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The moving story of a New Orleans woman who fought for justice and her community even amidst one of the city's darkest moments.Mark Hertsgaard and Deborah Cotton were strangers to one another, united only by a love of jazz and New Orlean's distinctive Second Line tradition. And then, during a Mother's Day parade, they were thrown together when two gunmen fired into the crowd… Deborah Cotton—known to all as Big Red—was among the most grievously injured. She is the driving force of this deeply reported parable of two of America's most deeply rooted issues. A racial justice activist in her forties who was born to a Black father and a white mother, Cotton was one of twenty people—including the author—shot in the biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans. Once one of the largest slave ports, the city has long been a vortex of violence and racism. From her apparent deathbed, Big Red shocked observers by urging mercy for two young Black men accused of the attack. “Racism can kill Black people even when a Black finger pulls the trigger,” she tells Hertsgaard, who, she later said, is “called” to investigate what actually happened, and why. Charismatic, complicated, and struck down in her prime, Big Red and her heroic life will captivate readers. In the wake of the shooting, she never stopped fighting as she sought to get to the core of this uniquely American maelstrom. Big Red's Mercy is an illuminating narrative that provides a human and unflinching look at modern America.

“I see the girl running towards me now just as she did that day when I reached Drew Stainer's land.” Such is the shape of one memory Guy Tynan retains of his adventures in Canada when he travels there to find his distant relatives and so fulfils a plan which his grandfather David never managed. Memories of his family and their close friends the Hursts will also be important to him. Guy's meeting with Nicola Stainer will lead him to unlock some of her life's mysteries with a key she is only too eager to protect while sharing her story with him. As he tries to understand her, she in turn will ask him to talk of his childhood sweetheart, Julia Hurst, and will wonder, as his family has, what can have happened to create a gulf between them. Years of exile cannot protect Guy from “the possibility of a horrific and irreversible mistake” as he remains haunted by memories of an encounter in Hareton Woods, and an earlier adventure shared with his cousin Mel. Shaped by Memory is not simply about the power of “what would be so much better forgotten”, whether this involves a missing watch, dreadful war-time experiences or the hurt inflicted by damaged relationships; it is also about how much more can be lost in the course of time by a failure to see clearly, for “what you think you see might not be what you're looking at.” Guy Tynan will not be alone in having to “think of how not seeing the true picture has the potential for limitless damage.”

In today's ‘publish or perish'academic setting, the institutional prizing of quantity over quality has given rise to and perpetuated the dilemma of predatory publishing. Upon a close examination, however, the definition of ‘predatory'itself becomes slippery, evading neat boxes or lists which might seek to easily define and guard against it. This volume serves to foreground a nuanced representation of this multifaceted issue. In such a rapidly evolving landscape, this book becomes a field guide to its historical, political, and economic aspects, presenting thoughtful interviews, legal analysis and original research. Case studies from both European-American and non-European-American stakeholders emphasize the worldwide nature of the challenge faced by researchers of all levels. This coauthored book is structured into both textual and supplemental materials. Key takeaways, discussion questions, and complete classroom activities accompanying each chapter provide opportunities for engagement and real-world applications of these concepts. Crucially relevant to early career researchers and the senior faculty, library scholars, and administrators who mentor and support them,'The Predatory Paradox: Ethics, Politics, and Practices in Contemporary Scholarly Publishing'offers practical recommendations for navigating the complex and often contradictory advice currently available. University instructors and teaching faculty will also find the reading essential in order to properly prepare both graduate and undergraduate students for the potential pitfalls endemic to scholarly publishing.

There is no shortage of websites that use the PHP programming language in some or other capacity. PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language that allows you to create dynamically-generated web pages. Rasmus Lerdorf created PHP in 1994. PHP works in the backend of a website because it is a server-side technology. This is the part of a website that no one sees. This means that PHP is frequently used to run server-side programs such as data collection and processing and database management. The fact that PHP is a simple language is one of the key reasons why learning it is a wise investment. PHP was created with the goal of speeding up web development; therefore, it features a basic syntax that is ideal for beginners. Furthermore, because PHP is a dynamically typed language, there are less restrictions to follow while creating features. The PHP programming language offers a wide range of applications and features, such as authentication, payments, user administration, and other'dynamic'aspects of a website. Efficiency, syntax compatibility, platform independence, error detection, and encryption are just a few of the interesting properties of PHP. Why Should You Learn PHP? PHP developers work with the PHP programming language to create websites, applications, and programs. As a PHP developer, you'll usually be working in IT companies (all over the world), but there are also a lot of opportunities in design and business. A PHP developer, like any other programming/scripting language developer, should be able to work with many languages and ideally have some knowledge of database, web design, or some page formatting language. This Book Offers: • A step-by-step approach to problem solving and skill development • A quick run-through of the basic concepts, in the form of a'Crash Course'• Advanced, hands-on core concepts, with a focus on real-world problems • Industry-level coding paradigms and a practice-oriented explanatory approach • Special emphasis on writing clean and optimized code, with additional chapters focused on coding methodology

ESQUEÇA TUDO QUE VOCÊ LEU, VIU E OUVIU SOBRE OS BEATLES. Mark Lewisohn - o maior historiador de Beatles do mundo - pressiona o botão ATUALIZAR para relatar toda a história como nunca foi contada ou conhecida antes. Aqui está finalmente uma biografia completa e precisa: a história dos Beatles como ela realmente aconteceu. The Beatles Tune In é a primeira parte da trilogia Todos esses Anos (1940 a 1962), resultado de décadas de pesquisa. Ela explica um período que é, por definição, o menos conhecido de todos: os anos de formação, da pré-fama, a adolescência, os anos de Liverpool e Hamburgo em muitos aspectos, o período mais absorvente e incrível deles, que vai até a gravação de Please Please Me, segundo single da banda.

ANO 4, 1961 - A ERA DO ROCK Os Big Beat Boppin Beatles (janeiro a março de 1961) Eles não eram a primeira banda de Liverpool a voltar de Hamburgo. Derry and the Seniors vieram antes, mas sem fazer um sucesso estrondoso. Já o retorno dos Beatles foi algo bem diferente: foi tão explosivo localmente quanto a chegada do próprio rock n roll, em 1956. Ninguém esperava aquilo, ninguém sabia quem eles eram ou de onde vinham. E, de repente, estavam ali, incrivelmente bons, tão primorosos que tudo começou a mudar por causa deles, e com rapidez.

Winner of the 2023 Virginia Literary Award in Nonfiction, awarded by the Library of VirginiaThe transformation of Governor Ralph NorthamVirginia Governor Ralph Northam's'blackface scandal'could have destroyed any politician. The photo of Governor Northam purportedly in blackface created a firestorm not only locally but also in every political sphere. What the Eyes Can't See details why Northam's career did not end with the scandal, and how it made him a better governor—and a better citizen.In this book Margaret Edds draws on unprecedented access to the governor, his aides, and members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, whose initial anger evolved into determination to mine good from an ugly episode. Both scolding and encouraging, they led Northam to a deeper understanding of the racism and pain the photograph symbolized. To Northam's credit, he listened, and more importantly learned the lessons of endemic, systemic racism and applied those lessons to his legislative agenda. Edds provides a revealing examination of race in the nation, how racism might be addressed and reckoned with, and how we all may find a measure of redemption in listening to one another.

Throughout the early years of the 20th century, Virginia was viewed as a Republican state. Citizens in the Commonwealth had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964. In 2000, the GOP had just won the governor's race, held both U.S. Senate seats, and had majorities in both the House of Delegates and the State Senate. By 2020, all of that had been reversed. During that period, Democrats won four of five governors contests, elected two US senators, and voted for Democratic presidential candidates in every year since 2008. In 2019, the House of Delegates, where Republicans maintained a 68-32 supermajority in 2011, flipped to Democratic control. With it, the state became a Democratic trifecta, where the party controlled all of the state's levers of power. Bellwether tells the story of how this happened from someone who was “in the room at the time.” David Toscano began his service in the House in 2006 and became the Democratic Leader of the body in 2011. He examines the special nature of Virginia politics, the demographic changes that underpin much of its shifting political fortunes, and the policies and personalities at the center of the state's dynamics for the last two decades.