Driving home from the demonstration, National Public Radio announced the last casualty figures from the Gaza Invasion – 500 Palestinian Civilians. Today’s onslaught of Israeli bombs brought about the death of twenty Palestinian children, and yet political leaders on both sides of the aisle continue to support the Israeli offensive.

The demonstration was held Monday evening on January 5th at the Bell Tower next to Hillsborough Street on NC State’s campus.

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If you are unfamiliar with The Beehive Collective, it is an organization based in Raleigh that pool together resources, host fundraisers and events, as well as coordinate other activities that benefit others in ways that have a greater impact than a contribution by a single individual may have. The idea behind the “collective” is to be a close-knit and industrious group that give back to the community through co-operation.

A little over a week ago, the 41 members of the Beehive Collective met at 101 Lounge and Cafe to vote on their first ever grantee that is in-line with their focus of 2008: Improving Economic Security & Financial Literacy for Young People and Low Income Individuals in our Community. The recipient of their first grant is Passage Home‘s Just Greening Communities intiative, which is a program in Southeast Raleigh that will take neighborhood residents and train them in the green jobs career field.
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[ UPDATE 11/18: All Star Bike Shop is offering discounts to readers of Goodnight, Raleigh! on all lights in stock. Please check the end of the article for more information. ]

More specifically, this is an open letter to cyclists who ride on the road at night with no lights.

If you ride a bike at night with no lights, what is the reason?

Anyone who has ridden a bike on a public road knows the dangers and risks, and these become more acute at night. Eight of the ten most common bicycle accidents involving motor vehicles are caused by the driver of the automobile not seeing the cyclist or not giving due circumspection to the area around them. Over at bicyclesafe.com, the very first piece of advice on how to avoid the most common type of accident involving vehicles is to get a headlight.
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