The important holiday business of viewing such classics as “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story” from the comfort of home owes much to a technological advance this month 75 years ago. In December 1938, Russian-American engineer Vladimir Zworykin was awarded two patents for cathode ray tubes. One was for the iconoscope to capture video images. The other was for the kinescope, which displayed television and computer monitor images for decades until the advent of flat panel screens. Zworykin was not one to rest on these laurels, as in 1940 he invented the electron microscope. Whatever the ills of TV programming, obviously the American people consider it an appliance for a wonderful life. More than 98 percent of U.S. households own at least one set, a percentage that has held steady for years. Profile America is in its17th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Vance County School Superintendent–and Vance County Sheriiff, etc. What is going on???
Prudence did you read the Good News in today’s paper. Three Vance County failures are now locked up in Carteret County and won’t be home for the holidays. Hats off to law enforcement.
Congratulations to new police chief, Marcus Barrow!
Mingo, I second your congratulations to Mr. Brown.
Of course I confirmed that mingo had posted. The Dispatch’s web-page has announced the promotion.
Mingo, do you know if Mr. Griffin and the property tax paying members of the city council intend to review the process used to evaluate and select the new police chief. The process is one the county and city can follow when selecting the next county manager, city manager, or any other significant city or county department manager. As with any process there are elements that worked well as designed and ones that were not well designed and delayed the process. Now would be the time for Mr. Griffin to host a discussion among the participants of the selection process to review the process.