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Carrol Lee “Butch” Blackwell, 84, of Columbia passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Boone Hospital.

Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, at New Horizons United Methodist Church in Columbia, followed by memorial services at 2:00 p.m. Inurnment will take place at a later date at St. Francois Memorial Park in Bonne Terre.

Carrol was born on July 19, 1933, in Bonne Terre, the son of Roscoe and Ruth (Maddern) Blackwell, both of whom preceded him in death.

He was married on Dec. 18, 1954, to Doris Ann King, who preceded him in death in 2008.

He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Rolla School of Mines and Metallurgy. Carrol worked as a civil engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers. While there he was a district superintendent and director of operations in Portland, Mo., St. Louis and finally retired in Kansas City. He was Past Master of Ferguson Masonic Lodge #542, and a member of Scottish Rite. Carrol was an active member of New Horizons UMC in Columbia. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and building model airplanes.

He is survived by his sons, Jeffrey (Susan) Blackwell of Minneapolis; Tim (Janie) Blackwell of Jefferson City; grandchildren, Michael, Matthew, Olivia and Briana; five nieces and three nephews.

He was also preceded in death by three brothers and one niece.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to New Horizons UMC, 1020 S. El Chaparral Avenue,

Article source: http://www.linncountyleader.com/obituaries/20171203/carrol-blackwell-1933-2017

This month, the initial battle will begin on what will be an historic war for the next generation of PCs.  Initially it will be fought on laptops but – much like smartphones drifted to tablets, and much of the initial wave of AI-driven, home-based digital assistants – this war may eventually encompass all PCs.

If this were just a war between processors, the X86 folks would likely win easily, both because Windows has decades of tuning on X86 and it is the entrenched part. But this isn’t about processors. This is about whether the computing will be done on the desktop or in the cloud.

In short this is a war between the modem and the processor…or yet another attempt to turn the PC into more of large smartphone.

This has a lot of implications both for the future of Windows and the future of both PCs and smartphones. Let’s look at some of the interesting moving parts.

By Gary D. RobertsonThe Associated Press

RALEIGH — Age-old criminal misconduct and challenges from new technology are addressed in that 20 North Carolina laws that take effect partially or in full Friday.

The General Assembly passed legislation this year agreeing to expand rules or crimes addressing drones, “revenge porn” and self-driving cars, in addition to pushing through new or tougher penalties for human trafficking or deadly domestic violence. Other new legal offenses or procedures were initiated.

FIGHTING GANGS

Police and prosecutors said a 2008 law addressing gang activity and violence was difficult to use in prosecuting gang members. So lawmakers replaced separate felony counts for criminal gang leaders or members with increased penalties for underlying crimes if jurors decide the offense was committed as part of gang activity. New language also is designed to make it easier to declare a business a public nuisance because gang activity occurs there and shut it down.

BRITNY’S LAW

The shooting death of a Wake County woman by her boyfriend — the father of her child — prompted lawmakers to increase the likelihood that similar domestic violence attackers could face the most severe category of murder for their crimes. “Britny’s Law,” named after the slain woman, creates the legal presumption that a homicide constitutes first-degree murder if the slaying was committed with malice and the defendant had previously been convicted of domestic violence against or stalking of the victim. The defendant can attempt to override that presumption in court. First-degree murder is punishable by death

Article source: http://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20171203/new-north-carolina-laws-take-effect