Cary, North Carolina

expedition. Sir Walter sent Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe in 1584 to explore the new world and find a place to establish a colony. Moreover, Captain Amadas and Captain Barlowe had landed on the barrier islands of what is known as the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the guidance of Portuguese navigator, Simon Fernando. Simon Fernando was an experienced sailor as he had sailed to the Americas before. During their time in the Outer Banks, they made abounding discoveries and traded with…

North Carolina is truly a unique breed in terms of being a state. While North Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies, a new state after the American Revolution, and a state in the antebellum south, it has always been unique in its political footing. From the beginning, North Carolina has tried to become the best version of itself, but as the old adage says, “the more things change the more they stay the same”. This is quite an appropriate quote to describe North Carolina. Writer…

event.” Barbeque has been one of the quintessential foods of the South and especially North Carolina for over 300 years and one can find its wood-smoked legacy throughout the Old North State. In colonial Virginia, where barbecue is thought to have first been introduced to white settlers, slave-owners made the duty of cooking barbecue for slaves (this was also the case in South Carolina). However, in North Carolina, white farmers and journeymen, and black slaves practiced the art of…

is North Carolina. “North Carolina is one of the top ten human trafficking nationally.” and it also “ranked the top 8th most state for human trafficking.” The reason for this is because of the highways we have, one of the highways that traffickers love the most is highway 195 because it goes from Miami Florida to fredericton Canada. Traffickers use the highways to get their victims and transport them. But the highway is not the only way trafficker get their victims. ("The North Carolina…

and a distance of 120 feet. The brothers began experimenting with the concept of flight in Dayton, Ohio at their bicycle shop in the mid-to-late 1890 's, and in 1902, they brought their glider to the continuously windy beach at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. The glider made over 700 successful flights before adding power. The brothers built their own engine because no car engine could be powerful enough or light enough (Wright Brothers). The day their powered plane flew changed history and leads…

Stephen Alexander LaRoque, was born in Kinston, NC on August, 1963. After earning an MBA from East Carolina University in 1993, he founded two nonprofits, the East Carolina Development Company in 1997 and the Piedmont Development Company in 2004. The nonprofits acted as a transit point for loans from a U.S. Department of Agriculture lending program aimed at alleviating poverty and spurring economic growth in low-income, rural areas nationwide. Known as the Intermediary Relending Program, it…

Oppression is common throughout history; resistance is common, also. North Carolina finds its place in the American narrative both as a British colony and later as a state, but it has its own individuality in how that transition was made. While many fellow colonists viewed the inhabitants of North Carolina as backwards or simple, this did not impede the development of a culture that was slowly becoming more diverse and growing as immigration drastically raised the population over the course of…

program is teach character education, promote literacy, and college awareness. Location: The organization is located at Pasquotank County High School. The high school is located in the school district of Elizabeth Pasquotank Public Schools in North Carolina.The address of the school is 1064 Northside Rd. Elizabeth City 27909. The program will begin fall semester 2016 and end spring semester May 2017. The students will meet during P-Tank time. P-tank time is a thirty-minute remediation period…

This campaign season, I worked for Bruce Davis. Bruce Davis was the Democratic candidate chosen in the primary to run for House of Representatives in the Thirteen District in North Carolina. This campaign season was not a traditional one in comparison to what I’ve studied of past campaign’s. Our world has changed with the creation of social media and campaign’s have changed with it. In our campaign we had to look harder to find a proper strategy for using social media to are advantage and think…

Location- Charlotte, North Carolina Description of Area- The Charlotte Metropolitan area ranks 22nd largest in the US. Charlotte, North Carolina 's largest city and the seat of Mecklenburg County, is located in the southern part of the state near the South Carolina border. Charlotte is also home of the NFL Carolina Panthers, and the NBA Charlotte Hornets which play at the Bank of America Stadium and the Time Warner Cable Arena. Along with hundreds of restaurants and attraction throughout the…