area. The MSA had a population of 850,965 in 2013, making it the largest in South Carolina.[9]
Greenville is the largest city in theGreenville-Spartanburg-AndersonCombined Statistical Area. According to GSA Business Market Facts, the CSA had a population of 1,438,550 as of 2013, putting it in the position of largest in the state.[10] The CSA, a 10-county region of northwestern South Carolina, is known as "The Upstate". Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolinaalong Interstate 85, and its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and385.
Greenville has gained recognition in various national publications like CNN Money, listing Greenville as one of the "Top 10 Fastest Growing Cities in the U.S." Bloomberg named Greenville the 3rd Strongest Job Market, 2010; and Forbes named Greenville the 13th Best City for Young Professionals. Additionally, the state of South Carolina has been ranked within the top 10 fastest growing states and economies by the U.S. Commerce Department.
Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seatof Knox County.[10] The city had a population of 178,874 as of the2010 census and an estimated population of 183,270 in 2013,[5]making it the state's third largest city.[11] Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which, in 2013, had an estimated population of 852,715.[12] The KMSA is, in turn, the central component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2013, had a population of 1,096,961. First settled in 1786, Knoxville was the first capital of Tennessee. The city struggled with geographic isolation throughout the early 19th century, though the arrival of the railroad in 1855 led to an economic boom.[13] During the Civil War, the city was bitterly divided over the secession issue, and was occupied alternately by both Confederate and Union armies.[13] Following the war, Knoxville grew rapidly as a major wholesaling and manufacturing center. The city's economy stagnated after the 1920s as the manufacturing sector collapsed, the Downtown area declined, and city leaders became entrenched in highly partisan political fights.[13]Hosting the 1982 World's Fairhelped reinvigorate the city,[13]and revitalization initiatives by city leaders and private developers have had major successes in spurring growth in the city, especially the downtown area Knoxville is the home of the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee, whose sports teams, called the "Volunteers" or "Vols," are extremely popular in the surrounding area. Knoxville is also home to the headquarters of the Tennessee Valley Authority, as well as the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for East Tennessee and corporate headquarters of several national and regional companies. As one of the largest cities in theAppalachian region, Knoxville has positioned itself in recent years as a repository of Appalachian culture, and is one of the gateways to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Post by mikeinthehills on Aug 22, 2014 18:41:22 GMT -5
Orchid, appreciate your posts. Enjoy the weekend!
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 24, 2014 8:08:54 GMT -5
I lived in Knoxville for two years while I was an undergrad and have spent time there and nearby over the years since.
Its a reasonably nice city and the Smoky Mountains are beautiful. It has a huge number of government employees (state and federal). I don't know if it is still true but when I lived there 1 in 4 Knoxvillians worked for the government.
If you love tourist kitsch then the Mecca of it is only about 45 minutes away in Pigeon Forge/Sevierville. If you just want to go hiking and watch leaves change this fall avoid the Smokies at all costs. The traffic is nightmarish. Instead head up I-75 to Big South Fork or west on I-40 to Fall Creek Falls.
Most importantly even if you are not a fan of college football I recommend getting tickets to a UT game and taking in the whole experience from the Vol Walk to the game. I love me some college football but almost exclusively from the comfort of my couch but a Fall Saturday at Neyland is something truly special.
It is a much cooler city than the episode of the Simpsons where Bart and Milhouse run away to the World's Fair Park in Knoxville.
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Post by luckylady2 on Aug 24, 2014 17:10:30 GMT -5
If you want to blend in in Knoxville, the pronunciation is Knox-vul. It wouldn't hurt to learn the words to Rocky Top, either.
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Post by jessejames on Aug 24, 2014 18:27:19 GMT -5
You must also become familiar with the color Orange.
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 24, 2014 19:12:36 GMT -5
If you want to blend in in Knoxville, the pronunciation is Knox-vul. It wouldn't hurt to learn the words to Rocky Top, either. I was unaware that people elsewhere pronounced it incorrectly??? Huh.
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 24, 2014 19:15:19 GMT -5
Mostly all you will hear these days will be the Pride of the Southland Marching Band version. It is important to understand that there is a correct orange and other less than correct shades i.e. such as the burnt kind at the other UT.
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Post by orchid on Aug 25, 2014 6:19:09 GMT -5
It' Monday. Last Monday in August. Good luck to those starting the first day in their new jobs. Today's city: Middlesboro (local /ˈmɪdəlzbɜrə/)[2] is a 3rd-class city in Bell County,Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S. census,[3] while its micropolitan area had a population of 69,060.[4]
It is located 1 mile west of theCumberland Gap[2] and is the largest city in southeastern Kentucky.[5] It is located entirely between Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains in the Middlesboro Basin, which geologists believe to be an enormous meteor crater (one of three known astroblemes in the state). The city claims to be the only one in the United States built entirely inside such a crater,[6] as well as the home of ragtime music and the oldest continuously-played golf course in the country.[7]
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Post by gary on Aug 25, 2014 7:39:07 GMT -5
Any word yet on when they'll be changing Middlesboro's name to Funkytown?
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 25, 2014 8:34:21 GMT -5
It' Monday. Last Monday in August. Good luck to those starting the first day in their new jobs. Today's city: Middlesboro (local /ˈmɪdəlzbɜrə/)[2] is a 3rd-class city in Bell County,Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S. census,[3] while its micropolitan area had a population of 69,060.[4] It is located 1 mile west of theCumberland Gap[2] and is the largest city in southeastern Kentucky.[5] It is located entirely between Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains in the Middlesboro Basin, which geologists believe to be an enormous meteor crater (one of three known astroblemes in the state). The city claims to be the only one in the United States built entirely inside such a crater,[6] as well as the home of ragtime music and the oldest continuously-played golf course in the country.[7] I don't know about ragtime but I do know it is now the home of Funk. That part of Kentucky is really pretty except for all the Kentucky fans.
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Post by hopefalj on Aug 25, 2014 8:46:55 GMT -5
Mostly all you will hear these days will be the Pride of the Southland Marching Band version. It is important to understand that there is a correct orange and other less than correct shades i.e. such as the burnt kind at the other UT. I think the only people in the country that refer to the University of Tennessee as UT are people who live in the state and/or have graduated from Tennessee. It's like South Carolina fans trying to pull off USC.
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 25, 2014 9:36:34 GMT -5
Mostly all you will hear these days will be the Pride of the Southland Marching Band version. It is important to understand that there is a correct orange and other less than correct shades i.e. such as the burnt kind at the other UT. I think the only people in the country that refer to the University of Tennessee as UT are people who live in the state and/or have graduated from Tennessee. It's like South Carolina fans trying to pull off USC. The University of Tennessee was founded in 1794. The University of Texas was founded in 1883. Also I guarantee if you ask SEC fans excepting possibly A&M and Missouri fans (but they are coming around) who is UT they talk about the one in Knoxville. Since the rest of the country plays an inferior brand of college football I am unconcerned about what the descendants of Tennesseans, who fled the state ahead of their debts, currently living in Texas think to call their jumped up cow college. And this rant proves that I think.
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Post by gary on Aug 25, 2014 9:49:44 GMT -5
Not to fuel the flames of a dispute in which I don't have a horse (how's that for a mixed metaphor!), when "UT" is googled the first result is University of Texas at Austin and the second is University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The only thing that would be more conclusive would be a Wikipedia entry.
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Post by hopefalj on Aug 25, 2014 9:56:41 GMT -5
I think the only people in the country that refer to the University of Tennessee as UT are people who live in the state and/or have graduated from Tennessee. It's like South Carolina fans trying to pull off USC. The University of Tennessee was founded in 1794. The University of Texas was founded in 1883. Also I guarantee if you ask SEC fans excepting possibly A&M and Missouri fans (but they are coming around) who is UT they talk about the one in Knoxville. Since the rest of the country plays an inferior brand of college football I am unconcerned about what the descendants of Tennesseans, who fled the state ahead of their debts, currently living in Texas think to call their jumped up cow college. And this rant proves that I think. Well, you are wrong about one thing. Having spent a portion of my existence in Texas, you will not find any Aggies referring to Texas as UT. Rather, in demonstrating the full extent of their inferiority complex, they refer to Texas as t.u., refusing to even capitalize the initials. You enjoy your traffic cone orange. You would think that warning color might've helped keep opposing football teams from running all over that defense the last decade or so.
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Post by floss on Aug 25, 2014 10:10:36 GMT -5
The University of Tennessee was founded in 1794. The University of Texas was founded in 1883. Also I guarantee if you ask SEC fans excepting possibly A&M and Missouri fans (but they are coming around) who is UT they talk about the one in Knoxville. Since the rest of the country plays an inferior brand of college football I am unconcerned about what the descendants of Tennesseans, who fled the state ahead of their debts, currently living in Texas think to call their jumped up cow college. And this rant proves that I think. Well, you are wrong about one thing. Having spent a portion of my existence in Texas, you will not find any Aggies referring to Texas as UT. Rather, in demonstrating the full extent of their inferiority complex, they refer to Texas as t.u., refusing to even capitalize the initials. You enjoy your traffic cone orange. You would think that warning color might've helped keep opposing football teams from running all over that defense the last decade or so.
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Post by Gaidin on Aug 25, 2014 10:18:13 GMT -5
The University of Tennessee was founded in 1794. The University of Texas was founded in 1883. Also I guarantee if you ask SEC fans excepting possibly A&M and Missouri fans (but they are coming around) who is UT they talk about the one in Knoxville. Since the rest of the country plays an inferior brand of college football I am unconcerned about what the descendants of Tennesseans, who fled the state ahead of their debts, currently living in Texas think to call their jumped up cow college. And this rant proves that I think. Well, you are wrong about one thing. Having spent a portion of my existence in Texas, you will not find any Aggies referring to Texas as UT. Rather, in demonstrating the full extent of their inferiority complex, they refer to Texas as t.u., refusing to even capitalize the initials. You enjoy your traffic cone orange. You would think that warning color might've helped keep opposing football teams from running all over that defense the last decade or so. Defense hasn't always been the problem. Often our offense has been terrible as well.
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Post by luckylady2 on Aug 25, 2014 14:14:23 GMT -5
Ok, sorry, but I have to admit this - I skimmed through the Middlesboro description real fast and 1st read "crapland" instead of "Cumberland." My apologies to the absolutely beautiful Cumberland area - I've been reading this Board for far too long.
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