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Timelapse of UNC’s victory over Duke in men’s basketball at the Dean E. Smith Center.

A few things I liked or noticed:

- The abrupt couple of seconds where everyone stands for the national anthem.

- When people stand for an exciting play it happens almost in unison, but the point when everyone starts to sit back down seems to begin with the people in the front rows and work its way back.

- It’s pretty amazing how quickly the Smith Center can go from full to empty considering it seats 22,000 people or so.

(UNC vs Duke - 05 March 2011 via gotohelldook)

Candidate supports troops, but flier shows Germans
A North Carolina legislator has apologized after a campaign flier that was meant to cast him as military-friendly featured a photo portraying advancing German World War II soldiers.
The direct-mail political consulting firm that produced the promotional piece designed to boost N.C. Rep. Tim Spear, D-Washington, said it was solely responsible for the mistake. He is running against Republican Bob Steinberg.
The flier destined for about 10,000 homes in Spear’s district was headlined: “In North Carolina, One Legislator is Covering Our Soldiers’ Backs.” It described Spear’s support for military-friendly legislation, including bills that made it harder to foreclose the homes of active-duty service members.
The art department at Washington, D.C.-based MSHC Partners found a  photo that visually captured the Spear’s message, but no one noticed  that it showed the backs of four advancing World War II re-enactors  dressed in German army uniforms, senior account executive Mike Brown  said Wednesday.
(via The Rocky Mount Telegram)

Candidate supports troops, but flier shows Germans

A North Carolina legislator has apologized after a campaign flier that was meant to cast him as military-friendly featured a photo portraying advancing German World War II soldiers.

The direct-mail political consulting firm that produced the promotional piece designed to boost N.C. Rep. Tim Spear, D-Washington, said it was solely responsible for the mistake. He is running against Republican Bob Steinberg.

The flier destined for about 10,000 homes in Spear’s district was headlined: “In North Carolina, One Legislator is Covering Our Soldiers’ Backs.” It described Spear’s support for military-friendly legislation, including bills that made it harder to foreclose the homes of active-duty service members.

The art department at Washington, D.C.-based MSHC Partners found a photo that visually captured the Spear’s message, but no one noticed that it showed the backs of four advancing World War II re-enactors dressed in German army uniforms, senior account executive Mike Brown said Wednesday.

(via The Rocky Mount Telegram)