North Richmond is no stranger to conflict, but this is a strange conflict for North Richmond.
The small community, which straddles the boundary separating the city of Richmond and unincorporated Contra Costa County, has become the site of an acrimonious power struggle between ambitious community leaders.
photo illustration shows the unincorporated pocket of North Richmond, which draws a political line dividing the community between city and county jurisdictions.
Each side is driven to take the reins of the seemingly inconspicuous Shields-Reid Neighborhood Council, which meets monthly to chat about local happenings and plan events.
Leading one faction is Saleem Bey, a fiery, confrontational community activist whose style has garnered him allies and critics.
On the other side stands Marena Brown, a manager in a county nonprofit youth services organization who boasts a booming voice and a self-assuredness that makes her every bit Bey's match.
The North Richmond council has met off and on for decades in a laid-back capacity that generally hasn't generated much attention, or paperwork. After more than a year as vice president, Bey, 48, became president in May 2010.
But in July, Brown won an election of her own. She's now the president of a group of residents that began meeting a few blocks away in unincorporated North Richmond. They too call themselves the Shields-Reid Neighborhood Council.
Brown then took a step that no North Richmond council had taken in years: She paid $40 and submitted paperwork to be recognized by the Richmond Neighborhood Coordinating Council, an umbrella organization linking leaders from neighborhood councils across the city.
Brown has one attribute she thinks gives her an edge on Bey – she lives in North Richmond.
Bey, who lives in Oakland, said residency is no prerequisite for leadership.
Bey's name is big in the Bay Area. His brother-in-law, Yusuf Bey IV, was convicted in June of ordering the slayings of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey and two other men in 2007, in part to stop Bailey from publicizing the financial collapse of the renowned Oakland business Your Black Muslim Bakery.
Since 2008, Bey has been a vigorous presence in North Richmond, helping launch a youth baseball program and working in urban gardening projects. But he's also left a wake strewn with embittered relationships and dismissals from jobs with local nonprofits.
Johnny White, a former council president who has worked with Bey but now counts himself as an ally of Brown's newer group, said Bey is persona non grata with other North Richmond leaders.
While Bey's brusque style has turned off many of the traditional leaders in North Richmond, his supporters maintain that he has significant support in the neighborhood, a grid of aging bungalows and housing projects that is home to less than 4,000 people.
Brown attended the July RNCC meeting as the representative from North Richmond. That prompted Bey, who was re-elected to the North Richmond neighborhood council on Aug. 17 – although some attendees have alleged that children cast ballots, ballots on which Bey was the only name – to file his own paperwork with the RNCC.
The stage was set for a showdown, which culminated in two noisy clashes at RNCC meetings this month. Compromise was not achieved.
"They've got some kind of power struggle out there," said RNCC President Bea Roberson.
Brown, who attended the Sept. 19 RNCC board meeting with a handful of North Richmond residents by her side, denounced Bey.
"We are being hijacked by Mr. Bey and Mr. (Rev. Kenneth) Davis," Brown said. Rev. Davis, 76, is a North Richmond resident and longtime activist who was voted to be Bey's vice president Aug. 17.
The options moving forward are limited. The dueling councils could merge into one group, which seems increasingly unlikely given the vitriol on both sides. North Richmond could have two councils, one for the city and one for the unincorporated pocket. A third option would be for a mediator to assist in holding a new election pitting Brown and Bey against each other to determine leadership of the Shields-Reid Council, a course Bey is already lobbying for.
But why is the Bay Area's poorest community suddenly the venue for a power struggle over the unpaid presidency of a council that has no formal power?
Part of the answer may lay in a pot of relatively new monies, some residents and observers grumble.
In 2006, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia led an effort to impose a fee on waste processed through the nearby West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill station. The fund amounts to about $600,000 annually, and is overseen by a committee comprising three Richmond City Council members, three community members, and Gioia.
Most of the fund is used for additional Sheriffs patrols and code enforcement services, an allocation Gioia supports. Bey views the arrangement as a reverse Robin Hood scenario, with the county's poorest community ceding scarce funds to enrich a county government that provides it inadequate services.
"It's become a locked in line item," Bey said of the expenditures.
Leadership on the neighborhood council could be a position from which to exert influence over the fund.
After filing paperwork with the RNCC, Bey submitted an application for a now-vacant alternate position on the committee, officials in Mayor Gayle McLaughlin's office confirmed.
The increasingly internecine dispute has elected officials backing away.
Gioia said he has not taken sides.
"I think these issues (of community leadership) are best solved by the community itself," Gioia said.
McLaughlin has rejected claims by Bey that she endorsed his candidacy, despite her attendance at Bey's Aug. 17 election. On Sept. 19, McLaughlin sent the RNCC leadership an email assuring them that she wasn't taking sides.
So the struggle continues, and North Richmond's crumbling infrastructure and high crime remain pressing concerns.
Leaders in a barely one-mile square patch of homes and housing projects remain worlds apart.
Is it confirmed that Mr. Bey is an Oakland resident?
Mr. Bey declines to give his address, but has not disputed public declarations by others that he is an Oakland resident. He also does not dispute complaints that he does not live in Richmond or North Richmond. Also, reporters for the ChaunceyBaileyproject reported that Bey is an Oakland resident. Mr. Bey does, however, make his case that his address is not the measure of his commitment to the community. He is quoted on that point in this story.
Thank you for reading and responding, Felix.
Am I wrong here or do we have people who are trying to merge the part of North Richmond that is actually in Richmond with the part of "North Richmond" that is outside of Richmond and a part of the County?
The funds that are in dispute–aren't they funds that are designated for the County part of North Richmond?
While we may have an interest in what happens in the County part of NR, it's no more a part of our concern than East RIchmond or El Sobrante. All three of these areas are actually covered by Municipal Advisory Committees (MACs) and not by neighborhood councils that are a part of the web of councils recognized by the RNCC.
1) In North Richmond, residents generally have little conception of the political boundaries that divide resources in the community. They don't think of themselves as "unincorporated" or other political designations. They identify with their community – North Richmond. It is true that Bey's group have been meeting in Shields-Reid Park, which is in the city of Richmond, while Brown's group has been meeting a few blocks away, technically in an "unincorporated" pocket of land that is surrounded by the city.
2) The funds in dispute, the mitigation funds (they are intended to compensate the community for the costs of being located near polluting industries like waste disposal), are used in the community of North Richmond, both the city portion and the unincorporated portion. The mitigation committee that decides expenditures is composed of County Supervisor John Gioia and city leaders like Gayle McLaughlin and Nat Bates. It also includes residents of the community, both of the city and unincorporated sides.
3) On whether North Richmond is "no more concern" to the City of Richmond than El Sobrante or East Richmond, that is an arguable point. You may be right. However, North Richmond is different from El Sobrante or East Richmond in that this community literally straddles the dividing line, so that much of it is in the city, while neighbors are literally divided by an invisible, arbitrary line that cuts them apart from the city – and its elected leaders, police, etc. North Richmond is also much poorer and more challenged in terms of environment and infrastructure than the aforementioned communities.
4) As for whether there are any rules precluding neighborhood council representatives from living outside the communities they represent – there are no rules prohibiting this, neither in the bylaws of the RNCC or in the NRNC.
Don, thank you so much. We hope you continue to pay attention to the ongoing concerns in North Richmond and we invite you to continue providing thoughtful feedback.
Sounds like some sort of a "coup d'état" is occurring in North Richmond. We don't know all the details from reading this well written article, but conventional wisdom speaks to the facts. Mr. Bey is not a resident, okay,but Ms. Brown and the opposition (residents) held separate elections. Not democratic but a classic power struggle/take-over. Let all the people of North Richmond have an opportunity to vote in one election, winner take all. And "Yes We Can"live happily ever after.
Thanks for reading and responding and complimenting our work.
It does appear that support is growing for a new, community-wide election to resolve this situation.
Please continue to read and react. Your feedback is valuable.
Well, almost EVERY resident in Richmond has "someone from outside (their) community represent (them)" because all of the council members are "at large".
There is the exception of Pt. Richmond residents who have as their neighbors THREE council members who live less than a mile from each other on the hill.
Brickyard Cove has representation as well as North and East, the Annex(well, the part east of the freeways), and there's Caspar's of course.
You cannot have equitable services and distribution of funds and services when you don't have equitable distribution of representation.
Thank you for reading and responding, Jason. I have covered other cities that use the "ward" system to ensure equitable representation from different geographic portions of the city.
There are some pros and cons, but it is true that without wards leaders tend to be drawn predominately from a select few neighborhoods.


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Warshaw, Isadore (13)
Hartley, Marsden (7)
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) (6)
George Eastman House (6)
Sheeler, Charles (6)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival (6)
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Lodge, Arthur
Arthur Lodge Productions.
Industry on Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.
Aleš Hrdlička papers
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
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NAA.1974-31
National Anthropological Archives
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Charles Milton Bell photographs of Native Americans
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
340 Copy prints (circa)
3 Prints (albumen)
333 Glass negatives (wet plate collodion and dry gelatin)
69 Copy negatives
NAA.PhotoLot.80
Portraits of Native Americans made by Charles Milton Bell in his Washington, DC studio. Depicted individuals include Red Cloud, Oglala; Spotted Tail, Brule; Quanah Parker, Comanche; Nawat, Arapaho; Scabby Bull, Arapaho; Wolf Robe, Cheyenne; D. W. Bushyhead, Cherokee; John Jumper, Seminole; Plenty Coups, Crow; Rushing Bear, Arikara; Gall, Hunkpapa; ...
National Air & Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Biographies
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
261 Cubic feet
NASM.XXXX.1183.C
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
Society for the History of Technology Records
Society for the History of Technology
Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
353 Cubic feet (378 boxes)
The Society for the History of Technology Records (SHOT) consists of documents relating to SHOT from its inception in 1958- [0ngoing]. The collection is divided into two subgroups: Subgroup I, General Records, 1956-2009 which consist of papers generated and received by Melvin Kranzberg in his various roles as an officer of SHOT, as well as papers of other SHOT officers. Subgroup II,Technology and Culture Records, 1958-2009, consists of documents relating to the Society's journal, Technology and Culture. T & C is a quarterly publication containing articles of interest to and written by historians and students of technology. The records consist of material generated by Melvin Kranzberg in his role as founding editor-in-chief (1959-1981), first at Case Western Reserve and later at Georgia Institute of Technology, and was succeeded at the National Museum of American History by Robert Post (1981-1996) whose editorial assistants were Brooke Hindle, Helena Wright, Jeffrey Stine, Art Molella and Joan Mentzer. When the museum ended its support of the journal, it moved to the Henry Ford under the editorship of John Staudenmaier (1996-2010) and after that to the University of Oklahoma under the editorship of Suzanne Moon (2010-2020).
Princeton University Poster Collection
135 Cubic feet (10,690 posters)
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Charles G. Abbot Papers, and Records of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973
117.23 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (205 document boxes) (4 16x20 boxes) (2 3x5 boxes) (1 tall document box) (2 18x24 boxes) (3 microfilm reels)
Record Unit 7005
These papers consist mainly of records of the Astrophysical Observatory (also abbreviated APO) under the Directorship of Samuel P. Langley, Charles G. Abbot, and Loyal Blaine Aldrich.
Program in African American Culture Collection
Maltsby, Portia
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
1850-2004, undated
The collection primarily documents the activities of the National Museum of American History's Program in African American Culture (PAAC) dating from 1979 through 2004. The Program in African American Culture (PAAC) created public programs documenting the black experience in the United States, as well as, other countries. Archival materials include photographs, programs, administrative files, magnetic tape, audiocassettes, U-matic and VHS video cassettes.
National Air & Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft
NASM.XXXX.1183.A
Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
NASM.XXXX.0067
This collection consists of the corporate records of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Included in the collection are technical and engineering reports of Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division's operations in St. Louis (Robertson), MO (1935-1945) and Buffalo, NY, (1932-1945), as well as AAS Material Division and AAF Air Technical Services Command memorandum reports collected by Curtiss-Wright's St. Louis and Buffalo technical reference libraries. The collection also contains the files of Curtiss-Wright's Patent Department, which hold records of patents filed by Curtiss-Wright and patent-infringement cases involving Curtiss-Wright. Also included in the collection are specifications issued by and photos commissioned by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation (Huff-Daland Airplanes, Inc. until March 1927), which had been acquired by Wright in 1928 along with Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp., and formed the Keystone Division of Curtiss-Wright until 1932 when Keystone's Bristol, PA factory closed its doors. The collection also contains financial records of the Curtiss-Wright Airports Corporation, which was liquidated in 1936, as well as an extensive negative collection featuring Curtiss-Wright aircraft from the 1930s and 1940s, concentrated especially on the war years.

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By Yvonne Chilik Wollenberg
Debt: How much does all that plastic cost you?
The average family with credit card debt shells out more than $1,000 a year in interest payments, according to CardWeb.com, an online credit card research group. The average credit card debt climbed to nearly $8,500 by the middle of the year—85 percent of which is gathering interest at an average of 15 percent annually, CardWeb estimates. By contrast, credit card debt per household averaged less than $6,000 in 1995 and less than $3,000 in 1990.
Investing in a bear market: Time to hedge your bets?
Tired of losing money in the stock market, many wealthy investors are trying their luck with hedge funds, which aren't regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and so are free to make risky—albeit lucrative—investments. During the second quarter of this year, these funds attracted a record $8.4 billion—more than in all of 2000, according to Tremont TASS Limited, an investment services company.
Through July, US and overseas hedge funds gained 2.9 and 2.2 percent, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.6, 7.6, and 17.8 percent, according to VAN Hedge Fund Advisors International, a hedge fund investment organization. In the same period, the average equity mutual fund declined 9.5 percent.
Investing in a bear market: Index funds look better, too
When the market slips, actively managed mutual funds don't always beat out funds that track indexes, according to a new study. In fact, more than half of the times that the stock market has declined since 1986, index funds outperformed the managed funds, reports the Schwab Center for Investment Research, which studied more than 120 large-cap index funds and more than 2,100 actively managed large-cap equity funds. The study may dispel a common belief that managed funds do better in troubled times because portfolio managers have the flexibility to rearrange holdings.
Index funds, which simply buy whatever stocks are on an index such as the S&P 500, have an average expense ratio of 0.62 percent, compared with 1.40 percent for the average actively managed fund, according to the study. For $10,000 invested over 10 years at an average annual return of 10 percent, the difference in expenses would almost exceed $1,700.
Retirement: "Stretch" accounts may be too rubbery
A new kind of IRA that promises to let some people hand down millions of dollars to their grandchildren is founded on assumptions that may not hold water, warns NASD Regulation Investor Alert. "Stretch" IRAs, based on recent IRS rule changes, permit you to let your account accumulate tax-deferred earnings even after you die, so that the assets can be passed down several generations.
But the huge payoffs promised in some sales presentations are unrealistic, according to NASD. The figures assume that your primary beneficiaries, usually your children, will die before reaching their full life expectancy, allowing your secondary beneficiaries, usually your grandchildren, to get the proceeds. Stretch IRAs also assume you won't need the money for your own retirement, and that you'll withdraw the smallest amount allowed by law, no earlier than age 70 1/2.
In addition, they make unlikely assumptions about the economy: that tax laws won't change, that inflation will be nonexistent, and that the rate of return on the underlying investment will remain constant.
Retirement: The impact of tanking stocks depends on your age
While 401(k) account balances have declined recently for older investors, young workers have continued to witness increases, according to the Investment Company Institute, a mutual fund industry trade group, and the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization. That's because employee contributions have been sufficient to compensate for market declines in the relatively small accounts of young workers. In older employees' larger accounts, however, allowable contributions aren't enough to offset the typically bigger losses.
The small decline in overall balances is the first time the average 401(k) account has lost money since EBRI started tracking account balances in 1995.
Average 401(k) account balances
Age group Year-end 1999 balance Year-end 2000 balance Change
20s $8,219 $10,431 +26.9%
30s 31,518 33,125 +5.1%
50s 98,139 95,836 -2.3%
60s 122,240 115,206 -5.8%
All investors 58,850 58,774 -0.1%
The writer is a freelance writer in Teaneck, NJ.
Yvonne Wollenberg. Financial Beat. Medical Economics 2001;20:11.


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Q: Should someone with no PHP experience use a framework like CakePHP or Symfony? I have a simple site to develop and would like to learn PHP as I go.  I want the site to be secure, scalable, and easy to maintain.  Should I learn a framework and PHP simultaneously?  If I build off of a framework there will be lots of unfamiliar code in play.  Would you say this increases security risks?

A: Absolutely. Frameworks will do all the boilerplate code for you, providing you a higher level of abstraction. It will probably be easier for you to code without dealing with some of PHP's idiosyncrasies.
Any half decent framework will also address security issues, so if you are new to the language, chances are your app written on the framework will be safer than the one you write from scratch.

A: There's nothing about using a framework that will impede you learning PHP, and using an established framework will reduce the security risk, as you'll be dealing with well tested code for handling common tasks.
At the core of most of the PHP frameworks in play these days is this simple three step workflow

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*The URL is requested and routed through a central bootstrap index.php file

*The URL name is used to derive a classname and a method name (and action method).  This is your main entry point and where you start writing PHP to handle the request

*At the end of this method, control is handed over to a view template, which has access to certain values you set in step two.
Pick a framework, learn how it does the above, and then write any kind of PHP you want in the action method and the view template.
Yes, there will be a lot of other PHP framework code in play, but you never have to look at it.
Yes, the framework will have a multitude of features and/or a "preferred" way for handling things, but you only need to use those you instantly understand.
When you start noticing patterns of ugly, boring, or insecure code, take a look at the framework features again. More often than not after "doing it wrong" you'll get insights as to why the framework code did something in a particular way and you'll be happy to hand off the responsibility (I'd say ActiveRecord style models vs. SQL code is a big one here)
As you start using the objet oriented systems the framework provides you'll start to get interested in how they're doing certain things, and then you can start poking at the core framework code.

A: I wouldn't recommend starting with a framework to beginning developers. If you've got a lot of experience with other OOP languages, there shouldn't be a problem. But you should at least know the basics (syntax e.g.) before even thinking about using frameworks.

A: I would say it depends on your prior experience. It's not so much PHP itself, but the web server environment it lives in that can be distracting. If you're already familiar with the HTTP request lifecycle and have written web applications in a similar stateless fashion as you do with PHP, you shouldn't have a big problem jumping right into using a framework.
If you come from a "stateful" background or no background at all though, the abstractions a framework offers can become a problem. You should at least know how to handle sessions, cookies, headers, $_POST and the like in plain PHP before having the details abstracted away from you by a framework. Also see this previous answer of mine.

A: I think minimising the amount of custom code you are writing is probably a good thing if you are not confident in your ability to create secure systems (particularly for things like authentication).  As a result, I think using a web framework in this way would be to your advantage.  It will also allow you to familiarise yourself with the core of the langauge without worrying about peripheral concerns.

A: I have seen a few people (with a big previous OOP knowledge) to learn PHP and symfony simultaneously without difficulties.
In fact, moving from PHP from an object oriented language is just learn a few conceptual things and the syntax and API of PHP itself.

A: In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with learning a framework at the same time as you are learning a language. There are already a fair amount of situations where this is the case by necessity. For example, most people learning Objective-C learn the Cocoa frameworks at the same time, most C# programmers will learn .Net along with it, even the JDK should be considered a framework which you learn along with the Java language. And for what it's worth, I learned the Symfony framework with very little PHP experience beforehand.

A: I would advice you to start with PHP turorial on w3schools.com. It is short and clear. You can learn all the necessary basics in one-two hours. In order to understand any framework you will need that. Then study the first and the second chapter from CakePHP cookbook and create your first CakePHP applications using their tutorials. On the rest I agree with Alan Storm.

A: Getting started with a framework in PHP, also depends on the fact whether you have some prior programming experience and if yes, what kind of.
If you have muddled in some other programming languages like java, c, learning a php framework simultaneously while creating your website might not be too difficult.
Almost all of the PHP frameworks you will encounter use the MVC design pattern - if you understand the basics of MVC, if you have implemented or have gist of design patterns in other programming languages, then it will be quite easy starting with PHP frameworks.
Also your choice of PHP framework will be the deciding factor. If you employ PHP frameworks like Codeigniter, Yii, maybe even CakePHP which have comparatively smaller learning curves, you will find your path wellpaved for you in PHP. Although if choose some framework like Symfony, Zend - you might get frustrated in taking too much time in doing simple things, in turn blowing up your project.
As for the part about security risk, all of the frameworks I mentioned above and some others I have not mentioned, have spent enough time on the stage to have squashed the security risks.
Hope this helps in deciding.

A: Although I'm a fan of frameworks, I agree with some of the other comments above.  Starting with a framework can be pretty confusing, especially if you're not experienced in the theory of Model View Controller (MVC) object oriented programming (OOP).
Truth be told, I've seen a lot more unfinished framework projects in my day than apps built without a framework.  If your application is written with some clunky PHP and the application takes off, then you can hire the necessary resources to move to a framework and get it developed to withstand a lot of usage and utilize resources effectively.
My advice would be to master PHP first, then move to frameworks.  My last note on this, many frameworks have flaws as well - so depending on your application needs, applying the wrong framework could drive it into the ground.
Just my 2 cents as a guy that has released a couple of enterprise apps successfully - without using a PHP framework.


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Mass Shootings: How to Prepare for The Next Gun Violence Attack
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In the wake of recent mass shootings and various violent firearm attacks, the debate on gun violence and gun control has once again come to the fore. Gun-related violence by definition is violence committed with the use of a gun. Sometimes, it may not be considered criminal.
There is no official definition for mass shootings, but any event that involves shooting (not necessarily fatal) of five or more people is considered mass shooting. The frequency of mass shootings is becoming an increasing cause of alarm to residents and an apparent threat to national security.
A Brief History of Gun Violence
The first mass shooting occurred in 1949 in Camden, New Jersey when a 28-year-old World War II veteran killed 13 people.
Statistics show that the number of mass shooting victims has increased significantly over the past four decades. More than 90 mass shootings took place in the United States between 1966 and 2012.
In November 2015, the Paris Attacks in Paris, France claimed 130 lives. On June 12, 2016, a gunman gunned down 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, USA.
On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock fired over 1,100 rounds into the crowd of Route 91 Harvest musical festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA killing 58 people. In 2018, there was the Parkland school shooting with a total of 340 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Since Hadiya Pendleton's death by gun violence in 2013, the first Friday in June is recognized as National Gun Violence Awareness Day. People wear orange to honor victims and survivors of gun violence.
Mass Shootings In America
The frequency of mass shootings in American has become a huge concern. In fact, America experienced two mass shootings in the span of 14 hours leaving at least 29 victims dead just this past month. What is behind these mass shootings? You could point an accusing finger at guns, and of course, those wielding them.
Mass shootings have shaken everyone to their very foundations - US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have expressed support for new gun-control legislation, after years of opposing any such measures.
America has a very long list of mass shootings and news outlet CNN took time out to compile a list of the 40 deadliest mass shootings. The least number of victims per shooting was pegged at 8 and the most pegged at 58 when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock decided to open fire in Las Vegas.
The role of the National Rifle Association (NRA)
The NRA, founded in 1871, is a gun rights support group with a significant amount of power behind the passing of Gun laws in the USA. Since 1934, the group has informed its members about firearm-related legislation, and it has directly lobbied for and against firearms legislation since 1975.
For the most part, it is believed that they constitute a major part of the problem. In 2019, The NRA spent $1.6 million during the first half of the year lobbying Congress against laws that would enact stricter background checks for people looking to buy guns, according to disclosure reports.
Statistics on gun control
A report by the BBC showed that about 40% of Americans say they own a gun or live in a household with one, according to a 2017 survey, and the rate of murder or manslaughter by firearm is the highest in the developed world.
In 2017 alone, there were almost 11,000 deaths as a result of murder or manslaughter involving a firearm. The FBI has also reported that 13% of the documented gun violence-related cases do not have data on the weapon used.
Every year, 113,108 people are shot. Every year, 7,782 children and teens are shot in the United States. Every day, 310 people are shot in the United States. Every day, 21 children and teens (1-17) are shot in the United States.
The rate of gun deaths in the US is at its highest rate in more than 20 years, with almost 40,000 people killed in shootings in 2017, according to new figures from the United Against Gun Violence brigade.
It's 2019 and it's gone from bad to worse. So far, there have been 22 shootings at US schools in which someone was hurt or killed.
The Role of Parents
Every year, nearly 2,900 children and teenagers (ages 0 to 19) in the U.S. die each year due to guns, and nearly 15,600 are injured, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Of those tragedies, 1,685 are homicides, 1,045 are suicides, and 112 are accidental shootings, meaning 4 percent of all child gun deaths are unintentional, indicating an increase from previous years.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, between 2016 and 2018, eight multiple-victim shootings claimed the lives of 31 kids at elementary, middle and high schools in the United States. 2019 and across the United States at elementary, middle and high schools and on college and university campuses, at least 22 shootings have occurred.
As a parent/guardian, it's only right that you're anxious over the possibility that a school shooting could go down in your child/ward(s) school. How then can you educate your children/ward on gun violence?
Don't let only the TV do the talking
Since the media will already extensively cover events like the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio shootings. A thing to note is that you don't want your child to absorb too much of the TV narrative with the little understanding they possess. Break it down for them in a way they understand.
Reassure your child that you'll keep them safe
Children need to be constantly reminded that you're looking out for them, especially in the wake of cases of gun violence. Reassuring them in these turbulent and violent times is key. Words of encouragement that everything would be okay are very welcome.
Let your children share their thoughts openly
Allow your kids to express their thoughts, opinions, questions, and fears freely. Rather than judge or chastise them, listen and respond to them appropriately. Do not just give a vague response. Who knows? you might even learn a thing or two from them in the process.
Teach the child gun safety
Children find guns fascinating, therefore, keeping guns forbidden and mysterious only increases their allure. Ensure that any guns in the home are safely secured (they are not loaded and are locked away). You must also ensure they know and understand the consequences of pulling a trigger regardless of what they are aiming at.
The Role of Children
Here are some tips on what parents can instruct their kids/students on what to do in a school shooting:
It is crucial that they try their best to stay calm when a shootout happens. Stay calm because it will not only keep others calm and raise morale, but it also helps everyone escape unhurt.
Re-live School Protocol
Most schools have a lock-down protocol in preparation for gun violence attacks. Having absorbed what's happening you should initiate school protocol and carry it out to the letter. Strict obedience and adherence is a must.
Run, Hide, Fight
In the face of danger, always remember the words, "Run, Hide, Fight". Run from the source of the gunfire, Hide in a suitable place and if all else fails, fight the shooter. Try to remember those words in order to improve your chances of staying alive.
Run in a Zigzag Pattern
If you need to run, do it in a zigzag pattern. This pattern of running helps you get out of the fire zone as quickly as possible. As soon as you can approach a turn that will get you out of harm's way take it, and hide.
Avoid Closed Spaces
In the event you need to hide, it is important that you avoid dark places that likely don't have any windows with only one entrance and exit. If you're cornered, escaping is almost impossible.
Go to an open classroom or office instead which will provide you with an escape zone should you need one.
Fight as a Group
If you have no other option than to fight, never fight a gunman alone. If you're in a group, come up with a good plan that only takes at least 2 people to take down your assailant without getting into harm's way.
The Role of Teachers in Avoiding Casualties During School Shootings
Experts have widely criticized moves by schools to ensure the safety of their students in the advent of a school shooting. We've heard cases of the use of high-tech surveillance, tactical gear and even executing live drills.
While implementing some of these may be expensive, teachers and educators still need to put measures in place in case their school is hit by gunmen and assailants. Take a look:
Educate students on gun policies
The teacher is to educate students on gun policies in their area/county. You must be aware of the gun laws whether possession of a registered firearm is restricted or not and understand in detail.
Teach Students first aid and CPR
In addition to teaching students security drills, the teacher should educate students on how to give first aid and administer CPR (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation) in the event of a collapse or an injury to a student.
Practice Security Awareness
Be watchful of the surroundings, be wary of everybody and report any unnatural movement. The teacher should be one of the first to sense that something is off.
Teach Security Drills
The teacher is to show the students how to reach security personnel (911) and paramedics quickly.
The Use of Social Media
Learn to use social media to alert others; be aware of the locations of health centers and fastest routes to get them. In most schools where phones may not be allowed, the responsibility of using social media to raise alarm falls on the teacher.
Offer counseling
In the aftermath of a traumatic experience, the teacher is to ensure they reach out to the students and offer counseling to deal with the trauma.
Each year tens of thousands of people are injured and killed by firearms; each year firearms are used to defend against and deter an unknown number of acts of violence, and each year firearms are widely used for recreational purposes.
While one divide feels guns are "necessary" for protection and have gone to lengths to suggest teachers carry arms for protection, the other half argues that if there were no guns, there wouldn't be any gun violence in the first place. Think what you may but one thing is for certain, gun violence is becoming somewhat of a huge security concern. Worse still, it's 2019 and there are little to no hopes of gun violence cases going away.
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When you're in business for yourself, you tend to want to do it all.
Since they're your profits on the line, you want to make sure you have a firm grasp on all aspects of your business. From the cost of postage to the ins and outs of creating an online banner, there is a real desire to want to know everything. And why shouldn't you? The more you know, the better you can guide your business down the right path.
But knowing the processes and actually doing them are two separate jobs. Often in online business processes, you find that there are some jobs that no matter how much homework you do, you just can't get a firm enough grasp on them to make them work. And there's no need to feel bad about this—everyone has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. In those cases where you feel a bit weak at a certain job, all you have to do is bring in someone who can help you.
But whom should you bring in to help?
With all the online businesses out there, it's likely you are going to turn to some sort of search engine marketing specialist to assist you. Those specialists aren't hard to find—a simple search online will reveal a horde of them. But using some critical thinking is what is essential at this point; in fact, finding the specialists who can actually deliver results for you is the new skill you have to learn here. In online business, there are many so-called pros, but only a few real ones. It's up to you to find the real pros—they are the ones who can actually help you correctly.
When searching for your hired guns for search engine marketing, it's best to have a priority list of the tasks you need done, which will help you match those tasks with the specialists who offer them. Usually, what you need and what the pros offer coincide with each other anyway, but still, it's good to know what to look for.
Right off the bat, find out which specialists have the basic services under their belts. These ones can do all of your basic search engine optimization (SEO) and other optimization jobs. They know how to take your search engine marketing (SEM) material, such as ads and content, and redo it so that it's a strong, functioning business tool online.
Next, can the marketing firm go a step further and offer specialty services? If your SEO isn't going so well and you want some PPC ad optimization (pay-per-click ad optimization), the firm should be able to show you how it can be done while keeping your search engine optimization cost down. If they have a cool little gimmick to do extra SEM work like video SEM, great. Or, if they can lower your cost-per-click, even better. But make sure they can show you how they are going to do it and what the projections for success are.
Above all: price. Can these pros deliver what is necessary without clearing out your bank account? That's not rhetorical. There really are some good search engine marketing specialists who can do a great job and offer a decent price. The really good ones can likely offer you a starting package on their services. In that package, they might offer everything as one working unit with a full breakdown of the services they will provide, and have an opportunity for you to pay more for a few advanced services later if you are pleased with the results.
It goes without saying that you need to make sure your search engine marketing specialist has a good reputation for success. The specialist you want to hire will have already done the work, and will consequently have a list of other happy and successful clients. If the specialist lives up to that reputation, consider him or her for the long term. Good collaborators in online business aren't always easy to find, and working with those associates over the long haul will reap its own benefits for both parties involved.


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Saloty Mendy, né le  à Avignon, est un joueur de rugby à XIII français évoluant au poste de pilier. Formé à Avignon et aux Dragons Catalans, il y fait ses débuts en Championnat de France avec le premier en 2014 avant de rejoindre l'équipe jeunes des Dragons, il y dispute également des rencontres avec la réserve Saint-Estève XIII Catalan avec laquelle il remporte la Coupe de France en 2018 avant de s'expérimenter en Championship fin 2018 à Barrow. Il regagne Avignon après son expérience anglaise. Enfin, il connaît une sélection avec l'équipe de France contre la Serbie fin 2018.

Biographie

En 2021, dans le cadre d'une rencontre de préparation des Dragons Catalans, il est sélectionné dans le XIII du Président réunissant les meilleurs éléments du Championnat de France.

Palmarès

 Collectif :
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de France : 2018 (Saint-Estève XIII Catalan).

Détails en sélection

En club

Références

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Naissance en juillet 1997
Naissance à Avignon
International français de rugby à XIII

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There is no training today (due to the public holiday) but we are looking forward to seeing you back at training from tomorrow for our pre-grading week.
We were fortunate to be visited by Remuera Club and also Master Rocky Rounthwaite visiting from the Hawkes Bay at our Tuesday 6.30pm session last week. It was a lot of fun! You can check out photos from this session here.
It's Pre-Grading Week across all of our classes and branches from Tuesday 2 June to Monday 9 June, starting from today. Your instructors will be assessing whether you are ready for our upcoming gradings this week especially, and will continue to give assessments and feedback over the weeks in the lead up to grading.
If your instructor approves you for grading you will receive a grading form which must be completed and returned to the office with payment.
Our Wednesday night open dojang sessions started last week. Come along on Wednesday nights 6.30pm-7.30pm to practice your syllabus for grading. There will be a supervising instructor and the Wednesday open dojang is free for all Warrior members of all ages from all of our branches. Young children must be accompanied and supervised by a parent/caregiver unless with prior permission.
Visiting Scottish master, Master Hutton's training seminars begin from next Sunday.
There's no need to register for this one - you can just turn up as long as you are a registered member with International Taekwon-Do.
We encourage especially members who attend 5.30pm or 6.30pm classes to check out at least one of Master Hutton's seminars.


One of the most common rules that pet owners use to choose a food is the 1st ingredient rule. The 1st ingredient rule simply means that the 1st ingredient in the ingredient list should be a meat or fish. At its core, this rule makes sense because dogs are carnivores and their food should contain animal or fish as the primary protein source. However, like many simple rules of thumb, relying solely on this quick analysis can lead to questionable choices.
There are two main reasons using the first ingredient analysis can lead a dog owner to sub optimal food choices: 1) there is a possibility that many of the secondary and tertiary ingredients that follow in the recipe might be inappropriate or even harmful to the dog, and 2) ingredient manipulation can be used to make a dog food look like its primary ingredient is a real meat when, in fact, this might not be entirely correct.
Because dog foods are formulated to be complete and balanced meals, they contain many ingredients. In fact, the average dog food contains over 40 ingredients. Thus, looking at the first ingredient only means ignoring, on average, the remaining 40 ingredients. Foods with meat first could also contain a whole host of fillers, artificial colors or preservatives, and added sugars. The only way to know for sure us to check out the entire ingredient list.
First some background on why the first position on the ingredient list is so important. Pet food manufacturers are required to list the ingredients in the order of predominance by weight. Thus, the ingredients in the top of the list contribute more, by weight, to the recipe than do ingredients further down. The first position is important because it means that the first ingredient, which for dogs should be a named meat or fish, is the primary ingredient in the recipe. So far, so good.
However, pet food companies are well aware that many pet owners look only at the first ingredient when making their dog food choices. As a result, they are incented to find ways to make lower quality recipes appear as if their predominant ingredient is a meat when in fact, it might not actually be so. By breaking apart or splitting up inferior ingredients, food brands can essentially move the meat or fish protein up the ingredient list while making it appear that less stellar ingredients are lower down on the list. An example can clarify.
Chicken Meal, Ground Whole Wheat, Wheat Flour, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat.
Although Chicken meal is the 1st ingredient, notice that a form of wheat is the 2nd and 3rd ingredient, and a form of rice is the 5th and 6th ingredient. It is quite possible that if you added the wheat and rice ingredients together, that the food list might look a little different.
Wheat, Rice, Chicken Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken Fat.
Not quite the same story is it? If you still aren't convinced to look beyond the first ingredient, consider that we did a study a few months ago and found that one out of every 3 dog foods had split ingredients in their recipes. Relying solely on the first ingredient means that you have a 33% chance of serving your pet a food whose main ingredient is, in reality, not a named meat or fish protein.
The bottom line is that while the first ingredient of a dog food should be a named meat or fish protein source, the rest of the ingredients matter as well and should be examined before choosing a food for your dog.
Whenever I'm judging a food or treat for our dogs, I look at the first 5-10 ingredients, because I worry about allergies too. Rodrigo is allergic to beef, chicken, and pea fiber and these are found in many foods.
If he has minimal exposure, he doesn't have trouble, but when it becomes part of his main diet, then we have issues. He's the reason all the dogs eat raw.
There are a lot of single-ingredient dog treats out there today, which is so great for us. And more and more dry brands are coming out with great foods and we can talk to the company to learn more. We live in a great time.
Things are certainly a lot better and informed consumer help drive the food companies to be more responsible.
Oh yes, I read them all! I like knowing what exactly my pups are eating, and being able to know what the ingredient is for allergy reasons.
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Good tips! It's important to look carefully.
It's very sad that so many pet food companies are trying to manipulate their customers and don't care about our pets' health. I'm so glad that we made the switch to dehydrated/air-dried/raw dog food ~ it's a lot easier to track what our pups actually eat these days. Thank you for your continued efforts to educate us pet parents!!
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When I'm considering a new brand of dog food or treats, I usually look at the first 5 or 6 ingredients and then I get kind of lazy. For the most part, I typically buy brands that I know and trust, but this post is a good reminder for when I'm considering brands I haven't tried before. Heck, I should be looking closely at the ingredients in my own food too!
I read all of the ingredients now before feeding the boys. I'm avoiding chicken and companies put some form of chicken in everything! LOL!
It's amazing how most dog foods have chicken somewhere. We avoid it for Jack too.
I was under the impression that the first few ingredients were telling me the quality of the food, but now I'll look further. How can companies get away with being so deceitful?
Great info, thanks! It's so important to look at all the ingredients!
It's human nature to cheat the system. Not nice to do as so many people have no clue about what food to buy, and they follow tips without really understanding the point of the tips.
great post! companies know how to "trick" people.
We feed raw so I don't typically look at dog food, BUT when I am looking at treats, I read every single ingredient. I have put back many a treat because of what I consider to be something I wouldn't feed my dogs.
I read everything because I feel as if I'm still learning how to detect the good ingredients from the bad.


Here we collect web sites discussing aspects of or providing information on Chinese history (including history departments), which thus can be regarded as primary sources for the study of Chinese approaches to history and academic historiography.
Centre for the Study of the Republic of China at Nanjing University (南京大學中華民國史研究中心), Nanjing, see http://mgzx.org.cn/.
中学历史教学与交流, see http://lishijiaoshifan.blog.edu.cn/index.html (platform for discussing the teaching of history at high schools).
明鏡新聞網, news on history, see http://www.mingjingnews.com/MIB/news/news_list.aspx?ID=N03.
多维新闻 — 历史, see http://history.dwnews.com/.
Sun Yat-sen Foundation (孫中山基金會), Guangzhou, see http://www.sunyat-sen.org/sysf.php.
The Tang Research Foundation (唐研究), see http://www.tangrf.org/.
Academic Society for the History of Modern China (中國近代史學會), http://blog.yam.com/user/modernchistory.html (Taiwanese site with articles, announcement etc. on the history of modern China).
Association for Oral History of the Republic of China (中華民國口述歷史學會), see http://www.oh.org.tw/introduction.html.
Taiwan Historian Network, see http://blog.lib.ntu.edu.tw/his/.
Institute for Modern History (中國社科院近代史研究所), CASS, Beiijing, see http://jds.cass.cn/.
History Department, CASS (中国社会科学院历史研究所), Beijing, see http://ich.cass.cn/.
The Global History Center of Capital Normal University (首都师范大学全球史研究中心), Beijing, http://www.global-history.org/.
Academia Historica (國史館), Taipeh, see http://www.drnh.gov.tw, for the department covering documents on Taiwan's history (國史館台灣文獻館), see http://www.th.gov.tw/.
Institute for Modern History (中央研究院近代史研究所), Academia Sinica, Taipeh, see http://www.mh.sinica.edu.tw/.
Institute of History and Philology (歷史語言研究所), Academia Sinica, Taipeh, see http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/.
Web site of the archive and material section of the web journal "popular history" at Chinese University, see http://mjlsh.usc.cuhk.edu.hk/Default.aspx.
National Cheng-chi University, Taipeh, see 政治大學歷史學系.
National Normal University, Taipeh, see 師範大學歷史學系.
National Taiwan University, Taipeh, see 台灣大學歷史學系.
National Taipeh University, Taipeh, see 台北大學歷史學系.
National Dong Hwa University, Hualian, see 東華大學歷史學系.
National Central University, Chung-li, see 中央大學歷史研究所.
National Tsing Hua University, Xinzhu, see 清華大學歷史研究所.
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, see 中興大學歷史學系.
National Chi Nan University, Nantao, see 暨南大學歷史學系.
National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, see 彰化師範大學歷史研究所.
National Chung Cheng University, Chia-yi, see 中正大學歷史學系.
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, see 成功大學歷史學系.
Fu Jen Catholic University,Taipeh, see 輔仁大學歷史學系.
Soochow University, Taipeh, see 東吳大學歷史學系.
Chinese Culture University, Taipeh, see 文化大學歷史學系.
FoGuang University, Jiaosi, Yilan, see 佛光大學歷史學系.
Tunghai University, Taichung, see 東海大學歷史學系.
National Chiayi University, Chia-yi, see 嘉義大學史地學系.
Feng Chia University, Taichung, see 逢甲大學歷史與文物研究所.


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Answer A Detailed Summary Of The 1920s Era
A Detailed Summary Of The 1920s Era
Write a detailed summary of the 1920s era.
The era of the 1920s started on 1st January 1920 and the era ended on the date of 31st December of 1929. This particular era in the countries of the North America is known as the era of "Jazz age" or the era of "Roaring twenties". However, in the countries of the Europe, the same era used to be referred as the "Golden age twenties" and the reason behind this was the economic boom of the post-World War I. The speakers and the intellectuals form the France refer the era as "Années folles" because of the importance of that era's cultural, artistic and social dynamism. The prosperity of the economic experienced during years 1950s and 1990s was almost similar form the viewpoint of nature that many countries experienced in the year of 1920. In the global affairs, prosperity of the each period was resulted because of the paradigm shift. Many political movements that were radical, was emerged in many countries during this period of time. The result of the October revolution was the spreading of communism. In addition, the victory of the Bolshevik in the civil war that happened in Russia also pushed the spreading of the communism. The spreading of the communism gave birth to the fascism. Many economical problem was the reason of rising of many dictators in the region of Eastern Europe. In the year of 1929 there was a devastating major crash happened in wall street and this incident is often viewed as the end of the era of the prosperity that happened in 1920s in the continents of Europe and North America.
The 1920, which is also known as the roaring twenties was the reason behind bringing many novels and highly visible trends that were related to the social and cultural. Prosperity, which was sustained by the economic condition, was the reason of these trends and they were visible mostly in the cities like Paris, Chicago, New York, London and Berlin. The most important part of this era was the vast adaption of the telephones, automobiles, radio, motion pictures and electricity including the major growth in the industry. The significant changes were clearly visible to the lifestyle and the culture of the people. In this era, the media started focusing on the events related to sports, celebrities, movie stars and super heroes.
This era was the witness of many wars and politics. Few wars that took place in this era was independence war of the Turkish which includes many small wars such as Greco-Turkish War, Turkish–Armenian War, Franco-Turkish War, Royalist and separatist revolts. All these war took place between the years 1919 to the year 1923. Another important war happened in Saudi Arabia and the purpose of the war was unification. This Great War included several small wars and those are the war of Rashidi-Saudi, Kuwait-Saudi, Hejaz-Saudi, Transjordan-Saudi, All these wars took place between the years 1903 and ended in the year of 1924. Other important wars are – wars of Polish-Soviet war (1919-1922) and the independence war of the Ireland, which took place between the year 1919 and 1921.
In the era of 1920, many important facts happened in the fields of politics. Some of the important events are - United States prohibited the use of alcohol in the year 1919 and this lead the rise of many gangs and organized crime in the cities of United States. US also passed the immigration act in the year 1924. In that era, the sport baseball emerged and was the most popular sport. In the continent of the Europe, in the year 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed. Benito Mussolini, who was the leader of Fascist party, became Italy's prime minister. Benito Mussolini was the first person to create the first government, which was Fascist. In this era, Adolf Hitler was imprisoned and during his sentence, he wrote his autobiography Mein Kampf. Some of the famous world leaders that emerged during this era was Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Lenin, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and others.
The economic boom, which happened in this era ended because of the crash at the Wall Street. The stock market crash happened in the year of 1929. Average of the inflation that was calculated annually for this decade was almost zero.
There was not much of any major natural disaster, which took place during this era. However, an earthquake with a huge magnitude took place in the Japanese island in the year of 1923. The name of the island was Honshu and the name of the earthquake was Great Kanto earthquake.
Many assassinations took place during this era including many attempt for assassination. The first assassination that happened was in the year of 1922. Three persons assassinated Germany's foreign minister, Walther Rathenau. The name of the three persons are Erwin Kern, Herman Willibald Fischer and Ernst Werner Techow. Another major assassination that happened was the assassination of the Revolutionary general of the Mexico. His name was Francisco "Pancho" Villa. The assassination took place in the year 1923.
Science and technology had major advancements during this era. John Logie Baird first introduced color television in the year 1928. The famous movie producers Warner Brothers produced the first film with use of soundtrack in the movie in the year 1926. The cathode ray tube was invented and later became commercial in the year 1897 by the scientist Karl Ferdinand Braun. Jacob Schick applied for the patent for the first razor, which was electric in 1928. The frozen food process was invented by Clarence Birdseye in 1925. One of the major discoveries that happened during this era was the invention of the drug penicillin by the famous doctor and pharmacist Alexander Fleming in 1928.
The era is known as the era of jazz thus, music and dance everything was influenced by the jazz music. The musicians Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang did the introduction of the guitar along with violin in the jazz music. In the city of Detroit, the radio station, which was first commercial station, went on the air in 1920. This era marks the beginning of the famous surrealist movement.
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The Peregrine chicks have been wandering outside the nest box and exploring the ledge. They are not even close to being able to fly, but they are curious and somewhat clumsy. Their explorations are unnerving to watch and somewhat dangerous as it is a long drop down to the ground from the 13th floor if they misstep. One of the intrepid explorers tumbled into the parapet late this afternoon and is currently under the nest box. He is safe for the time being and a biologist from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will attempt to get him back into the box early in the morning.


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Ultimate Lighting Design (Ultimate)
Ultimate Lighting Design (Ultimate) by Herve Descottes (Author)
The lighting designer is at once an artist and an engineer. He uses the best technology available to reveal scope, space, and form—both in landscapes and in urban environments—and aims to do so in a way that achieves a functional, creative, and environmental result. This relatively recent profession is the focus of the latest title in teNeues' Ultimate series.
The lighting designer is at once an artist and an engineer. He uses the best technology available to reveal scope, space, and form—both in landscapes and in urban environments—and aims to do so in a way that achieves a functional, creative, and environmental result. This relatively recent profession is the focus of the latest title in teNeues' Ultimate series. Lighting Design presents an illustrated overview of Hervé Descottes' many projects. Founder of the renowned New York design firm L'Observatoire International, Descottes collaborated with architects such as Frank Gehry (Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA), Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel and OMA/Rem Koolhaas (three museums in Seoul, South Korea), and Richard Meier (Restaurant 66, New York City).
From the Publisher A lavishly illustrated guide to lighting design through the varied projects of the renowned New York firm L'Observatoire International. Projects illustrated include concert halls, restaurants, and museums in Europe, North America and Asia as well as a pollution control plant and urban land- scapes in New York. About the Author Hervé Descottes is an award-winning architectural lighting designer. He founded the New York City design firm L'Observatoire International after eight years of design practice in Paris.
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Why Galaxy Gear is no 'game changer' for Samsung
Ansuya Harjani	| @Ansuya_H
Published 12:00 AM ET Thu, 5 Sept 2013 Updated 12:13 AM ET Thu, 5 Sept 2013 CNBC.com
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A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Gear watch and Galaxy Note 3.
After months of anticipation, Samsung's much-hyped Galaxy Gear is unlikely to be a game changer for the South Korean consumer technology giant, say market watchers, even after the company beat rival Apple to the punch with the launch of its inaugural smartwatch in Berlin Wednesday.
The smartwatch is an "expensive accessory" with a limited target market given its $299 price tag, said Daniel Kim, analyst at Macquarie. The device, which must be paired with a Samsung phone or tablet, can make calls, receive emails, take pictures, run its own apps and has a voice control function.
(Read more: Poll: Would you buy a Samsung smartwatch?)
"I have been skeptical about the smartwatch market. How many people will pay $299 for a nice accessory, and how many people will replace their existing watch for this smartwatch. I'm not sure," Kim told CNBC on Thursday. For example, the price point of the Galaxy Gear is double that of the Pebble – a popular Kickstarter-funded smartwatch that sells for $150.
"The screen size is 1.6 inches. There aren't many things you can do with this screen," he added.
(Read more: Samsung reveals smartwatch, new Galaxy Note)
Samsung expects to sell half a million smartwatches in the second-half – a small fraction of the average 25 million premium smartphones it sells each quarter, according to Kim.
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Ajay Sunder, senior director, Telecoms, Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan agrees that the Galaxy Gear is unlikely to be a "game changer".
"Samsung is testing the waters with its premium users who will be willing to pay a higher price point. It will be used for internal research, and they are likely to come up with a revised, more user-friendly product," he said.
While the financial impact of the Galaxy Gear will be negligible, its symbolic impact is more noteworthy.
(Read more: Samsung seeks 'iPod moment' with smartwatch launch)
"The symbolic impact is quite big; they showcased the product ahead of Apple and will start selling it earlier than Apple. It's also another step towards wearable technology" Kim said. The device is set to hit store shelves on September 25.
Samsung has called the Galaxy Gear a "fashion icon" making the sleek design available in a range of colorful watch straps; however it remains to be seen how the product will be received by the fashion-forward.
Samsung shares rose as much as 2.2 percent Thursday following the announcement of the smart watch, new Galaxy Note 3 smartphone and the 2014 edition of its tablet the Galaxy Note 10.1.
(Read more: Samsung's biggest fear? Becoming 'too full' of itself)
However, analysts say the company's new product line-up isn't behind the share price rise, but rather news that rival chipmaker SK Hynix has suspended operations at a factory in China - where 15 percent of its computer memory chips are produced.
"This is bad for Hynix and positive for competing DRAM (Dynamic random-access memory) companies such as Samsung," said Kim.
—By CNBC's Ansuya Harjani; Follow her on Twitter @Ansuya_H
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Today Kadokawa Games released a new trailer and a large batch of screenshots of its upcoming mystery visual novel √Letter (Root Letter) that will be released in Japan on June 16th.
The trailer is subtitled in English, and explains the gameplay flow. The reason for the subtitles is that the game is supposed to be released worldwide some time this year, even if we have no release date for the moment.
Check them out below, alongside the Japanese box art for the game.


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