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Сергій Андрійович Бичков ( , с. Грузьке Криворізького р-ну Дніпропетровської області) — фахівець у галузі літакобудування, доктор технічних наук (1992), професор (1995), технічний директор — головний інженер ДП «Антонов», генеральный директор ДП «Антонов».

Короткий життєпис
1953 року пішов до першого класу. Після закінчення семирічної школи 1959 року, продовжив навчання у школі-інтернаті № 1 Кривого Рогу.

Упродовж 1960—1963 рр. разом з навчанням в інтернаті, працював і проходив практику на заводі «Криворіжсталь».

1963 року вступив до Харківського авіаційного інституту.

Від закінчення інституту 1969 року працював інженером-технологом на АНТК ім. О. Антонова (Київ); від 1997 — головний інженер, декан Київської філії Національного аерокосмічного університету «Харківський авіаційний інститут».

Розробив концепцію використання і реалізації імпульсних технологій листового штампування при виготовленні літаків. Займається підвищенням технологічності конструкцій літаків серії «Ан» і впровадженням прогресивних технологій, зокрема під час створення літаків Ан-124, Ан-74, Ан-70, Ан-140, Ан-148, Ан-158, Ан-178.

За безпосередньої участі і під його керівництвом створені: Ан-70, Ан-140, Ан-148, Ан-158, Ан-178 і Ан-132.

Запропонував принципово нову конструкцію трубопровідних систем, що значно підвищило надійність і ресурс літаків. Технологічні рішення впроваджені також у конструкціях літаків в інших країнах.

З листопада 2020 року виконував обов'язки генерального директора ДП «Антонов». 20 травня 2021 року призначений на цю посаду повноцінно.

Скандали
29 березня 2022 року був відсторонений від посади у зв'язку з опублікованою у ЗМІ інформацією про те, що керівництво ДП «Антонов» не вжило напередодні повномасштабного російського вторгнення відповідних заходів для порятунку літака Ан-225 «Мрія». Служба безпеки України перевірить, чи могли дії Бичкова сприяти знищенню найбільшого у світі літака Ан-225 «Мрія».

Командир екіпажу «Мрії» звинуватив завод «Антонов» у бездіяльності. За його словами, 26 січня, майже за місяць до війни, представники НАТО та NSPA (так називають агентство, що займається закупками та забезпеченням Альянсу) через попередження Заходу про можливий напад Росії на Україну пропонували керівництву «Антонова» перебазувати весь його флот у Лейпциг — разом із усім персоналом, екіпажем та запчастинами, однак від керівництва підприємства відповіді не було. Цей же пілот повідомив, що за два тижні до війни все керівництво ДП «Антонов» вилетіло до Лейпцига.

Арешт
9 березня 2023 р. Служба безпеки України повідомляє про арешт у справі про знищення "Мрії" колишнього гендиректора ДП "Антонов" Сергія Бичкова

Паралельно вручено підозри заступнику начальника-начальнику безпеки авіатранспортного підприємства ДП "Антонов" Нетьосову та директору авіатранспортного підприємства ДП Антонов" Харченку (заочно). За версією слідства, у січні-лютому 2022 року вони неодноразово відмовляли Нацгвардії у спорудженні інженерно-фортифікаційних споруд на території летовища у Гостомелі, що призвело до зниження обороноздатності об'єкту та, як наслідок, захоплення стратегічного для оборони столиці об'єкту.

Наукова діяльність, публікації
Опублікував понад 133 наукових робіт, серед яких монографія, співавтор 52 авторських свідоцтв, підготував до захисту 5 кандидатів наук

Головні праці
 Виготовлення з'єднань трубопроводів з фланцевими наконечниками. М., 1990 (співавт.)
 Технологічні процеси отримання деталей літаків методом порошкової металургії. X., 1992 (співавт.)
 Технологія виробництва літальних апаратів із композиційних матеріалів. К., 1995 (співавт.)
 Концепція розвитку комп'ютерних інтегрованих технологій в процесі створення авіаційної техніки. К., 1999. (співавт.)
 Багатошарові і багатокомпонентні іонно-плазмові покриття // Пр. конф. «Вакуумні технології та обладнання». X., 2001 (співавт.)
 Спечені порошкові матеріали для вузлів тертя літаків «Ан» // Пр. 3-й міжнар. наук.-тех. конф. «Обладнання і технології термічної обробки металів і сплавів». X., 2002 (співавт.)

Нагороди та звання
 Орден «За заслуги» III ступеня
 Орден «За заслуги» II ступеня
 Орден «За заслуги» I ступеня
 Лауреат премії Ради Міністрів СРСР (1985)
 Лауреат Державної премії України в галузі науки і техніки (1993)
 Заслужений працівник промисловості України
 Почесний авіабудівник України (травень 2021)

Нагороджений медалями «У пам'ять 1500-річчя Києва» та «Ветеран праці»

Кавалер Національного ордену «За заслуги» (Франція)

Член Комітету по Державних преміях України в галузі науки і техніки при Кабінеті Міністрів України

Див. також
 Лауреати Державної премії України в галузі науки і техніки (1993)

Примітки

Посилання
 Енциклопедія сучасної України: Бичков Сергій Андрійович
 Бичков Сергій Андрійович. Журнал «Технологічні системи»

Доктори технічних наук
Українські професори
Лауреати премії Ради Міністрів СРСР
Заслужені працівники промисловості України
Лауреати Державної премії України в галузі науки і техніки
Науковці Харківського авіаційного інституту
Випускники Харківського авіаційного інституту

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By John A. Conte, Jr.
On October 3, 2015, new regulations affecting the residential mortgage process became effective. The new regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") are intended to combine the disclosures that consumers receive under the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA") and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA") to make the disclosures easier to understand. What do these new regulations mean for you? Most notably, the new regulations mean that you will be receiving new disclosures during the real estate closing process. Here is a brief overview of the new documents.
First, three days after submitting a loan application for a residential home loan, you will receive a document called a "Loan Estimate." The Loan Estimate replaces what was previously known as the Good Faith Estimate and the initial Truth-in-Lending disclosure. Substantively, the Loan Estimate is intended to provide consumers clear information about the terms of the loan and the closing costs. The goal of the Loan Estimate is to give consumers the ability to understand the terms of their loan at the application stage and to give consumers the option to shop around.
Second, three days prior to the real estate closing, buyers will receive a Closing Disclosure. This document combines what had previously known as the HUD-1 and the final Truth-in-Lending Disclosure. The Closing Disclosure is intended to make the costs of the transactions more transparent to the buyers so they can be better informed at the closing table.
In addition to the new documents, parties to a real estate transaction will likely hear some new terminology. Under the new regulations, the real estate closing is now known as "consummation," real estate purchasers are known as "consumers," and mortgage lenders are known as "creditors." While the terms may have changed, the procedure of buying real estate in New Jersey remains largely the same.
The real estate attorneys and paralegals at Meyerson, Fox, Mancinelli Conte & Bern, P.A. are fully educated about the updated CFPB Regulations and are ready to assist you with your real estate transaction.
About the author: John A. Conte, Jr. is a Partner with Meyerson, Fox, Mancinelli & Conte, P.A. in Montvale, New Jersey. Mr. Conte concentrates his practice in business law, commercial litigation, real estate and land use law and estate planning.


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The University Board
The Board oversees the strategic development of the university and ensures the effective use of resources and the general solvency of the institution.
The Board comprises members from within higher education, industry and commerce as well as representatives of the students and staff (both academic and professional services staff). The Vice-Chancellor and certain members of the University Executive Team are Board Members.
Who is on the University Board?
External members
David Furniss (Chair)
David has over 38 years' experience in the Financial Services sector, most recently as Group Chief Executive of Teachers Assurance, the Bournemouth-based provider of insurance, savings and investments to the education profession. David was appointed Chairman of Benenden Healthcare in July 2017.
Prior to that he had been General Manager of BMA Services, the financial services arm of the British Medical Association.
David is a business graduate, Chartered Insurer and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
David has extensive UK Corporate Governance and company chairperson experience and has sat on committees including Audit and Compliance, Investment, Risk, Nominations and Remuneration. David has senior expertise in strategic planning, and the setting, delivery of, and monitoring performance against operational plans in complex and highly regulated organisations.
David was appointed Chair of the University Board from 11 July 2022, and is Chair of the Nominations Committee, Honorary Awards Committee and Student Experience, Quality & Standards Committee and a member of the Finance & Resources Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Professor Carol Evans
Carol is an HE specialist with extensive experience of supporting teaching and learning and quality and standards. Before moving back to the UK, Professor Evans was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at Griffith University (Australia) and recent positions she has held prior to that include Chair of Higher Education and Academic Lead of HEFi at the University of Birmingham, and Professor and Co-Director of Southampton's Centre for Higher Education. Carol has worked at the universities of Exeter, Durham, and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery in London, and served as the first UK Vice President of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF).
She is currently an honorary visiting professor at Cardiff University and professorial fellow at the University of Southampton in addition to being editor-in-chief of Higher Education Pedagogies. Carol advises on national and international educational initiatives and has achievements of National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow, in addition to Collaborative and Spotlight Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE) from Advance HE. She has produced world-leading research in assessment and individual differences. Her inclusive Assessment Framework (EAT) promoting equity, agency and transparency in assessment has been successfully applied within UK and international contexts. Her most recent work focuses on making the requirements of high quality pedagogical research accessible to all.
Prof Evans is a member of the Audit, Risk & Governance Committee and the Student Experience, Quality & Standards Committee.
Karima Fahmy (Deputy Chair)
Karima is a corporate lawyer having trained and practiced at the international law firm Hogan Lovells before moving in-house in 2011 to Grosvenor Group, one of the world's largest privately owned property businesses. Karima was Group General Counsel at Grosvenor from 2016 to 2020.
Karima currently holds non-executive positions on the Board of Latimer Homes, the Investment Committee of Clarion Housing Group and the University of Cambridge Property Board.
Karima has a degree in Law from Cambridge University. She has also completed leadership courses at Harvard, IMD and the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.
Karima is currently Deputy Chair of the University Board, Chair of the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee and Deputy Chair of the Nominations Committee.
Maggie Frost
Maggie is currently Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for a leading London advertising and marketing business, VCCP Group which is part of the Chime Group which was previously quoted and is now private equity owned. Maggie trained as a chartered accountant at KPMG.
Maggie is responsible for managing all the finances and operations (HR, IT, Legal and Business Support) of the VCCP Group in the UK and has also experience of managing the finances and operations of VCCP's international operations.
Maggie has a history of supporting charities through her previous work as a trustee including for Westminster Victim Support and currently is joint chair of the Coroner's Court Support Service. Maggie is a Fellow of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), for whom she was Honorary Treasurer for 8 years and is now currently a member of the IPA's Finance Committee.
Maggie is a member of the University's Audit, Risk & Finance Committee.
Nicholas Golding
Nick Golding is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, with many years of experience working in senior finance roles, most recently Finance Director at Heathrow Airport Ltd where his role also incorporated helping to drive change in carbon management and sustainability. His specialist experience includes external reporting (Statutory/Regulatory), Tax, Treasury Control, Risk and Support/Delivery Services. Nick is also a BU alumni, having studied Accounting and Business Studies.
Nick is a member of the Audit, Risk & Governance Committee and the Student Experience, Quality & Standards Committee.
Karl Hoods
Karl is currently ranked in the top 100 UK CIO's for 2019 and has successfully led and transformed large technology and digital functions in challenging environments.
He is currently working as a Chief Digital and Information Officer at the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy. Prior to that, he has worked in similar roles at Save the Children, Department for Education and Partnerships for schools.
Karl is a graduate of our very own University, and has a Bsc (Hons.) in Information Systems Management.
Karl is a member of the Finance and Resources Committee.
Stuart Jones
Stuart has worked as a Director at Savills UK Limited for over ten years, operating both locally and nationally on a wide range of land and property matters. Prior to this he held positions at both PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). He is a long-standing member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), with sound property and financial expertise.
He has strong local community connections, attended Canford School in Wimborne and now lives in rural Dorset.
Stuart is Deputy Chair of the university's Finance and Resources Committee and a member of the Student Experience, Quality & Standards Committee.
Sara Luder
Sara is currently working as a Solicitor, and has been a partner at Slaughter and May since 1998. She has been in her current role as Head of Tax for the last 8 years, and is recognised as a leading practitioner in tax in all the leading legal directories.
Sara has a particular interest in diversity, and formed the Slaughter and May's Parent network, and formed and continues to sponsor its Women's network. She is also involved in internal and external mentoring schemes, and set up the firm's Female Leadership Development Programme.
She is a trustee of School Home Support which is a charity that works with schools to overcome barriers to Education, improving engagement in learning and attendance.
Sara read Maths and then Law at Trinity College, Cambridge and also has a LLM from Queen Mary College, University of London.
Sara is Deputy Chair of the Student Experience, Quality & Standards Committee and a member of the Audit Risk and Governance Committee.
David Smith is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and holds a Diploma in Personnel Management and Master's Degree in Employment Relations and Law. He has over 30 years' experience within Human Resources working across a number of sectors, including time as the Group HR Director for LV= based in Bournemouth.
David is a commercially minded Human Resources Director with extensive M&A, transformation and leadership experience gained operating at Executive/Board level across a number of organisations such as Sainsbury's, Virgin Atlantic and Private Equity backed businesses.
He also has extensive experience of working with and sitting on Remuneration Committees.
David is a member of the Finance & Resources Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Debbie Ward
Debbie has had a distinguished career in Local Government most recently as the first female Chief Executive of Dorset County Council and the President of the Association of County Chief Executives. Debbie has spent a majority of her career working with communities and a wide range of organisations to transform and improve public services. She is an experienced strategic leader, has led major sector reorganisations including health and local government and successfully transformed large and complex organisations.
She is a graduate of Middlesex University, with a Master's in Business Administration.
Debbie is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.
Deborah Warman
Deborah Warman is a human resources and reward specialist and Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel & Development. She was most recently Group Head of Performance, Reward and Employee Relations at Marks & Spencer plc with overall accountability for group-wide strategy in all areas related to Performance and Performance Management, Reward for all employees including senior colleagues and Employee Relations and Employment Policy.
Deborah has significant experience of corporate governance senior level remuneration and reporting requirements, including those related to gender pay. She has broad HR and organisational design experience in previous roles.
Deborah was also recently appointed by the judiciary as a lay member of the Employment Tribunals where she sits on more complex employment cases involving discrimination or whistleblowing claims. Deborah has also been appointed from September 2022 as a governor to the Board of Lady Eleanor Holles School and in addition sits on the Education, Staff & Wellbeing Committee.
Deborah is a member of the Finance & Resources Committee, the Honorary Awards Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Robert is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and until recently was Chief Financial Officer at Cardiff University where he was responsible for finance, procurement and estates. Prior to Cardiff he was Deputy Director of Finance at University of Oxford.
Robert is Chair of the university's Finance and Resources Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.
Internal Members
Professor John Vinney – Vice-Chancellor
Jim Andrews – Chief Operating Officer
Professor Tim McIntyre-Bhatty – Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Susie Reynell – Finance Director
Dr Lois Farquharson – Executive Dean, the Bournemouth University Business School
Dr Farquharson is the Academic Staff Member of the Board.
Professor Carol Clark – Professor Carol Clark is Head of Department for Rehabilitation and Sport Sciences
Professor Clark is the Senate Member of the Board.
Nastassia Asselin - Student Member of the Board
Omuwa Ayomoto - President of the Students' Union Bournemouth University
Omuwa is the elected President of the Students' Union at Bournemouth University.
Paula Alliston – Education Service Manager
Paula is the Professional and Support Staff member of the Board and is the Education Service Manager within the Faculty of Science and Technology.
Paula is a member of the Honorary Awards Committee.
Deborah Wakely – Head of Legal Services and Corporate Governance and Clerk to the University Board
Deborah Wakely is the Clerk to the University Board and can be contacted at [email protected].
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Botetourt County ( ) is a US county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

Botetourt County was created in 1770 from part of Augusta County and was named for Norborne Berkeley, known as Lord Botetourt. It originally comprised a vast area, which included the southern portion of present-day West Virginia and all of Kentucky. Portions were set off to form new counties beginning in 1772, until the current borders were established in 1851.

Botetourt County is part of the Roanoke Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the county seat is the town of Fincastle. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 33,596.

History

First proposed in the House of Burgesses in 1767, Botetourt County was created in 1770 from Augusta County. The county is named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, more commonly known as Lord Botetourt (1718–1770), who was a popular governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770, when he died suddenly while in office.

In 1772, the county was reduced to the area east of the New and Kanawha rivers by the creation of Fincastle County. Most of that latter county became the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1792. The other counties established directly from portions of Botetourt County are: Rockbridge (1778), Bath (1791), Alleghany (1822), Roanoke (1833), and Craig (1851).

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.9%) is water. The Blue Ridge Mountains run along the eastern part of the county, while the Appalachian Mountains run along the western portion. The two mountain ranges come close together, separated by the town of Buchanan and the James River.

The James River originates in Botetourt County, near the village of Iron Gate, just south of the Alleghany County line and near the merger of the Cowpasture River and the Jackson River. The James River runs south until Eagle Rock, where it turns east and meanders through the county, passing Springwood and James River High School until entering Buchanan. In Buchanan, the river turns northward and flows into Rockbridge County towards Glasgow.

Botetourt County is a part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the southern parts of the county have become increasingly suburban in recent decades. Much of the area's former farmland and orchards have been developed into residential subdivisions and businesses.

Adjacent counties
Roanoke County, Virginia - southwest
Craig County, Virginia - west
Alleghany County, Virginia - northwest
Rockbridge County, Virginia - northeast
Bedford County, Virginia - southeast

National protected areas
 Blue Ridge Parkway (part)
 George Washington National Forest (part)
 Jefferson National Forest (part)

Major highways

Demographics

2020 census

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

2000 Census
As of the census of 2000, there were 30,496 people, 11,700 households, and 9,114 families residing in the county.  The population density was 56 people per square mile (22/km2).  There were 12,571 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (9/km2).  The racial makeup of the county was 94.91% White, 3.52% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races.  0.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 11,700 households, out of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.80% were married couples living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.10% were non-families. 19.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 28.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,731, and the median income for a family was $55,125. Males had a median income of $37,182 versus $25,537 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,218.  About 3.60% of families and 5.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.40% of those under age 18 and 6.50% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Board of Supervisors
Amsterdam District: Steve P. Clinton (R)
Blue Ridge District: Billy W. Martin, Sr. (Chairman) (R)
Buchanan District: Amy S. White (R)
Fincastle District: Dr. Richard G. "Dick" Bailey (R)
Valley District: Dr. Donald M. "Mac" Scothorn (Vice Chairman) (R)

Constitutional officers
Clerk of the Circuit Court: Tommy L. Moore (D)
Commissioner of the Revenue: Chris T. Booth (R)
Commonwealth's Attorney: John R. H. Alexander II (R)
Sheriff: Matthew T. Ward (R)
Treasurer: William P. "Bill" Arney (R)

Botetourt County is represented by Republican Stephen D. Newman in the Virginia Senate, Republicans Chris T. Head and Terry L. Austin in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican Ben Cline in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Education
Botetourt County Public Schools operates public schools serving the county, with students attending one of two high schools:
 Lord Botetourt High School opened in Daleville in the fall of 1959 and serves the southern parts of the county, including the communities of Blue Ridge, Cloverdale, parts of Fincastle and Troutville, and the northernmost suburbs of Roanoke.
 James River High School in the Springwood area of Buchanan also opened in 1959.  It serves the northern parts of the county including Buchanan, Eagle Rock, Springwood, and parts of Fincastle and Troutville.

Politics
The Republican candidate for president has won the support of Botetourt County in 11 of the last 13 races. The county also voted Republican for governor in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017. It voted in 2008 for Mark Warner in the U.S Senate election.

Fire, Emergency medical services, and Law enforcement
Botetourt County Fire & EMS uses a combination of career staff and volunteers to provide fire protection, emergency medical services, fire safety education, swiftwater rescue, and other emergency services to the county. The department operates out of seven stations with a range of fire apparatus and ambulances to provide these services.

Botetourt County Sheriff's Office is the policing body within Botetourt County. They are stationed in Fincastle, Virginia along with the county jail. The Sheriff is Matthew T. Ward, who was elected in November of 2019. Botetourt County Sheriff's Office works closely with Virginia State Police, as the county only has 69 officers within their force. The county also has their own Emergency Communications Center, which serves to take 9-1-1 calls and help direct law enforcement and first responders to emergency scenes.

Communities

Towns
Buchanan
Fincastle
Troutville

Census-designated places
Blue Ridge
Cloverdale
Daleville
Eagle Rock
Glen Wilton
Hollins
Laymantown

Unincorporated communities

Arcadia
Haden
Lithia
Nace
Oriskany
Springwood

Notable people
 George A. Anderson (1853–1896), United States Congressman from Illinois
 Samuel Barton (1749–1810), Explorer, pioneer, early settler of Nashville and patriot
George Louis Alfonso Pogue (1887-1956), African American doctor who opened an integrated pharmacy in the 1920s in Bedford
 Edward Rumsey (1796–1868), United States Representative from Kentucky
 Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech softball pitcher from 2005 to 2008
 Matthew Ramsey, Songwriter and lead vocalist of the band Old Dominion

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Botetourt County, Virginia

References

External links
Botetourt County Official Website
Botetourt County Tourism Website

Virginia counties
1770 establishments in Virginia
Counties on the James River (Virginia)
Counties of Appalachia


Been through MN too many times to count, so I wasn't huge on seeing much during this visit. But alas, there was a Goodwill just blocks from where I was and I had time to kill.
I could not find any platters, so I asked. The clerk began to wander, searching...searching...it was not fruitless. But almost.
A scant milkcrate of single digits, all junk. Should have checked if Mr. Winter's debut was stereo, looks like it ironically (or not, for 1960) more rare than the monophonic version.


This qualification enables you to further your studies on aspects of medicinal chemistry that explore the links between disease, mechanisms of action and the development of safe, effective commercial drugs. You have to opportunity to pursue these topics across a number of major health areas including cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases, neuropharmacology and inflammation.
• Gives you the opportunity to top up to the MSc in Medicinal Chemistry in just one more year.
To study for the Postgraduate Diploma in Medicinal Chemistry you must normally hold a UK honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in science or a science-related subject relevant to this qualification. We strongly recommend that you check whether or not your background and experience are sufficient to give you a sound basis on which to tackle this qualification, since we have found that students who are appropriately prepared have the best chance of completing their studies successfully. Our booklet Preparing for S807 and S827 provides more detailed guidance; this can be viewed or printed as a PDF. If you have other study or experience that you believe equips you to take this qualification you can still apply, but must supply evidence of your study or experience. For further advice, email the Science Postgraduate Team.
You will also need good computing skills and a level of proficiency in the English language that is adequate for study at postgraduate level. The following should give you some indication of the basic IT and language skills we expect students to have before enrolling on our postgraduate qualifications in science. Please also refer to individual module descriptions to ensure that you are adequately prepared before starting to study for this qualification.
Basic IT skills: Our science postgraduate modules are delivered online, and consequently rely heavily on the use of IT. For example, you will need to access core reading materials, audiovisual and other online resources, communicate with other students, with your tutors and with module teams, search for information, and produce and submit assignments online. Some IT skills are taught within our modules, but you should have a basic level of competence before starting with us (e.g. be able to search the Web, use email, use word processing packages and take part in online forums).
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Completing this postgraduate diploma will equip you with key transferable skills which will be relevant to your career and the workplace as well as providing you with a base of postgraduate level science knowledge and understanding. You will learn to critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship within medicinal chemistry, as well as evaluating research methodologies. You will learn to deal with complex issues and make sound judgements and decisions in complex situations.
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Having this qualification coupled with practical experience could open up career opportunities in various scientific and medical research fields in the public and private sectors, for example, in pharmaceutical companies, the NHS, medical research, universities, commercial laboratories, and independent healthcare providers.
On successful completion of the required modules you will be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Medicinal Chemistry, entitling you to use the letters PG Dip Med Chem (Open) after your name.
You may continue your studies and take the 60-credit MSc project module (S810) to gain the MSc in Medicinal Chemistry (F62).
If you've successfully completed some relevant postgraduate study elsewhere, you might be able to count it towards this qualification, reducing the number of modules you need to study. You should apply for credit transfer as soon as possible, before you register for your first module. Up to 60 credits of module exemption can be allowed for either S807, or S827 and/or S825. For more details and an application form, visit our Credit Transfer website.


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September 12, 2019 – 06:04 am
In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, and: The Rhetoric of English India (review)
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Aijaz Ahmad's spirited and faintly reproachful rejoinder to Fredric Jameson's "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capital" in the pages of Social Text has become an important document in the canon of cultural theory. Their exchange raised fundamental questions regarding the production and distribution of "Third World" texts, and Ahmad's incisive analysis of the category of "Third World" literature displayed the impossibility of creating such categories. Ahmad's compelling insights and his wide knowledge of various literatures were evident in that erticle and is again a feature in his latest publication, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures. What is, however, most striking in this work is Ahmad's efforts to locate literary theory as it has developed in the Anglo-American academy over the last twenty-five years within the framework of what he considers "the fundamental dialectic—between imperialism, decolonization, and the struggles for socialism—which . . . constitutes the contradictory nature of the world in our epoch" (9).
Ahmad's unquestioning acceptance of this "fundamental dialectic" provides him with a very definite political and philosophical space from which he builds a provocative argument concerning the deradicalization of the American academy. His criticism is always accompanied by a detailed presentation and elaboration of the significant historical events of the time. Indeed, as he points out, "the problem of the determinate set of mediations which connect the cultural productions of a period with other kinds of productions and political processes . . . is rarely addressed with any degree of rigour in precisely those branches of literary theory where issues of colony and empire are most lengthily addressed" (5). Ahmad's goal, clearly, is to rejuvenate a Marxist tradition which has, according to him, become completely subordinate to other theoretical positions. In Theory, then, is a careful Marxist rereading of "a particular political configuration of authors and positions which has surfaced in particular branches of literary theory, clustered around questions of empire, colony, migrancy, post-coloniality, and so on, as these questions have been posed from the 1960s onwards" (3).
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Donald Trump says he won't grant shipping waivers that could send more fuel to Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump promised a group of Republican lawmakers Wednesday he would not suspend shipping restrictions on natural gas, which would have allowed foreign tankers to transport fuel and energy supplies to Puerto Rico and the Northeast.
"The president gave his word," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
Trump had considered waiving the requirements of the Jones Act, a nearly century-old federal law that dictates only U.S.-flagged vessels can transport fuel between U.S. coasts.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello requested a 10-year waiver from the law so more fuel and supplies can reach the island, which is still recovering from devastating effects of Hurricane Maria. Some energy leaders also have called for broader changes to the law.
Lifting the law's requirements, if only temporarily, would allow foreign tankers to move liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Puerto Rico and help facilitate shipments to the Northeast, where there aren't enough pipelines to supply the region with the fuel.
But lawmakers from states that are home to ports or shipbuilding interests opposed waiving the requirements, arguing that such a move would threaten national security and American jobs.
"Our maritime industry is part of the lifeblood of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast economy," said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. "It would be foolish to push aside those jobs in favor of foreign-made and foreign-crewed ships."
Cassidy, Kennedy and lawmakers from Alaska and Mississippi met with Trump and other administration officials at the White House on Wednesday to argue that lifting the requirements would be a mistake.
Trump assured the group he would oppose any changes or waivers to the law, Cassidy said.
More:Disaster debacle: Divided Senate split on emergency aid that would help Puerto Rico, Midwest, California
The Jones Act, which went into effect in 1920, requires that all vessels moving cargo between U.S. ports be built and owned in the United States and operate with U.S. crews. The purpose of the law was to protect the country's ability to build and maintain a fleet of ships for the national defense and to respond to natural disasters.
The Jones Act has been suspended in the past in response to natural disasters, but only for short periods.
The Trump administration suspended the law's requirements for two weeks in 2017 to allow shipments to Texas and Florida after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Puerto Rico was included under that waiver for petroleum products.
Trump also ordered a 10-day suspension of the requirements for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria wiped out the power supply, destroyed cell towers and led to massive fuel shortages on the island that relies on diesel for much of its power.
When that suspension expired, the Department of Homeland Security said an additional waiver wasn't needed.
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Some energy leaders are encouraging the administration to lift the Jones Act 's requirements altogether, arguing that the law is protectionist and increases fuel costs for U.S. consumers.
"The Jones Act has become an obstacle to using U.S.-produced LNG to meet domestic energy needs," said Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance.
Issuing a waiver for LNG vessels would help circumvent actions by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has blocked pipelines that would serve several northeastern states and "would deliver much-needed resources to the Northeast," Pyle said.
The U.S. shipping fleet doesn't have any vessels that comply with the requirements of the Jones Act, which forces U.S. companies to import the fuel from overseas and at higher prices.
But Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent a letter in February to the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that such waivers should be restricted to rare cases where it is necessary for national defense.
"It is our belief that no valid national defense rationale exists to support this waiver request," wrote the committee's chairman, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and the top panel's top Republican, Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri.
The letter also was signed by Reps. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., and Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio.
In Wednesday's meeting, Kennedy said he argued that lifting the requirements would devastate Louisiana, where thousands of jobs depend on the maritime industry.
"I made the case that the livelihood of Louisiana families is at stake," he said.
Asked how confident he was that Trump would not go forward with the waivers, Cassidy said: "Everyone walked out feeling confident."
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Captain America Passes the Torch
There's a large, redemptive territory for us between Woke and Hang Mike Pence.
Superhero movies, especially those produced by Disney's Marvel Studios, are a cornerstone of American culture. That is demonstrated by the nationwide box office total of $8.7 billion that the Marvel films collectively made from 2008's Iron Man, the first Marvel film, through 2019, a year in which the company released three films.
The movies, "whiz-bang" spectacles, do not faithfully reflect of our own world. Instead, they are comic book panels delivered on celluloid in which humans and sometimes aliens, armed with magical powers and advanced technology, battle an array of greedy, vain, and fascistic villains from earth and beyond. Still, attributing the success of these films solely to their capacity to rile up audiences is too denigrative of a major aspect of American culture. There is a reason why the Marvel sagas and their superheroes resonate more than other pieces of "popcorn entertainment:" The Marvel movies use storytelling and archetypes to engage with the country's sociopolitical challenges.
This interaction is clearest in the films and associated TV show built around one of Marvel's longest-established heroes, Steve Rogers—aka Captain America. Picture said Captain America dressed in red, white, and blue wielding a shield and punching Adolf Hitler: Even if you've never held a comic book, odds are that you can visualize the iconographic cover in your head.
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, sons of Jewish immigrants, created the character in the year before the United States entered World War II. For Simon and Kirby, Captain America epitomized the moral justness of U.S. leadership and the need for America to join the war effort. The storyline was propaganda, but its aim was not to whip up hatred of foreigners. Instead, it embodied the aspirational idea that the United States could engage in real-life wars for noble purposes.
Steve Rogers, the metaphor for a country emerging from its isolationism to become an engaged superpower, was not born with any special powers. Instead, he received them by volunteering for government experiments, then accepting the title "Captain America" from the U.S. government. While Rogers was given superhuman strength, he remembered what it felt like to be the underdog. Central to his appeal is not his capacity to throw a punch but his ability to choose—which battles are worth fighting and who is worth fighting for. He doesn't even fire a gun or kill people: He uses a shield emblazoned with the American flag to protect his colleagues and disarm enemies. His actions, together with his memory of what it was like to be bullied, lend his character moral clarity, synonymous with American principles at their best.
The initial Captain America movie, The First Avenger (2011), illustrates these ideas with a pastiche of 1940s serial films.
Skipping over pulpy plot details, Captain America in the present-day movie is a soldier out of time in a more complicated world. The Captain America films released since 2011 have been not so much flag-waving symbols of national dominance as reflections of our country's anxieties. Captain America confronts surveillance state overreach, disputes over American power versus multilateral governance and, most recently, whether a Black man can or should choose to be Captain America. In each film, Captain America grapples with the dilemma of how to use his power in the face of the injustice presented by our reality.
The 2013 intelligence leaks by CIA analyst Edward Snowden turned the paranoid fantasies of 1970s spy films like Three Days of the Condor (1975) into reality. The plot of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) is an homage to this film and earlier movies like The Manchurian Candidate (1962). (The star of Condor, Robert Redford, appears in Winter Soldier as a duplicitous bureaucrat.) Just as films like Condor and All the President's Men (1976) expressed the distrust in government following the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the Church Committee, Winter Soldier is built around modern techno-anxieties: Captain America doesn't travel abroad in search of enemies but instead defends the American public from Hydra, a corrupt fascist cartel of neo-Nazis and U.S. government deep-state traitors who plot to oppress everyday Americans using algorithms embedded in mass surveillance.
OK, the plot is farfetched; but the underlying anxieties on the left and right are real. The United States just had a President who infamously claimed there were "very fine people" among the neo-Nazis demonstrating in Charlottesville in 2017, and we are now wrestling with the dominance of technology corporations that use algorithms for both social engineering and increasing their own power.
In the movie, Captain America refuses orders from his superiors in the U.S. government. Viewers trust his judgment not because he is the movie's protagonist but because he is fighting the same villains that viewers themselves feel they face. The film's emotional climax comes not from an explosion or the death of a supervillain but from the moment when Captain America, after he has been falsely called a traitor, asks his fellow soldiers to trust him in the fight against their shared enemy within.
The modern threats Captain America faces come from internal division and the power-hungry at home. His example lies in understanding when it is necessary to risk everything for the sake of unity and higher purpose.
The sequel to Winter Soldier, Civil War (2016), is based on a conflict between Captain America and his allies. After an international intervention by Captain America and his fellow Avengers results in civilian casualties, the United Nations proposes a multilateral agreement to put these superheroes under global governance. Captain America chafes at the new regime: He trusts his own judgment over that of politicians, and the previous film's conflict has left him with lingering mistrust of authority. While the film includes the requisite villain and cinematic fireworks, the central conflict involves a debate about whether Captain America, emblem of righteous and unilateral American power, should bow to international consensus. Tony Stark, Rogers' superhero colleague and an Elon Musk-like techno-billionaire, argues for regulation: He has his own insecurities, not to mention a flawed past as a military contractor.
It's clear by the movie's end that neither Rogers, the idealistic public servant, nor Stark, the messianic capitalist, is wholly correct about global restrictions on the superpowered—and this mixed message fairly reflects our own current uncertainty. Trump voters took a muscular view of American military action while rejecting international responsibility; progressives emphasize the need for domestic investment while regularly relitigating whether President Obama went too far in intervening in Libya but not far enough in intervening in Syria. Maybe it's appropriate that, at the end of Civil War, Captain America is a fugitive in hiding.
In the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame, Captain America passes his mantle to his colleague Sam Wilson, a black veteran who is neither superpowered nor super-rich. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), the related Disney+ streaming series, focuses on Wilson and pushes the boundaries; its villains include a sympathetic terrorist fighting on behalf of refugees. The show's central conflict involves a Black man deciding whether the United States deserves him as the new Captain America.
After Wilson confronts a jingoistic pretender to the Captain America role, empathizes with the terrorist's sense of disempowerment, and delves into stories of the American government's sins against African-Americans, he concludes that his role is both to represent the American ideal and to push the country to do better. This inspires him to pick up the patriotic and heroic mantle. He can represent American values at their best: He knows what it means to be an underdog, knows what it means to be betrayed by his country, and he still believes in its potential. As he finally presents himself to the world as Captain America, he confronts a Senator and bunch of global bureaucrats in front of television cameras about their inhumane use of power. He is a Black man speaking truth to power, demonstrating that in America, resistance and a belief in the country's ability to improve are what patriotism looks like.
Today, the number of political divides seems to multiply endlessly; shared national touchstones are few and far between. No media company understands better than Disney how to appeal broadly to the American median. Therefore, Disney's inclination to inject politics and American self-introspection into its product, even in small doses, indicates a belief that the themes in Captain America will resonate with the public. And, despite Captain America's politics, there have been no widespread calls to boycott the series as "woke" or belonging to the Left.
While we try to develop a new shared sense of patriotism, the vision in the most recent Captain America—demanding that the country be honest with its citizens and that citizens urge it to act humanely—may prove a useful and popular mythology that maintains the values of the character who first inspired the country at the time of World War II.
Mike Fox, co-chair of American Purpose's Circle of Friends, is a foreign policy and politics professional with experience in the U.S. government, NGO sector, and electoral politics.
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Walker Montgomery delivers gifts, helps set up holiday store at Ky. Children's Hospital
WATCH | Walker Montgomery Helps With Jarrett's Joy Cart
By Jeremy Tombs
Published: Dec. 4, 2022 at 11:00 PM EST
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Kentucky Children's Hospital holiday tradition continues this week. The Jarrett's Joy Cart Holiday Store opens Tuesday. On Sunday, they got a little help from one of country music's big names.
Jarrett's Joy Cart was created by a patient of the hospital over two decades ago. Jarrett Mynear was just two years old when he first checked into the Kentucky Children's Hospital. At age 9, he decided to bring joy to others who shared a similar struggle.
"He got the idea that he wanted to do something to give the kids a chance to look forward to something," said Jarrett's mother, Jennifer Mynear.
His mother Jennifer says he created Jarrett's Joy Cart to use gifts as a way to connect with families in the hospital every week. After he lost his battle with a rare bone cancer in 2002, they kept his legacy going with the cart and a special store during the holidays.
"He wanted to do this for the patients to have a chance to give back to their family members," Jennifer added.
Patients can go to the holiday store to pick out gifts for their parents, siblings and more. With this year's store set to open Tuesday, it's all hands on deck to prepare, and they got some extra helping hands on Sunday.
″This really is a great concept and it's something very special that puts a smile on, especially the family's faces, in such a rough patch of their life," said Walker Montgomery.
Country music artist Walker Montgomery helped deliver gifts to the hospital. He knows that some of these strong kids and their families come from out of nowhere, so he's happy to help spread Jarrett's joy to them all this holiday season.
"I can do only so much but I'd like to do as much as I can," Montgomery said.
You can support Jarrett's Joy Cart and learn more by visiting their website or their Facebook page.


Introduction/ Background: All work in Antarctica relies on a consistent geographic framework, and the main function of the Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI) is to manage and improve the geographic framework not only for Antarctic scientific research but also for other activities including operations, environmental management and tourism. SCAGI continues to deliver a range of Geographic Information products through its various projects. These products include the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica; Antarctic Digital Database, Map Catalogue and Feature Catalogue. SCAGI integrates topographic and names information received from national Antarctic programs into the ADD and Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. In keeping with Article III.1.c of the Treaty that Scientific observations and results from Antarctica shall be exchanged and be freely available, SCAGI promotes an open standards approach to support free and unrestricted data access and contributes to developing the specifications for this.
Most of the effort in SCAGI comes from a few committed members, this is not sustainable in the long term. It is highlighted by the difficulty in recruiting a new Chief Officer and the lack of engagement by South American countries, despite the 2010 SCAGI meeting being in Buenos Aires.
Delegates should ensure that they are familiar with the work that SCAGI does and encourage their national representatives to become involved with and contribute data to SCAGI products. Delegates should ensure that retiring national representatives are replaced with a successor national representative.
Partners: SCADM, SCAR member countries, other organizations with an interest in Antarctic geographic Information such as COMNAP, Antarctic Treaty System, IHO, NASA, Google.
For the SCAR CGA and SCAR ADD to be improved, either SCAGI members must take on the necessary work or the work is outsourced. Continuation of $4k a year allocation is requested.


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This is supposed to be the start of a small series of posts on how to deal with XML through PowerShell. While PowerShell already comes with built-in support for XML, there is quite a lot to learn. As part of the learning path, there might be some good opportunities where we can try to make things a little bit easier and extend the capabilities of the built-in commands.
… I will rather guide you through the first steps, point you to some references, and share a PowerShell script that will hopefully help you also on journey to learn XPath. In layman's terms, XPath can be considered as SQL for XML. Hence, it is essential to learn XPath if you would like to do any serious XML (yes, with PowerShell one can get around this by using dot notation and built-in filter commands, but once you know XPath a lot of the tasks can be done easier and more efficient) related job.
Actually I haven't used XPath a lot so far myself and also never really bothered to learn it either (the latter might have caused the former in this case 😉 ).
I will use a slightly modified version of the example inventory.xml XML file that Microsoft uses as part of their XPath reference. The file can be downloaded from here.
#Select the first book element that is the child of the bookstore element.
#Select all the title elements that have a "lang" attribute with a value of "en"
While this just scratches the surface of what can be done with XPath I will leave those details for another post (e.g. Namespaces, XPath functions, more general XML related tasks).
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So i'm wondering, if i scrape a webpage with HTMLAgilityPack, that uses XPATH, how can i convert the scraped page into XML so that i can read it with this tool? So then my XPATH learning would be a lot easier.
Better late than never ;-). While there might be ways to do this, I'd honestly use another tool to test XPATH against webpages. You could for instance use Chrome's built-in Developer tools (e.g. press CTRL+SHIFT+J while on this very page in Chrome and type $x('//*[@id="comment-1463″]/div/p/text()')).


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By Swapnil Bhartiya, CIO |
2015's most exciting Linux devices
Year of Linux!
1. MyCroft
2. Raspberry Pi Zero
3. Chromebit
4. Nvidia Shield Android TV
5. Samsung Gear S2
6. Drones
7. Smart TVs
8. Chromecast Audio
2015 started with an impressive showing of Linux at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And now the year is closing, having delivered some great Linux-powered devices. Here are the 9 that I found most exciting.
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MyCroft is an open source artificial intelligence device. Based on Raspberry Pi 2 and Arduino hardware, MyCroft is seen as an alternative to Amazon's Echo. The project ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise $127,520 to fund the project.
According to its Kickstarter page, "Mycroft is the world's first open source, open hardware home A.I. platform."
Being an open hardware platform, there are immense possibilities with MyCroft. Third-party developers can connect it to online services like Facebook and users can update their Facebook status by talking to MyCroft. Developers can connect it with hardware like Philips HUE smart lights, Roomba vacuum cleaners, and more -- and control these devices with voice commands.
Raspberry Pi is nothing short of a revolution in itself. The project has created a new breed of DIY enthusiasts who have immense computing power at their disposal and they are doing exciting things with it. But the organization behind the device, the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is not slowing down. After launching an even more powerful Pi 2 this year, they shook the market by launching a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero.
Pi Zero is half the size of Pi model A+, but is almost twice as powerful as the first generation Pi. It has a Broadcom BCM2835 application processor with 512 MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM. It comes with a mini-HDMI socket, a microSD card slot for operating system, a micro-USB socket and 40-pin GPIO plus composite video header. All of this is at 65mm x 30mm x 5mm form factor.
Chromebit is Google's ambitious and extremely promising device that turns your HDMI enabled monitor into a Chrome OS powered desktop PC. Chromebit is basically a PC on a HDMI stick.
It's powered by Rockchip Quad-Core RK3288C Processor, the same CPU found in Chromebook Flip. It has ARM Mali-T624 GPU and comes with 2GB of RAM. The built-in wireless and Bluetooth chips make it easier to connect peripherals with it. Despite the small size the device is powerful enough to handle average PC workload.
Nvidia Shield Android TV is a powerhouse device that sits between high-end game consoles like PlayStation and Xbox and set-top boxes such as Apple TV. Nvidia Shield Android TV is powered by the 8 core Nvidia Tegra X1 CPU and a 256 core Maxwell based GPU. The device has a microSD slot that allows you to expand storage. It also has USB ports to plug in your hard drives and watch movies using media players like VLC. Thanks to its networking capabilities you can also access files stored on your PC via shared folders. Just like an Android device you can install supported apps, including a web browser, from Google Play Store.
When it comes to gaming, Nvidia Shield Android TV is a monster. You have complete access to Google Play games in addition to Nvidia's Shield Games and the subscription based GeForce Now service. That's not all. You can also stream high-end PC games like Crysis from your computer to your Nvidia Shield. Yes! Crysis. The device supports 4K and integrates Google voice search. After using it for a while I found it to be a more compelling and useful device than Apple TV 4.
Samsung has been working on its own Linux-based operating system, Tizen, for quite some time. This year Samsung launched a high-end smartwatch called Samsung Gear S2 that is running Tizen.
The device is powered by Samsung's own Exynos3250 processor and comes with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of onboard storage. The device has a crisp 360x360 (302dpi) display and uses the dial for navigation. The device has been praised for its innovative interface and design. The best thing about Gear S2 is that, unlike other Samsung smartwatches, it's not locked to Samsung smartphones; it will work with any supported Android device.
Love them or hate them, drones are here to stay. And there is nothing better than a Linux-powered drone. This year Erle-Copter launched a smart drone that's powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core. Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, said on a company blog that Snappy enables the drone to"stay secure automatically and can be upgraded with additional capabilities from the app store." What sets this drone apart from others is that users can install drone apps on it.
Ubuntu got a major lift (pun intended) in the drone space when Chinese drone maker DJI announced Manifold, an embedded computer for drones that offers more powerful hardware and runs on Ubuntu Linux. That was not all. Chip giant Qualcomm also announced a reference platform called Snapdragon Flight for high-end drones. The platform is using Linaro Linux, which is based on Ubuntu.
With the arrival of devices like Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV stick and Nvidia Shield, I don't see any point in having an expensive smart TV. But TV manufacturers are not giving up so easily. The good news for Linux users is that most of these smart TVs are now using Linux based operating systems. This year at CES, Samsung showcased its 4K smart TVs running Tizen. And electronics giant LG will be bringing its smart TVs powered by Linux-based webOS 3.0 to CES 2016.
Chromecast Audio turns your basic speakers into 'smart speakers.' Unlike the regular Chromecast, this one doesn't come with an HDMI port; instead it has a 3.5mm audio port. Just plug your speakers into it and you are all set.
Unlike bluetooth, where you have to pair and unpair individual devices, Chromecast allows you to stream music from any device on the same local network. No fiddling with bluetooth -- and I love it.


In this classic, Puritan Richard Sibbes shows the transforming liberty which comes from seeing Christ in the gospel. An exposition of 2 Corinthians 3:17-18.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.—2 Cor. 3:17, 18.
Understanding that the Gospel is a sweet delight above the reality that we cannot keep the law of God on our own for justification.
What is the way, after we have had boldness and sweet familiarity with God, and it hath been interrupted by sin? how shall we recover ourselves?
Surely, to apprehend our sins to be pardonable in Christ, and that God is an everlasting Father, and that the covenant of grace is everlasting, and that there is mercy in Israel for this thing; and the conceit [conception] of mercy must work our hearts to grief and shame. That is certain; for mark in the gospel, 'Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden,' Mat. xi. 28. He calls us when we find our consciences afflicted and tormented. 'He came to save that which was lost,' Mat. xviii. 11. By the blessed power of the Spirit, the blood of Christ is as a fountain 'for Judah and Jerusalem to wash in,' Zech. xiii. 1, and the 'blood of Christ purgeth us from sin,' 1 John i. 7; and Christ bids us for daily trespasses ask pardon, Mat. vi. 12. Daily therefore conceive goodness in God still, an everlasting current of mercy; and this must work upon us grief and shame, and recover and strengthen our faith again. For God's children, after breaches, arise the stronger rather than ever they were before. But this only by the way. We see here how God's glorious grace is conveyed to us, and what is wrought in us to apprehend it, a spiritual eye to see it, in the glass of the gospel, and 'with open face we behold it,' we may go boldly to the throne of grace.
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Homicide Of Chad Read Goes Before Lubbock Co. Grand Jury, Sources Say No Charges Will Be Filed – KCBD
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – No charges will be filed against Kyle Carruth after the Attorney General's Office convened a grand jury in the death of Chad Read.
On November 5, 2021, Read was shot during an argument with William Kyle Carruth. The shooting was caught on camera.
The Office of the Attorney General, acting as Attorney Pro Tem, presented to a Special Grand Jury of Lubbock County, the investigation into the shooting of Chad Read by Kyle Carruth that occurred in Lubbock, Texas on November 5th, 2021. The presentation of the case included several eyewitnesses, the family of Chad Read, and additional evidence that was not previously released to the public.
After several days of a thorough inspection of the evidence, the Special Grand Jury concluded their investigation into the matter and deliberated on whether the evidence supported the filing of criminal charges against Kyle Carruth. The Special Grand Jury voted today to not indict for any criminal charges against Kyle Carruth.
The statement Tony Buzbee from The Buzbee Law Firm representing Chad Read's widow made public regarding the grand jury decision in the Kyle Carruth case:
"The criminal justice utterly failed Jennifer Read, the widow of Chad Read. Chad Read was involved in a heated discussion with his ex-wife concerning custody of his son. The video shows that Kyle Carruth injected himself into that discussion. We believe there was no legitimate reason for Kyle Carruth to bring a deadly weapon to an argument that he wasn't even a part of. Chad Read died unarmed, shot, and killed while simply trying to determine the whereabouts of his son. The civil matter has been on hold awaiting the outcome of the criminal proceedings. We will now aggressively pursue Jennifer Read's claims in civil court."
Meanwhile, David Guinn of the Lubbock law firm of Hurley, Guinn & Singh representing Carruth said:
"First, Kyle wishes comfort and grace to all those close to Chad Read. The loss of life is painful. His deepest sympathies go out to them.
Second, we are appreciative of the wise decision of this extremely hard-working, independent, Grand Jury. Rarely does a Grand Jury work for three days on one case alone. Those Lubbock citizens must have learned everything imaginable about every aspect of the case and the people involved. They reviewed a thorough investigation from both the Lubbock Police Department and the Texas Attorney General's Office, who were complete professionals. I think, between the three prosecutors, there was over 60 years of experience on the case. The two investigators probably have that much as well. People should have great confidence in Grand Jury's decision. The Texas Judicial System worked like it should.
Kyle remains humble and regrets this ordeal beyond words."
On Friday, November 5, Lubbock Police found Chad Read, 54, dead at a home in the 2100 block of 90th street. Officials with the police desk told KCBD on November 5 a woman called 911 saying someone shot and killed her husband over custody issues. Police say through the initial course of the investigation, it appears there was a fight between Read and another man related to a domestic incident, and shots were fired.
Minimal information was released by law enforcement in the days immediately following the fatal shooting. The identity of the shooter had not been released. It was five days later, on Nov. 10 when the Lubbock County District Attorney's Office recused itself from the case, on the grounds that an elected official may be called to testify.
The Lubbock Police Department then issued a statement explaining why the name of the shooter had not been released. "While LPD recognizes there is a public interest in this case, there are multiple facets of this ongoing investigation that dictate what can and cannot be released to the public, per Texas state law," the department said in a statement.
Then on November 16, six days later, the police department transferred its case files to the Texas Attorney General for its review.
On November 19, a court document identified Kyle Carruth as the shooter in the case. That document, signed by Judge Anne-Marie Carruth, was filed as part of her countersuit in the couple's divorce. She is the judge of the 72nd District Court in Crosby and Lubbock counties.
In the affidavit, according to the Lubbock-Avalanche Journal, Anne-Marie Carruth wrote she was "notified that my husband, William Kyle Carruth, is under investigation for the shooting and killing of his girlfriend's children's father after he attempted to pick up his children late Friday afternoon. My knowledge of the incident is very limited at this time, and it is my understanding that the police are still investigating."
The court documents were sealed when the divorce was finalized, on November 19. Both parties agreed to seal the divorce records and a judge determined the reasons were valid. Sources tell KCBD the divorce was filed in the 99th District Court, however, Judge Phillip Hays recused himself and a visiting judge from Amarillo presided. The judge from Amarillo granted the request to seal the records.
On Wednesday, Nov. 24, Jennifer Read released mobile phone video that shows the argument, and Carruth going into the home then returning armed. Video of the deadly confrontation has spread on social media and has been reported by multiple national news outlets. Along with the video, Jennifer Read's attorney supplied a petition filed that day showing Jennifer Read, Chad's widow, is seeking custody of her late husband's children from their mother.
KCBD spoke to Kyle Carruth's attorney after the child custody case was filed. Attorney David Guinn says the video "confirms the Lubbock Police's thorough work reflects this as a justified homicide." Guinn says Carruth holds a valid defense under the Castle Doctrine, "to defend himself, others or his property," and they are looking forward to the Attorney General's Office investigating and presenting the case to a Lubbock grand jury. Guinn says a grand jury could still indict Carruth, but his hope is "upon careful review of the law, they will not," but it doesn't mean he can't be arrested and charged or convicted later.
On Monday, Nov. 29, Jennifer Read, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kyle Carruth and his company Vitruvian Development LLC. She is seeking $50 million.
She claims Carruth failed to de-escalate the confrontation and used a gun even though no physical threat to life or property existed. The lawsuit states she and Chad Read went to his ex-wife's place of business trying to find Chad's youngest son.
The day after Jennifer Read filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kyle Carruth and his business for the death of her husband Chad Read, the judge presiding over the case recused himself.
An attorney representing Chad Read's mother and three children filed a lawsuit Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, against William Kyle Carruth and his companies. The suit claims Carruth negligently shot and killed Read on November 5, using deadly force that was not justified, causing mental and emotional anguish and pain, torment, and suffering. This lawsuit was filed in the 72nd District Court, through the standard process cases are assigned. The 72nd District Judge is Anne Marie Carruth. Sources tell KCBD Judge Carruth recused herself from the case.
Also on Monday, Dec. 6, family members of Chad Read announced on social media there will be a news conference involving their attorney Tony Buzbee on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at Noon at the Lubbock County Courthouse.
On Tuesday, Dec. 7, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office has begun a criminal investigation into the death of Chad Read. They added in their statement they will not comment on the case to protect the integrity of the investigation. They also noted the AG's office has received repeated inquiries about a criminal investigation into the shooting. The release states they will gather and review evidence, interview witnesses, and other actions in the investigation process.
Chad Read's widow and her attorney held a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 9 to discuss the case, the amended wrongful death lawsuit, and the investigation now being conducted by the Attorney General's office.
On Dec. 15, a judge from San Antonio was assigned to the civil cases filed against Carruth.
On Dec. 21, Carruth files a motion to combine the civil cases, move them to Smith, Harris or Cherokee Counties, but also files for a stay until the Attorney General decides whether to present the case to a grand jury for criminal charges.
On Jan. 5, 2022, the court has dismissed a child custody suit where Jennifer Read, Chad Read's widow, was seeking custody of Chad's children from their mother Christina Read.
There have been no criminal charges or arrests in this case.
Copyright 2022 KCBD. All rights reserved.


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Nancy Jones: What really happened to George Jones' wife?
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 12:30 PM by Simon Ayub
George Jones' wife, Nancy Jones was the musician's saviour after three failed marriages. She married George in 1983 and helped him tackle his demons, until his unfortunate death from hypoxic respiratory failure on April 26, 2013. Nancy Sepulvado was a significant part of George's life and gained popularity for being his spouse. Do you want to know what the widow of a country music legend is up to today? What happened to her?
Nancy Sepulvado receives an award on behalf of George Jones during the 49th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 4, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: @Jason Davis
Fame, earned, or achieved can instantly disappear. Sometimes, like George Jones' wife, people become popular for being associated with a famous personality, and when the known individual perishes, the fame dwindles.
It seems like that is what happened to Nancy Sepulvado considering her absence from the limelight. Is George Jones wife Nancy still alive?
Who is Nancy Jones?
George Jones had a troubled past with self-destructive tendencies and a severe drinking and drug problem. After going through three failed marriages, he met the lovely Nancy Jones that helped him repair his shattered life and career. Nancy Jones believes that God sent her to save the artist. So, who is the strong-willed lady?
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Nancy Jones is an American actress and renowned for being the famous singer and songwriter George Jones' wife. She is also recognized for her role in a romantic movie called Bollywood and Vines (2004). Nancy Jones is 73 years old as of 2021.
She is termed as the super wife that helped George Jones recover from his bad habits. Nancy helped him correct his messy finances, address his drinking and drug problems.
At that time in George Jones' career, he was very unpredictable and even got the nickname No Show Jones because of missing studio sessions. George Jones' wife helped the musician get back on track and revive his plummeting singing career.
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In 2017, on what would have been George Jones' 86th birthday, Nancy Jones was heading into the operating room to correct her eyesight. She updated her fans on George Jones' official Facebook account with a picture of the musician's gravesite filled with flowers. Nancy requested fans to pray for her as she went for the surgery.
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According to the Facebook post, George Jones' wife was undergoing surgery to fix the blindness in her left eye. It was a great surprise to many people that were not aware that she was facing the problem. The Facebook post read:
Please keep Nancy in your prayers today as she undergoes eye surgery to restore sight in her left eye. Although she will not be able to visit the gravesite today, she was able to have the fall flowers done a day early and encourages everyone to visit."
The Nashville mural
In 2019, Nancy Jones expressed her displeasure with a mural in Nashville that depicted an infamous scene from her life. The mural portrayed her late husband, George Jones riding a lawnmower to the liquor store, a legendary tale in the country's music circles. She wasn't shy of expressing her disapproval and stated:
Have you seen that thing?? It is plumb ugly! George was a great writer, a great singer, and a proper mural should be about him and his music, not a mischaracterisation of him on a lawnmower!
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The mural was created by Nashville-based artist Shawn Catz, who got inspiration from the animated show, Tales from the Tour Bus. George Jones was a regular client at the building with the mural, Colonial Liquors on Franklin Pike during his unstable drinking days.
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Nancy Sepulvado receives an award on behalf of George Jones during the 49th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 4, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: @Frederick Breedon
Nancy Jones has an estimated net worth of between $1 million to $5 million as of 2021. She is a former Hollywood actress and was married to one of country music's legendary musicians who increased her net worth. George Jones had an estimated net worth of $35 million when he died in 2013.
Nancy Jones sold her husband's intellectual property rights and assets to Concord Music for a reported $30 million.
Where does Nancy Jones live now?
If you wonder whether Nancy Jones is alive, you will be glad to know that she hasn't died yet. Therefore, you will not find Nancy Jones obituary, and if you find one, it is a hoax and false representation of facts. Where does she live now?
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Nancy sold their 9,651-square-foot mansion in 2015 for $1.98 million to Nathan and Patrician Overton of Dickson, Tenn. Therefore, she doesn't live in the house that she shared with her husband.
Today, it is speculated that she is living in Woodville, Texas, in the United States. Nancy has a very low profile, and it is hard knowing what she is up to unless she shares with the public.
Nancy Jones, the loving wife of George Jones that persevered through the tumultuous times certainly deserves an award. Although many have probably forgotten about the music legend George Jones's story, Nancy keeps his memory alive in various ways. Fans will always remember her for playing a significant role in reviving the country music giant's career.
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See also
 List of Theridiidae species

References

Theridiidae
Spiders of the Canary Islands
Spiders described in 1987


According to last year's statistics, the most popular Hungarian destination of foreign tourists is Szigetvár (Baranya County) which is famous for its history and castle. The second place is taken by Budapest, and the third place is occupied by Pécs (Baranya County). Since then, experts have done more research to find out which are the most visited regions in the country. Some of the results are surprising.
Hello Vidék reported that besides these Hungarian regions, a huge number of foreign tourists flood the country every year. The more surprising fact is that many of these parts of the country are unknown to lots of Hungarian citizens. The recent statistical research ranked twenty-six Hungarian regions, cities, and towns which are the most popular among non-Hungarian speakers.
It is not a surprising fact that Budapest remains the first at 88%. The Hungarian capital plays the most important part of the country's tourism with greater numbers each year. The second place is taken by the region of Lengyeltóti (Somogy County) and the third by Hévíz as the Hungarian thermal water attracts a lot of tourists to the country. An interesting fact is that Hajdúszobolszló (another major Hungarian thermal bath city) is only the 21st.
At the beginning of this list, we can find Csepreg which is located next to the Austrian border. Many foreign tourists visit this little town, especially Germans. The last town in the top ten is Záhony which is one of Hungary's most important border crossing points. Other regions in the top 10 are, for example, Mosonmagyaróvár, Pápa, and Celldömölk.
To sum up these statistics, it is clear that mostly Southern- and Western-Hungarian regions are the most attractive for tourists, but cities like Esztergom, Pécs, Siófok, and Sopron are not featured in the top 26. These cities are more popular among Hungarian speakers.
Regions which are not visited by foreign tourists are Aszód, Dorog, Nagykálló, Szob, Őriszentpéter, and Pétervására – mostly the Northern-Hungarian region and Vas County.


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Ulič has been the administrative center for several small villages in the region - Nova Sedlica, Zboj, Ulicske Krive, Kolbasov, Runina, Rusky Potok, Prislop for a couple hundred years. It is not a large village, but was the place where the former Czechoslovak government chose to build a couple of factories and housing to provide employment for this impoverished region. These companies failed to make the transition to the free market economy in the 2000s. Ulic is also the home to some my cousins who moved here for employment in the 70s. It has a Greek Catholic and an Orthodox Church.
Ownership Originally owned by the Humenne estate, it later passed to the Szirmay family.
The village was established by Walachian law between the end of the 14th and early in the 15th century. Some sources state that the village originally was mentioned under the name Uličsa, as royal property of Eodonfy, but it is not possible to verify this.
The first documented record comes from 1451, when court judge Ladislav of Pavloviec (beyond Uhom) resolving the matter of the Drugeth death taxes related to the Humenne estate, whose investment holdings included Ulič.
A later remark about Ulič comes from thievery activities of the bandit Fedora Hlavateho, who was a member of the Ulič village in 1492.
In the 18th century Ulič land was owned by Szirmazovci, then Vandernathovci, and later Princess Beaufort Spontin Fridesova. In 1939-1944 the region was owned by Count Tielewinkler. In 1577 the village contained a manor and eight homesteads (port). In 1612 a water saw-mill was mentioned, in 1660 and 1720 a mill and 16 houses. In 1787 the village had 67 homes and in 1828 there were 61 homes. Close to the mill a crazing-mill (washing) [milling of the tin from rocks] was located. This mill was instrumental to sheep wool processing. Besides Ulič residents, residents of Uličske Krive also worked here. In the 18th century a community center and a stately, expansive manor-house estate and a trade building and many gardens were constructed. A small hunting manor-house was built in the 19th century on Valalstine.
The first regional (public rail) transit to Ulič was initiated at the end of the 19th century. It began in Velykyj Bereznyj and ended at Zboj. In 1908 the narrow-gauge railroad from Zabord was completed, which led from the Ulič valley, along the Zbojske stream, ending in Nová Sedlica. A feeder line to this railroad went from Ulič to Kolbasov. It was not only used to transport timber, but also people, mail and other necessary goods and material. Its operation represented a marked improvement, linking the Ulič valley communities with Velykyj Bereznyj, Uzhorod and other village and towns in Užskej county. (In spite of the administrative incorporation of the villages of Ulič valley to Zemplin county, this was a geographically natural coupling with the Uh valley. Velykyj Bereznyj, separated from Ulič by only five kilometers, was until recent times its commercial, religious and education center. Ruthenia (Podkarpatia) was split from Czechoslovakia and as a result of the new national border in 1945, this section of the Ulič valley territory became inaccessible from Slovakia.
In 1934 a forest worker's strike in the village was recorded.
During the Second World War the village was annexed to Hungary from 1939 -1944.
The village was liberated on 26 October 1944. On 6 December 1945 Banderovci murdered four members of a Jewish family.
After the war a great many residents departed for employment in the Czech lands. From every family, two to three young people departed. Some entire families departed Ulič to fertile soil to Kralovskeho Chlmca and environs. In 1947 some families moved to the Ukraine.
In 1947 a state forest administration (office) was established in the village. The first bus route Snina-Ulič-Zboj, began its route through the communities on 17 July 1947. Construction of new roads through Karcaba ridge began in 1951. It is still the only public route linking Ulič valley communities with the surrounding world. In 1954 a small water electric generating station was built, which occasionally delivered power for village lights until 1959, when the village was connected to the public power networks. In the same year, a small brickwork fabrication plant was established. It was situated on Horke - at Hurci – close to the present soccer field.
From the 1960s the village progressively added a new primary school-house, culture house, health center, restaurant, shopping center, municipal water-supply and waste treatement facility. In the 1980s an addition to school-house gymnasium and health center dining-hall, and near the soccer field was sited a swimming pool and a stage. Since 1967 manufacturing establishments in the community employs people from entire Ulič valleyat the wood processing plant TVARONA, which is in the center of the village today. The agricultural land office in Ulič has nearly reached its 30th anniversary in the village, established on 1 January 1973, to create and maintain the socialistic cooperative farm lands for twelve surrounding communities.
The village provides visitors with year-round accomodations and facilties by reservation, with more than 50 beds. In the winter season the village operates a ski-lift. Presently, the construction of a new culture house is nearing completion.
In 1995 in the location "Za malou vodou" ("behind little by water") a new Orthodox church was built. Nearby are an interesting Holy Cross /Crucifix and a monument near the road bridge approach. The oldest of these crucifix is from 1902 at the Greek Catholic church, which is maintained by local parishoners.
· In the village is located the brick Greek Catholic church of St. Nicholas, neo-Baroque, built about 1867, painted in 1887 and expanded in 1927.
· Old literature notes the first discovery of a gold rod, whose presence suggests the existence of a route and the flow of culture from Ukraine to our region during the bronze age.
· Memorial tablet to Rudolfa Winera.
Built when Orthodox were forced to return the GC church building they had occupied since 1950.
Approaching the village from the west. 2001.
Let's go Skiing in Ulic!
Used until recently as a kindergarten. Nationalized in the 1950s. Picture from 1960s or 1970s.
Photo Credit - Vasil Fedic, 2002. Look closely and you'll see the brick boxes called housing in the center. In the distance to the R you can see the Greek Catholic Church on the hill. Facing north.
Note: Alternate surname forms may or may not be shown due to incomplete research.


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