http://www.ibxlifestyles.com/ Comprehensive, up-to-date offerings across North Carolina's Inner Banks region: homes and condominiums, commercial properties, raw land, office and manufacturing facilities. en-gb . no-reply@nospam.com (IBX Lifestyles) no-reply@nospam.com (IBX Lifestyles) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:24:58 -0400 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:24:58 -0400 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 http://www.ibxlifestyles.com/e107_images/button.png http://www.ibxlifestyles.com/ 88 31 Comprehensive, up-to-date offerings across North Carolina's Inner Banks region: homes and condominiums, commercial properties, raw land, office and manufacturing facilities. http://www.ibxlifestyles.com/news.php?item.89.3 Rather than build its own nest, it simply lays its eggs in ones built by other birds, regardless of species, and never looks back. Left to fend for themselves, the ducklings somehow know to hatch at the same time as their stepbrothers and sisters.
"How it knows to do that, I don't know," said Mike Lubbock, founder of the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center on the edge of this small town 85 miles northeast of Raleigh.
This 18-acre zoo for birds - primarily ducks, geese, cranes and other water birds - has about 180 species on display. Each, like the parasitic black-headed duck, has a story.
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A handful of pirates, most of them in costumes that were historically accurate, first appeared in town Thursday afternoon. They set up their tents and camp at the Beaufort Historic Site preparing for the annual Pyrate Invasion.

By Saturday, thousands of adults and children mingled with about 100 costumed men and women who transformed the town into a living history lesson on a 1747 invasion by Spanish pirates.

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Linwood Pendleton, director at Duke’s Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions, tied up his trawler at the docks of the Dismal Swamp Canal Visitor’s Center on Friday on his journey of the Intracoastal Waterway.

Pendleton’s enjoyment of the scenery was obvious, but his mission extends beyond sightseeing.

He’s searching for better ways to preserve the waterway’s future, through better funding and better erosion management.

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The university says the new degree reflects a growing concern about balancing the economic, ecological and social impacts of tourism on the world's vacation destinations.
“There is a close link and relationship between good science and good business,” said Patrick Long, director of ECU's Center for Sustainable Tourism, in a news release. “We need to train and educate our future leaders in this industry on how to best integrate those two major components.”


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Roach helped pioneer bebop jazz and played with such greats as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie

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The North Carolina state House voted 116-0 Wednesday to embrace the descendents of steeds said to have been marooned on the Outer Banks by 16th century conquistadors. The Senate approved the bill last week, and Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to sign the measure into law.

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Possibly the oldest known wreck on the North Carolina coast, the timbers and construction of the ship are very similar to the Sea Venture, the 1609 flagship of seven vessels that carried people and supplies to Jamestown, said Bradley A. Rodgers, a professor of archaeology and conservation in the maritime studies program at East Carolina University.

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The two replicas of Christopher Columbus’ famous sailing vessels, the Nina and the Pinta, were in port as the crew stopped for food and provisions at the marina before heading to points north.

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