Modern Publishing Anniversary

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To mark the 100th anniversary of the passing of Mr. How Zoen Fong, founder of the Commercial Press, and to commemorate the extraordinary life and achievements of this preeminent pioneer of modern publishing in China, the Renwen Society at China Institute and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library of Columbia University will jointly hold a book launch of A Pioneer Remembered: A Biography of How Zoen Fong and symposium on October 4, 2014 at Columbia University.

NEW MOON

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MAVEN now is a moon of Mars. It will help earthlings understand just why the red planet is so different than our own blue-green world.

MAVEN’s real job now begins. When the science starts MAVEN will analyze the atmosphere and space environment of Mars, which is a primary mission to understand just why Mars used to have a thick atmosphere, and no longer does.

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DOSE OF NEWS

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Dose of News is an information aggregator, and one stop news and current events website offering multiple links to a massive amount and wide range of digital content about arts, sciences, investigative journalism, breaking news, features, health, politics, lifestyle, finance and articles from the beat and path.

The stories are selected from a wide assortment of articles researched, written, reported, and crafted by some of the best and finest professionals in the news business and gathered from all over the world.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

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Worldwide leaders and thousands of New Yorkers stood up for climate change now is The People's Climate March in New York City on Sunday.

Marches also took place in Paris, London and many other cities around the world. Celebrities attended these events as well. The march was scheduled days before world leaders convene at the U.N. headquarters to discuss climate change.

IS IT AUTUMN, OR FALL?

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Fall begins on September 23rd in the Northern Hemisphere, or would that be Autumn? They are both
interchangeably known as fall in the US and Canada, this is one of the four temperate seasons.

Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, in September or in March for the Southern Hemisphere when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier and the temperature cools considerably. One of its main features is the shedding of leaves from deciduous trees as they pave way for further growth.

This Week in Her and History

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This Week in History, Sep 21 - Sep 27

Sep 21, 1780
Benedict Arnold commits treason. On this day in 1780, during the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold, a former American hero, became synonymous with the word "traitor."

Sep 22, 1862
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, shortly after Lincoln's inauguration as America's 16th president, he maintained that the war was about restoring the Union and not about slavery. He avoided issuing an anti-slavery proclamation immediately, despite the urgings of abolitionists and radical Republicans, as well as his personal belief that slavery was morally repugnant. Instead, Lincoln chose to move cautiously until he could gain wide support from the public for such a measure.

Sep 23, 1875
Billy the Kid arrested for first time. On this day in 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders.
The exact details of Billy the Kid's birth are unknown, other than his name, William Henry McCarty. He was probably born sometime between 1859 and 1861, in Indiana or New York. As a child, he had no relationship with his father and moved around with his family, living in Indiana, Kansas, Colorado and Silver City, New Mexico. His mother died in 1874 and Billy the Kid—who went by a variety of names throughout his life, including Kid Antrim and William Bonney—turned to crime soon afterward.

UNITED NATIONS WEEK

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Please get ready for NYC traffic and expect major disruptions and street closures in Manhattan a while. In fact, from Sunday, 9/21 to Saturday, 9/27/2014.

The gridlock will be due to activities relating to the 2014 United Nations General Assembly.

Use of public transportation during this period is highly encouraged. For more details, please see the attached press release or visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/pr/prindex_en_0.shtml.

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MUST SEE NY TV

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10 New York-produced prime-time television shows that are premiering next week for the fall season on CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX. The television shows have spent approximately $596 million combined on production in New York State, and hire more than 34,000 crew and extras. These 10 series premieres represents a significant increase in New York-based shows on air, as there are now more series airing this year than in all of 2013, which was a record-breaking year.

The following New York-based productions are premiering this fall:

CBS:
Madam Secretary (9/21 at 8:30 p.m.)

NOTHER GOODELL END RUN?

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Where is the leadership, the substance and what is the future direction of The NFL?

Commissioner Roger Goodell was tight lipped for over the most turbulent week the NFL has experienced and he continues to claim that he has much work ahead of him.

He finally met with members of the press, but many feel it was too little and way too late. His comments were vague and full of fluff on day ten. "Unfortunately, over the past several weeks, we have seen all too much of the NFL doing wrong," and added "That starts with me."