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Source: MAYOR UNVEILS RALEIGH WIDE OPEN 3 HEADLINERS

The “Father of Rock and Roll” will be Downtown Sept. 5 to celebrate the birth of Raleigh as a premiere destination city! The legendary Chuck Berry, the very first inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will be the headliner for the Sept. 5 Raleigh Wide Open 3 (RWO3) Celebration. The Raleigh Convention Center will be officially opened at noon on that date.

Day two of RWO3 brings another superstar singer to center city. Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm will perform his unique brand of Rock and Roll that placed 20 Top 40 singles and sold nearly 80 million albums worldwide.

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Below is a good Article on the iphone and Apple in general. A lot of people get caught up in the Apple fanboy bandwagon and don’t realize some of the bad things Apple does. I wonder if Apple didn’t have all the pretty hardware would they still be able to get away with some of the things they do? I am not saying avoid everything Apple however I wish more people were informed on things like this.

http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/5-reasons-to-avoid-iphone-3g

29 July 2008, NCSU Centennial Campus, EB1 Room 1007, 6-8pm

Following the successful meetings on Solar (December 2007) and Wind
Power (May 2008) John Gajda of Progress Energy Carolinas will make a
presentation on distributed resource interconnectivity entitled:

“Technical Aspects of Utility Interconnection for Small Independent Power
Producers” - A technical overview illustrated by practical case studies.

Full details including map and directions are available on the IEEE ENCS
website here.

Inbev takes over Anheuser-Busch.  I guess I’ll have to start drinking coors. more info.

From the Centennial Campus weekly E-letter:

July 17 - NC State’s Office of Technology Transfer is pleased to host TECHRevolution, a bimonthly seminar series and networking event developed for the innovation community. You are cordially invited to join us for the next event - an evening with regional investors willing to give you insider advice regarding venture capital and investment opportunities. 5:30-7:30pm, McKimmon Center. Free and open to the public. Complimentary bar service and hors d’oeuvres at Networking Reception. Registration and details at: http://www.ncsu.edu/ott/events.html

It looks like WRAL has started a blog with the same name as this one, Raleighwood. On WRAL, they have pop culture blog postings at: http://www.wral.com/entertainment/blog/2907957/ which appears to have started at the end of May. Yet Raleighwood.net began in February 2008. The one from WRAL seems to have a much different focus that the blog here with the same name.

The Long Branch Entertainment Complex which was a staple in Raleigh night-life is going out of business. The Long Branch was a country bar /saloon complete with a mechanical bull and a real dance floor. the “Entertainment Complex” also housed several other rooms including a “hip hop” room. The club was a popular venue for several big name performers and some not so big performers and events like the “Slaw Slam,” a col-slaw wrestling match. Another long standing Raleigh tradition was to head to the Long Branch after a country concert at Walnut Creak Amphitheater which was always a great time.

There is a note posted on there web-site informing the public:

“It’s been the best 26 years of our lives, but now the time has come to say goodbye. Thank you for being the best customers through the years. Sincerely, Fred Wilburn”