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Joseph Carr, chief executive officer for Semprius, a Durham-based solar company, stands beside a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) module after the announcement in July of the company opening a manufacturing facility in Henderson.
Solar company to locate in Vance County In July, Durham solar company Semprius announced its plans to locate a manufacturing plant in Vance County. The company committed to creating 256 jobs over the next five years in exchange for $18.3 million in state and local incentives. Gov. Beverly Perdue joined company officials and local leaders to make the jobs announcement at Vance-Granville Community College. "This is a big day for Vance County, and this is a big day for North Carolina," Perdue said. "This company is on the cutting edge in the solar energy field, and we welcome them to North Carolina, the smart grid capital of the world."
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Semprius President and CEO Joseph Carr said most of the hires, about 200, will be for high-skilled manufacturing positions on the floor, and those are expected to be filled primarily from the local job market. "Governor Perdue entrusted us to bring quality jobs to North Carolina, and we are
going to do that," Carr said. "We look forward to working here, and we are very proud to be in North Carolina." The facility is slated for development at an existing building adjacent to the Triangle North business park outside Henderson. Construction work at the facility is part of an $89.7
Gov. Beverly Perdue (center) presents Semprius CEO Joseph Carr (right) with a gift during the company's announcement as Bill Edwards, Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce president, looks on.
million capital investment in the pilot plant. Work is currently under way in the building that also houses ACS. The company has set a March 1 target date for moving into the facility. Semprius says it can build highly concentrated photovoltaic modules that combine tiny solar cells with low-cost, efficient optics to concentrate sunlight and multiply it more than 1,000 times. Its modules are intended
to make solar power generation economically viable in sunny, dry climates by obtaining higher conversion efficiency and higher energy yield. The technology was developed at the University of Illinois. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently validated 41 percent efficiency at a concentration of 1,000 suns for the small cells made by Semprius — one of the highest efficiencies recorded at this concentration, according to the NREL. The company's solar cells are about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen. Semprius' concentrating photovoltaic technology could be a "game-changer" for the solar energy industry, according to N.C. Solar Center engineer Tommy Cleveland.
"This is a big day for Vance County, and this is a big day for North Carolina. This company is on the cutting edge in the solar energy field, and we welcome them to North Carolina, the smart grid capital of the world." — Gov. Beverly Perdue
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The last reported murder of the year was a shooting death that took place on Vanco Mill Road Dec. 15. Lonnie Demon Yancey, 28, of 1628 Stewart Ave., Henderson, was shot several times at close range in the roadway where deputies recovered a blue 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser.
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The year 2011 started off quiet on the violent crime front, with the first reported murder occurring in March. However, by year's end, the numbers had mounted. According to local law enforcement agencies, seven homicides occurred in 2011 — five inside Henderson city limits and two more within Vance County. Arrests are pending in two of these cases. The first homicide victim of 2011 was an Oxford man who was fatally shot at an area adjacent to the parking lot of the Budget Host Inn on N. Garnett Street. Joseph Michael Harris, 54, was shot four times, according to autopsy reports. Harris had been staying at the Budget Host Inn. An arrest has not been made in the case. The last reported murder of the year was a shooting death that took place on Vanco Mill Road Dec. 15. Lonnie Demon Yancey, 28, of 1628 Stewart Ave., Henderson, was shot several times at close range in the roadway where deputies recovered a blue 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser. A few day's later, deputies charged Cavin Danyeil White, 30, of Henderson, with first-degree murder in the case. Other notable crime incidents included:
FBI raids result in two guilty pleas In December of 2010, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided several Henderson convenience stores — Dabney Pit Stop Inc., College Station Mart and Brothers Food Mart Inc. Subsequently, two defendants pleaded guilty in 2011 — one in February, the other in March — to specific charges out
of the larger federal case involving bogus food stamps, stolen cigarettes and the sale of Cathinone, or "Khat," a controlled substance. In April, cases were dismissed against six named defendants from the Dec. 9 FBI raid, according to court records obtained by The Daily Dispatch. According to federal prosecutors, the Henderson defendants played various roles in the diversion of food stamp monies for their own use, the sale of stolen cigarettes and/or the sale of Cathinone. Prosecutors said the defendants and companies illegally secured purchases of EBT cards and PIN numbers in order to profit from their fraudulent redemption through balance transfer systems that the companies had been participants of. The indictment stated transactions that were tracked day-to-day in activities from mid-August through November 2010, encompassing approximately $8,600 of specifically tallied SNAP fund diversions. FBI Task Force Agent B.L. House stated in an earlier criminal complaint that a defendant received purportedly stolen tobacco products through a confidential informant. The focus of the raids was the service of search warrants at four convenience stores and a residential location by the FBI, with the assistance of the federal ATF and North Carolina state agents.
Raleigh Road assault Two defendants, Damien Elijah Trowbridge, 33, and Lashamika Monique Ragland, 21, were found guilty in Vance County District Court Aug. 25 of misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury for their part in dragging Eric Loznicka from his car and beating him after he accidentally struck a pedestrian on Raleigh Road March 19. Eric Loznicka had his day in court Aug. 25, witnessing two defendants who had assaulted him March 19 receive guilty verdicts. Damien Elijah Trowbridge, 33, and Lashamika Monique Ragland, 21, were found guilty in Vance County District Court of misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury for their part in dragging Loznicka from his car and beating him after he accidentally struck a pedestrian on Raleigh Road. Another defendant pleaded guilty. "All in all, I am very pleased with the judge's decisions," Loznicka said.
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A third defendant of that trial proceeding, Alexis L. Mulkey, 17, pleaded guilty rather than continue trial, and she asked for Loznicka to forgive her. The exchange resulted in tears, a hug and a request by Loznicka to drop the jail time for Mulkey. "She was very remorseful, she was in tears," Loznicka said. "Of course, she is 17, she has no prior (offenses) of any sort. In thinking about it, I have a daughter who is 17. I also believe that to be forgiven you have to forgive." The case stems from a nighttime beating incident that occurred at the scene of an accident involving Loznicka, 42. Loznicka was driving a gray, four-door sedan that struck Reuben Wright, 18, on Raleigh Road just south of the outdoor theater. Through the trial process, Loznicka and his wife demonstrated efforts to reach out to a couple defendants who they believed were approachable, including Carlton Ragland, 22, who Loznicka testified was not among those he remembered as taking part in the attack. Loznicka said that the dismissal of charges against another defendant, Less Ragland, 27, mystified him. Less Ragland had previously agreed to testify for the prosecution in exchange for the dismissal of the case against him. After providing identification of several fellow defendants, Less Ragland said Loznicka misidentified him as an attacker. The judge handed down a sentence of 100 days to serve against Trowbridge, sending him back to jail for another 33 days of active time following credit for 67 days in jail. Lashamika Ragland received 65 days to serve, with no credit for time served. Loznicka said he didn't reach out to the defendants who would not acknowledge their guilt in the attack. "They knew of their involvement, and I know what happened," he said. "They lied about it. If they can't be honest with themselves, I figured I would let the law hand down what it would." Two more defendants, Lonnie Jack Hargrove, 19, and Avone Fouch, 30, pleaded guilty in the assault, with Fouch getting a 150-day active sentence to serve and Hargrove receiving 60 days suspended with eight to serve. "All in all, I am very pleased with the judge's decisions," Loznicka said.
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252-430-1111 After signing a purchase deal in July, Duke LifePoint now owns 80 percent of Maria Parham Medical Center. "As part of Duke LifePoint, the hospital will have access to the support it needs to better serve its community and prosper in the future," said Duke University Health System Executive Vice President William J. Fulkerson Jr.
Duke LifePoint purchases MPMC The local medical community saw big changes in 2011. The private, non-profit Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson was purchased by a for-profit venture between LifePoint Hospitals and Duke University Health System. Duke LifePoint and MPMC signed a purchase deal for the hospital on Ruin Creek Road in July. Duke LifePoint now owns 80 percent of the hospital. The retained assets of MPMC and the proceeds from the transaction eliminated MPMC's debt, and the remaining assets — approximately $30 million — will be used to create a locally governed, charitable foundation. Duke LifePoint has also committed to investing $45 million in capital improvements at the hospital over the next 10 years. Specific purchase details were not made public, but records filed at the Vance County Register of Deeds Of-
fice show excise taxes of $128,000 and $15,000 for real property transactions between the two entities. An excise tax of $2 per $1,000 of property value conveyed is collected by the Register of Deeds Office. Those records indicate a real property value at $71,500,000. Only the value of real property is considered when paying excise taxes. The purchase was heralded by hospital officials and local leaders as beneficial for both entities and the community. "The MPMC Board of Directors evaluated potential partnerships for a year before selecting Duke LifePoint as our partner of choice," MPMC Board of Directors Chairman Dr. Bev Tucker said in a statement. "Throughout our due diligence process, we have grown even more enthusiastic about this collaboration." "We are delighted about the opportunity to welcome Maria Parham Medical
Center as the first hospital in the Duke LifePoint system," Duke University Health System Executive Vice President William J. Fulkerson Jr. said. "As part of Duke LifePoint, the hospital will have access to the support it needs to better serve its community and prosper in the future." Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce President Bill Edwards welcomed the news as a positive development for the local economy. "A strong community hospital leads to a strong community, and Maria Parham's partnership with Duke LifePoint has great potential to significantly strengthen Vance County," Edwards said. "This partnership will provide our community additional tax income, a new charitable foundation and resources for physician recruitment and hospital improvements ... to enhance health and healthcare in this region."
incident that included a blow to the head, and they released him that evening. Witnesses from the scene said that the assailant, a white male, became combative. Aiken had warned him several times to stop the attack. "He started attacking the police," Tonyo Person, a witness to the incident, said outside the hospital entrance. "The police told him stop, stop, stop. He didn't stop." Sidwell said the man struck Aiken in the knee and head. "With the officer almost losing consciousness, the male continued the assaultive behavior," Sidwell said. "The officer unholstered his department-issued sidearm and fired one round striking the male in the leg."
According to Vance County Sheriff Peter White, deputies found Henderson lying in the home's yard unconscious. He later died at Maria Parham Medical Center from shotgun injuries to the upper torso. Seneca Henderson, 20, of 150 Freedom Lane, Henderson, has been charged in connection to the crime. Also arrested in the case is Jatwaun Donkes Davis, 21, of 199 Belle Russell Road in Manson and Andrew M. Terry, of 113 North Woods Drive, Henderson. Seneca Henderson is the brother of Michael Henderson. The sister told 911 that there was a beating on the back door, then a smashing sound could be heard on a 911 recording. According to an arrest warrant, the suspects gained entry through the home's back door. "They just broke in," the sister said. "They're coming in. I'm in my room. My brother has a gun." When shots rang out, she added, "My brother just shot." The dispatcher asked to speak to the brother, who said that he shot twice as an intruder came around a corner, apparently pointing a gun as he came. "I'm perfectly fine, my sister, she's really shaken up right now," the brother said.
FROM PAGE TWO Officer shoots mental patient in self-defense On May 31, the SBI cleared a Henderson police officer for return to active duty following a shooting incident at Maria Parham Medical Center. William "Will" Aiken shot a mental patient he was guarding after being attacked at the hospital May 11. HPD Chief Keith Sidwell said in May he was happy to see Aiken back on the beat after three weeks of administrative duty. "Officer Aiken acted appropriately, within the scope of his duties as a professional law enforcement officer," Sidwell said. "All guidelines, rules and procedures were followed." The patient attacked Aiken during an officer-guarded admission of involuntarily commitment to a mental health program, according to police. The patient became violent, and Aiken responded with use of a Taser, pepper spray and eventually his sidearm. Doctors treated Aiken following the
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Tri-County residents saw more than their share of disasters — man-made and natural — in 2011. In February, Southern States Farm & Garden supply store in Warrenton burned in a massive fire, prompting town officials to declare a state of emergency. Portions of the town near the building were evacuated following the blaze. Schools in the area also closed following the fire. Air quality in the area was the biggest concern once the fire was extinguished. Heavy smoke hung in the air for days as debris smoldered. More than 200 firefighters battled the fire that completely destroyed the building. No one was injured in the fire, but a long-time Warrenton business was lost. Investigators were unable to determine the cause of the fire. Arson was not suspected.
Just a few weeks later, a large woods fire burned more than 2,000 acres in rural Warren County. The fire scorched brush, trees and grass along Limer Town, Chocco Springs and Parktown roads near N.C. 401. As many as 10 fire departments assisted the Forest Service in containing the blaze. Fire crews were able to save several homes from fire damage. Dry conditions and high winds prompted state officials to issue red flag warnings for outdoor fires in February. Those conditions made containing the wildfire difficult. In late August, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rattled the Tri-County but caused no significant damage. The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and nerves from Georgia to Maine. In Henderson, patrons were evacu-
ated from the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library after the tremors were felt. Brian Short, director of Vance County Emergency Operations, said the 911 center fielded more than 125 calls related to the earthquake. None of those were emergency situations. Just a few days later, Hurricane Irene's outer bands churned through Vance and Warren counties, damaging homes and destroying crops. Both counties were declared disaster areas by Gov. Beverly Perdue. More than 25 homes were destroyed and at least 100 damaged when the storm blew through the area. Thousands were without power temporarily and emergency shelters were opened in Vance and Warren counties. No significant injuries were reported. Crop damage was reportedly in the millions.
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Economy: highs and lows
From the sobering unemployment rates to the influx of new businesses and leadership, the Tri-County experienced its share of economic ups and downs this past year. Unemployment rates decreased in Vance, Granville and Warren counties in November, according to data released in January by the state Division of Employment Security. Despite the drop, the rates remained higher than 2010's numbers in Vance and Warren. Vance County's jobless rate fell to 13.1 percent from 13.5 in October. The rate means 2,520 people were without a job. The rate was 12.6 in November 2010. Granville County's unemployment rate dropped to 9.5 from 9.9 in October — 2,411 people couldn't find work. The rate was 9.9 in November 2010. In Warren County, the jobless rate fell to 12.8 from 13.2 in October. The rate represented 978 people. The rate was 12.4 in November 2010. North Carolina's statewide unemployment rate was 9.5 percent in November. With that being said, several companies opened locations in the area, while others already established locally made moves to boost their productivity, thereby strengthening the economy. Sheetz: The registers were ringing at the new Henderson Sheetz location in late September as several dozen newly hired employees prepared for a grand opening. Sheetz has completely altered the site where the Western Sizzlin restaurant once stood on Ruin Creek Road. A brightly lit, convenience store complex with a restaurant, car wash and gas pumps now stands where the well-known steak house once was. Site work began in May, with construction progressing quickly after demolition and grading of the lot. According to prior company statements, the Henderson location will employ 35 to 40 full-and part-time positions. Save-a-lot: Henderson acquired a new competitor in the bargain food market as Save-a-Lot Food Store opened in late February to a steady stream of shoppers at its S. Beckford Drive location. Save-a-Lot fills a big void at Marketplace Shopping Center off Dabney Drive, and it will employ 20 to 25 grocery workers at full staff. Richard Palamar with Chase Development Company, which manages the shopping center for Marketplace Associates, viewed the opening of the store himself. He said it brings the shopping center up to a near full capacity of commercial tenants. "They will bring more traffic to the area, so it will help," Palamar said. The new store boasts a full-service meat market, bakery and produce sections, but limited selections on its aisles when com-
pared with a more traditional grocery store, according to Tomlin. Save-a-Lot features many items under its own label, and Tomlin said the quality is on a par with name brands. Big Lots: Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), North America's largest broad line closeout retailer, continued to grow this year, opening a new location at 1735 Dabney Road, Henderson, in October. The Henderson Big Lots stocks merchandise that typically sells for 20 to 40 percent less than discount stores and up to 70 percent below traditional retailers. At 22,000 square feet, customers will find thousands of products available from everyday consumables, seasonal goods, home decor, electronics, toys, and one-time closeouts. Big Lots also offers an assortment of brand-name furniture and Serta mattresses. Optimum Lighting: Employees of Henderson-based Optimum Lighting received surprising news at the beginning of the year. They were now working for The Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics thanks to a purchase deal finalized in early January. Philips announced the deal in Amsterdam, stating the acquisition of Optimum Lighting adds to its global vision to expand further as a supplier of customized, energyefficient lighting solutions. In Henderson, expectations ran high that the match would be good for the business at the company's new facility — the former Purolator building on Facet Road. Optimum, with 70 employees, manufactures lighting fixtures targeting the growing demand for energy efficiency. It also handles design, building and engineering for customized energy-efficient lighting solutions. Vescom — a manufacturer of interior fabrics, upholstery fabrics and curtain fabrics — added $6 million and 35 jobs in the expansion of its Vance County operation on Ross Mill Road facility. Vescom America's plans included construction of a 38,000-square-foot jacquard weaving mill at the 2289 Ross Mill Road site. The expansion in Henderson comes as a consolidation move for Vescom, with the closing of its Allentown, Pa., weaving operation. Vescom America President Joseph Berasi said the move is a step forward in matching new, state-of-the-art equipment with the best workers for greater efficiency. Berasi said development of the new facility in Henderson presents an opportunity to improve work-flow patterns and efficiencies as Vescom seeks greater modernization. Also, a 25 percent increase in looms is planned for the new facility, which will further boost capacity.
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Litvin hired as EDC director The search for a new director for the Henderson-Vance Economic Development Commission came to a close this past June with the hiring of Stuart Litvin. Litvin began his duties as EDC director in July. "Stuart Litvin emerged from the process as a credible and promising candidate for the position," Vance Litvin County Manager Jerry Ayscue said. "He appears to be a strong economic development professional who has a passion for improving communities through responsible economic development." Litvin was previously employed as president/CEO at Livingston (Louisiana) Economic Development Council for 14 months. Prior to that position, he was president and CEO for Alexandria Economic Development Partnership in Alexandria, Va., for a little more than 11 months, according to officials at the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership. Early on, Litvin spent a week in July reviewing the EDC's 2010-2014 Strategic Action Plan. "I see no sense in reinventing the wheel," Litvin said then. "I want to get EDC members together and review the material. It is always good to see if it is in the benefit of the county to update a document like this." For the 2011-2012 fiscal year, the Vance County Board of Commissioners allocated $207,025 to the EDC for its operating budget. This is up from 2010, when the EDC had an operating budget of around $110,000. During the beginning of his tenure, Litvin was learning the ins and outs of Vance County and Henderson. He said the area's potential is greater than many people may realize. "The key to this county's growth is the city and the county working together," he said. "In my short time here, I can see the effort being made by both governments to move in the same direction, which is rare. I think this is a major asset to the community."
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The year 2011 will be remembered for two long-discussed issues finally being resolved by Vance County — county-wide zoning and a water rate with the city. After years, perhaps decades of discussion, county-wide zoning was established in October 2011 and took effect Nov. 1. Economic development leaders in the county held county-wide zoning as an effective tool for attracting business and industry to Vance County, but opponents argued that they didn't want the county telling them what they could and could not do with their property. "More people spoke up (in favor of zoning) this time," Vance County Commissioner Eddie Wright said recently, reflecting on his year as chairman of the board. "Zoning puts us in a much better light to attract business and industry. You want to make things as easy as possible for people who are creating jobs." An effort to approve a county-wide ordinance on zoning several years ago had brought a number of local citizens to county public hearings. Signs against zoning were scattered about the county. The opposition was there again in 2011 but not nearly as strong, still with those speaking out against the measure in public hearings and a "no zoning" postcard campaign. When the question for final approval went to the board, the vote was 6-1 in favor of zoning. The zoning ordinance map divides the county into specific land use zones. The majority of the county is zoned "agricultural residential." Several areas surrounding Kerr Lake are zoned "open space." The zoning map also specifies how land can be used in Middleburg and Kittrell. On the water front, the Henderson City Council and the Vance County Board of Commissioners officially sealed the deal on county water rates on March 14, 2011, after a lengthy period of negotiations tied to changes in joint-funding ratios. A liaison team with members from each governmental body hammered out the water agreement after two years of negotiations.
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Finalized water system engineering plans received the nod from the Vance County commissioners sitting as the Water District Board on Dec. 19, and the board allowed construction, operations and maintenance bids to proceed this month. Vance County Manager Jerry Ayscue said that the agreements and permits are in place for all four parts of the project, beginning with Phase 1A. The water board meeting in December concluded with approval of a $27 million bond referendum voted in by county residents in May 2008. Commissioners then officially provided county approval of the bond so borrowing could commence. In the city and county's negotiations over a water price, the USDA had taken a stand that there must be no link to joint-funding ventures between the city and the county, something the city had pushed for, according to correspondence between Henderson and Vance County officials and official minutes. The USDA is the funding agency that will enable Vance County to establish the water district and to develop its water system from points of attachment to the city water system. The agreements state that the city water system will set aside 150,000 gallons of water daily, and Henderson would sell the water at $2.90 per 1,000 gallons so the county could develop a water system, servicing Phase 1 of the county's new water system through March 31, 2015. The two governmental boards also agreed to alter joint-funding ratios on H. Leslie Perry Library, the Economic Development Commission and the Board of Elections, shifting $100,000 in funding liability from the city to the county next year, and $140,000 yearly thereafter, until the 40-year contracts expire. Minutes from a series of closed sessions on the deal, with City Attorney John H. Zollicoffer informing the city council, included steps that city council members took to let go of their insistence that the deal bind water and joint-funding issues together. "Rural Development will not approve an agreement that is tied to another agreement that has nothing to do with
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the sale of water," USDA Loan Specialist Thurman Murphy Jr. said in a Feb. 9 letter to Vance County Manager Jerry Ayscue. Ayscue forwarded the letter to Henderson City Manager Ray Griffin, and it reached Zollicoffer from Griffin's office. "The council would not agree to severing the joint funding of other joint projects provisions until hearing the response from USDA, the county's lender," the minutes from a closed Feb. 14 meeting stated. The city's position didn't last much longer. A Feb. 18 draft copy of the water agreement gave the council and commissioners a look at what a USDA acceptable deal would look like. Noted in the margin of the minutes was the deleted portion that had been part of the Feb. 3 draft copy: "This water sales agreement shall become effective only upon the execution by both parties of not only this agreement, but also the execution by both parties hereto of the Joint Ventures/Projects Agreement " On joint-funding issues, the county agreed to increase its annual appropriation to the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library from 65 percent to 70 percent for fiscal year 2012, then to 75 percent starting the next year. As the city's funding share declines to 25 percent, appointees on the library's board of trustees will shift in proportion so the county holds nine seats and the city holds three. The county will also forgive the city's required annual contribution to the EDC budget, with the city and county nevertheless retaining their current appointments on the EDC board of directors. The county has reduced the city's funding requirement for the board of elections operating budget to 17 percent; the city maintains a 100 percent funding of municipal elections. Lastly, the county is deferring the city's annual $32,750 city hall debt service payment for two years - due in fiscal years 2011 and 2012. The changes in funding joint projects will continue for the next 40 years unless the sides agree to adjustments.
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BEACON LIGHT COMES DOWN After years of frustration and legal wrangling, Henderson officials finally saw the Beacon Light apartment complex come down. The 108-unit complex on Boddie Street was demolished in June at a cost of about $399,000. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded the demo work. "This is a day we have been waiting for for years," City Manager Ray Griffin said after the funding was in place for the demo. "This is a good day, particu-
larly for those living at the margins of this property." "We are at a hallelujah moment right now," Councilwoman Brenda PeaceJenkins said. "Hallelujah." The abandoned apartment complex had been the scene of multiple fires, plus a source of unsightly overgrowth and rodent problems. HUD let city leaders know late last year that it would back the demolition with financial reimbursement as needed.
The reimbursements draw from grant funds that had been made available to property owner Sharif Abdelhalim that would have been used to renovate the structure. Abdelhalim fought the demolition process, and filed a challenge in federal court to stop the funding through the held-up renovation grant. The HUD-sponsored, low-income site dates back to 1973, but was closed in 2006 at the request of the city council.
Councilwoman dies at 65 After a lengthy battle with cancer, Henderson City Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans, 65, died in January of 2011. She was first elected to the city council in 2003.Henderson City Manager Ray Griffin called her death "truly sad." "She certainly fought hard and well and that inspired so many people. She will be missed at city council," he said. "We had great respect and love for each other," Brenda Peace-Jenkins, a fellow council member and friend for more than 30 years, said. "She took opportunities to invest as much time as she could to let everyone know she loved them. These last days were encouraging times for other people." In an interview just a week before her death, Evans told a Dispatch reporter that the city and county "mean the world to me." She called on officials to work together to create jobs and to make funding education a priority. In March, the council selected James Carlton Kearney Sr. to fill the Ward 1 seat left vacant by Evans. "She was my councilwoman too," Kearney said. "I am honored to step forward to fill her shoes, and I would hope to serve the people of Ward 1 and all the people of Henderson in a reasonable portion as she did."
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AREA SCHOOLS GET NEW LEADERSHIP Two of the area's educational institutions saw a change in leadership in 2011. Former Vance-Granville Community College President Randy Parker announced in May he was leaving the college for a position at Guilford Technical Community College. The college's Board of Trustees began a nation-wide search for Parker's replacement that ended in December with the announcement that Stelfanie Williams will be the college's next president. Williams is currently the vice president of Economic and Community Development at Central Carolina Community Col- Gregory lege in Sanford. She will be the first African-American and the first woman to be president at VGCC on a permanent basis. She is scheduled to begin at the college Feb. 1. "I am honored and delighted to serve as the next president of Vance-Granville Community College, and I thank the Board of Trustees for entrusting me with this opportunity," Williams said in a statement. "As president, I plan to work together with faculty, staff, and administration to advance student success, economic development, and quality educational services for the community. We will engage business and political leaders, educational partners, and community members in fulfilling the mission of the college. I greatly look forward to leading the college and becoming active in the communities of Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties." In June, the Vance County Board of Education named Ronald Gregory as superintendent of Vance County Schools.
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November elections brought a new face to the mayor's office in Oxford with Jackie Sergent defeating longtime incumbent Al Woodlief Jr. Sergent, formerly a city commissioner, also works for the GranvilleVance District Health Department. She unSergent seated Woodlief with 930 votes to Woodlief's 628. Sergent attributed her victory to a group of enthusiastic, engaged supporters who helped spread her message of improving Oxford and making the city more economically viable. "I am fortunate to have a broad base of support," Sergent said. "I have to thank them for the effort they put into this day." It was no small task to defeat Woodlief — he has a long history in Oxford government. He was first elected mayor in 2001 after serving as a commissioner for 14 years. Sergent recognized Woodlief's service in comments after the election results came in. "I greatly appreciate the current mayor's service to the city," she said. "In one capacity or another, he has served the city for more than 20 years, and I want to say how much I value that service." Three of the seven seats on the Oxford city commission were also up for grabs in November. The top vote-getters were incumbents Robert Williford Sr. and Howard G. Herring Sr. and newcomer Frank Strickland. All municipalities in the TriCounty, except Henderson, held elections in November. Elections in the city were pushed to 2012 because of electoral redistricting following the 2010 Census.
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I groaned as I felt someone shake me. Stretching my arms out I took the moment to enjoy the silence until the chatterbox of my five year old daughter began. I rubbed my eyes and sat up. My daughter was sitting next to me on my bed, staring at me, waiting for me to get up and make breakfast. An idea formed in my head and I quickly grabbed her by her sides and laid her down on my bed and began to tickle her relentlessly until she threatened to pee on my bed, then I stopped not wanting to have to change my sheets today.
�Mummy, what�s for breakfast?� her soft voice questioned me.
�Well, what would you like?� I asked her back.
�Pancakes,� was Audrey�s excited reply as she jumped off my bed and ran out the door and into our kitchen.
It wasn�t much of a shock that she had picked pancakes, it was one of her favorite for breakfast and I was sure if I let her pick out dinner she would want it then as well. I stumbled out of bed, not much of a morning person, and made my way into the kitchen before she made a mess in her excitement. Audrey always loved helping me make our meals and the messes weren�t usually so big that I had to do a lot of cleaning after.
The two of us managed to make pancakes with only a minimal amount of mess everywhere which was rather impressive considering the mini flour fight we had. I had faired the worst in the fight, there was flour all over my pajamas and Audrey even managed to get some in my hair. Where as Audrey only had a little bit in her hair and on her face. It was moments like these that really brought out our mother-daughter relationship. I still disciplined her when needed but when it wasn�t I tried to be as fun and present in her life as I could be.
Being a single parent wasn�t easy though. I was never sure if I was doing things right. Was I disciplining her too much? Not enough? Did I spend enough time with her and give her the love that she needs? I was thankful though that my parents helped me out as much as they did. Every weekday night and some weekend days or nights when I have to work they take her in for the evening until I get off of work when I go and pick her up from their place. We are a pretty close knit family and they weren�t too happy when they found out that I was going to be nineteen and pregnant, though now that little girl was their whole world. They were great parents and I hope that I�m as good to Audrey as they were to me.
�We will have to get ready this morning since you are going to your Grandma and Grandpa�s tonight while I go to work. Would you like to take a bath by yourself or shower with me?� I asked Audrey as she finished off her second pancake which probably had as much syrup as there was pancake.
�Bath,� she decided after thinking it over for a minute.
�Alright, I�ll go get it ready for you.� I then stood up from my spot at our table and walked into our bathroom which was a few feet away and began to fill the tub with warm water.
I walked out of the bathroom and went over to Audrey�s bedroom where she was busy trying to figure out what she wanted to wear for today. Usually I would let her pick out her outfit and if I deemed it not appropriate for the weather or what we were doing I would pick out a different outfit for her to wear. She would only whine for a moment about not being able to wear a dress which was what she almost always picked out to wear. Today however, she had picked out jean shorts and a pink tee-shirt that had a cupcake on it. I doubt she would have picked these out if it hadn�t been for our conversation last night about going to the park to play today before I have to go to work.
I picked up her clothes and grabbed a pair of underwear and socks from her top drawer which she still couldn�t see into and bought them with us to the bathroom. Quickly, I shut off the water before it got too high- above her belly button- and Audrey began to strip out of her night gown, which was all that she liked to wear, then stepped into the bath tub as she held onto my arm for support. I soaped her up so that she was all clean and then left the bathroom, leaving the door open, so that she could play while I cleaned up the little mess in the kitchen.
We lived in a rather small apartment, but it was big enough for the two of us. Two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen and a living room was really all that we needed and about all I could afford on my own- I refused any financial help from my parents. I wanted to do this on my own and we were doing fine without their help, though I always appreciated the small things they did for me such as watch Audrey while I went to work.
It didn�t take long for me to clean up the mess in the kitchen so I sat down in the living room and enjoyed the calm moment with a book. After twenty minutes of playing in the bath it was time for Audrey to get out and me to get ready for the day. I turned on the TV to her favorite show then went and dried her off and dressed her in the cloths she picked out. Quickly, I brushed her hair straight so she wouldn�t have tangles and sent her out to watch her show.
I took a relatively short shower, five or ten minutes, and stepped out. As I dried myself off I remembered that I had forgotten my cloths in my room and wrapped my towel tightly around myself and ventured out into the entry way and slipped into my bedroom. I slipped on a pair of jean shorts and a purple flowered tank-top, almost tripping myself as I pulled my shorts on. I bent down to the floor where I had dropped my towel and picked it up and began to rub it against my head to dry my hair a little bit so it wasn�t dripping every where. Turning out of my bedroom and back in the entryway I saw Audrey sitting directly in front of the TV.
�Audrey, back up from the TV please,� I called out to her. She scooted back just a little bit and continued to stare at the screen. �A little bit farther,� I said moving over to the bathroom to finish getting ready.
She turned her head to look at me, and then got up and moved back away from the TV. I kept the bathroom door open so I could see her while I blow dried my hair since it would be almost impossible to hear her while the monstrosity of a dryer was going. It didn�t take me very long to get ready; I wasn�t really big into makeup and only put on eyeliner, mascara, and eye shadow daily, and on some occasions I put on lip gloss.
When I was finally ready Audrey and I made our way to the park a few blocks down the road from where we lived. It was one of the great things about living where we did- a park not far away and we were close to my parents� house, where I had grown up. The park hadn�t changed much since I was a kid. There were a couple of slides, ranging in height, bumps, and turns, five swings, one of which was a baby swing, monkey bars, and a little rock climbing area to get up to a slide, which was new from when I played here.
I sat at my usual bench that allowed me to survey most of the park while Audrey ran off to swing her blonde hair flowing behind her. She loved the swings, and they were usually the first thing she went to though sometimes it was a slide first then swing. It was a peaceful afternoon and there were very few people besides myself and Audrey at the park today. Most were probably behind the curtains of their living room with their fans blowing and staying out of the heat even though it wasn�t that warm. I happened to enjoy the weather and Audrey didn�t much care if it was raining, or even if it was too hot outside to think, she just enjoyed being outside.
�Mummy, can you push me,� Audrey yelled across the park.
I got up from my spot on the bench and made my way over to her. When I got behind her I began to lightly push against her back. She giggled and screeched �Higher mummy, higher!� Audrey was an easy going child and found joy in almost anything but it was a wonder to me how the swings did not hurt her hips the way they did mine. I realized that I had much more for the swing to squeeze against but they still folded in half and appeared to squeeze against hers though she could sit on the swings for hours on end if I let her. Soon, I tired of pushing her on the swings and suggested doing an obstacle course. At first she looked at me a little confused but when she figured out what I was suggesting a huge grin formed on her face and she began planning out the course that she would run.
It was a rather complicated course, at least I thought so, but she seemed excited to try it out. First it was up the stairs, through a tunnel, up to the high slide, slide down it, run across the park to the monkey bars- of which she was only to go up on the landing and jump down the to ground. Then it was over to the rock climbing wall, climb up the lower wall, down the slide at the top, and then rush over to the swing she had previously been sitting in and swing once on her belly.
�I�m ready, say go mum, say go!� she shouted excitedly looking up at me standing next to her at the starting mark.
�Alright, ready, set, GO,� I shouted and she took off giggling the whole way as I began counting. �One, two, three, four.�
Audrey was already starting her way up the stairs to get into the tunnel at that point. By the time that I reached ten she was just getting off of the first slide and began to make her way over to the monkey bars. I could see the determination in her eyes as she ran past me and hopped up on the landing for the monkey bars and hopped back down. She was a rather competitive child and I felt that she would probably be on the quidditch team during her years at Hogwarts. Audrey ran full speed straight at the swing and finished off the obstacle course at 43 seconds.
�Did you see that mum! Did you see that?� She yelled excitedly, her eyes huge.
�Yes I did sweety. You were awesome!� I told her holding out my hand for her to give me a high five.
She smacked my hand and then began twirling around doing a sort of victory dance I guessed. Then she took off for the slides yelling �can�t catch me� as she ran away. I chuckled but followed her at a slow jog allowing myself to catch up only slightly but still keeping her ahead of me. She quickly ran up the stairs and through the tunnel, taunting me on the other side as I slowly made my way into the tunnel. Audrey screamed as she saw me make progress towards and took off up the last few stairs to get into the slide. Climbing through the tunnel was harder then I remembered and the last time I had attempted to make my way through the tunnel was only a month ago.
�Ha. I won,� she said looking up at me from the ground as I began to make my way up to the slide.
�Oh, good,� I sighed and sat down on the step.
�Mum! The race isn�t done until you cross the finish line,� she yelled up to me.
Slowly, I stood up and squeezed my way into the tight space that is the entrance to the slide, put my legs out, and pushed off behind me. When I got to the bottom I swooped up Audrey in my arms and carried her off towards the bench I had earlier sat in. She squirmed around in my arms trying to get loose and I almost dropped her once but I quickly regained my hold on her. I set her down on the bench, only to swoop her back up and swing her around.
We played at the park for a little bit longer until I had to go back and start getting ready for work. My job is nothing exciting; I�m a waitress at relatively new restaurant in Diagon Alley. The restaurant, called The Cauldron, (a rather unexciting name) started right after the Battle at Hogwarts when the war ended and everyone was able to start rebuilding. I was one of the first employees hired there and had a job there for almost a year when I found out that I was pregnant. My manager was very supportive and gave me the time off that I needed in order to have Audrey.
When I was finished getting ready for work I packed Audrey�s duffle bag in case I had to stay late. Then we walked the few blocks to my parents house where she would be watched. I was so thankful for them and the help they gave me as I would have never been able to keep this job, or any job, without them. My parents always took well care of their house and the area surrounding it, making sure that it was mowed and weeded. They also went all out with decorations for holidays, especially Halloween.
I dropped Audrey off and only exchanged a short conversation with my mum, who was the one to open the door, and then headed off to open up the restaurant for the evening. My shift usually started at four in the afternoon and went until eight though sometimes it has gone as late as nine or ten depending on the tables and how long they wanted to sit. Also if anyone asked for me to stay for them I usually would since it wouldn�t hurt me to have the extra money that it would offer.
Appearating was one of my least favorite things to do, I just couldn�t stand that clauterphobic feeling that came over me and the tightness from being transported from one area to another. Now that I found myself to be running slightly behind schedual appearating would be the best way to get to Diagon Alley. I concentrated on the appearating spot inside the Leakey Caldron and suddenly felt the dreaded feeling of tightness over come me. When I got my bearings back, I walked into the room that would allow me access to Diagon Alley and tapped the appropriate bricks on the wall. A doorway appeared in front of me along with a bustling street. I could tell what kind of night it was going to be at The Cauldron tonight, busy, very busy.
Sighing, I stepped through and walked briskly to the restaurant hoping that I wouldn�t end up being late. The morning waitress was usually really antsy to leave and always hated it and spoke her mind when I showed up even a minute late, which rarely happened. I made my way through the restaurant and noticed that there were still a few tables eating.
�Great.� I thought sarcastically to myself. �She is going to be thrilled.�
�Where have you been?� screeched Loretta snapping a piece of gum as she did so.
�I�m here now Loretta, and your tables are almost done anyways. They all have their food and most of them are done and are probably just waiting for their checks from you.� I spoke as I quickly signed myself in so I wouldn�t be any more then two minutes late.
She scoffed at me and made her way out to her tables putting on a fake smile for them. Loretta and I never really got along and I wasn�t sure what exactly I did that made her dislike me so much. She is a tall blonde waitress who was the very definition of a dumb blonde. There was just this air about her saying that she is so much better then everyone else even though she really isn�t.
I started doing my afternoon chores around the restaurant making sure everything was stocked and ready for the dinner rush. About twenty minutes into my shift I finally got my first table for the evening and went out and greeted them. They were a nice older couple who still looked so much in love after being together for many years. They were also one of my many regulars.
�I�ll be right out with your drinks,� I told them and walked back into the kitchen to get their usual of a butterbeer.
Letting the familiarity of the place set into me, I only half payed attention to what I was doing which was a big mistake with Loretta still being there as I ended up walking right into her.
�I�m so sorry,� I said as I tried to skirt around her to get the couples drinks.
�You should really watch where your going,� she said snottily to me as she went and punched out.
I was so thankful that she was leaving for the night that I didn�t realize until after I had come back in from bringing the drinks out that she hadn�t finished up her chores which meant that I had to do them. Before starting on her chores I rang in the couples food which would only take a few minutes to prepare since it was just sandwiches. Pulling a rag out of the sani bucket, I set to work wiping off all of the counter space. By the time I was finished with that the food was up. I placed the two plates on a small tray and carried it out to the table. Before leaving their table, I grabbed the lady�s empty glass and brought it in back to get her another one. She always went through two butterbeers, no matter what type of day it was.
They left shortly after and I found myself to be bored, no other tables had come in yet even though it was really busy outside. By the time I had gotten my second table, two more waitresses had clocked in as well. That was when the rush started. Soon our sections were full and the three of us were thankful when the last two waitresses signed in. It was a busy night, but I had predicted that from how busy the streets in Diagon Alley were. Just as it started slowing down around 7:30 the closing waitress, one of my good friends, approached me and I knew exactly where this conversation was going to go.
�Hey, Tracey, I was wondering if you would be willing to close for me tonight? I know you�ve been here since four but my boyfriend really wants to take me out tonight and I told him I would see what I could do. You don�t have to though, I completely understand if you wont,� She began, until I cut her off.
�Of course I will, Lexi. What are friends for? Just make sure to do the chores and we�re good, alright.� I told her.
�Oh, thank you Tracey. Thank you so much. I really owe you one,� she squealed and threw her arms around me.
Lexi and I had started here at the same time and we became fast friends. She was well liked by everyone and was always willing to help you out when needed. Lexi has been dating Max a cute, brown haired guy that�s a couple inches shorter then six feet tall. They are really cute together and have been dating for about two years now, I was expecting Max to pop the question any week now and was hoping that tonight would be the night.
Looking out into the restaurant I noticed that a few of my tables had left. I walked over to my tables and began clearing off the mess that had been left behind, half eaten food- some of it on the floor, napkins, and dirty dishes. I had to take a few trips in order to get it all in back to get cleaned and was just going back out from my last trip in to start cleaning my tables when I was once again approached, though this time it was the hostess.
�We have an eight-top up front. No children, and I think they are all business men so they might be here a while,� she told me as we began setting up the table.
�Alright,� I sighed, �just give me one moment to clean the table and get it set and then you can bring them back.�
I had just finished setting up the table when the hostess, Jane, walked up with the eight men following her. Lexi owes me big time, I thought and plastered on a smile for them. I began my usual speech- my name, our specials, and if I could start anyone off with a drink, when I heard my name being called out.
�Tracey, Tracey Davis?� one of the eight men questioned me.
�Uh, yeah, that would be me,� I looked up confused only to catch eyes with a former classmate, Theodore Nott.
We looked at each other for a moment longer until one of the other guys sitting at the table cleared their throat. My cheeks reddened and quickly got back to work taking their orders though I still couldn�t get over the fact that Theodore Nott was here! We never really hung out during Hogwarts so it was a major shock that he actually knew my last name. Both of us though were sort of loners in the Slytherin House, neither of us conformed to Malfoy�s or Parkinson�s ideas about Muggleborns. Then again my mum is a Muggle so I never saw any reason to be against them or those who received magical power without having either parent as a witch or wizard.
The rest of the night went smoothly though I kept catching Theodore staring at me, and it was a little unnerving at first. He made sure to stay behind at the table while everyone else left for the evening. I slowly approached the table unsure of what was going on.
�Tracey, how have you been?� he began as he stood up from his spot watching me clean their table.
�What�s with the small talk, Theodore?� I questioned him.
�Come now, call me Theo,� he drawled.
�Alright, Theo, what�s with the small talk,� I said once again, since he didn�t provide anything else but his name.
�Fine, I will skip the small talk and go straight to it. What are you doing tomorrow afternoon for lunch?� He asked with a devilish grin on his face.
�I don�t know,� I responded, �I�ll probably be having peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with my daughter, then go to the park. Why?�
�How would you like to join me for lunch tomorrow say around one at the small caf�, just down the street from my office?�
�I don�t know,� I said skeptically, � I wouldn�t have anyone to watch Audrey at that time.�
�Bring her with.�
�Really, it wouldn�t bother you?� I questioned not sure what his motives are.
�Not at all,� he quipped back.
I stood there for a moment just staring at him trying to figure out what his angle is. He stared back not seeming to be bothered at all by it as he waited for my answer. Honestly, I couldn�t think of anything bad that would happen by going to meet him for lunch, I mean it is just lunch it�s not like he asked me on a date or anything. I nodded my head slightly and he grinned broadly at me.
�Yeah, we�ll meet you for lunch tomorrow.� I finally said my arms crossed over my chest.
�Alright see you tomorrow then,� he responded as he strolled out of the restaurant.
I can�t believe I said yes. It was all surreal for me that I finished the rest of the shift off in a bit of a daze, cleaning tables and taking their orders in a more robotic way then usual for me. My eyes grew wide as I began to think about tomorrow. What was I going to wear? Heck, what was I going to say? I had never really been much of a talkative person and I really didn�t know much about Theo besides that he had been in my year and, like me, a Slytherin. �Tomorrow is going to be great,� I thought sarcastically to myself as I exited the restaurant.
AN: This was the story I wrote during NaNoWriMo and I had a lot of fun writing it so I really hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please leave a review and let me know what you liked or didn't like, even a simple liked it will make my day!
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Matthew Meixler • Tampa • Oct 31, 2007
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The Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale is loaded primarily with family entertainment. Catch The Tweaksters on November 2, If You Give a Pig a Party on November 3, Legends of Sleepy Hollow on the sixth, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular on the eighth, and Charlotte's Web on the ninth. Then, from November 23 to December 2, Avi Hoffman and the New Vista Theatre Company bring Funny Girl to the center. Irene Adjan stars as Fanny Brice.
Klea Blackhurst makes the Royal Room in Palm Beach her home from November 15-24; she's followed by KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler November 29-December 8; Ft. Lauderdale's Rising Action Theatre Company presents Steven Brinberg in Simply Barbra from November 30 - December 23; the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation puts on Jeff Daniels' Guest Artist, November 29-December 23; Lake Worth Playhouse presents another autobiographical work, Carol Burnett's Hollywood Arms (November 16 - December 9); in Miami, catch Sunday in the Park with George at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre (November 7-17); in Miami Lakes, Alliance Theatre Lab presents Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (November 29 - December 17); and in Coral Gables, New Theatre presents For Better (November 8 - December 9), a romantic comedy for the digital age, while Actors' Playhouse showcases Martha Mitchell Calling (Miracle Theatre, November 28-December 23), about the larger-than-life Southern socialite who blew the whistle on the Nixon administration.
Middle and Northern Florida have a tendency to go ignored with all the offerings one can find in the south, but there are productions worth examining up top. On November 3, the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center invites you to bring the family to WHOOPS. The physical comedy follows a trio of dim witted employees of the Worldwide Handlers Of Outgoing Packages Service. As the three find mishaps in every box, slapstick comedy abounds. From November 6-11, you can be a part of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding at the Lakeland Center. The interactive show also includes an Italian buffet dinner, champagne toast, and wedding cake. On November 27, the Capitol Steps bring their blend of political humor to the Maxwell C. King Center in Melbourne through December 2. And finally, the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre presents A Tuna Christmas at the Lowndes Shakespeare Centre from November 28-December 23.
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o2 – Horror Flick
It happened innocently enough. Natsuki had suggested that they'd all rent a movie after school. Nothing big– just something to blow off some of the stress that school undoubtedly causes. Besides, it was a three-day-weekend, why not celebrate?
When the final bell rang and the three had congregated outside of the high school's walls, Haru (as always) was the first to speak up. "Natsukiii, what about Akira? Isn't Akira going to watch a movie with us?"
"We'd have to get in contact with him," Natsuki responded, glancing absently at a passing car. "I'm sure he'd say yes–"
"Yuki, Yuki, call Akira!" the blond-haired boy bounded, balling both hands into fists like an excited child. Yuki responded with a rather depressed-kind of look before uttering back with a tinge of exasperation, "I know, I know, I'll call."
He produced the white rectangular tool from his school uniform's pocket, flipped it on, and began typing on the keypad, both thumbs.
It was no surprise that they were all talking and deciding things like this. After all, they had been "friends" (if you wanted to call it that) for the past few months. It made enough sense that they'd be close enough to each other to at least call themselves 'that'. Yet and still, Yuki always seemed to grow exasperated by Haru's insistent whining.
Eventually, Yuki dialed in the right number and held the phone up to his ear. He was bristling slightly, his mouth puckered and at the same time almost in a slack, frowning. He was visibly tense, beads of sweat forming along his cheeks.
"H-H-H-H-H-Hello? A-Akira? W-Would you like to... get a... film– I mean, movie! I mean, Natsuki, and Haru, and I were going to rent a film –movie! We were going to rent a movie. Would you like to come over and watch it?"
There was a pause on the line, and soon Yuki's nervous trembling melted away into being less rigid and erect. His face rounded into a smile and he nodded and straightened. "Alright! We'll be meeting at Natsuki's house."
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Eventually, Natsuki's house was filled with three other males– all of which (with the exception of Haru) hoped to not deal with a snafu.
"It was Haru's turn to choose. Alright, Haru, what did you pick?" Natsuki asked, plopping down on his dad's armchair. It smelled like vanilla ale, a nice musky, mystical scent and not like those other cheap beers.
Yuki had made himself comfortable on the couch, placing both his hands into his lap, polite and proper as always, while Akira chose to sit on the other side of the couch with Tapioca quaking in his arms.
Haru sat cross-legged on the floor, but immediately leapt up at the sound of his name.
"I chose this one!" the boy flashed a white cover with the title– "The Grudge" on it.
Yuki was the first to voice everyone's thoughts. "Uhh... Haru, doesn't that look a bit scary?"
"No! I read the back cover."
"And it didn't sound scary?"
Natsuki slowly walked over towards the television, pressing the button on the DVD player before placing the cold disk inside it. The DVD player closed and the film almost immediately started up.
"Maybe we should keep on the light?" Yuki requested, already looking quite nervous. But Haru shook his head. "Yuki, when you watch movies it's more exciting with the lights off! That's what Keito says~"
And thus the movie started. At first, it rolled a few trailers, but Haru grasped the remote and flipped through those.
"Wh-Why don't we watch the trailers?!"
"Nope! The trailers are just extra. That's what Keito says~"
The movie proceeded, and by the near end of it, Yuki, Akira, Haru, and Tapioca were all traumatized and frozen in place. Only Natsuki stared straight ahead without moving his eyes from the screen at all.
"N-Natsuki... w-weren't you scared?"
"N-...No" the boy quickly took to his feet to shake his head. "No. It's just a movie; it's all fake."
That night, they all returned home, and Natsuki couldn't help but notice Akira holding Tapioca a bit tighter than usual while Yuki and Haru scampered home as quickly as they could, each yelling at the other, "Wait up!"
Natsuki slowly closed the door to his house, and took the short, dark walk up to his bedroom.
Brushing his teeth and changing into his pajamas, he opened the curtains, allowing a glimmer of the full moon's light to bathe his room in intangible purity. He fell onto his bed, placing his glasses on the side table.
And he stared at the ceiling. Just stared for a second, two seconds, three seconds.
Natsuki stared so long his eyes began to feel dry from lack of blinking. One minute went by, then two, then three, then fourteen. And eventually, thirty whole minutes went by before Natsuki realized–
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The effect of polyvalent cations on adsorption capacity of zeolites has been reported in the literature, which indicated that the adsorptive capacity increases with increasing charge density of the cation. The effects of metal balancing cation in zeolite structure on gas adsorption depend primarily on the size and shape of the gas molecule, the size of the cation and its location in the channel, and its interaction with the gas molecule. Modification of zeolite using cation exchange technique was used to determine the effect of different cation on gas adsorption characteristics. In this study, sodium cations originally present in zeolites are exchanged with other metal cations. It is observed that at very low concentration of adsorbed gas, the type of cation influences the adsorption characteristics, in which divalent cations adsorb more than monovalent cations exchanged zeolite. At higher concentrations of adsorbed gas, the effect of cation is insignificant. However, different gases adsorb differently depending on the adsorbate-adsorbent interactions.
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Stanford went into California last night and laid a beat down on the Golden Bears. Late in the game, emotions got heated when Allen Crabbe went in a little hard on Aaron Bright to try to create a jump ball, and Dwight Powell responded by bodying Crabbe out. Crabbe then flopped to the ground and got up ready to shove.
It took about ten minutes for the officials to sort out the punishment. Richard Solomon of California was ejected for leaving the bench along with Gabriel Harris of Stanford. Also ejected? Both Stanford assistants, including dancing machine Mark Madsen, along with California assistant Greg Gottlieb, brother of Doug. The rule allows for only the head coach to leave the bench during a fight, hence the ejections for coming in to prevent a bigger fight.


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Ending weeks of speculation about which upcoming video game platform will give gamers the most bang for their buck, today at the German Games Convention, Microsoft Corp. revealed that consumers can get their hands on Xbox 360; the most powerful and feature-packed next-generation video game and entertainment system; for as little as $299.99 U.S./€299.99/£209.99 starting this holiday season. For gamers who want to experience the ultimate digital entertainment thrill ride, Microsoft also announced a model with hundreds of dollars worth of accessories for $399.99 U.S./€399.99/£279.99, giving consumers the definitive entertainment experience at an unbelievable value right out of the box.
The Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 Core System; along with an impressive lineup of high-definition game titles from the world's best publishers and developers; will make their debut in North America, Europe and Japan in time for this Christmas holiday, several months ahead of the competition. Although details for the Japan launch will be addressed at the Tokyo Game Show in September, the unprecedented three-region launch signifies an industry first. The Xbox 360 platform will deliver the most powerful console, the best games, the next generation of the Xbox Live® service, and amazing digital entertainment experiences never seen in console entertainment.
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GHENT — Most of us are ready to break out and enjoy the outdoors after weeks of rain and chill. That makes the "Wicked Good Wine Tasting" scheduled at the Hudson-Chatham Winery this Friday-Monday for the long Memorial Day Weekend sound appealing.
The event will feature sangrias made with Hudson-Chatham wines, Wicked Good brand house-made potato chips from the Red Barn restaurant, along with other wines made at the host winery.
Hudson-Chatham is located at 1900 State Route 66 in this Columbia County location about midway between its two namesake towns. The event will run from noon to 5 p.m. each day. A regular wine tasting is $5, and a glass of sangria and the chips — which also will be available for purchase — are on the house.
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Dell Targeting $5 Billion in Software Sales, Swainson Says
Dell Inc. (DELL) is targeting annual software sales of $5 billion in the coming years, more than triple current levels, as it expands beyond computer hardware, said John Swainson, president of the software division.
Dell, the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker, also will probably eschew large software-related acquisitions as it digests the pending purchase of Quest Software Inc. (QSFT), Swainson said during a roundtable discussion in San Francisco. In several years, he hopes software will contribute a quarter of Dell's profits as the company transitions from selling personal computers to data-center equipment and software.
"You have this huge PC business," he said in an interview after the event. "To have an impact on Dell's bottom line, you have to have a meaningful software business."
Dell said in June it may exceed $2 billion in software sales in fiscal 2016. Quest will add almost an additional $1 billion to that, Swainson said.
"My real target is more like three in the '16 time frame," Swainson said. Over the next 12 months, the software group is on track for about $1.5 billion in sales, he said.
Dell's Push
Since retaking the reins as CEO in 2007 of the company he founded, Michael Dell has been making acquisitions and expanding development of computer hardware and software used to run corporate data centers and lessening reliance on PC sales. Dell agreed to buy Quest for $2.4 billion on July 2 after a bidding war with Insight Venture Partners.
The $5 billion software tally would come several years down the road, according to Swainson. Dell plans to build or acquire software in areas including computer security, PC and server management, data analysis and business applications for midmarket customers, he said.
That means Dell would increasingly compete with BMC Software Inc., Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) in so-called system- management tools to administer fleets of servers and PCs. It may also compete with SAP AG (SAP) and Oracle Corp. (ORCL) in some segments of the business-applications market, said Swainson.
DuPont Co. chief information officer Phuong Tram said in a recent interview that the largest hardware companies are adding software and other technologies to serve more of CIOs' needs.
"Companies like IBM, HP and Dell have to provide a computing platform with the server and the software as a service," he said. "That's what all these acquisitions and vertical integration are about."
Swainson joined Dell in March from investment company Silver Lake Partners. He was CEO of CA Inc. from 2005 to 2009 and previously worked for 26 years at IBM.
Dell rose 1.3 percent to $12.23 at the close in New York. The shares have lost 16.4 percent this year, compared with a 9.5 percent gain in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index.
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The other day, I was playing around on my priest trying to finally level him a bit. He's level 72 in mostly t6/sunwell holy gear (so high mana regen, low hit and crit). A 73 boomkin tried to gank me. We fought back and forth for about 7 minutes of just fighting. We both popped our CDs. Popped everything we could and neither of us were doing damage fast enough that we couldnt shift forms and heal.
While I know neither of us were well geared nor 80, I'm just curious if those 2 classes balance each other out in pvp or not? I haven't ever pvpd much (mains being a holy priest and a protadin) so I don't know. Any thoughts?


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Gangly, outspoken 12-year-old Frankie Addams yearns to belong to the "we of me," and in a Southern kitchen, pours her heart out to the family cook, Berenice. One of the most beautiful plays ever written about loneliness and love.
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There is life in the Washington State Legislature, but there is no longer Hope.
State Rep. Mike Hope, a Snohomish County Republican, has abruptly quit the Legislature's lower chamber after it was revealed that he is registered to vote in Ohio as well as Washington.
The retired Seattle police officer became a Lake County, Ohio, voter in August of 2013 under the Buckeye State's motor voter law. Hope formerly lived in Mill Creek, but is in a financial training course and intends to settle in Ohio.
"I had no idea I was ever registered somewhere else: I had no clue that's what I did," he told The Herald of Everett. Hope said he has not voted in Ohio.
Hope had already announced he would not serve a fourth term from the 44th District, which includes Snohomish, Lake Stevens and Mill Creek. He is still registered to vote in the 44th District.
"It has been an honor to serve in the Washington State House of Representatives," he told Gov. Jay Inslee in a letter. "It has also been an honor to serve during your term. However, I can no longer serve the remainder of my legislative term."
The Republican Party, and the Snohomish County Council, might appoint a successor to fill Hope's term until his successor is chosen in November.
Hope ran for Snohomish County Executive in 2011, but lost to incumbent Democrat Aaron Reardon. Reardon was later engulfed in a scandal over misusing country travel funds to carry on with a mistress. He resigned.
Hope was the lone Republican to cosponsor legislation to require criminal background checks on private sales of handguns.
The Hope resignation is the Legislature's first big residence controversy in two decades. Twenty years ago, veteran State Sen. Ray Moore resigned it was revealed that the 36th District Democrat lived in Hawaii while representing Queen Anne and Magnolia in Olympia.


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How to filter data in realtime?
|10th order Butterworth lowpass filter (fs=1kHz, f0=25Hz, f0norm=0.025)
|Impulse response
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In order to filter data in realtime we need fast digital filters with minmal delay which process samples as they arrive.
The library 'IIR1' contains all the neccesary routines to create fast IIR filters with just a few commands.
This example sends a delta pulse as an input signal into the filter and saves it in a file while filtering it.
const int order = 3; Iir::Butterworth::LowPass<order> f; const float samplingrate = 1000; // Hz const float cutoff_frequency = 50; // Hz f.setup (order, samplingrate, cutoff_frequency); f.reset (); FILE *fimpulse = fopen("lp.dat","wt"); // let's generate an input signal and filter it // instantly! for(int i=0;i<1000;i++) { float a=0; if (i==10) a = 1; // delta pulse at t=10 float b = f.filter(a); fprintf(fimpulse,"%f\n",b); }
Central here is the command "b = f.filter(a)" where we feed one sample at a time into the filter and receive the filtered sample instantly. This command can directly be used during comedi's asynchronous acquisition, for example to remove 50Hz in realtime. comedirecord uses this library to remove the 50Hz while plotting it.
- USB-DUX's UBUNTU respository. Just type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:berndporr/usbduxThe packages iir1 and iir1-dev will then show up in your package manager.
- Ubuntu lucid deb packages: library, development files, source
- git respository
Check out the "demo" directory (under /usr/share/doc/iir1-dev/demo/ for the binary packages): run "make" and start "./iirdemo". Plot the .dat files with gnuplot or octave.
Installation from source
The best performance will be achieved when compiling from source:
git clone git://github.com/berndporr/iir1.git cd iir1 CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=native" ./configure make sudo make install sudo ldconfig
To be able to utilise the full processing power of your computer compile the library with the compiler option "-O3 -march=native". This will generate native code heavily optimised for your processor.
Credits: The original library "DSPFilters" has been written by Vinnie Falco. Bernd Porr made this library available to Unix/Linux users and added realtime filtering.


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Lucknow is on the brink of communal violence with tension building up between the Shias and Sunnis.
All efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government have failed, and the Shias are adamant that the 20-year-old ban on their Azadaari Alam procession, due on Thursday, should be lifted. The government fears that conceding the demand would open a communal tinderbox, which was sealed with the ban in 1977 following Shia-Sunni riots.
On Wednesday evening, a painstakingly worked out agreement between Shia leaders and the state government fell through with the arrest of Shahi Imam Maulana Abdullah Bukhari in Ghaziabad .
As news of the arrest reached Lucknow, agitated Shia leaders said they intended to stage the Azadaari procession on Thursday. A government spokesman said Bukhari was arrested as his arrival in Lucknow might have caused tension.
The UP government had constituted a two-member committee comprising the principal secretary, home, and the state director general of police to find a solution to the problem which had caused trouble between the Shia and Sunni sects for many years. Shia leaders had agreed not to stage the Azadaari procession on an assurance that the committee would submit its final report at
the earliest. The Sunnis may now strike back.
''If the Azadaari procession can be taken out, so can our Madde-Saheba,'' is the Sunnis's contention. The procession commemorates four caliphs of the Sunnis, three of whom are considered persona non grata by the Shias. The latter recite tabbarra to denounce the Caliphs, which is said to have sparked communal violence in the past.
Blaming Mulayam Singh Yadav for the volatile situation, Chief Minister Mayawati says the Union defence minister is ''hellbent on inciting trouble, with the ultimate goal of paving ground for the Bharatiya Janata Party-Bahujan Samaj Party government's dismissal.... When the ban had been in force for 20 years, why are the Shias demanding its instant repeal now?'' In the past, Shias only courted arrest against the ban during Moharrum every year.
Soon after the demand was made, two Shia youth immolated themselves. ''Then Maulana Bukhari jumped into the fray to incite Lucknow's Muslims,'' says the chief minister. ''These developments clearly show that Mulayam is behind the mischief.''
Endorsing her views, state Urban Development and Housing Minister Lalji Tandon went a step further. He challenged the defence minister to come up with an amicable solution to the problem. ''If he can do so within the next 24 hours, I will persuade the chief minister to accept his formula,'' Tandon said.
The gravity of the situation can be gauged from the fact that the Iranian embassy in New Delhi last week despatched a special envoy to Lucknow to hold talks with the Shia leaders who have close lies with Iran. The visit added a new dimension to the controversy, with some leaders attributing it to BJP leader A B Vajpayee's initiative. However, Tandon flatly denies this. ''Vajpayee never approached the Iranian ambassador or anyone else to intervene in this matter. It was the Iranian ambassador who called on him and volunteered to help,'' he says.
However some local Muslims have taken strong exception
to the move. Lucknow Idgah's Imam Khalid Rasheed said,
''If this was done by a Muslim, the BJP leaders would have labelled him
an anti-national.''
To avoid another communal flare-up, the state government deputed Tandon, one of the few state BJP leaders who enjoys a good rapport with the Muslims, and Co-operation Minister R K Chaudhary (of the BSP) to sort out the issue. As their efforts yielded little result, Mayawati constituted a high-level administrative committee comprising state Home Secretary H C Gupta and Director General of Police S R Arun. The committee has been given three months to submit its report after talking
to the two sects.
As June 26 keeps the Uttar Pradesh administration on tenterhooks, the Shia leadership has been usurped by Kalbe Jawaad, nephew of Shia leader Maulana Kalbe Sadiq who is also vice-president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. ''The government must concede our demand or face the music,'' says Jawaad, asking the Shias to take to the streets on Thursday.
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|Dirt Devil Tempest DCC070
The array of tools and attachments that came with the Tempest was impressive, including a carpet floor brush that was adjustable for use on both carpet and hard floors (we have both in our house), an Intense Turbo Brush which had a rotating hard bristled brush inside that was fantastic on stairs and for dog hairs. The accessory tools included a Crevice Tool (I found this great for cleaning down the back of the sofa and on car seats), an upholstery brush and a dusting brush for delicate areas such as keyboards and along the tops of curtain rails.
One of the worst things about hoovering in our house is the dog hairs. We only have one dog but the amount of dog hairs that roll up the hall like tumbleweed anyone would think we had more than one and they have become my nemesis - I'm sure as soon as my back is turned the hairs multiply! The worst areas in the house for this is the mat at the front door where the dog likes to sit and the dog bed. The Intense Turbo Brush was perfect for cleaning these areas and although the following video doesn't show the hairs as clearly as I would have liked it certainly shows what the Tempest can do. You can hear how powerful the 2200 Watt Dirt Devil is.
I love the fact that the Tempest is bagless as I am too
Emptying the dust canister is easy by releasing the catch on the top by the handle, removing the canister and then pressing the release catch (whilst holding over the bin!). Dust will drop into the bin then its just a case of wiping the inside of the canister with kitchen roll or similar, closing the canister and replacing back into the cleaner.
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