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Marc Basnight has represented Senate District 1 in the North Carolina General Assembly since 1984. In the 2000 session he begins his fifth term as Senator Pro Tem, which is a record. Metro profiles this senator, who some say is more powerful then the newly elected governor.
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After nearly 80 years of moving exhibits and transferring leadership from agency to agency, the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort has been at its current location for the last 20 years, with facilities in Southport and Roanoke Island.
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If one reads between the lines of a series of grants recently awarded by e-NC, it is clear an integrated network is being assembled to provide high-speed internet access across Eastern North Carolina. e-NC, which is in effect the Rural Internet Access Authority, passed out nearly $6 million to a variety of groups statewide that want to speed up internet connectivity. But the lion's share is directed down east.
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A top tier Trauma Center, freestanding Children's Emergency Department, the busiest heart center in North Carolina. As the community can see WakeMed Health and Hospitals has changed dramatically from its humble beginnings fifty years ago.
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Even in a difficult world economic climate, universities are looking beyond America's shores for growth. Not just bringing students here but also looking for partners to build campuses. Once such endeavor is the Duke Fuqua School of Business, which is building a campus in Shanghi.
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Nestled in groves of trees, North Carolina's capital city's--Raleigh--expansion is not always visible. But it's there, ranking Raleigh as the fastest-growing city in the United States. From the revitalized downtown to the new office tower Kane is building along the Interstate 440 Beltline; from downtown to Crabtree Valley Mall, Triangle Town Center and the suburban havens of Brier Creek and Wakefield; from center city urban residential growth through the Inner Beltline and on to the Outer Beltline; the remarkable changes in North Carolina's capital are simply breathtaking.\r\nNot just in terms of new buildings, but also in the preservation and modernization of older structures as the city grapples to preserve its historic past with the needs of a growing future. A significant example of Raleigh's growth is centennial campus, a vast high tech mixed use development by NC State University to site campus activities with private research firms and residential options, including a soon-to open Arnold Palmer designed golf course.
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A lingering global recession and concerns about the costs of healthcare reform have done little to show a continuing expansion of medical facilities across much of the Triangle and eastward to Greenville, Wilmington, and Hoke County. Projects worth close to $2 billion have produced new hospitals, hospital additions, emergency care units and specialty facilities across the region.
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The author offered a favorable review of Digital Audio Radio Service, or Satellite Radio. Among advantages over AM/FM highlighted were the number of channels, widespread access, live broadcasts, a digital display for the song and artist, and CD-level listening quality, all at a comparatively low price.
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Captain Horatio Sinbad is North Carolina's only officially commissioned privateer. He dreamed of being a pirate when he saw the movie Treasure Island at the age of eight and later ran away from home at sixteen to join the crews of sailing ships in the Caribbean. He legally changed his name to Sinbad twenty-seven years ago. He built the ship he sails, the MEKA II, by hand, and it is his only home. The first Meka went down in a hurricane 100 miles off Norfolk, and Sinbad spent nine hours in the water before rescue. Sinbad is the reason the Americas' Sail 2006 is coming to the waters off Carteret County in the summer of 2006. He won a race in the Americas' Sail 2002 in the waters off Jamaica and won the right to choose the port for the next sailing competition. He chose Beaufort for his home port.
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Smith discusses the International Spy Conference held in Raleigh. Among the speakers were Dr. Bruce Hoffman, the world's foremost expert on terrorism; Tom Kimmel, former FBI agent and grandson of Admiral Husband Kimmel, the commander at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; and Nigel West, respected author of twenty-six books on espionage and terrorism. Participants discussed terrorism and why it has become a global threat today.
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St. David's School in Raleigh offers classes from kindergarten through high school. Current enrollment is 624 students. Smith discusses the educational program.
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Metro Magazine selects twenty notable people, who, in its estimation, made \"remarkable contributions to our quality of life.\" People selected include Dr. Joseph Kalinowski, ECU, whose invention helps stutterers; Dr. Jim Leutze, Chancellor, UNC-W; Tiff Merritt, singer/songwriter; Kaye Gibbons, author; Robert Weiss, artistic director, Carolina Ballet; Eddie Smith, Jr., Grady-White Boats; and Orage Quarles, III, president and publisher, News and Observer.
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From the economy to the environment, education to infrastructure, North Carolina as a state is staggering. That is the verdict reached after a year-long effort by the Progress Board. Founded by the General Assembly in 1995, the Progress Board calls for long-range goals for the State.
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The project began as a renovation by John Kane and the Kane Realty Corporation of Raleigh's fading North Hills Shopping Center. It has evolved into a massive $1 billion development that covers one hundred acres of the city's prime real estate. Gone is the old shopping center that once stood on Six Forks Road. In its place stands a new shopping, office, residential and entertainment complex that combines tasteful architecture with the feel of a sophisticated village.
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Smith describes how Meymandi Concert Hall, the new home of the North Carolina Symphony in the BTI Center for the Performing Arts, was built and engineered to give each of the 1,700 concert-goers the highest quality of sound possible. For example, at the back of the hall, walls are angled to better reflect sound.
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