A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this date in 1961. A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down to North Carolina to process data for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. The UNIVAC I, fully assembled, weighed in at a nimble 7,237 pounds. In 2013, nearly 84 percent of America’s 116 million households had computers. Even the country’s seniors participate heavily. Nearly two-thirds of senior households have computers, and 58 percent access the Internet. In marked contrast to the unwieldy UNIVAC of 1961, over 45 percent of Americans over the age of 25 are using smartphones for true mobile computing. Profile America is in its 18th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Saturday, March 28th. One of the most frightening industrial accidents in the U.S. occurred on this date in 1979 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on the Susquehanna River, south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A cascade of alarms and emergency responses started when someone mistakenly cross- connected air and water lines in the plant’s number two reactor. The plant reportedly came close to a hydrogen gas explosion and a meltdown of its uranium core, which would have caused extensive radiation contamination. The incident led to greater caution and safety reviews of nuclear power. Today in the U.S., there are 61 commercially operating nuclear power plants with 99 nuclear reactors in 30 employing about 50,000 workers. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.
Sunday, March 29th. While openings of a major department store or a branch of a big-box chain are often welcomed by shoppers and communities, they are also the cause of some concern. Small local businesses face greater competition, yet those small businesses are an outsized engine of economic growth. Additionally, they are important distinguishing features in local communities. That’s why today is Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. In 2008, there were nearly 27 million business firms in the U.S. Over 21 million, or about 75 percent, of domestic businesses are without paid employees, with an additional 3.6 million enterprises having four or fewer workers. These small firms do around $1 trillion in annual business. You can find current data on the country’s economy by downloading the America’s Economy mobile app at <www.census.gov/mobile>.
Well Well Well…..looks like your County Crook’s ex-hubby has decided to get atty. Jerry Stainback to represent him in the Civil Cases involving the stealing of TAXPAYERS MONEY. Is this an inside advantage b/c I think the Daily Dispatch said that Stainback was with the firm Stainback,Satterwhite, and Zollicoffer. Would that be the same Zollicoffer who was the city of Henderson’s atty. for years and years? Do you think he would have any inside info. to share w/his law partner about the day-to-day operations of a local government?
If you are married….make sure you tell your significant other THANKS for not being a THIEF….well, unless he/she is a THIEF.
Do enjoy your weekend and try not to get too excited about the COUNTY CROOK…..Suspended sentence….Probation….slap on the wrist…..sent home to live just as any other “hard working” citizen. Watch and see…..I just went to Sam’s Club last night and got me a big ole’ box of popcorn.
Is this the same Jerry Stainback who is the Vance County School Board’s attorney? If so, this seems to be a conflict of interest since he is paid by Vance County and now has as a client an individual who is party to a law suit brought by Vance County. Only in Vance County,
RR…..yes it is the same Jerry Stainback who serves as the atty. for Vance Co. Schools. I see your point about the possibility of a conflict of interest as well. With the “CIRCUS” that these crooks have created the ex-hubby might as well have gotten Jerry Springer!!! He’d fit in….he was elected as Mayor of Chicago. JERRY!! JERRY!! JERRY!!!!
What’s left in Vance County seems to be Section 8 Society & more “internet cafes” than fast food joints……..how’s that NEW DIRECTION working for ya?
There have been rumblings in the media today about it being time for Roy Williams to go.
Okay folks–can we get a debate going? And how well do you think he coached last night’s game.
No Prudence, we don’t want to talk about that. We want to talk about our failing county and how it keeps getting worse.
Well I think Roy should go. He’s a cheating jerk.
I agree with the need to fix this sinking ship, but the same jerks get reelected and hired. Until more people who vote have read about each candidate and use common sense in the voting booth things aren’t going to get better, in my opinion.
We need good candidates as well–and there are some people who would do a good job but choose not to run.
Prudence, I agree with you. We also need to end the practice whereby certain people jointly contribute to a fund to be used to buy endorsements of candidates. These endorsements are circulated in chrches, people are transported to the polls and vote according to slips of paper handed at the polls.
That has been going on for years and nobody has touched it; can you imagine the uproar if it were ever challenged?. I do hope that ID will be required this year.
our great leader is negotiating with iran to eliminate nuclear weapons no other president in history has done this the repukelicans are passing laws in indiana that discriminate against gays and lesbos the repukeblican party is the communist party and must be defeated so that the minorities can make progress and be treated fairly by the great leaders and hillary will win in 2016
Im interested in knowing whats going on with the town crook as Deception calls her. Is she serving any time at all for her crime? Did she have to pay any money back to the City/County of Henderson? And are they saying the EX is involved with it now as well? Ive been out of the loop for a while … fill me in folks!
Your guess is as good as anyone–I think they are dragging this out hoping we’ll forget about the huge theft of taxpayer money. Keep your eyes and ears open .
and our great leader is negotiating with iran to eliminate nuclear weapons no other president in history has done this the repukelicans are passing laws in indiana that discriminate against gays and lesbos the repukeblican party is the communist party and must be defeated so that the minorities can make progress and be treated fairly by the great leaders and hillary will win in 2016
the historic agreement was made today we dont have to fight to negotiate and hve peace in the world this president is indeed the greatest president of all time and will go down in history as the #1
yes the historic agreement was made today we dont have to fight to negotiate and hve peace in the world this president is indeed the greatest president of all time and will go down in history as the #1
My, my. Look who is back on Facebook. None other than the thief herself, Christa Reavis. Look under Christa Joy Harris. Posting pics of herself so she can soak up the “you’re beautiful” comments people are throwing her way. Throwing herself a pity party. “Kick me when I’m down, im used to it, God won’t give me more than I can handle, I will survive these trying times”. Not a peep of an apology. It’s all about her and having people feed her the sympathy she wants. “Poor me! I stole from the public and now I’m in trouble! Boo hoo!” Only thing she is sorry for is getting caught. It put an end to her gravy train. Narcissistic much? Hmmm…
Let’s hope that our new DA recalls his campaign promise to “get tough on crime”. Mr. Waters, please do not give in to any deals offered by the defendant. She needs a long prison sentence…at least one year for each $100,000 that she stole. Four years sounds about right, but it would take a sentence of 5 years to assure that she serves four.
Oh, by the way, do not insult the taxpayers with one of those stupid Alford deals.