Summary 11/26/07

On Sunday night in Villiers-le-bel, a town north of Paris, France occured a massive violent riot after the death of two french teens. The two teens were killed in a motorbike crash with a police patrol car due to the failure of obeying the traffic laws. the riot consisted of eight people injured and 21 police officers injured as well, it alos consisted of the torchings of police stations, local stores and cars. This outrageous moment resembled a similar situation which occured in 2005 where two teens were also killed. The opposition called the violence the result of a social and political crisis.

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Summary 11/19/07

A recent study showed that Detroit, Michigan is the most dangerous city in America. The study was done by a private research group whom came to this conclusion due to FBI crime statistics. This group ranked the ten most dangerous cities and also ranked the ten most safest cities. Coming in right after Detroit, is St. Louis, Missouri stated as the second most dangerous city in America. Many experts including the FBI say that the report misuses statistics and gets misleading results. Many critics say the report works against understanding of crime and also hurts the low-ranked cities.

Summary 11/12

In Rostov-on-don, Russia various amount of ships sunk causing a large amount of oil to spill on the sea. Rescuers recovered three bodies from one of the sunken Russian ships yet five were still missing. One of the ships called "The Nakhichevan" was broken down by 18-foot waves on the Strait of Kerch, a narrow strait linking the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Nakhichevan was one of the two freighters that broke up into heavy seas. As many as 10 ships sank or ran around in the Strait of Kerch. Fuel oil and sulfur spilled into the sea and is washing up on nearby shores. One of the officials stated: it could be the worst environmental disaster in the region in years, and could take years to clean up.

Question 1 from Step 4

A programmer might need random numbers depending on the situation whether they're programming a game that involves random numbers or want to create a fun application to occupy time.

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