Freelance photojournalist based in North Carolina, available on assignment. Work from 2012 presidential campaign & John Edwards trial ran in top dailies.
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WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL (BURLINGTON, N.C.)
CLASS OF 1978:
Reunion now being planned for next fall.
No details yet.
@JWTROLLI5oh
WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL (BURLINGTON, N.C.)
CLASS OF 1978:
Reunion now being planned for next fall.
No details yet.
@JWTROLLI5oh
CHICK-FIL-A vs. BOJANGLES:
About same great senior citizen discount ($2).
Meal about the same overall price.
Both great chicken nuggets - but Chick-Fil-A's better.
Chick-Fil-A's french fries much better.
Chick-Fil-A has real plastic forks; Bojangles "sporks."
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IN MEMORIAM
Anne Ellington Powell:
Williams High School, Class of 1978,
Burlington, N.C.:
richandthompson.com/obituari… @JWTROLLI5oh
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LOST:
1978 Williams High School yearbook (Burlington, N.C.):
Black cover:
Probably rubber-stamped "Matt Maggio":
336-350-1218
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Inevitable result of America having pushed way too many kids to college for the last 50 years.
The visible economy now overwhelmingly is jobs not even requiring junior-high skills.
College degrees becoming less valuable as salary premiums plummet and unemployment climbs: report trib.al/FINZauK
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BURLINGTON, N.C. CITY GOVERNMENT
FINALLY ADMITS LACK OF FUNDS
FOR EVER-MORE BIG GOVERNMENT:
Burlington city council appears to shift priorities from new police HQ & sportplex to another fire substation alamancenews.com/burlington-… via @alamancenews.com
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"California Dream" - where high-school-graduated college students don't know elementary-school math.
UC-Berkeley math prof says she has to teach fractions to calculus students because standards have fallen so far trib.al/Uw6bIxo
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Keep in mind these students are all HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
The missed stuff is 9th grade Algebra I.
When the University of California system required standardized tests, only 11.6% of students showed severe math deficits
After UC stopped requiring SAT/ACT, 33% had severe math deficits
“We watch students struggle through material they were expected to master years earlier. We pause lectures to reteach linear equations instead of expanding students’ understanding of differential equations”
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America's K-12 public schools have failed to graduate kids even capable of sixth grade competence.
"I teach mathematics at UC Berkeley. Three days a week, I stand in front of lecture halls with 500 to 1,400 students. By the second week of the semester, I already know who is in trouble. Some students are five to eight years behind in mathematics. Office hours that should be spent discussing integrals instead become lessons on fractions and basic algebra you would expect students to learn in middle school." sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/…
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GRAHAM, N.C. HIGH SCHOOL NOT HAVING VARSITY FOOTBALL THIS YEAR; TOO FEW KIDS WENT OUT FOR IT, DUE TO INJURY CONCERNS:
Low participation ends Graham High School varsity football in season wxii12.com/article/graham-hi…
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GRAHAM, N.C. HIGH SCHOOL NOT HAVING VARSITY FOOTBALL THIS YEAR; TOO FEW KIDS WENT OUT FOR IT, DUE TO INJURY CONCERNS:
Graham High School will not field a varsity football team this fall sports.yahoo.com/articles/gr… via @YahooSports
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GRAHAM, N.C. HIGH SCHOOL NOT HAVING VARSITY FOOTBALL THIS YEAR;
TOO FEW KIDS WENT OUT FOR IT, DUE TO INJURY CONCERNS:
Graham High School nixes varsity football for 2026 alamancenews.com/graham-high… via @alamancenews.com
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"Asylum seeker" - British English for illegal "migrant."
Anti-immigration protests in the U.K. are taking a new form, led by women in pink calling themselves “concerned mums” after a spate of recent sex attacks by asylum seekers. The women – some of the immigrants themselves – claim the perpetrators of these crimes are undocumented and are taking resources away from citizens. But critics say they’re a far-right front group. CBS News’@InayaFolarin went to a recent protest they held to find out more.
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Wealth flees costly, high-regulatory-burden places - such as California.
Wall Street titan to cancel huge $6bn project creating 21,000 jobs in retaliation for 'shameful' threats from woke NYC mayor Mamdani trib.al/y9BQgxt
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It's the MIDDLE-CLASS that will flee NYC first, if the past 50 years is any guide.
When Zohran Mamdani won the mayor's race, his critics predicted a mass exodus of wealth and business from New York City, cratering its tax base.
It’s been nearly six months since he won, and market indicators suggest so far that the rich are staying put.jacobin.com/2026/04/mamdani-…
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ELON UNIVERSITY (ELON, N.C.) TO MERGE WITH
QUEENS UNIVERSITY (CHARLOTTE, N.C.):
‘We are slow walking the process’: Leaders provide update on pending Queens-Elon University merger yahoo.com/news/articles/slow… via @@YahooNews
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