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Tables are turned on Facebook stalkers
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
In a development that threatens Facebook stalkers everywhere, a glitch has
been discovered by users of the social networking giant and reported by a
number of Web sites, including gawker.com. According to the reports, plac
ing the cursor in the search box on Facebook and pressing the down button
will reveal the five people who searched for your profile most frequently.
There have been varying explanations and theories refuting that claim, but the
prevailing opinion is that the five names do, in fact, represent those people who
most often sit in front of their computers wondering if you’ve posted any new
pictures. Creepy, right?
Facebook has removed the glitch but failed to identify the meaning of the names.
NOTED. Jason E. Bond, a biologist at East
Carolina University, discovered anew species of
Trapdoor Spider and decided to name it after his
favorite singer, Neil Young.
The spider will henceforth be officially known
as Myrmekiaphila neilvoungi. Bond said. “As long
as the rules are followed, you can give anew spe
cies just about any name you please."
Maybe the spider has a “heart of gold."
FRIDAY
Kidzu event: Calling all lords and
ladies! 'The Amazing Castle' invites
visitors to step back in time and
enter the magical world of a medi
eval castle community. Lord Ben,
Lady Evolent and a host of other
storybook friends welcome children
to don costumes and join in the fun.
This is an outstanding exhibit for
family and school groups. Admission
is S4 for adults and children over
24 months of age. Children younger
than 24 months or museum mem
bers are admitted free.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Kidzu Children's Museum
Wine tasting A Southern Season
will be hosting a wine tasting, called
‘Carignane Revealed: Five samples of
the grape from France's Languedoc
Roussillon region.” The cost is Sll
per person, call 929-7133 for more
information.
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: A Southern Season.
University Mall
Comedy series: DSI Comedy Theater
is hosting a five-week series on Fridays
to find North Carolina’s funniest
QUOTED. “It's a great sport. It's something
the young, the old and the handicapped can
do. I guess I count as the old and handi
capped," said Dale Davis of Alta, lowa.
According to wire reports, Davis who is
7 and legally blind, bowled a perfect game
of 300. He bowls twice weekly and relies on
other bowlers for pin placement and to make
sure that he picks up the right ball.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
stand-up comic. The cost is sl2 to the
public and $lO for students
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: DSI Comedy Theater
SATURDAY
Youth fishing day: Carolina Fishing
Club. Triangle Bass Anglers and Skeet's
Custom Rods will be hosting a youth
fishing day at Shearon Harris Lake.
The event is open to kids age 7-14.
Volunteers are needed to help hand
out rods and demonstrate basic cast
ing. Send an e-mail to terrelld@email
unc.edu for more information or to
volunteer.
Time. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location Shearon Harris Lake near
Sanford
Stock car racing Get in on all the
excitement of late model, limited
sportsman, grand stock, pure stock
and Southern Ground Pounders at
America's fasted 3/8-mile high-banked
oval track: Orange County Speedway.
The cost is $lO for adults, $8 for
students and kids under age 10 get
in free.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location . Orange County Speedway,
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9740 N.C. Highway 57 in Rougemont
SUNDAY
Musical Sunday brunch: Come
enjoy jazz. Celtic, blues, percussion
and more music while enjoying hot
coffee and baked goods at Weaver
Street Market. Admission is free
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Weaver Street Market in
Carrboro
Sunday music series: There will be
bluegrass concert with a performance
by the Doc Branch Band on the Market
Street Green at Southern Village.
Admission is free.
Time: 7 p.m.-
Location: Market Street Green in
Southern Village
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Recent rains
push reservoirs
close to capacity
Conservation
still encouraged
BY WILL HARRISON
STAFF WRITER
A soggy UNC graduation cere
mony was the culmination of last
week's wet weather, but the heavy
rains helped local reservoirs con
tinue to rebound from February's
peak drought conditions.
According to Orange Water
and Sewer Authority’s “Water
Watch," reservoirs are now at 83
percent of capacity after falling to
a low of about 40 percent in late
February.
The water level at University-
Lake is 0.75 inches below maxi
mum capacity, while Cane Creek
Reservoir is 4 feet below full.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro went
from Stage 3 water restrictions
to Stage 1 on April 10, allowing
customers to use spray irrigation,
wash vehicles and fill pools with
OWASA water.
OWASA spokesman Greg Feller
said OWASA’s board of directors
will decide at a May 22 meeting
whether to further reduce water
restrictions.
He said even if the board decides
to repeal Stage 1 restrictions, year
round water conservation stan
dards will be in place.
“People assume when the
drought is over there won't be
restrictions," Feller said.
But year-round water restric
tions have been in place since a
November 2002 OWASA public
forum, he said.
The year-round standards limit
spray irrigation to three days per
week, require that any leaks be fixed
within 10 days, and call for restau
rants to serve water only by request.
Feller said local water supply is
well above the post-drought levels
of May 2002, when reservoirs were
at about 71 percent of capacity. He
attributed this to the community's
conscious effort to conserve water
in recent months.
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“The point of the
conservation
objective is to
use less than
normal
GREG FELLER, owa&a spokesman
And despite the loosened water
restrictions, area residents contin
ue to conserve water.
In the 30 days of Stage 3 restric
tions prior to April 15, customer
w ater demand averaged 6.2 million
gallons per day. Monday's demand
was also about 6.2 million gallons,
which falls well below OWASA's
May conservation objective of 8.4
million gallons per day.
“The point of the conservation
objective is to use less than nor
mal." Feller said. “The overall com
munity continues to use less under
normal conditions."
Feller said that the amount of
rainfall that flows into reservoirs
on a daily basis is unpredictable,
but that rainfall totals arc the key
factor for instituting any kind of
water restrictions.
The rain total for the month of
May at OWASA's Jones Ferry Road
Water Treatment Plant increased
to 1.9 inches after last week’s strong
storms.
WRAL reported that the system
came with damaging winds and
dropped golf ball-sized hail during
the early hours of Saturday.
Maj. Gw-en Snowden, spokes
woman for Orange County-
Emergency Management Services,
said that no flooding was reported
from the storms, but that lightning
did start a house fire in Carrboro.
Feller said people should con
tinue conservation efforts that
have so far proved effective and
stay informed about any changes
in water use policy.
Contact the City Editor
at citydenkfo; unc.edu.